UNIVERSITY
9SERVANTS IN WILLOF DURHAM MILLIONAIRE
AT DURHAM THEATRE
Violence Flares On
Durham Picket Line
An 18-year-old Durham boy who
(i)d he was attacked by two white
youthi as ^e carried a picket sign
in protest of the segregated policy
of the ,Cent«r Theatre, was ar
rested and charged with an affray
with a deadly Weapon Friday
nifht.
Released in $100 bond was Phil
lip JUnrris, Martin St. Harris
W*9 AeSted' flt the scene of the
tilegfld flglit at Chapel Hill and
Hollantl Sfe'V by tatrolman T. D.
S^Hiaries Must
Train Protest
Leaders • Duncan
DETBOir, Mich.—The activities
dl the Freedom Riders have made
Jt necessary for the chruch-related
idhobls and seminaries to Uke a
ntw look at their curricuUun, with
eye toward training Christian
lexkrs In the fine art of non-vio-
leQt effort so as to make their
work more effective and more pro
ductive,.
TTilg was the philosophy of Dr.
^myel E. Duncan, president of
Uvingstone College, as he spoke
tb^the Connectional Council of the
AME Zion Church here last week.
. Ihr. Duncan, recently appointed
t)^. ^ov. Terry Sanford to the
Carolina State Board , of
PdtiHc Welfare, first Negro to hold
^uch A position,' said that it is not
Reid.
The arrest came after police
discovered that one of the white
youths, Carl Larry Billings, 15,
586 Forest St., had been cut in
the abdomen. Billings was taken
to Watts Hospital where 20 stitche.s
were required to close the wound,
it was reported.
. According to eye-witnesses and
other pickets who requested their
names not be used, young Harris
i and several others were picketing
the theater with masonic boards
around their necks.
Billings and another youth ap
proached the scene,, it was re
ported, began calling names and
•nat on Harris. Words were ex-
chonned and the white youths at
tacked Harris.
In the struggle, according to
witnesses, the board which Harris
was wearing struck Billings in
the rbdomen, injuring him.
Billings is reported to be a fi
footer, weighing close to 200
pounds, while Harris is about 5'5”
and weighs approximately 130
pounds. The white youth was not
charded. He was placed in custody
of his parents for medical treat-
mc;it.
According to. the police report,
Billings said Harris cursed him
as he passed the theater. He said
Harris was the instigator of the
incident. , .
,. Police, also reported that upon
a second check ■of- the urea they
^ • ■ V , , 4 found » single edge razof bUde
See DUNCAN, page 8-A ,
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VOLUME 37—No. 31
j^i^E^RUTM iteBwiSeiajj?*
^RHAmTnV c7s>^RDAY, 5, IMl
Rtfurn Po«tag« Cuarantead
PRiCEt IS
Garbage Men Spur
Over City’s Pay
PICKET LEAVES COURT—Phil
lip Harris, 18, is shown leaving
Durham Recoreder's Court wiih
Attorney Floyd B. McKlsiick
after th* youth was arraigned
on ciicrgM growing out of 4 scuf
fle he had with a whit* youth in
fr'ont of th* Confer ttiMtor in
Durham.—Photo by Manning.
durham Youth Mark Anniv^r
Of Segregation
Durham's garbage men ignited
a 'brewing controversy over the
city’s recently installed merit pay
raise 's^^|em when they staged a
one daly strike over the week-end
over tne manner in which wage
increases are granted city employ-'
ees.
Sixty-one of the city’s 75 col
lectors, went out on strike Satur
day when some of them received
pay increases while others did not.
City authorities acted swiftly to
deal with the strikers.
On Sunday, City sanitation di
rector Glen Penland announced
that all of the men would be fired
and others hired in their places if
they did not halt the strike.
'The men reluctantly returned
to work ‘early this week after
union officials promised to lielp
them in presenting their grievan
ces to city officials over the pro
cedure of granting pay raises
By the end of the week, all 61
S«e CITY, 6-A
MCMORIAL —Membori of th*
Durham youth NAACP chapt«r
which hat tp«arhNd*d a two
ykar prot**t against s*gr*gatlon
In Durham placed a wraath on
the grave of Douglas* Thomp.
son, on* of th*lr m*mb*rs who
was kilUd in an automobil*
accident last year. The wreath
was placed on the grave by Max-1
ine Bledsoe, one of the original
members of the organization.
Jolin Sprunt Hill Bequeaths
Cash To Long-time Employees
Nine Negroes, who were long
time household servants for the
lati John Spiiint Hill, were among
several persons listed in the will
of the Durham millionaire as bene-
ficipries of the Hill estate.
The Hill estate conservatively
lestirtiated to' be' upwards of 20
million dollars, was divided among
the financier’s family and close
associKtes.
His will was filed for probate
in Durham thiit week..
The Ute Durham financier
granted a year’s pay to his entire
household staff. In addition, four
bi his employees received an addi
tional $1,000 apiece.
They were Mrs. Effie Cotton,
maid; John-^(iralh, chauffeur; Mrs.
Mae Overby, cook; and William
Qibby, butler.
The others received lesser
ain^unts. ■ Tiiey include Bertha
Harris, laundress, $.300; Edward
McCullcrs, .$200; Roosevelt Lilly,
$200; William Crawford, $200; and
Brycnt Mathtews, $200.
McCullers, Lilly, Crawford and
Matthews were members of the
estat;’s gardeq staff.
In addition to a year’s salary and
the sums of money, Torain and
Bibby use of the Butler’s house for
of staying in cottages which they
occupy on the Hill estate. Torain
was given the use of the chauf
feur’s cottage for two years, and
Bibby use the Butler’s house for
one year.
One other Negro employee, Sam
Taylor, was listed in the original
will to receive $500. But since the
will provided that the employees
must be working for Hill at his
death, Taylor’s legacy may be for
feit. He left the Hill employment
about six years ago.
Mrs. Cotton and Torain had
worked for Hill for nearly half a
century. Mrs. Cotton went to worjs
.See WILL, page 6-A
Durban, youth who have spear
headed an' 18 months old protest
on segregation on many fronts
celebrated the first anniversary of
the opening, of lunch counters at
three downtpwn stores'tftuietly hfei^
this w^k.i
Lu
green’* and \^oolwort?^ —’ three
stores >^hich' wef€‘ targets' of
six months picket , demonstration
in the spring of 1960—were for-
See YOUTH, page 6-A
Wal-
• ftrWllliams
Actinar President
Of Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM — The Rev.
Kenneth R. Williams, executive
vice president of Winston-Salem
Teachers College has been named
acting president of the College,
ife ii believed to be in line for
tipmaHfeiir postttm^.;
HeV. Wlliiams rtplac^SiDt^. P.'L.i
Atkins, longtime president, who
recently retired because of his
See PREXY, page 4-A
FOCUS OF CITY CONTROVER
SY — Th*s* garbage colloctors,
shown making one of th*ir daily
rounds colUcting Durham's gar
bage, touched off a controversy
ov*r th* city's recently installed
merit lyt'.Sm wh*n they staged a
brief strike ov*r th* w**k-Md
in prat*st ov*r wag* incr*as«»
gran.ed to som* of the work*rs.
Workers in other city depart
ments are reportedly disgrun’.l-
*d o««# rM naw A* inu*
is the iiily's paliisir at raising Mi*
pay of sauna warfcari wkila mmm-
tainin^ a.'itars at. ^ «*m* pay.
Staff by MaawiBg.
Raleigh School Board Admits
Eight to Formerly White Schools
RALEIGH —The Raleigh Board
of Education voted unanimously
Tuesday to assign eight Negro
children for the 1961-62 school
year to previously all-white schools
—Daniels Jr. High School and
Broughton High School.
At the same time, the board
turned down the formal applica
tion of Rose Marie Ellis, an 11th
grader at Ligon High School, for
transfer to Broughton.
Five* students were assigneft^o
Daniels. They are: Gloria Ann
Hunter, Arnell Jones, Larry Man-
APPOINTED — Joseph Edward
All*n, 29, former NCC grid star,
was reecntly appoint«d to th*
Durham County Polic* Fore*.
Allen is # native of Durham and
a gradual* of Hillsid* High
School and NCC. H* taught for
two y*ars in Victoria, Va«, b*-
for* his recent appointment. H*
is married to the former Sybil
Barbee of Durham and it th*
father of three children.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Ridley Named;
Race Man May
Lose P. 0. Job
ATA TREASURER
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.— Dr.
Walter M. Ridley, president of
Elizabeth City Teachers Col
lege was named treasurer of tiie
American Teachers Association at
the 58th Annual Convention here
last week.
ACTIVITIES WITH C-R MAY
CAUSE MAN HIS JOB
NEW YORK—Roy Wilkins, exe
cutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has called upon
Postmaster General J. EMward
Day to “re.lect the efforts origip^t-
nine th* tfttal number N*gr6
SeL BKiEFS page dx-
uel, Rebecca Bryant and Ann
Morgan. All will enter the 9th
grade.
Assigned to Broughton are: Cyn
thia Williams, Myrtle Capehart,
Dorothy Howard. They will enter
the 10th grade.
The Board’s action brings to
See ADMITS, page 4-A
Martinsville Attorney
Dies in Durham
William Alexander, 55 year
old at'.orncy of Martinsvill*, Va.,
died on Tuesday at Duke Hos
pital.
His remains wer* transferred
by Allen Funeral Home of Mar
tinsville to that city for funeral
services.
Alexander was admitted to the
hospital last week after suffer
ing a fall at his home approxi
mately eight days ago.
Alexander sustained brain in
juries and a skull fracture when
he tumbled down his basement
steps.
Pfin€«l#ard ^ou^Triai
Ends In Federal District Cdurt
RICHMOND, Va.— Despile un-^chtsipn, he said, is, tiie absenca
contested testimony and evidence j * detnopstrated Federal coosti-
that the Prince Edward County j r^fuiieinent that locai
public school system was abolish-' state gbvemtBefits maintain
ed for the sole purpose of circum * schools,
venting court-decreed desegrega-f “Th* aS td whether th*
tion. United States District Judge' con»tituti«»i reipiires the
Oren R. Lewis has made it clear
that he will not order the reopen
ing of public schools in that South-
side 'Virginia coiinty.
Judge Lewis indicated his posi
tion near the end of the thr»">
and-a-half day trial which closed
in the Federal Court here last
Thursday. He reached this 'con-
A LESSON IN SEWING—Show
ing two Kanyan visitors tha won
ders of th* modarn s*wing ma-
chin* is Mrs. A. M. Wilson (2nd
from right) of th* Dearborn
Driv* community, who it in
char^ of the Eastland 4-H t*w-
'ing |kri|*et. Th* visiters, from
Kanya, East 4fr>ca. tra
left) Clement Keari* Gachi*, as
sistant: Agricultur* Offic*r, Da-
par'.m*nt of Agricultur*, Thom
son's Falls, Konya; (*xtram*
right) H*rum Mbugua Wangan-
do, assistant Agricuttura Offi
cer, Ministry of Agriculture, El-
dama Razina, ICanya. Saatad at
th* machine is Miss Constance
Hic^s, a young 4-H mamiifr. The
visitars will spend twa w*aks i«
th* Durham area learning a)
soma of tha .agricwltwral and
home eeanamies -warlrinas af
this part af tha- ctwitry.' Thay
are being guided ttiraughout tha
city by Carl Ho^ae, Durham
Coun'.y Agricultura Agent.
maintenance o( public achools is
upe, to lie determioed by state
courts, he asserted.
NAACP attorneys, Robert L. Car
ter of New York. eity and S. W.
Tucker of-Richmond and Emporia.
Vs., contended In UiMr arguments
that the iscne before the court
was not Jhe ctMiatitutional respon-
MbiUt^ to maintaia public schools
but rather tlie eoastitutiooal pro
hibition against . aflicial local or
state action to tlfwart a
court order or to deprive Negroes
of ^ir constitutianal rights. Car^
te|4lt*kl five" cases' in which courti
^ 1 hpvii baaMd ti^Jj' iAteryention.^
stHocH. a.oss& ihiro yiars
Arrayed agaiaM ^ NAACP at
torneys who repiwebted t h e
Prince Edward Caitiily Hapo chil
dren and tfteir parents was a bat
tery uf six lawyers (tafaodins the
iocaj school .baai^, the county
Board of SupenriaiMcs. and the
See ^TRIAU fmge »-A
Times Pi^blidier to
Speak in Clutf’lotte
And Btttimove, Md.
Ll E. Aiistia, pablisher of th«
time*. h«>>accepted In-
vitatidits to (Oliver awiot addren-
tte moiilk ^ iyifuat.
0» August 'S at h*
tfi schadulad to speai^ 1r nwrliittg
the Baptiat '8und«]i falwiit aad
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