N. C. City Oilers New Stand On Restrictive Covenants
DURHAM i. Special) - A
n <W and decisive way in
which Southern cities may re
tain resriclive covenants was
veiled during a meting of the
Durham City Council here
Monday night when the
Council voted to remove city
owned property from a pro
posed public sale of land he*
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GLAMOUR DUO Every >ear
the Sew York Press Photogra
phers (Rail is the scene of the. un
veiling of some of the real beauties
of the city. This year’s gorgeous
crop is no different, and Dattlvn
S-ee, 18-,vear-old dental assistant
and Kitty Peters, 20-year-old sales
manager are tiie latest twosome to
seek fame and fortune »= ’‘Mis
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IT Happened
IN Carolina
Boozy Bus Man
GREENVILLE - The 16-year
riici driver of a school bus told po
lice officers inspecting his vehicle
this week that the nearly-empty
•pint bottle of ron-tax-paid w his -
key they found was his
A E. Olds, who claimed the
bottle and its contents, told the
inspectors that he and a friend
had purchased the concoction the
night before its discovery.
He failed to say whether the
bottle was full when purchased,
however
Body Returned
Df RILVM The body of a
Durham Negro soldier killed
in Korea last April is being
returned her*, for burial.
The body destined for in
terment here is that of Pvt.
Willie L. Carver, son of Hen
ry F. Carver of E. Enterprise
Street,
Tvt. Carver, who is a grad
uate of Hillside High School
here, entered thp service in
1947.
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OXFORD The Board of Grad
ed School Trustees here have de
clined so accept the new SIBI,OOO
Orange Street School here be
cause of incomplete work.
Refusal of the group to accept
the school delays the moving into
the school of Negro students from
eight small schools in the county
A re-inspection of the school is
scheduled .for October 10, and if
the school is found acceptable at
that time, the county students will
be moved in next day.
Gets Assist
RALEIGH The State At
torney General will be assist
ed in his defense of a I’amllr.o
County equal schools case by
a [imminent Greensboro attor
ney.
L. P. McLendon of the* Gate
City will join A Horney Gen
eral Harry McMuHan and staff
In fight a suit in which Ne
gro students of Oriental in
Pamlico County seek admit- j
sion to white schools of the
town until Negro schools are j
made equal
cause the land might hive
been purchased by Negroes.
15j' a J' to 1 vole, the local
council agreed to remove from
the list of plots for sale this
weekend seven virion arc lo
cated on the fringe of both
a while and Negro residential
area. The most notable reason
for the council's action was
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A WOL Marine
Held In Woman’s
Highway Death \
j CHAPEI, HILL A Marine,
i who Can:.. Lejeune authorities say
I has been Absent Without Office
| Leave (AWOLi for a month, is
l -.'Ciiig held her. this week in con
nection with the trafic death of
* local woman.
Local police arrested Ma
rine Willie Salli:*, 27, follow
ing the crash of a rar being
driven by the Marine in
’ which Mrs. Kosa Atwater, 87- j
vear old local housewife and
mo* her of two children was
killed and another woman
passenger ofthe ear injured.
Police have charged the Ma
rine with manslaughter, reck
less driving and operating a
motor vehicle after license
had been revoked in the eariv
Monday morning accident.
According to investigators, the
tragedy occurred when the car
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INC STUDENT GROUPS PROTEST
SEPARATE SEATING OF NEGROES j
Giafit Groups Rally Behind Student
Who Protested Seating At Grid Game
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CHAPEL HILL Eight Uni
orsity of North Carolina student
groups have already announced
Hiemselves as o*pposcd to segrcga
ion of Negro UNC students at the
nstitu lion's athletic encounters,
i 1 niore are expected to endorse,
'he already popular student stand
• ,s gripes over bias continue to
i the campus here this week
That Negro students were
I being subjected to segregation
I at the University’s football
games first came to light last
week when James Walker, one
of the six Negro law school
students at the University,
piotested that the UNC Ath
letic Association refused him
a student pass book to ail
games played at Kenan Sta
dium. Instead. Walker reveal
ed, he was given tickets in j
a special segregated section
behind the goal-posts
Even though the University,'
through its Chancellor contends !
that the Athletic Association, as:
such, is in charge of athletic tic-!
ketfi, et al, and that the IJnivcr- 1
J sity is supporting the u. S- Court's
contention that Negroes be enti- 1
! tied to all educational facilities i
i and that athletic events are not j
! considered “educational facilities”, I,
j protests from student groups j
against the segregation of the Me
that the purchase of tlx pro
petty h\ Negroes and tlx ran
struetion of home thereupon
by them would result in vio
lation of unwritten as well
as writetn restrictive cov
enants.
Indicative of the "thinking"
of the council member, many
of whom were championed by
being driven by Salley at. a re
ported high rate of speed failed
to negotiate a curve and clipped
clown a telephone pole before
coming to an abrupt stop-
Mrs. Atwater died at Duke Hos
pital, Durham shortly after hav
ing keen admitted after the crash.
Miss Ovella Williams, 40. the other j
passenrer in the car sustained nu
merous injuries.
Funeral services for Mrs. 'AT-■
water were held here Tuesday at :
3 p.m. at the Rock Hill Ba'ptisL
Church. Burial followed in Mark
ham Cemetery on the Durham j
Road,
She is survived by her husband, I
Emerson Atwater; one son, Sam-1
pic Atwater; one daughter, Miss
Sedonia Atwater, her father, Sam- i
pie Brown of Carrboro; and two!
brothers. Lulas Brown of Durham
and I.uly Brown of Chapel Hill, i
1 gro student continues.
Among the student groups which
have already voiced protests to
the segregation policy are the Stu
dent Legislature; the Monogram
Club, composed of varsity ath
letes, and three religious groups
, including Baptist, Presbyterian
and Wcslyan groups.
A. proposal to protest or agree
to the policy is said to now be
under consideration by the stu
j dent YM and YWCA organiza
j tions; the Inter-Faith Council, the
! Di-Senate and Phi Assembly as
> well as several co-ed groups.
The Baptist Student Union
passed a lengthy resolution in
which the principles of the
Southern Baptist Convention
in opposition to racial gpreju- j
dice were re-stated.
“The recent ruling segregat.
ing some members of our stu
dent body,” the resolution,
reads, ' - ss In violation of these
principles, and we pledge our
selves to support, every effort
on the part of the administra
tion to bring University poli
cies in line with these historic
and inviolable foundations of
our Christian democracy.”
Despite the student protests, ‘the
NAACP, through spokesman At
torney Conrad O. Pearson of Dur- j
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Negro and Labor voters dur
ing the reeent munleipal elec
tions are the following in-j
stances:
Councilman J. u Barfield,
long a favorite with Negro
and other “hlor" voting units,
t est mentioned the racial as
pect of the situation when mo
tion wi’s made, that the seven
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VOLUME IX WEEK ENDING SATURDAY OCTOBER 6, 1051 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA ’ NUMBER IX
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Teen-Aged Gang
Said Responsible
Dor Crime Wave
Boys 8 Through 14
Admit Roles In
Nocturnal Thefts
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HENDERSON - Solution to y
three-year reign of potty crime
was believed an end this week j
when two • pint u-,cd" Negro
youths admit- 1 i . ,ng members 1
of, > gang •> ju— iij. which they j
say engineered the crime wave., i
4V it h their toy pistols
swinging at their sides, the
two youthful mobsters, re
portedly 13 years of age, told \
a convincing tale of how they
and at least eleven more hoys
ranging in age from 8 through
II years, took part in a series 1
of break-ins of local business 1
establishments during a three
year period.
One of the boys who was ques
tioned at local Police Headquar
ters admitted personally takin:;.
part in at least 10 of the breaking,
and entering adventures, and went
on to implicate nine other boys
in the gang.
The youth revealed that in ac
tuality there are two gangs who;
take 'part in the activities.
Although they operated sepa-;
rately they discussed their activi
ties with each other. For the most
part they broke into small firms
.stealing cigarettes, candy and
food items in small amounts since
January, 1049
The large haul was made last 1
week end when S2O and seven
cartons of cigarettes were taken
from a case.
Police say all the boys they’ve
questioned have admitted partici
pation.
VIRGINIANS AT NCC—These
three students from Virginia, \
the Old Dominion State, are j
among 1,60® students enrolled at j
Durham's North Caroling Col-
lots in question not he. con
firmed for sale.
Councilman Barfield said a
resident of the white com
munity adjoining the site ad.
vised him by telephone that
Negroes might buy the pro
peny. Barfield suggested that
the h't.s he put oil sale to
actually see who would buy
PLANS MAGE FOR
INAUGURATION
OF SHAW PREXY
i RALEIGH Shaw University
author die,.-, this week announced
: plans for the inauguration of the
Reverend William R Strassrier as j
! the sixth president of the Univer
| sity. The ceremony will take place
|at the 1 Raleigh Memorial auditor
j ium on November 16. in conjunc
-1 tion with the annual Founder's
j Day celebration.
A committee composed of
representatives of the Univer
sity trustee board, faculty,
students, alumni, anil the
Baptist State Convention has
been organized to make plans
for the event. Professor 11. U.
Perrin of the Shaw Science
Department is chairman of
the committee, and Mrs. F.va
F. Ray, registrar, is secretary.
l>r. O. S'- R'ullock, pastor.
First Baptist Church, Raleigh,
is heading a drive to raise
$25,000 to be reported on the
inaugural day in honor of the
founder of the University, Dr.
Henry Martin Tupper, and as
an expression of support of
the Baptist Constituency to
the new' president.
The aiumrn group is headed by >
Dr. Max King, chairman, execu- ‘
five committee. i
The Reverend Mr. Strassner, ;
foi mer dean of the Shaw School i
of Religion, was elected as 'presi
dent on April 18. 1951, after serv- i
ing for a period as chairman of
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I leg? this terns. The two belles .
| a«d the boy, shown here ga*- ;
«njr across campus at one of
i the 12 new buildings in the j
• : damsels who will be on ham! a)
them. He noted that the coun
cil can refuse to confirm any
ol the sales made despite the
result of auction by which the
sale will be conducted
people who have cheap Negro
Councilman E. H. William
son noted that the council
v ouid be "ont of order" in
failing to confirm sales.
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NORTH CAROLINIAN AT
\SU The beautiful young
lady pictured above is a native
of the Old North State, but
has chosen to pursue studies at
Virginia Stale College, Peters
burg, She is one of the lovely
damsels who will be hand at
Major League Stars Set
For Exhibitions In N. C.
RALEIGH -- Even as thousands
of North Carolina residents invade
New York for National League
championship play-off games and
the subsequent World Series, the
nation's top Negro and white Ma
jor and Minor League stars, in
cluding those taking partir. the
i
College’s $4 million expansion |
| program, are left to right: Caro- |
lyn Self, Martinsville. Horace j
Brown, Newport News, and .
' Mery Ann. Miilner, Martinsville.
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Councilman Halts Carr Jr.
objected to the sale, and com
mented that construction of
houses by cither white or Ne
gro residents would hurt pro
of fringe areas because a
"lower class of people" occupy
those houses, whether they
are white or Ncgto.
Councilman W K. Rand sug
a*
the Virginia college Saturday
to witness a “Dad's Day" foot
hall classic between the Shaw
University “Bears’’ and the Vir
ginia State "Trojans”. Her j
name?; Miss Annette Barnhill
Home hown; High Point.
serjp.s and in the play-off, arc
preparing to invade the Old North
State iri exhibition games
Jackie Robinson, hero of the
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Last Race Mayor of West
Southern Pines Succumbs
SOUTHERN PINES James E.
Hasty, one of the outstanding pio
-1 neerinj* colored citizens of the
; Sandhill area of North Carolina,
and former mayor of West Sou
thern Pines, a colored commun
ity. died recently at the age of
<52 Despite his failing health tor
the last several years, he con
; tinuod to be a potent factor in
the religious, economic, education
al and civic circles of this area.
Mr. Hasty was horn in An
son County in 1868, moving
in 1306 to West Southern
Pines, which soon after his
arrival whs incorporated. He
well-served this town as
mayor for tw'o terms, after
which this town of colored
people was brought within
the Southern Pines municipal
limits.
While mayor, Mr Hasty, was
responsible for numerous civic im
provements, the chief of them be
ing the extending of West Penn
sylvania Avenue through West
■ Southern Pines.
He contributed much to the
educational progress of Ne
groes in West Southern Pines
and Moore County. He had
a long and constructive career
as a builder and contractor,
and furthered the wholesome,
j development of West South
ern Pines by building more
than 53 homes for colored re
i sjdrnt*. Aside from this work,
in other sections of the area,
his ability as a master car
penter and builder Is eviden
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gested that merely selling Ui*
property to a white person
would not assure tile residents
of whit,- neighbors. “White
rental property could bid off
the propel tv.’’ lie explained.
Despite tiie varied opinions,
the council majority voted to
remove the questioned pro
(Continued on page 8l
N.C.
FOOTBALL
SCORES
A. & TG.|4 ! ' ilion 0
Shaw St. Augustine’s 15
N. (' College 28 Hampton H
W.-S. Teachers 19 Ky. 1-1
Fla, A. & M. 5 1 Benedict 0
Morehouse 19 Dillard 0
W. Va. State 55 Howard 7
Morgan 45 Delaware d
Tuskegee 7 Fisk O'
Va. State 59 Bluefield 21
(Other scores. Sports Sect.)
SHAW AVENGES
1950 DEFEAT
BY ST. AUG'S
RAI-EIGK The Shaw Univer
sity Bears football team, smart
ing from a defeat received at the
hand of the Saint Augustine's Col
lege Falcons last year, took to
Chavis Field her, last Saturday
night with a vengeance and rack
ed up a 32- f 3 win in the annual
City Classic
When the S.nnt Augustine’s
team defeated the Shaw squad
by an 18 to 6 margin In last
year’* edition of the tradition
al dash, occasion mark est the
first time that the giridiron
complement from the local
Episcopal stronghold, had net
ted such win over the Bap
tists in 16 years.
The game, which was stale
mated at 6 to 6 a halftime,
was also stalemated at a 13
to 13 count until the last eiJf-U
minutes of the final quarter
when the Shaw team, f UVA
conference champions of three
years ago, racked up three
markers to annex a winning
margin.
A freshman, Donald Moore, who
scored two of Shaw's touchdowns
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PASTOR WILL
BE INSTALLED
CHAPEL HILL (SPECIAL) -
The Reverend Edward Sellers Gel
; ger of Boston, will be installed
jas the new minister of Terrell’s
i Creek Baptist Church here 'Sun
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