Mailhig
EDITION
j|5>iE%uThrjUbigRiimi5^
VOLUMI 30
NUMBER 41
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCT. 21 .t, 1939
UNION DENIES NEGROES BEING
DISCHARGED FROM FACTORY
C. COIXIGX • - -
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MCMIC^
vmcnnA STATS —
JOHNSOff C. SMITH
SHAW
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A AMD T
S/tlNT PAt^L
PRICE seven CENTa
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Oklahoma Stunned At
Resignation Of Ne>vly
Appoin t ed Schoo 1 H ea d
LANGSTON, Okla., (ANP)—Thi* usually staid and quiet coll
ege town last week- was given a shock comparable to that of Bri-
tain's t£»! petlti -fi AUMaia, wh«n AU>«n L. Turjwp, R«wly
president of Ijangston university threw up his hands in aisgust,
resigned aftei’’being on the iob only two days and left for parts un
known iust as a welcoming committee had perfected arrangements
lor a gala banquet in his honor.
President Turner, nationally inown as the former registrar of
Tuskegee Institute, resigned last Saturday, s«tit his resignation by
mail to Pl-ed Hulman, white chairman of the Regents of Oklahoma
colleges at the Homes residence ii\ Guthrie. Some souses insisted
" that Turneiyeft' immediatelyj jfJa^^ Moiye/Tsity Michi-^
gan-at Ann Arbor, wheraJ^ is enrolled.
CONSULTS WITH
CHAIRMAN HOLMAN
Arriving last Friday, with his
wife and daughter, Ur. Turner
was domiciled by Acting Presi
dent Lee in the Hi.me Economics
building, presided over by Mrs.
that the new president would
not be faced by such cdml'tions.
Finding these conditions, there
fore, compels me to bel{?ve
that 1 will not from the beginn
ing have the' power to function
Sadie Wa#Mn^ro.‘ It was Know« WKotasfully as « president 3|{hoie
that soon thereafter, ha went
into consultation with Board
Chairman Uolman, but the fact
of ht» -withdrawal rem«inpd a
luecret until it was whi.-spered
•bout the campus that he and
his faimily had left far Oklahoma
City, There, in the office of
Editor Roscoe DunJee, he re
portedly wrote out his resigna
tion and mailed it to Holman.
It read as follows;
My dear Mr. Holman: „
“Official inquiries aal in
vestigations ^mrfde by me since
-my arrival reveal that during
the last few days piecedip^ r|{y
coming to the C. A. & N.» uni
versity several important farulty
appointments were made, and
poHtions f4U«d»”^
“Some (ff these appointments
were to administrative positions
which should have been the pre
rogative of the president to
fill. J have also ■ learned of salaries without
salary adjustments have been
.j|)sd_t...v^. reMnH for cej-t#.!"
memibn's o_I the faculty, and I
personally encountered a ^rong
suggestion concerning the ap
pointment of the dean of the
cwllege. .
‘•My interview with the Board
«f Regents led me to believe *
chief Interest is in raising the
e;(lucational standard of the in
stitution along all lines.
*In view or tnese facts-'^ re
gretfully submit my resignation
from the presidency of the
Colored Agricultural and Nor
mal University, to be effective
immediately.”
It was learned on the cnmpus
that , a dinner and recepti n had
been planned fgr Monday night
in honor of the new president
and his family, under auspices
of Acting President ,Lee amd
memibers of the faculty.
la Oklahoma City, asked by
Editor DunJee what^transpired
after his arrival at .Langstpn,
Dr. Turner said he learned that
-there Jiad....j4ieen. aEpointments
made to key positions, since his
election to., the presidency, even
up to the day of his arrival, and
that th«re had been a rearrange
ASST, ATTORNEY GEN’L
tganize To
Jus.
n
knowledege. He said.
by the boarti that everything
was to remain in status quo,
and that all appointments would
be tentative. Imagine how I
felt wheis I learne^f^ of tfcese
hurried placenwnt* and con-
Please tura to page ei»ht
NEW YORK—“Of all ,thp
present day needa of Negr.o
farm life, none seema to ibe
more important than the deve
lopment of a consciousness of
cooperative group action’' says
Cornelius D. King.i. new Special
Aissistant to the Governor of the
Farm Credit Ailmini*tratioA|
an article app{;aring in the Oct.
issue of OPrOKTUNITY maga
zine.
“Cooperative group action is
a most impoi'lant instrument
and must be used more, and
participated in more largely, by
Negro farmers,” Mr. Kinu; con
tinues. “They must see cotpera-
tion not merely as a method
of doing businiiss,. but as a phil
c Sophy of action by which to
change the world in which they
live. Whenever and whefevea
possible, Negro farmers should
join local cooperative a««ocia-
tiona. In addition, when ever
there is a need and conditions
warffent it, they should engage
in local CLooperative ent»-rprises.
(Aiiiong cooperative endeavow
may be mentioned syrup mills,
grist mills, community canning
plants, pure bred bull associa-
tiuus, vegetable marketing as
sociations and consumer p\ir~
Good Samarlf ans
And Danghters
Hold ^Session
MrrSBORO. N. C. Special
to the TIME5S)-f-The Indepen
dent order of Good Samaritans
and Daughters of Samaria held
their SSrd Annual Session at the
Mount SInia AME Church.
There was a large delegation
from the Mountains to the Sea
Shore. All the directors were
present and made e»eellent re
ports of the progress made all
over the State of North Caro
lina. ~
The Great Chiefton, J. W.
Pettiford of Roi'boro in hl^
his Annual Address, declared
^is was the^ lyest session he had
•tt«nded in SO years. The real
GA>d Smaritana spirit- existed
throughout the session.
There were 15 memibers that
reinstated. Knd declared they
intended to stay the Good old
Samaritan field until the rr»r ii
ended. ~
Presiding Officers are:
Bro. J. W. Rettifort,
pme Grand Slke.
Supr-
Artorney- Wm. T. Meldiight,
well known young Toledo, Ohio
barrister who hsis Just been ap
pointed spcciat as.«i5tant Attor
ney General of the United Stat
es. Mr. McKnight has be*n as
signed to the Department of La
bor, wages an-I hours D.iv!i(i«f,
and will have hi.s headquarters
in Cleveland, Ohio.
HEART ON
RIGHT mi
OF BODY
BY DR. JOHN T. GIVENS
NOIU-'OLK, (ANP)—T h e
current'issue of the Journal of
the Natio^)^ Medical associa
tion contains an article ‘’Medi
cal Curiosities” by Doctor H. C.
Welcome of Provident hospital,
B>altimore, Md. This contribution
-iiy, a doctor to mcdical
literature describes some rare
but well recognized cases of hu
man organs occuping positions
oppcaite to equal, location. Thes6
conditions were observ^i *'iti
patienis admitled to the hospital
KKKTfRBOR
DONTINUES
CIRCULATION MANACElt
GREENSVILLE, S. C. (ANP)
-Last. .Saturday niifht f jllowed
a rumor that the Ku Klux Klan,
c'>cky as result of their lecent
raids on the towns of Belton,
Fountain Ian and Simpsonville
—had planueii a Ln Green
wood, the law enforcement
agencies here immediately got
busy. . - ^
The MaS'or and chief of police
stationed men at all entrances
to the city and entire police
foil'3 was mobilized at the City
ha 1, ready to, meet for}3 witft
t'oiee. The Kluxers failed to ap-
pei.r. Both colored and wiiite
re?idenls were loud in praise of
M y- r Devore Andrews and
Chief •' Hunter, declared
thiy were niatle of sterner stuff
than ociciali in other _ South
Ca.iina towns.
('Itfer residents heife declar-e
thft the wave of prol'eats, .“om
both .races following raids on
the other towns is convincing
proof of liie brutality ol the
hooded m b. Tliey said the West
in its palmiest days, did not ^
mnpare with it, that me i, Wip-
men and cliildren were Lrutally
Deaten and if any of the v’ctim's
na* money on them it was taken
oy the raiders.
Andrew Marsh, well known in
surance man of Durham .\VWi
accepted the 'pcsition of circula
tion manager of the Carolina
Xinies. Under Mr. Marsh’s dire;
tlon the circulation department
'li^s dread” taken on new life
with an average of 100 new
homes being added each week
PET CAT BITES OWNER
THEN FA1.I.S DEAD!
ATLANTIC CITY, (ANPJ-
The sLranpi?*- ncwstorv of
ISe yenV “orofe~ jfaturday,
some news it is. Joseph
Mousley^ 24, v/as sitting in
his h. me aU comfortable
his tom cat c/(^vcd his
teen'.h throusrh the flash
of his laft le.-, end then
tumbled over .is a nit.
Mr. Mousley hurried to the
' hospital and had t*e wound
treated.
Liggett & Myers
Signs Agreement
With Union
,ifi recent years. '
A female 28 years old', whije
being examined for other com
plaints, was found to have her
hear, on the right side* of the
chest. This finding was verified
by X-ray and oter proof. The
medical term for the abnormal
Mr. King also called' for a^'te-
.wakening of the old spirit of the
Nfcgro farmer toward wninrf
land—“a spirt that was: charac-
teriaed by clear vision, uniel-
tering courage, and an iudomi-
table will^n the^rt of in^i aonormai
duTMs,-recently liberated as • cdnllltiin Is Dexlro-
men, to anchor their feet deep
In tltft soil of’ America," and a
change in attitude toward what
is often referted to as “book
farming.” Larger use shoaid be
made of governmental and other
publications on agriculture by
Negro farmers, he said...
RADIO PRODUCTION MAN
Lilli^ E. ^ ft^onpoje,
Grand Daughter.
Supremej
•Brp.- W. ,5f. Stewart, Sup
reme Grand' Vice Sire.
Lillie Sanford, Supreme Grand
Daughter of Fount."-
Supreme Grand Past Sire,
Prof. G. W. Leach, Mrs^ Lottie
A. Bttit)ou8 was reelected Sup
reme Grand Secretary, Oigahist
and a member of the board :f
directors. Mrs. Geo. E. Smith
was alsow reelected Supreme
Grand Endowment Secretary^
an^ Trealurer. Also a member
of the board oi directoiC ;i%ith
these and ofllei's who head this
great organization we are hound
to f'sueceed.
Catdia a»id usually all th| ether
organa are transposed als >. The
ptient experenced no inconveni
ence because of the abanrma-
lUx. ' ii
The appendix, which H'- aor-
mally on the right, was fuundN
in the lelU side of the abdomen
in n boy 15 years of age. This
h(oy - Complained of pain in the
left lower abdomen. Howevetr
the blood count was suggestive
of appendicitis and when an in-
sion in the usual place failed
to disclose the appendix search
WRs made in the other ide
and an inflamed append’x was'
removed and the pa4ieji(:..recoVer
ed. 'V
This abnormality was due
^failure of the large intestine to
I'utate during embroyonal deve-
lopement.
The lesson to be learned here
is that a pain, in the abdomen
may be appendicitis even though
the pain is not in the lower side
(jfihfre the publis has been
^ r is i - {taught.to it),, rn fmt thn
Samuel McKinley Andersonq appendix is a movaibl^* , organ
production man on the staff of’and may be located unywhere in
Mi3s Lorn Long, WOR Mutoal Ahe abdomen. The pub«t- shotald
Biroadcasting System star. HiSld- be especially warned that ■, the
ing his joh for the pas.t five pa'in in appendicitis is located
years, he m called “Invaluable*’ »t first in the middle of the
by his employer. He is *en- ,bdomen and only later does it
eral secretaiy and writei script. I ,pieMe turn to pa^e 6ight
oy m £ II f
Office HeleCp
Charlotte
CHARLO'fTE, N. C.—
The Divisional ■ Office ot the
Charlotte OfTico r>f the North
Cnri lina State ISmploymerit Ser
vice renders service to an aver
age of 120 applicants daily
along with 20 to 25 eiti’jloypja.
”rhts“ does not jntim tliat ’ every
person entering the office is
sent to worker that evj?^’/i em-
.oloyer seeks immediately an
;'mployec.
The primary function of the
Kniployment Scrvice is to jnatch
en and jobs Jhrough a free inter
state and intfa state net jwork.
The referrals ai^ made on
qualifications. Only and never-eanta.
from the standpoint of netd
Since the bejrinning of the
ISmployment SciX’CLe. the public
has thought that only miirginal-
-alaried openings are fourd or
that there is .n definite tie up
•vith relief a^'i^tance. The Ser
vice is in na way a part of the
system of chafTTies or reliew. The
passing of the Wagner-Veysev
.\,et was "the ackniwledgem.env
I'ly the United States Govern
ment of a social responsibility.
The establishing of the free Em-
‘iloynient Offic6 as splr forth in
that legislation shows that uneifl
ol yment is a factor in the pre-
-^ent economic life, hence, a
clearing house for employer
compete in the current labor
market, or whose skill is e^ual
to o*" superior to the ^current
labor market, or wtios'e sISll is
standdaitls of labor, is sddom
unemployed.
The Charlotte Divisional Offite
deals -mostly with Service and
Industrial openings. This is due
chiefly to the qualifications of
applicants and the type of Job
lopepings, T^'® 1^0 referrals
made weekly will not give a
picture of the varied orders re
ceived. In some instances re
ferrals cannot be made because
of the lack of qualified- appli-
and employ#e4-capitol and labor.'
No longer can a person find
a Jflb because he wants _ one.
Mbss . production and pi'oduction-
atandards have made spiicific
ekills a prerequistf for job seek-
:ing. Today any man who c«tf
do iomething well enough to
The Divisional Office in
Charlotte has a keen need for
better qualified applicants. The
applicant must know that this
public agency” ts an attempt to
stabilize the^community-^conomy
by job openings which are for
all qualified applicants.
During the past month of the
406 actual placements Sl'i were
in private employment while
2>512 applicants appeared. 169
*f those appearing were new ap-,
plicants appearing monthly does
not mean tiiat 2:51>2 diiferent
persons came to the office, but
that one. applicant does ejpear
three'op four times a week. This
is due to limited telephone faci-
Ittles ln^ their homes or .-apcPsM-
bility to telephones in the com
munity.
On entering the office they
are met by Mf5s A. I.ucielle
Morris, the Receptionist,
determines theif need aaid
; PUue turti to page ieven
Declaring that the informa-
ti n cdntaineJ in an artic^
which appeared in the CARO-
JJNA TIM'K.S two weeks ago,
cTiargTng ITTe wTiIFi*' untbn with
not protfstiiisr the di.-icharging
of Negro einpi'tyces of the
Liggett anii Aly*!i.-> Tobacco
J nipany was untrue; a, Com-
mitte compose! of Isaac L.
JoTinTdn, Fred CTCwy, T. J.
Atwater, l{oy Tnce and others
waited (>n the editor of the
C^AROLIN'A TIMES last week
anti requested thftt a correction
be made. ^
/ .1 ;iSi.-d|ng to tae coiuiuiUee^
1(1 Negro employee of t b c
figgett and Myers local f'-actorj
has been u'Tscharged and the
lul white unitn, of wnim tii>
lot-ul union is and adius^, has
•kad Do need prot«^
In the "meantime the ( ARO-
LINA TIMfciS is contin.iilv be-
’furnTs!iey~wrni '~*tKe""*names
I'lf more pei'sonj reported to
have been discharged from the
factory. J)ue to i.bvious, re;i"onB
the informers and the nannies are
being withheld from publica
tion, several of whom have
Worked ”as long as 15 in
the local factory,
Thef l,-«al conimiltee »ep.-e
senting local Negro tobacec
Workers union 1U4 stated tha'.
the same week tne article ap-'
peared i n the OAROLINA
J’IMES they had secac.vd,-,aji
aggreement between the i.iagett
and " Myer tobacco company
which, gave them ■ the _^*iifhL iif-
eollective bargaining and would
remedy many of the ills-
to suffered by workers in the
obacco factory. A copy ol the
agreement is a follows;
Agreement between Liggett
& Myers Ti bacco Company and
Local Union No. 194 ot the
Tobaac W>4keiV’ International
Union, the organization re
cognized as ITIe duly elected ie-
gaily accredited represctative
of the employees for the pur
pose of collective bargaining in
all niatter.s pertaining to wages,
hours and working conditions
of those they may represent.
. This agreement does not ap.j.y
to temp»)rary employees I'lijjHo-
I J in the handling i f liie ■
rent crop of green leaf toUac. u.
Ttrr^^’tgrtwr-**feinpliiye«L*‘ ' i» >4—
‘Employees' as used ia t
agreement d» not includs ii,*e*
men, assistant formen and ui.
empl.iyees ia 3jp«..;iOry fo«i-
tiona.
Watchmen, coopenHPs, tradb—
drrvers, m^ch'ne adjusters ai. I
regular atemiiTery employee;, a. e
to conform to the regalatio-.a
of this agreement when e»n«K«,.t
in the hiMTllIng of ibe turreut
crop of green leaf tobacco.
ARTICLE 1. When Hju|iliai;
redried {ob»eeo, eigot hours per
day, Monday to Friday inelu
sive, with a watually gretd
starting time, shall be' the rj-
4‘ogaiaed schedule of huur^.
When hamlHng ’fTStn
nine hours per day, M- .siiay tj
Friday inclusive, and five hours
an Saturdaj'S, with mutuallT^
sfgreed starting time, sh.tll b.>
the . recognized chedule Jf hou.d
in emergency.
jAUriCl-i'j Z. ifqlidays are
be: New Year’s ‘ Day, Washin
ton’s Birt'Tidoy, E,aster Monda .
Deccration Day,- inly *, Lab .
Day, Thanksgiving Da;', Chrl>-
tmas Day ana Sunday a.
ARTICLEAll work per
formed by sTemmery ^ftipioye* ^
on holidays and Sunday-s shal
he paid for at the rate e;
aouble time. All stenimetV en.
phiyees working beyond the r.
c ignized schedule of hours o.\
lall...i)ther...da^s.. 3.halI. M
tert at the rate of time and
to- watchmen or' employees fro
’ other Departments sufcstitutinp
ifor ^^atch'men.
ARTICLE 4. Any empl. yee
! who works during the legulaf
J luncheon ^pferiod shall be given
equivalent time for luiica '•«
mediately following the regular
>riod. St'BP!.- --
•\RT1CLE 5. It ii agree!
that no- unreasonaible increase
ifr-wt^rk shall be _ Jropcsed upw .i.
I the Wi rkffs Teyond that t-equi:
jed on Of. tuber 1, 1999. It is
Please tom to'^page eigLt
Hickstowi), Hayestown And
E. Duiham 100 Peicent
For CaiQlina Times
Circulation Manager Andrew
Marsh announced this week that
Hickstown, Hayestown and East
£>uihani gofie over this week
practically one hundred per ent
in a circulation drive in those
espective, communities.
During the week Mr. Marsh
has visited more than 1,00 homes
and only in one or two instancea
have nersons living in them fail
ed' to coeperate in si^mg up
■a regular subscriber to the
CAROLim TIMES.
The circulaticn manager -tai-
ed that he will work in Peanoa
town next week and that •
satisfield that thfit mc^ob ofjN-lltl.
the city will also go over big for
the TIM£S. He also states tfcat
the next 30 days Wtll d«i«te.9
into the most intense cirealatiso
drive in the history ©4 t ^ •
CAROIilJ^V TIMES. EvanK
single Negrn ttome and baaioMS
m Dirrham wffl he visited,
addition eecl^ stetktn of th*
eity will have a eomaiBBity^ r*.
porter whcs* duty it will b«
rgpor! ,1! ami groa*» gt-
interest eaA weA to '*aUiBk
ed in the CAmtmk^ TOOB.
rhcse n«^l«, to poBtaftt Hm
TflflS r«i^ortor |kM*
phone tbeir I9. iMla«