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DURHAM, N. C.SATURDAY, AUQ. 17tk, 1940
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ALEIGH PREPS FOR USHERS CONFAB
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Edgar Brown 7o Oppose Fintey \^ilson As Elks head
Commanding Officer Of
Famous New Yoric 369th
Regiment Promoted
WASHINGTON, (A N P) —
Eit^bliahinir a precedent in the
depiJ^tmenit, information from
sources close to the offic* of the
chicf of s>taff, Gen. Marshall,
d*clartd ithat the name of Co!.
B. O. Davis, now commanding}
officer of New York’s famous
S69th regriment, htis been accept
ed to act om ^ jieneral staff
immediately nnder Gen, Marahall
to handle affairs pertaining to
the welfare 4nd good of Negro-
ee in the army and in ithe future
dirafts.
Following, the lead of the
United Government £mploy«s
and itheir president, Edgar G.
Brown, who sometime back sug^
fcsted the name of Lieut. B. O.
Davis, Ir., tU a man fitted to
t-ake over such a post in the new
defense' program, the chief of
•iaff took undef affvisemeftt
leveral aames, it is reliably re
ported.
When he came to the bio*
grtl«>hy and rfccord of Cbl.
i Davii; and discussed the same
wvth his associates, the General
concensus of opinion was that
no man in the service had a
finer record and accordingly.
Col. Davis’ name was given the
final approval.
It |s further reported thsK
«ithin a few days, Col. Davis
will be relieved of his duties
as commanding officer of the
369th and ordered do report to
Washington, where he will im
mediately assume his new duties'
under the direc* supervision of
General Marshall.
The selection of Col. Davis haa
the wholehearted endorsement
cf ithe organization which first
sug^sted his son’s appointment
and Mr. Brown expresses himself
as feeling that no better equipp
ed railn could he found for the
poattM^ ^
Attorney Carter
Escapes Infaries
In Auto Wreck
James Young Carter, newly
appointed member of the North
Carolina CoUeg« faculty who
was returning to Winston Salem
from Raleigh around S a. m.
triday, August 9, miraculously
escaped serious injury when his
Sutomobile crashed ithrough the
walls of a house in the Lowe’s
Grove section of Durhaln Coun
ty. The sleeping occupants of
the house, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Edwards and Molly Dixon, 1$;
and Clara FleliAier, 16, were
itso uninjured. The force of the
tfrai^ forced the small frame
kouse off its foundation and the
^r came within three feet of
the bed where the young girla
were sleeping.
Carter, who had just become
the only Negro to pass the NorWi
Carolinat State bar examinations,
was charged with careless and
wreckless driving and injury to
property. Almost every item of
furniture in the home of the-
white couple was wrecked as
were the walls and floors iik
overy room. C. C. Edwards,
DurhLln, real estate man who is
the brother of~ Paul Edwards,
estimated the damage at around
f2,000.
The care was terribly twisted
and battered «ftjer having sup-
ported the almost entire weight
of the wrecked house.
Lynch Bill Will
Not Come Up;
Reason, Defense
NEW YORK, (Special) —For
the fourth ti||^ in as many
months. Senate Majority Leader
Alben Barkley told tb« National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People that he
does not intend to do anything
to bring up the federal anti
lynching bill for a vote on the
^or of the Senate.
The Senator made his declara-
iion to the NAACP in response
to • recent letter from the as
sociation which qndted a Aory
appearing, in th« New York
Amsterdam News of Jn|| 20
saying that Barkley had told the
jQolored National Democratic
rwciation at a mass meeting
Chieago Just prior to the D«~
mooratic National Convention
^at “the Anti lynching bill
.^ffU be voted upon before Con-
adjourned.” The NAACP
luktd the Majority Leader
tp UB« th« approxiaut« date
when the would be called up.
Pointing out that he told his
audience that he still “entertain
ed the hope that the bill might
be voted on during the present
Congress,” despite the difficul
ties of long debate even if clo
ture were voted, he “made no
promise that it would be voted’
he “made no promise tWt it
would be voted on and I made
r.o promise that it would be
taken up. The program of de-
fensne legislation,”;^, he said,
“which include necessary and
urgent measures” did not make
him “feel at liberty *o prophecy
when the Anti lynching bill can
be taken up.”
Refusing 4o accept the plea of
a defense program as an excuse
lor not bringing up the bill,
Thurgood Marshall, special coun
sel for the .NAACP, told »Sena-
tor Barkley in a latter dated
{poatiBTied on Pa^ Eighi
Payne teigos
As Bank Teller
DCfRIfAM —• Information
from usually well informed
sources is to the effect that
John PJlyne, Teller for many
years at the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank here has resigned
from hi» position. The resignation
i;ii to become effective ^ept. 1.
Mis probable successor has not
been named yet tAd it is not
not known what other work he
has planned.
Mr. Payne has earned for him
self an enviable reputation dur
ing tke years he spent with the
the Nation’s largest race bank
fveryone has been
high'in ^ p^tse 'as a capable
CHURCH LEADERS ADDRESS CONVENTION HERE
BAPTIST LEADERS—Hold
ing al round table discussion
hcw» last week „ in Memorial
Auditorium before 5,000 dele
gates to the second general
North Carolina Negro Baptiat
Convention were (left to rijfht)
I>r. L. K. Williams, pi’esident of
the National Baptist Conven
tion, Inc.; Dr. A. L. jTrnes,
president of the Lott^arey
P'oreign Mission Society; M. A.
Kugrgins, generat secretary of
the Baptist State Convention;
Ur. RT P. Daniel, president of
Shaw University; and Judge E.
J, Millington, president of the
Northern Baptist 'Convention.
1,000 Expected
At Usiiers
Annual Session
McLefidon
May Quit
GETS ATTRA,CTIVE
OFFER FROM
LINCOLN
Coach John B. McLendon, Jr.
of North Carolina College is
strongly considering the accept
ance of a coaching position at
Lincoln University in Jefferson
City, Missouri. However, Presin
dent J:imes E. Shepard of the
college states that the coach has
not resigned yet nor has ^e
given up his work. The Lincoln
offer includes an increase of
$80 over McLendon’s present
salary for 10 months witji an
option of teaching in summer
school t a similar salary for
the other two months.
Mr. McLendon has served
for two years as assistant direc
tor of athletics, assistant basket
ball and football coach and head
boxing coach at North Carolina
College. He has re!en'Iy been
appointed head basketball co^lch
and director of swimming for the
coming year. If he decides to
leave the institution (and he *
must decide by Monday^ there j
can be no doubt that -his ilbseifce
will be.sorely felt and seen by
all who in any way interest
themselves in athletics at the
local college. * i
EXALTED RULER WILL
HAVE TO FIGHT FOR JOB
WAlSHINGTON, (A N P) —
Edgar G. Brown, president of
the United Government Em
ployes and advisor for the CCC
on Negro affairs, announced
this week that he was definitely
in the running for the position
of grand, exalted ruler'of the
Elks, opposing J. Finley Wilson
v/ho has had this Job for a num
ber of years.
Mr. Brown declares that his
platform will be: “A New Deal
for Forgotten Bills” and has
been promised, he says, the sup-*
port of westerners, who express
hemselves as not being willing
to have Wilson, Howard and
Hueston consign the lodge to
the Republican party as these
men committed *hemselves in
hiladeiphiaL
Prominent Democrats in the
Midwest have pledged their sup-
tliey had chosen a man who
Continued on Page Eight
TO ADDRESS USHERS ANNUAL SESSION
Mother at 13
By WillUm W.Stmdwick i
Down in Lucama, North Gtlx)-
lina a young 13 year old child-
wife Irene Richardson who just-
celebrated fter'birthday a month
ago gave tirth to tl six pound
girl, was reported getting along
nicely at her home.
• “The child is perfectly formed
and normal in every way,” said
Dr. Ben H. Hackney of Luckney
who deliversd the child.
“Ernest Richardson, Irene’s
sighteen ye^r old husband, and
Irene ar« ' both unconcerned
about the whole thing,” Doctor
Hackney said, “and I left her
with a doll one side of her
on the bed end the baby on the
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Ushers
DURHAM USHERS UNION
TO CONVENE SUNDAY
AT HICKS CHAPEL
The Durham Ushers Union
will meet Sunday Aug. 18, at
3:30 at Hicks Chapel Baptist
.Church Street, Walftown. The
meeting is looked forwat'd to
with great interest by all. The j
Union has always given programs I
of worth and merit and added I
greatly to the interest of the
interest of the youth in church
affairs. The public is cordially
invited.
The program is as follows:
Song by all |
Prayer ,
Jf^^ome address by Mrs.
Helen Hinnant i
Solo, Miss Less|e Poole
Paper Miss Mozelle Felon , j
.Selection from 'the (Paf^riotic,
Quartette (
Paper, Miss Gert^gina Woods.
)Solo, Mrs. Mamie Farley j
Speaking, Miss Alice Jackson
* Organization of Usher Board
by Wm. Alston
Talk, What women should
wear, Mrs. N. J. Curry
Duties of Ushers by S U m
Continued on Page Eight
RALEIGH, — (Speci.«l) — i
Approximately 1,000 delegates
and visitors are expected to at
tend the 1940 annual session of
North Carolina Interdenomina-
al Ushers Association which
meets here August 23-’26. The
local branch of the association
sparing no effort in preparing
for the delegates and visitors
who will bt'gin arriving here
Thursday evening, August 22nd
when the officers of the associa
tion meet for A pre convention
session at eight o’clock.
The conveation proper will
'open promptly at 10 o’clock
Friday morning and President
L. E. Austin is urging all dele-
gaj^s to be on hand in time for
the opening session so there will
bd' no delay in -the conventioa’s
program.
This year’s meeting of the
ushers will reach its clinuk Sun
day morning when _ Dr. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, -president of
Palmer Memorial Institute "will
deliver the annual address. Dk
Brown is one of the outsftanding
women of the race iind a large
number of visitors are expected
to be on hand to hear her.
All sessions of the convention
will be held in the Manley St.
Christian church of which Rev.
T. C. Hammons is pastor.
Friday morning of the conven
tion will be taken up for the
most part with registraition of
delegates and appointmoht ot
committees. The Friday evening
session will be a public gatker-
ing, at which time addresses of
welcome will be delivered by
prominent business and profes
sional m*n of the city. Ms^oT
Graham H. Andrews of ,th: city
of, will ConthNic the
addresses' ok welcome by
ing greetines to the d^.. ^
cn behalf of the city.
The North Carolina Interd^
nominational Ushers Associatioti
wtli organized 16 yesrs ago by
a group of interested laymen
representing several religioaa
denominations who felt there
was a crying need f^ soiae
movement that would 1«" ‘hs
denominational animosity
ing between cb’orches of r nomf
dt^nominations. Since its bee ru
ing from a small bani
organization has grow »=■ it
numbers more than 4,
bers representing chuMSksa oi
all denomftratioRs wikhia the
state.
The organization has givea
freely to the Efland Home for
delinquent Negro girLk Up to
the time of its ^losing a few
years ago it w;i» planning even
a bigger program to help kee^
the institution going. It also
di.^seminates health informatioB
and maintains al program of
usher and first aid training for
Continued on ,Page Eight
Business Chain
Launches
Fall Drive
Dr. Charlotite Hawkins Brown,
president of Palmer Memorial
Institute, ■ who will deliver the
annual address at the 16th an-
nueJl session of the North Caro
lina Interdenominational Ushers
Association which convenes, in
Raleigh, Apgust 23-25. Doctor
Pvown will speak Sunday morn
ing August 35 at eleven o’clock
to climax what is predicted
will be the largest session in the
history of organization.
SICK
MRS. MINNIE PEARSON ILL
AT LINCOLN HOSPITAL
Mr*. Minnie Pearson wife of
Prof. W. G. Pearl^on and pro-i
minent laywoie|'%n of tii* AME
church who waa recontly takea
to Lincoln hospital to untlergo
Kn operation waa reported as
net feeling sa well late Tkiurs-
by hospital officials who
would give no further inforoMi-
tion as to her aetml conditioa.
Mrs. Pe4rson had not andergone
the operation at the time and
it w|.ts stated that physicians of
the hospital staff kava held
several eonsaltations ob tke
matter, but kad not yet reacked
a decision as to wketker aa
^^ei|atiea will ka givea.
■■l|ll”M-HI"lll|H-Mlilill'i
DURHAM — Under the presi
dency of James J. Henderson-
and the direct chairmalnship of
James T. Hawkins, the com
mittee ou business promotion of
the Bull City Businetss and
Professional Chain is making
prepurations for a fall drive to
buast and improve Negro Busi
ness in Durham.
The theme of this prog^ram is
“Negroes Patronize Negro Bus^
nesses”. To emphasize itbis theme
ihe committee is boosting dur
ing each week of the year, one
specific type Negro business,
and concerted efforts will be
devoted to bring concentrated
public attention to the business
or profession chosen for boost
ing during a given week. n
It is the hope of the Durham
Business and Professional Chain
that the various Negro business
establishments and professional
groups will heartily endorse and
cooper:i.e with this project
which has as its purpose the in
creased awareness annong mem
bers of the race of the enormous
and purchasing power of the
race by concentrating funds tnd
purchases on the boosted busi
ness each week. At one time or
another during the year every
phase of Negro busisess will be
publicized.
Throughout the sumnser.
months ^he chain has been hold
ing regular meetings in prepanfl-
tion of this program and the
plans should be finished and
rtedy for launchim; the first
week in September. The follow
ing ia • dir«et meaaage from Mm
committee:
“This program is something
new in the city of DarhAn a-
niong the Negro businesses and
professions. The committee feels
that it u hTgh time that we aa
a race shobid stop preaching
‘cooperation’ and begin acting
‘cooperation’ dnd this is their
contribution in (that directioA.
It should be tlie duty of every
self respecting^fNegro citizen of
Durham to Join in with the pro
gram and carry out the plana
to the fullest extent and then
rote the results.
“£• when any member of tba
committee "calls upon you to
make your contribution by suih
porting the v.t.'ious projects
from time to time; it is hoped
that this will be adhered to read
iiy by the public at huye.
The committee is so ai^canixad
'tiut every Negro business and
profession will be Juatly dealt
with and will be boosted at one
time or ilnother during the
year’s program. The *comm:lHee
also plans to appear in peraoa
before every public gatherinc
with its program ia ikmi
tne public will be tboroogUy
and properly informed.”
The committee is composed of
the following: Mrs. J. DeSlMM^r
Jsirkson, Miss D. M.
J. M. Schooler. C. T. mOaii
Arthur Stanley. R. C. Fwra—i,
Rudolph Stanbaek, P. B.
John Shopman, J. W.
L. E. Austia. WUiWi -
JoliB PayM> lanv U. Ifi
(Md Hmi T. IpraMVk.