THE CAKOLINA TIIISS tATUftOAY, MAY Mtk, 1M9
-#ACf TMUt
MRS. AMES SPEMS FOR SELF ALONE
Lnychiess Year, Was Not
Authorized By Committeel
Says Doctor Alexander
NEW YORK — n>e 8(ate«nent
iasnad Uat w««k by Mr*. J«uie
Dsniel Amea, executive Mcre-
t*ry of the AiBoditlon of South-
•m Women for the Prevention
of Lynching in which «he charac-
terized the laat twelve months
a "Lynchieaa Year,” was made
without tlie authonxation of the
Commiaaion on Interr,t^al Co-
oparation, and "entirely on her
pcnonal reaponaiblity,’*^ It waa
revealed today by Dr. Will Alex
ander, director of Ihe Commiaa-
ioD.
Dr. Alexander made the atate-
raent today in telegrram to the
National Aaaoclation for the Ad-
cament of Colored People, in
retponae to an Aaaocitftion in-
VHrf.
The Commiaaion, it ia under-
Btood, paya SH. Amea' aalar^
and axpenaea in connection with
bar,work with the Aaaociation of
Southern Women for the Pre-
Tandtion of Lynchinsf. Th® Com-
miaaion’a heaflqaartera are in
Atlanta. Tha text of the
HAiAOP’t telegram.
“Will you aa director, Com-
■niaaion on Interracial Coopen-
iicn, whkb, we unden^nd, pays
'axpenaea and aa^y Mra.
Jaaaia Daniel Amea aa chairman
AwociatioB Southern Women for
Pnvention of Lynching, wffe« ua
It Mr*. Amea atatement of May
• that that ^lte marked end of
twalva months lynchleaa period
waa authoriied or endoraed by
commiaaion which atatement waa
Incxplicaibla in liifhi of killing by
Ku Klux Klan noba of Sarah
Rawla Ibid Benton Ford near At
lanta on March 2 and of Ike Gaa-
t&n on Mareh 7?”
GEORGIANS REPLY
Coincident with the release of
Dr. Alexander’a telegram repudi
atin^ tha "Lynchlesa Ye»#” state
EXPOSITION FOUNDER
JAM££ W. WaSIHjCiTow wno
four years ago conceived Uie
idea of a national celebration of
75 yeara of progrreaa which will
culminate in the Americt^i N*e-
ffio Exposition at'the Chtcaaro
Coliaeum from July 4 through
iSept. 2. Mr. Washing^ton, presi
dent of the Exposition Author
ity recently conferred with de
partment airrirulture offiriala
in Waahin^rton, D. C., will
n:ake a (food will tour of aouth-
ern states in t>eha]f of the agri
cultural exhibita of the Elxpoai-*]
tion.
mcnt, the NAACP pointd out
that in the current iaaue of the
North Georgia Review^ a quarter
ly magazine, two white women,
natives of the atate, give what
mifrht be described as "ade-
quttte reply” to Mrs. Ames’
si^tenient The article aaid in
part: '
“And we let a Negro be killed
&0 quietly the other day in
Georgia that no one’a aenaitive
feelings were bruised in the
leaat—for we ii-e leuring Miss's
rew .technique of lynching like
gentlemen—with no fuM and
notoriety.
“After all, why not get thees
little necessary tasks done a.s
quk;kly and with at« little wear
and tear on on’e neres poasi-
be! It was crude of s, wasn’t it,
in the old daya to have mobi
milling arohnd, and to indulge
our penchant for taking nil thp
pifcea of the victim &.4/e possibly
hia entraila, home with us as
aouvenira. That was a bit cxceH-
aiire, caused talk and ao—so
now we are learning more res
traint. The point is, kill your
nigger but for Goid’a s.Cce be re
fined about it and don’t leave
any mess around to annoy the
paRsera-by>l”
Social
¥
Notes
{Members of the Swastika Club
met ii^ith Mis. Earl Colston Sat-
urda:y evening at her home on
North Myers Street.
'Messrs Samuel Moore, John
Xiewia and H. Bolin entertained
number of guests at her Wyche
'Studio on Ninth Street Friday
evening preceeding the Boat
Ride Dance at the Athenium
Ball Room. v
Dr. and Mra. Alexander and
little Eugene Jr. returned to the
city laat week, after spending
Mdther’s Day in Det1|i(or, Ala.
with Mrs. Alexander mother,
Mra. Anna B. Phinney.
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C. O. P. Leader Addresses Negroes
May Instltnte Fourth
Texas Primary to Bring
Vote To Race Citizens
NEW YORK — Unless ciUxaiu • naACP AStC ROOSEVELT TO
POLITICIAL LEADER
in Texas are permitted to vote
in ^e forthcoming July atala
priirariea, an action will be in
stituted by the National Aaaocia-
APPOINT RACE JUDGE
NtTW YORK — The National
AMociation for the Advutca-
ment of Colo^M People haa ask
John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, is shown here as he acknowledged his cordial
jrreeting by those in attendance at the Negro Progress
Exposition in Detroit, Michigan, on May 13. Mr. Hamilton
in an address congratulated the sponsors of the Exposition
and declared "the unquenchable spirit of the Colored peon’e
of the United States had made the Exposition possible.” M •.
Hamilton assailed the discriminations against the Negro rr.c
under the Ne,w Deal and asserted “this is your America,
just as much as it is the prized possession of every other
citizen of the Republic” and expressed the hope that exist'n"
“confusions’" will soon pass away and that it will then be
por^Sible "to realize that truly abundant life to whieh every
titizen is entitled on his merits.”
lotion for the Advancement of President Roi>aevelt to include
Colored People, in conjunction ' the name of one qualified Ne-
with tha Texai, SUta'conference ' „ .^ong hia nominees for fed
of the association, it Wii* an- judgeship# ' which the chief
nounced here today. I „fjve isepected to place be-
The announcement was made ,„re Congreaa shortly. x
following action Uken » at re- xihis is the eecond time within
cet meeting of tha Texaa Sti».e ', that the Aaaociation h,^
conference legal redreaa com-.^^,,^ the President to
mittee in Dallas, when Thurgood appointments. The
Marshall, special NAACP coun- teiegrnmi contianing the Asaocial
se, outlined plans for opening a tJon's request was sent out today,
drive to put the ballot into the fjjowin* House | proval of a
hands of Negro citizens. committee report on the
At the at^le conference meet- provide for eleven new
ing the Rev. A. A. Lucas an- judgea. The Senate ia ex-
nouncad that eitiaana throughout ^ approve the report to-
t*'e atate will aka part in a drive
0 raiaa an |8,000 defend fund to ^
wage the primary fight. jin 199& that the Texas law Barr
1 Tha at,et« haa 'bean divided in- ing Negroes from the Democra-
! to diatricU. Already, at a meet-1 tic primaries through an enabling
ing held in Houston, Texas citi- Act, was also uncoUatitutional.
] *ens paid |100 cash and pT^ged 1 But in 193>5 the court held
11600 toward tha |1,600 quota ,th-4t in the case of Grovey vs
’ set for thia cVty. I Townsend, instituted by Texas
j The NAACP haa won two cases! citiens, a resolution of the De-
before tha United Stdtea Sup-1 mocratic State Party Convention
rtme Court in tha fight to out- barring Negroes from flie De
law Teas white rimary laws. In mocratic primary was a pivate
1#27 the High Court ruled that' ,''tion, and where the primary ia
the Texas law barring Negroes ' conducted by the party itself, no
from Democratic primaries was ^ violation of Negro rights ia in-
unconatitutioi^. The court held . volyea.
JOSEPH C. COLES. Datroit
Political leader who waa a viaitor
in Washington conferring wHk
tn« Senaitor from Michigan aAd
other repreaentativea. He an-
nnounced that he would aeek
election to Congreaa in the firat
Congresaional Diatrict on th« De
mocratic ticket while in thia aee-
tlon Mr. Colea viaited hia home
town. South Boaton, Va. and
Durham. He .w,* the guest of
Re\. H. Humphreya, while in
D'lrham.
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DURHAM, N. C.
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
NOfiTH CAROLINA)
DURHAM COUNTY)
UNDER'and by virture of a
power of sale contained in a
certain deed of trust dated Sept.
lU, 192^. lind ia duly recorded
in the Office of tha Register of
Deeds >f Durham County in
Book 12 Page 196, default hav
ing been made in the payment .^f
the same aa therein provided,
a>nd having been requested to
sell the same by the holder of
saia note the undersigned Suib-
stituted Trusted will sell the
hereinafter described property
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash on the Court
house door in Durhtim, at 12:00
o’clock noon May 31, 1940.
BEGINNING on the Eaat side
of Pine Street Road 50 feet
South 37 degs 07' West from
Barbee Street, and running
thiance with and along the East
line of Pine Street Rostd 50 feet
to a stake, comer of lot 2;
tl'ence with and along the lin«
101 No. 2 105.4 feet to a atake;
tl'ence S. 84 dega. 12’ Eaat 84.7
feet to a st^ce; thence N. 87
dega. 07’ £. 29.7 feet to a atake,
corner of lot No. 6, thenca with
and along lot No. 6 N. 51 dega.
•14’ W. 135 feet to the point ktod
place of beginning. Being lot
Nos. 3 and 4 in Block A of the
Merrick, Moore, Spaulding Com
pany’s property. See plat of aaid
property duly record in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Dur
ham County in Book 5, Page
142-3 for a wore complete da-
alription of the said lots.
This the 30th day of April 1940
R. N. HARRIS,
Substituted Trustee,
C. 0. PBAHSON, Att’y *
'This sale will remain open ten
days to receive increase bida^as
I is required by law.
' Majt Il-lS-aS Jum«
TO GET MEDAL AWARD
NEW YORK — For hia di»-
tinguiahed caree rin aurgcry and
hid figbt for high atandarda in
medical traimig. Dr. Louu T.
Wright of thia city will b« aiward
cd the 25th Splngmm met^ at
tie Slat anntial conference of
the NAACl* "m PhitadeVphia,
June 18-23'. , *
The presenlation will be made
I Wednesday night, June 19, by
Dr. Russel] L. Cecil, professor of
clincal medicine in the CoAidl
unrre^cty medical achool. Dr.
Cocil*a address will be upon tha
topic, “Pubic HelCth and Medi
cal Service.” ..
One of the ahow pieces of the
American Negro Exposition at
Chicago Coliseum from July 4 to
Sept. 2 will be a i|fge replica of
the world famous tomb of Abr-
ham Lincoln in Sprin^ield, 111.
Robert Jones, one of the staff of
artWs preparing special mater
ial is pictured here working on
same of the st^\.utes that will
adorn the Exposition replica.
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