Periodical Cipt
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TRIGG AND
Congrats For Annual Report
Th« Fiftieth Annual Report oi tlie Koith CflroHnn Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Durham, an anniversary issue, was
cited for its excellence in the field of insurance companies recent
ly by Financial World, the trade publication. Dr. C. C. Spauld
ing, president of the firm, is shown being congratulated by Wes
ton Smith, vice-president of thf magazine at a dinner to the win
ning companies held at Statler Hotel, New York, last week.
Two More Negroes
On Police Force
Posse Hunts White
Slayers Of Negro
By Staff Correspondrat ~
UP TO OLD
TRICKS!
Say Negroes
Get Equal
Fund Share
By Staff Correspond
WALHALLA, S. C. —
An almost unbelievable
happening has occurred
in the South. In this small
Southern town of about
3,000 people, located in
tlie eastern comer of
South Carolina about 20
miles from the Georgia
boundary, a n unusual
thing has happened — un
usual especially for a
Southern village.
Two NVgro policemen were
seheduleil to be>j:iii active service
with Uiirliain’s police force this
week, according to a recent an-
nouncenjeiit bv Chief of Police
H, E. Kinsr.
The addition of the new of
ficers will briny: to 10 the num
ber of Ne^M•oes currently afford
ing law protection to citizens of
Durham.
Chief Kinp said that a care
ful screeniiifj i)r»K‘ess was xin-
derway to select five new Avhife
officers.
, The new Nci;ro policemen are
Robert JlcNeir*ii)itil rec-entl.v’^an
emplo.vee of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Ci>mp
any, and Garson Mcljt-od, form
erly a student at North Carolina
College.
Yhe men we^ selected after
reviewing, clieeking and “dou
ble-checking a number of ap
plications received over a period
of several weeks,” Chief King
BULLETIN!
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Two white youths have
confessed to the killing of
Michael Rice, elderly
farmer of Walhalla, S. C.
The youths, captured in a
nite restaurant in Charles
ton, broke down and ad>
mitted to the fatal shoot
ing of Rice and of taking
$500 of the victim’s sav
ings. Sheriff Ed. Weathers
of Oconee County said
that the pair had blown all
but $7.00 of the $500 on a
state-wide spending spree.
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VOLUME 27—NUMBER 46
* DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 19th, 1949
»-^RICE: TEN CENTS
"Classic'' Queens And Attendants
ROBERT McNEIL
said.
New patrolman McNeil is mar
ried to the former Julia Scar
lett, daughter of the late Df. H.
C. Scarlott of Greensboro and
I .Jackson, Miss.
SPAULDING IMPROVING
lA*. Charles C. Spaulding, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, who has
been under physician'^ care at Lincolfi Hospital for
ITn eye treatment, has returned to hi« home for a con
valescent period. Dr. R. E. Dawcon, physician attend
ing Dr. Spaulding, stated that he responded to treat
ment.
The peoi>le of Walhalla have
become incensed over the*nuir-
der of ii Negro farmer and have
spurred the local and county
l:nv eiifoi'cemciit officers on in
their.efforts to track ckiwn the
killers.
BLASTED WITH SHOTGUN
The farmer, Michael Rice, 69,
ws|>ectMl Its the coiumnnity,
bled to death after two white
men blasted him with a shotgun
in his home Saturday night. The
slayers removed his monej" belt
containing between $400 and
$500 in savings.
A 14-year-old boy, Henry
Davis, helper and companion of
the aged victim spent the nigbt
beside the man as he lay dying
from loss of blood. The bo was
afraid tq go out for help beisauae
the killers had threatened hin}.
CALLS POLICE
* About 7 a. m. Sunday morn
ing the boy called the town
police. Sheriff Eddie Weathers
said he is holding the boy for
his own protection.
Feeling among white people
of this Southern hamlet in
Oconee county is running high
over what Sheriff Weathers de
scribes as the most brutal mur
der in the county’s history.
A stolen truck, discovered
near the scene of the crime, waa
thought by Sheriff Weathers
to be connected w’ith the slaying.
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Four Workmen Killed
On Job Within A Week
Four men have lost their lives
on construction jobs in this area
within less than a week. Two of
them, employed by T. W. Powe
and Son Construction Company,
were killed when a crane came
in contact with a power line of
of the new infirmary building
now inider construction at North
Carolina College.
Two others were killed by a
cave-in of seven feet of dirt and
rock from thee sides of a ditch
in which they were working.
Mr. Powe told a representa
tive of the Carolina Times that
-Otis Coley, 25, who lived at
University Station and Jesse At
water, 24, of 615 Carol Street of
Durham w’ere both electrocuted
while they were sending buckets
of cement to the second floor of
the infirmary building when the
accident occured.
Just as the crane was lowering
the big bucket for a fill, it came
in contact with the high voltage
wire which extends from Ijaw-
son Street through the college
campus.
Both of the men were rushed
to Ijincoln Hospital where fire
men made a futile attempt to
revive them.
The last two men killed were
Frank Edwards, 26, of 1012
Fourth Street and David For
tune, 46, of 808 Carroll Sitreet.
They were working for Muir-
head Construction Company on
the new $3,000,000 construction
project on Highway 54, near
Chapel Hill.
Harris Died of a crushed chest
and Fortune was suffocated to
death.
Although feverish efforts were
made to resoie Edwards and
Fortune immediately after the
cave-in they were not removed
from the ditch until an hour and
a half later when both were
found to be dead.
Mississippi High Court Frees
Negro Of Murder Charge
JACKSON, MISS. — The Mississippi Supreme
Court has freed a Negro who killed a white man. |n
freeing William Bell, the court reversed a lower
court’s decision by rtding that Bell shot in self-de-
fense.
A lower court had found Bell guilty of murder
for killing C. W. Broughton, white plantation man
ager in December, 1948 and had placed him under
death sentences,
The State had contended that Broughton was
killed while ordering Bell off the plantation for caus
ing a disturbance. The Supreme Court upheld the
contention of the defense that Bell fired a shotgun
blast at the white man because he felared for his life.
Capital Classic Queens and attendants are shown above as they were snapped during the halftime ceremonies of the game. The
bevy of beauties represent North Carolina College’s, West Virginia’s and Washington’s finest. North Carolina College students
are, third from left, Evelyn Holland; centcr, Mable Dupree; and third from right, Rita Frances.—Stanback Photo.
Civil Rights Fight Looms For
Congress; No Retreat Sounded
Heart Attack
Proves Fatal To
Mrs. Ruth Mickle
Mrs. Ruth 0 ’Daniel Mickle,
widow of the late Prof. E. D.
Mickle, died of a heart attack
en route to the hospital Tuesday
evening at about 7 ;30. She suf
fered the attack at the home of
her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. O.
M. Ileriidoii, where she stopped
before going home every after
noon from work. She was 61
years of age.
Mrs. Mickle, who will be
reniembeied by many as the
dietician at the W. O. Pearson
Elementary School, for a num
ber of years during the prin-
cipalship of her husband there.
Born in Diu’liam, Mrs. Mickle
was educated in the public
schools of this city. She was a
mend)er of Saint .Joseph A. M.
E. Church aud its Stewardess
Board.
Survivin^the deceased are her
brother, Willie 0’Daniel and
several nieces, nephews and
cou.sins. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed at press
time Wednesday.
By Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. C. — It looks as if the Administration forces will clash
head-on with Southern Democrats and Republicans when Congress recon
venes if what the Administration spokesmen. Southern Democrats, Republic
ans have promised will be fulfilled in January,
President Truman and the Administration Democrats have declared again
and again that they will not retreat in the battle for civil rights; and Southern
Democrats and Republicans have declared again that if the Fair Emplojmient
Practices Commission measure
of the* civil rights is pushed, a
battle royal will break out in
Congress in January. One sena
tor has predicted that a civil
rights fight ‘will endanger the
whole “Fair Deal” program.
• Within the last w'eek, the
President has twice reiterated
his determination to push civil
rights legislation through Con
gress in .January.
“FAIR DEAL
JEOPARDIZED”
Senator John J. Sparkman,
(Dem.-Ala), said this week that
the whole Truman “Fair Deal”
program Mill be jeopardized if
of civil rights battU* develops in
Congress iiext January. Chim
ing in with Sparkman. Repub
lican S^nater leader Kenneth
Wherry of Nebraska predicted
trouble for the Administration
if it brings up the FEPO mea
sure of the civil rights bill first.
Meanwhile I>emocratic leader
of the senate Scott W. Lucas of
Illinois promised that he would
bring up a civil ri^ts measure,
probably FEPC, when Congress
reconvenes.
NO RETREAT SOUNDED
Speaking before the jnnual
meeting of the National Cotin-
cil of Negro Women Tuesday,
the President said that the A-
merican people have a deep in
terest in providing freedom of
opportunity to all its citizens
-without racial or religious *lis-
crimination. “We are awakened
as never before to the true m^n-
ng of equality,” he said. “We
are going' to advance in our pro
gram of bringing equal rights
to all citizens. In that great
cause, there is no retreat and
no retirement , ” he added.
Only last Friday the Presi
dent delivered a similiar mess
age to the National Conference
of Christians and Jews.
FEPC HATED
The senator from Alabama,
John J. Sparkman, said that the
FEPC would run into opposi
tion from the northern indus
trial centers as well as from the
South. “For that reason,” he
opined, “we are going to find
man>' C'nn^'ress members from
the North voting against it a-
long with southerners.” “The
result,” lie reasoned, “would be
to delay and tiireaten the entire
Trninan program” which he
said he supports.
“After itll senators are only
human. If yon get kicked a-
round, your reaction is to kick
back. Tliere is bound to be a lot
ol resentment,” Sparkman adil-
ed. Till* Alabama soion X)redict-
ed that the civil'rights proposal
would be defeated.
QUESTION DEM.
SINCERITY
Concurifjng with Sparkmam
concerning the FEPC measure
was senator Wherrj' of Ne
braska. The' Republican Senate
leader said, “of three civil rights
tights measures, FEPC is the
mo.st difficult to pass. If the
Democratic party is to remain
true to its pledges. . then it
should bring up the anti-lyneh-
ing or poll tax bills first,” he
advised.
Wherry (piestioned the sin
cerity of the Democratic Party
in keeping its pledges by pro
posing to bring up FEPC kg-
islation first. ‘‘They'11 piw
FEPC first because they don’t
want any of them to pass,” he
asserted. “If they really want a
fair test, they’ll pick anti-lynch
ing leL'islation,’’ Wherry said.
He accounted tlie possibility
that the Derno.-ratic leadership
might be able to muster up
enough members to sign a peti
tion to stop filibuster against
one of the "other civil rights
bills, but not against FEPC. Ac-
coi>i^!» to Wherry, FEPC is the
one most hated by the Southern
legislators.
RALEIGH — Dr. N. C.
Newbold, aged Directbr of
the Division of Negro
Education and Dr, Harold
L. Trigg^ president of St
Augustine^a College aDd
member of the 3tate
Board of Education, toW
Governor Scott here Mon
day that they thou^t Nej
groes were getting due
consideration in the school
program.
It was the alert and profieient
representative of the
Courier, Alex Rivera, who an-
covered the fact that the two
well-known throttlers of Ne^ro
education in North Carolina had
been called by the governor to
his office and were up to their
old tricks again of misinform
ing him.
THINK STATE DOING
ITS PART “
Drs. Newbold and Triirg told
the (tovemor that they thought
the State was doing its part, bat
that the City of Durham is not,
the Governor stated. Durham
was probably singled out be
cause it is in that city that a
!»roup of NegroesTTSas brou^fhl
suit in the 'T'niti-d >*tates Mid
die Di.striet Court all. e'-c
crimination.
Although the aminint Negroe*
are eetting from the '^.50,000,0011
building program was diiicuM-
•^tl. (iovernor Scott is believed
to have inquired about the gen
eral consideration being given
Netrroex in county and city edu
cational set-ups as well.
MERGER RUMOR SP1KEI>
In reph' to a second qnestioo
Rivera aked the (Jovemor a-
bout proposals to make North
Carolina College' at Durhana anl
A. and T. Collek?e at (jre»*nsbor«.
units of the Greater Tniversitv.
“he Chief Executive said: “ f
have heard th«t nimnr, and I
don’t know that I have any
coiflment, it certainly has merit
though.”
It is by this means that it is
the hope of some to avoid
admission of Negroes to 3t»te
supported white educational in
stitutions.
In a long distance telephone
conversation Tuesday night. Dr.
F. D. Bluford. president of A.
and T. College told a representa
tive of the CAROLINA TIMES
that he had not heard anything
of the proposed plan and con
sequently would have no state
ment to make with reference to
the TIMES inquiry about the
consolidation.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, president
of North Carolina College at
Durham, also declined to com
ment on what he termed waa on
ly a rumor.
TIMES MOVES OFFICE
The CAROLINA TIMES, formerly located
at 814/4 Fayetteville Street, has set up offices at
518 East Pettigrew Street. The office occupies
the building adjacent to Day’s Cafe. A new phone
number, 5*9873, has been listed for the office.
Rites Held For
Raleigh Matron,
Mrs. L. Yeargin
RALEIGH
Funeral services were condoe-
ted from the Firat Baptist
Church Friday, Nov. 11, at 3
P. M. for Mrs. Leah L. Yeargin,
with the pastor Dr. 0. S. Bul
lock. officiating. Dr. Bulloek waa
assisted.by Rev. J.’II. Clanton.
Rev. S. F. Daly, of Shaw U-
niversity faculty paid tribute to
Mrs. Yeaj;giu as a wife and a
“moilel mother.” Mr Eiarl Al
ston sang the “Lord’s Prayer”
by Malotte.
Active pall bearers were Jas.
A. Bailey, Otis Eeid, Ernest P.
Broome, Robert E. Jones, son-
in laws of Mrs. Yeargin, God
frey Herndon and Paul Camp-
bel.l Members of the Deaooo
Board of First Baptist Church
served a^ honorary pallbearers.
Flowerbearers were members
of the Deaconess board of her
church. Mrs. Yeargin was the
former Leah Thorpe of Rocky
Mount, but had made her hom«
in Raleigh since 1914.
She is survived by her hus
band. J. W. Yeargin, one son.
Asst. District Attorney, James
M. Yeargin of New York; six
daughters, Mrs. Willie Y. Mc-
Cullers of Philadelphia. Pa.;
Mrs. Mamie T, Jonea of Greeaa-
boro, Mrs. Isabell ftnwme of
Florence. S. C.: >Irs E. Reid.
Miss Effie M. Yeargin and Mr*.
Lillian Bailey all of Raieifh. 4
grandsons and one granddanirlt-
ter. Interment waa in Mount
Hope Cemetwy. 4
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