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TT' / ^ ■-'■ap JWKE (MrtMb r \ ROXBORO MOBBISTS SENT TO PRISON ' MAILING EDITION *6»]»-.r 1.1.. Volume XXIII —Number 18 i 'BUY WAR BONDS TODAY pTi^RUtHLpNBRi^E5||| Durham, North CarolinS^Saturday, MAY, 2 1942 “KEEi»’EM flying* i^(KTJjrd1fees Leave For Camp off ★ Recreation Center Approved ★ ■ - '★ ★ White Profe^or of Brooklyn CoDege Joins Father Divine President Roc^yeltPuts Final 0. K. Negro Recrieation Center Riehtnondp Va.—The President has approved the eonstrn«tion of a recreation center at Durham at an estimated cost of $85,000, C. L. Vickers, region^} engineer of the F^Meitid WorkiL w«« tA- ▼ifwd today bf AssiBtant Pedernl Works Administrator Baird Sny der, acting for Administrator P)iil »p B.-Wenrf^ The bunding trtll provide Mcre#- tional facilities for about 7,500 Ne gro troops to lie stationed at Camp Butner, which is under construc tion. The entire «Mt of the project, including necessftryi equipment, will be financed by a^ federal ellot ment. \ """* Ju»t where and when construe tion on the new recreation center will begin has not yet been determ ined, but it is thoujrht that the building will be comp to take care of Negro will bp stationed at Camp Butner, which is scheduled to be completed ind ready for occnpancy,, A^iguet 1. ! Editor L. E. Austin Speaker For Pleanant Grove Mebane, May 1. — The com mencement address to the grhduat- ing class of 1942 of the Pleasant Grove High School will be deliver ed by L, E. Austin, editor of the Osroiina Times and president of the North Carolina Interdenomina tional Ushers Association. Mr. Austin is well known in this section of the state as a churchman and a newspaper man. He has spoken here before and #Jw*y* has an appreciative audience. A large crowd is expected to hear his ad dress which will be delivered Sun day evening at eight o’clock at the Pleasant Grove H*g^* School. V— $1,681,000 01 Savines Bonds Is May Quota Washington.—North Carolinains will have to increase their pur chases of War Savings Bonds by $1,081,000 in May if they are to meet the quota set for the St^te by the Treasury Department in its re newed to sell a billion dollars worth of bonds a month. The war bonfl quota, system es tablishes the nation’s quota for Dr. J. N. Mills, physician of who has entered the race for the office of County Cotamissioner. The primary will be held in May'and much for coffee. Some of them are interest in his election ib in evi- “java,” “jamoke” and just plain dence among Negro voters. “joe.” Interdenominational Ushers to Meet May 3rd Neff Gidlord Greensboro.—On Sunday, May 3, at 11:30 the Interdenominational IMreTB Ristript Meeting '^vttl WBtt- vene at the Persiuimon Grove A.M.E. Church located on the Win ston Road near Guilford Station. A very outstanding program for the occasion has been prepared. The speaker will be L. E. Austin, President of State U.shers As.socia- tion and editoi* of The Catolina- Tinies. Dinner will be served at 1:30 on the church proundi An award of badges to th^ Ushers Board bringing in the largest number of ushers from the rural district will also be made. The meeting is ex pected to be one of the most suc cessful district sessions ever held. V- U. s. Marines have many names White Brooklyn College Professor Follows Father Divine and His Ideas + —— New York. — (C) — Edward Thorlakson, professor of speech at Brooklyn College in New York, is a follower of Father Divine, the Harlem N^o wHo is called God by his followers. Prof. Thoflkson, who is white, has been acflve in Father Divine’s movement for two. years, he said this week -at the College, and has been jf regttlar "at tendant at Harlem meetings, a fre quent visitor to the various Prom ised Lands and a speaker at many functions. Prof. Thorlakson is Canadian birth, he said, and spent the four years of the World War in the Canadian army. Ever since then, Tie has been looking for the true meaning of religion. “I tried oc cultism, metaphysics, Christian Science; I read Tolstoi and Gand hi,” he said. ‘‘The churches I found empty and depressinfe. and I had learned through my analysis of society that people do not prac tice the Christianity they profess. “At a great crisis in mf life— the death of a very dear iriend in Chicago—a follower of FAther Di- May at $600,000,000. This figure ‘ vine came into my horie and it is increased to $800,000,000 in ^ June and to one billioo dollar* in July, The average monthly sales of war bonds for the seven-months period ending in January was *437,951,343. was ^nst as if Jesus Gbrist had walked in. All the gloom, lifted. He suggested that I d^'op in at meet ings when I came here.’’ "I did and my first impression wag that here was the "Bible come Flease Turn, To Pact Sevi to life aprain. There were aH the symbols and there were people re- joicin? in God, drawing inspira tion from Him, I didn’t get much out of it, but I did get something of the spirit of cleanliness. I kept coming back and I found that there were geoplfe living Christian ity—actunlly living it.” He went to the Promised Lands, Prof. Thorlakson said, and there he found rest and peace. Father DrvTne does not own them, he said, and, in fact owns nothing himself. “Suppose you and I were doing —living the Christian life,” He said. *'We could get together and open a restaurant and charge evangelical prices, 15 cents for a meal an,i .’50 cents for a bed for the night. I’ve slept in palaces jfbr that.” “I, found out by going there with a open mind why civilization lias failed to live up to,Christ,” tiif Prof; said. “We have failed to follow the first injunction, to live the truth as we see it. That way it is possible for men and women to live like brothers and sisters.” Father Divine disapproves of liq uor, tobacco and sex. The Prof., a married man and father, said that through the movement he had ov- {ereome his desires for all three; “I came to this country it&d Receives Award f Five Would-Be Lynchers Are GiVen^ Years Road Sentences Dr. J.N. Mins Enters Raqe For County Grand Poleoarch o^'ssioner jmissioner week by his Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, outstanding Negro woman of America, was presented the Thomas Jefferson award, by Mrs. P'ranklin D. Roosevelt at the Southern Youth Conference held in Nashville, Tenn., last week. Dr. Frank P. Graham of the University of North Carolina received the other award, both Of which are given each year to the two Southerners i making the greatest contribution to the South and the Nation. The above photo .shows Mrs. Roosevelt presenting the award to Dr. Bethune. * J, N> Milla, well known pby— ^ sician of Durham, will make the race for the office of County Gom- it was announced this campaign manager who is urging every Negro in Dur ham who has not already done •* to place his name on the books which will open for new regis trants Saturday, May 2. Durham has a population of ap^ proximately K,000 Negroes, bitf this vast sector of fhe citizenry has no representative in the city or county governments and in view of this fact is felt that not only j will Dr. Milli-receive a heavy Ne-1 gro vote, bu^lhat there are many I fairminded White people who feel- i ing that the Negroes of jthis city j ought to have representa;feion in the! county government w'ill cast their votes for him, j Dr. Mills^iii one of the oldest and | best knowo physicians in the city, i and has a number of friends ' who are grfatly interested in his candidacy. He is active in both civic and religious affairs of the city, being a member of the Trus tee Board of St. Joseph A.M.E. Church, and a member of the staff of Lincoln Hospital. Th As Shepard, Spaulding An d Kennedy Deliver Inspiring Addresses KegroDraftees James Scott, Grand Pole- march of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, of Washington, D. C., was the speaker at the ob servance of the Guide Right pro gram of the Durham Chapter of the fraternity last Sunday. Mr. Scott in the picture atove, is shown addressing the audience that attended the progi-am held in B. N. Duke auditorium at N. C. College. Hillside School Band Furnishes Music For Farewell Occasion Last Tuesday at 12 o’clock, noon 150 Negro draftees gathered at the City Armory in Durham to listen to a farewell program which in cluded addresses by W. J. Ken nedy, secretary of the North Caro lina’ Mutual Life Insurance Com pany; Dr. Jam^ E. Shepard, pres ident of the North Carolina Col lege; Judge R. H. Sykes and Dr. C. C. Spaulding, president of the North Carolina Mutual who also presided over the pr(^ram. In addition to the addresses which bristled with patriotism, music for the occasion was^furn- ished by the Hillside High School band, under the direction of Prof. W. H. Cole and the N. C. Mutual Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. B. A. J. Whitted. In addressing the men who left the following morning for Fort Bragg, Mr. Kennedy admoaished them that the United States is their country just as much as it is anybody else^. “One of your aneestors was a pilot of one of the boats in the fleet of Christopher Columbus when he discovered Am erica,” said Mr. Kennedy. Our ancestors helped the white man establish the thirteen colo nies; fought along side the white maa for American Independence; helped him clear the forests, till the soil, build the railroads, fight his wars, ran the factories, develop the great urban centers, and help ed hmi weld the 48 states of the Union into a great Republic. When the band plays, “My Country Tis of Thee” and “This is My Country,*’ stand on your feet and in the lai^age of our favorite anthem, “Life every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liber ty.” Finally, Comrades, we urge you to preserve' and perpetuate the tradition of Negro soldiers. Be sure to take your military training seri ously for this is a scientific and mechanixed war and vour sueeess PlMM Torn To 8«t»b Jack Biackbam Loses Last Dec^n To The Grnn Reaper Chicago. —(ANP)— J«ok Black burn lost his last deeisifm Pridav, The veteran box# who took them all, big or little, daring his career in the rin^ as a lightweight and who once fooght Jaek John son, succumbed in Provident h»- pital Friday at 1 M. after a losing bout for several weeks with pneumoBia. It was cagey old Jaek Blackburn whose ring wisdoai belped Joe Louis win the ekam{ttOBskipk Con sidered the best trainer ia the bus iness, Blackburn was ia tlie Bxow» Bomber’s corner ia all to Rmm T«m To Aigl SvfMi Majestey Of Law Upheld jSapenot-Ceart Ssys Defendants Guilty Roxboro, April 24.—The majesty of the law in North Carolina waa given a decided htoi«t here yester day wh*u five white men wei"" eoft- victed in superior eourt on a charge of “unlawful as.-wmUy'’ in connection with a l.vnchins attempt of t'y Win.stead, a Negro, who had been heli in jail a e^rge of rapinlFa young white woman in Augur^t of last year. The eas« which lasted for thrtb days attr»etel national attention, due to the fact that it w«.=i tka first time in the soath that h:**.- bers of a mob acting- agains* m Negro had ever been brought ^ justice. During the entire tidftl, which was presided over by one of North rarolina’s most able jurist, Ju«^e R. Hunt Parker, the court room was packed to capacity li^ ■ nieiubers of both races. Imnje«liately after ' the verdict of guilty was broogM in, Jsdga Parker pronoBnCT# ' sentenee# om the defendants which totalbd six years. Coy Harris and A. R Spriggs received a sentence of IS ^lonths each on the road. P. I. Holt, Willie Aiken ,and Johnny Holt received sentences of 13 months each on the roadi The original ehargw against the men were “unlawful as^sembly’* and “inciting to riot.^* A verdiet of not guilty was broogkt in as to the inciting to riot ehar^. It took the juryia little more than three hours t«^ reach the verdiet whidk was prorionnced at 3:45 P. M. Merey for the two Holt awn wa* r««ommended by the Judge Parfwr stated that hr took this in consideration in pwnoon** ing sentence on the men- als« stated that l|p took in #on«den* tion the faei that Aikea did sot go on the stand and deny th» twti* mony made against him 1^ th« SBl officials and offieers. Parker also called attentioB t« tli* fact that it wa* only thread^ tfco merfv of providence that ani er of the law was »ot kitted dnria# g the riot. The coaseqoeneea stilted “wonM have been far serWs thaa those heii« fift davx’* Due to of 8dM» tor WilUan F. Mwio^ , that -wrfieta «f aoi fillty U teaded Evard L. Jane*. W. BMI* ther wmi l#b Th» wete Mwhned ky ■
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