Welcome 44th Annual Session National Bar Association
Halifax Teacher Appeals Verdict In Pupil Assault Case
Lawyers Barely
Hiss Coming to
Blows in Court
HALIFAX—The case of Mra.
Pattie Black Cotton, 28, a black
teacher at William R. Davie
High School, resulted in a ver
dict of "guilty" of assaulting
one of her pupils in District
Court here Tuesday, July 22.
Chief Judge J. T. Maddrey
denied a motion by defense
attorney fames R. Walker, Jr.
of Weidon, asking that the
charges be dismissed.
Perry Martin ,of Rich Square,
the private prosecution attor
ney hired by the prosecuting
witness, Mrs. Marvin W. Tan
ner, was among other things,
the main objection of a five
page legal document presented
to Judge Maddrey when the
case opened. In asking for the
dismissal, Walker charged that
the "defendant objects to Rep
resentative Perry Martin as
private prosecutor against the
defendant upon the grounds
that he was private prosecutor
against defendant's counsel in
several cases where there was
no probably cause and wili pros
ecute this case without prob
able cause and for the purpose
of winning votes from white
racists in his bid for Governor
of this State in 1972." Walker
further pointed out that teach
ers in the public schools of
North Carolina have been "giv
en duties and exemptions from
criminal assault prosecutions
by law.
The bench allowed however,
one amendment to the warrant,
Which originally charged Mrs.
Cotton with assault with a
deadly weapon, explained in
the warrant as a ruler; the
word "feloniously" being strick
en from the warrant, le&ving
the defendant • charged with
assault.
The jammed courtroom was
often disorderly as various
points were brought up and
spectators engaged in loud
snickers and laughter.
The case grew out of charg
es pressed by Mrs. Marvin Tan
ner, white, after her 10-year
old son alleged that he had
been whipped 10 times by Mrs.
Cotton, with a ruler, receiving
bruises about his hips.
Walker also brought out dur
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THORPE
Thorpe Named
To High Office
in N. C. Masons
Russell Memorial CME Church
was the site here last Saturday
of the election of Otis M.
Thorpe of Durham as most Ex
cellent Grand High Priest of
the Grand Chapter of Holy
Royal Arch Masons of North
Carolina, Prince Hall Affilia
tion.
Thorpe's election took place
at the 23rd annual convocation
of the order held in this city.
Thorpe fills the post of
Grand Priest held by E. C. Tur
ner, also of Durham, for the
past three years.
In addition to Thorpe other
officers elected were: Ernest
Famon, Grand King, Charlotte;
George J. Deberry, Grand
Deputy High Priest, Wadesboro,
Henry A. Atwarter, Grand Sec
retary, Chapel Hill; John F.
Choate, Grand Scribe, Char
lotte; Clifton Stone, Grand
Treasurer, Chapel Hill.
HONORED AT DUKE Two
Duke Hospital nursing service
employes were recognized for
their outstanding length of
Aff. Vernon To Present Gospel
Singer At St Mark AMEZ Aug. 11
The Mount Vernon Baptist
Church will present J. Robert
Bradley of Nashville, Tennes
see in a Pre-Convention Musical
to the Woman's Baptist Home
and Foreign Missionary Con
vention, North Carolina Auxi
liary, General Baptist State
Convention, at St. Mark AME
Zion Church here, Monday eve
ning, August 11 at 8:00 o'clock.
Bradley will be supported by a
choir composed of choir mem
bers of the various churches of
Durham. The program will con
sist of solo numbers by Brad
ley, musical numbers selected
and directed by Bradley and
I special features of the various
choirs.
Bradley was discovered on
the streets of Memphis, Ten
nessee by the late Miss Lucie
E. Campbell, composer and
conductor. His rich, deep, bass
LDF Seeks U. S. Protection Of
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Negro Mother From Attacks
NEW YORK The Justice
Department was asked to pro
tect a South Carolina mother
of five children whose children
have been beaten and whose
house has been shot up and
burned.
Jack Greenberg Director-
Counsel of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fun,
Inc. (LDF), sent a telegram to
Attorney General John R. Mit
chell in which he asked federal
protection for Mrs. Victoria De-
Lee who has been fighting for
school desegregation in Dor
chester Count, South Carolina,
since 1965.
Ridgeville is a small town
northwest of Charleston in Dor
chester County, South Carolina.
There are four roads leading
into Ridgeville, and on all four
of those roads is written in big
rod painted letters "Kill Tory,
Kill Tory."
Tory refers to Mrs. Victoria
DeLee, a black resident of Dor
chester County who has been
lending a school integration
fi?ht, almost by herself, since
1964.
Mrs. DcLce and her husband
have five children. Mr. DeLee
works for a Federal Arsenal in
Dorchester County. Both par
ents are determined that their
children will receive adecent
education, but their struggle
hasn't been easy and very often
its been dangerous.
On November 13, 1968, Mrs.
NeT-ec's house and all her be
longings were burned by the
Klan. In fact, the Klan con
tinues to harrass the DeLee's
family without let-up. Two
weeks ago, Mrs. DeLee received
a threatening letter from the
Klan and two days ago a Klan
rally was held ig a field next
to her house and a five car
motorcade drove slawly past
her house so she could see the
might of the Dorchester Klan.
(See MOTHER page 2A)
service to the hospital at a spe
cial reception recently. From
left are Mercer Morgan and
Herbert Williams, both talking
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BRADLEY,
baritone voice has been heard
with delight in Norway, Sweed
en, The British Isles, Denmark,
Germany, Finland, Paris, Rome,
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REV. MACK
Lakeview Baptist Church Holds Dedication Rites
(By MRS. MAXINE MASON)
The Reverend Grady Davis,
Pastor of Union Baptist Church,
Roxboro Street, delivered the
Dedicatorial address to a capa
city audience at the Lakeview
Baptist Church, Dearborn Drive,
Sunday, July 27, at 3:00 p.m.
The Sunday afternoon rites
culminated a week of Conse
cration which featured nightly
services at the church. Among
the many ministers and choirs
taking part in the services
were the Reverend L. W. Reid
with Robert Tuthill, director
of personnel at Duke Medical
Center Morgan has worked 39
years at Duke and Williams 38.
Mexico City and in many prin
cipal cities of the United States.
He has been guest soloist at
four sessions of the World
Baptist Alliance.
Dr. A. M. Townsend, Secre
tary Baptist Publishing Board,
said of Bradley that "There
seems to be a tendency to get
away from fervency of spirit
and song that characterized the
church and and altar worship
of other days, and which con
tributed so .much to the estab
lishment of our religion. Mr.
Bradley has kept the standard
of church music of his people's
past inviolate from the jazz and
rock 'n roll of this day."
A devoted hymn singer,
Bradley is presently Director
of Church Music of the Bap
tist Sunday School Publishing
Board and Director of the Na
tional Sunday School and B. T.
U. Congress Music Program.
REV. DAVIS
of the New Bethel Baptist
Church; the Reverend W. E.
Daye, Ebenezer Baptist Church;
the Reverend J. W. Barnes,
Terrell Creek Baptist Church,
Hillsborough; the Reverend P.
H. Amey, Orange Grove Bap
tist Church; the Reverend A.
D. Moseley, Mt. Gilead Baptist
Church; The Reverend Truitt;
and Reverend Arthur Parker,
Mt. Zoard Baptist Church.
Other participants in the
Sunday's program were the
Reverend B. A. Mack, pastor of
Wkt Cyojiip Ciitiig
VOLUME 48 No. 31
Expect Over 300 Lawyers At
Meet Here July 29 - August 2
Many Speakers
Of Note Listed
On Program
The National Bar Associa
tion's Forty-fourth Annual Con
vocation in session here at the
Durham Hotel and Motel July
29 through August 2 is slated
to present several speakers of
national note. Over 300 laweyrs
are expected to be in attend
ance.
The Honorahle Sidney A.
Jones, Jr., Judge of the Cir
cuit Court of Cook County, Chi
cago, 111.; the Honorable Robt.
Morgan, Attorney General for
the State of North Carolina;
and the Honorable George
Crockett, Judge of Recorder's
Court, Detroit, Mich., head the
list of eminent barristers speak
ing during the Association's
five-day meet.
Charles M. Waugh, President
of NBA, in his program greet
ings to members and guests
(T+ited: "We are dedicated and
committed to the purpose and
goals of those stalwart vision
aries who founded the National
Bar Association and we pledge
to continue to lead the fight
and to vigorously develops and
implement new programs to in
sure their fulfillment." The
theme selected by the NBA is:
"Crisis and Challenge: The
Black Lawyer 1969." Other na
tional officers are William E.
Petterson, president-elect; Geo.
D. Covington, 4th vice presi
dent; Allie Latimer Weeden,
executive secretary; Harvey Mc-
Cormick, assistant secretary;
Elmer C. Jackson, Jr., mem
bership secretary and past
president; and C. C. Spaulding,
(See LAWYERS page 2A)
REV. BULLOCK
Lakeview Baptist Church and
the Reverend Clifton Bullock;
Deacon Walter Walker, who
read the church history; Bennie
Holman, Chairman of the Build
ing Committee; Charles Red
dish, Contratcor, along with
George Fuller .Henry Reddish,
Sr. and Harvey Parker.
Friends of the church who
have made significant contri
butions also made remarks.
They were Mrs. Frances de
mons, Principal of Lakeview
(See LAKEVIEW page 2A)
DURHAM, N. G, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, I*9
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THE OFFICIALS ANO MEM
BERS of the Entertainment
Committee of the George White
Bar Association, host to the
49th Annual Session of the
National Bar Association to
meet in Durham, July 29-Au
Former Durhamite Named To
Important Post
WALTER V. B. HOLMES NAMED MGR.
IN COMPUTER TESTING COMPANY
The Computer Testing Cor
poration of Cherry Hill, New
Jersey has announced the ap
pointment of Walter Van Buren
Holmes to the position of Man
ager of the Instrumentation De
partment.
He is a 1962 graduate of
North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, with a Bachelor of Sci
ence degree in Electrical Engi
neering. On June 1, he received
a Master of Arts degree in
Physics from Trenton State
College, Trenton, New Jersey.
His career has included, in
addition to the above, work
Political Leaders Announce
Formation of Election Fund
NEW YORK Julian Bond,
Georgia State Representative,
and a group of Southern poli
tical leaders announced the for
mation of the Southern Elec
tion Fund. Based in the North,
this Fund is channeling money
and technical assistance to
Black candidates throughout
the South to give equal repre
sentation to Black citizens.
Bond said: "The importance
of the Southern Election Funds
is that it will put vitally need
ed funds and, expertise into
Southern Black political cam
paigns and will help complete
the Second Reconstruction of
the South."
Another Trustee of the Fund,
Congressman John Conyers (D-
Michigan) said: "Unless we
make inroads in the "Cotton
political curtain" in the South
we will not be able to change
the face of our Nation and give
equal representation to all of
our Southern citizens. Registra
tion is not enough, voting is
not enough and running for
office is not enough, it is elec
tion to office that makes the
difference."
Dr. John Cashin, a Fund Trus
tee and Chairman of the Na
tional Democratic Party of Ala
gust 2. The session will be held
at the Durham Hotel and Motor
Lodge.
From left to right they are:
L E. DeMarquis DeJarmon, co
chairman of the committee, W.
with the Radio Corporation of
America, Nuclear Materials and
Equipment Company and Ham
ner Electronics Company. He
has designed several instru
ment s now being produced
under manufacturers' labels.
Holmes is the son of Mrs.
Felice W. Holmes and the late
Harold M. Holmes of 124 Mas
ondale Ave., Durham He is
married to the former Miss Zel
ma E. Amey. They are parents
of two daughters Pamela Eli
zabeth and Jennifer Amey
Holmes.
bama said," We elected, with
the help of the Southern Elec
tions Fund, 17 Black office
holders throughout the state
this past election; 13 were Jus
tices of the Peace, 3 were Con
stables and 1 individual to a
Board of Education. By the
election of local governmental
officials such as: Justices of
the Peace, Probate Judges,
County . Court Clerks. Surro
gates and Sheriffs, who are in
touch with the public, the
Southern Elections Fund hopes
to build the Black electorate's
confidence in the governmental
process and secure for that
croup its fair share of repre
sentation."
The 17 local candidates elect
ed throughout Alabama credit
tthe Southern Elections Fund's
$2,500 grant as the key factor
in their election. This grant
made possible the printing of
sample ballots to help voters
exercise their franchise prop
erly. _
Southern Elections Fund
Committees are being formed
in urban centers throughout
the country and are encourag
ing both donations and volun
teers in this cause. They plan
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PUCK: 2* Cm*m
G. Pearson, president of the
association and C. C. Spauld
ing, Jr., co-chairman; not pres
ent and pcnber of the com
mittee is Attorney W. A. Marsh.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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N. C. Central Univ.
: Receives Approval
I For $3,495,000
The North Carolina General
Assembly approved the expen
diture of more $3 million for
capital improvements at North
Carolina Central University
during the 1969 session.
Approximately half the ex
penditures approved is for a
communications building, to
house the various areas of lan
guage, language arts, and other
forms cours
es. Of the total appropriation
of $1,850,000. $650,000 will b«
Federal Funds.
The Assembly made an im
mediate appropriation of $200,-
000 from the General Fund to
begin planning of the commu
nications building.
Other capital improvement
appropriations include $3 4 0,-
000 for completion of the uni
versity's chemistry building;
$425,000 for renovation of the
science building; $30,000 for
replacement of an underground
steam line; $50,000 for repairs
to bathrooms In Chidley Hall;
and SBOO,OOO for athletic field
improvements.
Both the Chidley Hall pro
ject and the athletic field pro
ject will be self-liquidating, at
no cost to the taxpayers of the
state.