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VOLUMS tl NUMBER 2«
DURHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1940
>RICE S CENTS
CAB DRIVER ASSAULTS RACE WOMAN
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TENN. MOB REFUGEE APPEALS FOR AID
HEADS .insurance WRITERS
Insurance Writers lake Charlotte
Father Of Seven In Dire
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Need After Losing All
In Figtit For Ballolt
NEW YORK — An appeal to MORTICIAN
Um country for help by Elisha
i)||kVis, who was driven from hi»
buaintM, fais wife and seven
•Mldren by a mob in Browne- f
Till*, Tenn., is being answered
by a Countrywide campatgn for
fundi by the NAAOP.
tlr. Davis, who is now living
in another town in Tenn. (where
M .is also being' threatened wit)i
fiolence), i» 39 years old and
was the owner and operator of »
fiBinf atailon in Brownsville
^or to the outbreak of vioierikfe
fbere in Mid June. The campaigrn
of tertor aiyfainst colored citiiens
of Brownsville, and particularly
•(ainst the officers and members
0f tbe Brownavill* branch of
the NAACP, resulted from the
fRtenpt of several citizens to re-
tiaUr and vote in the 1940 Lawrence T. Lightner, who
^•idential election*. has returned to Raleigh, and will
When the Rev. Bueter Walker, *>« associated with his father,
tf, president of the Brownville C. E. Lightner, in the Lightner
NAACP and several other pre- Funeral Parlor, which has been
Mated themselves before the operation ijor thirty yea^s.
(roper official for regiatr^ion Young Mr. Lightner ia a re-
they were told “You had better eent graduate of the Gupton-
4top this or there will be a neck Jones School of Eniibaling in
li« party." I NashvUle, Tenn. He attended
Mr. Walker and Mr. Davis Washington High School in
and Mr. Dais’s brother were Raleigh and • N. C. College in
run out of town and Elbert | Durham. He is d member, of the
Williams, another member of the | Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
NAAOP, was found dead in the
river with two wounds in his
chest. He had been lynched.
The NAACP ia calling on
cltixens to contribute to a fund
for tlie relief of the Browns
ville exilea and for the purpose
of attacking the whole situation
to the end that colored citizens
may return to their homes, vote
5i the 1940 elections, Mid pur-
•aa thfir normal lives.
In his letter to the NAACP
Elisha Davis wrote:
"I gambled everytbing, my
bome, my butinesi, my life,
my family (wife and child
ren) in order to prove to
tkose people in Brownsville
that tbe NAACP waa |«I1
right. At present 1 am se
parated from my family. 1
am not making any -money.
1 do not feel secnre in tbe
least. After baving told in
this case, my life bere, even
in tbis town, is constantly
threatened.’’
The whole Brownsville, situa
tion hjj/e been placed in the
hands of the United States
Department of Justice by the
NAACP. Dean William Maslie,
chairman of the NAACP legbl
committee, has conferred with
0. John Rogge, Assistant U. S.
Attorney General; Walter
White, NAACf secretary, has
conferred with WilliiAn Mc-
Clanahan, Attorney at
Memphis. Mr. White made a trip
to Tennessee during which he
' gathered first hand ^ information
on the Brownsvrlle case.
The Brownsville situation,
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from beginning to end, is a story
of the most open, flagrant, and
' unc.t>hamed exercise of mob
terror and lynching that has
come to light in many years.
It has been shown conclusive
ly that Brownsville officios, in
cluding a night marshal and can
didate for sheriff, ^ night
policeman, a county highway
commissioner, and others were
among the leaders of the mob
which drove Brownsville NAAiGP
lejBilers from town.
Elisha Davis was waked in the
middle of the night, forced to
dress at'the point of a pistol, and
his wife wtb told ‘‘You will
never see this black again.”
We are going to kill him.
Davis was taken to tJ river
bottom aibout six miles from
town and was asked ilbout the
purposes of the NAACP. He was
Continued on Page Eight
NO BONO
FOR WHITE
ATTACKtR
‘Raster’ McDongald Shoots
Estranged Wife To Death
After Being Critically Sliot
carter C. SMITH, Jr., presi
dent of the North Carolina Stt.le
Insurance Underwriters Associa-
nuf^ting in Charlotte Thursday,
Friday and . Saturdiy of this
week. Mr. Sml^ is well known
in North Carolina business cir
cles as assistant manner of th^
Durham Agency district of the
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company.
DURIHAM — Tragedy, grim
and gory, stalked the Hayti sec
tion of Durham Tuesday after
noon when Clem “Buster” Mc-
Dougald shot and killed his
pretty young wife Mrs.. Elizabeth
Mcpougald 01^ tbe corner of
P^etteville and Elm streets,
after she had first shot her hus
band twice, once in- the abdvmen
and once in the back of the left
shoulder.
CHARIX)TTE — Clyde Bar-
bee, (white) cab driver here,
was bound over to the Superior
Court without bond Monday on
U charge of criminail'y assaulting
^n jrobbing a colored woman
resident of t¥is city, Mrs. Roeie‘twice by her liu^nd. Otie
Withers of Kasl First Street. |bullet struck the young woman
In this unusual case, heard in on the left shoulder ^nd glanced
County Court, the charges were ' off and ploughed its way into her
brought l>y the woni.;i, who gave ' brains at the bottom of the skull. I
her age as 24. She told the court Another entered the left should-
tion which is holding its annual- jjenday that she was walking on ' er and came out through the
Mrs. McDougald was also shot' ^
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IN HAWAII
MARIAN ANDERSON
IN HONOLULU
Queen City Host
To Underwriters
Association
CHARLOTTE — Underwriters
of-the state are gathered here
this week, yeeterday through
Saturday, for their annual con
fab, which brought to this city
• larg« group.
The North Carolina Under
writers aisociatlon is holding
MMlens in the Ebenezer Baptist
sKttrch and so far the sessions
1mt« been interesting, e^Jcation
«l in value and far reaching in
«ffcd I,arge nuiflbers of persons
bftve int«rested themsehres in the
sessions and many Have taken
part in the various deliberations.
Compaaies represented are the
North Carolina Mutual, tiie
Botttttrn Fidelity Mutual, and
tk« Winston Salem Mutual, and
other wsll known concerns of
tils state. Prominent men, many
holding Ugh invarance posts, are
4H|i« IjDd (KT* lirogr^med for the
Featured yesterday and Friday
was a S^es institute which is be
ing conducted by experts in the
sales field. This ptomises to
be the outstanding feature of the
meeting, with many attending
and others coming in later.
On Thursday night in the City
Auditorium the local underwrit
ers association was host at a huge
reception honoring the vi^to^
and the many friends of the body
Policyholders were also recipi
ents of the grand affair*
A warm il^elcome and recep
tion was accorded the visiting
guests and more will come as the
climax of the • meeting nears.
The meet will Tnclude Saturday,
it is understood. Leaders here In
the local groups went far in mak
ing this session one of the great
«st evsr held from every stand
point'
CoMliee
To Meet
Bishop Davis
DURHAM — Bishop M. H.
D,tAis, presiding head of the
Second Episcopal District of the
AME church consented, this week
for a conference to be held be
tween the plantiffs and defend
ants in the Kittrell College case
in which an attempt was made
to restrain the Bishop iind the
trustees of Kittrell from dispos-
inv of $100,000 worth of Duke
Power Company bonds belong
ing to the school.
The agreement was received
in the form of a letter sent as a
reply to a telegram dispatched
to Bishop Davis L^t week 'by
Editor L. £. Austin of the CARO
LINA TIMES requesting a con
ference between the two factions
be held in an attempt to settle
the matter out of court.
Editor Austin will dispatch
letters to various persons inter
ested in the side of the plain
tiffs next weeic With the hope of
securing their aj>proYtf.. The
time and place will i>e announced
Utsr.
HONOILULU, Hawaii,
Miss Marian Anderson
(CP)—
has dr-
rived in Honolulu to ^ng before , "";YaTer'made'‘lh7^'|rest. """"I
m-bre thhn 8,000 music lovers on j I
the islands of Oahu, Maui, KaMt,'
and Hawaii. |
East fourth street Saturday chest.
nlght° Aid entered « cab ia |
which two othei- men were rid-1 I«m*di^ely after the shooting
ing. with the defendant. She McDougald WM, rushed to Lin-
asked, she stated, to be taken to prounced
the Greenville scommunity. I Phv^cians to be in a critical
fihe alleged that instead of i coi'ii^ion.
taking her to that section, the j According to information ob-
cato driver drove out the Wilken-' tained from various persons
son boulevard in the vicinity of closely acquainted with the
the old airport where she was' c^upie^ Ur. sfcid Mrs. McDougald
criminally assaulted. I had been estranged from each
She further st»Aed to the Coun other for the past several weeks
ty Court that Barbee took her' and it was with the intention of
purse which contained about |3 forcing his wife to return to him
and then forced her from the that 'McDougald approached her
caib. She stated that she walked Tuesday afternoon,
back to the city rihd immediately j When the young woman refusr
reported the incident to police
other men in the cab took part
in the assault and robbery. Their
The distinguished contralto names were not given either in
Sind her accompanist, Kost^ the police releifee.
Vehanen, are wearing Hawaiian * The case is being watched
Leis festival necklaces of flow- here with much interest by sev
ers. M) eral of the Citizens groups.
Times Gets New
Cliarlctte Mgr.
CHARLOTTE — Here to take
over the Managership of the
(Cihf.-lotte office of the CAiRO-
LINA TIMEIS, the oldest and
largest Negro newspaper in
North and South Carolina, is
LeRoy M. Washington, former
news editor of several publical-
tions in Jacksonville, Fla.
Washington, a newspaperman
with an experience of ten yeirs •
on a widely read Florida weekly, ^^tgj^ed
a bi-weekly and recently news
editor on a whito daily in J^k-
sonville, his home city, arrived
in the city early Monday of this
week and began work immediate
ly.
ported by the citizenry this city
may soon be boasting of being
out of class of the most murder
ous cities in AmeriCji. *■
Editor L. E. Austin is giving
his full support to the new
Charlo-tte program, and just this
week he sent his Business Mana
ger, Herbert It. Tillery, from
Durham to this city to meet the
new local mand2:er and assist
many , ways in getting
Two
IVaiKii For
CliarloUt Jury
ing on Fayetteville street. So
I much ^ real weapon did the
toy pistol resemble a gun that
Mrs. McDougald in fear of bcr
life is sJid to have turned m-
round and reached in her hand
bag and secured a revolver with
^ which she shot her huAaMl
j twice. i I.lii
According to persona at the
vicinity of the tragedy Mrs.
)M«;|L>ougaid, alter sihooting bcv
husband, attempted to flee from
the £nene, but was overtaken by
McDou^Id who was succesafui
in wresting the pistol from his
wife and pumping two buileta ill
to her body, Before she weakent'd
to the ground as a result of >
ewn wounds. Mrs. McDuog^
fell morta|ly_ wounded on E to
a^ets, opposite the A '
store.
Winsome Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Dougald who came to an untime
ly death ait the hands of her es
tranged husband, “Buster” Mc
Dougald, Tuesday afternoon on
Elm Street. She was a popular
beautician in the city ^d at the
time of her death had just com
pleted her day’s work at the
Friendly City Beauty Parlor.
(More Pictures on Page Eight)
Reben-Rndolpb foto.
ed the attentions of her husband
and the latter is said to have
drawn a toy pistol with the inten
tion of frightening his wife into
accompanying him to . his lipart-
ment in the Bankers Fire Build- j
Mrs. MoDougad, who was em
ployed as a beautician at tbe
Friendly City ftarber Shop and
, beauty p:lrlor on Fayetteville
street, ft has been said, had lived
in constant fear of her husband
following a severe beating which
he gave her several weeks ago.
When her husband is said to
have threatened her life if she
armed herself for protection.
The deceased was popular «nd
well thought of in Duriuin, anS
had recently joined the White
Rock Baptist church here.
Funeral services and intermeai
will be held Friday i.ttemoon ia
Wake County. Scarborough and
Hargctett, Undertakers.
•1
He wis recognized in Florida
as being one of the most cap
able newspapermen, and enjoyed
a large following in all of his
posts in the Sunshine Sttfte,
where he spent most of his life.
In the daily field he served as
news editor for Seven and a half
years. He comes hcrt> ii
commended and sup ■
of Cluft^lotte and all ('
and surrounding
for him in this n w i
lafcor.
He is civic minded, thor.
trained for the work is, p)'
•hre and if hi* program io n,;
News of interest to this com
munity, especially that which re
gards community betterment, will
get first consideri^tion, the new
manager states. He will welcome
1 civic, church, social, school, coll
ege, and all other types of news
items so long as these items are
of constructive nature.
The offices will remain where
they are at 420 1-2 East Second
Street, and every cooperation,
and courtesy will be given the
CHAiRLOTTE — For the
time in the history of this coun
ty two Negroes were named for
jury service on Monday vi^en
the Mecklenburg grand jury be-1 „ ~ ‘ ’ 7
ean ^ six monrfh period of duty. 1^. DURHAM - For the second
Thp Negroes named to duty, two days tn^gedy
1 ai. „ 1 near tragedy reigned in Dur
and setting the unusual record ^
^ J nam Wednesday, taking the form
are W. G. Jackson, and King _ . , r
White, both well known and
prominent Ch^lotte residenU. I
‘ * ii. • ■ tic relations. The second victim
Named foreman of the jury was „ , • w . ^ ^
TT . I was Mrs. Lewis Love, a student
R. E. Harris, a white ;nan. ... u i ^ .u
, ' in the summer school at North
Judge J. H Clement of Wins- ' Carolina College, who received
ton Salem presided at the or-'an abdomen wound from ^ knife
igiPiization session and in his wielded by her estranged hus-
charge to the jury he explained hand, Lewis Love. He attacked
the functions and duties of the her iii the basement of the Coll-
grand jury and cautioned the ege Administration building.
ji:rors to give close attention j According to a statement
and security to all evidence pre- from Love, he had permission
sented them. He told the men,' from ^rof. J. B. McLendon to
wit4i much emphasis, that the | ol»serve in his cUijs on some
body is to investigate rather than phase of recreation of which
actually try c^ies. i Mrs. Love was also a members
iNegro residents here are en- during the 10:00 o’clock class
couraged over the seleotion of . period; however, he was excused
the two race members to serve -efore the end of tlie period to
Irate Husband
Runs Amuck
On NCC Campus
m anint,'
idate
h-'
„ir..
Mr«
go to A nearby store. On his
return to^ the building he waited
outside the classroom door until
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fopl thia
^' .opc ■ til. '
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th:4t capacity.
■ (rs, including
lei'.
i /kiaiaiu
There will be
Mr. Richard-
energetic young man, on the
>1 staff.
with this important body, and
will watoh with interest the deli-
ber^tiiions of the group of well
Vn'iwri citi’en^
ep in th
re ext*. -i!i/
to this.
, ■ i'le for thi-
» liai recognition.
It is expeete4 that there will 1 who were nesrby *t the time at-
be more considerations of this tempted to intervene when they
type accorded the race citizens I were attracted by the yeuMr
that he was holding her agyiin«t
her will. It was then that t^
knife was brought into play.
Love's version o fit is that he was
using the knife in the attempt to
“thin out” the crowd fhat W9A
gathering around to disturb him
and his wife. When he made the
wild swing at the men, the young
Woman’s stomach caught the foil
force of the blow and a cat w/b
made couipletely across that part
of her body.
The wound was determined ■■
• upefficial by tbe authoritiee
at Lincoln Hospit;!! sltbevgb
tvierffj stitches were necessary
to close it;
Love was arrested immediately
after the affray and booked at
the Durham police station ea a
charge of assault and battery
with a deadly weapon. Hf was
ri leased on bond.
Mrs. Love, a graduate of
HUizAbcth CUy State Teackm
College, has lieeu teachiMr ia
^ ■ .. t
at
1 building. Members of the fdculty
berSk
woman’s screams and o» noticlHg
Uuee uf those yean, it waa iK.
the summer of 19S8 tbaft ste
met snd married Love aa4
formation received ia !•
feet that they have m4 itved
gether for mvn Am •