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HOLDS HEARING ON ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
Eight
Packed house Hear
W itnesses A t
Senate Office Bldg.
Connally Tries
To Offer Scare
At Hearing
As Time
Marches On
Continued from ifaf« four i ••♦*•♦***,
l*«w«rd, I DON'T WAIT FOR A JOB—
And 1 too hemrd its libiUnt atU. CRBATK ON*.
F«lt th« urje to go lorward, | *••♦*•••••
Kr»w th* fe«lii;jg mon th«ji! GONE WITH THE WIND
4 ^ ^ j The J^ur you WMted Juit yea-
I terday,
from the That will not come back again
rt'ell.
On the road back
WASfllNGTON. D. C. With
•(Kht witnei8ei te«ti/ying, three
of them from Texas, two day*
of hearings on the Wagner-Van
Nuy»]apper federal anti lynch
ing bill closed here Wednesday,
P’ebruary 7, in the Senate office
building caucus ; room' befbre
packed audiences, which includ
ed a goodly numbeii of college
students. >,
The names of the witnesses,
ill the order of their appearance
before the Sena(e sub-committee
conducting hearings on the bill,
wer« as followa;
Dr. Arthur Kaper, secretary
of the IntMracial Commission,
Jiow on leave to do research
work for the Carnegie Corpora
tion; the Kev. Gresham Mar-
iniun, aasistant rector of Saint
Albans P. E. Church, Washing
ton, D, C. and a native of Tex
as; Dr. George J'. Porter, presi
dent of Wiley Junior College
and the Rev. IjT. C. Estell, pastor
of St. John’s Baptist Church,
both of Dallas, Texas; R, B.
Grovey, of Houston, Texas;
Waker White, executive secre
tary of the NAACP; Arthur B.
Spingarn, president of t h e
NAACP, both of New York;
Dean William II. Hastie^ of the
Howard university law school,
Washington, D. C.
Despite, the iact that he had
let it be known that he intended
kave large nupa^f.r of wit-
nessea from the South to testify
Vermont was the only member
Ilf the committee w4io was ab
sent throughout the hearings.
Other members of the, com
mittee present iu addition to
Van Nuys and Connally , were:
Senators Matbhew M. Neely, of
West Virginia; and Alexander
Wiley, of Wisconain. Senator
Robert F. W^agner, of New York,
and Senator -Van Nuys, and
Senator Artlmr Capper of Kan
sas were present, co authors of
the bill.
Senators Wagner and Neely
were praised by the NAiACP for
their vigorous action in stand
ing up for the rights of wit-
ntSHes before the onslaughts of
Senator Connally.
As the first witness before thi>
committee on Tuesday, Doctor
Arthur Reaper aiouaed the wrath
of Senator Connally, when tjie
rctieh director of the Interracial
Commission asserted that when
u Negro kills a white man in the
South, m^st southerners believe
that no matter whut the provoca
tion the N‘gro has nu right to
kill a white man and therefore
has no cbance of being freed of
such a crime.
Expressing angry amazement
thut a southern white man could
make such a ittatement. Senator
Connally plagued the witness
with detailed questions to his
salary, who sent him to testify,
and who paid hia expenses to
a»id from Waahiugtou, In. an
effort to discredit Di. Raper’s
■in opposition to the bill. Senator testimony, and to prove that the
• Tom Connally, of Texas, arch '«tutea are capable of combating
foe of anti lynching legislation, * the crime of lyliching, without
of thtt boyt,’* 1 was threatened
myaalf when i appealed to the .
laob to let the law taka iU cour- ‘"d Kentucky emgna tilt, I today;
•e " Dr. Marmion said the-lead- *he gi^ntic atridea, It is gone with the wind,
ing citixent of the town includ- alma matei^i (NCC) faiM^Tfac kind deed you failed to do
ifig members of the local cham- *wea our puny powtn'Will haunt you eternity through;
bers of Commerce, a Judge and expression to define the thrilli It ia gone with the wind.
de- feal* upon viewing th«. gr^w-1 The kind friend you did aome
th and spirit wMch haa come to I wrong
the institution. That seething When he no longer was strong,
bibrant somethiftg that baa found This will haunt you like a hell-
i?i wiyr into the mob «f it* follow I ish- sin;
ers. Dean A. Elder looking every Pi ay not for tomorrow—‘T O 0
inch "the dean" Dean J. Taylor! LATE THEN
hustling and bustling as per BECAUSE IT TOO GOES
usuaT. All the great «nd near W’lTH THE WIND.—W. S.
the prosecuting attorney,
i'ena the lynching.
presi-
great'—successfully and nearly *
auccessful seemed to have vote^
the basketball
presented no witnesses, but
contented hinruself with vicioua
attempts to browbeat and in
timidate persons who testified
for tie bill, and / the use of
slanderous language against Ne-
groes. ' ^
Senator Fredericjc Van Nnys
.chairman of the Senate aub-
eommittee, conducting the
hearings, annoPn«ed after ad
journment ^of the hearings on
Wednesday, that resumption of
testimony Y^uld be subject to
the call of the cofnmittee.
He told Walter White, secre
tary of the NAACP, that he
would do Everything possible to
bring a^ report on the bill speed-
ilj. Senator Van Nuys, in an
swer to criticisms of his allowtr
irg. Connally a wide latitude in
utlacking witnesses, sai,J he
made no effort to check the
Texas senator in order that
everything might be placed into
tht record.
'Senator Warren Austin, of
r~' ' ' ' ■
wanted
And tiuit't no tooUog, MUUr.
Tbia ^ » young nuui'i world. If you
don't b*ll«v« It, look ■round you
and (M. You can probably count th*
gray-halrad workcrt on your Bngan.
But don't lat that alarm you. You
can kaap gray hair Irom ahowtaig
up your aga. G«t GODBFROY'S
LA11IEU9EI It'a no troubla toap^.
Just loUow dlractioiu lot um In tha
packag*. Coiora hair OTcnly—al
most Instantly. Makes It glosay and
takes years of your looka. Braiy
bottia Is guarantMd to aatlafy or
your dealer will promptly rcfuni!
your money. If your dealer docaa’t
hate Larleuaa, H»d fl.U (we pay
postagef dlract to ... GODS^ROY
MFC. CO., 3SU OLniE STRUT,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
GODEfBOrf
HAIw CQLOfliNv
the aid of Federal legislation,
Cofinally placed in the record,
figures on instances ^f prevented
lynchings. He aunuonced that
this information was supplied
him by Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames,
president of the Southern Wo
men’s Association for th'e Pre
vention of lynching.
EPISCOPAL
RECTOR
TESTIFIES
Opening his t^slimuny with
the statement, “I have come
here as a Christinn to testify,”
the Rev. Gresham Marniion, as
sistant rector of St. Albans P. E.
church in Washington, told the
committee of hia experience in
ultonppt,ing to put down u lynch
ing in Eagle Lake, Texas, in
1936, by standing on the runn
ing board of his automobile and
appealing to the mob to let the
liw take its course. For trying
to save the lives of the two Ne
groes’ boys, who later died as
victim.s of this lynch mob, Dr.
Marmiun said he himself was
threatened with being lynched.
The Episcorpal rector said lie
was pastofing a church in Eagle
Lake at the time. "When I got
there,” he said, ‘the mob had
the rope around the neck of one
COLLEGE
PRESIDENT
HEARD
Dr. Ue«x'ge F. Porter,
dent of Wiley Junior College,
vhrew a bombshell into the
hearing wlien he answered Sena
tor Connally’s challenge to
“name a single unpublicized
lynching in 19^8,” with t h e
reply, “My own.”
Dr. Porter pointed to the
fact that he wa# inJurted when he
was thrown bodily down the
steps of the Dallas, Texas court
house in 1938 by a mob after he
had insisted on his constitu
tional right of serving on a jury.
The crowded caucus room^ ap
plauded the college president’s
amiwer. Dr. Porter was the last
witness to be heard on Tuesday.
BAPTIST
PASTOR TELLS
EXPERIENCES
.The Rev. E. C. Estell, pastor
of St. John’s Baptist Church in
Dallas, Texas was the first wit-
ties.'» to take the stand on Wed-f
nesday. He told, from actual
experence, of lynchings which
hi himself witnessed.
A heated exchange of words
took place betw;een Senator*
Connally and B. B. Grovey, the
next witness on the question of > your
disfranchiaement, when t h e j
Texas senator challenged Qrovey »
'suddenly emerged—a man. And
3hI best AaLE VOCALISi:
3rd BEST ORCHESTRA
M BEST PIANIST
Ik
PHA TERRELL
JIMMY LUNCEFORD
MARY LOU WILLIAMS
game was the
thing to do—Spotted in the
throng: Bfrs. Mable V. Bryant of
Henderson, N. C. who teaches in
the High school there and Miss
Hattie Bailey, the “Tanky”
Thompsons, the “Mouse” Baileys,
Mrs. F. G. B-urnett and daugh
ter, Principal F. G. officiated
with rollicking “Pete” Williams
of Raleigh, N. C„ rooting long
and loud we heard the Toica of
G. W. Cox—‘little napoleon” of
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and others. The game
was a thriller from tip-off to
filial gun, with five minutes fo
play NCC came from b«hind
tied the score and then won,
.eeee******
SIGNS OF SPRING—
""^DELUSION
After the snows had gone—
After the chill winds had gone—
the heavens bathed the ^rth
with its liquid tears iand dried it
with its golden rays;Mwith your
carenes gone
sands of my
with the statement that "You
can vote in Texas in general
elections can’t you?”
. Admitting this to be true, the
witnc.'JS pointed out, however
that "the ' white demtcratfc pri
mary, which practically con
stitutes an erection, and, from
which I am excluded, is in Tex
as.”
CONNALLY
VS WHITE
Reading a prepared state
ment in which he included a
devasting report on a ' nching
survey conducted by the white
Southern Methodist university,
of Dallas, Texas, and a record
of lynching* in the United Stat
es for 1937 through 19'39, Wal
ter White, exerulive .secretary of
the NAACP, locked hams with
Senator Connally almost as soon
as White took the stand.
In an attempt to discredit
these lynching records, Con
nally demandeJ! to go over them
before having the committee
pas.> upon their inclusion in the
recoi'd. «
The Texa.s '.‘Senatcr defended
the lynching records put out by
Tuskegee In.'ititute, in Alabama,
ii« more reliable than those ol
the NA'ACP. White replied that
the Association’.s investigators,
branches, and contacts with news
pnpermen all over the country
on»hled the organization to get
at the facts of unreported lynch
i)\gs as well as publicized lynch-
ings in a manner /hich Tuske-
i;ee Institute was unal^le to do.
The NAACP secretary accused
Please turn to page seven
when I saw you as you really
u-e it was as though the sun
had burst forth upon a panting
world of eafthmei) who knew
their limitations, '^|nd as its
golden rays rolled hack the car-
peti of glistening snow the
scars of winter .stood out vivid,
naked ^''d hideous.
4> « « 4> 1 ♦ ♦ 4i ^
BEHIND THE SCENES—
£■ E> Smith H. S. received a
most distinguished ’ visitor here
Friday, January 9-C. C. Spauld
ing, president of the N. C. Mu
tual Life Insurance Company—
One student in a classroom
glanced a picture of the illustri-
oi's personage which was on the
bulletin board and whispered,
"that looks exactly like that man
in the picture, it is?” Truth
stranger than fiction.
Mrs. A. J. Blackburn has re
signed as instructor at E. E.
mith H. S. to accompany her
hu^and at Howard University.
She will be greatly missed—her
place is being filled by Mr s.
Murphy from Johnson C. Smith.
eeeaeeeea*
NOTE—Those who h»v*
news in Fayetteville, N. C.
and vicinty please send to
William W. Sirudwick,
3^3^ Moore Street. We are
alao uraiting for corres-1
pondence fom our kind
. promising friends in the
Hall City.
**•*«*•••«
AND TIME DRIBBLES ON—
William W. Strudwicdr.
1939 All-American Band
fc Fliglil
Sclioiarsliips
To iirmen
Miss Ennis Scales of the Reidb
ville School system spent the
weekend in Fayetteville.
PEERING INTO THE FUTURE
We are glad to see a large
number of our youth becoming
interestad in trades and mach
inery. Those who would have
bread and butter tomorrow will
find these avenues opened to
greater extent as time marches
' r .1
CHICAGO, (ANP) — Thirty
flight scholarshipa are being of
fered Negro pilots by the feder-
a’ government preparatory to
appointment as army air corps
flying cadets, It was revealed
here t)his week.
To be eligible for a scholarship
a young man njust successfully
complete the ground school cour
se covering sevaral aviation sub-
Jecta at tha Chicago training cen
ter. Ground classes will be given
in the evening at Wedell Phillips
High school with* Miss Willa
Brown, the race’s leading, avia-
trix, in charge,
iAter finishing the ground
course, flight scholarships will be
awarded on final grades in a
competitive examination should
the applicant possess the other
essential qualifications. Twenty
of the (Wards will go tu those
w^ are unmarried, citiaens of
th« United States, bttween 18
an^ as years old, with t w
yeara. of college training, no solo
is flyirig experienct, and who are
physically fit to pass th^ army
mcdical examination, Requis*-
ments for the othtr 10 are iden
tical except the'Applicant ia not
required to have two years of
coDegt.
oCandidates from any section
of the nation are eligible if hey
move to Chicago and enroll in.
the ground school course. A
small fee will be requireC', it was
pointed out, but not more than
$40 will be chargecLfor the en
tire course of ground and flight
training. :»•
nease turn to page seven
BEST -
COMPOSITION
OF 1939
My Prayer
Tain’t What Y'ou Do
Southern Fire Insurance Company
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
STATEMENT—DEC EMBER 3lat, 1939
A. S S E T S ' .... .J.
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies
United State Government Bonds (Market Value) -— — ■
North Carolina State Bonds (Market Value) — — -
N. C County and Municipal Bonds (Market Value) — -
Other Bonds and Stocks (Market Value) — — — — -
Real Estatu —
l^'irst Mortgages on Real ..Estate (Nona Past Due) — —>
Agents’ Balances (Not over 60 days) — — — _L __ _
Interest Accrued — ^
Other Asset* — — — — — — — ^
247,369.44
447,'23»5.00
286,605.00
86,370.00
6»6,ai».00
73,184.06
26,^7.05
$8,744.11
8,73».dd
4,‘201.80
|1,834,894.7S
$465,961.00
69.S37.70
4i5,000.00
LIABILITIES
Raserve for Unearned Premiums — ——- — — — —
Reserve for Losses In Process of Adjustment — —
Reserve for Taxes and Other Liabilities — — — — —
Capital f 200,000.00
Nat Surplus — — $1,064,096.05
SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS ^ ~ — fl.264.096.06
> 11,834.894.76
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Sound Protection. -
(’HrCAGO, (.ANP) A committee
of theatrical writers picked
elevea musicians for the annual
mythical all-american swing band
for 1940 and voted “My Prayer
popularized by the Ink Spots,
b«st composition. Louis Arm
strong was chosen for the third
consecutive year for the trum
pet post.
How they rate;
JhlKST BAND
TRUMPtT
Louis Ann.stroug
Krskine llawkiiis
Harry Jamew (white)
Hex ^tewuri ^lillitiigluii)
Muggxy Spanier (white)
Koy Eldridge
TROMBONE
Tommy Dorsey (white)
J. C. Iliggenbotlmm (A r ui-
strgng)
Jack 'ieagurden -(white)
Lawrence Brown (Ellington)
Juan Tizol (Ellington)-’
Truniwie Young (LUncelord)
ALTO SAX
Johnny Hodges (Kllingtuli)
Uenny I'arter
. Jimmy Ui-rsey (white)
Willie Smitli (Luncefordt
Charlie Bainel (white)
Kddie Karefield (?)
TENOR SAX
Coleman Hawkins
Chu Berry (Calloway i
Lester Voung
Joe Tliomus (Liinceford)
CLARINET
lieiiiiy (iooiiinan (white)
Barney liigard (KltiiigUjn)
PIANO
Teddy Wilson
Count Basie .
GUITAR /
Charlie Christian '^’^((loodman)
I-'loyd Smith (Kirk) ^
DRUMS
Joe Jones (Basic)
Gene Krupa (white)
BASS
John Kirby
Artie Bernestein (white)
Pops Foster (Armstrong)
Bobby Haggart (white)
MALE VOCALIST
Bing Crosby (white)
Bill Kenny (Ink Spots)
GIRL VOCALIST
Ella Fitzgerald ''
Billie Holiday
BEST
INSTRUMENTAL -
SOLO
Lionel Hampton (Goodman)
Sidney Bechet ’
BEST HOT BAND
Count .Basie
Duke Ellington
ALSO RECEIVING
VOTES I ,
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Elman, Hot Lips Page, Cootie
Williams, Taft Jordan. TROM
BONE; Joe “Tricky Sam” Nah-
ton. ALTO SAX*. Scoops Carey,
Benny Goodman. CLARINET;
Buster Bailey. PIAN'O; Mary
Lou Williams, Boz Z u r k e.
DRUMS r Lionel Hampton, Cozy
Cole, .^onny Greer. BASS: Well
man Braud, Walter Pag ,
Jimmy Blanton, Frt^tldie T.^j-'r.
Vernon Alley, Milto^ Hinton
■MALE VICALIST; Pha Tei »rll.
Bon Bon, Cob Calloway. (ilRf,
V()CALIST: Avis Andr.w:-
t E S T IN'STRI.'MEN'TaI
SOLOIST: Eddi.* South, (our
Basie, Louis ArnistroBij. I'harlie
Clristian, Benny Carter. BEST
COMPOSITION: In tfee M. od.
Monlight Serenade. ' S»»rgear.x
Wa.i Shy, All the Thin«-* . Y u
Are. BEST BAXD; Benny G.M.it-
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Lunceford, John Kirby.
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