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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20

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whereof she speaketh. For. many
things hath she missed seeing!
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and politicians and the Grand
Canyon. and chewing-gum signs
are not ALL the Great Sights OF
America!
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away poets and bank presidents,
alike, with a contemptuous sneer.
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dlsdainful or more mighty!
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tation with one eye upon the
clock. and fortifieth herself for
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carrying light conscience and
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20
LISTEN, WORLD!

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and respe c [.
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ways one Best
Dress which ap
peared on sun
da ~ and Spe
cial Occasions.
and at no other
time. With the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland
what the Queen Missed

lola. hola, hola. my Daugh.
Ii ter! Behold, the foot OF Roy
atty hath trodden our shores.
And now, the Queen saith In her
heart. 10. l have SEEN AMER.
ICAv'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20
ILLNESS AND RADICALISM

TO remedy this he management
introduced rest pa uHes--four To u
ten.hour day. In which all work
ere were asked % llo down and
were even instructed IN tho best
method ~ relaxation. soon the
whole crowd became more cheer
fuI and their output noticcnhlv iu.
rresspd Prod Kelly in Nation e
business MHHHFinr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-20

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It she makes
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with IL and an
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
Seamless Crinkled Spreads, sos

Usual $3.50 Spreads, size Slx1O6 inches: with seal
oped edges and Rose blue gold hello
stripes attractive back grounds. A wonderful
value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

Stevens Gloria Crinkled Bed Sets, $495

Twin double bed size, with scalloped edges and
cut-out corners: separate bolster piece Ecru ground
with rose, blue. hello gold stripe. Usually $3.50!
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27
All Fair Visitors are Asked to
]. C. PENNY
THE GREAT STORE OF QUALITY

Mr.. j. C. Hill (the poet) is here,
and will give several recitals demonst-
rating his work.
Man Shot
Mr.. Manuel Lane, we'll known cltl-
zen of this city received fatal wo"nd
from a gun of viii Marshall.
Mesdarnes S. G. Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. J. Jordan have returned from
to attend the National Baptist Con-
ven tion
For Sale-One Oliver Typewriter in
900 condition. Care, The Voice.
Mrs. Lucy Hall has returned from
COLUMBUS, Miss, after spending
Miss Mable Johnson OF McClaln was
few Laws with relatives and friends.
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. U. ;. NC
M Friday and Saturday OF last
week.
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27
LOCALS

Misses Geneva Brown, Ernestine
Austin. Bonnie Mae Berks have re-
turned after a few days OF rest to
resume their position at the city
public schools.
Knights of Pythians gives Banquet
The night of the sixteenth marked
an epoch of prosperity of negro frat
ernal organizations prosperity in the
city when Knights of Pythias stag
ed their banquet at public library.
The house was packed to it's capacity
in spite of the great meeting next
door.
A program was rendered after the
following offercers were installed
C. w. Williams, M. O. w., T. S. Sutton,
C. c., P. S. Jordan V. c., Emmanuel
Reed, M. at A., w. L. Brown, M. 0. E.,
Samson Smith, M. 0. E., w. l.. S.
Shines, K. O. R. & S., Sol Gardiner,
Pralay, T. j. Jones, |. G., Freddie
House, o. c.. Music by Allen Chapel,
st. Elmo and st. Paul Choirs.
After the program came the great
repast that decorated the tables
made the spacious room resemble
a feast. A large crowd marched a.
round the tables. After the blessing
had been given by Rev. Jones, you
could see hands working in unison.
Mrs Wallice of Meridian was pre-
sent
Mr.. A. L. Hough, well known veal
thy planter of Beaumont, Texas, was
in the city Tuesday and Wednesday
of last week visiting his niece, Mrs.
Addie Kimbrough. Mr.. Hough came
to Mississippi to attend his mothers
funeral at De Sofa, and paid his niece
in Laurel a short visit while in the
state. Mr.. Hough has possession OF
Some oil lands, which of itself lets
pe-sons know that he is welcome any
where he goes. Laurel was glad to
welcome him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sarah Golden became
the proud parents of fine baby boy,
Sunday September 10, 1926.
international Burial Association
Saturday was the banner day for
the International Burial Association.
Tie agent landed twenty-one (2D).
I ~, -. wha.s vii our adversary say
when lie hears this Look our old
t;r.tr. Uncle BIN has his eyes on you.
Knocking on us will not help you, Tor
it is a fact, knocks don't win and WIN
ners don't knock.
Rev. ]. T. Flynn is calling for will
inc workers to help him on this marcf
Ir. Flynn is preaching a soul-stlrrlnls
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27

:sMoUoJ Sc suuel! qons
q4!M p9IoAeJ 90 II!M oou9!pne 9qL
o r 'eueI IenueN 'pIoI pa 'I9YIeM
qg!sI 'u!pIeH G9sIoQ sIesseW
LSI1 YOIS
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27
Deaths

Dave Myers, Annie Brown, Geo.
McNair, Bessie Sanford, Hattiesburg
Fred Lotion, Richton Ida Morgan
Annie Blan,- s, George Grayson
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27

WELCOME
ST. ELMO BAPTIST
Sunday SchOOl-9:30 a. m.
Services first and third Sun
days
11:GO a. M, 8 and 1880 p. m.
PRAYER meeting, Wednesday
night.
Conference first Friday night
in the month.
Bible Class every Sunday af-
tcrnCOn.
REV. N. CARTER. Pastor.
Voice of the people. (Laurel, Miss.) 19??-19??, 1926-09-27
p. A. CHRISTIAN

p. "A. CHRISTIAN
UNDERTAKEN and EMBALMER
500 South 9Th, Ave.
LAUREL, MISS.
PHONE 1919
CITE Price of Funerals IS a
Matter of Your Own Choice.
Motor Eguipment-Out-Of-
Town
Patronage Solicited.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
A Million-Dollar Series.

That base ball is truly the national
sport is demonstrated anew by the
figures of attendance at the seven
games of the world series. Just fin
ished. with the consequent financial
result. The total paid admissions
were 32S,051. and the total Of the
money at the gate was $1.207,s64. OF
this amount the players divide $372.-
300.51, this sum being split between
not only the contenders in the series.
but the other teams Of the two
leagues that finished in second, third
and fourth places. Each Of the twenty
eight eligible st. Louis players will
receive S5.5S4.51 and each Of the
thirty-one eligible New Workers will
get $3,417.75. The two contending
clubs. the owners and not the players.
get $327.l9194 apiece. and a similar
sum goes to each league. The ad-
visory council gets $1s1.179.60.
Thus is the base ball melon" split
several ways, and all participants re-
ceive generous slices. Base ball is
truly a business enterprise. 1t is
strictly professional and 1t is COM
mercial. 1t is given liberal support
by the public. which gets its moneys
worth. During the season the turn
stiles click in scores of cities, some
to great numbers. Nobody has COM
puted or compiled the amount of cash
spent by the people in the course of
the months Of league playing, but
without doubt it runs far into the
millions. The management Of pro-
fessional base ball team is costly.
There are parks to maintain, and
there are players TO pay. at rates
higher than in any other professional
sport. considering the numbers. There
is heavy overhead" in ground
and travelling expenses.
costs little, for the game
itself. It Is news" for
Evening star., 1926-10-11
Regards Heavy Buses
Detrimental to City
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Let us appreciate that a few resi-.
dental avenues of our National Capt.
tai, covered with attractive, detached
residences, villas and residential
apartment homes of the same height.
rank not only high in the interest
of city Identification. but in fact COM
pose the chief factor in any city'S
greatest asSet-beauty.
Let us never forget that our Ma
tional Capital is not a commercial
town. 1t is essentially a residential
town, a would-be model town for the
whole country. Every facility should
be given by the city Government to
encourage home builders to do their
best; and when the very few OF our
residential avenues, set apart as sucn,
have become beautiful through pr1-
vate means, they should not be the
special target for commercial eXplolta-
ton.
What now renders private homes
intolerable in Washington are double
story omnibuses of any size and
weight They are owned by COM
mercial firm in New York. They are
of the same type that now run on
Fifth avenue, New York. Poor Fifth
avenue.
Certain facts concerning them are
as follows:
First. These huge and heavy ve-
hcles are a quick death to asphalt
pavementS. In very few years III
they were to continue) either private
residents or the town will pay enor-
nous sums for repairing and resur-
facing roadbeds. Trucks are now ex-
cluded from Sixteenth street. but
double -deckers are still worse.
Second. Trees on the street are
cut to accommodate passengers.
Third. The weight Of these double
bus structures is such that houses are
shaken and there is a general cry or
fallen ceilings.
Fourt. Day and night noises of
same are like the screeching and
grinding of huge grist mills. Such
thing as sleep is not considered.
Fifth. AS in New York residences
on elevated car lines. all privacy has
to be abandoned below the third floor
without the closing of the opaque
window shades.
Sixth. One may safely say that all
residences on Sixteenth street, with
very few exceptions, are PROVIDED
with private motor cars. When de-
string public conveyances the Four
teenth street railroad car lines are but
two squares away, as far as Park
road, and farther on but one square
away. On the west side, the Connec-
ticut avenue railroad car lines wind
ing into Mount Pleasant street are
very near. Also a railroad car line
crosses Sixteenth street at L street.
Seventh Thus for purely CONNER
cial purposes a New York double
story bus line is allowed to go all the
way from the Lincoln Memorial to
several miles on Sixteenth street for
10 cents.
Eighth. This is a very attractive
business proposition, when "a business
concern may utilize the principal or
capital owned by others for private
profit.
Do not think for an instant that I
am discouraged about Sixteenth
street. Discouraging items In the way
of commercial exploitation Will De
changed and Presidents avenue VIII
vet become the finest residents thor
oughfare in America.
MRS. JOHN b. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
Sees Protests Ignored.
Writer Traces Speed in Traffic to
Its Earliest Stage.

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Evening Star, October 4,
]. w. Smith protests against the
dangerous speed with which automo-
biles are driven in this city under
certain conditions. His conclusion is
that "the city fathers will have to
consider reducing the speed limit to
16 or Is miles an hour, with half OF
that while passing safety zones or
loading Platforms
MIR. Smith and many others would
hold the automobile to moderate
speed because, according to their
view, the price Of high auto speed Is
death. But in so thinking they fail
to consider the traffic problem In re-
lation to "the long results Of time"
1t may be that the first resource
full savage to mount and ride wild
animal made himself unpopular as he
dashed through. the Cro-Magnon
camp in mans first proud outbreak
the chief forerunners of civilization.
Following him came the horse
drawn sledge, rude cart and war
chariot, "eXpediting traffic" In fact,
from the start the speeding up Of
intercourse has had an important.
perhaps the most important, part In
human development.
Those unfortunates who are physi-
cally and mentally handicapped amid
the hurly-burly of crowded streets
should not forget that the price paid
for civilization has been high In per-
sonal sacrifice. The loss Of individual
freedom. painful toll, indigestion, ap-
pendicitis, stoop shoulders. bald
heads, flat feet, bobbed hair, jazz,
synthetic booze. are some of the items
in the account; and broadly speaking
the progress of the past Is an epic of
pedestrian Difference to the man on
horseback.
1t is hardly likely, therefore. that
the protests Of the fretful pedestrian
will have any great effect against
speed at its present rate and its future
increase on city streets as well as
everywhere by land and sea and sky.
WIN. Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
The World Champions.

The base ball season of 1926 ended
Yesterday afternoon, when George
Herman Ruth, better known as
Babe" was thrown out at second In
a desperate attempt to steal after
walking with two men gone in the
ninth inning. The game was the con-
Guiding contest OF the world series be-
tween the Yankees of New York and
the Cardinals of St. Louis, champions,
respectively. of the American and the
National Leagues. 1t was the twenty
third of the great interlcague series,
with the all-time score standing twelve
TO ten in favor of the Americans, with
the series score of games standing
three 10 three and with the game
score standing three to two in favor
If the Cardinals. That throwout at
second decided the game and the
1925 contest in favor of st. Louis. now
,he world champions of base ball.
They are the champions by reason
OF better playing. They were superior
u.
p.tcher's box All the figures show
hat they won the series on their
merits as skilled individual players
and as a harmonious team. True, the
final game was theirs by reason of
TWO errors coupled with hits. two of
them clean and indisputable and an
other that resulted from misunder-
standing or overambition on the part
Of two New York fielders. But as a
veteran observer Of the sport used
10 remark in analysis of games won
and lost-every game is either won or
lost according to the viewpoint
errors and lapses of judgment are part
OF the game,
Three figures stand out in this con-
test of seven games, Ruth for his rec
ord OF four home runs in a single
series, Thevenow, the st. Louis short
stop. for his remarkable fielding and
It's batting. and Alexander. the vet
Gran pitcher, for his supreme work in
The box for the Cardinals. Victor in
Two games. in which he was the mas
Ter from start 10 finish. he was sud
denly called UPON TO relieve one of his
fellows In the seventh inning of the
seventh game, with the bases filled
md two men out. y dangerous batter
.. 80 ;ut p.at, &i@N; n,3"r struck
Evening star., 1926-10-11
The Citizens Associations.

twenty-five citizens associations
ere to conduct a general membership
drive during the week of November
1920. They will send out scouts to
seek the enrolment of dwellers in
their respective areas to bring the
totals closer to a truly representative
proportion of the people. Their eff
forts should be successful.
In the present condition in Wash
irgton, with no direct voice in legis-
lation. no representation in the body
hat makes the laws for the District
end imposes taxes upon it, the asso-
citation of the people in neighborhood
groups is not only desirable, but es-
sential. In no other way can there
he any expression of local sentiment
or any formulation of local wishes.
These citizens associations have
been of great assistance to the mu-
nicipal administration Of the District
since their early formation. They
have enabled the Commissioners to as
certain the views and desires of the
neople of all parts of the Capital and
have proved II serviceable guide to
the sentiment of the community in
practical matters of local government.
TO the extent that the membership
has been full and the meetings well
attended there has resulted a depend
able indication of preferences and
needs for the information OF offlclalS
and of Congress as well.
1t is In truth the duty of every
citizen to join his neighbOrhood asso-
citation and To participate in its ac-
tivities. At present these bodies are
much larger than ever before and
their work is more Capably conducted
and directed. Grouping into commit
tees, charged with specific tasks and
responsibilities, they are veritable
safeguards against neglect and impo-
sition.
When the drive" occurs in No
vemher the associations will have the
endorsement of numerous achieve
ments to their credit as an argument
for enlistment. 1t can be readily
shown to all who are non-members
that they have much TO gain from
participation in this civic work, which
IS the more effective for the benefit
of all as it is engaged in by greater
numbers.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
A Bad Day at the Crossings

The New York Central Railroad had
bad luck yesterday. Two of its trains
struck motors filled with people, one
in New York and the other in Ohio,
and in consequence ten persons are
dead. But the ten victims had the
worst luck. The railroad company
will not suffer in dana ges from these
accidents, for the motors were tres
passers on the tracks. The loss falls
wholly on the sufferers and their fam
lily survivors,
1t cannot be otherwise, unless the
accident is due to some lapse on the
part of a Watchman or gatetender at
a 'protected' crossing. When car
is struck by reason of a gateman's
mistake or lapse or negligence. his
employer. the railroad company, may
be held to account. The user of the
highway must take his own precau-
tions at other points. He is supposed
to know where the road and the rails
intersect at grade. He Is supposed to
stop, look and listen before cross
ing. That he does not do so is only
too tragically evident.
But although the railroad company
is within its rights in running it's
trains across the intersections with
out responsibility for the consequences
when motorists or drivers try to pass
without stopping and looking and lis
tening. there is a decided responsible
ity for maintaining such crossings
without protection of some sort. Per-
haps the laws do not require the
establishment of gates and watchmen.
Still the liability for the public secur-
ity remains. The law should require
such safeguards, and the railroads
should provide them even if there is
no legal compulsion.
Eventually all grade crossings in
regions Of heavy traffic will be elm.
mated. It will cost an enormous sum
Of money. 1t will take q good many
years. But 1t must come. The
slaughter at these crossings is a
shocking waste Of life. OF course, the
fault lies with reckless, thoughtless
drivers. That is evident. But the
crossings must be made foolproof.
Conditions have changed since the
railroads were established. There are
now many more people on the high
ways than on the trains. There are
vastly many more individual trans.
port vehicles on the roads than there
are railway cars. And this dispropor-
ton will increase, and the time will
come, if it IS not now here, when the
railroad will be regarded as the tres
passer. and not the road user.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
Cites Duty to Children.
Citizen Urges Closing of School
Streets at Certain Hours.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star
| have read with great interest the
articles and editorials in The Star
with regard to the dangerous situa-
tions surrounding our schools because
of the traffic conditions.
Apparently many suggestions and
schemes have been made and given d
trial, but still we have the menace
to the children with us, and, in my
opinion, we will continue to have 1t
until something drastic Is done. The
only way to safeguard the children Is
to stop the traffic on the school streets
during the time the children are go
ing to and leaving the schools and
also during the recess periods.
1 do not believe there are many
schools on the so-called arterial high
ways, and even if there are, the chill
dren who are so often referred to as
our most precious heritage have their
rights on those streets.
All traffic should be stopped on
school streets from $40 to 9, 1890 to
10:45, IL to l and from to 3:15.
This will give the children an oppor-
tunity to play ON the streets-and no
laws or regulations will be able to
keep them off-and to disperse on
their way home without the constant
danger of serious injury or death.
I have seen in New York City a
street blocked off for children to play
in without regard to school hours.
BY closing these streets during the
above periods 1 dare say very few
motorists would be inconvenienced,
and then perhaps only once a day.
The life of one of these children is
surely worth such an infinitesimal
amount of inconvenience on the part
Of our citizens.
ROBERT Z. ACORN.