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PRICE
CENTS
THE HOUSTO
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AMERICA’S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
VOL X1
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATU RDAY, JANUARY 11,1930
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THE MIRROR
R C. F. RICHARDSON
MEDICAL CENTERS AIDED
ABOUT BOULEVARD STOPS
YULE CHOCOLATE CAKE
SOME COMMON-SENSE TALK
TEXAN DEPARTS
FOR OXFORD TO
Montgomery Layman
TAKE POSTWORK 8
According to news items in the
daily newspavers, two Negro inst tu-
tions will be beneficiaries of the Con-
rad Hubert 1 fortune, which he be-
queathed to worthy causes and
agencies, further stipulating in his
will that the committee to make the
awards should be composed of one
Catholic, one Protestant and one Jew.
The three respective members of
the awarding committee were ex-
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New
York, ex-President Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts and Julius Rosenwald
of Chicago.
The two racial institutions, which
will be assisted by this fund, are
Provident Hospital at Chicago. $500.-
000, and Howard University Medical
School, Washington, D. C., 1200,000:
making a total of nearly three-quar-
ters of a million dollars for purely
racial causes.
It is very significant- that both
awards were made toward Negro
/ medical centers, which action seems
"—to indicate—that there is a definite |
movement afoot to .strengthen and
improve Negro medical schools and
health centers.
The American Negro’s economic
loss because of illness is terrific and
there Is vast room for much work in
field of improving the Negro’s health
through such institutions as Provi-
dent Hosrital. which is in the midst
of a $3,000,000 drive, and the medi-
cal school of Howard University, per-
haps the most outstanding school for
- Negro education in the United States.
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With so many, motorists disregard-
ing the honlevard traffic ordinance
which makes it mandatory upon the
drivers of automobiles to ‘bring their
cars to a complete ston at such desig-
nated street intersections, the Hous-
ton nol’ce department will do well to
dispatch traffic officers to some of
these intersections and superintend
automotive traffic, particularly dur-
ing peak hours. ,
We have observed that it is a com-
mon practice for autoists going north
and sowth on such streets as Milam.
Main, San Jacinto and other parallel
thoroughfares, to dash with much
speed across and over the “ston”
„ markers where these streets inter-
sect Grav Avenue: and many colli-
sions are barely avoided bv the oulck
and skillful handling of the cars by
some of the drivers.
Apronos of this situation, it might
be nertinent to state here that the
writing on the ground should be re-
placed with markers which are visible
both day and night; for an autoist is
often uron or past this sign written
on the pavement at night before he
realizes that he has violated a traf-
fic ordinance.
The city council will do well to pro-
vide proper markers wherever the
boulevard system is in effect, for the
present manner of designating and
regulating the system is wholly in-
adequete and adds to the danger of
automotive accidents.
Through an unintentional over-
sight, we forgot to include another
very appreciative Yuletide gift, in
our lict made public, in this column
last week.
This columnist is referring to s
lovely chocolate cake, baked and pre-
sented to ye scribe by Miss Lvdin
Hawk’ns. teacher in Gregory School,
and an excellent cake baker.
To this splendid voung ladv we ex-
press our thanks for this kindly, re-
membrance.
We were remembered also during
the Yuletide season by Havwood
Smith, railway postal clerk-in-charge
on the Houston-Shreveport division
and huhhy of the directress-pianist
of the Coleridge-Taylor Choral Club
—Mrs. P. O. Smith."
Br’er Havwood came by during the
holidays and left us a nice token, for
which we are grateful.
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N 0. P. DeWalt, manager-proprietor
• K of the Lincoln Theatre, rated .as the
South's finest colored playhouse, car-
Ties some very fine common-sense
'talk to his patrons and the Negro
race on slides flashed from time to
time in h’s theatre.
The latest to attract our attention
reads something like this: "The peo-
ple who make the race are those who
are too proud to go back to places
that have kicked them out once.”
Here is much food for thought on
the part of thousands of Negroes in
Houston and other sections of the
country, particularly the South.
No race will ever amount to much
and attain its rightful place among
the other greet races of the earth,
that can not be insulted end that
does not know how tn resent an in-
sult.
Too often we confuse docility with
humility, for while the Holy Writ de-
clares that "the meek shall inherit
the earth,” it does not say a mum-
DR. WILLIS J. KING
(Cor
Page)
BS Big Sensation
Colored Methodise
RACE MERCHANT
EXPIRES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Louisville, Ky.—(ANP)—For the first time in nearly fifty
years, charges have been filed against a bishop of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The last bishop against whom
charges were filed in the Kentucky Conference was Bishop Hill-
ery, who finally was unfrocked.
On Saturday charges were filed with Dr. C. Eubank Tucker of
this city, pastor of Stoner Memorial Zion Church and editor of
the Louisville Searchlight, against Bishop B. G. Shaw, bishop of
the Sixth Episcopal District of the A. M. E. Zion Church. The
complaints charge the bishop with tyranny, oppression, malad-
ministration, corruption in office ad incompetence. They cover
an under-range of his administration of the affairs of the Zion
Church in Alabama. The bishop has been summoned to meet
the investigating committee which will assemble in Montgomery,
Alabama, on Tuesday, January 14, at 1 p. m.
If the complaints are sustained the bishop will be remanded for
Atlanta, Ga.—Dr. Will’s J. King, i . 2
professor of Old Testament and soci- trial before nine elders, but if the complaints do not make out a
ology in Gammon Theological Semi-
nary, sailed for England on January
3, for six months of post-graduate
work in Oxford University. Some
months ago the Rosenwald Founda-
tion awarded Dr. King a fellowship
making the study poss ble, and the
Gammon trustee board voted him a
sabbatical year, that he might take
advantage of the opportunity.
Left an orphan at an 'early age and
without resources. Dr. King has been F
remarkably successful in ach eving a
career of distinction and usefulness.
An A. B. graduate of Wiley College,
Marshall, Texas, he took several years
of post-graduate work in Boston Uni-
versity, lead ng to the degrees of
master of arts and doctor of philoso-
phy. Meantime, he was earning his
support by pastoral work.
For the past eleven years Dr. King
has occupied a chair in Gammon The-
ological Seminary and has been given
wide recognition in educational and
religious circles. He has been twice a
member of the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
served on many church boards and
commiss ons, and in 1922 was one of
the American delegates to the World
Student Federation meeting in Pe-
king, China.
prima facie case, the case will be dismissed.
One of the specifications charge him with plotting the death
of a minister, and attempting to bribe a church. The charges
were filed by Dr. E. D. Thompson of Montgomery, Ala.
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JOHN H. HARMON, Sr.
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After a severe illness extending
over several months, John H. Har-
mon, Sr., prominent Houston dry
goods merchant, passed away at his
home, 401 Reinermann, Wednesday
morning. Members of the immediate
family were at his bedside when the
end came: .
ARTICLE ABOUT
NEGRO BISHOP
CAUSES FLURRY
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FINED:
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BISHOP ADOPTS
NOVELPROGRAM
IN SCHOOL WORK
Louisville, Ky.—(ANP)—The
great African Methodist Episco-
pal Zion Church has been visibly
stirred by the publication of the
Louisville Searchlight, edited by
the Rev. Dr. C. Eubank Tucker,
pastor of Stoner Memorial
Church this city, and one of the
most erudite young clergymen
of the denomination. The Rev.
Mr. Tucker is also a member of
the bar of this city.
The purpose of the paper is to help
curb tyranny, autocracy and misuse
of funds on the part of certain bish-
ops of the church. The first issue has
for its front page article an edi-
torial under caption “Cam Alleyne a
Menace to Zion Methodism." It
Marshall, Texas.—As a special fea-
ture of the new program in operation
at B shop College, having to do with
the improvement of student person-
nel and academic work. President
Joseph J. Rhoads has announced that nafor of a plan to retire Bishop Cald-
the enrollment of the college will be well, the honored and revered senior
reduced to approximately 400 and bishon of the church. In 1932, so that
that the students who are permitted he might fall heir to his northern con-
to enter will be handpicked. At pres-
ent 470 students are enrolled at the
college; yet applications are being re-
ceived from mid-year high school
charges Bishop Alleyne with tyran-
ny and oppression, rece'ving large
donations from impoverished- miss on
conferences- and with being the origi-
Chicago, Ill.—(ANP)—Colonel Otis
B." Duncan, formerly the ranking Ne-
gro officer ‘n the United States army
and erstwh le commander of the
Eighth Illinois Regiment, was sen-
tenced here Tuesday by Federal
Judge Wilkerson to serve four months
in Lake County ja.l and pay a fine
of $2,000.
Colonel Duncan was charged with
obtaining around $1,700 from the
federal government on false claims in
connect on with his military organi-
sation.
The judge expressed a desire to
ra-s a light sentence upon the race
officer and ordered stay of execu-
tion of the court order until February,
1930.
RACE SCIENTIST
OFF TO GERMANY;
HIGHLY HONORED
ferences.
(Continued on Page Four)
At a recent gathering of Zion dig-
nitaries in this city, a few days ago,
the question was propounded to Dr.
Tucker as to the policy and expecta-
tions of the Searchlight. Dr. Tucker,
in the presence of Bishops Jones,
Clement, Dr. T. W. Wallace, secretary
of the Ministerial Brotherhood, and
lawyer S. M. Dudley of the Church
Extension Department, said: “The
policy of the Searchlight is to help
remedy certain conditions in Zion
that are well known and clearly de-
fined. Certain Bishops have been
'guilty of tyranny, oppression, and
misuse of the people’s money. This
must stop. However, I am not at-
tacking the episcopacy as such, it
must be preserved for Zion Method-
ism, even though two or three mis-
fits will finally be compelled under
the pressure of public sentiment to
retire from the bench!”
JOHN C. TINNER, B. S., Howard
University; M. S., Chicago Universi-
ty; Ph. D. (in process) Chicago Uni-
versity. Mr. Tinner was recently ap-
pointed acting dean of Bishop Col-
lege at Marshall by President Joseph
J. Rhoads. He is one of the few
men of color who has advanced be-
yond the master’s degree in mathe- ,
maties in one of the larger American o
universities. He heads the depart-
WHARTON LEADER
CALLED BY DEATH
Wharton, Texas.—Wharton and the
entire county were shocked Sunday
morning to learn of the death of Prof.
W. I. McCann, whose lifeless body
was found in his bed by his wife early
that morning.
Prof. McCann had been engaged
in teaching in and about Wharton for
the past thirty years, and had won
the respect of the entire citizenry of
this and adjoining countiea. A few
years ago, he suffered a slight stroke
of paralysis, from which he had never
fully recovered. His remains were
laid to rest Tuesday, surrounded by
thousands of friends and former pu-
pils.
Mr.McCann t arrived by his wid:
Washington, D. O.—Dr. Ernest E.
Just, head of the department of zool-
ogy of Howard University, sailed
from New York Thursday, January 2,
for Berlin, where he wil spend six
months as guest investigator in the
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute fur Biologie,
Berlin-Dahlem.
On the day of his departure the
Associated Press announced the elec-
tion of Dr. Just to the vice presidency
of the American Association of Zool-
Nordic Hood!
Destroy Pr
In Carolin
Edenton, N. C.—(ANP)—Because the owners of the building
refused to evict their colored tenant, a mob of white men wreck
ed the building and restaurant operated by Tom Holley. ,
The building was the property of the Citizens Bank and here
tofore had been used as a branch office of the bank. Recently
the place was rented to Holley and he opened up a cafe. Immedi
ately upon the opening of the business Holley was notified by
identified parties” to move and move quickly. He disregarded
the notice but told the landlord of the warning.
An anonymous note was sent to the bank officiate, stating that
if the Negro was not evicted the building would be wrecked. The
officials were on the verge of making a formal complaint to the
police when they received word that the building had been
damaged by a group of white men who raided the cafe Saturday
night and drove Holley from the building.
Officers are investigating the affair but little results are hop
ed for. Holley was the only Negro in the hamlet who operated
any kind of business and it is believed that this had as much t
do with the wrecking as the sentiment against a Negro occupy ins
- . The destroyed build
ing was located in the section known as Small's Crossing in which
Negro and white farmers congregated largely on Saturdays.
The demise of Mr. Harmon removes
from the business, religious and fra-
ternal ranks one of the race’s most
notable characters, who migrated to bulling adineent tn that a whit, man
Houston from Pensacola, Florida, in a building adjacent to that of a white man.
h’s youth and later embarked in the ing was located in the section known as Sma
drv goods 'business on San Felipe.
In his early days in this city, Mr.
Harmon attended Houston College,
doing odd chores as a means of real-
iz ng funds with which to pursue his
educational training. Having had
some experience in his native state
as a drug clerk, his first major em-
ployment was with the defunct Bayou
City Drug Store, formerly located at
411 Milam.
Sensing the need of a ward or
neighborhood store to take care of
the dry good and notion needs of his
people, Mr. Harmon opened a store
in the Fourth Ward and, despite the
fact that many predicted the empo-
rium’s early death and burial, he liv-
ed to see the business develop from a
mere “hole-in-the-wall” effort to a
modern and well-appointed mercantile
establishment.
After operating his store in one
site for 25 years, new quarters were
entered last year and the store’s name
changed from Harmon’s Dry Good
Store to the House of Harmon, with
his son, J. H. Harmon, Jr., graduate
of Howard and Columbia universities,
as his first assistant.
Mr. Harmon was also active in
church and lodge circles, having serv-
ed as deacon and treasurer of Bethel
Baptist Church for several years and
having held many responsible posi-
t’ons with several lodges.
He invested his surplus earnings in
Houston real estate and was the own-
er of several rent houses and other
realty holdings.
The funeral will take place from
Bethel Baptist Church Friday (to-
day), 2 p. m., with Pastor J. R. Bur-
dette officiating, assisted by other
ministers. Jackson Undertaking
Company has charge of the body.
SOUTH CAROLINA
YOUTH HELD FOR
TRUMAN GIBSON,
BUSINESS MAN,
HARMON WINNER
ABBOTT LOOMS
AS OPPONENT
OF DE PRIEST
ogists, one of the highest honors ever as
accorded a Negro scientist. CTCTTDO2 MIIDIED
Wednesday evening Dr. and Mrs. ATE ! Jr. K
Just entertained the graduate stu- DA * LAND NAUARLEA
dents in zoology and their wives at
Dr. Just’s residence.
During Dr. Just’s absence, Louis A.
Hansborough, instructor in zoology,
will act as head of the department.
Columbia, S. C.—(ANP)—Corry
Howell, 10, was held by the R’chland
County grand jury here Tuesday
morning for the death of his two
small half-sisters, Alma 11, and May
9, who died here the day after Christ-
mas from a single shot fired from
Corry’s gun.
Chicago, 111.—(ANP)—Tru-
man K. Gibson, chairman of the
board of Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance Company of this city,
has been awarded the Harmon
Foundation gold medal for 1929,
with an honorarium of $400.
These awards were first of-
fered in 1926, organized by the
late William E. Harmon, for the
purpose of giving additional
stimulus for creative work to
members of the Negro group
and through recognition of
achievement of national signifi-
cance, not only to give personal
recognition to such work but to
open wider fields of opportuni-
ty.
The awards are an insignia of
honor conferred upon men and wom-
en whose creative efforts have con-
tributed to or may become a helpful
factor in American life and civiliza-
tion.
The honor was given to Mr. Gibson
because of the most outstanding cre-
ative achievement in the f’eld of busi-
ness and industry among Negroes
during 1929. At the time of the
consolidation of Liberty Life Insur-
ance Company of Illinois, Supreme
Life and Casualty Company of Co-
lumbus, Ohio, and Northeastern Life
Insurance Company of Newark, New
Jersey. Mr. Gibson was president of
the Supreme Life and Casualty Com-
pany, which he had organized in 1921.
He was responsible for initiating the
conferences and proposing the idea
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(Continued on Page Four)
Chicago, Ill.—(ANP)—Something
akin to a mild sensation was creat
ed by the publication in Sunday's
Chicago Tribune of a report that
Robert S. Abbott, publisher of the
Chicago Defender, would be a candi
date against Congressman Oscar De
Priest in the April primaries.
There had been some talk, of Ab
bott’s candidacy among certain groups
of his well-wishers before the
bune story appeared, but nothing
been done to bring it into focus, al-
though the secretary of Mr. Abbott's
company, N. K. McGill had been ap-
proached by a number of persons
who claimed that the Defender man
was the ideal choice. •
At the time the stork was publish-
ed Mr. Abbott was out of the city.
When he was reached Mordny, he de-
-'lined to say anything “for jr against
‘he announcement, .....
‘hat he had not been w
ered formally consulted
The Tribune story intimates that
Mr. Abbott is to have the support of
the so-called Denoen Republican fac-
tion. The Deneen leaders in the con-
gressional district, which DePriest
represents, are State Senator Adolph
Marks, Edward H. Wright and War-
ren B. Douglas. So far it is not
known that either of these men has
expressed an opinion in favor of Mr.
Abbott.
Nobody has been able to trace
source of the Tribune story, but there
is a definite disposition to feel that
it would not have been' written and
published if there were not some rea-
sonable, if unseen, influence at work
bring about a certain desired re-
suit of which the defeat of DePriest
would be a part.
t ho co
Musicians Preven
Stampe
e
MISS VENOLA C RILEY A &
Corry maintained that the shoot-
ing was accidental and that he did
not know the gun was loaded. His
statement was as follows: “I was
hunting about a half mile from home.
I had three shells but aid not shoot
* any. When I got back I stood the
gun by the chimney and then 1 point-
ed the gun at them but I did not
know there was a shell in it. I then
pulled the trigger and both of them
fell. I ran away and for a while I
stood in the branch and then went
over bv the chain-gang camp where
the police found me.”
Questioning brought out that Cor-
ry had quarrelled with the whole fam-
ily Christmas morning because he did
not think he had received his just
amount of the fruit and candy. The
step-father declared that at many
times Corry had shown a mean dispo-
sition and frequently made trouble
far
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in the he
struck
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Louisville, Ky. (ANP)—The
ence of mind of William Gibso
William King, musicians, pre
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