* In The Stretch!
! After sU weeka. JaokMii C«l-
lege WM rMUeed tkia w«A
at the top of atandinn to dla-
trtet tt of the NAlA V Mmtj-
buid State as the bottMt feas-
ketball raees in many a leason
draw to a eleae la the major
eonferenees of the Sonth.
For mere detalla, t«m t* the
•porta pafe of thia weok’i
edition. And to keep np with
the tlsnlfieant events of the
wee^ turn t» the CAROLINA
TIMES.
LEE CALHQIJN, North Carolina CoUece’s hrifhteat Oljmplo hope, is shown (without lut) with
T. Walker leavinr the plane at the DHrham-Ralelch airimrt last Sundjw as the
retarned from New York where Calhonn was entered in the New York Athletie Clafe meet
his Coaoh L. T.
Saturday. Cailtonn tied the world record of 7.1 aeoonds ia the 69 jard hlfh hvdles for the third
tGfie at the NTAC event. A large throne NOC students and townspeople greeted them at the
airp«MTt.
Lack Of Police Blamed
For After Game Fray
RALEIGH
Hillside high school won a
basketball game here Tuesday
night but lost a fight that fol
lowed.
Lack of police protection and
faculty supervision were blam
ed for the fray that erupted
when irate and disappointed
Raleigh fans turned their wrath
on the visiting fans from Dur
ham.
Police estimated that a crowd
of nearly 500, composed of stu
dents and outsiders, chased the
Durham gtudmts to the bus and,
rocked the three buses used to
transport them to the jame.
One girl in the Durham
crowd received a slight cut over
the eye, either from a rock or
glass from a broken window.
She was reported back in school
at Hillside Wednesday however.
Police say about 20 windo'^s
in the three buses were broken
out by rocks hurled by the Ra
leigh crowd. One report esti
mated that nearly 100 rocks
were tossed during the melee.
Three patrol cars were rush
ed to the Llgon high school
gymnasium around ten p.m. to
quell the disturbance. Tiie bu^
bof^lng the Durhi^n students
wciie escorted from their >(«rk-
ing 'pUices in a darkened area
around the school by police
cars.
Investigating police said that
only one Llgon teacher was on
hand -to handle the crowd at
tending the game.
Just 'What touched off the
fracas was not inmedlately
known, but it is thought that
the act of some victorious Hill
side players in trying to cut
down the basketball nets over
the protest ot Ligon’s coach
might have qwrked the melee.
It is the general knowledge
that atliletlc rivalry between
the two schools has always been
jl^n and o^i martccd wtth-^
displays of temper \betWeen
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VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 7
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 1M«
rnCSl* CENTS
Hit Him Harder Than I Aimed,’
Slayer In Confession
Sawmill Worker Held For Murder Of AcquaintaiKe lie Aide Sais
“I was just doing it to pro- Levester Hall near a bridge at driving toward »he house wlien
South Huriiig
Says Ax
’Bama Alumna Gives To
Aid Autherine Lucy
RIOTING SPURS
ASSEMBLY ON
CIVIL RIGHTS
NEW YORK
The mob action on the cam
pus of tiie University of Ala
bama was cited Thursday by
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive
secretary, as additional evi
dence of the urgent need for
congressional legislation against
mob violence and enactment of
the Powell amendment to with
hold federal funds from educa
tional institutions which refuse
to comply with the U. S. Su
preme C!ourt ban against se
gregation in public education.
These proposals will be
among others to be urged upon
members of Congress by parti
cipants in the national delegate
assembly scheduled for Wash
ington, March 4-6 Wilitlns said.
The assembly, which lias been
called by the Leadership Con
ference oh Civil Rights, will
meet in the nation's capital in
an effort to secure enactment
of civil rights bills during this
session of the 84th Congress
The NAACP leader, who is
also chairman of the Leader
ship Conference, said that the
assembly expects some 2,000
^ wtM JN(prewii«n* the 50
n^ioiiial labor, chuh:&. civfc
and fraternal organizations . af
filiated with the conference. Ef
fort is being made to have dele
gates from every pivotal con
gressional district in the coun
try.
NEW YORK
A 1914 graduate of the Uni
versity of Alabama living here
told the university’s Alumni
Loyalty Fund this week that
she is diverting her intended
Fund contribution to the NAACP
to be used for legal action on
behalf of Miss Autherine Lucy.
Miss Lucy, first Negro stu
dent to be admitted to the Uni
versity of Alabama, was barred
from classes this week after a
mob on the campus had shower
ed her with stones and isgi^s.
In her letter to the Alumni
Fund, the Alabama graduate de
clared: “Today the university
stands as an object of shame and
ridicule Ijefore the civilized
world. Violence and bestiality
are jiot the methods of the free
inquiry which is the only reas
on for a university’s existence.”
“Therefore, in observance of
Justice Dept-
AskedToAct
On Ala. Mobs
NEW YORK
The U. S. Justice Department
has been urged by the NAACP
to take action against mobs on
the University of Alabama
campus who have thrown rocks
and eggs at the university’s first
Negro student, Miss Autherine
Lucy.
In a telegram dispatehed to
Attorney General Herbert
Brownell on Feb. 7, NAACP
Executive Secretary Roy Wil
kins asked the federal official to
“proceed against any and all
persons -acting in any maimer
to prevent Miss Autherine J.
Lucy from attending classes at
the University of Alabama' pur
suant to an order of the U. S.
District Court for the northern
district of Alabama."
The message asked that "in
accordance with the law you
institute criminal contempt pro-
ceeMngs against all guilty par
ties.”
the one hundred and twenty-
fifth anniversary of the Univer
sity of Alabama,” the letter con
tinued, “I am today sending a
check to the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People and asking them
to use it in any legal action in
behalf of Miss Autherine Lucy
which they undertake for the
restoration of her rights as a
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FACR BEHIND FOiiMAIION OF
BOND ISSUES ARE EXPLUNED
City of Durham voters will
go to the polls on Saturday^
March 17, to approve or disap
prove the issuing of bonds total
ing $5,400,000. A separate vote
is legally required on each of
the eight different items which
go to make up the total. But
before giving an outline of what
is included in this $5,400,000
total, it might lie well to give
some background as to just
exactly what the Council goes
through before calling for a
bond issue.
No bond issue is, of course,
considered except on the basis
of real need. Needs may first be
pointed out by individual mem
bers of the Coimcll, by Council
Committees, or by the City Ad
ministration. Regardless of
where the Interest in a bond
issue originates, it is always
carefully checked first by the
partl9ular city Department in
volved and then by the City
Manager to be sure that the
need really exists. The program
is then submitted to the Coun^
cil for its appraisal.
As the need almost always
exceeds what tiie Council be
lieves the City can afford and
or what will be approved by the
voting public, a careful cutting
process then begins which takes
into consideration the immedi
acy of the need, tlie desires of
the public, the effect on the
city tax rate, and the city’s fi
nancial condition, which in
cludes being sure that the pro
posed bonds are within the
limits to which the city can le
gally go in issuing new bonds.
All during this proceM, there
is usually some type ot Citizens’
Bond Committee in operation to
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WOMEN HOLD
MEMORIAL FOR
LATEDR. JONES
ASHEVILLE
The City Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs held a brief Me
morial exercise for the late Dr.
David D. Jones, former presi
dent of Bennett College, who
died at his home in Greensboro
on Tuesday, January 24.
Devotions opening the service
were in charge of Mrs. Maggie
Jones, Chaplain of the organi
zation. Mrs. A. L. Murphy and
Mrs. Janie Greenlee led the
singing.
Paying tribute to Dr. Jones
was Mrs. S. L. Orr, who charac
terized him as a prophet, bene
factor and friend to humanity,
a man loved and admired by all
who knew him.
jMrs. Orr stated that the late
president of Bennett College
was a friend of the State Fede
ration of Women’s Clubs and
evidenced his friendliness to
ward the group by always mak
ing the delegates comfortable
wi^never they met in Greens
boro and extending them every
hospitality.
The speaker also said that
the members of the Federation
had often profited by the advice
of Dr. Jones. Thus, they never
failed to seek his counsel when
facing difficult problems.
Serving as hostess for the oc
casion were the members of the
Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild.
tect myself. I hit him harder
than 1 aimed to.’
Thus spoke a man who had
just been arrested for the ax
murder of his fellow saw mill
worker and landlord.
Police arrested Nathan Mor
gan, 49 year-old sawmill wor
ker, Sunday for the ax killing of
James Guess. Durham County
Sheriff E. G. Beivin and coroner
R. A. Hofton found Guess lying
on his bed in his shortii, his
skull crushed from two blows
to the head. Guess was 51 years
old.
Coroner Horton said that
Guess died from two blows to
the head from the sharp side of
an ax. Police say he was chop
ped to death between nine and
10-p.m. Saturday.
In, January, two otiier mur
ders were committed in the
same general outlying area
north of the city. The two mur
ders took place several miles
from last Saturday’s however,
which took place In Mangum
township of the county.
Morgan was grabbed by De-
iJUty sheriffs E. P. Tilley and
Lake Michie, -two miles from
the scene of the slaying. He sur
rendered peaceably.
The killing was reported by
John Livingston, 60-year-old
resident of the four room house
in which the slaying took place.
Livingstone hailed a passing
motorist who notified police.
All three men and Guess’ 25
year-old wife lived in the four
room house on Rt. One, Baha
ma, some 12 miles from Dur
ham and approximately one
mile from lake Michie. All were
also employed by the J. H. Glas-
co sawmill in Ihe Oak Grove
community.
The sheriff’s office was first
notified of the slaying about
2:05 a.m. Sunday by an uni
dentified motorist who was
hailed by Livingstone.
Livingstone ran barefooted
from the house some distance
before flagging down a motorist
who called the sheriff. He was
held as a material witness, but
the sheriffs office reported that
he was in no way implicated in
the killing.
Deputies Tilley and Hall were
they spotted Morgan entering
the dirt road near Lake Michie.
They grabbed Morgan, identi
fied him and placed handcuffs
on him. Morgan did not resist.
Deputies said that Morgan
admitted to the 'U'ime and told
them, “I was just doing it to
protect myself. I hit him hard
er tlian I aimed to.”
They said Morgan further
told them he was on his way to
his brother’s house on the Fay
etteville road when they spot
ted him.
When the sheriff and coroner
arrived at the scene, iahortly
after Morgan’s arrest, they
found Guess lying on the bed in
his shorts. Sheriff Melvin said
that Guess and his young wife
Mrs. Grade Guess, had appar
ently gone to sleep.
Police said that earlier a
drinking party had been held dt
the house and Morgan had left
following the spree. Morgan ap
parently returned between nine
and 10 p.m., the shenff said
Mrs. Guess was at the house
with her dead husband when
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Nash Named Top
County For Year
Spaulding Rites
Are Held At
Whiteville Feb. 15
WHITEVILLE
Funeral services ~for Arm
stead Spaulding were held at
the Rehoboth AMEZ church in
Columbus county Wednesday,
February 15.
Spaulding died at the Bladen
County hospital in Elizabeth
town Sunday after an illness of
several years. He was 79.
The right-Reverend Herbert
Bell Shaw of Wilmington, Bis
hop of the ninth district of the
AMEZ church, officiate. Ser
vices began at one o’clock p.m.
Burial services followed im
mediately at the community
cemetery.
A native of Columbus County,
Spaulding was a highly respect
ed farmer and businessman of
the community imt^l his retire
ment several years ago. He was
born September 3, 1876, son of
John Wesley and Annie Eadie
Spaulding.
Among the survivors are his
wife, the former Miss Annie
Bell Lowery of Robeson County;
five children; Mrs. Lula S. Jack
son, D. Fuller Spaulding and A.
T. Spaulding of Dtu-ham; Ar-
mistead McLean Spauldinjg and
Mrs. Cecil Spaulding of Colum
bus County; and two step
daughters, Mrs. Hattie J. Spaul-
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GREENSBORO
Nash County was named last
week as winner of the Clarencc
Poe, “County of the Year
Award” for rural progress in
the state during 1955.
■rtie award is given annually
to tHe countyTu’ which tijc Ne -
gro rural population has con
tributed the most impressive
gains to the overall develop
ment of the county.
Nash County won out over
(four others^Pender, Wayne,
Bertie, and Franklin, in the fi
nals of the campaign which in
cluded the participation of 60-
counties in the state.
The award of $500, given by
the prominent publisher of a
farm journal at Raleigh, was
begun in 1952 and previous
winners include Hertford, Or
ange. and Sampson Counties.
A&T College was designated as
the sponsoring agent.
The announcement was . re
leased by Dr. W. E. Reed, dean,
School of Agriculture at A&T
College and Chairman of the
state committeo, which last
week visited each of the five
counties for an on the spot
evaluation.
The winning county, one of
the largest in the state by land
area, with a Negro popu
lation of 25,40.3. in the unani
mous opinion of th*^ommittee,
“had demonstrated this most im
pressive gains in agriculture
production and marketing, im
proved homemaking and family
living, community in«>rovement
and development, providing op
portunities for rural youth, co
operation of all agencies,
ganizations and institutions, all
of the highest plane of inter-ra
cial cooperation and understan
ding.
The award is to be presented
by Dr. Poe at a public program
to be held in the county later
this month or early March.
Crisis In fducation To Be Aired
By Alphas In Regional Meeting
“New Challenges in Rctuca-, public education. “Alpha Phi
tion for Citizenship” will be the i Alpha has always emphasized
theme for the Southern Region
al Convention of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity which will
meet here March 30-31, it'was
announced this week.
According to L. B. Frasier,
Agency Director of the North
Carolina Mutual Insurance Co.,
and Program Chairman, the Al
phas will teke up problems fa
cing the South and Nation in
the light of expected increased
enrollment throughout the
country within the next twenty
years.
Emphasis, however, will be
placed on the current crisis in
•the South over integration in
education for citizenship re
sponsibilities,” Frasier said
“and the need for such educa
tion in the South has never been
more apparent than now.”
USWoildMi
WINSTON'SAm
Harold E. Stasaen, in M-
sponse to a question put to MBi
by Alexander Bames, Raleigh
CaroUniaan newsman, aaid lier#^
Saturday that the S6uth’s poai'
tion on the color question is
a serious problem.
This statement was made by
President Eisenhower's special
assistant on disarmament in a
press conference held immedi'
ately after a television apiiear-
ance at a local station. Gover
nor Stassen lamented the tet
that the treatment of the Negro
in the South was such a Imetor
toward disarmament espedaBy
in India, Biuina. and more re
cently in Japan. He furtlier sta
ted that the South’s treatmient
of the color question could
very easily determine that all
important question tl>roa|ha«it
the world.
He was here as the Lincoln
Day speaker for the Piedmont
Republican Club. He was met at
the local airport by a repreaen-
tative group of state Republi
cans which included Bames, W.
W. Hoover and Pete i‘ ■ w.
lighpoint, and C. Blair. A!be-
-n*l«.
was of the opinion that
President Eisenhower had d > 'e
more to insure and protect the
citizenship right of Negroes
than any president since Ab'^a-
ham Lincoln. He assured the
delegatio
would cont!’~.u* b'
ed effort ta make this nossible.
He was not in sympathy with
rPtease tunrto Psse
WilkinsToSpeak
CHARLESTON. S. C.
Roy Wilkins, executive sec
retary of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People, will deliver the
keyiK>te address at the Aaaoci-
ation’s southeast regional con
ference here, Feb. 24-38. Also
addressing a sesvion of the con
ference will be Congressman
Charles C. Diggs (D., Mich.)
and Rev. J. M. Hintcm, prcaident
The young executive said the of the South Carolina NAACP.
issue will be discussed variously
in a series of forums and discus
sion groups coordinated by Dr.
J. S. Himes of North Carolina
College. Participants will in
clude experts on education from
the several states making up
the Southern Region—^North
and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
and Tennessee.
Delegates from NAACP units
in seven southeastern states wiU
attend the three-day eonfar^
ence. Mrs. Ruby Hiurley, region
al secretary, announced. Worlt-
shop sessions will l>e devote to
considering the roles of the
church, youth, and political ac
tion in desegregation. There
will also be a session on how to
desegregate and another on
membership campaigns.
Tar Heel AMEZs Figure Promlneirtly
In $81,000 Gift To Livingstone College
SALISBURY
The Central North Carolina
Conference, AMEZ Church, part
of the 7th episcopal district,
presided over by Bishop R. L.
Jones, and comprising chiurches
situated in this area, figured
very prominently in the raising
of $81,462.97, at the Founders
Day celebration which was held
here Friday, at Livingstone Col
lege.
Founders Day is always
marked with the annual report
for funds for the financing of
the college. Reports are made
by episcopal districts. The lar
gest $15,15)..05 sum was turned
in by the first district, presided
over by Bishop W. J. Walls and
comprising the. New York, Wes
tern New York, New England
and the Western North Carolina
Conferences.
The second district, presided
over by the late Bishop J. W
Martin, comprising Michigan,
Ohio and Cape Fear Confer
ences, taken over by Bishops
Walls, S. G. Spottswood and W.
W. Slade, at the death of the ap
pointed prelate, reported $8,
978.46.
The third district which also
was affected by the death of
Bishop Cameron Chesterfield
Alleyne, comprised of the New
Jersey, Philadelphia and Balti
more, Tennessee and South
America Conferences, which
are currently being supervised
by Bishops H. B. Shaw, R. L
Jones and H: T. Medford, re
ported $9,456.36.
Bishop W. C. Brown’s fourth
district, which includes Ken
tucky, Missouri, Allegheny and
Blue Ridge Conferences, raised
$5,716.80
The West Central North
Carolina, South Carolina and
the Palmetto Conferences make
up the fifth district and is pre
sided over by Bishop W. W.
Slade, which also supports Clin
ton College, Rock HU, S. C., re
ported $8,191.42.
The sixth district, which also
lost its prelate during this
quadrennium. Bishop James
Clair Taylor, and now directed
by Bishop W. A. Stewart, re
ported $7,850.40. All of the
conferences of this district are
in Alabama and have raised and
spent more than $33,000 for Lo-
max-Hannon College, Green
ville, Ala.
The eighth district, composed
of the North Carolina. Albe
marle and Virginia Conferen
ces, over which the Rt. Rev. H
T. Medford presides, turned in
$6,799.80.
The ninth district, one ot the
mission districts, to wMA bis-
1k>p H. B. Shaw was assigned,
the West Alabama. Florida.
Georgia, South Georgia and
Louisiana Conferences, turned
in $4,326.00.
Bi^op S. G. Spottswood’s
tenth district, which not only
suffered from drought last yawr.
but is in the heart ot th«
‘squeese” ares, due ta the re
prisals over the Supnme Court
edict. South MQarinlppi, Ohls-
homa. West Tennani, Texas.
Arkansas and North Arkaans
Conferences, reported $S.t51.40.
The eleventh district. Caliler-
nia, Oregoa-WatAklngUm. surd
Southwest Bo^cy
Conferences. duAnlt^
tied as mlMlon. raisad «1
The ew—slw bee*
special wrrtcas baM to tba a»
ditorium. IttM AJI. Tb) ill^
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