Boycotters Nix Segregation; Alabama An^swered
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BHJUK NAB ELEVEN KN
An overhead view of the in-1 for George W. Cox is teen in i
tide of St. Joseph's A.M.E. above picti^e. St. Joteph’t pas-
church during funeral services | tor, Rev. D. A. Johntton, is seen
standing in upper right. He of
ficiated at the services.
Final Rites Held
ForG.W. Cox
Final rites for George Wayne
Cox, vice-prrsident agency di
rector of the North Carolina
Mutual Ufe insurance company,
were heltf at St. Joseph A.M.E.
church in Durhani on Monday
at eleven o’clock.
Rev. Johnston, MStpr ttf
St. Joseph’*;' deliveryll n>i» eulo
gy-
Cox died at his home at 2111
Fayetteville street on Thursday
night, May 31. Although he had
been in declining health for
several months, his death came
as a distinct shock to his col
leagues, for he had been at his
desk all day and just recently
taken a very activa rOle in the
firm’s sales convention named
for him and held at the home
office on May 24 and 25.
Considered widely as the
“dean” of agency officers, Cox
devoted much of his time to af
fairs of the National Insurance
Association, lie was a past
president of the organization
and a member of its organizing
committee.
His most outstanding achieve
ments in the business world
came in the field of life insur
ance, and it has been reflected
in the growth and development
of the N. C. Mutual's agency or
ganization, which he directed
for the past 37 years.
In addition to his duties at
the North Carolina Mutual, Cox
was also a vice-president and
director of tl>e Mectianics and
Farmers Ban\, and a director
of the Mutual Savings an^ Loan
A«odBtion. ^ y-
'•ctivip in a number of
civic and fraternal interests in
the area. He wat a director of
the John Avery Boy’s Club, a
member of the Durham Business
and professional chain and the
executive committee of Durham
Committee on Negro Affairs, a
trustee of St. Joseph’s church
and the Daisey E. Scarborough
nursery, a Masoii and a member
of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
During the spring of 1918,
Cox met the late John Merrick,
then president of the North
Carolina Mutiol, in Hot Springs,
Arkansas. As a result of this
meeting, Cox entered the ser
vice of the firm on January 1,
1910. His firsl assignment was
organizing the company’s south
ern region. On October 1, 1923,
he came to tlie home office as
director of agents, was elected
to the Board of directots in
1932 and named a vice-presi
dent in 1934.
Cox was born October 6, 1890
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Funeral Services Conducted For
One Of Beauty School Founders
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva
Bishop Mock, one of the foun
ders yt the DeSj'iazor'a Beauty
college, were held In Durham at
the St. Joseph A.M.E. church
Monday afternoon at three
thirty.
Rev. D. A. Johnston, St. Jo
seph’s pastor delivered the eu
logy.
Mrs. Mock died at a Durham
hospital last Wednesday, May
30, at 3:25. She had been in de
clining health for the past seve
ral months.
|Mrs. Mock, who served as
dean of the DeShazor’s b^-auty
school until her death, was one
of t^e school’s founders. In ad
dition, she was treasurer for the
school and often taught courses.
She began her affiliation
with the DeShazor s beauty col*
lege in 1934 in New York. When
the school located in Durham in
1937, she came to Durham and
helped to organize It.
Since 1937, she served as
dean, treasurer and often In
structor.
Active in the religious and
civic life of the city, Mrs. Mock
was prominent in many church
activities at St. Joseph.
Among the organizations in
which she held membership are
Alpha Chi Pi Omega sorority, a
charter member of the United
Beauty School Owners and
MiCS. E. B. MOCK
Teachers Association, the Dur-
liam Business and Professiontd
Chain, the Durham Hou&eiylves’
league, the NAACP and several
organizations at St. Joseph’s
church.
Her immediate survivors in
clude one daughter: Mrs. Sarah
B. Frazier; one grandson; Fred
rick; three sisters, Evangeline
Luzier Caldwell of New York;
Mrs. J. DeShazor Jackson ol
Durham; and MiM Vera DeSha
zor of New York; one brother,
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G. W. COX
Graduates Urged
To Serve Gtobat
Social Needs
"Liberty, equality, and fra
ternity are indivisible—they
must apply to everyone or they
will apply to no one,” according
to Dr. Karl W. Bigelow, who de
livered North Carolina College’s
45th finals address Tuesday in
the Men’s Gymnasium.
Some 337 candidates for un
dergraduate, graduate, and pro
fessional degrees heard the ad
dress given by the noted Colum
bia University professor, who
has served on special missions
for UNESCO in France and
Germany. I
He challenged the graduatM
to “use their superior learning
in the servicc of great soolal
needs.” It is neccssary to do this
in international and national re
lations as well as in personal re
lations, he asserted.
Speaking at length about the
problems of underdeveloped
countries in the Eastern hemis-
pliere, he warned that the popu
lations there are becoming in
creasingly suspicious of the
U. S.’s associates in the West.
The peoples in the East, he said,
are • “predominantly colored—
they are not white and are pro
foundly conscious of the fact.’’
The West and U. S., he con
tinued, are competing with So
viet Russia, whose peoples he
said, “have a generally good
record of racial tolerance—^they
have no reputation for assumed
Superiority to live down.”
Dr. Bigelow concluded: "What
is before us is a world fuil of
knotty problems- -and an oppor
tunity for each of us to play his
worthy part in dealing with
themT To you who are about to
be declared educated men and
women I say, "Much is before
you; you may holp bring Light
where there , has been darkness;
determine, I implore you—^that
the time will be better because
you have Uved.”
NCC president Alfonso Elder
presided at the exercises. Other
participants were Rev. James
G. McCallum, pastor of Asbury
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VOLUME 32—NUMBER 23
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1956
PRICE 10 CENTS
Youngsters Not
Affected By
Dope Activity
Durham area teenagers ap
pear to have been relatively un
affected by the increased acti
vity of dope peddlers in the
state as revealed by the recent
crackdown by federal narcotics
agents.
Nearly a dozen persons had
been arrested early this week as
the result of raids staged by
agents in a drive centered in
border cities of North Carolina
and Virginia.
Some eleven persons were
taken into custody by federal
agents as large quantities of
marijuana and lesser quantities
of heroin were uncovered. Nab
bed in the crackdown were per
sons in varied occupations, in
cluding a cafe operator, school
teacher, musician and hotel
waiter.
It was feared in many quar
ters that the prevalence of mari
juana indicated that youngsters,
especially teenagers, had been
used as a market by dope pedd
lers.
Because marijuana is one of
the mildest of narcotics and the
easiese to use Federal narcotics
experts feel tlint dope peddlers
U at ttTm-#eeking teen-
agerrfVho have noiSbeen initiat
ed to the narcotics habit.
But a federal narcotics agent
at Greensboro told the TIMES
that investigations had not re
sulted in the arrest of a single
teenager, and that so far^ it ap
peared as if few if any iiaVe
been sold the “stuff” hy do|m
peddlersr • “ ^ '
Durham police also stated
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North Carolina College offi-
Federal Court Rules
Bus Jim Crow
Attacked Again
MONTGOMERY, Ala
On the sixth month anniver
sary of the now famed Mont
gomery bus boycott, a tluree
judge federal cyurt ruled Tues
day that racial segregation on
Montgomery’s buses violates
the federal constitution.
The decision was made on a
2-1 split, and the majority opin
ion, was signed by Judge Rich
ard T. Rives of the U.S. fifth
court of appeals and Judge
Frank M. Johnson Jr. of the
Middle District af Alabama.
The opinion lield that bu.>; se
gregation was contrary to the
14th amendment of the U. S.
Constitution.
Judge Seyboi'ii Lynne of the
Northern District of Alabama
dissented, insisted that seperate
but equal facilities for white
and Negro pps.sengers are per-
missable.
City and state officials arc
expected to appeal the decision
directly to the Supreme Court
in what may result as the first
clear cut decision by that coMrt
on bus segregation
.Earlier the court rejected an
ai^eal by South Carolina in
city bus segregation case. Many
observer#, especially In the
South, felt that the basis of the
court’s rejection was not neces
sarily the separate but equal
dssfitrine but on purely technical
grounds.
Anticipating an appeal from
the decision, the court gave'op-
posing lawyers two weeks in
which to prep.'ire written sug
gestions on hrw tne formal anti-
1. O. FUNDERBUBG
Banker Attends
Rutgers Course
I. O. Funderburg, cashier of
the Mechanics and Farmers
Bank of Durham, has been noti
fied of his acceptance to the
graduate school of Banking at
Rutgers University, it was re
vealed this week.
He will enroll at the New
Jersey school Saturday for a
three year course leading to a
Master's degree in Banking.
Sponsored by the Ameriaan
Bankers Association, the course
is open to active bank officers
who have^ sufficient academic
and banking experience to
qualify them for admission.
The faculty of the school will
be composed of the country’s
outstanding finance experts.
iFunderburg will spend two
weeks attending lectures and
seminars at Rutgers University
and then will be assigned a pro
blem to develop for a disserta
tion, one of the requirements for
the degree.
’The young Mechanics and
Farmers bank official is a na
tive of Monlicello, Ga., and a
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Week-End Talks
Fail To Halt
Florida Boycott
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
An end to segregation on city
buses has been requested by
Negroes boycotting the buses
here.
City officials were hopeful of
an early settl'jment to the boy
cott early this week after con
ferences over the week-end pro
duced concessions to the origi
nal requests of the boycotters.
However, the inter-civlc coun
cil of Tallahasjice Monday callfed
for an end to segregation on the
city’s buses as a condition for
calling off the boycott.
City officials have empha
sized that they would not dis
continue the segregation prac
tice in the seating arrangement.
Just what effect a Federal
Court decision ihis week in
Montgoinery ruling that segre
gation'on that city’s buses was
unconstitutional ’ would have on
the-boycott here was pure spec
ulation. *
It was reported over the
week-end that boycott leaders
and city officials had come to
an agreement on the original
conditions set by the boycotters
which were:
1. Use of a ‘’first come, first
served” seating arranganent
within the segregated system of
seating;
2. Employment of Nero dri
vers on predominantly Negro
routes; and
3. Display Of courteay by
drivers to Negro patrons.
The boycott got started a
week ago when two Florida A
and M co-eds were arrested for
refusing to move to the rear of
the bus at a driver’s orders. It
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segregation order should be en-ition laws because of the de-
tered, and whether a stay should cision
be granted pending appeal. What effect the decision
In Birmingham, two of the would have on the six months
three dity commissioners said old boycott in Montgomery was
they plan no change in segrega-1 not determined at press time.
Dr. Marguerite Cartwright,
New^Tork ed.i.''.itor and netes-
paper columniJt it the Jeatured
speaker at the annual me>rting
of the Woman't Auxiliary of the
Old North State Medical So
ciety which meets in Charlotte,
June 12-14.
Dr. Cartwri jht is, currently,
profettoT of Education at Hun
ter College in New York.
Frank G. Burnett, extreme share of the Sliiiner’s Cancer
left, District Deputy of the An- j and Tuberculosis fund, which ij
dent Order of Egyptian Arabic j being dispersed among tiualve
Order Noble.'* of the Mystic major Negro hanks as the re-
Shrine, is shown presenting a. suit of the organization's new
check for $5,000 to J. H. Wheel-1 "support of Negro enterprise"
er, second from right, president | financial policy. In the picture,
of the Mechanics and Farmers from left to r'ght, are Burnett.
Bank. The check represented n, Charles Brown, deputy grand
master of TAasons of North
Carolina, Lee W. Smith, district
deputy: L. B. FruMer, Potentate
of Zafa Tem^de No. 178; Mrs.
Marie Moffitt, representing the
Daughters of Isis; Wheeler, and
E. R. Merrick of Zafa Temple,
176.
Bank Receives
Shriners Funds
The Mechanics and Farmers
Bank received a check for five
thousand dollars last week from
Durham Shriners as a part of
the national organization’s new
financial policy calling for dis
persal of a major portion of its
funds in Negro banks.
The check was presented to
J. H. Wheeler, president oi the
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
last week by Frank Burnett,
district deputy of the Ancient
Order of Arabic Nobles af the
Mystic Shrine, Inc.
The organization’s new fi
nancial policy was announced
last week by Booker T. Alex
ander, Imperial Potentate. It
calls for new emphasis on re
gional cooperation and support
of Negro enterprises.
Alexander proclaimed June 1
as “Faith in Negro Enterprise
Day,” at which lime 12 selected
Negro banks received deposits
of $5000 each from the Shriners.
In addition to the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, other banks
designated to receive a portion
of the organization’s $127,000
Tuberculosis and Cancer re
search fund are: Carver Savings
Bank, Savannah, Ga.; Citizens
Savings Bank and Trust, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Citizons and South
ern Bank and Trust Co. Phila.
Pa.; Citizens Trust Co., Atlanta,
Ga.; Consolidated Bank and
Trust Co., Richmond, Va.;
Crown Savings Bank, Newport
News, Va.; Tlie Douglas State
Bank, Kansas City; Kansas;
First State Bank, Danville, Vs.;
Industrial Bank of Washington,
D. C.; Tri State Bank, Memphis,
Tenn.; and Victory Savings
Bank, Columbia, S. C.
Dr. Thomas Malone Elected New
President Of NCC Alumni Body
Dr. Thomas £. Malons, pro
fessor of biology at NCC, has
been elected president of North
Carolinfi College’s National
Alumni Association.
Dr. Malone succeeds I. R.
Holmes, Director of the W. D.
Hill Recreation Center, Durham,
who assumes a new position as
treasurer of the group. Other
officers elected at the Annual
meeting held in NCC’s Educa
tion building during the Com
mencement season include Mrs.
Mildred Lewis of the New York
City Chapter of the NCC Alum
ni, first vice president; and Miss
Juanetta P. Ly^, Durfaam, re
cording secretary.
Walter M. Brown, director of
NCC’s Placement Bureau, was
renamed general secretary for
the association.
Marshall Vows
Counter Action
InAlabamaCase
NEW YORK
Court action will be taken—
in due time—to try to reverse
an Alabama injimction dg&iniL
the National A^ociation for tiie
Advancement of Colored People,
Thurgood Marshall promised
here Monday.
The NAACP was orderrd to
halt its activi^Ieif m Alabama by
a state court Friday.
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones
issued a temporary Injunction at
the request of State Attorney
General John Pattmon. The
restraining order remains in ef
fect “until further orders of the
court.”
Alabama tiius becamo the
second southern state to mar-
shall its legal force l>ehind
attempts to stop the activities
of the NAACP. Earlier, a Lou
isiana State court ordered the
NAACP to stop activities in' that
state on the basis of n law de
signed to prohibit Klu Klux ac-
Uvities.
Alabama Atty Gen Patterson
accused the NAACP of epcour-
aginf attacks on segregation
laws of the state. He (haigcd the
organization with helping to or
ganize the six-month boycott of
Montgomery buses, and with
employing or “otherwise ' pay
ing two Negro women to seA
enrollment at the all-white Uni-
vmity of Alabnina.
Those and other actions, tbe
attorney general degUted. “are
cau^ng trtepartMe ii^ary to
inmm tarn to Fi«a •)