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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Members Kick On
Dancing Pastor

ATLANTA Ga.-(ANP.) = De-
claring that Rev. William Jones, pas
tor of the Mount Vernon Baptist
church is only fit "to dance the black
bottom, sing bass in the choir and
make rush for the collection plate"
six officers of the church requested
the Fulton County Superior Court to
enjoin the pastor from further prac-
tice of his ministerial duties.
The pastor and the officers of the
church are reported to have engaged
in several tilts over the modern ideas
and actions of the shepherd Of the
flock, and the petition to the courts
climaxed the affair.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Darby Township Proves Whites and
Blacks Can Live Anicably Together
Enteiprisc Ncws Burcnu

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April A.
Can whites and blacks live amicably
together?
Darby Township, located in a small
ravine on the outskirts of Philadel-
phia, has a population of some $500
persons. OF this number slightly over
1000 are colored residents If there
IS any racial distinction in Darby
Township it is carefully and credit
ably concealed. White children and
colored children play "Hide-And-
Seek" together. They null over their
school books together, solving their
childish problems in a spirit Of help
ful fellowship. Out of this contact
q high respect and mutual regard
for each other is born.
Interrscial Forum
On Saturday nights very humble
"Interracial Forum" is held at one of
eight small corner grocery stores that
dot the retiring borough. Here it is
that the men-folk of the township
gather and over their pipes discuss
problems that they have in common.
Not once does racial "color" enter
the discussions. Mrs. John Doe
(white) has borrowed cup Of flour
from Mrs. Joe Doc (colored) so Of
ten that she has lost sight of the ra-
cial lineage Of Mrs. Joe Doe. Mr..
John Doe (white) has "chawed" a
a luscious bite Of tobacco from Mr..
Joe Does (colored) plug of tobacco
so often that he has forgotten the
color of the hand that held the
packed weed.
Do members of the Negro group
possess initiativeg
The Negroes in Darby Township
have founded and ouerate three fire
companies. Engineers are now sur
veying and drawing plans for a sewer
system for the township. Twelve
years ago Darby Township had no
water supply, no lights, no gas or
improved streets. In twelve years
il has developed from second class
to first class township. All Of
which indicates initintive.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Colored Elevator Boys Painting
Wins Over Works by Famous Artists

reached home every night / just lit
my pipe and sat in front of the cam
vass and got to thinking about my
birthplace down in Warrenton, Va,
and pretty soon / worked out pic
ture in my old neighborhood."
Born In Virginia
Listen now to a few more words
from tho new "find," who lives at
lit w. Goth street, as to the varied
and many experiences of his career.
81 was born on a farm in Warren
ton, thirty-two years ago. From the
time | was able to toddle, / worked
the farm. When | was eight, | start
ed schooling, but that lasted only
three years, when / hired out as a
shoemaker's apprentice.
Hearing tales about New York,
old Warrenton got too small for me
so headed here.
Was Shoemaker
However two years of hard work
in restaurants, hotels, and in the new
subways made me long for the shoe.
making trade and home; so | returned
and took myself a wife. Inez is hei
name.
"The honeymoon over, Uncle San
decided he needed me, so off | went
to Camp Meade and served through
out the war in the officers quarters
While l was in the service my wifi,
purchased a small moving pictur,
house, and l became Snowman whei
! left the service. Besides, l work
cd at my shoemaking trade and RAJ
a iitney"
Hailstalk cannot understand VIII,
there is such q furore over his work
He says that until he started hi
prize painting. six weeks ago, he ha,
never even held brush in his hand.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Florida Police
Use Prisoners for
Target Practice

MIAMI, Fla, April 2.-Evidence
that police brutally shot to death ".
Kier, local bellboy when they took
him out to "work on him" for TAX
ing an insulting message from n
white man to a white woman guest
in hotel, was given credence here
Saturday when Chief of Police NJ.
Leslie Quigg. was indicted by the
Grand Jury for murder.
Two other Officers, said to have as
sisted in the killinE, were also indict-
ed along with Quigg
More than two and one-hGlf years
ago, according to testimony brought
before the Grand Jury, the manager
of the hotel where Kier was employed
called i'm police when woman &C.
cused the bellboy of having ATTEMPTED
to make a date with her for a white
man in the place.
When Chief Quigg and his officers
arrived, Kier denied the accusation
and was Immediately struck to the
floor for disputing the word of a
white woman. At the request of the
manager. that they refrSin from
"killing- him in the hoteP' Kier was
taken out on a lonely road to be
"worked ON. 1t developed later that
he was shot to death and his body
hidden. 49,.
Additional evidence Of manv cases
of police slayings and brutality has
come before the Grand Jury and tn;
Ku Klux Klan is blamed by leading
citizens.
A number of race men, it was tes
titled, were used for "target prac
tice." A prisoner reported to have
hung himself in his cell was reallS
murdered by officers, it was alsC
testified and indignities to and tor
ture of women prisoners is ssid &c
have been daily occurrences.
Quigg, who has been chief of po
lice for more than seven years, j:
behind bars with six other officer!
arrested for participation in severa
alleged killings.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

Vrginians Seek Right
To Vote in Primary

RICHMOND, Va, April 3.-A
bomb-shell was thrown into the ranks
of the G. o. z. lilly Whites" as well
as the Democrats here Monday when
colored political leaders announced
that they would apply in the Federal
Court for writ TO compel the city
Democratic committee to allow them
to vote in the city Democratic prim-
airy April for the election of a may
or.
Legal Battle Promised
The action was taken at u meeting
of Nonpartisan Voters League at
tended by about 1000 citizens and
addressed by both eolorcd and white
lawyers. The legal FIGHT it was an
nounced would be headed by Atty. ].
r. Pollard prominent Race leader
here and director of the league.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Memphis Grand
Jury Indicts
Bank Officers

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April An
dicted jointly on Is counts, Alfred +.
Ward and Leroy Williams, president
and assistant cashier of the defunct
Solvent and Fraternal Savings Bank,
will face charges of embezzlement,
fraudulent breach of trust, larceny,
and receiving stolen goods, at the
next term of the Criminal Court,
here.
+. J. Raspberry, teller, was also in
dicted jointly with Williams on eight
counts, charging cmbezzlement of
Sl3G,G72.25. The combined counts
cover shortage of 07,400.29 of the
total of $5il,0S4.64 the audit shows
missing. As State Bank examiners
are still investigating books of the
bank, other indictments against the
officials are expected.
Loses Heavy
The audit of the books indicates
that about one sixth of the funds OF
the bank may be intact. Depositors
may get between 16 and 20 cents on
the dollar, it is believed.
The Colored Chamber of Com
merce is making an effort to raise
52S, 900 to replace the balance of the
school funds carried on deposit by
children when the bank failed. There
was $4,000 in this fund which was
part of thrift plan conducted in
the public schools $4,000 will he
salvaged from the bank, it was stat
cd.
II was also rumored that o.n up.
town white bank is making plans tc
start a branch institution on Bealt
avenue. Nothing has materializec
on the plan to re-estabhsh the de
funct bank.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Race Citizens
Demand Right
Of Franchise

PENSACOLA, Fla, April g.
Following the example of their fel-
low citizens in the neighboring states
of Mississippi and Louisiana, the
colored voters of Florida have come
out in open defiance of disfranchise-
ment tendencies that have long over
shadowed states of the South.
Monday the Race Voters league of
this city astounded white politicians
when they issued statement to the
effect that Negro voters in this city
intended TO vote in the coming prim-
aries and general election, come what
will or may.
In the statement made public the
league says it does not want any race
riot, but says it is determined to
take in the city election, voting for
any candidate 1t chooses. It declared
it would carry the fight for this right
to the highest tribunal of the United
States If necessary.
The statement points to the lack
of representation in the administra-
ton of city affairs and financing.
1t states openly that Negroes in the
city have not been taken care of
properly, and that the league intends
to rectify this at the polls.
Pointing to the fact that its men,
bers are taxpayers and otherwise ell
igible to vote as they choose the
league says, 1--WE want justice is all
that we ask for"
In spite of. the fact that the State
Attorney General issued an opinion
that Negroes who registered to vote
in the city primary could be held
for perjury, several hundred color
ed voters have already registered in
the city
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Has Laundry Done Free ).
Now She's In Jail

LOS ANGELES, Cal, (ANP)-
Lingerie in the laundry Of an un-
married male student.
Time to investigate.
Tho student did, with the result
that Mrs. Ann Shields, wife Of the
caretaker of the Phi Kappa Alpha
house, received a suspended sem
tence of 130 days in Jail for petty
theft.
The student and others in the
fraternity discovered that Mrs.
Shields was having her clothes
laundered free by slipping them in
their bundles, they said. They
charged her with petty theft.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Whites To Sing Hiawatha.

k TULSA, Okla.-Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor's ''Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
will be sung here by 300 white high
school pupils during the April Music
Festival. ts'
The Anglo-African musicians conf
position will have an accompaniment
by the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra. The festival will last three
days, April &c, 81, 2S.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Race Actors in New Movie

LOS ANGELES, CaI.--( AMP
Diamond Handcuffs". a new picture
being filmed by the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer Studio, affords few of the
best colored actors here one Of the
best opportunities recently given in
the picture world for them to display
their talents. Floyd and Lloyd
Shackleford, Everett Brown, George
Turner, and Sam Baker, giant prize
fighter, have important parts. In ad-
dition to these, 1876 colored extras
are being used. t
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Color Line to Be
Drawn Sharp for
Convention,

KANSAS CITY, No., April A
query as to whether delegates and
visitors to the Republican national
convention would be denied the priv
ilege of visiting white delegates IN
their hotel rooms was presented Con-
rad Mann, white, chairman of the To-
cal convention committee, Monday.
Mann explained that the problem
was for the hotels TO handle. Local
usage which opens hotels to whites
only would govern, he guessed.
The non-white delegates will be
quartered by a local committee as
signed to the duty.
at is my personal view," Mr.. Mann
says, 'the race situation offers moth
ing different in convention times
than in the usual case. / suppose
Negroes desiring TO visit white dele
gates in their rooms on convention
business will be accorded the hotels
facilities as usual. When the conven-
ton was solicited, we made il plain
that Negro delegates would find am
pie housing and restaurant facilities" ("
Charles Michaelson writing in the
N. Y. World "wednesday, said
While their white colleagues are
to be taken care. of in the big hotels
of Kansas City, the plan is to install
the Negroes at the Negro Y. NJ. C,
A. and similar quarters, and they
have sent a delegation to Chairman
Butler to tell him that they will stand
for no such segregation process at a
Republican convention, where theiI
votes count as much as those of any
other delegates.
They made the matter plain al
the conference of the National Com
mittee in Washington Nationa
Committeeman Ben Davis of Geor.
gle. and Perry Howard of Mississippi
brought up the question when it wal
being debated whether the convention
was to go to Kansas City, as Chair.
man Butler proposed, or to some
Northern city. They stood out against
/ the Missouri choice until they were
given assurances that there would bt
no color line.
No Color Line In Cleveland
In Cleveland four years ago they
! had the same accommodations hs
! the white members of the convention
They were in the first class hotel
/ in Chicago four years before that
and even in st. Louis they were treat
| ed with the consideration usually ac
corded statesmen on these occasions
So they were promised that, of cours
there would be no discrimination il
I Kansas City.
! They discovered the promise wa
not being carried out when form let
ters were sent to the national com
mitteemen by Secretary Lafayette n
Gleason, notifying them that hote
space had been allotted to them TO
the delegations from their respective
States. Each committeeman was toll
so many rooms had been reserved a
each denominated hotel for his dele
CATION. The stinger was in an adde'
paragraph TO the effect that the Ques
ton of colored delegates had beel
turned over to the Local Committee
on Arrangements which, no doubt
would provide for them at the Negr,
Y. NJ. G.. A. and private homes.
Colored Delegates Numerous
Fifty-six colored delegates alread
have been selected in the South. Eley
en- of the Georgia delegation of six
teen are colored. Mississippi, Sout
Carolina and Florida all have Nc
groes among their representative
at the National Convention.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
"Kongo" Goes On Road

Los ANGELES, Cal.-(ANP)-
Curtis Nero who has been receiving
the applause of the nearly all white
audiences and the plaudits of the
white press for some months for his
excellent playing in the gripping mys-
terry drama "Kongo" is to remain
with the cast for road tour which
will cover the west, middlewest and
Canada. Preceding this it will be
filmed by Fox Studios.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

HOUSTON. Texas.--Rapping the
Tammany Hall Democrats for going
on record as not being favorable to
sending colored delegates to Hous-
ton, the SENTINEL says that the
life and liberty of any delegate COM
ing to that city win be fully gunran-
iced.
Houston race citizens have raised
themselves $4,000 for the convention.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

NEW ORLEANS, La.--t CAMP. y
Mrs. Lizzie johnson, rs years old,
was founl dead In the servant quart
ers Of DR.. G. Jeff Miller. Investiga-
ton proved that the aged woman
blew out the gas on retiring. The CO.
roner's jury returned verdict Of
death BY accidental asphyxiatlon.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
New Paper In K. c., Mo.

KANSAS CITY, MO.-(PNS)-
The Gary Colored American, of Gary,
Ind, has been transferred to Kansas
City, No., and will be known as the
Kansas City American. The first
issue will come out Saturday. David
Eugene Taylor is editor and publish
er.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Ga. State Gets $4,000

SAVANNAH, Ga.--Contributions
of $50,000, some $4,000 from the
General Education Board and $l0,-
600 from julius Rosenwald, have just
been received by Georgia State Col
lego for permanent buildings. A din
ing hall and an academic building
will be constructed.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Prevent Sale Of Church

DETROIT.--Coming forward with
their personal funds when notice
of foreclosure was served upon Beth
ell "A. Nj. f. Church because the con-
gregatipn was $4,000 behind in pay
ments on the contract debt, friends
Of the church have prevented the
sale Of the ediflce.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Win Hospital in ST. Louis

ST LOUIS, Mo- ANP.) )-Assur-
ance that the new $l,200,000 hos.
pital for our people, to be construc-
ted in the western section of the city
instead adjacent to the City Hospital
for whites wss given last Friday
when a repeal bill was killed by the
Board of Aldermen after heated de-
hate
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Fire Razes Race Town

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(ANP. )-Vir-
tuallv every business structure in
the Edmondson, colored township
Of 200 people about fifteen miles
from here, was destroyed by q fire
which had les origin in the post Of
flee Monday. Damages are esti-
mated at 100000.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
$4,000 Estate To City

CENTRAL FALLS, II. dying
without heirs or will Richard But
ler's estate of $4,000 will be turned
over to the city unless relatives APP
pear to claim the small fortune.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Grave Digger Dies In Grave

ATLANTA, Ga.-After putting the
finishing touches to grave he had
Just finished, Jurdon Johnson, care
taker at the Oak Grove cemetery
here, crumbled up and fell back into
the newly dug grave dead, Monday.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
W.Va. Gets $4,000 Theatre

WHEELING, W. Va.-COntract
has been awarded here for $4,000
theatre with lodge rooms and offices.
The Wheeling Pythian Association is
builder. .
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
All the News
Tersely Told
McClain Gets Medal

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-Billy Me-
Claim, waiter, has been awarded a
gold medal for efficiency by officials
of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Rockefeller Fisk Speaker

NASHVILLE Tenn.--John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., has accepted an in
vitation to be the commencement
speaker at Fisk University here June
g.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-19
FAR OFF HAWAII
= x +
REPORTS KWWG
+ 4
PROGRAM HEARD

In recent days TIE entire United
States, Canada and outlying dis
tricts has ~postcarded, lettered and
otherwise notified operators Of
"hWWG" is two ard a half hours
that its programs we're being heard.
Now comes T.. W. Ain Of Paia.
Maui. Hawaii, TO testify to the
world that radio waves released
from the local plant are carrying
word OF the Lower Rio GrInde
VALLEY Il distant part.
Mr. Ain on January 4 At 1895 p.
m. Ea~Ii time Cwhich he informs
"AM VIC" is two and a half hours
benind Pacific time) herd . piano
500 entitled TN tire shade OF the
Old Apple Tree" and 4 vocal solo,
Garry Ne Back TO Old Virginia. 4
Ee also says a description Of a
girl on . buggy ride was broadcast.
and winds up his lette. with a re-
quest for a coat hanger.
Curtis Strong. manager Of the
station, says the numbers referred
TO were broadcast on a regular
"CoathurEer's Club" program at
midnight here January ! and ac-
knowledge that he did promise To
send n %coathanger in i1.ponse to
requests.
hWWG was heard in Hawaii
when it first was removed TO the
top Of Hotel III Jardin. but since
TIE new station has been operating
reports have been received from
localities never reached before.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-19
Building Active
Since New Year
Especial to The Eerald)

PHARR. Jan. l7.-buiiding ac-
tivity in Ph-rr is on a gradual in
crease since the new year, several
permits having been taken out at
The city office for the buiIaIng Of
residences and business houses.
The fire hall, progressing rapidly.
will include space for the fi.v trucks.
tire equipment. and sI-vpInE quar-
tiers fer some Of the fire boys. The
office and the Jail are on tire first
floor.
The additional space being added
to the Pharr grammar grade school
which Is now under construction,
Will soon be ready for occupancy.
The equipment Is TO be installed m
mediatcly and the co-gest;on Of the
pupils in the building VIII be Te-
lieved. !. r. Walsh Construction
company is the contractor on the
job.
Ire new Mexican school building
which Is being erected on the school
property il Pharr. is about COM
pleted, according to the contractor.
II Is expected that classes will be
held in part of the building during
the next two weeks. IRE structure
has eight class rooms and offices.
The rooms can be turned into an
auditorium for use in program work.
The building is complete IN every
detail.
The residence being built BY Louis
WITHHOLD ~ Chicago j. progressing
rapidly. II is located in the south
east portion Of the city. The con-
tractor on the job is p. A. Noser
ard Is building the residence at an
estimated cost Of $4,000.
The large nursery building located
on the Withhold acreage which was
burned down a short tine ago is
being rebuilt on a forty-zrre farm
just north Of Phar-. According 70
Mr.. Withhold. the nursery will be
larger and better than before.
Kelly Horn has just completed two
brick houses located one peck from
the Presbyterian church here. Tire
buildings are modern ~ every de-
tail ard re7rese1t an output If more
than $4,000. Ir. Horn and family
eXrect 20 occupy o-e CT tire houses
while the other was built for rental
~purposes.
Plans arc being made for the
buildin~ Of several business houses
and residences.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-19
nterscholastic
Leaders Named

McALLEN, Jan. 19.-Suuperintend-
ent J. d. Bramlette of the Me!Allen
schools who this year is director
general of this county on the state
intcrscholastic league board, has an
nounccd the following coaches for
tie various divisions Of the league
work: o. q. Emery. boys debate;
u. ". Buckner. girls debate; Mrs.
n. Il. Gum. junior and senior decla-
nation: Misses Nettie Fly and Doris
McCarter. extemporansous speech;
Miss Stella Stanfield. ESSAY; Miss
Martha Griffith. spelling; Mrs. %. {.
Emery. arithmetic; MISS Josephine
Gray, music memory; Miss Gertie
Holloway. tennis; Miss Mildred Hays,
typewriter: Mrs. Earl Trantham,
flowers: Miss Elizabeth Dabney. me
act play; Miss Gertrude Holloway,
vollev ball: Alfred Sorensen ard
Samuel Gaines. boys track and boys
basketball. The date Of the county
meet will be announced ut the next
meeting OF the league n he held
some time during the month OF Feb
ruary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-19
New Fire House
At Mission Open

MISSION, Jan. le.-The local fire
station here vas formally opened to
the public on Tuesday evening. and
several hundreds of people were
here, every town in the Valley be-
ing represented. Every room in the
handsome new $4,000 station was
open and while m orchestra played
in the club room upstairs the aux
iliary served iced punch downstairs.
Many conpratulatory comments
were made by the visitors who
were surprised at the beauty and
comfort Of the building. The mag
efficiently furnished club room es-
peCislly was admired.
This station is the latest in mod
err convenience and from a stand
noint Of efficiency. with its auto
matte fire alarms and water pressure
~auEes and the two big American In
France combination trucks. Over
1000 feet OF fire hose is owned by
tho department.
U1der the direction 81 Chief Ross
A Marcus. the local department has
become one OF the besr trained or
carnations in the state.