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MOUTHPIECE OF THE CAROLINAS 01. 8-No. 40 Race Men Organize Black Klan * * * ¥ ¥ ¥ * » ¥ ¥ S » > , $50,000. Fire Destroys School I J OQO Roanoke Inst. Burns In Ground oOo-.. , XLiizaoetn Liiy, in. (J. t»ecaus6 the fire department was engaged in a Washington daj parade, here last Friday, a fire got a good start and wreaked $511,000 in damage be u re coum a under control. Ine blaze entirely consumed the Lsitorical Roanoke Coliegate In stitute and destroyed twelve homes seriously damaging at lead! 20 others and threatening the whole ut the colored residential section. Ihe damage to the school one of tne oldest . n {North, Carolina, is estimated to be around $25,000 while the damage to residences is set at another $Z5,000 running the to around $50,000. Ihe entire school property was destroyed within one hour after started. v-xxvMU mis Historical mst-tution ot i.«iu.ng was completely destroyed . . . ivi. 1.., vuinns, proceeded ivme'rcnces in an etrort to > '‘V CiX scnool despite the dam _oa uone, r Students and instructors have iuA.cn ihe disaster witn admirable goon spirit, resuming classes im aueaiatexy in the old Cole Street meincutary build ng after > the worst blow rece-ved by this school m its J 9 years existence and hte worst lire in the history of Eliza beth C-ty. Several interested groups hasten ed to organize methods of aiding , me school and students. The Roanoke Institute patrons league headed by Mrs 1. W. Sharpe is busy making plans for several plays to be presented in an en ueavor to raise funds for the school Mrs, E. O, Winslow of 80 Roanoke Ave. enterta.ned at a charity tea sponsored by the Abbie M. John son, Health Unit of Eliabeth City (Contnued on Page 8) N.A.A.C.P. Seeks To Put IMegro On Farm Board Rew York, Feb. 23 The Nation al Associat on for the Advance ment of Colored People has urged upon Secretary of Agriculutre Hen ry A. Walace that at least one Ne gro American of courage and ex perience with agricultural Condi tions in the South be appointed to the contemplated Labor Board de signed to provide more effective protection For southern sharecrop pers under the cotton control pro- ( gram which is designed to enfore the labor provisions of the AAA cron control Contracts, *ruup oi rarmers is more ex- * pwricu, u*an negro rarmers, tne let .u*, sxgueu oy waiter White, N A Secretary cont-nues. "Hun * ureus ot thousands ot Negro share 1 u* uppers and tenant farmers have e uc v n dispossessed from land and i ior*.ed to become homeless, shelter ' ie-s, and foodless nomads. Only cou 6 n rwgeous and uncompromising act ion by the Federa government can * prevent the increasing of the num 1 ber of these pitiful victims of the 1 crop reduct on program, it is im- c perative that at least one member of the Board invested with suffi- < cient authority be a Negro who is i conversant with the plight of these t Negro farmers. The man chosen, ' however should be a full member t of the Board, empowered to act 1 with equal authority upon the cas- 1 es of all farmers. Tribune Speaks On Lynching i 1 z j|R y ISk iW oM mm feAkl PROF. W. EDWARD FARRISON Professor English at Bennett Col lege, Greensboro. He spoke to southern whites over the radio about lynching. I Crowd Attends Lynching Ex’bit - New York The exhibition of Art on lynching at the Arthur New ton Galleries here has been swamp ed by v.sitors since its opening on uaxy iv, avcvrumg to me inu ..vnai Hssocauion tor Lue /Aavancv ..ent ot Colored People which is ..unsonng it. xAmolig tne visitoi .as Mrs. Henry Morgenthau wife to .e secretary ot the treasur. During te first two days more than Ov cople visited the galler es to see ..e macabre drawings and paint ings. In the first week over 1500 came t olne exhibit, g from such cite s sa Asbury Park . id Orange, N. J., Louisville, Ky; .atland and Bennington, Vt.; Peeks 11 and Poughkeepsie, N Y; Har risburg, Germantown, Haverford, ■ Pa; New Haven, Manchester and Westport', Conn; Macon Ga; Cleve land, I; London, England; Los An geles, Calif; -Washington D. C; Pa ris France; Pittsburgh, Pa; Boston, Mass; Nashville, Tenn; Norfolk Va, New York Daily Hails Negro Bus Company The Her a ld Tribune, one of New fork’s oldest and most conservative dailies devoted a column on Tues day, Feb. 19 to the Ut lities D’Hai ti a Negro concren. On the sam day the Home News and evening periodical also recorded the pro gress made by the company. A reporter from the HERALD TRIBUNE visited the office of the Utilities D’Ha.ti and was given an interview by Mr. Metimen A. Gib son the president and C. De Lewis, engineer and director. The inter view consumed the larger part oi an hour and Mr. J. O, Reilly of the Tribune was much pleased with the information by the Haitian govern ment gvi.ng them the exclusive right to operate buses in the City of Port-au-Prince a City of 125,000 A photograph depicting the pres ent type of transportation oh the island was descr.bed at length, in the article which stated that there was a crying need for transporta tion of a different type among the things itemized in the article were: I. The overcrowded condiitohs due DaPriest Offers Program Washington—. At the Nation wde Testimonial in honor of Os car DePriest, J< ormei Congressman from the First Illinois District held in Washington last week, Congress man DePriest discussed a leg slative program which in his opinion should be considered by Congress in connection with the welfare of the colored people ol the United States. This program called for organiz ed activity for elimination of illeg al practices set-up by State and county officials for disqualify ng colored citizens from jury service I increased registration of colored ) voters and passage of a Federal ani -lynching law. In the educational field, it would seek to have Federal approp itions ear-marked, especially ft r States 1 where separate schools exist so thateach pupil irrespective of race or color might obtain an equal pei capita proportion. To his er an active campaign fore .n o f men pledged to eramark . ap appropiations and ta work fnr i Standard Housing, equipment and teacher pay, was proposed for all oouuiern states ana aiso lor lexas UKianoma ana West V.rgliua. i /Another proposal included legis- | lation to abolish the practice of 1 civil serv.ce appointment and sub stitution ofthe Bertiilon system for the photograph system of identifi- ' cation ot persons taking exam ha- ' tlons. tor Federal appointment. 1 hroughout campaigns for such ' legislation, colored ctiizens would 1 be encouraged to seek ' cion in Government in proportion * to population, with reference to F ederal, State, couty and municip- 1 al patronage and positions of trust * m various branches of the Army 1 and the Navy, 1 Mr. DePriest wound up his speech ’ by stating that, while he was not de * (Continued on Page 8) 1 to lack of buses in operation. 2. Ihe manner of passenger travel, particularly those in white duck suits. 3, lhe sad need for a modern freight service. x he article contained a provls.on m Article I, of the franchise which states Chat the labor including driv ers must be 75 per cent Ha.tian, lhe officers of the company the ar tide states are to be dollar a year men devoting as much of their itme to the project as is economically possible. Service in the c.ty is to be given for a five cent fare and a zone system in the surburbs will fluctuate prices along a range of five to twenty cents. Listing of the officers and direc tors of the corporation was given as follows Methuen A. Gibson president, Eustace Dixon, vice pres dent, Joseph G. Bruney, sec retary, Henry .Phillip, itraesurer, Leon F. DesPortes general manag er, Henry Ch. Rosemond, Clifton Cook, Lysford Williams, Alvin Ga ry and Robert Robertson, Direc tors. : Public Park For Nogroes | City Attorney Draws Up Bill; Federal Aid Sought oC o RALEIGH, Cty Attorney J. M Broughton has prepared a bill in which he propo.es a Publ c Park tor Negroes to be located on the site of the old Sstate School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind on the corner ot Lenoir and Bloodworth Streets. The City proposes to re quest the State to turn over this property for the purpose of build ing this park. It is hoped that Federal Funds w.ll be available for the buildnig of a swimming pool and other adequate recreational facilities. Ihe bill was drawn up by broughton upon the request of the Commissioner ol Public Works, Ed. M. Barton and s expected to go before the Legislature very soon. It. Is now m the hands of the btate Planning board as one of the pro- ,■ jects proposed by the city. Already over SIOO,OOO in E.R.A. ! funds have been expended ni im provement and renovations at Pulle Park, a park orig.Bally intend ed* for $ Lit? wlorvd but. by • now almost entirely unsurped by whites. Barton expects that ap proximately one-half of this amount would be sufficient to build a park | J tor Negroes. i lhe ste aesired is located in the heart or one ox the city's largest I Negro residential sections and is close io two oi the largest public schools lor ixegroes in this city. Accord ng to a provision of the bill the ownership of the property reverts to the State whenever it ceases to be used as a park for Ne groes. This Bill follows the insistent de mands of Negro leaders for years that Raleigh needs adequate recre ational opportunities for its Negro youth. Hundreds of kids are fre quently found running around in the streets having no parks or play grounds. Ihe site requested formerly was the home of the State school for | Negro Deaf, Dumb and Blind stu- j dents, but this school has been mov ed to a spot about 3 m'les from Raleigh on the Garner Road. Those interested in this splendid proposal are asked to make their i views known to Senators nad Repre sentatives of Wake County in the General Assembly. — Dead And Two Sick As Result Os Poison Dinner —oOo — Police Suspects Murder In Complicated Plot That Involves and Wo man —oOo — ASHEVILLE, N. C Police are busy prob ng into the deaths of an old blind woman, a 3-year-old child and a youth and the serious illness of two children. Mary Watson, 3 6-year-old Ashe ville woman, is held pending the invest gation of charge and evi dence by Robert Dunlap who ad mits poisoning the dinner served to seven people on Saturday night,, Feb. 16th. Mrs. Ellen Mills, mother of Mrs. Watson, Majorie Watson, 3 year- | old daughter of Mrs. Watson and Pauline McMillan who supposedly (Continued on Page 8) fhirday;‘March 2nd, 1935 ADVISOR l . ® < B||| K I Is- C. C. SPAULDING, President of the North Carolina Mutual Life In- i surance Co., who urges Raleigh Ne groes to consider City Manager Plan. M. Spaulding Passes —oOo— CLARK! ON—Miss Maude Spauld ing, sister of C. C„ died here Mon day morning, Feb. 25th at the home of her aunt Eliza Spaulding M ss Spaulding had been suffer ing from ill health for the past ten years. Miss Spauldnig left to mourn their loss four brothers, C. C., A. G E. G., I, R. Spaulding and two sis ters, Mrs. W. J. Kennedy, Jr., and Miss Mary Spaulding who lives in New York and the only rel ative unable to attend. Funeral services were held Wed nesday, February 27th at the home of Mrs. Eliza Spaulding. Prominent Business Man Endorses City Manager DURHAM In an intreview giv- en to a reporter of the CAROLINA IjUBUNE, C, C. Spualding, presi dent of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and one of the outstanding Negroes of the country urged colored voters of Raleigh to support the City Man ager form of government. ‘‘l lived under the old form ot government for 30 years and 1 xxiow that during the short time that we have had the C ty Manag er in Durham, Negroes have re ceived more Consideration than at any other time., said Mr. Spauld ing. We have had more lights in the colored section, better police protection and our people have re ceived more employment from the city.” In a letter addressed to Charles Frazier, special representative of the N. C. Mutual, Mr. Spaulding said in part: “. . . • Tht. people of Durham have been able to get more civic improvements under our present city mnaagement than ever before., I understand that in Raleigh certain sentiment is being disseminated against city management. If Negroes will pool their strength and support the city management form of government, the city councilmen and manager will always feel indebted to them I give you this out of experi ence and want you to take it Known As Sadoe; Meaning of Name Not For Public N.R.A. Hands Negro Women 1 Slave Wage new tone, reo. zw tne ixation- ai /Association tor tne z-tuvauecmonv or Colored People and iuteen outer memoer organizations ot tne joini committee on National Recovery {protested tii.s week against me con or tne present ixrw-v au erenual launary code wincn aooms JU,UUU Negro laundry workers in tne South to slave wages ot four teen cents an hour and usually less i ney are urging the reopening ot Lhe laundry code and the ’ provision ot a decent liv-ng wage for these ..errbily exploited Southern work ers. Organizations and individuals are be ng asked to rain thousands of post cards protests on the Na tional Indusrtial Recovery Board in Washington demanding that re rfiedial action be taken, in February 1934, the N.R.A. | authorized the expenditures of $3, 500 for a study for the adequacy [ of the 14-cent hourly rate prescrib ed in the laundry code for the Sou them area Despite continued pro tests the study has not been made and the discriminatory code has Continued to the detriment of these 30,000 Negro workers, who being unorganized have no means of improving their, economic condi tion. These underpaid Negro wo men are in many instances the sole support of their families. up with the leaders of your community and have them use their infiunece in behalf of the new plan.” When asked what he thinks of the possibility of Negroes losng their jobs with the city. Mr. Spaulding said that he knows of no case where a competent Negro who does his work well has been dis charged merely because he is a Negro. He showed our reporter a letter signed by City Manager R. W. Flack, in which was outlined the superiority of the proposed plan over the present form now in use in Raleigh. Mr. Spauid.ng paitlcularly stress ed the fact that the City Manager must be a very high type of man as it takes such a man to manage a city. The many important duties of the manager, besides the usual governmental functions such as Fire, Police, Department of Public Works, requires a man who is versed in business and who man ages the affairs of the city at the lowest cost possible and is immune from political interference. Mr. Spaulding closed by saying that he did not know who is to be elected City Manager of Raleigh, nor is it possible for him to know who the councilmen will be, but but the only thing that he did know, was that Negroes will re ceive better treatment under the city manager form of government. JUSTICE AMD FAIRPLAY Price: 5 Cents Political Equality One of Programs Offered Its Members | SHROUDED° LN SECRECY Asked to Explain Name, Officers Became Indig nant rv-u «i .ivox x —» ayciupucxa tuxu cwuaw WeDSler S aicilunaxy ana ww« an* trace Ot tne wora Zlaa.ua yua, mis new orgunzaaua sam t,u u. reporter cauea on me xuanwu* w. is.ian-iiKe ana which receive** n charter as a uon-stocx copoxatw.. in an attempt ot get some aerimte from wnat we can game*, ~uup or ixegroes pauutu 'es logemer wun a view oi *v**<. liig a an organization known a oaaoe fuc.. U.s newly boay is sined to destroy inequal ty an** io ’ aia, lawiuiiy consututea aumxu ' ity in all efforts to check crime. ' Repeated attempts to secure nun. cue founders tne meaning ot the word “Oadoe ' proved truitiess. we . were told, ,n tne language ox uie I cnarter, tnat tne new orgamzauu.. among other things wui aesttuj every political inequality mat checks me tlow ot btueu.. tne const.tukiwn or cue vu.**- Olaves ot Co any pu**.». or group ot its people ana to en uance ana promote rignteousuua. among Negroes. ine incorporators are H. Fries, Jonn Chavis, t., IVloumgue, W. Hood, N. 1— Ferry, 1 enme rnce and A. L burgess. Further investigation ' revealed that this organization is shrouded in mystery. No one seems to be able to give any definite informa tion as to the jo.ning tees, re quirements for membership nor could we fnid any who knew the reason why such an organization is necessary. Several of the business and professional men in th s com munity profess ignorance about the whole thing. It is said that this new body may be an outgrowth of a defunct association known as the Balckman’s L-beryt and Happiness League which aroused quite a deal of interest here some time ago. When the president H. Price was When the president H. Price was approached, he referred us co A. E. Burgess, for further in formation. Mr. Burgess became qu te indignant when he was ap proached of the reason for the in treview. As we go to press, we are still in ignorance of the meaning of the word ‘’Sadoe.” Prof. Farrison Speaks Over Radio On Lynching Greensboro, Last Monday night Feb. 18, the Greenboro Men's club composed of business and proie» sional men, presented a radio 'broadcast over Station WBIG in Uhe interest of Wagner-Costigan Anti-Lynching The speaker for the occasion was Prof. W. Ed ward Farrison, head of the Depart ment of English at Bennett College. In the course of his address, while requesting the support of his hear ers for the bill he said that— “By many otherwise sound thinking in dividuals, lynching was for a long time regarded as a symptom of the race problem which was, perhaps to be regretted but tolerated; and whenever a lynching occur, they (Continued on Page 8)
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