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McMulUin Admits Effect Qf Recent Rulings On IS, C, Cases
Smith Upholds Jim Crow, |
Decries Negro Bloc Vote
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Entered as Second dans Matter at the Poat Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1879.
FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 24
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE I7th, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Woman Blinds Mate
With Lye As He Slept
Dunn — An ai)parently jeal
ously enraged wife threw a can
of life here last week in her hus-
banil’s eyes while he slept, eaus-
iuf? him, aeeorelijiK 1o Dr. .1. F.
llartin wlio treated his eyes, to
come percmentiy blinded.
Mrs. Retha Taylor, the jeal
ous spouse who look the dras
tic measures to curb her hus
band’s alleged interests in an
other woman, was bound over
to the Harnett County Super
ior Court on charges of secret
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
TIul* victim, Janies Taylor,
luisbaud of Mrs. lletha Taylor,
wild has l;;‘eu blind since the in-
eident, uasllic principal witness
to tlie lyc iHii-liiifr.
According to the husband’s
definitely state ihat his wife
ing at his mother’s when he
heard someone on the porch
of the home “cussin.” An in
vestigation revealed the “cus
sin” individual to be his wife.
Tayltir ttslilicil inrtlier that
the two then slurtcd for home,
iuid during; the Join’neyj his wife
kept, arL'ninjr with him for rnn-
ninj; jironnd witli anither wo-
ninn. lie said he went 1o ImhI
and his^wifc went off to her
sister’s home. 'I'ln’ next thiiij' he
knew, he said, lie awoke with
th(' eaiistiit mixtiii’e eoveritig
him.
Although Taylor could not
defeinitely state that his wife
threvf the lye on him because
he could not see after the con
tents fell on his eyes, his wife
was heard to exclaim at one
time “I don’t know why I did
it.”
Jnd^c! Strickland foiind prob
able cause and bonnd Mrs. Tay
lor over for (irand dury action.
The bond was set at $5(K).
When Taylor was questioned
as to whether or not Mrs, Tay
lor threw the lye on him by
Attorney E. L. *Doffermyre,
who acted as special prosecu
tor, he replied “I don’t
know.” “When I woke up I
could not see her.” He stated
that he could still see when
he first awakened, however.
His wife’s sister helped him to
get some of the lye off of him
he said, but his wife did not.
Defense Attorney 1). C. Wil
son, queried the witness closely
with regard to a shelf over the
bed, inferring that the lye might
have fallen off the shelf into
his eyes as he lay abed.vHow-
ever, Taylor insi.sted that the
lye eonld not have been on the
siielf.
Sgt. Mack Denning of the
Dunn police department said
that Mrs. Taylor told him that
the can accidentally fell from
her hand, but added that she
had earlier excalimed: “I
don’t know why I did it.”
DenJiinr said tliat he met, the
eouj)le on Iheir way home at.
about 2 o’clock in the morning
and tliiif, fh((y were “fnssin’ ”,
and he advised them to gohome.
The next tim(‘ he wiw Taylor, he
said was at flie hosf)ital where
the burned man told him that
his M'ifi- had done this him.
Denning said that when he
arrived at the Taylor house,
Mrs. Taylor told him where
the can of lye had been thrown
in the yard, and the bed was
covered from head to foot
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NEWS: Most dlstinKuished grnests during the recent
■econd regional conference of the National Council of Negro Women,
Inc,, were Dr. Mary Mcl.eod Bethune, president-emeritus, and Dr. Doro
thy B. Ferebee, national president. NC'NW sessions were held at the
Harlem Branch (N. Y.) XWCA and the swank Hotel Statler.
Dr. Allen Speaks At
Mt. Vernon Sunday
A feature of the first annual
Men’s Day program to be held
at the Mount Vernon Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon at
3:30 P. M. will be the prin
cipal address which will be
delivered by Dr. Madison C.
Allen, president of Virginia
Theological Seminary, Lynch
burg, Kev. E. T. Browne, pas
tor of Mount Vernon, an
nounced this week.
Special music for the occas
ion will be rendered by the
ilount Vernon Male Chorus,
the Saint Paul’s Baptist
church’s choir and senior
choir number two.
Dr. Allen, who is renowned
as a profound and eloquent
speaker, delivered the Eman
cipation Proclarimtion cele
bration addre.ss last January 1
at the First Calvary Baptist
Church.
“WIkmi He (!ame To IMatnr-
ity” will he subject of Dr.
Allen’s address Sunday.
Seeks Funds For
All-Out Drive On
Bias, Segregation
New York — One thousand
Americans have been asked to
contribute $10() each to the Na
tional Association for the Ad-
vajieement of Colored lVo]>le
to provide funds for follow’-up
work jn tlie all out drivt* to end
segi’egation and discrimination
in education.
Among those immediately
responding to an appeal sent
out by Walter White, NAACP
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N. C. C. PROF. GETS
HONORARY DEGREE
FROM RHODE ISLAND
Dr. Kose Bui ter Browne, pro
fessor of elementary education
in North Carolina College’s grad
uate division, will receive the
honorary degree of Doctor of
l*]dneatioii from Rhode Island
State College of Education on
.hine 17.
Presitient Lueuius A. Whip
ple, of Rhode island State Col
lege, ,said in a letter to Dr.
Browne recently;
“Each year at Commence
ment time we confer a very
small number of honorary de
grees to people whom we feel
have made a distinct contri
bution to education. Among
those whom we wish to honor
are persons who have been
members of the student body
here at the College, and to
whom we have ^iven degrees.
“ 1 am extending you a cordial
invitation to l)i> pre.sent at our
(’omnien‘ement l^x(‘reis*s on
Saturday morning, .June 17tli,
1!!.')(), in the new' Veteran’s
Memorial Auditorium in Pro
vidence to reeciv«' this degree.
The action of the faculty has
been ajiproved by th(> Board of
'l'rusfe(>s of Slate (College.”
Dr. Browne is a native of
Boston, Mass. She was rear
ed in Newport, Rhode Island,
where she finished Rogers
High School. She received the
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COMPLAINS
NEGROES DIDN’T
VOTE FOR HIM
Raleigh. — U. S. Senatorial
candi^late Willis Smith, iu a
campaign speech here last
week, decried the way in
whicli Negroes voted iu tiie
^May 27 primary—i. e. the
Xegro vote was cast almost
solully for Senator Frank 1*.
(iraham.
Smith declared, iu efiuct,
tliiit the fact that Negroes vot-
eil lor SciuUor (Jraham so
heavily and not for hiu. or
some other cantlitlate was bad
for tlemoeraey, and caused him
to have some concern over the
ilemocratie process of free
elections.
iu tjiie tspeech Smith also
reiterated his stand tor Ihe
preservation of the southern
traditions, segregation, renew
ed his opposition to FE^^C,
rcgaitled the Soviet llniou
at»d World cumnuiuisiu a»^^
rapacious, brutal monster
which had to be destroyed,
and iiitiiiiated that tlii- best
place for I>cgroes was in the
“ss'iiipathctie” South.
Smith lashed out vigoi’ously
at the bloc voting wliicii took
plai-e in the ^lay 27 primary
and deeian*d: “the voles of
oiir Negro voters offer an in
viting field to a certain type
of politician who has been
known in the South since a
much earlier generation.”
Smith further deplored the
wa\ .N'egroes of particular
cities voted — against him.
He (lid not like the way Ne
groes of the Durham in the
two predominantly Negro
wards gave him only 15 votes
while givin;i( his opponent,
Sen. Graham, 2,703 votes.
Ho also cited voting iu Ra
leigh arul Greensboro, and ex
pressed concern over the lack
of votes for Smith. The Ra
leigh corporation lawyer said
said that the large vote ca.st
by Negroes against him in the
election does not mean that
the Negro citizens do not be
lieve that he has been a sincere
friend of the colored race all
of his life.
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Last rites for Mrs. Laura
Southerland, well-known re
sident of 1001 Whitted Street
of this city, were held Sunday,
June 11, at the St. Joseph A.
M. E. Church. Mrs. Souther
land, who is survived by sev
eral daughters and sons, and
several sisters, succumbed af
ter a lengthy illness at the
Lincoln Hospital, June 9th.
Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor
of St. Joseph Church, de
livered th« funeral sermon
and burial rites were conduct
ed the Beechwood Cemetery
on Monday, June 12.
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Atty. General Reverses Stand,
Says Rulings Handicap Defense
Raieisrh 1 Spceial to tiie CAR-
UldNy TI.\1ES) Htate At
torney (ieiiera! Harry Mc.Mullan
belatedl\- ailiiiitted here thi>,
week lluit. North Carolina's
claim of '‘substantially equal”
graduate ;ind professional faci
lities for Negroes will [>rohably
not staiul the test recently ap
plied by the I*. S. Supreme
Coiu't in the Swcatt ami ^Ic-
Laurin cases.
Mr. Ale*\lullan who earlier an
nounced the Supreme Court
rull'iL.-, would iM't .U’l'ci't the
cases pelidiag of eight North
t'ai'oliii.i ('olii-iri. lau students
.scckiiij,' admissitdi to Hie l iiiNcr-
sity ()1 .\orlli (Jaroliiia Law
School this Meet; wild tin; high
(‘((urt's iiiti*i]>rctatiou of certain
“iiitaiigihles ’ j)laccd tin; State
of North Cai'olina at a disail-
vaiitagi; ,ia delVnding itself.
..\loiig witli attorneys general
from otlii'r Southern Stales, Me-
Mullau sought to uphold the
“separate hut ecjuar doctrme
,i3i gradiia'li- and profeKsionai
education, la Texas, however^
the State university, bowing to
the Supi'eiiK! Court's ruling in
the .McLauiJU and Swcatt eases,
has apparently opened its doors
to qualified Negro students at
graduate and pofessional level.
I’rior to ^le.Mullau s brief as
friend of the cotul in the Sweatt
ease, it was felt that North Car
olina, long hailed as the most
liberal of the Southern States,
woidd be among the first States
in the South to open the doors
of its State nniver.sity to Negro
graduate and i)rofessioual stu
dents. -\lc.\l ullan, advising trus
tees of the university, is believ
ed to have held out hope that
the South eoukl stem the assault
against seiiarate and uue(iual as
it had stenuueil it since 187').
Political analysts here on
('ai)itol Hill arc beginning to
look with misgiving upon the
serii's of events that have caused
the present situation. It is re-
allcd in n'spoiisihle education
eirclcs here that for more than
10 years, tlie leailjng ed\ieational
officials liav(‘ si'on the coming
of the break in graduate ami
professional training, ^l(»re than
one high State official has e.v
pres.s('d himself “off-the-record”
as willing to s(>e Xegi’ocs inte
grated at graduate and profess
ional level.
According ene re|»ort here,
criticism is being voiced here
figainst the Conucil of State for
its a('tions last AiiL'Ust is makiiiu'
$20,000 av;iliable to renovate a
building at X. ((’olicge to
house the law scliool, it is re
liably r(‘]iorted lieri' that as ear
ly as tlu‘ nronghton administra
tion it was felt that the State
would eventually have to capitu
late on th(' law school issue.
Ill Raleigh and in Washing
ton, lawyers who liavt* studieil
the McLauriii .iiid Sweatt ile-
eisions say it is now tip to Xe-
groi's to push their way the rt'-
mainder of the distaii 'c into pre-
doctoral a n d jn'ofessional
schools. Court rtilings, those
lawyers say. leave little d(mbt
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First Race Judge In
South To Speak In
Greensboro Sunday
(ir;‘cnsboro — The South’s
first Negro Judge, L. E.
Tiioiiias of Miami, Fla., will
spi-ak Sunday afternoon at
two o’clock at the Trinity A.
■M, E. '/Aon ( 'huivii here under
I he aii.spii'es of the Colored
Denioci’atic Club of Guilford
Coinitx, .indge Thonms, boru
in Ocala, Florida, attended
ill the ])ublie .schools of Ocala,
and rccciveil the B, S, degree
I'l-om Florida A. and M. Col-
lejrc iu l!jl!>. Receiving the
\Aj. 1>. degrt'c from the Uni
versity of Michigan iji 11(23.
In April of this year, he wa.s
unanimously appointed by the
City Commission as iliuiieipal
•hidge.
.Iiidg(‘ 'I'honiiis has a brilliant
legal career of attaining
rights of X'egro citizens. He
instituted the first teachers’
salary suit in .Marion Coimty
which was carried to a suc
cessful conclusioii through the
r. S. Supreme Court. He
won a case against the Board
of Publi(*. Instruction iu the
“beau picking” suit, a suit
which restrained the board
from closing the schools dur
ing tlie vegetable season on
the pretext of allowing the
children to aid in the har
vesting.
His civi(‘ Avork has been as
eiually creditable. Attorney
'I'liomas single handedly sup
ervised the Pre-Pearl Harbor
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Dr. Martha B. Lucas, 38-
year-old Kentucky bom U.
N. E. S. C. 0, special repre
sentative and president of the
all-girls Sweet Briar College,
Sweet Briar, Virginia, told an
overflowing audience attend
ing the 39th commencement
at North Carolina College
here last week that “demo
cracy is on trial throughout
the world.” Over 200 students
received degrees at the North
Carolina College final exer
cises. Dr. Harry V. Richard
son, president of Gammon
Theological Seminary of At
lanta, Georgia, delivered the
baccalaureate address.
Well-Known Local Man
Is Eulogized Here
Funeral services for Xorman
C. Burgess, age 4.5, of 407
Fowler Avenue were held at
the’St. ]\Iark A. M. E. Zion
(’hurch. Thursday afteruooih
.I line I.*) at 2 o’clock, with
Rev. S. P. Perry, pastor, of
ficiating.
.Mr. ]*>urgess died at a lo(‘al
hospital Siuiday afternoon,
dune 11th after a brief ill
ness.
Mr, Burges.s was born in
I lemmingway. S, C, in 1905,
but had been a resident of
Durham for a long number of
years. He johied Saint Mark
A, M, E, Zion Church 22 years
airo. where ho serA-ed on the
Steward Board for six years.
He was also a member of the
Oospel Choras and ^Har-
monizing Pour 'Quart/^t of
that church. •'
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs, Ijaura Burgess, three
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Edith and
]\rrs, .Tulia Burch of Hem-
mingway, S. (’ aiul Mrs, Rosjt
Overby of Durham and one
brother. ThetHloiv Burgess of
of Henuniuirwav. S. C. st'veu
neiees and 12 nephews.
Interment was in Beechw.Hul
Cemeterv,
BIG FOUR: Top execative* of the
National ,%Mociation for the Ad-
vanceoMnt of Colored PeopI*
to confer on policy prob.'emt fnr th^
organization. Left to right
Roy Wilkins, administrator; WiUtr
White, executiTe secretary; Thur-
good Mtirshall. «p«riai rnunsfl.
Henry Lee Moon, director of public
relations (standing), Thii vvai
first meeting held nince the hoard
of directors voted >Ir. hitr •, re
turn to the N'.\ACP.
Marshall Says
Rulings Speed
Jim Crow End
X^-w York — ■ The i-omplete
ih-structioa of all enf-iri-‘d
reuratinii is uuw in siirhr,” >tuted
Thurui/*Ml Marshall, -p. eial i.’ouu
■sel for the .Natit.iial A-.-; .-i.itiou
for the Advaucf-mf-nt of .. ..red
People, after aa analytic study
ofthe opinions handled down by
the I’liiteii Sup-em"
(.'ourt in the Sweutr, M.-Laurin
and Henderson cases In three
unanimous dei isious. the high
court abolished seirretratiou at
till- riiivt-r'iry of »klahoma. ur-
lered tiie ailmis.siou ..f H'^rniau
Marion Sw»^att to the I'lus'er-
sity Iff TfSas law seh>;"l, and
struck d'.wn segrf-gatiou in rad-
way dining ears.
Although the Plessy vs. Fer
guson decision of 189ft, which
set up the “separate but
equal” doctrine, was not spe-
fiically overruled, Mr. Mar
shall said, “its effectiveness
in graduate and professional
education has been destroyed.
Segregation no longer has the
stamp of legality in any pub
lic education.”
•'Iu the step by step battle to
outlaw enforced racial setrrega-
tiou," the XAACP legal chief
ajsserted, “these ijecisions are
the most far-reaching yet at
tained.’’ Xotinir that the ulti
mate end of seuresration looms
I on the horizon, he enipha.sized
;the fact that •‘letral battl’-s have
I'to l)e carrietl on through rei:ular
leiral channels. Each ca.s».' must
'be limited to the facts in that
case.
CONFAB TO IMPLEMENT
DECISIONS
A conference of NAACP
lawyers from all sections of
the country will be held in
New York on June 26 and 27.
to map out legil strategy for
cases to protect and to extend
the principles set forth in
in these decisions. Mr. Mar
shall indicated that from for-
tv to fifty atromeys, repre
senting NAACP branches,
state confrences, regional of
fices, national olhce, and na
tional legal committe, are ex
pected to attend the confer
ence.
jURGE APPLICATIONS
! “yimlifieil Xeirn) students ile-
sirintr "raduate and prof-wsional
jeiUieatioii should apply to their
[state univi'rsitii'S for .drins
siou,’’the XAACP ei.uiis.1 .in
nounced. ‘'Qualifi*d srro stti
dents ticsiring eolleiri.-if- • duea
tion in state institiili«ns shoald
apply to their state tiniv. rsifies
for admission. .\11 of our state
conferences are heiiiir ah‘rte»l to
make a survey of tin* 4*hang** in
admission policii's in their state
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