POLL TAX HEARING DEAYED
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Volume XXIII — Number 13 BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONI^ mm*. Durham,' North Carolina, Saturday, March 194^
“KEEP ’EM FLYING*
MID-YEAR SESSION OF USHERS TO MEET IN GREENSBORO APR. 12
IT ^ ir ir ir
BY POLICE
For Service Beyond Tiie Call of Dirty
Filibuster Tiireatens
To Hold Up Passage Of
Anti-Poll Tax Legislation
SUCCUMBS
'loi OftinM Of North ptrolina j Oraves of the Joonul and Onidei.
Ieg9, it shown recaivinf his All-1 It was Oaines toe lhat often
. A. A. certificate from the meant' defeat, Qr, ^▼ictory for the
ace sports writer, Lem Sagles. Oas played tackle. '
oxboro Farmer
akes Own Life
Washington, —(B1 Alvin E.
White for ANP)— Although S»n.
0'Mahoney, chairman of the sen
ate sub-committee holding the
hearings on the poll tax repeal
bill, said he felt there woald be a
repeal of this pernicious law which
picevent*- thousands of X^m>e8 »nd
efjufttly as; Ttijiiiy'“Mires
in? ia-4he eigH southern 8t:i^'‘^'4
where the pot| ‘ jii.’^oinnidfi[
mutterings of fiiubuster* on
bill arc beginning to fill the air^
Sen. O’Mahoney said in iTil?
opinion it was just'a matter of
deciding whether the bill now be
fore the senate would pass oi whe
ther an amendment to tfte>eonstf-
tution was necessary to make the
repeal a reality and do away with
the vicious practice once and for
all. .
Yet on the other hand there is
one senator who is said to have
promised a 56-hour speech if the
bill .ever reaches the floor of the
senate. .
Supported * by other senators
from the poll tax states, he hap
vowed that such a bill would nev-
et pass unless cloture were voted
in the senate and ^e. would fight
this to the bitter end.
Saturday morning’s‘hearings' s^w
(Continued on Page five)
EslJier V. Cooper
Doing Fine Job As
Secretary S.N. Yjl
CP Scores Delay
’oving Negroes
Sojourner
Homes
-ork. — Stating that*the
lt‘|»3rlnre of Mayor Edward Jef-
• Vroni IVtroit is no excuse for
l('!ayi)i;:: fnrtlipr the occupancy of
(he S,)'j*iurn‘r Truth Houses by
Kejjiocw, i|,(. VAACP in a tele-
MMit MhicH 19, urging John
I]!.'int(irl,.(iir(‘(‘t(ir of the National
A^rt'tipy. to ^ake the nec-
("isary strps (o ^lep that Negroes
I* I'aqv,' lli‘ riro.j*i t immediately.
Tli( XAAl’P stated that al-
tlioir li the federal grand Jury in-
vi>r.tig«tion is proceeding, the
question of occupancy of the
homes and a fin^l determination
of whcMher or not mob rule op-
posi'd lo the federal government
will bp permitted to continue are
the paramount issues.
The Association -is continuing
fn pu.ih for further action by the
n. S. grand jxiry in the hope of
obtaining indictments against the
leaders of the mob invdlvel.
4^ V
Steel output in the U, S. second
highest in history.
Roxboro, March 23.—A 22-year-
old Negro farmer, Willie Wag-
ataff, took his own life here
morning, according to Coroner A
F. Nicholas of Person County. The
body was found around 11 o’clock,
nnd after examination Was pro
nounced a suicide. ■
The weapon which Wagstaff
used was a shotgun which he plac
ed against his chest. It is thought
he used his foot tp press the .trig
ger on a stick. However the load
entered his chest and caused in
stant death.
No motive for the man taking
his own life could be found, as
Wagstaff had been in apparently
r happy mood, and in good healtii.
The body was found in one of the
tenant housep on the Horton farm
in Pushy Fork.
Esther V. Cooper, secretary of
the Southern Negro Youth Con
gress, Jias^en making quite a
name as a and booster of Negro
youth, for a better place in the
“World of Tomorrow. ”
a' ,
John A. Fouchee
Succumbs After
Lengthy lUness
‘ ‘ r
■y Durham, March 2(i. — John Al-
len t^ouebee, weU konwn young
business man of iJiirham died "at
Tiis home -here, 100.') Fayettevilic
Street, Thursday morning at 4
o’clock after an illness from ;i
Tiehrt ailment of a long duration.
Mr>. Fouchee was born in Dur
ham and attended the pub* •
schools of the city, North ( arolin i
College and Wilberforce Univer*-
iity of Ohio.
The deceased was a member ot
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity anl
was well known in .social ciroles
of the state.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Nannie Allen o fDurham; an aunt,
Mrs. Ruth Mickle of Durham; two
uncles, Julian 0’Daniel of Rox-
'boro aitd WHlie 0’Daniel of Dar-
hanu
Funeral rites will be conduct-il
from ithe home Saturday 'afternoo;r
at 2:30 o’clock. luternieht will oe
at the Beech wood cemetery on Fay-
I etteville Road.  • ~
Sgt. Thomas Foster
Is Shot To Death
J. A. Fouchee, well known
resideat of Dnrham who suc
cumbed to a heart ailment at
his home Thnrsday morning af
ter a long illness. Fnneral serv
ice will be held at'the home at
2:30 P. M. ^
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Gate City To Be Host
To N.C. Ushers' Session;
J.H. Wheeler Is Speaker
Twenty-Seven Car
loads Of Frigidaires
Arrive For Camp
The arrival of 27 car loads of
Frigidaires at Durham consign
ed to ^amp Butijer, along with
four car loads of meat blocks,
etc., gives one some idea otf
the hugeness of the task of
"building an army city" for 30,-
000 soldiers.
The annual Mid-Year .4ession i*tl
the North Carolina Interdenomin.i-
tional t'shers Association which
will convcnt in Greensboro, Sun
day, April 12"will be the largest in
the history of the organization ac
cording to advanced infonuation
given out % the president 'this
week.
Greensboro has loft no stone un
turned to entertain the largo
group of delegates^ and visitors
who will journey to the Gate City
for "the meeting. In addition the
Southern Kailway has consented to
j)ut on an extra car on trains 21
and 32 going to and from the con
vention, and delegates have been
advised to travel by train in co
operation with the government
movement to conserve rubber.
One of the outstanding featurps
of this year’s convention will be
an address to be delivered by J.
H. Wheeler, cashier of the Mechan
ics and Farmers Bank. Mr. Wheel
er is one of the leading young busi-
netis men of the nation and his ad-
1 (Continued on Pagte five)
C. C. SPAULDING TO GIVE
AND RECEIVE AWARDS IN
TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA
Oxford. — The National ^Board
of Trustees of 'New Farmers
America will hold its Semi-Annual
Board meeting Jit the A. and 1.
College, Nashville, Tenn., Mardi
29 to April 1. The meeting .will le
presided • over by Henry Reveb,
National President, Southern Uri-
versity Scotlandville, Louisiam.
The pappose of the meeting wll
be to perfect plans for tW annuU
convention of the farm youth or
ganization which will be held *t
the State Agricultural and
chanical College, Orangeburg, S.
C., in August. This information is
released by the National Reporter,
Ruffin McGhee.
One of the high lights of the
hoard meeting will be that of con-
(Coatinued on Page five)
J
Bjrminghara, Ala..^ She South
ern j Negro Youth Congress an ,
nou^ced this week that Private
Joel Louis Barrow has just been
nailed to receive the award pre-
sened to the mosf outstanding
Soithern youth of the year. The
a^rd which is to take the form of
honor plaque will be presented
the closing night of the Fifth
•Southern Negro Youth Confer-
ece at Tpskegee Institute, Sun-
April 19th. C. C. Spaulding,
I esident of the North Carolina
] ntual Life Insurance Company,
ho is the sponsor of the award
ill piipscnt it.
In .announcing the award, the
o^thera Negro Youth Congress
id that Joe Louis had been the
(Continned on Page five)
NEXT WEEK
The Oarolina Times will dedi
cate next wMk’s edition td Qas-
tonia, western city of the state-
Pictni«8, featoife articles and
other intertsting stories will
depict the progress of'the race
in Oastonia.
Order Your
Copy Now
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Negroes Must Be 87
Years Old To Vote
In Columbia, S. C.
(^olu)ubia, S. — Xturor.s an
onrollin" to vote in the Deuioci .it t
[ nmary here, but .a re'oiutit>:i
1 assed by the City DeiuH-rjitic ex
ecutive committee may snccts-fulr
l,v pripvenT them from exerci:^iiii:
their 'i^fht of franchine. But uu-
lo.ss K*‘gri)es are nllowwl to vote
in the Democratic primary, the
XAAt'P Said, this week, lejjal ac
tion Avill be, instituted.
The aetion by city officials per
mitting Negroes to enroll is a di-
rect result of the suit filed by Mrs.
Lottie' P. Gaffney of Gaffney, S.
Ci and three others because elec
tion judges refused to allow them
to register for the IfKlO presi!(lent-
ial primary, the XAACP stated.'
The resolution passed by the
city Democratic executive commit
tee on January 22, shortly before
the trisl in the Gaffney 'case oc-
cured states: “Every Negro ap-
lying to vote in the city Democra
tic primary must he known to h.ive
voted the Democratic ticVet con
tinuously since 1876.”
According to that, a Negro niu>:t
he at least 87 years old and must
have voted the Democratic ticket
(Continued on Page five)
Little Rock, Ark., March 23. —
i S:jt. Thmuaii B. Foster. ;iH, ol Z»\y-
■ ulon. North ( arolina w.-»h fataHv
: wouKtiMi here yer.terd«y by P**{i«*er
man A. J. Hay » ije ."»ttet«pted
to taktj^iojlier '' ^ro soldier from ■
the cu.'trwTy of military anil citv
rolii:c- '
According to tlie p«>lic*» officer
hf---hmh place! one of the \egr>
soldif^rs under arrest wht*n he Wds
iircos|el bv Sgt. Fof-fer and order-
^e*i to relea.-^e him. A scuffle follow
ed and the police ofticer Wa-i
Unockwi to the sroiind (>y Foster
who started advancing on the po
liceman with a chib which he had
token tVom the officer. offic
er claimed he fired in s»df defen.-*e.
and had not been placet! under ar
rest late Tuestlay- ^
The killing occurred in the heart
of the colored of Little Rock, and
was witnessed hv a large nnniher
of Negroes, mostly civilian.s. Im-
-mediately afterwards a riot was
only a%'orde«l when military poliee
ordered all Negro soldiers out of
the section.
ImnjetiiatelT after the ^hootinff
Foster was rushed to the local hot-
pital. but died sereral honr^ after
wards.
According- to military authori-*
ties Foster enlisted in the serri'H#
last May at Baltimore, and was f»
member of the 92nd En|riBe«rs Bat
talion. He had been stationed at
Camp Robinson for the past ser«
(Continued on Page five)'^
A. & T. College Honors Dr. Noi^
A. and T. OoUefe honored Dr.
M. O. 8. Noble, dtainoaa of tke
A. and T. board of trnatees fw 45
yean on occasion of his S7th
UrMay with a special prograai
wbick wai bdd in Harrison audi*
torinm last w«^- fke 9z«cram
waa Conned arosad tk*
of a portrait of l}r. Kobte by Pro-
feasor H. Clintoa Ta^ar. DiracUr
of Art at tkt eeUacB, did tk«
painting “im apmradattsa of tlM
iBfeMNMk Dr. IMii*
tlka c*Uat« aad 1m.
Nacre edieatian.**
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