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HILLSIDE MEETS NEW BERN FRIDAY NIGHf SECOND MACK INGRAM’ CASE IN AHOiSKfE RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED VOLUME 35—No. 47 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1959 PRlCfit IS^ CENTS BLUE LVON all-statet selections OAYE aARNES Chapel Hill Protest is Uptield; Lincoln Plays at Clinton Friday rHAI’E/. HILL—Uncoln High School’s Tijijers got a ncv/ I lease on life in the Slate AA football i>layi-offs when the State Conimissioner upheld the school’s protest of a decision award ing I'Vulav' night’s game to Henderson Institute. Commissioner W. T. Armstrong told the TMBS by telephone Wed nesday thit a protest lodged by Lincoln coach Willie Bradshaw had | been upheld ami that Lincoli was{ d^ared; the ttjp. ^n^ «j^icial FUlin||j>‘ AMMV»ng said, was''^t Hencftiiton |ut -^hc gafce w ftrieiture. \ The iffotest charged that Hen derson Used iMligible players. TM exact nurabir of players in volved was not available. See PROTIAT, page 8 rr STANBACK Pictured above art flva ^yer* from'the Hillside High sctiool fo« ball team who Were, selected lo play In the annual Shrine- tpontored All-star high achool football game. All are seniors. At Tep are Bobby Blue, fuiibacic, Harrison Lyon. quarterbacic, and Mickey Daye, halfbaclc. In left column are Jimmy Barnes, cen ter, and Charles Stanbacic, Jr., taclclc. See page three for more details. Post Game fray In Chapel Hill Termed "Minor CHAPEL HILL—Post game in cident which resulted in the in jury of an undetermined number of Henderson Institute students had “nothing to do with the out come of the game,” Chapel Hill school and police officials said this weeic. Hendersoli Institute and Lincoln clashed in a AA first round play off last Friday and wound up in a tie. The first decision awarded the ' game > to Henderson on the basis of statistics. Sheriff Earl Bush told the TIMEIS by telephone Wednesday that a rc^l(-throwing incident which took place shortly after- the See POST GAME, page 8 Meany Does "At)out Face" on Race; Attacks Dixie in Urban league Talk NEW YORK — AFL CIO Presi dent George Mcany said here Tuesday nifht that Negroes and labor have a common cause and a common enemy in tiie anti-Negro and anti-labor South. The statement was from a speech which he wa.s scheduled to d!liver at the National Urban Leac;ue dinner in the Waldorf-As toria. It was In contrast to Meany's action at lb* AFL-CIO conven tion lash August In which ha publitfly criticised At Phillip Randolph for speaking against discrimination in southern labor unions. "American Negroes have waited for full emanicipation, the veteran labor chieftan said. “It is no mere coincidence that the hist anti-Negro str«r,e>»old -l«> America is lilcewise the last anti^’ union stronghoU . “Looli over the roll catl. in the House of Representatives on the Landrum-Griffin bill last August. You will find the very same south ern congressmen who vote consis tently against civil rights legisla tion line up solidly to put over that vicious piece of anti-labor legislation. "Thus lador and the Negroes not only have common cause—we common enemies as well.” \ He said those enemies want ‘‘to maintain the rtatus quo or even turn the clock back.” At the west coast convention last August, Meany angrily Inter- r u p t e.d Randolph’s criticism of southern unions .which bar Ne groes and demanded, “who in hell appointed you spokesman for all Negroes?” - His criiicisia of Saadol{^ drew sharp counter attacks from the Negro press' und other Negro or- .ganlzations. MAKING A POINT—Dr. Jahn W. Davit, president emeritus of West Virginia S. ate College and currently special director for the department of Teachers. Ift- formation for the NAACP, is shown here making a point dur- ing an address at North Carolina College last Friday.—NCC photo by Jordan, inal Rites For Woman, 99, In Winston-Salem WINSTON-SALEM — A 98 year resident of this city, reported to be the first Ne«!ro teacher in the state, was buried in services at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Yadkinville on Saturday. She was Mrs. Violet Hauser, of 801,, Moravia street. She died at her home on Monday evening, November 9. A native of Iredell County, Mrs. Hauser was born on Feb. 14. 186L She lived most of her life in Yad kinville where she reared a Urge family. Reputed the first Negro teacher in the state, Mrs. Hauser taught schools in Iredell and Alexander Counties before she was married to the late Rev. Charley Hauser. Folowing her marriage, she taught in Yadkinville. The deceased moved here 31 vears ago and was taken care of by a daughter, Mrs. Mamie Wad dell for the past 19 years. She is survived by two daugh ters; Mrs. Waddell and Mrs. Ai- lie Yokely, of Winston-Salem; two sons: Herman, of' Yadkinville, and Theodore Hauser, of Cleve land,, Ohio; four sisters: Mrs. An nie Mewsome, of-t";',^»Jt»eyille, N. J., Mrs. Connie Maxwell, of Tr;n ton, N. .1., and Mrs. Eliz&beth See RITES, page 8 It's One Down, Two to Go for The Hornets , -It’s one (Kmvu an4 tworfo go for Hillside, High sihool Hor- •lets on th^. road to the statfi f'Juslied fa ^unoing^^ 33-6 victory ovei* percmiially. strong Lig(»n High, of Ralefgh. last l‘ri«iay night, the Hornets take on J. T. Iirtr1x;r. of N'ew Bern, in a^AAA semi-final. match at Durham Athletic Park Friday night at eight o'cliK'k p.m, The winner of Friday night’s :;ame in Durham will go on to njeet the winner of the Atkins- West Cbarlolte .game, scheduled also for Friday night, for the state .\AA championship. Powerful Atkins, of Winston- Salem, crushed Second Ward, of Charlotte, 58-0 last Friday night. The state championship will be played in tiie west, leUiid' at Wiiis- ton-Salein or Charlotte, dependiag on the wiDBcr of the Atkins-West Charlotte contest Friday. J. T. Barber, with a 5-2 recced, sewed up tht eastern division of the eastorn AAA district and' idle last week M'Uitlside and Ital- eigh play^ otf a tie for the arest- h»U Ataaiiiisiimslilp of th^ «nat- ^e Bern teai^ was def6*t- %d this yaai* by Li^, a t^ara aver whieh Hillside now Uready iias two victories. ^ The Hometo were scheduled to ' S«e HMmitS,. page 8 BANQilET'-— ThH tceit* ^wt the tpeaktrn tMile' Welcome BtmniH Md oii^4kpening night the Western N;. C. - Conference of the A. M. K>\Chvr«^. The banquet was held at the Hillside high school cafe teria—Photo by Burlhey. APPOINTMENTS TO BE READ SUNDAY AFTERNOON A.M.E. Meeting Shriners Start LOS ANGELES—An all-out ef fort toward increased political participation by Negroes in the United States will begin Sunday, November 22, as the 18,000-mem ber organization of Prince Halt Shriners launch a national drive to help register the more than four million unregistered Negroes in the U. S. The week-long campaign will ftnd November 28, with each Ne- ’rp Shriner among the 150 Tem ples in 37 States expected to be personally responsible for having obtained four new voters in the particular voting area. Announcement of the concen trated registration drive was offi cially issued by the organization's presiding officer. Imperial Poten tate Bftoker T. Alexander, of De troit, who annually tours the ma jority of states where Temples are located and has found the vast num6ers of unregistered Negroes a cause for major-concern. He poinU out that there are only about six million Negroes reg istered in the United States, less than two-thirds of an eligible See 4HRINERS, page 8 The 67lh annual session of the Western. North Carolina Coirfer- ence of the A.M.E. Ch^h opened here Wednesday noon at Jos eph’g A. M. E. Churdt with Rt Rev. Frank Madison Reid, presid ing. He was assisted by the.t>K siding alders of the district. Rev. J. t). Davis, host;' Rev, G. GaM, Raleigh Dtetrict; R6v> D.^ WlUUm- son, Gi‘ceasboro\^Distrlct C. A. StrtMid; Md»gaiiton Kev.^ Mblvin Cheste^>.S$viU)ji^ pastojTv, , • •• “ preached Tby th« Rev.^'Wiirrw(fc''A. Page> the Hdly C4inmuAioh #i|is ad ministered by .the Bishop and Presiding Eldefs. M'tiiiiiq was furtiisiied by mixed ehonrt , under thtt direction of ^'iFoseph T.^ JUitchjell. t bn Wednesday evening “the W^pl- come frogrami^ and ba^uet was held at the Hilliude Hi(|^:^^hob1 0«fete«-M4th Jr ft Whktiw minent bufinessmaji and member of the General Bioard, ^ ks loist master, ^e priociiul iid{{ress was delivered -by. Honorable" '^Josiah Henry, traffic tourt iUdge of Bal timore, Bid. Scheduled for each morning is a Bible Hour under the direction of Rev. W. L HilderGrand'ta dean. A bttsiiiAss session willj''fbltpw. Thursday at 7:S0 will bc'iHisaioh- ary lUgh^ with the seiinon being preached by the Rev. J. D. Tread well. Mu^ic will be furnished by the St. Joseph’s Senior C^oir, St. James XM-E. Choir and a choir from the Boxboro Circuit. The Friday session of the Con ference will include the Bible Hour, roaducted by Rev. Hilber- brand and other routine matters. At 12 nivon a program of the AnniversAFy of Chrlistian Edu cation witf be held with Rev.^ M. A. Caw^s. president of Kittrell College, ]^esiding. Music will be furnished )>y the DeShazor Beauty College Cliprus. MiisaioaMty hour will be held' at 3:00 PJ)t, with Mrs. Hortcnse Du- hart, i^ira^ing. A tea, honoring Mrs. Y. V. Reid, wife of the bish op, m^qj/itiors wives and missionary workers wJUl follow. On ftiql^y evening the Youth prograai, vill be rendered with music fsieaished by youth choirs. See A. M. E., page 8 One of Area's Oldest Residents, 100 Years-Old Mrs. Harris, Buried GREEMOOR— One of the area’s oldest residents was buried in quiet, simple services here last Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 19. She was Mrs. Fannie Harris, of Route 1, reportedly 100 years old. The Rev. William H. Fuller, pas tor of Mt. Zion Baptist church, ol Durham, officiated at the funeral services in the chapel of the Old Folks Rest Home here. Mrs. Harris was laid to rest ini the New Hope Church cemetery, in Berea. ^ She had died at her bome here on Monday^ Nov 16. According to her children, Mrs. Harris was borp in Person County in^BSS, daugh ter of the late BIr, and Mrs. Robut Coleman. Her survivors include one son, Otis Harris; a daughter, Mrs. AQie Mae Bailey; a neice, Mrs. Nora T. Allen; and a grandson, l^ift H«r ris, sfeaman in the uV 8. Kavy. Ellis. Jones and f Sons led arrangements. TI^b' SPEAKS—On* of tli« highlifht* sf the banque' [tr^ram mat, a ihmrt -addrew by by the Rf. Rev, Frank K. Reid, presiding bishop of the Second Episcopal district. He is pictured here during the address.—-Photo by Burtttey. Ministers Elected To AME General Conference R)ev. D. Williamson, presiding eld^ of the Greensboro District; ReVv J. D. Davis, presiding elder of the Durham Disrtict and Rev. Melvin Chester Swann, pastor of St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church were the successful candidates in an election of ministerial delegates to the General Conference of the A.M.E. Church held here Wednes day afternoon. The election was held at St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church during the Wednesdjiy afternoon session oft be 67th luinual session ^f the Western Nofth Carolina Confer ence, with Bishop Frank Madison son Re|d, presiding. All three ot liie ministers were elected on the first ballot which gave evidence of the harmony now Dr. Donnell Is Honored The ^ta Tbeta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity honored Dr. -.Clyde Donnell, Vice- Pre^dent-Mediqal Director, North arolina Mutual Life Insurance Compaay at a banquet Tuesday, November 17. The occasion was in celebration of Dr. Donnell’s 50th anniversary iii.' member of the Fraternity. The banquet was held in the ban quet ifooia of the Biltmore Hotel and was attended by members of the' Fraternity and their wives Dr. Donn^l h« been nominated by the chapter for the 1959 Alpha Award of Honor. This is an award given anmially to ^n outstanding member ol th* Fraternity because hand-1 of his contribution to the Frater aity and hatioQ, area of the Conference. The A. M. E. General Confer ence will be held in May 1960 ir existing throughout the entirt See SWANN, page 8 Four Charged With Yeit)al Female Assault AI l(')SK I I'L—l-'mir yoiinj; .Vf- 'rues were chafged here Tuc-k- lay nijjht in a which ha» 1 atiUinjf )>ar:tl’>el to the famed “.Mack liii'rnm ’ cane of a h'W yeari. hark. The four were hound over ^o ffertfiirl County Recorder's '.'oiirt for '‘verbally assaultin''" 1 14 year old white fjirl. Thr 'pfcilic chari^e is assault on 1 ftnialc. They p!eaderl innocent in pre- iminar>- hearing and were leased on SICO bond. According to the “assault” vic- im. 14 year old Jean Carroll Mar in. the incident occurd last Sat- irday night as she was walking down Ahoskie's main street A grammar school student, site ;aid as the four Negroes walked ';>ehind her, one of them said. There’s a damn white female, ;et’s get her." The girl then said she ran to the police station a block away and the four were arrested. She identified one. Roosevelt Slaughter. 22, of Aalander, at a oreliminary hearing before Mayor r. Stanley Vinson, justice of the peace. Others charged ^th assault on I female are RicAard Hamy, 38, 'ohnnie Ray Slaughter, 24, and Thomas Cobb, 23, all of Ahoskie. Some eight yeirs ago Mack In- ^am. a Negro farmer of Yaney- ville, was twice convicted ol as sault by leering at tt yrhite womjdC rie was charged witiS, asMilt ow a female by looking at lier. The dpe Jrew intemauonal atUotion fnd ngram finally woo aamu^tai., Hospital, km WINSTON SALEM — Winston >alem Teachers College .’tousiness nanager A. L Terrell %as seitt lome Monday from the hospital vliere he has'Been recuperatiiif! since Nov. 3 from wouMb police say were self-inflicted. His release from the hospital was the latest development in the three week old case at the school .vhich has seen his drajnatic in jury in the face of the state con- lucted audit of the school’s fon- ancial records. He was rushed to tluf hospital suffering from a buU«t wouod and several gashes on his neck See TERRELL, page 8 Rev. Melvin Chester Swenn, pas tor of St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church and his wife Mrs. Dorothy Sfifann, are sho«ni here just after they had been given • silver service tat of five piece* by the members of t!** church. The donation was made during Mm eveniint at Hi* HIM _ cafeteria in h«Mr aUaiMl wiaHm to a« aSMttI *i«« ef Hm Waetem Hit lit lina mmmm ' ham thk ««atb
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