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HERALD
HARPJS, NORTH CAROLINaVaPRIL 1948
ST^BSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
PUP>LIS1JED AlON'nilA,'
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John H. Hines.
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ading Cedar Grove C[tizen Passed Recently
HUGE CROWD IN
AHENDANCEAT
FUNERAL APR. 4
l.aste Itite.s Held In Ced-ar^
(Rove Church Jn Polk |
County ;
Rogers Building
Now Completed
In Grahamtown
OCT.S'rANDING (TTfZEN
■John Henry Hines leading citizen
of Cedar Grove community passed
Wednesday March 31, Mr. Hines
was born in Polk county Septem
her 18, 1889, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Hines. Mr. Hines is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs, Dashio
Hines, ten children, fifteen grand
children, three sisters, four broth
ers and a host of relatives and
triends.
Funeral services were held at
Cedar Grove church in Polk coun
ty of which the deceased was a
member and leader, Sunday April
4 with the pastor in charge. Re
marks were made by Rev. Avery
life-long friend of the deceased.
Di. R. 0. Langford, P. E„ Char
lotte district, C. M. E. church
spoke of the many fine qualities
ol the Mr. Hines. The eulogy was
delivered by Rev. J. Briscoe of
Spindale. The speaker Joined with
others in praising kindly
Brother Hines. Rev. Briscoe also
called upon the living to “rededi
cate their lives to the service of
llie Master.’’ The funeral w'as at
tended by perhaps 1000 persons
with loss than half of them able to
t;'et into the church for the services.
Has Birthday
New Huilding- In Forest City
THE MONTH
By M. E, Robinson
Negro Newsmen
Fare Well On
White Dailies i
REV.
W T rnnnTT f — The best and most i
Torrence Grove A M. '’e ZionV”‘® forthright |
ciiurch, Newell, and former pastor i coverage and honest report-i
of Doggett Grove circuit wrote
the Easter sermon for the HARRIS
HERALD, and it was a fine mes
sage about the risen Christ. We
ing colored America reads jn the
Negro press according to April
Ebony is the growing number of!
North Carolina
State Park For
Negroes Open
Will House Soda Shop and l^ei^etrrow^vi^r^rh;; 'iliTma^- journalists who have been ' Qrahamtown Glee
Iscrinf ilured aw^v i wii
Cle;ining Plant
In another section of the HAR-1
RIS HERALD will be found an ad.-i „,e J™
vertisement of G
Grahamtown,
„ „ , the HARRIS HER-
n. Rogers, of ‘ ALD as correspondent for Dog-
Forest City, and I SoP Grove community, and has
.'ihown with the ad is a HERALD I items appearing in this
STAFF PHOTO of the “Rogers
Building” recently completed un- aud
j der Mr. Rogers supervision ! Nf' "Member of the
1 The u. 'I r • Harmonizing Four Quartet and a
nart^s OnP^n"^^*® Grahamtown high
Pal is. One pait is useii lor an up-' school
to-date soda shop by Mr. Rogers. : ’
The other part is used by Gazaway | REV. MRS LORY M BURCH-
plaT’’ThP i ^TTE, of Tryon has also Joined
Ki„i official Staff of the HERALD
Sliuwn above is Mrs. Carrie
Mills, of Sandy Mush, who cele
brated her birthday Monday
night April 5th. Several of her
friends and relatives were pres
ent. She received the well wish
es and congratulations of her
many friends who wished for her
many happy years.
Cars were parked alt around the
ciiurch and also parked all way
to the main road about one fourth i Per.«oqaI Itf'ms
mile away. '
cement blocks and is a credit to
I Mr. Rogers, Grahamtown, and to
the Negroes in general of this
I county.
Progressive Business Man
One will have to go a long ways
to find a more congenial, progres
sive, and business young man than
Gazaway Thompson, of Forest
•Cily- PROBABLY FOR THE first
In an interview with Mr. Thomp-1 fbue in American history a rail-
son recently we found that The | parlor-ear has been named for
'rhompson Byos. Funeral Home is | ® Negro. This honor was conferred
not only filling a general in i ^'Poa OU'--i- Millet, who has ridden
this y“U!itv ■»nd c—uon ojl Wesvi-.u '“uuthej.« rtcr^.o.sy . .MAnt.
script reached us too late for in-! f‘'°"' colored newspa-1
|scrtion in the March issue, ' P®''® by white dailies. t
; ; Dean of sixteen Negro newsmen '
who currently get top assignments!
on the big metropolitan newspa-1
pers without regard for race, Eb-1
ony says, is Ted Poston of the New
York Post, Poston, who previously
worked with the Pittsburgh Cour
ier, is still famous hi news circles
for his exclusive interviews with
Wendell Wilkie in 1940.
In addition to Life magazine
which employs ex-Amsterdam
News reporter Earl Brown, local
white dailies in Cleveland, Tole
do, Chicago, and St. Louis, also
Club Travels To
Asheville Sunday
North Carolina Stale Parks
Provided For Negro
Race
(Special to the Harris Herald)
RALEIGH, N. C.—W’ithin the
The Glee Club of Grahamtown
High School will sing in a music P^®^ decade, most of the southeast-
festival at Allen Home School, states have developed large
Asheville, April 11. The following systems of state parks to provide
persons are members of the Club: ^conomical vacation retreats for
Mamie Thompson, Vera Bomar, *-beir citizens, but North Carolina
Rachel Obesy, Katie P. Faster, Ver- ® ^’^^P further than any
lie Twitty, Leatrice Roberts,' Ver- *^be rest and established the
cie Lee Green, Francie Simmons, state-operated park in the j Carolina, as well as that of peo-
Eunice Lynch, Ola Mae Little- for Negroes. ple in other sections of the coua-
WILL APPEAR TWO
TIMES MONTHLY
INSTEAD OF ONE
Additional Support Needed By
Harris Herald To Maintain
New Schedule
first ISSUF in MA3
It is with great pride that the
management of THE HARRIS
HERALD announces that the HER
ALD will be published twice
monthly beginning with the May
1st issue, instead of once a month
as before.
Our change in publication is due
to the tact that we have received*'
and are continuing to receive the
co-operation, support and good-will
of the people of Western North
as correspondent and will keep
us informed about the progressive
people in that section of Western
North Carolina. We are glad to
have this lady report the activities
of our friends and neighbors in
that section of Polk county, and
we shall look forward to her con
tinued Correspondency.
Jones, Elizabeth Moore, and Pa
employ colored Journalists. Most | tricia Petty, Henry L. Camp, Leon
Negro! newsmen are hired by the Wilson, Charles Thomas, Charles
Communist Daily Worker, which ! Brown, Fleming Williamson, Wil-
employs two colored reporters. The * Bam McDowell, and J. C. Morris
Times and Herald Tribune in New' j
York each employ one. :
Smaller newspapeA regularly j items
employing Negro reporters are the I
Fort Wayne (Indiana) News Sen-'
tinel and the Illinois Journal and j
Register. !
John, Eugenia Hill, Peggy Sue called Jones Lake Recrea-
Dewberry, Helen Young, Louise ^cea for Negroes and is a
1.000-acre tract on lease from the
Federal Government. The area
From Reidville
James B. Lyles
(Staff Coi'vespondent)
Personal Items
I
IlI'IMAN, S. C. R-1—A rally was
rrom rorest Citvllng establ»v.^ent ly—>1 managed P0™1
Personal Items
From Harris
Essie P. Robinson
(Staff Correspondent)
T-uaPod for 32-Te'nro' a-s pari4or-ca.'
'tibnoi
ing establi»v.-nent i'' managea - ^ ; ■_ ^ nor
by Mr. Thompson in partnership! one that otien comes to
Mrs. BernicI Cannon
(Staff Correspondent)
j Miss Naomi Moore, Inman, S.
I C. and Miss Margaret Moore, Char-
James Q. Camp caught a fi.sh I lottc spent Easter with tlieir moth-
measuring IC inches.
Walter Jones has been on the
.sick list, but is up now.
Many of the women of this com
munity attended the clinic at Har-
ri.s school house last Friday. The
clinic i.s held the last Friday in
(»ch month.
IfMi.ss Kalhcrlocn McKinney, who
has been visiting her relative
rdiss Louise Jones near Harris has
returned to Now York.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey McNair, ot
Radford, Mr. and Mrs. David L.
Sellers, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Sellers of Charlotte spent the Eas
ier holidays with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sellers. They
v;eie the Sunday evening guests
of Mr. and ivfrs. Walter Jones and
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Echos Wilkins, Kel
ly and Foy Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Wilkins and Mrs, Edith
Green, Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Ford
and .1. L. Ford all ot Sandy Mush
visited Editor and Mrs. Robinson.
A group of young men had a
party recently, among those at
tending wore Harvey and Herman
Wilkerson, Dennis, Dean and
Janies McDowell, Houston and Al-
Ibnso Lynch, William McDowell
and Henry Lee Miller.
Hopewell A. M. E. Zion Sunday
School and Mt. Pisgah church of
God Sunday school held a won
derful Joint, Easter program at
Mt. Pisgah £a.ster Sunday night.
Persons Seen At
Tharpe Concert
er Mrs. Tommie Moore.
Mrs, Nelson Watkins and daugh
ter, Gladis of Ohio, spent Easter
with her father and mother and
olher relatives here.
Mr, and Mrs. Walter Simmons
and son, Donald, visited his sons
in Johnson City, Tenii.
Mrs. Hattie Boyce of Hender
sonville, visited Mr. and Mrs,
John Cannon.
Mrs. Means and daughter have
moved into their now home.
Mi.ss Ruiller Means has return
ed homo from the Rutherford hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Cloten Cannon of
rienderson visited Mr. and Mrs.
John Cannon.
Mrs. Othe Harris is improving at
this writing.
Telling Others
'fho only way to get a message
across to anyone is to make it
known to them. Scores of business
men in this and other counties
know this, hence you will find
their advertisements in the HER
ALD from time to time. A large
or a cla.ssified ad cost so little,
but means so much until no per
son trying to get his message
across to the public should fail
to use them. Why don’t you begin?
Contact Circulation Department,
Ilarris Herald, Harris, N. C. and
lull information will be given.
with his brother, Charlie.
Aside from the above, Mr.
Thompson also conducts a modern
well equipped dry cleaning plant
with experienced help and does
an excellent Job of clothes clean
ing and pressing. Dial 3429 for
pick up service. More about the
Thompson Bros, later.
railroad official, but seldom comes
to an employee. Congratulations,
Mr. Millet.
i hpldl recently at Reidsville Church
four hundred dc"-^^
rais.,j • Tfev. E. is pastor.
^ has" a new car and
iamij,. to church in it .Sunday.
Family Shoe Store
Changes Hands
,We, were happy to have Prof.
M-'. L. Roberts, principal of Dog
gett Grove school visit us a tew
days ago, Mr. Roberts has done a
fine Job as principal of Doggett
Grove and he is keenly interested
in every phase of community de
velopment.
From CliffsJcle j and .y four hundjpd dollars was
(Piaff ferres'^pondent)*'
TT 1,1 North Enaree singine’ con-
rlav'^T" 1 held its recew session at
Rev S O n Hill church, Inman on March
r n iMr. Emanual Stagg is super-
C. preached March 21. i visofr,
was organ-: ffcaman 1st class J. E. j--son
izea last Thursday by Mrs. Val-1 i'eti|,j.r,g(j the phifi-Pi"^ Is-
aree HaiTis. with 19 children en-ilanv^^ diter visifi^^ parents
rolled. Elizabeiii Qover, president: 7lr. aiV|(j Jessie Jackson of
Liny Wilkins, secretary; -v^,„„aues ■ Inman, fi-2
contains typical coastal plain for
est landscape and its 225-acre lake
is said to have been iormed by the
impact of a meteorite on the
earth’s surface.
This area is part of the 40,000-
acre Bladen Lakes Cooperative
Land Use Area, purchased by the
Federal Government and now ad-
"'"““''TTf by the State Depart
ment ol Conservation and Develop-
men under „ 'nng.ferm agree
ment. It IS populaix- known as the
Bladen Lakes State porest
Jones Lake, the'' j^ke 'in he
state park for Nog^,gg,_ offers.sg,
cellent facilities
bOatr„ij KAWinLKing.
The Harris Herald joins the
many friends and customers of
W. L. Smith, owner of the Family
Shoe Store, Forest City and one
ot the county’s most competent
shoe experts in the hope he will
soon recover from his lingering
illness. Mr. Smith, has been in the
shoe business practically all of
his life and has a host of friends
and customers, who look to him for
advice about their shoe purchases.
His store is managed by his daugh
ter, who gladly welcomes every
one.
Since writing the above, the
Family Shoe Store has been sold
to Marks Shoe Shop, We wish to
thank Mr. Smith for his past pa
tronage and co-operation and wish
for him enjoyment during his re
tirement.
Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram and her
two sons condemned to die for
the murder of a white Georgia
sharecropper, stands a fair chance
of receiving a new trial. Judge
William H. Harper of the South
west Judicial Circuit stated he
was uncertain as to when he would
render his decision, however.
Morgan, treasurer; Jacob Webster,
sick committee; Nancy Dover, pro
gram committee; Junie Mae Web
ster, flowers: members, Francis
E. Blanton, Mae Francis Wilkins,
Corrie McDowell, Elizabeth Mc
Dowell, Betty McBrize, Leroy Mc-
Brize, Fred Wilkins, General Wil
kins, Ann Wilkins, Rachael Blan-
j. D. Lyles of Spindale, visit
ed his parents Mr. and Mrs. Larkin
Lyles in Inman March 14.
Charlie Mullins is no-« with his
bride Mrs. Mary Nelson Mullins
of Spartanburg.
Larkin Lyles has been ill, but
is doing nicely now.
Miss Ine Zell is in the general
ton, Rosa Webster, Alice Blanton,! hospital, of Spartanburg.
Brooks Mo\'6
From Hollis
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brooks and
family have moved near Forest
City, where they will make their
future home. They moved there
from Hollis in the Brooks Chapel
community, where they have al
ways made their home. Mr. Brooks
is a member and official of
Brooks Chapel Methodist church
and in times past was ^ member
of the Hollis school board.
Visitor
try. Many skeptics said a paper
couldn’t be published in this
section of North Carolina by Ne
groes. The growth of the Herald
to its present status shows that
one can be, and at present “It.doth
not appear what it shall be.”
Not a week passes without sev
eral subscriptions being received.
New triends and supporters are
appearing on all sides. Even local
merchants and businessmen ot
Rutherford county are realizing
and appreciating more the value
and need of this publication.
to help
the Hart..5 Herald to grow and con-
Umue to tj) gjj important place
ilu this sectio/v of th-South’
s 'Mi. •'-4V
others to subscribe. (3) ATtVf.J,.
.■-peak a good word for the paper.
(4) Send news items and notes
for publication. (5) Support our
advertisers, and also let them
know you are a reader of this
paper. (6) Always buy a paper.
Finally, we are thankful for the
fine support that we have received
and solicit your continued sup
port and co-operation.
and Calinann Mercer. Mary Wil
kins will have charge of the group
while Mrs. Harris is away this
Summer.
Junior Hudson and the writer
visited in Spindale Sunday.
Larley Foster a student of Fair-
forest school visited his parents
Doggett Grove
Personal Items
Sylvestor Goode
(Staff Correspondent)
FOREST CITY, R-1 — Mr. and
Mrs. Excel Grier has a daughter.
Mrs. Ida Sturgeon, of Detroit, Rev. E. L. Goode is still improv-
Herald Ne’wscast
The HARRIS HERALD newscast
will be made by M. B. Robinson,
editor, on Thursday, April 15, 5:05
to 5:15 on WBBO 780 on your dial.
Beginning in May Editor Robinson
v/ill be heard twice monthly. Watch
the HERALD for time.
Tlie Armory Auditorium, in
Shelby was the scene Sunday
night of the appearance of the
Internationally known “Sister
Rosetta Tharpe,” Marie Knight
and a quartet, all of whom capti
vated the large audience of over
2000 persons.
Persons seen at the concert
were Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
Camp, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walton,
Miss Verlie Twitty, Mr. and Mrs.
M. F. McEntire, Goler Carewell
and Socrates Harris, Mr. and Mrs,
B. T. Harris, J. H. Lynch, Dennis
McDowell, Junie Webster, Roy
and R. L. Green, Mr. and Mrs. M.c-
Ciain, and J. H. Simmons.
Ifow You Will Benefit By Beading
TH£ HARRIS HERALD
We.'^tern North Carolina’s Growing- Paper
You will find news of general interest relating to the
progress and advancement of the Negro race. You will
also gain a richer understanding of today’s vital news,
plus help on different phases of home and community
life. Subscribe today.
The Julius Rosenwald Fund es
tablished in 1917 “for the well
being of mankind" will cease op
erations as of June 30, it was learn
ed this week. The fund has brigh
tened the hopes and aspirations
ot thousands of Negro students
and helped many that otherwise
would have been denied the edu
cational blessings that the fund
gave them. Mr. Rosenwald stated
that the money was to be spent
in 25 years from the time of his
death in 1932. Among the persons
helped by the fund was Marion
Anderson Internationally famous
contralto and Katherine Dunham,
who went to the West Indies to
study native dancing.
Miss Mattie Hatcher, Dillard
High School Junior, of Goldsboro
was recently awarded the first
prize in an amateur show at the
Goldsboro High School (White).
Miss Hatcher was the only Negro
contestant And won great praise
for her singing. The results of
this contest show two things, (1)
Ability, power,and talent belongs
to no one race, creed or color, (2)
If you can deliver the goods, you
will get the credit.
Robert Webster, of Shelby vis- Mr. and Mrs. Carsdale Foster of
iled his sister Mrs. E. Z. Little
john, Mrs. Alma Camp, and Mrs.
Corrie Foster.
Miss Gary Morgan and Luther
Camp visited Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Harrison, of Spartanburg, S. C.
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clayton and
Mr. Clayton’s mother of Greer, S.
C- visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Laney Monday.
Mrs. Lillie Watkins is spending
the week end in Charlote.
Miss Ella Mae Blanton, Mrs,
Rhoda Webster and Mrs. Addle
Hull are on the sick list, but they
are doing fine.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Watkins a baby boy. Mother and
baby are doing fine.
Mrs. Poslie Greene, of Phila
delphia, Pa. was the week end
guest of her aunt Mrs. Lilly Wat
kins and her sister Miss Louise
Morgan.
Miss Louise Morgan was the
week end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Robe'rt Manning, of Gaffney, S. C.
Miss Morgan has recovered from
her accident Jan. 3,
Inman.
Larkin Lyles, Jr, celebrated his
birthday March 12.
Sho'VY Appreciation
New Subscribers
PROOF THAT THE spirit and
—Turn To Page Three
C. E. McDowell, F. M. Dawkins,
F. B. Harris.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James
Abrems of Spindale, a daughter at
Rutherford hospital weighing 5
pounds and eleven ounces. Mother
and baby are doing fine.
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Wood's Beauty Shop In Forest
City One Of Leading Shops
Wood’s Beauty Shop, Graham
town, operated by Miss Mary E.
(Babe) Wood is filling a real need
in that section of Rutherford coun
ty. Miss Wood is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield Wood. She
was graduated from New Hope
High School, Rutherfordton and
the ' Lady Alyce Beauty School
Knoxville, Tenn. Before opening
her shop in Forest City Miss Wood
was employed in Carrie’s Beauty
Shop, Knoxville, Tenn. She plans
to erect a new building soon for
the comfort and convenience of
her many customers.
There are two principal ways
ot showing appreciation to our
friends and loved ones, one is by
doing what we can while they are
living and another way is by
showing our rememberance of
them after their passing.
A Card of Thanks can be put in
the paper for only 50c and a Mem-'
oriam notice will also be carried
for 50c. The charge is small, but
the appreciation shown is large
indeed.
Mich., visited relatives and friends
in Western North Carolina recent
ly. Mrs. Sturgeon is the lurmor
Miss Ida Mackey, daughter of the
late Bill Mackey, of Harris. Among
those visited in Rutherford county
were Mrs. Ella Mosley, of Forest
City, Mrs. Dovie Wilkins of Avon
dale and others. This is Mrs. Stur
geon’s first visit here since 1906,
and she was well pleased With
the progress made in Rutherford
county nince she has been away.
Special Singing
There will be a medal singing
at Doggett Grove chc.rch Sunday
afternoon April 18, under the su
pervision of Mrs. Bessie Mills.
Quartets and choruses and other
musical groups will sing. No ad
mission. Everybody welcome.
AROUND THE NATION'S CAPITAL
By DR. H. T. MEDFORD
Washington, D. C.
Standing By The President
A group of Negro leaders waited
on the President recently. Among
theni was A. Philip Randolph,
President of Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters, who was acting
spokesman.
This group assured the President
that they were 100% behind him
in his civil rights program, which
they enthusiastically supported and
endorsed.
The action of this group of
Negro leaders is an earnest of ap
preciation too seldom shown to
our white friends in high office,
who have demonstrated their cour
age in espousing the cause of hu
man rights and equality of oppor
tunity in a democracy.
In the past we have had the
painful experience of seeing many
ol such frierids go down to defeat
and to political death at the hands
—Turn To Page Three
mg.
Everyone here seems to be well
pleased with the new pastor of
Doggett firnve church, Rev. J. B.
Thomas, of Charlotte, N. c Preach
ing Sundays are 1st and 3rd at
12:00 p. m. and Sunday school is
at 10:30 with Johnie Mosley, sup
erintendent.
The Union Silver Circle Sing
ing convention held a session at
Doggetts Grove church Saturday
and Sunday March 2T-28. The con
vention is composed of Zion Hill,
Hopewell, Russell Tabernacle, Dog
gett Grove Jr. and Mt. Pisgah
choirs. They sang well with the
Harmonizing four singing instead
of Mt. Pisgah. Over $30.00 was
raised and the meeting was a
success. G. M. Lilly, president and
R. L. Greene, secretary, and H. H.
Hud.son, supervisor.
Doggett Grove school is doing
fine under the leadership of Mr.
M. L. Roberts, principal. Miss
Olivia Green is the school’s most
popular girl, she also sings with
j the Harmonizing four,
j L, C. McKinney and Carewell
Harris visited Mr. and Mrs. Excel
j Grier recently.
About Pictures
So inany requests come to us
about making pictures to go in the
HERALD unyi we wish to make
the following statement. A small
department of photography is
maintained by the HERALD where
upon we can and do make single
and small pictures. An arrange
ment has been made however, with
I one of the leading photographers
of Rutherford county to make
most of our pictures. If any of you
hfve parties, weddings, church
groups, or officials, women Clubs,
schools, graduating classes or any
olher groups, that you wish to go
in the paper, contact The HER
ALD at least one week before pic
tures are to be made, and we shall
be glad to make arrangements to
serve you.