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BISHOP GRANT ARRESTED TH E An VOL 28 NO. 8 IN T W O In d e p e n d e n t S E C T IO N S AD VO CATE Paper D evo ted P o r t l a n d , to th e o r b o o n .S a t u r d a y In te res t» of th e P e o p le PRICE FIVE CENTS S E C T IO N O N E .N o v e m b e r 28 . 19*1 PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE HEADS HAVE FALLEN NEGROES STILL SERFS IS CLAIM 'Digesting . . . . . The (Vc'W’ .S «■V CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL) On ictvliiff Thunk« Nation«. rnrt’H Mtxl Individual«. In- InK human, r«**i«>n<I to thnt unlimited »ourrn of ix>*«*r HlJl'K Ainhlttoii. ©duration. wealth nr powar (hut In not uh # m I or m otivate with tin* hui»» to m <1»l©v© nr accomfp)t«h aomw onu thing to ninka th«» wnrlii l>^tt«»r mill richer for having lived in It result« In a ter rifle « » a t © nf human energy nod «tore« up a itiaan nf valu«* that are eti tlrely flrtltlou« ami during periods nf •treaa evaporate« into thin air leaving In Ita wake a trail of ntlaary. poverty and ruined llvea NATIONAL BENEFIT TROUBLES MISAPPROPRIATION OF TONDS STRONGLY HINTED T E IN SUPREME COURT r MAY RESULT ENTANGLEMENT POLICE SEIZE SOOTH’S PRELATE SLAVERY SULL HELD PAY FAILURE TO IN EVIDENCE Receiver Reports Vast Sum Needed From KEEP YOUR HOME L INDUSTRIAL URBAN LEAGUE TO MEET IN PITTSBURGH NKW YOKK. N Y . Nov 26 The Executive lloaril of th<* National Ur ban I.«*ngue at Its last regulur meeting selectt*d Pittsburgh as tin* next meet Ing place «>f the League's Annual Con ference. This conference with the Pittsburgh Urban league ns host will be held Thursday to Saturday. May 12 to 14, 1932, und will consider among Other questions the social problems which will lie lutcusifh'd through mal adjustments growing «»»it of unemploy- inent. The offh'lnl of the league are mak ing note of the problems of employ* men!, health and lowered family stan dards. whteh always follow In the wake of periods of depresalon ami will discuss means by which Its «»vII of- LONG WAY TO PAY SENTENCE MOVIE USHER HEEO FOR BAIL FOR JIM CROW IN NEW YORK CHICAGO, 111, Nov. 20 Moro than 16 N«gro nnd Wliltn rlaaswar vietimi« am Imprimine«! In Ilio Chicago llntim' of Correlation, sorving nt lh«1 rnto of $1 60 nml $ 2.00 a day flmm of $100 nnd $200 for militimi labor nrtlvlty accord ing to William K. Ilrowder, homi of tho ChlcnK» illslrli-t of tho Ritorna- t limai Labor Dofonao. Mimi of I ho ImprlNonod mon worn fined $200 nnd costs, which momiN that they upend 106 nr moro ilaya In Iho lltinno of Corrootlon. Moro, nr cording fo tho Chicago II,I), "tho rolla nro tndimrrttmhly filthy, tho food la foul nnd Imiufflrlont In numilty, nnd working cluni prisoners aro compelled tn do tho hardoat nnd dirtiest work 126 other* worker* Nogroo* nnd White*, face trial before Nov. 16 A total nf 160 workers nro now eith er ImprlKiniod or faring trini In Chica go on rhnrgp* which grow out of ntrent demonstrations. S e v e n nf thime were i d zed during the eviction hnltlo of Augual 2, when three Negro worker* were killed hy the ipolice. Score* nf thoimand* of name* will he nlgned In a demand for the mirane of Ihiine prlMonern, to be prenotiteli to tho city counrll on November 12 or IS. Worker* of the International Imlmr Defense, H, F. of L. local*, tho Trnde Union Unity l.engue, the Unemploy ed Council* nnd other organization* lire circulating the petition*. Planning Department of the FOLKS AT Common.ly Chest During the year nation« have been arnuaed and government« have fallen, race« have heroine alarmed and Indi vidual« thrown Into hysteria, hut all have been comforted from that »in failing and unaeeen power HOPE Hawked and Inspired by the power of hup«', nation«, races and Individual«, “ Until Negroes are assured a per* are again able to reconstruct and pro fiting from the errors of the past are manent plan* In the Industry of Am able to build toward a millennium of erica the real ematirl;mtl«»u of th<* black rue«* will not be accomplished", peace, pruapertty ami happlne«« aserts Dr W E ll. Uulloin as he pub Unlike many commercial commodi lishes the first of a aerlea <»f articles ties, however, the power of HOPE In the December (Vials, d«iptctiug Job raria.i wall it at» obligation to the It»*« N* grim* Iwing lost In th*» iuucl user« and while the price may not be stroin <»f the prenent depresalun e a « l l y determined In commercial “ While America make« Itself over in terms, yet. It must he paid und In pay dustrlally the Negro is i>«*iiig almost Ing we do so In the form of Thanks entirely l«*ft «»ut of the pattern", he and at this time of year, nation«, race« continues. Economically weak, the Negro Is and Individual« are paying. In thank«, put t«> t«*st to keep his head above the their obligation «tarvution line What few Jobs that The In «pita of physical and hysterical are available are not for him condltlou« prevalent, our nation ha« lack of organization causes this. th<* II«* s»igg«*sts a five- much to be thankful for While we Editor believe* rocognlie errors that must be correct year plan f«»r tin* Negro, which rails ed we have not yet lost faith In our for a «lirectlng of Am«*rh a’s black buy form of government We «till believe ing power ho that It will «route an out In the Christian principle« are little let for Negro labor Only a firm won* omic foundation can lift the race out practiced. of a virtual «tale of slavery. In attacking this qiiotition of on»- As a race, we are grateful for that ployment, unemployment and r«*lief. no I ucu ami hh'NslitK to In» found in Dr Dullols made an official nurvey of HOPE Although greatly abused und discriminated against we still have nation's cities through their mayors to right on o»ir ilde. At no time have we find out to what extent Negroes wer«* violated the sacred principles upon suffering and the provisions that were which our American form of govern being mad«» f«»r them. These reports. ment 1« founded nml consequently Continued on page four have done noth lug that we should be deprived of all the prlvll«'g«>s of American rltlsenahlp. Itelng no situ uted and with an abundant'«* of hope we may yet live to see the «lay when the tenets of the ('oiistitutloti mean e&uctly what they say. Individually, w© are thauksful for the Inspirations received through the power of hop«* Kven when our rustles und well laid plana have come tum bling down all around us huve we been able to survive nnd hope has shown us tin* way and drawn for us other pictures of a land of utopia *n- wards which we can build and dream of achieving. Personally, I would be lost without hope and I am thankful (hut my nPnd and body are so Rttui»«*d to r«*«*«*lv«* it perfect reception of the message* that 11 < ) P I i . "Hi Inually send Ini out It Is nice to here give thanks to (ho many friend* and ac«iuatntnncos who have worked eo hard In my behalf during the pn*t year nnd even In the face of oh*tad«*H w«* arc thankful for the privilege of finding happiness In the power of HOPE. E NKW YOKK, Nov 26th A former head usher ut Know'* Valencia Thea tre. In Jamaica, lung Inland, ha* been in-id in $M9 imi pending trial in the Court of Special Session*, because he refused to allow a colored woman, Mr*. I,. K William*, to *11 In the inch ••«Ira *eat to which her ticket entitled her. Mr*. William» wa* represented In court hy Attorney Cedi II Illley, to whom the ca«e wa* referred hy lir C. M Iteld, President of iho Jamaica Mrmich of Ihe National AsaiM-tatlon for Iho Advancement of ( ’oloreil Peo ple. Dr Held and William T. Andrew*. Hpodnl l.ogul AsNlnlant of the N. A A. C. I*. wore both preaenl In Court Mr. Andrew* reports: "Mr* Will- Inm* Hinted that nt nhout 2: SO In thr afternoon she went to the theatre and bought a ticket which, according to the custom of tho theatre, permitted the purchimer to ehoono a seat either In the balcony or Ihe orchestra, hut that I »'Conner* met her In the lobby of tho threatre and refused to allow her to »It In Ihe orchestra, lint told her because *he was colored *he iiiuh I ait In the tmlrnny, "Mr*. Williams made a convincing witness on her own behalf. O’Con ners denied thnt he hnd dlHcrlmlimtcd sternutlon and confusion reigned at th«* Thursday morning «esslon of th«* North Alabama A M. E. Conference In St Paul church here when Sheriff James Hawkins of Jefferson county arre*t«»d the pr<*siding bishop, K A («runt on order« from th«* sheriff of Geneva county, where th«* alleged crime was committed “ I am le av in g this conference In the hands of llishop M II Davis until I get back, if I get back." Klshop Grant Is said to have cried «»ut to conference d el ega tes and the larg«* Audience »«»at- ♦*<1 In the building as the Jefferson county o ff ic e rs were taking him to Jail llishop Grant w a r kept In Jail a ls»ut five hours, during which time the cojifureut «• sung and prayed for his <le- Uverance. This was not granted by the Jefferson county officials until a cash bond of $ 1.000 was posted. It is claim©«! that this was raised fr«»m con ference funds Acc«»rdlng to report«, many leading liimilnghani citizens, able to sign the bond, stood aloof. llishop Grant Is charged with bas tardy by Miss ( Mil«* Glass, the attract ive young daughter of llev J 11 Glass, of Hartford, Ala. A warrant was se cured for the arrest of the high churchman; It Is claimed, because he ha«l failed to ke«ip up payments as pro vided In a contract he sign«»d t»n Oc tober 29. 1930. llishop Grant Is reported to have signed a contract with Miss Oil!©, Rev J It Glass and Mrs Glass, mother of the girl. agre«»lng t«» pay $2.000 for the alleged damage t«> Miss Glass Ac cording to the terms of the ugr«*« ment tltshop Grunt was no pay Immediately $300 In cash and $170 annually until the full sum of $2.000 was paid. It is charg«*«l that the bishop. In recent months, has b«»en making efforts to evade th«* terms of the contract ami has not met his installments In the meantime Miss (¡lass has been caring for her young son. «»f whom she de clare« llishop K A. Grunt is th«* fath er. The trial was to be held at Ge* nova oil November 23. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (A N P )— Mr* Oeraldyn Diamond, popular. New York City society matron, and journal ist wa* tn the capital to see the Feder al Kail to Commission for a wave length for the proposed all-colored in- dlo broadcasting station In New V >r'< City. She stopped with Mr. and M n J. Finley Wilson. ATTACKS LABOR DEFENSE WORKER SNOW HILL. Mil . Nov. 20—When Melon Maya, 22 year old investigator for the International laibor Defense, went to the Snow Hill courthouse, to gether with llernard Aden, II.D attor ney. to fire a motion for a change of venue In Ihe case of Orphan Jones, 60 year old Negro farmhand, she was beaten by a lynch mob. Ml** Mayes, ponlng a* a saleswo man of face lotion*, ha* been Investi gating Ihe murder charge* against Jones and finds Hint he is Ihe victim of a frame-up. She charges that Judge Joseph Hally of the Snow Hill court tried to halt the II.D notion thnt would give Jones a fairer trial In Hal* tlmore, that he ruled Aden nut of the trial, and that city nnd county offic ials gave her and the attorney no protection against the lynchers. Both were severely beaten. The II,D which has produced for publica tion In the Hnltlmore press signed stnlemelits showing that Jones wants Aden for his lawyer. Is still fighting for a change of venue to "llnltlmore and Jones' freedom against tho comptoteoat, bsi become confused In the attempt to explain that the orchestra was at,that time rilled to capacity. Magistrate Doyle decided that a prinm fade ense had been made out and held him for a trial In the Court of Special Sessions Tthe action was brought against the wrong doer, nnd In no way Involved the theatre or Its management." YOUNG THIS YEAR. The unemployment situation In Portland Is such that we are advising young people not to seek employment here; but to remain in their horn«* towns, unless they have enough mon ey to tide th«*m over or friends atiu family with whom they can live. REMEMBER — Disappointment is a sad b«*ginnlng to a young person s career It will be far better to remain at school another year or help at home, than be obliged to return home disheartened and dts couraged. M S SEAL F NEW YORK N Y . Nov. 26 —The National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People Christmas Seal for 1931. a striking, original de sign hy K Simms Campbell, famous young colored illustrator, is ready for distribution. The seal Is a sharp black silhouette on a bright Christmas green background depicting a virile figure of a man who has broken the chains which held him captive. The seals bear the simple inscription. "For Justice.” E. Simms Campbell, the designer, is well known for his illustrations »hirh have appeared In such magazines as Judge. Life, Ballyhoo. College Humor. The Chicagoan and others Many of his cartoons have been copied In Gei man. French and English periodicals. Young Campbell formerly lived tu Si Iaiuls He studied art in Chicago and has been living and working in Niw York for several years, lust year he did two covers for Judge The Idea of selling a Christmas Seal for the N.A A.C.P. originated with Mrs. M. T. Garrison of Gary. W. Ya. and she has had charge of th> sale each year Thousands of people and business firms each year plecj these attractive seals with their s.ltnt plea for Justice on their gifts, packages, letters, invitations and greeting cards. The seals sell for one cent eai h and rume bound In books of 290. selling for $2. They may bo bought ia any quan tity from the local branches of the N - A.A C P . from Mrs Garrison, Box 364. Gary. W Va.. or from ths National office. 69 Fifth Avenue, New York. N V FISK mm MOURNS TRAGIC DEATH Of WOMEN NASHVILLE. Tenn., Nov. 26.— Fisk rampus has been carrying on very bravely the past week In the fare of the horror of the automobile accident near Dalton. Georgia that caused the death of Its dean of women. Miss Ju liette Derrlcotte. and one of Its best loved seniors. Miss Nina Johnson While there Is some relief to many to know that the Injured were not left, ns was first reported, hy the roadside to suffer for hours without medical attention, there ts somehow a feeling of even greater despair that cornea of knowing that the four doctors of Dalton so accepted the order of things in their city. Georgia, and a great part of the South, that It never occurred to them, even faced with injuries that they believed would be fatal, to at tempt to get them Into Hamilton Mem orial Hospital there It often occurs that people on the road are very loath to carry severely Injured people to a hospital, some times hnvlng to be commandeered hy police, even when all parties Involved are white, nml the world has the story of the Good Samaritan long enough to know well the willful negligence of the casual passer-by. But that doc tors who are supposed to keep their heads In emegoncles anil be humane at all times should fall Ignomlnlously tn their humanity speaks III for civili zation In a town in Georgia There are people and organizations who are determined not to let this oc currence with all Its Implications drop from the mind of tho public until thousands have felt the full Import of It. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24 (A N P .)— The best way out of the difficulties confronting National Benefit Life In surance Company, is to reorganize the NEW ORLEANS. La.. Nov 24. institution upon a mutual basis for the (A N P )—Summary action was taken benefit of Its policyholders, according here Tuesday by S. W. Green, su to recommendations contained in a re preme chancellor of the Knights of port filed by Receiver Daniel C. Roper, NEW YORK, N Y . Nov 26 (C N A ) Pythias, against the principal officers in the Supreme Court of the District — Members of the writer's committee of the South Carolina jurisdiction be of Columbia, last Tuesday. cause of their failure to comply with Presenting to the court the results headed by Theodore Dreiser, whlc In the laws of the Supreme lodge. if the work of the auditors and the ac vestigated conditions among the Ne The men against whom the supreme tuary who have been examining the gro and white miners of the Kentucky chancellor issued a suspension order records and transactions of the com 1 coal fields, face prison sentences of are: J. A. Brown of Charlestown. S. pany. ever since his appointment as C. grand chancellor; J. B. Lew'e of receiver. September 24th, Mr. Roper 20 years on charges of criminal syn Columbia, grand keeper of revords and set forth the present financial condi dicalism. The courts owned by the seals, and Dr. R. S. Wilkinson of Or tion of Ihe organization and showed 'coal barons brought these Indictments angeburg. grand master o l the ex ■ hat the sum of $2,625.000 would be ' after the Dreiser committee had ex chequer. necessary to make good the impair In the place of the suspended grand ment now existing in the legat reserve posed conditions of starvation and chancellor, Mr. Green appointed E. F. J misery in Kentucky. of the company. Floyd, former vice chancellor. The National Benefit had $60,000.000 One of the charges made by Dreis new grand chancellor is directed to worth of insurance In force. The a- er's committee after Us investigation appoint new men to fill the positions mount required by taw to be set aside of vice grand chancellor, grand keeper as legal reserve for the policies out is that the 3.000 Negro miners in the of records and seal and grand master standing is $6.063.503.98 less liens and county live tn a slavery and poverty of the exchequer. unpaid premiums totalling $838.374 34 that is worse than that of Chinese Mr. Green’s action was the third Against this is the net worth of the coolies. move in a series growing out of a con ■umiiany which Mr Roper reports as At a series of open meetings, troversy between the suspended South being $2.393,749 29 The capital stock miners and their wives testified be Carolina leaders and the supreme Jur of the organization is $250.000. isdiction of the lodge. Stockholders May Reclaim Company fore the committee to kidnappings. The smoldering sentiment of hostil If They Raise $3.000.000 beatings, dynamiting of soup kitchens ity was brought to a flame two months The stockholders are to have an op- and murders by hired thugs deputized ago when certain factlonallsts in the ;‘ortnnlty to make up the impairment South Carolina order held a meeting if they so desire and to this end Re by the sheriff. The bosses in Ken and agreed upon a program which was ceiver Roper recommends that they tucky fields have made desperate ef construed as secession from the su be Instructed to appear in the Su fort to creat division in the ranks of preme lodge. This action was taken preme District Court and express workers along lines of color. But in without the knowledge of the supreme themselves regarding their desires chancellor. The explosion came be with respect to contributing the neces spite of this effort to impress color cause of friction between the grand sary fund If the stockholders were differences on the minds of Kentucky lodge and the supreme lodge over the able to make up the amount necessary miners, these miners have been fight payment of certain taxes prescribed to overcome the impairment they ing in a solid body, even defending by the supreme lodge laws by the would render the company sound, re move it from receivership and enable each other with their lives. Black and white are Joining the National (Continued on page four) it to reestablish its business. Miners Union. Four of the 34 miners who will be tried on framed up mur der charges because of union activity are Negroes. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT TO RESPONSIBLE POSITION SOVIET PIONEERS E O T NEW YORK. N. Y.. Nov 26 (C N A) — Ella I.ucille Wright the young sister of Roy and Andy Wright, who a*-“ a- mong the nine framed Scottsboro boys has received a letter from the Young Pioneers of Moscow, pledging the Sov iet children in the fight. The letter says in part: "W e all congratulate you on your militancy in defense of your two brothers and the other boys as well. Our comrades like the letter of yours, especially insofar that you as young as you are. show already that you know- the meaning of class solidarity when you say that I'm not only helping to free Roy and Andy, but the other seven boys also.’ "The Pioneers here in the Soviet Union have from the very beginning been fighting against this frame-up In fact, our Pioneers were the first hero to speak about the Scottsboro hoys. As e.irlv as last May 2, the Pioneers of the Soviet Union had mass protests and resolutions adopted over a mass radio hookup reaching to all ends of Ihe Soviet Union There isn't a working class child In the Sov iet Union that doesn't know about the vicious frame-up. Keep up the spirit, young comrade, and together with you we will keep tip our fight for the freedom of the nine Scottsboro boys as well as of all class war prisoners. The Alabama Ku Kluxers will never dare roast our boys in the chair If we raise a mighty protest that will swing their prison door open. SOVIETS APPOINT NEGRO 10 UNIVERSITY POSITION NEW YORK, N. Y.. Nov. 26. (C N A) News has been received here from Moscow that e.u American Negro. No vell Fort Whiteman, has been appoint ed professor of mathematics and chemistry to teach the children of Am- erlean engineers and technlclana in Russia. D. C. THEATERS STAGE BENEFIT WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. (AN P>— All Washington theaters Joined hands this week In helping the District's un employed. when they all staged' bene fit shows on Wednesday night. The Llchtmau theaters joint I the movement as a whole, and nil receipt* from their shows on that day went to charity; while the Howard put on a special midnight, and gave tho wind- of the proceeds to Commissioner O x ford's unemployment fund. OUT OF PLACE E WASHINGTON. Nov 24. (A N P )— Speaking before a gathering sponsor ed bv the Washington branch of the N.A.A.C.P.. Dr W E B DuBols declar ed Sunday afternoon a new South is in construction. He stated that the old South of cotton and corn charac teristics was passing, and a new tex tile machine-governed South was be ing made, in which the Negro had no place, except, as a menial. Proper ed ucation in schools, was suggested as a solution of the Negro's problem. He spoke at the Nineteenth St. Presby terian church, here.. LOS ANGELES. Calif . Nov. 24. (A N P I— Attorney Charles H. Matthews. 24. 739 E. 17th St., was appointed as assistant district attorney by District Attorney Burton Fitts last week. Mr. Matthews, a native of Florida, came to Los Angeles at an early age. went through the public schools here and graduated from the University of Cal ifornia. He has been practising but a year. Mr Matthews is the second col ored appointee to the office by Dis trict Attorney Fitts. The first, Leon Whittaker died a few months after he assumed office. JUST A L IT T L E LIQUOR William Johnson. Negro, arrested November 10 at 308 Williams court, when deputy sheriffs and state police found one-half pint of moonshine whiskey, was fined $40 Wednesday by District Judge Mears. Every State, City and Town to Participate In Nine Months Bicentennial Celebration These points should be emphasized with respect to the Celebration of the Two Hundreth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington next year: 1— It Is sponsored by the United States Government; Congress Creat ed the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and the President of the United States is its chairman. 2— It will not be a world’s fair or exposition, and it will not be held In in any one place. 3— It will be nation-wide, even a world-wide series of celebrations in which every state, city and town—every organization and inetitution, every home and individual— in this country, together with Americans and others in many foreign countries, will participate. Every community is expected to plan and carry out its ownprogram of even*», in cooperation with the United States Commission and the State Commissions. 4— It will last from Washington's Birthday, February 22. 1932, Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1932 with special local and national cele bration everywhere on all holidays, anniversaries, or other days which can be connected with the life of George Washington. 5— While the ceremonies on February 22 ahould be especially elaboratte and impresive, as marking the actual Two Hundredth Anniversary of George Washington's Birth, arrangements also should be made for public gatherings pageants, plays, processicns. mqjdcal festivals, tableaux and other events at various times during the' entire period of more than nine months. Every program should relate to the great life and work of the First President and Founder of the Republic. On Memorial Day. Indepen dence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and other natioal and local holi days or anniversaries there should be special programs, but the celebration should not be confined to these days. 6— It will take time to prepare the local programs and arrange for the local celebrations. The United States Commission urges mayors and othar officials of every city and town in the country to appoint George Washing ton Bicentennial Commissions or Committees, in order to prepare for the events of the Bicentennial Year. 7— All organization and Institution* of whatever character—elvle. busi ness. labor, educational, religious, frtternal, literary, social and other«—are urged to plan for a "George Washiniton Year” In 1932. 8— The United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Washington Building, Washington, D.C., will send literature end euggee- tion for locel program« to any com-mlttee, organization or group that will write for them. to