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TRUia|)i4Y. Alin78T CAIIOLIKA TIMES WmWm’ H. T. Burleigh Named ASCAP Director Harry T. BurNgh Noted Race Composer Namd As Director of American Society Of Composers. Authors and Publishers New Yoric •— Hai»y Tf Borle^ noted Negro oompoeeri has been ominated for the board of direo- ofB of the ApMrican Society of ompoeera, Authors and Publish- Mr. Burleigh is one of eight nndidates tluu«d for three va- 'n«ie« on the A^CAP board to filled by Standard c«inpo«6i%. therg nominated are Deems aylor and Oley Speaks, present oard members, and Clflxa Ed- ards Horace Johnson^ Geoffrey ’Hara. John 7a«ner Howard and aWey Endera. M Mr. Burleigh, who ig approaeh- ng his 75th birthday, is active as aritone soloist at exclusive Saint t. George’• Protestant. Kpiacopal hurch in New York City. He w*» pioneer in correlating folk lusic to art musie and was instru ental in popularising spirituals, mong his best knoim aptiltaa'l rrangements is that of' ‘ ‘ Deep iver.” Beat knowb of hie or%i- eompositioina is '‘Little Mo* ther of Mine”' throughout, the world bjf John IfeConnaek. burleigh was born Dee. 2nd, 866 io £r^ Pa. Qis i^andfatiitir been a elave in Maryland, his mother was. a ooU^ gi«duate. While singiqg io Bri^ churches as a youth, Burleigh won a scho- lar^ip in the ^National Conserva tory of Music in New^York City. The registrar of the sehool ;wa« Mrs. Frances Knapp MacDoweH. mother of Edward MacDowell. gave Bureligh employment in her office to iaid him financially. At the cons^i'vatoi^r he studied with' many famous teachers, including Antonin iDvorak, witt whom » great friendahi sprang up. Whie ainging in the Negro choir at St. Philip'« Episcopal Church in 1894, Burleigh learned of a vacancy in the choir at Saint George’s. Of 60 applieants. Bur leigh, the only Negro, was select jor 25 years, beginning in 1900, he also was ^member of the choir of Temple Emanu El. Bur sings in English, Hebrew, Latin, Italian, French and Ger man. ’ ' ' The first J. P. Morgan i»vited Bufleigh to the Morgan home each Christmas for years and at his death h«d left instruction that the baritone wa« to sing “Cal- VHry' ’ at his funeral. Burleigh performed before King BJitward VIJ twice during a ooncert tour o Eiirc^. JHe gave up concert work at 60, Among those first to be im pressed by Burleigh was Qeoilge Negro Is Killed FoUowing Dance Held At Angier Following a dance by Negro men and women in Angier at a danee hall and beer salon with in the Town eonietiines known as “piccolo joint,” “David’s Tea Room" and the “Slaughter I’en” Dennis Ualoy, a Nrgro employed at Williami^’ Pressing club in Angier, whose home is V'.’ac’ea- boro, wns mortally wounded Tuesday morning nt about one o'clock by a knife weiledd by Hnrold “Jittcrng” Qreen, Negro, of Angier. The row is supposed to have resulted from jealousy a- mong the participants in the dance. The dancc hall is managed by Arthur Dove, a Negro who re- cently came to Angier from Ra leigh. The cutting Tuesday was only one of several assaults com mitted since the operting of the dance ^all. Recently Wnrren NEGRO GETS PUBUC HEALTH Di^GREE Maxwell, one of the founders and Wood, Ne^ro, had his throat cut. ■— ... . „ , 1 -.r -KT Ml 1.J4. first president of ASCAP. Bur leigh himself is a charter member of the Society. He is meticulous in his manuscript writing his copy prepared for printers looks almost like copper plate. Burleigh has an honorary de gress of Master of Arts from At lanta University and of Doctor of Music from Howard Univer sity. In 1917, he received the Spingarn Award for distinguished achievement in music. He has written more than 50 spirituals and the concert arrangements of more than 100. In addition he has composed more th4n 200 songs Among his best known number are “Jean” “Just You,” “The Grey Wolf,” “Ethopia Saluting the Colors,” “The Young War- David Pander $toreis and Big Star Super illarkets the body, Carrig McNeilli was hit on the h ead, and a Negro girl named Cofield was badly cut «t different limes. The dance hall usually operates into the wee hours of the morn ing, and throughout the entire night on Saturday nights. It is owned by David H. Young, an Angier merchant, and it is fe- portpd that steps will be taken to close the place as a common nuisance. Haley died en route to the hospital, and the assailant is being held for murder. Recently, upon receiving a call to go to the dance hall. Offic er Ira Dupree had his autj tire cut while there. V Scarborough & Hargett FUNERAL DIRECTORS AMBULANCE SERVICE Firestone Of l^eepii^ickntss Akron. Ohio The Firestone Ruflfer Company is sending Dr. E. P. Veatch of Pasadena, Cali fornia to Liberia, West Africa, to organize an inland center for the eontrol of sleeping sickness. The Firestone orgonization oper ates extensive rubber plantaiione in Liberia. Dr, Veatch will make headquarter at the Episcopal New Medical director of Provident hospital, shown in his office at the noted Chicago institution. Dr. West, who took office Julyl, is the first Negro to get a degree in public health, obtaining that award from Harvard university in 1^1 after be ing commissioner of health for Addis Ababa under Haile Se lassie in 1930. Despite his youth—he is only 35—he was chosen to organize and direct the new Provident health center which will combine the facilities of the hospital with the city's health program. Church mission at Bplahun, con ducted by the Order of the Holy Cross. Says the Prior, the Rev. Leopold Kroll, Jr.. “We shftll welcome him and his family to Mission atid are honored to have this opportunity of cooperating in such a service.” Electric Organs Ordered For The Soldiers and Sailors rior” and “Tlie Soldier.” He did the settings for “The Five Songs of Laurence Hope.’^ Chicago, 111. — Music for re ligious services for thie Army is now a ijjW# of ordej .^or.>,555 eleefrp organs Wlu(A ithe United' Statcrf'.War De partment bas ju8t placed. They will be installed in regimental chapels now being built in the various Army camps throughout the country. The organs will be equipped with sturdy handles to facilitate removal from one loca tion to another. Of the 555 or- ,, J . « i. u ^18S3 gans on order, six are to be m- . _ stalled in the Panama Canal Zone, four in Puerto Rico, four in Manila and thirteen in the Hawaiian Islands. Pkonm: Dar 1^8721. Miflit i-8722 522 E. Peftiffrew St. “SUMMER IS THE TIME TO LOOK SMART” Be Smart an4 Visit THE SERVICE TAILOR SHOP E. D. Davis, Prop. 612 Fayetteville St, “13 Years of Experience^ DO DROP IN to THE HOLLYWOOD INN "It Not Satisfied... Don’t TeU Others...TeU Us” " Prop. Mrs. Eayswood 118 S. Manvum St. {■•••••••••••■■■■••■■•••■••■•••a •••••■••■••■■■••••■••a ALEXANDER FUNERAL HOME 323 SOUTH BSEVARD STREET D»y Phone 8431 Night Phones 3-6027, 3-2472 BREVMU) ST. BAMER SHOP Shower filths... 15c ’ N. G. EbWARDS, Prop. 281 South Brevard ^ St. Charlotte, N. (1 iHiHBMBMaHBniHmma CLINTON N. and Rock Hill, L COLLEGE s. c. A Co-Educational Institution t ♦ Conducted by the A. M. E. ZION CHURCH Healthful Location Reasonable Rates, Self-Help Opportunity Fall Session Begfins September 8, . 1941 For information, address: 1 President, E. Warner Brice Plans Laid To Help Small Businessmen Washington — Asserting that thousands of small busineseea in the United States may>be in gj;ave danger of destruction/' House Republican Leader Joseph Martiiy of Massachusetts, an nounced the appointment of a special committee to study their problem. *• • He-said-that the committee, to be headed by representative Hal leek, Republican, Indiana, would eeek means of protecting all businesses from “the confusion which will attend tbe readjust ment of a war ^.Baus^d , and, bankn^fod VorM to some )jinl of a p^e basis.” “In these chaotic days there is grave 4anger unless government policies are reversed that small business will be wiped out,” Mar tin said in a statement. “That would be deadly blow for Amer ica/’ “Small businesses employing 200 workers each com prise 99 per cent of all business and handle 65 per cent of the na tion’s commerce. The lost of the major portion of these would‘be a great calamity and would be especially deadly in the period which will follow the close of the wars.” Biar{1n declared that small business, deprived of a “fair share of government contracts “almost strangled by priorities” atid stilled by regulifktions and taxes, is “hanging on the rop- 6S ^ ^ R. R.’s Unable To Grant 900 Million Dollar Yearly Wj^e Increase DeeUviair industry can poy out more than it t&kes in and remain in busineaa, the Conference Committees repre senting American Railroads in the pending wage negotiations, today adviaed leaders of rail roads are unable to grant their demands for increases in pay. The five, operating brother hoods have asked ffc a thirty per cent increase with a minimum increase of $1.80 pw day. while the non operating groups of em ployes have demanded an in crease of 30 cents an hour, with a minimum o^ -70 cents an hour. “This case,” said Fred G. j Gurley, speaking fot the Confer ence Committees, “has become generally known as the “thirty per cent” case. It should be known as the “forty per cent” case because the demands made would add more than ‘ ‘forty per cent” to railroad wage costs Nine hundred million dollars per year is about what is being demanded, said Gkirley. That is tBore Uwa ■ the railroad:^ haveit^,^ ever h«4 in. »«t in«oni.- in any|,ni{p^ WUiiuiijjtf one ye«r Iwd twice a^ much at •»!, On« of ail the net ineoote that the wiil-^dunk. When ttoe roAds have had in the la«t teSitnovMi the psinti jemn.” •'the eapiain eablu, “Had these demands been in;pre«eotcd to St effect in 1940, in^t#«d of a »m»lli(,y tii« Oenertl net income for all the railroifde, jehureb, coidI ” there would have been a net d^ ju^ dufyag I fieit of monre than 600 niillioiM., A ar aa BrsiA hoj^'PttAl • mom | H*d the demands been in c-ffeet 'huu.'^e, and st&IB later aa • in the five months of 1941, there | school for Ta«letM'-i dzu^eooB*. would have been a net deficit was again oaed ms a hoHjiiiAl in the War Between the net inrome for all the railroatln. aa the Pennsylvania, the Union Pacific, and the Santa Fe— aJl household names—would not have earned expenses.” I^te Captain Had Painting Of Christ Very WiM “Do yoB think it wise Io signaJi^ when yam play “Yes. if it’s my wii^ wbolt giving them.” " ^ Defined T4)mmy’s Sister — What i|| synonym f "A synony.” said wisely, “is a word yon oaed you ean’t spell the otiier one.’ Wilnijngton lb Taken from! an ' 18th eentury pirate ship, an • oil painting of Christ, titled, “Ecoe Homo” hangs in the vestry t room of St. Janies’ Church, Wil-| Sonny—Daddy, mingtom In 1749 three Spahisfa up the i^lroet ( privateers attacked ’theHcolMdal-^yoo.' one of ta aid I knk^j C. 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TEACHERS JOB EXCHANGE IS* FRE INSMMNa C^nUlY JRHAM,IIOI^ CAR0tlil4«iilM C0tetimMUtiEL=LSOLi o - OEmHMMm ACME REALTY t»MPANY RALEIGH. NORTH CAROUNA UNION INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA BISHOP DALE I^SURAl»fC£ AGENCY, CHARLOTTE E^>ITOR’S NOTEk This clolunm Is pvUisMl for the heneA unemployed teachers desiring positions, e«iployed teadwn 4kt" siring better positions, and superuitendeBts wmd ptiariiaii in search of competent Instructois. Addte» all toirrwiiii ence to Teachers Job Exchange, Box 59, Durham, N. C. Cost of listing your desires for.a position in this eohoao will be furnished upon request^ Principals may list their dsalMi for instructors without cost. No. 12&-ELEMENTARY TEACHER (F^p^ yeartf grammar grade and elementary teai^hing " ‘ a grammar grade A Certificate desires position, ano and teach public school music and dir^t pli ities. No. 126—ELEMENTARY TEACHI^ mentary “A” certificate and 15 years teachini^ iramntar grade and elementary work-desireft- .. 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