PiiP
MURDERED MAN’S DEATH A MYSTERY
I ^
BODY FOUND
IN VACANT
LOT TUES.
BULLET WOUND
IN THE HEAD
WHEN MAGNATES MEET
VOLUME 19
NUMBER 8
^HE Truth IJnbridBeI^
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH itB. 1939
PRICE FIVE CENTS
No eitt* *9 yet hn been found
to the slay ins of Will Dempsey
Daniis whoae body wa? discover
ed early Tuesday morning with a
hulkt wound in the head. The
shootinK apparently occurred
Monday night for rigor rnortis
had already set in when the
coroner arrived.
The body was face downward
m a lot at the rear of M-o*e
Levy’s store 644 Pettiferew st.,
with a «ack coal scattered
I about at the fest.
’ Although several persoin .re
ported havinjf heard a shot
around ten o’clock the pievious
night, the police weren't informj
ed until around 6:45 the follow
ing morning.
The fact that very liltle blood
was present in or 'ne^ the vicin
ity of the body giVe^ri'e to the
belief that Daniels was killed
elsewhcrp and merely ‘‘planted”
-in“that spot.
. . At first the seek of cold ser
ved as a possible clue, but on
questioning night watchmen of
nearby coal companies, they
denied having f>hot anyone dur
ing the night. " Besides, they all
carry shotguns while Daniels was
killed with a pistol.
There are however, other mo
tive for the playing, Danip!s hav
inx had a record fdr house
breaking and larceny, at one
operating under the alias of
Will Stanley. Only three weeks
ago he completed a threa mon-
t'ii t*rm for stealing coal from
the Seaboard railroad.
Doctor A. S. Campbell, coun-
-ty- eer&rtev, conducted th^* au
topsy at the Duke hospital, at
whicti time the bullet, a .32 cali
bre, was 'recovefed. Oific«r» «»x
pressed belief that the weapon
used was a. cheap iype o” that .
Daniels was y'hot at very close
range.
The coroner’s jury as yet has
not. reached a verdict.
Salary
Fight
To End
BILL INCREASING NCC
FUNDS MEASURED
FIRST LADY A FIRST
N J G H T E R
NORFOLK,—With the State
''^ttorney General joining lovjryers
representing the local school
board as defendant in a suit to
v'ompel the board to pay equal
salaries to Negro a n white
sciiiool teacher?, doing the same I
work, announcement was made
here this week by Assistant City
A-ttomey Jonathan W. Old tTiat
^e suit will be a«gued before
Judge Allan E. Hanckel in the
circuit court her* April 20.
20.
The !>uit, a mandamus action,
was instituted by Miss Arline
Oack, a teach«r in the Booker
T. Washington High school here
March 2. Mi.®s Black, who is act
ing both for herself ‘and t h' *
Negro teachers o>f Virginia, is
represented, by Thomas Hewin,
Man99Mdl,~Leon A,
Ranyom, and' Charles Houston,
attorney f^r the r^atH>nal Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People. The Associftion
is leading'- Uhe salary equa^iza-
tion ifight in Virginia, Maryland,
Florida, Alabama, Georgia %nd
Louij'iana.
GOP WONDERS WHY RACE
TURN TO THE NEW PfAL
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSBVELT, the lirft
lady of the land was among- the notables at
tending the gala Premiere of “The Swing
Mikado” at the New Yorker Tfa*atr^ |n Nuar
-^fOTlr-Cfty on IT^nes^y nig-ht March 1st.
Shown in the photo from left to rig-ht are;
Florence Kerr, Assistant WPA Administrator;
Colonel Harrington, WPA Administrator;
Mrs. Roosevelt, Harry Mintyrn, Director of
ti-.e WPAt F«d8tal Theatie
TTOduc^Flif “'iiHE SWING MUtA'DO?’;
■»Cla.:ys Baucree who plays the part of Y4im
Fiorella LaGuardia of New York City,
Heiman Green as Ko Ko.
Nep Heallli
Week To Be
Obieivdil
KKK Tactics
', ^
Draw Negroes
Prison Term
UTT;|>E ROCK, —A state
tatute V against night riding,
aimed originally at such organiza
Ijions as the Ku Klux Kan, will
result in jail sentences of one
year each against three Negro-
e», Henry and Dan ^ohni >n and
Henry's daughter in law, Mr^,
^ Dollie J'ohnson, in connection
jwith their activities during the
I cotton pick«-s‘ strike f^ast fall
I called .by the Southern Tenant
Farmers union, the state sup-
I reme court dacidcd Monday.
NEW YORK,—Unaye to
frra.'^p the rudim^tary fact that
Negro voters turned TO%|)ie New
Deal because 'they w^re tired oC
f»ke Repuiblican' promises..; and
favnraH the MMgreaglY* oodal
program of the N«wr Deal, the
Rppublican “brain trust” this
week apointed RnlpJi'
Bunche, Negrfl educator, to ex
plore the reason for the Negro
*‘xodus from the GOP.
Dr. Bunche i.« head of tlx* da,
partm^nt of political sciertcc af
rd Univ*r*Ky. H* has be«^
endorsed by Assistant Dl't?-ict
Attorney Francis E. Rivers who
wa? in charge of Negro aetivl-
tl«>« in the Eastern States for the
National AMOciation for t h •
The three were convicted of
putting written notices on plan
tation gates urging^ cotton pick
ers to strike for $1 per, 100
pounds instead of the 40 to 85
cents they were then gettinjr.
Added wa« the scribbled wording
“stay out of thft. fields if you qd t^ 4o so.”
dijn’t want, to get into trouble.’
Authosities said this statement
conVeyej a threat bringing it
within the limits of thi» night
riding .«tatute.
The deifense said the statute
was illegal since it contravened
the federal constitution by
abridging freedom of speech,
the of p^ceahle assembly
and a guarantee of equil pro
tection to all under the law. The
supreme court held that the
strike notices themselves were
not a violation of the law, and
the Johnsons had a 'ight to
?trike and urge others to join
them, but “did not r have the
right to intimidate and prwent
o^lKers from ^ working for the
wapre offered if the others wish-
NEW YORIi— R«preseu*tatiVes
of LelanS organiaztion in-
this city met this week to initi
ate a campaign for the appoint-
I ment of another Negro Federal
Jiutlge for (tl^e Virgin .'Islands^,
to succeed William Ilastie
become Dean of Howard Univ-
! who has m=ignel lihei post to
of action to keep the Feieral post
! Ashley L. Totten, labor lead
er, who was-, elected chairn^'Mi
of the Publicity Committee, an
nounced that Virgin Islander%
in this country were determined
to prosecute a vigorout program
of action to keep the Fedeal post
in the hands of the race and
will back the young and brilliant
Distiict Attorney in the Islands,
James Bough for the past.
Th* National Negro Health
Weak eiommitltee plans to ci
brate th* Silv«r A'nniverpary of
the Week April 2-9, cummemura
iftg it.o twenty fifth y*ar, 'hav-
iHif been organized in 1D15 by
Booker T. Washington, arvd em-
■iracus his birthday which com*8
Vpiil the fifth.
)dctor Roscoe C. Brown, chair
.lan of the Committee, plans a
irogram worthy of the ojta.»ion
stretching over the entire mon
th.
.sunuay March 2i, Doctor R.
Uiestn, Assistant Surgeon Gen
eral, will be heard in a radio
oioadcast. JSubject of ;ii>-', ad-
di ess and als«‘ the" thenie of the
tjA'nniversary observance, .will b«
"The ■Citizens'.* Responsibility
Jor -Community Healthr" '
wiii V^s subject both
subjectively and objectively and
it .should be a valuable guide in
th« adaption of the general ob
servations to specific applica
tion by respective agenci.’s and
communities which will spon.«or
various radio programs. Tinio
of the broadcast - will be from
3:15 to 3:46 in the afti^vaoon,
over station WMAL (Blue Net
work .orginating in Washington,
D. C. j
Rev F. River,* Barnwell will
deliver th« annual sermon Sun
day April 2. His text will be
from Matt. 7:12. Doctor Barn
well’s sermon will be nt‘ard
from Austin, Texas.
The Durham Medical Academy
of which Doctor L E. Turner
courses
Added
At Tw.(^
.schools
RALEIGH—In the March 20,
tmiun of the Norih Carotins
Stale Senate, i'epre»entanW
Mui-phy of itowan County in
troduced a bill which will call
for additional • app'ropiiations
totaling $98,500 for the North
Carolina College in Durham for
the financing of graduate and
pro>fessional courses. |>51,400 of
thi« amount would be provided
for the I'9'3i9-li930 school year
and the remaining f47,100 would
be provided In 1940.
_ Tliis bill has gone to a sub-
coninuttee of t.!* slate .«enate
finance committee fur stuuy.
Tne introduction of this bill
follows in the wake of an enabl
ing act wuich autnorized the
Durham Institution to i-et up
courses in law and pharmacy
with nu appropriation.
In the ses.'ion of Wednesday,
March 22, the senate edifcation
committee approved bills to add
course.* at the Fayetteville and
Elizabeth City State ncrmal
schools so that the graduates of
these inirtitution*. will i^ceive A
grade teaching certificates. Tne
names of the two scho(|(s vill
be changed to teacher college*
The colored orphanage Of Ox
ford will also receive increa-i'^d
appropriaiton of $>3,600.
is president is cooperating vith
tue national organization. A
series of lectures have been
plaoned.
During the recent good-will tour of the Xatioiia! B^p£i;^t . >n-
veuetion. Doctor L. K. Williams, pre-idetrt of th»* convtnt on
was a Dui'/am visitor for the first time. The.ab“ve phot- .■hows
Doti-'r Wiiliaui's who i' a!^o p-e«ident of thi Vi tory Life Insur
ance Company , and C. C. Spaulding, prejydent of the North
rar.olir.a Mutual Life ,Insurance Company in a farewell greet-
ingr in front of t' e Mutual horn** office building.
Sliarp Deciini.^ in
Aduii iiliteracy
1
RALEIGH—Mjre than 3,000 percentage of illiteracy. A. that
N*‘gro public ?c.iool teachers, in tfm« the censu.'i .•? owed that one
70 counties in the State, ■« r out uf every in the
now doing volunte.er^teai-liing of
adult Negro illiterates. ;Thi.«i
vntunteer traching in part r.i hit
intensive State wide ~Tn.nac^
campaign sponsored by the
Nyrt’ Carolina Adult--E'lueatioa
Council a group appointed by
Governor Hoey.. The dri/o open
ed on February 5 ami will con
tinue through March.
Doctor James E. Shepard,
President of the Council, ex-
eve ry
State could not read or wrib*i ■■
'Chis cauH'aign i* tlirectod to-
ward reaching tM "fift i ’ Ne
gro. , ■'
SlatT 4«uj)t:rinti rdtat of
blic Inatvttction Clyde Erwin
called on the superintendent* of
the State to cooperate in t h e
compaign. ■ To date t.iey have
reported the nam^s and ad
dress of 13,378 illiterate Negro
pressed gratification at t h e j school patrons with children how
wide spread interest anj res- ' attending public schooL*-. These
ponse to the campaign. The goal j school patrons will be the first
of the program is-to teach 100, j .sroups^ ,taught by .the v-.lunteer
000 adult." to read and write. It i sch"»Hteaehrs.
Buruett Leads lo FriDcipal’s Contest
Prof. Frank Burnett no*ed out
Prof.* G. A. Edward* ’Mn the
principals popularity epnte t
breaking the tie which they
maintained last week.
week’s balloting was treihendou*
but this week’s balloting has
surpassed the previous week by
a great majority for Prof. F.. G.
lEumett, As bh* contest standa
at present Prof?. N. E, .Cheek
and E, D, Mickle are tailing very
close in behind Prof. Edwards.
Profs. P. G. Buicnett and G,
A, Edwards each declare they
will win the contest by a great
ihajority, Wednesday evening
ju.*t before the deadline fell for
the casting of votes, as many as
75 coupons fell in at on* time.
Many students from the dif
ferent schools are yet trying to
put their respective principal in
the first place for next week.
Send or bring your votes for
your favorite principal on or be
fore Wednesday evening at six
o’clock.
GOOD-WILL TOUR BANQUETED BY NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL
P 3#—QiO Ve
Not to Rxtradite
\
Southern er
NEW YOiRK—The four lynch Advancement of Colored People
ing record of >,th;e State of Ala. Miirch 13, in a telegram, signed
and. the impairment o.f public by Walter JVhito. JThe tdegram
confidence in its Courts, bucaus^ l^^id in part:
of the “nortorious" injustice of
4he Scott«.boro case were urged
mf mm m ri wiMp ■ u ■ m u "V
Arthur H. Jame#, today as ample
reason to refuse to permit ex
tradition of Hartie Water».
Alabama seek to have Waters
brought back to its jurdisdiction
in order to prosacute rim on a
charge of striking a white man.
protect to the Governor of
Pennsylvania^^iras sent by the
' “T h e notorious Scottsboro
casea are tvnieal nt Af
Republican
during ita
la 198#.
National Committee
disastrous campaign
courts O'f Alaibama toward Ne
groes when charged with offen
?es. great an small, against white
cititzens. Waters ha«-been mod
el citizen of Pennsylvania. You
will render great service* to cau'e
of justice by refusing to return
JlVaters to a pogeible lynch'ng.”
Gjf?iEBNSffiORO—'The ushers of
the Gt^ensboro DlKtrict are look
Ing forward to the mid ye#
meeting and are making plans
to b» th«ra in larg* numbara.
is hoped that the majoi'ty of
those,reached by volunteer work
ery will then enroll in the al
ready established WPA State-
they may become funcc'onally
Aid .Community Schools o that
Hterafe.
According to the W30 ^cen.-'us,'
North Carolina ranked 42nil in
: Mrr'. Elizabeth Morriss, State
I Director Adult Education WPA
: and State Department of Public
Instruction, ami members of the
WPA and State Aid E.iucation
Divi.sions are ^sharTnc; the r*^s-
ponsibility for carrying on t’le
campaign launched by the Ne-
Please turn t> paje eis’.;t _
New CME Church
Pastor Makiny
Progress
TA .*
Rev. Jif. H~«iltlmphreys, who
took over the pastorate of Saint
Matthew CME Church last. Dec
ember, is a man equipped with a
program.
Since his arrival, the church
has not only cSntinued to dupli-
but also, it has shown ever great
er jprogresft in the
months.
last three
Doctor L. K. Williams, president of the Na
tional Negt'b ^ptist Converetion took time «»ut
last week during the good-wil tour banqfuet in
the spacidu^ auditorium of th* N. C. Matual
Life Insurance Company to rupond to .tha
Words of .'w«komtt by W. J. Kennedy, treasurer
of the company. Th« photo above ahows Dr.
Williamx delivering the reeponse w&ile other
miniatcrs are biwUy angled devouring ^ th*
luaeious repMtr.
, Rev. Humphreys although a
native of Roxboro, came tu
DuTham*^when he was ten years
old. He completed. hia education
at Kiitrell College and Howard.
Entering the ministry twenty
years ago being licensed by ,the
Philadelphia, Washington Con-
ferenee, his second appointment
found him at Saint Jo'iin, Wash
ington, where he remained for
five \ vjars where he built _ and
paid f ir the parsonage that' in
tself i.j ususal. *
was accomplished. Where he
^ook over duties at St. PLilip.*
temple in 1929, t;he Ss^urch had
a membrship of 300 carrying a
141,000 m'.u-tage. When hfe left
in November 1937, aft'r hav
ing Bqen there nine years, the
.1500, w.
decreased
the
morgage bad
to a mere ill,uOo.
Destined by
inactive,, R - v.
a luembtr of
state ex^'cutive
nature not to be
ilumphiey- was
the UepabliLau
committee, and
president ti( the tttter-dertcmina
tioual ters AUiante
posed uf 1 »0 menibers.f
■ Y: '
. His ntxt oppuintuient wa.^
Suiuuy Park, in C^jlumbia. S. C,
from whence he came to Dur
ham. —
‘The bi.^hopric needs men like
Rev. Humphreys. And in «»• kt-
From St. John, Washington
Rev. Humphreys w'eQ.t to Saint
John, NewarklW. J. greatly re
ducing ttkafr church’s bended
debt.
Appointment at-Charlott'-*e and^
.\tlanta followed. Holsey Tem
ple in Atlanta gained at $3500
reduction in it*'“drtt by the ai>-
lointment.
He next made a cros? coi'ntry
treek which ended at Saint
PhiKps Temple, Los Angles
«rh«r« aiMt outstanding work
seance win
rewarded.
sucgj^service g*^
MISS SERTHA HEIIAN
PASSES AWAYY
Six year old 'Bertha Heran of
Rougemont, N. C. pa—ed aw«y
at t^e r ncoln Hoapital and w»a
buried in l{arria cenl'e*»ry. Her*
death, came as the rwttlt of
ver« burna which aiM» i tuiTrt ■
She hi.rarvived by hm
and an uncle. ' ’