Eternal Triangle
FUNERAL HELD FOR SLAIN HUSBAND
N. C. College President Urges
Support For Nonsegregation
SCENE OF DUEL—Eye witnesses' of the pistol-knife dael between John Penny, up
per left Insert, and Lawrence C. Jackson, upper right insert, early Monday morning are
shown surveys one of the autos involved in the Fayetteville Street disturbance.
Fenny was killed instantly by bullets from Jackson’s .38 caliber lugger pistol after
Penny forced Jaduson’s car, carrying Mrs. Penny, into the curb. Penny emerged from his
car and began slashing a knife at Jaduon through the window of his car which prompted
Jackson to counter with iiis pistol which was under the seat in his car.
Hundreds Attend Last Rites
Held For Man Killed In
Early Morning Jealous Rage
An early morning slaying
that fairly rocked the Hayti
section of Durham took place
at the intersection of Fay
etteville and Elm Streets here
Monday around 7 a. m. when
a 49-year-old filling station
attendant pumped three slugs
from a .38 German luger in
to the body of a man, whose
wife he stated he was taking
to work.
As a result of the killing
Lawrence C. Jackson, re
sident of 104 E. Enterprise
Street, is being held in Jail
without bond for the mur
der of John W. Peony of
1109 Tayetteville Street.
Penny was shot in the right
hand, the left arm and in the
£ac«- Just below ih& left eye.
U was the shot under the eye
that is believed to have caused
his death.
Several per*o|is on the scene
and near it at the time of the
tracedy, talked with by repre
sentatives of the Tlme^ stated
that prior to the shooting the
oar in which Jackson and Mm.
Marie Penny, wl/e of tlie slain
man, were riding turned sud
denly off Fayetteville Street
west up to Fowler, nortli Into
Mebane, east into St. Joseph,
a one-way street from Mebane
to Fayetteville, with Penny In
such hot pursuit in another
oar, that the Jackson oar dis
regarded the one-way street
sign and drove on into Fay-
ville Street and,turned north
with the car which Penny was
driving still in close pursuit.
When both cars reached the
intersection of Fayetteville and
Elm Streets Penny is reported to
have forced the Jackson car to
the curb just in front of the Fay
etteville Street Branch of the
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
where he imipediately lumped
out of his car, advanced on the
Jackson car and started slashing
at Jackson through the window
with a pocket knife. It was then
that Jackson claimed he reached
under the seat of ills car, got his
gun and started shooting at Pen
ny through the window.
One bullet struck Penny In
the right hand and knocked
the knife from if, another went
In the left arm. The third and
fatal bullet found Its marie un
der the left eye.
•Funeral for Penny was held
here Thursday, June 24 at the
^t. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church,
with the Rev. S. P. Perry, pastor
officiating. In addition to hun
dreds of persons who jammed
and packed the temporaryy lo
cation of the chiurch in the
abandoned Booker T. Theater
building on Pettigrew Street,
hundreds of others, mostly
ciuriosity seekers, were turned
away.
In addition to his wife. Pen
ny is survived by six sisters,
Mrs. Irene WUllams and Mrs.
Mary Frasier of Durham; Mrs.
Ehnette WUlis and Miss Hem-
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LYHCHBURG TEACHER TO SUE
RAILROAD FOR LA. ASSAULT
(Special To The TIMES)
NEW ORLEANS
A Negro teacher who was ta
en up bodily by police and
moved from the railroad coach
in which she was riding while
enroute from Gladewater, Texas
to New Orleans, will bring suit
it was learned here this week.
Miss Lillian Fisher, teacher
of voice at Dillard University
In New Orleans, told a Caro
lina Times representative tha^
she was traveling from Glade
water, Texas, where she had
been to visit her sister, and
that the conductor of the
train ordered'her to tiie half
of the coach, supposedly pro
vided for Negro passengers.
She informed him that she
was an interstate passenger,
whereupon the conductor pro
ceeded to use abusive lang
uage.
MISS LILLIAN FISHER
When the train reached
Shreveport, La., Miss Fish»
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DR. ELDER TELLS
tEACHERS TO
TAKE STAND
COLUMBIA, vS.C.
In direct contrast to his usual
conservative viewpoint, Dr. Al
fonso Elder, president of North
Carolina College at Durham
admonished Negro teachers to
move enthusiastically behind
the U. S. Supreme Court’s ban
against segregated schools and
to work for "the principle of
nonsegregation’’ in all areas of
living.
Dr. Elder’s address was made
at the American Teachers As'-
sociation Region III meeting in
Columbia, S. C. He also pointed
out that Negro ^ucators
should take “high groimd po
sitions” in working for race in
tegration. Areas in which edu
cators can take the lead in the
fight for integration were listed
by the president as a better un
derstanding between white and
Negro teachers, pupils, and pa
rents. He also stressed the need
for educators to put forth more
effort in erasing segregated
housing conditions.
Negroes “should understand
that residential segregation per
petuates educational segrega
tion, that educational segrega
tion in turn promotes social pre
judices, and that social preju
dices lead to further insistence
upon residential segregation,”
Dr. Eider said.
In the area of housing, Dr. El
der maintained tha't the task of
the Negro teacher “is often in
direct. 'fhe attack may be di
rected towoml encouraging shun
clearance, improving work
skills anwng cliildren, encourag
ing higher standards of living
and developing desirable atti
tudes of others toward those
who are compelled to live in
physically undesirable neigh
borhoods.”
Warning the teachers against
laxity in professional progress.
Dr. Eider satd that-the coiirt de
cision removed “the use of se
gregation as an excuse for in
ferior work.” “There is no' long
er any justification for those
who have been inclined to re
lax in' the quality of their per
formance because they were
forever bound, they thought, to
operate in a segregated situa
tion.”
Far Thirty-One Years The OuUtanding Weekiy Of The Carolintu
Entered as Second ClaM Matter at the PMt Office mt Durham, Natth OtrolfaM. under A«t of Mardi S, mt.
VOLUME 31—NUMBER 26
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Fote Of Boy Who Slew
Sheriff Hangs In Balance
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CONDEMNED TO DIE—Orion Nathaniel Johnson,
shown in inset, has been condemned to die in Florida’s elec
tric chair at the state prison farm for the 1951 slaying of
Sheriff Edward Porter of Ocala, Fla., should the Florida
Cabinet Pardon Board not commute his death sentence to
life imprisonment following a plea by his attorney, Ernest
D7 Jacfa6tt~"of Jacltsunville mt Wednesday ef thift weak at
Tallahassee.
Orion is 19 now, but was 16 at the time of the slaying.
His aged mothar, Mrs. Estelle Johnson of Ocala, is shown as
she sits before the board listening to Lawyer Jackson’s
clemency plea for the youth. Jacltson told the board, “If you
electrocute Johnson you will be electrocuting a child.”
LUMBERTON PASTOR NAMED
'Merely A Change Of Jobs,'Says Firs! Negro Teacher NAACP 'MAN OF THE YEAR'
In White Elementary School In North Carolina
NEW BERN
Another first in the history of
the Negro has been made in
North Carolina with* the ap
pointment of Mrs. Winfred E.
Daves as the first Negro teach
er to be employed in a white
school in the State. She began
work at Camp Lejeune’s Child-
m
MRS. W. E. DAVES
rens’ School March 8 as teacher
of the fifth grade.
Mrs. Daves is well prepared
for the job, holding a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Knoxville
College and a Master’s of .Arts
degree from Atlanta University.
She has also studied at North
Carolina College at Durham.
She has had much experience in
teaching as well as having ser
ved as Jeanes Supervisor for
five years.
Mrs. Daves was relieved to
accept the new position by W.
H. Davenport, supervisory prin
cipal of the Greenville City
School system, and J. H. Rose,
superintendent of schools.
At first, she was not readily
accepted, but after about two
weeks in the white environ
ment, she began to gain the fa
vor of the group. She is the only
teacher in the system with a
master’s degree.
The school has been in opera
tion for more than ten years
and .Mrs. Daves is ther first
teacher to take a class on a tour
of the Marine Base. It was re
lated that at the beginning, one
or two children gave a little
trouble in class, but by work
ing with the parents, Mrs. Da
ves now has captured the love
of her students. Her co-workers
also befriended her after a
short time of observing her
achievements.
No major reactions or inci
dents have occurred as the re
sult of Mrs. Daves appointment.
“It was merely a change of
jobs,” Mrs. Daves observed.
The parents have been very co
operative with the new teacher
in both classroom and extra
curricula activities. Gifts pre
sented Mrs. Daves on Mother’s
Day and also at the closing of
school showed the undisputed
appreciation of her work.
There’" are approximately 25
Ne^o children in grades one
through twelve at the school.
Approximately 48 teachers are
on the staff. One Negro girl.
Miss Mary Helen Gray was in
the graauating class of 1854
which was composed of 28 stu
dents. Mrs. Daves is a resident
of 416 Bern Street in New Bern.
GETS NEW POST—Ac
cording to an announce
ment confirmed last week
by Grand Master George
D. Carnes, Lee W. Smith,
Jr. has been appointed
Grand District Deputy of
the 14th District of the
Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge Free and
Accepted Masons Jurisdic
tion of North Carolina.
Prior to his new appoint
ment, Mr. Smith served as
Past Master of Doric No.
28. He is a member of
the burham Consistory, a
Sliriner, and a member of
Saint Joseph’s A. M. E.
Church. He ^ active in civic
and religious organizations
in Durham and is also ex
ecutive director of the John
Avery Boys’ Club.
LUMBERTON
The Rev. E. B. Turner, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Lumberton, was named Robe
son County NAACP “Man of
the Year” by the County
Branch at the monthly meeting
of the organization held Sun
day, June 20, at the Lumberton
Church.
Rev. Mr. Turner, a graduate
of Shaw University and the
School at Religion, holds the
A.B. and B.D. degrees. He is re
cording secretary for the North
Carolina Conference of NAACP
branches, recording secretary
for the Shaw Theological
Alumni Association, and a vice-
president of the Shaw National
Alumni Association.
The honoree serves as assis
tant secretary of the Board of
Missions of the General Baptist
State Convention of North
Carolina, and is president of the
Ministerial Board of the Lum
ber River Baptist Association.
Rev. Mr. Turner, recommen-
N. C. Listed As
One Of States
Bowing To Court
ATLANTA, GA.
North Carolina, one of the
17 states now practicing seg
regation in schools, was list^
by the United Press as being
ready and willing to work out
ways and means whereby its
school system could be gear
ed to comply with the recent
ruling of the United States
Supreme Court.
The UP released a poll on
the 17 states and showed
only Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and South Caro-
oiina were working on
plans to try to circumvent
the order of the high court.
Interested North Carolin
ians feel that the poll was
based on the recent decision
of the North Carolina Board of
Education whose governor, Wil
liam B. Umstead, said at the out
set that he was terribly disap
pointed at the decision, but
bolstered the hopes of democra
tic citizens, when he said that
it had been decided by the su
preme court and that this was
not a time for rash decisions, but
should be approached by every
citizen of the state with calm
ness and much thought.
The North Carolina governor
is known to have told his
Board of Education that it
was their responsibility and
was satisfied with the recent
statement made by the Board
that due to the fact tlMt the
Supreme Court had not im
plemented its decision on how
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
The fate of Orion Natiianiel
Johnson, youthful Ocala, Flori
da Negro, still in his teens, rests
with the Florida Cabinet Par
don Board, which heard pathe
tic and dramatic pieas recently
by Ernest D. Jackson. Jackson
ville attorney, who, on behalf of
Johnson, begged the board to
commute the youth’s death .sen
tence in Florida’s elccuw coair
at Raiford to a life sentence.
After hearing the eloquent
plea made by Lawyer Jackson,
brilliant Negro lawyer, appoint
ed by the Independent Civic
and Religious Association of
Jacksonville, the pardon board
took mider consideration the
plea for clemency.
Representing Jolmson before
the board, Jackson told the
members “If you electrocute
him (Johnson), you will be
electrocuting a child”. He point
ed out to the cabinet members
that Jotmson was only 16 at the
time the crime was committed.
He is now 19, Jackson said.
Attorney Jackann aald a
search of court records reveal
that no wiiite boy under the age
of 22 has ever been electrocu
ted.
Johnson was chared with
slaying Sheriff Edward Porter,
after he had arrested him for
investigation of the youth’s al
leged purchase of a dinner jack
et with a forged check.
Contrasting young Johnson’a
case with that of lf>-year-old
Charles Baslilor, who was 17-
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REV. E. B. TURNER
ded for the award by a county
wide “Man of the Year’" com
mittee, was cited for his inte
rest, efforts, and promotion of
the principles and policies of the
NAACP in Robeson County.
PEARSON, McCOY„AND AUSTIN
HONORED BY STATE NAACP
A resolution was released this
week by the office of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
commending the pioneering ef
forts of certain citizens who led
the fight in North Carolina and
other states for integration in
schools when all others played
“hands off” in the struggle.
The resolution drawn up by
the NAACP lists several citizens
of Durham as being instnmien-
tal in the fearless initiation of
^e first educational l|iw suit
engaged in by the NAACP. The
resolution reads:
WHEREAS, the NAACP has
on May 17, 1954, won a historic
and laudable decision before
the highest court in the land,
the United States Supreme
Court, in which Chief Justice
Warren speaking for a unani-
movis bench of the Justices,
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Texas Negroes
Urged To Enroll
In Jr. Colleges
DALLAS, TEX.
Texas branches of the
NAACP are being urged by
the Association’s regional of
fice here to remind Negro
high school graduates that
they now are legally entitled
to attend publicly supported
junior colleges in Texas.
A memorandum sent recently
by U. Simpson Tate, regional
counsel for the Southwest area,
to the branches cited the May 24
Supreme Court decision which,
it said, held that “all graduates
of an accredited high school in
Texas may attend any and all of
the publicly supported junior
colleges in this state.” . ,^'i «■
The memorandum partinmur-
ly urged branches Jn communi
ties where a publicly supported
junior college exists to “exert a
strong effort to get qualified
high school graduate* to make
application and attend theae tine
institutions."
REMEMBER
THIS MAN?
He is JAMES GLOVBB,
formerly of 509 Ifnitiand
Street, who was nitprnfcnai
ed in Orangeburg, S. C.
last week. Glovw was
wanted in Durham for tW
murder of Mrs.
Tennin in February of
year.
The Durham Folic* D»>
partment infonaed tk*
Carolina Times tkat G3«i««r
had changed his bmm ^
Orangeburg to RoWttGWv>
er, and that it Is i
whether or not Im I
boastiak in dljr ttat
he had killod » r
Durham.
Glover was hraaghi laA
to Durham hy Captakk
E. Gates and Qttnr
Atkins of ~
BaotMia oi thm tUf.