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VOLUMNE 17 N*. U
the CAJIOUNA times SATURDAY SEPT. 1*, 1937
CClfTS
scensBORO case is appealeb again
est AME
(WJ Ycars Alter
Most Colorfnl Careers
rham’s Foriotten Chiiutt’n
FanouB Prdat* Pawaes Soon Aftir
U)ifortnii«t« DiseriminatiMi In
Scotland
Philadelphia, Pa., Seiit.—By G.
James Memiftg for A.. N. P.)—
Death kid its haadi Bishop Wii
ViaTM TT Heard, of the A. M. E.
rhuixih, hue at 4:33 a. m., Sunday
ju^t thr 'veeks after th« 87 year
fiid divine had walked sprig’htly
r'»np>l«ik ot the “Queen
on S retorn triip from Scot
^ «
—. i^ave, It^ijislatof, diplomat »nd
hiph caurchviian. Bishop 'Heard wa*
ill. mure than oau»1 gowi health
until Tbarsday of kat week. Pri
day he was tak^n to the H»hne
mann Hospital and he increasins^y
turned for worse, oatil, ptit as Sun
day was about to dawn, he breath
ed ^hi» last i» the fthy where he
bad, lived a gosd vmtt of hia Ufe.
He lived at N. SSrd street.
Beesnse of his fbdlii^ heal^ and
age ^e conncU «f Bish»{>B of the
A, M. S. Slaved him
of hi« aetive dntiee » Wm month*
aco, bat ap to last Sunday, he had
aa Waa
national chanch orsmix«tk>iia, Ks
hop Heard w%* bom on June 26,
I860 in Ei>ertm, Ga. He attended
Atlanta Univenttty, whera fa« re
ceived the bachelor of arts deffrea,
and was ordained to tlw oiiaiMry
in IMO.
ilVSifn heand frtMB sffiln Wi&iam
H. H«»rd a member of the
Somtli CknoliM le«ii^Bture duine
Reconslroction; tKcn from 99
he U. S. minister tt> 2^beri«,
beli% appointed by Preaidcnt Cbov
er Cleveland. Pi^ IS he was
bishop of West Aifrj^, and frnn
191S 20, ibshop over the Missf«i39^
and Louisiana distijct. In 19S0, be
was flrst to the' First
District wikie^rw covers l^lKwarc,
PeoBsj^yamia,' New J«nMy^ N*w
Yofk 1^ New Enrland and^MZ^
of Onsda. ■»
CROSSED ATLANTIC H TIMES
(Bishop }|eani had crossed' the
Atlantic tmnty ntM times, had
written moch on*^^Mh. a^jeete,
includ^.ft st^ of aoS'’
a' fbrc^l apeakcr and w«K r««i
peetedr^ amone ofaurcb^fB. He
was for ten years a men^r ci
Miyor Lyneh
HUBred On
his wtMit every Sunday th»t he
was weM enoagb.-^ ■’
Baiit Memorial To Richard AIImi
He had been a bishop since 1903, j
servinnf in West Africa, an^ in tfie
first and third districts of his
church. Before that he had pastor
f>)p historic Mother Bethel
fhu- h. lixt-h atd^Lomiha^ streets,
whii’ii if! -i nleniorial to the fc«mder
nf Mi ip n nuM.hodism and which
'•ont-aiiiR tihe body of Richaird Alien,
"tu' other Bethel edifice
was bijilf liishop Heard and
(lerc his funi>m.l service® will b«
iielu Ifitorouay noon of this week,
September 16, with the Rev.
James S. Flipper, senior b’jAop of
the ahurch, presiddn*, assisted by
the Rev. Dr. H. P. Jones pastw of
the dxarcfe, *nd will all the AME
bishops in Ancterlca pre«ent.
body wiU lie in state at the
cljupc^Wednesday u»til 10 'p. m.
Walter C. Beckett, a grandson of
Bishop J. 8. CJamptoeU, is the ua
dortaJcer in ch«ii^.
A member of Tliational and inter
the wntlifti^tluw etoialtlw* fea
World .Faith and Oid^r Ooaf«renee.
and attended this ysM'^ meetinK
last month in EdinetMxf.
It was while in Ekiin«feuzi' that-'
he was refiased hotel accommoda
tioins on account of his eolor, a
sitaistio^ which led Sir John ISmon,
British diancellor of the exdb^quer,
to offer Ms personal rerrets to
the fl>siKip and which dranr mnch
cond^natioft frort &^otti » h
papers. At Edin«i>ur^ he -mma the
cl^jtest dd^te bo t haconfcrence
and was called the fati)^ oi the
this important body of leading
churchmen.
Bishop Heai^ wsa »® of the
leading figores in tiie African Me
thodiat EpiMopal churoh. He was
honored with honorary decrees
from Wilberforce and AUen univw
sities and Campbell Oolle«e, and
l^id^ bis art degree, he held the
b«ehelor of divinity degrae from
the MLUer Memorial Tbaolf«icW
Swninary, (Philadelphia.
power to aesiffn preaidin*
eldera and ministers to the c5*mic1j
St. Augustine’s
College to Open
September 2Ist
Vtimj f
t&a Firs*
Tjhe seventy-fjrst annual
j4en of St Au^stine's
will begin on September 21, that ^
date has been' set aside for the
physics, win be acsent on ’leave
1 f to pun»e studiiaa tomuri th*
D. degree at the University of
lor ino awarded a M-
rwistration of new •tudents. |
AUketi Bt CkoTgre; Bev. H. M. King:s
lay, Attoraegr, Herman E. Moore,
Robert L. T>sylor and Mrs. Irene
M(^y iGainea.
Ad^ftlor has bad a dist
ineviialMd pdbiic career ms m soldi
MT, atataaman, poMtical leader and
attorney iaw, 'In 1672 he was
elected a tnember ai the ^rd Cong
rasa fron tha ^tli Mississippi
Distriet and li^rred two eonsecutiv
tamw. I« ISSO he mm dacted frotn
tiM same &itnet to the 47th Cong
reaa. He was a dalecata to the Rep
ubliean National Conventions of
1872 ISeO 1884 1686 1692 1900 and
1904. He was eleetad T«nporary,
Cliairinan to the Republican
Mbtional Convention heU ia Chi
ca«o in 1684.
During the administration of
Prasideftt Harrison he was Aiiditor
of the Treasury of t&e Navy Dep
axtment which covered periiod
tram Marah 188d to June 1891. Up
on the breaJdng' oat of the Spanish
AimieriQan Wa>r, he was madi a
Major and Paymaster of Volun
teera by Preaident IWilliam Me
Kinley. Upoa the termination of
Moiunted aftarwarda promot9d\ to
tba evade of a Major.
'Major l(yneh movad to Cbi^'ffo
in 1918, nd was damitted to the
Bsur as a Imryer by reciprocity^
frotn the Supreme Court of ^
District of Ot^umbia.
The first semester begins on
September 2i2i with the registra
tion of students who were in at
tendance last yeiur, and tite for
mal opening ceremonies will tnke
place in the chapel on Fri«Ta^
mohiing, September 24.
Advance registrations assure
the largest freshman class in i>i‘v-
eral years, and u usual practi
cally avery part of the United
States and 8«ver||stforelgn coun
tries will contiHRHm to tills en
rollment. St. Augustine’s gained
favorable pdblkity last yoar
when a campus-wide check by thfe
State Department of Health fail
ed to reveal a slni^a oase of tu
berculosis on the campus. The
care of the health of the stud«*nt
body Is one of the prinuuy con*
cems of the administration,
James E. K^awsoa, profa^r of
aa—of tha vazy-lliQjifirtant First
fipdaoosMil Dtstrict, Bishop Heard
was also the center of several
church controversies aa dissistisifi
pna^ers T ntt issues of^ Tiis
appointm^st—but in the largest
mea«are, he was held in bi«^
eslteci*. by "the ;^nultitude of
IkMple throujgbont the country
Icaerw him.
in a nation-wide competition.
Miss TlieodbTaljtoyd, professor
of French, retunis after a year
of ^ad&ate ftady toward thol/ At the i^adsUe when the btshdp
doctor’i degree at RadcMffe Ccf- paaaad away waa ttis l^ece. Miss
lojge, where sHe was a General j Valeria Gsldwdl, wlw in late yegH
Education Board fellow. Mr. Law haa bwm kia 'constant compuiim;
son will be replacied this~yesr by Mrs. Adelaida X«rty JRen^ag, R.
Loufo W. Rdi^efla, of Jamestown N., anparintaodaat of tha Coii
New Tork. Mr. Robei^ Js a grad
uate of Pisk^ Unhreraity, and
holds the deir^ of Master «f
Science from th^ Univetirity of
Michigan. The new proctor and
athletic director A. ISl Weatlu-
erford who last year wis •
memiber of tha faculty of Bitbop
College, ManOiall, Tascaa. Mr.
Weatherford is « gzadnat3 of
Hampton and Spiingfjeld T>
M. C. A. College, froas wiiieh hm
latter received ^e
wilaacent Hoapitat. for Colored
IWftman, and Mias Biael Hanipton,
fidanda of tba' ttsmliea; MdNfeil
Robinson, cotwjMnion
for twanty liz yMra, and Miss
Ashley Bridgefport, tl»e faithful
hoascieeipar in the bldhbp’s bouse
bold.
RETURN TO KINGS MT.
master of education in
and physical adacation.
Mias Bemiea Haddn and Wm.
of H. Leak of thii citqr have retum-
healta ad to I4ncoln
'MountMo.
Academy, Kin^
Chkaco, Sept.—(A. N, P.)-
Headed by ita preaident, Att
Barry H. Paea officers And m«m
bera «f the Citizens Ovic and Eco
Bomie Wd&uw CoubcU of Chicago
joined wM other residents laat
Friday niglrt in honoring Miaior..
Jobn R. l^rncb’s 90th birthday at
a banqjiu^ held at the Wcbasb
Brandt mACSA, of wliich George
R. Artibsir ia the execative seere^^
tary.
(Mataadinig amon? those on the
mmitkm Oamr th f';
Coagresoman from'*'
ict; Rev. S. J, Mar
^)reme Court
Gets Alabama
Case 3rd Time
PATTERSON
SfEilJBIS
LIBERTY
WattHBgton, (Sept.— (lANP)—
TwW
United States sopreme court. Bay
wood Baitteraon, one of the nine
ScDttAoro caae defendants, Sbtsr
day q>peftled to tfje eoart to evade
a 75 year sentence for th% alleged
rape of a white woman.
Former Senator H\igo ^ck whc
was recently elevated to the Sup
reme court bench wUl be one of
thMe who must pass Judgment on
tbia appeal. His presence lenda a
ae^ angle to the caae sinca ha
aomea' froni Alabama where: X
onginated.
PattersoWs latest petHion, s^gn
od by Sama?l La-bc-wit* as chief
counsel, contended Pattersoh wa§
unable to get a fair trial in IVforgran
County, Ala., and that he was dep
rived of constitutionil rlgnta when
the co«inty judge refused to trans
fer he caae io the federal tU^ict
court of northern Aiabima. He also
chaiiged error in t’.ie Jodie’s &h-r^
to the jury.
Alt'houigb inducted (»ily on a
charge of rape. Judge W. W.
“Speed” ClaJlahan chaigt^ the jury
in lai^uage which permitted them
to find Patterson guilty if he had
joined in a conspiracy to commit
rape, althoogh no rai>e had occured,
the petition sets forth, and,the
case w,3* given to the jury after
creation of a cmAict of facts as to
whether any rape actually had
taken place.
The nine boys a.iig»nally were-
ohaiged with having raped Victoria
Piice and Ruby Bates, but after
the first trial Miss Bates witWrew
J
CHARGES Wirie USS ABOUT
HER COLOR; HSAR
ECHOES OF RHBfELANDES
Patnam, Conn., Sept.—AKP-^’
AT .mor es of Che tmmova Kip Rhin«
lander case in New York several
yea— ■ro were revived Tuesday
as K I,: ?cr' r, . ^ i»:
mac'»ufc.!*t- » t. --:
me!I*“’'u;f 3-K* -,s^ •
rude •' : L. ii P .
grouna. cine*
raee. >1sf ■
chew nsMjri rg- j4.
'rC
tba m .
hune, toid him liea before th^
marriaige. aceonU^ to the can
pQml. ISlia aHegcdly said she had
no brothers » star^a, waa an ac
pliaa, her father was a doctor aaiA
her meyier wealthy, aad dia had
bean Hv’ng with her amtt, Mra.
Edith Gertie, ^ee riK waa fsar
yMtrs dd.
I^t at the tiaae a£ the^ our
riage, the writ aata forth, her
ajway, Jwp *a*^wr a
mcher and fathw Irerajgving. el^S'
siKl Bgf Hwiliif eo?orgd;~ smt twar
brotiier -is alM colored. It states
her name is Gertrjali Wilson dg»
pite the fact that ^le gave har
name as Ladd when married. Har
father is not a doetM', her motihar
never was wealthy and Mrs. Cortis
is not her aiunt, the hosbanJ
ohKi^es. ^
j Perkins asid he discovared liieae
I facts July I -and tmmaXMeif kft
- his wife. He consulted an attonM^
in Norwich filial suit Tuesday,
j The wife :ssmnL a'
blanket d..n'al « 'fte *a-t-
through hei' attorney
kno'^led^e oif tli= sc^jct
weeks ebfcn Araa i *’ Si'.’
that time . an»e- las heen
making a * ' --i*,
she said. ; -*—
her charge air'i claimed it was a
frame op. Five of tiie def»danU
were convicted-^at Jaly 24 aad
chaises scainst four were dismiai
ed. All had b^en tn prison aimoat
six and a half years.
DURHAM SCHOOL
.
■Phe above pictures brought to
you this week by the Carolina
Times tell in words louder than
we can write or 'utter some of
the deplorable facts existing at
the East,Durham Negro school.
As a resijljt of several wesk!*. in-,
vestigration of the local school jy
tha Carolina Times, we have
^led to find one single 'com-
mendaflblo point that could ^a
giveii as an excuse for
the lE^ast Durham Negro school
an aducational institution.
■ ■»
" Hie picture at the top is that-
of the building, which presents
a sad sight and plainly bespii’aks
ttje price Nejrroes in this city are
paying foa the very “fine race
relations" which iprominent Ne
groes and whites boast of in
Darbam. In the bsUdin^^i ^leh
was constructed to accomolate
140 pupils Uk effor^ is, made^
each day to teac^ at 2215
students. One teacher who has
charge of the. second and third
grades has 68 pupils in her class
room the entire day. Another
teacher who Is instructor for Iha^
first grade ohiidran haa 54 in her
clMsroon. Aa . earnest plea to
Haasa Turn Ta Paga E^t.
Colored State
Ea i 1 B i 11 e d For
October-18 th
RAI»glG H—e Colored State tween spiritual choirs from thrU
Fair \H0‘open here J^>r one' wt^k
October 18 with a full pro|iain
of midway attractions, free acts,
and special events, and offering
an aggreagation of f&00.0& in
prize money for agriculttual ex
hibits, officials of the N. C. Co
lored State Fair announced this,
week.
Advance aalr*of tickets
cast a record attendjpnce, jmd in-
qniries from farmers^ siAobls.
and community groups interest
ed in erecting exhibits to eeas-
out the Sftato, a drum and
corps contest, a popularity co»>
test,,and a Inclqr mupbo: coor
test in which a live baby wiK ba
given away, provided, at coaraa^
that the wihar ia abla to tite
care of it. A suiprlsa pisk&
wedding wiB be a l>igh mot att.
one of the nights.
T^f. avwsta wffl b* a9-
plamented by a regiilar B^Wty
^gnuB ot frM aete compviaad
of noted
I Oaa of &a hut** nMways
pete for prise money indicate aveir aaamaMad i^r ar Mortli Ctes
that this year’s event ^riH sar>> olina fair will If* ftaroatki
pass any previous ^-Colored «- e^ to |«ovida forthwr tan
positions in tta State. -attaaesMBt. Tka
A tr«nendouB t«it wHl
taisad w» Oa tmkt grounds
New Bern Avenua naar th* Ral
eigh City limits te bovaa tba
hundreds of exUbits. '
Special avants already arran
ged include a j>atblng baaot$
contest 1b acldeft tiia State’s moat _ , _ _ , ^
attracttra ballea wlUeompaa for, fair mi Oatobar IK, it, If,
a handsome silvar lovi^ 0Bp;a«h uaai^ivo smmImV «f
and a ei^' aw»d, a eMtaat te* r*tr^aa awwemi.
fiiis saettMi.
C«igraeaman MitebtO, . mif
Negro seaebar of tba U. ; V.
Hooaa of Rapraaantativaa. n»t>p
bly win b« faivitad to . lii.
fonnal grand a»aahig ••