FOR 29 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 42
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCT. 27th, 1951
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Lovely La Vie Griggs, North Carolina College sophomore
from Reidsville, will reign over Homecoming activities here at
the Durham Athletic Park Saturday, October 27 as “Miss North
Carolina College.” Outstanding in women’s affairs at NCC, she
will be crowned during halftime ceremonies of the NCC-Tennessee
State College football game. Kick-off time is at two o’clock.
Beaming beauty Miss Lucy Henderson, senior honor student
from Elkton, Ky., will represent the Tigers here Saturday at North
Carolina College’s Homecoming game as Miss Tennesee State. The
Eagles will play the Tigers as the feature of a week-end Homecom
ing festivities which will get underway Friday night.
Raleigh Numbers Racket
Slowed; Runner Fined
Raleigh—This city’s numbers
players will have to find a new
runner to pick up their numbers
every morning for chances are
Rodney Lee Taylor will wince
everytime he reads a number
now, even the ones on U. S.
currency.
Taylor, described by city de
tectives as a major “pick-up”
man for the city’s numbers
players, was given a $500. fine
in lieu of a 12 months jail sen
tence and a probation term of
two years, during which time he
must not break any law.
A resident of the 200 block
of W. South St. Taylor was ar
rested at the parking lot of the
A and P Supermarket at Har
gett and Blount Streets on Oct.
16. by Captain. R. E. Goodwin
Goodwin who made the arrest
stated in court here this week
that when he asked Taylor what
he was carrying in the bag, Tay
lor grinned sheepishly and blur
ted: “They’s numbers—you got
me.”
According to Goodwin, Taylor
told him he was pick-up man
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Trade Week
Plans Ready
There will be features aplenty
for the annual Trade Week pro
gram being sponsored here by
the Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain.
Trade week proper begins
Nov. 11 and continues through
the 19.
George D. White, Jr., chair
man of the Trade Week Com
mittee, announced this week that
elaborate plans have already
been set and the program will
be in full swing by the middle
of next wek.
Among the features of this
year’s program includes the
giving away of a television set
to the holder of the lucky ticket
at the annual Talent night pro
gram, to be held Nov. 15 at the
W. D. Hill Recreation Center.
Contestants will be sponsored
by the several member organi
zations of the Chain and will
vie for the honor of Miss Trade
Week.
The annual banquet is set for
Nov. 19.
Noted Poet To
Speak At Oxford
Langston Hughes, famous po
et-critic, will appear in a lecture
reading at the Mary Potter high
school auditorium Sunday after
nooon, Nov. 11, at four o’clock
His appearance is sponsored by
the Oxford club of Shaw Uni
versity Alumni.
Hughes, who embarked on his
poetic career as a high school
student in Cleveland, has suc
cessfully captured the idiom and
many of the idiosyncrascies of
the American Negro. He has ex
perienced a considerable amount
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Two Local Youths Killed,
One Cited In Korean War
Hoskins Gets
Bronze Star
Posthumously
Two Durham soldiers were re
ported killed in action this week
and a third was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal “V” (for va
lor) citation for “heroic achieve
ment” during battle in Korea.
Killed in the Korean fight
ing were Pvt. Vernon Brown
and Pfc. John Barbee. Sgt. First
Class Howard Hoskins, killed in
August, was awarded the Bron
ze Star posthumously.
Pvt. Brown, son of Mr. and
and Mrs. V. B. Brown,, of 1805
Concord Street, was serving with
the 24th division at the time of
his death. Oddly enough, he was
killed on the same day, Oct. 9,
that Pfc. Barbee was killed.
Nephew of Lee Horton of this
City and grandson of Mrs. Es
telle Horton of Rt., 3, Pfc. Bar
be was 28 years old at the time
of his death. He entered the
Army on Feb. 29 of this year.
Sgt. Hoskins, 19 years-old at:
the time of his death, was killed
while attempting to help evacu
ate a wonded comrade under
fire. Son of Rev. and Mrs. Henry
Hoskins of 1014 Fairview St.,
he was serving with the 9tli
Manchi Regiment in action
around Yongnag-ni on March 4
when he earned his decoration.
The citation accompanying his
award tells the story of his ex
ploit :
“ Sergeant First Class Hoskins
a platoon runner, constantly ex
posed himself to enemy mortar
and automatic weapons fire
while giving assistance where
ever it was needed.
“While delivering mortar am
munition he was repeatedly for
ced to cross open terrain. With
disregard for his own safety he
again exposed himself to enemy
fire to assist in the evacuation
of a wounded comrade.
“His determination inspired
and encouraged others in theii
efforts to disrupt the enemy ai
tack."
City Set To Greet 15,000
At NCC Homecoming Here
Gala Homecoming festivities i
are scheduled for students, alum
ni and friends of North Carolina <
College here this week-end. <
More than 15,000 are expected to j
attend the various events. N. C. \
High School Day will be observ
ed as part of the program. (
Top event on the week-end 1
calendar is the N. C. C.-Tenn- ]
sessee State College football t
game. This affair will be held at >
Durham Athletic Park at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon. ,
A team which is bing widely
hailed as the greatest in NCC’s
history, unbeaten and untied in
four contests to date, will meet
a Tennessee squad which has a [
ecord of 3 wins and 1 loss.
Once-beaten Tennessee State
’ollege sustained its only losss
f the season last Saturday, bow
ng to a surprisingly strong Cen
ral State College crew, 19-7.
Homecoming festivities get un
ler way Friday night at the
Jnion Hall on Pine St. with a
>re-Homecoming dance. The
tffair lasts from nine through
>ne o’clock.
On Saturday morning the Stu
lent Government at N. C. C
vill present a variety of float!
as part of the annual Home
loming Day parade. The NCC
part of the annual Home
aand will furnish music. Band!
from other schools also are ex
pected to participate. The annual
Homecoming dance will be helc
at the Algonquin club house
Saturday night after the game
Officials at NCC have indica
ted a desire for visiting alumn
friends, and former students o:
the College to tour some of the
College’s new buildings.
In official greetings to loca
and out-of-town friends of NC(
Dr. Alfonso Elder, president o
NCC, has expressed the College’!
desire for visitors to atten<
. Founder’s Day celebrations hon
oring the late Dr. James E. Shep
ard here on November 2 and 3
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Hospital Toll May
Reach Over 100
ATLANTA, GA—Twenty-eight drink crazed persons
lay dead here Tuesday and you could get 2-1 odds in this
southern metropolis for the chances of nearly 100 others to
live who had drunk a deadly potion of methyl alcohol and
water for “corn liquor” during the week-end.
Grady Hospital’s emergency ward called in every avail
able doctor, nurse and orderly to take care of the flood of
patients who were still streaming into the hospital at mid
morning Tuesday.
At last count Tuesday more
than 100 persons who had been
admitted to the hospital suffer
ing from the effects of the lethal
mixture were still living. Over
half were in serious condition.
One of the lucky survivors,
38 year-old James Taylor, white
who waas admitted in “fair”
condition, said that he and his
sister, first to die rrom the dead
ly concotion, got the stuff from
“some colored people who would j
sell us cheap whiskey.”
Incomplete listing of the vic
tims early Monday included the j
following: I
J
Mattie H. Worthy, Elizah Fos
ter, Charle Holt, Ruby Wright,
Lucille Wright, Rufus Young,
Essis Hayes, Mallie Rivers, Ann
ie Blount, Milledge Lawrence,
Oscar Harvey, Dora Williams,
Dora Alfrend and Louise Thom
as.
Twelve persons have been ar
rested and jailed on suspicion of
manslaughter by police who are
working overtime grilling
known bootleggers in an attempt
to track down the persons re
sponsible for the wide distribu
tion of the deadly poison.
The arrests were made in a j
series of flying raids late Mon
day.
Grady hospital expected more
arrivals all during the week as
news of the malady spread. At
tendees figure that a number
of persons have been stricken
but are atempting home treat
ment, not knowing "the real
trouble.
Hospital authorities stated that
the avalanche of gasping, pain
wracked and blinded human be
mgs suffering from the effects
if the mixture which is used in
saint remover began trickling in
;arly Monday morning. By
lightfall, they were coming in
sy ambulance, truck and auto
nobile.
One aged lady was found
lead in a chair in her living
room, where she had sat all
light Sunday. Among the vic
lims was a ten year-old boy.
Fulton County Crime labor
itories stated that the mixture
vas methyl alcohol or paint re
nover and water.
One attending physician in
;he Negro ward at Grady said
;hat his patients apparently
irank “pure methyl alcohol.”
Kinston Senior
Heads Students
Raleigh — Thomas Dunn, a
senior from Kinston, was' of
ficially installed as president
of the Shaw University stu
dent body for 1951-52 at exer
cises held Wednesday, Oct. 17,
in Greenleaf Auditorium.
Other Student Council of
ficers elected were, Wilbert
Nixon, a senior from Smith
field, vice-president; Jean
Barnes, a senior from Rocky
Mount, secretary; Annie Shaw
a junior from Sunbury, as
sistant secretary; Gloria Ker
shaw, a Junior from Summit,
N. J., business manager; Doro
thy Haith, a senior from Reids
ville, corresponding secretary;
Ralph Groomes, a senior from
Staunton, Va., treasurer.
NCC To Dedicate Library,
Honor Shepard In Program
Two days of ceremonies hon
oring the iate Dr. James Edward
Shepard, founder and first pres
ident of North Carolina College,
will be held on the NCC campus
next Friday and Saturday, No
vember 2 and 3.
Two addresses and dedication
of the new library are among the
events.
Dr. G. D. Carnes, Grand Mas
ter of the State’s Masons will de
liver the annual Founder’s Day
address in Duke Auditorium at
10:30 Friday morning. On Satur
day morning at 10:30. Dr. D.
Hiden Ramsey, General Manager
of the Asheville Citizen Times,
will give the dedicatory address
during ceremonies opening the
new James E. Shepard Memori
al Library.
Dr. Ramsey will speak on the
portico of the library.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, president
of NCC, has announced that
NCC is interested in having “All
of the late Dr. Shepard’s many
friends of all races and creeds
join with us in this annual
Founder’s Day program com
memorating the contributions of
our distingushed founder for
his part in advancing the edu
cational level of our State.”
After the Founder’s Day ad
dress on Friday, representatives
of the NCC student body are
presenting a special symposium.
The subject for discussion is
; “Preserving the Traditions of
the North Carolina College
' Through the Use of the James
E. Shepard Memorial Library.”
; At eight o’clock Friday night,
' the departments of Dramatic
’ Art and Audio-Visual Education
1 will present a special program in
^ Duke Auditorium at 8 o’clock.
Gov. W. Kerr Scott and high
’ state and educational leaders,
• from several sections of the
country are expected to be on
hand Saturday morning for the 1
dedication of the new library. j
Tours of the library and other
new buildings are being arrang
ed for visitors, alumni and
friends of NCC. I
New Trustee
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Raleigh—Dr. J. W. Black,
dentist of Rocky Mount, was
appointed this week by Gov.
W. Kerr Scott to the North
Carolina College Trustee Board.
The appointment of Dr. Black
brings to four the number of
Negro members on the board.
Oriental — Hot sparks flew
fast and furious here Sunday
when approximately 500 pure
white citizens met in extraordi
nary session to spit, spat, and
fume over the predicament in
which the county finds itself
after being caught red-handed
in its diabolical scheme of rob
bing Negro children of equal ed
ucational facilities.
There was much and fiery
speech-making of the “skunk
hollow” type over the mere
mention of any one of the three
proposals that wold bring Negro
schools of Pamlico County up
to a level with those provided for
white citizens.
Dangling over the heads of
the Pamlico Board of Education
is a suit pending in Federal Dist
rict Court to secure equal edu
cational facilities with white
schools.
Members of the board present
were James A. Tingle, chairman
of Alliance; Attorney L. L. Wise,
of Arapahoe, Ben W. Lupton of
Stonewall and County Attorney
B. B. Hollowell. Wharton is
from Oriental.
It was a typical “Lum and
Abner” meeting with a majority
of those present being willing to
exercise their right of assembly
and freee speech but unwilling
to accept the age-old American
custom of freedom of the press.
So when Editor Richard V. No
ble of the Pamlico weekly news
paper put in his presence he was
given a coop reception and the
chairman up and asked him to
leave the meeting.
After much oratory, arm
swinging, tobacco chewing and
spitting of the ante-bellum vin
tage, the meeting dismissed with
nothing accomplished. In an ef
fort to concoct way to circum
vent Federal Court action it is
reported that a committee of
“fur seeing” not “fur flying’
citizens will call on Dr. Clyde A.
Erwin, State Superintendent of
Schools, to rescue them from
| Federal hands. White folks in
' Pamlico have always been able
| to wiggle out of trouble with
Negroes, whether it be in or out
of courts.
Anger of those at Sunday’s
meeting rose to scorching heat
when the proposal of Soecial
County Counsel Emmett White
hurst of N^w Bern was mention
ed as a means of settling the
situation out of court. White
hurst prooosed as one of two
possible solutions the “sacrifice”
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Tina Marshall and Ted Nelson, above will be seen in the New
York Drama Guild’s production of the broadway comedy “Harvey”
when the Mary Chase success comes to Hillside High School’s
Auditorium November 5. Starring in the Guild’s production of
the comic fantasy will be Dooley Wilson who zoomed to stardom
as a result of his piano-playing-bit role in the film “Casablanca.”
Wilson sang “As Time Goes By” in the movie. Miss Marshall will
take the role of nurse Ruth Kelly and Nelson will be seen as Dr.
Sanderson. These three will be supported by a cast of veterans
of the stage.
Bar Group Said Ready To
Drop Charge On Attorney
Raleigh—Militant young civil
rights lawyer Herman L. Taylor
has been cleared of charges
brought against him by the State
Bar Association, according to re
liable sources here this week.
Taylor, one of the State’s most
fearless and uncompromising
foes of racial discrimination, was
target of a charge by the Associ
ation of “unprofessional con
duct.”
Neither Taylor nor officials of.
the Association would comment
on reports that he had been,
cleared but it is generally believ
ed that a special committee
handling the case has filed a
recomendation that the charges
against him be dropped.
Edward Cannon, secretary of
the association and spearheading
the assault on Taylor, had a
curt “no ^comment” when con
tacted by the TIMES here this
week. Cannon stated snappy
that he had “no statement at
this time.”.
Albion Dunn of Greenville,
chairman of the committee in
vestigating the charges against
Taylor, refused to comment on
the case and referred the TIMES
to Cannon.
Many observers around this
capital city believe that charges,
against Taylor were in effect an
attempt to stifle his attacks on
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Final Church
Programs Set
Final services in the 85th an
niversary celebration program
series for the White Rock Bap
tist church are set here for Sun
day and Monday. Principal
speakers at the two services will
be Dr. W. R. Strassner, president
of Shaw University, and Dr. Al
fonso Elder, North Carolina Col
lege’s president.
Dr. Strassner will speak at the
regular Sunday morning wor
ship service and at a special 7:30
service. Dr. Elder will be the
main speaker at the annual
church banquet Monday night.
The Sunday evening services
will be under the auspices of the
church usher board of which
Louis Jones serves as president.
C. B. Noel will act as master of
ceremonies for the program.
Music for the morning and
evening services will be rend
ered by the senior and gospel
choirs, respectively.
Church officials stated that ac
commodations have been made
for 300 people for the banquet
Monday night which will feature
a turkey menu.