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DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY APRIL !•, ItM
PRICE FI VI ccim
5 MEN TOME FOR CRIMINftL ATTACK
}\hite Students Join Race In Jim Crow Fight At 111 inois U.
N. C. College Host T o -
57IA Anfluai Meel Of ~
'"^Teaciiers Assoclaiion
Sapr«i« Cdirt ilpktlds
Beith Seolw« or Nr
Hem i g d I Wkite
RAiLIBlGH, - April 1«- -- The
Korth Carclina Supreme Coart
lunded down a decision today
uplioldinf the death i^Aalty for
^ive penent, fonr Ntgrroes and
pne white man, all of whom had
been prerioualy aenteneed to die
for criminal attack.
All live, of the aten ar» sch«>
duled to die on April 29, and un-
lea tha (ovemor interferes the
execution ef five persona at or*
time in this state will set a re-
jtord., Tfce pr^ouM reeord for
execvtiona In oll«'^d«y to Nnrth
'Carolina la tiaraa.- * '
The five man who ara to die
}nclu|s Ral^|i. jjlotinson, Iroll
Coanty white man who was can-
evicted of attacking his own H
year ^ old daughter, Margaret
The opinion in thjs caae was
v^itten by Aiuoc.iate Jastice W.
"A. Darin.
f Three of the Negroes whe are
denied new trials by the court
«nd‘' are scheduled to dis
Sylvester Outlaw, Apson Outlaw.
ah4 liOniik GaHtaW, convicted
of att!|ckin« a white woman last
October. Tfce crime and trial
took place in Duplin county.
The fourth Negro whose sen
tence of death was upheld is
Waddell Hadley, alao convifted
\ CORRECTION
Ib last waak’t •ditiaa of The
C*roIina Timat, there was pub-
iUhaJ in connectisH with a pic)-
tar* of Noble SimI*, information
to th« effect that hit appaaranre
kora with lu« orakaatra waa tpon'
•oprad by tha alumni association
of North Carolina CoRaga, and
tka Alpha Kappa Alpha surority.
Tkis statement was an error on
our part. Mr. SIssia's appearance
in Difrhani was fair tka parpasa
of playiag for a dance given by
the Rko ifiapter ot Aa lata Pki
LemWfca, Sererlty instaad. Wa a»e
glad to maick tklk ^hactfon.
Tke EAUr
EVERY NEGRO MAN AND
WOMAN SHOUL D REGIStER
AND VOTE
of attacking a white
Hoseboro.
woman in
All of the Nagro defendants
failed to file briefs^ in tiie usual
time allowed %y law, but tha
Justices, following tha us«al
procedure in such cases review
ed the cases and found no a>v«r
in the decision of the lower
courts.
iT
ays Soiitk flas
Lowest Living
Standard In U.Sa
, MAtlON, Ga., ApHl ,14.—-(AN
P) The South has “the lowest
sUndard of any region in Ame
rica," Dr. Will W. Alexander,
>head of tha Farm Security " ad
ministration and former president
IXlIard unvieralty, tdd the an
nual Georgia cenference of so
cial work Tuesday night.
Quie^(tnlng effectiveness of
growing industrialization as a
taeana of itopping' ,t^ steady
d9wnw«rd tcend of «B*»«Jal and
^social conditions In the Southeast
he said, "A more promising ap
proach to the economic ^arivatlon
of tha South seems to Ha in »
more efficient use of it* land.”^
Dr.- Alexander attacked the
tenant farm system for discoura
ging^- farm ownership. Pointing
out that " 6 per cent, of all
mers in the cotton country are
tenants,” he cafled them "the
moat unstaible part of tha popu
lation” and said thelt...jchlldren
rarely get an adequate educa
tion, since their children must
move in the middle of tJ»e scTiool
year. “
Rural hopslng tn thi* section
is “the most Inadaquata in the
InaBon.^ «9Wpto*lib "irith t
worst city slums," ha saW. Since
the Southern landlord “hafcituaUy
requires that evary availalble foot
of land replanted in aotton,” the
federal-afflcUl asserted thero
'was a great demand* imported
food in the South. The typical
farm family hera ewits on "«lt
pork, com meal, molasses, plus
occasional peas or potatoes,” he
said.
Pointing to the region^ illite
racy, he said this was caused by
the poverty of the Southeast.
"The richest state in. tha South
east ranks lower in per cat«ta
wealth than the .poorest state oiii|
side the region,” Dr. Alexander
Dr. H. W. Wiliiamston.^pyon)!-
nent dentist of Idabel, Ohio., »who
has bust up a Ia]:;ga tnterracUt
practice, is confined to Jamison's
sanatarfum after ibeing injured
in automobile crash.
BANKING DIGNITARIES PRAISE DURHAM EDUCATIONAL. BUSINESS AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
Tka abova photo was tah«n in Company home offi ♦« buildln'j
tka anditorium of tha North Cl. I locatad on tka sixth floor and i«
Mlina Mutual Ufa Insurance' that of tha assemUad group of
banking Feaders who Iracantly I Banking Commission Gurney P.
visited Durham Negr* antaii*.
Hood who heads the banking der
prises. The visit of tka banl^ars
to Durham -was arranged by *•*»
Negiro Woitien
Lay Requests
Befcre Mrs. FDR
CONFERS WITH ROOSEVELT
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
principal of Palmter Memorial
Institute who has just returued
from Washinfjiton where she
want to confer with President
Koasaveltr "ar the ^^ite House on
antiil^ynchCng legiilation. Sett
ing with Dr. Brown were several
other oiTtstanding race leaders.
WASHINGTON, Aprjl, 13.-
(ANP)—request that Nagro
wom6n be given 'rj^eater ropre
sentation- and appointed to fede
ral Bureaus whose' work affects
them was made to Mrs. Eleanoi'
Roosevelt, wife of tht> president,
and other government officials
by a special committee callcd in
the East Room of the White
House on Monday afternoon^
This conference with the na
tion’s First Lady was the result
of a social meelring of the Na
tional Council of Ne^o Women,
of which Dr. Mary McLeod Be-
thune of the NYA is founder and
president, held Monday morming
in the Auditorium of the Depart
ment of the Interior at which 65
leading colored women from alt
parts of the country was in' at
tendance.
Pointing out that America’s
colored women were anxious to
cooperate in all federal programs
and that only the appointment •
of Negro women to social huraaus
atrd agencies cottW adetjuately
care for; the peculiar and s|)eci-
(Continued on page eight)
!^Hidents Of Botii
Races Opposed To
Discrimination
CAMPAIGN. 111., April IS.—
(AN"P)—White” studens at the
University, of Illinois are square
ly behind the 101 Negio students
here who are oppowng racial
discrimination in cafes and res-
.taurants. This cooperative action
has followed the recent Circuit
Court jury verdict in favor of
the Hanley Lewis Confectionary
Co., defendant in a $2,000 law
suit brought by four colored
students who had been refused
service in the store’s cafe.
.^.Xnterested students of both
races .spoint out that because of
the Jim Crow cafe rule, Negroes
enrolled at the university mu&t
either buy food to be cooked in
their rooms or walk across the
railroad tracks to eat; that they
are thus deprived of thier consti
tutional, rights. f ^
Y W C A Cabinet members
(white) last week passed a reso
lution “approving and supporting
the effort beipg made by the
Student senate to sceure for” the
101 Negra studenta on the cam-
pas their rights to eat in campus
restaurants:” ''' .iS'a i d Margaret
vy
Kuns,- ’38 YWCA Cabinet presi
dent,; “Showing its feeling by a
unanimous vote, the Cabinet
feels that any University student
upon consideration, will realize
that it is only consistent with
democracy that these rights be
granted.”
Another >vhite student. Miss
Jean Fai^^33 president of the
Woman’s leagrue, ridiculed the
attitude of the white cafe owmMig.
thus: “Fifty of the 101 campus
Negroes are permitted to eat in
in their sorority houses, while
115 or 20 are v^iters and would
not eat in campus restaurants if
they could.
“Campus restaurant owners arc
afraid they will lose business if
Negroes are permittde to eat in
their establishments. However if
we are able to acquaint the stu
dent body with the f^cts and per
suade them to lay aside prejudi
ces, the problem may be solved—
IVe are supposed to be educated
and prejudice over such a simple
matter is not consistent witif «d
ucation. -r
The 57th annual session of
ther>i||I«rtb'Carolina TMUhars Aju
sociation will txgin a thr«« days
session here Thursday,. aTcning I
at 8 o’clock. The opankig pro
gram will be held in the Duke ..
Memorial auditorium o#-’ North
Carolina College, host to the
gathering.
The main feature of ^te Thur
sday evening meeting is an ad
dress by' Dr. Mordeeai W. John
son, president of Howard Uni-
veirsity. Dr. Johnson’s address
will b^ 'prceo4*^ kr ■diir—f ef
welcome by Mayor W. 9. Carr,
Captain L. H. Barbour. Mrs. C >ra
T. Russel and W. F[ Warre i.
superintendent of Durham City
schools. Response to the ad
dresses of welcome will be de
livered by Prof. Hugh V. Brown
Supervising principal Golds
boro.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by th« choruses of
Hillside Park School and North
Carolina College.
The second session will open
Friday afternoon at ^:30. Musi-;
will be furnished by the combin
ed choruses of Whitted and Wa'l-
town schools. Addresses will be
delivered by Dr, . Roben Maaske,
professor "of education at the
University of North Carolina;
Dr. C. L. Bk-ownwell, professor
of physical education Columbia
tJmversity, New York and W. |
P. A. education program.
At Bo’ciock Friday evening
Dr Rufus E. Clement, presid.!Et
of Atlanta University, Dr. Sl C.
Newbold. director of Negro
cation and Dr. Edjrar W. Knight
of the University of North Caio.
lina wi.l deliver addresses.
The last general session ol
tke associa^wn will be h Id
Saturday r.iorning at 11:30 an?
will include reports c-f the a’uii-
tors, treasureis,. tiecuUveju cti ii.,
mittee, election of office s, si:--
tion of tiate and place '^nd -i' >*•
in^ remarks.
Oflficers of tha so.iallcrf art?.
Dr. James E, Sh-’-a d, pres: lint:
Mrs. R. D. A. T:y, vice-pr^ai"
dent; Mrs. L B. Yancey, Record,
ing secreUrj ; Dr. J. A. Cotton,
treasurer and. Dr. G. £. Davis,
executive secretary.
All of the generiil sessiona will
be. held in the B. N. Duka audi
torium locate don tiia waatera
part of the campus. AQ of the
meetings. wiU be held si the N.
C. College.
MARIAN ANDERSON,^ PACKS
TOWN* HALL
NEW’ YORK — (O— Town
Hall was packed to the rafters
and some patrons were seated on
the stage, but even then many
were ttirned away as Marian An
derson, contralto.
Semi-Aiinual Usher Review
In Capitol City Sunday
WHITE ROCK PASTOR TO BE PRESENTED WITH NEW CAR
HEV. MILES MARK FISHER
Rev, M. M. Fisher.- left, pastor
of White Rock fifaptist church,
the beautiful I'O'^S model
Cldsmobile which v^ill. be pre
sented to him after ttie elevreM
o’clock services, Sunday moi n-
ing on the lawn of the church.
Rev. Fisher who has J>een pastor-
Ing at Whitt Rock for five years
has done much to build up the
the church as,A community influ
ence. With aU of tha heavy
duties of pastoring. a large,
church like White Rock he finds
time to teach a class in thsdogry
at Shaw univtrsity twic« a week.
The semi-annual session of the
Inter Denominational Ushers As
sociation of North Carolina will
convene in Raleigh, £aster Snn-
d.ay April 17 «t the First Baptist
church located on the comer of
Wilmington and Martin streets.
Dr. 0. S. Bullock is pastor of tke
church.
- RegJstratioij of • liteBd-
ing the meeting ip-scheduled to
begin at oi»e-«’clock P. M. The
meeting proper will start prompt
ly at 2 o’clock P. M. close at 5
o’clock P. M., the same after
noon. Delegates and visitors to.
the sessions are urged to be on
time as the scheduled as out
line will be closely folkmred in
order that those who live in dis
tant parts of the state, an4 tra
velling by automobiles may hava
to drive at night. “ • .
According to L. E. Austin,
president of the uaociation the
semi-annual meeting this year'ii
destined to be the -beat attended
in th* histoiy of the • organfSt^-
tion. In addHioa to repraa^ta-
tives from variooa oaher l>owda
of the-atata- tlw-—seml-anmral
meeting thia year will have visi
tors from oat of the state as far
away aa.^ew Jersey. Th« presi
dent hasTeeeiTad word from J.
D. Madden, member of the Board
of Directora of the National
Uthert As«o«iatioa h« will i
be present with a party of four
from Rahway. New Jersey. Mr.
Madden will deliver a short talk
at the meeting Sunday. His
daughter, Miss Gladys who is a
soprano singer of note will zend-;
er a solo.' . / ^
The,, official program! of
day’s'Tneeting is as foUoiws:
P. M.,
t:30 P. M. Dinner I
2:00 P. M. Devotion»—Mr. C, A.
Langston- Raleigh. N. C
2:: 10 * Reading of minuG^
pf^previous meeting
2:20 P. M. Report ' on ET&d
HoiiiiiP—Mr. J. H. R. GleavM of
Winston Salenu N- C.
2:40 P. M. Report of Finance
Committee~*-Mr. C. C. Craig.
Chapel Hi’l, N. C.
3 ;00 P. M. Discussion of Nafl
Conv.—Mr. G. L. Brown, Wins
ton Salem. N. C. '
S:20‘p. M. First Aid Dept.—Mm.
Pearl PeHert^Durham, N. C.
Ss46 P, M. Photograph of Call.
vention
4:3’) P. M. Echoes from tka fiekl
—Mr. J. W. Doak. Mr. C.
4:20 p. M. President’a
L. R Austin
4:^5 P.> M. DtaeuMioa
State Convention
4:46 P. M. UarinisiwH ami lUm
5KM) P. M. A#