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‘RIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931
Peterson’s Fate in Hands of Birmingham Jury; Still Out
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dee. 11—
. After the state had contended
that strength was not needed to
fire a4 pistol and pointed out the
lack of protection afforded wo
men. the jury was carefully,
charged at 4:10 Thursday afternoon
in the Peterson case and at 4:30
wias sent oue, It was believed
they would be out all night try
ing to reach a verdict
Testimony of the photographer
who took the picture of Willie
Peterson when he was brought to
Kilby Prison September 24 was
the final bit of evidence introduced
4t the trial of Willie Peterson
Thursday morning as the state
ended its side of the rebuttal testi- |
mony. The defense, as on the pre |
vious evening, admitted that l‘u‘
exhibit submitted was that of the |
defendant. ?
Immediately thereafte: the]
court ordered the jury to retire ;n'
the request of the defense al- |
torneys who wished a ruling unt
gome evidence that they plunned |
to introduce. An atterupt to place |
Earl Wilson Tuscaloosa Negro bar ’
ber who h a d previously been |
brought t o Birminghanm t oo
identify Peterson as the man thidt
he had shaved shortly after the
commission of the crime at his
barber shop in that city, was ruled
illegal by Judge McElroy. The de
fense explained that they wished
to call this witness, who had not
been placed on the stand by the
state, to testify to his signature on
a document In {heéir possessian
purporting to state that he had
been hired to testity against Peter
soln.
A bit of fireworks was displayed
as Assistant Solicitor Jim Long
and Defense Attorney J. T John
son engaged in a heated disvute
over the matter to be introduced
and Defense Attorney Roach con
tended that they did not intend to
prove that the state had made ad
vances to the man with intent to
bribe but that such advances ha ]
been made. T h e judge ruled
against such an admission of testi
mony and tiw defense placed no
witnesses on the stand as the jury
filed in to listen to the arguments
of both sides.
After time for the arguments on
both sides had been limited to two
hours, Assistant Solicitor James M. |
Long opened the arguments furl
the defense and proceeded to at
tempt to shoot holes in the testi
thony of the alibi witnesses for the
man and remind them of the (lif-i
ficulty that an in experienced per
son would have in giving a ('urrc(‘t|
deseription. He defied the jury to
describe the chief witness. Missi
Nell Wiliams, despite tne fact that
they had looked at her with much
interest as she sat on the stand.
M:i. Long stressed the inability |
of the witnesses to fix dates cor
rectly and rated them as a bunch
of liars. stating that if one of tha
defense witnesses had ben rmnu-s!o’
ed ‘o sel him a carload of lies that '
he would aceept them without :lI
lick upon delivery.
Peterson's faillure t o answer
questions that he had asked him
previously at Kilby Prison was at
tributed to the fact that the pri
soner knew that as long as he did
not directly answer any question
in the negative that, he could not
be impeached. The prosecutor pic
tured Peterson’ as a shrewd crafty
criminal a gorilla to be exacting
and pointed out that Peterson used
god language —illustrating his con
tention by citing definite words
used by the defendant upon the
stand - thereby bearing out Miss
Williams testimony to the effect
that the man could use good lan
guage as he often forgot his sup
posed rough chariacter and employ
ed pood English.
Characteristically “Longish™ the
prosccutor demanded the death
penalty and told the jury that it
wias their duty to protect their
wives and families by finding the
defendant guilty and making Bir
mingham a safe place for them
velves and loved ones.
Mr. Long further stated that the
prosecution had been kind énough
to warn Peterson that the date of
Aucust 4 was one that he must re
memmber just what happened and
thut he attempted to get witnesses
names from him a Kilbv. Stating
that there wias no middle ground
and that Peterson must be found
either guilty and given the electric
chair or freed. Defense Attorney
J T Johnson, commenced the
arguments for the defense follow
ing a brief court recess.
The first speaker for the defense
pointed out the fact that the jury
would not have to call Miss Nell
Williams a liar in freeing their
client but that they could call her
mistaken in her identity. The jury
was also warned that should they
find the defendant guilty that Mrs.
Satterfield, their white witness.
whom he stieted was an impressive
witness, would have to be called a
liar to say nothing of the host of
sthers who appeared to support
the story centering around Peter
son's whereabouts. Upon the date
of August fourth.
Attorney Johnson told the jury
that none of them would be able
to state just exactly where they
had been on any particular date
unless each checked up mentally
to fix the date aund contended that
the state’'s argument that the wit
nesses could not remember any
other dates clearly aside from the
nnes in question was due to the
fact that that particular incident
was upper most in their minds at
the time. . .
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Heavy Fine For
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Intoxicated Driver
MEMPHIS Tenn.,, Dee 11~
Charles lLewis was fined 10
dollars by Judge Fitzhugh of th
city court for driving while in
toxicated Two other charges,
drunkeness, and worng numbers
were “also docketed against h'm,
but the judge held him account
able for one charge lewi Wil
arrested Saturday morning at th
corner of Union and Walden fol
lowing an accident cau-ed by his
car He denied. however, that he
was driving the car at the t'me of
the accident, The driver made
vood his cscape
Other fines during the after
noon session on last Monday were
pliced agrainst Sallie Fields, run
nng disorderly house twenty
five dollars, Kugene Smith, dis
orderly conduet, 50 dollars, Wil
linms Crackin, Lewig Juckson,
Horman Ray and Willis Sanders,
all fined 20 dollars for disorder
ly conduct.
The defense attorney plead with
the jury to stury the evidence in
the case and do duty, reminding
the jury that it was much its duty
to protect the defendant as it was
to help the state. He advised them
to take God with them into the
Jjury rooin
Mr. Johnson thanked the state
for proving a number «of their
points, chief among them being
that the distance from Peterson’s
home to the scene of the erime was
nearly three miles in the thortest
direction and that that route lay
over rough and hilly ground. He
also thanked Mr. Long for keeping
the defense witnesses on the stand
long cniough after he had tied them
up and confused them to enable
them to get themselve back to
carth and stating clear essential
facts concerning the incident. He
further told the jury that if some
thing had happened to one of their
neighbors that they would go back
and recall any incident that might
help clear one that they knew to
be innocent. |
| The placing of Willie Peterson on
.Hu- stand Wednesday afternoon at
| ter a number of neighbors had ap
| peared previously to build up an
{ alibi as to his whereabouts Tues
( day afternoon and evening, August
| 4th. during the time that the Misses
i Williams and Miss Nell Woods were
l:xllcuvdly stopped at a lonely place
on the Leeds Cut Off road that at
!h-rnmm and later shot all three,
. wounding two of them fatally, was
' the highlight of the third day of
: the sensational fight of Willie Pet
‘ erson for his life after having been
;pl'vviuusly postively identified by
' Miss Nell Williams, sole survivor
of the tragedy on the stand Monday
afternoon.
In addition to developing the ali
bi for their client, Attorneys Roach
and Johnson bent their efforts to
ward proving that Willie Peterson
did not fit the description of the
man named as being wanted by the
yvoung Birmingham society girl as
given to officers following the in
cident. The defense was able to
prove that Peterson's long mus
tache, a point of contention on the
part of the state, grew in its pres
ent mode on acount of his fatlure!
to trim the tonsorial adornment
with scissors since his imprison
ment |
Peterson who was carried to the
itand by the two trusties who have
wcompanied him, was subjected to
much cross examination by Assist
int Solicitor Jim Long who asked
Sim many questions from what was
purported to be a record of the
testimony taken by the members of
the solicitors force when they made
the trip to Kilby prison immedi
ately following the arrest and re
moval to Montgomery, after At
torney Johnson, then directing the
defense, had Peterson tell the court
where he was on that particular
day and evening of the crime and
olicifed from hier the information
regarding his mode of trimming
and wearing his mustacne.
The accused man became the
center of a near clash between At
torney Johnson and Assistant So
licitor Long during a brief period
while the jury was in the jury
room during the recess as Attorney
Johnson appealed to Judge Mc
Elroy against a statement of Mr.
Long, to the jury that “they were
having him carried about the court
room” and demanded to know just
who the they might be.
Following a heated exchange of
words and a motion for a mistrial
by Attorney Johnson, the jury was
byought back into the room and
Judge McElroy instructed the jury
that the comments upon Peterson’s
being moved around to have no
bearing upon the guilt or inocence
_either for or against him. Prior
to that time, Peterson’s arms and
legs had been exhibited to the jury
over the protest of the state attor
wey and it was intended by the de
fense to prove that, on testimony
brought out by the state itselt. that
Peterson was in a better physical
condition now than at the time ol
the unfortunate tragedy.
Peterson was the last of the de-|
fense witnesses to appear and lw’
did not seem to remember or recog- |
nize the picture that had been tak
en at Kilby prison and his constant
statement during the questioning
by Assistant Solicitor Long was 1
don't remember.” The defensc ;\t-‘
torneys agreed to permit the intro
duction and acceptance of the pic
ture as evidence as the afternoon’s
session came to an end to save the
state the trouble and expense of
having the identification and photo
graphic expert who took the pic
ture from coming up from Mont
gomery to testify.
Other witnesses to appear for the
defense in the afternoon were W.
W. Kilpatrick, Chief of Police Me
Duff and Mr. Sudduth. assistant
ambulance driver who made the
~call and told of Miss Williams ask
ing him not to let the newspapers
“‘mflw anything about fthe incident
Land of having stopped ot 0 drug
store enroui‘e to the hospital to get
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Dec 11
Santa’s coming to Damingham
at least as far us the poor. yvounge:
members of our group are concern
ed, began to appear to be o reabity
with the opening of the Toy Shop
on 17th street between Third and
Fourth avenues Thursday The
headquarters of the First Commun
ity Christmas committee will b
apen from nine until five every
day from now until Christmas and
remember wyou have only until
Tuesday evening to submit the
nanie of any deserving youngstel
wiiam you 1nay lhink night b
missed- in Sunta’s trip this Christ
mas, These names should be given
to Mrs. E. R Johnson at the Book
er . Washington Branch library
by that date as there will not be
sufficient time after that date to
permit a thorough investigation as
the committee wishes (o see’ that
the neediest youngsters of the city
are given the first chance to have
a real happy Christmas
I'he lobby of the building, use
of which was donated by Meyers
and Engel, realtors, resembles a
fairyland and Mrs, A. H. Parker
and Miss Brunetta Hill. principal
of the Graymont school not only
worked hard in arranging the deco
rations but secured the pretties
through solicitations of a number
of uptown merchants.
Shelves and rows of shelves, for
the arrangement and classification
of toys, ete, as well as a large work
table are the main features of the
toy shop proper, hidden behind the
beautiful partition, and here it is
that the gifts for the youngsters
will be stored until time for the
parents to come and claim them
Toys will be issued upon written
permits to parents from December
17 to December 24
i You ‘Mr. and Mrs. Birmingham,
and young Mr. and Miss Birming
ham, can do your bit to make some
youngster happy Christmas. Cash
may be sent to Principal A. H. Par
‘kvr and his finance committee
group with headquarters at the In
dustrial High school. Money will
be needed to get candy and other
agifts for the children while an at
tempt will be made to sccure meals
‘or those most needy on that holi
day. Whether or not food is distri
buted depends upon you, Mr. and
Mrs. Birmingham and little Bir
mians. The first race Community
Christmas can be made a huge suc
~ess if you do your bit. Gifts of
food and clothing are also accept
able.
Toys. new and -old, are being
gathered and the old ones are be
ing revamped and refinished at the
various grammar schools under the
supervision of Mr. Hayes, super
visor of Negro schools.
A special group of workers will
visit the various churches of the
city Sunday to spread the news ot "
the appeal for a real honest 10|
goodness Merry Christmas and let!
the public know through the church |
just what this movement meun.\'l
to the community. Do your bit und'
make some poor youngster hupp)xl
Appointed Welfare
Worke-
COILUMBUS. Ga, Deoc. 11—
Friends and acquaintances ot
]\"1'4 Catherine Turner, well
known young lady of the young
society set, will be dehghted to
know that she has been appointed
welfare worker for the city ot
Columbus by the Welfare Bureau
Miss Turner succeeds Miss Ahice
Nickerson, former welface work
or here, who is now doing social
work in Atlanta, Ga., having re
signed her position here several
months ago.
something to case the victims' pains
and of her fear that her name would
be known. ‘
Mr. Kilpatrick, marshall of Jg: ¢
Abernathy's court and a county « !-
ficer, told of the description givon
him by Miss Nell Williams in the
3t .Vincent hospital at the time ot
the crime in the presence of Mr.
Copeland, a friend, who answered
the call to the sherrif's office. Ac
cording to that deseription the man
wanted was five feet ten inches t;ell.!
150 pounds it weight, long or bushy
hair, gray felt hat, ete. Officer Kil
patrick stated that this was the de
seription that he used to broadeast
the slayer's identity by meants ol
posters .
Chief McDuff, who told of his|
ten years experience as chief n!!
police of the Birmingham police
department and of having sm'u'd|
four years as chief deputy sherrit,
also told of the description gi\'vnt
him by Miss Nell Williams. That
description which was given him
the day follo.-ing the tragedy is:
age, thirty or thirty-five: height,
five feet nine or ten: weight, 135 or
140 pounds; color black; clean shav
en. hatche faced. blue unionalls.
with white stripe, dirty gray felt
hat, pair of old shoes. the right sole
of one of the shoes having torn
loose and the right toes sticking out
cvidently didn't wear any socks, the
man used good language and 1t
seems as if he would forget himsoll\
atid 'show himself capable of using
very good English. The defense
was not able to introduce Chief Mc
Duff's opinion as to whether nr'
not Peterson resembled the wantod‘
man as Judge Mc Firoy sustained
Assistant Solicitor tu‘h""g's objection.
The defense rested its direct testi-|
mony with the removal of Peterson!
from the stand and the state com
menced the procession of rebuttal
witnesses. Warden Dan Rogers of
the Jefferson County jail told how
Peterson had walked unassisted to
the doctor's office that morning at
the jail. The distance is about
twenty five feet according to that
officer,
THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA., GA.
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Lemoyne Teacher
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Says Support
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Negro Business
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“Race Consciousness
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Is A Powerful
Influence
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FOR PROGRISS
MEMPHIS Tean, 1ec¢ ||
Negro merchants S MG e et
dents Gnd: as such they are i g
desperate struggle with huge
poration wiio control chain Gl
stobes and dusually the sources ol
raw materials and the ftactories 1ol
processing the raw material ln
thic cut-throat competition the gn
dependents fry to give something
to thelr customers which tha chain
Lot dort: give i Order lo get
CUALOIerS Whit do the indepen f
dents otfer? Credit. homely latntli
arity, special courtesy. and Race
Pride. How many of these method ,
e you using to win customel !n:
vour store or office or chiurch. Race
pride or consciousne 5 one mdih=
od which is a very powertul -
fluence in building up your nun ‘
bey of customers: which i not 4
effectively used as it should be
You assume that Neogroes will buy
of you because you are . Negro.
Phit is a false assumiption: You as-|
sume the part of vour motto, ALl
FOR ONE and foreet that the rnass
of Negroes have not heard of your
motto or that those Negroes who
have heard of it think that you
have forgotten the part of the mot
1o in regad 1o ONE FOR ALl
You must now teacih this motto to
dll Negroes and all together put il
i practice,
All For One And One For All
Whiy must vou aul i practice
together? Because vou can't stand
up under the pressyre: of chain
store competition otherwise. It 1s
your one stronghold: and unless
you fortify yourself there you are
lost. That applic to professional
and trades men as well as to mer
chants. And strangely enough it
even affects the status and position
of the preachers. The motto (-;ml!
stand divided. It miit cither be All;
For One and Ouc f All or no
molto: at all: We cent hHave ('Hh&’l'i
One for All or All for One .‘\“iih‘
vated ahd alone and expeel O
stand. Our best defense s a streng
offense. So let's teach our mufl«w‘
to all the 96,000 Negroes of Mem
phis. Our motto must be taught in
the churches, in the platform, 1n
the lodges in the oclubs in the
newspapers, and in Every Negro
Store, Office. and Home 1n Mem
phis, Tennessece.
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 11
Prial for Robert Jenkins, wWho
was arrested after killing Sarah
Miller of Tarrant City at a dance
at Pipe Shop Quarters September
4. breaking up the affair, is one of|
the leading cases slated in the cir
cuit court today. Joe Pearce 1s also,
going on trial as well as Jessie|
Reed. school teacher, charged with|
manslaughter in connection with
the death of J. I Porter, five yvear.
old white youth, last December. as
the result of running inte the|
voungster with the automobile that|
she was driving. |
Monroe Curry. 17, slayer of Wil
il S Clolicdd, betler”"knowni — as
William S. Hart. in May, was given!
five years at Kilby prison, Tuesday |
when the jury found him guilty ot
first degree manslaughter. Hart was!
one of the best liked and most col-|
orful ficures along Fourth avenue!
obtaining his nickname from the
broad. black hat. dangling blue ker-|
chief and leather chaps reminiscent
of .the famous movie star of that
name, was killed while attempting
to end a fight between two young
sters, He advertised many of the
shows by parvading up and down
the avenue with signg on his back
felling of the latest and coming
attractions i
laura Patterson, who plead guil-’
fy, was given two vears in per
tentiary on charges of first depgree
manslaughter in Judge lHetlin'
court Tuesday. Annie Pruett, who
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HIRMINGIEAM. Ala [)i 1l
Arrested ‘it £y O ficed
Fulgham and bShaw,. Mor: Hourd
2608 Sixih dveniid nutth, allepged
harntne! 71 pleced e the
ety gail. He sy ehargod Wilh eon
plicity in the di H ol N Ola M
flerrn 2608 { north
who died Tt 1 il
man hoss
arn i ' vty !.1"(‘1‘[
Liv.-1a ( [ wooclded by
couple The tvea had boeen living to
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Recovers From
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Accident Injuries
MEMIE S benn, lice 11
Mpeo 1 0o Wialkon who Wis h
inred in oan automoiile qeeiden
two weeks npo near Brownsville,
Tenn e 1o fully recuperatel
nd hack ot her resdence onh
M \vetiue Mre Walker wa
tiiared - when the eir Lo b
band, D b Neallkoer presidentd
uf the Univeead Lo Insuranee
Coowits de vinge Wi crowded off
the highway by o truclk: Phemost
seriously injuired of the four mo
foriste wias Me M- W -Honner, ¢
cretary of the Liivireal Lite Je
sustatned evoral-tiroken haones in
the zecident In Walker = and
M AN W A e ehtly
wounded Pty ow return
ing from Nazhvill Tonn. where
they had atiended the funeral of
PDr 3 F MWilson Mrs Walkes
wishes to extend thanks to . the
many fricnd who remembered
hey during her confineément - al
Collins Chapcl Hospital
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| MEMPIIS Tenn, Dec 11
he Rosehi® Cemelery represent
ng about forty acres of land wa
I recently bought by a group of col
tored citizens and has been reorga
t nized with a capital of $150,000. The
initinl investnrent represented a
bout $50.000. At that time the Rose
hill Cemetery was owned by seve
ral loeal white business men. Al
fred Mason. while was secretlary
treasurer of the cemetery., and he
negotiated the ecal with the Negro
investors,
After taking over the - Rosehill
Cemetery. the new owners changed
the name to the Morris Memorial
Cemelery Rev B, J Perkins pas
tor of Beale Avenue Baptist church,
is president: H C. Shep-Scott, vice
president: Flovd W. Wilhams. trea
surer; Bessie B. Bell. assistant sec
ratdry: and B, . Booth ' genergl
superintendent. A baptismal pool
is also located in the cemetery,
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LAID TO RENT
COLUMBUS o Lien | ]
Mis: Marve Beiny whi departed!!
this life 1ast Eriday ot dier homoe o
on-Railroad Steeat was el Ao x-w:["
Monday afternoon at Gentian, Ga., ‘
where funeral services were con-|
diicted by Rov. T § H. Allen [
Crowds of -syimnpathizets hu‘:nl*-.‘l
ote¢ packed the church where the |
funeral seivices wore held to pay {
their final {ribute to the deteased |
who had Lived here for many yvears |
The Sconiers Funeral Home had !
charge of the burial Several child
ren and other relatives survave the |
deceased.
had a jury trial was given o yeay i
and a day Tuesday in Judge Me- |
Cov's court on similar ¢harges. The 1'1
trial of Ade Lee who is facing he
third murder frial. this time for|l
the stabbing of Will Harris, 3029 1stot
alley poith August 14 in a street |
braw!l was passed to Dbe reset i 7
some future time.
‘What Thes. E.
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oung Says:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec 1]
The ble gavye Lhe time W
come when yeu wiil not know the
immer from winter only by the
budding of the trecs.
While on-a trip out west, when
tHie trin came to a paipt on - thne
hasta Mountains, the conductor
cried out. “look, see the only place
n the world where the train loops
he loop or the end of the end
coaeh it i o :1',!”!4‘4” I looked
with pricat azement and seviral
thought ime toae: one. the b
hile sus i fpet Lhall he it
and the fast fipst ;
I Ll the 191 ecentury the!
OV FaORout for - thiv e !lx.’l‘v?
had Lo tgrl th= renr, though!
Chier e Stiin id eryving. onl
tne frack Wwhilo o arc makinge
the bard and diffieglt turns it will)
unty be o muttoy of tane althouehi
thice: present eencry i mgee 1y
G 2ot helore thpy w2l g 5%
the o that o bead i P
sanbowith ol adoantin e Then
the few that are abwan feft itk
tell the history arouh i fipe=t
de Lo the Ao res i Ela L iy
B hepe: are Lwo oo } the!
heads oo down h ! el
Ealpnit o ERERE s e PRt G
“from a L0 ¢ent store ana the rilig
Lon which they tre strane ek
Land they fall to the Flowe ol
owner pever picl thew n
HiGre ! tiie ~44u‘11‘ i il g 8
drnk in a bottle when 1 fiet
hakes it Lo see the beoad ! 0
goes dowh never Lo rettivg o any
b mors:
MRS, FRANCIS REEMS
Mrs. Eranes Reems of Oraneo
Mound wa: @ teacher ol Tincol
School for T veirs anid - Melvioo
9 véears She has the distinet on
of I)(‘iHL’ the Lost mdy of our race
to detve a4 var in the citv of Mip
phiz and to be appointed o res
trar for the election ‘n 1912
Mr. Reems i3 still teachinge anml
puts -her life in her work, and try
to give her scholars the propes
training.,
LEND MR. SCOTT A BIG HAND
~ Chas B. Scott 3U97 Wincheste:
Avenue. says, he cannot under
tand how 1t is that dav by day
he reads the marrage licenses in
the paper and up to dute has ney
L sooy where anv lady thousht
Lenough of him to buy a licensc
and marry him
- He has asked several and their
Lanswers have always been yes
until he told them instead of the
sentence that said ‘obey’ he would
have substituted, take cive of him
Luntil he i5 dead. dead 74 thats
I when althonegh thev do-'t weem fg
| bé hothereod with o L1 ' e hul
‘their ha=dkeschief: v g their
faces and quictly walk awas
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BDIRMINGHAM. Ala. Dec 11
Recont arrested. Jovemboer
to he exact for spécding. an offefse
h he pleaded Ton
stee 1 Beta street. faced Jud:
Mt 1 ¥ Tlhiesday 10 al WeT
clinl 11 time of UK G i)
it Pl i gFiven b Gf ont
hunduved dollar and cost thirty
i ¢ andd pended fron
ot ! Vot 1ol month t0
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t ¢ ¥ Y % Y v ‘:' 1 ‘
frial shawed vraherd | Buick 1
to a New NMerkle Coal Co truck
L driven by R 1. Franks. Route 4
Birmingham. 18 blind in one eve
Accordir to the driver af i
trucl the ear: wis g blook awny
as he attempted 1o mike the cr
ing at ;n';uv'!',' bout fifteen rritle
an hour. Iranks claimed thot Sieq
wil travellingagt. g rate thal
estimated to be fifty mile il
The wreck took place Saturda
0ot ceven-thirty. at the corng i
95th street and Avenie B
Eee oo s perennal vienmd 6F ()
weiter, and i any lade ean com
ply with his-demands, he 1= ready
Lo =her fice himealf ot onee L
owns - his own home and o tame
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e L P lelimiion 297 5N N
f vho veoides o 1329 N BHell
v Bivd s oo phvsician: with = g
bitee pictive and s ready 1o
cive vou oal oany hour of the d
orpioht. - He and his fam Iy ure
desaut members of First Baptist
Criureh Cheloen
RECORD AND RECORD
{f "uz(f \lluf “"«"vll] *[N'” ”n'
dame ineaninos and different @ i
uthers When vou have worked
oo phitce o long time and proved
vlificient and vo to- andther iob
Leoliree you leave g good reeord
Althouuh the grait Bert Wi
1 dead, you can still buy his
tdeords to ploy ol vour phono
erih L a riace horse makes ‘
tecord one vear and another horse
heat< him the next. that is ealled
breakine o record When vour
creatt = roefused by qll business
places in {the town 'n which vou
Hve, vour record is bad and your
ficedle neds chansing. |
Wihien von sre reading an issue
of the Memph World, vou are
poadivie g opaver with a record fo
faitr deslines withall
i SAM BROWN ‘
' Samuel R Brown. a letter car
rier in the Memphiz post office
tavas alwavs omiline and . elad to
mact hiz co-workers, When asked
what wias the matter, his — veply|
wad ] amy naf tilkine (Ome dav
murr age license read. Miss Thel
“mee Overton and Samuel R Brown
PAGE SEVEN
Charge Desertion
3 i .
in Divorce Case
Norfoilk, Va, Dec, 11-—(ANP)~—-
Mre Marjorie Bernice Wright and .
her hurband, George Louis Wright,
cil-known Virginians, are both
ceking divorces from the other,
Vi Wright having entered suit
first and Mr. Wright having filed
an answer and cross bill in whieh
ensational charges fly thick snd
1 Wright in her petition for
divaree, filed in the Circuit Court
! Portsnontt charges that: her
hushand wilfully deserted a n d
ibandoned her for a period of al
most - three year that 135, since
June 11, 1029, and without justifi-
Ie. Wright in his eross bill and
‘ altlegs that his wife. has
£ infaithful to him on numer
! ccasions and names two New
I1if co-respondents. Mi
W hit now lLiving in New: York
( ¢ tand M Wright in Ports-
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Collegeville
By D 1. Kichardson
M. M L club
Held their repular weekly meet
iti e Monday night, Dec. 7, at the
Tititine of - Nh and Mrs (.;“bert
Newberry with the vice-president
i charge. Despite the absence of
the piesident the meeting was car-
Licd out in good order. A vote was
carried to pive u donkey party on
De- 18th ot 7:00 P. M. at the home
of My D [, Richardson. 3398 M
ddrd Place Come. bring your part
1t and join this game as well as
th many others to be pluyud.
In Hospital :
-Mi Frances Bedell is in Gray -
monit hospital where she has been
forr the past week. She is resting
well after an operation performed
by D R.-B. Maclin on Monday.
We all hope for her a speed§y Ye-
COVELY
Sonora Club
Met at the home of Mr A £
Watkins The meceting was con
ducted by the president. as usual,
all members were - present. — The
meeting was enjoyed by all The
meeting adjourned to meet next
week at the home of Mr. Ezell
Joenes
this s the reason of all the mer
riment
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