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George Robinson (extreme left), well known South Fliiladelphia hotelimui, is shaking hands with <J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the

Elks, at a dedication ceremony last Sunday afternoon at which Robinson, founder and first exalted ruler of Quaker City lodge of Elks, 1943 Christian street.

was honored. Others in the picture, left to right, are: Dr. Marcus Wheatland of Camden; John Freeman, grand trustee; Henry Berth of Chris J. Perry

Lodge; Robert J. Nelson, former State Athletic Commissioner; and William Still, of Reading, Pa.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1939

SECOND SECTION—PAGE NINE

VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 39

Fellowship Union Sets Meeting for Seymour

James A. Bland, creator of the immortal “Carry Me (Back To Old Virginny” died some 28 years ago, but it was not until recently that he was honored for his great contribution. The occasion was a commemorative service at his grave in Merion Cemetery, sponsored by the Philadelphia Council of the Nation Negro Congress, Dr. Charles A. Lewis, President.

Included In thin picture are: Dr. Jame§ F«aacU Cook, editor of ike Etude Mag&xine, who lonnd Biaad% grave; W. O, ; Randr, “daddy of the bluaP’j Dr. Lewie; J. Rosamond Johnson, baother of the late James Weldon Johnson JUa Ju Jerrssux. Blend’s sister; Dr. John U H&ncw, president of Csntral High School; John Summers. Thomas Swung, Or. Harry J. Greene, } president of the Philadelphia Breach of the HAACP; Council- \ man James H. Irvin; Herbert T. Miller, eegretery of the TMCA; Dr. John Brodhead, pxindpsl of the V & <tfd SsheoM Miss Ooldls Hiwlg, secretary of the National Negro Oongreesf Charles Fred White. Rusaall Wataon, ajid nthepa 1 1

SEYMOUR, September 1.—Marked by the usual festive spirit and by preaching each evening, another week of Fellowship meeting has been set for September 4-10 here at Shields park, sponsored by the Fellowship Union. Edgar F.

Maddex is president.

Rev. Crawford of Indianapolis, Mrs. Edna Cooper and a group of

TALENTED CHILD PIANIST IN TELEVISION BROADCAST

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NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 1 (AN P) — Talented Philippa Schuyler,' daughter of George S. Schuyler, noted newsman and columnist,

Gospel singers of the capital city, who recently celebrated her 8th will supply the sermons and mu-j jjy authoring her 51st pi- *' C i Mjecully r^LST^n -o composition, iast Friday ap-

peared on an NBC Television broadcast.. ' Phillip played “The Little White Donkey” by Jacque Ibert, and an I original composition “At the Circus,” which she composed this

CARVER'S ART LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS TUSKEGEE' SUMMER SCHOOL SERIES

feature an address by James Dyson of Jeffersonville and music by the girls quartette of that city. Mr. Dyson is chairman of the Jef-

fersonville youth division.

Rev. H. B. Mays, pastor of the

M. E. church of North Vernon has S p r j ng a f t er a visit to Ringling been invited to preach and his Brothers circus. She and four othchoir will sing. Rev. Crawford er children (white) were chosen will speak on the Power of Fel-: from Madge Tucker’s weekly, NBC lowship on the closing night. On-a-Bus program. Phillipa is reAll the public have been invit- ( portedly the first child ever to ed to attend this gala celebration play original compositions on Tele-

and occasion at Seymour’s shields vision and the first colored child ; oped from clays. The artist has

TUSKEGEE, Sept. 1. (ANP) Highlight in the Tuskegee institute summer school lecture series was an evening of art with Dr. George Washington Carver. Dr. Carver's lecture on the Fundamentals of Art was climaxed by the unveiling of his most recent painting, “The Yuc-

ca.”

Dr. Carver has been working on the “Yucca” for more than 10 years. The painting is done on canvas with colors that Dr. Carver devel-

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to appear in a Television show.

Musicians End Boston Conclave

• BOSTON, Sept. 1. (ANP)—With hundreds of the nation’s outstanding musicians, soloists, choral directors and composers in attendance, the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., held the closing session of its 19th annual convention here last Friday. President W. Kemper Harreld of Atlanta delivered his annual address at the Tuesday meeting, outlining the accomplishments of the

ing,” “The New Electric Organ,” “Modern Trends in Music Education,” “Church Music” and many others.

FEDERAL JUDGE MOORE TO SAIL SEPT 14 FOR VIRGIN ISLAND POST

CHICAGO, Sep*. 1. (ANP) Federal Judge Herman E. Moore

past year and detailing the plan-, 0 f t jj e vi r gj n islands, recently apned program for the future. P re8 ’ pointed by President Roosevelt and ident Harreld is director of confirmed by the senate, will leave at Atlanta University fy«tem, and GhIcago Sept 8 for New York City

directed the augmented Baptist choir in Atlanta at the recent

World Baptist congress.

On Friday night’s concluding program, designated as National Artists night and held in Jordan hall, the following artists appeared: Catherine Van Buren, soprano; Josephine Harreld (daughter of President Harreld), pianist and

Marion Combo, violin cellist.

whence he sails on Sept. 14 to assume his new judicial post. Mrs. Moore, the judge’s wife, will remain here for several months attending to business matters preliminary to establishing the Moore residence for the next four years

in the islands. She plans about Christmas time. Fortnight ago, in the

portrayed two yucca plants in full bloom. They are a heroic size and stand out against a background of softened sunset light whose 'tint is faintly reflected on the ivory white hell petals of the yucca bloom. Around the base of the two yuccas sprawls a prickly pear with its spiny leaves and delicate blossoms. At the conclusion of the lecture with members of the Little theatre as ushers, the huge itudience of more than 3.000 passed by the canvas for a closer view. The lecture was sponsored by the Little y theatre of which Saunders K. Walker is director. Dr. Carver was presented to the audience by Isaac Hathaway, instructor of an. Delightful music, favorite selections of Dr. Carver, was furnished by Mrs. Eleanor Hastings Fuller, Miss Edna Davis and Ernest Simms. Dr. Carver considers ‘‘The Yucca” the best painting he has done. This is significant appraisal inasmuch as one of Dr. Carver’s paintings has been requested by the Luxemburg galleries in Europe.

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HYA WILL ADD >1 500 YOUNG ERSONS, SAID

An additional 1500 young men and women are to be assigned to National Youth Administration projects within the next few days, accormding to an announcement made by Robert S. Richey, state administrator, today. This has been made possible by an increased appropriation for the operation of work projects for out of school youth, and by the opening of projects in counties in which the program has not previously operated. Simplification of procedure for plications also is expected to expedite the placing of additional young persons on project rolls. For the first time since the inception of the NYA program, boys and girls can make application directly to the NYA supervisor in the county. He in turn will refer the application to the certifying office of the State Department of Public Welfare for investigation. To be eligible for NYA employment, boys and girls must be between the ages of 18 and 24 inclusive, unemployed and out of school. They must be from families receiving or in need of some form of public assistance. Project workers are employed on a part-time basis on projects sponsored by some local civic or gov-

ernmental unit, doing useful work which otherwise could not be performed in the community. They work sixty hours a month and may earn from $14.40 to $21.00 a month, depending on their classification and on the wage rate in their county. There are approximately 5,000 boys and girls employed on NYA work projects in Indiana at the present time. Among the projects are twenty-four workshops sponsored chiefly by school boards, where boys receive training in wood and metal working, and build and repair school furniture. Thirty home making projects give girls training in home economics and furnish garments for county Institutions. Library service throughout the state is being extended, recreational facilities and community centers are being constructed by NYA workers. Boys and girls in Marion county may make application for NYA work at the Unemployment Relief Division of the local Department of Public Welfare, or at the National Youth Administration area supervisor’s office at 237 North Pennsylvania or 272 Century Building.

POLICE SEIZE 3, FIND ‘‘WEEDS”

Honor Man

Who Von Fight for Washington Stamp

sworn in by U. S. District Attorney William J. Campbell. Later several banquets and ibon voyage parties were given in the judge’s honor by admiring friends and to sail former associates. He was form- : erly a member of the Illinois Corn-

presence merce commission. The jurist vis-

of judges, public officials and a,ited the home office of ANP be-

The conference program was j score of friends, Judge Moore was for leaving for th£ East.

well spaced and moved with facility; headquarters were established at Ebenezer Baptist church. The poiblic meeting, which attracted a capacity crowd, was held last Sunday at Zion A. M. E. church. Presiding officers during the various sessions were Ernest G. O’Banyoun, Lillian LeMon, William H.

Bury Prominent Bloomington Man

BLOOMINGTON, September 1. —Funeral rites for David D. Anderson, for the last eight years an employe of the S. S. Kresge store here, were held last Monday at the Allen funeral home, with Rev. Paul D. White and Rev. M. M. Porter officiating. The manager and employes of the Kresge company attended in a body. Born in Monroe county, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mr. Anderson became well known for his industry, honesty and dependability. His pleasant disposition won many friends. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Bernice Anderson, a sister, Mrs. Anna Bura, two brothers, Allen Anderson of this city and Professor William Anderson of Selma,

Ala. Pallbearers were Louis Chandler, Charles Booth, John Hill, Lawrence Evans, James Knight, and William Russell. Flower bearers were 'Bessie Ghan, Alene Alexander, Christabell Beale, and Henrietta Chandler. Burial was in Presbyterian cemetery.

AS TO SECRETS by William Henry Huff Secrets stand ’till folk get‘mad Then they go out the window; Belching up is but a fad Of all who try to hinder Those who gaze upon the sun With thoughtful heads uplifted ; Secrets, secrets, there are none. Their inner parts have drifted!

Three persons, Charles Smith, 21, r>09 West Vermont street; William Hatton, 21, 300 block North Senate avenue, and Irvin Taylor, 18, 700 block Fayette street, were arrested last week on a charge of vagrancy by Detectives Glenn and Hopson. The detectives arrested these men after they had smelled marijuana smoke. Upon searching Irvin Taylor they said they found two marijuana cigarettes. They immediate ly went upstairs to the room of Charles Smith where they found a hunch of dried “w’eeds” wrapped in a paper and several smoked cigarettes in a stove, police said. The arrested men were questioned and Smith told police he had gathered the dope from a vacant lot in the rear of the Century Bis cult company.

After an attempt suicide Pearl Hossendobe. 24, 2126 Highland pi.. lay seriously ill last week, at City hospital after drinking part of a two-ounce bottle of Creso Sol. She drank the poison at the home of a friend. Mrs. Mattie Mitchell, 23, 2120 Highland place. Mrs. Mitchell told officers Mrs. Hossendobe came to her home, sat in a chair a while, and then took the poison from her purse drinking part and spilling the rest. She is the mother of a six-months-old baby.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1. (AN P)—In recognition of his success in getting a U. S. stamp honoring Booker T. Washington, a banquet will be given next Friday, Sept. 8, for Major R. R. Wright, banker and teacher, at the McDowell Community center, under auspices of a citizens committee. Principal speaker will he Raymond Pace Alexander, well known local attorney. Special guests will be several of the officers of the National Baptist convention, Inc., which will bemeeting in Philadelphia at the time. Among those who have promised to take part are Dr. L. K. Williams, president of the Pennsylvania State Baptist convention, and Magistrate Joseph H. Rainey. Major Wright is president of the Citizens and Southern Bank and Trust company and promoter of commercial enterprises between Haiti and the United States. His son is a bishop in the A. M. E. church. The Rev. Arthur E. Rankin is director of the McDowell center.

MAJOR R. R. WRIGHT

Dixie Police Probe Death

ATLANTA, Sept. 1. (ANP)—Local police this week redoubled their efforts to solve the trunk murder mystery, disclosed last Thursday at Terminal station, when baggagemen, detecting the odor of decomposed flesh, traced it to a trunk and found crammed inside the body of a young, light-skinned woman. The trunk had arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, having been sent as excess baggage from Washington, D. C. The consignment of human cargo had been arranged by a shipper who checked the trunk through on a day coach ticket. A valuation slip, signed by the checker and the supposed shipper, valued the contents at $5. The shipper paid 82 cents excess weight on the trunk in Washington, and signed his name “Joe Smith.” After their first examination, police said the victim had apparently been dead for some time before being placed in the trunk. Authorities are examining what may be a valu-

rilkes. Margaret Bonds, Mary Cardwell Dawson and Maude Roberts George. At Sunday’s mass meeting, the delegates were welcomed to the city by Boston’s Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, after which the Hallelujah chorhs from Handel’s “Messiah” was rendered by an augmented ofaolr directed by Ja. Welsey Jones of Chicago, who annually directs his big Metropolitan choir at the Cbicagoland Music festival in Grant

Park.

Among the interesting conference subjects discussed were “Training of the Pianist,” “How Shall the City Teacher Maintain Standards?” “The Principles of .Voice Building,” “Choral Conduct-

The Progressive National Funeral Directors Association, Inc, comprising the more important undertakers throughout the country ended its five day con-

vention in Chicago Thursday after a most enthusiastic and successful meeting. The following officers were elected: Wm. J. Morrsell, Chicago, pre-

sident; W. E. Shortridge, Birmingram, 1st vice-president; Mrs. W. H. McGavock, Nashville, 2nd vice president; Mrs. Francis A. Keith. McKeesport,

Pa, 3*d vice-president; Fred Anderson, Detroit, 4th vice-pres-ident; Wm. E. Officers, E. St. Louis, general secretary; H. Jamerson, Cincinnati, asst, sec-

retary; Mrs. G. J. Tate, Knoxville, Tenn, recording secretary ; Mrs. G. J. Tate, Knoxville, Tenn, recording secretary and James H. Irvin, Philadelphia,

treasurer. The association plans a midwinter education meeting in February at New Orleans prior to the Mardi Gras.

able clue—a torn hit of photo., less than two inches long, found in a crevice in the trunk. The photo has been enlarged, its clear print revealing the seated form of a woman dressed in white, hands folded on the knees and wearing a white hat. Through the photo, police hope to trace ownership of the trunk. Local Atlantans who have relatives reported missing in the Capitol city, have been urged to communicate with police. In Washington, after discovery here of the trunk, federal and district police began a search for two men who brought the trunk to Union station in a truck, checked it through to Atlanta. Detective Captain Ira Teck of the Washington police said the trunk had been checked at about :45 Tuesday morning on a coach ticket purchased by one of the two men. The ticket, however, had not been used.

GEESE USED TO SAVE LABOR ON COTTON FARMS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (ANP) Hey Mr. Ripley—look at this—they are using Geese in some sections of the south -as a labor-saving device in cotton plantations! And that is part of a report sent to Dr. W. W. Alexander as the utmost truth. It’s this way. Geese like the tender shoots of crab grass that grow in the Cotton fields, so Mr. Planter just gets a flock of geese and turns them loose in the fields. They wander in, select a row of cotton and go through it carefully, each goose taking an individual row for his very own. Then they assemble at the end of the rows and under their own leader, take another assignment being very careful not to touch the cotton plants, but giving full attention to the grass that hampers cotton growth. The goose service is very cheap, many planters relying upon them to do more work more efficiently than the hired hands.