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was made last Monday night, Octo-
Der Sth. The count was close but
the Blues were successful in whip
ping the Reds and ordered their
color withdrawn. Thus you will note
that only the Blue flag is being dis
played this week.
The Reds VOW in no uncertain way
that they are going to throw their
flag to the winds and thus force the
Blue flag to be withdrawn. Let us
watch the front Of Headquarters
Building to see who leads.
Beginning the ,22nd there will be
five-day intensive canvass Of the
City of Richmond. During this can
vass it is our desire to reach every
home in Richmond. Let everybody
ret ready to seize this opportunity
to join the coming fraternol organi-
zation of today.
Generalissimo A. C. Clark has
direct charge of this drive and is
leaving no stone unturned to perfect
an organization that will be capable
of putting this drive over success
fully. Grand Shepherd Ora Brown
Stokes is in the-Athfckest of the
fight lending inspiration and en-
enlargement to every worker in the
drive.
Friday night, October 10 all of the
workers will assemble at Headquar
tiers for final instructions. Light re
freshments will be served.
On the night Of the goth there
will be a grand torchlight parade to-
some hall that will be named later,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13

where all of the new candidates will
be obligated into the Order. Let US
make this the biggest and best mem
bership drive ever put over in Rich
mond by any fraternal order.
Deputy Ella M. Thompson report
ed a Fold from Pittsburgh, Pa. last
month.
Deputy Susie J. Williams was sue
cessful in organizing a strong
healthy Fold at Seven Pines during
September. This Fold was Initiated
by Grand Shepherd Ora Brown
Stokes.
Deputy Fannie b. Taulton reor-
ganized Magic City Fold in Roanoke
Va. in September.
Deputy Bottle Pryor organized a
Juvenile with 81 members in Orange
County last month. Many congrat.
ulations to these Deputies.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13
ROANOKE LETTER

Mr.. Thomas w. Prostos has been
sick. Mr.. Thomas d. Jones is also
sick. Rev. DR.. Cummins assisted
Rev. DR.. Hatcher last Sunday.
Mrs. T. Armstrong expects to
leave for Charlottesville. Mr.. John
Meyer is still an invalid. Mrs. Nan
cy Scott left Saturday for Rocky
Mount.
The funeral of William Robertson
took place at Mt. Z.on A. M. 3.
Church October 5, at 2 P. NJ. Rev.
James S. Hatcher, d. D. officiated.
The funeral of Mrs. Maria Nelson
took place at the sama church on
the 10th.
Rev. Owens is improving Rev.
Hatcher preached at Jerusalem Bap
fist Church Sunday night.
Mrs Name Jones of Pittsburgh
& here visiting her parents. Mr..
Willard NJ Her has been quite i'll.
Patronizt Madison Stanfeld. You
will find The Planet there.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13

DR.. Kelly Miller of Howard Uni
versity at Washington, D. c., while
announcing his preference for Hon.
Herbert Hoover for President, ad
dresses to him an open letter, which
is a literary gem and "a statesman
like deliveraace. It is filled with
facts, irony and sarcasm concluding
with declarations of Fundamental
right principles which can neither
be ignored nor cast aside. BY this
remarkable plea DR.. Miller has
placed himself in the forefront of
Negro leaders in this country.
We subscribe to every declaration
he has made and voice the hope
that every Negro in the United
States who has sense enough to
come in out of the rain" when
the skies are overcast will Subscribe
TO his utterances and accord to him
the need of praise that he so nobly
deserves. May God open wide the
eyes of Hon. Herbert Hoover and
pour out from his heavenly store
house blessings upon Kelly Miller
of Washington.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13
FULTON NOTES

Rev. C. A. Cobbs delivered an
able sermon in the morning at MT:
Calvary Baptist Church and conduct
ed Communion services in the after
noon. Rev. W. ]. Tyler, Rev. John
4. Capehart, Jr. were among the
visitors.
Sunt. Arthur White has a fine
Sunday School at Rising Mt. Zion
Baptist Church. Rev. c. B. Jeffer-
son will preach at the Union Baptist
Church, South Richmond tomorrow
evening.
The Hiawatha Beneficial Society
will hold passover services at Shiloh
tomorrow afternoon. Rev. S. l..
Bush, B. D., pastor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13

While the reasons given by Judge
Julien Gum for appointing ]. =.
Robertson commissioner in chancery
did not set very well on fine stomachs
of some of the colored folks herea-
bouts. it effectually answered the
criticisms of some of the Negro
haters who had been making poiit'
heal capital out of the just recogni'
ion of worthy colored people here
abouts. ~
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13
DO YOU KNOW HIM?

Information is desired concerning
an old colored man, named Joe Hunt.
Some well-to-do white people, who
know him and wish him well, desire
to get in communication with him
at once. 1t is desired that enquiry
be made in the churches and societies
for him. Any information concern
ing him will be gladly received at
this office. Persons desiring to know
more about the matter can call up
the Planet Office, Randolph 2213.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13
MINISTER'S CONFERENCE OPENS
SESSION.

The Baptist Ministers Conference
of Richmond and Vicinity opened it's
192S-29 session on Monday, October
1st.
The Ministers reported their activ
tiles during the vacation period,
which was spent by large number
in conducting revivals in the rural
sections of the State.
The session of last Monday was
marked by the action of the brethren
in officially endorsing the efforts Of
a group of white welfare workers to
establish a colored day nursery in
Fulton.
o. B.. SIMMS. Reporter.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNER

STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP. Management. Circulation, ETC ;
required by the Act Of Congress o.
August "a, 1912, of The Planet pub
lished weekly at Richmond, Virginia
for October 1, 1928.
State OF Virginia, County OF Henrlco.
Before me, Notary Public in anu
for the State and county aforesaid
personally appeared, John Mitchell Jf.
wha having been duly sworn accord
ing to law deposes and says that ne Is
the Editor of The Planet. and that the
following is to the best of his knowi.
edge and belief. true statement OF
the ownership, management OF the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption required by
the Act of August "a 1912, embodied
in section 44S, Postal Laws and Regu'
lations printed nC the reverse of this
form, to wit:
/. That the names and addresses OF
the publisher. editor managing editor
and business managers are:
Publisher John Mitchell Jr, Sll N
4th Street, Richmond Va.
Editor John Mitchell Jro S1l N
4th Street, Richmond, Va.
Managing Editor, John Mitchell, Jr.'
gil n. 4th St., Richmond. Va.
BUSINESS Managers, John Mltchei'
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g. That the two paragraphs mex
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graphs contain statements embracing
atlantis full knowledge and belief al
to he circumstances and conditions III
der which stockholders and securlt!
holders who do not appear upon tn
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lieve that any other person. associa
ion. or coropration has any interest. u
rect or indirect in the said STOCK
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JOHN MITCHELL JR..
Editor.
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me tn s first day of October, 1929.
B. A. CEPHAS,
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We cannoa say all we want 10 say
on account of limited space, but Coo
will open the way for US 50 speak
up just as we wish to do bye anu
bye. tsiE1
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13
DEATHS REPORTED


The following is a list OF deaths
OF colored persons reported 10 the
Richmond Bureau of Health from
October 2 10 October 9, 1928 with
age and date of death:
Alma Morris, age 80 years; 2911 G.
St.; October /.
Edward Davis, year; 129 e. 2Oth
St.; October 1.
Lula Lunfdrd, Al years; 16 W. Hill
St.; September 30.
Elizabeth May Brooks, 10 years;
Pals, Va; October 2.
Lena Jones, "a years; 14OS N. 9th
St.; October 4.
Catherine Meade, As years; 500 st
James St.; October a.
George woodson, S5 years; COZ S.
Randolph ST.; October s..
Lucy M. Cuvillay, IS years; 1ol2
w. Cary St.; October o.
Samuel S. Baker, 81 years; 62S N.
7th St.; October s.
Bertha Jeanette Carter, s years;
ST st. James St.; Aug. ..
Donl Gilmore, 81 years; 100 Pulliam
St.; October S.
Arthur Alexander, 81 years; sO3 N.
| 18th S.. October 6.
Infant Brown. II days; 4O3 Dicker-
son ST.; October 8.
George s. Hazel, A. years; 54S Brook
Avenue; October z.
; BENJAMIN Faulcon, AZ years: 1910
w. Clay St.; October z.
Susie Jackson Ellington, 1887 W.
! Moore St.; October 6.
Isaac Johnson, So years: SOC Or.
leans St.; October Z.
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SKIPwITH AT MT. TABOR.

Mt. Tabor Baptist Church. North
22nd St. (Woodville) Next Sunday
will be a great day as usual in our
church. 1880 A. NJ. Subject, "The
Difference Between a Pastor and an
Evangelist. \" 6:45 P. M. Special
program. $3.50 P. NJ. "Thy Will Be
Done" Special singing by our pas
tor and choir at each service.
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This life is long painful strug-
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liable TO be wanting in health ana
if YOU have health, you are liable
to be wanting in money. Keep
cheerful despite the reverses.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1928

The prejudice against a candidate
on account of his religion is of the
came kind and consistency OF pre-
iudice against fhe Negro on accoun"
of ris race and color.
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IMPROVEMENT NOTED AT ONCE,


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Richmond, Va, July 8, 1915

Richmond. Va, July 8, 1915.
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NOTES

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Notary Public

Nv commission expires Mar p, 1880
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Sworn to and subscribed refore
me tbs first day Of October, 1929.
B. A. CEPHAS.
Notary Public
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Samuel S. Baker, 81 years: 62S N.
7th St.; October s.
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Susie Jackson Ellington, 1887 W.
Moore St.; October 6.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13

Bertha Jeanette Carter, 6 years;
SIT st. James St.; Aug. 8.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-10-13

Isaac johnson, So years; sos Or
leans St.. October Z.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22

Rather Heavy Wife-I'm put
ting on weight, Doctor. What
should I do?"
Candid Doctor-Regular exer-
else. Push yourself away from
the table three times a day.
-Tawney Kat.
He's 50 lazy, child, that he
even eats loaf sugar.
Reserve Red Cat.
ais he conceited?"
"Conceited? Why, every time
he hears a clap of thunder he
runs to the window and takes
bow" -DenisOn FIamingO.
"Say, Mike, I've been sitting
here for an hour and this vanish
ing cream hasn't moved yet"
Pitt Panthre.
Employer: Yes, advertised
for good strong boy. Think
you can fill the bill?
Applicant: WE'LL just finished
licking 19 other applicants OUT
side of the door. --MugwumP.
'Some day he's going to get
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
Wise Cracks

crowned sez the man. gazing
at the Prince of Wales.
MINI. SlKi-u-Inah.
The average man who wants
YOU to give him a penny for his
thoughts, is usually profiteering.
PitifuI Cases
A veterinary surgeon trying to
drum up business on merry.go-
round.
You're Right
Aviators generally use sky ter
riers for mascots.
Ideal DumbeIIs.
The fellow who put hair tonic
on animal crackers and tried TO
raise his wife fur coat,
Unpopular Songs
She was only policemans
daughter, but she was all right
in pinch.
Social Accomplishments
Thanks to the boctleggers,
American youth y well preserved.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
Maybe I'm Wrong
By John p Medbury
Excuse It. Please

Excuse 1t, Please
A zoo is only as strong as its
weakest lynx.
Ideal Dumb.belIs
The fellow who put hay under
the hood of his automobile 80
that the plugs would have some
thing to eat.
You're Right
King Solomon ran around with
too many married women.
v, Efficiency Expert
The cannibal who had his
mother-in-law for dinner.
Our Own Vaudeville
Speed Cop--tYou were doing
so miles an hour-I'ye got O.
good mind to pinch YOU"
Flapper-'Gosh, hope you'h
do it where it won't show
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
Null and Void

Ode to a Kleptomaniac
Do your Xmas coping early.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22

sabers are Of such a poor quail
ity nowadays that all the sword
swaIlowers are getting indiges-
tion.
Null and Void
The fellow who thought you
bought clay pigeons in meat
market.
Ode to KleptOmaniac
Do your Xmas coping early.
Unpopular Songs
"She's only a photographers
daughter, but she knows her
dark rooms"
You're Wrong
The thin man in the circus
never stops his shoulder blades.
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
DOWN

|. To surfeit.
,. Soon.
!. Remove from power.
1. Masculine nickname.
!. Appraise.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
STRONG DEFENSE AGAIN

President Coolidge's argument in
his message to congress for strong
national defense was quoted by Paul
Painleve, minister of war, in the
senate in France the other day as
good sense" in justifying what his
opponents assailed as a contradiction
between the signature of the Kellogg
BRAND treaty and an increased war
budget THE allusiOn has been
made" said Painleve, ito the peace
pact. contrasting it with our military
expenses. The originator of this pact,
President Coolidge himself, wrote re-
Gently that countries that seriously
organize their defense cooperate the
best in guaranteeing peace, and that
the catastrophe of 1914 would have
occurred earlier if the menaced coun-
tries had not protected themselves
We will remain true to those words
of good sense"
If the catastrophe of 1914 had oc-
Cured later and the menaced coun-
tries had continued to organize their
defense there would not have been
anybody left to tell about. Good
sense" it seems, tells us that there
was too much preparation for war at
that time and let us not have a repe-
titiOn of it. When one country be-
gins to prepare-that is, for more than
internal disorders-other countries be-
come suspicious and then it goes down
the line again with more preparation
and plenty of expense for the coming
generations to foot and lots of profits
for the war lords, to say nothing OF
the wholesale killings
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
COMPREHENSIVE

The Associated Press carries a
story about a happy Christmas down
in the hills of Kentucky where 70
year old man came back to the old
home town to visit two brothers and
two sisters after having been absent
for IS yearS-Since he was IA years
old-and his whereabouts not known
during that time. AS a lad he went
out to make his mark in the world,
finally settling down in California.
He was successful and became
wealthy. Truly it must have been a
real joyful Christmas to the brothers
and the sisters in the old home town
as well as to the wanderer himself,
but think of all those Christmas cele-
brations in between-65 of them
when he was missed from the family
circle-not even word from him.
And at the age he returned he might
not have seen his kinsfolks. 1t is
well to be successful, but we must
live and enjoy life, our relatives and
friends as we go along. Life must
be wholesome and filled with the joy
and friendship that money cannot buy
Lonesomeness and worry on account
of the loss of dear friends or relatives
is hard to bear and wears one down.
However late in life as this meeting
is, may the kinsfolks in the hills of
Kentucky enjoy the reunion to their
hearts content which they surely de-
serve.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
WAR

The booming of the guns and the
cries of the wounded of the world
war have hardly ceased to CRATE on
the ear, when two South American
republics have decided to take up
arms. aginst each other. Yes, Para
quay and Bolivia have taken up arms
and have begun to fight it out. AL
though they seem willing to listen
to arbitration suggestions and there
are actual indications that the diff
ficulties will be settled by this meth
cd. but damage has been done. Not as
great damage, perhaps as would have
been done if fighting had continued
but nevertheless some.
Perchance some of the people will
carry grievances-sOmew will imagine
great wrong done by their neighborlns
republic. After the break is made,
all is not the same as it was before
War is demon that preys upon
innocent people. 1t is the evil out
breaking of the Devil to cause de-
struction and suffering. 1t is like an
evil temper, that leaves the offender
i'm sorry state of mind after its
outbreak. Why can't the people and
the countries of the earth settle their
grievances i'm a more humane way
rather than send their sons to the
battlefields to be slaughtered and
never return?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
SOME TIME MAYBE
TWO CENT AIR MAIL
RATE PER OUNCE

According to Col. Paul Henderson,
former assistant postmaster general
and now general manager of the Ma
tional Air Transport, Inc, air mail
rates in the near future will be Town
to where it will not be such a luxury
to send or to receive. By 1898, Mr..
Henderson intimates that the regular
postal rate by air will be carried at
the regular postage rate of cents per
ounce,
He also predicts that within five
years air mail service and loads will
have increased 10-fold, and that air
mail and air express speeds will be
$50 miles an hour or greater. That
within 10 years all of the important
cities will be linked by passenger
lines, and that planes carrying from
five to 30 passengers will travel the
routes at $50 to $50 miles per hour.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
Minutes.
C. N. Semaphore)

A minute is long time. sometimes
To-Day minute is longer than ever
Great transactions are often carried
ON in this age of hurry, in less than
minute.
Important business decisions fire.
quently must be made in the twink
ling of an eye. If you don't believe
it, step into a stock exchange some
day, and see all that goes on in a
minute: fortunes are made and lost;
thousands and hundreds of thousands
of dollars in stocks are bought. and
sold.
Yet we say. wait a minute" as if
that minute had no value.
An entire sermon can be preached
in a minute, if the right words are
used.
Save your minutes, and the hours
will take care of themselves.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-27
"ALL is NOT GOLD THAT
GLITTERS"

When one thinks of a gold mine,
one thinks of thousands and thousands
of dollars that is easily dug from the
ground and cashed. One thinks of
the precious yellow dust that is un-
earthed as being priceless, since the
many things, money included, is made
from it, with price attached that
one will not carelessly pay. 1t is
hard to believe that the operators
of the gold mine would have to cease
operations in that mine because the
ledger would not balance on the right
side in sufficient amounts as to war
rant the operators to continue. 1t
is indeed a hard thing to believe that
one cannot dig the precious dust from
the ground, because it will not pay
enough in profits to warrant the eff
forts. This same difficulty has act
ually happend during the past few
years in the case of certain mining
companies who have operated in the
hills of South Dakota.
Since the gold rush of 1876 approx
imately $3.50, 100000 worth of gold has
been taken from the South Dakota
hills, but after time, mining opera
tions, it seems, ceased to pay, due
partly to the increased cost of mater
>ials, which in some instances reached
to 100 per cent, together with the in
crease in wages. Then too the price
of gold is fixed by the coinage act of
the United States government at 25.S
grains of nine-tenths fine gold as a
standard dollar, and also. the fact