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An Innocent Man
Willie Peterson is innocent!
Not exactly in these words, but in a language which
nearly everybody understands he has been vindicated of
any complicity in the murder of the two white society girls.
You remember Willie Peterson, don’t you? Ho is the imu
pointed out on the street and identified as the slayer by
Nell Williams, sister of the slain Augusta Williams and her
companion. Jennie Woods, last August. He is the man who
was shot three times by Dent Williams, the brother, while
undergoing a ‘‘third degree" preliiminar shearing in the
Jefferson county prison.
The robbery and murder of the two young women fol
lowed closely on the heels of the arrest, trial, and conviction
of the eight Scottsboro case defendants. The lynching pack
had been deprived of its prey and there were indications
that the men might eventmdlv I" granted some semblance
of a fair and civilized trial. Into (his charged atmosphere
the crime for which Peterson was arrested projected itself.
One of the girls had been killed outright ; the other lingered
several days and then succumbed. There was the usual
charge that the slayer had also criminally assaulted his
victims. All of the resources of the state- -legal and extra
legal, meaning the mob and posse had failed to apprehend
the criminal. Then one day Nell Williams pointed out Pet
erson on the street as the assailant.
After forty-two hours of deliberation (lie jury an
nounced Saturday that they were unable to reach a \ erdict
and a mistrial was declared by the judge who presided at
the trial. Peterson is. by no means, a free man. He may
be tried again—and convicted. The next time Dent Wil
liams may take better aim. Some “kind-hearted" Alabama
prison warden, who cannot bear to see two white women
killed without having some colored person—-any colored per
son—pay the penalty, may lake matters into his own hands
and kill Peterson, claiming that he tried to escane. Then,
in Alabama, the lynching mob is always active. But
Willie Peterson is innocent! There would have been no
mistrial in his case if there had been the lest scintilla of evi
dence against him.
—New York Amsterdam News
CHICO MAYOR
DENIES THEBE’S
COP WTWT’!
1
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CHICAGO. Dec., 18 — (ANP)-
Following several weeks in which
the newspaper spotlight was turn
ed upon alleged acts of police |
brutality and ruthlessness in the
Negro district here and the protest
in the mayor’s office of a group of j
citizens, led b” the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People Mayor Anton J.
Cermak released this week a re
port of his investigation of tie
matters brought before him.
The two most important specific
incidents called to the attention of
the mayor was the breaking into
the home of a woman at 5615
Prairie Avenue by police early in
the morning and accosting on the
street of Dr. S W Smith The wo
man claimed that after her home
had been broken into she was
struck over the eye with a flash
light by a white policeman.
Mayor Cermak ordered Captai:
John Stege to investigate and it i-
Stege’s ignort that was sent back
to the protesting citizens
In his report Captain Stege
states that the woman who was |
struck has failed at any time ’o I
identify her attacker. He further
claims that she was intoxicated
when she came to the police sta
tion charging assault. He describe
the building in which she lives as
one of kf^ienette apartments in
fested with vice and gambling. The
report contains more thafi a score
of instances in which women in 1
the building have been arrested
and fined for prostitution during
1931.
Captain Stege backs the police
who stopped Dr. Smith. The men i
were performing their duty, the
captain avers, in questioning the .
physician, and all the latter had »o 1
do was explain who he was |
Instead, so Stege complains. Smith
grew angry and abusive and in
formed the police that they ought
to know who he was and invited
them to take him to jail.
Stege expressed the view that
the protests against police activity
which he claimed had resulted in
less gambling, vice and murder,
were inspired bv politicians and
policy kings. He expressed the
view that Morris Lewis, secretary
to Congressman DePriest, was be
hind the N. A. A. C P activity,
end that Mr. DePriest was possibly
interested because of the mayor's
politics. The mayor is a Democrat
“I have received no encourage
ment from business and civic
’—de’-s in the district in my drive
on crime." wrote Captain Stege
’s be wise and in on the ways
of politics, there is no disposition
to believe that Ccrnrk is tn mg to
kill policy or to clean up vic;*
"All he wants to do," th
you, "is to squreze eve-'
that he and his gone -
’be '-nrket.- an 1 ■ ’ ’■ \i ot tm*
:wag”
uorld Readers
Say:
WHAT DOES THE N A. A ( . I’.
MEAN TO YOU?
Editor. The World:
The N. A. A C I’. i an organi
zation which was izuuzed in 190!'
for the purpo.-o oi conibatmg the
spirit of persecution which con
fronts the colon d people sate
guardir.g their lull political t-ivi!
and legal rights and seen: mg tin
them eiiuahiy of opportunity with
all other citizens.
Does such an organization mean
anything to you as a loyal citizen.
Are you doing your share to main
tain it? Do you believe in its ob
'.ectives? Are you willing to help
bear the infiimitnes of your 1e...
ortunate brethren by becoming a
member'.’ You can't tell when tin:
irganization may have to come V.
your assistance. The cost is pro
..-,'on is small. 1 'wonder how
many of us eve'' stou to considet
every time a victory is won for oni
of our group that that much ha.
been toward elevating the race.
Most of us are apparently satisfied
to see one of our race suffering
various unjustices and go down,
’hceby pulling us downard also
The N. A. A. C. spends over
SI 12.000 a year for our benefit. Is
your dollar included in that amount
Not all of us can plead eases but
all of us can contribute our money
and put our shoulders to the wheel
and help those who are prepared to
fight for us. Le money and nu
merical strength be our weapons.
Our local branch sleeps most ot
the year unless there is some unus
ual disturbance. Are you willing
to do your part in keeping it alive
at all times 9 We should be at
least four thousand strong. For
’O3! - have less than 22 members
in Atlanta.
On New Year's Dav we'll all get I
together again Make it your re-,
solution to do your part in help
ing to actively unite at all times,
read' to meet anv emergency. Can
we count on vou?
Rosa M. Cosby. Atlanta.
SAYS HE AIDED FATHER
Editor. The World:
Mr. William David, my Lathe'-,
has staved with me all of the year
until August. During the time, ho
v under the doctor's care In
the latter nart of July, the d iet*w
dismissed him and I leased a room
f'"' him because of my wife's ill-’
ness I gave him $1.25 per week to
i" v his rent which he failed to do.
ate h's meals at my house
When I found out that he did not
nay his rent. Im was sick and had to
be moved to the hospital again He
was permitted to leave the hospi-
I Sun., Dec. 20 ™
What Sam l
lof^uburn
Avenue
<2/: iSays
OwiE
i.P.RCYVOIDS
DR. 11. R. BUTLER passed from
ti,e .-mse of life Though ailing for
the la.-t few months his death
came a- a . hock to the city. Be
side Heinz one of the oldest prac
-K-in.:! physician in the city and in
Georgia he was active in fra
ternal circles holding at times dur
ing his life official positions m
many orders and at the time of he;
-ad demise he was Grand Master
of the Masonic order in Georgia
He was a valued contributor to the
Atlanta Independent and his art
icles was eagerly I ougnt by the
public. Dr. Butler was also an
ardent Church worker and Sun
days when not out of tTie city
would be found at Bethel who e
he was a member and he was also
an ordained A. M. E. minister. Dr
Butler will be missed by all. His
I funeral was conducted from Bethel
(Church with his life long friend
David T. Howard another pioneer
city.and undertaker in charge.
MR. JOHN GARRISON a an
who has been on the road between
Atlanta and Birmingham every)
twenty four hours between thirty- I
five or forty years. I expect "John" j
Garrison knows every bump ami '
cross tie the whole distance. lie:
has weathered many wrecks. m> l :
can talk interesting about the,
time when railroading was mire,
hazardous present safety devices ■
were unknown. John Garrison is:
the kind courteous unassuming :
porter on the Southern Railroad ;
AS THE OLD year dies or sink i
into oblivio'h. Dr. A. B. Cooper
takes on new life in denistry and j
just as he has satisfied Atlantans;
with that good modern denistry in I
the past year THE GOOD WORK I
continue through 1932 and ON j
AND ON. Dr. A. B. Cooper says J
while the patrons are enjoying '
good dental work he wishes them ■
a Merry Christmas and n Hanpy
New Year.
PASSED TO IHS final rewa’d
Mr. Finley Hollman a veteran ho- .
tel man who was well -known and .
respected by his fellow workers. J
He wa i loved by his neighbors a
f: ‘ : ‘'osted to bv the host which
• 'mm wis
• i at Big Betiiel oniai..‘.c.i o •
by the Rev. B. G. Dawson who •
th" deceased was a member. A
1> r’ t.tul .elting for a funeral was
the iu iidmz tello".' wo im s
the last sad rites was parforinc 1
with W. L Mut'd:.ugh o! the
daugh Brother funeral home. Also
a former hotel worker in charge of
funeralistic program along with
his brother which was ca eied out
with their usual precision. A pic
turesque character from the li.z I
men ranks has passed.
WHEN YOU ARE sick you ne, 1
a doctor, when you are a sue - r
you need a preacher but when y u
are in trouble you need a la"
and you can always find oi.
the Herndon Building Mr. T V.'.
Holmes the lawyer w -h. uh ■
clients and everybody a :■
Christmas and A Happy .
Year.
I WONDER what theatre w.
,we use lor our charitable aid ,
i Chr.stm:,:. Day if it were not
the two proprietors of the two e
elusive colored shows. So mu .
,a good reason we should patrom
their shows through the yc
। Don't forget after the hohdu
season is over iet people seo in t
society section of the paper whe■
Miss So and So enterta'mi <i
theatres which welcome then
, where they can enter the FRON !'
DOOR The ROYAL THEARTE -m
■AUBURN AVENUE is one of the
best equipped and coziest ex
elusive theatres in the cny.
THE OASIS Market on Peach
treet Street between Forest ami
Medical Place is one of the place--
to buy your Christmas "eats " A
Sanitary Market and pure food
groceries which a cannot be su ■-
passed in any place in the citv.
Courteous service and patronag ■
appreciated
SAULS ON Whitehall Street is
a good place to shop for your dry
goods. For women or men furim!.-
ing at low prices stop by SAULS
You would be surprised at li?
bargains at SAULS.
READ THE beautiful verses : i
the ‘ad' of the IVEY BROS, eve- v
Sunday and be benefitted. The
IVEY BROS, have always tried t >
benefit the community in a tang
ible way and wish the public a. a
whole a Mer v Christinas and
A Happy Nev. Ye. ■
:1 th" latter pait es September
and a 'ii moved to our home.
I did all I could for mv father.
H" did not want for anything and
as f<>" mv motlie- she is Mrs Lucv
Wom! who is lawfully divorced and
married again.
I am not a janitor at the Medi
cd Arts Building but a porter at
Walter Ballard's Optical Comnanv.
Thanking you in advance for the
correction as it was printed Sun
day. > ■ wms really a disgrace.
Signed.
J. D DAVID, Atlanta
Impossible to Unify Negro
Churches Says D.D. Houston
By Drusilla Dunjee Houston
.'For The Associated Negro Press’
We have just had an illuminat
: ing series of articles by Dr. Carter
Woodson on the unification of the
! Negro churches There is some-
I thing very constructive in the
j writings of Dr. Woodson and for
this reason the upright men of the
church, in an hour when hypo
crisy and crookedness have invad
ed every department of our nation
al life ought to be urged to rise up
and cast out of the church much at
which professed Christians have
been winking. Many things done
in the church today are but plain
racketeering, which the finer men
are permitting. If we stand and
fight these things from within
rather than as critics from without
we will be better understood.
Dr. Woodson fully covered the
ground of church corruption. We
wish to deal with the idea of uni
fication. It would be psychological
ly impossible. Go into any race,
examine animal and plant life and
one is deeply impressed with the
multitudes of human forms. So it
is uith the human mind The earth
is full of diverse and opposing
temperaments and divine intelli
gence knowing this included the
diversity of denominations in his
plan. One of the great safeguards
of the foundational truths of the
Christian faith has lain in de
nomination. Each h a s been a
powerful watchdog to prevent any
major change in the teachings left
by the lowly Messias.
All of the difference over creed
and dogma of "little men" annumt
to nothing as compared to changes
that could have taken place. A
great deal of denominational strife
atises from mistaken zeal. Church
es have learned to fight one anoth
er instead of making a united on
slaught upon the devil. One who
has studied the Bible, through the
leading of the Holy Spirit, can see
grounds for the different denom
inations of worth. The Bible is a
more wonderful book than most
men recognize. It is so constructed
that it can furnish a religion for
any rational mind. That is why the
Bible seems in places to contradict
itself. Men's minds are very un
like, so much so that it would be
impossible to bring them all into
cue church, where there would be
harmony and concerted action.
Christ said: “Wheresover two arc
agreed, there am 1 in the midst to
bless." Church growth is impos
sible without harmony. There are
different types if men wiio see
alike spiritually and they group
themselves into ;i church. Same
me., -r " • ■ '"i: -: and
live them. iney form a.i H ii- '
Study of the Scriptu-es ■ "wa .
grounils for each of th? ditTerent
r-hurches. W" s: > hfe and teHgi'in
ion ’he differ,a:t angler, of in
herita,a<-. of rm."'"nm"nf at'd th'.*
development > t our ia.Tividual sub?
conscious selves. It won! I b" im
possible to bring this divers.ty »'
mind and nature into any one
church. This is true of the black
,as well a stho white race. Our dif
fering friend will find foil, group
ed in heaven.
Dr. Woodson had a good d* al of
trouble with the Baptists He did
not weigh in that it was the na
ture of their religion not to coal
esce. Long before the hist'..fie se
! paration o f Protestant eliurzlie?
i ;her,b was a Baptist type in ’he
ancient church After the percecu
| lions as the church won favors and
! riches from monarchs, it grew cor
rupt. Within the church was a
I ype t : correct this evil. It w?.-
their nature to rise up and cry out
"gainst *in and c irruption That is
a Baptist a true one. They are
seemingly narrow to many, but
they fulfill a pu-pose of God. The
ireat mass in th's church bate
form and ceremony and by nature,
not beta will fight s:n. They ic-
present the spirit of Christ that
lashed the sin of the Pharisee.
There are other types and de
nominations that manifest other
important phases of Christianity.
The beautiful and dignified cere
monies of some churches, draw
many men. The broadness and
leniency of other churches mam-
fert other attributes of the deity. I
con’d not be a Catholic bfit tiie
sacredness of their service, their
devotion to giving alms is a very
beautiful thing. The broad, in
dulgent nature o fthe Episcopalian,
the anchorite make-up of the
"Hardshelled" Baptist, t h e ex
huberant zeal of the Godites. deve
loped to put to shame the deadness
of the rutted denominations. To
gather them into one body would
defeat the piruose of the church
in discord of mind.
More than this, the varied chur
iches are myriad hot-houses in
| which the most precious plants of
i the earth are nurtured and brought
forth Aside from designing, la-v.
preachers who split churches for
selfish purposes, all f f the chu r "'>-
* ■ of the land more than we real
p-’e. prenare men for citizerslvp.
i Multitudes of young men and wo
men ler.rn there the principles ot
, self-reliant e and develon capabil
ity for b*adershio as they could
nowhere else. With one big church,
these many, many training posts
would be abolished Criticise the
church as we mav, the great up
standing men of America got their
high ideals and initiative out of
the church So often we do not ap
nreciate the greatness of what we
have.
We are busy taking all kinds of
(statistics but no one is taking
1 those to the credit of God The
have. We are busy taking all kinds
of statictics but no one is taking
those to the credit of God. The
greatness of this nation springs out
of its being Christian. Follow the
line of our great national men and
you will find that they are the
sons of Godly fathers and mothers
Even successful agnostics came
from such parentaia- "I will bless
the seed ot' the righteous." Our
statesmen, jurist.' men at the head
of civil affairs and at the wheel of
big business are the sons of men
who honored God Men who deny
God. who dishonor him. sit in no
high seat long .After they are gone,
then < hildren sit in no seat of hon-
or So why wish to alter so much
I All that God made is good. Manv
things th-it we do not understand,
have to be Paul saw three hea
| vens. There are upright people
I with whom you cannot get along.
I God lias that fixed. Folk will be
(grouped in heaven.
< apitol < ily
A well known novelist recently
treated at length on racial affairs
and concluded, according to press
reports, that Negroes would be
better off under slavery conditions.
When one learns that the novelist
m question is from Mississippi his
statement is not so surprising.
Certainly, no person of enlight
ened thought would seriously
advocate the return conditions
that would treat one class of hu
man beings as chattels, along with
the cow. mule and other personal
possessions?
To live under conditions, how
i ever, just the opposite of slavery.
I one must be free and independent
(and thinking along these lines the
( question arises as to just bow
(many, white as well as black, are
| actually divorced from slavery
’ conditions?
Picking up the current pape s
we read ot shocking labor condi
tions on the levees in Mississippi.
Economic mining difficulties in
Kentucky arid West Virginia. Re
volting social conditions in Mary
land. Penurious working condi
tions of laborers in all parts of
■ "*■'ca and so on
Just h w far removed from
slavery cm ’ ’ions are we. afte"
all 9 At least, so we read, slaves in
this country, were assured of a
roof over their head, clothes to
wear and food for existence. And
'n gett'n.g these things they gave
ill of their labor.
Slaves were held in such bond
age j irely as an economic mea
sure to ensure a profit and life of
ease for their owners. No thought
was given towards an equitable
sharing of such wealth or condi
tions with the slaves. Naturally, in
time, human jealousies anti right
b?( l e tip such a condition
What do we find today’’ The
marketing of human labor on a
machine basis. When the m ichines
are worn out or become obsolete
t l o*v are thrown out or discarded
she human junk heap, ever grow
"i.', is bringing about a condition
and a burden that is worse than
I -l ivery, tor even under slavery the
' aged workers were permitted to
Hive on the plantations until they
i died a normal death.
j Todav the white worker as well
|as the black worker, is caught and
under our highly publicized state
of independence such conditions
are not termed slavery, but regard
less of its name no condition can
j long continue that does not include
an equitable and fair adjustment
, to al! concerned.
j We must case thinking black or
thinking white. We must look at
conditions as they are and those
that are now being oppressed are
the weak and the color is only an
mc'dent To hold our own we must
develop strength within our own
ranks Being independent, theo
retically. we must prove it and
provide means that will result in
a fewer number of our race find
ing their way to the human junk
pile.
Unshackle your minds and
A’rove that you are not slaves.
Johnston Cash Frees
‘Keed’ in New York
NEW YORK D^c.. 18 <ANP> -
James Joy Johnston, matchmaker
at the Madison Square Garden
furnished the necessary cash to
free Kid Chocolate in order that
the Ke: d could proceed home, ac
cording to reports Thursday morn
;ne The manager of the intrepid
little Cuban was in Havana ar
ranging other affairs and could
not be reached at. the time to free
’he Keed. Th" Dailv Mirror is of
t l '** opinion that when and if the
Foed does return to the U. S..
J 'mstone will have something to
say concerning the rrianagement of
the little fellow.
With Our Schools
By Horace Mann Bond
’For Tile Associated Negro Press’
Wanted—An Educational Anti-
Lynching Bill
You may have seen in the pa
pers that President Hoovers Edu
cational Committee has reported
That report, fellow country-men.
might be called a Federal Lynch
ing Bill . All of our politicians
and defense societies were all
steamed up trying to pass a bill to
stop lynching in the South Presi
dent Hoover's Committee recom
mends that a bill be passed that
will help lynch the minds of about
three million Negro children
Perhaps you have heard that two
years ago Mr. Hoover appointed
an "Advisory Committee on Edu
cation " The Committee was made
up of fifty-one educational leaders,
representing the entire country .
Negroes were well represented
by President Jonn W Davis es
West Virginia Collegiate Institute .
by Dr Robt R Moton of Tuskegee
Institute . anil by Dr. Mordecai
Johnson, President o f Howard
University . . The Committee has
just brought in its report . , Two
Catholic members gave one "minoi'
ity report” in which they declared
they didn't agree with the major
ity and the Negro members had
a minority report in which they
gave their rea^ns against the
majority report . .
Why did these men object to
what the overwhelming majority
proposed? . . Because they saw
what you should see . . If the Gov
ernment does what the Advisory
Committee recommends. Congress
will passan Educational Lynching
Bill . .
You mtiy know that the Govern
ment gives money to each State
now to support state schools and
agricultural work . . When these
laws were passed thirty and forty
years ago Negroes had repre
sentatives in Congress . . men like
Thomas Miller . Rainey . . other
protectors of the rights of their
people. They made Congress put
in th? law a clause that if any
State received money from the
Government for Education, the
money would have to be spent
eqiKilly between the two separate
races where Negroes were not al
lowed to go to the White State
A Tip to Both Parties
By Will um Pickens
i For Th * A.> > M*:.it"d Negro Press)
"A game of politics" pure and
simple, is what you will be play
ing from now until about sundown
of November 8. 1932. You will be
playing tor votes, everybody's vote
including the h i's million or so ui
votes of the "black brother.” As to
the black man's vote, here’s a sug
gestion for you. aid let s see
which side will grab me bah firs’
and in whose hands the "pig-skin"
will be at the “first down.” The
Democrats have a majority in the
lower hou.e of Congress let them
pass an i.nti-lyncMng bill and
send it up to the Senate, to give
the “black brother" a chance to
oberve the antics of the Repub
licans of the upper house. If the
House Democrats had the cunning
to do this, they would make a
touch down "
On the other hand, if the Re
publican minority in the House
want to exji’ode the "Democratic
myth.' i.i!' colored voter's. let the
Talladega Lecture
Recital Course
Gets Started
TALLADEGA. Dec. 20 -The lec
ture recital course of Talladega
College was very auspiciously
opened with a recital Wednesday
evening by Abbie Mitchell, soprano
accompanied by Theodo’-e Tavlo-.
’’ns Mitchell is not unknown to
Talladega having appeared here
.-'uecessfiiily two years (ago. The
evening's appearance only reaf-i
firmed the impression made then. I
Miss Mitchell’s art which ripens
with the years together with her
engaging personality always makes
her sin *.ing a de’ight to hear.
A group of German Heder by
Schubert Schuman and Franz was
her fust offering. All were beauti
fully sung with exquisite diction
and fine portraval by moods. The
aria "Pleure. Pleure. Mes Yeux.”i
by Massanet was rendered with!
great dramatic intensity. Especially,
beautiful was the rendition of Bur- ■
leigh’s “Ethiopia Saluting the Col- 1
ors" which was included in the!
’hird group of songs by Bantock,
LaForge, and Guion.
The last group included Creole (
songs arranged bv Camille Nick-j
erson and Kurt Schinad’er which!
was sung with great charm. Miss
Mitchell was obliged to add many
additional encores including the
beautiful "Erlking" of Schubert
which is always a favorite with her
admirers.
EX-EMPLOYEE GIVEN BREAK
BIRMINGHAM. Ala- Dec. 18—
"I used to work there an dhad
no coal All of mv folks were cold ’
Thus did Albert Grover. 2113
25th avenue, north explain whv
he was taking a sack of coal from
the Dixie Clav Manufacturing Co's
premises on 29th avenue and 27th
street when apprehended bv Offi
cer Marsh Monday night. Brought
| TOPICS
I 1I
Schools , . By that law. Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, South Caro
lina . . have to spend as much of
this Federal money on their Negro
state schools as they do on their
White State schools.
Even with that provision the
white people in many states are
not spending ail of the Federal
money they ought to on Negroes
but at least, they get more of their
share than they would any other
way.
Now what this Committee says
is: "Uncle Sani, keep on giving
money to the States . but let
those states spend the money as
they want to” . . the majority
seemed to think it was a terrible
Government to tell the States how
they should spend Uncle Sam's
Money . .
Do you know what will happen
if Congress passes this law? As
recommended by the Committee
majority? . . What is to keep the
Southern States from taking the
Federal money and spending it as
they spend their own money . in
spending it as they do in one coun
ty in Alabama where they spend
$l.OO on every Negro child and
$40.00 on every white child? .
John W. Davis, Robert R. Moton
and Mordecai Johnson were wise
enough to see what would happen
. . that is why they refused to sign
the majority report . .
Remember . . A Federal Anti-
Lynching Bill might save the lives
of about fifteen or twenty Negroes
every year . . But the proposed
Federal Educational Law will
lynch the minds of millions of Col
ored Children every year . . If this
Majority Report comes up as a law
before Congress . we will need a
Federal Anti-Lynching Education
al Law more than we ever needed’
a Lynching law before . . The Ne
gro members of the Committee
said that the Government should
spend more money, not less, to
help Negro - education . . but that
the Government shoufV tot give
money to states to be spent accord
ing to prejudice and dishonesty if
you are a voter, why not keep
your Congressman from voting to
lynch the minds of three million
Negro children?
AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE
YOU FREE.
House Republicans introduce a
real anti lynching hill and vote for
it to the last Republican member.
Or if the Republicans have a maj
ority in the Senate, and should
pass an tnti-lynching bill and send
it down to the Democratic House,
it would certainly be a "Pirward
pass" of momentous consequences,
and would "pass the buck" to Hie
Democrats with a venegeance. it
would be like handing the Demo
crats a loaded and ilgnted bomb
so far as their Negro adherents are
concerned.
You are only playing a "political
! game," why not make this play
for all it is worth? You cannot
lose if you make the first move
and get away for a good start And
you have nothing to lose; for
whichever side start::' away with
this ball, the other side will try to
down you in the first few yards.
None of you woaUj be sincere
about it, but you would have a lot
, )f fun, and the rest of us could
crack our sides with laughter and
forget our troubles for a while.
into the Recorders court. Tuesday,
the judge gave him a tine of five
dollars and costs and suspended
a thir'y days sentence upon good
behavior.
New Orchestra To
Broadcast Again
Tuesday Night
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Dec. 18—
The radio audience wil be given)
another chance to hear J. B Sims)
and his Harmonians over the air!
when that newly formed group, the!
latest adition to the ranks of Bir
mingham’s musical joy dispensers,
get before the mike Tuesday eve
ning at ten-thirty to send a holt
hour’s program into the ether from
station WAPI. The lads had their
first chance on the air, or before:
any audience as far as that goes, I
Saturday afternoon when they i
played a program froip the same!
station whose wave length ja 1410
kilocycles.
Streams in the Desert
BELLS ACROSS THE SNOW
() ( "zr, tma , Merry Christmas, 'tis not so very long
Since other vo ces blended with the carol and the song!
If we could but hear th *in singing, as they are singing now,
It wi* could but sc.* tin* radiance of the crown on each dear
brow. .
Th< re would be no sigh to smother no hidden tear to flow
A we listen in the starlight to the “bells across the snow.”
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Bishop Ransom Says
Rallies Oldfashioned
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec, 18—
(ANP) — The "uncertain rally
method" of raising funds by the
African Methodist Episcopal chur
ch should be discarded and the
budg<4 system substituted, Bishop
R. C. Ransom of the Louisiana
diocese declared at the opening
session of the annual conference of
Louisiana branches of the church
at St. James church in this city.
"After the annual conference
over," he said, "the bishop shoula
devote piore time to lectures and
addresses on modern church meth
ods, social service programs and
religious education." He sketched
the history of the c|)urch from its
inception In 1787 to its present
status. T. L. Galbraith, United
States deputy marshall, said lay
men in the church today demand
ed more modern methods of run
ning it.
JITNEY DRIVERS FINED
BIRMINGHAM, Ain., Dec. 20—
Eight race men, drivers of auto
mobiles, have been arrested and
found guilty of illegal operation
<>f jitneys during the past week
according to information from in
vestigators of the traffic depart
ment These men, all tried in the
Recorders court, were given tines
l•an«•.ing from fifty to one hundred
dollars. Some old offenders were
sentenced to thirty days at hard
labor for the city in addition.
FUNERAL NOTICES
MADISON Friends and relatives
of Mrs. Anna Madison of (id^
Piedmont Avenue, are invited h"
attend her funeral today at 2:00.
p m. from our chapel Interment
in South View Cemetery
Hznley Company.
WILLIAMS Mrs. Janie Williams
of 271 Schofield Street, S. E.,
passed to her final rest Dec
ember 18111. Her remains will be
carried to Athens. Georgia, for
funeral and interment.
Hanley Company
JOHNSON - Friends and relatives
of Mrs. Malissa Johnson of
Smyrna, Georgia, are invited to
attend her funeral today at 11:00
a m. from Mt Zion Baptist
Church (Smyrna- Interment in
churchyard.
Hanley Company.
JONES Funeral services for Mrs.
Elnora (Precious- Jones who
passed away in Chicago. Illinois
will be announced upon com
pletion of arrangements.
Hanley Company.
STALLING Mrs. Celia Stalling of
149 Spinks Alley, N. W.. passed
to her final rest, December 19th.
Funeral announced upon t h e’
completion of arrangements.
Hanley Company.
DIAL Funeral services for Mrs.
i Anna Dial will be held today
( tiom Fellowship Baptist Church,
out from Social Circle, Georgia.
The cortege will leave from the
residence. 589 Carter Street. S.
W. at 8:00 a. ni Funeral serv
ices at 1:30 p. tn. Interment in
the church yard.
Hanley Company.
(DARBY — Friends and relatives of
j Mrs. Carrie Darby are invited to
attend her funeral tomorrow
(Monday- from our chapel at
1:00 p. m. Interment in Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery.
Hanley Company,
GILREATH—Friends and relatives
of Mr. Wilburn Gilreath of Cas
sville, Georgia, are invited to at
tend his funeral today at St.
James A M. E. Church, at 1:00
p m. Interment in Cassville
cemetery. Hanlev Company ot
Cartersville, in charge.
STREATY Friends and relatives
of Mrs. Mary Streaty are invit
ed to attend her funeral this
Sunday 2 p. m. Mt Morinh Bap.^ <
ti t church Interment Chestnaif^
Hill.
Ivey Brotherg, Morticians
REAMS ■ Mr Grantland Reams
passed away December 17. 1931
at the Government Hospital,
Tuskegee, Alabama. Funeral
arrangements announced later.
Ivey Brothers, Morticians
JOHNSON -Friends and 'datives
of Mr. Sam Johnson, 888 Spen
cer Street are invited to attend
his funeral this Sunday, 2 p. rn.
Bethelhem Church of God. Rev,
Burrus will officiate.
Cox Brothers.
THANK YOU CARDS FOR
FLOWERS AND SYMPATHY
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