MIRTYR BURIED IN ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stunned America Urges President Truman To Do Something * SEl STORY, PAGE THRElf TIMES Reporter Describes 'Pathetic’ Funeral For Victim tffissatmrsaFrsyf, FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS Entered «■ Second Clam Matter at the Poet Offloe at Dnrham, Nortb Carolina, oDder Aet of March S, 1879. VOLUME 30—NUMBER 1 DUBHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SA'TUBDAT, JAN. 5th, 1952 PRICE TEN CENTS Durham On Idea Throws Cold Water Of Nearo Firemen SEE STORY, PAGE FIVE Wealthy Slayer Of Negro Out On Bond New Bern — Newton Hanes, gentleman larmer of Craven county and relative of a wealthy banking and textile family of Winston-Salem, was released on bond of $25,000 here last week. Hanes has been charged with the murder of his Negro tenant farmer, 40 year-old Ishmael Simmons, last Nov. 4. Hanes, lodged in jail here , since Nov. 5, was released after a habeas corpus writ was issued by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, Snow Hill jurist. In issuring the writ, Judge Frizzj^..s‘»id that no evidetjgf^iS' Qiat the shooting of ^ajllitiions was premeditated had introduced. , Simmons’ partially clad body was found jammed under the dashboard of a'car, two gunshot woundshia head, near Hap^*. Trent river farm. Several items of the victim’s clothing were found in Hanes’ station wagon, Bceotdjag to arresting officer? who also said a .25 calibre pistol As a condition of release, Judge Frizzzelle ordered Hanes out of Craven County and or. dered him remain away until . the trial. The trial is slated to come during the January term of Craven County Superior Court with Judge John J. Bur ney presiding. Present at the habeas corpus hearings at Judge Frlzzelle’s home were Hanes, his attorneys, John Beaman of New Bern; Fred S. Hutchins of Winston- Salem; T. O. Moore, textile in dustrialist of Winston-Salem; District Solicitor William J. Bundy of Greenville and special prosecutor Jack Granham of New Bern. Seven of the sixteen Negroes who were not al lowed to play golf on the Bonnie Brae (Mnni- «%•!) Golf Coarse in Charlotte, North Carolina are shoWn with Attorney Spotswood W. Robin son, in. Southeast Regional NAACP Counsel; Attorney Thomas H. Wyche, Chairman, Char lotte Branoli, NAACP Leial Comieittee apd Kelly M. Aelxander, President, North Carolina Conference of NAACP Branches. Reading from left to right, front row, Charles W. Leeper, Dr. Bndloph M. Wyche, Henry H. Isley, Anthony .^M. Walker and Bussell Mc Laughlin. Back row. Attorney Thomas A. Jfyebe, I. P Farrar, Attorney Bobinson, Willie Lee Wedding- ton and Alexander. The Charlotte Park and Recreation Commis sion was asked on December 20th, to change its policy so that Negroes will be given the right to use the Bonnie Brae Course on the same basis the white golfers use the course. The petition was sent to the Commission a^Ij^o the City Gov ernment by Attorneys for the NAACP. Miss Annie L. Norris, of Mo- Leanmrille, North Carolina, is one of 26 Negro students award ed scholarships by the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis for the 1951-52 school year. Miss Norris is studying phy sical therapy at Boston Universi ty. Funds for National Founda tion seiiolarsliips are raised in the March of Dimes, held this year January 2-31. National Leaders Endorse Polio Fund Campaign New York—Emphasizing the critical' need for support of the March of Dimes of the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis, leaders of national organi zations have issued a joint ap peal for increased contributions to thg polio fund. The campaign for funds is being held January 2-31. Prominent among the signers of the call to the fight against infantile paralysis are: Kelly Alexander, Charlotte, N. member National Board NAACP Dr. Willard Allen, Baltimore, Md., Masonic leader and insur ance executive; Mrs. Marion H. BluittjWashington, D. C., presi dent National Sorority of Phi Delta ' Kappa; Mrs. Carolyn Blantos, Louisville, Ky., national secretary Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority;_Dr. Marie Carpenter Un RITES HEID FOR J. S. HUGHSON Seek To Open Charlotte Golf Gturse To Negroes Funeral rites for Julian S. Hughson, 56-year-old, were held here at the Covenant Presby terian Church last Thursday aft ernoon. Reverend J. A. Cannon, church pastor, officiated at the rites. Mr. Hughson died suddenly at his home here at 707% Payette- vUle Street after a long Illness Charlotte—^The National As. sociation for the Advancement of Colored People this week asked the city government and the Park Recreation Commission to open Charlotte’s only munl- pal golf coiu-se to Negro citizens. In a petition on behalf of sixteen Negroes who were turn ed away from the Bonnie Brae (municipal) course solely be cause of their race, the NAACP charges that the city’s policy of denying Negroes admission to the golf course violates the 14th Aipendment of the U. S. Consti tution. In a letter accompanying the petition, Thomas H. Wyche, chairman’ of the legal redress conmiittee of the ' Charlotte NAACP branch, and Spotswood W. Robinson III, SAACP region al special counsel, stated that unless a response were received within fifteen days, it would be, assumed that the requests and demands of the petition were denied. Park Superintendent R. Fos- (Please turn to Page Eight) Riot Probe Attorney Is Congratulated Chicago—Indictments return ed against'four officials and three police officers of Cicero for their role in the hate riot of last summer “certainly seem to justffy the efforts of the National (Please turn' to Page Eight) Negroes Not Emancipated Yet, Says Speaker Here January 1st Although Negroes are free from chains of slavery. Eman cipation in its fullest sense has not been achieved said Dr. G. W. Robinson, pastor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church in thb main address here Tuesday for the 89th observance of the Emancipation Proclamation at St. Joseph A. M. E. Church. Approximately 500 persons filled the church to mark the local Interdenominational Mini sterial Alliance-sponsored cele bration. Reverend Robinson, promin ently mentioned for a bishophric in the A. M. E. Church, and also president of Howard University’s School of Religion Alumni, told the audience, ^^'it’s up to \is to make that document (the Eman cipation Proclamation) stand a- mong the great state papers of human government, like the Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights or the French document on SVa- ternity and Equality. "But, the speaker cautioned, “we can do so only if we live up to the faith of Him who expound ed these documents and the hopes of those whose destinies it altered.” Reverend Robinson reminded his audience that statements that slavery ended with the Eman cipation . Procalamation do not accurately describe the situa cal organizations appeared on the program and were heard in brief messages. Special music for the occasion was rendered by the Union Baptist Church choir and J. R. Holmes. The Emancipation Proclama tion was read by Mrs. Celestine Sanders. _ Ministerial Alliance members participating on the program were Rev. S. P. Perry> pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church; Rev. C. E. McLester, pastor of Morehead Amvenue Baptist; Rev. A. S. Croom, pastor of Un ion Baptist Ciiurch; Rev. D. A. Johnston, host pastor who intro duced the speaker; ted Rev. Wm. H. Fuller, president of the Al liance who presided during the ceremonies. Jersey City., N. J., member Jer. sey City Board of Education; J. E. Dickson; Columbia, S. C. grand secretary Prince-Hall Ma sons of South Carolina; John Wesley Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga., grand master Prince Hall Ma sons of Georgia. J. F. Drake, Normal, Ala., president Alabama A and M College; Dr. Joseph G. Gathings Washington, D. C., president National Medical Association; Fred W. Hickman, Milwaukee, Wise., grand master Prince Hall Masons of Wisconsin; Dr. H. W. Hunter, Cleveland, Ohio, presi dent Ohio Elks Association; Eliza H. Hunter, North Little Rock, Ark., president Arkansas State Teachers Association; John G. Lewis Jr., Baton Rouge, La., grand master Prince Hall Masons (Please turn to Page Eight) NAACP Head Flies To Scene $5000 REWABD OFFEBED FOB CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL New York—Walter White, ex. ecutlve-secretary of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, attend, ed the funeral of Harry T. Moore NAACP state coordinator who died as a result of bomb blast which wrecked his home and also seriously injured his wife on Christmas night. Before leaving New York, White announced that the NA ACP is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers. Th^ Association, he said, is determin. ed to do everything possible to insure justice in this case—the first in which an NAACP offici al has been killed in line of duty. Pressing the Department of Justice to move into the Florida situation, the NAACP, through White, yesterday asked Attorney General J. Howard McGrath to receive a delegation of repre sentatives of national and Flori da organizations “ to discuss steps which must be taken to end these outrages." Thurgood Marshall, special NAACP coun sel, wired the attorney-general that “only with the aggressive intervention of your office will this type of lawlessness be curb ed.” Marshall also sent a tele gram demanding action to Gov ernor Fuller Warren. NAACP AIDS FAMILY In an emergency meeting last week the Association’s commit tee on administration voted contribution for restoration ot the home and other ^expenses. An appeal was sent out to 1,000 NAACP branches throughout the country asking for coiltri- IBuTIbn^ day has never been observed at such great cost in this ^all Florida town air it was here last Tuesday when all that was mor tal of Harry T. Moore, who died when his home was wrecked by bomb here Christmas night, was carried to its last resting place in LaGrange Cemetery af- Over Thousand At Rites Hear Officials Pledge To Catch Culprits By ALEXANDEK BABNES ^ ter one of the most pathetic fu- Mims, Fla. — Emancipation nerala ever held. The Carolina Times represent ative appeared on the scene at 11 o’clock on the morning of the funeral, and the events sur rounding Moore’s murder are. given here as this reporter saw them The home of the victim was visited, and it was there that I talked with Sheriff Williams who expressed a desire to track down every clue that had bcMk. -renp(»ted to him. The lynste was an entire shamble. The bedroom in which Mr. Moore and his wile slept was tom to shreds. The window on the souttiaide of the building, which was dirMtly next to the bed, was tom com pletely ojit' and there were not even the remnants of broken glass. The Times represaitative was told that the mattress on which the couple slept was foiuid in the ceiling, and it is be lieved that this kept the wife from being blown out of the house and suffering sudden death. The body of Moore, according to Sheriff Williams, was found in a hole almost 50 feet from the spot of the death bomik 'VlM south side of the house, which comprisM the living roosn and the dining room;' was shaken to the extent that the sill* were re. moved, and all of thf ttjeather- boarding was either Mn*' away or hanging off the tw^M^h it was originalljs “ Alexander Barnes ... First hand report. Local Group Sets Moore Protest Meeting Sunday A public memorial meeting 1 laboratory on the north side will be held Sunday afternoon | the house and were busy sifting Chain Contest Winners Listed Winners in the Durham Busi ness and Professional Ciiain sponsored Christmas Home De coration contest were announced here this week at a New Year’s Eve dinner given by the Chain auxiliary, the Hpusewive’s. Lea gue, at the Pearsontown School Cafeteria. i_ I The home of Mr. and Mrs. L. m this country. Representatives ol several lo- (Please turn to Page Eight) Emancipation Observed In Person County ROJfflORO — Emancipation Day was observed here last Tues day with a program at the Per son County High School. L. X. Austin- editor-publisher of the CAROLINA TIMES, de livered the main address. Two of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous documents. The Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, were were read by Miss LoBemice Oliver and CliftoA Jeffers, re spectively. 'Music for the occasion was furnished by the High School Mixed Choir. Other participants on the pro gram were Reverend O. A. Hes ter, pastor, Sanc(y Hill Baptist Church, DanvUle, Virginia; Rev. A. L, White, pastor of Rox- boro's A. M. E. Circuit; L. P. Peace, president of the. Person County Emancipation Organi* zation, sponsoring group; J. B. Woods, Jim Johnson, Wattet Bradsher, Harrison Yancey, Mrs. Ellen E. Mosely and Reverend I (Please turn to Page Eight) caning^ u^n tEeni io hold memorial services for Mr. Moore on Sunday, January 6, and urging they request action by Attorney-General McGrath. Mr. Moore died on the way to a hospital a few hours after the bomb exploded beneath the floor of his bedroom on Christ- night. He and his wife, daughter and mother-in-law, all of .whom are usually away from home in teaching positions, had gathered in Mims to spend Christmas together. Coming less than two months after the coldblooded slaying of Samuel Shepherd and wounding of Walter Irvin, defendants in the notorious Groveland “rape” caSe by Sheriff McCall of Lake County, Mr. Moore’s violent death stunned many complacent persons into realizing the full menance of the recent pattern of terror in Florida, including the bombing of Jewish synagog ues and centers, the bombing of a Negro housing project and (Please turn to Page Eight) at 3:00 P. M. at the St. Joseph A. M. E. Church here in Dvurhani in protest of the Christmas night house-bombing which killed the NAACP State Cc-ordinator Har ry T. Moore and severely injured his wife at Mims, Florida. Sim- ilar meetings have been schedul ed throughout the nation. specimens of the soil in aad •- round the pUce. The house i* lo cated in the rear of a I«rg» orange grove, which I was was once owned by the Moor« — but was later sold to whites. Be- cause of Moore’s activities in the fight to equalize salaries foir Negro teachers in the State, he Alexander Barnes, special 'was relieved of his job as a TIMES correspondent who was 'school principal, and it is believ. rushed to the scene of the bomb- ed by many that financial dif- ing and whose account of ficulUes forced him to sell the—— Moore’s funeral appears on this page, will "be the principal speak er. Attorney M. E. Johnson, pres ident of the Durham Branch of the NAACP, has called upon business, professional, labor, fraternal, church, student and civic leaders and the entire citi zenry “to rally to this cause, which involves the protection of the right of every citizen of this country to Ufe Itself.” The St. Joseph Choir and other music%roups will be feat. profitable grove and keep only a small p^irtion which is ^bout a half mile off of highway one. At 12 noon the mourners be gan to pour into the little church. Mims Baptist. There werg many who felt that the body would have been brought to the church on Monday, but an investigation revealed that due to the inter est shown throughout the world that it wolud be better to, k4iiv the body at the Burton Funeral Home, in nearby Sanford, until . , almost time for the funeraL The ured at the Sunday memorial arrived at one. and mow service. ., -^ thousand persons filed in- Prominent local citizens have been invited by the NAACP to make brief statements on the program voicing their in4igna- tion over this instance of brute (Please turn to Page Eight) to the littie church to get a glimpse of the race’s first mar. tyr. i . At two the family arrived at (Please turn to Page Eight) Dedieatlon serviees Iw Wil liam ]. Kennedy, TV, were held at White Rock BaptiAChurch. From left to right are’j^V. C. C. S]tanlding, trustee ot White Roek aad grand uncle of the Utest member ot ^ Keeeedy Mis. Alto* C. Keeeed», family; W. J. KewMdy, J.jol the kaby; Mn. Cnm M. Schooler, Mtpertetudemt •( Saaday Hah—!*■ CimMi White Rock Sunday Sehori; Mrs. j Boll; Bfis. Charlotte K. Sk»aa, (holdlmg the maternal bahy), auat ot WtUiam I., IV, |M. L. KMMody,