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DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY 14. 1938
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NEGROIS
NAACP Secretary Defies
Kluxers .To Make Speech
At Dallas Texas Y/VICA
the best newspapers in the south
west, was the only journal to re
frain from sensationalizing’ the
appearance of the NAACP aecre-
tary. It carreid only two short'
items.
NEW YORK, May 11.—Threats
by the Ku Klux Klan to injure
• Walter White, secretary of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
and riot-ineiting stories in two
daily newspapers in Dallas, Tex., I ., x. , i
failed to prevent the New Yorker I f
from d.ljverin, hi. speech in f
Dall^i Friday, April 29, it was . T T
v i j 1. ii.:. . counts. Ti>e Journal ^ used the
revealed here today by thie na
tional office of the NAACP.
Mr. White, on a tour of south-
crn states, . was scheduled
speak to tiis Dallas Interracial
Commission at the white YWCA
Friday aftemMn, April 29, but
after an advnnee notice of his
•peec^ilMMl Veyo pnbUalied In the
daily papers April 2^, a. move
ment was started by the Klan
and the Sons of Confederate
Veterans and the Daughters of
tbe Confederacy to preveat hi«
speaking. £art E. Hurt, Comman
der of the Texas division of the
Sons of OoEifederate Veterans,
protected against the apt>eitraiice
of Mr. White.
Mr. Hart called on District
Attorney Ajidrew Patton to as
certain if there were any legml
method of preventing Mn White
from making his speech, but
was told b]r Mr. Patton that there
was no law forbidding su^ a
speech.
“T%e SoHthefn white people
of this city, as well as the entire
South, should vigorously protest
•gainst any Negro coming into
our midst, lecturing or talking'
following language in a front
story; "a muttering threat of
violence and riot raised ominou
sly throughout the city.”
This newspaper continued the
campaign ih the same story by
quoting an anonymona teleplione
call from a man whe ie sai^ to
have told Police Chief R. L.
Jones; "I am not going tp etand
for this Negro tailing'." C^ief
Jones, however, informed the
Interracial Commission that it
coal(j have police protection for
Mr. White if they wanted it.
Pressure on the white YWCA
was so heavy, however, that on
the momin gof April 29 they
cancelled the meeting at their
building and ioiMdiately the
gathering was transferred to the
Moorland YMCA (colored).
The Dallas Journal, ^ich }id
everything possible to' stir up
race feeling, quoted George'" K.
(Butcher, leader of the Ku Klux
K\l^n, as saying, "The Negro will
not speak to tHe white women of
Dallas tonight. Hie Negro is
leat^ng town, that is if he can
be found. I am ready to start
anytfliing they want me to. I am (
MAKING GOOD
UHg'ii. Hu«li«s
Speaks ill
S.a Mm
COMMENClEMENT SPEAKER LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE AN
NOUNCES COMMENCEMENT
' SPEAKERS
GILiBEIRT DERR, grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Skidd Simms - of
Dui4tam, .who is making and en
viable i>ecord as a student at
Hampton Institute. Mr. Derr has
recently been elected president
of the senior class for next year,
president of the newly-organiied
debating society of Hampton.
Young Derr has also distinguish
ed himself in athletics by winning
the C I A A championship i n
wrestling.
the intjereate not jfotng- to stand for tiieee Oig-
of both white and Negro races, ‘ gers' any longer. If they schedule
such as the talk scheduled to be
ma^ by thia Negro, Walter
White,” Hurt said.
Papers lacit Riet Spirit
The other papers, the Journal
beat paper in Dallas, and one of
the meeting somewhere else. I
will be there. And I won't be a
lone, either, you can tell the
world that.” ,,
Despite the treat of Klansman
Butcher, Mr. Wliite did speak at
Old Norn State Medics
CoHvene In Henderson
MaH7.l8.Aiid
- Oa Tuesday, Wednesday and
'Thursday, May 17, 18, 19, the
Old North State Medical, Den
tal and Pharmaceutical Society,
Inc. will hold its fifty-first an
nual session with the Sixth Dis
trict Medical Society at Hender-
> ion. North Cjirolina. Having been^
i^unded in 1887, the Old Nk>rth
State Society is the oldest Ne-
|rro Medical Association in the
World and is a member of the
' Rational Medical Asso^tion and
the National Hospital Associa-
tios. The scientific policy of the
Ifociety is based convic-
^on that medicine is ft science
-ip well as a»- act.
Tlie official* of Ac Old North
LMedicAl Soeietgr are weg^
all of ita members to| coma
the 17th and remain through
,0m 19th because these mornings
»f|t«moons and evenings will be
^ijll flUllll JcitlL jood graggaBSSr
clinics and good times. A*
from the regular busioeai
ons then will be ptenics,
sing ^ps, fishing, ' boat*
4«nei]«. «i*.
The first business 'session will
be held en 'Tuesday evening at
the Henderson Institute, and the
main address will be delivered
by Dr. C. C. Spaulding, Ih-esi^
dent of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insonmce Co. and the
Mechanics and Psrmers Bank.
Dr. Max C. King, President of j
the Medical Society will also j
give an address and new officers I
will be elected. A reception for
the members and visitors will be
given at Fulton Hall. --
Medical and surgical dlnics
will be held Wednesday morning i
at Jubilee Hospital, after which
the group will return to Hender
son Institute for a symvosinm on
puA>Uc health nedieine wUoh has
been aramged by Dr. C. V.
xtolds, State HMlth officer for
North Carolina.^^ap^ will be
read by Doctors, W. j. Hughes,
ff. S.-F€ilew9, E. A. ihrimch7~“ir
M. Cooper ~ and J. H. Hiaii^ton,
members of the state board of
health. Dr. A. D, Greg|pi,^';ftats
officers for Vance County will
(Co»tiN«M4 ea page eiglit)
the Moorland YMCA and an
swered questions, from the audi
ence on the anti-lynching bill
fight. About seventeen “white
people were present, including -a
white woman who is chairman of
the Texas^ division of thfe Asst)ci-
ation «f Southern Women for
the Prevention of Lynching. Al
so present were two instructors
from Southern Methodist Uni
versity (white) and a number
of their students.
Kluxer* at Airport
Mr. White reported to the
national oifice in Now York that
wlien he arrived "at Love Field,
the Dallas airport, by plane from
Tulsa, Okla., a committee of
colored men met the plane and
completely surrounded him, - es
corting him to a waiting automo
bile. Also present at the airport
was a -group ofwh ite^ mjen plead
ed by the Kla"«»*^""
Langston Hughes, the young
poet who has won for himself
international note for his con
tributions to American literature
spoke twi;e to the students of
North Carolina College Friday,
May 6.
Mr. Hughes, a graduate of
Lincoln University who has tra
velled extensively-, 4»- foreign
countries has rece'htly returned-
from Spain where he took advan
tage of the opportunity to study
the existing conditions and fac
tions while reporting for an
American weekly newspaper.
Many of his recent poems were
inspired 'by the thmgs that he
saw in Spain.
Sue Wears Red.”
The poet has often been ter
med a radical because in most
of his poems there is the element
of social criticism. He has his
own views about the things that
exist- and he has the courage to
express them. He is ^always on
the side of those who have been
downtrodden and who are fight
ing for right. Because of his
fearlessness and his desire to
help those who need the help
that he has to offer. Langston
Hughes has suffered greatly and
seen others suffer.
' Hughes wrote his first poem
when he was in high school, and
SPRING BRIDE
The Fifty-sixth Commencement
exercises of Livingstone College
will begin Sunday, May 29 and
continue through Tuesday, May
31. The Baccalaureate SermoiT
will be delivered at 3 o’clock
Sunday, May 29 by Bishop E. L.
Madison of Pittsburgh, Pa. bis
hop Madison, an alumnus of
Livingstone College, has been
for years an outstanding leader
in the AME Zion Connection. Be
fore election as E^shpp of the
Ninth Episcopal District in 1936,
he was Financial Secretary of
that denomination. He was for
many years a resident of Salis
bury before moving to his pre
sent address.
The Commencement Address
will be delivered by Rabbi Louis
Binstock' of Temple Sholom, ‘The ■
Temple on the Lake”, Chicago,
Illinois. Cammencement exer
cises begin at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, May 31.
besides these exercises, there
was elected class poet in his se- [ will be held the annual and tra-
REV. A. CLAYTON POWELL,
Jr., pastor of the Absyssinia Bap
church New York City, who will
deliver the A>accalaureate sermon
--Worth Carolina College on
June 1, and the commencement
address at Sh;tw university on
May 31.
nlor year. He was early influen
ced by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
ftnd Carl Sandburg. It was be
cause of lus admiration of Dun
bar’s writing that he wrote many
of his early poems in dialect.
The influence of Sandburg can
be seen in his poems abwt
workers, "'wrilten in free verse.
He read the students two of his
poems as-examples of the re
sults" of these influences. They
were “Dressed Up”, and “When i
Sue Wears Aed.”
Continued’ oA page eight J
ditional student programs during
the commencement period. Out
standing among these will te the
following; Cap and Gown Day,.
Wednesday, May 25 at llo’clock
A. M.; Piano Students’ Recital
Tihursday, May 26 at S:!© P. M.;
Senior Class Day exercises Fri
day evening. May 27, 8 P. M. ;■
Junior and Freshman Oratorical
Contests, Monday, May 30, at
I'O Pi M.}. Presentation by Dra
matic Club, 8 P. M.: Aliimni
Banquet nnd Reunion Classes of
1928 and 1933, 9. P. J».
Taylor Reelected Precinct
Chairman; Martin Secretary
Durham Negro political lead
ers made history here this week
when they succeeded in electing
two additional members of their
race as precinct officials in meet
ings held here last Saturday at
the various voting places. James
T. Taylor, dean of men at the
Niorth Carolinii College was re
elected chairman -of the Court
house precinct, Mr. Taylor has
held the nosition fpr two years.
Mrs. Nora Hughes, Pine street
resident was elected vice-chair
man. Chas. Parrish (white) was
elected s«cret»ry..
Mutiiiii, ugeiiC^ tiUpei''vn'
(CentinuecT onTpSjjrl^eight) j sor of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company was
elected secretary of the Brady
Store precinct, making the third
membe-' rof the. race to be elect
ed to a precinct office. Mr. Mar
tin has been a consistent and
earnest worker for the political
advencement of his group here
in Durham, • and elevation to the
secretaryship of his precinct
came as recognition for his ser-
viceC , I
The Brady Store precinct,'
although having a large number {
ALPHONSO PRINCE PASSES
FunefaT services were conduct
ed Tuesday May 10th for Al-
phonso Prince 35 years old res
ident of Richmond. Va. He is
survived by two sisters and six
brothars, mother land fatiher.
Prince died at"’his home Satur
day May 7th. “
The meeting of the Durham
County democratic convention
will be h^ld Saturday at the
courthouse. All chairmen of the
precincts co'nstitute the exe’cu-
of white people is predominant-„'tjve committee; hence this yearjs
lj(_ colored, aiid it was by m^re I convention
MRS. HUGH CLIFTON. IBEiLLE,
former Miss Dolly Fundet^
burk,^harming daughter..^jf^Mrs.
H.' Funderburk, Durham resident.
The announcement of her marri
age which took place secretly oir
March Ifii, 1938 at the home of
Rev. "M. Carter, was made Sunday
evening at the Mt. Olivet Baptist'
church. Mr. and Mrs. Belle will
make their home in Durham.
Jim-Grow Btls Case Taire
To Slate Stipme Ceurl
C. J. Gates and Edward R,
Avant, attorneys for Miss Ellen
Harris, defendant in the recent
bus case in which the defendant
was tried and _ cpnvjcted in re
corders court, and the Durham
cburtty suJ|3r|or court for vio
lation of the Jim Crow law on i
bus operated by the Durham
Public Service Company, an
nounced here*-this week that the
BICYCLE WINNER AND LEADING CAROLINA TIMES NEWS 1E5 ARE FETED WITH REPAST
ciiinee on last Saturday tEat a Prof. James T. Taylor as a meg»f
Negro chairman was not elected, her of the executive committee.
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she refused to move from a seat
next to the last one in the rear
of the bus on last Februar^^ 12i
after being asked to do so by a
■whke male passenger.
Attorney Gates stated that.he
and his associate exjj^ct a favo
rable verdict from the highest
court on the gsounda fKal""fhe
Durham Public Service Conmp-
any, operator of the vehicls
had failed to comply wfith the
l»Ajf, post signs in lie bos.
appeal to the North -Carolina
s|i^em^Jc»urt ^ad been perfect-
edc The'attorneys announced that j designating the proper place for
.T-»wld Ll mfcucJ uefOTirj wtriie anff^colSreJ pas^ngers to
the i^jaie'^s liigheat "tribunal on , sit.
May 24.’ | Miss ' Harris is well known
Miss Harris was arrested when ] (C*mtiu««l on p«g« et(kl)
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llni'liaig StnBiic.ilil Resipaliot
01 Two Pplar ScliOdUicadsi
A ..sbakeup that rocked Durham i viable recot 4 as an educator*
educational circles took place] both ^ an inafinictor and prin-
here this week when two'of the ' cipal. Prior to being promoted to
The above photo is that of the
leading newsboys of the Caro
lina Times who were recently
lated by the Times circulation
manager, V/. A. Tuck on the
Invent o/ tho awarding of a brand
new bicycle to the winner of the
nine weeks circulation contest
staged by the Carolina Times.
7ames Rogers standing directly
behind the bicycle and holding
it was the winner of the prize
for .maintaining the highest ave
rage and putting on thhe largest
increase ^ring the contest. The
boys wsrs also given a repast
and taken to the theatre by t^e
circulation manager. The Caro
lina Tiqies has 40 boys in Dur
ham, but only the 27 in the pic
ture quallfled for the repast and
the free theatre icket.
city’s mo«t popu^r Negro prin
cipals, Mrs. F. K. Watkins and
Prof. J. W. Davidson, tendered
their fesignBtions to Superinten
dent W. F. Warren of the city
schools. Th'e'^esignatio^ of both
Mrs. Watkins and Mr'. Davidson
will take effect at the c^we of
this year’s schiol term.
Davidson gave as his
Prof.
reasou seslgtiing that he was
doing so to do further graduate
Work. Mis. Watkins’s resignation
gave no reason for her action.
Prof. Davidson lu been in the ^
Durham city school sQrstem for i
ten years or twelve yeaars. Since 1
conUiBg litr* be iuts nads an •a-l
the ’head of the Lyon Park ele
mentary s'cbool he^_ was an in*
stroctor in physics and. assistant
principal at Hillside Park high
school. . —
Mrs. Watkins has bt'en priifc-
ciapl of the E^t Durham els*
mentary school for practically
nine years. Prior to coming her^-
'°i sh« inSBe .ii
considered very capable smoac^
amoH7 educational circles.
Although the two resvifhiv
school orTicials gave no ethkt .
reasons for their scttoBC,
are many and varisd nnMn te;