STEAMSHIP LINE SUED FOLLOWING ASSAULT
Bush Testifies Against
Would-Be Lynch Party;
Jailer Held For Action
JACKSON North Carolina’s
Governor Ft. Gregg Cherry, revert
ing to a State statue enacted in 1893,
permitting the Governor to order
special hearings in lynch cases, or
dered severs Northampton white
men for reappearance in court to
arr-wpr charges on attempted lynch
ing of Godwin "Buddy" Bush May
23.
Bush had been arrested earlier
on alleged attack with intension
to rape a Rich Square white w orn-!
an After being jailed, a band of
seven white masked men entered
Bush's cell and took him away In
sn automobile. Bush made good his
escape from the car. While fleeing,
a shot e at- fired after him without ;
effect.
During the grand jury hearing,
the seven white men freed of the
attempted lynch charge and Bush
era® given his freedom when the
same jury failed to indict on the
Negro Named To Pepsi-
Cola Scholarship Group
PAL ALTO, Calif. - Paul F.
Lawrence who received the de
gree of Doe:of Education from
Stanford University her just, been
appointed to the staff of the Pepsi-
Cola Scholarship Board in Palo
Alto California, and he will as
tiume his duties there on Septem
ber 1
Chosen because of his specialized
knowledge of the problems of Ne
gro education. Dr. Lawrence will j
have charge of that pari of the.
Pepsi-Cola scholarship program
which is directly concerned with
discovering Negro students -if un- *
usual ability. Hr will also art as;
s consultant on ail relations of the-
Scholarship Board with Negro high
School principals, colleger, and Ne
gro Students who receive the;
Pepsi-Cola Scholarships and Col
lege Entrance Awards.
These Pepsi-Cola scholarship
swards arc financed by the Prpsi
Cola Company as a part of its pub
lic service program, and they arc
administered by the Pepsi-Coif
Scholarship Board This Board is
Comprised of a group of distinguish
ed educators including Mnrdeeai j
W. Johnson, president of Howard!
tjrHverslty; and ft yearly swards j
il9 Four-Year College Scholar
ship!' and 550 fifty-dollar College
Entrance Awards to boys and girls
Local Racial Relations \
Good, Editor Believes
OITY MANAGER TO
SPEAK AT LOCAL
CHURCH SUNDAY
RALEIGH Rny S Braden. Ra- j
leigh City Manager, will make bin!
first formal appearance before a i
Negro audience when he speak;?
Sunday afternoon. September 7 at <
i p m. at the Martin Street Rap
fist Church He is expected to be;
accompanied by Mayor P. D
Snypes who will Introduce him. j
Mayor Snypes will be introduced i
by Atty. Fred J. Carnage
Also on the program will be s j
solo by Wilbert Sanders, which will i
probably be his first appearance in
such a capacity before a purely:
civic organization of the city.
Even though the invitation was
extended to the Mayor and City
Manager by the East Raleigh Civic j
Furuit for its first after-vacation'
monthly meeting, 'he meeting is
opened to the public. Everyone it.
or pod to attend.
Bishop “Daddy” Grace
! Lashes Out At Critics j
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CHARLOTTE CANPi On his
arrival here Monday, Bishop C. M
(Daddy> Grace challenged his en
tices to “prove my doctrine false,** I
offered $1,090,000 to anyone who - !
would get on the radio and con
vince his followers otherwise and
predicted that the new south
would become a reality when, re
gardless of race and color, the
people learn to stand together,
Grace, who made headlines in ■
Hew York, recently by purchasing
$2.<XK».009 worth of Harlem prop- ;
arty, assured his followers here that
be Intended to set the- pane for lead
ers- of the church.
Daddy, as he is catted by his fol
lowers, eamt to Charlotte from [
Newport News v»„ where he lash-,
t:d out st Harlem's Bishop R, C.
Lawson, who in go many words had ’
accussed Father IJivnt and Daddy :
Greet of catling themselves “God.” \
Indications that Grace would;
make the present t.wtrovehiy r ,
«*? war vo liumr suit j
illeged rape attempt.
Governor Cherry charging as
1 case of "miscarriage of justice.”
vowed to bring the seven alleged
lynch bent men to justice again.
Following closely on the heels of
the state executive actions, six of
the white men were freed in the
Superior Court of Warren County
last Tusday One of the seven, Joe
L. Cunningham, along with Jailer
A. W. Edwards, were held for l’ur
! iher court action.
JAILER GIVEN WARRANT
Jailer Edwards. 50, previously
uninvoivori. was attested on a
icneh warrant issued at the close
f the hearing by Judge J. Paul
Frizz*He of Snow Hill, sitting as
committing magistrate at beheast
of Governor Cherry.
The warrant charges Edwards
with entering into a conspiracy to
break and enter a jail and with
'Continued on back page)
. if exceptional promise in the na- j
tion'- high schools. At least 18 of i
these Scholarships and 75 of the
SgKBgfBS&IH
. 1
-iiatfSSttftp- • 1
-Susi- •’■'xSeS
SjSgg, - ' '■
PAUL F, LAWRENCE
l ~ ""
! Col lose Entrance Awards are set
i aside specifically for boys and girls
; n the South’s Negro schools. Dr
Lawrence said, and Negro stu
!Continued on. page 8>
j RALEIGH - North Carolina is
not beset with petty hatreds, pre
■ judices an diensions between races
"i and religions, and because of the
'common sense and spirit if coop
! oration exhibited by .members of
I both races," Negro-white relations
; in the state have been ‘'steadily bet- 1
- tering," an editorial in the Raleigh
. Timis said last Thursday.
; "While North Carolina is not per
! feet." the editorial reads, "it is evi
! dent that religious and racial preju
j dices are at an extreme minimum
! Hero in Raleigh, as in other Tat ,
Heel communities. Catholics, Jews j
-and Protestants associate and do |
i business together without any eon
| flict regarding their respective re - j
i iigions. - .
For that matter. Negro-white j
| relations in North Carolina have |
| been stead illy bettering, because ot ;
j the common sense and spirit of co- j
i operation exhibited by members of j
; both races. When racial issues arise, i
: they are usually brought up by th; j
! action of outside agitators
| "So far as the press is concerned !
: regarding race and religious mat- '
i ters, its duty is to report and com-1
[ ment on conditions ">s they arc. it i
should not balk at he menion of!
• the terms Catholic, Jew. Protestant
(Continued on back page)
—
i leader.-' in the East was seen in his
amiouncemet that oHns for a $5,-
; 009,000,000 housing orojcct in Phil- j
•' adclphia were being studied by his j
| key aids.
KkK Allowed To Hold 1
Picnic And Parade
Knoxville. Term. ( ANP) - The
iKu Klux Klan was allowed t<. j
; have their picnic and parade on j
| Labor day at a .suburban park 1
here but only because it had ;
promised aforehand that the |
[pioup would burn no crosses La«d :
[ An*. 3 -the KKK was refused use
■/. f a local park here.
Huge crowds of K kinsmen from ,
, i < arby towns were present to sec j
I Dr. Samuel Greers, Atlanta Green ;
| Dragan. KKK’s in this vicinitv !
said that no masks were worn
iend that there wer- no demon
ijHreticng yiiat
Local Co-Op Fanned Here
■
The Carolinian
VOLUME XXVII, NO. 0 liALEIOU, NORTH CAROLINA V KICK. END!NO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1947 PRICE 7c
Negroes Urged To Become Democrats
NEW GROUP HAS
BROAD PROGRAM
ON ITS SLATE
- Raleigh A number of ft.*-
I lcigh's wide-awake an 1 alerl
j business nr.d prof*, ssional nu-ii
j have been recently granted
j Certificate of Incorporation un
icier which, the group will operate
j under the name o7 Wake Con
sumers Mutual Association, Inc
j The purpose of this newly
j formed organization is to, fost :
; a closer relationship among local
:lv owned and operated Negro
I •••us.iness enterprises, according to
! \. T. Whitaker, manager >f th«.
! Association
Among some of the objectives
; of the Wake Consumers Mutual
j Association arc "to own and ope
’ rate a general mcrchantile bus 1 -
! ness, including a garage and fill
|mg station; to acquire and or
I handle and market the farm com
modities of its members in any
i capacity and on any cooperative
1 basis that may be agieed upon. '
■ 1 o Borrev.' Money
> Provisions will he- made to be -
I row money without limitation a.
!to amount of corporate indebt
ness. The Association will also act
as agent or representative of am
oi its members in all activitier
allied to its purpose;-;.
Its program provides that th
Consumers Association will do ah
’...thin its power to do everythin*'
ic.ssible that is conducive to aid
the policy of the United States
C-.ngress in carrying out its agr;
cultural act, which was approved
| June 16. 1929. There are many
[ other far reaching policies err.-
! bodied in the program of this
row local venture Prom time t -
; time they will be released to the
public.
Meetings of the Wake Consum
ers Mutual Association are being
Continued on page eight
Halifax Mail Faces
Trial In V Y. Death
NEW YORK September 17 has
bee nset a.-, the date for a hearing
for Harris Grey. 18-year-old youth
of Scotland Neck, on a chage of
: homicide in the fatal shooting of
1 Pidrlmnn Thomas Gargan here on
- August 17. Magistrate Frederick L.
| Strong reported Thursday.
Gagao was fatally wounded m a
| dak. empty house on Bank Street
j who nhe a tempted to arerst. Gray
j on a burglary rhsgr and Grev was
j hot three times during a gun fat
! tie bv Patrolman Gerard Hughes,
j The defendant was confined to
i Beilcveu Hospial until Thursday,
Salisbury Principal
Retires After 16 \ ears
Salisbury (ANP) Prof. L. H
Hall of Prince high school here
has retired after 36 years in the
field of education in this com
munity. When Prof. Hall began
. ;r 1911. there was but a small
| building and 275 students. Today
j here are three adequate build
| 'jgr and 1,150 students. At pres
:t nl the professor is planning an
| historical oaper dealing with rae*
i ■ Nations in and around Salisbury.
!
I FHA ill Make Loans
i
ToF armere This A ear j
i
| WASHINGTON The U. S.
| Department of Agriculture an
nounced last week that the
Farmers Home Adminfi.trz.tion
i w ill be able to make approxi
mately iltflSOi) farm operating
! and ownership loans ft urine the
current fiscal year to white and
colored ftenmerss
who are unable u, obtain credit
! from any other source,
! Ttie>i* loans will he triad* out
i of the tti fund authorised
by Cmp-en. As nay been the
practice during the last .feu
years, veterans will rereive pre
! feresu-e Additional credit *Sd will
be made available to farmers
through the new in-wired mort
gage program.
HAMPTON Ti:\l HERS 101? BUND DF.MONSTRATF,
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Na.--
Teachers in Hampton Institute
Sommer S« s««on classes for the
Biinii demonstrate appliances
used in teaching in schools for
the blind Hampton was host
August 18-18 to a conference of
the Nation*! Sneieti of Special
Education
i!
N.Y. LOOKING FOS
ANOTHER NEGRO
POLICE CAPTAIN
New York (ANP) Police
Lieut. George Redding, one y
New York City's three ranking
i Negro police officers, is expected,
to learn soon whether he is eligi
' bit? for appointment as a cap.air-.
; Lieut. Redding, one of two NV
-1 groes to take the examination so
! captaincy several weeks age will
t disappoint thousands if it devel
i ops that he has failed to pass th"
~ examination.
Most -'' t> 35ft Legr :n<-rr
, be rs ol the policy department at
t willing to wager that Lieut. Red
, ding passed high on the list j
\ ciigibles. As one of them put
''Ceorge is a studious fellow. H
*! has never failed before and h ■
"'has always turned up high on the
3 list. r
Some months ago. Lieut. Erna.i
•*el Kline was named an acting
captain when Cong. Adam Clac
ton Powell passed the politic <'
card along that Negroes of this
: ity were entitled to more recog
nition.
Chicagoan Linuoln’**-
' New Business Manager
i
; CHESTER. Pa. <ANP( Austin
H. Scott, prominent young Chica
goan was named recently as busi
, : ness manager for Lincoln Univer
;it> here. Scott, who holds an ad
- vanced degree from the University
of Chicago, was on executive in the
- I Illinois regional office of the War
Manpower commission during the
j war.
Lily-White Union Faces
$4,150,000 Jim Crow Suit
Filed By Negro Employees
•St. Louisa (ANT’ - A B<*. ISO
! f-f.Hi jimerow suit han£fi over Ihc
h< ads of four aU-white railroao
1 tin tofts. following a peT.on stied
' here last w eek in United States
District court by five- Neffro ris
niuyes os’ the St Louis-San Fran
cq railway company.
Defendants in the suit are of
j floats of the Brotherhood of Rai
road Trainmen, Brolhvrh'Vki ol
' Locomotive Fmeinar: and ,En
■ Ordco. of v Co^
t aiders acti Srbtiierhooa ol L-i
Hie demonstrators and the
trots whose use they are illustrat
ing ,ivr left to right. Georsf Mc-
Clendon :Georgia Academy tor
F.indj, pencil: George Jenkins
-Chicago. Illinois, Brartif writer;
Miss Ernestine Archie iPlney
Woods School Miss.!. Braille slate,
Mrs. Carrie R En/or, co-founder
.Tsj&pP '.'A
>K # ;
William F. Boswci;
BOSWELL MADE
ADMINISTRATIVE
INTERNE IN D. 0.
W ASHINGTON <NNPA* - - Wil
liam P Boswell, chief o f the mr.il
.nd mess. .. yr scciion of Ihe S:.'3C
Department’s Division of Commun
ication Records, has beer, named ;.s
an administrative interne in <in
6ih administn.tive interne program
.( ihe Civii Service- Commisiion
in.-- Sta!< Dgpartc'-eni said last
F’. iday. I
The- program provide; for six;
months >C training and apprentice- I
-hip u: -gov-: rumen: for approxi
(Con'rinucd on back page
suit, officials -tii those uaiofc
attempted, both by d rod agree
p>(j-.{ and D.v indirect ocuori, vo
ihniiKb Negroes from r-aisTaati ;
Suit Seeks Equal Rights-
The petition includes the names •
.id James 1... Til.'mon. Oktebom:;
coy, Ok la., Theodore E, Harper i
tonwttve Engineers. According 1
, James L Howard and N L. Bo- i
n, afi ■•■'■ Ala. and
I Ah. Smith Men'!.'"' TeH.ii TV.
( ' . ...
of the \ilanla Metropolitan As
•■ociation for the Colored Blind,
(Atlanta, Ga.t. typewriter; Mrs.
Anna B. Jon*- (Virginia State
School for Deaf and Blind, Hamp
ton!, looking on; and Miss Alberta
Jones (School for Deaf and Blind,
Spartanburg, S, C-i, cube rhyth
mic slate.
Photo by IV. R. Brown, Jr.
J. FINLEY WILSON
IS RE-ELECTED
ELKS ‘‘GRAND"
Philadelphia (NNPA.) Th>
forty-seventh annual convention
! of. the Improved Bc’sevoleni and
Protective Order of Elk" of the
Tumid. closed here last Saturday
; ‘ter what is believed to have
been one of the most successful
;: v.y-iems that tlit o.\ dec has eve;
I*.fid.
The coveted vacancy in the po
s’lion of treasurer of the order
s won by Theodore E. Green
of Akron. Ohio, in a close con
test with Loyal Randolph of Bal
timore The office became vacant
1 v hen Dr Marcus Wheatland,
: and treasurer, died in the early
cummer.
Finley WilsCn Is Re-elected
J Finley Wilson who has held
1 trio office of grand exalted ruler
: ->■■■ nearly 25 years, was reelected
'for another two-year term by
act latnation.
Joseph A. Brown of New York
v ht\ was reelected grand es
teemed leading knight. He has
: held the office tor twelve years.
Also reelected were Herbert E
hones. ■■>: Washington. D C.
• nd esteemed loyal knight, and
Robert Johnson of this city,
■ : and esteemed lecturing knight
Samuel D. Halsey of Reading.
: Pennsylvania. w.as elected grand
: i' icr, and Dr. Simpson E. Smith,
oi Huntington. West Virginia,
’as ek-c’teri grand inner guard
William 0. Hueston of Wash
ington, D. C.. was reelected con
• ,'ssinnc-; of education, and Ma
: y .crate Hobson R. Reynolds of
Continued on page eight
| Pratt is Is First Negro
S In Press Galleries
j
I vt-tsHIXGTtW (ANT) A.
| check of facts on die first Neywt
i •lew'sroan to be admitted to the
j eorsreggfontU press galleries rc
| \ '•»!<*« last week that P. L
j Prattis. ». newspaper ant) mag*-
I dwe * rtf»r, me seated in the
| periodical press gallery at least.
| four days before Louis R. !,a«
j tier, the National Negro Press
| agaecteiinnS bureau chief.
! An ASP caption for a photo
r fast week MWiirMWlj Utd ».a«-
-! tier nm the firs* Negro nem
j man to he seated to the owngres
j stonsl. press paMhrtos. The NNPA
j chief was the first Negro jour
i imsii.% to he seated in the gai
! fery for daily newspapers.
RIP ROBERTS, LA.
CIVIC LEADER
ASKS 810 VOTE
NEW ORLEANS AN!’- - "Not
,»n!v must Negroes become tegist
. erert voters but those who are regis
tered ;*> Republica-.ts should bc
, itnt.- Dem<*cr,,;s Si. spoke Rip
.obt-: r popular civic leader here
•a ho is working for a large regis
-gtion oi NejTO vot- s in the Cre
' ent city.
Ko! i .fottn-i out List week that
.- e were <•■■■:■.r N - Or lean Sr
• es resist".red as Republican;--. He
pointed out that it was more to the
nithrrn Negro’s adv titage to he
otric . nd remain a Democrat
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
"The Democrats e-'-ntroi the tier-
L.-tis in the South end particularly
i.i New Oceans. Ho • can we dc
i inand better recrc-alional facilities
: or the right to use our municipal
auditorium or receive other benefits
as citizens of we fellow Republi
cans who never win an office here?
Roberts was speaking at a meeting
: of a group of civic leaders.
“What we need is a strong regis
i t rati on as Democrats. We can’t as
, ford at this time to split our party
.iffiliation," he continued.
Roberts, who conducts p popular
place oi business. known as "Rip’s
; Playhouse," has invited the public
to come there once a week where
he conducts a school for voters in
an effort to make the public more
vote conscious.
Southern I niversitv
(rets Lao School
Baton Rouge, La. -'ANP)--Sou
them university announced last
week that, registration for its new
school of law would begin <>n Sept.
15 and 56.
The school of law. approved by
the Veterans administration, is the
result of an Jl month-old fight be
tween Charles Hatfield 111. a war
veteran and graduate of Xavier
university in Niw Orleans, and
Lvuiriani. State- vhiver.si’y here.
Hatfield filed a suit against the
uaiipei-sity last Oct. HI, when he
was refssed admittanie becasse of
hi- lolor At that time there was
no law school at Lolisiarsa.s State
school for Negroes. Snlthem uni*
i versify.
Although Louisian State uni
versity won the descisicm in court,
appropriations were made to Sou
thern for a law library, also for a
■ ,-hool and faculty which totaled
S! 10.00 ft
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION IT
Highway construction costs in
MH6 were 63 per cent above those
: oi fiMI.
Traffic deaths in the United
States have declined from about. 20
per 1 0ft.090,000 motor vehicle miles
r: JS2S to leas than 10 m 1946.
™— ~
; Teachers, Principals Are
; Named For 1947-48 Year
—
RALEIGH City Superintend
er, Jessie O Sanderson Friday an
nounced the principals and te*ch
: era for the four city schools, a to
tal of ftfl including a secretary for
the Washington High School, who
f.,cc*d thousands of vocation-weary
pupils for the first time Wednes
day morning.
Pupils in the grammar grades at
tended school until !2 norm Wed
nesday. and are following complete
schedules, but first grade pupils
will be released at noon Wednesday
end for several weeks thereafter
until they become arctisiomd to
: school routine.
Teachers and principals actually
i began work Tuesday since teachers
had to assemble in the morning for
combined meetings and then meet
their principals Tuesday afternoon.
The complete list of toschevs sic
as follows:
Washington Kish School
C. H. McLendon, principal; Mi*
M;- V g*ref B, p- gg. TTbel T.
NEGRO KIGKEB
IN MOUTH BY
WHITE SEAMAN
! SIO,OOO Damages Being
Asked Along With
Service Dismissal
NEW YORK The Legal D»-
•rtment of the National Ai.socijt
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored Pi oplc announced that it
would take immediate action in be
i half of a Negro mess-man who was
brutally assaulted by a white
I crewmember aboard the Lucken
! bach Line's SSt James Fenimor*
| Cooper.
NAACP attorney Louis R. Harolds
! disclosed that tie had been assigned
to represent tin messmsn, Joseph
j Deßlanc. in a sde .<OO damage suit
against the Luckenbtlch Steamship
Lines. charging that it acted
wrongfully in continuing in its em
ploy a person holding dangerous
view and of intemperate and vio
lent habits.
ASSAULT UNPROVOKED
Deßlanc was assaulted without
provocation on June 25 by able
j bodied seaman Gerald O. MeXen
| i'ie. At the time of the assault Da
1 Blanco was lying in his bunk when
McKenzie entered his quarters at
about 1:30 a rn. with two other sea
m an.
Without giving warning McKen
zie is alleged to have suddenly kick
ed Deßlanc in the mouth causing
serious fractures and teeth injur
ies. McKenzie's attitude toward
Negroes was apparently well
j known. ‘
AN ADDITIONAL SUIT
In addition to the damage suit, it
J was learned that charges are being
% j tiled with the United States Coast'
1 Guard requesting that McKenzie’s
i papers be revoked as a person «n
--i fit to sail within the narrow con-.
fines of a ship where persons of
j rami) races colors and creeds
.are expected to live and work
’ | peaceably, side by side.
The Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union :. also preparing charge*
.igainst one of us members. Arman
o De Los Reyes, who apparently
acted in concert with McKenzie in
' she assault.
SAN FRANCISCO
APPOINTS FIRST
RACE PRINCIPAL
SAN FRANCISCO < ANP) An
educator named William L*nox
i Cobb -made history in San Francisco
last week.
Coyb was appointed principal of
as yet undersignated elementary
school by the board of education,
> thus booming the first. Negro
> school head in the history of this
. 1 city
Cobb's appointment brought to s
- total of two the number of Negro
educators in the San Francisco
. school system Teachers and priti
ciapls in the city's schools number
more than 3.000.
1 A graduate of the University of
Southern California and Texas col
lege, Cobb is now taking post-grad
uate work for a degree in education
r at the University of California He
j I assumed his new position when
. school opened on September 3.
21 Farm Prisoners
: Escape In Texas Storm
: HOUSTON, Tex. fNNPA) Tak
i ing advantage of a tropical storm
that formed off the Texas coast and
■ struck Galveston. Houston and
Texas City and plunged Inland
; about 100 miles before blowing it
: self out in rain squalls, forty-one
prisoners at. Ramsey prisoft farm,
near hear, last Sunday sawed their
i way to freedom,
i Five were recaptured, but the
i others were believed to have head
ed for Houston.
- Clark. Gecrgp C Exum. Benjamin
■IF. French, Miss MnrelJe v. Giles.
■ Mrs. Gertrude Harris. Miss Jean
ette Hicks, Merriman C. Kill, H. T.
Johnson, Mr*. Emily Morgan k:«v
) iy, Mrs. Alberta Livingston, -Jobfi
’ C Levingston. Misr Mae Edna x,i
gon. Mrs. Joyce McLendon, Sirs.
I Virgi.ua R Newel! Mrs. Louise F,
Perrin. Mrs. Susie V. Perry, life*.
- Etta Emren Toole. R. Herndon
Topic. Mm Td-a Spans Washington!
i Peter R. WilitfittmL Mtss Efffe M.
' Veargln. and Miss prxsdlla Mebas*,
• secretary
Washington ElflPetrtm ddhwl
James H. Baker. Mrs. Ctonewg f.
■ Brown. Mrs. Ruth B.
■ Miss Helen B. Davie. Mrs Mary. H.
Karl. Mrs Lucy P. Baton. Mrs. Mar
i the K Jackson. Mrs Mild«ed.--¥.
James*. Miss Doris L. Lsrkir. Mw*.
: Faye Peace May;-. Mrs Lott tag
Morgan. Mrs. Came M. Psw&dn
Mrs Gwendolyn Y. Reid. Miss Msav
' the '. SoWwn Mrs. Kathiero L.
L, OwtfwwMS on f*st . j.