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Thomas Taylor Dies at the Hospital—Norman and Rogers Jordan Arrested.
Thomas Taylor, 1319 N. 26th St. j
was shot July 23, 1928 and died at
the Sr. Philips Hospital the same
day. His remains were turned over
to Funeral Director Robert C. Scott
and the funeral took place from his i
residence last Thursday afternoon.
Norman and Rogers Jordan, charged
with the shooting, were admitted to
hail. One of the bullets went through
Taylor's lung and heart, one broke
his arm and lodged in the elbow and
another struck h:-m in the leg. Cor
oner E. G. Hill held an inquest
Friday, July 27th in the coroner's
office, City Hall. Coroner James M.
Whitfield is out of the city. One of
the bullets entered the abdomen also
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HOWARD INDICTMENT HELD
STEP IN SHIFT OF SOUTH
ERN G. O. P.
Race Leadership Change in Party
Presaged by Hoover Moves
Two Colored Chiefs Already
Displaced
Mississippi Committeeman is Sus
pended From Post in justice
Department.
(Washington Post, July IS)
By Carlisle Bargeron.
Indictment of Perry W. Howard,
colored Republican leader in Missis
sippi is being accepted in political
circles here as giving weight to re
ports that Secretary Hoover intends
to. shake off the colored rule of the
party in the South. Howard’s trouble,
it is pointed out, follows the displace
ment of Benjamin Jefferson Davis,
the colored leader of Georgia, who
incidentally is now figuring in an in
vestigation similar to that which en
veloped Howard.
Walter Cohen, the colored leader in
Louisiana for many years, also met
his Waterloo at Kansas City. \\ hite
men replaced both Cohen and Davis
and it is generally believed that one;
will replace Howard as soon as that
phase of the business is reached.
The word is going out, to, that
“Tieless Joe” Tolbert, the boss of
South Carolina Republicianism is
slated to go next. Tolbert is white,
but his leadership is over the colored
race.
Howard was suspended yesterday
from his post as special assistant at
torney general, as was Scott Hubbard,
deputy United States marshal for the
Southern district of Mississippi, who
was indicted with him at Biloxi. The
suspensions will hold until the men
have either cleared themselves or have
been convicted in the Biloxi case.
Howard Charges Persecution
Howard, at least, is accepting his
trouble as a Hoover flop to the South- j
ern “lily whites”. In a statement yes-1
terday he said his indictment was the
result of persecution. He described
himself as a martyr and said he was
in trouble solely because of his lead
ership of the Negro race. The Wash-i
ington Tribune, Negro newspaper
here, viewed the matter in the same
light.
It was, in fact, no secret at Kansas
City that Howard was in for a hard
time when the convention was over.
For several months the Hoover people
had been having trouble with him.
Counted upon to deliver his delegation
to jHofcver, he \nevertheless baiked
some time before the convention when
C. L. Sheldon, prominent Mississippi
Republican, sought to establish a “lily
white” party. Mr. Sheldon, a great
admirer of Secretary Hoover, received
so much encouragement from.him that;
Howard began to make threats that
unless Sheldon was called off he would
throw his support to Lowden.
For Hoover at Kansas City
The Mississippi courts ruled against
Sheldon and Howard seemed to have
everything his own way. The Hoover
people gave him $4,000, he testified
before the Senate committee investi
gating presidential campaigns, but
apparently he did not think he had
been treated right because he added
that he did not know whether he
would be able to keep his organization I
in line for Mr. Hoover or not.
It was no secret at Kansas City
that the Hoover people considered he
had been given enough, but never
theless Howard went in for a final ,
consultation in what was called the i
“contact” room, and when he came out i
the Hoover people had him issue a
definite state: >nt that “Mississippi
* was for Hoover . So it was, too. i
I it upon the heels of the conven
tion, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
in active Hoover lieutenant, went
down to Mississippi and had Howard |
indicted. The charges against him are
not new. it is pointed out. They have
been circulated and aired over the
past several years. More than a year
ago the Department of Justice’s at
tention was called to them. Postmast
er General New once Investigated
them and gave Howard a clean bill j
of health, as did a congressional in
vestigating committee.
Davis Lost Georgia Control
Davis’ removal was almost lost j
<ight of in the rush at Kansas City i
and so far as known nothing was pub
.ished about it at the time. The antics
of the Georgia delegation controlled
by Davis was one of the_ light spots
of the otherwise drab Kansas City
gathering. In order to keep the Ne
groes away from the conflicting ele
ments there they were locked up in a
mom and when finally released were
instructed that regardless of what
• they were asked in the convention
to just say “Hoover”. As a result one
lay \\hen one of them sought recog
nition due to some commotion in the
delegation and Senator Moses, the
chairman, asked: “For what purpose;
(Continued on page 4)
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RICHMOND NEGRO EDITOR AS
SAILS FEDERAL GRAND JURY
GRAFT PROBE
(Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 22)
That the indictment of Perry W.
Howard, Negro Republican leader of
Mississippi by a Federal grand jury
is tu effort to sunplant him politi
cally is asserted by John Mitchell,
Jr., editor, in the current issue of
. The Richmond Planet.
I The editor wrote that “the blow
| is not only one aimed at competent
: Negro leadership, but at the ‘old
line’ white Republicans, who have
always affiliated with colored men of
j the Perry W. Howard type. Similar
tactics were resorted to in the fight
1 on Walter L. Cohen, of Louisiana.
The indictments were dismissed,
j Howard is “a high-tone Christian
gentleman,” in the opinion of Editor
Mitchell, who commented: “If the Re
publicans care to risk the loss of
votes in that section of the country
where there is a prospect of carry
ing a State for the national ticket in
i order to pander to Negro-hating
animosities in a State where the elec
toral vote is already for A1 Smith,
before a vote has been cast into the
ballot boxes of the nation then let
you had better call off the hounds,
! them proceed to do it. Gentlemen,
j today not tomorrow or the next
‘ dav.
1 In an editorial on “The Smith
I Campaign.” it is asserted that “The
' test of Democracy is an oath of
allegiance to A1 Smith, of New \ ork,
and his pronounced policy to modify
, tho eighteenth amendment. . .”
! That Democrats are going over to
replace RepubUcans who drifted over
with John J. Ra^kob to ATs banner
also is asserted in the editorial which
concludes with the water proof con
clusion that: “When the hegira is
over, then •* summing up will show
an overwhelming majoritv for either
Hon. Herbert Hoover, of California,
on Hon. Alfred E. Smith, of New
York.”
1VR F. W. WTTJJAMS AT THE
ERENEZER CHURCH AUGUST 5.
There w'll be a special service at
Ebenezer BnnLst Church, corner j
Judah and Leigh- Streets, Sunday
August 3th at 3:00 P. M. under the j
auspice? op tno Church Aid Society |
and the Negro Baptist Old Folks '
Home. Rev. F. W. Williams, pastor
of Fourth Baptist Church will deliver
the address, subject: “The Duty of
:he Citizen to HI? Church”. Dr. W.
H. Stokes pastor; Robert Thurston,
clerk; J. S. Peters and George L.
Branch, committee.
The funeral of Marie Milburn, wife
of Frederic Milburn took place last
| Sunday, at 1 P. M.. at the First Bap
1 tist Church, p°v. Dr. W. T. Johnson
'officiating. che had been a sufferer
for a lone- ^me and all efforts to
check the disease were fruitless. Fun
i eral Directa ? William Isaac John-1
son bad '•',rge of the remains.'
Funeral dr igns were numerous and
costly.
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PERRY W. HOWARD’S
PLEA OF INNOCENCE.
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The only information I have with reference to my indictment is
what I have read in the daily papers. <iLi
| I am a martyr to the cause I represent—Negro Leadership,
(persecution is the price of martyrdom. Prison walls to martyrs are
|like palaces to the nobility. I am perfectly willing to be offered
| up and pay the price of martyrdom. A cause is certainly far greater
I than the individual. I have been pursued politically and in the civ
civil courts, and now my political enemies seek to have me crucified
|in the criminal courts.
I have no idea what the charge is. Whatever it is, I know tha
'chat it is the back-fire from the current of a righteous cause, and
1 this cause will go or,, whether I am t$fl£>farily incarcerated cr not..
I am guilty of no wrong doing, directly or indirectly.
My '’lily-white11 adversaries have enlisted the aid of power
ful influence, material, political and otherwise, and I am not sur
prised at what happened. For seven years, I have been the most
hounded and investigated man in th(* United States.
No man in the Nation has done more than I to prevent anything
that ever smacked of the purchase and sale of public offices. I
! required of applicants for offices in the State ofxMississippi af
fidavits declaring- that the applicant had given or promised to give
no consideration of any kind for the office.
This was at the inception of my administration and prior to
the enactment of the statute requiring the filing of affidavits to
that effect with the Comptroller General.
I appeared before the House Judiciary Committee as the records
of that Committee will show, and urged the enactment of a law re
quiring all appointees to make an affidavit stating that they had
not given or promised to give any consideration for their appoint
ment .
I repeat that I have done no- wrong. I have been merely ac
cused as the result of an exparte hearing. No one in public life is
safe from accusations by his political enemies, and all fair-minded
Americans will throw around me the presumption of innocence until I
have been proven guilty.
I have no fear of the outcome of a trial in Mississippi.
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A grand jury indicted Perry W. Howard and associates, and post
poned trial until Nov. 5,1928, nearly four months from date of indict
ment and during' the entire time of the campaign for the Presidency, in
which campaign Howard and his associates are virtually interested.
Such delays are positively prohibited by the Constitution of the
United States, Article VI:
In all criminal prosecutions, the) accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury of the
State and District wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which District shall have been previously ascertained by law and tc
be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be con
fronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process
for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have the assistance of
counsel for his defense.
What will the Ten Million Goiored People,
with their lone Representative on the Republican
National Gommittee do about it ?
The great Republican National Convention confirmed his title to his seat and recog
nized him as entitled to sit with representatives from other States,
Upon the demand ol that anti-Negro “Carpet-bagger” George L. Sheldon, ex-Governor ol Nebraska, is Howard to
be sacriliced in the Courts and crucilied in the Republican Party ?
Let the Colored People and their organizations give the answer now, so that its reverber
ations may be heard Nov. 6,1928 Irom the Atlantic to the Pacific; from Canada to the Guii, ,
FULTON NOTES
11:30 A. M. the pastor was pres
ent, but he did not preach. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. Virgie
Meads, one of our own sons. Our
hearts really did burn within us,
while he talked to us by the “Way”.
The devotionals were in charge of
Rev. C. B. Jefferson. Seated on the
rostrum were Revs. Davis and Ham
mond.
i 3:30 P. M. A program by the
i Woman’s Missionary and Education
1 al Circle of the Church.
! 8 P. M. “The Silent Life of
1 Christ”, by the pastor. You are
privileged to ask questions. Bring
I along your Bible.
The Richmond Baptist S. S. Union
will convene tomorrow at 3:30 P. M.,
at the Union Baptist Church, South
Richmond. Rev. Garland, Pastor.
Mr. E. Spurlock, Superintendent.
Mr. G. T. Walker. President of Union.
C. B. Jefferson, Corresponding Secre
tary.
Rev. S. L. Bush, B. D., Pastor,
Rev. C. B. Jelferson, Asst.
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Mr. S. S. Baker who ha'’ been con
| fined to his residence for two weeks
| is out again. His son, Mr. W. S.
j Baker, of Philadelphia, was in the
! city this week, visiting him.
When you are looking for service,
you have only to poke your head in
the front door of Funeral Director, A.
D. Price’s headquarters and you will
find it there.
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Embalmer and mortician H. L.
Minor, has made some unique renovat
ing changes at his headquarters on
Fifth Street, 507. He has now a re
ception room, private office and a mor
tuary chapel, where the best that
Funeral Director C. S. Cunningham
has available is ready for immediate
service.
You may want to go now and you
may want to stay in this world. You
will find .no better way to stay than
to see L. -J. Hayden and purchase a
1 bottle of his many sure cure remedies.
If you are in need of jewelry, you
will find his place an “up-to-date”
establishment. He is reliable and will
surely give you satisfaction.
William B. Smith is at 18 E. Clay
St., and people who want a smooth,
clean shave and a nice, attractive
looking haircut know the kind of ser
vice he renders. Bobbing hair is a
fad now and he has graduated in this
kind of business, while anxious par
ents who want their young ones to
look well are delighted when they
come from his tonsorial apartment.
Levi Montagu will transport pas
sengers desiring to go to Oak Grove
Baptist Church, King William Co.,
Sunday morning. Trucks leove 27th
and X and Brook Avenut and Leigh
at 11 A. M.
(The Shepherd's
l Twilight to Bay
Shore, flug. 25.
Come and go with us. Where? To
Bay Shore on the Shepherd’s Twi
light. August 25th. There is such a
popular demand for the second
Shepherd's Excursion to Bay Shore
that we haye been forced to run a
.Twilight on the 25th of August. In
[ every section of the city you can hear
discussions of this Excursion to Bay
(Shore. This is going to be a rare
treat for the R-'chmond Public After
spending a tiresome week in the
congested city one will feel like a bird
out of a cage to take a trip of this
nature. Think of ft. You will be
;able to spend, six hours at this de
lightful beach on this trip. The
train will leave 16th and Broad
Streets Saturday August 25, at 2:30
P. M.
The Annual Excursion to Bay
Shore on the 17th was a huge sue
ces? in every respect. It is exceeding
ly in."‘resting to note the growfh of
this movement annually. In spit© of
the hard times we were able to add
two coaches to last year’s record.
(Continued on Pag*. 5.)
HAROLD TAYLOR
GETS FOUR YEARS
Harold Taylor, 23 years of age,
who was suspected of attempting to
pull a ten year old white child in an
alley in South Richmond, at 12th and
Decatut St., was tried in the Hus
tings Court, Part II, last Tuesday and
given four years in the Virginia pen
itentiary. He was ably defended by
his counsel. A motion to set aside
the verdict as being contrary to law
and evidence is to be argued.
He had some strong character wit
ness. but some of this testimony was
upset by the o‘beers. There is some
doubt, however, as to his guilt.
Gilbert Christian's case was before
' Judge A. Taylor Pitt, at the Henrico
County Court House in this city last
Tuesday, and upon a charge of man
1 slaughter, he was sent on to the
Grand Jury of the Henrico Circuit
Court. He is said to have operated
the car, which was overturned, when
he was unaer the influence of liquor.
One colored man was killed and two
others seriously injured.
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A RADIO TAXI
Chauffeur Charles Robinson at Sec
ond and Leigh Streets is operating
here, what is known as a radio taxi.
Patrons sit in this car either in the
city or on the roads out of it and
hear all of the latest renditions. He
has succeeded in doing this by having
about 100 feet of wire looped on the
ceiling of his limousine. He has the
radiola in the rear just back of the
front seats, while the loud speaker
is just above the chauffeur fastened
in the ceiling overhead. Hearing the
tunes coming from the car was a puz
zle and then the strange arrangement
was explained. Robinson rigged up
the radio set according to his own
notions and it works.
OPENING OF Y. W. C. A. CAMP
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Camp Wohelo will be opened by
the Health Education department of
the Y. W. C. A., Monday, July 30th,
instead of July 23rd as was formerly
announced, because of the absence
of Miss Viola Chaplain, Girl Reserve
and Health Education Secretary, at
conference in West Virginia.
Camp Wohelo (Work-Health-Loye)
is conveniently situated ten miles
from Richmond at Valley Grove
Park. It can be reached by driving
out Patterson Avenue to Three Chopt
Road, turn to the right and follow
he asphalt road until the sign “Camp
Wohelo” is reached.
The Y. Camp offers to the girls
land young men of Richmond and
adjacent cities an ideal vacation that
r. both restful and healthful under a
(rained, cheerful and sympathetic
'leadership which will include a direc
tor, nurse, councilor and recreation
• e'er. The daily program includes
morning dips, setting-up exercises,
1 Hag-raising, breakfast, camp duties
• n 1 inspection, morning assembly,
;!: kos. nature walks, athletics,; dinner,
not hour handcraft, dramatics, sup
r. campfires story-telling, songs,
P'-’-ts out, taps.
Campers should bring middies,
! oomers, knickers, bathing suit and
p. warm coat or sweater, low-heel
shoes, rubbers, toilet^ articles,
fp light, drinking cup, musical in
••’•ments, tennis racket and balls,
1 '-book, pencil and Bible, sheets,
pil’ow slips and blankets,
vnenses are as follows:
istration Fee .$1.00
F "rd per week. 4.50
• Reserves . 3.50
1 'k-End visitors . 2.50
Vluced rates for a group of ten.
Those wishing to register, call
! "'th Education Department of Y.
C. A. (Ran. 4601-J).
Fobcrt C. Scott does not exactly
n» to be a “man of the world”, but
Funeral Director for the people.
! is shipping specimens of his
h. I'M work all over the country, when
p o'e, whose homes are elsewhere, die
I: e. See him.