MAILING
EDITION
VOLUMH 17 No. 31
WEEK XMBUfC JATURDAY^ JULT IT,^ 1W
fwETir
YOUTH DROWNS!
«. C. C. MEKTOII lESIGNS
Booker Fields Looses Life
In Swimming Pool As
Crowd Of 50 Look On
Ths.prim reaper, stalked the
tUUaid* Park Pli^ground last
Tuesday, July 13 when youn^
Boomer Fields, well known four
teen year eld youthdrowned in
^ht swimming pool whtU WPA
workers wfre still at work.
P r o\n y information gathertd
from the police, hospital author
ities, W. P. A. WorJrers and by
standers, it. was (earned that
younc fields, dived into the pool
aft«r thfe workers had ran water
into the place to wash it out and
ipi*»p*re it for openinsr day
One of the WPA worken was as
signed to keep the boys out of the
jumped into tht ipool after he had
pool, but ht said that the boy
turned his back. • - = '
Young Fields div|d thto the
deep end of the pool. Onlookers
said, w«nt down and came to the
nurface and ytrtled fur iielp. Then
went down again. George Bum-
pass, young bystander, dived for
young Fields, but was unable to
locate him. Then WPA workers
attempted to locate Fields with
little success, due to the heavi
ness of the WPA worlcera said
that the water was heavy becauc.c
of the dirt and mud that had
been washed from the bottom of
the pool.
After an half hour of attempt
ing to locate Fields, his body watt
finally ftehed out of the water
with a long pola. Hoping agains
hope and praying that there was
still a spark of life in
Field’s body,_ WPA officials called
an ambulance and rushed his body
to Lineioln hoapital. At the hospi
tal. n^enibers of the fire and i*e-
;?4ektion deipartments wo irked
faithfully for better than an hour
in an attempt to revive* the un-
concious boy.
A lalrge crpwd of more than
fifty people looked -on, in horror
as young Fields drownedj the in*
cidjent happened around 12:45
p.m. and doctors announced the
boy dead at 1:65.
Young Fields well known
by airthe^oung set, and wa3 a
student ^at the Hillside Park High
School, He lived at 701 Umstead
Streat.
The _^i^f-»tri^en family was
too bei^ilderfd and confused to
issue any statement as w« g»^to
press.'
The incident happened .just two
CAN’T COME EAST
*
Ends 50 Year
Adams Goes
» f
T uskegee
On Monday, July 12 the little
town of Mound {Bayou, Miss, waaj
the’ »eenc of memorial services^
held in honor of the men and
^yomen who ^tyi years agOj
staTtetf^flie' all Negro town that is
today symibolic of an idea of free
dom and> initiative bom in the
heart of a former N^^o Slave a
half century s^.
f T!^ memorial aerv^es Mitn'l
'd//. afterndm^ inaugumted a
week’s celebration coounemoratin^
the achievnmenls of five decads.
Located in the heart of the Mis
sissippi delta country the all Ne-
gtf town e^f 2,()00' inhaSi^nts
looks only to members of the Ne
gro rae* for its government, hank
ing.' merehradise and form pro'
' ^licts.'Six thotna^^tttiAr >Tit*sai^,
located in the surroundjng farm*
tug tistrict—eall Moa»d—
CONDUCTS INSTITUTE
Rev T,
their '‘town”.
- Mayor B. A. Gr^en, who ii| Mtv-
ing his eighth consecutive term.
A. R,
of Naw York dty who iaconduet-
ing an inatitu^ at tbe W°st Dur-
ham Baptist chnrch of which the
Rev. T. C. Graham is pastor.
GETS MASTEHS DECIIEC
gaz3d proudly at the multitude, | Italta is inseparbly lin|ced with
Monday, as he and his committee | the history of Mound Baypu
planned ^e rest of the week’s ] Lieut. Lee said “Wherever I am
LUE SWARZ ,
Noted “solo actrese of summei^' due to illness, which has
young Louia Mo., has advised friendf her confined to St. Mary's Hospi-
that she she can’t come east this tal of St. Louis.
The same “delta” ia calledi" aaid
'Lieut. Lee, “a picture of white
fstton fields, waving comfielda
and swelling river bottoms rises
be’fore me as if out of a dream.
progl^m, which inclwled old-
fashioned barbecues, paittdes,
dances, ball games and epeeches
by Negio orators.
Among those speaking 'w%re
Col. Roscoe €onkling Simmons of I can see the farmers rising at
Chicago who spoke Tuesday, and daWn making their way to thea» ^
Lieut'. George W. Lee Mem- f fields aiid moving slowly uj> and. »ta^^ N. C. College.
*^hrs, author of “Beal Street” (down row after row, pushing their I ~■ ■ ' '—
'River” and other books. Lieut. [ plow-shares deep into the fresh was this picture of drudger]^ that
Lee was the speaker of “Delta brown earth.’* ' I inspired I. T. Montgomery, fbvmcr j
DaJ” on Thursday. The word| Lieut. Lee said that, perhaps it (body servant of President Jeff-
Announcement this week of the
resignation of Mr. Adams as head
coach at North Carolina College
was the ««use of much speculation
• ^ to who would be the next man
tc head the Ehigle’s next season,
AdLins relinquishes his post after
seivin^ a year as assltant coach
under-L. A. Townsend. He was
advanced to the position of head
coach of the local school last year.
He gives up the posiiion at
North tJarollna College to Jbecome
a meml^r of the coaching staff of
Tuskegee Institute.
Collate officials were unablo
to make a definitei annoiHic«ment
this weel^ as to who would r«-
*ace Coach Adams. A larffe num
ber of plications are alrMdjr on
hand for the job. Tht majority of
the alumni and college officials
Interviewed aeem to favor A, S.
Gaithec, formic ift Paul mentor^
who .it is ilnderstood.has accepted
^ -yritton M «Mistant oeach |t_^
tfie Flerida * Miss Hortense Sander, former | Held of vocational gvidaace fra—
^^ Keaeher of Hillsidf—High Schuul I fTrtumJtfa TtfialBn
and sister of Mrs. Ethel B^r? | fler si^r Mza. JBtery aad dttttcii-
of Durham, who received her' ter went to New York ta att^iwi
Master of Arts degree ill the [ tlM» gradaatieo rirarri—s..
I pressed a desire • to former
Coach L. A. Townsend at th«
heed of the Ea^’a clan again.
Prof. Charles L. Helmes, one cf
ttue instructors in f«^ign Jangua-
ges at college haa also been
mentioned as Adams successor.
The S^Mtle’s schedule tlus year
la one of the heaviest in tlie his
tory of the college, and dfficials
of the school, alumni, rtudenta
and^ friends are anxious to see
a good man head tbe ^'aching
Scottsboro Boy
Gets Chair For
Third Time
' erson Davis of the Confederacy,
found Mound Bayou.
TIMES REPRESENTATIVE FINDS
DEF1X)RABLE CONDITION AT
GREENSBORO COLLEGE "
-©Oe-
What is wrong with A. and^ T.
College? What U going on, if any^
thing, behind the scenes? Who is
ri«)^ - Whja is wrong^! What are
aeiual and underlying conditions?
What, needs to, be done? These
are some of the' questions asked
bji ttie GRBENSBOKO DAILY
WS in an editorial last Tues
days before the formal opgning! day, in an attempt to get at the
and de4jcation of tt»e swimrai|ij?
pool.
nt€X»AM TO
bottom of what has become a run
nmg sore in Kv;>rth
educational setup; .
Carolina’s
B I The very atmosphere on and
rk- a ^ larWnd the campus is charged and
UQ ay^ u y le there will • gurcharged with, bittemes, hatred,
• “ program sponsored by the accusations, disputes, tur
moil, and what have you. So
be a
the Communiiy Center Club
Get^mane Baptist Church.
tense is the situation at A. and T.
t^ic win foe fussed, •'^Ject: cVlIeVe^ha^V^UrtTo
‘'Chri«tian. Duty”. Others on the*
program will be Brother N.' N.
Perpy, Bridie and Ruffin E. Pedi-
ford, and Noah Langley, TRe Ser
mon will hyJRev. C. W. Uton
from Zoar Baiptist Chiirch.
Rav. James .J^tewart ^ itastor
o^ethsemarie ^ptist Chxirch,
CHICAGO JVDIGE SPmAXS AT
BAPTIST OHUBCH
4BHOOKLYN, N. Y.T-JSud^o
,.Wi^m A,^ Harrison, of Chte«fFO,
lU. spoke at the Concord Baptist
Church on'S^day July IL His
text was “On^ Jliorn Will
I be Greater, than Thae.”
any member >of the faculty ia a
signal, (or. hushed voices, the low
ering- of {dutdep and tha dosing^
of doors. Indeed the s^ool re-
senvbles a «0^ng cauldron mof«
t'lan an educational institutkm.
Ahtmnf, faculty memfeers, those
^bio have narre enough to truat
an outsider, stiidents and most of
.to ai^ the school ai long as Dr.
i4’JutJ^0£d remains its jpiresid^t.
Thej^ ara for th# most part also
of the. Qptnioa that it will ia poa-
sible to remove Dr. Bluford from
the presidency at the school so
long as tbe Trustee Board ^ head
ed by Dr. M. C. S; No4)le. Hence
they see no ^mediate hope folr
the college jand are beooming a-
larmed for its future.
Tlie attitude of those who are
opposed to Dr.. Bluford’s admini
stration- hits been (brought about
they Miy by numerous causes n-
mong which are wboleiwle firing
of teiuihers, the refusal the
president tO; give proiper respect
and recognition to members oj^ the
ali^mni Association. The disregard
of the presidept for the rights of
fjl^ulttr nmn4}ers and Btudjents,
Som^ even go s^ far as to cfearg-'
Ithat the president has fonn^ a
'triumvirate composed of himself,
E. Ray Hodgin, white, secntary-
'trftafiurtr and N. C, Webster'My dear Dr. SpAu^ding:
Bwwr. flier charge diat tfce»0l Ttis is to-^driae you^t I
abject to him so much because ht
is whitie as they rosent his free
use of profanity in^e presence
of femala studeatiL and iaculty
memd>ers of the school. They claift
that even when this is done in the
presence of the president that ie
is not courageous enough to
ject to it. .
Wholesale Firing of T*Mlier»
It seems that the tlfat
broke the camels back was. ,j$}^
firing of Dr. Major F. Spaulding,
Dean of Agriculture. Dr. SpatiM-
ing, a graduate of A. and T., 'it
appears is both liloed by students
and faculty members, as well af
the alii^iii association. On JumeS
of this year without any warning
or .tatoa^t a* *• registrar’s office; Fwmcia S. Grif
ford notified Dr. Spaulding that
he was discharged from the A.
Very truly yours, .
F. D. BLUFORD
PRESIDENT
About the same time th||. letter
went to Dr. Spaulding, other mem*
ibers of the facui^
charged. Thifte whbse names are
said to 'be listed among the Jis-
n^issed memibiers of .the faculty
for this year »re: J, Enroll Miller,
instructor in social acienoei; Clar
ence Harvey Mills, inirtractor in
modem foreign languages; Miss
Viola E. Cha|>lain, instructor in
sociobgy; Sainuol A. (Bitrksdale,
dean of men and assistant coach;
Major ^. Spaulding, dean of the
Agriculture Department; Mrs. .I
Naomi Simmons, recorder; Miss
E^a Mae Simpl^ins, aaci^etaTy
NEW DSIAN AT A.
and T. faculty. Thie note dis
charging the detbh read as fiolldws:
Dr. M. F. Spaulding* »
Camput
three men are eetting rich
tiirb^h the irregular umi of school
«ihe citizens of Gr«m*>Dro, aUlfundls that are derived from ath-
point air * accusing finger at tha
president of the college, as be>
ing.Hie root of all rrtl. It can b»
tratfcfnlly itat^ that 99 i>er cent
of those interviewadi are of the
opinion lhat nothing can be done
letica. school entertainrnt^nfci etc.
d^ars charge that Dr. tBluferd
onl^^ a^d that Mr.' Hodgin actual,
la prtaident of ^e school in Qame
ly dictatea the policies of the
sohool. Th^y apparently do not
have been authOriaed fey the
Board at Trustees fe) notify yon
that you were not r«-«lacte4 at
its recent mec*ttng, held Wednes-
dar, June 2, and Ofei seiv
vices are to terminate on Jtine
30, li987. I am asking, therefore,
that you check your inventory by
I that tiiw*.
fin, instructor in mechanical and
archiecturat drawing; Mrs. Con
stance Hill Marteena, secretary to
the president; Mrs. Julia Young
Soaaoms,' instructor in pHyaicd
edtication; Hra; Jloronce L. Davis,
librarian and* others whose namei
could not be obtained.
Ptiif. J.''€^.‘HcLaughlin, a grad
uate of A. and T. College and
itolHs the M.S. decr^ from Coi-
nall University, hys just been in
stalled aa Dean of Axi'icolture at
h^Aima Mater, ^odeeding I)r.
M. F. Spaulding, who relinquished
* the dcanshif after aerving ei^ht
years in this capacity.
Profenor Moliaughlin is « na
tive of North Carolina, and is
returning to the state after serv-
"tiijjl for five years'as Proffc^r
of AglH'cultnre in the MisAiasippi
A. and II. College for'Negroes
at Aleom,. Me»j"i**aia. he- mavl^
a brilliant raeor4 aa a tether.
Dr. SpaakUsg'* CmmpttdmU
FVior to Ms dishiiiMal from tibe
During hi* stadent days at A.
and T., taak i leading part in
>maaj( of th* atad^nt' activftiaa.
A. and T. fa^ruHr Dr. Spaulding,^ lyecani. president of th,e Y.
had brought the foUowing comr^jj c. A. and prsaldent «f fte
plaintf and charges agafauit the g,. j, ng»xd»d
adinfaiistratioa of Ae a^: Une of tM »oat Mtatanding gmi-
Agricultn«
Caatla;H|i ea page I
Dr. Major F. Spaulding,
Dean^ of the Agricultural' De
partment* of A. and T. Co^escv
wlio^. one of the vicaima ef
President BfhifOnt's '•mi Axe’**
Approximately 12 other mum
mers of A. and T. were ;tlao
1[|u(C^rged. Dr. SjMuldin^ ia
one of the outstanding men ia
his iparticular field, having re-
ceivetf^is Ph.D. from Mass.
State Coll^e.^i» '193& His
tSiceis for his doctors deggree
was ««tifled “Factors Infhien-
ciiig' The ^te of Decompoal- Ttestifiad that the Neg
sition of -i'Diffat«Di Ttpaa of
IHant Tiswe In Soil and The
Effect "of n* Produetv vti
Mmt Grewth.
Miw Miaaie Stmnwt Pas*c«
Miaa Minnie Stewart oi 14M
801^ aUH% dijMl It. Slw
ir«a yt jeakm .0^ ' FbmcsI
aerrice^ , w^ Jlidd ai b«Mi« oa
1% i$.'^%l^-wma a^Grovf MB.
Decatur, Ala., July IS.—A jury
of 12 white mep brought in a vy-
dict of guilty'Sere tocky in tha
trial of Clarence Norris, one of
nine Negro boys charged with at
tacking two white women on a
fteight train near- Scottsboro more
than six years ago. Judge Calla
han stated that he would ac«t«sca
Norris next we^. The state
tirroagh its prosecuting attorney,
Thomas Lawson asked for tha life
of the dafei^nt. Samael Ltebo-
witx, promment New' York atier.
ney, and chief couumI for the de
fense accused the prosecat^
witness, Mrs. Vieteria Price ef
trumping op the tale ef rape^ aa
that officials of the law woald
-oxeidk)^ the fact ahe and
Ruby wtes were Inboing theit
way on a freight tein &oas Chafe-
tanooga. ^
Prioir to the charge mada to tht
Jury by Judge Caiahaa Mra. Pria*
had testified thM Clandlec N«(r>
ris raped her while she waa ahaanl
the train in 1991. She alao atala^.
J^t six of the nine h^s attMkad
her. Roby Bates and tW aflMr
white woman on the traichfc trtia
4t ttw time the nan at*aA la
supposed to. h»T« takea pl«ea, 4a
Bwd ti*i tha Kagreea atUiB*l
either hfKt vt Mr*. Priei.
Aa the time thiajtmr* wm
iA^ tha freight ittare wwe aha
two white- ho^ anth Um gi^ A*
a previous trial one ef tktm tdta
attack the girls.
Mrs. Price taatifiad dUhk
the ll^ a
thrdtfC a>d iii^thar h«ii H
the attack wa» s^NF ^
She alae staiat
the heys «ava tfWaii
and telVaa. lltlir 1
when i*e
tipaai aiii «d Ml