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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
GET TOGETHER MEETING

The Union meeting, July 19, 1929,
at the residence of Mrs. Mary Rob-
inson, 518 st. James Street, was
held under the auspices of the Char
liable Union as a Get-Together Meet
ing. 1t was well attended by mem
bers and visitors. Program: De-
votionals, singing, Mrs. Lue Twine;
scripture reading, Bro. Lomax; (;
prayer, Rev. S. c. Burrell; object
stated, Rev. F. w. Quarles; welcome
address, Mrs. Robinson; address,
Rev. S. C. Burrell. Yes, everybody
enjoyed themselves and those who
failed to come missed great treat
Ice cream, cake and lemonade in
abundance were served by the com.
mittee. AS Quarles calls it, up. to
the brim, pressed down and running
over. There were four new men,
bers to join. Mrs. Lottie Thornton,
secretary of committee; Rev. F. w.
Quarles, manager.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
ROBERT SCOTT DROWNED
PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, Pa, July 23, 1929.
Mr.. Mitchell, Jr.
Dear Sir:
| am sending you a clipp;ass.ef
Rober. Scott, who was killed yester-
day, July 22nd. Please put it in the
paper.
A watchman was drown early yes
terday morning when he stepped out
of building in frankfort and fel
into an open sewer trap.
The victim, Robert SEQ {, 60, col
ored, of 81S Poplar Street Eas taker
from the sewer shor5 time after ht
fell in, by John Ronald, 20, OF 497|
Stiles Street, who saw him fall. lie
was taken to Northeastern &c oital.
where he was pronounced deS J.
Scott vas employed as night
watchman by Garsalo & Witman,
contractors, at Orthodox and Rich
mond Streets. He was walking
around the building when he fell in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
Women Hold
Great Meeting :
at Fort Worth.
Ora Brown Stokes is Reelected
President of the Southeastern
Federation $50 Fourteen States
Represented.

Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes returned
July 18th from Fort Worth, Texas,
where she attended the session of
the South Eastern Section of the
National Association of Colored
Women's Clubs, which section
comprises fourteen Southern States.
She is president of this section. She
left July 4th, over the Pennsylvania
Railroad via of Washington, on the
Spirit Of st. Louis, a dc luxe train,
and at St. Louis she took the Blue
Bonnet special for Fort Worth,
Texas. Arriving there she was met
by Mrs. ". II. Harvey, president
of the city federation, and carried
to the palatial home of Dr.. and Mrs.
r. A. Ransom, leading physician of
Fort Worth and surgeon-in-chief of
the colored hospital and nurses
home.
Meeting opened Sunday after
noon. July 7th, at DR.. Greer's
church. Mt. Gilead, which church was
formerly pastored by President L.
X William, d. d. Sunday night
Mrs. Stokes delivered her annual ad-
dress at st. James Baptist Church,
pastored by Dir. Wynn, to crowded
congregation. This church has q
membership Of 5000.
The address produced q sensation
and was enthusiastically received.
The daily press featured the same.
On her return to st. Louis, Mrs.
Stokes was the guest of Mrs. A. M.
Malone, of Poro College. She visit
ed Poro College at Chicago, Mrs.
Malone placing her locomobile al
the service of Mrs. Stokes. She Wa
enthusiastically received at Indian
apolis and Pittsburgh.
The Section adjourned to meet at
Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1881. Mrs.
Stokes having been unanimously re-
elected president; Mrs. r. A. Ran
som, Texas, vice-president; Mrs. A.
S. Johnson. Texas, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Mary S. Lipscomb,
of Alabama, recording secretary;
Mrs. Cora NJ. Allen, louisiana
treasurer; Mrs. Alice D. Cary, Geor-
gia, hartman of Nthe executive
board.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
National ~ Ideals
Stage A Great
Meeting.
Rev. Dr.. Hi11 Delivers Able Ser
mon--Supreme Master Holmes
Speaks In Anniversary,

The 18th anniversary was well OBJ
served by the Ideal members
throughout the Brotherhood. Rich
mond District, under the leadership
Of Deputy T. L. Beverly and B. w.
Perkins, made a great showing at
the Second Baptist Church last Sun
day. Rev. Joseph T. Hill preached
wonderful sermon, and said he was
impressed with the organization as
being one of the best he had ever
preached to. Supreme Grand Mas
ter A. w. Holmes delivered an ex-
cellent address, dealing mostly with
the progress and safety of the order.
The music by the Ideal choir was
charming. Solos by Mr.. Samuel L.
| johnson and Mrs. Olivia w. Smith
were especially pleasing to the great
audience.
Mr.. w. l. Hopkins welcomed the
order. Mrs. Susie B. Williams re-
sponded. Mrs. Susie E. J. Grant
gave very interesting statement as
to the splendid record the order has
made. Each speaking in highest
terms of the organization. Rev. R.
Beecher Taylor, supreme chaplain,
conducted the devotional. 7. L.
Beverly, master of ceremonies. Mrs.
S. B. Cogbill, in choice words, intro
duced the supreme master.
The church was crowded with
members and friends and all spoke
words of praise of the society and
its founder for the great work in the
uplift of man kind.
The sixth annual Ideal outing to
Bay Shore, Tuesday, July 90th, is
eagerly looked forward to with
anxiety as days outing and recrea-
ton for its members and friends.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27

Goodman Brown, Sr., of Surry,
Va, departed this life at $3.50
o'clock P. NJ, July 4, 1929.
Born July "a, 1910, served in the
U. S. Navy and was veteran Of the
Civil War. He leaves wife, eight
children flour sons and four daugh
ters), one sister and two brothers,
grandchildren and host of rela-
tives and friends to mourn their loss.
He died triumphant in faith. He
professed conversion September 8,
1875, and joined Mt. Nebo Baptist
Church, of this county.
He married in 1872 the daughter
of James and Mildred Parke, of the
city of Richmond, who was Miss
Mary Parke, public school teacher
of this and other districts.
He also represented the Counties
of Surry and Prince George, Va, in
the State Legislature, 1SS7-1SS8.
Gone, but not forgotten.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
MANY GUEST AT BAY SHORE.
Bay Shore Hotel,
Buckroe Beach, Va,

! July Il, 1929
! Buchroe Beach, Va.-Sun Kist
{ California, sent one guest to spend
the past week at the Bay Shore
Hotel, Canada sent another, anc
: Georgia added still another to give
to the hotel register an atmosphere
of breadth and cosmopolitanism
: The State of Ohio also had COM
paratively large representation, and
. North Carolina, Virginia, and this
! District of Columbia continued to
hold their places as the chief sources
of Bay Shores patronage.
Miss S. c. Tate hailed from Los
angeles, and Miss A. C. Whittis
from Toronto, Ontario, while E. R.
Guthrie was the guest from Atlanta,
Ga.
From Ohio came Miss Eleanor v.
Garrett, Dayton; Miss Mary E. Will
son, Springfield; Miss Mary F. Myall,
Xenia; and Mr.. Charles E. Harrison,
Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. McKinsey,
leading residents of White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, were among the
guests at the hotel last week.
Mr.. j. G. Logan, principal of the
Shaw Junior High School, Washing
ton, D. c., has been at Bay Shore
Hotel for the past ten days. Mr..
Logan is accompanied by his wife
. and his three children, Mary, Joseph,
Jr., and Lula,
DR.. Leroy L. Hall, Winston-Salenl,
N. c., motored to the beach last
weekend, together with Colon Las
sitter, playground supervisor. Mr..
Lassiter visited Hampton Institute,
his alma mater, before returning to
his duties in North Carolina.
Miss R. B. Butcher, one of the
few members of the race to grad
uate from the Sargent School of
Physical Culture, Boston, Mass,
was a guest at Bay Shore last week.
Miss Butcher is a teacher at Vir-
ginia Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute, Petersburg, Va. Miss Butcher
was accompanied by her sister,
Agnes, who is at present making her
home in New York.
DR.. and Mrs. H. Dodford Dis
mukes, Kimball, w. Va, and party
have arrived at Bay Shore Hotel for
an extended stay. The doctor is a
member of the staff of the Harrison
Memorial Hospital.
+ B. Talmadge Bradshaw, Virginia
director of the National Benefit Life
Insurance Company, spent the past
weekend at Bay Shore.
] Mrs. Leila Hayden, Richmond,
Va, who has been coming to Bay
Shore Hotel every, season for sew
eral years, arrived last Sunday
! Mrs. NJ. L. Ruff, of Ruff, Mat
thews County, Va, who has been
the village postmistress for the past
j fifteen years, is now resting at the
hotel. Mrs. Ruff is the mother of
Mrs. Kate Greene, school teacher
in Philadelphia, Pa, and of Miss l..
l.. Ruff, Washington, D. c., also a
school teacher.
Misses Made B. Hall and Maude
Philips, Winston Salem, N. c., stop
ped at the hotel on their way to
the second session of the Hampton
Institute Summer School.
Among the other guests were the
following:
From Richmond, Val. NJ
Sweeny, S. G. Gilpin and Mr.. anc
Mrs. D. D. Gilpin, Miss Ora B
Stokes, Miss Leila A. Wynn, Mis-:
Ella Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. RusseI
Harvey, Miss Blanche Ellis, Mis-:
Doris Carter.
| From Norfolk, Va.-Mrs. F. j
Nottingham, Mrs. A. M. Harris, Mis-:
Vivian Tucker and mother, Miss
Alberta Hendricks, E. l.. Washing.
ton, G.. Pearson, Miss E. M. Cross
Mrs. R. Jones, E. A. West, Miss
Daisy Sykes.
G. j. F.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
~ Years the Penalty. =<Decdfur
Killed Joe Harris

Especial by John Mitchell, Jr.)
Decatur Strothers, charged with
the murder of Joe Harris, was tried
in the Hastings Court here Wednes-
day, July "a, 1929, before Judge
John l.. Ingram, jury trial being
waived. Strothels was represented
bv Attorney Haley Shelton, upon
whose advice, ne pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree. ia
agreement with Commonwealth At
torney Dave E. Satterheld, Judge
Ingram assessed his punishment at
twelve years in the penitentiary.
Time Reduced
Judge Ingram stated that this time
would be reduced one-third, condi-
tional upon his good behaviour.
This would reduce the actual pun
ishment at eight years confinement.
The crime for which Strother was
sentenced was the shooting to death
of Joe Harris, Saturday, June %,
1929, near the northwest corner of
Second and Duval Streets. The bull
let entered the left thigh and pune
tured the intestines.
Died in Hospital.
Harris died in st. Phillips Hos
pital the next day. Many witnesses
had been summoned, but they did
not testify. Strother and Harris had
previously been in tighs that day,
1t was alleged that Harris struck
Strother over the head with an iron
jack, the fight taking place on st.
James Street, just beyond Happy
Land Park. Strother secured re-
volver and meeting Joe Harris, as
stated, proceeded to shoot him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
I'M THE SECOND DEGREE.
SfrOfher

the sewer. Police of the Richmond
and Kirkbride Streets station helped
Ronald take the body from the
sewer and send it to the hospital:
! Richmond, Va, is his home. He
had brother named James Martin:
at $40 N. Thirty-second Street, and
one named Tom. Kindly help me to
find them. The body. is at 1920 N.
Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
VIM. Savin. ] am reader of your
paper and get it on Lombard Street
between Tenth and Eleventh Streets
every Monday. 1t may be Mr.. Robert
, Scott the undertaken may be kin to
him. He had son by the name of
Hezekiah Scott, and daughter
named Bessie. Address Cassie John
! son, 900 Darien Street, Philadelphia,
/. pa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
IDEAL NEWS

The July meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors
of the National Ideal Benefit Society
the business transacted was of vast
importance, looking forward to the
meeting of the 18th Annual Conven-
ton to convene in this city, Septem-
Der 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Deputies J. R. Hicks and Amos c..
Clark have sent in encouraging re-
ports on field work for the month.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
PEANUT IN LUNG

A child was hurried to st. Philips
Hospital from it's home, 80 East
Fourth Street, South Richmond. 1t
had peanut in its lung and all ef.
forts to dislodge it failed. The child
died last Monday.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
A SPECIAL SERMON AT MOUNT
OlIVET

Sunday morning, July 2Sth, Has,
at the Mount Olivet Baptist Church,
the Rev. ]. Andrew Bowler, D. D.,
by special request. will preach the
sermon, "You Shall Reap Just What
You Sow. An are welcome. Come
and hear for yourselves.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27

We will send the Planet anywhere
in the United States one month for
25 cents. Former Richmonders will
thank you for sending them a copy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
REV. DIR. WALTER H, BROOKS
TO BE HERE

Rev. Waiter H Brooks D. D.
will preach at the Second Baptist
Church Sunday a. s P. NJ. July 2S
1929.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27

Rev. Gordon B. Hancock. the
popular pastor Of the Moore Street
Baptist Church has been granted a
leave of absence and is now on his
vacation after a strenuous years
work.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
Died in Hospital.
Head Bandaged.

Strother had his head bandaged
from the previous fight in which in
juries had been inflicted on him by
Harris. Testimony was available,
too, to show that q physician had
administered morphine to Suother
and that he was partly under the
influence of this drug when the
murder took place. The row was
said to be abou. 9 battery. II was
q singular fact, too, that the bodies
of John Anderson's wife and his
step-daughter were at that time
resting on cooling boards in the fu-
neral directors parlor of T. H.
Hayes, Just across the street.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27

The colored barber's Union of this
city will run a moonlight picnic down
the river next Tuesday night.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27

FOR RENT-North Eighth Street
Entire house of twelve rooms OF
will rent in flats. Phone Madison
3173.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-15

general support Of the state, leaving s44,50O,00O for
appropriations. This is where the rub comes In.
Now s44.5OO.OOO for appropriations Is sI.5OO.OOO be
low the house appropriations total and sI2.500.00O
below the proposed appropriations as carried in the
approved bill Of the senate finance committee. Texas
lawmakers are reminded that additional sources Of
revenue are necessary IN order that the revenue in
sight may equal the total Of appropriations made.
They are reminded that there Is to be a 4 cent gallon
age tax for the construction and maintenance Of
roads II Texas and a third Of the sum raised for the
4 cent tax Is to 20 70 the support OF the public schools
Of Texas. Senate lawmakers have provided appro-
priations sl2.O0O.oO0 greater than the revenue in sight.
House lawmakers 81. 100000 greater than the revenue
In sight. Now the lawmakers are the revenue makers.
The governor Is not a revenue maker. He may rec
cmmend and that is all. Increased revenues should
march side by side or hand III hand with increased
appropriations for the departments OF government in
Guiding the University and the colleges and the pub
lie schools. There is no other way out OF It.
Gov. Moody has recommended a state income tax.
This proposal was killed two years ago an. It was
slain again while the regular session was on. Nuisance
tax bills, including the tax on cigars and cigarets
have bobbed up and nuisance taxes are the most I'M
popular OF all tax levies that have been levied in
American history or the history Of American COM
monwealth. II Is useless for the lawmakers 70 pass
the buck TO the governor. That IS, Il IS useless for
them to enact huge appropriation bills, send the same
70 the governor and expect their chief executive to
provide millions of dollars in revenue in sight when
it isn't III sight and 1t will not flow into the treasury
to be paid out for governmental expenses unless those
vino hold the purse strings and enact the tax laws see
to it that there Is a dollar in sight to match every
dollar that has been appropriated by the legislative
branch Of the government.
Buckpassing IS out Of date. Passing the buck Is an
ancient method Of lodging Or avoiding responsibility.
Texas will be a s4.OOoOOOOOO state next year. Now q
$4,000 100000 state should be able to be liberal at all
times, progressive at all times, wise In the expenditure
Of the public revenue and never niggardly in the sup
port that Is given to education as well as for the
proper maintenance OF all the departments OF the
state. Additional sources OF revenue should be tapped
There should be no buck passing. Trim the appro-
priations to the revenue in sight o. provide the addi-
tional revenue which the appropriations call for IN
this four billion dollar state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-15
Personals

Adam Johnson. Geo. q. Mueller,
r l.. steck. r W. McFadden and
Walter T. Seabolm. al of Austin. are
here inspecting the Brownsville air
port. They are stopping At Fl
Jardin.
O.. e. Gilmore is here from New
York.
S. w. Patrick. Of san Antonio.
came in Friday. and Is AZ Fl Jardin.
G. G. Crandall Is here from Dallas.
II. a. Milton. or St. Louis, IS in
town.
z g. Sullivan. of Memphis. Il a
guest at III Jardin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durant Warren are
here from New Orleans.
n. w. Cunningham is here from
San Angelo
Sam BOch Is here from Houston.
sam r. johnson Of San Antonio
Is here looking after business.
r. ?. Slaughter and J. ID. Traylor,
~ the Missouri Pacific lines spent
Friday here.
r. Bisonnet is here from San An
tonic.
r.. q. Wilson. of Port Lavaca. is a
guest ar the Travellers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. t. Smith, Of Dali
las. are visiting the city.
&. n Mountjoy Is here from HouS-
ton OH business.
A. 3. Jacobs OF cAllen was in
town Thursday.
Antonio Trueta was here from
Nuevo Laredo Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-15
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTErH
"A NATION; BUT SIN IS A REPROACH
To ANY PEOPLE" Proverbs 1884

a heather king whom God raised
Up as n whip TO scourge his people
for their sins.
The Wages Of Sin
But this dissertation of the holy
city and its sacred temple did not
come until after they had long been
d-csecratcd by those who should
have hallowed them. This captiv-
ity Of the nation BY the power Of
the Chaldeans did not come until
long after the nation had sold it
self into the captivity Of sin. There
N nothing new or strange in all
this sad story Of the captivity ii Is
only the harvest Of the seed they
had persisted in sowing for many
generations. it rs the old. old story
OF Inc way or the t-ransgressor. In
these DAYS. when 50 many feel its
not what YOU do. but what you get
away with, Il Is needful that We
let history testify 70 the retribu-
tive Justice or the Almighty. BE
not deceived God Is not Knocked,
for whatsoever 4 man SCWeth that
shall he also reap"
There IS a day of reckoning for
individuals as well as nations. There
is no captivity more cruel than that
az sin. II blinds the Cyes Of its
slaves. gives them letters like steel.
and dcgradcs them from places OF
honor 10 tho depths nj shame.
They Cnslave their children's chill
dren who make merchandise Of
sin
Tho International Uniform Les
son for June rs Is II Kings - l-2i.
the subject being. Judah Taken
Captive and the Golden Text
Righteousness eNslteth a nation,
but sin * a reproaCh "a any poo
PIE. Proverbs Ia 34l
The suggested daily Bible read
ings for next weeks family Worship
are. Monday. Psalm 103.1-12. Tues
day. Psalm 1903 1922. Wednesday
III Sam 22.1-7. Thursday. lisa. ISL
q. FRIDAY. lisa 26-l-10. Saturday
Heb. l3-7-l7. Sunday. Psalm i07 :
23-3i.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-15
PAINFUL EFFECTS
OF CONSTIPATION
A Very Troublesome Condition
Relieved By the Help Of
Black rauFht.

Huntington, w. Va-Mrs. Ida
Perry. IT'S Charleston Avenue, this
city, says.
Sometimes I suffer from lndlEes-
ton, and 1 have found that quick
relief follows a dose Of Black
DrauRht This medicine Is also <
ceIlent for constipation. and / am
glad TO recommend IL.
IAN last winter, I suffered from
pains in my legs and across nv back.
I did not sleep well &c All. and was
very nervous. 7 could scarcely walk,
and was unable TO climb up and
down the steps. L was almost past
going, and it took all nv strength
to get around. NV homework was
a great care, and I did not feel
equal TO It,
II was in a condition that had
been coming on me for a long time
before I knew It. My trouble was
from absorbed poisons, but 7 did not
realize IL until I was IN actual pain.
X found Black-Draught a great
help In getting rid OF this trouble. I
use 1t frequently. I feel lots better
after I have taken Black raught
Refuse imitationsl Insist on the
genuine Thedford'S Black raughL
I'm yellow Csc packages. Ha.,r,-a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-15
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Texas a Four Billion Dollar State

Accurate figures are loud speakers to those VINO
know their Informative value. Texas VIII become o
four billion dollars assessed valuation state IN 1880 Tor
the first time. Gov. Moody has made the prediction
His prediction is based on the figures al his com
mand the estimates which are in mis- possession and
the facts which he has collated as chief executive Oh
the commonwealth.
Nov a four billion dollar state with Q population
~ 8 oon ooO human souls has rapidly expanding nsti-
tutions OF government and its governmental depart
ments OF all kinds must be maintained OF SUSTAINED
by the taxes taken from the pockets OF the Peope'
Gov Moody IS honest. He is well informed. de Is
sincere. He is patriotic and he is proud OF TINS lour
billion dollar empire state OF the sisternooo. re mas
made many recommendation to the lawmakers re
has called for many reforms along certain lines. de
4 for a government of and by and for the people and
he never had a personal ak to grind. This Is asserted
by his friends: II Is admitted by his critics.
Cost OF government IN this new civilization must
be met. Texas Is perhaps the fastest growing OF
American commonwealth below the invisible Mason
and Dixon line Of yeSteryear. Gov. Moody mas gwen
the figures to the people. Property taxes VIII pay
about one.third OF the cost OF the state government
during the next two years. Estimated revenues for
running the government wiz be s4s.44Oooo FOR the
next two years. This exclusive o. money used for
highway work. all funds derived from the education
tax and the Confederate pension tax.
OF this sum the governor estimated s2e.O0O.OOO VIII
hone from sources other than property taxes and
sac. 900 from the present IS cents ad valorem state
levy. In addition 70 this the school tax re says will
bring In approximately s2sOOooOo FOR the two years
and the revenues gasoline and motor vehicle taxes
Tor road construction and maintenance. including
federal aid, close TO $4,000 Oo. Confederate pension
tax for two years will bring u about S4500oOO.
Thus ii appears the state government as shown py
ats chief executive Will be a business q approximately
$50 1000 a year for the next two years. Now get
these facts based upon the figures furnished: prison
appropriations. claims and accounts and other items
70 be appropriated outside the general bills, will take
approximately 100000 of the total available for