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FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
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VOLUME 29—NUMBER 33 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
Miss Doris Kay Burke will
be one of the participants in
the “Champions of Tomorrow”
beauty parade which will
launch the Bull City Sporting
Club’s first annual beauty con
test here August 23 at the |
Durham Athletic Park.
Miss Burke is the daughter of
John Burke, proprietor of the
“Tree In The House.”
Contestants from Chapel Hill,
Roxboro and Hillsboro are
entered in the contest. A box
ing tournament is also on tap
for the program. See page
eight for more pictures.
Move Fails As
Minority Opposes
Guilford College — This small
college town barely missed
making history and the front
pages of the nation’s newspa
pers as the little Quaker Col
lege here almost abolished racial
segregation.
Ironically, it was the Quaker
policy against racial distinction
that the move to end segregation
was seriously considered, and,
likewise, it was the Quaker pol
icy of unanimity of action that
kept the recommendation to eli
minate racial segregation at the
institution from being adopted.
The proposal to end segre
gation at the institution came
during the 254 th annual meet
ing of the Society of Friends at
this 114 year-old school.
Although a majority vote was
garnered for the recommenda
tion, it was tabled because of
the Quaker policy which calls
for essential unity.
Guiford College, a co-educa
tional institution, was establish
ed by the Society of Friends in
1837. The institution is present
ly headed by Dr. Peter Milner.
A debate ensued in the meeting
when the recommendation that
Guilford College’s Board of
Trustees develop a policy as
soon as feasible which would
end racial segregation.
Seth B. Hinshaw, clerk, ruled
that no action be taken after a
unanimous approval could not
be gotten by the Board.
B. Russell Branson, Quaker
minister and leader in social re
form, condenmned the Society
of Friends as he told them that
there is little left of their once
distinctive qualities and that
they are now among the “poor
grades of denominationalism.”
Denouncing the Society’s tacit
acceptance of the customs and
usages of secular society, Bran
son declared, “we actually send
our Quaker young men into
training and combat duty with
a prayer and blessings of our
families, friends and churches.
And while this is not wholly
true, . . . the end result is:
Friends have lost, in effect, their
witness on war and peace, race
and equality, compassion and
love of enemy.”
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Goldsboro To Host Annual Stale Ushers9 Convention
Mt. Vernon Host
To Nat’l. Meet
According to the Rev. Wendell
C. Somerville, Executive Secre
Eastern Counties Flirt
With School Bias Suits
Plymouth Seeks
Easy "Out" In
School Quandry
Plymouth — The green light
was given to the erection of a
consolidated Negro high school
at Roper this week with the hope
but no certainty of eliminating
the inequalities between Negro
and white schools of Washington
County.
The order releasing about
$350,000 in State building funds
was entered by Federal District
Judge Don Gilliam, following a
pre-trial conference between
county school officials as the de
fendants an da group of Negro
parents of Plymouth as plaintiffs
in the federal court action that
had tied up the funds for several
months.
The order instructs the Wash
ington County school officials
to report back to the April
1952 term of Federal Court for
the purpose of determining what
progress has been made toward
eleminating the inequalities.
Although the order will do
away with the trial of the suit
which was set for September 4,
there is little indication that
federal action will not be
brought after the erection of the
school at Roper. It was believed
by plaintiffs in the action that
the proposed consolidated school
at Roper will not eliminate the
inequalities between white and
Negro schools, but greatly in
crease the mas it will do away
with the high school facilities
for Negroes at both Plymouth
and Crestwell. Both of these
towns have high schools for
whites.
How Judge Gilliam will rule
once the consolidated school for
Negroes is in operation at Roper
was not indicated at the pre-trial
conference in Tarboro.
Mutual Honors
Senior Official
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company officials
paid tribute to their vice-presi
dent secretary, W. J. Kennedy,
Jr., last Friday at a combination
birthday testimonal dinner at
Atlantic Beach, S. C.
The testimonial also cele
brated the company’s increase in
Industrial insurance over a
period of one year.
The testimonial to the Mu
tual executive was described by
D. B. Martin, assistant agency
director, as one of the most
glowing ever paid to any of
ficial of the company.
The company also had oc
casion to celebrate an increase
of $3,800 in Industrial insurance
during the period between July,
1950 and July, 1951. This in
crease represents the largest
such gain made by the company
over a similar period of time.
Officials present at the Hotel
Gordon, where the dinner in
honor of Kennedy was held, in
cluded Dr. C. C. Spaulding,
president of the North Carolina
Mutual; A. E. Spears, Charlotte;
W. A. Clement, E. R. Williams,
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Conditions At
Pamlico Said
Among Worst
Bayboro — Some idea of what
State school officials mean by
separate but equal schools was
given here this week when out
of a total of $324,338.66 avail
able for the schools of Pamilco
County, an amount of only $82,
961.51 was allocated for the one
consolidated high school for Ne
groes in the county.
Action of State officials ap
pears to be in defiance of notice
served them by Attorney M. H.
Thompson of Durham, employed
by a group of Negro citizens in
the county to secure relief from
deplorable conditions existing in
Negro schools.
Attorney Thompson advised
Attorney General Harry Mc
Mullan and the county board by
telegram on July 25 of the in
equalities existing between Ne
gro and white schools. The al
locating of the small sum to the
Negro school is believed to be
outgrowth of that notification.
Whether this will satisfy his
clients could not be ascertained
this week as Attorney Thomp
son could not be reached.
Apparently in a further effort
to circumvent Atty. Thompson’s
clients, the superintendent of
county schools, A. H. Hatsell,
called a meeting of committees
of Negro schools on August 7 to
discuss the situation. According
to Superintendent Hatsell, the
committees voted unaimously to
go along with the board’s plan
to improve the Negro school and
to remain in their own schools.
It is reported that these com
mutes were appointed by the
school board to serve in ad
visory capacities.
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Negro Police Here Passed Up
As Force Gets Promotions
Durham,’s nine Negro police
patrolmen were passed over
here last week as promotions
were handed out to nine of the
city’s police force.
C. R. Lynch, M. T. Yates, W.
B. Julian, N. H. McCullers, R.
E. Lewis, J. S. Hatley, J. B.
Lawson, J. W. Doby and R. P.
Guthrie were the policemen
promoted.
Durham’s thoughtful Negro
citizens are beginning to won
der ’just what it takes for a
Negro policeman to get a
promotion here.
, Patrolmen J. B. Samuels and
C. L. Cox have served on the
force for seven years and one
month. They, as all the other
Negro patrolmen, have con
ducted themselves in a man
ner which is a credit to the
force in carrying out their
duties.
Samuels and Otis Parker
have suffered wounds in the
course of their duties. Parker
has been made an invalid as
the result of his wounds and
is now an inactive member of
the force.
The Police Department ad
mits that the Negro officers
have had a salutary effect on
Negro criminal elements of
the city.
The other Negro officers on
the force are Frank McCrea,
R. H. McNeill, O. L. Harris, C.
L. Cox, Garson McLeod, R.
H. McClary, O. C. Johnson,
ai'.d J. W. Barnes.
Former Durham
Lad Dies In Pa.
Funeral rites lor James Hud
son O’Kelly, son of Mrs. Wil
liam O’Kelly of 501 Ray
Place, will be held Friday,
August 17. The services will
be conducted at Mrs. O’Kelly’s
residence.
A former athlete here for
Hillside high school and North
Carolina College, young
O’Kelly died in Altoona, Pa.
where he had resided for the
past nine year.
He is survived by his mother,
two brothers, Lunis and Lof
ton O’Kelly, both of Philadel
phia.
Over 500 Seen
For 3-Day Meet;
To Begin Aug. 25
Goldsboro — The 27th annual
session of the Interdenomination
al Ushers Association of North
Carolina, meeting here August
23-26, is expected to bring to
Goldsboro more than 500 del
egates and visitors, according to
Milford Williams, supervisor of
District No. 1 of the Association.
All sessions will be held in the
Gospel Tabernacle on Gurley St.
Williams stated here Thurs
day that the entertainment com
mittee of the local branch of the
organization has been prepar
ing for the gathering since April
and that everything is now in
readiness to entertain the annual
meeting in first-class shape.
The association is the largest
interdenominational organization
in the State. Its membership is
composed of ushers of Negro
churches of all faiths in North
Carolina and several On the
border line in Virginia.
During the past eight years
the Association has donated over
$30,000 to the Colored Orphan
age at Oxford and for the edu
cation of unfortunate Negro
boys and girls. It now has 12
students in various colleges in
and out of the State who are re
ceiving help in the form of
scholarships.
During the four-day session
here next week, several out
standing personalities of Golds
boro and other cities in the
State will participate on its sev
eral programs.
The Thursday night session
which is open to the public will
feature welcome addresses by E.
R. Williams, district manager of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company; Prof. Hugh
V. Brown, supervising principal
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Oak Grove Rites
In Second Week;
Finals Aug. 27
Dedicatorial services for the
new Oak Grove Free Will Bap
tist Church building, currently
in their second week, are slated
to continue through August 27,
with services each night except
Saturday at 7:30 and each Sun
day afternoon at three.
These special week day night
and Sunday afternoon services
are being conducted by ministers
and their congregations from
leading churches in this vicinity.
Speakers for the concluding
nine services and their dates are
Rev. H. H. Hart, Sunday, Aug.
19; Rev. C. E. McLester, Mon
day: Rev. W. A. McEwan, Tues
day; Rev. W. L. Palmer, Wed
nesday; Rev. James Stewart,
Thursday; Rev. N. H. Lockamy,
Friday; and Rev. J. H. Peppers,
Sunday.
Rev. N. A. Trice will be the
speaker for the final services on
Monday,, August 27.
At the regular Sunday morn
ing services, Rev. W. F. Cox,
pastor of the church, will de
liver the message.
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Three of the speakers for the
Interdenominational Ushers
Association’s 27th annual meet
mg, to be held at Goldsboro,
are shown above. Left is L. E.
Austin, editor-publisher of the
CAROLINA TIMES and Presi
dent of the Association. Kelly
M. Alexander, center, presi
dent of the State Conference
of NAACP Branches, will be
guest speaker at the Conven
tion. On the right is Reverend
T. H. Brooks, pastor of the
First Baptist Church at Ox
ford and now Superintendent
of the Colored Orphanage,
who will be speaker.
Trustees Deny Rumors;
Plan To Slav On Board
Two of three Negro members
of North Carolina College’s
Board of Trustees spiked
rumors here this week that
they were intending to re- 1
sign from the board.
Rumors circulating in Ra
leigh and in this city last week
to the effect that the three
were considering resignation
from North Carolina College’s i
board, reached the CARO
LINA TIMES. They were too
late to be verified or denied
last week.
Dr. C. C. Spaulding and Dr.
J. M. Hubbard, both of Dur
ham, expressed surprise at the
rumor. Dr. Spaulding quickly
indicated that he had no in
intention of resigning.
Dr. Hubbard, who said "Its
the first time I’ve heard about
it,” had no comment on the
report that the North Caro
lina College trustees felt that
the actual business of the col
lege was being done in Ra
leigh and Chapel Hill.
Dr. Robert M. Hendrick,
Asheville, , the other Negro
member of the board, could
not be reached for comment
this week.
Red Cross Asks
Donors, Thanks
The Durham County chapter
of the American Red Cross
has invited all persons who
haven’t made a contribution
to the local Red Cross’s fund
drive for the flood victims in
the midwest to mail contribu
tions to the County chapter.
Through a public appeal here,
the local Red Cross chapter
received $1612 for the Kansas
flood victims.
In a statement issued this
week by Col. Marshall Bynum,
chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter and James L.
Newsome, chairman of the
Disaster Flood relief appeal,
the local chapter stated that
the flood disaster was the
worst on record in peacetime,
TIMES CALLS SHOT
Negroes In White Organized
Baseball In The South
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol
lowing article is the reprint
of an editorial from the April
7th issue of the CAROLINA
TIMES. In that editorial, the
TIMES predicted that Ne
groes would be playing in or
ganized baseball all over the
South. Last week, part of that
prediction came true as the
Danville Club of the Carolina
League signed a Negro player.
Percy Miller, the young out
fielder, becomes the first Ne
gro to play in the league. For
more details, see story on
page five.
It hasn’t yet dawned on the
officials of white baseball lea
gues in the South just how
stupid they are in not allow
ing Negroes to play on their
teams. Blinded by the prej
udice of southern traditions,
many of these officials are
losing money, or just barely
making expenses, when they
could be making a big profit
on their investment.
Here in the Carolina League,
and others that have existed
in this State, from time to
time, baseball has never been
a sensationally money making
proposition. The idea seems to
have never dawned upon the
owners of the various clubs
that there are thousands of
Negro fans who would be
drawn to games if the various
teams would add some Negro
players to them.
Instead of tapping this new
source of revenue the owners
of the teams go in the red or
near-red year after year,
rather than give up a tradi
tion that keeps them from
realizing a profit.
Write this down in your note
book and stipulate therein
that the CAROLINA TIMES
predicted in its issue of April
7, 1951 that within ten years
from that date Negroes would
be playing in organized base
ball all over the South.
We make this prediction be
cause we have faith in the
smart, fine and upright young
white men and women who
are growing up in the South.
A few more funerals in both
races and they are going to
tear down the time-worn
traditions that are holding
the South back and erect in
their places citadels of real
democracy in all walks of life
that would cause heart fail
ure to many southeners now
living if they could look ten
years into the future.
It ought not be true but the
world of sports is so far ahead
of the church when it comes to
practicing the kind of brother
hood the church preaches a
bout until there is little or no
need to discuss it. Negro
players are alright on white
teams, playing exhibition
games all through the South,
but a Negro soloist, however
good she or he may be, just is
not mentionable in good old
white southern church society.
With Robinson, Campanella,
Doby and others making the
turnstiles click in exhibition
games they are playing on
white teams in states as far
South as Georgia and Florida,
you may rest assured that it
won’t be long now before some
enterprising young white club
owners will see the light and
shove open the door to Ne
groes in organized baseball in
I the South.
tary, Lott Carey Baptist Foreign
Mission Convention, with office
at Washington, D. C., the 54th
annual Session of this distinct
Foreign Mission organization
will be held with the Mount Ver
non Baptist Church, Durham,
August 28-31, 1951.
The statement from the Head
quarters office announces that
3,000 official delegates from six
teen states and the District of
Columbia will invade the busy
North Carolina City of Durham.
One of the highlights of the
current session of the Conven
tion will be the consumation of
plans for the African Pilgrim
age, which the Convention is
sponsoring in November. The
purpose of the Pilgrimage is to
formally dedicate the modern
High school buildings in Brewer
ville, Liberia, West Africa. These
buildings have recently been
erected by the Lott Carey Con
vention at an approximate cost
of seventy-five thousand ($75,
000) dollars.
At mis writing, lorty-eignt
persons from fifteen states and
the District of Columbia have
signed-up to go on this signi
ficant Pilgrimage. Other places
to be visited in addition to
Africa will be Portugal, Dakar,
French West Africa, Paris, Lon
don and Rome.
His Excellency, William V. S.
Tubman, President of_ Liberia
and his Government have mani
fested a keen interest in the
proposed Pilgrimage; and, he
has promised to give every pos
sible assistance in making the
stay of the members of the Pil
grimage a meaningful one.
During the current session of
the Convention in Durham sev
eral distinguished leaders from
four foreign countries will ad
dress the Convention in addition
to several leading American
speakers.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Lott Carey Convention will hold
its session with the White Rock
Baptist Church. All night ses
sions will be held at the Hillside
High School Auditorium. Many
of the delegates will be housed
on the campus of North Carolina
College.
Dr. O. S. Bullock, Pastor, First
Baptist Church, Raleigh, is
President of the Convention.
Other presidents are: Mrs. A.
B. Randolph, President of Wo
man’s Auxiliary, Mr. R. L. Hollo
man, President Layman’s Lea
gue, and Miss Lillian Walker,
President of Juniors.
Dr. W. L. Ransome, Rich
mond, Virginia, is Chairman of
the Executive Board. The Rev.
E. T. Browne, is pastor of the
Mount Vernon Baptist Church,
and is host pastor to the Con
vention.
Dr. Somerville further states
that the Lott Carey Baptist
Foreign Mission Convention has
missionaries currently serving
in the following foreign areas:
Bermuda, Belgian Congo, China,
Haiti, India and West Africa.
Negro To Run For
School Board
Cleveland -—- Ralph Finley,
distinguished civic leader, will
run for election to the local
school board this Fall. If elected,
he will be the only Negro on the
board.
In 1949 Findley narrowly
missed being elected to the
school board, though he polled
99,000 votes. His failure was a
result of the neglect of qualified
Negro voters to register and
1 vote.