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NUMBER 11
MISS CEE VEJE HARRIS,
who r»e«i>tly headed th« C«i^*
trci«I department' -of ^Central
High achoo] of Louisville assist
in the ichool of Commerce at
North Carolina College. She
holds the degree of Bachelor of
Sciencc in Buslneu Administra
tion irom Bradley Polyteehnfc
InWttatH-aitd 't h « T«achers
Diploma from Gregg College in
Chicago. MIm Harrii ha^ spent
one year in Paris «t the .Alli
ance FVancaise, where she did
work in the French Langtiaga.
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY, MAY Clii. l«3«
PRICE SEVKN CENTS
WALTER GRIFFIN SLAIN
BY HIS SWEETHEART
SPONSORS
1NTER-RAC1AIL,
DAY
Local Residents
%
Injured In Car
Wreck
.*1. "A f
%. E- Jackson, local plumber, Julies .aibout the body^
and Loftin White, sport shop
It ij> ttnderstood t):
h e
.... , T ■ I - •*' “ndpi
proprietor, are stjll .n the Lm- * twurve.« from the
coin hospiUl as a res-ult of their ^
«;cident last Saturday ni^ht on ^
the FajettevilT# highway seven-
had dMhed blindly
into the
When it
mV. W. TYCER NELSON
Pastor ^ rtte Pli^ Street
Presbyteyj^ Church, who has
just rewrned from Waahington,
D. Cj^^^here he preached at the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
tean miles ^om Fayetteville path Ijhe machine
Marcus Jackn|>, rot er an being on a grade, it , Church. Sunday at Four p. m.
partner of the . plumlber,^ was also
an oncoming truck. i Rev, Nelson will fponsar at hit
church the quarterly observa
tion of inter-racial day.
in the car but escaped vrithwt
• any »irious Injuries. ' I The care in which the three
Ifr. Whttp,- wkc ia the more JDurhaiJUt^ were riding was
injured of the two, sustained a ccjmpletely demolifhed.
broken arm with other bruises No charges, we understand,,
altont the face and body. A. E. ar» bein^ pressed 'by either
Jackson al»o Buffered. I'patuful in party.
‘Mfss Hillside’
Contest To End
Monday May 8
With Monday, May 8, set as
the clo.«ing date for the “Miss
Hillside” Popularity Coatcst
now in progress at the local
high school, competition waxes
keener than an Artie gale.
-Since it is impossible to pre
dict a winner, Mrs. W. H. Pcddy
•director of the contest, urges
all friends of the school to vote
NOW for their favorite con-
taitant complete list of whom
appears as follows;
MiFaes Sybil Brewer, 9-l‘;
Wilhemenia Cameron, 9-2;^ Ruth
Joi«;, 9-8; ftyde Qloves', 9-4;
Barnice Barrett, 9-6; Jlelen
0ai4>ee lO-l; Nola Mae" Mc-
Loud, 10-24- Valeria KeHey,
rO-3; and Icresa Blaels^^J(^^.
Lucky the lass who pmerges
victor-in this race and ft crown
ed ‘^Miss Hillside,” or she shall
be feted amid a setting surpas
sed only by the eminence of
the occasion. There will be ,a
c«1nrfu1 coronation ceremony in
the spacious school auditorium,
th* aprctacle of which forming
the iHusion of a lovely flcwer
garden.
Immediately after the Queen’s
Aacension, the annual Gard^ji^
*P»rf.y, honoring Miss Hilbide
nnd her*" A*ttendants, will fol'owj
Both of these activities will
feature s*:udent!3 from the Lyon
Parlf-fchool.
Till* annual event date« back
eight years, 1&.31 to be exact,
when Miss*"‘VivlB)|j, Farriii»ton
became the first young lady to
wear the title of ‘‘Mi9s«''HHl9ide"
Since that time, the preceding
Ladies For A Year have been a;
MiMes Thelma Fitsjiferald,
li93^; lola Stroud, 19S3; Thelma,
Harris, 1934, Sarah Bhss, i935:
Marietta Brown I990n Margaret
L«mbeth, 1937; and Clara Dou
glass, 19®8.
A special invitation ia being
j»*t*nd*d.Jo ih£3e..Atannaf4
«r? . of- former yea^ to be pre-
Flease turn to*-pa(g:e eight
MISS Hillside
1938-’39
Pdrnier •
lliirliiimili!
To Wed
Miami Negroes
c
KKK Ttireats
STABBED IN
ABOOMtN
DURMAJi—^Walter Griffin,
wall known Durham young man,
waa itali^cd to death bar* Sun
day night by Miss Althaa Eiat-
MIAMI, ‘Fla., (Special)—Des- distributed among th« crowds
pite the cowatdly demonstra- which read: “Respectafcl# Na-
tiona a«4' acui^rilous epithets/gro dtizena not voting toinotrow. boarding ^houM
. . . . * 1 ,o csa._—^.1
■Stay away from the polls” East Pettigrew ftraet.
N..
hurled at tne colored citizens
of this city by the outlawed
Ku Klux Klan, the Negroei went
to the poll.« today* and }>iled up
the liugest^ ratfe votes’ ift MianjlV ^o.Jad.’'’
history.
It was the occasion of t h*e
democrntic' primary In . which
candidaica for city co^mlrmVion-'
era were running for nomina
tion.
On the night previous, fifty
carloads of the hooded ^tribe
had paraded the , city treets
b)fning crosses, displaying effi-
►iesi of Negroes, and otherwise
On an effigy of a Negro hang- ^Ity
ing to a tree, this rign waa plac ^Hffin was n^bb-
ed upan its back, “This Negro *** lower part of the
abdomen after, an argume it said
■ to hav« ^own out of a love
. Je arowfl of wMtas wh« haJ|^aff«ir,”“ ■
gathered around tha polls wer*
di(q>ersed by Polfca Chief
Immediately after the tt»bb-
keeping with hi. pro- wounded young'
quickly di
in . _ . _ ' • j .. ,
mise to the Negro Service Lea-.™*" ^
gae that there would no djaord- Monday
NAACP-
SLilPS LAD
FOR SITTMfi
ON FEROEIi
DU&HAM, N. C.—A wmmat
M* b««il mmon vut asakM
Polica Offiear S«afcock ar a>-a*Mtt
^ Amdraw Grmlwaa, m
eoiortd key af lOlt Sant auaait,
iaat Wedawday aft«nio«B.
Th« aaaeelt tMA flaca ii tii«
HftAis P*et«ry, let Pm-
ilik atraci, wiMra tiM b''*’ waa
«aa[^*yat.
M'
Sam. Solomon e^tfniailed that
morWng.
The altercation took
ATT’Y M. H. THOMPSON
Who has bean highly influen
tial in rarivlng tha acU^ltiea of
^ • I the local branch of the Xationai
place Association for the Advanaa-
over one thousand Negroes vot- Sunday wight, ment of Colored Paopl*a and
ed'lln the primary and said that the ca*e who will as Attorney far the
attempting to intimidate Negroe.i the^ demonstration only served crimes, little could be NAACP represent Andrew Gm-
in" their efforts to keep them to 'inspire the qaalifie^l Negro occupants ol tfife ham in the pro»*c«tiai\ of tha
awajY . irom the polls. Cards were j voters.
Please turn to page eight
ASSAIL DETROIT POLICE
BRUTAUTY
DETROIT, Police brutality in
Detroit was challenged this week
by a permanent conference re
cently set up and repre'«nting
27 white and Negro organiza
tions.
BOSTON, Mass.,—-Mias Leles-
tine Johnson, art teacher and
socialite, has recently announc
ed her engagment to Irwin ' T.
Dorch, nationally known attor
ney.
Mis? Johnson, who caijue..here
from Durham, North Carolina, treat both Negro
where she was art teachar in
the high gchool there., has irceiv
ed much commendation tor her
piiintings, they having^ hung in
some bf the mo^t famous art
‘ naileries in the (fSuntry. She i?
the daughter ‘,of^ the late James
Johnson ad Mrs. Oliver Johnson
I of Howland street, Roxboro, N.
C.
Mr. Dorch, beside being a
famous attorney, is head of the
local branch of the NAACP of
,jKo»ton.
MACP
To Hold
The conference was formed at
a recent meeting called by the
Detroit branch of the National
AaaoftMitlnB- leg tha Adiianccment
of Colored People following a
wave of public resentment over
treatment citizens picked up by
the Detroit police.
Aa proof that the police mal-
and white
citizens, Dr. James McClendon,
local NAiACP president and
chairman of the conference,
cited the case, of Jesse James
and Oscar Grant, who were
cruelly Ibeaten, and of Fiank
Mielke, white and ha]^ bHnd,
who rayjived th« trek'l^
ment.
Man lynched
By A
ngry
.1.
DAYTONA LYNCHERS
ARRESTED FOR
MURDER "
police
him.
offcar who ' a^AuUed
QL1
‘S
'A«e»nifa)f to wllwaasi, t h •
boy waa itttiiic •• tha
al ti* oAcnr'a emr at Um tte«
Saaft»ock. who wma ia eMMM
clothara, waikacf Makiac aa‘
iaaaltina rataark ifa th* aifatt
he dldnl mast no N.„„. !
Mt^f OB lUa ear, tha^ofii^
Andrcwa to tika Mangaai
aoniC£ aadar t^ prataa«a that
ha goiac to anaat Iriw. A
’ B0HM»0t latar, howavar, h« ra-
!«aaa4 tha bar, Aadraw ntmrm-
tnf to ^ha^bay- wha»a ha apiafc
ad. Tha offiaar, appvkntly aot
utiafiad, followed Andraw.
Onea inaida tha ahoa factary,
tha officer proeaadad to fiinff
Vila and abuaiva langvaga at
Andrewa, wh« ofl«r»d no rctalia
tion aeither by- wo^ nor me* an.
A'ncerad by tha boy’« aiUbea,
Officer Saabock at ruck tha boy
a tarrifie blow to tha tt«*pla.
Tha ioipact floored Andrew.
Wharh Aarfraw aroaa, tha oilieer
aaid, **New (o .gat a warrant.”
Among tha eyawitoea^*)^ to
tha fray ware tha ^w« Medlina,
father and Ion, and J. E- Praaa-
ler, watch^mith, all of wham ara
whita. Bowavar, tha witncaaca
aoteCaatlata and corrubarata
the above facta
Mra. Graham, mother of Aa-
draw aleng with a loeal civic ^
orgaaization, haa eiv|,luvad tha
servicea of - Attorney M. Hugit .
Thomp«oo to proaecata tha
.>(Beer. * ^ ’
It ta tha opinion of Attorney
ThoinpaaD that such diaplaTa ^
baabansiB s^aM ha ttoopad
and ha intends to prea- t»»a caaa
ta the limit.
SPEAKER
MISS CDARA DOUGLAS
“Miss Hillside”
who will relinqins her crown ,on
May 12 to the winner of the
“Misf" Hillside” Contest which
is now under way.
NINE PIEDMONT COUNTIES
•HOLD GREENVILLE MEETING
GREENVILLE, S. C., County
Agmulturai Agents of .-South
CaiMfna, representing nine Pied
mo^ countie?, met here April
to to Tepoyaiund ts cheek
tltfm against the annual program
of nte
work.
DURiBA^—The local branch
of the NAACP-'planSi a icvivai
with the holding of a mass n^eet-
ing at White Rock £|aptist church
I Sunday, after/ioon.^ay 14, at
fouf o’clock.
Doctor J. N. Mills, gresident
of the local branch, pr'omiF^a. ,n
full program which should tend
to stimulate Interest in t’ na
tional organization. Ther? will
be .opeakers from the general
headqvtartera in addition to C.
C. Spaulding, M. H. Thompson,
attorney fw.-the local branch.
Attorney Qstes and-others.
Everyone is acquainted ,T#ith
the WQik of the'^ national organi
zation. Its fight for the equaliza
tion of teachers’ talary and also
the part it played in the Gaines
catfi to Tpentfam- two. These-gieafc
accomplishmenta can only he
I B U L L E T I N I
DAYTO(NiA BEACH, F 1 a.,
FLASH!—Everett 'and Earl
Blackwelder were held on
murder charges today after
a coroner’s Jury found they
“did wilfully kil^ Lee
Snell, Race taxi driver.
The brother*, who had been
in hiding since the lyn^in^
of Snell so they could attend
th^ funeral of a younger
brother accidentally killed
by Snell’s taxi, surrendered
after the services yester
day.
niii2i Tlim
NEW YORK, (Special to ih.
TIMES 1—Oecretary of the la- ^
terior Harold lekea branded
the “ne4bai)barisst” of fasctam
ifl a vigyouB attack upon Maai
rafa superiority theories in an '
Kalfigli .UPhas
PrescDl Prol.
UeDHi)urg
sober, honest and industrious
family man. All who knew him addreaa here befora tha AaMvi H. C. (St^C C«*-
a^e that he was. every way a can Quiid for Garman Cultural re^ndetitX'—To as eatnu*iaatie
gentleman.
LYNCHERS KNOWN ' “
Immediately after the buy
was pronounced dead, Harvey
Blackwell, brother of the boy
riiahed Worn the hospital mutter
ing threata.
Several hours later ;^nell was
dead- . ;
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Fre«4^ at the Waldorf Astoria aadlence which nearly packed
Hotel. The addreaa w a a the Greenleaf Chapel Sonday at
broadcast over the NBC IBtia Shaw uniTara^, Balaigh, Prof.
Network. Alphonaa Henincburg, a.iaiataat
to tha pxarident of North Caro-
. In certain couatrlaa 5n Eur, ^
opo today, countrtea that onca !
were the homes of ealighten-
MORE LETTERS ' URGED ON
ANTI-LYNCH BtLL^
WASHINGTON D. C.—In
creased letter writing by the vot
era back home ia needed to ggt
ment,” Ickea said, “it m the
fashion' or ahall I describe it a>>
an ignis fatuua, tha mmn'n light
of a dictator to iaaiat that cul
ture ts> the yroduetlon of a pure
race, particularly ;the q^iai'y
designated pure ratia.”
He attacked -tha non l»rharian
PROP. WM. H. GBA _
*Whose recent address on the
Imminent N«eds of the N«gi>«
to the Women’s Eusih^tai, Lea
gue of l^onroe Loui*ian(i « n’hite
group of ovef^ one hundred
mentbera is being hailed as a
si/rnificant step in better raee
relation^^for tt^e section. ikHe
pointed out the Negro's need
for political, economic
i«uoi^B3np» pua
SBpport -^--alt
All ara expt>eUTS %o present
repeated through whole hearted jiit thU wftting.
DAYTONAJBEACH^ F 1 a.
(Special to the TIMES)-—Be-
eaaae his automobjle accidently
atruck. and killed a white bicyc
list, Lee Snell, colored taxi c&h
driver and Word War veteran,
was wrested from the custody
of Constable James Durden by
three armed men and >»hot to
death around seven thirty Satur^
day evening. ,
The accident victim, Benny
Blackwelder, 1:2, waa^ killed vai-
most 'hatnntly when the b^ycle
on ^hfch he was riding dashed
auddenly in the wake of Snell’a
machine at the busy interaec-
tiorf of Second and Keeck *t*.
Snell stopped his car within
'■'^ftiirty five feet of the impact
ng ittack to offer tha boy aa-
sia^nce and awaited tha arrival
of arresting officw^j.
IJSEFUL CITIZEN .
He waa '■«up(po^^ Aaii%
tran.»ferred t«-M^«^^nt»^ail at
De L^nd when he waa^ takai|
from ’the offieara. Pain, agoft^
and fear distorted th«^fa^>«i | DR, fRAl»^GftAiII^
the lynch vi(^tlBa'/acc^ij^ng ta ^ President of tha Univeraitjt
those who the body kafora ^ ©{ North Carolina, will speak at
ft waa^ removed to tha Bathuna th4 ?r«jiyterian church o a
Undertaking conpany. I Pina street Sunday afternoon
.. Xaa,Aw »^~fmr o’clock. Tha antir® p&blie
driver hera from th* pofitt of ^|| ^kl3 4b Ifcr on liiiSI” to
aerriea and waa ft r«»pacteii, thia ma>ter|al apaakvr.
Rrepreaentativea in Congress to ^ interpretation of hiatory that
aign the discharge petition |10 ^ culture ia the product of a fura
nii the Gavagan anti lynching raca, with tha consaqueace aa
bin, it wa«* announced here. ~3lc^toriany atateci, that evary
...I, . ^—- I other race and couiftry is infar-
GUEST
56
Bipcfs New.
nioat prae^cal, electrifying adi-
draea of hia entire career. It was
the aecaaion of the anaaal
**Educa^on For Citiaenahip
Campaign of tha Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity wjfli PU Laat-
bada and i£#ta Bho ehaptara a^
ing aa aponaera.
ATLANTIA, Ga. (SpaeiaD—-
The tru?teea of Morehouae eol-
leffe will ammble hara this
afternoon in Salea Hall to elact . ,
a president to
Samuel ' Howard Archar, ratiraii
and who now aaaumaa tlM tit(a
of president ameritua.
Candidates for tha post, of
whom ara fbraar gradoataa at
Morehouae, ara H. Council Tm
holm, president of Alaba^
State Taachara collefa of Hoat-
goniery; Acting Praaid&t C. D.
Hubert, who has •> suecasafnny
conductad toa iastitutioa alaea
tha ratiraaaat oi" Or. Ar^ar;
7otm'Haf«, - tURrmHf
Pl^ssa t«im %o ptg*
Utiag tha canspaigB sel^aa al
A Voteleaa Paopla la A lloya-
laaa Paople” aa^ hia theme, Prol.
'Heni^burg be^raB Ma (Kacouraa
.. jiviay-■ lilai^irt !>■■■#”-a- -fc—-
graund of damocraeiea. Proea
ancient Graaea to goveraaaaat
aa it is today, the ipaakar ahow-
td tha advantages the demoeya.
eie« hold avary otiiar foraaa of
gev(|i;nncnt. *
Barly in hia^ diaeoara Praf.
Beningburg painted out why tha
fratantity aanlahad frma ite
eaaipaign of fonsMr yeara which
waa “Go T» High School. .
Go To CoUagi.** Said Pr«f. Hen-
Ingfcarg, , “Tha Nagra yaatlk
aaamlncl3r had eaught that «:•-
Ion ao the frataniity^- '
a caaapaign whiek waitld a#act
tha raee ap a whola:
CAN ba obtained, by pnxay aaa
of ^a hallokf* . ^
eottM %a obtaiaed thrauj^ wKr
inar> tha cpaakair did aat pictara
thia aa baing aa aai^ taak; tka
N««ra moat takad thoM tUaga.
«A «oWj doaa a»t giva aufiK."
aaid the ipaakar, “Yoi*»a to
Ut taka it. Hm dawetaeiaa ara
net fotag to giva as anytUag
k«t ara c«a laka tint ky #a*«a
but mmnimmt aar lighl
fraaekisa.”
Tha aaad for • tMm0^
fwrtlbar wt*m whta Praf.