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tr......=» %i Johnny Hortons Political DOPE” by John lienj. Horton, Jr. Well Folks! Merry Xmas ar.d , A Happy New I ^ ar to You All. Johnny Horton Negro Democratic Victory Banquet Held at Dreamland Hall. WELL FOLKS:— The Negro Democrats held their Victory Banquet Saturday night, Dec. 17th., at Dreamland Hall, commem orating the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the entire Democratic group; especially did they rejoice in the fact that one of our own race candidates running upon the Demo cratic ticket was elected which made history and established a pre_ cedent that other Democratic Color ed candidates may feel that after all, they have the same chances that any other candidate of any other party may have in seeking office here in this State. I take grear pride in to day honoring my friend, Johnny Owens, in the aftermath of what might ju.'t as easily have resulted in defeat had it not been for his staunch white friends and loyal col_ ored Republican well-wishers. After all, the Republican voters played a great part in the success of every Democratic Candidate in this country. This banquet, held at Dreamland Hall, not only gave us food for the stomach but it also gave us ‘food for thought,’ The guest speaker, honorable Dr. Wm Thornpkins, my friend for eight years, spoke on the subject of the i Christmas (Greeting Cards latest design c?joui Blaine ‘New Abolition’ and let me admon ish you that it was one of the finest and one of the most thoughtful pub lic utterances made in many years by any political leader regardless of col_ or. Democrats In Control— No Democrats in public life after March 4th, can possibly imagine him self sick or badly treated. His only possible complaint .will be that there will not be enough Committee Chair manships in either the Senate or House to go round. Naturaly, there will not be enough seats-1 mean desks and benches on the Democratic side of either House to accommodate the array of Democratic members. There will be almost three Democratic to every Republican—in the House, to be exact, 313 Democrats to 111 Re publicans, with one farmer-Laborite. The Senate will have 59 Democrats 36 Republicans and one Farmer. Laborrte. I don’t believe that that a single Democrat will object to taking Re. nublican places on the other side of the centre aisle—the political “No Man’s Land” of Congress. It’s no to occupy the seats of their enemies. ..uiUahip lor ambitious politicians Auout I'he Democratic Cabinet Possibilities— it is expected that Gov. Roosevelt wiii announce the personnel of his Cabinet within the next few weeks so that America will know the kind of men with whom he will be surround ed. It will be the first time since 1920 that an entire new Presidential Cabinet will take office with the new President. I believe that Gov. Roosevelt will pick his Cabinet from these outstand ing Democrats, namely; Newton D. Baker, Owen D. Young, Melvin A. Traylor, James M. Cox, James Far ley and Gov. Ritchie of Maryland. Traylor or Bernard Baruch are con sidered the possible choices for Sec’y of the Treasury, with Traylor some what favored because of geographical considerations. A Sec’y of State and Att’y General may be selected from these others. Mr. Roosevelt will use the system of choosing well known men as against that of Mr. Hoover’s choosing little known men. Arthur Mullen, flooT leader at the Dem. Convention, will probably get the Attorney Generalship. Jim Farley, Democratic Campaign Manager, should be our next Post, master General and Byrd of Virginia will probably be the next Sec’y of Agriculture. The Sec’y of the Interior should come from the West and may be Gov. Dem of Utah will receive this berth because of the strong support given Roosevelt out there. Daniel J. Tobin, who has handled the Labor end of the Roosevelt campaign will probably be Sec’y of Labor although Fances Perkins, Industrial Commis sioner of N. York, whose appointment would win her the distinction of be. ing the first woman Cabinet mem ber, has a fighting chance; I think that her appointment, if made, would be a smart political bid for the com plete voting strength of the women throughout the country in Roosevelt’s next campaign four years hence. There is less possibility that select ions will be made among Senators than among Governors, since Roose. velt will want powerful friends in the legislative branch of Government. Democrat Will Attempt to Avoid Extra Session of Congress— The Democratic Party is trying hard to avoid an extra session ofCon gress following the innauguration of Electrical Gifts Are Practical Too I 1 Convey your holiday greetings through the happy medium of gifts alive and real... gifts that are prac tical and useful as well as beautiful. The electrical gift gives joy that is last ing ... a constant re minder of the giver. BUY, GIFTS OX EASY TERMS .... Nebraska Power @ Courtesy * Sendee. Low Wiee "A Good Citizen Wherever We Servef* | Gov. Roosevelt as President. If J they can rid themselves of prohib i ition, taxation and farm relief at the ! “lame Duck” session, they feel that they will havp done all that is nec_ essary for the present to redeem [ their campaign pledges. An extra session is a fine thing for i Senators and Representatives, but it | is veritable political poison to a new President particularly if it has to do with the Tariff. The tariff was greatly discussed during the Presidential Campaign and much was said of plans to apply the tariff more advantageously to agri cultural needs. Democratic Senators and Representatives remember what happened to the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. Pres. Hoover called an extra session in 1929 to deal with farm tar iff. Before Congress finished with the tariff bll, other items were in_ eluded and it became a general tariff revision bill. The Democrats know that if they open up a tariff fight soon after Roosevelt is innaugurated they will be courting trouble. Hence, their ef forts to clear the ‘docket’ of at least business necessary to redeem their campaign pledges without an extra session is the wise thing to do. But the Extra Session Is In evitable, .Because— Mr. Garner’s resolution for repeal of the 18th Amendment was favored greatly, though it fell six votes short of the necessary two.thirds majority and the House of Representatives acted in a highly salutary manner. The strength of the Wet sentiment was effectively demonstrated; the close vote in a Congress- which form erly had a lan^e Dry majority proves that a repeal resolution will ultim ately be passed by the new House. By failing to pass this resolution, the House gave time for more mature consideration of the course which re peal ought to take. Another gain from this defeat is the fact that it makes necessary a Special session of the New Congress next spring. There will be many urgent duties, aside from prohibition repeal, awaiting the solons. However, having disposed of the question for the present session, Congress will have more time to de_ vote to economic matters which are of infinitely greater importance. Pass ing of the Garner resolution would have led to long debate in the Senate and Congress would have become so bogged down in the repeal controver sy that in the short session it would scarcely have been able to do any thing else. ** Writer’s note:—Watch this col. umn every week and you will read the truth exposed politically where ever warranted regardless of political connection. ATTENTION! FOR THE BEST IN JEWELRY WE RECOMMEND BEN’S JEWELRY CO. by John Benj. Horton, Jr. Ben’s Jewelry Co., located at 303 North 16th St., has served the public for many years and have succeeded in making good customers and have kept them. Ben’s Jewelry Co., has set the stan dard of their merchandise many years ago and has studiously maintained their standard. Ben believes that a sale is not com pleted unless the customer is pleased and satisfied. Ben’s prices are the same—CASH or CREDIT. You can arrange terms of payment to suit your convenience. Pay as littld as $1.00 per week. You can open an account at Ben’s and pay for your selections in small, weekly, or monthly sums. It is a pleasure to recommend this high class Jewelry Co., to our people because they believe in patronizing and doing business with us. For fur. ther details, concerning their merch andise, turn over on another page and you’ll note their advertisement for Xmas. SALE RECORDS OF SLAVES EX. HIBITED IN NEW YORK Mamaroneck, N. Y.—Among the curios exhibited this week at the cele bration of the tenth anniversary of the Mamaroneck Free library are three Mils of sale for Negro slave*, the property of Mrs. E T. Cornel, one of which recorded the sale of a Negro slave in Mamaroneck in 1890. ‘There is A Difference” Try the Original French Dry Cleaning and Tailoring J. W\ Benson 2304 North 16th Street Call WE. 3057—Deliver —— t • • «..« DRINK = ' i IDEAL Beverages ' i GINGER ALE LIME RICKEY “Be Sure—Drink IDEAL” ( > IDEAL Bottling Co. 1808 N. 20th St. WE 3043 l Read The Guide | DR. W. O. CARRINGTON, AME. ZION PASTOR WINS SIGNAL HONOR Washington (CNS) A notable ser_ mon, “A Door Opened in Heaven” by the Rev. W. 0. Carrington, pastor of the John Wesley AME. Zion Church, has been selected as one of the twenty five select religious discourses to be included in the 1932 anthology ‘prize sermons" to be published this month in book form by the Macmillan Com. pany of New York. Six Hundred and ninety-two leading ministers from all parts of the English-speaking world participated in the sermon contest, in cluding scholarly divines in every State in the Union, except Louisiana and North Dakota. Canada, England, Corea, Bolivia also had theological writers among the twenty-eight relig ; ious denominations that were repres. ented in the contest. The Macmillan publication has been compiled and edited by four of the leading theologians and comment, ators of the country, including Dr.‘ E. A. McAlpin, who says: “Dr. Car rington's sermon is a fine illustra tion of a keen imagination coupled with sound scholarship.” Mr. Carrington was pastor of the John Wesley Church from 1920 to 1924, during which time he also was on the faculty of the school of relig ion at Howard University. In the In the summer of 1932 he returned to the Washington charge. He is a native of British Guiana and was edu cated in private schools and in Lon don (England) theologcial institu. tions, for the Wesleyan Methodist ministry. The sermon entitled “A Door Open, ed in Heaven” takes for its text a sen tence from the story of John the Dis ciple on Patmos. John, imprisoned, saw a door opened in heaven, and Mr. Carrington developed this theme as an example of the support to be gain ed from religion in times of stress. The discourse was written while Mr. Carrington was the pastor at the Main Street Church in Hartford and was delivered at that Church. For a number of years prior to the Washington pastorate in 1920 Dr. Carrington was dean of Hood Theo logical Seminary, Livingstone College Salisbury, N. C. which is the chief institution of learning of the AME. Zion Church. The training and pro ficiency of many young ministers in the Zion Church and other denomin. ations it is claimed can be attributed to the work of Dr. Carrington while he served at Livingstone and Howard University. For more than twenty years he has been regarded as the foremost Biblical scholar and exeget. ical orator, and this achievement in sermonic work is regarded as a dis tinct honor to the AME. Zion Church and ministry of the race. Some years ago, Dr. Carrington won first prize in a contest sponsored by the Homiletic Review for the best series of ten outlines on any subject. At that time his subject was “Some Aspect of Divine Providence.” Referring to a sermon by Dr. Car rington published in Homiletic Re view, January 1932, the Review edi tor has the following to say: “We wonder if the Yale and Hart ford Diviinity students know the pow. erful preacher near at hand in the | Main Street AME. Zion Church Hart, ford. This sermon by the pastor of that church will bear intensive study —on a much used text in a practical manner.” The editor of the Star of Zion, the official organ of the African Metho dist Episcopal Church, in commenting on the elec Von of Dr. Carrington’s sermon says: “As a proud and loyal son of Zion, filled with denominational pride and race-consciousness, I am exceeding ly proud of Dr. Carrington: (1) He has brought fame to our Methodist family; (2) he has brought prestige to the Negro pulpit; (3) he has brought honor to our Zion; therefore, let us all rejoice and be glad, and thank God for such a valuable rep resentative among us, as Dr. W. 0. Carrington! May his tribe increas." __ SINGING IN AID OP THEIR SCHOOL San Antonio, Tex. (CNS) Jubilee singers, students from the Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute, a non-secretarian school at Prentiss. Mississippi, enroute to California in the interest of their school are receiv ing much praise as they appear in concerts at principal cities as they made their way westward. In short talks, Anselm J. Finch, ad_ vance agent for the singers, teil of the school and stresses its work rac ially and the co-operation being giv en the institution by members of both races in the town of Prentiss. PREACHER, PAINTER TAKING RANK AMONG ARTISTS Charlotte, NC. (CNS) The Rev. W. A. Cooper of the First Methodist Church of this city is fast attracting attention as a portrait painter of merit. In 1930, a painting of his “The Vanishing Washerwoman,” was sent to the national exhibition of the Harmon Foundation in New York, and though the Rev. Cooper has nev er taken a lesson the picture was dc_ corded honorable mention and chosen as one of the pictures for the travel, ing collection of the foundation. Recently the Rev. Cooper, taking such tim*/as he could from his min isterial duties, attended the annual exhibition of the North Carolina Art Society and was given much favor able attention. He still gives his first allegiance to his ministerial du ties goes whenever he can to art ex. hibitions throughout the State and within a possible radius of his church. This aspiring genius was bom in Hillsboro in 1895, the son of Young and Annie Cooper, poor but respected ! Negroes of the little old town. He still goes back to Hillsboro to see his family and to secure the only training he has ever received in the studio of Clement Strudwick there. Strudwick has given him encouragement as weli as instruction and regards Mr. Coop er’s work as showing the highest promise. • The “Portrait of My Father,” paint, ed by Mr. Cooper, is regarded as one of his best works. The Preacher.-painter tells his own story as follows: “My father was a farmer having had practically no school advantages but the common sense to respect and get along with people. My mother finished her grammar school training in the schools of Orange county where she taught until her marriage. It was my fortune to attend the little school in Hillsboro conducted by the American Missionary Society, finish ing that school in the spring of 1910. Hungers tor Knowledge “The poverty of my parents made it impractical for them to finance me in an effort for higher education but the hungering for knowledge created by the work already done led me to enter the High Point Normal and In dustrial Institute (now discontinued) at High Point as a work student. Having joined the church and felt the call to the ministry, I entered the National Religious Training School of Durham, now the North Carolina : College for Negroes, as a theological 1 student and received the B. Th. de gree in 1914. “In 1920 I was held indoors with a , severe cold. My desire to use this ! time helpfully preparing for my pul pit work led me to paint some pictur_ J es for an illustrated sermon. The results were so pleasing and the work ; so highly praised that I continued to venture farther and farther in the field of art until a question as to the possibility of making a worthwhile contribution to the race group led me to feel that I could best serve • by reading law. I devoted all my hours out of the pulpit to social service ef forts. Iwas admitted to the North Carolina bar in August 1922.' For a long time I did not touch the paint brush. Born Anew “In the spring of 1930 while pastor_ ing at Dunn, I was demonstrating the use of colors to some of the teachers of the Harnett County Training School just as I had done while head ig the Bible Department at Greenville College, Greenville, Tennessee, and other places where I had labored This effort attracted attention and through the encouragement of Dr. Paul Hood, Dr. C. B. Codrington and Miss Sue Smith I was led to feel that I had been bora anew. “A new passion had been born— a passion that made me want to paint, to paint, not for money nor praise, but for the love of painting. The work produced founds its way that year to the Harmon Exhibition in New York and one of my paintings The Vanishing Washerwoman—re ceived honorable mention. This recog nition encouraged me and aroused the Xmas Greetings.. TO MY COLORED FRIENDS John Hopkins -COMMISSIONER OF POLICE interest of my friends. Chief among those who have helped me is Mr. Cle ment Strudwcik. I had no lessons from anyone before the time of the Harmon Exhibition but I am now in. debted to Mr. Strudwick for the im provement in my work since that time.” c'_ HAMPTON DRAMATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS “TJHE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON” 1 s, _________ Hampton Institute, Va., Dec— On last Saturday evening, the Hampton Players, the student Dramatic Assoc, iation of Hampton Institute, present ed Barrie’s four.act play, “The Ad mirable Crichton,” with Charles Flax in the title role This is the third presentation of the Hampton Players for this year, their other appearances being programs of one.act plays. The play was enthus iastically ^aejped by a large aud ience. CONDUCT OF POLICE SCORED IN SENATE BY BLAINE OF WISCONSIN Washington (CNS) The conduct of the District of Columbia police in handling the recent demonstrators in Washington was termed “outrageous and disgraceful” by Senator Blaine (Republican), Wisconsin, in the Sen. ate on Friday, December 9. “I’ve been informed by responsible members of Congress,” he said, “that language was used by the police that was insulting. Language spoken to women on the public streets was in terms that no honorable gentleman would permit to be said in any other place in his presence to any woman.” The Wisconsin senator said the po_ lice had acted with “arrogance, vio lence and abusive language.” It is related that certain policemen were extremely harsh and abusive to ward Negro marchers. On one oc casion when a truck carrying white and colored delegates was sighted not less than 25 policemen, including a lieutenant, surrounded the car. “Come out of there you lousy white trash, traveling around with blacks,” shouted a policeman. SENATOR BORAH ASSAILS THE FILIPINO BILL Washington, (CNS) A delay of 17 to 19 years in granting complete in dependence to the Philippine Islands, as provided in the Hawes-Cutting bill was opposed by Senator Borah (R) Idaho, Friday. He asked Senator Hawes (D) of Wisconsin: “Isn’t it feasible to shorten the time ? I think it is entirely too long.” Hawes answered that “to break off relations quickly would injure the is lands and the American capital in vested there.” Borah said: “If you don’t break off in a reas onable time, American agriculture will be injured.” ! Office Phone: WE. 0213 ; Res. Phone: WE. 4409 j Ray Lawrence Williams ATTORNEY AT LAW $ Room 200 24th & Lake Sts. ! * Tuchman Bldg. 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