May Bolt American Legion Convention
Mdendon Quits N. C College
nYirery
iodic®^
SeeoM of Shrlam fatherinia
held In Dmrhym Uat week. Top
left to Mtos OlementiM WU-
lUms of Oxford, lint pUee
winner In the Sbrlnen bekoty
and t«lent eoatect, wavtng to
the eheerlnf fana dorinc the
pamde here Satnrdar. Her at
tendant at the rlcht to Mtoi
Elisabeth Taylor. Mias WU-
lUnu represented Imram Tem
ple of Henderson. She also
won a talent prise. Pictured at
the right top to Miss Laellle
MeAlltoter of Dnrham, second
place winner and repres«Bta-
tlve of Zafa Temple. In the
center to one of the five bands
appearlnc in the parade.
Bottom photo to the fancy
Drill Team of Sethos Temple,
Winston-Salem, that won top
honors in. that olaasiflcation.
Legionnaires Object To
Bios Action Of State
Group
So far as the Weaver Mc
Lean Post Number 179 is con
cerned Negro members of the
American Legion will have
no part in the State Conven
tion of the organization,
scheduled to meet in Durham
June 7-10.
Reason ^ven for the locid
post’s refusal to participate'
in the program, according to
I. O. Funderburg, its Com
mander, is that Commander
Z. Long of the American Leg
ion Post Number 7 (white) of
Durham, and local chairman,
A. M. Stone of the Convention
Plamiing Committee, have re
fused to allow representatives of
the Weaver McLean Post in on
the planning.
In addition to tiio local com-
mittee’s attttade Fwiderbarf
told the TIMKB hero Tneadaj
evening that State repreaeata-
tives of tho American Legtoa
have aibmed an antocratic
attitade in the iwmiT
Oiroaghoat.
In the hands of the CARO
LINA TIMES are several copies
of correspondence which Fun
derburg sent the local comman
der of Post No. 7, and to S'. A.
'niomton, Vice Commander of
Division Six, the Negro unit of
the State organization and A.
M. Stone, chairman of the local
Planning Committee as to the
position of the Weaver McLean
Post. Funderburg stated that in
adcUtion to the letters he had
made repeated engagements with
both Commander Long and
Stone in an effort to cooperate
with thm, but had been unable
to have than till a single one of
them. Always at the last moment,
they would either cancel the en
gagement or be out of place.
Fnnderbnrg said It appears
that the local committee does
not want the Weaver McLean
Post to tak^ part in the con
vention except in a backdoor
capacity. IMs 1 refuse to do,
he said. As far as I am ooa-
eemed Oie Weavw McLean
Post will take part on anMiaal
basto or aone at all.
In a letter Funderburg re
ceived from Thornton on May
IB the Vice Commander, under
orders from Adjutant Nash D.
McGhee (or McKee, note dlf-
trence in spelling in copy of
Thornton’s letter below) of Ra
leigh, threatened to come to
Duriiam and “take over,” If the
local Negro Post will not work
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I. O. Funsirbubg
of the American Legion.
The letter to as follows;
May 15, 195«
Mr. 1. O. Fanderbarg,
Commander,
Weaver McLean Post No. 17B
Amnrlcaa Legion
ISOS Rosewood Street '
Itifrham, N. 0.
Dear Commander Faaderbarg,
I am writing yon to say that
I have Jast received a phone
call from Depart. Adjutant
Naa^ D. McGee in Raleigh,
and explained to him the
sltaation »t which I found ex-
totlng in Durham with yoar
conunittee and the local white
committee.
Mr. Nash told me tiiat Com
mander Parker had called him
and told him that I had called
him from Durham and told
him the existing sitaatioa. So
Mr. McKee informed me to in
form you that there to nothing
that the Department can do
about the sltuatlim, and if yoar
committee were not willing to
accept the reaponsibllity as to
the intertainment of Division
Six, for me to come to Dar-
ham aad take over, set up my
committee and carry the work
on the beat I see fit.
The Department to very sorry
to leam of the existing sltaa
tion between the two com-
mitteea and states it to not fair
to your commitee for not call
ing yon in on the matter bat
there to nothing the depart-
mMit can do about that, as
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^FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDIISG WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUME 30—NUMBER SI
, DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAT 24th, 1052
AME’s RETIRE 3 BISHOPS
FIVESCIKIOIS
ANGUNC FOR
FWNHIS COACH
TUESDAY AT 10:00 A. M.
Information leaked to The
Carolina Timks this week
week that Johnny “Basket
ball” McLendon, fanMus
PRICE TEN CENTS coach of North Carolina Col
lege, may not be at the local
institution next year.
With fourteen years of suc
cessful coaching behind him,
during most of which his
teams have either won the
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Doctor Jailed for Abortion
Ransom, Davis
And Fountain
Retired By Group
CmCAGO
The General Conference,, of
the A. M. E. Church retired
two bishops permanently and
gave Bishop Monroe H. Davis
a four-year rest here last
WIMk.
\;0n last Friday the Confer
ence was forced to adjourn
when the race for the position
of s^retary of education be
came so tight between O. M.
Travis, Jr., and Dr. W. A.
Fountain, it resulted in a
flare-up over the ballot box.
Bishop Alexander Allen, who
was presiding at the time,
adjourned the Conference for
a cooling off period.
In addition to retiring the
three bishops the Conference
elected L. L. Berry, secretary of
Home and Foreign Missions; A.
S. Jackson, Financial Secretary,'
Rev. A. L. Green, Jr., Secretary
of Education and Rev. Geo. A.
Singleton, Editor of the A. M.
E. Review.
Bishops lu H. Hemingway, Q.
Ward Nichols .and R. R. Wright
were cleared of charges brought
against them when the Episcopal
Committee claimed the evidence
was insufficient.
The adjournment of the Con
ference last Friday came when
W. A. Fisher of Philadelphia ac
cused Bishop John Claybome of
kicking him during the nm-off
election for the position ^ of Sec
retary of Education.
The balloting for the position
was finally resumed Saturday
with Dr. Fountain nosing out
Travis by a vote of 562 to BOB.
A serious situation arose whoi
a group of ministers and laymen,
headed by Rev. fcarlyle F. Stew
art of Detroit, introduced a re
solution condemning the prac
tice of buying the office of
bishop.
The resolution which was
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Pictared above to Dr. Char
lotte Havklna Brown, noted
eiaaatstv^i'eeetvtat * cita^
from flie North Carolina Fed
erated Women’s Clabs in Ito
anaaal meeting held la Dur
ham last week. At the right to
Mias Ruth Q. Bash, preaMeat
of the organisation who
awarded the citation.
Five-Year-Old Child Loses Life
In Fire That Destroys Home
Cl^INTON
A five-year-old child lost her
life near here last week when
a fire completely destroyed the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Fryar, who resided
near the Sampson—Duplin
County line. Two other children,
18-month-old twin boys, were
rescued by a neighbor.
Fireman and neighbors
searching among the ruins of
the burned dwelling found the
charred remains of the little
girl in bed.
Mrs. Fryar told officers that
after she cooked breakfast she
went to a neighbors home,
leaving the three children asleep
in their beds. When she noticed
smoke coining from the build
ing she rushed home but it was
too late to save her daughter.
Mrs. Lizzie Brown
Killed In Auto
Wreck Monday
WASHINGTON, N. C.
An automobile collision cost
the life of a woman here Mon
day and sent her husband, a
minister to a local hospital with
a compound fracture of the
skull.
Mrs. Lizzie Brown who was
riding with her husband, in their
car was killed Monday when the
vel\icle collided with a truck
driven by Ernest E. Everett of
Conetoe.
According to a State Highway
Patrolman, the car in which the
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BOND Sr AT
m FOI! DR.
W. H. .IM)SS
CARTHAGE
The grand jury of Moore
County returned a true bill of
indictment against Dr. W. Ross,
43, physician of Southern Pines,
on an abortion charge here Mon
day.
Following the indictment, Dr.
Ross was freed Tuesday under a
bond of $2,500, set by Judge Zeb
V. Nettles after he had been
jailed only a few hours before.
The case was investigated by
Lee Phillips of the SBl, Sheriff
C. J. McDonald and District
Solicitor M. G. Boyette prior to
it Iseing turned over to the
grand jury.
Dr. Ross alleged to have per
formed the illegal operation on
a white woman of Southern
Pines on May 8. She was later
given treatment in a local hos
pital as a result of the abortion.
A charge of manslaughter was
brought against Dr. Ross a year
ago for a similar operation on a
Negro woman, Mrs. Ruth Mc-
Crimmon, from which she died.
Judge J. H. Clemons, who pre
sided over the hearing, refused
to let the case go to the jury on
account of lack of evidence.
Attorney W. D. Sabiston, Jr.,
of Carthage who represented
him in the McCrimmon case as
chief counsel has been employed
to defend him in the new case.
Dr.' Ross is a native of New
York. He was licensed to prac
tice in 1939, and first opened
office in Raleigh, but moved to
Southern Pines three months
latei^
Although Solicitor Boyette
has asked that the case be called
this week, it is most likely
counsel for the defense will ask
for a continuance in order that
they may prepaid. If it is grant
ed the hearing will probably be
held at the next term of Moore
County criminal court in Au
gust.
Two Fayetteville Students
Lose Lives In Auto Wrecic
XI Chapter of Hie Bpailon Na Delta Moataary Fraternity, Incorporated, organised in High
Point recently by A. A. Rayaer, Jr. of Chlasgo, Illlnoto.
Seated left to right: W. W. Hoover, prestdent of High Point; Mr*. B. S. Byanm, reeording aecre-
tary of Dariiam; Mra. Moaelle P. Oreor, chaplain of Wadeaboro; Mias Sarah Reevea, Treasnra’ of
Statcavllle aad Blarvla V. Banua, flaaarial aeeretary of High Point.
Standing left to rli^t are John Sasoot oC Qreenaboro; Elwood P. Thomas of Thomasville; L.
B. HalsUp of High Poiat; Oharlea CostBer. Jr. of Oaatoaia; A. B. Kelsy, vlee-preaidMit of Saltobnry
aad A. A. Bayaer. Jr. of Chicago, Dliaoto.
Members aot shown on tte irfetare are T. V. Mangum of Statesville, W. T. Horton of Saa-
ford and George LattaMr of Oeawaj, leBth Carelina.
FAYETTEVILLE
Two E. E. Smith High School
students lost their lives in a
wreck near here last Sunday
night when they were fatally in
jured about 7:00 P. M., when a
truck in which they were riding
on a highway in Bladen County
skidded across the road into a
tree and overturned several
times. Four other persons in the
truck at the time escaped with
out injury.
Miss Opal Murray, one of the
victims, was a member of the
Senior Class and _was*to have
graduated at the commence
ment set for June 3. Fletcher
Fuller, Jr., 17, the other victim
of the wreck, was driving the
vehicle which a pickup truck, at
the time of the fatal accident.
The students were returning
from a picnic when the car skid
ded some 420 feet before it
struck the tree and overturned.
Fuller died four hours and a
half afterward-in a local hos-
KLASH!
TUESDAY AT 10:00 P. M.
Johaay B. McLeadaa, be
loved, respected aad admired
Coach at North Caroliaa Col
lege and Head the Depart
ment at Athletica, teadered
bto resignation to the AtUetie
Committee at a mectiag here
tonight. The Bombahcll went
off about 9:30 P. M.
championship or been run
ner-up, the news fairly stun
ned local alumni and friends of
North Carolina athletic to the
extent that seevral have made
feverish inquiries this week of
the North Carolina College ad-
MI8S OPAL MVKPHY
FLETCHEB rULLBB
pital without ever gaining con-
ciousness, while Miss Murray'
succumbed around 3:00 A. M., |
Monday.
The death of the two young I
people cast a pall of gloom over
the entire school, according to
Principal E. K. Miller, especially
the Senior Class of which Ml—
Murray was a popular member.
J. B. McLENDON
ministration, athletic officials
and McLendon himself.
No man in the history of
North Carolina athletics to bet
ter known, admired, loved and
bers, alumni and students
McLendon. la fact he to coa-
sidered a traditioa at N. C.
College by moat of the alaninl
scattered all over the aation,
as well as in Dnrham.
Clean-cut, always a gentleman
and true sport, whether on or
off the athletic field, he is look
ed up tb as a shining example of
what a real coach and true lead
er of sports ought to be.
Efforts to leam the reason for
Coach McLendon’s realgaation
from N. C. College sporta,
thto week were of Uttle aVail
as, typical of hto very retiring
manner, he would give Uttle
or no Indication as to hto in-
tentlona.
McLENDON MAINTAINS
SafcNCE
The TIMES became suspicious
of several rumors going the
round here in Durham when it
learned that he would teach
sports at Morgan this summer.
When questioned as to just why
he, being head of the Depart
ment of Athletics at North Caro
lina College, would not be on
its Summer School faculty thto
year, he gave one ot those typi
cal McLendon smiles and would
make no statement.
In spite of Ceaeh McLMdon'k
silence on the ■**T-iti*a. the
TIMES learaed thto week froaa
very reliable soarees that fonr
major sehooto in ClAA cirelea
aad one In Tennessee are
awaitinc with opM anas and
anxiona eyes for him to aeeevt
a poaiUoa la their athletic de
partments.
What the trouble to all about
to not exactly known, but it to
believed that the recent curtaU-
ment of athletic scholarships by
the coUece. in which McLendon
sees no possibility of being able
to keep pace with other SUte
sehooto in athletic competition,
to influencing him to consider
leaving North Carolina CoUefe.
COT IN ATHLRIC
SCm>LABSBm
M waa deSaMo^ learaed thto
week ttat the atelatotratlan
haa praetleally taraed thaaUM
I M granting atece than
M aehalatahips far aU s»erte
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