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DYNAMITE BLAST WR£CKS HOME
Nation Pays' Respects 7 o Famed
Pioneer Of Negro Education
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VOLUME 21 NUMBER 18
SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 1940
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
An wly dynamite blw>t here I Misaea BItl* and Robert* Lyon i front room wh|ch a total
lay mornint took the life while they slept in their home wreck. Two other oocupanta of
Mtb. Ner^ Lywn fJlwl »Ii»ht- |n the western pa»t of tha city, tha borne escaped without in-
Injured her two daughters | The photo above ahowa the j Juriea., (Reuben-Rudolph Photo).
lyaamlte Planted Under
iwelUng, Results In Death
Of Durham Mother
DURHAM — M«. Nerva^yon,
iO>year>old reaident of ^ 1^17
lock street was* instantly killed
iround 1:30 Tuesd*.ly morning,
iiid her two chiWren were slight
ly injured from a dynamite blast
which shattered the entire house.
Mrs. Lyon and her children
were sleeping in the same bed in
the front room when the explos
ion took pl^ce, H(jw the two
children escaped with minor iif-.
Jories remains a mystery^ Thti
Lad and other furniture in tiie
roonrt were blown to the top cif
the house by the blast which tore
a hole in the floor at least six
f««t wide. I
The dyi^mite 'evidently had
been placed under the house and
tke explosion rocked the entire
neifrbborhood Hundreda of per- ^
■ana grathered at the scene where
the lifeless 'body of the mother'
was soon extricated from the
Jnsina. The right leg of the mo-'
ther was blown completely open.
Several we^ks fiSgo an attempt
to destroy the home was frustrat
ed when officers riding through
the neighborhood discovered the
house ablaze at both the front
and doors. Rags which h^d
betn soaked with kerosene were
found stuffed under the front
and back doors.
Other occupants sleeping in
the heme at the time of the ex
plosion were Miss Bstelie Cheek,
James Hedgepeth, Misses Etta
and Robert Lyon. Bath of the*
latter were taken to Lincoln
Hospital, for tT!ght injuries ffcout
the head and legs. Neither l>ad
been released late Thursday.
I Funeral anl Interment were
held Thursc^tiy gt eleven o’clock
in Roan County, the home of the
deceased. . > ;
I
I Mr.sdames Mildred Amey, Jane
Warren, Elizabeth Pratt, left the
1
city for Atlantic ^ City to attend
the N(:llional YWCA Conference.
NEW UNITED STATES STAMP
DELE6ATES WALK-OU
PRESBYTERIAN CONFAB
Leave City When
Asked To Pay
For Board
„„ Bookar T. Washington, who
rose from slavery to become a
great Negro educjltur^ who was
honored by the United States
Fust Office Department Sunday,
April 7, of the lO-cent stamp,
si(wn above.
W. G. Pearson
Is 81-Years-Old
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
'DU'RIHAM — In observance of
tlie 81>t anniversary of the birth
of Principal W. G. Pearson, the
•tudents and f4l^ulty of the
Hillside Park High &;hool took
time out :^om lessons and the
like during the afternoon of
Thuraday, April for a cele-
iMatt^tl^lt was^lpiy touching.
H- was around 2 p. m. that all
of ^the atudenta^ and faculty
Diembers gathered in the Hillside
auditorium along with friends of
the community to express their
appreciation for what Prof.
P«afcon's life has mqant foar
After the guest of honor had
been escorted to the stage, the
program which carried with it
a highly sentimentJil air, began
with the ^-piece band’s playing
of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
with the audience standing. Then
Mistress of Cerenvonies Jose-
Pleaoe turn to page e^ht
FORMER DURHAM
CITIZEN DIES IN
NEW YORK
DURHAM ■>— The annud aeas-
ion of the Yadkin Presbytery
broke up in partial confoaipn
here Thursday when delegates
who had come to the meeiinjp/be-
' cam^ diagruntJed bec^luse they
were 'a^ed to pay room and
a«iC''ix,'.$a»0Mi ha using them
frr the three-day session.
When no agreement with the
local committee could r^bh-
' ed the delegates who had come
I from varioua cities were seen
boiirding their cars and hurrying
out of the city Thursday flfter-
noon. Others left by bug and
trains. It could not be learned
at a late hour Thursday whether
fi/l of the buainess of the meet-
DURilAM — The remains of
James Whitted, aged 54, former
Durham citizen was brought here
last week frc-m New York where
he died suddenly from a heart
aWack', Wednesday morning,
April 3, at Ifl o’clock. Mr.
Whitted who was th^ son otf the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jfimos S.
Whitted hud been living in New
York ftr the past 25 years.
The deceased is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Grace Whitted;
one daughter, Mrs. Gnice Samp
son; three sisters, Mrs. Eva
Goins, Mrs. *Dora Keller and
Mrs. Bessie Quick of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Interment was at the Beech-
wocd cemetery. The Amey Fun
eral Home in ch^irge of the fun-
al arrangements.
''ng was completed or not.
A dinner which was to have
been, aerved by the Nk>rth Caro
lina Mutual Lafe Insurance Com
pany dt ita home office here
Friday afternoon for the viaitora
and for whieb the conpany had
gon* t«> .«onaid«raU* troHble to
prepare htf to be abandoned af
tha last minuta.
Tha Wednaa4«y and Thuraday
sesawna of tha Prarf>ytery were
held at the Pine Street Presby
terian church of which the Rev.
W. Tycer Netun ii pastor. Elder
T. R. Jones ia moderHtor of the
Yadkin Presbytery. J. E. Mc
Millan ia state clerk.
Thousands Jam
Tuskegee Hall
At Ceremony
TUSKBGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
(Special) — The Americfm na
tion paid signal honor Sunday
a man, Booker T. Washington,
who as ii4 bo-y was bom a alave
but who rose to become a'leader
in the very very country which
ha4 enslaved him. Aa a token of
it» appreciation eateem f
this blsck man the United States
p.aced his picture on a poatage
st^hvps, an honor reserved for
the foremost Americans, and tent
MALE CHORUS HEAR& WEEKLY OVER WDNC DURHAM
THE SECOND BAPTIST
HUIQOH Mala chorua is a week-
preaentation of R^io Station
WDI*C. |t i» fllrwtad by M». F.
E. Markham. First row, left to
right are^ John E. Day, Roy
Curry, Jamea Houae, Hasktna,
AU»n Hill, Qtorar ArVf
Croaa, ^d Edgar Fatrow sokiat.
Second row, left to right
Albert fliggina, Thomas
ara:
Me-
Ad4«D. Aothonjr^
its Pottmaster General James A.
Parley, highest post official in
the nation to iiylugurate the
cccasion at Tuskegea Inatitute,
which “Was built through the
vision and laibors of the famous
N«gro educator.
Tha three dSy celebration
honoring the founder of the
world famoua Tuskegea Institute
bto^ght to the campua hundreda
of outstanding figures in educa-
tlouk religion, social service,
nikdicine, rapreaeiitative of varl-
our departmenta of the govern
ment, Hgricultare, and leadera in
every phase of American life,
who walked aide by aide with
furm folk, humble rural folk—
all had come to pay tribute the
b^ltk man who worked his way
through Hampton Inatitute and
who was awarded by Harvard
with the honorsfy degree of
M-ii ter of Arts. 4
More tha^ SnBOO people pack"
ed the Inamute Ciiapel where
exercises we^ held and hund
reda more crowded the outside.
The exeroiaea opened on Fri
day afternoon with a meeting of
Executive Committee of the
Tuskegee General Alumni As-
so!i(ltion who aasembled later in
the evening with the local
T:*akegee Chapter for a banquet.
Dr. Patterson addressed the
group on progress and devel^p-
ir.«r>t of the Institute. Present
a |hf'meeting of t&a Executive
Commlttes were; J. F. Scott,
Montgomery, liuther Vjln Hoose^
icaloosa, J. R. Winfield, Mt.
gs, A. Henningborf, Durham,
Wm. C. Laatar, A. P.
J I PlMM turn t9 pMg* aifht
NORTH CAR(M.INA fWUTUAL PRESIDENT AT TUSKEGEE
Among the celebrities at the I ing, president of N. C. Mutual j pje stamps bearing the face
ceremonies commemerating the I Life Insurance Company who I the noted educator. Postmaster
life of Bot'ker T. Washington I purchased for his company 5,(H)0 I General James A. Farley waa
lf.»t week was Dr. C. C. Spt/ald-jof the new United States. post-) the m.1in speaker.
NCM Largest hidividual
Purchaser Of Stamps
I The selling oi the first United
St,1tes postage stamip comm
emorating the life of an Ameri
can Negro was a most impress
ive and inspiring cccasion as re
ported by C. O. S{^it(jlding, presi
dent of North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company, and
one of the honorary Vice Chair-
nen of the Bcoker Wj^tihington
Sponsoring Committee.
In selling the first stamp, Post
master General James A. Farley
comihended -most highly the life
and works of the R;»ce’s pioneer
educatcT, likening him unto
Solomon in the way he interpret
ed the needs of his people and
wisdom tha^ was manifested by
him in making possible that tyipe
of trjf.ning that would enable
tiiem,, through their cwn initia-
t’ve and industry, to safeguard
their own future economic se
curity.
Tha sale of the Booker T.
Waahington stamp was unique
ir tlylt k marked tha fir«t in-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
stance thus hoticring a Negro
American, but ven more unique
was the fact that the initial siJe
of the Booker T. Washington
stamp and philatelic envelopes
w,i(i prdbably the largest in the
history of the Nation for the
lO-cent “famous American” ser
ies. j
Tuskegee Institute had the
honor of buying the first stamp
sold, but to North Carolina Mu
tual went the. ht-nor of the Utrg--
est single aale in the amount of
n,(M)0 Stamps. .■. *
“It wfls moet appropriate that
ihe B(fc)ker T. Wifehington stamp
etlgbration should have been at
Ttwkegee Institute,” stated Mr.
Spaulding, “for it was here the
famous edueatcr possibilities
of greatest good for a hitherto ^
neglected group.” Like most
ecdaavors of its kind, the road
to achievement proved rough and who fn April 11 obaarvad hia U
axdooua, but with a deterraina- birthday aasoBf tka ijptfuHy,
tion that navar flaged, and with dants and it
PROF. W. G. PEAItSOM
PltaM twa to paga fchoal.
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