Periodical Dept
In recognition of their out-*t
standing* achievements in be-
hoy of American youth, Dr.
Charlotte Hawkins Broton, left,
and Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones,
second from right, were pre
sented with the Seagram Van
guard Awards at a IVoshintrton’s
Birthday celebration sponsored
by the Utility Club of New
York. ^
Shown here with Dr. Brown
and Dr. Jones are Arthur H.
Maillard, Jr., second from left,
Metro New York sales manager,
Seagram - Distiller* Company,
who represented the Seagram
Vanguard Society in donating
the plaques to the Utility Club;
and Mrs. Louise F. Morris,
right, president of the Utility
Club.
The Seagram Vanguard pla
que awarded to Dr. Brown,
widely-known educator, noted
her “dedicated service to A-
merican youth, and her inspira
tion in behalf of democratic
ideals for over, fifty years." Dr.
Jones, president 6f the famed
Piney Woods School in Miss.,
was honored for his “wisdom
and guidance which have en
riched the lives of thousands of
American young men and wo
men for half a century."
The celebration, held ot New
York's Manhattan Center, was
featured by colorful colonial
costumes worn by Mrs. Morris
and fifty members of the club.
The Utility Club is a leading or
ganization in community ser
vice work and charity programs
in New York.
The Seagram Vanguard So
ciety, which donated the pla
ques, is an independent organi
zation founded with the pur
pose of honoring persons who
have made outstanding contri>
buttons in behalf of Negroes in
the field of education, frater
nal affairs, and athletics and in
the arts and sciences.
New Booker Washington
Birthplace Memorial Created
Purchase here last Saturday
of the properties lormerly held
by Booker T. Washington Birth
place Memorial reassures the
object of a fltting^miaiBmora-
tion of Booker T. Washington
on the plantation where he was
bom a slave.
The 207 acre farm was sold at
auction on the $16,000 high bid
of Mrs. Portia Washington Pitt
man, daughter of the famous
educator, Mrs. Pittman’s bid
was made in behalf of the new
ly created Booker T. Washing-
Toh NalTonar Monument Com
mittee, which is headed by Sid
ney J. Phillips who founded and
was president of the former me
morial corporation. Through
the efforts of Phillips, interest
ed friends provided a loan of
$16,000 to redeem the Wash
ington birthplace reMrvation
>^ch contains the restored
birth cabin and to which the
former memorial administra
tion made extensive Improve
ments.
Phillips states the over-all
(Please turn to Page Eight)
I Alexander Jr.
Now Licensed
EmbalinerlnN.C.
CHARLOTTE
Zechariah Wilbur Alexander,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Zechariah
Alexander, Jr., of 628 Baldwin
Avenue, Charlotte, North Caro
lina passed the examinations
given on January 11, 19SS by
the North Carolina State Board
^
of Embalmera and Funeral Di
rectors and is now the holder
of North Carolina Funeral Di
rectors’ and Embalmers’ Ucen
aes. He graduated from the Cln
cinnatl College of Embalming
in November, 1BS4 with an
(PlMM turn to Pag* light)
Coach Thomas Harris of the
1955 Virginia Union University
CIAA tournament champion
ship basketball team was voted
“Outstanding Coach of the Ten
th Annual CIAA Basketball
Tournament" in Durham last
week following the Panthers'
annexation of their fourth tour
ney crown in five years.
Union scored an 85 to 50 win
over Winston-Salem Teachers’
College to cop their 1955 cham
pionship.
Business League
Executive Board
ToNeetMarchfi
ROCKY MOUNT
The executive board of the
North Carolina Business League
will hold Its first meeting of
the year at the Bloodworth
Street YMCA in Raleigh, at 11
A.M. Sunday, March 6.
The announcement was made
here last week by state presi
dent Alexander H. (“Tuffy”)
Bryant of this city, and con
firmed by notices to board
members issued by League
secretary Mrs. DeShazor-Jack-
son, prominent Durham busi
ness woman and official of the
Housewives League, an affili
ate of the Business League,.
Both groups seek to promote
Race enterprise.
The board meeting will lay
plans for the forthcoming state
meeting of the league and pro
bable launching of some type of
promotion in the way of a state
wide contest to stimulate In-
ter^t In the league’s program.
Local business groups or en
terprising Individuals from all
areas of the state are request
ed to Mnd representatives to
the Raleigh meeting March 6.
(PiMM turn to Piflt Ught)
Floyd McKinney
Woffibs After
Long Illness
Floyd McKinney, age 44, of
107 Dunstan Street died at Lin
coln Hospital last Tuesday af
ternoon at 2 p. m. Mr. Kinney
BitiSwed a heart attack over two
years ago from which he never
fully recovered; and, since last
Christmas, had been confined.
Mr. McKinney, the son of
Mr. and Mm, Sam McKinney,
was, bora in Mt. OUyc, May
12,1910 and came to Durham
about 28 yean ago. Twenty-
two yean ago, he became a
member of the Kyles Tonple
A. M. E, Zion Chorcli. At the
time of hla deatk he was serv
ing in Us ehordi as a Stew
ard.
For the past 12 ytan, Mr, Mc
Kinney has been connected with,
the Sunset Taxi Company.
He was widely known and
was held la high esteem as a
citisen and churchaan.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Alease Jenkins McKinney,- to
whom he was married in 1947;'
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Sam
McKinney of Dturham; two bro
thers, Jonnie McKinney of Mt.
Olive and Walter MtiKinney ot
Diurham; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie
P, Green and Mrs. Alveter Mon
roe of Durham; and a daughter,
Mrs, Clarissa Bethea,r an only
child, of New York City, and
four grandchildren;'
Funeral arrangements had
not been completed when this
paper went to press, but tfie
family announced that funeral
services for Mr. McKinney
will be held at Kyles Vemple
A, M. E. Zion Chordi on Dun-
stan Street at > p. m, Friday
with the Reverend Mr. T. B.
Iliarriiigton, pastor, offieia-
ting.
Interment will be in Beech-
wood Cemetery.
ateCa
VOLUME 31—NUMBER IS
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 5, ItSS
PRICE If CENTS
CHARM SCHOOL
OPERATOR JAILED
HUSBAND EATS RAT POISON TO
PROVE TO HIS WIFE ITS NO GOOD
Trustees Vote
To Erect New
Girls'Dormitory
At Claflin Univ.
ORANGEBXJRG, S.C.
'That a $300,000 modern fire
proof dormitory for girls at
Claflin College, Orangeburg,
S, C., will replace the one de
stroyed by fire last month, was
the unanimous decision of tj^e
school’s trustees at an emer
gency caU meeting held at the
college last week.
In assembly with the trustees
to help wiljh the planning for
the new dormitory were the
Commission on World Service
and Finance, of the South Caro
lina Methodist Conference, The
Women’s Society of Christian
Service, District Superinten
dents of the South Carolina Me
thodist Conference, The. South
Sarriiaa Boi^.of Edvu»%oa^(4
the Methodiat Church, members
of the General and local Aliun-
ni Associations, members of the
faculty and student body. Dr.
James S, Thomas represented
the General Board of Education
of the Methodist Church with
offices in Nashville, Tennessee.
The board of trustees mpved
rapidly to give its approval to
the unanimous requests that the
raising of funds lor rebuilding
a girls dormitory should begin
immediately. Citing the emer
gency living arrangements now
HIGH POINT
Ernest Holly, 40, ate rat poison
one night recently In order to
prove to hla wlfe^hat the stuff
she was using aroimd their
home tovkill rodents was no
good.
Holly probably convinced
himself as he still
that the rat poison isn’t strong
enough to kill rats or humans.
But his wife, Rosa Holly, Is
still skeptical.
In talking abut his experi
ence, Holly said his stomach
began to bum a little after he
ate the poison, but stopped
following his drinking a glass
of water.
His wife, however, did not
seem to think the water help
ed much as die notified the
police who took him to a hos
pital.
Thirty minutes later, hos
pital nurses, after checking
with druggist to determine
the contents of the rat poison,
gave Holly a large quantity of
salt water, to cause vomiting.
’The day following his de
monstration, Holly was al
right, but had a “queasy”
stomack.
in operation at the Allege for
both women and me'n sturents,
the group stressed th; need for
immediate action. ,
Women students^e now re
siding in Wilson jfiall, formerly
the men’s dormitory; the latter
who moved to give the women
a place to live are scattered.
Some have taken up temporary
residence in other buildings on
the campus; some are being
housed temporarily in barracks
on South Caroling State College
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Jackie Allen, Chanh School
operator, who is being held in
a High Point Jail on a diarge
of giving worthloss checks
amounting to several hundred
dollars in the Guilford Coun
ty city. Miss Allen is alleged
to have stolen several checks
from the office or the Caronna
Times when she Went there
under pretense of wishing to
purchase an advertisement for
a Charm School she was hop
ing to open In Durham.
83 Arrested In W. Salem
In Biggest Liquor.^Raid
WINSTON-SALEM
In what is believed to be Ihe
largest liquor violation raid In
the history of this city was stag
ed last Monday when ABC en
forcement officers, ATU of
ficers, local police and sheriffs
deputies picked up 83 persons.
More than two tUrds of those
arrested were women and all
taken into custody were Ne
groes with the exception of
ToAmiy Pennix, 29, of Yadldn-
ville who is already imder pro
bation for violation of the
liquor law. His bond was set at
$1,000.
Chief M. B. Byrd, ABC en
forcement officer for Winston-
Salem said fe’deral ATU agents
seized three cars during the
mass roundup, which started at
1 a, m.
The raid came as a climax of
several wefeks of undercover
work by ABC officers and ATU
agents. All persons arrested
were released on bond except
Pinnix, and will appear for trial
in municipal court here.
Most of those taken were ar
rested at their homes after
being awakened.
AGAINST RmiNG IVTTH
STRANGS MEN
MATAWAN, N, J.
Four year old Susan St. John
was reported missing from
home. Two hours later, police
Captain, Edgar Wilkinson spot
ted her strolling down the
street,
"Hop in and I'll take you
home” said Captain Wilkinson.
Susan politely and firmly de
clined explaining that her moth
er had warned her not to get in
to can with strangen.
Th« Captain found it neces
sary to driva to her homa to gat
Susan's 0MrtlMr.
Brown Heads
Basketball
Coaches Again
DURHAM
Nort^ Carolina College’s Bas
ketball coach Floyd H. Brown
was reelected president of the
Central Intercollegiate' Athletic
Association’s Basketball Coach
es Association at the organiza
tion's second annual meeting
during the CIAA tournament
here last week.
Dr. Edward Jackson of Dela
ware State College was named
secretary and Thomas A. Hart
of Howard University was elM-
ted public relations officer.
Sixteen of the conference's 18
coaches attended the session.
They were: Benjamin Whaley,
Hampton; Clarence Gaines,
Winston-Salem; William Gain.-
es, Fayetteville State Teachers
College; ^nny Jamerson, St.
Pauls’; T. A. Hait, Howard; T.
L. Bill. Morgan; Shelton Mat-
(Plaasa turn to Page Eight)
HERE and THERE
Miss Jackie Allen
Held On Charge
Of Forgery
HIGH POINT
Miss Jackie Allen, alias Au
gusta Jones, plump, teasing and
pleasing Charm School opera
tor of Durham, was convicted in
Municipal Court here Wednes
day morning on a charge of is
suing worthless checks. Total
amount of checks is $252.58
Total sentence was $25.00 and
cost, 90 days in jail on each
count with the sentence suspen
ded provided she stay on good
behavior for two years and not
be guilty of any other offense
in. this state. Miss Allen must
also pay back the money direct.
On a second charge she was
given four months in jail sus
pended on the same grounds.
The original charge was for
gery but was later reduced to
that of issuing worthless checks
when sufficient evidence to
convict of forgery was not
available.
Miss Allen or Miss Jones was
arrested here last Sunday night
at her 607 Fayetteville Street
apartment in the Russell Memo
rial building on a charge of for
gery. The arrests were made by
Officers Frank McRae and C.
■it. Gom- of the Dprham detective
bureau.
The forgery charges, followed
a chain of events which started
in Durham and ended in High
Point where Miss AUen is re
ported to have purchased seve
ral pieces of furniture in the
name of Augusta Jones and had
it shipped to a Greensboro ad
dress.
When the check she gave on
a Durham bank for the furni
ture and allegedly forged on
the United Publishers, Inc.,
owners of The Carolina Times,
was returned marked “forged,”
representatives of the furniture
store went to the address of
Miss Allen or Augusta Jones in
Greensboro only to discover
that she and the furniture had
disappeared.
Upon further investigation it
Was learned that the young wo
man had hired a Greensboro
taxi to. take her and the furni
ture to her Durham address.
When cornered by Detectives
McRae and Cox, who confront
ed her with the salesman of the
furniture store in High Point,
Miss Allen denied that she had
ever been to that city or Greens
boro and asked with an air of
(Please turn to Page Eight)
El'BliisarTo
A(ipeal Prison
Sentence Of
15 To 22 Years
Wittiout itkow of emotiee,
53-y«ar bid N. C. Webster, wiw
for more than 20 yean had ser
ved as bursar of A. and T. Col
ley here, Iteard a GuiUord Su
perior Court jury pronouncc
him guUty of embezzlement afMi
listened quietly aa Judge Soiia
Sharp sentenced him to scr»*
IS to 22 yean in Central Prisoda,
Raleigh.
Web^r was found guUty aa
charged on each of five sepante
bills of indictinent as the feven-
day trial came to an end.
His lawyers entered notice of
appeal to the State Supreme
Court after their motion to have
the verdict set aside was denied
by Judge Sharp.
Judge Sharp ordered that th«
former A. and T. bursar serve
the following consecutive ■ sen
tences:
Seven to 10 years for em
bezzling $10,399,84; five to
seven years for embezzling $9,
467.91; and three to five yean
for embezzling $9,322.21, with
each sentence to follow the ex
piration of the prior commit^
ment.
Judge Sharp consolidi^ed
judgement on two other cotmts
of emoezzling sums of $5,123.30
and $5,296.35 and ordered Web
ster to serve two to three years
at the expiration of the other
sentences. This sentence was su
spended for five years follow
ing Webster’s release from pri
son.
In pronoimcing sentence.
Judge Sharp severely repriman
ded Webster as she said, “1
have tried a lot of people for
stealing, but they were petty
thieves compared to you.
“Most of them were poor and
uneducated. But you have a col
lege education and have lived in
a college community where you
enjoyed prestige. Any taxpayer
who paid taxes so that joar col
lege could (^ente baa a zitfil t*
be indignant wiien ha laanM
you bought $65 bathrobes, $290
dresses and an $800 television
set.”
“The worse part of your
'^crime'’ said Judge Sharps “is
your insinuations against these
girls who worked in your office.
That’s the only defense I’ve
heard you offer. The state’s case
satisfied the jury and I believe
everyone who heard it,”
A paeked eouFtre««» *aasd—
the verdict of the jury and the
sentence pronounced by Judge
Sharp. Among them was state
Auditor Henry L. Bridges whose
investigation led to discovery of
the shortage.
Webster’s prime defense waa"^
an effort on the part of hia
counsel to show that. 'many
other people could have taken
the money.
The state showed the Web
ster spent nearly $26,000 on
charge accounts- during 1950-52
when he drew a net salary of
less than $13,000 duri..^ uao
tlu:ee year period.
Coimsel for Webster
for mercy on the grou-;i.J ih.;i
he had “heart and
trouble and high blaoJ i. j
diabetes. Our client is in pu
bad shape,’’ they told
Webster was released
$20,000 bond Tuesday night
pending appeal to the Suprem.:
Court
BREAKING THE TIES-
TORONTO, CANADA
Thirty-two year old Ken
neth Rapson got tired of his
mistress and was so desper
ately hard put to break the
relationship that he falsely
confessed to eleven safe-
crakings as a means of escape,
A judge gave him nine
months in jail for being a
public mlscUef.
1&EN WON’T LIKE THK
OKLAHOMA CITY
A company in this city has
put into effect reduced auto
mobile insurance rates for girls
and young women under twen
ty years of age wtdch means
that now they pay $12 for cov
erage that formerly cost $17.50.
The only consolation for men
is that males under 25 get the
reduced rates only if they are
married, ’The company feels that
marriage causes them to settle
down,
~tl^erialag^t Eul F. Johnson
commenting on th« rate reduc
tion for young women said;
“The company acknowledges
that there wUl probably be a
large number of males who
won’t like the new setup.”
WANTED HIS SON
Mrs. Carrie Williams, a Hart
ford housewife, was much sur
prised when she read in the
newspaper that she was in a
hospital and had given birth to
a son.
She also thought the matter
should be investigated and,
therefore, notified the police,
who found that her husband,
Edward Williams, 29, had reg
istered Miss Katherine D. Hill,
19, at tiie hospital as his wife.
CHEERFUL GIVER
SAN ANTONIO
After thieves had stolen his
overcoat, Attorney V, F, Taylor
placed an ad in the newspaper
which read: “The lining to the
coat is in my closet , . . and If
the party will give me their ad-
(Pleaso turn to Page Eight)
ONLYMIOFSIII.MISPENTFOIt
THE TRENTON, NEW JBtSEY SK
NEW YORK
(Calvin's News Service)
Although the CivU Rights
Congress — a reputed Com
munist organization — raised
$300,000 to defend the 'Tren
ton Six, less than $6,000 went
to the actual defense of the
six Negroes* who were charg
ed with murder In 1948.
This revealing inform* Hon
came flom O. John Rogge
who was testifying before the
joint legMative committee
Investlgatiag charitable and
philanthropic organisations in
New York state. Boggo said
he knows whereof he ^eaka
for he got $S.M« freaa Civtt
Bights for heading np ^ te-
fease of the.TrentoB Six aaid
that $8M more wnt to a
Trenton lawyer tor oat of
pocket exptwiw
“Substantial sums wex«
lected on a nationwide scale,
ostensibly for the purposo of
defraying the coat of an anpaal
and ottwr legal oxpansaa,’*
cited Rogge, who is a former
assistant U. S. attorney and a
well-known lawyer in civil
liberties cases. He cited tliat
“only the merest trickle went
for the defense.”
Bogge elatans he resigned
from the ’Trenton ease hecanaa
he coaid net get fnnda traan
William P. Pattenan. tko No-
gro cxecative aeeretary mt
CivU Bights Coacnsa. Pattar-
son, hims^ has fftwad to
testify. The irginhstiaw haa
heen.eaU«l Csi—lanirt hy ttM
V. S. AttMmey GeneraL
NEVER THE TWAIN
SHALL MMPT
VAMCOUVnt. B. c.
When he refused to id«ati|r
two gunmen who had atteaapl-
ed to kill him. suspected Drug
Peddler William (BiU) ttw
(Painter) Samenick. was con
victed of concealing a Iriony.
SwoeiiLkk: explained to police
his silence by iVliM:
side of Um law, >oa aro on tha
o&ar.'*