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§ Charles M. Cppe*, in this issue
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Vdlume Twenty - Two
Durham. North Carolina, Saturdayi_May 31, 1941
Number Twenty-Fhree
rOUKWOMUl KUED M BRAWL
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State Convention IBPOEW Meet In Durham
Greenville Educator
Aoousted 8> C. Man’s
Extradition Papers
llnsigned By Governor
Boston, Mass. A |>03sible
IjfBebing was averted and a blow
a^inst a mob rule strack whe^
OctV«r«or Lavtrstt Saltooatall of
ttiM statfi retUjrne^ nnsijl^iUil and
nyiitionored, extfaQtlK^
Hrivate Ai|dt*V« Hartnoa Ford,
formerly of Cberaw, 8. C.> to the
(OTemor of South Carolina, oh
Iffcy 16.
Unsug hpro in thri case i» Leri
Q. Byrd, treasurer of the Cheraw
branch of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colo
red People who endangered his
has life to nptify the Boston
fa^nch and national office of
IfAACP of tho case and ,to urge
tiit thty 'loot tp jMwveht Ford
f^m bv'ng retdrrfed to South
dtfrolina.
liPriTate Ford has returned to
Oimp Bdwards neftt here «here
l((j enlisted after fleeing an angry
■biithcrQ. ip.ob- He' wAe Accused of
hityiog assaulted with intent to
kill, Frank Stokee, of Cheraw.
Ji-bid 'was attacked on A Cheraw
street by ^kes and s^vdral other
. men who kicked and beftt hitn. In
arif defence he slashed Stokes
with a knife, escapel and made
Please turn to page Ffffe
Rev. G. W. Avant, rormer
pastior of The Pine Street Pres-
bytMian Church, now retired,
and Grand Chaplain of The I.
B. P! O. E. W. , who is to be
appropriately honored for his
many yaptfs of service to the or
der at the Thursday Night’s ses-
sioh of the convention
State Elks Convene
Here F!or Three-Day
Convention Today
Durham — With almost two
thoui^nd delegates and visitors
Present the thVe^ d4y session of
the Improved Benevolent and pro
Wtive Order of Elks of The
World got underway ,here Wed
nesday A. M.
Tl^ Hat of hi^h stat« and ^
tioa digaitari£« read like a
Book of Elkdoni. A contingent
of Washingtonians headed by
Grand Exalter' Ruler J. Finley
Wilfjon, and the Grand Commiss
ioner of Eflueation, also Le^al
Advisor to The NAACP, Judge
,W. E. Hueston were early arrives
on the convention scene.
The three day session of th^
convention, presided over by
President, J. Hubbard, Durham
County Farm Agent culminated
Friday with ‘ the Annual Elk %
Ball, Which was held in The
Armory Aiiditorium of the city.
Service, Fidelity, and-Loyalty
JVOftOI*d/VVest Durham Woman
Killed By Irate Friend
Luther Tyson
Succumbs At Home
CITY OF GREENVILLE
Office of th6 Mayor
GREENVILLE, ,^N. C.
Mi^y 26, .1941
B. B. SUGG
Mayor
; VALUABLE CITIZEN
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Mr. C. A. Irvin, Public Relations Director,
The Carolina Times,
Durham, North Carolina.
Dear Sir:
I consider Professor C. M. Eppes one of the n\ost
valuable living citizens in our City and State. He
is truly a statesman. I have known him many years'
and the betterment of his race has always been his
paramount thought. He believes if we are to be hap
py, we must think happy thoughts. I honor him for
a life devoted to improving the opportunities of his
own race and because he has been an Apostle of good
will and friendly relationship between both races.
He is a Christian gentleman, and in my opinion,
ranks along with Booker T. Washington, who has
immortalised himself in demonstrating that progress
can always be achieved, when there is determina
tion, and the objective is worthy.
Yours very truly,
BBS;I
B. B. SUGG,
Mayor.
Durham, — Luther Tysop,
well known local young man,
died at his home, 316 Matth^
street, Monday, May 26, after
an extended illness.
The funeral will be held at
Gholston Thursday, May 29 at
three o’clock.
State President
C/. C.
J. C. HubbarjCr, energetic
Durham County Farm Agent,
and President of the state’s L
B. P. O. E. W., who is presid
ing over the Annual State Con
vention in its three day sessions
hene. Under President Hub
bard's guidance the state order
has made marked progress with
in the past year.
Noted Teacher Ends
65th Year’s Work;
Hale, Hearty, Happy
In Fracas Monday
Symbolic of men who have gonu
down in history a^r devoting their
lives to causes which they believ
ed to have been right and just is
the career of I'rof. C. M. Eppeii^
Supervising Principal of the Ne
gro school of Greenville, Nofth
Carolina. ^I’refr Bppes L-i l^^nfend section
tfiptj’-three yws old and Jh»r 'Th- .
levoted his Aitire life to services
liT^orth Carolina. He has served
in the public schools of the f tate
for sixty-five yeftrs; thirty-eight
Francis ■ Burt, ‘2t!,
1024 Fourth Street, in
town section was arn'sted earlier
this wt'ek and hooked at locaj
Police headquarters on an open
charge of murder. It is
that Miss Burt fired two bullets
frnn a 32 calibre. pi**tol into the
bodjr _ o£ Mary •Walker, 22,
'rvsi^e^t frf ^Burch Alley in the
resident ofjto th*. Juek.«4iu .SU«et »cetio«. As
the Wall- reufhed the corner qf
J.nekfton and CarroH Htrfvt', she
having spotted the W*IWer "iri,
who was walkin;? *k>wn..,^^.irroll
Strt*«*t, aske«l the «lrAerwr>
i(i' aloiif'.side crfbw„
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DOky,
Professor C. M. Eppes, Principal of th^ Industrial“ High
School of Greenville, N. C., whose untiring efforts for the
ause of Negro Youth have earned for him a niche in the an
nals of the state’s most outstanding educators, and have w«hi
for him a host of friends and admirers from both races through
out the State of North Cantina. . . , , •
Continued on Page l^ur
PoweU and Odum
Will Be A. and T.
Finals- Speakers
Greensboro — A and T College
.will hold its forty third annual
conMiiencement erercises beginn
ing Friday May 30, and continu
ing through Monday^ June 2nd.
Seventy six seniors are landidate.^
for Bachelor of arts degrees and
student is slated to receive the
degree of Master of Science.
(Dr. A. Clayton Powell, Junior,
pasttor of Abysiiinian Baptist
church, New Tork City, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon at
a. m. next Sunday morning.
The following Monday night at 7
p. m. Dr. Howard W. Odum, pro-
Please turn to Page Five
The .kitting w(ii«Jr ti
aboVt 10:30 a. ni. Unnday,. w«f
seemingly the outgrowth dif
ference between the two. .Ac
cording to a fitajement given
police by, , Adrian Joumigan, a
driver employed by the Blue
Taxi Company, Miss Burt shm-
nionel a taxi'to her Fourth Street
nddress and asked to be dTiven
pull
A few wordtj. eostwd, thfn ^ is
alleged that Mis;^ Burt thtut.tald
. tithat to “tnm around^’* • 4'>*
'I't'd, two faolkfts firk in:; the
victiin in the ba«k just below the
left shoulder blade, tJolTce report
ed Journigan as retating.' She
died on the si*dewaRi aliiiofft Im-
iiiediately.
ShorilT E O.' B(*lvin reported
it Coroner R.' A. Harton and
Pli'ase turn to page Fhe
Trial Opens In S. C.
Election Refusal
Anderson, S. C. — Trial open
ed here Monday, May 26, in the
Gafftiey, Sr C. election case which
began in Augeist, 1940 when eleo
tien ofHciaL) flatly refused to
permit seven eligible Negro vot-
ters to register in the preciiden
tial primaries, and slommed the
door in the faoe of three others.
According to the affidavit one
of the election officials is said to
have told the prospectife voteit,
“Darkies ain’t never registered
in Cherokee county. Unless the
law is given, we will not roister
you.’’'
The trial Monday is the result
of an investigation by the .Feder
al Bureau of Investigation which
faii brought about by action by
the NAACP..
Brawl 'Victim
Mary Ruth Walker, 22-year-
old Burch Alley resident, who
was mortally wounded by Fran^
cis Burt, a former friend, s|ild
resident of Fourth street, last
Monday morning..
Mrs. McCrorey Is
^ti - Crime Speaker
• C. A. Irvin, Public Relations *
• Director of The Carolina *
* Times highlighted his last *
* Sunday’s “Crime Does Not
* Pa3'” address, the first in a *
* series of five Queen City *
* Anti-Crime Broadcasts, over *
• Radio Station WSOC, Char- *
♦ lotte, with the following •
* pertinent statements:. “Pros- *
• perity, hairiness, good order, •
• respect for property—all these *
• spring from character, the *
• intelligence and the culture
• of the people. After all, if we •
• are going to solve the crime ♦
• problem, if we are going |o *
* reduce crime, it will be ac-"**
* complished by placing our *
* civic ideals on a higher •
* plane.” The second addreie *
• in the series is to be delivered *
* this Sunday by Mrs. H. L. •
• McCrorey, prominent eivio •
• worker of Charlotte, and one *
* the city’s leading anti-crime
* sampaigneers. Mrs. McCrorey ’« •
* address is scheduled to be
• heard over Radio Station
• WSOG at 9:30 a. m.
.Pictured above are the prinapala,
graduation ezerciMS hdd reeeatly in B. N.
ial auditoriua oa tlie cappns «f Tk» NMtk
for Negroes. ReafUng from left to Cflnft tmH
E. ^pard, Presi^nt of The NwAi
grow. Dr. M. O. Boiisfl^, Dinetor «f
JoUus RosenwaU Poad, iqwaker 'tiw ontdiii^.
Bow) President C. C. SpaohKnt of Mwtli'
Ufe Insurance GoniMiiy; nd SmMfMpApI
of the Lincnln HMpital.