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N. C. University Prexy Pleads for Better Race Relations
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GREENSBORO, N. C, Dec. 20.-—
A new liberal south, in which the|
two races live side by side with)
mutual regard for one another|
rather than the old traditional]
South in which the white man do-|
minates the Negro was pictured by |
Dr. Frank P. Graham. president of
the University of North Carolina,|
in speaking before the local Kiwa
nis club and 73 alumni members|
and visitors at a luncheon Thurs-|
day. ;
Dr. Graham, who iy the course ofj
his speech, traced the development
of the two races in America from
the beginning, waxed enthusiastic
about the present goodwill and un
derstanding existing today.
The speaker began his talk with
an account of a recent meeting In
Richmond when white and black
men were gathered together seek
ing new ways of improving racial
relationship in the Ssuth and. af
advancing the interests of buthl
races.
Between that meeting and stretch- |
ing back into the years were fulu"
periods, beginning with the land-|
ing on these shores of the first buut’
load of Negroes, the speaker said !
The south passed through tlxc‘
period of slavery, the years when
it was held that a white man mighti
own the body of Negro as his chat-|
tal. Happily, that era ended. Then !
came the reconstruction days with]
all their horror, when ignorant Ne-{
groes were the rulers, used by un
scrupulous men to further their,
own ends, dark days for the suuth.'
The third period, said the speak-|
er was that when whites regained |
control and their domination was|
rnarked by the intimidation of the|
Negro, by lynching, by denial.. ot
inalienable rights to Negroes. Tnat,|
also. said the speaker, was a dark
period in the history of the south.
Out of that period came two men\
who were destined to have great
influence in bettering racial rc-‘
lations. said Dr. Graham.
The first was a Negro. whasc}
early days were spent during the
years of slavery in Virginia. He had
a dream of serving his race, a
Aream which led him to Hampton
rnstitute for education, then to the
deep south to found a school for
Negroes, there to serve his race
as no member of it had served be
fore his time.
“That man was Booker T. Wash
ington,” said Dr. Graham, “and
when he stood on a platform in
Atlanta several years later a new
era may be said to have been born,
an era when the white man and
the Negro would work side by side.
each respecting the other, for the
petterment of racial conditions.
Booker T. Washington gave the be
tief to which he held when he
raised his hand with fingers sepa
rated before that Atlanta audience
audience and said: ‘The white race
and the Negro race should contin
ue as separate as the fingers of that
hand in social relatdonss but (clos
ing his fist) as united as that in
working for betterment of condi
tions among Negroes, in working
for better understanding between
the races.
“The other man came from Golds
bero down in Wayne county. He,
100, had a passion to serve and it
was he who felt that the state could
advance only as educational
facilities were provided for all. in
cluding the Negroes. That man was
Charles Brantley Avcock, and later
he sat in the governor's chair, for
the things in which he believed. it
was he who demonstrated the
qualities of his devotion to con
victions when he stood before that
convention vears ago in Raleigh
and demanded educational oppor
{unities for the Negroes of North
Carolina. And when the sentiment
ran against him, he spoke from the
rostrum to those assembled to the
ef{fect he would resign his high of
fice and carry the fight to the peo
ple. that his word had been given.
And Avcock’s plan for educational
opportunities for Negroes were ap
proved.
“Booker T. Wasfington !uugm{
his race to work out their des:my.‘
Charles B. Aycock inspired the]
white race to such an extent with/|
his own belief in the right of the|
Negro to education and opportu-)
nity. that his fellow citizens united|
in following his leadership. i
“Thus came the new era, the era|
~f inter-racial cooperation. Thé en
lightened eccnscience of the white!
man reasserted itself. and here inj
North Carolina we provided edu-j
rational and other opportunities for|
the Negro in advance of himself. |
“I well remember, too, that it
wvas the editor of the great paper|
published in this city a few years|
ago who dared to stand for the|
right of the Negro when it was sug
ested in the legislature that a cut
An funds for building of state in
stitutions be taken from the a
mounts set aside for our Negro
schools; in other words, that the
Negroes be penalized. I well re
member the flaming words of the
-printed page in which that editor
<expressed his indignation at the
#uggestion. I remember that no-|
thing more was heard of the plan
after that editorial had been read.
‘and reprinted throughout the state.!
“And. so, my friends, we are liv
{!‘\vg in the new era of relations be
tween races. May we continue to
manifest an interest in the welfare
of the black man, may we continue
to advocate that he be given edu
tional opportunities, may we
eontinue to speak out for the broth
er hood of man which was taught
: g the Greatest Leader. In so doing
ye will make even greater the
i &ut state which we all love.”
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’ Sunday Show
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singers on the plantation
Visitors to the West Side theatre
will sce El Brendel's idea of how
the earth and the planet Mars will
look in 1680 According to “Just
Imagine” everyvbody will be float
ing around in airplanes, meals will
be served in restaurants in little
pills and people wiil be known by
numbers rather tha names.
The hilarious part of the film
comes. though, when ™ Brendel,
who assumes the number ‘Double-
O’ is shot Mars, and is greeted by
the double-natured inhabitants of
the earth’s neighboring planet.
Fach person on Mars, according to
the picture has a twin, one of a
lnoble nature and the other of an
‘evil one. El Brendel, to prove that
ne had been on the far planet!
brought one of the Marvarian
giants back to earth by merely
twisting the lobe of his ear.
Added short subjects will round
|0ut the special programs at both
theatres.
Local schools of the West Side
are co-operating with the unem
ployment committee in giving the |
‘names of needy children. These |
children will receive special i
Ivitations to attend the Chx'is(mzxs|
party which will be held on the|
University campus of Atlanta uni- |
!versity the. afternpon of Christmas
Day X
The funds raised in during the.
special shows Sunday will go to-|
ward the purchasing o f toys |
candy, fruit, nuts, and garments to|
¢ill the empty stockings of un-|
forunate children, A special effort
s being made t o particularly
supply the older of the children|
with adequate wzoaring apparel
during the winter months. }
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Auto Accidents
At the corner of West Fair and
Roach streets a pariked auto owned
by J W. Chapman, Douslasvile,
Ga., was struck by a sedan driven
by Jessie Bazzell, 703 Greeusferry
avenue, Wednesday. Chapinan was
in thae act of getting in h:s car and
was injured slightly. Bazzeil left
the scene without giving his name.
Chapman appeiared at the pclice
statiop and requested a case be
m:}c‘,lf against him for reckless driv
ingand violation of section 3190 of
the city code.
Tl‘ittlo,j{er'r)ert Holloway, age six,
was run dewn by an auto operated
by J P Campbell "white, of
Chamblee. Ga., and who works for
the Sears Roebuck company in At
lanta. The accident occured Tues
day and the driver said that the
child ran into the pathway of his
car at the intersection of Piedmont
and Sherwood roads. He brought
the youth to the hospital where he
was found to have a fractured leg
and a badly bruised body. X case
of reckless driving was booked
against Campbell.
Near the corner of Lee and Don
nally street, Miss Gettie Cantrell,
1030 Fair street, southwest, was
traveling north on Lee street and
had a head-on collision with R. B.
Polk, 490 Glenn street, white, as he
was going south on Lee street Wed
nesday.
Needy Column |
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239 Auburn Ave., N. E, i
Room 429—Phone Wa. 6685 ;
No. 2 Roy has been barefooted
for weeks. has served cold. Child’s!
shoes, size 13, would be a great
relief “
No. 5. A small bed needed for 6
vear old child who is sleeping on
the floor. The family has no room
for full sized bed.
No. 7. Two boys. ages 5 and 11,
in need of clothing and shoes.
Mother unempioyed. Father dead.
No. 8. Mattress and bed needed
for mother and two children. They
only have an old pair of springs
now,
No. 9 16 vear old orphan girl
neers a cout.
No. 10 Number 6 shoes needed
for a young girl, Must have broad
toe.
No. il. Shoes needed for boy 3
(No. 5 and cirl, 4 (No. 6).
_No. 12, 15 vear old boy would
lhke to attend school but he has
no shoes. No. 7.
RAGING DRIVERS
OF TRUGKS KILL
TWHITE WOMAN
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2d Dying as Motors
Hit Pair leavi
it Pair leaving
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| Street Car
' Wet streets, a foggy afternoon,
and a race belween two anxicus
!(]l'j\'('!':’ to get oll from Wlll'k{
| caused the death of one white wo
| man and the probably fatal injury
lm' another Saturday. The dead wn—‘
i man is Miss Florence Watson of
! 388 Eighth street, and the in;u:.«i'
{is Mrs. Bessie Saines, of the same,
address. |
The two women were getting oft|
the street car at Boulevard uml‘
Eighth street, when -<the {trucks
tarveling in the same direction as
the ;street car, north. swept pa:t
knocking the women down and
sped away without slowing up ur{
stopping. The number were t{aken|
and broadcasts were relaved m;m!
the police radio station.
The trucks were traced and found
in the coal yard of the A. C. and
J. Walters, 587 Virginia avenue, N.
E.. by officers, S. B. McGarity and
W 1. Pyson The names of the|
drivers were also cbtained. They |
were Parkey West, who lives at:
Davis and Spencer streets, and Tom |
Griggs who lives on Ashby street.!
Eyewitnesses claimed it was
West's truck that struck the women. |
A special squadron of detectives|
was sent out by Captain Holcombe |
in an effort to locate both men. }
The two women were hurried a-|
way to the Georgia Baptist hospi
tal on Boulevard where Miss Wat
son was pronounced dead upon ar-|
rival and Mrs. Saines is expected to
die, it was reported at headquar-|
ters Saturday night. |
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‘of his body. He seemed unable to
‘rise.. Call officers arrived. lifted
‘him into a police car and hurried
[away with him to t h e station
house.
From the report made by police
at headquarters it seemed that
they had been called to Williams
and Peachtree. The officers ans
wering the call were N. E. Pittman
and H. L. Turner and they report
ed, they found at the corner a
large crowd of people and patrol
man Faufkner. A nigger, who gave
his name as Homer Lee and who
was drunk and fighting anyone
who got near him, was there also.
One of the man's legs was in 2
plaster cast, and as soon as we ar
rived, we rushed him in and put
him in the car. No one struck the
nigger while we were there and we
left as soon as possible. However,
|threats were made against the
‘migger. We did not speak to
Faulkner and do not know what
happened. No one made a com
plaint to us. After arriving at the
{police station it took three men to
|lock him up”
| In Judge Ccne's court Saturday
afternoon at 2:30, Homer Lee wa
,freed of the charges and given a
{20 day suspension, it was an
nounced at police station Satur
day evening. The turnkey said
(the man claimed to have suffered
(from high blood pressure,
Robberies |
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Bandits robbed B. T{. Stephens |
770 Cooper Street of an Illinois |
watch and $1 in cash Saturdav |
night. He was unable to desx'x'mu"
the bandils save that they we:
three in number and all very
young -
In front of 288 Dscatur Street,
Saturday night, Mrs. W. V. Gaylor,
220 Boulevard, S. E., had her purse
snatched, which contained $3.20, by
two thicves. One was about five
feet, eight inches. wearing a
brown suit and a dark cap. - The
other wore a suit of overalls. Both
men ran through™ an alley next to
this address. |
-~ Two bandits were caught in the
- act of robbing Thursday and Fri
- day, police records show. Thurs
' day Charlice Miller, 509 Strong
]stx‘cut' was arrested in Ann's lunch
' room, 118 Spring street, by police.
Miller had gained entrunce to the
!c:afc through & rear entrance. The
| sccond arrested Friday, at the cor
' ner of Peters and Humphries streets
. was James Blassengame, of Kuhrt
%s‘_tre(‘t address. He had, in his poes
ofitInsda battery. Police arrested
"him and forced him to tell them
| where he had obtained the battery.
| He directed them to a Dodge se
| dan that had been stripped of all
| it's tires. The car was sent to Bell‘
!bx‘othm‘s garage and was traced
- from the state capital tag issued o
| Farcy Gamble, 405 Mulbarry street,]
{ Marietta, Ga. ‘
| A student, Paul Kyle, white, 144
| Peachtree circle, was the vietim of
hold up men Thursday night. He
i was robbed of $42.15. a ruby ring.
l“'hitc gold Elgin watch, a grey
{ felt hat and a number of small ar
| ticles. The robbers wore grey caps,
i blue coats and grey sweoaters. Bmh’
{ had guns. six and four inches long.
| At the corne rof Boulevard and!
| Houston street, J. H. Miller, while,!
| 803 Ashland avenue, was robbed of
| a grey overcoat, a brown scarf and|
| 50 cents in change. by three rob-|
{ bers. They all wore overalls and|
| were near the same height and
| weight, he suid.
| The home of Tom Payne, rea
i377 Highland avenue. was entereq!
and robbed of two suits. grey und|
| blue serge, Thursday. ‘
' P. C. Widner, white, 181 Merritts
THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA.
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Uses Rose to Aid
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Him in Snatching
. Purse of Woman
’ At the corner of Edgewood and |
il’u-inmm Avenues, Mrs. Mary Mi
‘KIH;:‘ white, 212 West P(-;u'ht!‘&'t"
Street, was walking from a store
after doing her Saturday nig.:!‘.l"::l
shopping when' a man walked upl
to her as she entered her car and |
told her she had a flat tire on the
apposite side When she walked
around to inspect it the man
snatched her purse and ran away. |
The purse contiined a pair of
glasses valued at $20, a $10 bill and
three $1 bills. There was also a
note muade to her from the Stone
Mountain Bank, she said. She de
seribed the man as black, wearing
a4 coat grey trousers: and a very
dirly grey cap
Kentucky Bank
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‘the committee used strong lan
guage in describing conditions. He
said that he knew of instances
personally wrhere “washer women
and laborers had put their money
| in the bank for a rainy day and
were now in distress and suffering
with hundreds of doilars locked
up. while rascals who were the
cause of the condition rode out of
town in high-powered cars.”
Another speaker whose name
was not learned said that he had
money in the bank and that he has
lost it but that he had not lost his
faith in Negro business. He said
that white banks failed every dav
but that white people kept right
on putting their(money in their
banks
The Mutual-Standard Bank was
‘he result of a merger of the Mu
tual Trust and Savings and The
First Trust of Savings banks of
this city. They closed during
financial flurry which caused sev
cral of the Ilavrde banks in the
community to fold up. President
Blanton of the bank was appoint
ed liquidating agent.
The despositors commiitee on
which are G B Young B J
Davis, Ed C. French, Eugene Clay
ton, Thomas Good, C. E Bryant
and J. Bridgeford Simms, an
nounced that efforts would be
continued to expedite liquidation
and to ascertain responsiblity for
the condition of the institution.
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. When police recovered a stolen
F'ord which belonged to the Coloni
al dry cleaning vompany, 605
Washington Street, it was wrecked, |
‘after having been run into a tele
phone pole and also into the side
'of a building at 709 McDaniel St |
E Later they arrested John Lesley,
718 McDaniel Street, who was iden
i tified as the man who stole the
car. He denied the theft and said
‘that his brother was driving it
at the time it was wrecked. His
\half brother, Leonard Gay, the man
accused by him, who lives at 1079
| Fortress avenue. was also arrested,
it was reported.
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! Tuscalooza, Ala. Sept. 20--Sam
' White, was found guilty Thursday
Inight of Kkilling Judge Callahan,
].:'.wa.‘ of peace at Kellermoan sev-
Iual monihs ago and was sentenced
|to life impriscnment. Judge Calla
han was instantly killed during an
,vxchange of bullets in the dark fol
tlowing & dispute over the collection
‘of a debt. White's right leg was
{broken at the same time by a bu!-
let.
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. NORFOLK, Va., Dec, 18—Al
‘hough Mrs. Elnora Heckstall wus
1iding on the running board of an
automobile last summer when she
lost one of her legs in a collision,
she was awarded $1,600 in a com
promise judgment in the Court of
Law a n d Chancery here last
Thursday.
The original suit was for $30.0C)
and was against W. L. Sutton,
white, the owner of the car which
collided with the one on which
Mrs. Heckstall was riding.
Two white lawvers represented
Mrs. Heckstall, while Sutton had
to appear on his behalf the law
vers of the insurance combpar.sy
which ecarried liability insurance
cn his automobile.
avenue. le’t his home tn look for a
ney place to board and was held
up by thres robbers on Washing
ton street near Fair Fridav night
They relieved him of $1235 The
bandits were all young and win
caps and had nickle plated pistol:
ROBBERS FINALLY
60 IN SILVERNAN
CTORE IN SARETY
‘Jinxed' Grocery of
2 Deaths, Gun Fight
Yields $69.63
Bandits entered the store of Gus
Silverman. 191 Hilliard street, Wed
nesday night fearless of the phan
toms of the past. With probably the
shadow of a dead bundit, a fatally
wounded guard, and a gun duel
between robbers and the little Jew
ish store owner dancing befqge
their very eyes. the bandits pressed
onward into the store.
Less than a year ago after seve
ral robberies of the store and a gun
duel between the Jewish owner and
bandits, a guard was hired who
was fataly wounded in a duel with
bandits one of whom he shot and
killed instantly.
Showing that they must have had
sufficient presence of mind to be
on the alert for any possible de
velopments to thwart their care
fully planned holdup, they employ
ed two extraordinarily large rusty
pistols and a parked auto near by
fo execute the robbery. The rob
bery was executed with ease and
netted a neat sum of $69.63.
One was of stocky build and
chort. The other was taller and
much lighter than the fiirst. Both
carried guns and kept a keen eye
for alarms or movements. The tal
ler of the two rifled the cash regis
ter. Upon making good their exit
they sped away in a high-powered
car.
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Butler Rites
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The remains were brought into
the church a few hours before the
funeral and the body was viewed by
a number of folks. The casket
was of a beautiful silvery metal
and was buried under an avalanche
of flowers which were so numerous
that they filled a hearse alone.
The body was laid to rest in the
Oakland cemetery in a concrete
vault.
The remarks of Dr. Slater were
remembered by a beautiful little
poem he recited. Dr. Butler had
been a class and room-mate of his
for years. Their friendship near
ed forty-nine years.
BOY TALKS SELF
0UT OF JAIL
A small boy who y3Tosted not
to talk probably saved himself an
unhappy Christmas in the juvenile
detention home by talking, for
when Dan Lovingston, garage prop
ietor met little Clarence Martin, 12,
“)53 -B. Golden Street, with a tire
{hat resembled one of those on his
truck he stopped the youth and
questioned him concerning the
’lire. The youth answered the ques
‘tions very direct and orief. When
questioned as to who gave him the
tires he told. Lovingston that two
boys were guilty. He later furnish
ed their names and whereabout:
The boys were J €. and Levi
_Harris, 469 McDaniel street. When
| Lovington and Martin returned
ttn the garage at 491 peters street,
|they found the other two boys
| stripping the trCick of the remain
|ing tires. They fled. Lovingston
irf‘quested police not to arrest
| Clarence because he was thorough
| ly convineed that b did not steal
{ the tires. Lovingston asked tor the
iarre:.t of the other two boys.
Traini " Youth
Tramming of Yout
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[ BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec, 20—
i The local.. Atulanta Life Insur
;anco school to be held for six
| weeks, beginning Monday night,
January 4, 1932, is directly in ac-‘
| cord with the company's policy to
‘impl’ove its personnel. Owen D.|
Young.internationally known fi
!nancier and practical philosopher,
, never spoke more truly than when
| he declared that “The world is not
| nearly so much menaced by crook
'ed men in its affairs as it is by,
| good men who do not know what
! they are doing.” I.ike other fields,i
| the field of life insurance has been
{ subject to distortion by men who
do not know what they are doing.|
! The personnel policy of the At
lanta Life Insurance company is to
fill its offices and agencies with
‘men and women who have char
acter, and who are intelligent, well |
trained ,alert, resourceful. and in-|
dustrious. Atianta Life is in '.he}
insurance world to stay. It is fully
aware that the above-mentioned |
type of man and woman power
is necessary for it to continue tol
add to ite present twenty-six years
of growth and courteous service
to its policy holders. '
in June, 1931, twenty-cix young
men attended the Company's train
ing school held in Atlanta. 'l‘hese!
men represented all the major
southern colleges. Some nor!hern'
universitics were also represented.
They attended the school for five
dayvs per week, from 8 a. m. to §
p. m., and a half day on Saturday.
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Uses Ruse To Aic
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~of Car, Motorisi
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Says: Injured
Al)l’(‘ill‘ing at the police statior
in person, John Henry Perkins
1030 Simpson road, reported to
Captain Holcombe that as he was
driving toward the city in his car
@ little girl ran in front of his car,
directly in the pathway, and was
knocked down. She was brought
to Perkins and wus found to be
Essie B. Hargraves, age 6. She su
tained a fractured leg,
The childs mother Mrs. Bertha
Hargraves, also appeared at the
hospital und Pateolman Joe Wiley
stated that she did not know
whether she wanted a case made
O not;
Perkins said he was driving
only 15 miles an hour when the
accident happened. The child was
run down near Ashby Street on
Simpson read, near the center of
the block, 1t was reported.
DEATH 15 MISSED
BY ONE INCH
Luck was with Gladys Smith,
139 FElizabeth Street, Wednesday
night, who was shot at her rssid
ence by a man, whose name she
refused to reveal.
Brought to Grady hospital doc
tors found that the bullet had en
tered through her chest and tak
ing a circular course came out
without doing sericus damage to
internal tissues. Had the bullet
been an inch and half lower, doc
tors say, it would have pierced her
heart, causing immediate death.
After being treated in the emer
gency clinic she was permitted to
g0 home.
TEXAN KILLED A5
PUaat FIRES N
HIDING PLAGE
ORANGE, Tex., Dec. 18.—After
hiding in the marshes and wading
in water waist deep throughout the
cold and chilly Sunday night and
Monday morning, E, B. Cox, sec
tion worker, was shot {o death a
bout twelve miles nor\: of here
Monday afternoon by a number of
shots fired by a sherrif’s posse who
were searching for the man in con
nection with the murder of Henry
Walles, prominent Orange County
stock raiser.
Mr. Walles was shot fatally when
he and the Negro got into an argu
ment Sunday over the theft of a
gun. The searchers claimed that
they shot him when they heard him
getting ready to fire his shotgun
at them.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec, 20-
If little Charlie Price sees Santa
at all this Christmas, it will be with
one eye, and this is the reason
why:
“Last Saturday wasn't the Fourth
of Julyv but Charles Price, seven
vears old son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Price, 1103 Fifth Place, north. de
cided to do some experimenting
in amateur chemistry, on his own
hook.
A can of carbide powder attroct
ed his fancy so he took a number
of the necar white lumps, placed
them in a can, added some water,
shook the mixture up and dropped
a® lighted match in the mixture.
Charlie waited and watched but
only for infinitesimal fraction ot
a cecond as there was a loud ex
plosion and bits of can went here
and there. As a result, little Charlie
was rushed to the Hillman hospital
with his right eyebatl cut half in
two.
Reports from the Hillman hospi
tal state that the youngster, who
was operated upon Monday morn
ing, by dfctors, who removed his
eye, is resting nicely. Charlie is a
member of the junior first grade
class of the Enon Ridge Public
school. Mrs. Price is the hygiene
teacher at Tuggle Institute.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec, 20—
The Colored Ex-Soldiers club
held their weekly meeting at the
Elks Rest Sunday evening at 4 p.
m. The meeting was one of much
interest as several new members
joined and some verv interesting
talks were made by the different
member:,
One communication was read
from the D. A. V. National Ddgqrs.
which extended all disab’p veterans
privilege to become members.
Efforts will be made at the meet
ing this afternoon to get the proper
number to get a charter.
This intensive training continued
for a month and included actual
field work on the Atlanta district,
the company's largest. Twenty-four
of these men were selected as spec
izl representatives and were sent
¢n tours of the system. Most of
them are stili in the company's
employ .
WISCONSIN COLLEGE HONORS WOOD,
CRADNOWWITH GREEN PASTURES
MADISON, Wis, Dec., 16--Visit
ing Beloit Colleze from which he
gradusted 36 years ago, for the
first time in 20 years, Charles Win
ter Wood, important figure in the
“Gireen Pastures” cast and under
study for the ttle role “De Luvd”,
was hailed by the student body
and faculty here last Sunday. Mir.
Wood who had been invited to be
the special gaCst 6f the college by
fresident Irving Maurer, received
an ovation as he spoke at chapel
and vesper service wirh every scat
taken and later addressed capacity
houses & two other meetings com
posed of citizens of Madison, in
cluding one at which the 1,900 Ne
gro employes of t h e Fairbanis
Morse Scale Company and the
combined congregations of the oix
colored churches here made up the
bulk of the audience.
The actor was the dinner guect
of President and Mrs. Maurer,
vice--president and Mrs. Louis Ed
ward Holden together with a com
pany of friends. Vice-President
Holden who was an official of the
school during Mr. Wood's student
days described Wood's entry into
Beloit and told interesting early
inc dents in his career in a special
ly contributed article in the Beloit
Daily News.
“It was in 1898 that Mr. Wood
came to Beloit” wrote Dr. Holden,
“bearing a letter of introduction
from Charles L. Hutchinson, presi
dent of The Corn Exchange Bank
of Chicago. Judge Bloom of the
Chicago Superior Court had been
in the habit or having his shoes
shined each morning just before
he entered his office by a young
colored bootblack. One morning he
heard the boy repeating verses
from Shakespeure. He did it so
well, that the Judge had come to
his office and invited Mr. Hutch
inson and another friend to hear
him declaim several numbers. The
two men were deeply moved and
as Wood walked out of the office
Mr. Hutchinson walked with him
and asked him whether he would
like to have an education. The boy
replied that he would, so the great
banker took him to the Hub Cloth
ing Store, refitted him from head
to foot with such clothes as a boy
might need for a college yezr,
bought him a suitcase, took him to
the railroad sation bought him a
ticket, gave him a letter and sent
him to Beloit.
“The boy proved to be all that
the banker thought he was. He
worked his way through college. In
his senior year he was elected as
one of the eight contestants on the
home oratorical contest. He chose
as his subject the character o f
“Jean Val Jean, of Victor Hugo's
“Les Miserables.”” He carried off
the honor at the home contest. He
won the state contest, and was sent
to represent Beloit college at the
interstate contest, which that year
was held at Gaelsburg, Illinois. In
that day the interstate contest was
judged by six judges, three judges
on thought, who never saw or
heard the contestant, and three on
delivery. The three judges on de
livery that year were none cther
than William Jennings Bryan. of
Nebraska, Senator Ingalls, of Mis
souri, and Governor Tavior of
Iowa, three of the foremost oralors
of America in that day.
When Mr. Wood & me on the
platform it was after ** (¢l wk in
the evening and the audience was.
weary. It was a test of any man's
skill to attract the attention of his
auditors. No sooner had this man
opened his mouth and started his‘
oration than it was perfectly ap-|
parent that he had the audirnee
with him to the very close. ‘
The marks of the judges on de-!
livery gave Mr. Wood r(::‘:pect:wly“
99, 99 and 100. F'ven these high
marks could not overcome a l:)w!
mark that he got 62 thought from
one of other judges. However, hz:-!
came away from that contest with
the second prize and he was vm[
ceived by his Beloit friends with |
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1931
NCCUSED OF RAPE
VTTENPT CURRY
TS CENTENCE
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec, 20—
Sull protesting his innocence,
Jim Curry was given the maxi
mum sontence of from nineteen to
twenty years in the penitentiary by
Judge Hetlin Friday after his case
had been heard by a jury Thurs
day and convicted himn after delib
crating for inne minutes.
The mnan was accused of attempt
ing to attack Mrs. Lizzie Cowart,
white, ot her home near Mineral
Springs several months ago. At
ti:at time, Deputies Snew and Par
rish, with the assistunce of the wn
mat. spirited the man from an ang
1y mob that threatencd his life.
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‘Angels of Christmas
, .
Presented Tonight
1
At St. James
COLUMBUS, Ga,, Dec. 20—
“Angels of Christmas,” the spe
cial candle light Xmas pageant, will
be presented at the St. Jagies A. M.
b, church tonight at seven o'clock
by members of the choir and Sun
day school of this church under the
direction of Miss Ethel T. Spencer,
weganist and choir directress,
A large number of, well trained
veices will be heard in the rendi
tion of this special Christinas can
tuta and the public should not fail
to hear this musical masterpiece.
Miss Leonora Pritchett, direc‘or
of the Utopia Neighborhood club,
New York City, will spend the
Christmas holidays with her par
ents in this city.
Mr. S. S. Hunbert of Americus,
Georgia stopped in at 'The WORLD
office Saturday night to look the
plant over. .
Friends of Mrs. Anna Doley
regret to learn of the death of her
mother. Mrs. FElizabeth Pitts of
Warrenton, Georgia. The other At
lanta relatives who attended .the
funeral were Miss Eva Leslie, Mc.
Harold Leslie a n d Charlic F.
Leslie.
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Fragm 6 AL M. to 1 P. M.
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