The Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1939 Page: 3 of 12
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THE INFORMER, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1939
A WRITER'S ALIBI
CARTER WESLEY
e Albert White, writer for,the Call, still alibi's. Dodging the real point,
he argues at length that there was a dust storm. The point is did IT
so COVen OKLAHOMA AS TO GROUND PLANES FOR TWO WEEKS?
HIS ARTICLE WAS TWO WEEKS LATE AND ALL WRONG.
He’s trying to alibi away from the issue. He challenged the truth
of The informer’s story on Luther Striekland. The Informer met the
challenge and challenged EM tor prove anyone of The Informer facts
k about Strickland untrue. If The Informer’s story isn’t true, why
422" he E’ve his renders the true stors and ***** from under
It's his imagination that makes him think we are crying because he
can’t layoff The Informer, it merely say he is so obsessed with a desire
to destroy The Informer, be contracts facts to try to make The Informer
a liar. He suppresses stories and pretends, that events don’t happen, in
order to mislead his readers into believing The Informer isn’t honest.
Ir WOULD SEEM THAT THE INFORMER WORRIES HIM.
The issue is clear: Mr. White went out on the limb to attack The
Informer story. We are still asking him a month after to stop alibing
and publish facts showing what is The tenth about the Luther Strickland
story, and wherein The Informer story wasn’t true.
' If Mr. White cited The Defender story for our embarrassment, our
answer is, that Albert White paid, us a bigger compliment. He not only
praised what we wrote but lifted it for his paper with such zeal, he
QUESTIONS R* ATTORNEY H. s. DAVIS— .
9. “Mr. White, I will show you this Call of Friday, August 18th
% er^seth. *‘"" " cause to be yUbtished that article?"
Q. "I wins non where and you get further information on that arti-
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A.T“From the Houston Informer." ,
Faces Assault
Murder Charge
HOUSTON.—Leonard Green, age
44, was arrested and charged with
assault to murder before Justice of
the Peach Ragan after Mrs. Audrey
Stewart was carried to the Jefferson
Davis hospital suffering with a
stab wound allegedly inflicted by
Green. Mrs. Stewart told police that
she was stabbed at 1018 Perkin
Alley and named Green as the as-
saliant.
1:5 AYmtAM
2$.2nspdcna ta will help
you to word your Want Ad to get
the best results. Phone F. 8347, ask
for Miss Classified.
HOME AGAIN
waste is not being hornet. The damnable point about this Strickland
a da uh IEA miet to whitewash Strickland but the lynching of
Jotton’s rights, white and Mr. McDonald talk about the lack of record,
y there any record on Cotton’s being arrested? Where do they find any
case is not the sttemp
ore ef Cotton’s being arrested? Where do they find any
cation of Strickland’s beating Cotton? What was Cotton’s
ly does a truant oncer, beat our citizens in the street? *
IM waserte accessed after officers took him off Cotton
/ wasn’t net we may Strickland violated the privilege
son as a truant officer, and dare anyone to conduct an
begt our citizens in the street?
after officers took him on Cotton
meeting is going on at New Hope
Baptist church in Wilkins addition.
Rtev. B. J. Harris is pastor. The
meeting is being conducted by Rev.
R. H. Burney, pastor of Mt. Rose
Baptist church. There have been
several additions and restorations to
the church. The meeting is still
going on—E J. Moore, agent and
reporter.
Mi. Zion M. E. Church
The Sunday school with Aw. L
Tillory as superintendent, was high
last Sunday. The church service was
unusually fine: all the choir mem-
bers took seats amidst the congre-
gation and the services just con-
sisted of some and praise services,
with the scripture lesson as usual,
but no preaching. The meeting was
inspiring; at the close ef which two
persons came forward to join the
church. The night service was
equally as good.
In the afternoon, Rev. R. H.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson and
Mrs. Ned Carter, Somerville, mo-
tored here Saturday, mingling with
"% hn Mac Miller has been
confined to her home the past
week, suffring with “flu.”
Mrs. Clara Carson Smith of Beau-
mont, en route from Fort Worth,
stopped over here a couple of days
to visit her aunts. Mrs. Ellen
McGregor, Mrs. Eliza Fisher and .
Mrs Alberts Johnson. She left
Thursday for Houston where she will
visit relatives before she returns to
Beaumont where she holds a re-
sponsible position with the Fleming
Undertaking company which she
has held for a number of years.
A quiet home wedding was sol-
emnized Saturday night, March 18,
when Mrs. Battle, Stringfellow
Sharp, a popular young teacher in
the Stone community, was happily
married to Ben Bradley of Burle-
son county. Only a few visitors
were present: Mrs. F. C. Moore,
Mrs. Amelial Shelby, Atonia Elridge
and Robert Gene Clay, and members
of the family.
Annual Thanksgiving for the
Courts of Calanthe, Magnolia Court
No. 17 and Beautiful Star Court,
Obediah Lodge No. M gave the
Sisters a repast after the program
was over. Quite a number of vis-
itors was present
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TO
on. JAMES E. JACKSON return,
home after completing a three
months study at the Freedmen’s hos-
pital under a government scholar-
ship-*-----------
Burney, pastor of the Mt. Rose
Baptist church, preached a very
instructive sermon for Mrs. L. V.
Bigsby’s unit.
Mrs. Emma Tillory was the hostess
for the mission circle of the Wilkins
addition, last Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Mattle Williams conducted the an-
niversary of the Ladies Aid society
Friday night.
Mrs. Corene Roberson has re-
turned from Belton, Texas, where
she has been to visit a sick sister.
Mrs. Lizie Allen gave a very
fine party Thursday night.
Let’s not forget the quarterly con-
ference next Sunday, April 1
VOTE
Dr. J.E. Jackson
Returns From
Study Course
1 HOUSTON—Dr. James E. Jack-
son, prominent physician and sur-
geon of this city has just returned
from Washington, D C.. where he
i studied for three months at the
Freedmen’shospital on a three
month government scholarship. In
he three month study Dr. Jackson
lid the major-portion of his work in
Dr. Jackson has been commission-
aid as a first lieutenant in the United
- States Medical Corps This is a
unique distinction accorded Dr.
Tackson because heretofore there
has been an agreement between
I irmy authorities that no Negro doc-
[ lors would be commissioned in the
Medical Corps of the army. .
I In connection with his commission
I as an army lieutenant he is a mem-
M.eNrUAS “^
Dr. Jackson states that he is glad
to be back home and is greeting his
friends and patients at his office.
4074 Milam. There has been no
change in his office hours.
HRS. MARSH BURIED
FROM TRINITY
, HOUSTON.—Funeral services for
Mrs. Maggie Marsh, of 1110 St.
Emanuel, who died Tuesday, March
28, were held Thursday at 3 p.m.,
from the Trinity ME church, with
Rev. A. W. Carr officiating. Burial
was in the Oak Park cemetery,
under the direction of the Fairchild
Undertaking company.
Students
Prexy
COLUMBIA, S. C. — (ANP)-
Claiming that the presiding elders'
council of the South Carolina AME
church had no authority to elect
a president, acting or otherwise,
students of Allen university launched
a strike Sunday that they declared
would not end until Dr. E. F. G.
Dent, successor to Dr. E. H. McGill
as president, was ousted or legally
elected by the trustee board.
This student strike has thrown the
AME church in this section into
turmoil, with some trustees siding
with the strikers and others with
the presiding elders’ council. Mat-
ters were made considerably worse
Thursday when T. J. Miles, chair-
man of the executive board, al-
legedly had six of the students ar-
rested.
Dr. Dent, said to be an opponent
of Dr. McGill, was named acting
president March 8, just three days
after Dr. McGill, ill for several days,
was taken to John Hopkins hospital
in Baltimore. The president under-
went an operation March •
Beginning last Sunday morning,
March 19, the majority of the stu-
dent body refused to attend com-
pulsory religious services in pro-
test against Dr. Dens, and next day
refused to go to classes. Members
of the faculty and other persons
were permitted to go and come at
. Stri
will, but students not in sympathy elders in their council me
with the strike were not permitted -dorsed. this appointment a
of Dr. J. E. Thomas of
to do so. -____
Dr. R. W. Mance of Columbia, a and there la no doubt ir
member of the trustee board, back-
ed the demonstrators by quoting
the original charter and amend,
ments which has no clause permit-
ting the board to vest the power Of
electing a president, acting or per-
manent, to any other group or in-
dividual.
Dr. Mance also said that Bishop
J. S. Flipper of Atlanta, who pre-
sided over the presiding elders’
council March 8, was no longer
eligible to act in affairs of the uni-
versity except at a trustee meeting,
since the charter stated that the
chairman of any other board em-
powered to act for Alien must be
a resident of South Carolina.
Another trustee, W. R. Bowman,
said, however, that Bishop Flipper
was unanimously appointed chan-
cellar of Allen by the board of
trustees, and this "gives him the
authority to appoint during any
vacancy or vacancies any person on
the faculty without the consent of
any board connected with Allen.”
"In the appointment of Dr. Dent
as acting president, Bishop Flipper
just exercised his authority," de-
clared Mr. Bowman, “The presiding
that when the trustees
will do the same."
John Middleton, of Summertow
vice president of the student court!
and one of the strike leaders,
he was called before the, facul
and questioned about the demo
stration. He said that in answer
a direct question from Dr. Del
he replied that the students “a
dissatisfied with the election
man as president of an institute
which represents the find, trad
tions which Allen represents,
soon after Dr. McGill’s indisno
tion.” He declared there was o
jection to Dr. Dent’s election-beto
Dr. McGill died.
It was rumored here Fridas,
the strike entered its sixth dor 0h
C. G. Garrett, reputed ""storr
petrel" of the AME church,"w
i urging Dr. Dent to stick out
president. The students stated th
they would remain away. are
classes “as a matter of prineip
until Dr. Dent either restored,
was ousted by Bishop Flipper,
until the trustee board elected h
legally as president.
The last sad rites for Rev. Wil-
liams were held Monday, March 20,
at Mt Zion ME church, of which he
was a member. Rev. A. F. Johnson,
pastor, delivered the funeral ora-
tion, The church was crowded with
friends and relatives. Out-of-town
relatives attending the rites were
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Nealy and son
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Rev.
and Mrs. Hattie Farmer and daugh-
ter of Austin, D. D. Williams, HI,
California. Professor Williams was
laid to rest in the old cemetery in
Waterousville with Masonic honors,
with W. L. Williams, acting wor-
shipful master; funeral director.
J. B. Forney.
Ute Thursday Friendly Social club
met on March 23. Miss Julia Mae
Cooper was hostess. The meeting
was opened as usual by the presi-
dent. After business was transacted,
the club went into the social side
of the occasion and games were
played by all for 45 minutes. First
prise was given to Miss A. M
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delicious menu of oysters and all
the trimmings that go with them
was served. The next meeting will
go to Miss A. M. Hubert.
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religious services. They also had a
beautiful local program. Several
papers were read portraying the
virtues of the order. Several knights -----—A: na u
were present, the Brothers of Quite a hishly spiritual protracted
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PARADE OF VALUES
riday - Saturday - Monday
strike out the remaining fourteen candidates below the name
of Holger Jeppsen. This would leave standing free: George
B. Wilson, J. B. Grigsby, and Holger Jeppesen.
B. B. Picketts’ Sneak
Just when Negroes seemingly, had found something at
last that they could all unite behind, B. B. Pickett, a man
charged with not possessing a poll tax receipt, has organized
a movement to demoralize the vote, with a furtive sneak.
Pickett has convinced a few gullible preachers and other
half-smart Negroes that it is smart to write his name in on
the ballot1
Pickett very glibly tells them that since J. B. Grig 1 y is
a Negro, they will count him out, even if he wins, but to
insure that a Negro gets in anyway, he is asking them to
quietly write his name in on the ballot and suggesting that
since the election judges don’t know he is colored, they will
count his vote, and we will therefore have a Negro on the
ballot. The argument is plausible, and to those who know
nothing of the actual workings of affairs around political
booths will seem like a natural , . ,
But anyone who knows even a-b-c about political affairs,
including Ben Picket, knows that before twenty-five ballots
have been written in for him. Every dally paper in town will
have run down his background to find out who he is and why
he is getting a write-in on the ballot. As soon as they do
they will publish it, and of course it will be known to all
the election judges, long before the ballot is closed, that he
is a Negro. If his premise is correct and they will count
Grigsby out, they will count Pickett out for the same reason.
Pickett is not in good faith in advancing the argument,
but he is clever enough to know that the average Negro will
swallow it. Some of our outstanding ministers are permit-
ting their names to be used by Pickett as supporting this
foolish, childish scheme. Tuesday night Pickett came to
our office, and when we pointed out to him that there was
’ no way on God’s green earth that he could avoid having his
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admitted that he had no answer for that and that that
knocked his scheme in the head. Then when asked what he
intended to do, Mr. Pickett said right or wrong, discovered
or not, he intended to stay in the race. We asked him
pointblank if that did not mean that he was not in good
faith, when he pretended to be running only because he
figured that Grigsby would be counted out ? Mr. Pickett
admitted that that was true. We advise Negroes to have
NO dealings with Pickett and to vote whatever they want
to vote from the regular ballot, and not try to write any-
thing on the ballot. 1
Out of the ministers visited by Pickett only one, to our
knowledge, had sense enough to go to somebody who knew
polities and knew about Pickett and ask what was the truth.
Again and again, in these columns we have said that we like
A. A. Lucas because he proves to have common sense as
well as having knowledge of theology. He had the sense to
go to the Third Ward Civic Club and to ask about Pickett,
artfl to inquire of those who knew what it meant. (No, he
aid not come near The Informer or the writer.) Some of
our other so-called learned, intelligent, wise preachers, as
usual, assuming that because they are preachers they are
omniscient,, swallowed Pickett’s bait, hook, line and sinker.
Preachers do have influence, but as long as they blindly
and stupidly misuse it, we will muddle around in this wil-
derness of ignorance. Mr. Roosevelt is a man, who knows a
lot about a kit of things, but he has hundreds of people look-1
ing up information and he consults hundreds of people daily
in order to get information. Just why a preacher, who
never gives any thought topolitini tins manoua
know what’s enemnawer to political riddles, such as the Pick-
ett propoal, is a mystery to this writer.
Some of our greatest trouble comes from the preachers
permitting demagogues and tyros to come in with a lot of
sob stuff to their meetings, and get their support and en-
dorsement of various ventures that are no good. Then these
crooks and tyros go down town to the white folks and boast
of being supported and backed by the leading ministers of
the city. The responsibility and the prestige that ministers
have is as sacred as anything else that goes with their office,
and ought not be used lightly, and ought not be lent lightly
to irresponsible people. It is not only the Privilege of the
preacher to investigate but it is his duty to investigate be-
fore he gives his prestige and the use of his name to irre-
sponsible people. „ 4, nu
Therefore, we are saying to all and sundry, whether
your preacher or Pickett or any of his supporters come to
you, ignore Pickett and vote from the official ballot, what,
ever is your sentiment. Pickett has nothing but a scheme
to get somepublicity for himself at expense to the solidarity
of our group. You can vote for one on the list by striking
all the others, or you can vote for three on the list. We
suggest that you vote for the first three on the list.
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