Mailing
EDITION
ilPFROTH^BR® E afj
DURHAM, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY AUGUST 13. 193S
TRICE FIVE own
PRINCIPAL ACCUSED OF
SEDUCING GIRL; 6 TEACHERS FIRED
$300,000 Buitding Program-Granted For A. C. College
Race To Get More Jobs In
Stores Operated In
✓
Negro Districts
TO' APPEAR AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
VACATIONING
(Spacial t« the Carolina' TiniM)
NEW YORK, August 11—
H)eralded am the irreatest newi
to H8i|em N^oes ^ manj^
years was t the «KDoancemen|
here this we«k that Ions fight
tof obtain more jobs for Negro*
es in Btorea ,located in Hartein
had been won, as Uie result of
an agreement reached between
the Uptown Chaiaber of Corn-
mere and th« Gre«ter N e w.
York Cteorf^atfcig Committee
for ,. The Cham
ber of Commefoe bran^ if»-
presented several htmdred- chain
stores, while the Coordinating
Oommifct^ miorR
than 200 Negro organixa^iont.
Signers o1 the agreement pro
claimed it as a »t«ji forward in
bringing about better relation
ship between the races in Har-
lem, long^considered as » ke^
of dynamite..
White employees according
to the agreement will not be
forced out of their jobs in
Harlem aibores, 4ut in stores
where less than one Uiird of
of the emplojreee are Negroes
the W'hite emj>loyfies wiU i>le
replaced by members of ^ th e
race when they quite are dis
charged or transferred.
The movement for employing
more Negroes in Harlem stores
has been headed b^ Ih:. A. Clay
ton Powell, as ^airman of the
coordinating committee, b a t
due to his absence the sffiting
ohaiirman D r. .William Lloy|
, ^ , u j • 1 April, when the people of H»r-
Imea took Uie head in culmuia- , ’ ^
i * * V « ttireatened reprisals agaJnirt
ting the agreement for the ^ -
.. .. , atores accused of' diacriminaiing
coordinatuig committee. . ^ — i.
” ^ ^ *„ against Negro worken, brought
The retailers promised not to * ”
,, 1 l**‘^®rs of boUi raeet tofather
limit opportunities for advance-^ amicable
CMMttJES M. BOYER -
Dean Emeritus of St. Augustine
College, Kaleigh, who is spend
ing a quiet vacation at hia home
on thii campus of the Episcopal
institution. Dean Boyer is t>ne
of thf outstanding educators in
the vouth and one of the state’s
"Grand Old Men of Education.”
(Fouchee Pre«s Service).
bf bound by its findings. _
Ooioperating stoirea >yQl be
identified by « speci»l fign Iin4
t>e Negro ' have
piomised that they will aeek to
create more Jobs in th«*e stores
by promoting Negro pfttronagQ.
Pear of traeial uprising last
Ushers Close
National Meei
In D. t
WASHINGTl\'i, 1>. G, Am
12, (ANP)—More than 400
delegates and 61 visiting inini»-
ters from all parts of t’lv coun-
tiy journeyed lo'V tS?
^JSth annual WS'iior i *« Wa-
itional.tJoitei AK‘^*ci;ui«n
at Vermont Avenue Elaptist
jphurch. The four day meet-
' ing closed last Saturday, with
Brooklyn, N.
1939 session.
Y, chosen for
Speakers at tliei Wednesday
public meeting were Judge
Armond W. Scott of Municipal
court, Melvin C. Hazen, district
commissioner; R''v. H. T. Gas
kins and Dr. W. A. Tolsoii
hers from th;ce new altatee-
California, Ntbraska and
Oluo^jolned ti'.e aasocitetion./
Delegate Fred C»tt* of Penn^-
Ivania preseptpd a resolution * to
fee sent tp the NAACP, together
with a pheqk for |26 iii support
of an anti-lypching bill. 4lrr
president of the assocfiation,
W, M. p. Pavfj;, Washington
P. G. presided and received re
ports ^om various officials.
Serious Charges Looiti
Against Prof. Johnson
In Sworn Statements
■ Miss ETTA MOTBN, popuiar star of radio, screen and stage;
who will make an appearance in ocnceit at the N. C. C at 8 p. m.
Monday Aug. 15. The recital is to be Jield in B, N. Puke auditorium
in the boipe of an
•etUemeh^ !
Among tkose \^1io praiaed the
agireemeni] were N«wi^d Mor-
ria,, President of Hye*«“ C i t y
Cour^lil'' Borpu^ rtf^denl;
Stanley M. Isaacs, Representa
tive J(^ph A> G«vagan, Mrs.
Elinore M Herrick, Regional
Director of the NaitioBal Laiboa*
Illations Boartd; Stat^-^^ator
DuncwiT^'P. 0*8riMi wW
man fThomw.
Tfce list of chain* a^pres' sub
scribing tfx the ^compact, the
Joint Jit^tjement ctoidU inxfud/bsii
at them had feeajp-^sustained by E. W. Woolworth and Co.; Mc-
a joint Wbitf«tion\cblmmitteiB.'.Crory’s; W. "5. Grant and’Co.;
An arbitratfon board of ten Da vega, BmscH' Credit Jewelers,
five from each ,aide, will settle A. S. Bteck and Odfe and ■ -1 h e
all disputes and bath sidea will Wisp Compa^.
meat for Negw>esj to exert pre
ssure of non-tfoopeawting labor
unions to persuade them to
a(teiit . Negroes employed) in
stores v-oi4side Harlem and to
ei^hew dis^imin^tory wage
scale or disproportionate lay-
ogs of Negro workem'in penoids
of staff reduction.
The Negro groups, for their
,part, agre^I ,to abstain from
picketing, 1»yc^tts and other
'maaa 'dem^nstt’fitldflg j^a^iMt*
stores, even • those not participa
ting in the agreement, until
i»hargm» «f Hiaj-rinninfttlon agaiil-
Address
Ch^ir^n J. A. Valentine of
the host ' committee to the
SBfe&op’a Coun>eiI and- Rel^ioua
Convactlon of ttie A. M. iX
Church to be held at Elttrell
College aU next
1'6-lt announce*
Charch and ^jj^sentativf bis*
hops of the CMB " snd;»-^MEE
churches will also take pArV in
the session > which will begin
Monday evening. There will also
week, August J be Dr. S. S.* Morris, General
thaH among S^c’y of tjie ACj^ teague; and
the‘ outstanding panonalities to director of Rallgious education
appear W program during the Dr. John Hawkina, Finaneijil
on will be Governor Hoey
Carolina and Praaident
^w of PidM Uliiversity.
aec’y; Dr. O, Robinso. editor erf
iile AME Review; Dr. G. A.
Singleton of tlia Recorder; Dr.
All of the HWi AME CJaybom of A»k.| Mi?*. Lu^y
The iRnount of m^ey ^raised
was announced .090.^3.
OllctsrsElected at~ closing
aeasion were; W. M. H. Davis,
Waotungton; president; ^ Henry
Sorrall, Maryland! 1st ' vice
president;' Virgil Bbi^wai(3,
Missouri 2nd vice president;
Mrs. A. Lee, California 3rd vice
pi>esi(^n(t; Mrs. JcEtsie Burnel/t
W«|}iington, irecortlingi ^ be-eiMi-
tary; A. Cox, New Jersey treas.
SUPREME LIBERTY
$36,000.0p(»
SURANCE IK FORCE
« • -(B|r Tuolt)
first, swimming and
diving exbib'tion ’ of the sea.^on
_ h^Wt ;*t the hillside -Pai k pfol
Jan4,^parti'^tcd in by ail the
lumbers’ of pool’s st^* >va*
^ ' »ac?*?Vgr "wa^. The
exhihition held at the pool Mon^
h.ght, Aufust 8 was large-
ly attemled^a^jl .Ae spectators
were highljt pJta;sed and at
times enthusiastic at what they
saw. This was *the first op-'
portunity that tiie present staff
Of ■ the pool has had to exhibit
its wares to the general public
and they really put it over in,
grand style. The diving ex
hibition was led by Miss Alice
Holmes.
Aside from the wo'nderful
exhibitions of aquatic skill the
antics of the water clown at-
traicted much attention. The
exhibition was presented under
the difeetioq of W. P. Burg-
hardti director of the pool, and
^ohn McLendon chief life
guard.
HON.
ROY
BOND
Chairman of the Committee
of- Arrangements ifor the Elks
grand lodge co.iventicti* at
Baltimore, August 21-27, who
has everything all set for the
invading antlers. Mr. Boni^ an
attorney ef note with office.s at
14 E. Pleasant street, has prac
ticed law for twenty-t h r e e
years in the State of Maryland.
(Calvin Service)
Tti«et4New
' Buildings ^
Jn a special session of the the south and jitter these great
North Carolina Legislature call- j'ailiitions' have belen mad'C tihis
ed by Govern-or Clyde R. Iloey 'school will be second to' none,
the bill for the appi’opiiiation. of According to the number of apt-
fl2^500 dtollars to suflpjicment * plications from new students
a PWA grant of $103,5Q0 for
buildings and equipment at the
North Carolina Col.ege. T ' h e
-hill has already -iiassed the., lo^r.
house and one reading in
the senate and by the time that
CHICAGO, August 10 (ANP) this peaches our readers it is
Supreme Liberty^, Life probable that it will have pass-
insurance company, whoM^*ed upper'house and the ap-
hor. office is in Chicago, this * ixropriation granted. .If_.the bill
weA issued its one millionth * is passed the money .ysrill go to'-
Induetrial.v>^jRolicy through i t ejward the following ’additions to
branch office in Kansas City, | the present plant, $130,000
Mo. The pwlik:y, dssuedi on for ^a i~, general science building
which are continuously pouring
in to the College the coming
school year will open with the
■tei^est .. ein Qlln^.t . in the his^
tory of the institution.
REV. COX CONDUCTS
REVIVAL AT KJJHStON
yjtSTON
MANY
$5,000 CAMPAIGN
;]>The big $5,0(10 prize campaign
being sponsored by The CARO
LINA TIMES is attra^ing wide
attention. It is one oif the
chief topics of conversation
everywhere, at public gatherings
and in many homea in every
community. Peopl# in every, walk
of life ape attracted ejr t h ^ i
ftoagnificent prizes and many of’titgj || you'^^jr.
the outstanding citizens have * ~ •
entejr^ or are planning to en-
to |win because the votes will
be m«re evenly distributed.
Don’t wait-get in it ' now
when the compe^dtion ^ juij^
beginuing-if you are ISyears
of 1 age or ^Jder you. aa'e eljgible
Obey that i mpulse, make up
your mind that you can do what
others eaa do and p^haps beit->
Rev, W. P. Cox, ;|^sts*or of the ter real soo%
Free Will 'Baptist Church has;p' ]ook at the list cf con-
tlie life of Crey Edwards was
written by agent Cliffqfd ^ M.
iSpotsville. Clafton Hunt is
manager of the Kansas City
office.
Thjis week ttie company also
isaued) its 6 1,812th ordinary
policy. It now has over |36,
000,000 insurance in force in
cluding ordiiuury ii^lustrial andj
group. It hwjover 650 people
employed and operates 26 branoh
offlcea in 21 cities of 9 atatea.
In commeijting on'"the policy
President Harry H. Pace said:
“The isaurance of this one
millionth polie;| is certainly
Hughei, president of the wo-
man'a home and foreign mission
ary society. =
and $li0,000 for science equip-}
ment; '$15,000 for a laundry and
$5,000 for equipment; $46,000
foi; a] Home Economics building
and |S,000 for equipment. The
state will also..^supplement '
|»57,000 alre^y .allottctt fm. -
new gymnasium with ^ ' ..,000.
Bids s.
after the the , i;
and ,it has beer -^nnoiinecd tl
construction is scheduled to f
under way not later than Ja
uary l,. 1939.
The N^rth Carolina Collect
has one of the best plants in
left for Kinston where he will
con-iuct revival services for Rev.
Dunn at the Free Will Baptist
Church there. The services will
be helcf*‘f0r one week.
REV f i«»!PV wuTiIRNS
I ROM ‘ AF.^lSBUR'k
C/:V.
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•A
H . P.
Lil»sc„ .ha*: ( .
L *wtfr
.... ' ..If!,
tb»' ■If'adfciship
vhich was In
; time. "
testanta and aee for y»>urse1f
how many pjf our best p^ple'
are in it and you will also ^see
many of your friends name in
thS IM. But don’t let the big
list acare you as there is plenty
of room for more workers and
Lhe mote in it the easier it is
Bring or mail ycur entry
blank to campaign manager
today, you \^1 find it in the
adve.(3|?mei4t jon p«kge ^ve....
Turn toi\ it now and see what
rich prizes we are ,* offering ua
exchange for. some your
time and? again we„ say OBEY
THATttMMJLSE-Don»t 1^ that
hunch get away-Make your
entry today.
(Contestants on page page 8>
I (SPECIAL)
I lUURLiNGTON, Aug. llth^
I Affidavits charging Prof. C. J.
j Johnson, principal of the Negre
{high aehool of Burlingtoin with
> being responsible for the sadne-
I th>fi of one of *^he girls of the
I local high school, and »gned by
i three diflferent SSuffttrtaf of th* ■
same s»»h- ’ -Aei e .-e»i re
t^i^ we*k t»t a r«‘pr»'seR*att'.*e
Carolina Ulm;'. when t'e
latt.er at; nipt i|,I tif a.'wwptafir*'
if my to.
the p ,'if Pr ;f. JcftjR ion
that ftav AiamanC*
" f*- 1 .unit\ f )r tfco
several months^
Tw„ ef the a\91Tavita are de
finite in their stakemeota thai
the - young girl in question ad-
mit.*i that has been intimate
with the prfocipal of t^ aehool,
and that as a result of the inti
macy she was about to become
a mother on two different oc
casions, and that Prof. Johnson
srj'ceeded^ in jf^tting a d^ton
in Green.sboro t« nreventi the
normal outcome of her condi
tion. / ,
laie^ third . affidavit while not
bringing a denfinite charge
against the school principal waa
signed by the captain of the
school patrol who, claims Miat
on numerous occasions he has
Jcn^Wft tile- trirl^^tir ' leave jfiftT*"
books at school, apparently aa
an excuse for returning to the
sehiiH)!, instektf woud go
there aixd remain witlft the pro
feswr as late as fixe ^ e’eloek;
the time for him to go oJf duty.
Ihrof. Johnson who taught at
Rutherfordtown last yV.e •. r,
came to the Burlington achoel.
system with L. E. Spikes (white)^,
last "year’s apfwintee as sqpt.
of ^e city schools of Burling
ton. Mr. Spikes according to
see-eral reliable citizene Uewot-
ted Prof Peace With cause from
the principalship of the school
to make room for Prof. Jen
son.
In a previous statement to* •
representative' of the Carolina
Times, Prof. «Joihnson branded
as false the chargres tha4 hia
SHidQet has'not been aboVl^-re
proach. He stated at tile time
he knew the MourM_ of the
chuges and that he’^ intend ^
etKTdischarginig seven m^hen
of his faculty & the sekoul'
of the peace breakers. S'x weaf^
he~s >f the faculty including
Prof. Peace-‘and his wife were
not reappoi^d at the ckae o
thisr year’silmipo! tem.
Nlop Jolmson Miiiii«s
lo Program
itfdl^tive of the^ remaa.kablc
^owlfv experienc^^l by this
company in ’t« -i? jTeafr-sr^-
istenje. ■■'J I"
-Rfev. Lipsey • plan? to conduct'
revival services this week at
Freedom’i Chapel Church in
Raeford N. C. and Sunday, Aug.
If^e will visit his mother in
Chester, SouCh Carolina.
Bishop Bronfield Johnson
presented anothe/; in his series
of Sunday radio swrvices from
the Mt. Calvary Holiness churth
Sunday afternoon at the regu-
standing room in the char^h and
white and colored alike wer%
scrambling on the outside tO
the church. - The hour of
of the ekurch. Tlie hour of
REV. PERR|, AND MOMEKS
LEAVE FCNt CINClNAm
Rev. S. P. Perry
i^presentatves of St.
lar hoar front 8-:30 to 4:00 pt4*he aerviee whkA was
IB. As usual there waa hard)Qf-| (^.£ASS TUItIt TO P
eii
and olkar
^ . - — Mark
AME Zida ehttrek Mesday
for Citteinatti, Ohio i^re they
aril! attend tiie general ««»-
ference of the Sunday ScheiH
and Christian
wfifc^i will ^onveW dnnii|p
week Ai«uat 8-
A^iapajiyiiig
aire Mm. Perry,
Miss Lucien&
Beautak