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D.C. WIDOW SUES FOR HUSBAND'S WEDDING GIFT
Negro Farmers
Hided By Loans
WASHINGTON —(ANP) —According to reports from the
office of Cornelius King, special assistant to the governor of the
inarm Credit administration, 20 per cent or more of the production
credit association borrowers in many associations in the states of
’ 15‘Ssissippi ri j Louisiana ere of the Negro race. Short
led this year hrough the facilities o’
Negro farmers in .hose states, “and
g ‘colored fa mers in these states
t risks of these institutions.” The 5,000 coi
•=• •-.•iibcrs n Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana share in the
. --/■j .a ■ SI .033.000 voting stock purchased by member-bor
•nv ers of these production credit asso ia ions. They thus get
iway front the loan shark methods formerly in vogue among many
andlords.
Fpoke In Chicago
.y&Z., •;.K •• ;.iv '
- REV. R. W. HAYDEN
—minister of the Metropolitan
Community church, Birmingham,
rho was the guest speaker last
unday at the Metropolitan Com
munity Church, Chicago. He was
if ly -received.
Prejudice In U.S.
Army Is Denounced
CHICAGC—(ANP) in addition
p- otirr discriminatory practices
hnird a-anr the nation’s black
reops, Negr? -soldiers in the reg
lar army are c.ften victims ct
p-ejudice, according to Levi Pierce,
lourg Chicagoan who recently pur
rased his discharge in disgust over
rr t a color :d 5 listed man faces
r. the army.
I Mr. Pierce, whose previous rev-
Rations have embarrassed the war
“rtm-n’ and caused the release
u denials of inequalities cites
pree instances to show how mili
ary justice affects the Negro. At
ne same time he points out that
Fegro commissioned officers in coi
ned units would remedy this and
plier inequalities.
Leizona instance
“In the summer of 1930 at Fort
luachuca, Arizona, where I wao
mpioyed in the pians and training
Iffice of the 10th cavalry and where
ne third oattalion of the 25th in
pr.try (white) was also stationed,
pivate Sam Davis of Troop p, 10th
ivalry was cooking at the officers
Less (white), a unit set up for the
Lodin: ox unmarried officers,” says
Li': Pierce
r’Eating in the mess was Lieut
Ihn R ybold and his sister. Orto
laming M ss Reybold asked Davte
I prepare a special menu for her.
lavis said he didn’t have time since
| was-near noon and he had to
lnr ; >lete his dinner. She became
fegry - and left after telling the
livate he would be ‘sorry for this
■“When Lieut. Reybold came in
t levelanders
Uet Relief
From U.S.
The farm credit representative
called attention to the savings
realized by farmers who borrow
j through production credit associa-
I dons, by reason of the low inter
est only for the time he actually
has the money. Prior methods did
not give the borrower a report on
what he owed. Mr. King pointed
out that with these savings farm
er? "are frequently able to save a?
much as one-fourth or one-third on
their inte"est charges.”
Formers borrow from productions
credit associations for various pur
poses. such as producing, feeding
.isr-esti-’g, *nd marketing of crops
to breeding, fattening, and
~a keting of livestock; and some
bo row for general agricultural
purposes including repair, improve
ment or alteration of farm build
ings “A large portion of farm
ers use at least a part of their loan?
for either the purchase of seed
. feed, fertilizer, spray materials, ma
! rb n my. or farm supplies; or for
! the mirchase of cattle, swine, or
workstock: or 'to hire farm labor,”
he continued.
Mr. King called attention also to
the advantages of financial plan
ning for the year, and suggested
that prospective farmer-borrowers
can be greatly helped by discussing
their financial plans with the sec
retary-treasurer of the local pro
duction credit association.
for the noon mess, his sister told
him Davis had ‘tried to get fresh’
with her. The officer flew into a
rage and went into the kitchen
where a fight started. It was late
learned that rhe white officer hit
Davis first, but the latter was
thrown in the guardhouse and gen
oral courtmartial' charges preferren
However, an investigation disclosed
that the woman had written sev
eral affectionate notes to the col
ored private and he was eventually
freed. Lieut. Reybold was released
from the command of colored troop?
and is now assigned to duty with
the Second cavalry, Fort Riley.
Kan But this would not have hap
pened with the resulting inconven
ience and embarrassment to Pvt
Davis had the unit been staffed
with Negro officers.”
FORT RILEY ACTION
Another instance is that of a
Ninth calvary soldier found in the
presence of a white woman in 1937
and immediately placed the post
guardhouse at Fort Riley.
“At this time Lieut. Col. J. M.
Tully was the regimental executive
of the Ninth and Lieut. Co. T. J
Jmbocker the supply officer and
assistant,” Mr. Pierce says. -When
news of the arrest reached Lim
oocker he became angry and con
sidered it a terrible crime despite
the fact that this white woman had
seen an inmate of a woman’s in
stitution several times. Limbocker
recommended courtmartial although
ihis soldier had a good record and
had completed more than 20 years
jf service. Tally, who called him
self more liberal and fairminded
permitted the soldier to purchase
his discharge or else remain and
iace courtmartial with the chance
of being acquitted or kicked out
with a dishonorable discharge.”
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HOTEL MACK
Double Rooms Si up. Gas Heat. 548
Bediord Pl., N.E. JA. 3281, Atlanta
Dark Laughter . . . .Byo. L. Harrington |
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Y LA, IF \>F EVfcK FELT BAD ENOUGH TO COME BY. WELL. WF
FEEL THAT WAY. • ■ •
Army Officers Seen
In Training Call
From My Study Window
By RE\. JOHN CLARENCE WRIGHT
We The People Sleep
A few weeks ago I was called out of my bed at about
eleven o’clock at night to be informed that one of my par
ishioners, while peacefully eating a belated dinner in his
regular boarding place, had been herded up with the pro
prietor and several of the customers and carried to the city
bastile. They were informed before accepting the enforced
hospitality of the commonwealth, that what
was about to be staged was a raid, and that A i |
if trouble was not wanted all had better! f
“come along quiet and peaceful like”. My J
parishoner is an honest, sober, industrious, lIPI ,||||y
respected citizen in the community, an ar
dent lover of his church and a soloist in the
choir. None of these things, however,
ed the plain-clothes guardians of the city’s jIMPy Wmm
liquor statutes and along with an ordained Jp,
minister of the A.M.E. church, who also 6;
happened to be in the place at the time of
the raid, this peaceful citizen, guilty of
nothing more than minding his own busi- j§ll
ness and eating a meal for which he had
paid, in a place licensed by the city to serve
it, was hustled off to police headquarters,
humiliated by being booked on -a charge of
frequenting a dive, or something of the
sort, and locked up for the night. DR. WRIGHT
After much telephoning and scouting around in the
late hours of the night, we were able to get him released
on bond in the “wee small hours” of the morning.
The next day several of us
went down to the police court to
be of help to our friend when the
case came up. It was what I saw
at that hearing that prompts me
[to “take my pen in hand”.
\ Too many visits to an Atlan
ta police court in full swing,
[would make potential anarchists
lout of the most law-respecting
'and abiding citizen. My friend’s
lease was held over to a later
[date, but what I saw and heard
twhile I awaiting its disposition
■filled me with mingled disgust
fend rage. Men and women herd
fed like animals and treated with
less regard. Pushed and shoved
libout, in most cases without le-
Iral defense or counsel, fined and
Ineted out stretches on the pub
lic works with hardly a chance,
In some cases, to understand with
Ivhat offense or misdemeanor
■hey had been charged. Their
Rumber was legion, because it
was Monday’s session of tlie
THE PHOENIX INDEX, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
court and they were gathering
in the harvest of the week-end
raids and round-ups.
Came an interlude in the sor
did drama. A uniformed minion
of the law strode down the main
aisle, rolling a juicy wad of to
bacco in his official mouth. “Get
back in those other seats, nig
gers, or do I have to come and
throw you back. Hey black nig
ger over there, I mean you.”
With that the upholder of the
law, the tax-paid protector of in
nocent citizens, kicked at the
man sitting on the end of the
seat and with more of the elo
quence quoted above proceeded
to insure two more seats for the
already comfortably-provided-for
whites when they should return
from the recess.
That is the kind of treatment
that any black man may expect
who by any chance, mishap, or
mistake finds himself in the
bunds of the law or is required
Units to Be
Combed For
Personnel
By RIENZI B. LEMUS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
(ANP) —It is reported here,
and through one whose utter
ances merit credence, that
the purpose of the war de
partment in ordering all Ne
gro military organizations
“back to training camps” is
to develop officers for all-
Negro units to be included in
the expanded U. S. Army.
According to the plan, as the
story goes, regimental command
ers, field and s.taff officers will
be recruited from majors, cap
tains and lieutenants of the pres
ent units while their non-com
missioned personnel is to be
combed for the new organiza
tions’ captains and lieutenants.
The all-colored Bth Illinois in
fantry of Chicago, the 369th regi
ment of New York, the third
battalion of the 372 pd regiment,
located in Boaton, and .'company
units of colored national guards
men, are becoming Inured *to win
ter-weather conditions in camp?
of their resn|;tive vicinities, while
develonment of officers of the all
colored regiments-to-be goes on.
according to the story.
Much guessing had been indulged
and published respecting the motive
of the military authorities for
ordering the colored soldiers back
to camps so soon after their return
from late summer and early fall
maneuvres.
to go to the assistance of some
one in its toils. It is just another
evidence of how ruthlessly our
rights in a free democracy are
trampled upon with impunity
while we the people sleep. And
in every phase of our individual
and corporate life they will ever
be trampled upon as long as lull
ed into a state of somnolence by
ignorance, fear or indifference,
we the people sleep.
For seventy five years, or
more, intrepid leaders have warn
ed us to awaken to our real sta
tus in this republic; to get wise
to our rights; to secure them as
only rights can be secured in a
free democracy by the possession
and use of the ballot. Os late
new prophets have coyig forth
Dower
Petition
Filed
Step-Daughter
And Step-Grand-
Daughter Oppose
WASHINGTON, D. C.
(SNS) Mrs. Daisy Ells
worth and her daughter,
Mrs. G’-adys Lloyd, in peti
tion filed in District Court
here Saturday to dismiss the
suit of Mrs. Lavinia G.
Holmes, widow of Ottoway
Holme-s, reputed millionaire
and operator of the excursion
steamer, E. Madison Hall,
whose estate has reportedly
dwindled to a mere trifle of
$i no.ooo.
Mrs. Holmes Is suing- for as
signment of dower. Her step
daughter and step-granddaughter
through Elwoo* 4 G. Hubert, their
attorney, take the position that
her complaint is a mere petition
for specific performance of an un
written postnuptial contract.
Mr. Hubert advances three
grounds as the basis of his mo
tion to dismiss the suit.
NOT NECESSARY
The first is that assignment of
-dower- in a marriage which lasted
tor j®snty yeajs is not necessary
under thfe District code and that
if it is required It should be set
aside by the court at the time of
the accounting of the National
Bank of Washington, the execu
tor of the estate.
His second is that the oral gift
of their home to her as a 'wed
ding present violates the statute
of frauds, which requires gifts of
real estate to be made in writ
ing.
His third is that her suit is
barred by the statute of limita
tions because of the period of
time which has elapsed since her
right of action arose.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Holmes left real estate valued at
$107,615, subject to a blanket deed
cf trust of $75,000 securing an in
debtedness of about $42,500. He
also left personal property valued
at $30,000.
SAYS HE’S REAL OWNER
In her suit, Mrs. Holmes claims
she is the real owner of property
at 811 Twenty-first Street, North
west, of which he was the record
owner. She and Mr. Holmes were
married in the house at that ad
dress on Auaust 13, 1914.
In the presence of about two or
three dozen persons at thp mar
riage, Mrs. Homes alleged that
her husband proclaimed he was
making her a wedding gift of
the property.
When the will of Mr. Holmes
was filed for probate. Mrs.
Holmes says she renounced tak
ing what the will gave her and
elected to take what the law gave
her. She claims she should re
ceive about SIO,OOO when the es
tate is settled.
The property which Mrs. Holmes
claims was given her as a wed
ding present by her husband was
bequeathed by him to his grand
daughter.
At the time she married Mr.
, Holmes, his widow claims she
owned a profitable grocery busi
ness and several parcels of real
“state. She avers she sold the
business, real estate, term insur
ance and Government bonds
amounting to more than $6,000
and gave the proceeds to him. He
never paid her back, she asserts.
In the settlement of Mr. Holmes’
estate 19 parcels of his estate
have been sold. The property de
vised to. Mrs. Holmes has a, deed;
Os trust of $4,000 bn it. Its as
sessed value is $9,925. The esti
mated value of the estate at’this
time is $28,754.37.
Mrs. Holmes s ay s she is sen
timentally attached to the prop
erty her husband gave her as a
wedding present and where he
and she spent their married lives.
She states she is willing to ac
cept this property with the per
sonal property in it, free and
clear of all encumbrances, in full
satisfaction of her dower rights.
Mr. Holmes died September 24,
1934. For a long number of years
he operated the steamer E. Madi
son Hall, an excursion boat, on
the Potomac River.
courageously to warn and demon
strate that if we would be free,
we must fight! Fight in and
through the courts with resources
to command the best legal talent
our own or the other race af
fords. They have pleaded that a
part of the money that we waste
annually upon baubles would be
sunk in municipal, state and na
tional defense funds, so that ade
quate legal aid could be guaran
teed the thousands of wretches
who ai’e daily rail-roadod through |
so-called courts of justice while
we tile people bleep. .
Flies To Operating Table
Eugene Morgan, West Virginia State College student, is shown here
as he was about to take off from Institute, W. Va. # via air for New
York City, where he was to undergo an operation. It was while in the
air that he composed his “If You Love Me”, which he hopes will soon
be a hit tune. '• \
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READINGS ARE READY
C. S.—l have been a reader of
this paper fpr year? and enjoy
your column fine. Now I have a
girl 16 years old and she ran off
and I want to know if I will ever
hear from her again.
Ans: When she gets work and
is settled in a place to live, she
will get in direct contact with
you. She is capable of taking care
of herself, and try not to worry
too much about her. She will
write before Christmas.
V. C.—l am a college student
and so is the girl that I feel that
I am in love with. We went to
gether two years ago but stop
ped. Do I stand a chance of win
ning her back again?
Ans: She has lots of suitors, but
she still has a tender spot in her
heart for you. Why not try rush
ing the girl but not to the ex
tent that it will interfere with
your college work for she won’t
give you all of her time.
A. G. C.—-1 am visiting my sis
ter up here and have met a man
who says he loves me and I wish
to know if he will do as he says.
Ans: He would for a few weeks,
but just as soon as he felt sure
of your affection for him, he
would grow tired of you. Now be
a reasonable woman and go home
to -your husband and don’t con
tinue,, to have outside friends for
you don’t realize any pleasure
from an association of this kind.
L. R. S.—My husband says that
he has insurance with the com
pany that he works for and I
don’t believe it. Tell me if it is
so and who does he have it made
cut to?
Ans: It is compulsory for each
employee of the company where
your husband works to carry in
surance. Yes, he does have a
policy. When he took the policy
he had it made out to his wife,
but he has the liberty to change
it anytime that he sees fit.
H. R. P.—ls there a chance of
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1939
my husband and me going back to
gether and living happily again
as we have a child and I think it
is our duty to try to live together.
Ans: The same woman that
separated you and your husband
will keep him from returning to
you. You had better make up your
mind to live without him as it
isn’t likely that he will give this
party up In preference to you.
Get work and do the best you can
for your child.
L. D.—l am heart broken over
my oldest son. He was sent to
jail recently about something that
I am sure that he did not do and
I wish to know what would be the
proper thing for me to do?
Ans: At a time like this you
tan’t consider whether he is guilty
or not. You must secure a lawyer
and let him handle the case for
you. I don’t think that the case
is as serious as you are inclined
to think it will be, but he will be
punished to some extent.
J. B. A.—Someone cut a piece
of one of my plaits of hair and I
wish to know who did it?
Ans: No one can harm you with
(he plait of hair. The person re
sponsible for cutting it was the
man that you were going with at
the time. He is very fond of you
and seems to have the idea that
you will respect and love him
more if he carries a piece of your
hair.
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