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DURHAM. NORTH CARCM.INA, SATURDAY. AUG. 24. II
PRICE FIVE CEffT*
THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS BY FLOOD
Officers Object
To Modern
Rocky Mt. Pastor
rocky mount, (Special) —
Th« «t!empt cf a modern minia-
tfT to iniroduc« basinsM like
BMtbodi Into th« financial
affairs of the Mount Zion
Baptist Church has been ad
vanced as the reason for dis
ruption of the church which was
at on« time on« of the first in
the south for Negroes, This is
the fourth time in eleven yetis
that things have reached the
proverbial boiling point at this
church and each time, it is
alleged, the rift hfta come as the
result of the objection on the
fst-t of certain "church leaders”
to the check ups being made on
how church funds were d^osed
i r,'!
The Hite Rev. J. S. is to
be remembered as a fonler pestor
of this historic church and since
It is reported that the financal
affj^rs of the church have been
in the hands of those who place
themselves aa leaders and con-
cel themselve and their actions
from the membership. Moat of
tiie members have not yet
awi4kened to the situation and
the result is that no pastor who
questions the actions af these
leaders is allowed to remain very
long. However, because there are
»ome thinking members In the
church, a split in the member
ship threatens to force the time
honored eliurch into complete
colUlpse.
Certain members of the church
have suggested that the only
remedy for the condition at the
Rocky Mount Church ta to dis
miss all of tb«^ present offii^
holders and to elect new ones.
The appointment of new deacona
has been sug^sted also.
Enrollees Will
Serve Army
Three Tears
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
DURHAM — Ten Negro men
were sent to Fort Qragg from
Durham August 16 for final ex
aminations before being enlisted
in the 41st engineers corps of
the United States Army. This is
first colored quota that the
toarham recruiting office has had
and they will go to make up a
naw unit of the army. If accept
ed, these men will serve lor
three years, etlrning f^l.OO per
month with the government
iurnishing food clothing, room,
board, medical and dental c«re.
The men are; Orlando H. Wil
son, 19, of Sanford; Horace Lee
Walker, 20, Cdmeron St.; Israel
McGhee, 19, Morehead Avenue;
John A. McLeod, 18, Jonesboro;
Walter Prtidge, 21, Jonesboro;
Roosevelt McLeod, '21, Glenn St.
Dolphus Tillman, 18, iBIliott
Bow; Jame3 E. Robinson, 21
Chapel Hill £oad; Clyde Massey
19, CalviA St.; Clarence H.
Ruffin 25, Pine Street.
Wilson is si former student of
Virginia State College and Ruf-
In "Forecast
Y
Hr
Paul Robeson heiida the list ot
Important itan who come to ttio
CBS ni«rophone Monday, Angmt
M, In “All Ctod’a Children,** an
oxperimentfV half-hour progrun
uring eomedian Eddie Green.
Eva Jessye Choir, Amanda
1^, and Mark Wamow'i
u Tlie ia.bjr JAn
and John noker Battle,
•elgtMt nvlebjr Iwl
tof Ameifeana^) Bobtaaon.
plMW to AM of Mvoral new
fin, the oldest of the enrolled,
has been employed as an electri
cal engineer at the University,
N. C. power plant.
According to Sergeant Hubert
H. 'Sevens, well over 100 men
have been examined for the
army here, although no men are
accepted if they are ' married,
have criminal i^ords, or have
di«eases. He wds surprised at the
fact that education has not kept
many out. An eighth grade
education is necessary to apply.
At Fort Bragg the men will
receive training in the use of
engineering instruments, metal
construction and bridge construc
tion. They also have the oppor
tunity to learn any of 2i3 differ
ent trades and further their
academic education 4t the govern
ment’s expense through the In
ternational Correspondence school
When asked about the treat
ment of Negroes in ' respect to
duties at Fort Bragg, Sergeant
Stevens stated thsR this would
depend on the local oommfcn'd-
er.” Unusually a man is used for
what the commander thinks he
is best suited,” he said. There
are speerate “but equal” cloth
ing and „r*tionlll allowances as
well as seperata recreational
units.
THEY BUY THIS PICTURE AT EXPOSITION
TEN SENT TO FORT BRAGG
Roanoke River Brings
Death And Panic
to Eastern Carolina
future owners. Several others works by the late Albert Alexan
among the more than 800 | der Smith, New Ywrker who
works of art nave teen sold, ^ died in Paris a few months ago
subject, to delivery after the
Exposition ends Sept. 2. Irene
Castle, internationally known
artist, William Carter, is shown'former dancer and piJtron of
di^'playing his picture to the' the arts, has purchased three
DR. AND MRS. A. HOWELL
of TamiM, PlJ., left who pur
chased “Stjidy in Gray,” winner
of first prize in water color at
the American Negro Exposition
in the Chicago Coliseum.
The
at the age of 44. The pictures
she purchased were “Blind
Boggars in Spain,” an oil, and
“Feeding Time” and Picking
Octton two water colors.
McLendon
Refuses
Lincoln Job
DURHAM — The athleUc
situation North Carolina
College is all set for smooth
sailing now that Coafch J. B.
McLendon has made public, his
decision not to leave the Bchool
thia year. Mr. McLendon, assist
ant football coach, coach of
btfckefcbaU and swimming, refus
ed an attractive offer from
Lincoln University in Missouri
last week, stating that he will
remain a* North Carolina College
in apite of the $1,000 increase
in salary which ha was offered.
"Mflney isn’t everything” he
said, “I love my job here, I love
the school and I hav« a special
friendly interest and feeling of
reeponsibility for the fellows
with whom I work. Next year
Continued on Page Eight
Times Newsboys
Contest Draws
To Close
The CAROLINA TIMEB News I bike away. Harold Jackson.
boy Bicycle contest closes this
week dnd four prizes are 'to be
ptesented to the lucky fellows
Tuesday afternoon at ^ o’clock.
Saturday marks ithe eighth week
that these industrious newsboys
have worked in, the a'ttempt to
outdo each other and to win
thtit shiny, red bicycle fhast has
been waiting for one of them.
The three boys who are next to
the bike winner in sales will be
given a radio and skates.
During the contest, first place
has been held by Claude Baker
ind Charles Tapp and at present
there is auch a small difference
in the number of papers that
Benjamin Purefoy, and Price
Stanback will possibly be in the
running dlso when the dust is
settled.
TO CONTESTANTS ^
Circula'tion manager William
Tuck wants the boys to know
that the regular weekly meeting
of the newsboys will be held at
the CAROLINA TIMBB office
Monday aflliernoon at 4 o’cocik
13 usual and the regular trip t)/
the theater will follow. However,
the bicycle and other prisies will
be presented by Editor L. E.
Austin at a special meeting Tues
day afternoon at five p.' m.
Remember also that all reports
these leaders have sold the^ the tint are intended to count to-
culaton manager is expecting a
“photo finish” Saturday and it’s
a toss up as to who will ride the
Farmers
Conclude
Confab
NEW BERN, (Special) —The
twenty second annuul State Ne
gro Farmers and Home Makers
Conference which has Just ended
J, two day meeting in New Bern,
was emphatically stated by the
Negro St.^te Agent, John W.
Mitchell in cKarge, xk being the
Negro farmers have held any
where and at a-ny time; • The
citizens of New Bern and the
Dural people of the county of
'Craven left no stones unturned
3 welcome the visitors to their
ity hlid county.
Out of the thirty five' organiz
ed counties in the State, repre
sentatives from thirty one of
the counties came through severe
storms and rain to attend, which
ward the contest must be in the were approximately seven hund-
office not later than SEVEN red people. There were also re-
O’CLOCK SATURDAY
IKG. Good luck fellows.
EVEN-
Business Chain
To Have School
DURHAM ;— The new fall
piogram of the Durham Business
and Professional Chalin that was
announced through thiS^'^JS^jer
fast week, includes other bene
ficial activities designed to
strengthen the business promo
tion program. Thia progranT as
is planned' is so extensive th&tt
everyone who is associated with
tie “Chain” from a business,
professional or layman’s stand
point will be benefltted.
One activity of the businesa
promotictjp program is the educ«
tional element, which will be
particularly beneficial to all
members whether or ’ hot they
are conducting a business or
profeswion, because, there will be
demonstr f ed modern methods
in conducting business, the most
^ modem conservative method of
I purchasing the family groceries,
^a process by which a family
I budget may be procured with a
. continued weekly savings which
I may be added to the f ^.nily bank
'account for a "rainy day.” This
Continued on Page Eight
presentatives from Hyde Jl n d
Jones counties, neither of which
have Negro extension workers.
Speakers for the first day’s
pro^'am and %fternoon were:
D. S. Coltrane, assistant Director
of Agriculture; Miss Pauline
Gordon, Exitension SpeciiVisit in
Home Management and House
Furnishings; J. Percy Bond, Jr.,
of the North Carolina National
Youth Administration; Miss Ruth
Current, State Home Demonstra
tion Agent; Judge Nun of New
and Professor C. M. Epps, Prin-
fipiV of the Colored High School
in Greenvyie.
A closer relationship and
better cooperation between white
and colored farmers for a balan
ced farming program in North
Carolinan seemed to have been
the “keynote” of all these who
appeared on the program. ^
Resolutions were ,read by the
committee which sailed lot a
Contintied on Pafe Sight
BY WILLIAM STRUDWICK
St. I k catastrophe and tragedy
struck the very heart of Eastern
Carolina last week. Thousands
began the heart breaking task of
pfeptling to return to their
homes and repair the damage
done by the death dealing waters
The swollen Roanoke River be
gan to recede after taking a
death toll of five lives and de
stroying more than a million
uollar worth of property.
Other points farther down
the river steeled themselves for
the brunt of the crest which es
tablished a record high water
mark of 58 feet in Weldon.
iSandbags were hurriedly and
along the highway
in^Jl^lliamston where the flood
tide w9lj expected to reach nine
feet. The frantic officials report
ed that they only expected slight
damage, however. ^
Over three thousand persons
in the vicinity of Roanoke Rapids
and Weldon were rendered
homeless.; livestock, crops and
a:ll suffered in the wake of the
flood waters. More th^pr'-a*^lOOO
were rescued by boats from
homes at Roanoke Farms, ^ farm
security project, and «eighboi>|
ing plantations near Tillery.
From Caledonia Prison Farm
four hundred prisoners were
marooned; the f aff m adjoins
Roanoke Farms. The marooning
occurred after tl nine mile dyke
broke under the pressure of the
flood waters.
A young lad 10 years old was
drowned Monday near Williams-
ston in a flood swollen cantl
leading into the Roanoke River.
From 8 to 10,000 persons in
the vicinity of Roanoke Rapids
have been thrown on the mercies
of charity and the benevolence
of the unaffected communities,
beceAase the waters have caused
all industries to be cut off.
Gomez Rawls, 20^ and Mrs.
Thomas, 60, were drowned dur
ing the evacaution of Occonnee-
chee Neck near Jackson, (near
Wilson, Willie Forsythe, 13 years
old wsto drowned while swimm
ing in the floeded backwaters of
Black Creek).
. .Paper F^tOry Blase*
A portion of the Manchester
Paper Mills collapsed. Walls
buckled And floors cracked at
Roanoke No. 1 Mill. Fire threaten
ed the Halifax Paper Corpora
tion’s plant when a boxcar of
lime blazed up u]^ but firemen
went to the scene in bodts and
quickly extingukhed the flame.
500 persons were homeless in
Weldon and drinking water was
sent there by truck. The total
damage in the city was estimated
a!t $1,5000,00.
Relief
A. E. Lanston, director of the
swrplua Commoditie distribution,
estimated thal 500 families were
homeless in North Hampton
County communities aloile.
600 persons were sleeping
and eating in two rural churches
in the vicinity of Jackson Sind
Rich Square.
The community of Princetown,
Just across the Tar River from
Tt»rboro, was inundated, and
Ihree hundred people there herd
ed their belongings tog^her an
made for higher ground, Approxi
inately fifteen people, who re
fused to leave their homes took
refuge on the second floor.
Water was standing two or three
feet above the floor of the
Smith-Douglass Company, Inc.
at Murfreesboro. Food wt^
ferried to them from the Ameri
can U- S. Red Cross 64.
Gov. Hoey sought to give direct
aid to thousands thrown on relief
He said officials of the State
Unemployment Compensat i o n
Company .bad ruled i>ayments
could be mtitJe at the of one
week to those who had lost their
jobs because the factories were
destroyed. Usual requif^ments of
the NCC provide that a person
cannot receive checks until he
has been without a Job for two
weeks.
The American Red Cross re
port 6,600 flood sufferers in the
Eastern palrt of North Carolina.
Estimates of the persons fed
were as follows:
Bertie County, 650; Hertford
County, isO; Northhampton
County Rich Square 375; Severn
3.550; near Jackin 300; in
Jackson 1,225; Palmyra 165,
Tillery 200; Bricks school 250;-
and Weldon 500.
Imptitsable roads and stagger
ing distruction of livestock and
crops were in all sections. Com
munications were disrupted in
the section. '
*
In Williamston all through a
long night a family or six sat
and 'hatched the rtipidly rising
waters of the Roanoke River |
rise, in their cabin. In a flimsy .
canoe they floated about in their |
room unable to leave because of
the darkness in the murky marsh.
The husband 75. the wife 38,
in age
waited
for rescue, the baby cried and
slept fittHilly afe the canoe rocked
gently in the slowly rising
lA.aters until it neared the top of
the door.
Just as the sun was coming
up the Coast iGuard arrived and
the family was taken to the
sfhool and fed.
' k^If it hadn’t been for that
little canoe we all would drown
ed,” the mother said. “We've
been living here several years
end I never seen nothing like
this before. We had a. little
truck farm, to raise something
to eat but that’s all gone now.
ON THE AIR
AUSTIN JOHNSaV, youtkfuJ
radio sports commentator who
was U.v^arded a contract this
week, through National Featon
Service, "to appear weekly oviA
stption WIND every Sunday
night at 10:30 (Central Stand-
aad Daylight Saving TiMe). He
i^ featured in the Pepsi-Cola
Sports Parade” giving his new
in sports for the Pepsi-Cola
coiTipany. ■!
with/j^hildren rangmg
from 10 to 2 stoically
Miss Meiiiok
Back In Ciiy
Mi^s Vivian Merrick, newly
hppomted director of Physical
Education for W^amen at North
Carolina College returnnd • to
tlie city Monday after complet
ing the last five weeks of work
on the Master’s degree in Educa
tion with a Major in Physical
Education 4t Boston University..
Mrs. Lyda Merrick and Mi^
Constance Merrick went to Boe-.
ton Merrick went to Boston f«*.
the awarding of the degrree and*
the group stopped m New York
for a week.
• Choir Leadei
Dedicate Pr a ject
,1
CHARLOTTE—
J. M. Broughton, Democratic
nominee for Governor of North
Carolina dedicated the Fairviww
Homes Negro low rent housing
project of the Charlotte Hous
ing Authority in an address dur
ing tho nftemoon on the Idwn
in front of the administration
admiQistration building on Oak-
Uw» Avanne
The dedication of tiie project
brought to a climax'the porgratn
of low rent, public housing in
Charlotte which had its beginn
ing in a series of articles run in
the Charlotte News in the win
ter of 1937. Mayor Ben Bdward
Doaglas, a ledder is the public
housing movement was master
of ceremoniea. Bev. C. F. Rwdi
CMitintted on Pago
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