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MAIUNG
EDITION
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VOL|JMN 17 R«. 21
DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY •, lt37>^
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H ' o m e n F ordsd To V\^ork^lh V^ater - h p "Jo 1 heir K nees
MISS. STUDENTS VOTE FOR QAVAGAN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
Couple Barely Miss Deatli
When Home Is Shatterd
By Early'Morning Blast
One of the moat heinous cri'Des
In the history of Durham was afr.
tempted fc«re Tuesdayc morning
»t 2:30 when the homS of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Walksr located
at 410 Piedmont Ave., \vaa dyna­
mited while both of them slept.
Both Mr. and’ Mrs. W at\er n«r~rowly eMaped death ;\t the hands
M
.would h a _juuaaian,-ti^
eharire of dynamite niianing tha
feed in which they were sleeping
only »bout a foot.
The blast which tore the room
under w>ich it was. set so badly
- that it-w u-4m £it -fet -occupancy,
lifted the bed in which' Hr. and
Mrs. W^alker were sleepinjr to
the top of the ceiling. Practically
every window in the ^louse was
shattere<^^d thi^ plastering' tom
from l^e walls. Bad the chaise
been set' directl^ under the bed
as it apparently ^wa9 intended
both ocflupants would ^ v e doitbt]ess met death',
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When interviewed iit his home
Tuesday morning by a represen­
tative t>f the “Caroling Times Mr.
'Walker > ^ ted that jijb'had no
idea who attempted to take his
life. So far as he knew he had no
avowed enemies.
Ski«|Mag in another part of the
WalVer home were threp children
of the couple who were unharm­
ed. Although the parents of the
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children show no signs of the dy­
namiting, Mrs. Walker is suffer­
ing from a nervous attack
brought about \>y the sudden ex­
plosion, The lu>UBe is owned by Mr.
aind ift*. Walker whd purchased
it frdm Attorney Lathxop Morehead about 1^ years ago. They
have been living there since that
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P l a n s
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C O M M IS S IO N E R
DYNAMITED HOME AND ONE OF OCCUPANTS
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JAh^ES
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY TO
The following program has
been Ar4«nged for the day:
]|0 A. M. ^ 5 P. M: Coadneted
Tours—Patrol -Girls Assisting.
3 P, If. —• '5 P. M; Tea Nures
Home—Young Women of the
Freshman Class N. C. College
for Negroes and Senior ClMa of
Hillside Park High School.
7:30 P. M. — 9 P. M: Dr. G. M,
Leiby, North CarOli&a State
Bdard of Health, Raleigh, H,C,
T h e alM ve ph o to i* th a t o f 0 « c a r W allcer, (taniliB li in
' of
J ^ m a w hick wm» d r n a n i t e d « a r ly T u etd ajr m o rn in g w hiki M r. W al­
k e r a n d hi* w ife a le p t in th e ro ein u n d e r wJitch th e d y n a m ite wm»
placed . Tkei U a»t U ew th e b ed in w hich M r. W a lk e r an d . hi* w ife
w e re U eeping to th e to p iof tlie hou*e. T h e hole cau sed by th e exp losion can ea«ily b e *een a t th e r ig h t o f M r. W alk er.
R a c e W om en P ris o o e rs B a d iv
m is tre a te d
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RAIFOJ^, Fla., 'May 6— (By
R^fihardMn fpi; A NP|;^There are
«4v«|#l{^ dozeA N*egrjf wf.men 'Wf.rin the fields, soipeiitimcs in
wil<|er nearly
Isaees.^in
all kinds, of weather a t the Fla.
State ptison, officials of two
leading' Negro organizations were
in f o ro ^ . ^ . a recent visit* to the
No ^S^S^^iona were
m ad ^io r periodic,^! illnesses of
the wothenf during i^which stand­
ing in w a t^ mighty seriously imC o a ti'il^ d on, ;^ K « 'e ig h t
c n t — i
WPA TO HOLD EXHIBIT
,f»JNClPAL CITIES OF STATE
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AlfrMi Ed||ar Sniith, A^ministratlv« A**i«(taai Vo Adnili^stlrator
Hopklaa Will
Joumay Prom
Washington To Addrc** Pttblic
Meetii^s
KALEiGH—Accjsrding to a lelease srot
from tb'e office of
Obul^d b< Pearson, WPA Con•n Nigro Affairs, 'iif N.
arrangements ate now
for tl^ h o t^ n g ^ f an
jVoca^onal Opportu •
iet- t^e Works ’Pregress
Admiioistration.
/AIf)^d Edgar Smith, AchhinisA ssistant,ifrom Washingjopned to the state te
te in the several meetin AshviUe, Chari-Sidem,' Q r^& ^orq
[ion. and
Durham,
WHITTED
'ilh^deceasetf was bom iil ChUt\|<^jinty the aon of
ijimd
Mrs. IKorace Sbutherlana, and
had lived, m iHurham for moro
than 40 %e4m A t the time of his
death he had b«eti married about
---29 ye«fS.’*T
TAv«nty two ^eara ago the deceasjed jtolned,
White Roek
Baptist ^hurch.l,F4r a
hvn(i*
her of y ^ ^ l^ ih ad sung in the
church and
hlw'served las
secretary of the Bataca . Riye
Class.
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In addition to hi^ wife, M r..
Southerland is survived by five
children namely: John, Iforfleet,
and Willie Southerlaid; Misses
Marion and Madeline Souther­
land ^ of Durham. One brother
William Southerland also sur­
vives.
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Although ni^ complete a t the
time of going to press the fune­
ral will ItkelyL be held a t the
White Rock Baptist churchf Sun­
Rev. W. ,<?i Willliamson, for­
day afternoon. In tei^ent will be
atH hd New City, Cametery _ on mer pastor of the Mt." Vernon
church of this city^jwho will con­
Fayetteville Road.
duct a revival from May IT to
21st for the Rev. P. O. Bass, pas­
tor o 'jthe First B*pUst church of
^id ^ o ip e. Rev, Bass is also a
^ rh a m minister. Rev.
W iU ^ o n & well knovm in N.
C^trolina ministerial grdops as
6ne
«utstandp|f preachers
of the^ace. V V
JACXSON, Mias., May 6,— (A
NP)-i—I^^pite the ravings of
Southern Congressni^ * against
federal anti-lynchin^-- legislation
on the ground 0 a t fheir consti­
tuents are oi#6Sed, young South­
erners are opposed to mob and
w a n t^ federal ||a tu te against »t,
if a
tak en '||l MUIsaps college
iiH any c ri^ i^ ^ .'
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Millsaps'pSllege is located here
a t Jackson riot far from ttie Duck
Mr. Smith! will addless the seve­
ral groups on the work of the ad­
ministration and Moving picture-)
wi^b sound effects will Fe"shown
depicting the program of the Vo­
cational Opportunity E^hibil s,
atid the program of allied gover­
nmental agencies
H ie meeting which will beg"!
«n er about the 12th of May
through the 20th will be announ*
eed later as to- apecif^e date* for
the respective cHies.
;
1H ill, sectioA where the double
torch lynching of two colored
men took place as Co^gress^ de­
bated the >Gavagan bill. In a vote
taken l*^st week by the Pui-ple
and White, v^eekiy student news­
paper, 159 :flf, the school’s 400
students (declared themselves in
favbr of th e ’davagan measure to
only SS-'against it. The remaii.ing students did not v o te .' ___
The 2 to 1 majority for federal
anti-lynching legi^tton_4Kas .m turned after the Gavagan bill
wafi strongly supported b y *a edi,|«i:ial in the ^udent ^ p e r capitioned, "Do You Unction Mur­
der?’' A mass meetin^g was also
held to securetj student opinion
openly before the poll Was Wken.
Mrs. !Eart Grandy 'a^m p an ied
by her. sister-in-law attm ded the
gn^’aduatioii exercises of iiiittle
R ^er High School ea iSs>o9^
evening.
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The .h e re to fe ^
s^ isp u t^d
leadership of Dttrham Negree*,'
vested in Dr. James E. Shepard
and C, C. Spaulding, hung in the
balances here this week when a
letter from the former and a tele­
gram from the latter, protestia^
the unequitable distribotieB ef e>
ducatienal fun<Hi by the tiie rit7
and xounty failed to bring the ze-^
salts desired by tte Committee am.
Ni^ro Affairs.
The letter sent by Dir. Shepard
was addressed to the Charinaaa;
of “Ihe Boaef of Education and
dealt with tiw failure of Board
Education to complete the cw stroctiof^-of Whitted ^Scfc^
Shepard in h » letter said in par
as follows: The Whitted School
building baa no anditoirium, and
the rteachen are put to a sir^ :
deal of inconvenience in teaehinf
^as the building ia. so arrangad at
at prMent, and there was a pro­
mise on the part of some that
school would be finished and
i ^ e the
Koel o fthc colo­
red pMple of Durham.
“’^ i l e J do no know the #ijf
of 'S rf board of eda«>«
tion in regrad ^ the building of
schola in the City of i^Durhattf. I
do know tta t o^^the pme%, of the
colored p eo p le^ S ^ ^ fili^ general
dissatisfaction
are not
getting the kind b f deal which
would make t^em sa t^ ie d with
the attitude and progress of our
system, especially as it reli^tes to
tke colored people of Du|hara.
“T!;is buOding program u vital
to us. It is not simply a que^ion
a generosity, h u t it » 'm qtfettias^
practically of life and deaj^ aa
it means as much or more to
iny group as it does to the wkita
g^up. I am jealous ef the good
name of Durham. I take a par­
donable pride in the achieve­
ments here, and in the friendl/
feeling
existing between the
races. I know the members of
your bowed personally and 1 know
that it » the intentioD of ea<k
one of them to do the right thifi^;
Uierefore, I am sim|dy writisg
SOOt H’S OI^LY • B O T T U l^ t|is as an appeid to you to cess* f
plet« Whitted-WipoL
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FIRM PROSPERS
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J. “There may'lbe also a
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reason fwr tUs. The Nerttr Caro- <SUES FLETCHER HENDERSON
HOUSTON, Tex., May 6 , ^ 3 r lina College for Negroea
FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT John'i^. Thompson for iU'TP)—
^choo^ in ita iauaediate
One of|the only Negro owmed antf
DBS MOINES, ia.. May 6,— operated 'bottling companies in# which will serve as a ptrfdiett
(ANPy
^ e t ^ e r Henderion. Southwest is the Crown BotUiH|( liehool ^or the teachers wa are
famous danc« band leader, was Works in this city, eslabUshgtHi^ sendi% oat;**____
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teleinHB a n t by ]ir. .
named defiradatit in a suit for La%ey Jones in 1913. T h i^ o n with tite hiaa^
filed
by Atty. ^em
weaihered the "d ep ri^J. NAlMn T hoD ^m , president o f ion' and despite adverse Business lo make ^ mmit C«MBg|pa ai^iiii^it/"
the
tYodpt#jil«ib which spon­ conditions has tHived and b 9 w priatioii te the colored cW ise* e#:
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sored a ^ a o d iv ,.J ^ Nov. 25 a t stands as a mdnument to tiie for«^ Durham.
As fa r as could he leaziMd *»>
whic1> He>tdei;|on' failed iqppeazr thought' and perseverance . o |
diy h e tt tiw -tetagrw ae4-<M»=
Mr. Tiiomp^n ehari^s "breach Jones.
t^r SMit h f Dr. 8hepard —A M»of iWntiSict^ }a th a t no notice of
nse year^” output o f tWSi «f!Wb r o « |^ ae
canc^llatioti of the dance was pany is over £01000 bettles a t S p a u ^ ig
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i^ven the J|lt ||rpdueto club or the soft . drinks and Mr. Jones esti- Of Bdnd hi the povair
musieiaas unien, although a de­ m ^ s i e has sold over a q iu r t^ the educational »arstata o f BMS,
posit had bten made on the cobt mulibn bottles since Parting. ISis hWB, WhO^ the re<fcti*WEy.
tract. Kotice- of tiie suit was sei^, b u ^ e e a serves both
an d
ved fledereoQ when he appeared colorid dealers, but deals mostly i m M -W Br.
are as
a t a danct in Des Moines lest witit Negroes. He aj^lpe his pro­
bate4 hcwUi fa r
ducts to maay »irii>«adhMr
N#»ed dttfendaois, along with some of it going aa fac aa G alrv^ mai
B «i^fiton, |r « Sd Fox, hia maom- ton. He eeaidoys five m m tike
ConpoUdated-Radio Artk»a, TMur round; iraa ffve u n e .ig iie ^
Hendtraen for fa r deUviprf^: h u anJi«aeB<Mt_
Ok b m ^ , |n«;
C'e*tiwwd e^-’
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Hiii§idfe|CoMeg6" Students Near Duck
The annual commencement exThe graduating exercise 'vfili
eyciMS at Hillside High! School
‘^ i i l b ^ in Friday, May 28*h be held Thursday, June S. Thli's
% lth the Junior-Senior Pirom. are 90 members of the class whji|
The second event on the com­ will be awarded diplomas at tfllil
m encem ent proj^am will take time. The Theme for c^m enite^Uce ^unday morning. May 30, ment is “Our Public Schools^ (I)
Yesterday,; (b) Today; (cy akd
^ a t which time the baccalauvoate
sermon will be delivered by Ror. TomoitfoWi There will be thres,
Miles Mark FisHer at White Rock student speakers. Six of the honor
students in the class are partici­
Baptist Churclt| *t 11 o’clock.
pating in an elimmatiott content
On Monday, May 3li
8t00
dock, a sprang ^shioH' shciv that will be presented Thursday.
sponsored by Mrs. u . A. Wins­ May 20 in. the schlool auditorium.
low will toe t>resented for the Hitese students are:' i_ Beatrice
benefit of the school. Tueaday Edwar<lfei^ftbecca ChrMmas, Ida
night, June 1, will be "Cla'M Isler, l ^ i e B a jic ^ , lEIdward
Nigfct" ^ .e sd ay June J, will l>fl_ Nprri^, aijd f A m d ^ y ^*wrenc».,
a]so-1)i^*Ppfn House Day.’* All '^ e ' meiH?l|«nti^to^e:
city schools
members 'of the P. T. A.' ani
H l&e in§o3aced &y W. F.
friends will be- 'iw^ited td visit
the school on this day. . Spccial W ^ren, Superintendent of the
exhibits of the Home iEkonomic p i» Schools, who ^ 1 also prosAd Manual Training Depart­ sej^ sch(^rsh{ps to imembers i of
ments will ibe open to th« gene­ th« graduating claA.
ral public, Wednesday, June 2, Waanamaker, Chairmai^"’if " |li
: : ; i i T ‘^ , ; : ; T
R e < ;^ ^
- f Edu-^ti^. w n i ^ ^ ^ t
Day and a specUl program will the diplomas.
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be preaanted in chapel during the
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W«r;iii^ a t which time honfcrs
Miiw Bvm P htter^li & sp |P in ir
and awards will bp presented
a few dajns 'srtth f i ^ d s in 'w c k /
meritorious students.
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IN REVIVAL
James tEdgar Southerly
lUSband of Mrs. Laura M< de
Southerland died suddenly h e re
Thursday at 12' o^clock noon at
his home MH)*! Whitted Street as
the result of a heart a tta ^ . \Mr.
Soi^herland had been in declin­
ing health for "nore than four
years having suffered an iniury
se ^ ra l years ago whfle working
as | an employe o f the American
Ti^bacco Company
Wednesday, I b y is th is *'Na|*l
ftoiapltalj D«y.^ UncolA Hospiial
|h e people o | Durham t»
. ■ it on
beeoma
wUp
aetivitiiiir Ko
Effort W0 lia’^maiae by tha Sospital tW l|^tcit funds a« this is not
a part of the program of National
Koi^Mtal Day. The iSenior and
Junior laady Soarda will be hostesses and serve refreshments to
the visitors,.
e n c c m
SOUTHIRLAND
STREET HOME
HOSPITAL MAY 12th
F o r
E.
SUfccUMBS
C»SERY^D AT LINCOLN
Dr. W. Geor|r« Avant, pastu*
of the Pine Street Presbjrterian
church who was elected commis­
sioner to the Cr^iieral Assembly
of his church which meets at Co­
lumbus, Ohio May 26 to June 2.
Admisson Free—Hillside Par><
Dr. Avant k a membec of Yad­ High School Auditoriubi.
kin Preeribytery.
i;i;hibita will be dispUyed by
time and according to Mr. Wal­ e a ^ department of the JSospltal.
ker H ve had no trouble with
O^r Hospital wants to see old
persons in the immediate vicin^y friends and make new frienda.
or elsewhere. It wiuj hi« opinion Come and get acquainted lUfd
that the bljMt was probably in­ bring your friends.
tended fo r’^anotkter person, and
Literature will bo dis
that the attempted killer got his
tributed ihrough the courtesy >f:
house mixed up with ano^etPolice w e working On "tl«e Casg N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
knd have promisied
dl^elj>p- N. C. State Board of Health,
ments. At the scene of tbe blatit- Parke Davis and Company and
ing crowds continued to come and the Metropolitan Life Insui«nce
Company.
go throughout the weelt
fuh White Schools Get
Frojn Connty But
Ifegro Schools Get $21,000