Mailing
EDITION
(l^raiuin CJMBRiaSE^
Beaclif.'; Tlic ilass
HI Rfadors
VOLUMN 18 NO. 2
THB CAIIOLIHA TI»IES SATURDAY JAN. S. IMA
raiCE FIVE CENTS
EEL’ CASE GOES TO SUPERIOIMU
Prtbleins 01 GBURtry
Teachks Aired M D! C.
Galtiering JaRuaiy 2-3
SHOT TO DEATH
Durhain Busineiis IVfan Stioots
Intruder To Death Tuesday Night
When T hreatened With iBeatIng
PRESIDENT QUEZON OF ‘
PHILIPPINES RECALLS |
MAJOR LOVING
th« Island RepuMic.
MUiJ.or Loving, who has beei» 1i-
vimr in Oakland, Calif., ensrajr^d
WASHINGTON, Jan. fi— (A?J
F)—Th^ Council on Bural Edu-
catioHr lister whose guidance th4
Julius Rosenwald Fund vlias net
aside |l,0(00t,00i0' to be expended,
chiefly for t!ie purpose of build
ing trp important tgachcfs’ joi-
legre* in the South, held Ife an
nual meeting: here J&ft. 2 jwl S.
Southern and national 'education
«nd cfficiida and representativM
of foundations were in attend
ance, and their discussions wfere
devoted to two elementary eta«9-
tials of good rural teacfiinif—
three R’s, espeeii^ reading,
with a vte'w to building up some
thing more than census ‘Htemcy%
anfl the educaiion of tei^ijii^^ff
meet the conditions which TKey
will find when tiiey get out to
ru’-al schools and communities.
“When a teacher finds that
the roof on iliis school leaks and
has leaked for years, he ^must
know bow to repair it, or how to
jrct the community or county to
have it repaired," said Edwin R.
Embrec, president of the Jnllua
Rosenwald fui^d. “Moreover the
teacher in any rural district i»
fte know-ali and be-aH,” Mr.
_®n»br*€, said, “and should know
the answers to such questions as
‘how to test'isieedwscom, wfcat to
do ab^ut potato bugs and boll
weevil, and how to build a corn
crib.’ He must be able at least
talk sensibly about such ^Ing3
in order to maintain status .in
the community. He m«!t
how to ireduce instruction to the
needs and limitations of the
community.”
The rural education staff of
the Julius Rosenwald fundf'has pari^on «f'ra*»l teacher* at the ^ ^ ^ .
constituted the direct staff of the whit* state nomai- colleges at looking forward wit?.i in
council together with explorMTs S&te»boi;o and CarroUton, Ga.,
and research workers appointed the Naigro state normal
from time io ti»e for apseial coHt|re at Gambling, La,
twice in the head. Prfice found
no weaipon on the p«rson of the
dead man, although his right
hand was in !iis coat pocket they
said.
The death of Vanhook it is
alleged ended several years of
terrorizing of the PaVihams by ^e
Hie funeral of J. H-. Va> hook,
weH knownaPurham man wf!I be
held Friduy afternoon at 3-3‘0
o’clock from the Mt. Vernon
'Baptist church of this city. Van-
, hook wag shot to death by T. D.
MANILA, Philippines Islands, Parham, prominent busines? man
Jan. 6.—(ANPI—Major Walter of -tliis city Tuesday afternoon
, JLJL«Yi3ng.j:fi8ched thaa PMtofiinsa aronnd fl:aa o’dock whe%,Jia.Et- |..??™er, QiLone j^ccewon Vanhook
last week, having been recalled to tempte d to enter the printing
duty by President Queson, long establishment located at '308
his friend, to reorgani^ the fa-1 Fayetteville street and op rated
mous Philippine Constabulary by Mr. Parham and his son. Im-
Band which he organized awd'y mediately after the shoo*^i')e
brck in 19)02 as well as to survey Parham called the police d«rprt-
Ifee possibilites of_, ^estatolishini{ ment, notified them what he had
hand units at every army post in doan, and \«ited at his place of
IRENE CASTLE MCLAUGHLIN
AND MARVA LOUIS MODEL
PROBABLE CAUSE IS
FOUND IN CASES OF
MORRIS AND FISHER
CHARGED WITH BURGLAKY
business until they arrived.
Eatiier in the day
went to the printing.
Va’"*’ook
establish
MMES H, VANHOOK. wl>«.
was sliQt to Aaedi Imh« T««aday
•▼•■Inf* hr T. p. ParliMi, pru-
■aiaapt mmn ml Uil* «)ty.
TIm (iMotiac •ce«m4 the
priath^ MtaUMmaBt'' «fMrat«J
bjr Mr. Parbana and bk and
foEowing a thr«at mad* b|r the
•iafai otan that was $emiB5 ta
C«t Parbaai. I
in t'^ real estate business during ^ mant a^d inquired of the v.'hp|»-
tbe J4 years he retired from the *bouts 6f the ofder son and his
Philippine Constabulary Band in fatlier. He was told by ’"ad
1923, gained. 4ntemational fame Parham fourteen year old «” un-
as its leader. At the express in- g^r son that he did not know
vitation of then Gov. William where th*y, his father and his
Howard Taft be brooght band, brother were. Vanhook it ij> sl-
to America to appear fin the teged proceded to beat tli» vdipi-
Grand Exposition of Louis
in 1902. In 1009 the aggregation
went all the way to Washingtos'
to play in Taft’s inauguration.
In 1915 it was sent to Ame-'
rica as the Phtlij5pbie~ musical^
contribution to the Pan-Ameri-*
c^ Exposition in San Francisco
and Tt' is reporlei' that if ^he
band reaches the pefei"fection
whiib n-esfdenlr (Jbfzon desires,
that it mt|,y make another trium-
th7 ^uttoera Sucaiton to7nda- Phal piWr^age to ^eric^ for
i-. . the New York's World’s F^ii
1SS8.
Mrs.
tasks. The Council on Rural Ed
ucation is cottceraed with imprc-
vin^ rural aahoote, both wMte and
colored, in the southern states.
The General Education " boaH i
tl6n, and Uxe Carnegie corpora-
tion ar erepreaented on the conn- j
cii ad use it aa an advisory body.
Appropdations totalling ^flOO,-
QdO have bean made %y thi fund
to ijfeclal courses f«r the pre-
FSjir in
ger Ixty and upon leaving the
place made a threatening state
ment to the effect that he -'oald
return and get Parham Senior
and his other son.
According to information ob
tained-by a representative of
the Carolina Times Vanhook ■•ai
led Mr. Parham a few minutes
before he went ‘m the printing
office, and told him that he was
coming bhere for the purpt jc of
getting him. Parham stated that
when Vahook pushed opened tlie
door leading into his cffjct, Auth
Motel Portei Is llero
Of Olsastrous Fire
TUPELO, JUias., Jan, 8—UN
P)—Herman Humphery, colored
porter |itHhe Southern ‘Hot^.waa
the outstanding hero of ,|i •fieice
fir« early Tuesday morning that
destroyed tKe hotel with a lo*a
of approximately $7S,000. More
than & score of guests, ^wakened
at the last minute escaped in
scanty* attire and several oti^r^
leaped to safety from the M^^nd
floor .-iflndowB. ’
Awakened suddenly at 8 a. m.
ly the stifling smdlte. Porter
Hiumphrey stum'bled blindly Jshiu
the hallway, falling severai
timos^but reachiAg the room of
every guest and warnii^g^nt in
tirat to make their eaei^M, One
gue'-t who refused to laave un
til'Ke could get hia clothing
DICING CAft WAITEItS,
COOKS. GET: PAY INCREASE
Loving, and Walter Jr.,,.. .
arrived with the Major on the ST'J** his pocke in a
S. President GooHdge. Mrs.'^flv-1 f
. . j 1 j . I bed his gun and started fin ig on
ing, accounted one ^
niosl beautiful matrons, is le-
Vanhook was rushed to IJn-
coln hospital where he di«*d
About a half hou» after being id-
mitited. According to phyrlcians
?(ranhook was shot twice tJ rouijh
the thigh, once in- the body and
terest to the social life in the is
lands a'.though regretful to leave
her lovely residence in Oakland,
oiie^of ^the famous homes of
nortbern California.
slapped M r. Parham several
times in ti^ lobby of tihe Mecha
nics and l^'armers Bank, until he
was ordered to stttp '!B'y another
person present. On other occn-
sions the deceased is alleged to
'‘have threatened Parham and
members of bis family with suits
and beatings.
When question’d as to why he
did^^ot refuse printing jobs of-
fe’^ed.to him by Vanjiook, Pjpr,
“■hftnfK^plied that he was afraid
not to take them, an4 was afraid
to repoi’t his antagoniaer to the
po'lice," He- also stated that he'
'hoped to finally^ make friend*
with him, and on many occasions
had de'ivered printing jobs to-
him without ever receiving nny
Tioney for them. »
Mr. Parham is well known,in
business circlfes of this st^te and
Vi'ginia. Prior to coming to Dur
ham about* twenty years ago he
was in the banking business in
Norfolk, Va. He is president of
the T, p. Parham and Associates,
Inc., real estate organization of
thw city. Trust Officer of the
Mechanics, and Farmers B'^r.k,
director of the Mutual Buildine
p.nd Loan *\ssociation, and a !i-
rector of thj bank of which he is
trust officer.
•S
Up to running afoul t?^e law
several y«ars, ago, Mr. Vanhook
was employed by Hibberd Florist.
Mr.‘ Parliam wi|l 'be given a
preliminary hearing WedneadAy
January 12 4n recorder’s court
on a charge of manslaughter.
Bond in the sum,of $1,000 was
signed bv E. R. derrick and L.
J. Spaulding. '
Chicagfr, Jan. ^6—ANP‘—&e
fore a capacity crowd which jam
med the Eighth Regiment Armory
Mrs. Irene Castle MeLaughlin
and M^re. Marva TroUer Louu^
strolled about a minature stage, |
descended a runaway^ and 4>ir-
raouted about the dance flojr as
they modelled various creations
here Wednesday night as a bene
fit sty’.e show and dance.
I
I lliie publication in- dailies
weeklies and magazines over the
I country of the pictures of Mrs.
McLaug'h'lin,' 'famous as a lea^.or
' of society, a fdrmer international
' dMcer Jind the^center of ». pend
ing divorce action frorti her ml
liot«aire husband, Maj«H: Mc-
Lau^rhlin. taken with the wife of
Joe Louis, heavyweight cham
pion, and her co-sponsor in the
event, had aroused widespread
interest and comment TTie audi
ence, however, - was colored iwith
the ei{ceptI6'n of a lloz^ ^ so
peraons.
Half a dozen beautiful girl
models assisted in displaying the
frocks and dressea, many /of
which were from the
DAVID ^ FISHER, w.il kao%»a
fmang man d( this city, wlio wa«
ciukrged iti prctiminary h«ar-
img bere thic’^eek of being im-
pUcateil ia tiM ma^y bwrslarie*
•tagad hare ai^ in .Raleigh br
l.aTiIU|i Morris and
David Fisher, cHargeid with bur
glarizing the homes of whiW si-'
: tia«qs .hert* and in Raii'igh -were
givijn a -Jiearing in reeorrt«;i>
court here Tucsd^'. and Ordered
held the- trraftd juf"- at- the
conclusion ^ the fcehrin;;.
Morris wbb ^rrf^'o'f ’-»>*t
week when ^ittempted to '•ash
a Liggett . ani '• tohicso
ehe^k at a loeal- h«nk, which is
al’eg^d to h^i^heen stolen front
one of,the homes burgiariketl.
Fisher’s ^rpst follnwed~"that of
Morris’’, and has been charged
with.„..bnrgla*ik nj homes, and
with, be'ng and accomplice of
^ , , ■
'£ecausc of the tase and s!ick-
nesB witbi«bich
ris waa .known in police circt?^
as the “slippery e«l.” He and
Fisher are alle^d to have en
tered ato^ Jh L-4£LJ»0imes Ji^te J
and in Raleigh.
'‘Lvcky . Morris, known
A*-th«r
• ( the "SI^pp«ry EeP. Botb Mor
ris aad Piaiier will be tried at
personal | tk* acxt term of Snpdrior Court
wkiek eoPTeaw kere in Feb. —
wardrobe of Mrs. Louis. 1^8 af-
was^ gfiven 'for the,benefit of the ( ^—1 ^ '
South Central District of the, i ,
United Charities. Joe Louis was'^D ALSTON b6uND OVER TO
intooduced from the H’udtenc®,'
Hold 18th Bdule
A t Houston' T e x a s
POSTON, Vass.. Jan. fi—‘IAN
P)-^IncrMtaes. in pay «f about 7
per cent of dining cAr cookfe ind
wAiien the 9o*l»n 4 MH^nj
Bidlroad, effeej^hM pac6HlSir' 1,
w«re reached p m argamen^be-
4d\^manafirBment
hood of Dining
Ik eonlerense
0|(ieea of the.
'ee.'S».
i The ore^lMfibit 'had held out
for istraigiitf fneteue of $i2 a
monlii, having rejected ort Nove-
n^er ^ the a^e raised accepted
today, but ewii^ bo ^ raid de
velopment of • nationwide busi-
HOUSTON, Jan. 6.-'-*^(I^y S. G- POSTAL
fradley for ANP)—With nearly
200 delegates and visiting soroi's
in attendance/ the IBth ancQal
bouie of ^the Zcta Phi Beta sorcr^
ity was opened in the Odd Fel
lows building, Dec. .27 with'So-
rdr Anti^basileus Nellie Rogers,
presiding.
■t" ——
ALLIANCE TO PLAN
25TH ANNIVERSARY
AUTHOR OF "HALF
STUDYS AMERICAN
CASTE"
NEGRO
CHURCHMAN SCORES NEGRO
HOUSING . I
tf^en. ^
and the iEl^O'
Car £mj
in. th*.!
lompany h«l
%ie first public .sesaion held
OHIG^GO, Jan. 6— (ANP)—
The Niational Alliance of Postal
Employes will celebrate its silver
Jubilee during the year 1938,
after serving continuously for 2J>
years, according to plans now be-
jing made? by oflKcials of the or-
LOWEaiL, Mass., Jan. 5.—(A
NIP)— Cedric Dover, briH’iar.t
Eurasian .student and lectuirer
and author of the widely-discu-s-
sed boolc “■Half Caste.” came here
last weirfk fo get first 'hand infor
mation' concerning living condi
tions among * Negroes and to
study t£e l^bor situation as it
affects the colored worker., ^
Dover^- who is now 33, was
born in India, where, at the age
of 17 he astonished schol^^ by
being placed in,», charge of - the
Entomological Survey of India.
A year later he was gh^en an
executive post on the Asiatic So-
cietj;^ of Bengal, India, the youn
gest man ever to hold that po?i--
tion. *“ ‘
The writer wishes to broaden
his travels in America to include
a trip i|ito the deep South, to
study colored workers in rural
A swore cr„ mp"e of articles
whiA police say *ver*e foumi ia
the possession of the young m«B
was" sufficient evidence accordina;
to the decision of the court to
have them hrfd for the next -ses
sion of Spperi^r Court wh»ch
will be held in February.
I Althoueh Sfftrrts wn. identifiel
by W. F. Spence who testif I '4
that he-'feetfsed a flashlight di-*
I reetly in the f^ce of the “ee!”
I when be entered his home at 113
North Holman street, the former
Ep ALSTON confessed slayei j iia\inK entered his horm*.
of Mrs. Janie T^lkerson 103-year J likewise denied entering the
SUPERIOR CCWRT ON BRUTAL
CHARGE OF MURDER
old Durham cillzen was b«!n'i
over to Superior court here Taes-
• day on a (^arge of-firsts degiee
murder after a. preliminary 'hear-
homes of anv other persons Jaure —
or in Raleigh. “ *, ,
Several witnesses identified
artic’es found in the i>ossession
ine m recordef»r court. Alston is Morris nmd Fisher wtiieh thev
expect^ 'jyo ^ied at the next
term, of superiof court which will
bej held here iA February.
The aged woman was slain in
her home 'Kira^ay afternoon
when Alston uttempted to' rob
^ler of $60 whi^ had been given
her to keep iry her  grandson.
A’ston had been rooming at the
home.
say - were stolen from .their ■
homes. Three o£ the witne^'es
testified that their homes bad
been' entea'ed after they antl^
others had g-one to steep. Fishr-r
denies having burglarized homi>iS
here or in Raleigh.
in addition to beinK charsred
with burglacy oit six
, [ris has been charged with foraw g
Mrs. Pran«»W illliott, 19-year-'name »f AIf>e«l P. Rofbinscn
eld grandaugtt|ier who was be«.len * three counts. Fisher has bf*«‘n.
over the head wi^ the sums [ charged with burglary -IP only
heavy piece of wood with which * ^ount, and bas not been
Alston slew Mrs. Wilkerson is re- ^jarged with forgery at all.
covering iiT Duke hospital. She
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—(ANP/
was lying across a -bed in the
home at.th$fti»e of the killiri'
and Alston struck her to prevent
her-from,,making an outcry.
Ti- V fecawjoB. general weaken^
dow just as the fkmes' poured
Into the room.
The blaze was one of* the apee-
tacular In the city’a hiatory.
^amea shot 200 feet into tlie air,
ti^es and telephone nwwby
caught fire and that e^ire -soe-
tioa of th* c{ty was iltaminstwf.
When fii'emen arrived intense
woft the heat they could
no neftvir &an W feat fi^m the
es of the nation by the De&arb^"
Tuesday evening at Mt. Vernop If Reljitions of the
M. E, church aMiough aaddened . me fnrmaA rh fta ' I Council of Churches, de-
because of th« recent passing of ' — an scHheH th^» houftinir lof Nettroek In
and farm areas, where some are
—A mes.4g7 prepared by John P*W ab low as one dollar fo,. a
Ivatx^riJSt, paLr St.'john’s week's work. Speaking of ^-^Heretr^U«S^ tftS^^
Methodist iEpiscopal chu«*, St. led “^'‘lite supeiiorlty’* and sup-! has, confessed to the“tiL n„
j Louts and sent to various church- remacy, Autiror Dover said: It
CONDEMNED TEXAN G*VEI«
new TRIAL
^ "i^Tenn.,, following
tne Sasile^js, -^lolette And^r8onT_^^^„^;,
was oni^ of the mSH fimprestivc,'
discrimination
Negro postaT
- u jj ■ in T 1 workers. The Organization ha?
ever hejd ,n any cit^ Soro Juan-1 ^
ita IBates, prominent educator . ... i. ..
.„d civic v™,k,r of r,!!!”"’!;:
was gufst speaker, whose elo
quent and soul-stirring addreso
held the audience spelli-bound.
in cohnection with ju^omotions
and asaignniients in the Postal
► Service. Branches of the Alljamte
ot^Bisafions, indicated by dead-
ings were extended the large
i^,-;"£i^»--¥.-.5rc - .Vj ' w2h,n^ D I
Hew York. Central RaUroads, «we I,*?**®"®- organiia. I * L ^ .
hurried in OBt of the wet,” Maid . tio*'® of Houston. tfor its' worthwihfle projects, Mr.
RlMjai B. L*mu», bfofeerWd !■ I^ominent among the addrew-} Bradle:
preafdent; “especially after the forpeful welcome and for
harrmwed management applied «PP«al made by Rolland Bradley er during thia boule.
for itnolliei* ld»B ft«m the RFC". i^«P’*'e9entative «f tbe Chamlber Of j Among thoee was the contribu
scHbed the housing lof Negroe's in
cities
any qipon
Calling
d towns as a dicigrace to
a|te
is the urgent, need of all oppres
sed colored people to establish
the closest -bonds of intemation-
^ jSolidarity in order to cpmblst
th^ vicious, and insidious propia-
ganda" oTHJC fmperiaMsta and
sciats «n the' inferiority of cohf -'
and of-having taken
Mrs. Wilkerson.
$10 f -on-
DR. -RUSSELL RICE, HUSBAND
OF FORMER MISS DOROTHY
SKINNER SUCCUMBS . IN KY, i tlon
.4T*STIN. Tex.. Jan. .'^ANP>
'The court of criminal appeals
last week or^der ret-led the cas^,
of Harry Lacy, a ,Negrq riven
the death sentence in •' Grime*
county for krl’ing- a white m-n.
The rase attrartpd nnnsua! att?n-
becaiise oif defense elatw'-
was]
of
lention to the l^h
annual Raee RelaHipng Sunday'^fed races’ theme."
to bg^ld on Feb. 13, Dr. Holt’a
message also asserted that edn-
cational opportunities for Ne
groes to obtain employment and
I that the jiwy
ImemRriT^f "IT"
Jtion caTed the ‘•♦White Man’*.
: Union Ass*n”, and for that rro-
Dr, Russel Rice, husband of
- jt!ie former Miss Dorothy
ner of thia city; died at his h^e «nsucceK5futly ,to
BAPfTIST -SUNDAY SCHOOL Lo^5g,iUe.,^tucky. Satur-of venue.
BOARD TO MEET IN j^ay Janoarr 1 from a cQmp^’ca-. court’s own notion H
NA'SlfVILLE itkin of diaeasea. I wfc bei»T» A>«t-to Grii^^
being denied thenj.
t
JSAgryrLLE. Tenn.
naade several suggQ$r|ons
thf nation#] group to eoriid-
Commer;ce and other outstanding tion to the Wiley Coliege Pidbw-
•tnjetara. Or%in ,o£ the ^ organizations of which he is a ment Fund, fjar which he
fir* hM ttot b««n datemined. ' part. Commending the aoror^ty Ibean instnani^*^ in aid.
nas
2,.V •>'s^" ’«»!'>“tat A.\
Inaarsiice Company |
Dr. Rice ■pent'" two year*
:» ict*me ^
1 fr«M» T- inity where
-Lacy admH-
wieli aa •«
OF WAR VETERAN
MYSTERY SURROUNDS SLAY Congress, Nationid Baptist; 5* flutter's
Convention, will hold an impor
tant meetnig on January 26 in
P^NE fflLUFF, Ark.,—Mystary ;
still surronds the ahotgun slay* merchant Ca^ Shelton. The ac-^
ing Tait Saturday of Walter | cused man surrendered, but taken
ivory. World War veteran, wiio to county Jail, refused to mak^
died m a local ho^ita! af tei: b«* J a atatem^t. Police have learned
ing' fcllfegedly shot by a colored 'no deteits of tCie crime.
Mutual Life
and the Unkm Itmrane*
Realty Company of thia city
bf 1»».
tdef"md«lrt
wa,*>t'ed stiTl anolfcer
cUimlsflr c®«d not tt .
imparttal i® Gr&®#*S
In its appeal the drf«®ae a**ft*
thb city at Moirna Memoi W j ed the As!«*n more tlMp ^
'Building. Ih-. W; H- Jei-m^n is'«*d a^jd was orflMihWid #•»
president of COB|rr«sa and the nwriKate'el .
Dr. H. T. Sims the aecretary. [ (Ce**Mwl ••