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VOLUME NO. IS Number 97
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DUltHAM. N. C. Wzhs. ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. »4, 1»M
Maulng
EDITION
i CZNTS IN NOBTB CAROLINA
WAKE COUNTY LOVER KIDNAPS
ASK DATE FOR PARDON HEARING OF SGOTTSBORO BOYS
Farm Hand Abducted
And Badly Beaten After
Ignoring Warning
DIVORCED
(SPECIAL)
RALEIGH, N. C. S«pt 21«t—
Eddie Writht, $0 year old farm
band was kidnapped thi> week
and taken into Johnston County
where was beaten by hi*
abductors an] warned not to
retarii to Wiike County f,less-!
■ hf w&>l^ %o be killed. It is the
general 4>elief that rivalry over
|he a^ectio|)8 of a young woman
was tha^ motive behind the kid>
Wright etated that two men
tbok him in'an automobile and
took him to a point near Prince
ton and there released him after
shaving the hak- from his head
and beating, him about the body.
He told the investigating of
ficers thjft he had ignored • re
cent w^roing to stay RF®y I*"®™
my
t
Alex ©vans near ^euse *a»
arrested as the instigator of tho
'Ttidttaipr mg d • B 1 e 4
the charges. The victim had sai.i_
that e recognized Bvanif voice
AT COLUMBIA
TO BTUDY
Dr. George
Evans Dies
/
RALEIGH DENTIST
SUCCUMBS AT MIS
HOME
RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. gOth
—Dr. George E. Evans, promiii-
«nt dentist of Raleigh, died at
his ho»»«, Harrixig-
ton St, shortly after 8:^ o’clock
Sunday. Having practiced den*
tistry in the city for ^enty-
five years he was well known
an^ highly respected.
I)r. Evans was *«Jin in Ra-
on _ December 1C, 1883.
After ‘attending the local public
#i»r$hpr#(| hlfi edflpit
of muaic at the N, O'* 0oll«g# HoWirj, Uni^rsHji,
who will be on leave ef lAeehce , Silrviving are his wifa and' a
music at Cohimfcia Univetalty.
Ura. Edwards ia th« wife of
§s one of hjs twQ jbduetora. He | Prof. G. A. Edwards, well known
F** X^ortl
tMijyWT. to I tnoittntrf ilamea.-^R» .iunfsM 1W:
i- «* I iieid at four p. m. Tuesday.,
it^ijldfolde^ an
il^orth CHroHl^a
Negro Fair For
Durham County
To Open Here
Police Fish Gruesome
Remains Of Dismembered
Body From Tar River
Woman HeM D»lardHead
For Abortion
The formef J. County Superior Court presided
WftDcer. who before her marriage gufge Marshal T. Spears
t9 William"?. Walker, asiistftr'Tei^^’li^lfweeli^Ml*.' Wal|gw#^iil^
Mcrctary 'manager of the South- j granted '~4 divorce from his wift
^tn Fidelity Mutual Life Insur- on the
nds of desertion. The
ance, WM Mise Georgia Stieatoi-, Ifoimei'^tis. Walker 1^^^ teacher
At • eivfl term e/ the Durham in Durlupi City schools.
^
SffbseripttoiiB Pourln On
Times Big Campaign
Under Spon«or*kip of Waavar
McLean Post , Of Amarienn
Legion An All Negro Fair
For Darknoi County !•
‘fa B, Th. Wf#
everything in my pojrAr to make
the Durham County Negro Fairj
a succesa apd I am certain we |
shall hava on display a grand
^owii^ of prodveta from t ii i,
farp^ fey B^aa|bara of ons-
I
end or FIRST
P « R 1 O D S 11 t N Q »
FLOOD OF 9UB
SCRIPTIONSIN
CAM PA I a N
OH, BOY! HOW IT'RAIIWDI
There was water, water eyery-
whera around Durham during t^a
iMt d«y o tti« first period of
TIJ* CAROLINA TIMES b i g
priM campaign. But, that was
n't the only downpour, there
was another which made us ery
happy. It was a flood of su$>scrip
tiona which decneded upon the
iio
(SPECIAL)
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., Sept.
20—The suspicious and curiosity
of ambulance driven led to tliii
of Mrs. Malissa Lewis,
colored tenant farmer, on a
charge ef aiborfion on a whit^
woman. Sh« is being held in tlM
city jail without tHfnd.
The white woman involved
was toto have remained at the
hospital for ten ' da^s b«t be
came frightened and wanted toi'
be taken Korna. Instead of hati—
hoiiM har aside
jli^mioA ordered hert to be
svut to the home of Xiewis.
-liis JiimucMom wfr*. »rii^
and the drivers of the ambulance
reported what had happened to
the police.
^e«Bt information revaeis
that the young white woman,
whose name officers will not dis-
•iMa, has apparently recovered
from the effected of the alleged
illegal operation.
Nash County Court records
show tfiat Mrs. Lewis received a
sentence of from three to five
\.
To the elation of the entire
Negro population of Durham
Couj^ty surroui)din| ^pi}-
lory
for th# ho}dh)g of &yrha«
ty*! f$rtt »il K>»ro fair,
Almeit to a person
of the race In all vrattJi of
are landing every posstWa aid
to aasisUng those who ara be
hind the project/ For years
members of the race have talk
ed of givirtg to the Negroea of
Durham Couiily thefr own bona
fide fair. But up until this year' pledged thair whole4iaarted aap-
f(jr ope reason or anothar ^^a W»M*a thla the initial at-
pla^S never luUy Tuaterjalised. te^pj p h9ld'a_Na^o ^}r
It remained for ^e fe#ii*ra agd purtam IpoufiW # fjjecf||.
fnefi^ers of ^e , r - '-W-
post Np. ni of the N # # r
American J-egion ^f
County to put tlieir i^oolderf
to the' wheel and definitel|r etm
aor |he faijf.
^oupd headqujkrteri o« Fe|ti:
ew Strfct activity tos peaohe^
» high peak
|4^onn|^a‘ |a]q|e« a»e*K- AS Roc|( Mofnt, |f.
tjier active ^ai|)ber pf th« goat,' ;?•
is also busy asBsting.^KpCpKhs
for the lorthcoml^'l^r.
w. I
President Bcfratfyy ef ^
North CivPibw lf«l^ 141* l«*
sur»n«« Oonpimy »ad • trtrjr ■«-
tive mamb«r of fha We«var Ms*
Lean post rf ^ Aawteen i*
gion, ia lUso devoting a n e h
time to assisting with the plans
of tiie fair.
Other Negro Difrtmesa men
contacted hava atio to a
In
MISS BOLDi^N KILLBp
4C|:rDpiff
pr T- i'sw*
IW
§i§.ow
M!9S p. u MOOfiE, e»;h#in. N, CT - » ■■
MRS. LyvEfllA CANNAPY HICIW, H, «• «W,09Q
MRS. MARY waller BANKS, OariiMI, Q, 897.000
y. i. THOMPSON, L»!i|b«rt«n, N. 6, «7,(MM)
804.000
'K6,000
880.000
--876t0M
848.000
5;!j0,000
348.000
• 284,000
»«78,000
- 278,000
EMMCTT T. GEORQE, WMteviUa, M. C.
MRS. H- ». NUNN, Dwknm, H. C.
MRS. E. W, GREEN, OarUui," N. C.
JUSS ROTUER LE£ SUCCS« »mw liil^ N. C.
MRS. L. C. KERNS, WInetoa-Saleni. N. C.^
MISS Mabel powell, aintoM, n. c.
MRS. GLADYS LANGLEY. WkltevUia, N. C. -
MISS EVELYN V. TYSON, Meb«ne, N. C.
MRS. E. W. MIDETTE, DwtIumm, N. C.
MRS. HELEN WILSON FALLS. Wiaston-Saleni,C.
MRS. GOLDA E. WORTHAM, Goldsboro, N. C.
MISS ANNIE M. MURRAY,
MISS WlLLiS JUANITA THOMPSPff. Pnl.?^, N. -
G. S. GANT, HilUN»ro, If. C. . ^ '. ,—
MR^. C. If. CUTCHIN, F^aWM}- If, C, , , ■ . .
REipSVILIipS, N. p. Sep». ?1,
Everyone i? hap4 {■—Mias Gertrude 8ol^en died
at :^rjt. T?»e Commander of the | here Sunday as repuita af Injur-
post, W«Jtar Ifardy, ftated in tn ies sustained when
L. E. PLDIFORD, Brooklyn, N«w Y9>-k
J. C. LASSATEB, A»«, % p. r-'T-r. , :
MR#. CLEPPATHA M- BLUE, N, e..
KENNETH §HAPE. ff, e. .■ ■
MRil. RMTH MORGAK, WfMfll, N. e, ~
M. EYAN«. Afmn, n, Q. ■ - ■ ,
Hiss ei^anqr r. ^ones, iua«t«B. n. c. -
CUY MAZYCK, Pwrliaiii, ff. C.
the auH-1 MRS. ERNESTINE BUIE. IHtrimm. N. C.
Interview th»t th« Vaaver Me- mobile in which the was
riding MRS. CLARANETTE BROCK Maaat Oliva N. C.
rah. MRS. PAULINE BALDWIN, HaUtbara, N. C.
Jjean post jroposea to give to the on the Thoraasville Road
- meni'b**™ of its mce a* oatetand-, out into m field, and tQrnad ovar.' JOHN W. FAUCETTE, HilUhara. N. C
Ing high clals eoonty fair and ^ 8®^»t other peraons ware in , MIM DfMlcyTHY-MOOREdasfctaa ft. C.
that all memibers of the organlaa- the car whan the accident oe- ^ MRS. PATTIE HOPKINS Ck«pel HU| fit C. —
tlQB had pledged tBemselvei to curred including John BlUngtoi ^ ED, GATCS, Roaboro. N. C. - ■ . . ■ i.
tutiport tame to their tftmoat, [who suataiaed a brokaa back | MRS. CI.YDE JONES, WliMsoti,..N. C. r«
T. A. Ham'me, tHe genial farm , and John Harrison who anffered! MRS. MINIHe SMITH CIm|mI Hfli N* Ci ——.
agent for Durham County an4 j minor Injuries. The driver, Jam- j JM1N HOLLOWAY, D«rham, K. C. ———
ant of tha onatanding leadani of, ei Lamforda, has been released ^ ROSCOE CRAWFORD, RoldsaUla^ il. C.
the race and wbo ia also an aitlvaton a $Wo bond ^i^ng a Jury , A. J$. LOGAN, W*"dlal, If. C. ■ ■ i— —-
|«f»oiiiJara. "I wl» #« i»vMltt»«0«i * « SCURL^K, OvdbaM IfWui Caraliiia
m
-299,Qf9
-^,oqo
aif.009
-2gQ,O0fl
?OQ,OW
m,m
17i9||000
170.000
148.1000
130.000
-120,000
118.000
118,0011
-110,000
-lOiS.OOO
108,000
- 88.000
- 88,000
• 80,000
- 78,000
- 78,0100
- 78,000
- 88,000
- 88.000
manager from mans places. Tha
list of subscibers took a big'
jump upward and t}te first period j
of the big campaign was a huge
success.
The race for the two beauti
ful cars, and other priaea ia now
tighter thai^ eve|^ ap^ }t l««ki
like a «ght to the |i^^ ^tweea
several of |h§ eoii&itMtc.
week^ list shccWB below clearly
illustrates how clo#e they ar*
running and pauae now would
be unwise,
If you w*Pt to be a winner
KEEP RIGHT ON WORKING,
don’t lose any time, for the next
three weeks, 'Go after every
subscription you can get and
rush in all you can by October
1st, which is the end of the se
cond period. "The votes take an
other drop after that date so
get them while they are higher.
It’a votes that tell the tale at
the end of the campai^ 44 MV
IT WITH VOTES an^ flriva honie
one. of the caya Qti|obai' IWh, ,
Drr Wa:-St««rr fMsim
department,
nts turned iii st^scrip
to the camiwtgn iyaara 4» yftSS- ior parfarming an.
a&ortioB.
President of Dillard University
New Orleans, La. who announces
signtficant deveTbprnenia Tn tte
ed uc^ional program of the cot-
lege. iliarc ia being introduc-
e d ia tha OMirsa of study,
“Floriculture,'' a«der the inatru^
tion of Fra^k G. Mackaneaa,
Gardena at New, Gtfglana, at
Gardena at Sew, England, at
the University of ^brijge,
and. ai. tba^llflv. York
Gardena. '(CsJvin Service)
^
BY R. D. ARMSTRONG
Cnoiee Repr—ntnlHw)
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.. Sapt.
20*—Historic Tar rivw sava ap
the solution to tha most heiiMaa
crime ever committed in tlMa
section early Sunday, wIms tha
dismenblrad body of QlaraM:*
Thompson was fished from tha
slowly winding -rstream a few
miks north cf this city.
Thompson waJ fatally snat by
hia half-brother, john TfiMBMS
Edwards, in the Gold Rock aae-
tion of Nash Couqty laia SribRv
day night, and his body was
brought here in Edwarda* amo-
mobile and hacked into sa^Ten
parts during tha height of a tar-
rific thundei- atorm and thrown
into the river shorty tbcfora tha
break of dajp-
Edwards- first denied a ■ y
knowto|H^ ojr^ha crtaic^ M««r-
ever. d^-rf*iag him far a»~
veral haaxa. NaiA Cotusty’'
secured a fall upofeartwi
were le^ fea tim ^ ~
'i^t alaiit
river bank wlm-e ha had chufpsii
his brother apart by 0ie U|^ af
the lig^S^i:'Aa tha nawa spra>
over thla comMwaity, thanaaaia
Do C. School Not
B„aptist Confab
—- ' oOo- '
“Bnptiit MmiMm"
WASHINGTON, Sept 18th,
(CNS)—Tha National Training
School for Women and girla in
Washington, D. C. of which Mias
Nannie H. Eurrougha ia the
^esident,^ seems to have “g o t
fbe double cron” at the reicant
annaal meeting ef tha National
(Baptist Convention, iSapt. 7-.11
in St. Louis, Missouri.
Montgomlsry. Ala., chairman of
tba. Convaation’a standing. Coni-
mittaa for the Promotioa of the
Work of Tha Training School,
attempted to present a raaola-
^on. signed %>y Mrs. Sarah Fiahai-
Brown ■cl Nawiiaa. Gaowia; Mra.
M. H. Vlowars of ChaMaaooga,
WhiteWoman
Beats Chill
RJ^LEIGH. N. C. Sept./®2nd.
(Special)-^ra. Mabel / Terek,
.white f)6*m'woman of near Apex,
was convicted in Wake Coun^
Superior Court of whipping
Mary Lee Gunter, a sevan year
old Negro girl, AWis*^. the
found tha^ wffl»ap flinty.
Judge W. C. Harrlt cbnflnuad
Jftdgemenfr ,in *br ca*e until ti»e
October term.
The victim of tJi« de
clared that the white woman
witeped her with a hickory
j^i^h iMcausa she spoUi to
m Mrt, Tuck** d«|^tri.
of people lined (hy lonriy
tsy road atong sil» tha rtraass
and watched oflkars fish t h •
members of Thompson’a ho«ty
'«0>t of tha water {waca by ptac*.
His le|[s^were dismembarad |u(
below the wniat line and t - h a
tewk oJ tjte body waa split epoa.
Both arms and tiie head w«va
~ - * severed. Tie arms have not
been found.
Althoui^ there ware no
witnej^s to the shooting, it
learned from ' te relMihla
that Thoini»on tad moved hia
family to Rocky Mouat eaarltsr
in tha weak and had ratuma4 ta
hia former hoDsa m
Rock aactioa, aboat tea saUaa
from hare, Saturday n^t ta
gat some chkkana ha had laft
tiMre. Edwards, it waa reported^
objected strongly and tha ahaat-
•r»
ing folkwad.
Edwards was beiag |mI4 ia
the Nash County jail withoat 4l»
privflege' of bond today. P^aar-
al arrangements had not haeft
complatad at prsaa tima Moaday.
The victim is survtvad hy %!•
Tenn.^_ Mrj- Sankh E. Laiwia of,wife, L^oaa Thcmpaon.
tha Diatriet of Columbia; Mra. | ■
Viola T. Bill of Orlando. Fla.; the right ia that great school %M
Mrs. Gibbs which in part plant slid in order to fu i thsr
read; the influence of tha aelMfdl and
“It la not the-desire of t‘-)r^a secure greater financial aanpart.
Woman's Convention ta aavar are atpprove the saggaatad
its connection with The THihaing that the name f the>
School at Waahington that we changed and that the
continue.^ to claim ear eqatty and bi-racial.”
Clemency For Wrlglit/
Weems A nd Norris Afk«d
Th* loQg dlscusaed “Relation
ship of Hie Training School to
the NatiQnal Baptist Convention
attracted large delei^tioas from
•very section of the country, and
it was apparent that th^ came
prepared to pass upon the recent
pro|)osal of the Board of> Direc
tors of the National .Bfcpttat
Convention to withdraw all con
nections, allegiance and support
from the institution.
Notwitbatanding this drastic
and aeni»tional proposal, the
convention was never allowed to
pass upra ’ttie resolution or even
the aubjaeli in open meeting.
The School “got the double
croij” whe„n. Mrs. S., W. Ijiytan
of Fhlladalphlir eet ^-4^ for
of tha Woman's Oonvwion. »P|dte*««tt o^ batelf of Andj
*brought tha s«*jact before fta Wriifct. Charll* Wta»a a » 4
dMegatea, in bar annuAl maaaage Claraaea Kavilt. HoWaw,
i ftnd to Mom th«m to cim lifco ft i» tiltik
aide* the question on the'floor of wiU probabtr «at ^ m to aP9«^ te ^ II. , I,
tta twwaation. hia aealaw. : -
Mia. H. K. Oibta ^4^ wwa » b
m
MONTGOMRY. Ala. Sept. 10
(ANI*>-rAUio(a^ Qaaeral A. A.
Carmichael waa vaquaittad Friday
by Morris Shapiro. 8cottahor >
Dafenae comaittaa counaati* to
^tui^wg
boys racea^ ia a
foie the pardon hoaocdL 'At
kima Ot Mate rilaaad, te
pardaaa far Ibfmali
lntteeaoB and Oaia
88^rASiL^driL^18Lfe« |l9
bright wwr« *pr
tiaee time for a
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