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NAIUNG
EDITION
VOLUME 17 No. 33
WE£K ENDING SATURDAY AUGUST 14, tW7
PKICB
ULLSsBAR COLORED FANS
Force Segrd Baseball Fans
Give lip SeatrFor
White S|iectators
GOVERNOA AND QUEEN AT TOBACCO OPENIl^G
Ardent Nagro batciball f>nt
I found thamaalvti with out >a«t«
[when they attempted to atttnd
|th« BttnM play»d- here last week
|hetween two Piedmont leagui
l»?ams. the JDurham Bulls’ an^
I Rocky Mounit, with A1 ^chact,
Ifamous bastfbal,! clown as an added
|attraction.
Approximately 4,000 white and
Irolored fans had feathered at th«
I park to witnesa he game and to
1^00 A1 Schact perform. It was one
I of the largest crowds the local
Itoam has been favored with this
(season, and as soon sa all of th«
[white seats had 'been taken those
fin chargo of the game began to
I order the colored patrons from'suffer for the want of seeing a
[their seats to make room for the ^irst- class ball gan»6. To my
in the bleachers and other impro-
v^ed seata. Ail a|Blf r«)ectinff
colored people ju|ckly joined
fihose protesting the treamtent
and left the scene.
Several fanft i.\terviewed this
week stated that they have at
tempted to support the local
white team as a matter o£ homef '
town pride, but that they\ would
remain away Irom the park here
after. It looks lik^e we are not
wanted at white game anyway,
stated another, and I for one wi)l
not go where 1 am not wanted.
One thing is sure, said ^ne fan
Durham colored p(eopJ« utill not
overflow of of white spectators*.
1 Negro fans wer« driven to the
bleachers, or an attemipti was
I made to driv# them there. Mo»t
j of them left the park and demand
ed a return jf their money while
others left Without asking ifor nd-
[ mittance fee. Other Negroes ‘who
were at the jrame purc^isalnif
said he, the Durham (Black S«x
play- just about as much bpsebail
as the Durham Sulls. In fact I
believe the Bulls would be unable
to defeats the Black Sox anyway.
If I can’t keep my seat when a
crowd is at the park I. don5t want
it when there are a few peop’e
thare, aaid anotheif. The Blac
tickets rofuiled to do so and left j Sox and jEast Durham Black S»>i
I thff nark. As tistial rf>»w nf ftn I plav f>Tinig-h haaAhnll for nriB,
“Uncle Toms” sat on the-^rouiid.j ed an‘6ther.
, ^ ^ '"T ^
Chicago Pushes
War Against
Syphilis
MMHiM
OF WOMEN AT CONFAB
iV" -ounf
To Raise Association's Endowment
Fund, Unify and Extend Work
Among Girls, State Presidents
To Be Directing Key Women—
Women of Nat'on Hail Mrs.
Mdten As New Leader.
fXMlT WORTH, Tex.— (ANP)
Mrs. R. R. Moton, ormer president
of the Alabama Association t of
Colored Women and wife of* Dr.
R. R. Moton. pesident-emejHus of
Tuskegee Institute, this week in-
fohmed the women of the nation
that as the new president of the
National Association of Colored
Women, she will carry high thai
banner oi American womanhood,
and, assisted by the State Fresi^
dents and the membership at large
set immediately in motion those
plans and programs #imed arimar-
ily to integrate women still fur
ther into the social, political, edu.
cationai. and economic Ufe of the
nation.
Three of the main objectives of
the n«w president and her official
staff:, to raise the Endowment
I^und during the next two years;
to provide uniorm activity for all
^tatss, one of tile key notes of the
atste,
iPresldents the directing key wo
men of the State Work.
prAise of the treatment accorded
them.
Mrs. R. R. Moton comes to the
presidency of the Nation^ Asso-
of Colored Women with
rich experienpe gainetl in Tuske
gee as director of women’s wgrki
as the presideht' of Women's Club
0^
Morals; Vocational Opportunity
for Ntgro GirJs; and Future CJub
Work among Ndgro OirU.
Hoonrary N. A. C. W. presidtfnta
in attendance were Mrs. .Mary
McLeoti BeChune, d.rector f N. Y,
A. among Negroes; Mian Haliie Q.
B>own, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter
Tuskgee^ as president of the ^ Broolcs, and Mrs.* Sallie W. ^tew-
Aiabjma Association of Colored
Women’s Clubs, and as member of
the Interracial Commission South,
(a mother and teacher of witie ex-
aH. With these also were Mrs.
l^lizabeth L. Davis, who has never
missed a meet ng o the National;
Mfsfl. J. C. Napier, honorary
peiience). Mrs. Moton is now en-j member of the Fredepiek Douglass
Glrla Active at Big Parley
iDuring the big confab, Mrs.
Ji^h Harth Smith, ^rector of
a^Krvfaofs, directed the~conveii-
tioB of the National Association
Colored Girls in an adjoining
building to that in which the Na-
tonal Association of Colored Wo
men held their meeting. Daring
both (jonventions, Texas hospitalityi
was keenly _ a{H9s^eciated by all
gaged in the Department of Agri
culture, visiting rural homes un
der the AAA project.
Bi^rs. Moton accepted the plat
form of the -National ‘Association
of Colored Women ahd pledged to
the> traditional purposes, that of
s^ndardlzing the Negro homes
and making better conditions for
Negro Women in Industry.
Edowatent Fund Needed
Aside from a small balance
[needed for headquarters, the
‘National Association of Colored
*W«Mnen are determined to put
workers in the field to add zest
aSd effiency to the work of the
(fefiartments while unifying. The
this A-ive for f60,000. The 1&39
convention
and Historical Aasociation; Mrs.
Addie W. Dickerson, president
National Council of Women of the
Darker Races; Miss J%ne tlujrter
of philli* Wheatley fame; Mrs'. A.
B. Dement of Texas;’*‘Mrs. Lethia
Fleming of Ctewland; Mrs, Arsa-
n!a Wiiliama of Sfc Logi?;
Annie,-JE.__.3feLl«ne of Porp fame;
Mf^. R. A. B^som of Ft. Worth;
Mrs. C. H. Christian of Austin,
Texaa^' Mra. Bertha iohnson and
Mrs. Emma Miller of Mississippi;
and Mrs. Mayme Josenberger of
Arkansas.
delegates who spoke in highest Pa!!aey of a Double Standard of
Rr. Mary F. Waring, retiring
president, wts appointed on Mrs.
Ator’s' cowbitt** tax WuJtUl’a
■fair is be held at New
is set as the time to ,^*n»'« was eleete«’i honorary
* 4eh_.lKidy^
Boston HDhosen as C«»ye«t^
' -xitf . '■'
Mrs. Gladya R. Holmes, presi
dent of Massachusetts, presented
the invitation to hold the ne*t
biennial convention in &)Ston. It
was in Boston^during the summer
of 18^ that the beloved Josephine
St. Pierre Ruffin called the first
National ’Convention of Negro’
Women in America together.
worerks in the field.
At the.thiid biennial convention
of the National Association of
Colored Girls, there. were 05 girls
present representing 16 states,
Miss Josephine Johnson of Berke
ley, Calif., presid'.ng at the meet
ing. Topics claiming their a'tten-
tion were: Is Education of Today
Meeting^ Our Present-Day needs?
GHICA(X) —(ANP) The Vhi-
rago Board of Health, with the
^cooperation of the Uuited States
[Hiblic,Health Service, is pushing
its vast enrollment campaign in
the war againts syphilis. Ac
cording t.0 officials, no other
ht'alth program has ever been at
tacked on such a huge scale as
this. ^
Questoonaires have been mailed
to one 4^lion Chicagoans asking
them wheuier they would accept
confidential blood tests without
cost to themselves in a campaign
to conquer and reduce the ravages
of the disease. Questionaires have
also been ^fent out to physicians
all over the city of Chicago asking
them for dat!a on all syphilis
cases (names not to b* revealed(
under their care sn^ observation
for the four-month period ending
dum of the entire Chicago popu>
lation. This referendmT)j,^aa al
ready begun and replies sre com
ing in steadily. 2. The examina
tion of blood gpecimans for the
presepce of syphilis. The appro
priating bodies are to be asked
for funds to make the tests after
the results of the poll re known.
3. The treatment of cases un
covered. Hospitals, clinics, and
private physicians will be fur
nished with free drugs and taibof•
atory service for all cases re-
At' Whiteville (abcve) when 10,
(K|0 ipeople igathered for the
Bel1( opening^ Qjovernor
H 0 e y chats> with the tobacco
Queen, Miss NT Davis, who sits
ato>p a pile of igoldi^ weed thlit
}0ld above $30. Whi^ville’s Sup-
eryisor, M. S. Smith, looks on.
Ilis .smile was duplicated several
thoussfnd times in' the Border
dicated the most proaperous sea-
markets as 'opening receipts in,-
son in years.
At Jjumberton (/btelow), th*
Governor pauses to inspect the
weed bringing high prices in the
warehouse of Representative Tom
Smith (left) with Senator W. S.
B|‘itt (center)^-and Ma^or E. M.
Johnson (right).
Mr. Smith is Proprietor of the
and Carlyle Warehouses,and has
Jtipersotial interest in all farmersi
Charlotte Race Voter* May
B* Reduced
CHAiRlLOTTE, X. C.—(By Al
bert James for ANP) Fears that
the 3,500 Negro registered voters
mikht be greatly reduced in num-
, , , i. i . ui were expressed this week
ported, whether the pat.ent is announcements by the
to pay or not. '
N.
Cl WOMAN TAKES
. LAW TEST
I the countr commissioners that
? that either a purge or a j;e-regis-
RALEIGH, N. C.. Aug—C.SA
—For the fisrt time on record a
Negro woman took theexamina-
June 30. ^ Almosi^ 3,000 replies tion fof a law license in North
have been mailed to the 4,0(W who Carolina. She was Mias Dorothy
haven't answered the inquiries, j Spauldings of Qurjiam. Five white
The program is divided into women and 1184 men also took the,may fee many more years before
thi'ee major parts; 1. A referen-[ examina)tion.
teratioh woukl be called.
THE ft. & T. C0LI;EXJE
.4
INVBSTI(?ATiaN
The Raleigh Bureau of the
jCreensboro Daily News publishers
V 4.1. 1 i- t information that a conference
Although the population of this' , ,, , . . , ^
. . . f , was...held last week ibetween Gov-
county is one third Negro, it has t
. , - « , f• ernor Hoey and Holt McPherson,
taken many years to bring their ^
voting strength to 3,600 of the
total WfiOO. A purge »r -a re
gistration is ‘ expected to chop
down 'this figure greatly, and it
Jsidered by the investigator, im-
jortant as^they may be, fade in
to insignificance whtn placed a-
long side that of the established
purpose of the schoot’ The t^X‘
payers of North Carolina should
be interested in knowning wheath-
er jr not they are paying for a
duplication of educational train
ing for Negroes. They should be
hat total is again reached.
Motion To Debate Van
Nyy§ Measure Blocks
Congress Adjourning
m
A motion for consideration of. time
the Wagrter-Van Nuys-QAvagan
anti-lynching bill,faced a disturb
ed Senate today'When the'Con-
gressional body opened at noon,
i^3Slltmg *Vc|n an „vinej!C|3|8ted,
lynching m’asure at the top,of
the Senate calendar late Wednes:
■With tli|a Wafor^ ,the‘ Senat
for possible debate to passage or
defeat, indefinite fiUbuBterin|F
loomed ahead for the tiring Con
gressmen s^ 4»ve been scream
ing “Let's go home-” for some
The bill came before the
Senate in a surprise move by Sen
ator Robert F. Wagner, of New
yoi*U, who called for consideration
of the measure;
BarUa^ pefMteJ ^
i>ver repeated probata of Ma-
jority Leader A. Bwcldcf. of
Kentuc^cf, Sfnfttor Wagner em
phatically declartd he did not pro
pose to allow the iWll to fce shoved
to the ibottom of the Senate pro
gram and find Coagrtm adjourn
ing with the measure still pend-
He pressed his motion and two
efforts by Senator Barkley to rid
the Senfite dit consideration of the
bill immediattly were voted down
ty roll-call ballots. Senator Bark
ley first, 4«ove4 for fcdjournment
^ the Senate;, but was voted down
hy a vote, wi&t 33 Senators
A.
plumtiers, carpenters, iblacksmtths,
brickmasons, farmers, 'tailors, au
to mechahics “etc. They hav^ a
right to know wheather students
are being encouraged to enter
such fields or whether they are
advised to seek professional train-
editor of the High Point Eriter
prise, on the proposed* investiga
tion of conditions existing at A«
& T. College. Mr; Me Pherson,
one of the outstanding ne\Mpap*
er men of the state, was recently
appointed by the governor to
make a jiersonal InveBtifi^i^n ol
the sqKooI as a means of appeas
ing the wrath of alumni members
and other persons who have i j
brought charges against the col-1 learned that eertaij),
lege. [couises at the college have been
i I di'opped }>ecau8e there has been
The' CAROLJNA TIIMES does no one to apply for such training,
n'ot attempt to advise Mr. Me* j The truth of this statment may
Pherson as to whsr method to | or m&y not be ; that is for the in-
pursue in this most di£SfcuIt task , vestigator to ascertain. All school
which has been given him. M^. people know that it is an easy
McPherson is ^ a newspaper man j mt^ter for ifaculty members to
and is accustomed to uncovering ^ discourage - stiidents taking cer-
iniformation both when an attempt tain cour.ei in education. W5th-
is made lo hide it and when it charging't)i«t (uch ha* been
is not. In an attempt to lighten'.the. ca.*. M A. A J. iCoHege we
would like
National Ndgro Business
League Program Ready
For 35th Annual Meet
ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP)—The
official program for the S5th* an
nual convenion of he National
Negro Business league hes .been
completed. *^We have had a high
er, percentage orf acceptances for
places on the program than ever
before in the history of he lea
gue,” said A^n L. Holsey, league
secretary .
*The various* departments of our
inr^reted in kno^^^ng wheather ^ jjegro
& T. College is turning
during dne session. Among ihe
Negro officials who have accepted
are: Dr. Robert C. Weaver, U. S.
Department ‘of Interior, Washing
ton, D. C.; Mr. H. A. Hunt, Farm
Credit Administration, 'Washing-
to'n, D. C.; Mr, L. A. Oxley, TJ. S.
Department ai Labor, Washington,
D; C.; Mr. Charles E. Hall, Bu
reau- of the Census,. W*ashington,
Jh G.; Mr. Joseiflv^H. B- Evans,
Resettlement Administration,
Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Edgar G.
Brown, Cvmlian Conservation
D. C.; Mr.
Corps, Washington,
.■-.II .1 -I. Ill ( r
all of them are worthy of care
ful consideration and investiga
tion. “
The Southern Association has
not votii^.
The^ ai^pjmerit (finally conclude!
for the with the Senate vot
ing 3'6-2®' to )»ece89 tintil today
(Thursday), with Senator Wag
ner’s motioti ^oT consideration of
the anti-lynchirig bill as the fi*‘st
thinir on the canlendar.
he burden placed on the should- I would like for him lo find out'given A. * T. College an “A” rat-
«rs of the distinguished editor pf wheather or not student* known j ngv Likewise other rating boards
the Enterprise we would like to! to ke unfit for a liberal art*' have, doclared the school, of “A”
suggest that the major aaestfDii .twai»ia» have heen encouraKea to * grade. Is that rating on the basis
to be considered in the investiga-1 *eek their future In the iadu*trial of the aiiftooi^a work tn the fivld
tion is wheather A. & T. Collegea, field. i f liberal arts or is'it on the baai?
has been operating as An agricul
tural and technical school, for
vyhieh' it was estalblished or as a
liberal arts college for which it
was not established.
The other questions to be
con-
Stodent -strikes, faculty • difc-j of th« jrork feeing done in the
ittisiite and di^runtled Ifaculty agrienjti^ and Technical field?
members will exist sfe ^ong ais j All In all we are- glad the in-
sehoolsi arte j op^sWed. JleithMl |ve8ti(»tion la soon to s«t started,,
should always befcaken seriouly, • nd w* are WllUng to abide b^y its
ven though there are times when , outcome whatever ttat may be.
Atlanta Mi^or To Welcome
Bu«ines* League
0
ATLANTA, Ga., (ANP) Mayor
W. B. Hartsfield of Atlanta has
accepted the invitation extended
by the Negfb Chamber of Com
merce, to deliver ah address of
welcome iuring the Business Lea
gue Conventron, Aug. 18, 19, 20.
Mayor Hartsfield will speak on
Wednesday evening, Aug. 18, on
the same program with Dr. R. R.
Moton, president of the league,
when he will bring hjs special
rtiessage. '
r
NY A T^ ASSIST Il4 FIGHT
AGAINST SYPHILIS
IPHiLaJ>EU*BLA. — (ANP(—
“White American colleges are not
meeting the needs of- their stu
dents, so why should we copy
them?” Stated Dr. F. D. Patter
son, presidenrof Tus^ee bistitate
,in his speech to the general ses
sion of the National Association'
of Teachers of Colored Children
Thura4py night.
tributing the best within him to
the ra^e. Teachers should pre
pare students to face the world as
it is, not as they should like it to
be. —^
'Dr. John P. Tufner> who presid
ed over ^he ssenvbly, took the oc-
cas'on to rebuke a member of the'
press who had bean taking um
brage to his stand as a member
of the PhitadeLphia Board of fiffu-
uation on t&% merged eligible
leacKars list.
“The task of the educators is to
■debunk’ pseudo radicalism and to
preservie individuality as opposed
tp class individualism that seeks
no good but its own.” According «duca1
to. the snpaker. segrcgattiTn ig i»«
Alfred Smith, Works Progress
Administration, Wmshington-, D. V.
Mr. James P. Davis, Agri.uhu'ral
Administratidn, Little Bock, Ark
DR. p. D- PATTlRSO!« SPEAKS
AT NATION^ TEACHERS*
i ^ ASSOCIATION
OBICA^JO, (ANP)— Coopera
tion m the local campaign to era
diate syphlis, William J. Camp
bell, state director of the National
Youth Administration, today as-
signed^^ additioflal fifteen NYA
workers to assits> the Chieago
Bofard of Health Staff in mailing
to some 2,000,000 Chicagoinaa
questionawes seeking to detaraine
their reaction to submitting to
blokx^ tests. Sixty-three other
part-time NYA youth are employ
ed at various tasks in th« b«urd
of he«Uh, /aaging from elergt^
help to assistants in the
tories.
In eonnaction .with the (bive to
aducate youth Mgardiog ^iDeial dis-
aa NYA* Youth Citnie
old story to the N.«ro, and-Thaat-spofisorship of the
not be allowed to prevent his con- '
Meatth Advisory Committ^
by Dr. John Lawiab of
dent Hospital, has bcon etliterili
ed at the ^ath Side 9vg»* Onfc>
^47 South Midi%aa
WR$ annfiiu^od.