They Rejoiced With Exceeding Great Joy
The above ii a photo of the “Nativity” as ex
hibited by the Mount Vernon Baptist Church
family of which the Reverend E. T. Browne is
pastor. The beautiful display is located on the
of the church and is being viewed by
hundred of spectators each night. It is the hope
of the Mount Vernon Church family that the
display will help to create a more wholesome ap
preciation of the real Christmas spirit. — Photo
by STANBACK.
Attorneys For
Fighting Grim
JJ. S. Eastern District
Daniels Boys
Battle In
Court
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Durham Officer Cited
For Bravery In Korea
Martial Appeals IN. C. Mutual Claims
Bei g Argued Of
Wounded
TARBORO
Attorneys for Bennie and
Lloyd Ray Daniels were fight
ing a grim battle here this
week before Judge Don Gilliam
of the Eastern District to save
the lives of the two youths, un
der sentence of death for mur
dering a Greenville cab driver
night of February 5th,
19491
Attorneys for the defense art?
O. John Page, former assistant
^ S. Attorney General, C. J.
,of Durham and Herman
of Raleigh. ^
opening jjpnf for the de-
t^a&^^red the early part
of the week when attorneys for
the boys produced evidence
which tended to show that Ne
groes are discriminated against
in Pitt County in the selection
of-jurors.
Discrimination Attacked
Following the attack on dis
criminatory methods used in the
selections of jurors the defense
presented evidence to prove
that the confessions which the
^rom the youths
under duress,
iels boys are being
der a writ of habeas
obtained by the "Dan-
s Defense Committee” in an
effort to have a higher court
review the case after the boys
were sentenced to death in a
Pitt County Superior Court
hearing.
Why £vM«&ce Suppressed?
The committee has demanded
explanation why evidence cen
tering around a white woman,
her clothes and person spatter
ed with blood, and seen leavug
the “lover’s lane" where the
body of William B. O’Neal, the
slain cab driver was found, was
suppressed by police and court
tee has publicized
ce to produce fiii-
>m the taxicab in
President
Miss Vivian Farribault, new
ly elected Student Council presi*
dent of Hillsboro Central High
School. Miss Farribault won out
over two young men candidates
for the position. They were Wil
liam Currie and Waymond Pin-
nix of Efland.
National Teachers
Committee To
Meet At S. C. State
Orangeburg, S. C. — A meet
ing of ail regional members and
the planning committee of the
National Teachers’ Research As
sociation will be held at State
A. and M. College, Friday, Dec
ember 29 according to an an
nouncement released this week
by Dr. J. Irving E. Scott, presi
dent of the association.
The agenda to be considered
at the sessions include (1) the
matter of accepting other re
search groups as affiliates to the
organization; (2) increasing
membership in the organization
and subscription to The N^ro
Educational Review; (3) pre
paration for the annual research
clinic and (4) plana for the se
lection of the classroom teacher
of the year.
All members of the organiza
tion in this region are urged to
attend the meeting whether or
not they are committee members,
according to the announcement.
WASHliNUTuN
in accordance with a recent
announcement that defense oi
Negro Uls who have been vic
tims of racial discrimination in
army courts-martial is the No.
1 item on the legal agenda of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
appeals of the court-martial
convictions of four 24th Infan
trymen are being argpied here
today by NAACP Assistant
Special Counsel Jack Greenberg
The arguments are being held
at the Pentagon, before the
board of Review in the office of
the Judge Advocate General.
One of the cases involves a
Master Sergeant who was con
victed and sentenced to twenty
years' imprisonment by a court
martial in Masan, Korea, for a]-
le^d failure to obey an oi-der
to return to the front. Informa
tion gathered by tlie NAACP
about tliis soldier, a veteran of
World War II with five battli-
stars and a record of exception
al bravery, reveals that he had,
.suffered a head injury in com
bat which doctors state could
cause considerable residual
brain damage. He had been suf-
ferin" from severe headaches
and was given drugs capable of
inducing a hypnotic state. In his
defense, he asserted that he took
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stantiy nammeced
re circumstances of
the locale, the na-
wounds inflicted up-
riviT, as indicating
Snme smacks more of
passionate jealousy and ven-
gence centered about the illicit
romantic relations of the cab
driver and a woman, and her
wronged husband or lover, than
one of simple robbery and mur
der, which the Daniels cousins
stand convicted for.
Kay Of Hope Seen
The granting of the writ of
habeas corpus by Judge Gilliam
was the first ray of hope and a
new lease on life for Lloyd Ray
,snd Bennie and their distracted
and poverty stricken families
who had almost despaired of
saving the youths from thp
State’s gas chamber.
At the wene of the murder a
coat was found spread on the
ground, new and used con
traceptives and a woman’s glove.
lO’Noal'wa* reported to have left
lance with a woman a short
„ before he was slain and his
was reported to have been
entering the lane followed
^ a speeding car. The second
tehicle was reported to have
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Bennett College Gets $75,000
Gift From Kresge Foundation
Reaches Half-
Way Mark In
Drive For Funds
With the anouncement of a
$75,000 conditional gift lasti
week from the Kresge Founda
tion of Detroit, Michigan, the
Bennett College Quarter Cent
ury Fund nod has achieved a
total of $136,550 in gifts and
subscriptions, according to N.
S. Calhoun, general chairman.
“This splendid contribution
is a real tribute to Bennett Col
lege and brings us slightly be
yond the halfway point toward
the $260,000 goal,” said Mr.
Calhoun. It is now all the more
important that Greensboro
achieve its $70,005 home town
quoto. The $75,000 contribution
from the Kresge Foundation is
a conditional gift which will be
granted to the college only if
the balance of the $260,000 ob
jective is raised by the end of
1951, according to Mr. Calhoun.
With over $50,000 in Greens
boro subscriptions now official
ly reported and audited, it is
hoped that delayed and post
poned gifts from Greensboro
firms and individuals will push
the local return up over the
$70,000 quoto.
In announcing the $75,000
Kresge Foundation gift. Presi
dent David D. Jones stated that,
“It is our first grant from the
Kresge Foundation and it conies
to tis during our Quarter Cen
tennial year as a challenge and
an encouragement to eontinne
and improve Bennett’s program
of Christian education for wo
men."
Funeral Of Well-Known
Raleigh Woman Held
RALEIGH
Funeral services for Mrs. Em
ma Bond Cheek who died at
Duke Hospital in Durham,
Thursday, December 14th, were
conducted Sunday, December
17th from the First Baptist
Church, with a capacity filled
church of friends from various
sections of the state present.
The principal eulogy given
by Dr. O. S. Bullock, pastor,
who hailed the late educator and
church leader as a person who
had chosen the best in life and
as one who had made a distinct!
contribution in cultivating the
Christian spirit in the home,
church and classroom.
Other tributes to her life
were paid through expressions
from the County-Wide P. T. A.
of Warren County made by
James Carter Jones, president
of the Warren County Sunday
School Convention: the Wash
ington High School P. T. A. by
C. H. McLendon, principal;
Jeffrey’s School and P.-T. A. by
Mrs. Ophelia Leathers; N. C.
Congress of Colored Parents and
Teachers by Mrs. Ada M. Jami-
gan, executive secretary; and
the General Groups of the First
Baptist Church by Mrs. Pattie
Smith.
'The Rev. Charles Jones, min
ister of the Presbyterian Church
of Chapel Hill, read the scrip
ture, and the Rev. Paul H.
Johnson, minister of the Martin
Street Baptist Church, Raleigh,
gave the prayer.
The more than 450 cards and
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Negro Companies
Succumbs
li uneral service for Mrs. Her
E/vans, wife of Itoger Evans,
who died at her home, lOOo
South Street, December 13, was
held at the Christian Chapel
Church in Wake County, Sun
day, December 1 ? at 2:00 P. M.
iieverned J. A. Henderson is
pastor of the church.
Mrs. Evans death climaxed
an illness of several months
duration.
At the request of the deceased
the Rev. J. S. Stewart, modera
tor of the New Hope Baptist As
sociation and pastor of ilt. Si
nai Baptist Church delivered
tiie eulogy.
Otlier ministers assisting
Rev. Stewart were Rev. J. H.
Peppers, pastor of St. Paul
Baptist Church of Durham and
Rev. S. J. Gordon, pastor of
Bethel Tabernacle Holines.s
Church of Durham.
The funeral was attended by
a large number of relatives and
friends.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Evans is survived by one
daughter, Miss Katherj’ne Ev
ans of Durham.
Unfe-foiirth ot tRe total ad
mitted as.sfts of all the old line
legal rest'rvf Xepro life insur
ance companies, ojieratinjr in
the United States, is owned by
the North Carolina Mutual Liu*
Insurance Company, it was re
vealed here this wek.
Lmtes't fijriires available on
Xegro life insurance companies
are those released by the 2.')
largest ones at the close of busi
ness, December 81. 1949. They
show that the total admitted as
sets of all tlie eonif'anifs amount
to $lll,2SS.13fi, with X. C. Mu
tual ownin" i!*2n.2r)n,001 of the
entire amount.
Thesi* latest fifrnres ?iTi>
C. ]\lntnal in the nndisimt.'d
leade!Nlii]i of all Xe'jrro eonipmi-
ies oper.'’.tin'r in the T’'niti‘(1
States or elsewhere.
tttandmg socoud lu the local
company xs the Atlanta Life iu-
jiurancc Company oi Atiania,
Ua., with $1,50,Jio,242 insiu-
anee m forced and a total ol
ij)21,4yO,l‘Ji in admitted assets.
The third largest Xegro com
pany is the JSupreme Liberty
Ijife Insurance Company of Chi
cago with $114,374,lby insur
ance in force and assets of $‘J,-
442,051.
It is also significant tliat X.
C. Mutual has a little less than
one sixth of all the life insur
ance carried on the lives of Xe-
groes in the United States b\
old line legal reserve companies
on the rac*e.
A recapitulation of tlie in
surance in force and admitted
assets of the four largest com
panies of the race is as follows:
X’. C. Mutual, Durham, X .C.,
Insurance in force. $146,241,142,
Assets, $21),250,001.
Atlanta Life, Atlanta, Ga., In
surance in force, 315,242,
Assets, $21,490,194.
Hui)reme Liberty, Chiea!io,
111., Insurance in foree. .'f!ll4,-
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Lt. E. C. Wynn, Durham re
sident, who was recently cited
for courageous action in the
Korean war. Col. S. L. A. Mar
shall, Army Efficiency Expert
says Lt. Wynn and his mixed
outfit’s perform.'ince was “per
haps unequalled in American
military history.’’
JAMES SUITT
SUCCUMBS TO
AUTO MISHAP
James Suitt, well-k'nowu eoii-
tnictiiig plasterer, who was
•Struck by the an automobile in
the -too block of Pine Street,
died at Lincoln Hospital as a
result of the injuries. Thurs.lay.
December 14.
Funeral services Wcie held at
White liock Baptist Church
here Monday December 18 at 1
r. .M. Interment was at Piney
Grove Baptist Church Ometery
ill Greedmorc. The Rev. ililt‘>
! Mark Fisher, pastor of White
Rock delivered the eulogy.
-Mr. Suitt was a member of
the Piney Grove Baptist Chureh
but livetl in Durham for a lonir
number of years. He resided at
402 Cozart Avenue.
Suriving aro two brothers;
Spencer Suitt and Wiliam Suitt.
both of Durham.
Hillside High Student Gets Number One Savings Plan Book
LT. E. C. WYNN
WOUNDED Ihh
FIERCE BATTLE
Osaka Army Iljspital. Japan
— First Lieutenat Elli.'-m •
Wy'nii, whose •■■impany has l)«-en
designated by rhp Army’s rov-
ins ePifieney expert, (.'oi, S, L,
A. MarshalIj as the braTest in
the Korean War. tohl a first,
hand .neeonnt hi'r** on Decemb«»r
10 of ,in>t how fieri*e the fiirht-
ini? v,-;^s in the stand he and his
men made r-eHntly auainsr
rhiiiesc r.ininii'n'sfs and in
which h»^ was hvlly but n-
seriously wounded.
Lt, W^Tin fyiyc he hit >n
the riirht side of the face wit'r.
a mortar shell whieh ’moek-!
out all of his b.if’k teeth
one. .\s as result of fnrf’her in
inries froFT) the bl;'st nhysiciaii'-
wprt* fiiri-‘d to cut off part nf
his ton'.'uo .nd :imnutate p.nrt
of the thinl fin?er on lijs I,*fr
hand.
The iieuti-iiant also staled
tlirtt phy siciaiis I'fsui’ted to' p.a-s-
surger\ to replace part
his iip. '■.Numeruus studies w-.iv
necessary to sew up Uie ruiit
side of my i,»ce and head. ' lie
'tated.
Lt, Wynn said the mortal
shell just missed his eye. •’i am
still alive and walking jast as
e%’er, so 1 consider ruyselt iucky.
It didn’t ever knock me out, so
I'm glaii I 'm hardheaded after
all.”
Lt, Wyuii is lui officer in a
mixetl unit of Xegro and white
soldiers of the 1 , 6, .Second Di
vision. His unit is known as the
■Raker" Company of the Di
vision's N'iiith Kegiment.
Said Cdl. .Marshall, “That
ompan_\’s stand was perhaps
uiieiiualled in American Miii
ar.v history. It entered action
with 12.') men anil withdrew on
ly on reirimental orders with its
tail fighting like hell 24 houi-s
later with only 2-^ men not
woundetl, ”
rile eominantler of the com
lany, ('apt, William C Wallace,
)f .•'I'tiTsbi'rir. \’a.. was wound
ed in till- t’iiNt hour of fightimr
aij^d Lt. W\nn. his executive of
ficer. led for the next 24 houni.
Said Col, .Marshall further,
'I'lie ('. (>. from Virginia, a
N'egro Nt'coiid in eommand and
twti non eom.s. Cpl, l>)naid
Crawfonl of South Boston. Va ,
and S^rt, L, c. Smith of Sand
stone. Va,. distinguished th.-M-
#lves aloii-' with Wj-nn,”
The fi^ht was at close ((uar
ters and was .so savage that
there were instances of fi>t
fightin_>' between American auil
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Pictured above is James Allen, Ji., of Hillside High School
being presented the Number one bank book by President C. C.
Spaulding in the recent savings program for public school students
established by the Mechanics and Famers Bank here. Approxi
mately 3400 students are already participating in the program
.\EW YORK
The annual meeting of the
Xatioual Ass^>ciation for the
Vdvancemeut of Colortnl Peoni,'
will be held on Tueslay, ,lanu
ary 2. it was aunounctsi to«'ay
by Waiter Wliite, the A.s,s,H'I.t
tion’s executive secretars
At the nieetinvf. uiendnirs i>[
the executive seeretaiy .'uid
heads of departmi'uts. liallotN
'M'nt in by XAACP branches tu
elect new members of the bo.ir l
of directors will be counted, and
the results of the election made
known.
ing, president of the bank; Prof. J. H. Gattis, teacher of the cUess be^of°tlTe*2^'sl?iin
that witnessed the presentation and Allen. — Photo by RIVERA. ||jin at 11 A **■
and the number is expected to reach 4,000 by the end of January.
1951. Those standing in the picture, from left to right are: Prof,
H. M. Holmes, principal, congratulating Allen; I>r. C. C. Spauld'
NAACP Annual
Meet Set For
January 2nd