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Durham! north carouna, Saturday august sth »»3»
» MAJUAlTTK, N. C. (njUfU*i-^A* m*
go to n*w» e«»M the uf At-
tomity.Jttte^T. mt Ifcu r'.lf, whn
WM stnckfij^^^iie m Att'^n^y
.;^aadrrH wa* Gr^iid A ti {1m U»i«ed
itrdtt of VfVv.w*, and !■ the Qtisje.
#r City oa eonn*-"'*-.! w'tb hia fsde«
H« proatBCstly c;^n»i»etfed witfc trdHn-
al and civic affaifji Mtrt,
of the local br'aoeb tsi thm YUCA, Gtmad
Ai#i-t«nt L«g^,A4Tl;#r of the Elka an4 •
tnan4»er of tlia CitiMmtM Lcags*. Atioracy
Sander* waa Dtan of tho Colortd*Bar mt
Ciiarlott*. ^
fttnri SEVEN CENTS
Howard Townsend, Bobby Palmer |Win \l|M|als In Soap Box Derby
mTm^TRdM DEATB
Whlte€jm Freed On
/JBt ‘ •»
Charge Beating And»\;
Abusina RacelWomanv '
DIRECTING RENOVATION PROGRAM AT SHAW U
- CHARLOTTE, N. C.—John
W. Sever city poUice officer
was declared Jiot guilty of sen
sational charjrv^ of auaull;
taistteatment of a Kegro wo
man priFoner at the close of a
hearing (before the three city
comtuiasiQi)ers here Uat Friday.
Chairman Thomas Griffith cast
the deciding vote in favor oi the
officer after the two_,_ others
h^d Fplit theip vote Commission
Her C. C. Beasley voting *‘n o t
guilty’ and Commissioner Bre^
vard voting ,‘guilty.’
The case grew out of c^itrges
leveled W certairt policemen
inclading officer *• Severs by
Judge Frank K. Sims. Judge
Sims was asked to ibe specific
J;i.,,his accusations and he did
with the rejult. that four offi
cers including Severs were sus-
pei^d until chargqfe against
them eo«ld ' Oliicax
Seavers is now back at work.
The charges against t h 6
officers made 4>y J^idge Sims
cteated a sensation here, and
daily newspapers have given
l^rge amount! of space to the
incident. Wb«n the hearing was
held Friday' f^e Council Cham
ber was packed by a crowd
the4Kfilled every inch of avail-
aible space and overflowed in^
the hall.
The alleged assault toolT'place
on June 18 of thiit year and the
^vifit™ was one Alberta Bar
ber rfewuted police court charac
ter a^ operatn* of a ‘piccolo’
^ house on S. Brevard St. She
testified at the hearing that •
numiber of police officers came
to her house on the day in ques
tion, searched it for liquor but
found none, however they ar
rested .h®r-Ott'the way to the
police station * she asserted,
Officer, Severs choked, her and
beat her. The officer in the-
front seat wap “very nice’ she
testified an4 asked Severs not
to do that; She admitted that
she had been arrested several
times before. "I
Central figure at the hearing
PHYSICIAN
06fitjR*'^sEiB«!iiBr7c. iTtJ;
newest practtstftg physician and
surgeon in Charlotte who has
officts at 420 1-2 £. ^kcond
Street. Or. Pyle is a graduate
of Howard IThlveAity Medical
School in Washington, D. C.
and wa.t for two years an in
terna at Freedmen’s Hospital
in the same city, ge served as
resident phyMcian at St. Agnes
Hospital a year before coming
to Charlotte on July 1 to set up
office*.' ' Dr.*"~ Pyle is also *n
the surgical staff of
Sa'maritan Hospital, ii Char.
lOtte. .#.r'
wai» Judge Frank K. Sims of the
City Police- Court whose tfepsa-
tional charges were the beginn
ing of the move. that ended
with the suspension and fubse-
quent trial of officers Severs.
Defense attorneys were able to
keep city Solicitor Hardy off
the ittand on the ground that
the defendant- had not been
present at the trial in Police
Court and it would not be com
petent to testify as to what
happened in Xle defendants’s ab
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Contest Winners
VieFor^New
York
New YORK—The nor'es
are moving into this little town
between the rivers. • August is
here and Harlem becomes, the.
mecca for thrill peeking plea
sure bent delegates. Nobody
beli.evea that a convention * Has
any such thing as an Agenda:
especially the kind that ^icks
strickly to business. Whaf
business there is. can be stricken
off the record; the ea
from a delegates point of view
fun, raucous unexpurgated
tomfoo'ery that they wouldn’t
eveji think about in their home
towp. Of course' convention
delegatCF aren’t thd)^ only ones
addicted to high jinks, in Har
lem. Thar* are a flock of
beauty contest winners that are
eoming front St. Louis, another
from Chic*^o a half a docen
from VirgifdB^ and North Carp-
lina and » bevy from Washing
I ton, D. C. The contest winners
are smart probably a little more
trayel wise than their c'’nveh-
tion friends. All the beauty
winners are being housed «and
entertained by the Booker T.
Washington Tours, Inc. 236
West l'35th'^ Street Harlem V
official host to World’s Fair
visitors. Contest sponsors rea-
liae that in order for their pro
teges to the best accom-'
odations, the be'?t 'food at low
est prices and the most econo
mical sightseeing and enter
tainment features that t h > *
great city has to offer, tnc best
thing ^dr them to do was to
place the entire mitter in the
hands odf erpert planners.
The Booker T. Washington
Toum Inc. has accommodations
for 20,000 visitors 'but most .of
them must be secured' in ad
vance by mailing reservations.
Plan Annuai
Business
insiiiuie
DURHAM—The Negro busU
ness and professional' men oi
Durham 'brought to a close their
five day business institute la»t
Friday night at the Hillside
achool. According to the director
of plans were mu(.c t» make the
institute an annual meeting for
business men i.n^ those persons
who are interested in the fie}d
of- bu.sinesa. ,
During the course of training
iJi’ograin, iertures; demonstrat-
rations and individual confer
ences were held, and problems
relating to the small business
enterprises were discussed. Over
thirty different occupational
uu^sines's groups availed tlieraicl-
ves of the upportunity ot attend
lUg tuese conferences. Through-
the entire week an average ut
fifty persons ' ,fittended ciich
night.
.The purpose of this meeting
was to brtiig the Negro bui«.ne8s
men into moie cooperativeand
uniform understandmg of their,
business, probjems. I'he fuither
purpose was to develop the gen
eral welfare of Negro bui>.uess
people. Methods of competition
and ' conditions and requirem«nfs
expected in hiodern business
life was emphasized.
The ihsifitute’s sijiff of inFttu
ctbrs included: W. Jay Walker,
/r. «tnd Don A. DavJa Jr. itvord
keeping; Isador B. Oglesby,
director of the' Institute, ariange.
,ment and advertisement; Di. A,
Heniniburg, ?.election of workers
and personnel problems; C. T.
WTllis and K. C. For^en, pur
chasing and marking giods;
Aaron Day Jr. and J. W. Harris
selling aidt. ^ ,
Officers of the—Durhanj busi
ness and professional chain are
president Jamei^ J. Hendersoiy
first vice president F. D. Mar-
chall; second" vice prei^ient W.
A. Cleland, M. D;; J. M. School
er sssiKtant s«ccetary Mis.s F.
D. MilleF Secretary; David Gil-
lor'e, treasurer.
Atteads Ins. Coofab
ASA T. SPAULDING OF THE
N. C. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
VISITS NEW YORK -
NET7 YORK—Asa T. Spauld
I' ing. Actuary of The North
Carolina Mutual Life-Insurance
Company of Durham, N. C.
pttssed )everaf days visiting in
New York. He came here from
j Los Angeles Cal. where he at-
I tended the convention of“ The
I National Negro Insurance A»-
sociation. The conVenti«n was
j attended 'By aelegfttep represent
I fng the leadihg Negro insurance
companies of the country. Mr.
Spaulding was greatly impress
ed with th« coiIVention and
progress hat was being made
in the field of in.«urance by
Negroes.
V
PR®SiDENT ROBEET P.
DANIQLS of Shaw ‘tjniyersity-
whose program as Second Ne
gro president of the 74 year old
Raleigh Institution has center
ed around renovjitions. which
#
have involved expenditiirts of
$.S'0,000-. for three buildings al-
icady rulur’jkMbed, aad uiovidr
ed with modernized facilities.
Plans are now under way for
renovation of the library at a
cost of 110,000.
Teachers Fight
ForEquaLPay
'MIXAHASSiEE, Fla,—The
Supreme CourT of Florida in an
opihidn by Mr. Justice Chap
man affirmed the decision of
the Circuit Court of Crevard
County Florida dewyiihg a writ
of mandamus to John Gilbert,
a Negro school principal to ffom
pel the Board of Public Instruc
tion of Brevard County to
equalize teacISeni.’ salaries. The
Supreme Court of Florida stat
ed that "we fully agree \^h
counsel for rHator and t if e
authorities cited in their"brief
on the quesuon oT discrimina
tion and an equal protection of
the lavv as’ lruaranteed by J,he
14th amendment to the Con?titu
tion of the United 'States. We
do not think that either of these
questions Is presented by thi.=
record.”
Mr. Cilbert was represented
by Attorney S. D- jMcGill of
Jack.oonville member 3f' the Na
tional Legal Committee of the
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Mutual Honors
Mrs. B. Whit ted
BY FANNIE B. ROSSER HONORK^ IN FORUM
■ During Ihe month of June a
drive for ordinary business was
launched in Tionor of Mrs. B.
A. J. WhiU^U, Casihifix of- t^e
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company. Mrs.,,Whit-
ted has tfie^distinction of being
the only woman on the official
staff of this great institution..
She has served successfully in
this capaciiy.^ for a number of
years; therefore, the women
employees set side 'the “Form
IftjuT” Saturuay, July 29 to
bestow honor where honor is
due.- The program ci^nsisled of
introductory remarfc. l?y Miss
Datie Ma^ Bridgeforth, who in
part saTd “SonstB'n?' progress
has carries iJ?i‘s. Whitted into ,
the seat of an officer of our
company and sTie has efficiently I
executed the SUties of office K
aa cashier siiJce I&IO. v l^M^s.nEiSSIE A J WHfTTED
she has shared •u«arlily female
building of our great worthy Carolina
tioTi. Mrs. W,etted. is not only Mutual' Life fti*Val5be company
known by her unusual ability honored «rith a -pecial
in handling Kusiness situations 1
an^ making Vitaly decisions, butjp„^„^
as an aasoCmTe and friend an! Saturday July 29.
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Morris Given
Three }\eeks
Reprieve ■
RAIjEIGiH, N. C. (Special
Wire To Carolina T.uit'./—
i'oliowiiig'oir 'ne heels ^ iast
minute fervent piea tu-jjover-
nor Clyde U. lloey uy a toin-
inrttfc iittuiieil by L. i:.. AUbUn,
euitur ol liie Caroiina Tinios in
the office of the guveinui ytj
..ei'day, Arthur Morns, i:riow*i
in Kaieigh a>- the ‘Grey ^Viouac'
Ut xJUiiiUiti as ii,c 'iiiei
was siiaUUed irpiii ucaiii in tuc
gas cnamoer l:>.iuay uio»iui*g
jUbl beioie ne was .■’cneauitu i»
,wniii tiic ‘ labi, imic' ' vviieii
vjoveriiur lloey ti»rtc
Wee1i% reprieve.
liir. Austin’s plea to the-
gdveruoi was suickiy one' -oi
uieicy. He aiguea tuui in yie\v^
ui iiie Xuct mac MoLi'o \>u.-
leared wiliioui ihe caic ut a
1110LUC-iv aim' Inal "it bad betti
:ii:aied that bis real laioiner iiu-
-i.j ucwiiuio uisaiie ihat tlie j
ai,aH^e -s4iuuld temper ju^licc
with mercy in his case. 1 know,
oaid Ivir. Austin thkt Aw.ler the
law. of our ^Eate and according
to tlie ev^ence itiat the pen-'
aity placed upon Moms is just,
uui .when you lake in considera
tion that he 'las. been (.H:uied
tne tender care and guiuance
of a real mother, coupled with
me fact he has not taken the
life any one the lea.-t the state
could do is to spare his life.
in spite of what the psychia-
tri.«t says I cannot believe a per
t'ectly sane man would remain
within ao^miles o^ his eicajie
from prison where he was ?erv-
ing practically a life sentenpe
and again commit another ser
ies of rotoiberiea.
Tiig'' governor then slated
SNATCHED FROM DEATH
ARTHUR ‘EEL’ MORRIS
TOWNSEND
CLOCKIi 2nil.
that under his oath of office
to upliold the law? of the state
he C'Juld not grant further .leni
ency to Morris. We have- gone
into the case thoroughly and as
much as we would like to find
some way to fextend ■ mercy
when you consider the large
number of crime.* this man
committed auiled to the . fact he
escaiied and started ri.jht off
again coniiutlting the same
offenses, we cannot do'^so un
der the law.
The govenior indicated that
it is always an unpleasant task
to t»hre-^he life of a human
being and stated that he had
urg^d""the iast session of the
lea‘Siatui'0 tO’ change the law
-which pn^alce?. burgi|iry in this
Piease Ta". t?J"pSg^~eight
(Staff Corrati^adenc*}
Dl3RHAil—iieiutt oiiiyj spec
cators wtio gathered on Uaiyer-
aity Drive Vvedneaaay ;iiier-
noon fur Lluiham s anuuai i;uap
bCji Uerby, Howard luwiistnU
and BoMiy Palmer, two of UT
four Colored entrants, tuut^ se
cond place in the A and b di-
vi^fons tespvut^v^Ay and were
awarded handsome mtaai-i. ’lown
send in the A divu-ion cit'cked
the secunu i'ar.est tiiii^^ol the
aitWrnuon finishing ;Ue utretcb
in 43.0 seconu.-'. Thete were &d
boys in this deiioy and first
place and thu'~righc to represent
Durhaiu at the .National Derby
was won by Julian Rattelade
(wliite; V. libhe time wa.^ •*2.5
seconds. *
i'he race was run off in heats
with two or three cars in eacn
heat. TbwWena^ '"wtrff
heat. to come up to what
might be termed tue ^emi fini^s
in the A divTsion. He was
dexeated by the- champioK who
had the faste.)^ car on the
track.. It was a titrdung fisi:ih,
however Palmer was runner up
in the B division nd nia time
was "46 second. Kemp Long^ ^nd
Leon Goluston were the other
colored entrants who were eli-
munated in their first neats.
■*rhe soap box ^erby is an anT.
nual classic fh Durham sponsor
e^* by the Heralu-Sun Papers
and tire Chevrolet division of
General Jlotors. Each indiviS-
uaf car sponsored, by one of
the btisine.'sness of Durham.
WATCH FOR HCTLREa
NEXT WEEJ^.
DETROIT, (lANP)—iVttfre than 3,000 people jammed into
B&thel AME church Surfday afternoon at a demonstration of
of protest against police 'brutality which has been running
rampant in this city* for some ti^me in tiie form of -wonton
killing!> and beatings without sligiitest^^rrovocation and enter
ing private homes without search warrants.
A citizens committee headeii up by Dr. J. J. McClendon,
president of the local branch of the .."AAC^, has decided to
call a halt on the.»e police officers who set themselves up as
judge, juiy and executioner.
Atty. Houston said among other things that police bruta
lity is only the ’second stage of lynching’ and that the clut)
is not held alone by the policeraan cn the beat who wields it
but is held jointly by higher officials. "t-i
LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE
TO OPEN SEPT , 15
SAUSBURY, N. C.—With
the coming cr the Freshman
class on September 15 Living
stone College will begin its
fifty eighth winter .»es8ion. Up
per classmen will arrive one
week later for the opening cere
monies to be Tleld in the college
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FEDERAL JUDGE
Final Tribute
Paid Spingarn
NEW YORK, (ANP)—Col.
Joel E. Spingarn 64 noted
Uite liberal who was a iound
er of the NaIaiCP and national
president since .4930 died in his
home here Wednesday morn
ing after a long illness.
Independently wealthy. Col.
Spingarn was distinguished in_
fields other than those of race
relations. He was a university
profesFor, poet; criticsolOTi^r
horticulturist, editor and pub
lishing company ei^ecutive. Al
though holding a Ph.D degree,
he preferred ibeing' called plain
‘Mr.’ instead of ‘Dr.’
During most of his life he
^vocated full civil and leg;al
rights for Negroes. After Jelp-
ing ofgtniie Ube NAACP he wu
chairmnn of the board, 1913-
19; and treasurer 1919-39 be-
iJo.re *'becoming president. He
e.=;ull)lis!ieil the 'Spingarn i^iedal
in la 13 which , is awarded
annually to the Ahierican Ne
gro who ha; made the h’ghest
achievement during the preced-
^ing- year in any honorable field.
The recipient this year was
Marian Anderson. '■
Col. ■ Spingarn also is credited
with bringing about the estaib-
lishm^t of a training' camp for
colored officers at 4)63 Moines
\vhich re’s'ulted in around 1,000
commiijs-ioned officer*, du'inf
I the’ World war.
Always championiog t }| •
PleMC tofn -fi> PM(* .
HERMAN E. '^uOR£, promia-
.nt Chicago attorney and Trae>
tion expeit who last W«dn*»>
day was nominated hy Presi
dent Roosevelt «s th«
disuict court IB the Vxfit !»•
laud.”. Judge MCoort will weti
Judge Wiiliam fiu ^,„jgss>i>ii.4ghf
designed ille post toW'MB Hm
laiult'y oi
School oi L*w, V 1