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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24
Alpha Sorors
Observe 3lst
Anniversar,

The 31st anniversary of the
founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority was observed by Beta
Theta Chapter Sunday morning
with a well-arranged program at
the First A. M. e. Church.
The program opened with greet
ings from the brilliant orator, Rob-
ert Pitts, president of the Inter-
Fraternal Council. Greetings from
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority were
eloquently delivered by Miss Con-
stance Pitter, president of Alpha
Omicron Chapter. Scripture read
ing by Soror Helen Stafford; solo,
MY Task" by Soror Minnie Ell
more, accompanied by Soror Ruth
Beck. The principal address was
delivered by Soror Eliza Champ
Gordon McCabe on Great Women
of Alpha Kappa Alpha" Soror
McCabe might well have added her
name to the long list of illustrious
women for she has achieved ma
tional fame both as an educator
and as an accomplished musician.
Wendell P. Savers, also MEM
Der of the Inter-Fratenal Council,
played 1.-THE Rosary and Soror
Bernyce Wilson, basileus of Beta
Theta Chapter, gave a short his
tory of the organization. Dr. Fred
A. Hughes, pastor of First Church,
told, in a short talk, of the
advantages of college education.
Soror Jessie Walker closed the
program with a prayer for the
church and for the Sorority. Sor-
or Airline N. Paiya acted as mis-
tress of ceremonies.
One of the highlights of the pro-
gram was the introduction of the
Alpha neophytes. They are the
Misses Juanita Alexander, Janice
Burton, Florice Spearman, Mar
garet Ingram and Merry Newton.
The members of the Ivy Leaf club
and of the Mothers Club ably sup
ported the Sorority in this pro-
gram, and the choir, under Prof. l..
L. McGruder, rendered special mu-
sic. A number of visitors were
present from both Seattle and Ia
coma.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. IL
Edward B. Toles of Chicago, was
appointed recently to the legal
staff of the u. S. Housing Au-
thority. He is the second Negro
lawyer SO honored, Edward p
Lovett of this city being the first
Mr.. Toles received his B. A. de-
gree from he University of H.
linoise a as graduated from
Loyola law school in Chicago in
1886. He was associated for two
years with the firm of Cashin and
Morris where he gained consider
able experience in condemnation
proceedings and suits for injunc-
tons in labor union cases. He is
20 years old.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24
NAACP Holds Packed
Meeting On Sunday
BIZ Mdry M. Duncan

PORTLAND, Feb. 81 The
large gym room was packed Sun
day when the Branch Association
NAACP held its regular meeting
at the Williams Ave. YWCA. Sc
nator Harry M. Kinnon was guest
speaker. Senator Kennon gave a
powerful message on the subject
of Necessity of Organization" In
stressing many of the vital points
on the subject, Senator Kennon
said, "As group you should be
well organized" mo one gets far
without organized strength. You
may have to put up fight for it,
but if its worth anything, or if it
means anything to you, then its
worth fighting for"
Senator Kinnon deserves the
plaudits of the race group in Ore
gon for he has come to the front
in this, our fight for the passage
of the Civil Rights Bill, in this
state, is the opinion of all.
Following the speech, the regu-
lar business meeting proceeded
with Pres. Edgar Williams presid-
ing. The Branch has launched its
Annual Membership Drive with
Mr.. L. r. Blackburn as chairman
A number of new members were
received at this meeting, also ma
ny renewed. A report on the 30th
Anniversary dance proved it was
a financial success. Guests includ-
ed Miss r. Haffner, Mrs. Collins
DR.. Reed and family, and Profes-
sor Wade of Oregon University.
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Turner Resumes
Fight Training

Leo Turner resumes training
this week for a ten-round profess
sional bout in Roseburg, March 3.
Turner, who run a recent bout
from I'D Peterson, Northwest mid
dleweight champ, is fast and no.
table second Brown Bomber"
Having won for two years in
succession the Golden Belt Contest
in Yakima, Washington, and being
rated as Washington State Cham
pion Welterweight, Turner is MAX
ing a name for himself before the
Oregon fight fans.
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Board Promises Consideration;
Suggests Qualified Negro Apply
Visits Enterprise Office

Bishop H. L. Fisher, President
of the General Convocation of the
United Holy Church of America,
of New York, stopped in at the
NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE Of
flee Feb. 81, visiting with the staff.
Accompanying the Bishop on his
visit in Seattle was Rev. Mitchell
of Tacoma. Bishop Fishers visit
to the coast is to help restore his
health. Planning on visiting the
fair in San Francisco, he will leave
Sunday for California.
Seattle winter weather impress
ed the Bishop very much compared
with weather in New York.
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MANY Professionals Add To Elk Show:
Deacon Jones Quartet Will Appear
Radio Stars, Cabaret Performers, And Dance To
Follow Entertainment

Puget Sound Lodge of Elks Of
fers a combination minstrel and
variety show, with dancing after
wards, Monday, February 81, at
Finnish Hall. Because of stage
accommodations Finnish Hall was
secured, but the Lodge guarantees
a good time for all and the best
of order.
The show, which will run for an
hour and a half, will feature ga
lazy of scintillating stars of radio
and stage. Music will be under
professor Howard Biggs, and from
the NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
All-Negro Hour broadcast each
Thursday at $3.50 p. m. over sta
ton KEEN, 1870 kc., will come
Editor John o. Lewis as master
of ceremonies. Mr.. Fred Darby,
dramatic teacher and producer of
several recent successful plays, is
in charge. The advance ticket sale
indicates the house will be sold
out. Among the featured attrac-
lions will be little Hattie Mae
Workcuff, who has won fame all
over the Northwest, also the Dea-
con Jones Quartet. This aggre-
cation has sung for many special
affairs and appears at the Olym-
pic Hotel often. Charlie Norton,
Ollie Burns, Wesley Snowden and
many other old-time Ministries al
so are in the cast. The curtain
rises at $3.50 sharp.
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FRANKFORT, KY. (CNA) -
There is a possibility the Univer-
sity of Kentucky here may be
obliged to admit Negro students
for the first time in its history as
a result of a recent United States
Supreme Court decision.
The high tribunal ruled, in the
Gaines case, that Negroes could
demand admission to public schools
in states where no separate insti-
buttons are maintained for them.
A part of the ruling was that they
could not be compelled to leave the
state to obtain courses of studies
offered to whites at home.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. 23-(CNA)-
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace paid a glowing tribute to
the scientific achievements of Pro-
lessor George Carver of Tuske-
gee Institute in a Lincoln Day
speech in which the New Dealer
ridiculed Nazi theories of "Aryan'
superiority as pure scientific
taking" The Cabinet members
speech was delivered at meet
ing of scientists and educators at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, under
the auspices of the 'Lincoln's
Birthday Committee for Democra-
cy and Intellectual Freedom"
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NAACP Committee
Protests Pardons

A committee headed by the Ma
ACP protested to the state parole
board against granting pardons to
the three convicted former police
officers, who are now awaiting
commitment to Walla Walla. The
group was headed by Rev. Fred
Hughes, president of the local
branch, Rev. $ohn r. Harris, Prem
tbs Frazier, and several others.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. 23-For the
second time within a period of
three weeks Marian Anderson, the
internationally famous contralto,
suffered an official rebuff in
Washington, d. c., when the Dis
trict of Columbia board of edu-
cation, on Thursday, February 16,
barred sponsors of the singers
concert from using the auditorium
of Central high school (white)
for scheduled appearance in the
nations capitol April 8.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24
Late Bishop Martins
Estate Is Evaluated

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UNP) BIZ
shop ]. c. Martins estate is valued
at somewhere near $1,000 it was
revealed last week by Probate
Judge Sam o. Bates.
Bishop Martin, who died Febru-
airy 6, in Memphis, was 70 years
old. He was a bishop of the Col
ored Methodist Episcopal Church
and widely known and respected
for his financial genius.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-02-24

BERLIN (CNA)-"Uncle TOMS
Cabin" is not a suitable book for
German children to read, in the
opinion of Nazi educators.
Education Counsellor Hans Mem
hansen, addressing Hitler Youth
gathering, said Uncle Toms Ca
bin" was not a desirable book, "be-
cause it runs counter to our racial
ideals"
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A. 4 M. College Aids
Living Conditions

COLLEGE STATION, Texas.
(UNP) = The A. & M. College
extension service was recently re-
ported responsible for the improve
ment of living conditions of near
ly 10000 Negro farm families
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Composer of hundreds of origi-
nal songs, member of the American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, whose best known
works are spirituals and folk
songs. He taught some of his
songs to Dvorak, the great COM
poser, and their influence is seen
in the New World Symphony"
(CNS)
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RADIO SETS

RADIO SETS
About 9.5 per cent of all Negro
families have a radio set.
THE VOTING POWER
The Negro vote holds the bal
ance of power in Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
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San Francisco citizens will wear
gold-rush period or Spanish CO.'S
tunes during the seven-day cele-
bration preceding opening of the
California Worlds Fair = or face
a kangaroo court.
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SECOND HAND CARS
Negroes buy more second hand
automobiles than any other group
of people in the United States.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-07

are being held back by "fear''-
Clear" alone.
New Deal Waning
The pet peeve of many business
men has shifted from Washington
to Berlin. Some, however, are still
worried about what Roosevelt is
going to do" than "what Hitler is
going to do These men do not
yet realize that the New Deal, as
such, is waning. The President
could not get a new anti-business
law through Congress with a car
may get some tax relief even if there
is no real economy at this session.
So the Washington angle certainly
looks better.
New Farm Plan
The one unhappy factor in the
outlook is the low prices of wheat,
corn, cotton, citrus, dairy products,
and vegetables. Barring a severe
drought this year, they will probably
remain doWn-although there may
be slight gains from current four
year lows. I'm not an advocate Of
high food costs-or any other high
costs for that matter-but the farm
er is entitled to a fair price for his
labor just as is the union worker
and the salaried employee. He may
get "break'' in Secretary Wallace's
new stamp method of distributing
surplus farm commodities. The lat
est scheme sounds more practical
than any experiment that has vet
been tried.
Industrial raw materials are
real incentive to buyers at present
prices. Those who are worried
about the failure of commodity
prices to rise should study what has
happened in the past. The most
prosperous eras in the history of the
world have been in periods when
commodity prices were low-and
stayed low! The labor outlook is
better, too. There have been less
strikes so far this year than in any
similar months since 1893. Inven-
tories are down to rock bottom Anv
further improvement in retail trade
means that goods must be manu-
featured rather than taken out of
Z No War This Spring
Hence, i cannot understand whv
business men should be so worried
| today. The stage is set for better
business. There is not going to be
general war in Europe this spring.
Why stew about it. If every I'm
certainty IN this picture caused us
To hesitate and worry, we would
never get anything done! Crises
1fom Europe will continue, but grad
ually we will become immune to
them. Hence, I believe that as
spring works along, our business
gains over year ago should be-
come bigger rather than smaller. So
cheer up, and get your share of the
greater volume of trade!
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-07

Dor claims a paid-up membership
in North Carolina now of 100000,
Notwithstanding OBJECTIONS amount
to several thousand to the c. I. O..
during the past two Or three years.
Additions to the membership are be-
ing made wherever campaigns are
conducted, and labor officials expect
a militant membership of a quarter
million in the State by the time the
1941 legislature convenes.
Several times during the legisla-
ture it was noted that labor and
farming interests worked together
mighty closely in promoting legisla-
ton, and probable tie-up between
the organized farmers and organized
industrial workers is not impossi-
ble 1t is known that the federation
has been more or less openly court
ing the farmers alliance.
True, there are many more diff
ficulties in the way of workable
arrangement between labor unions
and farmers than there are to such
arrangement between labor unions
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-07
Labor Drew
Blank, But
Will Return
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By LYNN NISBET


y Raleigh, April 7.-TentatiVe plans
OF the American Federation of Labor
toward an intense organization drive
shortly, as disclosed in Raleigh dur
ing the last days of the legislative
session by James F. Barrett, south
ern organization representative, sug-
gest far more than a little casual ac-
tlvlty of organized labor in the pri-
marles next year.
1t is no secret that the American
Federation of Labor felt the sting of
legislative defeat of the wage and
hour measures proposed, although
It's spokesman, three of whom were
IN Raleigh throughout the ninety dav
session, quit the capital city without
utterlng anything resembling a threat
OF retaliation. Newspaper stories that
LABOR had been handed a blank"
however, accurately tell how labor
OFFICIALS feel about the matter.
apart from lnaugurating a vigor-
GUS campaign in North Carolina.
Wh1ch State was chosen from among
ten IN the southern grouping to at
tempt the first fight for an mira
state law along the general lines Of
--~SAAotA wage dIlO I1OQr act Cn0rG
are several signs of labor alliance
with another group which didn't fare
SO well at the end of the 1889 law
makers.
Labor representatives here during
the legislature are known to have
spoken frequently in ''off the record"
talks OF the plight of the 23.OOO-odd
scnool teachers in North Carolina
and to have expressed no little sur
prise when Governor Hoey, when
asked by the teachers to take the
radio and build fire under the leg
islators, declined to do SO and re-
ferred them to their patrons back
home.
There isn't any secret about the
Iact that the federation of labor
would like to add these $4,000 school
teachers to its membership roster
In many states the teachers are or
gained and affiliated with A. F. of
L. The American Federation of La
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-07
NOTICE.

Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that Ger
tain Deed of Trust executed by r. T.
Walston and wife, Mary A. Walston,
duly recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Vance County,
in Book 104, at page $50, default
having been made in the payment
OF the debt therein secured, at the
request Of the holder of the notes,
| shall sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the
Courthouse door in Henderson, North
Carolina, at twelve o'clock, Noon, on
Monday, April II, 1889, the following
described real estate:
Beginning at an iron pin on the
north side of the Manson Road N
IL IL E 3.16 1-2 chs. to an iron pin
N "a l-2 w 3.16 1-2 chs. S 18 l-2
w 3.16 l-2 to road S 81 1-2 E 3.16 1-2
to beginning, being lot on which
Bungalow and Garage and Cotton
Gin is situated.
Beginning on the south side of
Manson Road at iron pin 10 feet from
store corner, running south II w 400
chs. to pin N 81 1-2 w 1O5 it. N II
p 400 to pin in road, thence down
said road IS feet to beginning, being
lot on which is situated store and
stable. Both lots containing l 1-2
acres, more or less.
! This the 18th day of March. 1899.
: c. F. MOSELEY, Trustee.
17-24-31-7
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he taught the redemption through
belief in the death of Christ in that
''He died for our sins" Likewise he
preached the gospel at Philippi.
Then he went to Athens, city
where the learned men of the day
met and discussed all religions and
PHILOSOPHERS. Saul was told to wait
there for two of the other disciples,
and while he waited, CHS spirit was
stirred within him, when he saw the
city wholly given to idolatry."
So he entered the synagogues and
argued with the men there and in
the market place and finally some
Of the representatives Of popular
PHILOSOPHERS took him to the Areo-
pagus, rocky hill near the Acropolis
where they invited him to speak to.
them, saying, ''M2y we know what
this new doctrine whereof thou
speakeSt is?"
This was a fine opportunity for
Saul. He began his speech by saying.
''Ye men of Athens, I perceive that
in all things We are too superstitious.
For as I passed by, and beheld your
devotions, found an altar with this
inscription, TO the Unknown Cod
Whom, therefore, We ignorantly wor-
ship, Him declare I unto you."
Then he went on to explain the
gospel Of Jesus to them, and because
he was an educated man and spoke
SO convincingly, some were convert
ed. Although, we are told, some still
Scoffed at him and his religion.
The Bible tells us that when the
Athenians heard of the resurrection
of the dead, some Knocked: others
said, eve will hear more Of this
matter"
So Saul departed from among
them, but certain ones clave unto
him and believed"
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Horton Now Definitely
Candidate for Governor
Continued From Page Onel

(OOnglnueQ from Page OnG1
these sources, which are not unim-
peachable although considered high
ly reliable, can be wrong even if
fifty million Frenchmen can't be.
The lieutenant governors chances
Of moving from the States No. 2 to
its No. l spot cannot be laughed off
or belittled by citing precedent. He
has strength in his own right and
has connections which can add great
ly to his inherent appeal.
He is quite definitely identified
with the conservative and organiza-
ton element in North Carolina poll
tics, but not SO irrevocably a Tory
as to shut off all hope of support
from more liberal elements. His cleo
ton to his present post has been
almost universally attributed to the
TACT that the Hoey forces supported
him in the run-off primary after he
had trailed Paul Grady by several
thousand in the first voting test.
AS lieutenant governor he has
proved one of the strongest and
most capable presiding officers the
Senate has had in long, long time
comparing quite favorably with
Sandy Graham, who is generally cit
eo' as a shining example.
Yet all the while he has held him
self sufficiently aloof from the rows
going on below his dais that he has
not incurred the enmity of any of
the warning groups
His only really noticeable activity
on the floor of the late unlamented
assembly was in favor of the Folger
amendment to the markers bill
activities which indicated STRONGLY
that he might be thinking of run
mig with control of the election
machinery in his favor in most coun.
ties 49,
He is anything but novice in
the ways and wiles of North Caro-
lima politics. He was serving as
county attorney for Chatham within
two years of his graduation from
the University of North Carolina in
1894, and served his first State SEN
ate term as far back as 1919.
The vital statistics: He was born
in Kansas City, Kansas, September
| |, 1889, but moved to North Caro-.
lima in time to get his elementary
education in Chatham county's
schools. He attended Draughan's
Business College 1901, and grad
u2ted from UNC late in 1914. Serv-
Ell in the State Senates of 1919, 1927
and 1881 and was secretary of the
State Democratic Committee in 1880,
lie IS a Mason and Methodist.
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Sheriff Swanson, w. K. Phillips, R.
J. Corbitt, Jr., Robert M. Fallner,
G. c. Finch, and c. H. Hunt.
Williamson was slain as he slept
at his tobacco barn, a wagon stand
er'S head. He died few days later
at Maria Parham hospital. Robbery
was given as the motive for the
crime.
Bracy was taken in Norlina as he
purchased whisky at a county-oWn-
ed liquor store, and was then spirit
ed to Raleigh. The Negro was con-
v;cted of first degree murder here
last October, and sentenced to die.
His attorneys appealed to Supreme
Court, and that body affirmed the
action of the lower court here. j. H.
Bridgers and J. B. Hicks represent
ed the Negro, being appointed by
the court to defend Bracy in the cap
ital case. Judge R. Hunt Parker
passed the death sentence, after a
jury returned a verdict of first de-
gree murdere.
The Negro entered the death
chamber at 1908 a. M, clad only in
white shorts. On his chest, just over
his heart, was tapped stethescope
Bracy was quickly bound to the
chair and masked, only an opening
being left for his nose and the lower
part of his mouth.
The lethal pellets were dropped
into the acid, generating hydro
cyanic gas, and the Negro made no
observable move until the fumes
reached his nostrils. He breathed
convulsively for a short time, then
st1lled for a moment, then there was
sonne body movement, his arms pull
ing against the straps. He became
still. Thirteen minutes and Is seconds
alter the gas was loosed, Bracy was
pronounced dead.
! AS the witnesses entered the pri-
son yard, a chant could be heard,
| coming from death row as those
there awaiting execution babe fare
well to Bracy and Bat DeJournette,
another Negro, sentenced to die
from Guilford.
Immediately after Bracy was pro-
nounced dead, fumes in the cell were
expelled, and preparations begun
for the execution of DeJournette.
also convicted of Staying white
man.
Guilford county furnished wit
messed for DeJournette's death.
Bracy's body was turned over to
Raleigh undertaking establishment.
Sheriff Swanson said no one had
claimed Bracy's body, which if it
remains unclaimed, will likely be
turned over to one of the medical
schools Of the State.
Bracy was the second victim of
| the death chamber ever to be sent
up from Vance county. The first
was Henry Thomas Barden, con-
victed and sentenced at the October
1880 term of Vance Superior Court
for first degree burglary. He was
captured in the home of w. H.
Matthews, on Andrews avenue the
morning of Monday, June 16, 1880,
after he had attacked and critical
~ wounded Jesse Matthews with an
ice pick
Judge Parker, who presided over
Bracy's trial and sentenced him here
last October, was solicitor of the dis
trict in 1880 and prosecuted Bardin.
| Bardin was an itinerant and had
been in Henderson only a few days
when he was captured and charged
with first degree burglary.