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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR Senate Committee Asked to Investigate Haitian Loans NAAGP SUBMITS MENORNDUN TOUS THAU | SENSMOOT e T B T T ey NEW YORK. Dec.. 30—1he U S Sengl Committee on Finance, hi been asked in a memorandum sub mit&d by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo‘:: to investigate the flotation and Jwlding of Haitian government loang in the United States The N A. ':% C. P. memorandum, submit ted Mnh response to a lette: ‘.:uml thelammi!tee chairman 1\'1«'.)1H=u"i Ree®¥ Smoot of Utah, sayving .he | woul@ receive it, makes the qu!u'.\‘-’ ing Pharges: | 1 hat the treaties governing | the gans were imposed upon Haiti by férce. 2. g#That a treaty governing loans was®xtended over the protest of the Haili;m governnient and with uut gnction of the United States Conggess, the extension being sub rcqtgﬂly repudiited in formal re soluffons by the present reconstitu ted Eﬂitian legislature. 3. "hc.t the proceeds of the loangs. were used i n “financial ;nankﬁatiuns" for the benefit of U. i‘ ankers headed by the Nu tion®, City Bank ad not for pro- IuctiA purposes or for the benefit of 1 Haitian pedple. That a vice presﬁm of the National City Bank Rogegg: [.. Furnham, was president of t& National Railways of Haiti. was gnade receiver for that line in banl:iptcy proceedings in 1920, was awarged $100.000 for his services. and jxat the Haitiun government was @#bliged to assume $2.660.000 in obliggtions of this virtually defunct iineg‘a which the people of Haiti are rffm paying interest. 5.“;2110 financial negotiations bet n the two countries have been ggonducted by bankers “deal ng gth themselves'' and opera'- ing pthout congressional sanction thrc% the U. S. Department of State ™ Theg memorandum further re cites&xat: “The Haitian govern mentg@&rigorously opposed a foreign loan s large as that contemplated by ¢ United States. It opposed the *\'i;:‘r;iun of the intcernal debt into reign obligations It asked in a Memorandum of November 22, 1920 @hat the prétocol be amendea. It latg® opposed "the negotiation of the lgn by an American Financial Advisre,r. Mr. Mcllhenny. who had p;x:\'iﬁsly. in 1919, suspended pay ment W8f Haitian calaries. In Nov embelg, 1921, the Haitian govern meer%informed the U. S that the two-year period appointed by the 1919 @rotocol for loan negotiations had e 1o an end, and that the ]?i'()t()?] had therefore lapsed. DBut the UAited States insisted that this pointi@de ‘waived.’ h* charged that the election of Prgsident Borno: in 1922, was pmu&d by the. American author ities ¥pd it is a fact that with his electigh the opposition of the Huitlan government to demands of Amepiean authorities came to an end. %he Borno government trans ferreds the National Bank of Haiti {o Agherican intercsts that is. the i Nationhl City Dank dnd o ftiliates, | and %;z::x'.x-:‘-.q 8 foreion loan? b - 3 Welch Burial Ass’n ¥ ! 1: “? 1 ! L, . h | Gives ['ree Xmas A s { For Needy Chaps EMINGHAM Al Dec 30— CRRISTMAS DAY was a bhig daymt the WELCH BROS. FUNE RAL HOME. when many children ‘l‘(‘(‘fvf,‘('(i toy candie and fruits .‘\ft(ﬂ"l each ¢l l({ had received a gift@the agents rendered a short program, after which tie president ¢f e Association. Mr. A L. Welé gave &y short sensational talkPwhich brougiit the birth of the SAVIOR home to his hearers TheMMimax came when Mr. Welceh exhited the beautiful Forty-five doll@ ($45) watch given, him by his ency force. with name en gravesl. If®return for their kindness and 'armzyiatiun of the'r thoughtful nesgk Mr. Welch, gave each agent o nime o ft. selected by him and ! f,':lx&" appreciated hy the acency ff)"li. . e - Charitv Tilt Slated | or New Year’s Day AUGUSTA Ga. Dec. 30—-Coach es g’m and Garnett of Walker| Bapth®t Institute and Haines Insti tutef respectively, have gotten to geths and carefully coached two fo able foot ball teams ahich will $eet in a charity clash at the Mund@ipal Stadium on New Years Dav¥AThe vame is scheduled to be gin $fomplty at 11:30 Friday morn -ing promises to be all that a foot@Pall far. could desire Cogh Gunn’s All-Stars are prim ed take the Black-Hawks into camp, minus their feathers but Co Garnett believes %hat the head®e anrd talons of the Black _ will prevail. Both teams . of having some of the bect s 1 in this section. so look for ng feathers snd scratchad _ski fore the end of the tilt. - T goare on sale at the MHome Eﬁml'and Crystal D“ug"Sﬁ?‘r'» * Seen and Heard ! een an s tha SIGNMA GAMMA RO Laapering off the 2 Opening Sheia %!WH"«u of their annual coned that v being Bekd 1 dear o Atlantas The Roo! den. as the scene of this hilaricus reception \:.th_' ocital bred drd AOrE: gt Lsye ole Scribe | Has hitt! i.’l.u dagoine into ik " Mel | wicholy Jones with certan lvoung lady. Everybod cems. to be SnjeNi thermizelve AN R R G ye) biad ot soven-thirty dand it's all over: {or toneetl We sure had -a gool thne nnd met anany ob tin VISIUINE H0OE0L | | . | Twn dances in one night. This ’nn« is the annual dance of the ex’ clusive 27 clab. The dance: started at ten-twenty seven and ended three twenty-seven. Tuxedos G gorgeous evening - gowns. connihg together 1o form a periect seiting for the beautifully decoruted Roul Garden This 75 the time when the older and vounger set of Atlanta. famed social clientle come togethie: to enjoy-an artishc todoi 6 tehf chorean techninue ‘man n present were: Mesdan H $loe It oiat O W Reeves W 1 Faulkner, Yl Hainilton 1O Thomas 4l bho 'H)Llr;. I W ALdison Linder B I Mays, Martine Cook. Kelly, O0 5 Flall =1 1. Bell © Majiley B Burch L. 1) Miltonn. Misses J(}h!:~' nic Brittain. Mildred Coinps Klsie Allen. Helen € Johnson, Agnes Maddox. Julia Madison, Ailyce Wil- | liams. S. Irene Austin, lois and Lawrence Rutledege, Henrietta | lem’m. Laura - Lane, Anu . Liaura Savage. Biliie Biack, Ruby Ford. Messrs. L. D. Milton. Jesse O. Tho- | fde W (- Kelle B B SHinenl William Jackson, Gus Neal, Sam Johnson, Herbert Roland. C. Man ley, B. Burth, J. Bell, W. J. Faulk fner, J. L. Pletce, B - Mavs Coolt iBill Brown. Hooper, Doctors. Pow- | oll, Reeves, Johnson Linder, How eld. Holmes, Madison, Prof. James 0. Slade, Bertram Hamilton, Fred Ables. Almost forgot that Kate Goosby. Myrtle Martin,. Mel Nee Moore, and Hortense Walker was flaunting under the brilliant ill umination of the sparkling tlood lights. A host of other were present | whom your humble Columnist evidently overlooked. i | MARRIAGES ’ Willle Floyd Dunn 21 570 W (Fair street 1o Miss - Essie Bellc [ Stocks, 19, Mapie street | Robert Wood 21 120 Vin street to Miss Mary Leila Brown. 20, 349 Culver street. William Darby. 20, 278 Roach sfreet to Miss Mattie Belle Bullocek, ! 18. 189 Hilliard street. Henry Lee Hill 24 146 Vine street to Miss Dovie Trimble, &0, 159 Doray street. Timothy H. George, 44, 935 Hun ter street. southwest to Miss Caro ’iina Frecman., 29, 63 Richardson, southwest ' . C Bailey 19 1h56 | ittle streot toMiss Flora & mnders: 16, 794 Mar l:in street. : o Phl Reeca 29 791 Wast John Calvin street College Park, to Miss Velma Phelps, 19, College Pk. Elton Alexander, 22, 240 Sparks streg® to Miss Minnie Lee Weaver, 21, 20 Whites Alley Harry BEd Lawrence. 20, 836 Wes! Hunter street. to Miss Edith Hulia Martin, 19, 04 Chestnut street. Enos Walker 32 211 Woodard Avenue to Miss Leila Rutledge, 30 o -Forth street X 4T Church News MT. VERNON BATLE ST CHURCH Last Sundav fonund the en-work ws on the job Sundav School be gan at 930 a m The lesson wWas | well expleined by Brother Kelley and - others Beautiful selections | were rendesed The pastor preach ed from this text Sunday morning, 1"'[‘11:»3 :m" asking for the heads of the Christinns: = The wvisitors were Gall made welcome by the pastor. Rev. € H. Pickett. pastor Mrs. L. M. Maddox. reporter A , ! 'SARAH ALLEN BOARD OF | | BIG BETHEL Met with Mrs. Carrie = Grimes, | 938 Bcbwith Street, Sunday, Dec. 113. After a brief business session, "thc hostess served a delicious menu. i The next meeting will be with Mrs. | Susie L. Gholston, 92 Howell Street | N KooSunday, Dee, 27 ‘ i Mrs Susie I, Gholston, Pres, : Mrs. A R Chandler, Sec'y Weould Serateh Back; “ . Practures His Arm Throwine his arny over his right choulder in an effort to scrateh his back. caused the bone to fracture in the case of Andrew Howell, 50 Avery -drive. rear. who appeared Tuesday: morning gt Grady hos pital Howell 1 that when he threw h arm baelk. he struck his hand cn a post After the injured arm was placed in a cast he was per mitted to return home. ~ YENTENCE MEN WHO TOOK | “COPPER"” FOR A RIDE VWashineton Dec, 30 (ANP) Dougla Matthews was sentenced 1o four years in the penitentiary hete Thursday for taking a police man for a ride! Officer Clifford Dsdd. white. of Alexander had-#r rested Matthews and a companion for a treffic vioclation. They forced him into their car and disarmed him. starting 1oward the countrv when their car phecame disabledt {The companion has n @t .. been fcatght. 5 ! . . y Baptist Ministers ' . Ope Union Holds Open ) , 1 k Forum; 4 Spea By Tascherea Arnold The B ! Ministers had an Op ea Forn on last Tuesday.: Dec ember 22 Four subjects were dis cussed Reitgion, Polities, Busi noss and Educeation. The speakers were presented by President 1. AL S ¢ [he Rev. G. S Elington spoke on Educatiol raising the quest on asx to whether we are really | GrOvT 1 Rey R. W. Ridley | i talk on “Business." He declared that there have been thirte lepressions. He saw little e I lirged more Support for | . W. Jordan discussed “Re ! I He declared that the mod- | ( preacher has lost pure relidion i irged more genuine religion ¥ Rev R W Paschal spoke Bolities” - He <ot ot the | prescher should be in politics He | cemed to think that a man should | be a political anim:l | D € H Hubert dean of the | school of religion, Morehouse Col- | lege, responded to popular address- | ¢ Dr Carter urged "more Jesus'! ¢s a cure for the depression | ) TWO COMMUNIST GROUPS 10| MEETY g Washington. Dee.. 30 (ANP) | The Scotisboro Defense ('.::m*r‘-I ence of Washington will hold .’;nf anti-lynching meting here at Pyvth- | lan Temple 12th and You Streets ‘ December 29th The Struggle for| Negro Rights, another communistic | organization, will hold a similar| meeting at Pythias Hall »Hf'-v.“m'_::i Street, N. E.. December 30 [ y. { | TOM LEE, HERD, Ly ikt J { | . } o 1 1 . 1 . | (Continu e Gratitude for Heroic Rescue 1 MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec 30— The heroism of Tom l.ee six years| 0 when he rescued a party of 32| ngineers single-handed was noti forsotten Christmas Day by mem-| bers of the Engineers club of Mvm-i phis. They presented Lee and his wife with about sixty dollars worth| of groceries. Many other household articles such as towels, sheets. ;md! linen napkins ran the total valuel! of the gifts they have received over a period of six years.up to severall| thousand dollars | Bought Lee A Home i The gratitude of the cn},’_in(*m‘} toward Lee goes back to 1925 when! he rescued the white men from the| steamer Norman which sank into the Mississippi river a few miles) south of Memphis. The engineers have remembered him ever since on Christmas Day. Not only did the two white papers of this city carry front page accounts about Tom Lee and his heroic deed, but they set a precedent by publishing his picture. This was in April ot 1925 and the following October they built him a home at 923 Mans field where he and his wife are liv ing at present. Lee later secured a job with the city through Will Fowler. city engineer. Last year the club bought l.ee a radio for a Christmas present. BELGIANS REMOVE “POISON KING” OF RUANDA NEW YORK. Dec., 30—(ANDP) - A dispatch in the daily papers here reports that the Belgian govern ment has shown its hands in Congo affairs again by removing from the throne of Ruanda, in equatoria! Africa. Musinga, the king, and placing in his stead, his son, Lud ahigwa. Musinga is said to have been removed because of his habit of trying to poison everybody who disagreed witn him. Very few of those whom he sought to destroy were affected. but scores of ser vants died from the effects of food and drink which they were rec quired to sample for their masters. BIRMINGHAM NEWS BAMA COLLEGIATE BOOSTERS CLUB FETED Miss Ruby A. Gilmore uwns hast ess to the Bama Boosters club, Dec. 24, 1931 The house was beauti fully docorated with the Christ mas colors. Whist was the fea ture of the evening. After several games., a short business meeting ‘was held All members were urged to report on their bencfit project. iDec 31 1931 The glests were: Misses Mabel Buffin. Estella Lore, Fannie M. Harris, Mr. Alex Craw ford and Joe Daniels and Argartha Brown of Anniston A delicious three course turkey supper with (nuts, mints andfruits were served. {The club is giving a benefit whist [tournament. Thursday night Dec. al at 8 P M. at the home of Mis: Hattie Gardner 1029 8th:Ave N Miss Minnie Nash. president. E. J. Arnold. reporter ars. Cora Smith of 315 4th Ave N entertiined the following guests at her home. Saturday. Decembe 26. Miss Effie D. Rice. Mrs Mait Rice. Messrs. James Smith and C D Abram. Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gertrude Graham After Ih:'r-akfar.t, Whist and radio musi iwere enjoyed. THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA. SURVEY OF A. N. P ! . Business and Industry NGO Ror: mins i business o) industry - were mide by the Negto during the yvear. The entire Vbiciure of the Negreo's economice ;i::z' was somewhat spotly, the de | pressed condition of the Negro i labur operating us a relentless in- Elllut-nu- against the promotion ot i bigeer and belter business. Exist fin;; “movements” werce kept going { and inch-progress was made in the [p!‘()llm{l(/“ of new ones but there { was no achievement of which to { boast unless it were contended that | keeping open was of itself virtuous: { cnough in such times as to be con | sidered an achievement. i The Colored Merchants Associa tion. outgrowth of the National Ne gvo Business League, kept alive. At [ the close of the year emphasis was i being placed upon promoting the objects of the Colored Housewives League. A elaim of four hiindred tmembers and several business peo j Jects was made for the newly or ganized Young Negroes Cooperative League, breathed into life by the { Schuylerians. I The year 1931 witnessed the big { vest debacle in Negro insurance | promotion 1n its history. After o | series of mishaps, the National | Benetit Life Insurance company, i known as the biggest business of ' the race .was thvown into receiver ship ard investigation disclosed that it had assets nearly three mil !‘wun dollars less than those requir ed by law. The receiver, Daniel €. Roper, white South Carolinian, re commended that the company be |mumulizmi and steps in that direc |tum are now being taken. Fear was felt for sorne months ‘of the effect ‘ui’ the collapse of Nationul Benetit on other Negro companies. Most of !!hr.-m up until this time have been i;.h!n to weather the storm. - Pwo. Neocre banks ~which had closed were reopened. The first was the Mutual Standard of [Louisville. Ky It was a merger of the o¢ld First Standard and the American - Mutual. The merger did not last long. In Norfolk, Va., ths Metropo litan bank was reopencd and ha kept open with favorable reports The Commercial Bank and “lrist company and the Consolidate !1 Bank and Trust company in Rich mond. -merged In Chicago, the Douglass National Bank ('«mtinu:'di to keep its doors open and main tain a note of cheerful optimism. in spite of the fact that once dur ing the year stockholders were cal led in to discuss the possibility of aiding the institution. It is the only one of twelve banks left which used to serve the Negro district in’ Chileaga = ... = = = The United States department of commerce reported that Negroes in Washington and Chicago were malk:- ing progress in the promotion of ethical or prescription pharmacies. Albon Holsey, winner of the Harmon award in business .divided his reward with those who had helped him in the promotion of the Colored Merchant's Association. The Atlanta Life Insurance com pany reported increased income for the six month period which ended ‘}in March. The Supreme Liberty Life In surance company reported gains in - April. | M. S. Stuart, general manager of | the Universal Life Insurance com pany, was elected president of the National Negro Insurance Associa | tion and opened up an energetic ! sampaign to sell Negro companies | to the Negro public. ! Frederick Massiah, Negro contrac ‘tor in Philadelphia, won a contract for the construction of a $1000.002 s posteffice at Camden, New Jersey. | Business and professional men in | Chicago united to open a muarket | with 60.600 square feet of floor | space. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People iained in the® "Don't Spend Your Money Where You Cannot Work' campaign which was inaugurated by the Chicago Whip the year be - fore, i The North Carolina Mutual l.ife ' Insurance company took over the | business of the Eagle Life Insurance - company. | — | Labor . Although Negro » business and ' professional groups hawve been loud 'y heard from during the year be cause of lean financial conditions the Negro laboring group is the one most involved. The laborer's job ' has come to be regarded as the foundation of any economic struc ture the race may build and of the race’s existence. Reports still come in of attempts of whites in tic ' South to seize work formerly done by Negroes and the National Urbar | eague grows almost monotonous in its periodic message to the effect ‘H!Il' the Negro is gaining a few | :killed jobs in the north, but is losing many unskilled jobs. In pub lic and private enterprise. the Ic oro is being diseriminated egninst L AF Colambia 5 €. wWnlle men replaced Negroes as workers at the - State House. At the University of Mississipp! Negro laborers were dismissed and lwhit(*.\' put in their places | A senate commitlee In South ' Carolina reported favorably a hil o segregate Negro and white textils and varn workers in the state ’ Whites in Columbia, S. C. pe titioned contractors to . hire hil iwhi?v:: and half Negroes on their jobs. & P Iong white farmer. | !urr(‘stmi af Toesville: T for ol ing an attack on Negro road work. ers. Negro and white longshoremen ot New Orlaens wraneled throughout tho year the death toll reachins "'\‘ll‘_w Fritz Cansler, YM.CA. secretary in Drnver. submitted petition ook ne that janitor jobs in the pubi <ehanle ba given to Nedroes . Whites wama accused of dvnn. . miting machinery used bv Nerrr wrnd workers near Alexandrtia. T The rpad camp was later shot up < A curions public gased ul them when culorid gicls weree mployed as stenceraphers in the city hall at St Louis. Mo, for the first time, . Negro clevator operateis in the poctaffice at Tampa, Fla. were dis missed and whites put into their i ill.ll'!'.‘". L Negro coiton pickers were threat- L ened in various parts of Arkansas, - Louisiana and fG'exas. | Negroes in Arkansas who refused ;YH pick cotton for 35 cents a hun dred pounds were arrested. . Negro laborers were denied jobs ‘on the construction of Boulder Dam. ~ Out of an investigation into char ges of discrimination against union labor, the American Federation of lL.abor reported that Negroes were being worked as peons in the re construction of levees in Mississippl by eontractors working for the United States governiment. | . - = . ) 5 Discerimination | i j Two hangovers from the old | Black Codes were apparent in cur few restrictions imposed upon Ne groes in Savannah, Ga., and Miami.l Fla. After the police had begun { chasing Negroes into their h()mc;—:l { before one o'clock at night in Sa vannah, a protest was made to the lmnym‘ who denied that the (.'un-l * dition existed or that there was v any curfew law. White merchants ‘pl‘ni('::tvr! against a curfew for Ne groes in ‘Miami. They claimed it ihurt their trade to keep the 'mg.',-l { gors’ in i | Senator Charles Ruxnl)n!‘uu::h.l | Michigan. in a speech before thel | legisloture, attacked alleged (ii:~'~'. !('l‘i:!n: ation between white and (:uLl Coved students at the University of| | Michigan I i Judge Pomeroy at Atlanta, Ga, }(!w!fm-d that the law cn!’urcm:' i residental segregation between the whites and blacks in that city \\':l:;! illepsl. Later in the year, two ut-i tempis were made to have a legal| cegregation ordinance passed. - After the lynching of Raymond| Gunn at Maryville, Mo, it was| noticeable that Negroes were sc gregated in the legislative ('humbvrzal at the state capitol Protests ;1\';1“0(‘1} naught. l An attempt to repeal Jim Crow; laws in the state of Maryland was| unsuccessful. i Charles Jenkins, Illinois r;‘pros;-‘l entative, introduced a bill to revukel the licenses of public places which| discriminate. It did not become a| law | Whites at Longview. Texas, held [n meeting to “devise plans” to jm-! L pose residential segregation on N('»-‘ groes. ‘ ‘ Thirty per cent of the population of Richmond, Va., is biack. The l'lt.\" | council approvriated $450.000 for a library for whites and offered $15.-, 00 to Negroes. ‘ . George Fleming. a Phi Beta K:m-! pa student at the University of Wis consin. was denied membership in| lu national specech fraternity bo-‘ cause o fhis coler. Fleming was one of the lcading debaters of the in stitution. | Thieatened by the growth sou ‘thern membershin in the Federal lR:n' Asscciation. Negro members in { New Jersey and New York. waged a successful fight against the rais in gof a color bar in hte orgfiani zation. Negro dclezates to the National| Conference of Social Work were refused accomodations at a hotel! in Minnecapclis. Minn | Chinese in Georgia protested a eainst being segregated from the whites in schools The Indiana Supreme court up- Ih(«’id segregation in the schools in ,th(!t state | g = . Inter-racial Negroes as jurors attracted at tention at scveral new places dur ing the vear. A Tennessee judge, Martin Fleming, Chattanooga,. de _clared that “"niggers” should be used on juries, especially in trials invoking other “niggers’. Negroes began to serve on juries in B Louis. Mo. Perry. Okla.. and Logan county, W. Va.. had theit first ex perience with Negro jurors. When Representative Snell, a member of the Illinois legislature, used the word “nigger” in a speech before that body. he was forced to -apaligize by Representative King of Chicago.-a colored member. Indians in North Carolina pro tosted acainst anv distinction be tween their children and white children in the pubiic schools. John 1. Webb declared once. and then again that his color had been an instpiration to him. T.ed by one of their business men citizens of Natchitoches La., erccted 2 monument to “the good old dar kies” of other days. known among Negroes »s “Uncle Toms.” {To Be Continued) T . . v N. Birmingham News Bv (. .. Bluester Guests Yrom Atlanta Mrs. Aones Woodall Wingfields and yvounc son. Charles Monroe, ot Atlanta. ave the holiday guests of Miss Lillian Walker on 26th Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen of Collegeville were the honored nests of Mr. and Mrs. John Word on Xmas dav. A delicious dinner was served Vre ™ Curskev of 18th street. is ‘he holidav guest of relatives and friends cf Nontgomery. AMr .and Mrs. Alex Blackman of 29nd avenue, eatertained the young cpt with n swhist partv. Xmas day. All reported a lovely time. "r and Mrs. €. C. Casey of 25th —ervn have as their holiday guest Miss F. M. Davis of Chica7o. Miss Davis is an instrmetor of Washing ten ~nhngl in Chirasn. She is en iovine her stay whiler in the city ~+1 w'll he here seven davs. Manv n'=rs are being made for her anngemens Mrz Jchnana Ladd of 25th street, Bordentown Hoping . . 3 Big Appropriation | BORDENTOWN, N. J, Doc, 30 if.-\.'\l‘! The State Budget Com {missionn of New Jersey rocently jviewed the requests of the Stalc !Uu:mi of Education for 1932 cduca tional appropriation. The gener ous sum of $612,000 was reco mmended by t h e educational authorities as needed to carry on the building. program of Borden town and to care for its mainten ance adequately. This sum include the estimated cost of additions to care for the vastly increased stud ent body and publie audiences. Principal Vilentine's ten-year program contemplates a plan equipped to provide for 500 stud dents. HELD AS SUSPECT IN MURDER CASE Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec, 30 — (AN P)--Ben Holiis is being held in jai! lhere as a suspect in the murder of l;\l’nold E. Boyt, white, who was found near his home with a bullet ‘wound in his buack.. ‘Both men worked at the same factory and it lis believed a quarrel between them !]('d to the killing. i TO HOLD STATE SPELLING BEE [ HOPRKINSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 30 (ANP) Looking toward the state wide spelling bee which will be held in Louisville in the sping, the Triggs County Colored Schools !lu-l(l their county wide bee last ;[“i'i(iii}'. Hazel liee Ford of Cer {ulean, Ky was the winner and ’.\:HI represent the county at the !-::m' wide bee. Mrs. lLillie B. How tard. Jeannes supervisor had charge ‘ul' the contest. ‘ RE-SENTENCE JAILL BREAKER I PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec 30 — { (ANP)--Sam Thomas, D arby was i’:'iwn from one and half to three {years when he pleaded guilty to breaking jail on April 3. Thomas lwas serving a sentence for liquor violation, his term being from one ito three years at the time hi 'vsv:u;(- was effected. The man gave las his excuse that he wanled to 'visit his wife and family and ‘just i\\':xlkul ol | MARCUS GARVEY ESCAPED E MOTOR CAR WRECK | KINGSTON, Jamaica, B. W. I, | Dec. 3G--(ANP) Marcus Garvey. the president-general of the Uni ‘\'m" il Negro Improvement Asso iciation which he is now trying to revive. escaped miraculously frem [certain death when his luxurious {car overturned here Sunday. Dec. li',‘l‘ He had two womae companions {in the car, one of whom was in (Jured. ‘The occupants of another [ car rescued the party. i BECOMES ANGRY: SLASHES ! WHITE PUPILS | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 20 { LANP)-—Arthur Streater, fiftecn year-old pupil, was seat to Camden %(' unty House of Detention, charg red with baving slashed four white pupils, two girls and two boys. ‘Mrs. Eva Vassen, principal at the ischool, is reported as saying that voung Streater walked up the aisle E:md deliberately slashed the pup {ils. A razor blade was the weapon l’xm.—d, The injured pupils had their | wounds treated at the school. ]. i Wife of 17 Asserted | 4 1 ~ She Found Hubby i Untrue to Her ’ NORFOLK. Va, Dee., 30--(ANP) | -A pretty 17-year old girl who in October fatally stabbed her mar ried sweetheart, was given another i(-h:m(‘e to fight for her life when a ijury. in Corporation Court :No. 2, ]1;1,\'( week found themselves hope lessly deadlocked after deliberat in” for more than three hours The girl is Ruby Virginia Edney. From the age of 13 wiien she first |mot Milton Lewis. 25, who was \’thcn her family ice-man she had been keeping company with him, |d(‘:;)d&‘ the faet that he was al ready married. Later l.ewis began paying attention to another wirl | (not hie wife) and on October 28 Eh(‘ snubbed Ruby one t:me ton many ; Enraged she went to his home an argument began., The defendant claims that Tewis attacked her with a lantern, struek her with a chair and a brick, and was about [TJ use 4 second brick. when sHe 'stabbed him. The prosecution hold {ﬂm! the act was premediated and {t!!(ll it was not in self-defense. but ‘as the result of jealousy . Twenty-onc witnesses. 16 of [lh(‘m for the defense, testified. !Thwn‘trs for the Commonwealth told of the girl's anger and threats 'o;x the nizht of the fatality, and of her cutting the tires on the truck that Lewis drove in order “to get even.” Defense witnesses told of having seen Lewis beat Ruby on several Occasions, and of having 31‘4;:‘:x'fi"\.l‘!‘;:;\}wfh(:'l(\':non her. All along e Wway W) idence was as con flicting as could be. | To prove that she had not pre ‘meditated the act. Ruby told the jury that she did not ecarry the knife to attack Lewis with, but that she used it to “cut her corns.” GEFRIENDS WHITF SALISBURY . N C Dec. 30 tANP) - John Williams, James Lily and IHood Lily, all of High Point were driving on Highway No. 10 Sunday when they were accosted by & white boys, all students of the University of North Cuarolina who asked a ride. Williams, the driver of the cor, stopped, and it was agreed that the three white boys might ride in the rumble seat. Shortly afterward one of the tires blew out and the car swerved over an embankment. One of the white boys, Wilbur K. Moore, was killed and the two others slightly injured. Williams, drivee, suffercd three broken ribs. In spite of his condition, how ever, he was held in the Rowan county jail pending an investiga tion. SOUGHT FOR SHOOTING BROTHER LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Dec., 30 (ANP)- -When Columbus Bullock of this city sought to make peace boe fween Thomas Bullock, Jr, his brother, and his wife, Thomas put a stop to the pacific intentions of Columbus by firing a bullet into th latter's abdomen Columbus is now in the hospital and Thomas 1 at large while police conduct a gearch for him. Birmingham News EDGE- BONNER MARRIAGE Mrs. Bessie Rogers wishes to an nounce the marriage of her niece, Inez Edge, to Mr. Lacy Bonner of this city, on December 27 1931 The marriage was a surprise to many yet it was one of interest ‘Mr. and Mrs. Bonner will reside in New York. HOLIDAY GUESNT Miss Helen Lowe, popular teach er of the Lincoln school. has as her holiday guest, Mr. Lorenzo D. Mal loy of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Malloy is in business in Detroit. SEMPER PARATUS SOCIAL CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM The club met Sunday at the resi dence of Miss Rilla Hardy, 1218 oth Ave. with the president in charge. The chorister took charge of the devotion. Miss Ruth Mooie was clected Vige-president and Miss Rilla Hardy, representative, The president made a very inter esting talk .. fter which each indivi dual was catled upon to make re marks concorning the absentees. After a briel dircussion of all im portant busincss. the meeting was turned into a social. The hostess secved a delighttil = Tepadt The vigitors werer Miss Hisq Ownes, Messrs Frank Webb, Jr.. and Willio Moore. The next meetling will bho held at the residence of Miss [ ! rice Williams Brocks, 611 | Avenue N. Visitors are swelcome Beatrice W. Brocl, reporter \ VISITORS FROM ATLANTA Mr. and Mrs. Crawford B. l.ind say, and son., of Atlanta, Geor ‘ia are spending the Christmas holjs days with their uncle and ;unt, 11 and Mrs. Henry B. Hill of 201 A o B, Mr lindsay a osraduate ot Talledega College, and the Univ. i sity of Michigan, is Assistant Prof essor of English at Morehouse Col lege, Atlanta, Georgia. THE NIGHTINGALE CLUB The club met Xmas night at the Whereupon the court ordered the girl to bare her feet in order that the jury could see if she really had corns. And corns she did have. WHIEN YOU THINK OF BUYING A RADIO THINK OF 4 - 7 Stewart Warner AROCUND THE WORLD RADIO FOR DEMONSTRATION CALL OR WRITE VISUALIZIT INC. 581 PEACHTREE ST. PHONE WA. 6845 TODAY'S CASH PRICES TON BUFFALO (Furnace Egg) $5.50 STARBOURNE (Round) $5.75—(Block) $6.00 BLACK COMET (ROUND) $6.00—(Block) $6.25 RED STAR _ (Egg) $6.25—(Block) $6.50 MONARCH COKE el 8125 We deliver two bags of approximately 100 pounds each—S$1.00 CAMPBELLCOALCo. JA. 5000 ' 240 MARIETTA, N. W. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931 home of Mr. and Mrs. GG. B. Knox with the president, Mrs. E. M. Shorter in charge. After the busi ness meeting, o program was ren dered, thus: Quartette, Messrs Knox Williums, Shorter and Wither spoon. A paper by Mrs. M. P. Willi» ams “The Birth of Christ” Solo, ‘Mrs. Witherspoon, “Holy* City,” Chatter Box by Mrs. E. M. Short er. A reading by Mrs. B. G. Knox. I!\ﬁm' the program, the club was u8hered into the dining room, ‘where a lovely turkey dinner was served. L oMps LM Shorter, president, ‘ Mrs. Viola Witherspoon, reporter, | : 'LION TAMERS CLUB l The club met at the club room, [ Monday night, December 21, at the usual hour. The devotions were led by Mr. Kenmedy followed by the minutes and other pusiness. The invitations from the Dragons, Forgetmenots and the Birds of | Paradise of Birmingham are cer lininly appreciated. All - members (were present. All are urged to be Ip:'v.&:vni at the next meeting to elect lul'fivcr:\: tor the ensuing year. l, Jos. Kennedy, pres., Geo. Allen, rep. ’ What a surprise it was when Mr. Sterling Thomas, instructor at the Hamner High School, arrived in Birmingham on Chiistinas Eve. He is spending the holidays with his parents and friends. Many socials will be given in his honor before ‘l(*:l\'lng. IBIRTHDAY PARTY } Mr. C. H. Wright of 921 N. 20th i St honored his wife with a won fdvrl'ul birthday party on the even jing of December 15th, 1931. The :lmni('.‘f.\' served the guests the lun jcheon on the Philippine plan. The I;:Lu-:;!,\- were: Mr. and Mrs. l.ouise |Hnldm;m. Mrs. Mary Robeson, Mrs. {Mary Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs, Vina Jones and others. Miss Kathleen Denthriff and Miss Thelma Reddick who are spending ltiu- Christmas holidays here were honorees at a dinner party Satur |d;x;' night at the home of Mrs. J. {Denthrift. After being sufficient ;l) dined, the happy youths invited l(euj(v)_vod dancing and bridge until ithe night was far spent. ‘ Among those present were Mr., [Ossie Durr of Detroit, Mich. Messrs 'M. W. Green, Melvin Terrill, H. McClarth, James Denthriff, Jr. Wardice Turner and others. THE GONDOLA SOCIAL CLUB The club met at the home of Mr. (Cary Gooden, 1818 7Tth Ave. S. with ithe president in charpe. After the imeeting: the elub entortiined 'thelpd! sister club, the Royal Reginae Soci al élub A delightful menu was pserved. . A wondeérful time was lspent by all. One visitor was pre sent, Miss Sarah Gambles. The (next meeting will be held at the home of the president. | Mr. Starling Wilson, president ! Mr. James Abron, reporter, USED CAR SALE THIS WEEK ONLY Prices Reduced 20 To 50 Per Cent Good Cars $50 To $200 FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR COMPANY 481 W. Peachtree Jax 4202