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I HE WEEKLY ECHO _____________._1 MEMBER NEGRO NATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION Published every Friday of each • eek at 2508 6th Street, Meridian, Mississippi. Phone 3377 FIRDAY JANUARY 6, 1933 Entered a» second-clasa matter November 15, 1923 at the poet office <t Meridian, Mississippi under the <ct ct March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTIONS (PAYABLE IN AL-VANCE) Jne year-.-$1.50 Iix months_1-00 Chree months ___ &0 tingle copy_ -05 Rev. R. L. Young, Editor and Busi ness Manager, Box 1043, Meridian, iississippi. W. C. Baity, Asst. Editor and Asst. Business Manager, 2508 5th Street, Meridian, Mississippi. Phone 3377 CUT IN PAY OF CITY TEACHERS ; AVERAGES 50% Survey Of Entire Country Reveals General Reduction In Salaries Also ' In The Size Of Faculties. WASHINGTON, — Reports to the J United States Office of Education indi- 1 cates that teachers salaries in cities of more than 100,000 population have j been cut an average of about 5 per cent for the current year, Expenditures for j capital outlay, such as new buildings, j have been reduced more than 37 per cent. Current expenditure reductions have | varied from 1.5 per cent in the North Atlantic States to 20.5 per cent in the South Central group. Chicago Not Included Incomplete returns for the entire country show a teachers' salary cut of 4.9G per cent. Since total expenditures are down an average of 5.32 per cent, the Federal office says it is apparent salary reduction are soaking up most of the economics made. It is argced that the sadary reduction is in fact much greater than 4.96 per cent. New York, where salary schedu les wore unchanged, was included in this figue, while Chicago was not. But New York teachers, it was pointed out, have given for relief more than $2,000, 000. while in Chicago teachers have been paid in warrants which are dis counted. The survey indicates that the size of ] the teaching staff in cities of more than 1 100.000 has been reduced an average of j 2.13 per cent, while school enrollment! has increased 1.39 per cent. The latter means an increase of 240 pupils in an enrollmena of 17.400. In a Western city, where the increase was 5.45 per cent, this means about 950 pupils. The reports indicate that the assess ed value of property yielding school I funds has decreased 7 5 per cent. About two-thirds of 478 cities, with popula j tiinns »f from 10,000 to 100.000 report that some service of the schools have [ been curtailed or abandoned. A few schools, however have increased serv I ices. St. L. Argus. YOUNG MOTHER OF FIVE FRAMES BY OWN MOTHER INTO PSYCOPA THIC WARD Los Angeles, Calif., Jan., 6 (ANP) ( Following an investigation started by Assemblyman Fred Roberts of the 62nd District, Mrs. Cthcrine Willis, 25, the widow of a world war veteran, and | mother of five children was released! from the psyeopathic ward of the Gen eral Hospital and returned to her home in the 1300 block on 52nd Street. Ludge Gould pronounced her not guilty of insanity. According to her story, her own mother preferred the charges against her that caused her to be incarcerated and placed the children as charges of the hands of the County Charities, meanwhile she declare her mother has been collecting the $57.50 government insurance she had been receiving for her soldier-husbands’ death. SPEND XMAS WITH MOTHER Mr. V. L. Holton and family spent; the Xmas holidays at Philadelphia, Miss., with his mother, Mrs. Eliza J. Talley. Mr. and Mrs. Holton expressed themselves as having spent a happy Xmas, despite the hard rain on their return. Mr. and Mrs. Holton were very proud to see Mrs. Talley and family well. Mrs. Talley are always glad to see her children. Reporter NOTICE Give us your local news not later than Wednesday Morning to Insure Publication in the Same week. THE WEEKLY ECHO VISITS RELATIVES Miss Ccmella Jameson has returned to her home in Edwards, Miss., after visiting her aunts Mesdames Illionis Hill and Betty Carty. Mesdames Louis Payne and Hill pre pared a new years dinner for the guest, and she expressed herself as having en joyed her visit very much. The many friends and acquaintances of Miss Mary Elizabeth Turner will be glad to knew that she is improving after a throat operation which was per formed at Flint Goodridge Hospital, New Orleans, La. — MISSION The Missionary society of Newell Ghapel church met Sunday evening at 6:30 in organization. Officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Annie Snti'h. , Pres.; Mrs. Pinkie Foster, Vice Pres.;, Mrs. Lula Wilson, Sec'y.; Miss Minnie , Cole, Asst., Sec'y.; Mrs. Lucinda cartel * Treasurer. * I BOARD OF MANAGERS Mesdames C A. Leach, Ethel Young - and Velma Young. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mesdames Nettie Edwards, R. L. Young and Ida Jackson. CIRCLES Mrs E. F. Young, Sr.. Pres, circle Booster; Mrs. Pinkie Foster Pros, cir cle Goodwill; Mrs. Ida Jackson, Pres. circle Ris.ng Sun. Mrs. Lula Wilson, Rep. Mr. & Mrs. William Holmes motored here from Shaw, Mississippi, to spend the Christmas Holidays with the.r mother, Mrs. Lillie Maye. They arrived Tuesday evening, December 27, 1932 and left Friday December 30th for Shaw, Miss. They had a delightful visit. MRS. ELLEN E. SMITH HOSTESS TO A NEW YEARS DINNER Mrs. Ellen E. Smith was hostess to a J NeW Year dinner at her home 1920-13 Avenue. These who were present were Misses Mammie and Beatrice Hardy. , Mesdames Abbie Hardy, Emma Locke.; Nellie Mae Ward, Virgie Brookins and | Mattie Smith, Messrs. Lewis Merritt, | Tom Smith, Sims Turner and Joe Smith ! All expressed themselves as having spent a pleasant afternoon. Mrs. J. Smith, Reporter.! St. Paul Epworth League extends a cordial invitation to the public to at- ; tend their Epworth League, Sunday j evening, January 8th, 6:30 o’clock to j witness one of its most outstanding | program in the new calendar year. The program will be rendered as follow: j 3cng, Scripture -Mr. Paceby, Prayer- j ITT T T Qn RiVlIp Oliot.fl ions by all, Bible Story-James Johns0* < Solo Little Miss Catherine Holliman Paper Mr W. L. E. Dole, Report on :anvass for members. Instrumental Solo Louis Gonzella, Discussion of Topic by ill (Sub.) Praying to learn to live datthews G-5-8 verses, James 5-16 /erscs. Led by Messrs Bennie Adam ( md L. S. Allen, Offering, Minutes, Ben- j idition. W L. E. Cole, President, Allen Johnson. Second Vice Pres. NEW YEAR'S DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Glispie had a lo-vely New Years Dinner for tbe fam ily. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Glispie, Miss E. G. Glispie, T , Patton, L. Glispie, J. L. Senders and I C. S. Johnson. A Nice birthday cake was served with 11 candles. -= VETERAN FIREMAN IS SLAIN ; FROM AMBUSH _ l Baton Rouge, La., Jan., 6 (ANP) ; Grant Johnson, New Orleans, one of the veteran firmen on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, was shot and killed from ambush Thursday night when his train stopped for fuel about a mile from this city. Authorities be lieve that the murder of Johnson is but another in the long seres of killings and beatings given to Negro firmen whose jobs are sought by whites. This summer several white men were ar rested and tried and convictied in con nection with the crimes, but given light sentences. Johnson has been a firman for 25 years. SALADS (By Carrie Sue Butler) What dinner, luncheon, or supper is complete without a salad? Salad should play a large part hi either of these meals. If they are beautifully served they help the decorative scheme of the table. If they are afistically arranged they are a work of art and if they are as appetizing as they should look they fill a needed place in the diet. There are many different kinds of meat, vegetable, Cheese, egg, fruit and nut salads. To-day I’m giving you a few vegetable salads and dressings. POTATO SALAD Mix two cups cubed cold boiled po tatoes, one cup chopped celery, one chopped hard boiled egg, and three fourths tablespoon each, parsley finely chopped, salt and celery seeds. Mo sten with salad dressing and serve on crisp lettuce leaves. LETTUCE SALAD Remove leaves from one head of lettuce, wash, chill in cold water, drain, and dry on a tcwel. Arrange on salad plate and top with mayonnaise or french dressing. LETTUCE AND PIMIENTO SALAD Arrange lettuce the same as for let tuce salad, put several strips of pimien to on the leaves and just before serving pour over french dressing. CUCUMBER CUPS Pare cucumbers and remove a thick slice from each end, lengthwise cut the remainder of the cucumber in half il_ nrrnntfp Jin 1f*t tuce leaves and fill with cream cheese, top with salad dressing. GOOD LUCK SALAD Wipe a long selected cucumber, pare, cut in thin slices crosswise and trim. Arrange on a bed of iettuce in horse shoe fashion. Garnish with parsely Serve with french cream dressing. TOMATO SALAD Wipe peel and chill medium sized tomatoes, then cut in five vertical slices* Mash a cream cheese moisten with salad dressin1, pack in a mold and civil thoroughly. Remove from mould, cut in one— fourth inch slices, arrange the sliced tomatoes and cheese in a nest of crisp lettuce leaves with salad dress ing. TOMATO AND CELERY SALAD Turn cne can tomatoes in sauce pan, bring to boiling point and let boil five minutes; then force through a strainer. Add two and one half tablespoons of granulated gelatine (soaked in one half cup of cold water fifteen minutes one teaspoon each salt and powdered sugar and one third cup celery cut in thin slices crosswise. Pour into indivi dual moulds and chill. Remove to let tuce leaves, garnish with curled celery and top with mayonnaise. SALAD DRESSINGS Cream French Dressing Mix one-half teaspoon salt, one fourth teaspoon pepper, two tablespoon lemon juice, four tablespoon olive oil, and three tablespoon heavy cream, and stir until well blended. MAYONNAISE DRESSING Beat the whole of one egg with a rotary egg beater, slowly pour into the egg one pint of wc<sson oil thin with lemon juice or vinegar until the. desir ed thickness is obtained, season with salt and dash of red pepper, (to be sure there is to be no failure use the whole of the eg’ and a rotary Dealer, u uu= j.-> dene the o 1 may be poured at consid ;rable speed). FIVE YEAR OLD TOT SCALDED ] TO DEATH - I Chicago, Jan., 6 (ANP) While play- ' ng with his two year old sister, Willie Leggion, five year old sen of Mrs. Reed Leggion, fell into a tub of hot water* md was scalded to death. The molher told the confc.mer’s jury that she had placed the tub of boiling water in the center of the kitchen floor in prepara tion to do some laundry wrk. This marked the second tragic death of children dflnng the week. NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS VOTE AGAINST HOWARD Washington, D. C. Jan.,6—(ANP) Even if the present heating plant ot Howard university is overtaxed and the two new buildings to be completed this fall are to be without heat unless available, it makes no difference to the additional heating facilities are made wise members of the House of Repre sentatives from the State of North Carolina. When the amendment of Oscar De Priest, representatives from Illinois, to the Interior Department supply bill *o add $460,000 for a heating plant at Howard university, all the North Car olinians put their feet on the measure. Representatives Pou, Clark, Loughout Bulwinkle and Weaver voted “no and the other members, Lambeth Hancock, Warren, Abemethy and Kerr, though absent, were paired against it But tlie measure was passed just the same. COLORED SERVANTS GUARD BEBE DANIELS AS MANIAC THREATE Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 6 (ANP) He fears communicated even to her valued colored maid, Lucille Carter, BeBe Daniels beautiful screen star, wife of the famous star Ben Lyon is frantic with terror and near collapse over a threatening letter sent her by a maniac. The letter was from David Holland who three years ago wrote Miss Dani els many love letter, and insisted that '■ she marry him. The letters came from | Phoenix where later he was arrested j and placed in the Agnew State Hospital , for the insane. Escaping in 1932, he co - ; tinued his letters which resulted in his recapture and confinement in Ukiah I State Hospital at Talmadge, California. Thence back to Phoenix. He has aslo threatened Dr. K. D. Curtis, assistant Superintendant of the Phoenix Hos and also Mary Brain famed motion picture actress. He has escaped again and officers are searching for him in Los Angeles where the letters were mailed to their beach home, j Bebe Daniels’ beautiful baby now a bcut a year old was closely guarded from birth by its colored maid to pre [ vent its kidnapping. They have also a colored chauffeur. _ RED CROSS CARING FOR RE FUGEES IN MISSISSIPPI Washington, D. C. Jan. G (ANP) The H nds County Chapter of the American Red Cross at Jackson, Miss., is caring for approximately 450 refugees many of them colored from the territory fkoded by the sudden rise of the Pearl River, National Red Cross headquar ters here announced today. Funds have been forwarded to the Chapter 'or relief work. The temperature in the flood area was reported this morning ;o be seve ral degrees below freezing. There has, however, been no rain for the past 24 hours. Previous reports from Red Cress workers in an near the flood area said families had been driven from homes in Rankin county, just east of Hinds con nty, so quickly they had no opportunity to rescue live stock or save household belongings. One Red Cross report stated an undetermined number of re fugees were housed in a school in Bran don, in Rankin County. Florence A. Eldred, secretary of the Hinds O unty Chapter, asked National headquarters for personnel to aid in relief work as the Chapter forces are j overwhelmed with unemployment re lief tasks. CHRISTMAS MADE BRIGHT FOR 105 BY REQUEST Fayetteville, N .C. Jan. 6—(ANP) When James McAlister, a drayman, died here ten years ago .he left all h s belongings to a millionaire white friend Not needing the money, this white man decided to transform all the earning of McAlister's estate into a trust fund for the benefit of members of McAlister's race Christmas day 105 old men and women, without Chrisamas cheer, were made happy with gifts obtained with the $685 which the trust provided this jv-a*. ARREST WHITE MEN WHO SOUGHT TO KIDNAP COLORED GIRL New Orleans, La., Jan.,6— (ANP) Frank Ross of Seattle, Wash., and Al fred De Milo of this city, both white, were arrested Tuesday and one of them according to Suprein'endent of Police George Reyer, confessed to hav ing contracted for $100 to kidnap and kill Miss Ruth Banks, 19-years-old colored girl. Miss Banks was slugged and shot in the head in November, but recovered from her wounds. In the confessio nwhich the officers claim, Ross said he was paid $100 to kill Miss Bank by Wessie Lelon Nickens white against whom she had testified in a Mann act case here before the federal court. Ross and De Milo will be tired under the new state law on kidnaping, the maximum penalty of which is 20 years in the penitentiary. HELD FOR MURDER OF MERCHANT Smithfield, N. C. Jan., fr-(ANP) A coroner's jury here Tuesday held Willie Gill of Johnston county for the murder of Ezekiel Hinnant, white merchant of Archer lodge, who died December 20 after having been shot when he resist ed attempted robbery of his store Nam ed as accessories before and after the fact with Gill were Leon Watson, Otis Winston, Artis Winston and Jack Winston. Miss Edwina Mario Burnette of Mo de, Ala., is spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burnette Her many friends were very glad to see her again. POISONED FOOD WIPES OUT FAMILY | - l Alflrna, Tenn., Jan ,6—(ANP) Poi soned food wiped out Will Parker's en tire family here this week, according to the reports cf physicians who investig ated the death of Parker's five children. ; Parker is a widower and is employed at a local brick-making plant. Tuesday he made some soup for his children, using home canned tomatoes, and wilh in twelve hours after eating the soup, each one had died. They are Robert 16, Elizabeth 14, Henry 11 Ernest 7, and Joseph 2. MURDER OF AGED MAN AROUSES CITIZENS Clarksdale, Miss., Jan., 6—(ANP) In censed over the murder of James Reed, age 75, here Tuesday, a group of citiz ens armed themselves and after sever al hour search capture Will Doolittle, the alleged murderer. Reed who was well liked here in an argument wi'h Doolittle, was shot and killed. The news of the brutal murder spread like wildfire and the posse was quickly formed. When the murderer was captured no member of the posse attempted to do him bodily, harm, but he was immediately turned over to the sheriff for incarceration. I REMOVE PRISONER FROM HOSPITAL Memphis, Term., Jan.,6—(ANP) Al bert Sk'dmore, who was wounded in a gun battle with Joe Edwards, deputy shieff, in which the white man was killed was remove from the local hos pital here Tuesday and placed in the county jail. He had been under guard for the past 17 days and officials of the hospital stated upon his dismissal that he would recover. GOES BACK TO GEORGIA CHAINGANG Atlanta, Ga., Jan.,6—(ANP) Although tales of the terrors if Georgia's chaing angs may shock the nation, James Mil ler is just one man who cannot stay off the gang. Friday afternoon at five, o' clock, Miller was releaser from theFul ton county chaingang after serving six months for violating the, prohibition law. Four hours later, at nine o'clock to be exact, he was rearrested on s charge of holding up Walter West and taking $1 from him. West identified Miller. There's no tellin' what they'll do to you down here for taking a dol lar from a man. i , MARRIAGE LEAF I Miss Ozema McLoud and Mr. And rew Fairley of this community was quietely married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mc Loud on Sunday December 25th. i Tire Bride and Grcom will leave fo; their honey moon as soon as the wea ther is favorable. Friends wish for them much happiness. JAIL AGED MAN FOR MURDER Marion, S. C. Jan ,6—(ANP) William Henry Davis, 70-years-oid, is being held in jail here n connection with the fatal shooting Thursday if George Av |an4. Davis denies the killing, claiming th;<t Avant shot himself, but Clyde Smith, a witness, inists that Davis fired the fatal bullet. i - WANTED Out of town agents to sell the Weekly Echo ill all towns. Liberal commis sion given. Why not let your hoy n> girl sell papers in your home town I Your home town folks will he glad t« [read the Echo. We have several oui of town agents. Send in your name I to-day. TilE GOODWILL PRINTING CO. 12508-5lh Street Meridian. Miss ■ —^ - —— >: j KwntxtBnBBB \\ GREENWALD SCPER-SEK- j :jj VICE | k YOUR AUTO PAINTED \ $s.o.©o >t Tiles Repaired in City Limit 50c | k “Early or I .ate Phone 78” WSBdCKWl** tOOMK WIKI WMJSHSl P". t UNION EURFAI A££( fl/TItN Marks, Mississippi P. 0. BOX 242 Undertakers & Einbalmers Authorized To Do All H. B. A. Work lo This Section “REASONABLE SERVICE" Phone 58 Rev. W. W. Walker, Mgr. MEMBER OF H. B. A. | Xx x u x'x :: X X x xx :tx X Xx.xXX'Xirfc">fX''>$ | FREiNGH DRY CLEANFRS | Let us Help you Look your ^ Best. Our Prices or right. £j * Phone 861 1401-26 Ave. j| Meridian, Miss. i? 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