INpR
Gov. Leaves
State Prior
toExecution
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—T h e
bitter fijht which h^d tnken
th« cale of Babbles Clayton
•nd Jiirt X. Carrutheri .fhroufth
the court* for four yuan and
brough^ thouianda of nr teits
from all over ^^merlca climaxed ^
in tha jixecution of th« two
framad men July 5th.
Tha execution eatae Ifter a
eomplicated aeriea of »un-a
round! by Arkanaaa' two cbief
exeeutivea, Governor Carl
Bailey and Lieut.' Governor 'Bob
Bailey. Besi^gred during a visit
to New York toy protests again
st the death of. the two young
men the governor promised to
hold hearings on his return to
Llttl# Rock. However, when he
returned, he successfully evaded
all delegations , of lib^fal and
Negro organiaations for two
days, then he abruptly left for
Washington. Meanwhile, Bob
tooir the posititm that it
would be “uBethical” j.,for him,
to hear any review . f A** e case
or to postpone tne executions
txeept on request of the gover-
U was announead by prison
oiTicials that Cafruttlefs had
“confessed” ft few moment* be
fore hia dfRth—an announee-
ment that was immediately
hailed by the lieutenant gover
nor a* the “^eat answer" to the,
individuals and organizations
who had Hooded his office with
demands. Attorneys for tiie
young men and jofficials foi’ the
MAACP, however, regarded the
purported confession with seri
ous dotb*,* iJolntlng out that the
entire trial- record was a maze
of inconsistencies and prejudi
cial coBditions. No newspaper
men heard the ull^ied * Late-
meht from CarruHiers. Clayton
died protestinS his innocence.
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DiWHAM GJtOtnP WILL VISIT
LOST COLONY
VOLUfcflE 19
NUMftER 20
DORHAM. FORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY; JULY iSiS I93»
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
CONTINUES
ASSAULT CASE 25th TIME
COMIMCNCEMENT
SPEAKER
Hearing Set Again
For July 18; Sues
For $5,000
—_ — .
Suit for 15.COO damages was • struck Wilson in the eye and
against I continued to l^b him about
the head and face while another
person in tb* cafe held, hands.
One of th« blows is alleged to
have landfd in the left vye of
Wilson, knocking, it completely
o«t^ .
SUES FOR DIVORCE
DRf FRANK GRAHAM
\President of the Greater
University of North Carolina,
who made the commenctment
address at the closing oT t h e
first National^ Red ctoss'^Aqua-
tic School which closed ten
day session* with exercises at
the North -Carolina College
Tuesday evening, July 11.
About j forty members of the
WFA Community School Chorus
will join the largs crowds which
will Journey to Manteo North
Carolina July 21 to take part
in the annual observance of
Negro -Education Day,' to .visit
historic Port Raleigh and to
witness another performance of
Paul Green’s “The Lost Colony.’’
This chorus is directed by
Miss Harriette Howard whose
Arrangements are heard when
ever the groug is heard. They
sing weekly over station WDNiC
and have endeared themselves
to the listeners in this area with
their hei^tfelt rendition* f
spirituals, and camp^ meeting'
tunes. ^ :™.
The clifiracters^ will assume
such laugh provoting names as:
Rev. LiJardJ Knot Jackson, Miss
Snickle'-Fi'it^ .Bi.siter Full Bosom
iSirnoji P.ejtttr, [ “Itaslus L o w
Down, Low Life, Sister Hard
House,’ Salmon Smonie, r> n d
dozens of others. The feading
roles will be ^ken 'by C. C.
Reaves, William Cooke, Pennie
Rogers, L. W. Lyons, Miss How
ard, Mrs. Fannie Jones, Callie
TiSey, Rosa Brown, D o b a
Thompson. .
, Soloists will bo Cicero Reaves
! !
and Mias Came JelTers.
Songs which ,have, re-.
quested ^o be stjng >by the j.horus
which is popular with, the listen
ers of station iWDNCrf are: I’m
Trampin’ Jacolj’s Lat|der, *^i?iild
not Hear Nabody ,Pray, Certain
ly Lord, Swi^g Low Sweet
Chariot, Steal Away, Wade in
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE de Water, (Xheme Song), All
PFFERS CWPHANACE BAND numbers used by the-chonis are
^ AS LYCEUM NUMBER arrangements of the .director
t Miss Harriette Howtord.
Band nays
N.C.
WPA
Chorus
low
I The Community ^ School
Chorus under the direction of
Mtir 1fan1ett« “ Howard wiH
present at the East End School
pn Dowd Street a delightful
comedy called the “Slabtown
Convention” Friday n,ight July
14. This will be a representation
of the old fashioned convention
which will be_^ atteni^ed b y
comically dressed el3ers and
brothers and sisters.
filed here JVednesd^ay
William F. Adcock, employe of
Adc«ck’s cafe located on Farris
street and Julius S. Adcock,
proprietor of the cafe. The
action was 'brought by LeRoy
Wilson, Negro employe ^ a
local white hotel through his
attorney C. J. Gates, well known
lawyer of this city, after Wil
son had suffered the loss, of his
left eye a» the result of a blow
struck him by William F. A4:;^
cock.
, According to Wilson he went
to the cafe to purchase two
orders of , chicken for some
guests of the hotel where he
worked, 4)ut Instead was given
orders of fried chickfen, Wilson
says he refused- to take the or
ders and an argument -tfollowed
between the cook and 'himself.
During the course of the prgu-
ment WiJllam F. Adcock came concensus of opinion seems to
up and..,^ted that he could there is a questionable
settle the dispute. reason as to why Judge" Brrland
, has refused to render’ a Judge-
After the passing of ■several
words between Adcock and Wil
son, Adcook is alleged! to have
Wilson swore out a warrant
for Adcocl who was airested
in February. Since that time
Judge A. H. Borland ot t h e
local recorders court, for one
t«a?.oii_. or another, has continu
ed the case for 26 times.* The
hearing has now toeen set for
July iSui, making nearly
six m o n t h s the attorney
far Wilson J»as been trying .to
get a verdict in the case.
The unnecessary delay in the
action has caused quite a Bit of
criticism to be hurled against
tiie locAl rwM’dera court t>y ^
members of both races. ’The f
toct oi ijyrij
on
LIE^UT, LAWttEXCE A. OXLEY
who was named*' chief f f.«
Negro Flact-ment Service, Divi
sion of Special Service, United
States Employm«'nt Service ir
the Socis! Security Agency, ef
fective Jiily X 1339. Tlrls is t
t p In la^ M'atine i4'ialifisd'
n t(!>- a.,;m"n‘ •rtttvT*
"■i -wnn'i '.f ".i^e ' ’ ral ageo-
. aut- . . !. • President '
R iosevvl; an’-l “ ■ y apprcw-
etl by r«-n-f*r 'iTORY"-
N J»A E _ _
GILMER W. THOMPSON
Popular young cosmetologist
of Durham, who on Wednesday,
July i2 filed' with the clerk of
superior court suit f‘>r divorce
against Mrs. Thelma Taylor
Thompson. He asks for divorce
on- ground* of two year? ««-Dara
tion.
Please turn to ( eight
CoBtestRoundlngjir
Final Stretcli
SI.JiwpllS.S.
Pkiik To Be
Held Fi'idiiv
l^e annual Sunday School
Picni^ of ' jSt.' '"-ifeseph’s AME
Sunday^^Sc^igg^ WTtt* by held at
tiie colored Munipip^l- Park in
The Oxford- Orphanage Band
under the direction of Madison_,_ATTENPiNG CONVENTION
Lennerd presented a short
musicale Monday, July 10, in the
B. N., Duke Auditorium at North
Carolina CoHegft.' /
The noi^ers rendered >*fere:
TVs Foothall Mprch, Mierry
Bells,
Widow Walt*, 'f Jnjgre
The Farmer’s, inji the l)ell, The
Vocal' Quartette song,' . O 1 d
Arks a Moveriit and All
The Nig^it. ‘
Miss Eunice A. Scurlock and
others lefe Wednesday to aj^-
tend the three day- seMlon of
the New Hope Sunday 4^ebK>l-
convention in Chapel Hill.
f-
Baleigh, Friday July i'21. Pro-^
visions are being made ^f»o r
. accammQilatiens of n ]* t
St. Joseph’s paretits and
children, but .parents and child
ren of other , Sunday Schools
are invited. The picnic Com
mittee is composed of W'-
Rryant, Mrs.- D. Jiordan, Mrs.
side their special Five-D a y Warren, Mrs. SlilTs and
toiir' which includes all expenses ' tj,e Supt. D. B. Martin, The
for the duration of that perio^l jg planning to have
ItWtfy TWO MORE
'APPEARANCES BEFORE
FINALS ON DOCKET
jfor only $26.00, they are oiler-large inumber of, teachers as
With the appearance of the.'ing a Three-Day tour for only * ^ell as" adult m'umbers of the
Bathing Beauties at the swimm- $16.00 and a Seven Day lour Sunday School in attendance so
ing pool last Friday night, the] for only $36.00. ^ gg to give ample supervision to
contest definitely ' roumied the J '"Tiie second prize will be children whose parents find
stretcTi and ^leadBd foir -c h-e'given in ««»h while Belk-Leggett inconvenient to aflend. Buses
finish. _ ■ —.'and company will donate the I trucks have been chartered
It was a glorying spectacle, third. Remaining six tributes go as to make the transpo^ta-i
that Friday night presentation -will like\rise be in cash. reasonable as oossible
FAB TUCKER TO PLAY fOR fpj. the children and parents.
FmALS
provide
GOLDSBORO, N. C. (Specia )
—The State Sunday HSehtml and
BYPU Conventions of North
Carolina will meet in the regu- '
lar annual 3 day session at
Goldsboro, N. C. beginning
Tue.sday Aucrust 9 and continu
ing through tlhe 11th. The
Calvary Ebptist Church, Rev. I
iB. J. Johnson, pastor, wili en-'
tertain these two great statej^
wide- Bapt|?t A u x.‘ Conven-(
!;ions 'beginning Tuesday August j
8-11- .
A large number of delegates |
both of the ministers and laiety j
of the Church is expectcd to
attend this meeting. A program
has^ been arranges! that will be
full of inspiration and informa
tion centered aroVd the pen- ' t» “be held | i,.,e prup sett ex, eiiaioa «f th«
I^CC Aquatic i
Schoot
7
*fhe first national aquatic woultJ be used a-« a pe-tt**,n iat
eral theme "■Cooperativ'e Train years history of or-Lro-s uqiuiic aebooi system,
ing for Church Service.” ganized Red- Cross life saving j .jt.ehicca ^uuinier cours-
Experts both in the field of ti>day %l»>sed at the N o r t h I ej ate now . pciuuiig in s(r*t«-
Sumhiy ScHtitJ *. n d .Carqlina College for NegT(»s ^ ol I h e
Young People’s'Work will be in
tuuiury. , -i.-.*
“1 fffcl coitfident." Mi. Eatoo
said, "tiial w.th the ^splendid
start enJoyed in this first scUeol
People’s'Work will be in students -£>ceived
charge of gtudy Courses lead- certificates for life saving and
ing toward certification in these ^**’?t aid.
I I'he course, run over* a ten
iSevprsI dstingnished BaptHt day period f«r students ffpm , to t h •
laymen and m.msters are sche. ^g statc-s and the District of | .de.^y.u.nt of Negro
inspuational Columbia was b.jught to wlose j
instruc-
in a ceremony -Tuesday night
saving and first aid
July 11 in %hich certificates
were presented by Dr. Jame^ E-
Shepard,, president of thf^^oll-
nddresses.
Gutstanding features of the
program will inciud» a Drama
tic Exhibition depicting Pro
gress Jn Religious Education
and Training under the Unified'
Program. A panel discussion
wiir bB conducted toy' Revr ^O.
'Bullock, Rev. C. E'. McLes-
ter. Rev. J. W. Harristoh,'-RW.
L. Nicholas, ReV. J. ^ Houze
and Mr. Spearman of the Sou
thern Baptist Board.
eg«--'whi«h sponsored th*; event
"fjifrith th* Red Cross.
Ramone ' Eaton, , Red Cross
field instructoiT"who"' "served^ «s^
director, of the new school, stat
ed that additional sdhools of
this type would .fee esta'jlished
throughout the country. The
local school, he pointed out.
of sephia pulchritude. In slieer
gracefulness the heauties “wafk-
ed the full length of the pool,
. ^ I TTfe facilities of the Muuici-
hat was once the famous. d i'‘ v,
under the glaring lighj:3 and to ' coital City Aces and has now
the crack of the apnouncer’,a been reorganized i«jto the swimming pools, merry go-
voice. .A ■thrilling watfJr carnival ' even better'Fa4> Tucker and ,
preceded this affair with water- ),is Swing Band, will play for! other features w i
men Walter Warmack, Ro'bert’^^tii^, tjnals which / will be hleldl*® ta make it an ide%- [pace
Griffin,, William Pik'#, Louis'at• Hillside auditorium, Friday
Featherson arid lUgin^d Hvnni >night August 4 from eight 'till
cut participating. j 1
=^UTURE APPEARANCES 1 Aside ft
I'Tuesday night, July 18 at ]viiss'Di^l-
om
ham
To Raise N. C.
RAiUEiGH, N. C. (ANP)—
After Dean J. T, Taylor of N.
C. State college, Durham told
the state school commission
that court action migh^ result
Tiiiless the frid* di|Ferential bet
ween salaries of J colored and
white teachers
in summer courses.
iHlishment of the
t'arv.I.na si-'Tioui,
itr.
North
Eaton'
sai,d, was the result i>f care
ful prepaoition eftvering sever
al months;: (ram »
lonqr experience in directing
aquatic schools, ilr. Eat..»i de
clared he had naver dealt with
a keener cr. more earnest group
of students.
Bv gin Work On
New Mount
rnon
u
Excavation began this weak modem baptistry will be locat-
at tlie site that will be occupied ^1 above the ch"ir itand. The
reduced, the oew Mount Vernon Bapt. '^fticers’ room, secnrtary’s loom
tlie‘"^lary. committee of t h e Church; wjiich wHI cost approXi~ and pastor’s study will all oe-
commission stated Negro teach- ately ^36[000. The new, m‘"dern cupy the main fiOor.
ers fwould get a large portion structure will be loca.t?d on
In the basement there wil! be
an assennbly rupm and*s four
for a picnic. Buses and jtrucks Qf-" th^ f275,000 .available for Fine Street between Piedmont
will be leaving the churcK not teaser salary increases in the {and Enterprise. This site rooms which will be used
later than 9 „a.» ™. Friday, July ,tate. ■ ‘ , I *iL-.Si*May ■ §ch^^^^
FUTURE APPEARANCES 1 Aside ft-om the selection FMents and children are, | n^o leadiers asked that most is considered one of the best ^ planne*f_.
„ , J , for hy
eight thirty o’clock, the beau- i three well known physicians,
ties will make their bow at the ^ other exciting features will take
Regal theatre. The last of these place. “The „ Mooche," * new
a^ipearances takes place at the da^ce craze tnat’s sweeping th«
swimming paol Friday night, northern hemisphere, will be in-
July 28. An aquatic show,^ rival- -troduced by local talent, A
ing the first in originality-' will Fashion Show entitl«*d “Ladies
be atagetl by Brothers Johnson ^.yee Go7\ms” will also be pre-
Albert and Irvin; an^, George ggnted by Mi’Lady’s Dress Shop,
Amission to the affair tia fifty
pents.
Logan. ' .. ,
PRIZES " ,
As a sort of compensation
Tor representing these nine
j business concerns, the contest
ants will i6e rewarded in the
ORPHAfilS* WILL APPEAR AT
ST. JOsIpH AME CHURCH..
The quartette of the Oxford
Colored Orphanage will appear
The state does, however j following manner: In addition
8/bout $125.00 per youth, a sum to a rotindtrip to Ne\v York
too small andi too inadequate j.jjg ^jnner will also Receive, as » program at Saint Joseph
thru as compared with that allotted ; contpUments of the Booker T. { aME Church at 8:00 p. m.
each white youth. j Washington Tours, Inc., 2fli6 Sunday July 16.
urged to- be on time. Informa- of the >27i5,0~Q0 appropriation ^building locations in the clly.
tion can be abtained f^’om any jjg used foi* correcting the 30
member of- the committee or by pg^ cent differential between
calling the C-AjROLI-NIA TIMES, teachers of the two races. It
, , is'expected ftat $250r000 of
BRUD HOLLAND PICKED f6R
ALL STVIR GlAllT
GAME
During irief introductory! To provide ibetter educational ^ggt j3>5th street, New York
rmsarks Mr. Letvne'rd stressed ^ $12,000 from sympathetic North , cTity^ one of theif special Five-
ths fact that the O^hariage is Carolinians. I j)ay tours absolutely^ free of
There is a worthy cause to j charge. These tours are positive
|i, “jnnpjyi, the most economical wav of
eouid eontributs. | .|t
not a State Institutioir? ennse-,
qasnlly, fHe S'
P*wrid* for it* »«nf
Under the direction of lU(«di-
son C. Lennon the quar^tterhas
rendered programs in the lead
ing schools and churches in
North (Caroiyia and has madei
audiences. ,
Lovers of music and bo7» »nd
- girls cannot fwl to he*r' ttis
lilttiiding th# Worid'i ^ ,
rr
PITTSBURGH, (C, N A)—
Jerome Hartwell Brudi *HoHatid,
Cornell’s All AmericTa end in
1937 and 1938, has accepted an
invitation to play' with the
Eastern College All S t a' r s-
against the champion New fork
Giants, Dr. John Bairi Suther
land, coach of the All Stars an
nounced this week. The game
will be played on the night of
Sept. 7 at the Polo Grounds in
Nfew York.
the funds will be used for this
purpose.
PAUL. ROBESON BACKS
\ MOVE fOR RACE FILMS
; NEW YORK, (By Eugehe
Gordon for 0N1.4.)—Paul Robe
son this weeli indoraed the
uroject of the Gteater New
York Committee for Bfetfer Ne-.
gro Films anS" said that he
would fee happy to be ■ listed
among Its actors.
Robeson, here of numerous
Americ.iin ai^d British pictures
and of stage play« as divergent
in character as 0‘I^eil‘s, Etai-
oeTor Jon*s and Shakespere's
Othello, insisted that the situra
t’ont in Honywijod rsgmrdine
the .Nes'ro would have to h«
corrected. }
The new building- will be a
for the basement.
The
.M, „ floof'^'-wHl he elcYated.
brick structure ,.a tota^j^
seatinff capacity of' around)- The structure will be built
80&. The main auditoriuirl will col >ri!il style and will ,have the
seat 550, the balcony 200, and most j^iodern means of heating,
the choir - loft 35. The ultra- cooling, i and lightiiig.
oiing, I SI
T
Robeson io
Return to States
^ _ —_(
KEW YQRK.t (CNA)—Paul sailed for fagland to faHiH >
Robeson, famous actor and one film contrkc;t.
of the top rank concert stars, j Robeson, absent fr«Ha Asswrictt
will return to t^e New York ^ for sewst ftime*, f
^ral glfG K B r
tuanth ttr a SbBsaser 'ttsfjM
revival of "The Eaa)^r«ir'
He baa spent the past ]TMn te
and e«s««rt imk te
Earop*.
stage next season as star of the
Roark Brlixiford Jqcques Wolfe
musical ijrama, John Henry.
Signing of was annaonced this
week by producer San Byrd as
the inteiMktionally famous sUr