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Scenes from the dedication
services for the new Sajnt
Paul Baptist Church building
held at Charlotte last Sunday
show Saint Paul’s pastor,
Rev, James F. Wertz, top,
leading the congregation in
singing during the afternoon
services at which Rev. C. C.
Warren, pastor of the Char
lotte’s First Baptist Church,
delivered the principal mes
sage. Dr. Warren is shown
speaking on the bottom photo.
In the background in both pic
tures is the First Baptist
Church choir, which render
ed special music for the ded
icatory services. The new
church plant, erected at an ap
proximate cost, of $75,000, is
located at 515 South Mc
Dowell Street in Charlotte.
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FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NE)GRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 8th, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Hew $75,000 Church Is
Dedicated At Charlotte
By CLATHAN ROSS
Cluirlottt* — Formal and im-
pifssivf (leciicatiou services for
llic n.'w Saint I’uul Baptist
Cliiircl^ were liekl liere Sunday,
July 2.
Rev. C. C. Warren, pastor of
Charlotte’s First Baptist
Church, was the principal
speaker for the afternoon ser
vice opening the $75,000
plant, which is located at 515
South McDowell Street.
The St. I’aiil Baptist Church,
u>;^'ret;ute nienibiir-
sliip of Is pastor»,J by Rev.
James F. Wertz, St. Paul’s pas
tor sinee 194(). A full-day pro-
^^ram, attended by more than
r>,()()0 people, was held Sunday
as s(*rviees in tlu^ new building
were inanjrnrated. Heard on the
three prof^rams held during the
day were Cliarlotte’s mayor,
vK'.tor Shaw; A. K. Spears man
ager lit I'harlot te’s branch of
the North darolinu Mutual Life
IHsurani'i* ('ompany; l>i\ Al
fonso Kider, president of North
t'arolina ('oih'sre at Durham;
and ;\aron Daye, a.ssistant
atfeney dii’*etor of the North
('arolina Mutual Lil'e Insurance
Company.
Rev. J. F. Wertz delivered
the sermon at the regular
morning service, while his
father. Rev. L. W. Wertz,
spoke at the evening service.
The new clnireh building,
constrncl lull on whi(di was be
gun in Oetober of last year, is
designed in the most modern
arehiteetural styles. Soft hues
oil biil'ri'inislied walls feature
the intei-ii)r, Large chandeliens,
siisjieiided from the ceilini', and
traditional slained-glass win
dows ))rovide soft lighting. The
main aiulitoriuin is divided into
a baleotiy and ground floor sec
tion.
In the basement of the new
church building are located a
large, combination dining
room-Sunday school classroom,
a kitchen with the most mod
em facilities and several of
fices for officers of the Sun
day school.
A public address system, built
iiito the speaker’s stand on the
pulpit, is wired throughout the
eliurch, so that a speaker may
be heard in any part of the
building.
Rev. Warren> delivermg the
principal dedicatory address
AARON DAYE
at the two o’clock afternoon
service, issued a three-fold
challenge to the membership
of St. Paul on the observance
of the inaugural services in
the new building. Rev. War
ren admonished the member
ship of St. Paul to “protect,
magnify and get the church
ready for the coming of God.”
(Emphasizing the church as
the most important institution
on earth, and seeing it as the
only agency which can (Correct
the evils of society, Kev. War-
rent told the congregation to
magnify the ifluirch “because
of what it can lUi, aiul because
of what it has done.”
“The church is the hope of
the world,” Rev. Warren as
serted.
The Fi’rst Hapttist nunister
further warned St. Paul mem
bers to guard against influences
both from without and within
which seek to destroy the
church, stressing the danger of
those internal forces, which, he
claimed, contribute to the a-
trophy of so many American
churches.
Rev. Warren finally asked
the St. Paul membership to
“adorn the Bride for the com
ing of the Son of God’ ’by
preaching the truth; constant
ly repenting for sins; em
bracing the cro6s-prinqiple^ ''
of Christ; maintaining a pas
sion for saving souls; keeping
a missionary vision; and by
maintaining a militant* Holy
Spirit-directed program.
During the morning services.
Mayor Victor Shaw, in bring
ing greetings from the city, said
that “Charlotte is proud to wel
come you into the body of
churches.” He also opined that
the industry shown by Saint
Paul’s membership in effecting
the construction of the new
building was indicative of
“greater things to eonie” foi
that membership.
Rev. J. F. Wertz, pastor of
St. Paul, delievring the morn
ing sermon on “The Produc
tivity of Faith,” declared
that the new St. Paul church
building is the result of faith.
Citing the situation existing
when he came to St. Paul six
years ago, he voiced his be
lief to the extent that the
abiding faith in God imbued
in the congregation made pos
sible the new church building.
Rev. Wertz also warned his
members not to be deceived by
pride in the new building, but
to alw’ays remain humble.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, also
speaking at the two o’clock
afternoon services, compli
mented Rev. Wertz, his former
student at North Carolina Col
lege, and the congregation on
the successful completion. of
the building project.
Aaron Daye, speaking in the
absence of Dr. C. C. Spaulding,
president of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Comii-
any, urged the congregation to
envision a larger conception of
the meaning of church. Mr. Daye
pointed out that church em
bodies more than the physical
meaning of a building; that is
also has a broader si)iritual
significance.
The dedicatory services will
continue at St. Paul during
the remainder of the month.
Speakers for services held
during the week were Revs.
T. F. Fraylon, J, D. Kennedy,
R. J. Dowdson, M. C. David
son, P. B. Burnett, A, J.
Ryne, Coleman W. Kerry. D.
W. Gaither, E. Fiddmont, J.
R. Holloway, and J. White.
St. Paul’s pastor, Rev. Janies
P. Wertz, received his formal
training at North Carolina Col
lege and at Shaw University. He
served a pastoral tenure at the
Charlotte Baptist Church Max-
ton, and at the First Baptist
Church, Southern Pines before
coming to St. Paul in 1946.
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Question
Posed As To
Successor
Raleigh - .\fter serving as
Direetor of \egro Education
of .North ('arolina more thiin
.35 yi-ars. Dr. .\, I’. Xewbold
teiidcfcd his i( sigiiat ion to
Superint( iidi iit Clyde
Ecwin here last week, effective
as (if J tine •'{0.
Efforts to ascertain who will
succeed Dr. Xewbokl, or whe
ther the position will be
aholished, were of no avail as
late as Wednesday of this
week.
Dr. Erwin is attending the
Hfth, ainiiial conference on
education that is meeting in
(leiieva, Switnerland and will
have no statement to make on
the matter until his return
the latter part of this month,
according to a statement giv
en the CAROLINA TIMES
by his s(*eretary.
Persistent rumors emanating
from several quarters in the
State were to the effect that
Dr. Harold L. Trigg, presi
dent of St. Augustine’s Col
lege in Italcigh, will be tend«r-
ed the position, proved of a
questionable nature.
Dr. Trigg was once super
visor of Negro high .schools
and at present is a member of
th(! State Roard of Education.
Prevailing sentiment among
Negro leaders questioned on
the Newbold resignation and
a successor was that the po
sition should be abolished, or
if continued it should be filled
with some person that is ac
ceptable to a majority of Ne
groes.
Said one person interviewed
on the matter who didn’t care
to have his name used, “Edu^
cation is education; there is
no such thing as Negro edu
cation or white education.
The time has come when North
Carolina ought to do away
with such foolishness.”
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Attorneys for the Plaintiffs
and star witnoHl^ in the local
school discrimination suit
now being heard in the United
States Middle District Court
by Judge Johnson J. Hayes
are shown above. Left to right
are Dr. Stephen J. Wright,
dean of the faculty, I’ampton,
Institute, Hampton, Virginia;
Attorneys Martin A. Martin,
Oliver W. Hi!!, Spottswood
Robinson, Richmond, Va.; At
torney J. H. Wheeler; Dr. J.
Rupert Picott. Executive Sec
retary of the Virginia Teach
ers Association; and Attorney
M. Hugh Thompson. Doctors
Wright and Picott prepared a
document pointing ouw the ex
isting and extant differential
in expenditures for the Negro
and white schools in the city.
City Mourns Passing
Of Newsman Bill Tuck
Educators Will
Lead Talks At
Chain Meet
Rt'presentatives from the
State Department of Educa
tion will discuss “Distributive
Education” at a meeting of
the Durham Business anti
I’rofessional Chain, scheduled
for Sunday afternoon at five
o’clock at the Algonquin club
house.
Among the educators expect
ed to participate in the dis
cussion are T. Carl Brown,
State Superintendent of Dis
tributive Education; Mrs.
Pearle M. Foster, district
sujierintendent of Distributive
Education; Robert C. Long.
Sr., Savannah State College,
Georgia, now visiting profes
sor at North Carolina College
at Durham; and C. T. Willis,
chairman of the department
of Commerce at North Caro
lina College at Durham.
According to R. Kelly Bry
ant, secretary of the Chain,
the discussion w’ill answer,
among other things, about Dis
tributive Education: “what
is it; what it will do for you;
when you can get it; and how
you can get it.”
Chain President T. R.
Speight issued a special ap
peal '' all members to attend
the " afternoon session.
BY CLATHAN ROSS
(EDITOR’S NOTE: — The
writer of this story was taught
the difference between a verb
and a hole in ground by Mr.
Tuck in the Seventh grade at
Hillside school. He also served
as editor of the Campus Echo
at North Carolina College for
two years under the advisor-
ship of Mr. Tuck.)
Last rites for William Alton
Tuck, known through-out the
State and in journalistic cir
cles as “Bill” Tuck, were held
at the White Kock Baptist
Church here Thursday aft
ernoon at three o’clock.
Rev. Harold I’olaiid, pastor
of the ]\lount Gilead Baptist
Church—where Mr. Tuck was
a member — delivered the
eulogy.
Special music for the meme-
rial services was rernlered by
by the Junior Chorus of the
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
and by Mrs. W. A. Reaves.
Rev. J. Neal Hughley of
North Carolina College and
Rev. W. H. Fuller, pastor of
the Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
assisted at the services.
A large Avreath, on which the
WILLIAM A. TUCK
flowers were arranged to font!
the numerals “80”—the news
paperman‘s method of signi
fying the end of a story—was
placed near the eoftin at the
grave.
Mr. Tuck succumbed follow
ing a long siege of illness at
the Veterans’ Hospital at
Oteeii Sunday afternoon. July
2, at ^one-thirty o’cloi'k.
“Smilinjr Bill,” as he was
often affVetioiiately ivft-rred
to by those who knew him in-
liiHately and by iiit-inbers of
the staff of the CAROLINA
TIMES, where he began his
jti'olifii- but brief journalistic'
career, worked for the Times
iiiti-niiittently for a i>eri(xl of
yea rs.
Starting in he worked
up to *jreulation ^lanairer
when he was eighteen years
old and hecaiiip .Sports Elitor
two years later. It was then he
began a Mduinn which attract-
eil a wide readiiii' in this sec-
tiuii Ilf the country, lie ber
came Managing Editor of the
Times shortly before grad
uation from North Carolina
('ollc'ie in 1939. During his
four year stint in the Army,
his name reniainetl in the
Times staff uuisthea\. When
he returned ti> North Carolina
College as din'etor of Public
ity in liUt), he continued his
then-famous “On The Ball’’
sports column in the Times.
Mr. Tuck, who was given a
leave of ab.sence from his
dutit's as direetor of Publicity
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n>d if apprt-nHihiPil,
lit ' iu'.' brou'/ht b7'
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It '.'t k - to .*nj.,in The
f 'lty r‘f D' rham airaiu't fur-
th-r ,p; iiJin2 ij£ seh«»ol ftiuds
until -.i hiM)ls Ilf both races
ar equaliA-l.
The « ity iJoaril nf Educa-
rii.ii, J. L. Woodard. biuLness
li.anaL'er; >tati- Superinten
dent Cly.jn A. Erwin ami H.
P. Taylor, meiubt-r of State
Board of Edui uTiou. are the
defendants.
Judtrc Jbi^es >tated that the
letter, which ua.i mailed in
Durham, did uot contain any
threats, but that ir asked that
Xi-.'roe^ be left to provide
their own education with their
own funds.
The jurist stated further that
he hail tafa.-'ii an oath to up
hold the Con.->titutiou of th*
rnitel States, and that he in
tended Tu do and that the case
would be decided --olely on
the evid‘.'uce.
AttoriU'vs for the defense
are former Senator Wm. B.
f'msteail. H. P. R»»ade. At
torney U--neral Harry Me-
Mullan and A'>istaut Attor
ney General Ralph Moody.
The plaintiff ari- reprnsented
by Attorney.-, .1. II. Wheeler,
M. II, Thoaip^on. atul the
law firm of Iliil. Martin and
Robinson of Riehmontl. Va.
NAACP Lawyers Plan Final
Blow At Bias In Schools
New York — The NAACP is
prepared to launch an all-out
attache agidiist segregation in
public education from the high
est graduate and professional
school level right down through
the kindergarten, Thurgood
.Marshall, NAACP special coun
sel, announced here this week.
The fight, he said, would also
include a final drive to end all
Jim Crow transportation.
The announcement was made
at the culmiaation of a two-
day conference of lawyers
from all parts of the country,
meeting to map strategy for
implementing and extending
the recent unanimous anti
segregation decisions handed
down by the United States
Supreme Court in the Sweatt,
McLaurin and Henderson
cases. Attending the confab
were 43 lawyers and fourteen
NAACP branch and state
4conference presidents from
22 states and the District of
Columbia.
The plan for the concentrated
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No Confirmation
Of Hastie Yet
Washington — With hearings
on the confirmation of .hulge
William II. Ilastie for the Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeal
scheduled to continue today, imt.
a single member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee showed up
to conduct -the session.
After six months of delay,
the committee called Judge
Hastie in for private hearingij
on June 27. Tiie hearings con
tinued the next day and were
scheduled to continue today.
However, when no member of
the committee was available
today, the entire matter was
postponed until after the July
4th recess.
There has been no indication
of how long the hearings will
continue or when Senate action
may be anticipated.
Friends of Judge Hastie are
alarmed by the increasing
danger of delay until the end
of this session of Congress. In
that event. Judge Hasae’s
present recess appointm-int
would end because of the
failure of the Senate to act.
The Senate's dilatory tactics
in this ease are in sharp'con
trast with the prompt confirma
tion voted Juilge Austin I.*.
Staley who was nominated for
a Court of Appeals judgeship
six months after Judge Hastie
was nameil and who was con
firmed on June 27, while the
Senate committee continues to
postpone action on the tirst Ne
gro to be nominated to such a
position.
NAACP TO GET
SHARE OF MONEY
RAISED BY FUND
New York — The NAACP has
named as one of the beneficiary
ortranizations in the new fund-
raising plan announced this
week bv th'’ Colonial Trust Co.
I'uder the plan, one cent out
of the ten ceijts charged for
each check drawn by persons
opeuinyr personal checking ac
counts in the bank will be auto
matically donated to their favor
ite I'harity or cause.
Other orgaui:;ations already
named as benefaciaries by per
sons who ^iirned up for personal
checkiiiir accounts are the Cere
bral Palsy P'and, t.'ancer Relief.
India l..^a>'ue. New York In
firmary, Travelers Aid, Anipi*i.
can National Theater and the
Academy. New York Eye and
Ear Infirmary, Save the Chil-
dreu Ltague, and Catholic
Charities of New York.
The fund-raising drive was
launcheil this week at party in
the famous luiiubow Room in
New York. Walter White. N. A.
A. P executive secretary, at
tended the LTUthering secretary',
at the name ot the Association
on the list.
URGES GOTHAM
MAYOR TO OUST
ALL PUBLIC BIAS
N-w York — The NAACP
this week urged Mayor Wil
liam O'Dwyer of New York
uiiil ail city councilmen to
; give i.'i inalified support to
the Brown-ls;uics bill banning
s»‘gretration and dis^'rimina-
tion from all publicly, assisteii
housiniJT in the city.
“Passage of the Rrown-
Isaacs bill will restore to the
City of Now York the prettige
ami ditfnity lost by undemo-
crattic and un-American prae-
tiijps itC Stuyvesant Town,”
.N.UVi’P Secn>tary Walter
White wiretl the city’s chief
executive. “ Ymir statea.ent of
supjHjrt of this bill will heart
en the citiwns of New York
! interested in eiuality of treal-
I meut for all citizens.”