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BflOTHER-IN -LAW riNOS BODY i' Mr». Penr] Milford, i«e ®6, WM found dead in her homa here «t 1606 1-2 Chilb Boule vard, around eight o’clock Sun day evening. Mr?. Milford dropped from sight last Friday, but due to the fact lhat the wae living in her home alone, and wni of a seclusive nature, friends and relatives did not be- eome alarmed until abHenee from her Job or a servant in a local white family was longer Mtan usual. Accerding to Arthur' Higgins, | brother-in-law pt JM.rs- Milford, he went to her home Fiiday evening and knocked on the door but received ho answer. He stated to a representative of the CARMJNA TIMES that he left, thinking possibly that Mis. Milford wa!i away, aslefcp or did not wished to be disturbed. Mr. Higgins stated he returned to the home> again Saturday and knocked at the door without rny answer. “I did not become sus picious until she did not, show up Sunday, *fter which ■ I de cided to again try to locate hej- at home. Upon arriving there t found the doors^ and windows still locked and finally reached the decision, after summoning her neighlbors, that I had better, try and force my way into the home, after a kijock on the .door brought no response.Ii._„ The neighbors and T finally succeeded in breaking *in the door, after which we discovered the dead body of Mrs. Milford lying on the bed. We then summoned the oflficerg and were told by the coroner that she had been dead for seveiral day. According to relatives *" a n d friends Mrs. Milford iwas sub ject to" fainting spell?, but due to the fact that she had had them for a nunAer of years, and ap parently was none of ttw on account of them, was con-* sidered in fairly good health. Dr. A. S. Campbell, county coroner attributed her death to natural causf^. Funeral of the deceased was held Wednesday at 2 o’clock at the Second Baptist churci on Morehead Avenue. The Rev H. L. McL^er was in cfiarge of the ceremonies, interment was at the Nfj9M3ity Cemetery' on Fayetteville Road. FOUND »EM ATHOIIIE ywrr T o T o u II CAROLINA SATURDAY, APRII, CENTS VOLUME IS DURHAM, PRICE SEVEN L STRIKE SETTLED PRINCIPALS RACE WON BYBORNLTT After getting off to a slow start during the early weeks of of the contest. Prof. Frank EHirnett, principal of |Iast. Dur ham School, emerged victor itt the Principals Popularity, Con test launched February 18, 'lead ing his nearest rival by a mar gin of IfrB.OOO votes. Thi» inci- dently ■ means a free . roundtrip Ifr the New York Worhfs Fair with Pullman service. Prof. G. A. Edwards, principal pal of Whitted, eame in second this position also calling for a free trip to the Wo^CP.^Faii but without the Pullman •ervice. Others close in behind the winners were Profs. W. G. son, E. D. Mickle a.nd F. D. Marshall. The race was a hot one through with the vote of the studen^ .front deciding the final wnner. Actual standing at the close of the contest is as follows; Prof. Prank Burilett ....4,385,00 Pro. G" A., Ed^varda. 4,1^,00 Prof. W. G. Pears^ 3,395,000 Prof. E. D. Mickle ....;. 2,560;000 Prof. F. D. Marshall Prof. N. A. Cheek .. Rev. J. Lee White, „. Mrs. I. H. Russell ... Now You Can Insure Flowers CHICAGO, (ANP)—lA new business venture, original and unique, has Just been launched here. Known as the Metropoli tan Flower dissociation, the or ganization which accepts mem bers between the ages of s and &5 years, guarantees for a pay ment of 5s a weak, to deliver its mem/ber», when ill a fine Bilbo’s Back To Africa Bill Goes To The Senate WASHINGTON, (C N A)— mainly for coadt guard hervice. The campaign of Senator Theo-1 would be under the command for of a rear admiral of the United States Navy. dore G. Bilbo of Mis.^issiiipi deportation o Negro ^;Ai»ericana a,>CTmax to Africa reached week with. Bilbo in the Jhe ii leTJni this introduction by nited States Sen- MRS. PEARL MILFORD Who was found dead in her hoipe. here last Sunday evening, as a climax to a two days scurch after she had disappeared from her place of employment; fresh bouquet of flowers or a . ate of "aT"so called Repntsiation potted plant each ■r week. If the ! Bill providing for settle -went of member dies, according to its Negroes on territory in W e s t program, |50 worth of flowers Africa to be purchaiJed from are furnished at the funeraf, j France and Britain in settle- while the. , firm promises that ment of the repudiated war the member’s grave will be J dcibets of those countries .to the corated each May for five years i after death. The sponsor of the' plain is j C. L. Hayes, successful young florist. M. E. Hudson ' is presi- I dent and gales head. They report a flourishing business. Rocky /Vlount Wins In State Miusic Contest With approximately 750 con testants participating in the Ninth Annual State Wide Music Conte.«t for Negro schools that was held in Durham, lApVil 21, Rocky Mount capie outHop winning the grand trophy. Out of tlio twenty three schools taking part in this music festival Hillside Park High School was the only one not competing for any awards. • 2.405.000 2.110.000 1,200,000 1,115,000. of tjipkets wiU forthcoming issut. The daytime events were at the Hillside school while the nigbj; performance were render ed at the North Carolina Coll ege , for jNegroes, PlacSs* in the various events were won by the following schools: ! Soprano solo'(—King’s Moun tain and Charlottee, first; Hic kory and Atbermarle, second. Alto Solos—Charlotte, ' first; Wilson, swond. Tenor solos—Lexington and Rocky. Mount, fir«t; Oxford, second. Bariton solos—Wilson, first; King’s Mountain, second. Bass oolos—Wilson, first, Charlotee, second. , Boy spranos—Rocky M«»unt, iRaleigh, second. Girls trios—Rocky Mount, first; Raleigh, lecond. Mi!fed "Qujartetts—®urlin(iton| and Rocky Mount, first, Lexing ton, Charlotte and Wils'>iv se cond. * iEfoys Glee Clubs-^Class A. Rocky Mount, -fiivt, Hickory, se cond. ^Girls Glee Clubs—Class B— Burlington, first lEfladenboro, Second. Girls Glee CUAs—ClassA—- Oxford, Salipbury and Rieford^ first; Rocky Mount, second. Piano, medium—Rocky Mt. and fiickory, first; Ailbermarle, nd.. . oys Quartetts—Rocky Mount antS Salisbury first; Hickory, second. Mixed Chorui»es, class A— Hickory,^, first; Rocky Mount, Secend. j Mixed Choruses—Cl|ss B— Ahpokie, Burlirintoh and Badin, first Lcnror seeend. Four outstsTidi lfieTieia=TSf=" to .fudge these young honefuls. I Thsir idlmer »r« as 'follows: Coll- Lottis Finley, B'enedlct ege, Columbia, S. C. Henry Bruinsma, Duke Uni versity, Durham. H. Sichininhan, Mwsic Dept.j University Korth Carolina, Chap el Hill, N. C. Louis Vaughn JoneS* Hovard University, Washington! MR. AND MRS. L. HAMPTON GUEST (H' MR. AND ft^S. A. MO(»E SHEARIN* Mrs. Lionel Hampton, wife oS the famous viraphone player »in o'enny Goodman’s band, spent oortions of Monday at tha home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mooro Shea- rin on Formosa avenuo, later accompanying 'the wife of the skillful musician to Raleigh where the orchestra had an en- gagment for the evening. Being the only Durhamiles to witness the iband’s performance, Mr. Shearin also heard' a part of their weekly commercial re hearsal and complete recordings of the same as presented in- 'please turn to page eight GENERAL CHAIRMAN/ H. M. MICHAUX ‘- In charge of the teat'ihontal dinner giyen by the Aluinpi. As sociation of North Carolina Col lege last Friday night honoring Df. James E. 8h,spard. Mc,| in 1 Mii»hB»iy wiahes to thank 1 m** United States. Introduction of the b'll was proceded by the -maliiiig by Bilbo of a form letter to Negro dditors in which he protested his friend.«hip for the Negro people and expressed “I’le hope that you will catch the great vision of what this bill^jueans to you and all others' who are, dissatiyfied wit htheir preF^ social and eeonomie status of un equal opportunities under a Government orginally designed and established for a White Man^o Civilization. - • ^ — The Bill also authorizes the Govrrnuproent- of the United • States to orgawrze labor baitta- lions in this';c^ntfy to be .»ent to the Territory on what would be aparently a forced labor Lasis. ^'t would p;iovlde transporta- '■ tion by land- and sea to qualify- (ing applicants migrating under I the provisions of this Act, and to their hOii.»holds, from t h e initial point of departure in the United States to the point of ( depaKtt»»!€-^n the United States ' to the point of settlment in the Terriiory of Greater Liberia. However, it would bar the bles^gs of the ‘Bilbo scheme to I^pro croppers who allegedly are >«Kdebt to landlords unles^ M(^ten ^relcMe irom such credit^s 'fs fiftn with the Biifeau of Colonization. * The Bill envisages loans to Work tamed f.Sllbo Bill, settlers in the pro posed United Staes Territory of Greater Liberia would be placed i4nder military rule, with a mili tary governor apointed by the lUnited States'. Order in the 'Territory would be maintained by Negro troops and naval nili- tia under white officers, with the organ Ration o f the indjvijtoals. ontlnership*, or cor Under the proviirion&|'of the I'oor.iltioni! eor^posed of migrants, meritorious 'cases, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollar* in any case as initial capital for business and industrial enter prises in ?aid Territory. At the same time, the Bill would set up a corporation under the control- of the United States Government and to have the riRht to all avialable naval j ex'clusivo militia subject to tHl other condi , lands in the tions now required for enlist lands set ment in the United States Navy | nres or ns T h naval unit, designed for uncivilized natives. Funera! Held Sunday For Suicide Victim With . the Liggett linJ Tobacco company. stating that it liad no objections toward its members belonging to the'*union plus a ratisfactory increas« in pay, work was resumed at the local plant here Wednesday and the nine day strike off. , /Agreement was reached only after a second to Richmond was mS?fp^''18y the Strike Committee * • Monday at which time, tfi'ni^any ahd uni(»> oAieials met ,’$i settled Upon certain controi^ers- al issues. Two new clauses in ^the con tract between the company and the union which were };sted as articles 13 and 14, proved the basis for the ayroement. Those articles stated in ^art: “the company approves of its employees becoming memben of the union and therefore it is further desired by the c6mt)any that those our employees wh« are not now mem/bers of t h e union shall become membevs.;’ It went on to state further, ‘It has been the company’s cus tom to niake adjustments ia the, rates of individuals employees inring the ,43if this ageee- r«d»etio« in wages n*ow prevailing' for various classes of work.” The strike which threw »p- nroiimately 3000 people out of work, was called Monday, April 17. At this time the unioa de manded a “preferential agree ment” and a flat raise of five- ’ent per hour. Under the new arrangement, most of the ^colored employees Tehhitory, except receive from a tvTo to a aside for goVerntal ^ fQ^r cent raise and according to tribal reser\'ations ^ j_ Atwater, president of local 194, the clause- with regards to the preferential agreement adds op to practically the same thing as “close ^hop.” f MISS THOMAS IN A TALLY Talented artist and head of Dspartment of Ma.-ie at North Carolina College*, s U-av. ing the ,^ity next montn on a series .of recitals which will tirke h*T throu»rh South Car:>tina. Al though slight in. year?, ‘,i«r on- usual ability is recognized' na-' tionally. *' White Boodlums Invade Md. Home BALTIMORE, (C Saltimore progres?ives w Aroused this week by the ^on of the home of the Charles Randall, aT 1S19 N A >— the' police after he had i-eea were beaten by a group >>f whites, invas- Another yoiit'i, Fred Greenvood, Rev.4 ia beihg heid" by "the Jtoliee Laker' charged with stabbing a man The funeral of Cleveland Wooten, age 33, was held at his home here, 1407 Fayette ville street last Sunday ,after- noon at 4r3'0 o’clock. The Rev. Miles. Mark Fisher, pastor of White Rock Baptist Church and Rev. Tycer Nelson, yastor of the Pine Street Presbyterian church were in charge of t h e cer^^ojiiea, the .New City cemetery on Fsj^ ..atteville Road. Mr. Wootert took hia V ow life here lasf Friday afternoon when he shot himself with a shot gun in the kitchen of his apart ment while hid®lifife Mrs. Bertie Wooten was away. No other person was in the home at the time heJia suppo.«ed to have taken his own life and ft is not knowrv iulst eicactly how long he had been dead when hW life less body was discovered lyili'ff- in a pool of blood toy hi.t ■ wife when she returned frdm visit* ing a friend in another part of the city. Mrs. Woo‘f;" stat&d. when she arrived at her home around six' o’clock she found™ all of the doors locked, and had to cut the screen %t the back diior to get in. Person® in the adjoining a- partment were attracted to the scene by her.-»creanjs and quickly rushed Into the roar of the Wooten home where the-y dis- they i^eapon^4 to, the ftnanl .body. cull of covered of Mr. Wooten , as described above. From the evidence the deceftpe^ must have fired the fatal shot after placing the gun against his brea'pT~slnce the load entered the heart. When questioned, persons Uv ing iji the abjoining apartments ‘■•tated^ that around three o'clock they heard a loud noise, I u t thought it was a door slamming and consequently paid little or Please turn to page eight C I D E VICTIM OLiiJVEiLAND WOOTEN Whose body was found lying IK»ted Doctor Seeks Divorce RENO, Nev. (lAJif)—T h c local divqfrce colony last Wek wa? augmented by arrival here from Brooklyn of Dr. ■'William R. Granger, prominent physician arid brother 5f Lester Gra iger Urban league oflFicial. Doctor Granter, it is said, is seeking a divorce on the grounds of cureT- ty from his wife. Dr. Isabella Granger, who is also well known Pleasej.turn to page eight Mlsslfeliiiila Sfewarl Dies Funeral services were Monday April 24, from /the WWte;|Rock "Baptist Chur^ for Miss velinda Stewart^^'d^ghter of Mr. and Mi-^.^^;fi«QJ#min ^tg?, wart'Stjf* 1003 Glenn street who died at her home Friday April 21. ■ * Miss Stewart has in de clining health for sometim^yet her death came a sock to of her friends because ‘ of her constant talk of getting better and returning to school. Miss Stewart’s death came on her eighthteen birthday. She leaves'to mdurn her lots • father, mother two • sia- Street in the Northwest rcction of this city, by a small group of white hoodlumi'. who Ihree his furn[lureTillo the street and smashed the windows ' of his home. Rev. Randall was the first to move into the block and hi • pre scence has been resent?l hv white real estate interest. Al though three houses ia thj block are owned by Nt»g>^"es they have been rented out to whit?« un til recently when Rev.' Randall rented on of the three. , The vadalism precipitated dred.o of Negroes in the neigh- bpthood came to the defensj of the Randall family. ^ Fraflcis Dorsey, was arrested by of the hooolunis , near riot as hun- with a razor. "■ William Tavlor. chairna'a of th'e Fourth District >*f the Com munity Party ha.» charge! real esttie interests with , resp'c nubi lity for the attack oh Rev. Ran- ,(fall an! his familv. The Com- muni'.t Party has i«=ued ' leaf let d?notoneing the vandolism and calling for unitv of all groups in the nei»hjH>rh*>f.d and pu-nishment of those responsible for the outbreak. The National A.'soeiati in for the Advancement •^f Ct.Tored announced, thrdueh its locf! at torney, that suit woul-’ be brought against state and city authoritics'^for'* the failure to provide police protection tt the ■ Randalls. Metiarry Prcxy Visits City Doctor Edward L. President of Meharry flying call on ^ North College, last Sunday After being graciously by President Shepard, Turner, made a Carolina evening received the two educators discusBed the Negro’s educational pos.>ibilities from the standpoint of their pers nal activities. Dr. Shepard had Prof. Heningburg to make ar rangements whereby Dr. T»'rner could interview the men of -the graduating class and other up per clas.«men to see if there were in the nun^aer certain ones who cherished the amibition to enter the fiej^, of medicine or its MBied biairtftuA ~ ^ - . , on the floor of his home at .und -Missis ^rfary and Bennie Saturday evening gtewart * host of relatives and ing a = lifter ha had iant a, load crashingr through his heart. His r^’Trhe , m'eeting was held in the very cozy and home like recep tion forfm of fhe young men’s dormitory. Prof. Heningburg in Jhis usiial - friendly manner • in troduced. ]^*Fidwt ' Turner t>’ the jh’oup; t>r. 'Turner, ble.-st with a most dynamic personality explained the occasion of his visit and deeply impressed h i «= hearers as to the required de ands of those who sought to the field of medi cine or dentytry and the curdin al principles invnlyed in deep moral character ahd literary fit •ess, in order to miuf»«^a success of either. Following, this Dr. THimer us- ^Mem, ..portable project- T h funeral’^^8 ‘keld Sunday. Interment was held a* fieechwood cemetary. the’! screen some most realistic i«ov^ ,les of The New Meharry ihys'- cal plant. These views -howed facilities most remarka|ble„^nj^i^ -dental equipment. The classes in action in many of the depatment' were ■shown with their Chiefs. All of these professors finished their graduate study in many of the major medical center? of this country. Prof. HeAingborg for such warm hosptality, hurriedly dror^ off Those assembled were deeply impressed with the terrific pos sibilities for. medical or dental training to "Be ■'found at Me harry. 1 Dr. Turner after requesting that his" iSersonal thanks be ex tended to- Dr. ^5hepard and iei^ng ity, hi for Greehstooro in Company with his son." • In addition to the students shown below, Wm. Richsrdson, Supt. of Lincoln HospitaJ' doe to his interest in modern ad ministration of hospitals. Dr. Leo G. Bruce, and Dr. A. S. Hunter, both graduates. ef Me harry attended the „ m««tiB( is urder to greet Dr. Ttimer wko in his first year hi^ institatod a far reaching' eonatrvetir* gramm'C'.’'Prof. •I many questi^aft. vtew sweres wwrc of great the s^tjdeots. Stajea|i Isrel Allen; Clarene* ^^TPavid Coeke. Ceiaw t)urant ^ttaraon, PleaM pitir
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