MAIUNGI
EDITION
WE£K Emtvta SATUKQAY UAt m 1«37
DEBATER
s Effeked From 1 obacco Union Meeting
DISMISSING DEBATE COACH
Y0UN6 BUSINESS M A N
TAKES OWN LIFE
ACCOUNT ILL HEALTH
"imSS WHITTED"
(By R. D. Arn«.ti«l^K>'
ROCKY MOUNT, N. G.—Tre-
g«dy stnicli! a shocking blow to
this city ®ariy Saturday mominsr-
wh«n Qvorer Hannons, Jr., shot
aad fatally iwraunded himseU whiH
in jNd at his t^ione on Atiaatic
Am
Mr. Hannons was a prominent
yoonc iMtrber and proprietor of
«»« of tiw most iBodem bwiut;^
■ohms in tirir veethm s&ttf ,
and his sudden death) krought Jo
«n MMi. one of the. most promis-
iag ywMl men
cfty.
of IW#
M
v-^
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The deeeased, -n^io ha'd jaat
paved hk M Mr«May, ^ iMen
ill for aevenl w»eit, but had
fi’ron no indimtion to^rar^B com-
nitttng suicide, and ^ reasons
for such aet.stil! remain a luyij-
B« mm «onltae4 to his
hoBit dnrinir tiiis period of illnesB,
and id not Tidt bis ap-towa bus*
iae« pntil Wednesday, and aceor-
ding to kis fz4en^ seemed to
hmvJ'bBan in Ugh q>irits at tbat
time, Hdwerer, tiieory has
bean advanced that it ims during
this ^me that be secured the
weapon that ittldly took hia life, j
Mrs. Hannons, who -mtA asloep
beside h«r h^and when the trag
edy oecured tad been taking
every precaution to ^move all
} -
room, and did not know tbat‘he
had the gun in be«d. Aecordteg
to information given thb corres
pondent, the suicide had eviden
tly been planned ft>r 5’riday after
noon. When Mrs. j&uanona re
turned home earlier than usual
from the beauty shoppe, a note
^ad been placed on the dresser
addressed to her» but when she
attempted^ to ope% it her httsbaud
swtebed It Mw*rj ba4 kvm«4 it.
Ne otRir Gommunicatlon could be
found Ahturday explaining the
*W^iS*. ^ J.
TM’n eatil»g
•Bd fired at dose - range diMtily
through the lower ehaa&er of
the heart. Hie bullet paaEwd
through the body and came to
rest on the bed. According to the
coroners verdict death came in-
The deceased was a ^t^iaate
®£ the local hi|^ irebftol where he
starred In footb^ and basket-
baU. He married l&ss MomtiAf .Vr
Simms shortly after Ifeeir gr^u-
ation ia 102S, Surviving other
thjo hSl^ wife, are bis son, Grover
Jr., and his motlite and fathii:-
Funend services were neld
f^om the home Monday afternoon,
and Stokes Fnnend JOirectort*
were ia charge. Intenwent was in
Says Dr.McCrorey Distorted
Truth About Ordering
Team From Campus
-- .Ac. ^ i. ■ “
SELLS HIGHEST NUMSEK OT VOTES IN CCMITEST
!A.pxfl,^ OBil^ba^ they wsuid juphoU ' dered an iafloit to os and to the
the affirmative of the question. | setool we represented. On enter-
To the JEdltdt of the"Waahin|rton7 the two sprakers or tt:e 2«th tsfdteeuss wltti him what w« eonsf^
Tribuoe^ 4Sp«cial To The Caroli
na Times)
tn your last edition of the Trt-
feune there appeaK'ed an -article
concerning tii« jBtoward Univer
sity Deibaters Md their appear*
ranee at Johnson €."* Smith^Uni-
versity. Because this article 'af-
fecta^me directly, and as the in- ^
cldents and facts are not cleariy * f'Jrther invitation in the l«ht of
set forth in **«»« artbslt,^ *I feel ^*ct that a one Herbert Reid
that I should write setting .foi^h wf*-* raerafer of tire team . The
' (We found later that wkcn Mr.
Bond received this letter from
Yelldell witti the names of the
leakers that he called faculty
committee on debates _into a
.special session to determine whe-
as4?Qpibte juat-wbafc^iid^ thar arrM^eTh^^
- b^pen. i j^Baehto for the j»ntflrtaiMnonf mittM
It It w trtM that 1 am a foT'
mer stodeat of Jrtmson C. Smith
Oniveraity, ibttt I ^^-^t
was crowned “Min Wfcitted’* at a
popularity contest sponsored by
tb* l^ent Twscherf’ AidoeWon
of the James A, Whitted School.
LIVIIfGStONE
COLLEGE
«ntertainment of
the team go on. On this acUon of
the eommitftee Mr. Bond sent us
h% last letter, wtich acoording to
mg we receive no formal
greetings, nor were we asked to
have seats; but we weraj flatly
told that he cared not to discuss-
the matter, i^ust sdbout all that
We were able to get for this con-
ther Howard team should recetv {.ference was first, tfcat he was
i^esident y o? Johnson C. Smitxi
Univeraity; |;!^fendly, that he
adfeii not li^t' bis eoaeb bad
;jr3n; .
in, or low his faculty com
mittee had reacted, that
no conditk>na would lie entertain
the team. On a direct questia>i
from Charies Gomum, l^«ddent
NGUNCES C»lli£NCEMeNT
SPEAKVtS ’
The ^eakew for the B6tb Qom-
mancemebt of Uvin^tone Col
lege ar^ M followi ^ ^ishop W, C.
Brown, P. D., of^^irfi^mia, wk4
will dellvll'ttte Skecalaurinits
Sermon May 80th., and Dr. Ai D.
Wrighl, President of th« John P.,
Slater Fund of Wa^ington,
t C,. wfco will deliver the Common-•
J cement Address on JHinf ^ l^t.'
Severid of the C^uees will aold
’ tlteir re-union this year duynij
dangerous artioles f^om the ; the Unity Cemetary beiie.'
^endlsh Assault On
Texas Teacher Bared,
White Rapists^ Freed
oommencement week, ani}' many
of tha “Old Grads” have promis- j tor from Professor Pred
ed to l>e present.
term I was a^ed by tte adminis^
tratioa to “wilbA'aw” from the
institution for tfc* best interest
of the student body. At tha be
ginning of tJ^e present scfcoot
year i^l^lied for admission to
HowarH University, My. transcript
was ti«isferred ajo^ with my
I status i^om Johnson C. Smith
I Univerfaty, but I w«* not expell-
two 1 was admitted jSoward
as a bol^ fide student. /
, Wten the debate witK SinitH
was being planned,'~Jsbn,YeHdell,
the capti^ of our team, sent to
Smith tile names of the two
E^akers, John Yelldell and Her
bert Bieid, Wlile we were at Tus-
kegee,' one of tihe stops on our
southern tour, we received a let-
Bond,
coaeh of debates at Smith, infor
ming us that he was . expectinir
missed for the University.) '
We jeurned to Smith on this
"official invitatiott" from the
coach, arriving lato l^ie^ay pru
ning. We were ^ven accomoda
tions for the night, having break
fast before we had ‘any indica-
titen that the team or any member
thereof was in ttie least ttnwal-
«omed at this institution. About
Wednesday^ morning
approached me to
,t Dr. McCrorey bad
caacell^. the debate and had de-
^eed that that the entertointiaent
of the team cease at once. Imme-
difttely after he delivered this ul
timatum from the President, Mr.
Bond vanished- ft«m the ^mpus
Since no further conlerence was
poi^ihljQ withi him, we went over
to ttft oMce Qf ftj? President to
Dr. McCrorey stated tiiat his
Mhool was under no written con
tract to entertain our team and
wbat this gentiti^maQ’s iqpeeemcnt
me#nt aothing to Wm. Thfrdly, we
were able to get from , tbis con
ference a compromise after Yell
dell had pointed ou^ sach. an
action was a direct insult i^inst
our Alma Mater and that he was
contacting our President. The
compromise was that wltk the ex
ception of Reid the team Mold
be entertained. Upon this propo
sal Yelldell, speaking for the
other members of~tte team, stat
ed, in a true democratic fashion,
that we all slept together, ate
togettier, or starved together,
that where one of the groupe 'B'»s
refused accomodations tbe others
(CMtiai^ oil pmitm eichl)
HOUSTON, Tex.. May iS^CC
UNA)-Tr4liss lAinnie B. Harris,
ubwutiful 20-year*old school tea-
\Wr of Richards, Grimes County,
-"'Texas,, was subjected to on©, of
fee rtost br«tia.iin|d^en4tsh as
saults ..ever sufferelT by a human
being;, it was .i^Srtljad btw
'week.''‘ v* .
Miss |Iai7is was waylaid on
Sunday niarht, Feb. 21, and rgfita
five times by four white men.
Hie attack occarefd while she waa;
retumnig from Havasota ~ to
Hid-ards aecompanied by two
male ifriends, who were beaten
"into uneonseiousnes8*by her ut-
taekws.
Hie four white men, W. F, Is
bell, Stuitet: McFarland, W. A.
Humphrey and Dan Alien, wera
ehifoll^ at the Slel-ards CCC
Camp, where the commanding «u-
thorttiM whiitewfflttitf "crima
aifbef dischai^ng lim men from
tihe camp. ¥ '
Miss Harrk is^now in a serinup
eoadition a* * esf^t.of lh« at-
tacl^ and ptl^cia^ descrfee her
as a/hervoua and physioa} i(nt!|iok.*
B«stial Attask
At th« examining trial tba
yoQBg teaelMTi bac«ly out «if hmi
teens, ^stifiiKl tbat two of bar
aUacke)^ bad fKn^bar «bi!^t«*
neotady s tMWl Pby-
slej^ eo«»61^Sir*l«4^"‘)Wt
tn Mh6**6
m
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tw«^ of the repists were given
five-year ^eri^ences but were later
set free. A third case is to come
«p at Madisonville, Tex.r at the
next term of the court. Informed
sources connected with tke ..Dis-
'2^-|-triet Attai3uay’s_offica.^ta^^ that^
ihe third defendant w^l -als^ b« ^
given a suqiended sent^ce.
- The fourth case' is scl;iedu!od
Cobb,
Davis B. Martin, Jr. son of Mr. j larity contesC ef wiatttd Seh^ot.
amd Mrs. D. B. Martbi who won { litUe Mr. Mar^" ii a member at
first prize for 'Wiling th^ most th^lA Gradew
number »ot«j durinir the popa- • /'■
NATIONAL NEGRO INS.
WEEK STARTS MOMMY
STUDY RED CROSS ACT!VJTIES OF RACE
for early trial at the County
Court at Grimes County. AW
though the attackers we» ser
free, it was said ttat indignation
among progressive citizens irf
bitbraces was so high that tite
court f^lt some sentence had to be
imposed although suspended later.
AUoraeys lfef««e Aid
Miss Hatris’ parents and ind!-
nant citlsens sought vainly to se
cure legal assistance to aid the
prosecution of , the att»cke«.
White fittoriieys in Navarota «n^
Grimes o6unty refused their ser
vices, since all are loembers of
the «m% Man’s Union,*’ a fas
cist grotii^ organised to w*M»in
tbe suppresston of ihe Negrd;
people.
The fact# of tbe horrible a»nlk
on (ifee beautiful sonng teacher,
wfal^ #(.ber« this
. [■'
' 9inrfa« wbfl^
to BtehavAi. was
efuron tli* bigb-
ii 9*«lo«k at nii^^
C. €. Cobb, W.^.
John Pemberton,
Troia N
Fmt w
life, met Wth Red Oroaa ?fffeWta
in Wt^ngton, Monday-«i»d 8W-
Ibe actiirities of ^ Bed
.Croik -insofar as the^f’ afzected
Kecroea dor^tg ti e i^ecent Ohi^
tad UtmMfia VaUey
Tapp and
proq^ent
churchmen of Durham, and em
ployes of the American Tobacco
Oompany, were ejected from a
i»e«ting of Negro tobacco work*
ers hereHUwt Friday by a white
organized who stated-Aat be l-ad
orders from the head^^uarters of
the Tobacco Worker’s Iiitema-
tional Union Seated in Kentucky
to not let the three men have
liemberships in the organizAtion.
-The mee^g which was in tbe
form of a mass gatkering odf the
tobacco workers held for the pui;-
pose of oi^fanizing a union, and.
when Messera Cobb, Tapp and
PeiiAerton pnt ii| their pr^ence
they were asked to witbdralir
from the brfl by tbe white drgaa-
iser, THie action of the white man
«) imdden Ibat before
present could get their bearinup
all ttese of th» mea bad left tk«.
gathering.
I Mr. Cobb bM worked for the
American Tobacco Company fpr
more thin 90 years and baa beea
actb% in whatever rffort t^e
workers have pot totw«rd 'to or-
gim^ thesasehrea accordfiag to *
e^i^iMui; Miss Miury Will^^, Red Cross; ;^g«ne Jonee, i |||g,teBieBt of one of the w«A*t9
!]^id»gee ' ite^ Gross E«eciitlve Secretay National |lr-?r i ^e«ebt. Mr. Tapp 1»» alwi h*m
C%i^er and r^resentin* Pres. ' ban Lepguej Jhr. Gear^el' the eerrice of the eompany f«r
Atttanen; Mrs. Man^r^t Fedwral peuBcU erf Church'- - i«hi* time, ia well •m'Wr. Psm-
Sihii Graad Basiletis, «pa; Roy Wilkins^ Sei»etsry'^^rt^- 411 tfale of tbe m«» *ra
National Negro Insunmee week
ft KT on great proportions
ttis year, according to-Geo. W.
Cox, Chairman of the orgwaixa-
tion and Agmejt Director of tbe
Nortit Carolina Mutual life Insu
rance Company. In an interview
with Mr. Cox tbfa week he bad
the following to say with regards
to. the eeldbration ivbi^ gets un
der way Sunday Ifay 17, dbsiB?
Sunday May ^ adiaa tlui nation
ally known an^ popular r^b art
ists tke Soutbemaires wil 1 dedi
cate their three o*doek program
to National l^igro^ Insurance
, Week.
The Nationid Negro Iiuurance
Assoeiation has seen fil to set a-
side a week in each year, for
three yeafs now, ^eludmg ti;.te
ye^ to be styled aa National
N^o Insnrance Wedk. U b »t-
ways'si>onsored during tbe same
week that the white life humrt»cm
m jkvtHT tralBMM «f
and ra^t. -
phttm it la s fret w 4o
nid have a fidS nveit itt
of - tiieaa lOiipimiWt ' Ii'«» be
inkB mU ttat m flipa** «•
hrnm iwmtr
eoi^iee of tte «aiiO|| are spon^ ^ur«iee V He*wes
ser^ wkat is known aa li^oini fjigme f^aa^ayiH. Tbiy
m»e comjsfl^ repr|- at «be-meeting Were: Dr. Chas. S. • Hatft>*al.iJss’to. o^Nepro Nur^s;
aen^g.^a; numfeNHT ef miiai^ J^ttaon, ilsk Univeraity: DeVitt Claude A. BameW;of Chicago; J.
i^nizatiees imieortaftt ^ M^o Smit^^is charge Bad ^oea|L. Fieser, Tice Gbairman Ameri-
sy Flood. I Sorority; Mr*. | NAACP tM A B. ltf»i.#rec|*r comddiwed loyml aal «i« gmm j
td right thoe* I Pre«i«le«t«{ f^tfome! for the^d Cm j mm
ditional life
U^es of
one week. Tb«nk"'aiH be
proxinu^ly 48 ceaqpMieft iwrtlr
elpatfag, lA «f wbieb bacva ^ewi|«
ev4tence of atrengtb sa# ebarais
ter aa weB aa pai]wtaity liy v&tu*
of idM fact tljit tbay b«ve been
Unle to yri^iirtpilld «ra^ test that
ettase m a ttMiH of the
depr«nlm' wbi^ the n»>
tiHi asd tba w«M rei*^ ‘p*e|^
^ Appumttfy. tbi^ l*»ef^
out fr«aft under the atbic
depression irianr, eagpavlsiiei^
and with an aaaoMsIt «f 
Idfe In9urane« WMk. Tbia yMr,
May 17 to 22 h« been ebeeea.
We bfve been very b«Ri|AiXKn^
sing tbe TarioQS
their f^d priTiinafpi’ti
according t» lo«a^ ral^ «aia
identify of cMavaaf in
way, will be to aeaA to
on that waA, wwiw At i»^
fb^ce Ala
•»
wBKom flilMphwi % •
laiufe% Hif iMMcNiii hiwriet U
tMe.1%:'.
witaii ap» ani
vaiNl t» «Sa
ders nera
•dbBBttted aii^'
v*a for ikm
euitaam of
be prNpriir
|Wr,aayfateaav
Itkj
in
favatekftr^’
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