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SHABECROPPERS HOLD NATIONAL MEET
Twenty-Seven
Cities Observe
Croppers Week
EVERY AMERICAN, white
•lid Negro, thoulu welcome ef-
lorte to bett»r th« conditio^ia of
9,000,000 Amtricani—men, wo
men knd children—who are the
vittlm* of tne South’* feudal
•harecropping system. Hundreds
of thousands of the men and
women who have produced much
of the world’s cotton have been
evicted from their ramshacklc
huts, forced onto the highways
of the nation, to wander along
seeking for work where there is
none—-America'a refugees I ^ if
the democratic form of goi^rn-
mont is to survive, it cannot long
endure the treatment of these
millions as step-children, un-
«rorthy of even the simplest con-
sidtrations.
Negroes have an even more
direct Interest in sharecroppers,
for our largest single occupation
al group is in agriculture. Though
tbo majority of sharecroppers
•re white, proportranately the
Negro group is greater. Tho
starvation level under which
Jboth groups live is forcing thou-
•ands each ji'lear in^ the cities
to compete with thf unemployed
for relief and^ Jobs', and to add
to i^n already high crime and
disease rate. Needless t» sayi
this city .migraflon has added to
the tension between races.
Part of the assurance that isce
relations may be improved is the
Soi’thern Tenant Farmers’ Un
ion which, since its beginn4ng in
19)34, has oi^ganized more than
35,000 sharecroppers and mi
grant workers, regardless of race
•r.d color. The fact that these
two grpups—Ine so-called poor
white and his equally, down
trodden black brother whose
hostility to each white and his
eQiially down-trodden black bro
ther whose hostility to each
other has been proverbia—have
been «ble to jofn together in one
union, is evi^nce not only of
the desperation of their condi
tion, but also of the vision and
courage of the Union. More
outstandjng even than its success
in the raising of wages for cot
ton hands and protecting the
interests of the sharecroppers is
the beginning in the "tumlblin*
of the walls” of race prejudice.
In recognition of the import
ance of the Southern Tenant
Farmers’ Union, outstanding Ne
gro leaders—Augusta Savage,
Walter WTiite, Frank Crosswaith,
A. Philip Randolph, Abram L.
Harris, Abbie Mitchell, Countee
Cullen, Hubert T. Delaney, W.
E B. DuBois, J. Finley Wilson,
T. Arnold HHl, Doxey Wilker-
scn, Wi41iam Pickens, Claude
McKaya and many other are
using their influence to help the
Union. They are among the
sponsors of NATIONAL SHARE
CROPPERS WEEK, MarcTi 4th
to lOth. The WEEK is sponsored
annually by the Southern Ten
ant Farmers’ TTnion anfl its legal
dei'ense agency, the Workers
Defense L^gue. Twenty-seven
cities will be The scene of Share
croppers Week meetings, con
certs. dinners and entertain
ments as the- WEEK again focus
es national attention on the un
happy plight of 9,000,000 Ameri
can citizens—^America’s disin
herited. Funds raised will help
finance the educational, organi
zational and defense profiTi'tni of
the Union.
As is the c»istom, the WEEK
will centcr in New York City
whcje Mayor P. H. LaGuardia is
co-chairman of the local com
mittee which is running a dinner
at the Commodore Hotel, March
5th. Speakers at the annual dinn
er include Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jonathan Daniels, not-
e.1 Southern Editor, Roy Wilkins
of the NAACP, Norman Thomas',
the Socialist leader, J. R. But'er,
President of the Southern Ten
ant Farmers Union, and share
croppers, Negro '.nd white. Ano
ther New York project is a
Sharecroppers Night of Stars in
the great Mecca Temple, Sunday
evening, March 10th under the
chairmanship of Paul Muni. A
manuscript sale will be held
shortly after I^ie week.
The Southern Tenant Farmers’
Union calls upon ^11 Americans/
black and white, to support
SI areCToppers Week and In turn
the Union’s work, which has as
iw^ goal—that of making occup
ancy and “se the only valid title
CO the land. The Union’s 36'^
000 members are united regard
less of race, creed, or color, in
a great cause. They have built a
ni9vcment for social emancopa-
tion whose purpose it is to achi
eve economic and social security
upon the land for those who tili
the soil, a slllre in the fulfill
ment and extension of our demo
cracy and active participation in
thi* reclamatrdTi of the soil and
the rehabilitation of the people
throughout the region. They
deserve the support of all of us.
CHARLOTTE
Social Notes
To Hold Student
Conference
Voters
CHARLOTTE — The Colored
Voters AUlance held a meeting
in the office of The CA.ROLINA
TIMES on last Friday, daring
which time plans were begun o
show Negroes the importance of
regijstering and Voting in the
coming election. W. H. More
land, president of the Colored
Voeris Alliance Stated that the
organization this year will de
vote the major portion of its acti
vities to curfflng the- nefarious
activities of Negro ward-heel-
ers.
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” Grace AM|i! Zion Church spon
sored a go to Sunday School
hour. The church choir furnish
ed the music. The drive was
quite a success, tihe attendance
doujjled, with most of the ones
present coming in as new mem
bers. •
The Blue Ribbon Social club
nifct with Mrs. Gallic Brown
Wednesday evening at her home
on East btonewall Street.
Members of the Consolidated
Chai'ity dub met with Mrs.
Hattie Stitt Sunday evening at
her home on South McDowell
Street. After the business part
of the meeting'was over the
hostess served a tasy repast.
Mme Neal was hostess to mem
btTS of the Gypsy Beauty Coun
cil Tuesday evening at the
Gypsy Beauty Parlor on South
Graham Street. Special guesTs Tn
vited were W,. P. Malone, and
C. H. Bepkwith.
Mrs'. Anna Camp of Pennsy-
vui.'ia, guest in the home of Rev.
S Q. Mitch^l on North Myers
Street, entertained at a birthday
dinner party Friday evening.
Guests invited were DeaiT alTH
Mrs. McKinney, Mrs. Eugene
Alexander, Mr. a^d Mrs. U. S*.
Brooks, Mrs. T. L. Gunn,'. Rev.
1. H. Jackson, and Rev. and
Mrs. S. Q. Mitchell.
Miss Hattie Russell was hot-
tess to members of the Swastika
club Wednesday ’ evening at her
home on Beatties Ford Road.
Members of the Tuesday even-
in;» Bridge club met with Miss
Hattie Russell Tuesday evening
at her home on Beatties Fo^d
Road, Mrs. Cora ^ Booton won
high score prize.
Mrs. Aurelia Tate Smith is
visiting her sister Mrs. Mildred
Pettus of Richmond, Virginia.
The South Side and Literary
club met with Mrs. ^Mary Cook
Wednesday at her home on E'.
Hill Street.
Mrs. Arthur Anderson enter-
ta ned members of the Blue Bird
club Saturday, evening at her
heme Beatties Ford Road.
Eric Hercules has r«EurSed
from Atlanta, Georgia, where he
has been attending the AME
Bishops council.
Mrs. Roberta Hercules is able
to be out agaTiT, after being con
fined to her home for several
weeks.
LeRoy Grier was host to mem
bers of the Pick Wick Bridge
club, elitertaining them Thurs-
dpy evening a* his home on
Monroe Road. First prize was ' program wishes to thank every
awarded to G. T. Nash, second * one that helped to make this
prize to John Lyles. I effort a success. •
The Alexandjer Strerf Parent
Teachers Association held its
regular monthly meeting, Mon
day night, February 26 in the
school auditorium. Mrs. -E. L. T.
Haynes presided. A brief busi
ness meeting was conducted, at
which time announcement was
made of the March meeting, and
the April meeting, to be held jit
Mt. Mariah Church, the 4th Sun
day. Mrs, Currie, one of the
Fourth grade teachers presented
to the group the cause of the
Girl Reserve to raise funds for
the YWCA in connection with
the Mardi Grass to be held in
March. This association has
gone on record having done a
fine piece of constructive work
this sched? year aiding needy
children. Their plans are not
completed along this line as they
are offering help to some de
serving Sixth Grader in the way
of helping to buy their gradua
tion necessities.
The Primary and Grammar
Grades, with the assistance pf
the teachers, sponsored a N^gro
History Program in the form of
a 2 Act Playette written by
Mrs. L. Y. Harris, one of the
second grade teachers. Outstand
ing): leaders of both races were
portrayed, and a very impressive
dramatization of “Swing Low
Sweet Chariot,” and the Negro
National Hymn was rendered.
The program was greatly ap
preciated and enjoyed by all.
Announcement was made of
the Pride Memorial which is to
be unveiled in April.
Mrs. J. W. Hemphill, school
principal, extended a. very warm
Welcome to the parents and
friends present. She also ex
pressed her. appreciation to the
parents for the wonderful co
operation they have given.
Refreshments were then serv
ed, after which t^% meeting was
brought t?r a close. *
Under the leadership of Miss
Vcnetta Grier a George Wash
ington supper was given at
Friendship Baptist church in the
Sunday school room February
22. Helping Miss Grier in this
prtgram was Mesdames Roberta
Hannibal and Jessie Harris. The
Sunday School room was beauti
fully decorattd, the tables were
decorated with cherry trees and
hatchets. The party was quite a
success. In this effort $5'2.25 was
ra'sed, which was turned over to
the Chairman of the Trustee
Board. The sponsorors of this
RICHMOND, Va. “Resources
for Democracy in Youth,” will
be the theme of th«'first annual
student conference sponsored by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
to be held here at Virginia Un
ion University, March 29-31.
According to James H. Robin
son, acting youth director of the
NAACP, the conference is de
signed to fill the need of active
participation in the work of the
organisation by college trtudents
who rarely have a chance to
participate in the annual con
ference deliberation of the
association held in June..
“While the conference will
be built around the work of
the NAACP in regards to youth,”
he said, “it is not limited to
menvbers of the Association. We
•re inviting representatives of
Stiadtlit dvTistian movements,
political Kience clubs, student
government bodies, fraternities,
sororitHes, and other campus or-
granizations.”
Discussion groups will be held
on Democracy in Education,
Politics and Government, Secur
ity *nd Opportunity, and" Rela
t’unsliips in Minority Struggles.
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Remembers
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Durham
Public Service
NEW YORK — M. L. Adler,
manufacturer of bowling alley
equipment, who died February
19, remembered the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in his will, it
was revealed here yesterSay.
The exact amount which will
go to the NAACP is not known,
however, since it' is to share
with four other organizations in
t'le income from the residuary
estate. The amount of the resid
uary estate or the '^rate of in
come are not known, therefore,
the sum which the NAACP will
receive cannot be announced.
announcement said the residuary
estate was “more than J 10,000.”
Mr. Adler’s will revealed him
t ( be concerned with the wel
fare of all races and religious.
He wrote;
“Mjr dear wife—during
her lifetime—and 1 reach
ed the belief that a testa
tor render* scant honor
tf his own church Or bis
relatives if he makes them
thena his sole beneficiaries
and neglects the general
public from which wealth
really came.”
Five-twelfths of the income
from the estate will go to the
Federation for .the %j!^ort^
Jewish Philanthropic Societies;
tvo-twelfths each to the Charity
paid out annually. The official! Organization Society of New
The association, liowever, is to
receive onfirtwelfth of ..the net
income from the residuary
estate, which will be divided and
NEW YORK — Officials of
the National Asaociation for the
Advancement of Colored Pe pie i
paid tribute today to R,bert S.
Abbi,tt, publisher of the Chicago :
Dtfender; and Dr. A- Wilber-
force Williams, famous Chicago
si’rgeon, both of whom died this ;
week. I
Terming them “two great ^
fighters for Justice,” Walter |
White, executive secretary cf
the Association praised Dr. Wil- ;
liims a life memiber of the or-'
ganization, for having given free- ■
ly of his time, energy and money ;
to the work of the NAACP both
in Chicago and on a national
scale. He lauded Mr. Abbott in
the following telegram which was
York, the United Hospital Fund
of New York, and the Catholic
Charities of the Archdiocese of
Now York; the remaining twel-
th; to "the NAACP.
Mrs. Adler, who died about
tv/o years ago, began contribut
ing to the NAACP in 1939 and
gave regularly each year until
her death. In 1938 Mr. Adler
sent a contribution in her mem-
cry.
sen* to hi^ widow, M9. Edna
Abb,tt uf Chicago today;
"The .Vational Association
for the Advancetnent of
Colored People shares your
_ great h ss and extends to
you it' wsrmest sympathy
in the death of Mr. Abbott.
He contributed more than
moat men Cowards a newer
dsy for the American Ne
gro.’*
Teachers Pay
Case Ous led
NORFOLK, Va. — Judge Lu
ther B. Way signed a final judg-
mfnt here Thursday, February
29, dismissing Che case to equa
lize the salaries of Negro and
white public school teachers.
NAac’P attrmeys. acting for
Melvin O. Alston, the local
schoolboard, immediately filed
w.tice of an appeal to the U. S.
Please turn to page four*
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