NEGRO GIRLS
CHARGE APEX COP
PAY NO MORE
Hie Negro popnlatlon of North Carolina !■ the
Urfeat In the United State*, belns over one mil
lion. The Meehanios and Farmen Bank la the
largest tnstitatlon of its kind In the United
owned and operated by Negroes. ^^iodioal Dept
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VOLUME SI—NUMBBB 18
DUHHAM, NOBTH CABOLINA, SATUBDAY, MAX 1, I»54
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3,000 Boy Scouts To Camp At Whispering Pine
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URGES BAN ON JIM CROW HOSPITALS
Two Teen-agers Barely
Escape Criminal Assault
Of Drunken Police Chief
By L. E. AUSTIN
Publisher Carolina Times
—It is midnight, April 26.1 have just left
the little town of Apex, North Carolina where I have
finally wound up an all-day investigation into one of
the most sordid cases of police corruption it has been
mine to make in the more than a quarter of a century
of my newspapering.
It will be remembered that Apex is the same town
where less than 60 days ago the chief of police, Sam
Bagwell, brutally beat into unconsciousness a Negro,
Alfred Scott, after ordering him to st^ his car. It will
also be remembered that this same chief of police shot
to death two Negroes in the Apex jail on May 10,
1952. He was absolved of the killing offense and is
awaiting the outcome of the brutal beating of Scott.
This time Chief BagweU went
on anotheif Of Rls all tOo frequent
rampages and attempted to
criminally assault two young
Negro girls after placing them
under a supposedly arrest last
Sunday morning.
According to Misses Minnie
Lee Smith, age 16 and sister,
Lucille, age 13, Bagwell came
-to tinmn of ttintr Mm
Everett Smith early last Sun
day morning after being caU-
ed to qneU a disturbance near
there, growing out of a fight
between two young men who
had attended a birthday party
given for the older girl by her
aunt.
When he arrived at the home
in his car, according to state
ments given by persons on the
scene at the time, a young white
man and a girl were sitting on
the front seat with liim and a
young Negro girl, Mamie Burt,
age al)out 19, was lying on the
back seat dnmk. BagweU got
out of the car with the front of
his trousers unfastened and stag
gered to the house in an appar
ent drunken condition. After go
ing inside witl^ut being Invit
ed, be began talking to several
of the occupants. Including Mrs.
Smith.
According to Mrs. Smith
Chief BagweU taislsted that
she get her niece, IMUnnle Lee
for him and that If she did he
could look out for her or
words to that effect. Mrs.
I -j^th stated further that Bag-
*' well attempted or pretended
to write the names of several
persons in the home on a sheet
of paper but apparently was
so Intoxicated he was unabled
to do so. When she refused to
bargain with him over her
nieces, he insisted and stated
that the older girl Is 16 and
"she ought to be able to take
me.”
After talkmg with several oc
cupants of the home BagweU left
without maldng any arrests but
returned about 20 or 30 minutes
later without any one else in
the car. Without being invited
he again entered the home where
he asked Mrs. Smith if she was
going to get the older girl Minnie
Lee, for him. When she refused,
he threatened to arrest her and
the girls. Mrs. Smith stated that
when her young son, Latta, 14,
protested BagweU told him to
"shut up before I put a 38 buUet
between your damn eyes.” After
being unable to force Mrs. Smith
to get the girls for him Bagwell
ordered them to get In his car.
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NHA Conference
Slated For North
Carolina College
The program for the annual
meeting of the New Homemak
ers of America State Convention
was announced here last night
by Mrs. Marie C. Moffitt, State
Advisor.
Some 3,802 members of the
state’s 137 chapters have been
invited to the all-day session
in North Carolina College’s
Men’s Gymnasium, on Satur
day, May 1.
Registration begins in the
gymnasium at 9:30 Saturday
morning.
The Misses Patricia Johnson
and Ann Hut will present a
musical prelude during the
registration period.
President Ernestine Taylor,
Harnett High School senior of
Dunn, wiU serve as chairman
during the opening session. State
officers and delegates wiU be
presented at this time.
Victor Dunbar, State NFA
president, and Dr. Alfonso
Elder, president of North Car-
lina CoUege, will extend
greetings to the group.
Other participants during the
morning session include . Mable
Simons, state secretary, Doris
Edwards, treasurer; Florence
Spease, delegates to the North
Carolina Family Council; Mar
garet Tyson, state historian; and
Rivers Millner, state song lead
er.
Miss Ada Jamagln, super
visor of music, Balelgh, wUl
be presented by Miss Millner.
Miss Jamagln afterwards wlU
lead the convention In group
singing.
The presentation of candidates
for national office wiU foUow
the singing.
A fashion review and recog
nition of guests and honorary
members will be the final
items on the morning session.
A picnic luncheon and recrea
tion wiU be held between 11:30
a. m. and 1:30 p. m.
The state officers and ad
visers who will be Installed at
the close of the session are:
Vivian Murfree, president;
liosa Outecbridge, vice-presi
dent; Marian Morris, secretary;
Elmo Wylie, treasurer; Mattie
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Society To Go
All-Out For
Haile Selassie
NEW YORK
Top society, which loves
royalty. Is reported to be going
all-out to entertain Emperor
Haile Selassie when he arrives
here in June on express In-
vistatlon of President Elsen
hower.
For hts two to three weeks
stay, several big parties are
being planned for him and one
definitely is going to be stag
ed in Manhattan at the Unit
ed Nations.
Wants Negroes Admitted
To Institutions Getting
Federal Funds.For Aid
The above photos are those of
Misses Minnie Lee Smith, 16,
and her ■ sister, LmIU*,**!},
who charge that Chief «f Po
lice Sam BagweU attempted
to criminally assault them ear
ly last Sunday morning when
he took them from their home
under the pretense of arresting
them. Bagwell is previously
charg^ with brutally beating
anethM Na«r«,. Alftw4 -Seott
into unconsciousness on March
6. Hearing for the offense has
been set for the May term of
Superior Court in Balelgh. No
charges were ever brought
against the girls by Bagwell.
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In History Expected April 20 May 3
The largest Boy Scout Cam-
poree in the history of this
area will be held this week
end, April 30, May 1 and 2
when over 3,000 Scouts from
the 12 counties extending
from the Virginia border to
Fayetteville come together
for the 1954 Occoneechee
Council Camporee at Camp
Whispering Pines.
The Camporee climaxes the
spring camping program for
the Council’s 414 Scout Units
after many weeks of practice
camping trips by individual
Troops on which the Scouto im
proved their techniques of tent
pitching, cooking, knot tying,
signalling, and lashings.
From Friday afternoon un-
iU Sunday morning, Patrols
and Troops of Scouts wlU be
busUy engaged in a program
designed to Improve their
camping skills, to make new
friends, and to benefit from
the association with the thon-
sands of Scouts.
The Camporee is really ten
Camporees in one. The Scouts In
each of the CouncU’s ten Dis
tricts comprising the Occonee
chee Coimcil will l>e separately.
All of the Scouts wlU come to
gether for only a few occasions
such as Sunday reUgious obser
vances, Scoutcraft competition,
and the big Saturday night
campfire.
Parenta are especlaUy in
vited to attend on Saturday,
May 1, when Scoutcraft cham
pionships wiU be sought after
by the top Patrols In each «f
the District Ciunps. At 4:30 the
entire Camporee will gather to
watch the best- Patrols from
each District compete tor the
Council championships. The
competition for exeellenoe
should be terrific, as the 0«-
coneechee Council wsa recog
nised Just last week as the top
Connell In the whole South-
eastj,
Chris Hamlet, officer of the
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More Than 1000 Parents Expected
At A&T Mothers Day Observance
GREENSBORO
More ttian 1,000 parents of
A&T CoUege students are ex
pected to attend the annual ob
servance of Mothers’ Day to be
held here for a fuU day on Sun
day, May 0.
According to William H. Gam
ble, dean of men and chairman
of the observance committee, the
total attendance wiU certainly
eclipse last year’s record of 923.
He bases his estimate oq the
large number of acceptances to
the invitation sent out by' Dr.
F. D. Bluford, president of the
coUege, which began pouring in
early last week.
The visitors wiU have oppor
tunity to see, first hand, how
tiieir sons and daughters study
and Uve at A&T. At the conclud
ing program for the day, the
entire campus will have open
house. AU domitories depart
ments and facilities will be open
for inspection and faculty mem
bers wiU be on hand to explain
their programs and discuss in
dividual student problems.
Special honors wUl be given
visiting mothers. The Air Force
and Army ROTO units at the
coUege will perform a ceremon
ial review in their honor and one
wiU be selected as “Mother of
the Year,” receiving special
recognition. AU visiting parents
wiU be guesta at luncheon with
their sons and daughters.
Mrs. Vivian Carter Mason,
Norfolk, Va., president of the
National CouncU of Negro Wo
men, wiU deUver the principal
address at the morning worship
service beginning at 11 o’clock.
A professional social worker for
more than 25 years, Mrs. Mason
served as secretary to Y. W. C.
A. organizations in Baltimore,
Brooldyn cmd Norfolk.
In 1941 she was appointed di
rector of the Division of Social
Service in New York City. An
ardent civic worker, she organ
ized the Norfolk chapter of the
National Coucil of Negro Wo
men, is a member of the board
of directors of the ChUd and
Family Service and member of
the National Committee for the
Improvement of Nursing Ser
vices. She was elected to her
present position in 1953. Mrs.
Mason wiU be introduced by Dr.
Bluford.
Music for the program will l>e
furnished by, both, the coUege
choir under the direction of
Howard T. PearsaU and the sym
phony band under the baton of
Walter F. Carlson, Jr.
AME'S Plan For
1956 General
Session In Fla.
COLUMBIA
Tentative plans for the
1956 General Conference of
the African Methodist Epis
copal Church were set up
April 8 and 9 at a special ses
sion of the Committee on Pre
liminary Arrangments held in
Miami the selected site for
the 1956 sessions.
Bishop Frank Madison Beld,
chairman of the General Con
ference Commission who pre
sided over the two day ses
sion of the Committee on Pre
liminary Arrangmeenta an
nounced that the famous
“Dinner Key Auditorium” of
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Negro Lawyers
Form New
Association
At a meeting held In the
Masonic BuUding in Durham,
North Carolina, on Friday, April
23, an assembly of practicing
Negro attorneys in North Caro
lina formed and organized an
association dedicated to the pur
pose of elevating the proficiency
and professional standing of
members of (he association and
increasing their service to the
community. The organization
was named the North Carolina
Lawyers Association, and mem
bership in the organization is
open to all persons admitted to
practice before the bar of any
state who are residents of North
Carolina.
Practicing attorneys from
over a wide area of the state at
tended the initial organizational
meeting. Among those signing
the register of attorneys present
were: E. R. Avant of Durham;
McKinley Battle and Harvey
Beech, of Kinston; Charles Bell,
of Charlotte; Robert Bond, of
Wilmington; W. Frank Brower,
E. H. Gadsden and C. J. Gates,
of Durham; Mitchell Gadsden, of
Clinton; Harry E. Groves, of
Fayetteville; Milton E. Johnson,
of Durham; J. Kenneth Lee, of
Greensboro; WilUam Marsh and
Floyd B. McKissick, of Durham;
Samuel S. MitcheU, of Raleigh;
Richard Powell, of GreenviUe;
John H. Rennick of Wadesboro;
Herman L. Taylor, of Raleigh;
M. Hugh Thompson of Durham;
William O. Warner, of Rocky
Mount; and Thomas Wyche, of
Charlotte.
Tliree temporary officers were
chosen by the group to steer the
organization pending the report
of a Committee on Constitution
and By-laws. Herman L. Taylor,
of Raleigh, was elected Chair
man; Floyd B. McKissick, of
Dtwiiam. Secretary; and MUton
E. Johnson, of Durham, Treas-
lu'er.
The next meeting of the asso
ciation is scheduled for 2:00 p.
m., Saturday, June 12, in Dur
ham.
M. HUBBARD, SB
DR. J. M. HUBBARD, JR.
Two local dentist have been
accepted to enroll in a series
of post graduate courses spon
sored by the University of
North Carolina’s CoUege of
Dentistry it was learned here
this week.
The above men: Dr. J. M.
Hubbard, Sr., an|.. Dr. J. M.
Hubbard, Jr. are believed to
be the first Negroes to be ac
cepted for this post-gradnate
training sponsored by the Uni
versity.
The classes are held in the
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh
twice a montk and will in
clude, child miuiagement, X-
ray interpretation, oral and
dental surgny, latest methods
of plate constraction, pyorrhea
management, crown and
bridge constmctloii.
Home Demonstration Club Women
To Meet At A&T College April 30
WASHINGTON
Testifying before the Sen
ate Subcommitte on Health,
Clarence Mitchell, director of
the Washington Bureau of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, urged the inclusion of
clauses prohibiting discrimi
nation against Negro profes
sional men and women and
patients in the Health Act
providing federal funds for
the dvelopment of hospital
facilities.
Mr. Mitchell’s appearance
before the subcommittee on
April 21 followed an appeal
tlie previous week by Di. W.
Montague Cobb to Negro phy
sicians urging them to contribute
|100 each to the NAACPs Fight
for Freedom Fund “to banisl^
discrimination from health
areas.” Dr. Cobb is professor of
anatomy at the Howard Univer
sity Medical School and chair
man of the NAACP’s national
health committee.
charged that “a reeeat r«llB(
by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hefeky,
secretary of the Depatftmait
of Health, Education and Wel
fare, has the effect of fonlBC
colored people to dlserlmia«to
against colored doeton la
or of white doctors.”
He based his cliarge on Mza.
Hobby’s refusal to withhold ttd-
eral funds fora hospital in Hou»-
ston, Texas, which denies staff
privileges to Negro doctan
‘■forcing them to cnannel their
patients tiirough white doctors
if such patients are to be ad
mitted to the hospital. A similar
i policy is followed in Birming-
; ham which has received a fed
eral grant for the clearance of a
slum area on which to develop
a medicai center, he asserted.
“We believe it is only lair,”
the NAACP spokesmen told
the committee members, “that
any hospital which receives
money collected from aU of
the people throughout tk*
country as taxes should k*
willing to open ita doors to pa
tients, physicians, nurses a»4
other medical persons wlthoid
regard to race, rellgltm or na
tional origin.”
He asked that language t>e in
corporated into the Health Act
prohibiting segregation of or
other discrimination against Ne
gro patients and requiring “that
no qualified physician, nurse, or
other medical person shaU be de
nied the use of facilies because
of race, religion or national
orgin.”
GREENSBORO
More than 600 home demon
stration club women are expect
ed to attend the one-day meet
ing of the Western District Coun
cil to l>e held here at A&T Col
lege on Friday, AprU 30.
According to Mrs. D. F. Lowe,
western dtotrict home agent,
representatives from 19 coun-
Ues In this section of the state
wlU be OB hand for the event.
Mrs. LiUiian^JPerry, Chatham
County, president of the or
ganization, wiU president over
the morning session which
features a welcome address by
Dean W. T. Gibbs of A&T Col
lege, and a panel discussion on
Nutrition Education As I See
It.” Panel participants include:
Mrs. Rosalie Wyatt, Charlotte,
supervisor, Mecklenburg Coun
ty School; Mrs. Bessie Ramseur,
A&T Extension foods and nutri
tion specialist; Mrs. Annie M
Fllmore, Durham County home
maker; Barbara Caviness, Cas
well County student; Mrs. Jose
phine Clanton, Raleigh, area
school lunch supervisor and Mias
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First 4-H Club
Round-Up Set
For Nashville
NASHVUXK
The first annual 4-H Chib
Round-up wiU be held at Narii-
viUe, Saturday, May 1. Om of
the highlighta of the propam
wiU be a parade of 4-H ChilM
scheduled to start'at lOKW a. m.
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