CONERENCE
EDITION
i
jtH rtolRIDaE^^
VOL. XY-NO. 45
Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, Noveniber 13, 1943
BUY WAR BONDS
Durham Host To AME Conference
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Soldier Teacher Lesson In Real Democracy On Bus
Race Trouble Looms
Again In Motor Cit;
Over Mixed Housing
Associafed Ne^ro Press C
f)KTHOIT — In the wake of
tin- liittor.‘8t political pniHpaigii
in th(> city% history thnt saw
tilt* (irca Clootlcfl with racial
pro|uu;i>n(la of a hijrhly inciting
iialure, thr oW of miX,
ins' housinj? broke out a new.
Tii(> “incident” centers around
n house oi“cui»ied by a Xegro
f;iiiiily just one mile from the
sf’cjK* of the Sojourner Truth
h/iusiiijf projeot riots pf Febru-
riiarley Reynolds, a publi’
sdiool teiipher, his wife, an
OPA employe, and their six-
year-old Son E.nCe eourt aetion
instiffated by hostile whites
Scekine: Iheir eviction hecausp
of an alleged clau.w in the dee 1
prohoibiting anyone of the
“African race” from oecnping
the premises. A 24-hour polie •
cordon has been thrown around
the two story brick struotur"
to protect tlie Negro occupants.
Fieynolds, quiet, cultured,
graduate of Lincoln and Colum
bia universities, purchased the
buililine; recently and movel
in. The upstairs apartment is
rcnfed by Cleniua PaparoiH,
Pfease turn to Pa?e Four
Negro Press Target
Of Continuous
Attack 'By Bishop
By J.' D. HOPSON
The Negro press ia genefftl
was the target of continuous
rebuke Ad attack here this
week by Bishop M. H. Dftvia,
presiding over the fifty-firtt
annual session of the
ern North Carolina
ence of the A. M. 1). CElw^h
which is convening at St. Jp$-
eph.
So caustic and frequent
have become the outbursts of
the Bishop that the editoi
and businesfi manager of tK'
local Negro newspapeiCTl^th
of whom are members of
Joseph, have made them^eiy^
as scarce as possJlBIe at y tife
various sessions of the
ference for fear of
mg the tranquility of t'fiw
church’s most honored
On the contrary repajrter*
from the local white i>r^
have been accorded
courtesy that becomes
Please turn to Pago
^.... 9-ir^i
Presiding Bishop
»t. Rev. M. H. Davii^BUh-
pp of the Second Episeoifai
A. M. E.
Churcii who is presiding ovet
the Slst Annual session of
the Western North Carolina
Conference here •' ^eek.
The distinguished prelate will
deliver the closing #ernii^ tc
the Conference, Sunday'lhprn-
ing at elven o’clock, after
which the« appoi»itm#nta" of
tlSL«' ministers to theit var
ious charges -w'ill be iread.
Whke Patroni
Presiding Elder Host Pastor
{Delegates And Noted
Visitors at AME Meet;
CME Conference Dec 1-5
BISHOP RUSSELL ! Presidine Bishop BISHOP DAVIS
TO PRESIDE praised BY
AT CME MEET DURHAMITES
0)1 N(ivcml)iT tlu'. 1-5 tlx
T2nd Hcssioii of lh
Xorth CkiroliiiH (’onferenct* i
the JI. K. ('luirch will con
vene ht‘re at Rt, Matthev
churcli with Hishop C. 1.
n 1> • J u n T . . *• u . |Ri''’.''*'ll of the Eighth Epist;.o
Hev. B. H. LucaB,, Pre»nl-|t Dr. J. A Valentine, ,ho,s District presiding
ing Elder of the Durham Dis- |iaator to the Conference, anrt , ‘ •
I Accordinjr to Rev. J. A.
elder to the conference now
in session at ^t. Joseph A.M.
E. Church. Rev. ^ucas hat=
had years of experience a;t
a pastor and presiding eider
of the A.M.E. CKurch. His son
Bev. B. H. LUcjis, Jr., is also
in attendance at the confer
enee, and is well known here
having preached at St. Joa-
eplv- on several occasions while
a^ompanying his father oi
hiR quarterly visits here.
{\nd the A.M.E. Church. Dr j Dav-fs, pastor of St. Matthew
Valentine who i.s in his eighth ^ larKP number of officers
year as pastor of St. .Joseph | d^’lt-'patos ano visitors fron'
h».s the distinction of havin' over the .state and many
pastored the historic church in the nation will ])•
loHger than any other min-1 for the purpose of ar-
ister in its entire history. teHding the .se.s.sion which are
Under Dr. Valentine’s lead !‘'Chodnlefl to get under wa>
ership, St. Joseph has expand- ihere at ten o’clock on Wednes-
ed in spiritual, numerical and morning, December 1. ] f»ey q l Russell, Pr«?-
financial strength. Members ' The local church is located i sidinjf Bishop of the Eighth
of the church and citizens of Winston Salem Di.strict Kpiseopal DiL-trict of the C.
Durham are all^P«ll>ng fo, Conference and is pre- ^^I- Thurch. who will pre-
his reappointment to St. Jos-| Presiding Elder ; session of
eph.
j.ast Tuesday evening, Durham business and prof«^
sioiial groups were hosts to Cap-tain Haskel A. TWudsonj
native Durham young man, who was vititing relatives and
friends here while on a furlough from Fort Devins, Masif.
Tiiptain Hudson is shown ih the above picture being pre-
• nted a gift by Dr. C. C. Spaulding on behalf of hl» fal
low citirens. '
Fraf^pOiiBus
' "BY O, B.'tAtlibE ,
^ Associated $Ie^o Press
KNOXVILLE, T e n n. —
Knoxville public school teach-
crs got an eye full of ritce pre
judice in action last Friday,
while enroute to the East
Tennessee Teaeheps associa
tion convening, at Chattanooga.
At one of the bus stops a
t^hite soldier in uniform board
ed the car along with others.
Seeing a colored uniformed ilaan
seated at the rear (jim-crow
section), he made a bee-liu*j
to him. “May I sit with you ”
he requested; with given con
sent the two with arms arounud
each other’s shoulders, bfegau
to swap army experiences.
This proved too much for a
white passenger. Finding him
self unable to take it any^^long
er, the offended man came to
the rear of the has and order
ed the white soldier to move
forward, according to an eye
witness, and to obsserve the
“proper respect” for southero
jim-orow custom. This un-
e:ipected turn of affairs seem
ed to somewhat daze the sold
ier, who sat motiofnless and pale
for an intervai. Finally becom
ing flashed of face he rushed
fi^rward and asked the bus driv
ers in animated tone if there
was any law against white and
colored passengers standing
together in his bos
“I reckon oot,” was the
an$w«r. Back t« the rear of th.?
bus went the seddier' motioniRji'
Please turn to Pag« Fonr
Attorney Promises To Take
Segregation Case To Highest Court
In The Land To Halt Practice
need be,” NMT^ Attorney Wil
liam Standard continue.s his
fight on behalf of 18 Negro
members of the NMU who
were jim crowded on board .i
train last year after signing off
the SS Seminole. Standard will
soon go before a hearing of
the Interstate Commerce com
mission where he will demand
that the ICC order th eAtlanti")
^oast Line railroad to discon
tinue its practice of segrega
tion and discrimina^on. The
NMU lawyer is asking the co
operation of all organized la
bor, AFTj and CIO.
This month also, the Inter
state Commerce commission is
acting on a complaint present'*
ed by the NMU through Atty.
Standard condemning the At
lantic Coast Line railroad for
having unlawfully refused to
provide the 18 Negro NMU
members with aocomodations
W. L. Lyles of Monroe. Othci- j Conference of the
presiding elders are Rev. J. Church which will con-
W. Roberts, Asheville Di.s-'December 1-5 at
trlct; Rev, H. C- Walker, I St- Matthew. Rev. J. A. Da-
Charlotte District and Rev! 'i« of the locul
R. F. Fullwood, Washington, i ‘’hurch and states that every-
N. C. Di.strict. ; thing is in readiness to en-
Since coming to Durham ' tertain the conference in fir.st
I three years ago Rev. r)a\is |
I has had great success atT -
I St. Matthew where he has led [
in ridding the church of any
Associated Negro Press ness the seamen defend
jim crow case of 18 numu .. . keeping ’em sailing.
WASHINGTON — With pro- In June, 1942, 20 members of|indeWneas and this, year has
mises to take the case to the the crew of the SS Seminol'j | installed a $10,000 pipe organ,
highest court in the land, iff were paid off in Tampa ftndj^Other improvements have
given first class transporta- : been made at St. Matthew^iiTi^
HUY BONDS TO WIN
of the moat successful
eHiirches in the communitv-
tion and meals for a trip to'til it is now considered on“
their original shipping port.
Eighteen of the 20 meuil)er.-s
were Negroe^. All had plann‘d
to make the trip together, b’ut
railroad company' officials saw
fit to Spirit the two whites a-
way from the 18 Negroes and
thus present a case of sef^rega-
tion.
On the following morning
the 18 seamen were refuse .1
dining ear services as the
diner was “for whites only,'’
and were told that they cnul l
either be served privately or
go without food. AH agreed to
go without breakfast. Startled
by the united refusal, the ste
ward wired his boss for tho
next step; the boss in turn,
told the steward to advise the
18 men that they would he ser
ved in the dining car, “after
completion of regular meals.’'
, , ,, ... I At three o’clock the 18 broth-
equal to those of white pass-' -u ■ i uc i. • xi.
* ers ate their breakfast in the
engert.
Still a third complaint, fill
ed by Atty. Standard, against
•the railroad demands cash dam
ages for the 18 whose civil
rights were evaded by the rail
road, whose right to do husi-
diner. They were to be told
Shortage Of Medics
In Georgia Whites
Use Negro Doctors
ATLANTA, (AXl>) — T h o
iloctor shortage in Georgia has
become so serious that there
have been “recent instances of
viiteriiinrians and Negro doc
tors rlelivering white babies
and otherwise adnunistering t)
tiie sick,” Dean Herman D.
.Tones of the Oglethorpe St-hoo'.
of Medicine said here Wednes
day.
The statement, which ohsc'r-
vers said was “just hoiTible,”
was ujade by Dr. Jones in an
effort to strengthen his argu
ment before the Grady Hospital
Board of Trustees, urging them
The fifty fii-st annual h«*n-
.siou of fh*- Weitern North
Cai'oliiia t'iiiferentt* »>f the A.
31.K. Cliiireli g*>t iiinler way
hen‘ Tut*sil«y evening at 7 >M)
witli Ihe Kt. IJev. .\l. H. Davis.
J'isliop nf the Seeun»\ Epis«*»>-
[M*l fe^>trie» pr**^id'iig.
The prograin TiieMlay eve
ning Mils for the general pub
lic as well M.' tlelegates an«l vi
sitors to file coiiferenee ami
eonsisted of weleonie athlresst's
froui Honorable W. K. (*arr
Ma\or of the citl of Durham;
l{ev. I>. II. Lucas. presidinfT
Elder of the Diirhani Disfrit-t:
Dr. .1. X. .Mills, prominent phy
sician of Durham; Carter
Sinitli who repn's»*nteil tiie
young people «>f the clinreh;
Dr. ,\. I room. [>resi(}eut of
thi' >l>nrli:itn lnt>>nieiH>niina-
tioiijil .Ministerial .Mlianee;
*\ttorth‘v (.1. Gates, prom
inent Dtirliani attorney; l)r. -F.
E. J!'hepanl. presi«lent of
North 'aniliiiii CoMe^e; anti
Dr. Spaiililinir. presi-
ilent of file North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurniice Com-
)>anr aiiil fhe .Mechanics anti
F.irtners Bank.
Jicsfioiise to fhe \v«>lcoiiie a#I-
(In'ssi's Wiis made hy Dr. W. C.
Clehinti, pastor of Methel A.
M.E. ( hnrch, • }reenslH>n». ilii-
sic fur tlie utirasiuu was furu.
islied li_v the taiiioiis St. -loseph
A..M.E. Choir, nrnier the di-
Whitt-
the
atl-
conco’-' the next mea! ,,()(n the wards of the hos-
that iuXormation wa:s nc vor re-, pital to the use of Oglethorpe
ceived. j medical students.
Immediately after NMtT j Use of hospital •facilities
Atty. Standard/filed two se-imust be obtained by Oglethorpe
Plffl.se turn to Page Four 1 Please turn to Page Four
Mrs. Estelle Nixon, home
demonstration agent of Dur
ham Cunty, whose unusual
^efforts as chairman of th«?
County neighborhood group in
the recent War and Comnuin-
ity Chest campaign retulted
in a total amount of nearly
$500 being raised among Ne
gro farmers of Durham Coun
ty. Mrs. Nixon is the wife
of Prof. C. B. Nixon, prin
cipal of the Little River High
School of Durham County.
rectioii of .Mrs. |l, A. -I
e*l.
1 niniediii teir following
respoiisi' t«( tlit> wt'leoiue
tlres.s«>s Hisiiop Davis was pre-
st'nfcd to file conference bv
Rev. .J.I). Cowan, Presiding Ei
der of the .\siiwVille District
who {tail! a L'loMiti*; tribute t»>
file h'adei-sliip of ISi.shop Davis.
)utstan*lin,ir ainotig the wel
come a(i(r‘s.-»«‘s iieiivere«{ at
the openiiiy: scs.sion was that »»f
Attorney ('. .1. Cati's who toUi
ol the |Mirt the Negro I’awyer
vas |>la\'iii^ in hreuking
iliscriinination atruin.Nt tite
race. .Slid .Vttoniev (tMt«:
The N’t-^ro tiHlay 45 Hi£vec
before, need fearless,
leatlers -the Negn> lawvvr,
"ith tile «>ther prif6Rsi(Mi^
men and W4>inen of hk
has always fuuj.|it fat
nuist eontiuue fo fig^t Ur
such rights and "^rivi|||^a|t.
e4|u»l aei-4>Mimo(l«^iMtK is
lie places uxui upon
riers; e|ual edimitiavat SjpplK
tunities in putilie ndtooi^ and
e|ual rights tn tHMk. ^ «^m1
salarieK in puhlw iwlMWik mpia-
Pl«» turn t» Pa«[i Wmm