) was taken finml • meeting Imt Monday i%ht
^ . >ters 4 tluk^M^l^dbt faith in Dnzhim
»,fmne4 a Mffljlillt Miiditen FellowsUp and
HK>t ftancUng in tiie above
V. Horton, M. F.
s, B. J. Bnidine, C^rge Thar-
ringtoQ, T. P. Didiart, J. B. White, Douglas Moore, Melvin C.
Swann J. Z. Siler and C. S. Stroud. Seated In the lane order
are their wives Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Speaks, S£m.
Moore, Mn. White, Mrs. Ward, Blrs. SUer, Mrs. Swami and
Mil. Sordine.
f Attorney Gmeral ■
If
«s War
ATi.AirrA
ot the XUanta
1UACI> denied
'« stataB^t by Otoifiii
g>^/0«h«ral’Xugene Cook
itlop plaaa its tA-
,,iro»,|v,BL
'O^^s dalat,
SBTMitly' feaaed ndsinterplWta-
tions. “Any such'actions would
come from ^parents ot the chil
dren in these schools. 1 don’t
know of any such action,” he
said.
The Attorney OeneraL . Jiad .
stated earlier this week that
a move to attempt desegregation
of the city’s schools would be
made this week or “soon there
after.” He said it has been in
spired and led by the NAACP.
In the same statement, the
Attorney General 'maaei that if
such an attempt were made, Ne
gro and white schools in the city
would be cut off from state sup
port as provided by recently en
acted state legislation.
Such a move would be ‘futile
and atfnine,” Attorney General
Cook said.
He added that he had already
l^vipad Gov. Qriffin of the re-
entiiPalf ttif state laws de>
-:ma$tf9aax,.
operation Of the city systems,
th»eby closing schools faeilities
for both wUte and Nero pupils
within the city.
Cook further explained that U
a dfiaegregation move, were to
come now, it would completely
halt present efforts of the state
to come now, it would disrupt
and halt plans to spend 910,000,-
000 in construction of classrooms
in the city of Fulton county sys'
terns.
. BT. BEV. NICHOLS
Judictai Unit
Refuses 1o Go
Grand Jury
To Get Case
Facts Nonday
WINSTON-8AIEM
The trial of a map charged
witti raping a white woman
here may open sometime next
week unless defraise attomejm
appointed by the court seek a
delay.
Charles Moore, 27 year old
service station employee whose
residence is listed as High
Point, may be on trial for his
U& if the Grand Jury returns
a true bill in the case, th*
Grand Jury is sch^uled to re
ceive evidence Monday.
Attom^Hosea V. Prtee and
Harold lyittaedy. i^ps^ed by
iSooTf,
Mtd.thsiy' whe^jv
VOLUMg 34 — NUMBER 1 DU1«AM. N. C.. SATijRDAY, JANUARY 4, 1988
■"flCijSEgsr"
■swSBlI:
Three Jailed In Di
bn Shoplifters’
jQipe of four Nortti Cup-
Hwif»ns who «re among the 38
N«b^o«« awwd«4«eholanhlpf
by' Mut^ «f IMaMf-ralMd
k’Other tiiree twr 8mI
News Briefs
Faubtu Ha* A Secret
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Governor Orval Faubus re
vealed this week that he has
some brand new ideas on ‘the
integration probl^n” which he
would keep secret until a speech
he is scheduled to deliver on
Jan. 18 before the Independent
Magaslne Wholesale Dealers. He
steadfastly declined to discuss
his new ideas before the Jan. 18
speech.
No Bank — No Money
GREENSBORO
Luther Lee Williams, 57 year
old resident of 200 block ot
Fisher Park drive who is popu
larly known as the $100 bill
man” because he constantly
carries several “C-notes” around
with iiim, lost his ibdth in banka
as the place to keep money long,
long ago. Last week, he lott most
of the $100 bills which he cus
tomarily carries.
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NewYorkClericSpeaksAtTwinGty
Emandpation Observance Program
WINSTON-SALEM
The Rev. TIuHnas Kilgore, Jr.
of New York City was qiecial
guest speako- for the Winston-
Salem-Forsyth County Eman
cipation Association’s Mth Ai^-
nlvenary celebration, obperved
on New Year’s JDay at 11:00 a. m.
at the Fonyth County Court
house.
Rev. Kilgore is a former pas
tor of Friendship Baptist Church
in this city and a taaaer diap-
lain for Winston-Salem Teach
ers College. He is now serving as
pastor of Friendah^ Baptist
Church in New Y»k.
A graduate of Moi^iouse CoIp
l^e with an A. B. d^ree, the
B. D. degree from UnloB Theo-
li^ical Seminary in New Yoric
and the O. D. from Shaw Unlver-
atty, Rev. Kilgore from 1948^7,
served as Executive Secretary of
the Goteral Baptist State Con-
ventton of North Cawdlna and is
at resent, a mcabcr ct Omega
MPhlFratcfnitT*
In New York, Bwr. Klicoce !■
president of the Baptist Educa
tional Center; prudent of the
Harlem Nei^borhood Church
Association of the Protestant
Council of New York; a member
of the Board of the &ptist City
Mission Society; executive direc
tor and founder of the house of
Fri«idship Community Center;
president of the Friendship Co
operative Entwprises, Xne., and
a member of the board of the
New York branch of the NAACP.
He was introduced to flie audi
ence by the Rev. R. M. Pitts,
president of the Aasodation and
pastor ox Shiloh Bsptist Chureh.
Mu^ was rendered by the
Cathedral Choir of Goler Metro
politan A. M. E. ZUm Church
and the Y-Chorallen. The Rev.
J. S. Blaine ^ve the invocation
«>d the Rev. L. M. Thompeon.
benediction.
Other participants on the paro-
gram were: George L. Johnson,
dean of wmc. who read «ie
prodamatioa is
sued by Prasidani Abraham Lia-
aIeh.
land, Ohio Decemhel^Vto to
consider an app^ of Bishop D.
Ward Nichols, formerly of the
First Episcopal District, from a
niling of tlie Cotmcil of Bishops
which holds him suspraded un-
til a meeting of the General Con-
ference either in extra or regu
lar session.
The ruling of the Bishops held
in abeyance an effort of the Ju
dicial Council to exonerate the
suspended Bishop Nichols, and
silence the voice of the church.
He had been duly tried accor
ding to law, found guilty of four
of the five charges, and suspend
ed
The Judicial Council, after a
stormy session, attempted to
have each member sign^a state
ment sustaining the exoneration
of Nichols, which a majority had
done i>reviously. For several
hours an effort was made to
force the Dr. J. P. Q. Wallace td
agree. He steadi^tftly refused
and served notice that he would
again make a minority report.
He was supported by Drs. Fe
lix Van Putten, and Dr. O. J.
Johnston, former pastor of St.
Joseph Jin Durham.
The Council was compelled to
adjourn witiiout any sustaining
action for Nichols, leaving him
in stetus auo until January 16th,
at which time they hope to win
over the independent thinking
members to the majority opin
ion, when the Bishops shall be
in Chicago, Illinois.
The meeting of the'Judicial
Council was completely Ignored
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BEV. McCOY
TRIO MAY BE
PART OF HUGE
ORGANIZATION
STATESVILLE
The sentencing Here Tuesday
of three women on charges of
shopUIUng may have crapked
what police believe is s part of
a huge diopUfting oiganizatlon
working the state.
Mrs. Thelma Smith, Mrs. Lille
Bell ai>d Mrs. Betty V. Brooks,
all of Charlotte, are the trio who
were given Jail sentences. Each
received ^ years.
According to taitlmony from
ttie state’s star witness, Police.
Saliitiur^ and Frances Cut*
chins, Baleigh. Some $83,-
135.50 was awarded to the 38
students.
A.&T.
At NCC Sunday
A. and T. College’s director of
religious activities. Rev. Cleo
McCoy, will lead off the list of
vespers speakers to be heard at
North Carolina College this
month. He will speak Sunday.
The others are Rev. Charles
M. Jones, former minister of the
Presbyterian Church of Chapel
Hill and now pastor of the Com
munity Church in that town, and
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Metliodlsts Form
Fellowship Unit
Of Ministers
Ministers of Methodist chur
ches in Durham formed a Metho
dist Ministers Fellowship at a
meeting last Monday night at the
home of the Rev. and Mrs. R. L.
Speaks.
A Ladies Auxiliary to the
Fellowship fl^as alio organized at
the same time among wives of
the ministers.
According to Rev. Speaks,
pastor of St. Mark AME. Zion
church and president of the new
ly formed ministers’ organiza
tion, the purpose of the body is
to “foster a moore cooperative
spirit among the four Metiiodist
communions of tiie city.”
“The Fellowship will endea
vor to pool its resources in order
to present evangelistic crusades,
leadership training schools,
youth ralliei and to support the
fight for social justice,” Rev.
Speaks said.
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Charged with feMlottl Ua*
etney, the three servM-^ice of
appeal to Superior C!oai^ and
were placed under |2,0Q0 ''bond
each.
Recorder’s Court Judge C. B.
Wtnberry rebised to consolid«t
the cases, passed ^ntence.
The women were arrested on
Dec. 14 by Chief Ivey after a
wave of shoplifting had hit lo
cal stores.
Chief Ivey said he waited for
the women after spotting their
10S7 model car on South Meet
ing Street, and when they return
ed took them into custody. Mer
chandise was found on their per
sons from the J. C. Penny Com
pany and other merchandise
from Belk’s Department Store
and Newberry’s was discovered
in the back of the car.
Rev. Ward Union
President Again
Rev. M. F. Ward, pastor of
Kesler’s Temple A. M. E. Zion
Church of Henderson, was re
elected without opposition to the
presidency of Tobacco Workers
local 286. The union represented
tobacco workers at the Venable
Tobacco Company and is the
largest seasonal local in Durham.
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MBS. LUCILLE WATSON, first prize winner in the
the CABOLINA TIMES Beauticians Popularity Contest
last fall, is shown here leaving Eastern Airlines ship short
ly after she touched down at Winston-Salew airport on her
return trip from New York. The New York trip plus one
week’s hotel expenses were part of her first prize awards.
Two Charged With Four Robberies,
Taxi Drivers Kidnap At Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE
Two former Fort Bragg sol
diers, one a dischargee and an
other listed as AWOL, are being
held here under 914,000 bond on
charges of four robberies and
kidnapping two taxi drivers.
They are WUIle Robert Wood
ruff, 19, of Elbert, West Vh--
ginia, and Harold S. Reed of Ma
con, Ga.
Woodruff was recently sepe-
rated from the service at Fort
Bragg while Reed, who claima
AMEZ Prelate Urges Spiritual
Back To Africa Move For Race
BEV. KILGOBE
coin, effective January I, 1888
and Miss Mattte Manas, a Junior
hii^ tehool student, who read
the poem by Langston Hughes,
"nie Negro Matbte.'*
“If the Negro is ever to be
emancipated, he must enumci-
pate himself,” declared a high
ranking Ali^ Zion church
clergyman this week in an ad
dress in Durham before a pro
gram in obeervance of the is-
suraoe of the Mancipation
Proclamation.
Speaking before the annual
celebration of the event at the
Mt. Gilead Baptist church
Wednesday, ttie Rt. Rev. R. L.
Jones of Salisbury, {melding
bishop of the second AME
Zion district, asserted that the
N^tro must win q^iritual free
dom before he la fully eBunci*
pated wid odled for a back to
Alrica movonent to provide
him with tile power to' win
this freedom.
•7to Abraham Uncoln nor
Civil War can loose him (the
Ne^o) from his present bond
age. The kind of freedom that
will make a race or nation
free bideed must teer ammder
the inner forces that enslave
tite mind and soul. Under ttie
bondage of such miel task
masters, the sUva7 of our
forefathers was nothing to be
compared,” the bishop steted.
“The force thst will break
tlie chain and set free this
man you cal| black In white
America must get its power
from the Africa that Is left In
him,” 1m said.
He urged a return to the high
cultural, Intellectual and ^>1*
rltoal heritage of andent Af
rica, which be described as an
important contributor to civi
lization of antiquity.
"I advocate a back to Africa
campaign...not as Marcus Gar
vey would have had it.,.but
back tb African ideals and
principles that nuide black
men kings and black womm
queras...”
Bishop Jones revealed tlwi
the race’s African anceston
have left a “glorious history”
and went on to trace the role
which Africans played in de
velopment of the ancient civi
lization along the Nile.
'The history of this man you
call black is written in letters
ot gold as he rocked the cradle
of clviUcatton reignhag in
mind, heart and hand. Lifted
from his throne by numerous
invariooe and scattered by
cruel and aggressive nations,
another page is written in
tears.”
He asserted tot it was not
until the experlmices Iwo
'world wars thst Negroes in
America began to gra^ the
real meaning and scope of
their bondage. After nearly a
century since the signing of
the Emancipation Proclama
tion, the Negro is still a slave,
he said.
"Hie world wars brought a
new element into the situa
tion. The sphitual microscope
magnified his in vincible
chains M his intellectual eye
saw that something that made
hhn fed black Indeed.**
Accompen^ng this new
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he is 16, Is listed by the Army
as 21 and absent without leave.
According to Fayetteville po
lice, both signed statements ad
mitting four taxi holdups and a
filling stotion stick-up last week.
They admitted to netting a totel
of 12,000 but deny using fire
arms.
The pair was arrested last
Sunday. Their alleged holdupe
Include four texis ind r fUUng^
station sideeap.
They were given a prelimnary
hearing Monday. The case has
been bound over to the Cumber
land Superior Court.
In all likllhood, theh- trial
will come up sometime during
tiiis month's session of tlw Su
perior Court.
More Jim Crow
At Dallas, Tex.
DALLAS, TEXAS
Overruling a Dallas District
Court ruling that public schoris
must int^trate by January 27,
the New Orleans Federal Ap
peals Court came to tiie rescue
of segregationists stalling the in
tegration program. Dallas was
next in line as a big city to prac
tice integration in the s^ool
system.
Pleading the case as Faubui,
88 year old Judge William H.
well ordered the integratlMi i
preferred to give them aag
time “to beeoae ^ri|
idee.” file
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