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MAIUNG
Readies Tlie Mass
EDITION
W££K ENDING SATURDAY AUGUST 7. 1937
VOLUME 17 No. S3
Five ‘Brave’ Policemen
Capture 66 Year-Old Race
Woinaii Digit Writer
CHICAGO PLAYS HOST TO THE KIDDIES
Durham police officers continued Re«>p«ii* Law Office
their war on Negro participants
in the "Number” racket here this
week. The latest arrest of Dur-
ham’a “alert” police' QtBCeTS. as
usual was a Negrro, This time ’t
was a 66 year old Negi’o woman,
Mrs. Sarah Talbert who was seized
by five burly, strong' armed offi
cers of the law after they had
peeped through her window to
find her engaged in the “AWFUL
crime of writing numbers on a'
. slip for a prospective customer. ^
Officer* To Get Medai*.
A movement is now on foot in
the colored section of the city to
raise funds for the itpurpose of
purchasing gold medals for the
five brave heroes of the law vvho
were able without the assistanco
of the state militia ta arrest sneh
a “dangerous” character for luch P«ar»«>». promin#nt yattnif.
a horritole crime. attorney of thi* city who will
reopen hU law office in the Noi4b
Need More Policemen Carolio.'ltfHtaal iMiOdinK
Negro citizens are stron??lysup-T p.rri.h Sti-eet next woek. Mr
porting th» contentions of W. J. • discontinued hi. law
Croom, director of Public Safety, [
that there fa a sad need tbT tnore |
men on ^he DUHlttW police fnrci’
HOLD N. C. OFFICER FOR
KILLING DHUNKEN NEGRO
P. A. in Raleich.
Only five were available for. t>;e}
capture of the 6c6 year^old woman?
Just think what might , have hap-| the number racket has operated
pened had she, Mrs. Talbert been in DurhaA that not a single head
only 150 years of age. She miijht * of the racket has been convicted.
MORGANTOWN," Aug. 7—
AiJlP—^Dejmty Shwiff 0 a m p i a
Paachal of Valdese was ordiraJ
held to the grand jury for further
investigfation Monday by a coro
ner's jury investigated the death
of Robert Fullwood, 85, who vas
fatally injured when he allegedly
resisted arrest for drunkeness.
Fullwood died from skull frac
ture inflicted .by a blackjack when
the officer tried to arrest him at
& d^nce at the home of his sister
whom Fullwood lived. The white
officer, who claimed he struck his
prisoner in “self defense” and did
ot knftw his skull was fractured,
was released on bond of 11,000.
iTo Appeal Case
Of 5 Scottsboro
Boys In Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.* Aug. 7
—(CNA)—^Although adrtUtting
the fram-up character of the char
ges against the Scetttsboro boys by
freeing four and dropping “rape"
charges against a fith, Alftbama
officials this week started threeot
the remaining boys on liviny-^
death sentences in Kilby Prison.
In New York, the S^ottaboro
Defense Committee, 112 Elast 19
Street, • announced that it would
push, appeals for th tbe boy* re
maining in prison. One of the five,
Clarence Norris, is under a de«th
sentence. He is imprisoned in the
efferson County, Jail in Birming
ham, Alabama. |ii
The three boys sent to Kifby
lynch-atitempt by an AlabsAA
Deputy Sheriff in January, 1936.
Powell is partly paralyzed as a
result of the deputy emptying a
shotgun into his head at e!r>se
range.
Heywood Patterson, who was
brought here for ap openithmi»»n
an infected koee, is under a seven*
ty-five year sentence imposed op-
: on him «t a trial in January, 1^36..
^ The defense of aU fire ia in
lands' of the Scottaboro Defe?ja«;
Committee, a united front body
consirting of eig^ prominent Li
bor, civk and progressive organi-
■fations including the Internation
al ^bor Defense, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People; the. League
prison w&re; Andy Wright, setit^.for Industrial Democracy, the
enced ta99 years; Charlie Weams,!Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
gentenced to 75 years; and Ozie ters; theMethcftlist Federatftn foi
Powell, who was sentenced to 20 Social Service; and the Americas
100--ll)eiB* Induatrial Art
Unique among the summer va-^ (weltierinK l««at of the eity^or tea . For««t Precek've, vi»tt« Kein..
cation ground, of the country i», day, and enjoy fi.hin,. .wii«»i»«IWr W tc th. years for defending Kms^ In a ICtvtt Oberties Union
Chicago^, famou. Forest. Preterva boating, hiking, at the expen** of Uacationing kiddie*. The mother*
Cook County. In above phots, | are in the background, a* the
George Smith, pejpu^r *up«rin> | ean^ line ‘^form* to the right,
tondent of Divi*ioa No.2' ^ tha
Camp Reinberg where underprt
leged mother* and children of all
race* and creed* can e*cape the
The colored workers of the Dur-
have beaten up all five of the offi
cers, and probably choked one of , an arregt of the “big boys*’ in the
them to death. Certainly if it game been made, and then the F«day afternoon, August 6 from
takes five ibrave ipolicemeiuto raid , evidence gathered by the officers 5 to 7 o clock. There will be no
ham Recreation Department under
the supiervision of Professor John
W. Davidson are sponsoring an
art exhibit iby Professor P. W.
Dawkins of Knoxville, Tennessea
1 j formerly ofDurham in the Hill-
Only in rare instances has even, .
I Bide High School Auditorium, on
PRAIRIE VIEW, Tex. Aug, C
-C'—The visit of Dr. Mary Mc
Leod Bethune of Washington -to
PrairiQ View college was a thrill
ing event jlastweelc'. T-he noted
educator, who is director of lKe
WALKER AGENTS GATHER
AT INDIANAPOLIS
ENDIANAPOUS, ilnd^, Au
gust 7—C—^Agents of the Mme.
C. J. Walker Manufacturing com-
the home of a 66 year-old woTW.in have been so slim that conviction i 1
it will take 25 (brave poliremen to ' has never resulted. So we ne>d paygroUnd.-^ nYA in Washington, said: “When gathering for their ann-
capture a Negro woman 35 years more officers, not more brains fspecially invited to be pres-nt j visited the NYA .buildings horc from the 8th to the
old. Negro citizens just are nqt m
favor of taking a chance on lav
ing a 66 year-old woman beat -.p
brave officers of the law.
Proof that there are not eno.ugh
officers on the Durham pohca ’
5s in evidence when it is realized t
that for *the several years that
those we already have, for only
'at this exhibit. iParents are urgod
five officers with an unu.uai «Jto bri^ their children to see th.
mount of brains could sneak ,^h.b>t, which may inspire htom
»r ito select S'hobby.
on a 66 year-old Negro woman
and capture her in the act of I
writing numbers. It takes brains
Woods
brother, it takes ibrains
The five brave officers who
Page Aids
Southern White
W
o m an
NEW Y 0 iR K, Aug. 7—C-i-- order the womah confined. TUe
Judge Myles A. Paige, sitting'in
T^o^ville Court Wednesday, took
pity on-ti young Southern whits
n.:-
woman who was being hounded by
her wealthy husband from Pay»tle-
ville, N. Ci, who was attempting
to take away the woman’s six year
old son, “Dickie”; andi refused to
jail the wonvan on a chaise of
kidnapping the boy, as had ,tje«'n
,be«'n
Cum-
jpequested by the shemff qg Ci
benland County, N. ' C. Instead,
udge ordered the child sent to tH
Children’s Society, and th^^onian
paroled to see the.child whenever
she liked, pending arrival o f
authorities from the South. In
taking the action. Judge Paig*^
said: “There isn’t aibduction. This
woman has* done some rights. She
needs protection, and I will give
her that protection. I know th»
feelings of parenthood, for I have
hildren of my own. I am not go-
CaptalQ Hardee, OvreQs,
Kelly und Leary.
MUSIC CONVIENTTON TO
JIQM£>P W r CTATjnY
WITH P!LAQlXJE
Business Men
Win Softball
.C.C.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7.—ANP—
W. C. Han4y, world famous com
poser of the “St Louii ^lues” ahd
dady of all the indi'o chants, will
be honored Aug. 23 during the
18th annual covention xxf the
National Associationof Neerro. . , • i. j -i.
Musicians when the local brafch • Mm have agreed to permit
T^e* softball team kuow^ as the Disgusted with the sorry p«r^
College' Professors suffered an ig- formance of thhe Profs, t»e Buai-
presents him with a plaque in
appreciation of the composition
The Convention will open Aug.,
at the' hands of the Business m» n the former to play their scrub
I eould hardly keep fr^m crymg . ^®th, the first national convention
as I noted the cleanliness, and the agents since 1928. Con-| ..... . -f n-f ■
facilities for education offered iny pressman Arthur W. Mitchell is ^ 20 and continue for seven days. ‘ ° ^ u
people in general." Again, said j speaker, and lalw Mr^ .with headquarters at the Central
he: “I want you to know I stand .Christine Moore Howell, 1 Baptist, church. About 500 dele-
begging and ’pleading f9j- ourl ^ ' ~ ' ‘ ^ gates are expected from the 50
people, do your best, and let t«e rage, and light in the affairs of 1 units. The St. Louis branch has
word Ngero' spell efficiency, cou- the world.”
I l‘2i5 members.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT HELD JULY 14-15->16 ON ALGONQUIN TENNIS CLUB COURTS
when the two teams met on the team on next Wednesday after
diamond of the North Carolina roon &t 5: 30.
hair I THE tJNEUP
raising plays and 'stellar perfor-1 The Prof*
mance by the city’s leading 10ft Burnett, rf
ball aggT^gation known as tho Hubbard, cf
Business Men’s team. The final ^ Adaftis, p
seor eof the game was 13 to 10 in , Davidson, If
favor of the Business Men.
Hili* c
E. G. Sipaulding, tb
Marshall, ss
Judge Pftige had the listing of the njg |;o put this woman in* jail. Mrs,
wpmafr’s flight from the South ^ Morris, you. are paroled. You may
changed from “abduction” t o, see your son when yau—desire.”
“mother love”, and said that this
In the above picture, second
40W ^{noM ay asuaq ‘auiuo ou ssm . j" says sha is right, you see Miss Laui a
_,a graduate nurse, is-28,-and say^ y_ p
she was unhappy with her"eld»*rly'
KNIFE IN BRAIN BUt STILL
CONSCIOUS
huaband.
ELDER MICHAUiX
AT HAMPTON
BLIZABiETH CITY, N, C.,
Aug. 7.—ANP—Althmigh a knife
was run into ..his skull to the hilt
In an argument last virfeek,'Elijah HAMPTON, IVa., Aug.
Limehoiiaer, WPA worker, is con- Flder S. iL. Michaux, radi^ evang®-
BCious and has ibeen giveh a good list from Washington, D, C., ox-
chance to live. [plained about his proposed *'M^-
Limehouser’s forehead w&s
spilit 6{>en and his brain pier6ad
by the deeply driven weapon. He
is at Albemarle hospital end his
alleged assailant, W. Jackson, is
in jail pa^^g the outcome of the
wounded man’s condition.
who is chairman of the National
Tennis .As^cialtion Rating Com
mittee. Mrs. L. 3. Downing, of
Roanoke, Virginia, is also in this
group."
The Tournament results wera
as follows!
Junior! Sii^le*i
Chris Hunt defeated iG e n«
ftioHal 6I.Pr^«ss.” at Hainplon Hinrinirttin; scora fl-4; «-l
Institute Friday.
Jtinior Girl** Single*
Mae Hamlin defeaited J. Davis;
the Beauty Culture Board of score 6-'2; 8-4.
first national meeting of the Boy** Single* under ,15 years
iWalker agents was held in Phila- l W. Collins of Durham defsat-
delphia in 1&17.
Chris . Hxint and Mas Htimlin
of Raleigh defeated W. Baueom
and GeA!6*'‘'H4rringfton ^f Bw-.
ham; score 5-7; 6-1; fl-4.
,i This Tournament was one of
j,ed H, Peri^ of Raleigh; score:'the !)est yet sponsored by he .41-
6-2; 5-7; 6-3. 1 gvonquin Tl^’innis Club. Approxi-
GirU’ Single* under IS years j mately fifty-five youngsters par-
J. Harris of Durham idefeated ticipated in the ganlies.
f^ncis Harris of Durham; score
-6-4; 6-4.
^ Girl*’ lyouble*
Hamlin and Davis ^f iRaleigh p
score 6-4; 6-1. |
*' Boy*’ QtouUe*
Cox and Harris of Durham de
feated Hunt and Perry of Ra-
.leigh; soore 6-2; 61.
Mixed Doublen-
following persons dipnat-
Wes Muf the committee
, M thank them for th^ir
the success of the touma-
t
Sh
Miles M. Pish^r, Dr. Ji ST.
, Mv. aand, Mrs. C. C.
Si^ulding, St*., Mr.. and 21rs>
C. 0. Spaulding, Jr., Mr*
Mrs. James ^[^derson. Iky A;
Unlike their opponents the Col-
leg Professors played a slow game Taylor, fb
and we»e no match for their Bailey, sb
I younger opponents, the IBusint'ss 1 Bu*ine»* Mm
Mei>(^ who slamm^ the old pill to Strowd, fb
all corners of the lot almost at Steward sb *
will. j Davis, p
Adams pitching for the “profs” ®
was driven from the mound' fn j
the seventh inning and was
lieved by a borrowed pitcher E. I ss ^
G. Stpauidtg, Jr., from the BwsJ- ^ ^ ;»
ness Men’s team. Taylor playin?? j and^Atistin, tb
first base for the Profs Was fair, j ■“
bpt his performance did no tin
any wa^ equal that of the op
posing keystone sacker.
The entire team of the Bnsj
ness men played bang up i>all, an^
the‘mound work of “Don” Alle.r,
the sensational performance of
Harris in center field, star feild-
ing of Wheeler in Right field and
^at of Henderson in Left field,
alt of the Business menVrftSrwa?
superb. Payne and Goodloe at
third and shortstop also played a
goodgame for the business men,
as did Flintall and Walker at
second. Possibly the mostoutstind'
WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN
PASSES* AT CHAPEL HILL
J (S^efcial’^o CaroRne T'uiii)
• CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 2.—The ‘
funeral services P^iford
prominent young nhto of Chapel ^
Hill was held Wednesday after
noon at 3 o’clock from th» Rock ^
Baptist church of tfcu
with the r4v. Luther Bta^haw «>f
Mebane delivering the sek^a.
Resojation from th« Sunday
School ojf sljjch the deseas«d
ance Company, Mr. £. M. Mit-
chi^ll, 'Manner; Mrs. Mai^rct
S. Shearin, Mr. J. S. Hugbaon .. ^ ,
Mr. ai5d Mrs. G. W. Cox Mr. and'™®” catching of Walker.
Mrs. W. D. Hill Miss Marie In-I „ Tf* * the situation
grim, Mr. J. Ji Wheeler, Mr. I ” «i um
and Mrs. Prank IBumett, Mr.. P^»y- up to the time of his d.ath
and Mm, E. R. Merrick Prof. ■ * Kama. The biowmDkv * L... uz. _
J. W. Holmes, Raleitrh, NC.;
. superintendent were read by Mr
mg performance of the business. B^el Jones. Resolutions from the
Tsher s Board of the church
ead by 4Cia»iJ^i',^|^ Boothe. Wf
Pettiford was treasurer of the
hiogrmphy was re«d by
Marshall at short stop for the Telegrsms a p d
Dr. G W. ^rlinife, Smithfield,'j)rof8 played a lagged game, hie *^®®J«t»ons wtrm frmi by
N. C.; Prof. James T. Taylor, j oversize tummy apppirentlT kept »■ , Jonea. X ael» «««
Mr. T. R. Stroud Mft* Aaron Dar, ini from being abltto take care Ki« Lorea*»
M'" M. Hugh ijlwmptcjr*''” 1-- -■ j • -
H. Turner, Jr., Misa Minnie P.
JbnM, Mr. and tfrs. J. C. Scar-
. . w gtroundeds t^a\ ware fed I Mr. P^jfoRf wma
>- a^Ke I^tint hfan constantly by the formtdable ■fxwted hy all ^o hne^Tl^
4.... .bats of the tBusiness-Men. Puffinif *he entire coaununicv
Puffin# entire comaiUBity mumgrnm hla
V, 1 J • blof^ng tfi*om h*u®ng^ hte Hi» woi-k ia the
borough. Sr., Mr, W. L. Cook, helped ift • nambfr l^iJoon form around, the exKnox '|and Ushers. Board
Raleigh,N. C.; Mr. E. Hill, Wiiw
ton, N. C.; Winston-Salem Dis
trict N. C. Mutual Life Inaur-
ways
W. D. Hill, prudent
■Mrs. B. A, J, WWtt^, Chairaum
waa af
ville College athlete showed that iwportanpe that he j . :
once upon a time he had b^n aa moat oatatail4iii»
ardent onlooker of base ball game. ''‘*»«rchman in the
mm