Segregation Philosophy Of Death^^ Says Lillian Smith
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VOLUME 28—NUMBER 49
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DEC. 9th, 1950 PRICE: TEN CENT
Hospital Refuses
Dying A&T Student
Lack Of Bed
Space Given
As Reason
The tragic story of how a Ne
gro World War II veteran and
student of A. and T. Colege
died within an hour here Fri
day night, after he had been
refuseti admittance to Dnke
Hospital, because the carefully
puartled segregation law of
North Carolina prohibited him
from being placed in any other
space than that alloted for his
race, came to light here this
week to furnish more fodder for
the hisrhly geared communist,
mills of propagnndfe.
Matthew Avery, student at
A. and T. College, who had
served his country on foreign
-battletielii fighting for democracy
that was denied him on his na
tive soil, even in his hour of
calamity, probably, paid with
his life Friday for not being
born a member of the superior
race. Or may be Avery was go
ing to die anyway, and there
isn’t enough brotherly love in
North Carolina to let a Negro
die where white folks are sup
posed to gasp their last.
Avery was injured m an
automobile wreck near Mebaue
around seven o’clock Friday
night and a Mebane ambulance
took him to the Alamance Gen
eral Hospital at Burlington
where it was discovered that he
had a fractured leg, a fractured
arm, a fractured cheek and a
fractured skull.
Doctors at the hospital in
Burlington after an examination
recommended that he taken to
Duke where better facilities and
more capable modinal attention
could be obtained. There are
only five beds available for Ne
groes in the Burlington hos
pital.
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Gov. Scott Will
Address Resource
Meet At N.C.C.
DURHAM—The Fourth An
nual Piedmont Resource-Use
Education Conference will con
vene at North Carolina College
at Durham on December 8th at
10:00 A. M.
(Jovernor W. Kerr Scott of
North Carolina will deliver the
keynote address of the annual
Resource-IIse Education Con
ference of the Piedmont Region
at 8:00 P. M., December 8th.
Other participants on the even
ing program will be Mayor
Dan Edwards of Durham, Dr.
N. C. Newbold of Raleigh will
introduce the Governor, Dr. Al
fonso Elder, President of North
Carolina College at Durham
will give greetings, and Dr. C.
C. Sapulding, President of the
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company of Durham,
will bring greeting from the
Board of Trustees.
The 75 voice choir of the col
lege under the direction of Pro
fessor Samuel Hill will sing for
the evening session. Dr. M. M.
Fisher, Pastor of White Rock
Baptist Church of Durham, will
give the invocation and Rev. S.
L. Suitt of Tjouisburg, will give
the benediction.
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These four North Carolina
College co-eds were among the
citizens of Durham who con
gratulated Lillian Smith,
famed author, last week on
her outspoken criticism of
racial segregation.
The co-eds pictured are left
to right: Marion 1). Jacoos,
senior, Clin on; Ka'ie Nixon,
freshman, Wilmington, N. C.;
Gladys McGill, senior, Char
leston, South Carolina; Miss
Smith, and Nettie Ingram,
senior, Hamlet.
In three Durham speeches.
iUlSS vv
“Strange Fruit” and “Kill
ers of the Dream,” urged a
presidential proclamation to
abolish racial segregation.
Miss Smi^h’s Durham visi‘
was sponsored by Fellowship
of Southern Churchmen.
Nursery To
Hold 25th
Anniversary
By Frank Brower
An enviable record of 2rj
years of continuous service to
2800 mothers and 3000 prc-
school age children of Durham
will be celebrated by the Dais/
E. Scarborough Nursey at a
Quarter - Century Anniversary
celebration to be held this Sun
day, December 10th, in the
spacious school building located
at the comer of Cozart and
Proctor Streets.
Officers and members of the
Scarborough Nursery will re
ceive guests on the 25th an-
iniversary with the assistance of
parents and children enrolled.
A feature of the occasion w'ill be
the exhibits of candcraft in
cluding clay modeling, color
painting and novelties created
by the youngsters.
The interesting history of the
institution began with a con
viction of a local mortician, and
its existence began with the
kindness and generosity of the
same man. J. C. Scarborough,
Sr., was engaged in the kind of
work that required him to go
into the homes of many under
privileged Durham citizens,
twenty-five years ago. And, the
neglect of children that he en
countered caused him to want
to do something about it. In
most instances, the neglect was
unavoidable, as the heads of
the poor families had to work
to make ends meet, and whole
families of kids were sometimes
left to shift for themselves, even
though they were incapable be
cause of age.
The enrollment of this mem
ber of the Red Feather organ
ization, is now 66, but because
of lack of facilities, the waiting
list is almost as large at tht
fiffure of 46. During this year,
128 invidual children have been
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Wreck Victim Funeral Rites For
London Whitted
Matthew Avery, A, and T,
College student who died here
last Friday night after being
refused admittance at Duke
Hospital because all of the
space available for Negroes
had been taken. Avery, who
was a native of Henderson,
sustained severe injuries in
an automobile wreck near Me
bane. He was finally taken to
Lincoln Hospital here where
he died about an hour after
being admitted.
Greensboro Gets
Rrst Negro
Deputy Sheriff
Greensboro — The first Ne
gro deputy sheriff to be appoint
ed in North Carolina since re-
struction days was named here
Monday b^ Sheriff John E.
Walters. The new deputy is
Johnnie D. Marable, former
chauffeur and butler of Mayor
Ben Cone of Greensboro. Mar-
able will work for the most part
‘in the Negro sections of the
county of Guilford.
Greensboro was one of^ +he
first cities of the Ptatp to em
ploy Ne«rro nolieemen. Thov have
proved so satisfactory that coun-
Held Sunday
P^uneral services for London
Aiuierson Whitted, 68, well-
known citizen of 524 Martha
Street were held at St Josl'ijh
A. M. E. Churcli Sunday aft
ernoon at 2:30. Mr. Whitted
died suddenly at liis home here
Friday, December 1 from a
heart attack.
He was born in Durham
Count}', the son of the late Rob
ert and Mrs. Evelyn Whitted.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Mary Whitted.
The eulogy was delivered b\
the Reverend D. A. Johnston,
pastor of Saint Joseph. The
Reverend Wm. Fuller, pastor
of' Mount Zion Baptist Church
and the Reverend C. E. Mclx*s
ter, pastor of the Morehead Ave
nue Baptist Church, assistea
with the rites. Interment was at
Beechwood Cemetery.
For a long number of yeara
Mr. Whitted was employed by
the late General Julian S. Carr
as his valet and often traveled
with him throughout the coun
try. Later he was employed at
the Durham Hosiery Mills.
Mr. Whitted had been a mem
ber of St. Joseph for over 40
years and was a familiar figure
at the morning worship most
every Sunday.
In addition to his wife Mr
Whitted is survived by thre?
sons. Norfley, well-known W. D.
N. C. announcer, and Edmund
Whitted of Durham and Al
fred Whitted of Baltimore.
Maryland ; four dau"hters. Mrs.
Bes.sie Jenkins, Mrs. Gladys
Hawkins, assistant librarian at
Stanford L. Warren Librar>';
Mrs. Margaret Blo’mt and Mrs.
Gotipvh White, all of Durham.
Two s'sters, Mrs. Ora Fitzsnr-
»id of Durhnm and Mrs Seatv
Shearor of Vpw C'tv and
one brother. Norfley Whitted
of Atlanta, Ga.
Two white Durham police
officer* were reinstated here
Wedneadaj' after a seven day
suspension for shooting Bonnie
Ijee Day, 29, alleged bootlegger.
The policemen, J. B. Lawson
and F. B. Smith, both veterans
of service wyith the Armel
Forces, earlier in the day paiil
Daye’s hospital bill a few min
utes before his releasje from
Lincoln Hospital.
Daye was wounded in tho
spleen last November 27 as he
fled from his ear which officers
said was loaded with non-tax
paid liquor. The two officers
■laiirved tihey were unaware
I>aye had been wounded.
No immediate report appar
ently was made of the incident
which in a few days spiralled
into ‘ ‘ investigation ’ ’ propor
tions that contributed, indirect
ly, to the suspension of five ad
ditional officers.
The otfter officers, all white,
were suspended for their parts
in a near-riot at the Center
Theatre in which two officers
and a student sustained head
facial injuries.
Say Investigation Pushed
Warrants against the officers
were soon issued in the case in-
olving the officers at the Cen-
‘er incident. Reports are tha*^
the case was pushed by Duke.
I’^niversity authorities and iratp
students as a result of the al-
’eged beating of a Duke stu-
lent in the City jail.
No warrants were ever issued
.’or Lawson or Smith. Ihe twt>
)il8uers were suspended amid
■onfiieting statements coming
Jroni the office of Chief of Po
ice H. E. King.
In a statement reinstating
.^awson and Smith to duty after
siioonug 01 uaye, who ha&
«ti-u prLV»Ou!iiy couvicteu lur
.uuna^er 1C. \v. l lacK coiilenteu
uiiusoil witli ,a ■ ■ reprimand
10 me oilicers. Ihe oixicers re-
purieuiy Uave good service rc
cords.
Ine officers in ihe Daye case
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XMAS CONTEST
The Durham Business and
Professional Chain has an
nounced the opening of its
Chrisimas Home Decoration
Contest whicft is opc*i to a.,
residents' of Durham, who
wish to enier their decorations
of porciies, lawns, door en
trances and windows.
Contestants should make
notice of their entries not
later than midnight Dec. IS,
by reporting your entry to
one of the following: Mrs.
Roxie Davis, phone J-6742,
2005 Otis Street; Speight’s
Auto Service, phone R-2571;
Service Printing Co., phone
N-7462.
Judging will be for ori
ginality, appropriateness to
season, and effectiveness.
Drama Association
Sponsors Contest
The Southern Association of
Dramatic and Speech Arts is
sponsoring this year its second
annual one-act play writing
contest with the deadline for
entries set at midnight, Feb. 15,
The first prize is $25.00; the
second is $15.00; and the third
is $10.00. In addition to the
monetary awards, productions
of the first two plays may be
"iven at the annual meeting of
the Association in April.
The plays submitted may be
of any type and written on any
theme that appeals to the play
wright. The characters may be
of any race or nationality. The
•najor requirements are that the
nlay be a good play, and that
it may be performed royalty
free by members of the Associa
tion. Manuscripts must be typed
on one side of the page only
and the pages should be bound
and numbered. The name of the
author should not be placed on
the bound manuscript but on a
separate loose sheet which
should be included in the pack
age.
Address all inquires and send
"mnT'sc^’ints to: The SADS.A
T»ln-\’ifritinff CoTnmittee. car»^
'Mi'n'lolph Edm'"’ds Bot
T^’orida A. nnd M. College.
Tallahassee, Florida.
Bonnie Lee Day, is shown
above recuperating from a
pistol wound in the back
which he sustained when he
attempted to flee the scene
after he had been halted with
a liquor-laden automobile on
the night of November 27 by
Officers J. B, Lawson and F.
B. Smith- The unprovoked
shooting of Daye resulted in a
seven-day suspension of the
officers and a reprimand from
City Manager R. W. Flack.
The officers, who paid the
hospital bill of the wounded
man will resume their duties
on the police force after Wed
nesday.
"Strange Fruit” Author
Says Atom Bombs Not
Solution To World’s, Ills
Nash Grand Jury Indicts
White iiAan For Raping Negro
NasJiville — A true bill of
indictment was returned here
Jaat week by the Nash County
grand jury against a white man
charged with raping a Negro
young woman in a Rocky ilount
boarding and lodging house on
October 16.
The man, Howard Carson, 25,
of Kocky fiiount is charged with
committing the crime on Mrs.
Verna Mae Floyd who was em
ployed at the boarding house as
maid.
Due to a heavily loaded court-
calendar the cas» was not sched
uled for trial during the Nov
ember term of Superior Court
and will probably he heard at
the next term which will be held
Ihe last week in .Ianuar\'.
It is charged in the indict
ment that Carson, “with force
and arms feloniously and for
cibly as.saulted Verna Mae
Floyd against her will and did
ravish and carnally know her.”
The attack is alleged to have
occurred while Mrs. Floyd was
cleaning Carson’s apartment at
the boarding and lodging house.
Although he admitted having
had intimitate relations with
the young woman, Carson stated
that he did not use force on her.
How'ever, according to the
testimony of Jlrs. Floyd, as
brouffht out at the Recorder’s
Court hearing in Rocky Mount^^
at the request of the landlady
she went with her to the room
to clean up in preparation for a
prospective roomer. Upon ar
rival they discovered that Car
son was already in the room ami
he was told by the landlady to
be excust'd so that it- could be
cleaned. Carson stated that hti
just wanted to get some things
out of his bag before gettin”-
out. In stead as soon as the land
lady left the room he drew a
ixun on Mrs. Floyd and forccd
her to lie down tlie floor wht n
he committed anti assaulte'
her. Mrs. Floyd testified that
Carson threatened to kill her if
she made any outcry or told on
him. ,
Immediately after he had
committed the assault Mrs.
Floyd stated that Carson lel'r
the house, whereupon she re
ported the assault to the land
lady although slie was afraid to
leave the house.
The CAROLINA TIMES
representative learned Tues^lay
that Mrs. Floyd is highly re
spected in the community in
which she lives. She is a mem
ber of the Friendship Baptist
Church near Tarboro, where shi-
is a member of the usher board
and* several other auxiliaries.
Mrs. Floyd, who is about 22
years of age, was married only
a few months ago.
As agravated as the crime is
Carson was allowed to give bond
of only $1,500. One well-known
Negro leader was heard to re
mark that “this kind of leniency
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Marshall Flies To London
For Defense Of Soldiers
Thurgood Marshall, special
counsel of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People, will fly to
Tokyo as soon as final clearance
is obtained in order to aid con
victed 24th Infantrymen, Wal
ter White, NAACP executive
secretary, announced today.
“Appeals for aid from im
prisoned Negro soldiers and
reports from war corresnond-
ents, returned officers and en
listed men. Indicate that many
of the convicted GIs have
been Victims of racial dis-
rrimination and n»^d our full
^unnor*,” Mr. White said.
For t^is reason, he added, the
NAACP committee on ad-
miiiistration this week ap
proved the plan to send Mr.
Marshall to the scene of the
courts martial.
The NAACP, which has made
the defense of these soldiers the
N’o. 1 item on its legal defense
agenda, has received a eonstaiit
stream of letters from the im
prisoned men asking for assist
ance. Sentences impos»>d by
1‘ourts martial in the war /one
rnnure from 10 v*»ars impris»in-
mpnt at hard l«bor to death.
Mr. Jfarshall will leave for
Tokvo as soon as final elear-
, ance is obtained from the State
and Defense Departments and
arrangements made for trans-
'port.
Lillian ••'miili. n.'.tt. 1
•iUthor .>t‘ Str-Ul;.:,. Fr:;';"
and ’‘Killt-rs of ’■ru- Dreani.’
(’Tilled racial vsregatiou a
“philosophy of death" in an
address bt-fi>re an iin.seijregated
audience at Whire R«jck Baptist
’hurch here last Friday night.
Miss -Smith, who had previous
ly spoken t^arlier in
doy heforf" in*^ rrtd-ial ^I'uap.-,.
appenr"l nnd r the auspices of
the Fellowship of Southern
Churchmen.
Speakinur on the irencral
thenif, ''Wholt* .Men Livlnir in
A Whole Worid." Mi.-^s Sntitii
said a pr.^sidi nti.il i n-. hiriUitldn
abo'ishin" rn-r! l."* .
‘xtendiuL: full > ;v ' r' ' *
;i11 Amer;i’-\ns 1
niirral eff-.  ,■ . . ■
relations "Otiiparahjc ti> •'he
Iroppiii:' o*' an .•noinn- bmiih.
Minorit!'": w:nil I
then rally to . • •
said.
A former Metlu'Kiist ruihsioti
ary in China. M;>.s Stuith taik 1
of the prestisre whir'li thi.s con;>
try could get in Asia if setrre-
gation were aboiisiied. She s.t' \
the world's two thinls color*!
minoriti-s would then look t..
the United States as t’>e r
moral leader of the world.
Her outspoken oppostion to
racial segregation was likewi.>e
extended to cover other kinds
of se^resjation as well. She
charged that any type of setr-
regation divides the minds of
men, thereby preventinsr th.^ni
from becominir the “whole
men” who alone ate the hopo
of civilization.
Around ,))0 people, -K) per
cent of them white, heart! Miss
Smith siiy “Thi* world into
which yon ami I wer*’ Hon’ i.
no more.”
“To control the speed ff
world chansre is V'-eyontl any
man’s ability today. We have
come from a spleutered worUl.
one full of the walls ami bar-,
riers of race, nationality, pov
erty. ignorance, religious pr-i-
udices. and we are injinsr i!i rl i-
direction of a world withi>’>t
these barriers, a world that will
some day, anti sion. be wholt* ”
The world pictured by the
speaker as now in thi» makin!r
would be a worhl “without false
barriers of race and relisrion.”
It would be ctmipanihle to h
“worhl demoeraev in whieh alt
men partieiniit.* fri'eK- .-is i-t
bein'js. each with his fre»-do'n
to drea?n anl believf* a»>il rr-
r>res.s his dreants ami
aloud . . . ami with fre«)(n to
work and mcvf anmad, to niiei
to learn, to grow.”
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