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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05

pie to an innocent purchaser.
Mills then sued the corporation
and keeSler for an accounting and
damages because of loss Of his equity
of redemption.
In superior court the action was
dismissed, but or>appeal the Supreme
Court held that ne position of KEGS
Ter as trustee and an executive Of
ficer of the association was entirely
inconsistent; that the deed of trus:
should be regarded as d mortgage
to the company; and, therefore, that
the rule prohibiting d mortgage
from buying property at its own
foreclosure sale applied.
Said Judge Barnhill, in part: we
are lead Irresistibly to the conclu-
sion that an instrument Gin form a
deed Of trusO executed TO the chief
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05

back. Wont you come in?"
A bandaged figure lay inertly IN
the bed. ;,
Miss Halle is here, Miss Noyes'"
the nurse said softly. and Myra
stirred.
win you leave US alone,
please?" she asked weakly.
Just for moment" MISS
Brown smoothed a pillow. DOC
tors orders"
al, right. But let me have a
little while"
Miss Brown left the room with
a rustic of starched uniform. Rom
any looked down at the figure on
the bed helplessly. Then she said
with an effort:
lido hope you're feeling bet
ter, Myra."
"Not-so-hot." Myra raised her
hand weakly. Sit down beside me
where I won't have to talk So
loudly"
of course" Romany pulled a
chair tc the bed. But you mustn't
overdo yourself"
Myra got to the point quickly.
"I-had to see you" she gasped
painfully. Il could never sleep un-
til talked with you"
"Oh, you mustn't feel that way"
Romany protested, touching Myra's
hand swiftly.
II had to know you can forgive
me for all the mean things I've
done to you"
"Oh, don't talk about it." Tears
welled in Romanys eyes. "Of
course I forgive you! Please, Myra,
don't worry about anything. Just
get we'll. We're going to be very
good friends"
You're - SWELL" Myra's chin
quivered childishly. That's a lot
more than I can say for myself"
"Oh-don't." Romaly begged,
with complete forgiveness.
II know" Myra choked, Il may
never walk again. But l deserved
something like this-to make me
see things-right."
Romany could not answer. Myra
went on painfully:
You must marry-Brent. He
loves you. I-could never have
made him-happy."
After a few seconds rest MXra
whispered:
II didn't know what love was
until-noW. And it's too late. g
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05

love Terry. Poor Terry! Is he going
to die?"
mo, oh, no." Romany said
quickly. He has had some blood
transfusions and is completely out
of danger. You mustn't worry about
Terry. You must get we'll your
self"
Myra sighed weakly.
Il suppose I will. But III never
walk. I know the doctors say Ill
never walk. And-with television-
l guess I'm out of luck-tor
radio"
"You-will walk" Romany as
sured her. You must believe you
will"
I'm try" Myras white lips
twisted into courageous smile. III
will help a lot knowing you're my
friend. Will you tell Brent how
sorry am I've caused him so mucn
unhappiness?"
"Oh, yes" Romany promised.
And he'll want to come to see
you. I know he will"
"I-hope So" Myra sighed. Then
she asked: DO you suppose they
would let you see Terry, so you
could let me know how he really
is? I'd feel so much better. Poor
Terry, he has no one"
"I'll ask to see him." Romany got
up. You must rest now"
Miss Brown returned.
Times up" she said cheerfully.
Romany bent and kissed Myra
swiftly on a small spot on the
cheek that wasn't bandaged.
"I'll see you as often as 1 can.
Myra."
= With a sob Myra turned her face
toward the wall. The nurse nodded,
smiling. A little cry would be good
for her. She needed it. Romany
went out feeling a great deal bet
ter than she had when she went in,
for Myra had been the only real
enemy she had ever had in her life.
Downstairs Choliy waited, pale
and nervous.
We'll ask if we may see Terry"
Romany took her arm. They might
let u.s."
Cholly followed her to the desk
with shaking knees. In a few min
utes they had a card from the SUI
perintendent of the hospital giving
them permission to spend a few
moments with Mr.. O'Rourke.
| ITO Be Continued
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05

Winner Of the four-year scholar
ship to N. C. State College for the
outstanding All Club record Of 1895
is Roe J. Deal of the 3rasstoWn
club in Clay county. shown above.
Funds for financing this scholarship
were donated by the Chilean Nj
trate Of Soda Educational Bureau,
through A. G.. Floyd, State mana
ger of the bureau and himself a
graduate of State college. The Chill
can Educational Bureau also donates
scholarships to the State HI Short
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05
Building-Loan Companies
Affected By I've Recent
Supreme Cou1! Decisions
Continued Fro.u PAGE One)

Continued FROM Page One)
tee NJ. V. bwnhiN in reversing a
superior court ruling in the case Of
j. w. Mills vs. Mutual Building and
Loan Association and T.. Y. keesler.
Mills owed the corporation (of
which Keesler was executive secre-
tary) money secured by 4 deed of
trust on real estate-W;th keeSler
named as trustee. When ne defaulted
IN payments, keC>Icr, as trustee. sold
the property under the trust deed to
tho Rutidiu% "a% Iaun corporation.
which in turn conveyed (, N r,o SIM
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05

Court, held at State college each
summer, to the outstanding club
members in each county. and is one
Of the most generous supporters Q:
the All program in North Carolina.
Roe Deal, the 1889 winner. mas been
club member for eight years, 0.
since he was 10 years old He has
carried projects with corn. swine,
calf, sweet potatoes. broiicrs, pOul-
try flocks, spinach. turnip greens.
tobacco, and personal health He has
also been active in club and com.
munjty activities.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-05
Paraguay Has An
other Revolution

Continued trom Page Onel
stamina, to conquer 4 Wilderness
There are plenty Of folk in the war
torn old. world who want some place
TO go, but they aren't equal to such
conditions.
Their demand is for room IN large
cities and Latin Americas cities al
ready are overcroWded. For instance,
take Argentina. It's about one-thTd
The southern news., 1940-03-16
Housing

The Housing Census will un-
cover equally important facts
about the homes in which Negro
families live. 1t will show the
types of structure-whether single
family, multiple-family or detach-
ed. 1t will indicate the age of the
houses, their worth. 1t will show
Ind if not, how they are financ-
d. And it will answer the ques-
Ion, How many colored homes
nave radios?
There are few more important
indexes of the social and econom-
status of population than
The standard of it's housing. At
present there is a wide variety of
opinion as to the extent of hous-
ing needs. Many Negro leaders
have been saying that colored
persons stand lowest in the hous-
ing scale, and should therefore
3e the first beneficiaries of any
te-housing program. Whether or
Aot this is actually the case will
be shown beyond a doubt when
the Housing Census tabulation is
completed; and if it does prove
true, steps to alleviate the con-
lition will undoubtedly be made
easier by the fact that complete,
unquestionable data is at hand to
prove the point.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
Dixie National Pic.
Is New Movie
Producing Org.

A newly incorporated picture
producing organization, headed bv
Ted Teddy of Atlanta, Georgia,
has entered the Negro picture
field to produce eight feature pic
lures with all Negro casts. Toddy,
who is an exchange operator, ar
rived in Hollywood by plane from
Atlanta this week to complete
details of the production and dis
tribution set-up.
The company is called Dixie
National Pictures, Inc. It will
distribute through it's own ex-
changes which operate under the
banner of Dixie National Films.
Inc. Distribution offices will be
maintained in New York. Chicago.
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Charlotte
and Dallas.
Toddy will be president of the
newly formed company. Other Of
ficers are, Jed Buell., vice-presi-
dent; Norman Stephenson, sec
retary-treasurer Jack Coyle will
be on the board of directors.
The pictures will be produced
by Jed Buell. who pioneered the
Negro market with his all-Negro
western, Harlem on the Prairie
which still holds the box office
record established two years ago
for crossing larger returns than
any other all-Negro picture.
Production of the first of the
new series is already under way
with the purchase of an original
story from Walter Weems, who
wrote the famous Hearts In
Dixie and who was the chief
writer for Moran and Mack dur
ing their success on the stage
and in pictures. The title of this
first production will be announc-
ed within the next ten days. De-
tails of the story are being work
ed out now by producer Buell.
and writer Walter Weems. Actual
filming of the picture is scheduled
to start early in March.
The southern news., 1940-03-16

men. The college has grown be-
yond the most sanguine hopes of
the founders, he brought out, and
today it does not yet appear as
to what proportions it may ap-
proach.
Paying tribute to former lead
ers at Morehouse, Reverend Mr..
Owen mentioned among others
such great educators as John
Hope, Samuel Howard Archer,
Benjamin Brawley, and Charles
Dubois Hubert. whose lives, he
said, were dedicated to the up
building of the college. OF the
latter he stated How fortunate
for the college at this time when
other strong minds and strong
hands are retiring from the
scene of loved labors. When so
much of the gigantic task has
been accomplished and tired
bodies seek rest and repose, the
well-ebgun task falls to the
shoulders of a younger man who
sat at the feet of the triumvir-
ate just mentioned. DR.. Charles
Dubois Hubert truly represents
the highest and best in spirit
and attainment.
The speaker was introduced to
the assemblage by Reverend
M, l.. King, 80, pastor of the
Ebenezer Baptist church.
The exercises of the afternoon
were opened with the singing OF
LYNN No. so, and the delivery of
the Invocation by Father H. j.
c. Bowden, rs, pastor of the St.
PauPs Episcopal Church. After
The southern news., 1940-03-16
Population

The Census of Population is
The one which will provide the
usual count of the number and
proportion of colored people in
this country. But it will go much
further this year 1t will gauge
lhe amount of money the Negro
mas to spend, and indicate in a
broad way where that money is
located 1t will show how many
colored persons have work, how
many are looking for jobs. 1t
will make possible the claSSitica
lion of Negro workers-as indeed
of all work ers-into three groups.
The employed, the unemployed
who at some time in their lives
nave worked, and the unemployed
who have never worked.
1t will show the occupation,
trade, profession or particular
nind of work performed by those
who have jobs, and indicate the
business, industry, or profession
ployed. 1t will measure the
amount of education Negroes in
each section of the country have
mad. And finally, it may reveal
The effect upon Negroes of indus
ry shifts, droughts, depressions.
foods, and the noticeable move
ment of thousands of colored peo-
pie from country to city, South
o North. Undoubtedly these facts
will be of immense value to ev-
eryone interested in the current
status of the Negro in this coun-
ry. They will reveal where the
Negro population and conse-
quently the Negro market for
commodities of all sorts-is now
located. They will give a complete
picture of Negro employment and
wage income, SO essential in plan
ming any sort of government as
sistance policy. They will furnish
vital statistics upon which the
revision of insurance rates can
be based. And they will give the
Negro citizenship of each conf
munlty a basis upon which to
compare the standards of their
own people with those of other
cities, other states, and other
The southern news., 1940-03-16

open accoufrs, and the value of
accounts being handled by sales
finance companies.
Both Negro business men and
consumers should benefit from
this information. The business
man will be able to study the
trends of successful Negro-owned
enterprises, to compare his own
business with others of the same
type. Consumers may benefit, if,
for instance, the Census indicates
that there are undeveloped mar
kets for certain commodities,
making possible an increase in
output with consequent decrease
in cost per unit of production to
the manufacturer.
Even the Census of Mines and
Quarries, which will not touch
the colored population as closely
as most of the others, may have
important repercussions upon the
| Negro public. Few colored men
own or operate mines or quarries,
but thousands work in them, and
the compilation of statistics re-
garding their employment, rates
of pay, and hours OF work may
bring out inequalities which in
time can be adjusted.
Of course, there are hundreds
of other broad plans for social
betterment in which the data
gathered by the Census Bureau
will be of inestimable value. I'M
portant movements like Social
Security, unemployment relief, and
the whole agricultural program
will undoubtedly depend upon
Census-gathered figures for guild
ing facts
The southern news., 1940-03-16
First Lady Heads List Of National Sponsors
For James Weldon Johnson Memorial Statue

Ransome, of Richmond, Va;
Will w. Alexander, administrator
of the Farm Security Admins
tration; Municipal Court Judge
Crarles K. Toney: Jessie Fausett
Harris, Noel Sullivan, of Monte
rey, California; Edward Wasser-
man. Charles H Houston;
State Representative Charles
w. Anderson, of Louisville, Ken
lucky; Miss Marion Cuthbert
James Marshall, Harry E. Davis
of Cleveland, Ohio; L. c. Blount
secretary of the Great Lakes Mu-
tual insurance Company, of De-
troit. Michigan; DR.. Elizabeth
Yates Webb, of Washington
D. c.; Harold K. Guinzburg, Mrs
Mabel K. Staupers, executive sec
retary of the National Associa-
ton of Colored Graduate Nurses,
Inc; DR.. Allan Knight Chalmers,
pastor of New York. 8 Broadway
Tabernacle Church.;
Irwin T. Dorch, of Boston; Ira
DeA. Reid, of Atlanta Univer-
Sity; Arthur Garfield Hays, Claude
A Barnett, director of the Asso-
ciated Negro Press; Alfred Har-
court, of the Harcourt, Brace
Publishing Company; Lewis Gan
nett, Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin,
Thomas E. Jones, president OF
Fisk University; Inez Hayes II
win. Alfred A Knopf, Edwin r.
Embree, DR.. E. P. Roberts, Dr.
Frederick D. Patterson, president
of Tuskegee Institute; Eugene NJ
Martin. George S. Schuyler, DR..
Charles S. Johnson. Bishop X. E.
Jones, James E. Chappell, presi-
dent of the Birmingham News
and Age Herald; w. j. Hale,
president of Tennessee State Col
lege Arthur Howe. president of
Hampton Institute; DR.. Rufus
Clement, president of Atlanta
University; Dean Sage, M + $.
Francis Conkling Huyck, Coun-
tee Cullen, DR.. Russell Potter, of
Columbia University; Marjorie
Griesser, George B. Murphy, Jr.,
Mrs. Amy Spingarn,
Dean William Pickens, William
Allen White, editor of the En-
poria, Kansas, Gazette; The Rev
John H. Johnson, rector of New
York's Church of st. Martin
Miss Richetta Randolph, Roy
Wilkins. E. Frederic Morrow, Isa-
dore Martin and Thurgood Mar
shall.
Officers of the memorial COM
mittee include: Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. chairman; New York 5
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Hon
orary chairman; Gene Buck
treasurer and chairman of the
executive committee; Walter
White, secretary; and the follow
ing vice chairmen: Sterling A
Brown. Harry 7. Burleigh, Ell
mer A. Carter, Rosamond John
son, w. C. Handy, E. George
Payne. Arthur B. Spingarn, an6
Carl Van Vechten.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
Death Of Tennessee
+ agrO Tenant Farmer

Continued from Page One)
counter. Johnson is said TO have
1htn shot at Bonds. Bonds escaped
from the store, and ran down the
oad. Wilson and Johnson are said
10 have started after him, only
return to the store and leave
ether in an automobile.
1t is thought that Bonds was
not hit by this firing, because
people in the community reported
that they saw him running, ap-
parently unhurt. One woman re-
ported that he threw off his coat
as he passed through her back
yard. A white woman, who was
n the community at the time,
but lives in Memphis, said that
sac was willing to testify that
she saw Bonds being dragged to-
y ID the river bottoms by q group
of men including Wilson and
Johnson.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
MOOrehOuse Has Vital
Mission

Continued from Page One)
fanatics.
I'VE are jealous of the record
the college has made in the
three score and thirteen years in
sending out Christian leaders,
the audience was told, "and we
plead and pray that the cherish
ed ideals of the institution be
perpetuated with a knowledge OF
those fundamental principles that
shall develop the highest and
best in Negro college trained lead
ership.
Reflecting briefly on the history
of the college, the speaker said
of the year 1867 that this date
will live long in the memory OF
countless numbers of Morehouce
with it. A few were afraid that
their names and ages were being
taken for a war draft, or their
incomes determined for the bene-
fit of the taX-collector.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
Farms

The Census OF Agriculture will
urvey the nearly seven million
farms in the United States. 1t
vill pay special attention to
plantation" farms-those operat
d as one working unit on which
i've or more farm families, in
Guiding at least one sharecropper
or tenant family, are regularly
mployed. The number of farm
oeived by them, will be determ-
ned. Other questions, to ascer-
iain the amount of money receiv
ID for farm products and to learn
where and how they were sold,
ire among those to be asked.
Inasmuch as the plight of
harecroppers and tenant farmers
mas troubled the country for
many years. and since Negroes
constitute a large percent of
these workers, any program for
heir relief that may result from
she publication of Census data
will inevitably find Negroes among
The first to benefit.
Business
The Census of Business will
provide an accurate picture of
the present status of Negro on
terprises-the first available since
1885, when a decrease in the
number of businesses owned by
colored people, and the amount of
trade handled by them, was not
ed. 1t will also show the inven-
tories on hand in all businesses
at the beginning of the year. the
amount of money owed by con-
sumers on both installment and
The southern news., 1940-03-16

New York.-Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt heads the list of prom
inent persons included in a ma
ton wide sponsoring committee of
persons in all walks of life, who
will raise $4,000 to erect a me-
mortal to James Weldon Johnson
in New York City, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People announced to-
day.
The memorial to the famous
poet, novelist, statesman and
former secretary of the N. A. A.
c. P, will be erected on a plot
of ground at 10th Street and
Seventh Avenue, facing Central
Park. The ground will be donated
by the City of New York, where
MIR. Johnson wrote his poem MY
City" and where he spent most
of his life.
The statue, will be executed by
Richmond Barthe, the interna
tionally famous sculptor. 1t will
comprise a symbolic bronze group
based on Mr.. Johnson's famous
poem 20 Black and Unknown
Bards." On one side of the high
marble base will appear the head
of the poet in bas relief, and on
he other side a stanza from the
poem.
A steady stream of contribu-
tions from persons in all walks
Of life, has already started COM
ing into the office of the me-
mortal committee in charge of
raising funds. The office of the
committee, whose h rary
chairman is Mayor F. H. La
Guardia and whose chairman is
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, is
located at 69 Fifth Avenue, New
York City. Gene Buck of Ameri-
can Society of Composers, Auth
ors and Publishers, is treasurer.
Among those who have to date
agreed to serve on the National
Sponsoring Committee are:
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt,
DR.. Louis T. Wright, Governor
Herbert H. Lehman, 1t. Governor
Charles Poletti. all of New York ;
Mary White Ovington, Morris l..
Ernst, David Names, B. w.
Huebsch, Fannie Hurst, DR.. Ma
bel Carney, of Columbia Univer-
sity Teachers College; J. Finley
Wilson, grand exalted ruler of
Independent, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks; Senator
Arthur Capper, Jr., William Allan
Nelson. president emeritus of
Smith College; Circuit Court
Judge. Ira w. Jayne, of Detroit;
the Rev. James H. Robinson,
pastor of New Yorks Presbyter-
ian church of the Master; Mrs.
Paul Lester Wiener, the Rev.
John Haynes Holmes, pastor of
the New York Community
Church; j. w. Nicholson, presi
dent of Talledega College; Tai
'adega, Ala; the Rev. w. l..
The southern news., 1940-03-16

remarks by the chairman. the
college glee club sang Dear Land
of Home" from Sibelius. The stu
dents were represented on the
program by Phale Hale, 40, of
Buffalo, New York, president Of
the student body. Before the in
PRODUCTION of the speaker, the
Senior Glass Quartet sang several
spirituals.
Several of the kilograms re-
ceived from absent alumni and
friends were read and acknowl-
edgements made by Acting Pres
ident Hubert in remarks follow
ing the address.
The celebration for the day be-
gan at $3.50 o'clock in the morn
ing when Morehouse men gather
ed around breakfast tables
throughout the country to listen
to the Wings Over Jordan radio
program, on which Reverend
Maynard Notebook Jackson, IA,
was the principal speaker. Glow
ing tribute to the founders of the
college was paid by the speaker
on this national hook-up.
In Cleveland, Ohio, at 1880
o'clock in the evening, another
illustrious graduate of Morehouse
College, President Mordecai w.
Johnson, of Howard University,
spoke at the large Euclid Baptist
Church under the auspices of the
Cleveland Baptist association.
Music at this service was furnish
ed by the Morehouse Singers, un-
der the direction of Profession
Kemper Harreld.
The southern news., 1940-03-16

sections of the country.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
MITCHELL ASKS
FOR $4,000

Continued from Page One)
ton, will show their progress anC
achievements in a special section
Three of the leading sororitie
have also asked and obtained
space. They are Zeta Phi Beta
Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Delt
Sigma Theta. 1t is expected tha
TIE other national sororities an
the fraternities will be represent
ed. The National Association
College Women is also cooper;
ing.
What promises to be the gre
est exhibit of Negro art ever
sembled is being arranged
MISS Mary Beattie Brady of
Harmon foundation and Direc
Herring of the Howard Univ
sity art school.
other exhibitions are also
ing prepared for religion, prd
stage, literature, music, scien
industry and all phases of Neg
life.
Management of the AmeriC
of the Diamond Jubilee Expo
ton authority. James w. Was
inGton, who conceived the idea,
resident with Atty. Truman
Gibson, Jr., executive directd5
and A. w. Williams, secretary
treasurer. Other members of tn
au hority are l.. L. Ferguson
Robert Bishop, assistant to Co
Horner of Illinois, and Claud
Earnett.
Cooperating with the Afro
rican Emancipation Expositio
,uthority, to which the stat
1T was originally made, is
cial Governors Commissio
pointed by Gov. Horner an
,uding Civil Service Commis
ner Wendell E. Green. D
~ o. Bousfield. DR.. E. NJ. :
Andler, Major r. A. Byrd an
v. A A. Grim. A number c
er distinguished citizens {
races, including members c
sta General Assembly, ar
l1 supporting committees. Mayo
b-elly also has a special commit
tee working with the exposi
tion authority.
Congressman Mitchelps bill pro
les that the $4,000 appropria
0on shall be expended by an aux
iliary commission composed c
ee persons to be appointed b
Pres; dent Roosevelt. One woul
from the house, one from tn
senate and the third selected b
tla nations chief executive. Thi
commission would work with tn
Diamond Jubilee authority no'
e. ablished.
The southern news., 1940-03-16
j. Wayne Burrell Becomes
Theatrical Editor OF Calyin's

New York (C)-J. Wayne Bur
rell, whose name for years has
been idntified with the Fourth
Estate in this vicinity was ap-
pointed on last Saturday by Ted
Yates manager of Calvins News
paper Service, as theatrical edi-
tor. Burrell's articles have been
popular and widely read, the
writer having made his debut
back in the roaring twenties''
as a membebr of the Interstate
Tattler Burrell also has written
for the Pittsburgh Courier.