EINAI^^
EDITION
VOLUMN IT
nilCE FIVE CENTS
SATURDAY NOV. IS, 1937
NEARLY $5,000 RAISED IN
WHITE ROCK CELEBRATION
Herman Kanter, Jerry
McCullers Convicted
Of Operating Numbers
The heavy hind of ths law. to watch the action of the d«fen-
fell heavily upon the shoulder* of dants. A* soon, as McCulleim
te number racket here this week handed th* packages to Kauter
when Herinan Kanter, alleged the safety director testified tlat
bead of the of the number opc- . Kanter was placed under «ne«,t
ration here and Jerry McCullers
were tried in Recorders (Jourt
and fined a total of 12260.
The trial which started Friday
morning consumed a goodly pari
of the day, and was heard by a
«iowd«d Murtroom. Attorney J.
R. Patton. former Recorder
Court judge, represented the de
fendant Kanter and iplaced the
■ian« iintthla tn ahakt the main
poin t of their testimMy. R. P.
Reade; represented McCUlIers.
AH of the witnesses twitified
that they had seen McCullow.
hand packages containing money
and number slips to Kanter. Mc-
dulleis admitted at the time of
hi^ arrest being a collector for
Kanter ,and
which were
vrerVthe one’s he handed to Kan
ter on the day they wereiyrrest-
«d.
W. J. Croom, Safety Director
teitified that he saw McCullers
hand the packages to Kanter. He
stated that he had stationed }im-
jolf at a window in the city boll
by Officer Haithcock. McCul^rs
fled the ac^ne, but was finally
ar ested after a chase by officers
I* H. Owenai and larkin Wood*.
Both altomeyri for the defen
dants attacked vigorously the
fact that the confeMion of Mc-
Cullers had not been obtAintd in
ttie pretence of Kanter.
Records obtained from the
HOLD HEARING .WEDNESDAY
ON MITCHELL'S JIM CROW
COMPLAINT
CHICAjGO, Nov. (ANP^
—A haaring on the complamt of
Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell that be '
was jim crowed and forced to
ride in a second class railway
coach although he had a fiitst
clas y'~tidiet wm be held here
Wednesday *t the Hotel Sher-
ISSUES CALL
J. DAVIS
Local Church To
Burn Mortgage
Thanksgiving
AccordiiM* »n announc»n*em ^ ceemed as a minister and leader,
made thii ' th« Rev. MUm Prior to going to Huntington he
Mark Fif t . •. r of the White I was an instructor in theology at
R«ck Ba^isi Church a mortgage' iTnion University of Richmond,
burning will be held by his j Viiyinia.
church en TIuHikagiviBg merningl Small in statu* e, but big in
when the end of Ae celebnit'.un mind and accomplisbiment, the
of tike 71rt »0Biv«r»ary. of' the | pastor of White Rock is posEibly
ehmeh will take place with a pib* i the hardist working miniiter
lie program. (within the city of Durham. In ad-
This year's eelebfation whleb dition to attending to his heavy
has been eO^oeted for several dutie* of heading up the power-
sue^ I fol ^hile Rock Baptist Church
witnesses for the state undof a
rraellHng cfl^ examinfltion7. %trt+lE!MrteT had a king^court reeort!)
man, the interstate compterce
ftderal go^emmentJ[i)iclo«el that commission anj^ounced last wnek.
V._ .X A 4 > 'Ji ’*•_ ^i.1 ^ n MuA * A
Defending the action*' ar*,'th^
having been convicted on fieyerftl, Illinois Central apd the ,Ij^k Is
-occasions in various parte of the pacific wrilroair and
country under several assumed
namas for from attempted lar-
cency from the personal to illegal
possession of liquor.
The session of Recorders Court
in which the two dtfeodar.t£»
were convicted was jy^ided cvtr
that the packages ^!b'y Judge W. H. Murdock. Kaiv
produc.ed in court ter received a fine of $1600 and
McCullers received., a fins of
$750. Both s^ved noticed of an
appeal and bonds were fixed at
the amount of the fine# imposed
While both of the men permitted
themselves to be placid' in jail
it i^ believed that bonds will
eventually be arranged.
jFonnerly editor of the old At
lanta Independent, where be w*» 'Weeks ha^ been I^DUaually buc“ |
noted for hit rincinc editorial*, .ces^wl 80 far aa fhunce is ««n-j finds time to teaeh a elasi
and BOW editor of the National cemed. AppnHciiMtely i theology at Shaw University
Baptiit Uni«i»>Rcview,>«fric;»l er. ba« bees^ irateed. a»4 tte church'®**«d in Raleigh. Unlike moeH‘^®"“*®*’
iminist^ who }>astor large ehur-
cfces Rev. Fisher owns no auto-
nnofaile, and—fietdoni
fvTn 'of the Natioa«r Baptitt Con, wift in posMten t* den lta«lf
A„4ri^ Wh »» indefctne^fl by ’Oianksgiv.
S. E. TEACHERS A S S’N
IN SUCCESSFUL CONFAB
AT
PAYiETTEVILLE Nov. 7—The
second annual session of the
South Eastern District Teachars
Aisociation brought together in
a meeting of general enthusiasm
and educational Interest approxi
mately 700 teacheis and admini
strators here last Saturday.
The morning session wasi larg-
' ely spent in a discussion of mat
ters concerning the aims and
purposel of the District meeting;
the financial status of the mem^
bsrship in the association; and
the real meaning and impo'rtaiiee
of Ooood Teaching.
Dr. N. C. Newbbld, Stat3 Di-
*TBCtor of Negio Education, thi'u-
typifcal illustrations, characteri
sed the good.teacher. He urged
that good teaching be uppermost
in the minds of tho ia to whom,,
the'stite has intrusted this charg*
The aodisnoe obs^^rvcd a practi
cal demonstrati#)n of a teaching
aituation lowing a les-'ion in a
trait that i» tbeing- woarked out by
one of the fourth srrades of the
Newbold Training School.
' Dr. James IE, Shepard, prasi-
deni; of State Teachers Associa
tion,- fjpoke briefly but impressi
vely on the importance ot clear
thinking, well defined aims, and
the Pullman comJ)any who. the
congressman charges, vl.olatfi
the interstate commerce act as
well as the federal conatit'iUon
laet April 20 when,, on a trip -to
Hot Springs,'Ark., from- Me.n-
phis, he was forced • to give up
the first clasa seat he held.
Mitchell asserted the raikoads,
claiming to act under authority
of Arkansas THW, based their ac
tion on the fact he, is a Negro.'
The "car in which he was forced
to ride was used jointly fur pas
sengers, train crew and baggage j
and was “small, poorly ventilat- j
ed, filthy and indescribably un
sanitary," he declared. * |
Examiner W. A. Disque will
have charge of the hearing. ‘ )
qvuirters at 523 Second Avenue, |
N„ NAtl|ville. Tenn., who has l»- ’
•oed the cell for the annuil
htg. mi the National Negro Ppecs
Auoeiation tp convene in Nath-
vUle, Kovenber 27-^8. Mr. pavia,
at psesident, will preside ever
mg,
Tlie most .significant thing a-
bout the successful celebration
which has been held, is that the
amount of mooey^as b«en fftlsed
within the mennberffeip of thv
church: No outaider ba« been
patroTtt?»
taxis. He walks most of the timel
unless given a lift by a friend of
memfber of his church who hap
pens to be going^his way.
Although ponibly the be^-t
trained ministers, within the race
Wkm meetlM. Sev«r«l ^dJtow' P«nnyiJ“ Durhajjj^White Rock’s o&stor
hfive .ignified their Intention, of ‘o^ards the raising of the money. K?»e »way for six weeks.
being present.
CS)
AFRICANS GIVE VANN 20-
JEWEL WATCH
PITTSBURCH— (C) —Robert
L. Vann, publisher and editor of
The Pittsburgh Courier»,.was giv
en a
Thursday evening by the Afriian
and it ih believed by many that
it is the first time a Durheift
church has attempted su«h a big
undertaking and railed aolal^ on
Its members to perform the task.
Rev. Fisher came to Durham
as the pi^tor of White IRock Bap.
list church four years ago from
Huntington. West Va. where
he pastored one of the leadin,;
Baptist churches of lihat city. |
each summer, to Chicago Univer.
tity. for thji purtk)se of further
(rtudy, and to ibetter prepare him
self for the heavy responsibility
of paatoring his church.
The success of the 71st ann--
verqary celebration bespeaks the
untiring efforts and intelligent
HOMECOMING QUEEN
Popular Miae Marjorse Mor
ris is the 1^37-Ss “Miss Talla-
dega’’ choice of TaUadega Col
lege Stndsents. This wtnsomu
.jroMg tedv Fleiida. She is
spired the Crimson Tornado
teajB ia its homecoming rn-
witk Fisk Bvlldogs on
Saturday at Silsby Field, and
tivities ia her queenly sfi«»de*-.
Miss Morris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A- V. Germ»in. haik
from JaclD#toavSfo and Tam|»»»
ntier m
cal Education at Talla^ga, •
member of Alpha ICappa Alpba
Sor rity. T* TaUa^ga student,
and hundreds of hemecemmg »-
reign over the social »c-
lun
she is **o«r lewely Marg-i
Ste Mark^lo m
Host To Zionist
H ere Next Week
The 1937 session of the An-j which has been brought to Dur-
nual Conference of the , AME ham without sufficien* time b^
Zion formerly scheduled to meet ling given for preparation for tfcj
in Henderson, wni convene in | entertainment. Per^s F»epared
Durham Wednesday, Nover^bc«,Jto take care of ministers attend-
leadership found in the pastor of 117 it was leai-ned here today.! ipg the conference will do the
White'^Rock. The church is ndwjThs change in the plate of meet-| ehureh and :Rev- Fixry a favor toy
in better position to save souIh
20-jewel Hamilton watch Since coming here he hat had than it would be if indebted to
day evening by- the Afriian ■ jnusual success and is highly cs- some of them who need saving.
Medics Hold Successful Clinic
f At Lincoln Hospital Nov, 8-10
telephoning him at h» hom.e
I The opeping program of the
I confe ence will be held Wedr.es-
ing .wai decided on by Bishop L.
W. Kyles, presiding head of the
conference after some difficultv
had been experienced by
church in Henderson, mak'r.g it
impossible for it to properly en
tertain the conference. ^
} Mutual Life Ins. Co., Dr.
friendly negotiations procec'Iings
directed towards securing a fair j vitation of President
and just consideration of the Ne-. faculty and school.
gro school situation in the slata
Pi of essor H. L. Triggs, St!»to
Inspector of Negro Hig^h Schools,
distinguished himself and greatly
impressed tfae audience jp a schc-
larly yet practical discoune on
New Trends In Education, Pro
fessor Trigg convinced the liste
ners that the new trend tliat’s
not too ephemeral is the attempt
to put into practice that which
has long been acclaimed the best
in educational aims and proce
dures. , -V
Profesaoir H. V. Brown, Dis
trict President and Dr. G. £.
Davis, Executive Secretary of the
State Ass^iation were optimi^
tic in their future outlook for
the District njeetings, TT»#r. ewas
a decided increase 'ttTTtttendaaco
and .financialm men^rship.
Music was furnisned by the
Fayetteville State Normal Sinjf-
ers and the High School Chorus
from the Cumberland County
Training School. Professor
Brown’s efAijiericy aaid~ general
interest in the woiflc made him'
th unanimous choice to nucced.l
hims^f as District PVesidenfc. The
annual meeting is wheduled to
be held next year at the "Fay itte-
ville State Normal on the very
hearty welcome and gracious in-
SeabrQok,
The Diagnostic Clinic held at
Lincoln 'Hospital under the aus
pices of the Division of Cooper
ation in Education and Race Re
lations clo(?d her e Wednesday
what many of the attending phy
sicians said was onS* oir the best
clinics ever held, any where.
The clinic was^eld
PROFESSOR JAMES TAYLOR
ADDRESS JUNIOR
MISSIONARIES
ORGANIZING OF NEW BUS!
NESSES IN MEMPHIS
CONTAGIOUS
MEMPHIS^ Nov. U~(By Jaa
C. Dickerson for AUP)—Just a-
‘ The Junior Missionary society
The clinic was^eld in coopera- Presbytcrlaa ^ wjcuerson tur ^ --
tion with thellorth CaroU«a 5 Memphis was
o.-x. r, 1 Sunday November 14 at 4 P. M. .f^^iing good over the new Dnn-
Professar, James T. Taylor, bar shoe store started a fortnight
of Men of North Carolina ago, some public spirited citisei^
Coslege for Negroes will bo the oi;ganized a medlcil ^i»anufaclu-
guest speaker. Mu tic will be fur-^ing company to"be loiown as
NATION ALL SElT FOR POLL
OF THE UNEMPLOYED ,
According to a statemM^t given
jut by Rev. S. P. Perry, pastor
of the St. Mark AME Zion chiu'ch
all of the sessions of the confer
ence will be held in the local
located on Pine Street.
»dress will be delivered by H A.
I Yarcey. City Manager, C. C.
I Spaulding, president of the N. C.
Janitfs
State Depaftment of Education
Duke University\nd the Univer
sity of North Carolina, and was
the second post graduate cou^
in medicie held at the local hos
pital. '''
The course was limited to 40
students, which were divided into ■ Oglesby, instructd^r of
four groups of ten each. Twenty i HiHdsie High School.
-e^ht“ward tea5hem'antJ~-H!hree f The members of the
lecturers includeff the staff of i Missionary Society are
nished iby local artists,
whom will' ibe professor [sadore
mufic at
amisng the ’ Odessa Lea ^Laiboratory co..
Inc., which will manufacture
ch'emically prepaced itcq^ fi
practical use by ^-ma.«w. The
Junior hopea to create more
Mi.«ss?B women.
mstructors who Were supplied | Edith'and Lucille Parham, EVa I*icorporato» are W. H. BeDti^,
from Duke University Mmd fal - PafBysonr nion Rmftpii, Xme Sam W. Qu^la. MatUiew'^om^
School, University of Nort^i ^Ca-j Avaiit.'-Ruth L. Boyste^ Geneva '***’*' Smitb,
and Virginia Le!b«tter. Lucille Samuel Underwood, P. D. BeU,
Patterson and Mrs. Gladys Psu- ' J* draper and Jam» Ferguraon.
cette. ' I The company will produce fn-
' neral,. public ■ buildinK «n4 atoel^
rolina Medical school, Waka Fo
rest Medical Schaol, tbe - State
Sanatorium and Watts Hofipiiai.
Instructors in fractures, leuco-
rrhea. diabttes nephritis, lang,
heart, -ealpingitia, chronic appen>>
dicitis, thyrqW» pediatric immuiji-
Mtion, pediatric feeding, and
{^111 bladder was included in thia
year’s course.
The committee oh Health Pro
blems under whose direction ai-
rangemen tsfor the course are
provided consists of Dr. Clyde
Donnel. a.i chairman. Dr. David
. Missel Eva Patersoh ami Ruth
Royster are in chargt of the pro •
gram and are esteading - » eer-
d»l inviution to the pablie to
attend.
T. ^mith. Dr. N. C. Newbold, Dr.
p. S. Mangum, Dr. ■ X,. E. Mc
Cauley. Dr. C. A. Dunston, Wm.
M. Rich, Dr. E. A. .Branch and
Dr. J. M Fleming.
powdier supplies ana a general
line of household remedies for
the hoiisewife ihclnding eoanie-
tin. The'X^eaaa ILaboratoiT
is expecting to offer its prodaets
at sueb popd&r prices that the
lowest wage earner can make
purchases. The tem|^on» bead-
quarters will be at IM Sooth
Third street, office Atty, W.
H. Bentley.
WAJ3HINGT0N, Nov. il
NP)—^Under the direction of Ad- *
niinistrator John D. Biggers fi
nal plans are being made for the
nation wide censu | of the uncni-
n- i
ployed and partly employed- de^ j
creed iby Congress imd approved
by President Roosev^^ 'The re-^
port cards containing^^rt qucs
tions will be distributed to 3!,-
000.000 homes on November 16-
^^liv^ueh facilities^^e Pojt
OTmce Department, "l^efed cards
win be fOIed oHt by the oaemt
l^yedv and tbe partly em^oyed
and mail^^ back . to Wa.shington
by November 20.
All petsons unemployed or
partly empkiyed are being ur^^
to fOl out the cards, so ths Gov
ernment can ,get an
check on conditions throughout
the coimtry and thereby be able
to devise still further meanii 'and
msaaufes foT cbn^ting the un-
employtaeBt problem. Unem-
lioyfed p^nfcos tHe
earda are asked to answer all
ifueationa and mail them promp
tly. BoaPAwives abould not fill
out canU' unite they are aM^
to do. work and are looldng for
work with pay.
E. Shepard, president of N. C.
College, Prof. W. G. PeaAon.
Principal of Hillside High SehocI,
Mrs. Hazel Covington and Ij. fe.
AustiA.
Aa Su^tanding'feature of the
Rev. ,Perry is appealing to the j conference will be a special pro
colored citizens of Durham to gram to be rendered by J. S. N.
cooperate with him as best they Tross, Secretary of the Am«*i.
' can in entertain the conference can IWble Society,
Dr. E. H.
eak At St.
Joseph Sun.
The . ajinual ^ibaervance of l At p le tbe Ree
Man’s Day” will take pUce at^ E. H. McGill.' former ije^
St. Joseph AME Church, Sunday Eider of tke Rocky Hosnt 1^
N^avemljer 14 it was anno^^need
heVe this wsek by the pn^tor.
Rev. J. A. Valentine. An elabo-
accurate-l**** a^ra^^«4
for the entire day and it m ex
pected that a large' number of
men and women,' than th(»« con-
n^t£t jdtb- fhe chnrrh..wai jsaaat
|tip with tbe regular congrega-
tioV t^a^nwg vrttt Saatty
morning.
At eleven o’clock the pastor
will ■'preach: from tba, subject.
lEwry Man In His Place.’'’ At
titre* o'clock tbe Trinity Metho-
dlit Choir, white, will rande'* a
trict will EHBjKk. Set^_Mdlill ia.
now connected with tjia faculty
of Allen Uttive«itv, and tbe 'laaft
tiro b* wa«^w4 lb Ostbiwt
t#as at the Sesaioa of tbe AoMal
Con Vrtnce of the AMS
wbicH convened hi tfcis elty
one of the greatest
me em e'iv*. ^
A'l of the S3«*ew
sided over by 6e«. H
tbe
of CL