CITY EDITION
Diiioo (IM Clianps?
Aft«r d^Mtin|r the A and T Colleg* Bulldogs
fc«re iMt week t>y m Mort of t3' to 36 N. C.
Collatf* £«clet took «n the ■t)‘ong Union puithen
here TuMday night and sent them Iwme defeated
by 4« to 88,
Co«di Hucles of the Paniheri was ahrnwd
•noufh to have it undenrtood with CIAA official!
before atrreeing to play the Eagles that tha gune
wovld not eount. Al^ugh both taams are menibers
of the OlAA. lltiia Union wins the CIAA clMunp-
ionahv 77 while the fiaglea win games.
HE^IRUT
FLASH
CIAA FIGHT LOOMS /
By puling Morg«a Collie with six wiaa and
six loses fnto.tlM fint dhraton, tke Moeh pvbliciMd
Union Fanthars are claiming tiie 1940 CIAA
Basketball title by a breatb. The NorA Carolina
gianta, with stil] 8wo gamee to play, A and T on
£aturdsy and an exhibition game with Union
March ISth, are also laying claim to the champion
ship. The margin is so narrow that the eourta
might hare to determine the winner.
VOLUME 21
NUMBER lO
SATURDAY, MARCH »tli 1940
PRICE SEVEM CEMTS
NEGRO CHURCH BURNER FOUND GUILTY
N. C. Mutual Assets hearty Six Million
Record Year For
NCM Reports
Pres. Spaulding;
OUfiiHAM — In his annual
report to the policyholders, Presi
dent C. C. Spaulding announced
that the year 1939 aaiw the
shattering of many long stand-
ini' records. The assets of the
comfiany, insurance in force,
surplus, paymenta to policy hold
ers, production and net saving*
reached an all time high. During
tho year, 182,576 new policy-
hc lders were added to the al
ready vast “Mutual Family.” «- -
In the course of his remarka,
Mr. Spauling stated that the
officials of the company derive
unusual satisfaction from the
fact t^at the proKmni t h •
•»wj>any has not been limited
solely to the collection of pre
mium and the payment of death
claims. A unique and vastly
beneficial service hka been ren
dered policyholdttrs and the
public through making availai>le
funds for home modernization,
new construction, refinancing of
inor^ragei indebtedneae, and the
acquisition ot homes. 'Hiese
benefits are made available
where the aecurity is unquestion
ably safe and fully adequate to
protect such investments.
Through this service, many
individuals ihave realized a life-
tong amibition to ibetter their im
mediate surroundings and bring
comfort and a more wholesome
qjatlook on life to those nearest
and dearest lo th^.
The far reaching benefits of
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company are tangbly re
flected in tdie fact ^at during
the past forty-one years, t h «
company has paid to policyhold
ers and to thier beneficiaries a
total of |18,a36, 126.'68. This
vest sum represents premiums
di'P'sited by these individuals,
which premiums were safely in
vested and added to by reason
o* interest accruals, pending ul-
niute payment as directed by
these individuals themselves.
It is also interesting ,to note
that paymena to policyholders
di'rini? the year amounted to
$973,0110.91, which amount in-
cMidoa $170,294 paid to living
pt^licyholders in the form of ma-
tined endowments.
Thus we have the truest ex-
an'ple of foresight, thrift, sys
tematic saving, and financial
srcurity. As a direct result,
chfWren have been educated for
•lives of usefulness, life savings
have been salvaged, old age de>
i pendence has been averted, and
I ir. many instances, tha home—
the -gftrdan spot of true civilisa
tion and culture—^has been kept
intact. j y
The 41st Annual Beport, which
appears elsewhere in this paper,
and which covers all financial
phases of operation through
December 81, 19^, shows tbat
ia keeping with the long establivh
I ad policy of the company, a
Wealthy diversification has 3>een
maintained in the investment
portfolio. During the year, std>-
stantial additions were made to
the exis'ting portfolio through
the. acquisition of United States
(xovernment Bonds, State and
Municf]Ml Bonds and other high
grade securities. Admitted As-
seta reache d $$;921,276>91, an
ineresMe of f42iS,087.89 for the
year. Statutory policy reserves
at tlte close of business Decem
ber Slat were $S,'240,212.18, an
increase for the year of $S76,
687.28. Ths total income for the
year was $2,801, 170.10, an in
crease of $291,261.00 over that
of the previous year. Insurance
in force as of Demeber 31, 19‘89
amounted to ^47,581,193.00.
Employment,, part time and
full, is giving to approximately
onn thousand men and women.
On the whole. President Spauld
ing reports a year of marked im
proved in all phases of opera
tion.
Directors named at the an
nual meeting of the policyhold
ers were C. C. Spaulding, W. J.
Kennedy, Jr., E- R. Merrick, R.
L. McDougald, G. W. Cox, M. A.
Coins, Dr. Clyde Donnell, J. L;
Wheeler, A. J. Clement, Sr.; W.
D. HIH, D. C. “eans, A. T; Spauld
ing.
No changes were made in the
official personnel ff the institu
tion at the annual meeting of
tho Board of Directors. Oflficer.s
named for the new year were;
C C. Spaulding, President; W.
J. Kennedy, Jr., Vice President-
Sicretary; E. R. Merrick, Vice-
President-Treasurer; R. L. Mc-
Pleass turn to page eight
Two Ncjsfroes
Char?,ed With
Burning: School
MT. OLIVE — Charges of
rfion were louged BgBins^^bert
winson and' Vance Psrkins in
WayYie County Superior
^urt at Goldsboro yesterday,
oth men have been charged
#ith burning tne Price colored
raded school near here last
■«ek. .
Th« preliminary hearing was
•Id before Magistrate T. A.
~«nly, who after hearing tha
vidanca ordered both men held
or tht next term of court.
According ' to tMMmony of
Swinson, porklns hired him to set
fre to the building offering him
$10 to bring lightwpod and
k^rossna to Che . school biiiUUnfi
for the purpose of setting it on
fire; Swinson testified further
that afterwards Perkins set fire
to the building, stating that the
school had not treatd him right,
and that he wanted to get rid of
it
The school was a three-room
frame structufe and was totally
deitroyad. Tha loss is astimated
to hava been fA the natgUBorhood
ofTW)0 • ••#1 I I
BRILLIANT STUDENT
GERALDINE GORDON
13 year old daughter uf Dr.
and Mrs. Bluford F. Goidon of
Carmel Street in. Charlotte, who
made the higheMi ayertgv^ i» iha
ertire Weat Chariptte High
School for Ihc ffc^ aemeaAer.
Her for the semester
was &4A Acfordingi'to informl-
tion released by Prof. Clinton L.
Blake, principal of. the school,
three other students, all girla,
tied for second place with aver
ages of 94 snd 86 students in
all made averages of 95 a n Id
above. .. . • -
NAACP Tells Of
Unknown Teiin.
Lynching
New YORK — The death of, County jail, charged with Bond’s
Jrsse Lee Bonds, 20-year-oId N«-1 murder. The story behind the
8>'o tenant farmer, whose batter-j murder eharge against Wilson
Pi body was fished up out of a' and Johnson, who were freed
drainage canal near ArlingtonrTi^anuary 23, 1940. by Criminal
Tennessee, not far frtm M«mp-
hi8 by g deputy sheriff, May 2nd,
C. urt Judge Wallace, in Mem
phis, upon the recommendation
1939, was cited as an-example of. uf Attorney General Marion S.
an unindentified lynching today . Boyd, traces the activities A
)>y the National A^ociation for
^.£^e Advancement of Colored
Pttiplp
Two white men, Charles Wil
son, Arlington storekeeper, and
hit associate William Johnson,
who are said to have led a band
I f' wiiite hoodlams In a chase
after Bon^ls on April 'SS* weife
later srrested a>^d held in Shalby
these men up to the time that
wifnessas said thify saw Bondir
running for his lift, aftar shots
had bean firad ' at him. From
April 28 to May 2, 1S39, no
trace was found of Bonds until
his body was taken from the
canal by a deputy sheriff.
, ¥^|ing Bonds Hvad with his
family in Shelby County near
Piaasa turn to page aight
MANAGER
Vancc County
Jury Convicts
White Farmer
JOHN L. HOLLOWAY
Prominent business man of
Durham who has become con
nected with the management of
the Amey Funeral H..me, accord
ing an ai'ioiincement made
I this weak by W. A. Amey, msni-
gar of tha well know^' under-
) taking establishment.
Ilfiirl ill lack
Noted Editor Funtralized
In Chicago; Mayor Kelly
Pays Final Tribute
HENDERSON', (Special) —
IIL M. Capps, Vance "County
white farmer was found guilty
of arson here yesterday, on a
chsr?e of wilfully Imrning Mount
Methodist church, located bet
ween Oxford anil Henderson. The
church was burued last Juty and
was a total 1. as.
Trial of Capps lasted nearly
two d*>ys of the Vance County
Superior Court terui, and it took
the jury several h urs before it
reached a veriHct. Judge Leo
Carr, presiding' over the session,
hao not passed sentence at Thurs
day noon according to informa-
ticn received by telephone by the
CAROLINA ITMES from tha
' Clerk of Court’s office.
Capps denieil any knowledge
of the burning the church when
placed on the stand. He testified,
htwever, tl»at he had been drink
ing and that he did not remeber
tilling any.ne he had burned the
church.
J. H. Wilson, operator' of a
IIU
SANl*ORD — The funeral of
John G. Phillips, prominent busi
ness man and churchman of San-
f( rd who died here Stmday even-
ini; at his home as the result of a
heart attatic, was held here Tues-
Plaaso turn to page eight
CHICAGO, HI. (Special) —
M( nday is a busy day in Chicago
but ten thousand nativss of this
midwestarn metropoliii, including
Mayor Edward Kelly, set aside
two and one-half hours in which
to pay final tribute to tha man
who had made a career out of
helping his people to achiava
liberty’s benefits.
The man was Robert Seng-
stacke Abbott, editor and pub-
lishar of the Chicago Defender^ here Monday Tor the funeral
I filling station near Capps home
! was star witness for the state.
Mr. WiUun testified that Capps
came to his filling static n and
^ purchased gas in a two gallos
^ can. He st^ed that Capps told
I h ni he wanted it for a motor to
I
a saw.
{ In a short while after Cappa
^ had left the station the fire was
I discovered. In a very short while
Ccpps returned - to the filling
{ station and during diseuaaing
the fire stated that “I made a
‘ gcod of it.” The state offered evid
I ance that Capps was resentful
of the singing and shouting that
[often resulted from worahip go
ing on at the ehure%, and as a re-
I suit decided to set fire to tha
^ church to rid himself the noiae.
I Members of the burned ciureh
have improvised ^ place for wor
ship by erecting a roof oB aaasa
peats and placing some benches
under it. Whenweather has ^r-
mitted services have been going
on as usual in the open air.
who was buri d in Lincoln Ceme
tery her* Monday.
A prolongau illness claimad th«
life of Robart S. Abbott while b«
slept at his home here Thursday
cf last week. He^ was in his sev
entieth year.
Ten thousand sad Chicagoans
Ciowded-.to every corner of
Metropolitan\Community Church
rites and overflowed into the
street outside for several blocks.
260 cars wended their way
throught CJ5tcago to Lincoln
Cemetery in one of the longest
funeral corteges ever seen in the
Windy City. 700 stood around
the grave and watched silently
while flie bo*y of the great
Plaase turn to page eight
Mis. Minnie Pearson
President Women’s
Foreign Mission Feted
Courage is generosity of the
highest order, for the brave are
I
, prodigal c f tha most precious
things,—Colton.
CRUSADERS CHOIR HEARD OVER STATION WET
t
t
The Community Crusaders
htard over Station WET, Char
lotte, N. C. every Saturday from
11:05 to 11:30 p. m. ■ (E S T)
These program* are dedicated to
the reduQtion pf cHme «nd
promotion of batter living among
the yofith. Reading, laft to right:
Front row; Meadamet Beaaia
Hardy, Olivia Dodd, Ida Miogo,
Olivia Aikanji, HaMlina Baddiok,
Mi«tfi Alice McCoy,
Johnaon, laabella Esalle. Center
row; Masdamas Clayvon Black-
well, Henry Houaton, founder
and managar; Inac Blakaney,
Sallla Rica, WillaHa lino, Jaiiia
PaagBaa, UUI«» Bamaay, t
es Margaret Jchnaon, Josephine
Kinard, Elizabeth Johnson, Dr.
Nathaniel Tross, speaking bur
eau director; and Kgnnath Dia
mond, diractor of the choir.
Mkk rw; M«i»n Jamaa McClellan.
GREEiNSBORO, N. C. — Mrs.
Minnie S. Pearson, elected presi
dent of the AME Women’s Home
and Foreign Missionary Society
at Bethel.i'Church in 1900, was
honored witlT a festimonial by
the Wes^rn North Carolina Con
ference Branch of the bi^anisa-
ticn for her 40 years’ service
lii.“t week.
A testimonial 'honoring,* Mrs.
Mir.nie G- Pearson, for more
than 50 years a pri minent lay-
wiinian in the .4ME church, was
held here Wednesday evenia"
with visitors from all over th
Western North Carolina’ Coafai-
ence were present to pay tribute
to rne wh ( ^jas served uns5lf'»4:
ly in practically every capacit "
it is possible for a woman t>
work in the AMR connection.
Not only were there words of
praise for Mrs. Pearson, but
there were many gifts of service
able articlei and money from
auxiliaries and individuals.
From RaleiKh and Greensboro
large red iced cakes were giveu.
Many telei;rams i £ congratula
tion wefe received during-r
testimonial. ....
The presentati«ms of gifn
from l^rs. H. W. Butller,P»r-
hja m; Mrs. Goldie Ha»«tt.
Grrensiboro; Kis. S. N. -Scwtt.'
Ruleigh; Mrs. Mary Sliepard.
Durham; and Mrs. M. U. Davie,
Baltimore.
More than 300 persons attend
ed the affaiV, including Biaho >
M H. Davi», of Baltimore, preaii
ing prelate.
Dr. Chari tte Hawkins Brown,
president tif Palmer tfamorial Ir-
stitute, Sedalia, was ana of tb«>
principal speakers at tk« t«^UBt;
liial. “Cive he?’“PosM aaA pniast
now while she is ativ«, do not
J c ' r, u I wait until sh« is daad,", aid Dr,
Enward Smith, Robert Wyche,
Artihur Mvore, John Brooks, Sd-
ward Cornelius, Walker MeCain,
Carles Kerns, and Aniraw
Kerns.
Bather a choir aang.~ aW
BenntU CoUaga (H*uriat,
tika dirMtioB of D«r itliibr
Tal«fi» w«ra Hiifr