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MAIUNG
EDITION
•I VOL|JMN 17 R«. 21
DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY •, lt37>^
mcs i»
H'omen Fordsd To V\^ork^lh V^ater -hp "Jo 1 heir Knees
MISS. STUDENTS VOTE FOR QAVAGAN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
Couple Barely Miss Deatli
When Home Is Shatterd
By Early' Morning Blast
One of the moat heinous cri'Des
In the history of Durham was afr.
tempted fc«re Tuesdayc morning
»t 2:30 when the homS of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Walksr located
at 410 Piedmont Ave., \vaa dyna
mited while both of them slept.
Both Mr. and’ Mrs. Wat\er n«r-
~rowly eMaped death ;\t the hands
M .would ha _ juuaaian,-ti^
eharire of dynamite niianing tha
feed in which they were sleeping
only »bout a foot.
The blast which tore the room
under w>ich it was. set so badly
- that it-wu-4m£it -fet -occupancy,
lifted the bed in which' Hr. and
Mrs. W^alker were sleepinjr to
the top of the ceiling. Practically
every window in the ^louse was
shattere^^d thi^ plastering' tom
from l^e walls. Bad the chaise
been set' directl^ under the bed
as it apparently ^wa9 intended
both ocflupants would ^ve doitbt-
]ess met death', ' !
When interviewed iit his home
Tuesday morning by a represen
tative t>f the “Caroling Times Mr.
'Walker >^ted that jijb'had no
idea who attempted to take his
life. So far as he knew he had no
avowed enemies.
Ski«|Mag in another part of the
WalVer home were threp children
of the couple who were unharm
ed. Although the parents of the
children show no signs of the dy
namiting, Mrs. Walker is suffer
ing from a nervous attack
brought about \>y the sudden ex
plosion, -
The lu>UBe is owned by Mr.
aind ift*. Walker whd purchased
it frdm Attorney Lathxop More-
head about 1^ years ago. They
have been living there since that
COMMISSIONER
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY TO
C»SERY^D AT LINCOLN
HOSPITAL MAY 12th
Dr. W. Geor|r« Avant, pastu*
of the Pine Street Presbjrterian
church who was elected commis
sioner to the Cr^iieral Assembly
of his church which meets at Co
lumbus, Ohio May 26 to June 2.
Dr. Avant k a membec of Yad
kin Preeribytery.
time and according to Mr. Wal
ker Hve had no trouble with
persons in the immediate vicin^y
or elsewhere. It wiuj hi« opinion
that the bljMt was probably in
tended for’^anotkter person, and
that the attempted killer got his
house mixed up with ano^et-
Police we working On "tl«e Casg
knd have promisied dl^elj>p-
ments. At the scene of tbe blatit-
ing crowds continued to come and
go throughout the weelt
The annual commencement ex-
eyciMS at Hillside High! School
‘^iil b^in Friday, May 28*h
%lth the Junior-Senior Pirom.
The second event on the com
mencement proj^am will take
^Uce ^unday morning. May 30,
^ at which time the baccalauvoate
sermon will be delivered by Ror.
Miles Mark FisHer at White Rock
Baptist Churclt| *t 11 o’clock.
On Monday, May 3li 8t00
dock, a sprang ^shioH' shciv
sponsored by Mrs. u. A. Wins
low will toe t>resented for the
benefit of the school. Tueaday
night, June 1, will be "Cla'M
Nigfct" ^.esday June J, will l>fl_
a]so-1)i^*Ppfn House Day.’* All
members 'of the P. T. A.' ani
friends will be- 'iw^ited td visit
the school on this day. . Spccial
exhibits of the Home iEkonomic
sAd Manual Training Depart
ments will ibe open to th« gene
ral public, Wednesday, June 2,
The graduating exercise 'vfili
be held Thursday, June S. Thli's
are 90 members of the class whji|
will be awarded diplomas at tfllil
time. The Theme for c^menite-
ment is “Our Public Schools^ (I)
Yesterday,; (b) Today; (cy akd
TomoitfoWi There will be thres,
student speakers. Six of the honor
students in the class are partici
pating in an elimmatiott content
that will be presented Thursday.
May 20 in. the schlool auditorium.
Hitese students are:' i_ Beatrice
Edwarlfei^ftbecca ChrMmas, Ida
Isler, l^ie Bajic^, lEIdward
Nprri^, aijd f Amd^y ^*wrenc».,
'^e ' meiH?l|«nti^to^e:
city schools
H l&e in§o3aced &y W. F.
W^ren, Superintendent of the
pi» Schools, who ^1 also pro-
sej^ sch(^rsh{ps to imembers i of
th« graduating claA.
Waanamaker, Chairmai^"’if"|li
Wednesday, Iby isth is *'Na|*l
ftoiapltalj D«y.^ UncolA Hospiial
|he people o| Durham t»
. ■ it on beeoma
wUp aetivitiiiir Ko
Effort W0 lia’^maiae by tha Sospi-
tal tWl|^tcit funds a« this is not
a part of the program of National
Koi^Mtal Day. The iSenior and
Junior laady Soarda will be hos-
tesses and serve refreshments to
the visitors,.
The following program has
been Ar4«nged for the day:
]|0 A. M. ^ 5 P. M: Coadneted
Tours—Patrol -Girls Assisting.
3 P, If. —• '5 P. M; Tea Nures
Home—Young Women of the
Freshman Class N. C. College
for Negroes and Senior ClMa of
Hillside Park High School.
7:30 P. M. — 9 P. M: Dr. G. M,
Leiby, North CarOli&a State
Bdard of Health, Raleigh, H,C,
Admisson Free—Hillside Par>
High School Auditoriubi.
i;i;hibita will be dispUyed by
ea^ department of the JSospltal.
O^r Hospital wants to see old
friends and make new frienda.
Come and get acquainted lUfd
bring your friends.
Literature will bo dis
DYNAMITED HOME AND ONE OF OCCUPANTS
fuh White Schools Get
m Frojn Connty But
Ifegro Schools Get $21,000
JAh^ES E. SOUTHIRLAND
SUfccUMBS at WHITTED
STREET HOME
lUS-
de
here
The alMve photo i* that of 0«car Wallcer, (taniliBli in ' of
J^ma whick wm» drnanited «arly Tuetdajr morning whiki Mr. Wal
ker and hi* wife alept in the roein under wJitch the dynamite wm»
placed. Tkei Ua»t Uew the bed in which Mr. Walker and. hi* wife
were Ueeping to the top iof tlie hou*e. The hole caused by the ex-
plosion can ea«ily be *een at the right of Mr. Walker.
Race Women Prisooers Badiv mistreated
jijt
if*"
RAIFOJ^, Fla., 'May 6—(By
tributed ihrough the courtesy >f: R^fihardMn fpi; ANP|;^There are
Mutual Life Insurance Co., «4v«|#l{^ dozeA N*egrjf wf.men 'Wf.r-
N. C.
N. C. State Board of Health,
Parke Davis and Company and
the Metropolitan Life Insui«nce
Company.
in the fields, soipeiitimcs in
wil|er nearly Isaees.^in
all kinds, of weather at the Fla.
State ptison, officials of two
leading' Negro organizations were
inforo^ .^.a recent visit* to the
No ^S^S^^iona were
mad^ior periodic,^! illnesses of
the wothenf during i^which stand
ing in wat^ mighty seriously im-
Coati'il^d on, ;^K«'eight
James tEdgar Southerly
band of Mrs. Laura M
Southerland died suddenly
Thursday at 12' o^clock noon at
his home MH)*! Whitted Street as
the result of a heart atta^. \Mr.
Soi^herland had been in declin
ing health for "nore than four
years having suffered an iniury
se^ral years ago whfle working
as | an employe of the American
Ti^bacco Company
'ilh^deceasetf was bom iil ChUt-
\|^jinty the aon of ijimd
Mrs. IKorace Sbutherlana, and
had lived, m iHurham for moro
than 40 %e4m At the time of his
death he had b«eti married about
29 ye«fS.’*T
TAv«nty two ^eara ago the de-
ceasjed jtolned, White Roek
Baptist ^hurch.l,F4r a hvn(i*
her of y^^ l^ihad sung in the
church and hlw'served las
secretary of the Bataca . Riye
Class. 1;, (■ Ir
In addition to hi^ wife, Mr..
Southerland is survived by five
children namely: John, Iforfleet,
and Willie Southerlaid; Misses
Marion and Madeline Souther
land ^ of Durham. One brother
William Southerland also sur
vives.
Although ni^ complete at the
time of going to press the fune
ral will ItkelyL be held at the
White Rock Baptist churchf Sun
day afternoon. Intei^ent will be
atHhd New City, Cametery _ on
Fayetteville Road.
IN REVIVAL
jFiiiai Plans For Hiii§idfe|CoMeg6" Students Near Duck
Gommenccmcnt—i
fw'
WPA TO HOLD EXHIBIT
,f»JNClPAL CITIES OF STATE
r" I
AlfrMi Ed||ar Sniith, A^ministra-
tlv« A**i«(taai Vo Adnili^stlrator
Hopklaa Will Joumay Prom
Washington To Addrc** Pttblic
Meetii^s
KALEiGH—Accjsrding to a le-
lease srot from tb'e office of
Obul^d b Pearson, WPA Con-
•n Nigro Affairs, 'iif N.
arrangements ate now
for tl^ hot^ng^f an
jVoca^onal Opportu •
iet- t^e Works ’Pregress
::;iiT‘^,;:; T Re;^^ -f Edu-^ti^. wni^^^t
Day and a specUl program will the diplomas. .
be preaanted in chapel during the ■' .3 ’’ff
W«r;iii^ at which time honfcrs Miiw Bvm Phtter^li & sp|Pinir
and awards will bp presented a few dajns 'srtth fi^ds in'wck/
meritorious students. Mount, * 'r ‘
Admiioistration.
/AIf)^d Edgar Smith,
Durham,
Achhinis-
Assistant,ifrom Washing-
jopned to the state te
te in the several meet-
in AshviUe, Char-
i-Sidem,' Qr^&^orq
[ion. and
JACXSON, Mias., May 6,—(A
NP)-i—I^^pite the ravings of
Southern Congressni^ * against
federal anti-lynchin^-- legislation
on the ground 0at fheir consti
tuents are oi#6Sed, young South
erners are opposed to mob and
want^ federal ||atute against »t,
if a taken'||l MUIsaps college
iiH any cri^i^^.' '
Millsaps'pSllege is located here
at Jackson riot far from ttie Duck
Mr. Smith! will addless the seve
ral groups on the work of the ad
ministration and Moving picture-)
wi^b sound effects will Fe"shown
depicting the program of the Vo
cational Opportunity E^hibil s,
atid the program of allied gover
nmental agencies
Hie meeting which will beg"!
«n er about the 12th of May
through the 20th will be announ*
eed later as to- apecif^e date* for
the respective cHies. ;
1 Hill, sectioA where the double
torch lynching of two colored
men took place as Co^gress^ de
bated the >Gavagan bill. In a vote
taken l*^st week by the Pui-ple
and White, v^eekiy student news
paper, 159 : flf, the school’s 400
students (declared themselves in
favbr of the’davagan measure to
only SS-'against it. The remaii.-
ing students did not vote.'
The 2 to 1 majority for federal
anti-lynching legi^tton_4Kas .m-
turned after the Gavagan bill
wafi strongly supported by *a edi-
,|«i:ial in the ^udent ^per cap-
itioned, "Do You Unction Mur
der?’' A mass meetin^g was also
held to securetj student opinion
openly before the poll Was Wken.
Mrs. !Eart Grandy 'a^mpanied
by her. sister-in-law attmded the
gn^’aduatioii exercises of iiiittle
R^er High School ea iSs>o9^
evening. • ■
SUES FLETCHER HENDERSON
FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
DBS MOINES, ia.. May 6,—
(ANPy ^et^er Henderion.
famous danc« band leader, was
named defiradatit in a suit for
filed by Atty.
J. NAlMn ThoD^m, president of
the tYodpt#jil«ib which spon
sored a^aodiv,.J^ Nov. 25 at
whic1> He>tdei;|on' failed iqppeazr
Mr. Tiiomp^n ehari^s "breach
of iWntiSict^ }a that no notice of
canc^llatioti of the dance was
i^ven the J|lt ||rpdueto club or the
musieiaas unien, although a de
posit had bten made on the cobt
tract. Kotice- of tiie suit was sei^,
ved fledereoQ when he appeared
at a danct in Des Moines lest
N#»ed dttfendaois, along with
B«i^fiton, |r« Sd Fox, hia maom-
ConpoUdated-Radio Artk»a,
Hendtraen
Okbm^, |n«;
Rev. W. ,?i Willliamson, for
mer pastor of the Mt." Vernon
church of this city^jwho will con
duct a revival from May IT to
21st for the Rev. P. O. Bass, pas
tor o'jthe First B*pUst church of
^id^oipe. Rev, Bass is also a
^rham minister. Rev.
WiU^on & well knovm in N.
C^trolina ministerial grdops as
6ne «utstandp|f preachers
of the^ace. V V
SOOtH’S OI^LY • BOTTUl^
FIRM PROSPERS ^
HOUSTON, Tex., May 6,^ 3r
John'i^. Thompson for iU'TP)—
One of|the only Negro owmed antf
operated 'bottling companies in#
Southwest is the Crown BotUiH|(
Works in this city, eslabUshgtHi^
La%ey Jones in 1913. Thi^on-
^em weaihered the "depri^-
ion' and despite adverse Business
conditions has tHived and b9w
stands as a mdnument to tiie for«^
thought' and perseverance . o|
Jones.
nse year^” output of tWSi «f!W-
pany is over £01000 bettles at
soft . drinks and Mr. Jones esti-
m^s ie has sold over a qiurt^
mulibn bottles since Parting. ISis
bu^eea serves both and
colorid dealers, but deals mostly
witit Negroes. He aj^lpe his pro
ducts to maay »irii>«adhMr
some of it going aa fac aa Galrv^
ton. He eeaidoys five mm tike
TMur round; iraa ffve une.igiie^
for far deUviprf^: hu anJi«aeBMt_
C'e*tiwwd e^-’ *
The .heretofe^ s^isput^d
leadership of Dttrham Negree*,'
vested in Dr. James E. Shepard
and C, C. Spaulding, hung in the
balances here this week when a
letter from the former and a tele
gram from the latter, protestia^
the unequitable distribotieB ef e>
ducatienal funHi by the tiie rit7
and xounty failed to bring the ze-^
salts desired by tte Committee am.
Ni^ro Affairs.
The letter sent by Dir. Shepard
was addressed to the Charinaaa;
of “Ihe Boaef of Education and
dealt with tiw failure of Board
Education to complete the cw-
stroctiof^-of Whitted ^Scfc^
Shepard in h» letter said in par
as follows: The Whitted School
building baa no anditoirium, and
the rteachen are put to a sir^:
deal of inconvenience in teaehinf
^as the building ia. so arrangad at
at prMent, and there was a pro
mise on the part of some that
school would be finished and
i^e the Koel o fthc colo
red pMple of Durham.
“’^ile J do no know the #ijf
of 'Srf board of eda«>«
tion in regrad ^ the building of
schola in the City of i^Durhattf. I
do know ttat o^^the pme%, of the
colored people^S^^fili^ general
dissatisfaction are not
getting the kind bf deal which
would make t^em sat^ied with
the attitude and progress of our
system, especially as it reli^tes to
tke colored people of Du|hara.
“T!;is buOding program u vital
to us. It is not simply a que^ion
a generosity, hut it »'m qtfettias^
practically of life and deaj^ aa
it means as much or more to
iny group as it does to the wkita
g^up. I am jealous ef the good
name of Durham. I take a par
donable pride in the achieve
ments here, and in the friendl/
feeling existing between the
races. I know the members of
your bowed personally and 1 know
that it » the intentioD of eak
one of them to do the right thifi^;
Uierefore, I am sim|dy writisg
t|is as an appeid to you to cess*
plet« Whitted-WipoL /, 'I
J. “There may'lbe also a '
reason fwr tUs. The Nerttr Caro- -
lina College for Negroea
^choo^ in ita iauaediate
which will serve as a ptrfdiett
liehool ^or the teachers wa are
sendi% oat;**
^ teleinHB ant by ]ir. .
with tite hiaa^
lo make ^ mmit C«MBg|pa ai^iiii^it/"
priatioii te the colored cWise* e#:
Durham. • '.
As far as could he leaziMd *»>
diy hett tiw-tetagrw ae4-M»=
t^r SMit hf Dr. 8hepard —A M»-
Spau^ig bro«|^ ae
Of Bdnd hi the povair «
the educational »arstata of BMS,
hWB, -
WhO^ the refcti*WEy.
imM-W Br.
are as
bate4 hcwUi far
mai
f