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FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING N EGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 27—NUMBER 38
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 24th, 1949
PRICE: TEN CENTS
6 Indicted For Part In Peekskill
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Riot At Robeson Concert
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. —
Six young men, including the! Honoreci
son of a police chief, were in-i
dieted here tliis week On charges
growing ont of the disorder fol
lowing Paul Robeson’s concert
ait Pekskill Sept. 4.
Robeson has appeared at
Peekskill twice recently and dis-'
order has marked both appear
ances. The first time the concert
was broken up and the second
time, a riot ensued after the con
cert.'*
The Civil Rights Congress has
indicated that it intended to
presifi, ^arges against what it
termed “fascist elements and
Ku Kluxers parading under
veterans’ insignia.” Police and
fc'eterans were said by pro-Robe-
sonites to have clubbed the peo
ple attcHding the, concert in
typical fascist fash^u.
Gets, Life For
Rape Of Child
WARRENTON
A life inipri.sonment .sentence
was handed down to a 40 ycai"
old tenant farmer here for three
separate charges — kidnapping,
bui'glary, and rape of a five
year old girl on May 22.
I>*andpr Williams will join
the list of “lifers” in the state
penintentiary as lie was sen-
tencel here this week by Judge
Chester Morris of the Warren
County Superior Court.
Tlie casi* was described by
many as being the most sordid
ca.se ever to come up for' trial
in this county and was declared
by Judge Morris to be ‘ ‘ one of
the mo.st horrible I have heard.”
Williams, former, intlnerant
laborer and tenant farmer drew
10 years of the kidnap charge,
years on the burglary charge
and life imprisonment on the
rape charge. Over 200 spectators
jammed the court room to hear
the sentence.
An array of witnesses for the
state testified to the fact .that,
Williams entered Jarvis Wil
liams home on May 22 about 1 a.
m., lifted tiny Florena Williams
from her crib and fled to tJie
woods.
Two other children were
sleeping with her at the time of
the kidnapping.
It was also brought out that
the child’s mother, Mrs. Octavia
Williams, awoke to see the
image of a man bend over the
crib and remove her child. She
screamed frantically but the
screams failed to halt the flight
with the baby.
Williams was trailed with
bloodhounds for more than a
mile but the scent was lost when
he reached a bicycle he had
cached there earlier and- con
tinued 400 yards further into
the woods.
Sheriff Roy Shea^ testified
fhat it was shortly after dawn
when Williams was eaptiired
and brought to the Warren coun
ty jail. The child was hospital
ized and recovered.
Just before the case was to
reach the jury, Julius Banzet,
chief defense counsel, entered a
of guilty for the defendant
to the charges of kidnappin(r>
second degree burglarj' and *c-
oefwory before and r^ter the fact
to the rape.
Kinston Lad May Gel
First Southern West
Point Appointment
Dr. A., E. Weatherford,
Professor of Physical Educa
tion and Recreation who was
honored this month at the An
nual Conference of the Re
search Committee of the A-
merican Recreation Society by
being the first of his race to
serve as chaii'tnan and make
the annual report of the com
mittee. The meeting was held
in New Orleans,* September
10-12.
Former Usher
Directorate
Head Dies
' GREENSBORO
O. 0.1>onnell, former Chair
man of the Board of Directors
of the North Carolina Interde
nominational Ushers As.sociation,
died at his home here, 505 Banks
Street, Monday, September 19,
following an illues,s of approxi
mately two years.
For a long number of years
Mr. Donnell was employed by
the Norih C'ui’olina College for
Women.' Prior to that time he
was a memlxT of the faculty of
A. and T. College, where he
taught -husbandry under the
late President Dudley.
Mr. Donnell was a member of
Bethel A. M. E. Church where
he had served as Superintendent
of the Sunday School, President
■of the Usher Board and other
positions of responsibility.
The funeral will be held at
the Church Thursday, Sept. 19
at three o’clock. The Re\\ C. C.
Scott, pastor of the Church, will
be in charge of the ceremony.
Surviving Mr. Donnell is his
wife, Mrs. Bessie Doiuiell.
Interment will b> at' Maple
wood Cemetery..
WASHINGTON, D. C.
History was made here this
week as Frank P. Graham, North
Carolina’s junior senator, nam
ed a Negro youth in a list.of ap
pointees to the United State*
Military and Naval Academies.
Graham, th\isly, became the
first Southern senator to recom
mend a Negro to West Point.
IjeRoy Jones of Kinston was
named second alternate candi
date by Grahaiu to th>» United
States Military Academy at
West Point.
Actually J«nes, chances of
getting into the academy next
year depend on at least two
two conditions. Jones is Gra
ham’s third choice for the West
Point appointment. William Ij.
Hauser of Pa.yetteville is the
principal appointee and Theo
dore Robert Potter of Raleigh
is the first alternate candidate.
In order for Jones to get to West
Point, Hauser will have to fail
the entrance examinations and
then Potter, w h o will be
next in line if Hauser fails, will
also have to fail the examina
tion. Jones will then be in line
for a principal appointment
from the state and he will have
to pa.ss the examination.
Senator Graham has asserted
that his appointments were
made of the basis of correspond
ing results in a civil service
competitive examination given
for Graham’s academp- iap-
pointees on July 11 of this year.
Young Jones made the fifth
highe.st grade on the examina
tion.
41st NAACP
Meet Slated For
Boston, Mass.
NEW YORK
The 41st aiinual conference
of the National Association
for the ^ dvancement of Col
ored Peaple will be held iij
Boston, June 20*25, 1950, Roy
Wilkins, acting secretary an
nounced this week.
The site of the conference
was chosen at the 40th an
nual conference in Los Ange
les last July. The New Eng
land Conference of HAACP
Branches will be host to the
conference.
'It was also announced that
David Milnor of WrightsvilFe
Beach, Woodburti Gambill of
Wilkesboro, and Raymond 1
Bradley of lialeigh were select
ed for tlie Naval Academy i
accordance with his policy. Mij
nor is the principal appoints
while Gambill and Bradley are
second and third alternates,
respectively.
HaiuKr and Mi^uo^’ made the
first two highest grades while
iPotter and Gambill made the
third and fourth highest grades
respeetivelj'. Bradley ranked
sixth on tlie competitive exam
ination.
Senator Graliam was unavail
able for comment on the ap
pointments but hi's office released
the appointments without com
ment.
It was revealed that young
Jones, ill addition to having
made a comparatively higli
score on the examination, was
highly recommended by two
Kinston newspaper executive,
p'rank Horton and Henry Rad
ford of the Kin.ston Free Press.
He is described by Kinston
feources as a boy who “worked
himself up by his bootstraps.”
Young Jones has attended St.
Augustine’s University in Ra
leigh and has worked 'a.s news
boy and newspaper helper for
the Free Pre.ss,
Few Negroes have ever hei?n
appointed to West Point, al
though in recent years the num
ber of appointees has increased
greatly. ^
Rev. W. C. Williamson, pas
tor of White Rock Baptist
IChurch of Philadelphia, who
'will be the speaker in a ten-
day revival to be held at St.
Joseph A. M. E. Church be
ginning Monday evening, Sep
tember 26. Rev. Williamson
is also a former pastor of Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church of
Durham.
NEWTON
Two .NVgro (’(xiks riding in
the dining car of a pa.‘si>nger
I'ar of a pas^t-nger train, werr
killed Bn the train jump»l the
frai'ks. pinning ^i^m in the din
iting car in which thfv Wf*rf
eriishiHl to death.
\ wore of oth*-r p^'rsfms were
injured in th*- wreck including
a .Negro porter who was injured
by flying ehaiVs and tabl»‘H whil*-
ridiiiit in the diner.
Til • wr*ek oeeun-d hert' Tue-
d«y as the train, Wf>itb«nmd
So. !"» of the Southern riailway.
spilled over an embankirifnt Hf
fer having thf tracks. The bit.’'
two-unit Dies*‘l engine and si.t
eai^ tumbled down a 20 foot in
cline.
Th' train was enroute from
>alisbnry to Asheville
The two killed were iilentitied
N.C. College Prof.
Honored By Research
Society At N. Orleans
Dr. Allen Ericson Weather
ford, Professor of Physical Edu
cation and Recreation Education
at the North Carolina College
at Durham, is the first Negro
to serve as Chairman and to
make the Annual Report of the
Study and Research Committee
of the American Recreation So
ciety which held its Annual
Coriference in New Orleans, La.,
September 10-12th. Other mem
bers of the Committee were:
Drs. Milton Gabreilsen of New
York University, Jackson An
derson of Perdue University,
Charles II. Stoops of the Uni-
vcr.sity of California, Fred M.
Coombs of the Pennsylviinia
State College,' and Charles
Weckworth of Springfield In
ternational YMCA College.
Dr. Weatherford was re-elect
ed to the group to serve a second
'term last year, 1948-1949. As a
member of the Study and Rfe-
search Committee, Dr. Weath
erford has made several signi
ficant contribution to the field
of Recreation Education. His
best known contributions are
“A'^tudv of Industrial Recrea-
Noted Minister In
Ten-Day Revival At
St. Joseph AME Church
Robjrt^ Freeman, 60, of Salis-
bWr^nfl Ileixten Ix>nginire, '>0,
of Knoxville, Tenness“e,
Il4‘S( ue workers by the si ore^
worked feverishly for nine hours
in a desj>erate attempt to reach
the trapped pair but when they
finally wormed their way into
the smashed ear about 2 p. m.
they found them lead.
Xewton and Catawba County
mobilized all their medical facili
ties to treat the injured who
streamed into the Catawba Gen
eral Hospital. Doctors said that
they feared the death toll might
reach as high as five among the
approximately ^ injuries per
sons. • ,
Cause of the derailment was
not determined, the track itself
w as not torn- up and foul puU-
man cars, tilled with sleeping
pas.sengers, rollel on undamaged
past the wreckage of the first
six cars.
Among the most seriously in
jured was a Negro baby, Doro
thy Sherill of High Point, who
was thrown from the train into
a field. Her mother, Mrs. Martha
S4ierill, 22, was also seriously
hurt.
•Vrthur Wilson, Netrro porter,
also injured while riding in the
dining car, said he lay injuretl
in the darkened car. he couJd
hear the two Negro cooks yelling
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Wake Farm
Show Is
Successful
A one acr** alfalfa demonitr»-
tion conducted on the farm of
WiHic Cliavis. lk>nre ♦», Raleigh.
reci-ntl.v proved a 4UceeHsful
event.
■Steps followed in the demoii-
stration were plowing under a
I heavy i/row th of les|jedeza pre-
jviou-^l^ limed with two tons, ap
plication of 100,‘ pound:* of 2-12-
12 fertilized, anil seed inocula
tion and sown at the rate of
|M>unds per acre.
, The seetl bed was properly
prepa'reil with heavy tractor
equipment which was all n**ce^-
sary for iroo«l results.
W. ('. Davenport, Nfgro
County Agent, and Frank V.
Duffy of the Soil ('on!#*rvation.
assisted with’ the demonstration.
Succumbs
O. G. Donnell, former Chair
man of the Board of Di
rector of the North Carolina
jlnterdemominational Ushers
Association whose funeral
will be held in Greensboro
Thursday, September 22nd.
Mr. Donnell died at his home
Monday.
tion in Pennsylvania" which
drew nation-wide attention with
Professor Fred M. Coombs of
the Pennsylvania State College
as Co-author and “A Review of
Ten Years of Research in Re
creation Education.”
In addres.sing the Profession
Group in Ncav Orleans, Dr.
'Weatherford pointed otit many
important considerations by say
ing, “The peoples of the civil
ized w'orld are living in an xxltra-
dynamic social order ^— a social
structure which they arc striv
ing to understand and to inter
pret in relation to their own
interests and general welfare.
One has but to consult the story
of the past, compare it with the
present, and visualize the future
to realize the rapid progress
that has been made and the
potentialities which still lies in
store for exploration. Virtually
every field of human endeavor
during the present century has
been invaded. The thinking in
dividual can profit greatly by
a knowledge of and an under
standing about how these a-
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T)ie ten-day revival service of
Saint Joseph A. M. E. Church
will open iSIoiiday evening. Sept.
26 at eight o’clock, according
to an announcement made here
this week by Rev. D. A. .lohn-
ston. j)astoi‘ of the.church.
f
lii'v. W. C. \Villiauison, pas
tor of the White Rock Baptist
Church of Philadelphia and
former pastor of the Mt. Ver
non Baptist Church of this city,
will do the preaching during the
entire period of the revival.
Rev. Williamson is well-known
in Durham' and Nortir Carolina
as one of tiie ablesv minister’s
ever to pastor here. Since taking
up the pastorate of the Wliite
Rock Church in Philadelphia, it
has grown both spiritually and
iiumerieally under his leader
ship.
In Addition to the vast re
sponsibilities which attend the
pastoivite of such a large church.
Rev. Williamson is a member of
the Fiireign Mission Board of
^‘lie '^aVional ‘ Baptist' ^TS says that candi
St. Mark To
Hold Big Rally
October 16
The Saint Mark A. M. E. Zion
Church, of which the Hev. S. P.
Perry is pastor, will observe
Ground Breaking for the ninv
Church and Sunday School
Annex, Sunday, Oct. IGth. The
new building is to get under way
just as soon as the necessary ar
rangements are completed. The
congregation has on hand for
the new project $41,400, and
plans to step that amount up to
$50,000 on the third Sunday in
October l.‘)49.
A big rally demonstration
will be held Sainday evening,
Sept. 25. The choirs and the con
gregation will assemble, on the
lawn of the church. Candles will
be lighted, and the choirs and
congregation will march into the
church singing “We’re March-
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tion, founder and president of
the Council ^of Baptist and Bap
tist Organizations of Philadel
phia and vicinity, member of tlie
Mayor’s Committee of Goolwill,
organizer of the Thrift Move
ment among Negro children of
Philadelphia, chairman of the
Civil Rights Conuuittee of the
city, first vice president of the
Citizens and Southern Bank and
Trust Coiiii)any and director of
the Bereaii Savings and Loan
Association.
Rev. WilliaiUHon ha.s traveled
extensively in the United States
and Europe. In 19-16 he was a-
warded the degree of Doctor' of
Divinity by ^lorris College of
Sumter, South (’arolina.
It is hoped that, the revival
at Saint ,Ioseph next week will
do much to strengthen the spir
itual life of the community and
the full cooperation of members
of all churches is conlially is
solicited.
■Jdusic for the occasion will be
under the direction of Mrs. E.
H. Fogle, Chori.ster of the Mount
Vernon Baptist Church.
Driver Course
Inaugurated
AtJ^illside
Classes m Driver Iraining
began Tuesday at the Hillside
High School, under the di
rection of H. Mathews, a
graduate of Hamp.on Insti
tute.
Sixty students are register
ed and will study the course.
A minimum of 18 \re«ks con
cludes the study including 90
hours of classroom work and
30 hoars of road work. Traffic
rules and laws, the governing
parts of the automobile, safe
and unsafe .parts of the ma
chines will be taught.
Upon completion of the
course, c«ch studertAthen will
go to the traffic department to
procure his operator’s license.
The main purpose of this
Driver’s course is to foster a
courteous, safe, dependable,
and lawful spirit in the opera
tors of vehicles.
Medical Admissions
Tests To Be Given At
Test Centers In Oct.
PRINCETON, N. J.
The iledical College Admis
sion Test, required of candidates
by a number of leading medical
colleges throughout the country,
will be given twice in the com
ing year, according to Educa
tional Test mg Service, whidi
prepards~.aud; ‘ admiiiistets the
test ifl cooperation with the As
sociation of American Medical
College.
Candidates may take the
MCAT on Saturday, October
22, 1949, or on Monday, January
16, 19.50, at administrations to
be held at more than 300 local
centers in all parts of the coun
try. Since many medical colleges,
begin selecting their freshman
classes in the fall preceding their
cal colleges whether they will be
expected to take the test and, if
so, on which date.
The MCAT consists of a series
of tests of general scholastic
ability, a test on Uuderstaiiiling
of Motlern Sx*iery. and an a- .
ehieve-nirnt test in PremediwhK-
iMence. Aeconling to ET9L no
dates for admission to next
year’s classes will probably be
advised to take the October test.
Students interested should in
quire of their prospective medi-
special preparation other than a
review of premedical subje«‘ts Ls
neces-sary. All questions are of
the objective type.
Application forms and a
Bulletin of Information, which
give details of registration and
administration, as well as sam.-
ple questions, are available from
premedical, advisers or direct
from Educational Testing Ser
vice, Box 592, Princeton, N. J.
CfTmpleted applications must
reach the ETS office by October
8 and January 2, respectively,
for the October 22 and Januarj-
16 administrations.
Wake County 4-H Youths
Take First, Second Place
Honors In Animal Show
Wake Comity Negro •i-H and
Older Youth membere exhibiting
dairy animals at the Southeast-
I District Show at Fayette
ville, North Carolina, Thursday
and Friday, September 8 and 9,
walked off with first and second
place honors.
Council Scott, 4-H Club mem
ber of Route 2, Fuquay Springs,
won first place with his twenty
months old purebred registenl
Jersey bull. Second district
priies went to Horace Holden,
4-H Clnb member of Route But.
Raleigh, purebred Jersey bull;
Charles Diann, Route 2, Wen
dell. purebred Jersey bull; and,
Charlie Gootlsou. Older Youth
member of Eagle Rock, pur«*-
bred Jersey bull. The ^gie
Rock bull is owned by the Old
er Youth Club of which Millard
Perrv' is president.
The auimals were purchasetl
from the A. and T. College herd
at* Greensboro and ’ they arv
registeretl with the American
Jersey Cattle Club of Colnmbu*,
Ohio.
C. Davtnport, Nefro
Connty Agent and E. Evan#,
As.sistant Negr») County Agent,
accompanied the ehib m«*mbers
and animaR