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K VOLUME 20 NUMBER 23 DU.IHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, JULY 29TH 1»3» NO DISCRIMINATION AT BAPTIST ALLIANCE Race Uarmdny Cited As Color Line is Broken^ (Special to tli« TIMES) ATLANTA, Qa.—As aa ex ample of the racial harmony ' charadteriving the Bapt. World Alliance holdin'^ ita sixAh annual international congress in At lanta both races have been us ing the same working facilities and hav-3 been making use of the same accommodatione.. At public meetings the delegates broke southern custom by gitt ing togsther after protests had been matJe against signs denot ing separaite sactions qf seats To r- tions. The signs were immediate Fy removed, and menubars the twa races took seats side by si«ie in various seations of the' convention .^all, Negroes also w*orked in th^TsjiWe i-«gi»tra tiun quarters with whites. The arrangement found the Rev. W. A. Duncan white eh*ir man of registration and his »taff working over oi;e- count er and-the Rev. W. W. Weather spool, Negro chairman and - his saff busy' at am>tl»r counter. ^ They' were regirtering deleg ate's of their respective races to the altiatice opening Saturday for a week of discussion and' taview o£ activities', dcfcUinea ands policies. Dr. J. H.^ KuaWbtooke of Lon don said in' comment, "a \ery brotherly spirit” is prevailing between the races and thiU, hu lipped its influence would' be widespread. - Acting as spokesman I'or the Negroes in aUtendance, Dr. C. N. Ellia said: “We are trying to express the Christian spirit in fevcrything w« doing. We are preaching Jesus- and he knew no race or color.” Religious leaders of the race ffmf 'Negro ■ had assignments for the w-orld alli- aBce Dr. L. K. Wiliams of Chicago, president of the Na tional Baptiat Convention Inc. p«eside« Siftiday when Drrtor Georgtt W» Truetfc of Dallas, Texas president of tha alliance delivers an address. One of the ^events of the congress will , an international tfea sponsored by Negro Bap tist Churches and rfiligibus or- gaizations Moudayt on the cam pus of Spelman College. Dr. Tr,uett -descrifoes the alli ance C%ft^*4as as “p^e jeminent ly dftsigned to magnify frater nity and inspiration.” PASSES BROKEN VRIDCE WHERE . PEA PRICE SEVEN CENTS I; Charlotte Youth Killed By Bolt Of Lightning A. L. Gootfioe, prcynihent ehurchman and retired busi ness man of Durham wbu died at Lincoln hosptial here Thurs day morning after a short ill- nesa. Death was attributed to litions. Funeral services will be iielff Saturday afternoon at f o u r o'ck)clr-at White Rock Baptist church of which the deceiised was a member. DMiiel Hill Presents State POPUUR MECHANi£ GRAND ATTORlfEY L__^ f . Funeral service for Georg&||l '^, '"Whitted 41 of 902 Gurley St. ' wh« died Tuesday July 18 at ^tho Llncolu i-£ot.pital o| a;spin-al injury were held Sunday after noon fi'3in the East Frttdom Proabyterjan Church in . Rae-'] ford. Mr. Whitteus death the result of an injury to his spine which he . rec,^ived When he ffcU atr,Jiis evening while taking off hi* shoe after, tfeturniiig from his day’s work. For nine years he had been in the employment of tho Alex- der Tire Division in Durham and for the- past three years had been stationed at the North ' Durham^ Station on MangunS' St. .Surviving him are- his wife, Mrs. Mary Bell Whitted; two- «hHdren, Ckiorge Kelly - Whitted 5 and Juliette 3 and his mother Mrs. Ann Whitted-Ray who lives f^bout 7 milesi. out from Raeford, N. C. He also haa five brothers and three sisters. 1 qCC VETERAN , KILLED — BY TRAIN — . ROCKINGHAM—Sack Me- ^ r ' Cain veteran of the local CCC camp was killed Sunday right, .July ^3 Wy~a Si^ f(W hundrefi yards depot. He was decapitat^®^and no inquest was deemed ineces- sary. •* ‘ He was returning from. Mi>nrfin whero t,e had been to get letters of character lor his wife who had been' imprisoned since April for the death of another woman in an alterca- tlon, I h. I'ETfiR IMRRIS, prcmi|i ent North Carolina Earrister w'ho was elected Attorney for the (^Mid Lodge of the Knights of Pythias at their recent annual convention in Salisbury. ' Attoi> ney Harris who lives in Char lotte is prominent . in Ipgal and fraternal circleg of *the stat^ and is also/a District Deputy of the Elks filling the ‘unexpir* ed term of W. H. Pearson. t HOLDS SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS The Usher Board of th>.‘ St. Joseph CME Church at Chapel Hill sponsored an InteiCbting and highly informative - program at the churcli «n the afternoon of Sunday July 23. This prdgram featured solos and selections from outstanding qua^'tettea. There were several visitors from Durham, Terrell’s Creek; and Hickory Grove. 'i'ne 'main evvint of vhia pro gram was the •feature*pdih*ess by L. E. Austin, President of the Interdenominational Ush ers Association and Editor of THE C^j^OUNA TIMES. ^ Mr. Austin’s subject was: “T h e Ifruth Shall , «Set “'You 'Free.” His speech was packed with true to life . illustrations and great lessons were taught. Following the address dinner was served on the church lawn. President of St. Joseph Ush er Boand is Charlie Farring ton while jame» McNedl is head Usher; Miss Galdia Burnette lo secretary and Mrs. Annie Cates is Chairman of the , pro gram committee. Iliilitu Worker C HARLOTTE;^ohn Merrick Spears, 19 the 5th child of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Spears of Charlotte was killed by lightn- 4»g Thursday July 20 while go ing from t4s. dining room to the dormitory at his work in Blowing Rock. He, a'lonjj with several students from 'JohiT^crti C. Smith University, was work ing at Mayview Manor, a pro minent ho^al ther^ Speairs along with Gerson Stroud als& of Charlotte was going lrom the dining room to the dormi tory. Stroud was the time keep er for the waiters and Spears asked him if there would be aiiy TTinff 'that' ' mtght- Tirop* home lor a s'hoftr'wHne.....t Ti e moment h^_^ said “home” -the lightning stauck "bim. The Bolt was of great*- force and came in such a twisting mwaner that it reached a nearby build ing first, ' splitting it leaving a mass of mud, dirt and on its I rebound an Struck Spears kill- ! ing him instantly. The bolt struck him in his left shoulder and. broke it. His father who is manager of the local Distrn;t of ^Jorth Carolina Mutual Insnr- ance- Company -was enroutc to Asteyjlle and was to stop in Blowing Rock to see his, sor for a short while. j Funeral services wtffe con ducted Saturday at the-Seventh | ijyi Street Presbyterian ®urch of ' w‘hi;h the deceased was a • em ber and were attended by hun dreds of friends and acquaint ances from many sections ‘ of N-orth and South Carolina. John Brooks sang bis favorite tong “Aibide in Me, Oh Lord And I In Thee..” Flower girls Misses Estelle Ward, Natalie Tatef Fannie Hargraves; Gwen Hogajis Mary Loritts, Mi’.dred Mitchell; Mary Shute; Willie L. George; "Doris Dennis and Alice Henderson. Members of the Sunday School Claa^_ of which he was a mem'ber were active pallbearers; John' Brooks, Curtis Kearns, ChaAles Kearns Barnabas J«nes; William Har ris, and Tffbmas Whyche. Mem bers. . of the “Swanks Club” of which he T#as a member were honorary pallbearers: Lawrence Johnson, Angus Corley; John Ward; Curtis Boycj, Cannon rArdroy; James Johnson, Elliott S&muels; Gerson Stroud and John Sufifritfersette' Spears is survived by his mother and fa ther, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Spears Sr; three^ - Mw-. Lawa Malone, MSsses Louise and Daisy Spears one brother; A. K. Speaira Jr. a*Bd a host of >tiends. ■ Spears graduated irotn Se cond Ward High ^sch(Al in 936 after wUioh he entered Hamp- t(jn Institute. WhWe there hej was an honor student, promin ent in all phases of school life, lie played loottwli, was Vice- Fresident of the Junior Class, corresponding SticiBtary of tbu Bachelor of Science Club, his- , torian for the Olympic Social Clulb a member of “Men of ■Hampton’’ the men's glee , club The Junior Negro Business Lea gue the Dobating Society, The Club Councill; The YMCA and a number other _ organiza- ! tions. He is also prominent in chur’efi^’Affairs being a member of the “Pioneer 'Clu'b”- and a numiber of ot'ner organizations connected with W«v.. church. A- side from this, it may be noted that he was also Chaplain, for the help at May\?lGw’'"Tffanor Hotel in Blowing Rock, where he was working when the tra gedy occurred. ■ , At lea^ seven petsorts were drowned ‘ in Charlotte last Fjfiday after being thrown in when the cable ■hown ' ab'ive photograph was of the broke. bridge This made immedi- the waters: of Sugaw "Creelr] itcly after the tragedy and shown a few of the thouaaoifa of curious persons who flock to the scene of the trasedy. Crowd Watching Raging Waters When Swinging Bridge Falls with 20_ DISTRICT MANAGER Business Inst. WeirAttendcd At Hillside Rev. ^P. E. Green ha* returned from Lee'd Chapel Baptist Church i n Orange County where he condvucted succcsrsful meetings Saturday' and Sunday 0n Sunday he waa assisted by the Minister*’ Cltfb of Durham and there weM fwnr tennons delivered by the different minis ters praWnt." Rev. Green aonouncea the beginning of revival gerviees at hia church in S^tenjjber. Rev. Stanford' of—Chapel—Hifl— conduct the aefvice^ In turn Rev. (Ireen will conduct services at Chapel Hill for ten daya be ginning August 8. The members ■ of Tobacco Workers Union, Local 194 are, sad in their memory of Mr s; Huth Jones one of their moat beloved members who died Fri day July 14 at 1J2B a. m. She joined;.! Ihia local September 8, 19'34 and served faithfully fSr the remaining five years of h«r life. She w^s layal to her obliga ti«ns and dearly loved the un ion. - t At the time of her death she was fifty years old. She has al ready been gr««tly missed in filled ,by anoCher. She was a member of the Wl^te Bock ^ Baptl^^ Chorch DURHAM—A gratifying nupi ber of the business men of Durham have aVailedl themsel-| ves of the excellent opportun ity of attending the week’s sessions of the first, Negro Susi. ness Institute at Hillside Park High School under the direc- tion of Isadore B. Oglesby. On the opening night •>-Mon day July 24 there were 55 MercTiants and businessmen pre sent and on ^he fol^wing nisht there were 48. Thirty ouaincn- es were represented!* THese sessions scheduled for the remainder of the. weeK are about ..an hour and a half in length and are divided intto two class periodsl^f 30 minutes each. The enrollees are divided into groups and by attending and was employed at the Lcj* g-ett and Myera .Factory for about 26 years. She leaves sixl/ sisters, three ranks-nof-tl.»--4oca1 and hei^| brothers one aunt an uncie four seat will neVer be adequately neicea, aeven nephews; and. a host of cousins and friends. She was laid to rest\4n the famUjr cemetery in Mebane? entire gr»up, assembled. discuMions have become Aj E. SPE'AltS Sr. District Manager tne Charlotte Dis^ trict of North Carolina Mutual l^ife Insurance Company . one of the leading and most pr.6- gressive Districts in the f'ntire N. C. Mutual System. , Mr. Spear^. has been with the com- pany many years- and attributes his success to his ability' to get along with the men who work for him. The agents and offict force of the., CJjarlotte Distriet will have «their annual picnic whic;Ji had to be postponed be cause of the recent accidental death of Mr. Spears’ to.i, John Merrick Spears. - ; two elas^s each they will 1 ave hadi advanta^ of all of the cotirae offered" before the final night. After tW class period each eyening a fifteen niinlite discussioiPrHlies place w^th the T hese very heated aA 'tiin6s'and' are dblfig a great deal to solve important qpiaations andi problems which bava (iouibtlfes T»een ^ 'h the miqda of these .“students” for loiae time. . W. Jay Walker and J3or. A. Davis Jr. have charge of the R'IJEW YORK—A mid we tern courses in recordkeeping; Dr. Uummer camp will be'the scene A. Heningburg grvea instruction j'of some heavy thinking over, in the aelection of Worka.c; the Labor . Day week end. Once IsRdor B. Ogleslby discusees ar- again, as for the past several a n d advertising;! years, _ officials of Won rangement purchasing and marking goodly is taught by C. T. Willie and R. C. Foreman; and Aaron Day Jr. and J. W. Harria givei in struction in Selling Aida. Accor^ng to direotor Oglea- by this institute will be held annually and will^ not" always be Ihnlted to tie bu«neasm#n of Durham. m . . the National UriSan League and its afliltatod^ branches throughout the United States will seclude them selves in the country for a three day tession of concentra tion upon the problems oi the Negro city dweller.. The scene of their meeting wHl be Gteen Pastures ‘Camp in the Michigan Please turn to page eight 'llARi.OTTE—^At least seven -Plum Street; Willie Br'^ome 13 »I)ersons svere dro^ iwl here on Jof West First Street; Alston last Friday aftiJvnoon July "21, 'Gardner lo of Churry Stieet, when a cable bn the swinging Zeady Cathey of 112 Cherry broke | Street and Benny Lee Hagler warning" wifli about 116 of 20 West Lidell ^Iraet twenty persons . on the bndgie. j Among those who The bridge , itself did not fall, ^the bridge but managetl to e»- were ha.nging bridge 'acrojs Stig^ajv ceek without warning wicli but the victims onto the cable -of the structure, and were thri'wn into the rag- \.uteis which hud- ris^n after tiTTcnrnS' toTfeWti5fTltnr“' ' t According: to the persons who witnesi^'d the tragedy- in cluding several who .narrowly escaped with their lives, a •crowd of people had come down to see the raging waters, and aoout twenty were o-n the ariugv,' whin the cable gave jre on the bridge but managed to cape from the watery grave were John Mosely 17, Mason Fleming Alubutis Blakely and unconfirmed rep^t* TRal—r—TaaF others. Ali made VMS made tliat a d baby in the waters. Seoa after the tragedy fire men put wire nets across the creek at E. Morehead stieet, abou a.,faal£«JS>Ue fromHhe &cene of the drowning, and East flcfBlevai'd. Cement ‘ bridges are across the creek at both these iiway. The seven victims, along, points. The E. Morehead street tvith srveral others were thrown bridge wai the sccne ef n*uch into the creek^rid rescue was J activity all Friday afternoon. impo£siu4ff ibe^^e ofjhe ind speeJ^f^he water. bix b >tlies have been re covered and rtrenfen-L-iTtare still starching for the body of Cur tiss Blakery eight year old boy iif 3-,i5 Cherry St. The follow- ,n:' fcbc-ies were recovereHelen Brice, 14 of Cherry Stre«rt ;*• Ri chard Goniillion 10 of 514 depth , thousands of curious persoaa ^ were thronged around to v.'atcll the attempts to find the bod* ies- However oodies wera ’ stopped by the nets all' of them being washed to tha banks sava ihat of . A.Iton - Gardner who was pinned on the bott«m of the creek by a heavy I5g with only 'ne hand visible. •“ A. U Goodloe Passes Away At Lincoln PROr^lNEiiT CHURCH AND employed as a repreaenUtiv* BUSINESS - MAN SUCCUM&S at the North Carolina ^«rt«al- TO DIABETES * AND OTHER Life Insurance Company, and COMPLICATIONS; FUNERAL SATURDAY - DURHAM—A. L. Good*oe age 66, promineiJt Durham citizen died at Lincoln, hospital here "Thursday morning at, 5:30 o’clock after being confined to hia bed for only^five day®. A1-; though Mr. Gaodloe had been in declining health for severaC months he wa's not considered seriously ill until last Friday when he was taken to the hoapi tal.^ • — The deceased was bom in Durham and had lived here’ all of yean ha wa» rIbuB was- Manager of the Durk distrietr for 22 yaara, physical eondition reiwJarad hlv— unable to attend—to .tha fcaaiqh—f responsibilities 'attached witi the ofifice. — —e .. At the time of hia ^tirawNit fron active service aa di«|rkgt vasmrvr or fav H. C. Lite Insurance Company, Sta Whetstone, house oqpa for tha company AA tlia fottMi^iC' to say in part; ‘Jim’ Md W Gonillwi are two- exaBtpIe of mi i iiwftt eareera in Ufa . itinLaM* professioTfc—Hr. Bai^p maaM tBTB to
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