EDITION
VOLUMN |8 NO. S
ID&.ED
DURHAM, R C. SATURDAY JAN. 29. 1938
wiicE FIVE curr»
NEGRO TOBACCO UNION CHARTER
J. C. STRICKLAND GIVEN
ROAD SENTENCE BY
JUDGE MURDOCK
J. C. Strickland, Termer white
operator'of a p'ocery store near
South street and exclusive Ne
gro section of Durham was sen
tenced to 80 days on the road by
Judge W. H. Murdock iu record-
ei’s court here Wednesday* for
charging Mrs- Rosa Wade, elder
ly Negro woman a usurious
terest rst«.
In a recent dvil action again
st the merchant Mrs. Wade was
awarded a vcxdict of ?146 |in a
usury suit nnd IIO for-malicious
p osecution in a worthlews c’leck
cliarge.
Upon refusal of Strickland to
pay the amount awarded Mr-
Wade by the court. Attorney J.
Grover Lee md M. M. Young, re
presenting the plaintiff l>rought
action against the merchant.
Even though jA.ttomey R, P.
Read, icpresenlmg t’je defendant
argued that the bringing of tha
criminal action,’\vas attempt
to enforce • a collection of the
civil judgement. Judge Murdock
rendered a verdict in favor of
Mrs. Wadei and placed the road
sentence” on Strickland.
Mrs. Wade testified at the
trial that she paid Stricklapd a
total of $47 ^ a loan’of $12 n^d
148 on*‘a k>an of f^O. The elder-
»0o ' .
ment for usury forces the defen
dant to pay tivies ttie amount of
the interest paid l>y th« plain
tiff.
Th« msrchant denied tiiat he
overchai^d Mrs. Wade, and con
tended that he madS' no int^esc
enlarges on tbe woman even
though hia receipt* were plac'*d
if* e^ idenca, -
exact .vorda of the stat'ite
governing usurious loans o n
household and kitchen furniture
taken from the Consolidated Sta
tutes of North ' CaroliiSI Code
section reads as foUoMrJ-
Any person, iirm or corpora
tion who shall lend money in any
manner whatsoever by note, chat
tel mortgage, S:onditional sale or
otherwise, upon any article of
household or Idtchen funUtafV,
and i£wU take, receive, reserve
or ^rgc a great Mta of intm-
est than six per cent, either Le-
fore or after tha interest may ac
crue, or who shall refuw to give
receipts for payments on interest
or principal of aucM loan, or who
shall fail and refuse to surrend
er the note and security when the
same is >paid off or a new no^e
and mortnge is given in reacw-
al, unleM such new m6rt«age.
shall state the amount still due
Jc? Louis Denies He Will
Quit Ring II He Wins
Over Sctimeling
GUEST SPEAKER
ly woman gavo StrffekJand a chat- ,|,y old note or mortgage and
tel mortgage n on her househoH
furniture to cover the flO loan.
She stated that she paid the mer-
chantr t’.Ui principal' and more
than interest, and tSiat last
year during f eezing weather
Stridcland camo to her home and
forced her to pay him her last
dollar even though advispd
him that she had no fuel.
The statute governing punish-
that the neV-«ne is pven as ad
ditional security, shall ibe guilty
of a misdemeanor, and in addi
tion therefore shall forfeit dou
ble foe interest which hui
theretofore paid.
Japan plana $X,800,000,000
war budget against China.—As
sumes war will last longer.
E.
Waireii SuGCuniis
After Short Illness
WILLIAM HENRY PEDDY
SUCCUMBS SATURDAY
PROF. A. HEUINBURG, pro
fessor of romance' laafuafet and
assistant to the pretMient of
Nortli Carolina CoNeg^e .w&o was
the principal speaker at the ce
lebration of the S6th anniversary
of Virginia State College.
EAST ST. IX)UIS, 111-
Lou Swarz, nationally
‘‘solo actress” from St.
captivated her^^ *«dienee
-(G)—
‘known
Loui*,
at Ma-
when
E. W. (MAJOR) WABREN,
well kno%vn and promtnent Dxif-
ham citizen and brother of Dr.
S. L. Waj;rcn, died at his homo
here 703 Pickett street Saturday
evening, at 9:00 o’clock at the
age of 70 yeirs
Mr. Warrefl, known“IUi Maior
Warren to tHousands of Buiham
citi^eiw 'was for 25 years the
leading biltdher of this city, and
'Qperated a mai'ket place in the
old city^arket 'bunding.oc^Q^j^ prineipri. Miss IHls«y‘ O
on Foster .street. W.aen the^stfOT^ mi.*
ture was^razed to make room for
a new; cityfarmpry Mrr Warren
with his partner, R, jp, ^Ibright
LdU SWAM INVADES
EAST ST. LOU19
kn’M Thursday, evening,
s^ p«rtray*d “From African
Wail to Amefimtn poet” unde.r
the unipfce* of the Boyii Octet
of X^acoln Higli sch'cual, G. V.
moved to Mangum’^streei' where
he operated a market until, his
aj?e"To¥eea ihli to open a nnsHw
place on Pickett street.
Mr.' WaTmr ww lnrrir tTr-©OT»+;
hum and had lived 'here all of his*
life. The deceased was married
to * Miss SalMl Warren about 30
ypprs pj?o." Of the union three
(’'’'•’(Iren snrvive, namely; MisseiS'
Ellen, Annie and Sue Warren all
of Dnrbnm. Mr. Warren is alsi
brother, Drr S. J,.' Warren, ■ pro
minent physician and business
man of fei% city. -
The funeral was held t from St.
Josepli-AMl, dvirch^ of wh the
deceased was a member, Tues
day afternoon at 3 >00 o’clock,
-The Rev. J. A. Valentine, pailfor
of the ch«feh Avttfl in charg« of
the ceremony. ScarbofougH 4nJ
Hstgett local miderta|;«rB wero
in charge of the remsiss. Inter*^
Eesl^rooki, dire^r, Mirt^Swara
is np3r :«rid« the manageroent of
Teddy Blackqfon of Detroit, but
has not yet turned urofwribaSt.
S|i© is teacher of Eaglisb al Wa-
shingMn Vocational school, and
instt^tor of dramatic art at
~1u|^ass untyrsity, both of St.
Loolt. ’ " ■
GEORGIA insurance CO.
PLANS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
AtrOUSTA, da.—(C) — The.
pilgrim Health and Life IrisuS'-c
ance comnany, 1143 Gwinnett
SfeeS' wlilc'b "waa'TTotttlded “tJir
May 2, ifeSS, is^planing a^am-
m6th- «e!ebrati«n on its fortl^
anniversr.fy this fear, 1^ was an*
notinced last week, t'resldent So
lomon W. Walker, and Vice Pre
sident aftd G«neral Manager W
S: Hornsby, two of.the^founi
said'^ISie company Ms planning
greatest y^ar fa) its history.”
ment was at th\ Beechwood . ee«
metflry on FftyettevlUa Road.
WHITE GIRL NAMED ASSIS
TANT TO^^UNICE CART^
I ^ ■ -:t" .
NEW YORK— (O— District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey'"of
New York county announced
.'Puirsday tha appointment -of
Miss Florence Kelly, white, as
assistant tte Mssi Eunice Hunton
Carter of Harlem, who is heai
of the Abandonment Bureau and
has work in Special ^^ssionf.
Miss Kelley, the second woman
of the staff, receives |1,500 per
year, while Mrs. Hunton receivos
^6,600 per year. Miss Kelley is
the daugOiter of Nicholas Kelloy,
assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury u.nder President Wilson, and
now vice president an^_. general
counsel of the Chrysler corpora
tion. Her mother is the former
A.ugusta Maverick, cousin of Con
gressman Maury Maverick of
William Henry Peddy, 125
Masondale Ave. diejJ Saturday
night January 22, 8:16 o’clock
at Uncoln Hosifital fourteen
hours after be was stricken with
spinjil meningitis. He was a mem
ber of Mt. Zion Baptist Chu»-e!i
where he served iaithfully ‘for a
'ong number of years.
Mr. Peddy’s health was »o
strong during his life time that
'’le was never sick enoujrh to
I’sve a doctor until the day of
his death. He leaves to morn h’*
’oss 4 daughters, Mrs. 'Ee tha
Hammon, New York City; Mrs.
Pauline Barringer now teach’ncr
•It Badin. N. C.; Miss Roberta
Peddy Critic Teacber, Winston
Sidem Teachers Colletre *^d
Ai^rey Loafee Peddy.. Durham;
two sons William A. Peddy, clcrk
ABC Store and Javin R. Fe idy,
employed by N. C. Mutual Life
Insurance Co. and wife, Mrs. Sa
rah-Jt-Peddy.^ The funeral was
preached Tuesday at one o’clock
by Rev. Puller pastor of the' Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, the body
was taken to^Holly Springs N.
C. the,„birtiiplace of the. deceased
for burial .
FISK EXTENDS MUSICAL
BENEFIT Tb COMMUNITY
Both Brtf^n Bomber and Wife
Ins'st Separstion Rumors Absurd;
—Marva Says She Has Just
Spent Longest Pe^^ of Wedded
Life With Husbara: Joe Denies
Jie will Retire; W^cKUl Seen
Responsible For Storiee '
Parrish Says McCrimmcn
Took Charter And Gave
It To President Of I.TeWe
BAR ASSOCIATION
FIGHTS FIUBUSTER
GIVES SLOGAN
CHICAGO, Jan. 2&—(ANP;—
N!ot only are Joe and Marva Louis
c*omp'.«te'y hiyjpy with n o
thoughts of a divorce, but after
the Sc’imeling fight scheduled
for .next June the champion wiU
take his wife to Paris where she
hoTiPs- to stay long enough with
him th study d"e«fmaking and
design, Mrs. Louis told the Asso-
■r-jp i ^’res^ Friday.
As for the |lro^ Bomber •him
self, he telegraphed Co-Managet
William L. Houston, National
President of the National Bar
Association, iraue.d an appeal to
all officers and members of the
Bar Association to make special
effort to place all possible public
support behind the Gavagan-Wag-
ner-Van Nuys anti lynching bill,
which January 24 went into th«
crucial we«K ytt tihe > debate in
Senate. The anti-lynching bill has
now been before the Senate
twenty-one days since August:
two days in August, five days i'f’
November, and so far fo’tTfnon
dnys ^is month. All this time it
has been subjected to a filibuster
wfaiclt has already cost the tax
Ju’ian Black last week that not payers over ^189,000.
7exas. Ha-lemmas surprised ai
a three column picture of Mr.
Dewey, Miss Kel'y and Mrs. Car-
terj on .page 7 of the Herald Tri
bune, Friday.
mSHVILpE, Jan. 26.— (AN
P)—On Monday morning during
the assembly period of the new
hi«h school near Fisk campus,
Mr. Harold ,-C. Schmidt, director
of music Fisk University, in-
trojluced the noted Stradivarius
Quartet -t^-the twelve hundred
students’ ■atho listened with rapt
attention to, the exquisite playing
of these distinguished musicians.
New^ S^einway Grand
During fce Fisk Chapel period
at noon they played Brafcm’s
Quintet in F minor, with Mr.
William AJlen of the Fisk Music
Fa«ulty at the new Steinway con*
"cSrt piahb" a fec6iit “fift fronf
Mrs. William F. Gfbbs. She is a
member of the lEtoard of Th*ustees
ahd a g^and daughter of Erastua
Milo Cravath, the tirst president
of Fisk.
only'are he and wife getting a-
long bett'er than ever .before, but
he has no, intention of retiring
f om the ring as long as he k^eps
hi&title and the public wants him
to nght. I
Thus did the two principals set
at rest persistent rumors that |
Mr. Houston pointed out that
it costa approximately $9,000 a
day to run the Senate. WilSi the
money'^tiie filibutterera fafve fi-
ready cost the taxpayers ^ there
would Iwv* be«i to pay
the family of each Ifli^ing vic
tim of ISSfl and 19St ever |9,-
have ijecently gained n«w momen-, OOO. The filibusterer* vtate they
turn stating that the Pirat t^mily
are
T6 ^^Itloua erf taapoiy-
of Fistdom had agreed to disa-; ers* monijr, yet they announce
gree and that Joe himself was ti- they are prepared to (o on talk-
red of the roped arena. j in«" forever at |9',00i& per day bc-
Observers blame Walter Win- fore €hey will^let thfci bill come
chell, Widely read gossip column- to % vote.
ist, for divorce statements. Itj Under Senate resoluMon Au-
has been stated as fact that im-,g«st 12, 1M7, l&e fiiausterers
mediately following tihe cominc
Schmeling bout, Joe and Marv*
would ,part amicably with a set
tlement of between $2|!>0y000 and
*2S10.W)0 goinsr to Mrs, Louis.
The fighter was said to have lost
his heart to a lovp'y Harlem night
-club entei’tainer. 0bser;ver8 say
chat other papers, fearful of
another o f Winchell’s many
scoops, have gone overboard on
the yam rather than take a
Chance on ignoring somethinsr
that might be true.
But neither of the Louises has
any idea' what caused the rumors
to originate. “
•J'la and I have just conclud
ed f t longest period togptiier
since our marriage,” said Mr*
Louis. “We are apart only w1»«n
lie’s 'train ing~ (Eiut since 'he htMi
not fought since the -Toranvy
cannot win ttnleas a majority of
the Senate. The lyneh bil 1 has
bill, l>ecattse the resolution pro
vides that the bCl remain the^un-
finished business of tfie Sec>«te
until disposed of. In ordeT to jtrt
a majority vote to displace the
bill ther* will have to be whole-
sal edesertions of Senators no^
committed in its favor. But Mr.
Houston stated that Negro law
yers cannot afford to take any
chances because of the tremen
dous pressure being plaed on
friendly Senators to have them
abandon the bill. Thete he urged
all memben of the Biir Associa
tion to do everything possible to
show the Senators the country
wanta the anti-lynching biU voted
on now.
-Hr,- Boaston stated^
it comes to support of the anti-
able lynching bill !iere can be no di
1'
Parr battle, we have been
to be together for a long ’'time.! vision-of Apiiiion among Negro
•We spen tsix weeks in Californiai eitisens., 'iPhe anti-lynching
'Continued on page elghjt rises above all parties
bill
Conference O n
r^problems Tp
_ Grand Exalted Koter ol the
Elhti who. af fhe^maaci^tion
ceiabmtiOB in York recentlv
gave the “Sli^an of 193Sj”
whidh is ‘'Vecoase More Race
conscious—Figfct Race PrejuLc*.'
The djnanic Elk bMdef sMd that
prejudice has
mac from the South, and that
unless Negroes form • sirfid
front,' reg«rDess of section or
idace of Urth, and fi^At for their
rights, the North will become as
the South OB the race qoesti >n.
"The Negi* must stand togethw
as a nail acninst' race prejudice,”
the Elk boss declared.
President I^osevelt, 56 years
old; giv4i» birthday party by
nation.
In a statement given to tl
Carolina Times thia week C, V.
Parrish, president bf the In4»-,
pendent Tobacco Workers «f
America, charged H, A. McCrhs^
men, organizer of'the Aite^m-
tional Tobacco Workers Uaion «f
taking the charter away from the
Iccal Negro braneh of the Inter
national Workers Union. • i
Mr Parrish who is calling a
special meeting of all memben
of the Independent Tabareo
WorkersT Union next Mondsy
night at 7.30,stated tfjat he warn
i”. "f Mf. MfCHm-
u .r, V, .n t' k t'‘ charter
ington Duke lictel where he HMe
it to the president of the Intar-
natio' al Tobacco Workers Unkai.
Hr. Ish stated that to
was gnvlng out thia ’informaftlflK
in reply to the many reqoaNtt
'^at ^unre come to kiBi ^ma
grro tobacco workers u to wliiC
became of the charier of tk« 1«*
cal Negro union.
As s. special induceraeat t«
the colored tobacco workers wf
whith 'he heads Parrish
ed this week that for the next *0
days all apptieants for nembcr-
ship in Ae Independent Tobaeea
Workers Union will be reqoitrf
to pay on’y 50 cents joining fa«.
1 will have other statemeili
to make later on with reference
to smoe of the misdeedy^ coinniit-
ted *by leaders'* of the Interaa
ticnal Tbbafco Workers Unioa
which will open the eyes of tlia
colored tobacco workers of Dur
ham he stated here this week.
DOINCS OF USHERS
By Ruth Buchanan
- WINSTON SALEM, Jan, 2C—
Te usher board of the ‘Goler Me-
morial AME Zion chu’-ch will cel
ebrate its 29th anniversary on
February 6 with a program of
unusual interest, according to N.
M^Johnsoa^^president of ^e or.
iranization. L. E. Austin, presi
dent of North Ca'-olina Inter-De
noildnational Ushers and editor
of the CiroMna Times will deliver
the principal addre^.:. Watch for
full program in next week’s issue
of the Carolina Times.
■h
for the Semi-Annual Review. A
full program tf the Easter nscaV
ing will be announced in the Ca-
•olina Times in a few weeks.
6 And 7 In Cincinnati
uary
Ohio;
CINCINNATI, Jan. 26— (By fore several group meetings. The
haveTs^en. announced by the Di
vision of Negrd^ Welfare of the
Cincinnati ComTOunity''Chest of a
•^o day conference on the In
dustrial Problems of. Negi'oe?,
Feibruary 9 and 7. J. HaiTe^
Krrns, director of the division,
states that the cfthfereace will be
Sunday,
ns on >
ibc~a^dressid^'^yt 'atTthe
tt»e mest significant ever held iiL
4hl« eityr ^ 'l%e Ninth Street and
Lockland YMCA’s, the West End
YWCA, NAACP," ^Workers’ Edii-
cation irroups and the Intdf-De-
- ^tominational- Mjaiaterial alliance
will cooperate Jn the observance.
T. Arnold Hill, director of the
Department Industrial Re'.a-
iions of tSie National Urban lea
gue will Bpeni the two days In
Cincinnati as guest spe«ker
meeting which opeM
February 6, wi'l
MiCp i!l who will speak from thie>
sul>jcct—Tl'.e Negro -Worker in, a
Chan,ting ^eoiiomtc Cripis.
N^w. Procedures and Techni
ques in H'ousehold Employment,
and Employer-'Employe Relatlonr
in the Horn 3 will be the themes
i3r
gS-oes. _ J ...... i
At the ^fternoon sWsion to T>e
Comraani^ Cheat
Building, Mr. Hill will address a
special meeting of Kfegro and
white social workers, executives,
public officials and lay perspiis on.
F"ct8 nnd Fallacies about Negro
Wcrksrs.
At the evening meeting to be
a speffit. women's, meeting ^ .
the.,>Wf3t End YWGA on F«bra, j Street YMCli the Negro’# Hace
ary '7 at l^-SO' A. M. At a noon I in the Organised Labor Mov^-
lunch to (be held at the Ninth nient will be con^eeed at a iym-
Street YMCA, the gene-al mana- posium. George C. Davis, instrnc-
ger of the Cincinnati £^ploV- tor in workers’ eduatlon. T. Ar
men ctrntep will speak on the noTarTIirr"aiid^J. Harvey
Work of the'Employment Centor will speak at the symposium.
with Negroes. Mr. Hill will ad- Members of a special findings
dress tt>e meeting on the Negro consaittee will make a d*t*ilel
Leader's Responsibility in the > report of the conference^ and
Employment Problems of Nb- • their recommendation* ww
JENKINS ^ORPHANAGE JIAKES
$1,359 PROFIT 1» '57 ^
QRi5ENSlOR0, Jan. 28 J.
W. Doak, state treasurer of the
N. C. Ushe*s A^btiation and
special organiser of the araocia-
tion visi^ Guilford Sunday
January ^ and oi^anircd a Fii’sS'”
Aid department for ttie u^ers -n
Or-^. Donnell, Chaimsaxi at
, Sfoard of Directera haa ■aao—
, ed that he will call a meet&ic of
tisan politics.
the board in Chapel Hill in a
weeks. Mr, DonncH ia one at the
outstanding timers of the organV
zation and rendered won^' fpi **■
service both as a state officer asd
as director of the annual oratori
cal contest v^alr^ the state
assocffttion^aeji yeifi' at ito |gp-
nual meeting.
DALLAS CREDIT UNIQH PATS
DIVIPEND THIRD '^^liae
I"
CHARLESTON, S.sC.—- (C.—
The Jenkins Orphange, 20 Frank
lin street, founded by the late
Re«. Jenkins, J>nt-of which
the Rev>^H, H. Walker is now
general wanager, made a pro
fit of fl.Wfl.M last year, accor-
dinr-ie • staitawant hy—SkJL_
Vann> certified ^nbUc acconnt-
antjJII^ade pid»tietla^ vreek- ^tal
income w» $as,7®i8.82, and to
tal oiMtatiBg expenses were $24 -
408.84.
the Ibasia of a ■continuation p'o-
gmn to a«at jthe Negro in meet
ing a nomber of the preMing in-
doatrial j problems confronting
that ci^. Mr. Doak will visit Al
amance Connty Sunday February -
14 to organise a braLh of ihe S'
ushe-s association in that section
tion of the state. He i*t eTT'erted
ti» iv.be joined there by
V>^3idsnt..\jlr Doak is fo^w
is ne ef its outstanding leaders.
- (CJ— DaBito
Negrp Teacbers Credit
Dot*
of Washington High acliool,
Hared a thiiLd six 'percent
enrf fvn Jl. Unie«
W"S w'-^h !r.;p th.W 1200
■' ■' yc-V ’-.t*!
a^-ui, in capUiu dSk"
triboted_ amon^ one Th*4re4
riharttioy BedFora
the dividend, tweatgp
|h,e fnnda were placed la
The Union operates oader
’banldi^; la^ of Texas, as#
ZEBUI ON, Jan. 27— A big
time w pluined for all memben
of tke East Wake Inter-Dencml-
national Usters Union which will
be held at the Wakefield Baotlst
Y f * . chattel:. -C- J-
Ap4 S.' ’I%e sMe ^r^deat bas
accepted an invitation to deliver
an address for the occasion. Us
hers in other parts et the state
are arged to be pr—yt.
„ Prom a'1 indications the Jar«f^|
mnmber ef aaliei^ Is ^e
of tte rtate. He is
present at Balet|(b, Suter
president.
SAM ANTOMiO ClttmC»
RAISED fMivnriMr
^AN Asyxpmo,
JSC. £l«il ’
Ridgewood
son, paster, rsieed
'87, Aeeordiac to &
reporter.