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HOWARD TRUSTEES RETIRE DR. SCOTT Mailing BBITION I UtKDfcgtti VOLUMN SO No. If. DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY^ APRIL 23, 1938 PIUCS FIVE OXNTS WHITE RAPIST SET WHITE ROCK PASTOR GIVEN NEW CAR FOR EASTER Judge W.C. Harris Grants Habeas Corpus Writ White Attacker Of (Ari Til* to i. ct6iSBii of prvsentation of Bawr ^d*mo- bit* dona^Ml to R«t. Mil«« Mark Fislier, pastor of tbo church by th* iioailMtrthip 6b l»it“Slia®Ky morni^ji immeitiatAly aftw Swaday moraing worihjpi. The abova photo shows, C. C> Spanld* tag "ChstFHiaii of 'the Board of Trustees and Mrs. Effl0 Co«on assistant choistar of the choir i representing the women • the j ' eh'arcfa handing OTer te fc«7> of the car to Rev. Fisher. More pic tures of the presentation on page two. Eleven To Ten Vote Ousts H.JJ, WA5HINIGfIV0>|, Aiu|il 13.— Th« board of tnistee of Howard UnivBreity by.» vote of lO to 11 decided here yetterday to retire Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of the iboard and secretary of the university after a stormy session that lasted from Tuesday morningr 9 o’clock Tuesday, eve ning. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, pre sident of the university was also given a vote of confidence for the university before the law since taking oyer the presiden cy of Howard. Dr. Scott’s resignation will be come effective June 30: His successor will Ibe elected at the October meeting qf the trustees, it was stated. Although Dr. SIcott Jiad reached 66 day” School, CliarJes Gray retire«3nt! under i^ihe new law Closing Sunday April 10th, enacted Iby the board, it was the Home Mission and Tally Up belief of many that due to the makjing |hc^ weekly re- fact he was already employe^jj by port amounting to $135.00. the universit before the 1 a w v j^otto—“God Loves a C^eer- NEWS OF THE OLTVET BAPTIST CHURCH The Olivet iBaiptist Church on last Sunday April 3rd through Aip^li idbh Celtbratted . the Church’s Twenty fifty and the fifth anniversarf of the pastor. The program was in char^ of different auxilarfe's. Starting Sunday evening the program was in charge of Rev. Lipsey of Mt Olivet Christian Night Club; Monday, Deacons and Trustee’s, F. C. Brewer; Tuesday, Junior and Male choir, Mrs. Charles Page; Wednesday, Usher Board, Jay Alexander; Thursday, Senior Choir. Mrs. Virginia Lunsford; Friday, Sun- Teachers Close Largest ' Session Iri'History •.The fifty-geventh anjwal j^-fine start witti i stirrhig^*'M»d ihg of the Nor^h Ck^lina Ne-j challenging address by Dr. Mor- gro Teacher|i Association held at deoert Johnson Thursday evening. Worth Carolina College to, Hi* address coming daring th« a close with the fina| sejnaion opening session, was pr»ccded convening ^Saturday afternoon b y welcome addresses frora April 16.. For all of the four Mayor W. P. Carr, in behaht of the city. Captain L. F. Barbour, j,, nf the county achools ^ J arham, Mrs. Cora T. Rus sell, in behalf of Durham County teachers; and W, F. Warren in behalf of the Durham city general sessions of the conven tion, spacious B. N. Duka audi tor.ium was filled to capacity a no the nteeting reached ats maxi mum attendance 'in the second general session on Friday after noon with an estimated atten-! schools. In his response to those dance of nearly two thousand. These sessions presided o rer by the president. Dr- J. E- Shepard, featured many inspirational and enlightening addres by the addresses of welcome Prof. H. V. Brown, supervising principal of QoldMjoro expressed h i s awareness “ of Durham being charged with the atmosphere of nations leading educators such welcome in its cultural and edu- as Dr. Motdecai Johnson, of Ho- cational surroundings. came, into be retired. effect be wotild not FLOYD CALVIN'S DAUGHTERS TO GIVE SECOND ANNUAL RECITAL, NEW YOEK, A|>ril aO. (ANP) ^—Bernice, 18, and DioloTe-?, It), ptanist-composer . daughter? of Floyd Calvin, HarJ[em__newspap- erman,, will present their second annual recital at the Elks Im- baday, fui Girer”. > The Olivet Baiptist Churcli and Pastor Rev. W. L. Wilson wishes to thank all who took part to make this Anniversary a success. In addition to playing works afthe old masters, the girlv who have won highest honors in a national piano playinjg tourna ment, will present groups of or iginal con*po8itions as well s.s one selection arranged for four 8Me« Held Fo,r KidiiapiRi Wliitj)6rid8 Of Negrs CIH April 20—War rants have* (been issued here for ■""eight THon charging them with kidnaping Mrs-. Collette iLa Zara Stewart, white bride of William Sau Hart Stewart, 32, New York — When questioned here today Mr. Stewart stated that the name given on the marriasfa U- * cense was really not that ^ his - wife, but^iff l&een given lo Hde her Ideritlficatiom He stated that wife waai the 'daugjiter of a prominent New York! atto-ney. Warranto for the arrest of the eight men were sworn out be fore Judge Oscar S. daplan. JACKSON COLLEGE LAU^{CH£S DRIVE JACKSON, Miss., April 40.— ,'(ANP),'—^A campaign to raise esough fun^ ta, keep Jackson the states take sit over has been launched by the alumni associ'a tion, it w»s announced by Jas. JL Whits %sd John W. IMxon. who a^ h'eading the drive. Jack son colege is now 60 y«ars old. EVERY NEGRO MAN AND WOMAN SHOULD REGISTER AND VOTI^ ward University, Roben Maaske of the University of North Ca rolina, D“. C. IL. Brownell, Pro fessor of physical education at (^olumbia Un’iverVity^ Teachers College, ITf. Rufus E. tJtemeat, President of Atlanta University; and Dr. Edgar W. Knight of The University of North Caro lina. ^Mu^ic for_^these sessions was rendered’ iby ^e North Carolina College choir and choruses from the various pulblic schools. The convention got off tj a In his address Dr. Johnson pointed out the serious respon sibility that teachers have and the methods through which the teaching profelsion t»ay be uti lized in the training of future citiaens as constructive and law abiding members of society. Having as his theme “Education ;th* moat and ma ture citisem*’, he stated, *‘be- cauie the determinsr factors in education lie in the primary school. Primary teachers work on the most elemental thing of citizenship, th eattitudes of in dividuals towar.(]i thems^ves and their leaders. ^Teachers create a,ttitude3 and likewise establish atmosphere for laws.” Dr. Johnson further stated that the state is the greate^ teacher of citizenship and “it has ^landed down a mixture of good and evil—The wings cf legitimate asjiiration have '^een clipped by the state.” The schoolk however, offer ac chance to .overcome and transcend an- cestrial evils. “The true teacher,” he said, “must have spiritual insight and must see the future as well as the present state.” In discussing the traditional Negroes human life In the south he empasized the fact that the south’s system has built up g^eat disrespect for LOCAL SCHOOLS, MARKETS AND RESTAURANTS RECEIVE SANITARY RATINGS ALUMNI HEAD condescension toward and the contempt for for Citizenship,” Dr.- Johnson . xt j i jiv inji 1. the possibilites of Negra develop- urged the assembled teacher-s^O : xt ... i. “ . mpnf Tho N«iom TmiRt devote their lives and energies to the development of citizen ship. '‘'Pirimary teacher^ should be | Continued on page eight ment, The Negro teachei- must ■ teach self-respect as an expres- I sion of reverence ' for human Ushers Hold Successful Meeting In Capitol City RAiLEIGH, April 18.—Ona of the most successful meetings of the North Carolina Inter-Deno- minatis;)nal^ Ushers Association was held here Sunday, with the largest num/ber of delegates ever to attend an Easter Review of the Qxganizatioa. AU of the sessions were held in the B*lrst l&aptist church of which Dr. 0. S. Bullock is pastor. - Long before the hour for re- ion, which waa set at one o’clock, the delegates started ^streaming into tjfie city from every section of the state. Win- ston 'Salem, Greensboro, Reids- . rrw——^ ... „ ^ , association who was acco.iti- college going untuSuciPBiSKTa^—^SernorgyiUa, , ftaliahtiry . ,».■ 4.V- k.. K—« ..J II T»a*ned-fey-lHs—daiightpr,__JIiaj», and other points west were well represented. state dele^tes were on hand from Goldsboro, Zefbulon, Ral- Durhan^, KSnstoa ' aiid elsewhere. After registration which wav cr.ded promptly at l.SO P. M. ths visitor# were led to ttie baae- ment of the church weher lunch eon was served. Although the long table which reached from one end of the room to the other could not accomodate all of those present there was • more than enough food for all. Mony e served b«- -Impromptu tables made of desks and small er tables quickly shoved into service to take care of thfi. over-' flowing crowd. . ~ The Isession of the.Ushers Easter Roview was favored with iwith the presence of J. D., Mad den, member of the Boaid of Dtrectorg of the National Ushers Gladys Madden. Mr. , Madden motored'from his home in Rah- Mias Madden rendered, avery be^ljptiful solo for the. benefit of the i^theri'Ag, she "'Was accom- pained at the piano by Dr. C- G. O’Kelley of" the North Carolina College, Durham. J. H. R. Gleaves, . memiber- of the board of directors of the association brought in an inter esting report on the Efland home and informed the conven tion that the board” of trustees of the home had agreed to have two m^bers of the association as trustees df the institution. Se-, lection of the two menilbera will be made at the regular an-nual' meeting which will -be held in Goldsboro during the m^nth of August. C.- C. Craig; Chairman of the Finance Committea^ brought tn an ^ntererfAig and fidl repiart on the expenditure and finaa- cial condition of the aaaociation. ‘-fffift rsrr'rtr which waa gotten np in si/bly the piost oomplfete ^d Sanitary ratings for local schools, restaurants, drug stores and markets for the quarter end^ ] ing March ai, were recently made public by J. H. Bpperson,^ superintendent of Durham^Coun ty Health Department. \ ... AU of the Negro schools had an “A” rating with ttie exception of Walltown and Ipcksto.wn 'Sk^oolli whicpi rated “B” ' in their physical equipment, apd the East Durham School which had a “B” sanitary rating and a physical rating /below ‘W’. Superir^tendent ^!pperson point ed out that the physical rating of a school may be low because of inadequate laboratwry facili ties. the poor conditioh of the •building itself, or from some other cause which can not be corrected by those immediately responsible for sanitaiy condi tions. ^The iEUtmore Drug Store’s soda fountain was given an ‘A’ rating and the Bull City Drug Store was rated “B”. The rating given te Dur ham’s only colored bakery, L>f tin’s. Among t^ retlaurants, Bull City Cafe, Malone’s Cafe, Bilt- more Cafe and Lincoln Cafe all received a “B” rating. Fred Henderson’s grocery store was the only Negro st>re in the city o be giv«n an ‘A*. Those rated “B” were ®llly Mc Coy, H. Shouard, Thomas Bailey and W. W. Page. W. E. Waller and E. D. Green Markets received the rating of “C'V C. C. SPAULDING SPEAKS AT ROXBORO MASS MEETING ROXBORO. Aprir 21-^At the Person County Training School Thursdsty night April 21st, a county--wide mass meeting was held under the auspices of the Person County Negro Civic Lea gue. The feature Address of this W](oeting was d^li\pie«l by Dr. C. C. Spaulding. Pr«sid>?nt of the North Caroljna Mtitual Life Insurance company of Durham. Music for the occasion was ren dered by the male chorus and PROF. F. D. MOON Who will receiT* bis M. A. de gree ^ Schoot Adas iaUawitwn froBB„.tl^ University of Cbtcago tbia S|^ng, is president of Uie Laagstoa University AlamniAs*, sociatioal, Wbi«b has more than 500 mOBibers, and principal of; the Douglass High &tiool of We. wpka. Okla. IVof. 'Moon is past president of the M^labema Asso- .eiatioa of Teachers, and has b«en a member of the organisation’s executive committee for aia« years. _ Afm'ans Oppose Hitler ACCRA, Gold Cpast, West Africa., (ANP.—Various or^ni- zations of Colonials, on the Gold Coast have recently gone on re cord as -violently opposed to Ger man’s Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s de mands for colonial territories. (By Special Wire To C. Times) MT. OUVE, April 20,—A ha- beas corpus writ, signed by i Judge W. C. Harris, freed Osaie j McCullen, 29-year-old whi’-c man charged with the rape of .Vlias ^AgnM WUJiajM. _22-vear^I.d Ne I grro woman here Wedn^day. T^e j writ waa obtained by Attorney- J. Faison Thompson of Golds boro, attorney for McCullen. Miss Williams, who is em ployed a tthe boipe of . i J,, , Welliiigton a^sa- cook of Mt. Olive, la formerly of Hendferson an^ the daughter of a minister of that city, stated that McCullen forced his way into her home to commit the a^ - At a preliminary hearing-' Mc- Cullen^ entered a plea of not guilty of • criminally attacking Miss Williams. Tfflie atack occur red on the night of April 14. The arrest of McCullen was made by Chief ,*f Pe^bce, C. II. Stevens shortly after the atta 'k is alleged ta have occurred. 1'i- j liceman D. H. Bowden ass.3t^ t ! making the arrest. The case is set fo- trial at the May 30th term f ^up vlor Court in Wayne t'ountys;': i ' ' Latest devolafnienti t are the effect that the N'orth Caro lina Committ.j on Negro Af fairs will be asked to assiiat Miss Williams in securing counsel t9 aid the prosecution, and that C. J. Gates, noted Negro att(Mni«y of Durham be brought into the case. Miss Williams is well known here and since coming to Mt. Olive to work has gained a large number of friends. She is hj*h- I ly respected in the community. GlYeaf'Old Man Charged With Axe Murder PICKENS SAYS WHITES HELP by' REALIZING NEGR(W;S ARE. AMERICAI4S. , COLUMBIA, S. C.. April 20. —(ANP)— Seven hundred per- the speaker yrsM Introduced by' sons attended Dean Pickens first Prof. T. H. Jeffers. | ^uth Carolina forum, packing The Civic Xsague with Z«Sb Woods as auditorium to the hall ways as its president, serves aa the offi- he opened on the subject “Ne- cial mouthpiece for the Nep’oes groes -asr Americans.” Among Uie few whites present were Bishop Finley of the Episcopal church of Roxfboro and Person County. 2. GIRL TaIkeS .POISON POTION I ' Pickenj; si . IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT KNOVIiLLE, Tenn., April-2 Q. —(By Dr» B. Taylor for ANIP) —lisst 'Saturday, an attractive, nnidentafied brown-dcinned girl, apparently 20 years oM^ ent«r«d the drug i^re at Vine and Cen tral streets and asked for three .aunces of pure . tincture' of .io dine. When the druggist handed h«r the wrapiped package, she at ___ once Jtore away the wrapper, ra- mimeographsd fornT^T~poa- moved tha, atOfH^wr, and ranlt contents before she Pickens showed that history in schools texts has not griven the American Negro credit for doing his full share in proportion to his numbers, and “beyond all piop9rtion of hi* opportunHies and -privileges” for building up. the economy and democracy of America. He said that while exaggerated group consciousness was harm ful, as it has proven to 4»e to (Special To Carolina Tiases) REiD3\'ILLE, April 20.—Tom Deqson, 6I-year-old Negro, far- wer of r-oflte five Reidaville is being held i njail on a charge of murdering his neighbor,. John Simpson, 7l-year-old'-Negro far mer. Both of the elderly men were tenants. on the -head -with a heavy aiiek of wood by Denson, died at Memorial hbspital here. Wednes day aiternoon at 1;5& o’clock.. According to witnesses of the altercation, tho two* elderly laea engaged in " a -quarrel at the home of Russel Sawyer, white farmer, Monday nights. Densoa during the quarrel struck Simp- ' son with the piece of wood, and went to Reidsville anj surrend ered to^ the police. It was dis- tOKftrgd at the hospital where Mr.’ Simpson was taken that he was suffering from a crufliied skull. Mr. Sawyer, at whose home the fight oceured lives on Jeys, yet it was helpful for both the Yanceville road, east of whites and Negroes to realise Reidsville. that t-olorgd 4^^«ricans are a ! part of the American' people. floor daaed. When the ambulance arrived to take her to -the-h«9>i- is it bejfihning. On the matter of sending de legates to the national tal, she was unconscious, and tion G. L. Brown introduced J. ’ D. Madden whoi told of the ad vantages of havipjt rftpreaenta- Cpatiaued •« PM* Eaer^tad la Tapa* Huai^ville, Texaa— (ANP — I with murder., but h« aaid h« did not know exactly wtiat davraa* Both ct the men aro wall stai in critical condition. No one ^ ViKfil Terrill, 25* condemned to^ijnj,^ i„ this seetion and priwf .. here aeems to know the Wl » criminal attack on a . to the fight Monday^ nisbt dressed young woman, nor tha, Kilgore'woman was electrocuted | coagiJered friend* motive Ijack of her raah act. I at atata prison last Friday.
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