STUDIO ARTIST [photo] Miss Helen W. Post Miss Post is the piquant daughter of Mrs. W. Post, prominent Atlanta, Ga., matron. Miss Post is a member of Atlanta's smartest society, a recent graduate of Spilman College, where she majored in Biology and is now connected with the art department of Kelly's Photo Studio.
Slays With Ice Pick WILL BLOOD IS SLAIN BY COMMON LAW WIFE Is Stabbed In Back With Ice Pick During Altercation Will Blood 69 of 308 r. S. Breckenridge St. was fatally wounded in the back with an ice pick by his common-law wife, Mrs. Bessie Simmons of the same address about 10:30 a. m. Blood, who was a Femmesseean had been employed until recently by a local coal company. The couple are reported to have became engaged in an altercation, when Mrs. Simmons refused to prepare the morning meal. Both are said to have been intoxicated. Mrs. Simmons when arrested exhibited an abrasion on the head and claimed that she had been attacked with an ax. The wound however was of a very slight nature. According to residents of the section the couple had engaged in constant brawls and loud altercations since they had been at the Breckenridge St. address. Mrs. Simmons who has a rather extensive police record is said to have recently returned from serving a 60 day work house sentence after she had cut Blood so severely that he remained several months in the hospital. Blood himself is reported to have served a long sentence for the murder of his wife. He has a son in the Glendale reformatory. The woman when interviewed in the Jefferson County Jail where she is held without bond is reported to have been defiant and without regrets for her part in the fracas which cost the elderly man his life. As no one came to claim the body or to file an application for county burial, Mason and Hobbs Undertakers who received the body turned the (Continued on page 8)
LEE BROWN LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN; ANDERSON ORGANIZES COMMITTEE The campaign of Lee L. Brown, candidate for the nomination of Representative from the 58th Legislative District, subject to the Republican primary August 3, was launched at the Pythian Temple last Monday night with an arousing meeting. R. T. Perry, editor of the Kentucky Reporter and chairman of Mr. Brown's campaign committee, presided and opened the meeting by clearly explaining to the audience why he, like thousands of other citizens, thought that Mr. Brown should go to the State Legislature. Mr. Perry then introduced Col. Joseph Bowles and G. G. Young, well known Republican leaders, who made stirring speeches, lauding Lee Brown as a citizen, [successful?] business man and one of the most loyal and worthy Republicans in Louisville. These men said that it would be a shame to send anybody to Frankfort but Lee Brown, the man who had paved the way and earned the honor. He was characterized as a man whose honesty and integrity could not be questioned. His splendid service to the party for many years as a worker in the district which he now wants to (Continued on page 8)
MAN 75 FOUND DEAD; UNIDENTIFIED The body of an unidentified man about 75 years of age known to the neighborhood only as uncle George was discovered in a cot near 15th and Wilson Sts. about 7:30 p. m. Monday. The body was found by some children while at play. It bore no signs of violence and was sprawled under a tree in tall weeds. The body had decomposed considerably, indicating that the man had been dead two or three days. After all efforts at positive identification failed the body was buried in potters field Tuesday from Mason and Hobbs funeral home.
RACE DEMOCRATS BEGIN RHEA CAMPAIGN DEMOCRATS LAUNCH RHEA FOR GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN Says He Favors Old Age Pensions, Better Schools, Better Salaries For Teachers And Negro Representation In State Government Departments. By Russll P. Lee Today we have not only a new deal, but a new Negro. Much water has gone over the wheels of progress since 1868, when the illiterate Negro was given the ballot. He was given the ballot by the G. O. P., not because they wanted him to have the rights of a man, but solely because they believed that they could impose upon his untrained mind, an eternal obligation to so vote as to perpetuate the Republicans in power. It took long, slow and painful steps to get the wool off the Negro's eyes, that he might see the greed, the selfishness and the utter indifference of the Republican party regarding the evils that might befall him. We, as Democrats, out in the state, in the city of Louisville and Jefferson County are facing a similar situation. The lower classes of white men are now using some of the Democratic Negroes, in the same fashion and to the same ends that the post war Republican used in the days of long ago. The present set up in a renegade section of the state and and local democracy consists of the same type of white man that composed the carpet bag brigade. It is just good common sense in any Negro to select men that have descended from the pioneer families from ancestors that made Kentucky what it is today. [The?] Hon. Thomas S. Rhea, candidate for the nomination of Governor, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be held August 3, was born and reared at Russellville, in Logan County, Kentucky. Mr. Rhea inherited all of the fine characteristics and traditions of an old Virginia-North Carolina family which, for more than one hundred and thirty years, has been prominent and influence in the political and social affairs of the state of Kentucky. What is the duty of the Democratic Negroes in the present political line-up in Kentucky? It is a simple matter indeed. He should first consult his own interest, and secondly the interest of his neighbors and friends. It is to the interest of all to support Thomas S. Rhea and (Continued on page 2)
FUNERAL DIRECTORS ELECT PRESIDENT; KENTUCKIANS HONORED Oklahoma City, Okla., July 17.--(ANP)--Although the sessions of the tenth annual convention of the Independent National Funeral Directors' Association held in this city last week, were marked by the most spectacular and bitter fight within the official family in the history of the organization. the [136?] delegates from 28 different states, carved their way out of confusion and charted a path for cooperative effort which they believe will lead to the furthest advance ever made by a group of Negro business in this country. Lawton L. Pratt of Jacksonville, Fla., was elected president, succeeding Benjamin J. McCall, Detroit. As expected, the two biggest jobs before the delegates involved the settlement of the quarrel within the official family and the adoption of a program, based upon the studied needs of the industry and the lessons learned in experience with the NRA code authority. The official family quarrel revolved around the heads of three men: Charles Crook, Chicago, chairman of the executive committee; Benjamin J. McFall, Detroit, president, and R. R. Reed, Chicago, executive secretary. The policy of the Association places most of the responsibility for the work of the organization on the shoulders of the executive secretary. Reed founded the organization ten years ago, but has steadfastly refrained from accepting titular leadership. There have been three presidents: G. William Saffell, Shelbyville, Ky., from 1926 to 1932; T. Fletcher, Akros, O., 1932 to 1934, and Benjamin McFall. The first two presidents recognized the obligation of the Association to Reed as its founder and organizing genius. McFall is reported to have found it difficult to recognize Reed's pecular relation- ecutive committee, to seize the active about with Crook, chairman of the ex- leadership. (Continued on page 8)
Urges Boycott of Melons With Insulting Names
Brains and Beauty [photo] Miss Wilhelmina H. Simpson Miss Simpson is an instructor of English at Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., a product of Fisk, and a double combination of brains and beauty, with personality included. She is studying for her Master's degree at Columbia University.
TUCKER PROTESTS POLICE ORDER C. Ewbank Tucker well known lawyer and politician has written the following letter to Mayor Neville Miller protesting the moving of the Colored policemen from Sixth to Eighth Street: My dear Mr. Mayor-: Just about a week ago an order was issued by the Police Dept. confining Colored officers from 8th to 14th Sts. and from Jefferson to Magazine. Rumor has it that this order was issued because of residence of white prostitute in the Colored Districts. Their presence and operation, in the Black Belt are not conducive to the well being of the races. And I do not (Continued on page 8)
TAYLOR-CHANDLER MEETING The Taylor-Chandler Colored Club will hold a rally, Saturday, July 20 at 2 p. m., 2505 Eddy St. Messrs. Mike Crane and William Warley speakers Jesse Cliff, Pres., Bill Smith, Secretary. Refreshments free.
President Abraham Simpson of Allen University, Columbia, S. C., and his sister, Miss Louise Simpson, a teacher in Howard University, were in the city this week.
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