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~UME XLVII No744 RICHMOND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1930 $2.00 PER YEAR; 5 CENTS PER COPY
•ohnP. White, Noted Elk, Dies Suddenly In New Elk Home
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ocal N. A. A. C. P. Organized In Response To Pickens’ Speech
John P. White, former Grand
,» of the Elks expired sudden
'e attending a board meeting
■\y night in Capital City
new home, near Second and
'.reet. Mr. White has been a
figure in Elkdom for many
ind was a moving spirit in
City Lodge.
the meeting was in session
iday night, he suddenly col
•vhile talking to a colleague
a carried to an adjourning
where he expired in a few
•. He was tenderly cared for
rethern, but he was beyond
aid.
V hite had been ailing for
m bs and was under the car,*
hysician. He was employed
•g brothers and Company.
.1 coincidences are noted in
ath of Mr. White. His brother,
White expired about sev
* ago in Capital City Lodge’s
and right across the street
is esidence lies the body of
1, ,od friend, Mr. Armistead
u who died Monday in West
a, after an absence from
.» for 14 years. Mr. White
• Robinson were born next
ch other at First and
Si eets when these two re
d nd well known families re
it what is now one of the busi
>rr *rs in Richmond. The White
v coasted of 13 children and
ohinsons had 14, Mr. Armistead
is^n being the last of 9 to
fureral of Mr. White took place
iv afternoon from the First
Church, Dr. W. T. Johnson
.ing. Surviving him are Mrs.
White, wife; Matt W White,
sters, Mrs. Janie Williams,
’mily Washington and Miss
L. White; brother’s, Messrs,
rtt C. White nad Ampie White,
iladelphia, Pa.
. Robinson’s funeral took place
the residence of his sister, Mrs.
e Richardson today, Saturday
noon. In addition to Mrs.
ardson, he is survived by three
• rx: Mrs. Nannie Bell Davis,
. S. R. Carter and Miss Lelia
Robinson.
Priest’s Son En
;srs Howard
Jniversity
shington, D. C., Oct. 11.—With
students Howard University
oted its registration for the
turn quarter on Wednesday. The
Iment maintains the numerical ,
ard of recent years in spite of
videspread economic depression.
t School of Religion and the Grad
ti Division show an increase over
st fall, with an addition of 10 in
School of Religion and ‘0 as a
..nst 32 in the Graduate Division.
Among the new students enrolled
re the son and daughter-in-law of
i lgressman Oscar DePriest. 0.
*nnton DePriest, Jr., is registered
he College of Liberal Arts, major
f in commerce and finance, and is
issified as a junior. His previous
ing was received at the Lewis
.titute,a branch of the University
’hicago. Upon completion of col
v > work young DePriest plans to
i ly law.
i is wife, Mrs. Malcoma DePriest,
9 sophomore in the College of Edu
tm, having completed the work of
freshman year at the Wittenberg
ege in Springfield, Ohio. Mr. and
DePriest have been married
i? years and have a baby boy who
rith his grandparents in Chicago.
DePriest is the daughter of Mr.
Mrs. George Wilkes of Urbanna,
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POLICE SEIZE 168 GALLONS
OF CORN LIQUOR IN CHURCH
Julian, N. C., Oct.— (By ANP)
Sunday morning, just a few hours
before the Rev. E. Jeffress and
the congregation of the African
M. E. Church, near here, were to
open a week’s revival, J. S. De
viney, and Deputy Sheriff H. E.
Routh stole quitely into the
church edifice and removed from
the building 128 gallon fruit jars
full of corn liquor. The entire 64
gallons were secreted between the
ceiling and roof. Officers said
they did not believe anyone on
nected with the church had any
knowledge of its presence.
Hampton, Inst., Va., Oct.—Frank
K. Rogers, chairman of the Admini
strative Board and treasurer of
Hampton Institute, has been named
as acting director of the school to
serve until the new president is chos
en. Mr. Rogers has been with Hamp
ton for thirty-three years.
Capt. Walter R. Brown, for 14
years assistant to the commandant,
has been promoted to the position of
commandant with the rank of Major.
These two important announce
ments were made at Chapel last
Wednesday evening by the vice
chairman of the Board of Trustees,
J. Henry Scattergood of Washington,
D. C., who is acting as chairman dur
ing the absence of Arthur Curtiss
Janies who is at present cruising the
Mediterranean in his yacht.
Mr. Rogers, a graduate of the Wor
cester Polytechnic Institute, came to
Hampton in 1897 to become the head
of the newly organized Trade School.
In 1905 he was elected treasurer ol
the school.
Major Brown is a graduate of
Hampton, both of the building trade
and of the Normal departments. He
came to Hampton in 1915 at the in
vitation of Major Moton, the com
mandant. When, a year later Major
Moton was caled to the presidency ol
Tuskegee Institute and was succeed
ed as commandant by the late Major
Allen W. Washington, Capt. Brown
became the latter’s assistant. During
1928-29 he studied at the Graduate
School of Howard University.
336 GUEST FIGHT JIM-CROW
IN AN ICELAND HOTEL
Reykjavib, Iceland, Oct. (CNA)
Even in Iceland, an almost forgotter
island in the middle of the Atlantic,
American customs find their way.
A Negro worker recently entered
the restaurant of the Borg Hote
here, and was asked by the manager
to leave. Instantaneously a protest a
rose from the guests who are un
familiar with the usual practices in
the United States. The manager, whc
is reported to have lived in the Unit
ed States, attempted to stall off the
fury of his un-American guests
After a debate of two days the
guests forced a vote, the result of
which was 336 for the admittance of
the Negro, with nineteen votes again
st him.
New 1 Leaders
Meet in Trenton,
New Jersey
Thenton, N. J.,
October 13, 1930.
Members of the I. B. P. 0. E. of
W., in large numbers attended the
conference held in Trenton, N. J., on
Sunday, October 12, 1930, in the
home of Sunlight Lodge No. 114.
The conference was the erultoaf
The conference was the result of a
previous conference held in Rich
mond, Virginia, August 17, 1930, fol
lowing the decision in the United
States District Cour in the Virginia
Eks case. Representative Eks from
New York, Jersey City, Eizabeth,
Trenton, Newark, Asbury Park, Phil
adelphia, Brooklyn, N. Y., Washing
ton, D. C., Chicago, 111., Pattereon, N.
J., Richmond, Norfolk, Smithneld,
Suffolk, and Petersburg, Va., and
other cities participated in the con
ference. W. L. Shivers of Smithfield,
Va., presided, the welcome address
being deivered by Attorney C. Ber
nard Johnson, Exalted Ruler of Sun
light Lodge. The conference resolv
ed itself into a body to be known as
“The Committee for the Preserva
tion of the I. B. P. 0. E. of W. and
adopted a plan and program to carry
out this object. Headquarters for
the Committee will be established im
mediately in a centrally located city
to be selected by the Executive Com
mittee of this body.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS, A committee for tne
preservation of the Improved Benev
olent Protective Order of Elks of the
World was formed as the result of
the Trenton, New Jersey conference
in order to avert the threatened de
struction of the said our beloved or
der, and a protest against what ap
pears to be an almost complete
wreckage of the order's treasury and
One of the finest and most beau
tiful homes in Washington Park was
ordered closed and padlocked by Fed
eral Judge, Lawrence D. Groner, of
the United States District Court.
' The order stated that the house
was a “public nuisance,” and is to
be padlocked for a period of a year
during which time the U. S. Marshal
will be in custody of the premises.
The house is a two-story stucco
residence at 246 Corbin street and
is the property of Mr. Albert "Pic1’*’
Harris. William Mitchell and Louet
ta Grant were also named in the in
junction and along with Harris were
restrained from using the premises
foi a year from the date of the
signing of th eorder.
This marks the first time that there
has been a case of this kind in or
near Richmond.
The three defendants, their agents,
servants or employees were enjoined
from selling, manufacturing, or stor
Object To Loss Oi
The trouble clouds that had been
hanging over Armstrong High School
for som eweeks burst into its full fu
ry Monday noon when students
smashed windows, pickets the cafete
ria to prevent students from enter
ing, turning over ash cans, and lift
ing their voices in loud protest
against certain rulings that they con
tend are unjust and uncalled for.
The following are a gist of the
rules protested by the students.
First; That the boys and jprls should
be separated and quartered in differ
ent parts of the school yard during
recess period. Second, That no stu
dent should leave the school grounds,
and all students are to remain in the
allotted space during recess.
This second ruling prevents stu
dents prom patronizing Chiles store
on the corner, this store has been
used by the students for many years,
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ing ardent spirits on th epremises in the house, he intimated that he did
defiance of the Prohibition laws. not realize the seriousness of the
Mr. Harris did not appear in court case and that he would put forth
when the order was given to close every effort to have his home opened.
Group Picture of the New Armstrong High School
lent Protective Order of Elks of the
World and plddges its best, endeavors
to heal the breach in its ranks caused
by the ill-advised action of Mr. J.
morale through swollen pay rolls, ex
cessive taxation, the dragging of the
order into court by instituting suits
against the Virginia Elks in further
ance of a program of intimidation,
coercion and possible destruction of
the Order; by the present administra
tion.
Resolved, That this conference re
a.. rm its allegiance to the cardinal
principles of the Improved Benevo
Finley Wilson hTdragging the order
into the courts by the suit instituted
against Virginia Elks, and also to
preserve its unity and integrity in
violate.
This committee regards the Rule
of Rum policy of the present adminis
tration with alarm, and call upon all
loyal members and lodges through
out the jurisdiction to rally to the
defense of the Order and save it
from the destruction which is immi
nent, through a continuation of the
leadership of present Grand Lodge
officers. This committee demands a
reorganization of the. Order under
new leadership, a revision of the con
stitution and By-Laws, eliminatin'7
therefrom oppressive and tyranical
laws, radical reduction in salaries,
abolition of useless offices and com
missions and the reduction of the
per capita tax of $1.00 in order that
subordinate lodges may grow and
prosper and the organization contin
i ue an united brotherhood. The con
ference denounces the attempt of the
administration to unload on the fra
ternity the newspaper now owned
(Continued on Page 3)
MRS. BETHUNE INVITED
TO WHITE HOUSE MEETING
Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct—
(ANP) On.. October 24th and
25th, 1930, Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune will attend one of the
most significant meetings of this
time, when she will answer the
call of the White House Confer
ence on Child Health and Protec
tion, Washington, D. C. At that
time the work being done by Ne
gro women of this country in the
furthering of child welfare, will
be thoroughly discussed. The
particular phase of this subject!
to be discussed at this meeting, is |
Parent Education Among Ne
groes.
funeral Service
Hampton Inst., Va. Oct. 10.—
Many anxious to pay the reverent
tribute to a departed leader and
friend were unable to find room
in the Hampton Institute Memorial
Church on the afternoon of Wed
nesday, Octobdr 8, at the funeral
services of the school’s late pres
ident, Dr. George Perley Phenix,
who had died suddenly of heart at
tack.
The;' body of the late president
had lain in state from 10 o’clock
in the morning. People from all
walks of life had come to pay their
last tribute to the dead president
who had done so much for Hamp
ton. A student guard of honor
was composed of Enoch Hayward,
Henry Jackson, Randall Parker
and Thomas Sawyer, had stood in
reverent watch during the day.
The church was filled, and the
front of the platform banked in
flowers when the Hampton Insti
tute Choir, under the( direction of
Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett, ooened the
service with the Easter spiritual,
“Dust and Ashes.” The Institute
chaplain, Rev. S. Arthur Devan,
pronounced the scriptural invo
cation. Rev. E. E. Bradley offer
ed prayer, following which the
congregation joined in the Lord’s
Prayer. After the singing of the
hymn, “For All the Saints Who
from Their Labors Rest,” Rev.
Mr. Devan read the scripture les
son. The famous Hampton Insti
tute Quartet sang, “Let the Hea
ven Light Shine on Me.”
George Foster Peabody of N. Y.
City, trustee emeritus then spoke
ofHampton widening influence and
of the comforting realization that
its work and the influence of Dr.
Phenix still live and shall go on.
He said “Dr. Phenix had that mar
velous quality of doing the work
which was in his mind, in hia
heart; of pointing out the weak
nesses, and yet of never at all
pushing himself in the matter, so
that many who looked superficial
ly did not realize how completely
the development of Hampton dur
ing these last twenty-five years
was related to his splendid and su
perb cooperation.” He read a tel
egram from the president of the
Board of Trustees, Arthur Cur
tiss James who is cruising the
Mediterranean in his yacht, and
added that Dr. Phenix’s spirit is
still with us, unconsciously enter
in the minds and strengthening
our soul. He read also a telegram
from another trustee emeritus,
(Continued on Page 4)
Temporary President
BY JOE SIMPSON
A local branch of the N. A. A.
C. P., was organized hert Thursday
night Oct. 16, as a fitting climax
to the enthusiastic mass meeting
held at the Leigh Street Memoria/
Church, corner Fifth and Ltigh Sts.
and at which Mr. William Pickens,
Field Secretary of the N. A. A. C.
P., was the principal speaker. Dr.
W. L. Ransome was elected tempor
ary president, Mr. Wiley A. Hall,
secretary, and Mr. Emmett C. Burke,
treasurer. Mr. W. A. Jordan, Dr.
Miles B. Jones, Mr. J. S. Collins,
Mrs. Rosa Walton and Mrs. E. C.
Burke, were named on the executive
committee.
Mr. Pickens, who is a very force
ful, humorous and deliberate speak
er, first called the attention of his
hearers to the fact thai the Associa
tion wanted a branch here that
would remain live not one that
would “live awhile" and “die awhile"
as had been the case in the past.
He was loud in his praise of the Na
tional organization, which he said
was responsible for the creation of
the Interracial Commission, he
stressed the point of the Association
as a Legal Defense, eciting numer
ous cases in which it has figured
and emerged the victor, among which
was, the “Louisville segregation
case and the Louisana case, also the
Sweet case” in Detroit, in which
case alone the association spent the
sum of $40,000,000 o more.
Mr. Pickens also stated that there
were sufficient laws on the tsatue
books of any state in the union to
break up the practict of lpnching,
I provided the officers of the law will
ed to break it up, that the people
whe are dtfinately for or against
the Negro are in the minority, that
great neutral majority being the
ones that we should endeavor to
influence in our favor. He stated al
so that if there was any community
in the United States that should
fight jim-crowism and wrongs heap
ed upon oclored people, it was Rich
mond, Virginia. He made it plain
that the National Association’s aim
was not to engender ill feeling, but
that good feeling must be based on
justice. He said that he did not know
of any ace of people in the world
in the condition of the Negro that
would do as little complaining as the
people of Virginia. That he would
lose hope for Virginia if he thought
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ofSchools
Recently Loat Position A* Supervisor
Of Negro Schools.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 11.—In order to
curtail a rumor that Mrs. Blanche
Armwood Beatty, former supervisor
of Negro Schools in Tampa and Hills
borough county, had been discharged
from the position of assistant princi
1 pal at the Booker Washington High
School here, the staff correspondent
of the Tampa Bulletin interview the
proper school authorities and ob
tained the following information:
“We are unable to give any au
thentic information regarding the
case, but we do say that it was sug
gested that she must “keep Out" of
the schools for the best possible in
terests. She will continue as su
pervisor of the rural schools for Ne
groes until January 1, and after that
date said relationship will terminate
with the schools of this county."
Mrs. Beatty recently lost her ppsi
tion as supervisor of Negro schools
in Tampa, and was appointed to the
position at the high school until Jan
uary 1.