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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Warden Fools Quail

Raiford, Fla.-Warden John Bitch,
of the State prison farm, has intro
duced mass production methods in the
quail business.
The warden sees to it that eggs are
removed daily from quail nests on the
prison farm preserve. Instead of one
clutch of eggs yearly the females lay
the year round, endeavoring to fill
the nests.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Plans To Map Lakes

Augusta, Maine. - The United
States Geological Survey service will
map the Rangeley Lakes district both
from the ground and the air this sum-
mer. United States Army planes will
be used in the aerial charting.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
SUDDEN DEATH
HALTS SUICIDE

Washington-Suicide apparently was cheat
ed by an internal hemorrhage when Walter
his home here.
By his side when he was found hours lat
er was an unfired pistol. There was blood On
his face. Coroner J. R. hewitt ordered an
autopsy, which revealed Mr.. Robinson had
died of pulmonary odema."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Kissed Back of Own Neck

Roanoke, Va.-While physicians
were grating a piece of skin from the
back of his leg to the back of his
neck M. T. Vest bent over and kissed
the skin from his neck as it was held
in a pair of tweezers. Vest claims to
be the only mar who has kissed the
back of his own neck.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Resents Being Awakened

New York-Rose Gelert went to
sleep in Central Park. The wind play
ed pranks with her clothing.
Patrolman Charles Goldman cover
ed his eyes and awakened the lady.
She slapped his face. He who got slap
ped took her to the station. She was
charged with disorderly conduct.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
u. S. Judge Locked Up

Kansas City, Kan.-Judge Richard
]. Hopkins, of the United States Dis
trict Court here, now can appreciate
the feelings of a prisoner. In confer
ence with Federal officials here he was
locked in by a j%anitor at closing time.
A telephone call brought parole Of
fcer from his home with a KEY.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Rooster Attacks Baby

Aurora, Utah.-Little Iris Jean
Kennedy, ;, toddled into a barnyard
the other day and was severely %injur-
ed by an Infatuated rooster. 1t inAict-
ed deep cuts and bruises about the
child's face and body. Medical assist
ance was required.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
LITTLE BABY STARVES

Columbia City, Ind.-When a ply
sician gave starvation as the cause Of
the death of a 13-months old baby,
investigation showed that the family
of five had eaten only one loaf of
bread as food in a week. Another child
was discovered i'll from malnutrition.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Skates 1000 Miles

Detroit-After a long skate, Jack
Hyland is on hand awaiting the con-
vention of the American Legion. He
was ON the road thirty-four days and
EIGHT nights and used up four pairs of
roller skates making 1000 miles from
Wilson. N. c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Rewards Bandit Captor

Boston-Boston has bought a new
pair of trousers for John Tanza, news
boy. The rousers replaced a pair he
ruined hurdling a fence while pursu-
ing a filling station thief. Thanks to
Johns efforts, the robber was caught.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Mule Keeps Officers Busy

Deland, Fla.-It took three police
men to take a lone brown mule into
custody, that had violated a city Or
dinance by strolling down a main
thoroughfare. The mules ARREST" was
the only one recorded for the day.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
LUCKY MEN

Many men who complain that their
wives don't understand them would
be paying alimony if they did,
Greenfield Republican.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
ITO Vermont Towns
Have No Physicians

Burlington, Vt.-There are 10 doctorless
towns in Vermont, a recent survey by state
officials disclosed. Thirty-four per cent of
Vermont's 45s physicians are located in cities
and an additional 80 per cent in towns of
more than $500 population.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
HUNTER SHOOTS CHILDREN

Albany, N. Y.-Mistaken for
w%oodchucks while playing in tall
grass, two children, five and eleven
years old, were seriously wounded by
shots fired by a hunter.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-10-01
Witherspoon, Carter, l lot Rt. No.

Witherspoon, Carter, l lot Rt. No.
Witherspoon, Lawrence, l lot Broad
St. IT'S
Witherspoon, M. W., 2 acres Broad St. 8.34
Whoyer, Bette, l Concord St. lilo
Wood, Howard, 2 lots Vanderford St. 13.4S
Wood, ]. c., 1 lot Lloyd St. 1859
Woodruff, Charlie, l lot Concord St. 100
Woodruff, Will, l lot Concord St. 800 17.71
Wooley, Ella, l lot w. West St. ---- 1887
Wencher, Patsy, l lot Horah St. ---- 3.57
Young, Minnie, l lot Horah St. ----- 21.87
Youngblood, Alice, l lot Institute St. 2.5S
BY ORDER of the Board of County Com
missioners of Rowan County.
Dated, this the 3oth day of September,
1881.
CAL L. MILLER, Sheriff.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Radio Singers Quit
When Told To Ride
Freight Elevator

NEW YORK. Feb. = Rather
than ride a freight elevator, five
well known colored singers cam
celled their engagement with radio
station WGBS located on the top
floor of Hotel Lincoln, one of the
city's foremost hotels. The group
had been broadcasting spirituals
every Sunday under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. c. A.. which was spon-
soring a Negro History and Folk
song Hour
Told To Use Freight Lift
The break came early last week
when Miss T.. Nathalie Dodge, di-
rector of the Y. NJ c. A. radio
programs, wrote Thomas Il. Taylor.
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. AS Har-
lem branch:
"An unforeseen circumstance has
arisen in connection with our Sun
day afternoon broadcast over WGBS,
and I am putting 1t to you frankly
so that You may make your own
decision. To meet the wishes Of
the patrons of the Hotel Lincoln,
WGBS has been forced to ask all
of its colored performers to use the
back elevator. which is ON the 25th
Street entrance near the theatre.
I could hardly blame you IL you
wish TO cancel the program, but
at the same time / shall be most
sorry. for this broadcast seems to
me to be one OF the best of It's
kind l have heard on the air."
The singers got together and de-
cided regretfully to cancel the pro-
gram.
Alexis Sanderson, manager of the
radio station, angrily denied Fri
day that there had been any dis
elimination against colored persons.
He said that all radio performers,
white or black, ride NJ tho service
elevator because their bass drums
and other paraphernalia crowds the
passenger elevator.
Admit Prejudice Cause
From A. w. Baylitts, managing
director of the hotel, came the state
ment that they rode In the pas
senger elevators for months and
never saw anyone say anything to
them" He added that "a hotel
is a public institution and 1t has
to cater to the whims of its guests.
Lots of our guests are from the
South" Still diplomatic, he added:
I've lived in the South myself.
The Negroes are fine people. It's
too bad to hurt anybody's feelings"
Miss Dodge, Il. A. Hungerford,
publicity secretary of the Y. M. C..
A., and Mr. Foster all asserted that
the order to ride up in the service
elevator applied only to the Negro
performers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Colored Voters
To Gain Through
New Apportionlnent

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. A.
Under the new apportionment act
thousands of Negro citizens, who for
decades. while living in the South.
were denied the right to vote and
were therefore misrepresented In
Congress for years. will gain such
representation as the just reappor-
tionment act will give them
Since the result of the 1880 CEN
sus have been announced and the
fact that some states must lose seats
in Congress while others gain on the
basis of shifts in population, there
has been a searching for ways to
avoid the consequence of the count
all of them demagogic and undesir-
able'-manily on the part of the
Southern Democrats.
Fair, just and Constitutional an
oortionment according to population
has far-reaching consequences. II
goes beyond mere members in Con-
gress out into taxation and to Ma
tional legislation which affects the
whole people and the world at large.
1t determines the makeup of the Ma
tional political conventions, the cleo
toral college. hence the presidency
and the destiny of the nation.
Apportionment threatened to pre-
vent the adoption of the Constitu-
ton when first adopted. It's opera
ton. with the non-voting Negro
counted, gave the South control of
the government in opposition to any
modification of slavery until the
Civil War.
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Negro Appointed
Secretary OF State
In French Cabinet

PARIS, Feb. 2.-Blaise Daigne,
deputy from Senegal. West Africa,
was appointed general under Score.
tary of State for the colonies in
Paris last week.
Daily newspaper reports that this
was the first Colored person ever
to be appointed to the French Cabi-
net are, erroneous. In November,
1929, A. NJ. Alcide belmont. a Col
ored deputy from Martinique,
French West Africa, held the same
position in tho cabinet of M. Tar
dieu.
Diagne, who is 81 years old, was
commissioner in charge of mobili-
zation of colonial troops during the
war.
Diagne was elected from Senegal
in 1914 and has been u member of
the lower house of Parliament since
that time. His oratorical ability
soon won him the esteem of his col
leagues and the War Premier. Glenn
enceau, recognized his ability by
making him commissioner in charge
of mobilization of Colonial troops.
The new cabinet member will be
remembered in U. S. as the Deputy
who arose in the chamber in 1922
and took up the defense of his fel-
low-Senegalese, the late Battling 81
XII, champion lightweight of the
world, who defeated George Carpen-
tier in Paris in September of that
year.
Sikh had been ruled from the ring
by the French Boxing Federation
M. Diagne thought discrimination
had been shown against Sikh because
Of his color and took the matter
before parliament. lie won out and
Ski was re-instated.
NJ. Diagne was born In Goree, Sen
egal, in 1872. Before entering Par
lament he was a customs comptrol-
Ter.
The deputy from Senegal has long
been defender of the rights of Ne
groes, and has campaigned in Par
lament against alleged cases Of dis
elimination against them.
His son is football player OF
note.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
COLORED CONGRESSMAN ENTER
tanned AT HOOVER RECEPTION
Negro History Programs
To Be Heard Sunday

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Outstand-
ing features will mark the fifth an
nual celebration of Negro History
week. DR.. c. G. Woodson, the direc-
tor of the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History, will open
the week in Boston on Sunday, Feb.
ruary 8, with an address at the Ford
Hall Forum.
The Ministerial Conference of
Pittsburgh, under the direction OF
DR.. T. j. King, will stage several
mass meetings at strategic points in
that state.
Citizens of Cleveland will proceed
in like manner with Thelma Louis.
Taylor on the air. Detroit, with u
special organization of celebrants
representing all of its social welfare
agents, will make the greatest demon
stration of the sort in its history.
Buffalo, with the support of both
races, will have exercises to inter-
pref to the world anew the achieve
ments of men of African blood.
An effort will be made to discon-
tinue the use of books which teach
bias and race hate. Boards of edu-
cation will be asked to adopt Negro
textbooks for appropriate courses of
study. Books and pictures of Negroes
will be purchased for schools and
libraries. Documents of value will be
collected and sent to the Association
for the Study of Negro Life and His
tory in Washington, d. c..
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
arkansas Farmer
Once Had S250,OO0
Reported Starving

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 4. =
Once a wealthy farmer able to write
his check for a quarter of million
dollars and have it honored, Scott
Bond, of Madison, Ark, is now a
bankrupt, he disclosed in letter to
Senator T. II. Caraway, Democrat.
of Arkansas, appealing for relief for
drought sufferers In that state.
After reading Bonds letter to the
Senate last Saturday. Senator Cara
way made the remark that IF those
who are holding up relief will not
hear the white people, at least those
who have posed as the. liberators
and protectors of the Negro race
ought to hear the cry of an old ex-
slave who has devoted all of his
life to producing wealth and asks
now only to be permitted to live
They ought at least to let him have
some relief"
Bonds letter addressed to Senator
Caraway is as follows:
Dear Sir: | am Scott Bond,
of Madison. Ark, Republican. l
did not vote for you, but when
you took your oath of office you
promised to take care OF all the
people in Arkansas in any way
that you could.
Now. Mr.. Caraway, I trust that
you will make a brief survey of
the State of Arkansas and see the
condition of the needy people and
starving stock. / am sure that
you would not rest until some
thing is done to help us in some
way.
II am sure, Mr.. Caraway, that
you would not suffer the Con-
gress of the United States and
others to send aid to other coun-
tries and we, the taxpayers, starve.
When ] was able l would aid
suffering humanity in every way
possible. l would send hundreds
of dollars to the Red Cross and
l bought $4,000 Liberty bonds;
however, since that time / have
been forced into bankruptcy.
II am an ex-slave, Mr.. Cara
way, IS years old. Please let me
hear from you at as early date as
possible as to whether we are to
expect aid
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Fined
Refuses To Serve
Cololred Patron

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. A 500
fine was the gift received by Ann
Lipsher. white, proprietor of Ann
Beauty Shop, 1871 Humboldt Avenue,
when she was tried for dis
for her refusal to serve
Mrs. Ethel Christmas Smith, wife of
John Smith ,colored patrolman, of
the Roxbury police station.
Mrs. Smith made an appointment
over the telephone with Mrs. Lip
sher to have her hair treated. When
she appeared she was told by one
of the attendants that mistake had
been made as she was cOlored and
could not be served there.
Through Fred Smith, attorney. a
warrant was secured from the Rox-
bury Court. The board of health
became interested and visited the
beauty shop only to find that there
were no licenses; every employee
was compelled to. secure licenses at
once. aa
Harry Kalus, the Lipsher woman's
"ttoi Hoy, dShou Juu6o faihoi W al
low his client to go without bail.
mo, SIR" was Judge Palmer's re-
ply, "she has insulted a very fine
woman and I am not going to let
her think that this is a thing that
she can do and get away with.
would not trust her out of this
court without bail. She will be
treated like any other criminal"
The Lipsher woman appealed. She
was held in $500 bonds and when
she pleaded that she had no one to
go her bail, Judge Palmer gave her
until the next day to get some one
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
No Opposition
To Appropriation
Voiced In Senate

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. A.
The Interior Department appropria-
tion. carving n total of $3.50 900
for Howard University and $392.06O
for Freedmen's Hospital, was passed
by the Senate last Wednesday.
Sneaker Longworth In the House.
instead of sending the bill to confer
ence. referred II hack to the appro-
priations committee. which decided
to hold hearings on the Senate
amendment, appropriating the sum
of $4,000. 900 TO be distributed
through the American Red Cross
for the purpose of suppIying food.
medicine, medical aid and other re-
lief for drought sufferers and the
UNEMPLOYED.
$4,000 More for Frccmcn's
The Senate added $4,000 to the
item for the payment of salaries at
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
De Priest And Wife
Guests AT White
House Party

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
Especially Representative DePriest
of Illinois and his wife were among
those who attended the White House
reception Thursday night for MEM
bers of the House and their wives.
AS expected at affairs in which they
are the only Colored persons pre-
sent the De Priests were objects of
general interest. Their every move
was accorded attention.
The presence of the Colored Con-
gresham was his answer whether he
and Mrs. De Priest intended to at
tend the reception. For several weeks
Mr.. DePriest received anonymous let
tiers and telephone calls advising him
not to attend the Hoover party. De-
Priest kept mum to all enquiries con-
corning his plans but his presence at
the reception proved the Colored
Congressman intends to live up to
the DePriest tradition of taking adj
vantage of all privileges and rights
of his office.
The Presidents reception to men,
bers of the, House, their wives and
friends was the first general social
affair of this character held in the
White House for three years, several
functions to which the DePriestt
would have naturally been invited,
having been abandoned for one rea.
son or another.
The women follS.of a. few white
members of the House became in
censed when Mrs. Hoover entertain
ed Mrs. DePriest among other wives
of Congressman some time ago and
declared that they would never at
tend another social affair at the
White House. This is believed to
have influenced the social arbiters
at the nations capital to lessen the
number of social functions.
>. The Hoover reception to senators
and their wives was poorly attended
last week. Among reasons cited were
that the President is in bad with
members of the upper house.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
New COP. Machine
Seeks Control OF
Colored Voters

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 4. =
With the release for publication in
the Negro press of the country the
information that the National Ne
gro Republican League had been
formed here with John r. Hawkins
as president, the quadrennial fight
among Colored brethren for leader
ship in Presidential campaign was
begun.
Despite growing opposition to the
purpose of the new organization
among those who class themselves
as "the fellows who vote" the spon-
sors of the league are working ener-
getically to develop a machine which
will be able to function with the ef-
fectiveness of steamroller before
it is time for G. o. p. strategists to
declare "who is who" in Colored Re-
publican circles.
Call 1t Smoke Screen
The charge is openly made that
the. National Negro Republican
League is merely smoke screen
which has for its underlying purpose
the rehabilitation of the Hawkins,
Scott, Cobb machine under the di-
rection of which the National Com
mittee conducted the Colored end
in 1928.
Some of the most outspoken
against what they term a "voteless"
leadership" are insisting upon the
Continued on Page 81
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Critics Debate Whether BLACK No More
Is Too Severe In Attack On Race Leaders
Enterprise News Bureau.)

NEW YORK CITY. 49, Authors
sometimes use their books to pay
scores due their enemies. Critics
believe that George s. Schuyler has
done this In his new book, BLACK
No More" recently Issued.
Rodger Didier, writing for the
AMP. in Chicago, last week called
Schuyler's burlesque of DR.. Motion
lewd and filthy.
Lewis Gannett. white. book re-
viewer for the New York Herald
Tribune. said:
Schuyler marred the hilarious
story by introducing into it a series
of characters transparency modelled
upon some of the noblest leaders Of
his own race. These men he carl
catures and libels In a manner which
leaves any reader aware Of the facts
Disguised with Mr. Schuyler's en-
vious spleen rather than with the
suggested failings Of DR.. Dubois.
James Weldon Johnson, Walter
White, Major Motion. and the rest"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Judge George Named
On Parole Board

CHICAGO - Judge Albert b.
George, former municipal judge, has
been named by Governor Emmerson
to succeed Judge Harrison as a
member of the Illinois State Board
of Pardons and Parole. Judge Har-
rison was removed from the office
several weeks ago after being ac-
cused of bribery.
The newest member of the parole
board is known to be an astute poll
tician and rose to be municipal
Judge. He received his education in
law at Northwestern N. Besides be-
ing a power in politics he heads the
Cook County Bar association, is an
official of the Knights of Pythias
lodge and member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity. He is on the
board of the Provident Hospital
and the Urban League.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
SENATE PASSES BILL CARRYING
S1,56O,OOO FOR COLORED SCHOOL
Supreme Court to Get
White Jury Case

CONVICTION, Ky.-(CNS)-The
case of Anderson McPerkins. 10
year-old youth of Waco, Ga. SEN
fenced to be hanged on a charge of
attacking a white woman last fall
will be carried to the United States
Supreme Court, his attorney an
nounced last Saturday.
The attorney said that he would
ask the Supreme Court to review
the case on grounds that the youths
constitutional rights were invaded,
alleging that no persons of the con-
victed mans race were summoned as
prospective jurors. The attorneys de-
cision to carry the case to Washing
ton came after the Kentucky Court
of Appeals denied McPerkins re-
hearing. The man faces execution by
hanging.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05
Woman Sues Officers
For Mistreatment

YAKIMA, Wash.-Charging that
Clayton Speck. Sunnyside automo-
bile dealer. and Jack Runyan and
George Tate. Sunnyside officers. as
saulted and injured Mrs. Arnold
Roberts, colored, at Shelters ga
rage in Sunnyside June 8, 1880, Mr..
and Mrs. Roberts filed suit in Yaki-
ma superior court Saturday for
$10,150 damages. The plaintiffs
claim that Mrs. Roberts was per-
manently injured because of the
rough treatment she received.
Injuries Cited
While Mrs. Roberts was sitting
quietly In her automobile on Sew
enth Street near the Shelter garage
in Sunnyside with her 1S-month-old
baby, Speck forced his way into
the car and drove the machine into
the garage and parked 1t, the COM
plant recites.
While in the garage, Runyan and
Tate approached and assaulted her,
pushing and dragging her from the
machine, the plaintiffs alleged. 'Speck
grabbed the child from Its mother,
Runyan struck Mrs. Roberts in the
face and Runyan and Tate beat and
bruised her and dislocated her
shoulder, it is claimed. They kicked
and bruised her ankle. tore her
clothing and dragged her into an
other car provided by Speck. 1t Is
claimed.
Reputation Held Hurt
The officers compelled Mrs. Rob-
erts to go through the streets In
the automobile to the Jail where
she was imprisoned, the plaintiffs
charge, and by reason of this con-
duct. Mrs. Roberts was painfully
injured and permanently disabled
and her name and credit were In
iured
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-05

their nature demands the consola-
tions of religion, then there is plen-
ty of room for them on more de-
corous levels.
DIR. George Bragg
'In Baltimore my friend. Dr.
George F. Bragg. Jr., shepherds a
flock of Episcopaiians; they are in
telligent and civilized people, and he
himself is respected as a scholar
and as a man. There are in the
same town many Negro Catholics
quiet, devoted, self-respeeting men
and women. to whom a Methodist
revival would be as horrifying as it
would be to the president of Har-
ward. But four-fifths of the more
pious Negroes of Baltimore are still
under the hooves of evangelical the
ologians, and il Is these gcntrys
who get their hardearned money and
keep them dumb and hopeless.
Grotesque Chapels
within half a mile Of my home
Continued on Page 81