ANNOUNCEMENT
We know that a few people in Concord, and our opposition, will rejoice when they read this:--
AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT
this week, our Balcony will be closed to colored people.
We will not try to copy Winston-Salem, High Point, Lexington, Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte, Hickory, Lincolnton and several other cities in this state!
Concord Theatre
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Durham, May 28—Following its organization two weeks ago, the society formed by Duke University students to protest educational restriction through legislation, has grown until it now numbers 300 members.
Students announced their intention of opposing all organized effort which might restrict the teaching of science in North Carolina educational institutions. Plans are now underway by the society—which the students call Schola Caveat—to hold a State convention for the purpose of organizing similar society in North Carolina and other states.
Just how Schola Caveat began is not definitely known. It was rather a spontaneous thing, several hundred students suddenly conceiving the idea simultaneously. Organization was probably expedited, it is believed, by recent efforts in this state to arouse opposition to the teaching of science, insofar as it applies to the creation of man.
Editor’s note: Schola Caveat is Latin and means “Let the school beware.”
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Roanoke Rapids, N.C., May 28 (AP)—Samuel F. Patterson, president of the American Federation of Cotton Manufacturers Association, died at his home here today, after several years of poor health. He was elected president of the organization last week at the convention in Atlanta. He was 55 years of age.
His illness is said to have been aggravated by his recent trip to Atlanta to the convention. He had been confined to his bed since returning.
Mr. Patterson was president of the Rosemary Mfg. Co., and general manager of the Roanoke Rapids Mfg. Co., two of the largest textile establishments in the state. He was at one time manager of a silk mill in Baltimore.
The twin towers of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary in their recent development were largely built by Mr. Patterson. The mill owner took an active interest in looking to the betterment of conditions among his employees.
Mr. Patterson was born in Winston-Salem. He is survived by three children.
Although funeral arrangements had not been made this morning, it was expected that burial will be in Winston-Salem either tomorrow or Sunday.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Asheville, May 27—The Asheville colored chauffeur’s club filed a certificate of incorporation in the office of J.B. Cain, clerk of Buncombe county superior court, Tuesday morning, giving as the purposes of the organization a course of training for chauffeurs “in the science and art of driving and operating motor-propelled vehicles” and stating the club is privileged to promote social intercourse among its members and guests.
This is the first club of its sort to be formed by negroes of the state, it is said. The course of instruction will be a thorough one in order that the members may give better service to their employers and the public generally.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Atlantic City, N.J., May 27—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a plea to the 18th biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, for increased activity for the adoption of the federal child labor amendment, singled out North Carolina as typical of objectionable conditions of child labor.
“North Carolina,” he said, “permits an 11-hour day and a 60-hour week. Several other large states permit children under 16 years to work 54 hours a week and in many of these states provision is made for longer hours of toil in case the repair of broken machinery interferes with the normal course of employment.”
Mr. Green said that many states which voted for prohibition, the federal income tax and woman’s suffrage voted against federal legislation to protect the lives of the children of the nation.
Editor’s note: As of 2026, there is no constitutional amendment to limit, regulate or prohibit the labor of persons under 18. States may have laws concerning child labor, but it’s not considered a federal issue.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Raleigh, May 28—Aden Proctor of Buncombe county arrived at the State Prison today to begin serving a five-year sentence for burglary. He was given prison number 20,000, this being the number of prisoners at the prison since its establishment in 1869.Superintendent Pou called attention to the fact that of the 20,000 prisoners in 57 years, approximately 7 ½ per cent are still confined at the institution.
Proctor, a negro, is an unusual prisoner. He is 22 years old, and in that time has attained the height of but 4 feet 9 ½ inches.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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Asheville, May 2? (AP)—The victim of an attack by several negroes, J. Wesley Banks, 44 years old, conductor on the Southern Railway, died here early this morning of spinal meningitis resulting from a fractured skull. Although the fight occurred Monday night, Banks was released from a local hospital shortly after he entered, as it was thought his injuries were slight. He returned to the hospital Wednesday night and physicians learned spinal meningitis had developed.
Banks and a friend, Carl Pinner, were walking along a street, it was alleged, when an automobile containing five negroes drove on to the sidewalk. Ranks ordered them to back off, but they refused. Words let to blows, and Pinner entered the fray. One of the negroes is said to have struck Banks on the head with a rock. Pinner was slightly injured.
All five of the negroes, one of whom is only 15 years old, are being held without bond in the city jail and will be turned over to the Superior Court following the coroner’s inquest.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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