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8 A If A N T Q N i 0 R E G I ST E R
SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
A Publication dedicated to Right. Jnitice
■nd Progress
Published Friday of Each Week by
THE REGISTER PUBLISHERS
Office 6084 E. Commerce St.
Phone Crockett 1085—P. 0. Box 372
San Antonio, Texas
Entered as second-class matter May S, 1931, at the post
^office at San Antonio, Texas, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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VALMO C. BELLINGER. President*Treasurer
JASPER T. DUNCAN, Editor-General Manager
R. R. Davenport.
J. W. Holland _
W. L. Walker
J. A. James
P. E. Mclntyre _
Sport* Editor
Contributing Editor
Contributing Editor
-Advertising Manager
__Circulation Manager
All news matter should be in our office by Wednesday noon
to appear in current issue. News matter must be plainly
written and on only one side of copy sheet. The right to
condense matter for convenience of safety is reserved,
unless paid for.
Friday, November 13,1931.
EDITORIALS 4nd FEATURES
The Cookinjsr School
The most successful cooking school ever conducted for
our people, by our people, in all the history of San Antonio
held in the basement of St. Paul Church has just closed. The
attendance—averaging 250 housewives and domestics—was
the largest and most enthusiastic ever experienced by the
promoters, George Lewis and his assistant, Miss Kilereasa,
1 who for a period of years have travelled over the southland
giving such demonstrations.
People who attended, already expert culinarians though
they might have been, found in this school, much that was
useful in the preparation of foods, the care of foods after
preparation, preserving recipes for new dishes, et cetera,
and all in all a practical demonstration, well taught, of the
economy of correct usage of foodstuffs.
Cooperation Also Manifested
Along with the practical values derived by the attend-
ants came the most glaring lessons and examples in uoper*.
tion ever exhibited here. San Antonio Register and many
business houses of the city worked hand in hand with the
directors. Merchants whose goods were used in the demon-
strations displayed through advertisement in this paper, and
their goods were stressed in the meetings. Many prizes
and articles of foodstuffs were given away and as a general
By J. w. A ITCH.
following poem was writ-
kjR. W. LillaTd in New York
C f was published after the
I,,! Col. McRae who wrote
(tadrrs Field." The poem is
[it f response to the sentl-
ji,. . "If ye break faith with
htb die. we shall not sleep"
f r" ed in last week's poem.
t|, in peace, y« Flanders
Tjht that ye so bravely
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tsken up. And we will
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labith with you who lit
V, inch a cross to nark
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The Register Platform
The San Antonio Register Stands For:
1.
2.
5.
6.
7.
8.
S.
10.
11.
San Antonio first.
Increased patronage of extant racial business
institutions and encouraging the establishment
of others.
Opportunity for advancement in lines for which
the race qualifies.
Equitable representation in city and county gov-
ernmental departments.
Unbridled voting privileges. We are unalterably
opposed tc the so-called "white man's primary."
Absolute equality for all before tribunal of
justice.
Anti-lynch lairs both Federal and State.
Equal accommodations on common carriers.
More and better school facilities.
A continuation of the pleasant relations existing
between the races in San Antonio and vicinity.
The establishment of a branch V. M. C. A., with
all kindred activities, for the youth of this
community.
EPIGRAMS
By R. B. MOORE
The persistent man will not be baffled or repulsed by
opposition.
^e«n Cherry
time ago.
W. L. W.
Ma, Dr. Grimes, speed cops
*t always seen on a bicycle,
j sometimes drive Chrysler
1.1 guess you have found that
proposition we may say that tho feeling of mutual coopera-jti i « fnct ,ince y°u th,t
tion and good will ran rampant. Particular emphasis was ' 1 hrrr> 'treet wlt one
laid daily on patronizing the merchants who advertiae in
The Register, and who gave their products so freely for use
in the demonstration work.
Truly this was a great school and as an innovation could
not be surpassed for its practical usefulness.
The Register wishes to call to the attention of its thou-
sands of readers the things possible through cooperation with
their newspaper, by patronizing those who advertiae in the
paper, and whose products were used in the school.
A man may know the right step to take, but lack the g fcysl root,,-, , thrill for their
courage to take it. j
It is not accident that helps a man in the world so much j
ti parpen ar^i persistent industry. ,
The most ordinary occasion will furnish a man with op-
portunity or suggestion for improvement, if he be but prompt
to take advantage of them.
FOR YOUR SCRAP BOOK
his bed,
And poppies blowing overhead,
Where once his own life-blood
Tan red .
So let your reat be sweet and deep
In Flanders Fields.
Fear not that ye have died for
uaght.
The ^orch ye threw to us we
caught.
Ten million hands will hold
it high,
And Freedom's light shall never
diet
We've learned the lession that ye
taught.
In Flanders Fields.
IKE CRACKS
It Brsdy, if you think that you
let even with the wise crack
ttby threwing dust in his face
bthe new Buick just gas up
Mme the day and place and
ibe glad to Dodge around you
iftw mil's.
ks.< been suggested by some-
that the P. V. student body
Jfrnf. Thos. Holley along with
ism to Tuskegce to coax the
■ ■cross Tuskegee's goal line,
toe, they will be saving Mr.
a case of high blood pres-
kt old football game next Sat-
■ I in Houston between Wiley
j ftlsk may be a toss up, but
1 (don't have to mess up. Give
old Brother Austin Harris
quietly Sunday at the Expo-
and matched the buss
" around the track
the days gone by when
Ford used to make 40 miles
r what ? ?
To know how to wait is the great secret of success, peat
results cannot be achieved at once.
now and then you hear
ntne say that the Amphion
a Club is no more. All right,.
M arrange a Glee Club contest V"
ar.dthe old Amphions will be there - ,
in ail force with that same sweet J^le objective > mind. Quoted:
Keep On Plugging
As a rule man ii a great starter
of projects, however, jast about two
out of every 10 ever complete a
task, the remaining eight fall by
the wayside to wait for orders
from higher authorities before
making another move.
Most of our failures are not due
to the fact that we haven't had
an opportunity or chance to make
good, but because of our failure
to make certain preparation to fill
a particular post in life, plus the
lack of courage to stick when the
going is hard. It is easy enough to
face the problems of life with a
smile when the breaks, as we call
them, are with us, but the indi-
vidual that proves himself or her-
self to be a character is,the one
that can face the real issues of
life when the odds are against
them and ride on to success.
To win out in life's battle at best
is a most difficult task. To make
even an a-*erage showing in life
we are ottm .forced to give all
that is in nr. The avenues of life
that were or.ee open to the average
trained persons are gradually being
filled by persons with higher
training making is necessary for
tha fellow that is behind the fight
a little harder Ut hold |i* owi*
There is but one way to * vercome
what seems to be the impossible in
life and that is to "KEEP PLUG-
GING AWAY." Start where you
left off or start all -over again to
prepare for the bigger things in
life. If you just must go down let
you went
down PLUGGING AWAY with a
POLITICAL
PARAGRAPHS
The Noae and the Face
The old saying "cutting off the
nose to spite the face" bobbed up
again following the "off-year elec-
tions" held early this month. With
few exceptions Negro voters de-
serted the Republican candidates
and voted solidly Democratic.
What their reward will be remains
to be seen. In New York Negro
Democrats, aided by the Amster-
dam News kicked out Negro Re-
publicans and put white men in
their place. Negro representa-
tion in New York was thereby cut
in half. This may be well and
good. But mathematically, it is
a little disheartening that the
center of Nepo population in
America should find it necessary to
supplant Negro candidates with
white ones. What with ample op-
portunity to select proper candi-
dates in the primaries, there is
no reason under the sun why en-
lightened Negro leadership in New
Business Hints
W. L. WALKER
What most of our local orches-
tras need is leadership, a solid or-
ganisation under the leadership of
one person. A good business man-
ager and a good musical director,
• « •
One sure way for an orchestra
to establish itself among the music
lovers is to create a style of play,
ing all their own and quit trying
to imitate every orchestra heard
over the radio or in person.
• • •
There is a world of truth in that
old saying, "In union there is
strength." Why not organise ar.d
demand a stated salary and regu-
lar hours for your services depend-
ing upon the occasion.
• • •
An orchestra that renders its
music soft and sweet and in per-
fect time is seldom found search-
ing for a job but forever in de-
mand.
• • •
Don't use up all of your energy
trying to outplay the fellow seat-
ed next to you. Playing louder
York should have allowed this to' than some other member of the
happen.
Similarly it seems a pity that
Ward Nine in Boston, where co-
operation among the large Negro
population in that district could
have elected a Negro to the City
Council, should have reelected a
white representative and given
sparse support to ita Negro candi-
date. Certainly it would seem that
if colored voters in these two cities
have persuaded themselves that
it is good policy to espouse the
Democratic cause, they should also j, next to no orchestra at' all.
convince themselves that Negroes When you are on the job be on
are just as good as Democratic your best behavior. Cut out smok-
candidates as they are Democratic ing and drinking on the job. Don't
voters. | make your intermissions too long.
One of the reasons why Negro Give the people plenty of musie
voters have shown such disaffec- and they will seek your services
orchestra does not indicate that you
are a better musician than somcf
other player or even a finished
musician. .
Ill
In order to compete favorably
with outstanding orchestras a be-
ginning orchestra should learn how
to play and interpret all classes of
music. Music that is suitable for
all occasions.
• • I
An orchestra without dicipline
Honorable Harry M. Wurzbach
True wisdom and humility are such that the more a nun harmony. ^
really knows, the less conceited he is.
The difference between men consist in a great measure
in that intelligence of their observation.
' The recent death of Congressman Wurzbach of Seguin
and San Antonio was a distinct loss as well as a shock to all
in whose interests he labored for a number of years.
Identified with the Republican party, the Congressman A broad minded man will ever be searching out a better
rose from apparent obscurity to be one of the most powerful way to improve on what the one before him has done in the
factors in affairs of this nation by sheer dint of his force- best way he knows how.
fullness, aggressiveness and square dealing with his fellow- —— —
man at all times. This is attested to by the fact that he
represented in the halls of congress a district that is over-
whelming democraic in its politics and was elected over and
over again against the strongest opposition that party could
muster in its ranks.* Cities and counties he represented
Would go strongly democratic in every particular but when it
came to congressional elections—they voted for the man.
WH AT DO Y OU WANT TO KNOW?
By J. W. AITCH
Question: What is the knot re-
ferred to in speaking of the speed
of ocean going vessels?
Answer: The knot is a marine
His loss spells doom to the republican party's hopes for unit of distance equivalent to the
another representative from Texas for a long, long time un- t
less the miraculous happens. The party in the South also j 1.152 miles. This great difference
sustains a loss in that along with Hon. J. Will Taylor of Ten- in lenK'h between the ocean mile
nessee-who himself lies stricken with appendicitis in a hos-, £ Ze'or
pital in Memphis, was the only other republican congressman knot, the circumference of the
of which this solid south could boast. ' e rth > considered.
As an important member of committees in Washington Zf'%Z'n°"e
he was always found battling for right, and for matters that, than sevci. America;, miles; the
benefitted the people whom he represented. He meant more i Swedish is ciual 10 6 M Aincr-
for the material developmnt of San Antonio-the metropolis | ^1?;^ mutate FrXh
of the district he represented—than any man ever to hold kilometci is equal to o2 miles,
the much coveted seat of congressman. Colored people gen-1 lid''"'- Many if tl.o names
erally were mournful at his demise because in him they lost
a staunch friend and champion of fair play. His contempo-
rary, our own Congressman Oscar DePriest, of Illinois, re-
cently said of Mr. Wurzbach, that whenever a matter came
Jat fun, no thought of harming
any tne.
"The Handicap
Winners."
Br SARA ESTELLE HASKIN
i Csckesbury Press, Nashville.)
• « •
His little book contains many
britf sketches on the lives of some
of tur leading colored men and
, ,ain, past and present, chron-
story form, especially
edikd and prepared for our young
- ijiand girls, the handicap that
The heights by yreat men reached
and kept
Were not attained by sudden
flight
But they, while their companions
slept.
Were toiling upward in the night.
The peak is 9,020 feet above sea
level. The highest altitude on the
surface of the earth is Mt. Ever-
est, which is in 'ndo-China. It h 5 surmounted in giving to
elevation is 29,141 feet above sea thfraeec and humanity a life of
level- ricee and achievement.
Question: How many RosenwaW ' | •
schools are there in Texas? the field of poetry several
Answer: In 1925 there were !& 'oft* are related and the man
such Bchools in Texas valued a' which the author describles
about $550,000. At present therr ttnearly lives of Phlllis Wheat-
j in determining the ocean mile or are more than the figures stated It/'™! p*ul Laurence Dunbar,
i.—. .= ' -* ""'above. [xeially the latter, are. in them-
.,1ns, quite a literary treat,
• « •
Ik* part that some of our in-
vfiWt took in presenting America
u itk the modern clock and in some
Through the kindness of Mrs. 0f ^th« modern shoe-making ma-
F. R. Humphrey, chief librarian of ch|*ry and written so entertain-
the San Antonio Public Librar) - J. should fill the readers'
and president of The Texas Library with racial pride and illu
association, arrangements wer< rUss'a phase of American his-
made to have our librarian, Mrs. ton thst should be more univers-
P I. Curry and our assistant li. known.
Thank God for
the Negro Press
tion for the Republican administra-
tion seems to have been because
the "Parker Incident" and the
"Tenth Cavalry Situation" would
not down. That discontent is
widespread can be read from the
portents given by black ballot
holders to Republicans in New
y, in Ohio, in Kansas, in
ichigan, in New York and Mas-
sachusetts. There is no denying
that the black brother is going
Democratic and going fast.
But the question to ask in this
connection is, what is revolt get-
ting us? With thirty important
House chairmanships on the road
to Southern white Democrats, it
Iboks as though the nose was being
cut off to spite the face. Being
a Democrat is not so bad, but be-
ing used as a catspaw to pull the Mr. ,n(J Mrs. j. Simpion> 102
chestnuts of Southern white Bour- Menchaca Street, attended the dog
bons out of the fire is very bad. 8h0w at Maverick-Clark Building,
Back Trmckinf Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
As December approaches Con-1 d.y, with their German Shepherd,
"Boy," who won two prites. They
will attend the dog shows in Hous-
again.
• • • •
Arrange your program before
you go on the job. Know what
numbers you are going to render
and have them properly arranged.
In fact, one man should handle all
the music.
• •
One of the greatest assets to an
orchestra is its appearance. Uni*
formity of dress always to the pop.
ularity of the orchestra. This does
not necessarily mean that you
should dress in clown style.
*
Personal Mention
Library News
is an authority on many things
about Texas, the word Texas menus
before congress affecting in any way our group, that his vote allies or friends. The word is not
•.'at states have meanings. What
rji l)t name Tex..« mckn.
Answer: According to the 11- .
hrarian of the state of Texas, who . ®\ , "• Lewis, attend |
the twenty-third annual meeting of fai, our contribution to science,
this body. The sessions were held tnreugh the numerous discoveries
| .... j" the auditorium of the main li- } Dr.Carver, is revealing and in
could always be counted on in favor of right and justice to us. of.LA,tee orif" und 1PP1,ed,to tb® cordTn/to Ac '
tribts around the missions of east- " • . mr'- ^urry, much was
His memory will not be blighted by the wild political scram- j ern Texas in thu ear'y days. It
ble now brewing to accede to the high post which he held. I,ter P" d to include a large
It is hoped by all that whoever is fortunate in the race to j u.e^Rm*G>a ndewho'wm
succeed the late congressman, will follow in his footsteps and allic-l against the Aptdie«.
be fair, honorable and able as was Mr, Wurzbach. Quertion: When did Samuel °f interest, the Colored Branch wss
TT. . , , , . . Gompers die? j visited by more than one hundred
His was a prominent example of the fast growing policy Answer: Samuel Gompers died librarians from over the state.
Of people in voting for 'men and measures, not parties." We in San Antonio, Texas, on the 13th Th«y found, aside from a well
I,,- J li. I-.. of December, 1924. At the time of equipped and well organized li-
revere his memorj and are sorrowful over his loss. hjl death he wai 74 ye,r> o{ aife brary, a beautiful exhibit of paint-
and had been president of the ">gs and drawings done by Oliver
gleaned from the addresses, sym-j tarty lives of several white
posiums, etc., that will be of help and women who later per-
in library work. , ^ , [if, 0f service for the
In a tour of the city, visiting Ve| *re *'*° recounted in this
branch libraries and other noints little book. "The Han-
o c* Winners."
B ranch, with a reading at-
.JsredSra
Of 1068.
y^jt the library during "Book
Nov. 15-21 inclusive.
A book title contest is offered.
Human knowledge is but Xt-n accumulation of small facts, American Federation of Labor for Johnson Jr., James Wesley, L. tests are open to any boy
'3 years. Z }' WiltIrlch• Jake Whit*. Miss- in grades 6-10 inclusive.
Question: Where is the highfeit,e8 v*l«ria Lee and Millie Cavineu Jll must be handed in at the
and Mrs. A. L. Bond. by November 20. Visit the
t of the month of Op. !
tober shows a
made by successive generations of men of keen observation.
The unusual man attracts attention at once, 110 matter
where he may be, or what he does.
point in the State of Texas?
Answer: The highest altitude
within the State of Texas is EI
By Algernon B. Jackson. M. U.
The other night I heard some-
one singing over the radio "Thank
God for a Garden." Immediately
the thought struck me, 'Thank God
for the Negro Press" especially the
members thereof who have and
maintain a policy devoted to the
betterment of our racial welfare.
No one would attempt to hazard a
guess as to what our condition in
America today would be without
the power of a militant Negro
Press. Yes, it is pretty bad at that
but you may be sure it would be
decidedly worse otherwise.
Right here in Washington the
capital, about the nastiest sort of
interracial conditions exist, but the
local Negro Press is always on the
job in bitter attack upon the many
bitter injustices which make the
National Capita! the jest of Amer-
icanism. For many months The
Washington Tribune has been ham-
mering away at the brutality of
our police force whose chief sport
was beating up Negroes. The Trib-
une kept on keeping on. The of-
fice oi this journal is next door to
a police station and only too oft-
en they got their news in the raw.
In the meantime the police forgot
and began beating up white f'jlks
ana now everybody knows of the
expose of our gallant officials of
the law. Our brave TRIBUNE has
finally won its fight and this is to
congratulate them. Actually, I
have heard our own folks refer to
them as "sore heads" while they
were engaged in their most laud-
able campaign against police bru-
tality toward Negroes.
For some time I have had a way
of asking Negroes whom I meet if
they read and subscribe to a NE-
GRO NEWSPAPER. If they an-
swer "yes" I smile and say "keep
on doing so." If they answer "no"
with a snort of ^periority I laugh,
at them but think it best to say
gressmsn Oscar DePriest gets
nearer and nearer the warm home
fires of the Republican party,
j Quite different from the fiery
i orator who advised Negroes to vote
for Southern Democrats, is the Il-
linois gentleman who a short time
ago came to the defense of Presi-
dent Hoover in Iowa and told Re-
publicans there that Hoover was
ton and Dallas, Tex., next year.
• • •
Mrs. W. C. White, motored to
Gonzales Friday on a busines strip,
returning Sunday.
• • •
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, of
not to blame for the depression. I Ken*ville, Monday evening, a baby
It did not sound like the same man *^e. residence of Mrs
who called for non-partisan politi-
cal action on the part of Negroes
in June, who early this month
stood in Detroit and told a group
of colored voters (who didn't want
to hear it) that they ought to have
a good Republican as their Mayor; Dakota Street, left Friday morning
and not a Democrat. Surely here for Houston, where she will go un-
Evan's mother, 923 Lombrano
Street here. Dr. Whittier, attend-
ing physician reports that the
mother and baby are doing fine.
• • •
Mrs. Amanda Beauchamp, 2001
is a paradox.
But it may be that the still small
voice of the Negro Republican voter
in the Congressman's home district,
has finally reached his ear. The
Congressman promises to be anoth-
er Senator Borah—against the ad-
ministration in off years, but sol-
idly regular as election day ap-
proaches. Indeed, the time may not
be far distant when the Honorable
Perry Howard and Honorable Os-
car DePriest will go hand in hand
before a puzzled electorate and
plead the cause of President Hoo-
ver, White House receptions or no
White House receptions. And many
may be the Republicans who will
say "Welcome Home Oscar."
The "Ten of Hearts Club" en-
tertained Miss Artie King Novem-
der treatment of a specialist for
several days.
• • •
Mrs. Everett Ward of Texaa
City spent the week in the city.
She reports a very pleasant visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Britton Arm-
stead.
• * •
Miss Mae Vaughn Blevins was hos-
tess to a very delicious dinner on
Sunday evening in her beautiful
home, honoring Mrs. Everett Ward
of Texas City, and Miss Ruth Cole-
man.
Mrs. Willie Morris of 2206 Ne-
vada Street was hostess to an elab-
orate dinner honoring Mrs. Ever*
ett Ward.
. nothing for it is difficult to findi
The report of the month of Oc- t^j.'EnterAne or both of these polite words to fit occasion, and|
*nd win for yourself a [ anything too rough might shock
Ij4fly-fish.
circulation of 4030,
Capitan Peak, in Culberson county. I the largest in the history of the' ^ble prize.
Mrs. W
s was called
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