FINAL
ED1TI0N
H^RUTHliNBRiD
niCE FIVB CSIfiS^
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 1937SATURDAY OCTOBER 23. I»37
VOLUMN 17
ETTA MOTEN INITIATES CONCERT SEASON
Big Attendance
Expected At 8th
Farm Gathering
CHICAGO, Oct. 21^ ANP)
—Officials of the National Pe'ie-
ration of Colored Farmers, Inc.,
announce that the eighth annual
convention of th# Federation will
meet at the Teachers’ Traininj
and Agricultural College, For-
Rjrth. Creorgia, Oct. 28-30. Tliis is
the firft annual meeting of the
organization scheduled to be
held jiht.lje- Southeast and will no
doubf'he attended by more far
mers of the Race than aay pre
vious annual meeting.
The N. F. C. F, is the on^y net-
lonal organization of Eaee far
mers which has stood the tes*: of
the years. Since 192^, when the
first Unit was organized at How
ard, Miss., it# growth has b'ien
■ubstantial. It now has members
enrolled from 21 states and lo
cal Units are established and ac
tive in practically all the South
ern states.
The objectives and efforts of
the NFCF relative to the welfare
W,G.Pearsoii
Honor Rol
The Pearson Elemntary Seliool
announces the First and Second
Honor Boll for the first %ix wits,
period of the acbool senion, end
ing October 18, 1®37, 16 making
the first Howor Roll and 86 the
Second Honor Roll.
FIRST HONOR ROLL -
Second jGrade; Jacon Blalock,
Elwood Goins, Thomasena Brown
Lu^ Durham, £louice Pendarvi*,
Cleo Smith.
Third Grade; Celia Davidscn.
Mary Nutall, Martha Nutall, Ed-
of colored farmers haVe roceivcl AmOs, Lee Andrew Pointer,
the endorsement of agricultural
leadun feoth i*«eoe throWKhaut.
Of RaceCommittee Hear
Problems Discussed
i. SHEPARD MAKES
GREAT ADDRESS ^IT-
WHITE ROCK CHURCH
\
WHITE ROCK SEVENp-r-FIRST
I
ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES
MISS ETTA MOTEN, lovely young concert Ai«., Not. 2; ior tke Alpha Kappa Alpka chapter
artUt, who«« brilliant car*«r includei luccetiet on C«ryer Auditorium, TuU«, Old*., Nov. S; Lin-
the Nation and the comnjenda-
tion of Fsderal and State Depart
ments of Agriculture. Members
are encouraged to practice cp-
Fourth Grade: Ramola Wiggini
! Sixth Qrade; Margaect—St",w-
art, Annie Johnson,' Blanche
Davis.
SECOND HONOR ROLL
Second Grade- Georgia Slia^.
operative buying, production imd Louise McLaurin, Dorethia Ow
marketing, to own' the land the' ^ns, Jame;^ Harrington, John Joy-
till and to improve living condi-s; ner, James Herndon, Bernice
tions in their homes and commu- Harris. Lizzie Hunter, Willie P.
nities. The Federation has aided Monroe, Marvin Norwood, Lonnie
tenant farm-irs to secure - farnip Davis, Eddie Gladdiaon, Gerald-
on reasonable tearms. Last ^eav ine Allen, Elijah Suitt, PauHiie
the members of one Unit in Mi'ss Williams, Marion Covington,
county, Missouri, purchased 3H Richard Hall, Lavoniif* Ingram,
farms. Only three members were Percell Morgan. Wayne Peity,
farm owners the year previously. ^ EJdna Smith, Joyce Thorpj, Jen-
Many prominent argicultural nie Gladdison, Mildred Atkinson,
and'Race leaders will deliver ad- Ruby Lee Campbell,
dresses at the convention. Tliesfi Third Grade; Gladys Cobb,
Include representatives of the U.^ Juanita Hines. Kenneth Yarboro, I
S. Dept, of .Agriculture, Hon. E. Ruth Leak, Charles McNeal,
A. Miller^ Asst Director, South-, Edith Atwater, Evelyn Adams,'
ern Rsgiona; James P. Da .(is, Marion Daniels, Lillie Dock**ry.
Head Field Officer, and former , Shirley jFloyd, Audrey Ingram,
president of the Federation; Al- i Percy Joyner, Leomia Mason,
bon L. Holsey and others. [Rudolph Mayes, Alice ninrman,
Representatives of State Dp- ^ Mildred Adams. Vfrginia Brown,
and •eracn a* w«U *• tk« concert stag*, ia.
ialtlataid Imt aiirrMt eo»««rt fmton thi* week at
Beekar T. Wa*hi>gton hi^h ichool auditorium in
Mamplii*, Tenn., on Oc)'; 18.
Among her early, bookings are appearances at
Oakwood Junior CoHeae ajad State A. jk M. -Inaii;,
tut*. Normal, Ala., on Oct. Charle« T. Walker
auditorium, Augusta, Ga., Oct. 25; Charleston, .S'.
Ala., Oct. 30i Munici|»l Auditorium, Birmingham,
C., Oct. Z7t Logan Auditorium, Tuskegee Institute
coin School auditorium, Springfield, Mo., Not 8
Little Theatre of Public Hall, Cleveland^ O., Not.
‘IBs and KonUrahy State College G]NDna>iw4jii
Frankfort, Ky., Doc. 12.
Named by her admirers the “Brown Thrusli of
Song,” Miss Moton is being proaented this season
Chiragn CpncBrt Bureau, 3S4R Vernon Ave.
in Chica^, which is rapidly filling her intinerary
with engagements for the loading charitable, edu
cational, and religious , organizations throughout
the country. T** I
Spaulding Sings Praise
Of Chicago Negroes And
The Provident Hospital
partments of Agriculture sche
duled to attend include: C. H.
Waller, Texas leader; P. H. Sen
te, Director Extension Work,
, Continued on page six
John Williams.
Fourth Grade; William Hay
wood, William Wray, Ma*oll Mc-
Continued on pago •>>
Union Star Quartette
Sings At Gov.’s Mansion
The Union Star Quartetto
whose fame has spread as “Uncle
Ned’s Bojr#* and now broadcast
ing on a sustaining program over
radio station WPTF as r^out'n-
land Singers" was the pr6^ re
cipient of an invitaiton from__the
Governor of, North
C. C. Spaulding of Durham, j
N. C., newly elected president of
the National Negro (Business Lt.'a-
gue and president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, the largest Negro 'r-
ganization in the country, was a
visitor in Chicago last week. With
Asa Spaulding, actuary for the
insurance company, he spent an
entire week attending ,the Lilt-
Office Management Associatioa
held at the Jjdgewater Beach Ho
tel. It was not about in.s'irance,
however, that Mr. Spaulding was
willing to talk when I interview >d
him. He had jn^ returned froin
a thorough inspection of Provi
dent Hospital and he was bubb
ling over with enthusiasm about
ITALY STILL TRYING T O that institution. J
TAKE EMPEROR HAILE SE- j "I admire Chicago and ChicE-'
LASSIE’S" RAILROAD ^ i goans and have been here often,” j
' I he said. "You have a let of
PARIS, France, Oct. 21—(AN splendid, vigorous business peo-
P)—At last 'Tuesday’s hearin*, Pl® who bid fair to rebuild much
ATTEND IMPORT ANT CONVENTION
White Rock Church was aliv«
Sunday with the spirit of the
Anniversary Rally. The North
Carolina College Chorus under
-the direction of Mrs. G. Ruth
Edwards, tendered the nyjaic for
the morning .lervice^ The Go-'.pel
Choir f'jmished music during the
invitation.
The Great Candlelight #enfiee
carried out with precision aud
and lasting effect at the evening
services. Several spore of chi'.d-
reit bearing llght«d candles mi>v-
ching through the darkened
church, were very impressive as
they sang “Jesus wants me For
A Sunbeam” and the “Anniver
sary Hymn.”
The Community Male Chorus
under the direction of Prof. Im-
dor B. Ogleaby sang sevral num
bers during the evening program.
A stirring address of histori
cal, reminiscences was given b>
Dri J.' E, Sheprad, President of
the N. C. College for Negroes.
. Financial reports- werS - given
by a score or more of, Leadeia
during the services of the diy.
A doz«i or- more elderly people
were given free transportation lo
I More than 74> Neg?o citli*&»
of Durham jammed the HilWda
High School aaditorium her*
Sunday in a masa meeting held
■for the purpose of discuislng Jh*
many problems wttcb conffoni,
the race in this city, and to
the report on th> activitiea of
the Durham Committee on .N«-
gro Affairs and its plan for an
intensive city-wide organisatfjn.
The p^gram waa undoubtedly
ti((Mfest attended since tl»» org*.
nization of the committee in
t93S and proveji of mach inteir--
est to all those in attendance
After music by the North Caro
lina Mutual Glee Clob and npon
remarks by R. N. Harris, pi eli
ding, the theme of committee ac
tivity was beautifully portrayeJ
by Miss Thelma F^tt«irsoa's
reading of Paul Laurence Dun
bar’s “Cooperation."
,s
J. T. Taylor of tfie North Car
olina College for Negroes, and
W. D. Hill briefly reviewed tfca
actiiutie» of tb«. committM m to
Social, Political, Edcc^dioral
the morning services. After , the and Industrial matters affactin,?
sermojn free dinner was served the Negroes in Dnrham. Mr. Hill
Harry Gil-Smythe will be a
guest artist at the meetin,g Sun
day night, October 24.
Harris To Head
» ' »
Community
Chest Drive
in‘Civil Court it was again mafl^
Carolina to plain that Italy is still seeking
financial as well as phyaical con-
000 share of the Rail/aad’ss
stock transferred to Selasilas
Mrs. (Btosby, directress of vf.he
quartette, is well remembsved^ as
Harriette Howard, popular radio
artist of WPTF and daughter of
the late W. H, A. Howa.r^ of" ^
Raleigh, North Carolina. Along name. ^
ly prepar'ed to train others. Be-1 Tf
sides .being a college Kmduato '
Conservatory at Fisk Unihersity. If King of kings, one
N*Hhjiille. -Tene8see SeMMte’s titles, but owner
which the -city has lost duiing the
depression. ■ ■ j
C. C. Spaulding, president,
and Asa Spauijding, actuary of
the North Carolina Multual Life
Insurance Company, as they at
trol of the Ethiopian Railroad. . .
Counsel representing
Haile Selassie, sought to have^,.-
ment Association at the Edge-
lege of visiting since I hav^e oven 1 —^ ^
here, and^ndeed it ranks at the character and skill ,of ih-'i
very op o any enterprise whch trained staff, appreciated
oorT.ce is conducting tT»oughout, the careful business policy which
water Beach Hotel in Chicago
last woekr'^Metropolitan, Pbuden-
t:al. Northwestern Mutual, and
companies of similar scope wer«
tJie .country,
Hospitid, -. , ^ *
“I know something about hos
pitals, I am a director of Lincoln
sity fo£_ betterment of condit'cns"
Iin East Durham.
Mrs. Cora Russ«ll spoke in s-
j^pstinglj and ehleiiimmsSy ' of“
I the part Negro women '^hi ild
andj are willing to piay ill th?
Uife of the community. Mrs. B«.«*
sell promised the full coop«»rat;on
of Negro womanhood wheg ’jRlled
upon.
C. C.'Spaulding, Chairman of
the Executive Board, summarL-u.4
the activity and honpes :>f ♦he
committee and appealed to the
entire city for help in the prwe-
cution of its program.
An. interesting innovation t'»
the program was offered when
Attorney M. H. Thompson pte,
sented Attorney Thurgooi Mar
shall of Baltimore and New York
who spoke of the educational si
tuation in Maryland and the ef
forts being made to secure* better-
facilities there.
Interesting remarks were made
from the floor by Presidents of
the East Durham and Lyon Park
Parent-Teacher Associations anJ
Rev. F. W. Sowell.
The seriousness of the prob-
viduals will also be solicited. j lems facing the group was de-
Although the Community i lightfully relieved by well reide.
Chest fund does not give aid to red musical selection by Mi:sap^
but one Negro organization dircc-1 Hester and Hintpn and the Ss^c-
dent and Secretary of the North j tly. the YWCA, it is hoped that! ond iBaptist Chxjrcii Mixe.l Qu«r^
Carolina Mutual, requestijig^ thatj by showinjf a willing spixic other jtfit under the of Mr%,
he not be chosen to heat! the j -f^ejro organi.,ations will be inclu. | Flossie Markham, a solo by Prof.
work this^ear Mr.'* Harr^ wan dcd in next j star’s budget. ' _ jlsadore B. Oglesby and D'imb*?rs
—wviby the North Caroliaa Mutual
Glee Cluto, under the direction ol
Mrs. B. A. J. Whitted.
R. N. Harris, Secretary-Mana-
ger of the Bankers Fire Insuian-
ce Company was unanimously c-
lected by the. Durham Conimittae
on Negro Affairs to head the
Negrro division of the Community
Chest Fupd drive which will g!t
underway here nex)^ week.
The weekly meeting of the
committee was held in the offic-i
of C. C. Spaulding, president of
the North Carolina Mutual Li ’e
Insurance Company. Aftev much
discussion of the campaign- the
members went into the matte cv of
chosing some person capable of
heading the work among the co
lored citizens. After a letter
from W. J. Kepnedy, Vice-PresU--
elected.
Last year the Negro division
raised more than $1300 and it is
hoped that it will do even Letter
this year. Mr. Harris ^led'. in,-'
mediately after he was named to
head the work that that ho will
attempt to raise no lesa than
$i5aa.
At an early date plans will be
set in motion to have every Ne
gro church in the city, as well as
business organization, contriliuta
towards raising the qiMta .allot
ed to the colored citizens. Indi*
Memorial Se[vice Al fin&
LUCILLE JOHNSON WEDS
know .the tremendously intere.rt-
ing facts about the hospital. For
example:^e land and buildinfe,: .
are—valifed at ”a million ''Tnd-Tr—
-oOo-
There will be a memorial ser- behalf of lEVother Coleman W.
vkije at the Predbytariaa ^Church-Green ;'fcthere will be a represeC:-
St«i,
-the
Chi-
JJaHhviUe,,Teneasee and Ht
E2xtension Conservatory ^f
"cS'gr"i!Siii^st**Con'BgB:——
Memlbers of the Quarte^te are I
Celious N. Steward, first tenor,
(ex-president and ag^nt of the
Durhtfm District ^lAgency Organi
zation , of the North ' Carolina
Mutual Life Infurahce Company,
Durham, North 'Carolina; St oi
ling Faucette, second tenor Eu-
sMp
reason ^ the ‘/conquest.” At th
r^uest of' the Italian Couns^^l,
action by the Civil Court »aa
postponed for two weeks.
Hospital in -Durham,- -and—am -fa="
Howard UniversIlV, of
J>y. whkfc^^aaLa trustaa.
that every doctor and every
leader in the country could have
the privilege of spending .gomo
time in Chicago’s Provident Hos
pital as ^ dii today. 1 was amai$-
ed at the equipment, thrilled as
I learned from Medical Diret'tor
John W. Lawlah of the-^utstand-
Tr^-Coffee. the comptrolte^"^ are vaiuea ai » niuuo.. ^ Sunday fcy the-Odd
follows through, and saw the^ quarter dollars and the equ'p-' Pride of Durham
vast Amount of service^ which the ment at a hundred thojiSand. dol- . ^
clinic gives the poor and undet j lars. There are no large wardj; |
■ihfiJDirection of Dr. Jameii r.nwfii; for the most part, semi-private j • This memarial will be neld in
banks Brown, ibaritoha i^d Tho
mas Covington, basso, (employe
es of Liggett-Myera Tobacco Co.,
Durham, N. C.
Nall.
-"Jlore than-one. hundred phyai-
clans are pn Provident Hospitil’S.
“I,t has been my privilege-ft-r
years to know the president of^
Barnett.
I know his sincere devotijn to
the best interest of the race and! »taff; of this grouip, more 'Iwn
am not surprised to finS him twenty have had the ben-sfit of
quietly and constructively work- advanced graduate study in th>?
best Instfbiions of ' America at.4
Ehirope during the past threi-
Coatinnad oa page sU
and private rooms are availa'ils,.' rememberanee of 1. H. Rursell
AIL of the rooms are ou'side Coleman W. Gr^en, Nathan Ma-
mg.to place the institution in the
front rank. , ,
“Chicago should let the worid
lone, Martin Stewart and ¥Va*ier
Cunningham.
In the history of Durham, this
is the first time that a memorial
of this kind has ever been held.
tat?4'e from the St. Marlu Zion
Miss Lucille Johnson of L«
cille Street was wed to Arthur
Hancock on Monday JT*n'ng
October 1« at 10 p. la. at tlia
residence of Rev. J. R. Valeotin*
pastor of St. Josephs A. M. K.
ChurSi. ' ; V
^ fiarwttOBy waa -
before intimate friends of tk%
Church in behalf, of brotSer Mai-
tin Stewart; there will rep- .
reontative from the White Rock v
Baptist Church in behalf of ^
Jter , Nathan bemg ^mplpyed m g>a
a represehtative from the lo«t» School. 3n«
ge in behalf of brother Frasier «*“«hter of Mr. and Mra.,
' ' - tJotowjP of Lttcai» 7
I The groom i* the sort* of tta
— Mawc- ¥4tt^-be-—famished—by . groaiaeiit and
different choirs of the city. tcock of Rock Hill, S. C., an# a
All meinbers of all churehen graduate of the Florida
are asked to assemble at thre;, Em^balming. He ia a«v
There will be representaiives, o’clock. All members of all cU»r- hyK . N- -T '
trom almost all churches in the, che» and the public in general trician of UUa cHy,
city;,from the St. Joseph Chuvch
fihere will be « r^resatativd in
'■% "’A— ~ ' '
m
are r.^ked to attend and see ther« •ufabUah hit o»it
Caatiaaad oa sb* futttra.