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Johnt-^^ New Exalted Ruler Elks h$€m m FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDiNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROLiNAS / Entered at Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879. VOLUME 80—NVMBEB IS DCRHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST S«, IMS PRICE TEN CENTS Nationwide Campaign For Registration Begins SUCCESSOR 10 UIE J. FMIEY WILSON NAMED IN SHARP CONTEST FOR TOP POSIIION^ S. C. Team Signs Negro Planer To Tri-Slate loofr Wins $1,090 Shriners Scholarship PRBNaPALS EV SAVINGS LOAN ELECTION E. R. MERRICK President G. W. COX Vice-President J. S. STEWART Secretary-Treasurer Here are thf three men uriio will gvMe the tatare growth and development, ot the Mntnal Sav* inga and Loan AaMciatlon «f Itariwm. unth the exception of J. S. Stewart, thejr were dected to their new poata at a meetinc o the Beard of Direetwa *f the Amoeiation, Thoraday, Ancnat tl. Stewart has held the yeaitlon of Seeretary-nraaavrer ataice 1944. The other two. eieeted at a meeting of tlM Rewd lade aMeaaary ky the death ef Dr. 0. C. Spaaldinr, are both former membera of the 4ireeto«tte. E. R. Merrick Successor To Late Dr. Spaulding As Head Of Savings And Loan Ass’n. Edward Richard Merrick, 64, of the famed insurance family, has succeeded the late Dr. C. C. Spaulding as president of the Mutual Savings and Loan Asso ciation. Meolck, son of the late John Merrick, one of the founders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, is cur rently vice-president-treasurer of the insurance firm ,wd had been vice-president of the sav ings and loan association. Merrick’s elevation to the presidency of the third largest savings and loan association owned and operated by Negroes was the third in a series of re distribution of offices following Or. Spaulding’s death here last August 1. Other personnel in volved include W. J. Kennedy, Jr., 63, newly elected president of the N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co., and John H. Wheeler, 44, new president of the Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank. All of these men moved up one step, Kennedy from vlceHpresldent-Becretary; Whe#%r, as vice-presidentTcash- ier; and Merrick, from a vice presidency. a!U promotions were accomplished with maximum harmony and in accordance with carefully planned promotion procedures. Dr. Spaulding prid ed himself on surrounding him self with outstanding associates. The Mutual Savings and Loan Association was founded in Dur ham in 1921 by the late R. L. McDougald as the Mutual Build ing and Loan Association. Its total resources now are $2,200- 000, Dr. Spaulding served as' its preddent until his death. At the board of directors’ meeting that saw Merrick nam ed president, the following changes were also made; O. W. Cox, a member of the board, was elected vice president and Charles Clinton Spaulding, Jr., was elected to the board to suc ceed his father. John S. Stewart, the secretary- treasurer, will continue as ac tive executive of the association. Merrick la a native of Durham and a graduate of the citjr’s pub lic schools. Ha reeelTcd ■ B. 8. degree from A and T College in 1908 and started work with the insurance company his father founded in the same year. From 1908 imtil 1916 he worked for the firm in South Carolina and Georgia. He came to the home office in 1816 and In the same year he was married. His wife is the former Miss Lyda Moore, daughter of the late Dr. A. M. Moore, another of the founders of the insurance form. They have two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Sansom and Mrs. Constance (Please turn to Page Eight) Ushers To Erect Home For Aged, Disabled Ministers Charlotte —The 28th annual sesi^on of the Interdenomina tional Ushers Convention came to a close here Simday afternoon, August 24, following the annual sermon delivered by the Rev. James F. Wertz, pastor of St. Paul Baptist £hurch, the scene of the meeting. The ^annual ser mon, backed by the highly spirit ual llhging of the St. Paul choirs was forceful and inspiring. Following the sermon the pres ident of the Association, L. E. Austin, introduced Oscar Miles, president of the Junior Depart ment who presented the Rev. T. H. Brooks, superintendent of the Oxford Colored Orphamage of Oxford, with a check for $1,833 as the annual donation of the Ushers to the institution. In addition to the Orphanage donation 13 scholarships of $60 each were awarded. They are Joan Royster, Durham; Gladys Marie Wagstaff, Roxboro; Al berta Lawson, Woodsdale; Ro- wena Blackwell; Nelson, Va.; Catherine Carter, Nashville; Fletcher B. Brinson, Jackson ville; Vera Lee Roberts, Greens- ooro; Etta Ruth Woodfork, Reid^lle; Shirley Lorraine Ed wards, Fayetteville; Christine Emma Holmes, Kinston; Hesklah Sellars, Burlington and Paul Lawrence Haywood, Raleigh. Three other acholarships of $100, $7S and $50 were award ed to James JMorris, Durham; Clara Wertz, Charlotte and Juanita Murchlaon, Raleltfi, respectively. Winners in the an nual Oratorical contest. wtgtiHghMng tba conveBtlon was the annual Consecration Sermon, delivered Friday eve ning by Dr. Marshall Shepard, pastor of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Philadelphia and Re corder of Deeds, City of Phil adelphia. Speaking from the sub ject, “Religion,” Dr. Shepard said the time iiad arrived for ministers to enter politics in or der to help clean up conditions. The old scarecrow that there la no place for a minister in ix>lltics la put'there to frighten Negro ministers out because of the good they can do by entering, he stated. "Scarecrows aren’t put in the woods where there is noth ing growing, but around gardens where there is food”, he declar ed, Probably the most signifi cant move the^shers Associat ion made was when it voted to establish a home for aged and disabled ministers. The home, which it hopes to erect within the next five years, will be of brick, steam heated and modem in every respect. It will be located in the central part of the State. The first unit is expected to contain three or four apartments and an Infirma ry room for ministers confined to their beds. It will be super vised by a Registered Nurse, and will be available fo mini sters of all denominations, pro vided they are pastoring at the time they become disable or re tire trttm active ministry.- Greensboro was chosen as the meeting place for the 1963 an nual session and Dunn as the seat of th* 19B3 Mid-year sess ion. New York—^The 1200 branch es of the National Association for the Advancement of Color ed People in 45 states are lurged to prepare for an intensive fall registration campaign in a com munication from the national of fice. Because “civil rights is one of the hottest political issues in the 1952 presidential election,” the letter asserts, it is of the utmost importance to conduct an all-out campai)^ for a nation wide registration of 5,000,000 Negro voters. “Both parties,” the branches are informed, “re alize that the Negro vote in key states is vital to victory at the polls on November 4.” The branches are urged to adopt the slogan; “Register To day for CivU Rights.” They are also asked to appoint registra- (Please turn to Page Eight) Rock Hill, S. C. — Another blow at discrimination was de livered here Monday when the Rock Hill Chiefs of the Tri- State League announced that, they would play a Negro. Da>{ld Mobley, 22-year-old player from Lancaster, will be come the first Negro to ever participate in a Tri-state game. His appearance on the team is expccted to add considerably to the gate receipts of the locals, as well as help lift them from their cellar position. Lean Culberson of the Chiefs says he plans to play Mobley, who is five feet eight inches high and weights 175 pounds, in the left field and as lead off man at the bat. Mobley has been working out with the Chiefs of the Class B League for several days. He is a former member of. the Birming ham Black Barons of the Ne gro American League. Mobley’s mother is ill and be wanted to be nearer her is the reason for leaving the Alabama team, he stated. His batting average at the time he left the Black Barons was 3 IS and he played right field and third base. By ALEXANDER BARNES (Speelal Wire To The Carolina Times) Robert H. Johnson, who had been acting as Exalted Ruler of the Improved Benevolent Pro tective Order of Elks of dhe World since the death of J. Fin ley Wflson, last February, was elected to the post here Tuesday at the 53rd annual session of the order. Johnson won out over such formidable candidates for the official as J. Leroy Jordan of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Her bert Jones of Washington, D. C. The new Grand Exalted Ruler, who was Grand Esteemed Lead ing Knight at the time ,of Wil son’s death, was automatically elevated to the position of Grand Exalted Ruler at the time. His election here Tuesday was, there fore, the first time he has had to fight for the office. With over 500,000 members the position of* Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks is said to be the most powerful of any held by a Negro ratemal leader in America. The office was held by Wilson for over 30 years and was practically built to its pres ent status by him. It is consid ered the most coveted of any Negro fraternal office in the na- The new Exalted Ruler is a tion. citizen of Philadelphia and dur ing the administration of Wil son was one of his staunchest supporters. His election is con sidered by many to assure the (Please turn to Page Eight) Says Negroes New Market For Home Ownership Washington, D. C.— Negroet offer a large untapped source^ for home sales, the Housing and Home Finance Agency stated here Monday. Their cash income has doubled and in many cases tripled within the past 10 years the agency declared. Negro homeowners incraased 93 per cent in the past 10 years while whites showed an increase of 75 per cent, according to the agency’s research bureau. Like wise relatively more non-white h;me owners assumed more mortgages than paid off even though it is hard for them to get mortgages financed. In spite of the gains made on financing Negro housing they are relatively speaking, living in poorer houses than whites. Di lapidated homes of Negroes were reported to be five times as high; overcrowding four times as high; doubling up two and one-half times as high. Negroes moving to urban cen ters from Southern rural areas are finding it harder and hard er to secure good housing it was disclosed by HHFA. The growing market for non white homes offers a challenge to the building industry along with a “sound and profitable business opportunity,” the agen cy said, because Negroes are making two or three times more money than they have made in the past 10 years. Miss Clementine Weaver sponsored by the Imran Temple of Henderson and Oxford, won second place and {l,(jiOO.OO. recently during the National Shriners Convention Beauty and Talent Pageant. She is a 1952 graduate of Mary Potter School, Oxford, and a resident of Raleigh. Her fntnre college plans call for vocal music study. NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE TO BEGIN DOCTORS PROGRAH IN FIELD OF EDUCATION THIS FALL DELECATES TO IKENTV-'nURD IOTA CONVW™ After fourteen years of suc cessful graduate work-.at the master’s level, the North Car olina College at Durham will inaugurate a program lead ing to the doctor of philoso phy degree in Education on September 17. Dr. William Watley Pier son, dean of the University of North Carolina’s Graduate School and acting dean of the North Carolina College Grad uate Division, has pledged the Here are the delegates and visitors to the twenty-third annual meeting of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority held in Durham, August 23-27. The photo was taken in front of the Hillside High School Auditorinm. The annual session closed Wednesday evening with a banquet at the North Carolina College dining hall. , Denies Barring Negro Doctors At Health Hearings RALEIGH Dr. Clarence Foe at Ra leigh, editor of the Progres sive Farmer and a member of the President’s Commis sion on the Health Needs of the Nation, stated here Mon day that he had made repeat ed efforts to get in touch with Dr. George H. Evans, whom he had listed as a speaker on the program of the regional health meeting held here Monday, but was unable to locate him. Dr. Poe stated that he took the liberty to list Dr. Evans on the program because he had been informed that he was president of the Old North State Medical Society. It later was disclosed that Dr. Evans was not the president, his term hav ing expired last year at which time Dr. W. T. Armstrong of Rocky'Mouiit was elected to suc ceed him. Dr. Poe stated that he made at least nine calls In an effort to get in touch with Dr. Kvans who it later developed was out of the State. Dr. Poe stated that point a representative from thephysicians of the state on a basis he then contacted three other doctors all of whom declined to appear. In an effort to clear up the situation the CAROLINA TIMES learned in a telephone conversation with Dr. 'F. E. Dav is of Greensboro, secretary- treasurer of the Medical Society, that Dr. Poe did not contact the physicians until Saturday morn ing, two days before the pro gram was to take place. Certain ly they would not have had time to prepare a paper or talk on so short a notice, he said. “It is indeed amaiing how the needs of the Negro group can be adequately diseussed specifically as related to im proving the hospital, medical and health services without senrleea without the participa tion of the body most in timately associated with the dally problems oi 'this groap.” Davis declared the “omis sion” of the Negro physicians fro mthe health hearing is signi ficant for two reasons. First, National Medical Association which is composed of more than 2,000 Negro physicians of the na-1 tion to his 15-member commis sion. Second, the Medical Society of North Carolina excludes from its membership the 150 Negro' of race alone. “The Old North State Medical Society wishes to register vigorous protest to these evi dence of systematic exclusion of the Negro physician in our nation as well as in our state.” Six Held For Raping Woman n, all of Columbus, Ga. — A Negro wo man charged here last Thursday that six white men, two of whom caused her to believe that they were police officers and were placing her under arrest and taking her to jail but took her to a field outside of the city limits instead and raped lier. In keeping with a Georgia law which prohibits the disclos ure of a woman’s name in con nection with rape police with held the identity of the woman, President Truman did not ap-but disclosed she was 21 years of age. — J The six men, all of \/(Jhom nave been arrested and placed in jail, accordmg to Police Chiet J. Harvey Davidson, are Uai- field Buchannan. 29; Dan Wind- nam, 28: David Knowles, 18; James M. Henderson, 19; Ray Harris, 18, all of Columbus. Davidson and Buchannan are the two men who impersonated officers of the law. l^ey are be ing held on an additional charge for that offense. full resources of the imiversity to help North Carolina College get the new program started. As evidence of the universi ty’s interest in North Carolina College’s doctoral program, the first such program in any of the nation’s predominantly Negro colleges, officials at Chapel Hill have granted leave of absence to Dr. Arnold Kimsey King, profes sor of education at the universi ty and associate dean of the UNC Graduate School, to come to NCC full-time to supervise what is to be known "as The De- partment of Advanced Studies in Education. In addition to Dr. Pierson and Dr. King, both nationally imown authorities in the field of grad uate education, NCC will have the services of twelve other not ed educational authorities at Chapel HiU as well as several educators already employed for graduate work at the Durham college. Dr. W. Carson Ryan, former head of the department of edu cation at the university and a ichoiar with an international re putation in the field, will divide his time between NCC and the university during the winter and spring quarter. Beginning with such distm- guished authorities who have had considerable experience in grad uate work, the NCC Department of Advanced Studies in Educa tion also will have the services of several promising scholars who are already employed in the college's present masters' pro gram. In keeping with a policy begun by Pi^ident Alfonso Eld er of NCC some four years ago,, NCC has consistently brought to its faculty men and women who are rapidly gaining recognition tor the quality of their work. The present staff in NCC’s de partment of education will work closely with Dr. Kin|{’s depart ment in integrating the new pro~ gram with^ the college’s over-all program, thereby strengthening, the entire institution. Among the professors at NCC already or who will be there by September to participate in the program ace: Dr. Joseph A. Pitt man, acting chairman of the de partment of education and a specialist in statistics; Dr. Wil liam H. Brown, director of the Bureau of Educational Research, specialist in evaluation and re search; Dr. Georgt T. Kyle, vice chairman of the NCC Graduate Division, educational paydiolocy; Dr. Carol C. Bowie, pcycbolonr; Dr. Roae Butler BrOwn, speciaUal in elementary educaUoa; Dr. James C. Finney, educattonal ad- (Please turn to Page Rtfht)
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