/
/
N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co.
HOST TO AGENCY
White Ministers Blast New Jim Crow Policy At UNC
-It
♦
Botered m Beeond aw Matt«r at the Poat Offiee at Darharn. North Carolin*, uiMler Art of March 8, 1879.
FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 43
. DURHAM, H. C., SATURDAY, 00^ 28th, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Expect 1,000 At Baptist
Meeting In Wilmington
By OTIS L. HAIRSTON
Wilmington — Approximately KXX) members and friends,
representing 1600 Baptist Churches and n membership of 280,-
000, will assemble in Wilmington, October 31—November 2, to
participate in the 83rd annual session of the General Haptist
State Conventioii of North Carolina, Inc. Sessions will be held in
the Shiloh Baptist Church, Dr. .1. H. Moore, pastor, and the
Williston 9igh School.
Major concern will be given during the three days to the task
of world redemption. The theme of the meeting is “World Re
demption Through Applied Christianity.”
Dr. Sandy Ray, pastor of the
Cornerstone Baptist Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y., will give the
featured address centered a-
round the session’s theme. The
Rev. Mr. Ray who is also ex
ecutive secretary of the Social
Service Commission of the Na-
^*Y^i baptist Convention, Inc.,
will sp3«k Wednesday evening,
November 1 at 8.
Other special addresses will
be given by — Dean William
R. Btrassner of the Shaw Uni-
si ty School of Religion; Dr. C.
C. Spaulding, president of
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, Durham;
Dr. W. C. Somerville, executive
secretary of the Lott Carey Bap
tist Foreign Mission Conven
tion-, the Rev. G. W. Thomas of
Roxboro who will give the key-
address; T. A. Hamme, super
intendent of the Oxford Or
phanage, and Dr. M. A. Hug
gins . executive secretary of the
Baptist State Convention.
Scheduled to preach sermons
fJijring the gathering are: Dr.
BTT. B lowne, pastor of the Mt.
VemoDi Baptist -CntrfcTi, Dur
ham; the Rev. J. E. Melton,
pastor of the Calvary Baptist
Church, High Point, and the
Rev. J. E. Bowden of LaGrange.
A panel discussion — “Can
the Influence of the Church
Establish the True Basis For
World Peace.”
Paul Quinn Chapel
Given Fomily Bible
As Memorial Gift
Waco, Texas — A large Bible,
a family heirloom of the Har
vey family, that was owned by
the late Rev. M. P. Harvey, Sr.,
and prior to his ownership was
the property of the late Rev. L.
M. Burgan, a former president
of Paul Quinn College, has been
piven to the Howard Memorial
chapel as a memorial of the late
Rev. Harvey by his son, M. P.
Harvey, Jr., it was announced
this week by Dean J. B. Isaacs,
college pastor and dean of the
Paul Quinn College Seminary.
“The Paul Quinn College
Seminary and the Howard Mem-
s orial chapel are enriched im
measurably by the possession of
the Bible which was owned by
two distinguished and erudite
African Methodist Episcopal
ministers and leaders of the
race,” Dean Isaacs said.
Mr. Harvey, the donor, is the
business manager of Paul Quinn
college and has been praised
highly for his efficient service
in that capacity which has a
vital bearing on the outstanding
growth and progress that Paul
Quinn is making.
Dedication Of
New School
Held Sunday
Dr. C. C. Spaulding, presi
dent of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,
the Mechanies and Farmers
Bank and noted businessman,
rose to the zenith of his lonpr
career of leadership of the race
here Sunday al tiie dedicatory
exercises of the new Merriek-
Jloore high school, located near
here on the Fish Dam Road.
Planked on each side by city
and county school oflicials, the
nationally known businessman
told his listeners that “you can’t
play a tune on the piano with
out using both the white and tlu
black keys.”
Delivering the main addres.s
at the dedication ceremonies of
the new school. Dr. Spaulding
asserted in restrained but
straightfor^vard words that to
operate schools for Negroes suc
cessfully, there must be coopera
tion between races to the extent
that Negroes must have repre
sentation on the city and coun
ty boards of education. This
same principle applies to other
instances wherein the rights of
the race are involved, he stated.
Present at the dedication ser
vices of the new school were ap
proximately 500 persons ih ad
dition to school oflicials Doctor
Charles E. Jordan, chairman of
the Durham County Board of
Education; County Schools
Supt. W. M. Jenkins, principal
of the new school, L. S. Gilliard;
the County Board of Commis
sioners and m,embers of the
Education Board.
Descendants of the two men
for whom the school was named,
Mrs. L. M. Merrick, daughter
of the late Dr. Moore, and E. R.
Merrick, son of the late John
Merrick, participated in the
dedicatorj’ ceremonies.
The new school, which has 17
cla-ssrooms and an erollment of
773 students, is said to have
one of the modern rural school
plants in the South. It has a
cafeteria, library-, combination
auditorium gymnasium, and a
workshop for, teaching trades,
Mr. Merrick described the
ceremony a.s “a history makin"
occasion” and the plant as the
finest in the State for ruarl edu
cation. ,
E. R. Merrick, vice-president
and treasurer of the Mutual,
urged the community to make
the best use of the opportunitv
which the school offers.
Dr. Jordan presented the keys
to Supt. Jenkins who in turn
handed them to Gilliard, prin
cipal of the school.
(Pleaw turn to Page Eight)
Last Rites Held School Girl
For Miss Carter IKHIed In Fall
From Bus
• MISS PATTIE H. CARTER i
Funeral scrtices were held
Monday, October 23, at 2:00 p.
ni. at Saint Titus Episcopal
('hurch on Fayetteville Street,
for Miss Pattie Hawkins Car
ter, who passed at Lincoln Hos
pital on Saturday morning,
October 21, after an illness of
several weeks. The Rev. 0. D.
Stanley was the oflSciating min
ister. Interment w'as held at
Beechw;ood Cemetery.
For many years. Miss Carter
was the breath and life of Lin
coln Hospital, for she came to
the institution in 1911, when it
wa.s in its struggling infancy,
under the able leadership of its
founder, the late Dr. Aaron
Moore.
As Assistant Director, she
performed ^1 the duties rela
tive to the administration of the
hospital and nursing practices
in general. When Dr. Moore
passed, Di*. Charles Shepard
succeeded him as Director.
It was due to the magnificent
teamwork of Miss Carter and
Dr. Shepard that Lincoln Hos
pital emerged as a powerful ser
vice-rendering organization in
t.he community life of Durham.
So outstanding was her ser
vice to Lincoln Hospital, that
William Kenneth Boyd, in THE
STORY OF DURHAM, pub
lished in 1925, wrote: “Much of
the success of the instiution is
due to the devoted servicei
of Miss P. H. Cartter, hlead
nurse, anesthetist, book-keeper,
and stew'ardess. She has prac
tically devoted her life to the
institution, and once she re
fused an increase in salary on
the ground that the hospital
needed the money.”
Older residents of Durham.,
who are well acquainted with
the excellency with which Miss
Carter performed her ta.sks in
the hospital, and in the com-
munity at large, recall that she
carried out the tradition of ser
vice laid down by her late
illustrious father, Hawkins W.
Carter, who, during the latter
part of the last century served
Warren County as a Repre
sentative, and later as a State
Senator.
Her early training was re-
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Fayetteville—Bernice Smith,
14-year-old girl, of near God
win, died late last Monday aft
ernoon when she jumped or fell
from a moving school bus. She
was a student at Armstrong
High School,
Bus driver, 19-year-old Jameis
Jidward Williams, of near
Wade, and Clifford Godwin, 19,
bus baptain, were the only oth
er occupants of the bus at the
time of the fatal accident. They
both told investigating officers
that as the bus neared the point,
about 20(J yards off, where Ber
nice boarded the bus daily, she
suddenly got up from her seat
near the middle of the vehicle,
walked to the front, caught the
handle which opened the door
and jumped out. They estimated
the speed of the bus to have been
less than 35 miles per hour.
The young girl was rushed to
the Duuu Hospital, but d«:d
shortly alter being admitted.
(Jouuljr- School Superinten
dent, F. D. Byrd, Jr., has jom-
ed with Coroner Joe Pinkston,
and State Highway Patrolman
li. L. Pridgen in an investiga
tion of the tragedy.
Dr. Ralph Bunche
May Get Post At
Harvard Univ.
Ijake Siieeess, New York —
F’ollowing an upsurge of ru
mors and questions seeking con
firmation as to his appoint
ment to the position of profes
sor of government at Harvard
University, Dr. Ralph Bunche,
internationally known Palestine
mediator and recipient of the
1950 Nobel Peace Prize, declin
ed to make any positiv(> eoin-
menl.
However, he did is.sue a state
ment, which reads: “With re
gard to the reports emanating
today from Boston and Cam
bridge concerning the prospect
of my assuming a position on
the faculty of Harvard Univer
sity, I have only the following
to say at this time.
‘,It is true that Harvard Uni
versity, last Winter, took action
on my appointment and that I
had indicated a willingness to
accept such an appointment at
a future date, bearing in mind,
however, my deep interest in,
my responsibilities to and my
work with the United Nations.
“I am not prepared at this
time to be more precise with re
gard to this matter and have no
further comment to make.”
In the event that Dr. Bunche
does accept the professorship,
it will mark the first time in
the history of Harvard that a
Negro has held such a position.
This trio of North Carolina
College coeds caused many an
eyestrain during Hwnecoming
Day Activities here Ust Satur
day at Durham Athletic Park
where 6,500 fans cheered Her
man H. Riddick’s greatest foot
ball team to a 55-0 win over
Brutus Wilson’s Shaw Univer
sity Bears.
Center above is Esther Clay,
20, Roxboro senior, third mem
ber of her family to win honorj
as Miss North Carolina College.
She is flanked by two other
North Carolina College beauties,
Laura Ann Penn, Winston-Sa
lem sophomore, left, and Mary
Hennesee, Morganton junior
right.
Attractive Miss Clay who s.iys
she “perfers the athletic type”
is understood to he among the
reasons for the win-consciousness
among Eagle gridders.
Mad Man Kills Worker
At State Hospital
Candidate For Senator
To Speak Here Sunday
A Human Relations Mass
i\Ieeting will be held at Mount
V'ernon Baptist Church, 1000
Pine Street, Sunday, Octobei'
29, according to announcement
made this week by the Rev. E.
T. Browne, pastor. Theme of
the meeting will be “Can The
Church Improve Human Rela-
tionsi" The principal speaker
will be the Honorable E. I..
Gavin, Kepubliean candidate for
Senator in the General Election
to be held in November.
Music for the occasion will
be furnished by the 40-voiee
-Male Chorus of the church, ini-
der the direction of Mrs. E. B.
Pogl^f In ■ mixed,
choir, under-'fife ^direction of
Mi-s. K. S. MeCoihun at the.
organ, a yoiuig people’s choir,
directed by Miss Violet Perry
and Mrs. .lefferson Peterson as
accompanist will also render
several selections.
Rev. Browne is urging every
person in Durham and vicinity
to come out and aid in the dis-
cu.s.sion. “Can The Church Im
prove Human Relations?” Im-
sliare in the fellowship of the
meeting.
In addition to being a candi
date for Seimtor of North Caro
lina, Mr. Gavin is a distinguished
layman of his church and his
address here Sunday is being
anticipated with great enthus
iasm.
(ioidsboro — A Xegro em
ployee of the North Carolina
Hospital for the Negro in.sane.
svas killed here Tiiestlay morn
ing by an inmate.
The killer of the man \va.s
identified by Superintendent
Ira (’. Long as dohn 11. Thon\p-
son it Duplin County. The slain
man \vi-s Ifobert Clark who lost
his life when he was struck
with an iron bar by the mad
man after the latter had assisi-
etl him in carrying out .some
trash.
Thompson, aeeording to his
admittance papers, wa.s suyerinu
from an advanced form of in
sanity. No legal action Avill be
taken against the slayer of Clark
as in.sane persons are generally
considered out.side the law,
especially when confined to
State institutions for such.
The (Joldsboro institution has
been under considerable cri
ticism for the past sevi*ral years,
as to its managenitwit. ov>r-
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Heads Of
60 Companies
Here Nov. 1-3
Ap^.. li
panit-s ■'-.f th^* Xav -n ■
Insoran*- =
fu Lmrh.Ui. ,vm; ■ 1 ’
tlr- *
Lit" !n>iir ■ ■ . ^
tii\ ,1 i-idif.T- ii. ■■
bi* licid in ill" .nlii ■: -'i-:) a
hlllhlill;: .*r 'I " N:::’: ’
(‘dlh'L'*-
\V, \V I’.nfliT, A'j!'1>:
r^i-fur lit' rh** I tiii)n l*i-i,! •
Assiirani-'* 'i>ni[iany f .'.I :n
phin, TenneNcc, is rh.- i-n.nr
?Iian )>t' tht- i-tlllfiTHtK-:-
Th(‘ prtiirrHiii plann^^
four wnrk^liHj > : on RtM’riiitinir.
Selection. Trainin:r and Suj„*r
vision Partii*ipant> in rh.- w.rrk
>hop iin I{'(’niifinj' K ^h-M.
r. I,, r, Detroit: (' I,
of Rifhniond: 1 W 
L. N.. Chi.-airo. an.l H W Mr
Elrath of fSipniins'ham.
F'articipanfs in the worksii"'.
oil ^-lin rioii: A. -F \Villiani> * '
Lo> Aniffh-s; H' I'-n -Jolin.s 1« -■
ford of ('hicji'j:!;; -f:inu -> A
IJatt-., Atliiiita. .Hid li  •'hir
of Wa.shinirtiin. D t'
Partici[iant'> in riii «^.rk>inp
oil Traininir 11 A 'iilliam,
.Memphi.>: .1, D. firanfhani. I'hi
i-aifo; p] L. Sinioii, F M. 1 .
Atlanta, and W .\ 'ifnir-nr r'
Ihirham. Participants in th"
workshop on Supervision ; .
Cox. Durham -I T Bffs^dt.
Jaek^tnville; (i. W .lones.
^ oi'k. ami W. II. Wiliianis or’
lafk'.oii. Mis^jv^ippi •
»Tuest speakers for fh^■ eonf.-r
nee are Donald F. R\v of Diik'
f’niver^ity and W. H llaney i
the Home Security Lif' Insnr
ance t'onipany. (i^'orir.- A
Beavers, i-hairman of the lloani
of Dire*tors. (ioldfu Stat>‘ Mu
ttuil Insurance Conipany of I.o'
Angeles, California, will b-* rhi-
luncheon speaker kii Friday. *
Amung the responsibilities ot‘
the agency ottieer of a life in
surance company an* recnutinur.
selecting, trainimr and super
visiruf she fii'ld onrauizat’j:i
which .serve.s the insuriuir pn!'-
lic. The oonferenee is dfsitrur'd
to improve' that service.
Scheduled Meet At N. C.
University Moved When
Segregation Proposed
Chapel Hill — ,\n atomic
broadside was heard here Sun-
daj' when the Chapel Hill Min
isterial As,sociation, composed of
local white ministers, flatly re-
fu.sed to allow two talks to be
given at Memorial Hall on the
campus of the University of
North Caroina. under a segre
gated pattern, but moved them
to the Methodist Church.
The talks were to have been
delivered by the noted Japanese
evangelist and Presbyterian
clergyman, Toyohiki Kagawa,
but were moved to the new' place
when a conference with Univer
sity officials disclosed that they
could not be held withoiit the
audience being segregated.
The ruling is believed to have
been handed down as the result
of what was termed a new
“gentlemen’s agreement” be
tween University officials and
the Board of Trustees of the
institution that any meeting
held on the campns would have
to be segregated.
That the new president. Dr.
Gordon Gray, former Secretary
of the Army and supporter of
President Tnunan’s non-segre
gation program of the armed
forces, was instigator of the new'
policy or had anything to do
with it was not generally be
lieved by Negro leaders of the
State questioned on the matter
this week.
Said one well-known Durham
Negro leafier, who would not
permit the use of his name, “It
is hardly conceivable that a man
0 fMr. Gray’s stature, experi
ence and travel would think of
originating such a scheme in
the face of the fight our coun
try is now making to impress
upon the overwhelming number
of non-white people in the
world, the advantage of Demo
cracy, I am of the opinion that
the policy was instituted when
Dr. Frank Graham, former
president of the school was in
Indonesia on duty for the gov
ernment. f doTt believe Mr.
Gray or Dr. Graham woiild
stoop to such.”
One other prominent member
of the race stated that the new
policy could probably b«‘ traced
to the influence of two tru.s-
tees, one residing in Charlotte
and the other n'sidinir in Dur
ham.
Following is the full text of
the rek>utions adopted by the
13 member Association with re
gards to the .segregation policy
of the I’niversity:
F’ollowing is the full text of
the resolution as adopted by the
13-member Association: “Rec
ognizing the responsibility of
the University officials in ad
ministering the policy of the
University on meetings in its.
buildings, and regretting thalj
,the Ministers’ Association did
not make it sufficiently clear in
'.scheduling Memorial Hall that
I (Plea-se turn to Page Eight)
Negro Recipients
Of Awards At
N. C. State Fair
By MILDRED B. PAYTON
Negro Home Agent
Highlighting the third Au
nual Achievement Proirram held
within the fair rn>nntls on Ort-
ober *20, was the pivs^ntation of
the following awanls to Negro
home demonstration women of
Chatham County:
FiKxl Pres rvation -— .Mrs.
lyeah Moffitt, Siler City, Cloth
ing, Mrs. E. V. L*e.Mt. View;
Dairying — Mrs, Hlanehe Wil
liams. Webster; Poultry, .Mrs
Susie Woiuble, Bear Creek and
lloiist' Furnishiuirs — Mrs.
Sarah Baldwin, Milliken.
Club Project l^eailers winnini:
awards in the various fields
were: Fixxls and Nutrition -
Mrs. Mary Bell Marsh. Boulee
I’ear Creek; Mrs. Olivia Tay
lor. Millik'Mi Club: Mrs lAivic
Council, Mr Ziim I’lub: Fo«ul
Conservation --- Mrs Gatha
I.rivssiter, H in ton-Beckwith ; Mrs,
Mattie Paige. Lambert Chap**l
Jonlan Grove; Mrs Emnui
Marsh — Bonless-Bear ('n'el, ;
Clothing — Min, Bes.sie Gohl
ston, Bonlee-Bear Creek; Mrs
Beatrice Harris Lambert ('ha|>
el-Iordan Grove and Mrs. Clii
derella Edwards; Mt. Zion
Dairy — Mrs. Frances Wil
Hams: Lambert Chafiel-.lonlan
Grove ; Mrs. Rosa IVgmffon
reidt; Mr*. Vannie Moldin, St
Luke: Mrs. Carrie Brooks, lian;
bert Chapel-Jordan Grove; .Mr^
Jewel Dark, Goldston. .Mrs
Mildred Dowdy. Mr. View
Book Review CiTtificati*!^
were awanlel to the following:
Mrs. Vallie Alston, Mrs. Rii>xif
Small an.l Mrs. Ethel M .!
Riggsbee.
Prizes were awarded the fi)l
lowinsf for the best letters in the
“Twelve Reasons Why I Belona
To A Home Demonstration
Clnb” Contest — Mr, Mattie
1 (Please turn to Page Rights