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VOLUME 21
miMBBR 4
DURHAM. Y«. .C,. SATURDAY, JAN. 171^ I940
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
DtES UN-AMERICAN SAYS
NEGRO CONGRESS
Negro Congress
REQENT BRIDE ICharlotte Jurist
Denies Charges
Of Papers
W. F. ALEXANDER' th« 10 9«r cant popuhtioB
^HAELOn% In a tcn^hy
Jn[t«rview »t his i^iec in tha
l#w BaiMing hare, ^udfa Fimnk
K. Sima, Jr., «f tha City Record-
ar Oonrt ttated that ^e has baaa
misquoted bjr local daily papers
who put int^ tha papers that ha
h»d stated, “I d^n’t know of m
N**to doctor in Charlotte wbo
will stidk a aaedia int{) a iying
Na(ro unM the money ia put on
tha counter.”
(Indga Sims then explained
that, al tha cutset of «hia apaach
ha no intention of entarinff
•nto any contfovanias im his »d-
4reaa on, “The NegrO ^UaM,"
but that k^e was going
ahasrration irtBa^
lOi
City Rxiogder*B CMUt,
^ad in* i^\ Jurfsdictlorl. all mia^
demeiant^ comnititted , ii^, the
city of Charlotte. ' ’
Ha told this ivprc««ntativa
that he had hot spoken from a
manuscript, but only used an
OBtline, which he produced, and
raconstrnetad, as well as ha* eould
the entiM speech from the out*
line.
differential would normaHy call
for.
Judge Shas stated that he
aid not beliava in tha new state
l*w requiring medical examina
tions and certain fees before
n>arriage, because it brought the
coat of getting married up to
lit .00, whieh in his opinion
To Attack Dies
Klan Attitude
(•y Wlr. !• tka TIDIES)
NBW YORK —The mid-winter
meeting of tha executive board
[cf the' National Negro Congresa
Which met here Sunday complnt-
•d plans for the holding of tha
Third National Negro Cangresa
ir the city of Washington, April
Zi-2'8, 1940. The Negro Congreaa
body also scored tha aetiarity i
further increaaa tha “large per- the Dies Committee and openly
«aatege" of Negroes who ioat,
"l^e together," and stated that
hel had never triad a Negro
•otple for **fomieation « n d
^Itary,” larg^ befnya of
^(fdl»praad common« bar
Kan.
ta ^ Ju4|c Sims stetad tl^
JVM' aaiNWto i» tha Rae»iM«%
in OwMrtstt* iMid
^ntaouncement has been made of the marriage of Misa £telyn
Luctetia Walton, (aibove) daughter of Mrs. Iteggie Lee Watton,
Thonasville, Georgia, to Booker Washington Kenny, Durahm, North
Carolina, on becember 2|6, 19Qi9 at the home of the bride's sister
Mrs. Alma Walton Thomqpson, wife of Dr, J. S. Thompson, SOI Urn-
stead Street, Durham.’'The Reverend O. D. Stanley, pastor of the
Titus P. £. Church, officiated, using the ring ceremony. Tha
bride, a graduate of N^rth Carolina College Fur Negroes, is a mem
ber of the faculty of the Lyon Pai% Elementary School, Durham,
and is affiliated with the Alpha Zeta Omega chapter of the AKA
sorority.
FViUowing a brieif wedding trip, the eoupU re turned to Durham
where they at« vakinf their home at 404 Formosa Avenue.
He started his speec^, .said
Judge Sima, Dy stating thf^t ’^e
Negro problem of Charlotte can
not be completely discussed in
thirty nrfnjite’or thirty days, b»t
it is a vital part of the social
economic life of the city,” .He
also atlited the he was, “tir^
of the Recorder’s court being
knoWn as a Negro court," and
cited figures to show that more
whites tiian Negroes, both men
and women were defendants in
fels coart, and even more whites
eharp>d Martin OIm, the Te:^a
cot^aaaman who is chairman «t
the ^Coasmittee with covering up
the un-American aetivitiaa of
the Ka Klax Klan.
aiti^
ed i^t the meeting and pladged
his organisation to a paaaeleas
fight a^inst the hunger, Job
lessness and lynch terror inflict
ed upon the Negro People.
Officials of the congress es
timate that 3,000 delegates will
be in attendance at t)« third
national meetings. Previous Con
greaa in Chicago have draiwn
batwaen l,fiOO and 2,000 deleg-
ataa aa well as several thousand
obaarvers.
.In a statamaot uiuwimously
approved by mend>ers of (he na
tional board the Natioaa), Negro
CoBgraas gave the He Martin
Dieaacc uaations that lil|e Cm-
gresa was un-Americaj^ jThe
'Rm meeting of CoDgTasa
offki^la was attended t»y re->
J»4|c Sims stetad tl^ i^aMatetives of more than a
~ oi local councils from tha i statement exposed the tect that
ImiA lM«n noddle Waf^ J^at-and South. ^|the Dies Committee bM consis-
paradef* bafovm hfan ia evsar Plnjiip 'Rai*j»^h, nattaael paeat Itantly- to pen^ Con-
shifting never changing: pawor- dent pf the orfiniaatioBy officials to testify. •
mil pt comedy, ioa).Qdra»a and —— - —' " — .—r-—
DR. PRANK P. GRAHAM, President of The Greater University of
North Carolina, t^ an audience of 1500 which had gathereil for
the dedication of two new buildings, at A A T Sunday that b"th
cooperation and education are to be sole means of working out the
race problem in the south today. “Intimidation and domination has
brtMght no solution," the educator ssid. (Photo by Rivera)
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Dr. Frank Graham
Dedication
ing coMponaHt part# of all ttiree.
Ha^ told several storiaa to
illustrate tha comedy ha called
on to witnaaa, atorias mainly
centering avoond the vivU tm*
agiuatlona of aavaral of h i a
tfcl^eats.” Melodrama exiata, the
Jurist stated in the karge numb«
ef common law wives who will
Please turn to page e^ht
S.C.IudgeWts Mask Mlob
Gl^SNVlLLfi, S. C.—1^ a
stern charge to the Gtaan^e
county grand jury Monday, at
the opaninjr of the first ganfral
sessions court term of the yaar.
Circuit Judge J. Strott Thur
mond atrongly condemnad *ihe
sctivities of South Carolina Ku
Klux Klansmen.
Many local colored residents
consider the Judge’s statement
as a direct step at Greenville
Kluxers, since it is here that the
Klan has played havoc in recent
months in several Negro dis
please turn to page eight
Daddy Long Legs At State
Rev. T, S. Harten Out To|
‘Build A City* In N.J.
JiY J. ARCHIE HAJtGRAVZS
GR®ENSBORO — “Both >aees
ioii^'hajda here this afternoon
«ne m2>>e '"atep toward the
larger fuIiMlment of the Ameri
can demoeratic dream and the
Icingdom W God,” ^declared the
Univeriity uf North * Carolina’s
young and liberal Resident, Dr.
Frank P. Graham, addressing
ISOO people at the dedication
of the new Richard B. Harrison
auditorium and Alexander Gra
ham vocational building at A
and T college last Sunday after
noon.
Presidept Graham was intro
duced by Dr. M. C. S. Noble,
chairman of the A and T board
of trustees who said of him
“all are,proud of hi* great work.”
President Graham said “the
twin dedication represents a fus
ion of great forces out of the
past. Alexander Graham for
wht m one of the buildings w
named was a confederate soldier,
Richard B. Harrison %as a slave.
Yet the accomplishments of these
two men meet at A ♦sd T ^li
ege ’Ijr a common' %a»ise *a*4 in
es of a fitnily long a staunch
friend and a«ivocate i>f Nf^ro
education said of |)is father,
Alexander Graham, - “he devoted
a Common humanity.”
The liberal educat. r who eom-
his entire life to ’^e education.il
uplift of all peuple, white and
black, and if alive today would,
I consider the new vocational
' building named in his honor the
'clowning achievement of hi.
career.”
Speaking of Richard B. •Harri
son who won international ac
claim as “DeLawd” in ‘Green
Pasttires,”^ PresFdent 'Graham'
that he was one of the greatest
figures on the American stage ‘
and with simplicity and dignity
created an immortal role in
dramatic history. i„.
Special enfphiels was placed
by the speaker on the fact that
the Negro-, is asking fcr just an
opportunity to make his way in
Please ttirn to page eight
tY WILLIAM H- PERRIjS.M. A-
Aatlier of ‘THE AFRICAN
ABROAD.”
Mound City, Mlu., a n '
Bolay Oklahoma at% two no.«d
Nagro communities. But now,
Rav. Thomas S. Hartan, the
jH^rogrataiva militant pastor of
JtUlLDER
DR. THC»IA»*4. HASTEN
h
tha Holy Trinity Baptist Church,
Btwdd^n, N. Y. ha* launohad a
bulMiair propram which will
^Mcisid tbt towM matitipafli|
Miapah, N. J. hia “promlaad
land” is near a larga City and
alao near a popular iummer re
sort. - (
Dr. Hartten is «f*'’^.*titig that j
aa^ Colorad Ait'ericans, w a
“ftijild , City" fi - ourseivaa. It
will -^lot be segregation, becaoaa
no one will be barred. Mli^h,
N. J. is foity milea ttom Phil
adelphia and a littla mora tkhn
twenty miles from ° Atlnntfe
City. ^
A wealthy man hat alraady
promised to 4>uild a factory
which will giva an^loymant to
our group. Mr. N. Rathbloth and
sons have agreed to giva a^ffici-
ent money to erect a building a
building for collaga adttcation
and to make annual e ntribu-
tions, w^ich will raaeh from |7«,
000 to one hundred thougand a
year for the education of Color- '
ad Youth. ' J
Tha laad ia dry and laval. Tha
soil ii fertile and will produce
anythieg that tha N. J. apil «U1
grow. It is one of the fitiast
placaa in N, j. for poultry is-
in^. Tha National Baptiat Con-
vaation. Inc., USA, Dr. L. K.
WiHiaais of Chicago, Praaida^Bt
haa already purchaiMd fiftaan
acras of farm land and savwal
building lota to araot a National
Baptist Rost Bona. Hon. J. Fla>
lay WUttfa, Qfasd Ixaltad Bolar
•f tha Site hag land f9t
a J^ational Elk* Home. Other
NationaT, religiow^ and fraternal
OrdiiTS will follow suit.
MARTEN’S
ECONCMliC
ntOGJtAM
N E G R ' O CBimca,
PRESS BU'SJNESS E N T E R
PRiai^, and tha BALLOT can'
chaMS the aconomie status of
th.l^ca,?' «iys Dr. Hartan and
axc(^ we five more whola
naat«ad support to our o^n
^uai^pte entarprisas, and- ba>-
«oma piroducars aa wall aa eon-
■um^ it will lia difftctilt «
•urvj^a. “The black man’s dei-
naaaa tnm |o paga aeven
2 Saved Erom
Lynching
ATTENTION
'ik'l A P s R S
CABOONA T4M£ft
Wn*» to you this waak a
l|^tal articla from tha pan
iif Mlaa I^ttli Murray, fofta-
^.ef Durham, on tha dia-
Waaranca of Uoyd ^hi«a,
w^o ehallancMli tha aaaqual^
jMucational satup in tha
^te of Mteoort only, to
4M»feat of aigbt aftar bain^
irietoilooa in the moat mo-
Aaataai dacitfon ainca tha
to^ad Scote c«|a. , i .
Bar attkla'-bacias on our
editorial figa.
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PRENTISS, (Miss., (A3^—
Hilton Fortenberrv ari(» ,Jerome
Franklin, convicted the moi'd-pj
er of J. C Sinfori}, former ‘
marshal here, 'airt. week wci- j
sentenced to hang February 2S j
by Judge J. C. Shivers of Fop-
larville, Both men, arrested
shortly after the New Year’s day
slaying of Sanford, plead not
guily.
While the men were held pri
soners at the eourthouaa, S)ieriff
S. C. Magee asked the state
militia to protest them from m4>
violence becausa of threats of
lynching made by the people in
Simpson county.' the home of tha
slain marshal. • •
Fortenberry and Franklin wera
brought to trial under the protec
tion of drawn 4>aya&ata at na
tional guardsmen, yat several at
tempts were made to saita than.
Lynch hysteria sBbaklad only
sfter the national troc^pa h ^ j
armed themselves with tear gaa
and riot guns.
SPEAKS AT N. C. ST^fE
tNa^. yottr ayaa doa'i dacaivt y^u* and. naitbar.
hM eassarman. viaitad tba land of Os. Holdi
ng tiM )«»da two saw aqrolatir' at
Cawaiina Kn^a la 14MMrt Down>
ia)r. fli” Miiimt Va»on, Indian,
Xf If 9mm m Ha fifl0 fi|» ivm.
, ..- To hi* i^t ia Musaandon, 4’7 1-4”
. oo-ad from ^a VitHix, N. Y. Sha is a graduate
I «f Braadar Chi}d High S^o^l.
' )• IMm# Wlliiasaa 4*4** and native
f at VWeltiB, iiailaa ara mute
fvt4i«6« ttet 9X9 don’t
Major T. B.. Birdsong, com
mander of the troopa, kept sold-
itra atationed at all four entran
ces cf the caarthouse dvriag tha
trial. Governor White authorlaad
Uiia action as eztm i^raeautioa
becausa of tha anti-lynch WU
diaeoMioa in • CoBgrwa at tbia
tint.
DOCTOIk C. E. 5TEWAJIT.
Prominent elergyman of P»rt»-
MOuth. Va.. and fora^dibll
ca^idate for the biahoprtt ef
the AME Church, daUyarad a
atlting addiiess to tha i^dants,
faculty and visitors of dw Harth
Carolina Cllege Per Wa^vaea
Sunday. T^a suh«i«f|. of tha alia
apaakar was: **Tkl Saeond
notSIs fS too
iba laartiad. or tee g(
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