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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX Protest on Hughes, Contempo, Recalls Similar S. C. Case GOVEANOR WON TAKE AGTION ON GHAPEL HILL MAGAZINE RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 19.—(ANP) —Governor O. Max Gardner has declined to take any action against “Contempo”, a magazine published at Chapel Hill, the home of the University of North Carolina, as a result of a protest made by Wii ton E. Hall. white editor of Ander g0 8 €. apainst articles (‘nnmm-‘ ed in the magazine written by Langston Hughes, the poet. Gov. Gardner suggested that fhe South Carolinian was raising a tempest in a tea pot and that any| steps taken against the publication| could only serve to increase the sale of the issue complained a gainst. Many persons were inclined to recall the protest of another South Carolinian. as related in the fol lowing stcry: RALEIGH, Dec. 8-—-"Governor Gardner today declined to give “Contempo,” the nut-paper at Chapel Hill, the boost of a kick. To that furious outburst today Govern nor Gardner made no reply. Another South Carolina Protest “When the United States was a bout to go to war Raleigh Negroes gathered at the call of the whites and there was a grand pep mecting in the city auditorium. Governor Bickett, Senator J. W. Bailey and numerous other luminaries spoke. Col. James H .Young, famous lead er of the Spanish-American war. regiment of Negroes, Spoke. He sct all races yelling by his passionate pledge to put down the kaiser and all his works. “But a South Carociina editor pre tested. Here was a ‘‘nigger” talking “biggity” to a white man, for the kaiser was white. The prophet ot} South Carolina guessed that al | the world would come to rogret‘ the Negro soldiery. Suffering a “nigger” to attack a white man was undermining the foundation ot white civilization, said the South Carolinian. And he urged Governor Bickett to make Colonel Young shut his mouth and hereafter to, respect white people.” When Mr .Hughes was reached at High Point and informed ot tne attack made upcn him by the An derson editor, he stated that in what he wrote he had intended to register a protest against ln]USthCi of the white man toward the Negro. I believe” he said, ‘'that any thing which makes people think of existing evil conditions is worth while. Sometimes in order to attract attention somebody must embody these ideas in sensational forms. 1! meant my poem to be a protest against the domination of all| stronger peoples over weaker ones."{ Jilted Lover, 75, Tries to Murder in Case Woman Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 16— (ANP) -- Wesley Harvey, 75 years o'd. is being held in jail here on a charge of assault to commit murder following a po lice investigation into t h e dynamiting of the home of Miss Gertrude Jones at 709 Ramsey Street. The explosion tore off weather boarding under tfe window, ripped out the sill, and shatter ed the glass, but Miss Jones escaped without injury. Harvey's footprints under the window where the explosive was placed are said to have put the police on him. After Harvey'”s arrest, Miss Jones said that she believed he was the man because he had threatencd h ¢ r with death she refused to be his swect heart. New York, Dec. 6.--The ('_;r»\'or-' nors of two states in which there have been recent lvnchings, Mary-| land and West Virginia, are giving assurance of prompt and vigorous artion tno apprehend and punish the lynchers. in response to tele grams sent by the National As sociation for the Allvancement of Colored People. Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland writes to the N. A A C P. in response to its recent tele gram ‘The State authorities are taking] all measures they can to appreﬁcndt the perpetrators of the Wil]iamst lynching. I enclose you editorial| from this morning’'s Baltimore Sun.! summarizing the situation so far)| ~ as the steps I am taking in the mat-| ter are concerned.” ; __The editorial reveals that on| December 5 Governor PRitchie” or-| dered the Attorney-General to| prosecute the members of the Salisbury mob which had lynched! the Negro, Matthew Williams.” Concerning Governor William G. Conley, of West Virginia, T. G. Nutter of Charleston, member of the N.A.ACP. National Board of Directors, telegraphs: ~ *“Governor thoroughly aroused owpr dactardly crime and - mak ‘ing a thorough-going investigation “hree brothers under arrest and William Pickens Is Silenced by Bishop Walls Non-Partisa;] Meet Has Sbi(*)' ’Moments to lii'eak Monotony oi'hl’ure Business Washington, D. C., Dec., 16—The’ Non-Partisan Conference held un der the aegis of Congressman Oscar DecPriest had its amusing as well as its illuminating moments. There was the occdsion for exam ple, when the still youthful Bishop Walls of the A. M. E. Zion Church ruthlessly checked a flight of ora tory upon the part of doughty Wil liam Pickens with a point of ord er. R - -y SRR AR WOV 0 aUpAy | The meeting was full of spiritual leaders, in fact it is said that there were more Bishops and ministers umong the delegates than repre | »ntives of any other persuasion ‘The A M E Zion Church was particularly i n evidence, some opining that the activity of Bishop E. W. D. Jones and his cohorts was one of the reasons for the conspic uious absence of John R. Hawkins and his clan, of the A, M E. wing The Baptists on hand were not quite of the “regular’ variety eith er, but then the larger group was holding a second national conven t.on over in Memphis. Many of the best known people in the county were there. however, and if not vouchsafed a place on the program, graced the platform from time to time or spoke in im promptu fashion from the floor and thus their names got into the records. It's not often that so many CONFESRION™ WA NOT WAITTEN BY CONDEMNED MAN So Says Macon Att'y to Re-open Case by Astounding Facts MACON, Ga.. Dec., 16—Startling new evidence brought forward by defense counsel representing Al bert Jackson. condemncd to death for the alleged slay*ng of an :1aﬂdi couple in Peach county. and pre sented to Judge Malcolm D). Jones of the Macon Circuit court, ::hnw—‘ ing that the ‘“confession” said t()! have been made by Jackson, which | was admitted as evidence to the trial was really written by Juck son's cell-mate, it is thought will cause the commutation of the man's sentence to life imprison ment. Jackson denies having written‘ any confession and maintains that under duress he confessed to a crime, about which he knew noth ing “Shorty” Anderson, Jackson's cell-mate, whom he charged wrote the confession. has signed an affi davit admitting that at the sug gestion of jail officials he enticed Jackson to *“write" the statement incriminating h¥ftT as the murderer. It was only afer Peach county of ficials had promised to release his mother, who was also being held in connection with the crime that he was able to secure Jackson's signature to the document, Ander son, said. Plans of the defense counsel are that with the admission of the new evidence, Judge Jones will either declare a mistrial, granting Jack son a new trial, or commute his sentence to that of life imprison meont. Dallis Tex Dec: 160 T Tay lor. white columnist, discoursing in the Dallas Morning News for Wed nesday. called attention to the fact that Texas. with a total popu lation of 6000000 of which 900.000 ar e Negroes, possesses eleven counties in which not a single Ne gro lives : The all-white counties are: ilam:lton. Andrews. Dallam. Ken nedy, Lipscomb. Loving Moore. Ochiltree. Roberts, Sherman and Scemervell. Harris countv in which the city of Housfon is located contains the largest Negro population with 72.- 603 and Dallas county is second with 47.879. Some counties contain more black inhabitants than whites. Harrison county in which Marshall is located. the home of Wiley col lege, has a black population of 29,- 409 and a white of 19.279. Y . New License Stolen BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 18— Jimmie Jones, 1105 Twelfth Placz, Ensley. reported to police authori 1932 automobile license was stolen ties Wednesday that his brand new from his car. The tag number Is 1706-A-32. have confessed their participation in the crime. A special grand Jury may be called and number in dictments are expected to be re tarned. Cavernor answered your wire today. Leter follows. The commitlee waited on him today.” ]grcat and those approaching that | stature meet in the same room, so {that it is only natural if now and then they clash. ! Bishop Walls likes to denounce Clarence Darrow and the latter's agnostic views. The Bishop was sitting on the platform. It was the evening of the last session. Mor decai Johnson had spoken and elo quently urged the efficacy of pray er as a solution of the group's pro blems. Clarence Darrow had taken a slightly diametrical view. Dean William Pickens W7o had been an onlooker in the audience for three days without having occasion to raise his voice made his way to the platform to greet his old friend Darrow, when Judge Henry of Philadelphia who was presiding demanded that he say a word. Caught fh the spotlight, Pickens began to speak. But from then on let the Dean tell what happened. “In- my remarks” said Dean Pickens to an A. N. P. reporter. “I explained that I was not a member of this particular conference, but as a citizen I was thoroughly com mitted to the idea of independence in politics that colored people should vote uncompromisingly on the plain issues raised by race pre judice, jimcrowism, segregation, lynching, etc; that DIt Mordecai Robberies An attempt to hbreak into the idurg store of Yates and Milton at 787 West Fair Street, Tuesday Inight was frustrated when the lnight watchman for Morehouse lcollegc fired upon the bandit. They ireturned fire five times at the |night watchman but no one was ’hit in the exchange of shots. l The store of Max Kleimal, white, 124 Vine Street was entered Tues ‘day mornring by the rear window ;'and robbed of $80 wrile the owner slept in the rear of the store. The 'a;zed Jew claimed that the bandit 'had to enter the room where he [and his wife were sleceping in or der to get the nioney. He suspects 'u Negro who rooms up cver them. A filling station operated by D. L. Folsom, 97 Ashby Stret, was entered by a rear window and 12 tires and four batterics were miss ing Tuesday morning, police re cords show. - J. €. Vaughn, white, 28 North “A\'enuc. N. W. was held up Sun \day and robbed of 60 cents by twon | bandits. They also struck him back tof the head. It bore a slight cut when he reported the case to po live. He described then) as being about the same ages and height, rone being black and the other ly(‘llow. Two men held up W P. Walker, white, answering almost the same description and robbed him of %17 at the point of pistols Sunday. Both men wore overcoats. he said. At the corner of Rawson and Crew Streets, J. C. Dominick, 413 Capital Avenue, was held up and robbed of 85 cents and an Inger sol watch, Sunday. He was unabic to describe the bandits further than being Negroes. Henry Smith, Mattie Nlae San ders. Rosie Mae . Johnson, and Grady Johnson, all of 569 Highland Avenue, were arrested Sunday night following their being suspect of burglary. They were arrested at 569 Highland Avenue wheore they live in" “lic basement. They are be ing held following investigation by \I)ctcctivex Ellis and Cody. -+ In front of 175 hestnut Street. J. M. Ferguson, white. Center Hill, Georgia. was robbed of $4 Satur 'day. He was drunk when he was brought to the police station and his truck was sent to Bell Brothers ' rarage. He had one cut about his 'head said to have been done b;; ithe thiefs. Miss Blanche Smith, white, nurse of the Georgia Baptist hospital, re ported that her purse was snatch ed by an individual who looked like a Negro boy. The thief accost od her from behind and fled as sho L(‘nmrina her apartment at 660 Boulevard. The purse contained 830 she said. The home of Mrs. Tela Pace 914 Coleman Street, S W., was robbed when burglars broke open the front. window A brown =s(it = a ir'rt‘_\' overcoat, one pair of shoes one blue dress, and a pair of suede shoes were among the articles {found missing : Wednesday the home of Mrs. |(.‘0rnv!in Smith. 494 Auburn Ave nue. was entered by burgiars who ;bmk('- open the rear door. Three Iladies dresses. a pair of women's {pat!(‘n leather pumps. a purple bed i&prearl. a grey suit of men's cloth {ing and an overcoat were included iin the loot. C. A Carroll white 294 White hall Street, was robbed $17 at the corner of Edgewond Avenue an-l ITawkins alley Wednesday night Carroll was thrown down and in jured himself when he fell againct come steps. His hand was treated it Grady. police said. > Burglars twisted the lock off 1" I'dwards: home at rear 470 Wasl ington in order to gain entranc police records show. Their efforts did not yield much for the owner found only a blue suit missing The home of Louise Dickerson. rorar 675 Pulliam Street, Saturday vas entered by burglars when thev broke the lock to the front door The following items were missing @ blue suit with a pin stripe, a brown suit, an overcoat, and a pair THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA, Johnson's emphasis on the efficacy of prayer, which he had just given, must not be taken to mean that even he does not believe in the need of organized power and social “force;” that we must not substit ute prayer for courage and hard work; that there is a “time for ev erything.” I explained also that Gandhi's plan, wh™h Dr. Johnson had held up as ideal, does not fit our situation in Amecrica quite as well as it fits the suiation of his people in India, as the East Ind ians are 360 millions in a country of their own, but dominated by the agents of a foreign goverment, - while the Negro in the United States is in the oppressor's coun try, i n the oppressor's midst numbering only 12-millions among ten times that number,--wherefore boy scotts and civil disobediences cannot work so well for American Negroes. We must modify t he Gandhi plan to suit our peculiar and abnormal situation. “ecanwhile, in paying my re spects to Darrow, I said: “Some of our colored preachers, not those of this meeting, have told us that Darrow is going to hell when he dies. Well, I must say to those of the colored people who may be de stined for the same place that thoy ! e ‘ Railroad Men To Meet Sunday To 3 Complete Plans BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 18— Final plans for the entertainment of a number of railtoad men from all parts of the country who will be in Birmingham, Sunday Dec ember 27, at a general get togcther meeting to arcuse enthusiasum for the 1932 convention to be held in Shreveport, La., will be perfected at a meeting four o‘clock Sundayv afternoon at the Little Masonic Casino at Fourteenth Street and Seventh Avenue, N. according to an announcement by H. H. Fund erburg., president of Local Wo. 4 Association of Colored Railway Trainmen. All members and railroad work ers are asked to be present at the meeting Sunday as it is expected that nearly three hundred visitors from all parts of the country will be in attendance at the pep meet ing here during the Christmas, holidays. GUN TOTER FINED BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 18— Admitting that he was just re turning from a crap game at which he had apparently taken no chances prior to hsi being picked up at 28th street and Avenue G, Edmond Shorts, 2909 Avenue F, was given a fine of fifty dollars and costs and thirty days in jail for carrying a loaded pistol. A like fine was given to Quarry Smith, 2431 26th street rnorth, who was arrested about 7 o'clock Monday night by Officer Gresham at 27th street and 20th wvenue. Smith had a loaded forty four in his pants leg. of black slippers. At the corner of Houston and Fort Streets, H. G. Smith, white, of 357 Felton Drive, was robbed by ‘three bandits of 90 cents, a Sim ‘mons gold watch chain, and an In ' gersoll watch. One was approxi ‘mately six feet tall and weighed about 140 pounds. He put a knife lon his neck and threatened him. |Thc other two were extremely ' black, he said. | The grocery-market, operated by ;M. M. Bullard, white, Saturday 6938 West Peachtree Street. at the cor ner of third, was entered by a !bandit with a white handkerchief over his face who robbed the store of $25. The bandit was described 'to police as being tall and yellow wearing a blue overcoat, and a grey cap. He backed out of the doorway and fled. | The home of M. Baun. 439 Love ,joy Street, was entered Saturday iby the rear door and robbed of two | pocket books of leather, one con- I(mining $22 and the other $17. The ‘bandit was seen running from the 'house and was described as being ‘tall and black, approximately five five feet ten inches, weighing 185 pounds. He wore a black coat and | overalls. Wake Up Your Liver Bile - —Without Calomel And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to Go 1t you feel sour and sunk and the world looks punk, don’t swallow a lot of salts, mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chewing gum and expect them to make you suddenly sweet and buoyant and full of sunshine. For they can’t do it. They only move the bowels and a mere move ment doesn’t get at the cause. The reason for your down-and-out feeling is your liver. It should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bow«ls daily. will find a much more sincere and honest white friend in hell, than the others may find among some of the white hristians who expect to meet them in heaven” “As I was in the midst of this saying, some person on the plat form, with his hand thrust-—far down in his trouzer pocket, inter rupted with “a point of order,— moved by some parliamentary rule of his own. A reliable newspaper editor told me afterwards that the interruption was by a bishop of some church, I doubt it: no bishop would have interrupted a true statement like that, even if he did not happen to have the courage to make it himself It must have been some supersensitive churchman: colored people are much more sen sitive about hell than are white people-—~because the colored peo ple have caught more of it. There is not an intelligent and honest white Christian in America who would not heartily agree with the statement made. I have made it to thousands of them, and will still make it.” But he Bishop's point of order prevailed. Clarence Darrow and his champion were bearded. The Bishops and the ministers applaud ed with warmth and glee. 2 § Y . Cotton Convention’ Is - . € . Big Hit for 3rd Time MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. 1B Surrounded by the members ot his cabinet and by the governors of the several states, His Honor, President Hoover, (T. J. Johnson addressed a special Cotton Con vention (mock) on the overthrow of King Cotton, who until this year ' had reigned over souther nindus ’ tries since the days of the colonies. The preseident declared that the | fall of this once great overlord had fshakon the very foundation of the . South's economic system which 1s ~at present too weak to further sup :purt its public institutions. Salaries of publi men and women, the up keep of schools. hospitals, and pen al institutions. and all current fin ancial obligations of the govern ment are all but completely neg lected. But, as the chief executive continued to talk to those surround- | ing national and state dignitaries, he narrowed his points to a clear and simple emphasis on the urgent needs of one little school in north cast Memphis, the Klondyke school of which he in reality is principal. The mock cotton convention was presented Monday night at the First Baptist church, .Chelsea, by Principal T. J. Johnson and his co worker for the purpose of raising money 1o make provisions for some of the nceds at Klondyke school. Nearly three hifwdred peole were present to witngss this mammoth coiton pageant. It was given under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher . Association of Klord'vke with Mrs. | Mattiec Doggett as directress. ‘ - World Carriers Hold . - Interesting Meeting COLUMBUS, Ga.. Deec. 18— T.ast Monday eveninZz in the spac ious reception room of the Ninth Street Branch YMCA the Columbus Werld carriers held their weekly business meeting. The meeting was cpened with prayer by Mr. A, O. Bomar. the new manager of the Columbus World, after which he presented Dr. W. H. Spencer. Jr., who made a few timely remarks to the boys. Mr. Fred Watley, one of the most successful carriers, was next pre sented and he spoke very effective ly on how he carried his rout. At the conclusion of these brief addresses Mr. Bcmar very clearly outlined his program for the C»H lumbus World in its endeavor to increase its circulation. A some what round table discussion was then indulged in how to make bet ter collections, remery complaints and get new subscrilgrs. ¢ After all business had been transacted a very delicious repast consisting of hot chocolate, sand wiches and cakes was served and highly enjoyed by all present. 1f this bile # not flowing freely, your food docan’t digest. It just decays in the bowela. Gas bloats up your stomach. You have a thick, bad taste and your breath is foul, skin often breaks out in blemishes. Your head aches and you feel down and out. Your whole system is poisoned. Ittakes thosegoodold CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS to get these two pounds of bile flowing freely and malke you feel “‘up and up.” They contain wonderful, harmless, gentle vegetable extracts, amazing when it comes to making the bile flow freely. . But don’t ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's Litue Liver Pills, Look for the name Carter's Pittle Liver Pills 2n the red label. Resent & subsutute, 25cat all storel.‘e 1931,C.M.Ca J0 BAKER FACE: COUNTESS SUIT NEW YORK, Dec., 16—(ANP)— Josephine Baker front pages again.! This time in a suit instituted by t h e Countess Capelet deBour- | gouin. who is known on the stage as Dolly Dihouri. The trouble grew out of the latter lady being signed as an undersfudy for the famous Josephine at the Casino de Paris. It was here that Josie first put on her famous banana costume and electrified Paris. | The Counteds declares that she was released immediately after serving 1n rehearsals on t h e ground that she dl@ not resemble the famous Josephine sufficiently to warrant her retention in the part. She is asking for $§4,000 damages. The young white woman is a na tive of Serbia. At her suggestion, the court would have seen both her and Miss Baker in The banana costume, but the Judge took her word for it. Countess de Bourgoin claims that Miss Baker had her dismissed because of professional jealousy. Deep Thinking Does Trick, But It’s Overworked BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 18— Sam Thomas needed some money and needed it badly so he sat down and did a great amount of think ing. With the proper show of respect Sam approached the residence of M. T. Brewer, 4025 Fairmont street Saturday afternoon and kwocked on the door. Mrs. Brewer answered the door and to use her words: “This boy came to. my house, knocked on the door and I went to answer it. He said that Mr. Brewer sent him up after some money and I questioned him very closely. He tlod me a story about secing my husband at the shop and I started back in the house. He followed me and scared me so that [ went after the money. He told me that his name was Ed. I got four dollars from under the table as he said that that was what he wanted and I let him have it." Following his visit to the Brewer home, Thomas went to the Alabam Power Company where Mr. Brew or and Louis Bruce, 214 No. Haw kins street, are employed. There he told Mr. Brewer that his wife had sent him tfter two- dollars. The couple. becoming suspicious, called the police. Both Mr .and Mrs. Brewer declare that they never saw the man before. ; Greet Them Through The World 0 With the coming of Christmas The World is an excellent medium through which business men, merchants, doctors, law vers, dentists, beauty parlors, and cvery other form of enterpﬁse may greet their customers, friends and _patrons, since The World goes every where in Birmingham. | PRICE, SIZE, AND TYPE OF GREETING MAY BE ARRANGED AT YOUR CON VEN; IENCE. AN ADVERTISING REPRESENTA: TIVE IS ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE. Young Robber Gets (zlass Case for \ Pockethook Sam Silverbord, white, 75 Fort Street, was not oniy tsruck on the head but robbed, but not of his pocletbook. When me appeared al the hospital Monday for ireatment, he told Patroiman J. 1. Hughes that a young man had appeared in the store and asked for somo potatocs. When he turned to wait upon the customer the you'r struck him with the butt of a p:s to land reached into his hip pockel for his purse but instead removed his glass case. The Dboy bandit looked to be about 20 years old, he said. CHILDRESS BETTER After successfully passing through two operations, Leonar« Childress of Canton, Georgia, i rapidly recovering at Grady hos pital. Childress has been in the At lanta hospital more than s i X weeks having contracted a sever case of pneumonia. A. J. BROWNING AND W.F.HOLLAND 136 Edgewood Ave., N. E. BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANGED ATLANTA, GA. 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Using as his criteripn a man’s influence on humanity, Dr. Durant discussed the distinguishing traits of Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Cop orpicus, Bacon, Spinoza, Newton, Voltaire, Kant and Darwin and the particular distingugihing char acteristics which have perpetuated them. Much interest was aroused over yr. Durant's selection and for the past weeck classrooms have rung with debates defending or refuting Dr. Durant's selection on the basis f the criteria he set forth. Much .oncern was evidenced as a result f his acknowledged exclusions. Dr. Durant was presented as the second feature of the Florida A and M College entertainment course. Langston Hughes will be pre emted early in January.