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This mar he our last battle. We believe that it is the beginning ol ouTmtaftti/inipli.
_,_ - . » JOHN MITCHELL. IR
MAY 17.1923
VOLUME XLIII. NO. 29
RICHMOND VIRGINIA. SAT UI DAY, MAY 29, 1926
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SON
-FATHER
In South
Rich mond.
GREEN GETS 15 YRS. FOR WIFE MURDER
SON STUBS IN FIGHT:
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Willie Edward Booker age 23
years, stabbed William Booker, his ^
stepfather, with a carving kui e, v<
making a wound, from which he Ji
c.icd. Tne affair took place Satur- l'
uay evening, May 22 at lit 16 Bain *
ui.a^e fc>t*eet and tne inquest v>u.,
. t.,is mteiuoon, iMunua/j, ..
u >„.och- The case was cubed in the ^
^ u..tt Court, Judge H A. ildjT.Cj
^lvsming and continued until May
Funeral Director Cunningham :
,.uo charge of the remains.
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CORONER’S JURfY MEETS.
The coroner’s jury with Coroner ^
Broadnax presiding, convened at the T*
rl bird Police Station Sout i Rich- *
ntond at 3 P. M, The coroner stated 11
that there were four separate pounds ^
in tjje dead man’s body, one about ‘‘
the collar bone, the other one just j
below the sink in the neck and two \
others to the left between the third (1
n .d fourth ribs. One broke the se
:ond rib. The last described, wounds °
were very deep
Capt. John M. White was sworn ti
and deposed. “About 8:20 P. M. v
Saturday, T received a call, “Go with
Childress to 1915 Bainhridge St ” 1 c‘
went there, being in civilian clothes, r
LYING ON THE PORCH
1
“William Booker was lying there '
and the ambulance doctor? was work
ing on him The wife said her son (
William Edwards who is nso called \
William Booker had stabbed her '
husband, in a fight. He was dead (
when I got tthere. He was ying on <
his back stretched out on the front 1
norab. I afterwarls arrested WilMe
Edwards and h© said that he did it 1
If he had not cut Booker, he knew 1
what would happen to him. Wi -
Ham Booker and his mother were (
in an argument and lie was pro |
tecting his mother ”
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TMk: WIPE’S STATEMENT.
Rosa Booker, being sworn and > o
posed said, "I was sitting out on the 1
porch and William was in the room
running the victrola I told him t>
come out and sit down. Mary Pri e
was with rae on the norch. He came
out and, said, ‘You all she things
sitting on the porch,’ and he cursed
and abused me. He then said *1
house Then he went in and locked
am going in and sit down in tie
the door.’ I said) ‘Lord what must
I do He then would not let me in
but later came out and ran after ine
RAN IN THE YARD
"I ran In the yard I said, I am
tired of this. I am not going to
stand It any longer. I am going to
get a policeman and have him sepa
rate me I had on my hotr-e slip
per?. It was raining Then the bov ’
came tip and, asked me what did 1
v ant. My husband said, ‘I supj o o
you mean that you will give her j
v/hat she wants.’ He grabbed t’e
boy and caught him He choked hln\
tin side of the house The boy bad
at first run from him. He caught
him. choked and beat him again The
boy *rot away from him and he stag
gered to the porch and I went to
him
THE DEATH BLOWS
“He said that WllHe had c"t Mm
He did not know where. He had
been cut somewhere. T never sew
the knife. No, be was not drunk
e may have been drinking that
orning ’ This ended l^e testimony
UK GOOD SAMAKI7AX (iltWP
IXHM.'K TO MEET NEXT MONtll.
The Good Samaritans State Grand
^dpe. No G of Virginia will eon
me 1 its 54th annual session,
me 8. 9 and 10th, 1926 in Peters
trg. in The First Ebenezer Baptise *
liur’h, corner Gi’l and Halifax Sts. j
J W. THOMPSON. Sec -Mer
OMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AND
COLLEGE.
Th6 Thirty-eighth Annual Com-^
encement Exercises of Virginia
heological Seminary and College
ill he observed beginning with
riday. May 2 8tli and lontinuiug
trough Tuesday, June 1st. Friday
ill be observed as Class Day, the
vertises beginning at 2:3i) o’clock,
jllowed in the evening bv reception
> the Faculty and Seniors by Presi
ent R. C. Woods.
The Baccalaureate Services will
e observed Sunday ,May 30th, at
:30. Dr. David E. Over, pastor of
te Union Baptist Church, Baltimore,
■ill be the speaker.
Monday evening, May 31st, the
losing exercises of the Academy and
ormal departments will be held,
/hen Mr. C. C. Spaulding, of Dur
ant, N. C., president of North Caro
ina Mutual Insurance Company,
.ill address the graduates.
Commencement exercises of the
’ollege and Seminary Departments
i/ill take place Tuesday, June 1, at
:30. The graduates will be ad
Iressed by Dr. C. H. Wesley, head
if Department of History, Howard
Jni versify.
Eighty-six persons will graduate
rom all departments, twenty of
hem will receive degrees.
These exercises will mark the
■lose of a very successful year for
he institution.
The Alumni Reunion will be held
n the afternoon of June 1, 1926.
Pentecostal services and feast at
2ity Home will long be remembered
>y hundreds of persons that wit
lessed this occasion. The great im
pression was the welcome address
iy Mr. Thomas B. Morton, superin
tendent. Singing of the Pilgrim
rravelers and the sermon by Rev.
r. M. Allen, of Ashland, Va. It
indeed was healing to the sick and
dght to the blind, and great joy to
the hearts of all that heard him
*peak. We indeed thank our many
friends for their presence and their
[■heritable gifts. Our prayers to
Clod will add to you a hundred fold
in your life. God bless you and keep
you from falling. Amen. The feast
ronsisted of ham, apples, oranges,
bananas, ice cream and cake, all in
abundance. The committee of six
teen persons tried to see that all of
the inmates of the home were
served. We will say more nbout il
when we return. Rev. F. W
Quarles and Rev. W. H. Liggins will
soon go on a short mission trip.—
Charitable Union.
Miss Florine Ball is still very sick
but slightly improved at this time.
FOR RENT 6 MOB t( IMS, loot
Broov ioarl. Rent Cheap.
TENT FOR HALF.
A large canvas tent suitable foi
holding religious or public meetings
Call Boulevard 3738
HARRY PAC E MISSTATES FACTS
^S TQ ELKS’ FUNDS.
In the issue of the ‘‘Afro-Ameri
can'' of May 22, 1926, Harry Pace,
in hs anxiety to again be Grand
Secretary of the I. B. P. 0. Elks of
the World, makes the following
statement:
“The Order of Elks has around
$100,000 in cash, $50,000 of which is
on deposit in two white banks in
Richmond, Va. One of these banks
pays no interest whatever on a $17,
000 deposit they have had for nearly
ten years, while another pays two per
cent on $34,000.00 that has been with
them for a long time.”
This statement is substantially re
peated m the “Pittsburgh Courier,”
“The Amsteidam News,” “The Savan
nah 'liibune” and perhaps other
papers, and is absolutely untrue, and
made for the apparent purpose of
misleading the brotherhood, hoping
thereby to make votes for himself.
As Grand Treasurer of the Elks,
1 have never put a dollar of their
funds in a single bank which did not
pay interest, the lowest rate paid by
any of them being 3 per cent, and I
challenge him to disprove this state
ment. i
With regard to the statement he
makes that the Order has had a de
posit of $17,000 for nearly. 10 yenr3
without interest, 1 wisnTo emphatical
ly deny this statement. When I was
Selected Grand Treasurer in 1913, only
$1,833.50 was turned over to me. At
the end cf the session of 1918 (less
than 8 years ago) the total worth of
the Grand Lodge was $12,216.71. Not
until 1922 (less than four years ago)
has the Grand Lodge had as much as
$17,000.00 in any one bank. Now 1
ark, in view of these facts, was it
possible to have had $17,000 00 on
deposit for ten years in any bank
without interest? Another evidence
of Pace’s reckless disregard for the
truth.
Harry Pace has assumed to be n
kind of historian of the Order, and
it was only necessary for him to refer
to the minutes of each session of the
Grand Lodge since 1 have been Grand
Treasurer for a verification of this
statement and to see that, accom
panying each of my reports is a state
ment snowing every bank in which
the Order’s funds have been deposited
and the amount of interest paid by
each.
Another Claring Misrepresentation.
Pace further says:
"I have sought for many years to
have this money properly invested or
to be distributed for deposit among
the worthy banking institutions ope
rated by our own people. There are
only two obstacles in the way.
“One of these is the Grand Secre
tary and the other is the Grand Treas
urer, both of whom have blocked'
every effort to put any of this money
in colored banks.”
Ever since 1 have been Grand
Treasurer, I have never selected a
permanent depository of the funds
v.\tuout submitting the tr>ame of the
bank or trust company and any in
formation I had as to its condition
first to the1 Grand Exalted Ruler and
the Grand Secretary f or! their ap
proval. This is also a matter of
record both in- the minutes of the
Grand Lodge and - in the corre
spondence between these officers and
myself.
For more than three years after
I was elected, every dollarJ of the
Order’s funds was deposited in two
Negixt Banks. When the funds be
gan to grow so rapidly, and the
information having come'to me that
kicks were being made' about all
the money being in Negro Banks,
j it was decided, after the usual ex
I change of views among the above
' named officers, to open an account
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in ;a strong, white trust company. I
In the meantime, three colored banks
were also adddd as depositories. No '
other white bank was added as at
depository until February, 1922, and’
then only after two of our colored
depositories had failed. The funds
are now deposited in three white, j
and five colored banks. I
The statement just made by me *
with reference to banks is of itself :
a sufficient refutation- of this ad,di 1
t’onal misrepresentation of Harry
Pace. I will add, however, that, '
without recognizing the right he
takes unto himself to dictate how
the funds of the Grand Lodge should
either be invested or deposited, as
is indicated by the sentence:
“I have sought for many years to
have this money properly invested.”
I would like to call his attention
to the plain provision of our law,
which permits no investment of its
funds by the Grand Treasurer, or
any other officer, but plainly requires
(page 10 of Constitution and By
Laws) that:
“The Grand Treasurer * * * shall
deposit the same (all funds) in the
bank to the credit of the Grand
Lodge.”
It is true that Pace wrote me on
the subject of adopting the Wage
Earners’ Savings Bank of Savannah
as a depository, but the credit for
bringing this bank to my attention
is due to Dr. Clayborne, and not to
Harry Pace, although the latter
claims it.
At the time the Wage Earners
Bank was requesting a deposit, 1 was
flooded w.th applications from num
erous colored banks all over the
country for deposits; and while it
was my personal inclination to ac
cede to their requests I felt that it
was my duty to the Order to throw
every reasonable safeguard around
its funds for their protection. It
must be borne in mind, too, that
these applications followed the fail
ures of several banks in which the
Order had lost funds, which, how
ever, were made good by my per
sonal check at Newark. I, there
(Continued on page )>
m GETS 15 YEARS
The jury brought In a verdict last
Friday aftrnoon about six o’cIock,
indiug Robert II. Greer.. Jr, guilty
>f murder in the second degree and
xiug his pusishment at 15 years in
. e penitentiary.
The case of Robert H. Green, Jr.,
charged with the murder of his wife
ras called in the Hustings Court of
:his city, Friday morning at about
11 o'clock. A large number of wit
nesses had been summoned for the
prosecution For the defense, the
accused took the stand and was fol
lowed by character witnesses.
Attorney Gordon Ambler repre
sented Creen T e story as told in
these columns were again related.
Horoner Whitfield told oi the knife
wound severing the jugular vein and
f!-P w*nd-pioe Judge W Kirk Mat
l' ews nreplded. He is a strict jurist.
During the proceedings one nr ‘ '
V Pe jurors in answer to question <
1 v His Honor apparently aroused
!iis displeasure and he not only or
derefi him from the courtroom, but
directed that he never appear there
n the same capacity
Tt v as 1 P M when a re'ess was
r.ken until 2 P. M
Mrs Eliza White, of North Fifth
Street is extremely ill at this writing
Miss Frances'Lewis left the city
Tuesday for Rocky Mount, N. C. to
attend the schocxl closing exercises
iliere She returned today (Satur
day) accompanied by her sister Miss
Lillian Mae, who is a teacher in the
‘Old North State’.
T • annual Spring Meeting of the
H Y P U, Council at Trinity Bap
ti‘-< Church last Sunday night. Miss
M Kate Doy'e. presided.. The dis
mission on the Council’s activites
was led by Mr William A. Spurlock
Fine musical and literary numbers
were rendered by the various B. Y.
P. U'a. Mr. Walter G Daniel Is
corresponding secretary.
1 Lawyer J. T. Carter. Grand Treasurer of ElKs