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on th«iprid menn, is ap*et*a to dmr tbeoMMidto of grid tmitm
to Durham, c^Mially tiiuM wbe bar* tfceir
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NUMBER 4t
SATURDAY, DEC. 2nd, 1#39
—TRICE SEVEN CtlfTS
J, j
%hite Baptists Denounce Jim Crpwism At S. C. Meet
Alien Jeffries
Meets Death In
Truck CrashV
BY WHXIAM A. TUCK
DURHAM—In the most ^ue-
sciine motor sccident of the
yeai^ Allen Jeifrita, respected
citisen of 107 Hazel Avenue,
waa crushed to death Morday,
Nov. 27j aibout 6 p. m. whch his
co«l truck WM struck ' by
heavily loaded tdbacco truck,
lA/ter being knocked from hig
truck, Mr. Jeffriea was killed
instantly when two wheeU of
of the other truck ran over his
driven by J. A. Hangum a'so.of
Apex, waa going: east on Geer
Street an^ the rear wheel of the
Jeffries' truck, whirling it
around and throwing both men
to the ground. MeCullers was
unconscious for a few minutes
but was released from Lincoln
Hospital after receiving treat
ment for the deep cut his
head. Mangum was not hurt at
all. The only damage noticed on
the truck which *carried 21 hogs
head, crushing it beyond re- heads of tottaeeo was a dented
cognition. His entire body was
badly mangled in the accident
which happened under the stop
light at the corner of Elisabeth
and Geer Streets.
Mr. Jeffries* truck, which ha
used f«r haaling coal and eoke
tor the purham Oaa Company,
was operated by Edward Me-
Cullers of Johnson Street and
was headed south on Elisabeth
Street. According to witnesses,
■ the tobacco truck, owned by
1^. C. Garner of Apex and
radiator and bumper^ MangTum
was charged with manslnughter.
Mr. Jeffries was around 70
years of age and had been, a
«itiien of Durlum for more
than forty years. His funeral
has been set for 11 a. m. Iburs-
day (Thankigiving) and L>)ter-
ment will take place afterwards
at his orifiiial home in Wake
He is survived by Mrs. Alice
Jeffries, his wife; a daughter,
Missi Lillian Jeffries; two bro
thers and a sister.
Negro-White
Md. T eacher s to
Get Same Pay
NAACF Check Up Major
Taachars 94SiOOO Ik- (
creasa; Opinion May Af
reet Wliola Pay iSystem
i« Sotttk
J. •
BAJiTIMOitE, (Special to the
TIMES)—The Negro teacher#
in Anne arrundel county^ Md.,
must be paid the sftme salaries
as wlute teache^ doing the
same wWk, it wka ruled here
November 22 by Judge W.
Calvin Chestnut of ttia United
States district court. Judge
Chestnut signed an injunction
restraining the Ann4 Afiindel
county board of education from
paying lower salaries to colored
teachers than to whites.
-t—■t ^
The decision represented a
^ victory for Walter *MilU, 91,
principal of a^ive teacher school
at Camp Parole, Md, nlaintiff
in the cate, who sought to hiiv«
the county board of education
restrained from paying him a
salary leas than white princi
pals of the same expei^ence and
doing the same work sol sly on
ground of color. Mills’ salary is
$1,0|60 per year, while white
principals doing similar work
receive $1,800 per year.
The decision means that Ne
gro teachers in Anne Arundel
cQOTrty wiH receive approximate
ly $46,^00 more in the!
envelopes than they have
to fore. I4ie total amount of the
differential wage still existing in
Maryland counties is more than
.1400,00.
Milla’ defense i^hich wM Vag-
ed by Thurgood*-Marshall, Wil
liam H. Hasiie, Leon Ransom,
and W. A. C. Hughes, Jr. at
torneys for the National Associa
tlon for the Advancement of
Colored People, represented a
victory for tlft Maryland Teach
ers Associ^lon, which has
bael^ed the fight together witli
the NAACP and other organiks
tSons. ■ ~ . 1
In issuing the InJunctioto^
Judge Cjhestnut said:
“As a result of considecii-
tion of this casS' 1 have
reached the conclusion
the plaintiff is entitled to
an injunction against the
County Board of Cdaca-
toin from discrimination
in the fixing of his salary
to the extent. that it is
based soley "^on race cr
, color.”’ j
PRIZE AGENTS BANQUETEDBY N. C. MUTUAL
iPictured above is a spene of i Life Insurance Company who a million dollars worth of '^usi-
the banquet held l^ist Saturday I qualified for a free trip to the j ness during the month of Oct.
evening in honor of 27 agents I home office for taking the lead- President Spaulding is««ehown
of th« North Carolina Mutoal I ing part in producing more than ! addressing the group.
While Sonth Stuitn«d As
Churchmen Ask For Race
BULLETIN/
,Astound “White South ty
Demanding, Legal RiylMfS
Tolerance and Equality «f
OpportNsity for iNegrOe*
—history maJdniK Conven
tion Hkld in iGreenvilU.
G-REENiVlLLE, S. C, (ANP)
^Negro baiters and Southern
* •-*4vo«*ted --of —1‘white supfeiO;,
acy” were given a decided Jolt
here last week when ,tbe-. Social
Service commission of th£ ,119th
annual Baptist Convenlion,
white, submitted a repore"^ re
commending the granting to
N«feroes of almost every hocial,
economic and political rig^t they
have been flghtlnjf'for ^ce Re
construction Dliys. ^
The com^pissibn urged t Ji e
Baptist leaders to “seek ti ac
cord the Negro his couplea with
■4.
others equally strang and revelu-•
tionary, precipitated a controv
ersy^ that waged on the flour of ,
the convention and in committee j
rooms during the entire three
day sgMion. *
But when the fireworks
had cleared, and the “con
servative . element” jr ajgain
held „ 8wax»„ es
voted to strike ' out ^ITie”
“controversial section as
being “more political than
religioUlj.’' The section ol
the Social Service commiss
ion report which frankly ad
vocated justice and lair
play for “Negroes was icad
by the Rev. W. W. Leather
of Conway, S. C.
The« immediate cause nf the
controversy was the section ay-
ing “Every one agrees that
wholesome restictions shof--ild be
placed abtjut the Ballot but
every citiaeh who is qualified to
vote should- -be permitted to do
^ Please turn to., page eight
Pleadsi Foi
GrealerSliare
Public Furi4s
Dr. James E.“ Shepa^rd, presi
dent of North Carolina »CJlege
for Negroes and outstanding
leaders of the face wa.*; featured
Sunday morning over tatewide
hookup in a fervent plea for
larger and better Support for
Negro education. Numerous
favorable comments from both i
races have been pouring m since agreed that Gavagan and Fish
ts deliverance on last Sunday!would lead the two party eem-
and it is the consensus of opin- j paign to get the bill passed in
ion that Dr. Shepard’s address the House. ^
wsg the most .^appealing he basl The NAiACP has written to
ever delivered on the subject {each nf the 218 .Congressmen
>f education. jwho "signed the discharge peti
tion which forced the billcut of
committee and” indirectly made
' possible its present ' preferred
position on the House calendar,
urging them to be in Washing
ton on January 8 and cti tiKe
floor of the House, and ai^ tc»
be present on each day there
after to preevent opponents
Lynch Bill To
Come Up In Jarr.
NEW YORK, The Gavangan-Fish Anti-lynching bill H. R, 801,
Which is on the top of the Congreaa calendar, will be eaUed up is
the House of Representlftives, Monday, January 8 1940 eerrtrtiSf
to an announcement ihfede here tcday by officiala of the N&tional
iAssociatron for the Advancement of Colored People.
The announcement folkwed^a conference held here in Repre-
sntative Joseph Gavagan’s office ■‘Tuesday, Noveftiber 21. ,■ Thoet
pre.'ent at the conference included; Rep. Gavagan, D. of N. Y who
haspiloted the measurer through several Congressional battle*; ^p.
Hamilton Fish, R. «1 N. Y. who recently withdrew support front
hia ownMnti lynchingi bill to back the Gavagan t>ill; Walter White,
executive secretary of the NAACP; Arthur B. Spingarn, chief j* the
NAAiCP’S natimal legal committee; and^Thurgoo3 Marshall, special
leijal counsel for the associatien.
At the conference it w a
Dr. Shepard called the ttten
lioji of his hearers to the unfair
neas in the appropriation
funds for Negroes in ^omp.'irison
with tbe amount, of appropriated
for white people in the state,
and askeit that, this difference
be ettiliinated.
Said Dr. Shepard, “1 am ask
ing in his behalf a re-thinking
of all our attitudes tott^arJ the
Negro, I am appealing ta the
people of my state to give him
the opportunity to show forth
to the worjd of the ^ grear,ne.ss
and the immortal significance
of American experiment in de-
Uocracy.’?
In Closing the -North Carolina
College president. »aid, *‘If I
could I would with one hand lift
up a white child and tell him to
soar aloft and find truth^ Jus
tice, mercy, and his Godr Tlj^n
coming back to earth again, lift
up his fellows; and with t h e
other hand I would lift up * the
black child and give him. the^
same message. Then we will havfe
frofli attempting to kill the bill.
A similar request was sent to
all Congressmen who came from
states where Negro ?itiaens have
in our .great country, prtrgrtss,
peace, and love.”
Dr. Shepard is nationally
known educatftnal circles
atiK Kis words, whrther from
the platform or over ’the ladio,
are listened to with wide in
terest as coming from an au
thority. on the sub^^ect of Negro
education. *
Last Sunday’s address i? be
lieved to have changed the
minds of the fast dwinding few
wh6 would deny the-Negro equal
edocational opportunities in
North Carolina.
the right to vote, but did net,
•tgn the discharge peiitiun.
I'he biU i» being brougat up
January 8, because under
the rutee uf tbe House ot &e-
presentatives the second aad
fourth Mondays cf the eionth
are the I«^gislative days ua
which action on discharge pet^
tiooa may foe taken. January 8
is ' the second Monday of the
month.
Starks Beauty
College Opens
Dnpham Branch
III ’one of the most impressive > ed and most experienced leau-
opening programs seen here in j ticlans iri the south has been
many days the Stark’s Beauty I secured to head the Di.-rhatft
College, numBer two was launch- college and will be in charjie of
Pointing cut that the fifht to
destroy this bill will be no less
bitter than it was during the
last session of Congress, officials
of the associai.uii urged all
members of NAACP branches
throughout the tountry tc visit
theiri congressmen now at home
andF ' u^r^ed theha- to be on the
floor of the House, January 8,
when tbe bill is .scheduled tu t>e
brought up; to vote fo*^ the hi
and to stay on the floor un
the bill !»' piiiSB. '
Tbe association announcement
made a similar appeal to organi-
zaions and individuals who have
supported the . bill j# tha put.
This procedure is necessary in.
qrder to keep opponents from
ganging up in the figfet to kill
the bill in the absence of slop-*
porters of the measure. ‘
TWO NEGRO AMONC*
^ CANDIDATES
FORT WORTH Tex., (ANp)**
—At last Friuay’s deadl’ne for
the filing of applications,^ it was
learned that two Negroes were
nofnibered among the 65
d«tes ' officially in the raeu for
the post of f^otortal reprt tenta
tive to the State legL^latttre
from Denton and Tarrant eoun-^,
ties. '1.
The nunsber cl candidate? is
said to set an all time record
I for the state, and it is reportedly
tlw*' first time & Negro has ever
sought* public office in either
i county. The colored candidates;
Phil R. Register, editor Fort
Worth Efgle Eye, weekly paper
and Jay Ford, Fort Worth la
borer! ....
BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR
'v
MISSCXJRI LAVr
SCHOOL MEETS
BAR AI^SOCIATION
APPROVAL
ST^ LOUIS, (ANF)—The
new Lincoln u^iVefsity law
school, opened in Sept.
the old Poro college
ing, has compjiied fuUgr
with Aaseriewi Bar
ticn ' reqalreaieBts aa’4T li
therefor# an accre^tel*
(titution, it wat _
to Liaeoln liocrd a
tors* taat week
Sl^flfrotb, atnwr Ilk
sActioa oi
OB Jii^ iHi^
■rfitte— I*
The mam address on lust
Monday evening was delivered
by 3ev, Randolph Johnson of
the. state w^fare department.
Other speakers were L. K.^ Aus
tin, editor qf_-the CAR0I.1NA
TIMES, Dr. V, w. Love, Dur
ham dentist Mrs. Phipps '’and
Mbs Bel^ce Freeman. The
program was^in charge pf. Mrs
Delaney, secretary of 'the
school.
The~T)orhffBi branch of the
Starks Beauty Colege is located
on the second floor 'of the
Pleme turn to p«fn ei|fht
Hie abov» ia composed
Df the Cou^^: of Honor of the
Durham' units of the B o
Scouts. The keen interest in the
Boy Scoht movement In Durham
^M| 'b«ea attri^ut^ to the uqtir.
master;'George WocdV Scout-1 of the court of h©nor; Nathaniel
ing of men in the aboVe photo.
In the front frim left to right
are:—^ames Carrington, Scout
master; F. C. Pendarvia, Scout
master in qharge of the Court
ef^ jPono?; C. P. Graham^ j^QVjt
Walker, assistant, scoutinai>ter;
Otho Jones as«stant acoutnas-
ter and Rev, T. C. Craham, aeni-
ber of Court ai Honor. ^
master.
Back r o w—William Brown
assistant scoutmastert» Dr. J. W
V. Cordice> member of the court
of goaqrj £wl Artiet. meaihcr
ed here Monday evening in the
Warren-Striu^lck building on
Chapel Hill street with address
es of welcdme to the class by
officials of the school and pro
minent citizens of Durham.
'' The Durham college is owned
and operated by Mrs. H. Phipps,
famous beautician of Raleigh, who
i-ji also owner and founder of
the Eltarks £eauty Collcgs of
that city, where the main office
is fo&ated. In keeping with the es-
taiblished custom of tlio high
standard of the founder a n “3
o«giec of the Starks B(.auty
College only the best trained
iiid most experienced instruc
tors are ycured to teach the
art and. science of beaut/ cul
ture. Mrs. Zerllna Bradley, who
is.poMibly one of the best tr«in-
instructing the classes.' Mrs.
Bradley will be assisted by Mrs.
t. Quinn TTl^gera, and Miss
Beatrice Freeman both well
known in the art of beauty cul
ture.