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V O L U M E I « - N O . IT
In d e p e n d e n t
IN TWO SECTIONS
ADVOCATE
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PEI CE PITS OBRI
SECTION ONE
. S a t u r d a y . F e b r u a r y », i9»>
WHITE WOMAN WILLS NEGRO MAID $1,000,000
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(■V C L I F F O R D C. M I T C H E L L )
Hnmalhlng (or Nothin«'
Recently our I'rvai curled the ac
count of a preacher who loet hla »a'f
lu it» thrini«h the operation of a "con
fill' l l . s a m e For Dial mailer, we
can pick up the papera almoat ever?
week and read of aome almlllat e-
vent. thou«h
victim* are not all
preacher*.
* * e
No member of our croup can afford
the loaa of their savings during the**
time* The conaeijnencca are too ae-
rioii« A life might lie aacrlflced, tin
goring alrkneaa brou gi' on: a amall
bualneaa «wept away; the loaa of an
opportunity to commence a huxlneaa;
the plana for the youngster's educa
tion thwarted nr any one of an unllm
Ited number of tragedian might occur
when one haa been auddenly deprived
of their life's saving«
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•
This writer knows something about
the methods used In moat of the us
ual "confidence" games and haa also
come In direct contact with thousands
of those who have made a living thru
the operation of anch and all agree
that were It M l for the greed to get
"something for nothing" there would
be no "confidence" games and no Ios
if a salesman should come to your
.|....r trying to «ell seeds that are guar
anteed to produce flower* In full
bloom the morning after the seeds are
planted, you would laugh at him and
shut the door In hla fare, and rightly
so. for you know that natur* does not
produce I* aurh manner.
s e e
Neither do the forces of nature
tproduce material wealth
In aurh a
manner. The seed haa to lie planted
In a certain kind of anil and at a
certain time. It has to be carefully
cultivated and tended
Likewise, to
grow material wealth, the seed (the
dollar) has to he Invested at a cer
tain time and In a certain manner and
even more carefully watched In order
to bring forth a profitable crop
dividends.
a a a
There Is no formula, no act rule«,
printed or otherwise, that will produce
"something for nothing" over night.
Itegar.llc«« Of tlie form that the pluti
or scheme might be presented In, If
the operator* hold out a lure of an
unreasonable amount of "profll" In a
short spare of time and all that la re
quired I* "your money" or "your sig
nature", beware of all such.
• • •
Home might «ay. "W ell, the opera
tor* of such acheme* are getting some
thing for nothing"' Hut are they? No.
and a htouaand time*, no. I've seen
thousands
of aurh operators and
they've all paid nnd paid The toll
that they eventually pay make them
realise more than any others that It
I* Impossible to get “ something for
nothing".
a a a
All that any one ran gel from life
la life If you're enjoying good health,
a nice home, contented family life
and a little "nest egg" set aside, don't
sacrifice It through the lure of "some
thing for nothing"
CLUB WOMEN MEEI IN
Despite the Inclemency of the we*-
her, the attendance upon the annual
lieetlng of the Executive Board of the
Drngoti Association of Colored Worn
•n'a Clubs, held last Friday, January
.’ 9th at the Williams Avenue Branch
Y W. C. A , wns more largely attend
i-il than any previous meeting of the
iiiaril. Mrs Rohena Martin, Vlce-pre*.
if the Association wielded the gavel.
Much to tho regret of her co-work
<r*. Mr* Itoae Nichols tendered her
-esignatlon as she planned to he away
n California with her daughter, for
ilvo or six months Mrs. Fanny Cosby
sns appointed ns her successor to
■erve until next election.
Among Important matters discussed
ny the ladles wns the annual charity
■all It was mentioned that some oth-
>r form of entertainment might lie had
■intend of the ball. However. It was
•cferrnd for further consideration to
lio Commltte on Ways and Mentis, of
which Mrs Lula Lee, Is chairman.
A high light of tho sesalon was a
alk given by Attorney Wyatt W.
William*, dealing wllli the Economic
mention an It effected Negroes, whlrh
«left rifled Ills hearers.
Mrs. Wlnnlfred Cochran read n re-
ort of the last meeting of tho board
which wits so complete and vivid that
he members who were not present
talned a most accurate mental con-
tepllon of what tranaplred. She waa
endorod n rising vote of thank».
The liullea pledged their loyalty
mil support of the work’ aa outlined
>y tho board. Mr«. Dolly Pnrlen Is the
president of the Association of worn-
>n nnd Mrs. Pollyann Reetl, Is rhalr-
nan cF the department of publicity.
TELLS NEGRO TO GET
READY FOR NEW PARTY
History P r i z e s Offered OLD PARTIES
TO STIMOLATE HAVE FAILED
RACE STUDY
m
i n
i -
LOYALTY AND
E
Cleveland. O, Feb. 2—"The church
Is and has been the center of the re
ligious. social and political life of Ne
groes. It Is the only thing he can call
bis own. It has grown out of himself.
In the present spiritual awakening,
more and morb, the new Negro la
turning back to the church.”
These views were expressed by Rev.
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Harry V. Richardson, senior divinity
student at Harvard University, before
the forum of SL James A. M. E.
Church Sunday afternoon.
“ The new Negro is a product of this
nectary. and has enjoyed higher op
portunities for education and advance
II
ment than bis forbears," Mr. Richard
son said. “ He is now showing some
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STU
of the fruits of these advantages."
Chicago. January .70— A one-million
The speaker predicted that the de dollar reward for loyalty and Intelli
DY OF NEORO LIFE AND HISTORY
mands of economic necessity would gence is the fortune which was laid
compel a return of the new Negro, at the threshold of the home of Mrs.
HISTORY PRIZES
who has turned from his church be Ernestine Wesley Brooks. 4939, Wash
cause of the conflicts of the older and ington Park court, this city, this week
Washington . D. C. FebJ- A friend
Cincinnati. Ohio. Jan. 29— The na newer types of religious expression. when It was learned that legal mat
of the Association for the Study of tion must establish a temporary dole More and better men will turn to the ters with respect to a bequest of more
P R O T E S T « POLICE B R U T A L I T Y
Negro Life and History, one whb does for the unemployed men and women ministry with their energy, intelligen than one million dollars, made to her.
T O NEGRO CITIZENS
had been cleared up.
not care to mention his name, has of- .Prosperity can only be returned thru ce and vision, he said.
Mrs. Brooks slates that the amount
fered four prises to stimulate writing 'the banishment of war debts and rep-
of
her bequest is In excess of »1.100,-
In this neglected field. For the best aratlons. thru honest, complete dls-
Washington. 1» C. January 1«—Th*
000
00 In cash and real estate. Most of
current article sent to The JOURNAL armament. lower tariffs, descending
brutality of Washington policemen to
this sum is In cash, checks for the
OF NEORO HISTORY during the .Into a free trade policy and thru de
hapleaa cltlsena who fall within their
cash having ben delivered to her.
year. he will glre a prixe of one hun- j velopment of a true national leader-
clutches contluuea to be eapoaed In
The bequest to the 27-yearlold Chi
dred dollars and for the second beat. ship. Speaking before the City Club,
Chicago. I ll. Janaary 29 Driven to i fifty dollars. For the best book review last Sautrday noon. Oswald Garlson
the hearings being held to discharge
cago matron was made In the will of
from th* for.-.- officer* who have made desperation through unemployment sent to THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO Y'lllard, life-long friend of tbe race,
Mrs. E. . Grosso, wealthy white wom
use of the "third degr**" Illegally In hunger, and an Impending eviction to HI8TORY. he will give a prlae of fif editor of "THE NATION", student of
an of Beaumont. Texas. In 1928. Mrs.
the hearing Wednesday of caaea In gether with the knowledge that hla ty dollar* and for the second best, national and International problems,
Brooks had served intermittently as
volving Policemen Charles it Itrem- common-law wife,
Catherine Davis, twenly-ftvo dollars.
maid and companion for the white
and grandson of the Immortal William
merman and Hollla A. Clark, charged waa about to become a mother, Wil
woman for nine years prior to her
For full particular*, write to the Lloyd Garrison., emancipationist, out
with assaulting
Thomas McKeever liam ll.-iirv I lodge*. 4702 Indiana Av "Association for th* Study of Negro lined those points as most vital to tbe
death. Mrs. Grosso stated ia her will
Williams. 17 year-old taxi driver. Dav enue. resorted to murder early Sun Mfe and History. 1998 Ninth Street. preservation of onr social order illard
that she was rewarding Mrs Brooks
id K Heaver, taxicab operator for day morning aa the only nivaus of N. W . Washington. D. C."
struck at both political parties as ABYSSIAN PRINCESS SPENDS for her loyalty and her intelligence.
whom the hoy worked, testified to bringing an end lo suffering and trib
Recounting some of her experiences
lacking in national leadership or vis
»20.000 ON FINERY IN LONDON
eye witness accounts of llremmer- ulations o f (hr Woman he called his
with Mrs. Grosso. Mrs. Broks stated
ion, and declared the salvation of the
mnn'a brutality.
wife.
In an interview Friday: "Mrs. Grosso
government lies In the formation of
SHOPPING TOUR
Ileaver said that Hremmerman who
used to tell me that she was going to
About I A M , Sunday morning, T
a third party more radical and pro-
was always more nr leas a source of Hunter and Walter Johnson, roomers
do something for me. but I never had
greslve than the "Hull M oose" of
petty annoyance to him and hla driv In the building were swakened by tbe
Roosevelt's time or the LaFollette
..
.
„ any idea that she would leave tprwiti
er-. telephoned M b ka s m m to the sounds of a terrific struggle, mingled
crusade of 1924. He said also: "T irr * Prlnce Talk* About Bicycles While cally her entire fortune to me. She
police station one day last summer. with the screams and moaning of a
was very kind to me while she lived."
Is no adequate leadership in Washing
Attractive Sister Visits Smart Shops
When he arrived he waa prodded Into woman. They traced the sounds to
Mr*. Brooks went Into the employ
ton I do not wish to attack President
the squad room with the butt of a Hodges' apartment, where the moan
of Mr*. Grosso when she was fifteen
Hoover
and
his
group
—they
are
poll-
1
LONDON.
Feb.
3—
A
dark
skinned
club and that he found alx boy» being ing continued Falling to receive any
years old. She had just finished high
tlcatly dead and nothing but complete Christian prince from Ethiopia left school in Beaumont and Intended to
forced to stand on their toea. their response to their knocking on the
stupidity
on
the
part
of
their
oppo-
London
today
for
Paris
after
a
week
hacks against the wall and arms a- door, the two men called the police.
pursue studies at college, but decided
nents can keep the Democrats out of 0f discovering the delights of western that In order to have sufficient mon
bove their head* until they were to A squad from Wabash avenue station
power In this next election. I have on- civilisation as typified by pneumatc ey. she would go to work for awhile.
tally exhausted and their clothing answered and was admitted to the
wringing with perspiration Hremmer- apartment by Hodge*. Hodges was RADIO ADDRESS OF DR. PLECKER ly pity for Hoover. He worked for ?'-es for bicycles and bacon and eggs She planned to go to Houston and be-
years to build up a political machine (or breakfast.
man «truck Heaver the latter testified fully rlad .and stood In the midst of
BRINGS STORM OF PROTEST
which won him the presidency atld It
The Princess Tananle found Lon-
(Contlnued on page four)
and cursed at another white police a chaotic disorder. Furniture was o-
_____________________________________ _ ;don shops so interesting that she In
man who sought to lesson the punish verturned. bed clothing and apparel
Virginian
Infers
That
Bearing
Child
vested
some
»20,000
of
her
father's
ment of the boys.
(Continued on page three)
RECEIVES BACK PENSION LATE;
were strewn abjmt the room, while
ren Out Of Wedlock Is Common In
fortune In hats, gowns. Jewelry, lin
The defense counsel tried to dis under a tipped over dining room table
Negro
Society
gerie
and
21
pairs
of
shoes.
EX-SLAVE SUCCUMBS
credit Heaver'« testimony When the In a pool of blood. Cathertu* Davis
The two children of Emperor Halle
operator could not spell the name of
Selassie
l.
the
Abyssinian
monarch,
TALLADEGA.
Ala. Feb
3— Samuel
one of hla taxi driver*, tho lawyer ask
Richmond. Va.. Jan 30— Dr. W. A. |
(Continued on l'age 4)
enthroned in 1930 at a ceremony as Martin. 90 years old. ex-slave, who re
Plecker, stale Registrar of vital sta
ed sarcastically:
lavish as any provided for his suppos ceived »10.179 60 back pension from
"You're the president of a thxlcab
tistics. speaking over radio station.
ed ancestor, the Queen of Sheba, were the government last Thanksgiving for
"W HITE" ACTRESS FOUND TO BE WRVA. front the subject, “ Unmarried
company and can't read or write "
shown every courtesy by the British services in the Union army during the
"h. a little bit", said Heaver, doing
Mothers", cited the number of white
COLORED
reval family during their week In Lon war between the state*, is dead.
an 'Amos ’n’ Andy grin, "but that dont
girls and of colored girls in the state
don .
Martin was stricken with paralysis
who had given birth to babies out of
keep me from being president."
last March, and his condition took a
There are 56 caaea of brutality be
wedlock during the past year
He
Ossining
Resident.
Whose
Husband
turn for the worse recently. Martin
fore the corporation counsel, a large
New York. January 30—An old col said that this condition made little
Holds Post As Deputy Sheriff. Files
“ O. mother, daddy will have to go to received the money, which covered
number of them Involving colored peo ored woman was called to the stand difference In Negro society and that
Papers
To
Prove
Right
To
Huge
war right aw ay!” was the way little back pension since 1892. after hla
ple.
.last week in the preliminary hearing the object of his discourse was that
Estate Valued At Millions
Shirley Illne greeted her mother when daughter in New York brought his
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given William Thomas, while. In the something might be done to help the
she
ran breathlessly home one after- case to the attention of federal offt-
white
girls.
SCOTTSBORO STORY COMPLSTE
case Involving the murder of his wife,
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Dr.
Little Shirley had rials. He was drafted Into the Union
, ... Jean Thomas an actress In huriesuue
Hr. Plecker's
Plecker's Inference
Inference that
that the
the
New York Feh 4—While prospec noon last week
New
York. Feb 4 A resume of the ghow# Attorney for Tlumin„ nsk,,,i ,he bearing
bearing of
of children
children of
of a a wedlock
wedlock Is is live heirs from the center of Europe heard another school youngster say army and took part In engagements
entire
history of the case o f nln# w ^ w- ghg hB(, gMrh nn inl,,r0Rt common and
and taken
taken as
as a matter of ! »nd all parts of America, flocked here j that the war was on and everybody at New Orleans, Mobile, and Vicks
Scotlslw.ro boys.
contained m
In » a
J ~ After some hesitation course In Negro society,
society, has aroused Friday to begin their fight to inherit had to fight
boys, Is
is prepared
rnnininru
' '.h
, CB„8
burg. Miss.
document
by
mem
1'n
tne
case
After
some
m
sunuon,
30 page document prepared by m.;m 1"„ .
K
h I T . L , , , . . . a wave of resentment among Negroes | the »100.000.00p Wendel fortune which
bers of the staff of the latbor Re- "he stated that the dead woman was here. They take the view that, accord j was willed to charity at the death of
searrh Association hero ami Just re-jher itaugnter.
Ing to the line of reasoning pursued an aged white recluse last March, at-
leased
The document contains Im- | Thomas, who had taken the woman by this eminent advocate of race pu- tornevs for a 59-year-old Negro woman
portant legal evidence gathered In the for a servant about the place, almost rlty, he classes Negroes with the low- filed a claim which may eventually
case, ami much factual material In fainted when he heard this bil of tea- er animals, knowing nothing of family make their client one of the richest
answer to the many questions raiaed itlniony, and had to be tAken from the life as defined hy the American code women in the world
This claimant, Mrs. Blanche Wen-
by this now Internationally famous I court room until he recovered from of living nnd having no regard for the
the shock
caae.
del-Hoffman. 25 Hunter street. Ossln-
common code of decency.
Leading Negroes contend thnt If Dr. | Ing, a member of St. Phillip s Eplsco-
Plecker would devote part of his time i pal Church here at 216 West 134th
to a real study of the actual status of j street, And a resident of this city for
Negroes Instead of Imsing his conclu more than twenty years, declares that
sions upon his own fantastic Ideas, a she is the great grand daughter of
degree of weight, heretofore unknown Johann Gottlieb Matthias Wendel,
would at once become attached to the founder of the fortune for which more
than a score of "heirs" will battle. It
and the new Utter of pups
statements of this mlnent doctor.
(By Paul PetersS
Is believed that the woman has one of
"Do you smoke, Andy?" He takes
K1I.BY PRISON. Montgomery, Ala— tj,e package of cigarettes eagerly.
the most direct claims in the group.
Tracing her descent back to a ro They call Kilby a model prison Far Then the door i„ „lammed In his faoe
mance In 1798 between the founder of at the back end. barred and trloly anrt vou have only the checkered blur
..._ Violet
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the fortune and
Shinne- barred, is the death house. We file o( his hodv against the bars.
Hoffman's great grand- Into the concrete and steel pen. one
on e by one. quickly, you are taken
cock. Mrs
mother and the (brighter of the chief by one. the warden before us and two around. For a moment the cells ate
of a tribe of Indians on I-ong Island, guards behind.
flung open. For a moment you stare
¡the woman filed her claim In behalf i \Ve have just come from the oapltol sharply as Brodsky tells him about
ENGLAND'S
CROWN HEADS EN fnat of porridge, bacon and eggs, toast,
|of herself, a sister, two brothers and pf Alabama, where all morning the th» hearing In the court. He says.
mnrninlndo
and
coffee
at
hi«
hotel.
TEU TAIN ETH IOPIAN PRINCE
— '— “ She
*■ Is —
*■*-" * a •
five “ first cousins
seeking
-
~
‘ “ , smiles,
"
lawyers of ..............
the International • ■
Labor
Do- "Yes, sir”
and ‘ the door Is
With his sisters and his entourage,
Detroit. Mich Feb. 4— Following the *'
the Prince occupies nearly nn entire successful example of several other share of the principal of the fortune tense rtaped away at the state's cas^ flung to again.
Oxl* Powell.
Olen Montgomery,
London Bringing a word of greet- floor of the hotel an the guests of the cities a "Don’t spend your money with Interest nnd compound Interest. against the Seottsboro boys. Perjured
where yon cannot work” campaign has The names of the other claimants testimony, lies, frame-ups, lynch hvs- Charlie Weems. Clarence Norris. Wll-
Ing from hla father. Asafim Ouonnnu, British government
Crown Prince of Abyssinia, lineal d e s -1 Ills official appointments were ma been started here recently by the mentioned in her plea have not been teria: bit by bit the lawyers hummer lie Robertson. Eugene Williams —a
ed Into the court a grisly picture of flash of white uniform, a pair of large
Cendant of Kl'.g S demon son of Halle ny and elaborate, but the nine mem Progressive Negro League and a con revealed .
the frcnxv In which the boys were child's eyes staring out of the tiny
Selassie, Li. n of Judah and King of ber» of his suite did not permit enga centrated effort Is being made to
coll, tho look of a huntod animal that
spondlng In numbers because of the railroaded to death sentences.
Klhopin, wi ut to Sandringham, one of gements to Interfere with the person plnce Negro clerks in chain stores.
Hero. In this death pen. It is differ- makes It hard for you to talk — then
For several (lays pickets have been extreme low prices of the C. F. Smith
British Roynlty to pay a visit to King al habits of the prince, particularly
not. Heavy silence. Through barred the clatter of the door and the rattle
In regnrds to sleeping. None of his stationed In front of all A & P stores j products.
George nnd Queen Mnry.
The Smith company has placed an wire-fenced doorways you catch blurrs of the key.
The young prince wns accompanied suite dared to rail him In the morn In neighborhoods where the Negro
of
human beings, prowling back and
You feel a wild Impulse to rip the
¡population Is pronounced and so ef- aged, Inexnerienced colored man in
by tho Earl of Arile, who lias been nt- ing. They awaited tho ringing of
doors down.
has been their w ork-in turn one of their stores, who is clerk In forth like captive animals.
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tnehed to Ills staff during Ills visit In bell, which signified that the prince __ fectlve
The heaviness preses on your lungs,
The wnrden and guards march you
ing away customers of color, that the name only, at their own volition. This
England, nnd meniliers of the royal was awake.
down the concrete halls. They are
suite. Ills attire was ceremonial, wit lx | The prince collected scores of tilcy- manager of the A A P. chain stores |* believed to he an effort to offset a sickness gnaws In your stomach.
The warden swings open a door, clean nnd bar# and now. with a re
n dark cloak trimmed In black allk cle catalogs and had many meetings has promised to meet tho demands of the work of the Progressive League
lentless ferocity of whitewash
braid over hla black nnd white allk In his suite, where ho discussed with the Progressive League by asking for but on the other hand, It Is taken by "Andy Wright” , he says
It Is hard to think of anvthlne to
Wo drive hack to town, every law-
a list of their stores In locations the pickets ns a sign of weakening.
robes. Ho wore a wide-brimmed lint. experts the questions of whether
The Lcigttc was Jnhllnnt over the sny ns you stare at this gangling yer determined In tomorrow's argu-
where their trade Is 75 per cent Ne-
After lunching with the King and pneumatic tires nnd coaster hubs were
gro. They agree to
place colored arrest of Eugene Fields, one of their young black boy with his white uni- ment to fight hnrder than ever to set
Queen, the Prince returned to London. sultahla for the Abyssinian roads.
On Thursday he sat In the royal box • Tho official function» In England e'erks In these stores f the league workers, Inst Saturday. Senator Char- form and hla sad-eyed stony face. Yes, the Seottsboro boys free! And --hack-
nl Drury Lane Theatre to view "Cav Included luncheon with the king and can produce workers who can qualify lea Roxohorougb secured the release he remembers Joseph Brodskv. the Ing the defense In the court, the thun-
a meeting
The hardest fight seems to be with of Mr Fields, who was held Inoom lawyer, and Irving Schwab, both of derous roar of millions and millions
alcade." Noel Cownrd’a pageant of queen at Sandringham,
Accordlng to whom had talked to him about his throughout the world, mllltantly de-
with the I’rlnre of Wales, a dinner nt
the f F. Smith stores who have stead munloado until Monday
English history.
m
e Prince
.-r.n. a likes ............
...re, *-•
..« » a reception
...........
.
. ..
. . . league
. . . . . . any Mr.
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- ......... " will
i ll be car-
Foreign Office « nnd
fnstly refused
to give
the
Hosmcr,
the boycott
car case before. He smiles as we tell him man.ling the liberation of the.«i Inno-
The
English faro,
en the rure.au
porlftlly roam beef and mutton. 141st attended by moat of the members of consideration, but tbe picketing goes riod into the 15 communities in Treat we hare seen his mother and sister cent^ victims of a ferocious ruling« la
weak he ate a hearty British break- the diplomatic corps.
on and the group is reluctantly re-,er Detroit where Negroes reside and In Chatanooga. and his brothers dog. justice.
Illiterate, M an
O w n s 185 T a xis
OF MAID
COLORED GIRE WHO GAVE OP
SCHOOL TO SERVE NOW RICH
VILLARO ADVOCATES POITICAL
CHANGE FOR PROGRESS
USES IRON SIANO FOR
BLUDGEON IN DEED
SUM M ERS, TELLS POLICE HIS
GHASTLY DEED IS ACT Of MERCY
QUESTIONS RACE
Black Prince Is
NEGRO BOYCOTS STORES
Guest Of British DETROIT
THAT WONT EMPLOY TUEIR RACE
Scotsboro Boys
Visited In Prison