North Carolina Newspapers

CIO ASKS HEARING ON ANTI-LYNCH BILL COOPERATIVE STORE OPENS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA <ANEM - Residents nf the University-John Hope Homes ; area have banded together to open : a modern and up-to-date co-opera- I live grocery store Nearly SIO,OOO : has been inverted in the venture by project residents and other inter ested Atlantans The cooperative store will be that in every true seme of the word, according to ps omoters. Police Slaying Stirs Racial Feeling ******* ****** * ******* ******* AIR SHOW HUGE CESS PUCE KILLS MAiI ATTEMPT ING ESCAPE Warflenton l ANP * - Police slay ing of a prisoner, uudei arrest on drunken >nd disorderly conduct charges, ' . ought ah' ui such; a wave of jndi; nt racial feeling here and in rby Norlina last week that local authorities petitioned the state hip patrolmen for assis tance in Curbing a possible out break of rioting The -.hu man. Iden ified as Hen ry An -vs, 25, from the Ridge way sec on of Warren county, was cno of two accused of attacking officers who had arrcstc-d them. The thor man was Ivey Mayo of Nor! na. According to police reports the fatal shooting occurred as Deputy Sheriff Mark Bottoms of Warren county, and police Chief Will Car ter of Norlina were returning An drews and Mayo to Warrantor. af ar arrestng them. Anderson had been taker; into custody at Scott’s Store in Ridgeway. Mayo had been arrested at the Norlina bu» station after he and another ma n had caused a disturbance. .As .the can coniairufig- Uic..iau; men came within a mile of War renton, Andrews is said to have attacked Carter, sinking him about the face and head Bottoms said the slain man sought to get pos session of Carter's gun. and in the scuffle, the police chief grasped the gun and fired-. The bullet struck Andrews in the mouth. Mayo also allegedly' struggled to get away, but his attempts were Bottoms several times the officers succeeded in holding him. When the qua. lei reached the jail. Andrews was found to be dead, unsuccessful Though he struck according to tvarren ton's Police Chief .1. B Pittary. An immediate inquiry into the death was ordered by Coroner Ed (Continued on back pago) Charlotte And Mecklenburg Go Wet Negroes Vole Heavily With official returns n o w counted the Wot Forces Char lotte and Mecklenburg County won a. huge victory over the dry forces with the tally being 15,377 ir. favor and J 2,830 against thi establishment of ABC stores. NO DISCRIMINATION A T VFW OUTING . .. *VV»rn'*i» ttfrac >iri . .i; v-Tiirc i it* of everv oDPcsWunity to Beaufort -- There War: no facia > separation or discrimination at the 17th annual state encampment o' the Veterans of Foreign Wars o< the United States held here June 2 through 5 a! the Surf Club at At lantic Beach. This is the second year that Ne gro overseas veteran had been member*! of this organisation in sufficiently large numbers to mer i„ representation at the state en campment, and it was decided at last year’s meeting that Negroes Would be permitted to attend all business sessions of future strife encampments. Tn making remarks to the body or. the closing day of the conven tion. Bishop Dole, roir.tnander of district 14. said that he and the other delegates had attended this «v,ci*mpment hot as guests but as members and stood reedy tn should er any responsibility end to ti*k<? '" i ' l .v ' ' • VOLUMK XXVI, NO. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, .H NR 21 ,1917 PRICE 7f /-V,if ...... DANIEL F. BYRD Daniel F. Byrd of ihe sth Region NAACP, who spoke to the Charlotte Chapter NAACP lasi Friday and who keynoted the State NAACP meeting which began Wednesday in Greensboro. *LY\Ciffl\G Ml ST CEASE;’SATS N AACP exf/itme The Charlotte Branch, Nation ;al Association for the Advance ment of Colored People mot in one of the greatest mass meet ings of the year at Grace AMS 1 Zion Church, Thursday night, June 12. 8:30 o’clock with Dan iel E. Byrd of New Orleans, La. coordinator sth Region NAACP las guest speaker. Mr. Byrd, a I noted orator and lighten against : racial differences, spoke dynatn i i.ally to s large audience of lo | cal and out of town guests, in ; nis discourse, he stated that the : accmittal of the £»rticipafits in : The GreenViite, S C. cane recent j ly, clearly indicates; to persons {■Continued on page B> ; However tho Dry Forces fought ; until the last poll box was closed. 'As a result of the outcome of, Mho elections the Drys stated through their chairman. Dr. Ka> - ! nest Neal Orr that they would i continue to .fight liquor through ! their program of education, legis ; lotion' and redemption. Negro op | portents to the establishment, at ■ stores were silent as the Eagle ; went io .press today. However,. I Negro ’Wet opponents vretv jubi Lent in their zeal in seeing ABC stores in Charlotte. yet vantage or every opportunity u. be of service to the rouse of the 1 American veteran. In acknowledging the presence 'o? the Negro delegates. Command -i”.fa roes Hayes stated to the group ! tuat the conduct oi the colored dele gates had, been beyond ’•eproV.eh ; throughout the session, and that Ne j gro members of t.ht organization j had always shown a coopera tivt | spirit. Chief of Staff Odell Coleman o: ; Winston-Salem told the body oi ’ hi., experiences with Negro troops l in the first World War, and called this encampment "an example of i races and sections working togeth- ; e: "■ In the meet:ng of the Ladies ■ Auxiliary. Mrs. WiiSfem W Weaver • of Durham became the first Negro • woman to be installed a.s ,< dwtrlet iC.fC'rol ... ‘ WILBERFORCE ; PREXY OUSTED i GARY SCHOOL BOARD ENOS PUPIL BIAS GARY. Ind. ANP < - A new pel icy to "end di.-'cvmina'tion arid w put a prosrnrn of equal access to : rducatin into effect." has been ■ adopted by thr- Gary school board. . : it was announced here recently by . i Charles '■> Lutz, hoard supenntend-; : cut. The policy will take the form of : v.-signing ail students; oi the city’s j public schools to thru *• proper" school districts next fall, without j regard to race, creed or color. This action followed an outbreak of dis ; orders at the Froebel school, where : a strike war staged by white pupils ’8 months ago against the presence; ’ oT Negro students. Principal schools affected by this decision ore Tolleston and F,mer- i son. boil; of which have thr need ed space, and both in areas hav ing a small number of Negro resi dents. Most Negro children attend the ail Negro-RoosevHt school which, in keeping with local school policy, has ail 12 grades. Emerson school has had no Negro sUidem.-, since 1927. the year when white pupils struck in protest* ; s><>: >n«t the transfer of 18 students from the all-Negro Virginia Street : School. First stops toward implementa tion of this policy will be “limited' to about 100 Negro children in pri mary grades. No decision has beat; on back pag*» Veteran Negro Campaign lead : upon being interview by this • AGLiE reported stated that the -gro vote was one of the. he a > -cst in the history and this wu so confirmed by Election Board ( (icials. The exact Negro vote i i. not been determined 'yet by ' aders but it was noted as quite i uportant in swinging the ele. mn in favor of control stores Effort: are being marie. ac cc ling to Kelly M Alexander. INecultV' Secretary of tin Char ' lotto NAACP to have a Ncgr .> the Control Board and ha be • Negroes as store managers >f stores located in Negro ■ cighborhnads. i khment of ABC store t would i Man-. predicted that the osier ■ use many persons to r eturn to ! work .who have been bootlegging. Southern Tradition 1 Ipholds Lvm*hina J.P Writer Saw Atlantii hVNFi Lynchng is a ri rose (derated by ‘southern tra- i ration,” and hew the main res- ' ' sen why southern iurier ate re | Hmtruit to return h verdict of , : 1 ' o.u iti.' - against nen bt r of south cm white mobs brought to trial ■ feu taking the law in. theij own hands and doing to death ;i No \ cio. whether he is guilty or »b* : (St ;• crime. '.fiiis statement was made by’ j Romney Whesifc Associated Brass J vr: <• . !.< up last v. k v pointing ! cut that lynchers in the rou'n have i«4 irci STI DENTS~STAGE i ( \ WMG\ \( JAIN ST BISHOP R AXSmi WH BKP FORCE. O. • ANP? -Tic ; dispute bcHv. en Dr. Charles K : V'cslcv president of Wilberfqrce . University and Bishop Reverdy C. i Fu.-nson- ihc school's AMT, board ; •>,' tiust“«s over which side was to ; biarm for the loss of ihc school's, ' accreditation with the North C.'on ; trial Ass'.»ciauon of C; liege and Sec ondary school.-:, was climaxed by an 1 'vide open split between the two trustee groups, here Wednesday. First action in the spirting of the ■wo croups came from the church : -usteos who. led by Bishops Ran sum ;,nd R. I-i. Wright, vo.od 15' i** 8 to oust Wesley Irom ihe presiden without given cause ui charges, and replacing him with Dir Charles ; i.ndei Hill of Columbia. S C. The state board, which controls’ | the schools of education and in dustrial arts, took immediate re prisal action, by reappointing Wes ley as head of the two schools at , the same salary. Another faction, represented b> the student body, entered into the dispute and on learning of Dr. Wes , ley's dismissal. :>oo students staged a torchlight parade to Bishop Ran som's home, bearing placards stat ing, "No Wesley. No Graduation.’ In front of the bishops home, the student delegation burned the pre- Continued or. page eight DR. FRANKLIN ON FISK BOARD OF IRI^TfTd !f - - 'C . , W DURHAM Di. John Hope j 1 anklirs of the North Caroline ; (""liege- department of history re- j reived notice here last week of his i •••lection to the Board of Trustees of f.sk University m Nashville. Tenn, i He will be the new alumni repre- 1 .V illative, replacing Dr. Charles H. i Wesley, president of Wilberforce j University, who has t rved on the j board for fifteen years. Dr. Franklin, who did his und-sr ■ graduate study at Fisk, received the ! Masters and 'Ph. D Degrees from i Harvard. Before joining ihc North |Cm olina College faettUy in ltf4S he , had taught in :h- history depart - • r.: nt of Si. Auguaino's College: A ard T. College, ah' Bemudt Col- • : lege, as ’.veil as Fisk t SHAW ALUMNI STALWARTS— , The Hirer prominent North Car dins lAyddaw. pictured above are important cog-., it? the Machin ery nf the Shaw Ifniventity Or» I <-ra> Alumni Association. Or. j. Mills of Durham, at left, is a rc cently elected member nt the Ex emtlrc Committee *»;«» chairman et the Mills l J ian. nnanitnoMsh adapted m the iMt s>«ww*l inert- j WaMhii.En. c x:\r-A. ; ImrtiflSdial-e Conti beariWgs! anl:-iy-c-hine -I<’.islaflor* wore e?.!k*d fcwr ia s ! Tuesday by the ; Congress of Industrial Organiza-; lions. Jamvi. B. Carey soi-retary-tTeas !j;-er of the CIO and mud of the j (TO Committee to Abolish Dis-! w rminaiion. sent the request to j ;p. viator Alexander W iley, of V. isconsm eh;.i rrnan oi the Sen-, .to Judiciary Committee, and Rep-, : reserstativc Ear! C Michener, of , Michigan. ehairm-m of the House: -Judiciary committee. p a: , -:U'.cd ' .i on tin. bills introduced by So nations Ro- : bort B Wagner. T>r*mocrat, of New York, and Wayne Morse, Repufoli cor. of Oregon und Rep:*, sent.'iuvc Clifford P. Case. Republican. of New Jersey. These ore roinpumon 1 measures and are supporter by the : Ma:ion;,] Association for (he Ad vancement of Colored People. The text of Mr' Care-yS ml,.gram j ro Set:::Tor Wiley foliocs: '..••.tinned on oin k page) * * ' ■ I ON FISK TR USTUh RO ART> f>j John Hope Franklin. profes sor of history at North Carolina < ‘oilrge. above, has been elected to the Fisk University Board of | Trustees. A tnagna cum laud • I-'isk graduate in tie- class »i l‘*3s, , I v r. Franklin was, awarder! troth the Mufflers and Doctors degrees at Harvard University and has ; •en the recipient of the Kosen walrt, Bdtvard Austin and Social science ICesearelt <'unwell Pel- | !.‘v,-ships. ■ w; Ki-r. ■ stimzmiMßmQmi&m. j ■ Uir Dr. *' ii. t oddrl«glo« of Dawn, - fnlci. is vice president of j the gifencraJ organi/.anon Or. Max KiiM! of FmtMhitn. at ri&ht, vvus reelected chairman oi the Executive Committee of the asso ciation at its recent meeting. l.'n- i dor Isis dynamic leadership the j alumni has reported ?1708,f0 to : he applied i» the o'h’—ioai odpea- 1 i toir. jr«g. : '«!*. i 15.000 WITNESS All NEGRO AIR SHOW Haskell Deaton Commended By W. L. JOHNSON Staff Writer Appi >xinnately 15,900 persons witnessed the first all Negro Air Snow ever presented in the nv : ,oii last Sunday at the Plaza Air pwit. The crowd was thrilled as Charlie Fox of Norfolk, Virginia flew uppside down for 20 miles and Charles L. Flowers of l>u:r cam and Wades boro did ail kinds c-f stunts in a gilder and trt ha Sit or matt, One of the most outstanding 'rents to take place was the sen - rational parachute jump by Mar . hr, 11 Fletcher, a quartet singer, vcH> sprang twice from the plane > 1 luted by Flowers at 10,000 feet The crowd stood in silence as ; Fletcher fell five thousand feet | before he .pulled his chute. Sam Rush of Candor. N C. | IhriSed the spectators with hi? : c rop dusting demonstration and ; is Hsted as the only Negro crop duster in the nation, j Phillip Lee, also of Norfolk, Virginia did stunts in a Piper * Cub and also did some acrobatics in a Naval fYainer. Mrs Charlie Flowers carried iup two passengers for the first tune who site knew when she 1 licvd in Monroe, N. O. The crowd 'vent wild as she flew with ail ■ and landed in the same mr iinc-r. (Continued on back page) FARM DECISION EXPECTED IN S. C. PRIMARY USE C Oi,UMBIA < A NP> Conclud ing arguments were heard last week by federal district Judge J. Waites Waring in a two-dav suit spear headed by Thurgood Marshall for thf NAACP to open democratic piimaries in Sut.h Carolina to Ne ::.oes. Attorneys were given .10 days in which to file additional tContinued on page 8) Dr. Patterson Supports New Blood Policy CLEVELAND t'N MPA) Dr.; 1 l'scdsrfek D. Patterson, president i's Tuskegee institute and a mem ber of the Central Committee of the Area dean Red Cross, last Tues •!. .< expressed his approval of the ommittec changing Its policy roti cerning the new national blood - j (r ugraim. The statement, of policy a:- ex | by members of the On ■ imi Committee in at tendance at • ; .he otganizatiun's U)4f? convention . I hen., follows: Inasmuch as on the basis of UXH ITTED I.WCHKR 'LETS 30 DAYS I GREENVILLE s. C. tANP) - j Evidently feeling secure in the ; knowledge ihat justice I would v.'inU again at the while man's reprisals against Negroes. F emir lx Rector, fhi-year-old cab driver awjtiittod with % others in the recent Greenville lynching. • went ovt and -shot a hole ir: tno . -■pri'e tire of a car driven by a Ne gi ft. ! ' r\i | AiToidiPK to the 1 efttimnony giv l on by WcsKy Arthur, and suppoi t !cd by two others, toe hod r topped j bis car for a red light. A cab with 1 two men m It. pulled up behind j Imn and blew its horr.. Anhui . crossed on the green light and the ! cab agatr. pulled alongside. One of | itae men in it Stilled a gun and said, j“1 ought to kill you.’ - Arthui then i raid the man shot and punctured i -• b tire. | Marshall Fletcher show :i jumping Sunday as the firs! All Nearo Air Show. TAAFTOBE SOLD ilH^f WASHING TON D. C. -NNBA "■ 1’: -p-■ 1 of ;iv and property . ike Tjykogc.:- Army Air Field it airport, private residetisial ar.a :' ur, property purposes has been s. commended by the Birmingham - f f r M : • - m.. ..>jfic«* : the War Assets * ,jiw' 1 '.’miriistvatiott, u v.ms learned last T,.. \ •: A S« ; v , a,.. ’ 1 * >v t> ;\ Division, saic •he ; o 1 » v • ai of " has recommendc* that Seo : ■' 1 of Tr.skogee an airport. thirtv-ont acres he sold as a resi- 1 dent:al area and 690.2 acres be sold as farm land. 1 ; SOUTH ASKS FOR LABOR SEGREGATION ASHEVILLE - The Committee ■ the Preservation of Southern Traditions Thursday launched a campaign “to rally southern con eressmen t.c uphold segregation of Negro labor in the South.’ The cmmHfcee charged that "-Jim Cniwism in industry will 'be abol ished" by the Tuft-Hartley Labor Bill but predicted a presidential veto and prepared to unite south ern and borderline senators to block and congressional attempt to override it AUSTRALIAN TOUR 11. S. i VETS DISAPPOINTED NEW YORK (ANP) - Negro veterans with whom she has talked Tiring a transcontinental tour of the United States have expressed di ep disappointment with the shape of the post-wa. win Id m which they have returned, and arc in crc.asingly beginning to wonder whether their sacrifices in ihc- war h-..ve produced commensurate ben efits for themselves. Mrs. Julians Marik i veil of Sydney. Australia, stated here this week. Mrs. Nankivell. visiting this country with her daugthcr. Mis. Joyce Brown, made these com ments during a press conference ('Continued on page 8) ■ recorded scientific and medical opinion there is no difference in flu. blood of humans based upon i ace or color, the plan does not iMuuire the segregation of blood. However, whenever necessary to insure the success of the plan, which is to make available blood and blood derivatives to all the people of the United States, re gardless of' race or color, chapters vLil collect and hold blood in such i a manner as to give the physician .'f and the patient the right of seine- D.C. BAR ASSOCIATION CHARGED WITH BIAS Washington. D. C. iNNPA) James J. Laugh! in. well-known white lawyer, filed suit in the Di»- ■ Court last Friday to enjoin Hu. Bar Association of the District ot Columbia from using that- name long as it practices race dis ' ■ crimination. In his complaint Mr Laugblin i -.arses that use or the name "Bar Association ot the District of Co \ i lnmbsa,” creates the impression | I U is composed of members of | : tin bnr practicing before the courts in the District of Columbia, includ , n i, aM attorneys in good standing, f t nth white '-mil colored. Tin: association is practicing i r.icc disc: imination. Mr. Laugh Ur. > ! doctored In that colored attorneys [ i , TV,- :T, fidp j. B Matthews of Asheville, eh a:: man of the committee, said the LIU contains sections of the T EBC vt-nich southern congressmen ■. ■ is’.f'cd to defeat, and that he convinced that the southern con gressman who supported defeat be lt p. will be prep -red to back a presicicfilial veto. SAMUEL HARRIS SUCCUMBS hALfUGk Shuniai Ha./w, 82. if 1014 South Person Street, died at his home on July IS afici a lengthy illness. A native of Young'sviTle, Mi. Harris came to Raleigh about thir tv years ago and had been engaged sc tb< oarbering profcsision until illness confined him to his home ,i ven months ago He had been in declining health for about five -rears, He was the owner of the Harris Barber College and Harris Barber Shop, both in this city. Survivors include his widow, two daugthers, Mrs. Alverda High of New York City and Geraldine of •he home; one Son. CJeo oi this city: three brothers. Joshua of Frank! intern; Robert of Zebu ion; T. mes of Montgomery, Ala.: four r.randchildren and several neices and nephews and a host of Mends. Funeral arrangements had not been completed on Wednesday at press time. Von nl th>' time of admintetraion ” Dr. Patterson's statement was as follows. “In so doing It states clesrly and accurately thf known facts on hu man blood ami enunciates a po licy at the national level which to consi.---.ent with our democratic ideals. This policy removes what has i rei: regarded by Negroes as a grrmiT.ous instil,, nnd S believe will insure the lull cooperation of this segment of the population.’ itig that ft is deceiving and mis leading the public and is uncon stilutlonally and illegally using the r,,ime. Mr, Laugh! ir: asserted that the association not onlv systematically c:-. eludes colored attorneys from membership bm it orfty admits to membership those persons accept able to it. although it occupies space in the District Court build - lug. The plaintiff contend.-, that the wsodatior cannot legally use the name unless ail members of the her in. good standing, both white and colored male and female ,mn regardless of rape, creea. poiiti I cal affiliation or social stolid hip. »ro ad united,