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Mutual Building And Loan Reaches Two Million Mark
3. S. Stewart, Secretary-Trea-
surer of the Mutual and trf>an
Association announced here this
weelc that the organization had
reached the $2 million dollar
marli: in assests.
Reaching the $2 million dol-
~lar goal marks another mile-
8to in the growth and develop
ment of the Association since
its organization in 1921, when
it was founded by the late R. L.
McDougal. Since its beginning
it has contributed much to the
purchase of homes and thurch-
es by the Negroes of this com
munity, man yof whom are loud
in there praise for what it has
done in making it possible for
them to own a home.
The Mutual Savings and Loan
Assooiation is the second lar-
est organization owned and op
erated by the race in the nation
and in view of the fact that
there are approximately 25,000
Negroes in the entire county of
Durham, it appars that the
mangement has done an excel
lent Job in selling the Savings
ad Loan idea to the people of
this community.
^ Last year the Association
moved into its spacious and
new office at 112 West Parrish
Street, with office facilitis that
are among the most| modern n
tills section of the country, in
cluding a Burroughs Sensimatic
Window Posting Machine, one
of th efirst to be installed in
Savings and Loan Association
in this state.
The present officers are C. C.
Spaulding, President; E. R. Mer
rick, Vice President; Clyde Don
nell, Vice President; W. J. Ken
nedy, Jr., Vice President; G. W.
Logan, Vice President and J. S.
Stewart, Secretary-Treasurer.
The Board of Directors is com
posed of R. L. Cotton, G. W.
Cox, Clyde Donnell, A. Elder,
R. N. Harris, J. W. Goodloe, W.
J. Kennedy, Jr., G. W-. Logan,
D. B. Martin, E. R Merrick, H.
M. Michaux, T. D. Parham, A.
T. Spaulding, C. C. Spaulding,
J. S. Stewart, J. H. Wheeler
and J L. White.
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Segregation In
Schools Great
Enemy-Johnson
Howard Prexy
Sees Separate
Schools Hurting
Democracy
WASHINGTON
Segregation in schools
poses a serious threat to the
American way ol life, in the
■opinion dl Dr. Mordecai W.
Johnson.
The President of Howard
University, speaking here
last Monday at ceremony
commemorating the 8Sth an-
niversary of the founding of
Howard, expressed nave con
cern for an evil wM^ he saw
as greater than “the enemy
which is confronting us from
the outside.”
“The greatest enemy to our
system of democratic life is not
the .which is conlront^g
us from the outside, but that en-
enmy which is corordlng demo
cracy within—namely, the
extent 4o which segregation has
enfeebled our faith in, and our
loyalty to, our democratic in-
stitutionsi”
Cpl. Isaae Yanghan, son of
Mrs. Nancy ^rris of 711 Grant
Sti^t, is seiTing with the First
Marine Division Headquarters.
Corporal Vanghan enlisted In
the Marines on July 1, 19S1.
'Sgt. Charlie Worthy, has band
of Mrs. Sylvia Worthy, Ittl
Fourth Street, has been selected
to attend the XVI Corps Lead'
ers’ School at Camp Matsnshlma,
Japan.
die Can
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS,
entered as Seeoad Olaa Matter at the Post Office at Dnrham, North Carellaa, aader Aet «f Marek S, m0.
VOLUME 10 — NUMBER 11
DUBHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH l«th, 1952
nucK TBN cnm
Action Claims Negro Pupils
Excluded From Five Schools
Trent To Speak
At Conference
Of NCT Clubs
The Reverend Kelly O. P.
Goodwin, pastor of the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Winston-Saletn
has been chosen keynote speak
er |ii]id Dr. W. J. Trent president
of Livingstone College, has been
named banquet speaker for the
22nd annual North Carolina
YMCA Older Boys Conference
to be held at the J. C. Price
High S(!h0Ql in Salisbury, Aprfl
18-20.
Other features of the meet
ing include discussion groups un
der the theme, “Youth Facing
Present Crises,” the conference
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•-Dr. Johnson will be the
principal speaker at North
Carolina College’s Mondng
Worship Serviees, Sunday,
March 16, mt »:45.
Dr. Edward J. Sparling, presi
dent of Roosevelt College in
Chicago, was the principal^peak-
er at the exercises. Hi traced
the history of the dev^pment
of Roosevelt QoUege, founded in
1945 “with racial and rrilgloug
equality as a cornerstone of the
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Cage Finals
Begin March 20
In Rocky Mount
ROCK MOUNT
Commissioner of Athletics,
Dr. W. T. Armstrong, of Rocky
Mount announced on Wednes
day that finals In both the AA
and AAA divisions in basket
ball would be played next week
begining March '20. »
The triple A section will be
played in Winston Saem with
Adkins High S«Hbol abting as
host. Teams that have qualified
for this section are Gastonia
and West Charlotte, Adkins and
Carver High of Winston-Salem
represented by Raleigh, Kinston,
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NUCP Slates
Raleigh Meet
The North Carolina Confer-
nnce of NAACP Branches is
sponsoring an Emergency Regi
stration and Get-Out-The-Vote,
one-day Conference here, Satur
day, March 22, at the Martin
Street Baptist Chxirch.
According to NAACP offici
als, the purpose of the confer
ence is to increase registration
and voting, eliminate political
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NAIB TO ADMIT
RACECOUEGES
KANSAS City
Action by the executive com
mittee of the National Associ
ation of Intercollegiate Basket
ball here on Wednesday opened
membership to Negro colleges
meeting" NAI13 accrt*lftation
standards. „
Eligible college? will compete
in future national tournaments
of the Associations Central State
of Wilberfcrce, Ohio has already
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New Trial Sought for. Two
Gl’s Facing Death Sentences
Special Plans
To Push Chain,
Grocer Program
Representatives of 10 leading
Negro grocery stores and, meat
markets met here Tuesday
March 11 in the headquarters
of the Durham Business and
Professional Chain and formu
lated a cooperative buying or
ganization that is destined to
revolutionize merchandizing
among stores and markets op
erated by the race in Durham.
Instead of individuals purchas
ing foods from wholesalers the
merchants ivision of the Dur
ham Business and Professional
Chain will make purchases
through a committee for all the
member merchants in lots large
enough to secure the very low
est possible price. By so doing'
merchants belonging to the
DBPC will be able to pass on
down to Mrs. Housewife prices
comparable with those offered
in the larger stores of the city.
The group also endorsied the
placing of the DBPC emblem on
windows of all member firms so
that persons i^bpplng for bar
gains in groceries, eats and other
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WASHINGTON
The trial of the two Negro
GI’s convicted of the rape-mur-
der of a white civilian employee
on the Island of Guam was lack
ing in fundamental fairness,
Frak D. Reeves and Robert L.
Carter, attorneys for the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, charg
ed this week ,in filing a writ of
habeas corpus in the United
States District Court here.
The NAACP is applying for
the writ on the grounds that the
'convictions of Robert Burns and
Herman Denins were based on
perjur^ testimony, illegally se-
curd evidence, and coerced con
fession, and iithat the whole at
mosphere of the trial was one in
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YMCA Seen As Agency Removing
Obstacles Confronting Youth
RALEIGH—The YMCA helps
remove road blocks wh^h may
retard the progress of young
men. Dr. J. W. Seabrook, presi
dent of Fayetteville State Teach
ers Collegia, said in his address
as principal speaker for the an
nual meeting of the Bloodworth
Street YMCA Tuesday evening.
He said these roadblocks
include the false idea that young
men may fear themselves with
out direction; increasing url>ani-
zation 'With the result rural
youth find It difficult to adjust
themselves to city life; whole
some commerical amusement;
the decreasing influence of the
home, and the emphasis of
physical power over spirtual
power.
In Ijelping overcome these
handicaps, he said the YMCA is
proving a vital community asset.
Dr. Seabrook was presented
by Att’y F. J. Carnage, and C.
A. Haywood chairman of the
board of management, presided.
On recommendation of D. O..
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In the first legal action invoked in the Cairo school case,
lawyers for the NAACP have filed suit demanding an end
to racial separation in the schools, dismissal of the city super
intendent of schools, and the withholding of state aid to the
Cairo public school system.
THE ACTION, FILED on March 5 by NAACP Attorneys
W. Robert Ming, George Leighton and David V. Hansden on
behalf of 18 Negro parents and 40 children, charges Leo C.
Schultz, Cairo superintendent of schools; Miss Lucy Mc
Pherson, county superintendent of schools; and the seven-
member board of education, with maintaining and operating
Mven elementary schools, two junior high schools and two
senior high schools on a segregated basis."
'NEGRO STUDENTS, THE ing any students from any school
petition points out, are imlaw-
fuUy excluded from four of the
elementary schools, from one
junior high school and from one
senior high school, solely on ac-
^unt of their race and color.
THIS PRACTICE OF racial
iegregation, NAACP attorneys
contended in their suit filed in
the Circuit Court of Alexander
County, is contrary to the laws
of the state of Illinois and in
violation of the 14th Amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States. The’suit asks for an in
school authorities from exclud-
Junction restraining the local
under their jurisdiction solely on
account of race or cblor^
CITING AN ILLINOIS law
which provides for the discharge
of any public official who de
nies the facilities of his office to
any person on racial grounds,
the NAACP lawyers asked the
court to order the dismissal of
Superintendent Schultz. The
law empowers the court to take
such action in the event of fail
ure of the official’s superiors to
act.
• Under the Jenkins Amend-
ment to the school aid bill,
authorizing the withholding of
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Court To Hear
Brakeman Case
WASHINGTON
Whether a porter is a porter
or a brakeman may be settled
here during the next month.
THE NATION’S HIGHBST
court on last Monday agreed to
review the judgment of the
Eighth United States Circuit of
Appeals at St. Louis which vir
tually classified Negro “train
porters” as brakemen, a craft
whose benefits they ha've been
denied.
Simon L. Joiuison, Sr., a pass-
. enger brakesman, in March of
1946, filed suit against the St
Louis-SanFrancisco Railway C^.,
I Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
me nand C. O. ^arnahan, gen
eral chairman of the BRT on
the Frisco lines.
• The action sought to re
strain the Frisco and the BRT
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JITTRSGIHP
KINSTON AFTER
SCHOOL SUIT
Principal Denies
Knowing Peoples
Responsible For
Court Action
KINSTON
Unrest gripped this town this
week following the filing of a
suit by eight Kinston parents
seeking a court order'to force
school officials to improve fa
cilities available to Negro stu
dents.
Several reports of attempted
intimidation of Negroes touched
off speculations as to the sup-
orl Kinston Negroes would bc^
willing to give Uie action.
While other school equali
zation suits have asked for an
end to segregation, the Kinston
action, filed in Federal Court at
New Bern, requested only that
appropriate steps be taken to
end present inequalities.
• The suit was filed by Mrs.
J. J. Hauibal, Mrs Margie
Brooks, CUreaee MeCej, Bfis.
Viola neetoa, Mrs. f sulf
Darden, Willie Arthar Cr«MB,
Mrs. Lena Wkitfield, and BiU-
ton Deve, all ef whom have
children attending AdWn’s
High aad/*r Kinsten ele- /
mentary sehoels. j
AOKIN HIGH’S MUNCirAL,
C. B. Stewart, expressed sur
prise over the suit and indicated
an unfamiliarity with the names
of persons responsible for in
itiating the suit.
Kinston school officials ap
parently plan to exert a vigor
ous effort to defeat the suit.
Jesse A. Jones, a leading town
lawyer has been secured to
direct strategy for the school
txiard.
Two hundred-fifty thousand
dollars was appropriated for
improvements at Adkin High
after student struck, for several
days in. November.
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Members of the Durham Ministerial Alliance, who were recen tly entertained at luncheon by William Amey, mortlcUa and di
rector of Amey’s Funeral Home, are shown above. >
News In Brief
Funeral Services Held For
115—Year-Old Woman
GREENSBORO
Funeral services were held here Thursday for Mrs. Lethia
Morton, reportedly the oldest person in the state, who passed Sun
day leavinjg nearly 200/living descendants.
Mrs. Morton, born^in 1^36 a slave on the plantation of Mose
Simpson in Caswell County, was the mother of fourteen children,
of which one daughter and ttiree sons survive. Her eldest son,
William Morton, 90, now lives in Brown Summit.
In addition to her daughter and three sons, Mrs. Morton is
survived by 75 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren, 26 great-
great grandchildren, and five great-^eat-great grandchildren.
South Carolina Youth Dies
After Gun “Prank”
SUMTER, S, C.
“Pranking” with a gun brought death to 18-year-old David
Wilson here this week when the youth was fatally injured by a
.22 cal. pistol. _
Supreme Court To Review
Raleigh Speller Case
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court agreed here last week to review the con
viction of Raleigh Speller, a North Carolinian under death sen
tence for the rape of a white woman.
Speller was convicted in three separate trials in Bertie Coun
ty, North Carolina Superior Court, but his attorneys appealed for
a review of the case by the nation’s highest tribunal on grounds
that Negroes were specifically excluded from the trial juries.
DR. AND MRS. DAVID D. JONB8, Bennett Oollege, received a special citetlon from the “Ben
nett Family” last Sunday daring special ceremonies held In the Pfeiffer Chapel. Mta Jnanita
Page, president of the Student Senate made ^ presentation whieh was swarded to Dr. and Mrs.
Jones for their twenty-ftve yean at lenrloe to the school.
Goldsboro Resident Faltally
Burned In Fire
• GOLDSBORO
Wayne County listed tte fourth fire fatality within a month
when T. H. Armstrong, 69-year-old resident of this city, died in
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A. And T. College Chdr Will
Begin Concert Tour March 30
'v GREENSBORO
The 60-voice A. and T. College Choir leaves Sunday,
(March 30) on a seven-day conM^ tour which carry it as
far north as Ossing, New York. Th® itinerary released early
this week by the director, Howard T. Pearsall, will include
engagements in Windsor, N. C., Norfolk, Va., Montclair, N.
J., New York City, Philadelphia, Harpers Ferry, West Vir
ginia, and Ossing.
program of
4Pbllege Choir,
The traveling choir consists of
group of carefully selected
singers who have entered a ser
ies of rehearsals during the past
month in anticipation of this, the
the first of two proposed tours
for the Spring season. The sec
ond tour will carry the choir to
other principal cities in the mid
west.
The diversifii
the A. and T. 4^Uege
Features Afro-American and
jubilee songs as well as folk
tunes, motets from the 16th cen
tury, anthems from the Russian
Liturgy and masterworks of the
modern composers.
Among the soloists to be
heard on the concert are: Miss
Ruby Swinson, a mezzo soprano
of Goldsboro; . Miss Marion
Hughes, sporano'of Suffolk, Va.;
Susie Harrington, soprano of
Greensboro; Joel Norwood and
Julius Pearce, baritones of Ox
ford and Hamlet, respectively.
PEARSALL. THE DERBCTOR
and who will accompany the
group, is a native of Pittsburgh,
Pa., having graduated
Cum Laude from Fisk Uni'versl-
ty. He hoUb the masters degree
privately with Arthur Croley,
Walter Vassar and with Lawer-
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White Man Gets
30 Years On
Rape Conviction
CAIRO. ALA
The sentencing of a 32-year
old White man in this Alabama
community to thirty years in
prison with no opportunity of
Pardole, for the rape of a 7-year
old Negro ciiUd and a 20-year-old
mother was regaded as a vic
tory in the fight for'Jbstice for
justice in the courts being waged
Joy the Alabama State Confer
ence of Branches of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
James Norton Guy raoeived
twenty years on the charge fur
the child and ten years on the
charge fbr the yoonr woman,
from Western Reserve Univerti-Ifle pleaded innocent by faaann
ty of Cleveland and has studied at ta«atty.