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't ■ . I ■ ■ ^1 c4iidy^ tiittf •>. m Supreme Gourt Blocks Attempt Of Violation WASHINGTON, D. C'—Th* Juiticfe Frankfurter, tli« •tUan>t of th« lUt* of OUk- koua dodce • UniUd St«t«i MifKiB# coart decision in winc;h oatlawed the grandfathM' clauM is iu cantritution w*i in tnfii outUwtS b; the United Statca supreme court here May at.. NN court r«e, Okla.; and Jamea Nalirit, k professor in tha Howard sitjr law school. Aji^ickta co«n sel who prepared the brfif in the caM were: ThUrgood Mar shall, assistant legal coiinMl ^f the NAA^CP; Charies Hous ton, and Leon A. Ransom, of the Howard ani^rsfty w ^school. Cm* Com Back to 1914 This caie had its birth in the I old grandfather claua cases of **' ~~1914 whareby the conititution f crux o t e present con-1*^ «eve«l ^.!.«th«r trojersy is the vafidity of .trtct edncation- re*«trat.on scheme, with it*. , „ualifications for voters un- dmd.ng line between wh»te | they, could prove that their c.t.zens who had voted ^*ndfather claun. prior to Guinn v. United States ipra HOME ICCmOMICS DEPAKTaIENT OF BENNETT In renderiag ita opiniun in .l^ane-^'v. WilaoB, the court held tkat Oklahoma ha4 an unconsti tutional law in the 1916 utatute requiring parson who had not voted in 1914 to register with in a petfo*«of t«n days or '!lfor- aver there after lose their right to register and vote. Th, 1918 ragistratioD taw was pasead irameKately after the gran«tfathef -ekwaa was unconstitutional, and was design ifa clear that thia amendnl«iiil nu ed to catch Negroes off their Ilifies sophisticated as well as guard and thetr saffragn. ' simpte mtndad modes of dwrl* The opinion, written and d*' ' nrination. It hits onerous proce- and citizens wlio were outside it, and not more than 12 days a« the normal period or regis tration foi.Jtll* therefore pre scribed elaaa. IStk AaseadnaMt Violated Pointing out that • this was a clear violation of the fifteenth amendment which secures free dom from discrimination on ac count of race'In mafter affecting the franchise, the opinion made livarad by Mr. Justice Frankfur tar,, held that the liSth Amende ment to the Constitution “nuIU fiea aopUslkated as well ai simple minded modes of di»cri- mi*4tion.’' The ’opinion ri^pre- aentad a S-2 decision, with Jus tices McReygolds and Butler dissenting and Justice Douglas not participating. Tlta caae, which was carried to'the high court by the National Association for "*tha Advance- i»falified to vote prior to 1866 the discrimination in the con stitution was apparent and the U. S. gup#eme court in 1916 held this provision uncomtitu- tional in a case fought by t h e j NAACP. Jmmediately after this decis ion Qklahoma attempted tu get around the 15th amendment again by passing an act Febru ary 26, 1916 that all persons eligible for registration h«d to register w forever barred from registra-1 serve Legal Notice GtREENSBORO—T * a being .wera graciously received b y fanuly. “The Bennett er mates and instruc- dural requirement! which eflea- tively handicap exercise oi the franchlM by the eolored race dauserwere n o t although the atstracl > right to challeng- vote may remain ' unwricted as to ract. tion. But the act provided how-[the Home Economics Laboratory j tors. Btennett College stresses ever, that all persons who voted of Bennett College. Graduates home economics in the broader I Bennett Girls as they in turn Family" la ia an 4naoiration to the in the 1914 elections (when Ne- and former atudents returned sense to include all of the locial groes were excluded T)y t h e ^ at commencement tima and! relationships that effect L h e j become home makers. Ttav eas* which is now thrown back to the supreme court of Oklahoma, involves * 'a $10,000 law suit filed against the regis trar of Wagoner County, Okla., in 1934 by I. W. iHLane, who dlarged that he was refused ment of Coloi^d People, repre- permission to regi^r to vote in that yaar. (JfAACP attorneys who ai^- ed the case before the h’ghest tribunaf in the country werei sents the twelfth victory out of thirteen cases Carried to t h e supreme court by that organiza tion. In the opinion delivered by Charles A. Chandler, of Musko- OPCO-NEE-CHEE Self-Rising Flour mes tlw Gu9ss out of Baking aiul Save& you Money Durham Academy Of ~ Mediclnie ed on constitutional grounds in !l»34 by the I^AAiCP wh(in re- ^iatratioB was refused J. W. Lan e. , ■ Officials of the ed out that the court’s i&cision can be haile^ not only as a great gain for Negroes because it establishes their right to vote under the fifteenth amendment to the Conititution, but it also gives a broader interpretation to the so called Civil War amend ments. Not only is the right to vote^tablished by the old grand father, cases and the right to vote ijx primaries established by the-i^as'primary cases, a 1 1 handled by the NAiACP, but now the right to ^.register has been est^shecj. ~~~ NAACP VictorU* Twelve out bf thirteen cases carried to the-^ U. S. Suprema Court by the l^MACP have been won. This record exte^dji fver j a period of almost twenty fivt years from 191i5 to date. | The first case in 1915 a(ract down as unconstitutional t h grandfather clauses which ,wera used to disfranchise Negroas in many states. _ ..._ The second case declared tha Louisville segregation ordinanfia ^ unconstitutfonal in 1917. Thi* t - * i_ oruinafnce similar to- those in WAlSH'INGTON, D. C, (Special Mitchell, President, Industrial First Lady ; EndorsesMural For Anderson TRUSTEE SALE OF LAND NORTH CARdLINA DUaHIAM county. UNDEH AND BlY VIRTUE of the power conferral upon tha Truitas in a certain dead of trust dated May 12th, 19tS, executed by Bobert Mason (Wi dower) and duly recorded in the Office of tha RegUter of Deeda for Durham County in Beok of Mortgages 209 at page 407; Default having been made in the payihent of the smic, the undersigned will offer for. sale ,a^l tha Courthouse door in Dur ham, North Carolina, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, on MONDAY, JUNE 19th, 1939 at 12 o’clock noon, the following described land, to i&eGINNING at a stake in the Southwest intersection of Spauld ing Avenue (now Concord St.) and running with the Western edge of Spaulding Avenue, Soutb 2 deg. Q'6’ West 81.7 feet to an iron stake; thence Narth S7 deg. 56* J West 187 feet to a stake; thence N SI deg. 45’ West 21 feet to an iron stake; thence aaid deceased to exhibit them to tka undersigned at 114 Waat Parrish Atreet, Durham, North North Carolina on ' or befera the 28rd day of May, 1940, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All par sons Indebted to said est tte will please make inunediate BAyn|^nt, Thia 23rd day of May, 1939. MiDCHANlIca AND FAP.MERS E*AjNK, Executor of the estate of Mrs. Luetta Haskins, deceas ed. _ M. HUGH TMOMPSON, A^t'y. 171.6 feet to an iron stake, in the Southern edge of Dunston Avenue; thence with the south- NAACP Drive Starts Baltimore:, Md.—a cam pai^ to raise money for t h o LegW defense fund, of the ?4kitional Association . or t h e H^XavtHegment of Culurgd-People is well under way, acdording to Mrs. Lillie M. Jackson, presid ent of the association's Balti- ern edge of the said Avenue, more branch, i^nd chairman of South S7 deg. 3i5’ East lli.S t>He fund drive. feet to the point or place of be|innit^ Same being Lot No. 3 of the plat recorded 'n Plat Book 6 at page 13 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Dur ham County. Also see deed to Robert Mason, duly recorded in Book of Deeds 81 at page 427 Durham County Registry. The fund represents a tribute to Walter White’s twenty one years of service to the associa tion. Gifts wRT be accepted ^ multiples of 21, from one cent to one dollar for each year of lervice. ___ LEO G. BRUCE, M. O. Fli/«iciaa and Surgaon 814 1 Fayattaviil* Str««t Tateiihonaa:^ IIOm j—6222 Rm. 46«4 S. M. BECKFORO. M. D, CMi^NlClLAL SURGERY ' 212 Mf^tgoBery Street Haadmr*«>> North Carolina Ofte* i—«M1 ^ R. A, BRYCE, M, 0, Dapot Street Koaboro. North Carolina Ofica Honrst ( •A.M. UA.M. ) 2 P. M. P. M, ' > ( I ' Satarday Aitamooiu ’ ^aUpibeaaa OOem 4002 Ras. 4091 J, W. V. CORDICE, M, D. GommI Svrgary Tfl 1 i FAYETTEVILLE St. Ra«. L—887) W. A. CLELAND, M. D. PHYSICIAN a>tf SURGE»i BOt»ara Eaat Pattiraw Straal « Hoars: « 8s3»—l«{SO >.2 8i3»--7 Talari teaai (Mem F 4021 Raa, J-1634 ..t' ‘ t ‘ ■. "fl* I ' 6r, n. h. «ordice DENTIST 120 1-2 Soatb Mangnn Street Offiee Hdnrs •—3. »—7 Tdapbo'M Oj^taa F-2801 D. J. M, WJBBAHD • DENTIST N. C. IfctMl B«iUlag Otte* Ha«ra »-1 2iS0 fiS0 ■veittags aa^ 8«a4ayi aweiatawt DOCTOR M. C. KING OFFICE PHONE 28S—6 RESIDENCE PHONE S49—1 frani^jMnton, N. C. Djit. V. W. LOVE ! DENTIST Warraa-Stmdwlek Bailding Office Hoar* TaiaphoM J 8871 ' J. N. MILLS, M. D. Physician and purgaon Office 106 1-2 Parrish Street Special attention to Bisaasas ol Women TraiMfl.Innrsa ia attendance ‘DR. E, P. NORRIS DENTIST 707 .1-2 FayatteTilla Streat Hoars 9—1 2—HI 4—7 Tal^haaaa Office J—8321 Rae. J—8042 R. P, RANDOLPH, M. D. Physician and Sargaoa 312 Dawd Street Offiea Hawra •—10. 3«-4. 8—7 Talaphenaa Offica N—«ail Ras. N—8562 I. E. TURNER. M. D, UNTERMIST ^ 6Tb' ifajrattaviHa Straat / Offiea l^2M J—«884 OeilTIST N. C. M«ti^ JMUtmg 3, S, THOMPSON, tu. D. Pbyslcian i 709 1.2 F^ettavilla St. Tai^iAoaaej Offica L—2841 Res. 1^8621 T ~ , ^ ELLIS E. TONEY. M. D, IBS Oxford, Kordi CaroUna other cities prohibited whites ‘o t*»e TIMES—^:xpressing ap- and Negroes from living ir the pr°val of the drive fund for a some districts. : Mural commemoxating Marian The principle that a trial do-'-A^^deraon’s Easter Sunday Con- minated by mol^violence is but .c*rt, Mrs. Roosevelt recently as- a mask and a (^Kial of duo pro- serted in k«r column, M\ DAY, eess was established in -1923 in “this seems to me a fine several cases growing out of occasion to CMMJiemorate and the iSaiag, Arkansas riots. fa *«?« his (Edward Bruce’s) Negro sharecroppers were sen- ^ idea will meet '^frith an enthusia- tenccd to death and 67 for long response.” - priion terms _at trials d^inat-j organised by Edward Bruce, ed by mobs. These men wer* ^tjon of Fine freed by this decision and the precedent of due procasa es tablished. This precedent has been used in many later cases including the famous Scottsboro appeals. In 19-26 the New (Jrlaans se gregation ordinance similar to the ‘ Louisville one was declared unconstitutiorial in ff Memoran dum opinion. The first Texas primary case in 1927 established the right of Negroes to vote in {he l»iimary PERSONAL'CIUN^ l ARRANGED AT, \ Time Applied For •98 To $80 LOVE A CO. BROKERS 202 Depositor* National Bank " Phono L-1831 Arts, Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, the Marian Anderson Mural Fund Comipitteo is appealing thrf* youth of the country for contri-, butions of pennies, nickels and dines with which to defray the Expense of' executing and instil ing the Interior Department a Mural Depicting Miss ' Ander son’s here. Adults as well as school children and other young people are invited to send contributions either individually or through their organi^tions to the Com mittee’s treasurer, Jesse H. as well as tile general nlection and held unconstitutional a Tex as statvfte which excluded Ne groes from the Democratic pri maries. In 1930 tfta KichmcWd, ^a. segregation ofSla&ce similar to th# Xouisville ordinance, was Bank with Us by Mfiel No ONE ever found the "pot of Gold" irt the end of the rainbow. Make your own pot of gdd. Bank and save part of the money you earn. You can bank by mail with us and sa>w yourself th# i^ouble and expense of coming to our bank. START SAVING REGULARLY NOW We W e T c o me 7^ 6 u r Ba.^kinq Business Talo^anM l^MUt *OBea 4«l f3 Durham Raletgh Bank of Washington, D. C. Under the caption, "A Mural Painting of an Unforgettable Scene,” Mrs. Roosevelt wrote in her column: ' - A letter from Mr. Edward Elruce, Chief of the Section of.. Kames of the contributors, fKtiTo -11 **”• ®«*d, will be re- THIS SALE will remam open j ^ for ten days to receive to crease ^rgee for Mr. White. Checks or bids, as required by law. THIS PROPERTY is ..4d at Le^al De fense Fund she added. Mrs. Jackson pointed out that branc^^ of the association the request of the R^Tder of said note. Dated this 17th day uf May, 1989. i E. R. MERRICK, Trustee M. H. THOMPSON, Attorney Kine Arta in the Treasury De- ^ ' partment, tells me of a projact ^ . which he is starting. He was so | EXECUTORS’ NOTICE impressed by the tinging of NORTH CAROLLNA, ^ America by Marian Anderson in ' pURflAM COUNTY. Front of the Lincoln Memorial j OB Easter Sunday that he felt ' HAVING QUAUFIED as ex- the solemnity. Grandeur and ecutors of the estate of Mrs. challenge of that moment should Martha Merrick late of Durham be captured for pog^erity. .County, this is to notify all per- ' sons having claims against the Ha is raising a fund which he estate of said deceased to ex- is asking every youngster who j,ibit them to the undersigaleil can afford it, as well as their executors at Che North Carolina elders, to contribute pennies, nickles and dimes, fa ttEde£..tO, have a mural painted of what he considered an unforgettable scene. This seems to me a fine occasion enthusiastic response. LOCAL SONGBIRD THRILLS BiNNETT AUDIENCE GRBENSBIORO, N. €.—Mrs. Mabel Jackson, coloratura so prano, delighted her audience on Thursday night whon she was presented in formal recital by Dr. R. Nathaniel Dctt at Bennett College. Mrs. Jnckson has been a special student of music at the college during tha Mutual Building, 114 W. Fairish j^jsas4^.rOr P. O. Box 201, Dur ham, North Carolina oi^ or be fore the lOtfi day of Jtay, 1940, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate win please make immediate payment. This lOtli day of May, 1930. E. R. flEHRICK " and C. H. D(&NEiLL, EXECUTORS. M, H. THOMPSON, Att’y. dclared unconstitutjonal in a year. She was accoropanicd at Please tnim o page 7 the piano- by Dr. Dett. * WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR HAIR inSES ITS GOLdR LOOK for this RID BOX A%k LAllllY-Uft Urieuse Gives Quick Results...Hair Tliat Is Evenly Colored, Silky-Soft and Alluring How iqaoy times baye you fy admired the ileek i^od richly colored hair of persons'* wJ>om~ you chanced to tee oritieft? How many times have yoo sMd (to yourself)* “Gee—I’d give tnj^ thing to havQ hair 'Uka thatT’ WeUr YOU CAN... through a •i|nf4e application of Go«Jefrojr'« Larieuse. e This qaick-actipg, esiy-to-usa hair coloring magically trans forms dull, spiritless—yes, even gwjr Aofr—with new li£s and beauty! Your bur ’ onc& fegain will be uniCormly coloffiil^wlll j ^eaea likotUfen tbresdsr-Yon^ look years younger. Get Larieuse M^-*-iook lovely toniglitl NORTH CARQUNA, EXECUTOR’S . NOTICE DURiteVM COUNTY HAVING QUALIFIED as Ex ecutor of the estate of Mrs. Luetta Haskins^ late of purhaTH County, North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of wmch are unaible to send dela- gates to the annual conferenca at Richmond, may send envelop- es with names of “the contribu tors as amount contributed by brtTnch to Mrs. Lilljfe^M. JacksoTi 1216 Druid Hill Aveiipe", Balti more, Md. " .... Mrs. Jackson will announce the results”of the drive at a birthday luncheon for Mr, White. , •' / 87,000 Sip Lyncli Petition NEW YORK—More than g7, 090 signatures to ^titlons urg ing passage of a federal anti- lynching bill, b&ve been veceiyeCf at the headquarters of tne Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People to date, officials said today. Representative Carolina O’Day ^ ' Congresswoman at large for New York, fssuedj a ^statement ^ today saying that she had Yeceiv- ed numerous letters urging her to sign the Gavagan peliiioh. Miss O’Day signed the. petition several weeks ago. Yon can travel anywh^re^any 4y •. .^n th«' OVTHEKN in coaches at • -t Per Mile (oi ooch mili* traviilcHd If your daaltr do«i not have If^und (BO .Ktro ■ I HAIR COLORING pMtag*) iif«ef »o ^ •ODinOT MANUMCnmiNO COMWANV • SIIO OUVI fT. f ff. MUM, NW Roxmd iMp Tickets ^ ^ Good In Sleeping and Pa^lar Care on payment of proptt- «hargee for apace occupied rSR MIliEa^rOR EACH MILE TRAVELED ] On® Tickets Good in SUeping and. Parlor Cara on payment of i^opai cj^ar^fee.foT apaea •eeiipiad. ^ rSB MILE# rp» SAOR MlbB TRAVELED i .V ^ , / ' AlB*CatiMaiMi OMchae mm Aae^fli IMna ^ «iiiOT_nn MrsTT or traim travel SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
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