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Mistrial Ordered in Sensational Peterson Murder Case
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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 112
BISHOP GRANT FACES GIRL IN COURT
Forced to Post Bond
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of $1,000 for a
Final Hearing
DOES NOT TALK
GENEVA., Ala Dee. 12 -Scated
with his head between his hand
ana not taking the stand in |
own defense, Bishop R, A. Grant
of the Geneva County, listened
Monday to Miss Ollie Glass, Hart
ford, Alabama young girl tell of
the advance made to her by thi
leader of the African Methodist
Fpiscopal Church last year while
in her city and of the subsequent
events that lead up to the birth of
her child last December and her
preferment of chares of bastardy
gainst the bishop following hi
violation of the contract enterced
into between Miss Glass and hee
parents and the bishop for the
payment of 2000, with a down
payment of cash at the time and
ten equal installments of $170 each
year, a payment falling due Nov
eber | ke
Bishop Grant. who did not take
the stand in his own defense, was
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Beaumont, Tex.
Homer Julius Tucker, former !
Boys' Work Secretary of the But
ler Street branch of the Atlanta
¥ M C. A. has been elected as
executive secretary of the College
Street branch of the Y. M. € A
at Beaumont, Texas
Mr. Tucker is a native Georgian
and received his early training at
Morehouse college. He is also a
graduate of Virginia Union semi
nary, Richmond, Va., and Temple
university. Philadelphia His ex
perience includes instructor at the
Harlem Community Trainind
school, New York: Boys' Work sce
petary. Hunton ¥ M. © A [ynch
burg, V'l’ Educationa! secrctary,
West 135th Street Y. M. A. New
York.
While in Atlanta, Mr. Tuckep
found time o pursue courses at the
Atlanta School of Social Worl: and
the graduate school of Atlanta
universily, having been graduated
from the former. He is a member
of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
10 More
shopping days before
Christmas comes around.
Have you made out that
Christmas list yet? Do
vou know what you want
to give?
If you have you pre
sents in view or if vou're
still undecided, World
advertisements will help
vou select the best at the
lowest prices from mer
chants who really want
vour trade.
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DIEMAND ENCORES
By Gamewell Valentine
A near capacity audience attend
ed the rvecital Friday evening of
Abbic Mitchell, soprano, at Sisters
chapel. Spelman college. Her well
selected program comprised variety
with compositions by Irach Schu
heit Brahm Franz Mauassenet,
Burleigh and Cook
Opening her program with “Bleed
and Break” by Bach, Miss Mitchell
whose voice was pleasing but not
of large tone, proceeded to other
Composel whose ideas were in
terpreted o true tradition. Beside
giving her audience what it should
have, Miss Mitchell gave them what
they liked. Two Creole folk song
by Camille Nickerson and ‘“Lord
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\ Two men were arrested Thurs
day and PFriday n suspicion by
police.
The first. Ruben Henderson, 628
Magnolia Street, was arrested
Thursday on suspicion of larceny
of an automible. DPolice made the
arrest at the corner of Vine and
Hunter streets. The second. Will
Walker., rear 10 Butler street. was
arrested when he appeared ut the
hospital €or treatment Friday fol-
Hlowing gunshot wounds of the face
!:mtl shoulder that he had received
[ short time before. He was un
abte to tell hospital patrolman
Wylie who his assailant was, nec
cessitating his arrest by the patrol
mun for further investigation by
detectives.
“Entered as second-clasg matter ut Hn:-pmqt office at Atlanta, Ga, under the act of March 8, 1879
Last Better Home
Week Meeting
Postponed
The second meeting of ‘The
Atlanta World’s Better Home
Week which was announced for
tomorrow night has been post
poned because of the closeness
of Christmas,
However, it is the intention
of The World (o make this bet
ter dome Week a semi-annual
affair and so locate them that
they will not interfere with
holiday activities,
Last Monday night's mecting
was attended by approximately
700 Atlantans, each of whom
had an opportunity to get one
of the free prizes offered by
The World and local merchants,
of which a $76.50 1932 radio was
the biggest.
The World will announce in
these columns the time of the
next Better Home Week, which
it is hoped will be as well ob
served as this by Atlantans.
Just as she was entering her home
after returning from work, Ha
riet Nicholson, 23, of 629 C- e
Sireet. was stabbed on the icft side
of her head by a man. whoin she
says che could not identify After
being treated in the emergeicy
clinic of Grady hospital she was
allowed to return home
Tl'E‘Sl):\Y. December. 15, has been
announced as the opening day
for the new one-stop service sta
tion that will grace the already
popular Auburn Ave. The station
is really to be considered an asset
to both the City and the Ave. Two
of Atlanta's popular ‘‘Sons.’ LeRoy
Earle Carter and Oscar S. Hall, are
the sole proprietors of the estab
lishment. which is the last word
in auto service.
Mr. Carter is popular in both
business and sacial circles. Is a
graduate of Clark university, hav
ing filled a conspicuous position
on the famous football team of
1927. He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity, Sterling club.
Owls club, and “Our Gang”. Re
cently he served his connections
with the Ordinary department of
the National Benefit Life Insurance
company.
Mr. Hall is a co-founder of the
now popular Curry & Hall's Style
Shop, Inc., exclusive men's shop
He is a member of the ilappa Al
pha Psi fraternity, Sterling club,
Joymen’s club, a Mason and an
alumnus of Morehouse college,
The Carter and Hall Service sta
| tion will feature the famous Woco
| Pep gasoline, Purol Ethyl, U. S
Specification gasoline, complete
Grayco Lubrication System, which
has already won distinction for its
exclusive methods, namely, “The
Chart,” employing a chart which
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The
- Weather
~ INCREASING CLOUDINESS
| Sunday followed by rain in north
and west portion; moderate south
winds. Highest temperature 70;
||oweu temperature 50; mean
| temperature 60.
i C. F, von Herrman
| Meteorologist, Weather
Bureau
The last meeting of the Better Home Week of
The Atlanta World, which was scheduled to be held
tomorrow night, has been indefinitely postponed due
to the closeness of Christmas and the rush of activit
ies which has prevented The World having the pro
gram originally planned.
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931
Stockholders Listen
to Talks by Many
Civice Leaders
50 ARE PRESENT
Prominent Atk busine and
civie leaders atter the nitial
mecting of the 1 | neer Sav
g o oclation { Kol ey ?}“E‘i
Eridav night at 180 rnoavenue
The Pioneer is the f irge inter
acial busine ente § t ¢ 11
tempted in Atlant:
€ Afte: nvocation |l he R J
LA Hopl the rmeeting was cail
ed Lo ¢ » by T J Eergson and
then turned over 1o Py M 5
Duavage: vresident of Clark univer
i sity, who acled as chairman.
More than 50 pe ' attended {he
meeting which lasted until 9:50
when delicion tndwiche ind
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OVER COLLECTION
According to a signed letter re
ceived in The World office from
182 Walnut Street, S. W., the fight
held between officers of T h e
Cosmopolitan A. M. E. Church last
Sunday was not over the return of
the pastor but over dividing the
collection.
The letter follows:
“The report put in the Atlanta
World by one of our prominent
officers that the altercation oc
curred over a disagreement of
our pastor was all wrong
The cause of the fight was the
dividing of the collection be
tween the stewards and Trus
tees. which was to be divided
equally on that special Sun-
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Born in Sparta, Ga.,
In 1874; Prominent
as Business Man
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INTERRED TODAY
(Sentinel-World Service)
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Dec. 13—
Funeral services are to be held to
day from the Central Metropolitan
church for William Wallace An
drews. grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of this state. who
passed away Wednesday night as
the result of paralysis contracted in
Hot Springs, Ark., in 1929. ‘He was
57 yeurs old
In 1920 he successfully under
went an operation for pluerisy but
he never regained his full strength,
though he went all cver the coun
trv in search of medical attention
Succeeded by Gen. C. A, Pratt
He is succeeded as Pythian grand
chanceilor by Gen. Charles A. Pratt
who was elected vice grand chan
cellor at Ocala in 1931. Gen. Pratt
i« a former brigadier geenral com- |
manding the department of Florida |
and has ben a life-long Pythian.
Re-elected Twice While Down
General Andrews was re-elected
grand chancellor at Lakeland in
1930 and at Ocala in 1931 because |
of the great work he had done in |
building the Pythiam order. It was|
stated by the men that he had sacri- ‘
ficed his life in travelling in rain
and cold weather throughout
Florida in order to build the Order.
Born In Sparta, Ga., 1874
He was born in Sparta, Georgia,
on February 4, 1874, and moved to
Apalachicola, Florida, when quite
a young man. There he married
Henrietta G, Smith and to them
two sons were born, Cyril Blythe
and W. W. Jr.
During his life Gen. Andrews
fheld many honors. At one time he
was Grand Secretary of the Royal
Arch Masons. He served as dele
gate to the Republican State Con-‘
vention and was one of the foun
ders of the Central Life Insurance !
Company with headquarters in
Tampa. He ‘served that company
G0 NI B0YS
COR AOBBERY
. Again youths figured in the re-‘
cent robbery reports Friday, Mrs.
J. W. Poteet, 396 Linden Avenue
reported to police that three small
boys had enter her back porch by
way of a latched screen dor and
robbed her refrigator of roast beef
milk, butter, eggs and an assort
ment of vegetables. When she
heard the noise she rushed to the
back porch and the three little
bandits fled carrying with them the
food stuff.
In the same neightborhodd, Geo.
W. Cox. rear 400 merritts avenue,
reported to police Friday that his
home had been entered by burglars
;with a pass key. The home had
been ramsacked and among the
articles found missing were two
suits of clothing, a pair of men's
shoes size 9 1-2, two pair of Wo
men's shoes, size 8, one pair of
which were black the other tan,
Ithree women's dresses and other
wearing apparel.
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Youths of 17 and 18
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Electrocuted in S. C.
RALEIGI. N O, Dee. 13— Con
vieted of the murder of Frank
Stewart, white filling station own
er in an attempted holdup, Bernice
Matthews, 18. and J. W. Ballard
17, were electrocuted Friday in the
state’s prison at 10:30 a. m. The
double execution was completed
in 50 minutes.
Jazzin' The
News
FRANK l\;l_:\RBSyH:;‘L DAVIS
Bishop Gramg is faced by girli he
hangs his kead in shame
Case is tried in . 5. Court; lawyer
t pris'ner are shame;
Peterson wins mistrial; jury could
. mnot agree
Sunday World is full of news of
‘Lanta society.
Andrews dies in Jacksonville; he
was fraternal head
Son puts dad out in the streef; he’s
sick and nearly dead;
Morehouse gains by Royal show;
it's work of Tobie Grant
Would you like to stay informed?
Without each World you can't!
Think Airplanes Are Mosquitoes
ink Airplanes Are Mosquit
ANOTHER TALE FROM MISSISSIPPI
GOOLA GOOLA, Miss., Dec. 13—The Air Mail division
of the postoffice department and several large air transpor
tation companies have announced their intention of dis
continuing their practice of sending airplanes over the viei
inity of Chittlin’ Switch since a large number of crashups
have been reported.
Investigators sent there have Tearned that the com
munity is infested with giant sized mosquitoes, commonly
termed “gallinippers.” Several times at night near-sighted
residents, armed with flyswatters, have battled these gaul
inippers for hours. The buzzing of airplane motors has
heen taken for mosquitoes on the wing with the result that
thoroughly aroused citizens have accidentally crushed at
least six airplanes with their fly swatters during the past
week.
One pilot on arriving here reported that a whole family
got after him with fly swatters and he escaped only by
driving his plane through their front door and out the back.
The World plans to make the Better Home Week
a semi-annual event with meetings and free prizes
similar to those given away last Monday night. At
tha'¢ meeting there were more than 700 Atlantans in
attendance. Prizes given away free inciuded a $76.50
1932 radio, and many others.
LR a,
EDITION
By Mme, Tobie Grant
1 wish to announce to the general
public that never before in the his
tory of Atlanta has a theatre been
opened entirely for colored people
to equal the Bailey's Royal theatre,
238 Auburn avenue, N. E. which
opened a few weeks ago. Thou
sands of dollars have been spent to
remodel this theatre and now 1t is
a ttreatre equal to any in the United
States exclusively for colored peo
ple.
I am personally identified with
the operation of this theatre and
have worked untiringly for years
to give to the better class of our
race and especially the theatre
goers a first class theatre having the
latest equipments and the finest ot
pictures to be shown on the screen,
where you won't have to climb the
stairs and where you will not be
jim crowed, where you will have a
theatre all your own. The better
element of our race since they do
not want to be jim crowed in these
theatres, it is up to them now to
show -their race loyalty by patro
| nizing it.
| Beginning December 13, midnite,
l'at 12:01 continuing through Satur
day. December 19, a benefit show
‘under my supervision will be
shown at tnis theatre for the bene
fit of Morehouse College Endow
ment fund. Valuable prizes will be
given each night by leading white
and colored merchantsgdf, the city,
to the person being ;:rtunate in
holding the lucky numhber. These
pictures which will be shown are
of a very high class nature, the
best ever shown on the screen.
The merchants who contributed
are. J. M. High Co., Yates and Mil
ton. Brown Hayes, Curry and Hall,
Davison Paxon Co., Jordan's, Ster
chi Furniture Co., Jacob's, A. Price
Coal Co., and the Metropolitan
Cafe.
At the midnight show Sunday.
December 13, and on Monday and
Tuesday, December 14 and 15. will
pe shown “The Spirit of Notre
Dame’: Wednesday and Thursday,
December 16 and 17. Ann Harding,
in “Devotion,” and Friday and Sat
urday. December 18 and 19, Marie
Dressler and Polly Meran in *“Poli
tics”. These pictures as I stated are
of a very high class nature as well
as educational and should not be
missed. |
For a number of years I have
been interested in 81 Theatre and
have censored pictures and vaude
villes so that the masses of my peo
ple would have the benetit of the
best ever produced. I have selected
the following group of ladies to as
sist me as a board of censors, and
I feel highly honored that they
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PRICE 5 CENTS
JURDRS OUT
12 HOURS
DEBATING
Alleged Slayer of 2
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White Girls Says
He’s Innocent
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THE WRONG MAN
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 13.—After
deliberating 42 hours without be
ing able to reach a verdict, Judge
J. Russelle McElroy Saturday
afternoon declared 2 mistrial in
the Peterson case and ordered
the jury dismissed.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dee. 13—
As Friday afternoon wore on
and on, twelve white men con
tinued to carefully ponder the fate
of Willie Peterson, Negro, charged
with first degree murder for the
death of Miss August Wiliams, one
of two prominent Birmingham so
ciety girls who died following a
shooting attack upon three young
women in a lonely spot near Bir
mingham on the mountains, Miss
Nell Williams sole survivor of the
August fourth tragedy, was the
star witness for fhe prosecution
positively identifying the defend
ant as the man,
At fhe same time, Peterson,
world war veteran. wounded after
his meturn to Birmingham for a
preliminary hearing by Dent Wil
liams, brother of the two girls,
positively contended that he was
not the man and kept up his pleg
of innocence. The state based its
main contention upon the postive
identification of the man by Miss
Williams, the only one who could
make such an identification while
the defense sought to establish the
fact Pcterson was present at othe
er places at the time of the com
mission of the crime and that Miss
Williams had given a number of
lvuryinu description of the man. |
Attorneys for the defense were:
!J R. Roach and J. T. Johnson
while Solicitor Lewis Bailes was
assisted by his assistants James M.
Long and Mr. Stuart. The case,
testimony inm" which started Mon
of uneral arrangements.
day afternoon before Judge Russell
McElroy, came to an end Thursdag:
morning as the state rested its re
buttal testimony with the defense
coming . to a vest immediately,
thereafter and arguments consum
ing the rest of the morning and
afternoon until four ten when
Judge McElroy commenced his
charge to the jury.
I Judge MecElroy completed his
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Preacher Takes Up
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$11.05 Collection,
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With .32 Pistol
MOULTRIE, Ga.. Dee. 13—After
preaching a sermon to the |Ffrst
Baptist church here. Nathan
Worthy, who was posing as a min
ister, and who had accepted an in
vitation to address the congrega
tion, asked the “brothers and: sis
ters” for $7, the amount neecessary
to get him to the next town to.
“carry on the good work." .
Three passings of the collection
plate netted him exactlv five cents,
The fourth time around the plates
came back empty. More pleadings
were of no avail
The bogus minister turned lns
back to the audience momentarily
and when he swung back around,
the congregation was staring di
rectly into the mouth of a .32 cali
bre pistol. The plates were again
passed by the now trembling
ushers. k]
They came back bearing a total
of 10 one-dollar bi''s and 4 quar
ters to keep the Mve cent picee
company. Worthy, still holding his
gun, gathered up the monev, back~
ed out of the door, and fled. &
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“DEACON JONES” W
By L P. Reynolds =~
The Pastor sang the hymn "I
NEVER WILL TURN BACK 3
MORE but he did when Bro.
appeared in the doorway ymhxg,
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