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EDITORIALS
THE INFORMER
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
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WHAT SHALL WE VOTE FOR?
It looks now like the.Constitution of the United States an
the decisions of the Supreme Court will be respected fordthe
first time since the Terrell Election Law was first passed
1903, and that Negroes will vote in the statutory Democratic
primary elections to be held next month and in August. The
question is, What shall we vote for?more
The masses of all races need a more real and a moreaues
opportunity to own decent homes, to have work at fair wages
and under healthful conditions, and to be protected agaiinst
the misfortunes of unemployment and old age. As aaspecial
oppressed group, Negroes need a state university and Meni-
other opportunities for education as white people and
cans are provided by the state of Texas; we need a samitar pel
for the care of the members of our group who are or X
come afflicted with tuberculosis; we need better school"
ties for Ner.rochalicree. 2Tan Eh E V bemiAnte-nen Nov
from the State of Texas to its white and Mexicans citizen our-
Shall we cast our votes to help insure these
selves and to our children? Or shall we cast our votes to gua-
rantee a few jobs and a little money to one or two selfish Negro
politnieme are the questions which we must answer. Thesel"re
questions the answer to which will determine the truin
The Sunday School
Lesson
(By REV. w. A. JORHUA. Paste
Greater Jordan Grove Baptist Church
Houston, Texas, Instructor in B. T. P
U. work hi State 8. S. and B. Y. P. U
Congress of the General Baptist State
Convention of Texas)._____________
Lesson 1 July 1, 1934
AHIJAH AND THE DIVIDED
KINGDOM
REVIEWS AND COMMENTS
By LILLIAN JOHNSON
hermen was beaten by voters who set pre-
"H--E persistent zumogga 74 K^n^^^ %
rt £ No. OAPAR h NeN of TuS-another testimonial of honor."
kegee Institute, one thing is certain;
that where there is a thick cloud of 1
smoke, something can usually be
found in the vicinity in the nature of!
fire.
Events have taken place atTuske-
kegee that call for the firm hand of
leadership. Ignoring the existence of
what the public must already know
to be facts, thus leaving a fertile field
for the rankest weeds of wild imagi-
nations, cannot and did not help the
situation. While Dr. Moton has not
1 ings 12:12-17, 26-30
Motto Text: Pride goeth before dis-
tinction and a haughty spirit before
a fall. Prov. 16-:18.
Time: 975 B. C. Place: Schem, also .__________________-
called Schechem and Neapolis, and done anything to impair Tuskegee,
identical Sychar, where Jesus met the
woman of Samaria.
Outlines: Rehoboam’s Folly and Pun-
ishment. Ver. 12-17.
II. Jeroboam’s Fear and Apostasy.
LINES OF LIFE
By Birdelle Wycoff
“BABY SHOES”
I hold the two upon my hand-
Baby shoes of black and tan,
That not so many years ago
Helped little feet across the floor
While we all cheered in gay delight
But soon a toe came pushing through
To ask of us a larger shoe, the
Now baby shoes came through the
years
Packed away as souvenirs.
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Lesson Text:
IMPORTANT .. „
e ovable to and address all
Make all checks, drafts, money orders Comply. 409-411 Smith Street,
communications to the Informer Publishing company,
Houston, Texas. subscription to The Houston
Always demand a receipt when pavinguZNu zed representatives. All duly
biomes ^ 0°*HN F EEERE .‘X&s ^K
your own interest, as well as ours, by insisting upon a
same when obtained. ______________________
- falsity of the charge that our ballots are mere pawns for ski
against every known enemy. Let s decide to v e y
elimination of the foes of the Negroes.
INTELLIGENCE AND INTEGRITY MAKE MEN
AND RACES GREAT *
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1934
TRYING TO STAMPEDE NEGROES
There seems to be a general conspiracy to confused Never
primaries. The statute specifically limits the EXECUTIVE
whatever qualifications are legal to the STATE 1320E
COMMITTEE: . m
“Every political party in this State through its STATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE shall have the power to own way
the qualifications of its own members and shall in its own.ee.
.
membership or non-membership in organizations otner 198
the political party.” (Acts 1027, 40th Leg. 1st C. S., p. 1
ch. 67. Dsn talicsere Democratic Executive Committee has
the Sower (and the legislature having placed the power inathe
State Executive Committee, the power cannot be anywhere
its failure to vote to bar Negroes means that there can
be no legal bar. Not even the State Democratic Convention
which is the party assembled in session, can effectively ba
“ON AN EQUAL BASIS”
The Tennessee Valley Authority, vast govermental agency
■ wen
In the locality in which the work isdoner America, both upon
---------- shame "
general rule is one of an unequal basis.
TWO FUNDAMENTALS
e rust two great fundamentals which will deter-
scatter our vote to any large degree, we shall not play any -
in the election of anybody that we should vote only for candi-
Re
then the essential freedom of Negroes can never be realized.
Without the ballot our hope is dark f the United States
hav^d^ ‘M'S
dates who have respect for law and believe -
obeyed. __________
8TOP% United States Supreme Court has definitely said no-
body except the State Executive Committee can touch CH-
fcations to bar us. In Nixon vs Condon, 52 Supreme Court Re-
porter 484, that court said: . T if the statute had re-
“Whatever our conclusion might be oteh to prescribe the
SX^o^ Scares of the kind was done,
instead, the statute lodged the power in a committee.....
and again adherence to the statute leads to the conclusion
that ndesdiution once adopted by the committee must continue
to be binding upon the judgesofelection hough the commit
teigtelensa *ha obey th. ‘OHrty WAL Power so entremenod is
statutory, not inherent.” .. only Federal court where the
ton Post waives the W equality scares in the
means of putting klan threaerber of the white man’s union,
mouth of an anonymous member Dack in the gutter of yellow
Nerrosiasecosraierymn# Ns integrity. Negroes know the klan I.
aend and theyaren’t afraid. „ (Shorty) Lubbock and W. 0.
slid
Negroes are in step with the tunes and unafraid.
REPUBLICANS IN TEXAS
The recent Republican confab held in Heraisorptmg"
which two Negroeswere present brings to Tor Texas,
pin
PuTeneh government, and which they furnish only *° people
who help to elect them. mhublean ticket in Texas from
Negroes could voted ne Republican ballots would never
per anm d 0000 street - good shoot, 4004 Library. • park
or pleveround an’AN" the right to vote as he pleases; but,
if OfSou Ne, No, he should recognize the factthat voting a.
" Esubican In Texas will never get him anything.
DESERVED RECOGNITION
tons
himself and his friends and to the pride of his rac
12. So Jeroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the King had appointed, saying, Come
to me again the third day.
18. And the King answered the peo-
ple roughly, and forsook the old men s
council that they gave Him,
14. And spake unto them after the
counsel of the young men.
My father made your yoke heavy and
I will add to your yoke; my father
chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
15. Wherefore the king hearkened
not unto the people, for the cause was
from the Lord that He might perform
His saying, which the Lord spake by
the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite, un-
to Jeroboam the son Nebat.
16. So when all Israel saw that the
king had hearkened not unto them,
the people answered the king, saying,
What portion have we in David? Nei-
their have we inheritance in the son
of Jesse; to your tents, 0 Israel, now
see to thine own house, David. So
Israel departed to their tents.
17. But as for the children which
dwelt in the cities of Judah, Reho- .
boam reigned over them.
26. And Jeroboam said in his heart,
How shall the kingdom return to '
house of David.
27. If this people will go up to do
sacrifice in the house of the Lord in
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of
the people turn again unto their Lord,
even to Rehoboam, the King of Ju-
dah.
28. Whereupon the King took coun-
sel, and He made two calves of Gold
and He said unto them: It is too much
for you to go up to Jerusalem. Be-
hold, your gods, 0 Israel, which
brought thee up out of the Land of
Egypt. ,
29. And he sat one in Bethel, and
the other put he in Dan.
80. And this thing became a sin: for
the people went to worship before the
one even unto Dan.
Critical Notes .
Ver. 12. Jeroboam—Was the son of
Nebat, whom Solomon made superin-
tendent of the workmen of his tribe,
which tribe was Manasseh.
Ver. 15. Rehoboam, was the son
and successor of Solomon. The ten
tribes under Jeroboam revolted from
him. He reigned over two tribes sev-
MORE MUSICAL LAURELS
Mrs. Jessie Covington-Dent, formerly ^^ butsupwrint
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more talented End worthy of the pride of the Lone Star State
than Mrs. Jessie Covington-Dent.
A NEW APPROACH
We are told in news releases that six Democratic members
of the United States House of Representatives have b General
stituted into a committee to wait upon Posemas Democrats.
Farley in an effort to secure more jobs for Negro Democrat.
The members of the committee come from Nebraska, Illinois,
Maryland OkilahoTr cho OMimierEL, Representative Edward R.
Burka of Nebraska, is quoted as saying: “In view of the a by
did assistance which has been given President Roosevelt
colored Democrats, they are entitled to more recognition and
job mis is a new approach, and if followed through to success,
ful fruition, is destined to take more Negro ballots out of_ the
Republican column and place them safely in the Democratic
column a of following the Roscoe Conklin Simmons lead of
“Speak Mr. President, speak,” the Democrats are asking
jobs and not speeches.
GIVE THEM A BREAK
still time to give some underprivileged boy or gir
There M so or the wyn camps. There are many such boys
a break at O“have, never had a flicker of a chance at whole,
and girls who Freedom This is what camp will give to
tome give yourself the joy of helping one boy or girl geta
pruk at it.
that he has done anything of positive
good is doubtful. He has merely been
able to carry along on the general
plans laid down by Booker T. Wash-
ington in his time. However, chang-
ing times, and it cannot be denied
that they do change, need changing
programs. That the powers behind
Tuskegee seem to recognize this was
seen by at least one executive more
than two years ago when he predicted
the downfall of the old regime. Since
then, three or four of them have
passed out of the life of the institu-
ter me tion, and gradually a newer order
saying, and a younger order of leaders has
come upon the scene.
The recent recalling to Albon Hol- "r “^ Which we see outside of the
sey, former Tuskegee secretary, to me is called the crown of the tooth,
the institution, is the latest card play- Au’i covered by a hard, smooth
ed in the drama. Reports have it that surface which enamel. The
friends of Rev. G. Lake Imes, assist- enamel covers all of the exposed part
ant to President Moton, resent the and runs just under the edges of the
return of Holsey, although they feel is made up of mineral sub-
certain that his return will be lasting stance," chiefly or calcium phosphate
and permanent. Imes belongs to the A carbonate with a very small per-
old order of things—the mysterious, | eudtane or animal matter. Its chem-
secretive element which has colored fen composition makes it the hardest
the life of Tuskegee for the past sev- | substance in the body. It is very sim-
eral years. Schools then “erf.™ nar to ivory in compactness.
be free of all the secrecy and mystery! Under this-outer coating of enamel
possible. Situations inevitably arise the tooth is made up ote hard am-
which lead to such an atmosphere but stance called dentinesthincant “that
they should immediately and firmly
_be cleared up in the minds of the stu-
dents and of the public.
art The old order has had its oppor-
the tunity. Certainly, the school is very
little farther advanced now that it
was on the day Booker Washington
died. What advancement it has known
also seems to be merely a result of the
momentum which was present at the
time of the death of its noted founder.
Let the new order try its hand!
oOo
DENIAL TALKS
By DR. W. J. HOWARD
Houston Dentist
DECAY-ITS CAUSE
In order to understand decay of the
teeth, we must first consider the
structure of the teeth. The portionof
andI runs just under the edges of the
lar chemical ingredients, except that
the mineral substances are less and
the animal substances are much
greater. The dentine is more like the
consistency of bone. The center of the
tooth is not solid, for there is a hol-
low portion filled up with blood ves-
sels and nerves. This is where the
tooth gets its nourishment and its
sense of feeling which makes it alive.
Sui
with
staff
view
o’clo
paste
black
with
C. C
the
enteen years.
-Ver. 28. Egypt—was a country at
the northeast angle of Africa, irri-
gated by the Nile river. It was settled
by Ham and his sons after the flood.
Ver. 29. Bethel—was a town in Ju-
dah, named from God’s blessing Jacob
there after his return from Paran-
THE CHICAGO DEFENDER
Good news this week was the an-
nouncement that the Chicago Defend-
er was releasing all of its white help
in favor of Negro employees. This is
a sign of advancement in two ways.
First of all, it means that the younger
Negroes have arrived at the place
where they are just as proficient in
the arts of printing and allied voca-
tions as their white brothers. In the
second place, it means that the leaders
who control the Chicago Defender
have kept pace with the time and
that realising the changing economic
order and the changing industrial or-
der of the Negro they are alert to
grant opportunity where they believe
it is deserved. That they, too, had the
courage to change from the old to the
new, when they felt that a change
would be most advantageous to the
larger number of people.
May the Negroes who are being
given this added opportunity prove
worty of their hire, and may they
never give the Chicago Defender rea-
sons to regret this splendid and for-
ward looking step.
oOo
JUDGE HORTON .
Judge James E. Horton, of Scotts-
boro fame, noted for his opinion set-
ting aside the verdict of guilty
MARRIAGES -
(HOUSTON)
O’Neal Butler and Miss Margie Fowler.
Leroy Cook and Miss Vermel Lois Ashford.
James Wright and Miss Ruby Louise Pavle
of LaGrange.
Abe Alexander and Miss Edoila Store. *
Clarence B. York, Jr., and Miss Hilda A.
Easton. ___. ’
Ernest Caruthers and Miss Willie Roy Ban-
REACTION AMIDST EDUCATION
North Carolina has done much for its Negro schools in
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told that a white registrar with a grammar school education
refused to register a Negro not so long ago upon the ground
that sen »xv“ « H^
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teacher in one of the state colleges for Negroes in North Caro-
linac greatest part of the reaction amidst this kind of educa-
tiol or course, is the lack of active and vigorous opposition to
such insults and injustice in the courts of the land by the no
groes of North Carolina.
aram.
Ver. 30. Dan—This name designates
the land occupied by the tribe called
Dan, at the extreme north of the Land
of Palestine.
Comments on the Lesson: , ..
Rash and unthoughtful leadership
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the worst passions and animosities forget what he did for s «7 fair-
are created which are not forgotten great a martyr to the cams Abraham
in a life time; the nearest relation- ness and honesty s Wait Harwas
ships are despised, and the tenderest Lincoln. The folloy mns r the New
ties unbound. The revolt of men from taken for a recent issue of the we
the God of heaven has filled the earth I York Times I. ______________■
with discord and disunion. All men
everywhere who turn from serving
God are left at the mercy of the evil
one who leads them to that which is
destructive through the instrumental-
ity of faulty men who are short-
sighted, unstable in all their ways.
Rebellion is attended with violence
and suffering. On this occasion the
officer of the king was stoned to
death, and the king himself was com- Negroes his dignity, calmness anu
pelled to flee for his life The blood impartiality, were constant. His opin-
of rebel lion makes a dark stain that ion setting aside the verdict of guil-
oftimes centuries cannot erase. This against Haywood Patterson as con-
king had a splendid chance to pre- SAS ID the weight of evidence was
serve the Israelites to the house of -am and “copent as to increase
David but failed when he turned a so lucid and $08.*- -—-
deaf ear to the cry of the oppressed.
The cry of the oppressed is not ut-
tered in vain in the ear of a wise
ruler. Brute force does not always
win and even when it seems to win
its success endures only for a season.
Jeroboam was crafty in that he ar-
ranged a proposition which if Reho-
boam yielded to he would blemish his
father and if he denied he would en-
danger his kingdom. Thus Rehoboam’s
folly and unthoughtfulness to gather
with his selfishness fed by the advice
of a certain element in his kingdom
entangled him in the snare of the
wicked, and cunning Jeroboam. And
at the same time let down the bar for
the people of God to be led. Into idola-
try. For Jeroboam emphasized the
easy way, saying, “It is too much for
you to go to Jerusalem to worship.”
So he sat up an idol at Bethel and
one and Ban and said, “These be your
God.” Thus this dark day in the his-sume ue err "^7 «r,n~of Solomon
tory Israel became the beginning of ■ upon Rehoboam the Sn. °
darkness. The leaders of the ten “He that soweth,to the wind
tribes predisposed this mutiny else reap a whirlwind.
A VOTELESS PEOPLE
V G Gooree says that, “Under a democratic form of govern-
ment avoteless people are a helpless people, and will remain
helpless so long as they remain voteless.” But, in a worst
Goree adds that talk is cheap, and it takes money to buy land.
Clarence Estes and Miss Norene Wilson of
Ledbetter.
Preston Gatlin and Miss Inez Culbreath
Clarence Dirss and Miss Thelma Remsker:
Ernest Burleson and Miss Ada MeBerth Wil-
liams. .
Willie Lewis and Miss Margaret Johnson.
Joe Collins and Miss Annie Miller.
Isaac Welton and Miss Lillie Mae Smith.
Jamee Jetoon and Mise Tassie Woods.
Sam Wilhite and Miss Josie Thompson.
Antonio Sloan and Miss. Ella McKee.
Eshmann Parker and Mita Thelma Smith.
Noris Joseph and Miss Veralee Small Thom-
as, Weimar.
Edward Elliott and Miss Mildred Teal.
8. L. Dennis and Miss Emma Davis.
Isaac Williams and Miss Joanna Heard
Willie Morris Bearin* and Miss Minnie Bell
Loftin.
Tommie Barnes and Miss Bever Williams.
Roscoe Brooks and Miss Cynthia Mae Da-
vis.
Moses Roes and Miss Mozell Showers.
George Grissum and Miss Lillie Clark .
Northern Arrow and Miss Willma Wells.
Alphonse Williams and Miss Ada Shepard
against Haywood Patterson, was
beaten as a candidate for renomina-
of Lufkin. _
Lee Edward Wood, and Miss Elsie Barnes
0.1. Taylor and Miss Rufus Lee McNeal
Ernest Richardson and Miss Alonia Champ-
ion of Crosby. - ,
James Fisher and Miss Eugenia Davis.
James Tippett and Miss Johnnie Mae Mable.
John Lewlie Bradley and Miss Paulina
Mayo.
Fred Kins and Min Della King.
Van Buren Malone and Miss Maggie Grant.
000
(BEAUMONT)
Walter Christian—Miss Shellie Ruth
Greene.
George A. Lee—Mrs. Georgia Willis.
Pleas McClendon—Miss Paulina Jackson.
H. Jackson—Miss Rosa Ford.
Matthew Jenkins—Miss Lillie Mae O’Brien.
Sam Bullock—Miss Levert Lewis.
Louis Turner- Miss Willie Mae Stull.
“The Alabama Primary
One result of the Alabama primary
on Tuesday has a national interest
Judge James E. Horton of Athens,
circuit judge for the Eighth district
was beaten as a candidate for renom-
mation. In June of last year he was
respected and admired by the coun- __.__________
try in general. Amid the local Pas- of home, church, or state,
sion about the trial of the Scottsboro - - ... . —-.
his dignity, calmness and
JUST PLAIN THINKING
By Carrie P. Hines
Mutual understanding and a sincere .
appreciation of the rights of others,
stabilises good government, whether
To be able to give efficient service
when things don’t go your way is the
real test of greatness.
to increase
the high regard which he had already
won. _w
His moral courage was worthy of
his intellectual power, He knew what
the consequences were likely to be.
The air was full of threats to get even
with him for doing his duty. At first
he decided to leave the bench at the
end of the present term. The bar as-
socation of Athens urged him to run
again. It was hoped, rather than ex-
pected, that he would be renominated.
WALLIS
By MARTHA LOU AMMONS
WALL1B- Sunday school opened on time
with all superintendents at their posts. Serve
ices at Evans Chapel and Galilee Baptist were
high. The revival at Galilee began Wednes-
day night. The Missionary Society of AME
Church met at the home of Mrs. J. A. Woods.
Visitors were Mmes. T. M. Bell and Hattie
Roundtree. Mrs. Ella McCloud will entertain
the Evergreen Missionary Society Thursday.
The Juneteenth celebration was largely cele-
brated. There were many visitors from var-
ious points. Mn. Mandy Darla honored her
little daughter, Vivian Ruth, with a party
Sunday afternoon. Weekend visitors: Mrs. *
a Struggs and brother, Thaddens Porter.
they would have sent as a represents-
tive such a character as Jeroboam. He
was a traitor to Solomon and was .n
a fugitive for they sent into Egypt or
and had him brought up for this pur- M
pose. Years before this event Solo- “
mon had married an Egyptian woman
brother had harbored the enemy of
Solomon and of the peace of Israel,
that he might wreck his vengeance
MARLIN
MARLIN.—Mr. and Mrs. Paris Cox and
son, Doris, left Saturday night, for Corpus
Christi. They will spend the summer visiting
relatives. Tom Ward Soders of Washington,
D. C. is in the city visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Soders. Mrs. Rosens Marshall
of Houston is in the city visiting her, mother-
Mrs. N. Wyman, who has been ve sek
Miss Ella M. Wiley of Dallas is visiting in
the city.
TEMPLE
He calls for ACTION. .... a
Nobody ever got anything worth while by sitting down and
waiting for someone to come along and drop it into his lap. We
have to bestir ourselves. This is just as true of voting as of
anything else. .
TEMPLE.—Prof. O. M. Robin
and sinter in law and Miss My
left Monday for Chicago, te.I
weeks. The Eighth Street Bertin
sntad sumoWET
njoiltten wantoned den
funeral of his aunt M
There are four soft a
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his wife
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