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_THE MILITANT DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE RACE $2.00 a Year—5 Cents a Copy Omaha, Nebraska, Friday, January 11, 1929 Vol. XIV—No. 28 Whole Number 700 9 NEWS REVIEWS for 1928 FEBRUARY t Representative I. Will Taylor of Tennessee, went before the House Committee on Public Buildings at Washington and entered a plea for the building of a $500,000 memorial to the Negro race. A lily white organization in Mis sissippi joined hands with one in Louisiana to reduce the influence of the Negro in the Republican party. Col. Otis B. Duncan, commanding officer of the Eighth Illinois Infan try, was offered a detail upon the war department general staff. Mrs. Pearl Mildred Flipper enter ed suit for $10,000 against Miss Flo rence Johnson, charging alienation of the affections of her husband, the Rev. Carl F. Flipper. Dr. L. K. Williams, president of the National Baptist convention, de fended the position of that body in respect to the National Training School for Girls, of which Miss Nan nie Burroughs is principal, in a state ment to the press. Robert R. Church, Memphis, was unanimously elected a delegate to the Republican national convention from the Tenth Tennessee district. “Meek Mose,” a comedy drama written by Frank Wilson and pro duced by Lester Walton, opened in Philadelphia. It had first been pro duced at the Princess theater, New' York. Congressman Martin B. Madden defended Negro employes of the Chi cago postoffice against an attack made by Congressman William F. Stevenson of South Carolina. The Regal theater, costing a mil lion and one-half dollars, was opened ir Chicago. Claim was made by bank examin ers that more than a half million dol lars was lost by the Fraternal and Savings Bank of Memphis, Tenn. A police guard was placed around Josephine Baker in Vienna to protect her from sfudents. Friends of Hubert Harrison or ganized in New York to erect a mon ument to him. Dr. P. J. Maveety, secretary of the department of education for Negroes of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, re signed after 20 years of service. R. Nathaniel Dett, director of mu sic at Hampton Institute, was pre sented with the Harmon award of four hundred dollars and a gold medal in a striking ceremony at the institution. Dr. Ernest Just, Dr. Julien Lewis, Dr. Thomas Turner, and Robert A. Thornton were listed in American Men of Science, the leading author ity on Who’s Who in the scientific world. Mrs. Carrie S. Ramsay was ap pointed a field agent for Tuskegee Institute to succeed her late husband. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, part ners in the show world for many years, entered different productions with the announcement that they were permanently separated. A thirty-thousand dollar home for Btevedores was completed in Phila delphia. Charles Falone, who was found guilty of rape upon a colored girl, was pardoned after spending a year in the Kentucky state penitentiary. James A. Myers, who achieved na tional and international fame as a member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, died at his home in Nashville, Tenn. The anti-lynching bill recommend ed by Governor Harry Byrd of Vir ginia, was passed by the state senate, 32 to nine. The Kentucky state legislature passed a bill appropriating $142,000 for replacing the girl’s dormitory at Frankfort which was destroyed by fire. A bill was introduced into the Ken tucky legislature to compel separa tion of the races in the street cars in Louisville. After arresting more than 100 murderers, Detective Sergeant John T. Jackson, 60, retired from the po lice force of Washington, D. C. Colored business men of New Or leans organized the Broadmoor Laundry and Dry Cleaning '•ompany. State Senator Felder, New York, announced that he would attempt to have the legislature of his state set aside a fund of $25,000 with which to provide an airplane with vhich Herbert Julian might attempt a trans Atlantic flight. Lily whites in Louisiana held u convention and endorsed Herbert Hoover. White eitizens of Meldrim, Ga., removed the body of Mrs. Mario G. Underwood, a colored woman, from its grave in a so-called white ceme tery. Ted Thompson, national champion, was rated No. 1 among the tennis stars listed.by the American Tennis association. Salaries for elementary and high school teachers in Richmond, Va., were increased. A charter was granted for the Southern Sanitorium, a hospital for Negroes at Staunton, Va. Josephine Baker and her “postage stamp” costume were the subject of a heated debate between members of the Austrian parliament. URBAN LEAGUE The Urban League desires to thank the many friends who so responded to their request by caring for a worthy family at Christmas time persons were made mer ry many hearts glad as the re sult of this spirit. During the month of December the league co-operated with ten different organizations in adjusting certain cases coming under its care. _ 1 In being transferred from Omaha to St. Paul, the Urban league lost in Mr. C. A. Cushman, one of the most valued members, and the Ne groes of Omaha a staunch friend. Working conditions for me nare quite critical at this time. 8hese condtiions not only affect Negroes but the general population of those who are working. It is well that a part of your weekly check be re served for the unexpected. During the month of December there were 389 personal contacts in the office of the league for various services. 100 Women Wanted Who are willing to apply them selves on one of the many jobs for female help which comes to the Ur ban league employment office each day. We hear much regarding prej udices, long hours, and certain dis advantages we must face in accept ing certain jobs. Perhaps one of the greatest handicaps we face is the un reliability of so many of our women. It is not uncommon for the Urban i n i n 11 EsaecsgK'qgs league and no doubt other agencies, to sign a woman for a job with the understanding that* she report for service the following day. On the day, in many cases, she does not re port, nor is any information given stating why she do«?s not. To many their existence is a happy-go-lucky one. But such ways, and persons having them, have no place in bus iness. Negro women who will work better, faster, apply .themselves more thoroughly to their jobs, and assume a genial interest in the affairs of their employer, will find an open and ready field for their services. Com petition is the soul of business and in this game the fittest survive. If 100 women can be found who are willing to observe some of the foregoing suggestions, their services are as valuabl enow as the services of women were duping the war. Having been intimately associated for seven years with industrial rela tions departments'as-they affect wo men, a few don’t for the employee may be in place as a part of this article. Don’t entertain your employer on your domestic or community affairs, rhey don’t interest her. Don’t talk too much or enter con versations on the job unless you are spoken to. Don’t feel your employer can’t get along without you, even though she says so. There’s usually someone as rood or better than you to take your blace. Don’t think only of your own con venience. Don’t cover up unclean bodies with lelicate perfume. Usually the com bination is nauseating. Don’t stop work to attend every funeral of a friend or fraternal mem ber. Don’t be non-dependable. Report ,o work on time. If you plan to stop vork, properly notify your employer. Remember you can make a job better or worse not only for your self but successor. One hundred men wanted—yes, and more, for they will be needed. H. J. Pinkett, attorney, 319-20 Ne ville Block, Sixteenth and Harney streets. Atlantic 9344.—Adv. BORN A SLAVE; DIES WEALTHY Senatobia, Miss., Jan. 11 (ANP) — Phil Price, 104 years old, died at his home in Coldwater, Sunday. Born in Alabama in 1824, Price was 38 years old when freed from slavery. He became one of the largest land owners in Tate county, at the time of his death owning more than a thousand acres of fine land. Price was here when the first railroad train ran, when the first steamboat plied the Mississippi river and lived to see airships fly across his farms. He resided in Mississippi for more than 90 years. Price was the largest holder of war savings stamps and liberty bonds in the county, and his entire cash sav ings for years was invested in bonds and stamps from a purely patriotic standpoint. He died in the house in which he had lived for 75 years. HOLD WHITE HIT AND RUN DRIVER New Orleans, La., Jan. It (ANP) —Edward Fields, 40 years old, liv ing in the Harvey section of Jeffer son parish, was instantly killed on the public road recently, and Sam Cam pisi, a white man, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Fields had got out of his car, when trouble developed, to look in the gas tank, according to parties who were with him when he was struck by a speeding car which kept on its way. Field’s car was hurled through a fence on the side of the road but the occupants escaped injury. A clue was obtained to the identity of the speeder and his arrest followed. NEGRO ADVANCES IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE CONQUER NEW FIELDS IN 1929 (By the Associated Negro Press) Slowly but surely, Negro business is learnin gto stand on its owr. feet. For years it has been creeping along on all fours with its eyes uplifted to wards the sky and its hands groping hesitantly about in search of an up right object upon which to rest its weight and lift itself to its feet. As the support for which it sought has materialized in the development of a small group of business leaders with vision and courage, Negro business has raised itself upward and today stands tottering upon its own feet ready to take its first steps forward. Dark days will come for some of the institutions manned entirely by members of the race and dark days will vanish before the consatnt ad vance of an able, honest Negro lead ership, but the bulk of our commer cial enterprises will prosper with in creasing regularity as the years roll on. Business is business, and the Ne gro owned institution must measure up to the requirements set by the other institutions of its kind or fail as surely as it begins. But opportu nity, adversity and ambition has bred for the group a small army of trained business leaders to whom all Negro business may look for support, guid ance, and consistent development. They in turn are imparting their knowledge to younger men and wo men who will take the reigns when they have passed on and guide Negro business forward till it shall walk up right with all the vigor and confi dence demanded by the competition of modern times. And so, while we look forward to ( the new year and plan for the future i of our commercial institutions and our race, let us take a brief look at ^ the men and women who are leaders in our economic life—those who have brought Negro business thus far— r and learn the secret of their rise to power and affluence. Let us look to Abbott, Murphy, Vann, and Mitchell, ■ the successful publishers; let us look to Binga, Wright and Hawkins, the bankers; to Overton, Walker and Ma lone, the manufacturers; to Terry and De Priest, the real estate brok ers; to Rutherford, Spaulding and Herndon, the insurance executives; to Windham, Hadnott and Alexander, the contractors; to Gibson, Foster and Turpin in the amusement world. All began their lives in poverty and each has developed into a strong, vi gorous leader in lys respective field through continued perseverance and the practice of thrift and economy. They could not have achieved other wise. Shall nor our young men and women of today do likewise if they expect success and wealth to reward their endeavors? Certainly they must, and every Negro father and mother should encourage their chil dren to acquire these qualities of suc cess. That achievement is builded on industry, persevernace and thrift should be the doctrine taught by every Negro in business and the for mula laid down by every newspaper | and school. But the young man who reads the above lines may note an absence of the names of successful men engaged in retail trade. Where, they may ask, are our successful Negro merchants? We have a few but only continued encouragement will give us more. Already we can count two or three department stores, a single chain of grocery stores, a chain of shoe stores, and a number of individual successes in various lines. But the number of truly outstanding successes is not in spiring. The most casual analysis of our commercial successes indicated that Negroes flock to those fields where some one individual has made an un usual or spectaculra achievement. We find this to be true in nearly every field. As a result many ave nues of trade are overcrowded while ones with equal or greater opportu nity have few or no recruits. But. that duplication of successful effort has its decided advantage to the | group can be seen by the growth of progressive enterprises launched by men and developed in other cities than the one where success is first achieved. Insurance companies, loan Walter W. Head. Walter W. Head Retiring President Omaha Nat’l Bank Well-Known Omaha Banker Is the Holder of Most Omaha Financial Posts. Walter W. Head, who Tuesday was elected president of the State Bank of Chicago, holds more positions of financial responsibility than any oth er Omaha business man. In addition, king- of AJk-Sar-Ben. Some of his presidencies, chair manships and directors’ posts follow: President, Omaha Nationia bank, Omaha National Co. President, Omaha Trust Co., Oma ha Safe Deposit Co. Chairman board of directors, Ne braska Power Co. Vi :e-president, American National bank, St. Joseph, Mo. Vice-president and chairman exec utive committee, St. Joseph Life In surance Co. President, Boy Scouts of America. Chairman boys' week committee, Rotary International. Chairmart, national father and son committee, Y. M. C. A. Member general board, national council, Y. M. C. A. President, Y. M. C. A. of Omaha. Director and member, finance com mittee, Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. Director and member, finance com mittee, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneap olis and Omaha Railway Co. Director, New York Life Insurance Co. Director, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Baltimore, Md. Director, Industrial Finance Corp. Director, Universal Aviation Corp. Director, New York Fire Insur ance Co. Director, Merchants and Manufac turers Fire Insurance Co., Newark, N. J. Director, American Equitable Fire Assurance Corp. Director, Knickerbocker Fire As surance Corp Director, Syivania Insurance Co., Philadelphia. Director, Commercial Credit Co., Baltimore, Md. Member capitol commission, new Nebraska state capitol. Treasurer, Omaha Welfare Feder ation and Community Chest. Treasurer, Child Saving Institute. Member board of regents, Creigh ton university. Member board of trustees, Hast . ings college, Hastings, Neb. Member board of trustees, Grin nell college, Grinnell, la. NEGRO IS SHU 1 BY WHITE LANDLORD Georgetown, MisB., Jan 11 (ANP) —Jack Walker, disputed an unpaid balance in rent claimed to be due Albert and R. W. Little, white men, who visited his home asking a settle ment. Not being able to convince them by word of mouth, Walker opened fire with a double barrel shotgun and “filled ’em full of lead.” One of the brothers, R. W. Little, returned the pleasantries and as a re sult Walker is dangerously wounded and may die. A W. Dale Clark New President of Omaha National Bank ind finance companies, and cab com janies have grown up in many cities is a result of this imitative stimulus. LYNCHING—1928 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST Center, Tex., May 21—(New York Evening Post, May 21)—“Bdudy” Svins was taken from two officers xnd lynched by a mob. He was tanged from the same limb of an ink tree in the court house yard vhere another Negro was lynched ibout five years before. Evins was barged with murder in a fatal at ack on a white man. Slater, Mo., May 30—(New York fimes, May 31)—Ocie Wilson, who vas charged with the murder of a '■legro railroad shop worker, was ;aken from officers and hanged by L2 men whom the officers believed ,o have been friends of the slain man. Ml involved were Negroes. Boyce, La., June 2—(New York rimes, June 3)—Lee and Dave Blackman, brothers of William Black nan, who killed a deputy sheriff and n turn himself was slain by a squad 3f officers, were taken from offi :ers and their bodies riddled with bullets. Houston, Tex., June 20 — (New Vork Evening World, June 20) — Robert Powell was abducted from the Jefferson Davis hospital and hanged from a bridge eight miles from Hous ton. Powell was charged with killing a detective. Brookhaven, Miss., June 29—(New York Times, June 30)—James and Stanley Bearden were lynched by a mob of several hundred persons who forced their way into the Lincoln county jail and seized the prisoners, charged with assaulting local citi zens. One of the men was tied to an automobile and dragged through the city streets before being carried out of town and hanged; the other was hurried off in a car in an oppo site direction and hanged to a bridge. Summit, Miss., July 2—(New York World, July 3)—“Shug” McEllee, ac cused of attempting to attack a young white girl, was taken from county officers and hanged to a tree. Farmington, New Mex., Nov. 16— (New York Evening Post, Nov. 17) —Rafael Benavides, a Mexican shep herder, was kidnaped from a local hospital by three masked men and his body was found a few houx-s later swinging from a tree. Benavides had been taken to the hospital after being shot down by a sheriff’s posse when he resisted arrest for an al leged attack upon a white woman. Shelby, Miss., Dec. 31 — (New York World, Jan. 1, 1929)—Charley Shepherd, who escaped from a prison farm after murdering a guard and abducting his daughter, was burned to death on a plantation seven miles from Shelby. Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 26—(New | York World, Jan. 1, 1929)—Eman uel McCallum, «colored automobile mechanic, was lynched near Hatties- <1 burg. (No details.) TIMES EDITOR TO DELIVER TUSKEGEE ADDRESS Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 11 (ANP) — Following a meeting of the executive council held recently, Dr. R. R. Mo ton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, announced that Dr. John H. Finley, executive editor of the New York Times, Ne wYork City, would deliver the Founder’s Day address at Tus kegee Institute this ./ear. The trustees’ party, composed of men and women prominent in nation al life, will arrive at the school on Friday, April 5, and the Founder’s Day address will be delivered on Sun day, April 7. Dr. Finley was formerly editor of Harper’s Weekly, and just prior to assuming his duties as editor of the New York Times, was president of the College of New York. He has an international reputation as an editor and writer. The Founder’s Day ad dress in 1928 was delivered by Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. Mired ■