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Periodical . 4 DE IMURDEI^UICDE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Crippled Shoemaker And Woman Take Own Lives; Angry Wife, Neiglibor Use Sliotguns To Slay Victims Money Worries Beset A. B. Boyd Chronic Sufferer Hangs Self With Plow Line Four persons died in vio lence in or hear Durham this week in suicides and murders. Two separate suicides claim ed the lives of two persons while two separate murders accounted for two more deaths. Dead are Mrs. Annie Dun- negan, Archie Boyd, William Ware, and Arthur Hawes.^ Mrs. Danneran, 68 year old chronic sufferer, haiiKed hw- self with a plow line In a to bacco bam on her son’s farm off the Onen Road in Leban on Township last Thnraday. Hawes, 28 year old reiident of Route 6, Raleigh, was fataUy 'bounded by a shot gun blast fired at his back by his wife last Ware was killed by a load frHn a shot fan fired by Elijah Walker of Beamon Street last (Please turn to Page Eight) R. L. COTTEN jjst Rites For R. L Cotten Last rites for Robert Lee Cotten, prominent business man and churciiman, were held at Saint Joseph A. M. E. ‘ ‘Church here Tuesday aft ernoon at three o’clock. The Reverend D. A. Johnston, pas tor officiated, assisted by Reverend J. H. Peppers, pas- • tor of St. Paid Baptist Church of this city and Reverend R. L. Upshaw, pasW of the St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Chapel Hill. Mr. Cotten died at Lineela Hospital here Saturday, April 25 at lltSO A. M., foUowlag an illness of about S yean. Be was bom In Chatham Coonty but had lived in Durham for a long nniDber of years. At the time of his death he was a resident of 81S Glenn Street where he lived with his wife, Mrs. Leola Hnnter Cottea, Us (Please turn to Page Eii^t) FOR THiBTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDtNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS Entered as Second Clou Jfottcr mt the Pott Office at Durham, horth Carolina, under Act of March 3.1879. VOLME 30—NUMBER 16 DURHAM, N.C., SATURDAY, MAT 2nd, 195S PRICE TEN CENTS IN TUESDAY ELECTIONS J. T. Toylor, Rev. Ksher To Bock R. N. Horris A. B. BOYD R. N. Harris, who will be car rying the hopes of most of the Third Ward residents in his bid for a seat on the City Council from that Ward in Tuesday elec tions, got the personal endorse ments here this week of two the city’s recognized leaders, Rev. Miles Mark Fisher and James T. Taylor, who was eliminated in the Third Ward primary held two Tuesday ago. Taylor, professor of Psych ology at North Carolina Col lege and who, running as an independent in the primary, ran a very close third to M. T. Mangnm as he kMoked out of the city council race. In a statement prepared for the TIMES this week, Taylor said: “I am voting for R. N. Harris, for Counellman from the Third Ward, because, I believe that of the two candidates, Mr. Harris Is better qualified City of Durham. I believe fur ther that tmly Representative Oovenment wfil Indicate that such a large group of eltiiens, as those living In the Third Ward, shoidd have a Repre sentation on the City Council.'* Taylor, who has proved a popular candidate, garnered the most votes of any Negro candi date when in 19S1 he tried for a seat on the City Council as an at-large-member. His strength in the recent primary came as a surprise to many observers for Taylor ran as an independent candidate without the endorse ment of any specific group. Rev. Fi^er, pastor of the large Wliite Rock Baptist Church here, in annoimcing his personal endorsement of Harris, said: “I should like to see on Tues day Durhamites go to the polls and vote for R. N. Harris.*’ Already Harris has received the unofficial endorsement of a number of other protlps of vari ous interests aU over the city. He will be oppoaed in the elec tion by M. T. Mangum, white grocer. Vote Flood As Race Nears End With only two weeks to go the contest manager for the Taxi privers Popylarity Con test was snowea under with an avalanchie of votes this week. They came by mail Md by individuals who fairly ;.'.varmed on the TIMES office to'cast their ballots for their f:ivorite driver. With next week the last week of the voting the con- J^it manager is preparing for t lie largest number of ballots lo be cast since the beginning of the contest. There are strong indications that many of the contestants have been waiting for the final week when they will make the final bid for top ' vt^ce and the winner. Whether the winner will be a dark horse or one of the five top contenders remains yet to be seen. Whatever happens the con test manager is prepared. The biggest gain this week was made by Theodore Page who outdistanced all other drivers and jumped to third place. Is Page the darkhorse that has been expected to put In his appearance or will it be some other driver who has been lurking in the baek- ground? This week finds Pete Goins back in the lead with last week’s top driver being pushed down to second place. (Please turn to Page Eii^t) PFC. CLAUDE SMITH, JR. Local Marine Wounded In Korean Action Marine Pfc. Claude Smith, Jr., son of Reverend and Mrs. Claude Sniith of this city, was wounded in action in Korea on April 8, according to a message received by his par ents from the Defense Depart ment recently. Young Smith was serving with the First Marine divis ion in action during the hill fighting in Korea when he suf fered wounds to his right leg and the side of his face. Indications were from his par- ents here this week that his in juries are not serious. Smith entered the Marine Corps in July 1852, and was sent to Parris Island Marine Base in South Carolina. In November of the same year he was transferred to Camp Pennington, CUdifornia, and from there he was sent over- (Please turn to Page Eight) A. T. Spaulding Named To Shaw Trustee Board RALEIGH At a meeting of the Trustee Board of Shaw University held here Monday, April 27, Asa T. Spaulding, vice-presi- de^it and actuary of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur ance Company was elected to the trustee toard, treasurer and a member of the ex^u- tive committee of Shaw. Spaulding, thus succeeds the late Dr. C. C. Spaulding in the positions he held at Shaw University up to the time of his Miller May Die RALEIGH All indications point to the fact that Lafayette Miller, young Beaufort County man, will be executed in the State’s Gas Chamber here Friday, May 1. Miller’s last hope was a «;om- mutatlon of the death sen tence to life Imprisonment from Governor Umstead. Late Wednesday, It was unofficial ly reported that Gov. Umstead had turned thumbs down on a plea from Miller’s attorneys to commute his sentence. Miller was represented be fore the Governor In his of- flc^-bedroom here Wednesday' morning by Attorneys Herman Taylor and Samuel Mitchell of this city and W. F. Brower of Durham. He was convicted for ]Mie Thanksgiving 1951 murder of a Chocowinlty Farmer. A subsequent appeal to tte Supreme Court of the con^e- tion was tamed down. The new member of the Trus tee Board Is well-knoWn In business and church circles In North Carolina and tals mem bership on the Trustee Board of Shaw will bring a wealth of experience and training along the lines of business. The new trustee has a broad background of experience in civic, church and fraternal work. In 1946, he received a president ial citation for his “unselfish devotion to the task of helping stabilize our economy . . .” Among the many poaitlons he holds, Spaulding Is a member of the Board of Directors of ohn Avery Beys Club here, chairman of the local Hous ing Auttority, a trustee of the White 'Rock Baptist Church, and a member of the National Committee of the Boy Socuts of America. He is a member of several business and related societies and honorary societies. In add! tion, he serves as a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina Mutual Life In> siu-ance Company, the Mutual Savings and lK>an Association and the Mechanics and Farmers Bank. ; During his tenure with the North CaroIlna.Mutual, he has served in various capacities, from debit man to vlce-presl- (Please turn to Page Eight) A. T. SPAULDING REVEREND H. H. HART Funeral Rites Set Here For Rev. H. H. Hart Final rites for Dr. H. H. Hart, distinguished evangelist and pas tor, First Calvary Baptist Church of this city, will be held at the church Friday, May 1 at 2:00 P. M. Dr. Hart succumbed Sunday morning In Winton following an illneas of several mimtlia. The funeral service will be conducted by Dr. P. A. Bishop, president of the Baptist General Missionary and Education Con vention of North Carolina. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:00 a. m. Friday until the hour of the funo'al^ Known far and wide as a preacher of great power. Dr. Hart had aehleved national fame as an evancellst, pastor and church builder. At the time of his death he was pas- torlng the local diureh for the second tme. His first pastorate was begun in 1833 and con tinued for several years when he gave it up to accept work elsewhere. In 1847 when the church was again without a minister. Rev. Hart a^aln ac cepted the call. Under his leadership a beauti ful new church structure was erected at a cost of approximate ly $100,000. In addition the membership and spiritual life of the church have grown until it is considered one the leading in Durham. In addition to his work as pastor of this church, he was a great cItIc and educational leader. At the time of his death he was Grand Chaplain Masonic Lodge of the Juris diction of North Carolina, and a member of the Executive Committee of General Con ventions of the state, also a member of the Executive Board of Interdenominational Ministers Conference, Hamp ton Institute, HampUm, Vir ginia; Charman of the Evanxe- llstic Board of General Bap tist State CMtventton of North (Please turn to Page Eight) Two Local Pupils Win NCC Awards Two students of Eastman High School, Enfield, were among the sixteen winners of James E., Shepard Memorial Scholarships, it was announc ed this week by Miss Ruth Rush, chairman of the Shep ard Scholarship Committee.' Hillside High School also placed two winners in the contest. . Catherine M. Boone and Kenneth Copeland, both sen iors at Eastman, will be among recipients of $3,200 in awards to help them in their first year at the ‘college the iatfe Dr. Shepard founded forty three years ago. Hillside High School winners were Kenneth Gregory and Bar bara Lumpkin. Another outstanding student winner was Portia Burt of the Central High School, Hills boro. Miss Burt won one of Shepard grants, one week and she came back the foltowing week to win the annual Home Economics Department scho- lanAip. Other Shepard award winners are Jessie J. Bass, Carver High School, Mount Olive; Helen Ca- baniss, Cleveland High School, Shelby; Gladys Chavis, R. L. Vann High School, Ahoskie; Thelma Hicks, Shawtown High School, Lillington; Hugh A. House, Dillard High School, Goldsboro; Therlon Joyner, Phillips High School, Battleboro; James Potts, Huntersville High School, Huntersville; Clemmie Strayhorne, Trenton; Irvin Strowd, Dudley High School, Greensboro; Connie Watson, Price High School, Salisbury; and Shirley Williams, Chatham High School, Siler City. A 57 year old crippled shoe-, the ordinary” in Boyd’s manner maker blew («f most of his i Tuesday morning, .Holman said face here last Tuesday moni- I (Please turn to Page Eight) ing with a shot gun blast be cause of report^ “financial worries.” Archie B. Boyd, operator of the Friendly Shoe Shop here for several years, died at Lin coln Hospital Tuesday morh- ing around 11:10 o’clock, some fifteen minutes after his arrival there. A note found by investigating officers at the Boyd home at 501 Saint Joseph Street, scrawled in pencil on the back of an envelope said in part, “Dear wife. 1 can’t control myself—please forgive and God. will . . County Coroner Dr. R. A. Har- ton termed the shooting suicide. Boyd shot himself in the tiny fuel storage basement of his home Tuesday morning around 10:30. Neighbors who heard the shot gun blast and discovered him in the basement said that his wounds are an “awful, bloody mess.” Most of them were so shocked by the sight of his wounds, which they described as gore dripping from the top of his nose across nis chest, that they were unable to talk coherently to officers who investigated the shooting. One uidentified witness said that the inside of Boyd’s face hung down around his chest like “bloody whiskers.” Patrolman B. H. McClary, one of the officers who arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting, said that the sight of Boyd’s wounds caused some upset stomachs among those who were at the hospital accident entrance when he ar rived. omcers McCtary anff Barnes said that Boyd apparent ly rested the barrel of the .12 guage shot gun under his chin and used a small stick, which they found in the basement, to pull the trigger. The victim’s wife, Mrs. Ange lina Boyd, was so overcome by shock at the news of her hus band’s death that she had to be put to bed under a physician’s care. Boyd gave no indication of his contemplated suicide up until the time of the actual shooting Tuesday. Willie Holman, one of the workers at the shoe shop on the comer of Glenn Street and Alston Avenue, said that he didn't notice anything “out of REV. CHARLES JONES Ousted Cleric Of Chapel Hill Here Sunday The Reverend Charles Jones, former pastor of the (Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, wUl be the vesper speaker at 4:30 Sunday afternoon. May 3. Jones is now serving as area director for the Save-the ChlN dren Foundation, Kingsport. Tenn. Dr. J. Neal Hughley. college minister at NCC, will preside at the service Sunday aft ernoon. A special musical pro gram will be given dtu^g the service. Jones is a native of Nash ville, Tenn. He has studied at various tunes at Maryville College in Tennessee, at Col lege University, and at Union Theological Seminary in Rich mond, Va. The minister pastored the Presbyterian Church in Chap el Hill from 1941 to 1953. Prior to tha ttime he served as Prior to that time he served as churches near Charlottesville, Va. Jones has been a leader in the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen for several years and he is now serving as the organixatlon’s general chair- ASHEVILLE POUTICAL SCENE Two Race Candidates Lose Bids For Council BY HUGH A. JOHNSON TIMES Western North Carolina Bureau ASHEVILLE Dr. Robert M. Hendrick and Victor Stanley McDowell, Negro candidates for city council in the April 21 Demo cratic and Republican primar ies, respectively, were defeat ed in their bids for nomina tion, both men running last in their resp»ective primaries. A heavier than usual turn out of some 9,000 votes went to the polls to nominate seven candidates in each party. Dr. Hendrick polled 3,974 votes of the 8,700l Democratic votes cast, while McDowell received 162 votes of the less than 250 votes cast in the Republican primary. Dr. Hendrick, local dentist and civic worker, running as an Independent Democratic candidate In a field of thirteen candidates, failed to carry a single precinct in the clty- wlde election, although be ran wdl in scvMral of the. pre dominately white • populated VICTOR McDOWELL precincts. Of the approximate ly 9,6tO votes cast. It is esti mated that some 2,58t Negroes turned out for the primary. Total Nexro voter registration is about 3,800. Si^_of the incumbents repre senting the “Administration” ticket were renominated on the Democratic ticket, while the “Anti - administration” forces succeeded in getting one of its number nominated. Nomination in the Democra tic Primary Is tantamount to electiott in this normally De- moeratle city. M»y 12 Is the date of the general electioa. In commenting on tlie election and Dr. Hendrick’s unsuccessful candidacy, Hendrick’s Campaign Manager, Attorney Ruben J. Dailey stated that he thou(ht Dr. Hendrick went doUrn in “glori ous defeat,” and that the result clearly showed that a Negro could be elected. For the seven plaesB m tiM Republican ticket, tkan wme eight eaadMatas wMi iMNt* iPlease turn to Pace BigM)
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