Atlanta world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 192?-1932, December 02, 1931, Wednesday City Edition, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextWA ATL ANTAZ - WOH LD o ‘l % ANDAR D \L4 2 4“"&:‘“', 3 |ﬁm " MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS F’_ ‘A. SCOTT Editor and Publisher Frank Marshall Davis Managing Editor " & PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, AND SUNDAY 210 AUBURN AVENUE, N. E. TELEPHONE: WALNUT 1459 ' —. SUBSCRIPTION RATES - - 1 Year, $6.50; 6 Mon{_hs,_ $3.50; 3 Months, $2.00; Weekly, 15 Cents " ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE e . W. B. ZIFF CO., Chicago, New York, Los Angeles £ N . The School Teacher Episode No newspaper can be worthy of the name or stand high in the estimation of its readers if it hides the new when it involves people of come prominence while publish ing evervthing abcut those not considered to be in the high est society. Sinee the appearance of a front page story in The World of 1ast Fridav concervrine the arrest of a school teacher and a night scheol student in a house on Hilliard street after neichbors had complained to nolice that both had gcne there to encace in lLesbianism, there has been community who apnarently believe a newspaner is supposed to publish news only of those who =re not looked upon as the social elite. This came in spite of the fact that we used neither the names of the individuals nor the nume of the sthool which figured in the cuse, ~ Inreality, those who objected believe that The World should give certain people immunity, no matter what the case may be, while those nct fortunate enough to have a college edu ration or a respectable place in community affairs should be treated differently with their lives bared in public print. Ccnstant readers of The World will recall that only a few weeks ago this newspaper carried an article on the ar rest of a large number of men and wamen who were ac cused of unnatural relationships. There was no protest then. These pecple were not students or teachers, there fore it was all right to publich the facts, these sow offend ed individuals must reason. Incidentally, no rames were used then. The World takes the position on this and all other cas es that the public is entitled to know what happens. If The World were to omit every article it is asked to Jeave ont, our columns would contain nothing more than that found in searcely heard of newspapers now publiched in Atlanta. On the Wednesdsy vroceding the publication of this story in The World, cur tolephone wires were burdened with calls from Atlantans who had heard disterted tales of the case and who be'icved. with us, that we should show no fear or faver in our news columns. The World is not questioning the guilt or innocence of the teacher or student, for this is not an eninion sheet. Wao publish what happens and will continue to do so. Inasmuch as their arrest occurred it was news and was as much o as anything else that has actually happencd. Meanwhile, in spite of criticism fr » © ° w«w who grab The World to learn what has ho = tynthers bpt ery alond to hioh beoven wiocn s of their associates appear in public print, The World will centinue to print the r» ws and all the news of AdYanta Nooroes when it oceurs. We will cater to no class or Find nor will we be hushed and sprrender our right to thé publication of authorized news which the general pullic has a right to know. . So the reader who expects a mirror of Negro life in }gf;lanta may expect fo continue finding this in The World, far it shall ever be our policy to publish the news, no mat ter who is involved. Rev. Harten, Bapt. Leader, Asks _Hoover to Act on Lynching Evil His Excellency, Herbert. Hoove President of the United State ¥xecutive Masion. Washington B Mr. President: Realizing the utter disregard of government and total disrespect for a law, order as displayed by mob-spirit, and, having left the barbarous and brutal clamor for satisfaction regardless of inna cence or guilt when directed to wards our race; we appeal to you Sir, as President of all the people to use your power and influen: towards stopping this barbarous and un-American practice which has caused the United States to be pointed out as;the only country in all the world where such barbar ism is tolerated. ; Some hold there are technical difficulties which would prevent Congress from enacting an Aanti- Lynch Bill; other legal exnpe-‘s hold a different view. But we fecl, Mr. President. that His Excellency gan say something against lvnch ing that would have a lasting and telling effect upon the nation. Tl last Democratic President. : Woodrow Wilson dencunced 1oro fag and mob violepre. Forpeer President Calvin Coolidge in hi annual message spoke ot lenoth seaingt the savagery of lvnchine w KV'hi(‘h Jvnching Adanre- A ‘gl' President. yvou have led the WAy for the Government to spend m millions of Anllars anrnallvy $0: pnforce the 1Rth Amendment nh"e the 14”’\ nd 15th ceem 49 he a dead issue. Thus far there is no mrd to show vhera ang» Preci. Aent, Fonorable Herhert Hanvan bas uttered one word acainst ?"f:‘_"‘ﬁn!’ in his annyral maceasea 'w" the present administration ,,'nhinghhas i‘?creased and mob tinlence has taken a ne lease on 5.';!'!9"’“"! s the + ure and mtiim of government by the eowardly, cruel, brutal, fiendich crowd wreaking vengeance on the lone, hapless, helpless vietim. and usually murderously satisfying hatred against the vietim's race It is violation and negation of and assault upon government, incipient anarchy a n d rebellion, relapse from civilization into savagery., a debasement and menace for the race chiefly lynched demoralizing to all the people, a scandal and dis grace on the country before the .world. As gravely injurious to the general welfare it justifies feder:l action. As violation for states of n Republican form of government. it justifies federal action. As depri vation of life and property without due process of law and of the equal protection of the law by the states which do not prevent it or punish the lynchers, with most ~ictims taken from the hands of the law. it calls for federal action. We ask suppression of lynching in the interest of domestic pea~o States do not stop it and seem un able when willing. on account of the strength of local race preiudice. It lynchings increase. and ithe Federal Government, final legal protector fails to aid. the lvnched race may in desperation feel com pelled to protect themselves, which would mean riots. massacre and near civil war. The chief cause of lynching is contempt for color coupled with disregard for law All color proscription and sec-o. gation fosters the contempt which is the root of lvnching Mr. President. you have led the Government and the nation against disrespect of law, we ask that vou so lead against lynching, its gro.s est manifestation. As vou have 1od for law enforcemend lead nlso [ suppression of mob murder. A You have directed your law en forcement Board to advise again:t ithe illicit wuse of intoxicating |beverages, ack them to do against lynching. As you wno have the Government warring orn the racketeers, the Justice Department e e e e e T B T A e Nt “ 1S . i ~ . o R ——— R — e N o R % T i i i 4,‘1" i N Batfaiin o » . Wed., Dec. 2 R i = V HEN g R R st — e e e —————————" e ———n- e e o e S e S S & S et = e e — = - - " — - ! ‘What Samn | T RN - & “Auburn SRy 3 AN Y T | A 1 9dYs: oS £ cate ' -:v':,:f‘:,‘ -‘-‘:‘qj””,'{; o Al a \:\:.xﬁ l i DO ag W My c \v & ‘.\. = ’In""/ 'l H;\', l‘. 1 2% N \?{”%&}3 ! ! g y e B I , :, .ﬁg;—\:l { N » - LP.REYNOLDS HINSELF A | 1 ATTENDED 2 great meeting of | ent Sixteen” Club who wa ¢ i fiiendly rivalry with fi \ i Rose: Sacigl Clh 19 the Silent Sixto Viiny membeoers of other re present The Silent ponsored a fine mustoal CLalY - Program- wnich W ceeived by the aduiencs E T Silent Sixteen Yuised 1l money and received the f @ the *White Ry ereive ¢ second prize. A goodl uitey was: raised to b 1 Sitent Sixteen's” treasury and o writer. was well vepaid for | isit though he was not in the t ol health. ONE OF THE pictti Viodel Buick 1 {5t _Avenue’ Miss Agn ng 1s thiy ‘owner WHAT YOt t I the Jovial fe 1 i manager fo { a coffee and sandwich shop and it going to be on Auburi A Ve L next to Yate and Milton Dru Company. lLet's all ¢ down ai see SMITTIE. By the way I aske SMITTIE would he sitill be roo ing” for Morris Brown. He id ! didn't knew. He had ‘‘gonc S0 much: for Morri Brow: he is a little tired naow. bt t the less Jet's O aown n SMITTIE in his 1 | venture I DONT know whether East time will win or not but on of pcople a fellow ay W ' benefit will be the HOLD UP 1 will work late in the mornin to make up time for t! i o In the earlier part of the to 1 will get more people ou o th ‘darkness in the morning - PRI TELL 713y reade rzair I have nothin to 4..‘“ t | pOLIcy Of e Paper « 1 ' v a3t simply write a ' DEACON JONES Write the ] L tor and don't write . commenaation OF Critl 1 A = UA 3 BVENT ] e ol N .v.’rv!:.'-, time as I am not well o don know whether it is old ave o i Yo Chat nour | Kkeeper 3 t i ! Lig 18 I a1 ! 1 bad fix a ol lean rest Iro Yok but old ¢ 1 Oh well. He ist done | e o » ' Self Styled Peace > g " Maker Attempts To i N Use Some Force BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec d Arrested upon the complaint of o brother, Leroy M. McPherson ap peared before Judge Martin to an swer charpes of discharging {ir arms within the city limits. carry ing concealed weapons and assault and battery. McPherson was given a fine of one hundred dollars and sent to jail for six months. According to Burrell McPherson 2919 “Alley C, the group was at tending a dance Saturday night and had parked their car on Grace Hill near thes Elmwood cemetery. Mec- I’herson was beating Pinkie Foster, 2764 Hilman. in the automobile when he told his brother to stop and get out of his automobile. Bur rell testitied that his brother struck him over the back of the nead with i his pistol and then fired several | shots as the car was driving off. Pinkie Foster stated that they - were all riding in the car when lLe roy butted into a fight between a ' man and his wife. She told him to | stop and received a stroke with the | pistol butt in return. Then he be ' gan shooting with the gun which - he had carried under his left arm. | These stories were virtually sub stantiated by J C. McPherson, of 2919 Alley E, and Willie Lochan. 2929 Alley E. - SR - ‘. ot RV Sy, T Y, B SRt S ) T In his defense, Leroy stated that . they had all been dancing when a man and his wife started an argu ment. He attempted to get them to stop and alleged that Miss Fos ' ter cursed him for wnich she re ceived a slap. Leroy also contended that Burrell told him that he would "knock him out of the car and then threw a jack at him. He admitted that he tossed a brick at his broth er and had the pistol but did not use dt i devising the measures, we ask the you have the Government war on lynchers, the Justice Department devising the measures. Thus wil | the glory be yours, vour Honor, of | saving the honor of the country | which is in the keepine of the ! President. We ask vou for legisla tion to make lynching a federall crime by such recommendation to Congress | Very respectfully vours THOMAS S. HARTEN Pastor Holy Trinity . Haptio Church. President National Afro Protective I.eague vice-presil nt National Baptist Convention of th 11 8 A Inc - > .:_3 *__, - 4 i i ‘w’n.".a i / ! % 5 o G BRI CRIAS, S e | i R gt R e N > A | s SRR o g , T | g T ok R G e | 4 R A S | R g A .‘g‘ ‘:}c o | AR el SRR L g 17 % Pl e T B T e i 3 ! : IR 5 Sl e S b A R & i oii T Ge o T SR & o “’,’, ; e B i o el N o wir?‘%g, B SR | AR g E_{Z'.ﬁ:._:_"",-’,,-‘-_., b Y Rty g ’* 4 Z%‘B; B s “a‘i‘v’?ﬁ.-': 5o | R s PR f' BERLRIR 7 '¢§. 1 & i . ﬁ,{; D e B R ”.,%“4 PR : B o R s R e T gAY & t i fﬁ‘?g,%m .. R Shot MR T R e s o R . T S R G S e T, . ¥ G, ¥ ? AT s 5 vy B S PR R, - . 3 E = 3 # ~ a2 TR S T kn PR I O A SR N R e e T i ;; i xi'i'“*w SR R s R R o Y - T T ki ‘ T R R O NI e S S Kk e N A PR A 1 ARy R % P & :;#"7;, AL ﬁil:tﬁ"r e L ] A L e, T e TS Bl W I L W Y . A £ SRR 5 L* L g & ‘:"‘ e 5 A PR k. TR < i b B . 5 W e T , R o, B R s-%',-_:ﬁ#;.-i % iy G »?""-, J | SRR R ST, Ll R ER ZHTs ot 7 IONES iy vy o7 . | "’u;,,ﬁ.*”, S I o R e, | B R R i T e R R e, B D T T IR S IRRE S A i *”3 o s e i s R N R T Gy T 4 Ntk s f;i’%‘ e ol 1 g I XaRS T e el e e T e T v SR T ll./‘mi‘*‘i A R R R O s L k’ﬂ%. &‘ A bl e s, R SR/ . £ I R i VEEEE e B R TR s W e S NF e B R A, R L T N, LTI R s ~-:.~~!'.»_-';§F:;1~‘;.-;; TS {‘*:_‘.1 (b i R T R R TR s "-'-' A T TR R W e S R R N A Y P S VT 16 N T 8 T e - R S i e St Just a4 bine of sweet remembrance Just a memnory fond and true Just a token of lovi's devotion That our heart= bl longy oy you. Peaccfully sleeping and resting at 1 o Tourmg the World Vpin - expressed in this column which will appear occa 1ol re ot nececarily shared by The World but are purely those ! ¢ wetler, ERANK MARSHALL DAVIS TE i vore lefl Lo me o ciiogco wWhit seetion of the Aframerican : Srotherhood the ace ouia bell do without my axe would fall on ¢ : o caled uoroc-orust, the pseudo soplisticates, the professional leduers Lioe 0 o0 e with thouEhts G oW superior * they are to others Pove Nesroes haveothe toesih 1) CuEV Ve i ediidation and wilait the wolad e 1es sticeess dtoee Wi do are as conspiclioh as a lipousine in a hoyse show. Coipc ey oG cate most 6L Usand Weate 10 ey to swell the Alfvamericar pupiia tion when the U 8 takes a coii Nearly ever viNesgroan this upp crust considers Hiimselt anolue: Alexander the Congueror. He b superiorty g sell And. while L considers himsell g Jeader. 10 ot that which i tlie pranaly essehice {o suceesaial le deiship gt and equial contacl otlh those 1o by led. Rven the bose swohiy sl e de manstrates evidenee ol - pondn his closiis Gave 1 an ittt tor the fecbleninded Boois bhed cooperation 13 essenbal tor succes The Nesvos hpper erase B midhts short oty this puail, vel ey aie Ly training htted to (ke the doad ire mouldinge (he race mio Sy Pl s ful cooperalive: ot Bl teoy proc lap to throw esxpensive patlics apo L Whites n the syane sitata ol Nopd:c s cociety, condomi olher | Negrn s ands Yy oeneralcedvort Lk oG montkeys retuenod to the jange . When 1t coaes 1o asuisigl o 8 [ broposition begtin by 8o - oes for the ‘benehit of Neprocs they o calong on fthe other side ol the tstreet——unless they start the move i themselves. They use the .bludgeon ol eriticisin alded by misused ine telligence to pound ‘a sane ldea to tdust £ The interest eof the colledge-bred ENegro to a4 movements sapport is Lin direct ratio to what he can get out of it This helps explain most : professional = men's . interest in . church and lodge. for there he may i got busmess ont of the Dbrothers Fan “i(" aal s . ultlly 0F 1000 QT ' Ulb ) : ! NEW YORK. Nov. 29 _Just Bill Burnelt. Harlan County. K miner goes on trial for his hife « a ("H'I"‘,{t‘ of 1 3‘!}(‘3' '}l 3 L : the first of 34 cases including foun Negroes— Eudene Gorden, celebrat ed Negro journalist of B voices a ringing appeal to the N g0 press of Americ to et { the defense of thousind: of N miners in Kentueky Ohio and Virginia coal fields RHis appeal, calied 'Harlan and the Negro,” appears in the Nover ber issue of the Labior Defond fficial publication of the nternn. | ‘ional Labor Defensc, which i In Memoriam EEV. W A SCOI1T Lite's weary trials and suffering Pt : L siherce ou suffered, in o ja tichice you hore L ucl He who knows best led yvou home to suffer no more. — His wife and children 1 : e o1 ol ThR Y Hhiia sl ol i t cHlerpr ea e nehe e o lies e Dersol wants a title and s not willing to lavo Ahe adminstration o fthe AP i it been and s the man who o iy qlirt and prime for his v in 3 toesn't have a degree. wha love. chitlin's jazz and shout it in o urehes. and who fired avith wenn st desire to do something ooihe race. 1o put across whal W proztams have been successtul, it has boen demonstrated that neciontious upper-erust mempers | there are a few, who have the i oF e race at heart ean PO plae and contribute much ccono turelly Lorackr achievement bt the lect remaing that the ma fo of the Nepto'y AUpper €rust nk ton highly of self and et tlaanrrseiancog g lead o o pot | ¢ coafbing at the less fortunate rosohoi Gf the race 1509 reflection 1 thomselves for if they ful e thelr ablicaticns (o Aframeri e sociely they would so raise the level of Negro mass: hitought and it that o the race as a whaole would be a constant source of pride snd 1oy and would commit little to provoke mockery. : Someday perhaps ouy upper crust wiil add intelligence to its edu caticn and follow in the steps of the distinguished and conspicuous few who have led this kaleidesco pic race in spite of college degrees or the ownership of a little money. And may that day soon come, for the Negro's pseudo-sophisticates as a c¢lass today merely afford each other companionship and are val uable potential subjects for the de monstration of new and powerful POISGNR wiisine defense and relief for yoer 100 Nepgro and white mine strike prisoners in Kentucky, 3000 { the 18000 miners in the castern Kentucky strike area are Negroes. t is reported by Theodore Dreiser ined t writers of the National Committee for the Defense of Po tie:l Prisoners. which made an in vestication tour through Harlan county. Dreiser and nine othess were promptly indicted for crimin il svndicalism for attempting to help the International Labor De fense expose shotgun rule and arvation conditions. Giordon's article reads in part: “Wherever there are Negro min 5 their suffering has, as a matter { ¢ourse. been more acute than that of the whites. The first reason s that they are secgregated in the ‘omrany patcebes, being compelled to live in the least desirable spots Y the miserable stockades. The seeond is that they are discrimi vated against the company stores: | thev are invariably forced to wait . ide while one white after another | onters and is served. This especim' speates of diserimination is intend « ' to imoress upon white and black miners the degraded status of the | veoro toilers. ’ e ‘World Newsies Hold | Ty r ~ Meet at ‘Y’ Tuesday . The regular meeting of the Al lanta World newsboys Tuesdar was held at the Butler Street Y. ‘M. C. A with a luyge number ol boys present. Many interesting points were discussed. ~ The meeting marks one of the “many advancements taken by the circulation department of the Southern Newspaper Syndicate o mprove circulation throughout the city After the regular business ses sion was completed, a sociable with delicious refreshments were served to the members. Many in teresting speeches were made by various newsboys . Clinton Bronner, presiding and Williamn Bass, assistant secretary officiated “So although they are accepted into the revolutionary unions by their white comrades on the com mon basis of workers, their treat ment by the mine and civil autho rities is designed to create doubt in the minds of the white whether these Negroes are not, atter .., in ferior to the whites. “The black mijner suffers there foare more acutely than his white fellow workers, for, wherens the whites suffer the usual disabilities incidental to striking, the blacks in addition suffer because they are black. It is of such a welter of op manity that the situation arose w hich percipitated charges of mur der against four Negro miners in Harlan county, Kentucky! it is a cuse, however, of a capitalist war arainst black workers. They are despised and degraded because they are members of the working class; they are further oppressed and de based because they are members of the black working class. At Harlan today there are 34 white and black miners awaiting clectrocution on framed-up charges The International Labor Defense has disclosed that a number ot stool pigeons, placed among the miners by the coal operators, wili be used as thechief witnesses The Onily Rotogravure Sectfion in the World No Negro paper anywhere, unless it 18 published by the douthern Newspaper Syndi cate, gives Its readers a rotogravure section. Your world today stands alone in giving its public this exclusive feature. Once every week your World appears with a “brown sheet” filled with pictures of Negroes and their activities gathered from here and every part of the worid. We do not publish pictures of Negroes to the exclusion of everything else, for the interest of the race is often focused upon happenings of other peoples read about in the daily press. In or der to show unusual events in graphic style, The World’s rotogravure section often car ries photographs of these and other highly interesting and entertaining subjects. When you look at the pictures in The World’s rotogravure section. you see the photogranher’s art reproduced on the highest nlane and in the most advanced manner vet deviced hv the mest modern newsnapers. The World’s rotogravure section is one of the hig and exclusive features of napers that stand as leaders and pioneers in Negro jour nalism. : e Southern Newspaper o Svndicate TR ===~ NEW YORK, Dec. 2. -The newly announced policy of the C. M. A, Stores has aroused considerable interest in - Harlem, where policy is first being put into effact. Start ing as a voluntary chain, the state ment said several of the members abused the privileges and in order to save the C. M. A name the or ganization was incorporated a 3 National C. M. A. Stores, the C. M A. emblem was copyrighted and no store can onerate under the C. M, A hame without having a chartel apainst these starving men when they are brought into court “lpnoving the pitiable phight ot the miners as a whole, the Superior Colored Person naturally over looks the Negro miners. 1 wish to broadceast the news that there are thousands of our race on strike in the region: named. Wherever the miners have struck for more than starvation wages. decent housing? and conditions of living above those of Lbeasts, the Negroes have struck with them. I desire to make it known that the black miners who await death in the electric chair feel a closer comradship with their white .ellow workers than they o MemDeTs Or «Ine cororea fpper ‘rust: for their white fellow worl - sws have stuck by them as a simple matter of course. “The anti-Negro propaganda of the boss class has not turned the | white toilers from the blacks be cause they reanze what in time cer tain other people will realize too late: that conflicts of this kind are elass wars. not race wars.. 1. wish to impress to upon High Society folks especially that while they are geting their names and the names of their latest models in cars into the society columns, thousands ot their race are being forced to deatn oy starvation. by exposure t¢ the weather, and by the electric chair. TOPICS l StateTeachersCollege . 'Alumni Meets Sunday | BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, Dec. 4o A repular meeting of the city group of the Alabama State ‘l'each crs college alumni association will e held this coming Sunday after noon at three-thirty at the Lincoln school building. Some plans for the future work of the club as well as “the coming holiday season will be L considered issued by the corporation The cor-/ poration reserved the right to in-" sist t hat certain standards in management are met, and the stores must regularly submit to ex amination by the Merchandising Service Staff = of the National office The new organization is e powered to own and operate stores, but it will sell these stores to managers in whole or in part when the managers have demon strated gheir ability to successfully run them. These stores have the exclusive right to sell ¢ M. A coffee and other products carrying the C. M. A, brand. Pay Less Furnace Egg . . s 2B00 weméachy ffoater ERR . FI.TO[ Kentucky Furnace Block $6.00 Kentucky Grate Block .. $6.25 Supreme Coke ... .. .. .$7.25 FAST SERVICE Chiles Coal Co. North Side—MA., 1151 West End—MA. 4932 R R S Stores that advertise in The World want your trade, Patro nize them.