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DUimAM, N. C. SATURDAY MARCH §, ItSS
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RftCE VOTE HELPS DEFEAT AIRPORT
Many homeless As Arkansas Flood Rages; 3 Drowned
_1 . , .! — ^ ■ ■-■■ ^ :r
Negro Citizens Refuse
To Be Herded To Polls
. By Political Crooks
(Bf L. E. A««tin)
I^e airport bond issue which
was defeated here t%is wedli; hy
a three to one rote prord conclu
sively that Negro voters are lot
to be herded to the polls by. a
group of imsponsMe, paid work
ers. ♦
Although the Negro vote was
not the lone deciding factor in
defea.ting the measure it was an
important force in rolling up the'
biggest majority against a bond
Issue ever recorded in this coun-
ty. More than 2,000 Negrow had
registered for the special elec
tion and it is saff t5 say, that
with all the coercion'^ persuaaion
and mMiey spent by proponents
C)f the airpott INs thaa a hund
red N«g"oes voted toiinvOT of k.
All in all the campaign was
Coadtt£t44 M much .above boai^
M the averagi> political contest,
with the exertion of mi attempt
made (by one white politician to
intimidate Nejro voters, several
of whom were kept from casting
their ballots by his activities. The
Committee on Negro Affairs has
the mafter under consideration
and will possibly see that federal
action is brought against thj^ner-
•on or persons respons&le for the
intimidation.
Negro, political hogs, "Hk> al
ways offer to sell themselves and
the race for the highest dollar,
wera great disappointment to
their white overlords who paid
out perfectly good cash money
with the promise that these Ne
groes of unscrdpulous purpose
and intent could deliver the Ne
gro vote hog-tied and hide-bound.
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Several of the Nlegroes wera
caught rtdhanded accepting
money fi«m botii sides of thft'
campaign. One in well loiown in
business cirelM and will Bd closd-
ly watched henceKorth. The
others have always been, waitehed.
Much praise should b« given
R. N. Harris, Sectetary-Manager
of the Bank^ers f^e Insurance
Company who bore the bmnt «f
informing Hatpro votew as to how
they should vote. Ifr. Harris oon
ducted, abov« board, the camp
aign among Negroes and able
to administer a diiyrsceful de
feat to cheap peanu Ntegro poli
ticians.
One Negro poltOeal hog who
sells W« ^rvloes to the Mgheat;
bidder Kad promiaad, 'S'w n-
derstaad it, personaDy
ejOO Negroea for ^e ISbd tama.
We understand titat he aaS
man liViday after making MMMi
attempts to hog-tle J4)egTO ra^U*
gave up in disgust and were seen
sitting in a car asleep.
The campaign ia over, the b^d
issue has been defeated and
time will soon heal all political
wounds, if there have beta any
made. Lets get back to work to
make Durham a bigger and bet
ter city ki which to live.
105 YEAR OLD WOftlAM DIES
NASSAU. Bahamas. Ibrch 2
Ma Robinson, reputed to be 105.
died this week. She waa the old
est living resident of tiM Baha
mas and the last link to the days
of slavery.
CARCHJNA FUNERAL HOME
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED
Calonel Qrimley
Loses Pos t Am
l%e Carolina Funeral Home,
local uadiertaking establishment,
owned and operated for several
years by Messers William Amey
and E. G. Spaulding, gave notice
this week that the entire owner
ship of the organized had been
purchased ogj^right by Mr, Sp/ti
ding. ^
, Mr. Spaulding stated to a re-
prasentative of the Carolina
Ifiraei this week th^ the efltab-
Uahment will be operated in the
same manner as heretofore, and
vith^the same force of m£n and
aMpmaat.
Mr. Aney at,preaent is opera-
JUi^ the Midway Service Station
anti stated he will have an an
nouncement to make as to hts fu
ture plans in the very near fu
ture.
Homes Aflii Lives Lost At
Red River Ovetflows Banks
LITTLE B.OCK, Ark., March 2
—(ANP)—Three Negroes were
drowned and thousands of white
and colored persons were forced
to desert their homes andfllee to
safety as the Arkansas, White and
Red rivers went on a rampage
here last week.
the risings waters of Pearl river
in a leaky skiff, but became pan
icky. "Bie boat turned over.
Three of the quartet swam safe
ly to shore but the fourth mem
ber, who could not swim, was
drowned. ,
All kinds of boats were put
Charge Of. Rape For
Wiiicii Kentucly Negre,
Died Proved To Be False
FISK PRESIDENT TO AFRIC.V
The Red river at Formeman into use to rescue thos mearooned
claimed the lives of two children
on Washington’s birthday. ^ Vic
tims were Joanna Hardwick, 7,
and Sylvia Mae Hardwkk, 9
months, datiighters of a tenant
farmer. As the water rose rapid
y7“marooning
families of both races in the bot
toms south of Foreman, a row
boat was sent to rescue the Hard
wick famUy.
’ Ji’or several' houa the boat pad-
died thxough the angry waters
and had finally reached a point
rtf safety. 8«»eral of those in the
•boat had been unloaded when a
awift current capsized the vessel,
eauai^ the chUdren to be lost'in
^he swift current
The-third death was at George
town. A tenant farmer with three
companions littempted to cross
by the flo(d. One color^ farmer
near Foreman made a boat of
boards from his house with ah as
a hammer and naila and rowed
with two-by-fours to safety with
his family, only to see his iog
. swimming back toward their
home a mile away. The farmer
' jumped into the cold torrent after
his pet, but the dog drowned be
fore it could be rescued.
Albert !Bvans of St. Louis, Bed
Criss regional disaster Rector,
■B4d •’^rc than 7,840 panoaa ot
botti races in tt' couatiea were
homeless and under eve of hia
organisation. Emergency WPA
crewa, totaling mora tluua B.OOOi
white and colored men, were put
to work erceting sandbags against
the floods and reinforcing-lej^aet.
Sec’y.-Manager Southern
i d Sirccumbs
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NEW YORK CITY, March 2,
—.(ANP)— Harlem military cir-
'eles were given a decided shock
last Wednesday when it was
learned that Colonel John G.
Grim ey waa discharged as com
manding officer of the famous
S&9th Infantry of New York, the
elny' Negro regiment in the
state’s National yuard, on recom
mendation of a military exam!n>
ing board.
of the American Expeditionary
' Force, the famous fighting unit' the Colonel waa aald to cantet
was known as ihe "igevil Dog^” ajbont tiia fact that Colontf
and marched Into the thickest of, il®y jS«ed the National Guard as
the battle in Friunce,^ the stir-| a medical officer, ;^Aont funda*
ring tunes of the re^mental band mental experience in the com-
‘mand of infantry or othe^line
troops.
fHrst indication of in invest!-
gatiicii int oColonel Grimley’s
conduct of tha famous fighting
unit was last Fall iftn a routiae
report on the regiment made by
three jRegalar, Army offieera de
tailed from the 2t^ Ajrea.
General Haskell said then that
the report ‘‘brought piatters to a
head by conflrmin|^'*'ffiy own
opinion of Colonel Grimle^a pro
fessional—'eainuity and general
fitness.”
led by the late Jim Europe, ac
knowledged as the ^catcsf band
master of them all.
(Qy Spwial Wire To C. Timet)
BICHMOND, Va. March 4—
B; L. Jordan, age 62, Secretax-y-
MmniLger of the Southern Aid
Society of Virgina died .at hia
home here Friday morning after
an illness of only two weeks.
Mr. Jordan attended the "Trus
tee £toard meeting of the Virginia
Seminary and College aibout two
weeks ago and complained of not
feeling well, but due to the im
portance of the meeting attend
ed its seiBion anyway.
The deceased was bom in Loui
sa County, Virginia and was the
husband of Mrs. Blanche Jordan
of this city. was one of the
founders of the Southern Aid So
ciety of Virginia and an outstan-
din civic leader in this city. He i«i
ding civic leader in this city he
was a Dfe'ector of Consolidated
Bahk and Trust Company of
Richmond, menAer of iBloard of
Directors, of Bankers Fire Insur
ance Company of Durham, mem
ber of board"of Directors and
treasurer of Richmond Hospital.
In addition to his wife ho.
survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Daisy Black ‘‘of Richmond and
Miss Marion Jordan, supervisor
In th^ city school system. Oiie
brother" also survives him, W. A.
Jordan, assistant secratayy of
the Southern Aid. ' |
In addition td being a trustee
of the Virginia Seminary ^ and
College, Mr. Jordan was also a
ti^stee of the Ebenezer (Baptist
church of this city and one of its
staunchest members.
The funeral will foe held Sun
day afternoon at 1. o^clock from
the Ebenezer Baptist chufch.
Interment will be in the Wood-
lawn cemetery of this city.
Tli* Board^ or Tra«l«M ^ FIi^~ was
Univertity Im> announced
• five-month*’ Imys of abaancc
lias b««n granted Pirecfi&nt and
Mp». Thomas E. Jone* for exkend-
•d trip to South Afriita. Thaj will
tail from New York May 11 go-
direct te England wiiere they
will attend the Lettden Yearly
delegation of Enijliah Friends
tailiiij June 1 for Africa. »Their
intineMry inelttdet Ctt|>e Town.
Port Eiisalieth, Dnrbut, Johnnes-
burlfy, end aclioola and commoni-
tiet in Bat'OTStiWi, Dutch Beck
naliallliWii''%wasiIanil and t Kenya
Colony.
Principai Qf Illimis
High School Denies Race
IBOOKFORsD, III., March 2— i At the present time there are
(By Lt. Raymond' Watkins for [ two other Negro stjid^nts enroll-
ANP) —^In no uncertain term^ | tKi in the military untt. ^ey were
admitted last F^ruary. Rogers
The board whi^ recommended (BLAtiiC LEGION ACT1V!E
James EJ. (Bine, principal of the
General Baakeirs dbjection nop*«ckford high S4^1, denied that
racial discrimination was the
.cause of the elimination from
the ROTC unit of its oi^y Ne
gro member, Gevoge R. Kogei*3.
Rogera was dropped thrM mq&thB
ago after being in the unit for 2
months.
"T%a'regular physical examina
tion given to all incoming fresh-
Colonel Griml^^s discBaJcge vrasj „
appointed by Governor Herbert *** MICHlGAIf
H. Lehman aC'raquest ol Major '
General William N, Haskell, com
manding ge*eriil of the National
Guard, to determine Colonel
MT. CLBMSMS, Mic^., March
2—(AN5»>— Ceuaty pfosecntor,
Vincent L. Fiturerald^ charged
Gtimleys “capacity and general, here this week tliat the terrorist!^
fitness Tor ssfVles.*^ ‘ Bt^i^dier
Geaeral Walter k Robinson an
nounced the discharge, but no
reason waii iriven other than that
tiie Colonel "did not possess the
capacity and genari fitness for
service.” 1%e order of diseliarge
ma iam^ by the Governor.
Blacle Lei^ b" again
Miteooyb CamAf,
The fwosscutov, eon'itoced that
the hooded band has gained a
strong foothold in ibe county, pa
titlon^ Justice ‘Donald
for a Grand Jury investigation.
Hie petttioa was granted.
men, whether ROTC or-
found Rogers along with two
white students as being pj^yiical-
ly disqualified for. ROTC train
ing. Rogers in particular for high
blood pressure and flat feet,!
stated principle Blue. He further
indicated that wh«n Dr. Richard
a^vi~TO‘ tS. Gwjjt, loesl physieisit sasd prs-
iddent of the Roe^ord Branch of
ihe NAAGP, called his attention
to the storm of protest last De
cember, from people throughout
tiie state, two "ther physical
haniicaps. 'Phe two white stud-
entsWere not readmitted.
ms the only Negpo^ student to
apply for"enrollment last Septem
ber and according to school I'e-
ports was rated as a poor stud«
?nt, particularly in ROTC'lwork.
. f apparently was for this low
scholarship and other infractions
of school disciplinary rules re
garding ROTC training that Ro
gers was^ dropped from mllitarv ^ America and ia conducting
BLIND MAN GIVES TO
CHARITY , ‘
NOIWOIi, Va.. Ma^>-^(A
NP)—^A blind man found his way
to the King's D*nghter’a head
quarters here last week and con
tributed twenty five centa to the
drive they have on to raise $20,-
000.- ■
i -
The King’s Daughters, white,
is a branch of the King’s Daugh-
not,, tiding. -The ^jihyslcal disquali
fication was only one of many
causes for his. separation.
' Mr. iBQue admitted that there
had been spme talk by miner
schooi officials conicerning tho
advisability of placing Ro|j^r4.^in
m. physical training class instead
BGT^ -‘where he weul4__;_; te
happier*' but this was promptiy
vetoed.
Closing his interview Mr. Blue
atated, “I w«nt it distinctly un
derstood that we have pupils of
all races in every department in
>thls sebool. There has nev^ Iwen
Regal Theatre
TMBstsll
. - ls}«oi}
A permit today was issued for
enlarging the Regal Theatre by
installing a balcony, which will
provide 350 additional seats.
Plans and .specification ibr this
work were prepared iby R. R.
Markley,'local architect, an} have
been approtved iby the City Build
ing Inspector, JohJi T. Stin and
. the Sto.te IB^ilding^' Inspector.
That a 23-year-o 1 d Negro
hanged last December at Coring-
ton, Ky., just across the river
fromCincinnatL wu innocent ct
the cliarge of mpe against him,
was afSerted by 4he American
Civil Liberties Union in a state
ment on "The Frame-Up of John
Montjoy,” issued from New York
headquarters today.
The Cincinnati branch 'of the
A. C. L. U. had interested itself
frrvrn
cepti(m in l9iS'S, and had formed
Montjoy Defense Committee
to air him.
Montjioy’s execution
times poa^oned througrh c«urt
proceedings and iq^eals for exe
cutive demency. Governor Al-
bwt Chandler of Kentucky,
who consistently infused to
issue* a single pardon, declined to
act ia his case, despite tiie i»-
conunendation of itiie /Attorney
General and the 'lieotenant Gov
ernor. One unsuccessful attempt
made to“ ^ get the “TTnited
th»*^ States Supreme Court to review
the convictim, which rested u|Mn
the sole word of a white woman
and the repudiated^ confession of
a companion of Montjoy. At the
original trial Montjoy waa repre
sented by counsel who failed to
make a record on which an appeal
could be fairly based.
The story in essence, according
to the Union, involves the “as
sumption, commm in the South,
that any white woman's word is
be taken against a" Negro’s.
i white woman who alleged
she was raped by a Negrro whom
she had never seen and whom
the possession of the police, was
later shown to have been on
friendly, if not intimate terms
with Montjoy for three yeara.”
The story, as it came oat at
the original trial, was that om the
night of March 3&. Was, Ifaa.
frene Cummings, wife of a 'postal
clerk, rushed into a cafe qb tiha
n«Mt,papulQua street of Covji^p-
ton in an hysterical state £ad
screamed tliat she iiad been at
tacked snd robbed. Her clothiiv
was not disordered and h» a^
pearance gave no signs ef strag
gle. Two Negroes, she said, had
accosted her but one hiad fled
pnor^ tb tHe crtme. Latere 'the-;
evening she was able to identify
the assailant' from a rogues gal
lery of. several thousand Negro
was four faces.
When John M)ntjoyr*'"WI« ar
rested, he denied the attack 4at
after several days of griHi&g^
lice repnrtea that
fejsed. He wits indicted oa
ges of rape and araed tobbeey,
both capital offenses in Kentuc
ky. At^'' trial, Montjey declar-
ei tha>. ae was x«tuming after
an evening in Cincinnati with hia
coffljsanton, Willie wtoB
police arrested him. Chmrf[Km ef
robbery and rape against Blarfc
were withdrawn after he testi
fied against Montjoy for the
secuUon.
Iii^he nine days between Most>
Joy's arrest and indictmnit. hia
first attorney, Bert King, failed
to conduct ^^enuine investigatioB
of the charges. King, who openly
declared he did not believe the
Negro's story, did not perait
Montjoy to take the stand at the
original trial; only the preeeca-
tion had witnesses. No Negroea
were on the jury; in fact there
never have be«i any in KeatM
County trials. The prosecntiBg
attorney was allowed to use las-
gxuige designed to arouse
Ceatiai««d oa page eickt
00IN68 »FU §HERS
Br RUTH BUCHANAN
GREENSBORO
The Greenboro City Usher’s
Council entertained last week at
the h»ne of the ciiairman, C- E-
Craig in honor of a special finan.
cial group. Gamts were played
and several short talks were
made after which a tiuree coui'se
dinner was served.
The Trinity A M. E. Zion ush
er board had a great day Sunday
February 27. One of the leading
It is estimated that ttia ^
Kng will cost approximately
000.0/0,
'The 'Regal Theatre is .. leased
and operate^ by Hilton Starr of
Nashville Tennessee who operates
a chain of 4i cQlored theatres
through the south snd southwest
Mr. Starr is also affiliated with
the Cresent Amusement Com
pany in Nashville which cwnpany
operates l&O- additional theatres,
ite has been in the Negro, theatre
business for the past ^enty
years and is by far the largest
operator of N^olEeatres in the
a money eampai^ to soppbrt its
clinic here wMch provides medi
cal aid for und^rivileged child
ren and expectant mothers.
The blind man said that y«ars. ^
ago the clinic "took hia sick' F. C. Dwen, attorney for Mr.
daughter aiid made her weD” so Starr sUted that Mr. Starr -tlso
that tosUOf fbfi i to eamra.**®*! * 1®“*® Wonderland
living. 1 'jtheatee errent^eTn^
creased facilities which the naw
addition to the Regal would pr«-
lination here in nay vide were! not sufficient to com-
■evMT has been the fortably serve the theatre going
racial disc;
fom, and ii
policy of our school system
foster any such praetieet.**
to poblic that it was the pm^^oae of
‘ Coatiaaed mm page 8
livered a wonderful sermpn. The
amount of money raised was
$20.81. W. M. Ellis is president
of the board and Miss Lelia Alex
ander,^ secreibary.
The City Usher’s Council held
ite regular monthly meet at tiie
home of "W. M- EUis, 1301 S.
Ash street on las^ Tueeday ^ve-
nisg^ After the r^rular routine of
business, J. W
urer was ask«d to preinde Tver
the elecfion oT^icer^ OiKcers
elected were kM fbHowa: C. R-
Vnig, chalhnan ; ir. ' IK EHiSt
vice chairman; Mn^ Z^.A_ fbstar.
secretary; A H. Bynoia. treaa-
urer; J. T. Broadnax, Chaplain.
DURHAM
C. C. Craig:, chairman of the
finance mmmittee -of. the state
association held a lengthy confec^
ence with the state president te
Ihirham last week conceraiac
the drawing ap of a budget
the organization. 'The plana will
be presented to the orgaaiaatieB
at its Easter meeting wUi^ vfll
be held in Raleigh.
The DufhaBT^inftM^ UlkiM
Union held its regolar aaesitMy
held its relnilar m o a t k 17
meeting at the White Sock Ba»-
tist church on February with
large number of nahen
ent. The meeting waa
over„by J. R. Mitdiell,
tlH'-'organiaatioB.
The ^di^ Depaitn^. af.
I>nrfaam Uniao Vfll
Desk, state tyean jtofai ia heaer mi jfvai. 4111a $km
who'served for nearly
aa chairman tibe
Mrs. Notie Siaa ia the awrty i
ehjlirman.
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HlGir POINT
. . Uahers of tim ataia,
The^ effiesn ^r» Jb; 0.i^oM .in and mm.
G. Donnell, chaiwnaa of thajraiairtsi >o jeht
board of directors ef the state | the state tnMMV 'Wtlft
assoditlon. M r. Doane}} gave
some very encoun^ng ladvice te
the Mwly elected oCiwr*. At nice
repast was served ^ tha hoatm.
■A
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will te ia Peii^
ond Sunday March lA
tiona are be^ig laaAa
aa tetarettiag 9ctplM»