PRISONER SLAIN IN N. C. CAMP BY GUARIT
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Boy Hero S^es Tot From Flames
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Hie above scene was taken in
the main lobby of the Me
chanic sand Fannofi bank laat
Monday night as itoekholdera
of the inatitution gathered for
the ahnnal bank report. Shown
in the foregroand (back to
camera) i« Cashier I. O. Fu-
derbnrg reading the report of
President J. H. Wheeier to Oie
assembled stockholders.
JIM CROW FADING FAST,
INTERRACIAL CONFAB TOLD
COLUMBIA, S. C. I
Some 119 delegates to an in
terracial Southwide conference
on “Youth and Racial Unity
through Education” heard speak
ers declare that racial segrega
tion in higher education is gasp
ing it last breaths and that segre
gation is as harmful to the whites
as it is to Negroes.
Aubrey Williams, president of
the Southern Conference Educa
tional Fund, driving force be
hind the thi«e-day conference,
told a packed audience at Bene
dict College that the movonent
for racial integration in schools
is moving fast.
"In Just a matter of- time w«
will have all schools on the col
legiate level open to all mom,"
he asserted.
Dr. J. W. Marshall, president
of Wayland Baptist College of
Planview, Texas, a saoall white
institution, told the conference,
“Both white and colored citisou
and democracy itself suffer
segregation.”
Allen University and Benedict
GoUejH aerveti AS co-hOBts to tfaa'
three day conference which is
sponsored by the Southern Sdu-
cational Fund of New Orleans,
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Funeral Services
Held For Mrs.
Sarah J. Peddy
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah J.
Peddy, 78, was conducted from
White Rock Baptist Church
here, Tuesday January 6 at 2:30
P. M. Mrs. Peddy died Saturday
January 2 in Nashville, Tenn.,
where she had gone to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Roberta Wright.
The Rev. Miles Mark FiAer,
paitor of the church, officiated.
She was bom in Waite Co.,
the daughter of the late Robert
and Caroline Peddy. When only
10 years of age she became a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Holly Springs where
she remained a loyal member
until she moyed to Durham in
1027 when she }oin^ White
Rock Baptist Cliurch.
Sl)e attended the ^ public
schools of Wake C!ouRty and
taught for several years after
finishing. Mrs. Peddy was the
widow of the late William Pe4-
dy, who died several years ago.
She was the mother of 10 child
ren, five of whom survive, "they
are: Miss Bertha Peddy, Mrs.
Pauline P. Barringer, Mrs.
Wright, William A. a&l Jamin
R. Peddy. Five grandchildren
and four great grand children,
one neice and five nephews also
survive.
Active Pallbearers were A. C.
Artis, N. H. Bennett, W. H.
Grandy, H. M. Holmes, J. J
Henderson D. F. Reed and J. S.
Stewart.
Honorary Pallbearers were
Deacons and Trustees of the
White Rock Baptist Church. Flo
ral Bearers were members of
District Number Ten, White
Rock Baptist Church.
Interment was in the family
plot in Holly Springs.
3. B. LABXtN
State Official
At Hillside
"The Need For An Institution
For Public Minded Children In
North Carolina” will be the sub
ject of an address to be delivered
by J. R. Larkins, consultant on
Negro work, State Department
of Public Welfare, at the regular
monthly meeting of the Hillside
High School PTA, Monday
night, January 12, 1053 at 7:30
o’clock in the school auditorium.
Parents and citizens are cor
dially Invited to attend this
meeting in order to become in
telligent on this great need for
our less fortunate boys and girls.
L. B. Frasier is president of this
association, H. M. Holmes, prin
cipal. ,
One Of "Trenton
Six" Succumbs
iraw YORK
The “profound sympathy” of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Ck>lored
People was today extended to
Mrs. Emma English, mother of
Collis English, Trenton trial
victim, who died of a heart at
tack Tuesday night (December
30) in New Jersey State Prison,
while awaiting a fourth trial in
the 1948 slaying of an aged store
keeper.
With the passing of Engliai)^
the original Trenton Six has
been reduced to one remaining
prisoner, Ralph Cooi>er. Four
others, accused with English and
Cooper, were acquitted in a third
trial in 1951. NAACP lawyers
represented two of the four who
won their freedom in that trial.
Following the conviction of Eng
lish and Cooper, the NAACP
participated along :«^th the
Princeton Committee and the
American Civil Liberties Union
in an appeal to the New Jersey
State Supreme Court, which
ruled that a new trial must be
held for the two.
English had long suffered
from a heart ailment and the
tiiird trial was delayed several
times because of his illness.
In his telegram to Mrs. Eng
lish, the NAACP executive seC'
retary said: “On the very day of
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FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROttNAS
Entered a» Second CUui Matter at the Pq«t Office at Durham, Aorth Carolina, under Act of March 3,1S79.
VOLUME S»—NUBfBBB 51
DUBHAM. N. C., SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 1953
FKICS 19 CKNTS
Durham Bfink Near Six
Million, Report Show
The MechaniM and Farman
Bank barely miswd the riz mll>
lion mark at the end of last year’s
operation, it was revealed at the
annual meeting of the stockhold*
ers held here last Monday night.
Tfhe report of President J. H.
Wheeler disclosed that the in
stitution, second largest of its
kind in the world, has now ac
cumulated total resources of
$5,960,165.25.
Attended by over 60 stockhold
ers who received the annual re
ports with a marked spirit of &i-
thusiasm, the meeting was liber
ally sprinkled with comments in
tribute to the bank’s late Presi
dent, C. C. Spaulding, whose pre
sence at the head of the officers’
table had become ■ familiar fix
ture at these yearly meetings.
Reference was made over and
o^r again by several speakers at
the meeting to Mr. Spaulding
who had become a symbol ot
growing, progressive Negro busi
ness. President Wheeler’s re
port to the stockholders was iare-
facod with a recognition of the
salutary effect of Dr. Spaulding’s
tenure as presidrat of the ‘ in
stitution.
“His leaderstaip has meant
much to the growth of the in
stitution and to development of
the personnel connected with it.
For many years we shall profit
by the solid foundation which he
and others worked untiringly to
build,” the report read in part.
Dr. Clyde Donnell, recently
elected chairman of the board of
directors of the bank, asstered:
“Spaulding will never die. As
long as this institution lives . . .
people will always remember
him.”
R. N. Harris, member of the
board of directors, read to the
stockholders a resolution passed
by the bank’s board of directors
on the death of Spaulding and a
similar one passed by the City
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WHITLEY BOLDEN
eARL LAMBE'TH
HeaT'Old Iftiis
Life To Rescue
CASTSPIKCKR
The biggest hero in thsas parts
is not Jadtie Rofateson, Bay
“Sucar” BoWnssa aer Balph
Bunefae. He is an taoHmilnfl,
nine-year-okl fourth 0miet who
probably preim Hopalong Cm-
Two ll C. Mutual Hen Here Get
Promotions In Durham Office
Convict Shot
By Guard In
Avery County
NEWLAND
A young Negro prisoner was
shot to death here last Friday
and the guard who fired the fatal
shots cleared by a jury.
Martin Chudnick, 23 years
old who listed his home as
Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sunday as
a result of wounds he received j a bit, but rushed out into the
when shot Friday by Daves. S. I burning house, wtihout regard
Hail, guard at the Western N. C.,j for his life, and took the little
PEBNBLL BOLT
sidy to eith« of the above. Ha
is Parnell Bolt who did noOiinc
less tlian risk his life to enter a
flaming, near coUapsinf sferae-
ture to rescue a 14 months old
girl.
Last Monday, Mr. and Mrs. P.
Cowan of St. James Street here
left their home to attend the fn-
neral of Mrs. Cowan’s brother.
They left their little daughter at
home with an older sister,
veloped in flames, trappmg their
young daughter in a bedroom.
When tlte girl’s sister rvished to
young Bolt’s home and said tier
her sister was trapped by the
flames. Parnell did not resistate
The promotion of two men of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance company was an
nounced here this week. Thomas
E. Lambeth, local resident, and
Whitley W. Bolden, native of
Spartanburg, S. C., were named
assistants to Durham District
Manager W. L. Cook.
Both new assistant district
managers have behind them
long and successKul careers in
various positions with the com
pany. Lambeth began his career
with the company in 1933 as an
agent in the Chattanooga, Tenn.
district. It was interrupted just
one year later when Lamlieth
resigned.
But, in 1943, Lambeth again
joined the company and was as
signed to a debit here. In 1948,
he was promoted to the position
of master debit manager. Lam-
Sen. Taft, G.O.P. ‘‘Silences”
Move To Curb Filibuster
WASHINGTON
Senator Robert A. Taft, ma
jority floor leader, bluntly turn
ed down pleas of a civil rights
delegation which today sought
his support in Uie effort to curb
the filibuster by adoption of
new rules at the opening of the
83rd Congress. The Ohio Re
publican told the delegation,
headed by Walter White, execu
tive secretary of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored ^^ple, that
in his view the Senate Is a con
tinuing body and as such is not
required to adopt rules at the
beginning of each new Congress
as does the House of Representa
tives.
The delegation consisted of
representatives of S3 national
organizations comprising the
Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights which has been spear
heading the driv^for a change
in Senate Rule 22. Under this
rule the vote of 64 senators Is
required to shut off a filibuster.
Civil rights advocates want a
rule which will permit limita
tion of debate by majority vote.
‘ Cleveland RepnUloan Asks Aid
John P. Kellogg, Republican
member ot the City Coimcll of
Cleveland, opened tte half-hour
[ conference with a ttateoMnt ur
ging Senator Taft “in the inte
rest of Negro Republicans to
take the leadership In fighting
for a change in Rule 22 to enable
the passage of civil rights legis
lation.”
In response, the Republican
Senate leader asserted that the
party caucus, upon his recom
mendation, had decided that the
Senate is a continuing body and,
accordingly, there would be no
change in t^ rules at this time.
He admitted that the present re
quirement for 64 votes to invoke
cloture tQO stringent and
should be reduced to a leaser
number, but added that he was
unwilling to attempt a change at
this time. He weiit on to say that
he believed the 64 votes for clo
ture could be obtained, “if the
senators are sincere and interest
ed,” after th^ policy and pro
gram on c|vll rights have been
established by President-elect
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
Republican policy committee.
_ Clarence Mitch^, director o
the NAACP Washington Bureau,
observed that It has been Im
possible to get the necessary 84
votes. According to hit eatlmatf,
based oa past votes and com
mitments, a nraximum of 69
senators In the 83rd Confreife^
can be countad on to vote for
cloture on civil rights measures.
Disavows Dixiecrat Tie-up
Senator Taft expressed disa
greement with the point made
by Councilman Theodore Beerry
of Cincinati that the Republican
Party by adopting new rules un
der Taft’s leadership had an op
portunity to stop bargaining
with the Dixiecrats and make a
liberal record free of the threat
of the filibuster. He said that the
southerners did not always vote
with him and that he did pot ex
pect their support for his wel
fare program.
Joseph Rauh, counsel of the
United Automobile Workers,
CIO, who prepared an exhaus-
tlye brief holding that the Sen
ate is not a continuing body,
challenged Senator Tbft’s con
tention that the Senate does not
have the same obligation as the
House to adopt rules at the open
ing of each Congress.
Moral lane Balaed
The refusal' of the Sen«t« to
curb the filibuster, Roy Reuter,
UAW educational director, said
would be interpreted abroad,
particularly in Asia and Africa,
as a rejection of civil rights. This
places a moral responsibility up
on the Republican leadership to
meet this issue, the union-
aisertal
Responding, Senator Taft said
no moral issue was involved and
remained the group that organi
zed labor had supported the
Democrats. Just as the people
of the United States repudiated
your position in the election, so
would the people of the world
were the test put, the Ohio Re
publican declared.
Others in the delegation in
cluded James Carey, secretary-
treasurer of the CIO and presi
dent of the International Union
of Electrical Workers; Theodore
Brown, representing the Ameri
can F^eration of Labor Ray
Ross, UAW, Springfield, Ohio;
Herman Edelsberg, B’nai B’rith;
Walter Kirschenbaum, Jewish
Labor Committee; Pat O’Malley,
UAW, Cleveland; Mrs. Annalee
Stewart, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom;
Arnold Aaronson, National Com
munity Relations Advisory
Council; and Orville Beemer,
UAW, Toledo, Ohio.
Lehman, Humphrey, Douglas
Tiie session with Senator Taft
followed a day of lobbying on
the Hill with members of the
senators and a dinner meeting
at the Hotel StaUer. At the din
ner Senators Herbert Ltfmian,
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beth is a graduate of North
Carolina College, is married and
has two children.
Bolden, who was born the son
ot a N. C. Mutual Insurance a-
gent, had his career cut out for
himself almost at the beginning.
As a lad of 15, he helped his fa
ther, G. W. Bolden, who later
was to browne master of the
Spartanburg, S. C. district and
who retired in 1951.
In 1943, on the strength of an
application submitted by his
father requesting that young
Bolden be assigned “to the de
bit that was started by me three
years before he was tiorn,” Bol
den officially began his career
with the company.
Bolden has handled extensive
assignments in the Newport
News, Va., Raleigh and Durham
Districts. In 1924, he was assign
ed to the staff of Vice-President
Agency Director G. W. Cox, in
which capacity he has seen ser
vice in nearly all of the com
pany’s 32 districts.
Commenting on Bolden’s pro
motion, Cox said:
“Mr. Bolden has been of in
valuable service to our company
during his 18 years’ connection.
It has been a pleasure to have
him as an associate on my staff
for ten years. He is well-trained,
and his knowledge of the life
insurance business is full.”
prison camp.
Hall was subsequently cleared
by a coroner’s jury last Tuesday.
According to prisons director
Walter Anderson, Avery County
prison officials told him by tele
phone that chudnick was shot
in a scuffle with prisoner guards.
Chudnick was brought to
camp Friday after giving trouble
on a road gang and was locked
up until he could be interviewed
by the superintendant. When a
guard went to get Chudnick to
bring him to the
Chudnick refused to leave
According to Anderson, the
guard then went for the superin
tendent, and the superintendent
and other guards went to the
cellblock. When Chudnick was
told to come out, he threatened
them with a home made knife.
A struggle ensued when guards
went to disarm him, and in the
scuffle, ^ard Hall shot Chud
nick.
E. B. Merrick, Vlee-FraaUeiit
of the North Carolina Mataal
Life Insurance Compaay was
named to tha hoard of ttartaea
ot A. ft T. C^ege this week by
Gov. W. K. Seott ftor a ilx year
term t* succeed Chiy FhllUva
of Chapel BUI. Merrick, aa
alnmniis of the Greee*ere la-
stltatliNi, has aa«B fiavtaaa
service on the college’s
hoard.
Avery County coroner said
that the jury ruled that Hall shot
the prisoner in self defense. The
jury was composed of R. A.
Shoemaker, E. E. Fletcher, Ro
bert Greene, C. L. Hughes, R. C.
Perkins and James Banner.
Testifying at the trial were
Anderson, Virgil Vance, camp
superin,tendent; Ray Ledford
and Harvey Cook, guards.
[girl in his arms to safety.
Both escaped without injury.
Three houses were burned by
the flames which started in the
Cowan house before the fire de
partment could check thm-vtm-
flagration.
Young Bolt’s heroism has not
gone unnoticed, for the East
Spencer fire department has
raised a sum of money which was
given to the boy, almig with
numerous other gifts from indi
viduals. In addition, numerous
letters, including a wire from
the boy’s grandparents, lA:. and
Mrs. Leonard Adams, with whom
young Bolt lives at 400 St. James
Street.
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Speakers
Dr. J. Neal Hu
minister at North Carolina Col
lege, Durham this week an
nounced speakers for remaining
Sundays in January and Feb
ruary.
President Robert P. Daniel of
Virginia State College will in
augurate the vesper period for
1053 CO January 12 when he
speaks on “On Your Own But
Not Alone.” The speech, like
others in the Sunday series, is
scheduled for 4:30 Sunday aft
ernoon in Duke Auditorium.
Dean William Stuart Nelson
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True Bill Returned By Grand Jury
Against Local Firm Employee
The Durham County Grand
Jury Wednesday returned a true
bill of indictment against Ida
Mae Bass, 30, former bookkeeper
of the Mutual Savings and Loan
Association, on a charge of em
bezzling $2,497.00 from the local
Negro firm.
Miss Bass, a resident of 808
Fayetteville Street, had ■ l>een
employed by the fimn since
February, 1944.
E. R. Merrick, president o| the
Association and John S. Stewart,
secretary-treasurer, said the loss
was fully covered by Insurance.
Miss Bass resignied from the
business last August, but the
shortage according to aaaociation
officials, was not discovered un
til January 3, 1953.
In their joint statement, Mer
rick and Stewart said; “The
shortage in Miss Bass’ accounts
was discovered on Janua^ X,
W. C. York, Deputy Insurance
Conunissioner of Raleigh and of
ficials of the Federal Home Bank
of Greensboro were also notified.
In addition, we reported the mat
ter prfMoaptly to W. H. Murdo^,
solicitor for the 10th Judicial
District. The services of state and
federal examiners wore request
ed by the Asaociatioo, and on
January 5 they befan an audit
of the Association’s books.’'
Merrick and Stewart added;
“The Board oi Direetan has au
thorised us to say that the kiss
by embttzslement Is amply cov
ered by the Fidelity Bond ^
force with respect to all otfcers
and employees.”
“Although the Assodation
deeply regrets this ftfiridaat. Jt
will in no way affect th* sound
ness of our assets or tha aoswtlcy
ol our tevtstors’ aseounts
coverage under the Fidelity '
carried by the Associatleth aaeh
1953 and immelUat^ reported I of our investor's aoeounts II iMtty
to the executiye cotnmittae and j insured to 910.0M by thrVM-
Board of Dtrattors of tha Mutual eral'Savin* and Loan tiaaasBee
Savings and Xowt Aaaodatlon. Corporatloo.’*