Interim Committee Appointed Foi N.C. College
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Peonage System Worst
According To Late Report
Ne'v York (WDL) Cont-rar* g
i.r. editorial denials h"-* the Mem *
t -nis Commercial Appeal. Komar 1 j
c h tin new-opapor, tire pcon'-oe
situation in the- deep south is 'V.
en worse than anticip-AitKl. S -
ported Rowland Watts, nations
secretary of the Workers TJefens
League. upon returning fv<.tn 5
special trip to M'ssisippi i ■ eon
> ection with the ler.gm ■ ant;
peonage campaign.
Watts investigated in partk-;i!•.
the case described by the WD-,
in its fund appeal of a Negro vl
v as kicked, later beaten and fin
ally flogged almost to death win n
he attempted to leave s plants
lion for a better job To prote't
riie man, his name is liebu ‘-viti ,
held at this time.
An atmosphere of extreme fee
tt-igns in the area ns a re-n't
ri.rent discovery of the derapilat ,
en body of a Negro voter: n :•
a roadside
The situation in an »:n;rt
Alabama countv is equally na-i.
Watts said An additional :nve
tigator has been added ie t.e
V/DI. staff rmw probing pi nag--
MISS B. PARHAM
SUES! SPEAKER
AT STATESVILLE
Statesville ... The North Caro
lina Association of Home Been >
mists will be honored at its An
:iual meeting which is to be held
it Mornings id e High School ar i
Unity High School. St.-tesvill.-
October 18 by having as die >•
its guest speakers Miss Bettie fi
Parham, foundei of tie- Ncfional
fceautv Supply Company, Ne-.v
Ycrk. N. Y.
Miss Parham is nationally re
cognized as an outstanding bus;
ness home economist. She hold
the B. A. degree from Shaw tin
vc-rsity, M. A. Columbia Unive~
s-tiy. and oust-graduate wo k >
hew York University She oirec
ttd. at on. time, the home eco
nomies program at Shaw a n r.l
Dillard Umversrtiras Afte which
she gave vent to hei sriertifi
fcMliry and to her desire and ur
to settle in the New York City
and place on the market the fir -,t
formula foi beauty sides pro
pared by a trained Negri, seier
tit and home oconeme 1 Iri
ftw years. Miss Parham dcv«-
c-ted a progressive busines.- thru
now demands the employment if
approximately 100 people repre
senting both races.
Miss Parham comes to the Assn
'Continued on bark page)
“SUPREMACY CLUBS’’ FORMED ,
Southerners Organize \
To Fight For Rights At
Polls; Seek Equalities
COLUMBIA. S. C. ' ANT* • Me
.eves in South Carolio;,. Georgia. ,
Alabama. Mississipp. and othe:
states of the south have organized
use every legal weapon ••svallabk t 1
gain equality at the polls, in {tabu;
transportation and in public schools.
Funds arc bong raised tor the tlglr
in Alabama where the Sta' c j
NAACP is mapping the strategy for 1
the effort
Plffts t'oi the Alabama ts»;hi wfeix i
discisssed at a three*d»y "NAACT
conference tjeio r-.jeinjL;, at. Mwl •
(.apt. Mill/a. On Lfavr;
K«'plaml \s Skipper
\» H t(IPK wri r ,;V
vrtfi in com- j
tnanrtrr of flu- S. S Keeker T. j
Ws-hincme v reported on j
sirk leave this week fob wing j
the- anrutum i mem Oiai hi- t hies I
ntnte, lames 11. Rrmwi. had re- I
ptaerri the popular wartime \
rommand'i.
< apt. Brawn, a native of I
< 7 i-nrcia, is said i - be the first
\meriean-horn \rp,rn to rom
mand a vessel in the merchant
marine.
WORKERS OECRY
•PRYING' METHOD
N' •-a Y irk ; AND Sc*tun -
i..f puolic and private relief th:<?
11 for ‘‘prying into the j , r.w.-
e'burs of ti ’ndividuul -- tbi
sfierifice fit most of b;s rights as
, person." arc being condo rined
ry social workers throughout tee
lo tion, according to a repor* ‘
made by Joseph P. Anderson, e'
• --utivt- secretary of the Ameri
can Association of Social work
c rs. here last week.
1 Any assistance program no
. i.-.alter how well administerori,
has a demoralizing effect ! ev
■. y poi son subject to a it cans
fist —a system that, means tha !
hi.- relatives, insurance, r.svings
»-• ‘operty are open to inspection.'
Anderson said.
He pointed nut that a mo
comprehensive form of .--ncv-l i..
; safrasce for Ihe needy woo id d
a vay -with present-day m'-thods
of old-age assistance, aid to de
pendents. -o children and -rv-r
. jo.yment relief.
! .O.R. I rgrs Ifidnirlua'
Ml ion 1 o Break Dmvn
Jim LroK In Travel
NF-W YORK • AND o
holed i o . -:it ,-•**•. .
i p.-cs'-ofafi«-' .. f it--.-- ■ ■ ■
a roups to break th-.•• . jlrn .
♦ravel i>. fpi- south die Fei)«,v.-•
of Rcriiiu’il ipioip -.- J ,tu h- iirifiUiii
♦ers hi 392 ft Bro.id-n;.
vidua! te heltf th< • .-•
F O R Slice's 1 - is,l 1 .id.
T, ihr bock f bn.-, - nri -
ip the front .id", is:n -th,.! be,.,- -
‘-tich action is token people -.hMin
cet jo touch v/ith the FA AGP
(•Continued on b;„ ;< n p.e:-
; pomcry. Funds Will \,t: raised to
i carry The fight all the way to tne
United States Supreme court m.
these issues ii nec'essay. leaders any
The Progressive Democratic lv :
ty is heading the fight m this sta. '
with the aid oi the .-late Nft -\CF
‘Both groups will resist every on.-..
I i white Democrats to ;an ifegrocs
! f rom white prhnwr.es. Mississippi
, leaders will fight the i ite Sen It -
i bo’s followers who art detorrhihad
to stand fcv the principles of then
Vn
The above seer-,* i- hr faneral
u{ Hi- r>«-i>rq, \\ V f,:i Held at
first Baptist ('hutch last Thurs
day. The pallhearo s arc .id Its
oris Memo Phillip- !i H. F; id
Hay-'*, d. tlavirl llintnn
•nit iah Tucker. 1. t T iifhtnii'.
rente i (iin'ia) iHrector
WWW TO STAB
>' "b
Mrs. Anna BrDc Oeuslass of
New Oilcans, has rejoined the
staff f the National <:ouncii for
Permanent Ff.P< as a field rep
hesf ntativc.
THRONG ATTENDS
FINAL BITES OF
08, I. E, SHEPARD
Durhum - A'uriini. S*n: and
i i : o'lai". coj.-.-gr- o. c-s*-
'. nt.-‘. stu.i'-rits. relative-:, friend.-
•up! admu-'-rs jeromori eve. >-•
•. jiloble inch of -tanding roo-r.
in .inn around Duke- auditorium
il Xorth Carohn,.- collug her
'. -.ms-lay afternoon to 'otm -s
ih«- fiftn! ’-it.es for D. James- Ee
Shop-, founder and press
:C-ioti\tiwd on brick page)
a\mai u.n \\\m\ sf.ntsdr.h.ltriu,
At a meow meeting of the
Raleigh t'hapter oi the Si. Awcus
tine’s CtfHege Alumni Asociation,
Dr H* toM Tris'c. recently in
-1 -is the college's first Nr
gn» president, was guest speak
er, Os Hear »nd roimnithh of Hit
Inca! chanter, pictured above are.
- ■ . ’ Be?
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YOMTME XXVII, NO 5 •"> U ALIoIOH. N'OKT'il ( AUOI.INA W KKK KNDINT, SATI ’ Ul.> AV. OCTOP.UK 18. 1017 LilK K7c
lltisiiil »l Suapliims tpiii'il 111 imiiii il
+ If $ n <ft * s *■ Hr * Hs 'k Hr. 4 * 4* Hr k Ar ★ ★ ★ ★
Negroes Will Attend Recreation
Conference At Durham Nov. 3,4, 5
ONE PROVISION
ALREADY DIET
BY MANAGERS
Wilmingu-n A n’ -i'
i-i»r« il-i-ou.uv r ■•ivrorisrdor _ ec-m
r. •*f *or /pc' .Ast wTi'k *vno r-KC.yc:'
the nda-ions bv
I.pjke Endo'-viTK'H for the -wr: ■
n of Community Hospital Tin
:v L'r.rt. was anorovc-d in full
Ms.3iagevs -‘ C ” tT'uTittv H
pit?.! have •■O'-od-. 'Vu-t one -if tlu
■ . - ,V, . »>!..<• V
i:..unrig M:-s Margai ■' G 'N-V:
Duke r-xpei :s
pointed -*ut the ru.-ioi -I a r oabi'
| inanagc-r. Mi il. n was
! manager ?t 'h- time the ■.■■■■■>(■>• t
«Conll nncd r- • c *. pngo ♦
IVailiei b Vlav \Miliate
i?h Delaware \ss*n.
tVH.MI\<(T<fN n, i. NNP.-V:
ruder a risniuiinn passed -
the antuial ewnvrntbwi ft 1 tHe
-state Fduratimi c-atiou h«-t<
last week colored tcaihcrs for
the first tinn- will br admitted
to membership in the associa
tion.
Adoption ;i t!ic resolution,
which make- 350 teachers, pre
viously haired ciigiblc foi
m<-n»bership. climaxed a move
ment started in J 935. The mem
bership of the association now
includes a!, ut 1.300 oi Peta
uai'f's teacher-.
COURT TO HEAR
RALEIGH KAN'S
SEABOARD SUIT
NORFOLK. Yd ’ rige A
Borksdaic- Tu -.siTa -m .'crefi on oi
dr. it, V < i• ! Court >i .
it nt; oi t.ions dismiss the :-u.
oi D . - W. Hipi r R-,iV;gV. X 1
--boai b X; ’. : : -y
P:•-■"! . b'-.'d i.-i-oo: live F'tw
m- •: and K viriee-is ;.u- a re.-e!
the ulf.rntiff's di nuis.ii as a ft:
in:m oi! S ;i!'e-ard Lint- r.
H.iiioi: is ask it S; - OHIOO .- :u
--tiyo d.-:n.,a,-: and Sza.COt; coin!? .
it ry -Jomages be ..-o.irtis due :iii>.
-'•c.-nisi: iu- lost the oreman's . - -
: -year when the railroad chan*:
eci from at, urn to d>-.». • pi'WW
the Richmond I'i- ’i-igl, ine. and
inj uneti':,n jostr.-uriing 'be Brot.u-:'-
im it from fictir:.- :;s bt-.rgaini
--, tent for him and .■ li;r ; Megs • .‘iro
-1 Cor-drsued on i-r-ick page
JBP-'**-*•
tha Buti n-, Mtemmershtp Commit -
tee; Mrs. t'. K. I.ig n, vice presi
dent: Mrs. Leonidas Haywood,
president; Mrs H. L. Trigg•. Miss
V.mir;'. .?. Kt nm-tl'i, executive sec
retary of General Alumni; Mbs.
Mary Ibuniltim. serretary; Mtss
Mary Phillips, treasurer; Stirs.
>?ane I.g.ne, program commit
tmiiMii) j
iiiifci *
i {
'
, W 1
In Rnseoe <, ». tics, noted tS
< go surgeon, vi h has bcei.
• -vi tried to active duty on the
sßTgi'-:i| s» aft ill Look County
hospital. t the -hnryt*« in th- :
world. A \ I’
SREENSBSRD’AN
RIVEN RECESS
APPOINTMENT
Thfir •: r; r r:: -a "a :;i haia- t
be c nftrmep : ry '.ht .-./nale- wi
Firs: i,u»uu.nttr ! 'Capiarm r.iei
•;n T Jacks .:- Am C rps. 211 Kin.
Si ret.-: and Firs’,. : ,i na:-' -.''’.a
:-ai F’rocr ;> , '\;i C-a-.'s
••'■i f' i-- :iais a n ir : b -a ;
First Li-ctilonant ■ f_ * ■: ■. -;■ - ii.-n
rubai M. Cox A'. r . ':7a,
- - ‘‘ an?*- .iriri F:i s; i. .e:"Ii-a.‘V ; ...r
: f-'.ci- D. 1.-'s'ii-,'. Air Corps. 5558 iii
rJiana Avi'-r;Chi age
First LmuUmaut K'hw: Lieu!.'
f\?>-motic: K :) -v. aeria Air C - as
S-7t, L HHsbuvah. Kali- and
..First Lieul-fuam > Major • Krlwna
< C C!- - :-i, An C Tp: 2if Hast F->ri.h
Street. H i■ ■ ■’; K;- ms.
- Ca.pt:! 11! .Major) jerom- E. Act:
i -.ports. Air C<>r:is. Hii V,':.? burtoti
Avenue. H aw-tborne. ’"C. .v
Second Lieu’enaii! i-krtst i .i,-.i. •
- .’V-udrew Je rns ■; ,]i . Air Co:
3l:< l.av. Sire;-!. G; s-r r:sb> -CO N. s,.
ter Bark rmv, B B Tivtrr. >lr%
India B. Smith. Mr>. A. Davis.,
Mrs. Bessie Rise .lames Boyw,
<’o«eh Ksjss" iKsiiat, Mrs. liuiiyv
Sanders, John Shram, chairman
*tf Serial c'crnniittee: WiOtom
Pt‘Vry. Vlrs. (' ttnet' i- rjcul
for
DR. MANLEY IS
NAMED PRESENT
SCHOOL HEAD
Dui ham -- A three-m.-mb' r ;u
tcrim cornmitte, t? canv on th
r-dn-smistrativi-' .ysponsibilitu - .u' •
N rth Carolina College ;a- a c
ielection -oi a successor la Dr. |
i.iints F SiiC-pa.'-i’J wi’.:) o.’a.'ol Or-:
i l et h, his been appointed. Jult
Warren .f Raleigh, . e-reet try of
he college trustee board an ;
n -uru-eri h 're Friday night
The comnr.tiv which is -bare
. i with ‘ full administrate-.: r
sDiiTisibilitv for the dipt ration ,i
th.-- college" is composed oi D:
•('optmtied ?n back page;
Former Stunt
1 ill Manage Va. Hotel
A
WAWKsHOKft. Vk. An
lioniuvmfM has been made oi
the appointment - f William B.
\V snufson of Waynesboro. Va..
.is M -ie. s,-r oi' Hose! Tarr> hi re.
Mi. W<* ft son. a graduate of
West Virginia State College,
••prved :..j- the nasi two years
is : ookkeener oi shaw Cmver
-iti He is 3lso co-< wner os
trie hotel which meludes a
ecmmodiofis riinine room,
Prinlri's I ]>Fe!i] !ri
liefiis.il lo Sinn
New York iWDLi ■ 7 ini’-
1 vaphical cnion *
iusin <4 : o s ig r > coii t. *t ' • n•*?
hi Taft-Hanley isu v>- ..- iiei?
! s,gal by newkiird Wafts ere
1. -1 ;v of the Workers 'iii-feni-v
J fagu- ’s' eftmmittee t-. ata ioca
' lcions under the Taft i T „rt'< •'
In offering -.he league's lega i
i 1 to Se:>'e]el Kate scv:-e! e s'
1. H 0.1 9!5. ITU. Watts - roil . '"W
irclievi- ‘hat the position taken V -'
Hr ITU nt s*st si Wishing shoe -.on
c !lions inrii'-pcndfsni of eonli ai *.
net only legal hut a basic hatter
ior union sccm ity which will be
tome increasingly neeessr v hi
. 11 industry."
The local has bi-t.-n accused V
‘hi Nassau Daily Review-Star ?■
complaint to the NLRB <i re
ft sing to 'bargain.
State Librarians Meet In
Wilmington Oct, 31-Nov, 1
Wilmington - The Thirb-en,, i
* i.nual Conference of me Norm
Carolina Negro Library Arsoct •
i.Mii will be held October V. art'.
November 1. in Wilmington. Ttv
• rheme of the conference v. i. 1 be
"Books in he World of Tomer
ir.w.” More than 200 1 1 ho: i.>n
! including visiting librarian' ! 'ron
i Virginia, lidiilh Carolina and
’ Ceorgia or* expected to atter.u
liit two dav pr bossi n <ta • *eet •
i ■ f' s - . t
Speakers who are nauonaMi;
:Ki own in the field of liter at.ur>
• ieurnaiism, and library sr’ierutc
: be 'oatured on the prosrrar"
Miss Shirley Graham, h<-- g 1 •
. !.-nd, S r Y. famous author and
; lecturer will speak at a nitmiv
it eeting Friday night at 7 etoed
:»t Willistn.fi Industrial School
where al! sessions will bo held
Cr. Friday afternoon at 2 o’ckiM
; P. Bernard Young, Norfolk. Va.
\ T ’ce Pres■ ion! of the Journal
~i■ d Guide Publishing Ccmipsaov,
. •ill address ih* public rr. etinc.
The professional session Satimda
j morning at 10 o’clock will be ad
, dressed by .Toaeph B. R aso
! Washington. D. C.. i -bratieri or
; Howard Ui.ive’ site.
Welcome Program Friday
Prepar;.tinny for the entertaio
:■ er.t n; the group and for tr'*
\.<Jronte program to be presentee
, Friday afternoon are being roaiV
»v the Ir.cf’: ensnmittot of Wii
r --‘ • '.-rf K Miss
IK Wiide A jit roui.;lo» lv.
M I,’S! IHSSI ' |
.-v - ■
; n'
Heairiec lohaswi Trammell <>>
iiisketee, whose distintniished
services us puhik health «*rsf
hrctuflri her national attention.
(h<<d fast m is’k after an illness of
four months. \N I'
WOMAN NAMED
TO PERMANENT
FEPO COUNCIL
\V .s- ; MNP At - Mrs.
i Ar.itt. Bid! Douglas ot Nevr <d •
o’Y‘fu-id ri-r.i'<- senit-ativc 'of the *N «-
FKPU Ei:m i H. H.'nd-. iYor- o,
Y’ iijneYd"nventlv‘
Fonnt-.'h - uh La council ni
1945 and 194 i». in her new pos l ;
Lull Mv. Ui'vigljs ill \\ urk :). -:
!py j;i thf- SOllth, KIT’-, is’l’ig id- ’
,;R councils and ntobilizing pub
; : sjupDort sot thi bill to b;-ci [
raw and reixgi. us discriminati.or
in employntebt, which is pending !
in the Eightieth Congress
Mrs. Douglas will augment th,- ;
(•'.luncil's -.yhich nrr.v iru lude-
Mr Henderson. Paul Sifton leg
tslattye and public relations cL
etor: Milo Manly, director at :
livid operations: Elise Hopson.
1 jcc- manager, and Ruth J Deai
. - rotary
< Conti nu ed o n b. ic k p age,
ti ;d School Others on the oot«- :
.rittee tire, Miss Claire E Minn s
-y CotnWiunitv Hospital: Miss •
i'jlian Shbber of the Colored
Public l,i. bra ry: B.pT. Washing
ton. principal of Willis'for- Fvi
r. ;.;i-v School: and C. H. McDon
■ < ont jruv'‘d oft b.K'iv |>ap'c •
j UP IN POLITICAL ARMS |
| Go. Group Working To j
j Bar Negroes From Voting j
■ln Next Year’s Primary j
Atlanta <ANP} A host o: nev. ;
. groups called the -White Stipre ■ i
n acy Clubs” have sprung up m
Cf-orgia. bent :>n assuring that au ,
gv.-erning bodies in the stK- win ,
.omwin in conu-ol of “whit- oil: ‘
‘ i'criK nnlv,” according to j i
1 Kennedy, author of ; ‘So r'hrrr '
Sleposurt* ” here recently.
Kennedy, who recent!,- con
• i ipTvd a tour of Ok* KU * r • ‘
! veiled that since last April, tines .
’■White Supremacy clubs hat •
«prune up, t specially *n rural
couniicß,' seek in" a vW-to ’y in ;«
. V cr,...
BETWEEN 300 TO
400 LEADERS
ABE EXPECT?!!
BV vv .1. KiA.MUV ,lr.
Mcmtu't. ' i Recreation
(’ mmissinn
DUKHAM The \rmu»l JCorih
O*rCinn Vi'.'v: . . iov. Conference
will liv-id in Durban on Nov, :,n
ev ? 4 nvi 5 a! the Wash in£t6n
Duke Hold TV s!>i
Keoruitior- Leaders from all see*
! ii>n of the i; ' .0: riiX'V',o
v. r,H n is
bp.'n:;<nvd b\ Uu M.-rih Cm oiina
B-. •.•: Million C iWiiissior. Uw No,'PS.
Car' lin a Ben eali r. Society and
K'vrcn c !)ci, . -i-c or the
City of Durham.
Jio • •••! >n is- m by the
\ . ca Ksci ar.T. So- •
h, ati reereafi-n Imdsi . • 'nr -v*
: <■ stoic both o>’ ! ‘ and " re.
\o Khe: •; i.ce -awl u-» l>*“*
com*- citliov act ivc or '<**3>
ntemberr of the state Recreation
Suviniy Aciivt m.-'iii!,, on:p in U;i*
ofcrsnv urdlUi Ompi--. '?"'
A, ~ ... • . v,-. , . ,v> h. y.\ . i i • 1 C(*>-
j-ss.w yi •{•»}'. i-ict.ivc 1 ■- intern*:a in
-.Continued on b-ck page*
\ \ Si P Starts Out
On Memlx'rship Drive
RALF.IGH In the first of the
srvH.'s of FaU-WmL r meetris* <">-
Raleigh 8, me; of the \. A
A C. <- iii or hHi! Vv >ov
Or; Baptist Church, Sunday O
![J>.i iW, at 4:00 \cc . v'vilb Hi.*,
■• . n L Tavioi Aiiornet ar-'
i Counsellor at Law >f R..k-:«n, *«
-.neipai sneaker.
Mr. Taylor; ha- Icoi a wei
k’ own figure in legal and civ.-:-
. ails so. ;.t .nuron : of y,: rs. H*
■ iveri aB. S. doj*w*e i: am Vh*
Union lfna'c. -.an ' !
was awarded a M. S. degree Star
an L, L. B. decree from Cobrnifc**
Mniversity. M;. Taylor has garner
r • -viainf-nee in lb-- e-'i-jcai rma! a-'
; well as the legal field fo> meC-’
I reacted Che Dowarimenl of Coro
ii eree at Vi; ginia in ion Umve"
*tt\ at Ric-hmono Va.. and was
1 i.p; Profess o nt th-' Law
- School of Nr.rts V rmiina C >ller*
Mr T&vlo; i; ds a familia
figure in if; . ciix - ;;c- o; the N
A A C. P F ’ t-a v'-si’S he
■rv.yi P-o-o-arrh As>is‘ : -*if ro
t;U Legal De- ;c : m;t ! of the Ks
tjona! Or ie( >f the NAACP
; \;. w York -Ciiv. Mo bee -n his
: legal practice in Raleigh in Juno
. and it) a corona eat: ve- i v ?c>rr t
space of Arm has '.or. wrti-de
rved lan: ■ for himself by the
! efficient and b.illianl manner
■which he has carried out i, th'
duties hr has oudeCaken
M> Taylor is member ?f Th
National Bar Association tir
'Corlinreri on back psge'
narv hy Herman Flu gone
madge.
’TheorPtioally, these clubs tsv*
t associated with ‘.be T'drmdgft
c ntroUed fkrmoeralu commit
<•. s. Nor sr they affiliated with
ihe KKK. Knu'-'vrr, Kennedy rp »
■ ,:rted that the same nr fpe
■>e ntly found on the DemnrnrtH
•. •■remittees and hnidmg member •
s-hip in the Klars, are also ii te s
.r. ■member.- of the _ne« clubs
Intentions Published.
Unlike the K’.an. tlv eluK Vive
1: ;>zerdv published their .intent ;s&
{Continued b?ck