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SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1937
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THE. A. & T. COLLEGE MUDDLE
Governor Clyde R. Hoey has ordered an immediate investiga
tion into the much muddled cqjidition existing at A. 41-T. Collie.
The 'governor has informed the trustee board of the school that if
it cannot make the investigation that he will have it done himself.
This move on the part of North Carollnas chief executive sould be
endorsed by every well thinking person interested in seeing the A.
& T. College squabbje cleared up.
Eor more than six montha charges «nd counter charges.have
bt*en hurled back ahd forth by college officials and members of the
alumni association. This continuoi^ fighting has reached the point
where it is becoming nauseating, and it is time that something be
dpne to settle it ome and for all. Governor Hoey possibly had this
in mind when he issued an ultimatum this ^eek to the trustee
boafd.- ■' * '
In an effort lo t>ring to its
. tions as they exist at the A £ T College the Carolina TimcS publish
ed last week the result of a partial investigation which jjt maie
several days ago. So non-oomittal were most of tjiose connected
with the school that we found it hard to get at rte bottom of the
situation. Frankly there existed evidence of intimidfttion from some
person or persons higher up, and many persons who mi^t have been
able to give valuable information were afraid to do so for fear of
losing their jobs.
There is no need of beating around the stump any longer there
is something wrong at A & T College. The wholesale firing of facul
ty members which took place almost annually, the charges by almuni
members that school officials are careless about admitting students
who are affected with venereal diseases, the aboJishinig of courses
in plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying, plastering and several other
important trades, together with the apparent tendency on the pert
dr 5ollg]?g* officials to do away with all trades, of the school deserve
more than a casual glance.
A & T College was founded for the purpose of giving industrial
training to Negro youth, wheather the school is carrying out that
purpose is a matter to be considered and decj^ded by the special in-
vastigating commission appointed by the governor. Certainly there
is more need for industrial training among Negroes than there is
for liberal arts training, and tKC tendency on the part of the present
administration of A & T College to do away with the most needed
typ« of training is damnable and destructive to the advancement of
the entire race.
The general morale of the school cannot remain as it is if it is
to move forward. The suggestion by a group of the alumni assoei»>
fion &at the school needs a change in its administzative head is not'
a question to be decided by those not close enough to the school to
know the exact t.rouhle. There should be no harried deciaion on thir
Scottsbora Case
Co*tia««dl frMB
sheriff, on the stand to t«U of th«
I^ca wonaan’a r«petai«n. He said
h« had ]iBo#n ‘\^etoria aince 1024
and th#t>a^1%MiId >i>r
her under oath.” Gindilar t^tsti-
monx offered by ^1' Witilact,
(deputy wbo
said he bod kiMwa tb« vomaa
since 4921.
It waa the f*iit time afhiiaifter
Witness had been hronght by th«
defense to tectify againat Mrs.
Pricer After this testimany,. both
sides rested and summing op by
proaeoutioD aad defeaw Itegao.
Lawson, Asst Atty-Gen., mada
a refcrain'id plea in.contraat witb
those previously given by the de*
ceased Lieut. Gen. Tbomaa £.
Kjnght Jr., straj^g only once
from a calm ani^is of the evi
dence when he sai^ “For the pro-
tecticm of the womanhood of our
state, I sulNnit Oat the defendant
should be fooAd guilty and cen^
dei9?ied to death." *
Wftalda’t CoBv|ct Wkite
W«tts led off for the defonse.
He dwelt at length on his South
ern birth and pride in Alabama
justice. He would like to !feel, he
•tn»q«IV *P!*>
wkara •T«B-kaacUd Jastic* was ad
ministered to w^te and black •-
like, and declared no whit* man
in Alabama would convict another
white man on such testimony as
offered by Victoria Price.
Taking up where Watta left
off, LeH>owitz enumerated the
.the maity diacreiptoci«i in her
story and pointed ^(jedally to
the testimony of Dr. ^ridg«a He
told' the jury it waa up to them to
decide wheather the physician or
‘Dr. Bridges was' your doctor
and neighbor,” he declared. “He
was brought here to testify by
the state, oiBciala of yxmr state,
and yet he damns that woman’s
stoi^ as a lie.
“There is nothing to this case
but damnable liM. For six and a
half years she has been crying
blood-***^^ blood of these Ne
groes she framed to protect her
self—and I hope to God there
is not prejudice and passion here
a« Mrell.”
Sliow* Them Way Oat
Uxging tlM jurors not to lei
passion turn a f«ir trial into s
Mgat lyneltjng, ite reminded them
that state lawa permitted a penal
ty of from 10 years to death for
the crime and that this leeway
was obviously intended to ^Ser-
entiate bet^reen decent women
and those cf Victoria’s type.
The trial waa marked by sev
eral clashes between Callahan and
Leibowit^ Monday afternoon the
latter i^newed the old ^fense
federal^district court on the
motion to transfer the trial to
ground that the dtefendanta were
being deprived of their constitn-
tiooal rights by the Alabama
statute limiting changes of v^nue
to one. It was denied.
Leibowitz also said he would
not permit Andy WrighT, another
of tlie boys, to plead to the in
dictment until directed to do so
^y the_court in order not to waive
his constitutional rights. Callahan
tlven went ahead and a^ike ^
Wright how he pleaded. Af^er
glandng at his attorney, Wright
said “not gttilty** and Leibowitz
asked that the record show a di
rected plea.
Claint iBsaaity
The New York lawyer did suc
ceed in deferring the larraign-
ment of Ocie Powell on the
ground he was iaaane and could
not stand trial. He said the youth
had b^ome inbana dhiring l\ii«
six years in pri*n and asked
that he ibe committed to a state
institution. Action was deferred
until Callahan looks up the law
on the point.
Mis** Fannie |B*11 McClain, 44
of SOS Ramsey St died at Lia-
cioln Hospital July 19. She is sur
vived by three daughters, and two
sons. Burial waa held at "Beech-
wood Cemetery July 2^2.
MeLaurin Funeral Home in
charge.
the defendants here from Bir-
ming^tam by tru^ Spectators
and newspapermeli were searched
for weaipons as they entered the
sweltering court. It was so hot
that once Callahan had to come
down from the bench “upnear the
ceiKng” and sit with the crowd.
A warning against the distri
bution of any literature on the
cases in the courtroom was issued
by the Judge who said "he would
tempt of court.”
particular side ojf the question, bat a careful investigation should be
made into the capability of President Bluford, his aims for the school,
his record since becoming^ its^ head,, his executive ability and his fore
sight. All of these questions should play an important part as to
wheather he should continue as its president tor be dismissed.
A. & T. College is the properly of the. state of North Carolina,
and not that of any particular group. To permit it to depreciate in
morale is to permit it to depreciate in the service it should, render
, the tax payers of this commonwealth. U the successful operation
of. the school means the removal of president Bluford or the removal
of others of its faculty we Say let it come, ft it means a public re-
priinand or another form of punishment for those who have broujght
accusations agains the school and its officials we say let it come.
A & T College is bigger than any-man or g^roup of men. Its service
is syely needed for the Negroes of Noilh~'Csroiina, and we trust
that the commission will bear the facts in mind when making the
investigation. We are willing to stand by the decision Tendered by
the goveznoYV commission, whatever that may be.
^^E^CHING OR MURDER
In Tallahasse, Florida two Kegrbes were lynched this week by
four men who many believe were members of the police force of
that city. Governor Fred Cone of Florida says:- “This was not
lynching. It wa^ murder." The governor wishes, we glean, to ab
solve-his state from being accused of adding two more tallies to the
crime oflynchisgin America this. year. Or does the governo# wish
to convp_ the idea that it is easier for a group of fow men, the num
ber»that lynched the two Negroes, to overpower^* jailer who holds
a prisoner in custody than it is for a crowd compost of a hundred
or more. (
Whatever the governor hbpes to convey, we fail to see, in this
partkular case, wht*r# the idisgraco cim be made an/ less by admitt
ing that in the capital city of Florid a band of only four men are
i^le to enter the county jail and almost under the very dome of the
npitol take two men therefrom and proceed to take their lives by
’'riddling their bodies with bulle^.
Whether the crime is placed in the catergoty of a murder or a
lynching, the fact remains that the law is deplorably weak in Flori
da—^ealt'^ like 4be men who control that commonwealth. The feeble
cry of Florida's governor is typical of the whimpering that is usu
ally uttered b|^ those who are without moral courage to face an isstte
of scnous purport.
presa and every other i«ency for the betterment of
should condemn'this moat recent outburst of lawlesan^
in Rerida with the same vigor that has characterized such efforts
liiUfnfiirr To accept Governor Fred Cone's explanation of the
la io aay to other states and pt^riic ^idals that mob vio-
the m&b is a small on«.
OUTSTANDING RACE WOMAN
CoBtinned from page oae
by the Fisk University pr^ as a
Master of Arts Thesis June, 1933
Miss Hiuff waa case worker
with St. Louis Relief Administra
tion for fifteen naonths. She has
been studying toward Ph. D. in
Psychiatric Social work and So
ciology at the Unversity oJ Minn,
since January, 1986. Her thesis is
“Bases of prediction of selected
problems occuring in cases to
family welfare agencies.” It is an
evoluotive studyv
In June, li936 Miss Huff was
appointed as teaehing assistant
in the defpartment of Sociology
and Social work at the University
sity of Minnesota. She is the only
Negro to receive such a iposition'
at .this institution. She was also
reappointed for the school year
1037-38!
Miss Huff, is thi only Negro
ever tO be admitted for study
and practice int the Amberst H.
Wider Child Guidance Clinic, in
St. Paul, Minn, under the intcr-
nlajtlonally famous iibyfchist. Dr.
Hyman S. l^pman. _
Mas Huff is a menlier of %gma
Delta Ganmiai, Honorary'and Pro
fessional Social Workers Soroity;
Amerisan Soiciaf'oifical Society;
and Alpha Sappa Alpha Sorority.
She haft had two articles publis
hed. They were; ‘^neric Case
Work—^A Redefinition,'' in Social
Work Technique. May, June, 37,
an^ /'Some Concepu of Social
Oajse Work”' Journal of Social
Forces, to ap(pear fir Octabei
U937 Issue; All o!f these studies
were done in collaboration with
Prof, A. F. Fenlasore, Associate
PVof. of Sociology and Social
Work at the University of Minn,
Miss Huff is residing,f.t the rc-
TRUSTEE SALE OP LANI?
North Carolina, '
Durham County.
Under ao|^_J>y virtue of the pow
er co^erred upon the Trustee in
a certain Deed «f Trust dated No-
vembet 6th, 1929 and executed by
Fred Bynum and wife, Nellie Bj^-
num, and duly recorded in the of
fice of the Register of Deeds for
Durham County in Book of Mort-
gagea.*4^»jat page &6; and default
having been made in the- payment
of the i&me, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at public
auction, at the Courthouse door in
Durham, N. C., on FRIDAY, AU
GUST 20th, 1987, at 12 o’clock
Noon, the following described
land, to-wit:
AJDJOIIiNING the lands of Sifl-
npy R. House and Ja’mes M, 'House
and others, beginning at a stake
on New (now Carnell) Street, and
running thence Eastward 232 feet
to a stake in Sidney R. House and
James M. House line; thence
Northward with their lines
feet to a stake; thence westward
232 feet'to a stake in New (now
Carnell) Street? thence Southward
with the line of said New Street
56 feet to the beginning. See deed
from Sylvester Bynum (widow)
to Fred W. Bynum'’elated June 12,
1922, recorded in Book of Deeds
63, at page 37«, Durham County
Registry.
This sale will remain open for
, vt ten (10) days to receive increase
^Ieavriy^*d guards
T|iis property is sold at the re
quest of t|ie holder of said note.
Dated this 19th day of July,
1937. —.
A. M. aaBARIN,
M. Hugh Thompson, Trustee.
Attorney.
Deaths'
■ —^
Bennett Shaw, 39 of Rouge-
mont died' lat JUnqoln Hospital
July 1«. Burial was held on July
19 at Eougemont. Scari)orough
Funeral Home in charge.
I Mrs. Daisy Hamilton,42 o f
502 Ramsey St. died at Duke
hospital July 18. a»e is survived
by . her husWand* *nd mother
dkirial was held at South Boston,
Va, Scarborough Fcner^ Home
in charge.
Miss 'A*nie Cox, 48 of 419
Hennr St. died at her honae July
20. She is sumved by her father.
Burial waa held in Johnson county
July 22. Scarborough Funeral
Home in charge. -
TRUSTEE SALE OF LAND
UNDER AND BY iVIRTUE of
the power confeired upon the
Trustee in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 2b, 1932, and executed
by party of the first Pjri;, and hi'
Miss Dora Dyaon, 38 of 200
Elizabeth St. died at her home
July 16. She is survived by )i)ne
neice and two ne^ews.
Burial^ was held ait Grove Hill
July li8. MeLaurin Funeral Hom^
in charge.
ly recorded in the offiice of the
Register of Deeds for Durham Co.
in BoK)k» of Mortgages 209, nt
pag^ ^9i; Jefeult having been
made in the payment of the same,
the undersigned trustee will offer
fl)r sale at pitlilic auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the
courthouse door in Durham, N. C.
on MONDAY, AUGUST 23, Itljlr
at 12:0t) o’cloQ^ noon, the follow
ing land;
BKJINNING at a stake on the
South side of Laurel Avenue
which said stake is 175 feet w:^st-
erly from the Southwest inter-
|»ection cjf liaurel Avenue and
to Pine Street, 200 feet to a stake
in a southerly direction parallel
to Pine Stree, 200 feet to a stake
the Northeast comer of Lot No.
2il, BIocH L as shown on Plat
h|reinafter re;ferred to; thence
along and with the norh side of
said Lot 21 in a westerly direc-
erly direction SO feet to the be;
east corner of-Lot No 9; thence
along and with the north side of
Mra, (Viola Thompson of Fay
etteville Street was called to Ma-
eon, Ga. on Tuesday on account
of the death of her father.
Lot No. 9 in a northerly iflraction
aos feet to a stak« on the So>^
side of lAurel Avenue, be North
east comer of said iLot No, 9;
thence along and with the South
side of Laurel Avenue in an euit-
erly direction “gO feet to the b«»-
ginning, and being Lot No. 8,
pSock L, as a^wn on plat of the
JiIJsw Hope Rm11% Gootpany's
property, copy of which made by
R. M. Rckard Af>ril, li922, is duly
recorded in the Office of > the Re
gister of De«da of Durham' Coun
ty 'i|t Map rack 1, section 1 t«
•which iilat raf^rence is hereby
made for a more tpartkular des
cription,-
THIS SAiLE will remain open
for ten days to recaiva increase
bids, as required by law,
THIS FJROPiSRTY is sold m
request of the liolder of said fttfW.
Dated this 2lst day of luly,
1937,
MBXJHAl^CS ahd, HARMERS
BANK, T)^ste« '
M. HUGB THOMPSON,
attorney
THE DAISY SCARBdtObGH
NURSERY
Welcome
liegionnaires
To Qur City
May Vour stay Be
Pleasant
DllLION ^SUPPLY 30.
CHURCH STREET
DURHAM, N. C.
U. S. PENSIONS VENERABLE
DOORMAN AT CONGRESS
Washington, July 23.—(ANP)
Harry Parker, for 49 years door
man of the House Ways and
Means committee, stood in the
house gallery Tuesday and receiv
ed one of the greatest and warm-
est^ovations ever given any man
in the chamber. Every member
rose in his seat, faced the smiling
elderly man, and apfdauded' long
and loudly.
Rep. Lindsay C. Warren ,N. C,
Democrat, start^ this unusual
tribute to a Negro when he arose
to propose that. Parker pen
sioned for the reaminder of his
life at his present salary of |1,-
’2w peryeSK ^
“You all know JTarry Parker,”
he said. ’^He came to the capital
some 70 years ago from Mount
Vernon. He is the grandson of
George Washington’s pemosal
body servant.
ist of Camp^ll's stature, for it
seems to us that he, more fully
than any other, has realized Es
quire's original promise of color
cartoons that approach that ideal
state of being classifiable, with
*pial—atiiplicability,—under—the-
heading of art as well as humor.'’
DANCE
BIGGEST ATTRACTION
OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION
BANNER WAREHOUSE
JULY 26—9«30 UNTIL???
MUSIC BY
Tuskegee Inst.
Syncopators
IN A BATTLE OF MUSIC
GENERAL ADMISSION 75c VETEHAIIS 5S«
" white SPECTATORS SOe
Esqie Magazine
idence of ifi G. Spaulding’ of- course fiat’s out of the iueattonr-4®°iSrrClo8^. than open. No
I&IO FaytetteviUe St.
MT. VERNON CHURCH—
CoBtlBuad from Pag* 1 .
of 151 Bible Students^ The tu-
dents have been benefited because
of the contacts and the intel^tts
of the facuJMsrT" “
On Friday ni^ti July 24, there
-^Hll 4>e a Twilight Excursion leav
ing the Mt. Vernon _ (Baptist
Church at 7KW for Speights’
Fhrm about 6 and a half miles
on the Fayetteville St road.
, Refreshments «riU be^ served.
Misses i&race and Margaret
Lan4>erth left for New Tork City
on Wednesday,'’wbera^-jtiiey will
QMsnd the sammer. Mis* Grace
lambertb is a teacher ii| th^ city
school system. -i ’
Coatiaued from page ana
autograph, and he was the center
of attraction daring the rest of
his trip.
The incident which inspired the
magazine editorial was contained
n a letter sent Esquire by Camp
bell, who wrote, "W« were going
to fly home from Puerto Rico but
found that it mei|nt a stop of
three hours in Miami, and of
You know what’ Southern preju
dice can be like, and wbat they
could do to inconvenience us if
they’wishwi, Our vacation has
been far t^ pleasant to Imve it
marred in any way,”
Bays the Esquire editorial, en
titled “Another Salute to the Liv
^^ng;^•
"Ponder these last - sciences
well, iM^ntle esquires. Ait^il-rich
Redskin can have anything that
money will b»iy, go anywhere he
feels inclined. A feudal-i^ich Brown
Prihce can go even farther, im-
posii^ his tribal taboos on the
will of white people, as witnfss the
way Ix>ndon tradespeople to
be inconvenienced during the' Cor
onation season in order to respect
the outlandish customs governing
the appearance in public of Various
veiled women of India.
“But a talent-rich Black Prince,
be he a giant of* intellect or a
master of art, can go just so far,
in this 'Land of the Free, before
being reminded that he is still tha
slave of ignorance. To ^ E.
Simms Campbell, a., Langston
Hughes, a Roland Hayes, a Paul
Robeson, there are always more
ter haw (wpaMe and cultivated the
mind, how -subtle and sensitive the
spirit, the individual Negro is still
not free. ‘All cats are gray aT;
night,’ and iL is. still long hours
"to go b^ore dawn, over much of
America. They order these things
better in "France.”
“Double the honor, then^ whfen
a Negro succeeds, fpr half the
strength . of' his genius must b^
spent in raising Jji^self to the
level of his genius must be spent
in raising himself to the level of
his inferiors, in overcoming the
handcap of c(Aftr, ^
“Alone ‘among Esquire’s car
toonists, he has never misstd an
issue since the magazine began.
Cartoonist, b the wa, harddi seems
the mot ^ste to apply to an art-
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
MsGhanics & Farmers Bank
OF DURHAM & RALEIGH IN THEI STATE OF
CAROLINA AT THE CLOSE OF ON JUNE 30, 1937
ASSETS
NORTH
Cash, balances With other banks, and cash items In process of collection-.^...>268,800.75
United 8tatea.povernment obligations, direct and fully guaranteed 82,500.00
State, county and municipal otrtigations ^
Other bpai^, notes, and debentures
Corporate stocks.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts
Banking bouse owned $26,915.00; furniture and fixtures ♦11,478.M—
Other real estate owned, including #7,349.24 of farui land—
Other assets —
536,537.30
118385.00
39,200.00
388,146.06
408.69
38,393.51
41,462.28
. 12,132.30
TOTAL
11,626,405.89
Deposits of individuals, partnerships, and coriMrations:
(a) Demand deposits ; —
(b) Tbne deposits; evidenced by savings pass bouks —..
(c) Other time deposits ! —
United States Government and postal savings deposits
State, county and municipal deposits
Deports of other banks -
Certified and officers ’ cheeks, letters of credit and*travelors’ checks
sold for cash, and amouiUs due'tO Federal Reserve bank (transit account Jf-” 11,001.00
. , $334;981.13_
.'191,313.98
53,385.09
416,144.41
..... 103,026.22
15^48.29
'TOTAL DEPOSITS ,
Other liabilitiM 1... -—^ ■>.
Capital account:*' ^ •
a) Capital sto«)[.and capital notea and debentures $214,000.00
■fb) Surplus i : ' 30,000.00
(e) Undivided profits ^ 9,750.74
(d) Reserves ., 25,394.60
....,$1,225,400.13
...T... 21,860:37
279,145.40
(e) Total capital. account
TOTAL LIABILITIES AKD CAPITAL . ,S~-S ■ $1,526,405.89
On June 30, 1937 the required legal resc’rv« against deposits of this bank was
$88,570.06. Assets reported above which were eligible as k-gal »eservo amounted to
$268,800.75.
This bank’s capital is represented by 10,000 shares of first preferred stock, par"
value $10.00 per: share retirable at $10.00 \>er share; and 4,560 shares of common stock
par at $25.00 per share.
MEMORANDA ^ T
Pledged assets (except real estate), rediscounts, and securities loaned:
, (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and fully guaranteed,
pieced to s«cure liabilities
(b^ Other ass^^except real estate)^^tBdged to secure liabilities
(iiMluding notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold
• under repurchase agreement) .~.~
TOtXL,
r-
64,600.00
503,250.00
$567,850.00
Secured and preferred liabilities; • ^ .
(a) Deposits secured>by pledged .assets.pursuant to requirement of law 519,170.63
TOTAL
$519,170.63
I. R, L. McDougald, Vice Prerideni oT4he «l)ove named bank, do solemnly swear
that tha above statement is tr^ and fully and correcfly represents-the true state of
the several mattei’s herein, contained and set forth, to thfe best oft my knowledge and
belief, ~
flwom to and subscribed before me this 19th day of July, 1937, and I hereby
certify that I am not an officer-or director of this bank. ■
B. L. McDoujtold, E. B. Merricb, (3. C. Spaulding and 8. L. Warren, DirecterK.
State of North Carolina, County of Durham
My commission expires July 10, 1939
Elna B. Pemberton, Notary Public
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