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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. AUG. 10th, 1940
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
2 DEAD IN PISTOL DUEL
Both Victims Are
Murdered With
Same Gun
Fatlier 01T. i
HaiBOie Dies'
DURHAM—
Another pistol battle in which
both victims were ihot and kill
ed with the same pistol took
plsee in Durham’s Walltown
Mction Mdnday afteinoun when
Snm Harvis, &S year old man
killed Miss Glendora Cope, 28,
mt her Fourth Street home ttfter
■he had, sent a .3i2 calibre
bullet into his liver. She died
■&on after rea;bing Duke Hospi
tal havinir been i^hot in the low
er abd«m«n with hec own pistol.
Harris, -#ho Jerked the pistol
from the womain and fired a
•hot into her body, died Wedties
day after failing Ho rally from
ao emergency operation at Duke
Hospital.
The 1*^% whi|^h prefaced
the double KiTHng, began on the
biisk porch of the woman’s home
and continued as the couple en
tered the house. When Miss
Core reached her trunk, ahe is
•aid to have reached in it
taken her small pistol to shoot
her enraged “friend”
He dramikically staggered to-
mtrd her and wrested the pistol
from ber trembling hands, then
DURHAM — Last rites igr
Ottoway Hamme, age 77, lather
of T. A. tta^mlQe, farm agent for
Durham cointy were held Wed
nesday afternoon at three
o’clock at the home of the de
in Granville county, near
Oxford. Mr. Ha.mme~ succumbed
to a short illness Monday morn
ing between 9 and 10 o’clock.
Mr. -Hamm* •-imw
Granville County November 12th
lt62, the son of Nathan and
Mrs. Lucetta HtiTime. He had
lived in G^’anville county all of
his life and was highly respected.
-The deceased was a member of
big Zion AME church for a long
number of years. The pastor
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the shot that spelled almosts in
stant death for her.
DISCUSS SUCCifSSFUL CONCLAVE
NO VACATION FOR THEM
These three Durhiimttes who
started to New York for a three
HUMIU’ Ka^fition news re«che4
fr.eir deMination.,They were in
stantly killed when their car
crashed into a huge truck four
miles south of Fredericksburg,
Va. early Sunday morning. They
are Wilbur E. Hill, Orange
pounty Elementa-ty School. prin-
Minii/ OdeMii lfo«re, t>ar“
bam County Nurse and Jamei
Speight, local service station at
tendant. Miss Moore’s 64 year
old mother, Mrs. Lillie Jordtt>,
alsn died in the crash.
ilriny Waols
Hera Dow
Sergeant Hubert H. Stephens,
Durham recruiting officer, was
ip/ormed this week by the Unit
ed Stutes Army Headquarters
ir. Charlotte that approximately
200 Negroes would be added to
the 41st Engineers eorpa at
Fort Bragg the letter part of
August.
Sergeant Stephens is sure'
thait the applicants could easily
be secured as thia U the first
t:me that an allotment has been
given him for race Applicants.
The local office was issued ain
allotment of 12, to be accepted
and senf to Fort Bragg Auguat
15.
The Colored division'Uias its
separate theatre and recreation
al units at Fort Bragg. The en
tire 41st Division of Engineers'
Death Car Hits
BeerTruck
Enronte To N. Y.
made up of Color%jltl
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s(^iersi Requirements, Serg«ai
^ephens explained, as well ca
Left to right Mrs. Viola Mc-
Millian of Tarboro, President
Woman’s Home and Foreign
Mission Convention; Rev. P. A.
Bishop of Rich Square, Vice-
president Conclave; Henry T.
Johnaon of Raleigh, Secreta/y
Baptist Training Union; Prof.
R. W. Brown of Winston Salem
president State Sunday School
Convention; the lady seated at
the desk is Mrs. H. Sills of
Raleigh. Secretily to the preti-
dtnt of Shaw University and
Secretary of Registration for the
Conclave. (Sam Hood Photo).
Conclave Largest
I^History Of
- Organization
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
RALEIGH—
Friday, August 9^ mtliked the
close of the most successful and
most largely attended session in
the hisflory^ . tie ^orth .Caror
^ ha Gen«ft Baptist Conclave
Khich held its fiv% day meeting
most benefits are the same for > i* the Raleigh Memorial Audi-
NegroeS as that of white sold- torium. The nation’s leading
iera. [ministers and cjiurchmen were
Colored Youth
Council Formed
Lai^t to right* Dr. J. T. Hairs-
tcB president General Conven-
'tHiK.al-i^orth CaroHna/f Rev.
f Wiijirt 0. 9oinmervllle, of
Gen««l Secretary and
ZNNeler of C^melare; and Dr.
Kobdti F. Daniel, Pmldent of
fhsir yalrenitjr. Th« photo*
grapher cahght them in an op
timistic mood while they were
discussing in the lobby of the
Ruleigh Memorial auditorium ther
predicted succesa of the 1940
Baptivt CoDclavo being held this
week, Aufust 6-9.
(Fbatp Bjr Sam Hood).
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
DURHAM — A pall of sad
ness hovered over Durham this
week as -the gruesomely bruised
end mangled bodies of four
vacJJonists were returned here
4*anday. James Speight, 2S
year old service attendant; Wil
bur Hill, 24, Orange County
school principal; Miss Odessa
MOore, 35, Durham County
nurse, Aad her mother, Mrs.
Lillie Jordan, 64, met instant
death early Sunday mo;-ning
cjQ. the highway four miles south
of Fredei-icksburg, Va. when
Miss Moore’s new Plymouth,
driven by Speight, crashed into
the side of a huge south-bound
beer truck. The group left Dur
ham SiPurday around 2:00 p. m.
for Winston Salem and from
tnere they continued north with
the intention of spending three
weeks in New York. The wreck
in which 'the car was completely
smashed, occurred around 12:30 |
A. M. Sunday and the local
police department notifi«4 the i
relatives of the victims near
10:00 a. m.
Atqcording to iufoimation re
ceived from undertakers who
handled the bodies soon tCter
the wreck, all of them were un
believably maogled and parts of
titeir bodies torn completely
away. Miss Moore’s head waa
ccm)iletely severed from her
body ind is said to have been
tflfown from the car while she ^
was pinned insltie. Spsight, the
driver seems to have had al
most every bone ^vsmashed; he
was crushed in the wreckage so
badly thsit it was neceuary to
tear away parts of the «ar to re-
ipove him. His head was aloaost
ipletely savored also. Hill's
idy wsk thrown from the car,
aoeording to undertaker
icLasrin here, he sustained a
nyek, back, richt wm
and left leg. He had numerous
fttee and bddy bruises. A part
of Mrs. Jordan’s face and head
was torn away.
FUNERALS WEDNESDAY
James Speight was the son
of Willie Speight of this city
and wan employed by his bro
ther at the Midway service
station here. Funeral services
for him were held from the
Washington Branch Church in
Greene County near Snow Hill
Wednesday afternoon with the
Amey Funerjil home in charge.
His father and three brothers,
Theodore, Albert and Charlie
survive. ’
Wilbur Hill was popular
graduate of North Carolina
College and was principal of
Gravelly Hill Elementary school
in Orange County. He has. tlso
been principal of the Buck
Mountain elementary school in
Chatham County. He was a
member of the Piedmont Board
of Athletic OfficiLl.s. His largely
attended funeral was held at the
Saint Joseph AME church of
which he was a loyal member
at 4 p. in. Wednesday witli the
McLi^jrin Funeral home in
charge.. Burial was At Beech-
wood cemetery here. He leaves
his father, I. j Hill, and three
b>'o'thers: Henry, Bruce and
Eail, of Durham.
Miss Odes£.4 Moore and her
mother, Mrs. Lillie Jordan, were
natives of Winston Salem and
their bodies were taken there for
burial. Miss Moore had been a
member of the nursing staff of
tlie Durham Health pepartment
snice Ids'?.
She studied at the John And
rews Memorial Hospital, Tuske-
geo Institute, and received two
years’ of college training at
Teachers College in Winston-
Siilem. She wtis at one timr a
Pontinnod on P«ft Biflvfe
A Southern Negro Youth
Council has been set up in Dur
ham with aims toward building
a New South for the Negro, to
remo\c unjust and unconstitu
tional discrimination, to bring
democratic rights to the Negro
people and to better the socisd,
economic and political position
of the Negro peope. It is a part
of a South wide moveaMnt and
will affiliate with the Southern
Negro Congress with headquar
ters in Birmingham.
Already local councils have
boen established in the Efist
Durham and Hayti nfiyhbor-
hoo4^ additionfl councils
will be formed in the other dis
tricts of Durhaifa. The Durham
Youth Council will' »tten>pt to
coordinate activity in the city
of {hirham and will work with
«.H unions' church groups, civic
organizations, social and profeu
ional groups which cfin affiliate
with thtf Youth Council.
The Council ha.s been active
LCready for it presented Richard
Wright, prominent writer, who
spoke under - its auspices at the
White Rock Baptist Church a
few weeks ago. The Council at
present Is supporting a cam
paign to 'bring low cost housing
to Durham. It is cooperaiting
with all groups, Negro or white
who also w'sh to have a low cost
housing project in Durham.
W. Wilson Barbee, 304 Amber
St., has been elected as tempor
ary Chairman and will continue
the organization of the Coun
cil. All those who are interested
in joining the Council or who
wish, further informaition as to
the program and purposes of
the Durham Negro Youth Coun
cil are cordiailly invited to write
Mr. Barbee.
guests of the conclave, bringing
greetings froiW^ all of tiie lu,
UUO,000 Baptistes of the nation,
and there were nearly 5,UUU
litiegiutes in attendance. Music
lot ihe .conclave was (urnisheil
fcj at Jjfast ^5 different choirs
from many UitSerent churches in
the state. The climax of the
uiusical progriin was the aP-
pt-arance of the famous "Wings
Over Jordan” choir Thursday
nigli't.
The highlight of the opening
ilay of tlie conclave was the re
port ma^ie by the general secre
tary M.id conclave director, Rev.
W endell C. Summerville. He
told the 2,000 that attended the
opening sessions that since the
beginning of the ' unified plan
four years ago, contributions to
wJrd Christian education and
niission board work had been
increased over 500 per cent.
$57,000 in cash has been con
tributed to the program, and
all the 53 unit associations in
the srtate have marched forward
with unsurpassed cooperation,”
he said.
He continued: “In this move
ment we .are thankful to the
whits Baptists of this state;
their work toward helping us
I start and assisting' us Jt various
times has contributed tremen-
i dously toward the realization of
even greater things.”
The opening night was offici
ally known as welcome night
and outstanding—‘citizens and
official»"Ofthe city of Raleigh
Fere gracious in their welcomes
to the Bc\ptis'ls. Representing
the ministers of the city. Rev.
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Queen City
WiiinanKilled
inAutoWreck
CHARLOTTE—
Death did nut take .4 holiday
this week end in "The Queen
City of th« (JjuruLinaa.”
't'he much feared one stalEtfd
on the beautiful Wilkinson '
boulevard Sund.4y evening earl^
.r.d as he left he toulc with hiss
.f> well kno'wn ^iss Anice
(irier, 24, of 723 East First
street, who was killed almost
in-stantly in an automobile ac
cident about 7 o’clock.
Young Miss Grier, member of
y well known family here, W4.b
riding in car which overturned
near the Municipal airport. She
was badly mangled, police said,
^ :er investigations by them.
Driving the car and receiving
a badly lacerated arm was
Robert Twittie, of 3ri9 South
McDowell street, and also in the
c&i' was Miss Fannie Marshall,
of 521 South Alexandir sfareet,
who was not injured. Another
person, a young man, was in the
car, it was stated, but left be
fore police arrived at the scene
of the iiccident. It was not
stated whether he was injured
or not.
It was reported by police that
Twittie was racing with another
dar on the boulevard and lost
control of his cak-, a 1934 model
Ford. He was taken to the Good
Samaritan hospital where he 'was
treated and is held pending a
■ Coroner’s inquest.
I The deJd young lady was tho
wife of a local boxer, Battiing
Henry Hood, of this city, and
other survivors are her parents.
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WELCOME NIGHT AT THE CONCLAVE
\
OiliB ipeaksn*
thjjj night of tU-Gl^nX
BapM t^onclavo wt iTBHf
9i ^ irfjpiiient Ntgip
iwho tiie ^
Kaleigh. Left to right: Mrs.
Viola McMillan, president of the
Woman’s Home and Foreign
Missionary convention; Nelson
Hiirris, Director o# Wwcation
at Shaw University; Rev. Scott,
rtpresenting "the Ministerial
Alliance; Dr. J. T. Hairston,
president of the General Baptiat
Con’vantion; Bar. C. S. McLat-
ter of Durham^
•r; Dr. O. S. Bulloek,
execatiTO CoBiaiPn Mmfm'
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