BOMBING NOT RACIAlf SAYS POU
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Chief Discounts Gravity Of Incipient
Dnrham Police Chief W. W
Pleasants told the TIMES Wed.
that dally press coverage of the
bombiac of the home of the Rev.
Warren Garr had overempha-
sUed the serioasness of the inci
dent.
Chief Pleasants made this
Uatement in response to ques
tions as to whether the depart
ment planned any special pro
tective measures for the Rev.
Carr or his home.
No special measures have
been taken nor have they been
requested by the Rev. Carr,
Chief Pleasant! Mid.
“I don’t believe it’s that seri
ous,” he said.
“The papers, have played this
thing up more than It’s werth. I
don’t believe it had anything te
do with this Interracial thing.”
Popular speculation following
the Monday night blast of a flre-
cracker like bomb at tl>e Urban
avenue home of the Rev. Carr
was that it was connected with
his job as chairman of the city’s
newly formed interracial Human
Relations Committee.
Both Durham daily news
papers, morning and aftemeoa,
carried front page aterlea ef the
bieldeat, and the momliic news*
paper 4erete« Its lead edIterUl
tm TttMOay te the bonblBf'
I The theory which Dnrhjim p»-
11^ seem to faver is that the
bentbttg waa werk of yonnf
hoedlama with whom the Re^
Carr had discentlnned workinc*
The Baptist minister said a
groap of youngsters he had help
ed bat had been forced to st^
hel|M>X had shown resentmeat
toward him In the past.
Though Chief Pleasants dls-
loai^d the gravity of the epi
■edet the bomb fragments are
belnt taken to Fort Bragg for
exajnliaaUon to determine its
identification, and possibly fur
nish police with .“leads” In the
ease.
The Rev. Carr, pastor of
Waits Street Baptist Church, has
been the target of harassment
sincc his acceptance as chairman
of the Human Relations Com
mittee last Spring.
He told the 'HMES Wednes-
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DR. DOWNING
j|"'nE TRUTH UNBBiSeO^
VCMLUME 34—PrtJMBER 28
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1958
P]|ICE: TEN CENTS
Dr. Battle Leads
July 4 Memorial
To John frown
HARPERS FERftV. W. VA.
Some one l^ousaftd members
and kriendt of thi; ImprovecI
feeneVolent Prbtecti4e OKfer el
Elks 'of the Werl4 |(pBPOEW),
Dr. Robert H. JobAioji, grand,
exaltf4 xuler, ^th«ced hne for
tKie anniiiil FotfHh M, cele
bration and m^orill servicM la
tribute, to, the noted *ntl-slavery
martyr^^olAi ’Blown—^psu^sd
for devotional exercises led by
grand lecturer Rev. K. P. Battle
of Rocky Mount, H* C., as Char
les P. McLane, grand comr
missioner of pu^i^; relatione
conducted the proir«n*
Johnao* ISa^orsed
During the program which
featured Steelton, Penna., youth
who 'spoSe on' thfe Constltutloif*
of the United Stateii and the
ideals of John Brown, who has
been dubbed: “Qod’s Angry
Man”, the Elki and Daughter-'
Elks assembled unanimously
adopted a resolution endorsing
Robert H. Johnson and his cabi
net for re-election at the forth
coming 60th atmlversary con
vention in Wafhington, O. C.,
August 24-28th.
McClane, who is also director
of the Shrine Department of the
grand Lodge along with Mrs.
Bertha McKanlaM (only woman
past grand exalted ruler in
Elkdom), announced that the
grand lodge and delegates would
meet here August 23 on the 255-
acre John Brown Farm eight
miles north of historic Harpers
Ferry, where John Brown made
his never-to-be forgotten stand
with 25 of bi> relatives and
friends, including Negroes, in an
abortive attempt to free the
slaves in 1859. For this Brown
tried for treason and later hang
ed, as were others of his follow
ers.
The old John Brown Farm,
home, later called Samples Ma
nor, is now being developed in a
recreation center for outdoors-
lovers who desire • quiet retreat
far from the hustle and bustle oil
city life. A large hall has been
constructed which will accom
modate several hundred persons
for any type service or amuse
ment. The Old John Browm
Homestead (where Brown hid
his men for weeks prior to the
capture of tlie U.S. Arsenal
here) has/ t>een turned into a
museum since a new moderrk
home has been built for May
nard Henderson, the caretaker.
This pre-cortvention meeting
of the grand lodge on this
“Shrine to Freedom” will be for
the purpose of formally dedica
ting the home of the white man
whc^ picked ug a b^k clj^d on
W?way to toe iSfii^s'al ri^r^“
Charles Town, W.Va., (then in,
Virginia) and said: “I am dytog
for you that some day you may
be, free,” ‘Greater love hath no
man than that he lay down hi*
life for his friend’, reads the
Bible.
(continued .on page 8)
Dr. Frederick D. Patterson,r ganizatlona In late July, ohatsl ,e|Uertaln the Bakers
(center) president of the Na- here with Durhamites J. H. I l^isewlyea and National Busl-
tlonal Business Ledgue which Wheeler, right, and Dr. Alfonso a«n League convention in bnr-
wlll meet in convention in Dur- Eider, left. Both men arcJ ham.
ham with two other allied or-1 members of a committee plan-]
Effectiveness Of Durham
Joint Conventions
NEW YORK
The potential effectiveness of
the simultaneous meeting of
three national organizations in
convention in Durham, N. C. in
late July was singled out this
week by head of one of the
groups.
In a comment on the forth
coming conventions of the Na
tional Business League, the Na
tional Bankers Association and
the National Housewives League
July 30-August 1 in Durham,
Business League president Dr.
Frederick D. Patterson said:
"The joint meetings of th^e
three 'national organizations in
sures a wide representation of
distinguished leaders in the
economic field. Together the
delegates will study the econo
mic problems confronting us
“The Housewives will want to
know,” Dr. Patterson continued.
“how they can, in the face of
steady inflation, get more for
the family dollar in terms of
basic purchases.”
“The National Business Lea
gue will consider how it cart
help expand the productivity of
operating business establish
ments.
“The League will also discuss
the fields its members should]
enter to better serve the aeeds
of their respective communities;
and review, with members of
the National Bankers Associ
ation, practical ways and means
of financing business at the lo
cal level.”
The National Business Lea
gue, which Dr. Patterson heads,
is the oldest economic organiza-
(continued on page 8)
L. C. Downing
On C'R Unit's
Advisor Group
ROANOKE, Va.
Dr. L. C. Downing, prominent
Roafioke physician and civic lea
der, was appointed to the ad-
viscfry committee to the Civil
Rights commission, it was an
nounced this week.
Dr. Downing was one of seven
named to Virginia advisory
committee. Each state will sup-
J)1S^ an advisory group for the
■commission. So far, cqmmittees
h^ve been appointed for Ti'x.is,
Itidiana, and Florida in addition
to Virginia.
Virginia’s advisory committee
appointees were announced by
;Dr. John A. Hannah, chairman
of the Commission
Former Governor John S.
Battle of Charlottesville, a mem
ber of the Commis.sion, commen
ting on Virginia’s advisory
group, said- “J am' extremely
-that /mt^taii'
ding VirgKians 'irave ^te^ to
serve as members of fte Vir
ginia Advisory Committee.”
Dr. Downing is a veteran phy
sician and leader in many civic
activities in Roanoke. A gradu
ate of the Howard University
Medical School of 1912, he is
chairman of the Colored Citizens
Committee of Roanoke, a mem
ber o£ the city^schooLiJoard and
has served as assistant coordina
tor of the Roanoke Civilian De
fense Council. ,
He is also active in national
medical affairs. He is a former
vice-president of the National
Medical Association, the Na
tional Hospital Association, and
has served as president of the
Old Dominion Medical Society
and the Magic City Medical So
ciety.
Dr. Downing is a former mem
ber of the Virginia Division
Board of Directors of the Can
cer Society, and is holding
membership in the following
professional and Scientific or-
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Miss Beulah Council, North
Carolina College alumna from
Hamilton, center, has been elect
ed “Miss North Carolina College
Summer School of 1958”. Shown
with the new NCC Summerj ment High Scheel, develaad.
Queen are runners-up Miss Pau- Sclectlea was auule via eaaspaa-
line Dixon of J. F. Gann, Ele- wide votiac.
mentary School, Burlington; and
Miss Miriam Cewaa, R. A. Cle- —NCC PhaU ftv Daas
Last Rites For
Dr. J. 0. Plummer
RALEIGH I Larynegeolgist, Rhlnelogist and
Funeral services for Dr. John' Opthalmelogist at Lincoin hos-
Owen Plummer, distinguished pital; member of tta« St. Agnea
veteran physician of Raleigh,
were held at St. Ambrose Epis
copal Church Sunday afternoon
at four o’clock.
hospital visiting staX^, aad phy
sician to the Stata Deaf, Duml|
and Blind Institute at Ralei^i.
From 1910' until 1919, he was
, professor of Anatomy at ths
The Reverend Samuel D. Rud-I Leonard Medical «:hooL
der officiated. He was assisted
DR. PLUMMER
Langston May Close
Little Rock, Durham, Winston-Salem
Youths Among 52 Awarded Grants
OKLAHOMA, CITY, Okla. | the high cost of maintaining
Langston . University may I dual school system, are consider-
within the next few years be- jng abolishing the all Negro,
come a victim of the trend to- school,
ward integrated public educa-|
tion. ' I Regents chairman John Ro-
State regents, confronted with' gef* said at a recent meeting of
the regents board that he is
ready to recommend that the
school become a junior college
beginning In the Fall of 1959,
300&x:Jt
NEW YORK
Ernest Green, first Negro td
graduate from Little Rock’s
Central high school, Bennie!
Booker, graduate of Hillside in,
Duriiam, N. C., . and Fred D.
Tanner, graduate of Atkins in
imong 53
iCniors to
Negro high school
receive scholarship
completely eliminated.”
Several other regents agreed
with him.
The reason given for taking
such action was that the low
student enrollment at Langston
pushes education costs for the
state out of line. •
Negroes may attend state sup
ported colleges and universities
“and on down the line until it Isi in Oklahoma.
Task Ahead Is
EnorptuSr Avers
NAACP's Tobias
CI^EVELAND, OHIO
Although substantial progress
has fc>een made in the Fight
for Freedom, “the task ahead
is .enormous,” Dr. Channing
H. Tobias-, chairman of the
Board of Directora of the
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
warned in his keynote address
prepared for delivery here
Tuesday as the Association
opened its 49th annual con
vention.
The 1,000 delegates ^ were
welcomed to the convention
by Gov. C. WiUiam O’NeiU,
Mayor Anthony J. Celebrepze
and Dr. Natt^an K. Christo
pher, on beheU of the Cleve
land NAACP, host to the con
vention. The six-day assembly
ends on Sunday, July 13.
Recalling the launching, five
years ago, of the NAACP ten-
year fight to get rid of racial
discrin\ination and segrega
tion by 1^63, the centennial
of Abri^lam Lincoln’s Emanci
pation Proclamation, Dr. To
bias reviewed the progress
made since that time and indi
cated what remains to be done
in order to ^ achieve the
NAACP goal.
Titne (|^]iLa^dlcation
“We are Mrat the half-way
point in the ten-year Fight for
Freedom,” Dr. Tobias de
clared. “It is time for a pro
gress report...It is time for re
dedication of our efforts and
(continued on page 8)
by the Reverend Fred J. Hunter.
Dr. Plummer died at Lincoln
hospital on July 4 after a short
illness. Hia death culminated a
successful practice as an eye,
ear, nose and throat specialist
which spanned 55 years.
During this period he was a
teacher at the ShBw University
Mbool of Me01cin^ f«4eq^ "presi
dent of the National MeWal As
sociation and, as NMA pftsident,
was influential in straightening
out the big problem which the
Veteran hospital at Tuskegee
posed in this 1920’s.
Born in Warrenton in May
1880, Dr. Plummer was gradu
ated from A and T College then
the Leonard Medical School at
practice, he held at one time tlie
following positions: Oteologist,
His civic and professional af-'
filiations were widespread. In
addition to ills membership in
many professional and scientifia
organizations, be was a mi iwtii.n
of Phi Beta Sigmjf fratcnMy,
superintendent of the St. Am-*
brose Chvirch Sunday
and was listed In Who’s Who in
America.
l>r. Plhmmer penooal!^ &
nanced the education of a largs
number of young people.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Clementine K. Plummer;
two daughters; Mrs. Marie P.
Orset, Petersburg, iTa., and Mrs.
Owen P. Chnk, Durham; one
son; John Owoi, Jr., Washing-,
ton, D. C.; two sisters: Mrs.
Beulah Fitts, Baltimore. Md«
Shaw University. During Mwantf Mrr dnirtneir~Ftttsr"Wtts
son; and one
Warrenton.
brother: Baker,
Harrison Elected Assistant Cashier
By Mechanics And Farmers Bank
David L. Harrison has been
elected assistant cashier of the
Mechanics and Farmers bank, it
was announced this week by
bank president J. H. Wheeler.
The action was taken by the
firm’s board of directors.
Harrison has been employed
as an installment loan teller by
the bank since 1953.
Before he joined the bank’s
staff, he was business manager
of the Isaac H. Smith Realty
company of New Bern.
The new Mechanics and Far
mers bank officer is a native of
Nashville, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin F. Harrison. He gra
duated from Nash County Train
ing high in 1934 and entered the
army where he served an over
seas tour with the 93rd infantry
in the Dutch East Indira.
Harrison entered North Caro
lina College after his army dis
charge, and earned a Bachelor of
Science in Commerce degree in
1951.
He is married ta the former
Miss Dorothy Perry of Spring
Hope. They and their three sona
live at 1804 CoDCord Street in
Durham.
lid the National Scholar
ship l^rvice Fund for Negro)
itudents, it was announced here
this week.
Green’s award is from the
American Conscience Fund and
will supplement a full tuition;
scholarship to Michigan State
College. Booker’s award Is for
Wooster College of Wooster, |
■V v- I Oiiio,_and Tanner’s schQlarship
Saldwiri-Waliace Con
servatory of Music at Berea,
Ohio. '
Announcement of the awardsi
was made by John Monro, chair
man of the trustees of the sup
plementary scholarships of the
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NCC READING CLINIC STAGES ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE —Pictured here are some of the 72 pereons enrolled Caro*
lina College’s 12th anhual Reading Clinic under the distinguished leadership of Mrs. Lucy S. Herring of holda
its annual open house Friday from eight to five in the Commerce building. In addition to Mrs. Herring, other me|peiS i^,
Mrai Loris Ray, Mrs. Annie Davis and Mrs. Velma Daniels. Dr. Rose B. Browne is Clinic supervfflu^^-