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THE CAROLINA TIMES
SATURDAY, JUNE 26th, 1943
AL PELHAM, WELL  KOWN
AND EXECUTIYE
iAT WASHINGTON HOilE
d«lUii of Eobert sus. Here he maintained his re-
*t hb koMe, 168 T. *puUtion aa a prodigious work-
Jt. W., Saturday even-jer. He soon worked his way to
HM It, 1943, brought to the top and headed a division
md tiM cvcatful carecr of a 'of special statistics. While in
iaHty. Born Jan- j IheXensus OBlce he invented
4, 1859, Mr. Pelham had a pasting macnine which great-
tk« ei«hty-f0urth mile- 'Iy facilitated the work of ar-
of a useful life. Leaving ranging statistics. The Govern-
place of his birth, Peters- ment contracted with Mr. Pel-
Virvinia, his pa-! ham for the use of the machine
its—Robert and F\rance8 IPel- which he had patented, thus
White M«i HeU For
Inciting Ra{;e Riot .
In Inte. Midupol'
le family toiA vp resi-, adding substantialy to his sal-
in 'llieliigan* ary. He was retired in 1929. He
•Seated igraduated from tne Law Schwl
in Detroit, lii^liigan* }ary. He was retired !n 1929. He
UBS Pelfaaoi wa«
tht public #«SiooW of tbat*of Howai^ University in 1904,
While jret a student, h« as a Bachelor of Laws.
Mfid* jpfliniti*^?' t
work, entering the employ: i release, however, in no
the Dai^ Post in 1871, dim-'^is capacity
•inf rapMly up until 1891, in
for work; for he was hardly
having complet-jo«‘ ff >^=6. when he
established the Capital News
■leaatiiQe
[«d.the gi^es and high-achool ...
B i> Biae ye.r^-threJf«n''ce (Inc.) furnishing^,y„.
>had rf Khed.1.. Hia
bw.cit7 for work ,rew, (or ,7''* new.peper,
{Th. Detroit PW.de.ler, which "=»;»PWer career
k ij 1 - 1, 't>y taking over the Washmgtoii
keld high rank among the week-i--'^ 11 - u ^ .
(Ir M^pe™ or its time.l^"'’"'’' “"'i P-bhBhed it lor
j»hich TO. conducted in the]
Ilnterestr of colored people, j Notwithstanding his multi-
•m 198f to 1891, he also set- tudinotis interests. ; he f'oaii'tl
ired as a Deputy Oil Inspector ^ time to engage in* many public
for the State of Michigan. In ^ affairs. He sejved the Ameri-
1892, he was a Special Agent'can Negro Academy for many
of tl^ United States Land Offi- years as iis executive secretary
ce. From 1898 to 1898, he was up" until his death. He also ser-
an Ii^tector for the Detroit yed as a member of the Spln-
Water Department, and'in 1899 gj^rn Medal Commission for
fi fc« was again appointed a Spec- two years, 1940-1942.
' ial agent in the U. , Land
In 1893, Mr. Pelham married
Mies GabrieUe Lewis, d talent
ed musicatt, of Adrian, Michig
an. To them were bom foui‘
I' Office. I
It migbt he taid of Robert
[l*elha» that he was in poli^
before Iw had reached his maj-
f, ority. He was a Republican,
and it was his good fortune to
[have ha^ affiliation• witk
i such Republican lea- ,
! detm a^ Senators McMillian,: ,
John Aden Smith, and Zach-i l»am, the deceased is survived
iariah Oiandler, Governor Rus-: by g»ndsons-~E^ar
ael! A. Al^er, and others. He I fohn, ^d qia||esjpecklej, and
' i«as higMy praised by such
children:
Beckley,'
Robert-
Mrs. Dorothy P.
Mrs. Sara P. Speaks,
ath, and the late
Besides the
rs. GabrieUe L. Pel-j 17, companioas of
Reeves.
District Go«rt In tlu Easltra
Judicial Diitrl«t ot XiMouii to
compel Board ^ fiBtKatim
of Festui, Mo., to e^alieV thr
salaries of NegtOM aehoot teMb
era. The complaint was filad bj
Evcia Jane Lee on behalf of
herfelf and others similarly sit*
Tbc coinpiato stews that Ifisi
Lac, teaeliiaff it> Douglas selioal
INSKSTER, Mich., fANP) -
Saventy depaty alterills an4
»iliUry polie^ arsed with tear
gas and g«n^ wan neeessary to
a})^ « n«e rtot Ih** Swiday ^hbee 1038-» paid ♦7W, #ar
her services while wkiige teach
of equal ^aalificatiOfiS and
which two white men are char^
ed with inciting. The two men
are being held by police.
With the assistance of chief
of detectives of the sheriff’?
Wfiee, InkBter poUce diselosed
that approximately 150 soldiers
from ttJJJflnlns Air‘ base and at)-
proximately .30(f citizens of both
fraces were engaged in the Sun
day disturbance.
The alleged altercation is
lieved to have started when an
auto driven by Emory Davis,
23, stopped to allow two whites
William Newman, 22, and Wil
liam Bosell, I&, both of Inkster,
to cross the street. Both whites
are said to have been drinkiog.
Daris is said to have repo’^ted
that the white men called him
and his ,eompaiiioii, tfapoJoo^a
Reaves, 22, vile names and assor
ted that they should not be on
the street anyway. Davis wi,3
assaulted by both men.
Reeves got out of the autom
obile and was also beaten by a
gang of whites who gathered at
the sccne. The crowd increase!
land, after a while included a^
number of w'iites, soldiers, and
Negroes,
It is estimated that 150
soldiers and 300 civilian3 enter-j
ed the melee. The crowd was
dispersed by 70 deputy sheriff#
and milttary police from Eo’nu-
lus air bast, ij'ho were armeJ
with tear gas and guns.
Davis suffeMd minor inj»nes.
'Police later questioned Mattie
Mfflloyi 18,'“ and Evelyn Holh 5,
Davis and
leathers ks Frederick Douglas
and the late Dr. WiHiam 1.
SiBBDoas. He was a sergeant-
^«t-anBS at the National Re-
HubUcan- CoBveation io Phila-
i^lphia. 1896.
1b July, 1900, Mr. Pelham
laoded is Washiagton as a
clerk i|i the Office of the Cen-
Douglas Speaks, Jr.
Funeral sem'ices were held
in Meti^politian A. M. B.
Church, Tuesday afternoon,
June 15. Interment in Harmony
Cemetery.
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«B|I CtaMtuK in Djuiiam
r, #r.* Prop.
Missouri Teachers
Take Equal Salary
Case To U. S. CMrt
ers
length of sarvi« reetiva |ii035.
The averaga pay of N»^o wo
men teachers is $690, while
wliite women teachers receive on
a average at $873. The complaint
shows that the service rendered
by all the teachers arc identi-
inal, and that the quaification£
of Negro and white teachers are
the eeme.
It is contended that the dis
crimination is in violation of
the Federal Constitution and
Federal laws as well as in viaia
tion of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Missour'i,
and it is requested that the
Court make a declaratory judg-
men decreeing the rights of
the Negro school teachers and
issue an injunction restraining
defendants from makinf any
distinction in fixing salaries on
the ground'of race or color.
The plaintiff is represents
by attoiyiajs D. N. (Jrant of St.
Louis and Thurgooi Marshall,
NAACP ■'peciar conns*!.
Segr^tion Poficy
Enforced By State
Not lot^or Dept.
WASHINGTON. D. C. — M.
W. Straus, assistant secretavy
of the Interior says the Depart
ment was not responsible for the
other requiring Negro clerks to
use separate tOiilet facilities in
the Geological Survey unit
lacated in ^Claiiendoa, Virginiai,
in a communication with the
NAACP.
The Geological Survey, an
Interior Department bureau,
lease a floor in a privately own-
f^STUS,' Mo. — The NAaCP fed buiding. It was reported that
disclosed this week that action K^ro clerks had recently been
has been started in the U, S. ordered to use facilities separ-
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Jas.Hiwinis Named
Polemordi Of Local
Frateni^ Chapter.
At a recent meetltng of the
Durham Ahuuai JJia|k;er of tke
liapjpa Alpha Psi fraternity h«lii
at the home of Mr. and Mm. II.
A. Hehnw of Walton Asemm.
James T. Hawkins was eleetel t*)
the Poleaaarch after j^aVing >oin-
pleted o»e tcrai aa vice Pole-
march.
H« lua iMwa a m/uamer sd tlic
local' Chapter since his gradut-
ttoa at N, C. -Calfcg* »a 1330- At
the college he was one of the
Charter members of the Scroll-
e« Club.
Already be has presented ^ a
new program to the Fraternity
and it has been adopted and de
finite action has been taken to
wards this program. From this
program he ha# promised to the
this program. From this pro
gram he has promised to th«
citizenry of Durham a rejuvinff-
ted Kappa and he plans that
they shall again resume their
rightful plavc in the activities
of the community.
In additioa to beiw Pol«narch
of his fraternity Mr. itawkiy
is a national figure In Ws TCT-
gious activity. He is a member
'of loag ataBdiag of the State
p. T. U. Convention, aad at this
writing is attendiag the Ka-
itional B. T. U. Training School,
held at Ci«eloatti, CHliO. Th*’
nest issue ot the Baptist l.'»
Corner will aanoaace his candi
dacy for the prcakl6»*cy of the
State B. T. TJ. CoaventiOB. ^
Mr. Hawkins is sole, ow«#r
and operator of the oldest toxi
coBcern in the city of Darhani,
Hillside Taxi, aiso a aiemiei' of
the Board of Directors of th.'
Durham Taxicab Associmiioii
which is composed of the whit?
and Negro taxicab companies in
the city. In addition to thcs?
activities he has time to oprt"-
ate a livestock and poultry farm
just at the suburbs of the cl'.t
limits.
He is a product of the Dur
ham City and County school?,
N.‘ C. College where he is per-
' suing his masters and the
White Rock Baptist Church.
BGNNen
^ Continued from Page*T5ne
Negro Business league; Bev. I?.
W. Win*hester, Methodist dis
trict saperintendent; and Dr. 8.
A. Peeler, president of the
ministerial alliance.
, It is very fitting tiiat tJiis
conf^rnce should be held in this
famoas sevtliern city. It is kert*
that Bishop Robert i. Jones was
born, and where he began l.is
ministry just 50 years ago. The
bfSfiop will retire at this stss
ion. He is regarded as one of
th« most colorfuJ «luirchmfi» *f
oar day, r^ardless to race.
Greensboro is probably the |U04t
libera] cij;y on the race question
south of the Mason - Dixon line.
Ther« are four large eoll^es-*
located here, two white and
colored.
"Two bishops will be elected
at. thTs oonferenee; one to re
place Bishop Jones an? the
other to take the place left vac
ant by the passing of Bishi-p
W. A. C. Haghes, H. J. Mason^
a St, Louis newspaperman,^ aa^
the Rev. Daniel L. Ridout,’ a
Philadelphia pastor, will be e«H*
tors of the daily paper that
to be published during the con
ference, while R. H. MaCallistcr
business manager of the Chris
tian Adroeate t>f New Orleans,
will be IBanager of the Daily
Advocate.
Apid Gty Air Base
Gets First Race Unit
BASE, s. D. (ANP) — A con
tingent of Nagro troops, a unit
of quartariaaster truck drivers
and mechanics, under the com-
aiand of three Negfo officers.
Dorothy Mapor “
Coatiaued from Page One
A native of Norfolk, 1 Va!,
Miss Mayaor enjoyed almost
ii^aediate saocess following her
“U»covery” fire years ago ij
Sa^e Koussevitsky, famous c6a
(iMtor of the Boston Symphosy
Oto^estra. Her appearance on
“The Panae^ Sunday (June 27)
wdl be her third under "Aw
fCaatelaoetd * Baton.
b addition to the Frinu
'8i^p> i^oitelanetz orcbes-
tfa will round out the program
Bixio's “Tell Mo That Ym
r,iOTe Me Toaight*’ and Bichar4
Rodgers’ “People Will Say We
Are ia Love” from the sensH-
tional stage s4]cccss, “Okla-
1, homa- **
Among concluding statt:-
menta, he remarked that if “1
had to make the choice all over
again, I would be a teacher and
as such would resolve to touch
here a Carver and a Jane Adams
there a Charles Elliot _aud Book
er T. Washington iand always
reijiember and teach others to
remeber to do the simple, hard
thirfgs to life uncommonly well.”
OTHER PAinOIPANTS
AND GUESTS ON
Mr. A. B. Wilkins, Snperin-
tendant of Schools in Cuiuber-
laad County, introduced the fin
als speaker. Invocation whs
given by the Rev. J. S. Braith-
wate. Rector, St. Joseph Episco
pal Church. As was done last
year, the Rev. J. S. Nathaniel
Tross, Charlotte, gave e»fh
graduate a bible on behalf of
the American Bible Society.
Diplomas wew presented by Mi.
Richard M. Lilly, Acting Chair
man of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. J- Scott McFadde»,
Mayor of the City of Fayette
ville, greeted the graduating
dass on behalf of the C ty.
Denediction was given by Thi-
Thomas B. Hargrave, Camp
Pastor, PVwt Bragg, N. C.
was received recently at the lia-
pid City Army Air base. This
unit, the first Negro unit to be
trained in this part of the coun
try, is a mobile transportation
organiaation aad wUl play a d»*
finite part in tha training pM-
gram of airmcQ stationed at the
Uapid City base.
The truck company, .which
was activated April 4, 10jl
i»artioipated in both the Caro
lina and Louisiana maneuvers,
where it functioned as suppl.v
oarri« tar the co«¥at troops.
The company haa seen service
at many points in the United
States. Its Negro officers have
prc ed themselves excelltnt
ieaders and Jjave won the Con
fidence and cooperation of their
men.
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To Hasten Victory
No Amertoan wuta fkis war
!• ge one mlinrte beread Ike
time we can bring it to a vlc-
torlMU end. T« hastea that
vlct*rjv-to aave possibly the
Uvea of mflUoiHi of amr beya
M our ter floiig front*-4t is
Idqperi^ve tl»t iwery Aneri-
CU do 1«1« part fit tlie Second
fPar iMfa. IMra la im.
vestmort to fit every ^urse.
ne MMct you caa da is little
I oeHparad with the aae-
fored by ««r boys ia
Thay ^ve tlielr Uvm
■A ipmr 9108*7.
mrs FUNERAL HOR
AND .
^FLORIST
Wie Please The Living By The Service
We Render The Dead. ^ .
DIAL W971
ate from their wliite co-woilr'
ers.
The Secretary’fl inq\ijj7 dis
closed that tffe owner of the
building, in Mder to satisfy tlie
demands of his other tenants
had established segregatiun.
One of tte tenanls of the baild-
iug is th« Ariington County Ri-
tion Board. It urged the build
ing manager to raise the color
bar.
The Department of Interior
teases th epieaaises hy ***
year. A«y renawsi of the lea^
the premises by the year. Any
cejiewal •€ tke l«*se, aaid Stra
us, will be made with the fall
understaBdiag tassor tbi>t
the Department of Interior has
a poU^ of aMi'discriiainatuw
.and non - segregation of em •
ployees.
SPAULDING-
CoQtinued from Page One
stated, ‘■‘it seems to »e that any
state would be pr^ad to hava
such ao institutioa doaaiciled in
its eoimaanity. Tom luiw a fiae
state a«4 spsae fun* aed
women of oar raet are located
there. Th^ have their feet on
the gro«ad aad are aspiring to
elevate their own group and
bring aboirt better race rela
tions on aa unieaUe basis.
“I find the trwible with most
«f oiur soatheni governors his
been that they do not know the
real inteat ai^ motive of Negrj-
ps ai»i instead of findii^ out,
as yoa are laying to do now,
what i« best for both griiups
and soggesti«f a solution, the/
are iacliaed to. refrain from
getting the facts or doing any
thing about the matter.”
ELLIS D. JONES
AND CO.
Fwieral IHrectors
Ambulance Service
Fireside Mutual
Burial Ass’n
502 DOWD STRFJET
PboiieH-5S71
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thrift and make him reftlize
the value of a doHar?
By taking out a good policy
for his future and helpmg
him save for each premium
sygtematically.
in this rroT, Mfe instirance
c»n be the first step in a
ptr%ram of life saving.
Wise fathers teach their
boys the invaluable habit of
systematic saving, to which
end a N., C. Mutual policy
is one of the best means.
Your iocal Mutual agent
has a plan for you.
MOiTH CABOUMA MOTUiU
urc hhsvIrAmcx gompomy
4 e. SFAULOINO, Praa.
DURHAM, N. C.
KO BOMl. IS COMPUIYC WltHOUT KORTB CABOUNa MOTnAL POUCUS
• imir.
tim» afteai
Buy Mor*
WarBoiids.tSIZS
ST. lOSEPH A.M.E. CHURCH
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, REV. VALENTINE, Minister
Sunday School 0?^ A. M., Preaching- U:00 A. M. and
7:00 P. M.
ARE YOU DI^URAGED, DEJECTED, HEART
BROKEN? If you are—St. Joseph A. M. E. Church Ex*
tends to you withput price aoa invitation to join its mem
bers and'frieitds in the renewal of your hope and faith.
A Hearty Welcome Awaits You
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