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DR. SHEPARD, N. G. COLLEGE FOUNDER, DIES m; .1 ami s c sni f'AKi! DISMISSED P, 0, EMPLOYEE MAY BE REINSTATED Cleveland ••- That tin ultimat victory in the campaign tor the i teinstatement of Joseph P Brv- ; ant, Jr., in the postal st' vitf- is very near .cents probable e- tl result ol developments late Ft. day. September 26th. A copy ol the letter received by Congress man. Grosser from Acting Post n.aster General Jesse M. D male ton a. lived in Cleveland in whic t Mr. Donaldson states 'The Civ. : Service Commission will be re vested to autho v ize his (Bryant’s! it n.statement.' Bryant was removed from his position as window clerk* in tne C-Sflusive Shaker Square Station ol the Cleveland Post Office iau October !5 and upon charges hr pest office inspectors of over charging 72 cents on postage w,.s dismissed from the postal service .fst November. in April 1947 a Federal Court jure acquitted Bryant ,» • r.e charges after 20 minutes dc itbco atton. out the Post Office Do ; yartment refused to giv: him t nek his .job. Dr. George W. Moore Dies; Pioneer In Mission Work RALEIG H !), George VV M qoce, well known as 'he dean W nihii.-t.rs in the state, died at hss heme. 748 Fayetteville Street. Mon day mi,h! at aboul ljj<i after a long illnesss. The deceased had been in ill health for several years. Hieing his retirement from active set vice. Dr. Mo.-re was oi e of tic tetinders of the Loti Carey Foreipn i Missionary Convention of America.! Funeral services will be enduei- • ec at the First Baptist Church, of which Her O S. Bullock is pastoi, Thursday at 3:30 p, m. Dr. P A. Bi-hop ot Rich Square, president of ’hr St.de Baptist Convention of j Ki rip. t art.i.'na. will preach ’he set inch. The body will lit in-state a. j •}**■ cnitrch from noun until the ; funeral hour Burial will be in AT:mi Hope Cemetery. D. Moore was born in Sarripstr. County near Clinton, where he re ceived his early school training ha ■ iatei attend'd Shaw University and ! received a teacher's certificate afu., ; which hr taught for seven or eight y>. . r:- He also received from Shaw • Unive<sity ‘he degret of Bach slot of Theology and lever the honoiaty Doctor at Divinity degree. ORGANIZES SS CONVENTION For a number of years, he was State Sunday School Missionary for i N«.rth Carolina under the auspict » • <:>). the American Baptist Publication : Blind Os Wake County Entertained By Lions JS; C. Leads South fn Extension "Workers Washington Os th* 924 addition agricultural exten sion work or s appointed in the South through Bankhead .Fiannagan funds since th© 194 S fiscal year, 19? or 21 per cent were colored, reports M. L. Wilson, Director of Exten sion Service of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. North Carolina leads ih e list of States with ihe ap pointment of 3$ additional dt'Sored farm and home dem onstration agents and super • visors; and Mississippi is se cond with the appointment of 31. The total number of 'ol ore d Extant;! sn Service agents and supervisors sJcod > -at 780 w *4 June JO. President Durham School Prominent In National* State Affairs 50 Years ftV CHARLES A. RAt DURHAM iSpecialj Dr. Jamc j Ed warn Shepard, 72 year old presi .at and U undo of the North Cur l in.i C'dlegt at Durham, and an | ntlu.ntinl personality in stale and 'iiticnal affairs for over ;>0 yeats. ; died here at 0:15 Monday night at •;J‘ m 1902 Fayetteville Street. Tie. di. tinguishcd . educate; v. a; i a ren hi his campus office on •( plumber 17 and confined to hi- I tin i call -r. He >: cnicd to rany . saoni.liy, but late last, week ai tctiding physicians gave up hop. ''U);h was attributed to a ecrebr«ti hemorrhage. Tht death of the Raleivh-,. a "cat Or. who was educated in th;- , ‘A th Carolina S.hoots and w;>.- a ■u aduate of the Shaw University i : Medical College, followed within 0 i months (he death of his wife and j within 6 months of the death of his mother. His win . Mrs. Annie Day mtepaio. died in Durham last Feb ruary 2. and his mother. Mrs. H.n --m > Shepard, died in this city last April 16. HALF CENT! RY CAREER Dr. Shepard's carreer spanned 1 halt century He was born in Ra i leigh. November 3, 1875 and ex c-Pt for brief absences from the ; state, as comparer of deeds in Washington, 1898-1900. .nd sever," ' ; ’-‘ips abroad in iatet years, he ■ pent the greater pan of his lhe his beloved North Carolina He was one ol this state's great er; boosters. In 1944 and 1945, ,k . add re. st d nation-wide radio and-i ; fences and expounded hit praise.: ; f i North Carolina’s pro. r ss in :■r e ; relations. Hi- cnraial state wide radio roes- i . sages were received with e nth us : iatru by whites anti Negroes alike, i He was North Carolina's oL.cs. ! -rate-man and his words were vi.d..- ; ly quoted in the natron's press. : in addition to his great work in : t iablishing the North Carolina Col j leg.- at Durham, the first state-sup ported liberal arts college for Ne : groes in the- United States. Dr. Shepard exerted considerable in - ! fluency- in national and Southern ! domestic affairs. The saga of nit;; : founding the Durham college along : ■'Continued on back page! Society and during that tune hi u'gun.zed the Wake County Sunday School Convention. He served as. number or f.,ie executive board, ot the Lott Carey Convention, treus u ,- er of the Stat. Baptist Conven 1i 11 <ii North Carolina and treas u:.i of the Alumni Association of Shaw University. For more than 50 years he s< rvee a past./i ot Baptist church;s in Xu! ih Caiulina including those u, V.’ilm nut on. Fayetteville. Reids villt. and Aberdeen. He served as moderator ot the Kenansville East ern Baptist Association and Uie Deep River Association. He was also u member of the Mason.c Lodge for many years. He i; survived by his widow, the former Miss Bessie Walker of Biait enbc.ro; one sister Mrs. Winnie Te. - iy at Merryvilkh Lu and several pieces and nephews. Drops Salary Suit Norfolk. Va. *{NNPA‘ B :.i. cement of counsel, the 5-veat oirl suit brought by James Rid d.-ck, a teacher, and the Norfolk Count v Teachers Association seeking to “ equalize the -alarioj of colored teachers with those o w hite teat ters was dismissed by Judge Albert V. Bryan in the United States District Coin t here st Friday w RALEIGH The t«>nr Lion •• j : C tubs ot Wake C'.'tiniy iu cciopi'i - ‘ :’ion with the Citizss-s Commit!*. ■ i i headed by the Rev. M W Williams ; were hosts to the blind of the cou.i --i ty in the first social event evei : ranged if. their honor at the Blood • worth Street YMCA hern Thursday afternoon. Blaine M Madison, chairman at • the blind aid and sight conserve• Uou eoiTiiintte: of the Ralei.-h Lion’s Club, spokesman for the k i cal dub 3nd th, clubs of Garnci. Fuquay Varina. end Apex deliver , ed the dab’s greetings to the guests and visitors who totaled 100. and announced that the [.ion- plan io | mak tne affair an annual custom for the Negro blind just as they j have for the while band in the I county who gathered recently in Hm Stat: School f. r the Blind so» ; their second annual picnic. Following the dinner which was! served in the YMCA lunchroom. ! jan entertainment program feautr- \ i 'Cuaiinutei, a& back page) BULLETIN DURHAM Two Mineral services, one a special student chapel held at 10 o'clock Thurs day morning, and the other a public service with Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, pastor of White Rock Baptist Church, officiat ing held in the It. N. Duke Auditorium on the campus of the North ( arotina College at Durham at o’clork Tlmrsda;, afternoon, constitute last rites for Dr. James V sneparfi, wf'io died here Monday night. Interment followed in Dur ham ilceehwood Oinctcrs SEEKS TO SET AMBITIOUS BIL L THROUGH HOUSE ST. THOMAS. V. i AN!"' Gov. Hustle announced that he will not leave his post here tor the Link ed States until congress eonve ics j in January. As a consequence he is : sending Morris !•’. ne C;i iro. g v j t-rnmetit secretary of the Virgin Islands to represent him at lieu n s shortly to be held by the bu reau of the budget ,i appropria tions requ.'lec forth«- government "i the islands during 'he next ;U I .al year ! Once agam the governor has caii 'ed (ti all the peoiiie ii the islands ;to unit' in close ranks behind him |in hi fight to’get the ugh Uu- _-.:n i Cress a must ambi!i r u„ pror rarri tea | the islands when it convenes, j The jo -j,..ram !.as to do V. ;th iv ■ turn of the internal evenue ta;. 1 collection in th. United States on ; products Iron the islands. ic.- idiat j coionm-sioner in congress for t.ie : islands and a stiLsnnUial appropiia .ion from the 10 trullioi doii.u ' Lithori/.cu for public corks here. \\ ili;cricii ct* U. (rets *15,000 From Mill s ATLANTIC CITY .'AN Ft 'liic midyear conference o! lhe New York, New England, and New Jersey conferences of do first Episcopal District of he A .ME Church, Bishop K. il. Wright, presiding, nun here and ,a: x-ii approximaiely $20,000. \n appropriation of $15,000 was made to WHberforce l niversity and Panne Thelogieal seminary. Congressman Begin Co-Opt New York (ANP) Adat i Clayton Powell, Jr.. Harlem's .Vinous pulpit and political ido' '. Id more than 2.000 members V ■if congregation recently :hat too oificers ol Abyssinian Baptist c- urcli would meet with h>m n c'h'CUss final plans for a gi.ant.i: food cooperative. Ji will not put the chtreh i r t'-inpelitjon with community gro ill's. Rev. Powell emphasized hu' Glow the people and she mot. vers what t. n be dune wru-n food -s purchased at wholesale oric and sold at cost l an't Live On S4O "You can’t live today on S4O ; w. ek " Powell shouted, "and tl at i- about what the average k’egro family is getting in New Yc-ik," In announcing his plan i sell groceries in the church's gym nasium. Congressman Powell ai- > ■ntioned ihai a white church i . (' ane, N J., was "aireadv d<- fin this.'” The young clergyman, appear Robeson, Wallace On Same Speaking Date Baltimore (NNPA) The platform with Henry A. Wal lace, former Vice President, will be shared by Paul Robe son. actor and concert star, at ». rally to be held at the Annc”y at 8:30 p.m„ October 15. under the auspices of the Maryland chapter of the Pro cressive Citizens ot American. Besides soeekinrr <jn civil liberties, Mr. Robeson will sing Langston Hughes' bal lad, "Freedom Train." Mr. Wallace, who will c!®- Hver the principal address at the rally, will spend ihe day in Brllimore, attending a luncheon in hsr honor at the Belvedere Hotel end making a number oi other personal appearances. Anaagtmieaii are being made tkl seat an audience of *»-«■« ihsa e.Jiji), J G EORGIA PIS INDICTED i rr\ . I LJP Lj m » /mSmSMe, J f -§l>, I•/V 1 I Z\ /V. I • 'FI r y / \ MX l l\l I i \ l ~■ >■ ' ■■ ■ ' •' Y' ,£ lj ' , ■ ' . \'UM'MK XXYII, NO. 11 1! Al.Klt'i 11, NOUTiI CAKOLINA SA !'! l:i>.\ Y. OCTOliKl; il, i!U7 PRICE 7 a MA TERNITY HOME CHAR TER GRANTED AT FAYETTEVILLE FEDERAL OOVT, INDICTS FIVE IN 8 SLAYINGS ■ SAVANNAH. Ga Toe •«: u-n and whit. .'Hards . he gia hirhwav pm.., camp wc -■ charged with depriving eight ;<-n --• victs of then life «tln.ut due v - C:-ss : ! law a f.-.'k ial . ■ >ui '. i . itictn-iCii! und-.r ih.- righis l ire prisoners were sr-oi >:o at-. ... on July il at the Uiynn Com- > CHr n 0 .it’ ." >/'<l ; i > v'» I I'J ». ,!*' , ■ five n.i-ii ii G i\ ware .. i . d Go;. McNabb R n " B;-.. - more H l ih .cics* aid W ; ■ Law! • wi.. were i! ut libc, ' when the indiclmcals was rcnin>--a. a: re a. cused of dcp.acii'.g tiio n c-<i el their condtunionai right "to be secure in their prison while in cii- . ei |■; S; a "i G>"■'■•’ia ~ ! bt irnnume from i-., gai a j;it the, hands of officers and ein ' ploye-'s I tin State f Uro.y.ii i while in their custody and not be subject id to punishment without dm- process of law or deprived life \v*thout due pirce-s of law FIRED W AN I ONLY The indictment sa'a the men fir. u sir Iguni W'.iiitonl. anneces.- uii;. aid wiihi'ut just, cause ..’ the . igl i men wlie were kilLdand two oti; ers win. w eri wounded for the pi .- rose of imposing .liega! sumr ...y <Ci uilnned on >j. ■; pace. i Powell To Store In N. Y. mg m in. ouipit I'm the fir.- 1 tin • since his second heart attack v< ; dr finitely not his usual vir-roar in self us -ie unfolded the pin:, i : a cooperative. He spoke si .wr, La ing bis .15 tninute "Whe.i due. Jesus Mean ft. You.’ then- an i j tnly near the end did hi lift tv : trace in quivering orator'.’ Th< overflow crowd wii« pt-t hups the • .a;:' I.'lr . ... i ;Ui.' an':, put .! that, howeyi t b ■ Cuv..' in it" iphones we e iv . .a i-vervwherc indudnig tht i I.aseme.'d .-. semi !v room. Rev. Coleman W. Kerry And Son At Ist Baptist RALEiCH Reading left So > i i ’hi are the- iu*li-siy;or, "Dl v i . ■ enemies" hum biers one and two, . Evangeh-t C'ieman W. Kerry. Si’.. , ul Tex..:, who villi conduct ,ui I. ivangeli.-t eruesade al the Firs! K:.j- t 1 1 :>t inrch beKinnin.. Sunday, an. Ev.nigilist Ooh man \V, Kerry. J: . •of Shaw University, who will . . i hi- father. 3 Evangelist Coleman. Sr., is regard- \ ed a.s -.me nf the must dynami • * MEV, COLEMAN KERRY, SB., nflvitJ,W¥lril. MT tilt fVilfiliTi‘l I—l n ~ ,it > ,r.rr . I In' If ■ i,, , i m i.r i „ jv. .lylrvisw wnov.i. lui'iwf i o Mio\ officeks •s';N-?'rry n*jfwr'y-‘KV>: - *■ GviitfttiFte •’k - MSv >la liked In his nnvi> olivu d vice tircsidenfs is Dr. it. X. Jem isori, of Selma, Ala president of the National Baptist f onvifition FREEDOM TRAIN SETS PARALLEL By CARTER JEWELL W 'shin •' r n (AN P; Fnedo in :.ii-:ins different tail - , •th rent American.-, but i N r . . nisLirians :■;i -J -i adene- : N<- u history il i a parallel ’■> the :ea i treedc-m trams known '.n : lavei'v run as the Una. rgroim 1 railroad. That railroad can i'. :J many slav. s ti treerioii'i and on ;ack wauian. Hairivt Tubman, aas one ii the chief disnatehei Some ;•! ’hi h: Ulrica drifu 11 iut on K’eed...m Train fob ■ here lacking then. Lacking war tv 13th, 14th ..nd 1 51i j amend ’ fils :'lie U. S enro-tiuitliol Some of the featntc-> of the Bin . ; Bighi wen mm exi.-.tent . c>u£r. son'u which w(*i*c oi uctc t v ini: the rcc .-istruction *:\i n -- 'cv cMain. evangelists in America and has ■ • ducted «erviei - s in man;, of be hading churches thnni.'hout th aur.ti'y. He i- assistin'!: <*orresp.--ui •Mg secretary of ihi<_■ eriue Cior,,;! , board of the National Baptist • ore v cntion and associat: ditor ui k'■ real Baptist Voice. Vniig !2v. ngeiist Kii y, who has! keen preaching since :.e was ii.tnt | years old and i- known as "the 1..V --vils Emmy No 2. ' v ill assist ha- 1 ■ Continued on \ page; ►r- , ■W-' - 'V* r f . REV, COLEMAN KERRY,, ,»R. ; 1 Inc. Kelt to right is shown. Rev. •I. 11. J«< kson of Chicago, newly elected first regional vice presi dent l)r. Jamison and Ree. F. \S. gets high post Truman K. Gibson Jr., youth ful {'imago attorney who has I ecu named a member of ( h:ea go's Land Clearance Commission Mayor Kennelly. The group "’>!! have charge of the $30,000.- 00(1 to he raised by bond issues to be used in buying up land and eliminating shims so that rede \. icpn.ent ran take place, i ANPi Broughton, Graham, Fisk Inaugural Speakers Tr. I alias. S. Johnson To Assumes Post As First V<nro President NASHVILLE. Tenn. The in-! ■ digiiratton of Dr Churle SpUTvt on • i':iirton pt !he .sixth presidcri’ u! ■ ■’;sk University or. Nt; s. ember 7, will climax the four-cay Inaugural •Srogvum featuring tin appearance •1 Frank Graham. president Uni-. site of North CaroliiM; Mordccai v Johnson, prcrideni. Howard Uni-j cr-ily. Marshall Field, ij. publish-; r C! i Sun. W«l : ;i. ; H Hastir. , .•inventor. Virgin Isiands; Harvie j Bransiomb, choneelloi. Vanderbilt University. Mark Ethridge, pub- I hah r. Coiirii-,"-J(i!j) i!al. Frederick ? O. Patters.piv.-iriect Tusksgee ! Instittite Mrs. Franklin f>. Roose velt chairman Sab-Commission ok ■ Human Rights, United Notions, I Frank VV. Jenkg, vice in- :: v. Perry of Oklahoma City who was named vice president at large, at the recent convention in Kansas l its 0. S.-ÜBERIAN I!FS m, CLOSE Lake i>ucccs;a Is. Y. - That r<- laiiunsnip between, the Rc-publm Liberia and the United States >- c! today lhan a! any oth ' . time was the opinion of Mi, i . M. Scarborough, Liberian dciie ;. u 1 ■ the United Nation- Gei , c-j Assembly. With tfv combined help of both untric.s, improvement in pubi c loucation. i-eul-.h and welfare has ••tlready been mu '*e, and n ore s to co.-riv. Mrs. Scarborough .said riie li.ii t 1 *.• , aid she refc-vi! t > '•viU hi in part the new business icd development project tn * an nounced oy Edwiji-d R Stettiniu'-:. J:, former United States, St-crt l.'rv of State, and Gabriel L. Der h's. Secretary of Slate L - Lwia. Two organizations v'J! do ,he job They are: the Libeci , 1 rnpany. to be jointly owned by o'.e Li ben m Governmer 4 and S’.ettmms Associates, and the Li t ivan Edjcalional Foundation, s>'f up 'Mth block of Liber's Ccmpany -ton; as its fh-sf et> cowment. ;’iie 'piarteei e.vperimen 4 ” iv. tends to explore the natural rv •'•■'urces of Liberia, such a*- iron ‘ ii, lumber, cocoa, rnari"' : :nes'' ; M-'d, platinum tong oil. coffe<- - • nd tropical fruit. V ' ’ ’■ v ‘~ DR. CUAKt.ES S. JOHNSON MODERN P*?NT TO BE READY BY JANUARY 1 FAYETTEVILLE <EC Char ter i’.ii the Provident Maternity b-iin Inc A Non-profit hospital tor Negro mothers, has been is sued by ,he Slat, of North Carolina o Dr M L. Pen. Aid.. Dr. ,1. \X Seabri ok President of Fayette vi!i< Sia'. j each, n Colivge. Prof. K. A. Armstrong. Dr. It. \. Wilson, Md. Prof W. C. Maize. Dr. G. tv Allen. Md., and Rev T. H. Dwell. . i Building permit has been issued for the construct hie. m the home n Moore Strc-et in ihe heart o* ne of Fayetteville's largest Nagi > ettlements on a iot fronting HT et on Moon Slrcc, and extend ng back frin the street to a maxi-, mu V, Jepth of 250 feci BEIL DINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Buildings now under construction I kii designed a lon.,- the streuhout ■ plan of moder nanny h-'jspitals aoc. -• id have LOCO fee? ui floor space, providivn 48 beds not including j hall s'p.!'.-i- and basninets. There w.if be- two examining | looms two delivery rooms, one up-. ! iiig i' .iin, a prepart ion room, sterilization room, a supply room, laboratory, facilitie.- for phy siotherapy lounge for patients, and quarters tor doc I ,', rs Wards arid pn '.M.tc i'(.M ms will be a:i outside ro^i'm end well-ventilated. Hospital equipment will be com l piote and will include now and inn , proved .apparatus. Parts of the hos * rontinued on back page TI s in A Place On LaOrange, Ga. Gouneil LaGrange. Ga. f.NNPA) J t k municipal election last Wei tclored voters cast 600 of the approximately 5,400 votes east The “Progressive GI Part,'’ 'von the mayoralty office ny lit ty-eight votes. Duke Davis th< Gl Candidaie. defeated Judron ~ Milam, admin is?.? ation-supported ndidate, bv 2.657 to 2,599 The Gl’s also won one ulac'.- oil the City Council, electing u. Wood over Alaude Darnel b -2,762 votes to 2,442. The other t'.vo places were won by admini sfration-backed candidates, . Ray mond Fort and Hudson Maddox, Both groups campaigned yn premises of municipal improve rrents. The (71 party is piedgad to reorganize the police depart mc-nt and fire the fire chief, ; E. Mat) hews, who has hold office for a number o; years. Monlecai Johnson, Airs, Hoosevelt, Marshall Held On Program , lernational Harvester Compsni; ; Honorabh- J. Melville Brough toe. hrmw governor i/l Norih Carolina, I and Howard W Odum, proleaaoa I Ureive)■ by of North Cutolina. WAS FORMER DIRECTOR Doctor Johnson was Direetox ,n ; the Social Science Institute and fha | Program of Social RcDCarch at Fit**, from ({'2B until his recent eiocuor? | ,:<r will be the trial Negro to serv« ;.s chief executive ref the Uniyezs 1 sity. He i- succeeding Dr. Thoms* j F.. Jones who is now serving -s i ’ sidenl of Eai Iham College. Riilt . inond. Indiana. In keeping with its 81 year ira reiUon of service to the public List University will preses. a series of 'Continued a® pack pagci