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MOREHOUSE TO DEBATE OXFORD IL ENGLAND, ON PRESS
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Suit Won Against Lawyer Took Policy Money
AIDS W
FIGHI IS
LAWSUIT
^Lawyer Defendant as
Woman Sues for
Policy Money
FIGHT STOPPED
surancr oCrup&nv amounting !<•
F2BE Nally ccuteuded tlm' I!
money was due him for h" at
various times in criminal t-,,
| The case had been under''
~for two days and was coming ' • a
close with Carpenter conclude
hM arugment before the jm v
Not First Case of Theft
type to appear against th"
attorney, it is said. One won in.
Mrs Ada White 833 West Hunt •
Street, who was on hand to v'
a a witness but who was not en,
i‘d to testify claimed that she leu
had won a petition filed in Jud
this year against (he lawyer ;
$ll6O The jury awarded her st'lo
the majority of whom have i
In the case of Mrs Willi.mi o
any decided m her favor md t
turned a verdict that Lawn ■
Nalls should pay the sum of $9O at
the rati of 7 per cent interest up
t ' October 1929, and thereafter a
th< rate of 20 per cent mWest
Hired in 1929
The policy from the insurance
company named Mrs Williams a
BJenefu m' upon th <a । h
K’s Ivesh Baker 5 West
in December 1928 it w.c nd. ami
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Find Dead Body
of Atlantan
F.arly Monday morning at 7
o'clock as W F Carter, wlvto who
works for the -m'-"'- dcmrlm<’nt
'was making his rounds, the dead,
body of John Henry Porch. 5:11 ;
Foundry Street. S W . was so ind 1
underneath the Whitehall Street
viaduct
The case was reported to police
bv Carter and according to police ;
records it was turned over 1 > tiw
Hanley compant at the ream I d'
relatives It was later reported
that the body w is given tn Foliat'd
at d Hancock funeral directoi
The cause of the death w ■ । a
known but a coroner's inquest wnl
be held after which announ • ■
ments w ill be mtJ ■ comcrnin
the verdict reached.
1 The
Weather
CLOUDY AND COLDER pre
erded by occasional rain Wednesday
Thanday fair, fresh north winds.
Highest temperature 56; lowest
temperature 44: mean temperature
C. F. von HKKRMAN.
Meteorologist.
Weather Bureau
NFAI || - | 10 Nl ■ ’ORI
WISH ME
TOURING
NATION
Eir s I International
Debate in History
of Local College
DEBATE DEC. 9
'l': 'hi Delta Sigma and Inc
Student Aelivitm: committee are
po" OI II,". Mol chouse's fir: t mt. ■ -
i, liobal debate with Oxford me
vcr.ty ot Fm'l.mii The F'lglish
ie.m i.. touring the southeast and
muiwe 1 under the ampices of the
sat mnal Student Federation "I
V urica and r debating a numb":
of college-: and universities rated
b. die American SouThcm Associa
tion of Colleges which hold mem
bership in the Federation.
Morehouse college has for a num
ber years stressed debating as an.
important extr.i-currcula activity.
Mo'.'lnaire debated
Iliiai'il and Shaw univei >iti"
■ Hade a Km \ H'. Smith Cari
Teachers college For the past two
term: Morehouse teams have won
the honors in the Pentagonal De
ba! ini' league by virtue of four de
i isi " out of four rendered Kmc
'lie Talladega, Johnson C Smi’b.
Shaw and Morehouse are mem
ber of the le;. :i". Shaw W.i ad
m l ted this year:
Oxford Has Iwo
The Oxford team is compo < i of
two m-rnbet John Arehibahi
Be i Cai penter and John Foote
both of Bulbul cidlc.fc Oxford Mi
Boyd Carpenter i the >n of Ma
jor Sir Adcmbaid i m penu .
ti- ।-m - .mH paymaster general m.
fount financial secretary of the
the Bntr li . neinment lie took F:
ioi i>m De“i ee m history Fo.
two years lie was the ackmiwledr
'd s .'der ..I co।. ei'. ative opining
in Oxi "d a. I abo pn ideni of the
Rail mh and Oxford Uni\o ,ty Im-.
d'lmthniei! On Page 21
Stabbing’ Spreads
as Youth, 15,
(uts Up Boy
And <wen the 1 ids are donig it. i
Tie. i.icl was discovered when I
Charlie Keese. rear 101)3 Pome de i
Leon Avenue, was stabbed in the ■
m b Sunday night by Clifford !
Peese a 15 vear old boy Feese was
in bed t > Cradv hoipda! where
he u t'c ifed and ibsim:-.' d
At Hie ■. -mesi of Mr- Hi- - th" :
metlv" of th" wounded biv n >
■use wa; w>d ■ against. Clifford s.
bo was only la vears of age. Tin-: •
is another strong b i cl again '
"I‘n'fe t ’tin" "
B
See Friday’s
'ATLANTA WORLD’
ATLANIMa WORLD
- IS/S S MRP A C J Q VRM *
George White Is Buried; His
Nine Children Prominent
Slid u u'k< d the pa: m 1 < '
-ne of Atlanta s leading \e "
rib.-ens. George W White 7:> . t
m: tmme at It J Ilmi.iton street. N.
E His d' ulh wa: ism "d b .>i
automobile that .triii T him Nov
"ml>c: 1.3 at b'.ednmnt Arc. ue mid
Houst m :tier iiijurii.g him
:af fieient ei.i. ii ■.i lo brim; übont
his dea'b
Mr. White is a former m::il. ।
tier of this city having been active
for more than 41 years. It was • -
p. rted that pians had ahead;,
'ten underwa.'. in preparation of
In Fiftieth Wedding Aimiver ev
that should have been in Octola':
but was postponed until t h e
Christmas holiday :-ea:-i>ii
The very impressive funeral :or
vices w, c held at Ihe I n. t C n
.'regatiim.d Church Tuesday aller
i "on at 2 ' ''clock
Mr. Wilde, aside from being a
; very di: tinguished man himself
। was the father and grandfather of
ume very distinguished children
ins seven children. George N
■COAL FIBE
FATAL TO YOUTH
Buin received Sunday morning
were sufficient enough 1o cause
the death of Grady Johnson. 17 of
.3711 Lyons Avenue, Monday morn
ing It was reported that Johnson
had lighted a charcoal bucket in
he: bath room in order to keep
warm a: In- bathed. Over come by
the gaseous fumes, the youth c,
said Io have toppled ovei into th"
blaze
It i reported lliai a room.'i' at
young Johnson':: home i 11 t's'
meantime walked to the bath
mom end gioaris 3 lie room-
er called out to Hie persnn insnl"
end asked if he was sick No
rmswei came forth. b u 1 th"
groans continued T h e roomer
llu-n attempted to force hi: wo
into the bath room but found tL- i
door locked
After tearing open ll:e door. I
they found the youth atop hie,
charcoal bucket. The fin was ex■ !
tinguished and John-on rushed to i
the hospital with his body raw j
from the second degree burns that :
took away the entire epidermi. -
Ite died the following din
Eki. Coiiege Head to i
Attend Hoover Meet
Tallahassee. Fla., Dee. 2 Presi
dent J. K. E. Lee of the Florida .
A and M. college has accepted the i
invitation of President Hoover I
and been granted leave of absence
by his Board of Control, to be in
attendance at the While House
Conference on Home Building and ;
Home Ownership. December 2 to 5 :
This is the third invitation ’hal
President Lee has received to be
in attendance at National confer
ences called by President Hoovet :
in the last two years
1.m.".0 l n. sHcmid . Lsb matter at the post uffic.- ,t Atlanta, Ga. mi ler the act of March S, 187 J"
A I LANI A. GA.. 'A EDNE'-DAY, j)E( EMBER 2, mi
Wlc'e. Co. : .S i H,.,
:<• . "Im y of ’ii ■ Amm ican Mr
:n"'o‘v As: ois;,: am; Waller A
While, icielm . National A
c-di' n so lii" A■ 11, ancenn 11! ot i
< 1 1 'I I’• 'pi ai id a Iso I Ii e
a: tln," at ■j- ir, Io The Fimt
’l'-. Madelm.- Wmm secretary of!
the ? '!:mi.i S, Im . V J Sm ial Work. :
< >fhei;. mclud" Mi M -L-n Marlin.
Atlanta, wife of F Ma.-tm, an -
(".■eeut l\ e of the A•' , | Jf,, p. .
surance ('ompm.- \| ; < jh-m
We tmore';.ud. w.b , ; W G i
■ ।m. a c'.md, a , ■carrier I
th:-: city, and i■ ■ ' i ■ r pm >-, ■
W< -imon land, a I < • student '
": mi' t Spelman -■ ;\p
Mme Glenn, formerly of c jt\
"u I i i ire recent I . of t ' ,i, i
nd Mrs Kuby Edward . Gary
I ndiana
/'.II of 1: children w< edu
ca'ed a! Atlanta imiw and
:Mr White came to A' 1 m'a as a
' yonm: student attending Hie uni-
DENT TO MSWGL
UI. HDSPITm
NEW ORLEANS La. Dec 2
•IANPI Albert W Dent former
alumni secretary of Morehouse
icohegc I'. c- been named as bu- ■
ness manager of the new Flm'-
Goodridge lioi-pital. Mr. Dent who
is a graduate of Morehouse re
ceived his first business expi । -
ienee with the Atlanta Life I'i ui
ance company He h a s Is en
authorized to \ i>.it leading hospitals
throughout the country in order to
study their organization set-up.
Aolluug other than a confirma
tion of the above facts could 0 ■
obtained i n Atlanta, i’n idci.'
Archer of Morehou e aimi umed
that com|>lcte detail:: would I"
furnished at a future dale
mo SHEIK
GETS LEASE
OK LIFE
Richard Wilson, 57,
Is Granted Stay
of Execution
HAS SLAIN THREE
A big Thanksgivim' dinner i'
r.,.t the only thing that Richard
Wilson. XI year old wholesale
murderer and "shed. '' had to b ■
thankful for He lias the thing that
he valued les. and probably loves
mo-t; his lite He has stared the
electric chair in the face on thia 1 -'
other distinct occasion: and each
lime the cunning ' lade man " ha ■
evaded i! This time he was tried
and condemned to . die in th •
electric chair th'
Friday afier 'l’banksgivim and
again he wa. snatched from the
very jaws of death.
Motion for a New Tiia' Pemiing
After lus trial on (fit- "' 14 tin?
ease was written up ’ -r the supreme
court on October 31 ■ "ma to
information given I" the clerk
lof the court. Spra'l“ md Hi" mo
i lion for a new t ! w: n'ed and
; the arguments heard mi member
21. No report hie b - ' ■ie as
lyet accorcbng to that m: con-
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WHEBHE
180 KS 10
TIBER
Morris Brown Out
To I‘iit I p Best
(iame of Year
TUSKEGEE IS ‘HOT’
H’ .Melancholy" Jones
"THE HOVING f- INGER writ".
■ ml. having writ. move. on
’Tin' moviw. hand of Fate has al ■
i e.uiy written the outcome tig •
epochal Morris Brow ri-Clark Tm -
। key Dav clash It is !,. lory now
And the Morris
Brown W her.
me. a ' e none
tie v -■ f o r
thi-ir f.i "fill "-
pulsion by th •
margin of a fie’d
goal. As a mat
ter of i-i the
lot of Ihe Tus
kegee Tigers has
b e e n m a d "
doubly hard b;
, the rude act of
it h e Panthers
several days ago
■ A
Morris Brown wii gc the limit/ - o
stop Tuskegee cold this Salurda
afternoon at Spiller Field at 2
o'clock.
Abbott Fears Nicks
। For Ilie pm-* two years. ('■■".
• Abbot: him frankly admitted that,
barring Wilberforce, he lias feared
I Billy Nicks' Morris Brown clan
more than any other single foe On"
.would imagine just that after re
viving in his memorv fir' a:'-"--:
noon a couple of years ago wiien
CredeH. Purple quarte: ba-k. r-.- . <1
and goner:ailed his mate: to thr e
louehdown: agnm. I the Abb 'tmon.
Such a hat I* n performed
• lain:-: Tiiske;?. e only one other;
time in the hi-: - y ol Abbott s
!coaching spun back in '27 when
Red ('oww- a I wry Hlt’e ras-'W:
ace of the Tallmi- ga h am netted Ins
■team four -core.-. \ia air Incidenta:
ily. Tuskem <- w"। both those "amo .
the one from Morni, Brown
and the other from Tilladega 28 27
In Moi-L Brown 'l’mkew e w ”
meei bcr most rigid defense of the
■ year, not barring the Wilberforce,
eleven. Tuskegee' : air game is ,iu-t .
a whisper. Hence, all her stress J:
on the running game. With Mo:,:
Brown's Fix' unscored upon all sea- '
son and with Billy Nicks and Jo" i
Lockhart boasting one of tile best ’
pass defenses in the South. Tus- I
I kegee may not win after all The
game looks like a certain scoreh-o
tie on the face of surface fim" Th ■ :
various departments of play are '
surprisingly even. Potentially, oiv? i
bunch of men measure- up to the i
itandard of their foes So. it b-e-■
ms thou ih BREAKS an.l STRA
TEGY of the game will bo the chef
determining factor a.- to relative
K'ontimie'l ।Ui f ’ oi" 2)
Howard, Washington Schools Get
First Kook Kwick Cooker Free
Tonight and ’liita >.• "iinir
night home economic student; I
Booker Washingjon and L.c.id
Howard school will .. '
see the operation of a K" k Kviick
Pressure cooker, wh: ■
en to the schools by S - bud
Co., through Mrs. Arm" Cooper,
their representative
Mrs. Cooper will .'"g. >r:. mu'e tb>-‘
cooker herself to t! > h "< > -•"'ini'
students. Followim '■ Ju >ok
Kwick cooker will be ; c I and
will make tlie David Ii ’ i and
Blanshard Hits Japanese,
U.S. Press in His Talks
Serving somewhat as a followim
to his talk on Monday night at the
Ware Memorial chapel at Atla:/.
university. Paul Blanshard spent
more than one half hour alter h:.s
uddre.-s in :mswering v< zy tii'.e:;.
and thoughtful question:- asked him
by an interested audience.
The talk on Alonday na.ht
followed by two add e: s to a class
in Labor problems ami the combin
ed students of the imlvci -dy .vb
house' and Sp-Hman r'lHeeo:: at Mor"
house Tuesday Bota ia:k were a
impressive a- the one d- li.eri .i
Monday night
Monday night Mr. Klan hard
■poke on "The Economy Of Future
Ine : nation;. 3 War ’ He na ntioned
Ilie economic motive behind im
permlisrn and c.Hod the country of
Japan which is densely populated
with people trying to tiind an out
let. namely Mimciiu: m.
He warned th.it unh-.s Japan
paid some attention to th" League
of Nations, terrible would ensue be
tween all the nations of the league
und Japan. He suggested an eco
nomic boycott as a means of settling
with Japan. America slood in the
lead in arguments using moral pres
sure to bring about such. He be
lieved that the United States should
GJ. JUDGE SAVES
MUN FROM CM
MACON, Ga.. Dec 2. 'ANP'
Willie Simmons, who was on trial
Imre Thursday morni: g for ” •
murder of Ida Turner, per!'.'" ".■<
his life to Judge Malcom B. Jone'
who was the trial judge.
When the lawyers of both sic-,
of the case had closed 3 ■ ' :
ments. Judge Jones halted ti e pro
ceedings so p'.a a tw . . I w ‘
nesscs for the d-fen ■■ m 'he stand.
In explaining his unu.-mal proceed
ure. Hie judge p whed out that
during the arg 'i ' ,f the sta'"
prosecutor information had come to
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Jazzin’ The
News
— By —
FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
Meet will hear that housing's bad;
Have three Atlantans there
Morehouse takes on Oxford team;
Is inter-race affair;
Tiger meets M. B. grid squad;
May be a hectic game
‘Chi’ is angered by police; they
would their wild cops tame.
Aged sheik wins brief respite; 'tis
said that he slew three
Lawyer sued for ‘taking’ ways;
Plaintiff wins victory.
Urban league makes job report;
New work is open now.
World will help you save your cash;
Our ads will tell you how'.
or Was! ington -eli'nils the "c
. in Atlanta hav ng this appa:
tus.
The Sears-Rocbuc' Co., donor.
Ihe cooker, is the । i'i; "
'liis typc> emplov. i Negroes in i'
ales department.
Mrs. Annie Cooper
sible for obtaining flu giL m -I '
has been with Seal /-Roebu< ■ f ■
nine months, ha vvon high p’-u "
from managers of be hml t
both her abiht - ■ •
has-obtained mm - ■ ■■■ ,
miri the League "f Natiom in
> i fort to bring moral pi i sure >
bear.
Newspaper/ were criticizid l-y tl.
.'peaker for playing up :m . ex
a:■ geiai mgly. such a : Ihe smbm-? -
tin- Maine, las; century Tlx Am. ■
:m pi. - played up .-'.irie. agi.ns’
Hie Germ ans during the Wm i . \\ .
■mH the G< rm:m pr.- piavim. :p t:.
:>■' ' mmst the allies
'in :;.!k - on Tm s lay both de
wi'h ihe problem- of labor. H
poke on the -'Obstacles Met Bv a
Labor Organizer." He criticize 1
wvereiy the unequal distribution ol
vvealth. that resulted in the lack of
opportunity. At the present day ti:
motives in (..induction should b"
consumption rather than profit.
A suggestion that we adopt or-,
igmiizod rmiiming so as to eliminate
over-production was made. H"
stressed '< shortening of hours ir.
actual work davs so as to allow an
; absorption of men and work. We
■should have a system of unemploy
ment msurance somewhat similar
to the type enforced by Great Brit
ain. He urged the college youth cf ।
today to think in a general way in i
terms of constructing a program by ■
which the economic order would be
bettered.
SEEK RELATIVES
8E MT BAILEY
Wires from Oskaloosa Town.
I so far been unsuccessful in lo
■ cu:,::" relatives of Burt Bailey
e r.,—ly of Atlanta, who passed
av. y in that city A’] efforts to
contact relatives have prove!
fruitless. Anyone knowing H;. ■■
■ whereabouts wil; please
them of the dmtii and have them
■ot in ton "ti with either H X
Anderson, chief of oolice in th"
lowa city or Chief Beavers in At
: Imi I a
An anxious father. Ed Walker of
' Pic-dmon*. S. C. write.; inq!ii"in"
of his son. Albert Wi.iker. about
22 years of age. who moved to this
city ab mt five year ago Sin"e
'h; 3 time the fatho- <■': ’i? has
not heard from the prod:;.d son
Persons who know 'he young man
are requested to inform him of his
father's anxiety and have him
write him in care of th" Piedmont
; nd Northern railway at Piedmont
S. C.
JUDGE DISMISSES COMFI AINT :
AGAINST M. A. OWNER
NEW YORK. Dee. 2 A judge in |
Washington Heights Court dis- I
missed a complaint against Robert
Mitchell explained than the com
plaint was made because he was ■
painting his store on Sunday in
order not to interrupt hi< bustness I
during week day-. The (judge, ir ■
dismissing the case said the de- .
feridant had violated the law but
he would not impose a fine in a I
ciwe where a man was cleaning up
and beautifying his place of busi- :
ness.
tlie store n«i '.hey have been thor
(Highly ,i!i:-iied With the service
and courtesy shown.
The Seal ;-K muck Co has Juliu.-
Ro c wi. d at its head Mr. Rosen
wall! ■ . . plm - "'T" ■ R lv
. n : m Nez ><■ numbering
!• m aim al outlay of
~,, . ■ .! liliir.- -m the found
ar< of set. ■ ■ i' l ' South th«
bui lit 'i " f s and ;
' (;| , ! larsldp - •
need . i -.. ’ sluden;
todNEsdayi
■ m H fl
I 11^1
3 ATLANTA
PEOPLE GO
10 MEET
Conference to Hear
of Bad Condition
of Negro Homes
CITY (JETS MANY
Three Atlantans. Miss Mae
Hawes. Mrs. H. R Butler and
Zack T. Hubert, left Atlanta this
week to attend the Better Housing
conference which begins in Wash
ington today and will ...m’inue on
through Saturday.
Two more were invited b y
President Hoover to attend the
conference but declined. They
were: Bishop Fountain and For
rester B. Washington.
—
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — A low
level of Negro housing conditions
in practically all parts c the
United States is pictured in a r»-
port which the Committee on Ne
gro Housing of President Hoover’s
Conference on Home Building and
Home Ownership will present at
the National conference here Dec.
2 to 5.
From an analysis studies made
in recent years in all centres of Ne
gro population, t h e committee
found "overcrowding d‘lan i d-''tei
: tructures with primitive sanitary
arrangements, high rents and un
usual difficulties in f making
home ownership an. N? ''i'*Tath
er than the exception in ?Jegro
r ’‘‘il”* •»
Hungry Youth Who
Sought Food Is
Held as Thief
—
Declaring "vat " ■ f-m- e—- t
Charles Davis, 606 F ■>• S'-e-t
was arrested and "i""i ->
(lief of pe-s and sv—un so- a time
anyway foliowin”. ' ■ bomv HG
cover“d in the k't "'"n of J 3,
Burt white. 396 Ridgecrest Av*
nut Sunday evening
Mrs. Burt had (list ’•o'limod
Feme by the rea" do"" "> q saw
Davis standing in h >r kitchen. She
screamed. The frigh’enod Davis
took to his heels and for a time
outdistanced citizens and neigh
bors who gave flight after him for
over a mile.
Runnins’ into a Neg"o residence,
the pursuers discovered Davis in
bed hiding betv en the springs
nd tlie mattress He was held un
•tl notice arrived He confessed
having entered the kitchen of Mrs,
Buri, but declared that he was
h' y and went there only in
rcti of food Mrs Burt stepped
forward and identified him us the
,m whom she had seen in her
. itchen. He was then carried to
eatlquarters and locked up. A
DEACON JONES"
Bv I. P. Revnuld*
T ),^ MPti H Ms **HW»
SU-K AND YE SHALL HF®”
but shat didn't mean iur BflWy A
•tell to go Into the txi’keU
■ ithe"<i tn'e'de!, 1” th*
while the WVieH w«tw BWO
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