Atlanta world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 192?-1932, December 04, 1931, Friday City Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA.M.E.’S HOLD CONFERENCE HERE;'HEAR GOOD REPORT KM Southern New i N^Alync icqte VOLUME I. NUMBER l.’s Court Hears Woman s $5,000 Suit Against St. Railways FILL MUSED PIMLR SHE SAYS VTofent Trorrey rar Jerk Caused Her to Fall to Floor CHARGE PERJURY BULLETIN The ease of Mrs. Leia Hampton versus the Ga. Power company resulted in a mistrial Friday morning. 'The jury after stayin; out for several hours returned with no verdict, according to in formation learned at the clerk's office. Due to the fact that Judge Hugh Dorsey's brother was the attorney for Mrs. Hampton, JuJi. • Dorsey was automatically dis qualified and Judge Parker, from Cedartown, presided, it was learn ed. Claiming that she hid Gon paralyzed by a fail that si- re reived on May 18. 1930 ’Mi I Hampton. of an Irwin '.in--I address whom laww as being sixty y. .o old plaintiff in a suit for $5OOO ! i against the Geoi i'.ia I’ower ( ■ ai d heard Thuiadaj The w nan claimed that she wi fclhd b a violent jerk of Ilie troth v vai Injuring herself Two doctors. J W E. Linder ;m 1 Randolph Smith white admitled treating the injured woman The first claimed back injuries am and leg. He said that he did m 3 know whether the disability run from old age and constant w? ii Ing or nos However, he v in clined to believe that age had n ■ effect. Both admitted that c knew nothing of the loss of teeth Helped to Her Home The operators, L L Ewing an I Charles Briscoe, had assisted th” ' (Continued on Page 2) Wiggs, Formerly a World Pressman, Dies in Dublin The World was shocked this week to lea. n of the untimely death in Dublin Georgia of Cecil Wiggs. 20. who served as assistant pressman and makeup man in th? shops of the Southern Newspaper Syndicate. Mr. Wiggs came to Atlanta from Dublin where he had been cm ployed for five years on the daily paper there and hid work 'd h-m self up to the position of pre a man on the white newamap' lb' left there and came to Atlanta to The World where he gave mi usually efficient service until sev oral weeks ago when he con tracted influenza which dev< loped into pneumonia from whli h bo never recovered He snon' hr last davs with relatives in Dublin Burial services were held Tues day at the St. Boil A M E. Church in Dublin. The family has expressed its appreciation to friends who have hown them svmnnthy during their b”reavc ment ' The Weather CLOUDY, poKStbly occasional rain, warmer Friday; Saturday partly cloudy, moderate to fresh southeast and south winds. High est temperature 39; lowest lem i'*'*aturo 36; mean temperature 36; mean temperature 38. C. F. von HERRMAN Meteorologist, Weather Bureau Better TIGERS, M. B. U. READY FOR BIG CLASH 2 a i* A C an luskegee overcome loss of Iu It back Shanklin ? SETS BREAK' lIS JURDRS DISAGREE With nine of the jurors voting ■ai ipiittal. one for a sentence i f 40 vears while the remaining two !asked for 15 years. .John Henry Hall, 1036 Fair Street succeeded in obtaining a mistrial in Judge G. H Thomas' division of the super ior court Wednesday on a charge of burglary Hall was indicted jointly with Robert Paul Thrasher, alias ■'Slim”. 149 Chestnut Street for burglaries of stores, one a Roger's store on Ashby Street on October 27. Thrasher pleaded guilty and was u-' d as a witness by Hie state in the fiial of Hall. His sentence was n o t imposed until Wednesday morning. He was given five years on each charge, the charges total ing two. and the Judge allowed the time to be reived concurrent ly. Thru Jier denied that Hall was with him on the fir'd offense lint de-'liired that tie rode around on a bicycle in front ol the stare whi*o the Roger's store was being looted Hall, a youth of 17. took the stand and denied robbing either of Hie stores or being implicated in either of the robberies He de 'l'U'od that he met Thrasher who begged him for a place to sleep o' that particular night He promised thrasher he would provide < sleeping place if he would pay him the $1 25 that he owed him This was agreed upon hv Thrasher and they went to the home of George ; Rollins, 1027 Fair street Hall ad mitted thatoThrasber asked him to help him as he could not go home : because he had robbed a couple of stores. Jazzin* The News — By — I RANK MARSHALL DAVIS ligers and the Purple clash; bad turf may slow the game Hubby leads raid on ex-mate; wife says that she was framed; Meharry dedicates new school; it cost two million bucks Woman sues for heavy sum—but no cash jet she plucks! Chicago broker sought for iupe; no mobs form at HIS door Macbeth adds show on Sat dav night: Atlantans asked tor more Convention held by A. M. E.'s; to night they hold big meet You may get a prize if you attend our Home Week meets! ATL AN Wfe&WQ R L 0 ^-•A^PIXTe’S 8 TANPASW K^****^^ JOURMAI.y»»^* * * g^OSi Belcher .. ‘INDICT BIG TIMF POUCHING NEW YORK. Dec. 2 (ANP) Wilfred Brunder. reputed million । dollar polic king, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for his failure to file an income tax return during 1929 and 1930 when he is said to have a million dollars Brunder first came into public notice in a big way last May when investigators got wind of h 'big business” dealings in the numbers racket Although he is reported to have invested heavily in real estat” in Harlem, the numbers baron quickly put space between himself and the authorities. When reports . of him were last received he was in Bermuda. A warrant has been issued for Brunder’s arrest. If caught and con victed. lie will be liable to be sent ence to two years in the penitenti ary and a $lO,OOO fine. Hits Another Car, White Takes It Up All Escape Tn spite of all efforts to catch him. an unknown driver escaped Wednesday at the corner of Pied mont and Auburn Avenues. The ririver crashed into another auto, sped away, crashed into the curb ing. then escaped on foot. Clyde Ware. 896 Daveguy Street, was travelling cast on Auburn Avenue in a sedan when be was I struck by the touring car piloted by the unknown d> i'-er. Upon i crashing into him the driver sped I away from the scene A white man who was passing ran along side the car and leaped to the running board He grabbed the driver bv ithe throat and began chooking him. (Continued on Page 2) 2 Collectors Robbed of $4OO by Bandits Two collectors were robbed of $4OO Monday by two bandits The collectors were: R A Medlock 733 Frederic Avenue and R W Cassells, 1755 New York Avenue. Both are employed by the Rankin and Whitten company. They de scribed the bandits as one. about five feet 10 inches and weighin'’ approximately 160 pounds, and ihe other about the same height ami weighing about 150 pound. Both wore blue overalls, blue coats and greasy flop hats Beautify the home for Christmas. Attend the meetings sponsored by The Atlanta World next week. Many free prizes will be given away hv the World and local merchants. “Entered a« Herond-claas matter at the post office at Atlanta, Ga. under the act of March 3, 1879“ Rall ' TNT Hockett .. Captain Hockett expects hardest game of year. ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, I)E( EMBER 1, 1931 B H.... W... Means Better Home. Week The Atlanta Wurhi rhis coming week will hold a Better Home Week for the Negroes of Atlanta. It will he fea tured by a si'i'ie;; of meetings at which free prizes wil] be awarded Io nriny Atlantans who attend. I ; ’uil details will be found in Sunday’s World. This week will be in keeping with the Washington con ference on Home Building and Home Ownership which met in Washington Wednesday and concludes Saturday. Six Atlantans were invited by President Hoover to at tend the conference and four accepted the invitation. Those who went are Mis. Mae Hawes, Mrs. H. R. Butler, L. ]). Milton and Zack T. Hubert. Forrester Washingion and Bis-’ hop Fountain were invited but could not go. Meeting; which Idle World will sponsor next week will have these del, pates cast ill the roles of principal speakers io bring directly to Atlantans the findings of the Washing ton coiderence. other Atlanta people well informed on home making will also appear on program. Another feature designed to appeal to Alantans is the giving away oi ir<e prizes at the close of each meeting to many of those pr> ?> m. |'he World and local merchants will donate these awards. The most valuable presents, however, will be gi\> u away the opening nights of the meet ing so our readers are urged to attend from the start. Full particular- a? to program, prizes, time of meeting and location will be found in Sunday’s World. As a fitting .slogan i’Or this Better Home Week, The World has taken the folloT,ing: Beautify i i,e Home ror Christmas” > NAACP Warns of Fake Scottsboro Collectors NEW YORK. Dec. 2 A warning against unauthorized and fake col lectors of money for the Scottsboro Case defense was issued todaj by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. All contributors to the Scottsboro defense are urged to send their con tributions either to local N. A. A. C. P. branch officers or to Miss Mary White Ovington, Acting Treasurer of the N. A. A. C. P. at 69 Fifth Avenue, New York City. All individual solicitors should be obliged to show their authorizations from the local branch president and secretary, or from the N. A. A. C. P. National Office o n official stationery. All contributors are entitled to receipts for their co”tributicns and should see that sol'c“\ is give them, MOB FORMS JS NIANISNiGBEO FDR m CASE P r i s o n e r Protected, Says Robbery Was His Motive MOULTRIE. Ga. Dee. 4 Al though he has asserted that rob bery was his motive, Willie Ja<l. son has been arrested and charged with an attempt to criminally assault a white teacher of th-’ Berlin consolidated school here Tuesday. Jackson was captured bv Sheriff T V. Beard and was in jail three hours before a ^ge posse of citizens knews he was under (Continued on Page 2) Trial of 10 Cent Murderess Is Continued The trial of Miss Irene Perry, jlO cents murderer, scheduled to lappear before Judge Howard. I Tuesday, was postponed for the | third time in as many weeks. The j case of the postponement was that ■ her lawyer, whom it is reported is Colon”! William Schley Howard is now engaged on another case. This news came somewhat as a .surprise to many of the persons I who had gathered at the court to hear the trial, as Colonel Howard is rated as one of the best lawyers in the South and they marvelled TContinued on Patre 24 Framed; Says Wife; ‘She’s Guilty, Asserts Hubby in Divorce Intrigue After having been found in in criminating circumstances with Henry Smith, address unknown. Mrs. Beatrice Hurt of a Hilliard Street address was arrested by Of ficers W. S. DeFour and W. S. Owen Friday following a raid leveled at an address on Hilliard Street and headed b y her estranged husband. B. F. Hurt, from whom she has been separat ed since September and against whom she has filed a suit for div orce. According to Hurt, he headed the raid at the Hilliard Street ad dress and found his former wife in a room with another man. Both were arrested and taken into cus tody. Hurt claimed that he stood bond for both his w ife and tl: - man. At the trial Monday, Hurt said he intended asking clemency for Home STAGE MEET ft! BETHEL TONIGHT Report Thursday Is Favorable; 235 Pastors Report NAME DELEGATES With the completion Thursday of the presiding elders' reports, and the survey of membership which showed an increase despite condi tions. the Atlanta conference of the A. M. E church, holding daily sessions at the Flipper Temple A M. E. church, began its third day's session Friday morning. Tonight at Bethel A. M. E church, a special educational an niversary program will be given Bishop W A Fountain, chancellor of the system, is to preside while addreses will be delivered by Dr W. A. Harris. Athens; Dean S. H I Giles and President Fountain of 1 Morris Brown and S. F. Harris. The annual sermon was preach -ed Wednesday by Rev. S H. Rome pastor Turner Monumental church,. Atlanta, followed by the holy com munion. Dr. B, G Dawson. Big Bethel, celebrant. The program of welcome was ob served Tuesday night. Ben J. Dav is: Drs. E. R Carter, D. H Star lon. E. C. Mitchell dean Morri, Brown college; W. A. McClendon D. T. Babcock and J. H. McFarlan representing the various organiza tions of the city, delivered ad dresses. Response was by Rev, D S. Sanders, Newnan. How Organized The conference was organized i follows: Secretaries- Dr I). R Fobbs. R. H. Porter. S. A Lain”: marsa!—Revs. W M. BuHir. C. A. Clark. J. H. Strickland. Oscar ' Mapp; church periodicals Revs H. M. Parker. D T. Babcock. P. T. Matthews. A. R Cooper. Dr. J. A. Hadley was named news report er of dispatch news. Dr. W. O. P. Sherman, the press of Savannan, and Dr. David Norris. Macon news, j The bishop's annual address to i the conference was restricted to (Continued on Page 2) "the two. They were fined $1.5 and, costs, both fines totaling $34. Hurt admitted that his wife had filed suit against him for divorce charging him with cruelty and in human treatment. He also said that he and his wife had lived at his home, which is valued at $2,500, at 691 Frasier Street. He claimed he asked her out of the home because of alleged crook edness and since that time she filed a divorce and he paid her regular alimony of $2O per month. The case could not appear im mediately as many more cases preceeds this one on the court schedule. When questioned concerning his wife he said. "She became angry when I caught them and wanted to know why did I not leave her alone especially as she could ha- e caught me the same way with other women.” In her suit Mrs Hurt named a Full details of the Better Home Meek will be given in Sunday's World. Read it. learn of the meetings, and attend. You may get one of the free prizes. Man She Aided Comes Back to Pull Robbery After having fed a man the week before, Mrs. S. W. Hassler, white, 1422 Woodbine Street, claimed that she was lying down and was aroused by someone in -her house. She arose to investigate and found the mari~wn7>m sne ar? fed the week before with a grev suit in his hand. The suit was thrown out in the back yard and the burglar escaped. He was de scribed a s being dark brown skinned and wearing overalls and a dirty grey cap. wm BE STAGED SIT. ALSO TicketDemandCauses Additional Night for Great Play MOREHOUSE SHOW The sdv.m'e sale of tickets for : M •! . College perform- ar • eth has been so rush <>• . >.:c demand it will ! > ■ Saturday evening. 1> . Sale Hall at 8 p. m. p. have already made ■ . : r Friday night must use the. rickets on that date. The sale of reserved seats for Saturday 'Continued on Page 2) Finds Tire Thieves; Both Flee, One Shot After reporting that the tires had been removed from his auto mobile in front of his home at 905 Tilt Street. W E McCullough white, ran across two men wi’h the tires Thursday. He shot at on.” who dropped the tires and fled. He then turned and shot at th” other who was hit and fell, but leaped to his feet and escaped. The wounded man is expected to ap pear at Grady for treatment and the Patrolmen there have been posted to keep a lookout for him ►Geneva Robinson as correspond ent. •Why should my husband con tinue to bother me? If he wants his little alimony of $5 a week h; can have it but why keep pester ing me?” questioned. Mrs. Hu" when interviewed Thursday even ing. "I have consulted my lawyer and someone is going to pay for this shameful framing of mo." AH of the charges are untrue He had me arrested but it was all framed The man whom he accuses me of is his best friend and he pretends not knowing him. “I do not know if he stood my bond or not but I shall take legal steps to injury him immediately. He has sent police to my home time and time again seeking whiskev claiming that I sold it. Several times we saw the officer and him in an old vacant place He put me out. Now wny doesn't he be man enough to leave me •’lone'.’” FRID^M editidS SOGGY TUBE NW HELP PURPLE Tuskegee’s Running Attack Not So Hot In Mud HOT LINE DUEL By "Melancholy” Jones IT'LL TAKE MORE than this dreary and damp weather t o dampen the spirits f the charges of Billy Nicks and Joe Lockhart Shag Jonet Tuskegee’s running attack is ono of the most powerful the South has seen. But no running attack based on speed and shiftiness of the backs thereof can hope to be as effective in mud as on a good, hard, and fast field. Even Abbott's great ground game won't be so hot if a rain-soaked arena greets him at 2 o'clock out at Spiller Field to morrow. Flank Play Granting that Abbott's chances will be sliced in halves under .'iven conditions. Billy Nicks' will b” even less, unless, of course, his .hoys can maneuver th- ■ fairly ! good air game Much <>f the teams’ ’ 'at • <'uccss will dopeni upon the pL. the flankmen. For in "fance „ pair of good ends on" a muddy day. might ve v easily throw all their win into a tackle on a punt-receiver and make him spill the pellet A recovery by their team would then be in or der From that poire a shvt drive would be about all necessary for a hot score. But all that's fancy. Yet end play will be a vital factor in the game. And then maybe it won’t be wet or soggv afte- all. A tie game or a Mo-i'K B”own victory would ruin Tuskegee’s chance for champ .nsh'p claims and would give Clark •> clean-cut title. The Clark plavers, who journeyed up to Charlotte. N. C. and played the J G South team for their tenth and final tilt of the season, will see the gan g tomor row. Captain Shag Jones. Spurlock, and Red Moore are expected to carry on a fine offensive duel against McCarthy. Silvey, and (Continued on l'age 2) ‘‘DEACON JONES" By I. P. Revn id. The Brother raised the hymn "I MUST TELL JESUS.” Brother Bell said kindly RETURN th® money you slipped off the r,oUee» tion table before you start to TELLING. Week PRICE FIVE CENTS up Boulevard way. With a rush line that has been un scored upon all sea son t h e Purple Wolverine; believe their forward wall is certainly good enough to stop Me Carthy, Silvey, and Walker o n soggy turf. ■^.'•’