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V01.UME 1
NUMBER 4
Reaches the
Masses of
^’Readers
tATURPXV AUG.
PRICE SEVEVf CENTS
BURGLAR HUY FACE DEATH
StateijUshers 7o hold Fifteenth Annuai
Convention Jn Burlington August 25-27
Plans Mplete
$100.00 CHECK
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BUaUNGTON, N. C.—PUn»
hav« already been completed
for entertainment of the 15th
annual seoion of the North
Carolina Interdenominationat Uirii
ers Association to ibe hel(^'at the
fc^enecer Christian Church on
Apple street here Auifui’t 26-26
and 27. The local committee
which ii headed by Mrs. Fannie
Walket, president of the Bur
lington Ushers Union gave out
intorn^tion week that Burling
ton is ready 4tnd ha» left no
vtone unturned to entertain the
many visito:^ in tirst class .rdcr,
who will come hare foi^ the
three-day rMaion.
reiMH-ta fvem L. E. Au»>
tin, president «f the asMciatioB
ate to the effect that the largest
delegation in tSi| _„hiiitory of the
organisation will gather at Bur-
,1 .i n g t o a for this y tsar's
session. Hr. Austin '«aid-
es in Durham where headquar
ters. of the aaaociation are located
and stated this week that an
extra cleric has been required to
take case of ^e large amount of
correspondence Bow ^ethg carri
ed on in connection with prepara
tiona for this year’s* aniulAl
session. Many new cities and
churcheit will be represented in
thie year’s anTiual session and
t3ie larger jBamft>«r of janioiB
usherK. ever to attend the ashersr
con^i^ioi^ |Will| be pre|ent.^ The
Junior department which is
headed by Mrs. L. A., Foster Of
Greensboro haK worked 'constit
©ntly during the past vear to
"luring a Isrge numlber of youi^g
iwherr*' to the convention.
The crorwming event of the-
1939 sesmq)) will be the annual
address «;hieh will be delivered
•by Dr. Jamtt £. Shepard, presi
dent of North Carolina College
for Negroes. Dr. Shepard will
speak. Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock. "
This year’s session of the
association will get under way
Friday morning .promptly at I'O
o’clock. The atate itreaident of
the association will be present
ed to the convention by Mrs.
Fannie Walker. Appointment of
committees and registration of
delegates will follow. The Fri
day afternoon seyaion will be
taken up 'with reports from
-field agents.
On Friday evening at eight
o’clock • public program will be
held at which time several ad
dresses of welcome will be de
livered. Welcome pn ^ehalf of
the business men' will be given
Youth Accused
Ot Burglary
CHARLOTTE. N.
Mayes 19 year ol^
C.—^Richard . According to Rural Police,
youth who ' Mayes entereu tne home ol i*'.
Cliaiigelii
lives in lieeklen'burg County a
few miles from the city in. he
Morning Star Section, was
scheduled to face a jury of
twelve men on Wednesday
HMtrning on a charge' the penalty
for which is death in the state’s
busy gas chamfcer.
iitayes is a handaome- iad
and looks younger than 1>9
years, but his youth will avail
him nothing if he is convicted
of first (fegfee bu^lary , the
crime with which h^»is charged
and whifh many persons think
should be taken off the list of
North Carolina^ espitel^ crim
Nation
Defense
For
A. Fowler a v/^ite farmer who
lived near nim and crawled in
to- a bed in which the farmer’s
two daughters were sleeping.
Tne girls, awakened according
to the police, and arotised their
father. Mayea fled but was
easily reconized by the girls,
who knew him well and h« "’as’
tvreaieu soon afterward. The
alleged burglary tooK place on
the night of July 25th, —
lA special venire of 26 men
has ^ been called for the Mayes
case and is expected to get un-
de^jjt'"■'sometime Wednesday
Eeropon. Judge Don Phillips of
Rockinghtfm will hear' the case.
Starts
NBW YOBiK.—Aroused by
th« spectacle of a klan domina
ted police -erTinization which
forced the speedy conviction
and Jailing of youti^ul William
Anderson in Greenville, g. C.
July 24 a frame 'up charge
of disorderly conduct, more
than 3,000 youth memberr of
tiM ^sK>ciation for
Ihe Advancement of Colored
People prepared to launch a
national campign this week to
ruse funds to fight the case.
Anderson, president of the
hQAACP youth council in Green
Viile and-Janitor in the city high
schodl has been the leading
figure in the drive to get Ne
groes of the South Carolna city
to register for the city primary
which occurs Sept. 12.
TThe U> S. Department of
JuKtice bas" investigai^d the
situation in Greenville upon
request of the NAACP but main
tains that it Has no authority
to act ^because the election for
which the registration is ti.king
place is purely « local, munici
pal one with no Federal' offices
involved. 1
Thurgood Mars^iall, M.^CP
counsel is still urging . action
upon the ground.*, that registra
tion is also being held for the
right to participate in tlie pri
mary of the general election.
The U. S. attorney’jL. office in
Greenville, however insists that
no Negroes are being denied
general regietration. Such dis
cussion as has appeared concern.^'
itself with the local election,
thia" office reports.
Young Anderson who refused
to be intimidated in his a'^mistra
tion work by the Greenville
klan and who war- framed and
Jailed on a trumped up charge
has become ttse rallying point
in the fight to secure the ballot
South Carolia* «a4 elsewhete
in the South.
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-by—Br S. Thomas^ on behalf of -August Mtlu_
education, Prof. J, V. Avon.
Berponse 0. G. Donnell chair
man of t^e l)oard of directors
of the association.
Welcome on behalf of the
professional -.men will *be given
. by Dr. J. E.- ^tnuai; an hohsK ^
«f the city ushem union, Mrs.
Elma Sellars. Response Mrs.
Morgan.. A. sola will be deliver
ed by Mrr. Clara isley. Re-
maHoi by the president of thfr
association will close the*F?lday
The Saturday seisiont will be
Jevoted to the ngular '■outine
of busin«Nu '
On Sunday morning at six
o’clock thy imprfMiTA a of 'tht 4»cea»a| oshtw.
famous Vocalist
AppeiffsAtNCC
Miss Mary Frances licknortp,
famed meszo Soprano appeared
in recital in the Duke Memcrial
Auditorium at North - Carolina
College- for Negroes, Friday
MiFS Lehnerts, a naiive of
of li{!nn6Bota sludied at Colum
bia in New York City and since
that time ha« been appraised by
critical as being among the best
vocalkd^ .at hope and abroi^.'
In a^diton to Mim Lehnerts
rare voice the audience recogni
led a beautiful and charming
periiionality. It was this combina * ^ ° „
tion that made students de
mand that Mfss Lehnerts render
encore after encore.
Paul S. Ro'binson, Duke Pian-
iftt accompanied Miss Lahnert
at the piano.' Sunday afternoon
Mira Leknerts gave a vocarilion
recital at Duke University, the
first in America. Her ~ich and
powerful voice can be heard
ft.
HILLSBORO CITIZENS DIES
beautiful memoriaT seiricet wiH
former president of the at>socia
tion and treasurer. Iliis ia an
annual part of the convention
and is held in commeinorat}on
"^' Hillsboro, N. C.—Impre!>8ive
funeral service for Mrs. Susie
Hill«iboro Rt.
2, were held Sunday ’ August
ISth from the Cross Road
fihnrph nf Orange
which she had been a member
for^^eral years
Mrs. Pearlie was born
1JS62 and departed this life
August 11, 19S9 -at the age of
77 yeitk
iidWorkm
^
DXJRHAM, N. C.—A, chanj.e
in the Social Security Act whic h
was enacted into law during: the
recent session of Congreji will
it* of grc«t benefit to iu'uied
workers who are now approach-
I age 65, according to Mrs.
Nina H. Goodwin field manager
I ul the Durham office of the
I Social Security Board. ln«teatl
j of one lump sum payment of
old age insurance which ‘ h e
j governmc.it, has paid hereto-
I fofe to insured '|vorkers who
reach age ^65,' a monthly benefit
wul be prpvioej' after January
Ir* liW,0 for qualified workers
who attain age *65. Ccmsequent-
iy Sociist Security" Board
is no longer accepting these
*lt\|e j^laims’ or ‘attainment
claims’ as they are called.
•
Mrs. Goodwin said that T,23^
for old age insurance payments
amounting to 1242,2126.50 have
been paid by the Social Secur
ity Board in this State during-
the past 2 1-2 years. About 40
per cent of the claimants were
men an3 woRfBft who h«d leach
ed age 66 after participating
in the oll sg^ insurance pro
gram. Now, unSer the revised
program insured workers who
reach age 66 and who meef'ilie
requirements have an opportun-
tg get a lifetttne monthly bene-
j Termintation gf the payment
of lump sum benefits to. 65 year
old workers is the only change
^n the iSocial Security Act
which became . effective when
Frepident signed^he bill August
11. Other emendments will go
.nto effect January 1, 1940.
f Monthly benefits, will become
I payable in 1940 Instead of 1942
las KchedulSd uiffier the original
law. Survivors of '•eceased work
ers who are entitled to lump
sum benefits may continue to
filo claims for payment of old
age insurance.
Miss Mptle
Brodie
charlotte:, N. C. (Spfeal)
Mits Myrtle Broadie became ttie
bride of the Professor Crawford
who is an instructor at Louis
ville Municipal College, the
night of August 16 at Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church. Several
da^a before the wedding tlfe
popular Misft Brodie was honor
ed with many showers by vari
ous friends and acquaintances.
•a
Miss Estelle Smith gave .a
-m^ellaneouf. shower Tuesday
night for Miss Brodie at h«r
home o° Sast 8th Street. Mrs.
Helen Rdbinson of New York, t
Mster of Miss Brodie jfas ,n
special guest at the affair.
Friday night August 4 Mrs.
S. J. McGill gave a linen., shower
at her home on 624 CrocSett
St. in henor of the new biide.
A china rhower yras given by
Durham M^n
Dies in Weli
DUBHAM—Cleveland Myiitt,"
who had been digging and car
ing foJL weils for 25 yeai s v'ith-
out serious injury, went down
in hiii last well here W'eilncs-
day morning^' and was Ucati
when taken out. He was the
Victim of CaiUon Monoxlue
poisoning, according to Coroner
A. S. CampibeU. w'no examined
^e body, and a wound he sus^
tained on l-he head . was only
f uperl'icial' and not dangeious
enough to Tiave caused his
ditath. ^ ai a
Myatt went to tlie home of
Charlie Evans on Ferrell Roau
here Wednesday morning with
a hjelper' to clean out the well.
Tuesday he had gono to the
home and set off a dynamite
charge preparatory to his work
W*e(Jnesday morning. .^He w»e
lowered into the well but soon
shouted to hi* helper to get him
out as he srffelled gas. Felix
Baldwin his helper quickly low
ered the fope' which Mya^t
grasped a>*d he was pulled
to the top he fell back
to the bofloiir of the well Wel-f
ther he fell beccuse he lost his i
grip or because ho «as 'jvei- j
come with will never ibe,(
kno\.’n. I
A tl:!;;!' wfin wa3 near the
scene rtin qul^y to t'le ne.i’iEt
teitiH.oae wurji v.aa lo^sitiid at
t n Muiiiiead €ou;>tr4jction
■CoTniMmy a d>^^»ce of about a
ivuie, and cal.s were quickly Life Insurance Cju
made to the fire department
I NEW YOR7T .CITY—Speaking,,
jfrom the Hall of .Special Events'
a. me Npw V'ork Wofjtl’s Fair
ovtT a, coast •^O'Coa.'t buoa^fast,
August 9 Dr. C. C' Sp#ul^‘«g,
I’ltfsidcnt of the. North
. ,>paulding, himself a Har
mon award wiimtr ani most
succes.iful NpsH) bu.'iness man,
exprt' - id !>*»• h - that’, the
opportunitie? afforded fey th*
^rgaftizatio.n would be extended
jtiiw every rarsl eommunicy ■
and the sheriff’s office. A
fireman was ^^y»■el*ed into t h ®
well wearing » gas mask but
had to be puHed out when_ the
mask refused to work. An air ^
line was rigged up and First
EieutBtrant C. L. Cox of —« '
fire departm^it -descended and'
tied, a rope to the man’s body
by -whlth he was- fulled *»ut f,
the well. This ocjcurred about
9:45.
lArtificial respiration w a s ^
tried but Myatt showed no signs
of life. He leaves ^a wife -atid j
five children. 1
100.00 tb
J. \V. Smith Gause Texas «»per-
ior ranking farmer of tae
New Farmers of America r -
^••‘gnition of ^ oucsCanding ac-
i.oinplishmcnt. ^ ^
I’raising the N. F. a. * o *
in?tiHing, tjj^rfid*jw?~a«d raisiBg:
the s'anilards of the rural boy.
- I
4, D. SUi. •»' -, Xationiil Ere-
Secrecary NFA, looks on
‘ t-ii.' lad who inherit-
# farm from his
du^
cutive
pruJdly
ed a 250 acre
late father and
successfully with.*_
The is an
^amfya^nS'
im.
oiitati..
NCCCoaches
Surtim^
ro^Uavepay/it
T|ie:Fair Monday
As Life Guards
NEW YORK, (Special >— tJie Fair ha.-" had.
Ihe Katioaal l>aptist Convtnl All Baptises and their friends
tion, led by Dr. L. K. Viiiliams are asked to oreet at exiictly
of Chicago and hia * t * t f 2:15 p. m. at the Tewple of
0/ othc^rs and a multitude of*Peligion. Tfie Temple of Kelig-
IowLts, • w^ll tnvade the* ion will be the meetiut place
foi:
Wo
'a,..-
the • pool while McLendon i? cap 1
tain o^ the life guards. Under'
their direction some twenty or 1
Coaches Bu’ghafdt and ’Mc
Lendon, footiball mentors pf the
North Carolina College for Ne
groes, are spending th'eir sum- more boys ar> now
mer saving live.' and teaching toward receiving their
others to do the same. | ing after which they
fully, ptepar^d to work
fied life guards. Working with
the mentors i.g. a corp of well •
Both, Burghardt and McLen
don are serving as life guards
at the Hillside Pool—Durham;
Burgardt being the director of
orld’s Fair at New iotk,
Sept. 11. The Convention, with
largest member.'hip any
Negro group in the w^rld wiU
I close’ its ses.»ions in Philad-1-
wor mg pjjj^ Sunday night, September
' Ko and move into New Y o-r k
wiJi be ‘
. f early Monday morning in read
mess for the Convention Fair
(Pleas? turn
County of *he Alpha Kspfa Alpha Sorority
of which the bride Is a meinber.'
iven at the homo of
and Mrs. S. 1|. Adams of Beat-
in7lie Ford Road. Among
prevent 'rorej Misses Cecilia''
^ Jackson, Lotiis* l^esra; lonC
iffliutk- Fmay Battty;
page
BURGHAIU)T
McLENOON
wnere the religious ,«ervice3
will begin and wnere there iiill
be‘delivered a message to the
world by L. K. Williams,
president of the National Bap- .
tipt Conventio'n, Inc. I'he' luosic
for the occasion will be furnish
ed by the Concord choir of
Brioklyn, directed by Frof.
■ Day. The headquarters for the' Boatner and the Mount Oliveti
.meeting—^wiH-be—^ ibe Mount-’ehiWir—gf—-¥»rk, ilirectfti hy -
Olivet Baptist Cliurch, 120th * Prof. and the conventioa
Street and LenPx Avenue, Dr.' choir of Philadephia, directed
0. C. Maxwell pastor. The N«w * by Prof. Dorsey. There will be
a parade .• from the Temple of-
Religion to the Court of Peace.
York Ministers’ Conference, the
New York Baptist Cofivention
and the New^ersey and Penn-
.'■ylvania conferences and coiw'
ventions are already formed
into committees to make the
Baptist Day at the Fair the
ibiggest and most colorful day
At 7:15 p. m. a public meet
ing will be held in the Court
of Peace at which time the
Mayor of New York and the
President of the Fair have been
invited to adSVesi*’ the Baptists.
Value of Time
Pointed Out To
A. And T. Grads
G®|BBNSBOiRO. N. C.—^“The
privileged group must not cut
the line of salvation in all its
forms from the underprivileged
if the base of Tiuman rights,
liberties and progre.as
continue declared Rev. H. C.
' Miller, pastor of St. James
Presbyterian Church in t h ¥
baccalaureate address to- , 39
members of the^graduating ci^.-s
i, at the annual summer convoca
tion of A and T College Sunday
afternoon. The audience was
and outspiten
' C0ACH9S
the.*creed of i|iy mintHity people
must sbe ‘wet^aU togetlMr
and we all go down tocstliar.'
Takin«r as th* mbj«ct of Ms
discoonM tte Saais of
Achievments.’ Rev, Mill*r aid
tha^ no worthwhile thiai^- i«
tained except by agon^ ‘aerifies
and shedding of botii
figuratively and literacy.
are^^ttt; ^riptural ba^is of t^ serMoK
” was taken from lleiiatews
and read.^*‘And ahirai>t all
are by law purctexad witk
bl'jod, andL.»P»rt fi'>itt tlh« dbsM
ing of blood there is no
ion.*
Too ofteA, fbe
fe?ted sn Muqf
Thus kft
Ike H
for breejU' i;i
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