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VOLUMN 17
tHE CAltOLlNA ,IIM£S SATURDAY DEC. II, INT.
PRICE FIVE CEMTS
llOEYrCRAHAM, JOHNSON TOP W.C.C,
TEACHERS TO SBE FOR EQUAL SALARIES
Rev. Grady lakes Lead In Ministers* Popularity Contest
7 ' Slanding Of ContcttanU on i»»f« nckt
iTsiitPARD LAUDEDli
DEDICATORY PR06RAM
HERE SUNDAY
u
Governor Clyde K. Ho«y of
Kirrth Carolina concluded his de
dicatory address Sunday afvcr-
nqgn aad turned to grasp wtrin-
ly the brown band of president
James E. Shepard of North Cat:
folina co'lejfe for Neiproea; Pre
sident Fr«nR ~'F. ~Gfnh«m 4-
Greater„University of North Ca
rolina leaned toward, the* micro
phone and. breather into it a mes
sage of the brothei%oed of ^niavi
and e^ality of aH peopl#, so
iride in its pronouncement |ind
sineere in its tone as to stir his
hearers' sonla. M»tchle«l llordo*
cisi W. 4bhri»on followed with a
tribute to ^an^g: racial appre
ciation ; apalf dozen colored col
lege pre^en^. whit« legislhtora,
e^BoatoFSi—and—aotabioa—apofce
group, the g>od professor refer
red to one of his race in a man
ner resented by most sell respee-
weM as those of the opposlto
ting N'egroea. He wa» - the last
speakelr on the program, and
when’ he had taken hia teat a
of r«{Ms« wa* alaoat aQU-
Ue over the entire beautiful and
qneioas anditorittaa..
and notables Apoke and a great
occasioti in I^urham, the exer
cises fncideni to the dedication
of the drnuid assortment of new
buildings at North Carolina col
lege was concluded .
The only event to mar the en
tire program was the speech
made by Frof. W. G. Pearson,
Principal of Hiilaide High School
and well know business man of
this city. In an apparently ex
cited attempt to be funny and
amuse the prominent white .peo
ple present, Prof. Pearson "^pro-
ceded to raise from the dead an
ancient and dark experience
which he is supposed to have had
on a shiip. Uo the chagrin of 'ill
of the colored people present, tif
Charlotte Police Guilty
/V^rdering Neg£0_
GETS TWO NEW BUILDINGS
Mine • beeetiitil
d. dkated -^anday,, the BenjantlA
N. Poke A«ditoritv«. » magnifl-
aent stntttare named ft>r the late
one oi h% most
schMffi'•«««»»»
tors; a library, a boy’s dormitory
and six attractive teacher's cofc^
tagea. TTie buildings which make
the campus one of the most at
tractive in the state, wire erecfc-
ed through grants made joiiily
by the North Carolina teiflsla-
ttire and the PWA. Govef*»?r
■Hoey had written the bill for the
itegi^ture at the request of pre-
[aident Shepard and trustee C. C.
t Spaulding had worked for its
passage and had come to lend
his presence^ to the impre^ive
cerenu>nies of the day.
“North Carolma believes ’ in
education," said Governor Hoey,
“so that we may develop the dor
mant possibilities of all of our
citizens. I would not regard a
state as great unless it demon
strated its ability to serve alT of
the people within its confines.
It is in that spirit that North
Carolina maintains five state col-
—
(By BART LCXIAN)
CHAllttsOTTB—Dec. « — The
verdict of “unjustifiable homi
cide" of a coronor’s’s jury in the
case of police officer Bowlin ie
an important victory for the Ne-
^0 peop’e of Charlotte.
The case began four weeks ago
when a younjg Colored man- nam
ed Wifliam Connor was arre.9ted
for «f.ledge'y tr^g -to iteal -a.
suit of clothes. According to the !
police he escaped when the pa -1
trol car drew near to Jthe po’ice i
statibn. After he had run a short
distance he was rfiot an3 kired j
by officer L. W. £owIln, Th»*ra
is nothing unusual about a Ne- •
g^o being ki’led by the police in
the South. The unusual part of
the atory ia that' the .police ^id
no^ get away with iheir attempt.,
bo’ this brutal KSliHg.
V ■ 'X
,K committee was formed by |
the NAACP to investigate and
discovered that Connor was killed
while his hands ^er
Waging Great
In Contest
Prof. J. W. -Ssabrook, praai-
vent «dieator of Noyth Carolina
and prMidant of Fayetteville
~STO« W*»Hiat- Sekuuit who ' has
j«*t aanouBced auecM* in obtain*
i«( a boy’* dormitory and a cym-
liatiaiB for the-'acbool he head*.
Prof. Seabrooic auceeeded ^e
late E. E. Smith a« head of^l^ayx.
ette^ill* State Nor&al.
^ ^--
leges for its Negro popuUJ^n.
Its dating and interest
measured by the fact that in the
establishment of North Ci^rolina
colltge here, we have instittited NAACP.
the-^nly liberal arts college in» On the first night of the hear-
Am^i^pa maintained by a state Jngs so many people attended it'
for colored people.” | was necessary to move the Crim-
“We cannot dedicate or con- inal court room. -Witness afc*:v
secrate these buildings in the true \ witness went on te stand and
sense,” ^doc!afad Dr. Mordecai testified that (Btowlin took dfli-
Johnson. “Thty allready have iberati aim at Connor and kilted
b#en dedicated by the work that him without any justification,
has gon* info the planning and, They testified that Connor seem-
preparation for them and by ' ed eschausted and could hardly
"what they represent. These^ib»ihtCl* run. -ai^ that- the .tpolicemnn- coald
ings have been put here through ^ have easily have captured him. It
the instrumentality of the legia-1 was brought out that Bo^iljn
, Continued on page eight J kickad Connor after he shot him.
Virginia Teacliers. Raise
$1,000 To Fight Salary
Differential in Court
Hampton Institute, Va., Dec. | Th teeachers Vrere in a fight
9 A decision to go into the ing mood and the whole conven
courts to secure equal salaries
with the white teachers of this
state waa made hero the ITianks-
giving weekend by the cfinveiv
tion of the VirKi"^* State Teach
ers Association.
Mora than 1,000 teachen* re
presenting the total^of ^700 ••f
the state teachers anociation un
animously endorsed the (plan of
action to be sponsored by the
Virginia .branches of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored Peop!e.
The taaebera voted to set a-
ji4de yi.OOt) from their treasury
to tha dcfeiMa fight and
flMedged tteeweflvee to- $=•««
^on reflected their militant de
termination to end the spreading
differentials between heir - sala
ries and the salaries of white
teachers with the same traininjj,
%rpertenre ^d dwttig the same
work.
COL. JULIAN BACK AS GUlOt
TO JGYPTIAN PRINCESS
I . The convention waa stirred to
a high pitch by the speech of
Th«-good HandiaH, *-a«gtan»
speciail counsel of the NAA.Ct^
who to!d of the victorious action
I in Montgomery County, Md.,
where the teachers salaries were
equalised after suit had been fi
led by the NAACP in behalf of
W#iam Glbi>a, Jr., with Mr.
Marshall 8S''attor*^y.’*Sfr. Marrih-'
all a^9o told the teachers of the
pending action in Calvert Coun-
in tJ»e air
and tiiat Bowttin’s atary -that he
\itumbled and Jdlled the f'outh
accidentally waa untrue. The
committee appealed to every
shnrcb and Negro organization
in. Charlotte for funds to retr. n
lawyers to prpsecute BoWin.
oyer (^|Q0.t)O was quickV rai.sed
the case was presented to
the cortfnora inquest by compe
tent lawyers representing the
I PROF. J. A. MCRAE, Prlaci- ^ 000 more. t
pal of the ReidaviU* fUfh School I This money will be used by a
land well >»own odBcat.ar of N. defense committee of five m*-m ^ ^
the Memo- ban of the teachers association ^ ^
'and five mamber, from the NA T'”*
. tion that Ne^oes can live cheap
er than whites and therefor*
Carolina who died pt
rial Hospital Deceabor 2. Prof..
McRae was ill with paeaBtonia
juft two day*. His d*»th eaaie as* The rsMlntion of the executive,
sy committee, which waa unanimou- ^ “y-
>2Vv YCllK—C)— The das-
■injr and colorful ■Col. Hubert Jth
lian pul ed a brand ntw one asi
week when he--arrived^ the.
v.^uec'ti Mary a« ,?ukie to Princi'M
.\lme ia Aljr-dam^ter of the late
Prince Hadji A-i of Ejfypt, and
^ chs/gt^ of the/body of Pnnce,
which 1;e saiT^as ^ng'tsten W
Jobi;s Hopkins University at Bal-
timcre for lientific .“taidy. The
body waa brought to Duncan’s
uwiertaking parlor, 2303 Seven
th avenue, for inspeetion by pe*-
?ons who mi?ht be admitted by
card fi^m the Col. Col. JoMtut.
is was a’so tevea'ed. was left in
cha-ge of the admini tration ot
the Prinee’-s $800,&fW) estate. The
prTm^r'^t'ho (".’I' J:tBvenibyr^.&-.
di»tinct shock to his
fiiends throufhout tk« stato.
, mg “the cost of betf steak is the ,
same in the Negro neighborhood
All efforte of the defense to con- WK" . In fact it
fuse the witnesses failed. j ,
Colored People in raising a de-f Mr. Mar^ialS brought
fense fimd of |5,000 to f?ght
for equalization o teachers’ aala-
roies in the courts of Va.;
sly adopted, follows;
‘"niat the association coopt . . .
*Jrat« with the Nationifl Associa- “ ^^e white,
the Advancement of ”
in London,' is ^id to habe had'''-a
double stomach, and could drink
gasoline in one and water in tbs
other, ignite the gasoline, and
thf fire with tJie
water.
Voting this week in tiia Mini>
sler’s Pdpuli^ty and 'Chriftm«*
.Gift Co^tetf noig being induct
ed by :^.e 4^o(||a Titaies was
the hsii^est* of'^tay week since
the contest opened on November
17. With two mora weeks to go
after this week before the clos
ing whieh is set for December
27, the management i9. preparing
for even a tpreater avalahthe of
votes next week than tliose
which were cast this week.
Hie most outstanding deve’op-
l&f|t week’a voting was
th^ sudden spurt of iRev. A.
Grady who overcaione' tEa lead
that has been held by Rev. J. H,
thomaa thro^i^oat the contest
to take‘first pilace. WheUHjy ReV.
Grady can retain flTe^lead re
mains yet be seen. One thiMb
Is ^are the Mt Vernon pastil
has a*^ready demonstrate? his
vote. j3?lt^ji)ilitj5, and it-i» be
lieved that liis fcjiing th6 flrat‘
ptiace will oialy spur his support
ers to even greater efforte.
A4 it now stands the race ,‘s
nip and tuck with Tlev. Thoma*
only eleven baUota behind^ Jtev.
Grady, and with Revl . W. H.
Fuller threatening /lu a dark
horse.
Rev. A. S. Croom
.week heSd
has diioKt^'lMRk to the
place, ibeiilg overcome by Rev.
Miles, Mark Fisher.
As the votea and supporters
for the various candidalba m-
creasa, all are askad to cooperate
aa bent thty can with the manag
ement of the Carolina Times
which is being taxed to the limit
On the second night of the
hewing the defense tried r,-to
prove that Connor committed a
felony because the suit he at-, ^ ...
' . . , . { “Tliat the association set a
tempted to steal was worh f 25.0u'
On cross examination the owner
of the store admitted that his did
no^ disp'.ay any suits that sold '
for over $12.00 but this suit wi|s
something spscial. A clerk testi
fied that he did not know th«
price of the suits. The defense
refused to allow Bowlin to testi- j
- ..T J J u • to donate fl.OO towards the de
fy. This concluded the hearm,* imdl
i “That tocal teachers’ organiza
tions be requested to raise funds
towards this objective." .
cheers
sweep through the siouth. Alr*»adjr
there i.s talk of actit;n in N'crtli ,
from the audience with the an- Carolina. F crida. Tennessee and
nuouncement that certain Vii-g;n-j Kentuekr. -'The NA.A^F campaien
side $14000 of its fund to defray
such expenses;
, “ITiat five members of the
association be appointed to co
operate with a like member fiom
I the NAACP to constitute a de-
; fens^ committee;
{ ‘“ntat each teacher be asked
the heariniT
and the jury retired. They weru
out fifty minutes and came back—,
, Continued on pago eight
EQUAL SALARIES FOR NEGRO
teachers LOOM AS
TOPIC FOR NCGNATM
ime
strong possfibihty
RALEIGH, Dec. 9—Spurred by
the recent stand taken by Ne
gro teachers in Virginia, on the
matter of unequal tea;h«rs sala-
wlth keepi{ig a correct check on ries paid in that state, Negro
the thousands of votes that are teachers of North Carolina may
being casi each weak. iGet; as bo urged ta report to the courts
many of yonr votes to our officf !-to right an , ancient wifong of
on Saturday as yon can. Do not which tiii^ have been the
wal^ iintirrttiB last ihinute if pos- tims, iir^r!™OT5s~nreBtin|f“0f
sihl^. The earlier you,, get your North Carolina’ iCommittee
votes to this office ^a easier it
be on oiur office force to
kee|> an i|ocnrate account nf
each candidate^i ballots.
Last waekt practically ©very
niiftif brought- thoasaads of votes
for various candidates from
who last
distant ^ea botji In and out oi
the ^te. The cam|Mtign haa now
I developed to tha point where it
has not only created interest in
Durham, but in practically every
dtiy where the Carolina Itmes ia
rasd. -- ^ ,
Be sura, to sigir your name to
your ballofc Several baUot^ came
, CoatfaaW oa jpage a%ikt
here
Negri) Affairs to be hejd
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
•In Virginia the teachers h«’ve
raised -1,000 to defray the ex
pense of the court action which
1|^ being brought by the Virginia
branches 9f the National Asro
thousand visitors from all over
the state. f
Attorney Hosea V7~ Price of
Winston Salem is State Chap
man of the 'ofgnnizatidnj and
wll^nireside over the m^eting^
which will be *held in St. Paul
AME Church. Mrs. Irma Neal
vic>v Herery aiJso of Winston Salem is
the*^secretary. Mr«r-Henry has, recent-
on ly returned from Europe where
she went in search of new mate
rial relative to the solution of
the many problems which con
fronts , the race ^ in this state.
Other matter which will be dis-
raadafs- of -fte Carolina Thna Iir fo' the^ AdvmictjBi^t~°t.t
Colored Peb coo.r/'ration
with the Virginia Stata. Teacher*
Aaaociation.
From all indications the meet-
ROLAND HAYES THRILLS
LARGE AUDIENCE IN
RECITAL AT N. C. C. Ni
Sfnging to approximately 1,0.00
appreciative listeners, Roland
Hayes, America’s premier tenor
eaptty&tf3 his audience here
M'Ondaiy evening in a recital a%-
the new Benjamin Puke audito
rium di North Carolina CoU^
with a versatile progiram corisla-.
ting of German., Itallaq and
numbers from his own nativo
tongue.
cuss^ at the meeting in, Ealeigh , « Mr. Hayes had been ili with
un y will be the various candi- cold, as it was reported he waa
^ ' •fEc audienn evidefttly did Mat"
detect it; for * each number
brought enchore after eneliore.
Slid House or Representativos. t
PAlRIS— Josephine Baker, the
American colored dancer from
(St Louis, Mo., wh» rose from
Ing Sunday will Ibe attended by the chorus llije-^to be queen of
the largest grfflip of represents-; the PoUes JSeggre, was married
tives in the history of the torgnn-1 to Jean Lion, rich French mer-
ization. Arrangements are being chant, aviator and
madt to take care of at leAat a Tueaday.
' ■portamai)
^nd when the end of the program
had arrived his hearera almost re
fu^ed to l^ave t^heir seata. but
continued to send forth Tolnmi-
nous ap)>lau8Q '.for more of tha
noted singer’s renditiona.
Equal credit is due Us aecom>
panist, Percival Pftraham whoa#
playing of the piano was match
less. Several number arranged
bar Mr. Parahan were sung by
Mr. Haya to the enjoyment of
his audience.
Many persons filbih out of the
city had braved one of-.the coM-
est ni^ta of tha season to hear
one °of America’^ greatest sing
es and with ail of the hi^dships
that go with^ traveluig more thar.
a hundred miles in such weather,
'none ~ex|n:essed tkemselves as
hi^ving revrettfd 'tMfe trip.
ia teachers already have airani?-
ed to file cases in the courts for
equalization of 'salaries and that
the NAACP would give them 1,P0
per cent support. “*
7’his ^campaign of the NAACP
against inequalities in -the public,
school system is gaining groun»i:^ and unequal school
and enthusiasm and bids fair to | equipment.
i« di eoted ajrainst lack of prof^
essionpl anri. transpt rta-
tion facilities for*'niral pupils,
unequal school t rms. lack of
hisrh sehooJ fac?:itiesi and dispro
portionate appropriations from
state and federal education fiinds
houses i,and -
Wagner-Van Nuys eill To
Folliiw Passage Of
; Farni Legislation ;
ho. din It that iti’ proper
the ^ place was aft 'r the farm bill.
Gavagan-Wagner-Van^ Nuys anti-
lynching bill will be taken up a-
gain on the floor of the Senate
on December 10. Thii' date was
set when it became known that
in allprobability ^e farm bill
will be passed Dec. 8 or 9.
When the . farm bill broxigh*
out November 22. th^ ahti.^ynch-
ing bill was dropped to be taken
up latter.
Whiie every, southern senator
and most southern newspapers
have conceded that there ure
"P. R.”
CALLED fAlLURE
NEW YORK
KBW YQBiL-r^XCi.
^editorial -^deeiaratioff ihat
riiottld get rid of it a«i soon as j th«
The anti-lynching biU » the l’"®'® enough vote^i to paa«t
second item on the calendar, by1 ’ ahti-’ynching Kill-and att^^
an a^eement reached last Aug-passage is inevitabl*;
ust, being preceded only by thef*^^*'® ^ certain to be storisy ard
farm bill. Aa soon as- the farm J . -
KHl ia out of the way, the Se-■ which t^ south-
nate is bound by this *«reemeRt|®^®PP®”®"^s the bill will
to take up and dispose of he an- ‘^**^*’entrate all their fhw is ^
■"O'
clau.«e prvoing ^
ti-lynching aill before it can pn-
eeed to other busines'i
IN skirmish on the anti-
lynching bill began Noveinber 16,
when Senatdf Wagner of to the family of the vic-
moved to- take i»y, of the mob. -This clauae ia fto
country pena!ty
that thf «-«\iinty
ing oecur«« may be IjaWe
amount from $a000 to
for an
$10,660
the Daily News, on
esqireMe^ disapproval
1r .“l^^iprtli
we can ,
'l^lesday,
of the Be^ “l^^jjprtieaal Repre-
aentatiea" plan by which no co
lored penon was elected to the
eity'f» a««r Council, which takM
the place of the old iBoard of AI
denMS, where ,colored p»ople
le aniAt df^i»fH*"Sar bn |
f!oor._ Senator Tom CoanaJ-
_—_—-af—tW-Km "
~5".” " rf
moved.
ly of Texaa - led a fiUbaster a-
K*inst considering the biH at
the bin
value whatsoever.
wHl
^ of ho
NEW YORK—
Stewart - WMte
Miss Genddin^
was agyehrt'^
had two repreeeetativ*. Coi. W.
J., S hieffelte. cbajbcmaa of the head Rupervl«>r of aunea af
B»rd of Tualceei^e ' Institute, j Harlem Nursm. Traiaiits
and father of tlM plan, was de-. on Vovenmher »«. ths fln| mIsk
feated^toi^ Coonciir at«o. led nutee to Md tlw