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volume 18
NO 42
SATURDAY, OCT. 2»th, 1939
p)|llCf I CCWTS
NO ARRESTS FOR LOUISIANA LYNCHING
Jury Runs True
To Form; No One
Identified
NEW YO«K, Oct. 27, (SpecmU
—A prediction that the gjancl
jury inveatigatitfi of the hot
-p«lwr lyncfainff h«i*« Oetobei? IS,
of 19 year old ’^’omiwie-'WiHiains
would result in • *'whitewaij t o*
thtf entire aflfair,” was conl'irniec;
here Tuesday, October 18, whon*ter said in part:
no indictment waa> returned on 1 “We are further
the gi'ound that the evldenci!, that at least one of
presented was insuDicictil to
bring action against members of
the mob.
The prediction was conta ned
In & letter written by Walter
White, executive- secretary of the
Nktional Association* iov the
Advancement of CcJ^ored People
and addressed to . Senator A. J.
EUender at his home In Houma
Louisiana on the same day the
grand jury made its report. A
copy of the letter was al.-.o sent
to theSenator’s office in Washing
„ton, D. C.
Pointiag out' to the hoiTibl'.’
torture of the • victim and the
mass approval from th« c»imi-
munity of whites who witne.s^c.d
If, White asked the senator who-;
ther this was .not further con
vincing vldence “that the only
of Mvini^ucB a eommtiniiv
is federal legislation against
IrBchlaf." JBUender played a
ii'Bctionariea in the Senate dur
ing the last session of congfcss.
He talked for six days against
anti ijTIClitftg tni.
Setting* forth facts reporter*
by a white Louisiana invastlg^
tor, the NAAiCP secretaiy’s let
said in part:
informed
the four
leaders of the mob had previous
ly participated in at least two
lynahings.”
“We are told that at kHst
ninety fim per cent of the v/hite
people oP the community not
only favored lynching bui
were enthusiastic. One white
minister spoke for himself aijd
otrers when he said that ^ they
would do nothing and wouM
remain entirely aloof from anj'
efforts to restore decency to the
community in helping to appre
hend and punish the lynch'r».'
A' student'
nie Institute is reported to have
declared “I didn’t out thare
until he (WIlliamB) . had be^iv
shot to pieces and tbep I iot out
a big whoop. I fait joit 'ike the
home team B*d won.”
we ask if you do not ag>'eu th#t
I l^e only hop* of saving funb
Governor lo Speak At A.
A and T ART STUDENTS HONOR DEPARTING DIRECTOR
ieBding' pirt in >^ 30 day fili- j community ii federal loaiwtation
bister condncted by southern I against lynching.”
N.C. Mutual
Celebrates 40th
Educators To
Be Prmt
& 1. College
Highway Patrol
Uses Tear Gas In
I ReignOITet r
Last week the dramatic laK
'A *7ittitr T.
gathered in the imr.'al
^tage laboratory .to give, i.fare
well party to Ptrcy Bon«i,- tht*ir
director who is ' IcaVin" 'me
college to t a k e up duties a*
Director of Negjto Division, N.
C. -branch MY A. J^-. Stomi was,
kt tfe nef t^'pe Iff
Jriatie work now emphasizcrd by
the Mocury theatre group in N.
V. City and had taid pla«:v for
the year to buijt. producitioii
around the worlc) eri.‘«is ami th.>
,th;- Ne^ro^ and,
'tenant farrfier i«r the
lie 'will bo Kuccedffl in the
eap(acity of Director of prania^'cf
by, CharleB C. Green, a -raduatc
of the dramatic arts dcpartme/i*;
of the University of Iowa.
Staje Committe On Negro Affairs
In Fourth Annual Session ^
BY F. MORINE DIXpN
“As long as it ia God’s will, I
want this institution ta move,
for men to aupport-their families,
and God will let it live. . That
is what I am interested about
and God knows it. I want
this institution to live, and she
will.”
On October 20, more than one
thousand employee? and 250,000
policyholders celebrated the
fortieth birthday, r of the North
Carolina^ Mutual Life insurance.
Company and renewed pledges
of loyalty and devotion to thf
ideals of the founders f this
gi-eat institution. It has lived and
will continue to liye, and our
heritage (the lines quoted above)
given to us by the late John
Merrick, founder and first
president of the ^company, v;i)l
continue to enrich the min'Js cf
honest ^en down through the
In commemoratioti, the H^me
Ofticc“' officials and c’nployt‘cs
assembled in the auditorium of
the Home Office building nn
Thursday afternoon. With W. D
Hill, Assistant Secretary Comp
troller, serving a* chairman, the
program began with music led
p«ce ^h the changing timos
and now standings, as an endur
ing monument to the vision of
foresight and integrity of the
founder’s and I add word of
commendation and apjpreciat’o.i
for the service. North Car djn%
Mutual has rendered the race,-
the state and the nation.” ^ ^
Our President and third preu
dent of the institution, C. C.
Spaulding, was the speake.* of
the hour. Though speaking
with pride an4 dignity, there
was an air about him of .liumolo
gratitude to the Suprem’e Beins.
Beginning by reading the sek'C-
tion “Our Talents” from W. C.
Dunlap’s *‘CM|:®RFUL COMM
ON ^NiSE,” he Challenged the
group {MSBcmbled to use their
talents to the best possible a-l-
vantage. Telling the etovy of
the beginning of the company
rfnd bringing it up to the pre*|nt,
day, he stated that J o h n'
Murick and Aaron Moore fo3nd
ft more than an inauranCe com
pany—they founded a SE.EVICS
STATION that must go «». He
emphasized the fage ^liat t h ^
officials and employees must
grow with the ■ compony-^in
4»ffiaiency, in morale, 4- ft d' lii
by our Cashier, Mrs. B. A. fir^^slness training. In ,^her yord.s
Whitted, and a prayer, oi umnks*
giving led by W. J, Kennedy, Jr.
Vice President, Secreti^, Words
of appreciation and fiftcitatio^
were given on behalf of the
trfScials by Mr. K. Merrick,
Vice Proiident, Treasurer; o n
behalf of the field Forc'?, by
Aaron Day,/Supervisor of
Training; on behalf the clerical
staff by Mis# Sallie Whitted,
said in closing, quo^e:,
^ ‘'It M a matter of pride to us
all that the compnny toe icept
“Never Cease Moving.” “Whero
wiU WA be. forty y»»rs heinaV”
was tbe questioh* asked;- "What
will we have contributed tr an
institution thi^t is goisg’ on and
on*nd on?”
Throufhoirt the d ay, the
building was filled with be.iuU-
ful flowers from btts|n«s» cs-
tablisbmehts and firw of this
Larg* D»I«g«tion To Ba
Cueita Of Rocky Mount
Utfit No=v. 6{ At St. Jenta*
Baptiat c4ttr^. East
Thomas Strael
ROCKY MOUNT, Oct. 25th,
(#peciAl)—Negroes from all over
th* state will b^' pressnt lo
participate in the fourth anaual
session of the Norrt Cari>’ina
Committee on Negro AiTaiia,
Sunday, November L
Several iasttes of ^^ave impor
tance to the race will be discussed
an it is expected that recommen-
JatioHS will be--made to the
nrat State Legislature Ve'JJfftl-
Lynch Town Can’t
Why
ROUSTON, La., Uccober 25,
(By Robert ^cKinnay for ANt*,)
—-Th^ wildieyed, K.lu K.lux iiian
town of ignorant, tobacco
mjf farmers, where sujjar sane,
cotton ;aad t>truwberrie« u'r e
kintr and Ncgi-ofs are con.sid“i'eU
“working tools,” is iir a fury oVi'r
the recent lynehi«)? of ywulKtul
li. C. Williams. Williaiua was
suspected of .ila^i^e a white man
and beating his
woman companion to death. The
lynching was the most brutual
outrageeug/Of any ever calai^gu
ed in thoianfials of- states .cvime-*'.’-
Williams out of a smokehouse on
his grandmother’s property he
cause a group y>tIr^g boja
elled “we got the, yiiih- killer.”
The mob held .state police- and
sheriff at buy with rifflies and
riddled Williams’ body with
bullets; they burned .-his. poi»tt!i
ior' with iron rods, and bung Mf
neck to a pine tree they._gnvc
'•omc of his fagots to the blood
hounds’ and burned theTfefWini.
Although Sheriff Etyan
who is reported to have said that
conftesed Having killed
BlaJr and his cojnpanion,- cluiips
c^ary attempt w'a^ .Jtiade to stop
the mob from, takiin ’'Wiil.&ni3,
there are many who-charged that
because its Christians and liberal
minded peofle know that Si;nator
Allen Ellender “didii’t k«»w
What he was talking' abou: on
the se.nator floor when hd- urged
that ttic states could taltt* ‘care of
lym-Wng without any interftreiice
uf the^ federal goveiiyaont;”
because Its judge, K. L. Walker,
,ha.s angrily, instructed *' a'ynind
jury to investicate , the-li-iicWr.K,
.ihoWing a desire to punish the
lynchers, statinjr, “Lync-h law
has never prevailed in this
It will never prevail here;
.iOur court* - and ofur laws arc
ample to afford protectian U> oiu'
peop^k un^ier any and all eondi
tion^.” '' , f
i '
The town is In a fury .because',
Runton pastors have naiifnious
ly condomnod the lynching-;, of
Williams. Dr. W. K. LocbridgL«
of the Fii-st 4Japt!«t church said,
"Our community hds suffeijcd a
atmosphere of interracial good
Will li^nf ib fallow-
i* eonWntiJiig to d r « a t t , * ^ _
chance to say a word.
But, the town if in
fur^
sorry
lynchiutr, ir accept the oindemna
tioas o-f the clergy. Others- aiC
inilflFerent becau.se state officials
have said nothing about the
lynchint!:.
Lp.quacious .Senator Alien
Ellender spyke at a state fi^.ir a
f^w day.s ago, talking about
sugar cane. He didn’t «|^ven
intimate anything about the
lynching; in part, the otmntor
said; ■ “You can’t blame Pres.
lioffSPVelt or Secretary Wr.llace
for reduc'iftg the amoum :^of
iugi^r ^.'ane planted. I c»t ■ iee
j>nisperity for .tfe cottoii farmer
aiid there is none in wor*e fi*
than he Is. if we take care of
him, we can take care of the,
othrs.” On the saine progiam,
Ciov(%nor Leche said, “Such
. - , -(great institutions as the South
dfegrocfl in the pycs of ail the (the ri?f liziktion of "the possibiU
civilized world.” It was this Loyjgijjf,a state faji»'bring to ua
(taiMient that l*ft the jgndmnt jjpg of %he great coyiitry we have
farmera awe stricken; they-can’t jo-wn Wtre.” ’
^46)'«t«^d. w h y all of this I . ■ ' : /•'
“oommolion” should be taken | The majority of the NegroM
0vep a Nagro. They are, being *»} Ruston. and in UuiolR
agitated to feel that .killhig n | are jfttery; they «re sus
Kag^o ittet s crime by sonS- of wh.ite..^:pie.
word is ; awjfrtd.. %h«V
'^‘WilHams was th4 v»ron|p
GREENSBORO, Oct. 2flth, 1
(t)pe«i«l)>--Governor Clyde A. f
noey of the state of North*
Carolina will be the princifiti ;
speaKer at the building ded^ca- ;
tory service to be held at A. and ‘
i] Coi;ege Sunday, Novemb,*".- (5 !
at°4 p. m. Two buildings, the
new giria' aormitory ana c U e i
home economi^.,., 4y-,actice l.«jusu ;
will be dcdeicat^^ at this turn:. j
UistingfaTsiiutT educacors*' trur. |
various sections wiU aiso bu ou |
me program. Miss Pearl via«rett;
will bring greetings froin tr.e'
student body awd ttemlin
vjce president of the uiamit.
Ass,o£iat4ou. .wiU bung
lit tha^'body. ' i,diieJ>tO!r.j
scneuuied to spean ineiudv: lit.
uavid Jones, ol Bennett College
who wUl bring greetings irjiu
tile private instituiuns ni North
Carolina; Colonel J. W. Aeircl.
ton, Administrator Dean ui
rsorth Carolina State
' who will represent the Ui’iUL^'i’
j Uuiveraily of North Car»!ii.tV;
r
i.'.State Teacher CoHegw who will
I bring greetings from the stnte
instilutioHs; and I)r. Jona N.
I)aviS( .West Virginia Stale Coll
ege, who will represent the iuiut
gran^,cQllegt!S of the nation.
Rupert T. Rckens, member ol
the atate legislature and a citi
zeu of 'High Point will brnig
gi'eet.higs from the Nuftta Caro
lina law making body.
Immediately following thif
service gi-ound will be bvokeii
to inaugurate tbe new caildiitg
program for the next year.
Governo»' Hoey was invited to
deliver the principal address oj
the basis of his record as one
vitally interested in ^ « g r o
education. He has cv>uai8tentl^'
enfouraged edut^t^on .generally
and baa given impetus to the
emphasis now being placed
on tieeda for technical education.
er. have threatened to quit their i
churches be^re they will be I manifested parti
made to f. el sorry for ' the f eulartx„€losc interest in th-„- af
fairs of the «chool since he began
BY JAMES H. BtmtW
‘•SMYRNA, Ga., Oct. 26, (.^NPi
—A mob of 500 angry white
people burned a t^o story eU-
mentarp school house in a three
bewtHH-reitfcl ji jonnectiou with
j the murder,
[ The first rioting oc^‘urretl
Monday evening and niglit when
a gang of 500 whlfe people »et
terror
day region- of
week.
The uprising was an outgrow
of the double murder the -previ
ous Saturday night of a whit'!
woman and her aged father itnu
the beating of the dead woi.ian's
son. ,
'Kews of thp miirdcr came t»»
light Monday morJfiTnig' w .i c »
Cecil Pauls, nine year old sou of
the dead woman, regained *«r*-
sciouaness and made his whv to
a neighbor’s hou.'»e. i
wftjm
%aid .beat toi "#fath his mother -«nd {
her father with an ox handte.
I knocked him .unconscious when j
1 ht> sought t(i intervene. .
RUSSELL ATTACKED L
BY COUPLE I
Tuesday afternoon Atlanta and ,
FiiUon county police repo.ted:
that Willie Drew HjDssel i a tl i
horrt to ^be two story caiored
; •R-hool hou«! and burned it ir.to
ashes.
No school was conducted T«e*
for colored children. Several
children frbm th^ county s»pr-«»r
ed, but, finding the schotii born
ed down, fliey : returned to thrir
homes.
ing a State Home for Ntgro
girl delinsuents. A plan Mrdl be
suggested to the committee rela
tive to the establishment of a
state' institution for Negro
feeble minded of the state.
According to the president.
Attorney Hosea V. Price, the
Committee will check on civic
The mob Wcanie enragtJ be
cause state officials refn-st'd to
rcmo%'c Russell from tTie Fijlton
county jail and turn him over to
imiaeew.
l^cgriw^ were attacked w i t >
slicks and slones.
HALT TRAFFIC
Violence broke loose again
iTiesday night when a rt.jttven-
a^d band of white Georgians
tnTmded the I’olyed sKtion cf
the town, stormed hnnsaa 'witii
rocks a'tid stones.
While one group af gangsters
hiuB: -street—.a r. t
He said he went to the victiir.'s ■ another spction of the gaiii^ was
house about eleven o’clock .S.it. j utoning and clutsing ccklered peo-
nigl^t drunk to collect a deb‘ i n|. fr-'-m (Jowntown jtreevi.
ect
The aged victim hit with a walk
ing stick and the woman S'-’iick i
him willi .11 baseball bat.
Police Hsted the dead as Mib.
Christine Camp, 26, and he r
father as Ceorge Paula, 68, I
Cobb county old age pensisuor.
- Ruraell was arrested'about 10 i
o'clock Monday morning on ^
construction job 'liT Gi-ove park.’
MOB FORMS AT NOON
The mob began orgaiiiiins
?>bout noon or as soon as it was
U-arned that Willie Russeil. had
I sto.'ped in the
‘•’wn a fnw minutes We«)nes^y.
For the- first time I saw Ne?ro.
*.* willing to get off tbe s-d*
walk on their knees, with hats
off, every time a^nrhite man jmsi
ed by.
There must have been more
than £0 Negroc.s victimized Mon
day night alone. The mob wad
rep«)rte,j dispensed late Tuc«i^;
night when State Highway t*#txd
men appeared on the scene ana
fought with tear gas.'”' '
his gubei-natorial termT'
REV. FRANK MORRIS
LAID TO REST
bH
with
^e Klux. Klux Klan and who are
charging religion as “beias- too
fundamental.” Some of the farm
Some of the, farmtr# «y ihey
will lynch every “nigger” until
they get th« Hglit ntan.
Rev. Frank Morris, Baritisc
minister of E>benczer . Baptist
Church died at his homa un
Pettigrew Street last Wedntslay
afternoon October 19, after a
lingering illness of He^Tt tt-juble
of several months. -R^v. Morris
jtiined tbe Ebenezer tRpClst
church immediately after he uiid
his wife moved to Durham*
several years ago. Rev, Morris
was survived by a wife, .^i^ra;
Martba Morris, a mother two
bjotbers and 4 host of I'jatl v«^s
and friends. Funeral sexvTc*^
were heW at the Ebenezor Ba^'
church, Friday night, Re'V- T.
Grady OKciating.
made by its many units
scatt«ra«} all over the itate and
will plans for tbe furibe^
lBto|||atton of fte^-^egro irU'J
Sttte, Counl^^iul City
which hava m tiieie
fcadtii eoA-
di^MiSk fr«te^^^|«srt«nit3r for
fOBMKiite ;wwty v«4 i J. •
I tmiitllweUm 9f »U Uw pea
|pla «( at*!*.
Negro Cmnmunity Fund
Drive Begins Nov. I
II. M. Michaux, Secretary,. coinmittr* and ea^taiua a a
nfiamvger of the Union Insa.ai)cs|(-o captains td t k e varuoB
an,) Realty Com;-«ny, a.i;iounc-.‘ ' districts are expcetad ti» be !»'
that the first meeting of uis full atte.idance at the auctiug i«m4-
committee will l)« held on T ee- Tuesday evening. •, , r
day, November l, 1938 at 8:00 J Prof. Jauea T. TayUr.
o’clock p. m. at the liariiet f^of Men, North CartdiM CoSiiC!^.
Tubman Branch of the \WCA
3il2 Umstead 'iStreet. All at the
persons wuo served a« members
of the Initial Gifts ComitiitKe
d u r i n;. g the 1M7 campa-gr,
several' new members at the
and Mr. J. J. IlaBdcrson,
keep?r. North Carottaa
Life Insarance Con^paay. Im^
been selected by IIip. Tit haa i
as' asaMMita in in
pais^ among Hegre«« tMa
N: C. Christlart
tHonfab Closes
-•o—
Ij^y Rav. T. J. M«*r»
The Ttnd aemon of the old
historic NNrtb CaroUsa Christian
Conference, of pUc6 ^ev, J. A-
Henderson ia mat wHb
the Mfltent ,?!on t!hrtM%»rcftirefc
at Hofftaan. near
begiiibinf Q^tobap. 0
^CtolWT 14 _ . ^ .
' Th« l u^iy .-1‘ssrfo’J
qonsi^fted aavnly of welcome |
aii«lrt|m in bel^ «{ ■ r
ffiigli(u aad om»iii»Hfn.
T%e idiimwwi t--«wyQa* ^
fee! ameog trrmit.
tta«8. Tbe I upcpuae ww
pre»id««t HmdetiWL.
Wedttcaii^ ^
livered Ui
wloeli hfr-jpa^ d
catioa fu# ftMSk.
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