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VOLUME XLVI, NO. 10
RICHMOND .VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, !“U9
ORDINANCE WAS BLOCKED!
The Inter-Racial Committee Stages Great Fight.
OPPOSED TO AROUSING RACE HATRED HERE
Atty. H. W. Goodwyn and Chairman R.' W. Carrington in Charge--Colored
Leaders in Evidence—-Hon. John Stewart Bryan Counsels Delay.
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The. Ccmmittee. on Ordinances.
Chairman Marx Gunst presiding to
which committee the Woody segre
gation ordinance had been committed
lor action met in the. Council
Chamber in the City Hall last Mon
d lV night at eigiht o'clock.1 .The
proponents of the measure including
Alderman .Henry W. Woody were
slow in beginning the discussion
and it appeared that they would,
have few speakers to support the
measure. Mr. Woody declared that
it was necessary that something be
done. Miss Johnson spoke after
which Mr. ^Crouch advocated the
ordinance. .. -• • •
, MR. BRYSCN ASKS DELAY'.
Something in the nature of a bomb
sheTi was exploded. when at. the
opening of the session. Chairman
jpunst had read a letter from Hon.
John Stewart Bryan saying that he
had been called from the city and
asking the committee would post
pone "final action upon the measure
until all could be heard. Chairman
Gunst took the floor and argued in
favor of granting the request of
Mr. Bryan and he did this as one
who proposed to vote for the
ordinance. Then it was agreed that
the committee would go ahead with
the hearing and vote on this phase
of the q-uestion afterwards.
ATTACKED COLORED LEADERS.
Mr. Shawner. president of Stone j
■wall Club spoke, also Mrs. Stevens
of Lee Ward. Mr. C. O. Alley
spoke in behalf of Leigh Street
Baptist Church. Rev. S. R. Orr,
pastor of East End Baptist Church
was particularly bitter, in .his
remarks and openly attacked leading
colored men. When the time came
for the other side, it was late but
Chairman Gunst said that all the •
time necessary1 would be taken, j
Attorney H. W. Goodwyn was out
spoken in his opposition to the J
ordinance. .. »• j
- MR. GOODWYN OUTSPOKEN. J
He declared himself to he a resl
dent of Jefferson Ward. This segre
gation ordinance would not accom .
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In memory of our father, and
grandfather. Richard T. Cogbill. Sr.
who departed this life fifteen years
ago: — it-- 11
‘*We miss our dear one from our
.. home, » i ■ *
More and more as the years go by. ,
But we hope to meet him
In h!s br'ghter home on high.
I —Children and Grandchildren.
MRS. B^SSTE LOMAX RANDOLPH
/GRADUATE OF THE BOSTON
(CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
Mrs. Bessie Lomax Randolph, i
having stud'e^ *t Boston Con
servatory of ,rT e,"‘ht years,
is now readv to <?arve the public.
The subjects will tench are:
Theorv ^’ruo nn<j Voice.
Studio on“n<> T*»n»»«»ry 91 1929 at
929 W T oeh Phone Ran
dolph 3725W.
FUNERAL OF REV.
JACOB TURNER.
The funeral of Rev. Jacob Turner
wi.s preached at the Sixth Mt. "Zion
Baptist Church Monday. January' li
at M P. M. Mrs. Elolse Shelton p’-e
siftwd at the organ’ playing the fun
era’l chimes. The corpse was preced
ed by the Ministers Conference led
by Ttev. A. W. Brown, pastor of
the church and Rev. W. L. Ransom
the church and Rev. W. L. Ransom?
president, of the Ministers Confer
emce. The opening exercises were
conducted by Revs. Joseph T. Hid,
A: D. Daly. T. B. Banks and Wil
liam H. Stokes. Rev. W. L. Ran
some presided over the obsequies
until relieved by Rev. W. T. John
son to allow him to preach another
funeral.
Resolutions from the Conference
were „read by Rev. 0. B. Simms
and resolutions from the ehurch
by Miss Ophelia Booker, after which
a sweet solo was rendered by Mrs.
A. W. Brown. 1
Eulogies were delivered as fol
lows: Rev. W. T. Johnson, “As a
Christian’'; Rev. A. S. Thomas. "As
a Minister”: Rev. J. E. Fountain
“As a Pastor”: Rev. J. H. Binford,
"As a Citizen”: Rev. Scot,t C. Bur
rell. ‘‘As I Knew Him”. The closing
eulogy was by Rev. A. W. Brown,
who said that at the last communion
in December Rev. Turner had pro
jounced his valedictory and said he
was eighty years old and his time
was nearly at hand.
Rev. Jacob Turner was a great
character. Hnl wap contemporary
with Rev. John Jumper and was
looked iip to as a ‘Father in Israel’.
He leaves a wifei, one son Rev.
Samuel Turner and other relatives.
MASONIC ASSOCIATION MEETING
The anna-1 meeting of the Mason
ic Association will be January 28.
1929 at S o’clock. All stockholders
are requested to be present.
.7. J. CARTER. President.
B. R. ADAMS. Secretary
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! Dr. M. B. Williams was driving
h!s new Dodge car Monday morning
on St .1 James Street, going north,
when he was struck at St. .Tames
and Duval Streets by a truck driven
bv James Hudson, 1015 N. Fifth
Street. The r;eht front wheel was
crushed. In the Police Court last
Tuesday Judge John L. Ingram
fined James Hudson for careless and
reckless driving
Albert R. Patterson, Grand Dic
tator of B. P. O. Reindeer, was
called to Newark, N. J. last Sundav
n’eht, 13th ifist. to install the of
fleers of L’bertv Lodge of Newark.
Nathaniel Rov has been lately
named Grand Treasurer of the same
Order.
Mr. Ryiand Cephas, the husband
of Mrs. Mollte Cephas continues
ouite ’ll at h5» residence, 209 East
Marshall Street...
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
HOLDS "BIG MEETING.
Pres. R. M. Williams Presides.
Ghairman Garter Gauses a Sensation.
Leaders Get Together After Meeting.
Misunderstandings Adjusted.
The Inter Denominational Min,is
terial Alliance of Richmond staged
a great meeting laat Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock at Hood Temple
A M. E Z. Church-, Rev. G. W>.
Gaines, D- D. pastor with President
R. M. Williams of the Leigh Street
Memorial M. E. Church presiding.
The ehairman explained the purposes
of the Alliance and spoke of its
interest in public questions. It had
decided to lend its influence in
antagonizing the segregation ordin
once. ~
WHITE FRIENDS INTERVIEWED.
The vigilance, committee had
formulated a plan of action. It got
in touch with. Attorney R. W.
Carrington of the Interracial Coni
mission, he being chairman of that
branch in this city. It had imer
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Fn memory of our father. Robert
J. Morris who departed this life (
one year ago today.. January 18, ^
1928 1509 Stockton St.:
“Sleep on. dear tether,* sleep and
take thy rest.
loved thee well, but Jesus loved
thee best.”
—His Children.'
INTFBFSTTNG DISCUSSION AT
GOODWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
Tt will he an evening well spent
nnnrtw'H Baptist Church, 410
N. Monroe Street Friday, January
,2^ i$?Q R:8ft* when the subject:
«^n,r‘t.nr Man or Woman Possesses
the Greater Number, of. Satanic
Characteristics” will be discussed.
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at>hFR WANTS
POSITION.
Ipvvii*«*ont vonng lady desires a
pos‘?'.~" •*- «» clerk or stenographer,
.high ♦lining and business
leducaff''" Idlewood Avenue.
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REV, W. T. JOHNSON, D. D.
Chairman of the Colored Branch of the
Inter-racial Commission
MEMPHIS. TENN.—Horrified by |
the lynching near Parchman. Missis i
sippi on the evening of December
31, the Bishops of the Methodist |
Episcopal Church, South in session |
in this city on the next day voiced ,
a scathing denunciation of mob )
violence and appealed to all good i
people to do their utmost to end
this distinctive American crime. ,
The resolution, which was intro
duced by Bishop H. M. DuBose, of
Nashville was adopted by unanimous)
vote and was given to the press to
be broadcast.
Among other things the resolu
tion stated: :•*
..“We beg our people that, through
self-repression, moderation and
Christian patience, as also for the
love of humanity and our Christian
civilization, they seek to deepen and
make effective the growing public
iconiscience aga'lnst this arufl every
other form of violence, to the end
that the law be enthroned and our
Chr'stian ideals be vindicated.’’
More than 2,000 Southern Metho
dists attending an internatiohal mis
sionary conference in Memphis at
the same time, by unanimous vote
adopted a similar statement and or
dered that it be broadcast through
out the church, which has a member
ship of 2.5001000. This resolution
was prepared by A- O. Millar, of
Little Rock and was as follows:
“Not merely because lynching Is
i wrong and unjustifiable, but also
because of the reproach it brings
j upon us among other nations and
I races, we unqualifiedly condemn it
and pledge ourselves to exert our
1 influence to suppress it.”
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REV. DR. SKTPWITH STIRS..
ROANOKE.
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..Hill Street "Baptist Church, Rev.
D. R. Powell, Pastor.—The great
international preacher, singer and
evangelist, in the person of Rev.
Dr. W. H. Skipwith Is stirring the
Mag’c City as never before. We
have had over sixty accessions and
still they come. He spoke at the
N. and W. R. R. shops the other
dav to both white and colored, all
men. Ful'v one thousand heard him
gladlv. There’s only one Skipwith
in this particular line and he is in
a class by himself. No one can
r'ghtlv l«'sten to his singing arid
sermons without being deeply
mnvrt'" Onr meetings will continue
nnt * ” ""‘h lust.
t>. R. POWELL.
j;, ie**o k. Robinson who
• jins ’u is much im
proved . j
II. I. CHURCHES
itlllST MCE
WILL STUDY DISCRIMINATORY
PRACTICES IN HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS.
An educational campaign by the
New York City Federation of
Churches to overcome “un-Christian
prejudice” that results in discrimina
tion against Negroes In hotels and
restaurants of the metropolis was
advocated in a resolution adopted
recently by a group of one hundred
white and Negro ministers, and
church workers of different denom
inations at the Russell Sage Founda
tion. 130 East Twenty-second Street
New York. N. Y. The gathering
was a seminar under the auspices
of the Social Relations Department
of the National Education Society
of the Congregational Churches,
Hubert C. Herring, director. Rear.
Edward W.i Cross. D. D., pastor
Union Congregational Church, Rich
mond Hill. Queens, presided. ..
The resolution was presented by a
committee of which the chairman
was Rev. Bradford Young, assistant
rector. Holy Trinity ' Protestant
Episcopal Church, Brooklyn.
The resolution was:
"Whereas many members or our
Christian Churches in New York are
disturbed over the un-Christian ex
elusion of or discrimination aeafnst
Negroes by hotels and restaurants:
“Whereas they recognize th's and
other forms of racial discrim:nat{on
as a result largely of indifference to
the implications of Christian ’deals
a situation wh’ch is of special con
cern to the city.
“Be ’t resolved that this sem’nar
on the Church and Race Relation*
recommend to the New York citv
Federation of Churches that it n^lre
a smdv of discrimination ngs’nst
Negroes in hotels and restaurants
and of the public attitude hack of
these discriminations and that if
publish the results in the form of a
ronort suitable for group Stlldv tor
the nurpose of
"fa) Encouragng church pectin
to use every opnortunity to influ
ence these concerns in the di-eo
tion of comolete race equality.
fh 1 Inviting attention to o^nor
tnn’t’es whch the churches t*om_
selves mav have bv changes in the*n
own nractices and no.l’cies to n-o.
flneo af*it>ides more favorable to the
recent ion of Negroes free'v in -v-h
l’c nlacps."
Tflip seminar which onened T^ur*
d*av morning closed Fr’dav p**cr,
noon with an address bv F'*’r
j.T. M^nonnpll. D T> TT
•n ■R«ohon New York eras
d'st Fnioconal Church and reec-vU.
pi.pofpd - pV'opidenfc of fhei T* 1
Conne'i of the Churches of C’—
in America.