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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
Household Suggestions
STERLING SILVER

The newest patterns in sterling
show d tendency away from the
stern austerity Of the last few years
and toward a more luxurious. florid
stye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
TABLE NESTS

I.Al1LE NESTS
For the hostess who often serves
tea in the drawing room a nest of
small table Is indispensable, for il
gives each guest place to set his
plate and teacup.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
1O5- Year Old
Ex-SlQve Dies
AT Birthplace
(Preston News Service)

Henderson, N. c., Dec. 30.-Thom-
as Cheatham, who lived all his life
in this community, and who said he
would be 105 years old this coming
Easter an hour to sun, was buried
Sunday afternoon at Red Bud church
near the old Cheatham plantation in
this county, where he was born.
The exact date of his birth is not
recorded but from incidents known
to the Cheatham family it is inferred
that he was born in either 1920 or
1921. He belonged to Isham Cheat
ham, grandfather of DR.. Goode
Cheatham, Henderson physician.
Of the 800 slaves owned by Isham
Cheatham, Thomas was chosen as
the carriage driver He took the
twin girls, Parthenia and Jane, moth
ers of Mrs. J. L. Currin and A. T.
Barnas, respectively, of this city, to
school every morning, and they
would have been 101 years of age on
February 10, 1926, had they lived.
This fact is regarded as substantial
tion of the age of Cheatham.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
Motion Swamped With Greetings
Expressing Hope For Recovery
ROY BELMONT DIES
AT CENTRAL STATION

Roy Belmont died Monday night at
Central police station from a hem.
orrhage. Belmont had been employed
at Deebach Bros. barber shop, 1873
E. 4th St., for the last year and a
half, as porter.
Belmont had hired Walter Grahm
as a helper. Grahm engaged Bel
mont in an argument regarding his
pay. Belmont disagreed with Grahm
over the amount of three dollars
which Grahm claimed was owed him.
After Belmont refused to pay the
three dollars ,Grahm threw a bottle
at Belmont, missing him and break
ing the front plate window.
Police hearing the crash, came
and took the two men to Central,
where Belmont died short while
after from a hemorrhage.
Mr.. Deebach states that Belmont
was well liked and that he had spoke
to him several times to take good
care of himself as it appeared that he
was in poor health.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
EMBEzzLEMENT
CHARGE PLACED
Former St. Paul Resident, Seller
of Idlewild lots, Held
for Defrauding.

Jesse Lego Carter, formerly a
transient resident of st. Paul, was
recently taken as a fugitive from St.
Louis, Mo-, to Chicago on embezzle-
ment charges, according to The Chi
cago Defender.
The charges of embezzlement were
preferred by David Manson of the
Idlewild Improvement company. Car
ter was held to the grand jury under
$4,000 bond.
The complaint against Carter was
that he sold Idlewild lots, appropriat-
ed the money to his own use, and
went to Chicago. Officials of the
company assert that although $500 is
the minimum amount charged in the
complaint, the total amount of money
has been found from later investiga-
tions to be much more.
When Carter was in St. Paul some
years ago, a number of people in the
Twin Cities purchased Idlewild lots
from him.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
ASHLAR LODGE INSTALLS
OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR

Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 4, F. and
A. M, of st. Paul, installed newly
elected officers for the year 1926,
Tuesday evening, December 21, at
Union Hall, Kent st. at Aurora. Past
Grand Master George L. Hoage con-
Quoted the ceremonies.
The officers for the ensuing year
are George L. Hoage, Jr.. Worship
full Master; John M. Culver, Senior
Warden; Olander J. Smith, Junior
Warden; Lawson A. Melker. Treas
urer; John H. Hickman, Jr., Secre-
tary; James Lynn, Chaplin; George
R. Neal, Senior Deacon; Preston
Simpson, Deacon; Eli Martin, Senior
Steward; John White, Junior Stew
ard; Wesley Johnson, Tyler; John G..
Gray, Marshall.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
NATIONAL CAFE
PLANS OPENING
Minneapolis Cafe to Open Dec,
81 Under Management of AL
eXander of Mortified

The National Cafe announces it's
grand opening New Years Eve, Dec.
81, 1925, at 716 9Th Ave. No., Min
neapolis, MINI. This new and beau
tiful cafe will be under the same
management as the Alexander Cafe
at Northfield, MINI.
This cafe promises a service un-
familiar to many in the Twin Cities
and will be equipped to take care of
private parties as well as the general
public. The Oriental Tea room on
the second floor will specialize in
Chop Suey, Chow Mein and many
other Chinese dishes. Turkey and
chicken will be served in and out of
season and other delicacies in season.
If you wish to patronize place
with exclusive surroundings to dine
and entertain your family, or guest,
take them to the National Cafe. Mr..
]. A. Alexander and Mrs. D. S. Taylor
are the proprietors and they promise
the very best in courteous service.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
Principal of Tuskegee, Confined
in Hospital for Five Weeks.
Improves Rapidly; Discharge
Expected Soon.
preston News Service)

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 31.-Tele-
grams of greetings and expressions
of hope for his rapid recovery pour
ed in on DR.. R. r. Motion, Principal
of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute Christmas Day from all
parts of the country. DR.. Motion has
been undergoing treatment for kid
ney ailments at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital here for the past five weeks.
He is attended by DR.. Eugene Bib
BILE, head of Tuskegee Hospital.
DR.. Motion was able to sit up
Christmas day, read the newspapers
and chat for a while with friends.
He is expected to be discharged with
in three weeks. Prominent recent
visitors included DR.. and Mrs. Wal
lace Butlerick of the General Educa-
ton Board and their daughter, Dr.
Caroline Butlerick.
In a statement to a reporter of the
Baltimore Afro-American Christmas
Day, DR.. Motion said, 81 am profound.
ly moved by these evidences that ]
have a place in the hearts Of my
friends. Their assurance of sincere
good will has proven a source of un.
failing comfort in trying hours"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
JUDGE r. H. TERRELL
OF WASHINGTON DIES

Judge Robert H. Terrell, for
20 years juge of the Municipal
Court of the District of C0lum-
bia, died Sunday night at his
home in Washington, d. C.
Judge Terrell had suffered
two strokes of apOplexy, and
was paralyzed on one side. Two
weeks ago, an attack of asthma
shook him and he succumbed
finally, after his vitality had
been drawn upon, to a cerebral
hemOrrhage.
Born in Charlottesville, Va, in
1857, Judge Terrell received his
education in the public schools
of Washington, and in Lawrence
Academy in Massachusetts,. He
was graduated from Harvard
University in 1884 as one of sew
en- honor men in a class of 800.
He was a man of national rep
utatiOn.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, two
daughters, a brother, and a sis
ter.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
FORMER RESIDENT
ATTENDS MEETING
Lillian A. Alexander, Phi Beta
Kappa, Attends Delta Sig
ma Theta Meet.

Mrs. Lillian A. Alexander, promi-
nent in social, club and civic work
circles of New York City, and for
mer resident of st. Paul, is in Des
Moines, Iowa, this week attending
the seventh annual convention of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Another prominent woman at the
convention is Sadie Mosell Alexander
of Philadelphia, first grand president
of the sorority, and also the first of
the four women of our race to hold
the Phi. D. degree.
Mesdames Alice Dunbar Nelson of
Wilmington, Delaware, speaker, au-
thor and club woman, and Mrs. Alex
ander, members of Phi Beta Kappa,
honorary scholastic fraternity, also
possess the Phi. D. degree.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
Building Project Planned By
Cooperating Fraternal Groups
F. A. A. Y. Masons, Courts of
Her0ines of Jericho to Unite
for purpose of Erecting Gen.
tral Meeting Place.

With the object in view of erect
ing a Masonic center at the corner OF
18th and Emerson Ave. N, Mime
apolis, a fraternal forum was held
last Sunday afternoon at the st. An
thony Baptist church, 1901 Emerson
Ave. NJ, Minneapolis.
The forum was instigated by Joel
M. Polk, Deputy Grand Master of the
F. A. A. Y. Masons, and the purpose
stressed was to develop cooperation
between the subordinate lodges OF
F. A. A. Y. NJ, and the Courts OF
Heroines of Jericho of the Twin
Cities.
Plans Decided.
An offer made by Rev. and Mrs. E
L. Fuller, owners of the desired site
to cooperate with the joint body in
erecting a center for fraternal and
benevolent uses, was accepted by the
group. Through the work of the ap,
pointed trustee staff of King David
No. 2, it has been agreed by the own.
ers and the two lodges that the per.
manent meeting place shall be the
second floor of the st. Anthony Mis-.
sion building until more suitable
structure can be built.
The owners of the property and
the trustees have drawn up the
agreement, and Bert Thompson has
been accepted by the owners as Gus
todian of their business in the pro
ject as Rev. Fuller, who is going in
to mission work, will not have time
to devote to it.
Meeting Called.
S. w. Williams of Prince Hall No
3, was chairman of the forum, anC
Homer L. Rowans acted as secretary
Mr.. Polk, Rev. Fuller, Mr.. Williams
and Rev. Patrick were the speakers
each outlining new phase of thu
proposition The body unanimously
voted to call another forum on Jan
uary II, 1926, at which time way!
and means board will be selected
from members of all subordinate
lodges and courts of this vicinity.
Delegates to the forum were S. w
Williams, w. M; H. L. Rowans
Rev. E. H. Patrick, all of Prince Hal
Lodge No. of st. Paul; Mrs. Mary
Judy, S. M; Mrs. M. Jackson, D. D..
and Mrs. A. Lucas of Queen Eliza
beth Court No. 3 of Minneapolis; J
H. Smith, w. NJ, and Joel M. Polk
D. G. M. of King David No. 2, and
Eureka No. jointly, of Minneapolis
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
YOUNG GOES INTO
FUNERAL CHAPEL
McGav0ck Enlarges Staff; With
Addition Even Better Ser
vice Assured.

Announcement has been made that
William A. Young has Joined the
McGavock funeral service at $50 Rice
st. as assistant to A. J. McGavock.
The McGavock mortuary is the
only chapel in st. Paul owned, con-
trolled and operated by Negroes.
With the addition of another man to
the staff, the chapel will be able to
give even more comprehensive serv-
ice.
Mr.. Young is a member of Perfect
Ashlar lodge of Masons, is Shriner
and is treasurer of the st. Paul Pro-
gressive Association, incorporated.
Mr.. Young lives with his family at
895 w. Central Ave.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
SUNSHINE SAMMY GIVES
KIDDIES YULE PROGRAM
Continued on page g.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30.-The ap-
pearance of Sunshine Sammy, fam
GUS juvenile of the Our Gang comedy
films, before children of the Frank
lin County Children's Home and the
Franklin County tuberculosis San
itorium On Christmas morning mark
ed the high spots Of a series OF
Yuletide parties for county charges
arranged through Mrs. L. G. H.
Breenneman.
The noted entertainer, playing at
the Dunbar Theatre last week gave
his services in this connection
through the courtesy of w. G. T.
aAyres, manager of the Columbus
Weekly News and active in civic and
social affairs.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
CLAIMS ONE LIFE
Truck Driver Killed By Official
Of Oil Company With
GunShOt Wound.
preston News Service

iIlOStOh lNCWS OClNlCcD
Lincolnton, N. C. Dec. 30.-Mor-
ton Reinhardt was shot and killed
here Thursday afternoon by ]. O.
Allen, former treasurer of Lincoln
county.
The killing was accidental, it is
said, and occurred in the executive
offices of the Carolina Oil Company,
of which Allen is bookkeeper. Rein
hardt, who was truck hand en-
ployed at the Seaboard freight sta
tion, had called at the Office to see
Mr.. Allen, who held in his hand a
pistol with which he was fumbling.
Shortly after Reinhardt entered the
front door the pistol was discharged
accidentally, according to others in
the office at the time of the shooting,
the bullet entering the breast, going
through the body and through the
glass in the front door of the Office.
Allen surrendered to the sheriff
and was held for an investigation
later, being released on bond.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
-FOUR men HELD
FOR MISSISSIPPI
LYNCH|NG PROBE
Fatal Violence Committed On
Negro Acquitted of Murder
Investigated.
State Denounces Crime
$500 Offered to Start PrOsecu-
ton Against Men Accused
of Forming Mob.
preston News Service)


Clarksdale, Miss, Dec. 30.-De-
nounced by the Coshoma County
League of Women Voters as "high-
handed MURDER" the lynching of
Lindley Coleman, Negro, was made
the subject of investigation by a
grand jury. Four men, one of them
a planter, were arrested on charges
of conspiracy to murder and war
rants were sworn out for four other
persons.
Coleman was seized Saturday night
as he was leaving the courthouse aft
er being acquitted of the murder OF
Grover C. Nichols, and lynched.
Special Jury Session.
Judge w. A. Alcorn, before whom
Coleman wa stried, called special
session of the grand jury and when
it assembled he eXacted pledge of
the Jurors that indictments would be
returned against any person found
involved, regardless of his standing
in the community. He instructed the
grand jury also to investigate reports
that third degree" methods had
been employed in an effort to obtain
confessions from other Negroes ar
rested with Coleman for the killing
of Nichols.
Resolutions denouncing the lynch
ing and demanding that those re-
sponsible for it be punished were
adopted at a mass meeting called by
Mrs. Earl Brewer, president of the
Women Voters.
Those arrested are Thomas Mich
OILS, brother of Grover C. Nichols; J.
T. Tarynham, planter; c. o. Cane.
an employe on Taryham's plantation,
and H. S. Blockley of Clarksdale.
Entire State Aroused.
Mississippi is aroused as she never
was before in all her history over the
"wanton murder" by a mob of Ne
gro declared to be innocent by a
white jury. Within few minutes
after the acquittal of the Negro, he
was seized by "mob" Of three men,
according to his attorney, Col. T. S.
Ward, almost at the door Of the
courthouse, put in car which had
CONTINUED on page ~
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
FILLING STATION
To OPEN JAN. z
Garage Accommodating 40 Cars in
Connection; White Eagle
Gas, Oils Used.

A forty-car garage, fireproof and
modern in every respect in combina-
ton with a filling station which will
handle White Eagle gasoline and
oils, will be opened January 2 at the
corner of Arundel and Rondo SITS. by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Few.
With the exception of small enter
prises of a similar nature, this ven
ture is the first one of its kind among
Negroes in the Twin Cities.
C. Few, the proprietor, has lived
in St. Paul since 1902. He has been
a member of st. James A. M. E.
church since 1908. and has been in
the dining car service of the North
ern Pacific railway for 10 years. He
was born in Salem, Ala.
Mrs. Few, joint proprietor, got her
first business training in her fathers
general store. She has had a good
deal of experience in handling bids,
contracting and inspecting materials
of numerous contractors. Mrs. Few
received her education at Haynes In
stitute, Augusta, Ga. She had nor
NAL training and nursing at Tuske-
gee Institute.
In arranging for the opening Of
the filling station, the Pure Oil
company was Indifferent to the
venture as a medium for han
ding it's products, according to Mr..
Few. The White Eagle Oil and Re
fining company, on the contrary,
proved to be willing to conclude an
agreement, Mr.. Few states.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
COHEN HELD NOT
GUILTY OF PLOT
TOSMUCCLERUM
Two White Defendants Bare Op.
erations of Smuggling Syn
dicate in Gulf.
Second Cohen Victory
Charge Made. That Acting Sur.
veyOr of Customs Directed
Cutters off Track.
(St. Louis Argus)

New Orleans, Dec. 3O.-Walter
Cohen, United States Collector of
Customs of the Port of New Orleans,
has been absolved of the sensational
charge of conspiracy to violate the
Volstead Act brought against him
and SO whites last August.
United States District Court Judge
N. I. Grubb, presiding at the trial,
directed the jury hearing the case to
deliver a verdict freeing Cohen.
Accuse White Officer.
Instruction for the acquittal OF
Cohen followed a startling develop
ment in the case when two of eight
white defendants being tried, Alon-
"a Patterson and Arthur Battistella
pleaded guilty and barring the opera
tions of the rum ring from the stand
implicated Henry De DeauX, acting
surveyor of customs, as the ring lead
er of the band.
Directed Smugglers.
Patterson and Battistella swore
that De Deaux had invested $4,000
in the smuggling syndicate. Patter-
son, who had been previously con-
victed of bribing prohibition officers
testified that De Deaux directed the
patrolling of the revenue cutters SO
that liquor belonging to the ring
could be brought inside the 12-mile
zone and landed in New Orleans with.
out danger of confiscation.
Cleared Cohen.
AS a result of this testimony
Cohen, who had been charged with
completely in directing of patrol
boats to other sections when "syn-
dicate" shipment was due to arrive
was absolved of blame and the court
directed verdict of acquittal.
De Deaux Immediately was placed
under arrest by department of jus.
tice agents and furnished $4,000
bond on liquor conspiracy charge
-Four Plead Guilty.
After the sensational confessions
of Patterson and Battistella, Fred
Jeanfreau, Robert Spar and Albert
Morris changed their pleas to guilty
and threw themselves on the mercy
of the court
Joseph Conrad, former New Or
leans police sergeant; Fred Haab
Joseph Thompson and Salvatore
Guissamo entered pleas of not guilty
COhen's Second Victory.
The acquittal of Cohen was the
second significant victory of the dis.
tinguished colored citizen. The first
triumph came when attempts tc
prove that he was an alien, and that
it was unconstitutional for him tc
remain in the office, were over.
thrown. Both President Harding and
Coolidge upheld his right to the of.
fee.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
GARLAND OFFER
ASSURED, FUND
REPORT SHOWS
More Than $4,000 Subscribed
Meets Conditions of Grant
for $4,000.
Goal Raised To $65,OOO
Necessity of Attaining New
Mark Stressed By James
Weldon Johnson.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service }

lN. "A. "A. ". I. FTSSS 0erNlCe)
New York, Dec. 30.-The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People announced that in a
period of seven weeks, beginning Oc-
tober 80, it had raised the $4,000
fund set as an objective, obtaining
in contributions more than the $50,
900 required to meet the Garland
Funds offer of $4,000 and, together
with the $4,000 given outright by the
Garland Fund, completing the $5,-
900 total.
The amount sent to the National
Office to date is $3O,47O.S1.
Goal Advanced.
The N. A. A. c. P. with contribu-
tions still pouring in has advanced
its goal from $4,000 to $65,00O and
hopes to go to the Garland Fund with
$4,000 instead of $4,000 raised
mainly by colored people of the Unit
ed States, independent of the Funds
contribution.
The decision to carry on the cam
paign was reached when it was learn
ed that a second trial in the Sweet
case would be necessary, thus prac-
tically doubling the original cost of
the case.
JOhnson's Comment.
In announcing the attainment of
the goal thus far, James Weldon
Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A.
C. P, said: 1--WE were confident
that colored Americans would rally
to their own cause being fought in
the courts of the land by the N. A.
A. c. P. They have rallied magnifi-
Gently. In less than eight weeks the
colored people of the country have
justified the faith of those, like Clar-
ence Darrow and Arthur Garfield
Hays fighting in their behalf. The
N. A. A. G.. P. in view of the fact
that the second trial of the Sweet
case will just about double the cost
of it, has advanced its goal from a
$4,000 Legal Defense Fund to $685.
900. We are confident that this OBJ
jective will be reached with flying
colors.
Residential Segregation.
"Our friends must not forget that
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
AFRIC MUSIC BARRED
(By Preston News Service. }

(By Preston News Service.)
Havana, Dec. 30.-Playing of the
tambor, or tom-tom, or other musical
instruments of African character,
with singing and contorted dancing
have been prohibited by presidential
decree.
President Machado's decree says
this class of music and the "rumba"
are contrary to the good customs and
public order of Cuba.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
PORTER MISSING
after SHOOTING
Drinking Party Ends in Death
of Woman; Witness Held
By Police.
(Preston News Service)


Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 30.-Follow-
ing a drinking party at her home,
Mrs. Elizabeth Butler, is dead and
Foster Wilson, Pullman porter on the
Seaboard train running between Ra-
leigh and Washington, who is accus-
ed of having shot the Butler woman,
is missing and police are unable to
locate him.
The shooting occurred late Thurs
day afternoon at the Butler home.
William Harrison is being held in
the city Jail, after he told L. M. War
ing, Wake County Coroner, and the
police two or three different state
ments about the shooting.
Harrison, according to Coroner
Waring, first said he did not see Will
son fire the fatal shot and secondly
he says he did see the shot fired.
Harrison himself is held without
bail. When Coroner Waring reached
the home, he found the pistol and a
quart of whisky hidden under a
cushion. Bottles were scattered
about the room.
Wilson had the regular run be-
tween here and Washington, and was
to have left last Thursday night.
The coroner stated last Friday night
that he expected the net he had laid
would ensnare Wilson in a short
time.
The dead woman was the wife of
Weston B. Butler, a cook in local
cafe. He was not at home when his
wife was killed.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
Y. w. C. A. ANNUAL TEA

Following the annual custom,
members of the Committee of Man
agement of the West Central Ave.
Branch of the Y. W. C. A. will be
hostesses to the members and friends
of the association at a musicale and
tea to be given January 1, 1925, from
4 to 6 P. NJ. The public is cordially
invited.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02
NOTICE

The Echo is making arrangements
with Minneapolis churches to dis
tribute the papers in suitable places
for those who are not subscribers.
Further information can be obtained
from The Echo Office, or from Min
neapolis pastors.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02

The average man is about so per
cent logical and so per cent ZOO
logical.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-01-02

Each day more than five thousand
tons of newspaper print paper is pro-
duced in Canada.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Observation-Disclosures.

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