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VOLUMN 17 No. a?
MAIUNG
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WEEK ENCMlCG SATURDAY JUNE It, tM7
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EDITOR AHACKS TENN. CHURCH DEAL’
NEGROES
HAYTI ABC
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Brown Bomber In Pink
Of Condition Prior To
Charnpidnship Go
WORK IN
HAS anniversary
—Contrary to many reports that
Joe Louis looks **bad”Hn hi^ pre-
paration for hia Championahip
ficht ^ith Jim Braddo.k, Joe
is rSiily He will be ready
to fijrht the fight of his life when
he crawls throu|{‘h tht ropes at
Comisky Park Tuesday ni^ht.
iSotne of the reports claim that
Joehasn’t shown any spirtt in his
work-outs, others say that he is
spending most of his time sleep
ily and eating. Most of this is
pure exaggeration. Louis eats
and sleeps of course, but not to
the extent that some would have
you believe. When the Bomber
isR^ in th«re try^g' kQl bis
aiwrmates in every workout. Most
people think he is losing, but it
isn’t true. What good would it
do Joe to fight his heart out.whiie
training? None. It does ° a
fighter no good to leave his fight
in his training camp, and Jack
BlAckburn is seeing to it that his
boy doesA’t leave his at s Kenosha,
Wis.
Instead of letting Joe laitabast
his sparmatlBs out of the ring like
he did in preparation for Schmel-
ing, Blackburn is making tW
Bomber pay more attention to ^
defense. He has the Bom^
weaving under rights and using
counter pvnches. Blackburn is
slowly working Joe up to the phy
sical peak, you will find him in
Tues^*y night.
Taking the Bomber at his own
words: “They are saying I am
holding my right too low and that
I am 'atill easy for a right cross#
Well we’ll see about that the night
of June 22. I intend getting to
Braddock ^uijr ,and if 1 tbt
way I am punching noiy th« figkt
AT NEW YORK^-‘‘U’
won’t last very long. Of course,
if the Champion does a *BA>«?Slsr
tor and bicycles around the ring
it may take me longer. But I don't
think he can run as fast nor as
long as Pastor, a much younger
man did. I am going to knock
Bra^ock out—you don’t have to.
worry about that.”
Jeiiers And Peddy Get
Jobs As Clerks ‘
The clerks in the Hayti ABC
Store will be W.' A. Peddy and
Potuice Jeffers, It was announced
Wednesday of this week by the
loial board of alcoholic Control.
W. A. Peddy is a graduate of A.
and T. College at Greensboro and
for some time has been a local
truant officer; in,, which- capacity
he has performed his duties quite
lapabie. Mr. Peddy’s experience
will serve him well in his new
position. *
Fordice Jeffers is a product of
N. C. College for Negioe^ and
was a football star while attend
ing the institution, 'Mr. Jeffers
has been employed in the jelital
dei»rimen! of the Dunbar Realty
and Insurance Company'.
With the appointment of these
two reliable young men as clerks
in the Hayti store, another vic
tory has been recorded for the
Cityien CommitAe* on Negro af
fairs. It was through the untir
ing efforts of this committee th«t
Messers. Peddy and Jeffers were
appointed as members the ]^r-
sonnel of the Bayti ABC Store.
Local Y W C A
Has New Home
t uMy^sijecently
to f^ate a suit-
i-Bjr Jokn Harold Malloy
The Harriett "tubman Branch of
the Y. W. C A. has moved into its
new headquarters, at 312 Um-
stead Street (the former Avery
Home.) This move was neccess-
itated by the growing inadequacy
rf" iS^'former locaticfS on Fayette-
ylJle Street,
For a long time the Board of
Management of the ¥. W.-^. A>
branch has felt the need of largei
headquarters, but
has been** unable
j^e place. The new location is a
gr4at improvement over the old
location and offers the girl^ re
residing there a more home-like
atmosphere. ^
While on an inspection tour of
‘’the new headquarters t^i» week,
I was very much interested by the
arrangement and convenience of
the new home. The~Tmtiring ef
forts of the,;board to obtain a-new
und better home for the branch,
has been a grand success. One of
which the entire population of
Durham shouldc'be proud.
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The first floor of the new home
On the spacious back porch there
is comi>os«d of thtf. oJficB, a large
reception room, recreation room,
are convenient stairs leacmg to
a public rest a^ the kitchen,
the basement.
The second floor, which ia com
posed of the living quarters, has
sleeping porch, a large and acco
mmodating bath rooih and a
spacious hallway.
The attic, which can be made in
to living quarters, has not heen
developed as yet.
The brancji will hold a formal
opening Wednesday evening, June
2H at 8:40 o’clock.
The piATie is most cordially in
vited^ Wffll »,apeclal Invitation ex-
ENGAGED
J. Wi V. CORDICE^ JR, who is
making a remarkable record at
New Yor^ University. Young
Cordi««f is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. J. W. ^ : Cordice of this
eity^ is A '■ graduate of Hillside
High School and Brooklyn (N
Y.) High. He pas^d the English.
History Regents ^Examination in
New York Static with» a “B” ave
rage and has maintained this
average throughout his freshman
year. Enrolled as a pre-medical
student, plans to follow in his
dad's footsteps and specialize in
surgery. (Fouchee Press Service)
I^mand That Coloribd Nuriwt B
’AUowed T'o Practice in New
^ ' Tenitettee Hotpital
MISS VmAN M. ELLIS
Mr. ^d Mrs. S. R. Ellis, 4063
W. Belie Place, St. Louis, Mo.,
announce the engagement of their
daughter! Miss Vivian M. Ellis, to
Mr. Moddie D Taylor also of St.
Louis. ^ "T
Miss Ellis is a graduate of
Summer High School of 9t. Louis.
She '(attended^-.Lincoln University,
Jeffetsan, city and \ a graduate
of the^Tucker Business College of
6t, Louis. Miss ElHs is very well
younger set and
at present^ is employed as Office
Secretary at the Wheatley Brwich
Y W. C. A. ■
tended to the men. From 7:30 . to
8:30 of the same evening, a »hort
business meeting will be h«ld, Xt
which time sdme members
will be electe to the Ward. Imme
diately following t)iis meeting the
branch will be open t« the
* J^ashvttle, June 18. (ANP)—
One of the main topics of discus
sion claiming the attention of del
egates attending the annual meet-
filg here of the Volunteer State
Medical Association, was the de-
ipand of colored physicians and
nurses that they be admitted to
practice' in Chattanooga’s new
Rrlanger hospital, and with the
Erlanger hospital and to all othef
such tax supporte(f institutions in
the state.”
’-'iEh'. L. h. Patton of Chatta
nooga, president of -the a^ocia-
tion declared; ‘♦CoY^red ^ysicians
are deprived of the privilege of
practicing
}\hites _Svie harry. :
Pace For $100,000
Seek
to Prevent His Occupying
Homie In Bxeliiatv
District
—^^^
Chicago, June 18. — (ANP)—
Suit for $100,000 was file againat
Harry H. Pace, president of the
Suprem’fe JL'barty Life Insuiiance
company , and nationally kiiown
busings and fraternal executive,
in the circuit court here Monday,
by whites of the Washington Park
district, an exclusive residential
section into which Mr. Pace and
his family recently moved. Mr.
Pace is preparing to defend him-
sell' against the suit which is
sponsored by a group of white
protective associations notoriously
inimical to the best IntefesTs bt
Negroes.
.These whites who live immed
iately east of the colored district
on Chicago’s south side, have
sought through the years to pre
vent the further encroachment of
Negroes upon; the territory which
they c^upy. Reatrietlve covenants
signed by^a majority of property
owners ani „jprohibiting cslomi
people from buying or living in
property east of Cottage Grove
have been in existence for years.
Other agreements ^vern the ter
ritory west of Cottage Grove, ex-
‘lending along 60 street, the soutn
side of Chicago’s famous Wash
ington Park to Sooth Parkway,
the main artery of the Negro sev-
tion, and south to 63rd street. Sim
ilar, covenants are In effect in
most of the desirable residehtia^
district in Chicago and ate grow
ing rapidly in other- cities thru-
out the country. ’ Negroes n Chi
cago thus, find themselves hemm^
into the so-called “black belt.”
Mr. Pace puKhased the prop
erty *t_4ll E. 60th street two
months ^o.and alter extensive
alterations moved in with 1^ fam-
iiy. He was thorougl^ aware of
the situation surrouAding the
covenants but elected to become
the spearhead of the fight to open
up the district to Negro owner
ship. " *
Rstaliation of the, whites was'
swift. Suit was filed for |100,000,
alleging damages to residents of
the district through violation of
the covenant. A bill in equity was
also filed which seeks to force him
to i^ove from the home which he
has purchased. Mr. Pace, determ
ined to fight the issue to a con
clusion, has retained a> group of
the oblest lawyers in CHiicago, Bari
B. Dickerson, Joseph D. Bibb, Irv
ing Mollison and Truman K.
Gibson, Jr., bei^g his attorneys in
the case.
"f am stapdiog ^upon my in
alienable rights as an American
citizen,” sai Mr. Pace Friday,
when >een by an AiNP reporter.
“The vicious tendency," he con
tinued, “to consign Negroes to
l^^ttoes and iiifericMr _ neighbor
hoods must be broken up. We
have the right as any other citi
zen to have our homes in favor
able sections and to take advant
age of the superior services in-
varia*bly given there.
am not seeking to live among
white people. Colored people are
residing within a stone’s throw of
my new residence, but are prohib
ited by law from moving across
the arbitrary line which these in
imical and iniquitous associations
have set up. I do not believe' the
courts will support a progi«m
wh|ch seeks to deprive a cirisen
of the right to live wherever he
desires and is able to live.”
SAUeaMAN
WllLIilAM POWEliL, popular
young local man who has recently
been appointed saleMBaa iot the
Maynard Appliance Company,
white feoncern of this city,
This Company is authorized
dealer for the llaiinoils Coleman
products and the appointment of
Mr.. Powell will give him a wide
field in which to sell. ,
iMr. Powell s a native of Chapel
Hill a graduate of this year’s clas^
at North Carolina State College
for Negroes, :nd a member of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
(Foushee Press Service.))
1'.
The function of the physician is
to heal the sick. The impulse of
the true physician is to carry med
ical aid where sickness and disease
are most prevalent. ^
COMMENCEMENT AT FAMOUS TEXAS INSTITUTION
Presient Joseph J. Rhoads
Bishop Colfege with Dr. J.
of I Austin, Chieafo Pastori Heads the I hop C^ege. Throngs (»f parents | tenied the exercises which were
C, I eommencement procession at BiV' I and fMends of t^e institution ftt* | held outdoors.
Manager of the Tampa Btinetin, l4l6 Orange St ' "nmpa,
Fla, whpse paper celebrated its 23rd anniversary la- *■ dc
Bulletin, produced'by colored men and women t^rom A tc- Z” \«aa
started,.in 1914 lui a 'one-man' sJ-op, and is to3ay an eleven »kn*
shop. The paper is the oldest in S’lorida.
Says Churches
Controlled By
Business Men
NASHVUjLiE, Tenn. (C>—On-
of the most amazing charges in
the history of Negro religion ani
business was made editoraily here
last week by the Rev. R C. Bar
bour, ■ in the National Baptist
Voicer official organ^ ixf thp Kati- havA nn other. chaica than to fQl->
onal Baptist Convention of Ameri
ca, when he declared: “Something
new is happening in our choices.
Recently, six of our distinguished
pastors have been forced out of
their churches by loan and insur
ance companies, investment and
other business concerns . . . We
must keep in mind that eighty per
cent our Baptist churehe* be
longs t6 bankers and_ loan com-
priites. Pray#s have a very litt
le effect on the latter. God does
not own our churches ...
“We los^ the historic Beale St.
Baptfst Church, Memphis, several
we'eks ago. It w*^s very simply
done.
“The Supreme Liberty Life In
surance Company of Chicago hold
■a mortgage on the Beale Street
Church. Ah official of the com
pany met with the Memphis
church in its official meeting. He
gav^ this advic*?*-" , ",
"Call Pastor of Our Choke**
“If you will call a pastor of our
choice, we will give you more time
on your loani" if n^pt, we will hsVe
tr forclose our loan.
‘father than their church,
the members of the. Beale ^-Street
Church called a pastor from the
UniiKorporated CofrviM>ti(Mi.
“Or, B. J. PiiUns, St. Look
pastao-, and treasurer of the Nati-j
onal Baptist Convention, had serv-
can they do- other ,than a^pt
their control and dictation?
“The Beale Street B^tist
Church will come back to us as
soon as they can adjust thfiir fin
ancial problems. At present they
low the advice of the unethfeltl
business concern that has a moi^-
gage on its phisical property.
“New imiBiidatioa"
“This is the new strategy em-
pfloyed by 'our business leaders to
disrupt and intimidate our church-
,js. , While W are talking aboot.
modermsm and attempting to con
trol the thought of oiir religious
thinkers, our capitalistic gan is
dominatit^C our ,-rriigtous institu
tion#. They have taken the place
of the’ "Holy Spirit. Think of a
Negro business man, who, pei*
haj^r is not a "^churchman, * stand
ing in a Baptist church-meet;ng,
and naming a pastor.
“This is something to think
about. No pastor who has. a mor
tgage on his chttrch is safe,
may be forced out at any
Instead of wasting oar energ; on
mordeinistle thought, it wooU ba
better if. we could work oat soim
kind of strategy which would get
us out of the hands of
lous business men.”
VIRCIL ALS1t»|^PA9H»
AWAY
Vin;il Al^on, age «1. ef VIS
tDowd Street died, in a
pital Wednesday morning,
Mr., Alston bad been a
uspiojree of the Gmolfaa
ed the Memphis ehnrch for twenty'cal Company for asore tiian
five years, ^e 'submitted his re- * ty yeant. He i
signatlon in t^ hiterest of peace. |S*die Aitston, thro» men
-Wtien our chor^bes are in teh.brolibers, and a h»t of
bands of nnscrapalons bankers|Bnri«l was beM iiii QiailjnK
and besbmM «onctrns, wtet ^ • ty, |«ne'’18tb.