RELIEFERS REFHSE
VOLUME »
NO. M
DURKAIff, N. C. SATUItDAY, SEPT. 83, ItSt
HOLY
ENDS
NIGHT
Say They Can
Live Without
Picking Cotton
OHARLOTTE—THe fall harvest leasaft meaa» wofk for vamny
perMns in thia section, but n6 work for most of the white pertona
wH(flUd been receiving relief county at the'^^hands of Uie gpvern>
ment for they indignantly refuaed to go into the cotton fl«ld« aay*
ing, “we can live without picking cotton," while practically all the
Ible bodies Negroes on relief were gala to get the J6bs.
According to Mrs. Lquise 0,„Newkirk, superintendent of Public
Welfare of Mecklei*urg County, tif feliefera alike were given the
opportunity to work but on Thursday of last week there were ap
proximately .480 persons who took advantages o% the temporary
work, and only twenty five of
K^C TIRES
them were white. She bad jnuch
praise for the attitude of the
Negro workers, and in an inter-
terview with The CAROUMA
TIMES said that no one could
guarantee any individual a job
on WPA but that everyone may
rest assured that “those p^~
Bons who show an InAereat to
work and help themselves when
ever possible will be given pre
ference cn WPA.”
JMrs. Newkirk told The CARO
LINA TlMfiS that fKe^faMaers
were very satielied with 'the
' *Wf beTAg ~abliV by the j^s^a
she was sen^in|r to the farms,
that she could use many mot*
Workers. At first it was Lecea-
sary to provide transportation
for the workers but a^er the
first few days the famers
brought their own methods of
tiansportation, and the demand
for workers far exceeded the
supply. Farmers from other
counties and some from South
Carolina itrere present on a^e j bend
days, but the o^er went .arovbd I Jeato:
the .pKevailing w%ge for picking
cotton, and laborers at other
tasks were given $1.00 per day.
Ml'S. Newkirk eas^asized the
fi&t, “No color line will be
drawn in the relief p^«ram.”
She continued, “The response
of the Negi^a U «oraethinK
other mei^era of the race
sbculd be proud of. Just wait
uhtil Monday ttioralilyr and‘fee
if the whites whe woald not co
baek to the fields aren’t befoi*
the Commissionera begg^f for
‘ “relief. Soine ^ woik-
ed. yesftardsy. CABie ^ tte Wel
fare BtiBdiinr todi^
money for achool books and for
clothing, but they” wbaMii’fjr^.f^
turn to the fteld. * Two thi*
S Please tariT to jHige eigrht
Bomber Kayos
Bob Pastor In
£levenlh Round
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
(By Wire To Tfe> TIMES)
EiilGGS ST[(Ait)IUM, Detroit-
Before a crowd of 40,000 fans
Joe LvUis, the Detroit Brown
B‘)nibei' retained his heavyweight
here Weanesday night when
his two fists, blasted Jn the facej®^*^^'
of Bdb Pastor in Ite eleventh I dnPPed irum the cut
round of a sclieduka 20 round Bob’s eye, from his nose
!b»»t. and fmm his mouth as Louia
\ Pastor wa*. floored foir times P«««:hing in the
MISSELSIE AUSTIN of in that city and studied 1^ at
Washingt^, D. C. who W»s elec- the university there. She was
ted national president of Delta appointed to the staif of the at-
Signta Theta sorority at its re- tomey general of Ohkj. whea
beli cent convention held in New but a few years out ef law
Louis drew bl od frojn j'tnside j Yo^k City. Miss Austin, wha,,.is scho. 1. She is now aasiatai.t ia
ected lios with two an attorney is a native of Cin- the office of the Becord** of
cinnati, having attendejj^ icho 1 Deeds in Washington.
and Juat bi«fore the
his unprotected lips with two
rights. Again in the sixth Pak-
tor’s knees cuckled as that
right hand cannon fired its
In the first round from right ,
seventh, but Pastor started to
hand punches, and again ?n thi^ con» back then.
■second stranaie. On tw» other ^ tooR. M»e fight to the
occasion the former -Yorl^eigh^, taekedi^
faotbaik* was-^adTy itiza iggitfw IffT^pfes aitd ♦awwtf-
*fcut cAaie backf t\!-,-#v«> tot'cover «p, befuddled
AJUIE^T five' whites ^
FOR KILUNG NEGRO
WHITEfVIiMAl; N. €.—
Jdfin Gordo^ir- white of > Cedar
Grove jifim nrder.ed held- .withoot
killing raeently of
#!5i ''61 Prwtorville.
MRS. VIVIAK OSBOKNE
MARSH of^Oakland, Calif., jrho
retired aa Grand President of
the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
at its convention in New York
last month, being succeeded by
Miss Ekie Austin of Cincinnati,
former assistant attorney gen
eral of the state of Ohio and
preaent secretary of the Record-
eis of Deeds office in Washing
ton.
that Mecklenburg County must I Four ;^her^^«?1Sles were placed
be taken care of first. Fift^f I utftier bond. ~tir~ionB»eUoa with
cents per hundred iH>unda wa&'tha case. ~ . >
Bishop Fisher
To Deliver
Annual Message
No Action Takeii
-4-.
On Postal
Appointment
DURHAM—
On Sunday, morning Sept. 22,
Bishop H. L. Filer, president of
the United Holy Church of
America witl deliver the annual
message of the 46th annual sese
Jon of th^ meeting which ha«
been going on in Dur^iamsincfe
last Sunday.
The annual sermon of B shop
Fisher is always looked forward
to l^th gr,eat expe^ta^ncv by;
jhoM^rtltending the convocation
and it is predicted that a record
crowd will . be in attendance at’
Sunday morning session to bc»,
held at the Holy Taoernacle
located on Piedmont street.
Night sessions of' the annual
_ meeting have been held at Saint
,T« seph AME 'Church in order to
* provide a more spacious audi
torium for the large number of
visitors who have come here to
attend the convocation. Tie ,day
^ ^sessicn have been held at the
Holy Tabernacle.
All ession this year have been
most iflspii'iting and uplifting,
and according to officials one of
the .most successful in the his
tory of the church. Friday after
1^' '4 i*oon ^e entire delegation was
entertained at the home office
of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company bai
Parrish .^Street with a buffet
. dihnHt*: ^ Interesting short
apeeches , we|e jdeliveied ^ by
: various member af the |ionv^oca-(
tion after officiiUl of the com'
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goes to HARViUtD UNI.
Thomas Watkina, 18 year ^Id
son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas
Watkina of Charlotte who mo
tored to New York recently to
attend the Wortd’a ftiir. Young
Watkins was accom^nied by
Henry Everett of Columbia, S.
C., and the boys will go from
there to Harvkrd University
where they are studenta and
room mates in Little Hftll. Wat
kins has made a Wonderful re-
c:rd at Hamtr4 majoring fai
bio-ehemisti7 and consistfil^
standing «ithia tbe first 1^«ee
of the Iclasa. He is a ituiior l^ia
yelr; and plan te follow in -tb*
/ootstepa of hlg father,' a ]prHarf»
ent CJiarlott* dMtlst.
cfiARLOrfE;-
Major Paul XdQTiu, T^tmai-
ter, told the OARdtUINA TIMES
Tuesday that he had “*iothing
to say” aibouit a conference he
had on Monday witb G. N, T.
Cray, Genei-al Welfare Director
of the Natonal Alliahce of Postal
Empdyees cf ^Washington, who
talked ivith the postmaster in an
effort to secure the appoinment
of J. T.' Richmond, who is eligi
ble iFor a job as tettercariier in
the city but who ^bas not yet
been appointed by Major Younts.
The Postmaster did say fhat he
bad not yet* n)sde up his mind
about appt inting Richmond aa a
letter 'xarrier.
On Sunday afternoon a very
interested group attend 3d a
meeting at the Second • "Wasd
Hij^h School, and discussed the
efforts that have been made to
seottre Richmond’s appointment,
and listened to speeches by Mr.
Gray, by his wife .who is Presi
dent -ef thb tiikdies Auxiliary of
th^ National Alliance of Postal
Employees, and by Samuel J.
McDonald of Sumter, president
of the Fourth District of the
Alliance which takes in North
Carolina.
Mr. Gray said that theva was
“something wrong somewhere*’
which was * responsible for the
fact that there has been no Ne-
Srro letter carrier in Charlotte
for the past twenty ycj.ia, and
talked at len|[th about S^egro#:^
College and ' University gradu-’
otcs w%o lock down on Poatcl
work while accepting teaching
and other positiona where the
pay^ is * much leaa. ' He told- the ’
aasemlbly that, “yoi| will fall
diort of tha fnU fUtura oi
eitisani il Sfop
thia fight before you vrin.”
carry Ihe figw? to--th» trhai^
and defeated tumaell be>)tifuily.
In tile ipening round Louis
cani^ out swinging and belted
Bob to the canvass with a right
near ||is own comer. Pastor waa
up with no “count, an-l waa
down* i^ain when the Bombei
sent rtghts to the head. This
toOk the count of nine,
fie* weathered the storm of the
opening round being saved by
the b«}l, -i
Joe's right’ fojand the spot
again in tue second when Pastor
was lloore'3 igaiii. Bob turneu
to his bicycle' and started to back
away, lioxing beautifully,
feinting and cTrcling the cham
pion out of position.
StN^Si'^and to the Taw.
He might have flnoned^ Jo*
then','but he was "too tirej to
keep after him. Still he kept up
his advance 'n the ninth and
tenth and di? not "appear too
worn out. .
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loSAiRIiOTl^, N. C.—t»o«t^^pth«re aeexilt Ai»#rifl»». f
Mrs. Frank
McCoy Dies
BlvJwrd F. Gordon, Editor of
AME Zton Church school IJtera-
ture, spoke to an appreciative
audience at Grbce AME Zion
church here Sunday aftemdon
on his recent trip to Europe.
Dr. Gordon attended the World
Conference of' Christian Youth
at Amaterdani, Holland and also
viaited England, France Switer-
land, Germany and Daumark.
jHe t^olT for hia subject, “The
j Thrill of Embarking.”
I The iiigh point* of the trip,
I according to Dr. Gordon, was a
I I visit to tile home cf American
* (Ambassador William C. Bnltitt in
I Paris.- The speaker gave .a-wtrd
jjj picture^ of the French cy|>itbl,
laying special emphasis the
which 27 were Negroes. He em-
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BOSTON, Mass.—
Mrs. F. L. McCoy died
In the fCtlrth, with - Louis Boston, Maae, Wedneaday morn ‘-'‘“f
trailing him like a panther and ling afar.. s#VferaI month iUneaa. ^ ® ®
atemin gto be waiting an cpeti- iTie body will arrive in Durh&i * ngeness o m ng _ »n e
ing for right hand shot, Paa- late Friday aiftemoon and fun-
tcr made tiis first bid. He^danc- era! services will,be held at the
Mn. Gary tod the grouo that
her auxiliary " waa directly 'be
hind the fight to secure Negro
letter carriers in 'Charlotte, de- cd forward 5fY3 -^connected with White Bock Baptist Church,
pite the fact there is •‘ho- branch * tliree lefts and a right. Sunday aitemoon, Sept 24 at
of the NA'PE in Charlotte, and
that her pei;aqnal support and the
sujiport of her organization
could be counted o(i^ whenever
needed.
Mr. Mcpohaid made a very
stirring' speech, bewailing the
fact that a ®lty of one hundred
thousand persons with / one
third oj^. tfee .population colored
did not have even oife latter
carrier. He phasized the fact
that everything worth having is
worth fighting fop^!>and that this
m.ight ‘be a Iqng fight but the
reward more than justifies any
effort spent.
The meeting at Second Ward
and the conference of Mr. Gray
with Major Younts marks^ t^i^
latest step in a long uphill
by a group*^!’Interested citizens
o secure Ne^ro , j^etter carriers
)in C®arlotte;’*The fight has been
arotjnd John Richmond, a1]
present a Janitor in the Pcatf
office who has passed all nec-
cessary examinations, i and if.
el^Jble for appointment. Major
Younts is reported to havo told
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Late in the fifth round Pas- one o’clock'. Interment will be
tor’a roqutlipiece fell ^ the fcan- at Be©chwo6d. ^ • i
—
TO DELIVER AnNU^ AO DtlESS SUNDAY
JOHNSON C. SMITH
Of>EN DOORS TUESDAY ..
OHARLOTiC, N. C.,-
Re^atration 3f*n«w atudenta for
the 1A33-40 adiuieimlc year of
J. C. SmitS uTCversity will begin
on T^iesday, Sepfc. 28. Old’atud-
cata will ragtsfer on the follow
ing day tstt inrtrction will
Stpi H.
BISHOP H. L, FISHER
3hf««ident of the United Holy j the Halx Convocation at tht
Church of America, Inc, frJ^^'Goaepl Tabe^eala Eoly ChaMk
wiU deliver*x5Srodey »
afTangeness of dintiig
open at the famous sidewalk
cafes. He told of the custom of
the French people sitting for
hours at a cafe eating and drink
ing, and also that the Piench
people are calm and composed,
not easily excited and have
more emotonal cohtrol than do
Americans. He told of visiting
the Paris Opera, the Louvre, the
World War BatCe fields^- .
Dr. Gordon also told of see
ing Switzerland, “truly tha
land of the sky t?Ke~^^t beauti
ful country in tkr world.”
Switzerland, lie said/is a demo
cracy more tTTan 600 years old
and is made up of three .-ational
ities, ■ Germans, Frpnch and It*-,
liana, who, despite what their
respective naiT. ns do, get along
;n peace and perfect serenity.
!.» dwelt at length on hia
*'> Ehgland, where all the educa
Ted”peopTe speak three or four
different languages. Be told at
the beauttful*'8i;enry of-the Eng
lish countr.vside, and th> *•%
ness if Lontlon.
Fr»m Eni^iand he t4d of htt
'rit to Germany, stating that
they were trea^^ excelleik^,
stopping in one of Berlin^ fiaert
Hetok. He stated that ‘Germany
is on the . verge of ,^aacU
collapse and . that the ' need for
the colontaken by the treaty
i't Versailles waa the real rea
son bchinil the prmeat war.-
Germany did not really want
»v«r the speaker stated.
Negroes are few and far bet
ween in Earcpa, accordtag to
Dr. Gordon, only three beiiig
■*eea on the entir* tour. Sucty
five natioBs were fepreaeated at
the coavelitibn in
,to whM. In in
UmVERSITY TEACIIKK
BfBLIEViS) SAFE IN NORWAY
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—
Dr. Robert L. Anderson, Johnson
C. Smith University iaatructor,
wb went G> Seotli^d to addresa
an intemattonal congrejs n
August ‘30, ia believed by is
wife here to be safe “somewhere
in Norway.” Smith opens on
Sept. 23. *
MRS. IHJNSTCm iU.
WJBHi*.M f1aBh>—
FViends will' regret to hear of
the sadden illness of Mrs. Flossie
E. of TiS- “IStreet,
who waa atrleken with'a lijht
stroke on Wednesday afterik.* s,
Sept. "20. "We nope her racovery
will be a "^erlr sneaky one^
MAROONED
DR. R. L. AtNDSBSON,
feator of Bielacy ajqd Ch^naau
of the DividMojr o£ ||Mlteaaatica
aad Science *fr Jc^imob C. Sae«k|i
Univemity ia Charted, who m
marooned ia Svedea hflf the wm
ia Eursp*. Dr. Andenoa layni*
that lie feeb a«i» vikare he ie
Wt does «lkM lia wtSk
be able Bm helds the
Bachelor, HmM|^ «iid nO. 4*.
tnm IMKintty f
PHtabai^ aa ateleaiti^
scholar ta Ite ftaU of hiobo.
He west to wmw aXtKmi- the
latoraaMoMl Cei«reea SeM^
tic* at thitliiirf, he-
fe»» vhl^ ha praiefH ^ hie
(indlage ia erifHwl
at liie HeplBe
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