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Mercliants
OPEN
IRWIN HOLMES, JR. and hia father admUe varsity “S”
which young Holmes won at North Carolina State College
last year. The North Carolina State student earned the letter
as i>. sophomore for his play on the school’s tennis team, be-
comii|ig the first Negro to “letter” in the Atlantic Coast Con
ference. Young Holmes’ father was himself an outstanding
collegcj athlete. Now director of Recreation for Negroes in
Durham, the senior Holmes was an All-American end for the
North Carolina College 1933 football team. An electrical en
gineering student at State College, Holmes was the top rank
ed singles player during his freshman year and was the var
sity’s number 3 singles player and a part of the number one
doubles team. He also took part in the track team’s winter
season last year. — Rivera Photo.
EDITORiAt
The Industrial Center Bond Issue
NCC To Request
Inclusion In '59
Welcome Plans
A full scale boycott of Dur
ham white merchants by stu-
deat; at North Carolina College
appeared averted at the conclu
sion of the first stage of negoti
ations between NCC representa
tives and members of the Dur
ham Merchants Association.
The boycott was threatened
early this week after leaders of
the NorUi Carolina College stu
dent government, in a series of
emergency meetings over the
week-end, revealed that some
action was contemplated as the
result of what they termed pre
judicial treatment by the Dur
ham Merchants in their program
^pr welcoming studients.
The DMA, an organization re
presenting most of the down
town retail merchants, included
this year, as in years past, only
Duke University in its student*
welcoming program.
Jerome Dudley, NCC student
government president, Saturday
night made public the results of
the week-end meeting which
considered taking boycott action.'
However, a meeting Monday!
afternoon between Durham mer-
IN OCTOBER
Picked Ccew For New Unit To
Begin Four Weeks Training; To
Be Assisted By Two Veterans
Durham’s first F^egro fire company is scheduled to be^n
duty at the newly coijstructed Hayti fire station on October
1, according to city oiKeials.
Fire Department Assistant Chief Lawson told the TIMES
Wednesday that the departAnent has received ordefl from
City Manager Robert W. Flack to begin training the ten men
picked to man the station.
Selection of the company was | four week* between Monday
announced late last week. The
ten men named are Sylvester
Hall, 906 Plum St.; Thomas A.
Harris, Jr., 1408 Fay St.; Elgin
Johnson, 2308 Fayetteville St.;
George W. King, 1303 N. Hyde
through Saturday.
In inclement weaUier,
the
chief said the men would train
at the Hayti lire station.
The company will be supple
mented by an experienced
Park avenue; John O. Lyon, 434; driver and a captain from one of
E. Piedmont avenue; Lynwood the existing companies, Chief
DUDLEY EXPLAINS !SSUE
—Stanhack Photo
Studrat March
For Integration
In Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Plans under discussion for a
chants, student leaders and NCO student demonstration on the
administration representatives
produced a halt in the boycott
plans.
Dudley reported to a mass
See NCC, page 8
Boycott. Threat
In Salisbury
SALISBURY
The proposed Industrial Center for Durham has brought About 200 patrons of the Ne
to light aeveral interesting facts that need to be distinctly un-j gro elementary schools of Salis
derstood by thie Negro citizens of this city before they vote, bury met at Price High School
for the bond issue on September 30. And that we hope they
will do if Durhain is to progress as it should along with other
cities of North Carolina. Likewise, they hcnmI to be distinctly
understood by the white leadmf of^thlarcoiffrrtUHtty who
honestly want to see Durham move forward in the field of
industry, education, business and interracial goodwill.
here on December 2 and voted
to Ijoycott the lunchroom facili
ties of the Lincoln Grammar
ScRo(n7 tfie Price Junior Hi^
school issue became official to
day with public announcenlent
of the Youth March For Integm-
ted Schools, to take place Satar-
day, October 11, la the nation’s
Howard, 502 Canal JSt.; Robert
E. Medlin, 402 Alton St.; wllter
Thomas, Jr. 2204 Chatauqua St.;
Nathaniel L. Thompson, 512
Canal'St.; and Felton P. Thomp
son, B-1 Cornwallis Court.
Chief LaNvson revealed that
the men would begin training
Monday at the city’s drill tower.
He said that the training sche
dule would include daily drills
Lawson said. He said that this
arrangement wou}d obtain for a
limited time.
Lawson explained that the
presence of experienced firemen
in the company was necessary
because “we know that it takes
about four and one-half years
lor a fireman to perform with
safety to himself and to the city.
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins beam* .
cepta $10,000 check for the 'Association
Dickson, an 83-year-old retired resident of OHBBHTvUC.
When she presented the check in. San Francia^ ^ SifMk
Mrs. Diclison said she was making the gift “in Cfclft
fight against the disgraceful abuse of American den
Mr, Wilkins said he could not recall any single gift
NAACP from an individual as large as Mrs. Dicksoa’^ «
gift as an expression of yonr desire to restore love and
hate is dh the highest level,” Mr. Wilkins said in th"
Mrs. Dickson for her generosity. Her gift, he declarad
surely inspire others to join in the crusade.”
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VOLUME 34—NUMBER 38 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1958
capitaL
The announcement was in
Mrs. Daisy Bates, Mrs. Rwpb J.
Buncbe, Rev. Martin Luther
King, ‘Jr., A. Philip Randolph,
Jackie Robinson and Roy Wil
kins—all of* whom have agreed
to serve as honorary chainpen.
1,000 Negro and white stu
dents from fourth grade though
rollege are expected tp converge
on Washington for the occasion.
See STUDENTS, pa^ 8
School and the Monroe Street
Elementary.
Durham Negro leaders are fully aware that there are fapiif«es aT^l
three types of white citizens in this city that must be dealt
with when a question arises like that of voting for a bond
issue such as the proposed Industrial Center. The first is a
small group that is honestly progressive but hopelessly out
numbered by the conservatives and ultra-conservatives. The
members of this group would be fair, square «nd honest but
are up against the stiff proposition of dealing with members
of their own race who still feel that they can pull the wool
over Negroes eyes, take th(^ir labor, sweat, blood and votes
and give them nothing for it.
There is the second group, representing a majority of
the white citizenry, whose members pretend that they are
progressive but whose actions do not back up what they say.
It is this group that is suave, conniving and slick. Its mem
bers have no character, honesty nor integrity when it comes
to deaUng with Negroes. They still feel that they can pull
the wool over Negroes eyes in matters such as the Industrial
Center. It is this group that is most vicious and that has to
be w^h^. Unfortunately, there are still left a few Negro
leaders irao are j^ullible as to such white leadeis and are
sucked in every time they deal with them.
Tl[iere is the third group such as those in the Ku Klux
Klan, the White Citizens Council and DUPEC that makes
no pretense at hating Negroes and opposing their every ef
fort to advance politically, economically, industrially, educa
tionally and otherwise. This group is composed of'^the fail
ures and the “ne’er do wells,” whose hatred is given impetus
to by jealousy of the progress made by Negroes.
Thil .CAROLINA TIMES' faces the bond issue of the In
dustrial Center with its eyes wide open. We know that Ne
gro leaders have honest conunittment either oral or writ
ten that their race will be afforded an equal opportunity
when the proposed Industrial Center becomes a reality. We
know that a majority of those working so hard to secure the
Center do not intend to give Negroes an ^ual opportunity
in it and that in so doing, they will have the established pol
icy and support of state officials. We want it distinctly un-
^ derstood that we are not supporting the bond issue because
we are satisfied that it marks a milestone in the development
of Durham for Negroes as well as whites. We are supporting
the bond issue ^d urge Negroes to vote for it because it is
an indication of ftrogress ihdustrially.
We are not unmindful of the f^ct that it has been the
Negro vote that has kept Durham in the march of progress
-Over the pa^ , Again, ^„g^ain, it^.t?pen the Ne,
gro vote that Bjl^ haa to be relied upon to vote progressive
when issues of importance are to be considered. With this in
mind, we call upon the Negro voters of Durham to go to the
polls on September 30 and vote for the Industrial Center bond
issue.
We promise them if they do this that we will-be inuthe
forefront after the Center is a reality to see to jt that equal
opportunities in it are afforded all the people of Durham. We
promisee them tnat we will stop nowhere short of the f^eral
courts in our efforts to see that justice is done; THIS IS OUR
SOLEMN PLEDGE. -I '•
three schools will be unsanitary
because the plan calls for the
food to be cooked at the' Price
Senior High -school and trans
ported to the lunchrooms of the
schools. Walter Jones is princi
pal of Price.
School officials claim that the
new arrangements at the Negro
schools are| being instituted to
oVeifeome a deficit which the
cafeterias in all schools ex
perienced last year. Parents
claim they are dissatisfied with
the new plan because it is dis-'
criminatory in that no such plan
has been instituted at the white
elementary schools, all of which
have ample lunchroom facilities.
Chairman of the program is
Rev. Harlee 'Little, member of
the faculty' of Livingstone Col
lege. Other members of the com
mittee are, A. R. Kelsey, Mrs.
Dorothy Gilmore, Clinton Co
wan, J. F. Kelley, Walter Loftin
and Mrs. Mabel Yarborough.
A.M.E. General
Confab In Calif.
* CINCINNATi, OHIO
The 1960 General Conference
of the A.M.E. Church will meet
in Los Angeles, California, it
was announced this week by
Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., Pre
siding prelate of the fifth Epis
copal District of the A.M.E.
Church and host bishop.
Final acceptance of the invita
tion was unt^nimous after
thorough discussion 'by the
bishops and dignitaries of the
church at the meeting held in
this city.
The meeting will be held in
the Shrine Auditorium and the
Exposition Hall of Los Angeles,
which will cost for the 16 days’
session approximately $32,000.
The auditorium will seat 6,700
persons ana will be ample for
the 1,000 delegates, alternates
and thousands of visitors.
THESE PROMINENT NORTH CAROLINA CITIZENS participated m a recent mass meet
ing which seeks the opening of a Federal Savings and Loan Association for Greensboro. In
the group from left to right are: J. S^ Stewart, Durham, secretary-treasurer of Mutual
Savings and Loan Association; C. C. Winchester, Greensboro realtor; J. A. Tarpley, Greens
boro school supervisor; C. C. Spaulding, Jr., Purham insurance executive and L. E. Austin,
publisher of the CAROLINA TIMES who delivered the main address.
Twice Tried For Rape, Mon
Booked For Assault On Two
CLINTON
A 26 year old white man,
twice brought to trial for at
tempted rape of Negro teen-age
girls but twice released, has
been charged for the third time
in one year of a similar crime.
DeVane McLamb is being held
in the Sampson County jail for
attempted rape of a 12 year old
Negro girl Sunday and on an
other charge of raping an 18
year old Negro girl near Dunn
on the same night.
REGINALD MITCHINER, 14-year-old E:ifplorer of Mount Vernon Baptist Church Explored
Post 129 receives his Eagle Scout pin front his mother, Mrs. MargareiMitchiner during
ceremony at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Sunday. Looking on froinleft to right are
Henry Gillis, Division Scout Executive; N. B. White, Eagle award presentor and SooutTv
niaqter of Tro^p, 55, White Rock Baptist Church. Willard Stephens, Scoutmaster, Troop
1^. -Rdv. T. Browne, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, and James Smitli, Eat
I ^ ■ plorer Advisor of Post 129. — Stanback Photo.
According to Dunn authori
ties, McLamb is alleged to have
picked up both girls in Dunn
and carried thenj into Sampson
County where he forced his at
tentions upon them.
McLamb was tried here last
year for the alleged rape of a
teen age girl in Roselwro. A
Jury acquitted him of the charge.
A few weeks later, he was
charged with the same offense
in Cumberland County. In this
trial, the charge was amended to
assault on a female, and he was
given a $150 fine after convic
tion on the lesser charge.
There has been much specula-1 future and his
tion since McLamb’s arrest in give testimony,
this farmhig county as to what'
will happen when the twice
tried white man goes to court.
S^pipson county Sheriff Hall
was reported as having deliver
ed the damaging testimony in
the setond trial in which Mc
Lamb was a defendant. It is felt
that the Sheriffs political for
tunes have suffered greatly
since the trial, but at the same
time it is believed the Sheriff, if
called as a witness in the forth
coming trial, might help to con
vict McLamb.
Many observers feel the trial
may resolve Itself into an issue
between Sheriff Hall’s political
willingness to
Front Royal Students Would Have
Negroes Rather Tlian No School
FRONT ROYAL, Va.
Opinion was divided among
students when they first heard
that Governor J- Almond Lind
say had closed their school,
Warren County High School, ra
ther thaA admit 22 Negro youths.
President of the senior cla»,
red-headed Mike Berryman,
came right out and said: he
would rather see Negroes admit
ted than have the school close
down.
. -Said Milwi “We are going to
ha.ve to.fac^ i| aoonAr or later. It
is the law ef Vie land.” He
thought most of the 1,044 stu
dents agreed with him sUmtly
for as many actually cried when
the school sang its alma mater
song at its last football game.
As Captain of the football team,
Alike also worried: “We don’t
even know if we are going to be
able to play the rest ol-our sche
dule.”
Some students were glad
schools closed because they op
posed mining but many mothers
were upset over the closing.
Since Negroes comprise only 10
percent of the county’s school
population, they couldn’t see
where admitting Negro children I R«v««iid
would cause trouble. I officiatiii^
See INTEGRATION, page 8 ' Gteavlilto HlBrtil
PRICE: TEN CENTS
DurhamitesHelp
Launch Savings
FirnilnGafeGty
GRESNSBOBO
A campaign by local citiaens
to get $300^300 in subscribed de
posits required to open a feidetal
saving , and loan associatiM
reached the halfway mark last
week.
The organizing committee,
headed by E, E. Smitil, local
mortician, bas prxured sul)-*
scriptions from chai ter member*
totalling $152,933 in tbe first
month of its effort). The group
has six months in which to jwo-
cure the full amount of sub
scribed dqpotits.
The amount was swelled by
$32,713 with subscriptions at a
mass meeting held at the local
St. Matthews Methodist Church
on last Tuesday night.
L. E. Austin, publisher of The
Carolina Times, delivered the
main address. Speaking from the
subject, “Discovering New Fron
tiers - Rediscovering Old Ones,”
he said “the institution, planned
here tonight, marks a new fron-‘
tier for our people of Greena-
boro and the beginning of a new
economic foundation for them.”
Other speakers appearing in
cluded: C. C. Spaulding. Jr.,
Diirham, insurance official and
a member of the lx>ard oi direc-
See SAVINGS, page 8
Last Rites For
Mrs. Michaux
Mrs. Julia Michaux, K, died
at Lincoln Hospital here early
Friday morning, Septenber 12,
following an illness ei nearly
one month.
Mrs. Michaux was bom in
Burke Coimty but moved te
Durham in 1048 where she re
sided at 1412 Alston Avenue up
to the time of her death. Prior to
moving to Durhain, she was a
Stewardess in the Saint Jamaa
A.M.E. church Adako, near Hor-
ganton and an ardst civic wor
ker. She was the widow at the
late Henry Michaux.
Surviving are seven sons and
two daughters. Tliey are: de*
vers, Morganton; McDcMuUd.
New Ywk; Harold M.. Ourhna;
Dewey, Hickory; Mra.
Scott, Durham; Herb«rt, Dur
ham; 'Bertis, Kew
Lucy Bryant, Omaha, NrimikA
and Manly, Durham. Alao 
ving are 19 grandchO*w»
great grandchildren
great great gr*n4Uia*m.
The ftuieral was IhU M ;
Joseph’* AJIJL.
Sunday,