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“MISS HILLSIDE” Miss Ruth Joisey, popular^the local hi?# school. The above daughter of Mr.’*"and tMra. i!. B. photo was taken Just after Mist Josey of lSli3 Olenn street who Josey had been awarded- the is lOQ® dinner in the popular- tjeautiful loving c«p by the jity- contest staged each by ^ judges. Photo by Jones. ^— — T ^^^— Prominent East End Resident Passes m TH DnBR^E MGnm To Mrs. John MerriGk VdLUME 19 NUMBER 12 d:>rham, f«oRTH Carolina Saturday, may 13, 1939 LYNCHERS TO / The (feath of Mrs. Lucy Goode at her Hazel avenue home on Thursday,, May 5, came as somethiing of’ a surprise to her many iriends and well wishers, although she had undergone durations of illness for several years. Mrs. (Too^e had been a resi&eijt of *D«Aain for ebout seventy" yeari and until the time of her death was quite ac tive in the affairs of her ctiurch ~Biiil uuniiiiuiiHyi — She was one of tlie oldest mem'bera of the Mount CJilend tfaptist Church, having joined there soon after its urKaaim,-. tion, and was one of the most loyal mejttbers. She was at one time a choir memtoer, a Sunday Sch»«l^^wet'k«v aiwl pi'Csidt’Ut _pf the missionary society. U was , through her tireless efforts in the club organhsed in the church under the name “Bell Club” that the bell which tolled for fifcr funeral was put into the church. / ■ " ' i She is survived by foa^ sis- ters, tvTo brothers, a step daugh ter, and ntimeroiis other rela tives. FUNERAL SUNDAY Impressive funeral services, for Mrs. Goode were held from the Mount Gilead Baptist church on Dowd street Sunday after noon, May 7, with Rev. E. Wim- berly, pastor, lii charge. The com'mencenient, activities at North Carolina' college have Just been announced by President James E- Shepard and will extend throughout the repiaining nine' days of the school y«a • be ginning May 27. During this time, some of the most outstanding speakers of the county will appear at the Ccouiitry will appear at the college. The commencement program follows in full: Saturday, May 27, Dean of Women^s recepJTon for senior wonf^en,, SsSO p. m. Friday, June 2, 8;00 P- m- Senior pl*j^, “The Call of youth” Saturday June 3, 4 p. t». K»y- sical Education demonstration, gymnasium. ' Sunday, June- 4, i00 - p. ra. Baccalaureat«^ S^mon». - H • % J. E*. Kirkfartd, Paator Mount Olive 'Biaptist Church, Phiftdr’- phia, Pa. Monday, June 6, 4 p. ni. Sen lor cla^ day exercises. Mondifty June 5, 8 p. m. Alumni Reunion and meeting, with Rev. W. R. Hestey, pastor of Twelth street Baptist Church Boston, Mass., speaking. Tuesday, June 6, Iftjap a. m. Commencement Address by Dr. Louis K. Anspacher of New York City. Brothers To SCHOOL CLASS JOSEPH AME CHURCH LEADING SUNDAY Face July For Mulder the Berea*—Swnday School *(nas.' of Saint Joseph AME, Church. The class is mo*£ outstapck ing of the well known y 'cftiurch, and one of Ine^Taest ^ the en tire city» in tnc front, row read ing from left to right an-J stand ing fourth from the end is .George Ingram, president. Next in line is doctor J; A. VaTen- tine, pastor of St. Joseph. r—M the right of^the pastor is D. B. Martin, superintendent of the Sunday School. Fifteen ot^^r merabiers of the class were ab- Fm»*nl *eFfifr9 for Mra. John R. Mcrrick took pla.** two PRlCfc SEVEIf C^NTS^ Monday aff^..,n at Saint J»»«*ph AME eiit^reb aur- n>on{ied by the tolAirnity which parallclltd the entire life of the deceased. Mra. Merrick who died Ft iday afternoon following a prr long ed period of incapacity, the widow of J»hn R. Merrick, fonn der of the ♦Ibfth” Carolina Mu tual Cfe Insurance company, Mr. Merrick hairing died Auir>st, 1»19. ...efore a packed audience ttm*, 4- A- ,yalentme, past u£ and skilled theologian that he ia, condaefed the ceremi^y with t?n! dignity »ltafa«tertaee all 'Of hia activities. At the * firat toll of t^e bell, the organ aoftly pee?M forthr*'"fnee As A Bird,” while an almost cndleM train of ladies, proceeded down i the aisle each bearing large wreathes whicS completely ob scured the ajty. After the procession, the choir sang “Beautiful iaie of Soiewhere.” Rev. J. H. TLomaa pastor of Mount Vjjaca fE%p- tiat church, delivered the ii.veca tion. This was foltowed by tJie scripture with. Rev. W. A. Ciere- land, nastor of 'Lethel AME churCti. Greensboro. ofliciatinc. Tb« ciwir then ,sang, “Je'^ua la All The Wor'd To Me,” and at the conclusion of wKlch, R. N.. Harris read an acknowledge ment of the myriad of tele- crama and othersforms of ' condal^ncM received by t h « faijily. DEVOTED ^THER tf request, Mrs.' Morgatr very touchingly offered: “The Eoa- iLD TAKES Hand IN CONVICTION ■ , DAY^TOMl\ 'i:i!lACH. Fla..— Everett, and Earl Blackwelder were being held on murder charges this week after a coron er’s jury'" found they “did wil- ful.y kill” Lee Snell’s Negro taxi driver, trial coming up some times in the fall. »The brother, who had bee^ “hiding” since the lynching of Siiell, leisurely , surrendered special Margarite^ )tice sent when this pbot« wm t>ikea, after attending tK# fu««aL aer*; jm” la aoto. The Obituary wa/* K4.«to by Jon.., ■ | ^ ,J I cidentally killed by Snell’s taxi.^ Me^tely west into hia iLocal authoritfiM had made n» | which was baaedi. ,4., tth? same being, of M«. iVeif * Miss hiHside prior Third Psalm tlie the‘ favorite pasnipe Merrick. Stating that the family could Please turn' to pag:e e'ht Amii the .omp. and spleaddr * this honor Ijelng rejervedr^ Upr due one of her kation. Miss | Miss Clara Douglas*, the retiring Ruth Jopey was crowned ‘ Miss "Miss Hillside.” 1 USHER LEADER The body lay in state a the church from one o’clock until the beginning of the funeral at thro# v’^4ock. Resolutions of respect were read by lE'enJamin B. Rogers and came..iroifi the following organizations: The, Church, The Mount Gilead Missionary'Society and The i)ver-Ready Prayer Band. Letters of respect came froiqt^ Ppv. Albert Smith, former pastor of M(y^nt Gilead CJiiiv. h, and the pastor and cofigr^^tion of the Union Baptist ^'^^hinreh. Rev. Croom also made- impiess- ive remarks in tribute to Mrs. Goode.' I . ' “Mount Gilead has lost a go6d ’member” Rev. Wimberly said, “The chain has been (broken, het^liieat is vacant.” e w MOTHER HONOR Hillside’’'for l®39-40 in the Hill side auditorium last Monday night. ^ ; It was a g^lorious culmination of the affair, the Popularity contest which had been in^pro- gre^ at the local high school for. a .period of several weekf, a iJTe cFowhfng was equally as ibefittlner as the setting which auiro^nded i£. ■ The auditorium had been made to' resem'ble B' dream gar den cyrhplet^with flowei'S, gates and hanging vine?. To appro priate music which w^is ', "prayed by the William Coles directed school band, the procession of contestants enjered. A special program was rend- • ered .by a •group of students from"~Lyon Park school under the direcfioh" oT Sirs. Strphen and Misp Walton in betialf of tjie newly injected Lady for a "Year and her'‘attendBirtSe"-*' As a matter of pti^nal re cord, Miss Josey a very un assuming young lady, belong* to St. Joseph AME Church, where bhe' is aciiveiy —coniieetud with the Sunday School. ACE Lea gue-and the Vh^h. ... Willing Workers Runnerswip- fir_ the • coveted title were: Sybil Brewer, firat attendant thereby winning the titl«_.of - JTi»s_Bre5vejQ^^ an^^y Following the procesrion, the | eria Kelley, second ranking at- actual coronation took place' Please turn to page eight*---- effort to arrest the rtfen .It*... , r-’ . to their surrender. * The Blaekwelders jieized Snell ' from a constable on April 30 while the taxi driver was be ing taking to a hearing on man slaughter charges in Benny Blackwelder’s death. Snell, a World War veteran, is survived by a wife and adop ted child^ Po.lice Constable James Dur den testified before the coron er’s jury that he was transport- mg Snell from Daytona to near of this 'cily died Lin- by DeLand after the Blac.kweld- | eoln heaplfaljj here Wednesday ers had made threats againsf ^ at 3-^0 p. m.‘ after an iilri^sJ-that Snell’s life. He p'oaitively indeW ‘extended over a ■period of" more i. 1.1'age Surtunihs tified the two brothers slayers of Snell. as the SHOT IN BACK “I was about three and a half miles west of the city,” CROSSES THE ItfAR ri Qr^nd Jufy MRS. E. SHEPARD^ Although she *must wear a white rose Sunday, »Ke makes I it possible for Doctor James — 7—- Edward -Shepard, president gfr * . , North Carolina State C^llee*^, • to be a¥le to wear a red -“rosej for Mrs. Shepard is tjie mother ! of the Presi(Jent. AlthecF Eatmoh, '22, was bound over to the grand jury at Wed nesday's hearing for . the Sun.- day night, ■ April 3fl|, slaying oi ^ViSTlin' GfiffiiV -Ajxmgdiitg to Georgia Mf ore, aunt'of the defendant ana* lanq- pf a pearl hc^.idled kWrfS* inttf his aliifomeri;— GEts LONG SENTENCE FOR SALE OF CHURCH HE'DID I - NOT OWN' . i lady, at the inn, Jier n#ice tifme there on the night of the trade- k^own. , ' gy and openly expressed inten tions to kin Griffin “if she could find Rim." j., _ An eyewitness to the' affray by the natne of Nwt Purvia-stafc* • d^feme. es that she met. Griffin in the dining room and, thrdwinK h«r lelt arm arouni him as if an em brace, ahe plunired; the W*de» I NEW YOB&-^Wi»iam Cor- J ,L ^ ^ T bin, the man who sold a New •The Sefendant, a Croatan In- , . u u *■ ^dlan-tor. Wth, and-the slain man pastor a church on time id been friendly foi- BWnJents^^4^o__wuld some times»-ind just whnt ed of grand larceny this week his life i» aentenpea causing her to take X. TO ' Ji 1-XTCT' u t e I years in Sing Sing. Corbin and another man who No evidence was introduced^ arrested sold a at the hearing by the defen- jj. .Frazier for a'sman sum down and the. IS definitely building up a plea ... . - I remainder ^ time payments, j amounted to^ $8S0 fctfore t h e "HONOR TIf¥ MOT3i£R Af«>-auapicioMs when Keys given him didn*f ‘fit thg ^^ATHEH” doors of the cburcl^ .J. W. Doak, president of the Greeni6o>^©istTirt of the inter denominational Ushers As&ocia- tiop of North Cart>li*'» and trea surer.. of the state association. Mr. Doak held one of the finest and largest district meetings in the history of the association at i£^s Chapel ME Church last' &und^ay afternoon. L.' E. Aus tin, president of the state, sociation was the principal speaker. . 1"' FORMER qURHASL TJEACH^ DIES IN ASHEVILLE ASh>5VILLE, N. C. (Special to the TJMiES)—Miss Aldd'J. Fortune* forOftr teacher in the public schools in Durham^ died here May 7th. Funeral services will be held Thursday May 11.’ She was the daughter of- -Mrs.-' Regina and Giles Fortune. She was inching in the Stevens Lee High School. than six montha. The deceased was a native of Durham county, 4»aving been born in the rural community known as Nelsoj;. He had liired in Durham practically all oi hia Durden testifield, “when a Ford I i;fg_ ^ ~ “ then stopped and turned- acrpSe Pag« was the ownei an ov'“*’*tor the road about 100 yards ahead' of the M. I.s ’Page taftafinj: es- of me.”- -- talblishnitnt located bn Mangum “ Blackwelder brotners. street.. He was ^ member of according to Durden, attack^ ’ the \“^iite Eocit Baptist church Snell, ~ who attempted to flee anai. a Mason. , -vhen Durden got' out of t fi e Plea®^ turn to page eight UNIQN LEADIeR SirrftvTTig"*T«"'fei&^ Lillie Pug.S'.and sever^t brothers. ’ • Funeral arrangement had not been completed at presa time on * ace^iiT of the late arrival of se veral relatives. ^ BANK EXECUTIVE ILJj Mefe-irrsfhi. of MERRICK afternopn and was • ||in;r»li*ed I Monday froi^ St. Joseph AME « A ■ s ^ church where the had been a founder of the North Carolina . ■ aj,- ^Mutual, who died last Friday ZTchlnhThiftor^ ~~ MRS.^AlRTHIA Widow ■ of -John • ia'e'E)u"6u«t.i the"*^ Mechaijics and Farmers Bank,(^iw^ tak^n to the L.incoln hospital Monday, buffer ing from a throat infection. As we go to press, however, Mr. McDougald is showing a decided impsovement and an early re- llfse it expected from Q»C‘ hospi* :f T T. J. ATWA-jraiR The 'following show their Jb- tereat id you by advertising TlTrougyX Color«3. Medium. Baol^rs Fire ^ Ins. Oompany, Camel Cigarettes. Crystal^ -Bar bershop, Durham PuJt>lie‘ Ser vice, D.oyle Florist, Eckerda Drug Store, Hlbbard’aFlori^ Huntley-Stockton-JiiU, N • r i k Carolina Mutual^ Southern Fld- elty. ^ttthRrn Railway, UAioa. . sJBjj Insurance, PSitie Hairdwu*. president of local tobacco work- ^sseoe-GriltMtli . ers union number 194. it was Model LaaadiT, T&MtH, Maeliaiicia u4 largely through the efforts and ^ Farmars Banlc, Model Lanadvift -fine leadership of Mr. Atwater that the tofcacco workers of Dur ham have been kept Vrgan!*#d. Mr. Ai^ater ia alao.a prominenil member of St. Murk AM£ Ziaft .church. V Mutual Buudiac sxmI Scai^rottga and Paint Store, 8mm Boefcncjt EUia-S^ae aBrT^mpaar, TcmI^ ey-WoaOile. Inc., OwHImmI BatebaU, X. !• Ph*« TiAWt
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