$130,000 FIRE HITS LlVINGSWHt
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PIEDMONT TEACHERS OF-1 named to posts with the AssocI-1 are Mrs. Wilma Bryant, Roz-j lington^ executive commlkee;
FICERS RENAMED FOB 19S9-- ation at the end of the 22nd | boro, assistant seeretarji E. M.iand Mrs. Tarboro T. B»wn,
Five of the incumbent officers! annual session held at North| Holley, Sanford, president; Mrs.I Carthage, executive committee,
of the Piedmont District teach-1 Carolina Collete last weel(-end’James T. Taylor, HiKh Point,! The 1959 session vrill be lield
ers Aiisociatlon who were re- are shown here. Left to right] secretary; R. E. McIntyre, Bur-1 in Greensboro.
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VOLUME 34—NUMBER 50
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1958
PR1C?E: 10 CENTS
Kelly Alexander Warns
More Dixie Negroes Must
Vote To Keep Schools Open
North Carolina Mutual to Renovate
The NoAh Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company an
nounced here Wednesdliy that it
will renovate and occupy the
NAACP Youth
Officials To Be
Installed Sunday
Officers of a newly formed
youth chapter of the Durham
NAACP will be installed in
formal ceremony at St. Joseph’s
AME Church Sunday afternoon
at four o’cock, according to an
official of the new group.
John Edwards, serving
spokesman for the youth NAACP
chapter, said the ceremony will
be conducted by top officials of
the Durham NAACP.
The main address for the pro
gram will be delivered by At
torney W., G. Pearson,II. The
Rev. tv. H. Fuller, president of
the Durham NAACP will induct
the officers, and Attorney Floyd
B. McKissick, second vice presi
dent of the NAACP will preside
over the ceremony.
To be installed are Billie
Thorpe, president; Levi Dawson
vice president; Bernice Strud-
wick, secretary; Edwards, Treas
urer; and Eric Michaux and
Travis Williams^ members of the
executive committee.
Edwards also said that in ad-
dition to the installation cere-
mpny, a prize will be presented
Sunday to the cnurch with the
largest number of members in
the young group.
He explained that the organi
zation got started about a month
ago with a nucleus of 25 mem
bers. The long range goal Of the
group is to top the membership
of the Oklahoma City youtH
NAAC.P branch according to Ed
wards. ‘
The Oklahoma branch, with
over 1,800 members, is the na
tion’s largest.
Already plans are Underway
to recruit new nifimbers. Bkl-
wards pointed out that pastors
of all Durham Churches have
been requested to appoint youthi
chairmen for their churches.
Adult advisors who helped
launch, the new organization are
John L. Holloway, Joseph Burt,
Miss Virginia WiUiami and At
torney McKissick.
RICHMOND, Va.
Unless southern Negroes vast
ly expand tlieir voting strength
they may find their children
without public sciiools, Kelly
M. Alexander chairi^h
mittee, aind John M. Brooks, the
building it o^ns on Orange and Association’s registtation direc-
Rigsbee Streets, following an I tor, warn in a Joint letter to all
southern units of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People
"Frankly, to secure 3,000,000
Negro voters in the South by
1960 is a tremendous task,”
See VOTE, page ^
extensive renovation program
which will involve an expendi
ture of approximately $40,000
The building was formerly oc
cupied by tjSe ABC Store and
more recent^ has been used as
a storage gaiaga.
The company acquired owner
ship to the property and that
See N. C. MUTUAL, page 8
Teachers Vote To
Keep Officers
Some 2,000 teachers attending
the 22nd annual Piedmont Dis
trict Association held at North
Carolina College Friday re
elected incumbent officers to
serve a one year term at the
close of the one day session.
Re-elfccted were E. M. Holley,
Sanford, president; Mrs. Mae
Sue Henry, Greensboro, vice
president; Mrs. J. T. Taylor,
High Point, secretary; Mrs.
Wilma Bryant^ Roxboro, assis
tant secretary; and Charles
Coleman, Reidsville, treasurer.
The five member executive
committee also won re-election.
They are George Washington,
Wise; W. H. Lanier, Whitsett;
Mrs. Tarbor T. Brown, Car
thage; R. E. McIntyre, Burling
ton; and C. E. Yokely, High
Point.
See TEACHERS, page 8
Case Continued
The case against Ivan (BloS'
som) McCasklll, insurance sales'
man charged with disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest^ wU
continued Wednesday in- Rfe
corder’s Court.
It was not learned if the case
was continued on the request of
the defense, prosecution or the
court.
The case arose from an inci
dent between McCaskill and
police Lt. James Samuels near
the end of the A and T North
Carolina College Thanksgiving
day football game.
Attorney M. Hugh Thompson
is defending McCaskill.
JOHNSON
M.S. 'Jingle Beir
Johnson, Ex-tlCC
Officer, Passes
PINE BLUFF, Ark
Funeral services for Marion
S. (Jingle Bells) Johnson, for
mer executive secretary of the
North Carolina College alumni
Association, were held here
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 10 at
two O’clock at the St. Paul Bap
tist Church.
Johnson died suddenly Sun
day at the Davis hospital here.
He had just returned from a
funeral service for his father-in'
law when he complained of
feeling ill.
At the time of his death^ he
was a counselor and English
teacher at the Townsend Park
"See JOHNSON, page 8
Speaks Renamed
For St. Mark
The Rev. R. L. Speaks was
re-appointed pastor of Saint
Mark AME Zion Church at the
Central North Carolina Con
ference held in Sanford the
week of November 26-30.
Rev. Speaks came to Durham
from Richmond, Virginia.
Others elected were E. H.
Beebee, Cummoch Circuit; R. V.
Horton, Mitchell Chapel; H. S.
Gillispie^ Gees Grove; ,E. C.
McLean, Evans Circuit; L. R.
Williams, Corinth Station; J. A.
Jones, Cameron Grove; Mt.
Olive Station-J. Z, Siler; W. D.
Drake, Chfestnut Circuit; S. P.
Cook, Holland Chapel; A. Wil
son, New England; George Thar-
See SPEAKS, page 8
Funeral Held in Durham For
W. Z. Mitchell, Pioneer Citizen
Funeral services for Willie Z.\
Mitchell, long time Durham resi
dent were held Sunday after
noon Dec. 7 at two o’clock at
St. Joseph’s AME Church.
Mitchell was bt one time a
senior member of the city’s fore
most uptown tailoring houses
but was operating a shop of his
own at the time of his death.
It was at his tailoring business
on Chapel Hill street that he was
seized Thursday afternoon with
the illness which led to his
death in Lincoln hospital F’riday
night, Dec. 9.
He was 76.
The Rev. Melvin C. Swann,
pastor of St. Joseph’s, delivered
the eulogy. Interment rites ,at
Be^hwood cemetery followed
th church service.
Mitchell was born in Durham
County on September 9, 1882,
son of the late William and Mrs.
Sylvia Mitchell. He came to the
city when i^e waa 17^ received
his tailoring in Durham and in
Chapel «ill.
He was maMed in 1911 to the
former Miss Hattie Whitted who
survives him.
For over 50 ‘years, Mitchell
was considered ohe of the city’s
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Fires Over State Cluim 5 Lives
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lerrick-Moore Bus Driver
Charged With Raping Rider
Youth Says He
Didn't Touch Her
A 17 year old Merrick-Moore
School bus driver was indicted
by the Durham County Grand |
Jury on Wednesday on charges
of raping a 14-year-old passen
ger on November 25.
Percy James Becton of 14 G
Dorothy Drive was arrested
Tuesday on investigation in the'
alleged rape of the young
passenger. „
On Tuesday Becton denied the
charge, contending that he “did
not even touch the girl.”
According to Sheriff’s Depu
ties T. C. Leary and L. Y. Hall,
the girl, a student at Pearson-
town School, came to the
Sheriff’s office on Tuesday
morning and complained that
she had been criminally as
saulted by Becton.
Officer Hall quot^ the girl
as saying that Becton stopped
the bus on Page Road and had
sexual relations with her against
her will.
She told the officers that
there was another passenger on
the bus at the time.
'The girl was quoted further
by Hall as saying that the youth
drove her to her home after
completing the act. She said that
she told her grandmbther aix)ut
the incident and her grand->
for attention.
Interviewed by the ’SIMES
on Wednesday afternoon, Depu
ty Leary said that the accused
i>oy had a route that took him
thru the Southern end of the
County including Nelson and
the Neyv Raleigh Road.
Leary said the ij^cident oc-
cured around 4 p.m~ on Novem-
■ StC Touth, p*ge
Fire completely gutted the ^ the blaze, shows. Approximately
Livingstone College chapel- j $130,000 damage was done to
auditorium, as this picture^ the brick-veneered structure,
taken on the morning following' college officials reported this
week. Salisbury Firemen say tke
flames apparently started trmm
a defective transformer.—
—Photo by Perkins.
Schooler) Back Home From Europe
Travels, To Appear At Local Library
MITCHELL
finest tailors. The one-time well
known Main street Rowland'
Mitchell Tailoring firm bore i
part of his name as senior part
ner.
However, he left the firm in
1954 and established a tailoring
shop of his own on Chapel Hill
street which he was operating at
See MITCHELL, page 6
Parents Booked
For Negligence
In Erwin Fire
Five persons lost their lives
in fires reported in widely
scattered parts of the ^tate this
week.
Four small children, ranging
from six years to three months
old^ died in a blaze which de
stroyed their home in Erwin
Sunday.
Parents of the children have
been charged by police with
criminal negligence.
In Charlotte, a ten months
old baby was burned to death
in a fire which destroyed an
apartment.
Minor damage was reported
in other fires at Durham this
week.
Charles Smith, a farm laborer,
and his wife, Mrs. Oscene Smith,
were charged by police and ar
rested following the fire wWch
took the fives of their four small
children Sunday at Erwin.
The victims are Annie Pearl
McLean, age 6; Rose Nell Mc
Lean, 3; Charles Smith, 2; and
Mary Srnith, three months.
The McLean children were
by Smith’s previous marriage.
County coroner k. L. Pate
said that Smith and his wife
were at a store about two miles
away when the fire broke out.
He said Smith and his wife told
them they .had gone to the store
for milk and food.
The coroner’s report indicated
that Smith was intoxicated
when he arrived at the scene of
the fire and thatthe mother had
been drinking but was not in
toxicated.
Anottier child, 11, was not at
home at the time.
In Charlotte, ten montiis old
Garry O’Donald Mills, son - of
Aline Mills, was burned to death
on Tuesday as his two sisterd
and a brother were hustled to
See FIRE, page 8
Ronsdd Schooler, recently re
turned from a seven month stay
in Europe during which he was
a guide to the Brussel’s World’s
■5Sr
NCC Yule Event
The nearness of Christmas
was reflected in the week’s sche
dule at North Carolina College.
Silnday afternoon at four, the
college choir will be heard in its
annual Christmas concert, fea
turing music of contemporary
American composers.
Soloists will be James Nesbit,
baritone, and Barbara Massey,
soprano.
On Friday night, the 11th
annual dean of women’s com
petitive sing will be held at 7:15,
also in Duke auditorium. A pan-
tomine by men of Chidley Hall
will follow this program.
On Wednesday, Dec. 17, the
German class and the dance
group will be h^rd and seen in
presentations.
Fair, will be guest speaker at
the Stanford Warren Library
next Wednesday afternoon, Dec.
17.
A,'College junior Schooler
'fefijMiT the' paiR' siX~ jnsnths ser
ving as a guide to the U.S. sec
tion of the World’s Fair and an
additional month touring south
ern Europe.
He arrived in Durham last
Wednesday, Dec. 3 from New
York where he had debarked
from the SS United States a day
earlier. He had boarded the ship
in LaJiavre, France, terminal
point on s"tDur
through southern France and
Spain.
“The World in a Park” will be
tiie Subject of his speech at the
library next Wednesday after
noon at four.
It will describe the World
Fair, his part as guide and his
impression of “having all cor
ners of the world displayed,
each in its own way, in a small
See SCHOOLER, page 8
SAMPSON
SMITH
Sampson Given Task Of Directing
Area Appeal For College Fund
A Morehouse College gradu
ate now a professor of law at
North Carolina College has been
c^sen to direct the 1959 appeal
in theT 'Duriiam area for the
United Negro College Fund.
Daniel G. Sampson^ member
of the N. C. College law school
faculty, will l>e chairman of the
Durham Inter-Alumni Council’s
forthcoming campaign for funds
for the UNCF, it was announced
this week.
Announcement of Sampson’s
appointment to direct next
year’s drive cajne with reports
of the election of officers for
the Council for the year and
results of last year’s fund cam
paign.
’The Rev. J. W. Smith, Jr.,
pastor of the Covenant Presby
terian Church, was elected presi
dent of the Council. Smith
served as last year’s campaign
chairman. Sampson was elected
vice-president. ^
Others elected were Mrs.
Marian Spaulding, secretary; I.
O. Funderburg, treasurer; Ron
ald C. Foreman, Jr., publicity
director; and N. B. Wlxite, re
gent.
White was acting president
last year in the place of H. M.|
Holmes.
A total of $2,921 ^as raiMd|
in last year’s campaign^ it was
revealed at the Council's annual
See SAMPSON, page 8
Senior AME Zion
Bishop To Aid
in Replacing Loss
SALISBURY
, AM£ Zion faMor giihiiy W
J. Walls was expected here this
week to personally aid in tlie
launching of a drive to replace
the Livingstone CoUefe chapel-
auditorium which was wrecked
by fire last Friday night.
Flames enveloped and quicldy
devoured the 50 year old build
ing despite heroic efforts of the
full complement of the Salis-
it and. nu--_
merous students.
Students and firemen were
credited with saving several
nearby buUdings tlireatened by
the flames.
Lavish praise was heaped on
Salisbury fire department by
Livingstone President Dr. Sam
uel Duncan, who left a meeting
of the Association of Secondary
Schools and Colleges in Louis
ville and explained for Salis
bury when news of the fire was
brought iiim.
Fire chief Ctiarles L. Burkett
was quoted as believing the fire
got started from a defective
transformer causing a short cir
cuit in flourescent lights near
See LIVINGSTONE, page 8
Wilkins Hails
African Meet
NEW YORK
“The rise of the African
peoples to the status of fre« na
tions has inspired Americana of
African descent and others at
our fellow citizens who h>va
freedom for freedom’s sake,**
NAACP Executive Secretary
Roy Willtins says in a messag^t
of greetings to the All-AfricM
People’s Conference in ,Ac«m.
Giiana, this week.
The conference which npraf|
on Dec. 5 continues thrmiyt)
12.
“Tke eBMrgence at
dent African stmtm
straggle of ether yeapii
tain that state have
our crusade in this temMbrr,’*
NAACP leader t*M Dr.
NknuMah, PriaM Mltrtl M
Ghana, to whM hla i
addTMsed.
In extending greettBi^ tik
conference on ^
NAACP Wilkins —r -—i'
gret “that we will h*
be r^jwras—ted by att
s«;fver. but. the
memfaen are iailh >o||
thoae who gather ip ■
next stepa lor the
Africa.”