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Wedding Ends In Near Tragedy
Ute Negro popalaUon et North Carolina li
more than one million, the largest of anjr atate In
the nation. More Negroes own their homes per
eaplta In Dnrham than anywhere else In the
United States. The largest bank owned and
operated by Negroes anywhere in the world is
located in Dnrham. Ont of a total Negro popula
tion of aroond 27,Mt, Dnrham has over 9,0ll
Negro voters.
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for Thirty-One Years The OutUanding fFeekiy Of The CaroUHtOM
■ntered as lecond Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, Ncrth Quolina, under Aet of Marsh S. lS7t.
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DURHAM. NOBTH CABOUNA, 8ATUBDAT, APRIL 1,1954
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UND»IAXB!-P/tSTOR'S POlO
NO BODY, NO FUNERAL IN HIS CHURCH
Sboion are port of the approx
imately 500 NAACP repretent-
ative* who heard Clarence Mite-
all, NAACP-official, declare that
voter* “Mtut look at the record
and not the pandidate” before
catting their ballots in the com-
i*0 election*. Mitchell presented
the voting record of Tar Hell
representatives in Washington
and some voters expressed" sur
prise” when they viewed it..
Kelly M. Alexander, N. C.
NAACP president at left, front,
kneeling. Third man kneeling is
John D. Williams of Spring
Hope, N. C., famous for the bus
segregation suit he won. Stand
ing, left (.light suit) is N. L.
Gregg, Greensboro, state treas
urer.
—Photo by J. B. Barren
Two Sent To Hospital
Result Shotgun Blast
From Jealous Woman
A “King Solomon Wedding”
ended in a near tragedy here
Tuesday night wtien a Jealousy-
raged woman fired a shotgun
blast into an automoble in which
five or six people were seated
in front of the W. D. Hill Rec-
creation Center located at 1308
F*y#ttevUle street, the
play had Just a few moments be
fore been enacted. As a result
of the shooting two people were
hospitalized and three otliers
barely escaped serious injury.
Herman Johnson, 506 Colfax
Sti«et, might not liave l>een the
star in the “wedding" but be
was the most seriously wounded
person in the group, ail of whom
had either attended the “wed
ding” as participants or specta
tors. According to reports from
Lincoln Hospital wliere Johnson
was taken immediately after th^
shooting he suffered severe
wounds in both legs from a shot
gun in the Iianda of Rebecca
Jaclcson. Interviewed on the
emergency room table, .Johnson
told a Times representative tiiat
he and Miss Jackson were sweet
hearts. Miss Jackson resides at
an unidentified Picket Street ad
dress. Immediately following the
shooting, she was arrested and
placed in Jail on two charges of
assault and battery with intent
to kill both her lover and Blrs.
Elveta Monroe who was seated
in the car with Jotmson and
several other spectators and i>ar-
ticipants in the “wedding.”
Mrs. Monroe, who is the wile
of E. A. (Pee Wee) Monroe,
owner and operator of a local
shoe repair shop, is tlie mother
of three cliildren wd is expect
ing another in J^e. She was
sprayed with several shots in
her knee, but was later released
from the hospital when the
wounds did not appear to be of
a serious nature.
Accordin^o information from
several persons at the scene of
the shooting Miss Jackson, clad
only in a house coat or bath
robe, waited outside the Rec
reation Center where the Amey
Jubilee Singers and the Charity
Singers, both Durham groups,
were staging a church benefit
performance. When it was over
and most of the spectators liad
departed, except for members of
the cast, she bided her time in
the dark when Johnson, her con
fessed lover for four years, caine
out of the building with several
of the performers and got into
his car, reported to hav« tieen
• 1947 Chevrolet.
Before Johnson could drive
off Min Jackson is alleged to
have ordered tho passengeri to
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DB. THOMAS K. CURBTON DB. LEONARD A. LARSON
Two Noted Physical. Education
Speal(ers Heard At N. C. College
Two outstanding addresses
were delivered at North Caro
lina College Friday, March 26,
at the closing activities of the
National Research Ii^tute and
Worlcshop in Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation. One
address was given by Dr. Leon
ard A. Larson, chairman of the
Department of Physical Edu
cation, Health, and Recreation
at New York University.
Dr. Lawson is author of three
well-imown books in the field:
“The Physiology of Exercise,”
“Measurement and Evaluation in
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation Education,” and
“Problems in Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation.’'
The second out-of town speak
er at the worluhop was Dr.
Thomas Kirk Cureton, director
of the Physical Fitness Labor
atory at the University of Illi
nois. Dr. Ciireton, a man slightly
over SO has published more than
250 research articles in the field,
and he has written or contribut
ed to 20 books.
During the last day of the
worluhop, two of the other fea
tures were: the creative activi-.
ties conducted by Miss Virginia
Gregory and the square and folk
dances directed by lionnie Po
well of the North Carolina Rec
reation Conunisiion. Approxi
mately 500 persons attended the
sessions, including students from
the secondary schools who took
part in practical aspects of the
program.
The National R^earch Inatl-
tut* and Workshop in health will
be conducted in the future as a
joint project of white and Negro
colleges and universities offer
ing a major in health, physical
education, and recreation.
Medic Auxiliary
On Woman's Club
Honor Roll
The Womim’s Auxiliary to
the Old North State Medical
Society is among 250 clubs of
the pa^n to^bo listed on the
Honor Roll of Wonum’s Cluibs
for 1954 in the current issue of
the Woman’s Home Companion.
The recognition resulted from
articles and clippings of local
state activities sent to the
magazine by a former State
Auxiliary ofUcer, Mrs. J. J. Han
nibal.
Local auxiliaries are quite
significant in their respective
coRununities. Their activities
sometimes include the sponsor
ship of charm schools for nurses,
the beautification of various
wards of hdspitals, distributions
to the indigent, contributions to
the Young Women’s Christian
Associations and service to all
national fund raising campaigns.
On the ?tate level the Auxili
ary has as its project, the train
ing of a mental liyglenist and
nationally, the Auxiliary con'
tributes to ttie Alma Wells Giv
ens scholarsliip fund, wliich is
awarded annually to some wor
thy graduate student regardless
of race, color or creed.
Mrs. M. B. Davis of High
Point Is president of the State
Auxiliary.
McCarthy Says
Moss Case "Not
Yet Closed"
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Despite the Pentagon’s rein
stating of Mrs. Annie Lee Moss
to her Signal Corps supply room
job, Senator Joseph McCarthy,
who has used Mrs. Moss as a
pawn in his dispute with the
Army, now refuses to accept tiie
Army “acquittal” in effect and
has annoonced ttiat her case: “Is
by no nAcans closed and there
will be additional evidences in
open hearings.”
As far as the Army Is concern
ed, however, Mrs. Moss is no
communist as Senator McCarthy
had charged as he accused her
of being a member of the Com^
munist Party.
Meanwhile, prior to the an
nouncement' .of the Pentagon,
Mri. Moss had been called back
wi^ hjtr Uwyer, George S. C,^
Bifyes. They both went to the
office oi Singal Corps C!hief
Counsel John E. Pemice and he
escorted them to Criminal In
vestigation Division offices for
a short conference.
According to Hayes, the Army
“called us over for information
to clarify some things in their
minds that came up at the Sen
ate hearing.” He said he thought
that this conference “seems to
wind it up.” Thus the rumor
leaked out even before the Pen
tagon announcement tfaAt Mrs.
Moss would be reinstated.
Both Mrs. Moss and the Army
had insisted ttiat she was not a
“code clerk” as the Senator
from Wisconsin had charged
Rather she sat at a transmitting
machine. Rolls of tape with
coded messages punched into
them were placed where she
could reach them and then fed
into the transmitting machine.
Someone else at the other end of
the machine took the still un
decipherable messages out.
Pastor Turns Deaf Ear To
Pleas Of Family When Not
Allowed As Undertaker
Shown above is the picture of
the late Miss ..Framks Elliot,
whose funeral it is reported the
Rev. N. A. Trice would not
preach nor allow to be held in
his fhitrch unlets the bod|/ was
funeralized by the Trice and
Mims Funeral Home of which
the Rev.' Trice is reported to be
part owner. The photo at the
right is that of Rev.. Trice, the
undertaker-preacher and pastor
of Gethsemane, -the church
where the fmnfral was schedul
ed to have been held.
Durham Bonk Makes Big
Gains In National Rating
The Mechanics and Farmers
Bank of Durham and Raleigh has
risen 364 places on the list of
3,300 leading United States
Banks since 1950, according to
M. C. Martin, president of the
National Bankers’ Association.
Blartin, head of the nation’s
clutin of 14 banks operated by
Negroes, advised John H. Wheel
er, president of the Mechanics
and Farmers Btok, of the prog
ress of the Durham and Raleigh
banks.
Martin’s letter was confirmed
by Upton E. Liptrott vice presi
dent of the American Banker
in a telegram to Wheeler on
March 10. Liptrott praised the
Mechanics and Farmers “terrific
gain upward on American Bank
ers’ annual roll call of larger
banks of the United States.”
A listing of the 3300 leading
U. S. Banks was published in the
American Banker early thin
year.
The Mechanics and Farmers
Bank recently occupied a n«w
$100,000 drive-in branch bank
in the tliickly settled Hayti
section of Duriiam.
The bank was founded in Dur
ham in 1908. Wlieeler succeed
the late Dr. C. C. Spaulding as
president on August 14, 1952'
following Dr. Spaulding’s death
on August 1 1952.
Martin’s letter to Wheeler
stated: “I have just noticed in
the American Banker in the list
of the 3300 largest banks in the
United States in order of depos
its on December 31, 1953, the
name of your bank as the 3290th
In size, having risen 364 places
from the 3654th place in 19S0.
This, I think, speaks excellently
for you and your assocUte, as it
shows that you are growing far
beyond the average bank in our
country.
“It is the first time that our
people have had listed one of
their banks among the first 3300
in size in the country and I
certainly wanted to congratu-
-CORRECTION-
The Statement of the March 27 issue of The CAROLINA
TIMES erroneously attributed the distribution of $3,000,000
worth of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Wash
ington Coins throughout the United States, by the Jos. Schlits
Brewing Company. This actually should have read, “$300
worth of these coins are being distributed throughout the
Durham trade area.” If this distribution proves feasible
other trade areas may follow.
We Don't Deliver To 'Niggers'"
Says Upchurch Florist To Woman
late you on this. Your dq;>osits
of $6,315,036.00 are, I believe,
the most that one of our banks
has ever before been able to
repwt.”
In addition to Wheeler, the
president, the bank’s other offi
cers are: Dr. Clyde Donnell,
cliairman df the Board of Di
rectors; E. R. Merrick, vice pres
ident; G. W. Cox, vice pres
ident; L. E. McCauley, vice prw.
ident; J. E. Strickland, vice pres
ident and manager of Raleigh
Branch; I. O. Funderburg, cash
ier; Vivian Rogers, assistant
casliier; and J. Scarborough,
Jr., assistant trust officer.
The members of the Board of
Directors are: G. W. Cox, Dr.
Clyde Donnell, R. N. Harris, C.
A. Haywood, W. J. Kennedy, Jr.,
L. E. McCauley, E. R. Ileriidc,
T. D. Parliam, J. C. Scarborough
Sr„ A. T. Spaulding, C. C.
Spaulding, Jr., J. S. Stewart, J.
E. Strickland, and J. H. Whacler.
Mrs. Jane Avant
Succumbs At
Local Hospital
Mrs., Jane Elizabeth Dudley
Avant, widow of the late Dr.
George W. Avant, died at Lin
coln Hospital here Tuesday,
March 30 at 3:45 P. M., foUow-
ing a brief illness, following a
cerebral hemorhage which she
suffered early Tuesday morn
ing.
Sunday Mrs. Avant complain
ed of a pain in the back of the
head but upon awaking Mon
day morning stated that she
felt better. Early Tuesday morn
ing her condition grew worse,
however, and she was finally
rushed to the hospitaL
Mrs. Avant was a member of
the Covenant Presbyterian
Church for a long number of
years and during the lifetime of
her hiuband, who was a Prea-
byterian minister, was very
active in church work.
The funeral was scheduled to
be held Friday at the Covoumt
Presbyterian Church here on
the comer of Lincoln and
ey Avenue. The Rev. J. W
Smith, pastor will officate.
Surviving Mrs. Avant ar«
two sons; Dr. Frank Avant of
Rocky Mount aitd Attorney K.
R. Avant of Duiham; and two
daughter! Mr*. Thelma Coward
Waidiington, D. C.; and Mra.
Jane Nelaon of Prinea% Ann,
The Mrs. J. L. Upchurch Flor
ists doeg not deliver flowers to
‘niggers” the Carolina Times
was informed here Wednesday
by Mrs. J. L. Upchurch whose
firm bears her name.
Disclosure of the above fact
came to light here when the
Times classified solicitor in
quired of Mrs. Upchurch by tele
phone if she intended doing any
advertising of flowers for Easter.
Not knowing the solicitor was a
Negro Mrs. Upchurch informed
the Times representative that
she iiad a delivery service,
whereupon she stated that her
regular delivery boy was in Ko
rea but Uiat she intended to
hire additional help during the
holidays.
Intending to mention the Ne
gro market in Durham and its
coverage by the Times, Mrs. Up
church was asked If she had any
Negro customers. With tills she
exploded, “niggers”, I don’t de
liver to niggers. They order
flowers but when they arrive,
refuse to pay for them”. At ttiis
point the solicitor queried, is
tiiat so? Mrs. Upchurch tiien re
plied “I liave some good nigger
customers, but 1 make them
come down and get their flowers
and pay for them in advance."
Stiunped for words the solic
itor then hung up.
I^robably the latest innovation
In pastoring a church was
brought to light itere this weak
when it was disclosed tiiat tha
Rev. N. A. Trice, pastor of
Gethsemane Baptist Cimrcii, lo
cated on Enterprise street iiera,
and alleged partner of a local
undertaki,ng establishment
known as Mims and Trice Fun
eral Home, iutd refused to
preach the funeral of one of tlie
members of his church unless
the undertalcing estabiisiunent
with wliich he is connected be
allowed to conduct tiie funeral.
Not only did the undertaker-
pastor refuse to preach tiie fun
eral but would not allow it to
be held in tiis church.
In an interview witn Fred
Watson of 11 E. Enterprise St.
the Times was informed here
Tuesday that ius stepdaughter
Miss Francis Elliott died on
Friday March 19 and tiiat up
family of the deceased were un
der the impression tnat it wou^a
be there until tne Rev.
informed them that he could no|
preach the funeral or cdiow it
to lie held in iiis church unless
the Mims and Trice Funeral
further stated tiiat the Rev.
Trice further stated tiiat he iiad
the fimeral home to bury tiis
members and could not allow liis
daughter’s funeral there other
wise.
In addition to Gettisemane the
undertaker-preacher p a st o r s
Rogers Grove Baptist Church in
Duriiam County, the First Bap
tist Church in Stovall and Union
Ciiapel in Duriiam County. He
is reported to also own a fimeral
home in Fuquay Springs.
Efforts to reach Rev. Trice
at his home and the Mims and
Trice Funeral Home here Tues
day afternoon for a statement
were of no avaU.
Maryland; two sisters Mrs. Ku-
nice Heritage of Bdenton and
Mrs. Carolyn Wilson, Washing
ton, D. C., and severai grand-
childran.
Intarmant will
wood Cemetery.
be at Beach-
Electric Chair
Beckons To
Walter L Inrin
NEW YORK
Tile last plea to save the life
of Walter Lee Irvin, the lone de
fendant in the famous Grova-
land Case who has already died
a thousand deatlis, was rejected
last Tuesday by the Florida Pa
role Board.
As a rsult, Irvin must die for
a crime he swears he never
committed.
He must die in the electiric
ctiair soon unless the Governor
of Florida steps in and commutaa
ills death sentence to life im
prisonment.
It is reported that Governor
Charley E. Jotins will soon name
the day and hour for him to dia.
Irvin, now 27, and three other
Negro youths, Ernest Thomas,
Charles Greenlee and Samuel
Shepherd, were accused by a
Groveland white farm housewUa
of lieating her husband and at
tacking her on the night of July
6, 1949. Ernest Thomas was shot
down and killed by a shcriffa
posse. Greenlee, then 1C, waa
sent to prison for life and Irvia
and Shepherd were “tried” and
sentenced to death In Septem
ber, 1949.
As a result of the alleged
crime tlie entire Negro popwla-
tion of Groveland aitd uaarbjr
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