DISCOVER 140 IN SLAVERY IN MISSISSIPPI
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I'OI’THH'L Hill) Dr. .1.
Clement PMgv. nineteen - year ;
C a Hill) oi Slier City, is shown j
receiving coiigratuli! Huns, from j
Sirs Mary McOleutl Bettoune at
tei receiving an invitation so '
present a paper before the Bri
tish Association of Science.
Dr Paige, who is the young
NAACP Official
<
Urges Rout of
Civil Rights Foes
•Jackson Teitti. "We are swine
:o work for tin* defeat <*t every
c-gisialor who vnt.il apaii.st civil
righr.^," dev lared C.iosu - ft Co.
: t at, dire, (oi of brunches »i th*
tfatloiifll Ass*x Oat ion for the \<t
vatireiih-in of f'olon-d People in a a
t-ddre?.. hen- Ix-f .i! tin third an
anal conil reiice of XA.VCP branci:
p- of Tennessee
Refer r ine. to the .Senate van
overriding th* Hartley anti-fillbus.
er ruling, and tin's., 1 ightening <.
Seitate cloture rules Mr. Current
tha'red ttrn» fha 6-let ttonsress
ins done more than tighten up a
rule v hieh aymt.-s Hie enuOtmen*
at a ivil rights legislation. It lino
fallen miserably to tak< up anv
.t civil rights bills Mich us. the
Mpßli-y .air employment practice?
CiS*R i tuition <d jim crow travel ami
o.iS«t measures lor which the
IfAic’P has lone been working
WINSTON SALEM NAACP ADAMANT
APPOINTS TWO ON BIRMINGHAM
SUPERVISORS GHETTO RULING
WINSTON-SAI.I’A! Tnis city
< r.d Forsyth County have their
last ij.ro school supervisors.
SaFiftiitetide.m John W Moor<-
ana Ralph Brimlry of the city and
county schools respectively recent
ly announced 'he appointment oi
.iUpetViiors .is provided in a -p c
-4; appropriation 1 rom the State to
ce u*ed for this purpose
W. V.. Pitts will te h school at
tendance officer. Mr. Pitts has
taught for )7 years in the city
icbcici system He lomiCrly taufh'i
at Kimberly I’. ik School.
fie v'. ill give his full time to
attendance problems ns. the Negro
schools of the city.
SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
Mis Dorothy Hayes Blount will
lit supervisor of >1 rmry and eic
jr.«;ta: \ school.-.
1 A grad&ate of Wn 'ton-Sab m
Teacher ~ College Mis Blount li*s
a ijrsastei of arts degree irom Nev.
York University. She taught at Co
lumbian Heights Elementary Schi»-
here for six yenrs Jn iJH? s'he
cecariie a veterans t.-ainint* advis
er at A and T College
Vira. Clara Ellis Douglas wa» : n
pointed as the supervisor In the
county schools Mia Douglas is
(Continued on page E. tins section >
SUPREME COOPT
FREES MAN IN
MS S. C. MURDER
AIKS>N» -S', l . (AN Pi ~ E. O.
Hartiu. freed several weeks be
iA XT. S. Tp-ap-reme court ruling, wae
iU»n; issetf from prison ln«t »*‘plc
when State Solicitor B. D. Carter
inrounced ' Hint the state of sou Hi
Carolina fond droppeß its ****
ayainst Hart.la.
Karris had \ been held in the state
prison for w.'t.ks although the Su
TT'ertif- court. ,V?d ruled That tVi e
"tonfessloii." on\ which he was con
vie tort of the SmtiVder of two white?
Mr. and Mrs. ffidi'ard Bennett, was
obtained through '.force.
H.fcrrlt was ori t' uni lj convict ad
bfiibQti ). Robert \ Martin Jr. The
State Supreme Count by » 6-* vote
v.pXh)'.i the coatiricrSnrh bbt the hivh
*4* cr>jct et the mtiett,.rwesaed the
Cofeiihuftti on page B,\.tids section
est Negro ever to receive a I’HD
cli glee Irom an accredited Uni
versity, received his I*UJ) in tbr
field of physiological psychology
from McGill University In Can
ada, He received his masters
dtgiee in bacteriology from I.
('. N. V in IS**V and his B. »,
m the biological sciences bum
A. and 1 in 1945.
"Kvery member of Ihe Assocei
lion,' "Mr. Current continued. "inu.M
eimpei yte in ibe drive tn register
one million N>-e i" vote!- tn th**
southern suites He must inereus*
the registration of Negroes an d
other minorities throughout the
e.dintry We dial I -pm or gel-out
tln- vote eumpalt'im ;ti loe.il. -M"
and national elections, pay-your
poll -.i\ campaigns in those states
which still rtquire it.
.Mr. (’in ivut also denlorod the re
surgence of mob violence' tfirofivlt
out the South, a king support ir
particular for tie- NAACP fight t->
free three young Negroes false. >
accused of rape in Grovelaud,
Kloi’ula.. » oiiuiiuult v recently rav
i by taoti tf‘i n»run». and fnr tho
fifshl & £3.1 nst i t*h id€*ntis 1 zoii
i hii ft IHi lY'r 1 «-S 111 Ui Ilf. violence ill
Him* nijftifiiii. Aiabaiua.
BirrniiiKiiuui Ala. Pontinulng
its catnpaigvi for abolition of local
racial zoning h. u.-• following tb
bombing of mo Negro ministers'
home-' in an area zoned ex< usive-iv
for while residence, the Birming
ham branch of the National Assn
c> at ion fur the Advancement of Col
t-mi i'l-nph last week wired Gov
ernor Jane : FI F'olsutn urging that
"the prestige ot v.nii* office be mo
bilised in the direction of bring
lug harmony and peace in the Bii.
iiunghajii zoning dispute within the
framework of the federal courts.’
During the past t-n day.- wires
insisting; upon "recognition of the
utict mst.it ut ionai ity ot all racial
zoning, laws and :i .set-tins that the
NA.lt P “w 11 settle ter uothiTig less
thaii total nholitinti .--l all racial
zoning." liav'i U>in di-ppotolled by
A V. Had a pr>-s if! •• >,* of the Bit
<Confcsnued on page n. this section!
Bundle Misses Talk
Scheduled For Elks
BY J C. WILLIAMS
SAN FRANCISCO (ANP) Dr. Ralph J. Buneho,
head of the ! N trusteeship division, last week trussed a
■cheduled speaking engagement at the Elks convention
beinp held here now.
speaking m place of Dr. Buncht
,v; > Rostov Conkhng Simmons of .
Chicago No explanation of the ab- J
si lie. of tee Rosed diplomat has
?>etn announced. Only four days
! oefore he was to apeak here. Di
Punch appeared at a d nner in Eos.
Angeles sponsor; d by Be lly wood
| '.coders for the NAACP.
The disappointed public was.
: ~'hjrj rvi ns high t: $3 admission to
near Dr. Buncht- talk.
! More than tl.rtOe members of the
i JBI-OEW hove registered here f Ol 1
I the v. eekloru convention. They rep- ;
! resent 2,400 lodges and temples'
i throughout the r ation. Highlights of j
' the convention so tar have been a !
, series of civil liberties meet ivies, j
the gala parade and the cavalcade ,
j of jazz
; James Roosevelt, son of the late '
j President Franklin D. Roosevelt, j
: headed the speakers in the civil j
j liberties m clings He stated to his j
| audience in the Civic auditorium, j
; "You.cs ; .net win this fight alone
I You must b&ve the support of every !
• swtriotie group in the jj^itddi
BY JAMES B. LaFOLRCHL
JACKSON, Miss. (ANP) Approxi
mately lv»0 Negroes and their children, and
from 3<5 to 40 poor white persons n. e said
to he living in a state of slavery just 10
ROBESON IN RIOT
The Carolinian
ay vv -‘ ■ ' a Vytei i S -,v. A? '• •• •-> ~ k - ,i ~, s <!k‘i(t4 >'■fv - V>:. hi >• > Va a '.-■'-W ~f • ■. -t .■. -
24 Pages
volume: xxix
TRY C.ROVFXAND J
Elder Named To N. C. Board
NCC HEAD NAMED
TO JOB SECURITY
ADVISORY BOARD
F ill .wing tin oi.-h mi h.s cam- '
, a. i. pledges lor th< iianiitif- ol Ne
j)o reprt ht'dauvi-i . n board* and;
‘ i-charged with a-dm Lus
tra tio , * f affnn pertain nt; to Ne
groes i.r ail of the cil.?eub oi the !
.date. Govc-riKU VV. Kerr Scott lets!
week announced the appointment
,01 l)r. Alfonso Elder prcsitiont of .
North Carolina Cullen’ tn the <*d
vism t:0..ul •' t the N C Ke.q. ny
n.i ; ,t Security ( ..,nmi&aion
Dl Ehifi is the only Negro iiitifi- I
.., r of th.- si vv:.-i-umber board ,
’hieh plays a vital nit- .u me
economic life ol the state
Governor Scott was: til* naming ut
Or Harold L Trivg. pi c-sld. nt «>t
Si Augustine’- College of Raleigh
..- the Ih.-t Nt; ■ men.mer *d die .
State Board of Education.
Other .ippointm - ir adt suu e •
l.v (Buveinor Scott have been ]
iContinued --n p me 8. i-'-ts s(-c;r>n> :
Truman May Speak
At NBA Convention
WASHINGTON iANP* Presi
dent Truntii'!. ts i; • pi • - ’•••is»-'d
; the National Bs Association that
Ik- would sei inti-lv ; -.••..-idri its
invitation to peak <<l. lit?. 24th an
nual convention to be held at la
. d anapojis on Sepieinbei 15 to 17
Ally Thurman L D<nls<m, presi
! dent of the NBA. and sjokeksman
I it>» 'ue commith-i • i h.ivvvtrs kVtin
visited Mr Tnii r ian at the Waite-
House last W< dnesday .- told the
' PifMOt-ni ’.h..' Has .1. social:an ha
States. The cm ink- of democracy
hail with glee any instance of
(CoVmuon < n page H tftis sectior»
'--” ' " * '
COST LOWER THAN EX
PECTED Above Is shown an
architech’s drawing of the pr»-
pcssd library far North Carolim
NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING WEEKLY
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Sin*'!'EMßEß- 3, 1919
ON ST All BOARD D Al
foiiso \. i ider, president ol
North Carolina College M Dur
ham, w lio>, appointment to the
Advisory board oi the North ( a
-1 inpt-iyinem Security
< ommission w ,» s dimouiurd
Wednesday afternoon !•% t.uv
ernor \\ Kerr Srotl
!'..'H.z.ht n "ceaseless, battle i-u the
• litninathm of second- las- ,-ituvn
.s!-'p" in thp country
He furtht-r .stated dmt u -..can •
moos i-esolutio.-i has been passed at
< aii; iif the associations' annua!
conventions r r the past three
vt-.i >. comivn dine, i-Tesidcnt Tru
man !< • Hu . n'lßistoi:-tlv hi::ll
: round on v, ilch I’.e has conducted
his luht tci civil rights.
PAYS TRIItCIE
D-u a ibid Ml'. Truman Unit be
had lent di-. nity to the Piv.-idencv
it Id's fight u. h us no othe ■ Pre
-id.-rd has done since Abraham
Lincoln.
The President was reminded that
bly very presence ;:l tins convcr
ticn v, uidl bring hope to tin op
-a.d ;oupies everywhere.
The tionai Bar Association an
b-rganizaticn composed of !»ut" oi the
1,200 coi -red lawyers in tills coun
try, h - priev o’.isly corresponded
with lb.. Prcs-id-m? in 1 g-rd to the
appoiiitiiH-nt of .-jitalit -d Negroes
to fill sane 01 the 27 judgesbt-p vs-'
I crncie \ hicb now exist.
' •(: aii'.ued on page a tills .-•- ctton>
College at Durham whose c«a
--| ‘ traction wllj co«i fhr- Stall' a
quarter of a million dollars lest,
than it was first expected-
milpfi from Mississippi’s capita! city, it was
disclosed hore last week.
A .i l-yaar-okl escapee Waver Clifton
who fled from the penal servitude winch
earlier had claimed the. lives of his mother
GROVELAND TRIO
FACING TRIAL ON
RAPE CHARGES
TAVARES Flu. Judge T J
Ft.*. 4 Lake County ( in-uit *
• it'- 1 the trial of the three
# j.stii indicted here on v c. ue
charge !! September 1, . •llej o-.-oy
i)g motion for witLehawa! of,
The defendant pleas, made vestor- ■
day by NAAC’P rLtv■ r*e y-
Alex Akerrian. Jr. at Orlando
n<! N ARC i' A.vistant Special
Counsel Franklin H Williams do
fen-e attorneys v. ho urrueii in
support t the m lion, explained
that a motion to urithu i a--. the
idea is preliminary to filing pre-.
arraignment motions to quash n
djctimn*. ■ and change venue.
OPPOSED
•■state Attorney Jes»o Hut.tej and.
hi.-. ■ta . ts. Sam Buie and Wal
ler Hnotei, s. ppo: cd the NAAC’P j
n, lien fm withdrawal > t the plea. ;
’-lotion* filed totn.y by Mr Akin
ina and Mi Williams lor furtnfr >
c-u:uiuancc t allot' a longer per
iod of tune tor proper preparation
o. the defer, a. l oi tl -■ accused tr.o.
tea* araudl Au.-’um 29.
The sta.rneys Vo will argue
in lav or of a mot; to quash the
mlictinenfs ar-ainsi Samuel Shep
herd. Wallet Lee Irvin, and Chas
tCoAtinued on page 8, this section<
FILES FOR MOTOR
CUV MAYCRAFiTY
DETKOIT (ANPi “Should
we hive a Negro lor mayor of
this city ? '
that's the 4 uestjon gidng the
r hititis as i sort 411 political
joke, since Luke Tiller, local
real! estate man filed and en
t* reit in tb. non partisan pri
mar> eli-edi » lor September !
a> a candif te for mayor.
filler, practically an u»i
known in the political world
here, is lecelving no support
and very utile encouragement
Iron) political leaders 111 his ef
fort to become Hie i .rsl Negro
irs the history cf Detroit to seek
election a- mayor.
His e? eign got off to a
ti*il star recently when of
ficer lit he Michigan Ftder<
a tod l»en ,-ratic clubs deni? d
publicly t at he is or has ever
been a m< uiber of that eirgau
iration.
Additional savings on hcildingn
proposed for Utr NCC camyns. j
as a rvs.uti of tower lwdv. tha.»i i
were nytded totaled SI3 Mvf' la
end fatfter, told in dramutic fashion how
the institution which led to the Civil War
lioui ishes today- within a shoil distance of
the- vai now occupied by Gov. Fielding L.
Wright, ((‘onumted on page 8, fii'St section}
Truman Welcomes All
“Good Democrats” Back
V A SHI N< !'i iIN i ANP i - I'res; dent Harry fruuc:,, :-:ivy.)rteil
'.is !>-; i. • nt st-vei. i)i;. :f( ran m the ' !..> rU •> • ;;,>i kef
V ednes l.i) ni. lit ami hi tbi- ciiau- welcomed all "loyal i» >• rah’,
ti.l k lil*n tic- iuiti.
Th*- mttiona! • omnuti "<■ brour.hr into piny the ;>0 ->»■«: old e.vpaba
his rule »,nd di-nr:-.- t-d tro*n the pa.r*v Marion Hu«hrm.* >/* -\b it**-
1. B A *. i.i itr- mi Guat 'i ,'i ./i \VP. -.T)‘
T;ii!oi air.an. and Mr?. Herbert Agnew of yo::th ( nrt.iina
Truman in hi: off-'ho-rr.f) ~ ■< £• Si. told 'lie putty lucinbulT gn
tb, n»*l :hnt Uu (li'.c se-vt i«»n of t lie Contitiy won the last elwilori.
ill-i all -»• ili-nv in:.-, tlo-i - twt lur ptoAKim over He a'-?i» inuis'atu.
tluir ibi- mi!' Ik k'*-(!”il igaili in the next elo-tinn He pointC*i to
Ihv tv cl ':..i Cong.ts was griHug ik:" blood whl«-h It sorely need*
ed. ntul thft' :!'s- imlux would continue.
"Th' rail no loiurtr wag i the d<*g W»* won the ebtT n la. 1 S i
vemii*» i'houi New York wi'i. nt the iinlustrio! Exist a-nd v/Uhout
it- soii-i .Soip' , ilia' doc- it *i no an we :,!** not liivnin..:
the ron )' >••• jo.i. tiro puitv 01. the poop:..' on-i help the • *'tutr *
Predict Hastie For
U.S. Appeals Court
lSp<‘ei;il to t‘A KOLf NIA \ 1
WASHINGTON A 4 •- ‘
reliable Siaire t*. lit ft Gove 11
William H Ha.--tiv • f uit- Virgu:
island:-, will t.q.painted n ‘.ne
: licnch of the Third Cmted States!
Caurt of Aq t ai-.
Seen Tor Fi r 1 YJyt. l)tm
Ptu. will r< r. . - the rp.; '■'«<-
merit The oyrjy.rt unity of re corn -
; mending him w i! L« given to Sen-:
tar My Irs is ;• courtesy and '-vill |
j aid u n in his rampaig;. tor re- •
eli 1" j. in'xt ye'g.i.
Tin Governor has: also hewn
prc.niLiently mentioned foi up-'
laiitt; at to ‘it- <)1 three newly
•ci*' tt.-d judgeships in the United
U. of Tex. Will Admit
First Negro Student
A! STIN. Tlx (ANP) A Negro student, Herman
Harnett, 2d lias been admitted to the niedical school ot
the ? iDiversity of Texas in Galveston, it was announce.-!
here last week.
This uhitc was made afti-r ih-
Tcxas logislaumi had inisera.t>!.‘
the <••*»** el- a fatuity »>»»«'•#*
hutldiof uid :t rloi.srw>m fur
i which utiis wen »warded Mxit
' wywto.
SINGLE -g *n
copy &"C
NO EIGHT
States t.'imri «.! .ApiXials foe* file
Di-iUut i ‘ C. lumbla
Tliv 1 mid cum..;’ L whtch hr
will probabi; be? sppcrtueu crn.-
prists Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Delaware and the Virgin Islands
There are rn w six judges in the
circuit
Governor Hastie s uppo -itnient
wnl give recognition to colored
Democrats. He rttd s yeoman job
campaij-Tung fb-i Vr. xidem Tru
man .; year mo He r.fihaas drew
bigger audiences and his speoch? *
were perhap:' more effective in ; -
votfd -tates than those oi any v,:;o
campaigned for the Pr; * dent
(CotVinued on p.n;« •> this sectifni.*
failed 4 support Us newly • routed
State uuivej t>■. In :■ las!
ininut art, the logialutuTrt appro
; priuti.-d <■ aiv iflfiO.OM to the school
' ITostdem it. O'llara had ashed for
$ 1 i*\ooo,oou
Thj tucufi sti in «n<fal -til .fu*
j mors that il.o state would m up
, medical school toi* y*a»
Jliii'jnwt ’vkh a<a'cpr**d at the white
14 iHv>i "until a medical branch »t
T' ,sas Stnti iiniYCrsit} for Negro**
' J:i Houston war. available
f plan !o <0 t/‘ tie ]\ . 011 ih
; SViiUMilcT wml .curt no cia-sos."
; Harni-i{ -said.
)fe is (1 unlive of AmwUH. lid 1 : ns
,ijp sir in- j rrve<i a* 0 single ,; i“
ijrtne pilot in the Army Air Forces
!lh*. Chumiwy Leake head of tin
*<!■*.! veetou TMwih’tt' udiool, s*U<l Vhir*
It,eft •*>#■■■ the only Negro »pf*li<ynit
ijual i*.-U .leatlsruienlly to be ud.
‘ m it tod.
The lit xt. Tiu-ednp. or Teams* sc.,:
|r. cation loan probably will rows
jwrhtm the Ssv.es.tr feet, is brought
•pip belor*> the V. S Supremo court
this fall.
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I*
j DROWNING VH TIM —• Mar
vin Kogi is Marsh-'iUe ,voung«ter
, who was dtowned Sunday while
swimming in .1 pond i* - ar nss
home iituoufih Ids body was e«Jt
recovered bj help sornsnor.cd
by his playmates, aUempty tee
aitifliial respiration > d
bss. Story on this ni,c
, _—"’~'!sWlPl
i A i
: w :
.. dtHwISSwIBI
I'NPOPITjAE Paul Kobe sen,
• 'am ms cojpsASSf singer, whose
prctpcs.ctl tipMf at: Pcckskili S’
V.. Saianllf '!<tAii in a rial
which ca/‘*®# tMHqpialwaiiun o|
‘ eight pvrf and'»injury to a
■ cor.'idcraJ) iff Leater tiumbir who
.sh« iif / ■ 4Ki ! tM' ®*i«LW ot *h#
Ffwtsi it* #4-' dlttry on mmu
P‘<i*' , ..
BLOCKS CONCEPT
IN PEEKSKILL
;spert tu ih< v SROLiNTA.V)
PEEKSKII.I li V- Norrr.aliy
staid ■md seuato Wt tclu tc- Coun
ty 4-v, ■! inio tin- nauvnai lune
; yyid ije ■ i vi( f ii as apr'i’six’msitfi
; 1 poo \\'o, id W;. 11 veterans
i-i• - .■ : 1 t •' • er» o L
1 ” [ i 1 p t i • »itend a
.-■or.c it schi dulcd by the singer.
It! -Vs-AS a] !‘.vo-liaUr i Clglt
,] ,r(, .a i a ,;,- •. :..cn saw
"he :U'iiL-metl vet.ora;;» »w inging
lent po.-ity rrokco leys of iuridi
,!l j•• , ticks ‘i tii-e iir.ips eliidt
ir-ro tst-is admit led to the Peek
• - kill l’.ospnai am* numerous orti
-I*’:. arc kuo'-’n to have obtained
;I ‘ v ; attclllaa, IT! i.TO'i o Uism. r , i
j areas.
i Despite previously r.nounced
1 plans It the vct.-r-os groups t«
j ‘break ii|>* the concert New Vfcric
! State i.diet i.itn as well ’as Peek*
‘ sK.iL city pcihec were ocn&’plettOOS
iby their nbw-nc
NOT iv 4 fTY
I Pcek-auii !. \> enter eineot ofi»-
jee.s who wore questi-.-:,ed later
1 concenung Uieir reason for not
'making any utterngt t quell the
Li •:•: .'m<d that the Rosen estate*j
'if ii.c;, iht> concert w;:s schedul
t-d to he iicid -*. s-: “out vl the city
; Umiis "
The besieged Robescn followers
1 nird*.' y*:»n<l i’.l th<? y.ioSby o^xl
: where the concert had been jche*
iuH’d is ill. tfiv nit. lui-ming. a
■. • I ,i}"j circle . t 11 .« wuiuen and
.uh 11. A gvoi.p of n tSn
j nutde n iitonei on a bridge which
lin aur•■ 1 t-'sd leading
L Id •. p. ,1; V ; ■ >^n)
RM iiAl lUTi S ARE
CONDI ( TED FOR
Idrowniac victim
MARSHVfLLE funeral rites
\ , 1(, id her • Vu« d.".. at tils Eli
•: 1 ct:j Baptist Church far 7-ye.ar
clu Me; vin Regers who vu-s drown
*ed St’jvt vh1)“ S'-.- h’nra.is'ift;* i n ip#
! A;-i tm Pond About one «/*;& Q&M••
< half miles from Marsh villa
Marvin a 1 as drowned wheu he
1.1 tempted 1 ■ swim across the
U-nc; oi the pood in which It® and
• .-eve’.at «f his nlayiaetes had gone
I sv-Titimuu on a number Os WWW*
[ si; u ...... !
Tih lad's body was brought to
j th. surface by ivs-.MCitirs wlfco totd
| beer t.uiiinjonod by tus p. iymstce
' Attempts -it anificiai respiration,
; fcrvvever. proved unsuccessful.
The furtorat rite® Were conducted
;l*y tii. 1 . V,' vv. Fuag. The
iyoungster is Survived cy his par- 1
lent;-. Mr. at;< Mr*. G rb:r. Rogers.
| n tv. Mabel Ruth and fv-ur
; brothers, Freeman, Johnnie, ,R*y
' and Joe. <