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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Fight On DePiest
May Land Democrat
In Congress

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 6.-(ANP)
That Oscar DePriest, the Thomp-
son-Crowe candidate for congress-
man from the First Congressional
District of Illinois, will not have easy
sailing in gaining his ambition as at
first predicted, is indicated in the
vigorous fight being waged against
him and the number of candidates in
the field.
Already three others have signi-
fed or been suggested as candidates
for the office made vacant by the
death of Congressman Madden.
Judge w. Fl. Harrison, nationally
known attorney and orator, is per-
haps the leading opponent of Mr..
DePriest, boasting of the support of
the Deneen faction of the Republican
party. James @. Cotter, assistant
United States District Attorney, and
close friend Of the late Congress
man Madden, has been mentioned as
a likely candidate and Attorney b.
G. ClantOn has also been named.
Leaders here have sought to mar
row down the field and in doing so
have pointed out that a three-way
split of the Negro vote is fraught
with danger of electing a white DEM
ocrat to the office.
Dawson Supporters Have Hopes
The supporters Of Attorney Will
liam l.. Dawson, who opposed the
nomination Of Congressman Madden.
who also made good showing at
the primaries, have not given up
hope that the nomination will be
awarded to him. They are making
driving campaign and in statement
made to the Associated Negro Press
by DR.. Edward w. Bates, prominent
local physician, who was interested
in the Dawson campaign, gave what
he declared to be the "0ther Side
of Chicago's Congressional Fight"
Prefacing his statement with the
declaration that 81 do not know
whether this is as timely as it should
be, but feel that those who are go-
ing to the polls in November should
know the facts concerning the efforts
to elect a Negro to Congress and
the opposition we met from Mr.. De-
Priest, who Is now seeking the office
for himself"
The text of DR.. Bates statement
is as follows: #H 81
"Our reason for desiring to send
a Negro to Congress was we felt that
Negroes could best be represented
by a Negro and he could do more
for the enforcement of the 14th,
18th amendments. We, therefore,
were extremely careful in selecting
our candidate. First we decided
that he must be a man with clean
life behind him, which would assure
us that his life would be clean after
becoming congressman. He should
be well educated and courageous
fighter. Our candidate, Attorney
William Dawson, fulfilled these re-
quirements, being a gentleman. a
scholar and a soldier.
with this candidate we went to
the public and the opposition we met
was from the professional politi-
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
New Henry Whipperwin Johnson Story
In A Breezy Style You'll Like

you for an hour withouta permit to
carry a revolver"
But, DEAR" | replies, 81 am Civ
ing you credit for the wonderful way
in which you has cultivated self
control, because l don't see how you
could grow up to be as non combat
ant as you has, after spending a
large portion of your youth in a
house where people fought like cats
and dogs all the time like your old
man and old lady didw
"T'll have you understand, Henry
Whippowill Johnson, that my people
was just as respectable as yours
was. and furthermore, even if my
folks did have contest with the
Kings English occasionally, they, at
least, know how to treat each other
like acquaintances on the outside and
don't act as though they were as
popular with each other as undone
tripe, like your folks did,"
II stops in the middle of an un-
becoming sentence that l is about
to spit out about her old man swip-
ing the money from the lodge, when
] catches myself and asks what was
the original cause Of the argument,
1--WE was talking about who keeps
peace in the family, you or me-" the
wife replies. M.L
"0h," ! says, pulling the covers
over my head, that is no cause for
argument. Anybody with gill OF
gray matter in their think tank
knows that IL ! didn't keep my foot
constantly on the brakes of my emo.
tions, our romance would have
Continued on Page A.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
National Baptists
nave Largest
Membership

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The four
leading church organizations, accord
ing to the number of members, and
in the order named are the Ma
tional Baptists, with 3.253,369; the
African Methodist Episcopal with
7Sl.692; the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion, with 100000; and
the Colored Methodist Episcopal,
with $4,000 members. Comparing
the above figures of DR.. H. X. Car
roll with the U. S. Census of reli-
gious bodies. taken ten years ago,
the membership of these organiza-
tions has Increased during the ten
year period follows: A. NJ. f. h.,
95 per cent: the. A. M. E., AZ per
cent; the G. NJ. e.. 35 per cent and
the National Baptist, II per cent.
For each month during the ten
years, there was an increase in men,
bership of 1911 for the National
Baptist; 1,012 for the A. M. Z. T.;
972 for the A. NJ. E. and 359 for
the c. NJ. e. Upon the basis of a
12,000,000 population of all ages.
27 per cent of 1t are members of
the National Baptist Church; per
cent belong to the A. NJ. f. Church:
per cent to the A. NJ. Z. H.: and
nearly 3 per cent to the C.. M. e.
In other words, 81 per cent of our
population belongs to these four or
ganizations, leaving 50 per cent to
the other denominations, and with
out affiliation with any religious
body. The increased membership
per church during the ten years
averaged II for the A. NJ. e. g.;
80 A. NJ. E.; "a c. M. Il. and 10
for the Baptists.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Memphis Bank
Teller Turns
State Witness

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 5.-(Spe-
cial) - Frenzied finance, check
switching" of large amounts and
other Irregularities featured the
first days trial of the second group
of Solvent and FraternaI Savings
Bank officials here, Monday.
Indications that Powers Thorton,
teller OF the wrecked bank, had
turned states evidence, developed
when he was given severance at
the beginning of the trial. Those
who went on trial Monday were:
Thomas II. Hayes, undertaken, and
for many years one of the leading
Negro business men of the city;
@. w. Atkins, an insurance man
and also vice president of the bank;
j. h. Gancy assistant cashier and
p w. Thorton, teller.
Evidence brought out Monday by
the State bank examiner, /. II. Will
son, white, who was the first wit
ness, revealed an amount of "rot-
tenness" described by the official as
the worst he had ever witnessed in
banking experience.
Ii was testified that I. II. Hayes,
who in 1925 was secretary-treasure
Of the Knights of Pythias, had on
deposit at the bank the sum OF $36..
SSS.97 to the credit of the lodge.
Records at the bank revealed that
Hayes had but $1,000 there.
About this time the knights of
Pythias held a state convention at
Nashville and Hayes was voted out
Of office. To make his account at
the bank balance. Hayes and Atkins
executed notes for $1,000 and So.
SEQ, respectively. thus making up
the deficit of $21.403.
To make the accounts balance
Hayes took sci. .403 from his ac-
count and applied 1t to the lodges
credit. The next day, however. after
the audit was made, the sum of
s21,40S was Immediately switched
from the lodges account back to
Hayes account and there was no
deposit or debit ticket to trace the
transaction. .-
The State Is asking 20 years sem
tence for the men on trial. A ver-
dict is expected Friday.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Woman Confesses
She Lured Clubnlall, II,
Into Death Trap

NEW YORK, June G.-(Special)
An auburnhaired young white wo-
man walked into the West Forty
seventh Street Police Station Tues
day morning and told the desk Lieu
tenant that she had been the deeOy
who lured Jesse Blunt, Harlem night
club owner. into ambush Sunday
morning. She wept as she told her
story. Blunt was shot four times
and Is in serious condition in
Columbus Hospital. H...
Describing herself as Mrs. Gladys
McCarver, 20 years old, until recent
ly of Vine Street, Lowell, Mass, the
girl said that she had separated
York. where she became a dancer
in Blunt's cabaret, The Lenox Ave-
nus Club, at 652 Lenox Ave.
She and Blunt were good friends
she said until last Friday, when he
became enraged and beat her. She
went 10 the apartment at 1874 Haven
Avenue which she shared with
girl and a man and told them of the
beating. The man told her to lure
Blunt to Haven Avenue and 171st
Street early Sunday.
Supposing that Blunt was TO be
beaten up, but not seriously injured.
she told the police, she assented to
the scheme. When Blunt was shot
down as he left taxicab with her
at the place agreed upon she became
panic stricken and fled. she said.
With another girl she went to At
lantic City, intending to get work in
cabaret there, but her conscience
kept troubling her and eventually
forced her to return and give herself
up. She was taken to the Wads-
worth Avenue Police Station, where
she was booked on a charge of felon-
ious assault. and then to Police
Headquarters for the lineup.
She was arraigned in the Wash
ington Heights Court and held with
out bail for examination by Magis-
trate Albert II. Vitale.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
BOMB WRECKS S60.0O0 CHURCH
New Segregation
Terror Flares Up
In Detroit, Mich.

DETROIT, Mich, June 6.--A new
segregation terror burst forth here
Iuesday morning when unknown
parties bombed Mt. Zion Baptist
Church running its pipe organ and
doing $4,000 damages. ..
The church which is pastored by
the Rev. j. S. Williams, was located
in an Italian neighborhood. II was
purchased on May 9Th for $50 900.
Refused To Sell
The presence of the church in a
white neighborhood caused consid-
cradle opposition and overtures of
whites to buy 1t were refused by
church officials. 1t is believed that
the bombing was done by whites
who objected to the church in the
community. No clues to the bomb
ers, however, have been found.
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Enterprise News Service)

Enterprise News Service)
"I see the Goosenberrys is at it
again." croaked the wife the other
night. as we were preparing to hit
the hay. "Ain't it terrible the way
they squabbles all the timer"
People" ] snaps, "who is handi-
capped with the brain the size of Joe
Goosenberry's and his frau's, has to
engage in verbal denunciations Of
each other to give their mouths some
exercise, because they amt got moth
ing else of consequence to CAB
about" -
The legal holdback, as affec-
tier moments, leaves the window
where she has been listening in on
the epitaphs which is being hurled
Afore and aft by our neighbors, who
generally gets along like two strange
bulldogs who has been on fast, and
lopes over to the side of the bed
where | is doctoring a corn, aud
places her arms on my shoulder.
"Ain't you happy" she coos,
sweetlike, that you and me don't
have no fights like the Goosen-
berrys."
II certainly is" / replies, "but
what more could you expect after
marrying man who is a descendant
from long line of peaeemakers like
IS"
II am sure" snaps back the mis-
sis, that YOU amt due no more
credit for keeping family hostilities
at minimum that | is. because no.
body but woman with sweet dis.
position like | possess could tolerate
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Jim Crow > Certain
For Rep. Delegates
To Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 6 (By
{. Murphy 1t is fairly certain that
delegates TO the Republican Nation
al Convention meeting here next
week will fall before the city's jim
crow policy in hotels.
This means that colored members
of northern delegations will be sep
arated from the white brethren who
will have reservations in hotels.
Colored folk will be shunted to pri-
yate residences. -4
The Honorable Perry Howard, re-
Gently discovered to be on the Hooy-
er payroll, was here recently and
fixed everything up. How well he
performed, delegates will find out
when they reach this city. My guess
is that politics will not be able to
succeed where religion has failed
Religion certainly failed during the
nj. T.. General Conference. .ra.r
Our two bishops we're promised
quarters with other prelates in the
large hotels. These tavern keepers
refused to accommodate them. One
of them was sent subsequently to
an apartment hotel which turned
out to be a sporting house. Ma
turally he left and sought residence
with a private family. "
Delegates with whom l have talk
cd not only resent the outrage, but
declare that another convention will
come to Kansas City over their dead
bodies, so to speak. H
The Methodist Conference gave
the city a shock when delegates OF
all races sat together in meetings
and ate together in the Convention
Hall without the worlds coming to
an end.
One white member of the local
committee is quoted as saying, I'VE
must not treat visiting colored folk
better than we do our own local
colored people, lest the latter be-
come insulted.'
Therefore housing of delegates
was placed in the hands of whites,
who knew nothing about colored
people. The result was that mo-
ther with five children living In
two-room house was assigned two
delegates, and scores of local peo-
pie with fine residences were not
asked to assist.
That comfortable homes were
found for delegates was not to the
credit of the white committee In
charge, but II was due to the energy
of thoughtful Kansas City colored
folk, who insisted that the rooming
list for delegates be revised and
supervised.
These same people will likely
come to the aid of the G.. o. p. when
1t is evident that the copperhead
hotels are going to do to the poll
ticians what they have already done
to the Negro pastors and prelates.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
DePrieSt Fears Bill Harrison
Louisiana Lynchers
Shoot Two Brothers

ALEXANDRIA, La.-Two Race
men were taken from officers by
a mob near here Saturday and shot
to death.
The men were Lee and Dave
Blackman, whom officers were TAX
ing from the Jail at Leesville to
Shreveport fer safekeeping. They
were brothers of William Blackman,
who killed Deputy Sheriff ]. Frank
Philips near Long Lead, three
weeks ago.
Phillips had gone to Blackman's
home to arrest him on a charge of
violating the prohibition law. Black
man shot the deputy, who before
he died. killed his assailant. Lee
and Dave Blackman were arrested
in connection with the affair.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Black Prophet Heads New Religious
Sect Having Its Own Bible

The holy Pibi, containing twelve
commandments, and an exposition OF
the Athlican faith, was published In
Newark In 1924. Here are some of
its disclosures:
The Pibi
1. Adam and Eve were of
mixed complexion"
2. Elijah, the Hebrew prophet,
was God come to, visit earth in the
body OF dead man.
8. Jesus was "Prince of the
Kingdom OF Cod" but Christianity
is a religion for slaves. The lives
OF colored folk must be saved before
their souls. -
.. Be thou clean and pleasant is
the Fifth Commandment.
5. The Seventh Commandment
reads: Let no people take away that
which is yours for the Lord shall
inquire of 1t and IL ye say some
one hath taken II. ye shall in no
wise escape punishment.
A comet called Satter shall pass
within. two miles Of the earth, the
Pibi predicts. Transforming the Arc
tic wastes into blooming gardens and
revolutionizing our means OF COM
munication with distant lands and
remote planets. "Oh, sun, thou
outlet Of the interplanetical fumes.
shine ont For with thee, of thee.
by thee. he shall sit in his parlors
in Athlyi. Africa. and see his daughl
ter flirting In Chicago. U. s. A. IN
his parlor he shall see rooster
treading the moon and bees on the
roses In Venus,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Presbyterians Balk
On Jim Grow" Dinner

TULSA. Okla. - Negroes and
whites must be accepted on equal
terms by the church. the national
Presbyterian assembly ruled here
Wednesday.
There can be no segregation of
blacks and whites as exists in Tulsa"
a resolution adopted by the church
convention stated.
The action followed the abandon
ment of the annual fellowship dinner
which has been held In connection
with the national convention for
years. Local sentiment against the
whites and Negroes mixing socially
at the banquet table was so strong
that the dinner was called off There
are forty Negro commissioners in
attendance.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Governor Pardons Big
Eaters

JACKSON, Miss. - fANPO-
Three prisoners, Marcellus Walker,
Oscar MeRae and Will Harris, have
been pardoned bv Gov. Bilbo at the
request of officials of Tishomingo
County who said they were losing
money by keeping them in Jail. as
they ate more than the allowance
made by the county for the mainten-
ance of prisoners.
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(Enterprise News Bureau)

1hnterprlse news Bureau)
NEW YORK, June GA call has
been received by Jas. Rogers, Perth
Amboy wire mill laborer to ;'go out
among the people of Ethiopia and
redeem them" according to Rogers
own admission. He says that call
came to him in. the year 1919.
Two angels in midnight vista
tion opened the gates of eternity to
him, he explains, and revealed a
great convention OF saints in heaven
called to rescue the colored man
from his lowly position on earth
The name Athlyi was then bestowed
upon Rogers and he was told to be-
come shepherd and prophet to his
own race. An angel named Douglas
robed Athlyi in a gown of four col
ors and inspired him to write the
Holy Pibi. All this he carefully
told to the curious and inquiring.
Claims Large Following
Athlyi Rogers claims following
of 5000 in this country, Africa
and the West Indies. However, he
has not prospered In a material way
as a prophet. He lives In Newark
in a small flat on the top floor Of
q weather beaten frame house His
church, the House Of Gaathly. Is a
dingy. unfurnished, hmpiit store at
No. 81 bedford street, Newark. He
Is married and has a grown daugh-
ter the shepherd miss Muriel. Mar
Gus Garvey, lately deported to the
Islaiid Of Jamaica, is an apostle OF
Athlicanity
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Negro Elks Hold
Midwest Session
InDes Moines, Ia.

DES MONIES. Ia, June 6.-Okla-
homa City was victorious here today
in a spirited battle for the third
annual session of the Midwest As
sociation OF Elks. Kansas City, st.
Joseph and Omaha went down to de-
feat. Oklahoma City having five
extra votes to spare against the
field.
The second annual session this
year was the most colorful meeting
that has been held in Des Moines
In It's history. Special trains from
Kansas City, st. Louis, ST. Joseph
and Kansas City, brought hundreds
of visitcrs and delegates together
with bands and marching clubs.
In the parade line Monday. head
ed by J. Finlay Wilson, Grand Ex-
alted Ruler. Washington. ID. c.. were
marching clubs from Kansas City.
band; st. Joseph, marching club,
drum corps. ladies' drill team; st.
Louis. marching club, band; Lin
coin, Neb., Corn Huskers" march,
ing club ..t
Delegates. together with members
of the Des Moines lodge, and decor
ated floats and cars made a parade
line over one mile and half long.
Other distinguished visitors in ad
dition to J. Finlay Wilson. were:
Mrs. Ella G. Berry, Grand Daughter
Ruler, and Jimmie Martin, Exalted
Ruler of Fort Dearborn Lodge. Chi
cago, and candidate for Grand
Treasurer.
The association endorsed Wilson
for reelection and gave vote OF
endorsement TO the candidacy of
Martin
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Mixed Couple Marry;
Resign School Jobs

NEW YoRK.-4Alfred o. Hodge,
colored, and his white bride of two
days, the former Mathilda A. Yock-
kel, whom he married in Philadel-
phia, Thursday, have resigned their
positions as city school teachers, Dr.
William J. o'Shea has announced.
Hodge, who is AZ and divorced.
was a physical training instructor
at the Harlem school. where his
bride was teacher. DR.. 0'Shea
said their resignations were re-
ceived the same day they were mar
ried. but declined to say whether
they were voluntary or requested.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Garvey In London

LONDON.-Marcus Garvey, self
styled Emperor of Africa" arrived
here Monday to petition the British
government to allow a portion of
Africa to be converted into Negro
kingdom. He claims to represent
280.000,0 900 Negroes. 81.
Garvey is reported to have been
snub3ed when he tried to speak at
st. Georges Hall, Liverpool, but he
intends to hold a mass meeting in
Royal Albert Hall here.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07

HOUSTON, Texas.-Enraged be-
cause white fireman had knocked
James Walker, 1S year old youth,
unconscious with a fire hose nozzle
during fire that swept block of
race homes, 500 citizens. armed with
sticks and stones, threatened to at
tack the fireman, but quick arrival
Of police quelled what otherwise
might have been a serious riot.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Gets $35, 900 Verdict

VENTURA, Cal.-Her lower limbs
paralyzed through the severing of
her spinal cord in an automobile
accident, superior. court jury took
only 20 minutes to turn in a verdict
for an award of $4,000 to Eva
Grace Matthews against the National
Linen Company.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
All the News
Tersely Told
"Showboat" Breaks
Records

LONDON.-With Alberta Hunter
added to the cast, "Showboat" is be-
ing continued in its third week at
the Drury Lane. Paul Robeson,
singer-actor, and a chorus of 12 re-
Gently imported girls, and a group
from the presentation act of James
B. Lowe, star Of "Uncle Toms Cab
in" are playing with the company.
The musical is said to be breaking
box. office records.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Shows Invade Bowery

NEW YORK. - Their way paved
by Dewey Wineglass' "Rollin' On"
race shows have begun an invasion
of the Bowery section of the East
Side. Wineglass' show played the
Lipzin and the Peoples Theatre has
opened its books to race shows.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
l25 Sing robin Hood

PHILADELPH1A.-with a color
ed cast and chorus of 1876, de Kov-
ems opera "Robin Hood" was sung
here Monday evening in Egyptian
Hall at the .Wanamaker Store. The
production was under the auspices of
the Robert Curtis Ogden Association.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
War Vet Held For Forgery

NEW ORLEANS, La. (ANP).--
Sam Smith, war veteran, has been
charged by the government with
having forged his wife's endorsement
70 a veterans bureau check for $54
issued to her as COMPENSATION for
Smiths injuries. Smith claims that
he had his wifc's permission to sign
her name.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
SPEEDY" In White Show

LONDON. - Americas melodra-
matte Importation. 'The Trial of
Mary Dusan,o, is in its third month
here at the. Berliner Theatre. doing
turn-away business. Speedy" VIII
son. formerly comedian on the T. o.
B. a. circuit in the States, is the on
ly non-white actor in the cast of so.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
Files For U. S. Congress

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Attorney Joseph
l.. McLemore. a past president of
the local bar association, has filed
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Twelfth District, re-
ceiving the endorsement of the AS
sociated Negro Democratic Ward
Clubs of this city.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07
s4oo Verdict Ends Suit

CHICAGO. - Climaxing, a court
battle begun early in 1926, Walter
Morgan. expressman, won verdict
Of $500 against DR.. Isaac II. Holla-
way here Monday in a $4,000 suit
for malicious prosecution.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-06-07

RALEIGH, N. C.-Going to his
death with prayer on his lips, John
Clyburn, convicted of the murder
of Rowan County deputy at Char
lotte, was electrocuted at State
Prison here Friday morning.