SECTION
j
NEW LIBRARY SS RESULT OF JOINT EFFORT
CHARGE DESK Mis MeJiie Husv-m Lc< kbr -L ,n ■ Re hard B. Kci-mcn Public Library,
is shown sealed at the Charge Desk, overlookin > the main readme; -cam. Here borrowers sign out
and return bocks for home use.
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CHILDREN'S READING KGOM An o;>pcrt?:mty lor early in ir.e u f _: of library
facilities which will result -n the more rapid ad ancetrcnf and biotidct knowledge on the pari of
the school child is offered in the- new bu -ding - ; juvenile roLc’irg room which ;■> shown ab-ve.
A collection of juvenile literature, rar.rpn Is • Moiher G <■•..• rhymes, Lory tales and similar
reading matter for tiny lot., is housed in ini;. u r which also has number • . small tables and
chairs for the use of the ycung folks.
Other sec tier.- of the lib ary t.:. -; iko periodir/d veedir.-; room, arid rooms
which house the Nerro 8..0k coil<r;i n and ihc : tmiajly specialized beck ov.ps.
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MAIN READING ROOM The alive is a general view of me main reading room of the
library. This room is sufficiently large to permit the holding of conferences, lectures, the screening
of educational films and conducting of other associated library activities.
M. E, Woman Wins Georgia
State Church Honor
Covington, Ga. (ANP) Mrs,
Eulah J. Russel!* 89, a member
oj Wesley Chapter Method tsi
church in Oxford, two miles from
Convington. was named a:-, the
oldest church attendant in the
statewide inquiry hold recently.
Mrs. Russell has been superir
tendent and teacher in the Sun
day school for her church, and.
with out exception, has not
missed a cession of the Aflame
’ Methodist Annual conference m
i 40 years.
; A, presentation of d reproduc
tion of SaSimar.'.- \mtious minting'
the “Head of Christ”, was meric
! by the minister of the church, the .
• Rev. C W. Cato, to Mrs. Ru*
: Sell. The gift was from the Methr
! ndist Publishing house. Nashvil'.t.
, 1 (Continued on page &, 2nd Section)
THE CAROLINIAN
WKCNoI
New Ycrk (ANP) Mayer
William O.’Dwyoi is making poli
tical hay on his vacation. The
ebullient mayor stopped over at
Charlotte Amalie in the Virgin
islands to pay a visit. Nothing
political, of course, blit, it makes
good rt ruling and is good for the
mayor’s gubernatorial aspiration?,
i O’Dwyer hasn’t missed a bet
(Continued on page 8, 2nd Section)
13-Year Drive To
Be Climaxed By
Formal Opening
The dedication of the new Rich
ard B Harrison Library Building
scheduled for Thursday night will,
he more than the dedication oi a
library it will mark the compls- :
| lion, or rather the reaching of a
i significant point in the completion
of a movement to community co
j operation to fill a community need
; Approximately i;J years ago a j
: group of citizens gathered in the!
i Christ Church to discuss the prob- i
! tent o' supplying a public library
S !o meet the needs of the city and I
Wake County's book-starved Ne- j
■ 4r. population.
| At this conference, which was.
j attended by the Mayor, members ot
a'u North Carolina Library Com-!
•nission. representatives of the De- :
part meat of Public Instruction atttl
loaders of both the white and Ne
mo communities, numerous plans j
i -i* meeting the need were discuss
ed at length.
.MAYOR URGES SELF HELP ,
Finally the Mayor suggested that:
u, would be desirable for the col- '
oi-ed citizens to raise some of the;
! funds necessary for the establish- i
ment of such a library.
Ho promised also that the city
commissioners would appropriate |
$2,300 toward the necessary funds. |
As a result Raleigh's famous!
“Dollar and a Book" campaign was |
' organized. The campaign was not j
confined to the Negro citizens. Nor ;
l was it confined to Raleigh alone,
Throughout the country white and i
Aegrc individuals and organizations ;
made their own personal coni ri bu
ttons and then staged concerts, rn- j
: ierlaimncnts and other fund-raising!
-■tfcr's i;. the interests o? :he d.:tv.
PGBI.tG FINDS
The city <•;-mmis>inners appro- :
pruned the Sf’ boO pledged by May - •
' <>t Andrews without debate The j
county followed suit with :i small.’.
; appropriation which boosted the
total of public fund- to $3,250. .
hi Nov- rrm. ; of 1935. ..pproxi
inately !0 muiuits after the star* of
drive, the Richard B T-farrisc-n
. Public Library opened i-s doors in
1 rented store in ‘he 100 Block oi
: East Hargett Street.
When it opened, the library had
in total of 890 volumes. During .the :
first year of operation this number !
increased to 1.518. Oddly enough. •
there were more borrowei s tnan,
bt ■ ’*•? nd an average of at least.
five es the library's 2.37 V members
! bo-rowed each hook.
K A 1*11» GROWTH
During the f (Having decade the
H. Wallace Says
Wo Quarter 9 in
Figh t Fo r Righ ts
WASHINGTON Declaring th.i*.,<
.both President Truman and the Re-1 1
publican party had abandoned their c
S civil rights programs, Henry WaJ-p
1 iact declared that the post-Civil!,
War work of the Thaddt-us Stevens I.
i Congress remains an unfinished task
which must be completed if demo- j
j cracy in this contry i> to remain i
; and expand.”
He made the statement in an ad-1
■ -dress before 500 people attending a !
; W;.shingt--.n Wallace for President!
I dinner at the Staiktr Hotel. Dr. |
! Joseph L. Johnson. Dean of Merii
| c::l School of Howard University,
; was chairman,
! Wallace said that Congressman
i John Rankin's recent statement that
| there -would be unity in trie Dem
ocratic Party on civil rights ques
tions'' is the latest proof that thejt
views of President Truman's civil j j
j rights message “are not the veiws!
of Mi Truman." j<
CITES INACTION
Wallace cited the fact that Tru- i ■
man took no action when Secretary !!
of the Army Kenneth Royal! in-D
structed the goveronr of New Jer-j
-ey that segregation in the National I -
Guard was in the interests of “na-[
tional security,” and that, on May i
i 25 President Truman, “when asked j'
j at his press conference whether an j
Executive Order is being drafted to J
prohibit employment discrimina- j
Port in the Federal government, as- !
tor S'litif hesitancy Mr. Truman fin-j
oily replied that no such order is;
being drafted.
Truman made his recent 8000-
rmle swung across the coutry with- j
out even mentioning directly civil j
tights except to attack the Congress j
led by Thaddeus Stevens whch was;
; vesponsbile for the 13th and 14th |
; Amendments, Wallace said
Criticizing the Republicans for
rights in their platform, Wallace!
j their refusal 1o advocate full civil |
' charged that at the Philadelphia •
library grew rapidly from the;
standpoint of service, finance,
: books and borrowers.
rh.e original one-person staff w.c
--: inci t\e-ed. The original store-front j
-ite literally bursting at the seams;
ns a result of the 11-fold Increase;
m the number of books, was aug- !
minted Ly the opening of a branch;
libs ar.v in Chavis Heights
A bookmobile service was insti- >
luted to meet the need of the zesi-i
; dents of Wake County. FOl eight
days out of each month the book-;
I mobih tr.ivi is an iverage of 383 1
miles, stopping at more than 50 j
pom:■ in ihc county t schools*
! barbtj shops, churches, store- and.
! homes in order to leave books fori
i tile countv resident;,.
HO.SPHAi SERVED
In the interests of the patients a*
, St. Agnes Hospital a Hospital book j
service, through which books and i
; magazines are carried So the bod
j sides of the,, patients was also estab-l
; lishecl.
By 1945 county and city appro
: prialions plus $1,971.57 from the;
| State Library fund had increased;
; the institution’s income from pub*
; lie monies to SB,IOO.
By this time, however, the libra- •
! ry had outgrown its original loca-;
tion, and a new drive was started
to secure a permanent home which!
would permit a better job of car
rying on its existing services as!
well as permitting space for the
operation of new ones.
Accordingly u new drive was :
started for the securing of a new
building' which would permit the
setting aside of room- for adult and
child reading, conferences, radio
and recording listening mid other
: associated library and community
. activities.
The building which is to be dedi
cated on Thursday night icprestnls
tin culmli alien of this drive. While
'much retr.ians which m v be dope,
in order to increase the ability of
the library to serve its community
its record during the first thirteen :
, year- oi its existence has been one
■1 rapid and steady improvement.
The library staff is headed by
Mrs. Mobile Huston Lee. chief li
brarian. and M;ss Maude E Young
'■ library clerk.
Its activities are conducted un
der mid supervised by a library
board which consists of Mayor P
1.) Snipe;, chairman', die Rc v O S
Li.iili , Mrs Juba B. Doi.mey
Travis Tomflson. Dr. L E. McCau
ley, Guyori Perry and A. T. White.
GOP convention Republican lead
ers handed out SSOO for parties to
try and keep Negro delegates away
from white delegates, ignored Ne
gro representat;ves and refused to
hear Magistrate Reynolds, their of
ficia! appointed spokesman, on d -
(Continued on page 8, 2nd Section) 1
6 N. C. Delegates Make
2,800 Mile Auto Trip
To Attend NAACP Meet
By J. B. HARREN
Among the 600 delegates and
observers attending the 39th An- !
nual Conference of the National :
Association for thfe Advancement i
of Color’d People in Kansas City,
Missouri, June 22-27th were six j
from North Carolina who com- ;
posed a motor party doing the '
2800 mile round t:ip,
Mrs. B. G. Burnette, president
of Tarboro Branch NAACP; Miss :
Ivelia Pettiford, Spring Hope, j
who won a SIOO free- trip to the
conference, having been third in ;
the State Conference “Miss j
NAACP” contest last fall; Cleo
pus Lucas, Spring Hope Youth
Council member who represented 1
the Youth Councils of North |
Carolina; J. L. Harrison, Mis.
A. H. Harren, and J. B. Harren.
eastern regional chairman of
state NAACP activities, made up
the group.
Stops enroute were made at j
Knoxville, Nashville and Mem
phis, Tonn.; Little Rock and the jl
Ozarks in Arkansas, From." St. i
Louis through southern lilinois, j
Indiana and Kentucky one is;
amazed that you can drive more j
than two hundred miles and not h
see a dozen Negroes. However, 1
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WORK ROOM A major part of the activity of any smoothly functioning library fakes
place behind the scenes. Here is shown, the workroom of ihe Richard B. Harr; n Library which
will conduct she formal dedication of its new building on Thursday night. Show in the picture
are Mrs. Anne E. Robinson, assistant librarian and Miss Maude E. Young, lib r clerk.
34TH INFANTRY
MARKS SAN m \
ANNIVERSARY
TOKYO (ANP) - The famed
; 24th Int'anti",' rc.'';i . •• w!u h \v:i? 1
i transferred to Japan fiom Okinuv.,i
j last year, celebrated the 50th e.imi-,
versary of the battle »f San Jua.i
Kill here Thursday. July 1. Hagi
, light of the celebration was the
j singing of a commemoc.diw ■ -
1 set Vo words written by Delos
Avcrv Chicago Tribune c-ilumnisi.
’ cr.ti'ltd "San Juan Hill"
i Organized m 1882. the re tin, on;
saw hard combat in the Spanish- '
Americc.n war mrl p,articip cc.-d m
: ihc Sr.-i Juan Hill victory it -.vo-R 1 ,
; 'Continued on page f\ 2nd Scut ;.>ru
luo (loioiTi! leachers
Hired In New Jer*c\
EAST ORANGE N Y • ANPi
jT'ic public schools f Last Orange
will employ ;\vo coloicd .cr; : >
begmninc m September, Joseph 1.
Bustard, assistant comrm.-smiie- ot
education ar.d the administraior of
:h<- division against discriminaiion
of the state department of educa
tion. ermonneed lost w;el;
This will make the fourth Es-cx
County c-onnmtiruty to employ Ku
tj. o tcrchers to tr u h mixed da-. •• 1
Other ef'Tnri.unitic- me Newark
U;. and Montclair.
The two teachers were recom
mended to the board of education
by j>« Henry C. Kentopp. sup, .n !
t . ndc-nt of schools oi Onm;;i
Mr- Cornelia Win!mg will tern n
in the elem; ntury grade- ,1 Eastern
schools and Mis- Gertrude R. ike
<i( Lincoln school.
Mrs. Whiting ha- taught 14 year
in Burlington and Miss Radies in, •
Oxford, Pa : Mullic.a Hill and Thoro
farc. N. J. Mi-s Rnikcs is o grad
uate of Wo dburv High Sciiool and
Continued on page 8, 2nd Section
the people appear friendly when
contacted.
At the conference, you <-.:v par
ticularly impressed with tno d.v- •
namic fighting spirit of the big
delegation from Texas reus
Southern Negroes who are not.
afraid to fight in a legal way to
our rights civil rights j? you
please. May we in Eastern North
Carolina get imbued with some :
of that spirit!!
About twenty North Carolin- j
ians were present taking an a
- part in all deliberations. The
Southeastern Region (no. 5) of
which we are a part succeeded
m getting two of the fix persons
elected to positions during the 11
conference. They were: Harry T.
Moore of Florida to the nom. i
mating committee and J. B. Har-i
ren of N, C, to the"conference 1
procedure committee. The- 1940 | -
conference goes to Los Angeles, i 1
A Poland-China sow owned by
Stephen Glum, RoxbOro, Kouie 1. i
has farrowed a total of 52 pigs in •
18 months :
Eighteen foreign students attend- i
cd the National 4-H Chib Camp i
held In Washington, D. c in June, i
THE TALE OF
Iff; SIX CITIES jj
PERRY J IHOMPSON
In Ni w Bern last week et the North Carolina Businessmen’s
League meet ink. it looked as if the conf< reee are really hotting on
the ball.
The meeting .was infoimative, stimulating and showed signs
that thorn who have chosen business for their livlihood. want to
know tlr. right direction to success. They w re fortunate in' having
as their speakers sime top-notch buxin< •>; men and women to help
point out the way.
But alas and alack, one is reminded of an ardent churchgoer
•who hears a dynamic sermon or hwv to live, nods in approval,
shouts amen and no sooner than he breaths the polluted air of
■he winked world, all but forgets what he heard
I've always .’ontetided that every dav ought to be Sunday as
;ar preachments are concerned. We.ore too apt to listen to instruc
i. ms ;,id as a matter of a weekly habit to be exetcised for one day
only.
By the same token, businessmen as a whole Should get to
gether more often so that the contact and instructions imparted
feus may become a vital part of their life and business.
They ; yff. the Htt ! things in life that count Little gestures of ap
p: eciation for the many benefits one derives from the customer
e patron. A. the business or pro -siona.l person struggles to make
ends meet, striving to make a idle business bigger, the business
man mud real:;-:", if ho makes any progress at all, he certainly
s we., a del.-’ of gratitude to his public.
V. i. tan, .niton many mw chants ex pressed the attitude, either
iy word or action, that his presence in the communiv is a favor
t the eii irons foy.titling in many instances that these citizens afford
him his bread and butter.
Even a. fiorwt"w;>ul In't set up shop in a cemetery except for a
memorial any rush.
Businessmen look for a spot where people arc At some cross*
, ;>nd where people an bound to be found, needing what mer
chants have to offer.
A business must be in the midst of traffic. That traffic is the
buying public,
What do we offer our public in return for their patronage,
Do we have clean stores, clean comfortable offices? Courteous
ole: k ii: seretaries? Arc we courteous ourselves? Do we inject
ourselves in community welfare activities, are we civic minded?
Are wc alert to the modern trends of mrchandising?
These are just some of the “little things’’ that go to make a
business successful. As it was pointed out in the meeting, mer
chants whose only concern is their personal well being are most
likely to be failures in their projects.
No community ot intelligent citizens is interested in sup
porting a business institution whose operators arc self-centered
end selfish, who refuse to do their part in helping build a better
city or county. They should be found sponsoring or helping to
. ponsor and taking other active parts in the people’s daily struggle
■for a better world, u better America, a better state and a better
community
Tht re are a lot of things to be said about what ought to be
(tone, yet in far too many instances little effort is put forth to make
■here things a reality. The merchants who act in this direction
lore those who will get the business.
LIBERIAN ECONOMIC
MARCH AIDED BY USE
OF OWN RESOURCES
MONROVIA (ANP) Liberia
is cm the march
This West African republic, with
riches that have lain fallow for 100
years, looks hopefully to the fu
ture. For American business, in the
form of the Liberia company and
its affiliates, is working with the
Liberians to make their country a
real factor in world trade.
The people of Liberia have built a
proud and independent nation.
Having weathered its first. century
as a political unit, Liberia is eag
er to come of ace coonomeally.
Have the Liberians the persis
tence and ability to push througn
this economic revolution” For the
answer, let's look at the record.
The freed sieves who sailed from
the United States early in the iftlhj
Century to pioneer on the wild
coast of Africa had U struggle from
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HELP BETTER RACE
RELATIONS - MAKE
i ■ i
DEMOCRACY WORK
ijthe beginning against tropical -dis*
! eases and hostile tribes Back of
their thin line of settlements lay a
, vast iriterlancl of grasslands nod
j virgin forest. Ranges of mountains
rose from the uplands; rivers
! chocked with rapids flowed swiftly
■; to the sea. Here lay a store of
i great wealth, waiting to be tapped.
LICKED PROBLEM
Os this the Amcrico-Liberi ans
knew little. Their first problem was
J survival, and they licked it. By 184?
their settlements were permanent
• enough to warrant the setting up
!of a government The United States,
i which had aided and encouraged the
!-settlers, gave the new nation reeog
\ nition.
Tltc Americo -L i beri nn s did not
forget their heritage. The const iHt
t-icn of their repubic they modeled
'Continued on page 8, 2nd Section