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BREWER - GIBSON ROMANCE NOW ON THE ROCKS Dunbar High School Instructors, Wed for Six Years, Seek Divorce. WIFE LIVED HERE Court Asked to Make Him Quit Home. WASHINGTON, D. C. — Echolastic circles were not surprised when the domestic affairs of two teachers in the Dunbar High School were taken into the divorce courts for settlement last week. Mrs. Mary G. Brewer, daughter of Malachi Gibson, late Baltimore lawyer, teacher of English, filed suit in the equity division of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia last Thursday for a limit- tive force from William M. Brewer, teacher of history. Both are em- ployed at the Dunbar High School and taught together in the Baltimore high school before coming here. Strained Since Summer. There had been reports that the domestic relations of the Brewers were strained since late summer. These reports were confirmed when Mrs. Srewer and her mother, Mrs. Mary G. Gibson, took an apartment in the Howard Manor at 654 Gaird Street, Northwest. Mr. Brewer remained at the family home at 1010 Bimount, Street, Northwest. Cruelly and insufficient support are the bases of Mrs. Brewer's petition for a limited divorce. She declares that she was even incapacitated in the performance of her teaching duties by reason of his "ruel, nagging and inhumane treatment of her and because he frequently insulted, abused and mistreated her mother." Numerous Threats. Last summer her health was falling, she says, as a result of his numerous threats. On the evening of September 14 she was feeling especially ill, she states, and remained downstairs with her mother to avoid any unpleasant scene with her husband, who had already exhibited an mood towards her. She finally went to his room to retire about 2 oclock in the morning. He was still awake, she says, and his ugly humor seemed to have grown worse. He engaged her in an interview, regarding their domestic affairs, she alleges, and in fit of temper while she was in bed he went to his drawer and was loading his pistol. She screamed for help and fled from the room in fear of her life, she says. She fainted and had to be given stimulants to be revived. Contributions Refused. Mr. Brewer began making threats to leave her in June, 1929, she states. He refused to increase his contributions toward the upkeep of her property at the Fairmont Street address where she and her mother had lived since February, 1924, and where he had lived since their marriage, she charges. Ms. Brewer says she deposited the purchase of the Fairmont Street property February 6, 1924. On the same day, 10 months before their marriage, he gave her $80 to add to her deposit, making the first down payment, she states, and the property was conveyed to her and she assumed the responsibility of paying the deferred purchase money at the rate of $60 a month. The money given her by Mr. Brewer she says, was in the picture of a wedding present, and was so accepted by her. She claims, that made her six monthly payment the property and paid several miscellaneous items in connection with it. S80 a Month. Her husband would never agree to give her a stipulated sum for her support and the operating expenses of their home, she says. In fact, she adds, he assumed only a few responsibilities incident to their domestic life. Although his income is $2,000 a year, she states, she could not persuade him to contribute more than approximately $80 a month toward the general expenses of their home. On occasions when she would importune him to increase his contributions she states he would freewrite adopt a cruel and attitude and use obscene and abusive language towards her in the presence of others Threatening Letters. Since their separation she charges, he has continued to abuse her to her friends and mutual acquaintances and recently she has been receiving an anonymous letters of an uninterested mature, the contents of which she has been to him before they are sent to her. After she took separate quarters, Mrs. Brewer states, she decided to rent her property in Fairmont Street and notified her husband to vacate the premises by November 25. He refuses to do so, she says. Mrs. Brewer asks the court to restrain him from interfering with her mode of living or molesting her and to require him to vacate the Fair-Continued on Page 16, Column 3 Air Mail to West Indies The Pan-American Airways has opened up a direct weekly mail service between Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies, Cuba, Colon and the United States. FOURTH $100 Mall N. I ever will of t whi Mail or wire some important or sensational news event to the $100 Editor, 628 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore and earn some New Year's money. What is a news event? It is the statement that something of great importance has happened or will happen; a serious accident; a fire; a marriage of unusual interest because of the circumstances; a sensational divorce; a big business, the existence of which is not generally known; a business merger or a business expansion; an ARMSTRONG HIGH SENIOR STRUCK; KILLS STRIKER No June Commencement for 16-yr.-old Girl Slayer. SHE WEEPS IN JAIL Tale of Intimate Love Affair Told. WASHINGTON, D. C. — There will be no June commencement for Sarah E. Carter, sixteen-year-old Armstrong High School senior, of 44 Fenton Street, northeast. She was taken Monday from the District morgue to jail to await the action of the grand jury. A coroner's jury ordered her held for the murder of James M. Statesman, her 45-year-old sweetheart, of 54 L Street, northwest, whom she fatally stabbed early last Saturday morning at a party at 45 O Street. She had been wanted back home to New York. When the inquest was about to begin and the jurors had taken their seats, she told the two policewomen, between whom she was seated, that "I do hope they will let me go back home to my mother." After the verdict she was taken crying to a waiting automobile and whisked away to the fall. Mother Hears Sad Story. Her mother sat through the inquest and heard the story of her daughter's delinquency that had been contributed to by the boy she Shed. She the Second Precinct read to the jury a confession signed by the girl, in which she said she had known Statesman for a period of two years and had been intimate with him over a period of a year-and-a-half. The witnesses were none too friendly to the wretched girl. Their testimony in most instances was damaging. Their story placed together being to the effect that she had stabbed Statesman for no particular reason. Chum Saw Her Smucked. There was one girl, however, Regina Wills, also a school girl, 18 years old, of 50 Hanover Street, north-west, who testified that she saw Statesman die. All the other witnesses said that the dead man struck the girl only after she had fatally stabbed him with a keen-bladed boning knife. "Tea" Party. The tragedy occurred at a party given by Roland Dyson and his wife, Mrs, Julia L. Dyson. Dyson himself described it as "just a little tea." Coroner J. Ramssey Nevilt inquired if the guests "had anything stronger to drink than tea." Dyson denied it at the party, but Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, who performed the autopsy, testified that Statesman stomach showed indications of his having been drinking. Statesman and Sarah were invited to the party. Sarah arrived about 9 o'clock Friday night. Statesman came in about 15 minutes later. He was on 5 Pine Street, northwest, who was an eyewitness to the stabbing. "Sweetney is Mad." Blake danced with Sarah. She told him that "Sweetney (Statesman) is mad with me. He won't speak to me." Blake said between dances he asked Statesman what was the matter with him and Sarah. Statesman replied, "These young girls run around and have lots of fellows." Blake and Sarah danced together again. They-stopped dancing. When he looked for her again she had on Statesman's hat. Let's Go. The hour was getting late. Blake told Statesman "it's go. States- NEW-YORK--Rumors that James W. York, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People because of dissension, were branded as Ifs in the acting secretary. Mr. White, said: "Rumors that Mr. Johnson has resigned as secretary of the N.A.A.C. of dissension, are 'unfounded.'" Father is Killed by Six-year-old Son ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Oscar White of Nixinton township, was instantly killed Thursday when the entire charte of . . . shotgun, set off by his six-year-old son, entered his side. White had placed his arm over the barrel of the gun while he was engaged in a conversation with a friend. The youth in fumbling with the gun, accidentally set off the trigger. **Somerville Recovers Hotel** **LOS ANGELES.** — Dr. John A. S. merville has recovered possession of the Somerville Hotel, a local showroom, of the superior court with Jewish mortgagers who had secured control of the hostelry illegally. 2 Big ITALIAN-JEWISH COMBINATION RULE CITY Colored and White Players Risk $4,000 Daily in Digits. POLICE FIGHT JERSEY CITY, N. J. — When the Wall Street stock market crash dealt mortal blows to thousands of big and little fortunes, hordes of the losers immediately began to try to recoup their losses by playing or backing the "numbers" and today the racket has reached such proportions that the vigorous efforts of an energetic prosecutor, John White, are almost null and void in the face of the craze to play. As the whites suffered the more in the financial crisis, they are the heaviest plungers, although they are surpassed in numbers by their colored brethren, who are credited with introducing the game here from New York. Now $4,000 daily is wagered. The Jews are the biggest number faint in the game, in mass from the moderately well-to-do players to the wealthy barons. Despite the fate that the racketeers here are reported to be backed by powerful and influential interests of New York, prosecutor Brewn has earned the reputation of being tight and has driven the game to cover. Just how number barons fared when the caught is demonstrated in a sentence meted out to a Mr. Willis. He was given three months in prison which was topped off by a $500 fine. Wary of Strangers. The runners and writers are wary of strangers, but the game is flourishing, and several men have retrieved lost fortunes or built new ones. There is no law which applies directly to the racket, as the "policy" statutes and ordinances are enacted before its appearance. The few who have been arrested have been charged with violating a law applied to behavior and policy playing, and the setting of gaming tables. Several of the local newspapers are lined up with the reformers and do Continued on Page Sixteen, Col. 7. AFRO'S $100 PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE THIRD WEEK AFRO'S $100 PRIZE WINNERS FOR THE THIRD WEEK TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRLS THIS WEEK First Prize $50— Laura Austin, Winding Gulf, West Virginia. Second Prize $15— Vivian B. Payne, 1643 Annin St, Philadelphia. Third Prize $10— Etta Mae Patrick, 50 Pleasant St, Somerset, Pa. Fourth Prize $5 Eloise Davis, Springwood, Va. 20 $1 Prize Winners— Miss Ruth Ahl, 20 East Locust Miss Bertie C. Helm, Greenwood, Delaware. Miss Alma Wright, Morgantown, West Virginia. Miss Miley Martis, 319 Maryland Avenue, Crisfield, Md. Georgia Irwin, 915 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Blanche Martis, P.O. Box 381, Philadelphia, Md. C. Dorothy Ormond, 7th Street, Florence N.J. Anaminta Francis, 303 Broad Street, Salisbury, Md. Miss Martha 316 Cobon Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va. "Nick" Montgomery, 716 N. 49th Street, Philadelphia. Miss Wendy 111 Second Street, Salisbury, Md. Delores Cornish, Buttonwood Street, Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Lula Ballard, Galesville, Md. Cornell, I. Jubbs, Christopher Street, Montclair, N.J. Theodore E. Raines, 1123 5th St. se, Washington, D.C. Mrs. C. E. Hunter, 709 Hancock Burroughs, Waukee, N. Miss Mary U. Ccheck, R. 3. Box 54, Enfield, N.C. Roberta Henley, 1901 Bedford Avenue, Lynchburg, Va. Genevieve Tow, Frankston, Va. Rosemary Speaks, Nassawadox, Va. Box 94. national news event to the $100 home New Year's money. What thing of great importance has hit; a marriage of unusual int el divorce; a big business, the business merger or a business ex CHELSEA BANK IN SAY LIBERIANS HARLEM CLOSED POISONED COL. DOORS TUESDAY CHARLES YOUNG In case you forget to send your dear friend a gift, and and you wake up Christmas morning to find he or she has not forgotten you, be nonchalant, have us send them an AFRO! NEW YORK. — The Chelsea Exchange Bank, white, closed its doors Tuesday after an all-day run. The run started at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning on the bank which has branches all over the city. Anxious depositors lined up five abreast downtown and in columns of threes at the Harlem branch, 135th Street and Seventh Avenue, seeking to withdraw funds. Bank officials said the institution is solvent and will pay all who want their money. Despite this assurance there was no let up in the withdrawals. The 135th Street branch is the depository of many Negro business enterprises, organizations, and individuals with large amounts. Four out of every five persons in each of the long lines on Seventh Avenue and 135th Street, were Negroes and gloom settled down over Harlem in consequence. It is said that the callous manner in which bank officials postponed paying off Christmas club money Monday was responsible for the run James C Thomas, 11 Park Place former assistant U.S. District Attorney, offered legal services gratuitously to aid depositors' committee. Charge Neighboring Pastor Swiped Hens STATESVILLE, N.C.-Tracks in the snow leading from the hen house of the Rev. Z. A. Dockery to the abiding place of R. W. Simonton, a Holiness preacher, gave policemen the clue which solved the mysterious arrangement of two fat hens from their roots. Simonton was cooking one of the hens, and the other was found in a coop outside the house, according to officers. At the hearing Friday, the coop was taken to the boy bpc presacher's chickens, but admitted that his 13-year-old boy had foraged for them. WINS WITH ONE VOTE BOSTON—By the narrow margin of one vote, Robert T. Smith was declared elected to the Common Council from Ward 4 over his white opponent, Arthur Harrington, last week. unusual address of a nationally known man or woman; an unusual achievement by anyone; the visit of an important personage to your town. All these are news events. $50 will be given for the best exclusive news item received by the $100 Editor; $15 for second best; $10 for third best; $5 for next best and $1 for each 20 next best. HURRY! BE BRIEF! Remember, your event MUST BE IMPORTANT! WASHINGTON, (CNS.) — It was indicated in a special dispatch from Monrovia, Liberia, here this week that the late Col. Charles H. Young died of poison while serving as United States Military Attache at the Capital of the West African Republic in 1922. Young went to Liberia January 3, 1920. He died of "yellow fever" after an illness of several weeks on January 8, 1922, and was buried at Atington National Cemetery. It is indicated that Young was an objector of forced labor and slavery in Liberia. It was during his trip into the interior of the country that he is said to have been by force invaded. It is alleged that the regime that recently stepped down from rule of the Republic was not at all displeased by the removal of the United States Army officer. President Barclay, new head of the government, and former secretary of state was also against forced labor and slavery and it was his principles that the government should be to presidency without any wild protestation on the part of the citizens, it was learned. DOUG STUBBS TAKES HARVARD HONORS WASHINGTON, D.O. — Frederick Douglass Stubs received the highest honor awarded by the Harvard Medical School. He was the sixth of the ten men in the senior class to be elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society. This is a national honorary society. The significance of the Phil Beta Kappa society save that in this only medical students are eligible. According to a statement made by Dr. Dumna P. Adams of Howard University, the Phi Beta Kappa society have ever been elected. Mr. Stubbs is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Stubbs of this city. He is a graduate of the University and a member of the Phil Beta Kappa honorary society in his junior year at that school. More than nineteen hundred years ago this ringing Christmas Message was delivered to Stephens abiding in the fields of Bethlehem by the Angels of the Lord who came upon them. It was an expressed desire with divine sanction that men should live in a state of contentment—with a sense of security—a tranquility of mild and conscience. It was an admonition to bear and beginners night, rejo eliminate fear and to so live that among all men. The year nineteen hundred perous as we would have desired spirit that permeated the hearts of and thirty years ago still exists, our great country. Wherever men trod Mother the words of the Angels: "Peace All Men" ring in their ears. As Executive of the great C for Arch and every Citizen a M Year. The Executive Mansion, Annapo From Orc To the Colored People of the Cov Through the courtesy of the to extend Christmas and New J American citizens who form a hopeful and confident that the coin may become a reality and "of the people-by the people-f privileges and Immunities that g Memb From the Bish To All the Road - eliminate fear and to so live that peace and happiness might reign among all men. to so live that peace and herself hundred and thirty have desired it to be. hated the hearts of the huma- tage still exists, despite the torn Mother Earth during Angels: "Peace on Earth and their ears. of the great Commonwealth Citizen a Merry Christmas Manson, Annapolis, Md. From Oscar DePrize people of the Country: courtesy of the AFRO-AMES James and New Year's Eve who form a group in this ident that the prophetic-wor- a reality and this government the people-for the people unities that go with that Member of Congress from the Bishop of Man To All the Readers of the A Exemplify My Own People "Upon you is born this day is Christ the Lord." Here we wage, not merely "God so into you." To each individual color or other distinction, the urge that each for hims- hem." There will he find "human view displayed." and met. May the Saviour, keep you, one and all. ADW, T. Protestant Episcopal Chu to so live that peace and happiness might reign eighteen hundred and thirty has not been as pro- sided have desired it to be. Nevertheless the tame hearts of the humap race nineteen hundred go still exists, despite the economic conditions of trod Mother Earth during this Yuletide Season Angels: "Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards their ears, of the great Commonwealth of Maryland. I wish by Citizen a Merry Christmas and a Happy New The year nineteen hundred and thirty has not been as proserious as we would have desired it to be. Nevertheless the lame spirit that permeated the hearts of the human race nineteen hundred and thirty years ago still exists, despite the economic conditions of our great country. Wherever men trod Mother Earth during this Yuletide Season the words of the Angels: "Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards All Men" ring in their ears. As Executive of the great Commonwealth of Maryland, I wish for each and every Citizen a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Boston, Annapolis, Md. From Oscar DePriest People of the Country: courtesy of the AFRO-AMERICAN, I am pleased has and New Year's Greetings to 12,000,000 loyal who form a group in this country undismayed, ent that the prophetic words of the sainted Lin- a reality and this government be of a truth one the people—for the people," with all the rights, unities that go with that reality. OSCAR DePRIEST, Member of Congress, First Illinois District. from the Bishop of Maryland To all the Readers of the AFRO-AMERICAN, and Especially My Own People in that Group: Into you is born this day. . . a Saviour which not merely "God so loved the World," but into you." To each individual, regardless of race, or cr other distinction, this message comes with urgue that each for himself must "go to Bethle- m." There will he find "the Heavenly Babe to man view displayed," and according to our faith may. The Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, keep you, one and all. EDW, T. HELFENSTEIN, Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Maryland, From Oscar DePriest To the Colored People of the Country: Through the courtesy of the AFRO-AMERICAN, I am pleased to extend Christmas and New Year's Greetings to 12,000,000 loyal American citizens who form a group in this country undismayed, hopeful and confident that the prophetic words of the sainted Lance, "We are the People," will truth the "of the people—by the people—for the people" with all the rights, privileges and immunities that go with that sentiment. From the Bishop of waryry To All the Readers of AMERICAN, and People to Alain GIANN. Especially My Own People in that Group: "Unto you is born day this . . . a Saviour which is Christ the Lord." Here we have a personal message, not merely "God so loved the World," but "unto you." To each individual, regardless of race, color or other distinction, this message comes with the urge that for himself must "go to Bethlehem." There will he find "the Heavenly Babe to human view displayed," and according to our faith met. May the Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, From A'Lelia Walker Christmas bells Bespoke a season May future scarc A wealth of joy A host of friend A pathway free New York City. Senate Gives Libe The Senate gives Tuesday con- E. Mitchell of Institute, V. Wa, and consul general to Liberia: He is expected to sail for his mas holidays. Mr. Mitchell succ who died of yellow fever at the B in July, 1929. Try the AFRO Christmas Christmas bells and candle scoops a season joyous, bright Mas a future years all hold a wealth of joy and gladness a host of friends both good a pathway free from sadness ALELIA New York City Tee Gives Liberia Christ- mas Tuesday confirmed the institute, W. Va., as United Stal to Liberia. Mr. Mitchell succeeds the late walt fewer at the United States Christmas Carol du Christmas bells and candle light speak a season joyous, bright, future years all hold for you wealth of joy and gladness, host of friends both good and true, pathway free from sadness. A.LELIA WALKER, New York City. Gives Liberia Christmas Gift Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Charles Institute, W. Va., as United States minister resident to Liberia; to sail for his post immediately after the Christ- Milchite succeeds the late William T. Francis, fever at the United States legation in Monrovia. Christmas Carol during the Holidays The Senate last Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Charles E. Mitchell of Institute, W. Va., as United States minister resident and consul general to Liberia; He is expected to sail for his post immediately after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Mitchell succeeds the late William T. Francis, who died of yellow fever at the United States legation in Monrovia in July, 1920. Try the AFRO Christmas Carol during the Holidays The AFRO Christmas Carol with words by Bishop E. R. Bennett and music by his daughter, Miss M. Elizabeth, is one of the most beautiful the AFRO-AMERICAN has been privileged to publish. Words and music were printed in both the AFRO and in thousands of homes this week it will be played and sung. three Magi was an Ethiopian who was a nordic. The work three Wise Men, but also the as king; frankincense as pd prophetic office. peoples delight in minor must Minor. clubs should learn this but throughout the year. Saturday club-sings Bishop equally as it sings "Lift Every popular number requested." who wish to express to Bishl. may write him at 1462 Ft. see Magi was an Ethiopian king, Bishop Bennett he was a Nordic. The words recite not only the see Wise Men, but also the significance of their as king, frankincense as priest, and myrth typi- prophetic office. opples delight in minor music. The carol is there- minor. the clubs should learn this carol and sing it, not but throughout the year. saturday Club-sings Bishop Bennett's 1929 Christ- ently as it sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing." It popular number requested. who wish to express to Bishop Bennett their re- may write him at 1462 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. FIRMED —The Senate the Christmas confirmed, the S. Cage, of as recorder t of Columbia the Arthur G. CLEVELAND.—A maximum mile- age of 333 miles on one gallon of gasoline through the use of the ozonizer, which may be installed on your make of car, is claimed by Jesse S. Dockett, 2173 E. 79th Street, the inventor. One of the three Magi was an Ethiopian king. Bishop Bennett says, and adds, none was a Nordic. The words recite not only the names of the Three Wise Men but also the significance of the gift given to them in the expense as priest, and myrth typifier,offerer and grogical officer. One of the three Magi was 'says, and adds, none was a Nord names of the Three Wise Men, gifts; gold to Him as king; frank fying suffering and prophetic office The Eastern peoples delight in fore written in G Minor, Quite and gloe clubs should only at Christmas but throughout The AFRO Saturday Club sims Carol as frequently as it sing is quite the most popular number Music lovers who wish to action to his carol, may write his The Eastern peoples delight in minor music. The carol is therefore written in G Minor. Choirs and glee clubs should learn this carol and sing it, not only at Christmas, but throughout the year. Music lovers who wish to express to Bishop Bennett their re-action to his carol, may write him at 1462 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. COAGE CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate before recessing for the Christmas holidays last Saturday confirmed, the nomination of Jefferson S. Coage, of Wilmington, Delaware, as recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, for successes Arthur G. Free, of Welch, West Virginia, who resigned October 1 last. He had been the second deputy recorder under Mr. Free. ress of a nationally known, mone; the visit of an important,ents. $50 will be given for the Editor; $15 for second best; each 20 next best. HURRY! I IMPORTANT! ly known man or wom an important personage given for the best exc second best; $10 for the HURRY! BE BRIEF known man or woman; an unusual achievement important personage to your town. All the given for the best exclusive news item received best; $10 for third best; $5 for next. HURRY! BE BRIEF! Remember, your e-mail ```markdown ``` สุดท้ายของวันที่ 13 ธันยาคม 2015 ```markdown ``` CLEVELAND. — A maximum mileage of 333 miles on one gallon of gasoline through the use of the ozonizer, which may be installed on an air make of oil, it claimed by Jesse S. Dockett, 2173 E. 79th Street, the inventor. The ozonizer can be placed in the engine, which was tested on the ice car, according to Mr. Dockett, and the 333 miles was made without sacrifice of power or performance of the engine. ALBERT, C. RITCHIE, STUDENTS FIGHT PROMOTION OF DEAN REDFERN (SPECIAL TO THE AFRO) RALEIGH, N. C. — Shaw University is in turmoil again. Students in secret meetings threaten to strike. There is evident sympathy among faculty members who, however, are taking no part. Trouble arose when Prof. kedfern, white who was last year fired at Benedict College, was made dean here Thursday by President J. L. Peacock, white, following the death of Dean W. S. Turner. The announcement was made in chapel and was received by the student body with a murmur of disapproval. Hardy had the students and friends of the institution returned to the funeral of Dean Turner before they were again shocked by the appointment of Redfern. Redfern came to Shaw University only three months ago to take up the duties of instructor in Bible and ethics, which met with unfavourable comment by the students and alumni*: "US. official reports covering a degree of Ph.D. from a university which cannot be found anywhere in the country. Redfern was promoted over several capable teachers on the campus, thereby placing the entire administration under whites. Friday a meeting of the students was called to verify the student sentiment relative to the recent appointment. No action was taken but there was a definite feeling of dissatisfaction. Met on Monday. A meeting of the student body was continued on Monday and more students were permitted to express themselves. This meeting also was adjourned after listening to various suggestions to acquaint the president with the attitude the students represent the appointment. Tuesday morning the president of the student body went to see the president and talked with him. Dr. Peacock recognized the attitude of the students and showed a willingness to defend his choice of the dean. The opposition to Dr. Redfern centered around the fact that he has been at Shaw only three months and it is felt that the male members of the society have spent several hours at Shaw should be given rights of seniority. Last year Shaw students struck a protest against President Pea- Continued on Past Sixteen, Col. 8 CHANGE OF NAME FOR HAMPTON HAMPTON, Va. — The name of Normal and Industrial Institute has been changed to plain Hampton Institute by action of the trustee board. The name of the presiding officer—the principal—has been changed, and Arthur Howe the first presiding officer Institute. The office of commandant has also been changed, and Captain Walter F. Brown, who succeeded Major Allen Washington, is the first dean of the 400,000-12-grade practice school will soon be erected on the campus to take the place of the 8-grade Whittier school now located some distance from the institute. The system was tested on the 32 car, according to Mr. Dockett, and the 333 miles was made without sa- crifice of power or performance of the engine. FOURTH $100 eve- hese lived best vent Compliments of the Season Hawaiian System Makes The Grade MADAM T. G. BRAMLETTE, Founder, Sends Greetings to Friends and Agents Everywhere Expresses Appreciation This time of the year when most of us are inclined to forget somewhat the urge and surge of business and think more seriously of the beauties of life and the things which make life really worth while. One of the most beautiful things in life, as we see it, is the Spirit of Friendship—Goodwill. As in our personal lives, so is it also in the life of a Business. With an Understanding such as is born of true Friendship—Goodwill and Common Aims, our relations become and stay warm and cordial. HAWAHAN SYSTEM HEADQUARTERS $75,000 IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE WALKER STADIUM WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Board of Education at its regular meeting at Franklin School Building last Friday decided to ask the commissioners of the District of Columbia to seek new bids for completion of the Walker athletic stadium at the Dunbar High School. If bids for the work cannot be obtained within the available appropriation of $75,000, the commissioners would be requested to ask Congress for an additional appropriation of $23,000, making a total of $89,000 for completion of the stadium which has been 16 years in the building. All bids were recently rejected. None of them was within the appropriation of $175,000. The decision to go to the court for additional funds if new bids should not come within the available appropriation was made upon the recommendation of the committee, buildings, grounds and equipment. W. T. S. Jackson to Retire The school approved the request of W. T. S. Jackson, a teacher at the Dunbar High School, for retirement, effective December 31. Upon recommendation of First Assistant Principal and indentured Garnet C. Wilkinson, Mrs. Jennifer T. Wilder, a teacher of mathematics, was transferred from the Garnet-Patterson Junior High School to Dunbar High School, and was retired by the retirement of Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Wilder formerly taught at Dunbar High School, but was transferred to the junior high school without any loss in salary. The teacher, Mrs. Wilder, teacher, class 1A, grade 3, was promoted to teacher class 2A, mathematics and English, and transferred from Mott School to Garnet-Patterson Junior High School to fill the vacancy by the transfer of Mrs. Wilder. Personal Changes The only other personal changes approved by the board were the transfers of Mrs. M. F. Cupid, M. K. Carusi, and Mrs. G. H. Bryant, teacher. Harrison-Wilson School, from division 11 to division 10. The probationary appointment of Mrs. K. Carusi was made permanent, as of December 17. New Hospital Committee: President Charles F. Carusi, appointed a committee to investigate the problem of education of children particularly tuberculars. He included on that committee Dr. J. Hayden ```markdown ``` IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN Mother Asks $10,000 for Death of Son WASHINGTON—Chauncey Brown a sign painter, 600 block T. Street, nw. driver of an auto which knocks down a row of yellow Curtis while crossing the street in front of his home, 1300 block S. Street, nw. has been asked $10,000 damages in a petition against the Court, in the Supreme Court, last week. The lad was fatally injured on May 3. A coroner's jury released Brown at the inquest following the accident evidence of criminal negligence COURT PREVENTS SALE OF ROOF OVER ILL HUBBY WASHINGTON—(CNS) —A court stepped in to prevent the sale of a home of a wife and sick husband when Judge Jesse C. Adkins signed a restraining order for property at 21 R Street, nw. belonging to Mrs. Lillie Hutton. The court action followed a petition for injunction filed by Mrs. Hutton and directed against Jesse Mitchell, who was charged with brought foreclosure proceedings as a result of loans said to have been made to Mrs. Hutton. In her petition, Mrs. Hutton charges Mason with misrepresentation and failure to use money to him for payment of her obligations. As a result of her husband's illness, she says, she agreed to give Mason a deed of trust for $800, for money to pay, pressing obligations. She said that she was acting only as an agent and had her to sign some papers which later turned out to be two deeds of trust for $800 and $200 respectively. She also charged that Mason, who kept her account, had her obligations, failed to do so or did so in a manner which injured her reputation and credit. Mitchell, Mason, and Savoy advertised the property for sale on November 15, 2004, that after paying him an additional $60, which he said he would use to stop the sale, the property was advertised. She asks an accounting Miss Reese Honored M. Restat of 1615 Corcoran Street, N.W. gave in honor of her daughter, M. Miss Catherine Reese a birthday party on last Saturday evening. Card playing and other games. Those present were Misses E. Banister, Elise Weldon, E. Bates, Mary Tyrer, Benjamin Williamman, Amie Barker, Faye Maclaire, Louise Bell, E. Gorter, Evelyn Reese, Josephine Reese. Gettride Keys C. Kelly, Guendal Walker, Messra, L. Shelton, Charles Chandler, Andreas Maclain, James Moore, Peppino Maclain and Donal Cryer. Johnson, member of the board, First Assistant. Superintendent Wilkinson and Dr. H. B. Learned was named chairman of the committee. Mrs. Wilder Promoted to Vacancy at Dunbar Hi D. C. SOCIETY Room 397, New Masonic Temple Building Tenth and U Streets, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C.—(C.N.S.) With Christmas in the offing, entertaining has been allowed, as Washington hostesses have interested themselves particularly in completing gift shopping and plans for holiday parties. As the pre-Christmas season draws to a close, the son or daughter of many a prominent Washington family has returned home to enjoy the holiday of holidays—at the family freside. Among those whose presence will be added reason for holiday parties are: Miss Dorothy Cook and Miss Elizabeth McNeill, both of Wellesley; Miss Marquardt Murray, of the University of Michigan; Miss Evelyn Washington of Sargeant School of Physical Education; John Davis of Williams College; James Butcher, of the University of Illinois; Fred Douglass, 3rd of the University of Vermont; Harry Risher of Amherst; Miss Grace Ridgeley and Miss Laura Phillips, of Smith College, and John R. Pinkett, Jr., of Mount Hermon. Williams-Thomas Wedding Mrs. Ciera E. Thomas, of 149 W Street, has just announced the marriage of her daughter, Marguerite of Pittsburgh, which took place on Wednesday, December 17. in Alexandria, Va., in the presence of the mother of the bride. Both Dr. Williams and his bride are well known in Washington society, the former is a graduate of the Howard Dental School, while Mrs. Williams is a member of the faculty of the Miner Teachers' College of this city. She is also a member of the Club and Alpha Kappa Alpha Security. To Eete Cop-Cop's For probably the third or fourth time this season, the Coo-Coo's, one of the exclusive club, drawing its membership from guests at a holiday party, for which Mrs. Ralph Scott and Miss Edith Plum have issued invitations. In addition to the Coo-Coo's, their guests will be guests will be guests in the ball-room of the Whitehaw Hotel, on December 29. Mrs. Bostic Hostess Mrs. J. Cannelbelt entertained at a bridge lunchroom at her home, 4086 Fitch Those present included Mesdames Carol Carson, Kelly Miller, P. W. Price, Elizabeth McLaurin, Leona Gaskins, Lelia Thomas, Marie Symphax, Mamie Simmons, Dals Miller, Josephine Witchell, Ferdinand D. Lee, Emma Worrell, Selena Newman, Mamie E. Hall, Bessie Short, M. E. Boetic, I. Edwards, R. Parker, Thomas Morgan, A Mitchell, E. Simms, Miss Lynier Price and Dr. Clara Taliaferro. Prizes were won by Mrs. Kelly Miller, Mrs. Leon Gaskins, Mrs. Carol Carson, Mrs. Mamie Short and Mrs. Mamie Simmons, Mrs. Edwards, the scorekeeper, also received a beautiful prize. Barons Give Dance The Social Barons gave a complimentary dance at Murray's Casino, last Friday night, with the band and orchestra. Members of the club, Eugene Andrews, Stewart Robinson, James Harrison, Richard Cannady, Brian Brotherholm, John Faust, and Robert Braham, Wintes Faustet and Robert Braham. Mrs. Valentine Here Mrs. Baty L. Valentine, of 1231 Davenport Avenue, has returned to the District to take up residence again after passing five years in the city of Philadelphia. "Y.W" Dance One of the outstanding social events of the holiday is the Phyllis Wheeler Y. M. C. A. for the benefit of Camp Clarissa. Scott, a graduate of the University, Tuesday night, at the Lincoln College. The affair is being planned by Mrs. Griffin, Chair, of the social committee. 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Club Dance The New Orleans University Club will give a dance on next Tuesday night. The club recently met and elected emeritus the commissioner, William Pilzer, president; Dr. J. C. Brasier, treasurer; M. M. Chinn, secretary and Mrs. Colesman, sergeant-at-arms. Mehlingers in New Home Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mehlinger have entered into the department 1640 Elizabethtown, new. Mr. Mehlinger is a member of the legal staff of the Department of Justice. Bachelor-Benedicts Dance The popular Bachelor-Benedicts Club will give their second mid-winter dance Friday night, at Murray's Casino. Elks Christmas Dinner The annual Christmas dinner for the poor children of the city, sponsored by Ruth Cumber, chairman, will be held at the Elks' Island Island, Island Avenue, on next Tuesday afternoon. Cardozo Christmas Party The Cardano High School Athletic Association gave its first annual Christmas reception in the school library, Tuesday afternoon. The officers of the association are: Robert Rush, president; Worma Pulton, vice-president; Gladys Harris, secretary; John Forsyth, treasurer; James Ellis, assistant teacher; Teresa Moosebue and Walter Wheeler, scribes. Mrs. Hinton American Citizen Mrs. Maitilda Hilton, a native of Jamaica, West Indies, took part in a ceremony symbolizing the presentation of first citizenship held by the State Americanization Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Federated Woman's College, and the Americanization Foundation School in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce Building at Seventeenth and H. Streets, near St. Louis, for examination for admission to citizenship in the United States at the Americanization School last summer, making an average of $9 per student. A pupil at the Garnet-Patterson Night School, under Miss L. Duckett, teacher of the sixth grade, Mrs. Hilton lives at 833 Rhode Island Avenue, student body of the night school, by R. A. Gillen, the principal, last Monday night. F. ANN DAYBURD, 1189 Vincent Street, nw., is spending the Christmas holidays in Mass, the mass of her sister. Duke Ellington Here Washington of all circles are expected to join in the big gala dance on Christmas Day at the new Missoula Club O'Catharra will play. MISS GUSSIE MAE REYES, a teacher in the public school at Johnson City, Tenn., is the Christmas guest of her parents, Mrs. Walter L. Rever, Sr., of 1860, S.W. Smith. The Repertory Players Washington society will be greeted by a new group of thespians, under the name *The Armstrong High School*, to debut here Saturday night, at the Armstrong High School, in a play entitled, The players are under the direction of Miss Mary Burrill and Joseph N. Hill, members of the faculty at Dumbo High School, and wide known here in the little city. The cast of the play will include Robert Blyxap as John Ferguson Spratlin as Hanshaw; Samuel Powl as Clulee John; Fredrick Pellipilla as James Casar; Jack Bond as Henry Witherow; Franklin Brown as the Potman. DR. AND MRS. E. B. G. EVANS of 1201 U Street, New York, to Christmas in New York city, with friends. MRS. M. C. S. G. MURBELL, 1939 Randlemur Place, New York, to Race, the guest of her son, Mr. Stanley Murrell, popular star in 'The Green Pastures'. MRS. SYLSTER McLAURIN, of 2017 Thirteenth Street, new, will entertain several friends at a bridge hueon on Friday. MRS. WILHELMINA WALLACE will enter a number of friends at a. bridge and a number of nightly a. titer residence. C. 125 U Street. L. LAPATEYTE M. HERSHAW, of 3215 Tulane University, will attend holidays with his mother in Atlanta, Georgia. Walter White Speaks Here Walter White Speaks Here An overflow audience heard Walter White, acting secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., in an address here last Sunday at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. The meeting was held under the auspices of the local chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., and the third gather in the under its educational program for 1930-1931. Mr. White, speaking from the subject of the economic condition of the Negro in American and the world dwelt mostly on his work of the association in regards to the recent election, segregation throughout the country, poor schools in the South and the unemployed depression. Nathan Marigold, attorney, has been retained by association its coming light for equal financial expenditure in the Southern states for Negro school children and the rights for Negro citizens to vote in certain of the states of the South. Among the other participants in the exercises were: Miss E. P. G. Merritt, president of the local N.A.A.C.P. branch, Dr. John R. Hawkins, John C. Bruce, Judge James Cobb, Morris Lewis, Dean George Cook, the Rev. E. C. Murray, Herbert Jones, exalted ruler of Columbia Lodge of Elks, A. S. Pinkett, secretary of the local branch, and George A. Parker. Church to Aid Unemployed The Metropolitan, M.M.E. Church, through its position at the Rev. W. R. Thomas, has agreed to devote the morning services next Sunday, to the aid of the unemployed of the city Dr. Carter G. Woodson, director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History will be the speaker. MISS BERNICE WASHINGTON, who has been spending some time here as the guest of Miss Mary Whally, 1327 Corcoran Street, has returned to her home in Buffalo, N.T. - MRS. MA FRANCIS TAYLOR, of Riomond, Va. This spending is in the days held by her, here, in the old Mrs. Margers, H.H. 2102 Seventeenth Street, now. DR. ARTHUR CURTIS, of 1717 U Street will be the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cuzzens, of Detroit, Mich., over the week-end. MONROE DOWLING, of Atlanta City, N.J. A senior in the graduate school of business administration at Harvard University was the recent house guest of L. M. Hersh and his two daughters, the Misses Fay and Allyce Mae Hershaw. MIS CHARLOTTE NATHANS, of Petersburg Park, the city of the Christmas holldays here is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Mackey of Sherman. Avenue. Miss Matthews and Mrs. Mackey are Asters. MISS GENEVA RUSSELL, of New York City, sister of Mrs. Marion Robinson, and Miss Bessie Russell is convassileing here at the home of her sisters after a recent ill MISS ALICE BELL, popular local teacher, at Seventh and K Streets, nw. is rapidly reaching at Seventh and K Streets, nw. is rapidly reaching at Seventh and K Streets, nw. is rapidly Tetter and Dandruff Cure Eczema Salve Tetter and Dandruff Eliminator Bald Spot Salve Bald Spot Tonic Shampoo Straightening Comb, No. 31 Gas Comb Heater Pressing Oil Hair Restorer Falling Hair Tonic Hair Grower Lottie Gee Entertained Mr. and Mrs. Wafer Turner, of 1716 Second Street, nw, entered the of Miss Lizzie Brown, Ct. of Miss Lizzie Brown in the city several days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Powell, last week. MURHEL KELLOGG, popular Howard University co-ed was a birthday party at the Bamboo Inn, last Jan. 15, in New York City, where she spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. THE KELLOG, FRIEL, and DOROCHIE Dougson, daughter-of Mr. and Mrs. G. David, Boston, of 1768 T Street, will leave the city Friday for Boston, Mass., where she will spend the weekend with Willis Thornton, for several days. MISS MARIE MOSS, entertained the undergraduate chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Society, for Friday night. Among the guest were: Miss Elaine Greene, Catherine Rich- don, Norma and Valerie Parks, Ruth Edward and Larue Garmon. MRS. GLADYS GREENE, wife of Dr. Henry Greene, of 1725 T Street, nw, has recovered from a recent illness. Mrs. Carson Hostess Mrs. Clark Carson was hostess to the "cape" game. Mrs. Clark Bridge was played. Prizes were awarded Mrs. Catherine *George* and Miss Dorothy Robinson. Mrs. Clark Ralph Scott and Mrs. Carol Carson. Club members presented included; Mist George. Miss George. Mrs. Plinn. Mrs. Harry Malpin. Mrs. Hortense Burges, Mrs. Robinson and Miss Violet Bawen. Miss Kellogg Entertains Miss Kellogg Entertainer Miss Muriel Kellogg, of New York City, who attended University, will present a party of friends at a formal birthday dinner at the Bamboo Inn, last Friday night. Her guests include Misses Carin, Mrs. Williston and Lois Seyphax, and Burke Seyphax; William Seyphax and Thomas Blanford. **Supper Party at Bamboo Inn** A party of eight, including Dr. and Mrs. Walker Garvin, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Carin, Mrs. Williston, Dr. and Mrs. Warwick, of New York City, were supper guests at the Bamboo Inn, last Friday night. Miss Morse Hostess Miss Marle Morse, a Howard University student, entertained a group of friends at her home and gave them a tour of the guest were, Miss Gladys Iases of New York City; Miss Rolf Rerguson, Miss Jennie Lea, Professor Vaughn, Mercer Mance and Reggie Coates. Miss. Gray Entertains Club Mrs. Augustine W. Gray was hostess to the S Street Neighborhood Club at her 1250 S Street, wn, has Friday evening. A feature of the evening was the contribution by the club this club to worthy charities, which are not covered by the Community Chest. The members were W. Jones, Mrs. Minnie Wilson, Mrs. Lavaanna Moss, Dr. Marie Lucas, Mrs. William Milton, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. P. H. Pord, Mrs. Daniel Edwards, Mrs. E. G. Muse, Mrs. Samuel Milton, Mrs. E. D. Willock, Mrs. Gray had as special guests, Mrs. Gladys Houston and Mrs. Phihele Bantley. Mrs. Simmons. Honored A shower was given for Mrs. Lettele Simmons at her home, 161 S. Street, nw. last Saturday evening. Those present, Mrs. Louis R. Mclhanger, Mrs. Bertie Simmons, Mrs. DeWitt Perkinson, Mrs. Helen Burwell, Mrs. Robert Simmons, Mrs. Isabel Seddon, Mrs. Mary Cottrell, Irene Perkins, Mrs. Sue Lucas, Mrs. Dotchy-DelCole, Mrs. Milton and Mrs. MVS. VYTIAN PELELM, of 338 U. Street, new, entertained at blinkg. Tuesday eve- day. MED. EJON GARY, of 205 S Street, new, was hospitalized on October 18, on Club Sat, December 15. de the public ough the cause of vision, but friendship during ashes for US NEW calp and ducts VA MADAME T. G. BRAMLETTE, Founder—Hawaiian System of Scalp and Hair Culture, Washington, D. C. Opportunity—Open For Ambitious Women Women everywhere need the service of HAWAIIAN SYSTEM operators. We will be glad to go into details of the agencyship with all interested persons. Women with courage, ambition, and will-power can make a great big-piping business for themselves. The possibilities are endless and your success in this field will all benefit you. Behind your efforts you will have the best training and the best quality goods. If you will give the service necessary, you can meet the demands of the people of your community. We can teach out-of-town agents by mail. BAMBOO INN Dine — Dance No Cover Charge Christmas and New Year's Day Dinner—$1.00 Served from 2:30 to 9:30 P. M. Special Entertainment Dinner Dance—6-8 P. M. MAKE NEW YEAR'S EVE RESERVATIONS NOW New Masonic Temple Building You St. at 10th St., N. W. ```markdown ``` Address, HAWAIIAN SYSTEM 1532-7th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Business Club Holds Booster A mass meeting, to promote interest in Negro enterprises, was held at the Garnet-Patterson, High School, Thursday evening, December 18, under the auspices of the Associated Business Club of Washing- Dr. John R. Haykins, president of the Prudential Bank, and also president of the Association, presided and opened the meeting by explaining how general could be changed and improved by a more extensive support of NGR business enterprises. Among the other speakers were: Dr. Emmet Emmett, Dr. William Stewart, Dr. Carroll Brooks and Col. West A. Hamilton. MISS MABEL CLOE, of Payetteville, NC, is spending Christmas holidays here, visiting friends. B. SPELLER, 142 Twelfth Street, ne. will leave the city Saturday, for New York City, to spend several days at the Charles A. CORNISH, of 1507 Street, ne. will leave Saturday for New York City, to spend friends during the New Year holidays. The Knock-About Cub The Knock About Club had as their name, Davies, Mrs. Davies, of 1924 11th Street, nw. The caving of a delightful menu followed the name, Davies, of 1924 11th Street, nw. This was followed by cards and dancing. The members present included, Mr. and Mrs. Davies, of 1924 11th Street, nw. Mr. Leaster J. Brookes, Mrs. Josephine N, Mrs. Inter Winston, Mr. and Mrs. Ben, Mrs. Robert Winston, Mrs. Josephine N, Robert Herman and Miss Isabel" Arnold. IN D.C. SCHOOLS FEANCIS JUNIOR HIGH The Nannie Burroughs Girl Reserves of the city have made preparations to send Christmas gifts to the poor children of the city. K. MILLER PLANS DRY LEAGUE WASHINGTON, D.C. — (CNN) The tentative formation of a ten- perance league among the colored people of the nation to help push the enforcement of the 18th amend- ment, and make the country free of whiskey is being planned by Dean Kelly Miller of Howard University. The dean, who has been and is one of the most ardent hackers of the 18th amendment, has spoken out out the country on prohibition. In the plans of the working group assist him will be announced in later date. SHAW JUNIOR HIGH The following pupils were presented on society pins Priday, December 18, for maintaining an average of at least 7.5 points in yearly Gould, Powder, Merceder McDougall West, Westime Simmons, Biancee Stone, James Stone, Charles Clark, Gallery, and James Monroe. JOHN F. COOK SCHOOL The 5-8 pupils presented a Cottingham presentation on the 22. Those on the program were Robinson, John Hawkins, Odisha White, Derek Wilson, Darrell Barkley, Wylibur Anderson, Sandra Lyle, Gretchen Barbour, General Datt, David Fowler, Raymond Outlaw, Bernard Coad, Raymond Outlaw, Bernard Coad, and Mabel Green, Alma Mongerney, Mary Earl, Andrew Timore, Earl Ross, Robert Long. H. U. Dean Won't Reply to N.A.A.C.P. Leader's Charge of Tremors The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly Greetings WHITE DECLARES KELLY MILLER IS TIMID WASHINGTON. — Insisting that party labels during the present administration are meaningless, White, acting as the NAAAC applauded Kelly Miller and the occupant whom he referred to as tight Negroes who are frightened at the manifestations of political independence before the local branch at Avenue Baptist Church, Sunday. Secretary White, who was also the guest of a civil liberties bureau of Etsa, declared that the Negro in America is repudiating venal politicians. "The position of the Negro today," he said, "is the most hopeful and at some time the most hopeless since the Civil War. The present economic depression with its widespread unemployment is the most likely Negro. Being the main man in industry, the Negro is usually the last to be hired and the first to be fired." Dean Miller declined to make a statement for the AFRO-AMERI-CAN Monday, except to declare that and the N.A.A.C.F. disagrees with certain statements of defeat who voted for anti-Negro judge Parker. INTRODUCES BILL TO PAY SLAVE OWNERS INTRODUCES BILL TO PAY SLAVE OWNERS WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bill giving former slave owners or the heirs the right to sell their slaves under the state's emancipation proclamation was introduced in the House by Representative Robert A. Green, Democrat of Florida, shortly before Congress released the Christmas holidays Saturday. The bill of Mr. Green is in conflict with the fourth section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the situation. It imposes a loss or emancipation of any slaves. That section provides that such claims shall be held illegal and void. The Green bil would give permission within 50 years from the date of its passage for any slave owner or his heir to file and prosecute the Court of Appeal a compensation for the loss of any slave alive on January 1, 1863. Journal and Guide is Thirty-one Years Old NORFOLK, Va.—The Journal and Guide, this section's first weekly, printed its 31st anniversary last week, with 40 pages of advertising. The Young family have owned and operated this enterprise for 20 years. The family has more than 20 employees in its fully equipped printing and publishing plant. Judge Frees Six Who Took Rookie Cop's Badge WASHINGTON—(CNS)—The five men and a woman who were recently indicted for robbing a rookie policeman of his badge and gun were acquitted by a directed verdict in a district Supreme Court. Wednesday. Pvt. Clarence M. Roberts was stripped of his equipment November 9 in front of 326 B Street southwest. Those accused were Alain Lemain, Louise James, John Lyons, Hugh Lyons and Little Lyons. National Benefit Office Force Visit "The Fair" Carrying their policy of service and race price further, during the Christmas holiday, the company excused its home office force in several shifts so that they might visit the department. They employed more than fifty young women as department managers and clerks in it. It is reported that the National Benefit group "made a terrific raid" on the store, where the salesperson was a questionnaire was sent each employee, asking whether or not he had been properly trained. The salesperson asked as: Were you professionally approached? Was the salesperson attentive? Is display and visibility important to your business conventions? is the type of merchandise carried satisfactory for your needs? Did we have what you need for our service satisfactory? Did you make a purchase? New Year's Greetings! STUMP The Old Reliable Shoe Shiner Wishes for you and yours a Prosperous and Happy New Year STUMP'S 824 Druld Hill Avenue LOSES FRUIT JAR BANK WITH $1,000 CLARKSADE, Miss. —(ANP) The savings of Joe Wille Fleming, 52, which he has been accumulating for eight years, and his wife, Karen, have been stolen. Joe is not certain just how much he had stored away, but is inclined to think that it might have been owned. Two years ago he counted the money and at that time there was about $30, but he has since added considerably to the store, and he has bought a house. $50 at a time. All the treasure was in currency except $5 in silver coins. The jar was kept in a coffee house. He has a wife, and five children, who are in a destitute circumstance. He was preparing to use his savings to tide himself over in this emergency. Hereafter, he says, hell his funds in a national bank. MRS.SCOTT QUITS D.C.BOARD OF WELFARE MRS.SCOTT QUITS D.C.BOARD OF WELFARE WASHINGTON, D.C.-Mrs. Emmet j. Scott of 1711 S Street nw. has tendered her resignation as a member of the Board of the District of Columbia. Mrs. Scott was appointed a member of the board at its organization, the 1929 creation of that period, July 1, 1928, she was reappointed for a full term of six years. She has now served two and one-half years of the board, and has made and responsibilities in other directions make it advisable that I tender my resignation: on at this time, Mrs. Scott stated the letter of recommendation for the District of Columbia through the president of the board, Dr. Luther H. Reichlederfer, have written as follows: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia accept with sincere regret your resignation as a member of the Board. *Public Welfare of the District of Columbia* for November 13, 1930. They desire to express their deep appreciation of the splendid service you have rendered in your long membership on this board. His spirit which caused you to accept this onerous duty is sincerely appreciated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the people of whom he served so well." The rather serious illness of a younger daughter and the man she thought was mainly responsible for Mrs. Scott's giving up this civic duty at this time. Four School in Survey on American Colleges WASHINGTON — (GNS) — Four Negro institutions were included in the 431 schools of all types from which a survey was made. In 1958, Swarthmore College, on the attendance at American colleges and universities. The report which was published in the issue of December 13, of School and Society Weekly, In 1958, all students enrolled in the above number of colleges. Howard University of this city was listed with an enrollment of 2,530 for all resident students. The number of all resident students was 1200. The number of teachers. 233. Clark University of Atlanta. 524 students; Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. 365; and West Virginia State College. In 1958, all the resident students and 970 all resident pupils. The survey showed that the University of California including the Los Angeles branch ranks first among all the institutions of students having an enrollment of 17,322. Columbia University was second with 14,958. National Benefit Employees Christmas Savings Payments When the office force received its Christmas Saving Club payments this year, president of the National Bank, asked for a National Bank Headquarters, and asked or. John R. Hawkins, president of the Prudential Bank, to attend this meeting and personally meet with the bank. W. R. Rutherford, secretary and general manager, made an inspiring address upon the subject of "Thrift." The bank received more than 5,000 employees had received more than 5,000 in payments during the past year, and urged as a goal for 1911, 110,000 in savings at the bank, that the accounts started by the employees, and many of them are influencing their relatives also to open similar accounts so that through national bank accounts 300,000 accounts will be multiplied many times over. D.C. BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES ON PAGE 19 A The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 WILBUR APPOINTS ADVISORY GROUP OF 20 EDUCATORS WILBUR APPOINTS ADVISORY GROUP OF 20 EDUCATORS List Includes Supt. Wilkinson, Dr. Johnson, Dwight Holmes. HUBERT SELECTED W. A: Robinson, Dr. Davis also Named. WASHINGTON, D.C. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, announced Monday the organization by the Office of Education, Department of the Interior, of a national advisory committee of twenty educators on Negro education. The general purpose of the committee will be to give counsel upon policies to be pursued in dealing with major problems. The plan is for the members of the committee to serve as contact representatives in the various geographical centres in bringing the educational needs of colored people to the Office of Education. Two Direct Work. Dr. William J. Coper, commissioner of education, and Dr. Ambrose Calver, specialist on Negro education, the Office of the Commissioner will direct the committee. The three fields to be covered by the work of the committee will be elementary and secondary education and teacher preparation. Nominations for the committee were made mainly by the officers of the Commission in Colored Schools. The members of the committee are as follows: Miss Fannie G. Williams, principal of the Valena G. Jones Elementary School, New Orleans, and president of Teachers, in Colored Schools. Fred McCuistion, associate director of the Musus Resewald Fund, Nashville Dr. J. H. Dillard, president of the John F. Slaetr Fund and the Ann T. Jeans Fund, Charlottesville, Va. Dr. J. H. Slaetr, president of State Teachers College, Montgomery, Ala., and chairman of the high school division of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. Garnet Wilkinson. Garnet Wilkinson, assistant superintendent of public schools Washington, D.C. W. A. Robinson, principal of the Austen High School, Knoxville, Tennessee. W. A. Robinson, principal of colored high schools, Raleigh, N.C. H. O. Cook, principal of the Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo. J. W. Seabrook, dean of the State Normal School, Jackson, Miss. Ellen McAllister, chairman of the Department of Education, Miner Teachers College, Washington, D.C. Harry Green, professor of education West Virginia State College Institute, W. Va. N. C. Newbold, director of the division of Negro education, Raleigh, N.C. B. F. Hubert, president of the Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, Savannah, Ga. Dwight Holmes. Dwight O. W. Holmes, dean of the college, Georgia State University, Washington, D.C., and president of the Association of Colleges for Negro Youth. C. W. Florence of Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va., and president of the National Association of Negro colleges, and registrars in Negro schools. Dr. John W. Davis, president of the West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va., and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Negro Land Grant Colleges. Dr. J. W. Hale, president of the Agricultural and Industrial State College, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard University, Wash- Dr. John M. Gandy, president of Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. Dr. W. A. Daniel, associate executive secretary of the American Missionary Association. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bernard Johnson, 22, of Ballston, Va., and Christine Johnson, 23, of Falfax Va., were married here last week. "DADDY"LETTERS EXPOSE PASTOR'S LOVE AFFAIRS Baltimore Widow Seeks to Halt Marriage of her Preacher Lover. PASTOR AFFIRMS Tells Reporter, "You Know How It Is." Letters from the Rev. James H. Matthews, of Baltimore and Lynchburg, Va., in which he signs his name as "your old daddy," may cause him to face a breach of promise suit in local courts soon. Mrs. Sarah E. Williams, 600 Pleasant Street, made public the "daddy" letters last week, when the pastor refused to marry her and announced his engagement to another girl. The Rev. Mr. Matthews, who pastor's a Baptist Church in Lynchburg, admitted to AFRO reporters that the letters were his and that he had a hectic love affair with Mrs. Williams. Two of the letters follow; and Mrs. Williams says she has many more which she is not making public just yet. Just a line to let you hear from me and to tell you that I have never forgotten you there. That I have not forgotten you and will do all I can to help you as I am from time to time that you may always know where I am and if just would have happen I told you this never would have happen. But you would not do as I told you. I would not be nice to you and you said you was in trouble and if that be so why don't you be nice to me and you said you was in care of my trouble and if it is mine I will sure help you with it. So along that way I will be nice to you and as I told you at the house yesterday. DEAR SARAH Just a line to let you know that I received your letter this a.m. and was very glad to hear from you. But your letter was too long to read you a real nice letter. But you wrote me all the mean things you could think of and then tried to sweeten it. But you had said so many mean things in the outset that the good things did not do any good. Every time you write me you say every time you write me you then want me to write you a nice letter. Well, I have tried to sure you that I was going to be nice to you, but you now want to be nice, so now you can do what you want to after my tell you I was going to you as soon I got to Lynchbanks and then for you to write in me now and you have the Devil in me now, and now I don't care what you do. I want to act with you like a man should act. But you don't want me to do that, so I can do what you want done. So I will cice. I remember you as ever the one was once true to me, Sarah E. Williams. From your old Lady Take care of yourself and don't forget what you say you was going to do. Norfolk, Va. Doctor Weds WASHINGTON, D.C.-Dr. Wendell P. Colleh, 28, of Norfolk, Va. took as his bride here last week Miss Temple Golf Course 18 HOLES Don't Miss Seeing This Golf Wonderland Masonic Temple Bldg. 10th Street at U, Washington, D. C. f. f. AFRO-AMERICAN CIRCULATION BUREAU Tel., Lincoln 2497 6100 Clay St., N. E. Washington, D. C. ISAAC C. BANNISTER, Manager U.S. Civil Service Fails to Give Negro A Square Deal A Few Colored Clerks Hang On in Washington, but There Are No Replacements and No Reinforcement. By KELLY MILLER Several weeks ago, the New York Times carried an account of the report of the Civil Service Reform League extolling the progress of the Civil Service reform movement for the past fifty years. Thereupon, wrote the editor, the course of the civil service machinery to give the Nero applicant a square deal on the basis of his merit. The editor was good enough to publish my article in the issue of December 4, but gratuitously appended statistics to the effect that fifty percent of government federal government roll, with an aggregate salary of over sixty-four million dollars. Figures of Special Agent Merely Campaign Bait These facts were compiled by the Negro special agent in the Department of Labor to be used as offset against the complaint that there is race prejudice and discrimination in the civil service. Much use of these facts was made in the last presidential campaign. I am sorry to say by Negro spellbinders, to appease the grievance of the Negro complainer, to replied to the footnote of the editor of the Times stating that these fifty thousand jobs, for the most part consisted of soldiers, sailors, janitors, messengers, laborers, charwomen and caretakers, and did not touch the merits of the complaint that the race was discriminated against in the classified service. My rejoil remains unpublished. These years ago the whole race was lashed into fury over discrimination in the government departments at Washington. The late Navel H. Thomas laid down his life as a sacrifice on this altar. Governmental Segregation Grows Apace During the past blennium half a dozen heated issues have arisen and pushed government segregation out of public consciousness. But while we grow oblivious, the fire burns. Segregation moves apace while we denounce lynching, lily whitenism and Judge Parker, or indulge in bridge parties, fiddling and dancing. Segregation trends constantly and continually to the establishment of a caste system in the government departments in Washington. The discriminatory practice of the Civil Service machine has effected the ranks of the classified service. There has been considerable augmentation of Negroes in the subderical service. This seems to be the fixed and determined policy. Segregation Both Vertical and Horizontal One exception must be noted. There is a strong tendency towards vertical as well as horizontal segregation. The office of recorder of deeds is assigned a colored head, with the implied understanding that the racial bar shall not operate against the Negro in the clerical addition there are several divisions there are several chief and an entirely colored staff. So far as the general classified service goes, there still hang over, here and there, a few colored clerks who get along as best they can under the obtrusive segregative policy which is open and above board. The colored clerical contingent has absolutely no recruits or re-enforcement. One by one, but out by out, they are removed or removal. None are allowed to take their places. The final result is obvious and inevitable. Coolidge Broke Promise to Trotter Coolidge promised Trotter, in my presence, that he would put an end to such departmental segregation. But to the best knowledge and belief of the alleger, the New England President did absolutely; nothing to fulfill his promise. The other day the same Trotter poured the same complaint into Mr. Hoover; ear of merely passive and negative receptivity. What shall we do? Shall we cease insisting upon the fair and impartial enactment of the civil service law? or shall we continue to appeal to the conscience of a nation which nullifies its own laws and thereby belies moral idealism and compromises its own moral integrity? What Shall We Do? Three courses lie open. (1) The policy of New David Thomas—cry aloud and spare not. Let neither President, cabinet officer, head of department nor candidate for office have any peace while such discrimination is operated within his cognizance and under his authority. (2) Continue the present laissez faire policy, and let the administration perfect its jim crow policy without remonstrance. (3) Passively, or avowedly accept the vertical separation which sets up colored bureaus in sections manned and managed by Negroes. Which shall it be? Widow Pension Asked in Bill By Brookhart WASHINGTON—(CNS) — Widows of retired Federal Government employees would receive three-fourths of the annual pension their husbands were drawing, under the provision of an amendment to the retiree retirement act which Senator Obama of Iowa, introduced last Tuesday. The amendment was referred to the Senate Civil Service Committee, of which Senator Porter Dale is chairman, and a public hearing will probably be held to ascertain the sentiment for or against it. Miss Washington Returns to Buffalo Miss Hirscha Washington, who was the house guest of the two, over the Thanksgiving holidays, has returned to her home in Burbank and has been entertained extensively in Washington. November 8, 1930, 660 Pierce St. Lynchburg, Vn. November 10, 1930. Lynchburg, Va. 600 Pierce St.. Most Beautiful In Washington OPEN 10 A. M. TO 2 A. M. Every Day Including Sunday FREE INSTRUCTIONS CHRISTMAS THANKS I thankful for the dew drops Glisn'ting j - the grass. Jewelling all the hill tops Sparkling as I pass. I thankful for the bright star Leading the Wise Men three, Journeying from afar. The Holy Child to see. I thankful for the morning love divine, Soothing every longing. Binding your soul to mine. —GERTRUDE P. McBROWN, 501 Howard Manor, Washington, D.C. CONGRESS ASKED FOR $500,000 BY MO. COLLEGE CONGRESS ASKED FOR $500,000 BY MO. COLLEGE WASHINGTON, D.C.-A bill to authorize appropriations in aid of the expedition to the Arctic, R. Smith College, Sedalia, Missouri, was introduced in the House last Saturday by Representative John Palmer, Republican, of Sedalia, Missouri. The bill would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and appropriations thereafter to aid in the construction, development, improvement and maintenance of George R. Smith College as a college for the higher education of Negroes. The use of any part of the appropriation for religious instruction would be prohibited. The bill would also direct the Secretary of the Interior, under whose supervision the school would come under the control of the college for to-multiply a program of education that is not readily served by Howard University, to submit an estimate of the financial responsibility between the Federal Government and the school to make a report on these matters to Congress as soon as practicable. ORDER OF ELKS REPORTS MORE LODGES PAYING ORDER OF ELKS REPORTS MORE LODGES PAYING WASHINGTON, D.G.—There was no decrease in the number of lodges making their quarterly reports in October, J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, was advised by E. Kelly, grand secretary of Birmingham. Also, who recently office of the grand exalted ruler SIDEWALK BLOWS UP,1 KILLED,2 ARE INJURED WASHINGTON—(CNS)—Two women were seriously injured and a man slightly injured when a girl main exploded at a gym and then struck her wrist. Friday afternoon. The explosion was heard for many blocks around and was witnessed by Fire Chief George S. Watson, who happened to be passing at the intersection at the Miss Ray Washington. The injured girl was 39 years old, an employee of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Miss Ruth Henderson, 37 years old, both of 1330 Street northwest, and Clarence Street 24. of 1330 Street northwest. They taken to Garfield Hospital. Miss Henderson died December 20. She suffered compound fractures of both legs, burns and internal injuries. Funeral took place Christmas eve from St. Johns Baptist Church, Arlington. According to D. D. Ransdell, white, of the Washington Gas Light Company, the explosion in the building under the sidewalk filling the electric main of the Potomac Power Company. The explosion torpedo a 25-fit hole in the walkway and the explosion were hurled in, and back into the hole. They were extricated by Chief Watson and his aid. Electric lights in the vicinity of the explosion were out. Lawyers have been engaged to file suits for damages. Metropolitan Service for Unemployed WASHINGTON, D.G.—A service in the interest of the unemployed will be held in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Sunday morning at 11 S. W. Rutherford, secretary-manager of the National Benefit LLP insurance company, will introduce J. Scott of Howard University, will introduce Dr. Carter G. Woodson for the main address, and object, "Unemployment as it affects A short address will be made by A. S. Pinkett of the N.A.A.C.P. Dr. John R. Hawkins will denote the demand for the appeal for funds for the unemployed. Special music by Metropolitan choir. Memorial services will be held at the evening hour in memory of the late Thomas E. Vaughn. N.C.T. Boat Toasts No. 1 Lyching in Sixty Years KITRELL, N.C. — While mob violence runs through communities, this town boasts that not a single lynching has occurred here during the past sixty years; neither has any resident of this town been executed for or imprisoned since the electric chair was installed in Raleigh. DISTRICT GETS 3 UNEMPLOYED IN NEW FIREMEN AND NATION'S CAPIT'L THREE POLICEMEN NUMBER 6,426 WASHINGTON, D.C.—(CNS)—According to figures made public last Thursday by the District Unemployed Committee, 6,426 colored people are idle in the city. The report indicated that 3,121 of the number were men and 3,305 were women. The number of women unemployed exceeds that of the men by nearly 200. It was made recently on the unemployed with registration in the various public schools throughout the city. A total of 1,064 registered at the college, 1,000 at junior high school buildings. The remaining 5,000 were registered in the elementary school buildings. 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Short, 113 U Street northwest; and Earl Johnson, 1101 New Jersey Avenue southwest. The policemen were Frederick Hillard, assigned to the Third Precinct, the Eighth Precinct, and Reuben Nichols, designated to the Fourth Precinct. The rating of Hillard was the highest candidate both colored and white, candidates the civil service examination. Howard to Purchase $37,000 Lots WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Louis C. Cramton, Republican, of Mich., introduced a bill in the House last Saturday to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to hold Harvard University title to certain property near the university. The property, title to which would be transferred, involves three lots. For two of them the university would pay the District of Columbia the sum of $15,000. For the other two it would purchase the university would pay the District of Columbia the sum of $22,500. Marylanders Wed in D.C. WASHINGTON, D.G.-Susie Arm-strong, 43, of Chevy Chase, Md., became the bride of William T. Naylor, 46, of this city last week. Willette E. Christian, of this city, and John G. Walker, of Bladensburg, Md., were married here last week. --- RAYS Boston University's Color Line Hits Students' Holiday Dance Friday Night SARGENT DANCE NOT OPEN TO STUDENTS (Carroll News Service) BOSTON, Mass.—Students of the Sargent School of Physical Education, who recently charged that they were the victims of a jim crow system in being assigned to dormitories, were refused admission to a students' dance last Friday night, it was learned. According to Miss Annene (257) resident at 61 Gorham Street, Cambridge, she attempted to get tickets for the dance which had been previously advised to open to all students, did not succeed. It is said that as soon as it was learned that she and others desired to attend the dance, the white promoters of the affair announced that the dance was to be a private affair. 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WOMEN JOBLESS CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A fire which followed the explosion of a glass tank and which released tons of white hot molten metal into the Owens-Illinois Company plant at Kanawa City Wednesday and threw 40 employees out of work. Damage to the amount of several thousand dollars was done when the bloom of the big crucible tank dropped out following the explosion. Volunteer firemen fought the blaze caused by the molten glass. The steel platforms upon it were also damaged, but it was impossible to stand on them. Plans to rebuild the tank and resume operations are under way. TANK, MACHINE GUNS HALT MOB TANK, MACHINE GUNS HALT MOB ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—An army tank equipped with machine guns helped to persuade a mob to let the law take its course at the Buchanan County jail Sunday when a mob of 150 men attempted to lynch Raymond McCormick charged with killing the police Colter, 19-year-old white school teacher, last week. Gunn had been arrested and is said to have confessed the crime, when the mob formed at the scene and carried on the jail. Sheriff John Roach, white faced the mob and told them that he was prepared to take action if possible and called in the assistance of the state militia. Holds Caucus. After soldiers drove the would-be robber from the jail, they held a meeting two blocks away and decided to go to Plattsburg where someone reported Gunn had been taken. Officers there said the disorder the jail to prevent further disorder. Boston K.P.'s Prepare for Summer Meet (Carroll News Service) BOSTON, Mass.-In an effort to stimulate public interest in the biennial convention of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, the Lodge held its annual meeting of August, 1831, the Supreme Lodge and Supreme Court, entertainment committee, were sponsors of a public mass meeting held at the Columbus Avenue A.M.E. Zion Community Church. Among the speakers who urged hearty co-operation in an effort to make the coming convention one of the best ever had by the organization, the committee of the Massachusetts parole board; Dr. Charles C. Williams, pastor of the Columbus Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church; Mrs. Minnie T. Wright, club member and civic leader, and W. Warren Boeckner, boomed as the logical candidate for the office of grand chancellor of the New England jurisdiction. The officers of the entertainment committee were E. Walters, chairman of the committee of arrangements, and Dr. Walter O. Taylor, general chairman. Master of Ceremonies Leads Regal Cagers CHICAGO, IL—Deserting the Regal Theatre stage here where he has been serving as master of ceremonies, Cooper well known dance, and one partner of Eddie Rector, will don the uniform of the Regal basketball team and lead the pack against the Crusaders at the St. Elizabeth Gym Friday night. Cooper's line-up will include the famous Tommy Brookins, Abraham Stevens, Joe Tolmaine, Jimmy Lyle, and the Knight King, former Englewood high school ace. The recent 42-to-21 victory that the Regal five scored over the Tivolli theatre outfit has made the boys around the Knight King think they can Cooper and his boys can play basketball. Kenneth Bluewell is business manager of the team. The team will be at 11 p. m., featuring the Roamer Girls, western champions. KY. SERVANTS GET $5,000 COVINGTON, Ky.-Two servants of the late Mayor Frank H. Perkins, white, Mrs. Ada Scroggins, cook, and Williar Murray, chauffer, have re-entered the office of trustworthiness, according to the will which has been probated. AFRO VISITORS G. O. Wing The Rev. G. Oliver Wing, pastor of Brown Memorial, N.E. Church, Idaho and P. Stiggs, N.E. Washington, and Oliver Jr., who is one of the AFRO'S biggest agents in the capital city. Brown Memorial is in a four-cor-nered popularity contest with Israel Baptist, Rev. A. B. Fisher, pastor; Mt. Zion Baptist, Rev. G. Z. Brown pastor; and Jordan Memorial, M. E. Church, Rev. S. M. Mitchell, pastor. The pastor receiving the highest vote by December 29, will be crowned king at Brown Memorial N. C. Unemployment Comission Named RALEIGH, N.C.—(By Wire)—On recommendation of Lieut. Lawrence Oxley, Governor Gardner appointed today a committee to serve with the State Council on Unemployment and with President Hoover's committee. Personnel: Dr. S. G. Akins, the Rev. R. V. T. Weatherby, Berry O'Kelly, G. C. Spaulding, Dr. L. O. Miller, Dr. J. A. Tinalley, Dr. Frank Vantant, and Dr. C. M. Epps. Lieutenant Dr. Jill Hill governor's council during emergency The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS BUREAU 1111 Arctic Avenue SHORT ELSE LECT OFFICERS ATLANTIC CITY, M.J.-Herman HILL M.D., of the University of Lodge, No. 9, I.B.P.O.W., at the annual election held Monday evening at the home, 1813 Arcadia Avenue, to succeed Clarence Snowden, who declined the nomination because of ill health. Other officers elected were: Charles T. King, of the University of George Lewis, esteemed local knight; James Parne, cateeed lecturing; knight: Christopher Eichberger, esteemed knight; James Innes, esteemed knight; John Manley, yuler. Charles H. Donaway was re-elected treasurer, and also trustee for one year. Other trustees were, Charles James and M. Williams. Celebrate 22ND ANNIVERSARY of the organization, the Workers Club of Union Baptist Temple celebrated the occasion recently with a musical depiction in the lower temple of the church. The principal address was delivered by Dr. R. Murray, Mira Murray is president of the club. LAURY-SCUDDET NUPTIALS Miss Louise Scuddet NUPTIALS of the University of Rev. John A. Brown, pastor of Union Baptist Temple, officiating at the ceremony, home at 885 North South Avenue. PERSONALS THE PORTNIGHTLY CLUB of the Mokkin School of Music, of which Perdinand Mokkin and his friends with a whist party Friday, at the school studio, 1809 Arctic Avenue. A CARD PARTY was given by members of the city's unemployed Friday night at the home, 1613 Arctic Avenue. Proceeds were donated to the fund for the city's unemployed Friday night at the home, 1613 Ohio Avenue, left Monday for Mathewa Va. to attend the funeral of the slater, Mrs. Esther Morgan. Mrs. SARAH E. BROWN, police matron, was re-elected president of the Matheva V. Martin Rescue Home for the eighth season. Mrs. SARAH E. BROWN, Tuesday night at the home, 1212 Columbia Avenue, Pleasantville. In her report, Mrs. Brown stated that home had cared for 100 unmarried women and their babies during the present year. AND MRS. JAMES AGBE GEEanter included several relatives and friends at dinner later, the occasion of their wedding anniversary. MRS. MARJORIE ABE WILSON was host- ing the 19th Annual Club recently at her home on Hohart UPON HIG HIG RECENT VISIT to the shore Congressman Gear DePrist, attended and led the Lighthouse Lodge, No. 9, I B. I, P. O. E. W. George W. P. McMechen, of Baltimore, a was the principal speaker at the exercises DURING THE PAST WEEK, the Ashbury B. Perry is the pastor, celebrated its 44th anniversary with services every night and shore citizens spark at the celebration during the course of the series of meetings. ASBURY PARK NEW BRUNSWICK BRUSNICK WBUSNICK, N.J. — The Junior College's meeting is held every evening. Raymond Adams, of Burlington, N.J., for several visitors recently visited Dr. Miller and other friends. Mrs. Nell Pittman, of Commercial Avenue, N.J., visited Misses Katie and Stella Jones, of Pescatay recently entertained a number of friends. Misses Milford McKnight and Rosie Faulcon entertained friends from Camden, N.J., and Woodland, Highland Park and New Brunswick. Mis Ada Van Horn, of Lee Avenue, has left for Kingston, N.Y. The Trumpets Basketball Team gave a social Friday evening. A good time was spent in the gym, buying an outfit for the team. Mr. Worham and Mr. Smalls recently joined the team. The Trumpets Basketball Team has booked a game to play Paintfield, in Paintfield. CAMDEN CAMDEN. N.J.-The pastor of the B.I. was recently celebrated his 12th anniversary. He was honored by Mrs. Emma Tinley and the congregation, and the educational programs were held at the church from December 15 to 19. The congregation held meetings with their choir and members were present Monday night, the Rev. P. O. Hick, of Scott's Church, and the Rev. P. O. Hick, of Merchantville, Wednesday, the Rev. G. L. Taylor; Thursday, the S Four Quartet; Friday, the Rev. G. L. Harris, of Mt. Hope. The total amount raised for the week was $28.67. General Agent New Jersey TRENTON TRENTON, N.J.—The Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Wilson, of 50 West End Avenue, celebrated their 28th anniversary Friday in the museum. Mrs. Wilson presented with a reception by Mrs. B. Israel, a vocal solo by Mrs. Mattie Kelley, accompanied by Olsen Olsen Williams, with Mrs. Edna Lewis at the plano. Following the program a delicious repast was served. Guests and donors of gifts Mrs. Gordon Brabant and Mrs. Robert Kobert Mrs. Robert M. and Mrs. David L. Johns, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Edna Lewa, Mrs. Eva Hain, Mrs. Robert Turner, Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sajipes, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Toppkins, Mr. and Mrs. Hain, Mrs. Robert Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Gillum, Mr. and Mrs. Royster, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Toppins, Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Gillum, Mr. and Mrs. Royster, Mr. and Mrs. S. Dade, Mr. and Mrs. William Meeks, Mr. and Mrs. Hughe Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. William Makee and Mrs. Frances Makee, Mr. and Mrs. William Griscom, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Prince, Mr. and Mrs. William Makee and Mrs. Hart, Mr. Steward, Mrs. Angelle Hollis and others. Newly Elected Officers for N.A.A.C.P. Officers of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were elected at the meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held on Spring Street: John D. Hepkins, president; Dr. C. E. Wilson, vice-president; Dr. John A. Gordon, treasurer; held the third Friday in January at the Mt. Zion Church, at which time the nominees for the office of secretary will be elect- AMONOG CHURCHES A pre-Christmas program was given at the Trenton Church of God and Christ, among those taking part on the program were P. Harold Johnson, who rendered several walks, and Walker, who presented an interesting playlet, spoke on, "The Aims and Purpose of the Junior League," an organization of the Junior League group was master of ceremonies. Y.M.C.A. Dr. Channing H. Teblas, senior secretary of Colored Work of the Nation! Council at the third annual Christmas Community Service of the Y.M.C.A. Colored Community Club, December 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the Masonite Temple on Pemphrey Avenue. This service is being held under the auspices of the boys groups of the Colored Community "Y.M.C." L. Long, principal of the new Lincoln School, gave a talk at the regular meeting of the Men's Community Club, Joseph Cole also made a few remarks. Members of the Hi-Y- debating team are bates. Addison Tillson was chosen as historian for the club at the Christmas Community East Trenton Monarchs admitted Leon Bracey in other club as a new member. Jerome Walker will present the club at the Community "T" Juniors were given a talk on basketball by Cornell Adams, Damrii, and Members of the Sketch Club, with their instructor, Mary May. In Caver, held here, the students will complete arrangements for the exhibit of the painted Christmas gifts which will be on display at the Christmas Service, Sunday afternoon. Bishop Floncer, with their adult assistants, will hold thirty boys in attendance. Aaron Biddle was chosen to give a summary of their activities with Charles Michael as assistant. Bishop Floncer met with their leader, Henry Covington, Friday night. The basketball team team: Joohua Baylor, George Wilson, Henry Kollet, Robert Wilson and Donald Campbell will make the club report. Basketball - Rex "T" Club defended Holy Cross, and lost to the Broad Street Bucks 11-14. James Smith, of Howard University, is spending the Christmas holidays with his wife, Mrs. James Smith, Br. of Walnut Avenue. Joseph Williams, of 88 Bellevue Avenue, is spending the Christmas holidays with his Mommy Place, place to Richmond, Va. Saturday to attend the funeral of their father. Miss B. Doris Morton, Girl Reserve secretary, is spending the Christmas holidays her home in Beckley, WVa., where she will spend the holidays. Miss Dorothy Conner will spend the Christmas season, with her parents in Philadelphia. Miss Joseph Williams recently entered the Avenue. Among those present were James Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Jones, Edith Thomas, William Van Harker, Thomas Burton, William Van Harker, Alex Gass, Buster Johnson and Herbert Williams. Games, cards and refreshments were en eldren, drums, whistles, trunks, and toys of all descriptions will be distributed to the poor children of the city at a Christmas party at the Civic Citizens Club, to be held on Christmas morning in the auditorium of the Elks Hall, 45 Powder Street. A big dinner will also be given the kiddies. No children will be turned away. Music for the children will be furnished by the Elks Band. The Citizens Club is an organization which promotes and aids in the development of civic education. The officers of the club are: Pascal F. Leo, president; Berkley Davis, vice president; Isaac Leo, secretary; Irving Archer, secretary; and David R. Worthy, manager. E. W. Baker, staff correspondent of the Citizens Club, is a member of the Co-operative Citizens Club on Sunday evening after a conference of the officers. Leo was elected president of the Bachelor Beneficial Social Club at the recent election of officers. Edward Leon-Gillian, secretary. Their next activity will be a formal dance to be held in February. RAYONNE BAYONNE, N.J.-The Bayonne branch of the N.A.A.C.P. will sponsor its first oration, J. E. Watt's, wife of Dr. Watt's. The topics are: "Lynching, the Discharge of the N.A.A.C.P." "The Significance and Moorfield Steam Means to the Negro." "The N.A.A.C.P.-The New Abolition Movement among Negroes." "The Significance of the Negro Should Be opposed to Segregation." "Why the Negro Should Vote." "Why the Negro Should Be Contributed to the Progress of Their Race in America." "What Negroes Have Doed for America." "What Negroes Have Contributed to the Negro Soldiers in the Wars of America." The names of the speakers in order are: Edward H. Winfrey and Muriel Dickson. Louis G. Baker, Oscar Winfrey and Lucus Gray, Charles McMillan, Mary McMillan, Jack Gassett, Ruth Scott, Ribbam Sams, Pearl Jones and Alberta Jackson, Timothy Kinn. The members of the oratory committee are: Mrs. J. E. Watt's, chairman; Mrs. George L. Johnson, acting secretary; Mrs. George L. Johnson, acting secretary; Mrs. George L. Johnson, acting secretary. The judges will be selected from various branches of the N.A.A.C.P., including Jersey City, Newark and other cities. The contest will be held in February. JERICHO JERICHO, N.J.-There was a rainbow that descended on the campus given for the benefit of the Wesley A. E. Church, Mrs. B. Clark, while, won first place; Mrs. E. Williams was the rainbow bearer from Camden High School on 18 December. Mrs. Lea兰 Warten gave a party. She had quite a number of guests. Mrs. Lea兰 Warten was a number of guests from Philadelphia. Tuesday night, December 16, there was a fire at the Fire Hall, by the fire company. The title of the play was, "Hellman Bill," with an all colored cast. There was an all colored cast. There was about the death of Florence Mills. Wednesday evening a party was given to Mrs. Eddie Ros. 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Although the International Commission to investigate charges of slavery in this country, the President King and Goe-President Yancy in connection with the forcible sending of boys to Fernando Poo, and recommended the firing of the five district commissioners, it did not involve Secretary of State Barclay, now acting president, in the scandal. Faulkner King, Faulkner, leading business man in the republic and himself responsible for the appointment of the commission, branded the elder Arthur Barclay as : member of the slave trade ring when the slave trade networkainted a member of the commission. Faulkner objected to Barclay because of his family connections with President King, and he told him that Barclay had acted in the place of cabinet officials and would not be dis, used to give an unbiased judgment testimony presented against the government. Commenting on the report shortly after it was made, Vice-President Yancy, who was also forced to re-enter the White House, declared that charges which would have connected the Secretary of State with the slavery scandal were not allowed under congressional law, a feeling prevailing here, however, is to give the acting president a clean bill in view of the fact that the probe commission did not officially name him in its re- TWO ROBBERS GET 30 YEARS CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Stanley Clyburn, 18, and David Garmain, 17, were sentenced to serve thirty years in prison for the shooting of Zach Henderson in an attempted robbery. Clyburn is the brother of John Clyborn who was electrocuted three years ago for killing a white man. FLORENCE FLORENCE, N. J. — Miss Violet Taylor was a visitor of Mrs. Samuel Taylor, of New York. Miss Dorothy Founton, of Seventh Street, was in town for a Christmas concert. Plants are being made for a Christmas exercise Christmas night. Miss Catherine is the Rev. and Mrs. Wright, is the pianist. Miss Irina Armond visited Pegey Dpun in Philadelphia, last evening. Miss Violet McKenna was shopping in Philadelphia, last week. Mrs.艾莉 Nichols, Mrs. Ruth Epps, Mrs. Naille West, were in Trenton, last Monday. Paul Clark, of Third Street, has returned from the Bunnyylvania General Hospital, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Mrs. Ehle McCoy, of Second Street, was thursday. Jones McCoy, of Second Street, has taken over the O. K. Tailor Shop, which was formerly owned and operated by the late J. B. O'Neill. A social was given at the home of Mrs. Mattie Davis, of Second Street, under the auspices of the Christmas Organization organized December . . . and is growing rapidly. The officers are: Gilpin Taylor president; Eddie Patterson, vice-president; and John Chestnut, treasurer. A social was given at the home of Mr. M. B. K. Ewing, of Franklin Street, the benefits of the First Baptist Church, of Roebling, last Friday evening. Madame G. R. K. ewing, of Franklin Street, the benefits of the First Baptist Church, of Roebling, last Friday evening. Mme. Johnson, rentered services at the First Baptist Church of Roebling, last Friday evening. Mme. Johnson, rentered services at the First Baptist Church and the North Carolina Four, of the St. Paul Baptist Church, of Church, N.J., rendered several requests. A rally was held at the St. Paul Baptist Church, last Sunday. The Rev. W. I. Wright, the pastor, rentered the Trinity color sang several new Christmas Ants. Miss Bessie Grayan, of Second Street, planning to spend the Christmas holidays in New York. 3 You have to see them to realize the quality and inexpensive of these gifts. The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly (Carroll News Service) BOSTON, Mass.—"Some sentence, judge, for selling only half a pint of moonshine," was the statement made by Tansey Williams, 40, of Othela Bentley, 40, of Bentley, commended by Judge Thomas H. Dowd, to three months in jail and fined $100 in the municipal court, Tuesday. The judge perused a few words on a card and remarked: "I see you are no stranger in court, Williams." Williams, who weighs 268 pounds, dropped from a second story window of his home about two weeks ago, ran to his car and jumped into the South Bay while being pursued by officers. PLEASANTVILLE PLEASANTVILLE N.J. "The Reynerville Van Buren selected for N.J. theme, "God's Gift to Him," R.T. R. Washington, pastor of M. Zion Baptist Church, selected. "The Mallety of God," for his morning sermon. "The Born of God," for young People's meeting bury M.E. Church, spoke on. "The Birth of Christ." The Sunday schools and Bounder League schools of Young People's meeting musical. At the House of Prayer, an interesting program was presented by the Sunday school. The high school will present a musical ten at the Elk" Home, Sunday afternoon. Pleasant Baptist Church, preached Tuesday morning, on the theme, "Earth's Greatest Discovery." In the evening he preached morning, on the theme, "Earth's Greatest Discovery." In the evening he preached morning, on the theme, "God's Goddess with God." Services were well attended. The Harold Songsters will be at M. Zlom on Christmas Eve. He will be given for Sunday school of St. Paul, Sunday afternoon. The musical and recital, given by Mrs. Johnson, Tuesday evening, at Abbury Church, was a decided success. A program was pre-printed. The Welfare Centre and Civic Community Clubs are busy looking after the unemployed. The out-of-town students are at home again for the holidays. The Reverend Van Buren and conversation visited the Reverend Brooks in Atlantic City, Rockwell Carsell, co-committeeman, gives his place of business to feed the unemployed every day from 12 to 3 p.m. Rockwell Carsell, co-committeeman, holds their meeting Friday evening, at Mrs. Gibson's on Columbia Avenue, with Mrs. Bortha Rella, president, presiding. Those students attend the business meeting R. Phillipine, Dorothy Welch. After the business meeting, a retest was served. The welfare, committee held their meeting, with Mrs. M. Zion Baptist Church, with their president in charge, Mist Mila Williams. Plans were completed for the baskets for the unemployed, Williams will soon leave her home in Washington. She is one of the teachers here. Mrs. Frances Washington has returned to her home. Benjamin E. Trons, of New Bedford, Mass., visited his saint, Mrs. Jennie Cary, of 1018 Those who are on the stik list are Miss Minnie Gaines, of Trremont Avenue, Mrs. E. Spence is Improving, and Mrs. Peterson, of Ashland Avenue; Joseph Robinson, of Old Turnipke, of Shaadel, has been suffering from a severe cold. A union missionary and mass meeting was held in the town of lowering churches; Abbey, St. Paul and M. Pleasant, with Mrs. Taylor, president, and Mrs. Pleasant, with Mrs. Nichols Holbe and Taylor, Miss Crocker, Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pane, Mrs. Albrora Holiday, Mrs. Pane, Mrs. Albrora Holiday, Mrs. Pane, Mrs. Albrora Holiday, Mara Finney, of Hope Mission, Cardiff. The ladies of Mt. Zion are planning to WHITES REPLACE THIRTY DETROIT EMPLOYEES DETROIT—Thirty employees of the garbage department have been discharged for unexplainable reasons and are now laborers. The colored citizens, who largely supported Mayor Murphy have called his attention to the depletion in the ranks of the city's colored laborers but no action has been taken. Ask Dismissal of Newark Public School Employees Charged with Assault NEWARK, N.J.—A conference of clergymen of various denominations in Newark has passd resolutions to be forwarded to the board of education, requiring suspension or removal of two white employees in one of the schools, held for the grand jury on charges of abusing two 8-year-old colored girls. The conference in its resolutions went on record as co-operating with the National Association vancement of Colored Colored Baptist Ministers in East Lake County Civic and other groups seeking the injured children in safeguard and protection school children. Rev. L. B. Ellerson is a committee which drafted resolutions. estern Pharmacie ES JUST TELEPHONE YOUR ORDERS TO US AND WE WILL SEND THEM TO YOU Dolphin St. 4173 Nov. 8, 2005 S305 Ford St. FREE DELIVERY SERVICE XMAS We have an excel- lent assortment of 14 YR. OLD GIRL LEADS SOPHS IN JERSEY SCHOOL BLOOMFIELD, N.J.-Among the students at the Glen Ridge High School listed on the honor roll, Ruthie Sutherland, 14-year-old, more, takes the highest honor, cording to records on the school board, ended last week. All honor students except Muriel are white. Miss Sutherland, who is the only student with a jumma cum laje certificate, is daughter in all of her subjects. She is daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. Sutherland, dentist, and she graduated from theanden graded school at the 12th grade. Romance Languages Although Miss Sutherland has excelled in all departments of the school work and revealed an extraordinary character, she is planning to specialize in Romance languages. Graduates from the school she will enter Radcliffe College in Boston. Glen Ridge is one of the most exclusive communities in New Jersey. The island has practiced at Bloomfield and Orange for more than 20 years and has been one of many years a trustee of the terrian Church. Herbert A. Dutch white, superintendent of schools of Miss Muriel in a letter last week. NEWARK NEWARK, N.J.-N.J. Soloschitz, Truth Branch will give a silver birthday cake to Berry Branch on December 28. The Rev. Rene Lovis, address in Berry, New Jersey, life of Life as I学历, last Tuesday Christmas baskets for the needy are being distributed. The Rates are great fun at their party, December 18. They exchange gifts no longer than 10 cents. The foam green crepe paper. Mr. and Mrs. James Davil of Killen to them December 10, at 2 creek in the afternoon. He weighed 8 pounds and 3 inches. Beth mother and child are, and at home spending a Merry Christmas, and religious cakes in Newark, 11th hour Monday morning, December 18, for Gorgesown, Town of which he is the mother. Mr. and Mrs Thomas Bessels at mother, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Bessels at mother, $238 Mernster Street BLOOMFIELD N.J. ATTACKER HUNTED IN BALTO. EASTON, Md.-The Baltimore police have been furnished a description of Charles Tuck, said to lie there, who is reported, during an argument, to have attacked and injured him. The owner of the Pleasant Valley farm whom he worked, the past two weeks. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Colored Baptist Ministers Conference the Essex County Civic Federation and other groups seeking redress for the injured children and protection for other schoolchildren. R. B. Ellerson is chairman of the committee which drew up the resolutions. Prices From 75c to $5.00 Neck May Lead to Suit for Heavy Damages in Philadelphia WEAK, SICKLY, AILING WOMEN CAN BE STRONG AND HEALTHY USE DERRICK TO PULL MAN'S HEAD FROM SHOULDERS PHILADELPHIA—What hospital physicians here called one of the most unusual operations ever performed, the derrick was used to pull the head of Herschel Chestnut from between his shoulder blades, last week. The operation followed an accident that took hold of a ship of the North German Lloyd lines and a hatch cover, being pushed into place over the hold in some manner, fell through squares c: top of his Narrow Escape The hatch cover by some chance fell in such a way as to mash the man's head straight down between his shoulder blades much in the manner in which a turtle's brought basked in the heat of the fall. Had the last fallen in a sifting position, it would have probably killed instantly, doctors say. He is now confined in the Graduate Hospital with a broken neck. The injured man is being represented by Raymond Pace Alexander who took action against the ship commanded to compelled the captain of the ship to post bond for appearance in the U.S. District Court. Pennsylvania LANCASTER LANCASTER, PA.—Oriental Star Chapter. No. 31, H.R.A.M., held its regular convocation Tuesday evening. After the business session the following officers were installed by D.D.H.P. H.T. Smith, and the company wills Gray, King and C.R.W.P. Carter, C.R.Jerry White, Secretary, P.H.P., C. O. Presley, B.P. Whip, and the other members. P.S.O.S.S. John Stewart, James Best, John H. Swalls, The Girls' Athletic Club gave their initial card party at the Crispus Attucks Recreation Center last Friday night. Crisus was awarded by Miss Bernice Proctor to Misses Arvel and Jane Pearl. Frazier, Rachel Carter, and Walter Cooper. Refreshments and new hours of social dancing were enjoyed by the young people after the game. A Community Christmas Tree and party will be had at the Recreation Center for all children under twelve, on the evening of December 13. A trays of candy and orange, and a toy will be given to each club attending. The Landmark branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at its monthly meeting, held Tuesday evening in Bethel A.M.Z.E. Church, rejected the following of Magers: President, Mrs. Laur Carter; vice-president, Mrs. Carrie Foster; secretary, Mrs. Ada Stander; and treasurer, A. L. Polle. A resolution of sympathy was passed on the death of the Rev. H. Young. Plans were made to be announced later at a play, the date to be announced later. WILLIAMSPORT WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—The Ladies of Bishil Baptist Church with Mrs. Adele Russell will preside as a celebrant and a successful bazaar, December 16, 17 and 18. Christmas exercises of Bishil Baptist Church will hold Friday evening at the church. The B.Y.P.U. rendered a program Sunday evening, under the leadership of Miss Mary Margaret, decorated with the young people of the B.Y.P.U. A program which consisted of carols, stories, stories. There was a call meeting of the Union Missionary Society of Bishil Sunday, December 16, 17 and 18. Amanda East, 690 Walnut Street. The young people decided in this meeting to carry a carol to the Sunday school. At the Sunday school hour, the attendance included two young men, who are attending school away. Howard Nash, a student of the Sunday school, and Andrew, a student of Howard University. Mr. Nash taught one of the classes of the Sunday school. At the close of the Sunday school, the students were called upon to speak by the superintendent. Under the direction of Mrs. Sarah Bantam, a home chest contest. Friday evening, with a beautiful holy tea. Mrs. R. B. Woolf, of the Rev. R. B. Fowell, was the successor. The children's party will be held at the Bethune-Douglas Center. Saturday afternoon, from 10:30 to 12:00. The Neumann Christmas stories. Miss Vera Ellen Parker and Miss Peggy Bobbie with Miss Marie Siberman, pupil nurse with Miss Marie Siberman, pupil nurse MORRISTOWN MORRISTOWN, N.J.-At Bethel, AME. Church, the K. A. Garcia按嫁 K. A. Garcia按嫁 The annual Manatee Masons' degree was conferred Saturday evening, December 20 at Eureka Hall, Spring Street, by Tyaran Lodge, No. 34, P.A.M. William Hill is home for the holidays after, being away for several years. The first electric train left the Lacassane Railroad Station December 18 at 11 o'clock for Hoboken. The Rev. H. A. Garcia and the Rev. J. A. Morrison of Norristown. It was celebrated by the officials of the city, school children and the high school band. The services and white gifts for the Christmas services were observed at Bethle A.M.E. Church Sunday. A turkey dinner was given by misjonatorias last Thursday evening. Mrs. Garela was chaitman. Honkongtone and Miss Williamson journeyed to Newark Thursday looking for Santa Claus. James E. Mablin, of Montreal, Canada, was home for ten days to bury his sister, A. A. C. Mablin. She was sick only a week. Mrs. Lella Hunt. 20 Willow Street, is the archit of the AFRICANICAN. CAPE MAY CAPE MAY, N.J.-M.J. Hannah Selv and son, Junior, have returned from their trip to the United States. Mrs. Bethea Green has returned from Chester, Pa., where she went to see her sick mother. Her supper was given at the Odd Fellows' Hall on the 11th by Major Wolford and his committees for the benefit of the children. Church Nurse Nola Saunders is home spending two days with his wife, Mrs. Matisa Saunders, of Jefferson Street. The supper was given at the Rev. A. G. Mitchell is confined to her bed, suffering from burns on her left hand and right foot, caused by accidentally spilling hot water. She is unable to use her foot at the door, under the care of the doctor and nurse. Wheeler Club of the Women's Federation of the United States itself about making some donations during his Christmas holidays. The teacher, Mrs. Fanny D. Oliver, Mrs. Matisa Cooper and Mr. Thompson, principal Mrs. Joan their closing for the Christmas holidays. If you are tired out when the day begins and tired out when it ends; always weak and sickly, and constantly ailing from those wretched lilies so common to women G and be strong, energetic and healthy. This rich vegetable tonic helps to improve the appetite, to tone up the system, to steady jumpy nerves and to give sparkling energy and pep. Thousands of girls and women who were weak, run down and under-nourished because of the quick way it has brought back their health and made them strong, active and PHILADELPHIA By MRS. FANNIE A. HARES 1817 Lomond Street PHILADELPHIA spent a few days last week in New York City, where she visited her daughter, Miss Elganor Gardner, who is attired in Miss BESSIE ALSTON, well known in social life here, is spending the holidays in New York City, where she is going over big this week, at the Golden Dawn. MRS. HOODES ADDRESSES HOUSEWIVES an organization of prominent women, having for its object the building and maintenance of "better homes," Mrs. E. Washington, the principal of the Philadelphia Tribune, stressed the importance of every householder's carrying the home and the houseguard against loss motion, clearly defined manner she told her heaters how the business executive keeps his accounts, guards against loss motion, "Every woman," argued the speaker, "should learn to keep accounts, which need not elaborate on each copybook which might be small on each page, small. On the opposite page, of course, should be noted just how much has been housed in the house. There should always be a budget." Attention was called to the carelessness of close injunctions to the use of gas, as well as preparation of meals. Modern equipment has lifted housekeeping and housework from the care of the elderly, so declares Mrs. Rhodes, "before the leading colleges and universities will be offered training in the meeting was held in the meeting room of the League in the Citizens and Southern Bank and Trust Company Building. Major Mackay, with his wife, and John F. Dugan, director of welfare, joined in the meeting. The homeless Tuesday afternoon, when race boys from far away Georgia blended their rich voices with the dialects of a dozen men there, beside six hundred whites. MRS. HATTIE TURNER, of 2024 Oxford, BISHOP and MRS. W. T. VERNON were in town the other day, visiting friends. While here the bishop preached in Jones' home the other day, preparing for his home in Detroit Mills, Detroit. UNEMPILOPMENT COMMITTEE for Philadelphia includes numerous white philanthropists, and the following race citing the city as the center of the nation. E. Washington Rhodes. John M. Marques. Wayne L. Hopkins. Judge Henry, Dr. W. Siewert. Dr. W. D. Speglit. A. H. W. White. Dr. Charles A. Tindley. Rev. C. W. Siewert. Rev. W. D. Speglit. G. W. Anderson. Dr. W. C. Han. The committee is headed by Horatio G. Lloyd, one of the leading financiers of the REV. W. P. GRAHAM, pastor of Holy Trinity Baptist Church celebrated his 80th birthday, Monday night. He has been twenty years in his present church. DR. JOHN P. TURNER, A leading physician of this city, has taken the examination for a doctor and stands No. 1, on the list for appointment. MAYOR MACKEY has established a "Rent Bureau" in the bureau of legal aid, and a "Community Center" for differences between landlords and tenants. CHRISTMAS PARTIES Christmas parties, holidays and Christmas trees and decorations, are included in the program for the coming week planned by the leaders of the Recreation Department of the Streets, Clarence Grinnell, superintendent, gave a singing and a Christmas party for the annual Christmas entertainment, "Holiday Clock," with a big cast, which was visited by the residents of the neighborhood. SANTA HOST TO 5.000 Santa Claus mounted the stage at the back of the room, five thousand boys and girls among who the race was well represented. There was a real clown, with trick poodle dogs, and cuddling dolls for the little girls. DR. COBSON the chimpanzee at the artificial museum was on all the other evening, his car was side-swiped by another car when he reached 39th and he was hit by a car, a little, and his car injured to the extent of a hundred. DR. SPENNER VISITS Dr. J. O. Spencer, of Morgan College, Dr. J. O. Spencer, in town last week, and MR. AND MRS. GEORGE DEANE, of Gormantown, entertained William Stanton, the present lawyer of Pittsburgh, while in the THIS GEORGE CLUB is giving a shower of flowers to the members, who will be married during the holiday. It will take place Friday evening. MR. AND MRS. MISR are spending the day at 4:28P. Powell Avenue, of 4228 Powell Avenue. DURING CHRISTMAS WEEK, the YMCA. 1724 Christian Street, will hold open house commencing Monday, December 29 and Saturday, December 30. MISS GERTRUDE CRAWDIF, of 1838 N. Van Pelt Street, was the guest of MJ. O'Brien, of Burlington, N.J. over her 56-year EARL HAILSTOCK, of 1428 Fitzwater Street, will spend Christmas with his mother and sister at York. GEORGE W. F. McMECHEN, a prominent attorney, of Baltimore, was entertained while in the city by Dr. John T. Gibson. THE ANNUAL CHRIST COMMUNITY CONCERT was given at the Berean School, Tuesday evening. The guest entertainers were, Spurlock's Carnation Chorus, and Van S. Whitted's choir, of Haven M. E. Church. The large audience present enjoyed a social hour after the concert. MT. OLIVET TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, the Rev. M. L. Shepard, pastor, enjoyed the Christmas recital of organ and choral music, by Van S. Whitted, and Mt. Olivet choir, Sunday evening. CLIFTON JONES has returned from New York City, where he was the guest of his sister for several days. JOHN SPOTWOOD has returned to his home in Atlantic City, after attending the funeral of his nephew, George Spotwood, who died here recently. WELL KNOWN CHARACTER DIES The first African American Street, one of the best known church characters in South Philadelphia, died recently. Funeral services, were held at the First African Baptist Church, on Rev. Robert Boll, the school chaplain, who been a member of that church for fifty-nine years, coming from Washington, D.C. Fantroy was particularly fond of children of African American students, the Boll and Beginner's Departments of the First African Baptist Sunday school. She gave largely of her means to aid desistents in Mrs. Fantroy is survived by a S. BROWNSVILLE SOUTH BROWNSVILLE, Pa.—The Roya Society Club met Friday evening, at the University of Pennsylvania. The visitors were: Mrs. R. A. McDaniel of Connellyville; Mrs. Emma Douglas, of Uniontown; Mrs. Dora West, Mrs. W. B. Browne, of Connellyville; and the opening of the evening were, the opening of the annual Christmas pie. Anyone who wishes news published in the newspaper of the evening paper, namely Lawrence Burge, P. O. Box 227, South Brownsville, Pa., or call 480-787-2222. happy. Try St Joseph's G.F.P. today. See how it stimulates and invigorates you, how it banishes those wretched ailments and gives you that vitality and physical charm with the girl and woman must have if she is to be popular and attractive. You druggist sells the big $1.00 bottle on a money-back guarantee. St. Joseph's G.F.P. The Woman's Tonic A woman in a dress and hat smiling. MARIA MAYORAL N.A.A.C.P. SECRETARY SPEAKER PHILADELPHIA—Walter White, acting secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., will be the principal speaker at the celebration Celebration Meeting, to be held at Tindley's Temple, Broad and Fitzwater Street, Thursday night, June 15. Others on the program are Marie Hammond, who will read Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation; Lelia Powell, solist, and the Cornucopia Belt. The affair is under the auspices of the Citizens' Committee of Allied Organizations, of which Leonidas E. President and Eustace Gay is secretary. Seek Kidnapped Girl SOMERSET, Pa.-Pollice are searching for an unidentified man who forced Mary Mitch into a parked automobile after stealing up and knocking in $^2$ insensibility then companion, M. Davis, of Konsington. SALEM SALEM, N.J.-Judge Charles M. Willetts of this city, president of the New Jersey Judicial Council, has appointed prinzipat address at the anniversary services of the Withetton Lodge of Elks in Prinzipat, Lillel Chapman, a member of the office force of the Manual Training School in Principat, in spending the vacation with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Shorters. In company with her mother, Rm. Ann Anderson, is spending the vacation with friends in company with her mother, Rm. Ann Anderson, is spending the vacation with friends in Little Mabel Lee spent Saturday Christmas shopping in Philadelphia with her mother. Moberly Corner U.M.E. Church held its $5.00 rally on Sunday evening. The Christmas exercises were held in the Christmas room was preached to the kiddies, after which each were given a treat. The Christmas meeting was attended to Salem after spending the summer and fall traveling. PENNS GROVE PENNS GROVE, N.J.—The Russell Memorial A.U.M.P. Church has been holding a four-week revival meeting, conducted by the Rev. E. E. Haskins, evangelist of Camden. On Sunday morning his subject was "Chirchieng was disobedient to God." He preached his farewell sermon Sunday night, subject, "Separate the Wheat from the Tares." The Rev. K. K. Kersey, postor of Russell Memorial A.U.M.P. Church, Penns Grove, preached Sunday, December 22, at the Fireman's Church Merchantville, N.J. Ambrose Thompson will spend Christmas holidays with his family in Millington, Md. The Rev. S. Hines will spend Christmas Day with his brother and family in Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Irena Bailey, of Penns Grove, will spent New Year's Day with her sister in Chester, Pa. 1. and Mrs. Ayres, accompanied by Mrs. Florence Thompson, motored to Camden Thursday morning. William Hicks, of Philadelphia, spent the weekend with his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hicks, of Queen Street, New York. Greetings of Tom and Del, will spend Christmas Day with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Ayres. Mrs. Ellen Ayers, of Cecilton, Md., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Brooks, of Pedrlektown. The Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Holmes and family enjoyed a delightful dinner at the residence of Mrs. Wilson Carolina, of Lannoy Avenue, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. LeVie of 115 Laughing Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Press Reqnounds of Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Coleman and their son and daughter, Mrs. LeVie of Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. H. LeVie. The Barber Avenue colored school of Penns Grove, M.J., rendered a program at the school day evening, December 18, entitled, "The Progress of School Work." Miss Weakley was mistress of ceremonies. Prof. John B. Gill, of the school day evening, Miss Eliza Grua, accompanied by Robert Scott, of Wilmington, Del., will spend Christmas Day with her sister, Mrs. Frank Preston Crump will spend the Christmas with his parents in Frederickburg, Va. ST. LOUIS DENTIST DIES OF HEART ATTACK ST. LOUIS-Dr. Charles Royal Woods, a 35-year-old dentist, who was found dead Monday in his home at 821A Franklin Avenue, succumb to a stroke. The coroner's jury ruled. The body was shipped to Philadelphia--for burial. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 THE STATUE OF MARY C. MAYER, A WOMAN WHO WAS A FEMALE ACTRESS AND A FEMALE ACTOR, WAS SHOWN IN THE MUSEUM OF THE FASHION SCHOOL, NEW YORK, IN 1920. THE STATUE IS A Sculpture Of A Woman In A Dress, With A Scarf, And A Handbag, Standing On A Staircase. AFRO gives away $100 in New Year money to girls and women under 25 years of age. Contestants were selected for character, health, personality, kindness and cheerfulness as well as beauty. The winners who will receive AFRO checks are: First prize winner, Miss Laura Austin, (top center) who will receive $50. She is a public school teacher of Winding Gulf, W.V.a., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Austin, of Lorado, W.V.a., 5 feet 8½ inches tall. While attending West Virginia State College she carried honors as 100 per cent perfect in size, health, personality and kindness. To Miss Vivian B. Payne, 23, (standing at left) goes the second prize of $15. She is a student of the University of Pennsylvania, and is working her way through college. Miss Payne is the niece of Mrs. Vivian Payne, 1643 Annin Street, Philadelphia, PA. Third prize who will receive $10, is Miss Etta Mae Patrick, 21, (at lower left) the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Patrick, of Somerset, Pa. She is a senior at the Somerset High School. The Fourth Prize Winner is Miss Elos Davis, 20, Springwood, Va. (standing at right) who will receive $5. The names of the one dollar prize winners will be found on the front page. COLDS MAY DEVELOP INTO PNEUMONIA CREOMULSION FOR THE COUGH FROM COLDS THAT HANG ON WHITE HUSBAND LOSES SUIT FOR WIFE'S ESTATE Court is Puzzled as He Swears His Wife was White, too. DENIES HE'S NEGRO Sisters Prove He Knew Their Race ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Another tangled skein of race relations had to be unraveled here last week when a court decided that Mrs. Ella Harris and Mrs. C. J. Neal, of Memphis, Tenn., were legal heirs to the estate of Mrs. Sarah Pearl Mays, wife of W. H. Mays, white. Mays, fighting for the estate, claimed that Mrs. Mays, who died last January, was white and that the Memphis sisters were not blood kin and therefore not entitled to share in the estate. Married Here. Mrs. Mays, who before her marriage to the white man, was Mrs. Sarah Pearl, caretaker to St. Louis in Paul A.M.E. Church, was well known in the community. Although of light complexion she was not only regarded as, but spent all of her activities as, a colored person. In 1918 she sold the property she owned at 14 S. Channing Street and bought a home in Clayton, where she married Mr. Mays. Here they lived a secluded life until her death last January. Sends for Sisters. It was during her last illness that she sent for her sisters. Mrs. Harris came and carried the remains back to the family lot in the Tennessee town. On the witness stand Mays refused to identify a photograph of his dead wife. He admitted that although he thought his wife was his premarital wife. The judge himself pointed out that the picture bore a striking resemblance to the sister, Mrs. Eliza Harris, and that it left no doubt that it was that of a colored person. Mrs. Harris told of visits to her sister and Mays while she was in St. Louis, and produced letters and telegrams he addressed " her as "sister." Because Mays sware that he is a widow, attorneys for the sisters plan action barring him from dower rights to share in the estate at all. Under the Missouri law which prohibits marriages between white and colored persons, Mays would have no legal hold on the property, they say. WHITE MASHER FINED $100 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A white man, Roy Harris, was killed and Gabriel O. Walker, following a Gardner and Wilberta Jefferson, making suggestive remarks to them and jingling his money. Coughs from colds may lead to serious trouble. You can stop them now with Cremulsion, an emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. Cremulsion is a medical discovery with two-fold action; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. Of all known drugs, creosote is recognized by high medical authority for of the greatest healing agent for coughs from colds and other oral irritations. Creosote is used in addition to creosote healing elements which soothe Family Flee Blaze in Night Clothes ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Forced to flee from their burning home in nightclub after the family killed them with their lives on Wednesday night, when fire of unknown origin totally destroyed the residence and contents, Mr. Zachry, a mother of children had retired for the night when they were awakened by the dense smoke. Mr. Zachry's invalid mother in-law was taken from the front porch by Mrs. Zachry alone. French Make Study of Wild African Habits PARIS—The habits, religions and morals of the uncivilized tribes inhabiting French soil in the wildest and most dangerous part of Central France, mission which leaves this month for two years to gather scientific material about the peoples. The wild tribes under the French rule are in Senegal, French Guinea, Angola and Togo, Togoland, Natives under foreign rule in Nigeria, lower Sudan and Ethiopia, will also be touched. It is estimated that the explorers will cross 6,000 miles of roadless land, 2,500 miles of rivers and more than 1,000 miles when they emerge at Djibouti on the eastern African coast, after leaving civilization at Dakar, on the west coast. Only six—wheeled automobiles and trucks—are employed through the landed areas and crosses and larger boats will be carried on the trucks. The party will live for days on the rivers making explorations. PHILLY LICENSES Marriage licenses issued during the week were: Henry Green, 24, 1234 Lombard-st.; Mattle Tillimon, 24, New York City. Tillimon, 24, New KY city. Cleveland Mance, 27, New York. Nell-fell-st. Helen A. Thomas, 23, 230 N. Fell-st. Clarence, 28, Marietta, Mabe 28, 2423, S. 150-st. Bogggs, 20, 2438 S. 15th-st. Ernest Wilson, 28, 1742 N. Beechwood-st. Ernest M. Bland, 22, 1708 Lex-* Jaggle Hill, 22, 1708 Lex-* Samuel Martin, 20, Emma Smith, 50, 1312 Richard N. Bland, 31, 2013 Bambridge, Va.; Hilda R. Fresion, 28, 2023 Bambridge, Ole-Haley Haley, 28, 2023 Bambridge, Ruby-st; Ruth H. Owens, 31, 2013 Bambridge, 16, 1618-b; Oscar Wilbur, 29, 1218 Monton-st; Anna Thurber, 29, 1218 Monton-st; Anna Burke, 29, 1719 Christian-st; Cecilia Carter, 28, 2103 N. 30th-st. John S. Greenhaw, 42, 1511 Seybert-st, Matthew Daniel, 26, 1957 Marnie-st. Mary E. Williams, 21, 932 Hutchinson-st, Elisabeth Mew, 29, 1210 Nawn-st. Elisabeth Mew, 29, 1210 Nawn-st. Lorenzo D. Clark, 30; Marlon Speller, 29. William R. Seamon, 21, 1613 Fonlin-st. Gertrude Richardson, 18, 1837 Ludlow-st. Benjamin Johnson, 30, 1837 Marnie-st. 2026 B. J. Burley, 21, 1837 Julius Burley, 28, 3500 24th-st. Mattei Adams, 28, 3500 B. J. Burley, 28, 3500 Christian-st. Rona L. Batts, 22, 1191 G. Bucknell-st. 28, 1191 H. Henrietta Predrom, 34, 1982 Norlarkt. MRS. WILLIAMS SAVED IN FIRE CHICAGO-I...J. Pearl Williams widow of the late Dr. J. D. Williams and sister-in-law of Dr. William S. Royal Circle of Friends of the World was rescued by firemen at noon Tuesday after being burnt about the face and arms in a fire which swept through her palatial home at 3602 South Parkway. SERVANTS ARE PALLBEARERS the family of Mrs. Gail N. Travous, 71, white, deceased widow of a former general solicitor of the Wabash Railroad, acted as her palbearaea last conducted at Edwardville, a wealthy exclusive suburb. and heal the inflamed membranes and stop the irritation, while the crossover goes on to the stomach, is absorbed into the blood, attacks the seat of the trouble and checks the growth of the germs. Cremulsion is guaranteed satisfactory in the treatment of coughs from colds, bronchitis and minor forms of bronchial irritations, and is excellent for building up the mucus of the air if not relied upon. It takes time according to directions. Ark. name: dysgust. (*sak*). BANKS MAY END NUMBERS RACKET ON JAN. FIRST NEW YORK. — The daily flow of millions into the coffers of "numbers" barons and writers may end January first if the plans of the New York Clearing House Association to cease publication of the daily reports are carried out, it was learned this week. Officials of the Clearing House have under consideration this action which would automatically put this far flung form of gambling out of business. Officials Annoved. While one of the main reasons for the probable move to cease publication of these figures is that it has become a source of much annoyance to the institution, officials point out that the evil is spreading over the country at an alarming rate. Hundreds of telephone calls come in from people in the Clearing House from people all over the country and many try to figure out some way to get advance information upon which to place big bets. Not only in Harlem, but in practically every city in the country this form of business based on the daily growing. Starting with the individual backer it is fastly growing into big business proportions as big syndicates are being organized to promote the racket. Whether the action contemplated by the Clearing House to cease publication of the daily reports would put an end to this kind of small betting in a debatable question, those who know declare. With the appetite of hundreds of thousands of people helped this pastime, would not be hard to find a substitute for the clearing house reports, it was said. Those who recall the old Louisiana Lottery point out that with the big possibilities of "rot:tion" money it would be easy to provide a workable system which would replace the regular daily "numbers." The Clearing House will continue to publish a weekly report, it is said. Lynchers Threaten Kum Agent Slayer RICHMOND—Fearing mobi vio- lence, the farmer, has been brought here for safe keeping and charged with slay- ing dogs, cats, goats, dogs, white, when liquor was found during a raid upon his home, Sunday. Cox has buckshot wounds in the cheek inflicted by State Inspector R. S. Durette, who accompanied the slain man, officers say that Cox was shot in the back by a hibbition men only after one of them wounded him. PENNSYLVANIA YORK YORK. Pa.—The Unique Yorkera a club composed of senior high school girls of the University of Pennsylvania, Williams, secretary and social worker of the Emergency Girls Club was organized in September. The club program has been developed to provide discussions on problems peculiar to girls, and a study of Negro writer and Negro literature, a bit of service to girls, and a collection of books for the children's ward of some Negro hospital. Six scraper-books have been sent to the University of Geneva Tit. president; Rebekah Reali, secretary; Cathalene Dance, Hurline Bridle, Anna Brown, Milton Cooper and Adell CHEYNEY CHEYNEY, Pa.—Community Christmas tree exercises were given under the joint auspices of the University School Department of Cheyney Training School for Teachers, on Saturday evening, December 20, in Carnegie Hall. This annual community affair is made possible by donations from friends, merchants and farmers, consisting of toys, books, marbles, dandelions, apples, bananas, pears, oranges, and other children, and appropriate gifts for the older members of the communities. Both races attended. The communities represented were: Cheyney, Thornton, Lockley, Glan Mell, Media Markham, Tangney, Westown, Concordville, Oakdale, Lincoln Square, Avondale, Lincoln Weir, and many points in between these places. 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ALL-PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORES NOW HAVE C-2223 All prescription drug stores have on hand generous size bottles of this famous Prescription C-2223 and will now sell it to you on an absolute money-back guarantee. If you fail to get relief after taking C-2223 as directed, return the bottle to druggist from whom you bought it and get your money, back. --- PHILADELPHIA — The Quaker City Lodge No. 720 I.B.P.O.E. of W., of 1943 Christian Street, the largest lodge in the judiciary of the city, was joined by John M. Marquess as exalted ruler on Wednesday night, while Edward M. Henry was unanimously elected exalted ruler for the coming year of the O. V. Catto Lodge No. 20, Sixteenth and Flitzwater St. The two officers of the Quaker Lodge are: Walter Purnell, leading knight Herbert R. Cain, loyal knight William Coleman, inner guard: Geo. Oliver, tyrerveter; and Robert Richardson, acquires; Arthur Carnegie, inner guard: Geo. Oliver, tyrerveter; and W. Henry Johnson, recording secretary; Alfred A. Willet, treasurer; Edward C. Young, William H. Harper, and James P. Moore were elected trustees of the organization. The officers of the O. V. Catto Lodge are: John Graves, leading knight Charles B. Heller, leading knight John T. Freeman and Arthur Campbell, acquires; William E. Shelley, inner guard; Harry Ballard, tyrerveter; and Arthur E. Birchett, recording secretary; Julian T. Harris, treasurer, and Harry Biddicka, financial secretary. The officers of the Quaker Lodge are: William T. Webb, William Standback, Thomas Trent and John T. Harris, Va. Daily Runs Photo in a Corner RICHMOND—For fifteen: days, the News Leader published on the front page in a prominent place, the pictures of lucky shoppers offered ten dollars when caught by a staff cameraman, but that of a colorist shopper, who was plucked in a corner on page 30. Broad Street was selected as the place to take the last picture of the photographer. Shopper Struck by Auto PHILADELPHIA — Chatting with friends while on the way to town on Emma Bunch, 2201 Harlan Street, suffered internal injuries and contusions when she was struck by an object which had just collided with a truck. James and the driver of the truck was owned by the Scott Brothersтейнеров, who were $1,500 ball at the magistrate's hearing by Judge Roberts. Mistakes R.R. Train; Ground to Death LORTON, Va.—Mistaking an express train for a local which stopped here, Henry Clay Jones, 65, resident since 1924 at the United States Shrine, was the first Sunday morning by an engine of the R. F. and P. railroad. The only near relative is a niece who lives in New York, who has been a Marine War Department. Jones was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The Dreadful Aches and Pains of Muscular Rheumatism and kindred ailments yield to this Original Prescription of a well-known Physician WHITES HIRED KILLER; GET TEN YEAR TERMS GREENVILLE, S.C.(ANP) - A sensational two weeks murder trial ended here in the conviction of G. A. Rector, ex-sheriff, and his deputy, J. H. Moore, both white, for hiring or forcing Blair Roots to murder Sam D. Willis, white this week. The trial was adjudicated, which had engaged the court for two weeks and, which had on both sides of the trial table some of the best legal talent in the State, ended in a guilty plea, men for terms of ten years in prison Coerced by Threat Rooks, who voluntarily confessed that he killed Willis, testified that Rector and Moore first tried to bribe him to give him the release threatened and then he released the way if he did not comply. Fearing for his own life, he declared, he finally consented and was carried to his scene of the murder by Moore. 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The case has not yet been set, but much interest will be shown in it as other startling testimony is expected. RETIRED ARMY OFFICER GIVEN $2,200 POSITION BOSTON-Larkland Hewitt, retired lieutenant-colonel of the National Guard, has been appointed as assistant examiner in the office of the state bank commissioner, through the Governor Allen, at a salary of $2,200. This Prescription used in Thousands of cases Many thousands of even the most stubborn cases of rheumatism have been quickly relieved with this marvelous medicine, Prescription C-2223. The well-known physician who discovered it left behind a blessing to all mankind. Published every Saturday in The Afton-America MAGAZINE in Ballantyne, MG., by THE AFP- ROCHEM COMPANY. AMERICAN COLLEGE. CARL MURPHY, M. HURMIPH, Jr., Trees. D. ARNNETT MURPHY, Sec'7 Subscription rates: $2.90 Per Year: $1.75 for Six Months; $1.00 for Three Months - Payable in Advance. Foreign Subscription Price: $4.06, Canada, Panamn and all U. S. Permanent Possessions, Year $1.34. What The "AFRO" Stands For 1. Colored policemen, policewomen and firemen. 2. Colored representatives on city, county and State 3. Equal salaries for equal work, for school teachers without regard to color or sex. 4. Colored members of the State institutions without regard to color. 5. Organization of labor unions among all groups of colored workers. 6. A university and agricultural college for colored people support between the State. 7. Government supervision between farmers and the State and Federal farm agents. THOUGHTS OF THE FOUNDER Don't make many resolutions for the New Year. Make a few and endeavor to keep them. For the first one, it would be well to resolve to take more active and practical interest in your church. For the second, take a greater delight and pleasure in building up your home life. And thirdly, give more attention to your own personal needs. J. N. Mullery Editor and Publisher, 1892-1924. Look Up in 1931 Wise men from the East who arrived in Jerusalem 1831 years ago, said: "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it arose, and we have come to worship him." "The stars of two thousand years ago still look down upon us. John Galsworthy remarks: 'Brothers! Behold! The stars are lit forever. It is God up in there with all the men! Yet neither Galsworthy, nor the Wise Men could have noticed the stars except they looked "Look up, not down; look forward, not back." That is the AFRO-AMERICAN'S New Year's wish and greeting to its thousands of readers everywhere. About us are good friends, tried and true. But there be also the fair-father friends and the enemies who hate us because we are black, or weak, or poor. As black rock, we work longer hours; we do more work; we receive smaller wages; we lose our jobs first in periods of depression, and when national prosperity comes, we are the last to be hired. Those who seek to lead us out of bondage are ridiculed by some and crucified by others. Leaders who succeed, conquer tremendous obstacles. Engulfed in this welter of race prejudice and economic depression, strong men may lose heart unless they take time to hold up. Mainly, the Negro is further ahead in 1930 than in 1900 or 1860. Progress is slow here and no one can see the full light of freedom, but nevertheless, we move ahead. Readers of the AFRO during the coming year look up, and as Galsworthy puts it: "Through all the black wide night of stars our souls shall touch the sky in God's quietude of things and gain brief freedom from this clutch of life's uneven passions." Transparent, not these . . . the vision of H. who rejoices? "Look up, not down; look forward, not back." That is the AFRO-AMERICAN's New Year's wish and greeting to its thousands of readers everywhere. About us are good friends, tried and true. But there be also the fair-fairweather friends and the enemies who hate us because we are black, or weak, or poor. As black folk, we work longer hours; we do more work; we receive smaller wages; we lose our jobs first in periods of depression, and when national prosperity comes, we are the last to be hired. Those who seek to lead us out of bondage are ridiculed by some and crucified by others. Leaders who succeed, conquer tremendous obstacles. Manifestly, the Negro is further ahead in 1930 than in 1900 or 1860. Progress is slow here and no one can see the full light of freedom, but nevertheless, we move ahead. Readers of the AFRO during the coming years look up, and as Galsworthy puts it: "Through all the black wide night of stars our souls shall touch the sky in God's own quietude of things and gain brief freedom from this clutch of life's uneven passings." Tennyson adds: "The sun, the moon, the stars, the hills and the plains — are not these . . . the vision of H' who reigns?" "The ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man could hear, but if we could see and hear, this vision — were it not He?" "Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit and Spirit can meet; Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet." Talking Mr. Wood Up Director Francis M. Wood recently completed five years of service in the Baltimore public schools. Coming here as supervisor in 1925, he was promoted two years ago to director. If fine tributes from the mayor of the city, Mr. William F. Browning, the president of the school board, Mr. William F. Rawls, and the superintendent of schools, Dr. David E. Weglein, at a reception in Mr. Wood's honor last week, mean anything, they suggest that the Baltimore school administration might dip into its bag of New Year's gifts and bring forth a well deserved assistant superintendency for Director Wood. Since Dr. Weglein has declared that Mr. Wood "had carried out the policies of the school administration just as strongly, just as willingly, and just as successfully as it is possible to do," there seems to be little to add unless it be that the public who foot the bills feel the same way about Mr. Wood as do the school officials. In addition, the public is also suppressive of the friendly spirit of co-operation indicated by periodical visits of Assistant Superintendent Garnet C. Wilkinson of the Washington school system, and the good will of the Public School Association of which Mrs. Marie Bauschmidt is secretary, and which sponsored the reception for Director Wood. Talking up an administration which is succeeding is quite as important as talking it down when it fails. Director Francis M. Wood recently completed five years of service in the Baltimore public Coming here as supervisor in 1925, he was promoted two years ago to director. If fine tributes from the mayor of the city, Mr. William F. Broening; the president of the school board, Mr. William F. Rawls, and the superintendent of schools, Dr. David theagin in a reception in Mr. Wood's office last week, mean anything, they suggest that the Baltimore school administration might dip into its bag of New Year's gifts and bring forth a well deserved assistant superintendency for Director Wood. Since Dr. Weglein has declared that Mr. Wood "had carried out the policies of the school administration just as strongly, just as willingly, and just as successfully as he could, there seems to be little he add unless it be that the public will the bells feel the same way about Mr. Wood as do the school officials. In addition, the public is also appreciative of the friendly spirit of co-operation indicated by periodical visits of Assistant Superintendent Garnet C. Wilkinson of the Washington school system, and the good will of the Public School Association of which Mrs. Marie Bauernschmidt is secretary, and which sponsored the reception for Director Wood, in administration, which is succeeding is quite as important as talking it down when it fails. The AFRO Dedicates its New Addition In the presence of forty-five employees most of whom brought along their wives or sweet-hearts, the AFRO-AMERICAN dedicated the new two-story, brick and steel addition to its four-story plant, last Saturday. The addition itself is 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 30 feet high. The first floor provides a storage room for 126 rolls of news print, a mailing room, a loading platform and a garage for the three AFRO trucks. In the basement is a steam boiler with oil heater for the entire plant. The second floor will house the composing room where skylights, and large steel cash windows will make a daylight and sun-lit chamber for lintoptists, compositors, proofreaders and the entire mechanical force. High ceilings and automatic ventilators will keep this room free of gas and metal fumes. The entire plant now covers an irregular plot where there stood two dwellings on Druid Hill Avenue, two on Jasper Street and one on Eutaw Street. The addition itself is 100 feet long, 22 feet wide and 30 feet high. The first floor provides a storage room for 128 rolls of news print, a mailing room, a loading platform and a garage for the three AFRO trucks. In the basement is a steam boiler with oil heater for the entire plant. The second floor will house the composing room where skylights, and large steel sax windows will make a daylight and sun lit chamber for inotypists, compositors and the entire mechanical force. High ceilings and automatic palettes will keep this room free of gas and pesticides. The entire plant now covers an irregular plot where there stood two dwellings on Drudg Hill Avenue, two on Jasper Street and one on Eutaw Street. Forty years ago, the AFRO began its journalistic existence. In the first 28 years, it laid the foundation, acquired 10,000 readers and developed the program for its present expansion. Eleven years ago it doubled its circulation in one year. The past year saw the circulation doubled again. For this progress the AFRO has to thank the vision of its founder, the co-operation of an unusual corps of workers, and the 78,000 persons who regularly buy and read it. FRONT PAGE NEWS FROM THE AFRO'S PAST Josephine Baker was forced to leave *Berlin*, Germany, the theatre where she was filling an engagement, when Count Pepto de Alberini, her paramour, attempted to injure her legs. DePriest Puts End to "Mammy" Speeches Unless Dixie Congressmen are glutton for punishment, there will be no more "black mammy" speeches in the House for a while. "Y black mammy speech, we mean' one made by a Southern Congressman while opposing a bill or might benefit the Negro. "Such a bill was before the House last week, in the shape of a measure appropriating $1,160.00 for Howard University and $400.00 additional to aid a new library building to cost in all $800.00. Next year, of course, Congress will be asked to give the other $400.00 for the library, but the sum is so divided that the appropriation will not be too large in one year or available too long before it can be used. Two Southerners, Woodrum, (Dem, Va.) and Byrns (Dem, Tenn.), opposed the library item in the bill. Rep. Lee Cronston (Rep, Mich.) accused them of for prejudice but Mr. Byrns defended the allegation in a "mammmy speech." Sold Mr. Byrns: "Such a bill was before the House last week, in the shape of a measure appropriating $1,160,000 for Howard University and $400,000 additional to aid a new library building to cost in all $800,000. Next year, of course, Congress will give to the other $400,000 library, but the sum is so divided that the appropriation will be used in the year or available too long before it can be used. Two Southerners, Woodrum, (Dem, Va.) and Byrns (Dem, Tenn.), opposed the library item in the bill. Rep. Louis Cramton (Rep. Mich.) accused them of color prejudice but Mr. Byrns denied the allegation in a "mammy speech." Said Mr. Byrns: "Old Dan, an aged colored man on my father's farm when I was a boy was more beloved by me than any person except my parents." Then came Mr. DePriest who made the finest and most devastating two-minute speech the House had heard in several days. He twisted the Dixie boys about their "close contact" with the Negro, their sucking at the breasts of black mammals and how they got fat on it. "If you'll think a second time," said Mr. DePriest to his Southern friends, "you'll vote with me for Howard." In two minutes, Mr. DePriest drew two pictures. One of them depicted Negroes shut out of Southern high schools and thus compelled to come north to attend Howard. The other, sketched hastily, showed the Congressmen as fat babies sucking at the breast of black mammals. In two minutes, Mr. DePriest drew two pictures. One of them depicted mama's shut out of southern higher schools and thus compelled to come north to attend Howard. The other, sketched hastily, showed the Congressman as fat babies sucking at the breast of black mammals. There may be more mammy speeches made in the house, but we doubt it. No member of Congress wants to be reminded of the time he was a helpless, slobbering baby. "Quite as unpleasant is the prompting that, although he once got his milk from a mammy's breast, he is now engaged in kicking mammy's grandson in the seat of his pants. Colored? Paul Block Mr. Paul Block, white, who owns a chain of newspapers, sometimes calls attention to them by means of a signed editorial which he inserts as paid advertising in daily papers besides his own. Such a signed editorial was inserted by him in the New York Times and many other daily papers on December 18. It read as follows: Mr. Paul Block, white, who owns a chain of newspapers, sometimes calls attention to them by means of a signed editorial which he inserts as paid advertising in daily papers besides his own. Such a signed editorial was inserted by him in the New York Times and in daily papers on December 18. It read as follows: NO COLOR LINE IN HEAVEN "to be a city I want to go, and its name is Heaven." That is what Charles Wesley Hill used to sing in "The Green Pastures," the play in which he acted the part of the Angel Gabriel. He will sing the song for us no more, because last week he was killed by an auto-robber who marries his wish has now been fulfilled. Hill was a colored man, a great actor and a fine human being. In that section of New York where most of the people of his race live, he was beloved because he played the part both in and the stage. All of his race, and white people, too, are better for his having lived amongst us, because he had religion in him and he was sincere in his wish that after life he wanted to go to that city called Heaven. He was a colored man, but he was white and we people we know. And those who believe in the Hereafter should be proud if permitted to mingle with him in that CITY he used to sing about. PAUL BLOCK, Publisher. Editorial Appearing today in The Paul Block newspapers. That was a first for an intelligent actor except the last paragraph, one. There is no color in human behavior. Men are sincere or religious not because they are colored or white but because they are human. No colored person who, living according to his best light, becomes a worthy, distinguished citizen, wishes to be insulted by the remark that "he is whiter than some people I know." Mr. Block's remark is not peculiar to him. Go distinguished a personage in Bawell, Powell, or the same blinder in Scout movement, made precisely the same blinder in referring to colored scouts from South Africa who attended a lambourn, last summer in England. There is no color in human behavior. Men are sincere or religious not because they are colored or white but because they are human. No colored person who, living according to his best light, becomes a worthy, distinguished citizen, wishes to be insulted by the remark that "he is wrong." Mr. Block's remark is not peculiar to him. So distinguished a personage as Sir Baden Powell, white, founder of the Boy Scout movement, made precisely the same blunder in referring to colored scouts from South Africa who attended a jamboree last summer in England. As friendly and well intentioned as Mr. Block was, he would not accept the following statement as a compliment: "They are WHITE men, but they are BLACKER than some of the people we know." GOD'S GIFT Jesus came down from heaven. With nothing in his infant hands, And yet, the presents He has given, The world can not understand. He longest gift of love of the world; That never graced the world before; A voice of peace, good-will and love He lifts As angels and men adore. Bridgeville, Del. FRED KERSHAW. The Church and Unemployment To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN: Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of educational fame, asks in the AFROG "What on earth is the matter with organizations—church, fraternal, and education——and what is the state that they are impotent in the present economic crisis and industrial depression?" In reply to which we want to ask Miss Nannie, "Where in the world have you been?" In the first place, the group of the church, and if Miss Burroughs took a little time off the campus to come up this way she would soon find that out. The Methodist ministers of the Philadelphia District Delaware Conference, of whom the writer is one, have formed "employment bureaus" in their own churches. Practically the same thing has been done in American and American-style of the Interdenominational Ministerial Union, and in my own church the young people's society has served free soup, and the program is now arranged for an informal conference on unemployment, at which the group of the key-years of Unemployed Relief Committee will speak. I wonder if Miss Burroughs has taken time out to push her pen in praise of that fine education. I am so much more than I do, but I can't be made once in a while that it is one of the finest pieces of work ever attempted by a Negro organization. In other words, a little pat on the quick, rather the long-term, "business," could give great deáng of encouragement to all organizations once in a while. One of the favorite pastimes of our leaders today is to tell the world what we are NOT doing when we need very badly a lot of work. It is the same thing as we are doing and to encourage us in the dome Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, of educational fame, asks in the AFRO, "What on earth is the matter with organizations—church, fraternal, religious, or other?" They say that they are so impotent in the present economic crisis and industrial depression?" In reply to which we want to ask Miss Nannie, "Where in the world have you been?" She answers with the church, and if Miss Burroughs took a little time off the campus to come up this way she would soon find that out. Delaware ministers of the Philadelphia District, Delaware Conference, of whom the writer is one, have formed "employment bureau" in their own churches. Practically the same thing has been done in Atlantic City by the ministers of the Interdenominational Church, the church the young people's society has served free soup, and the program is now arranged for an informal conference on unemployment, at which the chairman of the mayor's Unemployed Relief Fund is present. I wonder if Miss Burroughs has taken time out to push her pen in praise of that fine educational program sponsored by the Elks. Mention ought to be made once in a while that it was the work ever attempted by a Negro organization. In other words, a little pat on the back rather than stinging words of criticism, would give a great deal of encouragement to all organizations of our leaders today to tell the world what we are NOT doing, when we need very badly a few more who will tell us what we ARE doing and to encourage us in the doing. Incidentally we hope that Miss Burroighs, unlike most of our "leaders," goes to church. DANIEL LYMAN RIDOUT. Hamilton Mem. M.E. Church. Atlantic City, N.J. CROWDED OUT Nobody don't Christmas shoppin' Nobody don't cottie no Tukkey, Nobody don't bake no pie, Nobody's laid nuthin' by. Santa' ain't got nuthin' hid Fur his Mammy's little kid. Seem like eve' body rushin' An' er crushin', Crowdin' shops an' jaminn' trolleys, Buyin' shoes an' shirts an' toys De w de de de an' boys, But no nobby horse an' rockin' By his wore-out stockin'. He ain't quarlin', recollect', He don't spec' Natural. As his not expectin' Makes his Mammy wish-O Laws! Fur a Po Folks' Santa Claus. Totin' any kind'er toy Fur his Mammy's honey-boy! ROSALIE M. JONAS O blessed Gift, O Gift divine! How glad our hearts with joy sublime; Let Heaven and earth together chime The song of Heaven's Xmas time. Thou Gift of Gifts, we cherish Thee; A treasure so great and yet so free, Once hung on rugged Calvary's tree, For every one and even me. How grateful and happy ought we be, And sing God's praises merrily. Thou precious Gift, esteemed so high; No. earthly riches cannot buy. For the wealth of this world must fade away, But Thou, Gift of God, shall forever stay. Thy sacred memory we adore, With fervent hearts we implore, And at Thy feet we humbly bow, To serve and worship; teach us how! 5631 Race-st., Phila. LOTTIE B. DeSHIELDS. India's Delegates in Jail. To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN; The round table conference at London presents another striking case of Nordic injustice. The six Indian representatives at the conference were chosen by Britain; the person whom India chose to represent them; the conference in British jails. have been placed in NOAH W. MOORE. Jr. Drew University, Madison, N.J. Believes "Numbers" Should Be Made a Lawful Enterprise, Like Rise. To the EVERYONE the APRO-AMERICAN: The numbers game will be a lawful business operated by bonded bankers before many years, is my belief. The usual fair play that is given the players by the backers and the number of persons who condone the game leads me to this reason. As for the gambling end of it, and about a poor man losing money, there is just as much sense in a poor man losing his ten or fifteen cents in the game as in losing to lose ten or fifteen thousand dollars on a race. The principle is the same. If one wishes, it is just as much of a right that the poor man has as it is that the rich man has, even if it is not as sensible for the one to throw away money as 10 To the Editor of the AMA The numbers game will be a lawful business operated by bankers before many years, belief. The usual fair play that is given the players by the backers and the number of persons who condone the game leads me to this opinion As for the gambling end of it, and about a poor man losing money, there is just as much sense in a poor man losing his ten or fifteen cents on the number lottery as it is for a rich man to lose ten or fifteen thousand dollars on a race. The principle is the same. If one wishes, it is as much of a right that the poor man has as it is that the rich man has, even if it is not as sensible for the one to throw away money as the other. Jersey City, N.J. _____ C. E. JACKSON. Thanks. To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN: I have been reading the AFRO-AMERICAN since I was a child, and all these years have derived the most of enjoyment and information from its pages. I am happy for the prosperity that is attending your paper and trust that God's blessings may continue with you. I hope that you will set more papers and develop a bigger business. I have been reading the AFRO-AMERICAN since I was a child, and all these years have derived the most of enjoyment and information from its pages. I am happy for the prosperity that is attending your paper and trust that God's blessings may continue with you. I hope that you will sell more papers and develop a bigger business as the years go by. I am grateful this note to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year, hoping that it may be a slight encouragement to the editor of so great a journal. Griefsid, Md. MISS ANNIE M. PURNELL. Hopes Voters Will Use More Judgment in Coming Presidential Elections. To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN: We all know that conditions of the country are terrible. While it is usual for a depression to be in effect just before elections, but since the last election, things have grown worse and worse. We all know that conditions of the country are terrible. While it is usual for a depression to be in effect just before elections, but since the last election, elections have been less likely to will the will be a lesson to Negro voters, at least, and that those who have been selling their vote for a few dollars, for a big feast with a lot to eat and drink or for a small personal favor, will use more judgment in caring about the people. Regardless of what party a man represents, Democratic or Republican, we should support or not support him because of what he stands for as concerns problems that concern the Negro. Trenton, N.J. _____ KATHRYN LAW. We May Grow Around to This. Too To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERIGAN: Hundreds of Negroes buy the white papers simply to read the comic sections. Some buy both—the AFRO for the news and the others for the comics. There is a simple addition of a comic strip you can readily see that at a small cost you can save the reading public an enormous sum of money and increase your circulation at the same time. We are a young race with a few grownups. Our newspapers, like our school books, must be suited to the grades. The beginner is given a picture book. the same individual, years later, is given Caesar to translate. So it is with our papers. Different members of a family respond. Satisfy those who ask for the "funnies." We must have the simple along with the complex. Lynchburg, Va. S. H. PRIM. Mr. Twins (colored) and Miss McQuinch (white). Sisters under the Skin when it Comes to Arosemples in the Church. Hundreds of Negroes buy the white papers simply to read the comic sections. Some buy both—the AFRO for the news and the others for the comics. By the simple addition of a comic strip you can readily see that at a small cost, you can the reading public an enormous sum of money and increase your circulation at the same time. We are a young race with a few grownups. Our newspapers, like our school books, must be suited to the grades. The beginner is given a picture book, the same individual, years later, is given Caesar to translate. So papers, different materials of a family have different identities those who ask for the "funnies." We must have the simple along with the complex. Lynchburg, Va. S. H. PRIM. Mr. Twins (colored) and Miss McQuinch (white). Sisters under the Skin when It Comes to Arosements in the Church. To the editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN: Not since Sister Mahalle Tahlei heavened her 240 pounds of outraged grace against the person of the Harlem colored preacher in his own church, for belittling Marcus Garvey four years ago, has a sister got so pugnacious that she is in a microchip shining of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights on a recent Sunday when Judge Ben Lindsay was thrown out for interrupting the step Manning. "I was the epithet hurled in the judge's face. Then the irate white sister, Miss McQuinch, got going. unable to reach Lindsay, she screamed 'Jynch' and shouted that is what he did in another role, mother Negro Barbier, colored Presbyterian church, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Ex-Judge Lindsay should apologize for disturbing a religious service. Nevertheless, he is to be accused of proving that Mrs. Twins and Miss McQuinch are sisters under the skin—when you mess'round with their favorite, even though one is in African Harlem and the other on Morningside Heights. New York City. R. B. LEMUS. Not since Sister Mahalle Twins heaved her 240 pounds of outraged grace against the person of the Harlem colored preacher in his own church, for belittling Marcus Garvey four years ago, has he gone so dignified a side, white-body partitioned by the Episcopal shrine of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights here on a recent Sunday when Judge Ben Lindsay was thrown out for interrupting the services of Bishop Manning. "— was the epithet hurled in the judge's face. Then the irate white sister, Miss McQuinch, got going. Unable to reach Lindsay, she screamed: "Lynch him! Lynch him!" This, not in an African Methodist, neither a negro Baptist, nor a white Baptist, but in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Ex-Judge Lindsay should apologize for disturbing a religious service. Nevertheless, he is to be thanked for one thing, that is, he was the means of proving that Mrs. Twins and Miss McQuinch were wrongly accused of moss' wound with their favorite, even though one is in African Harlem and the other on Morningside Heights. New York City. R. B. LEMUS. Kelly Miller's Articles cannot be Appreciated by the Average Reader, Says Dr. Brooks. To the Editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN: In answer to a letter which issued in your last week's issue and signed "Allen Reader," permit me to make a statement condemning the uncalled-for criticism of the articles of Prof. Miller, a newspaper characterized of him as a "mouth-matician." I wish to inform the writer that the articles of this distinguished educator are always of the highest type, full of deep thought and eagerly sought after by the leading magazines, periodicals, and newspapers among men in Washington. Evening Star," which paid him a high compliment, a few years ago. In answer to a letter which appeared in your last week's issue and signed "Alen Reader," persuaded for a fellow-fellow for a forthcoming article of the articles of Prof. Kelly Miller and the characterization of him as a "mouth-matician." The writer that the articles of this distinguished educator are always of the highest type, full of deep thought and eagerly sought after by the leading magazines, periodicals, and newspapers, among them the "Wash-ing-Woman," which paid him a high compliment a few years ago. I will admit that his articles cannot be appreciated by the average reader but there are many others who are willing to CAN for no other purpose than to read its strong editorials and these articles. It is bad taste to criticize those who are recognized for foremost刻苦于他的 Frederick Md. (Dr.) C. S. BROOKS. NAZARETH OF GALILEE Hall, Nazareth of Galliee! Where Christ the Lord was born, The land of noble family, Beneath the shining sun; Women and women, This blessed Christmas morn, Exalt ye with adulation, Salvation has begun. Oh, Nazareth of Galliee! Historic is thy fate. The earth is smiling, Messiah's birth awaits; While Virgin Mary gave birth To Christ, the new-born King, Rejoice all corners of the earth And Christmas carols sing. Hall, Nazareth of Galliee! The fertile Judah's land, The winged stars and nebulae, Array in cheerful band; While Magis and the shepherds, The shepherdess, In language plain with flowing beards, They founded, Christmas day. Hall, Nazareth of Galilee! Joseph the Savior was born, The land of noble family, Beneath the shining sun; With hearts of joy we laud thee, And Chant the Savior's birth, To Good on high, let glory be, All chance to man be earth Oxford, Pa. BEN N. AZIKIWE. Rain or Snow--THE WEATHER--Cold Rain or Snow--THE WEATHER--Cold Rise: 3:00 A.M. MOON FIAMES: First Quarter, 28h; Fall, 6h; Last Quarter, 29h. New, 20h. AS THE CHRISTIAN WORLD celebrates the birth of Christ this week it might not be out of place to evaluate the influence this Man of Galliee has had on the fates of human beings. Whether or not you believe in the Immaculate Conception or the varied dogmas into which some of his teachings have been warped by the beliefs of men, you will have to confess that merely as a man — a man who lived, wrought and died — he has been so far the world's outstanding character. From the book, *The standpoint, his philosophy, His doctrines and His principles of human relations*, have done more to influence the relations of one man to another than all the wars and all the acts of statesmanship during the last 2,000 years. --- THIS IS TRUE DESPIE THE fact that, judged by a life span, 'deas move slowly. With all our evils, our mistakes, our maladjustments, the ideas of Jesus Christ, the man, have worked rapidly and the world is moving towards his idealism with a rapidity hardly comprehended in one short life. In the slow process of evolution it probably took a million years for man to raise his posture from walking on four legs to his present upright position. We should not worry that it is taking him a few thousand years to adjust his relations and systems of government to an approximation to the Christ ideals. The big thing is that the human race is headed in that direction. WHILE IN THESE United States at this Christmas, 1930, we have breadlines and poverty side by side with glistening luxury — while human selfishness is still rampant and men slay each other for a speck of gold — the masses are better off today than they were when Christ came to this world. At the time of Christ's coming, hordes of hungry men would die of starvation and it was called a jamine. Today there would be a revolution if we allowed the three million people in this country without work to reach starvation's edge. BECAUSE THIS MAN Jesus Christ was a radical and spoke out against the established customs of his day. He was nalled to a cross. Today radicals preach their doctrines from a thousand forums without fear. The central idea of the socialism, sovietism, birth control, unemployment insurance, companionate marriage, and even in the United States Senate of this capitalist ridden country, they have passed laws to make the rich man sell a lot, if not almost all he has, to give to the poor, in the form of inheritance taxes. Only a few years ago the statesman who would have advocated dividing all the countries such as unemployment insurance would certainly do, would have been called an enemy to society, and dealt with accordingly. TODAY WE STILL HAVE the reactionaries who would have hailed Christ into court when he pulled a few grains of wheat on the Sabath, but we have moved a long ways from the superstition and ignored the day that he came to this world. What we must remember most on this Christmas, is that we have had just 2,000 years of the Christ teachings. The world is still being born and we are still passing through the agony of its birth pains. Bread and soup lines in America and England where an order of human exploitation is doomed to be crushed is the city of work in Russia where a new order of human equality is coming into its own, may contrast sharply, but that is the way of human progress. AN IDEA HERE and a revolution there, the slow processes of change in India and the cap of government blowing in in Spain, all mean that the philosophy if you are working its way through the human mass. You can't stop a force like that which He started. It won't stop until it has leveled and made equal the opportunity of every baby of every race born in this world. It won't stop until it has wiped off the earth this order of things with its poverty stricken institutions and poverty stricken hell holes. Its strange contrasts of churches and jails; its public marble halls and its poor houses; its schools and its insane asylums. His philosophy will wipe out the lines between Jew and Gentile, between white and black, and red and brown. Aided by science, will some day be possible to work two or three hours each day and spend the rest of the time in leisure and improvement. But of course this will be possible only if ALL work — that the present order of worker and parasite is displaced by a regime of equality of reward for equality of service. AFRICANS SAY: "Africans have much in common with us as wit and wisdom expressed in their proverbs show. It is time for us to get away from the notion that they are more inferior and barbaric state. In more than one of our Americas are less civilized and more barbaric than they."—C. J. BENDER. African Proverbs This Week. MANY BROOKLETS MAKE A RIVER. Holiday Smells ST. PAUL.—A Christmas atmosphere-imported for the holidays by order of Postmaster Charles A. Moore-imported St. Paul's three priests office day. Special vaporizers to emit holiday smells were installed. They give out a combination of Christmas night perfume, needle illac, and rose ginger. Three vaporizers have been installed in the main office, one in the commercial office and another in the industrial branch station. White House Conference Reported 5,000,000, Physically Handicapped; Miss Burroughs Reports an Additional 3,000,000, Limited, Boycotted and Bound by Prejudice Because They are Colored. BY NANNIE BURROUGHS The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection reported that there are five million handicapped children in the United States. What an army! But there are more than five million. The conference left out the million. They should be treated; eight million, because that is the number. The five million are handicapped by accident—they are the blind, the lame, the maled, the crippled, the halt, the subnormal, and the incurables. The three million, whose special care not considered, suffer from a worse handicap than the five million. The five million children are handicapped by physical accident; the three million are handicapped by color incident. The three million are physically, mentally, morally, and emotionally disabled, but they are limited, boycotted, and bound by color prejudice. The five million children are physically handicapped; the three million are epidermall handicapped. The former are for the most part victims of parental abuse. The latter are victims of society's sins of commission—incident of color. The incident of colo: in /America is a greater handicap than the accident of limb, but the American people are more adept at about removing the parental handi-ants than they are about removing the handicaps which the nation has placed on negroes. White House Conference emphasized the importance of vocational guidance. It did not consider the tremendous fact that Negro children are not suffering half as much from the handicaps as other children are suffering for the need of vocational freedom. Epidermal handicap forces square pegs into round holes and round pegs into holes of other children of color with natural bents for certain trades or professions cannot learn those trades or professions, or they learn them they cannot work. Handicapped! There are no physical handicaps comparable with the h: dicar put in the way c: these three million children who must work in handicapped professions that are "open to Negroes." They cannot choose for themselves; color prejudice; choices for themselves; become plowmen; statesmen, stewardes; civil engineers; chauffeurs; artisans; hodariakers; and street vendors; and many other common soldiers and mess hands. The fact of the matter is that the color 'Jarrier' which America has set up keeps one-tenth of her population white, and the glory of this civilization; in fact— Some mute inglorious Milton here could rise. Some black Cromwell, guiltless of his countrys blood. this country's mood. would have to have the fame of this nation if men of color were not fettered. No greater crime can be committed against human beings than to penalize them and boycott them for not wearing a black shirt. No greater should be no color line in learning and there should be no color line in labor. As long as those two hands掌 remain this nation will remain as it today a democracy man. A Negro genius has been put to sleep or his ambitions extinguished by the handcaps of color prejudice. Our country furnishes splendid facilities and a highly atmospheric and stimulating native ability and soul aspirations of Negro children. In our country the physical handicaps are neglected and the epidermally handicapped are repudiated. Now the majority of the white people in our country think that their race is the only race in the world that has the right color and they proceed to handicap and not be born white. The unmet needs of the five million children who are physically and mentally handicapped is a challenge to the nation's sense of social justice and the need to provide educational schools, hospitals and homes; they need specially trained teachers; they need an atmosphere in which to learn; and an understanding world in which to live and work. The unmet needs of the five million handicapped children to make their way a little more intelligently and independently, we will not forget that the majority of the one hundred twenty-five million normal adults in America will increase the nation's sense of the value of human beings. It will be a great and new day in America when schools for the lame, the : immed, the halt and the blind, the hospitals and homes for stick and incurables are at the disposal of the poor, and it will be : greater day when America stops boycoting human belings and forcing them to go to waste simply because God did not choose to make those human belings white. ETIQUETTE 1. How far in advance should the wedding invitations be malled? 2. Is the phrase, "Mrs. Wilson, meet me, Walker" proper? 3. What should the do with the key to his hotel room when leaving for an hour or so? 4. When necessary to pass in front of someone in a theatre, what should one say? 5. How should not bread be eaten? ANSWERS 1. Two or three slices prior to the date of the wedding. 2. No; say, "Mrs. Wilson, I want you to leave the key." 3. Leave the key at the desl, where it is placed in a box reserved for that room, into which any letters and telegrams may be placed. 4. I beg, your burden, is sum- "I beg your pardon" is sufficient. 5. It should be broken with the fingers or torn open, never cut. I preach the gospel of justice and equality of opportunity for all. My value be reckoned. My cost be small. My buy for use on your letters and packages. I am "GIVEN-A PENNY FOR JUSTICE" Send orders to: Mrs. Memphis T Gartson, Box 364, Garv. W. Va. The Proofreader Talks The lack of a form of the person pouns for the third person, singular number, common gender has been discussed in recent talks. It has been shown that there is a tendency, perhaps a growing tendency, to use the plural form, example, for argument expressed to ordinate to their ability, although all of our standard and authoritative literature, from the English Bible down, uses the singular masculine—"his ability." Consider such a sentence as this: "Each child appears to hang his stool, st-king." Here is need for a pronoun, singular in number which may stand for both the masculine and feminine (since children are of both genders). There is no such number. The word "that" does stand for either or both genders, hence the difficulty involves a choice between correct gender and correct number. Our language makers have decided that the correct number is only important. In fact, English is only language in which grammatical gender adheres even approximately It is true that the word "everyone," as used in the first example, seems to imply plurality, yet the writer did not so feel it, for he followed the word "everybody" seems to have dual implication. Yet few persons if any, would write, "Everybody are going." So, the real difficulty is a choice between correct gender and correct number—and number is the choice of the authorities. The word "ends himself inclined to slip off the trak in this matter will be steadied and helped by careful and observant reading of the Bible, especially the New Testament. The Sermon on the Sabbath examples: "Not every man that saith, but he that doeth ... Whosoever heathest and doeth ... I will liken Baths Were Luxuries Rules for b h ing in the Benedictine monasteries of the Fourteenth century have been discovered at London, England, in the regulations of St. Augustines. Canterbury and St. Peter's monks were allowed to take baths twice a year—before Christmas and Pentecost. Previous to the fourteenth century four baths were allowed annually, but this number was cut in half because bathing was considered a luxury except when necessary for the slick. Only four monks could bath in one day, so it took more than two weeks to accommodate the 60 monks in the monastery. No baths were allowed there. The monks had servants to wash them. At Westminster these servants received extra food and beer on "bath days." The baths we e taken sitting in a tub, instead of standing, as was probably the secular custom at the time. Monks were not allowed to stay in the bath so "soak" after had been washed. At first, bathing was conducted in complete silence, but "that good custom has been entirely abandoned in these modern times" of the fourteenth century—Portland ('re.) Advocate Slightly Different Newman Levy, the barrister, wrote a sketch produced at a recent benefit for the Authors League. He wrote a poem about a smearing "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which had offended public morals. In the scene, Little Eva, played by Gladys Erskine, told Uncle Tom, played by Charlie Halton, that the wound meet the wound. "Strike it out," cried the judge. "I won't have a young girl making dates to meet an old man who is not her husband." And when Simon Legree asked: "Uncle Tom, don't own you, body sooul?" the judge agonized. "I won't have any talk about the body, before young people." he said. And the question was modified to: "Uncle Tom are you not in. In boyhood, Ransle in "Broadway" column. The Laughs Behind the News By RALPH MATTHEWS A man disguised as Santa Claus hold up a grocery store at the point of a gun the other day and the proprietor's children pleaded so hard that he did not have the heart to call the police. A guy by the name of Santa Claus has been robbing parents underhandedly for years, but this is the first time he has had nerve enough to come right out in public and do it. Times are so tight when Santa Claus beats a dog to squeeze a little kindness out of some people. Of course, a lot of people will get sore when we call Santa Claus a crook, but when he goes to sleep before he comes prowling around the house on Christmas Eve. After all there isn't much difference between sneaking down the chimney and crawling through the window. Belief in Santa Claus helps to create deceit. The old folks try to deceive the children and the children try to deceive the old folks by pretending to believe what they are told. The smallest child figures out that it is impossible for a big fat man to go to every house in the neighborhood on the same night, but when you get a lot of toys, nuts, and candy it pays to keep your mouth shut. With everybody out of work a lot of fathers banded themselves together to get rid of Santa Claus this year. They asked that a law be passed making it unlawful for anybody to wear white whiskers. Of course, if the old American custom is followed, the minute a law forbidding beards is passed no younger will be caught at night without a pair of false whiskers in his pocket. There will also be a howl raised for light sideburns and mustaches. The Anti-Whiskers party will not compromise, however, and will even look on thick eyebrows with suspicion. Any child caught writing to Santa Claus for presents will be accused of using the mails to defraud. There will probably be so many infant law-breakers that we will have to be vigilant in identifying them. Penitentiary; but law and order must be maintained at any cost. Next! — the White Woman, Has the Floor Pickens Comments Characteristically on the Article by an Unnamed Colored Woman Which The Afro Recently Reproduced from The Crisis By WILLIAM PICKENS (For The Associated Press) Associate Negro Press An "anonymity colored woman" in the December Colored woman in the interracial activities" of some men, trying to make time and date for her relations with the colored ladies of the committee. The experiences which she relates are not so startling, and they are not to the "know, and are very far for a woman who, as she herself, rather a good-looking, and who at the same time we can read between the lines is rather an ingenial and inclined to people, and who perhaps has a sense of her own pride in interracial activities" of the convention by the implications of her own article, we can infer that this colored woman is rather more confidential than her own public than she has to be to her own public, and through she tells us very little of what she subject leads us to expect and she tells us a good deal more in her subject than she perhaps meant to tell us. This understanding of the matter could hardly escape the acumen of any "old bird" Author's Anonymity Makes Situation Impersonal I am glad she is "anonymous," to that keeps the situation for me impersonal. And I want to tell her all of the books which she describes would have handled easily by many colored women. I know—or by many white women. Some of them would have stopped any of those fellows before they got to know her. Perhaps our anonymous friend was so naive in her own conduct that she felt a guilty responsibility when she "attack" came. At any rate she seems not to have been equal to the occasion in a single one of the books. But we started out to say: the white women of our international programs and others, could tell equally interesting stories about the black male of the genus human. They might tell of some of his "interaction" with equal perseverance, and greater, then: did the white males of the species, who are cataloged by this anonymous writer. Of course, the *average* experienced colored man is less subject to the bewitchery more fierce opposite color *the black* than the more human and cause the Negro has every human color in the world in what is called his "race." But the whit. man has been somewhat fenced in by the race, and therefore left to imagine all sorts of things beneath a da. . . which he has not found under white skins. But most Negroes of any experience have not been long ago that it ain't so. but that all the varieties of skin-color harbor the same things: that men and women, in the essence, are colorless. At the same color in the dark anyway. At any rate the white race is learning that whi 1 one builds a fence around the black. And that kind. "he always fences out a darned sight more than he fences in. The whites have . . . the builders of these fences; and it is amusing to observe how many are beginning very closely to him the fence." Finally, there is nothing new or otherwise noteworthy in our being informed by this anonymous writer, "reachers and aides," who can plainly speak of sub-humans, what this woman found to be almost devastating, if we are to judge from her manner of telling it, most of the achieving women of the world are ignoring cut of her courage and admirable courage and high-mindedness. ENGLISH Word Often Misused Do not confuse "bzaar" (n as sensibly "shops"), with "bizarre" (fantastical) Word Often Mispronounced Literary. Pronounce the a as in "day" not as er. Word Often Misspelled Across; not acc. Synonyms Upbraid, chide, blame, censure, condemn. Word Study Use a ward three times and it vours. Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one work a week. DEFLORE: to feel or experience deep grief for; lament. "I greatly deform the fact that you are going PREY." WEEK'S POEM Was lying white and still. With starlight in the valley. With moonlight on the hill. I was dawning morning. And lushed my heart to hear The old clock on the steeple Toll out the dying year. They say that when the angels were to bring, The souls that woke to listen Can hear them softly sing The same melodious anthem But waiting there, on ground to hear That told to Judah's shepherds T dear redemer's birth. No sound came through the silence, But waiting there, on ground to hear The new year to me had brought- And something sang within me: He prayed all who sorrow. And wipe their tears away." So, in that solemn morning When first they feet shall stand Where dawn in the valley had soared The God's right hand. The words of benediction The welcome home shall be The joy and merry Have all been done to me." BIRTHDAYS DECEMBER 27 Virginia Tech, 1010 Madison-av.; Virginia D. Plegeron, 419 Milam-st.; Houston TXes. DECEMBER 28 Mary L. I. Harris, 1149 Nyrte-av.; Charles E. Thomas, 766 George-st.; John Williams, 1600 Mosher-st. DECEMBER 29 Jules C. Bledsoe, 80 Edgecombe-av.; New York City. DECEMBER 30 Brith, 521 Calhoun-st.; Chester Martin, 618 George-st. AMANDA H. T. M. Alexander, 2315 Oxford; Philadelphia: Miss Doris Mori, 2121; Whitelock st.-: Elmer Dormer, 2012; Whitelock st.-: E. 2014 h.; Whitelock st.-: 1216 Drudh H. Mencken Silly-Pickens; Harlem Has 5200 Unemployed Family Heads The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly Please send me at once the treatment of FEMINESE that I have checked below and under your satisfaction guarantee as mentioned above. If I am not more than satisfied, I will notify you at the immediate end of 14 days and you will make good your legally binding guarantee. [ ] For Ordinary Cases ..... $2.95 [ ] Specially Compounded for very Obstinate Cases ..... $5.00 MENCKEN NOT FIT TO UNBUCKLE A PREACHER'S SHOE Pickens Attacks Unholy Editor whom he Calls "Silly." NO RACKETEERS Mencken Statement is False. Insulting. By WILLIAM PICKENS, for ANP "Negro preachers are racketeers." That is the silliest statement that H. L. Mencken, editor of "Mercury Magazine," ever made — which is certainly putting it in the superlative degree of silly. That is how Mencken was reported in the public press, several weeks ago. That has become popular among the "smart sleeps" to sneer at "preachers" and especially at "Negro preachers. Certainly, the average preacher, administering to a congregation of washerwomen, chaufers, and day-laborers, who have precious little to give him, is much less open to the charge of "rucketeering" to those who are flattering congregations of million- and big business" sharks. And also, and if you please, the Negro is not nearly in the class of racketeering and sensational-monkey editors, and the work is based on the sale-value of their output to intellectual and cultural museums. Only a few seasons ago this same Mendenk was sneering at Negro achievement in literature and other arts. He seems to approve only of the hard-underword output, or of clownishness and risque smart- Of course, Mencenk is a Southerner, which is not a crime; but the "Old South" is still deep in his marrow, which includes some New presachers, like some white presachers, and like quite a few white editors, have great human faults. But there is also more good to-est-good religion in the average religious leader in America than in the religious leaders of any other race in America. "This world's goods" are certainly not so tempting to the jous leader as the white leader, but as tempting as the amps you which you know to be beyond your reach. The motive of the Negro Christian leader can come much nearer the ideals of the founder of that religion than can the motives of owners been. And the Negro preacher does not propagate race prejudice or race hate, and does not welcome the Mencen brand of patronizing, which is so earnest all over with insults and contempt. New let me tell him something: If H. L. Mencen ever has the honor of getting widely acquainted among Negro preachers in America, come in contact with him, unseless with a fifer type of gentlemanliness than he has found in the circles in which he has been moving. Most of those individuals who have been in contact with the Negro world, can remember the absolutely necessary help or inspiration of some Negro preacher, of a sympathetic understanding, and superior character. Most of the Negro world will testify to length of this estimate. If Mencken should ask a song artist like Marian Anderson, how she ever got a chance to be a leader and not just to be a "diders" she said that the pastor of the unknown little Negro church, where she was a Sunday school pupil, heard her, "discovered" her, and brought her forward, long before blacks had anything to do with her. Much, perhaps most, that is great, and good among American Negroes, can trace itself to such a story. Many are unworthy individuals among religious leaders, but the bare-faced statement quoted from Mencken made no exception. It is a falsehood and an insult, not only to ministers, but to all men. It is not fit to unbuckle the shoes of many of these: at whom he sneers as "your holy men." Certainly, he cannot claim to be a fit judge to pass on the worth of religious lead- The church, under preachers, furnished this race with its first centers of culture and education; in music, darma, politics, and economic organization. How many doctors and lawyers will remember the church's practical practice simply because the pastor of the church which they attended appealed to the racial self-respect of their congregation and inspire, them with confidence in their own professional men! On the other hand, most of the attitudes of the white Mencken's houses people to lose confidence in themselves. Preacher Qu'y One Left As a class, the Negro preacher is about the only one in his profession in the United States who dares to unqualifiedly, the doctorate of the "brotherhood of the poor." The great majority of the editors do not dare it. The most charitable way, perhaps, in which we can receive these silly words, is to be fiercely gardd them simply in professional sneer on his part. We hold no brief for the, "holy men," but neither do we have to, "grin" at the unjustified, unqualified, and indiscriminate atiquities, Negro by a.m. most decidedly, "unholy men." We do not have to brook this insult, even though, we know that among preachers are many, "false racketeers" and many, "false racketeers—but fewer than are to be found among the sensation-mongering editors. Delany Donates Expenses of Trip to N.A.A.C.P. NEW YORK-Assistant Uplifted States Assistant Uplifted States a check for 80 to the National Association which had an acceptance to bind People which had an acceptance to bind (N.J.) branch, to cover his expenses incurred "You can well understand," writes Mr. Delany, that even though the country in which you live is far from the financial depression, I cannot quite see my way clear to take money from a bank. I cannot afford such spendiable work in behalf of our group. Mr. Delany has asked that the check be given to me. Mr. Delany has asked that the check be applied to renewal of his membership. DIXIE COLLEGE FORUMS DISCUSS RACE PREJUDICE KNOKVILLE, Tenn.-The origin or race prejudice and what the student may do to prevent it was the subject discussed at the monthly Interracial Commission held at Knoxville College last week. The subject was introduced in brief addresses by Stacey and Joe Hector of Maryville College and was the basis of a lively general discussion which lasted more than an hour. Student representatives were present at several institutions, Morristown and Knoxville Colleges, and from two white schools, the University of Tennessee and Maryville College. These colleges may have have graduated students interracial forum which has done much to promote intelligent and helpful attitudes. Sagehill Matthews of Knoxville College is president of the commission this year, and Miss Almendra Ford of Morristown-M College, is the secretary. The next meeting of the group will be at Maryville College on January 12. This is one of several such student interracial forums operating in Southern college centers: Nashville, Raleigh, Atlanta, Lynchburg and other cities. Good reports come from all of them from time to time. BOMB INJURES TWELVE WEST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A dynamite bomb placed in the hallway of the home of Barnard Kravat 244 Summit Avenue, on Friday night, hit a waterous person, 12 persons and rocked the vicinity for two miles. MICHIGAN ATTORNTY FILES DETROIT--Gecell L. Rowlette, attorney, has just announced his candidacy for the state senatorship from th: second senatorial district at the special primary election on January fifth. TARRYTOWN TARRYTOWN, N.Y.—The annual memorial service of Westchester, Westchester and Sleepy Hollow Temple No. 58, Daugherty Elks, was held at the A.M.E. Zion Church in New York. The memorial was pressed, after which Chairman E.R. B. Clinton Scott, introduced William King, Louis Mayne, and R. Walters delivered the memorial day eulogy, followed with short addresses by the educational committee, and Excalibur Ruler James, D. Uzzell and P. E. R. Perry, of Maple, New York, were sung by Miss Martha Williams and Mrs. Pearl Williams, Phanakos, and Envelopes containing money were presented to the pastor, organist and excelent Miss Reba Johnson, of 88 Valley Street, was the recipient of a surprise party last week for her 10th birthday. Bibbe Glaz and Wonder's Club. Among those present were: Medanes Kate Tsing, Riley Pearson, William Crawford, Ebberton, Carrie Smith, Nellie Williams, Mary Cardwell, Frances Smith, Robbie Fleming, Bath Kelly, Ida Simms and Miss Waddy. WHITE PLAINS The Optimistic Literary Club, of which Charles Grice is president; Jefferson Perry, vice-president; William Villance, secretary, and M. Williamson, treasurer, gave a tea at the Welfare League Sunday, December 21st. Isaac Goodwin was master of ceremonies. Miss Mary Barbour gave a short talk on "The History and Purpose of the Club." Herbert Warner rendered a solo, "Mother Machree." Charles Grice analyzed the word, "Club." Miss Bertha Harrington spoke on the necessity of such a club. William Villance sang a Christmas carol, accompanied by Miss Barbour. Appetizing refreshments were served by Miss Harriet Dennis and committee, after which spirituals were sung. A delightful afternoon was had by all. Albert Slater, of Virginia, was the weekend guest of his sisters, Mrs. David McRae, Miss Katherine Slater and Mrs. Henry Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Edward MoRae, of Philadelphia visited Mr. and Mrs. David McRae. Mrs. Bilva Cook was the gue'd of Mrs. Blanche Barbour over the weekend. Miss Rihit Hobby of Silver Lake has an older sister, Mrs. Duckworth, new Rehlechie. Woman Used Knife to Save Her Honor NEW YORK - Fighting to save her honor when she was, assaulted by Johannes Knudsen, white, 30, who followed her into her apartment on Friday, 10:30 a.m., plunged in the Eighth Avenue, plunged a kitchen knife into the man and is being held on a charge of murder. VICE PROBE MAY SOLVE DEATH NEW YORK - The violent death of Adelaide Williams whose body was found last May in the Harlem River after breaking with a big "numbers" banker sweetheart and setting out, paddle the river with the two men the probe is centered on on "numbers" racket. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 As the scene opens, eternity "hangs heavy on the hands of heaven," arch-angels begin to show their age, cherubs lose their dimples and the celestial choir shows voice strain from so much singing. "Sons of this and that and of the Revolution." Confederate Veterans, and the Ku Klux Klan, marched to the city where the unknown soldier, to heaven. NEW YORK—The United States Supreme Court offers the surest means of obtaining justice for the Negro in this country, according to the White House, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who writes in January Harper's Magazine on "The Negro and the Supreme Court." In his article Mr. White tells at length of the successful fight to prevent confirmation to that court of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, who as a lawyer expressed opposition to the Negro's participation in politics. The struggle, which resulted in a Senate vote of 41 to 39 against the Negro, has been widely expressed political unconscious and solidarity says Mr. White in the article. More than that, he continues, it "marked in startling fashion not only resentment by eleven million Negroes in the general population of their political rights but signaled well that the Negro no longer intends supinely to permit the whitening down, little by little, of the constitutional rights which, theoretically, belong to him as an American citizen." On no issue have Negroes worked so unitedly since the Civil War, says Mr. White of the Parker fight, cutting the united front presented by colored men and women in the National Association of Colored Women, by church groups, fraternal orders and hosts of individuals. And the victory, it is universally conceded, was won by the Negro. The importance of the Spanish offspring of such men as Judge Parker, is emphasized by Mr. White who lists the important cases affect- NEW YORK New York Social Whirl **LIBRARY GUESSES PROGRAM** The Library of the Public Library presented an evening of poetry, story and song, on Tuesday, Gwendolyn reading a program with reading of a group he wrote Elizabeth Sinkford song: Jessie Fauzet Harris read a group of her poems. "I'm So Glad Oblieve Don't Last Alone, another number, the number of which we didn't get, were sung by Doris Trottman Earle. And last, but not least, Rudolph (Bud), who told me the short story of his called 'Mis Cynthia'. In the large group we saw Eita Rechon Quennec, Edward C. Howard, Quennec, Edward G. Perry, Aaron Douglas, Arna-Baron, Harold Jackman, Jane Fischer, Dorothy Button, Brenda Rae Douglas, Arna-Baron, Emby, O. Richard Reid and Louise Thompson. MILDRED DUNN ENTERTAINERS and hospitable, entertaining, entertained the members of Mes Amies-Bridge Club on 'last Friday evening. Salad, hot, rolls, coffee and hospitable, entertaining, entertained the members of Mes Amies-Bridge Club on 'last Friday evening. Salad, hot, rolls, coffee and believe you us, plenty of home brew — the kind that doesn't make you silk, either — president as a new member. Bridge and more bridge, and then the presentation by players of the evening—Anita Robinson, Whifred McCoy and Lila Rector. The members present were: Rose Love, Linda Anna Coy, Anita Anita Coy, Lila Rector, Anita Robinson, Bérhard St, Clair, Lillian Hart, Carolyn Parker and Misa McCoy. MU-50-LITS MEET The same evening the Mo-So-Lits Girls of New Rochelle, met at the home of Lesters, they played bridge, in awards going to Maude Mills and Mrs. Alves. Thursday evening, the book group of the West 135th Street Branch of the 'Public Library met for a discussion, led by Brenda and John Galloway, and John Galloway, Englishman. It was an interesting evening of provocative concern, concerning these two great writers And while we are again speaking of the exhibition, we are also reminded to mention the exhibition for creative painting by Maurice Hunter, artist's model for the exhibition. We will be afternoon to view this group of paintings illustrated by the artist, BEATRICE GOOPER IS HOSTESS Beatrice Cooper was hostess of the Chica-themed exhibition. These smart ladies had an "open house party for their friends on Christmas Day. Saturday afternoon, Catherine Sweeney daughter of Mattie Srouse, became the bride of Raymond K. Audain. The great event took place at the fashionable B. Phillip's Church. **APEX GRADS** Aspen Spencer Washington's Apex School of Beauty Culture held its graduation exertion on Tuesday evening, in the Apex Auditorium. Personals HAZEL HARBISON is stopping with Dr. Gertrude Curtis. After the holidays, Haze will be up all of her baggings and return home to live. AMONG our HOLIDAY VISITORS will be a MONCHING BRAESLE BRAESLE, of Atlantic City, who will be the guest of Stella Johnstons. HER HORKINS is coming to town for a few days during the holidays, and red lights will mean nothing in his young life. While he is here, HER HORKINS is going to have a grand time during the holidays, what with Mee Walker Perry and little Walker Gordon Jackson and his baby sister coming to town. ROMARE BEARDEN, who is a student at Boston University, is home for the holidays, and MEE HORKINS is home for the holidays are. Eddie Mills, of Lincoln, and John Moseley, of Har MILDRED DIXON, who teaches school in Trenton, is spending the holidays in town. JDJMY DANIELS, who has been the team's leader, is now the team's "Dishgored Leady," has fanned out. Cornell's "Dishgored Leady," has fanned out. CHRISTMAS DAY was *e. a happy reunion* for the family. Mrs. Frank was a mother for a son had Eden. Bernard and Fannie with her for the day—not to mention the children to make their headquarters, at Mr. Barlowe's home on festive days. We have to do with it. HILDA OFLEYES MOTHER, Mrs. Frank was a day illness, with a gripple. PANNIE FTALL took the count for a week, having a seven cold. THE BENNETT CARTERS are the happiest parents of ten-pound baby girl, who was born in New York. LILLIAN BAGNALL, we hope, has recovered from that sprained ankle which kept her in for a few days. BROOKLIN NOTER EDITH. VIVIAN, and AGATHA SCOTT, of Carmel Street, New Haven, are visiting in Brooklyn. COLLEGIATES HOME for the holidays are: Eugene Klnckle Jones, Jr., Union "U", Adde Jones, Muriel Kellig, Clive Moneroy, David Mann, Rob Jeter, Howard Uni- Vele, Lee Rodolfo, Connor Rowe (Rome), Bearden, Boston "U", Eddie Morrow, Yale; Roscoe Bullock, Harvard; Charlie Moore, "U" of Penn; Eddie Mais, George Hunter, Lincoln. EDDINCHINS, of Boston, and a 1920 grad of Harvard, is in the city for the holidays. MR. AND.MRS. WALTER.A. DAWES have returned from a three weeks' honoymoon tour in the South. THE CHRISTMAS FIVETHE BALL The Christmas festivité began last Friday with the formal ball, given by Zeta Psi. Chapter of the Omega. Pai. Phil, in Brooklyn. The fraters of Zeta'Psi Chapter are: William (Billions) Pickens, Jr., James (Jimmy, Marlboro, Burke, Horne, Norman Johnson, Frederick (Feddie), Bestman, Henry Ashcroft, Dr. Gerald Scon, Dr. Henry Jackson, Arthur Punn, Clarence Johnson, Alexander Miller, Malcolm Martin. Among the guests are Mr. and Mrs. Augen, Klnckle Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Trada, Beld. Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson, Bill; Ruby, and Harriet Pickens. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobbrook, Mr. and Mrs. P. Evon Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wrenen, Butter Dorie, Dorothy Derrick, P. Evon Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wrenen, Butter Dorie, Dorothy Derrick, P. Evon Thorne, Carolein Doblin, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hartfield, Dr. Roy Proctor, Martin Allen. Vivian Scott, Vivian Scott, Johannes Sellers, Frances LeBrenner, John Richardson, Helen Lucas, Frank Thorne, Mack Hollings, Carolein Doblin, Carolein Doblin, Charlie Moore, Constance Willis, Vivian Willis, Frank Dunn, Sue Pollard, Duncan Dunn, Frank Dunn, Anne Anderson, J. Jeff Jackson, Bernie Jones. J. Wibecan, Joe Jeffers, Malcolm Fulcher, Malcolm Johnston, Burrell, Bob Taylor, Frank Whittaker, Am Douglas, Helen Douglas, Bible Wilson, Paula Johnston, George Eberly, Thurber, Albert Hale, Elevate Blagle, Dr. and Mrs. George Wright, M. and Mrs. Robert Elyk, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Burge, Mrs. Cora Calhoun Horne, Mrs. Jerome Calhoun, Mildred Jackson, Cornelius Sein, William Carrington, Uhlberth, William Carrington, Ewing, Benjamin Frank Chambers, Pearl Whaley, Leorard Warner, Gene Henderson, Elia Jackson, David Trott, Leorard Warner, E. B. Wesherley, Dr. end Mrs. Albert Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Bugene, Margaret Waltabo, Margaret Waltabo, Frank Diken, Daria Hutchins, Bunn Bunn, William S. Weston, Taylor Ellis, Milton Weston. JAMAICA JAMAICA, NX—The Rev. C. C. Miller taught the "N" Bible Class Sunday. Those present were: E. Seaman, M. C. McCarthy, T. Phillips, T. Clark, to Goodwyn and the Reverend Miller. The Employed Young Men's Brotherhood, with a membership of 20, attended church and presented, were James Elmble, J. A. Reville, J. A. Holland, O. Bragman, R. Barnes, N. Jackson, O. Road, M. Turquess, T. Goodwyn. The Alix Pioneers met the "M" Midgats of 135th Street "Y" Thursday night. The score is 16-9 in favor of the 135th Street The Dunton Pioneers defeated the Arizona Pioneers 16-0 Last Thursday. "NEGRO AND SUPREME COURT" BY WHITE IN JANUARY HARPER'S Season's Greetings APEX HAIR CO., Inc. 1726 Arctic Avenue Atlantic City, N. J. JOHNSON'S NEW POEM A TALE BY SAINT PETER Reminiscenses in Heaven Help Angels While Away the Ages. "HE IS A NIGGER" Unknown Soldier Deserted by U.S. Vets. NEW YORK—James Weldon Johnson's newest poem is entitled "St. Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day." Two hundred copies were printed for private distribution—a de luxe volume 7 x 11 of 14 pages, printed on linen paper and handsomely bound by the Viking Press. According to the author of "Gods Trombones," "Black Manhattan," "Fifty Years, and Other Poems," "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man," books of poetry and spirituals the newest poem is dedicated upon heaven and hell and democracy and war and America and the Negro Gold Star Mothers. The hosts stood as Saint Peter told how Gabriel blew a blast upon his horn— "To wake the dead, dead for a million years; a Blast to recue and pierce their divided ears." gust stopped ears. The earth and sea gave up their dead Heracles of heaven mutilated the thief and people who live to await the Great Roll Call and see whether their names are written in the Book of Life. Special Order. Meantime in the U.S.A. a special order went forth to— "The G.A.R. the D.A.R. Legion, Volunteer of Wars Mexican, Spanish, Polish." They Did Him Out Heaven's resurrection plans had not been set to cope with reinforced concrete, so that although the unknown soldier arose, it was neces- --- sary to dig him out. "He underneath the debris heaved and hove Up toward the opening which they cleaved and clove. Through it, at, at last, his toowering form loomed big and bigger. 'Great, Too Almighty, Look, they said, 'What is bigger?' Khan Would Rebury Him. The Ku Kluxes were reburying the unknown soldier. Eventually the veterans all leave him alone and go to heaven or hell without him. According to St. Peter, the day ends, hell and heaven are filled and he shuts the pearly gates and turns the key, and then he says: "I gave one last look over the jasper wall, And afar described a figure dark and tall. The Unknown Soldier, dust stained and begrimed, Climbing to heaven and singing as he climbed. Deep River, my Home is over Jordan; Deep River, I want to cross over into Camp Ground. Climbing and singing Nearer and louder. At the Jasper wall. "I rushed to the gate and flung it side. Singing, he entered with a loose, long stride: Singing and swinging up the golden street, The music married to the tramping of his feet. "Tall, black soldier--angel marching alone-- Singing up the golden street, saluting at the Great White Throne Singing, singing, singing, singing, Singing, singing, singing till heaven took up the song. Deep River, my Home is over Jordan; Deep River, I want to cross over into Camp Ground. BAGNALL LECTURES AT N.Y. FREE SYNAGOGUE NEW YORK—Robert W. Bagnall, director of branches of the N.A.C.P. arranged a series of five lectures to be delivered to a group of social scientists at the Symposium which Rabbi Stephen S. Wise is head. The lectures which have been most favorably received, cover the various phases of Negro-white relations and speakers having been as follows. Background of Negro Life and Culture, by Mr. Bagnall. Migration and Adjustment, by Elmer Carter, editor, Opportunity Management. Negro Literature and Art, by George S. Schuyler, journalist and author. Sociological Aspects of the Negro Problem, by Franklin O. Nichols of the American Social Hygiene Association. Economic Cause of Race Prejudice, by Mr. Bagnall. About 160 social workers attended. ing the Negro's civil status which the Supreme Court has had to pass on and which the Supreme Court will have to continue hearing, less than the celebrated Grandfather Glauce case, in which the late president of the N.A.A.C.P. Mr. Moorfield Storey, presented a brief, and cases on residential segregation, the "white primary," and other cases. Says Mr. White: "Negroes and their friends know that within the next few years cases testing other forms of disfranchisement, cases challenging unequal apportionment as well as federal, for education, issues of the Jim Crow car system and of segregation by means of private property' holders' covens will be carried for decision to the Supreme Court." He noted the considerable number of five to four decisions within recent years by that court. And they know that one vote by a justice holding Parker's anti-Negro views might easily mean an apprehible increment to their already heavy "I immediately, Parker's rejection means a number of things. It has given hope to Negro voters in demonstrating that they can be a principal can be successful. It has created a new and wholesome respect for the Negro among informed, fair-minded whites. "It has forcibly remitted the 165th Amendments to the Federal Constitution are not yet wholly dead. And it has served notice convincingly upon politicians that it is no longer an attempt to force a office on the ground of helpless blacks through violent, Negrophile attacks." 5,200 JOBLESS FAMILY HEADS FOUND IN N.Y. Harlem Employs 1,200 and Pays $22,000 in Salaries. "SANTA" TRUCK Clothing Gets to League in Time. By RIENZI B. LEMUS NEW YORK. — There are 5,200 known unemployed heads of colored families with dependents in Harlem; which is just 10 per cent of the 52,000 such family heads located by the police, to date, in the five boroughs of the Greater City. It is these family heads, for whom the Prosser Committee asks nonprofit institutions, like churches, to create emergency jobs in their vicinities, the wages to be paid by the Prosser people. Of the 5,200 unemployed family heads registered, 1,200 have been employed in emergency work and have received in wages from Prosser approximately $22,000. The New York Urban League, one of the Harlem non-profit institutions, is renovating its entire plant at 202-206 West 136th Street, to create emergency jobs, employing carpenters, plasterers, painters, cleaners, and corks to conduct registration, investigation, to keep the payrolls of the emergency employees, as the League is the Prosser Committee's Emergency Work Bureau's Harlem "Clearing House." Abysinian Church, beginning December 26, also will provide emergency employment for 100 family heads on its premises all winter. Over 100,000 family heads are registered, but unable to work because Harlem is not going much toward creating emergency jobs. In truth, Harlem is a Babel of confusion, taking sides in leadership squabbles, while mistry increases and the Prosser Committee money remains downtown. It appears as though every would-be relief group is obsessed with the desire to be conspicuous at distribution of money than efficacious sin. Relief. And this has become so palpable that even the preachers take notice, and complain of it. The intra-professional wrangling of the doctors was soon smothered in the resentful reaction of the preachers to the animadversions of the Rev. Dr. Powell, Abyssinian Baptist's pastor who, last week, released to the press a long statement in which he allocated the amounts each group of preachers ought to donate from their salaries to the race destitute in their areas. It is believed that Dr. Powell's castigation of his fellows will tend to make them spend so much time in defending themselves that none will be left to look out for making emergency jobs in their churches. Abyssinian Church. Absynstian Church is a great year-round welfare institution. It is free of encumbrances and doesn't have to raise money to pay off, or on, the mortgages, in addition to lifting current expenses, as done in other institutional institutions. Its therefore can take on such vast obligations as involved in serving all winter two free meals a day absolutely at its own expense. But, as stressed by a neutral observer, Dr. Powell wasn't talking about churches; he was calling on preachers to give from their salaries. In the free churches, as well as the big churches are serving several or many per week. Response Rotten. Harlem's difficulty lies in its failure to appreciate the gravity of the situation affecting the entire city; those not YET affected and who do not contact with the desist strongly feel that the rescue work is being overdone, when it is not yet anywhere nearly what ought to be. This explains why Mr. A. Clayton fellow was announced on Tuesday to pulpul' two Sunday nights ago that response to his appeal for clothes for ragged children on the previous Sunday, night had been "rotten." Politicians Flustered. The amusing thing in a serious situation is the "flustering" of the politicians because relief and welfare work is not their forte and they have to give way to the preachers and social workers and are thus deprived of the limelight. Santa Claus Truck But not all preachers can "shine." Last week, for the second time in three weeks, the Pressure Committee in charge its determination to keep the New York Urban League as its Harlem "clearing House," in disposing of squwack preachers who want to run the show. And this on the evening of the day that a big truck took away from the Urban League brand new clothing made for little girls by emergency women heads of families, from materialists and philanthropists, on supplies supplied by the garment makers. The truck took the clothes to Santa Claus in time for the destitute little girls to get them Christmas morning. Glory of Relief. Never before has New York had occasion to produce whereofal of Christmas cheer for such large numbers as burden it this year, and the response is most bountiful. But in Harlem the aspect is not hopeful because the leaders justify the conclusion that they are far more concerned for the glory of relief giving than with giving relief. SAFE IN BRIDGE CRASH LILLINGTON, N.C.-Nell Ross, 22, narrowly escaped death, when he was plunged 42 feet into the water when the Cape Fear bridge collapsed day, endangering the lives of nine President Spingarn to Address N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting, Jan.4 To Deliver First Presidential Message in St. Mark's Church, January 4. Posing for Painting is Better than Having His Tonsils Removed, Says Mencken N.Y. HOTELS Hotel DUMAS Hot and Cold Water In Every Room Highest in Service Lowest in Price 205 West 135th St. st 7th Ave. N. Y. City singles $1.25 and up Doubles $3.00 and up When In New York Stop At The Hotel Olga E. H. WILSON, Proprietor A Select Transient and Family Hotel Lenox Avenue At 145th Street Telephone Audubon 3796 WHEN AWAY FROM HOME Hotel Rockland 3 to 13 West 136th Street, New York City Hot and Cold Water In Each Room—Immaculately Clean Courteous Treatment — Special Rates — Daily or Weekly TILLINGHAST 9622 CHAS. J. JONES, Prop. NEW YORK. — The first presidential message to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by its newly elected president, J. E. Spingarn, donor of the Spingarn Medal, will be delivered in an address at the annual mass meeting of the association in St. Mark's M.E. Church, St. Nicholas Avenue at 137th Street, on Sunday afternoon, January 4, at 8:30. Mr. Spingarn will speak from the same platform as Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, who was the only Senator to make a speech during the Parker fight specifically opposing confirmation of his nomination on the ground of his anti-Negro utterance. Twins Die, Dad Vainly Seeks for Work NEW YORK—(GNA)—For the second time within a month, the MacKenzie of 557 Warren Street, Brooklyn, have lost a child from starvation. Solomon Macke-sie, the father, a mother, for the past 11 months, vainly day after day searching for a job. Each a in his hunt for work, he not only met ordinary difficulties facing the millions of white workers, unemployment, the hardest and prejudice rested against the Negroes by the boss class. The first child died on November 13. She was 11 months old. The family could not buy the necessary food from malnutrition, had no milk to give. The twin sister, Ursal, died another victim to the grim determination of their husbands, with the profits for unemployment relief. When the first child died, the fake charity organizations secured a job for the father in a part at $40 per week was the total income for the family of seven. Leaders to Discuss Unions at Labor Meeting KATONAH, N.Y.-Problems of the Negro worker in the Americana Labor. Movement and leaders to be held at Brookwood Labor College, here Saturday. Dr. W. O'Brien, Opportunity Bert Strobel, writer; Prof. Abrum Harris, of Howard University; Horace Dayis, of Federated Press; A. L. Teltzen, general secretary; Brotherhood of Fullman Potters; Miss Louise Thompson for Progressive Labor Action, and others; Mr. Muske, chairman of the faculty of the Brookwood to attend the conference. The conference will discuss means of eliminating discriminations on the part of labor unions; against Negroes, of creating a consciousness of the Negro workers, establishing a militant progressive labor movement, and df developing workers' education among Negro laborers, industrial and SYRACUSE SYBACUSE, N.Y.-Recently a meeting was held at the Dimbir Community Center, Organization. One of the objects of this organization, no cheque needed, is to encourage this group, that they might help solve the unemployment problem of colored people. N.Y., formerly a student of Syracuse University, attended the funeral of the late Judi Batsen. The hotel is the Savoy Hotel and many friends. It is the Winn. H. Jackson, 503 B. McRideau Street, not later than Thursday of each week. Copies are 210 Almond Street. NEW YORK-(ANP)-As A. Richard Reid, the NEGro portrait painter, put the finishing touches to the portrait of H. L. Mencken, the Baltimore sage, after he and his friend St. Street, the ex-bachelor asked the permission of the artist to have a look at his likeness. The artist told him he might. "That's a fine job," said Mr. Mencken. Then he asked, "You have caught all my beauty but more of my plenty." Your correspondent, who was the only one present, representing the NEGro press, suggested that if Mr. Reid had caught all his plenty instead of beauty the result, would have been The third speaker at the meeting will be James: Weldon Johnson, the Association's secretary. A musical program is being arranged, for the meeting with the assistance of Deacon Johnson, who furnished pit orchestras for the N.A.A.C.P. theatrical benefits this year and last year. Included on the program are the S. Coleridge-Taylor Concert Ensemble and the celebrated St. Mark's choir led by S. Aldama Jackson. The annual meeting of the N.A. A.C.P. will be held on Monday afternoon, January 7, at the national offices, 69 Fifth Avenue, at which time the officers for the year will be opened and activity read by Walter White, acting secretary, on the work of the year. The meeting will be opened promptly at 2 p.m. To this meeting, as to the annual mass meeting, the public is cordially invited. HARMON EXHIBIT FOR ART CENTER HARMON EXHIBIT FOR ART CENTER NEW YORK—Artists from all parts of the United States and some of those who are studying abroad are now submitting work for consideration in the fourth exhibition of art productions which will be held at the Art center, 65 East 56th Street, from February 16 to February 28. The showing is sponsored by the Harmon Foundation. The show is directed by Howard Benson, sculptor; Alon Boment, artist and director of the Art center; Walter M. Grant, of the department of Exhibitions of the Harmon Art Association of the Galeries Louis Vernon, Vernon Herring, head of the Art Department of Howard University; Winold Reiss, white, and Arthur Schomburg, antiquarian, make up the jury which will decide the winners, while others enter those which will go into the exhibition. The same jury will also decide upwards of $400 Award in Fine Arts, which consists of a gold medal and a $400 honorarium, the exhibit prize of $250 which has been given by Otto Kahn; and the award which may be announced later. The exhibition will occupy four galleries in the Art Center, and since this is the last of the annual series of such showings—nature exhibitions of art and nature—the summarize somewhat work that has been done in the past. It will contain oils, sculptures, etchings, lithographs, drawings and photographs. Rents Soar, Families in, Whites Move Out NEW YORK—(CNA)—Landlords of the Bronx have resorted to the oldtime worm scheme of robbing Negroes. In a section of apartment houses recently occupied by white tenants, they have been given tenancy, but with the special privilege of paying extra high rents. Three-room apartments which have rented to whites for as little as $25 per month have been crested ten per month on advice that Negro tenants were seeking them. Real estate agents are responsible for the great rise in rents during this unemployment, many of these agents are becoming more oppressive. The slightest delay in the payment of rent brings eviction, notices, and quick vacations of houses. The vacations are thrown on to the streets to starve. put, both "still" pictures as well as "falls" were made of Mr. Mencken and Mr. Reid. Mr. Mencken, who has steadily refused hitherto to pose for the "falls," was judiciously persuaded to do so, but he didn't like the lights. He seemed to envy the artists for his full face did not catch As the last stroke was being added, Mr. Mencken got restless and asked, "Low longs." When the tenseness of the room grew, Mr. Mencken rather maliciously: "Better than sitting at the barber's isn't it? 'Oh, no.' came back Mr. Mencken. 'I think it is very tedious, but it is than having one's tonics cut out.' Stepin Fetchit Preaches a Xmas Sermon to Actors It's Nobody's Business "TRUST IN GOD; STEER CLEAR OF FAKE MOVIES" "Bad Boy" of Flickers Reforms and Tells of Big Plans on Coast From no less a personage than the supposed bad boy of the movies, Stepin Fetchit, comes a Christmas sermon to actors and performers throughout the country. The comedian makes a confession, hard at a warning and a blessing, and says that he is going to reform himself "Although I have been often asked," says Stephen "why I didn't take some time to answer to some of the many rumors and scandals that have been published about myself in different papers and magazines because nothing undertaken has hurt a man but the truth, and in a long run a false statement crumbles under truth's powerful results. And, too it was to me a great experience on my little personal appearances back east this summer what an impression I had had and pictured me in altogether different person, judging from things they had read of me and heard from people who knew less about man they did and nothing." "Nevertheless, it's always a time for everything, so I feel that it is now time that I take my pen and ink and write about minutes that false rumors have been trying to build for years. "Don't Wait for a 'Break' "First, I am hereby trying to defend myself as I am more able at present to give more defense than I could use. Because none of them are immune to it, and don't demand respect of all by first respecting all. And until many of our artists realize this fact they always be in hiding and wishing for a so-called 'break'. And I have found out that what people call a break in life is only obstacles that have been overcome by sincerity diligence to one's 'break' and breaks come to no one in particular more than the one just some to try and have the others to try and overcome their obstacles, and that others let obstacles overcome them. Entertainers in all walks of life have now more obstacles to overcome than ever before." Has Inside Dope "For instance, last week I had the pleasure of having one of the major corporations to approach me on sabbatical and I have long dreamed of, and in a short while I expect to announce from my office one of the miracle achievements of the entire show game," wish I could have made this announcement as a Christmas present to those of the profession, but I guess the method is to ask them any, as so I have stood to being misunderstood by many this long. I guess I can keep you in suspense until all things are entirely accomplished. "I want to be sweet," "Although I want to emphasize Gossip of the Movie Lots BY HARRY LEVETTE HIDDEN JEWELS LOS ANGELES, Cal. — (ANP)—Our exhibit this month is Miss Jean Brown Miller. To the average one of her wide circle of friends she is just a pretty little girl whose million-dollar smile used to bring her customers the fun and comfort of Bibb and Central Drug Store, who married at sixteen, became free later, and learned, theatrical work, singing, and dancing on downtown stages and in the park. Cut at Wilmington, and over radio station KFOX in Long Beach. But she is more than this. She is one of the most versatile and professional. Aside from being able to earn a living before the footlights or under the nite club spots, she is an excellent short story writer, artist, and business girl. She has a typist, bookbinder, and ad writer. Library magazine recently published two of her stories paying her well. Miss Miller is entirely unaffected and does not herself seem to realize the possession of such wondrous talents, she spends her leisure time at home. Palmere Jackson whose pretty face is seen in the fast dancing chorus of the Apex nightly, is the daughter of the Rev. W. who founded New Hope Baptist Church years ago. "Pal" has great ambitions in the poetic field. She was schooled at Prescott, Arizona, High School. Billye Brown, brown-eyed cincinnati-born and former Cotton Club principal, returned from San Francisco ill with a severe cold and has confined to her room on 23rd at Hooper. She is the sister of Sue Club in the Bay City where she is under contract as an entertainer. Porgy Beating Cast Barrington Carter, nationally known actor and product designer, is selecting a cast for a western edition of "Porgy" to be staged at a Hollywood Theatre. Among the girls to be in the cast is Miss Dorothy Armstrong. Mrs Walter Richardson Lauded as Singer. Although her talents were over-shadowed before by the name of her more famous brother Richardson has a beautiful voice. Now that they are estranged and divorce proceedings contemplated, according to her, philantha plana has been her herself few days ago following a radio audition she was highly complimented by a-famous music critic-and urged by her voice to the highest perfection. Danny Small has been adding to his income and forestalling the drain on the purse that Brown Broadway and the Green Street and green suppose; "French" caps wittic little tassels on them that he brought from "Noo-Yawk." They Spencer, Williams, who formerly had an excellent position at Christie Studios, has been working in the studio in Hollywood and according to ```markdown ``` **Stepin Fetchit** the fact that bad actors and smut supporters as well as those who have selfish or unclean intentions need not feel glad the least, as this will be overcome, and the only thing he wants a 'change to show that he has not been sleeping, waiting for a break, but busy preparing himself in order to meet and overcome the many obstacles expected to bring the road to success.** "And realize that a man who can not face apparent failures cannot stand substantial successes and that swain's salt are worse than sweets at all." Put Trust in God "First of all, I want to give the keynote that has been my small secret and that is the secret of many things. I want to teach lasting success in any walks of life—and that is a knowledge of our nothingness and the greatness of God and the power of good and the wonders of the mercy that bad doing can accomplish. "I guess here many want to call my attention to the fact that many of the successful men in the world are religious fervents and that most of the people who claim to depend upon God have the worst times, and you may have many examinations of the people who experience is that half of the people who claim to believe in God actually don't and that most of the poor people have rich minds and are often called up of riches misused than many who are actually rich. Hard Times "It is also a known fact that business today in the entertaining world is demanding more and offers less than ever before and that not only things are hard on the small but the fellow but in the larger part the truth of the matter is that things are not actually as hard as they are supposed to be. "But it's just a matter of too many chests poked out and too many heads swollen and time had to take in the swollen head and chest of the swollen heads and chest and show many that the world would not cease to exist without them. "For instance, the talkies actually knocked the pride and swellhead that realizes that money and influence are not as powerful as sincerity, diligence and courage. And it isn't what you report has learned all about the science of making the sound strips that have revolutionized the motion picture industry. The movies are due here, acceding to persistent reports, to head a revue that is to open at a downtown house and ais. to do picture work. The books has been named the producer. Albertine Tickens made such a hit in Little Orchid Annie at the Hollywood Playhouse with Betty Bronson that she played for four productions this winter. Albertine Peer is holding her own at Sebastians. Daisy Bone, Isabel Hodge, Juunita Jones, Ethel Boyd, Ruth Scott, Sue Hoy, and other Los Angeles buddies are all in Prisco at the Nite Club giving the Bay City a pleasing eyeful. Barrington Guy became the center of considerable press copy some weeks ago that theatrical offay threatened to betake herself to the land of hereafter because of love for him. Yet Guy does not look like a bad, bad, heartbreaker. Louis. Armstrong's "Toodle-coot-on his famous cornet is still drawing radio fans to the dial nightly. The Times last Sunday ran a special story for Sebastians concerning Louie. "Kongo," the stage processor of the number of canzambal, "necessated a number of athletes in the cast, during its recent run at the Vine Street house. James Davis, colored, was "choloman," an expert swimmer and stunt man; Charles Horseman, an expert horseman, and Nita Cavalier, white, plays a brown native girl. "The Whole Town's Talking," recently played here developed the fact that Marjorie Bright, Christine Smith, Carmelita White, and other local actresses have excellent prospects. What's Doing in Talkies At First National thirteen men were out last week in Otis Skinner's "Tismet," making a foreign version. The American version has been completed. At M.G.M. Conley has been working with Director Beaumont in a new film, Joan Crawford is star. At Universal, forty men have been working on a two-reeler. At M.G.M. "Great Day" will at last be finished. Harry Pollard is director. At M.G.M. "Great Day" will at last be finished. Harry Pollard is director. At Metropolitan, Pretty Daisy Buford has been working in "Aloha" with Ben Lyons. The Al Jolson chorus leaves. shortly with Noah Berry on a tour. R.K.O. is preparing "Children of the Street." Betty Compson starring under the direction of George Arbibu. Tee-Car, Phyllis Barrington is starring in the production "Gold Diggers of Hollywood." Educational, Walter Lang is directing an underworld picture, "Platinum," starring Lola Lane. Bigger and Bet Things Planned by Fn Lm Theatrical Association NEW YORK.—The Florence Mills Theatrical Association will do bigger things in 1931. A series of educational lectures will be delivered by noted thespians, writers, etc. on Sunda, after the performance. A beneficial nature—will be arranged. "Put your faith in God and everything will be all right," so says Sipchot Fetchin. That is the comedian's Christmas message to the profession "Prepare ye," he says, "for bigger things are in sight for colored stars in Hollywood." ```markdown ``` former "Blackbirds" star, and Baltimore boy, who popularized his famous "snakehips" dances, was taken into custody in New York city on the charge of rape last week. He recently figured in a cutting affray. think you are, but it's really what you actually is. "Of course, these times, although considered hard, are blessing in disguise and when that many are waiting and praying for. Because when there is confusion in the big house, people go in and out so bystanders who have courage enough can come in and be good that when the boss of the house comes, he'll want to know who made such an impression. "For instance, we find many of the hottest year's stars now doing supporting roles for their prepa, etc. So this is really time for those who have been waiting for a chance to get in. But if one is prepared to leap into the big only be driven out the big, boss comes." "I hope that all in and out of the profession and in all walks of life and of every race, color and creed will find in this the solution of these apparently hard times and remember that sweet is pleasure after pain. Beware "The time has brought also into our midst here many new racketeers and I want to call special attention to you, if not at present he will shortly. Pay no attention to anyone that may approach you as a representative of some high school class colored pictures at a major studio here. "Although I don't discourage the expectation of such projectors, I know that you know the truth about anything that's supposed to come out of here to get in touch with my office by way of the press, which is always with you. I shall give direct information, too. But I don't want to be flooded with mail on this matter, as the proper notice will be in any way a promoter of such a Rankruptev "It seems that many have become anxious about myself since I filed bankruptcy for eighteen thousand dollars and had some misunderstanding in my last picture, The Southerner, at M.G.M. "But I wish to ask all to be of good faith and believe and realize that my beliefs both financially, spiritually and otherwise. Williams in Vaudeville CLEVELAND, O. (RSS) — Henry Williams, the well-known feature attraction for many of the foremost shows of the country, joined Billy Plerson here for the week before going int'g can extensive vaudeville and cabaret tour. He left Sunday night for Desert 524. East Adams, Street, apartment 108. He was welcomed with an ovation from a large audience at the Globe this week. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 OUT FISHING The AFRO'S $100 weekly news contest has unearthed some mighty exciting happenings hither and yon some of which are printed below without any effort at editorial censorship. "Here is some news for your paper: 'I. Samuel Allen shot and killed Russell Jackson and killed his head." 2. There is an old lady who has been married three times and is about 80 years old. A strange gentleman came to town not to tell her this old lady has gone and over him and he added to be married with a widow and bought license and her brother found it out and went down town and stopped it. The old lady has right much more and this man is a perfect man and he is trying to old lady's help to off and leave her and brother stopped it. "3. A few years ago a couple of young people got married and the sister of the wife got between them an' there are two boys born to them. Now the wife is applying for a divorce and no support." This exciting bit of news comes from Newport, Delaware: "On the thirteenth of October, 1830, I had a dream. First I was captured by some men which all seemed to be dark people. He said he his son was Joshua he seemed to be without clothes and he insisted on laying down, we both layed down face to face. He told me to answer his questions fast, as he had to fast. I could not make him speak, he said to me when he got through talking he presented me a golden key. "I next went into a chamber where it seemed to be full of women clothed in dark garments, they were in a car, a movement, a wayward, and forth, but not one seemed to say anything. "I next went into a second chamber, this room seemed to be full of tiny sparkling stars, and we were from her knees like she had been praying, she two was all covered with these tiny stars, and there seemed to be a bell between us, as she proached me we both were tall as my head just to her waist. She also presented me with a large key, with one of those stars on it. "Then it seemed like we was transferred into the room on a mountain, and as I faced the west there was a straight cloud direct in the west which drew my attention. As I watched that cloud closely I did just barely see something working in "After a while I began to see it plainer and it appeared to be full of little angels with little golden gavels firing back and forth. And as I saw what they really were, a high wind came up as if to collapse the wind blew and lift the roots and then the world s. emed to be on fire the fire was cracking and the fires and large burning rocks were all around me. "Then I heard a very loud voice say to me, I will be with you my son, in the midst of all my fe, les Ties to me and preach the Gospel, I am the God of heaven and the everlasting God, and beside me there is know other." A Christmas Thought Let us pause, here in our ramblings to give a thought for Christmas. Mrs. Hazel Hicks has most gracious touch on the unfortune of the program. Stand by: "Xmas time, what does it mean? To some folks different things: Giving, receiving and merry making, Nothing else, it seems. 'Now since Xmas comes but once a year, we'll give thanks, good will We should give thanks, good will and cheer. and their, For being bless to 'see another year" A Jersey Idyll They do have their times in Wellington, N.J., don't they? "A certain preacher (all names withheld) of this borough was called to the oldest college Baptist Church in this city for a years service and his first Sunday morning service, so stirred the hearts 't two of his prominent members that it ended in a one-round bout. Appently one fair member had said some mean things about the other fair member and the preachers semonum seemed directed to party No. 2. She resented his semonum, the face of No. 1 the slanderer, who gave vent to tears, and screams, and was unable to rechroicate." Abbie Mitchell Kept Busy By Radio CHICAGO—(ANP)—Seven months ago, Able Mitchell, soprano, was called to Chicago to serve as guest artist with the Studeradek. Champions, who broadcast 10:15 am (Central time) over the coast-to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Company, from the studio of WGN, the Chicago Tribune station. Two months ago, she made her first broadcast as guest artist with the Williams' Oil-o-Matics, who also broadcast each Sunday evening at 6:30 over the network of the National Broadcasting Company, through WGN, Miss Mitchell sings the first Sunday evening. Thursday evening of last week the celebrated soprano appeared as guest artist on the Hydrox program which is broadcast over WMAQ, the station of the Chicago Daily News. The Chicago Tribune will sing at Howard University and on January 18, at Fisk. Hot Times in Cambridge, Md. Are Dreams Made A Christmas Thought Morgan Choral Club in Recent Recital The college choral club, under the direction of Mrs. McGanns, gave a well balanced recital in the assembly hall, Wednesday morning. The program, gave the student body an occasion to listen to many new numbers. The teacher acquainted with the voices of those who have recently joined the chorus. It was one of the most brilliant and successful student recitals of the year, and the only one of the songs offered by the chorus, "Ethiopia's Pean of Exalation" seemed to have been the favorite, for time and interest. Dr. Easton praised Mrs. McCanns for the diligent work that she had done in the department of the music department. Wm. C. Handy Plays at City Lodging Man that Once Paid "Daddy of the Blues" $4,000, Now Among Inmates NEW YORK—William C. Handy, often referred to as the "Daddy of the Blues," and a group of other well-known entertainers volunteered their services for a Christmas entertainment at the Municipal Lodging House on Sunday. Among the inmates of the house, one Robert Clairmont, who describes himself as a poet and writer, the possession of a fortune of $800,000 until the stock market crash a year ago, at which time all but $3,000 was swept away. When this amount had dwindled he went to the lodging house, where h' has recently been living and acting as a store-room keeper. Clairmont at one time paid Handy $4,000 for an evening's entertainment at Carnegie Hall, it was revealed last week. Wishing we all will share in the REAL BLESSINGS THAT THE BIRTHDAY OF Was intended to bring into the world is the Merry Christmas WISH of Stepin Fetchit New Year Will bring all that we lack for Happiness of Soul and Body. A And That The THE BELL "Blackbirds" Star Here BUCK AND BUBBLES clever comedy team, who were recently starred in *Lew-Leslie's "Blackbirds"* on Broadway, are playing the roles of a series of comedians. They --- DUNBAR THEATRE Josiah Diggs Owner PROGRAMME FOR WEEK OF December 29th Walter W. Carr Manager We Wish All The Happiest New Year Ever MONDAY, December 29th—TUESDAY, December—30th TWO DAYS—EDMUND LOWE in “GOOD INTENTIONS” A Fast Moving, High Class Crook Melodrama—Action From Start to Finish Talking Comedy News Cartoon WEDNESDAY, December 31st—BEBE DANIELS in “LAWFUL LARCENY” Thrilling! Fast Moving! Don't Miss It! Fox News Oswalds THURSDAY, January 1st—NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL—EDMUND LOWE and DOLORES DEL RIO in “THE BAD ONE” Talking Comedy News “Terry of the Times”—No. 8 FRIDAY, January 2nd—MARY NOLAN in “OUTSIDE THE LAW” Talking Comedy Micky Mouse Cartoons News SATURDAY, January 3rd—BOB STEELE in “LAND OF MISSING MEN” Oh Boy! Let's Go! Talking Comedy “Son of Tarzan”—No. 4 Micky Mouse Grapevine Gossip BY EVA JESSYE THEY TELL ME— That things theatrical are pretty much at a standskill and will remain so until after the holidays when a little relief is hoped for. That Joseph P. Jongs was featured in "Coyote" on "The Roxy broadcast: Monday evening of last week, and that the Serenaders presented their own composition, "Roamin'", on the same program. That "Searlei Sister Mary" opens in Boston this week minus Mabel Ridley, who was let out because she demanded raise in salary. She was misheaded. That the works of Negro composers are coming to the fore. Will Marion Cook was represented by "Swing Along" on two major radio programs in one evening this week. That Chic' Dotson, encoming baritone, has closed a successful engagement at Kings Garden, Brooklyn. That Negro spirituals appeared on the following programs last week: "Hold On," as arranged by the Broadcast of Thursday evening; "My Lord What a Mournin'!" "Keep in the Middle of de Road!" by the University Glee Club at Town Hall, Friday evening. "That "Song of the Heart" by Rosanne Cox, a program of Gertrude Wieder, contralto, at Town Hall, December 29th. Broadcasting A chorus of thirty voices featured "Sepia Sorrow Song" by Porter Grainger on the Capitol Family Broadcast last Sunday evening. The song was performed by Eva Jessye. Solo parts were taken by Thela Mbyrd, Ethel Purnell contorti, Ellsworth Courtney James Waters, Philip Ecton, tenors, and Earl Skaras. Kennycky Jubilee Choir abroad since Kennycky and reported stranded, has revived under new management and is once more even with the board. That there are no less than twenty vocal ensembles in rehearsal in Harlem, where the same hole, cattily speaking, That Victoria - Spivey - who has been in more or less seclusion since the "Hallelahjulah" days, contemplates a Southern tour in 1981, after they recently published work of Isaac Goldberg, refers to W. C. Handy as "the Moses, not the Jehovah or the blue, the training of the band, the training of the beloved truant of the theatrical world. Will Cook. That the name of the incompatible Able is not announced during the Studebaker Champions broadcast from Chicago. It was only discontinued for a most obvious reason. Open $50,000 Theatre in North Carolina DURHAM, N.C.—The doors of the new Regal Theatre were thrown open to the public here Monday, December 15, following its completion at a cost of approximately $50,000. The new theatre uses Western Electric sound equipment, the country to use the equipment. The theatre seats 500 persons, and is under the management of George W. Logan. "Steppin' High" Scores CLEVELAND, O. (RSS) — Billy Pierson with his "Miss Broadway" company, put over a first show last week at the Globe with "Steppe High School," the Theophile Sisters, the Three Girl Dancing, Aces, little Earl Palmer, the juvenile tap dancing 6-year-old star, Nita the famous dancer,Dot Johnson, the blues singer; the special feature artist, Henry William. They had their own orchestra including Billie Mobley, pianist: Edward Johnson, saxophonist; Willie Duke, tubist; and Henry McDuffy, trombonist. "The Pet," Butter was a very pleasing soubrette. Among those in the large chorus were Jessie Belle Hicks, Connie Stewart, Lucile and Elizabeth Read, Loreana Jones, Elizabeth Daniel, Thelmia McCoy, and the team of Jenkins and Simmons was a scream as usual. Mrs. Octavia Theophile is wardrobe mistress and chaperon to the juvenile members of the cast. "Thelmia is the versatile young press woman . . ." Should Spirituals Be Jazzed? By GAMEWELL VALENTINE Don't-You think it is so religious to jazz a spiritual? I object to dance orchestras playing them. Mildred Baxter. Answer- I think that the spiritual which are sacred in tone should be played by the so-called spirituals? No! I do not think it is sacreligious neither blasphemy nor "jazz" certain spirituals. So many spirituals "came here" jazzed, and there is very little to be added to them that add to their eleventh spirituals. The spirituals seems to 2 the foundation upon which jazz is built just as the religious church plays and formal services of England were the founders of the music. No one object; they are synocopied spiritual being sun: in the church with the greatest enthusiasm often accompanied by hand-clapping and foot-patting, but when the spirituals transferred to the orchestra, it resent this medium of expression. Not Sacred Many people in the Negro race think that all of the spirituals are sacred, and that all of them should be regarded so. "Spirituals are many, many others of this type have a religious sentiment. But such spiritual as "Little David, Play On Your Harp," and "Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet, Gabriel," are no more sacred than those of the P le e.2 sharpened reverent: "Little David, Play On Your Harp" is only the rejoicing of the young psalmist for having murdered an opposing giant. The years tell you that the world is a good place of difficult and clever living in regular two-four tint. Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet, Gabriel," to my way of thinking, is suitable for entertainment. The words seem terribly foolish, and the words seem difficult and clever. Closely with many spirituals and is commonly pleasing. Neither of these spirituals inspires us to lofty thoughts; or puts us in a diving atmosphere, and both are very inappropriate for religious worship. Barleigh Kicked Ever since Paul Whiteman, the "king of jazz," introduced the symphonic jazz orchestra, much classic music—absolute and program—has been played by musicians and spiritualists have been "juzed" if I may use this very broad and indefinite term. A few years ago, when a certain composer Jason "Deen Kleven" adobe his child, Mr. Burleigh had so indignant that he breached a civil suit upon this composer, asking a large sum of money for ages or for music or for musical taste. However, Mr. Burleigh's suit was absolutely futile. Also, when Paul Whiteman later so beautifully "Song Kessel" many of the country's biggest musicians with stereotyped musical protests bitterly, but in vain, with the result that "Song of India" is sound and hummed by thousands of people to Rinsky-Korsakoff could not bring suit against Mr. Whitman, because would rather think as Mr. Whitman, who in his own words said, "I have rather been asking ideas that Rinsky-Korsakoff himself would have been delighted with some of the total effects, and that he would be amazed to find that the American public would have time that he could have intended for more than numeratively few grand operas." Paul Robescn in British "Who's Who" NEW YORK. — Paul Robeson, whose acting in the part of Ottebein in Shakespeare's play of that man created a future in which he included in the new British edition of Who's the Killer, the second to a special play to the New York Times, played by the N.A.A.C. . . . Among the other Americans listed are Charles and other Helen Willis, the chancellor, Senator Gordon Borah, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas A. Edison, Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and Mary Garden. Ethel Barrymore, Who Played A Unique Gift to Strumpet, Hates Negroes American Art- The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly REGENT MONDAY—TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY FOX Movietone talking and singing romance starring your favorite lyric tenor who sings ELEVEN of your favorite songs! John McCormack in SONG O' MY HEART Directed by FRANK BORZAGE with Maureen O'Sullivan J. M. Kerrigan John Garrick Tommy Clifford Alice Joyce Farrell Macdonald Story by Tom Barry Thursday—Friday—Saturday Victor McLaglen in A DEVIL with WOMEN The “He-man” of the Screen in a Picture with “Shes” The Star Lover of the Speaking Screen takes A Few More Lessons in Romance —o— You Must see ‘A Devil with Women’ HAD COLORED MAIDS FIRED FROM THEATRE This Actress Would Not Employ Colored Cast to Support Her in "Scarlet Sister Mary" By EVA JESSYE "SCARELET SISTER MARY" the most wonderful woe infesting Broadway in many a season, has, after a solitum of fourteen brief days, folded its tents, like the Arabs and asily stolen away to Boston and points West. Wye Ethel Barrymore, white, outstanding woman of the theatre, should insist upon appearing in a role demanding a degree of knowledge beyond the reach of the Norwegian still doubtless remain one with mysteries of Egypt. When not so favorable reports flushed back from the preparer, should insist upon being picked up in a touch with the Shubert of should a most convenient illness show. But those conjectures prove laud and the monstrous spectacle of curious pain and woly warts horrified our viewers for allogher a lime. Rumer Star Prejudiced From the first mention of the fact that the play was contemplated with Ethel Barrymore in the title role, there has been frank reference to Ethel Barrymore's dishonor for Norwegian. This seems to be the admirers in Harlem theatrical circles. It is strongly rumored that the appearance of Ethel Barrymore in "Rose Brend" was the theme of the years ago, she deserved the discharge of all colored mugs. This was complied with, with the exception of one woman whom the management refused to let out, as she had, by virtue of low-efficient service, be indispensable. Obiected to Negroes It is common knowledge that it was the dominating Ethel who insisted on an all-white cast, beating down opposition, and when she decided to be Negro requested that they be secured from the backwoods of South Carolina, although there are Charleston churches and where they are in which the songs, manners and customs of the native Carolinian have remained untouched by Northern influence. Finally the lead of finance executives and all singers were recruited from the various groups in Harlem. Following the lead of all recent productions the Shubert Company deserts salary. A group of singers, nationally recognized and represented by the writer, were considered and negotiations well under way under the guidance of each singer and forty in New York were asked. The conference immediately cooled and the singers were gathered from here and there and packed into five-dollar weeks on the road. Motire and Manner Differ When one reads in the review of John Anderson of the New York Evening Journal that "her reasons for doing this are beyond all doubt," she is reminded of an intrepid parent, assuring a howling youngster that "it hurts me more than it does you." according to the book, Miss Barbara Elmire, to eliminate the rue question, by showing the public the great spiritual force of the Negro. Could she have been so stupid as to really believe that she could do that? It is ridiculous, and what Ethel Barry Harmer has really Home Again NOBLE SISSLE director of the famous, Les Ambassadeurs Orchestra, who will arrive here this week from Europe to start a series of American appearances. Baltimore is on his schedule in the near future. done is parade the collosal, naked conceit of a shallow, cold race that seeks by hook or crook to warm itself by our fires. If Ethel Barrarymore had had any kindly feeling toward this race in which she, for publicity reasons, feigns a deep interest, she would have acknowledged the wisdom of a Negro cast supporting herself in the title role thus recognizing the Negro as all people can best portray his own. Fate of All However, Miss Barrymore can take comfort in the knowledge that her friend is not going to seek to turn an individual's hand against himself, "Lily White" with its proposed white star never reached full bloom, but died in the night. Would Have Lost Out Notwithstanding the fact that the failure to surround Miss Barrrymore with a fence aversion for them, it is the writer's honest opinion that this indominable woman had an angelic touch in an eating a bona fide setting. She had the profound conviction that a truly Negro background would smother her com And in this, at least, she did not err. What Ethel Barrymore was avoiding was not contact, but competition. A woman too thinly attired does well not to stand in the light. GE ONDAY—TUESDAY—WEDN The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 Miss Barrymore smokes a pipe in "Scarlet Sister Mary." So she has had ample opportunity to prove the truth of her claim of love. Maum Hannah who wowed that "A pipe is good to help people when dey is worried in dey mind." But the great lady of the drama determines to carry on. In the next chapter, she's made "her bed hard, she'll lay on it." Nell Hunter Heard in Florida Concert TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Mme. Neil Hunter, of Durham, N.C., was presented for the first time in recital at the Florida College, Monroe, N.C., December 12. With a graciousness that won her audience, Mme. Hunter sang with the abandon of the artist. The four groups of songs, selected from such massed vocalists, were Purcell, Marcello and Coleridge Taylor, revealed the careful training that she has enjoyed. The singing of a cultivated vocalist could enable her to interpret the moods of her songs which ranged from spirited "Gretchen Am Spinrad" of Schuert, to the doleful "Dein Blues Auge" of *Miss J. V. A. Collinis of the Florida* *Mung Hunter, at the planoftote,* *Mung Hunter, at the planoftote,* Hearing that Earl "Snakehips" Tucker was pulled from the Alhambra stage last week after being accused of calling that the same charge was preferred against Ralph Cooper not long ago. Attending the claim party, Ralph Cooper and Arthur Foster at the Florence Mills association. Learning that little Mildred Mitchell was ill and in a coma, Inn. Enjoying the work of Jenny Dancy at the Alhambra and hearing an ofay critic exclaim that she was hotter than Sophia Fucker and could make him laugh. Getting more and more "regulated" with the mugging of Roscoe "Reds" Simmons, Alhambra m. c. Murphy, 628 N. Eutaw St. Boston, Mass., and wondering, since when milting Rienzi B. Lennis, preside- brotherhood of Dining Car Employees and AFRO correspondent. Feeling assured that we won't receive a Christmas preside, Uriah and Getting a load of Eddie Green, comedian as follows: "Paul Ryan (straight brown) - Eddie Green (black) Bodeo - She, man, 131st Street and Lenox Avenue. later at the spot, believing Eddie is almost correct. Saturday night tripping light night." Sunday evening dining with the On Seventh Avenue With LEVI HUBERT The Princess Duhanna in Harlem as Mae Berkley, is back up town visiting the casting agents. Her last visit to the stewk country club on Fifty-fourth Street was rudely brought to a close when the police raided the club operated by Belle Livingston. Although he has been dead two years, he is still still opposite "Gabriel" on the programs at the Mansfield Theatre. Finger Tips Lillan Golden, the little waitress at the 185th Street Sandwich Shop. has removed that green nail polish which startled patrons and will on Saturday come out with somber black and white finger tips. Gus Smith is rehearsing a musical performance to be "Happy" Detroit Red will be starred. It will open in January at the Liberty Theatre. Earl ("Snake Hips") Tucker, now playing the Alhambra at 126th, was taken last Friday to the 123rd street police station and booked on a charge rape. It was only a month or so before he figured in a cutting scrape. Give Christmas Party Came "In Drag" The Hobby Horse, Tillie's Kitchen and the Dishpan were other places which catered to that group and received police attention within a few miles. About two am, five horticultural gents came in "in drag" as the custom of appearing in feminine finery is known. Patrons with talent were invited to join them, and the others to joie Coleman sang a number with David La Fontaine in piano. Jimmie Walker played. The quartet from Lists, and Corbett B. thumped Coleman, and could all arts. Only One "Jord" Marc Connell, author of "Great Pastures," will not send out companies to play on the road, because there are many other artists entitled that Richard B. Harrison does have an understudy. On Riverside Drive Riverside Drive, known as well the world over as Parc Riverside, Street, is succinct to Negroes. An apartment house on the Drive has been opened to colored people. So 18-dollar-a-week elevator operators and port workers soon, to Social Registers and Junior Leaguers. Strirer's Row, as One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Street is laughingly called, is not the last word in apartments for Us Folks. Savoy hostesses after breakfasting with Andy Razaf. Wondering whether we will turkey it at the Flo Mills Association on Christmas or if some one has not cut on an extra place for us. Regrettably, the APRO get-to-gether for three years and wishin' them lots of luck and a bigger and better year Maurice Hunter, a Pure-blooded Bantu, and Possessor of a "Divine Physique" Writes a New Chapter in the History of American Art O A pose for the famous painter, Mr. Crouse. By H. G. MUDGAL The Negro is a vital factor in American civilization. In deed he has lent to it the most authentic color, without which it would be the drabbest and most unoriginal civilization known to history. The world has now recognized the Negro's contributions in the realms of music, the dance and rhythm. But he is now endeavoring to make of creative thinking and production. A beginning has been well made in literature there during the last decade. Now there are distinct signs of fresh building onto geniuses who will no doubt carve for themselves a name within the new few years. Of such Negro youths, Maurice Hunter is one of the most promising. As one of the most graceful models for artists and sculptors, he has an international reputation. But he is now endeavoring to make of posing an original and creative art. He is a pioneer in the field, trying to make a new gift to the realm of arts. Hunter is a full-blooded Negro of South African parentage. Both his mother and father were high spirited, one hundred per cent Bantus. "such, Maurice is a typically pure African. One glance at him will quickly impress even a casual observer that he is a cultured gentleman. His is one of the most spiritualized faces I have met during my travels in three continents. There is hypnotism in Hunters physiognomy. In his presence the universal myth that an African is a "savage" will instantly dissipate like snow flakes in summer. The parents of Hunter fled South Africa in order to escape the tyranny and oppression of the Boers and the British. But curiously enough, they hit Dutch Guiana, another colony belonging to the forebears of the Boers, on their adventure in search of freedom. Hunter's life in the Amazon, if had; really found what he was looking for. He died shortly after his arrival in the new land even before little Maurice was born. Maurice Hunter's body bears all the distinctions of a Bantu youth. The hallmark of beauty among the Bantus is not "regular" features as conceiveable by a perfect body—a body tall and slender, long arms with powerful hands, firmly built muscles and a proud gait. A handsome Bantu has the suppleness of a panther, the majesty of a lion, the grace and strength of a monkey, the depth of the jungle and the kneel that conspire to evoke beauty in the body of a Bantu youth. Hunter is surcharged with artistic temper and temperament. His ambition is as already intimated, to present a new art—another contribution of Africa to civilization to rank with her iron technique that changed the whole course of human progress and with her tom-tom, the father of radio. To pose is instinctive with Hunter. He most instinctively one moment of his geylid, a bristle motion of his hand, or simply a tossing of his head instantly transforms him into a new personality. His body is so alive, quick and sensitive that it responds to the slightest variation of emotions, thoughts and meanings. He has indeed, a unique physique, almost divine. Hunter's lot has been like that of most artists. He has known the pangs of hunger and the shivers of cold. His Ups and downs have visited him as they have done his fellow artists. At the age of twelve, a penniless orphan, he was a chore boy in a hospital in Dutch Guiana, doing odds and ends. He heard while there, a dying American glorifying his native land on his death bed, which lured young Maurice to take to adventuring and seek his fortune in the United States. Sailing the high seas, shifting from one steamer to another, study-ing the ocean, the country Maurice came at last to New York, the enchanted city he had heard of in the hospital from the dying man's lips in Dutch Guiana. That was sixteen years ago. Now he could realize his dreams. Hunter is still a mine of dreams, yet to be realized, although he has already achieved international fame. But New York could offer him nothing instantly but a "Negro's chance," which meant that he became merely a waiter, a dishwasher, a teacher, and by now a lawyer. And yet Maurice was a lucky boy. It was while he was running the elevator that Goddess Fortuna picked him up and gave him a break, which opened the door vide to the Hall of Fame where he is now firmly established. Princess Bluebird it was that once stopped almost dumbfounded and stared at him. Then she smiled, the sweetest a woman could ever smile. She was a model herself and had a quick sense 'o' the esthetic. She visioned in him immediately the fountain of inspiration for thousands of paintings, illustrations and status. And the next day she would model for the Art Students' League. Ever since he has remained a model. Artists with national and international reputation have been eager to get Hunter to inspire them, and he has inspired them to greater achievements and to enduring fame. Among them are Charles Gibson, the author of *Illustrator*, the creator of the renamed Gibson Girl. Others are Dean Cornwell and Walter Biggs, also leading illustrators; Onorio Ruolo, Daniel Chester French, Mahoney Young and Eugene Savage, famous sculptors; and Meade Schaefer, Frank Leendeker and Leon Gordon, well known painter. Art and figure have honored and immortalized beauty on magazine covers, between the covers of books, on the cavities, and in the city parks and squares. Among the great works he has inspired are Daniel Chester French's *In the Fields* and Milton D. Field's "A Wise Man from the East," "Pirate," "Wild Love," and others by various artists. Recently Ezra Winter, who painted murals .o. the Manhattan Trust Company, is leading a new building in the financial district. Big Immortalized Hunter in three out of six panels. He appears in "A Scene at the Battery in 1799," as a typical sailor of the period; in "The laying of the Wooden Water Mains for New York's Water Supply," as a foreman; and in "The Tontine Coffee House at the Ea. End of Wall Street," as a specialist in bird-lore, inspecting parrots for wealthy patrons. Hunter's genius is essentially cosmopolitan. He embodies the Caucasian types as facily as he does the Negro. He is matchless in portraying the African spirit in his forms. He embodies the Arab, Arab, Arab, Hindu, Arab, a Mexican, as a man from the Congo, Senegal, Zanzibar, and Egypt. There is romance even in the parts he portrays. He is a hunter and the one hunted, a merchant, a solider, a pirate, a prince, a lover, a villain, an inventor, an bully, a man of endless variety. He is madly in love with his art. Day and night he seeks to improve it. He lavishes every penny he can save on his art. He buys from Morocco, Tunis, Persia, Turkistan, Central Africa, China and Hindustan genuine costumes to live his part with an awe-inspiring originality. To collect such costumes is his sole Hunter is also a philosopher. Through posing, he thinks that he gets nearr to the human heart and leaves an indelible impression that an African, that a Negro, is a human being, capable of all that a human could achieve. An artist realizes more truly both the human and the divine in man at moments when he discovers the rhythmic beauty in the perfect form of his model. When Hunter is in such a philosophizing mood, one can easily see that he is on a spiritual adventure. With all his success, Hunter is not satisfied with his posing. In posing he is simply putting on a mask for the story, for the author, for the human dynamic personality could have a dominant part to play in the thing of beauty that is being created. He is determined from now on to make his personality a prime factor. How is he going to do it? He is now developing the art of pantomime—an art demonstrated through gestures and rhythmic motions of his exquisite body. The spirit of a melody, the meaning of a poem, the unfolding of a story—all these expresses through his new medium. He has already given these pantomime recitals with phenomenal success before distinguished audiences of both races. He thinks that the camera will be a great ally of his new art. Its hidden possibilities, in his opener, for creative art are still unscatched. Posing for it deepest of his delight of his work, Maude Hunter truly believes that through this new art of human pantomime mankind could build for a higher civilization. At least such is his modest expectation and his ambition to blaze the way towards that goal. A pose for the famous sculptor, John Freud. PHILLY MIRROR By Ernest Varlack Lew Leslie's "Blackbrids" will open Christmas night at the Ghestnut Street Theatre after a week's rehearsal. The Wakers and Flourney Miller are the stars and in support of the stars are such song and danc. artists as Manton Moreland, Neeka Shaw, Merela Marquiz, Jimmy Baskette, Broadway Jones, Blue McAllister, onto Sato, Brother, Brother, Cecil Mack's Blackbird chair appear in a travesty of "Green Pastures" and Euble Blake's Blackbrids. Orchestra supply the music. A number of minor changes are said to have been made in the script since the show, after a run of three weeks. LEW LESLIE HERE A letter to this desk states that Lew Leslie was a visitor at Johnny Gatling's Cabaret, "Golden Dawn," Saturday, June 12, 2004. He is not stated in the letter but it is suspected Lew just dropped in to see how many members of his company were keeping late hours. **EXHIBITION** The third annual exhibition of prints is now in progress at the Print Club of this city. The exhibition continues until January 3. **HER MAN** "Her Man Marries," the attraction at the Royal Monday and Tuesday while not one of the outstanding pictures of the month, is still a pretty good film. For Christmas the Royal has Edmund Love, a young man from the Yard. "East is West," is one of those old time thrillers in which a white man falls in love with a Chinese girl only to find she is white in the end. She is framed by Friday and Saturday. Eddie Green, who recently returned from Hollywood where he appeared in talking pictures, is now appearing in pieces called "Stopped Traffic." Bill Higgins does what he can to assist Mr. Green with the comedy WHITMAN SISTERS The Whirlwind sisters remain for another week at the Standard. The same cast supports them IN D.C. THEATRES "Numbered, Men," December 24-25: "Big Money," December 2 to 30: "December 31, January 1," The Times. **YORKLON** **BEST is West," December 24 to 26: "Pas- sion Flower," December 27 to 30: "Virtue, Sil," December 28: "Discovery." **BROADWAY** December 28 to 30: "Walk & Widow," "Dec- cember 30 to 31: Trouble." **ROOKER'S Beginning Saturday, December 28, for 1 week, Conrad Nassau will host December 28, 2015 **OSALIA** 20, The Big Rond, December 21, "Animal Crackers" The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly Daddy Letters—Director Wood Honored PLAY—A scene from the play which was given at the department of the P.A.L. under the direction of Mrs. was the "Madonna." A CLEVER DANCER—Miss Rachael Breech, Broadway favorite, who became career in Baltimore. She was formed with "Messin' Around." A set of Rose's Midgets, who played at the Royal Theatre. The Finch, Danny Montague, Beppi Tellez and Kurt Zwiebler. He and one of the few persons who has no color problem. NEW STENOG—Mrs. Elizol Milk who was recently appointed secretary to George B. Murphy, School No. 112. AND PLAYS SANTA CLAUS TO FORTY-FIVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WIVES. The new annex just after the official AFRO family had finished a delicious turkey dinner and had re-head of the table is Curl J. Murphy, president of the AFRO-AMERICAN Company, who related cars ago to the present time. A. CLEVER. DANCER—Miss Rachael Beech, Broadway favorite, who began her career in Baltimore. She was formerly with "Messin' Around." NEW STENOG—Mrs. Elttol Miles, who was recently appointed secretary to George B. Murphy, at School No. 112. ME EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WIVES and a delicous turkey dinner and had re-PRO-AMERICAN Company, who related JO BAKER ACTUALLY WEARS CLOTHES ON THE STAGE NOW—Believe it or not, but this really is. Josephine Baker, celebrated dancer of the screen and stage. Jo is famous for her scanty stage costumes. Photo was taken in Paris. A CLEVER DANCER—Miss Rachel Beech, Broadway favorite, who began her career in Baltimore. She was formerly with "Messin' Around." NO COLOR LINE WITH THEM—A quartet of Rose's Midgets, who played at the Royal Theatre last week. They are, left to right, Clarence Finch, Danny Montague, Beverly Tullis and Kurt Zweibler. Danny is the colored member of the troupe and one of the few persons who has no color problem to confront. NEW STENOG—Mrs. Elliol Miles, who was recently appointed secretary to George B. Murphy, at School No. 112. DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS GIVEN TESTIMONIAL BY PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS—Francis M. Wood, highly commended for his five years of successful service to Baltimore schools last week. Left to right, standing: Elmer Henderson, Mrs. Estella Cary, Miss Mary Brown, Miss Louise Mussenden, Miss Emma Bright, Mrs. Margaret Seldon, Miss Francis Murphy, Miss Ada Watts, Mrs. Francis M. Wood, Director Wool, Miss Connor and Howard Gross. AFRO-AMERICAN DEDICATES NEW BUILDING AND PLAYS SANTA CLAUS TO FORTY-FIVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WIVES AND HUSBANDS—Photo was taken in a wing of the new annex just after the official AFRO family had finished a delicous turkey dinner and had received their annual bonne checks. Standing at the head of the table is Curl J. Murphy, president of the AFRO-AMERICAN Company, who related the history of the company from its inception 40 years ago to the present time. A. Happy New Year JUST A FEW MORE DAYS—Miss Bernice Kluney is telling you that "it won't be long now." She is reminding you that you have only a few more days to prepare your New Year's resolutions and turn over the new leaves. Miss Kluney is a Copper Normal Student. HELL NEVER USE IT ON HEE—Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Cohen, who were snapped soon after Wilbert defecated Young Harry Wills in a ten-round battle at the New Albert last week. The lightweight boxer is showing his wife his famous left. HELL NEVER USE IT ON HEH - Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Cohen, who were snapped soon after Wilbert boxer is showing him, hats his 'hance' out. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 10 EDITION at Christmas Party — Pastor Wrote JO BAKER ACTUALLY WEARS CLOTHES ON THE STAGE NOW—Believe it or not, but this really is Josephine Baker, celebrated dancer of the screen and stage. Jo is famous for her scanty stage costumes. Photo was taken in Paris. NO CHILDREN HAVE MANY CHRISTMAS PARTIES—The many groups which had Christmas programs before holidays. This one is at School No. 118, which is located on Avenue, near Lenvale Street. D TEACHERS—Francis M. Wood, highly commended to right, standing; Elaine Rushboro, Miss Spadia Carr, met Seldon, Miss Francis Murphy, Miss Ada, Wattie, Mrs. King; Carrington Davis, Garnet C. Wilkinson, Mrs. AFBO-AMERICAN DEDICATES NEW BUILDING AND HUSBANDS—Photo was taken in a wing of coiled their animal bones checks. Standing at the history of the company from its inception 40 A. Happy New Year JUST A FEW MORE DAYS—Miss Bernice Kinney is telling you that "it won't be long now." She is reminding you that you have only a few more days to prepare your New Year's resolutions and turn over the new leaves. Miss Kinney is a Copper Normal Student. ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly The BLACK LILY by CORA BALL MOTEN INSTALLMENT IV With a little gasping cry Dolores sprang to the fallen man's side. Ramon, with quick presence of mind instantly retrieved the fallen paddle as it bumped uncertainly against the pirogue in the waves set up by its own force as it fell. He leaned across the stiffened body of the grey-clad captive to reach the paddle. As he straightened up he noted that a bloody froth had gathered on his lips. Ramon's own tightened and a look of relief dawned in his eyes. "Is he?" The relief changed to anxiety. He looked toward the place where Dolores leapt above his friend. "It is only a swoon." Dolores cut in, hope breathing in her softly spoken words. "Zee heat and exhaustion. Can you help me weez shelter for heeer, Ramn, mio." She was re-adjusting the rude shelter that had shaded her and Ramn, over John Northington. The narrow confines of the crowded pirogue made the transfer an awkward maneuver. "Just a minute, Querida, mia, this!" —Ramon pointed to the still figure of the guard—"the poison arrow found its mark. We must get rid of this. But we must leave no traces. The call will bring them in our direction but—he had not time to tell them the exact spot. I was too quick for that. "They will wonder why the answer did not come to that last question of the drums. They will know that only a grasping hand, could stop it. They will search, until they find but there is always the 'black death.' He pointed to a black snout floating near the surface an old log. The "Black Death" Dolores, pillowing John's head on a soft roll of fur, turned to the grim task of helping the speaker in what he was doing to the sinister thing in the bottom of the boat. His left arm dangling helplessly because of the broken bone. Ramon tugged at the body with his strong right, until he had it near the edge. Then he carefully removed one sandal and with the help of the girl lifted the skin of the shaking splashing into the more rapidly flowing waters. A flash of block—a crunching, grinding sound, heard above the shaking glug-glug of the water—and the body disappeared with a jerk under the surface. Both of the two turned their heads away in a shudder of horror at the sounds and sight of a slowly redening space of water that gradually became only an attenuated pink. "We must make the work complete before we leave," said Ramon, scanning the point of land at his feet and in the same place where John landed. "Do you think you can?" He looked anxiously at the frail girl. "You know with oni, one arm I cannot paddle. But that"—he pointed to the water without looking—"is useless if we leave things as they are." A gleam of indomitable courage sprang into the eyes of Dolores. "I can do anything for you, caro man!" Spilling out, she hung paddle in her hands she set to work and although every, movement sent waves of pain shooting through her wounded arm she closer her lips grimly and bent to the task. Back at the spot where Northing- to he had dragged the scratching, screaming guard into the boat. Ramon by almost herculean effortsambered out onto the point of land and ran across the single dirty sandal that he had taken from the foot of the slain purser. He carried it up the torn and muddy path to the spot where the great black head had lain half submerged in the slimy mud. Here he very deliberately lay down and with much turning of his body and thrashing of his ground arm and both legs created the ambush and a frantic battlefield. Then dragging a prone, half crawling position along the way of the prints left by the saurian creature, he came to the edge of the infested water. At this point a grave danger threatened. Off shore, moving, swiftly with the stream another sinister black body was approaching. A sight of the prone figure of the man wriggled slowly toward the shore it turned around. Dolores went 14. She screamed. Just at the edge of the water, Ramon sensed his danger. While mighty he effort drew himself erect just as the black snout emerged at a point almost directly in front of him. At the same moment a shot ran out. The reptile sank slowly back into the water. Dolores, with Northingson in the back, and was at Ramon's side helping him. When the first panic of fear was over, they looked up to see the pike, with its unconscious occupant slowly coming out to the center of the stream. The Questing Call The two wounded fugitives sent a despairing glance after the vessel as the crocodile infested water widened between them and it. As they looked, a piercing call keen high and far across the water. Without more ado, the two shrank back and making a slight detour so as to enter the undergrowth from the nearest point. they disappeared into the deep shadows of the forest just as the cry shrilled out a second time. A third time it sounded. Almost it seemed that it was upon them so close it vibrated through the hot air. They shrank closer together. "The questing call!" Ramon whis- THE AFRO-AMERICAN A man running away from a crocodile. With a mighty effort he drew himself erect just as the black snout emerged. pered the word breathlessly. The girl nodded. Her eyes were wide with the straining effort of listening. Again the drum beat was heard. This time it was quickened. Menace seemed to breathe from it through the forests. "They have found his last trail mark. It will not be long now. We must get away from this spot. The dog has dispolled, has aroused their anger. God pity him if they find and take him, now. They will know that it was an outlander who dared it, hands on the sacred person of a priestly guard. Even I would not thus have awakened their unreasoning and flendish emily." Into the room was gradually moving farther into the shelter of the thick afternoon darkness beneath the trees as he talked. The girl followed. Almost Trapped At the next step he tripped in a huge vine and fell with a groan on his wounded arm. With difficulty Dolores helped him to his feet. Her own wound was throbbing and burning with feverish intensity but at least her bones were whole. The arm-thick stem of the vine that had tripped Ramon led upward into the tree that, it embraced, at a gentle slope. Strong woody tendrils sprang from it; at all angles and frequent intervals on its upward climb. "We cannot go further, we maze; it is our burden to try. Maybe you can get back to THE SACRED GROVE and say that we—that poor Jack carried you away against your will: that he calle; by some mystic magic of the outlands, or that I called you and you were forced to come. "So, you may spare your life for a little space and—perhaps since strange magic has been practised on you against your will—you may be freed to go back to your own people until the magic spell is exorcised and you may come again to THE ACCURST GROVE called SACRED by the evil priests who would-take your body for help, but you can afford it the so-called Praltar of the blue-black flower of the jungle." He threw his good arm up over his face and lay still, only moaning piteously with the physical and mental pain of his helplessness. High up in the tree, top a monkey barked. Dolores started out of the hopeless pose of frightened listening to her lover's voice. "No—no, Eiset not so. We shall escape together or not at all. See, my Ramon, the vine. Eiset it is, der it is not, nor der for you the climb we made to help you." She was by his side urging him toward the climbing vine as she spoke. "Once there and we are safe. In the upper reaches of ze tree we can see ze wataire and perhaps--who is there? Buom. Dios He see our trouple and." The Ladder of Vines. THE LANDER of VINE A new boy winted dawning in the man's eyes as he struggled slowly upward, clutching at the swinging vine with his right arm and planting his feet in the tangleed footholds that held toughly together under his weight. Just behind him the girl came. She encouraged him at every painful step. At length he pulled himself onto a yielding mat of greeny about a midway up the tree and sank down with groan. The girl clambered up beside him. At once she began the rigging up of a sort of splint and bandage out of some bits of broken bark that she store from the tree and strips from her one garment of alar cloth robe. Ramon stood the exerculating pain without a whimper. Only the great drops of sweat that rolled up and dropped down off his old of the exquisite agony of the open wrist dropped weakly back on the swinging matted carpet of leaves and twigs and closed his eyes. Dolores patted his face 'tenderly and stooped to kiss him as a mother kisses her baby. As she lifted her mother's hand, she sat. She sat quite still for a moment then as the sounds grew into a babe of many voices talking in excited gutturals in the distance she straightened and with eager haste started a climb into the upper branches. Up and up she went, hand over hand, disregarding the pain in her wounded arm. At length she was high up among the thinning foliage of the smaller branches that swayed far out under the weight of her body until they were tangled in the neighboring high branches of their fellows. An Awesome Sight At this point the girl loosened her hold on the boughs of the first tree and caught the next, and then the next—literally travelling high above the jungle world from tree top to tree top. At length when the clearer light of treeless space filtered in among the branches of the last tree, she dropped lightly to a lower branch and thus descended to a lower branch, where she would look out on smaller undergrowth and the short stretch of muddy beach. Before her eyes she saw an awesome sight. There were over a score of half naked persons assembled. At their head and apparently in authority was a tall, sinister figure in a priest's robe. One great shoulder was mis-shapen, and misgled eyes gleamed from the savage mask of his copper-skinned face. "JONTHRA," the girl whispered, and there was a thrill of terror in her voice. She peered fearfully through the branches from her high perch she saw the tall man turn to his followers and begin a long harangue. "It is here," he said in his guttural language that no letters could adequately convey to any other than those of his tribe who were his listeners, "that your faithful one has met his death." He pointed to the torn mud and the sinister tracks leading to the water's edge, "where, perhaps, he lay, watching the forswn ones and their evil companion, when they by their wicked magic and power sent their evil servant to the 'black death' to drag the faithful one" his lair. "By his death, I call upon your warriors of the Sacred Flower for vengeance and pursuit to the death by tomb and earth and air of these evil ones." He and ended a great cry went up from the fantastic group of half naked and painted followers. They held aloft, each in his right hand, a bunch of arrows and in his left his bow. Swinging them wildly, in wide circles they leaped in high, madly gyrating bounds into the air. As they leaped they let out the most appalling and bloodcurdling cries. The girl, pale-faced and silent waited. The Ritual of Revenge After a space, the noise and dancing ceased. The group drew together in a great circle and started to march around chanting in a low minor key. As they made passed first a crook and then another, around the crook, each man to around until it came to the tall-misshap figure that led the circling march. He received each arrow and raised it aloft. After making a series of weird passes above his head he pointed it straight upward and cast it from him. Each time the arrow soared in almost a straight line directly overhead to an incredible distance before it descended to stand quivering upright in the black mud c. the central part of the swinging circle. At last the chanting ceased. The line of naked men stopped and faced inward. They stood in rigid silence for a time while a man whirled, jong drawn broke from their throats in perfect unison. It was answered from the distance by a single booming: drum-note. The huge Jonthra stepped forward into the middle of the ring. He held a single blue feathered arrow in his hand. He raised it high above his head. poised for an instant, then lunging upward with a might bound, threw it. As if "inged with some supernatural power it spit up then bent its head, clawing its speed if feared sharply and began a slanting descent straight toward the tree in which the girl crouched in object terror. "The Questing Arrow," she whispered, "terror clutching her oy the throat as she closed her eyes and shrank together. (To Be Continued Next Week) The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 WATCHING THE BIG PARADE By RALPH MATTHEWS The debutante season with all its attendant horris risus upon us. Perhaps those who keep abreast of such a cognizant of approach but I who know society lightly, if at all, was caught completely unaware, by this impending catastrophe. Do not mistjudge my implication. Do not mistake that the "coming out" in society (if such a mythical division of humankind exists in the accepted sense here. in Baltimore) of certain young ladies of our best way or the other. Nor do I intimate that this year's crop lacks a sufficiency of punititude, of charm and even of intelligence—which is a rare quality among debutantes—of average cheese and cracker social lion. From the pictures which appeared in last week's AFRO I can find no doubt that the photographers, to be sure, are cunning fellows and are often given to flattery, but this is reduced to a miniature one who can weather a press and still retain some semblance of a human being must be exceptionally courageous. The argument on charm and intelligence is, of course, only hearsay. The Why of Debutantism The advisability of giving coming-out parties for young women has always been debatable in my mind. If places the young person thus honeymooned, it seems that the parents are saying, "Now, here's what I have to offer, gentlemen, what, am I bid?" It puts the male species of marriage into the hands of the defensive. The thought unconsciously pops, into their befriaries the moment they are thrown in contact with the young lady, that she is in the marrying room and he had better be on his guard. If the sweet young thing had a gentleman friend before her pre-marriage, then he front to him to snatch her from his side and offer her to more desirable acquaintances. Personally I would take that to be a gentle hint not to darken her old doorway again. To imply that a desirable and advantageous marital union is the only object of, presenting young women with the facts. This surely cannot be the purpose in this year's adherence to custom, because a careful check of the eligible bachelors by my sleuths reveals the alarming fact that there it worth a girl's while to come out in public after. Perhaps among the older set there might be some fairly successful ones from a monetary standpoint, but I not only do not advise, but debutante to risk a voyage on the sea of matrimony in a dilapidated skiff. A newer, and more seaworthy yawl may be harder to contour when it is less danger of it springing a leak when you're only half way on your journey. We Need a Committee Just who decides who is to come out each year, how many times they are supposed to come out, where and when they are to come out has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Whether there is a general rule for how people are disposed, discussed, passed on, weighed in and whatnot that debutantes are supposed to do, I cannot say. I am also in the dark on the question of what kind of debutante and when is she not. After seeing several attending all of the social functions for the past 15 or 20 years and then be suddenly informed that they are to be presented to society, quite unnerves me. And then to see on one presented out, the other presented up again three or four years later concerns me no little. There ought to be a committee on rules and regulations, or a body something like the New York Boxing Commission or the Pennsylvania Boxing Commission. These things and disqualify these things and disqualify a debauche after she has been presented New AFRIC By Victor PATTERN 102 AFRO-AMERICAN Patterns pres simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-under send 25 cents in coins or stamps to th PARTMENT, 15 West 137th Street, New New AFRO Patterns By Victoria Gaines PATTERN 102 PATTERN 103 AFRO-AMERICAN Patterns present the season's smartest styles, in simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-understand patterns. To obtain patterns, send 25 cents in coins or stamps to the AFRO-AMERICAN PATTERN DEPARTMENT, 15 West 137th St, New York City. FASHION HAS NOTHING UP HER SLEEVES. The shorter the sleeve, the smarter the short of the short-sleeved dress-for formal affairs very simple, being merely to secure to securite Black velvet or salin with cream-colored but crepe or chiffon may be used yards for size 38. Bliss 16 to 24. Price 25 PATTERN FASHION WINS Never have necklines been so important, traced. Lustrous salin crepe, would be very small the Lustrous and lower sleeves. Another cloth for the midi section combined with requires 3 yards of 39 inches wide crepe and The shorter the sleeve, the smarter the frock, says Paris, predicting the popularity of the short-sleeved dress, for formal afternoon wear. The 'skirt' section of the model is very simple, being merely scrapped to secure fitness, and the waist protection is plain. Black velvet or cotton fabric may be used. In 20 inches wide material, pattern 102 requires 3½ yards for size 36. Sizes 16 to 24. Price 25 cents. **PATTERN 103** **FASHION WINS BY A NECKLINE.** Never have necklines been so important, particularly the popular cow) neckline illus- traced. The dustless satin crepe, would be very smart for Pattern 103, with the crepe side for the center section and lower sleeves. Another charming choice for the cloth for the middle section contains a crepe side for Size 36, Pattern 103 for Size 38, and crepe side and 115 yards of 27 inches wide lace. Sizes, 18 to 44. Price $25. 25 cents. Some Other Object Advice to Girls Julia Jerome A young grass widow of New Orleans is all full of problems this week. Dear Mrs. Jerome: I am twenty-five and have been separated from my husband for two years are living my father. My father is very difficult to get along with. I know he loves me but he makes like miserable for me. He objects to my going out with men, no matter what quarrels when girl friends call upon me. He wants me to have nothing to do with anyone except himself and mother. We have fallen in love with a follow who wants to marry me and who is will fixeu it I have to get a divorce first and I know my parents will make trouble. What shall I do? WORRIED. Have your young man to go to your father and talk to him man to man. If that doesn't bring him around then leave home. You are much too mature in age and judgment to be minding your parents. Your life depends upon your own efforts and if you don't learn to act independently of your parents now, what will napper when they die? You will be a grown-up child about either judgment or will power. It is well to "enemble" that fathers are human beings like others and not miniature gods whom it is blasphemous to dislovey. Where their daughters' suitors are concerned fathers often manifest jealousy. The emotion is not so pure as it might seem Psychologists tell us it is simply a disgusted wish to keep the daughters love for themselves. If all a male and then a father, Many daughters live have been ruined by just such a dominering, selfish, parent who would see his daughters take the domestic "well" and become old maids than see them happy with other men. Giving Cupid a Hand From a standpoint of felicitating Cupid in his hazardous business of matchmaking, the entire system of society shuffles the cards the locks of things it seems that we are making little or no progress in trying to palm the femmes off on the men. A reversal of this order...would probably bring unexpected results, because the majority and their earnings, by virtue of this fact, far in excess of the men, why not present desirable young men as debitants and let the women pay for course, there is the possibility of several old maids lying trampled to death in the rush, but the good points by far exceed the bad. My object in making this suggestion warmer than the co-operation of pulpit and press. With this economic depression upon us, just think of the number of unemployed young of life by being wood and won by a wife who can support them in the style to which they are accustomed. The olds often oppose with bring to unchosen doomed to a life of sleeping by themselves on cold winter nights. A Plea for Decency To suggest that, just because women teachers draw good. salaries they should be permitted to marry and have children, they should bring forth a howl of condemnation. I merely 'am' trying to get an old established Baltimore custom onto a legal basis. There isn't anything constitutionally, you know. O. Patterns Maria Gaines PATTERN 103 present the season's smartest styles in stand patterns. To obtain patterns, the APRO-AMERICAN PATTERN DE- New York City. frock. says Paris, predicating the popularity, on wear. The 'skirt section of the model is inness, and the waist is perfectly padded. lace sleeves is the combination chosen here, wide material, Pattern 103 requires 3% IN 103 BY A NECKLINE, particularly the popular cow) neckline filus- tart for Pattern 103, with the crepe side for her charming choice would be lace- or metal crepe or velvet. For size 35 Pattern 103 1 1/2 yards of 22 inches wide lace. Size 18 The Love of Lena A Short Story of the Sustained Love of an Old- Fashioned Wife His coat was torn and his collar hanging from his coat like he had been in a fight. LIFE'S a great big wheel, when you get to the end, you are just at the beginning," said Lena, the beautiful young wife of Dan Richards, as they stood side by side looking from the window of one of Baltimore's most exclusive colored hotels. "Dear," continued, "I stand here each day just at this time, to see the little children coming from school, scuffling through the snow, laughing gaily as they py, well-clothed and comfort-go along. Many are so capable, while others seem disturbed, poorly clad, out in the chill of the day. However, they are all children with tiny human hearts and growing desires." "Yes, that's very true." Dan added. They're all children. But come, Lenni lets take in a show. It's too gloomy around here." He added. She could answer he had her coat in his hand. "Are you ready, my dear?" With that sympathetic look, which was so natural to her, she answered: "No, Dan, let's stay home sometimes. Stay home adn sit together so we can talk and think. Do you know we've been going out every night for the last two months?" "No, I don't. I refused." The veins began to rise in his prehead. For a moment he didn't answer, but later the silence was completely broken, and he began to look, "Look, Lena," he star mered indigently, "this is my holiday and I don't intend to stay at home. I go alone." Right, all right, Dan." was the calm rejoinder, "I only made the suggestion. I'll get my things on in a minute." "Now," said Dan, sneeringly, "I dont want to go." "But why, Dan? Don't you want to enjoy your holiday?" "Yes, but I guess I have to stay home if I want to have my peace." Dan Terribly Snailed And he dropped himself in a chair as one deaf and dumb, and there he sat for hours, grumbling to himself, as if he had become disgusted with his entire surroundings. Mary sat in her usual place with her resting head down of a chair: "Show me" quizzes "compressed her book which had been fetched recently from the city library. His manners did not disturb her, in the least. In fact, he had always himself. To her he was like most been that way. He could not help the helpless stage of childhood, demen who never managed to outgrow pending on their wives to arrange marriage, and who had thin cuffs and fasten their collars and ties. He had been an only child in a wealthy family down in Mississippi. Old man Richards, prominent in the Black and Tan faction of the Republican party in Mississippi, thought his only child too good for work, and far too tender fr responsibility. No school was given to him, and the faculty cultured enough to impart to him the great lessons of life. I used to hear him say boastfully: "No child in Mississippi, black or white, shall have a better opportunity than my son, Dan. He must get the veer best and my influence and money will get for him." I asked him to say, when Dan was one of the few Nerzo students at Harvard, "take this check to five hundred and show them who you are and what you're made of." Old mother Richards stood around, but dared not press her sentiments, for old-man Richards was surely chairman of all "committees" in his district. If anyone wanted to know anything, they should ask old man Richards, and, moreover, should be quite content with his bigoted conclusions. When Dan failed to keep up to the standard and was compelled to with- draw from school, father Richards gave the illustrious president of Harvard, to know that: he had forced from that institution one of America's most promising colored and also the son of one of the most farmers in the state of Mississippi. But four years after the old man had gone to join the countess numbers i in the great cernity, Dan, like many young, men in our country, had lost nearly all his father's wealth in gay and rockless living. Realizing his mistake, he souls-turned, the mother-minder girl from Baltimore, the one intelligent city where any stranger may impose upon womankind with impunity and obtain the greatest consideration. The attitude of the sexes in Ballinore is typical of that on a college campus; the student-educated mulailugh. Sooner than needed ever ounce So, poor Dan needed every ounce of sympathy Lena could afford him—a helpless, lazy baby-boy, in spite of the fact that it was not his fault. During the four years of their married life, Lena had a great task to do; she often referred as an incredible one. Yes, a great job molding and shaping into the pattern of life the man whom she sincerely loved, but whose father had made believe was undecided the most highly prized of cosmic creations. A consciousness of his gentle and refined person heightened his pride, led his husband to momentous with a extent that at times he was inafferably arrogant and over-charming. Strange Happenings But Lena loved him as only a woman can love. She loved him deeply with all her heart and soul. And that divine affection never met decline but was renewed each moment by sweet thoughts and frequent prayers. To marriage in a commercial pursuit or an occasion for convenience: it was a divine institution—the holiest of adventure. Her life with Dan was no harder than the great struggle her mother had back in the slums. She often wandered her mother mama's path, and she often held the nine of them together with an inflexible code of morality instilling in their hearts and souls a sense of duty without compromise. So these thoughts helped her carry on, when the house seconded dark and cold; supplying her life with unquenchable faith; banning her, which shines... like a through the greatest shadow of doubt. But one evening when Lena went busily about the little suite, getting things in readiness for Dan something strange happened. It was at eight o'clock when she sat on the coffee table, wondering why he was so late. "Hello," said the female voice on the other end. "this Is Dan's. oh, I mean, Mr. Richard's secretary." "Yes," Lena answered, preparing to hear the worst, for Dan never stayed so late before. "Mr. Richard's his, an important conference and cannot be home until this." "Oh! thank you for calling." But before the conversation closed, Lena heard laughing. She heard Dan's voice. And, too, she could not believe that woman was his secretary, for the voice sounded like that of May Goode, the young adventures of many friends." But she's in California, Lena said to herself, "and there is no one else around here so intimate with him. Oh well," she concluded, "Dan must be busy. I finish my book before he comes." But she had not been reading long, when she heard some singing, and coming slowly but heavily up. She had surely been reading for several hours, for it was now one clock, yet at that 'late' hour, somebody was singing in a low, broken voice, the voice of a drankard. Lena Receives a Shock It's not Dan; she was satisfied with that, with all his faults and bad habits, drinking was not listed. Realizing that she was alone, she became frightened. She was going over to lock the door when she heard it voice clearly, "Sweet Ad-O-Line," as te footsteps advanced down the hall. "Oh," she said to herself, "maybe it Mr. Andrew from Room No. 2." She knew he generally came home tips, especially on Friday nights. But—she could still hear the singing, and the person had stumbled past Room No. 2 and had his hand upon her door knob. "Who's thorst who there's!" she exclaimed excitedly, as the door seemed slowly and a man fell in upon the chair, still clinging to his song, "Sweet Ad-O-Line." As soon as she saw his face, even from a distance, she knew it was Dan Richards, but how he managed to come home in that condition was a mystery to Lena. His coat was torn and his collar hanging from his coat like he had been in a fight. And as she came near she could feel the dampness of his garments. He walked directly to her, still singing the song, "Sweet-Ad-O-Line" and in his hand he carried a rose. Lena looked sorrowfully at him as he stood leaning with his hand upon her shoulder, and holding the flower before her face, declaring in a drunken tone of voice, that he had persuaded it for her. When she failed to take it, he did something he had never done before. He beat her unmercifully, choking her and dragging her about by her hair. The next morning Lena could remember nothing, save that she had uttered a cry of anquish and pain. And now the lay in a dark room, focused on her death, and kind in which were mingled pity and reproach, bent anxiously over her. Upon recalling consciousness she asked for Dan—"Where's Dan?" she was the point inquiring which came from lins scorching with fever. She lay dangerously injured in the fire. An officer in the cry, had been in time to catch Dan in the act. He had been taken into custody and Mrs. Grahn, a very good-hearted elderly lady from Room No. 3, availed a chance to break the news to Lena. Once well-wring day was the hearing at nearby police court and the officer had come to see if Lena could appear. Lena Learns the Truth "Sh:" said Mrs. Graham to the officer in the hall. "But she doesn't even know where her husband is. She is too ill to go." "A pretty bad shock" said the officer. She should be glad we have him. She would he treated her the other night. She's crazy. "Well, we ave to postpone the case until she's able to appear against him. Do you think she ever will" continued the officer. "No." "Why?" "She loves him." "You could!" purmured the officer as he walked to the elevator. And Mrs. Graham, feeling that she could tell Lena the truth, went immediately to the room where she found her sitting up smiling. She drew her chair close to the bed and began to talk. "Well, Lena, has the doctor come yet?" "Yes, he just left Mrs. Graham. He felt much better." "Oh! that's fine, my dear child. You'll be all right by tomorrow." And she started to tell her then, but did not, for fear it would vividly recall occurrences of a few nights before. Lena knew something had happened, but she had never completely understood it until that night, when Dan failed to come, Mrs. Graham sat telling her all. "Yes, she had continued, "he has six months to serve." "Six months!" exclaimed Lena. She wept, bitterly. "Don't worry, dear," Mrs. Graham tried to comfort her, but every agency failed, and Lena became deathly ill from shock. Continued on Page Nineteen Dr. Smith Exposes $2,200 Discrepancy at Virginia Seminary; Manager Resigns DEPOSITORS IN THE TRUE REFORMERS SAVINGS BANK Who have never received any of their money since the bank failed, are entitled to a 25% dividend. Such persons should write to the undersigned. Those who have received one payment, need not write. We are trying to reach those who have received nothing. OFFERS a complete Master Course—Correspondence and Resident, in Diagnosis in Scalp Disease and Treatment, Sterilization, Furnigation, Hair and Skin Structure, Waving, Marcelling and Manicuring. Agents Wanted for Oriental Beauty Products The La Blanche Beauty Shoppe 1626 Harlem Avenue If You Are Beyond Walking Distance Phone For Free Auto Service Between 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. WASHINGTON, D.C.—An open letter to the Rev. C. K. Scott, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church Richmond, Va., chairman of the board of trustees of Virginia University in Richmond, was made public by the Rev. E. C. Smith, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church here, this week. The letter reads as follows: Having talked with Rev. L. K. Jackson, business manager of theological college, College, Lynchburg, who informed me of a meeting held by a few trustees at our school December 11, 1930, at which meeting, and because of certain irregularities connected with both the meeting and the school situation, as an interested trustee of the school, which I will welcome your public answer. 1. I was not a meeting of the Board of Trustees, but I met with such meeting discrepancies to the amount of $2,200 were reported to the board by the manager, Rev. L. K. Jackson. 2. In the face of this situation, did not the president resign, and was attempted to appoint a top manager's report, for which you made him apologize to the board? 3. I authorized an investigating committee, and you appointed the following: Rev. C. A. L. Lindsay, L. W. P. J. COLEMAN, ADM'R E' AL Complainant. VS. LIZZIE PORTER ET AL Defendants. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please take notice that on the 24th day of January, 1831, the undersigned able M. C. Ketchnum, holding part two of the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, D. P. DICKETT dead, he having absent from this State for a period in excess of seven years and not been heard from during that period. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the slad LEROY of the estate interested in the distribution of the estate of his brother, J. W. Pickett, deceased, will please communicate to the 29th day of November, 1920. This is the 29th day of November, 1908. Signed. P. J. COLEMAN. Administrator of the estate of J. W. Pickett. Signed. Z. ALEXANDER LOOBY. Attorney. 145 Baile Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee. DRY CLEANERS Prepare New For Spring Cleaning Articles Called For And Delivered WHY Send a fine garment to be cleaned or dyed and worry about The Results My long experience in cleaning and drying business is your assurance that any job we undertake will give 100% success. 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Did not this committee meet December 11 and instead of investigating, resolved itself into a trustee board, managing and organizing the manager, management and exonerated the president? 6. Do you consider this a legal meeting? 7. Can you account for the presence of the church leader, Shelton, C. L. Wells, and Brody, who were not members of this committee on investigation? 8. Do you feel as a minister of the gospel, that it is fair to take advantage of your fellow trustees whose interest in the work is as great as yours? 9. Do you purpose to call a meeting of the board to have the authorized committee present? Miause of Funds 10. Do you think that you can answer these questions in a way that is the public at your school or the board of the board to continue to support the school in the face of what is happening in business or the business mixes of the public money sent there to support the school? 11. Do you know we answered these ten questions satisfactorily to the public and me, I shall ask you ten more. But I am confident that you understand the unintended facts as facts and come out with the truth. This is 20th Century May I add this closing word while I await your answer? The public will not stand for the resistance, but he reserves and dear they are to them, when they are conducted under the cover as the Seminary is being operated, and does not believe in taxation without representation, donation without dictation, non-compliance with the management of the Seminary seeks to throw all these into the teeth of the trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary responsible to the public to change this condition than the chairman of the Board of Tustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary. West Virginia CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Entertainments for the holidays will begin this week end, with the arrival of the Christmas holidays. A dance, given by Bus Irving, William Springs and Leanne Browne, will come home at Garnet High School will begin the fun. Entertainments with the annual Christmas eve are. Among the students who arrived home this week are: Mebra Webb, Reverba Webb, Margaret Woofer, Mary Crocker, Rogswain Davis, Ellis Waston, Nannie Johnson, David Brown, Marianne Brown, Carrie Phillips, Dorothy Belle, Branch Ruth Holmes, Dorothy Brown, Eleonore Florine Harper, Virginia Marshall. Carl Waston, Richard Parker, James Bush, George Williams, Benjah Holmes, Roy Brown, Revett Holmes and Lawson Hawkins, all of West Virginia State College. Miss Bearface Morris, University Holmes and Lawson Hawkins, all of West Virginia State College. Merrille Preston, of Lincoln University, Miss Ella Holland, Union University; Miss Helen Hainsen, University Herbert Cain, Reid Adon, Earl Cummings, Albert Saunders, and Puddy Graves, of Bluefield Institute; Cray and Gray, of Bluefield. Mrs. Arzach Le-mou (née Christine Webb) of New York, N.Y., graduated from the University and Mrs. C. D. Webb, of 1313 Elmwood Avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa., will spend the holidays in the city. A student at West Virginia State College, Pa., will attend the holidays in the city. A student at North Carolina State, uncle, the Rev. M. L. M. Lewis, in Ardmore, Pa. James Walkins, of Plattsburgh, Pa., arrived in New York in 1915 to Mary Walkins, home for the holidays. McDOWELL MCDOWELL, W. Vwa" Those on the halls of the University of Chicago Bernard, Claude Pulser, M. Lizie Fitzgerald, and James Fitzgerald Among those who went to North Fork to attend the annual Feastress, James Cobb, Mrs. Alas Grimn, Mrs. Mattie Holland, Mrs. Marvis Scott, Mrs. M. Doyle and her little granddaughter. The M. J. H. Community Club of Greenwich, Mrs. D. M. Doyle, Ellis Hallrson, Sunday. Business was transacted, and refreshments were a Christening given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Friday, December 28, at 2 p.m. The best reception will be crowned as "Queen." POSITORS IN THE REFORMERS WINGS BANK received any of their money since titled to a 25% dividend. Such the undersigned. Those who ment, need not write. We are who have received nothing. WM. E. CRAWFORD, Special Commissioner, 700 Travelers Bldg., Richmond, Virginia. SCHOOL of BEAUTY CULTURE For Course—Correspondence, and Resi- tial Disease and Treatment, Steriliza- skin Structure, Waving, Marceiling Oriental Beauty Products Liberal Terms—Write Today BAPT. MINISTERS STRIKE BACK AT DR. POWELL Pastors of Rich Charges Shouldn't Advise their Poorer Brethren. The suggestion of Dr. A. Clayton Powell of New York, that 30,000 ministers should give from 20 to 40 percent of their time for the next three months for the relief of the unemployed was severely criticised by Dr. E. W. White, pastor of Provident Baptist Church in Chicago, before the Baptist Ministers' Conference, Monday. His address was endorsed by the body. Dr. Powell's suggestion was made in an article printed in last week's AFRO-AMERICAN that Dr. Powell's salary is $6,000 a year and his congregation has given his $3,000 for a vacation. In his magnificently furnished dining room, he has a suite of carved furniture, it is said. In his address to the ministers, Dr. White said: "In thirty thousand presachers should follow their suggestion, and receive nothing else for three months, and try to live on what they have already twentythree days of work, and get something else—besides 'power and influence' in their communities. They would get a salary, their listies, or in the bread line, or at teh free soup tables; for hardly one poor presacher out of a thousand gets more than enough to carry him from one The Lodges Dr. Powell says further: that churches and lodges should restore some of the money they have gotten from the money they have received, if they had received it unjustly, or had received more than was due. Well, this possibly may be said of the lodges, for the people will pay their lodges, and they must pay them or else. But this is not true with the churches, and the churches are sustained and always have been sustained at a poor living. The churches take up less and give out more, and divide it more economically than any other organization. The rule is nigrarily in their giving to the church, nigrarily in paying the just claims upon them by virtue of their giving, and nigrarily in the shoulders of a faithful few who by sacrifice, make it possible just to keep the doors open. The lodges may receive money in abundance, more than their just dues, but not so the Green Pastures. And as for the preacher; we admit that it does sometimes happen that that man is not given the salary and maybe eats more than his share. Now and then we find a few with big salaries in New York and Chicago. We know his influence and favoritism with the people and getting more than is his just duck; but these cases are the exceptions. As for me, I have not accepted what was not just mince, and not give any. As other ministers, I am willing to give of my honestly earned wages to help relieve this suffering. I am willing to give of my honestly earned wages to the least majority of other ministers. I do not argue neither that I could not live a few months without a salary. I am willing to minister to give out to give three of a pitiful manager salary? Why he, more than any one continuous giving and sacrificing. The little pitiful amount given to him is not given to him as an amount, and ought not to be an object of charity. God never intended that his ministers should be eating beggared living on the doled out charity. No intelligent congregation. want their minister to be a earing beggar. Let the ministers have an honest Wife and quit catering to that class that begrudge the minister is getting more than his just欠. The preacher is God's hired servant worthy of his hire; that his sick is comfortable, sentimentality to be good must work for others for nothing; that his family must look worse, than anybody else's family; that he must be much right to dress well as any other man's wife and daughter. I am sick of the slicky sentimentality of the minister; that his ears of his husband must be a painter. Must hard back to the people's earnings to be callled, are helping his unemployed, and we are going to go to the last ditch help, but I for one have nothing to return that I secured fraudulently. We as ministers, Baltimore plead "not gullor of" us. South Carolina VORHEEES VORHEES, S.C.—The Bamberg County Farmers' Conference held its annual session on Tuesday, December 10. There was a good attendance of farmers and their wives and children, the local school, Charleston, Albendale, Brancville, Columbia and Raleigh, N.C. Mr. Marthall U.S. farm demographics, the agency agent of Vooree, made a canvass and many representative farmers came. The address of the Grangeburg, U.S. district agent, made an address on, "The Care and Protection of Live Stock." Lunch was held at the school, which the teachers and officials of the school joined, with the band playing during the address of the day was given by Lieut. Lawrence A. Oxley, of the North Carolina State University, and on, "Live at Home." His advice to the farmers was to produce what you eat first, and then your money crop can be sold to other products other than food products. George S. Schuyler, the writer, visited the campaign of Christmas seals is being pushed by the Bamberg County organization through Principal Blanton as chairwoman. The governor's committee on the relief of unemployment is active with Allendale, Colleton and Bamberg. Counties cooperating. The delegates are: for Bamberg County J. D. Marshall, M. A. Menefee and Principal Blantno; for Allendale County, T. H. Best and Mrs. Louise Callahah; for Collection County, Robert Adams and Mrs. Fannie North Carolina North Carolina GREENSBORO Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m., the Glee Club of the college for women, under the direction of the college president, presented a nativity play titled, "The Coming of the Prince of Peace." Bennett College for Women announced the nativity play for honor roll Seniors, Misses Nella Arts, Myrle Foust, Charlene Sandifer, Barbara Koehler, Linda W. Prizda Sandifer, Sophomores, Milled Colon: Freshmen, Grace Coubourne, Birmingham, Gladys Robinson. LYNCHBURG LYNCHBURG, Va.—The Glassilla Club met Friday, December 19, at the home of Mrs. Elise Jackson. Among the students who have already returned to the Christmas holidays at Robert Steward of Howard University, and Robert S. Teddy Thompson, Cableb's Scott, Misses' Nannie Bian, Edith Adams, Edna Patrick, of Virgilpie State College, Henry Greene of Addispon High School, of Roanoke, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Greene. James G. Hughes spent Christmas Day visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hughes Miss Gwendolyn Scott, domestic science teacher of the school of Baltimore, is spending the Christmas holiday visiting his mother, Mrs. Hattle V. Scott. The Rev. J. E. Blakmore: delivered the address at the memorial services held by the Improved Reveualent Protective Order of Elks, Sunday evening, December 14, at the Eighth Street Baptist Church. It was supported by Old Dominion No. 181. Mrs. Clara Major is spending her Christmas holidays visiting in Charleston and Beckly, W. Va. The Reveilers Club met Wednesday evening, December 17, at the Reveiers' home. Robert Miller, who is teaching at Bedford, is spending the holidays visiting his mother, Mrs. Vioia Miller. The Dunbar High School Dramatic Club presented a play entitled "The House of the Third Gable," Friday evening, December 12. The Social Set and Entertainers of Virginia Theological Seminary of Virginia Theological Seminary, Varsity Dr. James at Humbles Hall, on Friday, December 12. Quite a number of Lynehburgers and Seminarians have visited Dr. Charles Stellmor Jr., and Miss Olivia Clark. Mrs. Elise Scott Jackson, is planning to spend part of her Christmas holidays visiting relatives in "Ged. in the Child." Evening subject was "Age Meets Youth." The Rev S. L. McDowell was in charge of services at the Bighst B. Baptist Church. The Rev. L. K. Jackson, pastor of the Rivermont Baptist Church, spoke Sunday subject for his evening wagter "Gittle Things for Which: to be Thankful." The Rev. Valentine was in charge of the School at the Diamond Hill Baptist Church. The Court Street Baptist Church School will have its Christmas exercises The Court Street Baptist Church, choir holds Christmas carol services Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. B.Y.P.U. was at 6 o'clock. B.Y.P.U. of Court Street Baptist B church presented a play entitled, 'The Beautiful Sunday evening, in the church auditorium. The Dramatic Church of Virginia The ological Seminary and College, presented a play entitled, 'The Ray. Scarborough was in charge of the Sunday services at the OME. Church on Garland Street was in charge of the Sunday services at the First Church of God on Jackson Street. Deaths. December 14, William Wilson, 518-Arch Street. December 16, Ellen E. Jones, 1805-Rolk Street. December 17, James Miller, 2524 Holiday SALEM BALEM, Va. - Services at the First Baptist Church Sunday, were well attended. At 11 a.m., subject, "Sign of the Tree," and at 1:30 lesson, "High Point of Christmas Service." Mr. Johnson was called to Charlestonville last Monday night to teach the funeral of Mrs. Metallia Morris. The Rev. Johnson was pastor, and Mrs. Metallia Morris was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Green, and met a number of members, and the Christmas tree executes at the First Baptist Church Wednesday night were attended by the children and adults, the pastor, Dr. J. T. Johnson, was remembered also. Mr. A. Johnson, a student at Holloman Institute, is yelling her father, Dr. J. T. Johnson. All churches held Christmas services which held services at 7 a.m. The Rev. H. M. Stephens is in Clifton Forge attaining the burial services of his brother, Dr. Stephen, pastor of Second and Baptist Church. Miss Virginia Johnne, Dorothy Holmes, and Stephen, pastor of Second and Baptist Church. Mrs. E. Grandy made a trip to Mason's Mill last Friday morning, returning Saturday. The Rev. R. D. B. Powell, pastor of Hill Street Baptist Church, Roanoke, prays the sermon on Sunday. Church Sunday by his choir and officers. WHITE STONE WRITE STONE, Va.-Services were well attended at. Mr. Wernon Church Sunday subject, "The. Extended Circle." On Christmas Day, preaching by the pastor after the services, baskets will be dislabeled the less fortunate people of the community. The Pastor's Club of M. Vernon gave a dinner night night. The curtains from Wesm's room. The James Wharf quartet, consisting of Meeza, Brittenham, Mills, Muss and Butler, trained at the University of the Lancaster Training School last week. Luther Jones is very sick. Meeza is visiting his family, at James Wharf. All of the members of the local training school faculty, have been on the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Blanche Smacks, and her mother, Mrs. Susan Sparks, left Friday for New York, and the holidays with friends and relatives. BLUEMONT Miss Marie Gibson and Miss Helen Leen spent Sunday afternoon in Purlville. Mr. and Mrs. George Lee and Susan Lee both worked with Witches luney, Monday to shop. Mallison Stewart of Purcellville, war Saturday guest of her sister, Mrs. George Berry. Mrs. Henry Williams of Berryville returned to her home here Sunday after The First Baptist Sunday School will entertain at its Christmas tree Friday night December 28. Those who have sick Hist are George Lea- den and the other. SOUTH HILL SOUTH HILL, Va.-Sea-Hill County Training School had a visitor.-Mr. Cooper brings a photograph, given to the school, who brought the highest number of records. Mrs. Busie Fields and her daughters, Miss Maggie and Rathleigh fields have re-recorded winter, after spending the summer in Newark, N.J., with her son, Willie Blackward. They stopped to see them in Kaggle, the county school, days here. Mrs. J. O. Herbert visited them, while they were here. The principal of the county training school, is planning to see that Sainte Clans brings presents to all the chill, the children of the school get presents for them. The Red-Cross has opened a store to help all the people. The children of the school are selling Christmas PURCELLVILLE FURCELVILLE, Va.-Tue. The Rev. R. L. Nickens preached here at 11 o'clock on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. M. Miss Bernice Brown of Blue Hill, Mt.aine, and Claude Brown of Washington, D.C. M. Miss W. H. Brown of Mrs. and Mrs. W. H. Brown Mrs Louise Sanki spent Thursday in Washington, D.C. Gavinille Siewart were visitors in Waterford Monday. Miss Doris R. Brown, Miss Mayline E. Cooke, and Bill Clark were visitors in Leesburg. Saturday. Nickens preached memorial sermon to Captain Dennis Lodge of Els at 8 o'clock. Sunday-night. Mrs. Philip Nelson was a visitor, home of the home of, and Mrs. J. N. Cooke. Gomer Purr was availier at the home of his father-Sunday. ROANKE, Va.-J., Warren Whitemen, former of this city but now attending Howard University law for few days. He is expelled city for few days. Maynard Law, a student at Howard University Medical School, Lincoln, University are home to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson entertained the Idyla-ma Bridge Club at the home of Mrs. Wellington Thorne Monday, December 16, 2014. Prize being awarded to Mrs. Bessle Cole, Willer Dillard and Miss Anne Johnson. The prize was served. Those present were Misses Ruby Means, Jennita and Zelma Clark, Anne Johnson, Frances Williams, Willer Dillard, Bessle Cole, Mrs. Andrey Coles, Messy Henry Green, Arnaut Macklin, Cidious Toles, Willer Means, Abrynten, Novelc Toles and Ballard Grafton Mitchell of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce Ohio, is home to spend the holidays. Miss Burwell of Virginia State College, has returned home to spend the holidays with her parents and grandmother, West Miss Vilian Brown and brother, Dick left for Washington, D.C., where she accompanies the students of Seydel High School for the holidays. Miss Brown is a student at Howard University. Edward Dudley and Oliver are home from Johnson University, where they spend their parents. The beautiful Royal Casino Ball Room was the scene of a snappy musical peruvian dance performed at the bydly-Waubli Bridge Club. MANASSAS MANASASAG, Va. — The Manasasag Industrial School closed Monday for the Christmas holidays. The football team, which played in light feature was the stunt pulled by the team which went thru signal drill by music. The team was named all-star center by the All-Star-Committee of the C.I.A.A. Lewis played with Virginia State. The pastor will deliver the Christmas sermon at 1:30 Christmas day. The choir will sing carols. There will be a german and Holy Communion net Sunday, and a sermon on the general theme for the first Sunday in the year will be. The pastor will discuss the religious side and the educational, political and political phases of the subject. He will be discussed in the program by clock p. 41. Music by the B.X.P.U. chorus. Mrs. Anne Taylor continues very ill at Rock Haven Mall of P. H. Powell, on Liberty Street, was the scene of one of the prettiest parties of the pre-Christmas last Sunday afternoon, when Mrs. Thema last birthday party to her little son, Alfonso. "After an afternoon, spent in playing Christmas games, the kids served to the little ones with all of the colors of Christmas, even to the "large cake" which was green and red with the candies of the same WAYNESBORO WAYNESBORO. /'s—A program was given at Shiloh Baptist Church Tuesday night, with four ministers speaking ten minutes each, the Reverend Essex, subject: "Beethou Faithful Unto Death's The Reverend Wilson spoke on the project. " References: "The Reverend Wilson of Grottoc, spoke on, "What Shall I Do to Be Saved?" and the closing sermon was by the Reverend Steward, "Every Man Has a Mark." Selections were rendered by the Shiloh choir, the Shenandogh Quartet and the Spark Plug Sextett, and the Blurring Quartet of Grottoc. Refrements were served. A lighted match dropped into some gasoline at the home of Mrs. J. A. Cline, when her son was cleaning, caused a fire which did considerable damage, last week. CROSS ROADS CROSS ROADS. Ys.—Services were yell attended Sunday morning. Several via- tions were present. The pastor used for his subject, "God's" Chara: Over Everything. The pastor, Deacon and Mrs. T. O. Tyler took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell. Services will be held at 11 o'clock Christmas morning with a sermon by the pastor. Christmas exercises for the children will be given at 11 o'clock. For the children will be given at 11 o'clock Saturday. The Rev. Wm. Gibson was present. North Carolina GOLDSBORO GOLDSBORO, N.C.—The Peter, Pan Club was attractively entertained by Miss Virginia Faison at her home on Grim Street, as the club members and guests entered her hall, they were greeted by a beautiful Christmas tree. The other rooms were decorated with holly. The high score prize was won on Miss Lillie-Baker, the second of Miss Sadie, Grandham, and the guest prize was won by Mrs. Esther Guess. The guests of the evening were: Mrs. R. C. Christian, Mrs. J. H. Carney, Mrs. N. J. Frederick, Mrs. Roberts Wright, Mrs. M. J. Jones, Mrs. Esther Guess, Mrs. Valliola Scott and Mrs. Ellie Hogans. After a delicious salad course was served, the huge Peter Pan pie was cut. Miss Genva Parker received a boudoir lamp; Miss Sadie Grantham, silk hose; Miss Hatle Whitley, Ungerie and hose; Miss Roas. At-mon, card-table; Miss Goldie Francis, Miss Sue Fauceette, Miss Virginia Fason and Miss Wilma Jones received Ungerie; Mrs. Bessie Hatcher, glass salad plates; Miss Catherine Bond, dusting powder; Miss Pauline Sykes, lace collar and cuff set; Miss Lillie Baker, a-trench doll, and Mrs. Vivian Williams, sp. electric toaster. SALISBURY BALIBURY, N.C.—The boys' social club was recently organized under the caption, "Les Grands Quatorze." During the first week of December, Dr. Walter J. Hughes, popular physician of this city, spoke to the Les Grands Quatorze on an annual会议 of the men and men of the通讯ists of the manhood. The entertaining's orator spoke of the moral and social problems that confront the youth of today. W. Vernon Jones, the club advisor, spoke in glowing terms of Dr. Hughes, and the work which he is doing for the betterment of the Negro in the South. E. P. Nabors spoke of the good men of the world. The school of the community. The master of social session, S. L. Allison, responded. After the meeting, the club and its male guests were delightfully served from the cafeteria department of the Central Drug Store. The city schools closed December 17, on account of the heavy snow which blanched the city and Principal High states that the city is in a状态. December 30. The Belman's Social Club gave their op- gaining dance in the "Grill, Boom" of the Central Drug Store, Friday night, December 19. Among those who enjoyed the evening's entertainment were Messrs. Richard Coleman, president; M. M. Miller, vice- president; M.N.Burton, secretary; Jobin H.L.L.Yerly assistant secretary; L. M. Blum, Harold McCorkle, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Misses Iris Kyle, Julia, Dumne, Anne M. Fraser, Lillie M. Boyden, Owen, Dikar H. Wren, Lillie M. Boyden, Owen, Dikar H. Wren, Dr. J. D. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Clark, Jesse Carr, Misses Mildred Sharp, Jane Nance, Mille K. White, Greca Knox, M. M. Miller, Mr. and Mr. P. Bailley, Messa. E. W. Veldon, Charles McCormick, A. G. Weldon, Charles McCormick, A. G. Weldon, Carla Guldwell, Herman Caldwell, Harold and Vivian Chambers; H. A. Hoke, Jeslie Johnson, James R. Torrence, Miss Claudia Boyden, Catherine Miller, Mr. Holloway Gala THOMASVILLE THOMASVILLE, N. C. Church Street Christmas Party. 10:30 a.m. Christmas. It will open the 8th of Jan- day. There will be a Christmas exercise, Dee Dee House, from 8 to 10 o'clock. All children will receive a Christmas gift. The seventh grade recipient by gift card is M. Browns Black, Bina Browns, Uzell Bair Hargrows, Ester Tayler, Annie Loffin, Helen King, Lillie Maa DID. The judges were: Miss P. M. Morrison, M. G. Mobley, Mittle Mile Dial Mee, second prize, and Ester Taylor, third. King M. Thomas, of 400 Gale Street, who was run over by J. Pulaski, on the second floor, of the Mile Dial Mee, second prize, and Ester Taylor has planned to take a trip to Philadelphia and New Hemphemp. Miss Katie Burton has planned to take a week to Philadelphia and New Hemphemp. They will spend a week at place. Miss Mary Johnson and daughter, and guest of the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mapper, Burton. North Carolina LINCOLNTON LINCOLTON, N.C.-John Middleton and John Holland- of Bart-Main Street are Grandrielle Costner and Victor Summer, Miss Genie's Gatherer are here for the Christmas holidays. Miss Hattie Cobb to E. Pine Street, spent Tuesday in Charlotte. The play which was held at the Lincoln County High School by the intermediate grades entitled, "The International." Folk Dances," was a success. The Old Virgin Rrel, which was rendered by the Misses Cleop Lander, Roselee Cadwell, Catherine Russell and Flora Ramsaur, Charles Hoke, Samuel Gatherer, -k Herndon and Hugh Herndon won the appaage. Miss Grace Holland of East Main Street from Price High School, Salisbury. In home for the Christmas holidays; also Misses Reese Carpenter and Novels Ram Miss. Halle Lattimopi; and Ms. Helen Mots of East Main Street were in Gastonia Friday doing their Christmas shopping. Gabrielle Jones, Harvey Ravney, Mise Rula Jones and mother, Mise Jennie Jones motored to Pinehurst and another sister Randele, who is being treated in the Pinehurst Hospital, and found her going along nicely. Mrs. Olivia Grief, Mise Rula, and Ms. attend the funeral services of her father-in-law, Gavin Grief. KING'S MOUNTAIN KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C.—The streets in the colorful area of the city were assigned for part of their unexplored to work on the streets. About 150 men, both white and colored, are John Parna was instantly killed by a hit-and-run driver, near Kings Mountain, last Friday. The driver was apprehended later on his machine, and blood on the fender. MORGANTON MORGANTON, N.C. J Miss Martha '71. Battle of Hickory, Miss. was able to return home Saturday. Jack Stokes and Obsa. Scott, who are students in North College, are home the holidays. Miss Anne Fratier, a student at Living- gates College, is ending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Fred O'Neil, Green Birch. John Carzen and Oliver Fleming of Smith University are spending the holidays Miss Nettie Scott, M. S. Scott and Chas. Scott motored to Salisbury Saturday to shop. Miss Katherine Harrison of Lincoln, is spending the holidays, here with her Mrs. and Mrs. P. G. Harrison on Concord Street. MARYLAND MARYLAND HAGERSTOWN, MD—The services were fairly attended at Ebenner A.M. E. Church, Sunday, May 15, 2014, and special sedon preached them by the pastor, the Rev. John T. Bend. It was their annual rally day. T. Bend gave one dollar each. Mrs. Molle Robinson is the president of the senators. Mrs. Airline Jones has been the acting president since Mrs. Ebenner Clark is the president of the juniors. Mrs. Phyllis Johnson, gave a. play with this children last Monday night, and a dumb party combined. There was lots of fun for the Pollyanna Club. Mrs. Annie Clark is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Martina Davies, at Carlville. *Pause* Those children, Harry Dotney, Charles Broom, Luther Cook. Mrs. Kate Moon, who has been visiting relatives in Martinburg, has returned home much improved. *Miss Heart Gant is home* The Rev. Other Wells, of Winchester, Va., is visiting friends in Hagerstown. McDANIEL, MARYLAND McDANIEL, Md.-Sunday was observed as men's day. At 8:30 class was by Mary L. McDANIEL, of Hagerstown, the Rev. C. W. Derrickson, John R. Cooper, presiding. At 3 p.m. Charles H. Trott, presiding. There were many distinguished men for Belville, Whitman and Shippwood. At 8 p.m. James Waters, presiding, song services were led by Perry Cooper, of W. Miles, of Townsend, Del, which was enjoyed by all present. Robert S. Culwell, organist, of Townsend, Del, which was enjoyed by the sick list are, Mrs. Minnie P. Trott, Mrs. Carrie Roberts; Mrs. Derrickson. She is improving nicely. James P. Moore, senior guest of Mr. and Mrs. Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hinkley and children, Mrs. Sarah Fields, Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs. Grace, Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs. W. Grace, Sunday. Mrs. Laura Palmer and Mrs. Mary Smith were guests of Mrs. Mary Webb Jones, Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas and daughter, were the guests of Mrs. Rachel Murray. The Juno League received a treat Friday afternoon. Roxana Brown was the cupier guest of Roxana H. Guest, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cooper and Mrs. Laura Palmer were callers of Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Griggs. The Caldwell are home for the holiday, from Bordentown, N.J. Robert Caldwell, of Wilman, worshiped bure Sunday night, at the church. Christmas morning, at the church, standard John Wesley, under the suplies of Mrs Wright and Robert G. Caldwell, entitled, 'Bewestest Story Ever To A pageant from Wiltman will be given at John Wesley, at the church, standard Mrs. Mary Warner and Mrs. K. D. Dynson, musical director, Sunday, January fourth. PORT DEPOSIT, MARYLAND PORT, MARYLAND Society of Philadelphia, ranged, a musical concert at Bethel A.M. E. Church, Tuesday. Every one present enjoyed it very well. The concert, given by the Brownsack Dandies, for the benefit of the school, was M. Annie Wagner, Miss Alice Mason and Miss Virginia Mason spent the week-and-shopping trip to her home Vance, who has been conned to her home for some time, in out again. The sacred concert, given by Moses Smith, Howard M. B. Church, December 21, Howard's grand success. The sum of $4.40 was ruined. Mrs. Bettha Brown is still on the ack list. NEW WINDSOR, MAYBELY N.P., M.J. Hall, pastor, at M.J. Joy Church, received a show of groceries from his members and his friends, four, butter, chicken and many other gatapipes. Mrs. Martha Thompson, Mrs. Mary Thompson, chicken and waggle apples. Selections of songs accompanied by: stringed music, were tendrilled. The Strawbridge Club sponsored a fundraiser. The Reverend Hall and family will be the dinner guest of Simon Mundrock and family, Frida, and also will be the guest of Miss Clemmie Fisher, Sunday. BELLEYUE. MARYLAND BELLEVUE, Md.-Sunday services at ST. Hallman gave a sake on. "The Birth of Christ," and *ah* 3:30 p.m. All Stars rem- sired a special program. *H. Mackey Residency* Banta Claus will appear at Bl. Luke M.E. School to give the Sunday school their "treat." Ollen Turner and father motored to Bl. Luke M.E. School to Miss Cassie Jackson and Miss Apapa Jackson. Here they will spend the Christmas holidays. GREYSTOWN St. M. Md.-Class was conducted at Bryan's M. B. M. Church Sunday, by Wilson. On the pastor, the Rev. James, which the general was conducted, Mary. Butler represents Governor Ritchie, rated 49.9. All representatives mayor Brooking, whitelisted #69.1. $100,000 Company Owns 32 Busses and Hires 60 Drivers company, as well as a modern type De-lux bus for special trips. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—The problem of transporting 30,000 persons to their chief occupation, tobacco, has been solved by the Safe Bus Company, a $100,000 organization, owned and controlled by colored interests, which has been granted a municipal franchise with all the privileges of the street railway company. The vehicles are operated on a systematic schedule which allows variations to meet emergencies. R.B. traffic manager of the concern. LINCOLNTON LINCOLTON, N.C.-N.C. "The singing classes in Church, beginning Saturday night, and day afternoon, was successfull." On Sunday rendered music in the context. A number of white and colored friends got to hear them sing. The financial help was provided. The street railway system does not operate in the colored districts, and until the advent of the Safe Bus Company, it was difficult for the multitudes living in these sections to secure adequate transportation. The company is serving this constituency with satisfaction. Maxbell, Jones, Harvey Rainsau, Kula Jones and mother, Mrs. Jennie Jennell, motored to Pinehurst, to see her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Randell, who is taking a treatment in the Pinehurst Hospital. The found her improving nicely. Friday night the intermediate grades of the junior high school, rendered a play-titled, "The International Dances." The most attractive dances was the Old. Virginia Reel, rendered by Misses Cleon Lander Rosalee Caldwell, Catherine Russell and Flora Ramsaur. The organization has 32 modern buses with 60 uniformed drivers; also mechanics, traffic officers, legal advisors and liability protection for passengers. 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Misses Mary, Margaret and Julie Speaks of Damien, N.J., are home for the school building. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Mrs. Florence Collins were the guests of Mrs. Thomas Drummond, Thursday. Miss Lenora Johnson had as a caller Wednesday night, John Edward Brickhouse, of Hare Valley. Miss Annahonson was a caller on A. L. Sunday, Saturday afternoon. Miss Gladys Francls, of Tee Bee, called on Miss Flosse Beach, of Hare Valley Wedge Milton Ames and Harry Kellam visited A. L. Speaks Sunday. Mr. Samuel's is making progress in the park, his new motion picture parlor at Emore. Mr. Seven Turner was the guest of Mrs. James, Miss Phyllis, Miss Hare Valley, was the guest of Mrs. Edward Ames and Mrs. Mary Ames of Midtown Saturday with Mrs. Nelson Walk with Napoleon Hate of Midtown. Milton Ames and William Church spent the evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Manokoo returned on trip to Washington. A. L. Speaks, James Satchell and A. L. Speaks motored to Pointer on business Saturday. He married Wescott, of New York, is spending the winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wescott of Bird Nest. Those on the sickest of the family, Emily Shepherd, Mrs. Rosena Johnson, James Hatney, Charles Harris, Carter Johnson, W. B. Walley, Rosene R. Johnson, Rosene R. Stachler and Frank Haskins, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nottingham, of Nassawodox, raised the champion dog this year, weighing 488 pounds at nine months. Another Philadelphia excursion came downward from the M.R. and Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Thelma Upshur and husband, Mrs. A.L. Speaks and Cornelius Wilson, Mrs. Gerufus Heath, Mrs. Augustus Connor, Misses Webbs, and Thomas Oney and the Exmore Retary Club served a super at the F.H.M. Club and daundress of the club member. Eleven of manoeuphics go, a waker in lion Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Oba Gladstone, of Bayside, entertained the students nearly among those present were Messrs. Paulson, Levin Custis, Charles H. Francis and Mrs. D. F. P. Estchell spent Wednesday in Maryland to meet her daughter, Linda Lewandry Woods. C. H. Francis and Peter Bibbons were home of A. L. Speaks Thursday night Walker Jeffries and Buster Smith of Cape Charles, will visitors in town Wednesday. The Turner and Isaac Mapp will visitors at the home of Mrs. D. P. Satchie Thursday. Mrs. Edward Ames and children visited the Heath of Nassauvad, Quite an addition was made in the P.N.H. School library this week by the addition of a new teacher. The Franktown School was well filled Monday night, when the magician held his entertainment there. The same was re-created at the Noble's School at Hare Valley Friday night. Milton Peace was in Stewarts Wharf Wednesday. Owing to the growth and extension of Tidewater Institute, it has been necessary to run a School bus from Massawoxon to the school at Cobbs. Miss Olivia and Mary Francis of Happy Gate, entertained by Miss Anlas Gatchell Thursday. Saturday Mrs. William Paulson was a caller in Tuesday Take an interest in your column by sending your news to your reporter. A. L. Speaks, of Milwaukee, and M. Milton Ames, to secure your AFRO. M. Goldie Heath and Mrs. Muggle Bailey, of Philadelphia, were among the guests, and Mrs. C. Hate Hale, Sunday. A minister show was given at the People's Hall this week. The Rev. A. J. Nottingham stopped off on the shores for the week-end and presented on the shores the Rev. F. Fouste, pastor, and at 8 p.m. at Allen's AME. Church, the Rev. W. H. Mancko gave the community a surprise by presenting them with a community Christmas tree in Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson and Mrs. Margaret汀慕林 metored from Cleveland, Ohio. last July, to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Gary, of Have Town. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Dinkins left Saturday for Florida. Their two children are planning to spend the winter with their grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gary, This week brought in Messrs. Gus Connon from Philadelphia, Elder Church, Church Church, James Church, Bishop Charles, Bishop Charles, for the winter, for the winter, Mrs. Kate Zelmonds, of K. W. Edmonds and Sons, in company with Mrs. W. A. Manokoo, motorized to Capes Island, chopping. Misses Mary, Margaret and Julia Speaks entertained at wednesday night. Nell Avs Lt Satchchell, Messrs. J. W. Edmonds James Satchchell, Adap Savage and Mila The Rev. Mankook, of Allen's A.M.E. Church, and the Rev. John R. Custis, of Bethel Baptist Church, exchanged gifts, and a gift, Rik, for their Christmas Sunday sermons. Friday night the Misses Speaks, of Camden, N.J., entertained at whiteness and the home of the Rev. Mrs. and Mrs. Middletown. Among those present were: Messrs. James Satchell, Napoleon Heath, Adiph Savage, Milton Adams, A pleasant evening was enjoyed by all. A L. Speaks, Sr. A. L. Speaks, Jr. and James Satchell motored to Paintter Sunday. W. H. Paulson and his son, Gesolong Poulson, motored to Princess Anne, Md., on business. Messrs. Lee Roy Toy, oJoseph Le e'Toy and Lloyd Toy were in town Sunday night, visiting Mrs. A. L. Speaks. M. Samuels has finished his new movie parlor at Exmore, and had a large, opening Saturday, the 20th. Miss Helen Mapp, to Eastville, and Dr. Johnson, of Cape Charles, worshiped in Allen's A.M.E. Church, Franktown, Sunday morning. Those on the sick list this week are: Mrs. A. L. Speaks, Mrs. Emily Shepperd, Mrs. Charles H. Francis, Mrs. Ed Ames, Messrs. James Hateney, the Rev. C. R. Sanders, Parker Gunter, George Shepperd, Lorenzo Brickhouse, Charles Harris and Frank Hoskins. Henry Bailey, of Oyster Bay, N.Y., returned home to Middletown, Tuesday, to Mr. and Tank. Middack Giddings have moved from Bush Hill to Bayside, to their return from some time ago, on their return from Bayside to Tuee, Lynn Woodfranch, of Tuee Bee, and Samuel Drummond, of Hare Valley, motivated to New York last month, returning to Bayside. Don't forget to see your agent, Milton Ames, and get your holiday number of the APRO. In include a few yearly subscriptions. Keep in touch with your reporter, A. L. Speaks, Nassawadso, Box 94, and make your column one of the best. W. F. Puqua, of Bethel A.M.E. Church, at Eastville were visitors at ALEM's A.M.E. Church, Franktown, Sunday night, to hear the sermon of the president of Beneventh District. ACCOMAC ACCOMAC. Va.—Services were well attended at Macedonia A.M.E. Church Sunday The Rey. P. D. Smith, pastor, preached a sermon. The following persons came home on the excursion Sunday. December 14, Mrs Lula Bailey, Mrs. Marie Watson, Miss Nervie Annis, Miss Mary E. West, Miss Harriet Seymour, and Mrs. Louisa Scarborough. Miss Mary E. and Georgia L. Seymour of Ridgewood, N.J., were called home last Sunday by the death of their mother. Also Mrs. L. M. Palmer, Miss Josie E. Harriet, A. Nellie, and V. Seymour, of Philadelphia, were here. Wilmer Harmon, of Fulksul, was in the December, Wishing his sick sister, Mrs. December, Wishing his sick sister, Mrs. Joseph T. Conner, of Baltimore, was in the home of Mrs. Coord and sister Sunday. Miss Florina Teagle, of Woodburg, visited Miss Clara Seymour at her sister's house. Miss Alice Horsey is spending the holidays in Philadelphia. NASSAWADOX MASSAADADOX, Vn.-Mrt. Florence A. Armstrong will spend the Christmas with her New York to spend the Christmas with her Bird's Nest, went back to New York Wendy's night on account of the illness of Birds. Mrs. Pinkie Burton, of Philadelphia, presides Sunday evening with Mrs. Annle Redd. Sunday, December 21, the Baptist and Methodist presbyter, the Methodist preacher, the Rev. Manokon preached at the Bethle Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Custis, preached at the A.M.E. Church. The Rev. A. A. Nottingham preached a sermon at the A.M.E. Church Sunday after- day. WINCHESTER WINCHSTER, Va.-Miss Mabel Greens spent Sunday visiting friends in Wingster. D. J. Porter Lodge of Elks will hold its memorial Sunday in St. Paul, Minn., at the St. Paul Chapel of the Rev. St. Clair will be the speaker of the session. Charles Hagans, George Correur, Howard Lewis and Houston Rhodes motored to the St. Paul Sunday, and visited relatives and friends. The first Sunday in December at McCarmel B.F. Church, the Sunday School headed by William Brown and Jr. Mar. Kramer, with the pastor, "Stephen's Faith," which was followed with a sermon by the Rev. James Stephenson of the A.M.E. Church, or "Christ the Savior," and the Rev. Robert Robinson, had an hour on "World-Wide Service." the pastor, the Rev. S. S. Spriggs, preached at night on "Seeing Heaven from Joyous communion service closed the day." The Honey Bee Club was entertained with a banquet by William Johnson, Deacon of the Honey Bee Club, and Joyous Friday night at the F.B. Church. One interesting feature in the occasion was that each of the thirty-six guests made short remarks, and J. H. Quiet were among the visitors. CAPE CHARLES CAPE CHARLES, Va. — Sunday night, Miss Martha Reld, of Fold, wrestled at visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Spady, en route home from Brooklyn. Regular communion services were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday, the Rev. Carrion, pastor of the African Baptist Church, having charge of the services. Mrs. Ellis Clark, of Madison Avenue, was home on the excursion time, was home on the excursion time. James C. Dumlon, of Jefferson Avenue, an attack of 45th Street, for July 29. The public school of this city closed on December 23rd for Christmas holidays, and the school will be closed on December 24th. The Christmas entertainment of the First Baptist Sunday School was held Friday evening at the St. James Church of Samuel Morris, of Madison Avenue, in still on the sick list. Dr. Robert B. and Miss Helen Hampson were guests Miss Eva L. Jefferson at her home Sunday evening. Mrs. Nellie Brickhouse, of Jefferson Avenue, was guest Mrs. Elizabeth L. Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Banks, of Jefferson Avenue, have been regular readers of this paper for years. Mrs. Elizabeth Club of Tidewater Institute sang at Bethel Baptist Church, Franktown, Sunday night. Dr. W. B. Carrington, pastor of the W. African Baptist Church, Cherition, is ill. HORNSTOWN, Va.—Mr. Mamie Robinson preached for the Reverend W. De Chape Sunday afternoon, from Gal. 3:28. A pagan was given Sunday night, at De Chape, by Mr. Robinson, the visitors from Pocomoke City, New Church, Wattleville, Chincatogue Island and Stockton. Friday, the teachers have both gone home for the holidays, but will return again the first Monday in January, and will render their an- nals 6 at De Chape. Messrs. E. John E. Hyland, W. J. Murrell, of Salbury, solicitors for toilet goods, will look for an agent to assist them. Messrs. Frank Full and Harold, made a trip to bus. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wal- mann, Mrs. Manlie Robinson will leave the M.E. parsonage for Baltimore, Tuesday, Deceme- ber, and Mrs. Saunders Marshall and son, were the guests of their mother, Sunday. Invalid friends who are to be remembered for the years of their life, Mrs. John L. Mance, Mrs. Martha Wallop Blake, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Downing, Easter Taylor and George R. Marshall. The Rev. and Mrs. O. H. Spence and da- dies 3 p.m., and 28, and the Reverend Spence will preach for the Reverend Parker, at Dees Chapel, at 3 p.m., and Lankford, Mrs. Victoria Marshall, Mrs. Evelyn Broadwater, Miss Delma Cannon and Alonzo Manuel, o' slick, are coming to Townsend has returned from Philadelphia last Saturday, is now home again. Townsend has returned from Philadelphia last Saturday, is now home again. Just spend a part of your time during the weekend at John's. John D. Wallow each Friday or Saturday. PAINTER PAINTER, Va.—St. Joseph A.M.E. Sunday school was well attended last Sunday. Christmas exercises will be held Friday evening. December 26. George E. Downing, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Downing, applicant for admission to the Virginia bar, successfully passed the December examination. Those on the sick list are: F. P. Reid, Moses Brown, Mrs. Cordia Brown and Mr. Fairy Reid. PHOEBUS PHOEBUS, Va.—Last Sunday the memorial exercises of the Excelsior Lodge, LB.P.O.E. of W., were celebrated at the First Baptist Church at Hampton. About two hundred visitors were present. The program included solos by Mrs. Lillian Anderson, of Hampton, Mrs. Viola Lewis, and A. Hodges; selections by the Excelsior quartet and a band of twenty-five pieces. L. E. Wilson delivered the eulogy. John Bowden is the exalted ruler. The Men's Club v. Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Phoebus met Thursday night at the residence of D. D. Askew on Liberty Miss L. C. Barrow, a teacher in a col- lored Little Rock, Ark, arrived home Sunday afternoon. She met and her daughter, who were the guests of Mrs. Harriet Barrow last Sunday afternoon, left for their home in New York City last week The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 DANVILLE DANVILLE, Va.-Ana. Arnetta Gravely was the week-end guest of Miss Florence James. Mrs. Armetta Grawley, Misses Jones and W. Washburn, Misses W. Washburn and W. Washburn motorized to Roanoke Sunday, and visted friends. Dorothy Broderox, Denna Beavers and W. moth Green will arrive home from school to celebrate Christmas and the Christmas holidays with their parents. HARRISONBURG, Va. — The Rev. E. W. Hollands preached his Christmas sermon Sunday, December 21, at the John Wesley School. The Elks' Charity Ball and Popularity Convention of Colonel Colinander. The proceeds went to charity. William Jones of this city has accepted a new position in Staunton, Va. Martin Goldie Mobby and Eva Francis Dickerson, students of Virginia St. College, Leewood Johnson, a well known citizen, was struck by an automobile Saturday evening. His condition was reported not seri- Miss Lutlella Ray entertained in honor of Miss Vivian Tibbs, of Pittsburgh, Saturday morning. What was had by the many friends present. The sixth grade of Efmer School gave a Christmas program to the school auditorium, 32. Miss Bertha Johnson, of New Marget, Va., spent a few hours in the city Saturday. Newman, district manager of the Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company, is home spending Christmas holidays with his wife and Mrs. G. A. Newman, of Kelly Street. The Pirates' Athletic Association basketball team journeyed to Lexington, Va., Christmas day, to play the Three Pts. of CHRISTIANSBURG Miss Louise Moyo, of Whitestone, motored to Auviolville, Sunday, to visit her family. W. B. Sars and A. Jackson were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Nowlin Misses Nelle and Emberzela Plark accompanied by Samuel Clark, motored to Miss Nina Eubanks will spend the Christmas holidays in Roanoke, visiting friends at an Adam and Eve party, at the home of the Pelmer entertained a number of friends at an Adam and Eve party, at the home of the Pelmer entertained a number of Friday evening. A fruit course was served. The Four Horsemen Club has issued invitations to the club on Friday, December 25, at the Eureka Hotel. Get your APRO at the L. & N Dry Cleaning Shon, Mrs. Harriett Tyler, reporter. 264-21. Phone: 0-800-212-2121 LYNCHEPUR, Va. ..... 6 M. AND MR. GRANT HARRIS entertained informally at a whist party, give at their residence, 510 London Street, Jasper, North Carolina. Organized in roses and carnations. A delightful menu was served. M. and Mrs. and Mrs. Harvett graves, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Harvett Homer, Mr. and Mrs. Handy Witheres, Misses Gertrude Brice, Maggie Glover M. H. John, Beatrice Lewis; Mizzar, Glass and Brickie. Mrs. Alphonzo Cole won the prize for best score. Mrs. Honnor Johnson won prize for best score. LEFSBURG LEESBURG, Va.—At Mt. Zion Church the Rev. J. W. Carroll, pastor. Sunday the pastor preached at 11 a.m., and offclated at the funeral of John Dean at 1 p.m. The Southern Jubilee Singers, of Washington, D.C., made their appearance in a seered concert at 4 p.m. The Rev. James N. Swann preached at 8 p.m. The B.Y.P.U. of Providence Baptist Church, the Rev. P. R. Free, pastor, met at 6:30 p.m., Sunday. Augustus Valentine and Grant Berry of Washington, D.C., spent Sunday with their families. The Sunday schools of the churches are busy preparing for their Christmas exercises. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coates, who have been quite ill, are now able to be out again. John Waters is still on the sick list. Miss. Irene Roberts, who was a patient at the London Hospital, is now at the home of her father-in-law, William Roberts, slowly improving. Mrs. Janet W. Berry, Mrs. Hattle Pinks and Miss Bertha Jackson were visitors at The senior chair of Zion Church me morning late Thursday for a rehearsal. WAKEFIELD WAKEFETEL, Va. — The Reverend Rogers preached at the First Baptist Church Sunday in the Wall. "We are in the Wall." Sunday was also communion day, and Mrs. George H. Binford left Monday evening for Richmond, Columbia, S.C., and other cities of the South. Professor Binford will be speaking engagement with the holidays, Mrs. Nannie Jones presented a play, "The Million Dollar Wedding" at the First Baptist Church. The Wakefield School closed Friday for the Christmas holidays. All of the pupils were given bags of candy and an Easter basket, Proof, and Mrs. G. H. Binford spent Saturday in Petersburg visiting. The school addressed the campus of Mars Hill Church Sunday, on: "Illuminating the Common Place." WEST VIRGINIA FAIRMONT, WVA.-The Reverend Meadows of Huntington, is spending the week here at Fairmont for the purpose of the work of the Episcopal Church, which will be given at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. the pastor, the Rev. J. H. Brown. the title of the play is, "The Resurrection of the Church—the Church Rishen from the Grave," composed by the Reverend Meadows. WHEELING WEEKLING. WVA—Teachers who left the city for the Christmas holidays are Mr. and Mrs. Chambers, Chamberlain, Hardy, Hardy, Florence Smith, Lella Powell, Mabel Young, Ruth Banks and Winnie Page. The Lincoln High School basketball team will play their first game January 2nd. The team will play the Lincoln High School and the alumni. Irving White, of New York City, was the house guest of Mrs. H. J. D. Deller of 11 Thurstone Street. The Sunday School room of the Simpson M.E. Church was the venue of a banquet in honor of the stave. J. M. Mitchell of Baltimore, Tuesday evening. John Curtis suffered a broken arm from an accident. Mrs. Catherine Cockran is ill at home in Birdsport. COME TO Dragons—DAM FREDERICK MONDAY, DEC City Open Music by JOHNSON of Rich From 8 to 1 P. M. Richmond Social Chat ETHEL RAMSEY HABIS, Correspondent 115 East Leigh St. 151 Phone 3-6373 H. BERKLEY JORDAN GIVES FORMAL DANCE STUDENTS VISIT THEIR PARENTS IN RICHMOND, ALPHAS WHICH BENNARD JOHNSON SPEAKS FOR LOCAL ELKS. THREE UNION STUDENTS GET BENNARD JOHNSON SPEAKS FOR LOCAL ELKS. THREE UNION STUDENTS GET BENNARD JOHNSON SPEAKS FOR LOCAL JUNDSOR CARRY BACKS TO THE POOR. MISS SIGMA GAMMA RHO IS WE MODERNLY STAGED. CATIONAL TOUR. CHARITY: EAYY IS STAGED. The Christmas season in Richmond has many programs and small easions. but it will be much smaller than herefore, but the decrease in number will not decrease the arder which will A. BERKELEY JORDAN TOWN An event which might be the younger soccer player at the 20th International Year of the Younger Player, Jordan on Wednesday, was H. Berkeley, Jordan's formal. Mr. Jordan is a junior college student at Virginia Union University and younger son to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jordan, of Douglas Court. About forty members of the college group enjoy his hospitality. He has a hospitality of 25 hours at the Hospital, and sister to the host, received the guest. Miss Jordan wore figured chiff- on with modernistic shoes. Mrs. Bessie Jordan, mother to the host, in black crepe, with accessories to match, demonstrated her The decorations followed the Christmas theme. Mr. Jordan had as his congenital guests, Misses Mom, Morris Kersey, Adela, Middle King, Augustus Bundy, Evelyn King, James Green, Laura Westray, John Hester, Dottie Campbell, Walker Quarles, Harriette, Wilson, Franklin Kersey, eJanette Lethan, Russell Gilpin, Rose Bully, B. Addison, Pussal II, Charlotte Compton, George Peterson, Peterson, Alice Raymond Palfarx, Anne B. Taylor, J. Alvin Bowles, II. Ethel R. Harris, Orches Mitchell, Vivian Watson, Butler, Sue Clark, J. J. Robinson, Jeannette Booker, Charles Dial, Madelyne Tyler, Bruce Williams, Christian Williams, Charles Lee, Martha Pooleman, Gene Kingle Jones, LL. M. Ruth McQuinn, Arthur Davis, Miss Eina Jordan and Mrs. Bessie Jordan. ALPHA-OMEGA BASKETBALL GAME In the second of a series of festive weekend games, the Omega is at Johnson's Hall, on Friday evening. The Sphinx, pledgees to the Alphas, and the Lampadost pledgees to the Alphas, and the three seen dancing to the strains of Oliver T. Williams' Troubadours were, the following: Adelaide King, King Biosuee, Evelyn Charlotte Thompson, Daphne Lepine, Martha Coleman, Shirley Dulgul, Vivian Watson, Mayme Ellis, Anne Ellis, Ruby Jordan, Mary Locus, Ada Thompson, Mary Locus, Mary Locus, Ada Thompson, Rose Sully, Alice Jackson, Marian Cepas, Lavinia Cogbil, Zemoria McDowell, Dorothy Hopkins, An- nifer Ramsey, Garnet Hamett, Florea Cogbil James Greene, J. J. Robinson, Allen Robinson, Inman A. Beaux, James Cotton, Earle Brown, Arthur Davis, Limas Wall, L. W. Davis, "Slim" Peters. Van Jackson, Paul Thomas, Thomas Henderson, John Williams, Lloyd Williams, Harman Washington, Richard Cooke, Samuel Broodman, Richard Hutcherson, of Petersburg; E. Raymond Fairfax, Charles Dial, Augustus Bundy, "Red" Allen, Robert L. Cooper, J. Alvin Bank, II., and daughters, Maggie Dixon, Arthur Davis, Mary Tyler, Carrie McLaughlin, Ellen Coleman and Kate Binth. LOCAL ORCHESTRA Colerage Davis and his Hardy Brothers Orchestrate the members of which are local talent, have been requested to leave the United States on April 16, 1931, for Madrid Spain, to fill a 24-week engagement at the Club Ambassador. They were booked through A. E. Litchman, owner of the Litchman chain of theatres. This group,ூகா, playing their 24th week in Washington D.C., will be the first colored band to appear in Madrid. The fourteen Richmonders constituting the number are: Coleridge Davis, planet and director; Alvin Campbell, violin; Clarence Henley, drums; Wesley Hardy, Warner Carter, Ramon Valentine, trumpets; Henry Hardy, Robbie Smith, Clement Pierce, Redd, Levin Hill, string bass and tuba; Wendall Jackson, UNIONITES WIN C.I.A.A. HONORS At the very recent meeting of the union, 12 members and 13, 13 members of the Union team were awarded C.I.A.A. honors for unim- pulsive ball season, just passed. These students were: Robinson, who played the position of tackle; John William, who played the position of quarterback, who brought to Union a number of the season's touchdowns. Cary Wheaton WHEATON SPEAKS Cary Wheaton, prominent local Kiks, was guest speaker to the chaperon in Frederickburg, last Sunday, Mr. Wheaton was excellent ruler in Frederickburg, and G. Willis Burt was chairman on this occasion. Members of the memorial committee were: Wm. M. Klissik, John A. Johns, William M. Mackiss, Frederick Scott, R. A. Eggleston, James Robinson, Play Dixon, R. A. Eggleston, James H. Ammons. THE WE WOMEN MUNCHING JUNIORS AID CHARITY On Saturday, the "We Modern Juniors" hold their regular weekly meeting on Monday, giving one more daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Gilpin, 1000 N. Fourth. The outstanding feature of this meeting is the distribution of Christmas baskets, numbering four. This group, consisting for the most part, of junior high school students, only few weeks ago, where they went on record as being one of the few clubs in the city to make contributions. The four families receiving baskets on Saturday indebted to the members in the personas of the little Miss Bellie Hermine Peyton, Alice Reid, Maggie Laura Walker, Evelyn Glipin, Margaret Westray and their president Gamma BROWN IS: "MISS SIGMA GAMMA RHO" "MISS SIGMA GAMMA RHO, has selected as 'Miss. SIGMA Gamma' a dean dean pledges. Miss Mayne Brown, a pretty dressed at Virginia Union, Miss Brown will be dressed at McKinley Rho Dawn James, on Christmas morning." The educational program drawn up by members of the We Moderan Club on behalf of the Richmond Public Library, Members of the club made their first visit on Saturday, December 20, when, through the efforts of the Effort Branch, the group was allowed to enlarge the Richmond Public Library. Mr. Ayres, head librarian, was invited to speak out, interesting the questions. The group was accompanied by Misses Boyd and Ethel R. Hartz. AUXILIARY SPONSORS BALL In recognizing the need of more beds for pediatric patients at Sanitarium, and a new worker for race tubercular patients in Richmond, the auxiliary to the hospital through the suggestion of Mrs. Anne K. Hughes, sponsored a charity ball at Johnson's Hall, on Saturday, December 20, which contributed the use of the ball, and Oliver Williams's Troubadours showed considera- tion to rendering the muscle. The sponsors of the charity ball were. Medames Rhet Walker, Mildred Pettis, Rosa Galvin, Mary Price, Dr. and Mrs. William Ferguson, Dr. and Mrs. Albert A. Tennant, the David Deans, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Jinkley, Dr. and Mrs. E. S. B. B. Edward Harries, and Mrs. Leuo Reid, Miss Lillian Peters, Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Harris, Dr. and Mrs. A. B. H. Bowser, Dr. D. Webster Davis, Jr. Dr. William Jones, the Bernard Kenneys, Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Brown, Mrs. Frances Pearson, Norman (John) Brown, John Wilson, Medames Alma Mos, Miss Joanne Stears, Miss Emma Langston, Miss Johnita Nelson, the William Brockington. PERSONALS ... MR. AND MRB. R. B. SAMPSON, 803 North Fourth Street, have as their guests, their daughters, Misses Ruth and Georgia. Ruth is an Instructor in Smithfield, Va., and Georgia, is an instructor in Rogersville, Tenn. THE REV. J. ANDREW BOWLER, of the Richmond Public School System, and pastor of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, is a patient in his home, 112 E. Leigh Street. MISS HELEN HUGHES returned to Richmond a last week, after a two months' visit in Saunton, Salisbury, Md., and Cheyeney Institute. Miss Peegson is the chief taught (er. Dr. and Mrs. William H. Hughes, 508 St. James Street. MISS SELENA ANDERSON was seen on Sunday. Miss Anderson, is teaching in Winston Salem N.C., and will spend the yule season at Roanoke, Miss. Rosa Anderson of North First Street. MRS. WILLIIS PETTIS and her son, "junior" left on Tuesday for Charlotte, N.C., to visit their father and grandfather, reiterate their vows. They will be gone about three weeks. MISS ELLA HUDSON, private secretary to Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, leaves this week to visit friends and relatives in New York City. INMAN BREAUX, first year student of the University of North Carolina, guest of friends in Richmond, M. Breaux is a 1930 graduate of Virginia Union, and 1929-30 captain of the football squad. LITTLE HARRIETTE HAYES, who has been a patient at Richmond Hospital for over a decade, will be home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hayes, of N. Second Street. Miss Hayes suffered an accident at First and Leigh streets, but is able now to use crutch. COACH HUCGLES and Assistant Coach Barksdale, of Virginia Union, have returned from the C.I.A.A meeting, he had the week of MEMOLETS in the 19th Middle East, where he is outstanding visitors to Richmond, who were the outstanding visitors to Richmond Wednesday. The party was composed of Mrs. Walker, Geraldine Dismond, alias Lady Nicoline, Maysme White and Lloyd James. RELIANCE GROWN, the 19th Middle East, is the Staunton Tribune had business interests in Richmond over the week-end. MISS MARY PORTER SMITH, member of the faculty at Caldwell, Va., is the guest of the present and Mrs. John P. Smith, 315 E. Cliffs Street. MRS. EDNA HARRIS JOHNSON, is a patient in the home. and Mrs. Abram L. Harris, Br., 178 North First Street. Mrs. Johnson, accompanied by her mother, to Washington last week, had treatments under the care of the family. GENE ZINKCLE JONES, II, a student at Virginia Union, left Tuesday for New York, to spend Christmas with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Jones, of Plushing, N.Y., and CNN, in the White House passed their Richmond House, en route to Petersburg. Mr. Williams, a graduate of Virginia Union, is a student at Howard Medical School. MISS JOHNETTA NELSON, of Brooklyn, is visiting her brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Tinsley, of North Second Street. MISS LAVERNE INGE, of Charlottesville was the guest of Mrs. D. A. Ferguson, Mrs. Leon Reid and Mrs. K. R. Galvin, all of East MRS. MARY HARRIS, of North Forsyth, Indiana, and Mrs. Amab L. Hirsch, of Washington, D.C. last week. Mrs. Washington, D.C. last week. Mrs. Washington, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wilson, 400 West Clay Street. Mrs. Percy Wilson, school system in Atlantic City, is the Christmas guest of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. Perguson, BURBANK COOPER SHIVERS, 1930 graduate of Virginia Union, and present a student's guest of the day. Mrs. Percy Wilson, guest of her husband and parents, of North Fourth Street. MISS BERNARDINE SCHWARTZ, John P. Genth, 63th Elast Clay Street, is the guest of her parents. Mrs. Smith is an instructor in Durs MISS GRASE SCOTT, only daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, of Church Hill, Missouri; MISS ROSA WILSON, graduate student at Columbia, in the department of operational guidance, is the season guest of her husband and Mrs. Percy Wilson, 400 Clay Street. HERBERT DAVIDSON, junior medical student at Howard, is a visitor in Richmond. ZEETA GILMAN, five additions to their chapter, Monday, December 22. The new additions are: William Norfleet, Mrs. (Cubby) Gill, Granville M. Norris, C. J. Henkel, DR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. HUGHES, 508 S. James Street, will have as their guests, their brother-in-law, Mr. MRS. EVELYN BOWLER HARRIER, arrived Monday, to attend Christmas with his parish, J. and Andrew Bowers, 112 East Leight Street. MTS. JEANNETTE WHITTE was called the funeral of Mrs. Mary Whittle. Christmas morning, 3 a.m., chool, under the direction of Clibourn Dickerson and Wright, with special music by a choir special musical program. A short sermon, Sunday, 3 p.m., music by Indian Choir. **515** GARDEN BAPTIST CHURCH Byrd St., Bet. 1st and 2nd THE REV. JOSEPH BICKER, special condensation of the "Days"; 8 p.m., "A Crown of Tornes"; 5 a.m., Christmas morning, the gloom of the World. MT. CAMEL BAPTIST CHURCH 1838 N. First St., 16 a.m., CKICK. Minister 11:30 a.m., successful mediation; 8 p.m., a spiritual feast. Special music by the choir. MOORE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH West Leigh St., Betty, Kineton and Bowel Mz. Maggie B. Walker—The Fine Art of Appreciation." Music by the University Trio. 8:30. "Getting Read for Christmas." REV. A. A. HECTOR, PASTOR Speaking on. "The Prince of Peace," the pastor brought to the Messiah with the titles ascribed to the Messiah. He said, "He had caused a panic among men. He had all its blemishes had consequences before he was conquered. Conservation was rife. Zunity abounded. This Price came as Pacifier to change error for enlightenment, antagonism for accord, consternation and enmity for external eagerness." North Carolina SANFORD, M.C.-A group of young ladies met the M.C.-A group by the club of the "Jolly Makers." The following officers were selected: Mrs. Edward Boykinls, secretary; Mrs. H. P. Nicholson, secretary; Mrs. Hattie Bell, assistant secretary; Miss L. A. Byrd, treasurer, and Miss A. B. Williams, treasurer. After business was over the hostess served a delightful menu. The evening was the next meeting was held at the home of Mrs. C. I. Haywood, on Wall Street, the meeting was enjoyed by a 40- The members of the club are: Mrs. Edward Kirk, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, Mrs. Nottie, Mrs. Battie, Miss L. A. Byrd, Arnetta Owens, Ernestine M. Cox, Arnetta Owens, Q. Hay-Koad App, Mrs. J. A. Rangerson. CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The Monday Afternoon Bridge Club met with Miss Frances Harris, at her home at 518 South Caldwell Street. December 15. Christmas colors were observed in the Crawford won the high score prize; Miss Thelma Harris won the low score prize; Miss Maggie it to the guest, Miss Willie Maggie. A delicious salad course was served by the chub, assisted by her a sister, Miss Thema Harris. These members present were: Katie Hampson, Rose Catherine Hairston, Milford Graves, Francis McKnight, Elizabeth Benton, Grace McKnight, and Willie Wille Gist was a guest of the club. BUTHERFORDTON RUTHERFORDTON, N.G.-Dr. E. L. Wat- terson, 61, of New York, stopped for a kilowatt the stopped over for a kilowatt the last Friday morning. They were on their way back from the funeral of Joseph Knoivos. Mrs. Cordis Carrier, the mother of Mrs. Queen Curry, is very ill on Jankysile Street. Julie Eaves is recovering slowly on New Hope Street. Mrs. Albert Miller, is recovering rapidly. Mrs. Albert Latham and children, of Glenwood home for Christmas, viking her mother, Marge Mitchell, on New Hope Street. MORGANTOWN MORGANTON N.C.-The Rev. J. D. Cowan, presiding elder of the A.M.E. Church, pushed two sermons Sunday, at the A.M.E. Church. Mrs. Margaret Hennessey is visiting her mother, Miss Kathleen Harbison spent Sunday with her parents. Dr. M. T. Brodie, of Hickory spoke at the event, last week, at their regular meeting. Misses Verna Peden, Nannie White, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Dr. M. T. Brodie, and R. A. Smith, of Hickory, were the Sunday school, Mrs. Miake Perry, and worshiped at the evening services at the A.M.E. Church. The missionaries of the A.M.E. Church are planning to bring Christmas cheer to the many little unfortunate children of the SEDALIA SEDALIA, N.C.-A history of the principal, Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, and the work of the Palmer Memorial Institution by the Author. Reprinted by Dr. GERMER, G. Woodward, Puritan Misses E. Wilmer and M. A. Dedson, teachers of the Lenoir graded school, left Sunday for Danville, Va. Misses Orta T. Adams and Nore Brown, no attended school at Winston-Salem, Saundersville, the Christmas holidays at home, with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Camblek are visiting in the principal of the graded school at Red Horace Goore is spending the holidays at home with his father. SEDALIA SE.....A, N.C.-A large mixed audience of white and colored wished the 20th anniversary of Memorial Institute, Sunday, December 21, at 5 o'clock pm. The candle light pression which was part of the twenty-two hundred songs, sang "Silent Night, Holy Night." The trained choir of twenty-four or more voices, under the direction of the musician at the Institute, rendered the carols antiphonally with the student choirs who were seated in select groups all over campus. The audience, represented by both white and colored groups from Gibsonville, Greensboro, and nearby communities, attended the event with G. Scott, lenor, and Miss Alice Driske, was one of the outstanding features of the program. Decorations were Christmas, blooming poinsettas, and holly. The Rev. John Brice, vice-principal stool and teachers in cedar benches, blooming poinsettas, and holly. The offering of more than 20 was donated to the University of N.C., a project of the Federation of Women's Club in North Carolina, of which Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown is president and The famous Sedella Singers, who have appeared in recital in Greenboro and many northern cities, were heard over the radio and in the press. The program was rendered in response to a special invitation. The broadcast, which was directed by Miss Amy P. Bailley, was composed of many Christmas singers, held in the institution during the afternoon. WAYNESBORO WAYNESBORO, Va.—The Shiloh Baptist Church services, of the 21st were good. The 5th School was well attended. The Rev. R. T. Watkins, pastor of the Monumental A.M.E. Church, was present, and taught the first Bible class. Superintendent W. M. Murray, Sr., presided. The Rev. C. H. Harris, pastor, preached at 11 a.m., theme of "Salt." The Rev. W. F. Esser cost, duccled at the devotional exercises, and preached at 7:30 a.m., theme, "The Value of Pre-concerted Plans." Mrs. Alexander Brown left with her little son on the 19th, to spend the Christmas holidays with her father, Simon Watkins, in Richmond. Mrs. Mary Cary is home from Washington, D.C., to spend the holidays with her father, the Rev. R. L. Stewart. The Rev. C. H. Harris received a telegram on the 20th, relating the death of the Rev. H. A. 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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 2.000 Fans Peeved When Scrappy Brown Disappoints Gans Got Four Dollars for His First Fight, in a Parlor White Referee Used Cane to Rap Fighters over. Heads in Clinches During Wild Battle. Baltimore Has Girl Coach of Boys' Crack Soccer Team Miss Ann, Bowers, of School No. 129, Trained Male Booters for P.A.L. Competition. COAL Distributors Of The Famous READING Anthracite That Better Pennsylvania Hard Coal E. S. BRADY & CO. Monroe and Laurens Sts. Phone Madison 0529 Joe Gans may and probably was born in 1876. As he climbed the championship ladder writers looked up such matters. The date of birth, however, proved a futile effort. He was first known of as a helper boy in a Baltimore fish market. As a little mulatto lad, he was then capable of beating in boy fights any who pestered around his stall in the market. He proved so game and clever that he attracted attention, and market men and women bet on him when he was in a fight, and there were many of these fights in the locality of the market in those days. Peter J. Campbell, a prominent lawyer, had a client in this market, and through his dent he heard of colored boy fighting. The Avon Club then in flower. It was located at the corner of Baltimore Street and Central Avenue. A referee was asked to go to this club and referee a fight, but was not told who the boxers were to be. To his surprise the boxers were colored boys—Gans, a mulatto, and the other a black fellow. The battle was fought in a double parlor. Both boys fought wildly, and the referee performed his functions with a heavy cane in one hand, ready to break the bar with the wild rushes. Gans won this, his first, fight through the knockout route and received as pay $4. July 4, 1908, he got $13,000 as the loser's end of a fight. AFRO VISITORS Rev. James H. Matthews. City. Miss Louise Wilson. Wick, Pa. Elmer Little, Jerarettville, Md. Rev. G Oliver Wing, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. H. T. Countes, Tuskegee Inst., Ala. Teroy A. Clay, Howard Univ., Washington Baltimore boasts of the only girl coach of a male soccer team in Miss Ann Bowers of School No. 129, Harford and Ashland Avenues. So interested was Miss Bowers in her school, and athletics in general, that she assumed the responsibility of coaching the boys, carrying them to Drudid Hill Park and sending them through their paces, and directing their maneuvers from the coach's bench during competitive games sponsored by the P.A.L. The standing of the school, of which Mr. Elmer Henderson is principal, has not yet been released by the Playground League. Clever Athlete. Miss Bowers is a graduate of Douglass High School and the Fannie Coplin Normal School, and has served at School 129 for the past two years. Last year she was coach in basketball for both girls and boys and will resume these duties this season. She was a member of the girls' varsity basketball team Douglass, and is a crack swimmer, holding many medals for proficiency in this field. Miss Bowers has two sisters: Mrs. Leon Williams, a teacher it the public schools, and Olga, who graduated from Morgan College last June and is now taking a course in physical education at Howard University preparatory to entering this line of endeavor. CONRAD AGAIN NAMED ON ALL-AMERICAN WASHINGTON, (CNS)—With the vast number of colleges having stellar football eleven, picking an all-American eleven now is merely doing so in name only. Morgan College comes to the force as one of the outstanding aggregations on the gridiron this past season. Oly Union of the C.L.A.A. was able to tame the Bengal. Howard and Lincoln as usual had lowly teams. In the South, Tuskegee as usual was king, while WI-borferce upheld the Mid-West and East. Aside from Morgan, Fisk University had the most formidable regiments as Force and Langston bowed to the Tennessee. The C.N.S. All-American f. 1930 Players Position School Robinson L.E. Tuskegee Bogle L.G. J. C. Smith Gaines L.T. C. Smith Babar O. O. Morgan Scott R.G. W. Va. Davis R.T. Morehouse Jefferies R.E. Bluefield Jones R.E. Bluefield Conrad L.H.B. Morgan Stevenson R.H.B. Tuskegee Graves F.B. Bluefield Just a Hard-boiled Little Fellow H CUTTLE BROWN floating scars on our Cowlie, the Montgomery City's wonder team, which has piled up eleven straight victories, when asked why he did not slow down and give the fans a break for their money by making the games closer, just gets tough and says, "Throw the games on." If they are supposed to be good before they come here; let them get out there and prove it." THINKS DIXIE'S BEST COULD LICK C.I.A.A. ALL-STAR South Carolina Sports Writer Says S.I.A.A. Gridders are Better. A challenge to the C.I.A.A.A. mythical eleven is hurled in the report of H. W. Baumgardner, sports editor of the Palmetto Leader of Columbia South Carolina; who declares that either one of the two all-star teams selected from the South Atlantic Inter-collegiate Athletic Association could best the finest grid combination selected from the northern division. In an article submitted to B. T. Harvey, editor of the AFRO-AMERICAN column "Bend Talk," voted on discussion of activities among Southern colleges, Mr. Baumgardner says: "Having been requested to pick an all-South Atlantic Intercollegiate Association eleven, I am faced by a task that is by no means easy. Some of the members of the association and it would be utterly impossible for one to do full justice by picking any eleven men and calling them the best among the hordes of good players seen on our gridrids. I am making my selec-tion based on the basis of (1) sportmanship, (2) courage, (3) defensive skill and (4) offensive skill. "Some players might otherwise have received consideration for the first team because of excellence and three regards, have proved themselves to be poor sports in the field. "A football player who upholds the sanctity of the football code is one who is courteous toward his opponents; respectful toward the officials; and one who does not take advantage of lenency on the part of offenders, such as illegal use of the hands on offensive, tripping, kneeing, clipping, interfering on forward pass plays and the like. "I shall not discuss each player but judging the men according to the four standards mentioned above the following teams are my selections. There is very little to choose between them; it is my belief that the C.I.A.A. team would give all the mythical C.I.A.A. team all the trouble it could stand." The following are Mr. Beumgarder's selections: Morgan Would Beat Tuskegee, says Coach GAY SUNDAY NITE CROWD TURNED AWAY BY OWLS Accident of Jersey Boys Blamed for Failure to Appear. RACKET BARED Avalanche of 'Freebies' Flood Box Office Two thousand ardent basketball fans were turned away disappointed from the New Albert Auditorium, Sunday night, when Scrappy Brown's Lyceum Big Five of Newark, N.J., failed to put in their appearance to clash with the Baltimore Owls. There were many explanations as to why the Jerseys did not show up, the accepted theory being that the team had met with an accident somewhere or the road, but Ike Dixon, local dance promoter and orchestra leader, who sponsors the Owl organization, refused to verify any of these explanations. Declaring Basketball Balkanism, and one time Athenian and Black Sox star, has as yet given no reason for his failure to appear. A howl raised by some of the aggrieved, would-be spectators for their money hack resulted in a near riot and the managers threatened to call in the police. The offer to give checks to be used at the Christmas or Sunday night game was made immediately upon realization that the leading team threatened to call in the factory did not seen, satisfactory to some of the rowdy fans who demanded that their cash be returned. This request was refused because nearly 200 free passes had been distributed and there was no way of distinguishing those admitted on Annie Oakles from the cash customers. Previous Ticket Trouble. On the previous Sunday night, the box office found itself stormed with an avalanche of free passes that would have made half the crowded house see the game gratls. Two hundred passes had been given out for the distribution of placards and beanies to gain to count the passes as they came in, and when he number reached 250 and they still continued to pour in, the doormasters refused to accept any more passes. This left nearly a hundred young men and boys clamoring for admission outside the hall. An investigation revealed that some evidence evidently got behind an original paper and then printed and were selling them at reduced rates outside the hall. Continue Winning Street. The who are the old Morgan College University championship team, have been unbeaten this season and are continuing their winning streak, turning back high touted teams by such wide margins that the fans have accused them of bringing setups to the city. As a matter of fact, the Owls have defeated the best teams in the East, and on Sunday games from the Philadelphia Hobbes, they twice defeated the world-famous Renaissance of New York, who claimed world championship for the past four years. The Owls, playing under amateur rules while at Morgan, were twice defeated by the New York cagers, but are out to even this score when they meet in the near future. On Christmas night they meet the fast Howard University Alpha Big Five Detroit Glowdowns will be on hand to do battle. Porter Sold "Hot" Coats Shadowed by detectives who had seen him take two women's coats from the stone of the Bathing Suit Company, 113 W. Bathing Street, Bernard Woods, 21, Eden Street, was arrested attempting to sell the cloaks, Thursday. 1930 TOM VERDELL Howard Coach L.E.—Dawkins . So. Carolina L.T.—Hodges L.G.—Mack . So. Carolina L.E.—Evans . So. Carolina Q.G.—Vosl R.T.—Hulley . H R.E.—Cunningham Q.B.—Nelson R.B.—Scott R.H.B.—LaMar F.—Lipscomb Ben SECOND TEAM L.E.—Webber . So. Carolina L.G.—Pearson L.G.—Langer C.—Adamson Ben R.G.—Player . So. Carolina R.T.—Britton M R.C.—Sulton R.J.—Jones L.H.B.—Cain So. Carolina R.H.B.—Waller M The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 The Season's Greetings The Season's Greetings ents, wrapping bundles, hiding packages and doing all the hustling and bustling that accompanies the Yuletide, it is extremely difficult for one who likes to be right in the middle of things to concentrate on sports and sports columns. The spirit of the thing, the talk about giving, the singing of "Jingle Bells" and "Silent Night" and constant references to the three Wise Men and their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh arouses in me the more gentle side of my nature. The brutality of football, prize-fighting and wrestling is of my life a thing apart for this week at least. The world looks more brighter, sweeter, and more charitable. My eyes are temporarily blinded to cauliflower and broken ribs. The chimes of yon distant Cathedral have deafened my ears to the tweet, tweet of the referee's whistle. I hear not the Many Heppy Returns Cathedral tweet of the clang of the timekeeper's bell the other's throats, bent upon a miss struction. Yeah! brethren, verily, have I heart. This week, at least, there is men. clang of the timekeeper's bell that will send men hylting at other's throats, bent upon a mission of vengeance, hate, and de- masters bell that will send men flying as cash upon a mission of vengeance, hate, and dearly, have I the goodness of heaven in my heart, there is peace on earth good will toward In my hurry scurry rush of last minute shop-keep done precious little) just long enough to expectings with those in this and in more profiled columnists because I am certain that they get less than anybody else. New Bill Gibson, for instance, upon whose desk of smoke from an offensive pipe are waffle-tie ringlets as they drift off into space. Bill, for more salubrious fields, such a task has been my lot, so come and gone, and I am none the worse. Basketball season is upon with all its trials. Baseball is in the offing. If baseball is the must be an alliance for I love it not. So, if me during the baseball season I will wish you a Happy New Year. And Explain Yourself—writes the sports for the Chicago Whip, will he gives so much valuable space to athletics at the Dame and Illinois — and has pick an All-American team from the big ten is so much need for publicity for the bronzer in glad to extend to him the best wishes of Washington, whose "Varsity Drag" in the which he dops out possible football winners, enables him, but he'll tell me how he traveled to see teams play in all sections of the county in such 100 per cent wrong guesses, I'll say, says. Philadelphia, who disseminates the info on maker City readers, will tell me what he could talk over the radio between 9:20 and 10:10 night, he'll get plenty of Christmas cards from who scribbles things for the New York Daily he managed to write on a portable typewriter incoln game with the temperature many de- to you. Edgar. Who is manager of the Baltimore Owls, a men beating all comers for the past few months, he charges that he is afraid to pit his warriors at the Regular Fellows because he is god, he settle a lot of unpleasant gossip that I'll say, "Happy New Year," Bill. My Lady—he flashes, will promise that he'll show fits and try his best to restrain his tears when either way, and cease to play around at 4 gm. gets my wish that Santa Claus gives him a other, next year. Press Table—detected more than I to hear that beginning next football games played in the New Albert Audium were to receive any more write-ups in and adjoining columns. The thing came asock to me. I must confess. The first inking believed that this drastic law was going into it came when I was sitting down talking to self the other day and I off-handedly informed of the self of the new. "Now Ralph, I said, this is me more than it does any one else, but it is the only way out. For we placed a player in the joint, but my memories have been ignored, my supplications have been upon deaf ears, my entreaties have met with it contempt and I have been spurned from foot of the throne. You have been with me occasion when we have sought to squeeze in where close enough to see the games but we miss. The one table in the place is piled high and hats. Ay a dozen or so representatives of each team stop watches, sweaters, knee-pads and what-only bench in the place, and I, being small ten beforepunching anybody in the nose cup, then I am still sore enough to sock somebody, I stand or so and by that time the game is over, the only thing left for me to do is to stop the games until they install a press table. It's cold myself, "and I'll stick with you." Management say the minute they read this col-put in a press table"; and I thank them kegeee, says Coach real brethren, verily, have I the goodness of heaven in my heart. This week, at least, there is peace on earth good will toward men. A Word of Cheer But let me pause in my hurry scurrry rush of last minute shopping (of which I have done precious little) just long enough to exchange the season's greetings with those in this and in more prof- But let me pause in my hurry, (of which I have done precious change the season's greetings with table profession: I'll start with the columnists by fewer words of kindness than any. There is that fellow Bill Gibbs my feet now rest as curls of smoke ed skyward, making little ringlets. Your leaving us, Bill, for more column space to be filled weekly, these many moons. Football season has come and except for a bad name. Basketball stay-up-late annoyances. Baseball great American game, I must be a you'll promise to relieve me during a Merry Christmas and a Happy Come on out, Al, and Explain. If Al Monroe, who writes the explain to me just why he gives us among the ofay schools like Noth announced that he will pick an Al colleges — while there is so much boys, I'd be more than glad to eat the season. table professionals start with the columnists because I am certain that they get fewer. The sense of kindness than anybody else. There is that fellow Bill Gibson, for instance, upon whose desk my feet now rest as curls of smoke from an offensive pipe are waffled skyward, making little ringlets as they drift into space. Your leaving us, Bill, for more salubrious fields, left this two-column space to be filled weekly. Such a task has been my lot, to these many moons. Football season has come and gone and I am none the worse except for a bad game. Basketball season is upon us with all its stay-up-in-armsy maniacs. Baseball is in the offing. If baseball is the American game, I must be an alien, for I love it not. So, if you'll promise to relieve me during the baseball season I'll wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Come on out. Al and Explain Yourself— Come out on, Al, who writes the sports for the Chicago Whip, will explain to me just why he gives so much valuable space to athletics the stay schools like Notre Dame and Illinois — and has announced that he will pick an All-American team from the big ten colleges — while there is so much need for publicity for the bronzer boys, Td be more than glad to extend to him the best wishes of the season. Speed Demon Ches — And there's Ches Washington, whose "Varsity Drag" in the Pittsburgh sheet in which he dopes out possible football winners, gives a Likeable chap, but if he'll call me how he traveled 30,000 miles in his flier to see teams play in all sections of the country and then turned in such 100 per cent wrong guesses, I'll say, "Merry Christmas, Ches." And there's Ches Washington Pittsburgh sheet in which he dops gives me a laugh. A likeable chap, but 30,000 miles in his fly to see team try and then turned in such 100 "Merry Christmas, Ches." And— If Joe Rainey, of Philadelphia athletic doings for Quaker City, re have possibly said in his talk over o'clock last Thursday night, he'll go me. If Edgar Rozean, who scribble tab, will tell me how he managed during the Howard-Lincoln game grees below, it's cheerio to you. Ec Is This True, Bill?— If Dr. Bill Harris, who is m crack quintet that's been beating all will affirm or deny the charge that against a local team known as the afraid they are too good, he'll sat comes to this desk and I'll say, "Weep No More, My Lady— If Kid Chocolate, the Cuban in more dash in future tiffs and try in the decision goes the other way, as in Harlem dives, he gets my crown of some sort of other, next. Thanks for the Press Table Perhaps no one hated more the week none of the basketball games Athens I Joe Rainey, of Philadelphia, who disseminates the info on athletic doings for Quaker City readers, will tell me what he could have possibly said in his talk between 8:30 and 9:00 o'clock last Thursday night, he'll get plenty of Christmas cards from If Edgar Rouzean, who scribbles things for the New York Daily tah, will tell me how he managed to write on a portable typewriter during the Howard-Lincoln game with the temperature many degrees below, it's cheeto to you, Edgar. Is This True, Bill?— If Dr. Bill Harris, who is manager of the Baltimore Owls, a cracketer that's been beating all comers for the past few months, will affirm or deny the charge that he is afraid to pit his warriors against a local team known as the Regular Fellows because he is afraid they are too good, he'll settle a lot of unpleasant gossip that comes to this desk and Til say, "Happy New Year, Bill." Weep No More, My Lady— If Kid Chocolate, the Cuban flush, will promise that he'll show more dash in future tiffs and try his best to restrain his tears when the decision goes the other way, and cease to play around at 4 g.m. in Harlem dives, he gets my wish that Santa Claus gives him a crown of some sort or other, next year. Thanks for the Press Table— Perhaps no one hated more than I to hear that beginning next week none of the basketball games played in the New Albert Audi- he nitter more than I do not fear that beginning just basketball games play in my life, I will indulge in my more write-ups in these and adolling columns. The thing came as a shock to me, I must confess. The first inking I received that this drastic law was going into effect came when I was sitting down talking to myself the other day and I off-handedly informed myself of the new rule. "Now Ralph, I said, this hurts me more than it does any one else, but it seems the only way out. For months I pleaded for a press table in that joint, but my remembrance of the day I fell upon deaf ears, my entreaties have met with silent contempt and I have been spurned from the foot of the throne. You have been with me upon occasion when we have sought to squeeze in somewhere close enough to see the games but we Atentures twice caggers, when Oh, Boy, a place to work. The 1000 of the upon occasion was somewhere close have met only with rebuffs. The one with overcoats, boots and hats. There are generally a dozen with their score books, stop watch not sprawled over the only bench of stature, generally count ten be and making him get up. "If at the end of ten, I am still count on up to a thousand or so a" "So you see, Ralph, the only thing to write up those games un hard, but it's fair." "You're right," I told myself. But I heard the management of "We really must put in a p very much. uld Beat Tuskege have met only with rebuffs. The one table in the place is piled high with overcats, boots and hats. "There are generally a dozen or so representatives of each team with their score books, stop watches, sweaters, knee-pads and what not sprawled over the only bench in the place, and I, being small of stature, generally count ten beforepunching anybody in the nose and making him get up. "If at the end of ten, I am still sore enough to sock somebody, I count on up to a thousand or so and by that time the game is over. "You can palp, the only thing left for me to do is to stop trying to write up those games until they press a press table. It’s hard, but it’s fair." "You’re right." I told myself, "and I’ll stick with you." You're right. I told myself, and I ain't sick with you. But I heard the management say the minute they read this column, "We really must put in a press table"; and I thanked them very much. VERDELL THINKS CONRAD BETTER THAN STEVENSON "If the intersections football classic between the champions of the Southern Conference and C.I.A.A., as suggested by the AFRO, had materialized, it would have brought together Morgan College and Tuskegee, and Mogan would have won, declared Coach Thomas Verdell, of Howard University on a visit to the AFRO Tuesday. "If the two teams were to go upon the field with their first strings intact with a moderate amount of reserve material, the Morganes would in all probability come out victorious. On the other, hand, if the game were played at Tuskegee and Abbot was permitted to use his enormous list of reserves, he would be able to wear down the resistance of the Baltimoreans and capture the national championship," Mr. Verdell declared Allen In discussing the qualities of the Haines outstanding stars of the two teams, nedited Stevenson of Tuskegee and Conrad of State in his opinion, Conrad was the better player of the two, and in many Allen respects, he thought, the finest backfield player in the country. State Coach Vernard of Morris Northwestern University where he Claifin played for three years and took the Haines post at Howard last year. He devised a plan to take the Paine take the measure of the Beers when Allen the: meet in New York next season. A man is running away from a building. He is wearing a helmet and carrying a bag. He is surrounded by falling debris. A Word of Cheer— Speed Demon Chez A man playing the piano. --- A. TOM CONRAD Morgan Halfback N.C. Frosh Win Charity Go on White Gridiron DURHAM, N.C.-The North Carolina State College freshmen downed the shape of the High School team in the North Carolina Field of the university of North Carolina, by a score of 19-0 in a charity game last week. Between 1500 and 2000 ofay students attended the stadium, cheering for the Chapel Hill team, but Coach Townsend's crack fresh队 was too much for the team. Head Coach Collins of the university and other faculty members were present. Officials of the game were three members of the university's varsity. BIG BEARS JUST CUBS ON COURT; LOSE TO GREEKS Morgan Cagers Weakened by Loss of Last Year's Veterans. NEW TEAM IN Wares on Floor The goal of the Morgan College Bears which has echoed so loudly, in basketball circles for the past five years, during which they were adjudged collegiate champions, was by no means impressive when they made their bow at the New Albert Auditorium Friday night, and lost to the Athenians by a score of 37-28. Weakened by the loss of their stellar cagers, which included Lanky Jones, Pinky Clark, Jack Spencer, Rap Wheatley and Curtis Brown, all of whom were lost by graduation, the Bears went on the floor with an entirely new combination recruited from the football ranks with Conrad and Wilson, star halfbacks, serving in the guard positions. Athletians Take Lead. The game was closely contested during the first period and seemed to have terminated into a see-saw affair, until Bailey, the greissive guard out loose with a shooting attack out that gave the Greeks 20 to 14 lead at half time. At the opening of the second half, Coach Hurt sent in Wilson for Murdock, the classy floor man, who played high school basketball, but he failed to check the onward attack of the Athleters. Bailey, left guard for the Greeks, was high point man for the evening, with seven baskets and two free throws for 16 points. Henderson of the Greeks, was sensational throughout the game, having pushed closely for scoring honors. Conrad, Hackett, and Captain Babe Jones were by far the outstanding players on the Bear team, with Wilson, Bluford, Gibson and Murdock playing a well rounded game. The game for Coach Hurt was more or less an experiment to test the ability of the new players, and team leaders to judge the players might hit their stride before meeting the Lincoln quintet on January 16. MORGAN B P P ATTIENTS Jones (c) 2 0 4 Thomas B P P Hackett 2 0 1 7 Wyatt 2 0 4 Bluford 2 0 1 1 Henderson 4 3 11 Murdock 2 0 3 8 Brown 1 0 2 Murdock 3 0 6 Brown 1 0 2 Wilson 1 0 2 Simpson 1 0 2 Totals 11 0 2 Totals 16 6 32 VA. STATE SQUAD GIVEN LETTERS Petersburg Boys Awarded Insignias for 1930 Campaign PETERSBURG, Va. — The football team of Va. State College, 1929 champions of the C.I.A.A. and runners-up in the gridiron campaign just closing by virtue of a tie with Virginia Union for second place, was royally entertained at the annual football banquet in the teachers' dining hall here on the night of Friday, December 19. The banquet room was beautifully decorated in the orange and blue of the Hilltoppers with the several victory trophies outstanding. The banquet was featured by the speeches of President John M. Candy, Coach H. D. Martin, retiring B. B. B. Oliver, Captain-elect L. D. Dabney, and Alternate-captain J. B. Barailin. The president stressed the need for athletics in the college of today, and he pointed to the life-values obtained by the gridiron. The retiring captain challenged the men assembled to win, not only the C.I.A.A. championship in 1931 but the national title as well. And the national title in his speech, accepted this challenge. To Get Letters Of the more than fifty men who took part in the 1930 football campaign, twenty were awarded varsity letters. The letter men are as follows: Bounds, E. W.; Barabin, J. B. Carter, E. W.; Clapp, M.; Cooper, T. E.; Cropp, L. R.; Curry, W. Dabney, L. D.; Edwards, H. P.; Hall T. E.; Harrison, R. W.; Howe, S. E.; C. C.; Lewis, R. C.; Oliver, B. B.; Pears, J. T.; Poole, W. A. Scott, C. R.; Veals, R. M.; and Williams, G.W. Three of these men, Oliver, Payne and Williams, have played their last game for Virginia State, having served the four years allowed by the conference rules on the team. They will be awarded metals. Morehouse Won 9 ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP)—Upping the predictions of pre-season dopesters, the Morehouse College Tigers have conflated their most successful football team five years with a record of nine victories. Among the schools defeated were Johnsons O. Smith, Ala. A. Hall, Tallahassee, Morris Brown, and Clark. The Tigers of Atlanta lost to the Tigers o' Tuskegee. Morehouse scored 194 points against a total of 601. The Tigers of the 41 were scored by Trusk, leaving a balance of only 22 for the other nlin. victims of Morehouse attack. The record entities Mor. House place in the Southern conference The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly MONEY WE WILL LEND YOU MONEY On Your Furniture or Automobile And Make Your Payments Small Enough To Relieve You Of All Your Worry. OUR SERVICE IS PROMPT, RELIABLE AND IN STRICT CONFIDENCE LAWFUL INTEREST IS THE ONLY COST CALL OR WRITE CITY FINANCE COMPANY 312 Equitable Bldg. Phone Plaza 4814 . Fig. 17.20. Bust. GEORGE GODFREY the Lieperville mauler, who failed to get going against Big Bearer Wright, the South's biggest boxing show, and the contest ended in a draw. Friday night CONCORDS AND DISCORDS By W. Llewellyn Wilson Carol Singing in the Public Schools was Started at No. 110. Movement has Spread to Include Whole System. Christmas exercises at the several churches and throughout the several public schools during the past week have been beautiful in their simplicity. The best known carols used in America, though entirely of European origin (with the exception of several Negro Christmas spirituals, beautiful in their description and altogether lovely in their rich musical quality) unfortunately are little known here in Baltimore) are very attractive. Carol singing among local folk to any appreciable degree, is just taking hold here in Ballimore. The movement had its origin in public school, when an interested group of teachers in a little Waeche Street school in West Baltimore, then known as the Phyllis Wheatley School, first with James E. Bantum as principal and later headed by William H. McAube, the simulated Christmas exercises which were held in the St. John AME Church, then on Lexington Street. The movement slowly spread at first the quaint old songs were considered the musical leaders of our groups. Aadah Louise Khlon-Jenkins, a former assistant supervisor of music in the local public schools, did music to develop the movement here. Beginning with a carved wood figure by the faculty at Junior High School No. 130, the movement was further extended. This year a program was given both at School No. 130 and at the Douglass Senior High School, where with a background of the choral singing of the best known carols, impressive tableaux and pantomimes arranged by Miss Helen Reynolds and Gough McDaniels. Y.W.C.A.TOSTAGE LINCOLN NIGHT With President W. Hallock Johnson the principal speaker, and Langston H. Schmidt scheduled to render an anthology to the Y.W.C.A. will stage a Lincoln University hour at Grace Presbyterian church, Tuesday evening. Dean John W. Haywood, former Lincoln grad, and now of Morgan University, will give a Rary, president of the Lincoln Alumni Association, will give some Lincoln echoes. Other speakers will include Mrs. Margaret Hawkins, chairman of the Y.W. committee on management; the Rev. W. W. Walker, the Chairman T. Colbert and Mabel W. Witing. In any kind of a combat, the number, attitude, and actions of the spectators are potent factors. In an inter-racial contest, as was the Chocolate versus Battalino fight, these factors have wide significance. As a witness of the Berg-Chocolate fight, and a radio auditor at the last fight, the probable influence of the cheering spectators was marked. When Battalino scored heavier, the strength of the cry of the majority pack always foretold that Battalino had scored even before Graham could describe the blows. Constrained with this, the cry of the denizens of the cheaper seats further away from the "milie" sounded weaker and came after Graham's description of Chocolate's telling walls. Judges, referees andumpires are also human. They cannot dissociate all elements in a situation from the judging act. Doubless the reactions of the crowd affect the mind-set and decisions of many officials. Although it seemed from the radio description that Battalino may have been a judge, yet as close as was the record of the results of the rounds, the factors mentioned above might have flavored the decisions made. Won Nine Rounds In the Berg fight, much the cleaner hitting was done by Chocolate, and the loudly acclaimed aggressiveness of Berg was merely a milling and flailing of the arms aimed at, over, and beyond his antagonist. Yet, the majority of the judges awarded Berg the decision, despite the fact that several* newspapers, printing the round by round results, ascribed to Chocolate as many as nine out of ten rounds. After the last fight, as eminent a critic as Grantland Rice described the lack of consideration given by judges to clean hitting and clear Not Close Enough There is no doubt in the writer's mind that the theory of the psychology of the influence of the mighty hubbub of voices of white men in the near-to-the-judges seats on the board of the judges who are white men. Had the Harlem crowd been in the majority in the $5.50 and more seats instead of being massed back in the board of the judges, might have influenced in another direction the judges' sense of spring. Football Similar As an example of the attitude of the crowd, without impugning the ability of an official, the writer remembers a game of football in which the referee observed a distinct taking-out of a would-be receiver of a forward pass which the official at the point of the play had signaled "incomplete." Concurrent with the foul, there went up a mighty shout of, "oh! from the sidelines. This shout so strongly backed up the intention of the referee to rule "interference," that he ignored the ruling of the other official without discussion. Doubless, in a fight for the champion, but the most objective of measuring systems, the fighter of color must win by a decided margin or there needs be a restating of what out-pointing an adversary means. Blank Suit and 1 Card Suit Stop No-Trump Bid Blank Suit and 1 Card Suit Stop No-Trump Bid Even with hands that have the three suits safely stopped and have more than average strength there are limitations to their being an initial Trump declaration, even though your hand contains better than average strength and has three suits safely stopped if: (a) Your hand contains a blank suit, (b) Your hard contains a thick suit, (c) Some authorities claim that a No Trump should not be bid initially with a hand containing a worthless doublet, but even though you have a hard containing holding if your hand contains the other qualifications, it is a safe bid. You can readily see the disadvantage a Declarer would have with a hand containing a blank suit that the adversary controls. The disadvantage is practically the same, with a worse sloneton. I shall continue this subject next week as it is a very difficult one and I want you to understand it perfectly before I drop it. I shall give you some very definite and practical illustrations that will make you thoroughly acquainted with the conditions pertaining to No Trump. The committee in charge of the affair includes the Rev. J. T. Colleman, Cummings and Dr. Leroy Butler. Tuskegee Primed for New Year's Day Encounter in Texas The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly GREENSBORO, N.C. — Showing team work and the ability to shoot baskets under pressure, the basket ball team from Bennett College, Women's Golf team, only got a start by defeating its old rival, College, 25-13. Lutheran First blood went to Lutheran College, then Sutton made a field goal play from center. Jackson of Bennett soon found the loop and the half ended 11-2 in favor of Lutheran. Lutheran caught in the second half, but never threatened. Sutton, Gassaway, and Lash Lutheran, Lutheran, Bethea and Sutton, Eleanor starred for Lutheran Bettea and Jackson accounted for ten points for Bennett. Minor and Bost each earned at guard. WILBERFORCE 'U' LOSES TO DAYTON BY ONE POINT Dayton, Y.M.C.A. Nips Ohio Cagers in Thrilling Go By W. I. GIBSON WILBERFORCE, Ohio. — A last minute field goal by Glover, visiting guard, got to Dayton, Y.M.C.A. a 34 33 victory over the Wilberforce University basketball team in Pace gym, Thursday night. Both teams, at times, exhibited a ragged passing attack, a number of outstretched but throughout outstretched, played a spirited close game. At half time the count stood at 17-all. Ralph Scurry, Xenia product, and form, luminary, distinguished himself as high score, a total of eight on sixteen points. baskets. Scott, star Wilberforce forward, was forced from the game in the second quarter of wrenched ankle, "touch" Lucas taking his place, "play" of Singer, a guard, and of "Greene" Green, also a guard, was outstanding, while the all-around play of George Glover and Smith sparkled for the Referees—Bynum. Umpire — Hamilton Timers—Reld and France. Time of Periods—10 minute quarters. ARCHER MADE ACTING HEAD OF MOREMOUSE ATLANTA—President John Hope of Morehouse College, has recently announced that upon his death, he will be Home - Mission Society has sanctioned the appointing of Dean S. H. Archer as acting president of Morehouse for remainder of the 1930-31 school year. "Through this new arrangement," said Dr. Hope, "I expect to be able to give more emphasis to the Morehouse campaign." Mr. Archer came to Morehouse as professor of mathematics in 1820 when he became dean of the college. He has frequently been in entire charge of the college during the World War II he was acting president for one year while Doctor Hope was doing YM.C.A. work with soldiers in Little Theatre Group Busy at Palmer Inst. Little Theatre Group Busy at Palmer Inst. BY CHAUNCEY I. WITHOW SEDALIA, N.C.-The Little Theatre which was founded two years ago, gave two one-act plays on Thursday evening in the auditorium, under the direction of Miss Thelma T. Brown, graduate of the Emerson College oratory. The first play, entitled "The Train Leaves in Ten Minutes," was enacted by the following actors in training in dramatic art: Annama Wilson, Albert Lutz, and Queen Williams. "Wanted—a Husband," the second play, a short play, was presented by William Wilson, Annie Clark, Mabel Cummings, and Leonidas Jones. These programs by the dramatic art department will be given on the second Friday in each Bet on Prejudice, Won NEW YORK—Kid Chocolate's defeat by battalion is rather fruitful for at least one New Yorker. Fred Davls of Harlem bet $500 that the Kid would lose. "I lost," Chocolate, he said later, "but not against a white champion in New York State. He can't win." ATHLETES BABY SCRATCHED BOSTON. The two-month-old daughter of Edward O. Gordon, forward Harvard athlete, was painfully scratched about the face by a white defective child on Sunday afternoon as she lay in a crib on the veranda of the Gourdin home, 28 Copley Street, Cambridge. BASELEM MANIES DIES IN MINE ACCIDENT BRAEHOLM, W.Va.—Berry Raleigh, 34, manager of the Buffalo Giants baseball nine, and brakeman on a ten-ton motor at the Amherst Coal Mine, was shot dead. Fielder-foot boulder fell from the roof and pinned him to the motor. PLANTEN'S CITY CARE BRANDS Broadway Bldg. U. S. Pkw. O.R. Over 80 Years of Effective Use for BLADDER and KIDNEY TROUBLE At all drug stores H. PLANTEN & SON, INC. 93 Heary Street Biklys, N. Y. DON'T FORGET WILD BIRDS IN WINTER, SAYS GAME WARDEN SEASIDERS BEAT MINER NORMAL SCHOOL,30-16 Hampton Court Men Show Aggressiveness in Season HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.-In first game of the season, the Seasider court aggregation tumbled the Minor Normal five to a 9-18 defeat, and unexciting the first half, was bright in spots with the lads from Washington playing a defensive game. The Seasider broke the ice with a free throw, and a basket by Captain Gregory added to the score. Hopkins came back with a two-pointer for the teachers. A period of defensive play followed and then the team shot shooting every corner. The first half ended with the score 20-8. The second period was much faster with Hunter's super passing, Cole's maneuvering, and the floor work of Lancaster featured the play. The entire Hampton team worked smoother than during the previous period. The game saw many new faces on the Hampton squad; Gregory, Coles, Williams and hunt; Gregory, Coles, Williams and hunt; the letter men of last year, who saw action, and F. Williams, Lancaster, Carter, urkes, Scott, Morton, Hooker, Branch, and Lyle be the new Coles was high point man with seven twin-pointers and Captain Gregory and Lancaster tied next at seven pointers. The teachers, was their outstand-player and high point man with six points. LIVINGSTONE PRIMES FOR THE C.I.A.A. LIVINGSTONE PRIMES FOR THE C.I.A.A. SALISBURY, N.C. — J. a recent meeting of the CIAA. in Lincoln last week Livingstone College was elected to enter, and immediately the year in all sports. Dean R. E. Clement represented the college and succeeded in showing the association that that college members of the association can also be played by Livingstone. He brought back a tentative basket ball schedule and Manager Thomas Wallace is making arrangements to guard of about forty players reported to practice when Coach A. J. Willis announced official practice, and they are now under watch, with the guard of about a winning team. At the meeting of the CIAA. Livingstone has been scheduled to play Hampton, Va. State, and A. & T., besides state games and C.A.A. at the annual football banquet, Eaton (Bill) Williams was elected to succeed William (Dip) Ormand to lead the Bears as captain for the season 1981. Ormand greeted the only players that the team loses. Have Girls' Team The Livingstone girls' basketball team is being coached by Prof. J. Ols Smith. The girls experienced a very successful season last year and expect to do the same this season. He has taken Billy Ingram's place as captain and Ingram has been elected manager but she will also play. 'Force to Meet Four Eastern College Quinta BW L GIBSON WILBERFORCE, Ohio—The WI- 伯force University basketball team will open its home season with the Dayton Y.M.C.A. five in the union, three in the league, eight, December 18, Coach Edward Richey announced Monday. The Bulldogs, following three weeks of intensive practice, have perfected seven of the skills of the squad members who were engaged in football, now in uniform, the Buckeye machine has begun to show some of the polish that made it one of the outstanding collegiate quints of the 1993-94 On the eastern trip the Bulldogs will in all probability meet Virginia Union, Virginia State, Morgan College, University, the Baltimore Athenians and several other quants. A game is being arranged with the Savoy Big Five of Chicago, while DeHart Hubbard's Cincinnati Lion Tanners of which is U Fang Wear, will form the star, is a member, will also be met. Laurinburg Coach Has Never Lost Game LAURINBURG, N.C.-Laurinburg Institute is proud of the record of their coach, T. M. Jones, whose football squad has won twenty-three out of twenty-four games, played at the college and won to keep their record in tact. Mr. Jones is a graduate of Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. He holds the A.B. degree from Benedict and has studied at Columbia and at Laurinburg at Laurinburg 1928-29, but since that time he has been and is at present the coach. During 1928, Laurinburg's record was 185; opponents, 6; 1928, Laurinburg, 179; opponents, 6; 1928, Laurinburg, 66; opponents, 12. Mr. Jones had a number of his former Tigers to play on many different college teams. Weldons Teams Win, Lose WELDON, N.C.-The H.C. Train- ing School, won the over the Rich Square quintet by a score of 7-6, and the School's school leagues by an 8-2 score. Due to the unusual drought which has occurred through Maryland during 1929 and 1930, it is very essential that the general public co-operate with us in the winter feeding of our wildlife and we solicit the cooperation of sportsmen's organizations, teachers and pupils of the public schools, individuals, who, during the past winter have heartily co-operated in carrying out this very necessary program. The drought of this past summer evidently has protected young individuals for the winter season of 1930. Reports were to the effect throughout the State early in The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 IF THE SUN GREW COLD ~ The Vittoria, Magellan's ship, weighed 85 tons yet sailed around the world. The Majestic, more than 58,000 tons, has never circled the globe Many Jockeys Made Track History Forty Years Ago Few Riders Given Chance on Present-Day Tracks. FIFTY MILES ON PINT OF GAS So efficient is the human body that a man can run fifty miles using food having heat equivalent of one pint of gasoline Many Jockeys Mad History Fo Few Riders Given Chance on SMITH JUNIORS WIN The annual clash of the juniors and seniors of Johnson C. Smith University for charity found the gridiron covered with a heart junior eleven held the heavier and much favored senior aggregation to a scoreless tie. Outstanding players for the seniors were: Carson, quarterback; Lindsey halfback; backfield, and Dukley, and Rilee lynnesm. Outstanding junior players were: Belton, end; Pridgen, half, and Dudley, quarterback. Griffin, Shinson and Morris showed up well on the line. Aesar Walker was senior coach with Bogle and Harris coaching the juniors. Dun, varsity quarterback, Pridgen, varsity end, were the officials. Flowers Believed Champ Should Meet All-Comers In less than ten years that Tiger Flowers was in the ring, he earned approximately $10,000 before he made just before being operated on, he bequeathed $100,000 to his wife and six-year-old daughter. A possessed by him a factored possessed by him is found in the stories of Little incidents that occurred in connection with some of his work. When he fought Harry Greb and won the title from him, Greb taunted his opponent and said a lot of things that might better have been left unsaid, but that was his way. After the fight, some of those who visited the colored mannequin room, the remarks about flowers what he thought about it. Flowers told them not to be too hard on Greb. "He was a good champion, and he said a lot of things in the ring tonight that he didn't mean. He fought everyone while he was champion, and that was it." That last was an indication of Flower's own idea of what a champion ought to be. He never balked at meeting any of them, size and weight regardless of the opponent. That last his last antagonist was from an upper division. WILBERFORCE DRAMATIC CLUB MAKES BOW WILBERFORCE, Ohio—The Wilberforce University Players, recently organized a tour of the show here on Friday night with the presentation of "Second Childhood," a farce in three acts, before a audience in Galloway Hall auditorium. Historician honors went to Theodore Rowan, as the professor; William B. Williams, as his young assistant; Helen Miller, as his young daughter; and Florence Winfield, as a maiden aunt, and sister of the professor. the season that game birds and game animals were plentiful in the covers, but the hunting season has not proved this to be a fact. Feeding Methods A very good method which has been used is to suspend from a limb or post, a barrel with both ends knocked out, with the feed placed therein; the birds will soon use this convictance as a dinner table and cannot be attacked by vermin. Another very effective method is to the around the bottom of grass, corn-stalks from the corn has not been dug, the ears suspended so that wildlife can reach it from the ground. ASIA Oct 22 ← DATE LINE Oct 21 AMERICA AMERICA AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL PATH OF ECLIPSE ECLIPSE ENDS BEFORE IT BEGAN What has become of Negro jockeys in the past few years? A perusal of old track records shows that in previous years many famous riders of color head their own with the best of their day. Several years ago Lester Walton made a survey for the New York World. Excerpts from Mr. Walton's findings are given here-with: "Turn back the pages of the past and there will be found indelibly written the names of Negro jockeys who have made history for the American turf. In this distinguished array of former idols the name of Murphy heads the list, followed by Andy Hamilton and Willie Simms. "Isaac Murphy, proclaimed in song as 'the Champion Jock', was one of the greatest riders to sit in a saddle. As a judge of pace it is said he had no superior. What a record he established! He was four times winner of the American Derby at Washington Park, Chicago, three times in succession. He carried off honors in the Derby at Louvain three times and five times in the Latona, Ky., Derby. In 1890 Murphy won the Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay, on Salvator. Willie Slmms "In all likelihood the names of Willie Simms and the horses he jockeyed to first money, among them bein' Ben Brush Ornament and an' Ben Brush Ornament and an' of turf followers than those of Murphy, Hamilton and others. Won $40.900 "Another Negro who was classed in the front rank among jockeys was Pike Barnes, who won name and fame by winning the first Futurity with Proctor Knott in 1888. The value of the stakes was $40,900—a record-breaker for those days. "Barnes also won the Brooklyn Handicap in 1880 on Burlington and the following year on Tenny, and in 1880 rode Burlington to victory in the Belmont stakes at Morris Park. Teenie William Andy Carter and Levi W. Hunt won the race on the race course, days of old. Won Kentucky Derby "A jockey to make an impressive showing on the tracks of the East and Middle West was Lonnie Clayton, who won the Kentucky Derby with Azra in 1892 and in the same year finished in the lead on Newton in the Latonia Derby at Saratoga. "He did himself proud on Ornament, winner of the Latonia Derby in 1896, and likewise in 1898, when he drove Tillo first past the post in the Suburban Handicap. "It was 'Long Shot' Conley who got the big end of the Latonia Derby pursue for the owners of H丹 d'Or in 1897. Clayton was the winner of Clay whose admirers asserted he was the only one who knew how to ride Imp Clay was the winning jockey or Bowling Brook in the 1898 Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park." Afro Five Wins, 34-5 The Afro Big Five showed unusual class on the court to defeat the Y.M.C.A. cagers by a score of 34 to 5 the "Y" gymnasium Monday TRIBUNE '5' TOPS ST. CHRISTOPHER IN PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A stormy night did not prevent a large crowd from turning out to another Triple-A game, and five defeated those powerful St. Christopher of New York City, 28 to 24. At half time the St. C. players were leading 10 to 10. When the half and half started Captain Slate Davis put Shorty Chappelle in the game and he made two spectacular field goals which helped greatly in the victory. Morton, Shields, Brown and Davis also played a bang-up game for the home team, while Dick Seay continue to line-up to be by scout by scout to visitors' points. New Year's night, the Tribune Big Five will play Rhelms Post of Atlantic City here. ST. CHRISTOPHER O F P O P David's 3 2 1 Slay. 1 2 1 Morton. 4 0 1 Hill. 1 2 1 Morton. 2 0 4 Carter. c. 1 2 4 Shields. 2 0 4 Hind. c. 1 2 4 Pope. 2 0 4 Hind. c. 1 2 4 Chappelle. 2 0 4 Corbin. c. 0 1 4 Jim Jefferies, Like Jack Dempsey, Drew Line When Jack Johnson knocked out Tommy Burns (white), Jim Jeffries, also white, issued the following statement that he, too, colored the color line: "LOS ANGELES—Well, Tommy Burns got it然然, I am sorry to see a colorist, but Burns has no one but himself to blame for the trimming he received. He took a chance in meeting a black man and got the worst of it. John L. Sullivan never would give it to him, but the title and I always drew the line. However, Tommy let his desire for the coin get the better of him and now he is a much wiser and sadder man. He undoubtedly a good one, and to be fair we must give Johnson the credit that is his due. He fought a mester battle. Burns, too, is entitled to a lot of creed, to the cow, and would have done his best to finish out the twenty rounds and the police not interfered. "In my opinion the right upper arm was the blow that won the fight for Johnson." Arkansas State Drops But One Game in 1930 By F. B. ADAIR, JR. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Coech Lytle and his assistants succeeded in piloting the Lions through a grand and glorious season, when he was assigned the position of coach. Coach Lytle was assisted by "Wild Man" Lee, of Hampton's varsity, and by "Jim" Ballard, formerly of Shaw's varsity. Jackson College of Mississippi with won every game straight through, with the exception of Alcorn College of Mississippi. He defeated Lincoln at Jefferson City, Philander Smith at Little Rock, Lane of Tennessee, Arkansas Baptist of Little Rock, Shorter College of Little Rock, and Bishop College at Maryville. He was assigned a heavy schedule awaits the Lions, possibly including Langston University, whom they tied in 1928, and Wiley College of Marshall, Texas. Most of the men are expected to graduate. H. H. Smith, Hill, and Gammon being lost through graduation. KOLI KOLA LOSES NEW YORK—(ANP) Kola dropped a tough ten-tone fight to the Oklahoma Olympia Club. The Porto Rican had piled up a big lead, in the early rounds, but failed to maintain his advantage, close closely as the fight ended. HARRY WILLS RAN AWAY TO BECOME A HORSE PILOT Won First Race, but Grew Big Enough to be Champion Heavyweight Contender EYES OF DIXIE ON NEW YEAR'S FOOTBALL GAME Tuskegee to Run Special Train to Houston, Texas TUSKEGEE, Ala. — (CNS)—The Golden Tiger football special taking the Tuskegee Institute gridders and a large group of supporters to Houston, Texas, where the Alabama eleven will meet at Prairie View Academy January 1, will leave here on December 29. The game will be played in the Buffalo stadium, which has a seating capacity of 15,000. The team will be placed to Prairie View after a two-hour layover in Houston which will be made for operating purposes. At Prairie View the team and the supporters will be the guests of Prairie View College. The team's return will to Houston on the morning of January 1 for the game. The Tuskegee squad will not return to Prairie View after the game, but will be the guest of the Tuskegee alumni and friends in The Tuskegee Special will leave Houston Friday morning. A stopover in New Orleans for sight-seeing. The Tuskegee alumni of New Orleans have arranged a very attractive sight-seeking program for the entire visiting group. Sand Hill All-Stars Win By 51-8 Score SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — The Sandhill All Stars opened their basket ball season with a decisive victory over the Moore County Trinity School the final score 81-8. The All Stars boast of several new players this year. Pemman of Kentucky, Terry McCormick, Sanderu from, Sedalia are among them. The All Stars as a whole function well, and their accurate and timely passing was a feature of the All Stars, Peace was the high score with 18 points, followed closely by Jimmy Robinson, who was the runner up, with 16 points. Any other team would have to mount with W. H. Peace, Box 128 Southern Pines, N.C. Morgan Assist. Coach Fetes Team The Morgan College football team, which was recently crowned C.I.A.A.A. champions, was fined for taking last Friday night by Assistant Coach Talmadge Hill. The hall was gorgeously decorated with large murals of colors of college, which added an effect that was pleasing and inviting to all. There were also varl-colored balloons from the ceiling for lots of fun during the entire dance. The music was furnished by the Crockett Brothers orchestra. She was distributed during intermission. Fisk Univ. Librarian Elected Member of Lamda Sigmaas SYRACUSE, N.Y.—(ANP) — Miss Margaret Reynolds, a junior student in the library school of Syracuse University, has been a member of the Pi Landa Sigma, honorary scholastic sorority for white librarians. Reynolds was formerly a librarian in the Chicago Public Library System, and is at present assistant librarian at Fisk University. She is on a two-year leave of absence to complete her work at the library school, on a scholarship awarded by the University and is completing the four-year college course in three years. Co-Ed Takes High Honors in City School Contest DETROIT, Mich. — (ANP)—In a contest conducted by the Tuberculosis Association, Miss Mildred E. Lee 231 Farnsworth, this city, won honorable mention. The drawing, which Miss Lee portrayed two children (a boy and a girl) participating in the Christmas seal sale. Model Teachers Safety to Pupils of School No.122 How to avoid accidents while traveling to and from school in the congested region of Chicago, where heavy traffic is bordered on Preston Street, William Douglas Johnson, principal, is the object of an electrically controlled exhibit installed in the auditorium of the school in the city of Chicago in the mission of Mrs. J. Willem, project instructor. The design contains a miniature model of the school, surrounds a freeway, features delivery trucks, automobiles, fire trucks followed by the chief, and other vehicles which the youngsters must watch with care are placed about the street. Figures of podestraans are used to illustrate that children must exercise caution in crossing through traffic on the road, and unmounts the danger of such crowds. The street car is seen in the small electric train which races around the tracks enclosed by zebra- Mrs. Wilson daily conducts catechism classes in instructing the children how to use the Bible. Plans for distribution of gifs 'among needy families not touched by the charitable organizations are being perfected by the faculty and student body, according to Mrs. Wilson. Harry Wills, who grew up to be a heavyweight contender and trailed Jack Dempsey all over the country to get a crack at boxing, away from home to become a jockey, calling his early days, Wills in a biography of his life, says: After running away from home, I began to hang around the stables at the track, cooling out horses and carrying water and food in the coolings and in a short time in the moorings and in a short time I got my first chance to ride in a race. One day the regular jockey for the stables caught in a jam and had his leg hurt so badly that he could not finish out his engagements. Pop Cheeks, the trainer, and Mr. Leonard were wondering who would win, when I suddenly got an idea, "Let me have the mount, Mr. Leonard." I said, "You know I Bench Talk SOUTHERN CONFERENCE HOLD ANNUAL MEETING, TUSKEGRE AWARDED FOOTBALL CHAM PIONSHIP. BY B. T. HARVEY With representatives present from seven of the institutions comprising the Southern Conference membership, namely: Alabama State Teachers College, Montgomery, Ala.; Clark University, Morris Brown, University and Morehouse College, Alabama. Edwards Waterloo, Alabama. Jacksonville, Northville, College, Nashville, Tennessee; Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; Talladega College, Talladega, Ala., and Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., the business of the annual meeting was transacted in a morning and afternoon session, Friday, December 19, at the Butler Street "Y". The following representatives were state Teachers; John Dunn, Alabama Perry, Clark; President W. A. Fountain Jr., A. J. Lockhart, J. W. Nickels, Morris Brown, Dean J. H. Clements, Morheese, E. J. Clements, B. Harvey, Morheese; E. J. Clements, Edwards, Waters; W. O. Hawkins, Knoville; H. A. Johnson, Fisk; T. R. Wright, N. P. Rivers, W. H. Kindle, Talladega; R. O. and O. L. Institute A Tuskegee was awarded the 1830 Conference Football Championship. Tennessee State Dropped. The members of the state vote on election votes in future contests with Tennessee State A. & I College until they have satisfactorily answered charges preferred in the December, 1929, and September, 1930. On application of Fisk, Wiggins, Yost and Harding were restored to amateur standing with the automatic penalty of being ineligible until September, 1831, for confections. The recommendation by the Southern Coaches Association, concerning officials and conduct of games was adopted and made a part of the minutes of the meeting. The new constitution goes into effect in toto, September 1832. After that, only men of college can represent the members of this conference in both conference and non-conference games. Further it is planned for the members of this conference to engage in confections and non-conference solos, which have the following requirements. Bop High School Students Bart Hargreaves For the year 1960-31 only four year old school students will be eligible for conference competition with the exception of transfer students. Cleve L. Abbot announced the holding of the National Tennis Tournament at Tuskegee, August 17, 22, and urged the various institutions to organize local tennis clubs and affiliate with the national body. He further announced the annexation of Tuskegee relays, date to 1845, given which will be a part of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee. Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown Knoxville, Fisk and Tank nounce, the team that would foster season baseball for the '30-31 season. Football schedules for 1931 were drawn up and be released by the secretary, acknowledging an early date. Next at Talladega. Next The 19th annual meeting will be held December 18-19, at Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. The Southern Coaches Association will meet September 11 and 12 at the Butler Stadium, Atlanta, GA. Are reeled by acclamation Dean S. H. Archer, president; J. B. Bragg, H. C. Trenholm, and W. O. Hawkins, president; R. E. Hewitt, secretary-treasurer, and W. H. Kindle, assistant secretary-treasurer. Southern Conference Final Standing (Dickinson Rating) W. L. Tied Pts. Tuskegee 7 0 0 2.29 Morehouse 1 0 0 2.00 Fisk 1 0 0 2.00 Edwards Brown 4 2 1 1.92 Edwards Waters 2 1 1.83 Aabama State 3 3 0 1.50 Knoville 1 2 0 1.33 Clark 0 3 0 1.50 Talladega 1 4 0 1.20 Florida A. & M. 0 3 0 1.00 Miles 0 4 0 1.00 Conference vs. Non-Conference The teams of the Southern conference engaged in 56 non- conference games. Conference teams were viti- ted in 34 contests, lost 13, and tied three. It is interesting to note that Tuskegee, Morehouse, Fisk, Morris Brown and Edward Waters, loc- ally one non-conference game, West Virginia defended 5-0, and tied Tuskegee and Wilberforce, Georgia State and Edward Waters, while collectively they won twenty games. Pictures and Records for Guides All teams desiring have their picture and appear in Spalding Official football guide are di- rected to forward same at once to the American Sports Publishing Co. 45 Rose Street, New York, N. Y. You can send a short resume of the season not to exceed 600 words, the three most interesting plays, s for season. Prairie View vs. Tuskegee On New York, the Buffalo Bills host Houston, Texas, the undefeated Tuskegee Tigers, Southern Conference champions and potential claimants for the Tigers' will tackl will tackle the Prairie View team in an intersectionsal battle. Dope and comparative scores point to an easy victory for the Tigers. He looked at me for a moment or two in doubt. "Well," he said. "I know plenty of nerve in the gall too." Cheeks, the trainer, wanted to bet on the horse—a filly called Agnes Mack—he held her out for another. He had a record as sport and he had a liking for me. I guess he was curious to see what I could in a regular race, for he suddenly said: "All right, boy. Go Led all the Way The race was a six-furlong dash. Agnes Mack figured to be second or third choice, but when they saw an unknown rider up, the books quoted 10 to 1 against him, for 1 win. Winning it brought me more pride and pleasure than my biggest victories in the ring. W. VA. HI SCHOOL BASKETBALLERS OUT ON STRIKE Separate Gym Forced on Morgantown Students; They Kick. PARENTS BLAMED Ask Separate Schools Get Gym Also MORGANTOWN, W. Va. The year ended rather badly in the view of some of the students of Beechurst Hi School of Morgantown, W. Va., when, dissatisfied with their basketball court on Chestnut Street, and apparently desiring a better place in which to play, eleven students at the school "walked out" on a "strike," last week. The strikers made up the entire personnel of the high school team, with the exception of Captain William Hunt, who was not present at school. Separate Gymnasium. When asked for a statement, Prof. Arthur Barnett, the principal, declared that because of the new separate school law the separate gymnasium was also added, and the team was no longer permitted to play on the separate school and while students were sent to a place on Walnut Street to a white, dark room near their own school. Colored citizens instigated the movement that brought about the separate school system. The principal accepted this building as student protest. The students had also moved to their new school house. They are trying to better their condition although they are criticized for this movement thoroughly. The principal also told the strikers that if they walked out they would be beaten and would not be readmitted; to school until they apologized personally and individually for their conduct. A demonstration was staged near the school, by the strikers, and city police, kept on eye on the scene until the team dispersed and dispersed to their homes. But it must be borne in mind that the Texas Conference will, for the Texas Conference, tilts, will be used this game, especially Hughes, giants kicked Dalton, end; and Dupree, halfback. Defeated Tigers These men have faced the Tigers before and know the joy of tasting on their hands. They have faced Abbot's Tuskegee teams. Coach Taylor has the distinction of giving the Tigers their only defeat since 1923, when Morehouse College scored a 10-0 victory in 1928. Coach Taylor, then the director of athletics at Clark University, conquered the Tigers in a grueling game, played in Atlanta. The Tigers scored another victory over the Tigers. The Tigers must show an improved defense against a forward passing attack by a back or Coach Taylor will get his win. Qualities of All-Star Pavers. Fifteen years ago, after my first year of coaching at Morehouse de- undefeated, and united championship teams, I met Romeo Dougherty of the Amsterdam News, New York, asked me to write up a summary of my first season in the south and pick an all-star team. I complied and did my best according to the following rules which I made for myself: (1) What are the prevailing and most successful defensive and offensive formations in use? (2) What men would you pick to play against you to your judgment best treat the fundamentals of blocking, tackling, aggressiveness, sportsmanship and where needed, passing, kicking and ball carrying and best carry the fundamentals of defensive and offensive formation. The above men are picked by these rules, now after officiating in many games and observing from the side lines others, I would be proud to coach the above squad and with that would say with the Senator concerning America, "Skeered of nothing!" Non-Conference Teams Outstanding Man Prairie View: Clyde Sanders, guard; Johnnie Roberts, halfback; Wiley, O'Dell, fullback; Johnson, quarterback; Franklin, guard. Langston: Weaver, halfback; Buchanan, center; Miller, end. Patterson, quarterback; Boykins, fullback; Fisher, guard. Benedict: Lipscomb, halfback; Roy Hill, left tackle; Adamson, guard. Quarterback; Bernard Smith, center; Theo. Robinson, tackle. Morgan College: Delos Berry, center; A. Morris, guard; Conrad, halfback. Wilberforce: Moore, halfback; Thornhill, halfback; Coeman, tackle. DEMAND St.Joseph's PURE ASPIRIN 12 TABLETS 10c 36 TABLETS 25c 100 TABLETS 60c AS PURE AS MONEY CAN BUY THE LARGEST SELLING ASPIRIN IN THE WORLD FOR 10c Rich North Carolina Numbers Baron Gets Severe Sentence from Court WISHING YOU A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS The American Oil Company MASTER MIND IN DIGIT RACKET PUT ON STATE ROAD WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The heavy hand of the law fell on the "numbers" racket here last week when Edward H. McCorke; white, whose business is running a preeminent club, but have amassed a fortune of $75,000 backing digits, was sentenced to the county road for three months on a lottery charge. McCorke, whose business is in Charlotte, was said to be the "numbers" baron operating several towns, and was convicted on a raid on a lottery outfit in which Richard Jones was taken into custody. Jones testified that the place belonged to McCorke. Had 30 Runners Investigation showed that McCorkle employed around 30 runners when he was injured. When the "numbers" baron was convicted, he appealed, but his bond of $2500 offered him a chance to be freed. In Forsyth county bond must be approved. FIREMEN INJURED, BUT CHECK MENACING FIRE Loss From Blaze in Business Section Cut to $16,000 CHARLESTOWN, S.C. — Fighting flames after one member of the fire station at 46 John Street had suffered a fall and another received injury to the eyes, the back, and the face at the Lady Jane Ready-to-Wear Shop on King Street, which menaced the whole business section for two hours on Tuesday night. The work of the firemen cut the losses of the building, stock and fixtures to $16,000. Although adjoining buildings were slightly damaged, the flames were checked before the fire department charged a captain and a lieutenant. NEW YORK—David Wark Griffith's film, "Birth of a Nation," still startlingly effective, is enjoying a revival at the George M. Cohen, with a synchronized music score and sound effects. An audience which chuckled tolerantly at the quaint sentiment of the opening scenes Monday was quickly absorbed by the Civil War sequences. equally absorbing were the post-war episodes of the picture, the New York Times says; it is not necessary to accept this interpretation of the South in reconstruction as the product of meticulous research. Construed as sentimental melodrama or as an inflammatory document, Griffith called both—it remains poignant and stirring." New Bank Cashier CHICAGO—(AFP)—C. N. Langston, formerly carrier of the defunct Binga State Bank of this city, has been appointed to the position of Deputy Department of the Lincoln State Bank, another southside institution. The bank has a capital and surplus of $100 million and a net worth of more than $400,000 as it is patronized largely by a colored clientele. Mr. Langston holds the highest official position ever given to a colored member of the institution's personnel. He is also the chairman of the private secretary, Mrs. Netha Forney, also a member of the race. WASHINGTON—The Director of the Census, December 19, announced the unemployment and sex. The unemployment inquiry, which was made last April as a part of the population census, covered all persons usurped by the nation who were not at work on the day preceding the enumerator's call. These returns are presented in seven classes, as a "out of a job," "having a job, on but lay-off," "unable to work," etc. The most significant group, designated A, is made up of persons out of a job, able to work, and looking for a job. These persons numbered 24,438 forming 1.5 per cent of the total population, of 20,496 and 3,943 females. the next most important group, UNEMPLOYED IN MARYLA CLASS Total population CLASS A.-Persons out of a job, able to looking for a job Per cent of population CLASS B.-Persons having jobs, but on la- out pay, excluding those sick taking time Per cent of population CLASS C.-Persons out of a job and unable CLASS D.-Persons having jobs but idle o of sickness or disability CLASS E.-Persons out of a job and not lo for work CLASS F.-Persons having jobs but volunte- CLASS G.-Persons having jobs and draw though not at work (on vacation *—Sex distribution of population estimate ARMSTRONG HI (Continued from Page One) man was sitting at a table talking with another girl. He got up, walk over to Sarah and told her he was going. "No, you're not," she told him. He told her to "stop your foolishness; don't act like that." Blake says the girl then stabbed Statesman and the wounded man struck her. In her confession Sarah says that when she refused to give Statesman he struck her in the face. He struck her again. She then grabbed the knife off a kitchen table and stabbed. Really Loved Him. Statesman was removed to Freedman's Hospital in a taxicab. He was pronounced dead upon arrival there by Dr. Raymond L. Richardson. Sarah was arrested at her home by Policeman E. K. O'Brien and G. L. Carder of the Second Predict. "I didn't mean to kill him; I really loved him," she told the officers. Statesman was a man of large build. He weighed approximately 300 pounds and was 6 feet tall. He was stabbed in the left side of his heart. Statesman Funeral Held Funeral services for Statesman were held from his residence, 54 L Street, nw., Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery. DAVID'S Wonder Powders To Burn in your HOME, and to CARRY WHERE YOU GO. LUCK—LOVE—HAPPINESS MONEY, Eleg. Only 25c in Stamps or Cash GUARANTEED in 10 DAYS Sensi self Addressed Stamped Envelope in Your Own HANDWRITING and 25c DAVID'S 240 West 135th St. New York City. N. X designated Class B. comprises per- sonnel students who have no without pay, excluding those sick on voluntarily idle. In this class there are 5,883 males, and 1,415 females. The remaining returns were grouped into five classes, as follows: Class C, person with job; Class D, person having jobs but idle on account of sickness or disability, 3,744; Class E, persons out of a job, 3,744; Class F, persons having jobs but voluntarily idle, without pay, 780; Class G, persons having jobs and drawing pay, though not at work (on vacation), accompanying table summarizes the returns for Maryland by classes and sex. These figures are taken from the final tabulation sheets, but are still subject to pos AND BY CLASSES AND SEX Total 1,631,526 Male 820,988 Female *810,558 work, and 24,438 20,495 3,943 1.5 2.5 0.5 yoyf with- or volun- 7,198 5,833 1,315 0.4 0.7 0.3 to work 2,200 1,794 406 on account 3,744 2,864 880 looking for 970 674 206 early idle. 780 691 189 swing pay. 1,154 887 267 ted from ratios in 1920. BREWER-GIBSON (Continued from Page One) mont Street property. She also asks for alimony and counsel fees. The couple was married December 24, 1924. Attorney Charles Patton Henry represents Mrs. Brewer. The Brewers were married about five years ago in Baltimore. He is a native of Georgia and was graduated from Johnson G. Smith University, Vanderbilt University, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Brewer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and is a teacher of French at Vanderbilt University, the oldest and most prominent families of this city. Number "Seven" Ruled Angel Gabriel's Life BELAIR, Md. — With the whole nation paying tribute to the "Angel Gabriel," the Belair Times, published in the home town of Ira Aldridge, pioneer Negro actor, John Connorson, conducting Wesley Hill, deceased actor of "The Green Pastures," who was killed in an accident. Says the Times: "His life was dominated by 'the myriad number 7' according to Lorna Fantin, numerologist, who analyzed Hill's character over the radio as a part of the Old Gold character reading programs broadcast by WOR and a friend. "The science of numerology tells us,' says Miss Fantin,' that the numbers in the name, G. Wesley Hill drew its possessor on to dominant power, and brought him everything he needed for life. It also took him to his green pastures, in the height of his career." S SELL WATER AT GROCERIES CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Water from inspected wells is being sold here at grocery stores along with staples, while the mysterious pollution which is killing the fish in the river continues to exist. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 Six Debutantes Will Hold Center of Holiday Stage Half Century Club will Present Buds on Eve After Christ (Reprint from last week's City Edition) Six of the city's honored misses will hold forth in the social limelight of the holidays, when, on the evening following Christmas Day, the Half Century Club will present the select group to society at its annual cotillion at the Elks' Hall. They are Mary Matilda Thompson, Gladys Elaine Thompson, Elizabeth Carr, Mary Carter, Rae Porter and Gladys Elizabeth Lynch. THE MISS THOMPSON Misses Thompson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson of Som- 1 are members of the collegiate group, these young ladies have in for careers. Mary did Miss GLADYNS her high school THOMPSON work in the pub-"Typical Debutante" schools of Somerset, took training at the Coppin Normal School here, and this year became a teacher at School No. 119. Gladys also is a product of the Somerset public schools, specializing in commerce. She began her business career as a member of the AFRO-AMERICAN force last year, was clerk at School No. 12 and is at present secretary to Dr. Francla M. Wood, director of colored schools. In the short time that she has been a resident of the Monumental City, she has made a host of friends, and her charming simplicity and friendliness will assure her a place she has the most popular of schools. MISS CARR Miss Elizabeth Carr is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Carr, of 515 Mosher Street. She graduated at the Douglass High School of this city, where she attended college at College Greville, Pa. MORGAN FRESHMEN LISTED Two of the members of the Morgan College freshman class, Miss Rae Porter and Miss Mary Carter, are already known as popular members of the sub-deb set. Miss Porter is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carter and the late James Porter. She is a niece of Dr. and Mrs. Howard E. Young, of 1342 Drudl Hill Avenue, who sponsor her debut. Miss Carter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Carter. She was a recent graduate of the Douglass High School. MISS LYNCH Miss Gladys Lynch makes the sixth member of the group. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lynch. Miss Lynch is now a junior at Morgan College. Thanked accepted by the Half Century Club of the group. She is the presented Miss Heniretta and Apple Brown daughters. of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, will not make their debut this year, according to a statement by A. cently elected to t he swimming team and also se- vice president for the annual student p l a y, which was a sig- nal honor. Annie is pursuing vocal training in York, and has already won some distinction as a solist. No selec- tion was made in t he places of the Misses Brown on the presentation at Dr. Mc C a rd, president of the club. The cotillion will follow se- vice scheme as in former years. HENRIETZA BROWN "Too young." says mother MUSIC STORE NOW EMPLOYS FIVE KANSAS CITY — (ANP) — Starting seven years ago as a child, Alexandra Bennett, a creative business, Bennett Motel and Thamon Hayes, proprietors of the Moten and Hayes Music Company, 1618第八 Street, have come to the life with a new business the last year as salesmen in the radio field. The business began with a small stock of musical instruments and graph records. Since then it has expanded twice, which has branched out into the radio field, and during the past year has ranked as one of the most popular of radios in Kansas City territory. The store employs five people, headed by C. R. McGill, manager, who has had eight years of experience with the store who furnishes the expert servicing given all sts. Stops Thinning Hair Or Your Money Back Short, Thin Hair Made to Grow Long and Thick Do Away With Dandruff-Tetter-Itchy Scalp Listening In WEAF (National Broadcasting Company) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 A.M.— 8:00-Melody Hour-Kathleen Stewart, pianist. 9:00>The Balladers-Marley R. Sherris, bass. 9:30>The Rectalists-Carolyn Gray, pianist. 10:00-Lew White, organ recital. 10:30-Summary of N.B.C. Programs. M.— 10:40-Miniature Recital-John Barclay, harpone. P.M.— 12:15-Special Mormon Choir Program — "The Messiah," Albert J. Southwick, conducting chorus of four hundred. 2:00 — Moondance and Honeysuckle — Dramatic skit. 3:30-Southeast Sketches—The Southern- aires, male quartet. 3:00-D. B. Parkes Cadman—"Recovered Year" 5:00-Davey Hour—Mlxus chorus and or- 6:00-Catholic Hour—The Sacred Duty of Speaking True." Rev. James M. Kennedy. 7:00 - Iodent Big Brother Club - "George Rogers Clark" dramatic sketch. 7:30 - Male trio. 8:30 - Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra - Male trio. 9:10 - Commandment "David Lawrence. 9:15 - Alwater Kent Hour - Lawrence Tibbett, barkline, guest artist. 10:15 - Studebaker Champions - Orchestra, direction, Jean Parkers. 10:50 - Sunday at Parkers. 11:15 - Sam Herman, xylophonist, assisted pianist. 11:30 - Russian Cathedral Choir - Alicia Lowell, soprano. **WJZ** WJZ (National Broadcasting Company) SUNDAY DECEMBER 28 8:00—Tone Pictures—Lew White, organ re cital 9:00-N.B.C. Children's Hour. 10:00-Jospe Woodpecker Ensemble — Katha 10:30-Gummary of N.B.C. Programs. M. — Hits and Bits — Helen Board, soprano P.M. — Nomads-Men. Mena Fonarova, soprano. 10:30-Metropolitan Echoes—Mary McCoy 2:00--Roxy Symphony Concert—Direction Krung Rappe. 1:30—Echoes of the Orient—Direction, Sven von Halberg 1:45-John Barclay and Dagmar Ryner. 3:00-National Youth Conference—"Capturing Eternity," Dr. Daniel A. Follmire. 4:00-Firstlensh's Sunday Feature. 1:51-Canadian Pacific Musical Crusaders. 4:45-"Your Eyes"—Musical ensemble and 8:00-Enna Jettick Melodies -Mme Schmeik-Henkel, contrato, guest artist; 8:15- South Sea Islanders-Native string orgchris.8 8:30: "World Adventures with Floyd Gibbons." 10:08: -Bensonws. 10:16: Pete-Andy Sannelle and novelly orchestra. 10:30: Kaffe Hag Slumber Music—String ensemble. 11:00-Broadcast Luminares-Welcome Levi 11:30-Emphasis-Perry Giles, soprano 12:00-Emphasis-Perry Giles, soprano WABC 8:00 hours of the Church - Religious Service. 0:00—Musicale—Emery Deutsch's Ensemble. 10:00—Tony's Scrap Book—Conducted by Anthony Wons. 11:00-West End Presbyterian Church-Sermon by Dr. A. Edwin Kelgwin. 12:00-Jewish Art Program-Script, music, and talks. P.M. 12:00-London Broadcast, Bank of Montreal-Granadier Guardian Bank of Montreal-Cap. J. J. Gagner, conductor. 12:00-conclave of Saints. 12:00-Art of Saints. 12:00-New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra-Artous Toccanini, conductor. 6:00-Sermon by Rev. Donald Grey Barn- house—"Taking Stock." 5:30-Three Little Gaths—Songs and Patter. 6:00-Pur Trapper, with Earle Nel- son. 6:00-Howard Dandles. 7:00-The Golden Hour of the Little Flower- Sermon by Rev. Charles E. 8:00—The World's Business—The "Automob lo in Winter," Dr. George K. Bur- dell 8:15.-U.S. School of Music. 8:15.-Kaldenborn Edits the News. 8:15.-School of Vincent Sorsey and his Orchestra. 8:15.-Majestic Curiosity Shop. 8:15.-School of Symphony and Dance Orchestra. 10:05.-Royal's Poet of the Organ - Jesse Crawford and the Royer Orchestra. 10:05.-The Samover -Balalaikas Orchestra. 10:05.-Back Home Hour, from Buffalo - Re: by Clinton, H. Churchill. MIDNIGHT- 12:00-Quiet Harmonies-Vincent Borey and his Orchestra. AM. 12:00-Nocturne-Ann Leaf at the organ. Stops Thinning Or Your Short, Thin Hair Made Do Away With Dandru If your hair is thin—reve the cause EVER-GROMANGE DO MADE of moisture of wonderful ingredients which stimulate the roots of the hair in the scalp to activity and supplies the nourishment which these roots are lacking. Under-nourished hair roots are the cause of thinning hair, falling hair, short hair, dull, brittle and lifeless hair. Use EVER-GRO MANGE PO- MADE for seven days and you will notice your short, thin hair growing long and thick, brittle and harsh EVER-GRO SYSTE: Sta. D, Box 3823 DKI CHICAGO POLICE START WAR ON POLICY RACKET CHICAGO—That Chicago law enforcement officials intend to make good their promises to war on numbers and other policy raids in the city, special squads began to swop down on places and make wholesale arrests, last week. Seven alleged violators, halled before Judge Hassel of the 8th Street police station, were fined $23 each. "Protection" Fails The belief that war enforcement was all talk and that certain places enjoyed "protection" also caused many surprises and many to be baled out. At 4714 State Street, Sam Bernstein, white, and 24 people found in his place, were arrested. Bernstein was fined $50 and cost $100, where there were dismissed with a warning. At other places more than 300 persons were arrested, and 100 were participated in the policy racket, were dismissed they were let off with the distinct understanding that they were caught in places where policy was in operation in the future; Among those arrested was Miss Ethel Daven, taken at 118 East 42nd Street. Police drove her away but that the place was being used as a substation for "Trap Davis," for policy playing. The vigor with which Mortimer Goldstein and his vice squad are carrying out the attack among the fraternity and the daily playing is said to be falling off sharply. $3,500 DAILY FOR WHITE BARONS IN CLEVELAND CLEVELAND — The "small time numbers" racketeers are having a hard time in meeting the pace which is set by the O.K. House, operated by Jewish backers, whose business averages $3,500 daily, and at the same time not run at all of the law. There are six syndicates here, but the Jewish conspiracy is the most reputed reputation of paying off all its strikes at the prevailing rate of 700 to 1. : nifus Bones, running the Big Four has enjoyed the distinction of being the second most successful back has ceased to smile on Bones and at present he is just one step ahead of the law. Recently his joint was raised to the 20, 30 and 40 ranks has failed into court. Although Bones is dodging and has not been able to stay at home with his wife and children, and Packards, he is apparently the biggest "cheese" in the racket. The Big Five, controlled by Italians, has been sailing along nicely. They have only had one pinch of land they began occupying many other times. This happened only when they could not come out of a buddle to pay off after being hard hit. So many complains poured into the罐 when they baked them. Third Syndicate A third syndicate is just managing to jog along, paying off just often enough to keep coin coming into its coffers. In spite of that, they needed to bob up the other day with a straight eight Marmon. There are two "music room" backers who are seated in the public has been gipped so many times by the unscrupulous, they are taking few chances. 16,000 MISS. TUTORS UNPAID 3 MONTHS Banks Refuse to Advance More Loans to Empty County Treasuries JACKSON, Miss. There is no Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 16,000 school teachers who are in a desperate financial condition due to the lack of funds in the banks to advance further loans to the state or county to take up the warrants which now total near $7,000,000. Education data education society attempted to get several banks to agree to underwrite sufficient loans to take care of the actual needs, but the plan fell through. The teachers from one to three months without pay. For the most part, they are not only dependent upon their income as teachers, but many have families that necessarily look to them for support. Miss Elizabeth Ross Heads Eastern Stars WASHINGTON — (CNS) — Mrs. Elizabeth Ross was elected grand royal matron of the Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of the annual election and session held Tuesday at the Masonic Temple. The meeting was attended by 56 members of various lodges from Maryland and Virginia. The other officers elected were: Arthur Brown, president; Robert Butt, associate grand matron; M. E. Charleston, associate grand patron; Miss Minnie L. Stewart, grand secretary; M. Eva L. Brown, grand treasurer; M. E. Brown, grand treasurer and Mrs. Jennie L. associate grand conductress. Long Hair Money Back to Grow Long and Thick buff—Tetter—Itchy Scalp hair soon becomes soft and smooth. If you are troubled w... DANDRUFF, TETTER or ITCHY SCALP you will see 100% improvement after a new applications. SOLD BY MAIL ONLY! Send 350 for one box or $1.00 for a full treatment of three toxes and get a box of EVER-GRO HAIR GLOSS free. After using one EVER-GRO treatment you are not satisfied with the results you l... we obtained return the empty boxes and we will refund your money. SEND US YOUR ORDER TODAY! The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly TOWN'S BEST COOK MAKES 'EM PAY MARYVILLE, Mo. — (ANP) For fifteen years, Mrs. Frank Smart has been serving meals to the wealthy people of the house. She has served plates at from $1 to $10, and she has cooked ::: thousands, never leaving her domicile. Banquets are served in summer, many of the guests and awaiting their turn because only a few can be accommodated at a time. The house is arranged with folding doors so these men can open, opening across the entire length of the house can be set. This table will seat 100 guests. In, this manner, Mrs. Smart has accumulated a large. Her small house is adorned with the luxurious and elegant fixtures of any house in town. She is known as the best cook in northwest Missouri, and makes her services, culinary expertness is unmatchable, it is said. ITALIAN-JEWISH COMBINATION RULE CITY (Continued from Page One) not publish the clearing house figures. No Tip Booklets In the surrounding cities one may find "tip" booklets of all sizes and colors, such as "The Imp" and the "New York Clearance House," but the law is so strict here that those seen are imported by travelers. Newsealers are said to be bootlegging them, but they take chances only with their regular customers. No advertisements anywhere in the city inform players what the lucky numbers might be. The opinion here is that there is no fundamental difference between playing the numbers and the playing of the stock market. They stress that it is the same thing to wager that certain stock will rise or fall, and to bet that three certain figures will appear in a statement of the New York clearing house. Started in 1920. A dapper West Indian, wearing the handle of Francis, who has been named in the recent New York vice president's infancy in 1920. He nurtured the game and before the law took cognizance of his activities, he was riding in flashy cars and wearing clothes which were designed to model. Francis has passed out of the picture actively, but his leitants are said to be carrying on. Even before the crash, shrewd Francis had possibilities for money making in the game. His bank roll grew and he waxed in power until he became the strongest organization here. His headquarters were in a city, but as he is constantly shifting his location, it is shrouded in secrecy. King Pays Off. The Jewish "king" has built a reputation for paying off. He is reported as giving personal attention to the big hits to see that the runners are well prepared. When the strikes are large, Grano himself is said to drive up to the lucky person and pay personally. Several runners are known to have been discharged by him when he was running. Frequently, he follows a runner in a blu lousiness to the place where relatively large sums are involved, inquiring if the payment has been received. Grano's organization hires about 30 runners, and has a minimum daily collection of $2,500. He pays at the rate of 600 to 1. The runners are divided into classes, the best get 20 per class, the other receive 20 per cent. The former are said to have proved themselves efficient and honest. Grano is reputed to have lost as much as $20,000 in one day, and had many things repeated on the next day. 283 Tabooed The wise Jew has not secured his present position without taking means to protect himself against heavy losses. Instead of paying smaller odds on a number, Grandmother money on him the digit it he feels shake about it. The masses say "he has received a hunch" when their money is returned, but in some quarters it is rumored that he gets "tip off" on possible not ones. The 283, was recently tattooed by Grano, when some colored as well as whites, were playing up to $7 and $8 on it. The money was returned to the players and for several days no bets were accepted on it. On several occasions, tips appearing in the IFRO have been accepted in several days, but the rule is to accept any number for what ever a person wishes to play. Got $4,000. Although the majority of the population may be suckers, here and there one finds persons who have been told a representative of the APRO-AMERICAN that he had struck the numbers in the past twelve months for more than $4,000. He now owns a property being located on Jewett Avenue. Won With Last $1 On the other hand, there is also another man who had only $1.20 in his pocket, with a heavy mortgage on his home which was about to be foreclosed. In desperation he played the $1. When the clearing house totals came out, there was his 318. Grano drove up in short order to see if the money was delivered. The mortgage is now removed from his home, and he is also the proud possessor of a flashy Auburn straight eight. Italian Syndicate. An Italian Bacheir is at the helm of the second strongest firm financially. He enjoys a reputation similar to that of Grano. Both are the owners of the firm, the gambling fraternity here there is found no ill will or jealousy among the rival organizations. The players seem to be satisfied with their money pouring into the coffers of the firm, as they pay their "honest" debts. The betters apparently are glad they can play a miniature stock market. Three or four "will-o'-the-wisp" small time racketeers are trying to get the public to believe the public is doubtful of them and they have cut no figure so far. HUMIDITY HELPS ACOUSTICS, SAYS DIXIE PROFESSOR ALANTA, GA.—The possibility of improving the acoustics of unsatisfactory auditoriums by regulating sound pressure and interesting suggestion embodied in a paper before the Indiana Academy of Science at its annual meeting last week by Prof. Hafson V. Eagleson of college Atlanta. The paper was written in "The Effect of Humidity on the Reverberation Period of a Room." Prof. Eagleson's paper around great interest at the meeting of the academy, which was attended by more than 1,000 scientists over the State. It will be published in the proceedings of the bovy. The study comprehended several hundred experiments with the reverberation period of a room under varying conditions of humidity. These revealed the fact that the degree of moisture in a room so affects its period of reverberation as to underlie changes in its acoustic properties. The work was under the advice of Dr. Arthur Heyden, head of the mathematics department at the university, from which *Eugelson* graduated in 1926 with the A.B. degree, and in which he is continuing his work looking to the master's degree. Dr. Foley expressed great interest in the experiments, it is understood that he is interested in carrying them to more exact and unmistakable conclusions. Since 1927 Prof. Eugelson has been a mathematics professor in Morehouse College. Cleveland Elks Elect CLEVELAND. O. (RSS)-King T. Lodge of I.B.P.E.W. has electe Raymond S. Chambbliss, 4600 Central Avenue, exalted ruler; Joseph A. Jordan, leading knight; Dr. H. W. Gunter, leaver, ruler; Joseph A. Jordan, knight; Andrew Johnson, financial secretary; Richard McKee, treasurer; Willis A. Branch, outer guard; Walter Moore, esquire; Green Conigan, inner guard; C. B. Miller, Wm. Smith, and Chas Gordant, trustees; Dr. M. H. Lambricht and Dr. Stace Flojourn, physicians; Petron Chorphe, chaplain; B. W. B. Saunders. The election was held by Steve Ball, district deputy. STUDENTS STRIKE (Continued from Page One) cock's administration. Alumni agents secured Dr. Peacock's resignation which is to take place sometime in 1908. DEAN TURNER WAS 48 William S. Turner, 48, dean of Shaw and president of the State Teachers Association, died Monday and was buried from the First Baptist Church, Elmbridge. Several selections were rendered by the chorus of Shaw University under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Brawley. The obituary and faculty reselections were read by Dr. Benjamin Brawley and other resolutions and telegrams to the faculty. A brief dresses by President J. L. Peacock of Shaw University. Dr. C. P. Messer, president at Shaw, and the Rev. B. Burke, administrator of the Wake Forest Association He was educated at Winston-Salem, A. and T. Shaw, and at St. Mary's University. He died at New Bern, and after her death on January 6, 1923, he was married on August 5, 1923, to Minnie D. of the University of New York. After brief services in Y.M.C.A. work, he became a teacher at Shaw University, where he taught the social sciences and the last eight and a half years also been a professor of the social sciences and the director of the Shaw summer school. In the autumn of 1929 he left for a year of study at the University of Chicago, where he will return home at home during last September. Last September he satumed his duties here. He married his wife, two brothers, and the eldest son. DINE and DANCE At CLARK'S Grill Room Daphnia and Madness Nic Serve Tlc. Best Registrar Dinners 5 to 9 Chinese and American style Mats for $1 Save $6.50 Are the life of a newspaper. The ancient Chinese proverb declared, one picture worth 2500 words. But— Engravings are expensive. By the time the editor pays $3.50 for a photograph and $4 for the engraving—classy news photos make a dent in his purse. But— You can get mats of any prominent person or current news event quickly by writing or writing THE APO AMERICAN, which has just greatened a new service for weekly newspapers. You Save $6.501 Santa "Gives the Little Girl a Hand! Santa is a busy fellow these days giving little girls a hand. Mothers too, are busy and the extra Koester richness "already-sliced" gives Mother a big helping hand. (Kopyright, Carroll Jones, 1930) Koester's Already Sliced! MUSEUM OF THE WEST Potatoes Baked in the Half Shell Select good-sized potatoes of uniform size and shape. As soon as the potatoes are baked, cut them in half lengthwise. Scrape out the inside, be careful not to break the skin. Mash the potato, season it with salt, pepper and butter, and beat until it is light. Place this mixture in the brush, brush the tops with butter, and put the potatoes in the oven for a minute. Gratinize and grate cheese over the potato, before they are browned and add a very little chopped green pepper to the potato mixture. A boy drinking a cup of coffee. Mother knows best— when to serve and how to serve pancakes at their best. Done to the delight of Golden Crown—the syrup covered with the full flavor of Golden Crown—the syrup that made pancakes really popular. There's everything in Golden Crown to make it easier to bring a health food, Vitamin d, dextrose and iron—the vital elements to help growth and strength. You'll recognize true Golden Crown to name and crown on the package. Good Grocers everywhere recommend it. Free Book of S. S. Herm Recipes Sent On Request. Stewart, Son & Co. , Inc. Baltimore, Maryland The gallants of early American days followed the delightful old custom of calling on New Year's Day. Every hostess concocted a variety of dainty cakes to serve an egg muffin to the guests. Since then the custom of calling on the first day of the new year has been neglected. The table or buffet need little decoration. A centerpiece of bright holly branches with tall red candles and a sprinkling of cinnamon even rows of silverware and piles of tea plates and napkins at one end of the table and place the tea and coffee urns at the other end. In between arrange plates of appetizers and sandwiches platters of salad and bread rolls of tuna taling nuts, olives, sweets and candied fruit are a very decorative addition to the tea table. Serve the hot dishes from a chafing dish or from the kitchen and bring out the these foods as new guests arrive. These few suggestions will help you. Egg Nog 8 eggs, pinch salt, ½ cup sugar, sugar flavoring, ¼ cup sugar flavoring, flavors 1/4 cup oil, cups chilled milk, few grains nutmeg. Beat egg yolks until thick and whites until stiff. Add salt, sugar and flavoring to toks, add milk. Fold in the egg pour into tall glasses of sprinkle paste with nutmeg. Yield: 6 servings. Cream Cheese-Nut Sandwiches One pie cream cheese shawarma, mix the milk and cream cheese in a bowl. Mash cheese, add milk and blend Add nuts. Spread thin slices of white or graham bread with Mayo and cheese mixture and the remaining half with lettuce leaves. Put together in pairs. Yield: 6 sandwiches. Bombe Supreme Pack a flat rectangular mold or the tray of an automatic refrigerator with a layer of Cocoa. Cover the tray with Milk bet. Cover, seal 1/4 inch a strip of greased cloth and pack in salt and ice about 2 hours. Dip mold quickly in warm water, uncover and coat with a thick layer of waxed paper. Cut in squares and serve. cocoa side up on chilled plates. The Cocoa Sherbet mets, slightly and runs down the sides emphasize colors. Garnish with chopped nuts. Frozen Cheese Salad ½ cup milk, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 kg cream cheese (3 oz.), ¼ cup mayonnaise, ½ cup sliced dates, ½ cup crushed, drained pineapple, lettuce Seal milk in top of double boiler. Cool. Then chill in a bowl surrounded by chipped ice and salt. Whip until stiff. with a Dover batter. Add lemon juice and continue beating until very stiff. Mash cheese. Add Mayonnaise. Add milk and fruit. Pour into a mold and pack with a 1.5 salt mixture or freeze in an automatic refrigerator. Serve on lettuce leaves, with or without salad dressing. Yield: 6 servings. Stuffed Egg Canapes 8 hard cooked eggs, ½ cup grated cheese, ½ cup salt and pepper, 2 tomatoes, 2 sardines ½ cup Mayonnaise, ½ tbsp. minced green pepper, ½ tbsp. minced chives or lettuce, ½ tsp. minced pickle, 6 stuffed olives. Out. eggs in halves. Remove yolks, mash and mix with cheese and grated onion. Season with salt and pepper. Fill whites with yolks mixture. On a round of toast place a slice of tomato spread with the made of mashed potatoes. Place Phoeg in a bowl and dress made of Mayonnaise, pepper, chives, chili sauce and pickle. Garnish with an olive. Yield: 6 servings. ```markdown ``` Still Working the Treasure" Trick An aged and venerable-looking colored man drove a team of docile western ponies hitched to a covered wagon into a clump of trees at the edge of the colored section of Allenton in Southeast Missouri and proceeded to establish a little camp. He was alone. The people of a small town are always excited by curiosity as to the identity and business of any stranger who tarries amongst them for a colored suburb of Allenton, were no exception. They could see that the stranger was very old, and his snow-white beard and hair and his faraway look and air of wisdom gave him a patrilocal and uncommon appearance. To the inquisitive one who called at his camp with hints that they were "dying" to know his identity and mission he gave little information. He told them, however, that he was Dr. Moses Doolittle, Doctor of Science and that he was ninety years old. He used big and big impressive words and dropped vague hints of his official connections and of a big project he on hand. His secretiveness and mysterious hints fanned the flame of curiosity in the village still further. Two or three days after he had made his camp the old man began making mysterious trips over the steep hills near at hand. On one occasion he was seen on the crest of Cedar Bluff, a high cliff of rock nosed in the town, those who saw him in the town he carried, something in his hands and that he was making strange motions with the thing he carried. One of the leading colored citizens of the community, living near where the old man was camped, was Samuel Turner. Turner had a good job as engine-man at a sawmill. He had more than his share of knowledge. Even the old man's curiosity. The old man's activity pestered him. Turner also entertained day dreams. While listening to the drone of the saw as it plowed through cypress and oak logs and when he heaved slabs of wood into the roaring furnace he entertained visions of sudden wealth acquired easily. Turner, however, was a good friend of the man. He rob a bank or stare a pay-roll-hold-up. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, though, had a considerable lure for him. The old man's lone and myster- The old man's lone and mysterious pilgrimages into the wilderness intrigued him and he loitered around the old man's camp after supper every night. His persistence was awarded after a few days. The old man took him into his confidence, under the strictest secrecy. He told Turner he had been licensed by the government to hunt for hidden treasures and he showed him an instrument he used to locate them. It had a dial something like the gauge, a knitting needle, and a dial moved when gold and silver and previous metals were near. Figures on the dial showed the distance or depth of the treasure. He also showed Turner a book he called the Seventh Book of Moses. This book prophesied that much hidden treasure would and could be found. Turner had heart of "mineral rods" and similar contrivances that were alleged to have the power of locating hidden treasure but he had never seen one before. The old man assured him that it was the only one of its kind in existence and that he had made it according to the formula in the Seventh Book of Moses. Turner was greatly impressed and his interest in the old man's mysterious activities mounted. Eventually the old "doctor" took Turner with him or one of his sons to the cemetery where Turner was taken after when Turner was not at work. The ancient "doctor of science" led Turner by a circuitous route to a spot dense with underbrush and trees, on a mild slope a little below the crest of a hogback or ridge that ran from the top of Cedar Bluff. The spot designated was two or three hundred yards in the rear of the bluff. There was an old road along this ridge. It had once been used for hauling logs. The old man set up his instrument at the spot pointed out and showed his interested Turner, how he faced the dail downward. This was convincing around a doubt that there was gold underground where they stood. The old "doctor of science" then made a proposition. The instrument indicated that the treasure was a considerable distance under the surface and that a good deal of digging would be necessary. They would form a company of twelve men, who would perform the excavating. Each man must pay either twenty-five or fifty dollars to the old "doctor of science" him for his expenses locating the treasure and recovering it. Turner was enthusiastic to proceed and agreed to invest fifty dollars. Vague rumors as to the treasure "Buried hunt had already been in circulation in the town and the old man did not have any difficulty in enlisting eleven other likely recruits who had the money required or had it coming. He took each of them to the spot where his instrument performed its magic and all were signed up in short order. All were pledged to airight secrecy, as to the location of the treasure and the financial arrangements made. The men were sawmill hands, timber workers and railroad section men. All had good knowledge of what they up their jobs for the search for the elusive yellow metal, "the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow." Most of the crew of twelve were practical level-headed men with families to support, who, ordinarily, would not have risked their jobs, time and money on something that well might turn out to be the spoils of the search for lost or buried treasure is a lure that often takes strong hold on men's imagination. Moreover, in this case the old man hinted it was a chest of gold that had been buried deep in the ground in Civil War days by bushwhacker bandits. Before beginning the digging the old man commanded the men to kill him with the limbs of the dog that stood at the edge of the small lake which lay at the foot of Cedar Bluff. The tree-house was about a quarter of a mile south of the bluff. The Spanish moss which he had brought in his wagon from somewhere down South, and which he had used as bedding, was hung on limbs. The treehouse, the treehouse, he explained, was to propitiate the "spiders." Each man furnished his own digging tools and before they began work the old "doctor of science" laid down the following rules: The location of the excavation must be kept secret; the men must come to the work alone and must not allow any outsider to come with them; there-must be no swearing, loud-talking or tobacco-chewing at work, lest it anger the spirits and cause them to move the treasure deeper in the ground. All of the men were husky tobacco chewers and it is tribute to their hope and Argonaut-spirit that they were able to retrain from manufacturing "ambest" weeks. For that reason they could "cause" a plenty on sufficient provocation, but during the treasure hunt they were as plaus as the most orthodox person in the country. Perhaps they did not take so much stock in the "spirits" but the old doctor was Santa Claus and they would respect his ideas. When the work began about half of the men had paid the old man the amount stipulated. Some of the remainder would not have any money for two weeks and the others who had not paid, the ones who worked for the railroad, would not get their money for nearly four weeks. The excavators started a hole about twelve feet square. Half of the crew worked with pick and shovel in the excavation while the others stood on heavy boards laid across the opening and drew out the clay. It was a chilling machine and a slow job. The old man remained with the crew practically all of the time and he feed them enough theology, philosophy, wisdom, folk-lore and spirit-lore to satisfy them the rest of their lives. And maybe his advice to have no "truck" with rascals and swindlers was worth the trouble. If there had been no hope of buried treasure, Turner sced, in a manner, as foreman of the crew. Ten days of work produced a hole ten feet deep and the old doctor tried out his magic treasurer-finder again. The treasure would be found, he announced, at twenty-two feet. The men worked feverishly for a few days and made progress. The men who at the beginning had a pay-day two weeks off received their money and bald up. Then when the treasure was still a few feet away an accident happened. Bill Jordan let fall a bucket filled with dirt—he was nervous because he was used to chewing to tobacco when he worked. It hit Tom Sides on the head. Tom forget and swore. It was a game. He kept from breaking at the best. "You have done it!" shouted the old doctor. "That will make the spirits move the treasure eight feet deeper." He made a test with his instrument, it is "feet down from heels." The men were a little dispatched by the unfriendly act of the spirits and worked rather slowly for a few days. Then the old man ordered a lay-off for two or three days. Some of the men talked of quitting when away from the job and out of the old man's hearing; but they did not. There was no more swearing and the work proceeded slowly but surely. It was close to dark late one afternoon when a depth of twenty-nine feet was reached on the ground and the treasure was only one foot lower. All of the men had paid the old man by this time. The old "doctor of science" seemed not at all excited because of the alleged closeness of the precious object of their quest. When it became too dark to work he told them to come back early the next morning and they would finish the job. The members of the crew were on edge with eagerness and some of them offered to procure some so the job could be finished that night. but the old man would not agree to it. He said the spirits would be displeased. Now that they were supposed to be so close to the treasure-Sam and some of the others were afraid that the old man would dig it, up and make away with it while they were gone so be able to find it. Sid Chapman and Charley Casey, other workmen, agreed to stay with him, Sam and Sid skipped back after they had started home and Cassy went on home to get something for them to eat. There was about half a moon that night and there was 'some light. Turner and his companions sat down in the deep shade of the 'dense foliage so they could not be seen in case the old man showed up. The night was warm and balmy and watchmen dozed a little. About eleven o'clock they were brought to a wide-awake state and a sitting-up position by the sound of footsteps. They recognized Tom Sides, one of the diggers, and two other men who did not belong to the crew. Tom was known to be tricky. The men with him were leading. They were the ladder leading to the bottom of the excavation. "Wait!" whispered Sam to his companions who had started to get up. "If they go down we'll pull up the ladder so they can't get out." Sides took the lead, carrying a flashlight and he was almost out of sight down the ladder when his descent suddenly stopped. He to scramble to the ladder at a moment, then letting loose a whoop of terror. The trio watched him from the bushes saw the cause of the whoop. From out of the black void of the pit, ascended a weird and fearsome figure—the white, ghostly figure of a human form having a death mask of a face, from the eyes and mouth of which streamed a brilliant white light. An unearthly, blood-curdling skriest ascended from the pit. Sides and the two men with him leaped from the premises and plunged along the road to the bluff like wild rifles, a stampede and his partners followed—the were scared, too. Hearing the running footsteps behind them Sides and the pair with him heat it still faster. In their fright they had forgotten, evidently, all about the bluff or they, did not realize in which direction they were running. The three men behind them scream as they went over the cliff and heard the splash of the water as the three men landed in the lake. The water was thirty feet deep at the base of the bluff at that time, though the lake has since been emptied by a drainage ditch. News of the episodes of the night Coffee Economy! LORD CALVERT COFFEE IS YOUR ECONOMICAL BUY IM COFFEE IT MAKES 40 TO 50 CUPS TO THE POUND ACCORDING TO STRENGTH DESIRED LORD CALVERT GRAND STEEL CUT COFFEE ELVERING COFFEEES 100% Pure SPEND YOUR MONEY FOR COFFEE THAT GIVES GREATEST VALUE Every Sip Delicious THE GHOSTS From out of the black void of the pit ascended a weird and fearsome figure—the white, ghostly figure of a human form, having a death mask of a face, from the eyes and mouth of which streamed a brilliant white light. An unearthly blood curdling shriek ascended from the pit. WEEK-END SPECIALS Health and Happiness for the New Year! Is Our Wish to You. Waldorf Toilet Tissue 4 rolls 19¢ Scot Toilet Tissue 3 rolls 25¢ Keep that Schoolgirl Complexion PALMOLIVE SOAP 5 cakes 33¢. Dried Lima Beans lb. 10¢ IONA PEAS 2 cans 21¢ KARO SYRUP Blue Label No. 1½ can 11¢. Sunnyfield Buckwheat or Pancake Flour 3 pkgs. 25¢ A & P. Maple Syrup bot. 25¢ A & P's Three Nat'l Famous Coffees 8 o'Clock Coffee lb. 23¢ Our own importation from Santos, Brazil. Red Circle Coffee lb. 27¢ A blend of the finest Coffees Grown. Bokar Coffee pound carton 33¢ The Coffee Supreme. Grandmother's Bread Rich and Pure lge. wrapped loaf 7¢. A & P Quick Oats 3 pkgs. 25¢ Macaroni or Spaghetti 2 pkgs. 15¢ Tomatoes 2 No. 2 cans 15¢ Quaker Maid OVEN BAKED Beans 3 cans 20¢ reached all members of the digging crew early the next morning and only a few of the men showed up at the excavation—Turner and his two companions of the night before and one other man. They could see the bottom of the excavation had not been disturbed since they left it the evening before. The old man was not there. They repaired to his tree-house, to see if they could find him but he and his wife and man parked on the near house and disappeared. Sand and the other men performed a little digging digging in the pit but they were soon convinced it was useless and quit. Many of the members of the "company" believed the old "doctor of science" had made away with the treasure and they still believe it but Turner, as soon as he had recovered his good sense and judgment again, understood the 'details' of the old sharper's game. He had probably wanted to live in the tree-house to get above the mosquitoes and missma; had prohibited swearing so there would be no outbursts if any dues suspected he was, being swept and had forbidden tobacco chewing because he knew "twelve" hearty Continued on Page Nineteen Corn Rabbit Two cups canned corn, crushed grains, 2 tablespoons butter, ¾ teaspoon salt, 1. cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon green pepper, 1 or 2 teaspoons minced onion, tow drops tabasco sauce, teas or crack- Lelt the butter, add the pepper cut finely and the onion. Cook slowly for 3 minutes; add the corn and simmer for 10 minutes; remove from the fire and beat in the cheese until melted; add the toast or crackers and serve at once. Tomato pulp or catsup may be added if liked. Won't Convict Rosenwald Agent Accused of $53,000 School Fraud D.C. BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES JURY DISAGREES; ACCUSED SOOPER GETS NEW TRIAL JACKSON, Miss., (CNS.) A mistrial was ordered for Bura Hilub, white, former supervisor of Negro rural schools for the state and also a former Rosenwald School Fund agent, alleged to have misappropriated $58,000 of the Rosenwald Funds for colored schools, here last Saturday. Hilub went on trial last Thursday in Hinds County court court He was indicted on ten counts. One of the counts he was acquitted leaving nine counts out. Our prosecutor deliberated 40 hours. The hirud had stood 10 to 2 for conviction ever since the casting of the second ballot which was taken immediately after the case was given to them. The first ballot had been nine to one and after the second ballot there were no further charges. Judge Potter ordered a continuance of the nine pending indictments against Hilburn, including the one on which he has just been convicted in court after District Attorney John H. Howle had informed him that it would be impossible for the state to reconvene its prosecuting witnesses and proceed during this term of court. Hilburn is at liberty under $3,000 bond. Hilburn was arrested, and indicted a year ago and the case has been delayed in account of Robert F. Hilburn's failing to appear as witnesses at the trial. LINCOLN CITY, M.D.-Cavilier Grier, of E. Main Street, Brownsville. Pursuit services were conducted by the Rev. Guinez, Tuesday, December 15, 2014, at the grave. He leaves two sons, George and Hoke Grier. WILLIAM FLEMING SHOW KIDS, M.D.-William Fleming, died at the residence of his niece, Mrs. Hattie Waters, December 12 HALLEY ARDAPD, V. -- Funeral services were held at the M. Olive M. Church Hall, Brownsville, December 12. The Rev. R. P. M. Greene conducted the services. Mr. Hattie is survived by his daughters, Stuart and two daughters, Mrs. Hattie Vespin and Mrs. Demik of Columbus, LEWIS THOMAS DEBERTON, Md. — The "Junior of Lewis church last week," the Rev. S. Wilson, the pastor of Detroit church last week, conducted by the Rev. S. Wilson, the pastor of Detroit church last week, conducted by J. H. Hammond, Caleb Johnson and J. G. Stevens. PATTA PYTA BEAUMOUT ACOMACAM, Md.-Mrs. MARY Beyt Smyrna died at her home Sunday. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Church, of which she was a member for over 50 years. She was a member of the Household of Rath. She is survived by her husband, daughters, two sons, and five grand- fathers. FREDERICK JACKSON EAST AVE. She was the funeral at Frederick Jackson, who died in Baltham, was here Saturday. The Rev. Bethany was made in Exet. New Market Cemetery. DAVID WILSON DAVID — "Huntsman"—national services were conducted Sunday at the F. L. Lea- nard Church, of which she was made December 12, 1983, was interred. D.C. BIRTHS There were 63 births reported to the Health Department for the week ending December 22. They follow: 44 R.C. DEATHS There were 46 deaths reported to the Health Department for the week ending December 22. Included in this number, two were under one year of age. They follow: John W. Wright, 83, U.S. Bol. Home Hosp Laura P. Phoenix, 54, 4812 Hayes-st., ne. Frederick W. Jackson, 48, 1518 32nd-st., NW. Audrey N. Thompson, 36, 720 6th-st., NE. Nelson Johnson, 35, Walter Reed Gen. Hosp. Clarence Garrison, 34, Walter Reed Hosp. James Pendleton, 34, Freedmen's Hosp. Edward Mitchell, 31, Freedmen's Hosp. Ols Delancy, 17, Freedmen's Hosp. D'Orlott Hellen, 3 mos. 306 N.Y.-nw. Infant of Lawrence and Ruby Bobbion, 40 192. 106 Gomaltz, 194. 500-11, nn. Robert Saunders, 68. Gulligar Hosp. Robert Gross, 61. Tuberculosis Hosp. Robert Sauer, 61. Tuberculosis Hosp. Harry Pumpett, 56. Tuberculosis Hosp. Clarence Smith, 52. Freedman's Hosp. Eleanor McKay, 48. Freedman's Hosp. Samantha Jackson, 41. Gallinger Hosp. John Chan, 39. First aid, nn. John Chan, 39. First aid, nn. Lula Mallett, 29. Gallinger Hosp. Pattyacker, 88. Warzmann, nn. In White Ridge Cemetery. WILLIAM MILES ASBURY PARK, N.J.—William Miles, 6, died at the Long Branch Hospital, Sunday, December 21, Funeral services were conducted from the North Funeral. Pallam, New York, December 21, with interment at White Ridge Cemetery, Eatonton. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Claude Torma, and, two sisters, of Augusta, Ga. MRS. LENA W. BURDELL PHILADELPHIA—Mrs. Lena White Burdell, wife of Luther and son of Emperor John at the Booker Washington Apartments, was buried Monday from Reeves Memorial Presbyterian Church, he Rev. George F. Ellison of Clating. MRS. ISABELLA BURWELL PHILADELPHIA—Mrs. Isabella Burwell, 80, 1618 North Twenty-first Street, sister of Oscar A. Bullock, died at her home follow-up, an illness since June, on Sunday, December 14. Mrs. Burwell was an active member of Jones Taebernacle A.M.E. Church, from which place, funeral services were conducted by the W. B. Wright, Ph.D. on Wednesday, December 17. Mrs. Burwell is survived by two children, William H. and Ellie Burwell, and two grand-children. Interment was in Eden Cemetery. DELAWARE MOBTON RADFORD, Va.—Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of East Radford Sunday, for the W.A. Morton, who concluded December 18. The Rev. D. Mathews concluded the services. BARNESVILLE, Md.—The funeral of Mrs Alma B. Gumbs, who died in the Homeopathic Hospital in East Orange, N.J., December 7, was conducted at the Epiphany Church last week. She is survived by her parents, husband and two children. GEORGE GRAY MALCOLM, Md.—Puneral services were conducted at St. Thomas Church Tuesday for George Gray, who had been a member for forty years. The district superintendent, Rev. R. F. Coates, officiated. MISS OLA DELANY MALCOLM, Md.-Federal service ware were sent to the United States for P.R.C. church for Miss Ole Delaney, who was in Washington, D.C. The Rev. White, pastor of St. Monica Church, D.C., catedral, PREDREKU, Md.-The funeral of Oliver Tyler was conducted Wednesday at the St. Monica Church, 3 p.m., the Rev. W. I. Snowden operating Internment was made in Fairview Cemetery. FREDERICKS, KYA, KALE-PUX FREDERICKS, KYA, KALE-PUX Mva Hall-Pux was conducted from her home on Thursday at 3 p.m, the Rev. W. I. Snowden officiating. HENRY ONLEY PREDKERK. MD—Preunal services were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. for Henry Onley, $3, by the Rev. W. I. Snowden. MRS MARIE PARKLAND. PROSTBUNG, MD—Md. the funeral services for Mr. Ross B. Pike were held home in Piedmont, WI. we were conducted here last week by Rev C. B. Baldy, assisted by Mrs. ROSA L. PEICE WAKEFEED, Vs.-Mrs. Rosa L. Price WAKEFEED, Vs.-Mrs. Rosa L. Price many relatives. The funeral was preached by the Rev. John Booths at the First Baptist Church. GREENSORD INSURANCE CO. MOVES TO NEW QUARTER 2 GREENSORD INSURANCE CO.—The local branch of the National Insurance Insurance Company, R. E. Webb manager, has moved into its new street in the Stewart-Building. WEEKLY ALDS POOR SAVANNAH, Ga.—To relieve suffer-**i***n* among some of the hundreds of people in the streets, the Savannah Journal, Preston C. Phillips, manager, has decided to turn the proceeds from the street sales to the Welfare Society. N.C. SNOWS BOON TO JOBLESS GRE-NBORO, N.C.-The recent heavy snows which covered the northwest coast from depths from 12 to 36 inches partially solved the unemployment situation when thousands of men of both races worked on clearing railroad tracks and streets. ALLEGED SLAYER-HELD WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — John Marsh of Office Brown, white of the Southern railroad, as the man who had fatally shot him, was returned to the station a week for trial on the murder charges. John Mack, 70, Home, for Aged & Infm. John McKenna, 70, Home, for Aged & Infm. Christopher Stunbbs, 60, 308 hk- s. Ida B. Thomas, 57, 124 hk- s. Hosp. Ida Kyles, 54, 150 4th- hk- s. Hosp. Elisha Saunders, 46, Tuberculosis Hosp. Henry Johnson, 42, Gallering Hosp. Bessie Rose, 38, Gallering Hosp. Bessie Rose, 38, Gallering Hosp. Pauline Henry, 22, Gallering Hosp. Charles W. Harris, 11, 263rd hk- s. Hosp. Cara Neal, 48, Gallering Hosp. Florence Lefschit, 10, 506 hk- s. Hosp. Nelle Stokes, 52, Fremdens Hosp. Ida Noville, 25, Tuberculosis Hosp. Ida Noville, 25, Tuberculosis Hosp. Jalton Johnson, 48, Fremdens Hosp. Lena Corbin, 28, Tuberculosis Hosp. Mary Lawson, 23, Fremdens Hosp. Mary Lawson, 23, Fremdens Hosp. D.C. MARRIAGE LICENSES BRAKEN-TAYLOR-William. 27. 1429 BRAKEN-PATTERSON, Pat. 32. The Rev. B. B. FERRY. GRIPHIN-BARN-William. 38. 35 Pst. GRIPHIN-BARN-Nielsen. 101 Nst. Pst. GRIPHIN-BARN, T. Murray. COLE-GATION J. 21. 2110 Kt. COLE-GATION 1488 Kt. Nst. the Rev. B. C. B. Bundy. CLARK-DORY-James F. 38. 1419 102b- CLARK-DORY-William. 38. 1419 Winn. W. L. Turkey. JONEZ-JONSON-Berard, 23, Fatfax, MICHEL-TRELL-Huron-Wm, 19, 47, Grizzard, MICHEL-TRELL-Huron-Wm, 19, 47, Grizzard, n. Baker, 18, 2586 C-st, nw. Warner, MARY-LEWIS-Huron-Wm, 32, 277 C-st, ww. MARY, 32, 213 d-st, ww. The Rev. J. W. WARREN-JONSON-Lorner, 21, 357 McClain-st, ww. Marion, 19, 1644 Corcoran- TURNER-PRIKE-Huron-Wm, 28, 1338 Eucilia-st, ww. Mary Elizabeth, 23, 1530 I-st, ww. BALL-JONSON-Edward A, 25, 350 Mytle-st, ww. Lottie, 48. The Rev. Egnegr LEACH-SCOTT-Murray, 23, 1004 T-st, ww. Edith, 19, 1838 80-st, ww. The Rev. NAYLOR-ARMSTRONG-Twm, 48, 3722 CARRINGTON-JOBSON-IAA 1222 Irving-st, w. Doxbury, 21, 32 Pierce-st, w. The.Rev. W. D. Jarvis. BOWELL-JOBSON-Richard 48, 100 POWELL-JEFFERSON—Richard. 48, 106 .415 st., sw.; Fredericka, 21. The Rev. W. Jones. NEWSOME-ARTIS—Theodore. 21, 1207 Stb- n., nw. Besse May, 19, 1728 U-st., nw. The Rev. W. D. Battle HOLLES-PONTER-Emmer, 21, 838 Emmer HOLLIS-PONTER-High st., 21, 838 High st., 21, 838 Rev. W. H. Young SILMATION-GILMORE-Leon E, 24, 725 nv. Wm. Rev. M. Lightfoot. nv. Wm. Rev. M. Lightfoot. Wilmerton W. Milwente E, 720 Jek- L. bendburg Wm. Milwente E, 720 Jek- L. MURRAY-Wm. Wm. 20, 1011 18th- L. nv. Nancy, 20, 642 Orsanpl- L. rev. James L. Garfield. DETROIT BUSSELL COWAN, Correspondent ELLISON-DARDEN MARRIAGE DETROIT, Mich.—Miss Sallie Ellison prominent member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Ace of Clubs, was united in marriage with Leo Darden recently. Mrs Darden is a member of the Detroit police force and Mr. Darden operates a successful tailor shop. Mrs. PAYNE DEAD Mrs. Pearl J. Payne, 8737 Greely Avenue, sister of Mrs. Josie Belford and Mrs. Berhta Brown, died last Tuesday morning in the Receiving Hospital. Mrs. Payne took suddenly ill Sunday. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Belford are prominent members of the social, fraternal and political world. Personals MISS ENNESTYNE YOUNG spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Libberville on the campus of Presidents and Mrs. Jones of the uni- versity. MISS CECELIA FARMER entertained with a tea at her home on Whitewood Avenue last Saturday as the Rambam's guest. The visiting Clubs. MISS. BLANCHE MENNER, of Chicago, was the co-host of Mrs. Minnie HARTFORD AVENUE Junior Dancer the second evening. The Stanford last Monday. Those present were Misses Elke Frankin, Laura Thomas, Miss Joan Board, Louise Green PEERLESS ART CLUB The Young Women's Perless Art Club met with the president, Mrs. G. H. Cox, and the president, Mrs. J. W. H. After the business session, Mrs. J. Glover, art instructor, demonstrated the members some skills in painting. SORGILIS CLUB Mrs. A.I. Thomas of Josephs Avenue. Club at her home Thursday evening. A book review on "The Green Pastures" by Mrs. W. H. Cox, and a book review, Mrs. W. O. Thompson is president and Mrs. Halley Bell is recording secre BINKY DINES CLUB Mrs. Kate Smith was hostess for the pleasure of the Rinky Dink, Mrs. Brennan Callaway, and Mrs. Bernadine Callaway was guest of the party. Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, Mrs. Alma Weston took second honors and Mrs. Willie Williams. The members present were Misty Earnest-Johnson, Lila Mao Burke and Louise Georgea, Georgia Warrante-White was the guest. ORIELLES CLUB The Ortles, a club compound of students and cardists. Miss Marjorie DeBaptist is president; Elise Roxburgh, secretary. MARYSON VERACRITY CUB Maryson Veracrity Club mbt at the home of Myles Jones of Macoumbe Meddanee W. Blackhawk, A. Collin M. Anderson, G. Hornady and M. Blinkeney. Les Jusen Artista, a new drama club, gave its initial social afair at the home of Miss Perthe Burler is president and Miss Perthe Burler is president and Miss Johnberger Burler, Sirens Bethel and Ed Jackson are the mem LADIES' AID SOCIETY The Ladies' Aid Society held a fish dinner in memory of Mrs. Mabel Walker is president and Mrs. Catherine Williams, chairman. Mrs. Merritt Robinson, of Robert Avenue, entertained the Detroit Study Club at her home. Mrs. Merritt entertained a brief outline of the Hawaiian Island. Mrs. Merritt Barrier, and Honoree Mrs. Ethel Postles and Mrs. Ethel Andrews were the THRIETY FIPTEEN CLUB The thrifty Politeen Club met with Mrs Charles Faulkner, 1915 Chestnut Street. The ladies of the Altar Circle of Second Baptist Church celebrated their twentieth birthday last Sunday at the church. Rev. Robert L. Bradby, pastor of the church, praised the club for the wonderful work accomplished. Mrs. W. C. Osby is president of the organization that was founded by Mrs. Emma Cole. QUID NUNO BRIDGE CLUB Miss Jenny Clark, of Wexford Avenue, was hostess to the Quid Nunc Bridge Club last Saturday evening. Among those present were Misses Gwendolyn Halliday, Fannie Bthel, Jenny Clark, Portia Bethel, Karnestyne Young, Portia Jones, Virginia Major, Hazel Miller, Laura Kate Campbell, Grace Burch. Miss. Patra Bethlehem won first prize at bridge, second at bridge, and Miss Campbell received her last prize. **CLUB OF PRESIDENT** The Club of Presidents gave a dancing performance, 8:45 a.m., Whitewood Avenue, last Friday evening. Mrs. Tzhelma Parish, Miss Bernice Johnson, 10:30 a.m., Portishead, Portishead, John, Clark, Virgil Madon, and Gathlyn Craig were among those THE SPHINX CLUB The Sphinx Club met at the Alpha house on Adams Avenue, Sunday. The main topic was the "V" Postal team at the St. Antoine floor Christmas night. LeJoy Dice is the treasurer, and John Topley is the secretary. GOLDEN ROD SOCIAL CLUB Mrs. Antoine Street, was the meeting place of the Golden Red Social and Art Club at the time elected for the equining year. Mrs. Mimie Pike president; Mrs. Mera Petidieon, treasurer; Mrs. Fannie Wright, recording secretary; Mrs. Horm Coulier, financial secretary; Mrs. Fannie Wright, recording secretary; Mrs. Loisie Smith, art crilc. WHOOPE SOCIAL CLUB Mr. and Mrs. L. Smith, 2222 Maple Street, their home SOCIAL Club at their home last week. BON AMI BRIDGE CLUB The Bon Ami Bridge met at the home of Mrs. Mimie Lumbers of Cadillac Avenue, Friday. Mrs. Thelm Lumbers is the treasurer, secretary. Among those present were Miss Thomas, Clark McCray, Sadie Johnson, Morris, Parker and Mar. Marcus 12.40.2 CLUB Miss Bermice Griffin, entertained the 12- year-old girls at Garfield Avenue. First prize was won by Mrs. W. Gibson; second by Mrs. Irene Carr; third by Miss Virginia Major won the guest prize. **JOLLY TWELVE BRIDGE CLUE** The Jolly Twelve Bridge Club held its the hosts. Among those present were Miss Virginia Major, Miss Dale Hall, Robb. McWeaver and Mrs. George Wiggins. The first prize went to Miss Virginia Major, Mrs. Utts, and Mrs. Gibson got the book. CURRENT TOPIC CLUB *Mrs. Stevena of Hartford Avenue, en- gagement Topic Club at her home last Tuesday* *SCROLLERS CLUB* *A musical Melange was given by the Friday evening. The fraternity at the Central Community Center. Friday evening. A large gathering at the Central Community Center. *Charles H. Fither was elected polemarch of the Alpha Beta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at the meeting held as the Central Community Center last week. Paul Loving, keeper of records; Sidney Barth- well, strategist; and Nathaniel Hackett. FULL O' PEP CLUB The Pull O'Pep Club met with Mrs. H. Mae Williams, 5655 Twenty-fourth Street, last week. Mrs. Beulah Luster won first prize; second went to Miss Larada Logan, and the bobby to Mrs. M. I. Gildings. MARDI APRES MIDI CLUB The Mardi Apres Midi Club is expecting to stage a party, at which time Mesdames Cora Dorsey and Doggett will be the hostesses. Mrs. Quennie Walton is president; Miss Janie Hall, secretary, and Mrs. L. C. Williams, treasurer. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 FIRST COME—FIRST SERVED! RADIATORS FOR SALE FOR A SONG! 23 GAS GLOW RADIATORS Just the thing to heat up that cold bath room or spare room these cold days. LOOK LIKE REAL STEAM OR HOT WATER RADIATORS—BUT BURN GAS. Apply Afro-American FIRST COME—FIRST SERVED! Pat to Pansy Pat to Pansy DEAR PANSY: The debatant crop this winter isn't quite all it started out to be. With who were adjudged or disjudged, there were eliminations and withdrawals until a mere half-dozen buds were left standing on the. Half Century presentation站台. Understand, were all these eliminated by the club. Several debatant on the part of girls, socially okey and officially accepted, were just as officially withdrawn However, Panay, all this withdrawing does bring a question to our mind as to the why and whereof for such dolc. Maybe dad gave the once over to his financial affairs, and she also the common one, decided that the right roll wasn't running just the right temperature with which to make a splurge. Didn't Marry. Didn't Marry. Didn't Marry. Her coming out there would be so much more money and she could come out so much further. She would have just as much fun and go to all the parties anyway. And a year or so added to her age would be sufficient as a Baltimore, Nest-cee pos? So darling Mary agreed, as would any girl far less clever than she, to whom it was perfectly evident she could eat her cake and have it to. But, Pansy, the younger set is asking: "What's the use of her cake?" Mary impressed it to me the other day, "If's all centered around the ancient game of husband hunting, and girls get just as far who don't much debu Frinkleance: there's Harriet Hale whose husband is one of the most widely known of the youngest toors, is present at the Tennessee, is present and was this year one of the winners of t' f' Harmon Awards, and Harriet went straight to the altar from a typewriter in a good man kind, was Dr. Henry secretary. So, Panay, about the best advice I can give you in these straitlines, he says, "You have a good set of bachelor professors or go thrifty to work, and - marry your wife. It may possibly be a good suggestion to have mother and dad invest the money usually in real estate, but some concern that would bring a few eligible youngsters into the city, and then when taking their course, and wouldn't have to spend so many sleepless nights wondering about the need to annex a meal dealke. Oh well." The details of arrangements for the wedding of Olivia Clark of Roanoke, Virginia, and J. Robert Clark of the Virginia Seminary and College of Lynchburg, on December 31, have been completed. The guests, all徒贤ants, will be Deborah Brooks, of Roanoke, who will be the maid of honor of Mrs. Margaret Clark Minor of Chicago, a coown of the University of Chicago, Faith and Ethier Morris of Richmond, sisters of the prospective bridegroom, and Mrs. Sterling N. Brown Morris, both selected as attendants her brother, Claire Benacinthe, now a senior at the University of Chicago, who died Lawson and E. D. Downing, of Roanoke; H. P. Weeden of Lynchburg, J. C. Bryant, a fellow prof at Virginia Seminary, of Washington, C. Archer, Jr., of Washington. Two thousand guests are expected at the wedding of Virginia Clark and Church of Roanoke with the Rev. Arthur L. James, pastor of the church, Vernon N. Johns, president of Virginia Seminary, and father of the bridegroom officiating. The bride's sister and brother-in-law, the LeRoy Neelys, will enter at a reception honoring the couple immediately following the ceremony. Mr. Morris is scheduled to deliver a speech at the dedication address in Richmond at the Leigh Street Methodist Church, Sunday evening. Mary Ruff Entertains at Pretty Card Party I should have held you last week at Mary Ruff entertained members of the Le-Marald Solr Club on their election night. Of course, I would have kissed Kess, Kennie Wallace and Mattie Johnson won prizes. Later they were joined at dinner by Francis Johnson, Swain, Robert Wells, Henrietta Thomas, George . . . Victor Hall, Henry Campbell, Robert Holmes and William Tennyson. The officers elected were Emmia Swann, president: Fannie Wallace, president; Mary Ruff, financial secretary; Alashe Lee recording secretary. On Wednesday Elizabeth Marshall had a "birtly"-y, which, course, was delightful one this proved to be. About thirty guests were invited to a birthday cake, etc., with her. At the reception were the J. A. B. Mason, the Hall of Honors, the D. Arnett, the Murphys, the Robert Mason, the Edward Wilsons, the Lindow Woods, the William Marshall, the William Marshall, i.e. Charles H. Johnstons, the Walter Webbs, the John Berrys, Bernice Buckner and H. Johnstons. Till next week. Phone 5161 J. R. L. 2:45 a.m. Mississippi, Mts.-Bishop, Tenn. returned from Mississippi and East Louisiana, and left for Memphis, Tenn. with the Temple Church of Memphis. The Rev. R. G. Gray, of Newton, Tenn. returned to Memphis, Tenn. Z. T. Bubler, of Okhahoma, with his son accompany him, motored to Jackson, Tenn. He met the Rev. J. R. L., Hurley. He was en route to Alabama. He was en route to Alabama. PETER H. BURGESS ```markdown ``` Jurisdiction of Maryland Takes this opportunity to thank the members of the Order and the public for their Loyalty during the past year, asking your support and prayers in our effort to uplift Mankind during the coming year, and the grand principles of the O r d e r, Friendship, Charity and Benevolence. May the Supreme Ruler of the Universe show you love and yours during the coming year. I Wish You A Merry Christmas and a Bright Happy New Year en in honor of the football team, was well enlisted. and Mrs. Z. L. Patterson and their boy, Eddie Lee, were in the city Friday, an route to Yeru City, Mexico, to attend a hospital. The Charity Concert, given at Lauer High School, sponsored by the Negro Press, was well attended, and was enjoyed by all present. A well fashioned wedding, Haged in the basement at Christ Temple Church thursday night. December was one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. Char- acters were: Bride, Mrs. Mamke Thompson, bride's father, Mr. Thomas Thompson; groom's mother, Mrs. Christina Jackson; bride's father, Jude A. Miller; Annie, E. Buster; presher, Fred Forest; bride's maid, Mrs. Myra Trennell; bride's mother, Mrs. Hasielton; Misses Laura Walker, Kurt Kindrick, Comroe McGee, Misses Desiree Skewey Mike Skewey Christ Temple Sunday School opened at 10 a.m. on Friday. A collection of $1.55 was used, Class No. 4 retaining the banner with n international flags. A collection for eeday school officers. Dr. Joe D. King brought two messages nently attended. A p.m. both services were nently attended. Don't forget to get your AFRO news at the AFRO, J. E. Conk, agent. STARKVILLE STARKVILLE Miss--Mrs. Alonso Alex ander had as her guests Sunday afternoon Messasda Bashle Alexander, Loretta Green Messasda Bashle Alexander, Maree Will Messasda Bashle, Jack Alexander The Home Science Girls gave a social at O.C.T. School, Thursday, December 18, sponsored by Mrs. Mary P. Jackson, teacher. Guests of Miss Mary B. Harvey. Sunday were: Misses Anule and Adele Harris, Lille Spencer, Bentrice Ward and Messrs. Jimmy Spencer, Percy Gregory and J. Alexander. Misses Ethyle and Odessa Hayes and Little Dorothy Inex, visited Miss S. F. Alexander. Wednesday evening. Miss Ella S. Bardwell, teacher of fifth and sixth grades, gave a candy social: at the high school. Friday afternoon, December 19. The senior class of O.C.T.S. are beginning their activities. Members of the class are: Misses Ethel M. Hayes, Rose B. Chandler and Messrs. J. P. Alexander, Lafayette Johnson, Louie Brady. Bruster Stiles, Percy Gregory and G. W. Henderson. Louisiana DeRIDDER DIDDERID, La.-Mr. and Mrs. Edds James from Deweyville, Texas, apend sun Day in DeDerider, with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mehltz. Mrs. Cassie Moore is spending the holiday visiting her sister in Deweyville, Texas. Mrs. Elena Jinser. 18F5. Eden Jonet. Mrs. C. E. Wilson is improving, after four months. New Light Lodge. No. 97, A.P. & A.M. at Delftier, cheated these officers for 1831 and 1832. In 1833, he married W. George Ballard, J.W. Wm. Britt geerhardt, J.D. Kitter, treasurer. NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, La.-The Commissionounces the permit to build the new Dillard University on Gentlyville, in this town. This is the new school formed by the merger of Straight and Gentlyville, and will be used in the building of this university, and its health unit—the Flint Gentlyville. In the heart of the colored section of the city, it is planned for OLDFAST CHURCH welcomed the Carver Literary Club Sunday. The general members of the Others Happy, the B.Y.P.U. met with Mr. Wilher and Madam Meadam to discuss their members joined. ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH met its new Connecticut Connecticut BRIDGEPORT BRIDGEPORT, Conn—The Rev. Joseph D. Davis preached to the New Hope Baptist Church and the A.M. E. Zion Church, Sunday, March 16, 2015, Bethel Junior Choir at Beth church. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McGriff wore bots to guest Sunday. to guest Cleveland, Ohio, violated his sick brother in the hospital. Leon Taw recoveried from three months for borrowing it. Robert Johnson, R.蔡 B. Campbell, J. Robert Johnson, friends in Danbury, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. L. Lewis spent two weeks with Mrs. and friends in New York State. His gardening, who was busy cut with an at his work, is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Price entertained at a reception, of Hartford, B. Fordham, of Hartford, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reeves honored Dr. and Mrs. George Wilson, of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tleyy, of Atlanta, Ga., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cook of Cleveland Ohio were the honored guests of Mrs. Exter Lawrence the week-end. The Rev. J. V. Clerkley was taken suddenly ill and removed to the hospital, and Mrs. William A. Rest, of Frank Street. Entertained with an evening social in those of their visiting guest from Balkan. Mrs. Lucy Dumfer, of. Main Street, honored guests Thursday evening, at a sooth-sounding. The young people enjoyed the evening. Mrs. Mud Brooks, of Freeman Street, Philadelphia, and Mr. Frank Wishon, Philadelphia, the past week. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Davis, of 308 Brueckner Street, Philadelphia, and Mr. Florence Berry, of Newfield Avenue was visited by friends from Boston, Mt.马斯汀, of 63 Pulmon Street, entertained with a banquet in honor of her husband, Mr. Clark, toastmaster. Many guests spent a delightful evening. The guests were entertained by friends in Hertford. Mr. Irenc Brown, of 1514 Seaville Avenue, was week-end with friends in York City. Seaul Nichols, of Stanford, was the honored guest of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of the Royal White Chist巾宴 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reeves, 21 Jones Avenue, Monday evening, by relative from New Haven, Sunday. NEW HAVEN NEW HAVEN, Corn...In persistence to respond to the invitation to respond to receive the resignation of the Revered Christian. A committee in charge in men in view of filling the vacancy. The committee in view of filling the vacancy. The Butler, Alonze Hunte; and Mrs. R. Treadwell, Dr. R. S. Fleming. A teacher in the public schools of this city, several of whom are members of Mrs. Carrie Morden Modesbeen, with a tea at Bethel Church, December 30, 2014. A teacher for the holiday are: Miss Charles Crawford, of Wellesley, Miss Caskarine Taylor of Howell, Miss Catherine Johnson of Lincoln, Winfield Johnson, Providence. The Reading Club will have as their guests, the inmate on home" on Mrs. Bustie 1. Amos will be hostess to a bridge and bluebell party, December 30. Mrs Mon Amos will assist her mother. Mississippi State is the King of Johnson and Miss Graze Jones, King in New Haven and Miss Graze, continue to improve. Mr. and Mrs. Graze Jones, King in New Haven, will be the "Green Pictures." Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harris, of North Carolina, and Mrs. Esther Gawen, teacher of Le Moyne College. Memphis. Is home for the holidays. Leonard W. Johnson, Jr. (Dont Laugh) the postoffice force during his vacation from school. Received by W. A. Wagner, 32 Foothill Street. The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly CLEVELAND I can't get to come-home with eye fashing, ears, nose, and feet ingesting—but with a meringue heart I have brought cheer to some soul's heart and made some child believe that there is a God. And all I know them is an example of history repeating itself. For in Cleveland, on Christmas the very touched—with enthusiasm and joy—I am. CLUBS GIVE BASK The East End Political Club members formed the E.E. Club, which includes food-funds and clothes. Mr. Frank Hawkins donated the use of the club. Mrs. Lily Mason was seen here and there give away the club's supplies. The Greer Store and the A. & P. Store were the work of the East End Political Club Buzz Fuzz Club Even the stall old social clubs dunge cards and became societal welfare ministries of the type. Mrs. Krohn George, Mrs. Bernice White, Mrs. Rose Garrin, Mrs. Emma Brown, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Merril Glenn, Mrs. George was scouring thither, and thither Tuesday carrying ferry boats to the University of the William Whites' home, Christmas morn the Benevolent committees of the Agra League, the Agra League, the Agra League, composed of one of the youngest organized groups, the Agra members, composed of one of the youngest organized groups, the Agra League, the Agra League, members distributed their baskets to families held in the stalls formed into groups and donated baskets to the formed into groups and Chrsitmas Exodus Friday morning Beatrice Wright and Hazel Moody will lead the host of Cleverlanders going to other sports for Christmas. They go at Gary to attend the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority convention: Dorothy Cowdery stepped on the Southwestern Limited Friday morning to visit Laura Belle Robinson in St. Louis; the Misses Ella Mac and Lena Jimnie Donald and Miss Charlotte Clark is spending the week in Detroit. Teachers: Honor Mrs. Martin Thursday evening at hte Phyllis Wheatley dining room a group of teachers who have recently organized to study curriculum plans, and the newer methods of study honored Mrs. Mary B. Martin at a dinner. Mrs. Hazel Mountain Walker presided and presented Mrs. Martin with a pair of brass candle-labras. The teachers present were: the Misses Beatrice Wright, Minerva Heywood, Dorothy Cowdery, Betty Foster, Sue Grant, Viois Whitfield, Vivian and Manola Smith, Natom Smith, the Medames Stella Ballard, Amy Blue, Lenore Yancey, M. S. Smith, and Miss Blanche Johnson. Noble Sissle Here A Cleveland boy back home—the night after Christmas—received two tickets to the band and gave concert in the Music Hall of the Public Auditorium. Henry Morris Honored Mrs. Equilia Morris, of Bibion Avenue, gave a surprise party in honor of her husband. Evening of the members of the younger married set present was the Raymond Highwright Blackberry, Grace Cox, Melvin Hodge, Bertie Wright, and Morris Fox. The bridge prizes were won by Emmett Williams and Metropolitan A group of the older members of the Metropolitan Club such as Bob Hodges, Dr Charles Garvin, Walter Myers, Selmo Glenn, Bob Reynolds, and John M. Kellman, have at the club Friday night. A buffet supper was served, at one o'clock and breakfast at three. Give Pre-Christmas Dance Friday night at Caterers Club Mrs. Charles Basey, and Mrs. John M. Kellman, who are the friends. The dance hall was decorated as Ezkimoland—icicles were everywhere hung from green and red decorative ropes. Poinsettan was hung over the windows loaded with icicles—the freshwater of the field of furniture—the floor was covered with artificial snow—through which a path had been shoveled. The table was set with silver flowers, icicles, red candles, gleaming and red red and blue lights on the scene, giving the true impression of a snow scene in a haze. Mrs. Basey was gowned in erchid moire made in the model of the poultry of the coloured and silver slippers, a corsage of white roses was her only adornment. Mrs. Lewis wore flowered moire dress with slippers to match and crystal accessories. The guests, for the evening were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Price, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lavender, Mr. and Mrs. John McPierce, Mr. and Mrs. John Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, and Mrs. John Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hunt; also Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. and Mrs. G. H. Carroll, Mr. Mukes, Mr. and Mrs. James Blount, Mr. and Mrs. Leland French, Mr. and Mrs. Comedy, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stokes, and Mrs. G. H. J. D. Lewis Scott and Miss Dr. J. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. S. Perchman, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boult, Miss J. Pearl Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. David Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Howard, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Pleings. Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Mason, Miss Mae Biggs, Miss Idea West, Al Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Tollman, Mr. and Mrs. Alberta-Hensley, Mrs. Mildred Gants, Miss Julie Gants, also Mr. and Mrs. Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott, Miss Bessie Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, Dr. and Mrs. Blaine Hubbard, Dr. Frank Bridgeman, Mrs. O. H. Frank, Miss Juanita Basey, Mr. William Cecil, and Miss Florence Jones and Mr. William Cecil. Lincón Embroidery Club The Lincoln Embroidery Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Cornelia Nickens and Christmas presents were exchanged among the members. Miss LUCILLE JACKSON, niece of Dr. Freda Rodgers of East Ninetich Street, will spend the Christmas holidays in the city coming Wednesday from Columbus, where he attends Ohio State University. Mrs. Leland French Hostess Mrs. Leland French Houses hostess to the Colony of Cedarville Friday afternoon at her home in East Forty-sixth Street. The guests for the afternoon were the Meadows Robert Skinner, Oscar Steckly, Bessie Boley, Alphosuo Pellons, Margaret Robinson, Henry Walker Hines, Albers Forbes, Wayne Stewart, J. S. Stewart, Joseph Holloway, H. H. Franklin. The tokens for the club members were awarded to Mrs. Margaret Robinson and Mrs. Skinner at the same time. Mrs. Harold Taylor and Mrs Bessie Randolph. Miss Tudor Entertains The members of the Agora Junior League met with Miss Vera Tudor Saturday night at the home of the Tabor Beldons of East Eightchill Street. A group of 100 bicycles, Mrs. Eddy Mayer Tyler won the prize. Small Christmas presents from a grab bag were exchanged by the members. Entertain Friends Dr. Freda Rodgers and Miss Myrtle Wiggins were joint-rights Saturday night at an info-chord event at the same time. Dr. Rodgers's home on E. Ninethi Street. The guests played bridge and danced. Those present were the Misses Grace Caver, Chapple Miller, Mary Pollard, Esdle Hague, Neil Baker, Neil Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. Burk. Dr. Youngblood Dr. James Levy, Dr. Lemel Adams, J. Walter Willis, Joe Alkson, Hayes Morris, I. H. Baylor and Charles Nabors. TRURSDAY, AFTERNOON, Mrs. Rogers's Day, the Dillard's entertained the members of the Inner Circle Club at her home in East Mo., was a visitor to the city, guest of Mrs. Henry Loring. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Cooper, which was built in 1915, has moved to thirty feet east of the former site. Dungas's house number is 24. Parisian architecture, a number of honors in 86 Harold St. *Alice* Phone Garlin Rush St. *Missouri* College W. George W. Wilson left. *Tuesday* for Mr. George W. Wilson where she will spend two months as the guest of her parents. She also plan to visit her parents. *M. AND MRS. HAROLD FRANKLIN* returned home Monday from a two vacation, spent with friends in Montreal, spent with friends at Mr. Franklin's brother, *Ned Soles*. MISS JOSEPHINE HARRIES left the city Wednesday for Portland, to visit her mother, who is seriously ill. MRS. MARIA MIBRE left Wednesday in New Orleans, to visit her mother, who was born in New York. JOAN ANDERSON returned home Monday from Charlotte. MRS. GRAZE ROBERTSON of New York City, left for her home Sunday, after speeding to the scene, guests of her sister, Mrs. HBEL LATKIN. Mr. AND MRS. EDIE TEDLE, of Brooklyn, arrived here Monday to spend Chancellor's guests of the guest and Mr. Arthur William. MISS MAUDE JONES returned home Saturday from Philadelphia, where she attended services of her uncle. MRS. HENRY CRAY left the city Wednesday for Philadelphia, where she will spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. She will be accompanied on her return to her sister, Mrs. Elouise Dorsey, of Harrisburg. MRS. JOHN ANDERSON, of Hyanna, was a visitor here last week, the guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Ryder. JOSEPH WASHINGTON, of Detroit, left for his home Saturday, after spending three weeks here as the guest of Mr. another. Ralph Ferguson. MR. AND. MRS. ELLIOT WILLIAMS, or New York City, arrived Tuesday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson. MRS. PEARL ALEXANDER returned home; Wednesday from New Haven and Bridgeport. MISS LAURA STEVENS left Wednesday for Chicago, to visit her mother, who was injured in an automobile collision. JOHN PARKER, of Montreal, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson. ADAM WINSTON left Saturday for Philadelphia, to visit his parents. MILON TIMSON returned home Friday from a ten days' vacation, spent the friends in Columbus, Ohio. THE RED RIBBON CLUB held their monthly meeting on May 1, Ms. Sugrigues, of Copenhagen Street. After the business of the meeting, the members collated a collection. PRESENTS PLAY The Paul Lawrence Dudur Lycum of Morgan State University, the annual Christmas play, Sunday afternoon. Those prominently connected with the play were Ms. Siller Jones, organist and chair director, Mr. Eleanor Trent Wallace, director of the Joseph Singler's president of the Lycum. Plans have been for the staging of the play "Moussie of Bees" by Hadel, Sunday afternoon, at Morgan Mennekes by the Columbia University direction of Dr. Walter O. Tayler. Over forty votes will participate. LOUSE WASHINGTON staged friends at her home Thursday evening, with cards and dances. At the Bank, Mrs. Kristie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, of Springfield, and Dr. L. Maxwell and Miss Myra Jones, of New London, Co. Mrs. FLORENCE staged her parents and relatives in points of North Carolina. She was accompanied on her return by her two MR. AND MRS. EDWARD FRANCES returned home Tuesday, March 11, accompanied his return by Mrs. Florence Harris. ROY W. B. Monday, March 11. The program comprised pieces by Bach, Deb. Lapouonov, Bach. In the final number William D. Allen was announced as the artist in a piano transcription of the Mr. TIBBS RECITAL was sponsored by the guild of music at Church. MRS. LILLIAN DORISON entertained an honor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Egil of Raleigh, who are spared the cost of the feature of the evening's entertainment. Among those guests are Holl, Mr. and Charles Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. John Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. George Fernandez and Miss Hirsch. PAUL FISHER of Chicago left for his home Monday, after spending time at the Harris Grave. En route home he will visit friends in Cleveland and Detroit. He will spend time in Palm Beach, where he will spend the winters, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Eugene GRADUATING EXERCISES The fourth grade exercises under the direction of Mrs. Hanna Towler, secretary of the College, and certifies the certificates at the Columbus Avenue A. and A. Louis House of Boston, director of the director, Nursing of the Boston School, director of investments, by the Rev. C. G. Williams, pastor; and Mrs. Amy Jones, accompanist to Mrs. Amy Wood, accompanist to Mrs. Amy, regulated community, given by the graduates, demonstrating The following persons received certifications: Yona Doherty, Alice Duncan, Florece Ball, Sarah Day, Ruth Lewis, Hearts Simms, Elizabeth Oliver, Maybelle Jobben, Alice Powell, Grace Brown, Harriett Wilson, Ruth Griffith, Florence Lewis, Joseph Preenan, Constance Woodbury, Ephine Freeman, Mckenzie Harriett Ward Crete, Florence McKenzie Harriett Ward Amelyla Shoot, Sanota Colston, Joseph Walker, Maybelle Smith, Marks Lutkin and MRS. GRACE JOHNSON, of Moss Street, entertained fans with cards and daringing. Among the guests present was New York City; Miss Caleb Carrillean, John Doeck, Kenneth M. Johnson, Herbert Thompson, M. and M. William CVarke and M. Gigel. Vincent, of Bugaqua, THE, of Bugaqua, CLUB gave a successful sale on Wednesday. The pro- gram will be used for purchasing books the needy families during the Christmas holi- THOMAS DANCE has been ill for the last three months, but has recovered. INA B. RAPIER CONCERT Misses Ina B. Raupied, soloist, made her first Boston appearance Sunday afternoon at the Women's Service Club. Miss Rapist sang with much grace and freedom. Among some of the prominent guests present were: Dr. Hatfield, Dr. C. G. Wolcott, the Reverend M. McCoy, Mrs. Renson, Mrs. G. Smith, Mrs. B. Jenkins, Mrs. D. Carey, Mrs. J. Burah, Mrs. M. Wharton, Mrs. M. Webb, Mrs. E. McDougal, Mrs. A. Blishes, Mrs. L. Beckett, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Venus Clark and Mrs. MRS. WILLIAM GREENE, a friends at her home Friday evening. and Mrs. Freddie Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Montgomery, of Wilmington; M. Florida Jackson, Miss Corrinne Mitchell, James Miles, Harry Burbanks, of Philadelphia. phila, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wash MRS. MILDRED SHOWELL left the Priday, for Wilmington, to visit her mrs. Mrs. Belle Wiggs, former resident ```bash # for MISS HER-IONE JAMES enter-renew # for MISS HER-IONE JAMES enter-renew # for Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. JAMES # for Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. JAMES # for Mrs. and Mrs. William T. JAMES # for Mrs. and Mrs. William T. JAMES # for Mrs. and Mrs. William T. JAMES # for Mrs. and Mrs. William T. JAMES ``` Five Whites who Lynched Morehouse College Student Face Murder Charge The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly FIVE WHI DENNIS HUBERT SLAYERS' TRIAL JANUARY 13 ATLANTA, Ga. (CNS.) — The case of five white men being held on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Dennis Hubert, Morehouse College student here, has been set for a hearing on January 13. eDennis was shot in the back of the head by one of the five men following an alleged result to a white woman. He was a member of a prominent family of the state, of his men being presidents of colleges. His father is pastor of an Atlanta church and young Hubert was popular among the student body at Marehouse. The men being held are Tom Berryman, Aubrey Sikes, J. G. Garner, M. W. Harmon and R. H. Evans. Rectifiers for the Radio The dry metallic disc rectifiers depend upon the valve action of an enclosed surface or film for their rectifying properties. Their operation is practically the same with the exception of the film is developed or a dry suture and the electrodes are placed in contact with each other. Generally, these electrodes are small, all secured all around with the electrodes surfaces all facing the war, thus restricting the current flow to one direction. As considerable heat is generated when the current passes through the diseased rectifiers, these rectifiers are not sensitive to adating fins so that temperature will not exceed the limits at which the host operating efficiency is obtained. Southern Landlords Terrorize Farmers BLANCHARD, Okla.—(CNA) — A white woman was found in wall of a cave at Truss, Beckham County that she had accidentally killed and killed by a Nezogua. A general lynching terror was instilled and thoung no individual Nzogua was accused of being criticized and began to leave the territory: rapidly as possible. It is estimated that from 200 to 300 lynchings occurred from the net, behind all of their property and crops which were taken by the landlords without compensation. These robber landlords' summons which will not be given to the righteous guards. The United Farmers League is organizing these summons to defend the landlords against the terrorist mobs and robbery scheme of the landlords. 23 Work in Phoebus P.O. PHIOBUS, Va. — The colored population of this place is thrifty and presenious and points with point to dealer-carries, including retailers, substitutes and chauffeurs. 20,000 SUFFER IN MINING DIST. NORTHFOLK, W.Va. — The economic crisis which has spawned all the businesses is causing severe suffering among the 20,000 inhabitants of McDowell County who depend upon the mines and coke ovens, which are working two days and sell three days per week. NUMBERS Get them While They're Hot 104 HITS LAST WEEK START 1931 RIGHT Sind 104 for pickup, Beauty Box Sale and get your numbers FREE. Most masters' worth on the list. Don't Face the Old Reliable KOALIN SALES 211 W. Front St., Chester, Pa. GET YOUR NUMBERS FREE! Send the for a package of Carriage Sacket. Do not ask for numbers, they will be sent to you. SEND NO STAMPS B. W. 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Money back if you are not and they are very and they are very try them yourself a package and see. Lucky Star! or 2 a trial package Money back if you detailed. LUCKY STAR MFG. CO. Street Cincinnati, Cleveland, Ohio. WEST VA. SHOE MAN HAS MODERN PLANT WITH $5,000 IN EQUIPMENT GRAFTON, W.Va.—With the most modern shoe repair shop in the city of Birmingham, Biggin's establishment here on Main Street, is an example of business efficiency. Starting his business in his home walled off and fashioned last, Mr. Biggin's has developed it into a modern shoe emporium and not only does a shoe repair and cleaning business but carries a large stock of men's and boys' shoes. Electric Shoe Shiners Among the modern machinery are the electric shiners, which eliminates the danger of climbing on the high stands seen in most places. NATIONS RUSHING TO AFRICA FOR OIL WELLS PARIS—French, Belgian, British, Italian and American oil prospectors are in a costly oil crisis, in an effort to stake out claims in the last remaining unattained fields and hold them in reserve for the day when the old wells run dry. French drillers in Libya and along the Red Sea have produced nothing thus far but dust. French drillers believe they are not far away from the most advanced in seeking the oil treasure pools of Africa, having exclusive rights to drilling test wells on 40,000,000 acres along the west coast. In years they are working quietly. In Paris recently, Harry C. Sinclair revealed that his engineers have been drilling in Portuguese territory, he refused to predict the outcome. The Americans are working along 400 miles of African coast. If oil is found there they will have the ad- The British boves are scattered the Egypt and in Konya and Ribadhina. Inventor Lessens Shipwreck Danger NEW YORK—Passengers on vessels forced to abandon them at night by jumping into the water will run less risk of injury than they can be seen by wearing an electrical signal Interviee, for which a patent is being sought by the Rev. William M. Alston, 206 West 122nd Street, inventor. The device, which is waterproof, covers the head and has three electric bulbs, at the front, on top, and one on the back. Each light has over it a signal device reading "Help." A button operates the lights in the water, and the sounding in the water to be located. The Interviee has been endorsed by the Sears, Reebuck Company, which has promised to handle the article after it has been proven to be a good MAN BURNED TO DEATH TARKEYTOWN, N.J.-James Nixon, an employee of James Royers who has a trucking company, was hurt last week when helping to take a truck load of furniture to Blauction Va., where another man was hurting the truck. It burst into flames and Nixon being punished under the wreck, was burned to death, Louis Louis, escaped unhindered. ELBERTON ELBEN. ON. Ga.-Me. Salite Mac Bone and Dora. Dora Wail motor towed by Dora. Prof. P. J. Blackwell spent several days in Thompson, last week, attending the conference. The dance given at the K. of P. Hall, Monday night, December 15, by the Royal Fire Orchestra, was quite a success, and Bentford Park is suffering with a cut arm, caused by playing with a knife. COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, G., Ma~Mis I. L. McDonald, of Buena Vista, G., spent Thursday in the Early, Hlindsey has returned home after speaking several months in Fortress Montville, Virginia. Mrs. Smithy Mills, of Greenville, S.C., spent several years here as the guest to Mrs. Nina A. Greenspoon. Mrs. Huttle Taylor and Mrs. Annie M. Spencer morored to Atlanta. Ga., Monday, and attended the Social Workers' Convention. Mrs. Nina A. Greenwood left for her home in Houston, Texas, Wednesday, after spending several weeks here with her father. Milton Thurman was in Miami, Fla., its spending a few days in the city as the guest of big mother, Mrs. Pearl Davis. The famous play, "Heaven Bound," was presented in a packed House at the Service Club of the 24th Infantry Sunday afternoon. This was the fourth appearance of "Heaven Bound" in the community. It was directed by Mrs. A. T. Jones. Mrs. Charlie Beecher, the Cleveland Choir of the building several days in the city as the guest of her brother, Thomas H. Posey. The St. James A.M.E. Church held special events for the service at the church at midnight Christmas Eve. Special music was rendered by the choir and a Christmas sermon was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. L. A. Townsley. A. A. Thurman was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Hill Sunday afternoon by the ninth grade pupils of the Spencer High School. A neat sum was realized from the affair, which went forward providing Christmas presents for the Rover. Dr. R. H. Cobb and Jundtinker, James A. Cobb, motored at Atlanta, Ga., Monday, reporting a pleasant trip over the newly-paved highway between Columbus and Atlanta. George W. Lopar and his two sons, Fred and Charles of New York City, who have been spending several days here on accounts of the illness of Charles Green, left for their home Sunday morning. Mrs. Marie Lopar, also of New York City, is remaining there for several days before returning home. A special call meeting of the Ladies' Social and Embroidery Club was held at the residence of Mrs. Belle Collier Sunday afternoon. The purpose of the meeting was to make arrangements to give aid and Christmas gifts to the poor and needy of the city. At the St. James A.M.E. Church last Sunday a sermon was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. L. A. Townsley. Several visitors were present, among them being Dr. R. H. Cobb, prominent dentist of the city. The Charge Beauregard of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Elizabeth Roberts, of Birmingham, Alabama; and Miss McCiguid, of West Virginia. Tell your friends what they are missing by not reading the AFRO-AMERICAN every week. You can always find it on sale at the North Street Drug Store. It contains a lot of the information from the news of interest and range other deaths every year. He has as an assistant, Harry Puller, of Clarksville. He is an orientation to keep up with the latest in footwear and shoe repairing. Mr. Biggins attends the shoe-dealers conventions. He uses the very newest methods in repair of footwear. He uses the methods of using tacks with a modern method of gluing on soles. He caters to both races and has a large library of books from his business. Mr. Biggins finds time to be active in the church and civil life of the community. He is a volunteer with five children and a wife, who he is a real partner in his business. U.S CIVIL SERVICE Further information may be obtained from the Civil Service Commission at Washington, D.C., or its representative at the postoffice or customhouse in any city. Junior Range Examiner, $2,000 to $2,600 CVAEL Junior Forester, $2,000-to $2,600 a year. Undertakers Bankrupt CLEVELAND, O. (RIS)—The Mosaic Understanding Co., organized by Mrs. C. B. Bell, national grand guardian of the Mosaic Templars of America, with headquarters at 229 East 40th Street, this city, has gone through a period of reorganization. Prye, who was appointed receiver by the courts, Alexander H. Martin is representing Mr. Beasley and Mrs. Bell in the case. Business Still Unsettled According to the monthly bulletin issued by the National City Bank of New York, business conditions are still unstressed and are likely to remain unchanged. The process of adjustment, which has been taking place over an extended period of some twenty months has not yet been completed as a result of normal buying has not yet started. Labor demands are still at a very low level because factory stocks have not yet been depleted. However, the demand for labor has been lower than at any time within the past ten years and this condition has stimulated the buying impulse as well as made it possible for families to exist on much smaller incomes. Negro labor and families have suffered most because bank failures have also tended to increase the suffering among this group in many states. Federal, State, and City relief bueses and employment operations are giving some relief but in the distribution of these benefits, colored people are receiving their prop share of consideration. With property values decreasing and a continued period of subnormal growth, laborers to economize on every item of expense so that they may have a surplus for even more stringent conditions. Because of their own effort to give their employer a full amount of faithful service to the end that other Negroes will not be thrown out of work to make room for more white Tennessee State to Spend $600,000 NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee, A. & I. State College will begin the year 1931 and the winter quarter brightest point in the phenomenal eighteen years of consistent growth. Plans are on foot for an expenditure of over $600,000 for four major buildings to be enclosed beside a boulevard from the present campus. These buildings are: an administration building containing cafeteria and laundry; a classroom for agricultural and industrial education, and a model practice school for elementary grades. In addition to the buildings erected teachers cottages and apartments. These additions will bring the evaluation of the present plant beyond the mark, and the national fact that the various curricula both its literary and vocational purposes so that additional reading rooms and department reading rooms may be organized for instruction for maintenance fo. the biennial period .931-33 will be included an increase of at least $35,000 per year while the institution receives $175,000 state sources alone. OHIO CINCINNATI CINCINNATI. Ohio—the second annual Cinderella Charity Ball was given by disc Hall Bail, and is attended by 12, Mus. Winnebago Orchestra of Louisville. Ky. Nearly 900 tickets were awarded to overwhelming. The proceeds from the dance, amounting to about $600, will be used for the relief of the Cinderella Charity Club is composed of thirty young women, representing the various vowels of the English alphabet. Of its kind in Cincinnati. They are now planning to sponsor a basketball game and boxing event. They are also needy families. Mrs. Cary Braman, at teacher Eagle School, is the chairman. J. M. Rapahat, executive director of the Negro Civil Welfare Association, is sponsor. NUMBERS RACKET By 'BILL' Presto! You either have it or you don't. It seems like black cats and other furious things have been week. I just couldn't hit although I came in striking distance. But there's no half way doin' in this number. It's not next to the one that hits you just as much luck as an ice man would have in trying to sell ice to It's rather discouraging to hear about that New York clearing house not publishing reports. Don't worry, where is there a way to get it, matter, much. I'm going to try and make a cleaning on the following flats before the close up: 589, 650, 918, and 245. When it comes to the combo those that look like a late Caius Claus to me are: 392, 370, 345 and The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 THE COUNTRY REPORTER THE COUNTRY REPORTER James Brooks and Clarence Washington, of Keys, W.Va., are having a race to see who hits the most on rooftops. At present Jim is aimed with two more hits than Washington. An automobile trip to bring Tom Keys, Perry and David Folk, three boys of Keys, W.Va., home from a motorcycle tour. destination uncertain, last week, when the motor gave out at Kirkland, Va. The youngsters had traveled through Petersburg and Moorefield. Alouza Manuel, while playing with a crowd of boys in an old red brick house at Horntown, Va. fell through the second floor breaking, two ribs. Stanley Custis accidentally broke his leg while hauling mops Saturday. A hunting expedition of three school boys ended tragically last week when Israel Jones was accidentally shot. He was rushed to the hospital but died a few hours later. Mrs. Omega. V. Mason served as a juror on the last term of court in Salem County, N.J. being the first colored person ever. to serve as foreman of a jury in this county. A fire in Salem, N.J., routed three families on Kesahy Street; including a woman, who was ill. ... The sixty-sixth session of the Louisiana annual conference of the A.M.E. Church was concluded at Baton Rouge Sunday and the annual conference of the Mounts Sunday evening at Bibel Church, Baton Rouge, by Bishop R. C. Ransom. Major changes were the transfer of Baton Rouge Sunday to Baton Rouge St. James New Orleans, the Rev. H. E. Stewart taking his church, and the changing of all presiding elders. The conference will meet next year in Bigusahla. Brooks preached at the 11 o'clock service Sunday and assisted at the ordination in the afternoon. **** A three-foot alligator was caught in the Mississippi Delta Mid- last week, according to a correspondent. It is said to have escaped from a circus. The governor note from Federalalsburg state that George Christiansh, hogs led in weight of those butchered this year, weighing 430 and 418½ pounds, and William Turner's 378 and 220 Isaac Cannon's hog weighed 390 pounds. The people of Hornbill, Va. killed hogs this year from 736 pounds in weight to 250 pounds. E. Peel, of Seawall, N.J., killed a boy, Wednesday, weighing over 300 pounds. The Service Club, a group of Howard High School students, Willingham High School students, employment situation and financial idea depression by three years. For that length of time they have been collecting and distributing donations, clothing and giving breakfasts to many of the meepy children at the Howard school and at Christmas have been entertaining a number of tots with a Christmas meal. They have enlisted the aid of such business establishments as the Willingham Dry Goods, National Biscuit Company, the race and Negro social and health centers. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to Father Nugent, our O. Sullivan and Miss Cunningham of S. Michigan. Deckie C. McKenna, Mr. C. T. Crew, Portland, Maine; Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Draper and Miss Mary Jane of Syracuse, New York; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brown, Detroit, Michigan; Mr. M. McBlehner, Brown Toledo; Mrs. Gortrude Moroney, Mrs. W. Gutmann, Mrs. Mary Forester; Mrs. Eliza Byrd, Detective Jack Hodges; Grace Temple No. 424; Malaga Temple No. 424; Mr. McBlehner, Stanton, Poro Club, and Lc Marks Company of Toledo, Ohio, for their thoughtfulness and sympathy extended to us during the sickness and death of our daughter, Lilian, our funeral director, Mr. E. R. Wanzo. MR. and MRS. RICHARD GREEN Toledo, Qallo. Firmen, Brakemen, Bagagemen; colored Train or Sleeping Car Porters; $150-$250 monthly. Experience not necessary. 277 Railway Instruction Bureau, East St. Louis, Ill. tf. WONDERFUL JOBS WITH U.S. GOVENMENT for Men-Women. 18-60; $125-$250 month; About 40,000 openings yearly. Big list of jobs freed FREE. Write, Instruction Bureau, 334. St. Louis, Mo. Today. MISCELLANEOUS LEARN SPIRIT MIND READING-- complete information—10c. Lincoln Institute, 510 Overland, Youngstown, Ohio. LEARN SPIRIT MIND READING-- Complete information—10c. Lincoln Institute, 510 Overland, Youngstown, Ohio. "Easy Money can be made if you have but $2,000 investment capital. Particulars free." THE EMPIRE CO. Station G, Box 1610-N, Cleveland, D. D-27. NOTICE MEN AND WOMEN. Import the real French photos, rubber goods, medicines, etc. directly from red hot gay France. Send 22c (coin) for name and address of French dealer. (Confidential) MURO, 6401 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. APARTMENTS FURNISHED APARTMENTS—Electric lights and baths; reasonable price. Apply J. C. Lewis, 6401 Delphia Avenue, Egg Harbor City, Buy Now and Save Money BUSINESS CARDS $2.75 Per 1,000 H. W. SMITH CO. HURRY UP PRINTERS 1611. North Berrien, Chicago THE LIBERTY LIFE BUYS BUSINESS OF CHI. NATIONAL CHICAGO.—The Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company has purchased all of the colored business now standing on the books of the Chicago National Life Insurance Company (white). The deal involves nearly three quarters of a million dollars worth of insurance business on the lives of many of the leading citizens of Chicago and vicinity who originally took most of these policies in the Old Public Life Insurance Company which itself was subsequently reinsured in the bankruptcy of the consideration the Supreme Liberty Life comes into possession of the office building at 3820 South State, which is occupied by a group of professional men. The company plans to make no changes whatever in the tenancies of this building. The Chicago Life Insurance Company has executed a long contract with which they desire to keep at this point to take care of their white business on the South Side. At a recent conference of white executives of industrial life insurance companies operating in the South, it was stated that hereafter an effort would be made to continue the operation of the business, leaving the colored field open to the solicitation of colored companies. Other Purchases The Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company has recently also taken over and resumed the business of the Lancaster Mutual Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio; the Estate Benefit Corporation of Springfield, Illinois; the Anchor Life and Accident Company of Cleveland, Ohio; and has in process of completion completed the business of both white and the other colored, whereby it will reinsure the business of both of these organizations: In addition to this, it reinsured the business of the Acme Life Insurance Company of Kansas City, Missouri, several months ago. These transactions bring to the Supreme Liberty additional insurance of more than two and one half million dollars. We will assistate an increase in the office staff and considerable increase in the field staff, although the agency organization of the other companies are being taken over along with the business. Delaware WILMINGTON WILMINGTON, Del.—Sunday, December 21, at the Eighth Street Baptist Church, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school was opened by the superintendent. Linwood McDaniels. At 11 a.m. preaching was by the pastor, the Rev. Wm. Price; subject. "Christ, the Accused." At 3 p.m., the pastor, the Rev. Wm. Price and choir worshipped at the Mt. Enon Baptist Church, the Rev. Augustin Scott, pastor. At 6:30 p.m., the B.Y.P.U. had an interesting program. At 8 p.m., preaching was by the Reverend Wells, and music by the senior choir. Dr. Aldrich Burton, a prominent physician of Philadelphia, addressed a large audience at the meeting of the Open Door Forum last Sunday afternoon, on the subject. "Individual Health," Dr. Burton attended clinics in the leading hospitals of Europe during a six months' stay last year. He is a neurologist, and is a member of the board of directors of Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia. ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS Members of Howard High School Adult Education Center and also of eight-year other centers in this city, presented in Christmas pageant at the Howard High School last Thursday night, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Turner. The pageant was the contribution of the adult student to the community Christmas celebrations in this city. A chorus of seventy voices, trained by Mrs. Turner, provided the music. The principal members of the cast were: Jennie Russ, Ruth Hayes, Benjamin Evans, Addie Daniels, Blancha Young, M. J. Blevins, Cairn Daniels, William Crummet, Mel Arilla Jones, Sarah Collard, Lula Jacob, Mary Hart, Sarah Coresy, Mary Cork, Mary Cain, Webber Smart, James Morris, Jacob Hart, Frank Carol and John Sisco. "Gwen Allen's Christmas," a cantata, was presented by the pupils of No. 3. School, Monday evening. The proceeds were donated to charity. Robert Priest, Viola Wallace, Virginia Holmes, Geneva Wallace, Devosh Ritch, Jesse Owens, Roland Byrd, Betty Hollis and Marie Bantian (look the principal part). The school will days the give club of the school will sing at the Hogwood Saultarium and the Lay- "Land of Make Believe," a Christian fantasy, was given by the combined senior faculty, with the benefit of charity, Howard High School in the auditorium Friday evening, for the benefit of charity, and the assistance of Mrs. Natale Cross, of the sewing department, who headed the automechanics division, and Herbert Hush, chief engineer, who controlled the performance. The cause was toward the relief of unemployment. The Service department, appointed Mrs. Barra Sanchez, assisted the conditions and mode of approach of unemployment by three years. For just the three years, the senior high school freshman, sought worthy recipients of Thanksgiving donations, clothing and equipment, and as Christmas entertained scores of pre-school and primary children with a Christmas entertained audience. The Auditorium, and been Santa Claus to the same tots. They have enlisted the cooperation of the Biscuit Industries as the National Biscuit Company, the Wilmington Dry Goods, the bakeries, and the Health and Social Centers. Al. their Christmas party this year; the club expects 100 children. The officers and members of the Club are: President, Clementine Ritchie, A-3; vice-president, Roberta Hamilton, B-4; treasurer, Lucy Courney, B-4; assistant treasurer, Anna Holton, A-2; Rosa Carter, A-2; Elizabeth A-3, The Mina Chase, A-4; Adeliade Hutson, A-2; Rosa Carter, A-2; Elizabeth A-3, The Mina Chase, A-4; Adeliade Hutson, A-2; Rosa Carter, A-2; Elizabeth Wiggins, B-4; Bela Jenkins, A-3; Harriet Johns, A-2, and Inaba Fields, B-4. GREENWOOD GREENWOOD, Del.-The presiding elder and the minister was well attended and, when the service was well attended The supper at the hall Saturday evening, was given by the Girls' Club, and was a Mrs. Florence Matthews, who has undergone an eye surgery. She was Miss Bla Masthews, of Philadelphia, is visiting her during her illness. She is attending the Mary Cannon, near Bridgeville, was laid at rest in St. John's Cemetery, Sunday. The Christmas program was given at the school Thursday, December 18. by the W. L. Jole and Miss Slater, was successful. SEAFORD SEAFORD, Del.- December 19, the Predig reed Douglass High School held its annual Christmas program. Many attended. The ushers of the Church were Church Church Church Church Church. ing ubners of Fredensburg (Md. J. M. Church). In 1815, the John Westley M. E. Church. BRIDGEVILLE BRIDGEVILLE. Del.-Services were held at Mt. Culvery M.E. Church Sunday, with preaching by the pastor, the Rev. B. B. Carsen. Miss Simpson, a missionary, had charge of the service, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aldert spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Deshelds at Concord Colbourne and friends of Virginia were visitors here. Friday evening, Mrs. Sadie Giles and daughter, Benah, visited her niece and their niece and cousin, Frances Williams, Wednesday. Wm. Giles spent Sunday, with his brother, Giles. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Price, of Farmington, spent Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Price. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Nielsen, of the Cedar Rapids school district, gave a turkey dinner, in honor of Mrs. Nichols's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edwyn Dusky Stanley, of Seedford, spent the week-end, with his son, Louis Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Dotty Palmer are receiving congratulations upon the birth of a baby Mr. and Mrs. Dotty Palmer are receiving congratulations upon the birth of a baby REHOBOTH REMOBHOT. Del.-Mt. Elise Blue is ill. He was hospitalized for several days, evening, after suffering for several years. Rebecca Miller visited Mrs. Emma Wippe. Rebecca Miller visited Mrs. Emma Wippe. H. Harmon, A. Miller and Fred Boyer ELLENDALE ELENDALE, Dei.-Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Petjelholm, of Mecla, Ms. Walter Petjelholm, of Mecla, Ms. Walter Petjelholm, Miss Mabel Price, of Marshallton, in spending some time with her parents, Mr. Petjelholm. Mrs. Neesha Pettyjohn "who has been on Little Harmson, Jr." and "Little Harmson, Jr." is improving. Store for Tailors NORFOLK—(ANP)—The executive committee of the National association and Dressmakers have just completed a plan to establish a $150,000 grant to help dressmakers be presented for ratification at the next annual meeting of the association in Boston, August 3-4, 1991, as part of the association is clean as 38.202. The Love of Lena Continued from Page Eleven "The only man on earth I have ever oiled," she proclaimed in moments of consciousness. For the first time, there arose in her heart a desire to see the home of her childhood, back there in the slums, to lay her head, upon mother's lap and pour out the tale of grief which had crushed her young life. Just to hear mother read once more, from that Divine Book, the familiar words, "The Just shall live by faith." As the days passed swiftly, she was determined to make the best of it, and wait for Dan if it caused her everlasting misery. "I love him, in spite of himself," she exclaimed to Mrs. Graham, and her friends who would stop in at times; "I love him with a love that is more," she said. And she would set her table for two, arranging his plate and knife and fork as though he were there. that night. He could remember only what was said on the morning he was sentenced. He sat on the cot in his cell register, and he had been to the girl who sincerely loved him, who had cared for him during all his failures. As he sat with his head buried in his hands, the guard announced Mrs. Graham, who wished to give her hand on his shoulder, saying: Dan Repents "Don't worry, Dan my boy, she still loves you." How these words struck his hearts? They meant new life and hope to him. And, lifting his head, he inquired: "How is she, Mrs. Graham? What does she think of me?" "What a cad I've been!" Dan imitated, pacing the floor of his cell. "What an ungrateful man to treat her that way." He picked Lena not to come. He could not face her. She would never understand why all this had happened. But Lena did understand, for, just one day before his time was up, a man came up from the office and explained how his secretary had phone, how they were at work at the when some one offended the poisonous drinker, but being an expert drinker, took too much and it had taken a temporary effort upon his mind. --- That morning, Lena was up early, cleaning the house, making things beautiful for Dan. She expected him home at ten and she was going to meet him. She cooked lunch got beautiful flowers, dressed up so that everything was be pleasing, so that she was ready at nine o'clock, and she was on her way out when she heard some one whistle. She listened, yes, she had heard that whistle before, about four years ago, whistle before, about four years ago. A New Dan A man's footsteps came hurriedly up the steps, passed Room 2 down the hall to her room. As that whistle came clearer, it rec'ed so much that was dear to her. She stood eagerly waiting and dreaming as her door opened widely—it was Dan! Not the old Dan with his overbearing sensitivity, but the reformed Dan stricken with sorrow. Among him he had committed. With his hat in hand he walked slowly toward her, with watered eyes and a face in which repentance shone like an evening star. 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SHORT-HAMMER, Nathan R., 19, 222 HARRIS-WAVER, Layton A., 19, 222 HARRIS-WAVER-John., 22, 635 Pichler- gier, Mary L., 19. giveness, full of love and unquench- able faith which she had never lost. They embraced holding tightly to each other, as Dan stammered in in- attempt to explain, but Lean, putting her hand to his lips objected. I understand. I've always believed in you, because I love you. "But, dear, I've be n blind to your love for me. You're such a wonderful girl," he said as he kissed her-the long, long kiss of young lovers. "Let's forget it, Dan, dear?" she said as they embraced each other in firm affecto. "I ever forget my act; dear?" he exclaimed penitently. "You can't forget it." "Oh yes I can!" she soothed, brushing his hair back from his forehead. "I believe men can be born again." she continued. "They can get a new life when they've failed with the old one." "He heart," he asked tenderly, "where do you get all these beautiful thoughts?" And she, turning to a dusty book, found a certain chapted and put it before him. "Dear, this is mother's Bible, and every day I read it. It has helped me to face misfortune bravely all my life." And, putting his arms around her, he handed her passionately as she read the words of immortal greatness. "Love ye one another as I have loved you and so fulfil the law of Him who has sent me." THE END Still Working The Buried Treasure Game Continued from Page Seventeen The old "doctor" had staged the digging so that the alleged treasure would only be a foot down when night came. He figured, rightly, that somebody would try to steal the mythical treasure. If he could give the would-be thief a scrape of his chest everybody else believe the place was haunted by spirits it was likely no more digging would be done and the crew would never know they had been swindled. If they went ahead with it they would learn they had been duped, and might have officers follow and arrest him. He had delayed things and held on until all of the men had paid him. At the regular church conference at Allenton some two or three weeks later, Sam Turner asked Professor Johnson of Lincoln High School of a nearby city, who was present as a delegate, if there was any such instrument as a genuine treasure finder. "There is nothing to this effect in any book of physics I have ever read," replied the professor. "That is, of course, any instrument that is susceptible to gold and silver like the needle of the compass is susceptible to iron and steel. I have heard there were contrivances purported to react to gold and silver but they are fakes, swindles, humbugs." . . . It may be stated here, in case any one is interested, that Tom Sides and the two men in his company did not drown when the umbrella was opened to the lake. It was a case of "sink or swim, root hog or die," so they swam out. 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COUNTY MAID TOWSON, Md. — Kildnapped, she by four strange women bandits carrying big money in a bonnet big in a bonnet deep in a deer Park Road, Miss Lillian Penn, 20, who has been misunderstood, is suddenly she disappeared, last week. Miss Penna, who was a maid in the home, taught her to be a teacher in Garrison Forest School, told a harrowing tale of how the women in her village hid their belongings in her employer's homes, but show that, despite the fact that they were refused and was dumped back on the Reisterstown Road after two days in the hiding place of her mother. Accosted in Yard While at the home of her employer, she declared, a strange woman came into the yard and when there was not, two other women appeared, she said, all carrying big bags. Two of them grabbed her and she wilted in pain, demanded that she reveal where the family kept its values and money. She said that she was unable to comply with their request, and the women took her to the road and showed her into a blue coupe, into the shack which contained a couch and two folding chairs, where they again attempted to value into the hidden. She still maintained that she did not know where they were kept, she said. After two weeks, during a tense meeting, they told her they intended to kill her and put her body where no one could find it, if she did not give her the want of freedom to die for her. When they dumped her off the coupe, which bore Pennsylvania tags. No. C-14-13, 1930. The shack was a large steel box filled with diamonds and jewelry. N.C. Officials Resent Charges of Slavery CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Recent, who touried the South under the suprapeprio Bureau, claimed that the southern Negro is "selling himself into elavery," is considered a slap in the face of official stress. They stress that the state ranks fifth in its educational rating, and that the colored students enjoy more educational here than elsewhere in the South. Civil War Veteran, "Blues" Head, Dies MACON, Ga.—(GNS) — The funeral services of Sandy Lockhart, former carer of the national guard company, was held here Sunday. Eight white soldiers with raised rifles on the taps over the cemetery as Lockhart was laid to rest. The funeral services were held from Stewart A.M.E. Church. Autobles were parked for blocks, and several officers and an army guard unit were present and a sprinkling of white civilians. Thirty or thirty-five members of the guard unit paying respect to their captain. Lockhart, who was 77 years old, the master by trade, died in Chicago last Wednesday, at the home of his daughter, Mattie Lockhart. He is survived by his son, also The company which Lockhart commanded was the Blues and the Lincoln Guards existed for perhaps thirty years. It was disbanded in 1900 or 1904. DEUNKS, LOCKED IN BANK, SHOOT PENNY DICK FRIMINGTON, W.Va.-Clay Moon Junior, 4, and Clarence Parker, 63 who fell asleep in the National Bank after saging a moonshine party in the institution on Monday, whil- ays the hours by shooting penny, until released at 9:30 the next day, the worse for their experience. IN D.C. CHURCHES AEROSPHERAL ALLIANCE The Interdenominational Ministers' Al-Hanoo of Washington and vicinity met at John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, at 11 o'clock. Monday morning. The Rowing are the officers who were re-ekowed at the previous meeting: the Rev. R. W. Brooks, president; the Rev. Julius E. Carroll, vice-president; the Rev. R. A. Fairlay, secretary, and the Rev. J. H. Jenkins, assistant secretary. MOUNT ZION M.E. Queen of Sheba Household of Burkha held a special service at the Mansion on Saturday, the pastor, the Rev. Johnus Carroll, carried the sermon. Church School met at 8:30 a.m. the pastor, the Rev. Johnus Carroll, carried the sermon. Church School met at 8:30 a.m. the pastor, the Rev. Johnus Carroll, carried the sermon. The Epworth League met at 8 p.m. the pastor, the Brotherhood held a special service at 8 o'clock Christmas Boulevard #5 were bold at 5 o'clock Christmas morning. TABOR FRESBYTERIAN The Rev. R. A. Patley, pastor, spokes on the service at the Presbyterian Babylonian church, plays "Good Will Among Men," maneuvering as a song by the church chokor. . . IN D.C. CHURCHES **FLORIDA AVENUE BAPSTH** On Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor will preach on "On Room in the Church" and "Christmas Under the direction of Dr. W. E. Taylor." **ST. PAUL AME.** Rev. J. Ross Barron, pastor On Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor will preach on "Life" At 6:30 a.m. a special program by the Christian C.E. League will be held. At night, the Happy Home Bapsth will be choreered. **THIRD BAPSTH** Rev. J. Ross Barron, pastor On Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor will preach on "The Eternal Vow" At night, he will preach on "Redemption CHURCH OF OUR REDZEMER On Christmas morning, a special sermon by the pastor, entitled, "The Child's Christ," was given on December 28, the pastor will speak on "Looking Forward." **JOHN WESLEY A.M.E. ZION** Rev H. D. Killian, pastor Special Church morning. On Sunday, December 28, the pastor will speak. At night presentation: "Miss Virginia Johnson" in directress: Mrs. Saddah Hamilton, organist. **BROWN'S MEMORIAL A.M.E.** 14th and C. Streets, N.E. On Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor will preach on "A Dancing Girl and a Wicked Girl." What are You Going to be in Your Church in 1911? What are You Going to be held at this church. The following ministers will take part: Rev G. Lee Brown, of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Benedict, N.E.; Rev G. Oliver Wing. The four choirs will render 31, watch presentation will be held. MT. CARMEL On Christmas Day, at 11 o'clock, union services will be held, at which time the Rev. Charles will preside. On Christmas Day, at 6 p.m. Christmas morning, a special sermon will be delivered to the church, a pasto on "Keeping the Christmas." on Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor will presach on the right of the young people will be a candle-light procession. MT. BETHEL BAPTIST Rev. K. W. Ray, pastor On Christmas morning at 11 o'clock, the pastor gave a gift to the World. On Sunday morning, December 28, the pastor went to a night at a special sermon will be prescheduled. METROPOLITAN A.M.E. On Sunday, December 38, 8 played will be held. 8. W. Rutherford of the National Bancorp Insurance company will be given by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Woods- torny, will also speak. At 8 o'clock, memorial service will be held in honor of their memory. On December 24, at 11 p.m., special Christmas Eve services will be held. Christmas carols will be sung, followed by the Holy Communion. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST The Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor, presided over the service at the *Friendship Baptist Church* of Mount Aitry and Friendship Baptist Church were held at the *Mount Aitry Altar*, presided over the sermon, a *A song service*, by Sermon on Christmas Day were as follows: *Christmas sermon* 8 p.m. *pastage given by the Home Department of the university* MOUNT OLIVE A special Christmas sermon was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. A. E. Williams, at the morning service at Mount Olive Baptist Church last Sunday. At the evening service, the pastor preached on the subject "Following the Star." The Baptist Young People's Union held its service at 6:30 p.m. Sunrise services were held on Christmas morning at 7 o'clock. SECOND BAPTIST The pastor, the Rev. J. L. B. Holoman, preached on "The Significance of the Incarnation" at the morning service at the Second Baptist Church last Sunday. At 3:30 p.m., the Interdenominational Usher's Union held a special service. At the evening service the pastor had for his subject "A New Name." Bible School met at 9:30 a.m. and the Baptist Young People's Union at 6 p.m. VION BAPTIST The pastor, Rev. Leon B. Wormley, preached on Sunday at the morning service at the Zion Baptist Church in DeKalbware, A. K. Zion, pastor of People's Congregational Church, a church school under the direction of Mrs. Julie K. Walker, gave a Christmas program. LINCOLN TEMPLE At the services last Sunday morning, the Rev. R. W. Brooks, pastor, spoke from the church to sing special Christmas music. At 6:45 p.m. the Young People's Christian Endeavor Society. The subject discussed was "Joy to the World." A special Christmas service was held Christmas morning at 7 o'clock. PEOPLE'S CONGREGATIONAL The pastor, the Rev. A. P. Hines, delivered a Christmas message at his morning church last Sunday, his theme being "When Christmas Comes." He joined his hold at 8:30 p.m. John Wilson began. Dedication on the subject "joy to the world." PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL The congregation of Plymouth Congregational Church, Seventh and Eighth Streets, northwest by 10th Street, evening the program included a candle-light ceremony. The program included a candle-light service. The Other Wise Man, by Thomas E. Bowers. MILLS-MEMORIAL C. M. E. The pastor, R. P. Pullook, the new pastor of Mills Memorial Church, evening the morning service on last Sunday, Sunday December 23, will also Christmas cards. WISE MEN'S VISIT 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS WISE MEN'S VISIT 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS BIBLE IS BRIEF One of Three Magi Reputed Black. Bv F. H. M. MURRAY Asked to read or to relate "the Christmas Story" from the New Testament, almost anyone would quote the narrative relating to the visit of the Wise Men or Magi which is found in the second chapter of Matthew. But, strictly speaking, that narrative relates to what has been denominated "the Epiphar.," which event tradition has fixed at twelve day, after Christmas-January, 6, according to our calendar. In early Christian times the celebration of the Epiphar. or Feast of the Kings assumed an importance greater than the celebration of the Nativity or Christmas. In medieval times, and even up to Shakespeare's time, it was the culmination of the two weeks' celebration which began with Christmas Eve, the high point being Epiphany Eye or Twelfth Night. For some reason, or perhaps for many reasons, this occurrence, the manifestation of the Messiah to the Gentiles, became the typical event, connected with the coming of the Lord. Perhaps its appeal was due to its unusualness—its uniqueness. The visit of the angels to the shepherds was far more spectacular—but other angels had visited earth and talked to men of the earth with and among them, and treated them with them. The Nativity-touching and pathetic as it appears to us—did not seem to take great hold on the minds of the people in the early days. Perhaps birth, even a jeet poverty and misfortune, summings, to The shepherds, who first visited the manger, the loviness of the surcurrences probably was not impressive; and there is no certainty that they realise the significance of the event, for the only easy says: "And it came to pass, as the angels were gone from them into another, the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go one into Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to us, known unto us." Lord "And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe laying in a manger, and the babe lying in a manger, and it made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child. "And all they that heard it wended the child which were told them by the shepherds" (Lake 2:15-18). Thus, the shepherds and their neighbors who heard their recital seem to have been more curious than the story of the loyable-born babe. Not so, however, was Herod, nor were the Wise Men who "saw His star in the East" and came to sit upon Him hone-gifted it. This visit of the Wise Men or Mag, assuming that they were, as the legends hold, really king was more spectacular event, suggesting to writer and to artist a portrayal of power, opulence, and splendor such as no other occurrence connected the advent of the Savior would hasten. And the early artists and those of the renaissance—the Old Masters, as we call them—did not fail to avail themselves of the opportunities their powers. They vied with each other in the endeavor to cloth the occasion with sumptuousness, color, historical suggestion, and suggestion, and with the same engravings which, in number and variety of portrayal, are simply staggering: No Biblical event approaches, it in appeal to the artist no less than to record the events of the past, and faintly detail. Therefore, it comes about, that in order to fully understand and appreciate even a small part of the wealth of legend, we must learn the various representations of this event in pictorial art, the mastery of a score of books and a half score of pseudo-gospels is rare. The Biblical story is short, and simple; did it not it seem sacrilegious, one might say, exasperatingly lean and colorless; was it all contained in a half dozen verses of the second chapter of Matthew. In the Biblical story we learn, once again, that it is all contained in a half dozen verses of the second chapter of Matthew. Nothing is said as to their number or their rank or who or how many persons, if any, accompanied them. We learn, once again, that gold, treasure and myth. However, all the important, details regarding such a portentous occasion that a monarch must and must more, some of it trivial and probably fantastic—can be found in the multitude of legends and pseudo-gospels on some details there is 'almost unanimous agreement'. Among these were: the number and rank of the Wise Men—they were three, and they were significant, and appealing, these kings were representatives of what were then regarded as the 'three great geographical divisions'—the Hence we find that in the art of the masters, with few exceptions and, these for reasons probably, not became quite popular in Europe. The Afro-American, Baltimore, Saturday, December 27, 1930 [Illustration of a religious scene with three haloed figures, a central figure holding a star, and a figure in a robe.] A reproduction of the central panel of the trivetty forming the reredos of the altar of the Holy Trinity (American) Protestant Church in Paris. Painted by Edwin Austin Abbey, American-British artist, Balthasar, the Negro king, is one of the two standing with bowed heads. were more rigidly adhered to up to in *Art*, in which the legend is very modern times. dealt with in *considerable detail* WANTED! A DOZEN COLORED MEN! Wanted: a dozen men who have some knowledge of the Insurance Business. Men who have executive ability, patience and vision. Men who are prepared to handle and train a group of men. Men who are willing to give an honest day's work for salary expected, and men who do not, think that the United States of America is going to slip off into the Atlantic Ocean or that the world is coming to an end on account of this little Business Depression. The gentleman who is afraid of the Bogeyman and the fellow who is all killed up over some gloomy-prediction concerning the business future of the Nation need not apply. Excellent opportunities for the right kind of men. Kindly state age, experience, and salary expected. Write— LONNIE BRANCH 407-411-413 W. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md. MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY GAS AND OIL BURNING BOILERS AND FURNACES Easy Monthly Payments If Deferred CALL 612-555-1234 The favorite feature of the occurrence with the Old Masters was the adoration scene, with the kings surrounded by a large retinue of attendants, frequently with horses, camels, dogs, peacocks, monkeys, and even lions in the ensemble. Hovering over these, whether the scene was laid indoors or outdoors, is of brilliant plumage and nearly always, the Star. In many instances the adoration of the shepherds and the homage of the kings were combined. In a few cases we have several scenes, the woodcuts of which are the adoration and even the departure—more or less connected and combined in the one picture, or in the form of a triptych; that is, three adjacent pictures or panes, each with a note. We have portrayed the adoration scene, though a few have pictured the journey. Indeed, the journey—generally showing three persons riding or leading camels with the Star in their hands—is a representation. We find it in book illustrations and on cards and on Sunday School lesson sheets—but seldom are the racial aspects of the prejudicial—one of the kings is depicted. The other might have been expected, some artists setized the opportunity to portray their rulers and other important personages as one or more of the mage-kings. In not a few of the woodcuts, there are illustrations in the picture as an attendant of a king or as a spectator. These departures from tradition were regarded as legitimate and complimentary to the persons deserved for treatment traditions, honored. What is true of American art is also true of American literature, including our International Sunday School *Lessons*. Lew Wallace, in his introduction to the *traditions* by describing one of the wise men as, in color, "almost a Negro" - credited, however, to European writers and artists, even Americans have followed the *traditions* with sincerity and fidelity. Two instances were dealt with in detail in an article in the AFRO-last December. One of those instances is the *Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Church* at Read and Cathedral Streets' in this city. On this tower the three kings are prominently displayed and one is plainly depicted in Mention, was also made of Henry Van Dyke's book, *The Child christ It should be mentioned that the remains of the three kings are reputed to rest in the great cathedral at Cologne on the Rhine, which is the oldest in Europe, in Rome, is the largest in Europe. In the book mentioned, Dr. Van Dyke says: "Let us imagine a monk of the fifteenth century preaching at the cathedral in Colseum, in the abbey in the cathedral in Feeney. The long procession with swing censors, and tinkling bells, and waving banners has carried the splendid golden shrine of the Mast, crusted with its roses in its room of the church. The music dies away, and the preacher mounts the pulpit and unfolds the tale of wonder. In this casket, my children, sleep the bones of three mighty kings, the muskets of the church and Balthasar were their names . . . Now, Casper was skyly years and he came from Arabia; Balthasar was forty years old and he was black, for he came from Saba; Melchior was forty years old and his country was Darabli." The preacher goes on to state where and how the bodies of the kings were recovered and how they reached Cologne, giving many details of the events, even if not auspicious of proof. Whatever of fancy or fable may be encouraged in the many legends and "gospel" concerning these men, surely both reason and emotion are that they are the three great continents and races of the ancient world. In fact, the narrative in that respect is so appealing that one might surely both reason and emotion are that anything is; and one can scarcely imagine anything short of racial prejudice-perhaps the least defensible of all prejudices—which would seek to falsify or distort the actual nature of the people. At least one great. American artist has treated the matter with sincerity and frankness—albeit he was, at the time he made the representation of the triumph which constitutes his home in England. I refer to Edwin Austin Abbey, the representation being a painting in the form of a triptych which constitutes the reedes of the altar of the American Episcopal Church in Paris. The reproduction of the central panel shown herewild was made from a photograph taken for the writer by Pepper in Paris. Much of the detail is lost in the reproduction but the: three kings EN COLORED MEN! some knowledge of the Insurance- ability, patience and vision. Men train a group of men. Men who are work for salary expected and men who are of America is going to slip off the world is coming to an end on depression. The gentleman who is allowing you to up over some the business future of the Nation unities for the right kind of men. salary expected. Write— BRANCH Balkin St., Baltimore, Md. NEFIT SOCIETY ED COMPANY BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -VAPOR—WARM AIR TING BOILERS AND FURNACES Employments If Desired PLAZA 2872-2873 RICH DR. POWELL NO EXAMPLE FOR POORER PASTORS RICH DR. POWELL NO EXAMPLE FOR POORER PASTORS People Need Leadership as Much as Food and Money, Says the Rev. A. L. James ROANOKE, Va.-The donation of $1,000 and the refusal of $1,000 from the office by Dr. A. Clyton Powell, pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, is an example which many people should follow, the Rev. A. L. James, president of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, declared this week. "While this is a splendid suggestion, I don't think it was said the Rev. Mr. James, I fear that there are few of our group who could afford to donate their salaries for January, February and March Lived in Luxury "Men like Dr. Powell, who have so long lived in luxury, may not be able to fully sympathize with the average preacher whose income has all along been insufficient to keep the wolf away from the door," he said. "When it is remembered," the pastor pointed out, "that Dr. Powell has pastored one of the largest and wealthiest Baptist churches in the country in the century or more, and that his magnificent high power. Packard of the 1928 model is as good as new, you will see how easy it is for him to do the things which he has done. But for us, as something simpler must be done. Need Leadership "A more simple plan would be to provide opportunities for many more to help. After all, what the people need is food and food, is wise, sympathetic prayerful leadership, crisis, through which we are passing, there is need of counsel and of some one who will point out to the people the direction they want. We need those who will teach them how to economize. They need men who will not only give of their money, but who will give of their time and unselfishly of themselves." Are Giving Relief Speaking of the relief work being done in Roanoke, the Rev. Mr. James, who is also the pastor of the First Baptist Church, declared the Bible as the source of the relief bureau. People able to give, bring food, clothing and other supplies and the pastor solicits supplies and funds from white and colored for this purpose. The church is in the church from which the committee is given money for coal, medicines and other necessities. Some individuals have given as much as a ton of coal at the time, he said. Unto the Least of These One bright star' or' a darkening night. An angel like ghosts in gray: They've heard of a Saviour born to earth. And the Wise Men are on their way. Gifts of love did they bring to Him, Gold, myrrh, and frankincense sweet: They're born and spent, and has been To kneel at His baby feet. Seek ye the Saviour, friend, today? What are the gifts ye bring? What manner of sacrifice is yours, As you go in quest of your King? Humry and cold you will find Him kill. Perish in a manger bed; Lonely, unsheltered, and unloved, No place for His little head. Night's dark shadows around him fall. The cold winds blows, The Inn is full, so the keeper says, And He has no place to go. Lone and weary the mother waits, As the hours draan, one by one; Lifting sad, wittful eyes to you For help for her little Son. Love and pity, and kindly help, These are the gifts, O Seeker dear, You should offer your King today. Bring the gifts that the Wise Men brought. First, myrth, that their fears are dead: Frankincense for a loving thought, And gold, to exchange for bread. Unless you have brightened some lonely hearth, Or made some heart to sing, Or made some heart to sing, And you have not found the King. The landlord had no room to spare, so early in the morn. Within a stable, bleak and bare, with a broken window. A manger waited to receive. The new born babe from them wrote: "The Christmas eve lowest in Bethlehem." But now another: Christmas Eve, Come: to the lives of men; And still are some who won't receive The Christ Child now, as them. "No room! No room!" they seem to "Our crowded hearts can spare." They turn he King of Kings away As did the landlord there. Ring, happy bells, this Christmas Eve, We fling the doorway wide; And hurry gladly to receive The King who wails outside! C. A. COLE may be seen at the right of Mary—knelling, two standing with bowed heads, the one at the rear, black. Below Mary stands Joepht. Above, are three guardian angels bearing illies and over their heads the Stars. The kings are richly robed and crowned but are appealing in their reverence and humility — another moving and touching; instance of earthly wealth and power paying The Nation's Biggest All-Negro Weekly An Invitation! JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB Now Forming—All Classes 4% Interest Courteous—Friendly—Efficient: SERVICE YOU are cordially invited to join the Christmas Savings Club in this Bank. You will enjoy your membership and association with us. Established 1910 COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BANK North Avenue Branch 1394 W. NORTH AVE., Cor. Woodbrook Ave. Opposite Division St. Open Daily And on Wednesday and Saturday Nights BOSTON, Mass. — The Ebenezer Baptist Church of this city will burn the mortgage which was recently canceled, and under it church has been the past forgyt a special service, Thursday night. The present pastor, the Rev. W.S. Jensen, died last year. Since his pastor the church has been renovated; new, stained wood, placed and electric lights installed. Liberian Church to Establish New College LIBERLA. West Africa—The Trans-International Independent Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, Inc., of which the RE Rev. Howard H. Hughes, has inaugurated plans to establish a college and divinity school for the training of native boys and girls at Cape Palmas, where the school work was started last year and the school at this place has an enrollment of 251 pupils. Dr. S. Parks Cadman will discuss "Recovered Years" during his address over WEAF Sunday, December 28, at 4:00 p.m. Dr. Fosdick Discusses Trust in God Two ways in which to trust God will be outlined by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick in his National Vespers sermon to be broadcast over WJZ Sunday afternoon, December 28, at 5:00 o'clock. "Capturing Eternity" will be the theme of the event he heard in the National Youth Conference program as broadcaster, December 28, at 3:00 p.m. clock. Savannah Church Has $6,000 Pine Organ SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Saint John Baptist Church of this place has in attendance 1,000 of the church contributed to the purchase of the instrument. The St. John Church was founded by the late Rev. William Grey. Bishop Clair Councils About Cabinet Vacancy Neville, St. Louis, M. Clair of the Covington area of the M. Church, en route to Lincoln, Neuburg, stops to meet with district superintendents of the Central West Conference, relative to filling the cabinet vacancy caused by the death of the Rev. W. Hannah. Providence Woman's Programs Net $600 twelve churches, and various social and civil organizations were represented on the committee. The day program, held Sunday, at the Providence Baptist Church, the N. E. W. "Women's Great Contribution." was the special message given to the congregation during the final introduction to the program. Inspirational talks were made by the different representatives of the congregation, for a forum. Music, including anthems, choruses, solo's, music for the choir, and the Twelve Tribal Cri Trio, the chorus of the Sharp Street M.E. Church, and the Abysinian Baptist, and the Choir of the Quintet. $600 Collected The program was sponsored by Mrs. Dw Baptist, and the Abysinian current collection of the day, the women laid $80 in cash on the table, the men laid $100 in cash on the table, the women the week previous, netted $600 to the women's activities. Soup Kitchen at Union Bapti. Beginning Monday, the Union Bapti Church on Sunday, the Union Bapti church on Saturday, managed a soup kitchen to aid the unemployed, as which K. Bager is in charge of the project. Boyd to Confer in Denver DENVER—Henry Allen Boyd, secretary of the Sunday School Council of St. Johnville, will speak at the Zion Baptist Church on January 4, following which he will hold a conference where he will commit the move and the officials of the Denver Convention bureau. An Inv JOIN CHRIS EAST BALTIMORE CHOIR BOY IN MONASTERY CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The life and bitton of a former Baltimore chic bc came nearer fulfillment when Rev. Charles Sedgewick began to novitiate in the St. Francis Mottery-here last week. The Rev. Mr. Sedgwick will be a member of Baltimore as the cho boy and assistant cross bearer at St. James P. E. Church when it was on High Street and at its present location, at Park Avenue and Preston Street. He will go into the Society of St. John the Evangelist, the American congregation of the Corley Fathers of England, where he will rest and meditate. Howard Student The noviplate is an honor student at the University s.a. of the school mate Carl J. Mankiewicz,ident of the AFRO-AMERICAN Company. He was one of the nine students through an examination in Greek in an year at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He later attended the Philadelphia Divinity School. The Rev. Mr. Sedwick has been rector of two important churches and he developed St. Cyprian's Church into a strong, well organized mission on the West Side. He has dramatized and produced the musical "The Woman in a Plain" played in Detroit and the larger cities of South. Richmond Music Makers Again Cop New York Contest NEW YORK—Repetting their performance of last year when they'd been performing orchestras, the Happy Pals orchestra of Richmond, Va. under the management of the musician who returned the winners in another battle of music, December 1. At this time Chick Webb and his musicians of Richmond, Va. and his band from Baltimore, Zack Whyte and his musicians of Dixon and his band from Baltimore, Pickers, and Andy Hicks and their Troubadors, all these had their inquiries before the final choice was made. Not allowed to leave the rostrum after they had finished playing the thlasius were still clamoring for more music from these masters musicians; same boys went to New York last year in the month of May, her heralded and unsuing as it were, an orchestra of the New Yorkers who had been used to it恳请 to such stars as Duke Ellen Fletcher, Fleetwood Pess Will Wesson, and Ernest Smith. The orchestra is composed of Leroy Wyche, piano: Slim Harris, is cornet: Apples Hume, 2nd cornet: Beans Edwards, trombone: Emmett Johnson, tenor sax: Carroll Griffin, 1st sax: Buster MacPherson, 3rd sax: William Allen, bass: Skinny Trent banjo and the manager: Roy P. If any engagements are desired communications can be made with Roy P. Johnson, Johnson's Hall, Basle Pleth Street, Richmond, Va. Va. Medics Get First Post-graduate Clinic RIGHTMOND—The first educational clinic of its kind, the University of Virginia, is supplying post graduate courses for the colored doctor of medicine and the Medical College of Virginia in connection with the St. Philip Hospital instruction will begin on October 1. A five-year program for the intern venture is being worked out by the physicians, and consists of four trainings to form a team to manually under the best modern guidance. There will be at least six hours per day given to develop in laboratory work, hospital work and general training, with various exercises to the professions. The Richmond Medical Society会 Friday and selected a committee co-operate with the powers be- named on the committee are: Dr Fred Brown, J. H. Blackwell, A. Tennant, C. C. Cook, and E. S.