GUNMAN BLASTED
II
Largest Pupir
“The biggest student in Co
lumbus County” is the tag
given Charles Edward Lewis,
above, who tips the scales at
a modest 150 pounds. He is on
ly seven years old though. A
second grade student, he
boasts of a waist line of 38.
Lewis has the reputation as
being a brilliant student and
periodical checks at Duke
hospital keep him informed of
his “weighty” health.
Appointed
Mrs. Mable Hawkins Davis
of Wise, has been named
elementary school supervisor
of Franklinton schools, city
'■mrit aiwi of Franklin County
schools.
Fire Fatal
To 80-Year-
Old Woman
WIXSTON-SALEAI
All eighty year old woman,
living uionu iii a modest two
room house, died iii the fl&mes
' wJiich consumed the house
near Genuantoji last Satur
day night.
Iseigiiuors identified the wo-
inaJi as Mrs. iSallie Murray.
Her body was eiiarred almost
beyond recognition by the tire.
'I'lie tire was discovered at
the woman’s home by some
neighbors as they begau to re
tire for the night; Heat,
emanating from the flames,
prevented them from" rescuing
her. When the body was final
ly discovered it was burned
almost beyond reeognit ion.
A brother who had been liv
ing with her left Monday to
work at the Mount Airy to
bacco market. She was entire
ly alone when the fire occured.
Masons Will
Honor Shepard
In Services
According tx) an announce
ment made this week by John
Morgan, AVorshipful Master
of Dol-cas Lodge Number 460
and William A. Clement, Wor-
siiipful Master of Doric Num
ber 28, all Master Masons are
requestt^d to worship at the
White Rock Baptist Chureli
Sunday, October 2 at 11 a. m.
At the invitation ol the
church, and out of '■Tcspect
for our lute Grami Master
James E. Shepard, the trt’o
crafts will sit as a group,
dressed as Master Masons.
The pastor, Rev. Miles Mark
F’isher, will preach a special
sermon: “Old Time Religion
(No. 2).”
The James E. Shepard
Scholarship Committee of the
church will be in charge of
the service. '
Worshipful Masters Morgan
.and Clement are requesting
all Prince Hall Master Masons
to meet in front of the church
at 10:45 a. m. Seats will be
reserved for Masons until 11
a. m.
Periodical Dept
Duke Univ Library OlftM At tla# Post Office %t Ihirhftia, Nortli OuoUjut, under Act of Mftreb 3| Ttt70.
FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING N EGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 27—NUMBER 39
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCT. 1st, 1949
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Protest To Marion School Head
Goes On As Students Boycott
MARION
Students of the Hudgins High
school and their parents con
tinued this week to register their
objection to the principal of the
school, F. M. Beaver.
Nearly 200 hundred students
of the school refuse to enter
classes for the second con
secutive week as they, instead,
picketed the school, carrying
placards around the grounds.
Parents of the community
continue to press their demand
for Beaver’s removal, whom
they claim is ineffcient and ha-s
outlived his usefulness in the
community.
Parents of the striking stu
dents declare that students
will return to school only when
Beaver is removed as prin
cipal. The normal enroUment
of the school is approximately
250 but only about SO or 60
students show up each day for
class.
P. M. Beaver, principal of
the school and object of the
furore, has denied all charges
hurled at him by parents of th*
striking students and others
joining in the anti-Beaver cam
paign. He has been reported as
placing the blame for the school
troubles on those who oppose
hun. i
He has served as principal
of the school for seventeen
years but only in the past
three years has any objection
been raised to his manage
ment of the school’s affairs.
The anti-Beaver group, num
bering about 150 citizens and
patrons of the school have issued
handbills, making explicit their
reasons for demanding Beaver’s
removal. The grouj) charges
that facts of their cause have
been withheld from the public
by the local pn'ss, the radio and
the Associated Press by influ
ential powers.
A committee of six citizens
acted as spokesmen for the
group and their signatures ap
pear on the handbills circulat
ed by the group. They are Lee
Cooper, Rodnie Wilkerson,
Clyde Forney, Melzo Ruther
ford, Charlie Martin, and
Curtis Henry.
The text of the handbill fol
lows ;
“About 150 Negro citizens
and pftrons of the Hudgin’s
Ifegro .high acbool have re
quested for men whose names
appear below to speak and
act for them in making a re
quest of Mr. Beaver’s removal
as .principal of the school.
We, therefore, humbly request
the Board of Trustees and the
white citizens of Marion to
ask for and obtain Beaver’s
resignation immediately for
the following reasons:
1. He is a ^non-resident of
Marion, lives in Charlotte, N.
C. and is not directly interested
in our local community.
2. His services have been un
satisfactory to us for several
years and when trouble arose
last year, the trustees promised
that if we would allow him to
remain for the balance of the
school year that they would not
re-elect him. He also agreed
and promised not to ask for re-
election.
3. His reputation in our com
munity is not good and his in
fluence in the school is no long
er helpful.
4. He has so conducted him
self that his moral character is
in question and the pupils have
lost respect for him.
5. To liave him forced on us
under such circumstances ' is
likely to create a bitter racial
prejudice that will eauae future
trouble. This, w'e are'trying to
prevent.
6. There are supposed to be
about 250 pupils in our school
and 80 far there are only about
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The photo above shows the sponsors and of'
ficials of the speaking cont»t for Negro high
school students, being conducted by the North
Carolina Bankers Association in conjunction
with agricultural and technical staff members
of A. and T. College and professional workers
in soil conservation.
Reading from left to right they are: S. B.
Simmons, supervisor of vocational agriculture;
S. E. Duncan, supervisor of high school educa
tion; third person unidentified; R. E. Jones,
state agent for North Carolina Agriculture Ex-
tention Service; G. Harold Myrick, vice presi
dent First National Bank, Lincolnton; Fred W.
Greens, secretary, North Carolina Bankers As
sociation; Garland Johnson, vice president, North
Carolina Bankers Association; W. D. Jemigan;
Mr. Halfacre, vice president, Bank of Wilkes-
boro; L. C. Doggard, agronomist, State College,
Raleigh and J, E. Strickland, ass^tant cashier
Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Raleigh.
Chain, NCC Homecoming
Parades To Be Together
By D. F. REED
Plans for the combining of the
Trade Week parade of the Dur
ham Btisiness and Professional
Chain with that of the North
Carolina College Homecoming
were approved here Monday
night by the Trade Week Com
mittee in a meeting at the Al
gonquin Club.
The parade will be staged
October 15 and will be follow
ed by a football game between
the No(rth Carolina College
Eagles and the Virginia State
Trojans.
■ Chain officials are urging
members of the organization to
begin preparations immediately
to enter repre.sentative floats in
the parade and cooperate to the
fullest extent with the entire
program.
'ine parade promises to be
one ot the most elaborate in
the history of the organiza
tion and North Carolina Col
lege Homecoming celebrations.
In addition to tne North Car
olina College, Virginia State
and Hillside bands, several
others have already indicated
that they will be on hand to
help maKe th^ occasion a gala
affair. ^
A business''institute will be
held during Trade Week and
all busines.sfs are being urged
to have representatives present
to take adavantage of the large
amount of information about
how' to operate a successful busi
ness that will be available.
In connection with the plans
for the ce^brations the House
wives League, an auxiliary of
the Chain, will conduct a
contest for the selection of a
Trade Week queen, whose title
will be “Miss Trade Week.”
The prize offered in the con
test is a free trip to the annual
meeting of the National Ne
gro Business League Conven
tion to be held at Tuskegee In-
(Pleiuse txmi to Page Eight)
Man Booked
For Stealing
Church "P\c"
YORK, S. C.
Hazel Small, a middle-aged
white man-was indicted for
taking the picture of Judas’
betrayal of Christ from the
Hopewell Baptist Church.
The small benigned man was
tried in' Sewions court, and
Judge G. Badger Baker sen
tenced him to 30 da3^ on the
York County chain gang.
Congrats For Academy Hopeful
LeRoy Jones, alternate West
Point appointee of Senator
Frank P. Graham, is shown
receiving a big kiss from- his
mother, Mrs. James W. Jones
when he arrived at home a few
hours after he had been noti
fied that he was in line for
appointment to the United
States Milif(ary Ay:;ademy.
Young Jones is a student of
St. Augustine’s College, Ra
leigh. His mother and father
are residents of Kinston.
Dixie Judge Scores U. S.
Supreme Court Decision In
Sentencing Negro To Chair
(iliEENWOOD, Sr'C. ■
rirv'uit Judge .1. Henry .lohii-
son i.s pretty well fed up with
decisions involving Negroes on
jurie.s, and during his reluctant
condecision of Harrison Raker,
Ureenwood Negro on the i)Otit,
jiu’y list in the trial of Willie
Talbert, a'cn.sed of criminally
assaulting a white girl of Gri'en-
wood, he gave vent to his im
pressions ill no uncertain terms.
His criticism of the high
court came during ,an argu
ment by Harold Boulware,
Negro defense attorney, that
the defendant was deprived of
' his constitutional right of a
fair trial because of the all-
white jury.
The court granted the defease
motion that names of Negroes
be added to the Greenwood
country jurj- box. ©ne Negro
was added to the jury box after
52 had been submitted. But
Judge .fohnson commented sar-
casticallv: “I can’t have anv
respect for any ciwirt that an
nounces du'^eisions 4n advance.
The Sui)reme Court did that in
a Georgia election case^” he said,
adding, “I haven’t fidly re
spected the court for the last 15
01- IG years.
Continuing in this critical
vein as he addressed the grand
jury, Judge Johnson said he
could tell m advance nine
times out of tne just what
the decision of the court would
be. He charged that in a case
in Louisiana where amn was
put in the electric chair with
out current, four dissenting
Supreme Court judges ruled
in his favor just b^ause he
was a Negro.
“I am beginning to think
that nobody has any rights
here in the United States any
longer unless he belongs to a
mingtrlty group,” he sdd, his
voice filled with overtone* of
revenge.
Hayti Section Scene Of
Second Free-For-All
Shooting In 2 Weeks
The reign of terror, growing
out of a feud between Negro
gunmen and so-called bad men,
that has been going one for the
past two weeks in the Hayti
section of Durham continue«l un
abated here Monday night when
the load from a shotgun bla.st
around 10 o’clock sent Atheo
'Bhompson, 24 of 607 St. Joseph
Street, to the Lincoln Hospital.
Thompson was shot in the back
and side, and at first it was re
ported that his arm would have
to be amputated, but hospital
attendants informed the f'AR-
OLINA TIMES this week that
at present there are no indica
tions tliat the wound is not
serious enough to result in his
arm being amputated.
Calvin Williams, 25, of 326
East Enterprise Street, who
is alleged to have fired the
blast at Thompson, is being
held in jail for investigation
of assault and battery with a
deadly 't^eapon with intent to
kill. Police Officials informed
the TIMES representative
that charges will not be pre
ferred until the exact extent
of Thompson’s woimds can be
determined.
About two weeks ago Thomp
son, Williams and Jack Hicks
were involved in a gint battle
on Fayetteville Street in broad
daylight, just a few’ yards from
the scene of Monday night’s
shooting, but both men mis,sed
their mark. The firing ceased
when the pistol in the hands of
orfe of them jammed, and he
escaped.
The Monday night shooting
is reported to have been done
with a sawed-off shotgun,
and is alleged to have ^en
the result of an argument at a
gambling game.
The arrest of Williams oc
curred when officer Frank Mc
Crary was patrolling Fayette
ville Street in their police car.
Suddenly seeing a man run
ning with a shotgun in his hands,
the officers gave chase and plac
ed him under arrest.
Thompson and Williams are
reported to have been out on '
bond as a result of the shoot
ing two weeks ago.
Several local citizens talked
with here this week expres.sed
the hopes that last Monday
night’s shooting will be the
signal for a police crack down
on the many so-called bad men
who infest dives located in the
Ilayti section. As it is now. m.niiy
respectable citizens are afraid
to walk the streets for fear of
becoming victim of a stray bul
let. to say nothing at being
molested with profanity, fights
and near fights between loafers,
gamblers and other well-known
crooks.
Memorial Foundation
Supervisor
Mrs. Lola Solice, former teach
er in the Durham County and
City School systems, who was
recently appointed Supervisor
of the Granville County Schools.
Mrs. Solice completed fier work
for the Master’s degree at North
Carolina College the past Sum-
Time Capsule To ^e
Placed In Statue Of
Dr. James Shepard
To insure Americans who live
in the 21st Century that Ne
groes made valuable contribu
tions to American life, a com
mittee working toward the
memorialization of the late Dr.
.James E. Shepard, Founder of
North Carolina College, will
embalm records of Negro life—
films, newspapers, maps, clip
pings. news article and similar
documents—at the base of the
proposel monument of the edu
cator.
The first such “time cap
sule” of present day Negro
-life will include activities of
the Urban League^ NAACP,
fraternal and religious organ
izations, cults, women’s clube,
newspapers, the National
Business League, educational
societies, and leading insur
ance companies.
Lnther Evans. Librarian of
('(inzreH-s, has been asked to sup
ply a special type of paper on
which record eonr»*mporary data.
The Ela-sfman Kfxlak Company
ha.s been asked to contribute
sf-ientific pri-sen'atives to .iave
the recortlins's. The Edison
I>aboratories are assisting in the
pr»‘paration of reconljngs of
outstanding personages of to
day.
^t up by a cron-section of
th^two races in North Caro
lina for the purpose of pay
ing tribute to the life and a-
chievements of the late Dr.
Shepard, the James E. Shep
ard Memorial Foundation,
Inc., plans to establish a mem
orial and a scholarship and
loan fund.
Interracial Football
Game Staged In Texas
(Special to the TIMES)
WACO, TEXAS
F'or the second time in the
history of the South a football
game between a Negro and white
team was plaj^d here last
Thurstlay night. The first in
terracial football game ever to
be jilayed in Dixie between a
white and Negro team was pla.v-
ed in 1947 in Durham between
the Willow Tree A. C.’s, Wash
ington, t). C. and a white team,
the Vulpine A. C.’s, Philadel
phia.
The park is located in the
heart of Waco and a large in
terracial crowd was on hand
to witness the contest. Camp
Hood is located on the out
skirts of Killeen, a small Tex.
town where before the last
war there were no Negro re
sidents.
The game was hard fought,
beginning to end, and was mark
ed by a fine spirit of sportsman
ship by the two teams and the
spectators. \Yaco authorities aa-
ticipatel no serious infractions
of the law and only two poliee-
men were a.ssigDed to dutv at
the park Prominent among the
spectators were Baylor Univer
sity president. Dr. R. W. White
and Bayior head coach. Bill
Woodruff.
Paul Quinn is the first and
only college in thp Southwest
to ^ve played a mixed team
and an all white teani-
INFANTRY NO PUSH-OVER
The Hood Infantrj’, with
former players from Texa.s
Christian University, Penn.
State, and other big time foot
ball teams, was no push-over.
The Infantry aggregation is
rugged, experienceil. balanced
and a constant- threat in the
running, passing, punting and
strateiry departments.
NCC To Be Host To
NAACP Youth Workshop
The Third Annual NAACP
Youth liegion 1 Workshop
will l^-hekl Saturtlayv^X'tober
l.st, at the North Carolina Col
lege, it was announced this
week by W. W. Law, Chair
man of the region.
Young people from NAACP
Youth Councils and college
chapters in twelve southeast
ern states and the District of
Columbia will attend the all
day session. The delegates will
consider such topics as the
NAACP histor\- and policy,
and technitjufs for obtaining
and holding large youth mem
berships.
*\-niong those appearing on
the program will be Kelly M.
Alexander of Charlotte, presi
dent of tire N. ('. State NAA
CP Conference of Branches,
Nathaniel Bond of Durham,
State Youth President, and
Eugene A. R. Montgomery,
Columbia, S. C.. executive
secretary, S. C. State Confer
ence of Branches and several
other youth leaders will ap
pear on the workshop pro
gram.
A special feature of the work
shop will be a skit based on
the founding of the .Vssooia-
tion 40 years ago. It will be
presented in connection with
the discusiiiion on the NAACP
background.
All Negro Jury Sentences
Negro To Three Years
Cjleorge Adams, first Negro to
be tried here by twelve of his
own race, got a three year st'n-
tence last week for killing a
white man. The panel, with IV'ii
Spencer, a cobbler as its fore
man, deliberated aboitt four
hours before it agreed on con
viction of voluntary manslangh;
t^r and a three year term in
prison.
Final Rites For
Race Who's Who
Editor Held
BRQOKLYN, N. Y.
The funeral of Thomas Yen-
ser, 83, editor and publisher
of “Who’s Who In Colored
America,” was held last Tues
day at the Walber B. Cooke
Funeral Home.
Colored “Who’s Who In A-
American has been published
since 1927 and is widely used
as a reference work. Mr. Yen-
ser, in compiling material
traveled extensively, inter
viewing Negroes, promiSnent
in religious, educational, pro
fessional and i9 thetfommer-
cial fields.
H* was bom in L*hiehtoo,
Pa., anAbegan as a printer’s
appreentice. Later he was em-
Two Meet
Death In
Auto Mishap
GASTONIA
Two met death as an aute>
mobile overturned on a dirt
road Saturday near her*.
Three persona were ridiag.
in the car when the accidMt
occured. Roosevelt Straiiht,
sole survivor of th« accidest,
is the owner of tbm car.
Those killed ia tb* mistev
were Brady Mackson and Itt
Williams, botk 35 years (rid.
Mackson was driviai; the aata
when the accident- occared, a*
bout' three miles aorth «f
Cherryfill*.
ployed a« a c«aitMBi*»r it
several New York IfewspaperB