NUMBER »•
VOLUMfi 18
DUmiiOI. N. 6. WUK ending SATURDAY. OCTOBEfe S. lO.'tS
I CINTS IN NOXTB CAtOUNA
SCHOOL BOND
Miss
Cordice Pa^fes
After Illness
*“ Misi Sarah Eirangtlin* Cordiea,
....(MCH.-iWt'flaughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J. W. V. Cordica died gt the
homa of her parenta here Mon
day morning at 3:(k) o'clock af
ter an illness that extended over
*■8 |>«riod of icvaral month*
- _-iliae -fiordtea- waa 'i>wn l.i
Aurora, NorA -Carolina, wU« ve
ah« spent tha Mrly part of her
childhood until her parents mov
ed to DtJram aeveral yaars ai^o
The deetaied attended t h
public schools of Durham anJ
was a graduata of tha l>wigh;
W. Morrow high aehooi''t>f En-
glcvrood, N. J. in the cAs of
1«37. In the fall of 1937
matriculated at Howard Univer-
sity where her short careers es
a college student was n^arked bj
hr exceptional ability and brilli
ancy. Sha was prevented froni
raturaing to Howard this fall ^
account of her con^^ued
While at Howard mIm Cortlice
majored in music, of which siie
waa unusuaHy l>rilHant, and nia'n-
tained an average of *‘A”
throughout the year.. Her i»i-
struetori the eminent concert
\ pianist, Hazel Harrison recogii'*
acd her rare aWlity and prsrtif-
>4«Lfor her
field of Masic. ,}■
Her unusual musical ahHi'
became evident at an early age
when she entered the Chamb"*ili i
Studio of Music where she ;tu
died for a period of. seven years.
During this time it was discover
ed _that she pusseased a. rni**’
Quality among mttsicians known
as i^solute pitch, whereby one
um B
me To
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Oct. 5
(ANP)—Claiming that the
school was overcrowded, • l>ean
H. S Wahl has refused Donald
I Ferguson, second colored student
to a|i|»ly, admission to the Uni-
aity of Kansas Medical school
h has opened its doori to
oef,..^ter barring them for
'f|Ay y€ars.
, lldward Williaais of Ellsworth,
lUn. whose protest to Oov. H«X-
ipan resulted in ending the coloit
Wr, is already enrolled Wh^n
Ferguson applied for admi»sior.
and was n9t acccpted, hs cavr'er!
his case to the state supreme
Conrt which orered the mefliral
school to reveal why e was re
fused.
.Wahl said FergusonV
Miss Saiiah Bwngellne Caiat'c* was not involved. Tho
tCT of Dr. and W^K. school has a waiting} li?t
and students are taken on thp
basis of their grades. Williams i%
a Phi Beta Kappa. Ferguson Is
on the list, but must v/ait
until a vacancy occurs before he
can enroll.
mgt 16, daughteF of Dr. and WiK
J. W. V. Cordice of this cit^ ikho
died at |h« home of her
Monday mori^g aibout ^jOO
after an tllnesa of sveeral
is able to deternane th^ axACl
degree of tones by sim^f^Jj«;»r-
;ng them whether they ft jr e
cordt vr su>gle teneib.^he sras
Kinenttoai
oo^petenttoos
^kd with the studio and per-
foiHiad her pieces witt accwrao-j
and great depth of feeling sclioai
found in one so young.
She was th# pocseasor of ^
very charming dispositon wiuch
won ^ h®|i-Hr of fTltlld
(PlaaM turn t* p«9 *i(ht)
Million Vot^ Mark As
Final Week Commenees
«*Oo-
The final week or “HOHfi.
STOETOH” in the Caroltnn
Timet prize campaign has ariiv-
ed. In one more week th? hi*
question everybody has hien
asking will b* answered. WHO
WILL DRIVE HOME IN THE
BEAUTi^'ilL. fclUlCK A N D
PLYMOUTH SEDANS AT'THK
FINISH OF ||H!E CAMKPAIGN!
nearing the million vote mark
and some of them will surely go
beyond that mark when the fin
al whistle blows. But those
now near the top should rest on
their laurels or get over conffd-
ent as thera'a “many a sUjj
twixt the cup and the lip."’ dft
some of those' a little furthei'
4own in the list may a,o| be
a!#e«p. A few.jfive year suh-
scriptions or some ^
aubsseriptions already turnery M
will earn many .thousaarfs of
jro'teS ,and with oAe full week left
Vire may s^e a fight to the 'finisit'
for the i&agniflcant prices. The
Ural Womiiii
The* Hat feeloW-shows-the-leaSTew i»fay the rape noWi~ stands -it’s
worth the time and effort . of
every contestant entered., DonH
give up—you may be closer to
the leader than »you realiai 8 >
WORK FIOHT WIN-IT WON'T
BE LONG NOW!
-oOo-
CONTESTANTS
J. E. COOPER, Windaor, N. Q. ■ ”
EMMETT T. GEORGE, WhitavUI*. N. C, —:——
V. J. THOMPSON, Lumherton, N. C. : ^
MRS. ALDER THOMAS, Rocky Mownt, N. C. —
MRS. LUVENIA ^NNADY HICKS» D««hani^ N. C.
L. MOOi^i Durham, N. C.
E SUGGS, Snow Hill, N. C. ——*
MISS O.
MISS RpTHER
MRS, MARY WALLER BANKSr-Durham, N. C.
MRS. H. B. NUNN, Durham, N. C. —— -
MRS. JL C. K.ERNS, Wiu»ton.-Sal«i^, N. C. —^
MRS. E. W. GREtN^ Dwrh.m, N. C. —
MRS. MABEL POWELL, tlinton, N. C. —
MRS. GLADYS LANGELr, WhitoviiU, N. C.
MRS. THELMA FOSTER, Wilton, N. C,
MRS, HELEN WILSON FALLS, Win.ton-Salom, N. C.
MRS. GOLDA E: WORTHAM, Goldtbo^o. N. C.
MISS EVeL^ V.. TYSq^. M^i»^ N- C.
‘:;nv c.
J. c: LASSATER
MRS. E. W. MIDETTE. Dvrkam, N. C.
MISS ANNIE M. MURRAY, Gr«on«boro, N. C. —
MISS WILLIE JUANITA THOMPSON, Faiio«, N. C.
M. S. EVANS, Ap*«, N. C.
MRS. C. H. CUTCHIN, Franklia, N. C. ———^
guy MAXYCK, Parham, N, C. ——; , ——^ -
L. R. PEDIFOBD, Brooklyn, N. Y. ———
MRS. RUTH MORGAN. W«n4«U. H. C. ;
MRS^^RNESTINE BUIE, Dtirham, N.
MRS. CLABANETTE BROCi: Tktonaf'taiv'a.JI, C.
JOHN W. FAUCEtXt, HilUbor., N. C.
ED. GATES, HoJUro, N. C. — —
MRS. CLYDE JONES, WWt*otl, H. C ^
JOHN IKttdbeWAVj diirlMM. N- €■
R09COE CRAWVMD, H^idbvilla, N. C. n
03.7,OM;
U«a4,000
— 930,000
-• 924,000
^ 814.000
... 761,000
— 733,000
STS,000
— 614,000
—«7S,000
— SttO,OO0
— i«oo,oeo
—383,000
... 375,1900
_ 360,000
— 338,000
-> 330,000
3^0,000
—^240,000
^ 230,000
—220,000
— 212,000
-210,000
- 8oS,ooe
- tis,oou
--rf 10,000
105,000
*0,000
— ;mooo
— 78,000
-^ 88,000
Final rites for Mrs. Muitha
Hedegepath, a beloved «itizen of
this city, were held at the Mark-
-Ham 6hawi^apt. Chureh with
Rev. T. A. Grady officiating.
Mrs. Hedgepeth, the widow of
Calvin V. Hedgepeth 'who dted
fthfint twenty^onfi. years^ago- 4I«1
at her home on Fayetteville St
i^ter an illness of 2 weeka, Fri
day September 23. .
The missionary society of the
Mount Sanai EUptigt Church at
tended the funeral in a body.
Surviving Mrs. Heofdepeth, wh^*
will never be forgfotton by them
are three daughters; ^rs. Hattie
Daniels, |Crs. Melvin Rogers, and
Mrs. > Lucille Lane; five son*;
George W- Trice, of New York;
Foster Trice, of Chapel Hill,
Floyd and Curtis Hedgepeth of
this city; a sister, Mrs. Nettie
£arham of Rayonne, N. J., and
a Wother, Lucious O’Kelly.
-Friends -an4 telativea in Rad
ian Pa. and Wilson sent tele
grams expressing
sympathy.
Dr. W. A. Perry
Laid To Rest
COLUMEBA, s. C. Oct. .6-
ANP)t~-Th# fune»ai ■ servicoe of
William Augustine Perry, pro
minent aduGator. and relitiious
leader was h«ld here We.ines-
ay Sept. 28, and orled Tha»s}-
day at Tarboro, N. C. his nat-vc
home. .
He was stricken in his oITica
at the W^Veily Public Si'hool
Wednesday, Sept. 21, and died
four days later at the Veterans | Rector in May.
Hospital |iere. Mr, Perry had
been priiAipal of Wavely school
for ten giaai-s %nd was a lender
in the regions and civic life of
th% community and state. He
was president of the Palmetti
State Parent Teacher Associa
tion, and instructor of practice
tehching/and observation at Allen
Univewrrty’ a^d lay leader of SI.
Lukes Eplstopul. church whieSi
has b#t>n in hi.i resignatioii of
Okla. Negrtes Resort To
Court For Share In New
Program
BOOKLET PRAISED
Alct)r n P.rvxy
Keynoter At
La.Stat% Fair
^ |j^?tantirfed his claim with,
SH^j^e had just emerged from
sfevery and ignoiance and there
by was unprepared to jffoppr!>
apply political theories ^ot effect
i^is^ advancement and general
well being.”
I,
LIKES PICTURES
BY LEON LEWIS
NEW ORLEANS,
(ANP)—Changing the^'flipftHs^a'
suggested by bis subject “Sevpn-
ty five YeaJ's of Progress,*' Dr.
William Bell, president of Al
corn college in Mississippi, selec
ted as keynote speaker for thi-
opening program of the Colurocl
Louisiana State fain being held
in Jefferson parish chose to cen
ter his discourse on “The Kcst
Sa^*cnty five Yeara” In t h
blems bssed upon the r^alisjitlo t
of past mis-goings and recogpuia-
ed misinterpretaUons of purposs,
but in.stead, he subjected h.m
^elf to the criticisms of church
men, professionals and economi?
theorists.
That the famed educato.',
whose position as ^fp'ex^ oT the
historic College- -hM - gained
him wide note and respect, pr
ceded to "disrupt the theoroticaJ
basis of recogrijtvstf"^ for our
g^oup in Amerieftn civilization is
the claim of several outstandm;?
pCTTOiig who'witnessed his key
note adds^.
Followfl^ the timely advoea-
tion of 'cooperative planritnjf
purposeful ^itiative dttermnied
leadership, - extenavie education
accumulative values and general State College, Institute, W. Va.,
preparation for the fruits of life, whoso institution has just
Dn Bell stated that “the Negro published a -beautiful boqjclet of
has entered the field of practical candid camera shots at the ci-
pohtics too soon.- jjustrating campus l.tc
His explanation and discourse from “Reveille to Taps.” A total
lit-this light t h e of 98 T5tPtTJP€s~app*ar in" t li e
Negro at the time was not pr^- buHetin, and Milei M, Jefferson
their deepest pared to indulge in the political was chairman of tue pictornl
' set up of the United States. He coiamitteo. (Calvin Serviced'
MUSKOCEE, Okla. ,~Wnft.-
school ia this city will be -denied
the benefits of a f600,000 bend
issue, recently voted liy eitssers
of the state, until m public kr-iir-
ing is held here to deternihie
the legality of selling and iMU-
ing boi>^ from pubik scho,»l
improvement for whites jnly,
.while using tax monies .coming
from white and Negro owned
propetiiea.
n»e hearing resulted from an
ijyjjnctipn ^ijed in the circu,
court here September 15
Charles A. Chandler on behali
of Willie' Eva Siiniiioirs; aga*i“sl'
the local board of education, the
city, the mayor, the clerk of thf
memb«r of the legal staff of the
National Association tor iha
Advanement of Colored Pcc|>le,
ppei:»tisg is this area^ sc'^kinjc
to-restrain an «election to aa
thorise the bond iua*. B«for^
a irial eoiild be had tl»a elestinB-
was held. Mr. Chandler there
upon amended the injonction tc
rwtrain tl^e sale^ cl tfM bonds.
■Under the authori»tioii -jf '
the sale of bonds, the city *f
Muski^ee must raise |273,ft'i0,
the remainder making a total of
fSOQ.CM, to be received from
a WPA grant.
‘ Tftp "JPhft* srtrowf systrw-ia-
-Muskog'e is operated from ni'Jin
i^!pal funds, while the coI»piI
schiols receive support frow
at-
Dr. John W. Cfavis
President of West Virgint..
Va.,
s t
Satan Takes A Holiday
lit New Orleans. La.
BY LEON LEWIS
. (For ANP)
NEW OR,LEANS, 5ct. 5th--
All the little imps ai^d.49ipl»ta are
prot>ably wailing because thei,^
“King,^' the devil decided to
spend his vacation in New .Or
leans. Tliis modern Satan with
horns and tail has kept uptown
and downtown New Orleans in a
furore for the past week or two.
School children say this 'boogf/
man’ has fisery ey^ and just to
mention him seta them to riot.
The “Devil Man'* went to sehooi
the other day, and after this
viait it- took seven cop* and •
iBculty several houn to quell
the disturbance and turoil he had
caused. ,
He went 'to visit a ehurch up
town-and Brotiier Bill and Sister
Kate and Parson John ran off
from their pews. Bibles and pul
pit urging “feet” to carry ^od.v'
to safety. OM the streets, in homes
and from every conceivable the
question is “have yon aeea tint
-Devil Man?”
A few wealM ago, police mr?
aumoned to Algien to srMst a
jdevil-like creature who was
visiting taverns and beer parloia,
drinking his fill and vanishing
Into the night without payinf
his bill. He waa captured, miitu)
his horns and tail, and sentenced
.to 30 days in lS»e hoose;{Qw.
.^The. other day,, frtjaueiit te’p-
phohe calls kept police hea! •
quarters and newspaper' offices
busy, authorities thought .it was
just a rumor, and explained tKat
the terroriilng creature w a s
securely h^ind prison bar*. ©Mt
from nowhere the “King i.f
Hades” appeared pua ^>f tha
downtown school and turned it
into a panorama of eereama. aa4
panic. Police w%re suytaa^a^^
Sevan of them caul*, only
a group «f paaie ibicktn your^-
ters. No trace of this “dem.vn*'
could fee found. - - -
hszled and sostewhat iKipftf-
theyc-tfaa«k«4 w i
lieadqiti^liva to th*t
fte Aji^_^teyror- ^ fa-
Cl
S.:.
tmmi n*
ao %tSi iiw ^
fleeing man from hell's hali
acre. Again he strikes, again
h« disappears and -eludes tkt*
search of puxxled poUce. Ht-
is here this mmute and over
yofiUer the next.^. Ail the evid
eiiet police have been ,4ible tc.
get is frightened people s«rea>n
irtg, “did you, see tHat "devil'
maiv^'”
The first davil that wu cap
tured says tlmt h» is the “Am
bassador from Mars.” He ha-t c
p^culUtrly shaped mustache an'i'
iHvQiiFh sideburns. I^ut a police
checkup diactosed that he wat
be£P i|n Arkansas. Someb^d^
shot at the iooaa ‘•devH*' FrUi»y
uighl when, ha «fvi««red at om
of the local policy stations. But
bullets of sl^el cq|iUL not h&lt
tl»* fleeing dem,o».-^'He awirr,..'!
into the ^ark|Uke k i^oiit.-
No one has been aM« to find
Hon. W. S. Homby
Vice President and General
Manager of Pilgrim Health anJ
Life Insurance company, Au
gust, Ga. whose company comple
ted a nO day celebration of
fortieth anniversary. The com
pany is 40 ^ears, has paid tc
bcneficiaries the sum of $14,
123,969.41, and ^jas aaaets
treated 44 page souvenir bjok
let describing the growth ani
development of the company his
been»widely praised. Mr. Horns
by was one of the company’s
founders. (Calvin Service).
board of education, the county
clerk and the couaty attorney, j county funds. Chandler
seeking to restrain them from ] tacks the legality of the
proceeding with the sale and; issue on the gruondss that the
issuance of bends totalling •42'75,1 state> U^w is discriminatory in.
(MK) for the purpose of building ' allowing bond money to be a ed
and improving white schools in i from tax monies that come fiortt
the city of Muskogee. j Negro as well as white, property
Last August an injunction | ownew, for flie purpose of im-,
was filed by Chandler, who is s, j paving white schools only.
Aeg roes
Cabin Kids
GBEENSBORO, N: ^ C-j^tud-
ents of Itennett ’ College wero
pleaaantly surprized on Saturday
October 1, when they fount| on
going to lunch that they had
as their guests the wiell known
radio and screen juveniles, ti.«
“Cabin Kids.”
Prsented through the court3Sy
of the Fox Coporation and ac
companied by their mother the
“Cahin Kida^” five yoHni^ters
ranging in age from seven to
14 * years, s«ng “,Shortenin’
Bread,” “Little Li5:a Jane,“
“A Tisiket, A Ta«>ket,” ard
“Trees’ in \vhich Uttle Sugar,
youngest of thu . fiv«, took
solo jart.
The “Cabin Kids” are the
children of Mrs. J. W. Hall of
Asheville, N. C. ^d have gainad
much popularity through their
•aSio and movie appearances,
■’^hey Have been in Holly^vood,
the past three years and have
made many movie short aS weil
aa numerous radio broadeasta.
The group appeared at Benhett
while on tour.
lateot
HourPiize
DUaHAM—In the final Koyal
CrowB Amateur show head over
»'Wiio alatiott WDNG T\te«d«y
light Gartrue Ceaaon of 2120.9
'^hataqoa Street was -winner af
first erize, five->.daHars. She.”a.'
ops in* this, the third all colored
amata||T contest, with hef onfu
-nterpl^tion “A Tisket, A
Tasked*
Ti; Collins was second
hurricane
BY MABE KOUNTZE to say less than lOO, and stift
•J BOSTOIT, Oct. 4,' (ANPt—^ g^-alefuf for divine delivenn.:*
Aft thla; writing New—Engtindi—from New EnjftaTi(J*s—tanrtcaii;'
still on :^ylight' saving time, something rare and doubly terr-
under state and federal social ^ ifying ,^re Jp the Northeast,
and military administration, amS . ■ „ . ,
by far a long toward t
covery from the misdirected
Florida hurrjpa^e which oi^ Sep'u |
21, struck her withoilt war jing,'
you win, but unprecedantee
scenes were common here sact
as salt ci^sted oct^an craft rast-
now for the first time since the ^renely upon railrdad tracks
catastrophe is establishing norma!
Service in transportation, pawei
ai:^4. communication.
There are those who marvel
the fact that Negroes, thoug**
ind even perched on Cape Cott-
' age front door steps, due to thr
I tidal waves which hurled then*
shoreward for great distan*^.
And along the Atlantic seabbard,
the Cape, and IQtode Island .'tra
suffering along with the whites where the sepia citizens are mast ^
in damages and loss of property,
did not lose heavily in loss of
life. It seemed as if the hot
wind hlaaised New England's
white popoQ^on aiid spare i the
colored. O^cial figures, not
yet jc^mplete, Ibt near 1,000
dead and and of this total le*s
than 100 colored are "'evWenc
estimate ia—less—thrn ■
20 persons but it is perhaps saf^r i
heavily populated to ladded to tha
wonder of their most miracuiuua
escape. Many .Negroes were
employed in wealthy families at
exclusive summer resorts
they felt the blow most severly
with los"! f»f life and those #ht»
were st’ar«;d naturally lost
jobs and -were force4 to return
home o*ftB»"^nuogh
destroyed.
Dr. Samuel N.
Vass Succombs^
-The fuaera*
Vara, prum*n_^t
9ut'whether or not this «ece»d
“ *" 'A»haae»d®r Um ^ with “•ftnntt L«k My Heart,*
" the Lai^ of Fire or &om the while the Silver Leaf qa»rtett%
Vcifl^o Kingdom , of Orleaits. took yujr^^lace with a disttnc-
B^^eFT li, BO dottb^ that he tiv^y Jtffcrent swing veraian ol
RALSaOH. Oct. 4
of Dr. Samuel N
ent minister and Baptist le . ter
was held here at the Tup pci'
Memoriat: E«ptist Church, Sui.dav
afternoon.
Dr. Vass succumbe^^ l a !> t
Thuraday ft«ptember 29 at tl)«.
home of hit daughter Miss Maudt;
L. Vass who resides at 300 £a^
South street. '
l%e distinguished Biaptist iMd-
er had been in declining heal'K
for approximateljr four years,
and althougii his ilhiaaa was
knawB to thousantb of his ad-
miMis his daath aa a shock,
to many of tkam. ^
JTha deceased was bom in-
Raleigh, and with tha exception
of the time apeat ,lp *(alive?injr
bible lecionw throQchoiit t h> o
country aptiart tha moat of hi^;
The seeaWi and tBir*t prises arf
entt«i nf Royal Grown Cel*. A*
‘‘Cwn^Ma 1^^ to or
life here. The style and method
of his lectures made him faraaiM
and unknown to tftooaands,' whw
considered him an authority w
the Up until tha of
his illness he was seenl)^ nf
religious educatiicB. of'Qie Bof t.
puhlii^iag board. Dr. Van wss
a graduate of St. Awgasttiae
College and Shaw UniiMWity.
Surviving are one sob aad t^
daughters and ong ?on. Th* dasgh
ters are Mias Maude' L> .Vaa* of
of Raleigh, M;ss Ajusa lterV>t.p
of N«r York Ctty and Laeaa S.;,
Vasa of ^eigh.
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