f PAYS FINAL TRIBUTE TO DR. DELANY
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VOLUME 15
Say Boasting Led To Emmett TilTs Death
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Spring Hope Shocked ■
S' SB fP ffil
Magazine Says Youth
Bragged Os Conquests
NEW YORK. January 9 Em
tnett I Bobo > Till’s bragging that!
he "had relations with white wo- j
men. ' and hi:; bravado in the face!
State News j
Brief
BROTHERS APPEAL
Wendell Claude y,,.
borough, 21. and James Yar
borough. 19. brothers of Route 3.
Raleigh, were convicted : n Rr.
'■. .■dors Court here Thursday of
racing' on a public highway.;
Claude was handed a 60-day sen
tence, suspended on condition that
be pay a SSO fme and court costs
and nor. drive for HO days. James
drew a 30-day sentence, suspended j
on pa,', rnent of a $25 tine and court !
cost?. He was also convicted of j
speeding- 80 miles pet hour and j
given a 60-day sentence on that i
charge, suspended on condition !
that, be pay a $75 fine and court j
costs and not drive for nine ;
months. Both men filed notice of!
appeal to Wake Supcnot Court !
and each posted a S2OO bond.
SLAYER. WILL iAt K ( OI’RT I
DUNN Edsell Hesiip. De».
Iroit. who has spent morp
than a year fighting extradi
tion to North Carolina to stand
trial for murder, has been or
dered returned to Harnett
< <’unt>. Hesllp is wanted in
connection with the fatal
shooting of Pvt. Sammy Long
of Fort Bragg, along with I
Le>ng\ wife. Dorothy. The
shooting took place in Decem
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What’s Happening
On Desegregation Front
LSI Can’t Refuse
To Admit Negro
NEW ORLEANS Reinstate-j
ment of an injunction ordering'
Louisiana State University to aci-!
mil 19-year-old A P. Tureaud, Jr ,
was recorded here Friday by the!
1? S. Fifth Circuit Court of Ap- j
peals.
The order originally issued by!
District Judge J. Skelly Wright,;
enjoins the LSU board of super
visors from refusing to admit
Tureaud. the son of a local at
torney, because of his race.
Under the original injunction,
Mid- Winter AMEZMeet |
Being Held In Durham ]
NOW tors JUROR,
NOW HE ISN'T
GREENSBORO The usual
18-niau grand jury in Guilford
Superior Court was abruptly
reduced to 17 here Monday
when it was discovered that
James J. Hammond. 54, who
had just been sworn in, had a
bill of indictment against him.
Court officials Immediately
excused Hammond who faces a
charge of assault with a dead
ly weapon with intent to kill,
inflicting serious injury.
' lll ~ l ™ rn,n *»**«». , ».»UIHm>.MMUWM.»i-i.l|H lw<MV
RALEIGH, N, C.
of a whipping by the half- bre
! thers, J. W. Milam and Roy Bry
j ant. led to his killing, statements
j attributed to the two men indi
| catted Monday.
A new story about the killing of
! the 14-year-old Negro boy in
■ Mississippi is related in an article j
|by William Bradword Huie pub- j
' fished in the new issue of Look
| Magazine. Roth men were found i
; not guilty of murdering Till by a|
i Sumner, Mississippi jury last •
j September.
Before shooting Till with a j
bullet from bis .45 t 01l auto
matic pistol, J. YV. Milam was i
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Not Against
Integration, j
Says Bullock |
ENFIELD "1 never said that
j 15 ; ears wold be time enough f or !
| integration in the public schools ' ;
With these words, the Rev. F. j
1 L. Bullock, a member of the Hali~ I
j fax County Advisory Committee i
ion Education, this week sought to j
| clarify the meaning of statementsi
! made before the Halifax County!
Board of Education on December!
5.
In a statement to the Daily!
Herald, the Rev. Mr. Bullock ex- j
plained; "I was? speaking without!
| notes on a subject that was of
! great Intense interest to me and!
I to my people. At the time. I sug- I
| gested by inference, that Integra -
! lion might take a few years to ef
i fectuatc. What I had intended to
! say was that whether intergation
i in the schools came in one year j
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j Tureaud attended LSU for about i
seven weeks until Nov. tl, 1.9531
when university attorneys were!
j able to get the injunction temper- j
• ariiy set aside while the case was |
appealed. Since then, he has at- j
tended Xavier University where!
| he is now a tumor.
NAACP Says Federal
Judge Is Prejudiced
CINCINNATI District Judge!
John H. Druffel has been accus
ed of "prejudice” and •‘partiality”
as a result ol his position in the
troversy.
_ DURHAM The story of Liv->
j ing stone College, denomination-!
| sponsored institution of higher!
| learning in Salisbury, will be one!
lof the highlights of the AMEZ j
! mid-winter meeting January 10 1
(to 14 in St. Mark's A.M.E. Zion!
| Church, here.
i Dr. William J. Trent, president!
|of the institution, will address a ‘
joint session of the Board of Bis- J
; hops and the Ministers and Lay- 1
J men Association. These two groups !
will be represented by some 300, i
from 48 states.
Host bishop is Raymond L.
Jones of Salisbury, and host pas-j
for is Dr. S. P. Perry, minister at
St. Mark's, which was recently j
reconstructed at a cost of onej
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1956
WILL PICK AA T PREXY Five-man committee from the AJk T College trustee board tamed
(e screen applications and nominations for a successor to the late Dr. F. f>. Bjuford as president of
. (be college. Left to right: E. R. Merrick. Durham; Janies A. Graham, Winston-Salem. Charles Hines, i
j Greensboro, chairman: H. A. Scott, Haw River; and Dr. Murry B. Davis, High Point, standing. The !
j Committee is to report hark to the full board with recommendations.
NAACPNot
| To Register
As Lobbyist
j RALEIGH A request that it
i register with the secretary of
state's office as a lobbying or
! ganization has been rejected by
i the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Attorneys representing the or
ganization told Attorney Gen
eral William Rodman that they
! do not concede that the organiza-
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Hillsboro school segregation con-
Charles J Francis, of Dayton,
president of the Ohio conference
of NAACP branches, made the
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Railroads Change Signs,
i
Bus Companies Keep ’Em
RALEIGH • “Colored"' and
“white” signs came down this
week in both of the two railway
stations here but officials of four
major companies said that tin
signs at the Union Bus Terminal
PAIR FILE SUIT
TO GET CAR BACK
GRAHAM Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Banks of Burlington,
whose r:*r plunged through a
fallen i ridge or December 11,
have filed suit for repossession
against the wrecker owners
who fished the car out.
.Suit itlcd in Alamance
Superior Court against Paul
i . Cobb and Coye R. Cobb,
trading as Cobb Motor Com
pany of Burlington. The plain
tiffs charge that the defend
ants dragged their car out
without first gelt ing their per
missron. They seek possession
of the car and damages for
"unlawful detention” of (he
ear.
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| AC TING AS T HEAD War
moth T. Gibbs, dean of the
i school of education and science
j at AST College, Greensboro,
who last Thursday was named
acting president of the college
pending choice by trustees of a.
new president to succeed the
late Ur. F. D. Bhiford. He has
been with the college since 19?6.
dean since 19?.9.
| would remain unchanged.
ij Both the Seaboard and the
Southern, however, have put
up a “Colored Intrastate”
•wilting room sign for passen
gers traveling within the slate.
However, officials of both
companies said that they
would not question any intra
! state traveler who might take
a seat in the non-segregated
waiting room.
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Girl, 15, Who Slew
Sister, Bound Over
DUMBER 'TON • Fifteen-year-'
old Joyce Johnson, of Red j
Springs, who last ■’eek shot her{
13-year-old sister, Catherine, to.
death on the porch of their un
cle's home, was bound over to
Robeson Superior Court last week
by Juvenile Judge B F. McMillan.
No specific charge was set.
pending grand jury action, but 1t
was indicated that it would be
no greater than voluntary man
slaughter. based on earless andj
' reckless handling of firearms. i
| Expect New
A & T Prexy ;
Before May
GREENSBORO The execu
tive committee of the A&T Col
lege Alumni Association met in
semi-annual session here last
week and refused to sponsor
any candidate for a successor to!
the late Dr. Bluford as president!
of the state institution.
Instead, the group adopted a \
resolution commending the board ;
of trustees for its interest and i
loyal support over a lone period.
Offering assistance 1,0 the trus
tees. the alumni said
"The organization will re
frain from sponsoring any per
son for any positions at the
college until such persons shall
have met the qualifications for
the. position or positions as
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NDFGJL;HGP
FACES OLD MURDER RAP— ,
0. C. McLeod, New York’s 12th j
nost wanted man, who was a,r- j
ester) by the FBI in Greensboro !
ast week and taken back to New i
York where he will face the |
; charge of murdering a friend in 1
I a drunken argument' In 1951. !
The lucky car last week was
the one bearing the tag num
ber *R-5714. If the owner of
that car took It to Dunn’s Esso !
Service, corner Cabarrus and j
Bloodworth Streets, here in Ra
leigh, be received a free grease j
job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number, If
it follows the asterisk, you will j
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any ear
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are:
X-51856; R-5249; X-46862; I
946-H7; R-3872 an X-2325. :
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NUMBER 16
Coroner Is I
Hush-Hush
i
About Case
j
By IK HARKEN
ROCKY MOUNT - - The near- j
by community of Spring Hope j
(western Nash County town > ha;-
been all agog for the past week ,
regarding the finding of the body j
of a young white man in the home |
of a colored woman on or about.;
January 1.
CORONER ‘VAGUE’ ON OFT MLS !
A telephone call to Nash Conn- ?
ty Coroner M. C. Gulley j >
in Nashville on Sunday revealed i s
little in the way of confirm;nv the!
rumored circumstances nudes ! c
which the white man me I his i <
death.
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Shaw U. Dean Delivers
;
: Blast At Hodges’ Plan
! ORENSBORO (Special) - Dr. j
j Grady D. Davis, dean of the
I School of Religion at Shaw Um
) verist.v, delivered a verbal blast at
Governor Luther Hodges’ volun
tary segregation plan, during a
Founder's Day program held at
A&T College, Greensboro. Sunday.
The program was sponsored by
Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, of which the minister
is a member
The services, held in the
Richard B. Harrison auditori
um ors the campus began at
| .2 P.M. Dr. Davis was intro- j
i dueeri by Charles Baxter,
j president of (he campus chap
ter.
Speaking on theme, “The Art
of Human Relations," Dr. Davis j
said “We have lost to some ex- j
tent the art of walking, talking, j
and specifically the art of getting!
along together."
"The present, tendency u- for'
human beings to relate themselves
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Mel,cod, who married a Greens
boro girl, said that since fleeing
New York he had worked iri
Philadelphia and Florida. He in
sisted that he acted in self- de
fense. (Greensboro Record !
rhoto) I
DR LEMUEL T. DEL ANY
Dr. Delany Eulogized At
St. Augustine’s College
RALEIGH - Funeral services
for Dr. Lemuel Thackera Delany,
of 212 N. State Street, who prac
ticed medicine here for 46 years
were conducted Wednesday at 4!
P.M. at the Saint Augustine's Col- :
lege Chapel with the Rev Geor- !
ge A. Fisher, rector of Saint Am- i
hrose Episcopal Church, official-;
ing. Burial followed in Mount!
Hope Cemetery.
Dr. Delany died, early Monday!
at Saint Agnes Hospital after j
having been in ill health for some!
time.
I he well-known physician,
who was horn on the campus
of Saint Augustine’s, was the
son of Mrs. Nanette Delany j
and the late Bishop Henry i
Beard Delany, who served as j
vice-president of Saint Aug
ustine's at one time.
Dr. Delany all ended Saint Au- j
gustine's College and Bhaw Uni- I
versify. He received the M.D. do- ;
gree at the University of Penn- i
sylvtinia and. at the time of his|
death, was a member of the staff!
of St. Agnes Hospital.
A< ti vp in fraternal circles. Dr, i
Del any was a member of (he Ma- |
sons and the Shrine;s. Higher
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PHILLYPASTOR
HONORED BY ICC
PHILADELPHIA The Rev.!
Leon H. Sullivan, 33. pastor of the! :
Zion Baptist Church here, is in-j j
eluded on the annual list of the j 1
"Ten Outstanding Young Men ofh
America” chosen by the U. S. it
Chamber of Commerce
He was cited for leadership in (
organizing the Philadelphia Citi
zens Committee against juvenile
delinquencies and their causes.
Dan Martin, Insurance
Leader, Dies In Durham
DURHAM Davis B. (Dan)
Martin, associate agency director
of the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company and chair
man of the Political Action Com
mute on Negro Affairs, died sud
denly. Thursday. I had been in
declining health for several mon
ths.
Mr, Martin was born in Albany,
Georgia, the son of Joseph and j
Mattie Martin. He was educated I
in the public schools of Albany,!
State Normal and Industrial In- j
stitute, and Lincoln University.'
He taught Latin and English atj
Kittrell College and Durham City!
School before going into the in- j
surance business.
He was employed by North Car- *
olina Mutual Septembe 6. 3926 j
as a special agent on the Albany!
i Masonic Rites were conducted sit
1 i the Raleigh Funeral Horne Chap
' el at midnight Tuesday.
He served on the Wake County
Draft Board for many years.
Active pallbearers were th#
Vestry of Saint Ambrose Kpis
pal Church, of which he was
a. member. Honorary pall
bearers will be the members
of the medical, dental and
j pharmaceutical associations
of the city, and the Shrine
j Patrol.
Dr. Delany is survived by his
wile, Mrs. Julia Brown Delany,
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OBDS-ENIS
BY ROBERT G SHEPARD
With only newspaper account®
j to go upon, the results of the spe
! dal election held in Virginia last
| Monday seem to bear out, the con
i tention of the Southern white
i segregationists that Negroes them
; selves do not want integration in
' the public schools,
j It is almost impossible to in
; teipret this election any other
; way. A study of the election re
| turns shows that in the districts
; where the Negroes were in. the
j majority, the vote in favor of the
| referendum was the heaviest
j There is no indication that the
Negroes were pressured or in
timidated in any manner in mak
ing their choice. The only pos
sible fear would have been that
Negro teachers would lose their
jobs if the vote went the other
j wa.v. This threat has been thrown
| at Negroes in the South so persis
| tenlly since the U. S. Supreme
Court outlawed school segregation
that it indoubtedly has had it
effect. This fear, coupled with the
long established practice of deny
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Gate City
Women Held
In 2 Deaths
GREENSBORO Two men are
dead and two women are beuu
held without bond charged with
their deaths in separate incidents.
Miss Elia Bell Holmes is being
held in the slaying of James Mo
Adoo. 31. who died at L. Rich
ardson Memorial Hospital shortly
after being taken there with a
knife wound in his abdomen. Miss
Holmes. 31, reportedly confessed
to stabbing McAdoo after he
"threatened to cut my throat”
during a quarrel.
She at first dented the slaying
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District. On September 12, 1927,
he was transferred to the Indoi
trial Department of the Home Of
fice and was later made chief
clerk of that department. On Jan
uary 14, 1946, he “as appointed
Assistant to the Agency Directoi
and elected Assistant Agency
Director in January, 1947—and
elected Associate Director March
I 11, 1953, which position he held
! until passing.
He was a Mason, a Shriner, *
member of si, Joseph’s A.M.B.
Church, having served for eight
years as superintendent of it*
Sunday School; vice president ot
<he John Avery Boys’ Club; dir
ector of the Mutual Savings and
Loan Association; member of the
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