DURHAM WOMAN IS AWARDED $10^1
Girl Will Not Identify Negro In Rape Case
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1941
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GIVEN S.S. BOOK PLANT
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Million Dollar Concern Is
Awarded Church Climaxing
Five Year Possession Battle
Nashvlle, (ANF) — The AMK
«hurch won Us five year battle
for posseHHioti o£ itji Sunday
School - l^blishing house bfere
Tuenday when Judge E. Elmer
Davies of the Middle Tennesstfe
federal court dismiased the re
ceiVer who had been operating
the plant.
The reign of jpA T, ||ryan^,
wbflii had •»erv«di' aikreary-
^easurtr of the Sunday Reh?K»l'
union for 28 years during which
time he built tho institution into
a thriving ooneern and won a
aubstantial financial poMitioa for
himself, closed as the receiver
handed the property over to a
committee composed of Bishop
H^nry Y. Tookes of Florida.
William Fountain of Qeorgia and
Dr. A. L. Pinkston of Nasnville
who acted for the church.
.While the actual court struggle
for possession of the Sunday
School union has been in pro
gress for about five years, the
trouble which revolved about the
institution ha» been of much
loi\ger duration. Bryant was first
elected secretary-troasurer i n
1008 when the general confer
ence met in Norfolk, Va. An
able business man, ho quickly
developed the publishing house
into a profitable venture. Backed
by John M. Avery, one of the
most influential laymen the
church h«s produced, Bryant
grew in power. Rallying a group
of laymen he fought certain con
centration of authority in the
hands of the clergy, bryant be
came a bitter critic of cant and
hypocrisy in high places and used
the machinery of the church
publishing house to attack and
smear jninisters and bishops who
insurrpd his wrath. The clerics
writhed under the Bryant as
saults and finally in 1936 deft at
,ed him electing E. A. Shelby in
his place.
Bryant refused to recognize the
election contending that only the
sef perj>etuating board of dire-
tors which functioned under
Tennessee law had the power to
name the secretary treasurer of
the union which was a Tennesseo
(Continued on page four)
Deotists’Speaker
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DB. A. S. HUNTER
(Above) will present Clinic be
fore the National Dental As
sociation meeting at Richmond
August 11-15, Dr. Henter’s f»re-
sentation will be a Table Clinic
featuring Dental Photogiiaphic
Records and Basic Elements in
fluencing successf.l resits ia ob
taining same. The Peter B. Eanx-
sey Dental Society composed of
Richmond Race Dentists is acting
as host. Quite singular this is the
first time the National has held
its’ meeting in Virginia since its'
organization, altho th eNational
is a direct outcome of an activity
developed at Buckroe Beach years
ago, a dream of the late Dr. D.
A. Fergnrson of Richmond, Va.
Dr. Hunter is Chairman of Com
mittee on Public Relations.
0. p. M. EMPLOYMENT PICTURE IS
UNTRUE ... CHARGES N. A. A. C. P.
New Yorrk — Contrary to
optiniistic stories sent out from
the OffVce of Production Maunge-
ment by Dr. Bobert C. Weaver,
Chief, Negi^ Employment and'
Training branch, tabor Division,
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
learned .last' week, that Brev.'ster
Aeronalttical Corporation with
plants *hamed in the recent OMP
and at Ne,\vark airport, N. J.. has
made no . steps to drop its k)lor
bars. Brewster vras amou;? the
plants named in the ecent OMP
William P. Oaynor company. Van
Oston was sent by the New York
release as having hired n crow of
sheet metal workers.
The NAACP is in possessian of
three affidavits attesting to the
company’s refusal to hire Ncft^ro
workers.
Most flagrant refusal i in
the case of Edwon Van Oiten,
31,' of Brooklyn. New York, who
has nine years of exi>erience as a
sheet metal worker with the
Continued on Page Flight
Bishop R.R. Wright
Named President At
Wilberforce College
Wilberfore, (ANP) — Meeting
in perfcf-^f unity the executive
oouMnitR'e qf tht jin4 stkte and
.ojijurelt, , of "
universit.v/ on Thni-sday iiaineij
Bishop R. R. Wright a.s acting
president for one year. The invi
tation, which was practically a
draft, was extended upon the part
of both t}^ state and cliurdi
i'ories and Bishop Wright is to
head al departments
The motion to invite Bishop
VV'right was made l>y Rev. Charles
Isom of the state board and se
conded by Bishop David H. Sims
of the cliurch group. Assurance
was given Bishop U'right that he
would have the unified supiK*rt
of both boards in working out a
unified progiam for a great
This would apiwar to end the
upheaval at Wilberforce which
resulted in the dismissal of Presi
dent D. Ormonde Walker and
recriminations lictween t h e
church and secular forces gjvem
ing the institution, bishop Wright
i.s a former president of the in
stitution and was se-ving on the
trustee board.
“On Leave”
James Jv Henderson, presi-
knt. of - tKw Durham Business
and Professional Chain, has an
nounced that his organization is
rapidly making plans for a drive
to organize in Durham a “Con
sumer’s Cooperative” in the at
tempt to keep in the pockets of
the race the dollars spent week
ly at white chain food stores,
Monday's meeting of the chain
featured a report from a com
mittee sent tot study the Coop
eratives at work in Richmond,
Va.
Jackson Freed When
White Girl Fails To
Be Sure Of Identity
Gates Presents Case
? courtroom me gain’s rexuseu /I j |
identify Jackson positively (jOUrtllOUSG
Workers More Pay
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Steel Company
Wants No Germans,
Italians or Negroes
New York — It has been report
ed to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People that the Anaconda Wire
and Steel company of Haistings,
New York, has an open order
with the Yonkers oftice of the
New York State Employment
Service asking for laborers with
the following (jualifications:.
“Laborers—singly men, 20-40
years; married men, 125-40 year-,
strong "Tjuild, must weigh over
150 lbs. No Italians, Oennans, or
Nt“groe.s. Salary, 50c hour, raise
in .■{ months to 711c hour.”
The NAACP immediately vired
Riclinrd Bi'ockwaf, NYSES direc
tor, ffaying, “We vigorously pro
test not only the discrimination
but th,. bracketing of Negroe;
with nationals of Oermany and
Italy with which the I'nited
States is virtually at war. AVe
call upon the NYSES immediatefy
to act aiid to advise us of actioji
taken.”
Mr. Brockway called the NAACP
New York oltice on receipt of tht
wire to^say that he is sending a
representative to sele if the re
port is true and if so that
clianges be made.
Recorder A. H. Borland dis
missed the case which charged
Gordon Jackson of Umstead St.
with assault with attempt to
commit rape this week. He was
accused of attacking a 15-year-
old white girl on Rigsliee Ave
nue on the night of June 30. In
the courtroom the girls refused
to
her assailant,
At the outset of her testi
mony the girl said that the
defendant was the man who at
tacked her, and later said she
had picked him out rf a group
of three Nfegroes, but' when
defense counsel • Yenned ’if*-
down to answer to the que» ju
of whether she was sure beyond
any reasonable doubt, she ad
mitted that ackson might not
have been the man.
Prosecuting Attorney S. C.
Brawley at once moved to nol
pros thex;ase, and Judge A. H.
Borland ordered the defendant
released.
The gi/1 said she was walking
north on Rigsbee Avenue, go
ing to her home on Hunt St. ,
when she heard some one whis
tle behind her. Looking around,
she saw that she was followed
by a Negro man, and began to
walk faster, but he caught up
with her and put both hands
around her throat so that she
could not scream, she testified.
She said that he told her not
to make any noise, and threw
her down on the sidewalk. As
she was falling she partially
jerked away from him and
screamed, whereupon he hit her
on the head and rah, she said.
The girl said she liegan to
run home then, but met a pa
trol car before doing so, and
the officers instituted a search
for the man.
She said that the only time
she saw the man’s face was
when she heard the whi.stle and
glanced over her shoulder. The
only distinctive feature she no
ticed was a big nose, she stat
ed, but she described the cloth
ing of her alleged Assailant.
It was about two weeks later
that she identified Jackson in
.jail, she said, and in the mean
time she had been shownT^y po
lice three other Negroes, none
of whom was the man.
Superior Court Awarded
Money To Mrs. M. Bynum
As Five-Day Hearing Ends
“Miss A. and T.”
Negro Boys Want
rip To National
Soap Box Derby
Tuesday afternon a Delega
tion representing the Negro em
ployees of the Durham County
TCurt Pouse maintenance statf.
visited a meeting of the Dur
ham County Commissioners.
Seeking a boost in their wages
because of t^e rising cost of
living conditions. Their request
was tabled, however, pending
a talk with the group concern
ing improved cleanliness.
The board seemed favorably
inclined to granting an in
crease, probably 10 per cent,
but as first one member and
then another called attention to
various items of “housecleaning”
which did not seem pro|ierly at
tended to, the commissioners
decided to wait until they could
receive some assurance from the
workers that more pay would
produce l)etter results.
The workeds who wouhl be af
fected by a raise are Adolphus
Davis, Otho Love, Chaney Lloyd,
Dallas Cole, Morris McQuaig,
and Raymond Long. Their pres
ent pay ranges from $10 to $18.
The delegation included Davis
who has worked at the Court
house since it vyas built in 1916
and is the highest paid of the
group, now working as fireman
and boiler room.attendant;Love,
janitor of 23 or 24 years experi
ence at the courthouse; Lloyd,
veteran elevator boy; and C.
J. Gates, local Negro attorney
who presented the case for the
workers.
High Cost of Living
Gates stated that with living
costs going up these employes!
were hard pressed to make their i
pay cover their expenses andi An intensifiti campaign is be-
asked an increase of five cents, in'; hiuhched among the Negro-
an hour. | es of Durham County in the at-
Davis and Love said they had.ten>pt to rain*' their quota of
always given the best service the aniount (>ledged by Negroes
they could in the many years io£ the State for the purchase of
they have worked for the coun-lthe airplane ambulance a.^ a gift
ty and felt that an increase! to the i»M>ple of England, it was
would not be unjustified. Lloyd! announced vesterday.
Superior Cour Awards cMni _
To Mrs. Mynum After .'i-Dr.
Hearing
At the close of a triil that
rei|uireil five days to try last
week, a Superior Court Jury
;iwardel !J10,218.10 to Mrs, Mali-
tic Bynum of Third Street; Tlie
money which is in The Fidelity
Bank in the acount of Mrs. Jo
anna Leathers, was awarded.
ter the jury found that sh« ha4«
1eff*it tt) Mrs. Bynum w’thoot
,iny undue influerce being ex
ert efl.
The pourt found that Mrs.
Bynum was the adopted daugh>
ter of Mrs. Leathers after tlMi
testimony of several impor^
witne."scs. These witnes.ses
stated that the decease*!
oaid that the money snouh’
to the plaintiff.
Mrs. Joanna Leathe/s
wrthout making a will, how
ever, and the bank declined to
turn over the money. Named
defendant in the action alone
with the hank w^is Loon W.
Powell, who had been appoint
ed administrator of the estate
of Mrs. Leathers.
On a minor issue the
found that Mrs. Bynuurn
eonvertel to her own use S3»i
Mrs. Leora Trollinuer ofi worth of furniture belonging _
Graham, N.C., who, last week, I the deceasetl and would have^J^
won the coveted title of “Miss j reimburse the estate in
A. and T. of the Summer j amount.
School” in a campaign directetl j The jury received the ealpl
by Miss Ordie Roberts, director about 4 o’clock Saturday
of ph ysical etiucatidn for wom-j deliberated some three hoars
en, A. and T. College, Greens-, fore reaching a decision,
boro, N. C. Interestetl members of
——— — races and of the legal
Switzerland and the Reich i sion jammed the court
sign a commercial agieement. I each day of the trial.
J. U. LOWE OUTLINES PLANS
AMBULANCE DRIVE IN CO
J. Archie Hargraves, director
of pubicity and instructor of so-
cia science at A&T College in
Greensboro has been granted a
leave of absence to assume du
ties as a problem presentation
specialist with the consumer di
vision of the office of emergen
cy management ii> Washington,
D. C,
Boy (13) Drown
Goldsboro, (CP) — Randolph
Willianjs, 13 of 628 Orchard St.,
was ' dro\vned Thursday nltout
noon while he and his Companions
were swimming in Little rivar at
the trestile, two miles west of
town.
The officers X)f the John M.
Avery Boys Club and other loy
al Negro citizens of Durham are
sponsoring an “ON-TO-AKRON”
drive for the benefit of sending
all of teh Negro boys who took
part in the local Soap Box Der
by to the national event in Ak
ron, Ohio, August 17.
It is generally known that the
eight NLegro boys who partici-
(Continued on page eight)
said a raise would bring them
moer in line with- similar work
ers in private employment.
The commissioners informed
the delegation that the.v would
take the matter under advise
ment, and later in the session
it was brought up again.
Sentiment in favor of an in
crease was almost unanimous
but so was the feeling that the
janitorial staff was sufficient to
keep the building in better con
dition.
County Manager D. W. New-
Continued on Page Eight
Chairman of / the Negro divi
sion for Durham i’ounty is J.
U. Lowe Sr. who was recently
appointed by Dr. J«nies Ed-
wanl Sheparl,. head of the Ne
gro division of the fund for the
.“ntite Sfote. North Carolina Ne
groes have promisc*d .fl5,000 as
their share in the pirrchasa of
the .f75.010 air aubalanee
Mr. Luwe explained the
ment Ihto the persons wh||j|
had invlfed and appointed-
ers to aid him in the t;
comuiunities. Samibel B. W>
will have charge in tbe
End commonity, the Rev. T,
Graham is ehainnan of the
Durham section. Fred G
er is in charge of Walltow^
Fred Henderson will
the eoBHuittee in East
Attorney M. Hi^li
ehaiman in Hayti _
^nea «a» apipohued
of ihc LgroB Park fteetioB.
are tb b.
tW
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awfirdiaf U
will go to Great Britain as a gfift
from fHe citijseos of North Carol He* has stated ttsl
Una. fW»«» rf
.. . .. „ J report sot lew
meeting at the Movnl
In
Gilead Baptist Church last
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