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NO, 49
SATURDAY, DEC. 10th. 1938
PRICE FIVS CEM'li
Dr. Scott Gets Dismissal Howard Suit; May File Second
DlMlMlIMMtfPEARS
Wins Right To Change
Character Of Suit Filed
Against Moward Univ.
PLANS OWN
FUNERAL
ATLANTA’S MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM OPENS TO HER
(Capital News Service)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9t» -
lA the Court oi t ‘‘
United States for the iJtsU'ict
ol Columbia Monday last, cuun
sel for Doctor jEmmett J. Scott
Wbmuted a motion for voiuu
tary dismiasai ol the suit filed
by him June 22 of this year xiu | counsel, Mr. James Cunningham
‘ uogtus stated he believe tna^r-
aiiother suit. ^ |
Counsel for the plaintiff Inant
ed that Dr. Scott should be gran
ted leave to dismiss his c&Sa
without prejudice to hiai .right
to bring such further action a.“
he mignt be advised to bring.
Further, that at the time nuit
was filed, and also at the time,
a preliminary injunction against
Hov\rard Lniversity and juoicl.:
cal Johnson, President,, restrain
itig tnem irom interfering tvitn
his continuance as biecretary oii
Howard University until he has
reached the age of 69 years.
He cou^i^ded tnat he could
not oe depi'iVMd lawtully otf the
riabt ,to hold the oltice of S«'ae
tary of Howard University and
to exercise and to enjoy t a e
rights th^ pirly^egwi,' i^iid t 4 «
emoluments of tlie ofRce' of Se
cretary. of Howard University
except in accordance with th^
termk and conditions of the rutu3
and regulations adqpted and
promalgated in the retirem6rt
legislation of the University -un
til retirement after attaining
tf of 68 years, or except
fui I sufficient in law deeci
ed sQUiclent for his removal and
an opportunity to be heard be
fore the Board of Trustees of
the University.
Counsel for the University and
Mordecai Johnson, objected on
the ground that dismissal of tne
case j£*wlthout prejudice wou d
Dr. Scott was unfairly,
justly dealt with.
justice U'Donoghue in deciu
ing the motion stated: •'Jt is jut
a question now of whether thir.
Court should decide at this time
to dismiss this suit finally.. That
would not be iri accordance^ with
tne spint, with the modern rule
of law’ ailR)WlAi^’'amendmbiitH.
This Court would be put In a i
GRBENIVILEE, N. C., Dec. 8,
, (3y George W. Whitaker)—The
and >uiP^ funeral of Mrs. Lula Tucker who
died here recently had b 8 «
planned by her far in advancy.
She listed the title of the songs
that she wanted the choir to
sing at her funeral. She aiso
wrote her own oituary and
chose the text that she wantedLf
the minister to use.
The servicea were held at the
position of -Myirts’*■ to this pJaiWSycamore Baptist Church of
tilf, ‘You have not had^your day which she had been a member
Jn Court and you can not na ’C
your day in Court.’ I think that
justice requires that the Court
take a liberal view, that the
^plaintiff, if he wishes to shO'ilu
be entitled to file -a different
kind of suit under the rule prov
iding for transfer of cases, from
one Court"«tp the other.
While no expression could be
secured from Dr. Scott or h i 4
council as to further actions, it
is generally assumed by the
Washington .public that t h ^
strategy of Dr. Scott’s counsel
looks to seeking reme3|? in a
Law Court lor damages instead
leave the plaintiff free to briiig of pursing the suit in equity.
A ME Gon fere nee
Endorses Bishop
Dayis’ Program
BY DR. J. A. VALENTINE
Special Reporter and Pastor
Of St. Jo*«ph Church of
Dwiiaiii
'
CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 8—The
fifty fifth iession of the Wei:
ern North , Carolina Conference
which met at Chapel . Hill Nov.
23 to 27th went on record as en
dorsing the program of Bishoj)
M. H., Davis, presidini^ bisnop
of tllS 2nd Episcopal District in
his effort to r ^ v i v e Kittrc.l
Collegre, one of outstandin,;
Colleges of the AME -Churcne.^.
The conference took note of
the unparalleled improvement
now in process at Kittrell as to
remodelled and repaired build
ing, large acria of land nit'tp
available for farming supplies
of live stock and poultry, as
well as a well trained faculty,
many of whom have their mas
ter's degree from some of ttte
most probifnent universities of
the country.
Bishop Davls’ accurate accoufit
ing of funds entrusted to hip
care and his personal supervi
slon of the administration a'd
financial affairs of Kittrell Ccli^
ege laft no doubt in the minis
of eitheft clergy or laity thai
under his executive dlrecton,
^Msd-with His tense and'unselfish
desire to restore this well knov/n
institution to its rightful placo
in the Category of denonjiinan’on
al school, he is
successful.
b o u n .d to be
We therefore call upon all
loyal African Methodists in the
siate Of North Carolina to joir
us in pledging both our mo ral
and financial support to t&isthop
Davis in, making this worthy ob
jective namely, the establish
ment and maintenance of an
institution of Kittrell dedica cd
to Christian education and to
substantial citizenship in our
economic set up ’ Which 'iniis
ftor trained wtoijkmen in every
field.
«iThe^onf«i»nce was grace 1
with the preseiS|g of Doctor F.
P. Graham, president of . t h e
university of North • Caro»;jiix
who expressed himself as being
In sympathy with the program
of Bishop Davis relative to his
educational iSeals, whil^ the
ministers anTf
a dissenting voice, gave Bibnoti
for 23 years. Rev. Ninimo ofiiici
a^ted d^d was assisted by Rev.
Hemby.
Mrs. Tucker is survived by her
husband, two sisters, two, bro
thers and many relatives and
friends. _ Interment was made
at Cooperfield cemetery.
[oeivBXmas
Music Feast
RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 9tb,
(Special)—The College Women’s
Club, Raleigh Branch ^f the N»
tional Association of Collegs
Wo^en, will sponsor a Xmas
Music Festival with the f^Uiw
ing schools and colleges parti ;i
pating:> Bennett College, A and
T Collegt, Palmer Memorial In
stitute, Shaw' University, and
Washington High School. There
will also be a special choir and
Mrs. Nell Hunter’s WPA Chorus
from Durham. '
1,700 Florida Teachers
Raise Defense Fund
For Salary Fight _
The festival will take plac*
in the Raleigl^ Memorial Audi
torium and it is expected that a
record audience will be in at
tendance. A feature of the
program will be the presentation
of J. P. '.Bond, Jr. director of
tSe NYA, who will, acquaint the
audience with the large program
ETTAMuTEN f ....
Concert atrist, who appeared in Atlanta’s beautiful new municipai
auditoriu-m last Monday ni^ht in a triumphal event, the first spon
sored by and for Negroes in the newly completed struifture. Eooker
T. Washington High school, onA-of the South’s most progrC'sive
educational institutions, presented Miss Moten through the courtesy
of the Chicago Concert Bureau, 3648 .Vernon Avenue. The talent
ed artist came to Atlanta after concerts at Langrston university,
Fort Smith and Pine Bliiff, Ark.^ and is scheduled for Lndianapolic,
Xnd., Knoxville, Tenn., Little Rock and Hot Springs, Ark., New Or
leans, Florida State college.
Vanishes After
Paying Rent
To Landlord^ ,
tlu-rham police ■fiere notifjtd this week of the disappeara**w ef
Claerence Williams, garage worker who after paying a week’s mmta
rent to his landlady, Mrs. L. J. Spaulding, 305 Umatead Straai, and
informing his wif^ that he was going- up town to meet a MMk!,
mysteriously dropped from sight. - t-
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—Me. WilliHmw iH aunDosed to gave eomp ~h6r- ffOm Charlottis wwth
hia wife Mrs. Florice Williams. „ r£-
According to information obtained at his place of abode Iw Wt
of the National Youth admimstra; ® ® inches tall. He
I took no extra clothes with him
All local schools, colleges and
churches are^ invited to hear the
singers in this effpri' oi the coll
ege ^omen to engender-"-yauth
feflowshfp. '
The program will begin nt
3 o’clock on Sunday Dec, 11.
Dr. J. N. Mills prominent
physician'" of Durham, _.rtrustee of
Saint Joseph Church and pvesi
dent of the General Alumm
Association of Kittrell was pre
sent and after QUtJlning a plan
to enlist all students and g»‘adu
ates of Kittrell Colege in l^al
church groups for -the -P'lcpo-"
- vvxv., .asisting in the reh^biliatiOn
Davis a standing vote of confid • f i
T “ I Of the institutioff ehallenged tha
ence.
The Western North Caro'ina
Confetenee ,of'the AMG Gtiurch
is standing solidly behind Bisho,)
Davis in his plans to redooin
Kittrell Collefe.
over flow assembly to stand by
his alma mata. .
Tiiat this challenge was ac
cepted was demonstratingly at
tested by the ■ »*>d loud
applauleS'l^en the speech.
His wife Mrs. Williams Jas'
expressed herself' as being very
much uneasy about thte where
abouts of her husband, ilrTthe'^e
has been tio reason for him ^o
leave home without notifying
her, she stated.
The Williams came to Durhaiiti'
about a week ago.and secu*ed a
room; at the home of L. J. Spau,J
ing who is a well known real
estate tnan here.
Any 'persoi\s knowing t U e
whereabouts of Mr: Williams
will kindly inform the Carolina
Times immediately or Mrs.
Flounce Williams, 305 Umstea-.l
Street of this city.
0RAN3®BUBG, S. C., Dec. 8
—Mrs. Shellle Sweat, 50, and her
four year old grandson, were
burned to death last Sunday ’n
d^fire 5f undermined* o r i g * n
wUch destroyed their home.
there in & 20 Buick, coupe, Thursday afternoon with the
of returning in a short while.
Representatives of the CaroH.nn
Times ^.stated that the missing
man is. about 35 years of age,
weight about 150 poynds, and
intcnnon
Oean Latham
Sneaks To
NAGW
BY WILLIAM TUCK
"WALEIGH, Dec. 9, (Speciiii
—The November meeting of th“
Raleigh Branch of the Nationul
.dssocmtiun of College Women
was held this week at the resid
,e0ce of Mrs. Louise Perrin un
South Blount Street. .After
reports from the various com
elttees had been given i s b
Thelma liJutler, chairman of vhe
program committee introdncod
the speaker of the evening.
Dean Louise Latham, w ii o
spoke to the group on “Guidance
In The Washington H i g r.
SehoolJ” In her introductory
remarira she said, “We a r o
hoping to build good citi.^e.iB
through the Student Council
at the Washington High school”
Dean Latham explained how
the weekly “Charm” School hsid
ekch year has done much to cop'
tribute to the cultural devo^op
ment of the Washington High
School girls. The affair climax
others. This not only gives, the
students practice in a nat^Jrai
social activity but the school
is g'ivec an opportunity to inter
pret its social life to the parent.
The president, Mrs. Sarah
Eaaom, welcomed the followmg^.
new members; Misses Ma.-gur
ette Quierson, L. Grovs, Eiiur.a
Wells, Margaret Jackson, Mrs.
Susie Yeargin all of Slmw Unmir
sity and Miss Myrtle Mitcn^ i
of North Caroli^ College Djr
ham. N. y ,
A delicious salaS^^uree was
ee»ved hy- Maadflmfis JU Perrin,
S. Easom and Miss T h « 1 m a
l&utler. '
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec.
—Without a dissenting v o ; e,
1,700 Florida teachers, m|betiig
here in a.two day session open
iiig Itoauk^vlng day, pie liji'a
full financial support in the
state wide fight to equalize thv
salaries of colored and white
teachers in the public schocia.
The pledge of financial sup
port came shortly after an ad
dres made by Thurgood Marshall
of the leK*l staff of the National
Association for the Advahcemeut
of Colored People, who canu~
here in connection with t h
case of John Gilbert, a public
school teac]ty;r in Brevar4 Cuun
ty, Florida,
Gilbert was dismissed by the
cotinty board of public lnst»ui-
tion, shortly after - the Asioeia
tion field suit a^iainst the boaid
in his behalf. Gubtrt .ia sfife'ttHi
to have his salary equalized
with that of what^ teachers dj .
ing the same worK. His case
now pending on appeal b^'for
the supremt ctu, *. i.V T7.: ..
The Teachti' ;■ - 'P.lv v.,* ^
to raise a U-ftaat; iund to i-g i
thg case, but also voted to • pay
■i ?t>r Gilbert’s tuition in coilegij
I in order to enaoie him fto fur
j ther his preparation for teach
j ing while the case is being fought
j through h^ courts.
Urges Opening
All Episcopal]
Race
CHICAGO, Dec. '9, (ANPi —
Opening of all the colleges and
s^inaries operated by the Epi'co
paljf#hurch to Negro aspiran^.
for the priesthood was one ff
depression.’’ .\Ithough the migi'a
tion figure of l.lfUU or
monthly was given out several
months r.~'> by Howard It.
of th^j ChicajiO Urban lea^fu^.
the most importan resolutions vit is believed by many ocner
Miehigaa’s First Negro Judge
PrMidea In Connty Covrt
Rev.Williaii)
McMillian
Succymlis
Rev. W. O. McMillian, 3T of
1108 Simmon St. died at Duke,
Hospital Tuesday morning Dec.
6 i^t 2 a. m. After an ilnnes of
several weeks. Rev. McMillian
moved to Durham 14 years ago,
he has been employed by a lead
ing furniture company of this
city f^r many yeaw. At the time'
of his death he waa employed
by the American Tobacco Com
pany. Rev. McMillian was pastor
of the LitUe Bethel ^urch of
Halifax, V». ana was Si member
(if the Minislerial Alliance.
GRAND RAi»IDS, Mich., Dec
9, (ANP)—Last Tuesday, for
the first thae in history of this
state a Negro judge ascended
the bench, the central figui'#
being Judge Edmond C. Whi'^.e
of Yatrd Township, who presid
ed in Lake County Circuit Court
The case at bar was an assa >tt
charge placed against John H.
Smith.
The state was represented by
County Prosecutor Allan Lidke^
and Smith's counsel was Attv.
Floyd H. Skbiner of G r a nd
Rapids. After witness he testt
fled Prosecutor^ Lidke mpveti
for the defendant’s dismi.ssal
and discharge. Judge White gian
ted the motion* and ^the defen
daftt was released.
passed by the 1,000 delegates
attending the National Intenaci
al Council of Churchmen held
at the International house of
the University of Chica^ Tues
day and Wednesday under au?
pices of the Joint Commis»i;n
oij Negro Work of the Profeft'
ant Episcopal church.
The conference got undei
way Tuesday with Lt. Lawrence
Oxley of the U. S. Department
of Labor, director of the meet
ing, stating that Negroes were
migrating from the Mis^>-*i
j^pi valley to Chicago at the
rate^of-“l7(»r te T,TOr
and the city’s colored poputa
Southsiders to be tto high.
Other primimnt Ntgro leader.^
who appeared on the program
included Arthur.. .Chippej?,
‘Augustin’e Colif^ge; Doctor M.
O.'■'boug^ield, Julius Hosenv'alil
fund; Doctor Frank Horne, Uni
ted States Houstnjj authority:
Mrs. Faith Jefferson Junes, Cai
cago Relief administration; E.
O’Hara LamerT T'iationai Youth
adminstation; t h ^ Rev. Cv'nl
Bentley, AMerrd'an church In.rti
tute for .^e^roes; the Rev. E. ,S.
Thomas, Conferenee of Colored
Church Workers; the’ Rev. J.
‘“Alvin lf |3e\. Sl. Faul t?chooi^~
>Harry H, Pace, Supreme Libtiiv
tion “increased by-50,000 in 18-Life Insurance Company a f4 d
months diy-mg the,., worst of trclor. Channing Tobias the YMt.^t.
Bridraso Staget^
To Present First
n
The Bri Dra So Stagerl'^of tfte field. Roles will be portMkye-t
North Carolina College will p?e; by Miss Pfeh^hoataSL ^ott of
sent their first performances tf J New it%rn. Miss Marietta^rrwn
the year on Wednesday eveT>in.tJ of Durham, Jo^hn Smith of Stats*
December 14, at 8 o’clock in th-?: vUl, William Stafford of She’bby
B. N. Duke auditorium. Ttiey j ville, Ind., Jiames Holden of
will present three one act plays Wilson and Bennie Moore of
wif%, Mrs. Amelia one brothet*,
Hector, four chUd^fn, j-.M i s i
Ulllaa, a student of Hillsiuo
School, ^Me^e, Willie and
Wllliwn Funerk.1
■erirkea will be held frort th»*
Oak Grove Free Will Bap'lec
He laavei to mourn his losa % Church Stioday ereiMlic-
under the capable direction of
Miss Katie L. Kelly, coach *;n
Dramatics.
The first presentation will b»
“Th^ Elbpment,” by Howard
Reid. Characters will be play
ed by Miss Rathertae Goins »•£
Huffman, Mia« Mari« Roger* of
Roanoke, Va., E^l Artis of Dur
ham and Charles Cebb of Dur
ham.
The second plajr wil}- b* “tlw
Sojphisticates,'” by Hlruk Man;
Durham.
The third play will be “Wht*.e
Dresses, tby Paul Green, emmert
North Carotina playvri^t ^roM-
Chapel Hill. Actors wil)
Mias Geneva Harper of C » nt
mere*,, G.a..,,..^i*a LtlfeB Chu4i
of Winton, Joaei^ i mt.
Durham and
Winchestev, M
Dress tchcinak
place.