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Negro Voters Create
**Problem” In State
BALnOH—^Negro ^oten are
cr«atiii( * “problan" In North
Carolim.
This fact waa made evident
in a recent dlscBMion by the
State Board of EleetlMia here
Monday. The Board was hold-
Inc a MMloB to nuke plans
tor the eominf primaries and
Ceneral elections.
It seems, from the disonsslon
held dnrinf the meeting, that
some whites in the eastern
portion of the State, where the
Ne(ro population Is as (reat
er greater than the white in
several counties, have dlseov-
ered the fact that an ever In-
creaslnr number of Nefroesi^
are seeklnf to make them-
■elves eligible for voting.
Although the Board tpssed
the snbjeet of Negro voting a-
round for a while, it failed to
come up with a concrete solu
tion to what it has considered
a “problem,” nor did It make
any assurances that no person
would be deprived of the right
to vote because of race. f
The most the Board did was
to issue a pamphlet of Instruc
tions for local elections of
ficials which said that voters
should be registered without
regard for race, color or
creed.
One member of the board ex
pressed the opinion that the
group found Itself in a situa
tion in which it had the re
sponsibility but not the au
thority to insure free access
to the ballot.
P. E. Brown of North Wilkes-
boro pointed out the fact that
no matter what position the
Board itself may assume on
the “problem,” there would
still be some registrars who
would refuse to register Ne
groes.
Altiiough the Board seemed
resigned to this opinion, It
was pointed out here this weA
that since the Board has the
authority to appoint local
registrars, it also has the pow
er to remove them.
Harry Ferrebee Camden
callfsd the attention of the
Board to the fact that Negress
in the eastern part of the State
are seeking in larger nombers
than ever before to register.
Negroes can “take over” in
these counties, he warned, if
given the right to vote.
He added that he didn’t
think that people should be
kept from voting “Just because
they are Negroes.”
Elections Board Ohalnnan
Charles M. Britt of AshevlUe
p«rinted out that tat Ferebee’s
Coun^, Pasquotank, some reg-
iirtrars wjtuld rathn resign
than register Negroes.
Several registrars In counties
in the State, particularly in the
East, have been prosecuted In
the past for refusing to reg
ister Negroes.
An official of the NAACP In
Raleigh sUted that that or
ganisation, which Is planning
an extensive registration cam
paign among Negroes early in
the Spring, would seek pro
secution and removal of any
registrar who refuses to reg
ister a Negro because of raee.
BOYCOTT WORKS!!
Group Wins 6-Year Fight
Against Jim Crow Theater
BALTIMORE — The six-year
fight of the Baltimore branch of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
to end discrimination at Ford’s
Theater, the only place in th^
city where legitimate theatrical
presentations are offered, ended
in smashing victory last week as
the theatre management an
nounced that it has dropped its
segregation policy.
The announcement came on
recommendation from the State
Commission on Interracial Prob
lems, after CJovernor Theodore
McKeldin on January 3 wrote
the Commission that the Negro
citizens of Baltimore had been
"needlessly affronted” by Ford’s
policy.
“The resultant humiliation has
brought a picket line to the
doors of the theater,” the Gov
ernor gaidr^*‘M«ny white t>e»
have been reluctant to cross the
picket line, and so, in addition
to the Jnjustice Involved, there
have been inconveniences to
many persons and economic loss.
It may be that this is a contri
buting Q^use to the scantiness
of the theatrical program now
offered in Baltimore.*
'The picket line against the
theater’s discriminatory i>olicies
has been maintained by the
NAACP, which has not missed a
single performance in six years.
Mrs. LiUie M. Jackson, presi
dent of the Baltimore NAACP
branch and a member of the As
sociation’s national board of di
rectors, publicly expressed her
appreciation to the wliite citizens
of Baltimore “who respected the
rights of colored citizens enough
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C. M. Palmer, Sr., spedal In-
suraace CounsellOT of the Dur
ham Distriot of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Inaor-
anee Company, who to 1951
winner of ttie anmiMi tauur-
anee underwriting CMitest held
by the company, during the
laat quarter of the year.
Palmer succeeded la paying
for the highest amount of
ordinary life insurance first
year premiums In the entire
system of tlie company. He has
been Invited to aecompany Dr.
C. O. Spaulding, preatdent of
the company, to Tampa, Flor
ida « February 14 aa a re
ward for adilevemsBti.
MRS. SUSIE V. NORFLEET
... 25 Tears Of Service . . .
MBS. VIRGINIA W. ALSTON
. . . New Director . . .
Church Honors Retiring Head
Of Music Department Here
A testimonial service honor
ing Mrs. Susie V. Norfleet, re
tiring director of White Rock
Baptist church’s music program,
was held at the church here Sun-
day^night.
Mrs. Virginia W. AletSft, ‘ di
rector of the Senior choir, will
succeed Mrs .Norfleet as director
of church music.
Mrs. Norfleet, who has held
many positions in the church in
cluding her present one as sec
retary, retired after 25 ■ years
service in the music department ^
Testimonials were offered
from six of the church’s auxil
iaries, and the main address
honoring the retiring Music
head was given by W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., member of the trus
tee board. Spokesmen for the
various auxiliaries wMch of
fered words of appreciation for
Mrs. Norfleet’s service to the
church Vfere W. P. Flintail, J.
M. Schooler, L. Z. Craft, Louis
Jones, Leo Davis, Mrs. Maggie
Smith and Mrs. ESie. Cotton.
Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, pas
tor of the church, offered re
marks praising Mrs. Norfleet’s
stewardship at th^ end of the
program. Music for the occa
sion was furnished by the sen
ior choir. Rev. T. R. DeAdwy-
ler, assistant of the pastor, ser
ved as master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Norfleet, was born
in Ripley Ohio, but came to Dur-
tiam in 1905 when she joined
the White Rock church. She has
served as teacher in the Sunday
school, clerk, and finally suc
ceeded the late A. L. Goodloe as
director of the choir, which
position, alon^ with that of di
rector of the church music pro
gram, she held for 25 years.
Mrs. Norfleet served as ed
itor of the Wlietstone, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
company publication, until her
retirement in 1949. She began
working for the company soon
after co^ng to Durham.
A graduate of Wilberforce
University, she received her
public school training in Ripley,
Ohio, her native home.
Mrs. Virginia Alston, who
succeeds Mrs. Norfleet as di
rector of the church music pro
gram, is a graduate of North
Carolina College where she
studied voice under Mrs. C.
Ruth Edwards. She has done
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R. N. HARRIS, Vlce-Presl-
dent-Secretary of Bankers’
Fire Insurance Company, left
l^eaday for Memphis, Tenn
essee to confer with persona
Interested In property under.!
writing with a view toward
coordination of effort In the
field. At the conference there
will be representatlvels of the
Soutbern Fidelity Fire Insur
ance Company, Atlanta, Geor
gia; Loyal Automobile Insur
ance Company, Loa, Angelea,
California; Friendly Fidelity
Casualty ConqMUiy, 'Memphis
and Lloyda of Great State,
Houston. Texas. Meeting of the
group will be held at the of
fice of the Universal Life In-
■uranee Company.
To Hake 2ila|[
Stand At NCC
North C^olina College’s Gym
nasium will be the scene here
Thursday and Friday, February
14 and IS of a concentrated Red
Cross Blood Drive. All citizens
in the Durham community are
urged to rally to give blood to
the Bloodmobile.
The drive is being sponsored
by the college’s Student Gov
ernment Association. College of^
ficials, students, and citizens in
the community are all urged to
join the drive for the needed
blood for Armed forces per
sonnel.
Calvin Norman, president of
the NCC Student Government
Association, said at mid-week
the drive at NCC would be open
to all citizens of the Durham
community. President Alfonso
Elder of NCC is expected to lead
the line at NCC.
Support of the drive came
rapidly from several community
sources.
CITIZENS SET TO RALLY FOR
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Claaa Blatter at the Past Office at Durham. Nortk Carolina, under Act af March S, lg79.
VOLUBfE 30—NUMBER 6
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. SATRUDAT, FEB. »tii, 1952
PRICE TKN CENTS
The Morehouse College Glee I
CInb of Atlanta, Georgia will be'
heard here Saturday evening, I
February 9, In a lecltal at the{
B. N. Duke Audltoi'lum at eight.
The group is dlpeeted by re
nowned violinist and choral con- musician, Har^eld has been rank-
ductor, Kemper Harreld, whol ed with snch names as Clarence
serves as director of the music
departments of Morehouse, Spel-
man, Atlanta University. Hailed
by many as a pioneer Negro
Cameron White, R. Nathaniel
Dett and Coleridge Taylor. Sam
uel W. Hill, director of the
North Carolina College choir,
annonpced that the visH^ sing
ers will be guests of the NCC
Choral Society during their stay
here. The public Is invited and
there will be no adnu9si6n. «
New Drug For TB May
Save Thousands Yearly
Support for the campai^ at
NCC has already been pledged
by J. S. Stewart, chairman of
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro Affairs, and L. E. Austin,
president of the Durham Busi
ness and Professional Chain.
Stewart said: “The campaign
to give blood to American ser
vicemen deserves the support of
all loyal Americans. This com
mittee endorses the campaign at
North Carolina College and we
urge citizens to participate in
large numbers on February 1*
and IS.”
Austin said: "North C^olina
College is to be congratulated
for this patriotic act in bringing
the Bloodmobile into our com
munity where opportunities will
be given citizens in this section
as well as in other sections to
help the cause of the forces of
freedom all over the world.”
Statements of support and in
tentions of cooperation came
from other local business, labor,
religious, and educational
groups.
Officials at North C^olina
College said local citizens would
be welcome to contribute to the
NCC campaign which is cen
trally located in South Durham.! said that toxic reactions, on {he
Citizens from other sections are | whole, were mild,
expected to join the drive also. cr. William S. Schwartz, of
On the NCC campus^ Student ^he VA hospital at Oteeri, "N. C.,
Government Association Presi- | recently reported on ten puimo-
dent Norman said: “We are y tuberculosis patients who
pleased to join in the Red Cross ^ad completed treatment with
campaign to provide blood for compound. Soon after start
PEARL RIVER, N. Y. — A
npw chemical compound for the
treatment of tuberculosis
been developed by Lederle
boiratories.
The drug is related to niacin,
a vitamin commonly found in
jnilk and egg yolks.
Dr. J. H. Williams, "Director
bf Research, said that the com
pound, Aldinamide pyrazina-
mide, has shown effectiveness
not only against the xisual
strains which cause tuberculosis,
but also against tubercule bacil
lus strains which have become
resistant to streptomycin, the
antibiotic most widely used for
treating the disease.
Aldinamide was tested in 44
patients at the Summit, Park
Sanatorium, Pomona, N. Y.,
with reported favorable results.
Dr. R. L. Yeager, director, said
that in nearly all patients trea
ted who had more than oi^ de
gree of fever, there was a rapid
reduction in temperature, and
that a diminished cough and a
reduction in the amount of sput
um were noted. In several cases
acute laryneal lesions cleared
rapidly, and X-ray improvement
in some cases was observed. He
swrwfttioirsotieHTio
GIVE "NEW HOPE TO HEARTS"
NEW YORK—The 1952 Heart to support needed community
Fund campaign for $8,000,000 to cardiac services. 25 per cent of
combat heart disease is being the funds raised will be used
conducted throughout the Unit- for the national program of tb^
ed States by the American Heart' American Heart Association.
Association and its affiliates ^ ^ ^
during the month of February. ^Lwt year, approxunately $1^,
Bruce Barton, author and ad-'f“-""“
vertising executive, heads the,
drive as national chairman „f on^^^^
the campaign. I received by the nation-
! al office, it was explamed.
The slogan, “New Hope for, The American Heart Associa-
Hearts,” reflects an optimism a- tion is the only national volun-
bout the futiu'e of the fight a- tary health agency working ex-
gainst heart disease which is' clusively in this field. Its mem-
based upon many important
scientific advances made in re
cent years. Heart disease is the
nation’s Number 1 killer.
The greater portion of the
funds raised' will t>e retained by
state and local heart associations
bership includes leading phy
sicians and prominent lay lead
ers in industry, labor and the
professions. The Association tias
a three-point program of re
search, education and commun
ity service.
Last Rites Held
For Rev. Higgs,
Mrs. Justice
Rev. Nathaniel Edwin Higgs,
well-known mioister of Dur^,
lowing an illness about eight
ham, died at ills home here, Sat
urday February 2 at 6:15 fol-
months.
Rev. Higgs was bom in Meck
lenburg, Virginia around 70
years ago. The exact date of his
birth not being known. He was
the son of the late- Allen and
Anna Higgs. He attended Frank-
linton Christian College at
Franklinton, North Carolina. In
1917 he was married to the for
mer Miss Nancy Cox j>t Boyd-
ton, Virginia, who survives him.
There are no ciiildren surviving.
One sister Mrs. Mary Hunter of
Norlina survives also several
stepsisters and brothers.
At one time Rev. Higgs pas-
tored the Mt. Calvary Church
of Durham. At the time of his
death he was pastor of Roland
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Reviving Power Of Youth Is
Key To Race's Future-Barnes
Americans wherever they are
stationed as guardians of the
free world.” Norman is himself
a veteran who saw service in
the European and Pacific war
zones.
In addition to President Nor
man, virtually the entire* com
munity at NCC seems prepar
ing to give blood to the Red
Cross’ campaign. ,. Students un
der 21 years old are being given
special releases to send home
of treatment there was a reduc
tion of cougli and expectora
tion, and in six who were fever
ish, their temperatures were
back to normal in three or four
days. Appetites increased and in
all but one, there was a wfeight
gain which varied Irom four to
fifteen pounds, and averaged
nine pounds.
Dr. Schwartz said that’
one possible exception, there
for parents’ signature. Hundreds was no evidence of toxicity or
of first and second year students Intolerance of Aldinamide.
are putting the special forms in
the mail.
The Student Government is
arranging to mail the letters and
to collect them upon their re-
tu|m to the college.
The drive will get imder way
at 12 noon on Thursday. It will
resume at 9 a. m. Friday.
Present indications are that
this drug will have a place in
the treatment of tuberculosis
and will be particularly useful
against tuberculosis which has
become resistant to streptomy
cin. However, Lederle officials
•
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“Down for the Coimt of
Nine” was the subject of a
speech delivered here at North
Carolina CoUege last Friday by
Alexander Barnes, director of
publicity for the A. M. E. Zion
Churches of the U. S. A.
Tracing the tragedies of the
Negro in the U.. S. as “blows to
his being,” Barnes drew the
analog that at the end of each
round, the Negro would revive
himself on faith in God and ptem,
the fight against intolerance and
injustice. '
As a fighter in the ring, the
Negro would always strike back,
mes said.
Bames, who was one of the
it reporters on the scene of
the brutal bombing of the Har
ry Moores, said that incident was
a severe blow to the Negro peo
ple.
’The youth of the nation, and
partictilarly Negro youth, must
ever revive itself from such
foul blows as the enemies of
democracy delivered at the
Mims, ilorida, home of the Har
ry Moores, Bames said.
The publicist said the futiure
of the free world depends upon,
what “dynamic faith and force
ful action withia the framework
of Ctiristian democracy” that
colored Americans employ in
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Last rites for Mrs. Carrie
Justice who died at her bane
319 Dowd Street Sunday,
February 3 were held at tk«
Scarborough Funeral Hai»e
Wednesday aftemooa, Feb
ruary 6 at two o’clock. Mrs.
Justice succumbed, foUawlac
an illnesa of several weeks.
She was bom in Duriiaaa
County about 71 years ag*,
and had lived here the OMst
her life.
Surviving Mrs. J—tice are
two sons, Clyde Justice at D«r-
ham and Doddridge Jwtlee at
New York, New Terk.
Interment was at Beeehwaed
Cemetery.
NOTED AUTHOR
AT A. AND T.
GREENSBORO — Sharwaod
Eddy, noted autluir, lecturer
and world traveler will ap
pear at A. and T. College here
In a special Sunday morning
service, February It, as a fea
ture of the college series.
Dr. Eddy, accompanied by
his wife aaade a working tear
aereas Asia In 1949 and 1949,
viaitiag Japan, Korea, CUna,
India, the PhlUpiMa, PakMan
and Tnrkey and in 1959 visit
ed tte prbaelpal eenntrka of
Sarepe.
Scouts On Air
Members of Dnrkaas’t Bey
Scont troopa will perttdfate
on tikree radio akews tkla
week-end in obawYnace at tte
42nd National Bey Soeat
Week.
The schedule fer tka tttee
pragraBM, all 15 Mlaataa laac
and te be heard mm
statien. to:
Tharaday—WDNC. k39 ». aa.
Friday—W88R. «as m.;
and Satardi^—WTDtisfcto a.
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