B. Y. P. U. NOTES
The city BYFU will hold a ban
quet honoring its fifth anniversary
at the Zion Baptist Church, Feb.
13th, at 8:00 p. m. Mr. Squires,
Executive Secretary of the Urban
League will be one of the main
speakers. You will miss a treat if
you miss this banquet.
Wm. Cooper, Pres.
Kathryn Wheat, Sec’y.
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH
Energetic messages were deliv
ered by the pastor, Rev. M, B.
Bilbrew, at the morning and even
ing services. A message on
“Peace” was brought to the con
gregation at the 11:00 service. The
evening message was taken from
Gal. 3-1.
The site of the new church was
christened at 3:30 p. m. Sunday
The B. Y. P. U. is having a tea
Sunday afternoon, Feb 9, at 1613
N. 22 St. All are invited to come
and be served. Admission 15c.
Johnny Rosebaugh, Rep.
METROPOLITAN SPIRITUAL ....
CHURCH NEWS
Sunday was a great day at our
church. Rev. Johnson preached a
wonderful Berman Sunday morn
ing. Text: Cor. 6-1, “Truly the
Lord was there for we felt the
presence.” Sunday night, the pas
tor brought us another soul stir
ring sermon—“The Masterhand of
God,” Mathew 6, 26-29. Come and
worship with us on Sundays. You
are welcome.
Mrs. Willie Varner, Act Rep.
Rev. R. W. Johnson, Pastor
Union News
Union at 6 p. m., each Sunday.
The president, Mr. Wm. Gordon,
taught, his subject being, “Judge
ye not” Our state president, Miss |
K. Redd, was in charge of the vol- j
untoer program. Come and hear;
the program next Sunday even’ng. '
Wm. Gordon, President
Mrs. Willie Varner, Act. rep.
Order of Service
11:00 A. M. Service Sundays
6:00 P. M. Union
8:00 P. M. Service Sundays
8:00 P. M. Wednesdays, Bible
Lesson.
8:00 P. M. Mondays, Pastor’s
Aid at the parsonage.
8:00 P. M. Thursdays, Willing
Workers Club at 2422 Erskine St.
A Community Program under
the auspices of St. John’s Baptist
Church, 12th and Pierce Sts., will
be given Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2:00
p. m. This promises to be an inter
esting event. The public is cordial
ly invited.
Rev. E. D. Johnson, Pastor.
CME’S To Hold
Elders Council
Lotlieville, Feb., 5—(ANP)—
The annual council of the Pre
siding Elders and pastors of the
Kentucky and Ohio Conferences
will meet in Phillips Chapel
CME Church. Rev. Lee Davis,
host February 4th and 5th with
Bishop C. 11. Phillips of Cleve
land, Ohio, presiding.
Among the Presiding Elders
expected are Elders C. L. How
ard, Louisville; O. W. Stoner,
Cleveland; L. H. Hughes, Cin
cinnati; T. TL. Copeland, Evans
ville; T. II. Davis, and J. II.
Steward, Lexington districts.
Among the ministers expect
ed are Revs. II. W. Evans, R. D.
Stoner, C. S Bailey, J. Y. Fost
er, J. M. Hodges, W. M. Buck,
Arthur \V. Womack, A. B. Ma
son, C. L. Russell, J. C. Win
bon, J. .T. Mann, II. Bluster, L.
Rucker, M. V. Allen, T. II. Hud
son, A. D. Johnson, Green
Glenn, I. L. Ellison. II. Ellison,
Luther Steward and T. Tipton
and W. C. Crenshaw.
While in the city Mrs. Estella
W%ington Bell, of Sheirdan,
Wyoming, is guest of Mr. and
Mrs. William Lewis. Mrs. Bell
came to attend the funeral of
her brother, Frederick D. Wig
ington.
Senator Borah
Saves Nesrro
Youth From Mob
in June stuck doggedly to this
point despite the fact that he
was reminded that Negroes
would prefer him allowing the
Supreme Court to decide what
is the extent of any law passed
by Congress. To this Senator
Borah answered with a biting
charge that the Costigan-Wag
ner measure” is largely, if not
entirely a pawn on a political
checkerboard”. Adding that he
would always perfer to “retire
from the senate rather than
play politics with the interests'
of citizens of the United1
States.’’
Turning to politics, the Pro
gressive said that he felt sure
that his platform would appeal
to Negro voters who would like j
to see less regimentation in
Washington and more freedom
and lower living conditions for
the average person. He held
that his favoring of old age pen
sions and fair treatment for
farmers would definitely in
clude and appeal to the Ne
groes'’ who earnestly have the
country’s good at heart”.
The usually fiery solon kept
bridled in his reference to Wal
ter White when prodded, except
to opine that he did not be
lieve White or anybody else
could “deliver the whole twelve
million Negroes in the United
States to anybody sealed and
signed ’’. The senator also re
fused to comment upon the
charges that ho had labeled the
NAACP a “red’’ unit.
Using the recent AAA deci
sion as a mental yardstick the
Westerner said that he knows
“from years of experience in
the senate” that the Costigan
Wagner measure would suffer
“not only a similar but more
devastating fate.
“And above all people,’’ he
sought to emphasize, “the Ne
gro cannot brook any interfer
ence with the tenets of the Con
stitution. It is his only shelter
from worse things than slavery;
and if it becomes a custom to
tinker at will with this basic
law, the, Negro will find him
self the first and worse suffer
er of all.
“I defy any man in the Unit
ed States’’, the senator closed
“to outwork me in the matter
of promoting law and order,
but I will not go outside the
law to try to remedy crime—
I should then be a criminal my
self.”
Meanwhile, Negro organiza
tions continued to criticize
the Westerner basing the;r logie
on the endorsement by the
NAACP of the Costigan-Wag
ner bill and their conviction
that the Supreme Court should
decide the, unconstitutionally
of Congressional measures. De
spite this, however, there are
those who have made it plain
that they will vigorously sup
port the senator if he receives |
the GOP nod in Cleveland.
CARD OF THANKS
The members of the family of
tho late Wesley J. Wigington take
this opportunity to thank the many
friends for their kind sympathy
and wonderful help during the try
ing hours of our bereavement.
Mrs. Constance Wright
Miss Fredericka May Hall
Nathan W. Wigington
Mrs. Estella Bell
Frank B. Wigington
Clarence W. Wigington
Paul P. Wigington
LINCOLN NEWS
The churches are yet pretty well
frozen up, but the ministers are
living in hope. Rev. C. A. Lang,
of the AME. Church, has a per
centage over the other ministers,
he has a white collar job that as
sures him an income whether it
is cold or hot
Richard Huston has made good
as am employee of the city health
department He has the respect of
the officers and employees of the
department Dr. Arnhold, under
whom he works, is one of the fin
est men in Lincoln and will not |
stand for any discrimination in
his department i
The Urban League had its an
nual meeting Friday, Jan. 31st.
Dr. A. L. Weatherly was re-elect- I
ed president; Rev. C. J. Burck- i
hardt was elected 1st vice-presi
dent; J. H. Loper, 2nd vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Sarah Walker,sec’y,
Dr. M. F. Arnhold, treasurer; Dr.
Weatherly, Mrs. E. R. Edwards,
Mrs. Sarah Walker and Bayard M.
Payne, judge of the supreme court,
were all re-elected, as was G. B. !
Evans. The new members as direc
tors are: Prof. J. M. Rhine hart of
the State University, William
Woods,connected with the govern
or’s mansion an Mrs. S. 0. Craft
connected with the firm of Miller
& Payne. Millard Woods exec’tive
secretary, made a fine report on
the League activities during the
past year. In his report he stated
that any limitation of opportunity
based upon racial consideration ul
timately restricted the develop
ment of the whole community. We
shall endeavor to give the readers
of the Guide Sec’y Woods’ full re
port—it is one of the most inter
esting reports I am sure that has
been your pleasure to read. This
report will show the possibilities
which may be ours if someone has
the grace and grit to go after
things. Watch the Lincoln News
next week for the report.
Alvin Wilks, a student at Wes
ley University, is making a mark
for himself. He heads the commit
tee that makes plans for all part
ies given.
Scottsboro Attempt
ed Escape Refuted
Shooting In Scottsboro Case
Reported To Be Deliberate
The report ed “attempt to
escape’’ given by J. Street Sand
lin, Sheriff of Morgen Co., Ala.,
as an excuse for shooting Ozie
Powell, one of the Scottsboro
defendants, last Friday, was re
futed in a statement g'ven to
defense attorneys Sunday by
Roy Wright and Clarence Nor
ris who were in the car when
Powell was shot.
Wright described a systemat
ic campaign of intimidation by
police in an attempt to coerce
the defendants to renounce
their attorneys. When this
goading was renewed by Sher
iff Sandlin and Deputy Edgar
Blalock on the trip from De
catur to Birmingham, Ozie
Powell finally said, “I'd rather
have those lawyers than any
I’ve ever seen,” and, turning
to Wright, “damn what tlmy’re
talking about,’’ whereupon “he
(Blalock) slapped Ozie and
Ozie got b's knife out of his
pocket and slashed at him. We
all threw our hands up ns the
car stopped. The High Sheriff
got out of the car on the left
side and walked toward the
front of the ear. Then as
though he had changed his mind
he started hack. He pulled out
his gun and pulled open the
door a little hit and pointed the
gun inside the ear and said,
‘I'm going to get rid of all you;
-’s. ’ He fired one shot at
Powell.”
The statement was obtained
Sunday by Samuel S. Leibowitz
and Clarence L. Watts when
they threatened a wr;t of ha-1
eas corpus after pemiissoin to I
see their clients had been re- j
fused. Ozie Powell, hovering be
tween life and death, was de
clared to be 'in no condition to
make a coherent statement.
Blalock has refused to see re
porters.
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A D VICE
By Min Tmbbl Watters
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Dear Mis* Watters:
I have been going with a young
man for some time. Although he
is inclined to be moody at times,
I understand and try to make al
lowances for his bad temper when
it crops up. I’m no raving beauty,
but I am attractive enough, come
of a good family, have a good job
and wear nice clothes. I don’t
drink or smoke and don’t encour
age men companions to spend a
great deal of money on me. I am
a good hostess, can cook and run
a house, and I do entertain fre
quently at home and all of the
guests seem to be greatly pleased.
Up until the sunwner of ’36, he
was extremely devoted to me and
Beamed to have no special fancy
for other girls. Last spring he ask
ed me to marry him right away,
but I was so sure of him that I in
sisted that we wait for a while.
Last summer I was invited to my
uncle’s family in another city.
When I returned after three
months, my boy friend was a
changed person. Girl crazy. I can
see that he does not possess the
old feeling of devotion, although
be tries to hide his disinterest He
makes excuses for not calling but
I know the real reaons. He never
mentions marriage any more.
Some of the girl friends have rep
utations. What shall I do to win
his affections back ? Don’t men ap
preciate nice girls? Mae.
Answer—There is just a chance
you’ve shown your hand too much,
in this particular case. With all of
these beautifully summed-up
house-wifey traits you’d perhaps
so that you could prove to him
like to get a husband for yourself
what a swell little cook and mana
ger you are. Your qualifications
are just about perfect. Decorate
your obvious desires with enough
uncertainty. The lad is perhaps
not sufficiently matured to appre
ciate the goodly qualities which
you offer so openly. Why people
fall in love or why they don’t, has
always been one of Cupid’s little
secrets. Yes, men appreciate nice
girls.
Dear Miss Watters:
I am madly in love with a girl.
She has all of the qualities I have
ever hoped to find in a girl. I have
done everything to win her affec
tion, even asked her to marry me.
I’d die for her and cannot consider
giving her up. Although she treats
me nice when I am around, no en
couragement has been offered on
her part. She has told me frankly
that I haven’t a chance, because
she is in love with someone else.
Do you think that if I kept after
her enough that she would weaken
and marry me? Don’t tell me to
forget her. I couldn’t if I wanted
to. M. M. J.
Answer—Apparently, your only
chance is in the elimination of your
more favored competitor by her,
not you. Since your peresistance
has produced no good results, why
not retire from the scene with
whatever dignity you can assume?
She will not dislike you for ad
miring her. But you can make her
good and mad by being a pest or
doormat. Perhaps, things will be
different, when you give her a
chance to think clearly.
Foils Prisoner’s
Attempt To Escape |
Wilson, N. C., Feb. 5—,
Discovery of two hack-saws in
the eel] of Arthur Rogers in
carcerated in the local jail here
Tuesday morning prevented
him from making good a threat
that “this jail can't hold me.’’
The prisoner boasts of hav
ing escaped from both the North
Carolina State Prison anl the
Virginia State Prison as well
as “a few small-town jails like
this one.” When questions as
to where he got the hacksaws
he told the officers that they
had been brought to him by
Rena Ray for the payment of
one dollar. He is reported to
have reiterated his statement
that the jail could not hold him
and that his next attempt will
not be thwarted.
Death Takes 104
Year Old Woman
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.( Feb. 6—
A life which had its beginning 104
Sunday when Mrs. Susan Ivey, one
of Roanoke Rapids’ best known
and highly respected citizens died
at her home after a short illness
Clarmda, Iowa. News
Merrill Griggs has been suffer
ing from torn muscles in his back,
which resulted from a fall while
he was emptying a coal car in
Shenandoah, Iowa. He also froze
his foot
Mrs. Caddie Farrier, of South
Twelfth Street, has been quite ill
for the past week, but is improv
ing.
Miss Mable Sweets, Mrs. Eliza
beth Jones and Mrs. Albert Cason
are on the sick list
Rev. R. January is unable to
speak above a whisper, suffering
from a throat ailment He is im
proving slowly.
Mrs. Celeste Wiggins and son,
Junior, left last week for the par
ental home of Mr. and Mrs. Edw.
Stewart in Red Oak, Iowa. Mrs.
Wiggins expects to return Sunday,
while Junior remains for the rest
of the winter with his grandpar
ents.
Mr. Glenn King was very pleas
antly surprised onMonday, Jan.27,
when a number of his friends gath
ered at his home to help him cele
brate his birthday. The evening
was spent in playing bridge. Re
freshmemts were served by Mrs.
King, assisted by Mrs. Caddie Mc
Neal and Mrs. Wiggins. A jolly
good time was had. Out of town
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Brooks of Shenandoah, la., Mr.
Roscoe Mason of Essex, Iowa.
Rev. C. H. Copeland returned
homo Thursday, Jan. 22, from Os
ceola, Iowa. He attended the
quarterly meeting with Presiding
Elder, Rev. W. H. Ogleton. Rev.
Copeland has Osceola as a charge,
in connection with Clarinda, giv
ing Osceola one Sunday in each
month
Miss Betty Jean Arnett returned
to her work in Kansas City, Mo.,
after two weeks vacation enjoyed
with her parents and family, the
Lewis Arnetts.
Mrs. L. H. Brown was hostess to
the Women’s Mite Missionary So
ciety of the St. Jacob’s A. M. E.
at her home on Jan. 27. Mrs. Cope
land had charge of the meeting.
After the business session, the la
dies continued the sewing of the
quilt top which they hope to fin
ish soon. At the close of the meet
ing, refreshments were served by
the hostess, assisted by her daugh
ter, Miss Frances, and small niece,
Bemiece Saunders.
The Clarinda fire department
was called to the Lewis Montgom
ery home on South Ninth Street,
a door and a curtain were burned.
Junior Montgomery and “Dad
dy” Montgomery have been ill
with the flu.
Prairie View
Teachers Take
Governmnt Jobs
Prairie View, Feb. 5—(ANP)—
W. R. Banks, president of Prairie
View College announced here Tues
rector of the department of Agri
culture and Miss A- Crittendon
Preston of the liberal arts college,
have been granted temporary
leaves of absence to participate in
federal education projects- Profes
sor Potts will serve in the federal
bureau of education and Mis Pres
ton with the State department of
education.
Janitor Seeks To
Sell Church To
Collect Salary
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 6—(ANP)
—Suit for $199 91 back salary
was instituted by Mack Rhodes,
former janitor of Collins Chapel
CME church here through his at
torney J. T Settle. Named in the
suit as defendants are the trustees
Dr. U. S. Walton, W. H. Owen,
James Thomas, R- E Johnson, F
S- Johnson, L. R- Rodgers, 0- S.
Ridley, J. C. Cartright, and Dr.
E. M. Wilkins, Rev. E. F. B- Ames
pastor, and Bishop J. C. Martin
who holds the $7,500 mortgage on
the church, and the Union Planters
Title Guaranty Co., as trustees
were also named
The suit filed Wednesday in
Chancery Court asks the sale of
the church property for satisfac
tion of the debt after prior claims
are liquidated. Rhodes alleges his
salary was $30 per month and that
he was discharged January 1, af
ter a service of more than five
years.
Federal Investigation
Of Lynching Looms
Washington observers pre
dict a favorable judiciary com
mittee report early this week
on the Van Nuys resolution
authorizing a federal investiga
tion of lynching. This resolu
tion if passed by the Senate
would empower the judiciary
committee or a sub-committee
to study all cases of lynching
in the United States since May
1, 1935.
Wide discrepancy exists in
the records of various agencies
publishing annual reports on
lynching. The Tuskegee Insti
tute, Ala., recorded no lyneh
ings in that state during 1935.
Accounts of six eases in the
same state during that period
were published by the National
Committee for the Defense of
Political Prisoners, three of
these cases arising in Lowndes
County, Ala., between August
22 and Sept. 3 during a strike
of cotton pickers. The share
croppers’ Union reported three
additional bodies found in this
county during the strike. Local
and state authorities have neg
lected to investigate many of
these eases.
“Federal protection of inves
tigators and witnesses is an es
sential! dement in any investi
gation where a lynch spirit has
been aroused,” according to a
statement by .Joseph S. Geldcrs,
secretary of the National Com
mittee for the Defense of Polit
ical Prisoners, who pointed out
that Wiliam Foster met his
death at the. hands of a lynch
mob in Selma, Ala., on May 20,,
1915, when he came to Selma !
to investigate wholesale arrests
of striking cotton pickers. lie
was arrested an hour after he
arrived in the village, nnd was
taken from the jas.l at night by
a vigilante band.
Chaplain Of 25th
Infantry Promoted
Ft Ifuachuca, Ariz, Feb. 6—
Lieutenant Colonel Louis A. Cart
er, chaplain of the Twenty-fifth
Jnfantryp Regiment of the United
States Army stationed here, re
ceived a report from the Adjutant
General of the United States Army
here last week that he had been
promoted to the rank of Colonel
of the Chaplain Corps.
Muni U Seeks
New School Site
(Continled from Page 1)
campus is obtained, twenty acres
would be set aside for athletic and
outdoor physical training and
twenty acres for academic build*
ings.
All of the new buildings will re
quire air cooling equipment be
cause the Municipal University
undoubtedly will operate the year
round
In dealing with the question of
a new site and new buildings in
his annual report, President
Haynes said:
“Now is the time when a new
site should be secured and the be
ginnings of a new plant started,
to be completed on the ‘pay-as
you-go’ policy.
"The next question is: Should
the University be located on a
downtown site? In a later report
to the Board of Regents this mat
ter will be fully covered. If this
question is answered in the nega
tive, the next question is: Should
the University be located on a site
in some one of the outlying dis
tricts of the city? In preparation
for answering this question a
study of traffic in relation to var
ious proposed sites has been made
The purpose of this is not that
we wish to put the University im
mediately on some traffic line, but
that it must be near some traffic
line if we are to make the Uni
versity accessible to students
throughout the city.
"A study is also being made of
the relation of various citee to the
homes of our present students and
prospective studenta aa shown by
the residences of the seniors in the
various high schoola.
"It is my belief that this insti
tution, like most other institutions,
will eventually be running the year
round; that is, en four quarters
instead of two semesters This
makes it possible to do four of
academic work in three year, by
the use of the summer periods.
This will mean that an air-cooling
device will be needed in the new
buildings to make them most ef
fective during the summer months
The public water supply of Omaha
is not of sufficiently cool temper
ature to provide the water needed
in such a cooling system; but it
can be secured at comparatively
little cost from springs or artesian
wells. It is advisable, therefore,
in considering the site, to learn
the possibilities of getting water
of low enough natural tempera
ture in classrooms for summer use.
‘It is my belief that definite
decisions regarding a site can and
should be made before the end of
the present academic year.”
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