Richmond planet., 1930-12-13
HITS AND BITS
BY JOE SIMPSON

1t has occurred to us that there
are thousands of Negroes in these
United States in general and in Rich
mond in particular that have never
read the CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES; therefore, begin
ming next week we will publish in
this column one section of the Con-
stitution each week, together with
the number of the article under
which it is to be found. This prac-
tice will continue until the first seven
original articles as we'll as the nine
teen Amendments will have been
printed.
LOCAL ANESTHETIC
Hundreds of people have asked ME
why we so seldom laud the race for
its A~TTAINMENTS, or point out to
it its VIRTUES? The reason for
this is obvious, "a LITTLE PRAISE
now and then acts as a STIMULANT
to a race or an individual, it urges
him on to greater heights, but an
OVERDOSE of PRAISE bestowed
either upon a race or an individual
is a DANGEROUS THING; it has q
tendency to pervert the MIND, de-
/ stroy the PERSPECTIVE and stife
the AMBITION and WILL-POWER
of the ace or individual upon whom
it is bestowed. That's why we do not
not administer this SLEEP PRO-
DUCING DRUG; he has had an over
dose of it already.
ON IT'S LAST LEGS
The recent meeting held in the
Washington Auditorium, in the INA
TION'S CAPITAL" and the recent
happending in the famous and fash
ionable Cathedral of st. John the
Divine, in New York, the Leigh
Street Church affair this week. cou-
pled with many other notable incl
dents that have happened during the
past year., has only served to con-
firm our belief that organized Chris
tianity is riding for a fall, it is trav-
cling like a locomotive at full speed,
headed straight for a stone wall, and
if something is not done in the near
future to divert its course, the end
will be nothing short of a calamity.
ONLY A PART OF OUR DUTY
EVERY NEGRO in the city of
Richmond is hereby urged to make 1T
a point to go to the CONSOLE
DATED BANK AND TRUST COM
PANY building, corner First and
Marshall Street, and start a CHRIST
MAS SAVINGS CARD, and to do
their level best to keep up some un-
til the end of the year. This insti-
tuition is OWNED, OPERATED and
HOPES TO BE FINANCED BY NE
GROES; it MUST not be permitted
to suffer the same FATE as the
LAWN-TOWN SHOES COMPANY.
NOT WHAT'S ON TOP, BUT
WHAT'S INSIDE
among the latest patents issued
by the U. S. Patent Office that was
assigned to Aeronautics, was one
granted to HUGH ]. ROSS, a Me-
GRO of C1iffwood, New Jersey. on a
new and IMPROVED type of air.
ship, which provides a much SPEED
TER and SAFER passenger carrying
craft, than has eve heretofore been
constructed" she ship is of the
ighter-than-air type, and can be an
chored IN MID AIR. Passengers
and freight can be transferred from
ship to ship as they bridge one to
the other at a standstill, that insures
perfect safety" all of which goes to
show that GENIUS KNOWS NO
COLOR" and is not averse to re-
posing in a brain that rests in a
skull on the top of which grows a
generous crop Of KINKY HAIR.
GONE TO THE DOGS
Many fathers and mothers today
lament the fact that their offspring
IRE not turning out to be what they
expected them to be, never once bear
ing in mind the fact that they are
to blame in most instances. Punish
ing children for doing the things
that they see us do is nj way to
raise children; we must so live that
t will be a source of pleasure and
pride to see our children follow in
our footsteps. If they go to THE
DOGS, they're following YOU.