MSSKSPPI KILER GETS^U^
Funeral Held
For Well-Known
Raleigh Woman
Mrs. Cora L. Hall, 65, late
proprietress of tht* Hotel Arcade
was eulog-ized here Saturday at
Ligbtiier’u Funeral Home.
She died at St. Agnes Hofr
pital Tliursday after au illnei*
of several weeks.
Together with her huaband,
the late P. T. Hall, who died in
194], Mrs. Hall provided for
nearly a quarter of a century
the tyi>e of cuisine ^hieh made
the Arcade one of the be»t
known hostelries in tl'is section
of the country.
Mrs. Hall was born in Meek-
ienburg County in 1885. After
her marriage to P. T. Hall, the
couple moved to Haleigh where
they started a cafe at Wilming
ton and Salisbury Streets a*
round 1915.
After the Lightuer’s Arcade
was Juuilt in 1920, tlie Ualla mov
ed in, taking charge of the din
ing room and hotel. As the years
passed, the Arcade became a
mecca for good food and for
hospitality.
JVIany famous Negroes were
guests in the hotel and number
ed the Halls among their friends
Dance bands, leaders, female vo
calists, ministers, political big
wigs, educators, intellectuals,
students, and tourists appreciat
ed the genial hospitality of
“FT” and “Mother” Hall.
Following Mr. Hall’s death in
1991 a series of finacial reverses
seemed to descend upon the
hotel. Mrs. Hall, however, was
able to carry on until 1948,
when she was forced to give up
the hotel.
For two years prior to her
health began to fail, she sought
teacherage in Zebulon Ajs her
health began to fail, shesought
mediea 1 care at St. Agnes. At
~fifsf she responded to treatment,
but last Thurstlay she relapsed,
lieath came peacefully at 5 in
the morning.
Several nieces from Philadel
phia, Greensboro, and Raleigh,
were among the mourners. At
the private rites in Lightner’s
Funeral Home, relatives and a
select group of close friends
heard services conducted by the
pastor and choir of St. Paul’s
Church. The Rev. Mr. A. M.
Foster of Zebulon recited a brief
eulogy and interment followed
at the Oberlin Cemetery.
New Farmers To
Pay Annual Visit
To Oxford Orphan
UREiENSBOKO
The North Carolina Associa
tion of New Farmers of Amer
ica, au organization of Negro
Farm boys studying Vocational
Agriculture in 105 rural high
schools of the state will make
their Ninth Aiiuual visit to the
Colored Orphanage of North.
Carolina at Oxford, Sunday,
April 2nd according to an an
nouncement made by S. B. Sim
mons of A. and T. College,
Greensboro, State Supervisor of
the Farm Youth group. The pur
pose of this visit is to present
to the Board of Directors, the
Carver Memorial Building.
The state farm gr^up of some
6,000 boys made their first visit
to the Negro Orphanage Thanks
giving morning, 1941. That
year, they gave great quantites
of canned food, sweet potatoes,
corn, and $()26.25 in cash. Be-
for the time of the next visit.
World War 11 w^as well on the
way, thus only a few made the
trip. They presented to Super
intendent T. A. Hamme $1000.-
00 in cash.
Following the second visit, the
group accepted as their major
goal, raising funds with which
to construct a Vocational Build
ing on the Campus in Honor of
late Dr. George Washington
Carver, the great Negro Scien
tist of Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
Thus on April 2, at 2:30 on
th(> camjius of the Negro Or
phanage at Oxford, the New
Pamers will realize one of their
major objectives when the^
turn ovftr to the Board of Di
rectors, and Superintendent
Hamme, the completed Carver
Memorial Vocational Building.
This building will be used main
ly to train boys how to use their
hands skillfully in connection
with repair and construction
work, w’hich is to be done on the
farm. Future plans include
Craft for the small boys who are
not able to do conRtruotion work.
Dr. Harry V. Richardson,
President, Gammon Theological
Seminary, of Atlanta, Georgia
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Delegate
Entered u SecoodkClaM Matter at tiie Poit Office at Durham, North Carolina, uniter'Act of March 3, 1879.
FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 12
DURHAM, N, C., SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1950 PRICE; TEN CENTS
Police Hunt Hayti
Bad Man In Shooting
Marvin Crawford
Critically Wounded Prof. To Get
By Local Gunman
Police are searching for Al-
pheo Thompson in Durham's
latest gun flare which took place
here around 11 o’clock Tuesday
night w'hen Thompson is report
ed to have walked up to a car
in "which Marvin Crawford and
his brother Delton were sitting
and shot the former in his
throat. Tlie bullet ranged down
ward into the chest of the man,
according to hospital attendants,
W'ho told a representative of the
Times that even though Craw
ford was somewhat improved his
condition was still considered
critical.
Police stated that Crawford
and his brother Delton told them
that Thompson, who resides at
603 St. Joseph Street, was the
man who shot him while tlie both
of them were sitting in front of
the Biltmore hotel on Pettigrew
Street. Immediately after the
shooting Thompson left the scene
and had not been apprenhended
late Wednesday evening.
Crawford and Thompson are
reported to have engaged in an
argument earlier in the evening
‘at which time the latter struck
Crawford with the butt end of a
pistol.
The shooting here Tuesday
night was the first that has tak
en place since last year when a
series of gun battles by and be
tween Hayti’s so-called badmen
took place on Fayetteville Street
and other areas in that section.
Crawford was formerly em
ployed at Garrett’s Biltmore
Drug Store where he was well
liked and of a good reputation.
Dr. J.H. Franklin
Delivers Address
On Democracy
Dr. John Hope Franklin,
former North Carolina College
professor of history and
now professor of History at
Howard University, addressed a
special program of the Stanford
L. Warren Public Library here
ia.st Monday night on “Toward
Greater Democracy Through
History.”
The speaker was introduced
by Mrs. Ray N. Moore, librarian.
Dr. Franklin, who will teach
American history in the Sum
mer Session at Harvard Univer
sity this Summer, stressed the
role of the public libraries and
the public schools in promoting
the study of the “true history
of the nation.”
The .speaker outlined three
{)eriods through which the study
of history in this country has
passed. The first period includ
ed a group of historians who dis
torted the teachings of history to
promote their own theories of
racism, nationalism, and chauv
inism. These liistorians minimiz
ed the role of non-white citizens
in the building of America.
A second school of historians
represented a slight improve
ment on the earlier chauvinists,
largely because of their sensitiv
ity to the scientific and in-
intellectual influences from a-
broad. This group pioneered in
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N. C. College
Doctorate
1,500 Expected At
New Home-Makers
Meeting In Raleigh
The annual State Convention
of 1;he New Homemakers of
American will be held at the
Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh
on April 1, from 9:30 a. m. to
3:00 p. m. Approximately 1,500
girls and their advisers are ex
pected to attend this meeting.
The NHA is an incorporated
non-profit youth organization in
wjhich Negro pupils who are
taking or have taken a home-
making course in junior or sen
ior high schools may voluntarily
become members. The organiza
tion is sponsored by the Hone
Economics Service of the Office
of Education, Federal Security
Agency.
The main purpose of the NHA
is the development of social
qualities, provisions for whole
some recreational activities and
the promotion of better home
life for its members and their
families.
Members of NHA work to
gether on many projects which
contribute to better family liv
ing. These projects often deal
with community nutrition-, home
improvement, safety, care of
children, and recreation. Mem
bers raise funds and help with
such welfare projects as supply
ing fool and clothing for needy
children and families. Ijocal
liapters and State Associations
provide scholarships for girls in
terested in further study of
Home Economics.
Chai)ters participate in the
National Projects of tlje organ
ization. These are observance of
NHA Week, The World Christ
mas Festival, Adoption of Home
Economics Classes in Liberia,
Contributions to the Infantile
Paralysis Center at Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama, and Plant
ing Red Rose Bushes.
The Motto of New Homemak
ers of America expresses
the purposes of the organ
ization, “Better homes for a bet
ter nation.” The emblem sym
bolizes the responsibility of its
meiibers to their homes and
families in promoting better
homes and thereby creating a
better nation. The flow’er is the
red rose.
Obviously beneficial, the
NHA welcomes to its ranks, not
only girls, but boys too. They
are more and more realizing the
advantages and benefits of mem
bership.
Tentatively scheduled to de
liver the main address on Sat
urday is Mrs. Grace Harris,
State Club Adviser, Virginia
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C. ELWOOD BOULWARE
C. Eiwood Boulware, profes
sor of mathematics at North
Carolina College, is scheduled to
receive the doctor’s degree at
the Jiuie commencent of Teach
ers’ College, Columbia Universi
ty, it wiis learned here this we^k.
Boulware^ who has been teach
ing at the local college since
194(i, (lid his undergraduate
work at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity.
Active In civic .and religious
affairs, he is also president of
the college chapter of the Amer
ican Association of University
Professors. He was scheduled
to leave Durham Friday by
plane for Cleveland, Ohio, where
he will attend national sessions
of the professors’ group.
In addition to his civic duties,
which include the executive sec
retary of the Durham Commit-
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NAACP Drive
Spurred By
School Suits
In a news release this week,
Attorneys M. E. Johnson and
Frank Brower report that about
750 NAACP membership cam-
I>aign captains and co-captains
and their team members through
out the country reported to Miss
Lucille Black, National Seere-
tarj’ for membership, that they
will hold special membership
nieetings on April 3,
Th(> drive locally and nation
ally was given impetus with tlfe
appri)aching Supreme Court
argument of the Sweatt, ^Ic
IjBurin and Hendersoii cases
scheduled for hearing on that
day.
In special bulletins and action
letters to local campaign co-
chairmen John Holloway and
Walter Tate who have two com
peting teams with the winner to
receive awards. Miss Black
stressed the importance of April
3rd as “D-Day for the rights of
Colored Americans,” and urged
branches to rally around the
legal staff and demonstrate sup
port of the all-out fight on seg-
gregation in higher education
and interstate travel.
NAACP Meet At Mt. Olive
The local meeting this Sunday
at 4 P. M. will be held at the
Mt. Olive A. M. E. Church at
4 P. M. on Thaxton Avenue,
which is the regular meeting.
Brower and Johnson are new
members of the State Ijegal
Staff, and they report that Tate
and Hollow’ay will announce the
standing of the membership
campaign in the Special Meet
April 3rd .There is keen rivalry
betw'een the two membership
teams and a bigger audience is
expected at the next meeting.
Jury Finds Slayer
Of Negro Babie
Guilty Of Murd
Miss Ernestine Herbin of
Greensboro, is the ex-National
President of the New Homemak
ers of America Tkis organization
is made up of over 3b,000 girls
from the 16 states maintaining
separate schools. Miss Herbin
was formerly a member of the
Dudley High NHA Chapter in
Greensboro. She is now a fresh
man at Bennett College.
At the request of Miss Mary
Lee Hurt, National NHA Ad
viser, Miss Herbin will be a del
egate at the planning meeting
for youth’s participation in the
Mid-Century White House Con
ference. She will represent the
National Organization of the
New Homemakers of America
and will join with youth and
adults from all over the country
in planning for the 1950 White
House Conference. Miss Herbin
will leave for Washington on
March 22 in order to be there
for the meeting on March 23 and
24. She will return to Washing
ton in the fall for the Confer
ence itself.
This is indeed an honor to
Ernestine and to the North Car
olina Association.
Four Tots
Burn To Death
In Tennessee
GUANL' JrNTTlU.N, T-iin
Tin- two-ruuiu tenant hunif of
Mrs. Mary Pirtle beeaiae tht-
death trap for her four .'>mall
daughters here Tuesday when
fire engulfed the building while
the mother hal gone to town
oidy a short di.-jtance Irom thr
home.
The dead are Dorthy Mae, 5;
Bes.sie Jean, 3; Elsie, li, and El-
nora, five-months.
The home was located in a
sparsely settled area and the fire
was not discovered by neighbors
until the dwelling was practical
ly in ashes.
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John Avery Boys'
Club To Observe
Boys' Club Week
The «Fohn Avery Boys’ Club
will join over three hundrt'd
Boys’ Clubs in the United States
and Canada in observing Nation
al Boys’ ('lub Week this week.
The pi'ograin for the lo(!al Club
tliis week is a follows:
Monday — 1st Quarter Pool
Tournament.
Tuesday — Family Night.
Wednesday—1st (Quarter Ping
J’ong Tournament.
Thursday — Movie.
Friday Know Your Amer
ica Day.
Saturday — Community Ser
vice Day.
Sunday — Church and Home
Day.
The Connuunity' Boys’ Club
of Wilmington will have JOHN
AVERY BOYS’ CLUB DAY"
Friday, March L’4 and on that
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Three Act Play
Presented At
Eastman High
ENFIELD
On March 14, the seniors of
Eastman High School presented
“Tempest And Sunshine,” a
three act comedy-drama in the
Eastman High School Auditor
ium. The play was full of ex-
I'itement, fun, laugh.s and tears.
The two seniors portraying the
I roles of “Tem{)est And Sun
shine” were Minnie Lviich and
f.ouise riark. The comedy roles
.vere excelk-ntlly portrayed ’.)V
■Minnie Turnatre, Hunter Cyrns
anil Josie Bailey.
Other members of the sup-
pui’ting cast were: JIary Batche
lor, Melvin l>‘wis, Joshua Dav
is, Jeanette Arrington, Doris
Lynch, Jaunita Lync
brew Dixon.
In the Ea.stman Parent Teach
ers’ meeting, there have been
varied topics of discu.ssion. 0^'e
of the most interesting topics
was a di.scussion of the report
card. “How valuable is a report
card?” This topic wa.s discussed
from a student’s point of view,
a parent and a teacher’s opinion.
The parents of the Eastman
Community are planning to
sponsor a group of Boy Scouts.
ehildren of Thomas Harris.
H - .nimled Harris’ daughter,
i II- wounded Ilarri.H serionaly
with a bullet that lodged near
Harris' spine —r paralyzing the
man. A man whu attempted to
protect hi.s family.
This humble Mississippi Ne
gro. wheeleil into coart on
stretchers — nnable to walk, told
the sordid story of how he lay
helpless on the flx>r of Bis cabin,
listenintr to the death moans of
his child who cried out for
water with her la.st breath. He
told the story, painfully, before
twelve somb**r-faced white men
who composed the jury.
This jury found Turner gTiilty
of murder. But this jury also
maneuvered to 'fix’ things so
that he could be paroled in ten
years. This maneuvering was in
vain after Turner was returned
to court to face charges of the
other two murders.
•ludge J. P. Coleman ordered
Turner sent to Parehman Penti-
tentiiiiy v in five days and
ren:arked “ a man who en-
"i pleas of guilty to three mur
der indictm nts will serve a life
sentence wit'iout hope of pardt.1i
or parole.
The State uharged that the
horrible nui.-vsacre resulted from
revenge s.iught by Turner and
t%vo cohorts, also escapees from
•Ti ancriie-^j^^^’ because he (Turner) had
been informed that Harris gave
information about them to the
local authorities.
The Board of Directors of
the John Avery Boys’ Club
will meet Wednesday, March
29th at 7:30 p. m. at the Club
building 508 Fayetteville St.
Agenda for the meeting
will be as follows: Routine
business, Progress Reports on
the Building Program by the
Building and Site Committee
and the Finance Committee.
N. C. Teachers Annual Meeting
Raleigh March 30 To April 1
In
Teachers in the colonnl schools
and colleges of North Carolina
will meet at Raleigh, N. C. in
their (iOth Aiuiual Convention
Man-h 30, 31, and April 1. Pro
minent speakers will ai)pcar at
the general sessions wliich will
be open to the public.
The first general session will
meet in Greenleaf Auditorium
at Shaw University. Heverend
C. A. Kearns, Pastor Davie
Street Presbyterian ('hurch, will
give the invocation. Delegates
will b(* welcome to the Capital
City by Superintendents Sand
erson and Benton of Rialeigh and
Wake Comity schools, Attorney
P. J. Carnage, Raleigh School
Board Member, and Mayor P. D.
Snipes. G. A. Rivers, IVesident
of the Greensboro Classroom
Teachers Association, will giv(>
the response.
President II. Brown will
deliver his annual address and
will be supported by the Glee
Club of the Dillard High School
in Goldsboro, of which President
Brown is principal, rendering
special music- for the occasion.
Dr. Martin D. Jenkins, former
registrar at A. and T. College
and now president of Morgan
State College, Baltimore, Md.,
will deliver the keynote address.
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Separate But Equal Education
Mississippi May
Equalize
Education
(Atlas News Service)
JACKSON, MISS.
About half of Mississippi’s
population is Negro, and the
Senate Finance Committee has
reached a major decision to pro
vide an extra $6,u00,000 to help
equalize Negro and white edtuia-
tion. Sen. John Kyle, committee
chairman and legislative con-
ferense leader on equalization
has been conferring with Fi
nance and Education Commit
tee leaders of both Houses. Gov.
Fielding Wright has been sit
ting in on the conferences.
Three million dollars would
be used to start lifting Negro
teachers salaries on a par with
white pav~ and one million would
be usetl to equalize tran^)ort«-
tion facilities for Negro stu
dents. Two million dollars would
be taken from the State’s $13,-
'500,000 surplus for immediate
construction and improvemeot
Negro schools. There will be
some funds to bost the salaries
of white teachers, but the em
phasis will be on raising the
standanls of Negro education in
the state.
The above photo is that of the
entrance to the Elizabeth City
State Teachers’ College during
the administration of Dr. Harold
L. Trigg. The mudholes can be
plainly seen and typical ex
amples of the “Separate but
equal” educational opportuni-1 tion and Vote Committee use
ties offered Negroes in this their influence in their respec-
State. The entrance to the school I tive localties to get Negroes to
is still a disgrace to the State | register and vote so that condi
school set-up. Teachers meeting
in Raleigh next week will be call
ed upon by the N. C. Registra
tion similar to the above may be
eliminated.
Two Social Work
Delegates Leave
For Atlantic City
By FRANK BROWER
Mis.s Rosemary Fitts, native
of Wilson anil a case worker in
Durham, was elected along with
ilrs. Evelyn Lynch, psyehomatio
(medical - 'locial worker of Duke
Hospital ;is the sole two delegates
of y t irolina Chapter to
tl'f a 'lai.i. American A.'o«.H.*ia-
!i of ''0Hal Work meeting in
.Vtlantie Cjtj come April 21.
The lot- .1 branch is made up
of members of Chapel Hill and
Durham social workers both
white arid colored and Miss Fitts
was rerently electcil s**cretary of
this group. She and Mrs. Lynch
were elected at the State meet
ing in Winston Salem last week.
Nathan Cooper is Executive Sec
retary of the Durham Soeial
Work deparetnicnt. The agency
foots all the expenses of del
egates for three days and the
State Chapter for the other
1 three.
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