Stanford L Warren
Public Library
Fayetteville St
7-1;,
Talks between Negro leaden
and the city manager of Dur
ham, scheduled to have opened
Thursday morning, resulted in
the poftjwnement of the trial
of a youngKorth Carolina Col
lege athlete on cbargcs of trcs-
paMlng for playing on a tennis
court reserved for whites-
John H. Wheeler, prominent
in civic affairs, and attorney
William A. Marsh were slated
to go into a huddle with eity
manager Robert W. Flack on
“certain uncladfied” issues.
It was reported that the con
ference was requested t>y Ne
gro leaders who are seeking to
clear up city policy on the use
of the tennis courts. Flack re
quested and received a post-
ponemept of the trial after he
was asked for the conference.
The proposed talks grew ocft
of the arrest and forthcoming
trial of Joseph Gilbert Riley,
North Carolina College student,
who was taken into' custody
last Thursday after he had
played on the Forest Hills ten
nis courts. I
Riley and his playing com
panion, IS-year-old Joe Wil
liams, were arrested on the
court at the request of city rec-
^tion director C. R. Wood,
tliey were charged with using
the court without permission,
trespassing, and violating the
recreation department rules
and regulations against mixing
of the races.
WlUianw was turned over to
the Juvenile Court and placedi
on probation.
Prior to the arrest of Riley
and Williams, two other Ne
groes, Cardoza McCuUom and
Vincent Moore were reported
ly cautioned by police to stay
off the courts last Wednesday)
JOHN H. WHEELER
Man Is Buried
In Cave-ln
J^eral
GREENSBORO
kad
a^i year
old construction worker who
was suffocated beneath tons
Greensiraro Man
Heads Police
GOLDSBORO
Fifty members of the Nortfal
Carolina Negro Law Enforce
ment Officers Association gath
ered here for their fifth annual
convention being held in the
Dillard High School auditorium
July 10-11, elected retiring
vice-president C. W. Hickmani
of Greensboro as their new
president for 1S97-S8. Officer*
Joe Gwin, Winston-Salem, was
chosen as vice president after
some animated balloting.
Others elected were: S. A.
Penn, Wintton-Salem, ttcreta-
ry (3rd term); H. O. “Red”
Harris, Sanford, chaplain; and
W. T. Amaker, High Point, par
liamentarian. In reelecting
Trank Price of High Point
treasurer for a second term, tlM
invention gave him the high
est plurality of votes any can-
ditates received for any office—
86 of a possible 47. Rudolph
Torrence, Charlotte, was elect
ed sargeant-at-arms.
In accepting the post, presi-
dent-elect Hickman pledged hUl
continued support to ttie NC-
NIiECA and asked the coopera
tion of all law officers in tha
interest of good government.
During the opening session
Wednesday rooming retiring
NCNLECA prexy Amaziah
Howell of the host city presld-
•d during the welcoming pro-
OnetM tutn to patfe Xigbt)
of dirt in the cave-in Tuesday
of a,llt^.^jKbich be wotk-
vih^W^or NAACP
dress was given as Rt. 1, Pel
ham^ died beneath hundreds
of pounds of clay and dirt
which tumbled upon him aa
he worked at the bottom of
a, hgtng cut fnr a
and sewer line on Freeman
Road and Willomore Street.
The ditch had been exca
vated to a depth of nine feet
when one of its sides collaps
ed. The cave-in occurred
about 12:90 p. ni.
A reauscitator applied to
Brown’s face by members of
the Greensboro Fire Depart
ment rescue squad, failed tP
revive him.
The cave-in took place a
short distance from Freeman
KUU Road which had been
blocked to traffic because of
the excavation. The ditch ex
tended across the street.
Although a comparatively
small section of the ditch cav
ed in,, a large amount of dirt
fell in on Brown.
Rescue workers were forc
ed to put a power shovel, us
ed in the excavation, into use
to raise Brown’s body from
the narrow trench-like ditch.
It was estimated that the
body weighed 800 pounds.
Brown’s Funeral home here
received the body initially
then transferred it to Reids-
viUe, where the construction
worker will be buried. It was
reported that the dead man’s
stUTlvors included a wife and
mother but their names and
addresses were not available
at press time.
Brown was working with
a crew from the Lambeth
Construction Company in the
excavation.
night as police
them following a
talked with
game which
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Ice Cream Bar Case
GREENSBORO OPENSUBRARY TO RACE
Talks Postpone Trial
Negotiations On
In Tennis Case
GILBERT RILEY is pictured liere with members of
North Ciirolina tennis team. Ri^t to left are: Charles Joy
ner, Joseph Alston and Riley. All are Dorhamites.
Six Get Stiffer
Rap On Appeal
An all-white Jury, after de
liberating less than an hour,
brought in a verdict of guilty
gSSiCTiffiBa
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 29
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 20, ltS7
PRICE: TEN CENTS
here -Wednesday afternoon
for seven Negroes charged
with trespassing when they
refused to leave the "white"
side of the Royal Ice Cream
Company diary bar, located
at the corner of Roxboro and
Dowd Streets, on June 23.
Immediately after the ver
dict Judge Clifton L. Moore,
presiding, placed a fine of
$2S and costa on each of the
seven defendants.
The seven were originally
given a fine of $10 by Judge
A. R. Wilson In Hccorder's
Court. Wednesday's trial was
the result of an appeal by the
seven from the lower court
conviction.
Those fined were, the Rev.
Douglas E. Moore, pastor of
Asbury Temple Methodiat
Church; Jesse Gray, Miaa
Virginia WiUiama, Melvin H.
Willis, Miss Vivian Jonee,
Claude Glenn and Mias Mary
Clybum. Immediately after
they were fined thdr attor
ney served notice of an ap
peal. All seven were releas
ed under a bond of $200 each.
The defense rested its case
a few minutes after court
had resumed following the
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YOUTH SLAYS FATHER
SHOT GUN BIAST ENDS lEKIKIR
KIGN ova FAMILY OF TEN
A 17-year-old boy pul an end family
to his father’s relK" »l torrorj Tht; ii.iiill fou ’room
at his home by shooting him lo'dwpl. 11*4 which .grvtd
John Dewejr of HendersMi preaeata the duck while nra. Mll«u«d Bwett of WfeurtoB-Sa*
lem looks on. The Ufe membership certificate was aecepted for the organliatloB at the
national convention In Detroit by Dr. P, M. Brandon.
death eiirly lust Sunday
James Edward Yoiintj shot
and killed his father, 42-year-
old James Clinton Voung, as the
latter advanced upon his al
ready severely beaten mother
and brothers and sisters threat
ening them with death.
The lad was taken into cus
tody and freed under a 31,000
bond, pending a coroner's hear
ing scheduled for Monday at
Wake County Courthouse, .
sHootlng, sKid the youngster
shot his father after the latter
had gone on a lengthy drinking
spree aiW threatened to kill his
frame
18 the
family home nenr i\nightdnle.
was spattered throu)jhout with
birtod. Sheriff Watkin.i report
ed. He said Young's wife had
been severely beaten by him
and her nightgown wn.i covered
with blijod from blows report
edly given her by her husband.
When ihe elder Young charg
ed across the porch threatening
to kill his family, lie was caught
in the mouth by a charge fired
^om a shotgun by James Ed
ward. The youth had taken the
• rack in the back
Ufepmy Sheriff Wat
kins said.
Young’s body was found ly
ing in the front door, body in-
JAMES YOUNG
side and...feet on the porch by
Consioble Jesse Burbour, first
police authority to arrive on the
scenc.
The shooting occurred around
4-.80 Sunday morning.
Watkins reported that the
alatn inah' had been given a
raontb5 rotd s«ntonet Ih
'.icstic Relations Court recently
xor ussaulting his wife. The
easu was on appeal to Superioi
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Workshop For
National Unit
Slated At NCC
Plans for the woriuhop ses
sions of the 46th annual Ameri
can Teachers Association meet
ing at North Carolina College
July 28-30 were announced
here this week by Dr. ’Theodore
R. Speigner, ATA President.
Mrs. Ruth Lawrence Wood
son, State Supervisor of Ele
mentary Schools, Raleigh, N.
C., will chair the opening ses
sion in Room 210 Education
Building at 2 p. m. July 20.
The toeme for this year's ses
sion is'‘‘Conserving Human Re
sources through Adequate, Eq
uitable. Effective Education”.
Consultants for the session
wiiich will be concerned with
“Conserving All Our Human
Resources ’Through Improved
Techniques of Instruction in the
Elementary Schools" are Dr.
W. A. Stumpf, Professor of Ed
ucation, Duke University; Mrs.
Gladys F. White, Supervisor,
Wake County Schools, Raleigh;
Mr. J. H. Gilchrist, Professor of
Education, Alabama State Col
lege, Montgomery, Ala. Mrs.
Nonna E. Snipes of Chapel Hill
is the recorder.
Dr. Robert C. Hatch, State
Supervisor of Secondary EdU'
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ATA
Confab
July
28-30
North Carolina CoUcg* at Duham, ihowa pin pointed on the nuv above by H. Con»-
dl Trenhobn, eaMcntiv* lacra^arjr of ATA, will be hoadqnarterfl for the American Teaehan
Aiaodation’t Mth annnal aeaaiaa Mjr M>M. • Myi
Dr. T. R. SpaigMr, left, ATA PiwiiMt, la showB wUh Dr. Tranhofan who Is praaldant
Stat* 1mm mm TCfNaaatetiTaa at* aovactad Iraai aO p«r(i of tta
V.S.A.
Mbs Geraldine Judd, rising
Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege junior sings “Indian Love
Call*’ in the final portion of
Sethos Temple Shrine spon
sored Beauty and Talent Pag
eant at Winston-Salem last
week to come home first prize
winner. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Judd of
Sanford.
State Realtors
Hold Convention
WINSrON-SALEM
R. F. Lee of Wilmington was
elected president of the Caro
lina Real Estate and Builders
Association as the organization
closed its fifth annual session
here last Saturday.
’The one day meeting, which
attracted important figures in
private real estate companies
and government advisors, was
hdd on the campus of Teachers
College.
Discussion of important is
sues confronting real estate
comprised the bulk of the
meeting. Three different panels
were heard during the conven-
tion, featuring John J. Vax of
Charlotte, executive secretary
of the Voluntary Home Mort
gage Credit program; A. L.
Thompson of Atlanta, race re
lations officer for ihe FHA; and
T. D. Wrt^t, Jr of Duriiam,
vice-prerident of tlie Wright
Homes, Inc.
Wright keynoted the conven
tion theme, "Prefabricated
Houses in Today's Market."
In addition to Lee, other of-
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Va. s First
Jim Crow
Strategists Put In Motion Acts
Designed To Stall Desegregation
Defense Line For
Wrecked By Court
RICHMOND, Va
A federal court struck down
Virginia’s first line of defense
against segregation last week,
but segregation strategists in
two situations which appear
Library Suit
In Smitlrfield
SMITHFIELD
After two refusals by the
city library here to permit
Negroes to use the facility,
it appears that court action
nuy be In the offing to open
the library to Negroes.
It was reported this week
by a reliable press service
ttiat four 'Negroes here have
sought legsu advice as to how
they nuy win use of the pub
lic facility.
The Reverends John H.
Bryant and F. J. lAatthews,
Mrs. Flonnle Smith and Mrs.
Beatrice Penny were turned
back Monday when they ap
peared at the city library
seeking to use it.
They were reportealy re
ferred to the Johnston Coun
ty library, set aside for Ne
groes, and told that tx>oks in
the city library can t>e ob
tained thropgh the county li
brary.
It was the aecond time with
in recent months tliat Ne
groes iiave been refused per
mission to use the city libra
ry.
The press service report
said that a member of a Ra
leigh law firm, retained to ad
vise the four as to possible
legal acUon, indicated that he
had discussed the issue with
four Negroes but declined to
comment further.
most directly affected by the
ruling made quick moves this
week to stall the effect of the
decision.
The U. S. Fourth Circuit
Court of Affpeals ruled last
Saturday that the state adopt
ed school placement plan, to
gether with other laws pass
ed on assignment of races to
schools, was unconstitutional.
Directly affected by the de
cision were school boards at
Norfolk and Newport News,
who were appealing the or
der of a lower federal "court
to end segregation by August
IS.
Also affected are school
districts at Arlington and
Charlottesville, which, al
ready under a federal injunc-
tlon to desegregate, were ex
pected to ask for more time
on the ground* that the pupil
assignment law rendered
them powerless to reassign
students.
The effect of the three-
judge court’s ruling Saturd:.y
wipes out any further grounds
for delaying integration on
the strength of state-enacted
laws and left the way open
for applying the injunction to
desegregate. However, attor
neys representing Norfolk
and Newport News school
boards immediately set in
motion action designed to
stave off execution of the or
der.
Just after the court Issued
its ruling, attorneys for" the
school boards indicated they
would immed'.ately ask for a
review of the decision by the
Supreme Court.
’The effect of the petition
for review would stay execu
tion of the desegregation or
der until final action is taken
by the Supreme Court. If the
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Key figures in the Carolina Real Estate and Builders
Association Convention in Winston-Salem are shown here
during a session last week. I.,eft to riglit are T. D. Wright,
Jr., A. L. Tliompson, John J. Vax and H. M. Michaux.
Policy Of Moderation Indicated
By Action Of Greensboro Body
GRl!.ENSBORO
The opening of Greens
boro's library to Negroes this
week was viewed as a com
promise move which observ
ers feel may set the pattern
for the city's approach to the
desegregation issue.
Faced with requests to de
segregate its swimming pools
and the library, the City
Council lowered racial barri
ers at the library but at the
same session ctiecked the
move toward desegregation
by voting to keep segrega
tion, at least for the remain
der of the season, at the
swimming pnoJ.
Editorial romnicnt in Ihe
Wednesday Greensboro Daily
News, a spokesman for the
‘"moderation" viewpoint, re
newed a plea for a moderate
approach to the desegrega
tion issue and pointed to the
action of the Council as an
example of the “give and
take” approach to tha issue
which It declares is necessa
ry
"... A OreenstMro City
Council and board of library
managers wise enough to
“give” in one sttuatlmi cer
tainly should generate the
..same kind of cooperation
* from the other side in a
touchy swimming pool situa
tion which could spark the
very outbreak of fear and ha
tred Greeijsboro has so far
avoided.
"We re-emphasize: Give
and take is required of tMth
sides. And if good faith is
demonstrated by one side,
then good f^lth shouM as
suredly be offered by the oth
er.
y observers a>e correct in
interpreting the action of the
Council as a reflection of city
policy toward desegregation,
it may strongiy influence
school board action of re
quests for desegregation now
pending before that body.
The school board Is sched
uled to take up soon several
requests by Negro pupils for
reassignment to white
schools.
Action by the council de
segregating the library came
as It voted iinanlnnmsly to
adopt a policy eaiHng ter an
end to ssgrsgatln praa—tirt
it^ by the Utnry bawd of
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