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DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENWNG SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17tfi 193S
5 CENTO IN NORTH C aROLINA
SUNDAY SCHOOL LITERATURE
FIGHT BREWING AT ST. JOSEPHI
Senior Bishop QfiA !V1 E
Church Declares Heads
Are Wrong; Bryant l^key
(By Soutliara N*sre Pr*»f)
ATffiANTA, G». September 15—^t^cause b« refuied to us
President of the Board of th« AME iJunday School Union doc« not
mean that he is not with Im T. Brytnt, Bi^op flipper, Senior
Oishop of the Chun:h, stated in aK interview at hU home thi« we«k-
Regarding the law suit which Bishop Monroe OrvIi brought
against Mr. Bryant to recover the Sunday School Union Property
at* Nashville, Bishop Flipper says he is t»Tdng no part.
"Ira Bryant is the best man in j r: 5
the AlifB Church,” the senior property'C?al^ SKVe it.
Bishop said. "Hs, is honest and j This i^ not true of any other
he has not published any lies department. Take for instance
about the 'Bishops. If they are j the book publishing house in
lies, why don’t they sue hi***-^'’ • Philadelphia. It doesn’t even be-
“The reason I refused to serve
on the Boar4 as Preaident ia be
cause the Bishops including my
self asked to have the "SanSiy
School Union charter changed.
At present, and under the pre
sent charter the AME Church
has nothing to do with the elec
tion of Secretary-treasurtr of
him. We voted in 1924 to' vnange
that charter, and it hasn’t been
changed yet, and because it
hasn't b««n changed is why I 7e
fused to serve the lE'oard as
Piesident.
“However, this has nothing to
do m'ith my friandship for Mr.
Bryant. He is absolutely right
Tnlili Iig¥t. At tha Geneiir Con-
ference he put up na fight to b#
TC-eteeted because th« chOTSb
couldn’t re-elect. I told Shelby
the General Conference altar
his election that if he g6t in at
Nashville the courts would put
him in,”
"What does Mr. Selby know
about the AME Church? He
hasn^ been in it long enough.
He is having trouble in Philadel-
■phia right now, and came to th*
Bishofs Council at Kittrell for
help. W© ignored it completely.
The Sunday School Union un
der Bryant has done more than
any other Department In the
church. Right now if the church
got into trouble the Nashville
long to the AME Church any
lo^^. it is now in the nama of
Dr. Carey. Ha furnished t h •
mcuey to save it.
%'isfaop Flipper digressed long
enough to what brou^t
about the situation; "The beads
of the churcJi are wrong" ha said.
“Don't you know a lot p{ ^Ik
have 9^^ -
General CbjiTereftoe. Th’e Bi
or* prejp'dica, 'flhey are/ #ve:
prejudice, tP Unit's why I
can’t Jo anything abojut these
matters.
•'Don’t you toov?, he continued
that the chureh iias gone 4own
so until If 1 not a BiahQp I
wontd umr ife otit la -Hre
Church. You take here in Geor-
iti» tbe-'p*«eeke« virtu#!
slavery. The poor fellows can’t
texpfess themselvea.
Asked if the AME hurrh is
paying counsel fees to hnndlc
the Bryant-Selby case, Bishop
Flipper said he didn't know de'
finitely, but he undarstood th«t
the money is ccming from pri
vate sources.
Before concluding the inter-
veiw he said: “The AME Sun
day School Union is yet in Nash
ville and not Philadelphia, and
the Church hasn’t lost anything
Ht Nashville. It has propsnrty there
worth over a quarter Bullion
dollars.”
Three kjlled
luCar
CHURCH LEADS RACE
Members Opposed To High
Haflded Metliod 01 Bi'sliop
Id ForcingSlielby Literature
OHICAGOl, Sept. 16, (ANP)
—A head on automobile collis- '
ion early Wednesday morning '
three milea from Lincoln 111.,
resulte^j in the death of Robert
Dortch, local business man; Mrs.
Rosie Jackson,. 42,. and Mrs.
Corinnne McAlpin, 41 who were
enroute to the National £apt.
convention in St. Louis.
A white- woman, Mrs. Ruth ^ K. Wuliam.,
lloMse, was also killed in the •• .
craph, Mrs. LaUra Syvick, 46 Reelected president - of ±^e N^ti-
and Mrs. Alma Buckley, 38 in Baptist ConventioiiiH^ rteet-
t^ Dortch cgi', yfOTe so setioug- mg jh Louis last week, Hif
-IkilMsed. tfey
rtii^tlflrin a tincoin hiatal far
treatment while^ a aixtn^;
Mrs. Blanche Bxown, 42
allowed to returij. hert.
The accident occurred ^^when a
car driven by (Bl W. ' Rouse,
white insurance broker, g^t out
control-Jiftar*. affront-Jireil^
out. The Rouse machine crash
ed into the Dortch car, leading
aprocessfon of five automobiles
carrying delcKatej from Pro--
gressive Bs^tist church to the
convention. The three women
victims were l.illed outright and
Dortch died Thursday.
I I oQO" '
BY L, E. AUSTIN
A storm of protest from many corners arose mightily within
the ranks of the mebership of the old an famous St. Joseph A.
M. E. Church here this week over the highhand m e t ho d s of
Bishop M. H. Davis in attempting to for>ce the Sunday School of
the local church to use literature published by the department of
religious education, of which E. A. Selby is the directing head.
Instead of that published by the A.*M, E. Sunday School Union,
headed by Ira T, Bryant, The Selby orgahization is located at
^^Philadelphia while the ^organization headed by Mr Blryant is
located at Nashville, Tennessee, ——_ i
MRS. HARRIETT H: BUSBY
Personality Plus! contributes i ticn in the South Si»«'iias been
of this talented
person,
was
sekp^on ,..i renewg^
leadeVship cemT at the
Bis anriuSl address, proclaimed
one of t}ie m?st ,hi'illlant delive
rances of Its kind. Dr. Williams
challenged the - criti^ nf
church, pointing to its aeeom-
plishmenta.
Fifiday—fey—yred—Friiwn;—swper-
intendent ot-r police, as one of
the heads of policy game syn
dicates in Detroit
As far back as mos^ of the
oldest members interviewed here
this week could remember St.
Joseph Sunday School has used
literature from the Sunday
School Union at Nashville and
many of them frankly stated
that since the local church pays
the bill for the literature they
don’t»see why they have got to
take orders from the bishops or
^o the success
young lady.
Mrs. Harriett Howard Busby,
daughter of th# late W. H. A.
Howard, fonner principal oi
the W'iison High ”Schocl, Wilson,
N. C. W a native cf Tallahassee,
Fla.; having been educated in
the jlementary Department of
the Pla. A. and M. Coilege, Tai-
lahasiee, Fla. and the High
[ School Department of St. Aug-
' ustine’s College, Raleigh, N. C.
One class has already refused ^ .receiving her A. B degree
to use the Shelby literature and
has for more than a year been
ordering its literature from the
Nashville publishing hous« ee-
paraet and apart from the Sun
day School. Others have in
dicated that they will follow
the lead when the new quarter,
begins the first of October.
recently appointcl .Directcr of
^ WPA Music in tz,e 'Jzgra Aialt
Education FrograEi cf Eastt^
2Jorth Carolina
4- tigiaigtt jf n.e im% record
Mrs fiusoy Li making is that
five montlis alter tn« ccaxvaene-
ing'^'cf her’worK, ah^ had secured
an enrioilm,ant Qi 246 Adults in
terested in the program which
she i» n*sr workiiig o»- Her pra^
sent enrollment iV271 of which
this famous Chorua of 35 voices
come. As an added feature fT
this year’s work, she h&a cnjroUed
42 boys ot thsr CeC Csmy 410
of Durham. Her work is unsUr-
p»Mcd by those who have been
in the field sine# its birih and
parallel,to. none. “
,,^e un|est
CPlease ti|rn to |Hice’
jro-
etghf)
4ail 2 Oil Policy
from the North Carolina CcUege
with further study at th^ ,Con-,
serva»ory of the rek.'wwn Fiiik ,
University, Nashville, Wnn. and }'
the Extension Department of
the Chicago Musical College
Conservatory, Chicago, 111. Mrs. i
Mrs. Busby is a brilliant Pianist • Mrs. Busby invites you to li»-
and is quite popular a? a radio, tfn- to the weekly hro^deasts CR
artist-on he NI^ at J o*docit.
At present, Is Directr^s W commefits and requests to her m
the only iCej^o WPA C©ram»5RiW care^ of Radio WDNC,
Sehooi Chorus of Adult &!uca Durham, N, C.
Pr eachers Back
Chicago Asks
Ki 11 iiig Of Negi’o
CHICAGO, - 3ept 15, (CNA7^.j.'?h»i, 1n> wm» airr*«l«d.. at tb»
-o-D«manding a definite^ flettle-i tu>me of Mrs. VloUl Mays,- .1.232
m«nt of tha John Robinson c|l^ Wa#hbum Ave, on April 2.
on« hundred West Side citizens | Robinson died on April 6 in
cen:^ronted the Civil Service Bndawell HoapitaL
.Ccmmission this week and insist' The pfiHce were first arrain^
ed upon discharga of the four ed- before the Civil Service
•uspanded. white Max\^ell Street Commission July 13th. Three
station officers implicated in West Side citizens identified
Frahm's’ order followed a ser
ies of raids Thursday* in which
he, Polfce Commioner Heinrich
Piekert, othfcr high officials ^
200 cfflcers participated. More week
than 35,00 slips were taken and ^^*"6 in
86 arrest* made. The' policy
j banks visited were these alleged-
DETROIT, Sept. 15 (ANP) ly operated by Roxborough and
—John Rrxborough, co-manager Everett W'atson, manager of
of Heavyweight Champion Joe Roscoe Toles, heavytfreight chal-
Louis, was' ordered arrested lenger.- r
SEEK JOE LOUIS MA;NAGER
IN DRTROIT PCp ICY RAIDS
NEW YORK, Sept. IS (ANP) the main office.
—womfen witnessea, Wil- Police confiscated 2,223 policy
liana Hammond and Lesaie Ware slips on which there were 32,
who testified for District At- 1^9 numbers, and at the same
torney Dewey 4n the polioy lack- time took into custody, six men
et tyjyi of James J. "Hines, Just whom they ‘declare are guilty
ago, were und?r of belonging to the bank.
New.- York on* Arraigned before Magistrate
policy racket charges. I Ford in West Side court, two ; , ,
I ^ . I country church
of the alleged operators of the' j
bank were held in f5,(KK) bail
each, and~tbe-»«st, including the
To ^)rganize
ThVjy were arrested Friday
night ^th six teen in a policy
bank when the premises -were . • i, .w,.-
r r w TT I two women, were held m f l,0»t)
raided by Lieut. James W. Hen-;
nessy and a squad of police from
for trial in special
BEAUTY FLIES TO GREET BEAUTIQAN&^
Robinson’s death.
’*Thi» case has dragged on
too long to satisfy prcgrasaive
citisanst” firlifie?i Ray, President
of the West Side Citizens Or
ganization, declared to youc
correspendent. ' “Almost 40
witnesses have testlXied at two
auceeisive trials regn'ding the
factf behind the fatal beating
of Robinson on April 2, W'e de
mand their discharge.”
ISie four officers Jofep
Edward (Etrown, White, and
Fred Herman were suspended in
June after thoirough investiga
tion by the Mid-West Dally R^-|
bOte*UT
of the Cp*sa«l«f.: Nelfs-
•■tkUished that Ihdrinsaa's |
dfatb molted from • baatinf j
the four policemen as the killers
of Robinsed .wfaUe numerous
otheri gave supplementary evid
ence. ,
, The commissiorf rendered no
verdict, and later held a second
hearing on August 12. Twenty-
five additional witneises, Negto
and white/’’substantiated the
evidence given at .the hearing. |
^a State's A^rney’s oifi'^e
haa r«Sttsed to actWa complaint
' Inan^aughter sworn out bv
Ray and : Un. Maya until the
Civil Service Commission has
hsndeS down iti de;ision.
llegro bricklayers exclusively,
I bail each
sessions.
’^Dbtectiye William IPhil^ps,
who signed the complaint, ga»d
cbe two women were only $20 a
week Clerks in the bank.
Meanwhile the whole of Har
lem over details being revealed
in ~^e testimony presented, the
court. Scarcely a’ day passes
that some startling bit of evid
ence is not turned up, pointing
stronger and stronger accusa
tions at those identified with
policy ring under the late an3~
not lamented Dutch Schultz.
LITTI^_^CK, ^rk. . Sept,
■ 14, (CNA)—The role of the
combatting
reaction and orgai^in^ rural
workers was discussed here nt
the first Cotton Praaehers' In
stitute to be spchsored, by
Commonwealth .College. .,T, ii is
Be8sions_^.srere attended, by a
group of shai?epropp^, a»\i d
preachers, Negro and white.
Discussions were led by C.
Williams, direction of Ccmmon-
wealth; J. R. Butler, President
of the Southern liisnant Farm
ers’ Union: Don g,otjpr ^a n d
Wi-nifred ChiJrj
Religion and
was gUest lecture#;
The important
cotton preach
Southern tenant farmers aid ferences in t>arr
the
aharecToppei'S i n ' the labor
movement was emphaisized by
thcr various speakers who point-
out the potential
American democracy from {Ke
South if the presenT efforts of
the labor movement to pene
trate -4his—3££tiiMi he itiscaatmn-
td.
The ministry South
must use its prestige and in
fluence amcng the people on
the side of prorress. And the
key to progress m Ae South
today is labor organization, it
was decided.
Biskop Grc|g Files to
Bishop J. A. G'rgeg cf the AME
Church arri’^sd hsre by United
orgariJK^ "UxBnes plane enrout# to his coa-
N. G. Coll 2§:e Opens „
Next Sessf6n Tuesda^'
DURJIAM, Sept. 15—An ac
tive pro^am of orientation for
freshmen students will get unfi^r
way on Tuesday, Sept. 20, as
North Carolina College for
Negroes opens for the fall term
with the largest enrollment in
its history.
The week includes various meet
ings, tests and instructional'talks
by members of the faculty, with
a get acquainted social in the
gymnasium Tuesday night. Foot
laU night ^11 b«_ obakrved in
place 'iha following
ft
MIm Mari* DowBing | Sunday afternoon, tq attend
of St. Louis, beauty expert and
widely fead oolumist, o ftiie La-
am beteg t»ed upon the new Tieuse' foundation, as she arriv-
♦W.OOO Thomas P, Holgate in Chicago by plans over the
Ubrary vOrt nemltueUdn k#r«.lchl«ago.and -gouth*rtf Air Wnei
t«« League wnie'i
annud convention of iJie lIww dekgatee in cttcwdanee
al convention of the Nattaral
Beauty CaituriBts League,
Downing U being greeted hy
Mr*. Joyner, naWjsal
rsflly •5®0 y?ung men and wo
men are expected for the open-
every section of the country in
'fi^t is said to be its taigesf ahi
Wit •uceweful lewioa. (ANF)
/
ing of the fall term, representing
«n increase of about 2S ^ p e r
cent over last year. Pending
quarters must be fdand in the
city for many of -^e students.
New faculty mem^rs, as well
as new ph3Fsical eqtftrniest, have
been added ts ta'Ee care of the
larger enrolment.» . President
James E Shep*r:J the ccni-
ing year as $ hl^'hh/ successful
one. f-
The wiientatio»—pjtogr&m gsta
ander way at 9 q*dock Tuesday I will be given in
morning, followed by campus ! sembly, fo!tor«d
for' the m n- The get-acquaintei«'^..
social will b-’ held in the gywiaa-, ^
sium at 7 o'’lock, at which tiraa
m?mber« 0.^ th* faculty, students
and college : ersjimell wiU ba
present.
Tuesday m will fee ptv-
eu over to testa and Aa-
pa^tmental tnwttnjs. That
afternoon, • |>s.ychrfflgiait tattt.
the nuttic as^
hv a taOc- hf
tou« / fi-cis grouf , meetings. ' the registrar. Medical eTiMiiill
Student organizations wiU-'neet j tiou #er.. ,wome« will b* Mi
at Hiss') in the auditori«m.
The afternoon prograia includ
es a meeting
sfudehts with
foUcwinir this, Tuesdxy
at i o'clock, fostibiril ai^M'
of V»t>« yMaaiUI gtam hO Wen amima^
l3je,-.dean of wof
men ia the naaie .aaaembly at
1 ;30 and a meetiaf of the men | register
stti^nta . wift the d*“> i fer f««rt
aft
■■if
£i>jEldng program, roominf taUoM^ ^ «nnu^tio«
'rnmi
ea ■ t:i
faU ^cm