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Mailing Edition aCtm^ ★ ★ ★ 7 c Pay No More ^ ¥ VOLUME tl NUMBER SO DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 18th. IMO 2.000AHEND FUNERALOFPROF. MICKLE ★ ★-1"' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ NAME 4 NEW A.M.E. BISHOPS ★ ★★ ★★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★ Sam Lyon Gieats Gas Chamber By Starvation MEDICAL DISTINCTION DR. ,W. WAfiiRICK CARDOZO prominent youngp Waahinffton physici^, who has Just received A ■peeialis’t ratinK in pediatrics by the AaMrican Board of Pedi- atriea following a special exa mination. 1^. C^'doso is an in- ■tructor in the Howard univer- •'•ty Bicdical school, a member of the ataf at Freedmen's . hospital aii4 of tlw District of Colombia baalth depattment. OWENS MAY GET POSltlOM DURiHAlf, N. C. — When ques tioned by Uie CAROUNA TIM- ES after hiii appcaranre at the Durham Athletic park last Sun day with the Toledo Crawfords and Ethiopian Clowns, Jesse Owen% holder of 11 world track r«cord«, confided that he is con* sklering » coachini; post at Scuthem Universlty^ in Baton Roo^, La. The internationally famed athlete admitted that he and Dr. Felton Clarke, president of South orn Univern^, had been ne- got%Jting and that the offer carried a aalary of $3,600, DURHAM — During: the early lirurs of Thorsday, Hay 10, dc.-rth cheated the state’* lethal ffts chamiier of a pMsible victim when Sam Lyon», confessed mur derer, Was found dead in the Durham County Jail. Lyon, who was arrested on May 1, had^coin - fessed setting off the powerful dyn|*imite blaA that caused the deaith of his eommon-la* wife, Mia. Minerra Lyon, after he had pbnted it under her home on Reck Street. It la believed that Lyons death rei^^ from his weak and undemouisbed condi tion wh^ch wjta hrought on Vy tl-e way waa forced to live while a fkgitiv* ^f^nm the 1 from the time of the fj^l bl until his arrest. die is said to have lived out of doors (in the wcoda) getting very little food. Re hatd also refused food at the jail. The 54-year-old nan, who had been in jail since May -I, was found dead when Jailor E. P. Parrish nuUe his 7:00 A. M. round and the exact time of his deaUi is not known; however, other prisoners stated that they had h^ard Lyons groaning around four o’clock. The atotopsy made at Watte Hospital under the order of Coroner Roman Horton, revealed I ti at the immediate cause of the death was “congestive heart ^ilure and nrenia.” Lyons had been under the care bf Dr. C. P. Anderson of the health department staff since his arrest and aa no improvement was being shown in his condition, plAns had been nwde to remove him to the atate hospital in Raleigh in order that he might I be better eared for. PREJUDICE ARE MELTING AWAY A picture like this is not un- usus^Sn the North, but in the^ deep South H is historyjfiaking. Here are shown Clyde R. Hoey, gcvemor of Norti Carolina, chatting in his office in Ral- igeh with Marian And«itSon, world-famous contralto. After hearing her sing «,t a' concert ho expressed a desire to com pliment her personally. Tliis is very much in direct contract to the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution who barred Mias Anderson from their Con- sititution hall in Washington last year.—Photo. Curry, Reid, Allen, hiichols ^ew Bishops ^^ast Rites For Beloved Principal Held May 15 DETROIT, (Special to the TIMES) — After balloting that lasted until the early morning hours SJturduy, the General Conference of the African Meth odist Epsicopal Church name fcur new bishops. Elected after Friday midniglii were the Revs. Frank Madison Rtid, of St. Louis, Mo., and the A. J. Allen, of Cleveland, Ohio, a'native of ^Columbus, Ga., and brother of John Allen, Atlanta realtor. Tha Revs. D. Ward Nichols, of New York, and George E. Curry manager of the AM£ Book Con cern, Philadelphia, P^, were elected to the bishopric before midnight Friday. General officers elected Seit- urday were Prof. A. Jackson, Financial Secretary; the Rev. W. A. Dorsey, of New Jersey, Mpiyor of the Book iConcem, and Dr. E. A. Adams, of Columbia, S. C, Secretary of Education. The Kev. f C. Hatchet, of Dothan, Ala, was named to the post of editor of the Southern Christie Recorder, succeeding the Rev. J. H. Clayborn, of Little Rock,’ Ark., who will take » special post created in the pre sent conference. The Rev. L. L. Berry, of New York, retained his Missionary Board post in a race wH;h Mrs. L. M. Hughes, ol’ W^aeo, Texas. The Rev. W. H. Hemingway was re-elected to head the Church Elxteneion Department. Elected to head the Sunday School department were Prof. E. A. Selby and the Rev. C. W. Abbington. DURHAM — A truly great and noble character was moved from the educattonul. scene in N'orth CaroliniJ in the sudden passing of Prof. Edward Douglas Mickle, Princinal of the W. G. Pearson Elementary School. He died at his Dunbar Street home around nine o’clock Sunday night after a sudden heart Eitack at St. Joseph church ^where he was conducting the evening services in the absence of the pastor, Kev. J. A. Valentine. Prof. Mickle’s death came at •he end of a day that was typi- caJ of the busy life that he lived. After attending 'H»e regular morning worship services at St. Joseph'a church where he was a r-»f»b«r, he made the main ad- idiesa radio pi4>x'ram which originptted at B. Audi- t^.rium of North' Carolina Coll- ejp». Funeral services held at Saint Joseph’s AME Church Wednes day afternoon, were conducted by Rev. T. C. Graham, pastor of the West Durham B,i:ptist Church. Rev. Valentine was un able to * return from Detroit where he was attending the na- jticiial AME conference. Ex- pre.ssions about thi^ heloved tencber and prominent civic leiJ8er came from Prof. W. G. j Pearson of Hillside Park high ! school and Supt. W. F. Warren of the Durham City schools. The j W. G. Pearson School Glee Club j snng “Fairest Lord Jesus” from I the balcony as a fttewell to their principal. Innumerable Resolu- I tions, telegrams and other greet ings were read by Prof. F. G. I Burneitt. Nearly 2,000 persons Were in attendanse. I Born in Camden, S. C. January 1, 1884, Prof. Mickle ^Ittended. I rhe Camden public schools and later entered the trade school at Hampton Institute where he was graduated as a tsflor. He fur- I thsred his education at Howard University afterwhich he came to Durham to establish a busi ness. It was because of his deep I interest in education' that in HEART ATTACK FATAL PROF. EDWARD DOUGLAS MICKLE, beloved principal ‘ of the W. G. Pearson Elen^entily School who succumbed to sudden heart attack at his home Sunday evening, May 12. He was stricken at St. Joseph AME Church while conducting the services in the absence of pasrtor J. A. XiiEen- tine. Thousands of sad-hearted friends, co-workers and students over ran the church to witness the impressive filneral rites V/ednesday afternoon. Surviving are hia wife, Mrs. Ruth O’Daniel Mfckle, and many rc!i-ives and friends. HioBonry pallbearera were: Professors W. G. Pearson, IC A. Ct'eek, G. A Edwards, ‘F. D. Marshall, Fnuik G. Bmwelt, Rev. J. Lee White, Mrs. Cor^ Ru»sel, C. C. SfMlding, Sr., W*. J. Kennedy, Joseph Bell, D. B. 'M,:rtin, A. T. Spa&lding. JaaM* Hntitand, Fbrtjis Jeffers, WUliam Carr, €. C. SpAulding, Jr., W. D. Hill, John Payne, - R. l1 Mc- Douglad, J. H. Wheeler, Arthur Whitted, doctor A. 'S. Hunter, Dr. J. N. MUl*. pr. E. P Norria, ■ Gi.orge W. Cox, E. R. Merricfe. H. M. Michanx, L. Robert Cotton, O. B -Wamaek, R. M. Shaw, M. A. Goias, Jimaa T. T, V '.or, and J. C. ,Seai*oro«i^ &r. Ai^ve pallbearers were i. C. Cross, James Strickland, C. E. Anthony, W. H. Bry»at,tCr C. Amey and F. H. RimiaBd. 1923 he was chosen as principal of the East End elementary school ,)4nd his excellent service there merited his being chosen to head the city’s largest school when it was built about 13 yeurs ago. Aside from touching the lives of thousands of children and parents through his educational connections. Prof. Mickle wjb an influential member of the Board o 'Trustees of St. Joseph’s church e was chairman of the board of trustees of the Stanford L. Warren Library, treasurer of the N. C. State I^rent-Teachers As sociation, Treasurer of Saint Joseph’s Church, and president of the Volkamenia Club. Att’.v Austin To Speak DURltXM — On Sunday. Mi^ Id, at ^ P. M., in the B. N. Duke auditorium, Alpha I^mhda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta I Sorority, in celebration of Majr week, will present Attorney Elsif Austin as guest speaker. I Miss Elsie Austin is the first N«gro women graduate of the , college of Law, University ml Ciricnntiti, and has alao the dia- ) tinction of being the first tis- ' gru Woman to serve as assiatnt Attorney General ot the State of Ohio. She was appointed to tibia oCice in 1^7 and served ther* until 1939. In mfV 19S0 ^ waa appointed Executive Secretury to the Recorder of Deeds, im Washington. She is one of tiM few colored women lawyers listed in Whb’s Who Amoa^ Women Lawyers. A record of the outstanding women attor neys of the Country, pubHshaJ in 1909. Durham Colored Schools Hold AnnualMay Day Celebration Tbs Dnrl|iin Athletie Park ' At •c«ne of the .Ma/ D«f •reis^ of the Iscboob hut, fMdaf OmtMUB colored | Abovs art picnres of two of tiw I drill, by the •• wWI« la *«tioii. Tb* fla«|«r^es and the w»»in|f pt exercises are ^xXti I M«y Pol* by third foutti made np from all the children in the I proved to be vwry saccMrfuI and I ad by - A# HUKbIb «ity systiB'm. Hiia ^eac*a exercises [ co1dt{u1, an4 was largely «ttaad>|
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