Atlanta world. (Atlanta, Ga.) 192?-1932, January 01, 1932, Friday City Edition, Image 8
RENLRES § 4,-_ Mt = X e XTI ANTAE RS ORLD “". S /ATN I Rl | R R Y 2] “fEMBER CF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS W. A. SCOTT Editor and Publisher Frank Marshall Duvis * Managing Editor PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, AND SUNDAY 210 AUBURN AVENUE, N. E. TELEPHONE: WALNUT 1459 — SUBSCRIPTION RATES — 1 Year, $6.60; 6 Months $3.50; 3 Months, $2.00; Weekly, 15 Cents ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE W. B. ZIFF CO., Chicago, New York, Los Angeles The Negro Looks Back and Ahead With the passing of 1931, the world in genera] and the Negro in particular can look back en one of the most disast rous and unfortunate vears in peace-time history. The de pression, which many “experts” said could not last through 1931, still has its pall about us and it seems as if many days must pass before the country recovers from its fin ancial illness. The Negro's economic bulwarks, never yet strong, have been assailed in all manner of wavs, Banks in Chicago, Philadelpha and New York have crashed. loaded to the top with Negro savings. The race has been displaced in jobs and has been driven from manv of those which through many years he has claimed as his own. The Liggest busiy ness enterprize of Aframerica, the Nationa] Benetit Insu rance Co., has tottered on the brink of ruin. A host of smaller busiresses have passed into history and today peo ple are begging for alms who in vears gone by gave liberal ly themselves to the cause of charity. Interracially, the Negoroes of Atlanta have witnessed the holding of an Ecumenical conference where the city camouflaged its begey men of racial animosity and paraded them before international ¢iunts of church thought as emissaries of Brotherly love to the Negroes. The electro cution last February of seven men for a murder and the imposing of the death sentence of eight boy: in Alabama are atrocities which even Georein's clean lyncehing slate in 1931 cannot quite counterbalance. Politically the Negro has found new grievances against the Hoover administration Lut has shown more interest in his government, with a distinct partiality for the democrats, and the end of the year finds the republicans making seri ous efforts to regain their lost Negro support. But the fundamental interest of the Negro in any year is eccnomic—and financial suecess must be his own product. He cannot obtain this politically for if he could great Chicago would not have its thousands of starving brown men and women s there the Negro has risen to his greatest pclit’e:]l heizhts, As soon as our economic footing is sound, we may expect the respeet of other races, even thcugh they secretly hate us, as a perusal of the his tory of the Jews will show. Years like 1931 and its hard predecessors should <@ v all Negroes that the sucecess of one i bound nn w't i} other as long as there is any attempt to el~~ people to grether because of the accident of color - ™ Nepro doctor. lawyer. dentist and others of tho teiiist prospep only in i ntien 1o tho vl b 0 0 6 iy Tahe o o holise Lt 0l be Sronmie of the averirce Neorpo and the physican’s chances of getting his fee ©r the minister’s pOSi' Sibllltle< of l'ili.\‘fnfl ]u!“‘_l'( I' (;\‘,?",-('vrctinn_; are irnrnediatel": lessened. 7 - -~ T're-kesson o 19371 and the lean years before is easy to see but its fellowing is unlikely. Since the Negro depends mainly upon whites for employment and since black laborers are turned off and whites hired in their places when hard times strike the nation. it is obvious that the race, to be as sured of werk in times like these, must found and support its own business enterprises, and that the leaders who suffer indirectly from unemployment should take the steps to be gin worthwhile institutions. If the race can but learn this primary lesson in econo mics, then the depression as witnessed in the last few years will work toward everlasting good and the Negro will be able to face the next cycle of financial instability with the certainty that he will not have to give up his job in a white concern to needy whites. - Are you willing to bepin immediately to build up Ne gro business and give your support to sound propositions? How about making that your Number One resolution for 19327 [ouring the W orld Opinions expressed in this column, which will appear ocea Sjonally, are not nececsarily shared by The World but are purely those of the writer. FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Of the scores of idiocies which black Atlanta cherishes and preserves, I doubt if any has come closer to utter stup idity than this weird und utterly senseless complex of “mah family name” which an amazing proportion of the city’s half-backed upper crust always keep handy. I get the idea that many of thes ~ town’s good people run around . - night a:’d du;' \\l'ith their noses & [w hunks of unpedgreed bread to the ground trying to scarc up “'d beuns, objecting to the full mew excuses for parading their “Ntent of their aristocracy against family background before new 0% or duughter’s proposed ma acquaintances or old friends who ""}”“_:““‘l ”"“‘1_"‘ o v"?“l‘””f‘ h}(’_“' have been listerng to it since they I“" ented he ot "}.“i n "l e knew the difference betwetn milk !'¢P=vl doesn t» }AMHI, ‘!am ¥ and corn \\h:slu_-.\ It seems sert of s'lly when you Bt of those who shou: the '¢member that, two or three gene- Joudest are a sort of reflection on rations ;1;;‘4“ the u!l('g‘\fi())‘;\j of these their ancestors. It sort of seems Veoble who bray the loudest a 88 if thete has been evolution. Pout Afamily were doing t!’:”m: allrlght B it wett 1o weik i o 1'(»:;:;;}];”;:'(-,{ ly for I\IJI'SC 5 uhl:. backward sort of way and did a “'!}”"‘ the forerunners of (';“.‘”“ ‘1: % those they condemn were doing a § of reversing. : fine example of o they could smash the shackles of ;‘f they're the cream of Atlanta Slavery., society. then may heaven help the = : skimmed milk. I'ho=r who made what is called . the “family name” were probab : lv toc husvy trying to get .ah(‘.'l." There are plentiful in#ances to worry about family; their off of Maw and Paw. barely living on spring think too much about -ll ,,I__ s . it i % e R b o S —————— Wb“-'——*-_.____.!l ........._...,..__.._" o s s 4 e ,,«I - l.’ e ._].___ - - ; - . R e 000 awes W p— R S E——— | S 'YEARLY TOPIC: i . | There was a time we call to mind f Most of us had plenty, I Just about eleven years ago | In Nineteen Hundred 1Twenty. i I People that owned a house and lot | Borrowed moncy just for fun, i The time is changed a little bit " In Nineteen Hundred Twenty- One, The boll weavil' done such deadly ‘ harm, It was just only a few | Paid tfor their provisions | In Nimneteen Hundred Twenty | Two. Things hegin to be so serious, vervhbody begin to see And feel the tightness of the time In N neteen Hundred Twenty- Three. . Some thought the President could change it, But they didn't seem to know The same God would rule the world In Nineteen Hundred Twenty- Four. ‘ Next vear there wag a terrible | drought | Not much grass was left a live, The City had to haul us water | In Nineteen Hundred Twenty- Five. ; Every farmer was so discouraged It seemed they would never get fixed, . The merchants were not willing to| | furnizh , | In Nineteen Hundred Twenty-| j Six. | | " The time continued to tighten ! i down [ ‘ Till the whole lump were i | leaven, ( ! You could'nt get much uv-i\t:nnwi | In Nineteen Hundred Twenty-, Seven. i [ ‘ | Some did’nt seem to trust the ' i Lord. i For bless'nes they could no! ! wait. | They begin to rob and steal | [ Jrmeteen Hundred ’l‘wenly-i | Eight. ! | Some people began to realize | | They could not dress so fine l And money was not so plentiful | In Nineteen Hundred Twenty-| Nine, ; Some of Uus have been =t mo;m! Our ways have been ity { ' The time it got stili worse ’ In Nineteen ".andred Thirty. k The Govergment lent the t'unm-r‘ money. ' ot after all's been said or done v hus aeen a time like his ’ In Nineteen Hundred Thirty- One. W el pass Liv voun see mo rain, Plentv mornings not even a deaw, So it only takes a God to tell What will happen in Thirty- Y TW(), Co mposed by A. FARLEY. i S e COLUMBIA, S. C.. Jan. 1— (AN P) - BExamipnation by Dr € Fred Williams, white superintendent of the state hospital, has disclosed David Dunnham, convicted of the murder of David Sterling, white, and sentenced to be electrocuted. is an imbecile with the mentality of a child six years old. The examination was made afte: an appeal from a death sentence which was to have taken effect November 13 was made by Dunn ham's white uattorneys, David Gas ton and C. W. McTeer. Dunnham is reported to have confessed that he killed a woman and child in Baltimore, Maryland, before coming here. | family to have any t'me left in . which to get ahead. l The Negro has no time for such tomfoolery. This aping of | white society might come more | near to being pardonable were | enough Caucasian vertues intro | duced into Aframerican life to counterbalance the family com plex afflicting white idle rich | transplanted to dark Atlanta. | C | When a darkness Atlantun—who [ might any day be killed by some | of these sharpshooting policemen, | who cannot go to the polls and t vote for those who control h's ;imnwdiulc government. who must \ face segregation and be reminded of his color whenever he comes L in contact with Nordies. whe has | made I'ttle or no attempt to guide i the race to economic success. and whom the most churlish of mo { ronic whites may insult at will ( without interference by our gov ernment-—spends his time talk | ‘ng about his family name in | stead of bettering conditions for { himself friends and children. then th's individual deserves all the col lective ditvespect a national con | vention of anti-Negro agencies could master, I might become pessimistie or | disgusted if I did not hope and be || lieve that some day these people - w'th the family names would eith | er die out or accidentally dig un | a mighty fine specimen of g wel] ' preserved family skelton, ey AUDUIT .7 Avenue PR wd !':\m'\h\hfi 1 s . | LLP.REYNOLDS HinNsELF* ! l.ooking backwards over differ ent accomplishments by people in I‘.}m last year and their resolutions i!w: the new. year: Beginning: | YOUR COLUMNIST (I. P. Rey inolds) accomplishments “nothing” iLike a ship in the middle of the l:m. seems to still be in the same place, don't know whether 1 um slipping back or going forward as ‘all haven’t sighted port yet, two or | three more storms and the S. O. S. | will be thrown out, pray for me !\m,m:.; the New Year. : MR. T. A. TAYLOR. American ‘Woodman official accomplishments was attending to his own business, ~entertaining no idle gossip, a re putation he has always maintained and when enterviewed about his resolutions for the next year-—-"has nothing to say.” A very good re solution. HONORABLE BEN J. DAVIS by his powerful contract with men in all stations of life in the Unit States has caused his name to b heralded in near all the newspa pers in the country whether they shared his. views or not dont know his New Year's resolutions, but know he will be found “break ing out in a new” place as a lead er of the race trying as he sees to benefit his people. JESSE HANLEY led in burving the dead and giving to charity and resolves to make a substantid - crease in business during the New Year (I hope I don't help the In crease in his business). | \ MRS EVA REID the sweet smil ing young lady who is office girl to ' Dr. A. B. Cooper the dentist, ac-| complishhments have been to gn'ei satisfaction to his many patients in‘ her line of work as Dr. Cooper has done in his line and her 1'(':;”lutiun! is to still please during the New | Year. ‘ PALMER PEAS who is alwavs with us instead of singing DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE he resolve: to. sing during the New Year COMING THRU THE RYF. AMONS THE force in the WORLD'S compusing room the major accomplishment during the last year was made by David Eari who was named Little CAESAR.’ and the composing room force re solves to make less errors in their makeup ot ine paper (WE HOPE SO) and the linotype operators re 'solve they will cuss me to my face instead of behind my back ifor turning in such illegible copy, es pecially Richard Wilson 10 %opex'ator from Chicago. - MR. J. T. JAMES of the JAMES HOTEIL accomplishments has bee | to shaw the world a first class ho tel could be operated without ‘crookedness and resolves to con tinue to operate it the same way ithe New Year. DAVID T. HOWARD been ac complishing every year for over fifty yvears so there's no use to talk about what he has accomplished as his good business tact and solid citizenry in shown on every hand so he don't need to make any more resolutions. PROF. WALTER L. CASON a teheerful fellow thought a deal {mute compliments me on my art icles and says he wishes every {body a prosperous New Year. { THE ECONOMY Delicatessen ! wishes all the patrons a prosperous -New Year. WRITING THIS column New Years Eve—going to take in all the parties « tonight and they ‘“ain't”’ going to be church parties either— as “"Butch” says in the BIG HOUSE if I didn't start something every now and then I would rot in this stinking hole” so it is with your columnist “If I did not get a bit of excitement every now and then I would rot in this solitary life I am living, so 'yours truly"” is going to attend parties tonight rough and ready tell you about them Sunday icer Attack Officer Attacker e Recelves Sentence | MEMPHIS Tenn., Jan = I Willie Hill. who attacked Deputy { L.ouis Kahn on Southern Avenue | two months ago when the ofticer soucht to arrest him 2s a hobo. lett for the penitentiary Tuesday along | with seven other offenders whe were sentenced in the criming courts some days ago. Hill took Le. puty Kahn's gun away fromhim and almost severed the deputys little fincer with his teeth. He wil be in escrow 1or three vears. HELD FOR CAR THEFT Sumter, S. ., Jan. 1 — (ANP) William Hicks. Atlanta. Georgia was held in the county jail here Thursday, charged with the theft of an automobile from Augusta {Georgia. | Boy Scouts Stamp 0 ire ut Bad F MEMBHIS Tenn, dJdan 1-— In addition to donating one dol lar and some clothes to the needy, the Boy Scouts of Troop 109, Con ;;z't'uutz:\r:.[l church, received the privilege of climaxing their Christ mas good turns with a brave act last Monday morning when the voungsters succeeded in stamping out a fire which was rapidly spread ing - its way through a portion of Vance Woods where the scouters were spending the day. In Many Activities Troop 109 spent practically the entire day in the open carrying on such activities as cooking, test pas sing, playing football, and hiking. Scouts Pinknev Haves, Hal Smith, Farl Brake, Shelton Hill, Calvin Mayvfield, Charles Smith, Clarence Williard, and Robert Woods, and Scoutmaster Robert Ratceliffe pae ticipated in the day. Woods Fractures Wrist Clarence Woods. patrol leader and troop publicity agent, fractured his left wrist when he uattempted to jump from a dirt bank to the side of a highwav while on this hike. He fell on his wrist and according to Dr €. M. Roulhac. it will re quire from two to fi- ~ weeks be fore the injured arm heduls. The froop's next big aim is to register more boys. At present oniy ten are members - A ‘new boy | ~ontest has been sthge! between the two patrols. Lions and Falcons, | respectively, and during the l:mor! part of Jahuary . thoe winner of) this event will be {endeced a lunch- | eon by Lawyer W. H. Rently, chair- | man of the troop co' mittee, and| other scout heads. Commissioner. J. | A. Haves. local scout leader, after| witnessing an interesting meetin2 conducted by the troen, very will-| ingly consented to banquet the boys at any desired time. B R A L0 S AN S DB TS 3T 7 2 IV VU Thos. E. Young Says THE SCALES WONT BALANCE UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan, 1—| The Bible says they shall lie| down alike in the dust and the worms —shall cover them. ‘Phist verse o the book of Job tells us 1o matter how rich or poor you! may be, how you persecute one or any race that you may have ad vantage of. or take another’s life, vou shall lie down and die like them in the dust and meet the fate that is due you. ' ONE FROM TWO 1 - In wishing vou a Happy New ! ' Year you know that it w'il be the: vear of 1952. The last figure is! .o, when any two ones are added wogedher, the total is two and will stay that way unless one 1s sub- Lracced. We Lope to see the time vhen all citizens of the United {51::‘&:: wll subtract one from the Lwo and come togcther as one un ' der the same flag and opportuni - ies, When anything is good for - one. it must be good for all, in L1982 a lot of thines that ape in| ltwo ones must be subtracted to imake a success for all, but if the it\\o ones that make two are divid ed by two, the result will be noth mng. REV. LARRY BINGHAM Rev. Larry Bingham is one of the most popular young ministers of N. Memphis. Everyone who lis tens to one of h's sermons suys he ‘s getting better all the time which shows he is studying the Bible to | perfect his calling. Rev. Bing | ham, we wish you success and a L iiappy New Year. RESOLUTIONS | Ivery one knows New Year's ! night is a night of re-olut'ons but { before you make them. see how I many of the ouigoing year's reso lutions you have kept. One reso ‘lution all should make and stick | to it. do unto others as you would 'have them do unto you. ST. JAMES CHURCH St. James Methodist Church is one of the oldest churches in N. Memphis. Many incidents and events of note have taken place there. The first free school. as they were called in those days started in this historie church, MR. ROBERT OWEN Mr. Robert L. Owen of Wash ington, D. C.. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Owen, surprised them with a visit Christmas. He will spend the holidays here and then return to work in the capital city. Mr. Owen secemed full of glee when standing in the door of h's parents residence at 674 Washington, greeing old friends and play mates as they passed. ONE CENT The one cent piece is much in demand these days but a few years back. none wanted to be bothered with them but get on a street car with six cents and if you don't have ove cent more, you will be put off. . NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO The year 1932 will f'nd eeono mic conditions different from any vear becau<e of the fact of the condition that was shown everv one who is emvloyed by some firms that usually give the'r em plovees an amount of money ecach Christmas and were unable to <o this Xmas on account of the lnw volume of business. After the holidays, the heads of industry and husinessrs will eet together ord trv ‘o formulate some plan that mirht keen vou emvloved and keen the bus'nesses apen on a cmall mm-zin Of m‘ofit. This mav mean a reduction af the number emnloved. the division of time or salary cut. It behooves Digesting The News By Clifford C. Mitchell The Advantages of Co-operation! The year 1931 taught the Negro many things but none of more im portance than the advantages to be gained through co-operation. A few major, and a great many min or, organizations have come into being as the result of this co operation and when the principle has been thoroughly sold to the masses we can expect great things from them. In co-operating there is entailed a definite obligation on the part of all concerned and just to the extent that each fulfills the obligation will the success of the undertak ing be assured. Right now the Negro is chiefly concerned in building up his eco nomic enterprises. He has learned that it is impossible to support his churches, schools and social or ganizations without a definite background of revenue-producing concerns. In spite of the bugaboo that the small business cannot exist or com pete with the large ones the Negro is finding that when all the neces sary elements of good business and good management are brought to gether and all co-operating to all to meet your family and dis cuss Low you can curta’l some of the woe.ess oxpenditures and con turm 0 the coaditions your em ployer o Lusivess Has - ddopted. Food ane clothing are cheaper than in yexr - and my advice is do all you can w..le on the job and make every qollir vou make be worth one hundred cents to you. JAMES MOODY Mr. James Moody after 38 years of service ‘n the factory of the Andercon-Tully Co. will be pro maoted to a position of trust in a few days. HOTEL EMPLOYEES Messrs. Alonzo lLocke, head waiter at the Peabody Hotel; John Brinkley. head waiter at the Parkview; Will'am Bar:lett. head bellman at the Chisca Hotel: W. P. Snelson. head bellman at the Peabody: Garfield Thompson. bell captain and Jack Powell, head porter at Peabody employ all col o ¢ men in their lines of duty and give complete satisfact'on to the public and ovners of these hotels. We wish them continued suceess in the New Year. = T P A 4 o e Sm———— g 7 5 5 3 < A 4 Y G 3 A ' - o0 . ¢ 7 ¢ ') AN = X, 2\ \W. A > e /’ v “ \ j =< &> YR\ —_— s // v \) / = 3 ’ & é‘: e // / " o \ ___-—-;‘ e o 7N 2 , == =G : / 5 == W X\ QL A B ) B \ 'f’* gl P e = - 7 ' J % /. Yy cemmmasn. S % { 2 t//{/ i - N —— & - et e - : : . E. SN ot \: s - 2 e T / e o 3 2 Speak A Lc Which pea anguage ich Is Understood the World Around! « USE PIC I URES » Pictures . . . good illustrations arc much more valuable than words. They attract the reader, gain his interest and help get across the advertiser's message. The Atlanta World is equipped to supply advertisers with sparkling new seasonal illustrations covering every line of busipess . . . Lavout and copy suggestions too, for the advertiser who wants diddnctive displays. There is no extra charge for this service. Simply phone Walnut 1459 and one of our advertising specialists will bring vou material particularly suited to vour business. + Y. & I uolications wards one ultimate purpose that the small business soon begins to grow into a large one. Heretofore, the Negro has not paid o sufficient attention to the most necessary element of good management, relying more on an inconsistent racial appeal, with the result that a great many of our undertakings failed or did not pro gress in keeping with the oppor tunities afforded. | Some serious and clesr-minded lindividuals have studied these con [ditions and are now bringing to ‘gether capital, experience, labor and expert management and are so jorganizing their affairs that neith er class predominates over the inthm‘ but all must pull together in jorder that they may achieve, pro gress and share alike. . When organizations are so ideal |ly and thoroughly equipped with fall the necessary human in | gredients then they are justified in jbringing their efforts to all race in dividuals from whom a willing and [generous co-operation should be | given. . The Negro public cannot b e ‘blamed for being somewhat wary, ‘having been duped so much in the past by those who needed only ithvir money to solve all racial pro ‘blems, but once the public learns ‘that in these new undertakings, %bnsed on actual co-operation, that ‘the,v need to spend, give or invest, ;unly in exact proportion to thoe resulting benefits. then the support ‘of the public will immediately as sure the success of our new co operative economic efforts, - If we continue to send our child ren to school, preparing them for better opportunities in life, then ‘we must also provide the oppor tunities. and these new co-opera tive efforts seem to offer the most practical advantages yvet seen. WOMAN FINED FOR FIGHTING BIRMINGHAM. Als ., Jan. 1— Corcine Frierson 708 Short 15th Way. who was sent to the Hillmar. hr;:.pitnl Saturday tor treatment for a pssibly fractured skull and Mary Hardley. 1503 Alley G, who were arrested early the mornnig of De cember 26, by Officer Duke for figchting, were both given fines of ten dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. I Iy REV. B, T. HARVEY WATCHES JUNIOR DFFICIATE TUSKEGEE. *INSTITUTE, Ala, Jan. 1--An interested spectator au the Tuskegee-l.incoln footbal game was Rev. B. T. Harvey, Sr., Williamsburg Bridge, New York, father ot B, T. Harvey of More house College, the well-known football official of the Southern Conference. Rev. Harvey, who was graduated from Tuskegee in 1885, 1s visiting his son and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harvey, in Atlanta, Georgia, and motored 1o Tuskegee with Mr, Harvey, Jr., who was the referee in Tuskegee's Christmas Day game. Ilev. Harvey spent an interesting day at his Alma Mater and had a delightful time with his old friends, Dr. and Mrs, Moton, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Logan, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Taylor, Mr. J. H, Palmer and many others recalling pleasant memories of Tuskegee in its early formative period. Rev. Harvey was a visitor here about seven years ago and said on cach visit he has made to Tuskegee since his graduation that he has noted many changes for improve- BANKERS RECEIVE CHRISTMAS PAROLES RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 1—-(ANP) J. D. Reid and H. S. Stanback,/'} former officers of the Mechunics‘j bank at Wilson, sentenced to serve five years for violation of the state banking laws, were recipents of pardons signed by Gov. O. Max Gardner at Christmas. SPECIAL SALE! $1.25 White Oak ALL Sole FOR H0¢ Rubber Heels 25¢ Stitch Picked $ 10¢ Laces 10¢ Heel Pads 2—10¢ Toe Plates The Shoe Hospital 9-A Auburn Ave. JA. 6651