The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Cts
rson,
----
5 HO
— A
MAATT.
IFORMER
AMERICA’S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 19,1930
ctor
THE MIRROR
By C. F. RICHARDSON
DEPRIEST IS VICTOR
LOCAL CHURCH MERGER
WORK FOR HOMELINGS
ANOTHER LOCAL OPENING
TEXAS FRATERNAL LEADER
HEAD OF RUTHITES OF AMERICA
COLORED SOLON ANNUAL CLINIC
DOMINATED IN DOES FINE WORK
RECENT PRIMARY
REN
01i,Y)
LEE PRESIDED
N.Y. Residents Oppo:
By a vote ratio of 4 to 1, or more,
Congressman Oscar DePriest receiv-
ed the Republican renomination for
the lower house of the United States
congress from the First Illinois Dis-
trict, Tuesday of last week, winning
quite easily and handily over his op-
ponent, Colonel Roscoe Conkling Sim-
mons, the noted orator and publicist.
It seems that, during the campaign
preceding the partisan primaries in
the Prairie State, Colonel Simmons
had been speaking to immense
throngs and his utterances had been
roundly cheered and applauded by the
multitudes; but when election day ar-
rived and the electors marched to the
polls to express their preference with
their ballots, the shouting and tumult
subsided and the race congressman
was victorious.
While this columnist is a personal
friend of the loser and only knows
the winner casually, having met him
during- some of our visits to the Win-
dy City, it is gratifying to note that
from this hectic conflict a Negro will
have another opportunity to defeat a
Democrat for the congressional seat
from this, the second richest congres-
sionl district in the country; and
• here’s hoping that no black indepen-
dent candidate will enter the race at
the November election and endanger
the chances of the colored congress-
man.
While some may disagree with Con-
gressman DePriest’s utterances and
hold divergent views with him on
many issues, there is no gainsaying
the fact that he has moral courage,
stamina and certain manly qualities
sadly lacking among the present-day
politicians, but which are essential
elements for the high elective office
which he occupies.
We again suggest that the Negro
Republicans of the Windy City harm-
onize their differences, get together
on Mr. DePriest’s tenure of office
like they did when the late Congress-
man Martin B. Madden represented
their district in congress and unite
their forces to make him a powerful
influence and factor in the halls of
congress and in the political life of
the nation.
—0--
With the membership of Antioch
Baptist Church, according to latest in-
/ formation, having voted to locate
their new church in the Third Ward;
with Friendship Baptist Church hav-
- ing been forced to seek a new church
home, and with Bethel Baptist Church
struggling under the weight of a
building program, it appears to this
writer that a merger of Baptist
churches should be the order of the
day in Fourth Ward.
Church attendance and activity in
Houston, at its best, is not what it
should be, and our religious leaders
should be as wise as business and
commercial leaders and meet the is-
sue by combining and consolidating
their forces.
There are not enough Negro Bap-
tists in the Fourth Ward, holding al-
legiance to the two wings of the Bap-
tist Missionary and Educational Con-
vention of Texas, to warrant four
churches, viz: Antioch, Bethel, Friend-
ship and Macedonia.
To this number of Baptist churches
are several others with membership
in other state conventions, resulting
in such a division of Baptist forces
that no church of this connection is
doing an outstanding piece of religi-
ous and community work in the
Fourth Ward and city... --------- ------d erect a new house
of worship in another ward, it seems
to us that the sensible and logical
' thing for the other three churches,
namely Bethel, Friendship and Mace-
donia, to do would be to merge and
become a dominant factor in the re-
ligious life of this ward and the city
at large.
Whether the pastors, officers and
members of these three Baptist
churches would consider such a prop-
osition or not, does not remove the
fact that such a program would be a
fine step in the right direction and
would do more to boost and advance
the cause of religious endeavor here
among Negro Baptists than anything
which has transpired since the estab-
lishment of the first Negro church in
this city immediately after emancipa-
tion.
MRS. L. M. HUGHES, Cameron,
district grand most noble governor of
the Household of Ruth of Texas, Ari-
zona and New Mexico and formerly
right worthy grand superior of the
national Ruthite organization, has
been appointed most worthy grand
superior of the Household of Ruth of
America, according to news received
here recently from Philadelphia, Pa.
At a recent meeting of the commit-
tee of management of Grand United
Order of Odd Fellows and Household
of Ruth, held in the Quaker City, Mrs.
Hughes, who is also head of the wom-
en’s connectional work of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, was
chosen to fill the unexpired term of
the late Mrs. A. L. Anderson of Flo-
rida.
Mrs. Hughes is not only known as
an educator, religious and fraternal
leader, but has made quite a success
in the business field, and thus brings
to her new office both executive abil-
ity, ripe experience and a thorough
understanding of the work which will
engross her time and attention.
She recently returned to Texas af-
ter taking a much needed rest at Hot
Springs, Ark. Mrs. Hughes is the
wife of Rev. J. H. Hughes, one of the
leading ministers of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas
and a member of the board of direc-
tors of the Colored Knights of Pythias
of Texas.
The many friends and admirers of
Mrs. Hughes congratulate her upon
her elevation as titular leader of
American Ruthites and bespeak for
her a very successful and outstanding
administration.
Chicago, Ill.—(ANP)—In the
primary election contest, which
ended last Tuesday in the re-
nomination of Oscar DePriest as
a' Republican candidate for con-
gress from the First District
and the defeat of Roscoe Sim-
mons, it was revealed that the
applause which may follow the
words of a popular speaker is
not always translated into votes
on election day.
In the final days of the campaign,
important agencies were attracted to
the support of Simmons and he made
many speeches which turned his meet-
ings into political revivals. The Sim-
mons followers, as well as the ad-
herents of DePriest, felt that these
meetings were going to have an im-
portant effect on the outcome of the
election.
But they did not. DePriest receiv-
ed 13,000 votes; Simmons, 4,000. Thus
the race was not even close. The vote
seemed to indicate that the people
like Simmons as an orator, and are
entertained by him, but have no
thought of sending him to represent
them at Washington.
However, his defeat and his align-
ments made during the campaign will
probably make of him a significant
factor in lining up new opposition to
the political faction represented by
DePriest. Now that the two are defi-
nitely on opposite sides, Simmons may
use his powers of oratory to further
the cause of the forces of opposition.
PIERSON KILLED
IN HOOSIER TOWN,
HOUSTON LEARNS
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—(ANP)—
Two hundred physicians and surgeons
of both races' attended the meeting of
the John A. Andrew Clinical Society
which closed its 18th annual session
here Saturday after a week of inten-
sive study of scientifical and clinical
problems. Dr. Eugene H. Dibble, Jr.,
secretary-treasurer of the society and
medical director of Tuskegee Insti-
DR. H. E. LEE, prominent Houston
surgeon, supreme medical examiner of
the Ancient Order of Pilgrims and
chief of staff at the Houston Negro
Hospital, was elected president of the
John A. Andrew Clinical Society, at
the annual meeting held recently at
Tuskegee Institute, Ala. Dr. Lee is
recognized as one of the leading phy-
sicians of the race and this high
honor is well* merited.
—o—
C. W. Rice, president and general
manager of the Colored Business and
Lobaring Men’s Association, 8070
Praii A’SES a local
movement
Presence of Negroes
Houstonian Is M
Negroes Divided
On Confirmation
of Judge Parker
Washington, D. C.—(ANP)—
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend-
. . . , . ments and thereby disqualified him
If it were going to be left to the to sit on a court which interpreted the
United States senate to confirm highest law of the land.
However, Senator Overman of
North Carolina, chairman of the sub-
committee, presented letters from a
number of North Carolina Negro lead-
ers, in which the claim was made that
Judge Parkter was four-square and all
right on the race issue. Oneof these
the nomination of Judge John J.
Parker of the Federal Circuit
ourt of North Carolina, as a jus-
tice of the United States Su-
preme Court, on the basis of
what Negroes think about him,
the members of that august
body would find themselves
strangely divided, in view of the
pros and cons about Judge Park- ham each year.
letters was from Dr. James Shepard,
president of the North Carolina Col-
lege for Negroes at Durham, and
principal spirit behind the Fact-Find-
ing Conference which is held in Dur-
er which reached the senate sub-
committee on the judiciary
which is considering the Parker
appointment.
Two strong protests against Judge
Parker have been placed before this
committee. The first of these was
by William Green, president of the
Aemrican Federation of Labor, and
was supposed to represent the view of
organized labor. Green contended
that Parker issued an injunction in a
West Virginia coal mine case which
forced miners to stay out of unions or
lose their jobs.
The second protest was from Wal-
ter White, acting secretary of the Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People. Mr. White
stated that when Judge Parker was a
candidate for governor of North Caro-
lina in 1920, he made political speech-
es in which he stated that the Negro
was not fit to participate in polities
on an equal basis wih white men. Mr.
In the wake of the protest filed by
Mr. White, came a defense from the
editor of the St. Luke’s Herald, pub-
lished in Richmond, Va. That editor
pointed out that the view of Judge
Parker expressed in 1920 represented
a personal view stated in the heat of
a political campaign and did not serve
to show either his judicial character
or the nature of any judicial opinions
the judge might render.
According to a telegram received
in Houston Wednesday afternoon by
W. E. Miller, principal Washington
High School, E. D. Pierson, Sr., for
many years a resident of Houston,
was murdered in an Indiana town
early Wednesday morning. The mes-
sage gave the name as Scottsburg.
The telegram was from Mrs. L. L.
Pierson, the slain man’s widow, who
stated that the body would be brought
back to Chicago for interment. Cir-
cumstances attending the murder
were not disclosed in the telegraphic
message. ,
For many years the Piersons re-
sided in Houston, where Mr. Pierson
was engaged in educational work and
had business connections. He served
as manager of the Western Star Pub-
lishing Company for several years,
taught at Gregory and Washington
High, was superintendent of Antioch
Baptist Sunday school for several
years, as well as a deacon and treas-
urer of the church.
When Mr. Pierson accepted a posi-
tion with the Chicago Bee during the
early days of that publication, he re-
moved to Chicago, where he was
maining his residence at the time of
his tragic death. --------,
He was auditor for the National
Baptist Convention, Inc., arid was
serving in an administrative capacity
with the publishing plant of the con-
nection at Nashville, Tenn.
Aside from his religious activities,
Mr. Pierson held membership in sev-
eral fraternal organizations, including
the Masons, Shriners, Elks, Pythians
and United Brothers of Friendship.
The family has the sympathy of
their many friends in Houston and
other parts of the state and country.
Decedent is survived by his wife,
two sons, E. D., Jr., and Theodore, all
of Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Eulalia
Pernetter, Beaumont, Texas, and sev-
eral grandchildren.
tute, rates the session as one of the
most successful in the history* of the
organization, both in the attendance
and in quality of medical and surgical
work done.
In addition to the scientific pro-
gram, the meeting was featured by
the dedication of the new clinical an-
next to the John A. Andrew Memorial
Hospital, in which the session was
held and by a public health meeting in
the institute chapel Wednesday night.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mason of Boston,
donor of the hospital and of the an-
nex, was present at the dedicatory ex-
ercises.
White Plains, N. Y—Resi-
dents of two of White Plains' ex-
clusive sections are in an uproar
as result of invasion last week
of two Negro families in their
midst Home owners in upper
South Lexington Avenue are
forming a citizens’ association
for the purpose of fighting the
move and others are said to be
building crosses in their base-
ments which they may burn tfr
emphasize their indignation.
One of the families is that of Dr.
Errold D. Callymore, dentist, and one
of the most prominent colored ctizens
of White Plains. He has purchased a
house in South Lexington Avenue
near Belton Avenue.
The other is Dr. A. M. Williams,
colored physician, who has purchased
a home in DeKalb Avenue, near Green
Place. Both families are settled in
their new homes, to which they moved
from Brookfield Street.
Dr. Collymore told an Informer re- .
porter that he was fully aware of the
resentment his action had aroused
among the white residents of the sec-
tion and said, “I intend to live a quiet,
respectable life here and I do not in-
tend to be annoyed.” Informed that
some of his neighbors were reported
to be building crosses to burn on his
front lawn, he laughed and said, “It's
all right with me. He left no doubt,
however, that he intends to stay.
According to available information,
both doctors purchased their homes
through white agents in New York
City. The property which Dr. Colly-
more has purchased was formerly
owned by Elof Bergstrom, a builder,
who sold the house to a Mrs. Viola
Burger, 810 East 169th Street, New
York. Dr. Collymore then purchased
the property from her.
Dr. Williams’ home was formerly
owned by John A. Schmitt, a- real
estate dealer, with offices at 104 Main
Street. Mr. Schmitt said he had sold
the property to a white man; that it
had been resold to Dr. Williams with-
out his knowledge. He refused, how-
ever, to disclose the first purchaser’s
name and all other information
cerning the transaction. E
Residents of both sections said that
they would hold indignation meetings
in the hope of discovering some means
by which their unwelcome neighbors
could be ousted. While Dr. Williams
could not be reached, it was learned
that his position is that of Dr. Colly-
more's and that he will live in his new
home quietly.
Dr. Williams is a native of-Hous
ton, Texas, one of the three sons of
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Williams.
As proof that Judge Parker’s judi-
cial rulings were without bias as to
race or color, the Herald editor called
attention to a decree of Judge Parker
in which he had upheld a ruling of
Federal Judge William Groner, in-
validating segregation ordinances
passed by the city of Richmond and
based upon the infamous racial integ-
rity bill of Virginia.
This ordinance prohibited persons
who were forbidden by law from in-
termarrying from occupying homes in
the same block. Judge Groner ruled
that the ordinance was unconstitu- -----------*
tional. When the matter was taken form depicts the adventures of “Snoo-
PUBLISHES EDITORIAL
? FROM NEGRO WEEKLY
Los Angeles, Cal.—(ANP)—Los
Angeles readers were surprised to see
on the front page in the editorial col-
umn of the Evening Express, last Fri-
day, a complete reprint of an article
attacking vice conditions in the black
belt, that was published the day be-
fore in the Pacific Defender, a color-
ed weekly.
The original article appeared in
“Snoopeys” column, a cleverly writ-
ten satire, which each week in story
The public health meeting was ad-
dressed by Dr. H. E. Kleinschmidt of
New York, who spoke on "Attacking
Tuberculosis at its Source.” Other
speakers included Dr. C. V. Roman,
Meharry Medical College, Nashville;
Dr. S. LeCount Cook of Washington, va AYEY AARETA
president of the society; Dr. Dibble ILA CIT ODCATNO
and Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of LLAUUL ULTIINO
Tuskegee Institute. M
PROBE LYNCHING HERE SATURDAY
OFI
AT
PARADE TO 1
The lid of the Texas-Louisiana
(Tex-La) League will be pried off to
‘ Houston fans and fanettes, Saturday,
I 8:30 p. m., when the New Orleans
Black Pelicans, said to be composed
New York City.—The National As-
sociation for the Advancement of Col-
ored People announced that it has en-
tered into an exhaustive inquiry into
the lynching of J. H. Wilkins, Pull-
man porter, whose body was found
hanging at Locust Grove, Georgia.
The N. A. A. C. P. has also been in
communication on the matter with
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters.
LATEST FLASHES
Washington, D. C.—(ANP)-
Neval Thomas, militant race cham-
pion who was constantly in some
fight with the Negro’s rights as its
objective, died here Sunday and
was funeralized Tuesday. The last
sad rites were attended by a large
number of sorrowing friends.
—o—
New York City.—(ANP)—One
man was killed and eighteen injur-
ed a crash at Renaissance The-
atre in Harlem, Monday, 4 p. m.
The crash was caused by overload-
ed projection booth. A panic fol-
lowed the collapse. The disaster
is described as the worst Harlem
has ever known. The Renaissance
is the most popular theatre cater-
ing to New York Negroes.
mostly of Creoles, cross bats with the
Houston Black Buffs, 1929 champions.
A big opening day parade is sched-
uled for Saturday, 1 p. m., forming
at the Pilgrims building and travers-
ing the downtown section, then back
to West End Park where the opening
exercises will precede the game.
Dr. T. M. Shadowens will hurl the
first ball, with Cleve Daniels on the
receiving end and James D. Ryan in
the umpirical role. The flag raising
program will be under the direction
of H. P. Carter.
While New Orleans, which recently
beat the Homestead Grays, 5-0, will
be mixing it with the Buffs in the
initial battle of the 1930 season, Port
Arthur will be playing at Dallas and
San Antonio at Waco.
According to J. B. Grigsby, league
president, the standing of the teams
and fielding and batting averages of
the players will appear this year in
the newspapers.
WAVELAND SCHOOL
HEAD PASSES AWAY
New Orleans, La.—Mrs. Nellie
Landry-Alston, 1
ston of New Or
fe of Rev. W. G. Al-
ans, died Sunday af-
Mrs. Landry was
ternoon, April __ -*P. -------- wop
for several years a missionary to Af-
rica under the auspices of the Foreign
Missionary Board of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and at ^he time of
DR. A. M. WILLIAMS
LIBERIAN POST
BY GOVERNMENT
Washington, D. C.—(ANP)—Clif-
ton Reginald Wharton, secretary of
the American legation at Monrovia,
who for the past few weeks, since
March 11, has been assigned to Calais,
France, as United States consul, has
been apointed U. S. minister to Libe-
ria. While the appointment is effec-
tive as of the date of April 5,
Wharton will go on vacation for two
months prior to reporting to his new
station.
Mr. Wharton has been busy com-
piling information upon Liberia for
the Department of Commerce and its
completion will mark the accession of
considerable valuable information to
be made availabe to American citi-
zens interested in the African repub-
Ue-
Mr. and Mrs. Wharton will spend
the leave period travelling about visit-
ing relatives and friends. The young
diplomat stated that he would first 89
to the eastern shore of Virginia, the
point of origin of the family tree, af-
ter which they will journey to Boston,
where Mr. Wharton completed his
ucation at Boston University and ba
taking special courses at Harvard.
For a while he practiced law in the
Hub City which is the home of
Wharton, nee Banks, one of the oh
Boston cis = FE
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Richardson, Clifton F. The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1930, newspaper, April 19, 1930; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1637708/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.