The Houston Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 6, 1920 Page: 8 of 8
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Preston 1243
8071/2 Prairie Ave.
THE HOUSTON INFORMER, SATURDAY, MARCH .6,1920
SOUTH’S GREATEST RACE NEWSPAPER
CITY CULLINGS
S. B. WILLIAMS, City Editor
MISS MAYME R. ROBINSON, Associate Editor.
Phones:
Night and Sunday—
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Mrs. E. J. Butler is on the sick list.
Mr. John. Walker is recovering from
a siege of illness.
Mrs. L. B. Snow, 405 San Felipe,
specializes in the Poro system.
For clothes tailored right go to Bell
Tailoring Co., 420 Milam.
Mrs. Henrietta Green returned last
week from a pleasant stay in Colum-
bus, N. M.
Miss Katy N. Gafford, Victoria, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith,
1608 Detroit Street.
W. T. Clark, Insurance agent. Call
Preston 3288. A. M. B. A., 419%
Milam St. (tf)
Mr. F. S. Preston, Odin Avenue’s
popular harber, was in Dallas on busi-
ness this week.
We specialize in box back coats. Bell
Tailoring Co., 420 Milam.
Mr. T. W. Walker, after spending 22
months in Homestead,
home Saturday night.
The Payne Chapel "Busy Bees" had
a delightful time at their party given
at Mrs. Rosa Diamond's recently.
Dr. T. M. Shadowens, Taylor's popu-
lar medico, was here
business.
Mr. James Thomas, clerk at An-
drews’ store, left Monday night for
Boley, Okla., due to serious illness of
his mother.
Mrs. Alberta Adams, 20!) San Felipe,
has returned from an. enjoyable trip
spent with her friend, Mrs. Maggie
Washington, New Orleans, La.
The funeral of Miss Maggie Thomas,
25 years of age, who died last week
at her home, 25 Broadway, was con-
ducted by Rev. A. A. Gordon.
Mrs. Gertrude Crompton and her
granddaughter, Miss Ethel Lee Vance,
are in the city, the former being called
to the bedside of her sick daughter.
Mrs. Mobelia Wright, 3011 Nance.
Lost—At the corner of Elgin and
St. Charles, pocketbook ocntalning be-
tween $35 and $40 bills and silver,
pocket knife and lead pencil; liberal
reward. Mrs. J. D. Troyer, 404 Gray.
Hadley 3045.
Miss Euretta K. Fairchild, former
Houstonian, now engaged in. perma-
nent Y. W. C. A. work in San Antonio,
was a pleasant caller Tuesday. Miss
Fairchild, a former city school teacher
and member of one of Houston’s oldest
>and best families, has made a most
wonderful success in her work in the
Alamo City.
Sale—National range, burns
Mrs. O. E. Brown, resident of New
York City for the last two years, who
spent six weeks visiting relatives and
friends here, including her sisters and
mother, Mrs. Rosa Winkfield, 2820
Dowling, has returned to Gotham.
While here she was the recipient of
many social courtesies and hospital-
ities, including several box parties at
the Lincoln Theatre. With much re-
gret did her friends view her depart-
ure.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS.
We extend this word of deep appre-
ciation to all who in any way helped
to make our recent financial effort for
the maintenance of a charity ward at
the Union Hospital such a success.
YVe especially thank the following la-
dies who proved such excellent tag
sellers: Mesdames Lola French, Lil-
lian Mann, J. B. Grigsby, Joe Hamil-
ton, C. A. Gilmore, Nettie Barrington,
B. J. Covington, W. T. Doubling, R.
Brock, H. E. Lee, J. Hubert, J. P.
Bell, Misses Mabel Wells, Edna Simp-
son, Lucile Barrington, Alma Turner,
Short and Jones (nurses). (SignedI
Mrs. M. J. Lewis, president; Mrs. T.
M. Fairchild, secretary; Mrs. (’. A.
Jackson, treasurer.
For
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Pp^f :’OSk- dining room suite, most beautiful
design; 3-piece dining room suite, ma-
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Jllji^iiaed E. L. Jordan, 2809 Glass St.
EjppFreston 5596.
GOOSE CREEK.
Mt. Rose Baptist Church, Rev. I. C.
Lindsey, pastor, had a busy day Sun-
day. S. S. Supt. Robinson was at his
post; he is a live wire. Pastor was
with us and taught the lesson, bring-
ing out many new thoughts. The wo-
men had their mission sermon at
night. They conducted an excellent
program. The president stated the
object of the meeeting in a short way
and made some interesting remarks.
Mrs. E. L. Caney was mistress of
ceremonies. Rev. J. G. Robinson
spoke complimentary of the program.
Pastor Lindsey delivered the mission-
ary sermon, lie certainly knows what
to say about the good women. Among
many things he said that the black
woman had done more under disad-
vantages, discouragement and unfa-
vorable circumstances to foster the
cause of missions and Christian edu-
cation thpn any other of their sex in
the world. He very forcibly touched
along the line of the progress and
achievement of the race since emanci-j
potion. 11 is subject was "The Deeds
of the Grpat Women.” The entire
congregation was lifted up by this
wonderful little preacher. The presi-
dent voiced the sentiments of the en-
tire congregation by saying she was
satisfied with the sermon. Collection
was taken. Several in the audience
expressed themselves as lovers of mis-
sions and Christian education. Great
| rally here Sunday, March 14. Head
The Informer.
One 5-room house and hall on Dow-
ling St., $600 down.
One 4-room house and hall on Dow-
ling St., $500 down.
One house on. Leeland Ave, $400
down.
One 6-room house on Jefferson, $400
down.
One 5-room house on Calhoun, $350
down.
One 6-room house on Elgin, $1000
down.
One 4-room house on Elgin, $250
down.
One 6-room house, electric lights,
on Hutchins St., $450 down, yearly
payments.
One 5-room house, hall, electric
lights and gas, $800 down; on Webster.
One 5-room house for $500 down; on
Webster Ave.
One 8-room house on St. Emanuel,
$800 down.
One 6-room house on St. Emanuel,
$400 down.
Three 6-room houses on Arthur St.,
$350 down.
One 14-room house on Arthur St.,
all modern, $700 down.
One 6-room 2-story in Independence
Heights, $300 down.
One 6-room house on Ruthven St.,
$800 down.
One 5-room house and three 3-room
houses on Providence, all Banitary,
$150 down.
Five houses on Gregg St., $100.
One house, 4 rooms and hall, on
Mill St., $200 down.
One house on Carr St., 4 rooms and
hall, brand new, modern, $500.
Three 4-room houses on Carr, $100
down.
One 5-room house, 8-foot hall, and
one lot, 150 feet, $100 down.
Two houses on Market St., 4 rooms,
$100 down.
One 5-room house on Bayou, $500
down.
One 6-room house and hall, all sani-
tary, electric lights, $500 down; First
Ward.
One 4-room house and one 3-room
house for $400 down; in First Ward.
Two 4-roont houses in First Ward,
$250 each down.
One 2-story house, $3000, $500 down;
in First Ward.
Five 3-rootn houses for $600 each,
$25 down.
One brand new 4 room house in
Sixth Ward, close to car line and
Dickson Car Wheel Company, for $300
down.
One 5-room and one 4-room house
on Pease Ave., all sanitary, $300 down.
One 6-room house on St. Charles, all
modern, $800 down.
One 4-rooin house on Live Oak St.,
$350 down.
One house on Palmer, 4 rooms and
a hall, $150 down.
One 4-room house, corner lot, in
Wilson Addition, $250 down. I
One house on Beauchamp St., $300
down.
Harrisburg lots, $4 down and $4 per
month.
BOB ROBERTS REAL ESTATE
4191 2 Milam St. Phone Preston 6307.
AVIATOR ATTAINS AN COMMUNITY SING Y. W. C. A. NOTES.
ALTITUDE 36,020 FT.DREW LARGE CROWD
Loses Consciousness, Falls 5
Miles, Then Revives, Lands
His Machine Safely.
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LINCOLN
Saturday—
Al Jennings Western and Special Feature
Sunday and Monday—
Nirma Talmadge in “SHE LOVES and LIES,"
Special
Tuesday—
Lion Man No. 7 and Special Feature
Wednesday—
“Elmo The Fearless,” Featuring The Great
Elmo Lincoln
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Thursday—
Adventures of Ruth No. 8 and Rathe Special
Friday—
“Children of Banishment," and Comedy
Phone Preston 1995. 0. P. DeWALT, Prop.-Mgr.
Dayton, Ohio.—An airplane carrying
Major R. W. Scbroeder, chief test pilot
at McCook Field, Friday fell over five
miles after reaching an altitude of
36.020 feet, said to be 5,020 feet higher
than the world’s record.
Instruments on the machine indi-
cate that it fell more than five miles
in two minutes. While still 2,000 feet
above the ground the airplane righted
itself and glided to a graceful land-
ing. When the plane settled attend-
ants who rushed toward it found Ma-
jor Schroeder sitting erect in the ma-
chine and apparently lifeless. For a
brief time residents of Dayton were
sure a meteor had appeared in the sky.
They had mistaken the trail of vapor
escaping from the machine as It sped
downward for a “stranger in the heav-
ens.’’
Thousands of persons gazed sky-
ward watching the plane, which had
ascended two hours before the plunge
downward.
Major Schroeder lost consciousness
when his machine had reached a
height recorded by instruments aB 36,-
020, or 5,020 feet higher than the
world’s record established by Roland
Rohlfs last summer.
His senses number and his eyes
frozen shut in a temperature said to
have been 67 degrees below zero,
Schroeder regained partial conscious-
ness when 2,000 feet above the earth
in time to right his machine and pre-
vent it from crashing to the ground.
The thousands of spectators were
unaware that they were witnessing a
“drama of the sky.” They saw a speck
of black silhouetted against the blue,
to which was attached a “tail" of gray-
ish color. Gradually the object was
enlarged as it hurtled toward the
earth. When but a few thousand feet
above them, those watching saw that
it was an airplane, turning in a tail
spin. It was at that point that Major
Schroeder regained control of his
plane and headed it toward McCook
Field. There he made a safe landing
and collapsed.
He was blinded and his limbs were
numb despite the electrically heated
suit in which he was encased. He was
suffering from effects of a lack of oxy-
gen. When nearly seven miles above
the earth his oxygen tanks became ex-
hausted, and it was that which robbed
him of consciousness and caused him
to fall.
I Instruments on his machine record-
ed the best story of the experiences of
the aviator in his flight to beat the
I record of Roland Rohlfs and bring first
honors to the air forces of the United
States army. The thermometer reg-
istered a temperature of 55 degrees be-
low zero Centigrade, or 67 degrees be-
low zero Fahrenheit. Altitude figures
from the barograph reading indicated
a height of 37,000 feet, and when cali-
brated by Captain Harrison W. Flick-
inger showed an official altitude of
36.020 feet, a new world’s record and a
variation of less than 1,000 feet.
The mark set by Major Schroeder
again gives him the record which
Rohlfs won from him July 30, 1919,
with an official altitude of 30,00^ feet,
which was later increased in a second
flight to 31,000 feet.
Riding alone almost seven miles
above the earth in a polar climate and
against wind that blew at 100 miles an
hour or more, Major Schroeder fought
foot by foot to drive his plane higher.
The sudden change in air pressure
from less than three pounds at 36,000
feet to 14.7 pounds at sea level crush-
ed the gasoline tanks of his plane and
caused them to collapse, besides jolt-
ing Major Schroeder to his senses
Modern inventions, unthought of be-
fore the war, made not only Major
Schroeder's air voyage possible, but
also enabled him to return with an
accurate scientific record of the flight
to substantiate his verbal claims. His
machine was equipped with a Moss
supercharger and was the same as
used Aug. 1, 1919, when he broke the
world’s speed record for high altitude
by flying 137 miles an hour at a height
of 13,800 feet.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
About 2000 people witnessed the
inter-school patriotic program and
joined in the community sing at the
City Auditorium Sunday. The sing
was directed by Glenn C. Stables, song
leader for Houston.; Miss Irma Sweatt
was pianist. Some of the songs sung
by the audience were “America,” "Bat-
tle Hymn of the Republic,” “Long,
Long Trail,” “I’m Forever Blowing
Bubbles," “Hymn of the Marseillaise,”
“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” “The
Battle Cry of Freedom,” “Dixie” and
“The Star-Spangled Banner.” A high
school chorus, directed by Prof. J.
Will Jones, acceptably rendered “When
Skies Are Blue.” This was followed
by a “Mother Goose drill” by pupils
of Langston School. The Harper School
quartette was followed by a folk song
group from Luckie School. The violin
and piano duet by Ernest Sapenter
and Maxine Fay Sapenter of Black-
shear School was a distinct credit to
Prof. W. S. DeLeston, who trained
these youthful instrumentalists. The
sweet voice of little Miss Sybil Gently
of Gregory School provoked sufficient
applause to demand an encore. An
important feature of the program was
an address by Judd Mortimer Lewis
of the Houston Chronicle.
Chained Prisoners Assault Guard.
Waco, Tex.—R. E. Roder, a state
prison guard, was overpowered by two
negro convicts on a Texas Central
train near Waco Tuesday and badly
beaten about the head and face. The
negroes, though handcuffed and linked
together with chains around their
necks, managed to secure possession
of the officer's pistol, which they used
as a club. A revenue officer aboard
the train rushed to Roder’s assistance
and the negroes were soon conquered.
Tobacco Growers Organize.
Louisville, Ky.—Fifty tobacco grow-
ers and dealers at a meeting at Louis-
ville Saturday organized the Tobacco
Growers’ and Dealers Protective Asso-
ciation, with the object of maintaining
present tobacco prices.
Wheat Saves Austria.
Washington.—The recent
terdam has assured the
pie of sufficient food
May 1.
until
Sunday was an occasion of unusual
interest at the Center. Mrs. Daisy
Bulkley gave an eloquent address, a
forceful plea for the Y. W. C. A. and
its influences. All who heard her were
thrilled and inspired. Some good mu-
sic added to the occasion. Mrs. Jones
and Mrs. Fairchild were hostesses.
We are grateful to all who aided. The
Fiat Lux Lyceum will have an ora-
torical contest at the Center Sunday
from 5 to 7 p. m. Each lady will have
four minutes in which to discuss her
subject and there will be judges to
decide for the best speaker of the
evening. The program will be inter-
spersed with music from the best
talent in the city and a lively evening
is expected. Come out and root for
your favorite orator. On Wednesday
the committee of management holds
its regular monthly meeting at 4:30
p. m. Every member is earnestly
urged to be present and to give a
DE RIDDER DOTS.
The soend anniversary of Pastor J.
W. Sims will be celebrated March 9-14,
1920. with a program extending over
the entire time. Papers will be read
by Sisters Lula Hall, Giney Ross, E. P.
Bryant; sermons will be preached by
Revs. W. R. Bryant, A. Groves, W. H.
McCall, Crane. Rev. A. C. Capers,
field secretary of foreign missions,
will deliver the anniversary sermon.
A special program will be rendered
nightly, terminating with a mammoth
program all day Sunday, 14th inst.
Special music will be rendered, and
everybody is looking forward to the
occasion w’ith fond anticipation. In
this effort it is hoped to realize $500.
The occasion has been sayled “An
echo from the hills.”
brief report of work done and work
planned. Business of importance will
be transacted. Any lady who desires
to enter a Red Cross home nursing
class phone capitol 518.
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