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Durham Temples Host To Shriners Gala Celebration 1,500 Expected Here In Noblef Annual Ceremony Women’s FededratM Clubs In 43rd i^iiial Session Here |pHE*auTwli>wti5eo"|| Period! o«l nf YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS Approximately 1,500 mem-| bers and visitors are expected in Durham Friday and Sat-| urday, May 16-17, when the annual Gala Day Celebration of the Nobles and Daughters of the Mystic Shrine be held. According to advanced in- lonnation Nobles and Daughters txom 11 Temples and Courts .from North Carolina will con- jverge on the city with all of the 'pomp, splendor and fanfare far which the organizations are noted. Host to this year’s celebration is Zala Tempi eand Zala Court of Durham, headed by D. Sys- nette, Illustrious Potentate and 'Mrs. E. G. Hubbard, Illustrious Commandresst respectively who announced here Wednesday that everything was in readiness to entertain tlie visitors In tip top | order. The public program wtiich will be held at the White Rode Baptist Church, Friday, May 16 at 6:00 P. M., will present an ar ray of dignitaries of the business and pratessional world seldom seen on any public program in this city. D. Sysnette, Illustrious * Potentate will preside. The program will open with an organ prelude by Professor J. H. Gattis, followed by a selec tion trom the North Carolina College Chorus. Invocation will, be offered by the Reverend J. A- Cannon, Pastor of the Coven ant Presbyterian Church. ' WELCOME ADDRESS Welcome addresses will be de livered by Attorney J. H. Wheel er, Vice-President and Cashier of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank on behalf of businesses and professions and Reverend H. H. Hart, Grand Chaplain on be half of the Masons o( North Carolina. The response will be ,by Attorney Avery Jones, Past 'Potentate of Sethos Temple, Winston-Salem. The address for the occasion will l>e delivered by Dr. Ray mond—Sr Jftdisoa, Inperial Potentate. Noble Zack Alexand er, Deputy Imperial Potentate will introdduce the speaker. Following the address Noble J. A. Tarpley' of Greensboro, Past Potentate, Kahlif Temple of (Please turn to Page Ten) Dr. Raymond I. JaokMB, Im perial Potentate «if flie Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, who will de liver the Annnal Shriners OaU Day celebration addrMS here Friday evening. May !• at six o’clock. The program will bf held at the White Roek Baptist Church. Final Rites Held For Mrs. Mary Nina Stephens Final rites for Mrs. Mary Nina Stephens, age 65, wife of King Stephens and sister of tiie late Mrs. Nonia Atwater, will be held at Gethsemane Baptist Church of which she was a member, Saturday May 17 at 2 P. M,, Rev. N. A. Trice, pastor, will officiate. Mrs. Stephens died at her home, 106 Beamon Street, Tues day May 13. at 1:35 A. M. She was born In Chatluun County, the daughter of the late William Sidney Farror and Mrs. Bcttie Lassiter Farror. About 50 years ago she came to Durham and had lived here ever since. She was employed at Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company for a long number of years. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Louise Bolling of Yonkers, N. Y., and Mrs. Marie Clayton of Durham; two sons, (Please turn to Page Ten) Bnlerad as Second Class Matter at the Pest Office at Durham, North Carolina, onder Act of March S, 1>7>. VOLCIIB 3« —NUMBER M DURHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, MAT 17th, 1952 PRICE TEN CENTS NAACP Cracks Down REGISTRAR QUITS POST UNDER FIRE Florida Adds To Notoriety With NewHateGroup TAMPA The State of Florida, which a result of incidents of racial iias been earning unfavorable headlines all over the world as violence, recently strengthened its reputation as hate specialist with the formation of a new ‘‘voluntary organization” called “White Democrats of the South, with headquarters Jn Tampa. Individuals applying for mem bership in the new hate group are sent a questionaire and told they “must answer each question with an enft>hatic ‘Yes.’” These are the questions: 1. I believe in the Constitu tion of the United States and American Freedom.— 2. I pledge With all rtiy might to help destroy Communism and all the deceptive popu lar front groups who seek to destroy our country 3. 1 believe in the States’ Rights and Segregation of the White Race from the Colored Race according to ~ the laws ol the Southern States.-^^ 4. I will support the White Democrats of the South in their program to support White Candidates for public office and to bring to the (Please turn to Page ten) AMEZ’s Elect Dr. H.6. Shaw On First Ballot At Brooklyn BROOKLYV The fire works broke loose Thursday morning at the 34th Session of the general conferen ce of the A.M.E. Zion Church, when Dr. James W. Elchelber- ger Jr., Chicago, Illinois, made a motion that no bishops be re tired at this general conference. For a moment pandemonium reigned and Bishop W. J. Walls, presiding, had to clamour loud and long to bring the delegation under control. MOTION PASSES The proponents of the motion finally succeeded in taking a vote and as a result Bishop J. W. Martin, Chicago, Illinois, W. C. -Brown, Los Angeles, Califor nia and W. W. Slade, Charlotte, North Carolina, will continue as bishops for at least four more years. The three were slated for retirement, according to the law of the church, this being the general conference nearest their 74th birthday. EPISCOPAL ADDRESS The highlight of ’Thursday's session was the delivering of the episcopal address by Bishop C. C. AUeyne, Philadelphia, Pa. The address was indicative of the thinking of the -church and is usually considered the borom- eter of the general conference, which will guide the proceed ings. He began by saying that de mocracy was getting a slap in Flash! By Wire to the Carolina Thnea Dr. H. B- Shaw waa eleeted Biahop on the tint Ballot of the S4th Qaadnanlai iwrtaii of the OenenI Ceafanoee at the A. M. E. Sion Chareh here Thnrsday.. Blihop-eleet Shaw, haa been a general otfleer la the chnreh for alinoat eiglit yean and waa the fbat wln- '‘ner In a field of S4. Dn. S. O. Spottawood,' W. A. Stewart and D. O. Pope all of WaA- ington, D. 0. were nuiner- npe. ^e second ballot ao Biahop waa eleeted. Tliere will be three^othen eleeted to fill the vaeandea eaued by death during flie peat few yean. the face, because there were so many people who were hiding behind the sham of communism, claiming they are afraid to go too far, because they are afraid of communism. The bishop, said. that America should save itself from communism by practicing democracy. The recent attempted smear of Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, was brought into focus and its perpetrators for such unchris tian practice were denounced in no uncertain terms. Bishop Alleyne, praised the contribu tion of Mrs. Mary McLeod Be thune and reasserted the faith of the A.M.E. Zion Church in her. Sayi ^America Unfair Colonization, received much attention and the speaker was stem in his criticism of those countries which take advantage of weaker nations. He said America Is not being fair to it self or to the people of the world when it refuses to take a stand in the UN meetings for the countries that are being ,Teduced to slavery and serfdom. Expansion Program It could clearly be seen that the bishops of the church are anxious to expand- the work of missions, both at home and abroad. Bishop Alleyne, pointed out however, that a strong pro gram would have to be created and carried out if the Zion (Pleaae turn to Page Ten) D. Sysnette, Illustrious Potentate of Zafa Tenlple, host to the Shriners Gala Day celebration In Durham Friday and Saturday. Noble Sysnette will preside at the public meeting to be held at White ROCK TtSfftlBt Church Friday eveninr. May at«- o*etocfc. REFUSED TO REGISTER COLLEGE GRADS ROPER I Following charges made by | Charles A. McLean, State Di- I rector ^of the Political Action Committee for the National As- I sociation for the Advancement o£ Colored People, that Negroes ' were being denied the right to register in several sections of Ihe State, a registrar resigned his post at Roper this week. K. C. Tarkington presented his resignation to the Washing-, ton County Board after a hear ing at which McLean complain ed that Tarkington had refused to allow two Negro college grad uates to register. Mrs. C. P. White, a Negro teacher, stated that Tarkington would not permit her to regis ter because she could not write a ijection of the State Comtitu- tion from memory after she had read it. ■ No Negro had ever been able to register in the precinct dur ing Tarkington’s term as regis trar. W. T. Freeman, chairman of the Board of Elections of (Please turn tO" Page Ten) Herricks Arrive In Europe Truth Of Apex May Never Be Jail Killings Known APEX The truth about the Saturday night slaying of two Negroes may never be known, it Was learned this week by a represen tative of the Carolina Times who spent several hours here try ing to piece together what few fragments of the story that could be picked up of the killing which took place inside the town jail. The verdict of the coroner’s jury exonerating the Chief of Police did not keep local Negro residents from doubting that Chief of Police S. L. Bagwell slew the two brothers, Thomas and Oscar Mitchell of Bunn Level, Route 1, in self defense. A third brother, James, was jailed and later released under $500 bond. Although the coroners jury was empanelled by W. P. Whit ley, Chief of the Raleigh and Wake County Bureau of Identi fication, several local residents when questioned doubted that all angles of the killing had been looked into with due dilligence. A majority of those puestioned stated that the Police Chief was of the happy trigger type and bore a bad reputation of bru talizing Negroes when arresting thgm on the least provocation. None of them were willing how- charges for fear of having to ever, for their names to be men tioned in connection with the suffer reprisals from the Chief. Following the jiaying Chief Bagwell was taken to Rex Hos pital in Raleigh with knife wounds in his stomach and on his right hand which he claims he sustained in a fight with the brothers whCn he attempted to , place them under arrest, j The first story that th^ Chief “Just a .(few minutes until 1 gel buck," I told him. “I aint waiting no time, said the driver. .‘I’m leaving.’ , “All right then,’ I said. You’re under arrest.’ “He (the driver) started ar- accosted the brothers for park-' guiiig and saying he wasn’t ing in front of the Police Sta- coming in the jail. I told him tion conflicteq^ with a later one . I would charge him with resis- which stated that the Negroes | ting arrest if he didn’t get out were speeding at 65 miles per and come inside, hour when Bagwell stopped the “Then there wasn't anything car and ordered them to follow for me to do but forcibly take him to the police station. him from the car. When he arrived at the jail “I got his arm and pulled he stated that he ordered the him out and got him to the door, driver to pull in the driveway Then I got him inside the court- and wait until he investigated me hard in the groin and was a report of a drunken driver. room all right, but he kicked According to Bagwell the dri- j swinging on me. My gun fell ver replied: 1 out on the concrete floor and "How long do I have to wait?’ 1 we both dived for it. I got It. I said the driver. ! (Please turn to Page Ten) LAST RITES HELD FOR ACTOR CANADA LEE IN NEW YORK NEW YORK Canada Lee, noted Negro actor answered his last curtain call here last Friday night when death^claimed him as the result of a heart ailment. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Salem Meth-' odist Church with interment at the Woodlaw Cemetery, Queens. Lees illness dates back to 1950 when he collapsed while work-> ing in the screening of “Cry ’The ill about two weeks ago and Beloved Country,” African, Kury.” lie was taken seriously was ordered to bed by his phy sician. Lee continued to grow weaker until last Friday’s attack when he succumbed. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carnegata; a son Carl Car- negata, by a former marriage, and one brother, William Car negata. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Merrick who sailed on the Qaeen Elixabetli for Europe, Tuesday. May 6. They arrived in London, ‘Wedaesday, May 14. In addition to England, they will visit in France. Switier- land. Holland. Belgium and Italy They are expected to return to the United States around June 18. Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown And Dr. Ellen Winston Feature On Two-Day Annual Conference ,The 43rd annual session of the North Carolina Feder ated of Women's Clubs will convene here Friday and Sat urday, May 16-17 at the Saint Joseph A. M. E. Church. The opening session, pre sided over by Miss Ruth G. Rush, president, will get un der way Friday morning «t eleven o’clock and wUi be voted entirely to busine&j. Fri day afternoon at two o’clock the Status of State Institutions wUl be discussed. Leaders of the dis cussion will be: Miss May D. Holmes on “The State Training Sei>ool for Negro Gtrl»r“- Mrs. P. R. Brown on "The Morrison Training School;” Mrs. K. Marks on “The Children’s Ward of the Sanatorium” and John R. Lar- Ihfa,- Nfcgro Welfare Con sultant, on “Some Of Our Needs In North Carolina.” Friday at 8:00 P. M., the pub lic program will be held with greetings and expressions of welcome from J. S. Stewart, on behalf of the citizens of Dur ham; Dr. Rose Butler Browne, on behalf of women’s organizations and Mrs. J. M. HubbaM, Sr., on behalf of , Durham Federated Clubs. The principal address will be delivered by Mrs. Josephine H. Kyle, who will speak on the subject, “Women Who Have Lifted As They Climbed.” Hon or guest will be Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, president of Palmer Memorial Institute. On Saturday morning at ten o’clock the Youth Program will be held with a play, “Dark Light” being offered by the Thespians of North Carolina Col lege. The final business session will be at 11:30 A. M. Saturday af^moon Dr. EUen Winston, 'Commissioner of Pub lic Welfare of North Carolina will address the organization, following which Rev. Harold Roland, pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church will conduct the closing worship service. Mrs. E. G. Hubbard, IHustrions Commandress of Zafa Court 41 of Durham, Daughters of Isis. Zafa Court will play an import ant part In making the Gala Day celebration in Durham a great success. Noble F. G. Bnraett, ehairmaji of the Zafa Temple entertain ment committee, whose efforts to make the Gala Day celebra' tion the best in the history of the organisation was declared complete here this week by D. Sysnette, Illustrious Potentate. Noble Burnett, with his commit tee, has also worked asaldnonsly for the .past several weeks to make the celebration a grand success. Last Rites Held For Thomas Hall Funeral services for Thomas Hall, age 54, of 609 Umstead Street was held Wednesday, May 14 at 3:30 P. M., at the Saint Joseph A. M. E. Church. of which he was a member. Mr. Hall died at a local hos pital Saturday, May 10 after an extended illness. ( PI 'ase turn to Page Ten) Welcome Nobles And Daughters
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