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FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 10
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Heads 1951 Delta Jabberwock
Mrs. Christine Townes Toole who is Chairman of the 12th An
nual Jabberwock sponsored by Alpha Zeta Sigma Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority in Raleigh, North Carolina is shown above.
Mrs. Toole is a graduate of North Carolina College in Durham and
has done graduate work at New York University. She is very
active in civic and social circles of Raleigh.
WILLIE McGHEE'S LAWYERS
TURN TO FEDERAL COURT
NEW YORK, N. Y. — With
their application for a writ of
error refused even a hearing by
the Mississippi courts, attorneys
for Willie McGee, 36-year old
Laurel, Mississippi Negro facing
death on March 20 th for alleged
rape, have turned to the federal
courts.
Attorneys John Coe of Pen
sacola, Florida, and Mrs. Bella
Abzug of New York, both re
tained by the Civil Rights Con
gress, are seeking a writ of ha
beas corpus in the U. S. District
Court, Biloxi, Miss., in an effort
to save McGee from electrocu
tion.
A national campaign, similar
to the recent drive to have the
Martinsville Seven in Virginia,
has begun in many parts of the
country, in an effort to stop Mc
Gee’s execution. In Mississippi,
as in Virginia, the death penalty
for so-called rape is given to Ne
groes only.
McGee faces death for alleged
rape of Mrs. Troy Hawkins, a
white woman, in November, 19
45. In court, the woman admit
ted that a sick child was in bed
with her at the time of the al
leged attack, that her husband
and two other children were in
the next room, and that she did
not cry out.
Coe and Abzug are seeking
the new writ on the grounds
that McGee was convicted by
the Mississippi courts on perjur
ed testimony. They contend Mrs.
Hawkins lied when she swore
she had never seen McGee be
fore the trial.
Four times in the last five
years, McGee has been saved
from electrocution through the
combined efforts of Civil Rights
Congress attorneys and organi
zations, in the United States and
other parts of the world, which
condemned McGee’s conviction
as “a shocking anti - Negro
frame-up.”
Seven-Year-Old
Killed When
Struck By Car
WINSTON-SALEM — Seven
year-old Birden Derick McCoy
was struck and killed by an au
I tomobile driven by Charlie A.
Southerland of Route 3, Winston
Salem, Monday about 4 .pm. on
Rural Hall Road near New Hope
Baptist Church.
Highway patrolmen said that
the child ran out into the road
in the path of the passing car.
He was taken by ambulance to
Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial
t Hospital where he died shortly
after arrival. He suffered a frac
tured skull and brain hemorr
hage.
No charges were placed a
gainst the driver Monday.
Awaits Decision
Willie McGhee, the Mississip
pi man who faces, for the fifth,
time in five years, his State’s
“For Negroes Only” penalty of
death, on March 20, for the al
leged rape of a Mrs. Troy Haw
kins, white woman, in November
1945. The Courts of Mississippi
refuse even a hearing on the ap
plication for a writ of error fil
ed by McGee’s lawyers and they
have now turned to the federal
courts. The world, along with
Willie McGhee, awaits the de
cision.
COPS NAB TUNNEL
JOE IN BALTIMORE
Two Weeks
Freedom Ends
In Bowling Alley
BALTIMORE, MD. — Free
dom for Joseph Holmes, who
tunneled his way out of the
Maryland State Penitentiary by
digging a hole 70 feet long, came
to an unhappy end here last Sat
urday night when police nab
bed him only about a mile from
where he escaped.
Holmes was apprehended fol
lowing a running gun battle
with police just after he ducked
into a bowling alley in an at
tempt to escape.
Holmes probably would have
escaped attention of the law
much longer had he not robbed
an aged white woman of $5 a
round 7:30 P. M. at the point of
a gun. The robbery took place
on the corner of Charles and
Monument Streets.
After the woman furnished po
lice with a description of the
man the hunt began with Patrol
man Frank J. Plunkett spotting
him from a patrol car at the cor
ner of Monument and Cathedral
Streets.
When Holmes saw Plunkett
he started to walk in an opposite
direction. The officer became
suspicious, jumped from his car
and grabbed Holmes who at
tempted to plug him with a gun
which failed to fire atfer he had
pulled the trigger several times.
The officer then pulled his re
volver and fired at the man
who at this time was fleeing the
scene with Plunkett in hot pur
suit.
Detectives in another car
spied Holmes and were shot at
several times by the man who
ran up Howard Street where he
was finally captured at the bow
ling alley by Officer James A.
Downes, sergeant of the detec
tive force.
At the time of his escape,
Holmes had served 10 years of a
20-year sentence for burglary.
Officials of the penetentiary
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Dedication Exercises For New
Yanceyville County Training
School Held Sunday March 4th
YANCEYVILLE— Dedication
exercises for the Yancey ville
County Training School were
held here Sunday, March 4 at
3:00 P. M. in the auditorium.
Principal address for the occas
ion was delivered by Dean Jas.
T. Taylor of North Carolina Col
lege at Durham.
The new building has 27 class
rooms and was erected at a cost
of approximately $325,000. A
bout $245,000 of the amount was
furnished by the state with the
county putting up $80,000.
Classes in the new building
were begun on Monday March
5. The building is said to be
modern in every respect with
departments for vocational agri
culture and home economics,
teachers lounge, library, princi
pal’s office, book room, band
room music room, library and
an auditorium that will seat ov
er 700 persons. Lavatories for
boys and girls are located on
each of the three floors.
The school, which in 1930 had
only three teachers and 80 stu
dents, now has a total enroll
ment of 913 pupils and 26 teach
ers. Its principal is N. L. Dillard
who has held his present posi
tion for over 20 years. The
school is accredited by the State
as a high school.
There are at present 11 ele
mentary teachers with 438 pu
pils and 15 high school teachers
with 475 pupils.
State Attempts
Extradition Of
Richmond Man
RICHMOND—Charged with
a murder which happened over
45 years ago, Willie Winn, 78,
(who N. C. authorities claim is
James Perry formerly of Louis
burg) was freed on bond here
Wednesday to await develop
ment over an extradition fight
that homes in the attempe of
North Carolina authorities to
have him returned there to
stand trial.
Winn is alleged to have killed
Blady Perry, white farmer, in
1906 near Louisburg and es
caped.
At the time the man was killed
there were two witnesses. One
is dead, and the other C. C.
Jeffreys, new 70, lives in Wen
dell, N. C.
Winn denies that he is the man
Wanted for the crime. He stated
that he was born in Amherst
S. S. Superintendent Honored For Service
Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Sr., who
served White Rock Baptist
Church for 25 years as its Sun
day School Superintendent is
shown being presented an en
graved sterling silver cup by
W. J. Kennedy, business mana
ger of the Church, on behalf of
the Sunday School, at a program
held here in his honor last Sun
day evening.
Several Cities Will Have
Negro Candidates Run For
Council In Spring Primaries
A survey of major cities made
by the Carolina Times this week
revealed that in six or seven of
them Negroes will be candidates
for the office of City Council or
alderman.
In a telephone conversation
with Rev. Kenneth Williams, Ne
gro city alderman of Winston
Salem the Times was informed
that his reason for not running
for re-election is that he intends
doing further study in the field
of theology.
In Durham, Dean James T.
Taylor of N. C. College has al
ready announced that he will be
a candidate for the office of City
Council.
Other cities in which Negro
candidates are expected to seek
office are, Charlotte, High Point
Greensboro, Raleigh and Wilson.
In 1949 Negroes in Greens
boro and Durham came close to
placing members of their group
on the councils. They are expec
ted to make strong bids for the
office in this year’s election.
Port City Names
March 10 NAACP
Civil Rights Day
WILMINGTON, DEL — Mayor
James F. Hearn this week issued
an official proclamation delcar
ing Saturday, March, as NAACP
Civil Rights Day in this city and
asking all citizens to become
members of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Herbert Hill, NAACP field
secretary, announced that the
Wilmington branch of the As
sociation is holding a mass meet
ing on March 2 at which the
first Negro students to attend
the University of Delaware will
be presented. A parade on Sat
urday morning services as the
kick-off for an intensive door-to
door NAACP membership cam
paign as part of the Civil Rights
Day celebration.
County, Va., and has never been,
in North Carolina, except while
working on dining cars of the
Southern Railway.
27th Annual Mid-Year Session Of
N. C. Interdenominational Ushers
Association To Be Held April 1
JACKSONVILLE
The 27th annual Mid-Year
Session of the N. C. Interdenomi
national Uhsers Association will
be held in Jacksonville, Sunday,
April 1, according to an an
nouncement made Wednesday
by L. E. Austin of Durham, pres
ident of the Association.
Preparations to entertain the
large delegation that is expected
to attend the one-day meeting
have been going on for several
months and according to C. B.
Chadwick, member of the
Board of Directors, who resides
at Pollocksville, everything is
in readiness for the meting.
Chadwick stated that the ses
sion will be held in the George
town High School located on
Highway 17, near Jacksonville.
From the office of the presi
dent comes the report that prac
tically 1,000 delegates and visi
tors will converge on Jackson
ville in buses, private cars and
trains to attend the meeting.
The N. C. Ushers association
is the largest inter-church or
ganization in the entire State.
During the past eight years it
has contributed over $30,000 to
the Oxford Colored Orphanage
and toward the education of un
fortunate worthy students.
The Mid-Year Session is held
each year at which time funds
for both the orphanage and edu
cation are received.
Dudley High School To Observe
Vocational Opportunity Week
GREENSBORO
The Dudley High School,
Greensboro, will observe Voca
tional Opportunity Week from
March 12 through 17 with “The
Future is Yours, Plan and Pre
pare” as its theme and sylogan
Vocational Opportunity Week;
is sponsored each year by the
National Urban League in an.
effort to encourage young people
to prepare for their life’s work
at an early age.
Students wil first be made
acquainted with the meaning
and purpose of V. O. Week
Friday, the ninth known as “Ori
entation Day”. It is to be rec
onized with a Quiz Contest at
regular assembly. The quest
ions will be based on various
vocational fields, and contest-*
ants chosen by stub numbers.
Prizes will range from 50 cents
to $1.
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The Calendar for V. O. Week
is as follows :
Monday 12—Homeroom discus
sions conerning vocations; it is
designated as homeroom discus
sion day. Each teacher will be
given a definite outline to fol
low.
Tuesday 13 — Assembly Pro
gram speaker will be Major
Wright.
Wednesday 14—This the day
when classes will be given a
chance to show their prowess
and ability at planning an effect
ive bulletin board display.' Each
homeroom will be judged for
orginalility, neatness, and other
qualities.
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SIMMONS AND JONES TO
PRESIDE OVER ANNUAL SESSION
S. C. Professor
Sues SAL For
Fight Injuries
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Professor
Frank N. Fitzpatrick of Allen
University has instigated suit
here against the Seaboard Air
line Railway Company for in
juries allegedly received in a
scuffle with a conductor last
June 15.
Fitzpatrick said that Conduc
tor H. E. Reed and others attack
ed him with fists and a black
jack, as he attempted to enter a
waiting train, to help his ne
phew with baggage, and later
after the train had left the sta
tion.
The railroad denies the alle
gations and claims the conductor
engaged in a fists fgiht with the
professor only after “personal,
threats, insults and assaults” by
the professor. The conductor
claims that he struck Fitzpatrick
in self-defense. Action was open
ed in Federal Court Monday.
GREENSBORO — The A. and
T. College campus here will be
the setting for the second annual
state meeting of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau, Negro Divi
sion, Friday, March 10. Sessions
will be held in the Richard B.
Harrison auditorium on the cam
pus. -
The 15-man State Steering
Committee will meet at 2 p. m.
Thur., in the confedence room
campus Extension Building to
discuss and map plans for the
1951 program. Representatives
from the College’s Vocational
Department and Extension Ser
vice will confer with the com
mittee as will David L. Kelley,
NCFB state organizer and assis
tant secretary A. W. Solomon,
NCFB fieldman, and Claude A.
Barnett, special assistant, U. S
Department o f Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
S. B. Simmons, State Super
visor Vocational Agriculture
will preside over the morning
session, March 9, which will in
clude selections by the A and T.
College choir, and a welcoming
address by president of the col
lege, Dr. F. B. Bluford.
Highlighting the morning’s
business is an address by execu
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N. C. TEACHERS' CONVENTION
FEATURES MANY SPEAKERS
RALEIGH
Approximately 1,000 dele
gates attending the 70th An
nual Convention of the North
Carolina Teachers Association
in Raleigh, March 15, 16 and
17 will hear Association Presi
dent A. H. Anderson Dr,
Benjamin E. Mays, Prominent
Churchman and Morehouse Col
lege President; J. Saunders Red
ding, North Carolina Mayflower
Literary Award Winner and
Thurgood Marshall, Special
Counsel for the NAACP. The
focus of attention will be on the
convention theme “Achieving
First-Class Citizenship Through
SdQcation.”
President Anderson and Dr.
Mays will speak Thursday night
—March 15th, Dr. Redding and
Mr. Marshall will speak Friday
light. The Annual Business Ses
;ion will open at 10: a. m. Sat
irday. These three general ses
;ions will be held in the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium. The gen
eral public and vicinity will find
m excellent opportunity to hear
;hese prominent speakers in the
spacious city auditorium.
The short features of unsual,
interest on the Friday evening
progarm will be presentation of
a plaque to Dr. N. C. Newbold
of the State Department of Ed
ucation in recognition of his 37
years of service and a report on,
development plans for the
“Hammocks” Beach by Dr. A.
Elder.
Many prominent educators
Will will be featured in the
group meetings Friday. Class
room Teachers Sections meet
ing at 9:00 a. m. Friday have
Prof. W. A. Carter, Sociologist,
Shaw University; J. H. John
son, President Virginia Mathe
matics and Science Teachers;
Dr. Quentin McAllister, Mered
dith College Linguist; Prof W.
W. Rankin, Duke University; Dr.
Ollie L. Backus, University of
Alambama and other specialists
who are members of the sections.
I Department groups meeting,
at 10:00 and 11:00 a. m. will
feature Dr. Roma Gans of Co
lumbia Universitly; Prof. W. A.
Blount of A. and T. College; Dr.
J. A. Dillard of Winston-Salem,
Teachers College; Dr. A. E.
Weatherford of North Carolina,
College;, J. W. Goodloe, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company; Mrs. Mary P. Doug
lass, Raleigh Library Supervisor
Miss Frances C. Query, North
Carolina Council of Chuiches
and many other panel discus
sions organized in the depart
ments.
The Division of Higher Edu
cation will feature Dr .Eva C.
Mitchell of Hampton Institute at
an 11:00 a. m. session Friday.
Other divisions will hold their
meetings at 3:30 p. m. The Di
vision of Adminstrators and
Supervisors will hold a panel
discussion on “The Develop
ment of the Hammocks Beach
Project.” The Division of Spec
ial Education will hold a panel
on “Problems Common to Teach
ers of Specialized Education”.
The Division of Classroom
Teachers have scheduled Moss
Kendrix of the NEA and Mrs.
Margaret McDermott, NCEA
classroom teeher leader to pre
sent the program of the class
room teacher’s department in
local state and national organi
zation.
The 70th Annual Convention
will see working, for the first
time, the provisions of the new
constitution adopted at the 68th
Annual Convention in Char
lotte. The reorganization report
ed by the “Daniel Committee”
Will be completely set up and
a democracy of full participa
tion by all members in the af
fairs of the Association is ex
pected to result.
$5 Million Donated To United
College Fund By Rockfeller
NEW YORK—John D. Rocke
feller announced Monday night,
at a dinner given by him for 60
business leaders and campaign
chairmen from 16 cities, that he
is giving $5 million to start a
building program for the United
Negro College Fund,
drive to raise $25 million to be
used for building improvements
for 32 accredited Negro colleges
affiliated with the fund.
The general education board
had previously set aside $375,
000 to the United Negro College
Fund for expenses of the five
year campaign.
N. C. SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT
North Carolina Schools that
are members of the fund are
Bennett College, Greensboro St.
Augustine’s College and Shaw
University, Raleigh; Livingsotne
College, Salisbury and J. C.
Smith, Charlotte.
Dr. David D. Jones, president
of Bennett, announced from
Greensboro Tuesday that his
school will receive $750,000
from the fund for capital im
provement if the campaign is a
success.
In the past seven years the
fund has contributed about $1,
200,000 annually to 32 member
colleges.
The campaign is composed of
Dr. Jones, Thomas A. Morgan,
Sperry Gyroscope Corporation;
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Kinston Man
Held On Charge
Of Abduction
KINSTON — Forty-one year
old Elisha Williams is being held
for trial in Superior Court on
charges of abducting a 12-year
-old girl and confining her in
his home overnight.
Williams is alleged to have
taken the child from a local
theatre.
Judge A. W. Cowper, who
heard the charges, found prob
able cause of guilt and orderea
Williams held