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—LORED BRANCH
ATSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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VOLUME XV
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E HOUSTON INFORMER
AND TEXAS FREEMAN
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE 1
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1933
OFFICER NOBILLED FO
P.V. FARM COURSE IS BEST IN HISTORY
CASH FRIZES OF
OVER $750 GIVE
MORE INIEREST
TO YOUNG FOLKS
. Prairie View.—The 26th annual
farmers’ congress and abort course
were held here August 14th, 16th, and
16th, with C. H. Waller, state leader
wietsme
wd at the congress, whie do-s’nor’m.
elude the many hundreds who merely
passed by and did not register, and
more than $750 in cash prizes were
E The following activities were
FOR MEN: Farmers conference,
Erase poultry, farm live stock, butch-
ering, dairying, temporary and perma-
ment pastures, concrete work, feed
crops and fences and gates.
FOR WOMEN: Home poultry, home
makers conference, garden and pantry,
making pork sansage, club organiza-
tion and parliamentary usage, and ad-
dresses by home club.
FOR BOYS: Judging, terracing,
horse shoe pitching, boys conference,
and recreation. (All activities open to
men.)
FOR GIRLS: Giris conference,
recreation, contests in food and cloth-
ing, and instructions in food and cloth-
ing.
One of the features of the congress
and short course was a “miniature
(See P. V. FARM, Page 5)
Rom FOR
UL
MANARESOLEMN
Beaumont.—The funeral services of
Rufus F. Bell, who met with sudden
death on last Wednesday afternoon,
was held in the funeral home of the
Fleming Fraternal Undertaking Com-
pany last Saturday. Several hundred
persons had assembled long before the
hour of service to pay their last
tribute of respect to all that was mor-
tal of R. F. Bell, who was loved and
respected by all who knew him.
Rev. T. M. Jackson, pastor of St.
James M. E Church, was in charge
of the service. Dave Manuel sang a
selo; C. E. Davis, letter carrier, spoke
of Bell as fellow carrier; a resolution
from the carrier’s association was read
by T. B. Benson. The post office of-
ficials were represented by Mr. Horn,
the assistant post master, who por-
trayed the starting qualities of R. F
Bell during tbs 12 years the deceased
bad served under him, and deplored
More than 700 persons reviewed the
remains. The pall bearers were from
the letter carrier’s association. All of
the carriers in the city were present
at the funeral in uniform. Burial was
in Anthony Cemetery.
Su
PT
MB PHONE NUMB
7916
NUMBER 14
MEET OUSTS HIM
UNDERTAKERS OF TEXAS STAGE
RUCTIVE MEET AT THE
N
ANNUAL
IN
IN
FIND 3 MONTHS
OLD GIRL UPON
THE SIDEWALK
Houston.—A three months old
baby was found on the sidewalk in
front of the home of Mrs. Emma
Brown, 8496 Drew Avenue, early
Monday morning, August 21. A
note pinned to the baby’s clothes
read: “Please take care of this
child for me. I don’t have a job
or a place to keep it. Ged Mess
you. The note had been written
on the back of a Ripple cigarette
paper wrapper.
Mrs. Brown notified police of the
find and the baby was taken to
Jefferson Davis Hospital.
CO
CRE
PLAYS UP SAMBO
IN FEATURE ADS
Austin.—The Independent Texas
Funeral Directors Association closed
a very instructive and interesting
here last week, after a two day ses-
sion beginning August 16. John J.
Jones, Texarkana, president of the as-
sociation, presided. Both evening and
morning sessions were conducted. Fu-
neral directors were present from ev-
ery section of the state. Official
headquarters were at the Wm. Tsars
funeral home.
The Wednesday morning session
was called to order by E. J. Crawford,
Dallas, chairman of the executive com-
mittee, with W. L. Dennis, of Waco,
giving the invocation. The welcome
was extended by Prof. W. H. Fuller
of Austin, with response by H. E. Mc-
Coy of Houston, after which Wm.
Tears of Austin, presented President
John J. Jones of Texarkana, who ap-
pointed suitable committees and de-
livered his annual address.
The local public program was held
at Wesley Chapel M. E. Church, Wed-
nesday night at 8 o’clock. A most in-
teresting program was rendered.
New York.—The August 19 issue
of the Saturday Evening Post has a
“Sambo" advertisement on page 49
placed by the Colgate dental cream
company. The advertisement shows
a little colored boy about to bite into
a large slice of watermelon with the
remark that he doesn’t care if it does
stain his teeth. The wording under-
neath the picture tells “Sambo" to go
ahead and not be afraid, “Sambo," be-
cause Colgates dental cream will
clean the stain off.
The N. A. A. C. P. has written the
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company, the
Saturday Evening Post advertising
manager, and the*advertising agency
handling of Colgate account saying
that the advertisement is not in good
taste and will not make colored peo-
rush out and buy tubes of Colgate den-
tal cream. This company makes Palm-
olive soap, Colgate soaps and shaving
cream and all the Peet company soape.
By this advertisement the company
joins the Barbasol Company, shaving
cream manufacturers, which allows its
radio programs to be full of “darky"
and “coon" songs. Neither of these
firms advertises in the Negro press.
THIEF BREAKS IN
THE ORLEANS CAFE
Beaumont.—A theif entering Or-
leans Cafe, at 468 Orleans, between
9 and 12 Sunday night, rifled the cash
register. Finding no money they car-
ried off a box of cigars and three car-
tons of cigarettes.
Houstonians At
The World Fair
By S. J. Cullum, Jr.
Chicago.—Houstonians and Texans
' generally are quite in evidence here
in this Century of Progress city,
Chicago, for one has only to move
about along 47th and Michigan or 47th
and South Parkway Boulevard, and
you will hear the familiar Texas
greetings interchanged: “Hello there,"
“When did you come?” “Am having a
swell time.” These Texana here are
taking this fair city seriously, even
more — 4**
---.____-
club here has spared no expen
time in making every Texan happy
‘here. The Houstonians here in Chicago
are really going places, seeing and
doing things. I took my group to the
Regal Theatre last Sunday to bear
Adelaide Hall. As we entered we met
Professors Wm. Moore and Jos.
tranfaqp At the Mrtropolitan com-
munity Church, tike Savoy Ball Room,
Beacons Casino, Villa De Luxe, Robins
Inn, Sunset Hills, Fields Art Museum
and on the Century of Progress
grounds, the following Houstonians
have been seen: Prof. Bill Moore,
Rev. and Mrs. L. J. Montgomery, Mra.
Ewell and mother. Miss Alvin E.
Logan, Miss Ella Roby, Misses Hasel
Hainsworth, Marie Butler, and Jolm-
nie Mas Newton, Mrs. Josie Taylor,
Mrs. Jimmie Price Grey, Mrs. N.
( MUM A Cy C10M9 CVCA
so than many Chicago citizens,
the way, this Texas Chicago
se or
ICE PICK QUEEN
GETS BEAUMONT
MAN IN TROUBLE
Beaumont.—About noon Sunday on
Gladys and Forrest, what seemed to
be all play turned out very serious to
Beatty Powe, of 1265 Center, who was
stabbed three times with an ice pick,
handled by Essie Mas, “known as the
ice pick Queen."
The cause of the affair varies great-
ly; the injured woman was rushed to
hospital by a Fleming Fraternal am-
bulance where she received treatment,
and although her lung was punctured,
she insisted on being brought home.
LEARNS TO LEAVE
MAN’S GIRL ALONE
(See HOUSTONIANS, Page 5)
Houston.—James Terry, 2614 La-
mar, has found that it’s not eVen safe
to walk down the street with another
fellow’s girl friend. He was strolling
down the street with Miss Mamie Lee
Edwards, when all at once, a man
whom he had never seen before, leap-
ed on him with an ice pick.
WILEYNOTICE
Marshall.—I*. M. W. Dogan,
president of Wiley College, gives
notice of the fact that Mrs. A. D.
Logan, dean of women of Wiley
" College, is now in Houston at 2218
Elgin avenue and may be reached
over telephone Lehigh 4619; and
that Mrs. Logan will be glad to an-
swer questions of parents and oth-
ers residing in Houston and vicinity
about Wiley College, especially
questions as relate to young
Dr. Dogan also announces that
the Missouri Pacific railroad has
been asked to attach a special car
to its Sunshine Special on Monday,
September 11th, for the conven-
ience of and benefit of Wiley stu-
dents en route from Houston to
Marshall.
Dr. Dogan emphasizes the fact
that he wants slI interested persons
to make full and free use of the
sbove information.
(See UNDERTAKERS, Page 6)
MRS. GROGAN HAS
A DEGREE AWARD
Beaumont—Not only Beaumont and
Jefferson County, but all Texas should
be and is proud to learn of the latest
accomplishment of Mrs. Emmons
Scott Grogan, principal of the Car-
roll Street Elementary School. For
several years, Mrs. Grogan has been
taking advanced studies at the Uni-
versity of Chicago; and on August
25th the degree of bachelor of philo-
sophy was conferred upon Mrs. Gro-
gan as evidence of the completion in
a creditable and satisfactory manner
of the work leading to that degree.
FOR REPEAL
By the Eliter
A vote for repeal is a vote for
A vote far repeal is a vote
mainst the bootlegger.
A vote for repeal is a vets
rainst corruption -- -
A vote for n
gainst racketeer
20 YEAR OLD IS
SHOT DOWN WHEN
THE LAW CLAIMS
HE HAD TROUBLE
public office.
I is a vote
f. . “te
rate for repeal is a rate
t lawless law enforcement,
er by easy profits of bootleg
ste for repeal is a vote for
otection of boys and girls,
ste against repeal is a vote
p ths bsetlegger in power.
TAXI DRIVER IS
FOUND DEAD IN
STREET BY CAR
Houston.—J o n a s Branch, 617
Ruthven, was found dead at Port and
Tyler streets, about 8 o’clock Thurs-
day morning, August 17. Branch had
DR. E. W. D. ABNER, for several
years supreme commander of the
American Woodmen, giant fraternal
order with headquarters in the Arapa-
hoe building in Denver, Colorado, was
ousted at the quadrennial session of
the supreme body at Denver last week.
Dr. Abner was succeeded by L. H.
Lightner, who has been the supreme
clerk of the order for many years.
Trouble has been brewing in the
ranks of the Woodmen for quite some
little while now, culminating in the
ousting of the chief.
naan,
lotted, yus ... Tibet
and the speakeasy escape.
Be loyal to President Roosevelt
and be just and fair to the boys
and girls of tomorrow.
favor of
BB SURE TO VOTE FOR RE-
PEAL. IF YOU HAVE NOT AL-
READY DONE SO, GO AND
VOTE FOR REPEAL NOW!
Houston.—At a special session of
the grand jury, T. C. Pickens, local
member of the police force, was no-
billed in the shooting to death of L.
ens and another officer, M. A. Gres,
ham, had arrested.
After the shooting, the boy was
taken to Jefferson Davis Hospital, but
was pronounced dead on arrival. He.
had been shot once in the top part
of the left leg, above the knee, once
in the right arm near the elbow, and
a third time in the center of the ab.
Pickens, who admittedly shot the
boy, claimed that he had had “trou-
ble" in arresting him and that the
boy had drawn a knife. He claimed
that after he and his fellow policeman
had made the arrest, they placed him
in the roar seat of their car, the two
officers riding in front. It was then
that they claimed that the boy got af-
ter Pickens with the knife, cutting his
left coatsleeve. Pickens admitted that
be then pulled his pistol and opened
fire.
The boy died before any statement
could be taken from him.
FADERS OF
HOUSTON ARE INVITED
COLLEGE
OUTLINES SOME
SCHOOL BY HEAD OF WHITE BODY OF FEATURES IN
evidently died during the night. His
Buick sedan, which he operated as a
taxi from the stand at the corner of
* Milam and Prairie Nitres, was parked
across the street, a few yards from
where the body was found. The hood
of the ear had been raised.
The dead man was found lying on
his back, face up, with his arms drawn
up across his chest. He was partially
dressed.
Officers investigating the case fail-
ed to find any signs of a struggle, and
there were no scratches or marks on
the body. Judge Overstreet, before
whom the inquest was held, returned
a verdict of “death due to natural
causes."
MILLIONAIRE OIL
MAN PAYS WALLER
RESPECT AT MEET
Prairie View.—Edgar B. Davis, San
Antonio millionaire and philanthro-
pist, one of whose outstanding gifts
was the Lulin Foundation Farm at
Luling, Texas, paid a visit to Prof.
C. H. Waller, state leader of exten-
HoaMon Tu«rf.y of th» w^ek WH AT IT OFFERS
Mrs. Oveta C. Hobby, lieutenant gen- WTERESE RE UASLO
eral of the Volunteer Sales Amy in
the army of Houston, issued an invi-
tation to the leaders of colored wo-
men of Houston, inviting them to
an N. E. A. school of instruction to
be held for their benefit. The school
will be held Friday morning. August
25, from 11:00 to 12:00 o’clock, in the
auditorium of the Odd Fellows Temple,
corner of Prairie and Louisiana.
The purpose of the school is to in-
form the colored women of the city
of their duty and opportunity under
N. R. A. program, according to Mrs.
Hobby’s letter, which follows be full: quarters
: Marshall, Wiley College opens its
1938-34 session on September 11, and
Dr. Dogan has just released a brief
statement setting forth some of the
many worth while attractions which
Wiley offers to students:
For many years Mrs. Grogan has
been and is now the only woman who
BAY CITY SHOP IS
CLEANED BY THIEF
is principal of one of the Beaumont
schools, and she holds that position by
virtue of the fact that she is capable,
efficient, upright, and a splendid exe-
cutive and disciplinarian. Mrs. Gro-
gan is worthy and deserving, and her
many friends are happy to see this —----, — ---,--, ----- -..-,
representative type of leader so hon- a man’s overcoat, a pair of pin strip-
ored by such a great institution as ed trousers and a ladies long black
Chicago University. crepe coat were stolen.
sion work among Negroes of Texas,
last week, during the occasion of the
annual farmers short course.
At Luling Mr. Davis built a club
bourse for Negroes just as he did for
whites, some saying that toe one for
Negroes is even better than the one
for whites.
At Prairie View Mr. Davis was very
generous, giving the waiters in the
dining room one dollar each, and
speaking high in his praise of the ..._____-______
work which Prof. Waller and his as- Johnson said over the radio from St.
G.H.Q., Volunteer Sales Army, N.R.A.
809 Chronicle Building
Houston, Texas
August 22, 1933
To the Leaders of Colored Women in
1. A college which has had more
than a half a century of successful and
useful educational experience. Wiley is .
a member of the Association of
American Colleges, is classed as “A"
by the State Boards of Education and
the American Medical Association,
and is recognized in all educational
I as a progressive institution
which does what it essays to do well
and which makes no pretense at doing
anything that it does not do.
Bay City.—The colored Bay City
Cleaning and Pressing Shop was bur-
glarized Saturday night and a dozen_______________________.... .... ...... .... ..
dresses, all practically new, three suits, sociates are accomplishing. Upon his Louis that the bulk of the responsibi-
Houston:
Two weeks ago General Hugh &
return to his home, Mr. Davis wrote lity of winning this great war
a very encouraging letter to Prof. *
WaUer.
Well TrainedYoung Man Is
Chosen Junior College Dean
hunger and privation and depression
would rest upon the millions of women
of the nation.
President Roosevelt io depending
upon American women to stand by
GETS HIGH POST
— Houston.—That which brings a real
sense of satisfaction to the citizens
of Texas, and especially to those in-
terested in the higher education of
Negro boys and girls, comes this week
in the announcement by the Houston
school board of the selection of R.
O’Hara Lanier as dean of the Color-
ed Junior College.
Mr. Lanier hails from Winston-
Salem, N. C. He received his bache-
lor of arts degree from Lincoln Uni-
versity, Chester County, Pa., in 1922,
and his master’s degree from Leland
Stanford University in 1928. He was
also a Rosenwald fellow at Harvard
University 1931-32.
His two important teaching roles
were served at Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala., 1923-1926, where he
was director of the school of educa-
tion, director of the extension divi-
| sion and director of summer school,
: and at Florida A. and M. College, Tal-
lahassee, Fla., as dean of the arts
and science department and teacher
of education.
J. E. ROBINSON, Sr., who for a
number of years has been manager
of the Houston district of the Ameri-
can Woodmen, was elected vise su-
preme commander of that great fra-
ternal order in quadrennial session in
Denver last week. Prior to coming to
Houston to take charge of the order’s
affairs, Mr. Robinson was a traveling
representative of the order in a num-
ber of Eastern states. •
L. H. Lightner, who was supreme
clerk of the order, was elevated to
the position of supreme commander,
succeeding Dr. E.W. D. Abner.
Association Meets
The Number One Spiritual Associa-
tion is meeting at Emancipation Park.
The session runs from August 11
through August 27.
Aside from his teaching career, Mr.
Lanier has served in official capaci-
--/
(See NEW DEAN, Page 6)
ST. PHILIPS WILL
GIVE NEW COURSES
San Antonio.—The administration
St. Philip’s Junior College has an-
nounced that with the opening of the
fall term, which begins September
9th, the junior college curricula will
be supplemented by three additional
departments of vocational instruction.
The work of these departments,
especially business administration and
home economics, has been planned
parallel with that of four year courses
in leading collegiate institutions, and
will be open to only those students
who have completed their high school
work; while the course in tailoring
will be open to high school students.
FARMER RIDES 80
MILES TO ATTEND
(See N. R. A. SCHOOL Page 8)
BISHOPS FAIL. IN
EFFORT TO OUST
A. M. E. OFFICER
New York.—Efforts of the Bishop’s
Council of the A. M. E. Church to
oust Rev. L L Berry from the secre-
MEETING OF I. L. D. taryship of the Board of Home and
Foreign Missions of that connection
Minot, N. D.—Charlie Hill, a poor were thwarted for a second time here
tenant-farmer, rode a horse eighty last Friday (August 18) when the at-
miles from his home in Beldon, N. D., torney-general of New York state de-
2. Reasonable rates to meet the
pocket books of poor parents. Wiley
does not add lota of expenses in a
futile attempt to be just like some-
body else.
X Wiley offers a home-like environ-
ment in a small city, without the dis-
advantages of being too far away
from city contacts, yet not close to
those attractions found in large cities,
which are so harmful to student life.
4. Recreational opportunities for
ALL students in football, baseball,
basketball, volley ball, lawn tennis,
(See WILEY, Page 5)
PRAIRIE VIEW’S
NEW YEAR WILL
BEGIN SEPT. 20
to hear Richard B. Moore, a member
of the National Committee of the In-
ternational Labor Defense, Mrs. Janie
Patterson, mother of Heywood Pat-
terson, and Lester Carter, speak here.
The meeting, attended by fifty
workers, was the first ever held under
I. L. D. auspices in this little farming
town. About half the workers and
farmers present joined that L L. D.
when they heard of the work it is
doing in the Scottsboro, Mooney, Tal-
lapoosa and other cases.
Three hundred attended the Moore-
Patterson-Carter meeting in Aber-
deen. South Dakota. About the same
number attended the meeting in Grand
Forks, N. D. but many more heard
the speakers over radio broadcast
which wss obtained here three times
in two days.
WOMAN IS HIT BY
BULLET INTENDED
FOR GOOD FRIEND
nied the petition of Rev. Cari F. Flip-
per asking that the Rev. Mr. Berry
be compelled to vacate the office and
wethi records, funds and de-
A previous attempt to fates the Rev.
Mr. Berry to relinquish the office fail-
ed when last June the Manhattan Su-
preme Court denied a petition
of the Rev. Mr. Flipper for a manda-
mus writ ordering the incumbent sec-
retary to turn aver all the affairs, as-
sets, books and papers of the mission-
ary department of the A. M. E.
Church.
ebseete t the
=-=----=-
cil which sought to replace him with
the Rev. Mr. Flipper, son of the Rt.
Rev. Joseph S. Flipper, senior bishop
of the denomination.-The Rev. Mr.
Berry had been elected t» the seere-
*22i,os the mi ion board by the
u of this year to seeder utt ite
E. H. Coit Meeting at Wilberforce
University on June 8, the Bishops’
Council held thia election to be illegal
and selected the Rev. Mr. Flipper for
the position.
Houston.—Miss Ethel Smith, 1715
Dowling Street, was taken to Jeffer-
son Davis Hospital Saturday morn-
ing about 5 a. m., suffering from a
wound made by a .38 cal. pistol. The
bullet had entered her left leg about
4 inches above the knee and cause out
about 4 inches above in the back of
the knee.
She said that a man known to her
only as “Son" was chasing Miss Nao-
mi Kuykendall, of 1713 Dowling, and
that Miss Kuykendall ran into her__________
house and jumped in the bed with her. servant house on E. 82nd Street.
WOMAN IS KNIFED
WHILE VISITING
Prairie View.—The regular session
of Prairie View State Normal and In-
dustrial College will begin September
20. At that time class work will be
resumed in all five divisions of the
college, agriculture, arts and sciences,
home economics, mechanic arts and
nursing education.
Reports and inquiries coming from
all sections of the state make it prac-
tically certain that a new day has
come, economically, and that the en-
rollment in September will be consid-
erably greater than it was for the
same time last year.
Board and lodging hae been reduced
more than eight per cent and the total
cost per year for each student will
compare most favorably with any oth-
er higher standardized institution of
learning in the country.
Prairie View State Normal and In-
dustrial College is the largest Land
Grant College for Negroes. It is rec-
ognised by the American Medical As-
sociation and the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools,
enabling its graduates to continue
their advanced education in the grad-
(See NEW YEAR, Page 5)
FOUR BOYS CARRY
OFF WATERMELONS
Houston.—Miss Ora Lee Bryant,
312 amisr mttigtritd
Phillips stabbed her three times with
a razor while she was visiting at a
Beaumont.—Four boys rid
old delapidated touring car
in o PeinCPm
ieod. from the sMa whit
of the cafe and drove aw
license number was taken as
fleers are en the lookout
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