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VOLUME XLVI NO. 17
•gKatoa RICHMOND .VIRGINIA, SATURDAY AUGUST 3 1929
PRICE FIVE GENTS
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FRAYSERANDRO' STER FOUND HUDDLED
IN CAR ON JAMES RIVER BOTTOM.
White Taxi Qhaufieur’s Graphic Recital of Bridge Tragedy
(Special by John Mitchell, Jr.)
Lewis C. Frayser, driver of a
Graham truck for Miller & Rhoads
store, accompanied by Ollie Royster,
formerly of this city, but on a visit
here from Philadelphia, where he
had been employed as a plumber’s
helper, went over the west side of
the Ninth Street Free Bridge. Satur
day night, July 27, 1929, about 9
o’clock, and were almost instantly
killed on the rocky bed of the river,
something less than seventy-five feet
below.
Bodies Recovered
The bodies were at once recovered
and turned over by Dr. S. J. Baker,
assistant city coroner, to Funeral Di
rector A. D. Price, where they were
embalmed. Later, Funeral Directors
W. I. Johnson Sons took charge of
the body of Lewis C. Frayser.
Frayser is the brother of the well
known and popular James H. Fray
ser. The remains were conveyed to
the family residence, 3 East Leigh
Street, where a host of friends and
acquaintances viewed them up to the
time they were carried to the
Ebenezer Baptist Church last Wed
nesday afternoon.
White Chauffeurs Testify
Coroner Baker held an inquest
Wednesday morning in his office in
the City Hall. 0. B. Deane (white),
who resides at 113 W. Thirty-third
Street, said. “I was going to town.
I saw a truck at Twenty-seventh ami
Semmes Avenue. The truck was
running real slow, not more than
fifteen miles per hour, when I
started up in a blue Ford. Just as
I got nearly opposite to him, he
Eulled over to the curb to let me get
y, then suddenly, he veered to the
left. He nearly struck me, but 1
went on the other side of the post.
Speeded Up
Just as^I was near Cowardin Ave
nue, he caught up with me and 1
speeded up and he kept right behind j
me. I slowed up and let him by. I j
was making about forty miles per j
hour then. I drove on behind him
until he turned the corner. At j
Seventh Street he nearly turned'
>ver there. Then when he turned
around the corner, he came near
striking another car. He did not hit
he car. Then he went straight on.
S'ear the R. R. bridge, he crossed
he south, car track.
Hugg Up There | (
A mad jatf hung up at the en
rance ttf tne bridge and he came
ear striking him. . But he straight
ned up.t He made a few zig zags..
ust twenty feet from Jones, he cut
ato Jones just like he did me on'
emmes Avenue. He struck Jones’i
car on the left front fender. The
truck was making about thirty miles
an hour. He went just the length of
the Ford, when the truck turned on
the bridge to the rear of the’ Ford
and heading west jumped the guard
rail and dived right off the bridge
to the river bed below.
Behind Street Car
L. AY. Smith (white), who lives
at 203 >J. Mulberry Street, said:
About 0 o’clock Saturday night, 1
was close behind the street car with
another car between me and the
street car going south. I did not
see the car go over the bridge. 1
saw the condition of the Jones’ cat
after it was struck. I helped to
move the Jones’ car. Jones was
headed due south. It was on the
track about straight. Jones’ car was
struck on the left side.
Was Going South
E. W. Everette (white), 322 W.
Main Street, said: I got up on the
bridge about 9 o’clock. I was going
south with a load of passengers. I
got down and asked what was the
matter and they said that a truck
had gone over the bridge. They
thought the men had jumped out. I
didn’t see the accident. I had a spot
light that would throw a beam 500
feet and with it I could see the
truck and one of the men in it.
Got Men Out
I went down there at the C. & 0.
in the truck.
1 4?ot the man with the gash in his
head from behind the wheel. (This
was Frayser). The other man was
wedged behind the other man. Both
were in the front seat and were
wedged against the rock and the
truck. I got the men out of the
truck myself. The rock was forced
to the right of the truck. Both men
were living w’hen I took them out. j
It was y :21 when I got there and
tnev died at about twenty minutes
to 10 o’clock.
On a Large Rock
The truck was resting on a large
rock at an angle of about 45 de-1
grees. The men lived about twenty!
minutes after I got them out. The
:i uck was upside down. I took them
^ut from the right hand side. A
lifteen-year-old white boy reached
:here about the same time'l did. He
lelfttd me with one of the men. This
•oneiacfed' the inquest. The case was
ater^lled in the Police Court,
fudge‘T. Grgy Haddon heard the
esthnony of one witness and- dis
missed Hie charge against Herman -(
'ones. . • • ,
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Powerful Plea
for Observance
of ‘Landmarks’
Kev. Dr. Walter H. Brooks
Delivers Great Sermon.
down the church. If everybod
stayed at-home there would be n
church. You can’t keep the precept
of God by sitting at the radio. Yo
should come on Sunday to listen t
the sermon. I come to church t
worship God.
The Duty to Worship
You do not come to see what you
sister is wearing. You come to wor
ship God. I want to see you. You
business in the church is to worship
God is to be honored. Worship Got
in the beauty of holiness. Th<
fathers worshipped God. I know th<
time when people went to th<
church in the morning and at night
Some walked ten miles. Now be
cause the street car does not rur
up to the church door you say it ii
too hot or too cold.
Prompt at Work
You go to your work wet or dry
God is worthy of the worship of al
His saints. I go to church to bring
my tithes and offerings to God. Goc
gave you the help, He gave you th<
job. Give Him His part. If yoi
take it all, one day there will b<
cracking in your bones and you wil
wonder what is the matter. Yoi
have been robbing God. You have
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\opeciai uy oomi iuiicneji, or.)
Despite a sweltering hot night, a !
large congregation assembled at the
Second Baptist Church last Sunday,
8 P. M. to listen to that “prince”
of pulpit divines, Rev. Walter H.
Brooks, D. D.. pastor of the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church,
Washington, D. C. Rev. Joseph T.
Hill, D. D., the brilliant pastor, was
at his best, too, in felicitating Rev.
Dr. Brooks upon his many religious
triumphs, having been pastor of that
church fifty-two years ago.
Radio Sermons
Rev. E. S. Smith occupied a seat
on the rostrum and Rev. Dr. Brooks
expressed his pleasure at seeing him
there. The text w^s 122nd Psalm,
first verse, “I was glad when they
said unto me, Let us go into the
house of the Lord.” Subject, “Why
I Go to Church.” We are living in
a time when people say that they
can get better sermons over the |
radio. It is too hot. i • go to church !
to please God. It is my Father’s!
will that I go to churoh. The church J
was founded by God himself.
Building Not the Church
The building is not the church. It
is calledjt^^tRurch Jbehause th;& peo
ple worship In the cLurch. Jesus
:ame upon the scene- and he called
>ut a peo'jple and they are .the
;hurch..-It is displeasing to God
vhen*you don’t go to church. When
'ou stay home, you are breaking
y
REV. DR. WALTER H. BROOKS.
Pastor 19tl! St. Bapitist OhuTch' W a&higtoh D. C who prwiched "at •
* Second Baptist Church Suhday Nigh.t
■ W. B. F. Crowell
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1 Dies Suddenly In
j Portsmouth, Va.
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: NATIONAL IDEALS
i Petersburg, Va., July 18, 1929.
Mr. A. W. Holmes, Supreme Master,
, National Ideal Benefit Society, Inc.,
[ 210 E. Clay Street,
; Richmond, Va.
I My dear Sir:
I want to thank you and our
i Noble Order for the promptness for
aid in the time of need and for
truthfulness. So many of our Orders
are dying for the lack of a real
head, men of honor, men who value
time and their word. So sure was I
of the check as promised me by you
that in leaving my office Tuesday I
made out deposit slip and gave in-j
structions before leaving for the;
country, on my return I found |
cvciy tiling yj.
Now in this case I feel that special 1
mention should be made, since our
Brother Allen Butler, who had just!
died last Thursday and a member of '
a lodge not in my city where I could ,
get my hands on his officers, yet you
and your noble office force relieved
me and the beneficiaries of that
worry and in less than a week his
death claim was paid. If there is
any one thing that will make our
grand old Order grow it’s your
method of conducting affairs.
Again I wish to thank you and
, ask the blessings of God on you and
, the Order.
I am fraternally yours,
THOMAS H. BROWN,
j Undertaker.
! SHILOH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
TO MEET AT CISMONT, VA.
I The Shiloh Baptist Association
will meet Wednesday, August 7, ■
1929, at Cismont, Cobham, Va.
Delegates can reach there over the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The
meeting will be held, in the Zion
Hill Baptist Church, Rev. Price, pas
■tbr.’ Delegates are expected to be
on. tirtȤ, and friends-'iarfe always wek
comp.. ^T-he meeting promises to be
j inspiring'and helpful. The good
' people of- Zion Hill Baptist ChurcJ!
! at Cismont, are preparing* to enter
tain in the best possible way.
On to Shiloh! ‘ v *
W. B. F. Crowell, Grand Chancel
lor of the Grand Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, died suddenly early Tues
day morning, July 30th, at the home
of G. K. of R. S. Newbie in Glasgow
Street, Portsmouth, Va., after suf
fering from an acute attack of ill
ness. All efforts to save his life
failed. He had come to Newport
News to attend a special meeting
and he went over to Portsmouth,
Va., to spend the night. His funeral
took place in Roanoke, Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock.
Thomas H. Reid, of Portsmouth,
succeeds W. B. F. Crowell as Grand
Chancellor of the Knights of Py
thias.
LOST TO DELEGATE
F. L. Bryant represented the
Third Street A. M. E. Bethel Church
at the District Conference at Win
chester, Va., recently. Richmond
lost the delegateship to the annual
conference. E. J. Johnson having
formerly been tendered that honor.
The management of Happy Land
Park has been changed.
FISHING PARTY
W. T. Gray leports a fishing trip
to Hampton Roads, among the fish
ers being, Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Hill,
Dr. W. J. Pettis, A. Washington, Dr.
E. S. Roane, Dr. R. 13. Taylor, Dr.
•T. M. Newman, Dr. Tinsley, Dr. Wil
liams, Rev. Dr. W. L. Ransome. Rev.
Dr. F. W. Williams, ■ Rev. L. H.
Dickerson, Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson,
and others. They caught about 100
fish and some toad fish, which they
threw back in the bay in disgust.
Some hard stories have been told-op.
some members of the party. Friday,
July 20th, was the date and all ar
rived home safe that night.
.. ^be .wife of the not&d Winchester,’
Rjf:, -physician and surgebn, *Dr. John: ''=•
J^olmes, was in the •'city • lasfc-*-' :
woelc, tlje- £uest of Mrs.' Julia A,
1000 *North FduHh SW-eet