New Era Sounded At AME
Two Chances
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If you haven* t oiready done so, you have just two more chances to reg
ister to be able to vote in the May 26 Primary.
Books will be open at regular polling places this Saturday and next Sat
urday, May 12. But May 12 is tAsolutely the last day you may register.
You may register at your precinct pollingjplace anytime this and next
Saturday between sun rise and sunset. Or, by agreement with the registrar
you may register at his home or he will come to small groups seeking to reg
ister.
if you don*t know where to go to register, call the CAROLINA TIMES
at 5-0671.
Fund Drive For Olympics
Calhoun Day
^ May 9th
North Carolina College alum
ni, students, faculty, and friends
got the Calhoun-McCollough to
California committee off into
high gear this week.
Some $89 was contributed by
spectators attentling Duke El
lington’s concert
Ellington hims>>if contributed
$10.00.
The committee seeks to raise
$1800. It will be used to send
Lee Calhoun, world record ty
ing high hurdler, and Charlie
McCullough, aspiring Oljmipic
high lumper, to five track meets
including the Olympic Tryouts
in California next month' Wed.
May B is Rally Day when con
tributions are expected to be in.
Both athletes won their
specialties at the Penn Relays
in Philadelphia last weekend.
A campus wide meeting of all
student organizations was plan
ned for Thursday night at 7:30
in NCC President Alfonso El
der’s conference room.
William Jones, NCC Business
Mana^r, is jtreasurer ol the
committee. Checiis, money or
ders or cash should be sent di
rectly to Jones and made pay
able to the North Carolina Col
lege Calhoun-McCullough Com
mittee. Contributions are de-
ductable from income taxes.
Theodore Chcny^ Preaid^t
ol the Men’s Dormitory Coun
cil, said yesterday he plwned
ji a proposal whereby
'SaCh “student would give fifty-
centa or as much as he can af
ford, as long as each student
gives something. Cherry said he
was sure his organization wo^Id
contribute a substantial amount
but he said formal action would
have to be taken by the group.
Meanwhile, the faculty com-
-inittee headed by Mrs. W. W.
Lewi* and J. E. Parker con
tinued planning for the mam
moth Calhoun-McCullough Day
celebration on Wednesday May
9.
Students participating in the
planning are Miss Josephine
Long, Durham senior retiring
president of the Off-Campuij
Women’s Council, Miss Portia
Burt, and W. Sherman P'erry,
retiring president of the Student
Crovemment Association.
A committee spokesman said
that after Thursfiay’s meeting
an overall committee represent
ing a cross section. of students,
faculty, alumni and interested
friends would be announced.
Incoming student government
officers Charles Holland, presi
dent-elect of tlie Student Go
vernment, Levonne Chambers,
vice president-elect of the Stu
dent Government, and Robert
Perry, editor-elect of the Cam
pus Echo were said to be plan
ning active sui;oprt for the
drive.
Charles A. Rey, NCC news
chief who is chairman of the
drive said “we are gratified at
the tremendous support which
the Durham community is giv
ing us.
Ray said his committee was
fortunate to obtain the services
of J. S. Stewart, prominent lo
cal businessman in contacting
friends in the down town area.”
The committee announced
that the Swartz Tallow Com
pany through its president, Abel
KOp, ’*>ras ctlw ■firms
to send a check for the NCC
athletes.
The general public is invited
to attend the CaBioun-McCul-
lough Day Rally in Duke Audi
torium at 8:00 p.m. on May 9.
NAACPDuit^
Operating In
Louisiana
NEW YORK
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People will suspend all opera
tions in the State of Louisiana
pending the outcome of an ap
peal from a ruling of a state
court banning the NAACP in
Louisiana, Roy Wilkins, ^ecu-
tive Secretary, announced last
Thursday.
A permanent injunction again
st the NAACP was issued on
April 24 by District Judge Cole
man Lindsey at Baton Rouge,
La., under an old law passed to
curb the Ku Klux Klan and re-
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ARTHUR J. CLEMENT
N. C. Mutual
Director Dies
In Maryland
Arthur John Clement, Direc
tor of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insui.ince Company
died Apirl 30 in Baltimore, Md.,
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Emma C. Gilkes. He was 78
years old. f
Clement was born in Cleve
land, North Caroliiw, and was’ a
graduate (^) jof
versity, Charlovte, North Caro
lina—now Johnson C. Smith. In
1908 he married Miss Sadie K.
Jones of Charleston, South
Carolina. He was a Mason and a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Following his graduation, he
went to Wilmington, ^orlh
Carolina, to work for the Peo
ple’s Benevolent Relief Associ
ation. He became connected
with North Carolina Iklutual
Novemlser 6, 'lOOb and associat
ed with the late John M. Avery
as a traveling representative.
While visiting Charleston, he
became interested in the possi
bilities of that city and when he
was offered an opportunity to
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Registration T rouble
in Eastern Tar Heeila
VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 18
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAT 5, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Seating Policy
Expected Soon
At Ball Park
I.
WILSON
An early meeting to clarify
seating policy at the city-owned
baseball park here is expected
between officials of the basel>all
team and the city.
This was the gist ol opinion
following an incident here at
the park last W’ednesday when a
group of Negroes were refused
admittance to grandstand.
The group, which included a
member of the City Board of
Commissioners, Dr. G. K. But
terfield, appeared at the park
Wednesday night to 'attend one
of the Wilson team’s’games. All
but one had season tickets,
which carry no restrictions
Dr. Butterfield said that they
were refused entrance at the
gate to the grandstand, and Rev.
T. A. Watkins, who did not have
a season ticket, was not permit
ted to purchase a grandstand
ticket.
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■=er*y
Dentist Dies
WorJ was received here this
week that Dr. J. A. Jackson,
prominent dentist of Charlottes
ville, Va., died Monday, April
30. Dr. Jackson had served for
nearly a quarter of a century
as secretary and treasurer of the
National Dental Association.
Fimeral rites were held
Wednesday, May 2.
Dismissal Of
Registrar In
Halifax Sougiit
The removal of a registrar for
refusing to register Negroes was
asked here last week in the
wake of an incident Saturday
involving trouble experienced
by several Negroes ol the coun
ty in attempting to register.
Attorney William R. Walker
of Weldon, handling the cam
paigns tor four Negroes seeking
office in two counties of this
section, called for the resigna
tion of a registrar for using an
"improper” examination which
disqualified a Negro seeking to
register.
No answer had been received
by Atty. Walker late Wednes
day on his reqaest. Te told the
TIMES that he was informed by
Halifax County Board of Elec
tions chairman James F. Curran
that the board would have to
call a meeting to act on Wal
ker’s request.
Atty. Walker’s charge against
the registrar grow out of an
incident here last Saturday in
volving Louis C. Francis and
several other N?groes.
Walker related the incident
to the TIMES in this manner:
"Francis camc to my office
and told me that he had been
refused registration because the
registrar was not satisfied with
his answer to the question:
‘which has the most force, the
militia or the general assembly.’
“Francis said the -registrar
' fm» rortyhaitrtin- to come .
ghtney James, editor of thfi NCC student newspaper, and H. G. Daivson, advisor, directed
Campus Beauty at Teachers College sparkles as May Queen Evelyn Richardson and
her court relax. Left to right are Miss Georgiana Paige, Misa Geraldine Pennington, Miss
Richardsor^ and Miss Doris Ward.
Mias Evelyn Richardson of Littleton, North Carolina was selected by the atudent body
to reign as May Queen of Winston-Salem Teachers College on Saturday evening. May 5th
duritM May Day feativitiea. President P. L. Atkins toill officiate.
Theme of May Day will he "Cinderella’a Rhythmical Ren^vous."
MRS. EVA B. MOCK
School Finals
To Honor One
Of Its Founders
Commencement exercises at
the DeShazor’.s Beauty College
in Durham will honor one of the
school’s founders, Mrs. Eva Bis
hop Mock.
Main speaker for the exer
cises will be Rov. J. R. Manley,
pastor of the First Baptist
church of Chapel Hill.
Some 79 students will be
graduated in the rites which
w/Ul be held at St. Joseph’s
AME church on Monday, May 7.
This will be the 19th com
mencement exercises for the
school.
Special music for the ser
vices will be rendered by the
student chorus. Three of the
school’s graduates, Mrs. Fidelia
Brooks, Mrs. Callie Daye and
Mrs. M. D. Leak will be heard in
remarks.
Mrs. Mock, who is now in
declining health, was one of thcf
founders oi the school in 1934.
Since that time she has served
as dean as well as instructor and
treasurer for the college.
In a statement issued thiif
week, Mrs. J. DeShazor, presi--
dent of the institution, made the
following remarks about Mrs.
Mock;
“In touching the lives ol over
9,000 graduates ol DeShazor's
Beauty College, Dean Mock, in
an unselfish manner has oft
times sacrificed her personal
welfare as well as her health to
inspire youth to greater achieve
ments.”
She described Mrs. Mock as
“most of all a Christian.”
Part of the delegation from Hillside high school wHich attended the recent publications
conference at North Qarolina College is shown here examining a yearbook exhibit. The
conference loos sponsoMd by the North Carolinm'College sttLdent newspaper, the CAMPUS
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the conference.
Some 10,000 Of AME
lock Gather In Ha.
By L. E, AUSTIN
(PubUsher, the Carolina Times)
DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM, MIAMI, FLORIDA — The 35th Quadrennial of the
A. M. E. Church got underway here Wednesday morning at ten o’clock with approximate
ly 10,000 officers, delegates and ministers in attendance.
Scene of the meeting, the spacious Dinner Key Auditorium, though one of the largest
in the South, was packed to capacity. Many were forced to stand.
Preliminary gathering of delegates and visitors began Tuesday, May 1, first day of the
various pre-General Conference meetings. Bethel A. M. E. Church of this city is serving
as host for the sessions.
On Tuesday morning, at ten o’clock, a meeting of the Brotherhood at the Mount Zion
Baptist Church heard the
Rev. Ralph Jackson, its presi
dent, deliver a most stirring
address in which he courage
ously sounded a new day for
the AME church and the free
dom of its ministers and lay
men from the tyranny of
thoughtless memb^ of the
Board of Bishops.
Declared Rev. Jackson,
“God did not call bishops
to be millionaires; God did
not call preac}ien to drive
expensive automobiles or
buy expensive homes, bat
to go into the highways and
compel men and women to
come to God.”
When someone from the
audience shouted the advice
that Jackson quit putting his
head on the Episcopal top
ping block, the militant
preadier replied “no one but
Gk)d could put by head on the
chopping block.”
The Brotherhood is com
posed of ministei^ and lay
men of the church, and its
members cheered their bro
ther when he called for the
adoption of a budget in the
church that would earmark
all funds and halt the pro
miscuous spending of the
church’s money by the
bishops..
Concurrent with the bud
get proposed by the Brother
hood is another of the Bishops
Coimcjl, which, if adopt^,
warned Jackson, will continue
the control of the chiu’ch’s
finance in the hands of the
bishops.
Cheered when he came to
the meeting of the Brother
hood was Bishop Frederick
D. Jordan, who, because of
his forthright stand for pro
gressive church organization,
is highly respected and loved
by officials and members of
the Brotherhood.
The general temper of the
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year.
“I then accompanied him to
the registrar’s olXice, whicli I ■! r
been up in Ihe office oi tu>
chief of police.
"There we encountered other
Negroes waiting outside the
office who had complaints simi
lar to Francis’. The door to the
registrar’s office was closed, but
I could see through the glass
panel in the upper portion at
' the door that he was chatting
aimlessly with another white
man.
“Finally, I opened the door
and walked in with Francis. The
registrar protested by presence
and declared there could be no
observers, I remained, however,
insisting that the registrar’s of
fice was the same as a polling
place and should be open to ob
servers.
“When I questtioned liim as to
why he had refused Francis’
legistration, he replied that
Francis did iiat satisfactorily
answer his question on the state
constitution. He repeated the
question, but this time he sub
stituted the word ‘power’ for
‘force.’
■ “I then told him that the
question was one of law and
therefore improper, but he
maintained he had to be satis
fied with the answer given to
any question he might ask.
"I then opened the door to
the other Negroes who were
waiting outside aad at that point
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Embattlsd Candidate May Bank
Hope On Write-Ins In 3rd District
WELDON
A “write-in” campaign ap
peared inmiinent this week for
Thurston Urovvn. Warrenton
undertaker who has been ruled
off the baUot for the state sen
ate from third district on the
basis of the district’s rotation
agreement.
Indications that supporters of
Brown would attempt a “write-
in” campaign came in the form
of a statement released last
week by his campaign manager,
Attorney William R. Wallter of
Weldon.
“...We are disregarding the
action of the secretary of the
Board of Elections and still con
sider Thurston Brown a, candi'
date for the State Senate from
the third district, and he will
still be so regardless as long as
the voters of the district. can
spell THURSTON BROWN.” .
Northampton, Warren and
Vance counties comprise the
third district. Under terms of
the agreement, only, Vance
county can supply -candidates
for this election. Brown is from
Warren county.
Brown formally entered his
name as a candidate for state
senator from the third district
on April 17. He was notified by
mail on April 21,_ the last day
for filing, that he was ineligible
because of an agreement be
tween the three counties of the
district which holds that mily
one is eligible to furnish candi
dates for the senate seat at each
election.
Walker said that the notice of
Brown’s ineligibility was mail
ed on Saturday, last day for fil
ing, and bore a “one p.m.” post
mark, one hour after the dead
line.
Walker also chaiged the War
ren Board of Elections, which
declared Brown's candidacy in
valid, with “bad faith” and chal
lenged the action as “illegal, im
proper and untimely.”
His statement also declared
that “Negro voters in Warren
County have been brain-washed
about political affairs.”
Walker said that even though
the Warren Board of Elections
ruled Brown out of the race on
the basis of the rotation agree
ment, he could not find any
written evidence ol the agree
ment, even in the minutes ol the
Board’s meetings.
Walker’s statement reads as
loUows:
‘Thurston Brown ol Warren
ton, candidate lor the State Sen
ate from the third district, has
forwarded to me a letter from
Mr. C. C. Britton, secretary of
Warren County s Board of Elec
tion, to Thurston Brown. The
letter is postmarked Warrenton.
N. C. April 14. 1:00 p.m. Ol
course, thiii is one hour after the
closing of ttw lUlng time for no
tice ol candidacy.
“The way Ni.*gro voters Ib
Warren County have bee«
“brain-washed” about political
affairs. It was the duty of the
County ^rd ot IVKtloii* to
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