NE(»0 TO UMVERSITY OF VA.
Last Rites For Man Who
Had 8-Year-Old Shoot Him
Coaxed Child To
Pull Trigger As He
Held Gun On Self
Feriodl
^uke TTniv
rtiry
Principals in the last Saturday morning sui
cide of Andrew Marsh are shown in the above
scenes. At left is single shot, 12 guage gun which
police believe was fired by an eight year old
boy whom Marsh had coaxed into pulling the
trigger while he held the gun against his chest.
At right Marsh is shown lying face down in the
bedroom of the combination store-apartment
which he occupied at 406 Ramsey Street after a
hole had been blasted in hSs chest near the
heart by the shotgun. Investigating officers be
lieve that he was shot while near the rear of the
store, and the blast toppled him into the bed
room where he fell.
Court Decides Issue
In 22 Minutes
Dr, Charles D. Watts an
nounces the reopening of his
oflSce at 910 Pine Street for the
practice of Surgery.
Dr. Watts is a graduate of
Morehouse College and Howard
University Medical School. He
formerly practiced in Durham
for one year in 1947. Prior to
and since that time he had been
at Howard University and
Freedman’s Hospital where for
six years he was associated with
Dr. Charles R. Drew in the De
partment of Surgery Dr. Watts
has met the requirements for
the American Board of Sur
gery.
Diirhamites
Attend Nat’l
Business Meet
Fourteen Durhamites were a-
mong delegates from 26 states
who attended the annual Na
tional Negro Business League
Convention at Tuskegee Insti
tute, Ala., last week.
Convening concurrently with
the Btisiness League was the
13th annual si^ssion of the
Housewive's League.
Durhamites attending the
meeting were T. R. Speight,
president of the local Business
and Professional Chain; Dr. C.
C. Spaulding, president-emeri
tus of the National Negro Busi
ness League; J. J. Henderson,
R. Kelly Bryant, Jr.; J. S.
Stewart; S. D. Dillard; W. M.
Gilliam, U. M. George and Clin
ton Shearin.
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Charlottesville, Va. — The
University of Virginia, one of
the oldest in the country, was
ordered this week by a Federal
Court to admit a Nepro.
ft took a three-jndge federal
tribunal just 22 minutes to de
cide that the Bonrd of Visitors
of this historic uniwrsily had
deprived 26-ycar-old practicing
attorney Gregory L. Swanson ol
his constitutional riglits in
denying him admission to the
university’s graduate depart
ment of Ijaw solely on the basin
of color.
Swanson will be admitted to
the University’s graduate de
partment of Ijaw. The Martins
ville attorney stated here this
week that he plans to enroll in
the Fall term which begins in a
few dajn*.
Officials of the University of
Virginia had started earlier this
week that Swanson would be
admitted if the court ordered
the school to admit him.
- The ruling by the court will
not only apply to Swanson, but
to other persons in similar
situations; and will be appliel
througlioiit the school’s law de
partment.
The decree, written by the
three judge court, asserted tbal
“in conformity with the equal
protection clause of the 14th a-
mendment, the plaintiff is en
titled to secure a post-graduate
course of study in law in the
Commonwealth of Virginia in n
state institution, and he is en
titled to secure it as soon as
any other applicant.”
Last rites tnr .Xiidriu .Mursli, (ili yi'iiriiht M'li.i-iiiviiliil
storekeeper ot 40ii Uaiiis«‘v Stri'ct who foaxfil mi t-itrlif Vfiir uM
boy info jnilliiiif the tri^rpT nf a sliof^jim which hi- lielii a^aiii'i
his fhest lust Saturday were ht-Ul here Thnisdrtv :if the St. Mjirk
A. M. E. Zion Church.
Hev. S. P. I’erry. St. .Mnrk's pastcif, ofticiatiMl at the si‘fvi,cf,
.Mar.li, owner aiul operator of a >rroeer\ eslal)lislniieMt :ii
whieii ho also lived, died instantly Saturday in»rniii)j of the shot
gun woiuid.
Andrew Marsh, 66 year-old
semi-invalid, was funeralized
here Thiirsday with services at
St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church.
The aged storekeeper of 604
Ramsey Street coaxed an eight
year-old boy into pulling th«
trigger of a shot gun which he
held against his chest last Sat
urday morning around eight
o’clock. He died instantly from
the wound. His suicide was at
tributed to despondency.
RITES FOR
PETTIFORD
LAST
J. D.
Last rites wei’C held at the
Rod Mountain Baptist Church,
Sunday, August 27 for J. D.
Pettiford, 84 year-old resident
of Pahama who died Tuesday,
August 22.
Mr. Pettiford, one of the old
est deacons of the Red Moun
tain Church, was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James Petti
ford. He was married to Miss
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His body was found shortly
aftt'r eight o’clock hy iieiirhbors
who rnsh(“d to the store after
hearing the sintrlt* shot jriin
blast, lie wius found lyin^ fac^
down in a pool of blood near th ■
entrance (tf thf bedroom which
is lo(*at('(l at the rear of the
store.
The case has been listed by
Durham County Coroner A. K.
llarton as suicide.
According to the eight year
old lad whom police believe was
coaxed, by Marsh into liriuy
the fatal shot which blushed a
hole in his chest near the heart,
he and his four year-old cousin
went to Marsh's establishment
to buy a baloon. After the pur
chase had been made. Marsh
picked up a single shot, 12
guage shotgun which he kept iu
the store.
The boy said that Marsh
pointed the gun to his chest,
handed the butt of the weapon
to him and told him to pull the
trigger.
After hesitating, the boy said,
he followed the older man’s or
ders. The blast toppled Marsh
into the bedroom which iidjoius
the store.
The youth said that he then
fled from the store, where he
was seen by neighbors wlio
heard the bla.st and had come
out to see what had hai)peued.
The boy said that Marsh
neither threatened nor bribed
him.
Acquaintances of J\larsh at
tributed the suicide to des
pondency. Marsh had liv‘d a
lone in his store home for a
number of years.
Among the survivors are Mrs.
RALEIGH ALOTUER
HELD FOR NAILUNG
CHILD IN CLOSET
Raleigh — A motlier of St.
Mary's Towiishij) near hen- was
charged with assaidt and cruel
treatment as the result of li -r
11 year-old baby's beiu” lockeij
up in a hot and dark eloset for
over 16 )u)urs.
Wake County officers, who
found the child around 2 a. ni.
Monday, served warrants on
Mrs. Martha ^Yatson for cruel
treatment to a minor.
It w’Bs reported trat the
young girl was placed in the
closet and the door nailed shut
by a 14 year-old sister and ten
year-old brother left to look af
ter themselves when Mrs. Wat
son went to St. Agnes Hospital
An Aunt came around to check
on their welfare from time to
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Francis Dugger, former wife;
four children hy .Mrs. Duu'gei
Mrs. Tempie Carrol, I'liila., Pa.
Mrs. Mahel Barrett. Cleveland.
Ohio, William A. Marsh. PhiI.i.,
Pa., and Stanford .Marsh,
Phila., Pa., several jrrandehil
dren ; three sistei-s: .Mrs l)(ira
Ifoji-an, Dni'liain ■ .Mrs. 'rc'mpi"
Wade. Dinham: .imi Mrs. Fait
nie Marsh, Wasliini'ton. I). C
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This 11 year old child sucks her thumb as she
breathes fresh air for the first time in 16 hours
after having been locked up in a hot and darl:
closet at a farm house near Raleigh for a day
and a half by her mother. The child was taken
to St. Agnes hospital after being released frorr
The “jail” Monday hy sheriff’s deputies. Hos
pital attaches said hat she appeared to be all
right physically, but that her mental condition
W3S not normal. The mother of the child, Mrs.
•Martha Watson, is beini, held by puHce for as
sault and cruel treatmeni to a minor.
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Bnterod aa St^ond Class Matter at the Post Off'oe nt Durham, North f’arolina, umter Act of March 3. l>iTa.
FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 36
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1Q50
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NMA R^ejects Health Plan
A group of officers of the North Carolina In
terdenominational Ushers Association are shown
above at the organization’s 26th annual sessior
which closed in Fayetteville Sunday, August
27. Delegates to the session heard Attorney J.
H. Wheeler of Durham deliver the keynote ad
dress. On the above photo, are, left to right, C.
B. Chadwick, A. D. Clark, Mrs. Marian Sawyer,
Miss Claudia Brown, L. E. Austin, association
president, James Murphy, Mrs. Ethel Mc-
Illwaine, J. Wiley Thompson and L. W. Mid
dleton.
Hampton. Va. — The Nation
al M.-dical As.sueiation. meetin:;
in its .■).')th atinual lioti''‘ntion
her- last week, rurneii it' hae'.^
on the Truman euiupul>orv na
tioual li'-alrh iiisiiraai-'' plai.
and ir> n-tirinir i)n-.idcut's
, pleas that the convention ar
; least irive tlu‘ jdan an '‘..k" in
il)rinciple.
j The action came last Tliurs
da.v a' delcL'atc' vot,-il d»wii r"
tiring preNidctit C. H>-i-b'^rr
Marshallpro[)u.>a; that the
irroup ■■'.'■o "U rce..ril ,i' approv-
iiiLr eompulsnry healrli insui
iince in priiicipi-. and limite,'
to thi^i-'dieaily indiir> nt. "
To man.v ohs.Tvors i>f tlie
sitnatii n. it apneaps rlijt th-
An:ei-ic;tu Medic-l A'se.-iatioii.
a |oH'.'. hitti r and fiinuidahl•
IOC rl;.' TnHiian plan had won
another battle in z.ttin'.r tl’.e
XMA. the Xe‘j:r'i as.st>i-iation .'f
ph.vsicians oorrespoudinu f>> th'
|)reih)minantl.v wiute \^[A. '■
go alon«r with it in its upposi-
tii>U to the proposed health lej
Pleas.' turn to Paire Eiirht
WendelFs Mrs. Morgan Leads
Fight For Human Rights
Here’s True Story Of KKK Invasion
(EDITOR’S NOTE: In an
effort to give our readers a
true picture of the Klu Klux
Klan’s invasion of an all-Ne
gro section near Myrtle and
Atlantic beaches on the night
of August 26 when a police
man wearing a Klan robe over
his uniform was killed, the
CAROLINA TIMES pub
lishes below a word for word
account of the KKK incident
as told by a white resident of
the section. The stqry is the
results of interviews held
with eye-witnesses and parti
cipants in the KKK invasion
of the Negro settlement. The
name and whereabouts of the
writer of the account are, f«r
obvious reasons, withheld.)
As Told By White Resident
Jjawlessness ran rough shod
through the beach areas of Hor
ry county Saturday night as the
Ku Klux Klan, outmoded secret
order of by-gone days, made a
sweeping tour that ended in
guji-play, death and tragedy.
All witnesses and law en
forcement investigators have
been reluctant to release any
thing regarding the affair. How
ever, constant work on the case
has uncovered the following,
some from investigators and
some from eye witnesses, and
believed to be the general pic
ture of facts in the case:
At about 9 :0() Saturday night
a 33 car motorcade of Ku Klux
Klansmen drove into the colored
section of Myrtle Beach. One
car carried a North Carolina
license plate, all others were
from South Carolina. Lead cars
carried fiery crosses. Dome
lights burned in every car. The
occupants wore wTiite robes,
most hoods pushed hack from
their faces. They stopped in
front of Charlie Fitzgerald’s
place, a colored dance hall.
The business at the time was
being run by Cynthia Har
rell. sister of Fitzgerald. Char
lie Fit/.gerald was not i)resent
at the time. The spokesman foi
the Klan told the operator to be
closed when they returned.
Th(‘u they left JI,vrtle Beach
and drove to Atlantic Beach, a
Negro bcach twelve miles from
Myrtle Beach. There they par
aded through the beach area be
fore turning toward>s I^oris.
The,v again parjuled through the
lx)i*is Streets and into Nichols.
Tht'y then returned to Myrtle
Beach, reaching Fit/.gerald's
business at about midnight.
Fit.’igerald was present this
time. The Klansmen stop
peil tlK‘ir cars on the sti'cet
arounil his placiv Some startc.l
towards the entrance and other-
started piling out of auto
mobiles. Fit/.gerald inside th.*
building hollorwl for them to
xo awa.v or he would shoot. Wit-
ne.s.ses say that it wa.s at about
this time that a shot rang out
from the building. A .oS calibr '
bullet caught Dan .loluison, one
of the Klansmen whw was wear
ing a robe over his p»dic‘eman's
uniform at the time, in th" left
sidi' and under the shoulde •
blade. The bullet ci-osscd .lolui-
sou's body and lodged iu the
right shndder.
Several other shots were ex
changed between the Klansmen
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Wendell - Uutli
Morgan, community Icadrr ,\
mericau style, is t,\pic,il ni' th'
Negro women t'lrouuiiour 'li
.'^outli w ho are c| ■dicated to f’
noble pi inciides of ('hrist iaiul v
Mother, ^'randmother. liU'-iti ■>'
woman, church wm-kcr .
civic leader, Mr-., .Moru'aii I;.*--
been and is vi't wairiim a fi '
scale battle in the small
mnnit.v of Wendell for itiijiniv
ment of the condition of fhi
Negro.
Altliouirh a native X'lririnian
having been born in Newport
News — Mrs. Mt>rran has made
her home hert> since l!>2.'! whei;
her husband. Mr. Wa.\iiH>nd
Morgan, brouvdit her back to
live after the couph' had met
Kvhilit' she was attending th'
Franklinton Christian CoUe.^e
Since coming to Wendell shr
has busied hers»‘lf w ith the im
pnn-ement of the U>f of her peo
I pie and has led many battle
I f Please ttirn to Pa'ze Eiirbt.
Mrs. Ruth H. Morgan, com
munity leader of Wendell, is
typical of the Negro women
thrroughout the South who art
waging the struggle for human
rights for Negroes. Mrs. Mor
gan, whose uncompromising anJ
tireless efforts have contributed
to many discomforts suffered in
the community, was the first Nj-
gro to become registered as a
voter in the Wendell commun
ity. More details in story on this
page.