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DURHAM, N. C.. 8ATUHDA1T, SEPT. tttb, 195S
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DISGRUNTLED GROUP IN ALAMANCE COUNTY
STILL HGHTING TO OUST SCHOOL PRINOPAL
Morris Charged With
Source Of Story In
Times Last Weelt
Quick Thinking Of
Cool( Saves Lives
Of Small Children
CUNTON
Tragedy struck a home here
Tueaday, but the quick thinking
and acting on the part of a Ne
gro cook prevented it from be
ing too disaatrous.
Mrs. Lina Mae Monk, the cook,
went promptly into action when
two Clinton boys, Bobby, 11, and
Holt, Jr., 5, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Holt Robinson, caught on fire
while playing in a tool shed at
the rear of the Robinson home.
The boys playing a game of
cowlx>y8 and Indians, attempted
to light a torch. The older boy
threw a Jar of gasoline on the
tOTch, an dthe fljunet from the
gasoline blamed up and burned
the boys’ legs and bodies.
The cook extinguished the
flames on the older boy by roll
ing him in the grass. She then
pulled the younger boy from the
shed, closed the door, and rush
ed into the houae to call the fire
departmant, Than sba notified
the parents of the boys’.
According to A telephone con
versation between a representa
tive of THE CAROLINA TIMES
and Mr. Robinson, Wednesday
morning, the boys are in Samp
son County Hospital, and will
recover although Bobby’s bums
are of a very serious nature.
Robinson also stated that the
shed was not completed destroy
ed.
Last Rites Held
For William
Baines Sept. t4
William E. Baines, age 46, of
808 SouUi Alston Avenue, died
Thursday at 3:13 P. M. at Lin
coln Hospital following a brief
illness.
Born in Durham, Mr. Baines
was the son of Will Baines and
tlie late Mrs. Minni^ Baines. He
was educated in the Durham city
schools and later attended Hamp
ton Institute, North Carolina
CollcgQijmd Howard University.
He was a member of the Saint
Joseph A. M. E. Church, the
Saint Joseph Choir, the Berean
Sunday School Class, and the
Durham Chapter of the Hampton
Institute Alumni Association.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Eula H. Bain^; three children,
William E. Baines, III, age 19,
Ruth E. Baines, age 16, and
Clemon H. Baines, age 13; father,
Will Baines; two sisters. Bliss L.
Lucille Baine and Miss Mary B.
Baines of Durham; and one bro
ther, John Forrest Baines, of
Shreveport, La.
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W DAMAK SUIT FILED
AGAINST GATE CnYPOUCEMEN
GREENSBORO
A damage suit of $75,000
against two police officers was
filed here Tuesday as the result
of the death of a prisoner in the
city Jail.
Tlte action was brought by
Albert O. Smith, administrator
of the estate of William (Billy)
Smith, 32, who died in the City
jail June 23. The defendants are
City Jailer Sam Maness and
Chief of Police Jeter L. William
son who are charged with "gross
negligence.”
According to the official re
port of the Guilford Ck>imty
Coroner, the. death of the man
probably could have been pre
vented if projjer medical care
had been taken of Smith. Chief
Williamson stated that “every
thing that was humanly possible
was done.” The man is reported
to have eaten his meals that day
and did not appear to have been
m.
The complaint, filed In Guil
ford County Court also includes
the National Surety Corporation,
bonding company for the of
ficers as defendants. It seeks
$10,000 actual damages and $10,-
000 punitive damages from Jail
er Maness; an assessment of
treble the amount is also sought
under G. S. 14-260 which pro
tects prisoners while tmder the
supervision of Jailers.
The suit also asks that Man^
be held and confined If Judg
ment is returned and unsatis
fied.
Smith was arreated on June 22
for drunkeness, tried and con
victed in the Municipal Ck>imty
Court on June 23. Not able to
pay a fine, he was being held
until it was paid. About 10
o’clock the same night he died,
following a violent Illness and
complete loss of his mind for a-
bout six hours.
The complaint charges that of
ficers who knew Smith, should
have detected his condition at
the time. It further charges that
in not doing so they were negli
gent in not summoning medical
aid. '
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Two Killed In
Warren County
• HENDERSON
An accident involving a stall
ed car and a north boxind Sea
board Air Line passenger train
here Sunday, was fatal to two
of the occupants of the car, in
jured one and allowed one to
escape without injuries.
According to Thomas L. Scott,
28, of Henderson, driver of the
car, the car stalled at a crossing
on a seldom used road in War
ren county. Jasper Cooper,
riding in the front seat with the
driver jumped to safety before
the train struck. The two men
who were killed, John W. Field,
34, of Norlina, and Charlie Parf^
30, of Manson, were In the back
seat and unable to get out.
The accident occtired'at Man
son, ten miles north of Hender
son. ‘ 1
William E. Baines, Durham
citlien, whose funeral was held
at St. Joseph A. M. E. Church
here Sunday, September 14. Mr.
Baines died of a heart ailment at
Lincoln Hospital, Thursday, Sep
tember 11.
Ike Claims He
Would End JC
In Capitol
WASHINGTON
General Dwight Eisenhower
said this week be would “wipe
out” segregation in Washington,
D. C. if elected. The general got
on the subject because of the
question from a Cleveland poli
tician, Lawrence Payne.
Said Eisenhower: “We should
eliminate every vestigate of seg
regation in the District of Cd-
umbia. Your taxes, Mr. Payne,
go into the money that is ex
pended in that District of Col-
tmibia . . . There wUl never be
anything done with my author
ity or under my direction to dis
criminate against you or you^
race in any possible way. If 1 do
not protect and support your
rights, I will lose my own.*'
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., president
of the North Carolina Mutual
I.ife Insulnee Company, in
Whose honor a Beach Party was
held at Myrtle Beach, S. C. re
cently by winning managers and
agents in a collection and in
crease contest. Highlight of the
affair was an address by Presi-
d!tnt Kennedy.
Over 500 Freshmen And New
Students Register At N.C.C.
Over S5 fresiunen and new
students are expected to regis^
at North Carolina College here
lor the 10S2 orientation pro
gram. At 2:30 P. M., Wednesday,
September 17, a total of 489 had
already been counted with the
registration to extend through
September 24. Classes will start
for the fall quarter on Sept. 20.
A series of welcome addresses,
placement tests, physical exam
inations, and other orientation
features occupied the new stu
dents throughout the week. Some
60 faculty and staff members
joined student leaders in greet
ing the newcomers. Dean A. E.
Manley and J. L. Atwater, stu
dent leader, welcomed the
neophjrtes.
Wednesday, was given over
largely to medical examinations
in the college’s new Health C^-
ler. Separate assemblies for men
and women are scheduled for
Thursday. The EngHih place
ment examination was hdd at
11 o’clock A. M. Thursday in
Duke Auditorium. Medical ex
aminations continue with a spe-
eial movie slated for 7 p. m.
Thursday in Duke Auditorium.
On Friday a battery of tests ^
mathematics and psychology
were given. The math test was at
8:^0* A. M., and the psychology
exam followed at 11 a. m.
Religious activities Sunday
morning and afternoon with the
annual Faculty-New Students
tea at 4:30 p. m. promise to give
the students a complete view of
NCC life. They return to the
academic routine on Monday
with a personality test slated for
8:30. Other events on Monday’s
calendar include Dean Manley’s
discussion of depees at 10:30, a
reading test at 11:30 and a talent
night progralh at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, September 23 is
registration day for rettuming
students. Regis^tlon continues
on Wednesday and classes start
’Thurday.
Among the participants in the
NCC orientation program which
was planned by B. D. RusmU,
counsellor In cooperatim with
Dean Manley, were the following
Dr. Charles D. Watts, director of
Student Health Services; Miss
h. M. Latham, dealt o womso;
John L. Stewart, dean of men;
jish Placement Test: Miss Pauline
Newton, Miss Ha Blue, Miss Mary
Bohanon, C. L. Patterson, Mrs.
A. Lassiter, Mrs. Mamie Elam,
R. K. Barksdale, Me*. Alice S’ax-
rison and W. E. Farrison, chair
man of the Department of Eng
lish.
HO HO HUM!
KEVREND VERNON E. BROWN
GOES TO HIGH COURT AGAIN
The Rev. Vernon Brown,
former pastor of Orange Grove
Baptist Church of Durham and
at present pastor of the New
Hope Baptist Church in Oxford
and St. Paul Baptist Church in
Fayetteville, was in court again
here Tuesday. This time Rev.
Brown is bringing suit against
two Fayetteville men for $30,
000 damage which he says he
sustained when Milton Boon, a
Fayetteville Negro Police Offi
cer and A. G. Boon, compiled
and had published from the F.
B.I. and Durham court records,
various and sundrjr appearan
ces of Rev. Brown in court here
for the past several years.
In his action, Rev. Brown
stated that he liad been a
preacher for 20 of his 36 years
and that he became pastor of
th^e Fayetteville church two
years ago and that under his
leadership a new structure has
been erected and that up until
the time Milton Boon sought to
be ordained a deacon and was
rejected, peace and harmony
reigned within the church.
Boon, he alleges, became angry
and raised disturbance in the
church in an underhand way by
attacking the pastor.
R^v. Brown charges that
Boon persuaded the Chief of
Police, L. F. Worrell, to inves
tigate liim in several towns and
cities and that in Durham he
secured a photograph and
fingerifflnts of him and other
information from the polce de
partment and from the Bureau
of Investigation in Washington.
He further charges that Boon
had photostatic copies made of
the data and sent this material
through the mail to the tnem-
bers of the church and showed
it to other citizens and business
firms of Fayetteville.
The suit further charges that
A. G. Boon conspired with Mil
ton Boon to damage the minis
ter’s character.
Rev Brown contends that he
was cleared In Durham'court of
two embezzlement cases and a
false"“ pretense case brought
against him. He contends that
the Boons have defamed him
and brought disgrace on him
and that the defendants have
seriously damaged his influ
ence as a minister. He asks
$5,000 for actual damages and
$10,000 punitive damages from
each of the defendants.
He further asks that the
Sheriff arrest Milton Boon and
commit him to jail until he
gives sufiBcient bond as required
by the court.
Ask Halting Of
Federal Funds
OnJ.C. Housing
WASHINGTON
Twelve Negro families of Sav-
fannah, Georgia, whose homes are
to be demolished to make way
lor a federally aided low-rent
public housing project, tiiis week
asiced a federal court here to or
der govertunent funds withheld
from the project, from wiiich
they will be excluded solely be
cause of their race.
Attorneys for the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People filed suit on Sep
tember 8 on behalf of the fami
lies, seeking to enjoin tlie Hous
ing and Home Finance ^ency;
the administrator of the agency,
Raymond M. Foley; the Public
Housing Administration and the
Commissioner of the Public
Housing Administration from
giving federal financial assist
ance to the Savannah Housing
Authority for the new project.
The NAACP points out that the
plaintiff families meet all re
quirements for admission to the
project and “have a preference
for admission to public housing
conferred by law” because they
will be displaced from the site
of a public housing project.
The Savannah Housing Au
thority has already announced
that occupancy of the project
will be limited to white families.
NAACP attorneys represent
ing the plaintiffs are Julius T.
Williams of Savannah, Frank D.
Reeves of Washington, Thurgood
Marshall and Mrs. Constance
Baker Motley of the national of
fice in New York.
Gilbert Lawrence Porter re
ceived his degree of Doctor of
Philosophy with a major in Cur
riculum, at the Summer Con
vocation, held at The Ohio State
Vniversity a few days ago.
Dr. Porter is the principal of
Lincoln High School in Tallahas
see, Florida. He has held this po
sition for the past fifteen years.
WAKE FOREST
MAN LOSES UFE
WAKE FOREST
A Negro man, identified as
Frank Dunn, 25, of Walkers
Crossroads, was instantly killed
when struck by a Seaboard Air
Line passenger train atx>ut
10:00 P. M., Saturday night.
According to Engineer R. F.
Brackhouse, the train was head
ed south at aiwut 15 miles per
hour on a “side track” from the
main line. Believing the object
on the traclu to be a box or
package, the train moved on but
was unable to stop as the object
became clear.
Dunn’s body, badly mangled,
was! carried about 125 yards
down the track. Police chief
Floyd Whitman stated tiiat the
man was probably returning
home from work at a farm about
three miles south of here.
Record Number
In Attendance
Athletic Clinic
A record number of Tarheel
high school and college ath
letic coaches, officials, and sports
lovers attended the annual cli
nic of the Piedmont Board of
Officials at North Carolina
College last week.
Commissioner Leroy T. Wal
ker of the PBO, professor of
physical education at NCC,
termed the conference “perhaps
the most successful in our
series.”
Participants as group leaders
were in addition to Walker, F.
Armstrong, Rocky Mount; P. H.
Williams, Raleigh, and A. H.
Peeler, Greensboro.
Preliminary meetings were
held in the NCC Science Buil
ding. A smoker at the Jade
Room in Durham's Do-Nut Shop
Saturday night ended a full }|iy
of acU\'lties that Included dis
cussion of rule changes, equip
ment Inspections, signals drills
BURLINGTON
A group of disgruntled citizens
of the Pleasant Grove Scliool
community were still riproaring
and snorting mad here this week
in a determined effort to have
W. L. Morris, principal of their
school fired.
Fuel was added to an already
hot and still heating fire last
week when a story appear
ing in the CAROLINA TIMES
disclosed that behind tiie attempt
to get Morris’ scalp, (the anti-
Morris forces claim to be In
dian descent) is a clash of per
sonalities, rather than a desire
to lie^ the scbool.
This week the office of the
CAROLINA TIMES was visited
by J. W. Jeffries, apparent lead
er of the anti-Morris forces, m
an effort to force the writer of
last week’s ai-ticle to say tiiat
Morris was its instigator. Fail
ing in tills, Jeffries then insisted
tliat he be given a letter stating
tiiat Morris had visited his office
last week, although the writer
had already admitted that he had
reiiuested Prof. Morris to come
to his office to verify figures
contained in the article which
was written as a result of the
CAROLINA TIMES coverage* of
Ihe recent meeting held at the
•school.
Although Superintendent M.
E. Yount has emphatically de
clared that there wasn’t anyttiing
illegal or dishonest in Principal
Morris’ handling of funds, the
fight against him continues un
abated and according to Jeffries
wUl continue until he is ousted.
Tuesday night of this week
another meeting was held at the
school with about 75 members of
the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion present. It was at this meet
ing that Morris was charged by
Jeffries with visiting the office
of the CAROLINA TIMES and
being the instigator of the article
appearing in the September 13
issue of the paper. ¥Thether or
not Bdr. Jeffries wishes Mr. Mor
ris to get permission from him
to visit the CAROLINA TIMES
office was not brought out at tb^.
meeting.
Meanwhile numerous persons
interviewed and questioned con
cerning the continued fight
against Morris stated that if he
survives the onslaught he will
be the first principal of the
school to do so. Three others,
they say, were forced to leave
the school under practically the
same circumstances as the fight
now being waged against Mor
ris. One other died. Morris has
remained at the school for 12
years, longer than all the other
principals combined.
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Picott Speaks
To Faculty At
St. Paul Institute
LAWRENCEVILLE, VA.
Dr. Arnold S. Nash, Dr. J.
Rupert Picott, and Dr. Harry W.
Roberts addressed the faculty of
St. Paul’s Polytechnic Institute,
Lawrenceville, Virginia, in its
opening conference held Sep
tember 8-12, 1902.
Dr. Nash, a professor in Theo
logy at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel, and a member
of the Conunission of College
Work of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, stressed the fact that it
is incumbent upon teachers to
recognize that, whatever their
fields, they must teach something
other than subject matter. Said
he, “In and through our teach
ing, in some shape or form, we
should get across to our students
answers to questions that have
challenged men through the ages
We cannot be neutral. We teach
Christianity or we teach some
thing else.”
Dr. T*lcott, Executive Secre
tary of the Virginia Teachers’ As
sociation, Richmond, suggested
long, long look at what they
are doing, and that the approach
should be personal and scholar
ly. He believed that each teach
er should ask and answer for
himself questions such as the
following: Whose responsibility
is it to foster wholesome inter
group reiitions? What price is it
necessary to pay for educational
leadership? Must teachers give
credence to the statement that
those who can. do; .those who,
can’t, teachT Is the proverbial I brought up later from 10 teei a
joiner the most successful teach-' water by Russell Harringtoo. a
er or administrator? What local lifeguard,
tarlal and paraonal attrltHrtaa Young Maggett w»a oa an
determine success in a ghrta, outing with a group o(
.community? I when the accldmt
:«OSTHAMPTON
«OY DKOWNS
RICH SQUARE
A 10 year old boy was drown
ed here Saturday while attempt
ing to swim across a fifty foot
pond at a brick company.
Archie Maggett, Jr. was