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VOL. VI. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1832. NUMBER twenty TWn_
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BARTER and TRADE
• • •
Weekly I peruse about seven
ty five colored “exchanges” that
eorue to uie from all parts of the
country and l carefully scan each
advertisement fur in each ad a
story is told if one is observant
enough to unfold it.
• • •
Here and there 1 have seen seme
very interesting ads that indicates
considerable itiguenity on the
part of the advertiser. The ad
vertiser. apparently, has realized
t hat to sell his commo .ify. or ser
vice, for eash only, would consid
erably restrict his business, so
the advertiser has suggested an
exchange of commodities, or serv
ices.
• • •
After all what is commercialism
but an exchange of commodities
or services? Harter ami Trade
may not be considered as a high
cla*g commercial business but it
at least brings the actual produc
er and consumer together on a
common basis.
• • •
Money was invented as the
medium of exchange and as such
is very useful when one has it.
Unfortunately, it has a way of
seemingly, becoming cornered
and divested in the hands of a
few, while the many are still In
need of the commodities, or serv
ices, but have not the money to
obtain same.
• • •
A* long as actual labor will
produce the necessities of life
there will be found ways for in
dustrious persons to barter this
labor in exchange for various
forms of commercial trade even
without a cent of money exchang
ing hands.
* * *
!n one community I noticed
that a tradesman, once prosperous
and doing a thriving business was
faced with the dilemma of retir
ing from business or to continue
and eventually face bankruptcy
proceedings for at the r*te he was
going his obligations were ex
ceeding his collectible assets.
• • •
fie w as doing plenty of business
and on paper was making money
but bis debtors couldn’t pay him.
What did he do? He hit upon
the ingenuous plan of collecting
his accounts receivable in the form
of labor and started many im
provement*.
• • •
In a short time his own place
of business was entirely remodel
ed ami ra*de entirely modern, all
out of the profits of his business
w' *eh he accepted in the form of
labor. He expanded the idea and
is today the possessor of much
valuable improved realty hold
ings.
• • •
If you are one who thinks the
Negro hasn't a chance you >hould
more carefully observe the many
opportunities he is creating for
himself by exchanging his com
modities and services in an effort
to get a foothold and which I am
constantly observing by reading
the advertisements appearing in
our paper* throughout the coun
try.
CARNIVAL EMPLOYEES STAGE BATHE
4 Men Held by Federal
TEX RITCHIE AND THREE
OTHERS ARRESTED
Arthur Young. Willie Counce,
i • x Ritchie and Henry Davis,
lour .Negroes were arrested last
w . i ii by the police and later turn
ed over to Federal authorities for
nosing the demoniational value
an s of paper money The first
complaint was filed by Charles
Snap who stated that he received
a 11.00 hill raised to a $5.00 bill.
It was also reported that many
complaints were made by persons
who had received bad money. All
four of these men have police rec
ords and two of them have been
before Federal officials for nar
cotics.
HOOVER WITHDRAWS FROM
SENATE NAME OF LILY-!
WHITE APPOINTEE
Washington, (CNS) President
Hoover last week withdrew the
name of B. B. Montgomery as his
appointee to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District
after Montgomery had been ap
proved by the Judiciary (.'oimnit
of the Senate and Chairman
Norris of that committee had an
nounced last week that he was in
favor of the appointment. Mont
gomery had been recommended by i
Lamout Rowlands, lily-white pa
tronage dispenser of the Admin
istration since 1928.
He was opposed by Mrs. Mary
Booze, National Cormnitteewo
man for the State of Mississippi, |
who charged him with being a lily
white and having insulted Negro
womanhood in public statements;
and Perry W. Howard, National
Committeeman. Additional pro
test to his appointment was made
by the NAACP. and other civic-;
groups.
The fight led by Mr. Howard:
and Mrs. Booze, resulted in the1
holding up of the confirmation of
the nomination for several execu
tive sessions of the Senate, many
[ of the Senators fearing that ac
i other "Parker ease” would be
precipitated.
The significance of the with
drawal by the President of Mont
gomery ‘s name is great, political
observers declare. They point
first, that it indicates the final de
cision of the President to recogn
ize the right of the twice duly
elected State Republican organiz
ation, headed by Mr. Howard and
Mrs. Booze, to control patronage
in Mississippi in place of Row
lands: and second, that it shows
the President wary of offending
Negro voters on the eve of the
campaign.
PENNY MURRAY LOCAL
GOLF CHAMPION
Loving Cup Presented
TTie 36-hole Inter-club medal
play for the 14 inch Loving Cup
contest, closed Sunday July 17.
The cup was awarded at the
Swastika dance Monday evening,
i al Fontenelle club house hv
Johnnie Goodman, one of the
World's amatuer champion golf
i ers. Mr. Art McCaw. president
»f the Swatiskas introduced Mr.
j Goodman, who presented Mr.
Murray the cup*. Mr. Murray
turned in the lowest score among
| the club members. 98-79. All the
trolfcrs readily conceded that
“Penny” deserved the cup be
, he knows his golf. The cup was
| donated by Mr. Donoghue of the
Spaulding Sport goods store.
COLLEGE GIRL KILLS SELF
Miss Ray Evelyn Yerger. 16
year old Arkansas State College
Summer School student, eommit
i ted suicide last Friday afternoon
ct )'•~ home in -Battleville, by
shooting herself. No cause for
‘he net was known. She ^vns bur
ied Sunday from St. James M. E.
i Church. ;
NAACP INVESTIGATE THE
MURDER OP LUKE MURRAY
New York, June—To Governor
George H. White of Ohio, has
gone a report from the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, of *an invest
igation on the spot at South
Point, Ohio, of the lynching early
this month of a colored chauffuer
Luke Murray. The NAACP. re- j
port sets for the following points j
uncovered by the Association’s!
special investigator.—
1. That autopsy by two white
physicians disclosed that the mob
victim was not drowned as at
first alleged, but that his neck
had been broken.
2. That it is the general feel
ing in South Point that a local
official gave assistance to the
lynchers.
3. That the prosecuting at
torney “is not as active or as de
termined in the matter of prose
cution of the lynchers as might1
he the case.”
4. That certain whites in the1
neighborhood had threatened the
chauffeur with dire eonseqnenc-1
es because he had followed his
white employer’s orders in tak-I
ing out the employer’s wife and^
daughter in the car.
Tl^c iNAACP. recommends to!
Governor White that he appoint
as associate counsel in prosecut
ing the lynchers “outside attor
neys who would not be to friendly
ly with the lynchers or intimidat
ed by the local atmosphere
through political pressure or
otherwise. ”
DARK DAUGHTER PERSECUT
ED BY NEAR WHITE FAMILY
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Washington (CNS ) Catherine1
Eden, 29, the only darkling in a
color-conscious “near-white” fam!
ily, testified in lunacy court here
Friday that if her mind is un-1
sound, her family which has per
secuted her relentlessly for years
because she “was not white” is
responsible for the condition of
her nerves which may have un
balanced her mind.
Miss Eden has been under ob
servation at G-allinger Hospital
for several weeks. She told the
court that her mother had often
remarked that she was the only
colored child she had. “All of
the other children are more or less
of the Caucasian type.” she said.
She told the court, that her food
at times had a taste foreign to its
natural flavor which led her to
believe that it was poisoned. On
several occasions, she testified
she became violently ill after
eating the food prepared by her
mother.
The court psychiatrist upheld
her testimony to the extent that
she had very evidently been the
subject of a steady course of
systematised persecution by her
family. He testified that three
weeks’ treatment would make it
possible for her to take her place
in the community.
On the strength of this treat
ment the petition for permanent
commitment sought by her fam
ily was denied and the court com
mitted Miss Eden to Gallinger
Hospital for treatment.
SUCCUMBS AFTER WINNING
LEGAL BATTLE FOR VOTERS
—
Puham, N. C. (CNS) Attorney I
R. McCants Andrews long a prac
ticing attorney and leader in
North Carolina died in Lincoln
Hospital July 5th after a short
illness.
Mr. Andrews led the recent le
gal fight of the Voters League a
"•dns* Raleigh registrars -&ho dis
onal’.f'ed Negro voters of that
city illegally in the recent pri
mary election.
Pioneer Resident Dies
Mr. F. L. Barnett, 70,
of 1613% North twenty
second street, pioneer Ne
braskan, died Thursday,
after a long illness. He
came to Omaha in 1887,
after attending Fisk Uni
versity and started a
newspaper, called the Pro
gressive of which he was
owner and editor for 18
years. After that time
he became very prominent
in politics and served as
deputy clerk of the
county court under Judge
Irving Baxter in 1906.
In 1927 he was elected
as State Representative
and served in the Legis
lature. He introduced
the Anti-Lynch Bill, the
first bill introduced-*and
passed by a Negro in the
Legislature for twenty-five years.
This bill was signed by Governor
Adam McMullen and Mr. Barnett
was given the pen by which the
Bill was signed as h! possesion,
fdr. (Barnett ranked highest in
the fraternal organization as a
thirty-third degree mason. He
was an employe of the city for
years. He leaves a devoted wid
i
Mr. F. L. Barnett
ow, Mrs. Hattie Barnett, sisters
and brothers and a host of friends.
Mr. A. S. Barnett, a brother of
Chicago, and Mrs. M. B. Garrett,
a sister of Kansas, attended the
funeral. Services were held from
St. John Church, Monday after
noon, 2 O’clock. Interment at
Forest Lawn.
Had Two Wives In Same
City; Slays One and Ends
Another Hidden Triangle
Houston—Houston Informer—
Did Jim Watson, suicide of a
few days ago, lead a double life,
maintaining two homes and two
wives at one and the same time?
This question was raised follow
ing the inquest proceedings,
which were held in Justice Camp
hell R. Overstreet’s court after
the murder and suicide mystery.
Mrs. Lucy Watson, wife if Jim
Watson, who committed suicide
here last week and who was re
ported by one of our newspapers
as having killed his wife, vigor
ously denied at her home yester
day that she had been killed and
The Informer reporter was forced
to admit that the report of her
death did appear to be “very
much exaggerated.’’ Mrs. Wat
son is a quiet, well built, and re
fined woman of middle age and
appeared in the best of health.
She also denied that her hus
band lived on Liberty Road,
where he shot himself as had been
reported, but declared that he
lived with her during all their
married life which began some
years ago and that they have liv-!
ed at her present residence, 1403
(Continued on page 2)
ASKS CONGRESS TO ERECT
SHRINE TO FREDERICK
DOUGLASS AT WASHINGTON
Washington, (CNS) Represent
ative Emanuel Cellar of the tenth
New York congressional district
has recently introduced in the
House of Representatives a reso
lution calling for the erection of
a monument to the memory of
Frederick Douglass.
Tn introducing his resolution,
Cellar took a crack at prejudice,
when he said: “Such a monu-j
ment would serve to remind the,
Nation of its responsibility to the
(colored race, upon whom they
foisted the bondage of slavery, j
and to whom it should lend a help
ing hand.
A. B. Mitchell Visits Guide Office
Mr. A. B. Mitchell, owner of
the Mitchell’s summer resort and
ranch of Las Vegas, Nevada,
was a visitor at the Guide office
Saturday morning. On this re
sort are swimming pools, cabins,
a hotel valued at $8,OtX) and mo
dern equipments for all tourists.
He is president of the Las Vegas
branch of the NAACP. and prom
inent in the civic activities of
the community. Mr. Mitchell
states that his resort is only 20
miles from the Hoover Dam and
up until last week, there has been
over 3,000 employees and no col
ored. Last week eight men were
given work. He and the NAACP
are making a fight to get a pro
rata of employment. While in
the city, he is visiting old friends
enroute to Oklahoma, where he
will be the guest of his uncle, Dr.
Whitby.
FIGHT OVER SALT SHAKERS
FATAL TO SALESMAN
Paul Walton, insurance sales
man, 2561 Manderson street,
(white) was shot and fatally
wounded at 1:15 a. m. Monday
morning at 24th and Lake Sts.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton with Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Connors, went to
this hamburger stand to get a
lunch. According to Connors.
Sam Pappas, night manager ac
cused them of taking the salt
shaker. An argument ensued
which resulted ina free for all
fight and Walton was shot and
died later. As Pappas states he
didn't mean to shoot,—the gun
went off. Pappas is pleading
self-defense. The old saying,
wasting salt is had luck.
Caddy Wins Negro Open Golf
Championship of South
Atlanta. Ga. (CNS) John Han
dy. a caddy at *the Asheville.
North Carolina. Golf and County
Club, claims titled of the first
Southern Negro open golf cham
pionship.
CONTEST ENTRIES!
GET GOING
Suscription contest nominees
Mary Moore, nominated by Mrs.
Edith Todd; Lucille Gray, nomin
ated by Mrs. L. V. Gray”; Olead
Madison, nominated by Mrs.
Beaulah Madison; Mildred Bron
son, nominated by Mrs. Ada
Woodson. Frances Covington,
nominated by Mrs. Frances Hol
loway; I. W. Green, nominated
by Mrs. Pearl Green; Paul Phil
ips, nominated by T. S. Phillips;
Ellen Richardson, n 'ruinated by
Mrs. Ollie Richardson; Ralph
Adams, nominated by Miss Ger
trude Lucas.
“GREEN PASTURES" GIVES
1000 SHOW
Los Angeles, Calif., (CNS)
“The first thousand performanc
es are the hardest" thus “Green j
Pastures" having past that point
will make a triumphant return
East after a gala celebration here.
Richard B. Harrison who plays,
the leading role of “the Lawd”)
is among several of the company
who number more than 100, who I
have not missed a performance. !
Opening in New York February;
26, 1930 it ran 640 performances. I
After 160 shows in Chicago the j
Coast tour began with no oue
night-stands. Before reaching
California it had made 939 per
formances.
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT,
CHANGES DEATH SENTENCE
TO 21 YEARS
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Little Rock. Ark., July— The
death sentences given Louis and
Elbert Blake, father and sou, of
Camden, Ark., for the fatal shoot
ing last Christmas day of Brad
Polk, white! plantation owner,
were reduced by the Arkansas
supreme court July 2 to 21 years |
in prison. The court found that ;
■the evidence used to convict the,
men was not sufficient to call!
for the death penalty.
The Blakes shot* Polk when he
| came to their cabin Christmas
morning, accusing vftem of steal
ing a piece of hanress. The Blak
es said they went into the cabin
to avoid trouble with Polk, but
that he drew a guiijmd, fired into
their home. They testified they
shot to defend themselves, Mrs.
Blake and smaller children.
Judge Scipio A. Jones of this city
was retained as attorney for the
appeal by the Camden Branch of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
and the National Office of the
Association in New York. Plans
arc under way to secure a furth
er reduction in the sentence.
JESS HOLLINS, FRAMED
SHARE CROPPER, GAINS
NEW STAY OF EXECUTION
Kansas Pity, Mo.,—Jess Hollins.
22 year old Negro share cropper
of Sapulpa. Okla., who was fram
ed last December on a fake charge
of rape, and railroaded through
the courts, has received another
stay of execution to August 18,
The case is being fought hy the
International Labor Defense.
This is the second stay of exe
cution which the slate of Okla
homa, has granted Hollins be
cause of the furious protests ot
Negro and white workers, espec
ially throughout the Middle
West.
Hollins was arrested on Decem
ber 24, tried in a special session
of night court that same night,1
and found guilty after a trial that
Investigators for working- class
lasted half an ur.
organizations found that Hollins
had been going with a girl for
two years, but when a white
man found them together, he
raised the lying erv of “rape.”
Demonstrations of Negro and
ARGUMENT ENDS IN FIGHT
Carl Lawton, Waco, T<w«s and
Elijah Jones of Dallas, Texas,
employes of the Dodson carnival
at thirtieth and Wirt streets, got
into an argument early Monday
morning. July 18, which resulted
in a cutting scrape. According
to police, Lawson claimed that
Jones stabbed him in the hack
with a knife and Jones said Law
son hit him over the head with a
hammer. Both were taken to the
Covenant hospital, where they
were treated and later to jail.
white workers have protested the
frame-up and demanded the im
mediate release of the boy. They
have sent telegrams of protest to
Governor Murray of Oklahoma.
NEGRO LETTER CARRIER.
WALKS SAME ROUTE FOR
42 YEARS
Memphis, Tpiiii. (CNS) Wil
liam II. Owen, letter carrier of
this city has been retired after
walking the same postal route for
42 years. It is hard to estimate
the number of miles he has plodd
ed on his two daily trips and
Owen himself hesitates to give
out any figures. lie says, how
ever, he would be a “long ways
from here” if he had travelled in
a straight line.
He has seen the streets in his
ward develope from mud to as
phalt, and he has watched the
children of two generations and
many waves of those who moved
in and out, playing in the yards.
Born 65 years ago at 674 Wash
ington, Will Owen has lived there
all his life, married there, raising
a family of two boys and a girl.
WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO WHITE
MAN’S CHILD HUSBAND
CLAIMS
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.Washington, (CXS } Charging
that his wife induced him into
the marriage state by fraud, and
deceit Without his knowledge,
William Edwards of 1717 Nine
teenth Street, Northwest has ask- f.
ed the court to annul his marriage
with Lucille P. Edwards, nee Lu
cille Poihaexter.
In his bill of particulars Ed
wards says that he, met Lucille
PoindextSr in 1927 and did not
»ee her again until 1928 when he
met her on several occasions at
the home of her friends and at
entertainments. His first intim
ation that she had any interest in
him wAs when she called asking
him to meet her at the Garnett
Patterson school located at 10th
and U Streets, Northwest. He
alleges that he kept the appoint
ment and much to his surprise she
Suggested marriage. He claims
that he sought to discourage her
(Continued on page 2)
FIVE DENTISTS PASS DIST.
OF COLUMBIA BOARD
Washington, (CNS) Five color
ed dentists passed the recent ex
aminations of the Board of Den
tal Exmainers of the District of
ColumbiV
Everett L. Gaskins, Howard
University Dental Class 1932,
passed with the highest average
of the group of 14 granted their
license. The other successful
dental students were James J.
Donahue, Simeon J. Cole, T W
Cohb, and Otis J. Williams.
SIXTY NEGRO VETS ATTEND'
WHITE HOUSE PARTY EVENT
Washington, (CXS)— Sixty Ne
gro veterans were among ’ the
guests cf President and Mrs.
Hoover at their annual garden
party for disabled veterans in hos
pitals near Washington. Approx
imately 1,000 veternns attended, a
smaller number than usual
One of the veterans, Earl Cald
well. who served in the 808 Pion
eer Tn fan try. 92nd Division, has
been confined to a wheel chair
since the war.