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V' .. ^ i j^f: ij*.' if*' S "i'U liPiJi' OmCERS Readies Tlie Mass ■ 01 Reailers FINAL EDITION VOLUMN 17 SAttntDAY OCTOBER 16, 1937 fmicE rivE cEirra NEGRO CONGRESS TAKES PHILAD Committee hold Mass Launches Vast »i Organization Program MAKES DRIVE The Durham Committee on Nt- gro Affairs -organized in 1936 an4 ohaiyed with the hettermenl ing Qf conditions among Negroes has lannced a program designed those E'ections where meetings have have been held and full cooperation is promised in the thought that such a program wi has 4>een outlined will b« ofmach On Vegro Affairs 7 o Meeting here Sunday 50 Officeti; Aid To Come Here Foi nier-ClHircli Session SuDdav to touch and benefit every Negro benefit to the group at large In Durham. j it is the purpose of tfie Com- In a«quainting» the Nsgi-oea iu I mittee to departmentalize ita «e- tivities as to: varip#fl sections of town with ac-' tivities of Committee, meetinjrs have already been held in East End section at*Bbenecer Satptlst Church and with the Parent-Tea- chers Ayaaaiation of East Dur ham School. A tioMting was also held on l^ndl^y evening at tli« (a) Industrial and aconomie welfare. (b) i£ducationa} welfare. (c). Social and civic welfareT^ (d) Political wellaire. Reprejsntatives fi«m 'each section where Negroes live will -oO«- The first meeting of the »ff'- as follows: cial staff of the North CarolimTT Inter-Denominational Ushers A‘«. 'pciation scheduled for 2 o'clock Sunday October 17, from all in dicatibns will be the largest at tended in 'the history of the o’’. ganization. Approximately f.fty Vice-President; L. L. E. Austin. Darbam, presi dent; A. Langston,. Raleigb, la* Vice-President W. R. Hawkins, Win'tfon-Salem, 2nd Vice-Prcsi, dent; Burch Coley. Durham, Srd Viee-iYesident; K D. Muryhy, LEWIS O. SWINGLER B. Pelkins, Salisbury, Recording Second lEaptiat Church to ac-1 serve on each committee. In Iasi quaint the resi|^e&ts thi Wert Durham Rev. F. W. SoweH wai EVid secl;.>n of th«i^'e1tyrNKKi)i»he Alerted to represent hi* Mfetion desires and plans of the Commit- ^ on the Industrial strf)-commit.tee; tee. Similar meetings will be held Arthur Stanley in*!»^>-e4ucational in evrey section ^f Durham matters; Wilson BaAee fn So.^^al Editor of the Alpha Pbi Alpha ^ .. , or,.>; Th. Spin., from hi. of E. Austm that they will be m flc. 390 1-2 Beal. Arenu., Mem- attendance at the.. meenitg when phU. T—., wh.r. h. i. .1.0 afternoon at 2 ■aanagoring editor of the Mrm clock sharp. j officials and representatives the various boards throughout „ ^ „ »*«. «■ »« n. . J T. “j Secrefilry; Mrs. Ruth H. Mofgran the state have noticed President, plri% Wo»U, Mr. Swiogler i. mak The committee on Wendell, Corresponding Secretry; Miss J. M. .tteasley, Kinston, Fi nancial»Secretary; J. W. Duak. GreensftMro, Treaaurer Miw F. M. Reed, Rurham, Reading C!«rn lag • driT* to ar«ra*« new inter' e.t among Alpha men and the public in The.The ‘~m»g«- , ments fw'left nw stMM^ untume.1 ajTang.,-4jj^ ? Fniier, Ouriiam, First Aid Sup'r.; Mrs- L. Ak Foster, lo assure the Officers of,the or-1 , , • c. i » a . , , . Greensboro, Junior Sup r.; L. A. and comfort necessary for a .?uc- ' where Negroes are residing. In the meantime, a mass meat- ing of all the Negro- citizens of Durham ah«( been arranged fci’ Sunday, October 17 th at 4:00 P. M. This meeting will be held in .the auditorium of Hillside Park High School where a representa tive group may be accomodateii nnd civic matter'* and Mrs. Leona St>.Trf> in political matera. The Committee solicits the co operation of all pastors and other persons interested in Negro wol- farpMttttl urges a full attendnnco at the city-wide Mass Meeting at Hillside on Sunday, Oct. * 17th. In addition to the program, at- and the residents of all sections (ardnnit vvill b& fortunate to are urged tq b3 present whether hear some of the beat muiic a local meeting has been held ^.organizations in^he city indud- in htcir specific or not. j iiig groups from the Second Bap- Representatiyes of the Com t- list Church and, Prof. Isadore lee have been well received in Ogleslby’s Choral Group. V Newspaper Men To Meet In City Of Nashville sine wa. .tarted in ’13 •* a four page iMmphlet, and ha. grv>wn to SO page., with yeneral article, and numeroiM iUu.tration.. For* mer editor* of the publication are W. A. Pollard." V. D. John.ton ^ri^^urpMjr, OM«r Brown, P. B Younf,^r., anlS 'XHiett G. Lind- .ay. ^wingler was elected in ’3S at NaahTiUe, Tenn. Ffe i. a na tive of Crittenden county, Ark., and wa« educate at the Univer- .ity of Nebra»ka. He had an ex hibit of lEe Spinx at the Texa. i Centennial, and plan, a good re port at the next meeting in New Orlean. on December 28-31, “ojtt. (Calvin Service) evcl"^ ^nvenTe.Ufce Likewise much arrang- gartization cessful gathering, care has^een taken in ing the discussions* of th« jeveral tmpo-rtant matters to be .taken up at the meeting. Officials of the meeting aro POLICE STILL SEEK HOODED FLORIDA LYNCHERS National Negro Pre.. A.tociation Called For November 26 And 27 In A. Two Day* Se..ion NASVILLE, Tenn. —(Special) —An official call' has just^ been issued by fhresident B. J. Dagi.i, of Atlanta, Ga., and Chairman Ji E. Mitchell, of the ExtcuMvt* Committee, from St. ^uia, Mo,, for the N/tional Negro Pvpss Asi^eftt^on to convene ifi this city Friday and Saturday, Nov., 26th and 27th. The correspond ing secretary of the Association was authorized by these two exe- offcial noticc, which “was .sent from his office this^'paft week. WHitES IN AFRICA WANI41. JIM CROW MO^UARIES FOR NATIVES . A. Derbipy Vlce-Pres. 01 Teacliers CAPE TOWN, South Africa, * Announcement comes from the Oct. 14 — (ANP) — Although Office of the President o,f the there are several thousand Afri- Am''(ric^n Teac^erfe AtebcSati-jn cans to every white Ehiropean of the appointement of Dr, Ii here, discriminatory practiee;i a- ying A. Derbigny as grffns}; the natives are increasiing Viec President of the almost , dail^. The latest Jim tion. Region number 2, to “ be Crow act came to light when it .prefjded over by Dr. Derbigny, was anounced recently that the is composed of the States of Ala- Cap Province Women’s Agrlcul- hama, Georgia, and Florida. Vlrs tural Association Congress, held Aenes Jones, former Regional at Port lElisalbeth, passed a rtso- Vice President o fthis area, lution asking—muniei(poIititti tn welded it into one of the .strong est regions in the country: Pr MILITON, Fla., Oct. 14—(AN- P)— Spurred on Iby Ctov. Fred F. Cone’s statement that “I 'will do all I can to straighten this thing out and run dIown the par ties that are guilty,’’ local polict- and deputies from Sheriff Joe Allen’.'' -ofii»« were reported pressing their search for the f.iur hooded white men who' Tasf Sun day lynched J. C. Evans, 30-yr». old. It yvaa the third Florida lyn ching in ’recent months. The victim had been held in jail at Panama City, . was being returned to Milton to face trial on charges of roibjcihg a filHng station and molesting a 12-year- -old boy. (Sheriff Allen, in charge of the pri%>ner. said he was stop ped by the four men'4» 'he was driving from Panama City with ■ others kept him “covered” Evans sitting in the front seat shotguns, of his car. “We want that nig- C&raway, Kinston^ Ea«tem Surr,^ C. R. Craig, Greensboro, West on Sup^r ; W. M. Ellis and J. W. Thomj)son, Greenr^ro, Gol is-^ boro, Sargeant - at - arms; 0. U. Donnell, Greensboro, Chariman Board of Directors; Charles tV Craig. Chapel Hill, Chairman of Finances R. L. Chavis, Durham, Chaplain. COLORFUL > Entire Country Represented At Great Meeting Two thousand delegates, mo'A of them Negroes, but with a fait sprinkling of whites, are advar.c ing on the Quaker City, to as- Negro Cor 4n . aconapf" merican ^ Convention t who now p'ay- rola t the A- n of Labor ■nver, , Crystal semble at the Metropolitan Opera Bird Fauset,'*'^hyrm Edward*. House October 1>5, 16, 17, apd Edwrad Strong, leader of tb« 1 there determine a program of Youth Section of the N’ational I action for the Negro people of Negro Congress, S. Davia >^ilaon, .\merica. Mayor of Hiiladelphii^^ ^ettea- I Entire Countrjt Reprcented ) ant Governor ThfB^P K«l- Not in recent history has ?nch nedy of Penn'^ylvjfitia, an as.emiblage of Ne.groes_ met cantonio, and Preaident F, "T*. togethe^in Philadelphia, for thij Patterson of Tumkegee Inaitute ?roup includes not only some of are only a few of the leaders tbe most notable people of both from all parts 'of Amertca "irho races, but men andwmen from wiU atteul theL Coagreaa -taa. leaders, or sharecroppers from 'Mississippi and Alabama and tobaico work ers from North Carolina and Va. (Elue bloded Massachusetts al so will be represented, and- the Empire State ia sending a throng nearly jane thousand strong t.i t hi s remarkable convention. Pittrburgh, Cleyeland, ChicaRo, and points south are waging a friendly contest to see who v/iil , Paste* of Hojir Tri«Uy Baf4i»t send the largest daiegations num« church. Brooklyn, N. Y., vice- bering many scores. From as far pire.ident of the National Ba|ili.t as California the trains are Convention of Amartci,- and^ prg*4Brftigtng them in^ eager fo e «- -.ident of the National Afro-Pio- pjres?! thertselves bn the prool'jm teetTV* League) who i. regarded of the Negro in the historic Me- a. one of the mo.t dramatic and tropolitan auditorium, colorful character, in hi. finld. , Many Notable, to be Present REV. T. S. HARTEN speakers, discu aioa interested spectators. Uan.nal Prograill *rhe’ program ia one of the most comprehensive ever to con sider Negro problems, "niere will ' be discussion groups in Housinj", Unemployment, Fram Problems, Trade Unions, Foreign Bom Ne- Negroes, Women, Youth, the Church, Civil Liberties and other questions relating to Negro life. In the eveamgs larg« maa« meetings will be held, amonc;' .which the most notable ia the first night^ Coii |i£t»tii5ir Celebra- tion when the Mayor’s, Codst'tu tion Comnrittee woi^iiag in coHa- boration with the National Ne- ,, ....uy iQ DC rFCKni jgiro CongTesB will present a me- Rev. Harten wa. given an ovation-1 Philadelphia and Atlantic Cityjmorable Constitution program Iiy hi. congregation recently, will have their own large leloga-• Subsequent evening meeting:) he dramatically a.ked if they tions, of course, while numerous will celebrate anniversaries ef thought he was worthy to fill the delegates will stream in frv>m pulpit. (CS) President Few Lauds Dr. Brown . other outlying local communities. Not less remarkable is the as semblage of notables. Walter i White, of the NAACP, T. Arnold •Hill of the National Urban Loa gue. Dr. Harry P. Ward, Ameri- I can League against War an I ! Fascism,"* Max Yergan, Norman 'Thomas, Socialist leader A. P; John IBtown and Richard Allen. • Mu«h interest ia being dis^»lay- ed in the Button-Go-Haiit Con test. Ralph Jones, editor of the Philadelphia Independ^t, and Chairman of the Button Contest Committee, announces that the leading contestants are Julian Harris, a fraternal leader, and Mrs. Gladys Thomas, prominent SEDALIA, Oct. iO.—Referring to .Dr. Charlotte Hawkins B^own as in educator whoie achieve ment ( had equalled those of Chas. William Elliot, Nihlolas Butler and Alice Freeman Palmei*, Dr. the 37th year of Palmer Memo rial, Institute, famous educational instithtion founded h / Dr. Brown. The Palmer Memorial Institute which in possibly one of the most W. P. Few, president of Duke . cultural in the country is suppor- University delivered an inspira tional address here this week at the formal opening exercises of ted largely by voluntary butions. contri- During th e37 years that Dr. Btown has headed the school Fbe has raised more than a million in Colored Schools, will be held at Tuskegee Institute in Juna Regional J53'8. Dr. Derbigijy will have Associa- cbmpTete xharge in Region nur>.- bpr 2 in perfecting plans for tL» 1‘93'8 meeting of the Association. ger,” Sheriff "^len^said one of the four white shouted, while the. with dollars for its building and main- j PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL tenance. More than 600 graduat es have been sent out from the inrititution to the Various col leges through-out the .countrX- Recently the school was recog Randolph, leader of the National school teacher. 2 Negroes Seek Council places In Youfig'stown nized by the Committee df One-‘ Po^’ts™ot*h “Sew^nees’l: Ofrici provide separate undeitaldng parlors for natives and Euro- Evans’ body was found later by Okaloosa Qounty officers, riddled with buokshot and pistal bullets, and ^led Into a ditch at the rede of the road. The Coro ner’s verdict: “iEvans came to hundred of the Progressive Edu- announces that the his death at the hands of parties j cation Association of America ».s “Babcats" had been working ouf unknown.” ' oiie of the outstanding private ®"d were ^ line condittcn ; ; r —: r— their initial conttest on the home soil. Last Stifiday the “Bob cats” won out over a hard fig*»’- f' i|^ South 'Norfolk Aggregatlm t Norfolk. Va., ky the score of 13-6. Thir.,will be. the first harrtc f YOUNGSTOWN, O., Oct. 13- GAME GAME HERE SUNDAY j (ANP) — Two former Negrro I councUmen will wage a vigorous Sunday October 17, Durham'a, fight in their respective wards Furst prof^.'ponal football leam before the coming electioB. W. Vill get into action against the Vaughn, fifth yra^.^and Wen- The livingtone college freshman class In summoning th,e members of i peans. the fourth estate as well w those \ The women delegates alsio en- who are intereste^i. in • the art | terod vigorous protest against preservative, the officiak of tlie organization felt that the meet ing^ at this particuular time would do mub o help, the Aews- pfiper fraternity throughout the nation. Some of the leading editi have already expre|sed their .willingness to br> present. Ncta* ble among t'tem are" P. B. Young editor of The Journal And Guide Norfolk, Va., Robert L. Vann» editor of 'Tlhe Jlttslbttrgh Courinr Pittsburgh, Pa., ■Chester A. Fran klin, editor of The ■ Kansas (Mty 'call, Kansas Clt'j^, Mo., Robn. S. such films as a.j§op o^ Freedom’ in which a colored actor was shown associating In way wit^ white actfessi” Preparations are already under way by the local members ~bf the hearty reception, , During the scission of the Asso ciation visiting edltora, managers and owners will ba gu^st at the A. and I. State 'College In its 26 anniversai^ celebration. President Davi.'f and Chairman Mitchell will formulate a pro- Derbigny, who is beginning hist third year a^ Administrative Dean of Tuskegee Institute, holds the Degree of Doctor of Philitno- phy from Columbia Unijwrsi+y. A graduate of Talladega College, he holds the Degree of M.-istev if Arts from Cornell . University. He^ ia. a member of Sigm.^^ and Kii Laitfbda Uq^ilon I^onorary Societies. A' graduate of. Tatin ate work in College Administra tion at Columbia University and at the Unlverstiy of Minnlsot.i where he hias spent the past three summersk ^e jigppointment- Dr. Derbigny to this position Is most timely in view of the fact -that tjie next Annual meeting of appean-ance of the Durham club. ley Dodson, second ward,’Sre th« men in question. Vaughn has represented that ward for two previous terras but met defeat in th» last cleet^ns by white candidates. DodsiOQ, an esi-councilman of one term’s ex perience, aippeared in the same council as Vaughn and het'tn^tv two, much powar waa wirfd ed. Both have strong support CHICAGO-With lEishoo I. A. the Gregg of - Kansas City presidi»ig populated Negro district., the annual confero^re o' rhe fbicajo district, AME denomina. tion^ was held here WedneisdaSv. "''hools in-^'America, regardless cf A correction In article published in our liwH*' week’s i‘6ue of The (Tarolin-rt ’limes under the ctptfon. Dr. J. ' N. Mills Purchi|se«- New_ EaatP- ment”, a' reference was mal« .to. IflSi? gathering, to , the American Teachers A.'socia- ^tobot, editor of .The Chicago De- .be submitter to-them upon f^hefr tion, whleb was formerly ths fendr?r, Chicago and many others' arrival in this city. I National Association of'Tochers . Above i. the photo of the 1937 Living.ton Col lege Fre.hman Clau wkick i. th* larga.t ia recent yeiir*. The Livlng.toa Colleg# b aparatad andar tl^e an.picM ef the A. M. E. Zion Chnreh and a- moag «|b gmdtiatae ara mo.* of the ovt.tandiag minlitars, b«alna#i, prafasMional niaa of th* me«.' ov6r 500, the opening . exercires waa the * ed nuiM. Misfj Foy* .ia"Bot »,r»- music “under the direction of j gistered' nursa. but prior to a>K*p Noah l^der who heads the de- j ting a position aa nmrM for tba par*tment at the school. Mr. , office af Dr. MiUa^ Miai.' tPaya der covered himself with gtory ^ a member of tl» s«Biei at the Autumn Festival hel4 in | Lincoln hospital.' Miaa Foy« connection with ->th£ opening au fore is' not a gradual^ r^^*md I he directed the large chorus com- nurse of Lincoln Hoigpt*!. Iln posed of fifty voices, which . CaroHna Timea ia gia4 to . wder cluinned the mix^d- audience of i this corractiOB, iipMi. ' Umi error.
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