SIHEIR-OLD SLiyS PLtrMITE
AMEZ Conferenc
Bishop Watson To
Preside Over 72nd
Annual Meeting
Bishop E. B. Watson, Greens
boro, will open the 72nd session
of the Central North Carolina
Conference of the A. M. E. Zion,
Church on Wednesday at Saint
Mark’s Church, Pine and
Pickett Streets, 11 A. M.
Rev. S. P. Perrv, host pas
tor, told the CARILINA TIMES
that this is expected to be the
preat^'st conferonce ever held.
The ailvance reports show that
the missionary work has prrowii
by leaps and bounds. Ix)cal
churches, Mt. Olive and Kyles
Temple, pastored by the Revs.
J. Z. Siler and S. L. (!ooke have
shown markc«l improvements.
St. Mark’s, which is considered
the leading church of the con-'
ference,is ready to go into thfl
largest building program that
any church in the conference
has undertaken.
The Missionary work will get
top WlHiig. Mrs. Mary J. Wat
son, supervisor, announced that
Mrs. Abbie Clement-Jackson,
Ix)uisville, Ky., will review the
work of that department,
throughout the general church,
during fthe meetings. Bishops
W. J. Walls and W. W. Slade
will assist Bishop Watson in
presiding over the conference.
The youth of the conference
will be heard from due to the
fact that they will be given an
opportunity to express them
selves and to make recommenda
tions to accelerate the work of
Gov. Scott To Speak
At'NCC Dec. 8th
Governor W. Kerr Scott of
the State of North Carolina will
ajjy.ress the Fourth Annual
Piedmont Resource-Use Educa
tion Conference and college
community in B. N. Duke Audi
torium, North Carolina College,
on December 8th at 8:00 P. M.,
according to an announcement
made today by Dr. Theodore B.
Speigner, Director, Bureau of
Resource-Use Education at N.
C. Carolina and Area Chair
man of the Piedmont Resource-
Use Education Conference.
Invitations have been mailed
ed to 300 superintendents, prin
cipals, supervisors, and teachers
in Alamance, Durham, Orange,
Chatham, Harnett, Moore, Lee,
Person, Warren, Granville, Cas
well, Guilford, Rockingham,
Forsyth, Vance, Franklin and
Nasli counties.
The Area Work Conference is
designed primarily to help sup-
erv'isors, principals, teachers,
parents, and students explore
teachniques for “using our
State’s resources to enrich
learning and to improve the
levels of living for all citizens.”
The general theme of the con
ference is: “Using Our State’s
liesources To Improve Learn
ing And Living.” The confer
ence program will get underway
at 10:00 A. M. in B. N. Duke
Auditorium, December 8. Del
egates from seventeen counties
will be given the opportunity
in each clinic during the after
noon session to describe prac
tical projects in resource-use
which have been concluded and
those that are being carried on
now.
Aggies Waiting
For Eagles...
Greensboro — The A. and
T. Aggies’ quarterback,
William “Red” Jackson,
led a vicious pack of Bull
dogs to a 27-6 victory over
an outclassed but deter
mined Virginia State eleven
here last Saturday before
jipproximal^ely 3,000 fans
on a dreary afternoon. The
Aggies journey to Durham
Thanksgiving for the clas
sic tilt with the North Car
olina College Eagles, with
both teams vying for the
much sought Sfter CIAA
championship.
the church. Three sessions will be
held each day up to and includ
ing Sunday. The meeting will
close with the reading of ap
pointments.
Durham Nov. 22 - 26
Shotgun Blast Fatal
To Five-Year-Old Boy
Bntered m Beeond 0U« Matter at the Poet Office at Darham, North OiroUaa, under Aet of March S, 1879.
FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINA S
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 46
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 18th, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Stovall Sheriff Goes Free
In Cruel Slaying Of Gl
Ronald Jenkins
Killing Of
Mon In Home
Stuns Town
Oxfonl — The tragic story of
how a police office wantonly shot
to death a former World W^ar
II soldier in his own home at
Stovall, near here on Siuiday
afternoon, ^{ovember 5 around
three o’clock, was told repre
sentatives of the CAROLINA
TIMES here this week by eye
witnesses to the killing that has
left Negro citizens of the com
munity stunned.
According to a statement giv-
e.a the TliVlEy representatives
Joseph Itobert Gregory, the vic
tim of the crime, and iiis bro
ther John Gregory, Jr., had
been in a fist fight a few hours
before Deputy Sheriff Otis Har
rison arrived at the home of Jo
seph and found him lying on a
settee in the front room.
“What the hell are you do
ing here?” Harrison is re
ported to have asked Gregory.
“Can’t a man Ue down in his
own home?” Gregory replied.
The officer then stated that
he had a warrant, for
Will Davis, John Gregory,
Jr., and Joseph Gregory.
Joseph then asked him to
read the warrant. “Don’t ask
me any damn questions,”
the officer then replied.“ Get
up, get your shirt and shoes
on and go with Qie.”
“I’ll go with you but you are
taking the advantage of me,”
said Gregory. “How in the hell
do you think 1 am trying to take
advantage of youf” said the of
ficer. After Gregory had dress
ed and started out of the house
with tlie officer he is reported to
have shoved him out of the door
so hard he stumbled and fell.
When Gregory arose he struck
the officer who pulled his gun
and shot him three times in the
chest.
When the wife and sister of
the fatally wotmded man at
tempted to administer to their
husband and brother Sheriff
Harrison is reported to have
stated, “Get back I have a '
great mind to kill the last
damn one of you.”
Typical of the average small
town and rural section of North
Carolina and other southern
states, where Negroes live iu
constant terror of such police
officers instead of with respect
not a fflhgle eyewitness to the
killing was asked to the so-call
ed inquest, which appears to
have been more of a fake than
honest attempt to find out
the facts of how the Negro came
to his death.
Negroes of the community
have employed Attorneys C.
J. Gates and M. E. Johnson
of Durham to do what they
can to bring pebble prosecu
tion of Harrison, but there is
little doubt on the part of
many persons in and near the
community if there Is enough
common decency within the
entire town to lend encourage
ment to justice being done.
Wreck Victim
James E. Odom, son of
James Odom, who lost his life,
in an auto wre^ near Pitts-
boro last Saturday night a-
round 10:30. Odom had been
to visit his father who lives
at Southern Pines and was re
turning to Durham when the
fatal accident occurred.
Durham Man
Killed In Wreck
Near Pittsboro
Funeral services for James
E. Odom, who was killed in an
automobile wreck near Pittsboro
last Saturday night around
10:30, were held at iSt. Mark
A. M. E. Zion Church here Wed
nesday at 8:00 P. M. The Rev.
S. P. Perry, pastor of the
church delivered the eulogy.
Odom was the son of James
Odom of Southern Pines where
he was born and reared. About
12 years ago he moved to Dur
ham and with the exception of
the time he served in the Army
during World War II he has
been a resident of this city.
Riding in the car with Odom
at the time of the wreck were
Miss Eugene Brower of Eagle
Springs and Allen Adams of
519 Husband Street, Durham.
Jliss Brower and Adams escap
ed with minor injuries.
Since coming to Durham
Odom has worked for the Lig
gett and Myers Tobacco Comp
any. He was a graduate of the
Bull City Barber College, Shel-
13^’s Shoe Repair School, and
the DeShayor Beauty College.
Surviving are six sisters and
seven brothers. The sisters are:
Mits. Pearl McClain, Southern
Pines; Mrs. Rosa Jones, Detroit,
Michigan; Mrs. Myrtle Davis,
Giobson, N. C.; Misses Quick,
Pearl, Quick and Julia Odom,
Durham. The brothers are: El
bert Quick, Durham, Melvin
Quick, Baltimore, Maryland;
Willie Odom, Dairham; Julius
Odom, Southern Pines, Marvin
Odom, Philadelphia; Arthur
Odom, New York, N. Y., and
Guy Odom, Southern Pines.
Interment was at Beechwood
Cemetery, Thursday at 2:00 p.
m.
Number Of
Children In
Jail Decreases
Raleigh — The number ol
children under 16 years of age
who were continued in jail in
North Carolina during the past
year dropped to an all-time low
of 248, according to figures just
released by the State Board of
Public Welfare.
“In 1936 North Carolina jails
held 1,231 children under 16,”
said Drury B. Thompson, Di
rector of the State’s Board's
Division of Institutional and
Protective Services, in announc
ing the figures, ‘ ‘ and as- recent
ly as 1943, we had reports of
4S6 such children being held in
jails. Local and county law en
forcement officials, juvenile
courts and county departments
of public welfare have done a
good job in reducing the figure
this year to 248. But we have
not yet needed the goal of no
children illegally held in jail.”
, Thompson said that is against
North Carolina law to confine
in jail children coming under
the jurisdiction of juvenile
courts. This includes all chil
dren under 14, and those be
tween 14 and 16, unless they ^
have been bound over to Super
ior Court for a serious felony.
Mgures over tlie years since
1936, when reports on jail
population began to be made
regularly to the State Board of
Public Welfare, show a steady
decline in the number of chil
dren held iu jail iu this state.
Offiicials of the State Board
think that this decline is due to
effective work by local officials
in developing increased services
for children with behavior prob
lems mid in trying to work out
suitable detention care for chil
dren under 16 which will not
involve holding them in jails.
SIqin By Sheriff
Joseph RoBert Gregory, who
was wantonly attacked and
shot to death in his home by
Sheriff Otis Harrison of
Stovall on Sunday afternoon,
November 5. Gregory ws*’ a
World War II soldier and
prior to the Army had lived
in Stovall all of his life.
Mammoth Cheese
On Display At
New Store
The largest cake of cheese
ever seen here will be on dis
play at the Grand Opening of
Quality Food Super Market,
516 East Pettigrew Street,
Friday and Saturday, Nov
ember 17-18.
Three free prizes will be a-
warded to the persons mak
ing the closest guess to the
exact weight of the cheese.
The first prize to be given
away will be an Armour Star
ham; second prize one-half
dozen bars of Dial Soap and
the third prize an Armour
Star Picnic ham.
Famous Guitar
Player Killed
In Auto Wreck
Baltimore—^Tommy Gaither,
guitar player and vocalist with
the nationally famous singui?
gro\ip, the Orioles, was killed
I instantly and two other mem-
|bers of the group was injured
' severely last Sunday morning
in the crash of their automobile
on Koute 40, three miles north
of the Baltimore city limits.
Johnny Reed aiid Geoi'ge
Nelson, Gaither’s companion.s
in the death car, sustained
severe head and body injuries
and were rushed from the scene
of the accident to Baltimore!
City Hospital.
According to eye-witness re
ports, the car, driven by Gaith
er, s\ver\'ed around a sharp
curve and apparently got out
of tlie driver’s control, tuniin*:
over four or five times and
crashing into the wall of a road
side diner. Gaither, it was ro-
I ported, was killed in.stantly and
Reed and Nelson were uncon
scious when removed from the
wreckage.
The Orioles were en route
from Hempstead, N. Y., where
they had played a Saturday
night engagement, to Washing
ton where they were booked for
a one-night stand at Turner’s
Arena Sunday night. The other
two members of the five-man
group. Sonny Til and Alex
Sharp, had made the trip in an
other car.
It was indeed ironic that such
tragedy should strike the Orioles
on the ver}' outskirts of their
native city of Baltimore. It was
here ju.st a little over two years
ago that the group swept to na
tionwide aecalim via their Jubi
lee recording of “It’s Too Soon
To Know” and subsequently be
came America’s most popular
singing group on records.
First Elementary School Jim
Crow Case Set For Nov. 20
NAACP Issues
Call For New
Members
New York In an appeal to
persons mterested in the pro
gram of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People but presently not form
ally affiliated with the Associa
tion, Gloster B. Current, N. A.
A. C. P. director of branches, to
day issued a call for new mem
bers, and organization of new
branches and youth councils in
communities where local vmits
of the ^Association do not now
exist.
“In many communities a
great source ot strength for
N-LiVCP program i.s untappetl,”
Mr. Current said, “either be
cause would-be members are un
solicited, or because former
members have moved from one
community to another, letting'
their memberships lapse in th;'
protH'ss. Chiefly, however, the
As.soeiation is missing this sup
port because no branches exist
in particular communities and
individuals do not know how to
go about joining the NAACP.
The NAACP executive callt^d
upon persons in such communi
tics to send their membership
fees directly to the Association's
national office, 20 West 40th
Street, New York City. Callini'
for the immediate fomation 01
branches in every community
where no active branch current
ly exists, Mr. Current asked
that interested citizens coni-
numicate with the national
office to secure information and
assistance in organizing new
branches and vouth councils.
Tr»fedy struck the horn*- of a young coapie
here at 11:00 a. m Tuesday morning when their
five-year-old aon died at Lincoln h»spital aboat
an hour later after almost half if his head had
been blown away by ahot from a 12 gauge gun
in the hand* of hla »ix-year-old plaVi.iatp.
The fatally wounded child, Ronald Wajnie
Jenkins, the son of Norman and iln. Gladyi
J*nkins of 407 Henry Street was ra-^i-.-jd to Lin
coln Hpapital by Police Officer Joseph Bame*
who found the child lying in the backyard of the
home.
The father of the dead child told a representa
tive of thf CAROLINA TIMES that he hatl a
premonition that sr>mething was going to happen
to one of his children and that h* had r-markal
to hLs wife only a- few days ago that he suspected
any day to have h^-r call him and tell him that
something harl happene«l to on*- of them.
James White, Junii>r, iix-y-'ar-old child in
whose hand;, the crun was firwl, and the son of
Mrs. Eva White, tohl his mother and police
officers in the ii.sual childish manner that h»- ha.1
found the gun. which wa». disniantlwi at the time,
under a cabinet in the kitchen of their side
the duplex apartment. Hf* /ated that h»- put the
stock anrl barnd of the Lnin ti)2>-th**r and that a.s
soon as he did it went off. H>‘ d**niefl that h-
pointed the gun at hLs playmati*
Mrs. White told inv.'stiiratinu
offiwrs that she diK-s not know
how the eun got under tht-
cabinet unless it was put fhen-
by someone in the neighborhwMl
during the night or early morn
ing.
The mother stated that siu*
was visiting at a next door neiL'h
bor's when her son bn»ujrht the
•sttx'k of the gun ovr fo the
house where she was. and that
she told him to put it down.
Mrs. White .said the child
went on out and that a few min
utes thereafter she heard a shot
which appearetl to be at her
house When she heard the
screams of the mother of the
fatally wounded child .she look
ed out of the window where she
the child lyintr on the ground.
Mrs. White said she then col
lapsed and did not know any
thing until police officers arrive*!
and saw Mrs, Jenkins crj-ing.
The little White child was ap-
peare«l unable to grasp the full
import of the tragedy as he was
carefully (juestioned by police
officers in the presence of his
mother.
The ca.si' has been turned over
to .Juvenile authorities. Judge
Lawson Moore stated that he
has not yet determined ju.st
what disposition he will make
of it.
Funeral service for the Jen
kins child will be held at New
Bthel Baptist Church Thuralay
at 2:30 o’cloi'k.
Dog Shoots Master
Cambridire, England — A
dog shot his master. Donalil
Webb last Tl:ursday evening.
Webb climbeil into his car,
the dog jumpetl into the back
seat to welcome him and lean
ed on a shotgun. The gun
went off. wounding Webb in
the neck. Hospital officials
said his condition is serious.
Charleston, S. C. In the
first ease to be tried in a direct
attack on segregation in ele
mentary and high schools in the
South, attorneys for the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People will ask
for an injunction prohibiting
the school officials of nearby
Clarendon County from main
taining separate schools for Ne
groes and white children.
The trial, scheduled for argu
ment in the United States Dis
trict Court here before Judge
J. Waties Waring on November
20, is the residt of a complaint
filed by a large number of par
ents and taxpayers of Claren
don County against the trustees
of School District No. 22 of
that county, the county board
of education and offixjials of the
local public school system.
TO REVEAL SHAW'S FUTURE
Dr. C. C. Spaulding, Chair
man of the Board of Trustees
of Shaw University told the
Carolina Times Wednesday
afternoon that he will have an
important announcement to
make concerning the future
of the school at the Founders’
Day meeting to be held on the
Shaw campus.
The complaint, setting forth
the glaring inequalities within
the school sj'steni and charging
i|isci*i,miuatiou \against Nfegro
school children in the county,
was filed on May 17.
It is expected that testiniohy
by expert witnesses, such as was
introduced in the law school
cases, will be submitted at the
trial on November 20. Ijeaders
in education, anthropology and
allied fields will be present at
the trial ready to testify as wit
nesses. ..
NAACP lawyei-s representing
the Negro parents and taxpay
ers of Clarendon County are
Harold R. Boulware of Colum
bia, S. C., and Special Counsel
Thurgood Marshall and Assist
ant Special Counsel Robert L.
Carter of the national office
staff. Other NAACP lawyers
from Virginia and Georgia and
other southern states are ex-
I pected to cooperate at the hear
ing, in view of the fact that this
case will no doubt set the pat
tern for other cases now pend
ing and those to be filed in the
near future.
Stay Of Execution Halts
Martinsville Crusade
Tile Civil Rights Congres.s
aiul the Virginia Committee to
Save the Martiu-sville Seven
last week announced the can
cellation of the delegation sched
iiied to visit Governor John S.
Hattie on Nov. 15 to demand a
pardon for the Martinsville
Seven.
The 85th anniversary of
Shaw University will be ob
served at Annual Founders’
Day exercises to be held Fri
day morning at 11:00 o’clock
in University Church.
The Founders’ Day address
will be delivered by Dr. M. L.
Perry, above, prominent phy
sician of Fayetteville. Dr.
Perry, a native of Fayette
ville, is a graduate of Leonard
Medical School of Shaw Uni
versity in 1908. .
As i rusade delegates, Netrro
and white, fk)m such far-flung
points as Colorado, Louisiana,
Ma-ssachusetts, Michigan, Penn
sylvania and New York pre
pared to boaril cars and busses
to leave for Richmond, Governor
Battle issued the stay for the
seven young Negro men.
The last-minutes stay was
granted a few hours after Bat
tle had received the crusaile's
re|uest for an autlience and jnst
after he had reatl a protest from
the World Federation of Trade
rnions. represented 7S million
members throughout the world.
Iveading officials of two impi)rt-
ant national unions, the Pack
inghouse Workers and the Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers bad
also pleilge full support.
As with the case of the Tren
ton Six. the Martinsville case
has aroused world indignation.
llundretl.s of protests have been
received from Europe and Latin
America, including a sharp de
nunciation of the frameup from
the World Federation of Demo
cratic Youth, representing 7!)
million members in 74 coun
tries.
.. And Eagles
For Aggies
The North Carolina Col
lege Eagles, piloted b'jr
mighty, star quarterback
Butler “Blue Juice” Tay
lor, soared to a winning
victory over the deadly
and determined West Vir
ginia State College Yellow
Jackets here Saturday with
a final talley of 28-14. It
was a hard-fought, give amd
take battle all the way, as
the Eagles finished off all
but their last enemy, A.
and T. College of Gret«i-
boro, in conquMt of tiM
coveted titl« «t @iampi«tt
of the CIAA, to bt plafjL
here on Thanksftving Day.