CALANTHES' WORTHY COUNSELLOR [Photo] MRS. MARIE B. SHIELDS Well known leader of Danville, who now heads the State Grand Court of Calanthe of Knights of Pythias in Kentucky, and which holds its next session in Russellville, July 23-26. Mrs. Shields is not only a fraternal woman, but a religious woman, a leader of young people who stands high in the denomination to which she belongs. She is a successful business woman, and has a host of friends. The following about Mrs. Sheilds appeared in a Danville paper a few days ago: "By the death of State Grand Worthy Counsellor, Julia Mae Richardson in Lexington, Ky., last week, Marie B. Shields, who runs a second-hand store on South Second Street, automatically becomes head of the order, the women's department of the Knights of Pythias, known as the Court of Calanthe, and she was installed into the office Saturday, December 22, by the members of the State Board of Control. Not only should the members of this order feel proud, but the colored citizens of this city should be glad to know that the head of this grand order is in Danville, and one of our citizens."
Pay Last Respects To Veteran Editor
PAY LAST RESPECTS TO EDITOR WM. H. STEWARD Dr. John H. Frank Delivers Impressive Eulogy; Others Pay Tribute To Veteran Leader By William H. Ferris. Before a congregation that taxed the seating capacity of the Fifth St. Baptist Church, Dr. John H. Frank, the pastor, preached a funeral sermon Jan. 5th, that was remarkable for its faith in God and in the religion of Jesus, and remarkable for the force and eloquence with which the message was delivered. Daniel Webster said that eloquence exists in the man, the subject and the occasion. Well, Dr. Frank had a subject and an occasion that could arouse him to put forth the best that was in him. He was preaching a funeral sermon over the late Wm. H. Steward, the veteran editor and nationally known Baptist layman, who was born a slave July 26, 1847, and who passed away an honored citizen on Jan. 3rd, 1935. From 1867 when he began to teach school to his death on Thursday, January 3, a period of 67 years, Mr. Steward has been continuously identified with uplift movements for his race. He had served as superintendent of the Sunday School, leader of the choir, trustee and deacon of the church, secretary of the General (Continued on page 8) 
Sigmas Discard Activities of Social Dissipation; Lewis Succeeds Mitchell
Rev. W. E. Farmer Dead A telegram to Rev. C. L. Russell, pastor of the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church, Monday afternoon stated that Rev. W. E. Farmer, former pastor of Chestnut Street, was dead and that his funeral would be held Thursday. Rev. Farmer resigned the pastorate here last May during his fourth year. He wanted twork near the home of his wife in Georgia, and that of his early years, and was appointed presiding elder of the Macon, Ga., District. Rev. and Mrs. Farmer made many friends in Louisville.
Woods Is Given LIfe
CLARENCE WOODS GETS LIFE FOR MURDER OF SWEETHEART Clarence Woods, alias Jay Bird, 21st Street, who shot and fatally wounded his sweetheart, Miss Anna Taylor, October 9 and attempted suicide by firing a bullet into his own head, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury in criminal court this week. Woods shot Miss Taylor at 21st and Walnut Street as she was on her way to work and then shot himself after he ran into a nearby alley. Officer William Scott, who was on a street car passing at the time the shots were fired, got off and gave chase when Woods ran. Miss Taylor died several hours afterwards in the City Hospital where she and Woods had been rushed following the shooting. Jealousy was said to have been the cause. The court room was crowded to capacity with eager spectators and friends of Woods and Miss Taylor during the trial. C. Ewbank Tucker, who represented Woods, is given much credit for saving the life of the defendant.
COLORED CITIZENS ORGANIZED FOR COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE By William H. Ferris The colored citizens of Louisville have organized for participation in the Community Chest under the able leadership of Rev. Dr. Jas. M. Williams, pastor of the Lampton Baptist church. They are encouraged by the improvement that was shown in last year's campaign and expect to raise their quota of $4,000 this year. What the colored people are expected to raise is but a gesture of friendly interest, because it is less than two per cent of the total amount that the colored people get out of the community chest. If the colored people of Louisville fully realized the amount of aid which they receive directly and indirectly from the Community Chest they would gladly subscribe the small amount that they are requested to raise by themselves. So the campaign among the colored people will be in part a campaign of education. A mere statement of the aid which the colored people receive from the Community Chest with  out any elaboration or perfervid rhetoric, will be impressive and convincing. Seventeen of the thirty-six agencies serve the colored people. Six of those agencies serve only colored people. Their combined budget is $36,371.75. The total amount to be raised during the campaign is $719,090.19. And it is estimated that one third of this amount is to render service to (Continued on page 8)
Ethiopia Asks League of Nations To Stop Italian Aggression
Miss Eva Bowles Was Not Fired
SORORITY HONORS MISS LA FORREST The fifteenth annual boule of the sorority convened in Cincinnati in December. To the many outstanding achievements of a sorority that was organized just fifteen years ago has been the granting of six scholarships at this boule. Wilberforce University received two scholarships, one each was granted to girls at Wiley, Indiana University, Livingstone, Fisk and Howard. Attorney Mary Lou Ashe of Chicago and Miss Ruth Johnson Crittendon, Cincinnati, were initiated at this boule. The different Greek Letter fraternities and sororities spared no pains in making the stay of the visiting Zeta Phi Betas a most enjoyable one. The closing of the boule was characterized by a sermon especially (Continued on page 4)
PREMIER TENOR [photo] ROLAND HAYES Roland Hayes, the celebrated tenor, will appear in Louisville at the Memorial Auditorium Sunday afternoon, January 20, at 3:30. Mr. Hayes is a favorite in Louisville and usually sings to a capacity audience here as he does elsewhere. He was a waiter at the Pendennis Club here when he was working his way through Fisk University. Hayes, who is as popular in Europe as he is in America, has made ten tours of this country. His appearance here at the Memorial Auditorium January 20, will be one of over forty during the present season.
D. B. BISHOP PASSES AWAY D. B. Bishop, 3920 Greenwood Avenue, prominent bricklayer and contractor and a pioneer Louisville citizen, died at his home December 27 after a long illness and was buried December 30. Mr. Bishop was a well-known citizen and a member of Zion Baptist Church where he was a liberal contributor. The funeral was conducted from the residence with Rev. W. H. Craighead officiating, assisted by Rev. A. H. Shumake and his choir. The pallbearers were selected from the young men whom he had trained in the trade of which Mr. Bishop was master. Mr. Bishop is survived by his widow who toiled unceasingly to comfort him during his long illness, which he bore patiently. According to Mrs. Bishop, her husband spent his last hours comforting her and telling her not to worry, that they would meet in the Great Beyond where there is no parting. They had lived happily together since their marriage in 1904. Mrs. Lulia B. Scurlock of Chicago, a cousin of Mrs. Bishop, was by her side in the hours of her sorrow. Consolation was expressed in sentiment and with flowers by their many friends. The funeral was in charge of R. G. May, undertaker. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
ANNUAL Y. W. C. A. MEETING The annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. will be held Thursday, February 7, at 6:30 p. m. Miss Marion E. Cuthbert, national secretary will be the speaker. All are cordially invited. It will be a dinner meeting. Tickets are on sale at the Y. W. C. A.
COTTON CLUB IS DISAPPROVED NOT PLACE FOR RESPECTABLE PEOPLE, SAYS OFFICIAL Position Taken By Leader Following Raid And Reports Commended By Hundreds Of People Interested In Race Progress And Checking Vice, Crime In its article following the raid of the Cotton Club and other reported conduct at the place, the Leader was liberal enough to say that "In all the talk about the Cotton Club there has been no criticism of it as a plain cabaret or night club, for those who get pleasure out of such a place--man or woman, married or single but when it gets out of its place there is time for talk." The Leader said further, "It is the opinion, not only of many of the members of the Greek Letter fraternities of Louisville, but also of intelligent citizens, that the Cotton Club is not, and has never been, a place where fraternities, sororities and such class of organizations should go with their affairs." In the above statement the Leader does not give an opinion against fraternities and sororities giving their affairs at a decent kind of cabaret or night club, but it does give the opinion that the "Cotton Club," out on Eleventh Street, is not and has never been the place where fraternities and sororities should give their affairs, especially formal. The Leader was, but might not have been so liberal, even though such is done by fraternities and sororities in some other cities. Unfit For Respectable People, Says Official The fact that the Cotton Club was raided may not alter the opinion of a certain element about it. That there have been shootings, brawls over dice games, and early morning drunks, which reflect on the whole race may be of no concern to some, but following the raid and arrest of the white owner by officers of the law, hundreds of people, some of whom may be in for decent entertainment of the (Continued on page 4)
WOULD PUT GREATER EMPHASIS ON JUBILEE MUSIC AND RELIGION AT FISK Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 10.--The "Alumni Clinic" concluded a very successful three-day session at Fisk University December 29. States represented were Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Indiana, Virginia, Louisiana, West Virginia and Tennessee. Prof. Gregory Whiting, principal of Simmons High School of Montgomery, West Virginia, was elected chairman of the Fisk University Alumni Fund Association, to fill the unexpired term of Prof. B. F. Cox, principal of Avery Institute, Charleston, S. C. A committee appointed by the body composed of Dr. J. M. Gandy, president of Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va., Mrs. Addie Streater Wright of Atlanta; Miss Fannie Snow, City school teacher of Evansville, Ind., John M. Batchman, attendance officer in St. Louis Public School, St. Louis; Mr. Harold McCoo, director of music, Industrial High School, Birmingham; Prof. L. M. Posey, professor of mathematics, Southern University, and David Collins, basso profundo, who helped make the Fisk University quartette of several seasons past, internationally famous, visited President Jones at Vanderbilt Hospital where he had been confined for some time, conveyed greetings, and presented him with a statement unanimously endorsed by the assembled delegates. During the barbecue dinner held at the Fisk farm, situated on the outskirts of Nashville, a heated round-table discussion of jubilee music and religion at Fisk, past and present, was had. It was the consensus of opinion, that greater emphasis should be placed on both jubilee music and religion in the future at Fisk.
CHAS. S. MORRIS GETS APPOINTMENT Washington, D. C., Jan. 10.--Announcement was made this week by C. S. March, C.C.C., Educational Director of the United States Office of Education, of the appointment of Charles Satchell Morris, Jr., at the thirtieth colored educational advisor of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Mr. Morris is one of the most popular speakers on the platform today. He has enjoyed national recognition for the past decadee, being first acclaimed as the "Boy Orator of Virginia." Mr. Morris is a graduate of the University of Chicago and received his Master's degree for graduate work at Columbia University. He has taught for several years at West Virginia State College and for a year served that University as Dean of Men. Mr. Morris will be assigned to New York and New Jersey in the Second Corps Area of the C.C.C.
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