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His Own Federal Court Attorney: Wina Freedom
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E .CMS ILLI
LIOUOR FOR
BENEATH HIS
■ RESIDENCE
tl
'"MUSKOGEE. Okla . Dec. 13.
EANP' -Before one of the largest
crowds ever to attend a ease here
irx Federal court. Joe Dade, ol this
city, treated the court and specta
tors with the spectacle of acting a.
hh own defense attorney before a
jury in Federal court with Judg<
R. L. Williams, presiding.
Tuesday morning Dade was being
tried for pdssessio nos 12 gallon.
oL whiskey. He. was alleged to have
had the 12 gallons of alcholic liq
uors in his house, and left the house
sometime before the raid was made
by federal officers. The large crowd
listened breathlessly as Dade, un
moved by the testimony of the wit
nesses against him and the shrewd
questions propounded him. mam
tamed great presence of mind and
was easily the match of the legal
battery of lawyers of the United
Slates district attorney's office.
The highlight of the ease was.
reached when Dade, acting as his'
own defense attorney, cross-exa <
mined the two federal dry agent
to show that the liquor found in his (
home was in the back room and]
could Lave been placed there Ln :
someone else and also without In
knowledge. Dade drew testimony
from the dry agents to disclose that
the whiskey could have been
brought there by someone else who
,oyld crawl into the house through
. rotten place that was in the floor ।
Left Town
The defendant. Dade, also set )
!th that he left Muskogee three
ais prior to the time of the raid;
ina worked two months at saw
mills in Arkansas, and that return
here later, he was surprised to
find that he was being wanted on
a whiskey warrant. The dry oficers
admitted'that a man could crawl
through the rotten floor with 3 live
gallon kegs, but insinuated that
Dade had left only because he had
been informed his house had been
raided in his absence.
The court, jury and spectators
listened very intently as Dade con
ducted his own case of defense. The
jury was instructed by Judge Wil
liams at the end of the testimony
and argument and. after deliberat
ing 4 hours, returned a vet diet o,
net guilty" of the churge Court
tthches say that this was cir? ot
'he first cases of the kind ever con
•fucted before a Federal court by a
Negro in which a jury returned a
"net guilty" verdict.
Bishop Grant
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required to post a bond of $l,OOO to
assure his appeaiance in the Gen
eva County Circuit court some
time in the spring at a ’inal hear
ing. The judge, after hearing the
sdidid and ugly story from the bps
of. the wronged girl at the pre
lir^i lary hearing Monday, ordered
the posting of the norms. Mis.-.
Glh-s was the only witness tc ap
peSr.
The church leader, was arrested
in' Birmingham. November 14 as he
was conducting the North Ala
bama conference of his connection
H? was placed in the Jefferson
Cdtunty jail for several hours until
he- was "able to make a cash bond
sos $l,OOO to guarantee his appear
ari;-- for his preliminary hearing
Since that time, the date of the
preliminary hearing h a d L'en
postponed several times to enab'..
bishop to complete his ether
arftmal conferences, one of which
was the West Alabama Conferenc
atJßessemer several weeks ago.
■ Peterson Case
r
'f (Continued r/om Page 1)
eyeful and exhaustive set of d:
rijitions to the jury, reading them
a number of slips of paper contam
irS instructions from the defen e
attorneys for their guidance in
triking their decision. The jury
impressed with the fact tha*
dire was no half way ground in
nuking their decision by attorney
for both sides and that a decision |
off murder in the first degree;
meant either life or the electric,
'diair. Otherwise, the defendant,
mhst be acquitted.
f 'ailing to come to an agree-i
nt. the jury was taken to sup
•?r at six thirty after getting the
te at four thirty. Later, the men
re taken to the hotel for the'
ifcht Still unable to reach an
yeement. the jury returned to
■l|T courtroom at nine, retired to
jurv room for more delibera
t^n. was taken to lunch at noon
iad then returned to the court
rwmi to continue the discussion
anri an attempt to reach some con
cisions.
^Members of the Jury who wer- )
gwen Petersons fate are: Cyrus B j
Qower, stopper maker; James II
Bradford, farmer; George W. Brit- ।
mn, switchman; Arthur C. Hin
t, printer; Frank A. Long, paint-
and decorator; Henry W. Col
bookkeeper; Elbert F. Conner.
-Osesman: John A. Watwood. book
keeper: Lewis G. Mullins, conduct
qfc James R. Mays, conductor:
Robert E. Freeman, boiler maker;
aid James H. McKnight, mer-
Mmt
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Carol Concert o f
2 Colleges is
December 20
The fifth annual Christmas Car
ol Concert of Spelman and More I
hour Colleges will be given no
Sisters Chapel, Spelman College
n Sunday evening. December 20th :
at 8 o’clock. The program will in
elude representative carol:; lio>u|
different European countries and a,
group of Negro melodies.
Ne^ o Uhriitma. spirituals me
rare, but this year there arc iljie?
new ones on the program. One of
these used to be sung uy the Negro
fishermen of Charleston. S■ dh
Carolina, and Professor Kpiii;)”
Hmreld. Due lor < 1 the Chora
has arranged this for the Spelman
College Glee Club. The M":v
house College Glee Chib will sine |
a spiritual entitled When boas 1
Christ Was Born. La*! year an im
foresting Negro Christmas p ritu
al from St Helena Island. South
Carolina, was introduced into th"
program, and this year a second
melody sung by the Negro -s c,n
thi : island will be rendered by th?
chorus.
In addition to the cro!:' there ।
will be three chorah.. two bach-
Sleepers. Wake! A Voice is Sound- |
ing and Break Forth. O Beaute
ous HeaveiPlv Light -md on
from 14th century Germany
The public is cordially invited to
attend this concert.
Andrews Dies
‘Continued from Pape 1>
‘ from the beginning until December
1930 when lie resigned to have his
son elected to the board of duee-
Urged Race To Become Voters
Gen. Andrew was a believer in
Negro ability and was always
found advocating Negro rights He
was one of the best friends young
men ever had in Florida. He intro
duced a resolution in the Pythian
Grand Lodge requiring all mem
bers of the order to become quail-!
fled voters. This resolution pro- j
duced profound effect throughout!
the state j
Through all the better part Oi his!
life Gen. Andrew devoted his great
est attention and his most sacred i
energies to building the Pythian)
order. He went into every nook and)
corner of the state, often risking
his life, to carry the Pythian mes
sage. and the order grew by leaps
and bounds under hi- administra
tion.
His first official position in the,
order was grand lecturer to which I
he was elected in 1905 In 190" hej
was eie tod grand keeper of ri ,
cords and seals and in 1910 he was 1
elevated to the ofice of grand chan
cellor which he held until his
death. *
Order Bakrunt When He Was I
■ fleeted
Tn 1910 when Gen. Andrews wa- '
'■leefed grand chancello’. the order!
owed the widows and o: phans more]
than $5OOO and had i-.othm to p,y.
them. The memberslop was small I
but he harm 1 :-ed 1 c : .go anil;
set out to build a momm: nt to the i
Negroes of Florida
Perhaps I: create: t riciuevement
was the ?u.-cessful en a-i of the
Pythian temple on West A. hley
street without taxation the n. :n-(
bership one cent When he iw ame|
grand chancellor th" , rder was
hardly known: during h. year- l
he made the Pythian : :an I lodw
the greatest yearly e:;' among |
Negroes in F: .. :da I* -.aS .'tel . :
attended and i*' ponularity great.!
When 11. ' e: 1 cam" ;.t I n I- d
side wi re 1 " ' '■ W'- A':d'e.v.sj
and his son. <' B ' •• :•:• '-’er ;
M. - F A A. • • !.. ■ ' Hol-j
sev and Wd'i.. -X r. - . per
.om,l pl.e . ( A V.a:.l
and Mrs 1 a next
Andrew. Jr -A to
f m J W • Kansas
•■ here h- । : ■ ’ '. . ■ am
' c-n Ai . . ... r- . arv .ved, by
n. r<'ativ< m Gc -.p.a Texas
and Flor.da.
Pioneer Co.
Continued from Page D
c f : ... yvgie -orved by Yitfi, and
MH’ n Drug company
President S. H Arda r of More-,
house was the speaker of tin ox en-1
ing and his talk carried mans high ]
point.- of mtere t
Dr DaVage m his addre: t .>'!■
as his topic Interracial Develop-!
merit in Religion and Business.' J
H Hanley, using as His .subject.'
'Cooperation." painted a very opti-!
mistie future far the Pioneer.
J. 0.-Thonsis. Urban League of- j
ficial. explained that 10 days ago)
he and other.-- appruacheti thej
Quaker official.- for this new brineh
and now it has been made possible.
Mr Fi ruu-.cn, manager ol liie
Pioneer, and C. M. Johnston. r?p
resentat we ot the Quaker, outlined
in their talk : the inner working of
induetrial banking, the opportuni
ty it now offers Negroes, end what
the fuiure holds for the Pionee.
A number <>f other talks end -rs
ing th ■ Pioneers were made by
repress - : .ti i e citizens who we:.
in attendance.
DIG NK AND STABBED
Brought to Grady hospital in an
intoxicated condition. Beulal:
Richardson who after much
coercion on the part of doctor,
finally gave her address as 138
Hilliard Street was found to be
suffering from a deep knife would
in the left hip.
After befog treated at Grady
she was permitted to return home.
WEST WBGINW
.SPOILS BEM
BT 2 LYNCHINGS
Victims 11 and 1),
Taken from Jail
by A lob <tf 60
(S. V- >• Nevis Service)
LEWISBURG. W Va . Dec. ill
Hea V. iniu marred its perfei !
ly ih I, re. oi u io r 1931 Friday, v. a -
i txx’o mi ': vvi c taken trom th
f < ;reeni a.- i ' unty jail V" a moo
till per oc. including the sheritt
land .--.lerid of his olfieci ;md
i .-.1- i ' ■ th:- cro- - arm of a leie
ipiioce pole on the Midland Trail
1 Alter the men had been han • d
.the bodies were riddled v-th biil
: let.- fired from the guns of sev r:.!
) member- of the mob.
Tlic dead men. Tom Jai k- m, 25
and George Banks, 27. had been
arrested November 22 at Leslie. W
\a. following the shooting aid
'killing of two white law enforce ■
! who had sought t-a stop a dance at
! Leslie
I Arriving at the jm! ;:i < - ■.l
.automobiles with eurta.i: d".iwn
fat approximately 2 a m tin v
m military style formed ;■ lirw and
marched into the loosely bui’’ jail, ■
as though the affair ll;;d been pre
viously planned when tHe first
man came to the door, it opened ]
and the mob wa admitted by Jail- !
er Wallace Flint who surrvndereit I
his keys to the leader after in- 1
dicutim to the mob the cel! m ,
which Juel: .mi and Bank: bad •
bet n placed
Tied to the ii ai ot one of tin
machines, the men were made to
walk to the scene of the lynching,
where nooses were hurriedly
placed around their necks, the oth
er ends of the ropestied to the tele
phone pule, and with the assistance
of four men from the rani;:, their
bodies were drawn up to a height
of more than fifteen feet.
The rope-pullers withdrew and
melted back into the ranks. At a
signal from the leader, a tall man
wearing a slouch black hat and
carrying an old hickory cane in his
left hand, and four others with
shotguns in their hands, stepped
forward, placed the i-.un; to their
shoulders, aimed, and fired, the
bullets riddling the victim:, bodies.
The lynchers returned to the
automobiles, and lied. West Vir
ginia':: lynch record had bn-n in
creased by two.
Game of Marbles
For ‘Keeps' Is
Near Tragedy
A 1 ai-d lu.ibble oxer a ' keeps"
irarb'-- game xxhich occurred m the
> ... ci 11. e Piedmont laundry, be
1-. ee:i Johnnie Vnun- 11 of 470
('■mail; ti< ,-t. ami L T Aiken. 14.
>1 372 ('onally street, bo'.': employe..
I'4 li-e luun hy. ended 1-i ,x night
I xvi- A.ken bem gbrought Lu Grady
I hospital with a fractured skull,
i wmeh he claim: he revived xx hen
• Yuung ,i> - zeal t-■ se:‘ • the at
। gume'it s'ri.,-k him ovei the head
WBCUUB GIBE. IS. POT OUT
B! OHO. ME M TO ITLJNTI
Relatives Whose Names She Doesn’t Know,
Ditch Her at Grady As She Finds Them
<By X Staff Writfi
What xxouid you do if you were
fifteen years of ; -e. half-. tai xed to
death, i nthe last stage of tubercu
losis. had a father wh . beat you
every morning, noon and night and
then put you out of-tl- h-mse at
night and locked the d ■ r in your
face, as if you were a eat or do
।or some other dome y .ited am
mal'?
| Will.'bel Limmord. who de p-.le
ler many atf'ictiom: maintains ;■
‘cheery hep 'mo :.-'"d tl,. p "
- blem \\ hi n I ■ lot her. Ho: .1 -e
.. Langford, xx i.• ■ hx • south • > I
। Jonerboro. ie. > ,>,u. j Pis |'':e.:t
-; tion and n eat:.v-i,t of he:'. S ■
; rhe pul he'- foot a th-, ro id and.
I uegan her jomnoy m Atlanta and
I her coil, in
Afto r ;.11 a■. ;::. ' ! ;• eou -i:i’
hour o. xx ho: m.C-■ d' ’ I 1 ■■
knuxv :h" found 1. '■: p. ve;:
not ,i much . . । : ,ve r 100 !
than her fatt" i : i . ou- ht le
to Grady h., pital ' it . alter shi
came, and leavim: : , p•• wait
ing room. st.i ■ ■ ' ■ m । in,
act She didn't l.iu I, r, ,'.\e..
name, or the: r . ddn ■
Offk ials at Grady were per;
ed They had ne\ be ■■ e : n
faced by .I I c . ;
! ellipsis i a-< aie not h .:: :!■ ■
the Butler Street n. t:tut o:. ty,.
little Willobel - :m ay d. p, . .
would not bo ilo.vn-,1 d.-si • ?"
of her trial and triL:ilat:,'.> T| ; ■
could not put hi r out in t, th
rainy weather. She told he , ory:
“My papa treated me all r.-'it ..-
! long as I was able to work but
- some days I didn’t feel wi ll and
'couldn’t work and he wu:::.i l.< ■ •
[me. Finally I began to get m.,
land worse and he would beat me
! oftener.
Ernest Rubin Now
in Gommercial
Activity
Ernest Rubin situ e 192 G a mem
ber of Tlu I’onstition ,-tafl during
must of which time he -erxed as
real estate editor, severed In con
nection witli nexvspaper work last
Week and entered business as se
cretary of Rubin’s, the xx emau
department store at 197 Peachtree
Street.
Tins news will be of widespread
iutere.t in real estate circles as
wi il a.- to business men generally
for a large part of Mr. Rubin's
newspaper activities had to do
xxith bnine. developmenls of
various kinds
Mr Rubin graduated from Boys'
High school and later went to
'Giorgia Tech where he was gra
i fiwded^^di the class of 1925. Aft
u Europe, fie look a post-
gradua™ course at Yale He then
! joined The Constitution's editorial
( staff.
i To his newspaper work h e
। brought a general foundation of
I scholarship and developed into a
special writer of unusual ability
Rubiil's was organized by Sol
Rubin, a merchandising manager
of extensive experience in At
hmta. and his associates several )
week ago. It opened its store in
the new shopping district on Peach
ti'i street. Mr Rubin brought
with him into the organization
other specialists in women's wear I
In- luding. Miss Cora Niehouo. and )
Josie Bayer. First Vice-pn i
dent ami Si eond Vice-president
re pectively.
Tobie Grant
'Continued from Page 1)
have agreed to serve: Miss Ethel
McGhee. Mrs. Wm. A. Fountain. Sr
Mrs. S. H Archer. Mrs. John Hope.
Mrs. R N. Brooks. Mrs. M. S. Dav -
age. Dr. Georgia Dwelle. Miss Car
rie laylur. Mrs. H S. Murphy. Mrs
Georgia Washburn. Mrs. Marv 1
Ell. berry, Mrs. Geneva Hauga
bi ooks. Mrs. Rogers Hendersons,
and Mrs. Lethia Craig We are ap
pealing to the public to patronize
this movement to help Morehouse
in their Endowment drive. Bring
the children with you as the pic
ture.-. will be interesting to them as
well.
Aside from helping Morehouse
college in this drive, m the future
I will help other colleges of the
cit, and institutions in like man
ne:.
.Special tickets, lac. will be sold
at Morehouse college, Morris
Brown. Spelman. Gammon, Yates 1
and Milson No. 2. Amos Drug store.
Regular tickets will be sold at
tin- theatre for children under
twa-lve tor sc, from 2:30 to 0 p. m.
wilh an iron bar.
Aiken, who said he wa. not real
ly involved in the game, was
watching when Young by cheating'
and stealing had won all the mar-!
bits of another young opponent. I
Aiken, acting in the role of thel
judge, told Young to return the!
marbles to Ilie boy. This advice'
Young chose to ignore.
Aiken admits he then struck
Young in the eye whereupon Young
drew a long iron bar and hit him
across the head fracturing his skull.
Young is being held in the juve
nile detentio nhome pending Ai
ken's outcome.
He said he wasn't going to let
me cut until I could go to work.
Some days I would have to dig in
the garbage can for a crust of
bri ad and if hc> would find me he
would curse me and beat me I. d"
cii!-d I would go and beg some
bread and milk, but he found it
ou’. and wouldn't let me get out of
th home. Some days after he beat
n>>- I was sore all over and so we.>k
I ■ '.uldn t stand up.
i> . • night he came home drunk
an ! taking a big stick drove me
ill and shut th" door and told me
m. - . i > com'' bail: I had been
sics a.I day and w.i.; coughing. It
liu.t all the way down here." she
a.d indicating her chest with a
adly emaciated fore finger.
i decided 1 would go to Atlanta
so I began walkin' but soon I was
so weak. I could ■n > furih".' A
man came along with a tin and
s. iin . me bln.', in the ro.id pick
ed me up and emried ine on into
At anta. I must have -lept all the
v.'. . beeamie wh' ii I woke up h
said that I wa-: on Piedmont Stre"'
"I'm so. hung'.y." she said. Nu: t-
Went t > “iC hospital kitchen .mi
brought hei some bread and m ":
He:' <yi t dilate ! ami she ah, i t
knocked the bov. 1 out ot tn ■
nu.'.-e s hand, she giabbid I - it
lur'riedly. ami began catm ■ P
bread in huge glups.
Pe'pli d. ductors in 1.:. v:a
.nacv i mne summoned .1 B
Franklin, superintendent of m
ho.pital, who secured admit:.'m
t" the Battle Hill sanatorium fi,-
the child, whose body was noth n.
but tightly drawn ski.Vwe; bo:
And that happened in 19 I :
Georgia.” opined one doctor " it'
I hard to believe.”
. • •fl“' .
THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA.
SICK FATHER, 50,
PUT DOT OF HIS
HOME BTHIS SOK
Son Acted on Orders
of Mother, Says
Friendless Man
Throve out ol boil. In ions and
his wit' homes :- । o>din" to his
story William Da' d. 50. who is
suffering from . sovere heart
disease faces a lonely old age in
the alnn-House, unli . his son, J I'.
David, a janitor at the Medical
Arts building. who livi at 1050
Sims Street ex pi'i iem'i a ch'.mg.'
of heart and admits his father to
his home.
In the meantime, the ;■ id man
is biding time at Grady hospital
But officials there :ay the wards
are crowded and many patients in
a more seriou condition are wait
ing admittance, so they will not be
able to keep David mu h lon
An appeal to lii. sun brilliant only
refusal.
According to the old man. he
had gone to the house and had
। been staying there only a few
short hours, before hr: wife Mr ■
Lucy David came in ami se,- ng
her estranged husband lying in bed
in a weakened condition, jerked
i the mattress from liem ath hr:
! body and left him lying on only
Ha springs. She later came bac!..
so lie says, and aijer throwing him i
on the floor, took the bed
His son. whom he says fears his
f'David'. ' wife and who lives
there, a-ked him to leave Ik for"
| there was any further trouble. It
Iwa , only tlirough the kmdm :; of
la neighbor that lie v.as able to sc
! i lire shelter that evening, he says.
His wife, whom he says is living
at 1140 Sims Street with another
man. ha: instructed hrs son to nev
er again admit him to the hou.
When he returned to his son's
house tile followin'', nra iiing ri'
er spending a night with the
neighbor, he said, hi- >n would
not unlock the door and yelled
through the window for him to
leave ano' ‘’Stop making ail that
racket down there."
He said he lived for three days
at the home of a niece on Oliver
Street, whose name he withheld,
but that the niece had called
Grady hospital in an effort to get
rid of him.
"1 have nothing Io live for now,"
he told World reporters. "I may as
well go to the poorhou.se.. I won't
be there long either, a- I want to
die I know God won't turn me
away from his door."
Abbie 1 Mitchell
(Continued from Page 1)
Have Mercy" by Hall Johnson, i
struck a spark in the audience
which was sincere in encoring the
songs it liked. The singer evidently
prefers the dramatic. This may be
accounted for because of tier sue-i
j eessful experience as an actress.
having played the leading roles in
' classics and modern plays. The
! writer recalls to mind, during the
i World War. Miss Mitchell’s portray-
I ing "Camille" in De Maupassant's
novel. "Marguerite" in Faust's
opera, and other characters at the
LaFayctte theatre in New York
City,
Breaking down any barrier that
might have stood between her and
iier audience. Miss Mitchell was
most informal in talking to and
asking questions of her hearers
which gained a marked sympathe
tic appreciation. The audience de
tores. and the singer graciously re
ponded with "The Earl King” by
Schubert, a repetition of Hall John
son's "Lord Have Mercy", Creole
songs and Cook's "Exhortation .
T, Theo. Taylor was at the piano.
,'LEGGER STARTS
GHURCHRIOT
Yazoo City, Miss.. Dec.. 11 —(AN
: P> A voting war broke out at a
' church about 20 mtl«s from Yazoo
City in the Merleville community
‘and as a result Willie Wheeler is
dead and J L. Harris, is in a local
, hospital in a critical condition.
(According to reports Harris was
on the church grounds with a
bottle of whiskev selling drinks to
the brethren. Wheeler approach
ed and Harris suddenly pulled out
a pistol and shot him. The man
died instantly and a panic ensued.
Someone ran into the church and
fired into the crowd. Harris fell
before this volley and twelve oth
ers were wounded. Sherriff Gibbs,
Deputy Graham and Constable
Fisher went to the scene of trouble
and arrested Paten Wheeler
Change Appeaiance
of Hughes to Thurs.
Date for the recital of Langston
Hughes, noted poet, at Morehouse
ollege has been changed from
. Wt-dnesday evening to Thursday
• eumg to avoid a conflict v. ith
the Lawrence Tibbet concert, it
■ r announced Saturday.
The recifal will be at eight
"iluck Thursday evening in Sale
• Itml chapel -on the campus.
Morris Brown b
! Hold Christmas
Sing Dec. 21
The chorus and i~ ~ tra of
Morris Brown college will appear
in a Christmas concert Monday
evening, December 21. at. 8 o'clock
in the College chapel.
'Phe feature of the program will
be a Carol-Pageant depicting the
birth of the Christ.
| The chorus and orchestra at
Morris Brown have increased this
year in numbers mid m elLcieir x.
and this first piiXjl'c appearance
promisi- to be k. only mterestm::
The program is under the di
lection of Prof. Frederick Hall.
The public is invited and there ;
no charge for admission.
Washington Hi
Vesper Services
The chorus and glee club of
Washington Evening High wish to
express their sincere thanks to then
many friends for their presence at
the vesper services Sunday eve
ning at Cosmopolitan A. M. E
church. The stars of the evening
wi re Miss Gladys Housche, who led
the melodies. Miss Evelyn Zanders,
: aprano soloist, rendered a piece
from tlie opera Miss Evans, con
tralto and Miss Wilson, contralto,
soloists.
The male soloists conducted them
silves with honor and grace Mr.
I Godfrey Caldwell Junior Hi lad
! and one ot the leading tenor sing
। ers of the school, was at his best.
His voice had a silver pitch and was
iich in tone. Mr Daniel Hall thril
led tlie audience xvith Ins rich ten
or voice. His solo xvas well render
ed and so impressive the audience
was spellbound while he sang. Mr.
Richard Broady, popular senior Hi
man and a veteran in the music
xvorld, sang trees. It was beautiful.
Miss Tharpe and Willie Hall, popu
lar debutant: of our school, were
at their best. Their duett could not
be beat.
Mrs. Charily Miles Collins, popu
lar senior Hi matron, is a real elo
cutionist. Miss Clarissa Smith xvas
at her best. Her reading was excel
lent, Miss Bessie Landrum needs
much praise for the well trained
choruses. Mr, Gaston's sacred uske
solo was pleasing to the audience.
Watch for our next vesper serv
ices.
BI.ANTOWN
The play at St. Peters Baptist
church was much enjoyed by all
under the leadership of Mrs. Net
tie Cheeks w'ith the Piney Grove
Baptist i hurch mid. r the leader
ship o! Mrs. Georgia Bailey.
See aunt Sully and her gang of
kids in their next ]>lay with the
friendly smile. Mrs.. Nettie Cheek:,
president Rex' J D Sims, pastor.
Mrs. Gora Frazier. Miss Lois Dia
mond. Miss Mabel Bruner. Velma
Williams, are still on the sick list.
We wish for them a speedy re
covery.
SCOTTS ( BOSSING
The Sunday school and BYPU in
vites you to the feast in the wilder
ness Friday night. December 18.
The Willing Workers club met
at the home of Mrs. C. Mason, on
Thursday night. After busines was
transacted, refreshmi nts were serv
ed. Rev. J A. Gordan made a won
derful speech. We are always proud
to have Rev. Gordon with us. Next
meeting will be at the home oi
Sister Nola Smith on 'Tain street.
Miss Annie Josie, pres.; Miss Lillie
Defoe, sec
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Payton were
Quests "f Mrs Marion West. 532
Nutting street Thanksgiving They
report a wonderful time mid a de
licious dinner.
(OLLEGE PARK
By M. B. Beavers. Jr.
Some of the fellows around here
wanted to know when “Jolly" For
svth, Joe Rainey. Skip Hazzard and
Andy West of The World sports
staff, try handing out a little dope
Ive been wondering about that
too.
I bet Lucius Jones can't pick the
winner in the Rose Boxvl classic on
New Year's Day between Tulane
and U. S C. I take Tulane if Dal
rymple and Haynes are at the ends
with the rest of the team.
Speaking of married life. I think
it agrees with my friend. W, B.
Thoma.:. He's picked up about ten
pound.-:.
When we receive the repoit Inai
our good fi lend and pastor, Rex
F, H. Warley, was back with us for
another year some of the fairer sex
was heard to exclaim. “Well, that's
not bad " Rev. Warley r not mar
ried you know.
Some men can just naturally get
along wla-n their ball and chain
is out of town, or in boarding
school oi where. Look at my friend.
Charles, Ruddv Blackmon, lie gets
quite a few . alls every day
KEV. TIH I MAN ENTER ! AINS
Rev. Howard W Thurman wa
host at a delightful buffet suppe’
Thursday evening at his lovely re
sidence. 53 A: hby Street honoring
Mis.: Anne Cooke, talented direct
ress and the cast ot Macbeth After
the delicious four coimse menu
Miss Cooke wa p'e ented tlie lat
est volume of the "Correspondence
of George Bernard Shaw and El
len Terry by Mr Kenneth Days
president of the student-body o'
Morehouse as a token of gratefu'
appreciation and behalf of the stu
dent ■ of Morehouse Each member
of the cast was presented with an
autographed folio of the souvenir
programs of Mavbeth.
Among those pre:ent were: Miss
Annie Cooke Mrs. Virginia Grp;
ham Pope. Frederick Maise, F. N.
Marshburn. Albert Jordan, Marion
BURNED EIRE. 4
HIES 4T GRADY
Salomia Harper, four-year-old
daughter of Mr: Mable llaiper. ol
20:> Walnut street, who xvas badly
burned Thursda;. morning, died at
Grady hospital at 7:30 a. m Satur
day after gradually .sinking into a
coma
The little girl who. according to
muses at Grady, maintained a
cheerlul disposition until the last,
had caught tire Thutsday xvhen she
backed into an open coal grate the
Ha.ius igtaiting her clothing.
Church Fight
(Continued from Page 1)
day. and as to the words and
light. Brother Shaw called
Brother Thorn a liar. That 1.
when the lick:; were r>a ■ d
"This fight occurred Sunday
morning alter service and be
fore the appointments were
read. As to a group goin". to
the Bishop to remove our be
loved pastor. I know nothing
of it. All of us us far as I know
were glad to have him back
with us again and hope we can
keep him. as he alxx'ay.; tre it .
ail members alike. And as for
as Mr. C J. Smith. 435 Grant
Street. S. E. he is not a mem
ber and xve know nothing of
him. Mr. Charlie Jackson is
the chairman of our Ti n: tei
board and Mr Henry Smith
is the chairman of the Ste
wards’ board "Thanking you
m advance for correcting the
report, as we are both mem
hers of the Cosmopolitan A.
M E ('hurch.
' Signed)
Sister Savannah Winfrey
Sister Bertha Ford.
Elm OF COAT IS
STIBBINE fflOSf
Because she was jealous over a
coat another girl girl hud loaned
her, a woman known only as
"Mary” stabbed Sara Birt, 434
Stevens Street, according to the
story Miss Birt told at lending
phsiciuns at Grady hospital.
The woman, who received de-p
laceration:: in the head and about
the face, said that the girl who had
loaned her the coat had been sent
enced to thirty days in the ■ toe!,
ade ai.d because she Wouldn't let
"Mary" wear the coat while I,'' ■
owner was serving the time, stab
bed her
Miss Birt said that "Mey."
whom she described a . b"in
heavy-set and dark completion
livi ; at th? Steven: Street addre?
She was allowed to return horn
after her wounds had been dr?::
ed in the emergency clinic o'
Grady hospital.
SHOT IN CHEEK
BE BWDINIIS
Shot through the check, the bul
let taking a circular course ou
through his neck. J T. Davis. Jr.
29. of 502 Bedford Plaee. was un
able to tell doctors at Grady hos
pital Saturday night just how il
happened.
According to Davis he was walk
ing up Harris Street, accompanied
by Andrew McCann, who lives at
267 Weldon Plaee, at about 7 p. m.
and jusa as he passed Butler Strec
the bullet struck him in the D'e
entering in a horizontal direction
as if fired, from the opposite sid
of the street
An x-ray revealed that the man
was suffering from a compound
fracture of the jaw.
Police who had been called 1 i
the scene of the shooting, claim
that Davis was not shot on Harris
Street as he said, but was wound
ed in front of 311 Dodge Street
The injured man claimed that h ■
had been in front of the Dodg?
Street aduFess and explained that
he had run there following th"
shooting and becoming weak had
fallen down.
He was admitted to the hospital
Cabine&i, William E. Harrison. E.
3. ’I homas. Thom.-.; Kilgore, Wal
lace Goodt n Edwin Thomas. Wil
mer Jenmng.;. N G Smith Tapley
Wardlaw. George Smith Richard
Perkins Kenneth Day:: and (Ti t:
les H. Bonner.
Pastor Jones Ke-eicclcd
Rew W. R. Junes, pastor ol First
Baptist church, Reynoldstown. was
again voted in as pastor indefinite
ly. This church has always called
its pastorates by the year Ri ■
Jones was elected for three time,
but the church saw fit Friday night
to c leet him indefinitely
Sunday. December 13, will be n
high day as it will be communion
day. The pastor will preach three
special sermons Monday night is
installation night. A short spicy
program will be given Rev S R.
Dinkins. A. M E. pastor, will make
the address. Sermon by Rev. M. L.
King, pastor Travelers Rest and
Ebenezer. The installation is in
charge of Rev. E. M Johnson of
Beulah. All choirs, usher boards
and others are invited Rev. W K.
Jones, pastor, _ .
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931
Hit-Runner Wrecks
Car, Hurts Driver
and Then Escapes
The victim ol a hit-and-run driv
er. Clyde Culpepper, 23, who said
he lives at 1439 Bridges avenue, .
was brought to Grady hospital Sat- I k
in day morning suffering from mill- f
tiple bruises about the face .arms
and hands and a possible fractured
shoulder.
Culpepper told police that he was
driving down Magnolia when a
Flint sedan, coming down Mangum,
street struck his car. hurling him
from the driver's seat to the street.
Culpepper’s car was demolished.
Tin- car which police think was
driven by an intoxicated man. gam
ed : peed, but after traveling a dis
luncc of about 200 feet, crashed in
to a telephone pole on the right
hand side of Mangum street. The
driver jumped out and fled leaving
die abandoned car in the street.
Though no witnesses to the ac
cident could be found, police Sat
urday night were searching for the
driver after having secured the li
cense number oi the wrecked ma
chine.
GLARK U. PLANS
CNRISTNIASSING
On Sunday afternoon. December
20. xvill occur t'ne annual Christ
mas musicale given by the stud
ent: of (Tail; university a n d
Gammon Theological .seminary.
Handel's Messiah, the great ora
torio which is sung at this season
by thousands of choral organ
izations throughout the world, will
be rendered <m Ibis occasion. Mr.
Frederick Hall has established the
custom of singing Hie Messiah at
Christmas lime <W5.i year, and
Atlanta looks forward with plea
sure to the occasion since this
master work is rr.iderid by no
other Negro group in the city.
The Inst part of the program
xvill consist of the Messiah and the
second part will be madelip of an
original Carol Bayant.
The public is invited to attend.
There is no charge tor admission.
Tlie program xvill begin promptly
at four o’clock in Crogman Chapel
Delivery Hoy I s
Mysteri o u s 1 y
Hit by Slab
Thoma: Turner, 16. of 355 Orange
street, who xvas struck in the head
with a jagged slab of concrete, a
tiie e of which lodged more than
three inches in his skull, xvas rest
ing easy at Grady hospital Saturday
morning after a hurried operation
by attending doctors and the re
moval of the missle.
Turner, who is a messenger boy
for a local drug store, told doctors
at the hospital that he was riding
his bicycle down Orange street Fri
day night enroute home when the
huge rock struck him in the head.
Witnesses say that the boy was
Ihrown from his wheel a distance
of more than 15 feet. He was tin
conscious fully 30 minutes after be
ing brought to the hospital.
Turner, who is still in a semi
conscious state after Ihe operation,
xvas unable to talk, but his mother.
Mrs. Novelle Turner, said that he
potdd find no reason for the unre
'•ipitated attack on her son as she
knew of no enemies that the boy
had made Doctors say he will re
cover.
Stores tha* advertise in The
World want your trade. Patro
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