VOLUME It NO. SS
DURHAM. N. C, WEEK ENDING SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 193S
PRICE • CENTS IN N. £.
10 CENTS ELSCWHEm
ayne County Grand Indicts Physician For Abortion
GOLDSBOBO HOST TO USHlBS MEETING
Young Woman Barely
Misses Death When
Fire Destroys Building
ACArNST SUNDAY
FUNERALS
BY NAVY ARMSTRONG,
(TIMES CORRESPONDENT)
GARYSBU^rN. Aogu*t
2*6—Lightning played havoc here
late Wednesday afternoon when
a bolt struck the Northhampton
County Training School teacher-
age and seriously injured Miss
Mabel Wells and severely shock
ed four teachers who wera in
the dwelling at the time/
According to eye witnesses of
the accident, the bolt struck a
ti-anaformer atop an electric pole
and followed the line ita to
house where the young teachers
were relaxing. Immediately
after the lightning had s^ck,
great clouds of smoke rose up,
completely trapping Miss Wells
who was knocked unconscious and
pinned beneath faQing plastering
and a bed. lyo bystanders re
alized the fate of the young
teachei' und rushed tft her aid
only to find that the steps to the
upper story were burning which
cut off their entance. The men,
Brucc Freeman and Henry King,
then scaled tl»« side wall and en-
VICTIM OF
LIGHTNING
MISS MABEL WELLS
who was severely injured when
teajherage where die Hi«»d
in Garysburg was B^uck,.t>y
lightning and was comp|et«ly
moHsed. She was knocked v;
tered the room of Miss Wells conscious and wa« pinned un^r
wher« they ft)und her afire. She * falling plaster and a bed.
was' rushed to a hospital at near | ——————————
by Roanoke Rapids where she is
sl^W*^ a critical condition.
The other occupants of t h e
housft were Misses Johnsie Har
ris, Dorothy Jackson; Roberta
Peyton and Gladys King. The
latter was severly burned on her
Now Open Te
lAWR^CE, Kan., Aug. 26
—After barr^g Negroes for
years from taking more than the
firjt two years of medicin's at
the state univeiaiy, Kanslis U.
has changed its policy and this
September will open the doors
to colored students seeking their
M. D. degrees.
This lowering o| the bars
comes about tnrougn the work
of inward D. Wiliiaiua of JQjllau-.
woith, Kan. a medical studenf,
and Waitetf A. Huxman, the first
Democntic governor of the
state in many years. Provious-
ly studenia after completing two
years have been, advised to com-
ladies. plete their trainings elsewhere,
Robert Earl, principal of the Republican admintstia-
achool, arriving shortly; after ! Won could be induced to change
the accident aide^ in c a r i n g policy.
for the teachers. School w a s | '^rjieu Wili.a.iua was asked to
Or. Diliarg’s
suspended for the remainder
the Week u n t* i
of
continue, he weut directly to
Decided Sat.
EXTRA.' EXTRA!
(Special to tli* J[^rol!na Time*}
GOLDSBOIJO, ..Aug 24—The
Wayn^ County Grand Jury
founy a^true bill here Monday in
the i|a3e against Dr. Clarence
Dillard, Jr. well known physician
of Goldsboro who it is alleged
performed an illegal operation
on a young white woman sever
al months, ago thereby producjng
an abortion. -
The case has attracted much
attention due to the interracial
angle, and in spite >of an at
tempt to subdue the rising in
terest a large crowd attended
this week’s sessions of the su
perior court with the hope of
getting a glimpse of the young
woman and her mother.
Knowlegde of the illegal opera
tion is said to have been brought
to light when the youjtg white
MumaN^ Sfm Claia Hritt was ar
rested together with her mo
ther Mis. Miss'puri Britt and Tom
Hill, Negro loyer of the y«ung
woman, on their way to a North
ern state. Mrs.* Hill ■ will be
charged with aiding and abetting
ia aboition, prostitution and
Annual Gathering Of
Inter-Church Group To
—^ __ ^
Open Friday Morning
REV. W. C. WILLIAMSON
Pastor of the White Baptist
Churoh in Philadelphia, Pa. who
has made known that he is in | >knfi|»ledg«!*
line with the CAROI^INA TIMES I Accoiding to an investigation
in its fight against S u n d a y! made by representatives of the
FUNERALS. Key. Williamson’s Times it is alleged that
1-— _ . 1 replacements • Qjjy Haxman iwuo cxnessed sur-
legs. but was dismissed from the could be made in the faculty.
hospital after receiving treat
ment. i
The house was a complete loss
together with all of the personal
properties, including a laFg»>«-
mount of money of the young
The teacherage was a two story
dwelling sitting atop the knoll of
a hill overlooking the R i e h
Square-Weldon highway. It was
completely covered by insurance
it was learned.
NMA Concludes
Successful Meet
At Hampton
HAMPTON, -W. 5^.
The 3i9th annual meeting of
the National Medical Association
and . agiliate groups held at
Hampton Virginia
24,— PhanhacislF aEbuTd 'l^e safeguard
ed. No system set up must rob
the' individual of the right t o
choose a physician. All regularly
was attended r^&fared phygicians most be
by'’TKe lar^st delegation in his
tory, There jwere m°re than
2JH00 regfstered''. ddegHteu
representing 39 states.
Offlcers elected at this meet
ing were: Dr. Jesse Leach, of
.Flint Michigan, President; Dr.
considered equally and must
share,,, alike. . .and where this
principal) is ^violated, federal
funds will be withdrAwnf ’ until
the ^cessation of discriminatory
priteties.
The committee recommended
Halidlton yPntncis, of ; KortoiK" the I'dlidifring immediate st^ps
Vs.; Speaker of the House of De-|“'That immediate investigation
lei^tes, with Dr. E. T. Jones of be made to determine exactly
Yonkers, New York an^ Dr. H,i
E. Lee of Texas as vice presi-1
prise at this discrimination^ When
tne board >of resell.s ' met in
Topeka on Oct. 6, tuey voted to
abolish the ban. A lattor in
this decision was tne ‘establish
ment of a new Negro wing at
the University of Kansas hospi
tal in Kansas C^ty, Kan, where
the last two years of tiaining
are Williams will be given
all privileges enjoyed by white
students except working on
‘white women patients^ but may
but may work on white men if
thsy do not object
UNION BAPTIST HAS
CANDLE LIGHT FARApE
Sunday eveiting, %|>out 9 ^
o’clock about three hundi%d
the Union Baptist Church parad-
ed th» ol
ham and .Sa^t £ml sections
singing. The choir menrbers in
the group led the singing and
carried candles. The ‘group left
Union Baptist Church marching
and their first stop was at five
pointa wibtee.they' saiig two
songs. This was in the white
section and tiiey were treated
very courteously by pedestrians
dents. In the Pharmaceutical
section Dr. E. Weathers was
elected secretary; GTeneral flwc’y
of this section is Dr. John T.
(Jivena f at NoHolk.
A highlight of the convention
’w« the report on Socialiied
m«(ltein*r- A portion • of this
report stated: “Any proposed
medical care legislation should
not provide needtid'care f o r
those able to pay. . .OrganiEed
medteiiie must be permitted to
play , an imporlnot i^ole in tiie
preparation and execution of a
i large federal proifram. ^ T h e
of the Negro people,
Kvgro Doetors, Nurses and
what federal legiriation is baia|C "and atttemobile o'psratQrs alik^
proposed. That necessary From this point they marched to
steps be taken to insure thm^ all corneV of Dowd ahd Elizabeth
auch bills include provisions Streets where several other
suggested by the Committee on sonj;s were sung and the candle
medilcal eoot|iomip4 agdr«xclu(^ light services w%re dismissed.
all provisions adverse to] its sug- 1'
gestions. That the President,' chairman of the ^,«fecutivs board
federal health service and all
flfther r/oglraaei^ti^^ individuals
or agencies be apprised of the
stand and wishes of the Nat’l
Medical Assfn on medttal care
legislation. That the. Ass'h carry
out organised effort to secure
tile support of ••Coagreasmeii,
public jbervanU and others."
A special feature of the con-
Receiving the -Awards were Drs.
John Kenney of Newark and
Ceorge W. Bowles of York, Pa,
and John H. Hale of Na^ville,
Tenn. For. the first time in
history the association honored
living mefmbers for eonspicious
achievements in . the field of
medicine. Thogi honored in
th« special services, were Doctors
complete statement cn the* ques
tion will be seen in the Carolina
Times for next week. R e v.
Williamson preaches at JJniMt
Baptist Church Monday night,
August 29.
Mol) Vietim’s
KitSues for
the courtship of the couple has
been going on for some time,
and that only when the young
nmn and young woman heard
that the law was cognizant of
j i their relationship did they attemp^
* to leave the st^te.
'After much questioning b y
the police defendants named Dr.
Dillard as the physician who
had performed an illegal opera
tion on the- young woman.
Although the trial of Doctor
Dillard is scheduled for this
week it may not ^le^ieard at this,
term of court due to the crowd
ed* condition. Should the case
be tried it is expected to be com
pleted by SaturdayAug. 27.
ventionjwa* the awarding of tb«^ A. M. Chirtis of Washington; J.
■jgirer Moving cups for weriter- E. Perry of Kansas City and J,
JOBS a«rvict by Dr. W. flsstnM h. Sal* of NashvUU^
M^PHIS,' Aug:'”"2^." (ANP)
he madu no ef-
fort to protect his prisoner frqn^
the lynchers, attorneys for Mra.
Mary 'Goodfji Patterson, sister
of Albert Gooden who was mur-
dered by a mob last August itear
•tsfton, Ark, filed suit last
week here in federal court again
st Sheriff W. J. Vaughan of Tip
ton county, Tenn. “for $25,000.
The bill says, “The defendant,
W. J. Vaughan, was wholly ne-
gHgelrt -of-iHa.duty to safely take,
protect and guard fhe' prisoneFr
He made no effort to diaw a gun
in. his behalf when he was stop
ped by the lynchers;, he offer'ed
no resistance to their attack,
but apparently exposed the de
ceased to the attack in.the man
ner in which he (the prisoner)
was brought from the Shelby
county jail.”
Also named coaefendsnta
were John Winford, O. L. Mc
Lain, J. L. Richardson, John
M. Walker Sam Smith and Wm.
A. Shoaf, bondsmen for the
sheriff.
Gooden was arrested on char
ges «f .flaying Chester Doyle,
marshal 9f MaSoh, Tenn. during
a raid upon a crap gam e
Brought here for attfek^ping
^ MADE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CONVENTION
Times
Contest
BIGGEST VOTES ARE DURING
FIRST PERIOD OF CAROLINA
TIMES CAMPAIGN
The big first period in The
Carolina Times campaign will
close in three more weeks. It^ k
the bHrgest and best vote earning
period of the entire campaign
so if you are aiming to win one
of the beautiful cars at the end
of the campaign now is the time
to bring in as many, subscrip
tions as you can and to take ad
vantage of the highest votes
offered. ' i
If your name is iw'tbe Jist of
contestants don’t overlook this
' Mr's. Ruth H. Moig^'ti, Sec^jr
of Ttie N o r t h Carolina In
terdenominational Ushers Union,
opportunity of getting in ail the I Mrs. Morgan is a leader a the
subscriptions you can by Sept. I promotion" of the work of the
17th, after which day the votM
are reduced.
Intel denoihinational|| Usheim Aji-
sociation of North Carolina in
her section of the state and has
If you haven’t entered yet by , , , ,
,, J 1 done more than her share to in-
all m^ns don’t wait any longer,,
. . ... sure the sure the success of any
and all programs sponsored 'by
send in th-e Entry Blank you will
find the advertisement on
page five. The campaign is
just getting organized so you
are not to% late if you hurry.
the association.
will eppeer in fhe li«t where your
friends will see it.
By entering this week and "*** waiting
turning in a few subscriptions ] ‘^at
soon it will ^lace you well up in
the liat of contestants, Iierhaps j ^ ®
up among the leader*. Don’t wait p^^*®"
to gee what others are doing be-1 Make your entry now and as
fore you gend in your name be-^ soon as your name ia turned in
cause the longer you wait .. .the to the campaign manageV he will
harder it will be to catch the get in touch with you immedi- j rights of all oppressed people,
other and another, good reagon ately and tell you all about it. j The public gathering of t h
for actli^ now is so your name LET’S GO-DO IT TODAY. ) (PI«m« tarn to pag« eight)
GOLBSBORO, Aug. 24,—
More than.SOO ushers and vi«i-
j tors are expected here this week
for the annual meeting “of' t h •
North Carolina Interdenomio*^
tional IJshers .Ass’n according to
an announcement mad* by
officials of the Iceal Ushers Un-
^ ion. Fimtl pk^ns for entertain
ing the convention were Coni-
pleted here this week, and tha
visitors will find hcspitality a
plentj;.
The organization is one of th«
largest of its kind in the United
iStates, aiTd its marv^Ioua "grow
th for the past three or four
j-years means that in a short time
■ its influence will be fait throogh
j out the nation.
The North Carolina lnt«ide-
nominational Usners Asa’n was
oiganized years ago in
gfoihMfb'-mmu and
wlo were Kxi»us t« see
harmony prevad smcag the
ious tjijigiflua, denominationa of
the race. A. R. Finney of
Winston-Salem was elected praa.
of the association. He was
succeeded by J. O. Mitchell of
Raleigh. Sinc^ that tim* t]i«
a^ociation has had at ita
many strong ' and capabla
era who have werked eameatly
foiji the upbuilding of th* otv ‘
ganization.
- At ^the meeting held last year
in Durham L. B. Austin, editor
and publisher o# the Carolina
Times was elected president for
two year term. Mr. Austin who
will preside over the annual
meeting is well known in North
Careline as a fearless leader of
his race and a champion of tha
League Has^
B e s t Gathering I n
..u
HOUSTON, Tex. August 22nd Roscoe Dutijee Oklahoma City,
Dunjee for ANP)— were^introducad for toasts. Fully
^0 delegates and ^oustohiahs
Th^ largest deleggtian that has
J. WILEY THOMPSON
of^ Goldsboro, who has lead acti
vities in that city in preparation
for the entertainment of the
annual convention of the Inter
denominational Ushers A s s ’ n
which meets Aug. 26-28.
ever attended the National Ne-
gre Business League heard Ma-
yJr R. H. Fonville"deliver a rous
ing welcome Wednesday morn-
at f:he Antioch Baptist church.
“We are .delighted to have y u;”
said the Mayor. “No other rape
on earth has made t^e pr^grl^s
of 'the Negroes in the Sdutherh
sectie^ij^ of the Unitied States,
and as the chief executive of
great city, I want you to
know that lye down at the City
Hall are going JiO do everything
that is‘ hma&nly jjo^ibie cQ-.^»ke
your stay pleasant.”
Delegates .began pourmg into
the city* Tuesday afternoon, and
by night the streets were jammed
with the delegates and cars com
ing from as far as New York,
Michigan and from poiAta far-
^r S o u t h. The delegates
° Hng were
for trial on Aug. jW, 1937, when
th^;;^erfff’8 car was stopped, ,l^y
another auto, the pirisoner ^ken
.■^ant.,an^lyiiched.
j» ^h«. gprand jury attenaptsd to
when feeling* ran high, ha waa the nuktUr but eould fQ no-
^inff r^tamed in im apn e»r t wb«r«.
were served among tha tall pine
trees and «n the well kept lawns
of the brewing company. Follow
ing the luncheon, the delegates
were taken for a whirlwind en-
teitainment at the Hallem gttll.
card
ir
guests Tuesday evening of
th/6u1£ ©rewing compan^k^^-wiA^jj^p.ny ,t>f Manphis.
C. F. Kichardrion, of the “Hous
ton Defander” acti^ ag the mas
ter of eieremoniea.
A dutch lant^on waii
President C. d Spi^ulding, Albon
presented
for the'evetting.
At the morning session Wed
nesday, in addition to the wel
come address of the Mayor, the
vice pjesident' and general, man^
ager of the Houston Chamber of
Commerca, W. N. Blanca,—da^
livered iP^pirned audreSSr-
Jemison, “Bronzed” Mayor of
Houston, John Rica secretary of
tiie Chrand United Order of Odd
Fellows, also-delivered welcomes.
Response was' made in a very
fitting anfl impressive way by
Dr. J. E. Walker president of
the Univprsal Life Insurance
“■Ehe Firat Savfnty Five
Years’* waa the aubj*^ of a siSto-
did address bf At^i A. T. Wal-
AtlajBtai a..*Ty gm*.
tha acoiioiatG
L. Bototy, Mcpatajry, and Editor path op nUeh tii« Uack n»a kad
come since Appomatoi. ■ FoH«. tr-
ing the address of Mr. Wajaen
the conventioh then, under tka
plan outlined in preparad
program, stai|e^~ dijteu^tloii^
^ith the following leaders; tft-
suiance, L. C. Blount, Detroit;
Banking J. B. Blanton, Atlanta;
Ge»rge Cox, Durham and WlUiam
Coleman, Port Worth, wtry dis
cussion leaders. • At ^a eoa-
clusion of these diacuaaioM^
President C. C. Spaulding ap
pointed the yaric-us' committM
which will '^UBCtiM) deeiag tlM
session.
At the afternoon, saaaion,
Mfcao secretary of tha"
J^las Ne^o Chamber ;f Com-
meree,~^’^K2?s*i ,«busia8ai > or-,*
ganixation methodsT
who thinks his job ends
•neeting competition and giriaf
"wrvide might joat as
Vk^asttphy of « iniBi- aa i|i|
bed; we must go.lMhiad
vice and our pri««« lia ~
our customacs wUl ^
'nwer and sviteUa
in wki^ to nrs
the
tttiB9«fdry
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