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iga>cytw»ft!WP>aj»a‘V>twu'Taegwws«»w«a; Leaders Split On Democratic Nominee For Vice President KLAN LEADER GET$:AJYEARS — '^xmoK/i liftRasiftgggaaiwsggaaasgsggggggygtfyyywftfts/ ^rlodl 1 JJ Vniv Ubrary MAILING EDITION FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTAI>iD iNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS Entered aa Second Class Matter at the Post Office tt ^mrham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879. 10 CENTS PAY NO MORE VOLVMB S9--N1711BEB it DUBHAM. NOBTH CABOUNA^ SATCBDAT. ACO. tnd, 195S nUCK TKN CBNT8 Ink Spots Fight Raging Again; Kenny Claims 75% Ownership ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Elks On Lookout For Communists Kenny, Fuqua At H Again About Ownership Of Famous Singing Group New York—^The Bill Kenny- ' Charles Fuqua fight still rages, the charges and counter-charges are flying thick and fast. In an ANP release, Kenny is quoted as saying that “I own 7S per cent of the act through a deci sion in 1945 of the New York Supreme Court.” Charles Fu qua is fighting for his equal rights and contends that the Court decision of 1945 gave him fifty percent of the Inkspots name. Excerpts frona the decree reveal that Fuqua is correct in his claim that he owns fifty percent of the Inkspot name. Bill Kenny owns the other fif ty percent. Both Fuqua and Ken ny, according to the decree, were to have equal billing. Also, the same decree stipulates that Charles Fuqua was to receive one-fourth of the Inkspots net profit?. At the time of toe 1?M decree,Fuqua was serving in the Army which made it impossible tor him to equally transact Ink spots business. This reporter visitied toe well- groomed, good-looking Fuqua recently, and .secured from him a signed statement which later was checked wito court records, and wito information from Gale Agency which handled toe Ink spots bookings. In every case, f^ua’s claims were substantia ted and he intends to fight until he is recognized as co-owner of the aggregation. \ In recalling Inlcspots history,! Fuqua said, "The Inkspots were sent to New York in 1934 by Mrs. Grace Raines of radio sta tion WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. Blr*. Raines gave toe original group (Kenny was not a mem ber then) Jhe names of two agents to ^ in New York. They were Moe Gale of toe Gale Agen cy and Richards. At that time, toe act was known as King Jack and Jesters and included Deck Watson, Orville “Hoppy" Jones, Jerry Daniels and my self. “Upon arriving In New York, toe group, sitting in Moe Gale’s office, tried to figure out a new name for toe group. All of a sudden a drop of ink spilt from Moe Gale’s fountain pen, and Deek Watson snapped his fingers and said, ’That’s it . . . the Ink spots.’ So, the name ‘Inkspots’ came from Deek Watson.” In answer to a recent state ment credited to Bill Kenny toat he, Kenny, has raised the Ink spots from a J400-a-week act to a $17,500 one, Fuqua said, "This is not true. Before Kenny joined toe group in 1936, toe group was getting $750 a week, as records from the Gale Agency will show. After Kenny Joined the group, replacing Jerry Dan iels who had to leave on account of illness, that figure dropped. “If toe act is now making $17,500 per engagement or has ever made that kind of money,” Fuqua said, “toere must be some double contracts, and I intend to find out why I have n’t been getting my one-fourth (PlaaM turn to Pit* U^t) Edith Sampson To Address Lambda Meet Mrs. Edith S. Sampson, form er alternate delegate to toe United Nations General Assemb ly and special representative of the State Department of toe United States in Europe, will ad dress the twenty-third Annual Convention of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority when it meets here August 23-27. Mrs. Ethel Berry, president of the local chapter of the na tional sorority, announced here last week that the internation ally known Atty. Sampson had accepted the invitation of toe Rho Chapter to address toe con vention. It is estimated that toe con vention will attract over 200 (Please turn to Page Eight) NFA's Appears On "Strilie it Ricli" Program New York — Representatives of the New Farmers of America and the Colored Orphanage of Oxford were guests of the "Strike It Rich” hour here on television Monday morning, July 28 from 11:00 to 11:30. The- program was broadcast over National Brojadcasting Com pany the following day, July 29 at the same hour. Those appearing on toe pro gram as representatives of toe New Farmers and the orphanage were: S. B. Simmons, Supervis- sor of Vocational Agriculture in Negro schools Rev. T. H. Brooks superintendent of toe orphan age;; i). O. Leatoerberry, assis tant superintendent; William A. BUllock, president North Caro lina New Fanners of America, M. S. Sanders, Vocational Ag riculture teacher, Henderson In- (Pleaie turn, to Psgs Eight) Odd Fellows To Hold Annual Session Here The 70to annual session of the District Grand Lodge of toe United Order of Odd Fellows will convene in Durham August 5 and 6, it was announced here this week by W. W. Page, Dur ham business man who is chair man of the committee on ar rangements. Meeting wito the Odd Fellows is tlK Subordisate lodge of the Household of Ruth composed of women. The place of the meeting will be the Mount Vernon Baptist and..Pages. Auditorium, boto located on Pine Street. All joint sessions will be held at the church and the Odd Fellows will meet at Pages Auditorixun with the Houslehold of Ruto meetings being held at Mount Vernon. On toe joint public program which wil be held at toe Church at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, addresses of welcome wil be de livered by Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Mayor E. J. Evans and Chief of Police H. E. King. In troductory remarks will be by Mrs. M. B. Fuller, Deputy and Supervisor. Response will i>e by Grand Master Jesse W. Rodgers and Mrs. Rachel H. Dudley, Grand Most Noble Governor of the Household of Ruto. On Tuesday evening at 7:30 P. M., toe annual public pro gram of toe Order will be held at the church. Mrs. Essie Amey will be Mistress of Ceremony. Music will be furnished by toe Gethsemane Male Chorus. Other welcome addresses will be de livered by Rev. N. A. Trice, pastor of (3etosemane Baptist Church and Mrs. C. T. Scar borough of toe local order of the. Household of Ruth. Response will be by F. C. Hester, D. D. G. M. Presentation of toe Grand Master will be by W W. Page. LENOIR HAS FIRST NEGRO POLICEMEN Lenior—For toe.first time in the history of Lenoir Negro Po liceman will be employed here (Friday when two men, Otis Michaux and Clifton Hayes will be placed on duty in Negro resi dential sections. Freedman and West End. Trial employment of NegroM on the Lenoir Police Force was authorized by toe City Council in a recent meeting. The announcement of toe em ployment of toe two men was made by Chief of Police, ' Pictured above are tome of the 57 representative# of the Durham area who last ■ week completed a special Adult Home makers’ course at North Caro lina College. -The'complete roster of the group follows: Mesdames: Fan nie Barnes, Otelia, G. Becton, Snoda Bell (chairman qf the ad visory committee); Fannie Blanks, Margie Bullar, Sarah Or Carter, Willmer Covington, Lot tie M. Decator, Willie Dunlap, Effie Edwards, Elizabeth Ed wards, Elnora Edwards, Lena EVterbee, G&rfriide'Eng'ttgh, ElTtt Gilmore, Sallie Glover, Magera Glenn, Blanch Griswell, Mar- agret Gunn Catherine Henry, Agnes Hinton, Charles Johnson, Oceal Johnson, Grade Lawson, Lovellen Mebane, Anne McCoy, Annie J. McCoy, Anne Minor, Willistine Newton, Lena Parks, Bettye L. Payor, Mamie Pretty Hattie Price, Ida Robeifion, Edna Royster, Dorothy Sellers, Mary Simpkins, Beatrice Smith, FUm- nie Smith, Sadie Stroud, Hattie Suitt, Louise Thompson, Mam- mie Waddell, Lillian Walston, Fannie Watson, Anne Whitner, Lue E. WiTHams, Elizabeth Win^ ston, and Tempie Young. _ In addition, the Rev. Charles Johnson and the Rev. Robert English were enrolled in the course that was designed to ac quaint homemakers with some improved methods and tech niques in home and family prob lems .. .Miss Dianna S. Dent was in charge of the program. She was assisted by students in the de partment who are especially in terested in the problems of adults and their roles as home makers. Imperiol Wizard’s Trail Ends With Heavy Sentence'By Judge Williams Dr. j. R. Picott Appointed To Important Post Washington, D. C.—Dr. J. Ru pert Picott, executive secretary for the Virginia Teachers Assoc iation, has been named National Education Association represent ative on the important joint committee maintained between the NEA and the American Teachers Association. This committee is one of sev eral joint twdies which the NEA holds with a number of other infiuentia] national organiza tions. Among other organiza tions with which the NEA has joint committees are the Ameri can Legion, American Library Association, American Medical WHITEVILLE Superior Court Judge Claw son L. Williams, sentenced Thomas L. Hamilton, Imperial Wizard of toe Ku KlUx Klan of the Carolinas, to four years in prison here Wednesday. The sentence climaxed a trial of toe Klan leader and 62 >othei[ mem- t>ers of the organization, and was the largest mass trial in toe history of North Carolina. Al- * though the sentence was the maxium allowed. Judge Wil liams tempered it wito mercy and allowed Hamilton to begin serving it after iiis wife has un der gone ap operation for toe removal ^f a tumor. Although Hamilton was im plicated in several otoer flogg ings, he was sentenced as toe leader of the Klan and princi pally for the January 18, 1951 flogging of Mrs. Evergreen ^’lowers, a Negro woman. Receiving a four year sen tence along ^ith Hamilton was Grand Kleagle Joe Hardee. Otoer sentences against the re mainder of the Klan members from one to two years, many of wiuch were suspended on pay ment of a fine. The defendants were seated in and outside the court and wandered about the courtroom wliile they waited to hear the verdict, which was delayed l)e- cause of a conference between Judge Williams and the Pros ecuting Attorney. Hamilton was> also charged with conspiracy in several other floggings, but toese charges were nol pros after he pleaded guilty in the Flowers case. It was the consensus of opinion here that toe sentencing of Ham ilton is the beginning of the end to the KKK organization in North Carolina. The final chap ter is its .destruction is expect- (PleMe turn to P»go Eight) SEVEUL DIFFER WITH UUCP SECRETARY ON DfMOCRATIC CIVIL RIGHTS" PUTFORH Apparently Negro leaders were divided over the nation this week as to whether or not a Democratic platform as it per tains to Civil Rights was wortoy of praise or condemnation. The same applied to the vice presi dential nominee. Senator John Sparlcman of Alal>ama, who is on the ticket with Adlai Steven son «s the presidential nominee of the Democratic party. Congressman A. Clayton Powell condemned toe Civ4 Rights plank as well as the nom ination of Senator Spariunan. Said Powell, "1 think toe refer ence to majority rule on toe Congressional procedures was an Improvement, but no one can convince me that the plank on Civil Rights was an improve ment over 1948. Yes it was somewhat better than the Re publican plank. But.we are not Republicans. In fact, the Civil Rights plank adopted for tjie Democratic convention is the same ‘truce’ deal worked out several weeks ago.” Congressman W. L. Dawson of Illinois said of toe Civil Rights plank, “I am very proud of the thing as a whale.” Walter White, Executive Secretary of the National Asso ciation for toe Advancement of Colored People referred to toe Civil Rights plank as toe signal victory for the forces of libera lism in the party. "While the plank does not pinpoint toe issues in toe pre> cise language submitted by th* Leadersliip Conference on Civil Rights,” Mr. White said, "it sub stantially embodies the recom mendations of the fifty-four na tional labor, chui"ch, minority group and faternal organizations associated in the Conference. FULL TEXT OF PLATFORM (Continued On Page Eight) DR. J. R. PICOTT Association and the National Congress of Parents and Teach ers. The NEA's joint committee with the ATA was formed in 1926, at which time the ATA was known as the National As sociation of Teachers in Colored Schools. The committee is com- Philadelphia — Elks' Grand Exalted Ruler Robert H. John son this week took notice of a ■warming " given his order by Walter Wincheli on the eve of its annual Grand L^odge in At lantic City Wincheli warned that Commies iiave been order ed to infiltrate " the Negro Elks in August at Atlantic City. ■ The Communists may come”, said Grand Exalted Ruler John son. "but they certainly won't get far. We have only one de partment with which they might be seriously concerned, our Civil Liberties Department, and I shall not tolerate any laxity there or in any part of the Or der. We want no Reds in the Elks, and we will not stand tor any coming in" While on the subject. "The Grand” also took note of an ac cusation which appeared in the Negro weekly magazine charg ing that one candidate for the office of Grand Exalted Ruler— up for election this year—had "spent over 815,000 trying to buy his way into the top Elk office. "1 don't know who the brotoer referred to could be." Mr. John son. "but. there's one tiling for sure: it \^pn't Robert H. Joiin- son. It is my sincere hope that the magazine report is in error, (Please turn to Page Eight) Appalachian Baseball Team Plays Negro Bluefield — The Appalacliian Baseball League, Class D. play ed its first Negro here Monday when Bluefield defeated Kings port 12-7. Tlie Negro player is Rufus Hatten, 28. former catcher and outfilder of the Asheville Blues 1)1' Asheville, N. C.. who received prised of six members from each ^ round of applause each time of the participating organiza- i appeared at bat even though tions. It functions in areas of jjg grounded into a double play common concern involving mat- and popped up to shortstop ters of interest to education and Hatten the teaching professions. Dr. was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers last year. Picott becomes the first This year when attempts were member of his race to serve on j made to play him with an in- this committee as a represent- ■ dependent team at Asheville he (Please turn to Page Ei^t) was barred, he stated. EDITORIALLY SPEAKING THE DAYS OF THE NEGRO BE^ARS HAVE PASSED Last Monday night was the second time we have sat in the City Council of Durham and heard Negroes beg for repr^^ntation on an important policy making body and we hope to Almighty God that it will be the fast time. The first of these memorable nights was when we heard the late Dr James E. Shepard make a most eloquent and fer vent plea for Negro representation on the Board of Education. That never-to-be-for- gotten night, with the sands of his hour glass'^a^t running out, as he so fervently stated at the time, Dr. Shepard begged the members of the Council to appoint Dr. C. C. Spaulding to the Board. The great educator and leader of his race saw the storm clouds of numerous (Continued On Page Two) equalization school suits approaching aiKi he had hoped to avoid such by having some one of his race sit around the council table and negotiate the several matters. It wus on that memorable night that we saw the City Council of Durham, which still retains several of those cold and stony hearty men, mercilessly drive a dagger through the heart of Dr. Shepard. Only the late J. Fnteklin Barfield had the courage and the foresight to lend ^y encouragement to the N. C. Col lege president by making a motion in favor of his plea. The motion was lost for the want of a second. Last Monday night we saw almost a xiuplication of Dr. Shepard'; appearance^9- fore the City Council when Attorney^ C. O. Pearson again begged its members to «p-
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