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Funeral services for Frank Thomas
Husband who died Wednesday, June
27 will be held at White Rock Baptist
Church, Friday, June 29 at 3:30 p. m.
The Reverend Miles Mark Fisher, pas
tor of the church, will officiate.
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FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
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VOLUME 29—NUMBER 26
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30th, 1951
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Jails Young Principal For Burglary
S. C. School Case To Be Appealed
Facilities Found Unequal But
Court Upholds Segregation
Charleston, S. C. — A three
judge U. S. District Court up
held here Saturday by a vote of
2-1 South Carolina’s segregation
school low in a suit brought in
Clarendon County, attacking the
the inequality between white and
Negro schools.
The two judges voting to up
hold segregation were Judges
John J. Parker and George B.
Timmerman. Dissenting was
Judge J. Waties Waring, a South
Carolinian. •
Although the court upheld
segregation, it granted by a un
animous decision an injunction
to equalize school facilities with
in South Carolina and ordered
to report back within six months
on what had been done toward
that end.
The dissent of Juclge Waring
was hailed by many as one of
the most eloquent ever rendered.
It charged that his two associates
were evading, stradling and a
voiding the issue in the action.
Declared Judge Waring in his
dissent, “Segregation in itself is
inequality for colored and white
people.”
State’s Lame Claim
The state claimed that it nev
er intended to discriminate a
gainst any of the pupils but five
months ago they filed an answer
to the complaint denying there
were any inequalities.
They now admit they found
something.
They stated they hoped that
in time, they would obtain mon
ey to improve the school system.
This statement was allowed to
be filed and considered as an
amendment to the state’s An
swer.
By this maneuver, the De
fendants endeavored to induce
the court to avoid the primary
purpose of the suit.
If the court should follow
this suggestion and fail to
meet the issues raised by
merely considering this an
other “separate but equal”
case, the entire purpose and
reason for the institution of
the case and the convening of
a three-judge court would be
voided.
Unexampled Courage
These 66 plaintiffs have not
merely expended their time and
money in order to test this im
portant constitutional question
but they have shown unexam
pled courage in presenting this
case at their own expense in the
face of the established and age
old pattern of the way of life
which the state of South Caro
lina has practiced and lived as a
result of the institution of hu
man slavery.
Judicial Evasion
If a case of this magnitude
can be turned aside and a court
refuse to hear these basic issues
by the mere device of an admis
sion that some buildings, black
boards, lighting fixtures and
toilet facilities are unequal but
they may be remedied by the
spending of a few dollars, then,
indeed people in the plight in
which those Plaintiffs are, have
no adequate remedy or forum in
which to air their wrongs.
If this method of judicial
evasion be adopted, these very
infant Plaintiffs, now pupils in
Clarendon County, will prob
ably be bringing suits for their
children and grandchildren, de
cades . or rather generations
hence in an effort to get for their
descendants what are today de
nied to them.
The NAACP brought the ac
tion on behalf of 66 children of
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Manager
Eugene H. Gadsden, manager
of Mutual Heights low rental
cost housing project here, who
announces that in spite of the
occupancy of every unit, the new
project is still receiving applica
tions from persons desiring
homes in Durham”s newest
housing development. Mr. Gads
den is also a law student at N. C.
College.
Brother And
Sister Drown
In River Monday
Two small children, Mary
Magdalene McDougald, 5, and
her brother, Floyd McDou
gald, Jr., 3, were drowned
Monday in Hope Mills Pond
Number Two, a few miles
south of Fayetteville.
They were the children of
Floyd and Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth McDougald of Hope Mills,
who reported that the young
ters went to a spring near the
pond for a pitcher of water.
The mother missed them at
about eleven a. m., and on be
ing unable to find them, noti
field Hope Mills Police Chief
L. F. Hester.
The chief traced the foot
prints of the little pair from
the spring to the pond, and in
to the water, into which they
had apparently waded hand
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Doctor Gray's Appointment
As Head Of Psychological
Warfare Called Ironical
BY CALVIN JOHNSON
universities are liKe people
and some of the nation’s biggest
institutions of learning some
times play “footsie-footsie” in
the same way as some of our tin
horn politicians.
A case in point occurred last
week at Harvard University in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Har
vard, the oldest college in the
United States with a deserved
reputation of liberalism and
scholarly productivity, honored
the president of the University
of North Carolina — Gordon
Gray, millionaire newspaper
publisher, once a buck private
in the U. S. Army, later Secre
tary of the Army, and more late
ly chairman of a special commit
tee, to project psychological;
warfare against the enemies of
democracy.
“Doctor” Gray’s selection for
the psychological warfare post,
which he will hold on a part
time basis is at once ironical
and logical. Ironical, because
this is the same “Doctor” Gray
who was quoted by United
Press last week as saying, “We
are not happy about the pre
sence of Negroes at UNC.” Ne
groes, mind you, are American
citizens, the descendants of
black men who were brought to
these shores in chains against
their wills and exploited, first,
by “Dr.” Gray’s ancestors and
more recently by “Dr.” Gray
Dray himself.
Imagine “Dr.” Gray’s red
faced embarrassment when the
Russians and the Red Chinese
make inquiries concerning the
great UNC’s attitude toward ad
mitting Negroes to graduate and
professional schools.
“Dr.” Gray’s elevation again
to a high national post is logical,
because, by reputation, he is one
cf the ablest secretaries the
Army has ever had. Presumably,
this comparison embraces only
race-baiting Kenneth Royal, the
lormer uomsDoro lawyer, wno
is now one of the architects in
UNC’s policy to force a make
shift Ph. D. program at NCC,
and who is thought to be the
braintruster who has given new
hope to the wavering legal
forces of Attorney General Har
ry McMullan and the Chapel
Hill gang.
Commentators of the calibre
of Drew Pearson and Arthur
Krock of the New York Times
have hailed “Dr.” Gray’s selec
tion for the psychological war
fare post. The CAROLINA
TIMES wishes also to hail the
appointment of one of North
Carolina’s original perpetrators
of “The Big Lie.”
“Th£ Big Lie” achieved
notoriety with the late and un
mourned Adolf Hitler. Before
Adolf’s time, however, the
technique of “The Big Lie” was
an accepted part of the pro
paganda campaign of race rela
tions strategists in the Old North
State. The technique was re
markably similar to Hitler’s
perversion of it: Race relations in
North Carolina are ideal. North
Carolina leads the South in
making equal education oppor
tunities available to i.l*' non
white races. Thus runs tlu myth
of North Carolina’s leade ship.
One of the newspapers keeping
the myth going is the powerful
winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel,
a publication owned by “Dr.”
Gray.
It has been argued in some
quarters that “Dr.” Gray knows
nothing about psychological far
fare. It is hoped that he will be
able to surround himself with
non-communist assistants who
are authorities in their fields.
“Dr.” Gray knew nothing about
university administration. He is
surrounded by assistants who
are reported to take their Orders
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Participants In Presbyterian Baby Contest
Pictured above are some of the contestants in the Covenant Presbyterian Church Baby Con
test now underway. The babies above are Clinton Delonzo Patterson, Johnetta Marie Black,
Phyllis Ann Thompson, William Dwight Price and Juan Roswald Pippin. Other children in the
running are: Bonnie Dale Logan, Linda Ann Rusell, Marvae Dunn, and Pauletta Fogg. The con
test will close on July 8 and winners will announced at the Sunday afternoon program scheduled
for five o’clock.
MANY NEGROES TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEETING JULY 1-5
San Francisco, Calif. — As a
result of a recent interpretation
which permits NEA affiliation
of Negro state teachers associa
tion in the South, there will be
greater Negro participation in
the coming National Education
Association annual convention
than ever before in the history
of this ninety-three year old
professional organization.
The NEA will hold its 30th
representative assembly and
89th annual meeting here in San
Francisco during the week of
July 1-6.
At this time the nation’s edu
cators will discuss and deliber
ate upon techniques of improv
ing programs of education and
other matters of vital concern to
school programs and members
of the teaching profession.
More than 3,000 delegates
from local and state education
and teachers associations will
represent the near-half million
members of the NEA at the con
vention. NEA representatives
could not give an exact count of
the number of Negro delegates
to be in attendance. However, it
is estimated that nearly one
hundred such delegates wVll be
present from Negro and inte
grated teacher organizations.
Fifteen southern Negro or
ganizations are eligible for af
filiation with the NEA under
provisions of an April 6 inter
pretation permitting two NEA
state affiliations in those states.
Since the interpretation was is
sued thirtten such state groups
have connected with the nation
al body. There are around 30
Negro local associations which
may send delegates to NEA con
ventions.
Alabama, Arkansas. Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Okla
homa, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Vir
ginia are the state groups listed
as having affiliated with the
convention.
Since the NEA does not record
its memberships by race, it is
impossible to determine its num
ber of Negro members or the
racial identity of its re-registra
tion delegates.
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
Dirty Work In High Places
The pernicious attempt made by the trustees of the Uni
sity of North Carolina last Thursday to force down the
throats of North Carolina College officials the plan to set
up makeshift Ph. D. courses at the local college for a measly
$100,000 is about the dirtiest and cheapest act we have seen
attempted in high eudcational circles in our day. It dis
closes that UNC officials will not only stoop to the lowest
acts but that they aren’t even willing to pay a decent price
for their nefarious schemes.
Evidently the trustees of UNC, sparked by the ball
carrying duplicity of Dean W. W. Pierson of the University
graduate school, failed to convince NCC representatives of
the desirability of the much discussed Ph. D. plan that re
spectable educators agree should not now, or perhaps ever,
be tried in a Negro school.
The standout for NCC in that gruelling meeting was
Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Durham dentist who is secretary of
NCC’s trustee board. With the assistance of NCC President
Alfonso Elder, Dr. Hubbard stoutly maintained that NCC
should carry out the mandate of the school’s trustees and
strengthen the present program before taking on new work.
Dr. Hubbard has demonstrated rare and commendable
grasp of complex educational problems in a comparatively
short time. Dr. Pierson, on the other hand, widely respected
among Southern educators, and was and still is willing to
make concessions to offer a watered down Ph. D. degree at
NCC.
A respectable State government or university system
would demand the immediate ouster of Pierson. He and his
chief Gordon Gray of UNC are in sad contrast to President
Colgate Darden of the University of Virginia who took the
initiative in offering advanced work for Virginia Negroes,
while Virginia State College concentrated at masters’ and
undergraduate levels. Virginia is now far ahead of North
Carolina in race relations, highway construction and educa
tion.
I
Queen
Miss Edna Ray Burke, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Burke
of Durham, was crowned queen
of the Durham Business School
in a recent contest, for which,
she reported the largest amount
of Money. For her effort, she re
ceived an expense paid trip to
Washington, D. C.
Catholic College
Graduates Seven
Philadelphia — Seven Ne
groes were among the grad
uates who received degrees at
the 88th annual exercises of
La Salle College here. They
are Harry W. Boston, Edward
S. Pierce, Jr., Robert P. Bass,
Jr., Edward L. H. Gillespie,
Waddie L. Benton, Jr., and
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Billfold Leads To
Capture Of Cheek
Innocent Man
Shot By Mob
In Alabama
Bundidge, Ala. — A blood
thirsty mob of would-be lynch
ers wounded an innocent Negro
here June 21, who they thought
bad kidnapped a white woman.
Actually, the man had played
the part of a gentleman of the
highest type. Thirty-five year
old Forrest Jones was given a
ride by a young white farm
matron who was driving her two
children into town.
The car was wrecked within
a mile of Mrs. Knight’s home
and her infant child was injured,
causing blood to be spattered on
the seat and the windshield. A
passing motorist drove the wo
man, her two children and Jones
into town to a doctor’s office
where Jones carried the child
into the office and insisted on
paying the bill since “the lady
was driving me to town.”
In the meantime, rumors
spread arround the community
that Jones had kidnapped Mrs.
Knight, and without investiga
tion, the mob of farmers storm
ed Jones’ home where Jones
was shot when he started to run.
Jones was put under protec
tive custody in a nearby jail,
while investigations were being
made by offices.
Three Boys, 16,
Drown Sunday,
Monday, Wed.
Three North Carolina youths
became victims of drowning the
early part of this week in three
different and widely separated
locations.
Ironically, each victim was a
boy, and each'boy, 16 years of
age.
On Sunday Melvin Rogers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rog
ers of Dudley Street in Burling
ton, who could not swim, drown
ed in Sharpe’s Pond on Lakeside
Avenue extension in Burlington
when he fell from an inner tube
on which he had been floating.
The body was recovered about
4:15 p. m., and artificial re
spiration was administered by
Burlington firemen for 45 min
utes or longer without results.
The second victim was Mat
thew Phipps who lived near
Littleton. He was on an outing
with several other young boys
who were swimming. His body
was recovered late Monday from
the fish pond which is located
three miles out from Littleton
on Roper Springs Road.
Lafayette Covington, of Troy,
considered an excellent swim
mer, was the third victim. He
was drowned Wednesday in the
malestrom at the foot of Smither
man Dam after being swept over
the 16 foot fall.
His four companions reported
that he swam too close to the
top of the spillway and was
swept over by the rushing wa
ter. He made a desperate effort
to swim out of the seething wa
ter at the bottom of the spillway,
they said.
His body was recovered about
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Mrs. 0. P. Cook Will Recover
From Overdose Sleeping Pills
Mrs. Owen Plummer Cook,
who is reported to have attempt
ed suicide here last week by tak
ing an overdose of sleeping pills
is “doing fine,” according to her
physician, Dr. R. P. Randolph.
Exact cause for Mrs. Cook’s
attempt on her own life is not
known. According to close
friends, she is reported to have
been in the best of spirits the
day before.
Mrs. Cook is the wife of W. L.
Cook, manager of the Durham
District of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Comp
any, and the daughter of Dr. J.
O. Plummer of Raleigh, well
known physician of that city.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cook are
well-known and highly respected
in professional, business and so
cial circles of Durham. They re
side at 2011 Otis Street in what
is known as the College Heights
section of the city.
When admitted to Lincoln
Hospital last Friday, it is re
ported that Mrs. Cook appeared
to be in a coma and remained in
that condition for over four
days. Although response to treat
ment at first was slow, her phy
sician reports now that she
awakened Monday, is out of dan
ger and will recover.
Raleigh — Educational circles
were rocked to their very foun
dations here this week when
police arrested and jailed a
grammar school principal on
five counts of first degree bur
glary.
The arrest of Charles Alvin
Cheek, 22-year-old principal of
Jeffrey’s Grove School last Fri
day, is hoped by police to have
put an end to a wave of bur
glaries that has been going on
here for the past several months.
Cheek, who is a scion of a
well-known and highly respect
ed North Carolina family, was
caught red-handed by police
while he was hiding in the closet
of a home he had just entered
for the second time within the
same night.
The evidence which led to
Cheek’s arrest was a billfold
found around 4 A. M., Friday
morning by Patrolmen G. D.
Pearce and B. E. Willford near
the corner of West and-Edenton
Streets. After examining identi
fication in the wallet detectives
were called to the scene and
proceeded to the home of Mrs.
Annie Gosnell, 120 S. Harring
ton Street.
After talking with Mrs. Gos
nell they discovered that the
wallet was hers and that it had
been left on the foot of her bed
earlier that night, but she had
not missed it until the officers
arrived at her home.
Even though it seemed very
doubtful that a burglar would
make a second trip to the same
home in a single night Mrs. Gos
nell suggested to the officers
that they had better make a
search of her home, whereupon
the officers obliged.
While the officers were
searching the bedroom, Mrs.
Gosnell remarked, “wouldn’t it
be strange if he was in this
closet.” This was followed short
ly by a scream. Mrs. Gosnell had
reached in the closet and touch
ed a man.
The officers covered the closet
with their gun and commanded
the man out whereupon Cheek
stepped out.
When found the' young school
principal was bare-foot. When
searched two crisp, new one
dollar bills and a twenty-dollar
bill were found in his possession.
Mrs. Gosnell had already inform
ed the officers that her billfold
contained new bills of that de
scription.
Cheeks car was found in front
of the house next door with his
shoes in it.
Finger prints found at the
scene of four other burglaries
matched Cheek’s, according to
police.
When officers attempted to
question him he refused to talk
and asked for legal counsel. At
torney H. R. Taylor of Raleigh
has been employed to represent
him.
He waived preliminary hear
ing in Recorder’s Court on the
five charges and was bound over
to Wake Cuperior Court without
bond.
According to Attorney Tay
lor, the young principal will
probably not be tried until the
September term of criminal
court as the nexterm of criminal
court as next term of criminal
probability will be too early for
the Grand Jury to hear the evi
dence and indict Cheek in time
to be heard during that term.
Cheek is a graduate of Shaw
University, class of 1950 and is
described as quiet and well
mannered. He draws $215 per
month as principal of the Jef
frey’s Grove School. Prior to at
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SAW CUTS OFF
MAN'S HEAD
IN LOUISBURG
Louisburg — Charlie Bul
lock, 25 year old saw mill
worker was decapitated near
here Tuesday afternoon at
Bumgarner Saw Mill, 17 miles
northeast of the city.
Bullock worked as a carriage
rider and according to wit
nesses, was thrown into the
swirling blade by a board that
hung on the saw. His head was
cut off at the shoulders.