PURHtM HOST TO miMll
20^000 Fans Expected Here For A. &T.- NCC Football Classic
Perlyexy
L»ulc® viiMi Matter *t tke Port Office at Durham, North OaroUna, snder Act of Mareh 8, 1879.
FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Says Death For Rape
Is A Negro Penalty
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 47
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 25th, 1950
PRICE; TEN CENTS
Principals In A. M. E. Zion 72nd Annual Conference
Ik
N. C. Has Executed 62 50 Years Of Married Bliss
Negroes For Rape Since
1910; Only 5 White
Principals of the 72nd session
of the Central North Carolina nesday morning. They are, left Presiding Elder W. W. Long;
Conference of the A. M. E. Zion to right: Presiding Bishop, the host pastor, and wife, Rev. and
Church which opened here Wed- Right Reverened E. B. Watson; Mrs. S. P. Perry and Rev. S. P.
The death penalty for rape is
a race penalty — an oppressive
bhul)jreon used almost exclusive
ly afrainst the Negro in the
South.
This assertion, based on U. S.
Census Bureau figures, "was
made by the Southern Confer
ence Educational Fund of New
Orleans, in a letter asking cle
mency for seven Martinsville,
Virginia Nef?roes condemned to
death on charges of raping a
j white woman. The executions
' are scheduled for February 2
! and 5. The Negroes are; John
I Clabon Taylor, Joe Henry
Hampton, Francis D. Grayson,
Cooke, pastor of Kyles Temple! "^mpion, J^ rancis u. urayaon,
A. M. E. Zion Church of Dur- looker T. ilillner, James Luth-
ham.
Bishop E. Watson To Preside
Over 72nd Annua) Session
AMEZion Conference
World Problems Interest
Church Women At
Cincinnati Meeting
The 72ud session of the Cen
tral North Carolina Conference
of tJie A. M. E. Zion Church
opened bere Wedneiwiay morn
ing when i{ight lieverend K B.
Watson, presiding prelate, ad
ministered the holy communion
to the more than 300 hundred
pastors and delegates iu attend
ance, at St. Mark’s Church,
Pine Street at Pickett.
The bishop was assisted by
the presiding elders, W. W.
Long, J. A. Brown, T. W.
Young,, G. F. Madkins and J.
W. Marsh. These represent the
five districts of the conference,
Durham, Fayetteville, Italeigh,
Laurinburg and
The welcome exercises will be
held Wednesday evening, Nov.
29). Mao^or D»n K. Edwards
will welcome the delegates to
the city in behalf of the entire
citkenry. Dr. C. C. Spaulding
will speak for the business in
stitutions of the city. Koy Q.
Trice will represent labor. Hev.
Wm. M. Puller will welcome
the conference for the interde-
denominatiinal Ministers' Al
liance. Dr. Alfonso Elder will
welcome for the schools. Miss
Goldie Herndon will represent
St. Mark Church.
The two main features of thoi
conference will be missionary
night when Mrs. Abbie Clement
Jackson will address the con
ference. Mrs. Jackson will bring
to the conference the details of
the general missionary meeting
which will be held in Winston-
Salem, August, 1951.
The other is education night
when President W. J. Trent,
Livingstone College will speak.
Christiany will get its place due
to the fact tha two local per
sonages head th eprogram. C.
M. Palmer is general director
of Christian Education for the
conference and J. H. B. Mayes
superintendent. The youth
will be in charge of the pro
gram on Saturday, with Miss
L. L. Culbreth as director.
Prominent churchmen from
every section of the country are
expected to be in attendance.
The conference will close with
the reading of appointments on
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Kilpatrick ~
To Appear In
Musical Recital
The Missionary Society of St.
Matthew C. M. E. Church will
present Miss Thelma Kilpatrick
In a musical recital at Page’s
Auditorium, Monday, November
27 at 8:00 P. M.
Mrs. A. L. Filmore, who re
cently returned today from the
fifth national Assembly of the
United Council of Church Wo
men, reported that the more
than 2,000 Protestant women
meeting iu Cincinnatt expressed
a very practical concern on is
sues that affect their homes, the
nation and international affairs.
Mrs. Filmore was a voting del
egate from the North Carolina
State Council.
For example, Sirs. Filmore
said, the women passed a num
ber of resolutions on problem.s
arising .from the present world
crisis. They deplored hoarding
and profiteering, contending
that women should work for
government controls to combat
inflation and increased taxes to
help pay for “the high cost of
peace,” she said.
They realistically faced the
fact that “in the present world
situation, sacrifices are unavoid
able, ’ ’ Mrs. Filmore said. ‘ ‘ They
know that the cost of overseas
relief and reconstruction and
our own defense program are
going to cost money and they
want to make sure costs are
evenly distributed among our
citizens. ’ ’
The women for the first time
related the missionary efforts
of their churches, Mrs. Filmore
said, to the w’ork carried on
through UNESCO, the World
Health Organization and the
Point IV program, besides
stressing missionary work in
their own communities.
The women’s support of the
United Nations, she stated, was
underlined by approval of the!
use of the U. N. Flag, in
Churches, schools and public
buildings as “a symbol of the
nations working together for
peace."
They urged immediate Sen
ate ratification of the U. N.
Genocide Convention and com
mended the U. N. General As
sembly’s resolution on collective
action against aggression. They
warned, however, that our own
government should not em
phasize spending for military
preparedness at the expense of
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Housing Project
To Be Named
For McDougald -
The name of the late Richard
L. McDougald will be per
petuated by the Housing-Au
thority of the City of Durham,
Avhich has selected the designa
tion of McDougald Terrace for
the Negro low-rent housing pro
ject which is being planned for
the College View section of the
tvty- The selection was an
nounced last night by L. H. Ad
dington, executive director of
the Authority.
The name is particularly ap
propriate, Addington said, be
cause of the fact that the late
Mr. JIcDougald was a leader in
Mnd promotiion and d'evelop-
ment and was instrumental in
the opening of the College
Heights sector as a residential
area. He was likeAvise a leader
in the development of North
Carolina College and was one
of itp, outstanding aluiiniad
members.
During his lifetime, Mr. Mi--
Dbugfildi Kerved as viee-prt*!d-
dent of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,
the Rankers Fire Insurance
Com})any, organizer and one of
the vice-presidents of the Mu
tual Building and Ix>an Asso
ciation, executive vice-president-
of the Meehanie,s and Farmers
Bank and a director of the Re
gal Holding Company.
He was an outstandii.g civic
and church leader.
“This notice comes to me in
the form of a grateful sur
prise,” said Mrs. R. L. Mc-
Dougald, the widow, “because
it was always my husband’s
opinion that the future of our
commonwealth depended upon
the people living in comfort and
wholesome environment. To this
end he spent the majority of his
time planning developments
and promoting thrift and home
ownership.”
DR. L. R. SWIFT
TO GIVE
BOOK REVIEW
The Stanford L. W^arren Pub
lie Library will present the sec
ond in its current series of book
reviews at the meeting of the
forum, Monday evening, Nov
ember 27 at eight o'clock in the
auditoriiun of the library.
Monday evening’s program
will feature Dr. L. R. Swift,
attending gnecologist and ob
stetrician at Lincoln Hospital,
who will review I^ester Fred
Beck’s book, “Human Growth.”
The story of how life begins and
goes on, based on the education
al films of the same title. The
filf will also be shown at the
book review forum. “Human
Growth” should be of interest
to all adults who are concerned
with teen agers as well as boys
and girls of the teen age group.
Acting Prexy
SHAW’S ACTING PRESI
DENT—Dean William Russell
Strassner, above. Dean of tho
School of Religion, and Chair
man of the Interim Administra
tive Committee of Shaw Univer
sity was appointed Acting Presi
dent of Shaw University at the
eSghty-fifth annual Founder's
Day exercises held in the Uni
versity Church, November 17.-
er Hairtson, Howard Lee Hair
ston and Frank Hairtson, Jr.
To supplement the evidence
offered by NAACP defense
counsel to the effect that no
white man has ever been execut
ed for rape in Virginia, the
Conference, in a request to Gov
ernor John S. Battle, cited gov
ernment records which showed;
1. In the 13 Southern states,
during the period 1938-48, If)
whites were executed for rape—
as vjj’KJsed to 187 Negroes.
2. In the same region, for the
same periotl, 219 whites were
executed for murder; 475 Ne
groes.
3. If death penalties imposed
for any crime, 51.3 percent of
the whites utlimately gained
commutations — only 39.1 per-
Icent of the Negroes were so
favored.
In North Carolina it was re
vealed from the records on rape,
which date back to 1!)10, that no
white man has ever been execut
ed for raping a Negro woman.
Since the passage ,of the cen
tralized execution law in 1909
—effective in 1910—there have
been a total of 67 executions for
rape, of which 62 were Negroes.
The five white men executed
were convicted of raping white
women,
“In view of the fact that the
19-^0 census showed that Ne
groes made up only 23.8 percent
of the total population of the
three Southern census divisions,
we think that judicial bias and
undue severity toward the Ne
gro defendant might rea.sonably
be deduced,” the Confertnicf'
wrote.
“In regard to the offense
with Avhich these youths are
charged, we can think of none
other which better epitomizes
the outworn traditional pre
judice which tilts the scales of
justice against their race. As
several authorities in the field
of race relations have observed,
there is a “rape complex’ in
the South—a hangover from the
romantic Civil War culture—
which leads to every attempt by |
the Negro to better himself be
ing interj)reted as an insult to
Southern W’^omanhood. How
many gileful and neurotic wK,ite
women have played upon this
atavistic social feeling — and
at what a co.st of innocent lives!
“Therefore we respectfully
request that you review the a-
forementioned case with compas
sion, keeping in mind the Ne
gro’s poignant (juest for etjual-
ity before the law, in your state
and throughout the South.
Should you decide to mitigate
thfc sentences prounced up anno
these seven, it will be. an act pro
claiming the reality of demo
cracy and progre.ss in Virginia,
in the South, in America.”
Winton Man Fined For
Disturbing Worship
Winton-Luther Manning was
fined $100 and costs in Record
er’s Court after being found
guilty of intoxication and dis
Turbing a religious service and
using profanitj’ in public.
It was revealed during testi-
monj' that Manning entered the
church in an intoxicated condi
tion on the morning on Nov
ember 4 and tried to get his
daughter to eome outside with
him. Witnesses testified tliat hi*
used profane language in the
church and threatened to kill
everybody in the church, lUs-
tnrbing the services for alM>ut
fifteen or twenty minutes.
Members of the NeMsonie
Grove Baptist Church were in
attendance at the trial in large
numbers.
CIAA Championship
Clash Thanksgiving To
Draw Largest Crowd
North Carolina College and
the City of Durham are pre
paring this week to welcome to
the city what many predict will
be the largest crowd ever to wit
ness a Negro football game in
this area.
With the CIAA champion
ship at stake, plus the tradition
al rivalry of the N. C. College
Eagles and the A. and T. Bull
dogs, interest in the game has
taken on national proportions
and athletic otYicials of both
schools Jiave had a series of
meetings together in their ef
forts to provide for the over
whelming crowd that is expect
ed to see the outcome of the
championship meeting of the
two ancient football rivals.
In the city, cafes, hotels and
resljaurants were stocking up
on food in order to be prepared
for the visitors.
Last week the predi^-tions
were that l.),00() person- woukl
see the classic, tut with the
many letters and telegrams n*
ceived at the N. C. Athletic of
fice the figure had b(>en hike 1
to 20,000 paid admissions.
N. C. College officials were
busy this week securing extra
bleachera for the limited mini
ber of seats in the Durham
Atheltic Park ami it is hoped
that at lea.st 15,0(X) of the 20.000
fans will be comfortably seated.
College officials admit that hy
Thursday morning they expect
standing room only to be avail
able.
Extra police and State high
way pfltrolmen are expected to
be on iirt ’d to assist in hand
ling the large cn)wd and thf.
heavj' traffic expected at the
game.
Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Lassiter, of Route 3, Durham, celebrated
their Golden Wedding Anniversary at the home of their son.
Route 3, Durham, Saturday, November 11 at 5:00 p. m. with Rev.
J. H. Jones, pastor of the couple officiating.
Many of their friends were present. They received a large
number of gifts and a nice sum of money. Rev. and Mrs. Lassiter
are the parents of six children, five sons and one daughter who
were all present to help them celebrate. They are L. E. Lassiter
of Baltimore, Maryland; J. C. Lassiter of Route 3, Durham; Mc-
Doneil Lassiter of Route 3, Durham; Norvie Lassiter of Route 3,
Apex; Thedo Lassiter of Apex and Miss Beatrice Lassiter of
Chapel HiU.
Negro Soldiers In Korea
Ask NAACP Aid
Another 'First'
Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Jr., who
has recently been appointed den
tist for the Negro schools. Dr.
Hubbard is the first person ol
his race to receive such an ap
pointment and will begin his
duties immediately. A dentist
has been employed by the Coun
ty for the white schools for a
long number of years.
Asks Educators
To Fight Aid
To J. C. Schools
W”ashington — An urgent .m
peal for united support of ;
federal aid to education hi!
with safeguards airainst aid “tr
tho.se areas which will ust' th>'
money for maintaininir a
gated system” was made thi.'
week by Clan'nce Mitchell, di
rector of the Wiushiniarton Bur
eau of the National A.ss(X‘iation
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
In an addres-s before th^' Nn-
tional Conference on Federa*
Aid to Education. Mr. Mitchell
asserted that “It is immoral to
a.sk colored citizens ... to ac
cept a condition which r>»siil*s
in white schools worth
per pupil and colored schools
worth $48.00 per v>uj)il. Fed
ersl aid to «>dueation without
proper safesruards against seg
legation will underwrite and
extend this kind of inequality.”
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New York—Complaining bit
terly that they had been unfair
ly tried and i*onvicte».l by army
;-ourts martial. .Negro soldiers
n the Kort'an front have askeil
the National Assiciation for tii‘
.Vdvanc'nient ot‘ (’olcjred Peoole
to undertake their defense.
ifi resixjns- to thest- requests,
the As.siwiation has written to
the -Judge Advi.H'ate General,
l)t-[)artment of the Army, ask
ing '‘prrnussion to I'vpresent
tlifse men before final diNposM-
tiou of their ca.-ies by you,
should we feel, after studying
their courts-niantal records,
that theirs are ias.‘s involviri*;
racial diserimiuation or de-
deprivation of coiLstitutional
rights.' ’
Letters began arriving from
soldiers following announce
ments last week by Thurgotxl
Marsliall. NAACP coimsel,
that the *ViJsociaticQ is preparetl
to defend, upon tletermination
of racial discrimination or ile-
uial of constitutionai rights,
any of the convieteil .st'rvicenien
who request such a.ssi'itance.
One soldier be'jrged the NAA
CP ‘‘to investiirate the mass |ht-
secution” of the men of the 24th
Infantry i;.'u:inient. •‘Pleas.'
give us yonr assi.'stanef',” bn
went oiif. “ \\ ■ are b»-in_r eourf-
martialed and s ntt need to im
prisonment for life - nut on.
or two of us. hut ill groupsuf
four’s and fi%-e’s.”
Another who was s«>nten(*ed tu
10 years imprisonment eoin-
plained: ‘‘1 don’t think I had
an even break ... It s.hmiis .li
though the Neuroes are rht> mily
ones to get a lot of tini. l’lea.s*‘
do what you can.”
A twice-wounded veteran a.s-
serted that as soon as new
troops began arriving from th^
states, the authorities “sfartetl
messing with us over here after
what We did and I mean we put
up a great battle over hear. And
this is what we get in r«tum. I
was wounded twiee and
death but that didn’t malte*^
as long as I kept going and
ing the best I oould.”
A 20-year old GI und^r sen
tence to life impri»oniwiit
wrote: “Every ftUow in my
outfit has fought hard and tried
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