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in Southwest Texas
VOL. Ill—No. 10.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1933
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CHICAGO BANKER GUILTY
GETS DOCTORATE—Mrs. Inez Beverly Protser, local
product who receives her Ph. D. degree this week from
the University of Cincinnati, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Beverly of Dawson street. Shr taught at
Tougaloo University in Mississippi the past season.
Binga Faces Prison Term;
Result Bank Manipulation
In Deals Over Long Period
Dramatic Scenes Enacted In Trial of Aged Man Who Rom
from Obscurity to Financial Czardom on
Chicago South Side.
Into tc*ri. The spectators wire
aghast. Jesae Binga vai crying,
boo-hooing like a baby. Ht had
reached the lawyer's table and waa
pounding upon it, fighting the
white man'i law with teari and
anger.
Judge Fardy ordered a recess
of ten minutes. Binga came back
to the stand more compoaed and
the questioning waa reaumed, to
be ended shortly. The argument to
the jury then began.
When Binga firat took the stand,
he told of how he had come to
Chicago as • young man in 1890
and had started a fruit stand at
12th street and Michigan avenue,
the entrance to the present World
Pair, in it bad prospered until when
his bank failed, he waa able to
turn over 1400,000 worth of prop-
erty to satisfy the bank's credit-
of hie
tnd the handi cap of education, was
thrilling to the few who beard It
Whites sitting In the courtroom
whose conception of Negro eiti-
•ens never get beyond porters,
janitors or cooks, were wide-eyed
with astonishment as Binga casu-
ally mentioned the thousands
which had come to him and pas
sed through his hands.
John Cashen, Binga's white
counsel, urged the jury to absolve
his client because no criminal in
tent had been shown and because
when fortune had smiled upon
him, he had been wholesome, in-
spiring influence in his commu-
nity.
After announcement of the ju-
ry's verdict which carries a sen-
tence of from one to ten years in
the penitentiary, Cashen moved
for a new trial. Judge Fardy con-
tinued the motion until June 28
at which time sentence will be
prouounced.
/CHICAGO.—(ANP)—Twelve jurors who had listened for
y nearly three weeks to testimony in the trial of Jesse
Binga returned to the courtroom of Judge James J. Fardy
shortly after midnight Saturday morning to announce that
they were convinced Binga was guilty of embezzling |32,000
from the defunct Binga State bank.
The jury had retired at three-thirty in the afternoon.
Most of the three weeks of the trial was used by th state
In presenting witnesses who testified that they were used as
dupes in a series of transactions
Involving three checks, one for
*17,000, another for *8,000 and a
third for *6,600.
The state endeavored to show
that Binga from his cell-like of-
fice on the second floor of the
bank building used janitors, port-
ers, friends and what not to sign
their names on instruments, the
purpose of which they did not un-
derstand.
Mr. Binga was the principal
witness in his own defense. Great
bitterness was expressed by the
defense against Miss Inez Cantey,
Binga's confidential employe for
2* years, who was the state's chief
witness against him; against Jas.
Rale Porter, employe at the bank
byilding now by the receiver, Ed-
ward H. Morris, and against Mor-
Tia himself. Binga declared from
the stand that PorUr bad chased
" nax of the
taken the stand and
Mibm'tted to • series of questions
from prosecutor DonaldiThompson.
The former banker was noticeably
nervous. He sought to evade the
questions by parrying with the
prosecutor. To each question Binga
would reply: "What did you say?"
The prosecutor would have the
court reporter read the question
again.
Baffled in this way, Binga pro-
tested that the presecutor spoke
to him too loudly and roughly.
Thompson changed his tactics
and, in the most gentle manner,
probed the ex-banker with search-
ing querries that cut like needle
points. Binga brushed his hands,
one against the other, stroked his
chin, stole looks of mingled pity
and hatred at the prosecutor. An-
other question quietly spoken.
Binga leaped from the chair re-
served for witnesses. In madden-
ed protest he exclaimed:
"I can't stand it—I can't stand
It! You've killed my wife! You've
taken my property—now you're
trying to kill me, you're perse-
cuting me!"
There was almost a flush of red
In his brown cheeks. His white
hair, sparsely ,tinted with black,
Stood on edge. He fled from the
chair to the floor below and burst
3 Million Dollar Plant Dedicated
Swindlers Active
Again
Medora McCarthy whose ad-
dress is listed as 318 Sherman
Street was complainant to a swind-
ling charge. The McCarthy woman
reported to the detectives that
on April 4th, 1933, as she was
attempting to make a loan of *60
from a local bank, she was met
by Albert Taylor, address t
known, who told her that she
would have to pay too much in-
terest at a loan company and that
for *6 he could borrow the *60
from an Illinois Ban.k
Having gained her confidence
she let Taylor have the *6 in or-
der to obtain the loan and to date
she has not received the *60 nor
has the swindler returned her *6.
Arrest Doctors In
Narcotic Charge
Drs. W. R. Maynard and J. O.
Aycock, physician and pharmacist
respectively were arrested by Fed-
eral officers last Sunday moraing,
charged with a minor violatiai of
the Harrison Narcotic Aet. The
charges grew out of the over pre-
scribing and dispensstion of a drug
to an alleged addict
Both were released on bond.
BROTHERS HELD FOR
WOMAN'S DEATH
RALEIGH, N. C„ June 8.(By
A. N. P.).—Brocks and Ilmer
Spence, brothers, have been taken
into custody in connection with the
death of Mrs. Hazel Smith. The
borthers quarreled with Mrs. 8mitl.
and Brooks is alleged to have
hurled a brick at her which struck
her In the head and broke her neck.
WORLD'S FINEST NEGRO
HOSPITAL FORMALLY OPENED
CHICAGO.—(ANP)—The Greater Provident hospital, the
^ finest Negro hospital in the world and ranked by experts
as one of the four finest hospitals in the city of Chicago,
famed because of its preeminence as a medical center and for
institutions of this character, threw is doors open to an ad-
miring public, last Thursday, June 1.
With exercises, thoroughly appropriate, though not over-
weighted with ceremony, President A. L. Jackson presented
in succession, several of the men and women who have played
a conspicious part in developing
LAFAYETTE LEWIS ACQUITTED
OF ASSAULT CHARGE
A JURY in 94th District Court over which Judge McCrory
presides acquitted Lafayette Lewis of a charge of an at-
tempt on the life of Herman Johnson, pullman porter, his for-
mer brother-in-law. The charge grew §ut of an alleged alter-
cation on a railroad car, in which Johnson was shot, and fol-
lowed a sensational separation of'
Johnson and his wife in September,
1*81, some of the details of which
published in the Register at
The Lewis
defense was built
the article
CUT WAGES DESPITE "F. D."
NEW YORK, June 9.—(By the
A. N. P.)—Quietly on the same
day that the President urged
bosses to raise the pay of their
employes, the staff of the Navel
Supply Depot at 29th Street and
Third avenue was cut, some five
hundred men being dismissed from
the service.
THREE STATES HAVE NEGRO
REPRESENTATION AT FAIR
CHICAGO.— (ANP)—Three states out of the twenty-seven
represented officially by exhibits at the Century of Prog-
ress, have Negro representation. These states are Illinois,
Florida and Michigan.
Illinois has the DeSaible Cabin, a replica of the first
dwelling erected in the city of Chicago by Jean De Baptiste
Point Du Sable. Mrs. Anie Oliver and members of the De
Saible club, a local organization of colored women, are re-
Clarence McKenzie of Flint,
Michigan, Is a member of the
Michigan state commission of 12
persons, appointed by .the govern-
or. No exhibit affecting the col-
ored people of the state Is being
made however.
To Florida, which plans a special
exhibit of the progress of mem-
ber* oS tbe race in the state along
agricultural, industrial and educa-
tional lines, goes the credit for
the most pretentious endeavor
made up at this time. It will be
installed in Florida Hall at the
court of States, August 29th and
will remain until September 9.
vice for Negroes, with headquar-
ter at the Florida A. * M. College,
Tallahr.ssee is in charge of this
exhibit
Visitors in the Florida hall are
entertained daily from June to
November at three o'clock in the
afternoon and at eight-thirty in
the evening Sy the Florida Blos-
som (male) singers from the Flor-
ida State Normal and Industrial
Institute of St. Augustine under
the direction of Prof. David L.'
Brewer. The members of the
singing groupt are: James Pelham,
Bennett Grant, Albert Johnson,
A. A. Turner of the Florida I Howard Smith and Lowell Turner
ftate Agt icttlttual Extension Ser-| musical accom*—
which was published, and which al-
legedly inflamed him because he
thought the article was aqme of
Johnson's handiwork.
The trial lasted several days,
reaching its climax Wednesday
when V. C. Bellinger and J. T.
Duncan, Publisher and Editor re-
spectively of the Register were
called to the stand as last minute
witnesses,
The courtroom was crowded to
capacity at every session of court
with interested spectators. Assis-
tant District Attorney Finch and
Attorney Louis Schlessinger han-
dled the prosecution while the de-
fense was represented by the firm
of Watson and Powell.
Pioneer Educator
Succumbs in Austin
AUSTIN, Tex., June 9 (Spe-
cial).—Prof. W. H. Passon,
pioneer instructor, was
claimed by death last Sunday
night at his residence, 1407 E.
Seventh St. For half a cen-
tury Prof. Passon has been re-
garded as an outstanding educator
in Texas and had gained a State
wide reputation among his fellow-
teachers.
Bom in Brazos County, Jiis early
days were spent around Bryant,
•where he finished his high school
education. Before coming to Aus-
tin, in 1894, he taught approxi-
mately eleven years and since that
time has been actively connected
with the Austin city achool system,
serving in the capacity of principal
and for the past two years as su-
pervisor of grade schools. The
venerable principal was a prodi.ct
of Tillotson and Samuel Huston
Colleges, having finished a com.
mercial course from the former
and his Bachelor of Arts degree
from S. H. In '81.
While it was known to intimate
friends that Prof. Passon had not
been in the best of health for the
past two years, his almost suJden
demise came as a shock. General
services have not been completed
pnding the arrival of relatives.
Services will be conducted from
Metropolitan Church, where he had
served as superintendent of Sun-
day school* for 40 years. He is sur-
vived by a *on, Fred, of Washing-
ton, D. C., a daughter, Myrtle, of
New York City, and a widow.
Tears' Funeral Home was in
charge of th* remain*
Mrs. Robinson
Opens Beauty
Shoppe Monday
Not beauty service that every-
body's getting, but beauty service
to suit the individual need 1* th*
basic principle upon which service
will be rendered at Mrs. Lillian
Robinson's new and beautifully ap-
pointed cosmetic shop at 1621 Bur-
net street which will open Monday
afternoon from 3 until 8 p. m.
Mrs. Robinson is a graduate of
the Maggie Jone* School of Beau-
ty Culture of the city and is well
equipped to render efficient service.
Her beauty service includes iham-
poos, pressing, marcel waving, fa-
cials and manicuring. The public
is invited to take advantage of th*
high type of work Mrs, Rnhininn
i* prepared to give.
Telephone F. 8606
PROWELRS REAP HARAVEST
Mrs. La Rue who lives at 2347
Wyoming street, reports last
Monday 13 frying size chickens
stolen from her yard.
Mrs. Greer Is
Held for Murder
Of Her Spouse
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 8
(By the Associated Negro Press).
Mrs. Suwanna Greer, 28-year-old
white woman who shot and killed
her husband, Richard O. Greer, two
weeks ago, stands indicted for mur-
der. The grand jury reversing it*
action of a week befere when it
had freed her as being justified in
killing her huiband during a quar-
rel in which he beat her badly, held
her in bail which her attorneys,
Willi* O. Tyler and Edwtn Jeffer-
aon aaid they would be able to fur-
"leh. ,
Cum. who wa* known la Ufa
York a* the man who had pro-
duced "Bloodstream" on Broadway,
and attracted attention with the
two canary-colored Pierce-Arrow
cars which he drove about Harlem,
*rith Washington, D. C., licenses,
came to Los Angeles a year and a
half ago and opened an ornate
hamburger stand. He prospered
here. The quarrel with his wife
arose after he had attended a dance
at the Elks' temple, changed his
clothes and prepared to leave the
house over hi* wife'* objections.
the new institution to which three
years ago, the public and friends of
the Negro gave three million dol-!
lars for building and maintenance.
Among those who spoke were
Col. A. A. Sprague, a pioneer
Chicago scion of wealth and com-1
missioner of public works of the
city of Chicago, who has served *s
chairman of the campaign commit-1
tee, Edwin R. Embroe, president of
of the Rosenwald fund, Dr. Henry
Houghton representing the Univer-,
sity of Chicago in the absence of,
president Hutchins and thereby
representing the Rockefeller inter-1
eat* which gave a million dollars
to the project. Dr. Franklin C. Mc-
Lean whose guiding hand is held
responsible for the many opportun-
ities gained by the younger physic-
ians affiliated with the Institution
I for advanced study, Mrs. Gesrge
Cleveland Hall and Admiral N. J.
Blackwood, N. S. N., th* superin-
tendent. .
Visitor* marvelled at the beauty I r,|u,bles
of the building and made a thor- werev.onf.g,ed, according
S_ I- m ■ i I ■ M _ t a*. /A «ilii IMS . _ ... .
Boy Admits Taking Negro Nurse
Much Jewelry Leaves $6,000
To Banker
PURSE TAKEN
BY MISTAKE
Mr*. Elizabeth Lott, 306 Clov-
erleaf Ave., reported that while at
party in the 200 block of Chest-
nut Street last Sunday, she placed
her purse in a dresser drawer, and
another member of the party who
is a Live Oak Street resident and
works for a local Undertaking
Company went into the drawer and
took her purse by mistake, which
contained $10.36 in cash and some
insurance papers.
ough inspection of its facilities.
$760,000 was paid for the building
of the Lying-in Hospital, while
$400,000 was spent to remodel it.
The result has been virtually a new
hospital. An indication of its
equipment can be gathered from its
X-ray machines which alone cost
$10,000. The clinical laboratories
are said to be particularly efficient
while the out patient department
has a capacity of 160,000 patients
per year.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June (Gy /
tbe Associated Negro Preas).— I
5rii"rur£srA2£ . v..
was taken ' (By the Associated Negro Press)
to the I —Miss Carrie Graham, 90 year*
who died here recently, left
police, with the arrest^ of 18-year- 0jd>
old Robert McKinley Friday. Most
of the robberies took place in the
daytime, according to the police re.
port. They said that McKinley told
them he would knock on a door
and if nobody answered, he broke
in and took what he wanted.
Roland Hayes To Sing During
Century of Progress Exposition
CHICAGO.—(ANP)—Roland Hayes has been chosen as one
of the artists to appear during the artist series being
sponsored by the Friends of Music, Inc., and which will be
held during the Century of Progress Exposition.
Mr. Hayes will appear at the Auditorium Theatre June
15th in a program devoted to a recognition of the progres
made by Negroes in music. The far famed Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra of 100 pieces,
conducted by Dr. Frederick Stock
will furnish the background for
the occasion which will present a
varied program of celebrated ar-
tists, great conductor* and opera
balUU
Two of the artiits who will ap-
tear on the program with Mr.
aye* are Mr*. Florence B. Price
and Miss Margaret Bonds.
Miss Margaret Bonds, pianist,
and a 1933 graduate of Northwest-
ern Univeriity Music Department,
will be the loloiat with the orches-
tra playing John Alden Carpen
ter's "Concertina." Miss Bonds
had played the number upon her
graduation recital program with
her teacher, Mi** Boetcher at the
eecond piano. Following an audi-
tion, *h* was chosen and highly
commended by Mr. Stock and Mr.
Carpenter. Mis* Bond* won th*
1932 Wanamakar Prise for a song
*lw had composed and was a schol-
arship pupil of th* National Asso
ciation of Nagro Muticians.
Another important feature will
be the rendition of the Symphony
written by Mrs. Florence B. Price,
which won the 1932 Wanamaker
Prize and will have it* initial hear-
ing upon thi* program. Mrs. Price
is a graduate of the New England
Conservatory of Music and has
done sp*cfal work in composition
in Chicago. Her teachers have
been moat interested in the ex-
cellence of her many compositions.
Conference* with Dr. Stock who
is musical director of the Century
of Progress gained his recommen-
dation for the Negro program. Mrs.
Maude Robert* George and Mils
Estelie C. Bond are chairman and
secretary of the group of colored
muiicians who have been working
with the officials to develop a suc-
cessful event. These musicians are
unanimous in their opinion that
the progra mwill represent their
idtfJ-
Found Not Guilty of
Stepfather's Killing
Brownwood, Tex.—Bennie Thom-
as was freed by a jury in the dis-
trict court here today. Thomas
was indicted for the killing of Will
Conte, his stepfather here on Sept.
17, 1932. Thomas went on trial
Thursday morning before district
Judge E. J. Miller. The first day
was spent with the defense attor-
neys, Walter Early and Johnson
presenting character witnesses,
some of them being prominent bus-
iness men. The morning session
was adjourned at 12 o'clock. Dur-
ing the afternoon session the state
presented its one and only witness.
The defendant and also his mother
were called to the stand after
which time court was adjourned un-
til 9 this morning. Judge Miller
read the charge to the jury and
then the district attorney, C. L.
South, opened the arguments of the
case to the jury followed by the
defense attorneys Johnson and
Early, respectively and then closed
the case. The jury returned a ver-
dict of "not guilty."
Pictorial History of
The Race Published
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 9.—(By
the Associated Negro Press)—
"The Pictoral History of the Ne-
gro Race," compiled by Dr. T. O.
Fuller, pastor of the First Baptist
church here and prominent in the
National Baptist convention, is off
the press.
The book deals with the strug-
gle*, aspirations and achievements
of the r*ce,and is liberally illus-
trated. Dr. Fuller, whojjs 65, was
one ofthe early graduates of Shaw
university, Raleigh, N. C. He was
valedictorian of hi* clas* at the
ag* of 23
Acquitted as 'Legger;
Held on Other Charge
LAUREL, Miss., June 9 (By the
Associated Negro Press).—Henry
Murray stepped out of the frying
pan into the fire. Tried before
Judge Pack on a charge of selling
intoxicating liquors, Murray was
found not guilty, but while he was
testifying in his own defense, he
charged that one of the witnesses
before the grand jury which re-
turned the indictment against him
had come from the grand jury
room and related the testimony
which he had given. Murray was
unable to prove the charge and
Judge Pack, after reprimanding
him, held hitn under bond of $760
for investigation.
her estate amounting to $6,000,
which she had saved from her
wages, to her employer, Ralph
Jonas, well known lawyer and
philanthropist. Miss Graham had
been the nurse maid for Mr. Jona*
when he was a child and served hi*
family for more than fifty years.
She bequeathed small legacie*
and a few pieces of jewelry to
other members of the family.
Mr. Jonas, according to affida-.
vita filed with the will in the sui>
rogate's office here, made •
search through the south for pos
sible heirs but unsuccessfully.
ROBBER SLAIN BY POLICE
JACKSON, Miss., Jun 9 (By
the Associated Negro Press) .—Ed-
die Jackson, alleged ex-convict,
was shot to death by police Friday
night as he was attempting to
break into a jewelry store. After
being shot twice, Jackson barri-
caded himself and fought it out
with the police until he was forced
from hia small fortress by tear gas
bomb*. He staggered out and died
before he could be taken to the
hoipitaL
Victim Sent to
Hospital From
Cutting Scrap*
Bud Oliver, 1310 Sherman street
was victim of a cutting scrape last
Sunday. Oliver reported that h«
was cut on the side the neck by
his attacker at an address on Ru-
dolph Street. He was taken to th*
Robt B. Green Hospital in an am<
bulance.
STABS WIFE; FIGHTS
OFF OFFICERS
JACKSON, Miss., June 9.—(By
A. N. P.).—After stabbing his
wife. Sim Kelly warned two whit*
deputy sheriffs that he would kill
them on the spot if they ap-
proached him, backed off from hi*
house to the woods with a Win-
chester rifle leveled at them, and
made his escape Friday.
DR. CARVER SPEAKS
AT FOURTEEN COLLEGES
pREENSBORO, N. C.— (ANP)—Having traveled 2,000
miles by auto and made twenty-three addresses before
audiences aggrgating more than 10,000 in number, Professor
George Carver, noted agricultural chemist of Tuskegee insti-
tute, has just returned from a fiften day tour among the col-
leges of Virginia and the Carolinas.
Fourteen white and Negro colleges and a number of high
sponsible for this recognition given to Chicago's pioneer
sponsible for the recognition given j
to Chicago'* pioneer resident,
schools were visited and addresses
were delivered illustrated by a
striking exhibit of the products
of Prof. Carver's laboratory, in
which he ha* attained national rec-
ognition for his work with peanut*,
pecan*, sweet potatoes, and other
Southern products, and for th* re-
markable pigments, stains, and
dyes which he has developed from
the red clay of Alabama.
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