Mas
EDITION
Readf^rs
niicK SEVEN ccirrs
SATUKDAY. SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1939
VOL. 20
mm CLOSE SUCCESSFIILSESSION
Dr. J. E. Shepard
Delivers Key
Address At Meet
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK out ampbatieally thi “Viaions of
BUKJLINC^'TON, H. C.—^At tho P«irll’' which haant tht Uvm of
Sunday morning ■eision of th« thoM who live in ‘thit ag# of
1,5th’ annual convention the turmoil. Bome visiona of pirii
Inter Denominational Ushers are; The Worrd’ War which ia
Association of Korth Carolina almost imme3tatsly tnpntl^tke
wnich convened at Builington^ t^righteouimeaa of p^|pl« OS
N. C. Ftriday, Saturday and '•'Vid^nced in the oppraasion of
Sunday, August 26th-27th, Dr. I races and religious castes, se-
•iames E. Shepard, Pifesident Igregation, and injustices in the
and founder of North Carolina' courts and on the hiKhway of
CoH«ge and Grand Muster ofjltfa^ As a,, means' , of eliminating
the Masons of North Carolina ' these perils Dr. Shepard Mid:
delivered the main address at | “I am praying for war if peace
will not eliminate these thinga.
If man will n^ reaaon in peace,
he must listen to the. thunder
ous voice of God’* (through war.)
Viewing the world jituation
from the brighter side Doctor
Sihepard pointed out several up
lifting “Visions of Triumph.”
There are increasing examples
of justice, it was pointed out.
Uve Ebeneaer Christian Cuurcn.
In this challenging address he
pointed «ut tia his anxious listen
ers numAous “Visions of Peril
and Visiona of Tri«n»ph.’*
In the outset, Dr. Shepard
paid high tribute to the -associa-
tiun and to President L. E. Aus
tin for the^ tnany evidences of
^>ifh organization in the
conyention. “It means much to | as well mOr!^ thoughts in
he organized,” he said; “I am'terms of bifotherhood among
helped in mf own life by xom-, th6 people of tho wortd^Jt is a
fn§'here. You have demonstrated | triumphant vision to r^Use that
rthat deoomjaations cap-bC or-1 man does riot have to wait for
ganizud.” Congratulating, the money to *'have thin^.”"'THakfe
association far Its, nceUattt- A baautifMl wng, paiitt a pte-
cholee of a leader, Dr. Shepard iure, build a betta» moujretrap"
said^ “No man is atriring haird- the speaker advised,
er to bring tJie rt|[^ts Of the , For the promotion of brother'
Negro to the^ Neg^ than Mr^^iK^d the association was advised
Austin.” ' V , -m, ( to “Teach men that you Ifcive
Dr. ShepaM’s ealighteiiing them; no race can rise to heights
address had tw« diatinot diviai-1 hating another; no man can
ons. In the first jMurt he poittted I rise on hatred.”
CHARLOTTE PHYSICIAN DIES
FUNERALIZED
Dr. N. B. Houser
Passes After 6ix
i^Weeks Illness
CHARLOTTE, The city was couse in slightly less than tHree
saddened on Monday nighi wtieii i't-’H!*. immediately set up
news Went "swuily -arouad of practice iii wtw»oi'.e and sooi«
the deatn ol' Dr. Napoieou u. up a fine piacuce dispuun
Mouser. to year old nationally |nugs an well as mtUic.u ser
known physician who hud one Vitus, in laJOO . atser a tiip to
of tae best practices in the ' see a brotner there, he moved
, south. Dr. Houser pidctic«U l Heiena Arkansas where he
fmedecine for forty eigut yeais,
DR.,NA3>OEiEON B. HOUSER
70 year old Charlotte physician
who succumbed Monday night,
Aug. 2®, Funeral services were
Held Thursday morning at the
7tS Street church and interment
wA made ao Pfnewood Ceme
tery. ~
Greets Negro
Business League
O'KL.'liHOMA CITY. Sept. 2nd
(ANP)—In the vanguard of
delegates arriving here fpr the
National Business League Con
vention, August 2^'^1 was the
delegation arriving by special
train from Atlanta, among whom
were C. C. Spaulding of Durham,
N. C. former League president.
Stops were mSde in Chicago,
St. Louis, Detroit and othelr
C|^tie3, where additional del^-
ates and officials joined t h a
party. The,train was made 'Sp
of all Pullman cars with regula
tion, ffrst elass equipment and
service. ' ? *|
A local pre convention high
light was an elaborate entertain
ment and lawn party, on Aug.
28 at the Hassman Hiiightr
Addition a l)w cost housing
project being built under direc
tio'S^^'W. 3. Edwards preai-
uent Oklahoma City-, .^egro
Business league. ,
Wm. Qreen Will
Investigate AFL
Jim Crow In Fla.
Complete-
Plans Ffli-
Slaie Fair
CHAJILOTI'E All plans are
complete for the North Carolina
Colored Agricultural State Fair
according to J. W. Hunter »n
charge of the fair and already
scores of persons have commun
cated with' him concerning i>lac
ing exhibits. Mr, Hunter cau
tions ^11 prospective exhibitors
to con^ct him as early as poss
ible, as he ancf his couforkers
desirous of knowing ahead
of time just how much bpace in
the mammoth exhibit hall to
allot to the' various departments
Mr. Hunter can • be reached at
628 E. 3rd Street in Charlotte.
The Pair will be held October
1-7 in "Bpactotrs nely construc
ted fairgrouhd on Oaklawn Ave
two block |iorth of Deattie
Ford Road. **-
twenty years Tn Helena, Ark.
and twenty here in Charlotte.
Funeral, services _^e set for
Thursda^^morning at Seventh
Street church with intcrmcmt in
Pinewood cemetery. {Jr. Houser
was a l‘ar!!iful nieniber of the
Seventh Street church.
Dr. Houser’s life shows that
he was ^ man of unusual sb>Uty^
anH he proveu hiflftaetf able to
attain supremacy in business and
ai’tistip enueavor as well as out
•tand^g iu his 'prdfession. Ue
was 'born in Gaston County on
i'jeltuary 14 lHi69 but was i ear
ed In Chafitttte. His father was
^ prosperous brick mamti'actur-
er owning two brick yards and
as a young boy Dr. Houser jyork
ed until he learned all parts ol
the brick making traJe. He also
helped on Tiis father’s fari)» uur-
ing his youth.
As a very young man he took
over 'the business . managership
of his father’s business and . no
trained, aci:ountant could have
been more capable dn 'ilkiidling
the wide spread business. He
went through the elementary
school here then entered Biddle 1
University and^ after finishing
decided on a medical career,
although the«-8t,^|:y is told that
he ha'd never seen a colorcJ doc
tor. ^
'He entered the Leonard Medi
cai School at Shaw University in
1887 five years after finishing
Biddle and was an honor student
winning first "prize in obstetrics
while fimshing the four year
was even mor,e successful than
iu LharUit.e. lie i>Duilc u Lirug
atorer The Ulack iJiamond on
tlie main street it, the heart of
town, and it was the most mod
ern drug establishn/ent in the
county. In addition to managing
tliis fast glowing,^J)usintss he
fi'Uiid time to build up a wide
spread and successful practioe.
After ‘tweilty years in Arkan
sas he returned to .Charlotte,
vvhere arouhd^ many of lus old
patients he built . up an even
more suqcessiui praciice. Ht
continued tiiis practice untif ap
proximalt'ly mx weeks ago wljon
kio waa taken ilL
Dr. Uouser was also a fini'i.
eu m' ;sician, liaving served as
' orgiuiist for several large church
es and having a working kuow-
iedge of many other instru
ments in addition to the piano
and organ which he liked Lfest.
I He is survived by eight chilj"
 rcn, Mrs. Wiliie Houser Ladson
i Nina, Doris Evelyn and Kutu
j Houser and Dougless, George
and Walter Houser.
PRESIDENT
Times Beauty
Contest Winner
Goes To New York
"MISS DCaHAM” WILL
ARRIVE TUESDAY
LOLA GOURDINE GUEST OF
BOOKLR T. WASHINGTON^
. . * TOURS . .
HORACE A. DvAVENPORT
the president of the class of
1«924 at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity, a star football player
and' honor students, who will be
on hand to welcome the ii.com-
ing freshmen at the opening; of
the University on Sept. 26^h
Mr. Davenport is a nmk^i of
the Student Activities Com
mittee and is a very popular
NEW YORK—r h • second
beauty contest winner *in ‘two
weeks arrives Tuesday Sept. 5
as the giiesfe of the Booker T.
Washington* Tours in the person
of Miss Lola Gourdine who re
presents Durham, N. C. The
first was Miss Bronzeville from
CAicago. Miss Gourdin^ who
att^d# North Carolina State
'’J’oliige won the* tnp to New
York after vieing with a dozen
or more other beauties from
various cities jn. tha Stata. It
was a real beauty contest that
S. C. STATE EJfPECTS
L.tRGE ENROLLMENT
OiRANlGBBT^G, S. C.—South '
Caf&Iina isLate A and M College j
entering the tnird' year of a five ’
year expansion prjsgram nnaounc
es one, o;^ the most auspicios
fafl openings of a regolar sess-
the. history of this rapidly
growing state supported college.
The 4'3rJ fall opening of the
regular session in Sept. 14th
.19,39. •
ParWed
CHAiRLO'ITE,^ Herbert Knox.
24 year cUl youth wl.o has re
cently been paroled from the
Georgia prison will give a Bible
lecture at . Frloiulahip Uaptist
churcii Mwnday and Welnesday
nights«^f next week. Mr Knox
I to«k 8*11' active part in- i-eligious
1 activities while in prison.', ^ It
J was largely on this account that
I he was given a voluntary parole
by Governo'f E. D. ‘Rivers of
GeM'gia. His subjects will be :4 ' justifies the title
I “Jiasphtming Against the Holy I Harlem.
Gfiost,"' "What Is The Soul Of
j Man?" “Where Are the Dead”.
I and ,‘What Is The* ' Terrtble
I Beast Sponen of in Revelation”
No admission will ' be charged
15Sth St. and St. Nichol.ia Ave.
Later that evening she will a-.
*tend- the midnight show at the
I Apollo Theatre. She’ll _ajle^nd
the World’s^,Rafr~ ~on 'fbiMaiajf
see Bill Robinson, to- the Hot
Mikado, have dinner at Ballen- •
tines Inn, see the Aquacade and
Fireworks at night. Friday after
noon, Earl Ballard wUl take her
in hand at Apex Beauty CoUeg.
for a series of beauty treatments
^and pictures. That evening she
will attend the Savoy Ballro‘>ai
and Small’s Paradise. Saturday
will be devoieU to sightseeing
around the town with Rockelell-
,er Center, l?iApire State Bcild.
ing. Fifth Avenue, Battery^
.Statue of Liberty, Y W C A,
,¥M€ A Father Divined JbByi^
dinian Baptist Church, Harlem
River Housing Project and Dun-
Late Saturday
Miss Gourdine won, not ^ popu
Ui'ity affair, and New \ork is bar Apartments,
in fora treat when Misa Durham |she will taka.lier leave aiaid Um
makes her appearance in the good byes '•vf Iier new 'fonnii
iteveral public deceptions that friends,
hava been planned for her.
The Booker T Washington
Tours is fa;st "becoming the offL
cial host-'ito visiting luminaries.
Already various organizations,
business, and'-social, are arrang
iiig contests with visit to^N«W'
York as the “big prizes” , and
the Booker T. Washington Tours
ha| demonstrated the 'ability to
to entertain 7a a manner that
Your host in
TEACHES VOCATIONS
When Hiss Durham arrives
Tuesday, she wilt find taat ali
arrangements have been comple
ted for her entertainment. On
Wednesday she will have dinner
for the services but a free offer as the guest of Eddie, Mallory
ing will be takeA.
at the Fat Man on Sugar Hi^i*.,
JUST AFTER AN NUAL ADDRESS
Mr. Hunter also wishes all
prospective candidates .for the j
popularity contest among young
women to contact him at the
R^^e address. Viiluabie prizres |
will be awarded in this uepart-
• J - .
ment. i : i
NEW YORK—Xytllianr Green,
president of the American
Fedleration of Labor, willunder-
take an investigation oftwo
lily white AF of L construction
unions'in TaiSipa, Florida whose
Jim crow tactics Enabled them
to "frecie” more than 500 Nie-
groea pioneer union members
out of their Jobs, the* National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored, People announc
^ here today.
Greenls proriStse to investig*
afce the Tampa situation, which
Involves more than |9,OOd.OO in
Government.' shipbuilding con
tracts, was contaned in a letter
sent to the associatiwt from At
lantic City wheifa tha AF of L,
executive council was in stssion.
The letter came In response to
a report ent to'th* President of thepbood of
ttie federation by the NAACP shipbuilders
laat fortnight by WalWr WMt«l tiwn *a
vtnho made- a special trip to
Florida to investigate the aitua
tion. Green’s letter said in part:
* ' *11
^ “I promise you that I will go
into the complaint you make. I
will take it up with .th% officers
of the Building and Construc
tion Trades Department and
will endeavor to have it investi
gated jind adjusted if. it is pos
sible to do so.”
The unions involved a r e
Local 1,207 ^- tlw.4iiterhati^
Hod Carriers, Building a ^ d
Common. Laborers Union o£-
America, which was formed afte#
twelve Negro and one ,
woker went out on strike
Tampa Shipbuiiaing companjr^
prior to 3um 1, an4 a
local of tha International Ko-
Boilermaken, Iron
an4 Halpera of
■ It is ijositively assured now,
ac'cordi^^^ Mr. Hunter that a
IMO Ford Sedan will be given
away at the fair, and tliis oxc'u
sive feature Is aiou»iiig much
interest among those who
dream 'of owning a ca;’.\.
ttlion
DURHAM—Amid a tl.roug of
friends and beautiful floral t i-
butes all that was mortal of
Elrne^t Gotten, wejl k”.iewn citl-
*en of Durham Who paited this
life Monday llTght, August 2t,
was laid^to rest on a .beautiful
green hillside at Beechwood
cemetery Thursday, Aiiguat 24t
Funeral Mrvices were held from of
.-the White Rock Baptist church r.
Death V^ith
A
OURHAAf B’JRGLAR
WITH LIFE AFtE]»
cr PRISON BREAKS
(Special to the TIMES)
RALEIGH,~~Nr^~Xr^^^After
smilingly waving gcodbye to his
pri^n mutes and sliaking hands
with the'- exec^itioner, Arthui
Morris 24 year olj DUrham- man
who became known as "THE
yLIPPiiRY
life-4n the
PAYS his last in thcr white, triangular
SERIES gas chamber. H.e evn had smiles
for the executioner, R. A. Brid-
g'es, with whom he shook hand
on entering t?ie flfrhamber. After
waving to the witnesses he
iralnily took ISs seat.
The gus fumes began to ri^e
in the room about two rijnutes
after he entered the death cham
feEl.” paid witn his -Jxsr, and just before he lose con-
central piison gas \sciousncss the Eel waved a last
chamber Friday
1, at 10 a. m. frr a robby
which* he committed moie than
a year ago and which netted him
morning Sept. j gtooif- by^. ,
Morils, a native of Wake
County, began his career of
crime in North Carolina with a
The' abj(x"e photo shows Dr.
James E. Shepard, president of
Ncrt.h Carolina College for Ne-
|groe« and L. E. Austin, president
the North Caimlina Interde-
r.o«iJ|nat}onal’^Usher» Ase^iation'
of*which he was a member ^^th j r.fng tho Bbsnerer .Christian
ton o?> last Sunday. Dr. Shepard
and’^'ft'esident Austin were flank
ed on each side by a group of
ushers as the photo indicaftes. 'The
Uahers convention this year was
che largest in the history of the
Rev, Miles Mark Fisher officiat- nhurch 4urt. after ' Shepard' '>rganization and taxed the facili
ing. The senior choir, of^ which had delivered a miwt stinting Burlington to the liir
bi« wifa has long been a' mem- «ddT°gs to the l'6th annual con-1 year's convention will
Fl0M« tom to paga eight vention which cloaed in Burling-U® Raleigh. ^
20 cents plu?\ ?heck whicii lie long aeries , of burglaries for
Was never able to cash. wi^ich be was sentenced only to
He was convicted of serve a few" days of his sentences
gree burglary because he alleg- before escaping. The laist crime
edly e^erJJd and robbed after for which he was Tbnvict^ was
daprk hotises tP^cre persons ehleving the Some of a Raleigh
asleep. He succeeded in iseaping physician.
” rR*vT; T^aSWrenca A; Watts ttirec
(or of reK^idttJ^ training at the
iir^ort stated shortly befere the
execution: . ,
“Artliw i« ■ r«*Jy to
tli« of U* >•
«prry ' fur *11 ^ k«
he* coasBBitt««| wUIm* I*
‘b# f®rglv««. mMirms hU
faitk im Jfaw CWiat.**
prison several ‘tih>aa—aniL rpceiv
ed the na^e “Lucky Jliorris”
when he was a* the k-?ight of'his
elusiveness in and around Dur
ham. J"
Apparently Morris welcomed
the death which was to put «
period to his carecr f^r he waa
full of smiles from the time he
'left hiB cejl until be liraatbad
MRS. L'. HERBERT ADAMS,
wife, of the Registrar at John
son C-.. Smith University and
teacher of vocational guidance
at Second Ward H%h 'School in
Charlotte. Mrs. Adams holJa
the masters degree and ia re
cognized as one of* the hattoa’a
outstanding teachers in ter'
field. She is the only vocation
al guidance teachers in Char
lotte.
PRINCIPAL
J. lE. GftlSST.
Seeoad Ward aekoal ia
Charloita a^ a wiMy kMwa
educator. ifK Grialv emm» Ik
qiarietta in IMl tetm tlM|M
Salem wk«* 1m wmt lil*
faetUtj^ of tiM TeeelhMBa Cllllii*
Hla aehool axpeeli «
roQaant thia ]rt«r.