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Hamme, Jelii1«;s
'Attack A.&T.
Prexy s Speech
Continuinr the role ot “Two
o^oreil fault ^ndptra are
•nemiCR of th« College.”
Fint, we d«sir« to publicly
vpole^ie to the Board ^of True*
tees of A. and T. Otllege if for
any reason they hare interpreted
e«r actieae in appeaUi^ Sis
Excellency, the Govemor of
e. to investigate existinir eondi-
t>ens at A. and T. Collece, as a
disrespect to them.
S«cond, as te the capability
and 'dependaMUty of the present
Administration of A. and T.
Goile^e, we desire to call the at
tention . of the reading public to
a release that appeared in the
Greensboro Z^ily News Wednes-
day morninc, April 18th. on pa^
16. “Dr. Bluford, ' President ol
A. and T. College speaking at
the regular weekly meeting of
the Greensboro. Colored Minfarte-
rial Alliance yeglerday, said, that
more than two-fifths of all North
Carolina Negro CoUege students
are registered at A. and 1*. Col
lege here.” Later in the relsas*
he stated that “The present sn-
rellment itaxids at 7S1 students
who are instructed by «4 ‘tea
chers.”
The State Department of Ed-
tieation of North Carolina recog
nises thirteen Institutions of
Ilfigher Tuning tfdbr {Negifo as
doing college work in the State
with a teta) enrollment of 1>44130
students for the session l'9S7-3'8.
Within a radius of a little over
fifty miles of_Greensboro thjre
are seven of these Institutions.
Three of which are State sup
ported Negro College and fo«r
private cottages.
According to the last available
figures for the session 19>37-88
liom ths State Department of
JEViu^tion, tka earallment in
State Buppoited colleges fot Ne
groes are as follows:
N. C. College f«p Negroes Bur-
ham, 430';*A. and T. College for
Negroes — Greensboro, €69;
/IJe^chtVs ^Uege—Winston Sa
lem, 5*7; Total enrollment for
all thrc^colleges,
A. and T. College Ms around
8£ per Mnt of this nun^er, and
•twnnd OM*eieqiJh of around
1000 students in the President’s
claim.
If any one should be sufficiea-
tly interest to tnTMtigatc an
other report in the same address
before the Negro. Ministers of
Greensboro, they would find this
statement.
**Dr. Hluford. who reviewed
'the history of the Institution
told the group that A. and T.
College had supplied almost all
of the Princiiwls now connected
with Negro Hi|^ Schools in N.
C.” They might find the facts
standing up under investigation
of records about as well as the
"tw»-fifths College enrellment,"
Signed ^
T. A. Hamme. president
J. W. Jeffries, Treas.
A. and T. College Alumni Asso.
Lawyers Make Setllement
In N.A.A.C.P, Gouit Case
Ws«)fington, May 26. —| The
court action by which the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People was
seeking a permanent injunction
against ceirtaih former officere
of, its District of Columbia
branch as a separate and inde
pendent body was settled May
porated branch.
The court action by the
tional body was taken primarily
ibeeause three officers of the
District of Colunnbia branoh,
■without the Ijnowjedge or con
sent of the national board of
directors and without the know-
IS by aij. agreement between op- ledge and consent of ,the execu
tive committee of their own
branch, incorporated the District
of Columbia branch as a separate
anld independent, corporation in
M>rch, 1937. The incorporation
m^ve was made in order to avoid
obeying ttie instructions of the
national board of directors to
hold a new election in place of
the January 15, 1937, election
which had been protested as il
legal'. ^
A temporary injunction again-
poaing coonseL
The agreement was made, as-
cording to a statement of coun
sel, “in order that the work of
the National Association for the
Advancement of •Colored People
may go forward in the District
of Columbia with unified effort
and utmost vigor.” Counsel in
the ease issued a joint statement
that it was not a question of
Nehisg victory as between the
parties, but a question of getting
NAACP woilk started again in
the District of Columlbia.
^ Hie amicail^le adjustment pro
vided that the District of Coluin-
corporation would be dissol
ved; that officers elected Janu
ary 16, 1937, would be consider
ed in office until the next regu
lar election: that each side would
> MEDICAL
JOE LOUIS PROMISES
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
AND NAACP $2,500 EACH
DR. IiEO G. BBiUCE, prominent
local physician who was recently
named Medical Director of the
Southeren Fidelity Mutual Insu
rance Company by the tward of
directors of that organization.
Dr. Bruce is a graduate of
Wilberforce University and of
Meharry Medical College. He is
St the use of the name “Distirktthe outetantling physicians
at'vt Columbia branch of thS
NEW YORK, N. Y.-^Joe LdttBT
world's heevyweigbt champion,
announced this week that |2,SOO
of the- proceeds of his title fight
with Max Schmeling on June 22
wout(] be contributed by himself
and his managers, John Rox-
borough and Julian Black, to the
National Urban League for So
cial Service among Negn'oes, to
further its work throughout the
country. Hie announcement was
Contained in a letter written by
Mr. Roxborough to iBu^ene £in-
* ckle Jones, Executive Secretary
of the League. TTie letter stated
chat a similar sum would be giv
en to the National Association
for\ the Advancement ot Colored
People.
“Knowing the great-work your
organisation has done,” Mr. Rox-
borough stated, “we are thank
ful to be able to do our bit.”
The National UVban League,
with branches i n forty-four
cities,. is interested in improving
the living ,!and workng conditions
pay its own costs and Counsel
fees; that the nationaT'board of
directors would rescind Its re
vocation «f the charter of the
the District of Columbia branch; \
alii^ that the terms of the^^gree-
ment would not go into .effect 13;
until ratified by the national J —
board of directors and £he exe-; &very
cutive committoe of the unini;or-1
National Association for the Ad
vancement oif .Colored People”
had been issued'in July, 19t37 by
.Justice J'ennings, Bailey against
the former oflficers. This injunc
tion will be set aside when the
agreement is ratified by the
national board of directors and
the board of directors of the
District cori>oration. The nation
al board of directors will con
sider the terms of the agreement
at its regular meeting on June
Negro Man And Woman
Mutt Vote
M^harpy Medical
College Elccts
New PresMekt
91,000 In Ctiieago
Face Starvation
in the state. Kappa Alpha PsL is.
hfa Fraternity. The Southern
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Com
pany is the only Negfo Casualty
Concern in the country. (Pou-
chee fress Service).
MORE THAN 7^ HILLSIDE
STUDENTS TO APPEAR
IN ‘ALL AT SEA" PLAY
CHICAGO, May 26—(CNA)—
Negroes were arrested at
the Oakwood Relief station, at
2)014. \jf. 2&th Place, within an
hour of the discontinuance of re-
the state’s general fund, to be
used for immediate reljef of the
crisis, was demanded by the Illi
nois Workers Alliance, which
staged the picketing and sit-
lief in this city a^d the issuing downs.
of orders for the closing down of With the closing down of the
„ . . -- mart relief stations. relief station^, l,SOi(> Ne^o ^and
NASHVFLLIE, May 2R-Dr. 1teI*eray*whU. now there I ^^STO and ' white eployes of the Chicago
Edward Lewis Turner, head of'02 full and 27 part time | “ three lief Administration, were thro.w^
the Department of Medicine *t* teacher.. »tatioriii, while three n^e cen- out of wrk. Only a skeleton staff
Meharry and former head of the j y h . |3,00(0,000 campaign'
medical school in Beirut, Syria, j which Dr. MuUo,wney urged in
conducted by the. Meharry Me- jjjg annual seport to the trustees j ^ ^
dical collage and will suceed Dr. j(,y. j,g ^ould be divided into *, _ , ° r *
Tohn i.^uBowney, |i,ooO.(k» for tte^ deriW
fer 17 years, on July 1. . p.;tme„t, »H«00,OOQ for the hungry
It was also announeed that training school and fl,- ‘
bly evicted the sit-downers.
I Meanwhile arrangements were
of 400 was retained to take cai-e
of bare routine. '
The crisis was not confined to
(Contini^ed on gage eight)
New talent will be displayed
ir the production of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s beautifal operetta “All
At Sea” to be given in Hillside
l-ark School Auditorium, Monday
night, May 30. .v-.,,
“All At Sea” is cons^ered by
many critics a Gilbert and Sulli
van Dream. It is being ‘directed
by Miss D. V. Croom and Miss
T. H. Claggctt. •
Among the many actoiTS and
actresses is George Samuels who
will make his first solo appear
ance. Many persons will remem
ber Samuels’ brother who, plajra
ed the priwipal role in “Jep-
tha”, directed by Miss CroOm
last year. Another new comer is
James Whitley, pupil of the
tenth grade, who. will sing a
principal role.' Whitley has been
i.i the choral club only one year,
but has shown musical and dra
matic talent. Other principal
roles will ^be played by Floyd
Wesley, ’Kiomas Bass, Peggy
Spaulding, Mildred Watkins, La-
venia pixon, George Jacobs,
Mildege Mosby, John Thompson,
Josephine Taylor and Willie
Johnson.
of Negroes.
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COUNTY FOUR-H CLUB
t
SPONSORS READING PROJECT
MiSS LBUA SHARPE, charm- The bride is a graduate' of
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Knoxville College and is a'tea-
Joseph Sharpe, was marri^Mo cher in the public achi'ol system
H. Clinton Taylor, son of the of Read.tville. N. C. The groom
late Rev. W. A. Taylor of Wash- • i'" a grafiuate of Syracu.«ie and
ington, D. ,C., in thi quiet simpti- j Columbia Universities and is in
city of the ring service at the charge of the Art Department of
home of the bride’s parents in ' A. and T. College.
Leaksville, N. C. Saturday mom- I The couple -Jeft immediately
ing. May'21. Only relatives of the after the ceremony for Wash-
couple were present. ^ ington, D. C.
lARGf DROWlEX^O
HERE FOR DISTRICTS’
POLITICAL MEETING
One of the outstanding rural
projects in Durham County this
year has been in putting over a
suocesilful reading- project in
The largest political gathering
of Negroes since the reconstruc-
. ^ r tion period is scheduled to take
place hete at the Durham .County
ccurt house Saturday, May 28 at
one o'clock P. M.
The meeting is being held mi-
der"the auspices of the Negno
Democratic convention and will
be alfended by Negroes from the
sixth congressional district, the
sixt€»enth senatorial district and
the tenth judicial district, com- tj,e piogram.
prising the counties of Caswell,
>Jliman)ce, Durham, Granville,
Guilford and Person.
Out^nding speaker? hav«
been invited to attend the meet-
inji and will deliver, short ad- the gathering a success.
dresses. Dean James T. Taylor
will be the key-notors flbr the"
conveiftion., St^eches will also
be delivered by M. H. Thompson,
candidate for the Durham County
Board of Commissioners and ..I*
the college’a trustees are consid
ering launehlng a f$j003,000 en-
riee, dried fruits and beans.
Relief families will get "blue
tickets” which will entitle them
to last ,a
000,000' for maintenfnce.
It was announced Dr. Mnllow- [
dowment campaign at the . sug-' ney had resigned because of
geetion of Dr. Mullowney. I high blood pressure. He plans to :
The new presldeat is expect- taL a sea wr* «nd visit. tI t
ed to, ■ increaee fMeharry’s rating friends in England and Ireland. .. '
rr *v-. HU IS : Surplus Corporation Chief Oscar
F. Beyer admit the supply can^
hot lasT a* weeK
, J Foodstuff o^ hand will permit
* ! each family' to. receive the fol-
NEW 0R3JBANS, Jlay 2,6.!— lowing, s^posed _ to last ^a
(ANP) — iBobble Hunter of niontht 1 pouMd of dried beans,
lAurel, Mis*., afteir accepting a 1 pound of rice, 1 pound of
job chauffeuiing a whito sales- butter, 3 pounds of cfibbage, 2
po.unds of
year veeord in so M-
markable £e waa brgiu^t badk
to Asi>riea te liead Ueharry’s
Medical department. Rocke-
fellar Foandat^^ , financing
(he school’s program. ''
WMITC . SAIJiy.mAM LEAVES
BOY STI^ANDED
Dr. Turner has already ob-
^in•d the eoeperation 'white'man, waa Jiltsd by the salesman stalks of, celei^,, .8
jnedical schools including that of hers last week. Through Charles oranges.
Tanderbiit antrefnty-, whose B^uet, psUce department. Qrgaolxations of the unem-
^rofessors & actual work with and loeal branoh NAACP. Boh-!ploye4> backed^ .'tiadltt-.
|teharry sthdents. The collage hie waf reComed safaly to die'and uniojns, have demanded that
|lso has Hubbard hospital as a hoiQS. ^ I Governor Horner call'a special
teaching institution for rtudenta. I Arriving in New Orleans about' session of the state legpsla^ure
Vndjer Presidentj Mullowiiey, jtiso p. m., the lad left standing. to grapple with' the aid crfais.
WORLD’S FAIR” LAUNCHED
the 4-H clubs, according to the
Home and Farm agents.
This success was due largely
to the Colored Library, Coun
ty Teachers, who” from time to
time call the attention of read
ing extra books to the club
members, the County Superin
tendent and the County Super
visor.
During the eight months of
school more than 400 books cir
culated at various schools 8,3>41
times. T^ese bool^, were distri
buted each month by the. farm
agent and placed in the hands of
the teachers for distribution to
the pupilk' Superintendent £feir-
bour of the county schools gave
reading certificates to those pu
pils who read ten books and
above, and prizes to those who
read the largest number above
ten.
Paul Carter of Mill Grove
read tWenty^ight hooks, Mus-
sella Evans of Woods read 2^2,
Annie Mae Carlton read nine
teen, Ely Bullock of Rouge- On Sunday and Monday, May
mont read eighteen, and cYara 29 and 30, the Weaver McLean
and Evelyn Jones of Little River Post of .the American Legion
read seventeen each. The agents I will hold memorial services for
use the method, of having read-j their comrades who' lost pieir
ing clubs in the various schools lives in battle, or died as rWult
to get]fflore students’ interest in of the war.
reading new books.^
The agent was fojiunate to
have' the Librarian, Mrs. Hicks
to visit the rural schools the la^t
of the month to obserw'the in
terest ihanifested by 4-H clul^
members. She gave interesting
talks on “the value of reading
good books,” whikh was enjoyed
by the students as well as the
teachers.
The address of welcome will
be delivered by C.: 4^ Spaulding
president of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Arrangements have been made
with the local broadcasting sta
tion to broadcast a part of the
program beginning at 2:30 P. M.
Persons unable To "attend the
meeting are urged ta tune in
during that time and listen to
Attorney C. O. Pearson, Chair
man of the local committee and
T. D. Parham his assistant have
been working zealously to make
With
more than 4,300 Negroes regis
tered in Durham county, and
wilh""1E>oHticat interest growing
among Negroes all over the
state, it is the belief of many
that the local court house will
Ei Austin, ' (iandidate for the be unable to seat those who will
Durham County Board of JEklu- attend the Democratic rally here
cation. Saturday.
WIEF OF CHARLOTTE
SURGEON PASSES
COLORADO WOMAN WINS
■ -
jiFAGT’ PR
Funeral services -Tot Mrs.^ Ka-
telle Tyson, wife of Dr. E.
French Tyson, ^nd da\jghter of
Thad L. Tat^>—liliMx' lUjpvra
,-real e^tate*^ owner of .Charlotte,.
was held Tuesday ' May 24, at.
3:00'P. M. at the Grace AMB
Zion Church on S. Brevanl St.
Sunday’s services will take
place at the Second Baptist
Church with -W. W. Hardy act
ing as master of ceremonies. The
Music will be furnished iy the
Male Chonis of Second i^ptist Charlotte with the i^tor.
Church under the direction of’ R'^^’srts, officiating.
Mrs. Flossie Markham. Preceding! Mrs. T>son was for a dumbet
Rev. C. E. McLestejr’s memorial “ beauty culturmt foi**
day sermon, Poat Commander N. . leading white women
tirenrirff*‘*^1 t-h»» Charlotte and was a graduate
poem, “lo“ Flandeis Fields”, {o? Scotia Seminary^ at COn-
Aftet. the sermon the roll of
Adjutant, J., U' Lowe.
Ifchday at 5:00 P.'M. X,egnoh-
, naires,
olo.. I , „
t--- '
Survivmr
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., ^outs will assemble at
May 25—^(By Alice Lamb for
>|^P)«—^Mr^ “Paul Goffman, a
well known resident of “the
-urvivmp Mis. |^son>,, who
passed p.way quietly at her'Bre-
Spwiish War Veterans, ^ gt home, are her huahand.
alsM,'
ttiat "liad to be made
J -
who rvsigned as head of the De- | on a Canal street comer to w^t
fartmaht >f Selen'ee the^UU tjlM a»leaman returned from
‘)|realthy‘ Girard tfdioo), PliUadoVi
. phia, topgo to» Meharry i« 1#*1,
th* to a ^lasa A' rat-
by the AaMiiation of Ame-
l^can Medical eell«g«c in 1^
|nd now haa a #e,0»0,000i hoapi-
tfl Kp4 «fiucationat plant, in' 1921
Release of ®9,000,000 from
n^f
mh
f^eat and went with him to police
waited for houra until, headquarters fbr aid.
hutttpt and darknefltihreed him
to' make attempts to Y^medy his
The pelice contacted the local
branch NAACP wti^fh supplied
plight. He stopped Charlea Ba-1 the youth with his transportation
quet who catried Sob)>i« to, hia home. ' \
Governor Prank Murphy of reading from left to right: Atty.
Michigan is shown with a ip'oup ^ Harold Bledsoe, Doyd Cofer, Dr.
of Detroit citizens Tollowing^i^Geor^ Baber, Detroit chaimiaBf
official acceptance of the chair- Snow F. Grigsby; the Hon. Frank
Murphy; Carlton Gaines; L. C.
Blount; Moses L. Walker, Trea
surer, the Detroit Committek;
Atty Charles H. Mahoniey,
the Rev. Horace* White.
manship of a National Commit
tee which will co-operate in the
“Seventy-Five, Years of Negro
Proglreas” Expsj^ion ^hat will
take., place in Detroit Inr 1040..
'The citizens pictured above are,
woohly prise
last l^esdax. ocered by the Chi-
pita Company for the most in
teresting fact disclosed about
Colorado.
Mrs. Qoffman’s pBjae-winning
?act was tiat the first Negro
came to Colorado in 1642. He Mississippi m
, _ one of North CartAina’s leading
the Biltmore Hotel to begin the^jj^^^^ Surgeons Her father, whe
Memorial Day March ( Beech-'
wood Cemetery for
hoBoring-ef the dead.
furthet'
many years has heea^a lead
er amOngT-Charlotte’s cithteas:-a
- . . - datMfhter,' Mae; ind foitr brotiH
On arriving at the cemetery . sisters.
the group' *Vill form ahoUow ■ ^.
square and prayer will be "led ; ' „ . . - -
by Joseph Hu^ns, ' PoM Chap- J r "a
hv First Viee-Commaader T. A.
was lESstevenica, who led a Span-
expedition into the ((tat? from
Mexico.. Accordi^ to legend,
was originally with
DeNcrveas, when the latter ex-«
162«.
That party of ex^orers was ,lull
ed by the Indians, but E^tevan-
ica escaped and fle^ to Santa Fe.
New Mexico. *Fhat part of Colo-
}|rado where Estevanica settled is
BOW kaewa as Saa Luis Valley.
James Meadows. The eeMvlaiy
services will end with a a^vte ta
the d^d by the firmg aqaAi tmA
, lin, i^ter which Adjataa4
will again call the
dead. Grave* will h«
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