m"r p [ Keep Up With The Timt FU1 : * " 1 '? VOL. 6, NO. 35 Beloved 0 Harvey Jones AHOSKIE ? A Cadillac sedan is in the offing for Harvey Jones, 23-year-old navy veteran of Route 3, Ahoskie, who came < close to winning the sleek prize i at the Kiwanis festival that was conducted here June 17, 18, 19. i Jones, a Negro, did hold the ticket that was drawn by the pretty vocalist with Carmen Cavallaro's orchestra but a comv-v mittee of Kiwanians decided that the Negro-held ticket was not valid and after going to the Jones's home at 1:30 a. m. on "the morning of the drawing and giving the young father his dollar back, returned to the festival dance and drew another ticket fropi the more than 13,000 that were sold to the three-day event. Jones, according to the official Kiwanis emissaries, who went to see him on the "lucky" night, agreed readily to give up the ticket when he was informed that the affair was strictly for white people. Sheriff Charlie Parker, chairman of the festival steering committee, and Kiwanians John R. Jenkins and Alvin JfEley were the trio who made the midnight ride to explain to Jones that he was holding a ticket that should not have been , sold to Negroes. Printed In Ahoskie ; One of Hertford County's newspapers printed the atory as ) 1 : the Kiwanians told it, and the othel referred to the incident Hayes-Taylo ppp^^pl^ * |t^> ' The Hayeg-TaylOr Jf. M. C. A. Vavation Bible School held its" : Commencement Exercises in the Y auditorium, Friday night, July V 11 with all afo the students peticipating In the exercise. More than 100 boys and giris received '? certificates from the school. Instructors in the school were the ,'i.y^ ' : . ' trS'.v-Jf is! | URI ? ? GREENS Id-Timer To Get Car only in passing as a slight and regrettable mistdke. Finally the story hit the big city dailies and a waive of sentiment for the "lucky" Negro reached its climax in an announcement Wednesday from Kiwanis International President Dr. Charles W. Armstrong of Salisbury that the Ahoskie Club had authorized him to announce that the Negro would be given a Cadilla dike the one he almost got on June 19. 'I'm Sure Glad' When told of his belated good fortune Wednesday afternoon in a circle of local and out-of-state newspaper reporters, Jones said, "I'm sure glad they decided to give me something." Questioned about the use of a big car up the almost impassable lane that connects his home to the Ahoskie-Winton highway, Jones declared, "a Cadillac is too big." "Had you rather have a car or the cash?" Jones was asked. "I'll take the cash If it's possible," he replied. Photographers were busy snapping shots of Jones, his wife, Infant child, and his father. Hls* on|y comment on so much fanfare was "Are you through, mister?" Rupret Massey, president of the local Kiwanis Club, today said the coffee salesman who (Continued On Page Four) m m m m mm r vacation u ? followng seniors from A. and T. College: Charles Woods, Miss Christine Johnson, Mrs. Georgia Chambers, Miss Mattie L. Speller, Mrs. Sarlee A. Prince, Miss Flora McAllister, John Jones, Joseph Threadgill, Harold Lassiter, Miss Bernice Cummings, Abrom Taylor, Cjharley Wearer, ?THE? : 01 BORO, N. C., SATURDAY, Jl Stricken! High Point Negr For Murder Sect HIGH POINT ? For the second time in his life, Charlie Hand, 61-year-old Negro, this afternoon went on trial in Cuilford County Sueperior Court for murder. The state announced it would attempt to secure a conviction of second degree murder or manslaughter as the pury nugai una in me case. Hand is charged with stabbing to death his 88-year-old neighbor, Tom Johnson, on the afternoon of June 29, after the two got into an argument over sweeping trash into each other's yard. Johnson died shortly after being brought to a local hospital of a stab wound in the heart. Hand also was cut about the face and body, but was not retained in the hospital. According to local records Hand served 13 years in prison for killing Charlie Herrin, Negro, in 1922. Cases against Fred G. and George W. Teague, charged with violating the prohibition law and reckless driving, were not called today as the court was attempting to clear the docket of pail cases first. Attorney for the Teague defendants has announced they will plead former jeopardy as both men have been tried on the same cases previously ill Thomasville. tible School ;3$&nBdmfe^ | mm h H* gP AM BUS BONNER Before most Greensboro citizens had even contemplated getting out of bed last Thursday morning. Ambus Bonner, wellknown genial manager and owner of the Royal Palm cafe, had gone as usual to the cafe to drink his habitual early-morning cup of coffee. To the dismay of his friends, Bonner never finished his coffee on this particular morning, for he was stricken with a heart attack, and despite the efforts of his friends to get him to the hospital as soon as possible, Bonner died quietly before anything could be done. Dnnnni. urkr. of A Oft Banks Street, about 73 years o? age at his death. During his eventful life, he served in the Spanish - American War and in World War I. He came to Greensboro in 1918 from his home in Atlanta, Ga., to enter A. & T. College as a soldier in | training for the war. After the war, Bonner settled down as a good citizen here, making friends of all with whom he came in contact. Making active and progressive participation in civic activities his creed. Bonner became a member of St. John's Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Biles of Greensboro. He also took a very active ' interest in sports, following faithfully the progress of the Goshen Red Wings for many years. Throughout his period of residence in Greensboro, Bonner proved himself a worthwhile citizen and an excellent example for others to follow. Surviving Bonner are one brother and his wife, Mrs. Ella Bonner. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 20, at the Institutional Baptist Church. The' exact time has not yet been designated. Rev. C. W. Anderson