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All-White Jury Clears White Man Of Rape Ont;|^ro Girl ** * ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ DUNCAN IS NEW LIVINGSTONE HEAD Du Cod VOLUME 2 — NUMBER 38 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1958 PRICE TEN CENTS Wihon Acclaims Businessman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SEE STORY, PAGE SEVEN Appeal Six Receive Jail Terms GREENSBORO The tw« year old trespass case against six Negroes who won the right in federal court to use the city owned golf course here is expected to be heard in the State Supreme Court in early April This fact became apparent Monday when attorneys for the six defendants announced that they would appeal the sentence of the Superior Court which found them guilty at the end of a trial last week. The sentence, 15 days in jail, was handed down by Judge L. H. Fountain. The trial ended last Friday, but Judge Fountain witheld sentence until Monday. Bonds of $100, for appeal, and $300, for appearance, were .set for the six. Counsel for the defenie ar gued during the trial last week that the six men could not be guilty of breaking a law since a federal court had ruled they had a right to use the city-owned Gillespie Park golf course. Defenfling the six were At- (continucd on page 8) . Sentence Eliu Finances (ioodiLHcKeidin Urges Voting By J. B. Harren PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Speaking to 300 members and friends of the Improved Benevo lent Protective Order of Elks of the World at the Elks annual Education'for Citizenship ban quet held in the Crystal Room of the Proadwood Hotel here last week. Gov. Theodore R. Mc- Keldin of Maryland d^id, “it is no longer a matter of ol^aining the-rights of complete dcmficra- cy” for minority grou^ citizens that has already been establish- ed. The “up-SoutH” governor said it is now up to minority race groups to exercise their consti tutional rights which have been reaffirmed by the courts. McKeldin also warned that it is no longer the major responsi bility of the majority race group to take initiative in the imple mentation of these rights which the courts have repeatedly de clared as belonging to minority citizens. Bates, Fine and Ashmore Although the banquet was the kick-off for the Elks $100,000 educational fund drive on behalf of the “Little Rock Nine” and other students who have braved the taunts of segregationists to pioneer in opening up education al opportunities. It took on a civil rights flavor with the ap pearance of Mj-s. Daisy Bates, “the Angel of Little Rock”; Dr. Benjamin S. Fine, New Times education editor; and Alexan der Wilson, editor, Tri-State News, Memphis, Tenn. All three of these persons, who were in the thick of the ‘battle of Little Rock’, spoke with modesty and fcclitig of their parts in the drama which stirred the civilized world. £^ch/ (continued on page 8) Chairmen of the Sub-Committees of the North CaroHaa NAACP Church Committee shown here in meeUng last week in Durham are, left to right, Charles McLean, State Field Secretary; ^vcrelid Alfred White, Chair man of Registration apd Vote Committee; Reverend Carl Fuqua, Chairman of the State Church Committee; N. L. Gregg, NAACP, Treasurer; Reverend Grady Davis, Chairman of the Spiritual Motivation Committee; Rev erend Melvin Chester Sw^n, Chairman of the Life Membership Co|Whiittee Aid Planned Details To Be Given In Marcli WSVi- Chairman of sub-committees for Freedom of the Churche movement of the North Carolina NAACP met in a planning ses-' sion in Durham last week at St. Joseph X.M.E. Church. Host to the meeting Rev. Mel vin C. Swann said the group will outline details of its plans at a regional conference to be held in Greensboro in early March. Rev Swann is chairman of the Life Membership Committee for the church movement in the state. The “Churches for Freedom” program is a project of the NAACP’s national church de partment and is designed to en list increased support of chur-^ ches in the organization's over all program. A relatively new unit of the NAACP, the Church Department grew out of a resolution passed' at a national NAACP conven- (continued on page 8) William Hines, prominent businessman of Wilson and well-known throughout the state, was singled out for his “unselfisb” contribu tions to the city. Adminis trator of Mercy Hospital in Wilson, Hines was awarded an engraved plaque by Wil son citizens. See details page seven, this issue. North Carolina NAACP Leads All Southern Units, Director Says CHARLOTTE Fifty NAACP board members and branch officials gathered here February 8, at the call of State NAACP-president Kelly M. Alexander to hear the outline of the 1958 NAACP registraUon and vote campaign and resume of the work done during 1957. Chairman of the southeast re gional NAACP registration and voting committee, Alexander ur-- ged the formation of local regis tration committees “in every town, county and hamlet” in and all-out drive for 300,000 addi tional race voters in the estate by 1.960 elections. The overall goal of three mil lion colored voters in the south east by the next presidential election. Treasurer Newton L. Gregg's report indicated a healthy gain in finances collected during the past year, with the new NAACP “Mother of the Year” program playing an Important part. Gregg emphasized the need of communities getting their 1958 “Mother of the Year” contes tants named and the communi ties—NAACP members and non- members ' alike—working to make her win an all-expensc- paid trip to the national convene tion in Cleveland, Ohio in July. Field secretary Charles A. McLean urged the keeping of proper records of all branch af fairs as he, also, urged an all- out voting effort and a watchful eye on the housing apd labor programs, particularly where federal assistance is used. Atiy desired information can be se cured on any phase of NAACP activity by writing Charles A. i^Leanj^ J^453 Hattie __A venue, (continued on pageT) High School Is Fifth President SALISBURY The election of Dr. Samuel E. Duncan to the presidency of Liv ingstone College was announced here Wednesday. The announcement came from Alexander Barnes, public rela tions director of the AME Zion Church. Baines said Duncan was elect ed by school’s board of trus tees who were meeting in semi annual session here Wednesday in conj^ction with the college’s observance of Founder’s Day. State supervisor of Negro high schools, Duncan will replace Professor J. H. Brockett of the Livingstone faculty who had been appointed "acting President of the college. (contiijued on page 8) Jury Returns Verdict After 45 Minutes CLINTON An all-white, male jury took slightly less than 45 minutes to return a verdict of acquittal in a case in which a white man had been charged with raping a 16 year-old Negro girl. The verdict, coming in Samp son County ‘Superior Court here last Friday, brought to an end a week-long trial which had at tracted much attentibn through out the area. Cliarged in the case was De- Vane McLamb, resident of Honeycutt township and a World War II veteran. He was accused of raping 16 year-old Lula Bell Lamb on last November 11. The prosecution,* headed by district solicitor Walter Britt, placed the girl on the stand who testified that McLamb came to her home and persuaded her mo ther to allow her to return with him homje on the pretense of -ba4)/4itting for him. Her testimony further alleged that McLamb drove around for a while on a back road ^ben pulled up inside a barn, dragged her out of the car and forced her, with a bottle, into having relations with him. She charged that after he tinished, she ran from the barn and flagged a passing motorist who returned ner home. Testimony indicated that her skirt was torn when she return ed home. ' The main contention of the defense was that the girl willing- (continued on page 8) Ex-Tarheel In N. Y. Honored NEW YORK A city-wide Sponsoring Com mittee will hold a testimonial banquet at 7:30 P.M. ’Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Diplomat in New York City, honoring the Rev. Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Jr., on the oc casion of his tenth anniversary as Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church. At Dr. Kilgore's request, all proceeds from the $10-per-plate banquet will go to The House of Friendship Community Center and Mental Health Clinic, 170 West 130th Street, which he founded in 1955. The more than 100 members of the sponsoring committee come from all walks of life They have Joined members of Friendship Church, 144 West 131st Street, to pay tribute to Dr. Kilgore not only as a pastor but as an outstanding leader in the Harlem community. Dr. Kilgore, who accepted the call to the pastorate of Friend ship Church in 1947, was for merly Pastor of Friendship Bap tist Church in Winston-Salem N. C., Chaplain of Winston-Sa lem Teachers College, and Exe cutive Secretary of the Genersil Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. MRS. ELIZABETH BAMPFIELD, second from left, who celebrated her 100th birthday in Durham on February 12, is shown here surrounded by her relatives who journcyecf to the city to join her on the occasion. Seat ed, left to right, are Albert Bampficld Augusta, Georgia; Mrs. Bampfield, Robert Smalls Bampfield, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Julia B. Stinson, Cleveland, Ohio. Standing' are Mrs. Ariana Bonlware, Durham; Mrs. Janet Davidson, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, Washington, D. C.; and Mrs'. Helen Givens, Charlotte. Mrs. Bantpfieid, who makes her home on Lawson Street with Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Boalware, was congrat ulated in a letter from Prcsiiient Dwight D. Eisenhower on her birthday. See page eight for text of letter. Swift Case Closed; Physician Improves As far as police are concerned, the accidental shooting cacse in which a prominent Durham phy sician sustained a head injury is closed. Dr. Leroy Russell Swift told Sheriff E. G. Belvin at Duke .Tuesda;^^ t^a| he shojt hiiKseff acciJenta'lly,^ according*^ to the sheriff. “It was purely an accident,” the sheriff said the Doctor told him in his first interview with the injured man. Belvin said Swift stated he was showing his wife how to handle a pistol and the fun went off in his hands. which I cjm’t expFam, the ^n went off in iny face," the sheriff said Swift told him. Official Predicts Pro-Civil Rights Southerners To Be Elected Soon LOUIS, MO. The election of pro-civil rights representatives and senators from the South was foreseen by an NAACP official here last week as the probable result, of enforcement of the federal civil rights law and extension of a register and vote campaign throughout the South. Addressing an Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority public forum at St. Louis University on Feb. 2, Clarence Mitchell, director of the NAACP’s Washington bu reau, declared that the election of pro-civil rights persons to Congress is “perhaps thp greatr est challenge we face today.” The Republicans have been challenged to build “an effec tive political party in the South" but cannot accomplish this “as long as the present type of G.O.P. Congressmen run for of fice,” Mitchell maintairied. “Representative Joel Broyhill, (continued on page 8) Participants in the Race Relations Service at St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church last Sunday evening were left to right: H. M. Michaux, Jr., Attorney W. A. Marsh, Jr., The Reverend IKoierf Watson, Kector, St. Luke^s~Ej^cop^ Church, Guest Speaker; Dr. Cecil L. Spell man,‘The Reverend Melvin Chester Swann, The Minister. Music was rendered by the Male Chorus of A. & T. College under the 'Sif^ciidii of Howard T. Fear&alL' PROF. N. Durham Scout Official Gets High Award N. A. Cheek, * principal of Pearson elementary school in Durham and a Scouting veteran of 18 years, received the Silver Beaver award at a dinner for a Durham Boy Scout Troop Mon day night. Cheek, who has worked at va rious levels in Scouting since 1940, becomes the sixth scouter from the Durham Division to be awarded th6 Silver Beaver, highest honor which the Coun cil can bestow. The award was present,ed to Cheek by R. Kelly Bryant, Jr., vice-chairman of the Durham Division, at the annual banquet held for White Rock Baptist Church Troop 55. The new holder of the Silver Beaver was one of nine men designated from the Occonee- chee CouncU to recrive the hon or. It is given on the basis of CPIeaseturnlapagafilbfT Previously, the doctor’s wifa had told the sheriff that Swift shot klmself while showing her how to operate the pistol. The accident occured at tliQ doctor’s residence on Fayette ville road on Jan. 31, but the sfierjillf had to wait mtil Tuesday before Duke doctors permiUed him to talk. ' The pressure on his windpipQ coupled with a temporary sur gical measure taken by Duka doctors to permit breathing ia thou^t to have prevented him from talking earlier with Belvin. The bullet entered Dr. Swift’3 right temple and ranged down ward into the throat, putting pressure on the windpipe blood vessel supplying the brain. The pk-essure on the blood ves sel caused a temporary paralysis of the physician’s right side. Dr. Swift’s condition was de» scribed as “improving” by hia attending physician. Dr. Guy Odom Wednesday. Dr. Odom said his patient ia getting out* of bed now and that his overall strength' is increas ing. He also revealed that the pa* (Please turn to page Eight) Uri)an Renewal For Hayti To Be Discussed. L. B. Frasier, president of th4 Durham Business and Profes sional Chain, announced this- week that members of the City Planning Department will giva a “repeat performance” on tha propo^ Urban Renewal pro* gram for the city of Durham to members of the Chain. This program will be on Sun day, March 9th, at the W. D. Hill Recreation Center, Fayetteville Street. In making this announcement FrMier said, “The Chain is spon soring this program in order that business men and citizens of Hayti may become acquainted with the aims and purpusfs o( Urban Renewal.” At a meeting at City Hait mK January 28th, members ol tha City Planning Department^ as sisted by students in the Depiut-t ment of City and Regional Ptaii> ning at the University oif Nortl| Carolina, tofcl some 100 persons that the 200-acre “blighted ar^ in Hayti couU be an tractively clean and modem residential secctran for a cost of 9600,000 to the city q( Duriiaaa. - The federal government watiUl
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