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CHURCHMEN DENOUNCE ADAM PO
AHACK ON DOCTOR L. KIRK WILLIAMS
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Volume XXI — Number 50
Durham. North Carolina, Saturday, Dec. 14, 1940
Virginia Youth Charged With Rape
NAACP to Defend 15-
Year-Old Virgiiiia Youth
Held On Rape Charge
CHURCHMEN DENOUNCE
ADAM
ON l:
POWELL
KIRK
AHACK
WILUAMS
pmrticularly artisti9ally, jn a brief
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SOlfX^BIBD
D«enr N«w York PrtacIier’B S*r-
mon Diwuragbos Mauory Of
Deftd Man; Ohlc«fo Mlaiaten
Ohalleng* Powell To Produce
Facta.
By AMOciated lT«gro PfM
Louisville — Seething indigna
tion eharrujterized the aesaion of
the executive b©iHnd the Nation
al Baptist Convention, Ibo., meet
ing here last Wednesday for the
first time since the death of Dr.
L. K. Williaims, president of the
greater religious organization, ias
its members discussed the posth-
nmona attack made up their lead
er in a sermon reported preached
in New York City by the Rev. A.
Clayton Powell, Jr., pastor of the
Abyssinian Baptist church of
that city. Rev. Powell was charged
with unethical conduct by various
ministers present who had read
the story of his alleged intemper
ate utterance in an eastern news
paper.
The executive board adopted p.
set of resolutions extolling the
work and character of Dr. Wil
liams and expressing their un
bounded confidence in the man
and their reverence of hla mem
ory. At the same time the group
condemned in scorcring language
the views alleges to have been ex
pressed by Powell when, in a pul
pit address, he is charged with
seeking to link the name of Dr.
Williams with the unsolved mur
der of E. D. Pierson, a former
auditor ftor the National Baptist
Publiahing board of Nashville
who was slain a dozen years ago
as he traveled through Indiana to
make a report to superior officers,
Powell is charged with preaching
a sensational sermon in which he jntervieiw which he held with
struck at the dead man’s memoryjj(jgg ^tta Moten, the singer, in
by innuendo and in which he.^j^g executive offices here last
dragged the gruesome details of I week. Miss Moten. accompanied by
the unexplained tragedy forth Johnson, execdtive secre-
detail as he sought to link thejt^jy jfggro Work in the State
name of his own denomination’s Department of Publip Welfare,
Dr. Calloway
Addresses Medics
The regular monthly meeting of
Durham Academy of Medkine was
held at the Biltmore Hotel, '^ed.
night with Dr. J. L. Calloway,
Chtt£ of th» Dep«rtm«rt ^ Der-
of Duke University as'
Governor Praises
Artistic Advance
Of Negro Race
VotUk Oarolina Ex«catife T«Ul
JMk
Bajbigb •— Oovemor Cl^e B.
ey ‘‘The Most Common Skin Dis-Uhe Negro Division of the Durham
the progress which the Negro peo-i ~ ^
CHAIRMAN
STJRVE YOE'
Queen City Filling Station Attendant
^ot To Death % Cab Driver
HfiJ^fDtmSON^ young
Wnav for 8^* speaker. Dr. Callaway > oke business man who as chairman of
Hoey e^fpreaaed,. appreciation for,^ 1 ^
eases and Their Treatments." The Community Club outstripped any
pie of the natbn and his state I ^
are making, along ^ lines, discussion. The discuss-
B£SSY, ttpll known young
business man of Durham who was
recently granted a license as a sur
veyor by the state of North Caro-
Charlotte, Special to the Times)
1^. D. Hoflbi«,^^l0 S. Davidnon
street, youthful filling station
attendant, recently employed
Bishop Dale’s service station on
the S. E. corner of Breivard *hd
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N. A. A. C. P. Announces Nominees
For National Board Of Directors
ion centered around the Allergic
Skin Diseases and Fungus Infec
tions of the skin. Following the
discussion Dr. Calloway projected
colored slides illustrating various
fikin diseases. The presentation
was enthusiastically receiveed by
the group.
Dr. I. A. Day of the State De
partment of Health, and Dr. St.
Hille of Middlesex University
were
to the Academy,
The members of the Academy
who were preisent were; Drs. R. P. . . .
Randolph; E, E. Toney, Max three year term expiring in 1943,
King, Leo Bruce, Clyde Donnell, according to an announcement
A. S. Hunter, J. W. V. Cordice, made by
of his predecessors by raisin? the lina. Mr. Berry is believed hy brutally shot to
largest amoupt of money over th^an to be the only member ^ by Clifton Belk. local
set quota. Mr. Henderson is an^Mce in the state who has qualified employed as a driver
employe of the N. C, Mutual Life [for a surbeyors license.
Insurance Company.
|by the Red and White Cab Co.
According to the testimony, of
an eye witness, the cab driver,
Belk, driving in a reckless manner
up Brevard street, attempted • }
cut through the driveway of the
service station to First street. Up-
^ „ . .Charles Edward Russell, of Wash- being repwimanded by Richard
_ , New York- The following Allen White'cherry, and old employee of the!
visitors and were presented .^®® of Emporia Kansas was recommend|ggj,^;ge station, the cab drove
ed for election aa vice president Returning later armed with
of the association. ja rifle, Belk, it is claimed bepan
The nominations will be voted (undoabtly at the first
Board of Directors of the Nation
al Ajaociation for the Advonce-
Cient of Colored People, for a
the
business meeting to be held at 69
Association’s com-,Avenue, Monday, January
J. N. Mills. J. M. Hubbard, Bryce mittee on nominations: Alderlnantg^ 1941. Members of the nomina-
on at thfe association’i annual jjjjjjjj jjg the service stat-
and W. A. Cleland.
ETTA MbTEN
Kinston, N. C. — The percent
's of persons affected with ven-
eral diseases was “surprisingly
low” to health officials who had
been “informed” that infection
among Negroes in this section was
unusally high. Dr. V. Moseley,
head of the department, reported
here Thursday,
Dr. Moseley reported that of
2,200 persons roistered here for
possible military service who were
recently given blood tests only
about five per cent showed ven-
eral infection.
ion. Cherry with whom he had
argned had juit stepped inside t*
make change for a customer) the
Earl B. Dickerson, of committee included; Hubert u^n^^s striking .and mortally
Thomas L. Griffith, president o ,p pgij^jjy. Miss Marion Cuthbert Hnnt, who was standing
the Los Angeles, NAACP branch ;^Le^jg President Arthur the rear of the wash shed of
and pr. 0. Clay Maxwell, pastor 3 gpi^g^n, all of New York; the station, washing a car.
of New York Ohvet Baptist, Yolanda Barnett of Louis-
Church.
Those recommended for re-
election to the board were: Dr.
Allen Knight Chalmers, Douglass
P. Falconer, the Rev.
Lloyd Imes, Miss Mary White
Ovington, Judge Charles Toney,
Miss Frances Harriet William^,
and Dr. Louis T. Wright, all of jBurke,
New York;
ville, Kentucky; Mrs. Gertrude
On the surface, this case that
has so aroused the ire of Negro
Charlotte, is plainly one of mur
der in the first defirree, one word
left the
Washington, — The first color
ed reserve officers ordered to duty ■, j j. -d 11
William will report to camp Dix, N. J., on jas the defendant, Belk,
Monday next for extended active scene of the argument went home
, . to obtain a gun and returned to
Yhey are Capt. Clinton C- the scene to shoot the first Ne^o
William B. Edelin, 1st j whom he laid eyes upon, in thia
j.>ew 10m j Senator Arthur Cap-lLieut Nathaniel King and 2nd,®®se, an innocent ’ rharAnHt>
per of Topeka, Kansas; Sidney Lieut Arthur N. Fearing, dl be-y
R. Redmond, president of the St.ling from the 428th Reserve Infan-
Louis, NAACP branch; and Dr. I try regiment
departed chieftain to the event.
Bitter condemnation of Rev.
Powell has been voiced by both
ministers and laymen, not alone in
Louisville hut in Chicago and hie
own city of New York as well as
thronghout the country wherever
the text of this attack had pene
trated.
In New York City where the
Baptist Minister’s conference held
a memorial service for Dr. Wil
liams last Mondav, leading pastors,
though not calling his name,
branded the jroung preacher as
“unchristian” and a “sensation
had called to meet the governor.
The charming visitor expressed
appreciation of the growing liber
ality and fairness which the state
of North Carolina is exhibiting,
declaring that North Carolina
could well serve as a pattern for
some states of the deep South,
though she declared that in her
travels, she found improvement in
raoial relationships all over the
South. She hoped, however, for
Joe Serves As Cashier In
Boston Post Xmas Contest
from Kings. Mountain and had
only been employed at the filling
station for two weeks. At the
coroners inquest it was ascertained
that Hollins died from two bullet
wounds in the right lung.
Immediately after the shooting,
Waynesboro, Va. (Special to
the TIMES) — Joeeph MIeknis,
tifteem year old Negro yootk who
was about to be nulioeieA to
prison and ^eeution oa
charge of having raped Mn. CIv-
S. Pye, h#r* Novanfaar dl,
jifUr haviag-rapatedfy **eowfai
ed** to the crime foUmiriag “lees-
toning” by at leaat tea poliec
officials, will be repmacated by
Oliver W. Hill, NAACP attorney,
when hi» ease comes to trial in
nearby Staunton on Deefl»ber
19.
According to Hill, wBa inter-
riewed Miekens at he Roanoke
jail, where he is confined pending
his trial, the youth, one ai eleven
children, who quit sehoot in the
fifth grade, was picked op Mon
day, Novemebr 25 by loeal police
on suspicision that he had broken
into two warhouies located near
his home here. He was qaaationed
eoneertiing these TObb«iB^- «pd.
also about the asaault 00 Mi»-
Pye, by the Wajrneaboro ehwf ot
pdiee and ether loeal oCeiab.
Rev. C. R. Hairston, above, lTh«
pastor of St. Stephens AME Miekens innocence ^aU tk»
Church, deserves umudal honorabopt t^rrlaaite nm
and creijit, along with the mem-.^hen City Manager Vro-mrotea
bers of St. Stephens for the fine j that the youth be held for zailore
showing made recently in ro-|to pay a traffic fine.
according to Mick-
from $8,800. A picture of thel
church and story w more detoil, ^ gtmun-
appear on another page of the ^ j questioned him “at
Carolina Times this week, later gave oat the
story that he had cenfeaBed. IHnj'
ing he confession, the yoath said
the poliee officials took tans qae^
tiening him nntil the i^ole pro*
eednre heeaiae blnrred. *b hitt
mind. Despite the fact l^t 'Ikk-
ena is out on probation baeaate ui
some incident involviaft a bicjnda
oover a year age, his rapatation itt
the eommunity is eoosidaxad good^
He and his family have lived ia
a»en, includiag 484. Waynesboro fw maay jmn.
aohednled to arrive!
S74 Draftees May
%nd Xmas In
at Ft Bragg
Port Bragg, — Eig^t hundred,
seventy-foar
Negroes, are
at Fort Bragg for the firet time
to do military service between
Belk, according to .the police 5 ^
blottey gave himself up; and ^i^> ;headquarters said Monday,
that he had been attacked andj Itidnetion of men inta the araty
cut by the slnin youth, Hollins, Fort Bragg will reaeh its di-
about two or three weeks back; the end of this wa^ when iMuaviUe
Name Rev. Joiisei
ToSacceedWiiMil
Boston — Breaking his training men and women as he labored were almost battling to get t^^jthfulness of
and period to help in the Boston Post nightly to help the children who | autograph,
The exMativ* haaHl
however, those acquainted with the men will be entered on Friday, of the National Baptist
deceased seemingly doubt the 13^ foUoing by 197 the foUow'tion, lae., met here
, . • , , V .—s of this statement as ;g_ Uq white men are seha- and aamed Dr D V
far greater social, economic, and period to help in the Boston i^ost nightly to help the chUdren whOjautograpn, which he must have gluing has only been in the «ity'doled to arrive oa those dav aem aa
educational benefits to the race,'Ohristimas Fund subscription CMn-,will be benefitted by the contribu-, writ ten hundreds of times. They ^ ^
she said. paign, Joe Louis, world heavy- tions. jwanted a word or two in personal L . _ ** ^ «**■»
I weight champion, acted as Posti In his easy ring style, he shook way and Joe complied. But he did
liame' life and work. Observers S^nta cashier for nearly an hour hands, took in cash, signed auto- not forget the Post Santa child-
seeker.” Rev. 0. Clav Maxwell,
pastor of Mount Olive Baptist j expect the conference to demand Wedneday while thousands filling graplw, patted
The men will will be the first al Baptwt Coaveatka, i||
, jdrafted to enter military sfrnee the aaexpired tem ot
and will eome mainly North >WtUiaau^ who
Brigadier. General Clarence L. 'Carolina. They will be pliyrieally aa aeetdBnlf
■ Sturdevant, assistant chief of en-^exunined at the iadnetion statiMit Dr. JemitoBt
in jeharge of the and sent immediately to tiie leeef^ Sefaaa> AV^ ^
babies, swapped rem
Church and an officer in the Na- ^a retraction by the young minis- newspaper row cheered him on. ^chatter, greeted friends and laugh-1 ‘ ‘ Right here, folks, ’ ’ Joe would mneers who
tional Baptist convention, said ter. The executive board here at. Starting off with a $50 check ed to many times at the quips say, “pointing to the cash box, trainine at the War Dei^rtment a* «on*kT
that PoweU’a alleged charges Uu«vi$e instructed Atty. Wm. of his own, followed by donations flung at him that he certainly be- “Here it is. Let's give Old Santa Washington, reviewedST Forty- their eqtiLe^rind be
were “without any foundation injH. Hayiies, its general counsel, from his manager, John Roxbor- lied the impression of being im-Claus a lift and those childrenJpi^t Engineers Regiment, leading til Z
fact and “unchnstjafl aod un-^to seek an explanation of the in- ough, and famed fight promoter passive and inscrutable. too. Step right up, and here is the Nerro rerimenL h^ on Nov^ *-..1
wise” The conference then weit,oidenJt and to investigate what ap- Mike Jacobs of New York, the! The crowd was anxious to shake place to contribute.”
on record as endorsinf Dr. Wil- priate action might be taken. ,big boxer thrilled the throng of 1 the huge, lethal right hand. They
Negro regiment, here on Novem- center they win be tanai to tafy 6^ He
ber 30 during his visit of inspee-'with regular anay battarisa aakl ttafl
tion at the Fort Bragg post leeapaiiMa. j^va'