Carotiina Times^
sars Mammoth Sttbscrt,
WHKE
FINAL
EDITION
ate,
^I^HE^FEUtH^UNBR^E^^
DURHAM, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY JULY 16. 193S
TWO NEGROES LYNCHED
MISS. AND GA. MOBST
Lynchers Sef Bodies Of
Victims Afire; Negrces
Reported In IVliss. Mob
ROLLING FORK, M»«.
Juljr 15, (Spac-iait |o CNA)
—A mob of white planters
and buaiacss men (hot to
dea^k Tom. G^aon, 48>]rear
oinl bk|clnni|ith, ^follOwinj a
fifteen minute gun battle
in which Green save a hproic
account of himself. The
lynching, the fjr«t reported
for the year, took pla.‘« tw>
day* after the natioii had
oelie bitted, the ^gning of
the Declaration of Indepon-
dence, with its Recognition.
of human equality and the
right to “life, lihorty and
the pursuit of happinoes.**
The mob storm^ Gcoen’s
cabin following a f|2ht bet
ween Green aad R. Purdy
FlaitailkilV a white planter,
on whose Mayfair planta
tion, fifteen miles north
of hi^e. Green worked.
' Gre>6n was shot hythe plan
ter whoa thn J^aclumitk re-
fuaed fo~w&rk overtime ^s
demanded by the planter.
Green drew a pistol and
fined | n ) Self-d'enfense,
pumping three shots into
the body of Flanagan who
died immediately^ G I* e e n
then ran' to his cabin, a ,
quarter mile away, and
barricaded himsqlf.
The lynchers sur
rounded the eabin with half
'an hour nril opwed fjre_ on
Green. Green retnrned the
fire, using a shotgun, pistol
and ri}le. After the fifteen
minutes, L. H. Harris, white
Sfiarlqsy C|»unty plap^ter.
managed to sneak up to an
open window under cover
of a general gusilade, Harris
l^ushed the munle of a riot
gun through the window
and blew off Green's head.
Members of the mob then I
rushed the now undended cabin,
pulled the body out and tied it
tb the back of an nutomobile
and unceremoniously drafged it
to the scene of the figbt bet
ween Gr«en and Flanagan. j
There Green’s body after be-1
ing kicked and spat upon and
■ub^cted to other forms of de-'
gradation was doused with
gasoline and act afire.
Not satisfied with this exhi-'
bition of savagery, the lynchers
later dragged the body into this
small town, the county ‘ aeiat,-
and set it afire, in an attempt
to terrorize the local Negrq
popultaion.
sheriff denied that he had ad-
sued the usual statement that
Crreen “came to his death at the
hands of pacti^s nknown.” The
sheriff denied tha hte had ad
vance knowledge of the lynch
ing, or that he knows the nam
es of any of the mobsmen. Mem
bers of the mob volunteer«d the.
i«»ati©« that ttsB ffieriif
“arrived later.’’ The sheriff im
mediately forgot who gave the
information.
A new note in lynchings was the
presence in the mob of several
Negro stooges of local planters,
and the playing up this angle
by the white news agencies, with
the implication that both Negro
es and whites had joined to
mete out lyneh “justice" to a
‘bad nigger.’ Local leade|r saw
in this development an attempt
to head off national indignation
over the crime, with resultant
in^eased support for the cani-
paigB f'T Federal Anti lynching
legislation. mm.
GEORGIA MOB LACHES
MAN
CORDEUE, 'Ga. July iSth—
An enraged mob at Cordele Ga.
took the law in their hands on
July 9 and poured gasoline on
an already wounded and dying
,man, John Dukea, 60, and burn
ed him. The lynching took
place after a gun battle between
the Negro and Marshal F. 0.
Epps who .was attempting to ar
rest him. The marsal fell
dead after Djikes had fired
several times; he returrted fire
before falling however.
Deputy Sheriff J. G. Bulling-
ton stated that when he and
Sheriff J. H. Pitts left the scene
after _ inveatigating the
the mob "“setz&a 'We'Wegfo and
finished him off”.
TO BE TRIED IN WAKE
COUNTY
r
PRICE FIVE -GSNTS
MRS. WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Alpha Kappa ACfilm Se
Times T o Offer
$5,000 In Priz es
In Contest
Here’s good news_for j^iends it wjlLbe to win because
j^n^„readejfs, of —The., .e«rrfina^ votes will be more evenly diitri-
Miss tllen
Times and every ambitious per
son willing to exchange-some of
thefr time foi* a valuable-‘ prize
or ^sh reward..
The' C^ARC'UNA TIMES is
going ,to sponsor another big
subscripti oncamjpaign and will
give away a big brand n^w la
test model Buick Sedan, a Ifi-
test model Plymouth sedan and
hundreds of dollars in cash
prizes an commissi^s. Every
body will get something in this
campaign and nobody will lose
because we have arranged to
guarantee a cash comraiasLon
to all those who do not share in
the magnificent prizes.
Eight years ago we sponsored
a big campaign and Chaa. In
gram of Durham was the proud
winner of a beautiful Hudson
sedan and Mrs.^ I* C. Kerns, pf
Winston-Salem rceeived a Whip
pet coach which was th second
-priM.
that campaign know that we gave
away the prizes as promised and
know that we will do it again
this time. '
)uted with lots of compeUon,
The, camp^ieat oains"^ Mon
day July 26th, get ready now
and begin at the start with
the others. Don’t hestitate too
long, turn to ©ur page adver
tisement, read all about it,
ten clip t« E2ntry Blank from
te page, fill in your name and
address and bring or mail it^ta
to the Campaign Manager who
will get in touch with y 'o u
immediately so you can get an
early start. |
This is an opp^rtunitiy you
can’t acord to pass by-it’s your
chance to make that dream of
a new car cpme true and who
knows-you may be tl^e very
person to drive home th« bea-
au-ti-ful Buick >sedan or Ply
mouth sedan at the end of the
campaign.
COLORED
MAID TUTORS
SOUFi^M£RM
DRAWL
HPLLYWOOD, July, IB,—
(ANP) Th«| colorad'^ m«ld of
W« want as muiy contestants Mi^^ Francis Robinson, w-reen
to taka part as we Mn-get, the star under contact tp Universal
;4nore the merrier «nli th» easier; 8tiidk>i|k hat week wm given «
■ Miss Ellen Harris baa notified
the Durham -Public Service’ Co.
through her attorneys, C. J.
Gates and Edward Avant, that
she will enter suit for damages
received when she was arrested
because she refused to give her
sea t in a Durham public Ser
vice Bus to a white man.
It was on Feb. ' 12 of thIS
year that Miss rfarris entered
the ?bu«'.4u)id took tWe seat- next
to the last. R. B. Jones a lt>cal
white entered and! denxandefi
Miss Harris’ seat and when she
loused (to give up her seat, the
bus driver had her arrested.
She was convicted in recorder’s
court but app^td to Superior
Court, where she was forcipd to
pay a fine of ^W.OO. H o w-
ever, when she appealed to the
Sitate Supereme Court the de
cision was reversed.
Kil ler Pol iceman
To Be Tr ied By
Judge Spears
WILKIE CASE HEADS death i>f a^High Point man who
COURT DOCKET -died in an automobile accident
,__The case of the state Versus near Durham early this ,^'ear.
ABC Chief T. D. Wilkie heads
the list of cases set for trial in Whether James McNeil was
the next ter.m of Superior court shot once or several times wJien
beginning Monday, July 18th. ABC officer T. D. Wilkie and
Wilkie is charged With man-* other members of his squad
slaughter in connection with the raiided McNeil’s homte wfll not
fatal shooting James McNeil be disclosed until the trial
which occurred when members which Is slated to open h e
of the AElC squad raided his July 18th session of Superior
home in a vain search for whis- f CiSitirt. When representatives
key. The case was set preem'p-' of the CAROLINA TIMES con-
torily for Tuesday, July 19. ' jtacted Solicitor Leo Carr i-ih'
Among the other cases to be Burlington by telephone he stal
tried in thia. term of *ourt ve j ed that because of th e great
two manslaughter case's. In the amount of publicity already
fiist case Miss Daisy Page and ^ given to the case he had decid-
George Harris will he tried for ed not to make any statement
the slaying of William Ransom ta the press concerning the
of 910 Waltor Avenue on May results "of tJie second autopsy
24. The ice pick killing oc- performed on the body last
curred at I8l0 South Str«et. _ j week. . TSie body was exhum-
Claude Edwin ,WilHe of Pollocks- ed a second time for autopsy
ville is the defendant in the last to ascertaili wliether pf not
MQRB.1S AND FISHER TO BE manslaughter case, ife is being James McNeil was shot once
TRIED IN' WAKE COUNTY beld in connection with the twice or several times.
DAVID L. FISHER
Who faces trial for first
(degree burgllary in | the
neict term of Wake Coun
ty Superior Court. Fisher
an«| his comphln)i>n Ar
thur Morris, who will also
be tried on thei capital
charges, were tonvic|ed
in Durham last February
on charges of second de
gree burglary. He is n>w
serving a sentence at
Central Prison, Raleigh.
;BURGH’ARDT, w|io before
her marriage on July 8th was
Miss Mayme Ethel Spaulding,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Et
G Spaulding., of this '|’ty.
Mrs. Burghardt received' her
A. B. degree from North
Carolina College for Negro
es in June and ia a member of
Mr. B'Urghardt is director mf
Athletic at N. C. College, Im
is a graduate of Eureka C^-
lege in Illiiiioia and received
his Master's degree in phyi^I 0j
educatit'n from *lhe UniveP-
of Iowa. He is a member
of Kappa Alpha P«i Frater
nity
ReR. Employes
To Meet lit
25
-oOo-
INDICTED ON CAPITAL
CHARGES
Two Durham men Arthur
Morris and TJavid Fisher who
se;rving time |in cejitml pifson
for burglaries committed-' here
last winter, have bfeen indicted
on charges o^ first degree bur
glary by the Wake County Grand
Jury. _ They. prabaWjt,-
w triaf this-week^^tff-'tKe ■ VVakiT
Superior court and if found ^
guilty and convicted will face
death in the gras chamber.
Morris and Fisher were convic
|,ed on second degree burglary
in Durham last Febauary. Morris
who was sentenced to serve from
50 to 810 years, esQaped recent
ly but was recaptured in Hen
derson after he had committed
a series .burglaries in Hender
son and Wake Forest.
DCN A To Fight
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 15,
(ANP) C. W. Rice, editor-pub-
lisher of the Negro' Labor News
of Houston, will be one of the
piineipal ^ speakers heforeii-tbt
International • Association of
Railway employes at Raleigh,
N. C., in its fourth annual sess
ion beginning July. 24, according
to an announcement made by
Thos. C. Redd, general presi
dent.
Much interest is attached to
Mr. Rifte’s address on the ^art
pf -Railway workers *inee, was
organizer and agent for the
by a contract undei* the. Nation
al Association of Railway work
ers.
Mr. Rice has raised the con-
strt55TF*niST qne.stion as ^to wh*-
thier the feoar-d can certify le
gally a union £s a sole bargain
ing gency that bar workers
from its membership, deliber-a
tion and participation on ac
count of color. * ’
It is the color bar in these
organizations 'that ia causing
large numbers of Xegro switch-
nrewv-bTnkfTnen ynd- -fi'rfmgn. -~to- *
National Federation of Railway, diminatd from this type of
work. ■
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
(Staff Correspondent)
AWARDS
HONORARY
Miss Robinson, her job being
t6 instruct thO' actress in the
proper us« of ‘you all’ and *Vre
all,’ and how to get the real
Southern drawl into her speech.
The maid is a naltive of Birming
ham. '
MISS LUE SWARZ
Miss Lue Swarz, solo actress,
who was awarded an hon-
orary niter’s degree by
ouglass""^^niversity in St.'
Louis last week. Herman
*,^S. D^er is president of tlie
Institution. Itliss Swarz is* a
school teacKer in St. Louis
and is active in the affaifs
o f t1>« Zeta PM Beta
S*roHt7. , ^ -
The main event in the meet
ing of the Durham Com-
n^ittee on Negiro Affairs on
the afternoon of Sunday,
July 10, was the elen'tion
of a new eKfccutj^e_com-
mittee. The ^erilancll of the
committee for the new
perod remains the same ex
cept for threejpersons. The
Q I -d members re-elected
were: C. C. Spaulding,
chairman; Jamn T. Taylor,
W. D. Hill, R.. N. Harris,
Dr. J, E. Shepard, and R.
L. McDougaldL The new
members are: Mrs, * Cora
Rus,«ell, 'principal of the
Walltown Elementary St hool
Mrs. Nell Hui^^r, Director
of WPA choral Music for
for the state of N. C., and
Law^rer C. O. Pearson.
The members of the comr
mittee were elected by se
cret ballot and were chosen
from a group of 24 nomine
es.
When the balloting a/n d
tallying were over a motion was
passed which provided that C.
C. Spaulding, James T. Taylor,
and W, D. Hill, having received
the highest number of votes
should hold their positions on
the committee for three yearSl
number of votes, R. N. Harris,
J. E- Shepard, and R. L., Mc-
Workers, has brought suit
Report Made I against the National Mediation
The election was preceded by j Board at Washington in an
Other prominent speakers
scheduled to appear a r e: A.
a report from Secretary J. T.
Taylor on the activities of the
Durham Committee on NejSKP
Affair s during the past jear.
Tliis report did a great deal to
ward clearing up tbe very much
extant question; “What does the
committee'"do?;’*^ .Dujring the
current year the committee^ led
in the pi^sec»|tion of the
rington JB»ut Clag’*^^ ijfC^lc^h
effort to stop the Brotherhood Wiilip Randolph, Bri>,t|i«rbood
of Railway car men, an attiliate of Sleeping Car Porters; Nelson
of the A. F. L. from represent- M. Willis, grand attorney ftod
ing^Ilie coac.h cleaners employ- Leyton. Weston, general sec*y
ed on th'e Texas* and Pacific Rail of te InternatioAal - an4 ,sp«eial
way in Louisiana aind Texas, representative of the dining
and who are already protected car employes.
young colored man was slapped
by, a police officer whom he sat
bestde on a DuiTiain Public
Service bus.. The committee
brought about the suspension of
the officer from the police force.
It was through the tirelesa
efforts of the committee
USHERS
SALISBURY, N. C. July 12, crganizi*.d June If, 1938 at the
The C ty-Wide Ushar .Union. Saint Haul iSl. Ej, Church, Ker-
that of Salisbury, had a‘bingo party J ersville, N. C. The meeting was
we-now have Negro clerks in the Tuesday night, July 12th. .A.
ABC Store located on Fayette- very pleasant evening was en-
ville Street and patronized most- joyed by al!.
ly by .Negroes. Tbis was The brother of Mrs. L. B.
brought about by no small Perkins, Recording Secretaiy of
(PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 8) tie Inter-I>enomina£k)nal Ush-
_ * ers Association O'* North Carolina
WALTER
FCKIG KILLED
WRECK I'
Dougald should remain‘d on
committee for two years; ’Mrs.
Hunter, Mrs. Russell and Att’y
Pearson will be replaced at ttie
end of oney^ear.
liOUISBURG, (Special)—
W|a^er Fogg, 2i3 year rid
Durham man, was kiHe4_ilt>-
sta'Ally and W. H. Murphy
white was slight!^ iMt J^inful
injured when a gasoline truck
overturned near Louislwig.
They were employed by ill*.
—1^-r* ttp ^ w,y.f lf*y. F
Durham. The accident o^.* ” »»-t i ^ »
currej on the Loviisburg-
the Rocky Mount highway a few
m|lea' earjl of 4-o«^isburg*
' The truck, driven by Murphy
overturned whefi a fr at tin
Maw oat.
repeated by the group. T liC*
house was opened for the elee-
tion of ofRcers. Maifian Friend*:
was electetl pr««i4k>At» Nathan
iel 'Matthews, vice president^
IN is still in the hospital where he CeraUlino Martin, Secretary,
Calmer 'Fifende ast-ijstant sac*y.
Clur;^s:i Mat|'iew«r-tr» AHoti
Warren, Sgt. at Arms, Rob«rt
lr’"1!ttiUthews, chaperon Dietor,
RALEIGH,—The meeting of Marian MartTn.
the City Wide Ushers Union was • The .board was organiicd |m-
hel Thursday night July 7th at der the atwiK^rwision 6i
the _h’me of Mrs. Arnetta Brown Louvena RitcWey of
309 E. Caba#fus St. Salem, J. H. Friende
is still in the hospital where he
has been ill Siliic^ '.4"ptil 3, 1938.
Many friends of the family
wish for him a.speedy recovery.
opened by singing, after whicH
After the routine of business Gr'esle^ Chamberab of
—Tin-a. I
R. McLean was hostess for a torestinsr talEs gt^wi
soicial hour and served deli.^ious! members and the
home-made ice cream and cake, the l^sKor Board
Sixty one ushers enjoyed the Salem, N. C. • Qai8igttl>
repast. | taken and meniJklK»
Kenartville, N. C. ■ amounting to
A Junior tjalier Ooard was . (PLIASI