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Mailing EDITION J a Claws PIE^FSLltH UNBRIDkE Beacks Tbf; Mass 01 Bea'iers ’ VOLUMN 18 N«. 7 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY FEB. 12, 1938 ntcM mnr currs NEW ANTI-LYNCH BILL INTRODUCED ■ — eO#——— ; -r'j- Bill Presented To Mississippi Legtslatnre Afne Seized JSiumb aw er JACKSO^, Miw., February 9 —(ANP)—anti-lynching Wll that would Inake mob mcmbei^ liable to chaises of murder waa introduced in the Miiaiasippi le> fflslature Wednesday by Rep. H. Waits of Greenville, who asked asaemblymen to enact a atatute of their own ‘‘to checkmate fede ral inerventioa in state’s rights. ’ Hiitoii Waita« vhc also jaid iiie. bill was designed to show the Nortii that Southcirn state*! “could handle their own affair?,’' defined lynching as "any act of ▼iolence by a mob w^iich shall result in death.” Persons charged with partici pating in 8 lynching would be subject to proaecution on a mui'- der charge^ and prosecuting, attor neys would be required to inves* tigate and prosecute lynching cases Imntadiateljr. The Waite .bill elaoaifi«d a mob as “any collcction of people as* sembled for the purpose of com mitting an aaaault upon any per son without auKhority of law." “This bill t^ay be an antl>lyn- ching ibill,” its author said, “bu; it has some of the bad features of the federal bill." Although investigation of lyn ching cases and prosecution nf mob members would be required if thd bill passed, the measure contained no penalties ^ be exac^d of oUTiciala should they fail to do theii>~4uty. The Hissiasippi legislature has previously endorsed a reaolu'Uon opposing the federal anti-lynch ing bill and described it as “vic ious.” ' Students Confab To Be Held At Shaw Univ. RALEIGH MAN APPOINTED ON DISTRICT ATTORNEYS STAFF In Chicago Racket ”• ^ Gathering — [day’s total at Dhe stock exchange. Heaquarters of one of Chicago’s f ,Bets generally range from five few numbers games w«re raiiiod Wednesday by Police who seized nine men. Samuel WiUiaips was ^ held as manager of th* lottery, which was operated from an apartment on Michigan ave. Because the policy raciiet flourishes In a wide open slatt*' in Chicago, with the hundreds of stations where bets are placed opnmtinfj in fnU view of -public j pplieo nnd beinit almost .unheard* of, Southsiders say 'he ^eada of the numbers game avi- !ently failed to have the pr-iper “connections.” There is comparatively lltt!T> numbers playing in Chicago. The ■*policy game donihmtes the field. In numbers, betters try to guess a three digit nurttber determired by computation of parimvtuel payoffs in horse races or the A Statewide College Stodenb* Conference will b« held at Shaw University for a one day session ^nday April 3rd. The commit- t«o on Religious Education of the G«neral State Baptist Conven tion met Saturday at Shaw Uni varsity and worked, out the final plans for the conference, w'hich they hope to make i* an annual affair. Though sponsored by I he General iBttptist Xbhverilioh, un der the leadership of Reverend Windell C. Somerville, i twill be purely interdonominational in character and menvbership . The program will consist of platform lectures and discussiom* which will be led by outstanding thinkers of our race and leaders in the field of religion. The general theme will be'‘Re ligion In College Life.” The subjects for, di^ussion wift be SB follows. 1. (Religion in th« adjustment of social probloma. - ^.Religion in the adjustment ol. economic problems. 3. Religion in the adjustment of personal problems. 4. The Negro Church and the Cojjle^ge Student. The objective of th||«' confer ence are; I ^o make an intelligent proach in making God real the life of the student. 2. I)[) noake a scientific analysis of Religion past, present and fu ture. 3. To To make an honteA study and evaluation of the religion of Jesus. 4. A systematic, practical,- and reasonable way of meeting cam pus evila. Continued on page eiglit Jamet Yeargih Onty Npgi*o Nam •d By Dewey As Deputy District Aktarney In New York City .'Announcement is made of the appointment of 48 deputies on the staff of the district Attorney Thomas E- Dewey, and amcng ip- in the number one Negro is ihchid- ed. James M. Yeargin. Raleigh man, and a graduate of Shav' University has the distinction of being the only Negro to reeei’/e an appointment from tlie 5000 white and colored who sought po sitions. ^ Mr.^ Yeargin is. the son of J. W. Yeargin, insurance Broker and reprejsentative of the Jouc-. nal *ad.JGt?4ide inJRalefgh. He is 29 .years old, having studied Law and was graduated from St. John’s Univei’sity Law School, in l'98'5. He received his_Master’s Degree in 1936. Mr. Yeargin is well known in his native city of Raleigh, and showed much pro mise during his 'college days at Shaw University. He is a Rcpub- lian, V TO DELIVER SERIES OF SERMONS cents -to |1, with winners beinj Ijiaid at a ratio of between 450 and SM to 1. In policy, the better choojj* three numbers between 1 and 78. Mopt wheels have three drawing* —morning, P. M. and midnight— after which slips showing the winning numbers are printed end distributed. Many players bet three times a day. The pay-ot^ rati6~ts oTdinarily IrM to t-ex cept in those special “books” W-ere fewer numbers are drawn, thus raising the winning ratio. Chicago’s policy game is al- most exclusively in control of NejTroes and represents the lar- eest single- business in the dis trict. Some of the numbers ow.n- irs of the large wheels have |used their earnings to enter the field of legitimate business. Bermudians Prominent !n Lile Of Island ^tANP*— PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9—(A NP)—-l^e colored portion of tbe population of Bermuda is ac+ive and making progress according to Bdshop David H. Sims, who le- turhed from ^fcoldlnfj his TO pELEBRATE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY DOINCS OF USHERS By RUtH BUCHANAN WINSTON SAlLEM. Th* Went* Usher Board will celebrate its lilSth Anniversary in the ehure^ auditorium, Sunday. February aO, at 3 P> ( , The anniversary sermon wilfb^i 'preached by Bey. G. Haven Cald-I well, pastor of St. Paul.“The famous Smith Choral Club will furnish the music. The* Inter D^.iiBmjnatriSnal Us hers Union held a call meeting at th« hoflje ^of Mrs. Cora Tumor, with Uie state president, L. E. Austin presidtng. "Wie object of tlira meeting was to get (nor« churches into the union. Tb« following suggestions were takiin into con'sideration: a committee appointed to get other churches to join, number limited to- ten; i^tei^'loining the nanite^ appbihtW , jtp ebh^iacjt* Haptist ushers; to ' 1 the past and work togctJi- Turner, served a delicious dhm and the meetirig was adjourned. GREEN$fB0®0—The Union of Greensboro, .^held ~lti reguinr monthly meeting Sunday Febru ary 6, S P. M. at the Trinity A. M. £. Zion Church, After the re gular routina of business. discus sion, J. W. Doak presented Rev. W. Fi Witherspoon who in re- tom ii}trsduced Prof. J. W. Mit chell, principal speaker for the occaaion, P^of. Mitchell de livered a very helpful »n4 jnspir- - ing address. His subject‘‘1^^ Idea of a Christian Standard, lie brought out th6”:^llowlng points- “Jffih|t ldi)d~ of> a CSiriatian stan dard liave I; a family ftfndard should/be set,^ and .li^ but not least^ “My idea of » Shrtsli'an Prom the expression* on the iiaces of the audience, one seem to be saying within himeslf ^ thaybgjgo]^l_afit_A.,trufl .Chri* part in fiw vaidous. diacussions: Br®^ M. J, . lohnaon, W.. R, Hawkins; J. fi- R- Gl«*vav ILeroy 6avis, J. A; Nash,' Mias Claudia Brown, Mrs. Naomi Cu- tbrell Hines, Webb, and J. H. Friettd of KemerBville. N. C DR. 3. Aj VAt-ENTtNE, of St'. Jd«eph^/^ME Cliur«k, who |irUl .deliver a -ierle* of termons onT “Hi* ' Satftnic Maj«»ljr-The Davil”, beginning ^un4ay, Feb. }l|Ji «t 11 A. M. and to be con- 4ia»e4 of five- Swndays at the aanre fiaur. Thm»m •crmons pronite to- antwer many questions GOBceming the Devil. "I. there wHv « Deyil?” “Is conference there this week. When interviewed at” his home hi're “The isfdnds of Bermuda have a population of 30,0 !0 of which 18,0tt0 are colored and 12,PtJ0 white. It is EWtish in supervision and in politics. The governor rt»- presents His Majesty the King. “Tlaere are' five colored men members of the Colonial Parlia ment, whitfh is made up of four representatives each from nine parishes. This makes an assembly of 3'6. Dr. Eustioe Cann, a grad- juate of Wilberforce and Howard Medical school seems to be slated for a sixth place as a representa tive. Pour of the five assembly men belong to the AME^ church. There is only one high school in the whole of the islands. “I held the 54th session of the Bermuda Annual Confex-ence The work ‘ is advancing. Several of the Tftost 'important consider?^- tions before the conference were*. Ttie Bermuda members express ed thehiselves as willing to in augurate a program of self help- and to raise more money for the missionary work in (Fiurinuda. ^‘Ed'/’atipn; They folel that f.h» churt'h should come more amfl moTe tO TTielr aid m^tlrt matter of education, both 'primary and., secondary. “The econoniic situiation was keenly discussed. The church was asked to support Assemblyman Crawford’s measure v^iich re- I quires the government to provide j ag,. apprenticeship fo^lall its citi zens over a priod of three yeais and at- tlfe sdme time "pay appren tice a ^jsfBksonaible wagre. This pro gram' if enacted into law will ho far ^aching and berffefit the co^lo- red boys and men ,fjreally. “Wenarrived in New York on the SS Monare’i of -riermud-a on January 28. With me as g«cst« were Bishop J. A. Gfege-s, Rev. p. War.d Nicholas' and„,MrSe=Hieh—■ = plas, of Now York, Mrs. Lniy A. 'Brown, of, Bs^on“and 'Dr.’ W. ^ Stevenson' of Philadelphia.” GETS PROMOTION , CHICAGO, Representatives of our group in t'.e Methodist episcopal in at- tefidance upon the Methodiitt Council on Faith end Order at the Stevens Hotel in this city met at St. Mark's M. E. Chnrc* in a preliminary meeting last ‘Tuesday. The meeting wm not offleia*, but simply a get-together «f - those interested in the -- the group if unification cbtair^ y /'f * n rnn^t prominent mi nisters and laymen were present. Bii»hop R. E. Jones and. M. W. Clair shared in pr^iding. Dr. J. W. Bowen of New Orleans was secretary. There' was no discussion pro or'con as far as unification it self was concerned, but a united front presented in an agreement for the program of tomorrow. A committee was appointed consis ting of one from each conference and five at large to consider ing held U.t Monday. Mr. Spaaid- ^f^^ant mattera that my arise , ,, , , . .. between now and ftie consunnma ing holds the M. A. degree in .. , , . . , . . tion of unification, matfaematics, wttb • naiior in _. , . _ . , . , II • tiS-iop A. P. Shaw of New Or- aetBartel tcieDce, from the Univ- • leans, addressed the meetinif*! a^ Mthe Stevenn Hotel Tlundiar and .Jtev. Cart Dtfirw I of Pasadena, Calif., representing the Negro youth spoke Friday. Thoee leaders in the diurch who have been oatspokeh in tbelr condemnation of the proposed merger agreed at the gathering of colored representatives to withhold their fire- and go along with the* proposal forthe good oif the church. Among the^e was Rev. Lorenzo J. King of Ne« York City, who some time petitioned the NAACP to bring A. T. Sf AULDING, tcc{r«tar.y ‘fjhd actuary of the N. C. Mutual Life Iniuraace com pany, waa elected a director of the company at the annual meet- ersity of Kt^clugan. BILBO SAYS WHITE GIRLS LIVE WlTIjL ijlEGROES WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—(AN P)—Senator Bilbo of Mississippi the Senator who is regarded as a joke even by his ow.n moronic constituency, struck a oc ^sidt note in his filibustering speech a^inst the anti-lynching bill here Wednesday. Speaking in the senate Eilbo said, “It is common knowledge that some white gins ^uit in opposition to the plan, employed here by the government Bishop A. .'P^ Shaw of New Or. are living with Negroes.” He has been a consistent ad- traced this alleged condition t,o vocate of the merger.'"bishop the fact that the government per- r. j; reported to har« tmble that new advaatagea seen which will be favoIl!l^W t9 the colored methodiat ship, just as certain the M. E. Churdi, Sontli. «iip said to be sospieioaa that merger will prova a for them, are now out is tion. against the prognoa. The M. E- Cbareh, Smith, haUii its general conference in 1-LI3, v-_ar. at istich--tiroe. vote upon the m^rfpr which has been approved by a majority of the various annual - eonfereneeSL The opposition is headed by Si». hop James CanngB, Jr., fa as a lily white RewJhBaei. K Cannon u a broaBk-^-liia of the CoC(a-Cola 'Col. and Treat reaonrces at hia Recently he took p«c* menta in a number of daily newspagers^ oppoaiBK merger. ' The frameworlj^ of conference in whicii the wUl be la said to tnclada tba': ing of two more biidK^f would give deaomiBaJloB biahopa in alL If tha M. ChurcX Baaye iannfiis upuD the onion, a settlns 19 iimr ference to pot tiie mesgw effect will be held in 1^S9. CAN’T PAY RENTr BUT HAS tl2^00a !• REV. T. A. GRADY, pastor of the Ebeneser BaptUt Church, will celebrate hi* 14th aiutivc sary^with a lerie* of programs, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 8th and continuing through Sunday, Feb. 13th. mitetd N'^groes to mingle freely with white persons. ’ | Bilbo also showed ti e econo mic side of lynching when he pointed out that if T2,'600,000 Negroes were transported bact* to Africa, places, would be made for many white boys and girls to work, BALTIMORE, Fab. To the outside 'ajrMiIor|, l^evi H broke. So last landHord finally gofe having Perkins rvietad ti years' nonpayment of renti officers moved found $12,0M> cash and J*’’** confederate money in his aaJea “I’m just a handman," Perkin# been aprehensive regarding the aaid, explaining the mon^. Ifa movement but has voiced ’ no added he’d move to a houaa he opinion for publication. It is pro- owns. ORGANIZES NEW CH URCH IN RALEIGH The union li trying to work to- ■ ■■ T^ regular montiily, program of th* Durham Ushers Union ^11 be held at the Mt. Vernon Baptist Sunday FeA>ra&ry 13, at 3 P. M. The principle speaker of th# meeting will bo G. W. Cox, gather in a spirit of unity, love agency director of the North and brotherhood, the meeting tbe At the end of, CaroUna Mutual Life Insurance hostmw^ Mr/.! Coin|iMi)r. Devil in Hen?” “Has. the pevil horns and a lonij tail”? 'These sermons will reveal what (he BiUe teaches about Satan. Among the subjects treated will be “The Deni’s Desire, The De- vB’s Devicj« The QevH’s Doc trine and evil’s Doom.” ThesA sermons will prove to be illumin- alfing« Interesting, and itksprim- tioBal. The public is cordially In* Tiled. FINED FOR Of»ERAT!NG BUS —HELENAv Arir. fAffPT^After'; state police obtained eviderict? «hBrf''ini? 8.—Er»fiummers and John H. Williams had been operAtiig a h'!s for hire without license be tween Helena and West Helena, Summers was fined |25 and the costs^ and Williams |50 and the coitsf • , Negro children have not heen feiiM«ir ana ^ atlsUtST elie REV. W, Fipm lofanlile Paralysis WARM SPKlNG, Ga., Frfi. 9 (ANP)— Out of the campaign being waged by President Rooea' velt and cooperating committeee scattered throuR-hout the. breadth of the country in behalf of funds for a foundation designed to cdiBBat infantile paralysis may come help of funds for the fion designed to combat infantile paraljrsis may come help for tho J tihousands Negro chiidraB af- Jflieted by the dread disease. This year the money given eithw fay dopatiohs to Priesldent Roose- Tctt—at the.—White Houaa ot raised " through the nutaeroaa balls and parties held throoghoot the country is to a great founda tion _which will be used to instir tute ’treatment centers in hospi* tals in various cities. away with that diaadvaate^Bi. One of the firait plae«# considered for the eetabliiEtimeeS of a clinic for colored childm ir at' Tuskegee institute. ttealNgaa for the past year has maintaftt#^} a .childrtn's clinic thrnu.:?!' codjjcration with the state o^ AJai^ma and t^a federal government, under tha sion of Dr. John Ws C^healpuilt, formerly of p)r»«id«Bt hoavtal in Chicago and uriayledga# to be the leading ist among tha caloi(e4 of tihe eounl^. Cxin^ML IhNmi mil rmrr filsjiaiii aad by sectioBa of tWa ao«t^ hcen sent to TnskiyM for ' aiMt in variooa ^)dre»'h A*- aHM during tha markable rcaaits hava aehiaTCd. Tha dirtc^r «f WtKm egM r«e«rtly and iniI»Maad by tha ealitea woit tlmre. tftrtea R«vV' pastor of the Oak ftiwva. 1^1^ Cox in the new phase.^O'f work. lily. Will Baptist Oh«r«h ef thia «i' [ has organised another church o| Ihe same denomlaatlon la the Ulty of Raleigh. Tha cSw#ek W»U t bee^'^ienarae of Smith Tawpla 1 in honor of iho Rav. J. C» S*iA R^. Cox is one af the out standing ministers in die Free Wilt Baptlat danominatiea, hold ing. the peaitioB of Vice Modera' 'lor ia the Cape Fear annual eon ifaraaae Diatrict *‘W*, institution is a private sanitarinm which has served more as a lab oratory to daaoaatrate what can be done is - ^i« diclese {. than in giving tr^tment to |he avatt^la for Ifce many. Fees are high Is Warm : 2ia work in hnapllMk Springs anil dne to the fact fiiat | tl» eonntry no facilitiea were proviritMl for". «t Taakegea Bieparate iceonM>dati®B -aad liha|®^ Aa first t location is in Georgia, Negroos ipmr h&ve not admitted. It is •*-1 1 pacted that ^ JMm pl«a
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