The Houston Informer and Texas Freeman (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 30, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XV
E HOUSTON INFORMER
AND TEXAS FREEMAN
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY,
30,1933
0.4, LibraryA
4920
NUMBER 19
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PLAN A SITE FOR NEGRO UNIVERSITY
BODY PICKED TO
RECOMMENDTHE
HONOR GRAD OF
LINCOLN HIGH
RETURNS TO DESK FROM VACATION
BEST LOCATION
„ Houston.—The first step by Ne-
gro Houston toward playing its part
in securing for Negroes of the great
Southwest the proposed Negro branch
of the University of Houston was
taken here last Tuesday night, when
22 men met in Y. W. C. A. offices in
the Odd Fellows Temple to discuss
the matter. The meeting was called
by Prof. James D. Ryan, principal of
Jack Yates High School, who served
as temporary chairman and who was
unanimously elected as permanent
chairman at the meeting. F. L. Lane,
Houston postal employee, was unani-
mously elected secretary.
Present at the meeting were the
following: James D. Ryan, presiding,
E. 0. Smith, Dean R. O’Hara Lanier,
T. M. Fairchild, L. H. Spivey, Sr.,
Dr. C. W. Pemberton, W. L. Davis,
C. N. Love, N. Q. "Henderson, L. L.
Lockhart, F. L. Lane, H. P. Carter,
R. L. Isaacs, R. G. Lockett, C. F.
Richardson, Jno. W. Hubert, G. D.
(Duke) Crawford, Dr. T. M. Shad-
owens, C. H. McGruder, E. B. Har-
rison, A. Harris, and J. Alston At-
kins.
In opening the meeting Prof. Ryan
called attention to the fact that the
board of education of the Houston
Independent School District had for-
mally decided to make application to
the Public Works Administration of
the “New Deal” program of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for grants and loans
far the purpose of erecting a city
university for Houston, to be known
as the University of Houston, with a
branch for colored citizens. He then
MISS ALMA JOINER, an honor
student of the graduating class of
Lincoln High, Port Arthur, is all
smiles, and all of Pt. Arthur smiles
with her and wishes her well as she
enters Tuskegee Institute. Miss Joiner
comes from a highly respected family
and is an outstanding, ambitious pro-
duct of Pt. Arthur, Texas. She is a
member of New Hope Baptist Church,
a member of the junior choir, and de-
partmental secretary of the Sunday
school. Recent reports from Tuskegee
state that she is making good.
STEALS ICE CREAM
..." t, pone sees
white citizens, and that it was now
• question of securing a suitable site
(See UNIVERSITY, Page 5)
Houston—A” thief Wednesday
met suer aman
was parked at the corner of Dowling
and Tuam streets, two five-gallon
containers of ice cream, chocolate and
ny, w
vanilla flavored.
STABS RIVAL IN
A JEALOUS RAGE
Houston.—In a fit of jealous rage
over the attentions that he alleges
his common law wife was receiving
from Nite Blain, 2105 Bell, Jessie
Allen, 15051 Bell, stabbed Blain three
times in the left shoulder with a knife
when he found Blain at his home
about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The wounded man was rushed to St.
Joseph’s Infirmary, where his condi-
tion is reported as serious, although
physicians said he will recover.
After stabbing Blain, Allen rushed
on his common law wife, Mini Julia
Julian, and stabbed her several times.
However, none of the wounds proved
serious. Charges of assault to mur-
der were filed against Alen in Judge
Overstreet’s court. Several hours af-
ter the stabbing, Allen gave himself
up to officers.
FURTHER PLANS
FOR WILEY “NEW
DEAL" AH LAI
By REV. A. W. CARR
The get-together meeting of Wiley
students and friends, will include a
grouping of the official strength of
our district Methodism.
HEIGHTS LOSES ITS
ONLY GOOD
SSWRAD7)
Houston.—Independence Heights
used to have the reputation of hav-
ing one good street. Bat that time
is now gone forever. Last week, a
woman with her little girl stopped on
this particular street to chat with a
friends. Hearing a car approach, she
looked around to see where the child
was to make sure it would be safe.
But no where was the child to be
seen. Frantically, the mother sum-
moned aid and soon was combing the
entire neighborhood. After about 1S
minutes of frantic search, someone
espied the child seated happily in a
big hole in the middle of the street
happily making mud pies.
Every officer of every charge to
urged to be present to participate in
this most unusual dem---
the interest of Wiley C
All pastors are request
agreed to have their 1
upon the ground in aa
have a grasp “ pictun
Methodism’s official b
the Houston district.
It will be a demonstration such as
we have never had before and one
that will meet with the approval of
Bishop Jones in all of its details.
The whole program will mark the
beginning of a new day and a “New
Deal,” with renewed interest in Wi-
ley College on the district.
of course this is to be accomplish-
ed through tin official pledge of our
Methodism to rally to the moral and
financial support of the school in a
way that we have never done before.
One of the special features of the
program for that day will be the ad-
dress that will be delivered by Bish-
op Robert E. Jones, D. D. LL D.,
resident bishop of the New Orleans
th
idal staff
s time to
mode of
ership on
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IN ANNUAL WER
Houston: The home ar w
son, 1624 Whitty, was b
about 5 o’clock Wednesday
by a man whom Mr. Rob
he recognized aa Willie Wi
Uni
Secretary Roper Tells Negro
To Increase Business Efforts
throuh
Tr
ESCAPES AFTER
LUNGING KNIFE
UP TO THE HILT
Tie
Houston.—During a session of mer-
riment at a house party given ta
apartment 6, at 710 Heiner, Sunday
evening, September 24, about 9
onclock, Maurice Keno, 24, of 806
Andrews street, was fatally stabbed
with a paring knife by his common
law wife, Mrs. Annie Keno. The
knife entered the left shoulder just
below the neck. An ambulance was
called and the wounded man was hur-
ried toward the hospital, but he died
before the ambulance arrived there.
Officers who investigated the
stabbing said that Keno was wound-
ed following an argument with his
common law wife over a minor inci-
dent, and that, at the beginning of
the argument, no one suspected that
it would lead to tragedy. The wit-
• nesses questioned included Walter
Anderson, 712 Hardcastle; Theo.
Smith, 420 West Dallas; Ernest
Coleman, 219 Andrews; Miss Marie
Anderson, 712 Hardcastle; Miss Lu-
cile Noel, 604 Hardcastle; Miss An-
nie Beulah Grayson, 710 Heiner;
Miss Jusnila Green, 710 Heiner; Miss
Bessie Moten, 1710 Buckner; and
Miss Lucile West, 1110 Buckner.
When Keno’s body was searched a
.38 calibre pistol with four shells in
it was found in his pocket.
Keno’s wife escaped after the kill-
ing, and up to the time of going to
press had not been apprehended. Lo-
cal police had a dragnet extended
over the Fourth Ward district and
predicted that Mrs. Keno would h«
arrested very soon.
BULLET MEANT FOR
. SISTER HITS MAN
BEAUTIFUL HOME
PARTLY BURNED
Houston.—The pretty, two-story
frame residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Spencer, 3519 Avenue F, was
partly destroyed by fire early Sun-
day morning. The origin of the fire
la unknown. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer were asleep in the house
when a neighbor, passing by, saw the
smoke and flames. He summoned
help immediately and his quick ac-
tion is doubtless the reason that no
more harm was done. Mrs. Spancer,
who is a sister to Mrs. N. Rogers,
7001 N. Main, had just returned
home Saturday afternoon from Her-
man Hospital, where she underwent
a serious operation, and she was ill
in the house in the midst of the ex-
citement.
MAN KILLED AS
WOMAN IS HURT
In an address to the nation Friday
evening, September 22, broadcast
from coast to coast through the facil-
ities of the Columbia Broadcasting
Company, Hon. Daniel C. Roper, sec-
retary ‘of Commerce, speaking on
“The Negro’s Opportunity and Re-
sponsibility in National Recovery,”
made an address, which embodied
some of the most liberal views on the
Negro situation ever expressed by a
white man, and at the same time,
proved himself to be a keen and sym-
pathetic student of the Negro situa-
tion, and of the background upon
which it is laid.
In the beginning of his address,
Mr. Roper expressed himself as be-
ing keenly desirous of assisting in
Negro problems and in other prob-
lems as they effect the Negro. He
called attention to the fact the Ne-
gro has been a part of America since
1619, and that the history of the Ne-
gro race in America spans virtually
the entire past history and develop-
ment of this country.
BANKS CALLS FOR
GREAT MEN TO RUN
NEGRO COLLEGES
ga, La.—The 29th annual
e of Christ: Sanctified Holy
Southern district, convened
quarters, Jennings, La,
1T, 1933, with a large
from Louisiana and ad-
es. The purpose of this
uu-ering is to ordain and
___. pastors to their different
chargee for the ensuing year.
The meeting lasted eight days,
space being allowed for the mission
d25=5.Sum school work and
Elder James Briller, Jr., to presi-
dent; Elder J. S. Bolden, chairman,
and Sister E. G. Brown, reporter.
(Photo By Teal)
MISS EULA M. HORN, head book- n
keeper in the endowment department *
of the Odd Fellows and Ruthites of €
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, has •
ajovulle and tench deserved vaca-
tion. Miss Horn lives in Houston,
where the home office of the Odd
Fellows and Ruthites to located.
Miss Horn’s efficiency and loyalty
in the position which she fills so
creditably has been the cause of much
favorable comment, not only from
the endowment secretary, but also
from examiners from the Texas in-
surance department, and the actuary
for the order. By all of these Miss
Horn is rated as one of the most effi-
cient bookkeepers in the insurance
offices of Texas, without regard to
race or color.
Hsuston—Leon Taylor, 1816 Saul-
cr, was shot in the foot one time
out 7 o'clock Saturday evening by
affry Moses. Moses was shooting
Leon’s sister, Miss Penri Taylor.
HONORED ON HER
100T H BIRTHDAY
DR. JACKSON NOW
PAUL QUINN HEAD
„Pri WEti $.96 YEAR OLD LADY
fun r wn.-unduu
of Dr. Edward Bertram Evans, di-
rector, arts and sciences, registra-
time and entrance eximinations have
been practically completed. The
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trades, and the various industries.
Every department of the college to
on its feet, and students from all see-
tions of the state see going quietly
bat seriously about their work This
opening was more satisfactory than
it has been for several years.
DIES IN FT. BEND
Richmond.—Mrs. Fannie Porter,
96, a resident of Fort Bend County,
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Pittman, Sept. 20, 1933. She has
no living relatives. Funeral services
were conducted from Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church, Booth, Texas, Revs.
Wash Smith and B. Wallis officiating
and Fort Bend Fraternal Undertak-
ing Company in charge.
KENDLETON LOSES
RESPECTED WOMAN
ROBESON STARS IN
“EMPEROR JONES"
New York.—All records for this
year for the Rivoli theatre, 49th
street and Broadway, were broken in
the first two days of the showing of
Paul Robeson in “Emperor Jones,”
according to the producers. Out-
standing films which have played the
Rivoli this year are “I Cover the
Waterfront,” “The Kid from Spain,”
with Eddie Cantor; “A Bed Time
Story,” with Maurice Chevalier; “Bit-
ter Sweet,” and “The Masquerador,”
with Ronald Coleman.
Houston.—Cleve Gillum, 3608 Oats
street, was shot in the abdomen, by
Mack Washington, and died almost
instantly Sunday morning, Septem-
ber 24, about 8 o’clock. At the time
he was shot, Gillum was visiting at
8505 Schweinle street. Miss Jessie
Mae Davis, who lives at 8605 Sch-
weinle, told officers that she was sit-
ting in a chair on the porch when
the shooting occurred and witnessed
the killing of Gillum. A bullet struck
her in the hip, causing severe inju-
Continuing further, Mr. Roper call-
ed attention to the fact that the race
has grown from four million at the
time freedom was given by the sign-
ing of the Emancipation Proclama-
tion to about thirteen million, and
that parallel with the growth in the
colored population, has been the de-
velopment and improvement of the
Negro’s social and economic condi-
tion.’ 1
ries.
After the shooting, Washington
escaped and to date, he has not been
arrested. Charges of murder and
asault to murder have been filed
against him.
FINED BECAUSE HE
REFUSED SEAT ON
JURY WITH NEGRO
Frederickburg, Va.—In a reversal
of the tranditional policy of the
Southern courts, Qellford Gilman,
rich white farmer, was held in con-
tempt of court by Circuit Court
Judge Frederick W. Coltman for re-
fusing to serve with two Negroes on
the local grand jury.
Gilman was given the easy alter-
native of paying $10 fine or serving
two days in jail. He paid the fine.
This was ths first instance of this
kind since various circuit judges an-
nounced that Negroes would hereaf-
ter be drawn to act on indictments.
The Secretary of Commerce said
he believed that one of the race’s
chief difficulties lies in the fact that
commercial ventures are not stressed
and supported as they should be. "I
feel that this feature in business for
Negroes should be stressed along
with agricultural pursuits, dentistry,
medicine, and such other industrial
and professional lines as required
for complete service to the race by
representatives of the race, when and
if desired by colored people,” he said.
One need only read between the lines
and see that if Negro business were
properly supported and stressed, the
“when and if desired” phrase would
not be needed, for part of the educa-
tion would be teaching colored people
to want service by their own people.
DR. A. S. JACKSON, weO known
educator and fraternal leader, has
been unanimously elected by the board
of trustees of Paul Quinn College,
Waco, Texas, as president of the
college, as an act of emergency. The
One of the outstanding features of
the oSinz iE
ployees take his confidence, be dis-
cussed at length the conditions now
facing the country no less than the
system of education in general.
Among other things Principal
Banks said: “Fifty-five years ago.
Prairie View was established by the
State af Texas to make possible the
kind of education for black boys and
girls that would prepare them to
meet and grapple nuceesstulls with
(See BANKS. Page 5)
GETS DAMAGES FOR
Kendleton.—Mrs. Jane Harbert IDWYYOAYA AT m A O ,
died at her home here, Wednesday REFUSING NEGRO
September 20, 1933. She was a mem-
ber of Newman Chapel M. E. Church
and Silver Star Court of Calanthe
No. 184. She is survived by her
husband, Andrew Harbert, Kendle-
ton; Mrs. Lititia Tacward, Galveston;
four grandchildren: Mrs. Lucile John-
son, Ethyle, Alex, and Widell Money;
two sisters, Mrs. Omia Handcock and
Sophia Roy; great grand-children and
many other relatives. A suitable
program was rendered by church and
court. Rev. A. A. Franks and other
ministers officiating and Fort Bond
Fraternal Undertaking Co. in charge.
HOTEL SERVICES
New York.—Damages of $400 were
awarded a party of four colored peo-
ple here Tuesday by a jury in muni-
cipal court for discrimination suffer-
ed by them at the hands of Prince
George hotel here on September 2,
1932. The winners in the suit were
Dr. T. Price Hurst, Washington phy-
sician; his mother, Mrs. Bertha
Hurst, widow of Bishop John Hurst,
Baltimore; Dr. Hurst’s son, John
Hurst, 2nd; and Dr. J. E. H. Taylor.
MRS. NANCT PAYNE
resident of Richmond, granddaughter
of Mrs. Nancy Payne, recently feted
her grandmother on her 100th birth-
day with a pound party. Mrs. Payne,
who is 100 years young, was the ac-
tual life of the party. She to the
mother of 8 sons, and 5 daughters,
and has 168 children, grandchildren,
and great grandchildren. .
Mrs. Payne’s life span, which has
thus far covered 100 years, is full of
historic interest and reads like a
novel. Born in 1833 in the State of
Alabama, Mrs. Payne first knew life
as a slave and as the child of slave
parents. During her early years and
in fact during the greater part of her
(See CENTENARIAN, Page 7)
CALF COMES INTO
WORLD TAILLESS
action of the trustees washy way of
confirmation of a previous appoint-
ment which had been made by
Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, chairman
of the trustee board.
In addition to this new position.
Dr. Jackson to secretary of education
of the A. M. E. Church, a position
which he has held with great distinc-
tion for many years, and vice grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
of Texas.
It is no secret among those who
know that Dr. Jackson is in the very
front rank of platform enters af the
Negro race, both past and present,
and he has held many an audience in
this and other lands breathless with
his masterful oratory, reasoning
powers, and command of the Ere
Houston.—Mr. and Mrs. George
Wheat, 612 E. 31, did not have to
visit Ringling Brothers Circus to see
a cow without a tail, for on arising
one day last week, Mr. Wheat went
to feed the cow as usual, and there
by her side.stood.n Holstein and Xr n. Would ....
developed a wary “P," op Une pions for Fowl
there was no sign of a talk date.
Leaders of the A. M. E. Church,
both ministerial and lay, graduates
and former students of Paul Quinn,
and friends of education everywhere
are acclaiming the appointment of
Dr. Jackson to head this historic in-
stitution of learning as a most happy
event for Paul Quinn, and they are
one in predicting many goad issues
When int
steted to an
date.
owed Dr. Jack
EEWEY
overly And Hard Luck Do Not Know
Anything Of The Color Of Man’s Ski
. . pended on it, he gets from under the color line. It to said that “Misery
E W 4 counter a package containing the • - -
staple articles allotted the customer,
according to the number of persons
in the family named on the order.
This done, lard, meat and other per-
ishables are added. A neat arrange-
ment of homemade banisters facili-
tote the smoth passing in and out of
customers, without the annoyance and
and inconvenience of incoming cus-
tomers bumping and jostling into
these whs have already been served.
Behind the counter may be seen
men weighing and packaging flour,
meal, rice, etc., end placing the pack-
ages on neatly labeled shelves. All
of the help in this section of the
commissary me themselves commis-
sary fed, receiving their food for the
labor that they put in.
By Lillian John
Houston.—There the
four abreast. Now, some
at the front. He’s going -
one goes is and yet two more. There
is a general huffing forward, which
is felt clear ta the foot of the line.
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loves company,” without specifying
whether the company must be white
or colored company. If there is any
one place, north or south, that gives
the appearance of “brothers under
the skin,” it is the breed lines of the
nation. White and black stand side
by side in the boiling sun, awaiting
their turn. In the vicinity of the
commissary, it to no different. On
every available door step, white and
wiched together. A group of men sit
together discussing current topics.
They are waiting for the doors of the
commissary to open. A man strolls
up and joins them, then another. The
last two comers are white. They join
in the conversation unconsciously. It's
age approached a colored woman,
who is not quite so burdened. “Lady,
will you please shift this package up
when I move my arm?” she asks.
The colored woman stopa sad her
white sisters is on her way with the
package at a more comfortable angle.
It is not fortunate that conditions
have made a commissary necessary,
but it is fortunate if the commissary
has done anything to promote better
race relations between twe races, that
of necessity must live together ta the
South, and which should, for the
highest benefit to both, live peace-
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