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Insurance Official Plunges To Death Deny V a. Elks To Surrender Fight TRUCE RUMOR DISCLAIMED Persistent reports emanating from Washington aver that peace 9Vfer tures have been made by the Vir ginia Elks toward the Grand Lodge of Elks. Inquiry here by The Plan et’s representative develops the fact that there is no chance of such a proposition meeting the approval ol Virginia Elks. It is claimed that the Virginia Elks have argreed to coin promise the suit instituted here in Judge Groner’s court against the Grand Lodge, if the Grand Lodge will agree to enter into no reprisals. Prominent Elks here are indignant over the implication that they are showing the white feather and dis claim any knowledge of this new “disarmament conference.” Stir Georgia G.O.P. ^ Washington—(CNS.)—Despite the statement of Chairman Huston oi f the Republican National Committee ► that he would confer with Postmas [ ter-General Brown respecting the as L pirations of M. O Dunning, black F and tan representative, for place on the committee as against J,. T. Rose, who left Washington before he saw Huston, a new angle has been taken through the Atlanta courts. Beniamin J. Davis as secretary and James W. Arnold, chairman, with other members of the black and tan group, have sought to have a reviver appointed to take over fund-'* being collected in the state for pai ty use, by Henry Davis, secretary of the group named by Postmaster General Brown.* The state Superior Court rails upon the Brown factiori Ij show cause July 26 why the appeal should not be granted. ToHave New Head At Shaw U niversity New York City (CNS) The trus tees of Shaw University and the Home Mission Board of the North ern Baptist Convention, in joint session, have accepted the resigna tion of President Joseph L. Peacock, who for the past ten years has been in charge of the administration of the University. President Peacock in submitting his resignation, expressed a desire to return to the ministry—which he left in Hartford, Conn., tep year3 ago to take over the helm at Shaw which had just been relinquished by Dr. Chas. F. Meserve who lives at Raleig hand is tthe only local mem ber of the board of trustees. President Peacock has encounter ed strong opposition, from alumni whot hought that the institution might not be progressing fast enough under his administration and w ho want the summer school and the pre paratory medical schoo re-establish ed. There has also b«pm the sugges tion from some that President Pea cock remained too aloof from the student body. There has been a decided move ment of late for a Negro president. It is said however, that the board will be reluctant to turn over the presidency to a Negro in view of the fact that the instiution receives its support almost wholly from North ern white Baptists through their Home Mission activity. There is a little dougt that the school will enter its 1930-31 term with a new president, but none in touch with the situation would ven ture a guess as to whom it would be. Shaw wa3 established at Raleigh, North Carolina, by the Northern Baptist missions board about a dec ade after the Civil War as a part of its general program on behalf of the Negro. It has always had a white president, and at present has also a white business manager, but most of the faculty is composed ot Negroes. 1H Negotiations are under way with the Duke Foundation for financial aid and chances are regarded as bright for the re-estabishment of the medical school, abandoned about 10 years ago. Ill The old Shaw medical school, of fering a two-year course graduated some of the nation’s best known Ne gro physician*. _ To Renew Primary Test In High Court Washington—(CNS.)—A petition has been fied in the United States Supreme Court for a ruing as to whether state political party organ izations may lawfully prohibit Ne groes from participating in their pri maries. The case comes from Arkansas. J. M. Robinson and others living in Lit tle Rock said they voted the Demo cratic ticket and were consistent sup porters of the party platforms. They protested against being barred from the Democratic primaries in Novem ber 1928, obtained a temporary in junction and voted before the state courts could hear the case on its merits. The Arkansas Supreme Court la ter set aside the temporary injunc tion and dismissed the proceedings, taking the position that the Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendments, under which the Negroes claim they had the right to vote at Democratic primaries, referred only to what states were prohibited from doing in the way of restricting the voting rights of Negroes and did not apply to party organizations. In March, 1927, the United States Supreme Court in a suit from El Pa so., Tex., brought by L. A. Nixon, held invalid a Texas statute prohib iting Negroes from voting in Demo cratic primaries. The oDinion was delivered by Justice Holmes. It de clared the Texas law a direct and ob vious infringement of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Arkansas Supreme Court de cared the Nixon decision did not pro hibit a political organization from determining its own membership or from deciding who it would permit to vote at its primaries. Pointng out the unform success of the Democratic candidates in the Ar kansas elections, the protestants claimed that being denied the right to vote in the primaries deprived them of their most important con stitutional right. State Loses Right of Appeal In Virginia Primary Case To Test White Pri maryTkegulation Washington—(CNSi)—Lufchei* Wi ley, acting for a group of San An tonio Negroes is seeking in a Federal Court in Texas to restrain Governor Moody1, Attorney-General Bobbitt and D. W. Wilcox, chairman of the Democratic State Executive State Executive Committee from enforcing | the ‘“white man’s primary” law. i The law allows the state commit tee to determine the qualifications of voters. Under a ruing of the com i mittee, )Negroes are to be 'barred from participation in the coming pri mary, as they have been barred in the past. A recent United States Circuit i Court opinion holding unconstitution al a similar primary law in Virginia | is believed by committeemen to have I inspired this action in behalf of Tex as Negroes. ANOTHER SCHOOL PROVIDED FOR ATALANTA GROUP Commondious Walker Street Plant Assigned To Colored Children; Wel come Releif Of Congestion Antici pated Atalauta, Gu., July—By unanimous vote of the City Board of Education, the valuable Walker Street School pro perty has been designated for use here after as a Negro School, a step of great importance which will go far to relieve the present congestion in near by colored schools. The plant is modern, commodious and in good repair and will provide for many hundreds of pu i pisl. The Board’s action rewards long and 1 persistent effort on the part of the lo cal interracial emmittee, the Christian Council, and otoher public-spirited ^ groups and individuals. The transfer of the property was recommended alos by , the city suerintendent of schools, Dr. Willis A. Sutton, who has shown him self at all titmes fair-minded and im partial in his administration of the city schools. hppdorrellOapcaaolga shrd etaoi eta et Three Veteran Employees To Leave Local Postoffice --—— E- R. Carter, Andrew J. Brown and John R. Chiles Pensioned After 40 Years of Service Three prominent employees of the local postoffice {department will leave the postal service soon, it is learned, having been honor ably retired on pensions by the Federal Government after a con tinuous service of four decades. Two of these gentlemen, Mr. E. R. Carter and Mr. Andrew J. Brown served in the capacity of clerks in the main postoffice and had a service record of more than forty years each. Col. John R. Chiles record as a carrier extends over a period of nearly forty years. Messrs. Brown and Carter en tered the postal service when they were serving in the Richmond City Council; Mr. Brown as a member of the Board of Aider men and Mr. Carter in the Com mon Council. Mr. Brown was vice to the Grand Eyalted Ruler of Elks for years and was a strong candidate for the honors of Grand Exalted Ruler at one time. Col. Chiles is prominent in Pythian affairs, having been an officer in the Virginia Grand Lodge for more than twenty years. He is also noted for his appeal to the Department at Washington in defense of the rights of carriers here. National Ideal To Meet In Phila., Pa. The National Ideal Benefit So ciety will hold its 18th Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2-3-4, 1930, at the First Col ored Wesley A. M. E. Z. Church, corner 15th and Lombard Sts. Very elaborate preparations are being made for the coming event, by the local district. A large number of delegates, members, and friends of the society, will leave for Philadelphia on Labor Day, Monday, September 1st, on the 12:01 train. The R. F. & P. Rail road Co. has provided two special coaches. Everything is being done for the comfort of the delegation by the various railroad companies. There will be no change of cars in Washington, or West Philadel phia. A special rate of one fare and a half round trip to the con vention has been granted by the various railroad companies, on certificate plan. Tickets will be validated at the church, Wednes day, September 3rd, from 10:00 to 1:00. Honorable Harry A. Ma chey, Mayor of Philadelphia, will welcome the convention on the opening night. Mr. A. W. Holmes, Supreme Master has been officially notified that the “WAN AM AKER" and the “ASHBRIDGE", two of the city’s choicest yachts will bo at the service of the delegation, at tending the convention Wednes day, Sept. 3rd at 2:30 P.M., for a sight seeig tour up the Delaware. This is a compliment from the city of Philadelphia, through our Philadelphia representative On Thursday afternoon, 3:30 the convention is invited to the Egyptia Hall of the great Wana maker Store, and there be enter tained by the management of that wonderful store. The convention will close on Thursday night, after which a splendid banquet will be given by the Philadelphia District. Tickets can be purchased from August 29 th to Sept. 3rd. Good to return until Sept. 9th. Decision of Circuit Court Binding The State of Virginia lost the right to appeal the Democratic Pri mary case to the U. S. Supreme court, owing to the fact of a 40 days elapsed to present the brief. This makes the ruling of the cir cuit court binding which states that ‘“The Democratic party of Virginia had no right to bar Negroes and other races from its primary. The ruling confirms the decision of the district court hre in the case of James 0. West vs. A. C. Bliley, Wil liam Boltz and William Richer. The three defendants were democratic judges in the precinct in which West livd. West was refused the' right to participate in the Democratic pri mary for selection of nominees as city officials of Richmond on April 3, 1928, on the grounds that the plan of the Democratic party adopted June 11, 1924, imited the right to participate in the primaries to white persons. N. Y. Judgeship Fight Waxes Hot New York City (CNS) In the new Municipal Court district in Harlem recently created by the New York Legislature, two colored men will sit as justices. The Republican organi zation has selected Assemblyman Francis E. Rivers, a graduate of Yale College and of the Harvard Law School; and Alderman John Clifford Hawkins, as its candidates. The Tammany organization selected assistant corporation counsel James B. Watson, and Attorney Toney, as its designees. Both sides are opti mistic as to the outcome. But there seems to be a wheel within a wheel. Harlemites may not have to wain un til the November election to see a hot light but may witness it in the pri maries of September 16. Assemblyman . l^amar Perkins, a giaduate of Lincoln University and the Harvard Law School has thrown his hat in the ring and is running as an independent candidate for the Republican nomination. He assisted Assemblyman Rivers in putting the bill creating a new Municipal Court District in Harlem thru the State Legislature. Col. Charles Gillmore, chairman of the Nineteenth As sembly district committee and Mr. Charles W. B. P. Mitchell, chairman of the Twenty-first Assembly dis trict county committee are leading the fight for Messrs. Rivers and Hawkins. Attorney Robert R. Peun, ad of the board of trustees of man of Assemblyman Perkin’s cam oyssinia Baptist Church is chair paign committee. So it looks as if September primaries will prove to be very interesting. Kip Rhinelander Settles With Alice New York (ANP) Victory for Kip was read in the meaning of the latest news of the most sensa tional divorce suit of the coun try when it became known finally that Alice had agreed, through her attorneys, to accept the sum of $31,500, and a monthly allow ance of $300 payable every three months, to grant her unwilling husband his longed-for freedom. Variously estimated at from $100,00 to $1,000,000, the pittance the colored girl received has caused speculation as tu the “terms” of her agreement. Some declare that she will receive fur ther compensation for freeing the son of the bluebloods, yet there is no word from the office of her attorneys in confirmation of this. The victory was possible only because Kip wisely advised by his attorneys to remain in Las Vegas indefinitely was not forced to pay Alice alimony since his Nevada divorce. The payments of $233 monthly which had been made Alice prior to the divorce, had ceased altogether with the grant ing of divorce, but under the new agreement, the alimony is in creased, and Kip gets bi? free dom and the elder Rhinelander a release from the threatened suit by Alice for one million dollars. Dry Agents “Pad” New Church - JerseyCity, N. J. (CNS) The mem bers of St. Paul Baptist Church loc cated at 273 Washington Street, were without their Sunday services on July 13. It was to have been a -big day, with dedication and opening cere monies at the Washington Street building which was recenty acquired for use as a church. But a large padlock hung on the front door. Tw federal agents vsted the church Saturday night and placed padlock on the door, the charge be ing that Charles Ryan, who form erly used the structure for a restau rant, had sold beer on the premises. Ryan moved his restaurant out of the building over a year ago, it is said, and just recently the owner, James P. Meehan, leased it to the Baptist congregation for use as a church. The chiuch officers spent a tidy sum in refurnishing the place. A " large number of out-of-town guests had been invited t ocome to Jersey City and participate in the dedication and opening. Meehan, the owner, through his at torney will make an effort to have the padlock removed. It is hinted that the new padlock order was inspired by whites who did no twan tthe church organization to move into the building. The New York Herald Tribune in editorial comment on the incident said: “The rigid legalism of those charg ed wth the enforcement of prohibi tion rather more frequently than not transcends their discretion. To put a padlock for a year on premises in Jersey City rented to a Negro Bap tist congregation and already reno vated and furnished at considerablyc sacrifice to its members seems to be, a case in point The law may be “a ass,” as Sam Weeleer sagely re marked, but why advertise the fact in this stentorian fashion?” r ^ j-i_ Ends Life Because Of Despondency -1-1 - Clinton Johnson Drowns Mr. Clinton Johnson, of the 2700 block P. St., was drowned Sunday noon at Riverside Park on the James. Mr. Johnson was in bathing with three companions when he is said to have suffered an attack of cramps and disappeared before his companions could rescue him. His body was not recovered until Tues day evening and he was buried Wed nesday in Evergreen Cemetery. Anthony Overton Visits Richmond Insurance Magnate’s First Time On Old Dominion Soil Mr. Anthony Overton, Ppesident of the Victory Life Insurance Company of Chicago, 111., paid a flying visit to Richmond on Friday of last week, and was entertained by Maragar John Neb ltet of the local office. A luncheon was served at Slaughters Cafe, at which time prominent local insurance men met Mr. Overton and exchanged greet ings. Mr. Overton made a short talk and expressed himself as being pleased with his first visit to Virginia. Mr. Overton is also president of the Douglas National Bank, the only Negro national bank in America, and president of the Overton Hygienic Company, which manufactures and sells chemical products. ' He is one of the foremost business pioniers of the race and tto hear him on any occassion is an inspiration for anyone. “Can’t Be Beat” Says, Grand Exalted Ruler Finley Wilson “Little Napoleon” Commends Grand Lodge Con vention Committee for Splendid Preparations Detroit, Mich., July— (By The Asso ciated Negro Press) “There’s no such animal as my successor,” said J. Finley Wilson here Wednesday night “I’m not going to run this year; I’m going to stand and be reelected by acclamation.” With his usual cock sureness and the characteristic Fin ley Wilson egoism the Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks of the World made these the closing words of a one-hour talk to the grand lodge convention committee and officials of the va rious Elk lodges and temples which comprise greater Detroit Elkdom at Wolverine lodge room. The “Little Napoleon” was making his final pre-convention visit here for the specific purpose of summing up the work of the grand lodge conven tion committee preparatory to the convention here in August. Wilson was loud in his praise and commen dation of the work done here and expressed himself as being both pleased and surprised at the large amount of ready cash on hand raised during “these hard times” and this very serious economical depression. Just whether or not the “grand” was exaggerating and wished to rub the fur of the committee in the right direction in order to hear it purr is not known, but he stated it as a fact when he said that no other city previous to this has had as much money to start the Convention off, and it looks, he said, as if Detroit will realize a tidy sum, says $50,000 on the right side of the ledger in stead of showing a deficit like most cities after the convention. And the cmmittee did purr, loud and long. To strengthen this statement Fin ley produced a bill for $250 sent to him from Chicago for drinking wa ter consumed by the 1^2QO grand lodge delegates to the Elks national con tion, at Wendell Phillips High school in that city in iyza. wuson ts having a picture made of the bill which picture he says will be placed in the archives of Elkdom. When asked by the Associated Ne* gro Press representative if he an ticipated any serious opposition in his fight for re-election to the grand exalted rulership, Wilson replied, ‘As far as I know, there won’t be any, and if I knew it would be all the same, for he wouldn’t have a ghost of a chance to win. And as for fight, we don’t fight anymore. In fact, they can’t get anybody to oppose me now,” he continued, “for they all know that I am like the tree | planted by the water: I cannot be moved," he said with a hearty laugh. Irvington-On-The Hudson For Sale New York (ANP) Social satel ites are agog over the announced offering for sale of the famous Villa Lewara, country home of the late Madam C. J. Walker, erected on Broadway, Irvington on-Hudson at a cost estimated well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the mansion is listed with several brokers for sale at about $275,000. Following Mme. Walker’s death, the estate with other properties was willed to her daughter in 1919. However, the daughter, Mrs. A’Lelia Walker Kennedy has spent most of her time since her mother’s death in an apartment in Harlem. The expense of main taining the villa caused her to offer it for sale, it was said. Many famous colored people have been entertained at the mansion by Mme. Walker's daughters, but its distance from the city and the complete isolation prevented it be coming a rendezvous for the so cial set. No buyers had been re ported. LIVED 2 HOURS AFTER LEAP Mr. John B. Smith, home office superintendent of the Southern Aid Society leaped over 90 feet to hie death about 9:45 o’clock Thursday morning from the First-street bridge, overlooking! Ithe Happylarid Amus ment Center. He suffered a broken left leg, several broken ribs a frac tured skull, and other injuries. Early morning bathers at Happyland and a number of people passing by, saw the man climb over the bridge and plunge to the ground, he was picked up still alive and carried to the St. Philips Hospital where he died at 11:30 A. M., surviving nearly two Hours after the plunge. Mr. Smith had been in bad health for some time having spent several days in the Richmond Hospital on E. Baker St. He was released last Fri day, his physical condition greatly improved. Friends had noted for some time that Mr. Smith seemed greatly depressed about something and a note found in his pocket stated that he intended taKing ms own life because of depression. He ived at 608 North First street about 8 blocks from the bridge. Miss Lillian Booker, a neighbor of Smith’s saw him pass her house about 9 headed for the bridge, she was great ly impressed by Smith because he spoke so cheerily to her, when here tofore he had seemed so gloomy and would hardly speak. Smith was 45 years of age, survived by his widow, Mrs. Amanda Wilson Smith. Commission Head ed By Moton Back After Steerage Trip Washingtn, (CNS.)—Hot, tired, filled with strange experiences and a story which they must submit to their chairman for editing for the President, the Haytian Commission, headed by Dr. R. R. Moton, arrived in the United States, after an un comfortable voyage on the steamship Cristobal of the Panama line. Though Dr. Moton notified the State Department here, some ten days before sailing that his group had completed their survey and would return, no provision that was satisfactory to them was made by the government. Forced to secure passage on a crowded commercial liner, the mem bers of the commission were so hous ed below decks as to suffer severely from the heat and on deck and in sa loons from the noise and the conduct yf the passengers that they could do no work on tneir reports as planned. The last days spent on shipboard were used in making an impression upon their fellow passengers. Dr. Moton led the group in singing spir ituals and Dr. Mordecaf Johnson read from Dunbar’s poems. According to Carl Murphy repre senting the colored press, a member of the party, trouble is brewing in Hayti over the educational situation and the return of General Russell, who has been serving as high com missioner with the U. S. Marines to support him. AMPLIFIER CHASES CHURCH FIGHTERS!! “Ampie, Ampie, who is that you are Chasing? Don’t strip that man before the public! It is that Church Fighter; he attackt me. I’ll make him “bite the dust.” Besure to get THE PLANET next week.