Last Rites Set For Yktim
Murder Hearing Is
Confessed Slayer
is Ciiarged
A formal charge of first de
gree murder has been brought
against a 20-ycar-oW Durham
woman in connection with the
shot-gun slaying of * 45-ye«r-old
man late Sunday.
Betty Caston, of 1^)9 Jackson
Street, was scheduled to be Igiven
a preliminary hearins before
Recorder’s Court Judge -A. R..
Wilson in Durham County court
Thursday morning.
Sh« It charf«d wllk th« murdar
Sunday aft*mMn Hirry Flam-
Inf, A5, «Im 1209 JaciCMM St.^
> Fleming was reportedly shot
to death by a blast from a .410
guage shotgun at the Jacks6n
Street address shortly after
7:40 Sunday night
Investigating pdllw! F. T.
Roberts and B. E. Dudley said
they found the victim "lying on
the floor, dead" (When they ar
rived at the scene.
A giping hole had baan tarit
Into hit laft tida naar the
heart, Roberts and Dwdlay rt
portad.
The weapon presumed to have
been used was found nearby
on the bed with an empty shell
beside it.
Tha watnan admitted fha sheet
ing, police tald. Thay quetad
har at taylng the that him "be-
cauta he had • knlfa and was
going fa cut har,"
However, they reported that
there was no knife in sight.
Police said William Winston,
28. of 810 Carr^'St., and Joe
Allen, of 206 Aroes IMaee; told
them they were standing in the
stwt when they heard the wo-
mani scre^n^ng that i]|c had shot
Vleminii arid aaibu-
lance called. ,
Funeral sefvlces for Fleming
were scheduled be hc|d Fri
day, May 1, at the. Scarborough
Funeral Chai^l at three p.m.
Interment will follow at Beech-
wood cemetery.
The deceased is survived by
his father,' Bishop {iteming, of
Clevelahd, Ohio; one Sister; Mrs.
neice, of Cleveland
O
Swift in Hiss.
Dr. L. R. Swih, .CiiMf of Oapart-
mant Obttatrlet and 4yMcaiagy,
Lincoln Hotpltai, Dwritam, N. C.,
will addratt tlw Mlttlttlppi Madi-
cal and Surgical AttaclaNan at Itt
59th Annual Sattion In Graanvllla,
Mittlttippi on April 29th on
Blaading in Woman.
FLgMlW
CASTON
Last Rites Held
In DuriiamFor
Mn E. Tuck
Final riles for John &Iward
Tuck, 45, city cnKineer. wore hold
at Mt. Zion Baptiiit Church on
Monday afternoon, April 27, at
four o’cl(»ck.
Tuck died suddenly on Friday,
April 24
Tijc Ilcv. William 11. Fullor, Mt.
Ziun pastor, oificiatrd at the
church services. Graveside rites
were held at BeechwooU Cemetery.
Born in Person County on May
14, 1913, he was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Kplii^aim Tuck.
The deceased wa6 trained in the
public schools of I'ferson County
and at A and T College. He was
married to the former Jiliss Edna!
Rogers of Method in IMl. She
survives him.
For a number of years he wa* I ig> l • 1 j
^ "it fo’B^Hawred
•OPL.ARVILLK MOB SAID
AIMftlRS OF SOMC CHURCH
Sanford — Stato Atlwrnay 0»n-
araf Malcolm B. Saawall callad
lor changat in lha attitwda of
th* paopla of Mio ttata and of
tha world in thair rft»p*ct for
tha law.
Ha tharply criticlxad lha affact
of tha church and eborchman on
inflwancing obedianca and ra-
tpact far tha law
"I dara tay that tha crime cam-
mittad in PoplarWlla, MIts—that
tha erimat baing comn>itted in
Handarton, N. C. —ara bain^
committad by partont who ara
mambari af toma church."
State ^preme Court Upliblds
Abortion Conviction 2nd Time
RALEIGH—Dr. Albert E. Perry,; Perry charged her $23 for the
outspoken civil right* leader of | operation.
Monroe, lost a second appeal in Wednesday’s ruling by the State
the State Supreme Court this week; court was the second time Dr
of his conviction on an« abortion i Perry has lost an appeal from the
charge. j conviction. On the first convic-
The high court ruled Wednes-1 lion, the State Supreme Court
day that there was no error in the granted Dr. Perry a new trial,
cmiviction iii Stanley County of' It held that Perry’s attorney*
the young physician on charges! had not been given a chance te
of performing an aojrtion on a prove their contention that Ne-
white woman. groes are systematically excluded
Indications were that the physi- from grand juries in Union Co»>
cian’s attorneys would prepare an ly-
.appeal to the United States Su
preme Court.
Dr. Perry, who is vice-president
However this time the court
ruled that Perry’s defense had
failed to produce eviflence that
MONROE RACE LEADERS—Dr.
A. E. Perry (right), Monroa phy-
iician who lost an appaal from
hit conviction of abortion in
State iuprama Court it pictured
Here with Union County NAACP
PratldaiW Robart F- Wllliamt,
Perry, a via pratidonf of tfco
Union NAACP, and Wllliamt
have boon key ftgurat In the
ttArmy raca ralatlan* In ,ManrM
ayar tha lf«tf twa .yaars, ’
IM0
of the Union County chapter of ^^ere was racial discrimination in
the NAACP, was first convicted *he jury,
two years ago in the Stanly Coun- f'S'
ty Superior Court of performing unrest which ha.s
.an abortion on a young white Monroe. In 19S7, he char^cd
woman. ■> Klansmen fired up-
1 • • his home from a motorcade
The complaming witness was at i, j .
j after he and Union County NA.V
one time quoted as stating that nr, j . n u _
. ^ CP president Robert W tiliam.'s
pressed for integration of the city
swimming pooL
Since that incident have come
the ’ Kissing Cate" and other in
cidents.
KENNEDY
Former Head
lOfN.C. Mutual
Group Tackles
tllegitimacy
WELDON—The Progressive Civic
Union of Northampton, Halifax
Zelma Adams, o£ Durtum, and h** Wawen Counties is- sponsor-
ing a Conference on illegitimacy
Sunday, May 3rd, at 4 p.m. in the
courthouse in Halifax.
The main speaker for the oc
casion is Dr. John Rodman Lark
ins, Consultant on Negro Work
for the North Carolina State Board
of Public Welfare. Dr. Salter
Coclirane, Jr., a Weldon physician,
will preside over the conference.
One of the original purposes of
organizing the Progressive Civic
Union was the reduction of illegit*
imacy.
Earn Cash
FOR YOUR CHURCH
SHOP THISE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN
The Carolina Times
starting this week, Times read
ers will have a fresh opportunity
lo chas in on a 50$ bonus offer be
ing made by the Times and its
advertisers.
The 50$ cash will be awarded to
any chruch or church group turn
ing in the laii^st amount in cash
register tapes or purchase slips
during May.
This is the fourth month of the
bonus offer, and already three
winners have been picked.
The money for the cash prize is
made available through the co
operation of the Times and its ad
vertisers.
’The bonus is available to any
church or church group in Durham.
Interested groups should save all
purchasa slips or cash register
tapes from firms which are cur
rently advertising in the TIMES.
The slips or register tapes must
be turned In to the ’ITMES office
mch Saturday by six p.m.
“■'iro be c?Qfited, slips or ta^s*
must bear the date of the current
week. They must aUo come from
merchants who are advertising in
tha TIMES during that week.
The group turning in slips or
cash register tapes totalling the
largest sum will win the bonus.
This week’s purchase Slips or
cash register tapes from the follow
ing merchants are eligible;
Winn Dixie Super Market
Krogar Storat
Alexander Motor Co.
Montgomery and A|dridgo
Kanan Oil Co.
Machanict and Farmert Bank
New Method Laundry
Spalght't Auto Service
Hudton Wall Co.
Rigtbaa Tire Salat
Sanitary Laundry
Amay Funeral Hama
Cut Rata Super Market
Hunt Linoleum and Tile
Mutual Savingt and Loan
Kaalar't Super Market
Burthay Funeral Home
Southern Fidelity Int. Co.
Durham Buildart Supply
Tyi¥a*t Ojtarr Htf'MarRit
Univartity Motort
Broadway Taxia Co.
White Rock Baptist Church will
honor William J. Kennedy, it., rt-
tired president of North Carolina
Mutual Life insurance company,
at a testimonial service, ► at ^the
church oh Sunday, May 10
Announcement of , the "servtee
was made this week by offi^ls
nf two organizations at thej cKUljch
sponsoring the service.
Dr. W. B. Strassner, president of
Shaw University and a leading BAP'
list official will be guest speaker
for the service at 7:30 p. m. r
The testimonial program U ^-
' ing sponsored jointly 1^ dl;^rtct
six of the church and the bo^rd
of Christian Eduqatibn. “' it:.
It will honor K^nhedy, a'’Itnig-
time White Rock officer, his
retirement as president of NeWh
Carolina Mutual.
Kennedy stepped down from the
position after six' years as the
hrm’s top officer. He succeeded
the late Charles C. Spaulding. How
ever, he will continue as chairman
of the company board of directors
apd in an advisory capacity to the
executive staff.
Kennedy Joined North Carolina
Mutual in September, 1916, at the
Savannah, Ga. district office. He
rose from district office manager
lo general office manager, assis
tant secretary and vice president.
A native of Andersonville, Ga.,
he studied at Americus Institute
in Amcricus, Ga., and Columbia
University.
A.sidc from directing the aiTairs
(Sea Kennedy, Page t)
AVOLUME 35—NUMBER 18 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1»5*
PRICE:
Mob
Flees Ffdm MissiKi{>|»
In Chkago, Man
Dr. Rale^ Morgan, former
chairman of the Department^ of
Romaive Langua|[e» at North i^ar-
tniAr
sociirte dft‘e«fta’ Ceftten^ of
Applied l4h''guigtibs''in'Wa$hibgton,
D. C.
CHICAGO—The Chicago De
fender reported this week that it
had ^miiggled the brother-in-law
of a feared Mississippi lynch vic
tim' out of the state and that the
man had declai*ed that Mississippi
law enforcement athorities forced
him to give damaging testimony
igainsC the presumed lynch v(c-
tim.
•The, Defender said that Lee C.
tJnderwood, brother-in-law to M.
C. Pirkei’, 23-year-old man, who
was kidnapped from his cell by a
masked mob and presumed de^d.
.old that newspaper that he was
bullied into giving false state
ments against Parker.
Parker was arrested and charg
:d with the rape of a young white
.vomen. He was scheduled to go
on trial Monday in Poplarville,
Miss.
However, a mob of masked men
Iragged him from his cell Friday,
tnd authorities fear tiie man has
been lynched.
L. F. Palmer and Howard Pul
ley of the Memphis branch of the
Chicago Defender said they look
underwood out of Lumberton,
Miss, near Poplarville Monday
night /
The Defender said Underwood
put the lie to the story he report
edly told Mi^issippi law officers
that Mack barker told him he Wds
going to rape a white woman early
in the morning of Feb. 24.
KALEIGH—North Carolihi
tist officials will meet here Tues
day for the conclusion of the first
stage of a fund drive to raise on?
quarter million dollars for sup
port of Shaw University.
Tht meeting is scheduled to be
held at the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. R. Irving Boone, a
Baptist leader, said from Wilming
ton:
“The meeting . . . promises to
be a history-making assembly of
the General State Baptist Conven
tion. The past four month period
has witnessed'a’'d^hcerted and'Vig
orous effort' on the piurt 'of the
vast denomlnatfonal foree Ip sup
port of thia.xaalipaign.” '
' He said JuAhW. tbai,' although
the imtni^Mc/ goal 6f; thV- eim-
ptiigri is' to raise the 2,5 ^^iilion
for Shaw, iKe program hoi^s to
"perfect an organization to tiieet
the increasing, iieeds of the sev-
15 CENTS
eraT aclivit!^ • oh^^~tfie ~lbr of ffia ehi^cli;'
Durhamite On
New England
Town's Board
A former Durhamite, now pas
tor of a Congregational Church in
Springfield, Mass., has been ap
pointed lo that city’s Board of
Welfare.
Information of the'appointment
of the Rev. Charles E. Cobb to the
Springfield Public Welfare Board
was received in Durham this
week.
According to press reports, Cobb
was appointed by Springfield May
or O’Connor for a five-year term.
Pastor of St. John’s Congrega
(See Durhamite, ,Page B)
State Baptist Convention.”
GREENSBORO—Waldo C. Falk-
ener, local tUmdsman, placed sev
enth in the primary election held
Monday, April 27, with a total of
3,378 votes. . •
From a regis^tion of 35,380, a
record vole of 11,388 for City
Council primaries and election was
made
-4-
Community Center, the last to re-
port, Falkener jumped from 9th
to 7th.
Mayor George H. Roach led the
ballot with 5,809 votes.
On May 5, voters will narrow
the choice of the 14 Mlccted in
the primary to seven to fill' seals
on the City Council.
Generally, those w)i6 lead in ^
the primary voting manage to win Freeman and Francis Evatl.
Commission
Chief at NCC
The North Carolina College Stu
dent Bar A.ssociation will observe
Friday,'May 1, as Law Day.
McNeill Smith. Greensboro Law
yer and Chairman of the North
Carolina Advisory Committee of
the Civil Rights Commission, will
be the speaker.
His speech is scheduled for
10:30 a.m. in Duke Auditorium,
rhe program is open to the gen
eral publie:
Smith is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina and tfic
Columbia University Law Schobl.
He is chairman of the National
and World Affairs Coimaittee of
the North Canrtina CfQunci^ of
Church, arirf ’Vice Chairman of
the Western North Carolina Con
ference Committee oa World
Peace.
He is also past president of the
United World Federalists of North
Carolina and a member of the
Board of Directors of the Ameri
can Freedom Association and im-
past presidenL
FoIloWiqg the Duke Auditorium
tions at a preaa conference in the
.Moot Court room of the NCC Law
School. He has consented to an
swer questions concerning the wprk
of the North Carolina Advtrory
Committee U. S. CoffimissioB on
Civil Rights.
A luncheon at 12:45 at the A1
gonquin Tennis Club and a Law
Problem at 2:30 in the Moot Court
room wil round out the day’s ac
tivities.
O
Finals Program
For NCC Listed
... ,, _ Senior Class exerciscs scheduled
Incumbents are Mayor George , c._.. „
„ . n. n ^ ^ , . for Friday. May 29, 199B at 8 p.m.
Roach, E. R. Zane, Elbert F. Lewis, » j-4 *
William Burke, William Folk, and ^
Thomas E. Brown. North Carolina College’s 1969 Com-
Newcomers are William L. Trot-
TO BE HONORED BY CHURCH
—Tha Rev. E. T. Thompton, pas
tor of Commuiflty Baptitt
Church of Durham, will be giv
en tfMcial recognition by the
church in tervicat Sunday at he
complatet his 12th year at pat-
for datallt.
m
election.
Thus if Falkener can maintain
in the general election the vote-
getting power he demonstrated in
the primary, he will secure a seat
in the Council.
Of the fourteen aspirants for the
seats on the City Council, six afe
After precinct No. 5, Windsor! incumbents and eight others are
running for their first term.
mencement program.
The annual alumni
meeting is
S. C. Negro Leaders Refute "All is Well'" Version of State
Race Relations in Senate Hearings; Story of Baycott Retold
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The rc-1 cited discriminations in education,
pressions, discriminations and ter- voting, transportation and employ-
ror under which Negroes live in
South Carolina have been graplii-
cally portrayed in testimony be
fore the Senate Subcommittee on
Constitutional Rights by two NAA
CP leaders in that stale who ap
peared at a hearing here on pend
ing ciMil rights legislation.
Speaking from firsthand exper
ience and knowledge, the Rev. De-
Quincy Newman, president of the
Association’s slate organization,
and Billie S. Fleming, president of
the NAACP~ branch in M anning,
refuted previous testimony by Gov
ernor Ernest F. Hollins and U. S.
Senator Clin Johnston that all was
sweetness and peace between the
’faeca--GafoHncf
CITES EXAMPLES
In testimony presented to the
Committee on April 16, Newman
ment.
The ttata, he charged, approp-
riafet $10,000,000 annually for tho
higher education of white youth
at compared with $1,152,000 for
Negro young men and women who
Iconttitute 40 per cent of the tot
al. Ha auoted from a ttata law re
quiring rigid tegregation in tax-
til plantt. Ha placed before the
committee the comparative flgurat
on Negro and white ragittration in
variout countiet of tha ttata. ,
IraUotit edtwation and employ-
ittcBt."
CLARElriDdN REPRISALS
Despite thi^e pressures, “the
Negroes of South Carolina shall
continue to Seek equality in the
courts and in the halls of the Con
gress of the United States."
. The story of economic reprisals
in ClarendOfk County was related
by Fleming iwho is also president
oqf the Clarendon County, Improve
ment Association.
He told the committee of the
successful, measures taken to
Under the continuing threat of counteract the anti-NAACP boj-
violence, Newman said, "the Negro, gotu inspired apd direc^ted by the
has learned to suffer in silence,”
but this silence is not due to any
sense of being satisfied with con
ditions as the are in South. Caro
lina. The silence of the Negro does
not give consent to the discrimina
tion in jury- service, voter regis-
White Citizens CouncQs.
Fleming challengM Governor
Hollins’ statement that efforts to
sec re desegcegaliiim in, the schoola
waa^.at a atuM)atiU.,ia the state.
**l am toriry that Hit Kxcallancy,
tha Govarnor, Wat not informed
ter, Jr., David Schenck, Roy Mil- scheduled for 10:00 aja. Saturday,
likan, Waldo Falkener, David Go-1 May 30 in Room 104 Administra-
forth, Roger Matthews, Joseph Building.
! Four scheduled evenis are on
' tap on Sunday May 31. Dean Louh
I ise M. Latham's annual Senior
I Breakfast opens the day’s program
I at 9 a.m. in the college cafeteria.
I Thit year's BaccalaWroola ti^aak-
er it tha Rev. Bartrai W. Dwyla.
Bithop of th* Christian MathMlitl
Episcopal Chwrch, Naslivilia, Tefl
on thit tituation," ha asserted. nettao. Hia tannan ia tchedvlad
“The original petition for for tha Man's Gymnaalwm at 3:00
Clarendon County is still pending 1 P-m. Sunday,
in the federal court along with After the Baccalaureate senufin,
subsequent petitions that were j NCC President and Mrs. Alfonso
filed in 1956. In August, 1958, just i Elder will be at home with the
prior to the present school year. President’s annual reception for
seven parents in school district No. faculty, graduating dasses and
2 of Clarendon County and one | visitors. ’The^ reception is expected
parent in school district No. 3 to begin at 4:30 p.m.
filed with their respective boards
petitions asking these tjoards to
coinply with the Supreme Court’s
May 17, 1954 decision as the law of
the land.”
In refutation of the Governor’s
Closing out the day’a acUvities
will be the annual ComMencetneitt
Kecital starting in Duka Auditor
ium at 8:15 p.m.
Parents oi the graduates will be
feted Monday with •.coffee hour
allegation that no Negro has' dormitorlet at 9M a.m. A
tour of the city follows. A aract^
movie U plMwed, tae D«te
toriuffl, J ■■ ■■
•n th« strt» Im* yMfc
lodged a complaint with the Civil
Rights Cotnmission, he cited com
plaints he had filed with the De
partment of Justice and announced
that ‘‘formal complaints are t»-^
process of being drafted” for sub
mission to the Civil Rights Com
mission.