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Thousands Attend Last Rites Held For Dr. C. C. 9m \ fVEKTP ) Wriodical Oept nuke r T r „ ,, * '-'tc Pietnred above Is part of the tremendous crowd which over flowed the White Boek Baittist Church here at the funeral held for Dr. 0. C. Spaulding, Monday afternoon. Unable to get etaad^ Ing room in the church, seats were placed on the lawn of the edifice where loud speakers had been arranged in order that the program might be heard qp the outside. j FOR THIRTY YJEARS THE OVTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879. VOLUME SO—NUMBBB St DURHAM, N. 0., 8ATUSOAT, AOO. Mk, IMS PRICE 10 CENTS nXAS JUNIOR COLUGE OPENS DOORS TO RAO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. Tbe doors of the municipally' operated Del MAr Junior College were opened to qualified Negro students last week as a result of efforts by t^e National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People. Dr. H. Boyd Hall, executive secretary of the Corpus Christi NAACP branch, requested an opportunity to appear before the board of regents of the college to urge admission of Negro stu- -denta whose--appUoations- had at first been refused. Dr. Hall sta ted the NAACP’s contention that the students were entitled to admission and indicated that the Association stood ready to initiate a court fight for their admission. In announcing the unanimous decision of the board, arrived at after investigation of inadequate facilities previously provided for Negro students, President E. L. Harvin of the Del Mar Col lege said: “I don’t believe it will seriously affect our college operations. Very few students, if any, will object and I don’t think our total enrollment will be affected at all, .since the stu dents themselves hav6 voiced oo objection to the procedure. I foresee no trouble In tbe ad mission of these new students.” By tills action, Del Mar be came the third publicly suppor ted junior college in Texas to admit Negro students. There are 33 such institutions in the state. Money Turned Back To State By N.C. College By ALEXANDER BARNES RALEIGH According to the report made by the North Carolina Council of State here last week, North Carolina College, recently in the new* about its inability to offer courses leading up to the PH. D. degree, also found it impossible to spend the money given it by the stat^ to meet emergency ex penditures for the 1951-52 school year. Ihe Connell annoonced this tauiblllty on the part of the col lege as It ended flie oanvaa of the schoola of fhe state to de- termlae whether their appr»- prlatloBB ihonld be increaaed for the coming year. Ihore were thoM who felt that there (FUaM turn to Page Bght) OMEGA BOAT RIDE ENDS IH NEAR PANIC NEW YORK — —— ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - — — W. J. Kennedy Named President (M N. C Mutual Life Insurance • r- Cktmpany; J W. Goodloe, Secretary Nearly 5,000 showed up to 1 ^ J get tickets for a boat that could really only accomodate 2700. The size of the crowd caused police to send for re serves and three emergency squads and nine radio patrol cars were rushed to the scene. And though the crowd broke through barrios, no mishaps occured, unless you w^nt to count the broken luncl\ baskets , with fried chicken and hard boiled eggs cluttering the side walk along with some ruined straw hats and torn bits of clothing. Said Deputy Chief Inspector William J. Mc- Quade; “Only the intelligence and general good will of the crowd kept this from turning into something ugly.” ^ (Please turn to Page Eighty W. J. KENNBDT, JR. J. W. OOODLOE • ' py See Story, Page Eight The Reverend Wendell C. SomenrlUe, RzeoBtlve Secretary of the Lott Carey BaptM Foreign Mission Convention, with Headqnarten at IStl 11th Street, N. W., Wadilngton, D. C., to se«i dis cuss Inc the program of the Ftfty>flftb Aniinal Session of tbe Lott Carey Convention which will meet with the Sixth Monni Zion Baptist Ohiireb, Pittsburgh, Pa., September S-S, 195S. ” According to Dr. SomervlUe, Mr. PUlUp O. Chaag, Ho>Pal. China, will «tndy at Pratt Teehnkal Inatltnte, New Tmrk, nader a teholarab^ graaied by the Lott Carey Convention. BIr. Obaog *111 partlelpMte on a Teatii Paaal — "Toath Bpoaka Ito MlnAi” at th* PHtibiirtli Convention. Tonth from Atrim, Benmia, India, JaualM and Om UaHed Btatee wUl atoo be m«mb«n et Om VmmI. Thousands Pay Tribute To Noted ' j^ace Leader By R. E. STEWAKT Last rites for Charles Clinton Spaulding, nationally known business, civic and church lea der were held at White Rock Baptist Church here Monday, August 4 at 3:00 P. M. Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, pastor, officiated, Assisted by Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor of St. Joseph A. M. E. Church and Rev. T. C. Graham, pastor of West Durham Baptist Church. Dr. Spaulding died August 1, of bronchial pneumonia, follow ing an illiness of about three weeks. The funeral, the largest ever ^eld in this city, was attended ly a crowd estimated to be over 3,000 p>ersons that overflowed the spacious church auditorium, lawn and sidewalks. Loudspeak ers were provided for those un able to get into the church. Dr, Mordecai W. Johnran, president of Howard Univer sity, brought a “Memorial Ex pression From The American People.” Mrs. B. A. J. Whitted, acknowledgements and resolu tions. Mrs. Ruth Gattis Reeves rendered a solo, “The Lord's Prayer.” Honorary pallbearers were members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Senior Choir, White Rock Baptist Church, Doric Lodge No. 28 F and A.M., Officers-Diifectors-District Man- a^rs, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Direc tors—Mechanics and farmers Bank, Mutual Savings and Loan Association, Bankers Fire In surance Company, Southern Fi delity Mutual Insurance Com pany, Board of Deacons—White Rock Baptist Church, Trustees- Wnite Rock Baptist Church, Shaw University, Raleigh; N. C., North Carolina College, Lincoln Hospital, Colored Orphanage, Qxf^: Stanford L. Warren Li brary; RepreleRKhtives—^Mem ber Companies: National Negro Insurance Association, Reming ton Rand, Inc., American Savings and Loan Leagde, Na tional Bankers Association, Governmental Offices, Local Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Durham County Selective Service Board and Na tional Negro Business League. Active pallbearers were: N. H- Bennett, Jr., W. A. Clement, J. H. Wheeler, J. S. Stewart, N. L. Gregg,^ E. W. Green, J. F. Harris and Winfred Mundle. Floral bearers were: Ladies from District No. 6, White Rock Baptist Church, Berean Bible Class, White Rock Baptist Stm- day School, North Carolina Mu tual Life Insurance Company, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Mutual Savings and Loan Asso ciation, Bankers Fire. Insurance Company, Southern Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company and Lincoln Hospital. Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery. Dr. Spaulding, who was born on a 'farm in Ciarkton, Nortii Carolina, August , 1874, died Friday morning August 1 at 10:30, the same day of his birth 78 years ago, the son of the late Benjamin and Margaret Moore Spaulding. There were 13 oth^r children in the family. From the humble beginning of a farm boy with receding shadow of slavery only a little more than a decade away and the terrible era of reconstruction in its ascendancy at the time of his birth, Spaulding struggled and fought his way to the top most round of the Negro busi ness world, to head, at the time of his death, three of Durham’s major corporations with com bined assets of over $40 million, naiYiely: the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, the Mechanics and Far mers Bank, and the Mutual Savings and Loan Association. Attesting the high esteem in which Dr. Spaulding was held in Durham, Mayor E. J. Evans on last Friday issued a procla mation in which he proclaimed Monday “a day of respect to the memory and works of Dr. Spaul ding”. The proclamation is as follows: "^t the end of the nineteenth century. Dr. C. C. Spaulding came to Durham and began to invest his business life and his warm noble character into the Community life of Durham. Dr. Spaulding was a pioneer in the business, cultural, «du- (Please turn to Page Eight) uiding Here is one of the last pictures taken of Or. C. C. Spaulding, president of the North darollna Mutual Life Insurance Company. The noted leader is shown here at his desk in the home office of the company of which he was president for over a quarter of a century. Mordecai Johnson Hurls Challenge At Spaulding Rites Mordecai Johnson, Howard I University president, threw out a stinging challenge to the Negro race, the south, and the American nation in his memorial address at the final rites for the late Dr. Charles Clinton Spaulding, Monday, 3:00 P. M., at White Rock Baptist Church. The well-known educator began by saying, “We did not come here to grieve, but to ‘rejoice in the fact that C. C. Spaulding left such a rich heritage, which came out of a noble life.” Dr. Johnson told of the Dobling virtuiM that Dr. Spauld ing gave to those with Whom he came in contact. He told of the wonderful success that the North Carolina Mutuaf Life Insurance Company achieved due to the leadership that Mr. Spaulding and his associates had given it. was specific in the fact tljat North Carolina Mutual re- the fattft and confidence" in race businesses after a failure _ of one big company. “If C. C. Spaalding had done nothing but t« restore confid ence and faith te Negro busi ness, he would have done a great favor to his race and this nation” Dr. Johnson said. The above photo shows part of the family of Dr. C. C. Spauld ing leaving the home for White Rock Baptist Church where last rites for the noted businessman were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. At the left is Mrs. Charlotte Gamer Spaulding, wife of Dr. Spaulding leaning on the arm of C. C. Spaulding, Jr., oldest son. In the background at the left is Mrs. Margaret Spaulding Shearin, daughter. On the right in the background in United States Army uniform is her son, Alexander Moore Shearin. Unidentified Kegro Soldier Rescues Two White Persons From Bus Wreck Inferno WACO, TEXAS Burning flesh, dying mothers, melting glass and even Texas jlm-crow could not stop an un identified Negro s61dier from snatching two white people from the inferno that was igni ted when two Greyhound buses crashed head-on here Monday, Little Matilda Zamoudio, 11 year, from her hospital, and in a sobbing tone and yet with a grim determination, told how the flames consumed the body of her mother and father. The little girl told of how she wanted to join them in death, and yet with a beam in her eyes she told of how she was snatched from the pyre by a Negro soldier, whose identity has not been established when she related her story. This hero was not satisfied at saving this little girl, but accor ding to Mrs. Doris Daniels, 17 year old Corpus Christi woman, the soldier was thrown clear by to the Inferno and carried her to safety. Her story related how the soldier was thrown clear by the impact and yet he risked his life to save these two persons. This heroic deed, by an un identified Negro, brings to memory the recent liberation of a truck driver who was pinned under his powerful van and whan most of the peopl* who arrived on the sccne had des paired of his life, there suddenly i appeared a man size Negro, out I of the night, and single handed j removed the pinned man. and like the unidentified Negro soldier, walked away into the blackness ofthe night. This^also happened in one of the southern states. NAACP OFFERS AID TO FAMILY IN OMAHA, NEB. NEW YORK Thurgood Marshall, special counsel of tl)^#fational Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, last week offered the assistance of the NAACP legal staff tu a white family whose attempt to move into a predominantly Negro is reported to be opposed by neighborhood in Omaha, Neb., ' Negro residents of the area. In a telegram addressed to Joseph M. Lovely, Omaha pub* blic defender, Mr. Marshall called the Negro familiea “mis guided” and charged that they “are doing irreparable damage to the democratic ideal of equality of all Am«rloans with r«gard to race or color.” He told of what a guiding spir it in the educational world Mr. Spaulding was. He spoke of the fact that Mr. Spaulding had beea a benefactor [to North Carolina College, Shanv University and Howard University and that his wise and prudent decisions as a member of the trustee boards of the three institutions were so pronounced that he felt tiiat the institutions would not have reached the heights that they npw enjoy had he not been asso ciated with them. He told af ^ the wonderful achievements that Dr. Spauld ing made in the field of inter racial goodwill. “Charlie Spaulding proved that no race or rolor had a monoply on business. He proved that all a man has to do to succecd in business is to have two virtues honesty and integrity,” said Dr. Johnson. His greatest admonition came to the Negro of the south. He was critical of the south and told that there were many Negroes who had found it necessary to flee the south, due to the injus tices that are practiced upon cer tain people. He said that quite a few were justified; but that C. C. Spaulding stayed in the south and proved that it was a land of opportunity. He urged young Negroes to pick up the cudgel and aid Mr. Spaulding in prov ing that the south could become a safe place in which to live. He even eavliioaed a day when aagregattoa and dto- erlialaattn weald b* a* aMc* If Negreea woald faltow tka eTwyla glvM tkaaa by Dr. SpaaUlag («H that tka t (Pleaae turn to Pag*
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