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SHnititRG JnniRESSES Mailing EDITION PLCA09 rom mmM. coNrioENcs aCiiM' VOLUME 19 MUM&ER 10 DURHAM, IVOnTH OAROUNA SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS ICKES WRITESTO DAR Bajilislsfliiii Mgiw Tour BULLETIN CELEBRITIES ATTEND HOWARD UNIVERSITY 72nd CHARTER DAY EXERCISES Charter Special Train for Good-Wiil Trip throujrh ?ix Southern States, Dr. L. K. Williams to Head B'ig Party of Men and Womea Churcli Leaders, Board Secretaries and Prominent Laymen CJHCAGO, March 9, (ANP) '—^In what Chicago Etoptiats de clare will be the grreate^t r‘ligi- ous pilgrimage and evangelistic tour in modern church hfijtory, '*75' leaders of the Baptist faijth, headed by Doctor L. K. Williams preyident National Bfeptist con vention, will leave Cincinnati on March 14, and carry the mess age of the church througrh tiix Southern states, fii^ of“(Vhich w'??I hp a special, two day reli gious festival in Pensacola, Fla. A chartered train w'hkh will include one and two cars ia* been engaged for the fo'od ViU the.groui) will be composed of ofiicors of the National Baptist convention, «fTlccrs of the Women’s crnvon tion, officers and secretafios of »ir boards, other general offic ers and prominent laymen. Those making tlie trip will meet in Cincinnati on Marc%, 13, and win leave that city the follow ing morning. At each city to be visited, local ministers have arranged special religious and civic pro grams which will include ser mons, welcome addre.»ses, local and instrumental mu.aie, com munity singing and augmented choir renditions. (Please j»rn to pago eight) - f tf.- WAiSHINGTON, March 0th The above photo shows Dr. C* -C. Spaulding and President Mordecai Johns'on leaving the Andrew BanJcin Memorial Chapel I ifter the Charter Day exe.-ciie«. Following Drs. Spaulding and ' Johnson ar® Senator Robert T«ft j 'and Prof.' George M. Lightioot. Senator Taft 'was the gueat j speaker at a banquet at Howard I Tlmrsday -evening. commits SUICIDH Prof. Edwards A Leads In School Principals Race This week finds Piof. G. A. Edwards .priricipal of the Whit- tod schooLleading the rest of the contestants ^n the CARO LINA TIMES Popularity Con test. Pus'hing Prof. Edwaids a close second is Pr>f. Frank Biirnett, principal of the East Durham School. Last v/eek’» voting was tne first time in two f. 'B^rnett^jias not topped all other contestant' From all indications several other contestants in tho race will have to "Se reckoned ' with in this week’s balloting as tcvef^' lAl stmdont." from other schools have already put In their orders for a large, number of pnpers that are certain to put th^ir principal well in tlie i'un,ning. One young man stated tins week that students in his sch6ol have jrganized a !>pecial team to work in the contest, and that he is sure his ,principal will be near the when the ballotsi are counted this week. As tlie rirmpnir’i rets hotter there is sure to be some real fireworks during the next five week?. This week’s balloting is expected to top all others ol the campaign, and the contest manager has already made pro visions to tak-e-eAre^of an aval anche of votes expected, to be cart before next Wednesday, ’ at •ix o’clock P. M. Thia weeks relative standing of contestants is a? (follows: Prof. G. A. Edwards Whitted School 275,000 Prof. Fmnk Burnett ^ East Durham School jitiO.OO'O Prof. N. A. Cheek Lyon Park School 25&,Ot)IO Prof. E. D. Jtlickle Pearson School 265,00^ Prof. ;W. G. Pearsop , Hillside High School 240,.00l0 East £nd School . 2J 5,000 T*Irs. I. H. Russell Walltown School 215,000 Rev. J. Lee White Hickstown Sthool 215,000. IN THE LEAD 1»E0P. G. A. iSDWiARDS NO REASON ADVANCED FOR I SUICIDE BY FAMILY I Hha Monday morning death I of Richard , Locklear, 51, 203 W. JEflterprise street, hais be«^n la belled accidental by members of his family there being no tan gible reason for a suicide. Mr. Locklear was found und'sr his house at approximately 7;4'5 wibh a bullet wound in his heart and a single-.barrel shotgun ly ing only a few fee* awa/.- I Although Doctor A. S. Camp-1 bell county coroner,^ intnnated that the case would go down as a suicide, he too admitted that there was a possitility of t h e tragedy being accidental. Ac cording to the position of t h e gun, it was impossible for Mr. Locklear to have fired it him- lear’s act. His wife, hai!, how ever, been in ill health but her coiidition liad never been term ed serious. I The d»*ceased had a number self. It would have taken some of friends here having boen em- ( Ihcr contact, rather t^i i t ^ ployed as caretaker of the men’s victim finger with the trigger to locker room at a local tobacco have made the gun discharge. | factory. ' Mr. JLocklear vftcht undtfiT^he j His funeral was held Thurs- house presuambly to shoot som‘ day afternoon at 2;0O at t h « rats. It was only a short' while later that the shot was heard re sulting in the subsequent find ing of the body. Members of the family .could , advance no reason for Mr. Lock- Mdunt Vernon Bapt. Church. Surviving are h,is widow, Mrs,^ Nellie Locklear; Mrs. Mable L. Smallwood, daughter; Arthur Locklear, brother; and Mrs. C. Williams, mother. PROMINENT YOUTH DIES , Death came' Thursday morning fo 0\ron ^Anthony, 3.2, If- tfiy'TJricotn"Hoiip1tgF%f^ an illne!>s of about two" weeks. Mr. Anthony was popular among bhe younger set being a member ■of the 'B'ull City Night Hawks, fav'i^ite local ^musical unit, He was also a former studeKf of the North Carolina College. Mr.' Ant^iony re!>ided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C, E, An thony, at 3(04 Umstead street. His father is a very «#ive mem ber of Saint Joseph AM>E church and the oldest insurance agent of the NortJh Carolina Mutual in Durham as to the point of ser vice. ^ In addition to his mother and father he im survive^ ty a hro- ther, Edward; and four fister?, Mrs. iE>a Townes and Mrs. L. Floe, teach’ei's at High Point; Mrs. Etta Crutchfield, teacher at Sanford; antHMiPs Lovey An thony, librarian at Lincoln un iversity, Jefferson City, Miss ouri. Hargett Over To Bound Grand GRFJEfNSBORO, March 9th (Si)ecial)—At a prelimiary hear ing here today, N. E. ' Hurgett was bound over to" the grand jury for trial. In a previou.i hearing Mr. Hargett had been exionerated by a corner’® jury but it was ruled here today that a corner’s jury and the olice court were identical., Mfl Hargett is under indict ment for the fatal shooting of Willie Headen last month when- t'5o latter ..him with a"empted a hammer. to attack Itaiiiiiiig (II iissMem Mrs. Henry Robert, Jr., President General, Daughter? of the American Revolution, 17th and D. Streets, N. W., Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Robert: The President of Howard University, Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, -advise? me—that ^ns effort to secure Constitution Hffll on Easter Sunday for a recital by Miss Marian AnderFon internationally known Negro con tralto, he was informed that th® regulations prohibited th« .use of the hall for N“gro ar'ijts. I Thi* is such an astounding discrimination against e u a '1 ■"I'lKhts that I am loath to believe j that the Daughters of the Ameri ran Revolution should invoke euch a rule. I am writing jou to ! inquire whether Doctor. Johnsoft wa.e correctly’ informed. ~ Sincerely yours, HAROLI) L. ICKES Secretary of the Interior , TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY ICKES’ PRESS CONFERENCE or MARCH 2nd, 1939 QUBSTIOIN: Regarding this furor that, has been raised by the re fusal of the DAR to permit Marian Anderson to use.».. Cpnstjtution Hall—is there any place the GovernmenI could make availablein Washington? SECRETARY ICKES: We can’t make any hall available* here if an ailmi- ssion fee i?. to be ch^^ged, , By the way I wrote to the DAR about that. * 3: What d^d you telj them? Q: Did you j^et a reply? I; Yes, I got a reply. Well, I will let the lady give ojit he^ re- .^ply. But you may Iv.ve my letter. Mik« will give it.to you I wrote my letter on January 30th:"«- -.1. Q; Are you going to write to the Board of Education? I; No, but I hadn’t thought of it. - (Please turn to page eight) DOCTOR CHARLES C. SPAULDING The main af.ealver at the Howard L'niverstty Charier Day exer- ci«e8 was Doctor C. C. .Spaulding, president of the N, C, Mutual I.ife Insurance Company. Doctor Spaulding adm'oni*:ed hi* hear ers to hgve more confidienee in their own race. The addr-4.- waa delivered in the Andrew'Rankin Memorial Ci'apel. NCN1H-adUr^es Students To ‘Look For wai ^^ WAF'HINCTON, D. C.—Declar ing t'.'at the Ntgro has made wondei ful progi-t-fs since Novem ber 20-; ■MS66. when Howard Uni- I versity ‘vvas e.stablishPd and call ing attention to the>s‘-pvice How ard Univeriiity has rer.d‘ire.1 I the race a n d nallon, C. Spaulding, president of t h Mr. ^y.auiuiug said ft, llow?; Mr. President a'nd ..t.e Howard Family in part as Members of liie N'ejrro lias made wxnderr I’ul pi"grt-“S- -jince NjVem'u r :il), wh*n at a prayier meeting in the. First Congregiitional Spaulding, president »Vort Carolina Mutn’al ^ UTe In- ~niijK‘h In "Waghington,'^-.-tlrBegal [sitrane** C*'mpany delivettil a ' masterful'"addi'OHS thp f;i;ulty, students body, alnmni nrkl visi tors to the 7'.?nd CJ nvt'-r I' a jf exercises held on the cam.tus >f t''.e university ,here la.^t , Ijiprs- dayTnormng. . I The program was held in the Andrew Rankin Menif>rial Cl,ia{)el, and Mr. Spaulding’s address wa? t''->i niain feature of t'^e occasion. ^A portrait of Prof,es.«or George Morton Lightfoot was also un- ' veiled in recognition for t h e I forty one years of service a.= a member of the faculty at How- 5. 1 University. St Howard conceived the'? id|a vstabli;aing an institution ■earning for Kegroe?. The ' beginning was not a j^p'ciouik ; He«o-irces were me^agerT 'Tr'‘S' e -group trf students were ^urrouniled by '• skeptical group that had little confidence in tlj*' Negro’s ability or capacity for ^ucati*'nal ad- vancement. ' Notwith-tanding these discouarging factors, through the courage and far- aig'itf'dness of General Howard, Howard University wa* launched for the purpose of training able (Please turn to page eight) Divine May R^eeive New Heaven ForHisAniels ? SUICIDE ? T NEW YORK,- Mareh a, Jla;!!! ^Political disagreement m a y again be responsible for f':iiher Divine acquiring a New^ Heaven for hi« Angels. T%is time its Samuel W. Rushmore, wealthy New Jersan who at present is at swords points with Jer?ey City’s fiery Mayor Frank Hague. He threatens to sell his $220, 000 e?tate to the Hirlem Religi ous ieaer if hi* difference* axe not settled with the m^yr. list year the Fatfier ai-quir«d the expansive estate of ?'qnire &>ence on the Hudson and which is directly across from Pre.-'ident Roosevflt’s II de Park estate. "Spence like Rj hmore was at odds vvieh the N \v Deal. He i.’ free under a $1,000 bond his original bond of |5,000 hav ing been reduced to that/amount. The prominent ■ many friends were undertaker’s again on hand at the hearing including A. Mc^fe Shearin, head of the Southern Fiuelity Mutv.al Insur ance cpmpany, whb signed the original bond. EDITOR TO SPEMSUNOAY activities*' is probably better equipped 'than any other man to discuss the subjelpt. MBL Launches Campaign T aMJitiJ^il Building a n d | Building and !. n'stock includes L 'o a n Association announces free railroad ar 1 ' pullman ^ ac- thi.^ * veek that with the opening ! commodajion? to New York and of i i 79 ?*'"ies on April 1st that • lit wiM laun li a mammot'a stock- eeliyg car.ipaian |fiat will b>i far eclipse anything ever at- teni ted by the organizati'n heretofore. , Plans for the bijf driv^* have already been completed,_ and the offii'era, headed by F. L. McCoy as chairman of the'hoartf; C C. Spaulding, prejident and R. L. return plus tour dollars per 4»y for ten days. The second pr»*e include* railroad accommodation* to York and return plu* two doHart per day for ten daya. The third' prize consist* of bus accommodation* to New \'k and return. The Funeral arrangements not been completed. have The Durham Social Pribblema Club presents ^ L. E. Austin, eminent, militant and crusading Editor of the CAROLINA TIMES in an address on “Elementary' A blanket invitation ia cordi- Education In'Durham” at White ially ^eStended to the. entire R«ek‘v Baptist Church- Sunday, public to be present for the lec- ■March 12, at 4:30 p. m,^ i ture and also to participate in been labelled auicide, tlwre w Mr. Austin, by virture of bin * the forum, tihe lattar b*iii|^ open. pogsibllity that the wound., could RICHARD LOCKLEIAR bf 203 Enterpria* street who wa* found dead Monday morn ing with a bullet wound in his heart. Although' the death Mutual 'ituilding and Loan McDougald, Secretary-Treaaurer I A»w>ci*tiott warn organised »» have announced that three free 119CI and »inc^ be«ianin» trips to the New York World’s 1 ta figured greatly in the •- Fair will be given awjix, u. ad-^ velopment of Dweham aa a di^n 'tO' a4*rg!e^Tium%e*^=cf«elish . owning city. Ifundrada ef N*- ymes to be determined by the} gro home owrwr* in and sold. I' imm0.Qii.i]riite knowledge of local to the audience *t Urge. haa, number O'f share A person jelling the hiahest , have been procured accidentallj. number of sh&res of Durham ea« t'»»tify to the be given ! sistance they have receivc4. fck I paying for their borahip K A* Mutual
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