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The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
LAUNCHES $1,000 DRIVE

The Adams Grocery entertain
ed the workers with a reception at
the church on Tuesday night. A
lovely repast was served. The ia
bles were lovely-decorated with
beautiful flowers.
Mrs. R. c. Stewart, president of
the Heart to Heart Club, in a
modest way, pledged her support
and influence and the Club which
she represented to support the
drive.
Rev. F. S. Goodlette, state mod
orator, admonished the workers
to go forward and face the task
with courage and faith.
A. Booster Committee was APP
pointed consisting of the follow
ing named persons:
Mr.. r. T. Jones, chairman; A.
B. Young, Roy Gordon, Miss Ma
BILE Longmore, Mr. B. S. Sutton,
Mrs. r. T. lowers, Miss Eva Mae
Stewart, Mrs Marshall, and Mr..
R. C. Stewart.
The meeting was inspiring-an
awakening was very keenly man.
ifested.
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Programs
Encourage injustice
CONTINUED From Page y

Continued From Page Il
nation" and Segregation.
He was not allowed to refer to
the Dyer anti-lynching bill Of
1922 by its true name but had to
say Congressman Dyer's we'll
known bill".
Commenting on the whole line
of "softening', Mr.. Spingarn said
81 tried to tone down the speech
a bit for the radio, but I had no
idea any person nowadays would
want to strike out purely histor-
ical references to lynchings, which
is a common enough American
practice"
But such are the obstacles to
information showing the true OPP
preston of Negroes on the air.
The case is entirely different with
broadcasts unfriendly to the Me-
gro people.
For instance, the Board of Ed
ucation itself sponsors a radio
sketch over Station WMCA under
the title of Harlem Family.
The sketch has been labelled by
the Harlem Parents Association
as "demoralizing and degrading.
But, in the words of Miss Rob-
erta Newell, director of radio
programs in adult education for
the boards, the complaint was
''preposterous". Aicording to
Miss Newell, the sketch is "a fine
exposition of Negro psychology.
There is no suggestion of sex or
anything of that nature. The
language of the uneducated Me-
gro is used"
It was so very moral and up
lifting in fact, Miss Newell con-
descendingly pointed out, that the
women in the sketch begged the
men folks not to play the number
game"
And further complaints fell a.
gainst a deaf ear. Miss Newell
replied to all protests, "the Incl
dent connected with our broad
cast "a Harlem Family" is clos
ed. That was that.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
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SCHOOL ALLIANCE

The Sunday School Alliance
held its monthly meeting with the
Christ Temple Church of God
Mr.. W. E. Webb, vice-presidenti
opened the melting in the absence
of the president, Mr.. H. L. And
erson. The regular procedure was
gone through with after which a
discussion arose over the ques-
ton: HAS the Church anything to
offer the young Fkopte?' Rev.
John Adams took exception to
some Of the statements of the in
structor, Mr.. Parker. Rev. Curry,
pastor of the Zion Baptist Church
Joined Rev. Adams in his views,
stating that the Church had ev-
erything to offer the young peo-
ple-things present, future and
even life beyond the grave.
The Alliance confirmed the APP
pointment of B. S. Sutton as a
field secretary.
Quite an interesting program
was rendered.
The vice4president presented
the president, who came in dur
ing the meeting, for the closing
remarks. The president expressed
himself well pleased with the
large crowd present and the inter
est manifested. He expressed
himself as being happy that he
was a part of this great organiza-
ton which he had served from its
beginning eleven years ago. He
then rendered his resignation, due
to the fact that he is leaving the
city to take up new work in Louis
vile, KY.
A committee of three was ap-
pointed to draw up resolutions Of
Recommendations to be given to
the president. Said committe was
composed of Rev. John Adams,
MI. w. E. Webb and Mrs. Gray,
secretary
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
Is There A Way Out?

In Chapter five the question
is asked as to the way out. The
future of two to five million
tenants who are no longer need
ed as cotton tenants is question
ed. The alternatives listed are /:
% starvation, (2) permanent
support on relief rolls, (3) the
ending Of new work in cities.
"a reorganization of farming
in the old cotton states. The
authors feel that he fourth is
the only acceptable choice.
In setting forth the method
Of reorganization they propose
that the government buy up
large tracts of agricultural
lands which will be sold to
small farmers or tenants on a
long term program. They fur
Their suggest the need for a de-
finite supervisory and educa-
tional service to insure the wise
use of land and funds. With
this should go schools, health
and recreational facilities that
would contribute to the well
rounded development of the
new homesteaders.
Here in brief is an excellent
analysis of the deplorable sys-
tenn of tenancy which involves
white and black alike, a system
that offers little for landlords
and less for tenants, that inn
poverishes the countryside and
vitiates the standards of Amer
lean civilization. What becomes
of this mass of underprivileged
humanity should be of moral
and material TO urban
and rural dwellers alike, for
failure Of rural adjustment will
inevitably be followed by a trek
to urban centers which are now
overtaxed with problems of adj
justment. The thoughtful and
accurate presentation made by
the collapse of cotton tenancy
is a forceful challenge for the
combined and coordinated cf-
fort of all agencies looking TO
the social and economic adjust
ment of urban and rural peoples
alike.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
Media Has Negro
COrOner's Doctor

Media, Pa, Jan. 10 (by AMP
DIR. Lancess Mcknight, was ap-
pointed coronerls physician here
Tuesday representing the second
position rendered the prominent
young medic by the city officials
during the past few months, the
first being a member of the Lun-
acy Commission to which he was
appointed three months ago.
Dr. Mcknight is a graduate of
Howard University and has been
practicing here since completing
his internship at Mercy Hospital
Philadelphia, in 1881.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
Negroes Elected
Officers In New
York Trade Union

New York, Jan. 18-Six Ne
groes were elected to the ex-
ecut.ve board and as officers
of local $50 of the Laundry
Workers international Union,
here last week.
They were; Mr.. VIM. Rich
ard, vice-president Miss Sa-
bina Martinez, recording secre-
tary Miss Rose Smith, Trustee ;
Misses Alice Duncan and Adele
Williams, executive board mem
bers.
Local $50, which is affiliated
to the American Federation of
Labor, has offices at 143 East
1O3rd street, New York City.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
MEMS LAYMEN

The Mems Laymen Of the Pill
grim Baptist Church held election
of officers. The following were
elected: Mr.. C. Thomas, president;
Mr. L. Young, vice-president; Mr..
r. T. lowers, secretary.
Rev. F. S Goodlette, state mod
orator, was present and held the
election
Remarks were made by Mr.. C.
Adams, state president of the
Mems Laymen. A very pleasant
evening was enjoyed.
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tions has been. a law unto him
self. Instances are cited in
some counties in which coinci-
dent with the receipt of govern
ment benefit payments there
has bee an increase in the re-
lief load.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
S. Supreme Court
Shocked BY Miss.
Torture Case

Washington, Jan. 18-Fol
the first time in the memory o.
many persons present the jus
ices of the United States SUI.
preme court appeared yester
day to be greatly shocked al
the revelations of the trial
of three Negro sharecropperl
from Kemper county, Miss.
Earl Brewer, of Jackson,
Miss, who argued the case for
Ed Brown, Yank Ellington and
Henry Shields, the convicted
men condemne dto death foI
the murder, made a mastery
presentation of his case.
When the counsel for the
State of Mississippi began arg
uing for sustaining the convie-
ton, the justices were at no
pains to conceal their indigna.
ton. AT one point Chief Justice
Hughes interrupted the argu-
ment to ask:
EDO you mean that these de-
PENDANTS must be permitted to
go to their death solely upon
the basis of an extorted con-
fession because their counsel
failed to make proper objec-
tionf'
Justices Roberts and Van
Devanter seemed equally unable
to contain their Indignation.
Justice Roberts continually in
terrupted the argument to in
quire whether there was any
substantial evidence of guilt
other than the confession, or
whether there could be any JUS
LITIGATION for the conviction il
the court should find that the
confessions were not voluntary.
Justice Van Devanter became
sarcastic about the testimony
of the sheriff that he knew
nothing about the beating of
he defendants except for rum
ors which he had heard.
Justice Stone suggested that
under the circumstances admit
ted by the state the defendants
were necessarily under influ-
ences which made it impossible
that they speak voluntarily.
Brown, Ellington and Shields
were convicted of the murder
of Raymond Stewart, a white
tenant farmer, solely upon a
confession" which was secur-
ed by beating and torturing the
three men in a manner as bar
barous as the Middle Ages. All
were beaten with straps stud
ded with nails, and Ellington
was hanged repeatedly by the
neck and let down again until
he confessed. The Mississippi
supreme court sustained the
conviction, but two justices
wrote a dissenting opinion call
ing the case worse than the
Scottsboro cases. The NAACP
and a number of individuals
and groups in Mississippi are
financing the appeal through
the United States supreme
court. The decision on the argu-
ment of last Friday is expected
to be handed down by the
supreme court in a few weeks.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
Opens Liquor Store

Tom Jones, well know former
expressman, and Coward Thomas
have oponed a package liquor store
and shine parlor at 1912 N. oath
street. Mr.. Jones says that his
many friends and customers win
find a complete stock of well
known liquors, with free delivery
service.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18

Employer-Can you come to
work tomorrow
Unemployed-No you see I
am marching in a parade of the
unemployed.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
A Remarkable
Child Of Africa


teenth century that Rhode Is.
land, "he greaest slave-trading
state in America" built 10S
slave ships in the decade from
1893 to 1908, and in ITO this
state alone had $50 slave ships
engaged in the slave trade.
Weatherford, who states the
facts in his interesting book,
"The Negro From Africa To
America also ellis us that
many of the slave ships carried
rum to Africa which was ex-
changed for a cargo of sluaves.
One of the shrewd slave trad
ers of Rhode Island gave these
instructions to his captain
"iWarter yr rum as much as
possible and sell as much by
short mesuer as you can"
In 1851 a slave ship from SEN
egal, West Africa, entered the
harbor of Boston. w do not
know whether that particular
cargo of slaves had been pro-
cured by the barter of "short-
measure, watere drum )" but we
do know that among those
children of Dark Continent
there was a little girl about
eight years old. She was not
an attractive obiect-with her
dry face and unkempt hair;
but there was something about
the brightness of the eye that
caused a servant to purchase
her.
It was not with the coveteous
spirit Of the unfeeling slave
raider that Mrs. John Wheatley
bought this child. Mrs Wheat
ley was a women of refinement
and of a religious turn of mind.
While the child was to be train
ed as a useful servant of the
household, her mistress felt a
responsibility for her education
and religious training. The
child proved to be unusually
bright and quick to learn. In a
little more tina ma year she was
able to read the most difficult
pars of the Scriptures fluently.
She was encouraged in her love
of books and given opportunity
to continue her studies until
she could read some of the Latin
classics-especially Virgil and
Ovid. Pope's translation of
Homer was her favorite Eng
lish classic. She showed some
gifts for verse making and
when only fourtee nyears old
wrote these lines :
On Being Brought From AT
RIGA To America
" Twas mercy brought me from
my pagan land,
Taught my benighted sould to
understand
That there's a God = that
there's a Saviour too;
Once L redemption neither
sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with
scornful eye
Their color is a diabolic dye
Remember, Christians, Negroes
black as Cain
! May be refined and join tn
angelic strain"
That is not great poetry, of
course; but just think of it
frmo a child only six years out
of the African junglesl Phillis
Wheatley was highly esteemed
by man yof the prominent fam
lilies of Boston for her loveable
disposition and unusual talents.
She wrote a poem compliment
airy to George Washington in
ITS, during the siege of Bos-
ton. On the reseipt of the poem
Washington wrote her; 81
thank You most sincerely for
your polite notice of me, in the
l~a1aron+ 1;naa rro,, onaIocod ond
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q " 80
new instance of your genius,
might have increased the inn
putation of vanity
Phillis Wheatley is not in
cluded among our great poets,
but when Edmund Clarence
Stedman published his "Libr-
airy of American Literature, >
he included her poem on Imag-
ination:
"Imaginationl Who can sing
thy FORGET
Or who describe the swiftness
of thy coursef
Soaring through air to find the
bright abode,
TIL empyreal palace of the
laundering God,
We on thy pinions can surpass
the wind,
And leave the rolling universe
behind.
From star to star the mental
OPTICS rove.
Measure the skies, and range
the realms above;
There in one view we grasp the
mighty whole,
Or with new worlds amaze tn
unbounded soul"
Phillis Wheatley was most
fortunate in finding her home
in the Wheatley family. Like
many other Negroes brought up
as slaves, she responded to the
high ideals set before her. Writ
ing of the death of her mistress
she said
~ have lately met with a
great trial In the death of my
mistress let us imagine the loss
of a parent, sister or brother,
the tenderness of all were unit
ed in her. | was a poor little
otucast and a stranger when
she took me in not only into
her house, but | presently be-
came a sharer in her most ten
der affections. l was treated
by her more like her child than
her servant; no opportunity
was left unimproved of giving
me the best of advice; but in
terms how tender how engag-
ing This I hope ever to keep IN
remembrance. Her exemplary
life was a greater monitor than
all her precepts and insure
tons. To alleviate our sorrow
we had the satisfaction to see
her depart in inexpressible
raptures, earnest longings, and
impatient thristing for the up
per courts of our Lord
Speaking of Phillis Wheat
ley, in his book, "The Negro in
Literature and Art" Brawley
says:
Hers was a great soul. Her
ambition kne VINO bounds, her
thirst 70 knowledge was insat-
liable, and she t%r.umphed over
the most adverse circumstances.
A child of the wilderness and
a slave, by her grave and cul-
ture she satisfied the conven-
tionalities of Boston and of
England. Her brilliant CONVEX
sation was equaled only by her
modest demeanor. Everything
about her was refined. More
and more as one studies her
life he becomes aware of her
sterling Christian character. In
a dark day she caught a glimpse
of the eternal light, and it was
meet that the first Negro wo-
man in American Literature
should be one of unerring piety
and the highest of literary
ideals"
Ashland, Va.
Media Has Negro
Doctor
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-18
THE COLLAPSE OF
COTTON A
A Review By Frederick Doug.
lacss Patterson, President
Of Tuskegee Institute


ancy is q concise and authorit.
alive description of the hope.
less situation of tenancy on the
cotton plantatinos of the Souh
The authors have condensed in
this brief volume an accurate
but insufficient description OF
the system itself, the people
whose lives are dwarfed and
the devasting influence on the
land and permanent struc-
lures thereon.
The viciousness of the credit
system is explained and deplor-
ed. The tenant is playing a
game at which, in the vast ma
jority of cases, he has no chance
of winning. To this dilemma he
returns year after year out of
intimidation, ignorance or sheer
routine. The authors plainly
show that the absence of tang
ible wealth or the failure to pay
out Is but a part of the picture,
The other manifestations are
ram-shackle living quarters and
insufficient and unbalanced
diets. High morbidity and NOR
tally are the consequences of
exposure and Goldberger's hid
den hunger or pellagra due to
the "three Ms of meat (fat
salt pork, meal and molasses.
Under the devitalizing effect of
such a program of living, the
lazy and ambitionless tenant
can be seen in a new light, for
his outlook on life is one truly
without hope. Only an easy
going good-natured philosophy
makes his futile existence bear
able. Thus the authors state
that neither ambition, nor
thrift, nor self-respect can
thrive in such a climate.
Polite Form Of Robbery
Not only is it impossible to
develop a hardy stock of am
bilious farm owners-the per-
sistent American ideal-but il
is impossible to avoid physical
and moral decadence." The
credit system particularly as
it involves the "cropper', the
lowest form of tenancy, is lit
tie more than a polite form rob
berry involving as it does a high
rate of interest, frequently 25
percent, or a managers fee eq-
ually as exorbitant, it not be-
ing unusual for so percent of
the crop to be absorbed by
these usurious costs.
The above situation combin-
ed with the fact that bank
credit is geared to the needs of
the large plantation owner
rather than the small farmer,
favors the ever increasing con-
centration of land ownership
with the consequent reduction
of increasing numbers of farm
ers to the status of teanncy.
Future Black
The outlook is not brighten
ed by a consideration of the fut-
ure of cotton itself. This crop,
the mainstay Of southern agrl-
culture and at one time Amer
ica's leading export commodity
lis facing an uncertain future III
the light of production on the
part of fifty nations. The quail
ity of Egyptian cotton, the
great expansion in production
in Russia and the potential
acreage in South America are
distinct threats to the sovereign
ty of the United States. To
share in the world market at all
means low cost production. This
will be attained by large scale
operations on plantations OF
considerable size. The present
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Florida Society
Dance Tonight

Senator Scott M. Loftin and Sen
ator William L. Hill will be the
guests of honor at the informal re-
ception and ball given by the Florida
State Society of Washington this eve
ming in the Kennedy-Warren ball
room.
The society will entertain at con-
eressional reception and ball January
l6, and q reception to distinguished
Florida visitors to the Inauguration
January 10.
Oficers for the 1887 season are:
President, Mr.. James w. Morris, as
sistant attorney general; vice presi-
dent, Mr.. Dan P. Mularkey; treasurer,
Miss Hilda Williams; secretary, Mr..
Rowland A. Sara. Committee chair
man include Mr.. Dozier De vane, ex-
ecutive and financial: Lieut.. Col.
Philip G. Murphy, entertainment, and
Mr.. Dan P. Mularkey, membership.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Arts Club Plans
Halloween Fete

The Arts Club is making plans for
its annual Halloween celebration and
dance next Saturday under the di-
rection Of Mr.. william ]. McManus
and Miss Lila LIE Garde, chairman
and vice chairman of the Auxiliary
Committee. The guests will be in cos.
tune and after the floor show prizes
will be awarded for the most inter-
esting ana most amusing costumes.
Mr.. Hugo linden is in charge of the
decorations. Among those assisting
and planning to attend are Mrs. Ridg-
ley w. Chapline, Mrs. Pembroke Pitt,
Miss Anne Fuller Abbott, Miss Eleanor
Park Gusts, Miss Marie E. Walcott,
Miss Elizabeth Will, Miss Clara r.
Saunders, Mr.. Walter Studdiford, Mr..
lyle Brookover, Mr.. Rowland Lyon,
Mr.. Harold Long, Mr.. Charles A. r.
Dunn, Mr.. Lynch Luquer and Mr.. A.
Lenox Uhler. 4.
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Miss Taylor Here
On Way to California

Miss Alice Taylor has been the
guest of Mrs. George Ellery Crosby
in her apartment in the Chastleton
for a few days on her way to Cali
fornia for the Winter. Miss Taylor
came from her former home in Wind
sor Conn, where Mrs. Crosby lived
until the death a few years ago Of
Mr.. Crosby. Miss Taylor left this
morning by motor for New Orleans,
where she will visit Dr. Ralph Carr,
head of the Public Health Service
Hospital, and Mrs. Carr, She also
viii spend few days with Mrs. H.
8 Fleurot at the Monteleon Hotel,
who will accompany Miss Taylor to
Glen Dale, Calf. Miss Taylor will
spend the Winter with her grand
noother Mrs. John MacLarren, at Glen
Dale and is expected to return to the
East in the Spring.
Evening star., 1936-10-24

"ORMER United States AM
l. bassador to France and Mrs.
Walter E. Edge will enter
L tain at dinner this evening
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Allen of Paris, who are guests for q
few days of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Mark L. Bristol. Yesterday Admiral
and Mrs. Bristol were hosts at cock
tails for Mr.. and Mrs. Allen and this
afternoon they will be guests Of honor
at a similar party which Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hinton will give. Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen were married recently in
Paris, the latter formerly Miss Alice
Harding. daughter OF the late Mr..
w. P. G. Harding Of Boston, who
was chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board during the Wilson administra-
ton.
Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger left
Washington yesterday. She will visit
her sister, Mrs. William Schmeigel.
on Long Island, and her son and
daughter law, Dr.. and Mrs. Paul
Myron Linebarger, in Cambridge. DR..
Linebarger is a member of the faculty
of Harvard University.
Mrs. Robert Chew will not return
to Washington this Winter. but will
remain with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William Davis
Miller, in their new home in Wake
field, r. I. Mrs. Chew's Cleveland
Park residence is now occupied by
her son. Comdr. Robert s. Chew, and
his family. Comdr. Chew Is stationed
at the Navy Department in this city.
Sener DR.. Juan Luis Rodriguez, di-
rector Of the Inter-American Trade
mark Office in Havana, has arrived In
Washington and Is at the Mayhower
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie M. Reed have
returned to their home on Morrison
street after q three-week motor trip
to Missouri and Alabama, where they
visited their parnts, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
H. Quinn, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. s.
Reed.
Miss Lucille Hessick, who is a senior
at Duke University, arrived yesterday
to spend the week end with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William II.
Hessick, ST., 1923 Montague street.
Miss Mary Lou Colliflower, national
treasurer of Chi Sigma Sorority, Inc,
will attend the meeting of Beta
Province of the sorority at the Lord
Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Md. this
afternoon. Miss Collif1ower will be
accompanied by Miss Lenora Lester,
social chairman of Alpha Province.
Miss Colliflower is . member OF 1ota
Chapter and Miss Lester OF Theta
Chapter, this city.
Mr.. j. w. Mohler gave q surprise
cocktail party Wednesday afternoon
Evening star., 1936-10-24
Miss Virginia Hall
And Fiance Feted

Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Ruckelhaus
were hosts at q dinner party last eve
ming at the Heigh-Ho Club in honor
of Miss Virginia Hampton Hall and
Mr.. Thomas F. Ruckelhaus, whose
marriage will take place in the Walter
Reed Chapel. The guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Kenney Of Balti-
more, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Bliss
of Indianapolis, Mrs. Merrill Clement
son of New London, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Madden, Miss Marjorie Gar
land, Mr.. Thomas Kackley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Fortune, jr.; Mr.. John
Ruckelhaus and Mr.. John Adam OF
New York City.