rROMINENI PHYSICIAN MOURNED
.iK ffirv. LI
vcu
CWHAM, H a.
M'(Limes
The photo abuve shows the
funily of Dr. S. L. Wurren, leav
ing the church immediately after
the funeral the prominent
physician held in Durham last
Friday. Iti the extiem* front ia
Mrs. Julia Warren, widow being
astisted by C; Aniey and Wm.
M. Rich. In the rear of the pic
ture are Mr. ^^nd Mrs J, H.
Wheeler, dwughf^-ir and son.-in-
'flW. I \ V
Hampton Grad
To Teach In
White Plains
W«ITE ''PLAINS, N. Y. —
Mim Maiiie i^^Cphuns Wvud,
Hampton graduate and grattd-
d&ughter «f NOtifiini- ^.Mveniba,
king of Mplablu, Coiiigress Free
State, Africa, recently received
th»( distinctiou of beinfc* the firsjjt
to tie ap^tiint^j to teach
in the public scIkioIs of White
Plaints, N. f. i
Out of a gi;pup ^,of more than
600 applicants, Miss Wood was
on« of four accepted. She is the
daughter of the late Henry Step
hen* aaid Mrs. Mary B'ields Step
hens, also • of Rosemont' Boule-
fC-
vard. I :| ,vji^ i
The appointee is a yraduate of
Hampton Institute, Pratt In-
•titute, and Teichera’ College,
Columbia Univemity. She has al
so taken special nursery training
at the Riiggle Street Nursery
School, which is alfiliated with
Boston University.
.. She has distinguisiied hei Si lf
both in the fields of nursery
schooL and parent education, and
in home economics.
j^mong her achievements as a
student may be mentioned » gift
fo 110,000. fur a yractico huuse
at Hampton Institiite when the
dblifir''was convinced of its 'n^'d
and j)laee, by her demonstration
and speech on “Art Applied \ to
Ilifinie Making.” ,
Out of a class of 700 stu
dents at Pratt Institute, her i
co'.ttume "flesign W»s one ol*
the two to be accepted by
•Filens Store, Boston, Mass.
. 'She ha« done eutstandinir
work at Columbia Univer-
>sity and tJ|e school has not
been reluctjant in selecting
her for pla|ces of trust and
lesponsibility.
; . ■* i ,
As to her jjrofessional career,
she haf taught in the Junior high
school.'i Alexan^ia, Va.; Central
High S^hoi'l, Louisville, Ky.; and
* served tis director of Nurs«ry
School, 'Washington Welfare A»-
sociatioUA Washington, 1). C. •.
For the'last five years she
served as ^e only colored super*
vi.«or of the Federal Nursery
School of the City of New
York. 'She was supervisor of-the
Harlenl' Unit Nursery School,
hous^id \In the ETast Calvary Me
thodist Church,
'Liberalism’ Is
Theme Ofi NYA
Conference
FAYETTEVILLE, (Special) —
, National Youth Adminiiitt;ation
supervisors for our of sifhool
youth« in North Carolina were
-••dvihed by seven cominitteea of
p*pert consultants on the preiper
methods of achieving the best re
sults In their training projedt.»
, of- the Slate NVA at a, Conjfer-
’ ence held at p’ayetteville, N.^ C.
last week. This, the fii*t such
NYA cO'nference held in the
country, which convened at the
. Fayetteville St^te Teacher’s Coll
ege for four days was sponsored
J. P. Bond Jr. supervisor of the
division of I'fegro Affairs' in
this state.
Mrs. Mary Ivfv'Leod Bcthune,
iHiector of the- divtslon of Negro
affairs, NYA, Washington, or-
ginialiy scheduled to be the prin
cipal speaker, was if] and could
■ not be present. Ifhwever,. the
•■^conferenc* ' heard short address
ed by her aasittant, R. O’Hara
; Lanier, at Washington, Edgar
Brown, of W«shingtcn, president
: of the Unit«d Government Em-
I ployees, and . Dr. Roscoe ^ C.
' Bfown, United States Health
” Specialist, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Lanier dwlared that “con-
ie?ratiam is poi the answer to
■ tha Negro protflem of the Negro
P]^ie turn to page eight
ASSISTANT MANAGER
EDITION
VOLUME 21 NUMBER 6
DURHAM, N. C.,SATURDAY, FEB. lOth. 1940
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
150.000 RACE VOTERS FOR N.C.
ED BOLDEN WRECK VICTIM
Durham IVIan
Dies After Crash
Near Burlington
Durham Hampton Alumni Dance
GREaGNSlBORO, (Special) —
Edwin Bolden, employe of
Dtike hospital, Durham, one of
seven ^n an autofnobrle collisiin
Saturday night on the Burlington
highway,^ died Sunday at Ricl)^
ardson -Memorial hospital after
sustaining a fractured pelvis and
internal injuries.
Botden wks with six other
c nn^anlons on t)iei way to Dur
ham when the d»r CoHide4 with
a macTil|ie drivep by W. Frank
Flythe, White of' Orabam, wh«
was slightly injured in the acci
dent. ’ I..
Other oectvpanlts of the car
were Keith Li^mbeth, P]uRene
Wall, Milton Ll(.|yd, Robert Bell,
Jnmeft Harris anlii George Luns
ford, ' ■'
Bruce, Hnlt, an4 Hurley Foust,
both of Graham, were in the car
driven hy* Flythe, but M^f»r¥ not
tnjure|, 1
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LEAGUE TO SPONSOR
PROGRAM 9UNi)Ay
I DURHAM *- The 4)len
Chrisitian ^ndeavcjr Lea-
gie of the St. Joseph AME ,
Church will sponsor a pro-^J’^
gi^am in honor of Richaril
Allen, the Founder of the
African Methodist Episco
pal Church February lUh
Commencing at 6;V6-
thru the Evening Worship
Seiprices. The program wlU
begin In the ‘regular way.
There ’will be many inter
est features,
The public is cordially
4nivited. ’ ‘
SCOUTS TO
HOLD 3011)
BIRTHDAY-
DURHiA&l — All the C(Jlor«d
Hoy Scouts of Durham are
uniting into one trotp cele^br-
ate the thirtieth Bby Scout An-
I niversary. Among the several
I features which ^Ivave been plann-
led by the scouts, on February 8,
*, all Uoops will gather and ^^ten
I t.i the special broadcast message
gjven by President Roosevelt at
10:30 p. m. on February 9th,
there will be a special meeting of
all troops at the St. Mark AME
Zion Church at y p. m. February
10, hinkjng by all troops at 6:30
#. m. on February 11th all Bty
Scouts will attend the White
Rock Bapt. chnroh jointly with
the Girl ScouU at II a m.
R. S.^ GEORGE, assistant mana
ger uf the Home Moderniiation
and Supply company who is
making an etiviable record help
ing one of the leading small bust-
noas instituitions in Durham. The
dirert manageipent of the store
is under the #up§ryi#ion of Mr,
Georg*.
Ferbruary Ut at 7:30 p. m.
the scouts will render a >p«cial
program at St. Joseph Church,.
February I^, witl mark
crovniing features for the week’a
activities when the tro«ps meet
at the Hillside Park High school
at 8 p. m^for the Father and Son
banquet, .«ll ac^uig will be-seated
along beside Of a long table lad
en with food while each boy*a
father set facing hi* son on the
other side. Those who do not
have fathers will be accompanied
by •om« othtr reUtiva,
Times Ediior
Elected To
PusliVolIng
BY A. M- RIVERA, Jr.
DURHAM — In view of the-
antipipated st«»rmy election ytar,
L E. Austin, editor-publish'er ’of
the CAROLINA TIMES News
paper, has been elected chair-
nlan of the political diviskvn of
the North Carolina Commjttee on
Negv" Affairs to Inicreaae the
registering and voting of the
Negroes in this state. “
Approximately seVehty-five
thflusand Negro«' alreMly
registered voter* and Mr. Au^h
hope.s to increase this figure ty
seventy-five thourand be'fore the
’40 elections.
*
Through the' editorials of the
TIMES and other race news
papers, colored citieens have be^
come keenly ihterested in- the
hsllot. The first state-wide meet
ing designed to organize Negro
es for the purpose of exercising
their vote was called in 1930 at
the request of Editor Austin,
Consistantly the CAROLINA
TIMES has n>aintained an edi
torial bombardment on the ne
cessity of Negroes voting. Under
the leadership of Mr. Austin the
significance of the Negro vote is
expected to play a unique role
in the elections of 1940,
Mr. Austin stated this wvek
that he is making a general ap
peal to Negro leaders in every
ctty, town and, Hamlet to begin
organizing immediately braiurhes
of the Committee on Negro Af-
fjtips so loc^l organizations will
hi'Ve the hacking of the parent
body,
Said Editor Austin, “It is my
Please turn to page eight
UNION TO MEET
N.' C. STATE
FLASH! FLASH!
NORFOLK, Vn. —, A
post-scas' n game between
the Eagle.^ of North Caro-'
lina College aud Union
University has been ar
ranged for Friday,, March
15, in Norfolk, under the
sponsorship of the Norfolk
alumni of Union. Norfolk’s
Ne»- Cniniunity Gym-
nasfum has been chosen for
the cla^h.
Th.i.s game comes as the
resist cf much publjc de
mand from h)Vers of the
gsme who consider this a
“natural since neither team
has been defeated in CIAA
Coppetition. fhe North
Carclina Coilejje team ha.s
no man less than six feet
tall and while Union has
no six fo4)ters they rely
grea,tly on th»» deadly
shooting of "Si up” Camp
bell.
Plans for a fir^t meet
ing of the teanus in .-.J-hi?
state will bo Tuesday,
March ,'jlh in Dui+iam, ■
The Durham Hampton alumni
«UtUce given at llillHide audi
tainment. The abuve photo shows , Hampton, Virginia. The dajie* ii
vui (1 « (v siivna I lAaiiipLifiiy x uc tm
some of tjie gay daiyiera enJoy-1 an annual affslr and aUracta
toriuiif last . Frilay ' theiiiselws betweeli dances; i ntany social aelebtities from
e( llpJted all mid-wtnter social Many of the city’s well known I nfher cities as well.
activities in Durham for the
season in brllliajwry and enter-
citizeps are graduates of the in-I M''s!« f«.r, the occasion waa
stitution whicii is located at furr...n«c "" ‘*'wlis.
BANjjUET LAUNCHES WARD FOR BISHOP DRIVE
Commissioners Pass
ir. '
Resolutions For Dr.
Stanford, }/^arren ,
DURHAM Funeral services Julia Warren, w’ife and Mrs.
for Dr, S. L. Warren, promin-| Selena Warren Wheeler dau^h-
ent i>hys»cian and business lead- ter.
er of iJurham were held at St. "Tjiis b, ard of commissioner*
Joseph AME Cfcu^h’ Friday cfy^urham county records with
afterno^)n at 2 o’cloft with Dr. I tfc-ep regret the death of Dr. S.
J. A. Valentine, pastor f ' the L. Warrep, one of the forenwst
church in charge. Int^^nient was ! c i t i z e n-s of our com*munity.
I’.eechwood Cemetery.,' [During his entire life in''Dur-
As a last tribute t»: the distin- h*am county. Dr. Warren has
guH'ded » phymcian xesblutior^f " bfen deeply interested in the
were passed hy the Durham I business, intellectual and religi-
Aciidemy of Medicine an^J, raad ous ^life nbt only of the- cok>red
by Prof. E. D. Mieklc, Numerous people, but of the entire coia-
‘I'ther res, lutionsi and ttelegiams munity,”
WITH MANY friend^ from
"WW" both Chtcagoy "anTl other section?
of th(^' fourth district in attend-
4ince, a baiiquet at Poro collage
Tuesday night launched a cam
paign to have the Rev. A. Way-
Ward, pastor of Greater
Bethel AME churcht Chicago
elected to the bishopric at the
AME General conference in De
troit next May. Shown in the
picture, atanding, left to right,
ai'e Rev. M. E. B, Peck, Bobert
Thomas, C- W. Barber, Detroit;
W. H. (iriffiit, M. R^ .^>ix«n, St,
Louis; G. W. lUakeleyV Little
R'^ek and J. D- Howell, Detroit.
Seated, Jeft^to right, are Mrs.
Janft W. Ward, wife of the can-
ilidate; Hi)shop R. A. Carter of
Ihe CME church; Bishi)p W. J.
Walls of the AME Zion; Rev.
Ward, Dr. Charles Thompson and
n S; Enteminger. Col. and Mra.
William E. Warfield have back#
to canjtra.—(ANP. Photo) -
were pas.;ed by various organiza
tions aind institutions wUh which
Pr. Warren had been conhected
dill log his life or had helped.
' Dr. S. L. 'Varren, Pioneer
PhysiriKM anil l>iisine.;s man of
tl;i>s city diet! at hi.s home Wed-
ni-s(l;iy evening j f an ilhu>s.s
which extended "vev n iteriod of
?'vei‘al DU'nths. Di. V*’i.rn'n'who |
I'rtd been in deelining he:‘!th for
l\v.» years was 77 years t,ld at
('enth.
Durinjr hi* life, time the phy.«i-
ciun fi'^uri'd in every forwart!
movement ( f the community and
Was elo.'sely connected witli the
educational economic a'nd busi
ness life cif the cWy. Until the
time of his death he was chsir-
man of tlie boards f the Lin
coln Hospital, the Mechanics and
Fnt-mers Rank and af the colored
Ifbrary, the name* of xvhirh w»
recently changed , to Stanf«»rd I..
Warren Library in mem ry of
the f'lithful ^etjt'icf rendered by
its n."me sake. .
Dr. AVarren was born in Cas
well- r.aunty in Noith t’aroliiia
i'l l.S‘’>3. In 1902 he marrii-d Miss
Julia MKK'auley of Washington,
D. C.
He workeih as a time cleik in”
'be Bull Durham *Ti»baceo fac
tory until he could save enough
money to enter the Leonard
Medical ■ School of Shaw Univer-
aity from which hp gratlusted
four years after entering.
ThQis wi)o survivaU arc: Mra.
“Having serveiT as chairman €>f
various boards among his penpl»,
his Ability and willingness to
serve won for him the love, con
fluence and respect of the cora-
) Please turn to page eight
PIANIST PRAISED
ORVILLE MOSELEY
Head of the m«isic department
n' Southern university, who won
praise for his program as fea
tured artist one the B Sharp
Musical clu>b's Mardi G r a a
corccrt ia New Orljans recently.
A graduate (.f the Chic ,n#»
Musical College, Mr. Moseley h>n»
•■eJf a compoaer, is just now
completing a tymphony.
CHURCH LEADER
L l|^MARSH
P>ominen« churchman a n'd
leader of Durham. Mr. Manh ia
one 1 f the outMtaflding laynea
of St. Mark AUE ?ion church,'^
being both a member of the ste
ward and trustee boards. Uis mo
ther the late Mrs. Sarah Marsh
was the founder {f Skint Mark'
AME Zion Church. "
SEVERAL HELD IN SHWT
Murder
According to police author -
ties, MveraL perauna are beinic
investigated in connection with
the murdar of Robert Mom, 5»,
whose body w»» foaad in a tui-
let room uf the
early Sukday ninrilim^ "
Moara •uffered"' • iqiMWlMve
of the tMhr. tl»
cause uf
oeatioB, a
ed down to Sw,
[Coroner
[whe i&'stowr,