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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27
Southern Aid
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27
FULTON NOTES

The, services at the Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church last Sunday were
very inspiring. The pastor, Rev. C.
A. Cobbs, seemed to be at his best.
We were very glad to have in our
midst Mrs. Ruth Jeter, of our
church and community, who is now
residing in Buffalo, N. Y. Mr..
Thomas Turner made some brief re-
marks, after which he was taken in
as watch-care member. Sunday
night services the pastor used for
his basis "And Terrell Died In Har-
ram. Rev. Cobbs and his madam re-
ceived many gifts from Second
Bethel, Centralia, and Seven Pines.
The Christmas exercise Of the
Sunday School on last Monday eve
ming was grand affair.
! The pastor will bring to Us tomor-
row q New Years message. Come
out and hear him.
The Rising Mt. Zion Baptist
! Church, under the leadership of Rev
O. B. Simms, is making rapid prog.
ress.
The Rev. w. L. Tuck, after ten
years of service at the First Baptist
Church, Bermuda Hundreds, has re.
signed, owing to the conflict of SER
vices with his church in Henrico
/ County, namely, Gravel Hill Baptist
Church.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27
CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA.
New Vine Baptist Church
Rev. w. L. Tuck, Pastor

After spending such a happy
Christmas we are hoping to enter
into the New Year with full
gathering and a prosperous day.
Sunday being the first Sunday in the
New Year, we feel assured that our
beloved pastor is going to bring to
us New Years sermon, because he
always has a sermon for all oc-
casions.
We are also planning for glorious
time on watch night.
Rev. Edwin Charity will preach
Sunday night.
Mrs. Clarence Frisby, of Mary
land, is visiting parents, Deacon and
Mrs. B. H. Lomox.
Mrs. Charles Johnson and friend,
of Hampton, Va, are visiting her
mother and sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Lomax.
The sick are improving.
F. L. WYATT,
Reporter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27
South Richmond

Union Baptist Church extends you
an invitation to be present with them
in every service. DR.. Garland, the
pastor, is getting along nicely. The
Christmas exercises last Monday
evening were very grand. Come and
hear the pastor tomorrow, when he
will deliver his New Years message.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27

Dear Editor:
I sure am thrilled over the photo
of our deceased editor. And also
wish to you all Happy and Pros
porous New Year.
r. I. WYATT.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-12-27

VIRGINIA:
In the Law and Equity Court of
the City of Richmond, the 23rA
day of October, 1929.
Sarah West ..................Plaintitf
against
Coleman West ............... Defendant
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain an absolute divorce from the
bond of matrimony, by the plaintiff
from the defendant, on the ground
of desertion. And an affidavit hav-
ing been made and filed that the de-
PENDANT is not a resident of the
State of Virginia. it is ordered that
he appear here within ten days after
due publication of this order and do
what may be necessary to protect
his interest herein.
A Copy-Teste:
LUTHER LIBBY,
Clerk.
By IRA M. BARR. D. c.
j. E. Byrd, n. q.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
Ripley's Attention Called to
Woman Actually Dressed"

Woman Actually Dressed
Editor, Times:
A few days ago I saw a
woman hurrying through judi
ciary Park with dress on. Yes,
mean it-actually dressed.
I looked in bewilderment. To
make sure that was not dream
ing, I looked sharply and con-
sidered we'll. There was no mis-
take. But I did not have a
camera or I would have taken
a snapshot.
Furtherm ore, naturally
enough, she appeared to be try.
ing to get out of sight, as II
ashamed to be seen dressed IN
public. But now I conclude
that that was only appearance
at the time, for this evening I
saw the same woman sitting in
the same park, dressed again,
ana bdk1ll& AlCk UAA4AC w @N~~ -
newspaper as if she did not care
how many saw her.
Believe it or not" I can fur
nish proof if sued for slander.
ALFRED COCHRAN.
Saturday Is Half Holiday"
All vear Round
Editor, Times:
I see that Corporation Coun'
sci Bride has advised the Com
missioners that Saturday after
IL o'clock noon is a legal heli-
day for all purposes in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, and that busl-
ness transacted after that hour
would be illegal. ;,
This Is not the first time that
the District Commissioners and
the whole people as well, have
been told this, and there can
be no doubt Of its truth. For a
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
President HoOver'S Views on
Home Ownership
Optimistic Conditions in the National Capital.

President Hoover would encourage home building and home
ownership in this country and is confident of stimulating
construction through inquiries and recommendations that will
be made by the housing conference he has called in this city
The President the psychological moment for putting be-
fore the nation the wisdom Of renewed activities in home build
ing and ownership Business depression has existed in the real
estate field longer than in other fields Construction has been
retarded for years The country population
and have adequate housing Nothing important
than in the coming revival of real estate operations the
widest opportunities be afforded for home ownership
the opinion of the abest real estate operators in Wash
ington that this city not overbu in any line of housing
So confident of this Of the largest firms that they
are preparing plans for extensive developments
will be decidedly surprising to many people to know for
instance that the latest survey of the housing situation here
by reputable experts shows that there is just 2 per cent
vacancy old houses houses they known In
the northeast southeast sections of the District there is
less than per cent of vacancy
supposed that the tendency has been away from
houses and toward apartments and suburban homes
There has been building in these two lines than in the
other but it is revealed that in all probability row houses are
fully occupied than apartments At any rate the per-
cAntage Of vacancies is surprisingly small.
There has been better time than this to buy homes
and real Washington The advantages in fact
unusual Savings banks and building and loan associations
are cuttered with deposits The money in Washington
Real conditions here already beginning to brighten
Do not wait until prices soar again.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
Air Junketing Congressman
They Ride Free

From Washington where many great ideas originate comes
that economies will be introduced into the
Naval Air Corps without however imparng the efficiency Of
the service"
way introduce economy in the Navy Marine and Army
Air Corps IMPROVE the service would be to let the
fliers be fliers instead of aerial axidrivers
At present. about the only time the fiers attend to real
flying when they not transporting Senator'S Representa-
tives and civil employees of the Government weekend trips
to various parts of the United States.
When of Congress other Government employees
travel by rail- at Government they
required by law fill out various vouchers before they re-
ceve their transportation.
Members of Congress other favored officials however
get plane whenever they wh without red tape
or fuss or other inconvenience
They take aerial junkets at will and bring their sisters
and aunts along with them the ladies willing
This is great convenience for everybody involved except
perhaps ers and the taxpayers who pay for the
line
Neither the Navy the Army do much about for
that ate Senator Representative will vote against
the appropriations for air defense That of the minor
drawbacks to democratic form Of government
Musson would settle the matter in minute taking these
passengers in the air and dropping them the
side without parachute.
But ussolin happens, and can't do that
here.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
Science and Evolution
By Archibald Henderson

birth control to the more in.
telligent classes Of society;
such factors may gradually
compel a new social orienta-
tion, productive of a more
ruthless determination to weed
out the unfit and provide a
wider area for the progress Of
the fit.
Ales Hrdlicka, for example,
predicts that future man will un-
dergo many evolutional changes.
The brain will enlarge, the
stature will increase, with a
lengthening of the lower limbs
and shortening of the arms.
The pulse rate will increase,
the body temperature will rise,
and there will be a diminution
in the size of the appendix and
the intestines.
These conclusions were
reached after a contemplation
of mans infancy and child
hood, which Hrdlika estimates
to have covered a span OF
some 100000 years.
Man can be said to have had,
as yet, only a brief span of ma.
turity, beginning from the
glacial period. Man is slowly
changing, however, impercep-
tible or slow these changes are.
He is still in state of plastic
ity, is constantly conquering
hiB environment.
He is only very slowly learn
ing to control it and himself,
individually, in the interest of
the race.
Recent experiments have
shown that hundreds of muta-
tions have been found or pro
duced in droSophila, or fruit
fly. If all these mutations are
capable of arising with a sin
gle insect, there is reason to
believe that innumerable
changes may be produced in
the human species.
These changes will probably
arise out of the fields of gen.
etics and endocrinology.
Experiments alone will deter
mine whether such potential
mutations in the human spe-
cies will prove beneficial.
copyright, 1880, International Featur
Service, Incl
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

God did not design men
To live like sour bugs,
Huddled in the darkness
Beneath a rotting log.
If that had been His intent
He would have made only sour
bugs.
God needs and Lindberghs Lin
coins.
Joan Of Arcs and Florence
Nightingales.
God needs spirits who will reject
His own abundance and His own
reckleSsnesS.
Who will gamble with Him
On this mysterious job Of crea-
Spirits who are willing to live
wider,
Even if they die q little sooner.
God does not condemn men to
mediocrity.
Men condemn themselves
I9y JIlOtI OW1 SOWdEA4SOS
Their laZiness and vanity and
greed.
Live dramatically!
Live expectantly and enthusi-
astically!
Do not regard each new dawn
AS one more tiresone demand
To get up and brush your
teeth
Greet each dawn as a chal-
lenge!
Enter each day as though you
were setting out
To seek for buried treasure.
The treasure is there If you will
look for it.
The treasure is there In the
common things.
Which you have always done.
It was the way you did them,
Not the things themselves
Which made them dull.
And greet each dawn impu-
IDENTIFY
And imprudently.
Ready to take any risk which
may come.
Don't stop, look and listen,
Clutching at your petty COM
fort and safety
While life thunders by on the
rails.
Take a chance with life,
Thunder with 1t!
Live differently!
Live dangerously!
LIVE!
1CopyriEht. 1850, by King Features
Syndicate 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DE-. Louis E. Bisch-

Before the great war, intel
ligence tests were interesting
new wrinkles but comparatively
few persons had heard of them
and still fewer took them Sc
riously.
Nowadays everybody knows
about intelligence tests or wants
to know about them.
They are employed in the
psychological laboratory, in
schools and colleges, to grade
pupils and in lieu Of entrance
examinations.
They are also used as aids
in employment, in factories, in
department stores
they are gradually making their
way into businesses Of various
kinds.
In testing recruits for the
Army and Navy during the war
often thousands a day-intel-
,ligence tests demonstrated their
value beyond question.
Intelligence tests are also
known as mental tests.
They set out to determine
whether an individual is Of av-
erage or of superior intellec-
tual capacity.
BY means of these tests,
feeble-mindedness, mental re-
tardation, mental deterioration
and even precocity can be dis
covered.
The most famous of these
tests are the Binet Simon
(French) and the Standard
Revision of the Binet tests
(American).
Each Of these is scaled &C.
cording to years, from up
through 18,
A number of questions are
listed under each year and a
normal person is supposed to
answer correctly all the ques-
tions under, the year Of his
actual, physical age as well as
all questions listed under the
years preceding it
Gifted individuals can, of
course, obtain a higher score
than their age would indicate.
In other words, q 10-year-old
may be able to answer ques-
tions that only q child Of ~
or - years Is supposed to.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

The great thing is to live
dramatically,
Otherwise life's a sad and
soggy mess.
Most Of our misery and crime
Is caused by our rebellion
Against that SogginesS.
No matter how stupid we
may be,
Nor how insensible to beauty,
We realize that there is
Glory about us, and tumult,
and adventure,
And we long to be part of it.
So we rebel -. and usually
ravel out
In self-pity and resentment.
Human spirits need drama and
excitement
For their proper growth
AS much as trees need winds
and storms.
We would all be infinitely more
splendid,
Generous, happy and resource
full,
If we could live life dramati-
cally. .
It is not necessary to have
unusual luck
To live life dramatically,
Nor Is 1t even necessary to
Do spectacular things
1t Is only necessary to take
the chances
With yourself and your en-
vironment
Which life offers to every man.
II you can once get that
attitude
Toward your existence,
You will find charm and tang
and thrill
IN even the commonest ex-
perience::
Life is dull because we make
1t dull
Because we have not the cour.
age to risk danger
Or sass Destiny.
Life is colorless because we
prefer
The safety Of gray to the a,l.
dacity of scarlet
And then peeve because, while
living gray,
We can't feel scarlet.
AS a matter of fact,
Few Of us live at all.
We merely exist through q
long series
Of cowardly compromises and
evasions.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
Hearst Papers Advocate

/. "Peace and am,ity 1Uitb all nations; entGmging
alliances sUith none" ADVOCATED by George
Washington. *.a s...
e Proportional representation In the United States
Senate no State to haze less than tao Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap.
portionment in the House of Representatives.
3. separate Department of the Army, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secre-
tGry of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal powers to
abolish ilhterGcy in the United States under
Secretary of Education.
S. Installation of the President on the first of jan
uGry following November election.
g. Selectve immigration to admit only those suiteo
for American citizenship.
2. Deportation of undesirable aliens.
9. Complete publicity for income tcres.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. Where is the game of shuttle
board usually played?
2. What floor is the mez7a-
nine?
3. Where did the Seminole In
dians settle?
4. What is apothecaries' weight
used for?
5. On man-of-war, what is
the brig?
Match correctly:
6. celestial
contrition
2. pellucid
heavenly
8. maternal
examination
9. repentance
motherly
10. inspection
transparent
Fill each blank:
II. The era is reckoned
from the date Of the Christ's
birth.
IL. Ditto means -.
13. Transparent forms of mica
are popularity called -
IA. The Rialto Is the business
center of the city of -.
IS. Jericho was an ancient city
of -.
CAmsweES on Magazine Page.D
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
SALT is NO GOOD. coMRADE. TRY BoNBsKr
Ask Britain's s Opinion Of It

This picture from Lord London Daily Express
is amusing accurate and instructive
Il shows old Russia whispering vicious advice to the gentle
sincere Hindu leader Gand who would not hurt fly he
could avoid it.
In fact religion won't let him hurt any animal espe
cially
He is seen fighting the British lion by putting salt on
mis- tail netaphoricay You that his idea Of deyng the
British that collect salt in india to take his friends
down to edge of the and collect little salt there By
letting salt water evaporae very poor quality OF SALT BY
the way
Lord Beavebrooks big figure Of Russia ingenouy Labelled
Propapandh shows the work that Russia is alleged be
doing various parts of the world and undoubtedly IL doing
stirring up mischief and hatred.
But let hope Gandh will stick to his vrtuous resolution
and continue putting salt the British lions tail
That old lion has troubles enough as it is.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
AbOlishing Death
Science May Do It Sometime.

you were born in 1909 you will live be 4s years old
If you were born in 1929, you will live to be 81.
BY you is meant the average man, woman child.
Many when born will live to be ninety
And many Others matter when born will die in childhood
But the AVERAGE span Of life has increased ten years
within the last two decades.
That seems impressive achievement though there
particular why human beings should live forever
they to- Illness and old age unnecessary They
ignorance of natures laws and will steadily recede
we delve into these laws more deeply.
What imagine he do, and already is doing it.
Whether it is worth doing is another matter, which
shall not attempt to decide at the moment
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

Government workers, but what
is the use If the law in the Dis
trict Of Columbia is a dead let
ter and cannot be enforced? It
is this kind of a law that Rep.
resentative Cramton of Michi-
gan is credited with killing. It
would seem that We are not so
much in need Of new laws as
men who will abide by and en-
force the laws now on the
statute books.
It would be a great surprise
If all these Government en-
ployes in the District should
make a demand for these legal
holidays they have been COM
PEELED to work, and for the diff
ference between the 30 days pay
for leave they were entitled to
in the Government Printing Of
flee and the 26 days they were
paid for.
BENZ. B. F.. GRAVES.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

Attorney General, McReynolds
declared at the time that under
the law Saturday after IL
o'clock noon was as much q
legal holiday as the Fourth Of
July or Christmas. and more
recently Judge McReynolds,
who is now one Of the associate
justices of the United States
Supreme Court. has re-affirmed
his previous opinion, but in the
face Of all this the powers that
be have persistently ignored the
law and refused to abide by it.
Every now and then some
one comes out with a demand
for a law making Saturday aft
ernoon a legal holiday through
out the country, especially for
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

Some time ago an interest
ing novel appeared, entitled
Giants in the Earth" It
causes us to wonder if, perhaps,
there may not. some day, be
giants on the earth. Giants in
body, giants in brain.
In detail, evolution appears
to progress in all directions
forward, backward, sideways.
But in the main, the total trend
of evolution Is forward-from
weakness to strength, from the
simple to the complex. from
the less fit to the more fit.
The way of evolution is to-
ward increasing specialization
and cooperation. In man, as
Conklin says, this has led to
increased cranial and intellec-
tual capacity, increased control
over environment and greater
freedom. increased size and com.
p1exity of social units. ,
Progress, however, unless new
forces and factors of change
are introduced. cannot go on in
definitely. Progress is most
rapid at first. Then it grad
ually slows down and stops.
The road of ever-incrcasing
progress ends in extinction. AS
Minot put it, death is TIA price
we pay for our differentiation.
With the rapid evolution Of
civilization, powerful social, edu-
cative and moral factors are
almost sure to act upon to
cause progress in various di-
rections.
Progress must come In new
lines, and in response to new
and very different environ
mental conditions. The physical
evolution appears to have come
almost to standStill. But new
discoveries in science may cause
radical changes in the human
organism, as we'll as in the
forms of lower animals. The
intellectual evolution Of the
race, as we'll as the physical,
has been slowed down almost
to a standstill.
But new lines of social de-
velopment, population satura-
tion, the growing predominance
of the unfit, the menace OF
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
PatrOlmen in First Aid Work

Highway parolmen in many States and policemen in
cities are equipped for fsad work in automobile and other
accidents excellent thing.
In this city where victims of accidents may receive quick
attention in hospitals first aid treatment by policemen except
in instances is not necessary in rural sections quite
removed from hospitals.
Still, Of the equipment Of State highway patromen
might be provided in the police automobiles of this city
for example hand fire -exnguishers and frst-aid kits
Highway patrolmen in Maryland and Virginia should be
instructed staid work and furnished with equipment to
do this.
thought to ways and of providing hospital treatment
for victims of automobile accidents in heway places
has been impossible to keep pace in prompt medical and
surgical attention.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

long time Saturday after IL
o'clock was a legal holiday for
banks, building associations,
ETC., in the District Of Colum-
bia, but on June 80, 1902. Con-
gress enacted a law in which
in addition to the well-known
national holidays provided that
every Saturday after IL o'clock
noon, any day appointed by
the President as a day of pub
lie fastin3 or thanksgiving, and
the day Of the Inauguration Of
the President in every fourth
year shall be holidays in the
District Of Columbia for all
purposes"
There Is the law as plain as
1t can be written, and Acting
The Washington times., 1930-09-27
ONCE-OVERS

the fact that she should
strongly love the man she plans
to marry.
OF course you think that If
she can find one who ,--eets re.
qurements and loves hi too
she will be fortunate.
But your greatest concern is
as to whether the young man
can furnish luxuries you want
her to enjoy.
There may have been many
you called fine fellows, but
their prospects" did not meet
your desires.
The Washington times., 1930-09-27

As a parent are you con-
stantly talking to daughter
about a good rnarriageP"
You have often said that she
should marry yourT an of
established position as to line
and environment.
You prefer the an 20 Is
working with his -'the: with
possibility of his being taken in
as a partner or a young ian
with abundant means t. sup
port her.
Not very often do you stress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-19

Miss Bessie L. Morris and Mr.. John
II. Mills were married Saturday in the
home of the Rev. DR.. Ray Palmer, at 1S
East Bradley lane. in Chevy Chase The
ceremony was performed by the Rev
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