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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 11th, 1940
PRICB SEVEN CENTS
SUICIDE AHEMPT FATAL TO NCC CO ED
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Aegro Affairs Committee Sets Goal For 4,000 Voters
Henry Rucker Is Cut
In Gambling Gaiile
By- Fellow Student
MAN NAMED
CHAIRMAN
^LAST RITES FOR CQ.ED SUICIDE HELD
RALEIGH Henry Rucker,
■tudei>t gt Shaw University and
fc«tbaU capt^lin was aerioysly cut
fthout the face witAi a razor here
fast Friday in M ^mbling' brawl-
Wth another student, Dancey Out
law.^ The youn^ men its is alleged,
"■wra gambling in the men’s dop-
%^ory When ^n jdt'gament arose
®»er atakes in the game. Outlaiw
I* i» jail and Ruck^er ia in Saint
Acne* (iQspital where Jdtachea say
k» will recover provided ccmplica-
toin do not aet in.
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Rucker who was one of the out
standing players ori U4it year’s
fodl'buU eleven is well liked on the
and l^s in/ufjr .^as r«-
gre14«l fcy )iis many friends.
Officials at the school were re-
luctMit t« give mit any statement
«a *0 what a:tions would be taken
againat the young men re-e«ter-
ing school should Ruckar recover
aiitJ Outlaw S»e abeoiv-ed of the
Clime. Gambling at Shaw is for
bidden by the school autfiorties,
and it thought that the officials
•f the achool will take definite
action a|(Ainiit such infringent
of the rules.
According to information ob
tained at the school it is the first
tima in jnany years that a matter
of this kind }ias arisen on the
Shmv. university campus, and no
(Ufinite action will be taken until
koUi young-n^en are able to ap-.
pear before the school authorities.
Rumors that Rucker had
|vccun>b^d to the inJuriee were
■aid to be erroneo-us by achool
officials who were oontaoted by a
representative of the 6AROLJNIA
TIM^ late this week. On the
contrary it'was stated that Ruck-
ev >Rrill doubtless - be discharged
from the hospital late this week
'ir early nex week.
A.M.E.'
CONFAB
OPENS
DETROIT, — With an atmos
phere daignpened. by rain aind
•now, but ncTie the less enthuai-
a\tic, the thirty-\fir»t quadrennial
general conference 'W the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal dhurch
beg^ here laat week. Meeting at
Erenezer AME church, one of
the largest churches in the city,
the more than 600 ielegatea im
mediately . occupied themaelves
with problems of tAie conference,
the most serioua of which ia con>-
cerning the aecrotary-tceaaurer
of tile Sunday Schotol union.
Br^ent, N’ashvdlle, who has
held that poaition for maay years
but was defeated at the last
qi'jR^rannial in New York by E.
A. Selby, has consiat!ntly refua-
e>i to turn over the office to- his
auccaasor. Also hoUiing funda
which the church declares belong
to it, Bryant has offered a seri
ous 4>roblem which wound up in
the 'MaiAiiville courta.
Bryant, here as ^al delegate to
the' quadrennial, faces a fight to
ba aeated aa many contend hia
credanti|aBB have not been signed
fay lliabop J. M. Howard ot the
thirtaenth epiacopal dist,rict.
Flaaia {urn to Pag* ^Ught ^
PROMINNT
TRfCINCT
PRECINCT CHAIRMAN
D. B. MARTIN, prominent young
business man who was elected
chairnu;m of the Brady Store
precinct on last Saturday after
noon. Mr. Martin’s election
in.‘4rks the first time in the his
tory of Durham that a member
cif his race has headed the Brtlty
Stotic precinct and his election
now places two Negroes on ttie
executive commititee of the Dur
ham county democctlic conven
tion.
SS Meet
CHARLOTTE — The City Sun
day Sc'hool Association held its
Annual Meeting and election of
officers on last Sunday afternoon
at the Jane M. Smith Memorial
Church on the ctlnpus of Jo*hn-
son C. Smith University.
Plea.se turn to Page Eight
’ DURHAM — D.* B. Martin,
pi'oniinent Vouhg business man of
Durham was elected chairtntin of
the Bsrady Store precinct
here Jaat Saturday afternoon in
one of the cioaest precinct meet
ings ever b^eld ire the county. 'Pie J
edtetion of Ifr. Martitr^ nofirks tli|»j
fast time' in the history of j
hum that a Negro haa been cho#en ;
tis head of tbat pnecinot and the
'•pcond time in the history of the
counly that a Negro has been
elected aa head of any precinct
Dean James T. Taylor of North
Carolima College who is chairman ^
Unable To Finish
Young Woman
Takes Own Life
More than 1,600 persons j North Caroling* College senior The ilbove photo shows the re
CALLS MEETING
K. N. HARRIS, chairman of the
political division of the Durhi.I'ii
Ccmmittae on iNegro Affairs who
has called a mass meeting of
Nfcgro Voters 4t Hillside High
school Sunday afternoon at
th»ee o’clock. Mr. Harris ia also
urging all Negroes who ct-li
qualify to register (Saturday as
it ia the laat 4ay the booka will
be open before the primary on
of the Courthcnffe precinct has gathered at White Rock Baptist
held that position since 1936, was church last Mond^ly afternoon to
the first member of his race to be * attend the funeral of Miss Annie
8p honored. Aibout 4^0 percent of Btlle Flintall, popular young
the voters in the Brady store pre
cinct is white.
The election of Mr. M^tin
mians that the Durham cuunty
democratic meeting on Saturday,
May 11, at which time democrtJtic
•dittirman of the county will be
elected, two members of the race
will be on the executive committee
instead of one a^ heretofore.
Mr. Martin who is ^ native of
Gt^rgia has liv^ in Durham for j
more tl\(Jh t5 years where he has
been active in the religious, pi.lu-
cial Ibueiness life of the city. 1
In training experiece and charac-1
ter he is well qualifield to*r^re- i
sent the Negno voters of the j
county on the democratic exe- j
cutive committee. | ,
The new precinct chairman is a I
graduate of the Georgia Normal j
and Industrial College of Albany
Georgia and Lincoln University.'
After finishing school Mr. Martin •
taught at Kittrell College and i
Hillside high school. In 1924 he
kit the field of education to be
come connected with tihe National
Benefit Life Insurance Company
as an agent. His worth w^ ^on
rtccgnizdd and he was soon ele
vated to the position of district
manager. li> 1926 Mr. M^tin ac
cepted a position with the NoMii
CuuHna Mutal Lite Insurance
Co. in the ciOacity of agent |
on the Americ\is, UeuTgia district. ‘
Again b's ability was soon realized
and he was soon called to t'he
office of the company where he
waa later elevated to the position
of agency supervi^r in ch.I ;^e
induatri|Lil production and in
crease, supervising industrial
ageacy accounts and salaries.
'Inapite of his heavy responsi-
biiity sm an insuracnce man Mr.!
Martin finds time to devote to re-1
ligiooB work and is an active lay- *
man of St. Joseph AME church j
where he has served nearly three
yeblrs as superintendent of the
Sunday School. For four years he
v«b8 president of the Allen Chris
tian Endeavor League, during
which time he built up and envi
able reputation as a religious lead
er. He is also president of the
men’a organization of tiie church.
In the social' life of the city
Mr. Martin is a member of the
Volkamen^ Literary Society and
Kappa Alpha Ptii fraternity. He
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who took her own life when she
bi'came despondent oyer the fact
she would not be permitted to
ginduate with her class in June.
DURHAM — Approximately j
1.500 persons rrtcndinl-the last
rites of Miss Annie Belle Flintall,
20-year-oid daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Flintall held at White
Rock Baptist church here last
Mo'hdaiy afternoon at four
o’clock. Miss Flintall who waa a
I senior at the North. Carolina
! College succumbed to self inflict-
I ed injuries from Shooting her
self with a pistol at the home of
her jvi'enits on Monday April 30
after she because despondent be-
I ca^ise she had been notified by
j fie college that .«he would not
he allowed to graduate in June
; v.ith her claiS*, hut would have to
J wait until th^e end of the fir-t
ses.«iion '(,f summer school. Miw
Fiintall died of Lincoln hopsitijh
■ early Saturday morning after ^1
attempts to save har life- had
faiJed.
According to members of her
mains and family leaving the '"‘'y
church just arter the funeral. aPP««n«y the
ycung woman had })een injured
I
Photo by Reuben-Rudolph
Mass meeting Of Negro
Voters Set For Sunday
*,MISS HILLSIDE”
DUllllAM — According to R.
N. Iliirris, chairman of the Dur-
hum brancli of the Committee on
Ntgro Affairs the largest crowd
of voters in the histtory of Dur-
“ h:»m is expected to attend a mass
'meeting to be held at the Hillside
I high school auditorium on next
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock
to help decide on the canidates
tl'p committee wiJI support in the
primary to be held on May 25.
j Every Neijro voter in Durham
has been invited-and pastors of
all churches have been asked o
utge their members who have
registered to attend the meeting.
I In nddkion to urging every
Negro voter to attend the meet
ing. Mr. Harris is anxious that
every Negro who can qualify will
register on Saturday which is the
last day the books will be open
for those who are expected to
vo(te in the May primary. Cars
ai;d workers will be avxiilable to
assist any person desirous of re
gistering in getting to their re-
spestive places of registration.
The committee is anxious thf.t
the numiber of registered Negro-
ej for Durham reach 4,000 and
Chairman Harris is asking those
who have no way of .getting
to their places ot regiatr.J ion on
Saturday to call him at J-0941
S'o that transporttlLion may ibe
provided free of charge.
far some time before she called
her father from down stairs. She
w,eIs immediately ru.s/hed to the
hcspital where_ several transf^s-
sions were given and other
efforts were made in a vain at-
teftit tp sfwe her life. »
TELL WHY
Concicus almoat until th(^
tin's of her death Mias Flintall
after much coding from her
pa.ents finally di*elos«d the rea:-
scn for shooting herself. 9h«
atUted that she wanted to die be
cause of the di.oappointment that
wculd com* to her and her par
ents and friends becau^ of her
failure to gntluate with her
ciasa in Jane.
The young woaMin was un
usually popular at the N.rth
r^ ’.olina College, and ber ■ «»n-
ttmeiy death cast a pall of gloom
over the entire faculty and stu
dent b*dy, ,a well u her many
friends throughout the city.
Funeral service waa eendeeted
hy the Rev. Miles Mark Fisher,
pastil of Wtiite Rock. Messages
of condolence from many parts of
ti>e atate and out of state were
read by Asa T. Spaulding, akto-
ary of the North Carolina Matual
Life Insurance Compfmy. Floral
bearers and pallbearers were
members of file Senior cImb of
North CaroIin,a. College. Inter
ment was at the Beechwood
cemetery on PayetteTille road.
In addition to' her father and
mother Miss Flintall » sanriTed
bv Tive brothers and two sistera.
Kills Lover Then
Self After Quarrel
GREE^WILLE, S- C., (ANP)
—Murder and suicide snuffed
out the lives of two of Green-
vilk’s prominent residents Sun
day. Jiian Henito Molirvri, 4i2,
only Negro architect in this .sec
tion, Rh(it and killed Misa Marie
Knight, ^ teacher in the city
schools, and then blew out his
own brains.
The shooting was the result of
n series of lovers’ quarrels which
hi*d been the talk of Greenville’s
upper crust for"* several weeks.
Molina and Miss Knight had been
friendly for years ^»id the double
PRAISED FOR MOUNT
HOLYOKE ADDRESS
MISS MARGARET HSLLER, Hillside high school Junior who was
crowned “Miss Hillside” Moi^day evening at the achool auditorium.
The contest for the hono.r is an annual affair and is held to deter
mine the most popolar young la4y of the SQhoo).
At the bottcm ia Mi>s Barbara Berry,
PINEVILLE HIGH
HOLDS GRADUATION
CHAHLOTTM — The "first
graduating class in the hiatory
of the Pineville High Sc'hool.
numbering: clevi'n persttns, were
presented diplomas on l,-r>t Fri
day night by the principal aftei
listening to an address by Rev.
W. U. Mayberry,- of the faculty
of Johson C. Smith University.
Revf Mayberry aSvised the
gradu.^tes to avoid the pitfalls
which entri-iT so many young
persons and to always strive
•ame»tly and honeJtly • for
nicceas.
^ PkMe turn to Page £ight
killing shocked
niunity.
thf entire com-
PERClVA’t FRATTIS, editor of
tie ti:y ttliiion if the Pi^taburgh
Ccurier and author of 1‘The
Horizon,” fv.lLure column of^ that
pap;r, wlre“ received tbe-^com-!
mendation of instructors and
students after his talk, “E.^.ial
Rtlations in United S4atea’*
last w'eek. Mr. PrJttis waa form
erly newt editor Th* Awycialt-
Ncgro\Prew.
Molina, a native of Cuba ^.id
a gradivlte of the Univesity of
Havana, waa outstanding
a'chltect ^Cid a number of church
es and reaidences here in North
Carolina atteated.to his if>ility.
He was also ,fl manager of boxen
and promoter of priae fights. He
started luch fighters as “School
Boy” Cook, ‘Hotdog’ Powell tAid
‘Newsboy’ Brown on their fistic
careers.
Miss Knight, a resident of
Orangeburg, S. C., had tought in
the local school for number of
years. ^
The couple had been out rid
ing. A quarrel developed and
Miss Knight attempted to leave
the c/ie. Molina followed her and
a^ she stttmblel and fell MuUna
shot har and then turned the gun
on himself.
Th»t tha killing praaaadita
te dwaa evidenea by threa »oit«a
left by Moltea, one ta Um laaal
radio at!tioB aaking that If tW
double klOlM was broaik—t, to
rention jealooair w^4i
mative. anoth4( to FatlMr 3omfB
of tba loe.4 colored CMk&k
churehf af wh^h he was a maaa-
bar, aaking for pravers for tiw
repraa af hia sonl. A d the tU>d
rot- addraased t> the patent* «f
tne Toung poaan.
Mias Kdight’a body was c^kvi'
ed to Onng«4>urg for btnrteL
As yet «o dispaaitioa has b«a«
mada of MoUna’a body awaltiiic
word froM rala(Ivii~ln ~t*uM.
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