IJ. imwwi
\
tl Him « IpJ* Affair given in
111* dlnninf room of th» North
I Carelin* GoUage-' last FrideV
•fMiiac when the b**ketb»ll te*m
I |Bd iB* foott>KB WMB Jioiioy
•4 ky IocbI «lti«||i#iin • banquet.
The first pictare *ho>wa Dr. C. C.
SpauldingT; president of Nortl)
Carolina Mutuful presenting the
C. C. Spaulding award, a gold
Iwifeketball to tbo t^am whirh wnB,
year. At the rig4it of Dr. Sp^tuld>
inf; is Dean James T. T^^lor,
g/aduate-manager. 'Hie second
picture shows R. L. McDougaild,
executive vice president of the
menvber of the class of ’21 pre-1 t'nis year as the most valuable
sonting the R. L. McDougiaild , plcjyer is seen , accepting the
award on which will be engraved
each year the name of the most
vMuable player of the basketball
award on behalf of the team.
The third picture shows £. R.
Merrick, treasnrer of the North
thp teams on the splendid succeas
tJiey had this year. Mr. Merrick
ii a staunch Ef-igle fan. The
fourth picture shows* Coach Wm.
Burghardt in ^ jovial mood f k he
the fine woritjot
they -did in athletica this year.
At Co^c.h Burgbardt’s right i*
Assistant Coach J. H. McLendon.
NkXt to Coach McLendon on the
ri^ht is Editor L. E. Austin, claaa
In Um 4xtrem» toft of
th* pictare is A—Coack
"Kus” U^Tmea, fom»er
star and member of the claaa of
1935.
—PHOTO BY KIvnA
BLAST
Reginald
ehampionthip for this
Medtatiics and Farmers Bank and
cJiosan yCarolinitu Mataai
team.
SAM LYON HELD
MAILING
Vote
PRICE SEVEM CEirrS
VOUJIIB tt NUMBER 18
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. MAY 4th.
Man Admits
Blasting Which
Killed Woman
DURfltAlC >r Police arrested
today Sam t>yon, ;onnnon*lUw
Mukand of Mrs. Nerva Lyon
«lio was killed on the morning
of Aipril 9th when her home was
dynamited.
According to police Lyon had
b««» aouj^t ainee about tbe
middle of March when th^ same
tome was attempted to be burned
After tjie dynamiting jHaCe
and killed Mrs.«Lyon and injuri-
cd her two daoi^iiten, greater
•ffoite were made to acoop Lyon,
tut up until today alttempts
wart in vain. It waa stated by
police ^at Lyon waa c^toi^d in
a vacant house Just out aide of
the eity limits on the Oxford
bighiray.
Ha atalted that be had stopped
at thia place to get out of the
rain. Ha made bo attempta to re-
aist, after he waa surrendered by
chief of Detectives H .E. King,
and detectives B .R. Leary, W.
E Gates all of the city police
depiartment.
Lyon was booked at headquar-
Itra early this morning find Cap
tain Hardee stated that he would
be chiarged with first degree
murder.
In confessing to Captain N. K.
j Hardee ho stated that he w^ted
I to get rid of her, because they
I had al falling ont. After they had
lived together as common-Isw
, hiuband and wife for 13' ye^.
He also said that he had pl^tnted
(16 sticks of dynamite under the
botue that did not go off. He h^
no desire to hurt anyone in the
house, other than his wife, be-
' CAu«e no one else had done any*
I thing to him.
Hidl Young Girl
For Miracle
Healings
ST. LOUIS, (ANP) —Miracul
ous liealinga of bodily ills, by a
girl who dance out her religion
^d transmits a cure through
touch of her rhythmic fingers,
ar* attributed to Vera Boykin,
SOt'yaiiisold Sifitwe college stud-
%anWevivatist ^Ippeuing nightly
at ^ aChurch of God in Christ
hat*.
Min Boykin, who attecwls the
teachers’ toalning school by
and dance as the “Spirit diracta
har” by night, lyia attracted iHir*
■cna from Chicago, Kansas City
and Indian^olis. ^ Hearing that
magic cores are accomplished by
the young r«Tiv#fli>t strangers
Boma with the hope that her
soothing fingers will touch thtm
according to Daniel Boatick, eld-
ar of the church.
Vra, as the congreg^ion call
k«r ill «w«d toQ«s, dwxM to ^
tom^^om like rhythm of ^ 'apirif
h^kid. For an hour or more she
Jerks bar body in ataccate rhy-
them« never missing a beat.
White inluenced by the spirit of
dance, ahe touches members of
che congregation, who in turn
begin to writhe and shout. With-
ffrawing to the pulpit after her
dance, Vera begins to ch^nt i«
mystic tone*:
“Wonderful Jesus, Hallelujah.
We thank You, Lord. Everybody
thilt hath, bring unto the Lord a
s?crificial offering.”
cm’AIR SUllDAY
Teache^rs Ass^n
Executives Meet
D'OCTOIt P. P. CROUZOT
president of the National Insur
ance Association who will speak
over the “Wings Over Jordan"
program Sunday morning. May 5,
in i^nnectitSn with National In
surance Week. Dr. Crouzot’s ad
dress will Irbunch the annual in-
surance drive which will extend
through May ll.th.
MONTGOMERY, Alfn — At
the call of President Carrington
L. Davis, principal of the Dun
bar High School of Baltimore,
Executive Committee of the
American Tethers Association *
will meet in Wai^rhington on Sun-j
day afternoon, May Bth. j
As the second meeting of the
current year, these officials will
give specK^l attention to tlje pro
posals for the nTeme and for fhe
perticTpapta for tSMi' annual meet
ing to be held at Pine B^ff,
Ark^insas, July 23^26. Reports
will be received from Executive
Secretary Trenholm and Trea
surer Long of the successful out
come of the objective of this
year to clear all the past due in-
dibtedness. Note will be taken
of the st;4^ua of the current mem
bership campaign for which re
port is carried in the second is
sued of the association organ.
The Bulletin, which hua
nitlFled this week frM)i' tfe office
0? the Executive Secrat^^'. ^
A preceeding meeting h*a been
called for May 4 at Hotel Penn
sylvania when the Joint NGA-
Pleaae turn to Page Eigitt
SOUTH CAROLINA
UNDERWRITERS MEET
HoetaM Coat Wadding
A Hoateaa Coat Wedding will
be given at the EUk’s Hall on
Fster Street, across tlw »Urfi
from the Armory Sun^y night,
May 1*2, at 7 P. M. by the Duugh-
tara oi SoloBJon Tempi* No. 704.
Tbe public it cordially invited.
Irs, Calhta
Redwpiie To
Join Hyskiid
DUiRHAM — Mrs. Cathie^
Redwyne will arrive in the Bull
City next WednesdAhr to Join lier
hiisbahd, Howard C. Redwyne
who ia manager of tbe New
Regaiit Ice Cre^im Company. She
will be accompanied by her three
months old daughter, M & r y
Dorothy. Mrs. Redwyne is ^ gra
duate of Tennesse State' College
and received a degree in Library
Science. Mr. Redwyne is former
member of the faculty of Tenn.
State College in the department
of Industrial Education.
In *n interview with Mr. Red
wyne, he s^es that, the, piifigjcgfw
he haa made in the operation of
is new Ice Cream Company h^6
been fine, and that it was
through the coopeif-ltion of the
Ncsfrjies of Durham that has
made it so. He states further that
hi is so satisfied with the future
ou'tlo)}k on Negro BusJ&esa in
Durham that he fJnd Mrs. Red-
w}ne plana to make Durham
tiieir boma ptnaimently.
jDARUNGTON, S. C., (By Way
man Johnson for ANP) — With
the election of O. A. Hf»ell of
'Charleston who represents the
Pilgrim Life Insurance Company
as president of 1940, and elect
ing I. P. Stan4>iaick of Columbia
Please turn to Page E^ght
Over 100, Says
She Is Ready
To Die Now
MANAGER
T *
OHARXiOTTE -— J. Prank Han
ley, recently . appointed m(E.inager
of Fairview Homes, new low cost
housing project. Mr. Hanley is
“ne of the you-ngest men appoint
ed to a similar position in the
country. He is exceptionally well
quiitified f . r the position, having
served as industrial interviewer
for the North Carolina, State
Employment Service. At present
he is in Jacksonville, Florida,
observing the working of the
Bientwood Homes project.
’To
RALEIGH, N. C., (ANP) —
Living in a cabin built by her fa
ther In I860, Mrs. Betty Byrd,
known to the community as Aunt
Betty Byrd, knows thfJt she is
over 100 years of age and thia
week expreaaed the thought that
she. is ready to die. “All I do now
is have the misery,” ahe confined
to reporter, “I have lived lang
enough, aind I gueaa I just at %ell
go along...up to the Lord.”
This attitude ia understandable
on the part of Aunt Betty, for
tbe cabin, which her father built
90 yi|airs ago, now is dilapidated
jutd cheerless. It ia located on ■
diit road to Leesville off tbe naw
Durham highway, 70-A about S
miles from here. One of Annt
Betty’a two son* livea with ber,
but must le^e her alone a great
deal in an effort to earn a living.
Refusing to leave the cabin
where she has lived for so m,aiBy
years, the aged woman said; “I
have lited here all my life,
here I am going to »tay; I don't
want to live a^y longer, bat
while I do live I want to stfiy
herei"
Showing remarkable atrength
for a woman of her yeara. Aunt
Betty told of days when her ftl-
ther and mothar were alive. She
asserted proudly that her daddy
and m^^mmy were free issue per
sons and that aha had never been
a :slave. The free issue waa aH act
of Congress passed in 1834,
guaranteed the rights pf Negro-
e« w4io had been freed by their
meters. The act, accordikig to
the court clerk here, waa passed
by Thomas Jefferson liberated
kli alavea.
Aid from a R^eigb charity
for Aunt Betty waa dropped
when the oi^niaation learned
that her son lived with her, but
the kindnfesa of Kobart L. Sorrell
who holda the mortgage io the
cabin, enablea het to live in the
cabin, har father built. “She nuy
liv* there aa long «• aha lives,**
Sorrell said.
Be Od Sir
Hal! Boor
DURHAM — Norfley Wtiitted’a
program, “Driftwood” will moye
to the B. N. Duke Auditorium for
the next foar Sundays where he
will be assisted by Choral en
sembles from the North Carolina
Colleg«, Pearson School and the
Hillside School. The program
will take the air at 5 >00 P. M.
directly from the stjvge of the
B. N. Duke Auditorium on Fay
etteville Street. The public is
invited to attend the broadcasts
and i^e requei>ted to be in their
aetc.tts no later than 4:45 P. M. I
The datea of the broadcasts are
May 5th, 12th, 19, «nd 26th. The |
progfj^ of May 5th will feature |
the North Carolina College Male
Ciborua nndar the direction of
Please turn to Page Eight
42 Cocnpanies To
Be Represented
Xi Assoeiaticn
RICHMOND, -(ANP) —
Mere tl)n 1,5,000 executive offi
cials, emj-iyes and salesmen, re
presenting 42 of the nation’s
oiilstnnding Negro' insurjlice
companies and local underwri-
tf>r.s’' ass ciationa, (Ir# winding up
Ilians for the sixth-annual cele
bration Of NiUtional Negro In
surance Week, May 6 to 11> in
• blaze of glory, eacording to
report by C. L. Townes, se«re-
tery of the National Negro In-
Rurtlice association, this week.
Highlights of the Week’a pro
gram will be tiie "Wings Over
Jordan” nationwide broadcast,
Sunday M^iy B, when Dr. P. P.
Cieuzot, president of the associa-
[iun, will speak and aw^-ding of
the prizes in the eaasy contest
when winning esaa]^ on the aoi>-
ject, “The 0®portunltiea Offered
to Negro Youth by Life Insur
ance,” will receive nsitional
prizes of (100, fSO and $25 and
state prizes of $12;60, $7.50 and
$5.00. The contest closed April
30th.
The Nation^ Insurance Aa-
sociation, headed by Dr. P. P.
Creuzot of New Orleans, thia
this ear is appe^ing to Amerciaa
largest minority group to see life
iasuranca aa- & fin^tocial demo
cracy. During the week of May
6 to 11, more than 16,000 re
presentatives of the association
will attempt to canry the m^a-
ap.e of “All for oif^ and ona for
all" to every colored home in
America.
“W^h for the agent wearing
the pilot Imtton and inaure wiU|
y Negro hMnrance agent. May 6
t*» 11," say* Pfflak A. Young,
Hew Orleans, chaitBMBi of the
National Negro Insu^daee Weak
c mmittee, and A. Dougiasa Doaa
Louisville; secretary. These mem
■>8ve guided tbe Week’s progr^^a.
which promises to be finest yet
held.
Deploring the lack af kne^
ledge on tbe part of tbe general
public as to the extent af dM
Negro life insurance buaiaea^
KiAional Negro Insurance Weak
was instituted six yeara ago ta
dissominate this infonaatioa aa
well aa to build the conataatly
ir/zreasing business. Officiala
point with pride to neasly |K0,
000, OOO aod legal reaervea af
$22,000,000.
Member companiea of tka
National Negro Insurance aa-
ao«i^ion are: Afro Amaric—
Life Insurance company, Jack
sonville, Fla.; AtlanU Ufa iaa.
Co., Atl^ta, Ga.; Supreme Caas^
of Ameriean Woodmen, Deavar
Colo.; Booker T. Waahiagta*
Burial Insurance Co., Birmoac-
hi*m, Ala.; Centi]^ Life la. Ca,
I Tampa, Fla. Commonwealth Bar-
* ^ Ass’n, Chicago; Desaoatie
I Life and Accident Ins. Co., Loaia
!viile, Ky.; Doaglaas Life loa. Ca.
New Orleans, La.; Daabar Ma
nual Ins. Society, Inc., Cleveland,
EiKelsiro Life Ina. Co.. DaSaa,
Texas; tlM Federal Life lamat-
lanee Co., Wai^iagton, D. C.;
Fiieside Mutual Laa. C«» Colaaa-
ibua, Ohio; Great Lakea Mataai,
I Detroit; Goarcmty Life, GaMatt
{state Mutaal Lif^ Loa ;
I Good Citiaena Mutal PeaafW,
New Loaiaiaaa laiaa
I trial Life, New CMeaas; Maaa-
moth Life and Accident, Laaia-
jville; National Paaaifil
I Chicaga*
CHARIjaTTE CHROUS
WILL BROADCAST
CHARLOTTE. (By Wira) —
The Moxart Anderson Cboma of
the Second Weird High School
will broadcaat from radio atation
WBT at 10:4)6 £^nrday n^ht.
May 4. Friends of tke p^np ara
invited to liaten. DireetHr of the
chojTUs ia Mrs. DeMond Beekwidi
Pleasa tom to Pagv Stfirt
PRESENTS GLEE CUIS
The ACE League of SI. J«aafk‘a
AME Church ia preaaati^ ^
Glea Club of Liacahi Hoipila^
sr ^ diratrtMi, af E, f^.
Houston, Sunday, Mb at
:!£ P. M. fia ptagMM li
aponaored by tb«> lUwiewy ' v
Society, Mr*. Mary 9f«i% ^
Chainaaa.