North Carolina Newspapers

' ' ?-.Tse*’-^rgT;gi—•-f;;. r-^r-;,-^:) -- /.'"'t'!#-y Ifc'IWiWF'*' "V;*"' ■ ’ ‘ APTISTS CLOSE SUCCESSFUL MEET FOUR DIE M AUTO SMASH Home Edition ,S ON THE OPENING OAY tnic0 ^ volume 21 NUMBEIl,,»r ^^HE%UTHtiNBI^i^i^ DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. AUG. 10th, 1940 L 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 Continued on Pajfe Eight 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 ' iiw't* 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. Continued on Page Eight 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. Continued on Page Eight 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' mm: