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Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Hilltopper Newspapers 5-17-1935 Hilltopper Vol. 1, No. 13 Hilltopper Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/hilltopper Recommended Citation Hilltopper, "Hilltopper Vol. 1, No. 13" (1935). Hilltopper. Paper 5. http://encompass.eku.edu/hilltopper/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hilltopper by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Give We Trade Us A In Chance HILL TOPPER Richmond TRADE WITH THE ADVERTISERS IN THE HILL TOPPER — THEY APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS Volume 1 Richmond, Kentucky, Friday, May 17th, 193g Number 13 Prominent Negro Lawyer-Minister We Salute Questions and Assaulted and Robbed at Corbin Answers About City Manager A band of white men, 'of MINISTER TO DELIVER Corbin, Ky. brutally assault• BACCALAUREATE SER• Note—A series of articles ed Rev. R. P. Pennington, MON; SECOND YEAR will appear in this paper who became famous because The news comes to us that each week on the City Man• a modern day miracle trans• the Rev. Monday of the St. ager Plan of Municipal Gov• pired in his life. Paul Methodist Church will ernment. At one time this minister deliver the baccalaureate ser• was deaf and dumb. A few mon Sunday at the high What is the Manager plan? years ago he said, "God has school gym at the request of It is at once the most opened up my ears and cutth e senior class and the head democratic and the most ef• loose my tongue. of the school. ficient form of municipal Since then he has become Believe it or not, this is government. It resembles a gospel preacher and has a the first time in the history closely the organization un• message for the world,. of Richmond or Kentucky The entire staff of the Hill Topper congratulates the der which most up-to-date While this minister was corporations operate. The that a minister has delivered 1935 graduates of Richmond and Madison county. We wish waiting for a train at the de• stockholders (voters) choose the address two consecutive you all much success. pot, several white men strode a board of directors (city years at the same school. This issue was made possible by the firms who adver• into the Negro waiting room. council) to determine policy Oh well! What's the use of tised in this issue. You will find you will receive real bar• After a few harsh words ex• gains at these stores and they appreciate your trade. and to hire a general man• changed the men grabbed worrying, any old thing ager to run the business! the evangelist and drug him might happen at this place. outside, beat him and robbed The Topper was at the bac• Commencement 17 Stolen Hams calaureate sermon and con• Why does the city manager him of his watch and money. Dance May 22nd Are Recovered plan work better than other Every effort is being made sidered it as one hundred per• cent. Let's hope it will be forms of local government? to capture the mob. Were Stolen From Richmond Because, it remedies the de• the same this year. Clarence , Page's Orchestra Will Furnish Music for Bottling Works. Two fects that experience, with ON THE LAST Arrested. these other forms has shown "SCOOTSBORO" RULING the Event. ROUND UP up> It is simple and is under• USED IN KY. TRIAL Seventeen of the twenty stood by the voter. It facilitates The commencement dance hams that were stolen at the For the past few weeks we Covington, Ky.— Attorneys the getting of capable ex• will be held Wednesday eve• Richmond Bottling Works have been telling you what for John Mountjoy, 20-year- ecutives in the public busi• ning May 22nd at the Crystal were found today. bad roads or streets we have old marihuana (reefer) smok• ness. It makes non-partisan out East Main. Well, now Slipper. The news comes to us that er, charged with holding up Music for this gay occasion elections practical and there• we are on our last round up, two arrests have been made. by faciliates non-partisan administration and attacking Mrs. Irene will be furnished by Clar• The reporter made four trips for it is impossible for them Cummings, 27-year-old white It centralizes to get any worse. ence Page's orchestra, direct around there today but was woman, sought Wednesday from the Cotton Club of Cin• responsibility. The roads out this way unable to find out anything morning to have the indict• cinnati, Ohio. because thee was a police• breaks the records. They are ment against him quashed on Why does the manager the worst roads we have had Admission, $1.20 couple. man in the station). I suppose the basis that colored people It is believed that this will plan give us better executive in the history of Richmond. their were watching the oth• than any other form of city were excluded from the grand be the biggest dance ever er hams or keeping on the Dear city—please come out jury which returned the true government? and see us some time. held at this hall,. lookout for the racketeers. bill. Earl Tribble, of this city, Because all the other forms Judge Johnst Northcutt in is to be the headline feature. of city government attempt CAN YOU BEAT THIS? 3-YEAR SENTENCE FOR to elect executives whereas Circuit Court overruled the Page's orchestra is now con• KILLING MAN; 4 YEARS motion and the prisoner was sidered as one of the best in the manager plan provides There has been about four FOR STEALING for the appointment of execu• persons to tell us that we found guilty. He is expected the, mid west. Believe it or not—You can to appeal. tives on the basis of an inti• were trying to rule or ruin kill a man and get only mate examination of their the colored school. That is In the Hill Topper four WEST VA. SENATOR three years, but if you steal, qualifications unconfounded absolutely false. We are only weeks ago it was stated that PLEADS FOR "JUSTICE' sell liquor or shoot dice you with questions of their local wanting a first class school this case might come up might get four years. Well, political strength. for the children, to attend.: again or be questioned, and During the six day filibus• something like this has hap• pened. In other words your Of course, we are not say• so it happens. ter on the Costigan Wagner Will the plan cut taxes in ing that it isn't decent or From our latest news re• bill a minority of Southern life is valued less than petit our town? larceny. first class. port the judge states that senators kept control of the The amount of money col• negroes were not excluded floor and kept the majority, lected from the citizens is de• JORDON EMBRY'S LERMAN BROS. STORE from any jury in Kentucky. the proponents of the meas• ORCHESTRA DISBANDS termined by the people's rep• SCORES AGAIN ure, from expressing t them• resentatives—the council, so THIS BEATS ALL selves. Only a few senators, Jordon Embry and his Ken• tucky Blue Birds have now that responsibility for the tax The Lerman Brothers store Costigan, Wagner, Clark, is definitely not on the man• There was a certain party McCarron and Lovan, were disbanded. on Main street is sponsoring It was learned today that ager but on the council. The told me last week they liked able to speak a few words in manager's job is to spend the and 8-day 88c sale. the Hill Topper fine—but the orchestra had reorganiz• This is one of the most un• favor of the bill. One of money as carefully as he they would like to read more those who tried was Neely, ed under a new name, now usual sale ever held at this being known as the Rhythm knows how. The manager interesting news and not so West Va, Democrat. plan has invariably cut gov• store. much gossip. Embassadors. There are a number of ernmental costs. high priced articles and This beats all—for this par• ticular party really doesn't PHOTOGRAPHER STAYS THE TOPPER NAILS goods marked down to that BUSY ANOTHER L How much are city man• price. There are a number of like clean news—although we only print news that is fit. It is continually being rum• agers usually paid? articles and goods you can ored that we have retracted In 1929, 20 percent received use as graduation gifts. Visit less than $3,000; 43 per cent NASHVILLE WHITE our statement concerning our them today, they appreciate attack on the school. received from $3,000 to $5,090, your patronage. AND COLORED BAPTISTS and 37 per cent received $5 MEET TOGETHER Once and for all that is ab• solutely false—and we are 000 or more per fear. In 1930 The nineteenth annual the highest salary received ROGERS RETURNS Nashville Association B.T.U. able to protect ourselves re• gardless of what happens. by a city manager was 25,- Training School met May 10 000. The manager of Cincinnati receives this amount. The Rev. Hi. A. Rogers, of at the First Baptist Church "Nuff said!" the First Baptist Church, "has The lowest salary was (white). This is said to be a 200.00. returned from Ashland, Ky., significant inter-racial move. AFRICANS SAYS: after holding a successful re• Africans have much in vival in that city.