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V6L. io NUMB£R 43 SATURDAY,* NOV. II, 1939 V CNA RACE RYMEN Cbaoee iloue JXURHAM—The qiiestion of Neeroe* serving on Juries was laid »qu«r«ly before the Dur- h*m couiTty cummissioners here Monday morning when a com mittee of the local branch of the Committee un Negro Affairs - appeared before the commiss- ienetiB to lodge a coinplaint about , r*he ajjesence of memWrs of their raee from jury service for th« past 40 years. The Negro Affairs Comrcittee was told that it was only through chance that Negroes in, Durham eounty had not been chosen for Jury service since names of Ne gro taxpayers were always in cluded in those put in the T/6x from which the nam«8 are driwn. , 1 ■Ohe "of the members, of th* Negro Affairs Committee repli ed that he did not believe the law of' average would permit at least one Negro from being selected in the span of 40 years had Negro names Jieen placed in the box from which tha nam es were drawn.- Inspite oC this contentaoQ of the committee the County Commissioners! in- i sisted that they were doing the right thing by Negro taxpayers in so i«r as the Jury question ^ was concerned. " * Ootetrary to Hie ' custom! followed in Durham county Ne groes have been called for jury service in such counties as Naah^ Wilson, Orange, J¥¥jf»ke, Mecklen burg^^i^uL manj othgrs. Durham 'Where Negroes are heavy ta:^ftay- ers, and where &.jre is suj)posed to an unusual amount of Negro intelligence atill lags be hind on permitting Negroes to sierve on Juries. Following on the heels ©f the aippearance of the Committee on Negro Affairs before the Coujil^ CommiMioners wias the an nouncement of the nam'ies of 4,. t DOCTOR WARREN FETED ON BIRTHDAY f 1 S Dr. Stanford L. Warren, noted Durham citizen, was tendered a banquet on his 77th birthday by the artaff of the Lincoln Ho»pi- tal in the dinin* room of that institution late last week. ——— ' ''—r- Testimonials attesting the fine qualities of lir. Warren as * physician, a friend, tireleM exe cutive, hu^and, father 'and friend were emphuized by all who spc^e. The master of ceremonies punctuated the piv- graim with poFgent remarks. The affair 'Bad a unique ori- Mgin and human appeal as touch- I "ing aa the famed physician’s life. j Seated at ttie banquet table from left to right arje Miss P,^ K. Carter, Dr. Warren, Dr. J. E. Shepard and Doctor C. C. Spaulding. ^ Negro Affairs Committee To . Meet In Rateigh PRICE.S^VEN CJEHTS Assault Reinafns My^ery IciUrlotte— Freddie Bruce McCain, well I known nineteen year old youth j of North McDowell Street, died on Tuesday afternoon about one j thirty at Good Samaritan Hospi tal albout 12:30 on October 20, after he was given treatment for a na^ty knife wound in the head a portion of the knife %eing broken off. It is said that McCain *had previously been treated for the Wound by a physician "whj sew ed up his head with » piece .f steel still Sn the boy’s head. He seemed to have rallii^ to tr^^tmient, and after several days was carried home, but on Tuesday he was taken much worse, and died about an liour after being rushed to the liospi- tal. ^ As unusual feature” of the case is that the police depart ment representative called oolice headquarters on Tuesday sfter- noon, and was toM oy the re cords department'^' there that memibers of the detective civis- ion were investigating the case, and had the report on the' case in their possession. Aga-i and again on Tuesday night police said over the telephone that the; detectives had not co^e ir. wfth the information. On Wednesday morning, the record bureau of the police department told this newspaper that there was no re cord of the boy’j death in the departmeB't files, and t h a there was also no record of an MiM Lyda Constance Merrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. I Merrick of Durham, was unani mously chosen by the T Club to I lead the Homecoming festivities | at Talladega College on Nov. 11 when the Orimson Tornadoes meet the Fisk Bulldogs. Miss ' Merrick is a Major I student in the department of eeoncmies, a person of unusual grmem and charm and held in esteem by her fellow students. Her sister Vivian, graduated fru«i Talladega’s in 1937. Smilti Prexy Speais To Presbyterians Tell* (^Jectires, AdAie%e- n\ents and Need* of in- ■tUutio«..Ci>ur£b Stailta Se*qiii centennial Fii Rajain^ Campaign. EDUCAl^KAXZ Am?lSOR Jurors for another term of Dur ham county superior court in which BO names of Negroes ^ap peared. Y>oiir dollars go further ,jf you patronze the Oarolinia Times ad'vertisers. * Bill In Congress Seeks W^Hndies Isles For U.Sf BY A. E. WHITE IWASHBNIGTON, (AJNP)- ed to the Ui ment for. ir British and French possosgions in the West Imiies will 1^ e*d- ” ' "Ties in pay- forH War 1 d^bts, [jundeen of Mirnie- introduced a bill in (Congress to that effect, has ^his way,;- I - t‘ rj * But should Uncle Sam .ge| these islands, of primary im- portsnce in defending both the' North and South Amarica from Ehiropean aggression, binder the, Mpnroe doctrine, the ' ttep«^n- deraltt Negro population would in all probalbility take a step The “tt»tioiv’» .colon? I wT'policy has never been of the best, a^A^the introduction of present Am^ric^ prejudices anl methods of dealing- wkk minor ity groups would spell (Awalyiing the situation and looking into geofrnphlcal distribution, it is seen thafcy the British possessions pradominate in the West Indies, with a total area of- l0,427 square .miles and a populationn of 1^286,074 • in- huQsitants. The French possessions em body i,073 square miles, witb. a population of 474,^8. The Dutoh possessions are much smaller, being only 4'03' square miles with a population of 56^522 inhabitants. Chief exports of the island* are sugar, m^asses, cocoa, nutv meg; cotton, mace, lilli^, onions potatoc^ rum sponges coffee banans, vanilla, maise and salt with products heing i^onfintd to^ certain ialands as in the case of Bermuda, whic^ specialises fh lillies, onjd^tp >^nd pqtatoas. JaiSli^ , , X , dis- amon^the many small er islands .wl||i& con^rise the group. LOS ANGE1.es, (AND—a lo^itl citizens’ committee • com posed of Dan Shaw, Hal r y Levet^ and Leon H. .Wasaing- ton Jr., will iorm the nuci'leus of ■ a nation ^ wide citizeno’ com mittee to iboycott all Henry Armstroing fights if Arni&lrong fights Ceferino Garcia itnd'er the promotion of Charlie Mc Donald who will not pern>. t Ne groes to fight in the Huilywood Legion stadium. According to Shaw, Arm strong stated 'definitely that he* would not fight for McUb'iiald as long'^as the Jim Crow condi tion existed in Hollywov‘l- The next day, howfver, the metro politan papers carried pictures of Armstrong signing a\contract to fii^flt Garia under the oirec- tidn of the Holly crowd. Recent a group of citizens appeared |>e- fore the state athletic couimis- sion protesting the unAmerican tactics at the Legion stddium. At the Legion convention a pro test was made by the local Benjafljiin- J Bowie post. Noth ing has . been done to remey the condition. ’ “We beli«ve Henry,” said Washington, ‘has a splendid’ chance, by, refusing to fight for te Hoilowood legion, • j^hieh undouftitedly will. ^e te biggeit gate of the years, to help end the Jim Crow ban at" the Holly wood stadium. I believe that 'when-~il6tory reatlzes the iYrtpOT- il^e of this matter, he too will eooperate I nelping stamp out chi» unsporsmanlike procedue OB the p«r| lb« U|^on/ s J. L. E^son, educational ad visor of the CCC camp located in Durham. Prior to bect»minjg connected with the CCC wortc Mr. Eason was wnnected ^Ith edocational work in the public school,.system of North Caro lina. t/nder his direction J,he educational department of the Durham camp has gone for- wnrd uii*Q||j it is cunsitiered among the best. ■ BEAUTY COLLEGE OPENS DURiHAM—Mrs. Zerlina Brad ley, well known beauttciaJ». of Durham and New York announc ed this week the opening of Starks Beauty College number 2. The college to be operated in rDwOja^wiU^jbe-“located-at 203 1-2 Elist Chapel Hill street on the second floor'pf the"Warren- Strudwick building. Mrs. J. Quian Rogers well known beautician instructor of Durham will assist Mrs. Bradley oi coUejff. ItAsIjEtGH^.4 meeting of the Executive Board of the North Carolina Committac on Negro Affuiis will be held Sunday axteriioon Novennber 19 at Raleigh, in the dining room of the Arcade liotel at 2 o’clock, it was announcAiU Uiis week by Attorn#y • Hosea V. t*rice, prominent Liwyer of Winston- Salem and chairman of the or- granization.?** j_ The main purpose o,f the meeting to be held on the 19, of Novemtber is for the selection of a chairman of the committee on politics. Other important matters will also be discussed at t h e meeting, according "to Attorney Prie*. Other officials of thg, com- mitte are Mrs. Irma Neal Henry, Winston Salem, Secretary; J. W. Holmes, Raleigh tr*ia3urer. The Executive Committee is composed of C. C. Spaulding, Durham chairman| Rev. Geo. A. Fisher, Raleigh; W. D. Hill,. Durham, James T. Taylor, Dur ham; W. H. Hannon, -Salisbujyi and R. N. Harris, Durham. !J'he Commitee was organized several years ago and since that tjjne has figured much in the advancement'of the cause o-f tlie race in North Carolina along Ipolltical, social, educational and civic lines. It has branches in all of IKe principal cities of the stilte'aiid is planning a broad progjram of expansion that will rnelude many of the smaller tow’na in 1940. ~v Regisitration sit tl^ College will b^in Saturday, November • 11 ’•t which time all ^^et^ons desiring to .take coursed ii\ culture are asked jfo call forinstructions. The registra tion will continue for several days or until the limited aum* ber requiz«d i$ securad. ^ ^ I PITTSBURG, Pa. /I assault on Wednesday, Oetoher ^ast Sunday, addressing a meet( 17. Future deve opments *n the connection with ^«tion J case, 4f,any, will ,be carr.ed m preabyterian church’s sesquf- anVthe-^ later issues of thm newspaper. | eentennial funds • raising cam paign, President H. L. Mc'Jrorey of Johnson C. Smith university, Charlotte, N. C. told of the o,b- jectives, achievements and needs of his institution. McCain was a former ,tudent at Second Ward High *'chool and a member of the Little Rock AME Zion church. He was employed by^ the S. H. Kress Company at tl(e time of nis iVi- Jury. Funeral arrangements have not been completed as this is written. | KNIFE .WOUND FATAL .FREDDIE BRUCE McCAIN P- ' ■ He told the prominent ch.urch and- lay leadersent; “D >ubtless the most significant forward step ever taken by Johnson C. Smith university was that of assuming self support ,in 1938, after having been aided oy' the missionary boards of - the Pres byterian church for ft years. , “This was a bold venture on the part of the coulrlling board of the Institution. In -f«)ct, i.^iy persona thought the action to be very risgy. The (brus^e.^ and- adn^inistl'ation however,•• were thoroughly • vjnced that, having‘been i>uised for 71 years^it ' was high/tinxe for the child to gainVits-—-t> w; n "etruilibrium and walk.” ■ » ' Reciting the school’s achieve ments, Dr. McGrorey said: “The institution which was founded on faith bj^two eonsecratcfl men. 72 years ago has been develop ed into a school of high leara- first class distioctlun, ao rdeop/ized by state and luition educational association* of Ci>untry, namely, varioaa sta%-.^b4^s of edUeatioR, tb« uthernXassJ^Biation of coUeges d secoiwary iwhools, the As- iation ^f Anr^ican C'jlleges, mcricair Council on Education. This recognition waa based on several state and n»- tioniil surveys of ' the institution and the record of its graduatM in the large graduate schools of the country, and the record of its product in public life and ser^ce.” > p , K. Dr.' M«Cr6rey then told of the present> needs of the sehooL He said^n "Johnson €.' South university was chartered and operated 65 ^ears f»r «en only, but in 1932^, in order to,.enlarK« .its usefulness, the carter was changed and women were ad mitted. The admission of women, however, created aft immroiata neces»ity for an additional doip;' mi tors fVj^Ue 'the institution ia mt present in netd o^'several build- Tngs besides the" dormitory for wu^men studetfts, namely, an admini»tration building, a lee- tJtire hall ft>r tkeblogical students_ and a jcentral h«ating plant, • the need, of a dormitory for wo men ^s mo^ urgeet. In vie# of. Please turn to page f.ve Sponsors Achievement Week DURHAM—National Nejto A hievement Week is sponsored here in Durham by Betjit Phi Chapter of Omega Phi l^’iater- nity. During the . ^eek of Nov. 12 to 19th there will be vuiious programs given in accordance with this movement at thj vari ous school. On Friday, Nov. 17, there will be a radio pixgram over station WDNC from 5 until 5?30 in the afternoon. On Sunday, Nov. 19, at Wne Street Preatoyterian Church at 5 p. m. the culminating program will be held with Rev. Henry Lawience B®eCror,iex Jr., Pastor of the Fifth Avenue Prealiykrian Church of Roanoke, Va d-liver- ing the main address. W. TYCEi^ NELSON Chairman of PrograrJi Qammittaa - • Mechanics^ rariirsrs-— Bank To Pay $50,000 To Xm^s Club Memliers . DURHAM,^ N. C. Nov. llth— The Mechanics and Frtrmers Bank announced this week that it will pay oTH more than $50, 000 in Christmas savings to 2200 'niemibers of *ts 1939 eluib Oft, J>ecemlber 1st. «aea=»' ^ Checks are now bein^ drawn and will be ready on DeceiiAer 1st for i^e large num>bex,«f per sons who joined the local bank’s jl9'39 Ch^stmas ^ving club. No payments for the 1939 cliA will be received later than Nov. 13, the date on which member^ ships in the new 1940 club will be availaA>le. Christmas Saving Club of the Mechanics and Farmers fiank is_ believed to be the lar|^ est of anv Durham bankioij In- atitution In the amount of mon«y to b® p*id out, tf noJ the larfMit ia Organised in 1908 the has enioyed a steady gr«lwth until it is today the - Isu^gcat owned and operated hy the tmem in America if not the • wwrUk Its officers are ^moae tocao ot the leading and most sulwtaB* ial Negt^ buaineaa men in Amt- ica. C. Spaulding,^ i^r«iiMit of the North Carolina IfutiMl Life Insurance Companjr w president. Dr. S. L. Wanren, • chairman of the board an4 L. McDpagald 'ta Vie* pveaidMit and Casaier. It clerical force i» eo$ttpoa^ of some of th* besV *««»«• experienced yonnc busine** men and women of tho r»e^ The last quarterly stataaMBt kaued during the moatli «t Oetdber showed that the haa wore tliaa m qoMTt»t im iB
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