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The American's
Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the United States,
and to the republic for
whioh it itands—one nation
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
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HAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,
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Shown above l a >cene last
Saturday, August 24, in a polling
place in Houston, Texas, typical
of the conditions against which
the National Association (or the
Advancement of Colored People
la preparing action for a deter-
mined legal fight on the vicious
Democratic Illy white primary
scheme which deprivea Texaa' hun-
dreds of thousands of Negro cit-
izens the right to elect «t«>. «od
county officials.
In Teias, which has a one-
party system, with the Democrats
being perennially In power, thnt
party has devised a rule by which
N"groes are excluded from par-
ticipating In the primary and run-
off elections—the elections In which
officials are actually sent Into
office, as the Democrats chosen
in the primary and runoff, will
ride into office with the general
election being a mere formality.
In the plctnre above, a Houston
Negro, Sidney Hasgett, a hod-
carrl*r. is being told he cannot
vote, that "the law forbids Negroes
voting In the Democratic primary,'"
based on a decision that "Texas
Democrats have a legal right to
limit their primary vote to white
citizens."
In the picture, sitting around
the table, are the election judges.
At the head of the table Is the
milII who acted as If he were the
Judge.
Standing, left to right, are: Hal
Jedson, a hod carrier; Carter
Wesley. Houston publisher, anil
one of legal staff to fight the
cane; Sidney Hasgett. liod carrier,
find the mau applying to rote* and
R. K. Grovey, militant Texan, and
president of Houston's Third Wurd
Civic club.
Three Men Hurt
As Car Overturns
THBEE young San Antonio men escaped serious injury, but
were very painfully hurt and badly cut, Sunday morning,
about 12:30 o'clock, when the car in which they were riding,
en route to Goniales, Texas, overturned about eight miles
from the city, on the Qonzales road.
The injured were:
Mo3e Smith, 21, 716 Indiana, who suffered head injuries,
severe lacerations about his
left arm and ankle, and In-
jury' to his left shoulder.
K. U Johnson. 25, 622 South
Hackberry street, who was cut
on the right wrist, shoulder,
and hand. Johnson also suf-
fered shock.
B. T. Shtiler, 24, 316 Hack-
berry street, who was severely
cut on the left arm, at the
lyrist, elbow, and head.
The accident, according to the
®en, occurred when they met a
tar traveling toward San Antonio,
which was too far to the left side
Of the road. &mitli, who was driv-
ing, attempted to pull his car farther
to the right, to avoid a collision,
with the wheels striking soft dirt,
or gravel, the car turning over,
landing top down. In attempting
to get the car back on the road,
It turned over a second time, with
all three occupants being pinned
under It
Johnson was able to crawl to
freedom through a rear window.
The other two men were released
by passing motorists.
Smith was rushed to the Robert
B. Green hospital by a motorist.
Shuler and Johnson were carried
to the hospital in a city ambulance.
Two Sentenced When
They Steal the
Reverend's Gin
By The Associated Negro Press
WILSON, N. C. — Gin,
bought by the Rev. Paul
Bnnch of Saratoga, at the
Wilson ABC store "to pleas-
urefy my wife," he said,
went down strange gullets
leaving the parson only with
the satisfaction, gained in
court Tuesday, that two
"friends" had received 60-
day suspended sentences and
were ordered to pay court
costs.
According to the visiting
preacher, John Hines and
Ben Cunningham met him
here after he had purchased
his gin and he picked them
up to drive back to Sara-
toga with him.
"I stopped at a filling
station," he testified In court,
"and went !o. When I came
•ut I saw they had my gin
that I bought to pleasurefy
my wife."
Although Hines and Cun-
ningham declared they
hadn't stolen the liquor but
"took It to diink," they were
found guilt-
S. C. Boy, 8, Kills
Brother Because
He "Bothers" Him
By The Aaioclated 5«*ro Prni,
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Grady
Edwards, 8, killed his 10-year-old
brother last week because he said
he bothered him. The brother,
Teen Edwards, was shot thr-igh
the heart with a charge from a
single barrel 12-guage shotgun,
and died instantly In the yard of
the boys' home.
Grady's brother "bothered'' hint
by shooting at him with an air
rifle, his story to police revealed.
An air rifle was found on the
ground, but another brother of
the boy a said he did not see Teen
shoot It at Grady.
Witnesses said the brothers had
been playing and that the eight-
year-old boy ran in the house
aid in a few seconds poked the
shotgun barrel through the win-
dow and pulled the trigger. His
aim was deadly. The charge ioie
a hole through the elder brother's
left chest.
Deputies placed Grauy In the
county Jail, and It was under-
stood the case would be turned
over to the Juvenile court
Demos Break
First Presidential
Campaign Pledge
By The Anoclated eiro rrtft
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
Democratic party broke its first
campaign pledge here, when, on
Wednesday, six members of the
house of representatives repudiated
a campaign plank for suffrage for
the District of Columbia, and
voted to table the measure In the
house rules committee.
So sure were members of Con-
gress that the measure would be
voted favorably out of the rules
committee, the house was ready to
go into action on the Issue which
would have given citizenship to
the majority of some 160,000 Ne-
gro residents of the district.
As it now stands, there will
be no consideration of the Issue
unless a special rule is adopted to
give "Judge" Summers bill con-
sideration.
Chief killers of the bill were
the six Democrats who fought
against the measure, four of whom
are from southern states. Fearful
of the effect of suffrage and
representation In Congress for the
many Negroes in the dlstricr,
which would have established a
precedent for their own states,
ifour of these southerners voted ill
the negative against the proposal.
They were:
Rep. William M. Colenmn, of
Pascngotila, Miss.; Rep. E. E. Cox
of Camilla, Ga.; Rep. J. Bayard
Clark of Fayetteville, N. C.; and
Rep. Howard W. Smith of Alex
audrla, Va., sided with Reps. Wil-
Jlain L. Nelson of Columbia, Mo.,
and Lawrence Lewi* of Denver to
sidetrack the measure. All are
Democrats.
Voting for the measure were
Leo E. Allen, Republican of Ga-
lena, 111., Adolpli Sabnth, Dem-
ocrat of Chicago, John J. Delaney,
Democrat, of Brooklyn and Earl
Mlchener of Adrian, Mich., Repub-
lican.
In favor of the bill, but pre-
vented by other business from at-
tending the hearing, were Hamil-
ton Fish, Republican of New
York, and Hep. Dempsey, Dem-
ocrat of New Mexico.
Long a "hot potato" in political
circles, suffrage and representa-
tion In Congress has become al-
most as much an Issure as the
antl-lynch bill—aud largely be-
<8ee DEMOS, Page J.)
Special to San Aatoolo EeghMr
HOUSTON, Texas—For the fourtto-tline since 1927, the N.t
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple will file suit in the federal court Bere, within a few days,
challenging the constitutionality of. Texas' white primary
law which excludes Negroes from voting in the Democratic
primary in this state.
"This will be our answer to the Bilbos, Cotton Ed
white primary vote to white cit-
Smlths, and Tom Connallys," said
Thurgood Marshall, special counsel
for the NAACP. "With this fight,
we will renew our efforts to secure
the right of Negroes to vote In
the primaries in southern states
and pave the way for removing
from office these men who would
deny us the elementary rights of
citizen*."
Final details in preparation of
the case were scheduled to be
completed August 24, when Sid-
ney Hasgett made application
for the right to vote in the Dem-
ocratic run-off primary here on
that date. Already George Allen,
a Negro auditor, has been denied
the right to cast an absentee bal-
lot for this primary. Allen made
application in Dallas before County
Clerk Ed Steger July 7.
At that time, the county clerk
Is said to hare told Allen thnt the
courts have upheld a resolution
of the Democratic party of Texas,
which excludes Negroes from par-
ticipating In Its primaries. He
was referring to a test case car-
ried to the U. 8. supreme court in
1005 by a group of Texas Negro
citizens, a case In which the
NAAOP did not participate, which
resulted In a unanimous decision
saying that: "Texas Democrats
have a legal right to limit their
iitens.' J Cases carried to the high
court by the NAACP in 1027, 1932,
and IWi were all won by the as-
sociate
Has^etl's application to vote
was on the grounds, "the
law forbid* Negroes voting in the
Democratic primary.'*
The <nse will be conducted un-
der the leadership of the national
office ,of the NAACP, Thurgood
71 liipc
Of Self-Inflicted
Bullet Wound
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Marshall said, with w. j. Durham Wanted by Police, Alleged
of Brriii:!!!. Texas, and Carter
Geo. Holley Gets
Two Years in Pen
In Forgery Case
Wesley f Houston, acting as local
counsel
by the Texas state con-
ference of NAACP branches, to-
gether with cooperating organiza-
tions *aji<l individuals in the state,
the ^ti"ii lias been in preparation
for fl:e past twelve months. A
defem<" fund of $8,000 Is beinsr
raised through the establishment
of 4|0>t*s from each NAACP
brand! The director of the de-
fense fund drive Is Dr. C. A.
WhHfci r. of San Antonio.
Oth< r who have been active in
orgaalihii; tha fight include: The
Rey. A, A. Lucas, Houston; Luther
Wiley, snn Antonio; Dr. Everett
Glvens, Au.-tin; and Maceo Smith,
Charlie Bracklns, the Rev. May-
nard Jlckson, aud Professor George
Porter) all of Dallas.
Forger Walks Into Jail
To Visit Prisoner
Boys' Cluk to be
FormallyUpened
Friday, Sept. 6
BOYS' CLUB unit number three—the Race unit—will be
formally opened with interesting Ceremonies, next Friday
evening, September 6, at 7:45 o'clock, at the club quarters in
the old Brackenridge school building, southwest corner of
North Centre and Hackberry streets
Although this Boys' club unit has actually been in
operation since July, no formal dedicatory services have been
Wanted by police himself, George
Holley, widely known Snn An-
tonio figure, was arretted, Mon-
day, August 26, as he walked into
the city jail to visit a prisoner.
With authorities rushing one
of three cases pending against
him to completion, Holley, the
next day, Tuesday, August 27,
was found guilty, in criminal dis-
trict court, of forgery and "know-
ingly passing a forged instrument,*'
and sentenced to two years in the
state penitentiary. Holley is a
member of a prominent and esteem-
ed pioneer San Antonio family.
The case involved a ten-dollar
check, on the National Bank of
Commerce, to wh?ch Holley alleg-
edly forged the name of Captain
T. W. Stuart, of the 15th Field
artillery, and passed the same on
December 28, 1939.
Woman Who Shot Self
July 14, When "Put
Out," Succumbs
T'HE self-imposed death that she seemingly desired, in a
^ moment of anguish and despair, overtook Mirlon Bose
Blevins, Friday, August 23, when the 21-year-old woman died
at her parents' home. 622 Arbor place, from the effects of
a bullet that she sent tearing into her back, Sunday night,
| July 14. when her common-law husband, Edward Lee, told
her that he "was through with her." The shooting occurred
in the couple's room at 3610 West
Wild Brahma
Steer Breaks Le«
Of Star Cowgirl
As Huge Steer Crashes
Against Chute
Commerce street.
The young woman had been re-
moved from the Rol>ert B. Green
hospital to her parents' home ten
days before her death, after spend-
ing a month in the hospital.
- The quarrel that resulted in the
Leg Broken Above Ankle I woman's turning a .38 calibre
revolver on herself, developed
wheu Lee, who works at night,
from eleven to seven in the morn-
ing. discovered that the woman
feature 1 had taken money from h\« elottaVn*
Antonio as ht slept
r ,, mi mix a I *i What was billed as a
H0Uey w,,8 fim filed on Ayst attraction of „,e s>„
' ' rr'- ii, ' r - -If-1 ttatri Ureutera: rodeo, hut Sun-1 \VJ>en he discovered the money
" * «' "in uii eij-|ijp Htteriioon. at the Buekarov I miHslug, as he prepared to go to
When the onto wo* called, Aug *u<j? ">ncb om«Ide the Oty work, at about JOr.TO, he que*,
ust 19, Holley failed to appear on ,be M,8slon ro*d' *« "<>"«' «" Blevins who, accord-
' turned into near tragedy when lng to Lee's statement, told him
held, officially opening the club,
and although Friday's dedicatory
services will see the unit operating
in only a single room in the build-
ing—devoted mostly to games and
reading—the club will eventually
include two floors and several
rooms In the building, with all
facilities for the effectuation of
the complete Boys' club program.
In next week's program, down-
town officials of the Boys' club,
members of the Itace committee,
and city officials will participate
in the dedicatory program, explain
the purpose of the Boys' club,
and describe its activities aud
program.
O. I'. Schnabel, president of the
Boys' Club of San Antonio, Jaines
B. Jli.ark, vice president, anil the
chairman of the colored unit divi-
sion, tad Hick Johnson, mnnager
of unit number one, will be among
those to speak briefly. Speaker^
from the colored committee will
Include Mrs. Mary Cole and U. J.
Andrews. EIroy Combs, chairman
of tire colored committee, will act
as master of-ceremonies. Levi
Jackson, director of the Race unit,
will he presented. The program
will lie in charge of Roark.
Parents are being invited to at-
tend .the program, and to bring
their fons, from seven to eighteen
year- of age, to see the progress
the najt Is making, and to enroll
JSee CLl'B, Page 5.)
Starts Whitewashing
Job After Seven-
Year Delay in Jail
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—When
three colored men appeared
in the Jefferson Woodwork-
ing company, here last week,
and began work, whitewash-
ing, everybody believed that
somebody eke hired then).
When notes were compared
It appeared that no one had
engaged the whitewash crew.
They asked the whitewash
boss and he explained that
he I lad been lilrrd by *
former president of the com-
pany who died in 1989. The
same night the boss white-
washer became involved in
a killing and served seven
years in jail. When he 'got
sat he started on the Job.
Nordic Sentenced for
AttemptedAssault on
Three-Year-Old Tot
By Th« Atsoclated Hecro Pratt
RAI.EIGH. N. (.-Charged
with attempted assault on
three-year-old colored girl, tie
Nevis Nayler, 38 - year - aid
white man of this city, last
week was sentenced at City
Court here to serve two
years on Wako County roads.
S. A. Man Gets
National Office in
MP. Organization
It «ns revealed here, this week
thai • Ford. 1212 Elmendorf,
had !*en elected first vice presi-
dent of t' e national organization
of tic Missouri Pacific Booster
olubsj thi' organizational meeting
IwlugflKid In St. Louis, Missouri
on 18.
Defect Caninel, of St. Louis,
Meted the national president.
""'Hole 35 to 40 clubs, from
tlnrowteut the middle west, were
reprejeBU'd at the St. Louis meet-
ing. Although Missouri Pacific
Boosier elobs have been organiz-
ed ia various parts of the couutry
tor tin' past 15 years, this marked
the fimi effort at nntional organi-
jjailoii. and coordination of effort,
jffce clubs function, primarily, In
Hh. interest of the Missouri Pacific
Sbilrcml.
; jvrd WHS recently reelected
prusltiii't of the lc al club, to
■j£rre n second term. He has also
I KrrH tb« Han Antonio organiza-
secretary. Ford was the
vfrex.vn and only southerner,
deleik'cd w the meet lug.
tl| was accompanied to St. T.oula
by L C. Stephen* .of South An-
ton.
with the $300 bond being forfeited,
and a warrant being issued for
the man's arrest.
In another case, in County
court, No. 2, for swindling by
cheek under $30, Holley also for-
feited bond when he failed to
appear, the liood in this Instance
being $200; he was wanted in
(See HOLLEY, Page 5.)
Senior Hi Faculty
MeetsTues.,Pupils
Register Sept. 4,5
S. J. Sutton, principal of Phillis
Wheatley senior school announced,
this week, the program of activ-
ities, for next week, in the open-
ing of the 11M0-41 sessiou of the
local senior school.
Principal Sutton announced that
there would be a meeting of the
Wheatley faculty, Tuesday morn-
ir.g, September 3, at nine o'clock.
Registration of new pupils, and
ninth graders, will be held Wed
nesday, September 4, from nine
o'clock in- the morning until twelve,
noon, while tenth and eleventh
grade students will be registered
a!! day Thursday, September 5.
All pupils are expected all day
at Phillis Wheatley Friday, Sep-
tember 6. oil which day, all
classes will be arranged, and
books issued.
Kegular class work will begin
Monday morning, September 9, at
S :30 o'clock. *
one of tile rodeo stars, Mrs. Clara
Sutton, 25, of Boerne, Texas,
suffered a broken leg, as she and
her husband performed one of
rodeo's most dangerous as well as
breath-taking feats—riding a wild
Brahma steer.
The accident occurred as the
mammoth, wild Brahma steer
which Mrs. Sutton and her hus-
band, Leslie Sutton, were riding,
lunged into the chute before the
gates, leading into the open
arena, were opened, pinning the
victim beneath his tremendons
weight. Despite this, the cour-
ageous young woman kept her
mount until she fainted a few
minutes later, falling to the
(See BREAKS, Pace 5.)
Death Strikes
Suddenly to Take
Man as He Works
Death struck suddenly without
any warning early last Friday
morning, to claim Floyd F. Gard-
ner, 48. of 221 Lyons street, cut-
ting him down as he worked at
the Western Cotton Seed Oil com-
pany, 1821 South San Marcos
street a concern for which he had
worked for 20 years.
Gardner, a cake stripper at the
plant, remarked to other employees
that she had bouglit beer with it.
Angered, Lee upbraided the wo-
man, told her that he "wag
through" with her, and ordered
her to take her clothing and other
Mongings from the room. He
further told her that he was going
to notify the landlady to bar Miss
Blevins from the room.
As Lee started to leave for work.
Miss Blevins, holding her hand
behind her back, told him that
when he returned he would find
her a corpse. A shot rang ont. and
the woman collapsed to the floor.
As she was being removed to the
hospital. Miss Blevins told officers
that she had shot herself.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday, August 25, Collins Fun-
eral home in charge. Interment
was in East view cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
Ardella Drene Blevins; parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blevins; four
brothers. Fred, Jr., Marvin, Phil-
lip, and Andrew Blevins; three
sisters, Ida Mae, Dolly, and Dor-
othea.
Hold Rites for
S.A.Youth,Invalid
For Eight Years
. Impressive, largely attended ol>-
sei|iiies were conducted, Thursday,
August 22, at Corinth Baptint
of tl.e company shortly before four! church, the Rev. W. B. Myers of-
o'clock. "I am not the man that ficiatlng, for Major Cabness. 21.
Junior School
Students toEnroll
Thursday, Sept. 5
■ a—
Enrollment of students at Sau
Antonio's two Junior schools—
Douglass o;i the east side, Dunbar
on the west—will be taken, Thurs-j
day, September 5, according to an
announcement made this week by
S. H. Onte<«. prlncijwil of hoth
institutions.
Priucipal Gates is asking that
the pupils of Dougtass and Dun-
bar be present, Thursday, at their
respective schools, so that the en-
rollment forma'Hies may be com-
pleted promptly.
Actual cl >es work, will not begin
until next Monday morning Sep
temoer 9.
I used to be." He complained
that his breath was certainly get-
ting short. It was suggested that
he go to the door for fresh air.
But suddenly, before he could
move, he collapsed to the floor.
Taken to the Robert B. Green
hospital, he was pronounced dead
I
ill for nearly 14 years, an invalid
for the past eight years, who died
at the home of his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Gibson, 2218 Ne-
vada street, Sunday, August 18.
Born in San Antonio, Cabnes3
attended the old Cuney school,
reaching the sixth grade, at which
on arrival. Death was attributed | time ill health forced him i«
to heart disease. abandon school work.
According to the family, Gard- The youth, however, did not
ner had left home for work, Frl- j lose his ambition to learn, to
day afternoon, apparently in good
health.
The demlent was born In Co-
tulla, Texas, April 19, 1S92, mov-
ing to Gonzales as a young man.
There he married Miss Nellie Wat-
son. They moved to Sau Antonio
in 1024. She died March 20, 1030.
Fight children w^re bom to the
couple.
Surviving are five sons, B. W.,
Janes, Clarence, and Floyd F.,
Jr., of San Antonio, and Ollie
Gardner, Los Angeles, California;
throe daughters, Carrie Eva; Ccr-
study, to get an education with
loss of health. He studied as-
siduously, read constantly, and
followed the news of the world
by radio. He was well informed,
and interestingly conversant on
all current issues. •
Fond of poetry, he composed a
nnmbor of unusually good poems
several of his verses being accept-
ed, and published, in the Poetry
Corner of San Antonio Register.
For the past •'Ight yeais he
had been unable to walk, hut had
remained cheerful and hopeful
uelia, and Evelyn Gardner, both! Dpring the past few years, he suf
of Cotton, California; and twojfered \cry little until about t«
grandchildren. Jazneaetta and Joej
Vernon Gardner. «
(See RITIS, Page 5.)
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