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FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1879.
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 27
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 7th, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
CC Secret Meet Drafts Ph.D Proposals
LOUIS JORDAN ENTERTAINS POLIO PATIENTS
Pictured above are Louis
Jordan, noted orchestra lead
er and Dr. W. M. Hampton,
first Negro city councilman of
Greensboro, extreme left, pay
mg a visit to the Central Caro
lina Convalescent Hospital.
During his visit, Jordan sang
several numbers for the
patients, including “Caldonia”
and “The Green Grass Grows i
All Around.”’ — Courtesy of
the GREENSBORO DAILY
NEWS.
N.C. Mutual Employe
Killed In Auto Wreck
Miss Dorothy Davis, 21, of
1007 Cornell Street, was kill
ed instantly in automobile ac
cident on Fence Row Road
here July 4. She sustained a
fractured skull.
The accident occurred about
4:30 in the afternoon when the
car in which she was riding
struck an electric light pole.
The driver of the car, Bernice
Lyon of Juniper Street, a
friend of Miss Davis, said he
lost control of the 1946 Ford
when the left front tire blew
out. The vehicle turned com
letely over. The car left the
road, skidded about 25 yards,
crashed into a pole, broke the
pole and then turned over. It
was badly damaged.
Lyon and Henry Tapp, a
passenger in the car, received
minor injuries but did not re
quire hospitalization.
Miss Dorothy Davis, young
North Carolina Mutual em
ployee, who was killed in an
auto wreck here July 4th.
Miss Davis is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie R. Dav
is of 1007 Cornell Street.
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
Segregation Finds Friend In
“Dean” Alfonso Elder
The CAROLINA TIMES’ long-held suspicion that Presi
dent Alfonso Elder of NCC would sell the college down the
river on the plan to offer a Ph. D. seems to have been con
firmed here at mid-week.
The belief is that NCC approved a tentative, prospective
Ph. D. program in education.
Inquiries at NCC after the trustees’ meeting Monday
failed to obtain a formal statement from college officials.
Reporters were referred to Kemp Battle of Rocky Mount,
chairman of a UNC subcommittee that earlier offered NCC
$100,000 to offer a Ph. D. in education. Advanced degrees
are likely to follow in other fields if this plan is made to
stick.
The reference to Battle indicated that President Elder,
or perhaps better Dean Elder, had surrendered to the super
ior knowledge of Chapel Hill. This is perhaps as it should
be, because Dean Elder’s educational career in Durham for
the 20 years he served as dean here, convinced the TIMES
that as a dean he was overrated. He has been collaborating
with UNC to the extent that UNC now dictates the policy
of NCC. Dean Elder is now a flunky for the UNC mobsters.
This newspaper does not wish to engage in personalities.
Our case against President Elder goes beyond him as an
individual. We indict the system that produced him: a
heritage he has been unable to overcome. He is simply out
of step with modern times. He successfully hoodwinked
the three Negro members of the trustee board.
The CAROLINA TIMES is convinced that segregation
is wrong and a sin before God and man. Tis newspaper be
lieves segregation ought to be abandoned on every front
right here and now. Dean Elder is entitled to his belief
that segregation is right. The CAROLINA TIMES believes
that segregation is right for Dean Elder, because in the
TIMES’ view, President Elder has demonstrated the cap
abilities and the interests of antebellum Negroes who simply
do not and can not grasp the conception we have of the
dignity of modern Negroes’ personality.
The CAROLINA TIMES asks that Negroes be judged as
men or women, admitted or denied admission to white
graduate and professional schools on their abilities as indi
viduals. We do not ask for special privilege. Dean Elder
feels differently. NCC’s Negro trustees did a commendable
job of trying to thwart the Ph. D. program, but Dean Elder
had carefully stacked the cards against them.
Nearly a year ago Dean Elder reportedly told Raleigh
correspondent Lyna Nisbet that Negroes desired their own
university. He has said much lately, we are told, about the
competencies of Negroes asserting itself in segregated en
vironments. That is impossible.
In today’s America, indeed, in today’s world, there can
be no double standard, no hyphenated Americans, no black,
no white—there must be Americans. In a land of free
speech, Alfonso Elder, Georgia Negro, can speak his mind.
Native Tarheel men and women of color will continue to
speak theirs.
The words of Negro Elder will be heard with interest.
The words of the men and women who disagree with him
should merit respect.
Local Library
Gets 300-Book
Donation
Announcement of $300 worth
of religious books donated to the
Stanford L. Warren Library was
made this week by Mrs. R. N.
Moore, librarian.
Bert W. Stiles, New York
philanthropist, gave the books.
He is the New York business
manager for Mrs. Mary Duke
Biddle, mother of Mrs. Mary
Trent, Durham city councilwo
man.
Mr. Stiles was one of the first
members of the Duke organi
zation to establish headquarters
in New York. He and Mrs. Stiles
have been interested in Duke
University and Lincoln Hospital
for many years.
In acknowledging the Stiles
gift books, Mrs. Moore said:
“The staff, trustees and patrons
of Stanford L. Warren Library
are deeply grateful for the gen
erous contribution of Mr. and
Mrs. Stiles. We are especially
pleased that two collectors of
religious books with the reputa
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Stiles
would place their talents and
some of their books at our dis
posal. These books, which will
be known as the Stiles collec
tion, will meet the growing need
which we feel for books on reli
gious subjects in our commun
ity.”
A number of local ministers
and teachers have viewed the
books. There is a general note of
appreciation and praise running
through the comments, accord
ing to Mrs. Moore.
Bible commentaries and other
texts of an undenominational,
and evanbelical nature comprise
the collection. Thirty-six of the
titles are the work of the late
Dr. H. A. Ironsides, famous
religious authority late of Chi
cago.
Most of the books were pub
lished by Loizeau Brothers reli
gious publishers of New York.
Forced To Leave
South To Get
Engineering Job
Atlanta, Ga. — Inter-agency
cooperation and team work be
tween the Urban League of
Portland, Oregon and the Na
tional Urban League, South
ern Field Division, made pos
sible the placement of Edward
B. Lamar in an engineering
position with the Bonnerville
Power Administration.
George L. Edwards, Assistant
Southern Field Director of the
National Urban League screen
ed Lamar for his new en
gineering assignment after
learning from the Urban
League of Portland the need
for qualified persons at the
Bonnerville Power Admin
istration.
The National Urban League
See FORCED, Page Eight
2 Years For Looking
At White Woman
Sentenced For
Assault On Girl
75 Feet Away
Yanceville—A Negro man who
looked at a white woman discov
ered that it is not safe to do so
if the woman happens to become
frightened.
Mack Ingram, who lives on a
farm near here, was arrested
and charged with assault on a
female here Monday, June 18
for looking at Miss Willie Jean
Boswell, young white woman of
Yanceyville.
The case was tried in the
Yanceyville Recorder’s Court
before Judge R. O. Vernon. Af
ter hearing the evidence, which
disclosed that Ingram never got
closer to the woman than 75
feet, Judge Vernon found him
guilty of an assault on a female
and sentenced him to the roads
for two years at hard labor.
Ingram gave notice of an ap
peal and bond was set at $1500.
It was brought out at the
hearing that Ingram, who lives
on an adjoining farm near the
one on which Miss Boswell lives
with her parents, went into a
tobacco field to borrow a trailer.
In doing so he was compelled to
cross a wooded section before
entering the field.
When the young woman look
ed up and saw Ingram she evi
dently got excited and ran home
and told her parents. Immedi
ately a warrant was sworn out
charging Ingram with an assault
on a female.
Even though the young wo
man testified at the hearing
that Ingram did not get within
75 feet of her or say anything
to her he was convicted of the
charge by Judge Vernon and
given the heavy sentence.
Several prominent Negroes of
Yanceyville and surrounding
vicinity have expressed them
selves at being willing to assist
financially in the employment of I
counsel, but up to Tuesday noon,
no organized effort had been put
forth toward that end.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. A. H.
Robbins Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Anna Holloway Robbins, wi
dow of the late Elder George
Robbins and prominent church
woman of the Primitive Bap
tist faith, were held from the
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon, July 3rd at
4 p. m. with Elder A. Cooper
officiating, assisted by the
Reverend Harold Roland.
Mrs. Robbins who died at 80
years of age at a local hospital
Sunday morning following a
See MRS. ROBBINS, Page Eight
PRINCIPALS IN INSTALLATION CEREMONIES
Pictured above are the prin
cipals in the Installation cere
monies to be held at Ebenezer
Baptist Church, Sunday, July
8. From left to right Reverend
J. A. Brown, pastor of Eben
ezer Baptist Church who will
be installed; Reverend E. T.
Browne, pastor of Mount Ver
non Baptist Church, who will
deliver the installation sermon
at the eleven o’clock morning
service and Dr. M. C. Allen,
president of Virginia Theo
logical Seminary and College,
who will preach at the ap
preciation service to be held
at three o’clock in the after
noon.
Rev. Browne And Allen To
Speak At Ebenezer Rites
Installation services for Rev.
James A. Brown, recently elect
ed pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, located in Glenn Street
here, will be held Sunday, July
8, it was announced this week.
Rev. Brown assumed the pas
torate of Ebenezer, Sunday,
April 8, succeeding the late Rev.
T. A. Grady. Since that time, the
spiritual, numerical and fi
nancial strength of the church
has increased with great rapid
ity. The official structure has
also been reorganized.
Prior to assuming the pastor
ate of Ebenezer, Rev. Brown was
pastor of the Second Baptist
Church at Chapel Hill where
his leadership contributed great
ly to its growth and develop
ment.
The installation program will
include a sermon at the eleven
o’clock service Sunday by the
Reverend E. T. Browne, pastor
of Mount Vernon Baptist Church
here. At three o’clock in the aft
ernoon, Dr. M. C. Allen, presi
dent of Virginia Theological
Seminary and College of Lynch
burg, will deliver a sermon at
an appreciation service to be
held at that hour.
Rev. Brown has lived in Dur
ham since 1929. Since coming
here he has gained the respect
and adminiration o£ persons in
all walks of life and of all faiths.
A hard and concientious worker
he is considered by many as the
most promising young minister
of the city.
In addition to the pastorate of
Ebenezer, Rev. Brown attended
Virginia Theological Seminary
where he says he expects to re
main until he finishes.
At present, the church has an
organized Sunday School, Bap
tist Training Union, a Junior
Church, five singing groups, in
cluding the two senior choirs,
Junior choir, women’s chorus,
men’s chorus and a sextette.
Rev. Brown is married to the
former Miss Mattie P. Scott of
Wise, N. C. For the present he
and his wife reside at 1009 V2
Whitted Street. In the near fu
ture the church plans to build a
parsonage on or near the
spacious lot on which it is lo
cated.
Funeral Of Professor Frank
Husband Held Friday, June 29
Funeral services for Prof.
Frank Husband, retired school
teacher, church and civic
worker, were held at the
White Rock Baptist Church,
Friday, June 29 at 3:30 p. m.
The Reverend Miles Mark
Fisher officiated.
Prof. Husband died at Lin
coln Hospital Wedneday,
June 27, following an illness
of several weeks.
For a long number of years
Prof. Husband was a teacher
in the Durham School system
but several years ago he re
tired from the profession be
cause of his age and declining
health. He was the first super
visor of Negro schools in Dur
ham County.
In addition to his work, he
was an ardent church worker
and for many years was a
member of White Rock Baptist
Church, where he directed the
Gospel Choir up to the time
of his illness.
He was a member of Doric
Lodge No. 28 F. and A. M.,
and a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Stanford L.
Warren Public Library.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Tucker Edwards
and Mrs. Lola Hunter Cotton;
and a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Marie Bynum, and several
nieces and nephews.
Reverend Frank L. Bullock,
minister of Enfield, who re
cently received the degree of
Doctor of Divinity at the
Northern Branch University of
Newark, New Jersey. Rev
erend Bullock is pastor of the
Mount Zion Baptist Church in
Seaboard, the First Baptist
Church in Gaston, the Dan
iels Chapel Baptist Church in
Enfield and the Saint Paul
Baptist Church in Enfield. He
is a member of the State Board
of Mission, Executive Board of
Hampton Ministers’ Confer
ence, Hampton, Virginia.
Elder Becomes
'Dean' In UNO
NCC Shakeup
BY CALVIN JOHNSON
History turned the clocks
back in education and race rela
tions at the meeting of North
Carolina College’s trustee board
here in Durham last Monday.
To all intents and purposes,
NCC’s trustees, in a meeting
veiled in secrecy and reeking
with political shenanigans in
spired from Raleigh, Chapel
Hill, and in other cities where
the boss politicians call the
plays, paved the way for an
illegal, expensive, nonsensical
and uncalled for program in
| education beyond the master’s
degree.
Out of the meeting one burn
ing fact emerged. That was that
President Alfonso Elder of North
Carolina College, known to this
newspaper for twenty years as a
spineless, dilly-dallying pre
tender to superior educational
knowledge, had sold Negro
higher education in North Caro
lina down the river to appease
his own egotistical ambitions on
the one hand, and, on the other
hand, in an effort to further in
gratiate himself with the de
spicable elements of Tarheel
whites whose suns have already
set, whose doom already has
been forecast in the Eternal
Book of Right.
Dean Elder, for that is what
he was for 20 years under Dr.
Shepard, and he was a stupid
and silly failure in that post, has
thus prostrated himself before
the minions of Chapel Hill’s
third rate educators and second
hand politicians, to offer a weak
and instable Ph. D. program on
the shifting sands of an under
graduate program that will not
merit comparison with that at
UNC, or many other first rate
institutions.
The citizens of Durham and
Chapel Hill, including and the
very influential local citizens
who conspired to put Dean Eld
er in the saddle at NCC, now
have as a possibility an insti
tution that may well become the
laughing stock of the education
al world. Dean Elder, alone
is not to blame. He had as fel
low conspirators the services of
(Robert M. Gantt, the blustering
Main Street politician who was
unceremoniously thrown out of
his post in the North Carolina
General Assembly a few years
ago when it became known that
he had neither the ability nor
the intellectual capacity to re
present the electorate in whose
interest he purported to stand.
Gantt, a second or third rate
old Caucasian of the Civil War
variety, was like a puppet in
the hands of Dr. Shepard, but
with Dean Elder, Bob Gantt,
has become the puppetteer, and
Dean Elder is now dancing
when Bob pulls the strings.
Between Gantt and Dean Elder
and the UNC arch-conspirators
IW. D. Carmichael, Robert B.
House, William Whatley Pier
son and Gordon Gray, North
Carolina’s reputation as a state
of common sense and education
al progress is sorely jeopardized.
It is jeopardized because some
of these men have sold our gulli
ble governor on the possibility
of a Greater University for Ne
groes. The State’s chief execu
tive, an experienced and able
farmer turned politician with
Washington (D. C.) ambitions,
has listened to the honeyed
words of the Chapel Hill crew.
Their persuasive, if insipid,
illogical, illegal, and untimely
argument that the Murphy Act.
empowers NCC and A. and T.,
to offer graduate and profession
al work of a kind to slow the
number of Negro applications to
UNC impressed the governor
several years ago. These stupid
and sinful men are wrong, and
See ELDER, Page Eight
CLEVELAND, OHIO GETS FIRST
RACE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
Cleveland—This week Cleve
| land gets its first Negro elec
■ trical inspector in the person of
Robert Richardson, thanks large
| ly to the efforts of the Urban
1 League. As far as this office has
been able to ascertain, Richard
son is not only the first Negro
1 to receive such an appointment
in Cleveland, but the first in the
United States.
Mr. Richardson’s appointment
climaxes a building trades pro
ject started in 1947 by The
Cleveland Urban League, in con
junction with Local 38 of the
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, American Federation of
Labor. It was at this time that
the League began a concerted
campaign to get Negro electrical
contractors admitted to the un
ion.
After considerable negotia
tions between union heads and
Shelton B. Granger, the Lea
gue’s Industrial Director, the
union admitted its first Negro
contractor in October, 1949.
This was one of Cleveland’s
outstanding Negro electricians,
Robert Morgan, in whose shop
Richardson was then an em
ployee.
Soon afterward, in January,
1950, the union admitted two
more Negro contractors, Wil
liam Holt and Sanford Maxie.
Then for about a year the situa
tion remained static. Early in
1951 civil service examinations
for the post of electrical inspec
tors were to be held, and the
See CLEVELAND, Page Eight