Among the contrlbnton to the Lott Carey Baptist Fore
ign Mission Convention, which held its 58th Annual Session
in Columbus, Ohio, August 2t-Septemher 2, are two ministers
shown in the photograph above, who ma«e the largest eon-
tribntions to the body. They are the Revwend E, A. Par
ham, pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church, Columbus, CNiio,
and right the Rev. G? O. Bullock, pastor of the Third ^ntiat
Church, Waslilngtdn, D. C. E^ch minister, through his
church, gave more than $2,000 for the year 1954-55.
In the center is the Bev. J. Vance Mclver, newly.elected
Sresident of the Convenatm, snown performing his first
uty as president of the Organization. The Bev. Mr. Mclver
is the pastor of the Union Baptist Church, Orange, N. J.
Also shown in the photo are four women who have a
total of more than two hundred years of service for the Wo
The Carolina Times i$ The Oldest
And Widea Read Negro News^per
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In The Two Cttrolinaa.
man’s Auxiliary of the Convention. Beading from Um
left, are Mrs. G. O. Bullocli, Washington, D. Mrs. M. S.
W. Puryear, Chase City, Va.; Mrs. Veola Coleman, Balti
more, Maryland, and Mrs. O. S. Birilock, Raleigh.
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Lynching Of Boy Said Due To Mississippi Hate Campaign
SMN PROFIT PRICE PUCED ON
HOME IN WHITE NEIfiHBORHOOD
Pictured above are the principals In the housing incident in Southern Pines where a
Negro couple has purchased a home in an all-white suburb. Fury among whites arose
when other home owners discovered that they were about to have a Negro couple for
neighbors. At the top right are Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White, purchasers of the home. At
the left is Mrs. Grace Way Spence, the sell er. At the b»ttom is the modest five-room
home bought from Mrs. Spence fw |12,000 but now being offered for sale by the Whites
for 120,000.
SOUTHERII PINES
Although they say it will put
them to a lot of disadvantage
and extra expose Mr. and Mr*.
Martin L. \^ite, who bought
a bouse here in an all-wbite com-
-4»unlty, to sell tlr
^0,600 Tuesday after ahnpst a
week of threats and attempts at
intimidation by irate whites who
have threatened to burn it down
to the ground if they move in.
The couple both of whom are
the epitome of culture and re
finement, purchased the home
several days 'ago from Mrs.
Grace Way Spence at $12,000
who had bought it for a report;-
ed $10,000 from Henry L.
Graves, developer of Kenwood,
the fashionable residential sec
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. White had plan
ned to move into their new home
Wednesday upon the arrival o&
their furniture from Jamaica,
New York where they had lived
before they were retired several
weeks ago. They told the Caro
lina Times that they had been
looking for a quiet place in the
South wher^ they could live in
retirement and after much
thought and careful considera
tion had picked Southern Pines.
Mrs. White said “we do not
want it to appear that we are
“selliitg our race down, the riv
er,” because of the threats. They
consulted with Negro, leaders
in Southern Pines before they
made the offer and reached the
conclusion that $20,000 was a
fair offer for, their home and the
diiappointi»e&,t and trouble they
have been put to. ^
Plans December
Convention
CHICAGO
Members of the central com
mittee of" the executive
oil of Alpha Phi Alpha frater
nity met here last week to
complete plans for the group’s
annual convention Dec. 27-30.
The committee also made
plans for celebration -of the
50th'anniversary of the foun
ding of Alpha Phi Alpha. The
celebration will be in Buffalo,
N. Y., August 7-11, 1956.
Frank L. Stanley, general
president, Louisville, publish
er, Louisville Defender, presi
ded over the 22 members of
the conunittee at the Morri
son Hotel, which will also be
the site of the December con
vention.
One of the highlights of the
convention will be the opening
of the new national headquar
ters in Chicago.
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4-H Clubs Raise
WOO For
Hammocks Camp
GREENSBORO
The 4-H Club Foundation
of North Carolina last week
completed the first 0hase of
its continuing program, the
4-H Club Camp located in
Onslow County at Hammocks
Beach.
At a special “open house”
celebration held at the camp
on August 24, more than
2,500 persons interested in the
4-H Club movement were in
formed on the success of the
R. E. Jones, state agent,
with headquarters here at
A. & T. College told the throng
that the goal of $37,000 for the
current campaign had been over
subscribed by more than $13,000.
Jones stated that the campaign
which concluded on August 10
had raised a total of $50,080.30.
During the Qrevipus four years
the organization had raised a
little more than $37,00 which
brought the grand total to $82,-
789.67, enough to pay in full for
the basic requirements at the
camp site.
J. H. Wheeler, Durham bank
er, president of the Foundation,
told reporters this week that
still another $20,000 will be
needed to bring the camp facili
ties up to the full potential. He
listed among the additional
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MIXQ) SCHOOIS OPEN WITHOUT
Lott Carey Coiivention *** ^
Attended By More
Than 3,000 Delegates
COLUMBUS, OHIO
Rev. J. Vance Mclver, D.D.,
Orange, N. J., pastor Union
Baptist Church, was elected
president of the >Lott Carey
Baptist Foreign Mission Con
vention of America at tha S7th
annual selsion that met witii
the Refuge Baptist Church
here, August 29-Sept.-2nd.
Mere than S.OOO delegates
from twenty-four states, the
l!>istrict of Columbia, and
several foreign countries also
selected the Rev. J. B. Hender
son, Norfolk, Va., first vice
president; the Rev. David R.
Hedgley, Winston-Salem, N.
C., second vice president; the
Rev. J. Jasper Freeman, Nor
folk, Va., recording secretary;
the Rev. E. W. Paiiiam, Co
lumbus, Ohio, assisting recor
ding secretary; the Rev. Luke
Reynolds, Baltimore, Mary
land, statistician; and the Rev.
A. W. Brown, Richmond, Va.,
treasurer.
Mrs. M. M. Ransome, Rich
mond, Va., was returned by
the women as head of the Wo
man’s department. BCrs. J.L.S.
Holloman, Washington, D. C.,
was elected as vice presldent-
at-large.
mother officers In the Wo
men’s department are Mrs. N.
Scarborough, Columbus,
bhIS, first vice president; Mrs.
J. Rucker, Winston-Salem, N.
C., second vice president; B(rs.
L. S. Hobbs, Phlladdphla,
Penn., corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Margaret Gray,
Philadelphia, Penn., recording
secretary; Mrs. O. O. Bullock,
Washington, D. C., treastirer;
Mrs. Ellen S. Alston, Raleigh,
N. C., chairman executive
board. Mrs. Maney Garland
land was elected vice chair
man.
Secretary tb the board was
Mrs. A. L.' James, Roanoke,
.Va. Musical directress Is Mrs.
Reva C. Brooks. Mrs. Elmira
i;acy was selected vice presi
dent for the state of Penn.
Other State vice presidents
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OAK RIDGE, TENN.
What is believed to be the
southern most point at which
desegregation has taken place
in the South is this pioneer
atomic city of the United
States located in the south
ern part of Tennessee.
With the opening of the
new school term here this
week mixed public schools
outside of the military bases
for the first time were ex
perienced without even the
semblance of unpleasantness.
Some observers stated that
after the first day of mixed
classes that desegregation creat
ed far leas dissension than a
general rent increase several
months ago.
Oak Ridge which is located
within a few miles of the North
Carolina line is reported to be
the most southern city In which
school offcials have actually
begun compliance with the de
crees of the United States Su
preme Court on segregation to
the extent of opening the public
si^ools to Negroes,
NAACP Secy.
Says Siute Has
No Decency
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Tempie
Whitted Friday
Mrs. Tempie Jordan Whit
ted, 91, pioneer Durham cit
izen, widow of Rev. J. A
Whitted, and one of the ear
ly members of White Rock
Baptist Church, died at her
home, 1711 Fayetteville St.,
here Tuesday night at 9:30
o’clock. She had been in de
clining health for severa’
years.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Whitted were held at 4 o’clock
Friday afternoon at the White
Rock Baptist Church with the
Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, the pas
tor,'bfficiating.
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YORK
FaUowing the lyneUng in
Mississippi of a 14-year-old
Negro boy. whose bodjr -was
fotmd yesterday, the top offi
cer of the NAACP charged
that “it would appear from
this lynching that the Stct.? of
Mississippi has decided to
maintain white supremacy by
murdering children.”
In a statement, is5u-
terday, Roy Wilkins added:
“The killers of the lx)y felt
free to lynch him because
there Is,In the entire state TTO
restraining influence of decen
cy.”
Mr. Wilkins, NAACP execu
tive secretary, simultaneously
dispatched a telegram to the
Hon. Hugh White, governor of
Mississippi, asserting:
'AH decent citizens through-
o ut the nation call upon you
to use all the powers of your
office to see that the lynchcrs
of 14-year-old Eamnett Louis
Till are brought to justice. We
cannot believe that responsi
ble officials of the State of
Missi^ippi condone the mur
dering of children on any pro
vocation.”
A reply received from Gov.
White at NAACP headquar
ters here today said, in part:
“Parties charged with mur-
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Housewives
League Closes
National Meet
FAIRFIELD, ALA.
The National Housewives
League of America, Inc. closed
a very successful meeting at
Fairfield, .Alabama on Friday,
August 26. Th4 highlight of
the meeting was the election
of officers for 1856-57, a Board
of Trustees to work out plans
for a permanent home for the
National League. St. Louis,
Missouri was selected as the
site of the 1956 Annual Meet
ing.
Officers elected were:
Mrs. Fannie B. Peck, De
troit, Michigan, President-
Emeritus; Mrs. Jessie D. Lock
er, Cincinnati, Ohio, Presi-
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“BIRDS OF A FEATHER”—Misses Elisabeth. Akten, Portemoath, Vlrgiaia Wmi|^
Greensboro and Margaret Bell, Jackson, attractive coeds at A. and T. Collie, «
closely, the beantifal coloring of a pheasant at the A. and T. Collece Poultry Fa
The thirds are being raised on an experimental basis at tike iana.