FDR TO SPEAK AT FAR
Loses Finger
•COTTiBOKO BOY ASKS DAMAGES
IfONTGOMEBY, AU, — Cl4«Hic« Norril
on* of th« Scottatooro defendiknta, Mrving ^
years for allefftd Muult, la«t w«ck pstition«d
tb« State Board of Adjuttmenta for |112 lor
th« )oM of a fing9t Up during a prison cotton
mill accident. Norria is astcing dantagea under
workman** eompenaation Ikws^
Mailing Edition
pH^UTHliNBR^ig^
Abortion
ABOItTlON It CMAMliO
to MOTHEII. DAUCMTm
WIUON, N. C, (Spaeial) —Mrs. Gartrada
Waaiiiia(toti, 10, • wiimr, and llalr aotlMr,
Mr*. Mm«11* McNair, wer* baSd witiwrt bond,
tWa waak, aftar aM«f*dtjr aoirfa—in t« a
eharga oi doiBg tmtr with tba jrottngar
womaB’a onbom ba4>* In January.
Th* two women w*ra aehadalad to b« ar
raigned on otf A^ortion^ Anci
ai>«tting in al>ortion, and to ba given a pra-
i , Mwiaary haariwg in r*cordar'a court on Friday.
VOLUME 21
NUMBER 9
DURHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 2. IMO
«PR1CE SEVEN CENTS
HiUllinTIN
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MAY HALT $39,000 LOAN FOR KIHRELL
Howe Quits As
President Of
Hampton In St.
'HAMPTON, Va. — The, re- j The larger salaried joflM in
signatioJ* of Dr. Arthur Howe, as every department of the school
president of Hampton Institute,
effectie June 3'0, was announced
to more than 1000 student.^, - banned,
alumni am] faculty members at
chapel services in Ogden i Hall
wtre reserved for white people
only. Evjen colored secretaries
No small part of this unrest
oj -L*.!. ,, Cl, was due to the discriminatory
Snr,day aight by J. Henry Scot- , , . ^
against colored fac-
I nlty memJbers. Other demands
were for colored persons in ad-
I ministative iabs; a colored deem
of womefi, freedom of student
spoech and press, and better ath-
tergood, of Philadelphia, chair
man of the board of, tru tees.
“President Howe had tendered
his resignation on several oc
casions,'’ Hr.. Scattergood said, I
“or the ground that a new ptesi-
denti not involved yi^h the ser
ous measures of the retrench-
^nniii^ %e in a
ktic coaching.
It is not known whether this
,1, bulldinc up tl. H.mp- »«”'*>»"'• «>’
, taxing position.
Stvdent-sdminlilTation diflrer-
ton of he futoe.
"Now that the retrenchment
program haa b«en virtually com- /V* »Pr>n8r
PK^ted," he"eontinued, «the tnis-popular instruc-
teas have »;*.apted pr«id*nt > ^
Howe'a r**ignatoiji to Uk. effect,asserted at the time,
on th. thJrtlath of fum. T" f*-
CommenUng further on Howe's
admlifstrsilion, Mr. Scattai^od , 2>?1 notification.
I Georg® A. Kuyper, wjiite, head
Dr. How# recenly diamissed^of the English department ia
more than a doien Hampton staff ^ fwwored to be slated lor the
members and cut out numerous prealdential peat. Students are
d#i>artment8 and courses in an ‘ “•'J to have -demanded Ivy's re
effort to balan«e the budget. A
majority of those fired
colored.
For the pas two years. Dr.
Howe has been faced witft In
instatement and Kuyper’s reaig-
were i nation. As ■ a result Ivy was
ganted a year's salary and Kuy
per has recently been given a
“l^ave of absence to study.” It is
creasing students and alumni agi- j understood that Kuyper has been
Ution for certain reforms at one of Pi'esident Howe’s most in-
Hampton Institute. * Please turn to page eight
•MY PRAYER” IN PERSON
BILLY KENNY
ONE OF mE FAMO'UiS FmJR
INfc SPOTS %ho, along Fith
their own 16 piece orchestra play
a d&nce engagement at th* Ar
mory" In Chartotte on Thursday
niqfht, March 7. The Ink Spots
are one of th* beat loi'own aing*
in* group# now in «xi#tenc», and
tl’eir popularity has l»**n greatly
increased by the fin* recording*
tl.at they hav* mad*, on* of th*
most popular betn^, “My 'dPsfiy-
ei" Many f«na from »H aa Mo
tion* o( both Carolina* ar# *x-
pcctjd to crwrd the Armory to
witneas them in Ihwr first aouth-
ern tour.
•Kie Ink Spot* will also play
the city Armory in Durham,
Friday night, March 9. Th* Ink
Spota Is aecon^anl«d by it* full-'
•k*d band, whkh waa formerly
th* SnnMt Boyal Ser*nad*r», tod
b7 Aef Buirif.
ORPHANAfiE
GETS $3,000 AID FROM
GOVERNOR HOEY
kU I fc DURHAM BUSINESS MEN ATTEND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT TUSKEGEE «
The annual Ibaaketiball tournament held at Tuskegee was attend
ed this year by many celebrities from all over thj nation, among
which several well known Durham business me|j. In the above pic
ture reading from left to right are R. L. McDougald Executive Vice-
Presadent of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Ric Roberts, sports
writer for the Atlanta World, Dr, F. D. Patterson, president of,
Tuskegee and Dr. C. C. Spaulding, president of the North Cati-lina
Mutual and the Mechanics^and Farmers Bank.
OXFORD, (Special to the
TIMEliS) — Tlie Colored Or-
phanag^ of North Carolina, which
loft all of its home-grown meat
and canned fruit anJ vegetables
in a fire, “was given $3,000 this
week by Governor Hoey to cover
by insurance, rendering un
necessary an appeal to the peo
ple of the county for aid.
The money waa given at the
request of a’ group composed f
tlio Rev. 0. K. Proctor, superin
tendent of the Oxford Masonic
Orphanage^ Judge B. K. Lassiter
Representative J. W. Horn??.
Siate Senator Watkns, all white
ana Dr. E. E. Toney, chairman
of the board of directors of the
school.
Bitten By fox
N»TH CAROLINA TOWN
HAS FOX INVASION
Woman
Sues
SUES THEATRE FOR
$10,000 Tli DEATH OF
UNBORN CHILD
(Sp«cial to th« ^IMES)
jRALEfGH, N. C. —Mrs. Ada
Dark filed suit last week fo.r
$10,000 against the Royal Thea
tre Corporation of Tennessee for
for injuries allegedly suffered
in the company’s East Hargett
Street theatre when an attend
ant slammeddoor against her
•nd which, she said, caused the
death of her "^inborn child.
Alleging she was vermanently
injured, she charges that she
was confincd to St. Agnes Hos
pital for two weeks and later for
three months, that she could
not walk until July of 1939, and
then was forced to ise crutches.
She still suffers swellings >of
her leg and thih, ;he contends,
and alleges she is unKble to work
at her stand in the Raleigh City
Market. Milton Starr, owner of
the theatre, is also made party
to the suit.
First Lady To Award
Prizes To Contestants
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. —
Baaident of this section, previous
Ij inclined to doubt r*ports that
fox** had been seen in other
parti of Pander County, were
convinced, laat week, w'h*n the
•mall daaghtar of John Dargin
waafally but not seriously, bit-
t*u by on* of the aiiimala.
Several other cases and live
ftock hav* aince been reported
ku^riatiT*ly.
Wilis All fm
RICHMOND, Va., (>ANPJ -
Fifteen years’ hard work deve
loping his talent as an arH;t,
brought reward this week io
Silas Z. Harris, 35 year old
elevator 'operator at the Medical
college of Virginia, when tv.'o,
of his painting^ were taken to
the Virginia Museum of Fi.ie
Art* to be hung"^ in an exhiibi;1on
of contemporary art.
Harris says he has never hud
any formal are training except,
what he gained in public school.
At night, after work, he .shetches
and paints, striving to improve
his technique. His two oil jiaint-
inga to be shown at the Museum
are a portrait of Dr. W. T. San
ger, president of the Medical
College, and *a view of the
Medical College’s new hospital,
now under construction. Harris
ha' also sold a few portraits he
made of som* employes of th*
•cbjol.
NEW YORK, (ANP) —' Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will be a
guest at the annual New York
dinner of the Southern Tenant
Farmers’ union Sunday, March
10, where she will award prizes
to the national studenr ess'fty
contest on sharecroppiftg,
cnlest is one of the" features of
Natio;ial Sharecropper
which is being observed
March 4 to March 10.
Mayor Forello H. LaCuardia of
Ni'W York city heads the long
lis'' of sponsors for National
Sharecroppers week which in
cludes A. Philip Randolph, Willie
Lloyd Imes, J. Finley Wilson,
Charles S. Johnson, Walter
The|S\^hite, W. E. B. DuBois,- Alain
iiccke, Hubert Delaney, Abram
week; [ Harris, Doric A. Wilkinson an^
from • many others.
I It has become an annual cus
tom for the week to be observed
throughout America to acquaint
tb*> nation with the sharecrtp-
ptr’s problem of fighting for the
aluiMtion of the poll tax, anti-
lynching legislation, increased
civil liberties, better housing,
education,^ health facilities and a
dicent standard of living. This
year, activities will be conducted
at Baltimore, Boston^ Mt.- Louis,
Please turn to page eight
PICKETING CHARLOTTE NEGRO HOUSING PROJECT
umm
LNm
mB
earner
Says Bishop Davis
Seelis Funds For
Personal Use
(SpWial to
HENDERSON, — Efforts to
secure a restraining order to prf-
vtnt Bishop M. H. Davis, presid
ing head of the Second Episcopal
th* TIMES)
of the intended acti n reads as
follow*;
Further, that said Kittrell
College owns a beneficial inter-
di^trict of the AME church from * es' in and to an endowment fund
hypothecating $100,000 wcrth of rej.resented by' bonds, in the
American Tobacco Company ' sum cf ONE HUNDftED THOU-
stock, given Kittrell College by | SAiND DOLLARS; ($100,000.u0)
thf late B. N. Duke, were being asid bonds having been given to
rushed here this week by Attor-Jsaid Kittrell College by the late
ney Charles Williamson, employ- B. N. Duke,
ed as counsel in the intended
action. Attorney Williamson will
be jjjssieted by Attorneys J. P.
and J. H. ^3lIicoff*r, aka. of
We-nderson.
The restraining order which
‘THAT under and by virtue if
the color of his office, one of the
j Dt-iendants in this ease, M. II,
Davis, has the actual possession
of the ONE HtfMDRED THOU
SAND DOLL.\RS Bond given in
Will have as* plaintiffs, Watson“i Trust-by the Late N. Duke,,
Law of Greensboro and ether further, under said color of
members of the AME chiirch in 1 office, has assumed the full
North Carolina wiil be brought ’"‘Kht to handle the real estate
* above descrM>ed iii such
against Bishop Davis and Kit-
tiell College as defendants.
According to the complaint
^ishop Davis was given the au
thority to mortgage the American
Tobacco Company stock, which
is part of the school’s endow
ment, to secure a loan to pay off
certain indebtnesses of the
school which have accumulated
since its reopeneing a year and
a half ago. It is further stated
manner
as he may deem best and with
out any accounting or checking
to the members of the church
who actually own the properties.
THAT the Defendant, M. II.
Davis, upon infcrmation and be
lief, is about to leave this Bioeese
or District and has, obtained the
Consent of certain Trustees, ap--
piinted by himself, to execute
ill his favor a mortage or deed
the complaint that* it is the | of trust upon the real estate ia
belief that Bishop Davis is in
reality attempting to secure the
loan so that he may obtain the
sum of $25,000/^r his personal
use, the schoofi^otv being indebt
ed to him for tThu amount,
amount.
The exact words of that part
qntstion, in the sum of TWEN
TY FIVE THOUSAND ($25,
000.00) DOtLARS.
THAT said deed of trust has
not been recorded in Vance .
County, North Carolina, ^he lo
cation of the real eabite, but
, Pl*as« turn to page eight
Spaulding And
McDougald Visit
■'> “ I ,
Atlanta Agency
JOHNNY YOUNG,' bricklayer's
help«r of N. Long Street in
Charlotte snapped aa he is picket
ing th* Negro housing proJsct
fiSlriSttt Au,
thority where 16 men went on
Monday for a closed *hop. Four
teen otb«r worker* on the job
mt(t on itrik*, and it i* thought
th»t th#
crease.
"'■'S
I
Labor offieiaU from aev
eral atatai h«ve come to
lott« *inc* the itdkf.
Vice President McDougald and
President Spaudling addressed
the Atlanta 'Agency F«.rce in
their annual district meeting
last Saturday. President Spauld
ing said Atlanta is a great city
and that the North Crolina Mu->
tual is forging .. its way to the
front. “Enthusiasm ran high at
thf! meeting,” said President
Spaulding, ‘‘and the agent* pljdg
ed their unqauHfied intt^est and
support in making 1940 banner
ytsr.” He, along with others who
addi;essed the agents, advised
them to patronize business oper-
ated by Negro**.
j President Spaulding made men
tion of the Citisens Trust, Com
pany, the AtlanU World—t h e
Nation’s only colored daily—The
Atlanta Life Insoranc* Company
—the largest busin*« conducted
by Negvoes in the State—and th«
institutions of higher learning
' —Morris Brown College, Atlanta
' Un^,eraity, Clark UaiT*r*ity,
'Spelman College, and Morehoas*
‘ College. He said Atlanta is'truly
' one of the hub* for Negr« *di>ca-
tion in th* South. Hen mentioned
Char* first-class haberdashery, and
I the very excellent drug stor*
T with two branch**, both of
which ar* op*r«t*d by Nefrm.
President Spaulding said, ‘‘We
spent Saturday evening and Sun
day morning at Toakegee. Sat
urday night we witnessed t h t
basketball game between Florida
A & H College and Clark Uni-
v-srsity. We had an opportunitj
to visit many places of interea
on the campus and were greatlv
encouraged and inspired to nou
the progress being mad* a
Tuskege* under the leadership,,
of Dr. F. D. Patterson. No 4>;.
can visit Tokaege* withont hav
ing a gr*at admiration firf Bouk
er T. Washington and Robert 1;
Motoa.”
‘•W* visited th* dairy farm
chicken farm, and l*arned *oiin
thmg of the tweaty-foitr trade
caught at this institution. Tuskt:
jee is truly rsndering a a«rvic^
to th* ne* in prcpuing oi.
youth to work with their kaiwf
and head. I waa particutariy i
t*re*t*d in viait^ th* kit«h«
•ad dining jroai th* pMlcUt.
quarter* for Oi* rtitd*nU
Comaaercial Di*t*tics. A youu
aaan. a gradtMit* Tuafcag-i
la-ntitat*, is in chug* *f tli'
dining room. Alii his grad«
tion froia Taak«g««, h* rmiv i
fvrllMr tnialac tM if Itt
ttsm t*