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Aim-LYNCHING Mailing EDITION HwCari VOLUIfN IS N*. » DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY FEB. 26, 1*38 PRICE FIVE CENTS Mrs. Sehastin Awarded$28,500 For husband^ .? ath LUCKY MORRIS CETS 50 YEARS; F Gnllford Connty Jury Decides I n Favor Of Widow After Six Hours CALLS UPON RACE TO AWAKEN TO ITS POSSIBILITIES / -OQO- GnaaaaBJORo, F«b. is— a 'Owlaty jury a^r'ardad Mr*, iftrtlw Hobutin, widow oY •f tlM Dr. S. P. S^artin fnjtoo k«rs t«dajr aftet ntttif mpproximately ait nr.T‘ 'B«ba«tin was killed iMt #on« irhftn bi« parked t^ar i* wUch he was sitting was ■^cic by • Horto^ Motor Ex- preae liaes truck. Korton Motor Line* owner BEUEVE NEW FICHT LOOMS IN VICTORY MUTUAL LIFE WINS case NEW YORK— (C:|,—The pub lication lOf advertisements of Victory Life nsurance eompaay in New York and Cleveland, which carried the names of two New York executives Ibut failed to include the nameg of thre'T Chicago executies, foreshadows the ranks- the embattled Chicago concern. ,.♦# the truck for #7«.®00. It wa. suggested in „ III was suggesiea in eastern ^.►r»e 'that «>e dri^r Jamea ' .trance circles. The Pote«^ the driver was Jointly reefre—tble for the fatal accident WUliame, prcsdeint, J. X;. Mi|»- SecreSirj^ end R. A. Valen m- advertise- ments carried the names of Dr _ P. M. H. Savory, chairman of the bee«M^ he did not re*mr3 a bo«rd, end Dr. C. B. PovSl, vice ^ «t the iBtemeetion ctf Ben- president and chairman of rhe ••w wid W««hin^to^ gtx., financ# committee, but failed to the tee*, of «ke accident. Mra.. {.rfude the names of Dr. L. K. Se>>IMtii ehdmed in her eait that ifcF^^^6rivir th« tiaM the •ecidenl oecared. Aeeerdiag fieen who faireetisated'~{he ae ddeat the impaet was so great t^at the UgMer ear ,was thrown •#»iast a telephone pole, and fttUy eight feet in the air. The trttck did nojt come to a halt un- tiL Ji was folly 109 feet from the pl»ee where the collision took plftce, stated the oflTicfers. ' latmediately after th« accident Dr. fiehastin was rushed to the hetipital where he died the foUo- wing noming. Sr. Sehastia was one at the treasurer. The executives ^ ATTORNEY C. J. GATES, pro- mCB 'gppvar^ti '^nw mioent^attorney of Durham who«* By C. C. Spauldiof, President of NBtional Ndjro 'Bu*>ne*t League and N. C. Mtttwal Life la*. C». The signs of the time^ indicate that it hehoo.ves us as Negroes to turn our eyes within and me ditate seriously on our own short comings-. tipie to time, many of us have attempted to justify our lack of progress by discussing our advantages and disadvantages, the dark side and the bright side, but ^he day is here when we ourselves must be- gin to co^nsider the insti responsitoility where it belongs. It is a recognized fact that jobs which were formerly ours are gradually being taken owe by ting barbers have come in, clean ed and Modernized their shops and have dignified the profession Ib^ estabUUiing tonsorial pariora ' I rather than the erstwhile barbet ^ Yorkers, while the other threo i are in Chicago,, where the comp- ' any has its homo office, 3 07 S. State street. ' The action cauaed speculation leading physicians of Greensbiro and was highly respected in. me dical circles throughojut North Carolina. As an official ofthe L. Richardson Memorial Hospital he had rendered unto|ld servica. Mrs. Sdbastin is well known in social circles of Greensboro. dweh GeBfiscales, Afiiean’s Liltirs To Eogllsli WMe 6ir[ JOHAKNiMIBURG, S. Africa, Feb, 23—(ANP)— Her photo* grmflk* and letters sent to him by Miss Jenny Kemp, 14 y^sr old Slnglieh glri, were .taken Tues day from Dwjstan Ohew, 4, a native African, by the Rev. Lewis Jenee, wftiteV" acting on instruc SAMUEL THOMPSON ~ ’ PASSES Samuel Thompson, well-kriown citizen of Durham, passed away at Lincoln Hospital ISiesday, Fer ibruary 22, after a very short ill ness, at tJie age of 4® years. defeaae oFTJaviff Tiiliar 'ta a*.0' cratioa wit'i Attorney V. S. Bry- and alio of this city Iia* brought him much pisise fk*om ailmirer* of both rates. Attorney Gates was also private prosecutor of tlie three defendants in the series of taxi holdup robberies that have been goiag on in Durham. All three of the holdup men re* ceived *heavy sentences. ^ops. Cook* h*Tre^gone~to~icHobI, taken training, and are.now die- titiajns. These are the same old jobs done in a sanitary, up-to- date, efficient manner. to its ability to adopt itself 4nd keep al>reast with changing con ditions. This has never 4>een m>ra essential than it is today. We are living in an age of stream-lined efficiency, and the race or indl vidual tiiat survives must of ne cessity jirove efficient. My iadvice to anyone is to makS(,the job you have a stepping stone some thing better, and the only ;vray to do this is to fit yourself for big ger and better things. A training school is to be conducted at the ored Branch of the Y. W. C. A, Durham, for tS^purpose' training o^ur young women along domestic lines. This is a progres sive sttfp. To be able to cook and clean is no longer sufficient. One Inust^e an aitist in-tiiese^ res=- spects. Experience has proved that if our people do their jc&® well, no one ela«. wi& lie. «dm to sufpiant them. But tnUniiig is es sential. The type of citisen can usually be determined by the condition of 1jie homes and—environment J in which he is satisfied to live. We Eel’s Luck Shows Up Again Wlien Stafe Permits Plea Of Second Degree Burglary CONVICTED i' ; The burglarizing career d Arthur •‘Lucky" Morris, better known aa the came to an apparent end here Thursday »;*en he wa-; given a. sentence-^ -from W 4e- SO- years at hard !a^ bor in the state penitentiary by Jud.^e W. H. S. Biirgwyn presid ing over the present term of so- perior court. Fisher, charged with be- in? an accomplice of Morris, be- m'g allowed to plead guilty to re- tt'iviii^—stolen—goeds;- uras gi^ea a sentence of from five to seven years in the state penitentiary at hard labor.^'- S -veral character -witnesses, i»- 1clu3mg^. C. SpsraWiaj, praaidest Uarolma Company, Jake Nurldi^ i«>caf hat cleaiiing bwi- ness man for whom piAer had previously -worked and others of the North Life Insurance ARTHUR “LUCKY” MORRIS I recelreJ a sen ten e oT ^rom ^ Tn ^ (left) aad DAVID FISIfER w?>« 80 yean^^ the »Ute pemton- of Fisher. It was also brought were fauad of charges ®f i hard labor and Fisher out tjiat Fisher had never been burglary aad receiving stolea received a sentence of from fiv« jjj trouble before, retain their-ca® go further and state ^at the ''g-oods reapectirely here last this to seven years. I Fortunately for MMrris tb# week ia superior court. Morrie , state. tHrough Solicitor. Leo Carr, ' ^ ^ ' allowed him If Negroes are to XCMKUl ^ - I • places in this progressive western ; racial Identity of % sect on cmn civilization, they must imbibe the dually be determined by simply spirit o^f the .ajfe. Tuslte^^e Insti- driving through • t «■ an anew on the recently discussed probability that the home office of the company would ibe re moved from Chicago to New York. The old Victory Life, Ins. company, founded by Anthony Overton of Chicago, w tute hascaught the vision and _ i« blazing the way in training*‘Ne- groes how to do some things pro perly. After all, l^ooker -T. Wash ington, founder of the National Negro IHusiness League, was right when he advocated the ne cessity for'training the'han^ as well as the hea^t, if a race is to become self-sustaining and sur vive competition. our cities and towns. We can complain aftd criticize ms much as we like, bat until wo realize our respoiisibiUty in these matters, it will be of little or no avail. It has always been my con tention that there are but two classes of .piQOple .in th eworld— the good and the bad In prder tw ibe' g^od, we must ibe good for I something. It is equally essential YOUTH LEAER A race progresses in proportion } . (Continued an paga eight) FILLIBUSTEIi AGAINST WA6NEI BILL ^ ai/ Wlcj Vi WO yCalPt tions of the Anglican Church Sam, as he waa._^own to his re- 4>la A Imm ¥'Avn'M • «_ * eoaneil of the mining town of Messina, near here. Reacting the same as do South ern communities in the United States under similar circum stances, whites in this area have expressed bitter opposition ^to this correspondence. The church council hacf a long discussion Mon day aiflitt on “pen . friendships” between English girls and Ne groes. Chew wa« warned by Rev. Jonea not to write to Miss Kemp again, and the minister also wrote to the girl asldngcher to| end tho correspondence owing to the i>it- latives and friends, was a citizen of long standing in the vicinity where he served as a barber. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Johnnie Ifipmpson, two sons, Horace Thompson, of Washing-^ t«n Gilmer Thompson of Dur ham, and a host of relatives. Fu neral rites were held , Thursday February 24, at-St. J^oseph A. M. E. Church, Rev.»J. A. Valentine, officiating. - , -i of whom' reftised tfl( attend ser vices again until the matter was settled. Press clippings ttellhi^ the. extent of fiuropean pro- abeut ' **^)en friendsftiips” 'm*n’s tke Tiwamal. -ii£i:{MA:PMvloaMl]r Miss Kemp stated •he sent a yhotograph and letters to ChVw after a eiergyman told her in Sunday School that the native had asked for an think yen friend. She said tliat in their letters titey discussed re ' iigioB ' »nd -^Missionaix and Chew spoke often of his wife and little daughter. She sceffed at any idea of- “ro- manoe.’* Declafoii of /the enjuncit was fereed b y the attitude o f in Messina, raany church authorities in England. Cihew has recently refrained from appearing in the street of Messina because he did not it safe to* do son There was a lynching in South Africa Isjrt year ef a native by whites. Aei: .hoTOfl^iaL yverppol. _oinBetitioii rules. Miss Kemp stated she was tired of the controversy and would not reply to ,Chew’s last leter. "But I am sori*5r for him, ’ she haid. “There was nothing in «ur pen friend^ip, so why must people interfere?". WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22 lay the bill aside to take up other —The anti-lynching bill was de- legislation southern s e n aj; o r s finitely shelved here today to were loud in their exultation in make room for President Roose- having won what they term a yelt’s $250^000 .relief bilL The prealt victory for the south. ^ decision to shelve the bill- ended j According to supporters of the 29 days of hectic debate ended bill the fight to have an anti- ering and fighting on the nart | lynching law passed will not end of proponents and opponents of j with the shelving of the Wagner- the bill: (Van Nuys bill. Senator Wagner When it was finally decided to | stated that he would make a se- ries-of radio talks in an attempt to arouse more pressure in its favor. On a motion of majority lead er Barljley- of Kentucky a vote was taken and resulted i^ a count ot 68 to 22 in favor of shelving the bill. iBbth Senator Wagner and Van Nuys voted to rf»elve the bill. An attempt to attach an a- '-(Coatinued on pag« eight) to plead guilty to Memphis (ANP) Potiiffe arrf.'st- second degree burglary. Six char ed Willie Millftr, 27, of Shaw, ges cf burglary had been brought Miss., and turned him over to Bo- a2:asr.st.,Mfiixia..ili_adcy^tion to sev- livar Ct. officers for questioning oral charges of forgery. ' LOUIS BURNHAM, Field Sec retary for the Southern Youth Congress who was a Tisitor in Durham last week. While here Mr. B«>.lmham atU^ssed seTeral Igrroups itt interest of the aext Southera Negro Youth Confer ence which will be held in Chat> tanooga, Tennessee on 'April- 1st, 2nd and 3rd. N. C. College Lad Wfns Golden Gloves FLASH I. - FLASH I RALEIGH. Feb. 24—-Isarel Al- lea. North . Carolina College Heavyweight {^>e fighter batter, ad his way to * dei4sioa over Os' -oO®' “I with'Negroes hav4"6ien of Forf Bragg i» Qoldea tonight champ- North Carotiaa's first Gloves Touraameat hera to take the heavyweight skip of the tournament. Elijah Hayes of Dnrkam woa by defaalt 'oveir Harold Cott-jn who did aet come ia to A. A. U. James Amas of Da^am, trofh. er of Dee Amos, aaother Durham fld.ter of obtained fame, woa the light-heavyweigiit deeisien by knockout from Luka Martia Martia from being hayoad ja the niato -Isnal Allen, a, veteran of se./9ad ronad. I Golden .Gloves events of Peoria, ' ' 'T 1 111. won his- figit by a toockoat. The North Citroliaa.,!, College ’ Allen, who has previously held sr the direction : the light-heavyweight champien- .iuu faeevi of the Peoria Golden Gloves Sn«_ rt- Fii-st I weighed in at 177 lbs.—^two lbs. )>oxing team und d Gomek McLen superior in all the arts of the ring. * In the 2nd round of battle Jor dan was forced to drop out be cause of a cut above the eye. His opponent ibeing awarded the fight on ja technical. Ue: C^ke lost close decisions. Allen, Logan, Steele, and Hayes^ fought their way to the '“semi finals and show possibilities of in connection with the slajinc of a Mexican last Oct. According to officers b ith (Continued on page eight) DOINGS OF USHERS By RUTH BUCHANAN EAST SPENCER 0 ^ The senior ushers of Southern City A. M. E. Church entertain ed their pastor and his wife Rev. and Mrs. Johnson and the pastor of the Soldier^ Memorial A M. £. Zion church and several visiting'ushers on Tuesday Feb. 8, at the home of Mrs. Ethel H. MoLhvain, 20 Cedar street East Spencer, Mrs. McLlwain is a pr.i- minent ushfir^of the state organi zation arid a njember of its board of directors. After/a brief business sessi-'n an. enjoyable social hour wai spent wth discussions concer-i- ing the activities of the local aai state usher boards. Key. J^n^-- son. Rev. Henry and Miss Myrtle Peaks Who is president of the Soldiers Memorial Usher board gave soSne very interesting talks. Mrs. L. B. Perkins, prominent usher and secretary ot the state organization- who recently return ed from Durham where she 'laii a coaiference with the sta.te pres ident, L. E- Austin brought greet ings -to the local board and best wishes from the many ushers ui Durham. Delectable reJra^Hwnts were served consisting of '‘Gut man potato salad on lettuce, crac kers, sandwiches, ice cream and cake and mints, Valentine fav- •t. Officers of the Southern City A. M. E. Zion Usher Board are 'S. C. WithersppOWn, presideni; Mrs. Ethel McLlwain, Secretary. Visitors from^, Salisbury [ city union will meet the 4th Sun- I day in February with the nsher»'-. c.tJ ! of Soldiers Memorial A M. Z. church. The election of officars will b'e held at this meeting. Hg facloT in msking the N6rth Carolina Golden- G^ore ! over the light-heavyweight limit Boxing Tournament for Negroes I »nd so he i« gallanUy fighting ♦“ a svccess. | htrfd. his own with the ibig fellows £ntering a tesm of nine men | of tiie heavyweight class. Coach McLendon has had the I Herring, Malloy, Cooke, Lo- eeming out_ victorious in the final satiafacticn of seeing eight of g«n,Steele and Hayea, all woa go. (Rev. 'H. T. Hepry, Mrs. Louise hlfl b«ys win th:ir first light. j^jbelr first fighta 4>y daciston. One of bad features of thelWilaon, Mrs. Lillian p'erkins, "" Duilrt* th©^fjfst r««Rd- Wilbes^ force Jord|tn the leathre sling ing demon of Columibus, Ohio furnished the first thrill by bat tering his man into suibmisaion GRAHAM On Sunday February 13, a senior usher board was Set up at the Christian church of Gra ham, and a junior usher board was set up'at the A. M. E. church ander the direction of D. M. Rej-nolds, field agent for Ala mance County; J. W. Doa&, trea surer and state organize; Mrs. L. A. Foster, Junior organizer and C. R. Craig member of the Board of Trustees all assisted in setting up the bgards. high POINT ‘ Oil Sunday March 13 the ush ers of High Point will had a big get-together meeting at (B'rooks Memorial church. L. E. Austin, president cf the In ter-Denomina tional Association^ of North Caro lina, J. W. Dcak, former presi dent and. tre^urer of the orgaa- ijation antJ other promineht"nsh- ejs will be present. WINSTON-SALEM Usher s of the Goler MemoHal .\ME 51ion church_ had a bic day 'Sunday February T%e state president was present and de livered the principal address. He waa 4atroduced by Leroy Davis, newspaper reporter for the Win ston SaiuB Journal. The'Goler Memorial ehareh ia pasto'red by Rev. P. Jl. WaaMit>|f were ton, and is having much sacaMS both spiritually and fi»a»eh*y. The uaher board oi Qc^er. Pielliaps' tee boy to fce eosasaend* -teumsy was-th» dssisioa awunlad Miaa. Louise , ed most is James Cobb who lost to the opponent of John Malloy. Fisher, Mrs." Mau3e Basinger, to Frankie Nejson by technical Malloy, a clever boxer and f«r- George Archie and Clarence Rt b- knockout. Twice wner of Gold- mer CIAA champ clearly had inson. ^ I en Gloves In Chicago and A. A. his opponent out pointed but to j ' after 53 seconds of figlkting laj l:^ the itart ol. 2nd ' y. fighter. Cobb fought valiantly' the surprise of all lost the the third voaad. The Ml saved ] round. Shortly after his room* | • maa ha kaaw to b« hia lion. daci-l SALTSBURY-SPENCER ' The Saliabury-Spencer ushcrj presidents in age and the oldest in service in the entire state er> ganization. Brother J. ll who is rttrw serving hia Vt as head of the h««ri timiitmtm' (Coatiaaed ea pa«a
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