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Ga. Judge Foils White Supremacy ot BY DON WEST likt‘ liiK fellow Southerner, Judge J. Waites Waring of South (-'arolina, T. H. District Judge A. B. Conger of Georgia has r«- cently laid down the law to the K\i Khix white supremicists of (Georgia. Kl»n supported Governor Herman Talmadge’g plan to bar Negroes from the ballot and educational opportunities in Georgia was denounced by Judge Conger as a vicious scheme to perpetuate race hatred. Judge Conger, referring to a resolution adopted by the State Democratic Convention in August at Macon, called it “the sputum of a neglible, vici6us, vociferous, selfish few, who live and thrive and prosper upon turmoil, STRIPE, CONPTTSTON, HATE, PREJUDICE AND INTOLERANCE.” This action of the Georgia Democratic party, Jud^e Conger said, was in defiance of the law. The convention declared that Georgia would disregard any edicts of the United States Supreme Court as regards the matter of racial - 'jiiality, enpetMaily in higher education Judge Conger stated further that “ It was inapiiropriat-- inopportuni-, unw^'^mly and arrogant for a small wpment of fhr people of this state, filled with prejudice, inebriated by pow**r. and blinded by esjotism, to propose and have pas^-d by a L-ratif* eiii Vent ion of Georgians a resolution to disrejfar*^. diw)b»*y challenge and contest ilecisions of the Sviprpni*- Court of th»- United States.” '’••►king to ifiv*- a fal-u- -iion if frnt' h»'ritu*r'‘ thf anti slave »ralition of ,uid ofhtT figlitf-r- again.vf injiisticf;, TalmafJep’i \f;tn Fridity, James iVmAk '•ratie ji irty chairman. nnsr. r ~» ms to be ->ntirel\ int of !in*‘ with tradittfm ..f hi'- r;:f)pli frad'tionn whioh hi' fHmily an.* hi- ptMipl>’ h r.M ^iippx rti->| lyirmsr his lift* Th' frnth is. Jndiff ( i>nsr-'r pxprt-^ - ‘i.i- -r” ■■pin ion of all risrht thinkin*/ ». r.rsrians torlav' Chapel Hill Won’t Back Down In Suit AME Bishop, Accomplices Back In Court Trenton, N. J. (Special) — The Court litigation of the Ncav Jersey Annual Conferenc of the African .Methodist Episcopal Church 1‘xperienced another legal airiiij? here on Tuesday, Sept, 5 when parties in the cele brated case of the Rev. Mrs. Mattie Ja kson, one of the pas tors of thi' Conference, appear ed before Judge Wilfred E, Jayne in Superior Court with an amended complaint. Disclosiuers revealed that the records and Conference monies are still in the hands of tlje re ceiver and that there has been no order discharging them, re leases to tlie contrary notwith- ■standing. .Max J. Mariness is the Receiver. Motions were made by Attor neys for defense and plaintiffs but were taken under advise ment by tiie Court. Mrs. Jack son brought in an amendment to the originjd complaint charging Bishop D Ward Nichols and the Rev. .M. E. Jackson, Trea surer of the New Jersey Annual Conference with diverting mon ies from tlie New Jersey Annual Conference into a special ac count under the name of the l'’irst Episcopal District from which it is alleged that monies were draw n by Bishop Nichols and the Rev. M. E. Jackson. Other 1 negations is the a- mended complaint charged with drawals of case from the An nual Conference Bank account without the knowledge and con sent of the Annual Conference. The amended complaint also alleges that Mattie E. Jackson had attempted to use her Ec- clestical remedies but that Presiding Elder J. Francis Vanderhoist had refused to ac cept the complaint and that there is no other remedy in the African .Methodist Episcopal Church giving any member the right to ai>peal without accept ance of such complaint by the’ I.Presiding Blder and the AME Discipline in that respect vio lates ‘due process of law.’ Dominated By Bishop The ami nded complaint fur ther char^'ed that the Presiding Elder and pastors are subject to the domination of Bishop D. Ward Nichols by reason of his power of appointment and re moval or ii ansfer and by rea son that no presiding elder will accept a complaint and that the Auniiid Conference which ar held can have no freedom of action because of fear of such removal or transfer. Last Rites For Man Who Had AttacklnStore Thomas Henry Shaw, 78-year- old well-known farmer of Route 2, Box 101, Rougemont, suffer ed a Wednesday, September (> at Kress Store in Durham about 11:30 a. m., and died en route to Lincoln Hos pital. Mr. Shiiw was bom in Rae- ford and lived in Washington, D, C., api>roximately 21 years prior to coming to Rougemont two years ago. Funeral services were held from Old Harris Grove Church, out from Kougemont Saturday, September !>, with R«v. R. C. Turner, pastor of Obey’s Chap el Holiness Church of Tihiber- lake, officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived by Miss Clementine Shaw, daughter; Willie Shaw, son, Rougemont; Rev. Cleoplius Shaw, son, Dur ham; Daniel Shaw, brother, Ohio; Mrs Mary Martin, sister, Elizabeth own; Alex Brooks, falhcr-in ' ' , Rougemont; and uulllerou^ r.cices and nephews. ieriodical "Oept ^ Duke UniY Library CJtf Can Bntered m Second OlMi Matter »t the Poet Offiee mt Darhftoi, North Carolina, under Act ot March 3, 1879. FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS VOLUME 28—NUMBER 37 DURHAM, H. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1950 PRICE: TEN CENTS War On KKK Pressed Dr. Jemison Is Renamed As Baptist Head Philadelphia — Dr. D. V. Jemison of Selma, Ala. was re elected president of the Nation al Baptist Convention meeting here last week by acclamation. ^ Delegates to the convention refused to hear a resolution to have Dr. Jemison elected presi dent-emeritus for life and gave the aging Dr. Jemison his 11th term. The women’s convention, meeting simultaneously, gave Dr. Nannie Burroughs of Wash ington, D. C. the election for president for her third term. The resolution to retire Dr. Jemison, signed by Rev. John P. Williams of Newport News, was proposed because of the re strictions which age and phy sical handicaps place on Dr. Jemison’s activity. The resolution stated that he be paid $200 a month for life, plus expenses to any convention he wished to attend. The resolution received the backing of a large number of the yoimger ministers at the convention who felt that the leadership of the national body should be placed in the hands of a president fully capable of physically fullfilling his duties. Arrests, Convictions Become Order Of Day Conway, S. C. — A small-scale war is being waged on the hooded riders of the night, the Ku Klu Klan no less, as a result of cross burnings and other assorted and sordid Klan activities in parts of North and South Carolina. Arrests and convictions have become the order of the day for Carolinas law enforcement officers as a general crack-down is being made on the order of the sheet-wearers. Twelve have been arrested in Horry County, sccne of the pre-labor day foray by the nightriders on a Negro resort near the Myrtle Beach area, and seven have been convicted on various charges in Charlotte, N. C. Sheriff C. E. Sasser of Horry County said last week that he had received a wire from imperial grand wizard Sam Roper dis claiming any association with the group being investigated in that locale. However, indications of more arrests in South Carolina were made this week by Sheriff Sasser who said that he was studying a list of Klan members, which may lead to further arrests a.s far as 300 miles away. The list was obtained when a brief ca.se was consficated from the Klan. Seven of the eight persons charged with damaging property, cross-burning and various other charges were found guilty in Charlotte’s City police court last Saturday. They are scheduled to be sentenced by Justice E. M. Currie next Saturday. A. T. McQueen, Grover Nunnery, Robert Elliott, and P. M. Caldwell were tried on charges of “conspiracy to tresspass” in connection with the June 27 eross-burning in the yard of Mrs. Helen Ratcliff. EUliott was dismissed from this charge. Others convicted on this coimt were Albert C. Cobb, Harold D. Parris. Silas Purr and James C. Baucom. McQueen and Caldwell were also tried for smearing paint on the home of Napoleon McRae, Negro resident, on January 22. Negro Citizens Reaffirm Intentions; To File Soon Man Beats Jim Crow; To Sue Bus Firm Rocky Moimt — Attorneys, for John G. Williams, who suc cessfully defended his right to sit where he pleases on buses travelling between state, made plans this week to sue the Caro lina Trailways bus company. Williams was freed by Re corders Court after he had been arrested by Rocky Mount police Sept. 4, for refusing to follow bus driver’s orders to move to the rear of the bus. iWilliams boarded a bus at Spring Hope for Norfolk, Va. where he is employed at the Naval Air Station. He took a seat near the front of the bus and belgan to read a newspa per. Bus driver W. W. Strickland offered Williams a transfer ticket but told him he had to move to the rear of the bus if he wished to continue on it. According to the driver Wil liams remarked, “I’m comfort ably seated,” and "continued to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at the Roleky Mounit station, Strick land called police who arrested Williams. Judge Norman Gold of the Recorder's Court ruled Wednes day that Williams was within his rights in sitting whore ho desirod while traveling inter state. The Judge based his de cision on a Supreme Court rul ing in the case of Morgan vs. the Commonwealth of Virginia. Williams was charged with violation of North Carolina Statute 60136 of Chapter 275S which requires Negroes to seat from the rear of public convey ances. Church Confab Set At Dudley September 21 Dudley — The North Caro lina Conference of Congrega tional Christian Churches will convene here Thursday, S^t. 21 at the local First Congre gational Christian Church. Rev. J. E. Green, Pastor of the Dudley First Congregation Christian Church will act as host pastor to the meeting. Dr. N. C. Calhoun, moderator of the convention, has issued a special appeal to dl North Car olina churches in the conven tion to make reports to the con vention. Supprintendent of the con vention is Rev. J. T. Stanley. Fiery Crot* Burned In Front Of Home In Pennsylvania City Harrisburg, Fa. — A fiery cross was burned here last week in front of a new home being erected by Dr. Richard A. Brown, a physician, a staff member of the Harrisburg Hos pital. The fiery cross was exting uished by firemen. Fire Chief Earl Swartz said the cross was bout four feet high and three feet across. It was of light lum ber with fabric wrapped around the arms. ATTY. M. H. THOMPSON Thompson To Head Drive Attorney -M. llutih Tliomi)- son, chairman of the Xegro division of the lH'iO Comrnuniry (Jliest Drive announced this week tiiat the (luota for the division would l)c higher than last year’s quota. Although Attorney Thomp son .said that the exact figure for the division’s quota has not yet been arrived at. he emphas ized the fact that this year’s quota would be definitely high er than la.st year’s because of the iucrea.sti in tlu' quota for the overall drive. Plans for oigani/ation of the solicitations for the division’s drive, which g(‘ts underway October 1). iii'o well undei-way according' to -\ttorney Thomp son. The. organization of the tirive will be essentially tlie same as last year’s. Captains will be named to direct the solicitations from the various communities. ' Attorney Thompson said that the captains for the Negro lUvision would he named some time this week. , The need for full cooperation of the Negro conununities in the drive was stressed by Attorney Thompson as he listed the John Avery Boys’ Club, the Daisy Scarborough Nursery and the Harriet Tubman Branch of the YWCA as direct beneficiares of the drive. Other lied Feather agencies benefitting from the drive are the Family Service, Child Guidance and the Boy and (jiirl Scout organizations. (Jha|)el Hill — The group of Xegro citizens planning a suit against the local and county school boards served notice here this week that It intended to pi through with its plans for the suit. The Chapel Hill Council on Negro Affairs rcaffirnwl the suit intentions by stating that it plans to file formal papers charging the school hoards with discrimination against the NV. gro students next week. Dr. Charles W. Thompson. Vice-l’rcsident of the Council on Xegro Affairs, stated that he expected to confer with tlu‘ Council’s lawyer, .\ttorney Her man Taylor of l?aleigli. next, week before the formal iiutiei- of tht» suit is served on defend ants. Dr. Thompson also said thai contributions to sui>port the suit are coming in (|uife well. Neighborhood entertainments are l)eing held iti the commun ity to raise money for tlie ex penses of the suit. Dr. Thomp son stated, and sevt'ral contri butions have been rceeived t'nnu outside Chapel Hill. According to Dr. Thompson, the National otttce of the N. A. A. C. P. has knowledge of the contemplated suit and is expect to offer financial support soon Negro Stock Brokers, Stockholders Are On The Increase Chicago — Stock brokers are engaged in an aggressive cam paign to persuade Negroes to in vest their money in stocks wi^h the result that today there are more colored investors in Wall Street than ever before in the history of American finance, ac cording to an article in the cur rent issue of EBONY. Negro picture magazine. The magazine reports that a- long with the trend to open up the potential Negro invostnu-'in (Please turn to Page Eighth Court Orders White V^a. High School To Admit Negro Youth Alrington, Va. — .V youii:. Negro hoy has been given per mi.ssion to iMitcr the white Wash ington l>ct> High School hei'c. Seventeen year-old Richard O. (Jrcen of this city requesteil a course in auto mechanics which is not taught at the Xegro Hoff- nian-Boston high school here. A Federal Court order com manding Arlington to equalise its schools, gave tlie youth a choice of attending the Wash ington and I^e white high school in the afternoon when white students are not intruct- ed, at Hoffman-Boston (which woul(4 recjuired bringing a teacher and equipment from Washington and Lee each day), in a District of Columbia school with tuition paid by Arlington school hoHrd or at tlie Manassas technical school with trans portation furnished hv ♦he Arlington school board. NAACP Will Fight Regional Schools New York Till- N'afiiinal Association for rlii- Advani r- ment of Coloi-.-d l*'-i>p|H this week warned tliaf it will opposr “by every IcL'al and ei.usr tional means" an,\' t-ffnrt h> southern -jjutes tu set up M-iri'' gated regional i.'radiiari- eihii-;! tion I'enters as a ileviee for evail- iiii: the f’nited Stati's Court ruliUL’- HLMin't tion in liii'h»*r ediieiition, Walter White, ,V.\.\( P ecntivi' -M'lTelary wli’i'd tlie soeiaf ion's nltinuit inn to Im- John K, Ivey, .Ir,. dir*efnr nl the Ueirional ('oinieii toi- Kd i- cati(»n. who i> attenilin" tni iirhr-dax' eonf. ri'iiei' of J 'i ! southern eihieators (•onvenio- , iw Daytona Heaeh to stiiiiy r>*a ] ioiial e»lneation filans The NAAC P not iipposi- I reirional edneation ef-nrers prij- i videil they an- e stablished and operated ui; ;i wtiollv noii^-irr'* .\Ir Whiti- said. The .\ss(ieiatioti vrv-d nofiee. hou >-viT. ■'rhaf unless >ueh centers • IP- !'r>'e from all «-irre!'ation ;ttii| di'eriniinati(»n ofi aeeonnt Ilf racf. i-n-fd. eolor or nationa' oriirin. th*Te is no other alter native . . hut to opp4)^«- by ev- • ■r.\' It-uai in-an- any i*ffort r.» evade manilates of the 1'. s Snpr>‘nie rmirt on thi-s issn.- Race Seeks Admission To University Of Tenn. Knoxville. Tenn. plieants arc seekini to the graduate and .schools of the I’l I'ennessec. it was I this Wfck, 'I'Ik' university li tion,- disclosed that plications from .Ve^ have been reecived mission to its L^radn; fessional schools. In disclosing rec ap|)lications, a univ( said that the proh in whether ihe nn admit the .Vegroc' Nt'irro ;ip Li ailniis.siun professional liviTsity o’ eariH'd heii- as. in addi several ap rro stntlent-. seekiniT ad- :ite and pro- eipt of tl, ‘isity ortieifd leni consist^ ixersity can and keen pvithin thi- boninls of state statutes pi-ohibitin*r them nd finis^joii to the nniversity. ! It Was also learned that th.- matter had hei'ii turned over to the .\ttorney fJeneral's office to (l.'fermine the (“ii-ribility of the a ppiieants j The university sj>okesman I said that all of the Xejrro an I plieants are Tennes,seans. applicant, lie admitted, had sub niitted transcripts ami other pa pers which are neces.sar\' to qualify him academically for admission. Picket Garden In Paul Robeson Ban Protest \ew York - Over KM) Xe^'ro and \\liite |)ft-kets parailed in front of Madison .Scpiare (iar- den in .\ew York Cit.\ on Fi'i- day. Sept. sth. protesting f|n' refusal of .Madison Sipiare Uar den Corporation to permit the holding of a eoncert-raily by the Council on .\frican .Vffairs at which Paul Rolieson \\a» to Ix- featured. The tlenionstration, oi-gani/ed by the Conneil, had the support of leaders and rank and file members of the t'ivil Rights ('onirress. American Labor Par ty. and other orLranizations and traile unions in NVw York Citv. ■V stroinr police guard was on hand as the picketers chanted sloiraiis such as "t)pen up the Please turn to l^ige Eighth Funeral Services Held Here For Durhamite, John J. Thompson Funeral services for John Jorkin Thompson, 60-year-old resident of .'ill E. Umstead St.. were held at the Ray’s Funernl Home. , He died at his home last Wed nesday, Sept. 6. Bom in Raleigh, Thompson had lived in Durham for a num ber of years. He was a member of the masonic order. Survi^^ng him are his wife, Mrs. Mabel Thompson; his parents. Mr...and Mrs, Moses Thompson; two sisters. Mrs. Mamie Powell, Boston, Ma.ss.; and Mrs. Hannah Thorne, Elixnbetli. X J. ■ and one 1mm ther. Dr, -I, S Thouiiison. Negroes To Get Beach Area On N. C. Coast Raleigh — The tleed to the property for the first complete a.ssembly and recreation for Xe- groes on the Xorth (’arolina coast was turned over to the directors of the Hammocks Beach Corporation Friday in the State Education Building. Facilities' for the recreation area, which includes a 4,(VX) acres near Camp Lejeuno, will set up South of Swanshoro in On.slow Countv, Dr H, L. Triirg president of S^ Augustine’s College said this week. Also included in the grant is a heaeh on the four mile islauil between Bogue and Bear iidets. l^and for the recreation area wa.s donated to North Carolina teachers by Dr, William Sharpe of Xew York, well-known neuro surgery specialist. The grant of land was made on condition that the teachers raise enough money to erect necessary buildings. The Hammocks Beach cor poration as set up in 1945 to r&iss the necessary $90,000 for development of the project. * Plans win get underway im mediately for the development of the area. Dr. Triirir. also a member of the State I’.oanl of Education stated. He cx[>lained that the acceptance of the dci .l to the land culminateil a five year, effort of .\orth Carolina's 7,0(X) Xegro teachers, directed by the Hammocks I’.eaeh cor poration. to qualify for the for the L'rant. The grant of land was prompf ed some veal's a^ro hy ,\[rs (Jei-- triide Hurst. Dr Sharpe >aid Mrs. Hui-st, a forni'*!- rural school teachcr, and her linshand sM'rvcd Dr. Sharpe when lie i-ani'' to the area for a rest. Dr. Sharpe said that h*' offer ed the land to the Hursts, bur that ,^Irs, Hurst sui'u''sted thar he make ptxssihh' an as.sembly and recreation area for class room teachers. In .\ugust 1U4.') Di', Sharpe met with 25 or more leaders of both races to outline purposes and ewulitions of the gift. One Conditiim was that the teach ers raise .1 reasonable sum Ui c xs,ii \ ,or the hnildinifs Mechanics And Fanners Bank Executive Named Prexy Of Association •1, H. Wheeler. viee-presideiit and cashier of the Mechanic?* and Farmers Hank was elevtetl President of the Xatioiial Bank ers As.'Mioiation at the usMoeia tion N mectiuir in Danville. Va.. 'siq>temht*r S-!l. rile membership of the aas»i ciation i.s eonipris*‘d of fourteen banks. Mother Of Former Lincoln Physician Passes In California Fnsno. Ca lif - .Mrs. Mars Meyers, mother of Dr K. K .Meyers, former house physician at Lincoln Hospital, died here [Friday night, September I. Dr I Meyers is married to tbe formsr ■>fis.s Mattie Douglas nurtoii uf nnrluun. X C
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