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BUKE PWBtSnY UMtMR 1 JURY MDICTS PMLP VOLOME 37—No. 3 DURHAM, N. C., JANUARY 21, IWl tlehirn Pestaga GuarantMd KING’S LIEUTENANT IN DURHAM Sit-ins Must Continue’ Leader Tells Students A nationwide program pf ‘'non- cooperation” in places where Ne groes are not served or hirad on •n equal basis was advocated in a speech here last Monday niflht by the Reverend Ralph Abernathy at North Carolina College. ^ Declaring “a fierce —wind of change blowing in the universe today," the young minister who succeeded Dr. Martin Luther Kin as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, said groes should intensify their ef forts against “the evil system of{ segregation.” flnua> not tpwid our nioitay ^ any ttora whora our ,fh||iiar* aro ratpoctad and our par$on* ditratpac.'ad. Wa must not tpand in placm whara iannot aam," ha Mid. Abernathy appeared at North Carolina College on behalf of the NCC Student Government Associa tion. He was heard by a large au dience of students and town’s people. Taking note of the strong re-, action against demonstrations by some Southern politicians, Aber nathy said, “Not only must we sit-in, but we must also stand -in, wade-in, and kneel-in until we can walk-in as first class Ameri can citizens. "Wa mwft ntaka uaa of tha boycott and talactiva buyinf and at^ paying for. sagrdgalion." He. added, “We must develop a standard of excellence in our cho- See SIT-INS, 6^A PRICE: IS CENTS MRS. PAYTOM R. E. Jones is Defendant in Payton m ABERNATHY NCC-44orWi Carolina Collaga at Durham ttu- dents who w«ra activa in sit-in damonttraiion*' last year rcW caiva tha congratulation* of tha Ravarand Ralph Abamathy, who •poka at. tha Coiloga thia waak 04k. bahaif of tha Studant Gov- arnmant Afsociallon. Ray. Abar- nathy, abova, goa* ovar "non- vioknt strategy" laadart: Gaorga E^unn, Kind Guyhanna Horton* PIHtboro; Oor- is Davis, Cha/flta, and Donnia McNaill, Nation's Leading Educators Among P^s Paying Tribute to Dr. Cliarlotte Hawltins^rown SEDAUA—Throngs of mourn ers, including the country's most noted educational leaders, crowd ed small Wellesly chapel here Sunday afternoon to pay final re spects to one of the area’s most famous women. She was Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of Palmer Memo rial Institute. Dr. Brown was eulogized here Sunday afternoon in services which were held according to a plan she anade five years ago. The famed educator died In L. Richardson hospital at Greens boro late Wednsday. The capacity crowd filled every available space in the chapol and hundreds stood on the grounds outside where loudspeakers carri- Durhatn NAACP Meets Sunday Naw officers of tha Durham •ranch of tha NAACP «ri|l ba Inatallad at tha regular, maot- ing of tha unit Sunday after-y non at tha White Rock Baptist Church. ( Tha' Rav. J. A. Brown, paatof of Ebanezar BapfJst will ^va th« Installation charge. Attorney Floyd B. McKlul^ will present ttie goafc ot^a group for tha year. ' ■/ ' A special faature of Suway's See NAACP, 6-a' efl the services. She was buried on the in a spot she Had selected. Sending tributes to the TT year year old educator were |^e of the most famous nikmes Vk educa tion, Including Dr. Mor^^a John son, retired Howard ‘ University president; Dr. Be^amin Mays, president of Morehouse College; Dr. J, W. Seabrook, president- emeritus of Fayetteville State; and Gordon B. Hancock, of Rich mond, Va. Messages poured in from friends, alumni and parents from all parts of the world. See TRIBUTE, 6-A PITTSBORO—A su^ for $59,000 Ms been filed in ChjiHiam county Superior Couft here 1^ a fomiM hottM Attorney J. Kenneth Lei, of Greensltoro, last week entered im action on bfehalf of Mrs. Mildred fi. Payton, seeking $25,000 in act ual and $25,000 in punitive dant- ages from N. C. Negro extensiM supervisor R. E. Jones. Tha papers filed by Lea charge that Jones mada "falsa" ancl" - nMrfleious" statawantw her work as home damonsh-aflen agani in Chatham County, caus ing her to be separated fram >h« U. S. Dapartmorit of Agri culture for inafflciancy. Mrs. Payton, who is now a sec ond year stiident at the Nwth Carolina College law school, said the U. S. D. A. has subsequently Reversed itself on the issue of her separation from the service but that the inefficiency report re mains a permanent part (rf her personal file. She resigned from her post as home demonstration agent of Chatham County in the fall of 1959 to enter the NCC Law school. She is also Woman’s Editor for the TIMES. Jones, who directs the opera tions of^ all Negro agriculture extension..,worfcars from Ralaigh, could net be’ reached for com ment. According to the complaint, Mrs. Payton said she submitted on Oct. 6, 1959 a letter of resigna tion from her job as Chatham Durliainite Must Face Trial in Woman's Death KINSTON — A Lenior County Grand Jury returned a true bill against Winston Philip, 56 year old Durham business man charged with murder in connection with the Christmas holidays death of a well known school teacher here. The lury's action on Monday mMai it likely that Philip will rtawl trial for murder in lal« March or early April in^ tha ilaalh of Mrs. Ruth Tiiiary, 47 yoal' eld eighth grade teacher and mother of two. Her body, bearing evidence of a bludgeoning, was discovered early Tuesday, Dec. 27 near an abandoned school in the county. , Philip was arrested in Durham on, the following day and has been held in Lenoir county jail without bond since. Arresthig' off!ter* said Philip •taadfastty dbniod any connect ion with the woman's death. He was quoted as saying that Mrs. Tillery came to see him on Monday, December 26, b6t that be left her at the bus station in Raleigh later that evening. • Police theorized at first that the woman had been beaten to death by a lipavy instrument. Her head ^re d%ep gashes and large roeks were near her body when she waS f«un4.. .1 ^ 'i^'.mwevoi-; a Nrfw* Bam path- > PHILIP, 6-A I'f ‘ See SUES, 6-A PHILIP CONA’s Annual Meeting January 29 The annual 'meting of the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29 at four o'clock at the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. The meeting will h««r an ad dress by fit* chaihnan John H. Wheeler reporting on tfie or ganization's work for the year. Detailed reports will be sub mitted from t>He Legal, Civic, Education, Political, and Eco nomic Committee. In addition, election of offi cers will foe field. The CONA is the premier political a c i o n organization among Negroes in the city. Ai^to Closed Colleges Makes U J. Xim Crow Partner-CR Unit WASHINGTON The U. S. Conpnission on Civil Rights to day/said that the Federal Govern- m^nt itself' had been “a silent ^irlncr in the creation and per- ^tuation of separate colleges for rNegroes.” !ln 8 report entitled "Equal Pro tection of the Laws in Public Higher Education, 1960,” the six- member, bipartisan Commissioin recommended that Federal funds for assistance to public controll ed colleges and universities be disbursed only to institutions that do not discriminate on grounds of race, color religion, or national origin. The Commi^on aljo recom mended: • That Congress .consider au thorizing the use of thfte-judge courts “.In cases presenting a sub stantial factual issue as to whe ther persons are bing denied eqaul protection of the laws with respect to publlc^education.” '• That requested by a State, ination in higher education cen ters on the Negro and that the heart of the problem lies b the Sqjither States. It added, howeveri “The ^blic colleges of the Northern and Western States are not free from suspicion of discrimination against Negroes. Some 20 percent of the the Federal Government sponsor j Public institutions in those States programs to assist public school teachers“ and students of native talent and ability who are handi^ capped professionally or scholas tically as a result of inferior edu cational opportunity and train ing.” The report, the result of a 12- month study, stated thfit discrim- inquire as to the race of an ap plicant or ask. for photograph, or both. . In its State-byState study of public higher education the Com mission noted that the Nation “may desperately need additional train ed manpower in the physical ind natural sciences, in englneeriiig, and mathematics, but to a great extent the South offers only his tory of education and teaching methods to its Negro youth. The potential piiygicist, chemist, math ematician, peydiologist^ sociolo- gist among the Negroes of the South is loat to the Nation. . The Commission found that de privation at the high school level leads, to deprivation at the cbl- lege level. The report noted that the public high schools in six “re sistant” States. -^Louisianii, Flori da, Mississippi, South Cailolina, Alabama and Georgia — “present a picture of deprivation varying in degree from a low 2.6 percent See Afol 6-A PHILIP'S DUMAM Ofl^iCI— I operated by Winston Philip, de- Shown hare it-.-Jt |**ti0ra0|t of fendant in a murder case in the building kpwaing Dkiriiam Kinston. The three story, Geor- Surgical Supply Qa., a biiahiasa | gian s yie raiiJeiice ia at 412 South Manga Staff photo by SattwrWeM. Students Return To CahnU. of Ga. Campus Mectianics and Farmers Banl( ^proved For VoisMe Move RALErtifi iS'thc Mechanics and Farmers MAk erf Durhafh to open a branch in Char lotte was approved here at a meet ing of the North Carolliu Banking Commission Wednesday, Jam^ary 18. After formal presentation of the application by J. H. Wheeler, president of the bank, a copy of which hed previously Been"nred on December 8 with the Honor able Ben. R. Roberts, Commission er of Banks, a motion was made and passed without comment to approve the application. In approving the application for a branch of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank or Charlotte, a member of the Commission stated, “I understand that through the years your bank has e^blished a splendid record for itself. I, therefore would like to move that the application l>e approved. It was brought out at the meet ing of the Commission that a site for the branch has already been selected opposite Johnson C. Smith University. Work in' erecting a building to house the branch is scheduled to begin immediately. It is expected that It will take about six months to get the build ing completed and make other necessary preparations 4br the formal opening which is schedul ed for the early f^ll. Among the Charlotte persons responsible f9r promoting the establishment of a branch of the bank in Charlotte are, A. E Spears, member at the Board of See BANK« 6-A BAKER NCC GRAD GETS JOB WITH N. C. PRISONS DEPT. RALEIGH — John (Big John) Baker, defensive tackle for the Los Angeles^ Rams, has accepted a job in recreation with the North Carolina Prisons department, it was revealed here this week. Baker will work with the pris ons recreation and rehabilitation program during his off season. He will receive $4,404 for the post. A native of Raleigh, Baker was a stand-out high school and college football player. He earned all-con ference and all-America honors at See BAKER. 6-A Wilmington Minister Arrested For Trespassjn Cliurcli Pulpit WILMINGTON i-war between a young Baptiif wiiister and officers of a church which he pastored will bl' shifted from the church to Superior Court next week. This was the result ot an action Sunday in which the %v. Joseph Peter Dickerson, 26 yeihr old pas tor of Fifth Av^aiie Baptist Church, was arrested for trespass ing after he preached his sermon from the church pMipit. The board of deiieoQa at the church said it fired, the ninister the week befo^ . The arrest was nude after the board of deacons filed a formal complaint with city poUcc. Deacons »id tb»y UHi tJM young minister the week before l>ecausc his approach to r|.‘ligion was too modem. No. one wuirid elaborate on what the deacons meant by “too modem.” The board said the coniuv^ation perferred a more conservative minister. Judge Winfield Smith, of Re corder’s Court found Rev. Dick erson guilty on Monday. But the young minister posted a $100 appeal bond, and the case is to be aired again in Superior, Court next week. Rev. Dickerson testisfied dur ing the trial that he waa improper- See MINISTIR. 8^ ATIIEN, Ga. — An exteriar of calm reigned again at tb«, Uai- versity of Georgt» cawpw#>*lliia week as the first t«» tHfroes ever to enter a state-aop^Mrted puMic school resumed claalifc At. midweek, Chari^jrBe .Mua- 1^ year eW fmbimii. 'EumiltoB HMmes, It^ al^ &?nding classes again wMhoat a*y incidents. The two were suspended Thurs day after a noisy riot was staged on the campus the night befote by students Ku Klux Klansmen and other adults. But attorneys for the NAACP, . who - bad satten_j_,cnurt antec, which admitted the two students orginally, obtained aa injuBctm on Friday from Federal judge William Belles restraining tlM University, the state from “siw- pending, withdrawing or other wise causing them to leave tbe school because of ‘mob violence’ or any other reason.” On Monday, the rtudents return ed to the University and entered classes without any disturbances. In the meanwhile, law enforce ment authorities moved ti^'track down on poesibilities ol future vi olence in connection with the stu dents presence at the school. Shortly after the Wednesday night riots of laiM week,’ FBI agents swarmed into the small University town and questioned a number of persons aboat th« riot. They were sent at the orders of Attorney General William Ro gers to determine if any violations of the recently passed Civil See CALM. 6-A NAACP Deplores Campus Mob Action In Ga. NEW YORK — NAACP *»*«► tive Secretary Roy Wilkins tkis woek condemned the University of Georgia students who stoned tht dormitory Chatlayae ter. Miss Hunter-Md HMBiltoa mes were admitted 175-year- old University of Geargia aadar federal court arder. January II, and suspended M atanoat Midnigkt of that date. According I* univeriky oflM- als, the suspension was “lot tliair safety” after an unatt*«dad Mok of studente swelM tin IMI ad then “|0t Old o( Ittad.’* 11m full loit U ment follows: civil War m aHH hsiii* aiMl th« aallw haHlat «l * tm DtPLOMIk M ■ g . ir! i
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