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FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONER RACE littlttBg EsrnoN Reaches Tbe Hass l)i Readers YtlUJMM M rt*. I« DURHAM, N. C. WEEK ENDING 9ATUROAY APRIl! Mk 1*W raic£ nvK cum Local Lawyer Asked lo Prosecute Mt. OJive Rape Case DUNBAR NATIONAL BANK TO CLOSE Decision To Close N. Y. Institution Startles xNegro Financial Circles i jaw YO&K CITK, Ai>ril 17— m4 t^tM ^rMMnt mi4 Al«P)^'nie ibuaineu and pro- 6. KosmH WaUw. Jr.. A«dateat pMplc of Harleat were caahier. tnrpriaed lact Tuesday to learn that the DonbM National baak. ^e iiAtion’s outstaadinc iater* vacial iMtitvtioa, will cloae ita doora if the itockhoklert ratify tke announced deeiaion of the ' koard ef directon to withdraw Iron i^sineas in Harlem. Tra bank, organised in 1038, hr Mmi D. ]lojQ^taUer, Jfr., haa ^ all ^»oaiton wi|l ka paM ip foil. Tbmre are afcaa* >0 emn^yea. *ha affioan. taUara. ttanegra»l>a>a. fcaakkeey era, laoMan, etc. Alt wH| laaa their jeka when tha daaiac arder becoBMk effMthra. The haali haa approxSetilaly 2€)M0 chackimr. thrift and Chrialewa CM ae- The, iSrealpea a^ thi^ Ifjs iiM ( »T«r Xtftar flat- ]«jai riR dapoBtbi ahont tivae millioaa. At teat MendajrV *Me^ fatff of tha haard of diraet^^ Mr. KaclwfaHat*! dtl^ dtav frMB baaineaa (^ .Har lem diatriet was . inade kn^. Since he ia the ^j|alwafa>al atock- a»d th^ «My aiilNyiaiii ^i> fuaia St I^Mir aatf%*ihiaoca. Sbcplainiiv^ ll| aW|rf, tla iboard of JfimAmf atataoMnt Ht. tha Mwl Apartmaata, H holder of the,4i^ ^ ^iredtara theta >»as aaad faP Mater hank- iRg facflitNa in ffiafan 'I AI decided upo^ Uggtialijm, tiM* action ibeinf rabjaet itioB by the^atockiMM^ at tiiltf f maftte to iw.haUV* Moat 'of the h»^’« have been nada a* Htgr^ er-tiea, kaa^eda of owner* hat inff baan flma ghwt flWtcial aidi the eawrtaajr af baa! ala and employea te ^ colored patrona haa become a tsi^dltioa «f the diatriet. Jtecrettint: the naceaaity of tte Dunbar, Freaidaat C. C. Huitt aaid, 'It ia a ndMlar «f »#MMil rasaal on Mr. RadM- and my part 1 haTe fotmed some wonderful fri«nd> ahips up hejr^, which 1 ho|>e will continaed. I’ve aavef been a^own suchtcourteay «y place.” At present, Dr. R. R. Motion, |^Mident«ii|^ritu8 of Turicegee In)Mt;ute, ia the aole colored memlM^'Of the board of direc tor*. Fana#^ colored directors were Fred Moore and jRoacoe »ENT VtCTIM IN ouTltAL coNcirnoK • her wvy to wtfrit at a laetfl tobacco faetei^ TUeaday abairt 7:80 A. M., Mn. Diana Varria, M, was critically injured wban th« taxieah te .pbich she waa ri^ag cra*^ jpeta aa alee* trk Ui^t pole. 1^'4i|Kident oe* aww^ whea the dtfvar, Otia Aaaey, made aa attaaift te avoid Uttinar another aaK. iMbeak aepOTta Mrntim ah«« th* 4pni,;Hp|iria ^ stiU ib a T«ry erMnSf Candi da*. Str mtitmmi jft fnctinwd^ jMr fts wali' aa |K4>aMe al haa n^««- Thare- Iftr. BoAa- feUer'a iistereat % the vnNaaia of ^ eoaimuaity, ha a«Mia«l the Daabar '^Nattoaal^lbnk, which took apace in the Wbabar Apartmeats. etniadoHsri^ fiM abMr hMi a^ waeaia' eaivad aMMaiBMKr trMMMftt' ■^UIOE RIGHT’ iw W C. J. Gates Is Employed In Aliack Case \ attt. r. j. revnolm nirir“~r lb* Mtioaal ‘G«id« We^' •! tbe iCe>»e A^ A00» »4-«^ *tr- imm eibleh U- iMid afbev '■•In aaaafkt years, atm cii^%ith 'tka the F(^erai Govern* Mliillli ^%|M«Vad a Low Cost Saline Iheajaet oa land adjacent to the ^^9«bar Apartnsaata. With the |^0)rtetiment*8 entry into OUs fmd, Mr. Rockaf^ felt It appropriate^ for Mm '-tei retire from it. He cotuequenCly fore* closed his morlgaca on tha Dun> bar Apartmenta, boaght the|n in at the foreclosure sale, and not long after resold them to a jMir* cbaaer who he felt would jMia* tain them in the interest af the tananta. "The dfciaion to liquidate the Diuihar National bank waa not •aexpected in view of ifr. Rockefeller’ swithdrawal fram inctade RoM P. Braddi^^ Uents and the fact that seraral manager iqpth a^t Brandi ^ Freed IN AMon ^rges Tok. WiLSON, AiKril A. W. 'Mitebaw, watt inown physi* chia of Wiii»^ int fread of abottioB chaxtas %re Tueaday ia reeordera court by C. B. McLean. The charges b«i|iii^t 1l8«inst Dr. HHehaet vere in connecfioB with the ^^ath a white bisby found iwre uader a “4f^ on Hlaea Street a«f«fal iraeka ago. ^Dr. r-Mitchner was arreated last esasfcfiau jilaaad .^der a ft,. 600 bond fl(t prelimiaary heariag. Three other petaaaa ^^ednaujlay. and the ether two defendants are sUll being h^ According to evidenfee produc ed at the hearing the three waat to Dr. Mitchner ia Jkanmry and the physician prescrftad medicine for Mrs. Lucaa wha waa pr^> naat at the time, Ibxptr ttesti- mony showed that t)^e medicine waa harmless. Dr. Mitchner is well kinown in CNKACO CUAROI CHAIR O^AiGO, April *7—(A£0>) —4Payii^ the -ex^me penalty for Tobhery-murder of a gyp^ aanaan and her daughter last Baaas&ber, J. C. Scott, 28. six feet, two^ inches tatt~ and weightaff over 20)0 pounds, was electoroabad at the County jfil Moaday midnight, but he went to his death fii^itlBg. Durinc the evening, Scott had ^yad Bummy with his guard, had orderad ateak -,dinner for hia hut meal, but chanired ,h>a mind after it waa brought t9 the death cell, aayiag, ‘'It looks g«od, but 1 have no- appetite.’' iHe con tinued hia card game, however, and cracked jokes as guards shaved bbr head, slit his trouser lag for the electrodas. He re mained «alm while the black d««th maak was adjusted. Bat aa they- started toward the electric chair, Scett went suddenly ^rserk, put" Up" a vic ious fight before the 100 startled witnaases, and was overpowered only by the combined efforts of tiie four guasds,. (Breathing ttaavily, he was throvm into the chair, mum/blin«r, ’’Please I want to. sea it alL" Three minutel' la- '■•w erfy 32, AUaraay Rara«>d« Bm« is Te^lta, Kaai., wh«r* ha baa. headed tb« NAACP br«a*k ff«r five yaara, asd- th« Liaaala- ■liaiiftia* sfcdi f*r f«nr y^av*. 'ifcaMe Rifhl . has lH^ a—da«tW a—aMy br the-S8^ aad M«k* ta ie* yavag paapU iat« tk* b«il H»Ma af atady far ibeb fatafa vaeatiaa*. Xla driv* i« aa hi aigkty calMf* «aaaar«a{tia* thk MT. OLIVE, April #7.—Attor ney C. J. Gatea, prominent Ne gro Durham lawyer, haa'l>een em ployed as private prbaacator in the caM against Oaaie McCallen, 2b>yeaf-old white man, charged mm tile rape of Miaa Agnes ^iUiami, 122-year^ld Nagro wo man of Mt. Olive, it was learned here today. Attorney Gat^, who b welt known >n legal cireiea of North Caroiiaa, is aspected to come *» Mt. Olive ^metiroe aaxt we^ ^ to aOafer with Miaa WQUami, ^ and- a lika^ aber Mrrai«tsa«iii| ^ ,fwieanrtiy af^ Mm caaa, wUch !s jidaduled ta^HMa .up at the M4# SOtb tana li. Sl^- rior Cottc^' ~ - TO SPEAK HERE LocaFLawycr To Campaign For Couniy Office (Br W. A. Twck) -ao^ MRS. RUTH MOROAN, C»rr^> VaadiMg ••cralhry *f lb* North CarabM ^Ur - DcMariaatiMutl UUUiM •«iati«D wbe will da- *N*r . SMJa‘'^ddress at the r«- iniW asaadily maa‘ti»g of tk* Uaioa, Svadajr tilV "tlia 'VaWtod to hoar roliaa’s loadi: ia aardlbnf >ar ft Ifcitb CW iaf oviab «roaeik SATTERFIELD- DAVIS bRA- MAtiC CLUB Mli^TS ~ CLOSES THURSDAY' CJIEBNSBORO i^e Satteffield-Davis Dramatic Clti^ of St. Joseph Church held a meeting, Wednesday night Aj»iil 27th at tiie home of Miss Mvy Holloway, Mebane Street. Committees were appointed and arangonkents w«re made fbr a “M!others’ Day” program to be presented at die Allen Christian Pndaavor Lgagne, ^njiay May 8, li938. At i^e cloje of the M^uUait i raped Min WMlaais aft^ he forced his i*ay iata Iba Ham af the younir waman oa tha Mlgb^ d April the }4. Be plaad *%i0t guil^" t9 ^ charges at Die prelimina^ heariltir, and freed ujiM* a hab.eaa corpus writ si|M^iby Judg« W. C. Bar- rii. BW'ljfii sat a* ftaWI. WiPlfta, at the ^ha of the heirfovs at^ck on bar. i^as working M a 4»ok te tb* booM of I. F, Wellii^on of Mt. Olive. She is the daughter ^ a welt kno^ minister of Benderaon. ^ and is weM thao«ht of Umm and Tlie “roll call' GUILFORD «M#»TY RALLY J^OR OXFORD ORPHANAGE A statement given to the Ca rolina TimaW*' here Thursday by Attorney M. H. Thompson, can didate for tha office of County Commisaionert waa to the effect that be wtH^ not withdraw from ,^e race for that office. Attor ney Thompson stated that he was full^yawate of th-* fact that the law t makes it prohibited for County Commissioner to en gage ia the practice of law. “I am not yet a county commissio ner, and until I am elated to that office, shall" not worry a^ut whether I intend to eon- AT (Special To Cakraliaa TiaMa) GB£ENeiBORO, April 27.— The Trininty AlfiB Zion church Thursday night will be the scene of the clollnff of a rally which bas been , conducted in Guilford County fdr tbe aid of tha CoKr> ad Orphanage at Oxford. Bev. W. F. Witherspoon, prominent minister iti Greensboro is' pastor in Mt 01|ve. Attorrey J. Fai».n Tlw«mp8oa has been empktyed to reprosent the df'ferdant in thd cafC. meeting. Miss Holloway served refreshmebts. Miss Lucille (Bbines will be hostMB to the dob, Wed nesday night. May 4th. will be conduc ted by Mrs. Blanche Ca^ Sterne, auperintend^Bnt of the GbiUlbtd County l^^elfare department. Va rious oiganizations of the churches, schools and social or ganisations are expected to make their report at the time, as well Cantiawad oa page^ight aa a ptacdeliigi attorney.” Thoaapaoa- stata that h« attefnpited ta persuada aevara^ well qualified * citistaa of tbe race to enter the campa^n for the office, ^t met with liWe success, ‘-r leerit is high time for our pet pla to become BM'”t political. sriadvdi and interest themaahraa ia affairs of viUI in- tereaf to their vn welfsre. I ani fully willing to Mikt 'iAat- ever sacrifice is '‘liecessary to- ^ editor of the Carolina Tisaas, and candiHfle for the offica of the county joard of education steted that he intends to wage an earnest campaign for the of* fice which he seelcs. “Tha matter of education, whether rural or city, is an important factor in the devetopitient of good citisen- ship. I feel that Negro renre- sentation is badly needed, not only on the county board of edu cation, but on the ci^ board aa ■ well.” . . According te advance reports this year’s registration o f Ne- gr» roters w H be the largest in 'th* biatory af Durikaat. Atarea^ there -ura ssore tiian S.5M Ne^ groes regialered and it ia hoped by the time the books claee tlae'' end of next month tbat there ^witt t>« 5,000.' Plana are already being formulated to set in mo tion machlBery nb^ will i«suH in at least that asany plticing their namea on tbe books. Other Negro caadidataa aha will take part in the June pri> wards that end, “he sUted te tba | maries ara William D’KaOey awi repraaeatativa. of .the (Maliaa ff. K. Watkins. Both are runnii.c Times. ' jfor the office of Justice of the In tbe meantime L. S. Auatin, Peace. OOIMS OF USHERS By RUTH BUCHANAN 8 Ih Annual State-Wide Music The stat^i/ridft misic tar ha waa dead^^^ a^th man for this year was heW. in thhi to dia^^;o«irl^ty’s eleciric Friday, April 2i2nd at the I Hillside School. The first session, «6ntf«ting of solosT tiios, and junior mixed ^oruMM was held in tK^ morning. nie choruses ware served din- ner in thf ealateria pf.' the school ?•. April 27 bj^ directors ^ ift^i^Sale^aria as- WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS tO COMBINE FOR BUSINESS 'league meet contest I Miss It H. Clagigett. i^s affo. Miss Cla«|«(k is ectress pf .music in the city achdols and tBe Hillside higb sahool. Iba festival haa baa» vary aucctfcaful during the paat yaara. Tha high schoob fram aV DURHAM, N. (ANP)—C. C. Spaulding, preai-jaited by the Hort^ dent National Kegro Business partments. laagba, annuouncad today that, in the afternoon, the e -I I I 1—1. !***• lafc, Negro Cham-l^wai resume^, featuxine thp al drelas in Ilortb CM>«-^bar af Caasweree would be host j,d quartettes and boys and «irls ta jCba 1#S8 convention of the glee clubs. Una and is highly raspaetad hare and in other pilaefla wbara he ii were alao arrested in oonnaetion ' knowii. ireTs receiving congibta with tha eaaa and placed under frienfi an hav- bond of their, th* cbarges. appaaraiMe ia next term of VELL KNOWN MORTICIAN JOINS CAROUNA STAFF Superior Court Those being held under bond Say, ^ feiowmaat- Qf th« baby, Mra. Ibry Friia#,, ticiaa who haa formerly., been colored midwife and Jaase Ham-| connects* with the Scarberoa^ Jlton, Jforper pollc# i«ioer -of |md Hhrgett funeral home bas Wilson and alleged ^thar of tbe , reee^ly been added to the ^r- child. Solicitor Den Gilliam rf sonel of the Caroiiaa Funeral Tafboro has radaced tbe bonds Home. from to IBOO. Only Mn. I Mr, Ray is a well known citi- FttOer bad (ivaa bond up until l fieatiaaed aa imge elgbt ' taacaa, which will be held Aa^ ast 17-19. Charies A. Shaw, sec retary of tbe Houaton Negro Chamber af (k>mmerce, has ^e^ j^rted that reception to ihe viaitiiir busineaamen and women ef the race will be state-wide. The Dallas Negro Qbamber of f»>Mmai^ aioi^^ ^)m1 busi- aass groups, in all sections'll Texas, will cooipet«te with Hotfs- taa^ Piaaa for the convention In cluded a session yt Prairia Tiew collage, a motorcade te aad a closing eatirtiiinmaiit as the historic and j^'alar at Gabaatan. The night session wajs held in. the Auditorium of JPearson Ele mentary achoop* There were ren- diltons of piano solos, .quartette numbers and niixed chrus num- hara, followed by the traditiowal l«ndition of a ^iritual ,sung by a number of schools- jointly. The sceiie that was displayed was a very striking, one, as the repre sentatives of* the severd s^o^ utaated , themselves upon the stage and began to sing. 'Miord I’m Seeking for a City”, direct- Ihd by Pref. Montague of West Vinrinia State college. Thii •vent was initiated by A numbet {Kinston. Balei^jjfa.. and-Burlington tied for - sceond; Unchanged voice, Durham, first. Hickory (kutonia tied for^seco^d; Girls Trio, Wilson, first, Raleigh, sec- aad:, 'Qkls Glee, Club C^s B t n|^i«>ry, l^t, Salisbiiry ^ and war the akate have cooperated Wilsoa tied for second;/, Pjoys extonaiveljr. TWa ia a nwrit Glee Cli*. Class B, BSekory, amoiit %tl» centaalinta af eager, first, Wilson second; Mixed s« to wib, bat alae in atrtbaai- j QuartettejO»f»dr~f|£iMW’*^"- fer otiMT ceniitatilera, 'wwaM^fTf^sGlee Cli* C|us A, ^own by *WUUM to I^Hhamtied for tbey .shiwifr them «a mM-first pl^,. GoMaboro, second; ceed to aad itoa» I Boys Glee Club, Class A, Dur- Oxford, second; Male from^AlS^rl. Raleiffb, ttctorK.’ Behawt. (£ k.m n.,*. lington, second; Mixed (^oms, ■’ Cbus 8. Bbrlington with Salifttory, ItedsHa. flaatawla, ‘ noir, and Franklington.. Dr.. J. ^idbbsfd; promiaent dentist ^ tl# di^ awarded tiiw trepbiM Ybc snlos were awai4- trophiair ffivt. Soprano* AH>eau|r> le, fint: Kings |feun^in, . ff COD#; Alta, DnrKam, first, mont, aeeond; Teaiar, WiMfu Jtiekory xor itrat, #tlaoik mkTXT bemarle tied for second; Mired gfceraa, }!a6B A, Daib—b -featr (hcford, second. Grand trophy was! awarded Wilson. Much credit is due Keiap Lan( ef this city for the effort^ sbawa , by him in the winning of 1b* U»- I abaaged Voice solo. Kemp ta % On last Sunday morning at church Sunday afternoon at 3 the instigation of Mrs. Ida C, o’clock. May 1&. Ushers of the Wright of Guilford a group of stake are asked to make boys and girls at Collom’s Grove now to journey to fieidsvilMoa M. E. church was called together ^ tbat Sunday. The president of for the- purpoise of or^nuing a ' the sUte aaaociatioa will be pra- Junior uaher board. After the sent and ia deairous ' of hav&g election Mrs. A. Fofter, Stop- as many visiting ^hers as poaai- ervisor of the Junior Separtiaent ble to meet with the Reidsville of the state associa|ion installed Union. the officers of the newly formed group ofthirty or more members. Mrs. Foster was accompanied to Guilford by C. R. Craig, mem- iber of tbe board of directors of the state association. DURHAM. The ^uraam Uahera Uniofr ROXBORO ^atch out ushers for aniK>an- cement of a great day to be held in Roxboro in the near future. R- Jw 'Bolton, prominent church- ma nand civic leader has shrxiadj advise the state president that he wttl have the largest gather- will held its regular mont^ [ ing of uabers 'ever heT3 in {bat public meeting at the S^ M»^ part of the state. Mr. BoHoa is AMS ZkML church. Suo^ May ^a live wire and when he says be 8th at S o’clock P. M. Mrs. Rath' is planning a big day. you may 8th at 1 o’clock P.' M. Mrs. as aoell look eut. retary llF ^e state * association4 _ ... ^ will ..deliver the address for the I Mother’s .~t>ay program which wil^ be held at that time. Every body is cordially invited. ■ REIDSVILLE The Unitm of Reidsville will ba>ee a big get-to^tber meetias at tl^ St. Paul M. E. Get ready for Goldsboro, is, the only cry of 'usherdom aew. The largest annual meeting in the history of the organizatioa will he held there in August. Al ready plans are going forward to entertain the manq delegates who aiB'iittend the convention- from all over the state. . , .. Uerndit CtuissiiHi Will -jtel i( ff iISM Jay 44 SeSn fajr ataoM^ ' |Ma,i Coaibaaad aa page eigba' ■» I-S, 1-, Al»ti«i „ Tbk ya^r’a WILSON, Aprit St.—aa- ^ many promiaeat spsairaw af nual sadaioa at tbe Noitb Caro- bo^ racea, tncludiac Govevelir Una Cemmiwioa ea UlatMMdt) i Clyde R. Hoey aad Co-operatlen wgl ba M to BUJfaaH Graham af tba aoa. narsday am! WtHdt af North Cwitha Oliw .& aad S, aecofldlav t« aa awmkliwhkaw tsrtoja HMtor A L. B. lajniiil^|H«Bbas of jtoto eoasmlaaioa t|ito! of baahb. Gastga A
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