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The southern news., 1946-11-09

composed of seven persons, four Of
whom must be women.
The trustee Of his estate, the Com
mercial National Bank, may sell
the remainder of his property. both
real and personal, the proceeds to
be turned over to the managers
for use in repairing, cquipping and
furnishing this home for the aged
of his race.
While no mention was made in
the will of the amount of money
available, the estate was said TO
be considerable. Springs. it was
understood accumulated quite a
bit of money and property during
lis years in Charlotte where he Wa
engaged in the barbering business
After ten years if the home-to be
known as the MARY Springs Home"
in honor of his mother - is found
to be impractical, the project may
be dropped and the property shall
revert to the American Missionary
Society of the Congregational
Church. Involved in the transaction
is the house already located at 712
S Brevard Street, and adjoining
lot.
1T was provided in the will that
the 'house and lot at 712 S. Bre-
ward Street, willed to me by my
mother Mary Springs, and refer
rcd tn in her will as the 'homeplace, >
together with the adjoining lot. to
be used and held in trust for the
New Fmanuel Congregational
Church. S. Caldwell and Stonewall
Streets. for the establishment and
maintenance of a home for needy
''derlv cOlored women of good
character such w men from men,
bershin of said church being civ
N preference for admittance at all
times"
SnrinqS made various beouests of
funds ranging from $4,000 to more
hon $1,000 to various friends and
relatives. He likewise provided for
IN annual prize Of $1,000 to be giV.
IN each year at Christmas for TIE
5eet attendance at Sunday School
Arran pementS are now in pro-
'rore throuoh the church. it was
mderstc od to utilize as soon as
Noeeible. the funds md property
o71do ovailable for the creation of
he home.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
FAMOUS BLUES SINGER buried IN
STATEN ISLAND GENE Terry

New York (ANP) - Funeral
services for Mamye Smith, first
Negro woman to record the
blues, were held here Saturday
morning at St. Charles tChloia
morning at st. Charles Catholic
church, with Father M. Cam
conducting. Interment was in the
Frederick Douglass Memorial
cemetery in Staten Island.
Miss Smith died Wednesday in
Harlem hospital where she had
been confined for several months
with complicated ana serious
ailment. A special Rosary SER
vice was conducted Friday night
at the Rodney Dade Funeral
home.
Born in Cincinnati more than
&C years ago, Miss Smith helpod
TO popularize the blues and
work closely with w. c, Handy,
The southern news., 1946-11-09
SPEAKER PLEADS FOR
End OF RACIAL
BARRIERS

NEW HAVEN, Conn. NNPA) -
DIR. Fred Field Goodsell, executiV {
|Fice president of the American
Board of Foreign Missions of Bos-
&on, pleaded for the end of racial
Barriers in speaking last Tuesday
Do the Eastern regional meeting ol
he Congregational Christian
churches.
Another feature of the program
was an address by DR., Truman B
Deublass of New York City, exc
eutive vice president of the Board
n Home Missions, who outlined the
record of the American Missional y
Society and told of its contributiG 4
n American life.
Representatives of 2,l50 New
England and Middle Atlantic
+hurches attended the conference
Which continued through THUS
|sy noon, ON the theme "Our
Churches and Living Race Condi-
Ions"
. In celebration of the founding
IA the American Missionary Society
ID New Haven 100 years ago. last
tuesday nights program was in the
prm of birthday partv.' 1t in
#uded the showing Of p new tech
#color movie, "The Color of a
Lam an address by William H.
%bnes, president of Tillotson Col
4 ge. Austin. Texas. The first pro
<lction of a play. God Made One
Hood and the taking of a birth
hy offering for the ANA,
The southern news., 1946-11-09

Clarence Williams, James P.
johnson and other jazz greats" :"
Through the efforts of Perry
Bradford, pianist for her cele-
trated jazz hounds, she was the
first to m k e. a recording in
the popular field for Okeh re-
cords back in 1920, although Tom
Fletcher had pioneered in 1904
on Edison's experimental cylin
drical ear phones.
She is credited with rescuing
Okeh from near-bankruptcy with
her recordings of "Crazy Blues
and TITS Right Here for You. :"
She also skyrocketed to a bril-
liant stage career, playing he
TOBA Keith and all the big time
houses and paved the way for
other great blues exponents such
as Bessie Smith, Lucille Hege-
men, Ethel Waters, Ma Rainey
ana Victoria Spivy.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
n. G.. JURY FINDS
NEGRO SCHOOLS
"DISCRACEFtTL"

MANTEO CANP) Superior
Court Judge Luther NJ. Hamilton
last week received a report from
the Dare County Jury containing a
report on the condition of the Man
go Negro school The jury found
that the Negro school was ''in dis
graceful state of reoair.:" The white
high school also showed evidence
af poor housekeping and lack of
earnest effort to keep it clean"
Going further into the condition
NJ thN Negro school the jury re-
ported that there was evidence
that the roof leaked in every room.
'We are told" the jury said. 'the
The southern news., 1946-11-09
EXPERTS NEEDED
FOR LIBERIAN
MISSION

WASHINGTON (ANP) - Plans
are proceeding for the reestablish-
ment of the economic mission of
tie United States to Liberia under
the economic and investment sec
tion of the state department. The
previous mission had been recalled
when funds were exhaused but now
the work is expected TO proceed on
fuller and more vigorous basis.
Several positions are open for
engineers, agricultural engineers, d
geologist, an expert on fish (catcb.
ng, preserving etcD an expert in
oer"-NicS plastic and brick making
Applications are being received
through the office of international
. M tion and cultural affairs of
the u. S. State department in Wash.
ington.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
MIXED RADIO
STOCKHO!I- | -DE:RS !
station opens

Washington. D. c. INN
A 500 watt radio station, I'll
and operated by White ana T.
OF ed stockholders. will 60 'on
The air here next December. it
was announced last Sunday.
The station, to be known as
WQQW, will operate from sun
rise to sunset on the $40 kilo
cycle channel and will stress
good music. unbiased news. free
speech, children's programs and
tbs fostering of better relations
among religious and cultural
groups, said Edward M. Brech
er, general manager of the sta
ticn.
DR.. Joseph L. Johnson, dean OF
the HoWaru Meqir~l School =
vice president of WQQW an d
cne OF Its aIrectors.
Other directors include Dr..
Smallwood Ackiss, Rochelle C.
Chandler. Belford V. Lawson,
Dr.. and Mrs. A. H. Maloney, DR..
Lionel Maloney. DR.. Ruth E.
Moore, Mrs. Josephine Morton,
Miss Camille Nickerson, John +.
Pinkett. and DR.. Thomas A. Viii
liston.
WQQW is believed to be the
first radio station in the United
States in which colored people
Participate in its ownership.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
DOUGLAS HOSPITAL
FOUNDER DIES In
DIST YEAR

PHILADELPHIA CAMP - DR..
Nathaniel F. MoSsell, founder of the
Frederick Douglas Memorial hospit-
p and believed to be the oldest
practicing Negro physician in the
Rountry, died Sunday at his home
following an illness of two months.
He was 80.
Born in Hamilton, Canada. of
american parents, he graduated
rom the University of Pennsyl-
vania Medical school in 1882. the
first Negro graduate. He interned
#nd did graduate work at hospitals
'n England.
Early in his career he saw the
iced for training facilities for Ne
gro nurses and physicians and for
khis purpose founded the Douglas
hospital. He served as its medical
Nirector for 46 years, and practiced
medicine here for sc years.
d He was a founder of the North
Philadelphia branch. NAACP, and
was a co-founder of the Philadel-
ehia Academy of Medicine and Al
bed sciences. He was the first Ne
gro Member of the Philadelphia
county Medical society.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
PRovIDESF0R
AGED FOLKS

Sam Louis Springs. nfluentia,
Charlotte Negro who died recently
provided in his will probated in
Mecklenburg Superior Court, for
the establishment of home at TIP
South Brevard Stret for needy el5
erly Negro women of the commun-
ity to be operated by a board Of
managers C imposed OF members
h Emanuel Congregational
Church.
He stipulated and directed that
members of his church. located at
s Caldwoll and Stonewall Streets
at their first annual meeting afrer
his death, elect a board of managers
The southern news., 1946-11-09

Surprise party Shown abave
is a portion of the hundreds OF
guests who attended a surprise
party given Friday night at Club
Rosetta, Greensboro, in honor Of
Mrs. James Hunter by her hus-
band.
Appearing in the photo is Mrs.
Hunter cutting the surprise cake
with Mr.. Hunter, a prominent
Gate City Business Man and
Fraternal Leader, at the left. AT
the right is DR.. H. L. Morrow.
Seated at the table, left to right,
are Isaiah VOlley, Jr.. Mrs. Carrie
SmOOt, johnny Lindsay, Mrs. Ada
Lindsay, Mrs. Beatrice Lotion
Davis, James Caldwell, Mrs. Err
nestine Moffit and Miss Bernice
Lotion. Others standing, left to
right, are Miss Marion Johnson,
Ralph WOmble, Miss Eula John
son, Mrs. Fletcher PinniX, Allen
Evans, Mrs. Roberta Barnes ami
Mrs. Bessie WOmack.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
LENA HORNE:
SET FOR TOUR

New York (ANP)-Lena Horne
and company will begin a five
week tour of eastern and mid
western cities on Nov 8, it was
announced here last week.
First date will be at Earle the
atre, Philadelphia, on Nov. g.,
followed by a stand in Hartford.
Nov. is; two weeks in Chicago
beginning Nov 22. Detroit on
Dec. and ending in the RKO.
Boston on Dec. IL.
For this tour, she will receive
$4,000 plus coverages, out of
which she will pay troupe mem
hers. Bobby CherWood's orches
ira will accompany her.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
St. Louis Business On
Parade Viewed Bv
Thousands e.

ST. LOUIS CAMP - With thou
sands of st. Louisians lined along
the parade route, the Bigger and
Better Business month" observance
under the joint sponsorship of PM
Beta Sigma fraternity and the ST.
Louis Planning Council for the Pro
gress of Negro business was usher
ed in last Sunday.
Long before the appointed hour
spectators milled about along the
parade route awaiting the approach
Of what has been termed by old
citizens of ST Louis the greatest
demonstration of business coopers-
ton ever witnessed here.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Magazine Features
Amsterdam News
Girl Reporter

NEW YORK (ANP) - Miss Con-
stance Curtis, member of the
Amsterdam News editorial staff. is
one of four women journalists fea-
ured in the November issue of
Mademoiselle, woman magazine,
The article explained that Miss
Curtis writes about political de-
velopments down south, slums, ra-
cial conflicts for the Amsterdam
News Harlem's big semi-weekly"
as we'll as the fact that "she has a
2. A. from tn? University of Chi
cago and M. A. from Columbia.
first Journalism Job was
on Crisis, magazine of the NAACP'
Mademoiselle's article revealed.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BYRNES DESICNATES
AS
NESGO MONTH"

WASHINGTON, D. &c. (NNPA) -
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
|ast Tuesday designated the mon III
pf November as "USESCO Month
% focus attention on the meeting
pf the United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
tion which meets in Paris Novem-
Der 49,
Three colored men. President
charles S. johnson of Fisk Univcr
$ity; DR.. Charles S. Thompson of
Howard University and Walter N.
Ridley of Virginia State College
are members of the UNESCO.
Secretary Byrnes said the task of
UNESCO is to lay the foundation
.pf future world peace in the hearts
md minds of men. He added:
"The meeting of the General Con-
Eerence of UNESCO, which opens
|pn November 10 in Paris, furnishes
Rn appropriate occasion for EN-
phasizing the fundamental unity
which in part already exists, but In
Dart must yet be created, among
all peoples. For this reason. the
month of November has been des-
5gnated as UNESCO Month. I hope
That all citizens of the United
States, singly and thorugh their
groups and organizations, will par
|icipate in its observance.
4 None of the colored members is
$cheduled to attend the Paris con-
ference, but all three participated
Nast month in conference held
here to outline plans which the
limited States delegation will fol-
low at the Paris conference.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
900 Contributed To
NAACP Bv Church

NEW YORK - As q result of a
eix-week fund-rsisinq drive con-
Quoted bv the Third Baptist Church
of San Francisco, $1,000 was sent
f. tbs NAACP's National Office by
the San Francisco branch. The
money raised by the oldest Negro
Church West of the Rocky Moun
fains win be arnlied TO the LeFal
Defense Fund. for the recent vic
tins OF police brutality and mos
violence,
The southern news., 1946-11-09
PICKETERS JAILED

Six striking picketers at the
TaylOr-COlquitt works, Spartan
burg, S. c.. were arrested Sat
urday, and bond was set at $500
- in cash - for each. This is
the strike-bOund job referred to
on the Editorial page. Secretary
Of State James Byrnes is said to
he a major stakeholder in the
firm.
The southern news., 1946-11-09


MM.C. = would appreciate
your advice very much. l have a
ehild 2 years old, I'm unmarried,
twenty and live at home. Mother
will not keep my child while I
york and doesn't want his grand
parents to keep him, but still she
Eells me that have to pay board.
Fhe father of the baby supports
PIN. We do not agree or have any
Thing in common so feel it would
Pc big mistake to marry him. l
Fish to know il should continue
Etaying at home and being unhappy
Pr take my baby to his grandpar-
fnts and get me room and go to
work?
The southern news., 1946-11-09
DUKE TO Make
ADDITION TO ORC.
FOR CONCERT

New York (ANP) - The con.
cert troupe headed by Duke FL
lngton will have a hot guitarist
and member of the Quintet of
the Hot Club of Paris by name
of Django Reinhardt when it be
gins its season. it was announc
&c here recently by the William
Morris agency.
Reinhardt was imported from
France by the agency and is ex-
pected to remain in the country
after the tour to work with 9th
er combos. T n e Morris agency
fronts for Duke and his aggrega-
ton.
The southern news., 1946-11-09

water supply has not been tested
IN three years. and it is from an
ordinary pitcher pump, with no dis
nosal for water other than to allow
it to drop down beside the pipe.
The outdoor toilets are unscreened
and filthy. We urge early action
to improve this plant and to provide
better facilities"
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25
DEMOCRACY ON EXHIBIT

Representatives from ma
tions throughout the world are
gathering in New York City
for the meeting of the United
Nations Organizations securi-
ty council.
The presence of these men
in our country would seem a
rare opportunity to put on a
thrilling exhibition of democ-
racy at work = an exhibit
which would leave them with
a lasting impression that de-
mocracy is the right answer to
the problem of the world.
But instead, we fear that
this cosmopolitan audience, as
it studies our country today,
will simply see the same old
show it is sick and tired of see
ing in the world theaters-
just another exhibit of discon-
tent, struggle, strikes, govern
ment bungling, class warfare,
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25

racial prejudice, widespread
crime and political corruption.
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25
Statewide Corn Test
Results Announced

Results of statewide 1945 tests in
corn production have been announced
by DR.. Emerson R. Collins, leading
extension agronomist at State Col
lege. Results to date from 27S ex-
periments in 62 counties showed that
close spacing, proper fertilization
and the use of adapted varieties of
hybrid seed increased normal yields
by 20.3 bushels to the acre and in
creased farmers average net return
by $23.35 per acre over usual meth
DDS of production.
Test corn yielded an average of
&c bushels to the acre. Regular
farmer" yields averaged 457 BUSH
els. 1t had been specified at the out
set of the demonstrations that hy-
brids be planted on average" land
plots which normally yielded less
than 80 bushels of corn. The state
average corn yield has been around
20 bushels for the past 80 years
North Carolinas more progressive
farmers volunteered to make the
production tests and made more thar
twice the average state yield in fol-
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25
Movement Underway
To Provide State With
More Medical Care

A movement to provide for the
people of North Carolina more doc
tors, especially in the smaller COM
munities and rural areas, and better
medical care was underway through
out the State this week.
A program to achieve this goal was
launched at meeting of more than
200 leaders of various professional,
business, industrial and lay groups
from all sections of the State who
gathered in Townsville last Thurs
day and organized the North Carolina
Good Health Association. The meet
ing was called by l. G. Greer, Super
intendent of the Baptist Orphanage
at Thomasville.
Citing numerous facts to show
that North Carolina ranks low among
the other states in hospital and med
ical care, the Association, in prelim-
mary plans, took steps to carry to
every nook and corner of the State
movement "to support the efforts
of the Governor, the North Carolina
Medical Care Commission, the medi-
cal allied professions, and other in
terested groups and individuals work
ing for the good health program"
| Named to spearhead the appeal
were regional chairmen: D. Hiden
Ramsey, for the West; Irving Car
lyle, for the Piedmont; James s.
Ficklen, for the Northeast, and Judge
Henry L. Stevens, for the Southeast
Making an inspiring address Mr.
Ramsey, general manager of the
Asheville Citizen-Times, pointed out
that the Governors Commission of
so representative North Carolinians
had strongly recommended state
wide and well-balanced program for
the improvement of the health of all
our people"
| He said that almost all of the
county medical societies, the Asso-
citation of Public Health Officials,
the State Nurses Association, the
North Carolina Pharmaceutical AS
sociation, the North Carolina Hos
pital Association, and many other
representative organizations of North
Carolinians, farm groups, women's
groups, labor groups, and business,
educational, professional, and relig-
ious leaders had endorsed this pro-
gram.
Although the organization is in its
infancy, already the names of more
than 500 representative North Car
olina citizens, coming from various
groups, were signed to a charter
which was unanimously adopted by
the new Association. The signers in
cluded three former Governors, o.
Max Gardner, Clyde Hoey, and ]. NJ.
Broughton; the chairmen of the two
major political parties in this State,
William B. Umstead of Durham, and
Sim A. DeLapp of Lexington; nation
al committeeman for both parties,
Wilkins P. Horton of Pittsboro, and
Charles A. Jonas, of Lineolnton; half
a dozen presidents of the State Med
ical Society, and many other repre-
sentative citizens.
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25

lowing customary practices but fell
short of the hybrid mark by more
than so per cent.
Among the highest test yields re-
corded were 1914 bushels per acre
by C. B. Green of Durham County
and lis bushels by Thad Corlton OF
Yadkin County.
Shallow cultivation during early
growth of the crop and no cultiva-
tion after plants were two and half
feet high was credited by DR.. Collins
with greatly increasing yields. The
agronomist said that for best results
corn should be planted in three and
a half foot rows at intervals of 16
to 21 inches, fertilized with 300 to
500 pounds of 6-8-6 fertilizer and
top-dressed with the equivalent of 80
pounds of nitrogen. If fertilizer
supplies are not up to recommends
tions, the spacing of plants should
be heightened accordingly.
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25
EAT LESS, OR GROW
MORE?

Most Americans are in SYM
pathy with the idea of our ma
ton doing all it can to help
feed less fortunate people
throughout the world. If nee.
essary, we would be willing to
eat a lot less than we did dur
ing wartime in order to ship
more food to millions of peo-
pie who are on the point OF
starvation.
But We wonder if the "eat
less" plan is going to do as
much to solve this problem as
would a grow more" pro-
gram.
During the war-in spite OF
great shortages of equipment
and of farm help-our farm
ers managed to break all rec
ords for production.
Unfortunately, however, the
shortage of farm equipment
continues to be a major farm
problem. If our government
really wants to do all it can to
supply food to the world, it
should do a lot more than ii
has done so far to wipe out the
bottlenecks, labor difficulties
and price problems which are
delaying the production OF
farm machines.
The Lincoln times., 1946-03-25
This Week in
WASHINGTON

Washington. D. C.-Presideut Tru-
mans plea for a moral and spiritual
revival among the people as the only
chance of saving the world from di-
saster has been applauded by church
leaders throughout the nation. They
have long felt that our leaders in
| Washington have not given sufficient
recognition in solving the superhum-
an problems which face the world,
They were particularly pleased by
his statement: The last five years
have produced many awesome dis
coveries in material things. But it
has been truthfully said that the
greatest discoveries of the future
will be in the realm of the spirit.
There is no problem on this earth
tough enough to withstand the flame
of genuine renewal of religious faith.
And some of the problems of today
will yield to nothing less than that
kind of revival"
Quite different was the reaction
among church leaders to the
speech by Winston Churchill in which
he based his hopes for peace on
armaments on an Overwhelming
preponderance of power on the side
of the Enghsh-speaking peoples.
But congressman, after hearing
Mr.. Churchil's speech, have been
giving a lot of serious thought to his
dismal picture of the future-partic-
ularly to the real meaning behind
some of his statements attacking the
policies of Russia. Mr.. Churchill said
that the war with Germany could
have been prevented if we had taken
action in 1885 or 1886 and added that
the answer to peace today is to
reach a good understanding with
Russia right now in '46 on all points
which are apt to cause trouble.
A number of congressman have OBJ
jected to Mr.. ChurchilPs proposals
for a military alliance between the
United States and Great Britain.
Representative Smith of Ohio, one of
the most vehement critics of the
speech, said that an alliance such as
Mr.. Churchill proposed would mean
a third world war"
Others, however, considered the
speech a brilliant analysis of the
world situation today. Representative
Colmer Of Mississippi, for example,
called it "a great speech by great
man a realistic speech by a realis-
tic man
Although or problems with the
Soviet seem 70 be the feature news"
Of Washington these days, what with
our secretary Of state wiring a ser
les Of protest letters to Moscow. gov
eminent officials continue to be op-
timistic over reaching an understand
ing with the Russians.
On the domestic front. the prob
lens Of housing, strikes, shortages
Of goods, price control, subsidies and
initiation continue TO beg for solution.
1t appears that the OPA will be con-
tinued for another year, not because
congress wants it but because of the
fear that prices might go skyhigh if
it were dropped. An emasculated
: housing bill, which will probably pass
congress, is not expected to do very
much toward speeding home construc-
ton.