SECOND
SECTION
WAKE FOREST HONORS ITS OLDEST CITIZEN
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YOUTH FOR SERVICE
Above are shown members of
the Wake Forest Beys Club \
which is actively engaged in
a pregram of building belter
citircnshic through service to
the community.
One of the projects "in which
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PUB SHER WITH WAL
LACE - • Louis Alston, publish
er of he Carolina Times is
shown w ; th Henry A. Wallace,
Thirst Party Presidential candi
date shortly after the latter's
arriv in Durham Sunday to
racial slurs form
WEAPONS IN HARLEM
ELECTION BATTLE
NEW YORK iANPI - If ere- -
den re may be placed in the latest •
rumors gaining circulation in Hai
ien politic;)! circles. Harlem poli
tic s are guilty of stirring racial,
rel .ous and nationality prejudices
os ver before <
j ording to certain Hones go
ing he founds, a candidate for ora
of the minor elective offices cir
culated h stirring post card among,'
the Catholic voters of the district ;
tm* msi/mg his opponent's stand
on divorce bill
1 is reported that over (100 post
card - were mailed out prior to the;
elc ion. and these were sufficient
to turn the fide against tin can -•
didate's opponent.
OM INSTANCE
This is merely one instance of
the dirt frequently hidden in the
Harlem area campaigns. Time after i
time, appeals have been made on I
the basis bf national origin, pitting
West Indians .against Americans. I
This was a favorite practice;
among political aspirants who
sought to divide she solid West
Indian vote, although the practice 1
fostered an evil already well work- j
ed on.
A few years back, a candidate •
for district leader found Ins par-!
the boys have engaged has
been the cleaning up and main
tenance ts the colored ceme
tery in Wake Forest in which
they are standing as well as
numerous ether ventures for
the improvement ana beautifi
cation of the community.
epeek ai the conventtin of the
N. C. Progressive Party in the
city Armory.
Mr, Alston introduced Mr.
Wallace at the everting meeting
at which he was lire principal
speaker.
outage assailed, with his opponents i
.circulating vicious stone;- sayingi
thiit the colored man's; father was j
an Italian!
LACK FINESSE
The present day crop of politi-j
tisns lack the iinesse and training ]
their predecessors had. All of the!
former were men with background I
fitting them for th-ar posts, most |
4 )l the present day politicians are i
of it different ilk although for the :
most part they ao or Democrat,c
persuasion.
Republicans still stand accused
in this city and the most unpopular
candidate among N't,roc; is the!
governor oj New York. Mention of;
his name in most gatherings is sui- i
ficiem to start art argument. His j
FF.PC stand prior to the enactment j
of the statr law and his stand on i
‘he New York State university are j
bit>crly assailed and recalled Op-!
ponents say his propositi for a state j
; university was similar to that of the
; Dixie Democrats' urgenee of o !
; regional university It has beer j
pointed out that liberal Democrats,
headed by Owtn D. Young, insist-,
c-ri on the adoption of the final I
i program.
But regardless of how the News'
; Continued on page 8. Second Sec.
THE CAROLINIAN
THESE WERE PRESENT -
At* vb are shown part of the
citizens of Wake Forest who
turned out Saturday in honor
of Mr:-:. Then J-awis, 99-year
oid former slave and nurse who
served the Wake jroresi com
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR
IRKED ABOUT ENTRY
OF STUDENT AT U. of A.
LITTLE ROCK (ANP) ln a frank statement Gov. Ben
Laney of Arkansas denounced the decision cf the t-ard of trus
tees of the University ot Arkansas made last week to admit a
Negro student. Miss Edith May Irby, 20. to the school cl medeeme.
He was very angry because the board did not consult him on
the idpic and bec&ue the school refused so many '‘while boys" yet
lock in a Negro.
Miss Irby ranked 28th cut of a group of 230 applicants in a
professional aptitude lest, the board revealed. Because of her high
score, the board increased ils planned freshman class from 30 to 9 ;
iiuaents so that if epuid include Mis- Irby. She is trom Hot
Springs.
ov ’ Laney said that ne could ee no grounds for allowing
any Negro" to enter the school, "at this lime." On a "good
will ' tauiLf the west coast, he said.
Hundreds of while beys who tried to get into the medical
school before, were told they couldn't get in because lney iacked
room. If we had a medical schd.l big enough to accommodate
everybody, then the board s action w' . -i
;He point is, they pushed white bo/s aside for this Negro.
We have a subsidy for Negroes who want to go to a school of this
Kind, but we do not provide a subs.dy for while boys and girls.
I don t thsnu this Negro is arty better than the white boys who
were left out this year '
| ARKANSAS TRUSTEES
TOOK “REALIST” VIEW
IN ADMITTING NEGRO
LITTLE ROCK (ANP) - The
| board of trustees of the Univcr
jsity of Arkansas adopted a “rca
unabie and realbtic policy" .vh.n
it decided to accept the first Sv
gro student in the medical colt -„,e
| l his fall, according to an opinion
expressed in the editorial columns
oi ihe Arkansas Gazette, local
j while daily, here last week
The editorial looked upon the
action iif marking 'tan epoch in
; race annals in the United State;,
jlt will inevitably arouse mixed
I emotions among southerners.
"Some, certainly, will be oui
| raged at what they regard a.- a
! break with tradition, but :bc ma
! iority, we believe, wiilj accept it
i calmly and philosophically, mea
suring it against the available al
| ternatives," the editorial read. ..
The write-up pointed out that the
| state* was faced with grave prob
j terns in meeting its obligations to
provide adequate educational fac
ilities for Negroes. It turned down
the Texas solution of providing
separate and equal institutions, be
cause of an inability to accomplish
!what it wishes with .its existing
.schools. Another contributing point
; was that trustees had no guaran
| tee the separate policy would stand
jup very long under current court
i Interpretations.
The editorial, however, pointed
; out that separate facilities for Ne
. -*ro training would not MKOttcr
ily be dropped. Only when facili
; ties for a certain type of training lr
loot available Will Negroes he ad
mitted to the state institutions
, without prejudice.
"As a practical matter, this
I strict* Negro attendance at tradi
tionally white institutions to the
; Continued on page is, 2nd Section
munity for nearly seventy
years.
The community appreciation
day, as i* was called, was or
ganized with the intention of
giving Mrs. Lewis "same flow
ers while she can smell them
3 DIF. 13 HURT AS;
TRUCK SMASHES
SIX CARS IN MD.
BALTIMORE ‘ANP) Three!
, persons were kilted and 13 injured j
when h lumber truck smashed into
l six automobiles near here Monday
I'm Philadelphia road about five
.;miles northeast of Baltimore,
i The lumber truck sideswiped six
: automobiles and overturned Heav-
I ily loaded with six-inch flooring;
which was scattered among the
. wrecked cars, it overturned and j
• trapped John Henry Scarborough,
.- 32, a Baltimore Negro, in the cab. |
. i Scarborough said he met the dnv
, icr in Baltimore.
Hour;, after the fatal accident, 1
i! Robert Payne, 28. of Tapelutnilock, j
; Va. walked into Central Ponce
.station here and identified him- !
I I self as the driver of the death •
; truck. He was taken to City Ho.;- !
• pitnl for treatment of two fractui- !
ed rib-: and cub, and bruises
WAS UNCONSCIOUS
. j Payne is reported to have told «
the police that he crawled into a
I j Held after the accident and lapsed
■ into unconsciousness. Several hours
- later, he said, he came "to, and
hitched-hiked here.
He said he ate supper at the j
j r.ome of a relative before going to j
; (he police station. Baltimore County |
polio* had obtained a warrant j
- j charging him with manslaughter
■ :earlier in the day.
- ; The truck was operated by the!
II Continued on page 8, Second Sec ;
MRS. E. LEWIS
53-TEAR OLD EX
NIIRSE, HONORED
j -
By JOE SHEPHARD
Ninety-nine years is a long
' time, and ,a particularly Ion"
j time whenever one L bunking m :
| ierms of the lifetime of a single !
i Human being
j However, there is a little lady i
i nut in Wake Forest who makes i
■ that period of a year less than a !
j century seem as though it were i
j normal and to be expected work
i mg period for any yuman being,
i That little lady is Airs. Ellen
j Lewis, or ‘Aunt Ellen” as she is
| better known to the young and
I old, white and colored, residents ‘
i of her town.
| You see. Aunt Ellen is now
ninety-nine years old, and next
January mxtn she will reach the
century msrk.
While living to be iJTat close i-f
| ten decades is quite a feat in:
itself, Mrs Lewis has done cor,
siderably more than "just living.'’
Former Steve
Born in slavery, she rejoiced in
i her freedom primarily because it :
helped h- v to be of greater ser
-1 vice to people. Someone with
more fc'mal education might!
j have said, "to humanity, bur
; Aunt Ellen said, “to people”, and
i m so saving made it clear that
. all people are her people.
She chose to become a nurse,
not of the wnite-clad, laboratory
. trained, impersonal guardians of
the sterilizer and haemostats who
contribute so much to present
day surgery, but one of those ■
earlier types who labored with
; heart as well as hand to alleviate,
a bit of suffering here, or to ease
. a painful journey there.
h in so doing it was necessary
to scrub a floor, to prepare a
meal, run a household or do any
of the multitudinous chores no- 1
cess Rated by life in a rural and
semi-rural community, it didn’t
matter to Aunt Ellen, for that i
• was what she did ft r a period |
as long as the allots life span ’
1 of mankind.
Honored by Community
Early inis summer the resi- 1
dents of Wage core.-.t, unaer the j
Jeautrsmp or Miss Bcrtna Ferry, j
a social worker m the commun- j
ity, decided that somethin;’
snoulri oe dong along the linn
of “giving Aunt Elien some flow -
ers while- she can smell them*'.
The flowers came last week in
tlie form of a community appre
ciation day for "Wake Forest'::
oldest citizen”.
Scores -if the residents of the
town and of the nearby Wake
Forest College had joined in the
preparatic ns, and Saturday found .
the "ntire community aware oi
and participating in "Aunt Ellen's
' Lay”.
Her house had been cleaned
until it shone. Women of the !
community joined in the cooking. '
the baking m the serving. Boys !
ui the neighborhood spoiled one j
another in the turning of the
crank on the huge ico cream
: freezer which had oeen pressed j
into service for the occasion.
Others took their cars and went j
to nearby and more distant points ;
to pick up Die “more elderly pec- i
pie who were closer to Aunt {
i Ellen’”
More Than a Score Present
I More than a score of t .11 em I
• showed up. Some were white, :
some were colored. Some carried ;
; their years well, others needed i
the help of canes on a supporting
f arm, but all were out to do honor
i to the woman who for so many
/years had done so much in the
interest of her community.
One oi those present was Dr
W. B. CuHum, a retired member
:of th. elm ?y who had served for
! many yea’s as professor of Bibic
at Wake Forest College. .
White - haired and requiring j
the aid of a reading glass to read j
his manuscript, Dr. Cullurn told j
i how Mrs. Lewis had come to his ;
home first in 18i48 to assist at j
the birth of his Hrst son.
“After that". Dr. Cullurn said. ;
"we decid' d by Quaker vote that
if wo had 100 children Mrs. Lew- i
: is would be our nurse ”
In later vears four more chil- ;
j dren were born into the family
of the Wake Forest professor j
Each time. Aunt Ellen was there. !
Aided All
The Cu'lums, however, i were |
far from the only families who j
were aided by Mrs. Lewis during
j their periods of stress. During i
her almost seventy years of nurs
ing she resisted at the birth o< \
than a thousand youngsters i
lof bo 4 h rices. ;
Mansion' as well as hovels j
knew her presence. There were
times thro “I didn’t know how
; they were going to treat me, but !
; I went wherever 1 thought > !
I could heln.”
The sirtv-nine years of her j
nursing career were liberally
sprinkled with “long walks down j
j dark, roadn, where 1 knew that j
i 1 wouldn't get more than a ‘thank ]
: you if that, but I went along •
tind 1 did the best iob that 1 j
; Continued on page 6, Snd Section I
l
OLDEST CITIZEN HONOR
ED Mrs. Ellen Lewis, cen
ser, is shewn as sh»r talked with
members of the Wake Fores!
Community during a com muni
ily appreciation day wnich was
held in. her honor on Saturday.
Present Vr the affair which
was conducted at her home in
Wake Forest were iruny of the
town's oldest residents.
Shown above from left lo
right are Dr. W, R. Cuilum, re
tired professor of Bible at Wake
Forest College; Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs Mary Clark and Mrs. Car
rie Alston
WHITE SEES END
ifSsllls
NEW YORK Prophesying that
the end ol - negation u> graduate
j schools in the- South is now in j
! view. Wader While, secretary of
the National Association ten U’.e ■
I Advancement of Colored People.
; hailed the fact that the University
jof Arkansas fi u admitieJ it first
Negro as a medical student on an
j unsegregaied basis.
1 “This a Hon." he said, aids more
I impetus to th** fur< L- which arc*
! pushing segregation in education :
1 into the limbo of undemocratic
practices "
The student to be admitted is
M i s.i Edith May Irby of Hot
1 Springs, a graduate of Knoxville j
College-. She was 28th in. an apti- j
; tude test given to determine the i
DO students who would make up the j
freshman class.
Dr. H. Clay Chen aim, vice presi- ,
dent us the university, said ;,hc !
; would enter the school next month
i and "will be a part of her class. :
; just like any other member, w.:;i
--j out segregation.” i
j Mr. White pointed out that as
: ter the NAACP wort its first victmy
i against the University os Oklaho
. rr.a he! whiter in the Su; /cine .
j Court. tile State of Dclavvare open
j f*cl the, doors of its graduate school
,t 0 Negro rodents will; out scgr<’-
■ gation. Marviand has i-een .icimit-
I ting Negro law students to its uni -
j vers'ly since the NAACP wi ,i a
j-,‘ourt case there in 1935.
Mr. White prophesied that the ■
i NAACP’s legal campaign would :
j soon follow these cases trp witn
' other victories in other states citing, )
j the present suits against the Urn- ;
I versify of Oklahoma and Oklahoma:
authorities for admission of Negroes;
jto the Uiw and graduate schools. ’
: and also to declare the segrega
tion laws invalid. There is also a j
lose from Texas on it-, way up X ,
the Supreme Court which will pro- !
n-nt the issue of whethei segt■-•ga- ;
tion is valid.
3RD PARTY NAMES I
CHICAGO WOMAN
TO RUN FOR POST
| CHICAGO (ANP) Mrs. Pau
! line Kigh Heed Wednesday was j
: named by the Progressive party at;
> it? candidate for the office of see j
i rotary of state of Illinois, it was;
j announced by William Miller, stati
! director of the party
Mrs, Reed s nomination followed I,
Um the heels of Mrs. Rebecca Stiles!
j Taylor's unexplained withdrawal
from the race. In issuing his an- ■
! nouncement of Mr.-. Reed’s no:«
i ination. Miller said:
The Progressive party is proud i :
ito name as its candidate for see
I retary of state a person ui Mrs
Reed’s calibre. 1
PLACED ON BALLOT
"Mrs. Reed's name is being plac
|ed on the ballot in accordance with J
: Article 30, Sections 31 and 12, of the i
' Election Low, which states spew- i :
i 'icallv that a political party may j
I fill any vacancy that exists on its it
! ticket."
! Mrs. Reeci has been an octroi
: leader in the South Side Chicago I
; campaign for Wallace over since i
1 the foundation of the progressive >
i Party,
Born in Birmingham, Mrs. Reen j •
j received her B. S. degree at Wii
j Continued on page 8, 2nd Section j •
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j SIX CITIES |
| PERRY t. THOMPSON
Up ’til now I sorta figured that nothbig i. . than a fcargel <:
i Bermuda onions or fresh grated herse-rad’sh would have to bt
thrown in with a spiel of love from a brother of the majoiit;, it
mder to jerk tear? from this reckless soul of min- But the othet
day just about took the cake.
It was all on account of Henry Wallace toe
J was enroute to one of nay ".six cities’’ when i was drawn into
a stale the Union' - discussion bv a r!ea:..nnt and apoarer. :v
well meaning white chap who passed me his new.-paper to read
an eaitonal and at her news items v. hich concerned j., Wallaces
cancellation of the Duke Hotel Suit* in Durham during hi s visit
there this week.
Aith iugn I nad read the account? once, I gave the items an
otner look, just to he srore I didn’t miss something. As 1 handed
ir.c paper hack to him, the amiable young man introduced himself
as a vcL-ran f the last war who served in tne Navy He seemed
more dt hgmed when I informed him that 1 too had an honorable
discharge from the Navy.
Speaking of strong onions and horse-radish making tears.
Brother, when he started talking about practical Cnristian demo
cracy, he was a tear jerker from way back “Yes sir,” he declared,
it- sa shame the way some people arc- treated but I don’t think
i Henry Wallace should do a trick like that to yo’ali,"
“What trick? I queried. “Comm; down here trying to stir
up trouble for the good colored people by v.’hs? he calls practicing
; democracy.”
Figuring that my conversationalist might have* had some inside
| dope like Mr. Wallace was a spy or something, I bent my ear
for mere.
I , he kinda got to the core of my h.-art when he indicated
11 at ne knew there were some good people among us who -know
! tee true value of first class citizenship Then was" when mv ever
began to grow dim and glassy and ho painted a picture of Mr Wal
; lace effecting the end of this beautiful world. Th-wi ty he raised
m.-. ego a bit. I think I’m a pretty good guy. All American and
-nil in the prime of life. I got to thinking, gosh, this is no time for
more trouble than we’re already having.
At the very thought of more nasty racial mesa, great beads
of salty water now crept out of my eves making an inside outside
’■urve down each side of my nose, mooting at the tip, whence
they dripped on the creases of my pants
Then, bless my soul, bingo, they disappeared as quickly as they
■; open red, cause my friend dried pp in*-' tears and deflated my
: ego by showing me some "good colored pi ople ’.
“Look’a there” he remarked as he- pointed out of -he. bu? win
; daw "Those folks don't mean anybody harm The mind their own
husmessand stay put Oh they may rake hell among themselves,
but they don’t bother other people’s business."
Stay put, don’t bother other peonle’s business. They are not
!- !• o- are they? I a ked “Listen Mack ' said he, saluting me with
the C. I. term for Jones, Brown, Butler or any other name, "thos:;
an- the people who have to suffer for all that darned foolishness
I them dura ole’ y&nkees try to pul] off down here.”
The bus was ripping along a mile a tick and in a few minutes
i we were in another little towrf with about the same setting ss
j the* lost. A dozen or more of the "good people” he felt so deeply
i about holding up telephone posts, blocking pool room doors while
' the mere energetic looking ones tried them skill at how far they
i could throw stones across a corn field,
. _ ; owe were the good folk he loved best. Those who either
haven't heard of civil rights or have and found it pretty healthy
not to mention it ’round town
He continued, “It’s all right to try to get along, but it’s plain
silly to plaster that stuff all over the papers. It just makes people
Jus as 1 reached rriy destination, Mai ’», asked me, “Now how
in hell would you feel visiting at the Duke Hotel?’ I deft the
i > ung Dixieerat for the perpetuation of ignorance and disunity
wondering, how I’d feel.
Fray tell me, are ail “good people ’ underprivileged and cursed
with idle minds and hands 1 ' Mack thinks .so. One doesn’t need
onions or horse-radish to shed tears fur this vc ung slave to prejudice.
Powell Candidate fs
Nominated in Harlem
NEW YORK OiNP) An early j
indication us Adorn Powell’s j
strength was shown in the primar
les last week when Elijah Crump !
ail unknown political club worker i
was nominated over veteran Wil ]
ham T Andrews for the assembly
from the t2th district.
Crump, who has held various ,
jobs in the gift of the powers thth .
be, has been a Powell adherent foi
a number of years and his running i
with Powll’s blessing and endorse- j
merit was his reward.
Although the regular Democratic
nominee, Andrews, was defeated,;
the Democratic party says it will j
not contest Crump’s nomination |
and will accept him as its candi-1
date.
It is expected that Andrews will
run independently in the fall in
spite of the recent set-back in th< !
primaries. This is not the first time .
the party has deserted Andrew*,;
only so have Andrews come througfl j
•st elections and win office xgaivi, I
HELP BETTER RACE
RELATIONS - MAKE
DEMOCRACY WORK
RANKIN FLECTF!)
TO CONGRESS FOR
FIFTEENTH TIME
JACKSON, Miss. (ANP) Un
like Negroes hi other southern
Dams, lor example North Carolina,
Mississippi Negroes in Rankin's
district failed to vote as race bait
ing Reu. John E. Rankin was elect
ed to his 15$h term in the house.
Rank n won an easy victory
irom hi? opponents, receiving 12.-
634 votes in 170 of 224 precincts to
3.990 for Judge Raymond Jarvis of
Boonesville and 4.M2 for Claude E
Clsg ion of Tupelo. His opponents
Tvve conceded defeat.
A rulixif* destroying the white
primary in South Carolina given
by Judge J. Waties Waring per
mitted 33,000 Negroes to go to me
polls early this month Neverthe
less in Mississippi Rankin’s district
not one colored voter was reported
.•4 the polls in the state primaries
They do not dare vote m ias area.