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By CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL {
LIFTING AS WE CLIMB
WiMtlteMow Notes on Business Op.
jr-rtuartie*:
Just a* Urn article is being prepare*1
the postman brings a timely letter
f*vm the Handy Brothers Music Co.,
Inc., of New York City, af which I
shall quote here and there:
. . We regret that at this time
we cannot make any substantional
propositions to those of our race in
need of k;lp There was a time w’hen
we snare in a position to help in many
way. And y« for this we never ac
cepted a cent. . . We had an idea of
lifting as are climbed, and by doing so
we would receive in the end some
thing more satisfactory than a com.
mission. But in many respects we
were disapvutAted._In the old days
are spent thousands of dollars with
Negro papers and magazines in an
effort to get then attention. It built
up good will with the press, but was
a waste of money so far as the race
,;oes._Right here in a free city
like New York they have that infer
iority complex, and you can walk
along Lennox Avenue or Seventh
Avenue and listen to a score of soap,
box orators from early morning to
midnight trying to inject a little race
pride in the thoughtless herd who
pass by their own for a race that
iiscriminates at every point._We
could live through the race alone, if
they oould be made to know their
strength and buying power, and we
keep this before our clientele, as if
we had the backing of these millions.
It is that which has enabled us to live
and maintain our standing on Broad,
way. _Don't let my pessimism in
fluence you too far, but I see it in so
many ways.-Anyway you can see
I am discouraged in the matter of
trying to build up a big business,
that would throw work to our people.
-We will continue our policy of
helping whenever we can to place de
serving artists regardless of remun.
ration -With best wishes for your
ultimate success along your chosen
line.”
And the shove letter is just one of
scores that I am constantly receiving
as the result of attempting to secure
facts and expressions from some of
>ur leading business people and those
of the white race who desire our busi
ness. It only makes me more deter
mined to exert every possible energy
through this column to awaken our
people to the necessity of building
ourselves up commercially and every
thing that enables us to earn a legi.
timat* dollar will be treated from
time to time in these columns.
A letter from a white manufacturer,
the Comer Mfg Co.. 23 West Apple
Street. Dayton. Ohio, endorses my ef
forts through this column and inrid
eatally nude me a very substantial
present in their anxiety to help me.
Ill quote from his letter:
“-1 have enjoyed reading your
editorial, “Digesting the News.” I am
very much in sympathy with your
ideas and ideals and I would like to
be permitted to express my appre.
elation in a small way by sending
you one of our tamous all weather
raincoats-1 hope you will accept
this present in the spirit that it is
presented and I also trust that it will
give yon a great deal of service and
satisfaction_”
And even without the receipt of the
raincoat, which under my circum
stance* is a valuable addition to my
limited wardrobe, I am glad to eo
Owen Pharmacy Opens July 29th; s page 3 for Big Bargains
j operate with the Comer Mfg. Corn,
pany for my records show, over a
period of years, something of their
■ co-operation with our people. I re
member when a Mr. McCrary was ad_
vertised all over the country as their
star salesman—and he was a colored
man. demonstrating that when one of
u is determined to forge ahead that
color is no obstacle when a real
SERVICE is being performed. If my
readers feel likewise they too might
benefit by writing Mr. Comer.
Remember friends, I welcome your
correspondence on any subject affect
ing the Negro in Business. Address
me, Clifford C. Mitchell, Writer, 3507
South Parkway, Chicago Illinois.
Golf Players
Answer
Minister’s
Attack
- I
The game of golf, and those who
irarticipate .in it were given a raking
over by a local minister last week.
Accusations that were not only un
appropriate for the occasion, but were
basicly false and without foundation,
were charged by him in an attempt to
make a few sentimentalists “Amen in
chorus.” *
While we do not feel that we should
keep alive any contentionousness, at_
tached no matter how remotely to
our good friend, Jim McRae, who was
as free from arguing atnd quibbling as
any one who ever trod the green
earth, however we do not feel that we
should allow to go unchallenged state
ments made questioning his life and
ours. The statemets, in fact were so
loosely made and showed such lack of
forethought they should not even
warrant an answer.
The game of golf, or those who
participate in it, need no defense here.
It is a known fact that it contributes
to the upbuilding of our human
mechanicism because in its very na_
ture it puts those who play; in the
meadows where they may stamp up
hill and down dale, and inhale the
freshened air of the country side.
While bringing its participants into
contact with these body builders, it
also gives spiritual nourishment to
the mind and soul that is carried into
one’s every day life. It teaches sports
manship as we learn better how to
get along one with another; and from
a racial standpoint, it is not exagger,
at ion, to say that the Negroes who
play the game make more friends for
our race among the majority group
in a month’s time than ministers of
the type who denounce our playing
make in years of attempt.
In admonishing this group of young
men to “get right” this minister, un
knowingly, or if not, was unwisely,
advising some of the finest Christian
gentlemen that have lived in this city.
Yes, we demurr to the thought that
because we play golf that we cannot
be Christians. While we admit that
where the game interferes with our
worship it may be detrimental to our
Christian advancement. We fail to see,
nor do we concede that the playing of
the game is less beneficial than list,
ening to some bias and prejudiced
minister.
SWASTIKA GOLF CLUB
Arthur B. McCaw, President.
* ... __
FUNERAL FOR JAMES McRAE
Funeral service were held Friday
for James McRae, who was killed in
the Burlington explosion last week.
Services were conducted by the Rev.
L C Mathis, of Bethel A M. E.
Church The Rev Dr Craig Morris,
Deacon of St Phillip's Episcopal
Church, extended remarks in behalf
of his church; Rev J R Young, of
Zion Baptist Church, gave the bene,
diction. Active pallbearers were: Jess
: Hutten, J D Crawford, Harvey
Avant, Saybert Hanger, Boyd Gallo,
way, and Malcom Scott Honorary
Pallbearers were: Arthur B. McCaw,
Pendleton Murray, Lawrence Mar.
shall, Emmet Avant, Horace Combs,
John G. Pegg, William Davis, and
Joe Owens.
Sen. Glass Won’t Let White
Waiters Serve Him
Carter Glass, Dixie White Man Re
sents His Women Serving Him.
WASHINGTON — Senator Carter
Glass came to Washington Monday
night at peace with all the world. The
hotel where he makes his home when
in Washington was cool and inviting.
Twenty minutes later the peppery
Virginian was popping like a machine
gun. In his absence from Washing,
ton, a new manager had replaced the
Negro waiters with white girls. Clerks
and assistant managers buzzed about
and sought to placate him. He'd lived
in the place twenty 3even years. It
was his home. He’d never intended to
move, but by gosh plus, no white girl
would wait on him.
Late that night A ukase issued from
the top directed that “Carter Glass
will be served by a Negro waiter at
all times, either in the dining rooms
or his apartment.”
So this morning his “boy,” Roy,
who had served him for twenty seven
years, recalled from retirement served
the senator in his favorite corner.
LYNCHERS, INDICTED,
GO SCOT FREE WITH
OUT TRIAL
LOUISVILLE, Miss.—After a ges.
ture of indictment to appease the in_
dignation of Negro and white work
ers against the lynching of Reuben
Micou, a Negro, 17 white gangsters
have been released and their trial
postponed indefinitely.
Court attaches admitted the case
would never come to trial.
NEW YORK—A wire demanding
immediate prosecution of the 17 men
indicted for tht-lynching of Reuben
Micou, and enforcement of the death
penalty was sent to Governor Sennet
Connor of Louisiana by William L.
Patterson, national secretary of the
International Labor Defense.
URBAN LEAGUE ANNOUNCES
SECOND FELLOWSHIP AWARD
The National Urban League an_
nounces through Eugene Kinckle
Jones, Executive Secretary, that the
second of its two Ella Sachs Plotz
Fellowships has been awarded to
Charles Blake of White Plains, New
York, for study at the New York
School of Social Work.
Mr. Blake is a graduate of Wesle
yan College of Middletown, Connecti.
cut, class 1933, having been elected to
the Phi Beta Kappa Society after re
ceiving honors in languages, he speaks
Italian and Spanish fluently, reads
German and French accurately, and
is well versed in Greek and Latin, hav.
ing written his senior thesis in Latin.
He is also an accomplished steno
grapher and typist.
The other PJotz Fellowship was
awarded to Mildred D. Moore of Ober_
lin College for study at the Carola
Woerishoffer Graduate School of
Bryn Mawr College.
ELAINE SMITH McGEE SUES
FATHER
Mrs. Elaine Smith McGee brought
a replevin action against hep father,
Mr J F. Smith, to recover property
she claimed as belonging to her. The
case was heard before Judge Holmes
in Municipal Court, with John
Adams, Jr representing Mrs. Mc_
Gee, and C L. Waldron representing
Mr • Smith.
Witnesses for Mrs. McGee were
Miss Madeline Shipman and Mrs L.
Williams and for Mr Smith was
Mrs Bebblly White.
The court allowed Mrs McGee a
fur coat rug, wrist watch, dresses,
and books ruling that other items of
GA. WHITE WOMEN
PROTEST LYNCHING
Committee of We<l_ Known Women
Calls Upon Sheriffs and Other Of.
ficials in Counties Where Lynchings
Have Recently Occurred
ATLANTA Ga.—Georgia white
women, distressed and humiliated by
the three recent lynchings in the
state, have given to the public state,
ments deploring and condemning the
crimes. They did not, however, stop
with statements. The sheriff and oth.
er law enforcement officers in War.
ren and Baker counties, where the
lynchings occurred, were visited re.
cently by a committee composed of
Mrs. W. J NeeT, of Forsyth, Mrs
M E Tilly, of Atlanta, Mr3. E. M.
Bailey, of Acworth, and Mrs C. C
Sapp, of Albany Each member of the
committee holds an important official
position in either the Southern Meth_
odist or the Southern Baptist
Church. The committee, which was
accompanied by Mrs Jessie Daniel
Ames of the Council of Southern
Women for the Prevention of Lynch,
ing, demanded of the officers that
immediate and positive steps be tak.
en to apprehend and punish those
who were guilty.
Prominent citizens were also inter,
viewed, and meetings were held with
women representing local women's
organizations. As a result of those
meetings, the Methodist missionary
society of Warrenton published in the
county paper the following statement:
“Whereas, our community has late,
ly been saddened .and also placed in
a very bad light before the public by
a dual murder and a lynching, be it
resolved:
“We, the members of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South Warrenton,
Georgia, do regret with our whole
hearts the terrible blot that has been
placed on our state and nation by this
lynching especially do w regret that
our own city was the scene of this
deed.
“We sincerely wi3h to join with all
the women of our church to do all in
our power to prevent a recurrence of
such a crime.”
This is the first time that a group
of Southern white women represent,
ing state.wide organizations has gone
into a county where a lynching has
taken place to appeal directly to the
officers.
property of the Estate of the late
Mrs J F Smith are subject to pro
bate.
HAYDEN’S MARKET MAKES BIG
PURCHASE
In order to meet the competitive
markets, Hayden’s Cash Market pur_
chased 500 pounds of" lard for her
Friday and Sunday sales, and 300 lbs.
of Pure Creamery Butter at the low.
est prices in town. Call At. 8812 for
prices. Free Delivery.
Ritz Does Not
Want To Cut
Salaries
Management Be
lieves In Fair Play
When the proprietor of yie Ritz
Theatre was asked by some of the
people concerned in a meeting about
the benefit he would receive from
changing Motion Picture Operators,
if there was no cut made in the
salary. Mr Taylor answered un_
hesitatingly, and right off the reel.
“I am ot seeking any cut in salaries.
My benefit will come from the fact
that I am placing my money where I
am receiving it. 95% of my ticket
booth receipts comes from my friends
in the neighborhood where I do busi.
ness, and my sole object in seeking
change is to benefit the people who
live in the community where I do
business. I am perfectly willing to
pay the union scale to the youths who
are now seeking a Motion Picture
Operator’s license. They have my
permission to join the Motion Picture
Operator’s local union. I have no
straws to pull with organized labor.
If the small business man gets any
place, at all in this business world, it
will be off of the earnings of working
people. Therefore it would be to my
interest to work with any group to
better the condition of the working
people. I don’t mean by this either
capitalist, small business men nor the
working people should kill the goose
that laid the golden egg. All concern,
ed should arbitrate questions that
arise for consideration durig this de_
pression conditions, and try and do
the things that would keep the goose
alive so that we all could continually
gather in a few of the golden eggs.”
TRANSFER TRUCK ON FIRE
OWNER OF TRANSFER COMPANY
BURNED
Mr Preston Hieronymous, 2416
Grant Street, owner of the Northside
Transfer Company, was seriously
burned Wednesday evening about
9:35 trying to extinguish a fire that
started, it is thought from an over
heated exhaust pipe. Mr'Hlerony.
mous will probably be unable to use
his hand for sometime. Mr. Willard
Armstrong, a truck driver of the com.
pany, was slightly burned on one
arm. He was helping to extinguish
the fire.
DREAM BOOK POLICY WRITER
ARRESTED
Mr Cecil Riggs, 2887 Corby Street,
was fined $15.00 and cost in Police
court Wednesday. He was charged
with operating a Policy wheel. Po.
liceman Birch and Rhoades, who ar_
rested Riggs produced a Dream Book
and receipts for money from custom
ers. George Jayson, 2918 Grant Sts.,
admitted he was a Policy writer, and
was employed by Mt Riggs.
Notary Public Service at The OMA.
HA GUIDE Office at a moderated
fee. 2418.20 Grant Street.
TWELVE MEN DEAD FROM
POISON LIQUOR
Philadelphia, Pa., July 26—Twelve
men are dead and two others are
blind, victims, police believe, of poison
liquor found by two Negro boys in a
vacant house in West Philadelphia.
Five of those who died are white and
seven Negroes.
NEW DRUG STORE OPENS
Mr. Joe Owens, popular young
Oinahan, has entered the Drug busi_
ness, at 24th and Grant Streets. Mr
Owens presents to tbe community a
store that is the last word in mod_
ernistic effect. A California Brick
formation and decorations lend a
touch of class that is something new
for this part of the city.
Owens graduated from South High
School in 1926 and entered Creighton
University Pharmaceutical School in
1928. For three and a half years while
in school he was employed in the
Johnson Drug Store as assistant to
Mr Milton Johnson. He graduated
from Creighton in 1932, and received
his certificate as a registered phar_
macist in the same year. He is the
son of Mr and Mrs. Wilson Owen,
2228 Ohio Street and brother of State
Representative Johnny Owen. Mr
Owens is married and lives at 2426
Ohio Street. He is a member of the
Swastika Golf Club, Cosmopolitan,
and College Club.
Mrs Mahammitt
and Committee
To Open Doors
To New Kitchen
The opening of the kitchen at the
Community Center Thursday July 27
marks the untiring efforts of a com.
mittee, with Mrs. T. P. Mahammit at
the head. Mrs. Mahammitt, and her
committee Have worked for the last
two months very diligently. Too much
cannot be said for this committee,
with such a warrior as the chairman.
She just has that initiative *to go for.
ward, and keep pushing until the
program ha-3 been put over, and we
can contribute the success of this
drive to none other than the steadi
ness of this leader, and her co.work.
ers
Mrs. Mahamitt says, “The ladies
have all worked 100%, and I feel that
we have something that will be a
credit to our community. Every thing
in the kitchen is all paid for, and is
ready at any time for public inspect
ion. The place is very well equipped
with every modern convenience pos.
sible.” The committee is as follows:
Mr Herman Friedlander. Mr Char,
les Dickerson, Mesdames Earl Wheel,
er, L Shipman, C. Jewell, E. Camp,
er, V Turner E M. Pinkett, S.
Stamps, S Johnson, M Shelton, R
Jone3, H. Leland, I Hanger, A.
Copeland, A. Bland, M Bryant, C.
Crawford and Milton Johnson. Mrs
Solomon assisted a great deal in the
drive
MY SON IS NOT GUILTY
Mrs. Patterson, the mother *of the
Patterson boy, that was convicted for
rape in Scottsboro, with that famous
orator, Richard Moore and Lester
Carter, will speak, in person in Oma
ha, October 23 1933. Subject, “Save
Your Child by Helping me to Save
Mine.”
Three Men
Injured In
Pistol Fray
Detective LeRoy Jones was shot
three times in a pistol duel last Sun_
day night with Charles Young, 2408
Maple. The shooting occurred on 24th
and Clark Streets, Sunday about 8:30
p m Young was shot twice in the
right leg. Clark Washington, standing
at 24th and Seward Streets received
a flesh wound from a stray bullet.
Detective Jones is at Covenenant
Hospital where his wounds are re_
ported not serious. When asked for
a statement by a Guide Reporter, he
replied, “Nothing to say.”
Young is being confined in the Po_
lice Hospital ward where he is re_
covering from his wounds. When
questioned as to his version of the
shooting, he answered, “Have nothing
to say, get the facts from the papers.”
He also said, “I’ll be out in a couple
of weeks.”
Mrs Parker was released on her
own bond and could not be located.
Mrs Parker was seated in a car with
Mr Young at the time of the shoot_
ing.
UNION FIGHTS PRINTING CODE
CLEVELAND, — Asserting t h o
meeting at Chicago at which a print
ing industry code was drafted was
“packed” with nonunion employers,
Charles P. Howard of Indianapolis
Monday prepared to lead an Internat
ional Typograhical union delegation
to Washington “to tell the admin
istration that such a code does not
comply with the national recovery
act.” Howard is president of the
printers' union.
Organized labor, he asserted, was
given no voice in the Chicago meet
ing, to which, he charged, leaders of
a group of nonunion employers paid
expenses of a number of nonunion
shop owners.
“The unions are not going to ac
cept such a code as drafted in Chi
cago,” he said.
He spoke at Cleveland Sunday and
urged nonunion printers to authorize
the unions to represent them in
negotiating a printers’ code.
GANDHI AGAIN SEEKS TRUCE
WITH BRITISH
POONA, India—The Mahatma Gand
hi declined to be discouraged Monday
by refusal of the viceroy, Lord Will
ingdon, to grant him an interview un
less the civil disobedience campaign
were uncondtionally abafdoned.
The mahatma repeated his belief
that he could show that the Indian
Congress party conference here last
week was calculated to bring about
honorable peace.
Gandhi was authorized to treat
with Lord Willington by party mem
bers most of whom seemed willing to
drop the campaign in the belief ces
sation would induce the government
to co-operate with the Nationlists.
IS/A A CP. Says, “Write Pres.
Roosevelt Demanding Your
Pro-Rata of $3,300,000,000
LETTER
Dear Friend:
The next sixty days mark the
most critical period of recent year3 in
the Negro’s economic status. Congress
has appropriated $3,300,000,000 for a
great public works program. Under
the National Industrial Recovery Act
codes are being worked out and' pass,
ed upon by the Government for var.
ious industries. These codes may and
almost certainly will become the
standard for years to come and will
determine the statu3 for the next de_
cade and perhaps longer of all Amer_
icans so far as jobs ar concerned.
The Negro, like everyone else, will
get only that which he demands. A
resolute, nation_wide and unremitting
insistence that the Negro be given hia
full share of jobs and relief at this
time will do more than any other one
thing towards improving the Negro’s
economic status.
Because of this situation and the
criticalness of the Negro’s plight the
N A A C. P is taking this means
of calling upon every organization
and leader of public opinion among'
colored people to join in creating this
country.wide demand for inclusion of
the Negro to the fullest extent in all
the code3 and plans which are now
being worked out and approved.
We are therefore asking you as
the directing head of a powerful or
ganization to join in this important
effort. An avalanche of letters, tele.
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