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Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-11-01
Century Burial Association Covers Mississippi


will generally reveal the following facts: Cd He knew
not for what he came to college due to the absence of
course in Vocational Educational Guidance from his
high school curriculum He knew nothing about the ad-
vantages limitations of any college course (2 He has
unfortunate in that he has had to certain
pre-coege instruction from unprepared teachers there
by failing receive certain essential information needed
to assure success in college, CD This student has gen
orally been the victim organized library system
often no library at all 90 An interview will also give
evidence Of constant procrastnaon on the part of this
student as we'll as improper use of leisure time.
Since a large percentage Of our modern college
students fall in the class who present low academic
records we have sufficient evidence of the pertinent need
for more efficient elementary grammar and high school
teachers; better organized libraries; the establishment
Of Vocational and Educational Guidance course in the
fourth year of high school, and more serious minded,
alert youth There is need for more CT
ply with two c the greatest evidences of the loyalty of
an intelligent member of It's race CD A loyal race man
will prepare himself for a particular field which will
enable him to make noticeable contribution, thereby
proving himself an asset to the race 81 An intelligent
race member never accepts an offer in foreign field
when the lives of future leaders are involved
Until our Negro teachers and leaders can realize
that they are being unfair to future leadership by ac
cepng positions which they are not prepared to fill
the Negro youth will remain ignorant in some RESPECTS
and the stability of our present democracy will /.
threatened. In democracy preparedness is essential
for its safety stability solidarity and progress The
more INTELLIGENT and socially secure its subjects are
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-11-01
An Enjoyable Thanksgiving

Misses Gloria johnson and Lettie Ball, Century. Bu
llal Association clerks motored in company with Mr..
Leon Flnney Miss Evelyn LaFrance, and Mr. Newman
nelson to Tuskegee Institute Alabama where they were
guests OF Mr. Henry Smith, Jr They witnessed the FOOT
o& game between Alabama State and Tuskegee at Mont1
gomery Ala Theseyoung people reported very enjoy4
&oe trip. 10 quote Miss Johnson-"Why, do not think
have ever had quite an ENJOYABLE THANKSGIVING q
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-11-01

Nov. 17-Little Rock Percy, Mrs NJ s. Sanders F
Nov lS-Evergreen, Greenvllle, Horace House. F. s.
Nov 19-Jackson, Jackson John Knew. F 8
Nov. 20-Brookhaven, Brookhaven Mrs M Dixon
S.
Nov 21-McComb, McComb Mrs. Lizzie Dav Il s
Nov 25-Pace, Pace, Mrs A. B. Collins
Nov. 26-Sculator Scuator, w. H. Liddell F. s.
Nov. 27-McClan, Itta Bena, Mrs L. V. Mccoy f s
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1940-11-01

rieta Levi A. B.. M. A., foreign languages; Mi
Elizabeth Richards, B. s., secretary to the Regis ral
Messrs. Robert L. Jack, B. S., M A., social science
L. Stewart A. B., M. A.. chemistry and biology "
Caulder A. B., B. S., physics and mathematics; III.
Jones, B. S. sec, Division of Agriculture and Robert
Hunter, B. S., shoe repairing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-11
BEF9 r! THElRRE !;!!5z EiE}!6;
IN CENTRAL H #S nAm ~ RUPERT GRAYS0N :
RUPERT GRAYSON

Surprised, she burst out laugh
ing.
How sweet of you to warn me
but it will hardly be a change. ]
am doing that now, you know
These fellows are tough, and
don't like to think about what
might happen to me if they found
OFT my real game" She gave a lit
tie shudder. But we won't talk
about that. You can rely on me to
do my utmost"
x laid his hand on hers for an
instant, and his voice was very
kind.
"You have courage, my dear.
And I'm sure I can rely on you.
Ana now, I think this merry meet
ing had better end. It's quite likely
you are being watched, Coral-also
Cazelton. I don't think anyone dog
ging either of you would be able
to get in here, but one never
knows. I will leave you now-and
you two'd better separate soon aft
EDWARDS. I won't 60 yet, but when
II do l shall leave, as I came, by
the back entrance. Good night
and good luck"
He rose, bowed formally to
Coral, and strobe away.
When he had gone Cazelton re-
marked, rather gloomily:
"A remarkable man, that!"
Yes, isn't he," she agreed, Gag
erly. "Oh, l think he is wonderful"
She used almost the tone OF a
schoolgirl fan" speaking of her
pet screen actor. and Charles shot
a quick look at her. 1t was such a
marked change from the very
brisk, business-Iike manner she
had shown hitherto.
Il gather you haven't been one
of KS people long" he said. But
you're knocking spots off some of
us oldsters, by the look of it,"
NO." she answered, II have
not been working for him long.
But he has been so wonderfully
good to me-before, you know"
She said no more, and Cazelton
asked no questions. He could be
tactful on occasion.
Presently she unused:
II wonder what he meant when
Continued on Page Nine)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-11
By Roy Crane

AND HERES WHERE LITTLE Vckl CONES M
THE EVIDENCE WAS ENTRUSTED TO NE For
SAFE-kEEPiN6, AND I AID IT! As FOR
THE SA6oTAeERs, HERES WHERE l
TAKE ANOTHER eoW-F WE HURRY, I
THINK THEY CAN Sc REcAPTuRED
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-11

, that Trent would be able to man
age them all right, and Otto sale
he wasn't so sure. Trent was toe
| gentlemanly in his notions-tha1
was the exact phrase he used
and that he might have to go Out
there himself. And that's about all,
I'm afraid"
"Have you any idea who this
Trent is?" KS voice had the sound
of ice and steel in it.
Hes someone of Importance al
this Factory, and, l gather, is in
charge of these air operations
which are so vital to the scheme,
whatever it isl"
x sighed.
Yes, that's what we want tc
know-exactly what it is" He
paused, and stared at Coral. But
he was -ooking through her, and
not at her. At last he % again:
You have done very WE'LL" he
said, slowly. extraordinarily
WE'LL" cazelton stared, a trifle
sulkily. This vas unusual praise
from X. And these are the i'm
portant items which claim your
immediate attention, from now on.
First, and most important, try to
find out more about this factory or
depot-particularly, where it's To-
Gated. The lives of two good men
may depend on your getting that
information. Secondly, find out all
you can about this man Trent
There was a moments silence,
then she answered.:
Il will do my best, Of course.
But it will be difficult. There is
one thing, though"
She broke off and remained ST.
lent. x said sharply:
"Well-what?"
Her reply came slowly. She
seemed a little embarrassed, and
flushed slightly as she spoke:
1T is just possible that if he
might get him to-take me with
him!"
X gave that a. moments consid-
GRAFTON, then said, very gravely:
IF you could contrive that it
would be a great-a very great
thing. But it wouldn't be fair not
to warn you hat if you do, you
will carry your life in your hands"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
UTILITIES TAXES
EXCEED INCOME
Current Users Paid
$16,349,372 Less In '39
Than During ~
Star. News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
RY HENRY E r

RALEIGH, Oct. 1.-THE utility
companies of North Carolina paid
more taxes in 1889 than their COM
bined net income, according to fig
ures prepared by Edgar Womble, of
the State Utility commission, and
lust released by Commissioner Stall
ley Winborne.-
An accompanying set of figures
showed that North Carolina electric
current users paid $16,S49,S72 less
last veal than they would have paid
under power rates in effect in 1882.
Commissioner Winborne termed this
amount as saved" to consumers by
the numerous rate reductions since
1882.
The combined data" on 10 CLASH
fications of utility companies reveal
ed that for 1899 total IN
North Carolina reached $119,452,e64
net income totalled $1o,416,s7S; and
taxes paid amounted to $12,912,o22.
Total value of all plants was lsteo
at 5000, e91, 1922.
Nine of the 10 kinds of utilities
showed net profits for the year 1893
[but four (gas, street railways, street
buses and water) showed deficits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
A
HONORED AT R
BY MRS S. L. BLANTON

Last Friday night, Mrs. s. L.
Blanton was the charming hostess
To The Philathea class of the First
Baptist church, entertaining the
members and their husbands at a
weiner and marshmallow roast at
her summer home on the SOUND.
Hamburgers were also cooked over
an open fire near the water o
of Mrs. Blanton's home. Later the
members were invited into the living
room of Mrs. Blanton's home, where
the business session was held. Min
utes of the last meeting were read
by Mrs. M. L. Rocks. Mrs. JACK
wilkins led the devotional, and the
were elected group cap
tains: Mrs. L. J. LaSure, Mrs. w. X.
zibelin, Mrs. Edge, Mrs. L. o. Ellis.
Those enjoying Mrs. Blanton's hos
oitality were as follows: Mr.. and Mrs.
L. ]. Lasure, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
and daughter, Ann, Mr..
and Mrs. M. L. Rocks, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lewis and children, Mary
Jane, Charles David and George, Jr.,
Mrs. Jack wilkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Cheek, Mrs. Edith Ayres and
Miss Elsie Boynton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
S SPECTATORS
Raped by Army

public announcement will forestall
land scalpers.
The first such announcement was
that $1,000 acres would be
purchased in the vicinity of Union
Center, Ind, for an ammunition
loading plant.
In the past, efforts were made
to keep plant locations secret. I'm
dercover buyers were sent out to
take options on. land, and no for
NAL Announcements were made
until the options had been secured.
Invariably, news of the location
leaked out. Congressman, govern
ment officials and civic organiza-
tons, eager to report good bust
ness news for their communities,
often disclosed locations prema-
turely. Efforts to end the leaks
were fruitless.
Department agents usually found
that speculatiors, running before
them, had taken options on likely
plant sites and raised the price,
an army official disclosed. Not on
ly the government, but the actual
property owners would lose on the
deal. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-R-Es-
timating that land spectators had
cost it nearly $500, 900 in two
months, the War department in
augurated a new purchasing policy
today to enlist the weight of pubic
opinion against profiteering on de-
tense factory sites.
The $500, 900 take which specu-
lators have realized, an official
said. was on the land for the only
seven plants for which contracts
thus far have been signed. The
plants, vaued at Sill, o0o, 900 will
be privately built and operated,
but government-financed and
owned.
With more than 1900, 900, 600 yet
to spend on increasing production
facilities for munitions and air.
planes, the department has feared
that continued operations of the
SPECTATORS eventually would CHS
ell a multi-million-dollar slice from
the funds urgently needed for
buildings, machinery and tools.
In the future, therefore, a
spokesman said, the intended To-
cations of new Army-financed fac
tories will be announced as soon
as selected, with the hope that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
AAA Not Totally
Bad, McNary Declares

NoRTHWooD, Ia, Oct. 7.-RE
Senatr Charles McNary declared
today that although he would not
totally condemn" the agricultural
act, it needed strengthening" to
attain the goal of the old McNary-
Haugen farm bill-the payment OF
parity prices for that portion OF
crops domestically consumed.
In an address in the home town
of the late Congressman Gilbert
Haugen, co-author Of the twice de-
feated farm bill, the republican
vice presidential nominee said that
although the measure failed of pas
sage, ''the proposals established a
principle that later found favor" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

Der means a larger budget to spend
for artists.
Miss Mary B. Williams will again
head the campaign, with Mrs. ].
B. Fenley as chairman Of the art
list selection committee, and a large
corps Of workers. Anyone inter-
ested in working in this member
ship solicitation is invited to call
Miss Williams, e. H. Munson, pres
tdent; or William G.. Robertson,
secretary and treasurer Of the local
association.
, All renewals are credited to the
worker having brought in the men,
bership the previous year, so in
order to avoid duplication Of calls
and confusion Of the records, 1t is
suggested that those who held men,
bership cards last year do not COM
municate with anyone other than the
worker to whom they gave the men,
bership before. Each worker will
call his own renewal subscribers in
ample time to get the renewal in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
S 9 C E 7 Y
TILESTON P.-T.A
GROUP WILL MEET

The Tileston Parent Teacher asso-
eiation will hold its first meeting
for the year this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the auditorium Of the
school. Mrs. I. T. Sell, the president
will be in charge Of the meeting.
The theme for the year will be THE
Next Steps in Education" Mrs. Let
-ty Dannenbaum will lead the devo-
tional. Rev. Walter B. Freed will
address the association on the sub
ject, 1.-THE Influence of the Parent
in Promoting Americanism." H. j.
Farr, pupil from the sixth grade,
will recite the poem, America for
Me-" The Glee club, under the dl-
rection of Mrs. @. B. Snipes, Will
sing two numbers, God Bless
America" and II Am An American"
The program will be in charge OF
Miss Kara Lynn Corey who Is pro-
gram chairman for the year. Mrs.
Annie Winstead will deliver the
State presidents message. Ihere
will be a banner awarded at each
meeting during the year to the grade
having the most parents present, and
at the end Of the year a prize VIII
be awarded the room receiving n
banner the largest number OF months.
A social hour will be enjoyed al
the close Of the program which Will
give an opportunity to the parents
to meet the teachers and discuss
anv problems with them. Mrs. a
riss Corbett and Mrs. William Brltz
will act as hostesses. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Pedestrian Fatalities
Numerous In Country

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-R-Crossing
State and Madison street in Chi
cago, the nations experts believe,
apparently is safer for the pedes-
trian than trying to get across the
rural highway at Pumpkin Corner.
The National Safety CO rs
special committee on pedestrian
control and protection, in a report
today cited figures to indicate that
insofar as pedestrians were con-
cerned, death has left the tall
buildings and headed for the tall
corn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Concert Association Will Open
Membership Campaign On Oct. "A

The annual membership week of
the Wilmington Cooperative Con.
cert association will start on octo.
per H., with headquarters In the
Wilmington Furniture company.
Never in the worlds history has
there been a time when music was
more needed, and it has been the
experience Of the Columbia Con.
certs bureau, Of which the local as.
ISOLATION is an affiliate, that with.
out exception memberships have in.
creased this season, even in Can,
ada, which is actually at war.
At 4 preliminary meeting with
Walter E. Brown OF the New York
office, the local committee tenta.
lively decided upon several artists
ehey would like to bring to VIII.
mington this winter. The budget is
controlled only by the number of
memberships and the caliber OF the
concerts is decided entirely by the
MEMBERS In the interest and co.ope.
ration shown. Each added mem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
ELEVEN PERSONS
!. DIE IN CRASHES
Highway Accident Toll In
creases Sharply In N. c.
Over Weekend

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 7.-LR-At
least eleven persons died in accidents
on North Carolina highways the past
weekend, a survey indicated today
Joe Ferstl, .3~5-year-old electrician,
was killed when he was hit by an
automobile ear Mt. Holly. Wit
nesses said he had left a parked
automobile and walked from behind
it into the path Of the oncoming
car.
Near High Point, on the Kerners-
vile road, Mrs. Bronzy M. Handy,
II, of route one, High Point, was
killed when the automobile in which
she was riding with her husband
overturned.
N. Tucker Alternately, 21, of East
Durham, was killed and six other
persons were injured, two seriously,
in an accident near Raleigh. The
car overturned on a curve ten miles
from the city limits. Most seriously
hurt were Henry Potts, 20 and Miss
Frances Rose, II, both Of Durham.
An automobile collision on the
Asheville- Henderson highway near
Biltmore cost the lives Of Orren
Henry Bell. manager Of an Ashe.
vile cigar store, and Gayden Garry,
SO, a negro. The two men were alone
in their cars.
Jack Foster, S., Of Greer, S. c.,
died at Tryon. apparent victim of
a hit-run driver. He was picked up
unconscious from a highway suffer.
ing from exposure and a skull frac-
ture.
A bus-automobile collision near
Mooresville killed Joe A. White, IS,
druggist, and his grandson, Albert
cambridge Beatty, II. The bus was
from .Orangeburg, S. c., filled with
negro college students who had at.
tended a football game in Charles
ton, W. Va. S. H. Batson Of Co.
lumbia, S. c., driver Of the bus,
was slightly injured.
Early Calder and James Hinson
were burned to death in, an automo'
bile accident near Laurel Hill, in
Scotland county. Jim Smith was
seriously burned and was taken to
a Hamlet hospital. Their car ignited
after striking a bridge abutment and
plunging into a creek.
Andrew W. Davis, "a. salesman
for a jewelry firm here, was fatally
injured near Belmont in a collision
of his automobile with a truck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
ISAAC BEAR P.-T.A.
WILL MEET, TONIGHT


Fathers Night" will be observed
at the Isaac Bear school tonight at
Z o'clock.
1t is hoped the fathers OF all chill
dren attending Isaac Bear will at
tend the dinner to be given in their
honor in the school cafeteria, be
ginning at Z o'clock, and will take
advantage of the opportunity to con-
fer with their children's teachers IN
their respective classrooms at .
o'clock.
Parents who are unable to attend
the dinner are urged to come at .
o'clock and meet the faculty men,
bers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

John M. Carmody, federal worl.
administrator.
The 70 projects will be in .,
states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
Construction contracts will he w.
gotlated on a cost-plus.lim;,
ed-fixed fee basis.
Eight of the projects consistir,
of 1850 dwelling units will be- fos
occupancy of civilian defense worl.
ers and the balance for marr;as
army personnel.
The list included $50 dwelEr,
units at Fort Bragg, N. c., and
200 at Fort Jackson, S C. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
In Wastington
BY BRUCE CATION
The News Washington
CorroSnoudont

WASHINGTON.-The organized
peace societies I'VE walked out
on the presidential campaign, and
are concerning themselves solely
with the congressional elections.
Spokesman for the peace group
is Frederick ]. Libby, head of the
National Council for the Prevention
President Roosevelt's foreign pol
icy, Mr.. Libby sees little reason to
hope for much improvement there
if Wendell Willkie is elected; what
he and his co-workers are pulling
for now is a Republican, isolation
list House.
The Senate they have written
off already. Since only a third OF
it's membership comes up for re-
election, it'll be heavily Democrat
ic next session no matter what
happens this fall; but it'd be per-
fectly possible for the House to
turn up with a Republican major
ity even if the President should be
reelected, and that's what the iso-
lationist and peace groups r e
banking on.
FDR'S FOES
WOULD HOLD REINS
A Republican House would GER
tainly put a crimp in the New
Deals foreign policy, if for no
other reason than thai some of
the key committees would auto
matically become Dominated by
Mr.. Roosevelt's sharpest critics.
For instance: Hamilton Fish of
New York, perhaps the most out
spoken isolationist in Congress, is
ranking Republican on both the
rules committee and the foreign
relations committee. Understand
ing is that of the two he'd prefer
the rules committee job; that
would make Charles A. Eaton of
New Jersey head of the foreign
affairs committee, and if Eaton
should be beaten at the polls the
committee would be headed by
George Holden Tinkham of Mas
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Again Attacked
By Sub In Atlantic

NEW YORK, Oct. z. -LR- The
British motor tanker British Cen
eral reported today she had been
torpedoed for the second time in
IA hours at a position about 700
miles west Of ireland. She said she
required immediate assistance.
The 4%40-foot, 6,472.ton vessel
trades between England and Vene-
zuela. She is owned by British Tank
er Co., Ltd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
JUNIOR SOROSIS
TO ATTEND
SESSION

The Eleventh district OF the
North Carolina Federation Of Wom-
ems clubs will meet at the Metho-
dist church in Wallace today. The
meeting will start at 10 o'clock and
will last until noon and luncheon
will follow
Members of the North Carolina
Junior. Sorosis. who plan to attend
are Miss Gerda Quelch, Mrs. Wad-
dell Corbett, Mrs. Joe Clendenln,
Miss Vivian HERS and Miss Sara
Bradshaw. Others are urged to
attend if possible. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Wallace Says Shooting
Was In SeF-Defenv

TARBORO, Oct. 7.-GP-Funera
services were held in nearby Roa
noke Rapids today for Major Thorn
as Johnson, 33, Of Rocky Mount
who was shot and killed in front Of
a roadside service station near here
Saturday night.
Sheriff w. E. Bardin said johnnie
Wallace, operator of the station, adj
mitted the shooting and claimed
s~elf-defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE

Wahsut Calomsl-And You'll jump Out II
Bed IN ths Mernins Rarin' to Go
The liver should pour 2 pints Of bile ;u;..
Into your bowels every day, # thiG b;ie e
not flowing freely, your food may NOT d.
ssst It may just decay in the bowels. Then
gas bloats up you stomach. You yet con-
stpated. You feel sour. sunk and tie World
looks punk.
It takes those good. old Csrter's IT'LL.
Liver Pills to get these 2 pints Of bile 6cw.
ing freely to make you feel "up and mn
Get . package today. Take n direstsJ
Amazing in making bile flow freely Az
tos CartE'a Little Liver Pills. l0f and 2Sx-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Dry Mecklenburg
Tops In Revocation,
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Oct. 7-Mecklenh,r,
led all the counties of North Cara,
lima in revocation of driver licenses
for the month of September, with
So; but Guilford was close bebind
with 80 for the period.
Only two other counties Showed
as many as twenty revocations-
Randolph with 20 and Forsytbs
with 20. There were no revocations
at all in % counties last month.
The total of SOB revoked in Sen.
TENDER brought the states total
to $3.50 since adoption of the law
providing for revocation. That was
in 1885.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08
Defense Housing Fund
Announced By F.W.A.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. LIZ
Alocation of $45, 1852, 500 to the pub
lie buildings administration for
construction of 10 defense housing
units was annunced today by
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

ton with a minimum of fuss,
speaking the native languages,
gradually superimposing heir
Dutch ways on native customs
older than Holland itself, building
a new nation, another new world
power out of the jungles, the vol
canoes, the fertile lands, the fertile
people of the sweltering tropics. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-08

Gore, Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie Wilkins,
Mrs. J.. S. Hales, Miss Sara Gore and
Wilson Arthur.