N. C. Mutual Officials Entertain Mi^. Avery
Mailiog Edition
* ^gH^RUTH^BR^E
Volume iSXlX
iBurKairi, North Carolina, Saturday, November. 16, 1940
NunJber: iXTC
t Th« photo pnf taken
of Avery *t thf party
gltea in ))er hencci by offCeitti
A*- ifutlMI Iffe
>er ar«‘f{ve of "th« hosfe,
Fir»t h*ow left tq right; G. W.
'^x, Tice prwident, Agenrfy
IHwscfc6r; Mrs. Lai* Ave«y; W.
ptroller; Second ro-w t> ^ght
E. R. Merriok, Vice preeident-
'Twissurer; ^W, J. Kennedy^
Viee presideiit-|S«cretwr3rr ^ I*
InfluntniM Oo«npMy. Pictured wHhjD: Hill, ^Uaistarii Seorei^]^ Cgin^ inioP^i^id, Vke prMldent
Fire Halts Funeral
Rites Of Dr. Williams
Fire Partially Destroys
Olivet Baptist Church As
Thousands Await Funeral
Sui^e Court
Upholds C!onvictioD
Of Wife- Killer
ChaH«|kte — The I^oHh Cww-
lina Supreme Court,* in seeiriioli
Nov. 7, upheld t>M eonvteidon: of
As&or Bro^, aen^aoed'tb) deatb
'by eephy3d«tion l*»t ^nly lay
presiding judupe «t the G»ta^a
^unty Superior ODurt on a fli«t
decree murdor oosuot of slaying*
hi® wife, tfie We H». Bartha.’
eqalify
Va. — following:' >
coni^ence here,- .Thijrsd^y, HJcjv.,
7, .men(ri^8 of the Norfolk Teach
era Asjiwiation wted to Mcept
#10 «|ffer hiade them by O. Alfred
Andenion^ ci$y attorney, of |120.
OdO to be paid them over a
period of three years, thug
mn'g thoir s&laries with those o(f
white teachers' at the end oi this
pefiod. *
The offer wae nmde in connec
tion with the Melvin^ 0. Alston
case, which involved an action
against the Norfolk achoolboard
by Mr.^ AlAon, a local sehic»l
Plense turn to Bi^ht
ATTEND DR.I.K.
“Coop” b Magic
Word At Tuskegee
These Days
, ‘A Great : JdJaB ^ ^
’ Ifirad," ^e Rev. A. I* Boone, piw-
TT j. . . isolations and; felegrajiw.
iTv. ^ Speaking fw^ .the, tWihJect,
th^ fji^es Which enplfed|„^ Great : lHaa Sm> EWW vo.
hustonc ^hvet. Baiptist
aO minuites befoi% ' the ,'funeral
services 4Aat Wedrtesday riiorning,
the, thousands of .vdsitora and
friends, who attended the funefail
paid their last tribute of respect
to‘ Dr. L. K. Williasm, president
of the National Baptkf C'onv'en-
tion, in front of the chuTCh after
the fire w*g under cohtrio'l.
'it was also revealed that the
Rev. D. V. Denison' of Selma,
Ala., vice president of the Na
tional Baptist Convenition, Inc.,
will succeeded Dr. Wllliaims as
president.
The Rev. JVoeeph H. Branham,
assistant pastor of Olivet and
closc friend of Dr. Williams 'or
sdveral decades, despite the s.hock
of the leader’s, sudden death
and the morning’s fire, wbs never
that services
were carried ou^ efficiently in
the afternoon. He remarked
aftmwad that despite the fire,
the services ' which atitrasted
thousands ito the gtreet were quite
fitting since Dr. Williams had
always been a man of the peo
ple and the open air ritea gave
all the people a chance to see
and hear.
The Rev. D. V. Denison, v»ce-
president presided. The scripture
lesson by Rev, T. S.
jBoone and prayer was offered by
~ — !|iuller, Memphis
The eas* teriffwbd by
gotsiaite Harriot Ciarknon
wlfp oMe wm;
iir'itiecQTdanv* witli law aQd tiuMi
the-charge of th« prealdini' Judge
was fair. ^
Thig opiniMxn, banded domm by
the Suprejnpi» Ooart, aeala the
dooai. of Bfwwwr-*liee,tiie gover
nor -intervenes. OtbeiSme Bro^vn
will be a^h^xiat ,ed «tk QentraJ
Prison',Nov«miber. BSnd^ in key
ing with .tlfe state lm$r. fixii^
d^th .on jtte third ^d([^ after
im appeal denied'.', i.
-lAisso^te Justice, Wadlaiop "Win-
borni, ■w^te an , opiniep ^ giaBting
Stew»!^. Xjhiyiiifcers,, sentenced tO'
deaife |jy a ijpnioT County iwy,
for first decree ilxurglaiy, e'hw
trii4. jf tigti^ Winbo^'ne ruled: a
new fharge was, wawnied 'ber
os^uM.. «(f omission* ^n' the
chai^ . of t^e presiding ii¥lg6.
J^odger failed ; to 'iidoxm tbe
Jury, Wi^btorae said, tjbat a .ver
dict o^ n«n4>)irglari^ bi;ealung
and ente:fiiM;, parrying a penalty
tea- of the Shilo,h Baptist church, joif dmprianpiment infte^ of de^h
Please turn t© pa«e Bight 'could be returned. r . •
Lockhart Addresses
Colored Teachers
Association
Chttrk>t±e — The Mecklenburg
Cbunty Teacher’s Association met
at Second Ward IJigh School
fiaitarday, November 9, C. E.
MtM'eland presided.
IAmi tN«Ui» Bv Dykes paid a
v*xy high and glO'^ing tribute to
l|ii«i EUoise ^nkin as she pre
sented her to the boidy. Miss
in tarn intaK>dace>^ ftupt.
Supi. Lockbai^ gave a very in
formative and inipiritig address.
Aattong aome of the, things stre»s->
ed were; that the future of
edwjation in the Negro race rfeats
in the hands of the t«»chers.
Again that school^ exist to educ
ate chiiWren, not to- employ teach
ers and officials, also that the
conduct of pupils reflect theiV
)e .teadnng; that is,
educator usually gets Juat about
what Itis paWic thinks he is
wBirth.
Tuskegee, Ala. — Coops or
ganized at iSiskegee. “Co*cip” is
the magic word at TuS'kegee In
stitute these days. A cooperativie
store for the families in thelthle ssi^le t© see
coinflfnunaty will open. business
around January fiwt. The five
rural, laiboratory schpols have al
ready. formed a oc(op which under
the sniperva^n of W. A. Shields,
of the - School of SJduication, is
handling alt gnqcevies and iip-
pliea for th^ centers.
In a recent interview Mr.
Shieldti stated that in a few mon
ths he hoped to“ extend the bene
fit'of the rural coops to the
families in the ccmununlty.
ynder the leadwrship of Corris
Landem, oollege soiphomore, a
student coop, his been cffganised. oibituary was read by Editor
It HU^ received the wjpport of jj ^ Barbour «f the National
Baptist Voice, Nashville and Ait-
,the Reiv. T. O.
President Patterson, Dean I- A.
Please turn to pai^e eight
torney W. H. Haynes
Sottthwnaires Owning For Coijc^
Some very important announce!
ments were made by the Su^pt.
relative to ' the local county
Schook . . I
C,!- . . . •
Tfae address waj weU received
by the .teachers. Several of whom
expressed words of appreciiatlon.
E. S. t*otts, pniblicity committee
chaihnan.
W^n the Southernaires come cert stage,
to Durham oo Ufonday, Nov. 1*8,
ait the City Armory, local concert
gwrs will be privileged t» hear a
grottp .that is ranjked among the
groate^l; vocal ensemble heard tto*
day Over the raddo or on the ooti-
Chiea^ (.ANP> — Tragedy,
which struck ei|!^ dajn be#«r»
when Dr. L. £. Wiilians, preatir
dent of the National JBaiptiat
Ocsrrewtion, Soe., was UQed in
email, nlar Chariiil*^.
Kch^n, ^tro» again We^es>
day momingr tdien fife |>artially
destroyed hisiorie Olivtt Baptant
ehtorch drove jnto I9ie stritot 4»00>0
nspomers awaiting tie faaMnl
servic«s for Dr. WilBanas, ah^j, tts
pastor. Damage was estimated
t *60,000.
The crowd, ineloding £atin-
fruished leader, from all parts of
the nation, be^n assembline be
fore 9 a. m. Services were to
start at 11 ^elock tharf: momisg'-
aWe seat filled and ether hand-
Aroand lOiSO, wth every avail-
re^ standing inside the auditor
ium, the Rev. Jomph Branham,
assistant pastor, discovered flam-
Cj an the third floor elasarcom.
Bunnini; downstairs, he found
three po'^emea cn dirty ther%
S^. Carl Nelson, former hody-
As their nam^ ii^lieg these ^0^5,. Tbai»a
singers are true sons of’the ^ PatralwM Look
South, anging . the melodies cf thej latter ^ white. AH
their native ;sor^with aij artfetry Utom to th* claasroom to try and
that has,sfeldora be«n equalled, 'aubdiie the blaze bot i^ had gaia
With nearly two thousand songs too much headway. A Bn
dn their repertoire their progiams
are full o#' variety. Their reper
toire covers three centurie, of.bert White, on duty ootside who
Negro music including African please tarn
c^ant§, spirituals, slav6 songs,
Negro s'4ngs of contemporary
time. They are also able itfterpre-
ters ft other kins of vocal mus'c,
presenting classics gnd InUadg as
effectively «s they do songs of
their own^ race. •
Durham — Approximately one
hundred guest assenmbled at the
Algonquin Tennig Clnlb House on
effectively presented to the group,
Remsarka were ipade iby J. H.
Wheeler, George W. Cox, Dr. J.
Friday evening-jait a party given N. Mills, W. J. Kennedy and
by the officials of the North
Caaioilina Mutual Life Insurance
Company in honor of Mrs. Lulia
Avery of Ohitago, III.
Mrs. Avery, wife of the late
John Avery fqrmer v.ice president
Secretary of the North Oarolinja
Mutual, having made her home
in Chicago since the death of her
hu^biand wag visiting in the city
for the first time after an ab
sence ci eight years.
The party was a very gal>a and
successful affair, and waa heartily
enjoyed (by all who attended*
Ihiring intemidssion the guevts
pauaed to pay tribute to the
honoree in th f^rm of a short
prognaan ^^h Blrs. B. A. J.
Whitted, cashier of the Mutwl,
Mrs. Mary ^tepard. Guest soloist
was Miiss Virginia Williamson.
The gift presentation was made
to Mrs. Avery by Miss Dotie
•Mae Bridgeflcvth, in the capacity
of a matching pet of air line
luggwge.
In respinae to the .presentation
Mrs. Avery in a most earnest
manner 'Htani^ed fhe group for ;
the splendid ««c^t&o||i she receiv
ed to the city and for the many
and eoneid^rati^na
shown durii^f hear brief stay.
After -&e jKroc^am the music
continued and a delightful repast
was served in buffet style.
jHotftesa^a tite occasion were
Meadaones Mary F. Cairr, EUittie
Charlotte Negro Chamber of Conunerce
Inauprates Membership Drive
Charlotte —r In a, most coio'^ipresidont of Johnson C. Smith
fuJ setting i„ J. C. Smith’s re- Univenity who extended a wel-
fecto(ry and flanked by beautiful
flowers and a ^eKghtful repast,
the Siaa4otte Negro Chamiber of
06«:Wtirce was extended greet
ings, and congratulations from
in^VMuolqi rfjpresentinrg all pha^s
of life and. occupations upon it’s
successful organization.
•The festivitieg began with the
flinging of the Negro Nialional
Anthem, after which invocatioi
was giv«n by the JRev. J. H.
Povrell. The macfter of ceremon
ies, W. H. Morelond expounded
i^ly ag to the merits yf uch
an organization and in word*
|arm was turned in immediate by
Officers Louis ^einbesw and &o-
to P*ge Eight
Kyri’s Synqihony
Orchestra At
Tuskegee Nov. 30
come on behalf of the Univer
sity. thr. MrCrorey in making
his addresg left three vital poinat
for the organization to conscder
and adopt, they were, organize,
patronize and advertize. A
response to Dr. McOnoirey’s ad
dress was given by W. D. Hairs
ton, second vice president of the
Chamiber of Coroenbe. A sclo,
Invictus, was given -by Robert
Foster who wag accompanied by
D. E. CarroU aftw
President clf the Chamber of
C. C. Spuldii^
On Draft Bovd
Mei^ow8, Johnnie l%o!mp«on
as Mistress of Ceremony the jwo- fEvelyn Rogers, Elula -HlMnris, jbefitting the achievements of,
read re- gram slated wag wittingly and [ W«a*e turn to Ewbt he dntroeftjced Dif. H. L. MoCorrey
Their personnel includes:—
William 'Edmonson, basso, Hom
er Sith, tenor. Jay Stone Toney, Tuskegee — One of the fea-
baritone, Lowell Peters, tenor [ture attrwetion* ^hedoled by
and ^>encer Odom, accompa&jirt ^Tuskegee Institute Bitertam-
and arranger. jment Co are for this semacm m tba
iperformaoee which «31 be gi
in Logan,Hall Saturday cvasdnig,
N'ovember m, by Kry1% 9s»-
phoiiy Otchertn of SO playns
and his faoMMM soloiSfcs; Biaaa
the anncioAe«m«fDt wa« laada by
C. C. Spauiane^ president «f ““«ge«»nt of wrtartam
the North Carolina Mutual' Life ‘T°* course that the Xryl Qpa-
Insurance Company was appoint-Orchesfera woald be oa«
ed to the k)cal Ikrfcft board, ae- «a^
cording to a statement released interaafc bas be«rf w ’
jfcy the Draft Board Co«Batttaa. ^ ^ entire InnHtirta
community pq^alatfoB,
Mr. Spaoldi^ li, the only N«*|audience that will tux t)Mt
gro astpointed in ttili swii»i. Tbe ,of Logan to its
wiiicb the'appcnntments to ike Dcpft Bowd|acity im aasurad fox K^l
-Bwrd ^ are made by a i^>eelal|nuafeiana.
^ „ w jcommittee and in turn tL* com- ;th* mawiaa and th3
Conunen^, Dean T. E. Mta&nneyi J. » -r^. i r—
' mittee soiMnttg the namea to the «• aasUy ondcntosd
farther elaborated upon the P®r-jQovernor of the state, aad tfetMl,s^M|j^ hixa.
poses, objectives and merits of ito tha President of the United
Please turn to P«ge Ei^t States for. a|>pr»vai.
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