Shepard Memorial Fund Gets Grant Os $25,000
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. •'* RAJ .lie" 11, NOUUI CAROLINA WEEK ENDING AUGUST 18.. 1951 NO. 39 !
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Nearoes Request School Jimcro
3000 TO BE AT LOTT CAREY MEET
klan meet will be contested
KlansmenCaugh;
Masked Will Be
Placed In Jailed
BABIES DEATH
CAUSES ALARM
THROUGH STATE
FAIHIUONT The d* ath of a
rnsn ii6i t liGiii cit tri Lu •td
xo . sabifcs is causing aUutw'id*. &-
iarm this wofk. ». # •
Ac -or-
be. icr. buddy Walked, a 50-.'. ear
e.c nisn di>-a this week from the
dread disease His death came
some two Wttcks aixer <a strungc*
uc'g bit hint on a hand
The bne was »t> slight. officials
relate Walkci evidently failed, to
bsf mnoculation to pi event in
ivcticn The wound was externally
healed when U.c death occurred it
%vas i dated
“DOG WAVS" HERE
The cause tor alarm had be,.a
attributed to the advent ow "dog
days ' as the v a-on oi late Sum
mer and early Kail i« commonly
caiied in North Carolina and en
virons. During this season, it is
r.oieti, dogs have more tendency to
become infected with rabies and
thereby endanger human life
Early summer is also considered
« dangerous season for incident of
rucies
I Rtif ItiLAl MI NT
Local and state officials this
week are issuing i lea. for all per
sons abstaining bites by dogs, cats
and in many cases -vild game to
steK treatment for their wuonds,
and if possible to denote the ani
nit,.*, invuived.
Ail public health centers and
most of the state's hospital*
can provide immediate treat
ment to counteract rabies
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PREPARED FOR ll' A EL—*
Flaley Wilson, Grand Exalted
Staler «*f the Imperial Benevu
ici, i and Frotoeti ve Order of
E»fc» of the World (IBFOEW)
£t s azoßticsd bixsaelf prepared
to c®Se with angr "backroom in
NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING WEEKLY
Mask-Barring Law
Will Be Invoked,
Solicitor Says
BUKGAW Ku Kiux Kia-’ismCn
i;orii Florida and South Carolina:
ami their t<-How-travelers from
No; rh Carolina may attempt to -
hold their scheduled meeting in
Columbus County Saturday night
. f they sm -ie.vire. but they had
better not put on thtur pillow
va.sewith . ye-hole head pieces un- .
!• *s they want to feel the hospital*
.;v of North Carolina jailors
This much was made char
Here this week when District
Solicitor Clinton L. .Moore ry
veaied that he intends to or
»!er arrested any person at
tending the meeting in full re
galia. Solicitor Moore is bas
ing his contention on an old
North Carolina statute which
forbids masked meetings.
ONE OR 1.000
Solicitor Moore said "We have j
the matter (the KKK masking
matter ) under confederation.
If anyone breaks th. law. we’ll
arrest him wriethi. it .- one man
or a thousand.”
The- solicitor further stated "Law
enforcement officers of the state
of North Carolina will uphold the
law.”
KLAN ADA.MNANT
Despite Solicitor Moore's state
ment. the Klan-'i? still planning to •
hold its meeting as scheduled Site ;
for the meeting is on a farm near
WhitevilS. Thomas Hamilton, a.
bigwig v, iih the Carolina? Klan.'
j.,-dd the slate had no right to tn
' terfere with th, wearing of masks
i at mi .-etuis s held on private pro
pei’ty.
Hamilton, who last week decried
icoot, on page 8. this section. ;
trigiue’' likely to feature the an- 1
nuul Elko conclave at Buffalo,
N. Y.. August 26-31. Rider Wil
son is not expected to have any
difficulty being re-elected to the
post he has held tor many year#,
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NATION'S PHARMACISTS CONVENE TH# firtt eonvfrtien of tk# Nat ! Pharmaceutical
Asjocialion w-at held in New York with appreciable success,. Nat ! Executive Board member* pic
tured include; Berth,* Roberson, Chicago; Uiric Pryce, Louisiana (Pres.l; York fy«rr*t, Durham, I
N. C ; Lorenzo Kelly, Texas; Rufus Hairston, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Emmons 6. Copfree, Cotufn- .
,s, Sa.; Ogdtn fishes, Washington, D. C, and William Woodward, Newport News, Va.
Group Gets Funds If It
Will Raise $125,000
DURHAM N C Announce
i;.ent i.r a conduionai grant ol
$25 Ouu io the James E. Shepard
Memorial Foundation was made
he. e this week fay James T. Taj -
lor. the Foundation's Executive
Seci’etar y.
The Kresge I utwhliwu of
Detroit is the donor. F.
Gregory secretary of the
Foundation, said in making the
oftr to lay lot; “At a reeent
meeting or the Board of Trus
tees, a conduionai grant of
s2s,Odd was authorized to the
James E. Shepard Memorial
• Foundation, subject to it rais
ing and collecting at least $125,-
Ouo in contribution from others
towaeY's Iks .scholarship and
loan fund, on or before De
cember 31, 1951
SCHOLARSHIP IDEA
’file Shepard Foundation seeks'
to establish scholarships for wor
thy Negro students at North Caro
lina College. Also in its original
plans was the erection of a statue ;
memorializing the late founder and :
first president of the college on
the campus o! the institution. ■
However, the North Carolina 'via- 1
sons, an organization which Dr. '
She: ard served many years as ‘
Grand Master, has taken the sta
tue as its project, >o that ail funds
now c-ob'cted by the Foundation
will co directly into its scholar
ship and loan funds i
The Foundation has an intena- i
cial Board of Directors of 50 mem- : ’
bers in this an i other states.
Taylor, in making announce
ment of the conditional grant,
*asd, “The Board of Directors
believes that aid in the form ;
of scholarships and loans
granted to needy and worthy
Negro students In the name of
the late Dr. James E, Shepard,
who gave his life to building
North Carolina College and
promoting interracial goodwill
and understanding, will have
m salutary- effect upon the live# i
anti characters of the recipi
ents of these grants”,
HAS SSO,»W
Tlie Foundation already has »p- ;
proximately $50,000 in cash and
pledges. In order to qualify for this.
gift, the Foundation will have to
rai«e an additional 5'?5.000- An in
tensive campaign is being organ-,
ized to raise 'this amount
tIA
JAMES T. TAYLOR
. . . .announces Grant
Pamlico County Citizens
OK School Segrgation
Despite Inequalities
Special to THE CAROLINIAN
BAYBORO Even though a
high-ranking school official has of
fered to help them obtain equal—
even unsegregated _ school facili
ties NOW pamlico County's Negro
citizens are in tavor of remaining
segregated and waiting for fc long
range school equalizai'.on program
lo matei alizfc.
Pmlii-o’s citizens don't even
want additional ‘-chool facili
ties at the present, their atti
tude before the County Board
of Education indicated here
last week.
HAD BEEN CHAMPIONED
The condition of Pamlico’s Ne
gro schools had been observed end
lambasted by school Board Mem
ber Freddie Whorton, Jr., of Om
ental, who had offered to - cham
pion the Negro cause for equaliza
tion of schools, even if it meant
taking over a new consolidated
white school facility-
The committee of about 28 Per
sons. meeting with, the school group
here last weekend and including
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Happy Birthday
To You At 92
CLAYTON Last Sunday
afternoon, the cry here way
“Happy birthday to you at
92“ a» local rseideuts paid
homage to the 92nd birth an
niversary of Sirs. Edna Byrd
well-known resident of near
here.
Top feature of Mrs- Byrd'*
celebration was a dinner
staged tn her honor by her
children and grandchildren
A native of Johnston Coun
ty. Mrs. Byrd is extremely
popular throughout the sector,
and boasts an "iamuediate"
faintly ot six children, twenty
one grandchildren and »ey en
great-grandchildren, many of
whom attended Sunday’s fes
tivities.
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representatives of all but one of
the county's 13 schools, steadfastly
contended that they are to favor
of the status quo of segregation.
Y AHHAH AMD “NO SUH”
In what has been termed
throughou tthe county as “Uncle
Torn” attitudes, the delegation of
Negro citizens —for the most part
—kept "respectful" silence during
their appearance before the board,
even though they were told by
Board member James Tingle, Jr„
of Alliance that they iiad been in
vited to the meeting to express
themselves freely concerning the
area’s school conditions,
Ok the Issues of (i) aotosa*
slon of Negro children to the
consolidated white school; and
<2l taking over facilities being
deserted In the consolidation
program, the replies were "tte
ssA"
On matters eonoenring too
retention of the status quo of
segregation and the acceptance
as fee board's decWfta to
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NOW HE STANDS ACCUSED
Taylor Wanted No Part Os
“Case of the Phony Will’'
ROCKY MOUNT IS
SET TO RECEIVE
TENTS AUG, 21
ROCKY MOUNT 11,,, Ri-ht
Worth v Nut tonal Oi»tu,t !■, - amp
ment thv L’nip-i - u h>, T, ntr
will m-rt In their 41s: biennial
session Alt* cl "4 ,t St Janie-
BaptiM Church Tin- senior u{ r
interuiert. Air,-. Emily G. Cham
birs of Haltimnre-Washington, will
preside
benres at representatives, are
expected from the tour Tent
Dfstrictx in the North. East.
Southeast and South Central
iccions
New Torls will send a delr
gation headed hy the superin
tendents; Mrs- Anne G Martin
and Mrs. Nettie Callis and
the grand senior matron of the
Eastern District, Mrs Nan G.
Robeson
The organization whs formed in
ltt47 as a tribute to leaders of the
Underground Railroad wlanv as
sisted slave? to escape from bond
age.
It is the oldest benevolent Negro
fraternal co gantration originated
in this country. It assumed the
name "Tents’ to denote shelter
uid protection.
Top Baptist Meet To Be
Staged In Durham Church
DURHAM According t<. the
Rev. Wendell C Somerville, exe
cutive secretory Lull Carey Bap
; tist Foreig'r. luision Convention,
the 54th Annua! Session ofj the
organization will be held with the
Mount Vernon Baptist Church here
' August 28-31
The Headquarters office in Wash
ington. D. C. reveals that 3.000
official delegates from sixteen
states and the District of Columbia
: will invade the City.
WILL COMPLETE PLANS
One as the highlight* of the
current session of the conven
tion will to the eonsumation ot
pUut lot the African pilgrim
age, the convention is sponsor
ing in November, The purpose
of the pilgrimage is to form
J;.fK
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PRINCIPALS IN OLD-TIME
i BAPTISM —Routine was follow
» *d to the Setter during toe old
toxhioned baptising *t Young’s
Lake mss? F*« Bragg on Sun
day Angart S- to fee picture
CSAROI.INA L I A G t li *S
lIKST" Percy Miller, Jr.,
•seen heiG with UanviHe, Va
Leafs l.ascl.all Huh manager
Lot. Latshaw, is the first Negro
to plav in the Carolina League,
which includes Virginia and
NoiTh Garulina teatuft Miller
made his debut with tile Dan- .
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MARKS >m YEARS Tbe
Hev .1. W. Jones or, Sunday,
Augu-t h marked the ihtj. year
of his pastorate of Raleigh’*
Fayetteville St. Kaptist church
Rev Mr. Jones, who assumed
pastorate of the church in 19X1,
led th,- congregation through a
church tvbuillding and renova
tion program during which the
interior ol the church, destroy 'd
in a lit;, fire, was completely
refurnished. (See story Inside
ally dedicate the modern high
school buildings in bri-v.cr
t iilr, Liberia, West Africa.
I.fie.se buildings have recently
been erected b> the Conven
tion at an approximate cost ol
f7s,6dft.
Already forty -eight persons from
fifteen state* and the District ot
Columbia hav,- signed-up tn go on
Uie Pilur image. Other places to
be \ isited iii :iddliaon tn Africa
will bt- Porto sal: Dakar. French
West Africa; Paris, London, and
Rome
William V S. Tubman, President
us Liberia and hi ft government
has . manifested •: keen interest in
the Piiyrimaue and promised to
ive every uoshible assistance in
making the slay for its members *
Shove Chaplain William 1.-
Jones, left, gives private William
Mahonev at! necessary Inxtrtic
firms before baptizing the young
soldier during one w toe most
t
ville team last weekend ill Ylid
Virginia town and played vvUll
th, Danville nine in a series ai
Italeigh early this week. Observ
ers believe that many L'aroiinh
League teams will begin to em
ploy Negro players. Their draw
ing appeal is sensational, the
Danville team has found
Citizen.* Recall
His Hesitanee
i hit- d In A Series fl
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by Jl.l\ HOI M.m SY
FAYETTEVILLE Ra
leigh Lawyer Herman L.
T a y i o r , who has been
•charged with unethical Je
tt ease involving appeal of
•gal practice by a client in
a will contest case to the
State Supreme Court didn’t
want t< attempt to appeal
the case any way, the CA
ROLINIAN learned here re
cently. In fact, Lawyer Tay
lor accepted the case at
first alter urging from the
cheat
According to a lead
ing local resident, a
man who to all intents
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ll,c"«al*lf.lt'TUl one.
FOREIGN SPEAKERS
During the cuiernt sesison of
tli* Convention in Durham several
-distinguished leaders from four
foreign countries will address the
Convention in addition to several,
i.-.idin;- American speakers
The Woman’s Auxiiarv of
ihe fonvcGlitn will hold »t»
.session with the Whitt Hock
Baptist Church during toe
same period, All night sessions
will he held at the Hillside
High School Auditorium. Many
of the delegates will be hous
ed on the campus of North Ca
rolina College.
OFFICERS
Di O S. Bullock, Pastor Fijfii
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impressive civenionteis oi its
kind, at Fort Bragg. Looking oft
at right is Chaplain (Capf.i C,
W. Hiornas, Washington, B. C.
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