VOL. II
NUMBER S
DURHAM. H. ,C„ SATURDkAY, JAN. aiHli, IMS
PRICE SEVll* cEirrs
BLASTS DOCmS
N. C. C. STUDENTS PETITION
ANTI-LYNCH BILL SUPPORT
Bailey Replies to
Plea Of300 Students
Congressman
Says Negro
Big Spendthrift
MURFREESBORO, N. C. —
liraTins a down pour tf min, a
large crowd (rathered at the lii9t
Baptist Church Fundaf .ight o
bea# Representative ^rthur W.
Mitshell, Democratic Congress
man from Chicago praise the
thrift of white children and
child the earless spending of
the Negro Yo«th.
Because the failure of the
town’s lighting svstem, Mr.
Mitchell began hig* address by
lamplight. Before he finished
the lights ;ame on..'T*ro'f. James
A. Clark of Eli*a»beth City Staite
Teachers College introduced the
speaker.
Of equal pay f«r while and
Negro teachers. Representative
Mitchell said, “I believe in equal
pay. But shouldn’t there be more*
•mphasis placet) upon the kind
of service rendered than the
amount of salary? Why not
seek to improve the "advantitgea
of the children?
*‘We talk about our rights
more than we talk about our
duties,” the speaker d'eclared.”
R«pr«sentaUve Mitchall advis
ed his hearers to be thritfy. ‘W«
must save odr earnings. No
matter how small the salary, we
should save. 1 taught in Ala.
30 years ago for $20 per month,
lhave |30 of that money now.
*^lf a white child la given ome
money he saves it. If a colored
child is given some money, he
must buy candy or chewing gum.
The average colored man who
saves ^up as much as $i2,000 must
go on a vacation. If h« feela a
httte badly, he must go to
health resort, and come back
broke. Out of every dollar you
make, try to aave some.”
Representative Miitchell prais
ed President Roosevelt, and call
ed him one of America’a great
est Presidents.
The program was the opening
of a drive for a new achool at
Murfreesboro. Weather condi
tions prevented many “workers
from presenting reports, ^ but
$46 was repoHed at the meet
ing. The main drive is scheduled
for the fifth Sunday in March.
4 NEGROES
GET CENSUS
Charlotte White POSITIONS
Slayer Out On
$1000 Bond
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — J. B. Stogner, white of 1138 N. Church
Street was released on M.unday morning on a thousand dollar bond
for killing Clarence Locket of 132^ Ashby Street on last Saturday
night. It was reported to the police that Stogner ^aa riding
in a taxicab aa a passenger In the front seat oi the taxi driven by
R. G. Burtage, .also white, %nd that Locket waa riding as tRe aola
passenger in the rear seat.
The cab reached the 800 block
of North Church Street . and
Burrsge, according to po|ic« re
ports, refused to drive into a
street requested by Lockett be-
■ cause of the condition of the
street. Lockett got out of the
^ 4^sb, the report continues, upon
request of the driver, Burrage,
then Stogner shot him witii a
pistol laying on the front saat
ij and belonging ‘^o the driver.
The bullet ' punctured both thfe
man’s lungs.. .
Both white men claimed, the
leport savs furtlier, that Lockett
was reaching -toward his pocket
as if for a waapon.
iStogner was first charged
with assault witti a'deadly wea
pon and released under bond
of 1600.00, but aftar his victim
diad he waa recalled and his
bond waa upped another |600.-
00. Aa we to preM tha police^
department states that the
next step is up to tha coroner
who is expected to call an in
quest soon, bat the police de
partment was unabi# to aajr
when t)r« inquest would be
held.
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Young Men’s
Club Progresses
OURKAM — The young men's
club, founded by a group f
honest working young men who
are striving to develop unity
among Ihemaekes ao4 those who
become affiliated therewith waa
ori^nized December 1939 and
has been making commendable
progress since that' date. Al-
thongh due to ntinor fallacies
the dob ii iust issuing ita first
coH^icuous article tP the public.
Thf clnl> is orpiBized •• followa:
Robert Shoats, 1214 Spauld
ing Street; president
Cliff Banks. 611 Pine Street,
Vice-president
. Herheit^f^oweni, 812 Pickett
Street, Secretary
Qnell HollanH, 1201 Hace!
Street, treasurer
Cancer McClean, 8*18 Gray
St^t, Business manager.
The excdleat ' functioning of
these mta ia powible only with
PlfSM to cifltt
(M>ERATES HARDWARE
STORE
ULYSES GEORGE..
Manager of the H‘>me Moderni-
'ution and Supply Company,
North Carolina’s cnly Negro
opiated hardware store. M.r.
George together with his brother
Richard has built in Durham
one of the leading enterprises
of the |ity.
WtAfiHINGTON, D. C. — The
Bureau of the Census this week
announced the appointment of
four colored men to key posi
tions ifl District Census offices.
Please turn to page eight
DURHAM — Engineered by
student leaders, 300 students of
North Carolina College For Ne
groes Petitioned senators Josiah
Bailey and Robert Reynolds to
“vote for and use their influence
in the passage of the Anti-Lynch
ing Bill.” Senio’r Senator Bailey
received the original copy and
Junior Senator Robert - Reynolds
a true copy. The d^ument was
mailed late last week. |
Aroused by the intense ef
forts of members of the south
ern Bloc” to again filit>uster to
itailej’s [l«piy itiiiiop(‘nieiit
tap:Year
President Chas. £. Cob
Student Council
North Carolina College
For Negroes
Durham, N. C.
My dear Sir:
Your letter advocating the
enactment of the Gavagan Bill,
known as the Anti^Lynching
Bin has been received.
In considering this measure,
iti^ath the measure,a presidents 6l must bear in mind that
all organizations on th* «an>P“*,|yi;chi*5^.ia the mpst infrequent-
the pBtttion^y committed df
met* SFiid drew ’ up
which was signed by more than
300 students before the follow
ing morning.. There is Ihtle
d3ubt that the entire student
body would not have signed . if
time had been permitted. '
The. petition read as follows;
Jan. 11, 1940
The Honorable Josiah Bailey
Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: ^ _
We the undersigned students
of North Carolina College For
Negroes, being directly affected
y the Anti-Lynching Bill, res
pectfully petition your vote and
your influence in the passage of
this bill, wJiich is a matter that
vitally concerns moro than 12
million people.
The first signature affixed was
all tSie crimes
and that great progress has been
made ' in reducing the number
lynching that in 1939 there were
only three. It is a serious ques
tion whether interference by the
Federal Government would be
helpful where the progress hM
been s6 great. Moreover, if we
invite the Federal Government
to undertake to enforce * the
criminal law in. the matter of
lynching, we will invite it to
enforce the law With respect to
all .other crimes and you , may
fmd our state * filled with i’ed-
cral I offices.
If we set up a system of re
covering damages in Federal
Courts against state officers on
account of. the crime of lynch
ing, why not in respect to other
crimes.
Up until now, enforcement of
our laws has been reposed in
M«
“It Just a joke,” explained
Alex M. Rivera Jr. when showed
an announcement cf his engage
ment which appeared in Obe^
lin Ohio Daily last week. "Dan”
Cupid.’ he continued, ,has beeh
biamed for many queer things
but such ail act «n my part at
this time coulu only be blamed
cn Billy Boneheed.”
The arti«le^read:
At a ^nner party given Sun
day evenftig at fheir home, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Godette announc
ed the engagement of their
daughter, Benita Florence Gor
don, to Alex at. Rivera, Jr., son
of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Rivera
of Yonkers, N. Y.
Relatives and intimate friends
were present at the dinner. As
yet, no definite date has been
sat for the wedding.
MRS. W. F. BtTRGHARDT and
Mrs. J. B. McLendon, wives tf
the coaches of the North, Caro
lina College Eagles. The North
Carolina College coaches
may bi ss the Eiagles alright, bat
when these tw^o ladies come
around the coaches are bossed.
Mrs. Burghardt and Mrs, Mc
Lendon were caught by the
Times camerman watching their
husbands giving the ortlera—1*>
someone else.
—Phrfto by Reuben^Radolph
Charlotte Jurist
Says Medics
money Grabbers
BY W.»f. ALtXANDER
CHARLOTTE — In an address on Tuesday before the local
Rjtary Club, Judge Ftank K. Sims, jr. of the Cisy Recorder's
CouK made a direct implksati'm that Negro Pnysic.ald of the city
refuse to treat injured persons witnout knowing wliere the money is
coming from. This reporter presented himself at the Chamber
Commerce Dining Room where the regular Rotary luncheon is helil
and requested either a^aaascript of Judge'* Si»'s speech or per
mission to listen to the speech from Charles i^. Siene, president
of the Rotary. He was told that a manuscript w mld be ftifthcom-
ing, “if Judge Sims permits it,” and also told to c^ntart Mr. Stone
ai nis office after the meeting.
• When called later in the afternoim, the R«tary president stated
that 2iidge Sim had not spoken f^om a iiiaiiU4.crii>t, but extempor-
anet^u^y and that he liad looked for the reporter I" invite him in
when the Judge started speak- ^ ^
ing, but that “1 did not see you did when they took a Negro in-
in the hall!” to custody was to hit him wiui
,, t i- » * tfieir fists or a blact Jack, wj.
■However, repiesentatives from
J 1 *1, to ki^ him.
daiy newspapers were in the , » ^
meeting'and one oi uitm quoits I ‘‘The pnJy proitection the Xe-
Judge Sims as having said the gro las had )|as been to seive
the following: f |as a stool pigeon for tne oifiev-j
“A Negro came into my court i believe that 96 per cent « £
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DORCAS CLUB
that of ChaTtes E. Cobb, preai- jthe States. Why should we
dei)|t of the student council. I Please turn to page eight
The Dorcas club will meet
January 25, at the home of Mrs.
Rowland corner Fayetteville and
Pekoe streets. A Heningiburg will
address the club members using
as his subject “Plants.”
CHARU>TTE YOUNG 'SOCIALITES MAKE MERRY
A.TOV1E IS SHOWN the mem
bers and guests of the Phalanx
Pr»tenjlty of,Charlotte ,t the
formal dinner which w«* given
f«r them by Pro^. . Edward
Howard Brown, of the Second SehC>l. Officers of the Freter- Tom Paschal, Treasurer; ^-
«>—^ include McKinley Cochrane, Kina Itevia, CHairman of Xmaa
Ward High School Faculty, who
ia adviaor for the group. • The
affair wu fives on ■ Deeembe?:
Primuii Thomas Grigg. Vice
Primua; M. C. Alexander, Sec’y
• • nimut; M. U. Aiex«na«r, f
31 Wert CI^dQite 8if& MeWn l«eper, financial Sec'y;
Activiities; Haiel Pettice, Chair
man of tha Social ^^mmittee^
tad ^am«a S. Chaplin, Honor-
agreements b«M-
and their stool
recently who had been stabbed |cne poiking done in C'harloiic
three times. He said he bad been
taken to the hospital, but was
refused admittance. I dont .tn*»w
of a Negro doctor in Charlotte
who will stick a needle into a
dying Negro until the money ia
put on the counter.”
This statement was made, ac
cording to the newspaper, while
Judge Sims placedpractically
all the blame for Negro crime
cn the shoulders of the police
force of the city, but’ also stat
ed, “Low wages is the greatest
cause for stealing among Ne
groes^ $4 bein^ tops in the aver
age weekly pay for a Negro
woman.”
Other quotes from the news
,'iSHiele on judge Sims’ spcecS
follow: ;
“Law Enforcement officers,
judges. Juries and punishment
are to a large extent responsible
for Negro crime in Charlotte. •
“In my opinion, the last few
months have- brou^pht a great
has been bv
ween officers
pigeons.” *
“Prior to July, 1939, the
customary agreement between
an officer and the ‘:pimpT who
informed him about another
Negro's having liquor was to
split the liquor seized on i the
pimp’s information three ways,
one third for the pimp, one/thirU
for the officer and one/ third
fv,r evidence in the court/'
Business men and preachers
are the best character witness ^
for persons accused of crime
They don't know anything ba.i
about anybody!”
ft was expected by thnse ~
have followed events h®re »■:
aU closely for the past few nr i!
ths that Judge Sims, in hL-i a i
dress, “The Negro Probleii!
would '-have much to say about
the pvlice department for h.
has been most outspoken bef i>.
change among’ the law enforce-jir critisizing it, but few ws.
ment off'lcers in Charlotte. Prior prepared for his statement w.i
to that time the first thing they reference to Negro Doctor.^.
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EberiezerChurch
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Buys Land For
New Edifice
^
The thirteenth day of the-, Bailey streets at a total cMt c"
month considered unlucky by 13,361.
mst people pro\’ed be Just Bidding on the lot started a.
the opposite for the pastor and |3,ft00 but due to eeveral i»ie-=.
members of the £l»enezer Bapt
ist church located on Gliinn
street. It was last Saturday the
13th of January that the chuidh
which is paste red by Rev. T. A^
Grady, one
VfOgrassive
of Durham’s noet -it-veraJ attempts
young nffnistera
, t k •
succeeded in ot^bidding several Ebeneier Baptist dMnk
otkers in the purchase of a lot
cn th* comer of Glean and
the church', fouBd it
to call on its messben^ii asa
friends to Ci^me to tlMir rcdct#
and help them raiaa ’
funds- to buy the pnuj^ttjb AJler
was finally i
Ebeneier Baptist
tile anouBt stipulaHA
PttBM turn