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T ATYtRNETS OF NATION TO MEET IN OHIO Airs.Wynelta V. Peddy Dies At hospital OUBHAM — Mrs. Wyastla Virgtnift Peddf, wif« of W. A. Fsddy, ab4 hmmd th« Hon* Ceattonieft dcpartnaat of BQl- ■id* hisb Mhool, di«d at Lf»e«iji hospHal,, 1:80 Wodneaday moni* iuf u »f rMult of childbirth. Rrantle efforts on JIm of yhjraieiana to mvo tha mother and child were of mo «tsU, both ivceunlng at tha uma tima. Mn. Poddy h4d « eiom- h«r of the local high achool faealty for 10 jreart, during which tiiaa she had gained att ooTiaMe tvputation as an instm^ tor in her i^tfrtienlar field. The deceased was bom ki Union Spring, Alabama, Aog. 21, i»oe. Her family later moved to Can* ton, (Aio where she continued her edocation, later entering Wilberforce University at Wll- borforee, Ohio. ^ In addition to her husband Mrs. Peddy is survived by her aw>th«r fo«r brothers and two risten. Fanerai services ««ro kold at White Bock Baptist church hare ■hiarsday afternoon. Tb« Bev. Miles Haik Fisher, pMtor of the church was in charf* of tbo c«re- nony. The bodies «f tb« nso^er and child were taken to Canton. Tbarsday immediately aftwwasd where the Itirt rit*s will bf com pleted aftd intefiaeiit witt bf. The bodies were aeeoii^HkBiad to Can- ton by Mr. Peddy. STABT FILMINC OF “U4>Y L4ICK” HOLLYWOOD, ^A N F> — Fellowtng the aueeesa of thair last movie, “Ifa*. Wariilngton Gom to Town,” a t^ce off on the Jimmy Stewart elanic, "Mr. Smith Qoe* to Washing ton,” tiM Dixie National Pic- tnres Company last Friday started filming Lack” another aU colored production C^tinued pn7age Eight Congregational Sunday School Confab Held fl^E FUBeST, (Specfaa to ibe 'i’UieS> — The Seventy- iirst nnnual session otHkt North Carolina Congregational Chria- iian Sunday School CtHtvention wdb held wiA Wake Forest ChrbttiM; , B^v. Xi. i'rcmt, paator July 17-19 with the pawident Bev. 3. P. MMt gum pn«iding. Thie convention opened on Wedneschiy evenii^ Hilh varioua welcome addresses: Welcome on behalf of chareh by Bev. Lr C. Cross, pastor Welcome on behalf of Sunday School by John Dsl^i^ Supt. Wekom* qO, Itehalf of Mission Circle by Mr, Julia Hinton and Ms. A. P. Johnson. Welcome on behalf of schools by Prof.'^Uan Toung. Welcome on behalf of City cborches by Rev. J. W. Powell. Welcome on bebtff of City by Mayor Hanwy Holden. Besponse by the Rev. B. D. lluOoek, Jr. J>uriag the Thursday mom* iog seasion of thm enrollment of Superintendents, Ministers and DelegtiUs with collection of fees was under way. A discussion on '‘Can Chfldren be Trained to be* come Christians?" was led by the Bev. J. W. Meadows of Cary. He referred to the Catholics, saying tbW if a child was placed in 4he hands of a Catholic to be cared for until he was ten years of age he or she would never be anything but » Catholic. He also aaid^ “There are too many fami Hea who dde»n*t have family pray ar with their chfldren, not even on Sunday morning.” .On Thursday the raessembly Mailing: Edition :V. JBRAit M.ILC/ MCan jpfhWRUthTDNBR^iE^y Price 5 Cents VOLUME 21 NO. DURHAM, N. €., SATURDAY, JULY S7tli IMf nucE s cam RICHARD WRIGHT TO SPEAK AT WHITE ROCK SUNDAY ELK LEADERSHIP and in what respect H waa weak, also the greatest need of thair Sunday school. ^ | Four o^lock was time for the Nation’s Lawyers Discuss Federal Legislation COLUMBUS, Ohio. — The Sixteenth Annual Convention of the National Bar Associa.ion will convene at ColtHnbus, Ohio August 1-^ it was announced by George W. Bvans, Secretary. The program will be quite interest ing, and sknoBg its many speak ers will be Judge Herman Moort Judge of the United Stetes Dis trict Court for the Virgin Is lands. Judge Moore has lost com pleted a year's service a* Judge, having s)»oceadad Judge WiHiam Hifctii preaeM Dean ef Howard Univanitiy Lair .Sclwcd. election of officers^or the fw. Thsf. were Pretfdeiql, Bev. j.' T.f Mangriiria; Vice P^fddeaA; Bev.* Lethia C. Fleming, Cl%ve* t^ird ^y'a iKsyion will include B. D.. Bullock, . Jr.i aeesetaiy, land, Ohio» promhieiit membw of Conetitntl»nal Asaendesents, at Mia Btiiel HjAria; A—The Grand Temple of £lks, and [the first session; discussion of Secretory Miss B«th Watkiaa; o« of the most wiI«!y Jtnown I American Jurisjtrudene at the Treasurer C. T. Wilson; Sapt. women in the country, ie said itojsnd session; Public meeting Western District, Bev. C. P. be the le*iKing candidate for with addreasei. by the Governor Meadom; Sopt. Eastern District Grand Daugrhter Ruler of-^ejof the Staie ©f Ohio, and City Elks. The Grand Temple meete in St. Louis next month. (AN!P) Officials of Columbus. The pro ceedings of subsequent sessions will include report of the Presi dent, Sidney R. Redmond^ Secre* ttfey, George W. Evans and Treasurer, G> Edwards Diekar- son, Regional Officers; discuss ion of mattara of interest to the group as a whole; enterteinments far guests and their friends: Election of officers will take place on SJturday morning sess ion. Delegates from the forty- e^rht States, District of Coluoi- bia and Jnsular P^sMssions will The ift attenUnce. At least SH delegaes t(;e expected from the District of ColumbiA* representiBg the 19th region, at leiut fifieen from the Fourth Region com prising, Bftaryland, Delaware «nd Virginia. ' Bev. James Hargrovsa; Soloist, Mrs. Finch; Pianist, Miaa Ruby Mangmfea. The guest speaker for tha convention was Bev. Summer ville of Shaw University, Gener al Secretary uf the North Caro lina Baptist Convention and director of tha State Bmitist Conclave who delivered a> very inspiraftional address at eleven o'clock Friday morning o» “Christian SducfM^on.” Friday afternoon, the young people sponsored pMcram witli a num ber of delegates participating. The FrankUnton Christian Sun day School gave # drama entitled “Our Father’s Garden.” Snnday Schools who represent ed and their various delegates are as foBowa: Burchett’s Chapel, Biummet Hargrove. Cedar Grove, Misses Wyvette Holloway ind Alease Jenkins. Chriatian Antioch, By Letter. Christian Cha|>el, Misses Mabel Harris and Margaret Richardson. Corinth Chslt>el, Min Annie Bichardaoa, Cary Christian, lliaddeas Hop afternoon after' son, Mch delegate ! Franklinton Church, Miss reported on his or her Sunday Carrie Person and Baymond School telling in what respect Cannady. ■ tiieir Sunday School was sto-ongi Continued on Eiigfaly Murder Craitinnes Rampage In Cliarlotte CnABbOTTB— niia dty, ranked as one of Ibe “molt murderOBf” tai tiis country, took a long ^est from killings, but picked v where it left off with two killings n Mtnrday night and early Sss- dai. Unto that time there had not ■.bMS a*tin^ beaieUe .recorded at Iwadtwatteii, \fii many .z«at *4a»ta «f the city were to feel hopeful that tUa OHiath w«9ld elt taaai go ea rafbtJ aa a ■e. B«i twa nan. hm catered aad j^olhar whii^ a knifr and the ice pick, aai^ no fomar with latter with an an4 it was n;. An indenrtified Negro is alleg ed to have dashed to death an other Neffo ipd with an ice Louis A. Ba«ot kUIed Paul Lee Miller gfis* a •bntwl. He was re leased ffltiirtay « coroners in quest iMit Several •o^eela are held in t^ murder of N^cro^resid- .ent but no dala for the FreUBsin. *T tecrtev ha* a«l baen eat as Marian Sings To 35,000 BY WILLIAM A. TUCK LEWISOHN STADIUM, New York City—^‘Art knows no color line” became a great deal nH>re than mere words Saturday night July 20, when more than 23, 000 lovers of musi^ at its best jtAnmed the Lewisohn Stadium fP'ounds to give Miss Marian Anderson one of the greatest onttions of her remarkalbly brilliant career. The crowd, which broke all previous records of Stadium Attendance, repre sented almost every strata of life, from the most humible Har lem resident to Hapsburg’s arch duke otto^and included music’s “Public Friend Number One,” Mayor LaGuiirdia., Hundreds were unable to obtain admission although heavy prophesied of the few drops of rain that» fell like holy water” db Miss Ander son delivered the concluiBnf evenly iwbw tii Shubert’s Ave Maria,” her final number. Beaming with happines befou each number. Miss Anderson sang Hummel’s “AIleTuia, Dpni- zetti’s O Mio ferndkido from La Favorite, and a group of spiri tuals with orchestral accompani ment. In the words of Louis Bian- colli. New'York music critic: “She was in top vocal ^d interprteive form. Her tones rang out with stunn ing impact in dramatic passages, and some of her phrasing could only be described ab heavenly.” “She was hcfr matchles* self in Deep River, Sometime I feel like a mothorless child, and Heav'n, Heav’n. Profound feel ing and an amAing varietJT of tone color ■ combined wdth on* cano. raaonuiea in her f^i^ing acemuit Urn* Fairview Homes Project Opens much enthusiasm has been creat ed here over the new setup. Active in the new project in addition to the executive direc tor and dhe mand^er and other officials of Housing Author ity, are members of a Colored Women’s Council. This group has been presenting each Friday various education^ programs via the radio in an effort to educate members qI the aco as to the Worth and benefits of the able community, which when J colony. The group has appeared complete will house nearly 600 *** ^ series of radio plays, colored families of this city. written and directed by Mrs. The Executive Director, H. J. Alexander, and others of the Dillehay,. »nd the Manager of the group. Friday last the council project, Jay Frank Hanley, an- presented an excellent pl^V nounced earlier this week that which has drawn much favorable the units were nearing complet-1 comment. Friends are asted to ion, and ifa fast as they are tune in Friday of this woek at finished families that have ap- the usual time. plied and were passed upon wiU Announcem'ent as to the mitted to move in. CHAJUXWrat— This “Queen City” of North Carolina threw open wide her doors Monday of this week to the new Negro Low Cost Hous ing projeoiv Tha Fairview Homes on Oaklawn Avenue, one 'Of the most beautiful colonies in the nation. During this week, beginning Monday, more th*n 60 families of the low income group, started life a new in this new, fashion- Indies Hold Mass Meet l«W YORK (AW) —Re cognizing the danger of control or the Cd:ribbean peoples by r.on American powers,., the West Indies National Emei^cncy Com mittee sponsored a mass meet ing here Monday, at which some 4,000 persons present unanimx ously pladged a fight for self government and lAyalty to the United States. 'Kie recent world shaking mili tary evente ip Europe and the renlting critical situation for the West Indian Iritve heighten ed their insistent demand for self determilttltioi and self guvernmant. d«);l«nd Hppe R. Stevens, chairman of the com- mittca. A Declaration of Rights, sn- animouely adopted by the com mittee, includes the group’s sub ecrtption to every sincere ef fort for the “extirpation of aJl foreas hostile to democratic in stitutions,” collalwrata mm tba The Announcement ,. augaration program will be made project is under the sponsorship of the city of Charlotte, and John P. Adams Succumbs — CHARiLOTTB— This city lost one of the best known itnd most respected resid ents last Thursday in the death of John P. Adams, plasterer and cententer here for many years. Ue died in his home, 2417 Boak- worshipped. The Simpson Memor ial Methodist church, and officiat ing at the rites and saying the eulogy Wf*} the pastor, the Rev. G. E. Souge. The rites were im pressively conducted and tbe . „ large nmu'bers of persons who er street, following a stroke of ptJI'alysis. Funeral aervices for Mr Adams were heW Sunday, b^inning at was held. 8 o’clock tn the church where t^e Survivors are the widow, Mrs Hattie W Ad^^ms, a step daugh ter and several sisters and bro thers. The flor^ tributes were beautiful and ■ Interment was made in the local cemetery by Charlotte funar^ coaecm. . bute of respect to a worthy citisen attested to the esteem in iDfrem Knsto, for whom this recital marked tha return to the stdlon podii)n, inaintittnfd k fine balance in all the orchestral aiccompuime'ttts. He ahowed a kaan stsM of dynanie and formerPasior Vislls Cbuicli REV. W. C. WILLIAMSON PREACHES AT HIT. VERNON The three-day services held utt the Mt. Vernon Baptist Charch, July 17-19 with Rev. W. C. Williamson of Philadelphia, Pa. closed aji a financial aJtid apiri tual success. The church was filled to capacity each evening tnd tiie climdk waa reached Fri day evening when the Young People’s Choir presented Rev. Williamson in a recital. More (ban $200.00 was realized. The services were planned by Charlie Jalckson, a Deacon of the Mt." Vernon Baptist Church, and in- tell%ently carried out by his aa- sistanta. ' ^ ; Bev. Willamson expressed his appreciation for the lovely flow ers that R. L. McDougald sent down to his opening service. Hiey shawed the very fine spirit of the BAiker. J. H. THOMAS, Pastor ‘NaUve Son* Autnor Speaks Sunday Night DURiHAM — BichA^d Wright prompted tha writings o# the famous Negro writer, toyevsky and Tolstoi. Natiira speak at the White Bock Baptist Soa, which portrays the iajaatiea Church on Fayetteville Stnat aad hardship iasplicit tar tha in Durham this Sanday night, environmeat in wWch the Msgto July 28, at g p. OS. Wright will tn Amaria fiads hiiaeelf, ha* speak about his current beat beea ree««aA as one of the fiaert selling novel, NdJve Son in aa eaAaplaa smIM!* informal addreea antitied aasaq^ fsaaa Him. Aaairtii^^ Bigger Waa Bom.** . Wtfgrn aasM. Thomas is the hero of tka MMl, Mr. WriglK ia Cazo* who charactcriaataan ia a aMviag Baa to collaiwrate wliB Portrayal of the effects on the Ilt||a social and H’oniwi^i: confrontii^ hi# *aee. Rigger’s dramatic and tsagie. development represeoM hJis «nat . . ed . of in the IheruT wwW. V . * . , ^ ■ *1. ^11 • —1 tiaaa ^ froaa woik fo» wBway night the author wfU give ha own ..ywrina at tlw interpretation of «»* aigniftc- » D- •rm, ition of the Durham Negra Ya«m ance of B^^er Thomas. • t. , r,. v- CoaBcii, m whoea tetmty ha ia Richard Wright'^ Krst bacsiae greatiy faitercated. known to the literary aorld with his short stories, sonM of which were colleeted in tha volume en titled Uncle Tom’s Children. Tbe young author has been hail ed as a writer who bends all his energies to depicitiiig the N^ro in his native American setting, not merely )ls a colorful people with interesting folk ways, but as a people challenging society and the nation with tha nsagat- tude of their problesss. Wright’s honest attempts to poitzay the plight of the N^rro, hia ^orta to probe the cause* nnderlyinc the situAion of the'^ American Negro, have been likened in their scope to their aco^a ta those social problems wlrieh Native Smi. Wright a native of but has spent many years ia., Chicago and Napr York and hia books della eaaentially wi»k tha ^ problaHs of tW urban Negra.- Wright has alao travelled ateo##;. ■mi haa reeantiy rctsniad^^ from a atii/ in Mexico. young noveUat saya that he his vint in Mexico shoit becaaaa^ he could not bear to b«. ^ touch with home at a »kan history waa being made to ^t^ , to be written.. The Durham Negra Council cordially invitaa piddic, both N^ro and tq. , attend Sunday nighfa Matiiw at tiia ch IMA To Hold II — La “I congratolate extenaion laid InterdenomiiMi- ^ of North CaroBail'* aald Mr. Alliance will Merrick, Hat tha eiteetzva wark iVlerrick To Extension Workets STATBSViLL£ — Nagra l«ad- ership in agriculture and axtWK sion work was praised Ima la«t week by £. B. Iferrick, viea- president. North Carolina Matual Life Insurance Company, Dar- ham, in addressing Negro asitwim sion workers and rural paopie who were attending the Asnnat field day exarciaaa tha Pied mont Experiment Station, vine. The Durham tional Ministerial hold an appreciation service Sun- being done in traiiy^ day. July 2S^' 3:30 p. m. at the ' women of the Na^o nca to Mt. 2Uon Bffc|itiiA Church on sume places ^f Fayetteville street. The Rev. N. education, agricultura liH H. Humphreys will preach the dustry, and I faztlw iStA sermon. 1% cehoir from the St. are fortunate to ka laaimUp in rom oi I* Matthew Church and the Junior state where yaur while fidaaia choir of the Second Baptist church will render the music for tha occasion. Tlie Bev. S. P. Peny, the newl elected president will pxeaide. fivery Minister in our city is reqneated to be pre sent at this service. The eongre- gation« of tha various chudiaa ^ invited to ahara in tills gi^t jmikm. rmgim," all ^ are proud when sfesuma pkcaa amoig y««r Races Mast To liasit sack the opinion Ifr. tend to and that ^ two races maat togathcr if our i^eat Soutidud la^ pro»at” The si^ato.w^ intradaeed by T. A. County Agent. DuzIwib. ‘ . . ■_*' . Hm oMaaion reprswtl#/* attendance e# ana iit «w laigaet recorded at a>y af 'Uia pta«»»n GM daya and. mm aactiea «tf wssiays. ani At NwtiL C#al%L*, p^alation. DxMag af sMw gtn»^gy •a Mva Oan two iporting new clot%^ -eigfck, tabaeea and, whaA laxad 1^ «*»qr fa«gT«ga»a at tha irana with tsOawMp^BM li -coipara- marifcat iprtiM.; Vteaa-hoya, .4NHI f»Mi id eora fleMs haat giatar ti«ma , riiHiii III iiftii— ,fitad4
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