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VOL Xl NO 10 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY a^BRUARY 17,1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS

The PlanetThis Week,WHAT IS SERVED

ITS REAPERS.

Reed'sGreatSpeech

He Scores thc Wilson Tar¬iff Hill. One ot the Ab¬lest Efforts in a Genera¬tion*,

ISAAC"

JENKINSACQUITTED

A Full Account of this Re¬ma rka hie C \i sc. Fined$300.

Who Can Forgive Sin'.' TheCatholic Priest AnswersRev. Z. D. Lewis. IleCit rs the Testimony ofWit nesst^s.

7 he Effect of the Repeal ofthe Federal Election Laws

Colored Men at ManassasSentenced to Die. TroopsGuard them to Alexandria

The Second Daptist ChurchCommittee and the SixthMount Zion Rapt. Church.Rev. Jas\Agree.

A Colored Man Flayed Alivein Georgia.

<4 Amos" Disagrees with theCatholic Priest.

Another Grand Prize Offerto Planet Readers.

Editorial Jiriefs.

Personals & Briefs... Mina Lizaie Burrell, who bas beeu

quite sick is out again.-Have you secured an y ol I he mag¬

nificent photographs of the World'sFair ? Read tue offer.

-George W. Lewis, Kn*!, who hasbeen so unwell is convalescing.-Mr. M R. Wallace, whose hip

waa painfully iujared in a collision onthe railroad is out again.-Hnve you paid your subscription?-Editor Scott Wood, of the Peters¬

burg Herald called on us this Meek.

-Mrs. Annie Sheppard of 618 StPeter St., haa been quite sick but is nonconvalescent.-Mrs. Lucy E Christian, the wife o

Rev. Dr. Samuel Christian, is much improved, after 8 months sickness.-Mint** Beulah Brooks formerly o

Richmond, Va., but now of Newark, NJ., who has been quite ill at her resident!No. 94 N. 7th fit., ia now codvalet-tcemunder tl"* skillful treatment of Dr. J. NLoUDg.

--.i. r>. Tiller, I». -'Ki-r for thiFidelity Building tt Loan Association o

Washington, D. C., bas retired Irom ituther count ct ion with that institution.-.Mr. D. Web-ster Davis bas accept<i

an invitation to deliver an addr* M.-* otan educational aubject before the Americair Association of Educators of colore*youth, at their minimi meeting iu Haitimore, Md., July 24th.--Tbe plea-dug Japanese Opera Ty

coon now seems an aa"ured fact. Wshall gladly hail ita appearance.-Mr. Henry Joh nf. of Fluvana Co,

Va., who has bren a visit to his son. MiWin. Johns, of 120 W. l,eigh St., retuned borne Sunday, tbe llth inst.-The Olivette Social Club has reo

ganized thin winter willi the full** vt inollit-ers ; A. W. Redd, president ; Thonas Scott, vice-president ; Walter E. Haler, treasurer ; Matt. C White, necrctar*Alex. Holden, moderator.

-Rev. W. W. Browne, the abpresident of the True Reformers' Sa\inga Bank during lor* visit to Hot-ton ptup eight subordinate fountains acleased a hall there in which they cameiHe waa accompanied bv Hon. Joli

H. Smyth, and both give, a glowing acount of the treatment accorded durinthe trip.

Do Yon Know Them I

Information is wanted of HemBlights, who is said to live near Ricmond.

Hit. sister, Miaa Sally Hughes, died r

cently and important news awaits tlrelatives. Some of h-r people r re aato live in Powhatan County. Addreas,

Thk Plankt, Richmond, V

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i.vll.'uDAY. - K.-b. 17, lH'.it.

IsaacJenkins,

..Not Guilty"neaten. Hanged natl Situs, ti

Jury of His ( ountrymcu

AC Q I' 1 TTED ll 1 M .

1 H-r. runt.FIS AL TRIUMPH-ABLY DEFENDED

The case ol Isaac Jenkins, colored,charge*! with poisoning the horse* of.Jol.ii Cartwright, was called in the Coonty Court of Na n Memo ml Co.. in session atSuffolk, Va., Judge W. J. Kilby presid¬ing.The defence was conducted by ex Judge

lt. H. Kuwl»*s. Merritt Briggs, E**q , andW, H. Arrington, Esq.The witnesses were examined after

which the case was submitted withoutargument.A verdict of "not guilty" was rendered

and Jenkins received tin-congratulationsof bia friends.This case is one of unusual iuterest.

Isaac .lenkins was arrested in July, I8Mupon a charge of selling whiskey uulaw-fully. He was takeu from the officers hya mob aud beaten, hanged and shot.Thinking him dead, his would-be marderer*s retired, whereupon he made hisway to Norfolk, a distance *»! thirteenmiles.He had nine wounds in his head and

two bullet hole* iu his neck.The lynchers, not satisfied at not hav¬

ing killed him, proceed*-*! to persecutehim with an ingeuuity tbat was devilishKa its concept on.He was indicted for setting fire to Jno.

Cartwright's house ami again for poisoning his horses and lastly lor selling whiskey unlawfully. He was acquitted upouthe first ami second charges, and it ishighly probable that a nolle prosequi Iwill b*** entered in t he last case and Jeuk- jrill be afri

lie has a a lie -.n< three lit; < oBiadren iwho are helpless. _

Fin* editor of the Plankt interestedhimself in this ease and raided funds todefend Jenkins. The following letter willexplain itself*

Si KFoi.K, Va., D*c. 4, 1893.Dear Sir:.

Your letter reeeived containingI'hu'k for ten dollars.making in all ourwhole f«e of one hundred dollars in theJenkins' case. I desire to return mythanks to you lor the interest you haveshown in this mattsr, and for yt,ur kind¬ness and courtesy la our h>*hnlt. But foryour real the poor man today might heawaiting the t-eutenee of death. Wehave so far endeavored to do our wholeduty, and shall coutinue to do so untilthe end.Hoping that justice may at last tri¬

umph 1 remainVery Respectfullv,

R. H. Rawlkp.Sri- folk, Va., Feb. lo, 180-1.

Mn. John Mitcmkll, Jr.,itichmo d, Va.,

Dear Sir:.The trial of Jenkins came ou

yesterday aud after a hard tight princi¬pally on the admission of medical testi¬mony, the case waa submitted to tbejury without argument. They promptlybrought in a vemict of acquittal iaabout Iftosa* minutes. The chief witnesses ftir the prosecution were John Cart¬wright, Dr. J. P. Baldwin, a veterinarysurgeon of Portsmouth, and old IsaacSellers, the conjure doctor detective. Ourwitnesses were Dr. W. T. Jordan andDr. John T. Philips. The common¬wealth's attorney entered a nolle prose-qui in the other case alleged poisoning,tie was then tri. d for selling liquor withjout license, and bera we had no defenceaa the evidence was very positiveagainathim. The jury flued him f'JOO. We ask¬ed the Judge to let him go free as be hadbeen punished sufficiently. He took themat ter under consideration and I thinkhe will grant the request. It gives me

pleasure to say that the Judge and thejury were both very fair. We tried todo ot whole duty in thia case, and feelgratified a* its favorable end. You will

I uiBBst emt* our th.taka for the nohlaF tit1 nilli i«-i .

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I -fofl ever have any oasinessourwa. .iture we shall be very gladto serve you again. The verdict of ac¬

quittal meeta with general approval inthis community.

Very truly yours,. Raw lew &. Bstraea.

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Three Southern Soufs ! !

Words and Music bv Col. Will C. Vis¬scher. Arranged liv W. Herbert LanyonUncle Dan, Auut Sis Tabb, Where MyHoney Sleeps. Each 30 cents, or thtthree songs, 75 cents.These are charming, plaintive anti

characteristic Southern songs, writteniu diaU*ct aud by one "To the tnnnneihorn." Since "Long hefo' lin* wah," nt

songs have been issued that so strikingly portray the melodies and atmospheriof tbs ante-bellum South.

Th** songs have existed for severnyears only in the memory of the composer, who is a noted poet and journal¬ist, and who has fr-quent ly sting thenon the stng*« to the tit-light of his audi? nces and winning the enthusiastic con.mendations of press and public*Col. Visscher, at the earnest solicita

tion of numerous friends, now allowithese songs to be published for the firstime and their popularity is assurer]They are published with a beautiful an*artistic title page by a famous artistsuggesting in a charming way the suipets of tin* songs, and either song wilbe mailed at the special rate of 20 *centeach, or the three songs complete for 5icents.

Mr*-. M. E. Huselle, 07 Park St., Newark. N. J. says : "Aller having used 1>:Bull's Cough Syrup in my family witmost gratifying nsulrs I pronounce Ithe friend of all mothers.

/HO CAN FORGIVE SIN

^he Little Boy at theHornet's Nest.

HE LITTLE PRIEST ANSWERS BEY.

ft. D. LEWIS, THE

QUEAT B D.

"Bro. I^ewis, who thought he'd wonThe field as cert am as a gunAnd having routed tbe whole troop.With victory waa cock-a-hoop;Thinking he'd done enough to

purchaseThauksKi ving day among the churchesWherein his met te ami brave worthMight be explained by holder forth.Anil registeren! by fame eternalIn deathless paf*.* »'f iunas-1.Count] in lew moments to In*, costHe du] but count without his host;And that a turnstile is more certaluThan, in events of war, Burne fortune.

M^I Didu't Bro. Ijew is lose his temper!Vhy, he got as mad as a hornet. He»lls us himself that 1 am like the little><>y running into a hornet's neat. I amleligbted with this simile and quite satisled to be "the little boy" or "the little>riest," while according to bia owucords, he aud his must be tbe hornets. Ilartily think that his Baptist brethrenBill thank him much for the complimentwhich he haa thus unconsciously paid'hem.As is customary with protestant con¬

troversialists, we find Bro. I/ewis pitch-ng dirt at old mother Church. She hn*mrvived treatment lar worse than thisfor nearly nineteen centuries, aud 1 veu-ture to say, that she will get over thisloo. But. turning to JOB, sir, is it possijle that the people are not aware of thetiollowness of the game vou are playing?Ml your irrelevant excursion* are but adodge, but by no means a clever one, to*all their attention oil the real questiontit issue." The fact, you say, that the Catholic

Church haa discouraged the reading ofthc Bible, is evident Irom the issuing ofthe EucyclicHl latter." I nnsw« r: 1. Theletter is address***! to Bishojis andPriests, exhorting them to a criticalstudy of tbe Bible, and according toyour own words tsky are not discour¬aged from rending. 2. Did you ever ex¬hort the people to read the Bibb? If so,tuon, according to your owu reasoning,they never read it before.

If we believe that the Bible alone is a

dangerous Book, it is not our fault; ourtirst Cope, St. Peter told us so. "Inwhich (Paul's epistles) are some hardthings to be understood which the un¬learn* d and unstable wrench, as also tin-other Scriptures.to their^wnperdition."2 Peter, il: IO. We have goo«l reason tobelieve this also from tho beautiful example til uuity(?) which we see before u-*.Bible in baud Episcopalians and Method¬ists tell us that children are to be bap¬tized. From the same Bible Baptistsp-.ive(?) that children must not bs bap-tir**d, while the Quakers prove from th»iBtun B" tc. tua', apt*.»« all From this also il 1*0rn*** thal 'he

.-u*. alone ar. tito six

cut deuominatioua. each oue claiming tobe right aud that from the same Bible.See Baptist Church Directory by Rev. ET. Hit-cox, p. ft57."1 doubt." you continue, "that you

coultl lind a single "copy ol the Bil le iua single Catholic home in this our city."Oin* moment! and I will settle yourdoubt.Although we believe the Bible alone to

be an unsale book, no one is forbidden toread it; tin the contrary, as I said, peopleare exh jrted to rend especially the NewTestament. Against your statement Inow submit th* Willowing evidence, onefrom a white, tin o*her from a coloredCatholic, both well known in this city.John M. Higgins, »v->q , 210 GjTetuor

St., write* aa follows:

Richmond, lA-b. 9, '94.Rev. L. J. Wei hors,

Dear Father:.Your note just received. Ol

course, as a good Catholic, 1 have a Bi¬ble at my house.

Yours aincerelv,John M. Uiuuins.

The other ia from Mrs E. Griffin, 217Leigh St.:

Richmond, Fob. 9, '94.Dear Father:.

One Bible 1 loaned out, butwe still have one at home.

Respectfully youra,Ellkn (j iu Fr in.

How many more such proofs do youwant? You aay agaiu: ''Even Randolph*fc English could not produce one." Letthe following speak for itself:

Ricbmond, Feb. 9, '94Father Wei bera,

Dear Sir:.Your note to hand.

We would be pleased to have your orderfor Douay Bible aud can furuish youwith auy number of copies you maywant.

Respect fully.J. W 5'*vr,,,:.pB JkCo.

Things Hte commencing to get liv. .y blthe hornet's nest, are they not? How,alter such an expos.ure.you can dare fae*;the people, is bard to see, unless you andead to all self-respect."Why not read the whole Bible?" 1

Because in the Old Testament, you Rn 1*

well enough, there are many tbingiwhich it is not safe for every one to read2. 1 challenge you to show us, quotiotchapter and verse, where Christ in cleatt rms commands every one to read tbBible at all. I insist on a eatisfactor-answer. I may say in advance that, iyou have nothing better than yon"search the Scriptures" to off^r, I wilmake short work of it.Passing over personal remarks am

matter which has no more bearing 01the question under discussion, thantreatise on potato planting, I com** t<the sui j ct from which you have forceme to d» part by your irrelevant discmsion. Aiming myself with a pipe, or beter still with a censer aud incense.norr?.ts cannot stand smoke.I intend tpoke OBOS moro into that hornet's nestLet me agaiu state the Catholic doctriuhi question:Man as a creature, that is by his ow

power, can of course not forgive sins anmore than St. Peter by his own powicould raise Dorcas to life again.300,000,(MH), however, believe, whu

has awwBB believed from the beginning t

Christianity, that Christ haa appoint*certain men as His aoents, who, not htheir own power, but by ibo power conmunicated to them by Himself are to figive the sins committed after Baptism .

those who truly repent. You need ntmake yourself ridiculous by exclaim irwith pharisaical horror, "Shame!" etIn giving pardo'i the priest acta not 1man or a croat ur . but as the duly cormissioned aoknt ol Christ. The wordsl'acian are to the point: "What 0*doea through Hia priests ia also His po

*." The power to work miracles was

t-c-essary in the beginning of Cbris-anity.though it has al wave continuedi the church.tbe |>ower to forgive sin isi^ressary as long as the world lasts.Tho following illustration will showIso that we claim not hi tig unreasonable,'arente give their children the naturalfe ami thus partake of Um creative powr of Ood. Do wh mean lo .eny bv thiahat God made us? We know perfectlynil that parents act but as ski onhauyOKNT8 iu dependeuc** on (Jon. Now asii the natural order G,u> has d.-creed to:ivo us life, not directly by Himself butbrough others; so also iu the new dis-t-eusation Ile has decreed that ohihnaki-

,1 we are to r. ceive the spit ittial Ide (*>upHising pardou of siu) through othersrvhom H»> hus appointed His agents.Swn-e you so diahouently and persis-

ently -gnore and distort my arguments,tim forced to reproduce them here ver-

jatiui:When we remember how, both in the

:>ld and in the new Law, God sometimesallowed certain meu to do things whichIle alone has tbe power to do, such as tolieal the sick aud even to raise the .'

to lifo again; it eau no longer be r,sred impossible thal.Ju- uow to lorgiv*.- tglWhai do I conclude irom this? Th-.

Sod has actually given that power? Byno means! You have twice tried to fath¬er this conclusion on me, but I can as¬sure you it is but a brat ot your own,having uo ex is tarnee save in your ownbrains which have been * nriowed with anintelligence so lar t-upenor to that oT tbe300 OOO OOO "poor deluded creatures."That Uod actually did give this power Iconclude not from the foregoing but.mark this well,.from the following:

1. From Matthew 18:1H, wheiv Christanya to His Apostles: "Amen, I to you,whatsoever you shall bind upon earth,shall be bound also in heaven; and wnat-soever you shall loose upon earth, shallb« loosed also iu heaven '" lu thesewords Christ gives his Apostles the full¬est power, including also that of forgiv-iug sins.

2. From John 20:21, 22. 2.'i. whereChriat thus addresses His Apostles, andbe it remembered, His Apostles alonk:"As tin* Father has sent Me I also sendyou. When He had said this he breathedon them aud He said to them, Receive yethe Holy (ibost; whose sins you shall torgive they are forgiven them aud whosesins you shall *-:-tain. they are retained."Here we are iiifornn »1 that "the true

meaning of that passage is that whoso¬ever sins ye dkcla.uk or puon'oun'b for¬given * e e e they shall 1)0lorgiven, also whosoever sins yeDKt larkunforgiven * * ** * they are

unforgiven." I answer. This is whatyou say aud not Christ. What righthave you to tami>er with the words ofthe Saviour and give them a meaningwhich was practically unheard of for1500 years?That Christ really meant to confer the

power of forgiving sin on His Apostles, isovideut from every word of His and fromevery circumstance. There is questionhere of that pardon of sin. 1. Whoseauthor the Holy Ghost Himself is, wherefore Christ, before giving that powersaid: "Receive ye the Holy Ghost," thatis to say, by your own power you can¬not do so, hut the Holy Ghost will workthrough you. 2. They receive tbe aamepower ol pardon as Christ Himself poestesed, of course dependen on Bin "Asthe Father has sent Me,I bVi, rs ml you "

8. Thasauie words, ara ur-.il vo g<

*lon. whether by Himself imniedial r, or

r»*ely through some earn oisepi.luted by Him. Against this we aretold, that in this-solemn, plain cominission Chri**jt merely directed His Apostlesto announce the conditions upon whichtbat pardon was to be granted. Ouwhat grounds, sir, you say so, is incom¬prehensible, ns surely it does not apps irIrom the words quoted above, lin* Os)Blmission you speak of, was included inthat general command "Go and tenchall nations, go an i pt each the gospel."Again you obj ct that Chriet merely

speaks of the pardon which we shouldgive those who have offended us. Wrongagain. That duty was laid before all,not before tbe Eleven only,in the sermonon the mouut, aud again in tho answer

given by Christ to St. Peter when the latter asked Him how often he ought to forgive his brother. Also iu Matt. 18:15;Luke 17:84 as quoted by you In thosfwords of John 20 2L, etc.. Christ speakeof a two-fold powi r; that of forgivingand retaining. Do you mean to say thatChrist should give th** Holy Ghost thatthe Apostles might sometimes not foigive their brother when h** threatens aliwith eternal damnation if they refuse lcdo so? How ridiculous! how shockingThis, I in-i-ir,, makes it aa cle ar as tb<

noonday, that Christ gave to his aposties the power to forgive sin in his namenote tbat expression : "in h is name."In my first letter I also added thai

those words have been understood inthis way by the whole church for l'.MHyears. The writers of the first, secondthird and following centuries interpret' <

them in this same way, and I venture tcsay that they kiie* nearly as muolabout what our Lord meant than yoedo. How did vou answer this ? Nolone word. And what have you to sa jto those cogent arguments from Scripture ? Nothing, absolutely nothing ex¬

cept thia : .' Having given my interpretation of that passage, i will not give ihere."Ycs.and that by my answer I took thi

starch out of your interpretation, ia evident from your endeavor to brace it U]with mud and dirt. The texts whielyon quote from the Old Testament havino bullring on tho subject; for as theithere was no Christian Banti-un. Bfili**re was no aheolu*you have proved that in i-waquoted above. Christ did not give tbpardoning power to hia Apost Ies,there ino need of showing that they exercise*it in a single case, lt haa been prove*without a shadow of a doubt that thApostles received that power; will yoidare to deuy it for no other reason thaithe silence of the Bible as to the use othat power ? As a negative argument icannot affect the positive words of ouLord. Will you deny that St. ThomeeSt. James and other Apostles were commissioned to baptize, because the Bibimakes no mention that they did act ualy do so. If the President seuds a mitinter to a foreign court, is he not a fulli ©credited agent even Indore he * x*'rcis*any diplomatic functions. While I atnot prepared at all to admit tbat thBible does not mention the exorcist? <that power, 1 say there is no need for iso long aa the words of our l^ord stanunrefuted. You seem to imagine thethe Bible contains a complete accourofwhat happened, of what ia to be b*lieved and done, while in fact the Bibitself shows you that it gives but tlmerest fragmentary out lines. Christcommar d was not : "Give the people tbl *a" bnt "go and teach uil nationpreach tbe gospel."Now I must insist that you either r

lute by argument or admit the catholinterpretation of those words of Jo!20:21-2.1. Attend like a man to.thts litb job.Tou want to know, "if in Baptism f

tho sins are washed away, both originand actuul, where is your power to fegive a*n." I answer: Our Saviour c

dained that the first pardon for sin, tlnew birth, is to be in Baptism of wat

n j and tin* Holy Ghost. Ask him whyof J ordained the BBB)of water, aiao whywi| put clay on the eyes of the blind miw etc. What a pity that our Saviour d

1

*ult Bro. Lewis betoro ar-***» poi u ta !

liai .'. ba baptised only once; but as*B*2r t o your diabolical dint rino he

igain into sin. See I Cor. IO.

-':27, our Saviour has ap-tatu mea to grant pardon for

hean" aa thev first did b.v va-'mr at. sword in Baptism; always

.9 ifs^Boaing that they bave faithind r rance*. Baptism is for thosewho - tba Church; Confession forthoa*-* siter ll-ipi ism.Inf tter I asked you to tell us

wher- ad how tho Holy Ghostmad'- :op. How did you auswerit ? I word. Also I asked you if

oa "Go and preach the¦! baptise ?" You answer :

Tea, you assert it >-,ratuitnunly,I nm* qual propriety deny it gra-tuito* jw, sir, we want you tocome i your proven for these twostaten *"*- "Raise some one fro.n thedead a Jewill believe you." Aa thisquestir .?ains part of my argument

-to oue of your questionsno rest till you answer

tor your libelous»*-* * what ? To a not-e I Could you adduceargument ? Agaiu toFred Palmer, and this

a protestant wiinister,ft is to slander catholics,

this i e is palmed off on unsus-

pectintlf "..-*. ie**** as a proof for your state¬ment I v rcain exclamations used inyour la<- {fusion would be in place here;but I to te*kt Your advic* as to Latin1 must juvnkfully decline as being alto¬gether (>.% of place. When we speak toGod, fr< j\ time immemorial we sometimes. >t al ways. use Latin for goodreason*- tot when we speak to the peo¬ple we u a language which every oneumlerst * J*.. If you were writing to meaJone, y t might use Latin or any oth¬er langn although 1 am but an "un¬tutored tiphvte" But when you en¬

gage in . j abbe discussion, you oughtto give,, translation whenever you areanxiou-4 o show the people that youknowYou bad better not pray for us, as you

kindly pto nise, for aa you have alreadybroken i i«- 8th commandment, you neednot add tV your catalogue of sins bymaking \ ourself the mediator betweenGod ami ni. This is only a little extrashot. 'um fulmen" a harmlessthnnderr-oit.Once '.ore : I insist on having every

argument and every question answeredfairly ai I pquarely. I would adviso youto have another consultation with theDoctor*. (*hel> DV) for you will havefound 6 >, bv this ti ,.e that you havea hard *--i*e in band. Perhaps some olthe Dot r-. and Professors may furnishyoa witto a few more Greek and Latinpatches tith which you may cover someholes in *«w:ir arguments.

Well, .. Lewis, try again! If youdon't sucoeed, you can say at least :"'Bonum dirtamen certavi,"' "I havefought tkt> good fight." Besides requir¬ing an aas.ver to every point, I must al¬so insist dat you leave irrelevant mattera ft will be time enough totake r r point** up, such as tbe Bible;the F *b quest ion etc., when theaubi discussion at present hasbeen

V lt:- nil OU tO ths0i> ¦*** and ask

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l :..58T.

oseph's Church.

Ther ,: be itsjTviees at St. Joseph'sChoir I nd Jackson Sts, at 8 p.m.,on Fr d Sunday nights.Next **un if, 8 p. m. the Pastor Rev.

L. J. vi'!P rs will preach. Subj *ct :."What ii: ve of Christ" or''Christ ourMediae r

All ai ted to come and see the se¬cret coi i into which meu and womenare allun

Bev r m Makes a Correction.

Em Plan kt :.Please correct,the ? i, t iu the Planet of lastweek i\ to the interrupt ion of ourchurt bj by the police-officers.Th i ion: "At the close of the

st rv ic* doors were closed so thateach oue >uld be scanned closely aathey piu-?, out," is entirely incorrect.Our church eels that the language castsvery gr.*a\ ri flection upon us. Rest as¬sured t!i; jothing of that sort wouldbe "sub ai' ed to" byrne nor tbe goodaud breve teople of my flock.As to fl white boy coming into the

church, a.' ><. me to say that few Sundaynights pt s without the presence otwhite p*-n le in our congregation. Theboy rev rr ¦'. to passed in as though com¬ing to ter.-ena. By order of the Church.

W. F. Graham, Pastor.

? ToLcc From Richmond.

Mr. Lu :.I see no reason why 1should re to our protestant friendfrom Was sjtoon, as he did not toucheven one i ay 5 ..ta which I adducedto show V. ,t in the Kew Laws there is aprieathoo* All he is to say is this."You cannot find te word 'priest,'therefore t b»ra is nt; *eat-hood." Whatneed wc care about .--ords aa long as thething is tc *ve s-igiiR-d by the wordsLet r*" x *rm : ^j.-.^jka example to whatsu.-h *. wi., lead to. You be¬lieve Can you show thc

Bible 1etssBt friend haa nothing

t»*tter iff-r in reply to my articlethau^ y t-Cuaions.I shall waste nctime mu, A Catholic Ibilst.

A COLQIIFD MAN'S TERBIBLIWORK.

He Kil.fi 0 White Han, Wounds An*other Escapes.Ills Deadly

Ti inc heater Rifle.

Savanna \ Ga., Feb. 10..Mounted P<(iceman ... n C. Neve, one of the oldenofficers on Savannah police loree,washot and almost instantly killed this alternoo * bi \b Small, a colored manwhom Kev v h three oth»*rotHcer8,waat.teni} .nrest in a field near tbcity. Km.ul shot and wounded I'eteetivJames ll n .; -.es a few nights ago, anthen tl mg with him his pisteaud a W*or r- *r rifle. The officers havbeen on bi* track ever since. This afteinoon he area located near the city, andsquad ot it'. ... * went, out to captuthim. I: -und hidden under a bastack, and '.* :i surrounded began firinon the ott-. Neve was shot throngth** lunu .din a few minutes. Aiother b**-!' wa* through one of hihorse's »ai n. vf ter Small had *xhanstethe fin .* revolver, he open**i iiiwith his V in* ester. In the ct n'usiothat ff -skilling the coloreman es lie is being pursued t<uight.

If t* I arcs i of anything is proven bresni'r- ly l>r. Bull's Cough Syop, ia p My the best cough nyup now ex*

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rE HAYE PL*.('ED TICKETS FORTUE WORKERS TO HANDLE.

llkU THIS QRAHD OPFRR*

We have decided to issue tick:ts. each one of which is goodor two months subscription to:he Planet. The price ol these:ickets will be only 25 cents.When brought or sent to the

Planet Office, 814* East BroadStreet, they will be regarded asmoney and the Planet will besent to any address for twomonths; two tickets will secure

you the Planet for four months;three tickets will secure you thcPlanet for six months; lour tick¬ets will secure you the Planet foreight months; live tickets will se¬cure you the Planet for tenmonths and six tickets will se¬cure you the Planet for twelvemonths.You must buy these tickets of

the ticket sellers.the personswho are working for the prizes.To every person who bringssix tickets to the Planet Office,814 East Broad Street, we willsend the Planet for One Yearwhich is $1.50 and give them a

copy of Christ Before Pilate,that magnificent oil chromo 17x24 inches which sells at retailfor $1.00.

TO THE PRIZE.SEEKERS.Wc shall offer the following

prizes to the persons who shallsell thc highest number of tick¬ets.

1st Prize.Fine "Gold Watchand chain or Sewing Machine.2nd Prize.Handsome Silver

Service.3d Prize.Gold Bracelets or E-

quivalcnt.4th Prize.Cooking Stove,

Heater or Equivalent.5th Prize.Marbleized Clock.6th Prize.Gold Ring,7 th Prize.Handsome Rocking

Chair.8th Prize.Bo Sttvrar.^-.11 a n^c.ij.mt.1 ui *our.10th Prize.Ton of Coal.Now is your chance! In order

to stimulate the workers wehave decided to supplement theabove offer by another.We shall give a prize to every

person who shall sell twenty ormore of these tickets, the prizesto range in value in accordancewith the number of tickets sold.

All persons who sell 20 ticketsand over will receive a prize.

All persons who sell 40 ticketsand over will receive a prize.All persons who sell 80 tickets

and over will receive a prize.All persons who sell 150 tick¬

ets and over will receive a prize.All persons who sell 250 tick¬

ets and over will receive a prize.All persons who sell 350 tick¬

ets and over will receive a prize.All persons who sell 500 tick¬

ets and over will receive a prize.For list ot prizes given for each

group of tickets sold, see PrizeCircular.In this grand distribution will

be given away Gold Watches,Silver Watches, Gold Medals,Silver Medals, Jewelry, Clocks,Crockery, Clothing, Parlor andChamber Suites.jFine Shoes, Sew¬ing Machines, Groceries, BabyCarriages, Bicycles, Guitars, Or¬gans.in fact every thing that theheart could wish.

TAKE NOTICE.Persons who win any one of

the first ten prizes will be enti¬tled to one of those in the list ofthe number of tickets sold.For example, if the person

who secures the first prize sells500 tickets, in addition to thefirst prize he -will bc allowed theprizes offered for the person sell¬ing 500 tickets. This rule willapply in the case of 350 tickets,250 tickets and so on.

TO THE WORK..BT*The tickets will be readj

for distribution by March 11894.

WHO CAN SELL THEM.Persons who are known to b<

reliable or can give good refer¬ence will be allowed to handhthese tickets.

REPORTS, WHEN HADE.Each ticket-seller will mak<

reports once in two weeks. Th«name of each person who getsthe tickets will be published irthe Planet together with thtnumber of tickets sold.When the contest ends theSpri

zes will be awarded to the suecessful competitors.. Send for list of prizes.Send for outfit at once.If your application is accept

ed, tickets -will bs issued yoiMarch 1, 1894.All who work will receive i

prize. There are no blank numbers.Address all communications t<

JOHN MITCHELL, JR.,Publisher ot the Planel

814 E. Broad St. bet. 8th&9tbRichmond, Va.

Thone 935.

FROM ACROSS TUE R1YER.

'rot* Blackwell Speaks.Manchester'sthreat Ilarltuae Sluger, Slnga-1 hHfhate Decided lu the Iterative

.A ti rand Surrcn

The Literary Feast given at the Firsttapt'st Church last Tuesday night. IStajet., by the teaeh**rs of the Publiccbool waa a grund success. Miss** Mt1. Bingi* und Mary E Washington re-. ¦cted great credit upou t hf mit*-1 vee.'he former aa an Kn-savist and the iHt-er nm a SeU-Ct Reader. Mr Robert Johu-ou sang a solo, entitled * Calvary.'* Ht*i oue of our youug Minger-**, who is niak-Dg a mark iu lite, among the siiiKtTH ofiib rac**. He whh highly applauded.Mr. Q. Wm. Moon, Manchester's acreat-

et Dantoue si natur, who bas won forlimeelf a name tbat will ever cbee-rinbhe Mancbeeterians in tbe line of Hiinriniz,aug "Pictures of Home," on whrch ht*vat* encored. He responded and imi fat¬al ''Robinson's Brans Band" goingloam Broad Street. The imitutiou waslue. He also rendered a humorous aeleo-jon, eutitled, 'abelard III. Seen* I, Aci," when he finished loud applause ant)xiea of Reii-ear ! Hfpeat ! I K* peat I ! Isere heard from ali parts ot th** boase.Prof. James H. Blackwell, the princi¬

pal of the public schools, when he wasutroduc«d by Mr. Moon, loud applause'ame from the audience. Prof. Black-veil stepped forward upon the rostrumvith an air of dignity and pronouncedlis subject, ''Shall the Negro Share theLH-etiny of America?" Everybody waa.ilent. Hie rendition was of such forcethat he even caused tbe small boya tobend over and lean upon their elbows toisten to the eloquent words falling fromthe lips ofan eloquent man. His formbecame erect and graceful and his voicethrilled the heart** of the people. Aa one:>t oar leaders of to-day, ne has an ideal,high and lofty We find in him some¬thing to admire rind Homet hint-; to imi¬tate. We muHt gay, he gave the subjectall it was worth.The If-ebata was exceedingly fine. Sub

ject:. 'Shall the Tramp be rentricted inany of the Privileges or Immunitiesgranted other free citizens?" A flinna-tive: Miss L A.Johnson and Mr. C. L.Wiiifree; Negative: Mina A. A. Johnsonand Mr. L. W. (liles. While the affirma¬tives did their right part of diHcust-iug.the debate was decided by competentjudges in the negative. All d» servemuch credit. We voice the sentimentof 200 or moro people.Mr. C. H. Jones, our young organistofficiated.The door proceeds were something

over |20.Refreshments were served by a com-

mitt**e of four, of the Earnest Workers,Mrs. Rebecca L. Binga. Mrs. Hemi-ttaJohnson, Mrs. Mary itauduil and Mrs.Ada Johnson.

Tavi.or.Johnson.The marriage ol.tis* Lena OL tn Mr. Frank C. Taylor,rill take p!n«*o Thursday morning Fab-narv 22, 1884. at Second Baptisthunh. at 8:15. They will leaveor Lynchburg at 9 a. m.

They will give a reception on the 25th,it their residence, 107 Coutts St. from* oiiock to 12. Friends are invited toattend. No Cards.

am rn m>

Deaths.

WYATT.Mrs lettie Wyatt, ths sie-:ei of ouryouiiK towriHmnn.Mr. Wm. Mil. r. died at the residence of her husband,)12 St. Paul St. on Sunday morning,'eb. ll, at S:2().Her funeral took place from the resi-

leoee on Monday, Feb. 12, at 3 o'clockj. m.The family has our sincere sympathy

n this their sad bereavement.COI'SI NS.Died at Sou«*h Boston, Jan.

I G. 1891 aired G.**, Annie Cousins, wife.I (iru\ r-on Cousins. Born under the old-**Kime, of an excellent colored -family,aho had lonjr lieen e*wnedb*y- people *8*lwealth a- d culture, she profited by sochsurroundings to tbe improvement oflieart ard mind and manners. Under%\l the various conditions of her life, she[nimbly served the Lord and Master oftis all.

"For all are brethren far aud wide,Siuce Thou, Oh Lord for all hast died."The funeral took place Jan. 17.1894,law. W. H. Crawley officiated. She

leaves three brothers, two sisters tomourn their lusa. Shu was sister to Mr*Alfred Thompson of this city.

The Cemmlttee Falls.

The committee appointed by the Sec¬ond Baptint. Church to confer with theSixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with aview to bringing ail ot the Baptistchurches in harmony failed in its mis¬sion.In ie stated that Rev. John Jasper re¬

fuse*! to eutertain such u propositionunless the pastor of the Kb n* Ber BaptistChurch retracted in public priut state¬ments made many years ago concerningthe sun theory.

This ended the matter.

Concert*

There will be a grand Concert (riven atthe Leigh St. M. E. Church, Monday,February 20th.Au interesting programme has been

arranged. All are invited to be present.Admission, - - 10c.

lt.

Thc Poor! Without Fire Clothing or FoodTHERE WILL BE A

Grand ConcertAL

First Baptist Church,Tuesday, Feb. 20/94

AT 3 P. M.

FOR,THE BENEFIT

OF THE POORBy some of the Best Talent of our

city assisted by Students ofHartshorn Memorial College.PROGRAMME.Part i.

1..Friendship,Love and Sonja*:.Quartette2..Duet.Instrumental.Mrs. Jones and Miss Southerland3-.Selection."Lady Claire".Mis* Mary Rice4..Solo "Picture* ofHome".Mr. W. Q. Moonr>.Recitation "The Pilot's Story".Miss Annie TaylorH .Solo.Instrumental .".Mrs. R.K. Jones7.Solo."The Lover and the Bird".Miss S. Alice Kemp8..Chorna."The Hammer Song.Hartshorn Students

PART II.

1. Quartette.Way Over Joidon...Messrs. Bowler, Tharpa, Mrs. Cross andMiss Kemp.

2. Reading 'TheFamine".Miss Lavinia Carter3. Solo."Wrecked and Saved".Mrs. M. A Crosi4. Chorus "Hail us Ye Free".Hartshorn Studentsk. Duet.The PaleMoon.Mrs. Jones and Mrs CroatJj. Recitation "The Kies In School.... mam.Miss U t .ld ne Jords>i_. Duet.instrumental.m.''Mrs. Jone-* and Miss Simons

. Good Night.Quartette.,.-.Quartette

Admission, ..15c.¦¦ ****saB*s»aBjBBjB*BaB>BJ*BBBB.

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Stein Shoe Company,Proprietors, Successor to

Wertheimer.Ladles Button Shoes, Fatsot Tin, $1.1 Misses School Shoes, $.85;

Ladies and Misses Spring Heel, $1.00/ Blab Cut SpringHtml Boots, $1831 Ladies Sprtna Heel High Cut$l.MOt Msa's Shoos. Congress, $1*00;

Wafs School Shoes, $1.00.W« ..¦ yew mood valise 1X088 at the lowest Prices,

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