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16-Year-Old Shoots Dad When MMiher Urges ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ NAACP APPEALS CASE II ALA Plctimd aboT* are the doublM’ wlniien in the Jonior National Tennb Tounuunent of the American Tenaia Aaao- ctation held here July 24*28. They are ahown being award* ed the championahip trophy by Meta Kendricka, nationally known pablie relationB man. From Mt to ri|^t they mn Irvin Holmea, Jr., Joe Williama, Dr. Alfonao Elder, preiident of North Carolina College and Mr. Kradricka. POSmONS OFFERED TEACHERS FIRED FROM JOBS IN SOUTH NEW YORK Rkbard Parria, Chairman of the Human Relations Commit tee at the American Federation o|( 'Teachers, AFL-C10, today announced an open meeting on educational job opportuaitiM in New York City to q>e«t the need! ot hundreds of^ «aclicn frcttfl' the South now atudylng in the New Yoric City area. The meeting, scheduled for August 2, will begin at 4 PM in the conference room of the New York Teachers GuUd, 2 East 28 Street. The Quild la Local 2 ot the AFT. In addition to explaining tlu|^ deGHIs of {fie ^^w York Q||y examination system, tlM . Guild will offer free scholarships te its annual preparation course for prospective teachers takiag the License No. 1 examination to any teacher displaced by de segregation adjustments or pro blems. The License No. 1 course begins September 22. Full text of Mr. Parrish’s an nouncement of the meeting fol lows; Good news for desegregation’s displaced teachers came recent ly when New York City’s Su perintendent of Schools, Dr. William Jansen, said that such teachers would be welcome in the City school system. While the New York City Board of Examiners does not recruit teachers on the basis of race, nevertheless Dr. Jansen made Jt clear that Negro teachers dis missed as a resvdt of the Su preme ' Court’s decision against segregated schools would not be overlooked, and that Dr. Mos- kowitz, in charge of teacher re cruitment, had consulted Dr. James Davis of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People as to poasible teaching candidates. It would thus appear that New York City, long the hope of political and religious refu gees from abroad, may now be- (neaae turn to Page 8) VOLUME 32—NUMBEB 30 DUBHAM, N. C., SApJBDAY, AUGUST 4,1956 PRICE 10 CENTS Twin City Man Sliot To Death In Argument Over Money CALIS FRIEND 10 AUTOMOISIIE THEN PUMPS SUISS INTO BODYI Dawson Heads Probe Committee Of Government WASHINGTON, D. C. Congressman William L. DaW' son, the Democrat from Illinois, is heading the House Govern- ment Operations’ Committee in a new move to seek wTiy every major federal agency of the Eisenhower Administration is concealing routine information from Congress and the public on the grounds that they are following the president’s orders. Dawson and his group claim that “a strange psychosis exists throughout high military and governmental circles today that the government’s business is not the people's business.” He also cited some executive officials who are withholding informa tion wliich the public not only needs, “but has an inalienable right to know.” Basis of the clamming up by officials is a letter by Eisen hower to Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson in 19S4 dur ing the Army-McCarthy hear ings which said that “the fede ral employes should regard as privileged all official conversa tions or communications be tween officials of the executive branch.” "It seems inconceivable that 10 government agencies are now citing this letter as a shadowy cloak of authority to restrict or withhold Information. This flim sy pretext only serves to demon strate wha£ extent executive de partments will go.” DR.IHEODOIIESPEIGNB!NAMH) PRESIDENT MfflllCANTEACHEIS ISSOCIATION AT S3rd CONFAB ATLANTA, Ga. Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, Di rector of the Division of Re- source-Use Education and Pro fessor of History at North Caro lina College at Durham, Dur ham, North Carolina, was elec ted president of the American Teachers Association at the ATA’s 53rd annual convention which was held at Atlanta Uni versity, Atlanta. Georgia, July 29-31. He succeeds Principal El mer T. Hawkins of Chestertown, Maryland, the retiring presi dent. Dr. Speigner comes to his new office as president of ATA with many years of experience as a participant in professional or04tic«tions. Prior to assuming ~ __ his pretest pejritto>» JlHWiym- SfBOKEE as ATA state director for North Carolina and afterwards a re gional vice president for ATA Region III which includes the states of North and South Caro lina and Virginia. The general theme of the 5Srd national convention of the American Teachers Association was 1‘WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUB CHILDREPT IN THIS TRANSITION-CRISIS.” The American Teachers As sociation is a national profes sional teachers organization of Bome 25,000 members who are predominantly Negroes. It was founded in 1903 as the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools. At its annual convention in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1937, the name was changed to the American Teachers As sociation so as to be an inclu sive teachers organization. Other officers elected at the Atlanta meeting which ended July 31, were: Dr. W. C. Orr, A&M College at Normal, Ala., vice president; Dr. H. C. Tren- holm, president, Alabama State College, Montgomery, Alabama, executive secretary; Dr. Howard H. Long, dean. Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio, trea surer; Lucius Bacote of Georgia and Mrs. Minnie Bell of Wash ington, D. C., Executive Com mittee; Dr. Miles Connor of Baltimore, Mrs. Lillian Johnson of Miss., and Dr. Walter N. Rid ley of Virginia, Board of Trus tees. WINSTON-SALEM Whether it was money or whether it was another woman tiut prompted Miss Willie Mae Harris to arm herself with a pistol and goln search i}f Percell Bames Saturday, can only be told by the woman, due to the fact that when she found him he was the object of her fury and as the result he is dead and she is lanqOishing in jail. The story reads like real western. Miss Harris is to have hailed a cab and from her actions, had blood in her, eyes. According to in formation she found &e victim at the comer of Locust Avenue and 10th Street. Perhaps the cab driver was just as surprised as Barnes that she was so irate that she would take a life. When the cab stopped, she call ed Barnes over and without any words, she pulled the trigger of her trusted revolver and Bames felidead. Money is said to have been the cause of the fatal shooting, but it could not be ascer-MB. BARNES tained as to whether Bames had borrowed some money from her or had “tricked” her out of it. No one would venture to say exactly what happened between the woman and the slala man. The ever present mistreatment in love affairs has hoi yet shown up. The woman faces a hearing in Municipal Court here Friday. She is now being held v^tttiout bond. Barnes' Ijgdy for burial. He^^me^^^^^c^^rom^Smo^ter, Una and at the time of his death, was employed by thftfl. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. He is said to be a member of Mount Moriah A. M. E. Zion Church, in his home town from which funeral services were held on Wednesday, August 1. The marital status of the dead man was not determined at press time. ORGANIZATION RUFUSES TO EXPOSE USI OF MEMBERSHIP short shrift DROWNS IN POND LUMBERTON J. D. McDowell, Jr., 16, be came Robeson County’s fifth farm pond death Friday when he drowned while swimming in a pond on the farm of Henry W. Webster. DIES IN WRECK GRANITE QUARRY High speed on a niral paved road near here was the cause ot the death of George Avery Wil- kerson, 38, of China Grove, Route S, when the car in whiAi he was riding wrecked. roadsideI^th GRXKNVILLX The body of 14-yearKdd Ju lius Caesar Rogers of Route 1, Fountain, was found on N. C. 222 near bis home Monday, ap parently the victim of a passing car. Ae was nm over a second time by a motorist who did not see the form on the road in time to avoid hitting the youth. GOVERNMENT ENDS CONTROL OF SALK VACCINB WASmNGTON The secretary of healthy edu cation, and welfare, Marion B. Folsom, announced this week that the government has ended federal allocation of salk polio vaocine. He said commercial channels can do a better Job ot distribution. A. T. Spaulding Grateful For Appointment When asked to comment on his appointment by the Presi dent to membership on the Uni ted States Delegation to the Ninth Annual Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organi zation in New Delhi, India from November 5^ to December 5, Mr. Spaulding had this to say: Although the nWs of my tiaving been nominated by the President to be a membr of the United States Delegation to the Ninth Annual Conference (rf UNESCO in New Delhi, India came as a distinct surprise to me. I feel deeply grateful for the honor and privilege to serve my Country again, but most of all for the President’s vote of con fidence in me. I earnestly hope that I may prove worthy.” Admires Ike Mr. Spaulding continued: “My admiration of and re spect for the President and his leadendiip are too great for me to feel otherwise than very happy, and humble, over having been selected by him to serve the Government in this capacity and on such an occasion. I hope and pray that I may serve my country well and measure up to the President’s expectations.” Xiast January Mr. Spaulding served as one of the five mem- bwn of the United States Dele gation to the Inauguration ot President William V. S. Tub man dt the Republic of Liberia. REV. R. L. SPEAKS New Pastor To Assume Charge At Saint Nark On Sunday Augtist 5, the Reverend Ruben L. Speaks will take over the pastoral duties of St. Mark Al^ Zion Church, IMirham. He comes to Durham from Varick Memorial Temple in Pliiladelpltia, Pa., where he has served for six years. While at Varick the church was tho roughly renovated and the membership doubled. Rev. Speaks received his A.B degree from Drake University, Moines, Iowa; B.D., Drew logical Seminary, Madiaoix -Jacsey. and .'iiis' S.T.1I^ from Temple University, School of Theology, Philadelphia. He is widely' known as a preacher, poet and writer. He was elected leader of the Philadelphia and (Please turn to Page 8) 'MZW YORK The Alabama State Supreme Court will be asked to set aside the $10,000 fine levied acaiiMt the National Aseociatioo ter ttie Advancement of Colored Peoiple by Circuit Court Judge Walter B. Jones of Montgomery on a contempt of court charge. Hoy Wilkins, NAACP execirtive sec retary, announced here recently. The fine was imposed by the Alabama judge on July 2S after NAACP attorney Robert L. Car ter declined to turn over to John Patterxoa, Alabama Attorney General, the list of NAACP members in the state. The mem- liership list and other docu ments were demanded by Mr. Patterson in connection with the state’s suit to ban NAACP ac tivity in Alabama for failure to register with the’ state. Whe* the NAACP offered to register, the court ruled tliat it could not. The Association was given un til Monday, July 30, to produce the documoits in court. Refusal to comply. Judge Jones ruled, would automatically increase the fine to $100,000. In addition to filing the writ of certiorari with the State Supreme Court, NAACP attorneys laid the ground iqr transferring the case to tl^ Federal District Court. Membership List OmeM Although the state asked tor 1 number of other documents^ he crucial item was the aaem- srship list. lir. WlUdns aald chat the Associatioa was with* holding this list becaoaa “NAACP m^bars in Alabama and elsewhere in the South hava been subjected to economie pressure, personal threats and acts ef violence for no cause than tlieir membership >.n the NAACP and their support of equality for all citizens. We cannot, in good conscience, risk exposing our loyal members to such reprisals.” (Please turn to Page 8) Negro Doctors Oppose Bios Sodety EDHORlAi IN MRS. C. W.PICKENBACK Last Rites Held For Noted W. S. Church Leader WINSTON-SALEM Mrs. Conine Wooten Plcken' pack ot 41-A Columbia Terrace, passed at local hospital here Wednesday, July 25, after seve ral months of illness. She was bom August S5. 1896 in Winston-Salem, the daughter of Mrs. Susie Wooten, and the late Tobe William Wooten. Mrs. Pickenpack was married to the late Thomas E. Pickenpack, Sr. Funeral ser vices were held Sunday at the Mtl Zion Baptist Church of which she was a member and active in many of its auxiliaries. She was the chairman ot the first “Women’s Day Celebra- (Plaaaa turn to Pag* 8) TIMES RAISES IRE OF MEDICS According to Dr. L. R. Swift, Durham physician and presi dent of the Old North State Medical Society, the ire of Ne gro doctors was raised to fever heat here last week following editorial appearing in The Carolina Times disclosing that Negro labor, by refusing to take part in a segregated state meeting' unless they would be accorded the same privileges as other members, had taken a more progressive step than Ne gro doctors. Source of the Times charges concerning the physicians was contained in an Associated Press dispatch appearing in lo cal and state daily newspapers of Wednesday, June 13. The dispatch, quoted the then presi dent of the medical society. Dr. Rudolph Wyche of Charlotte as saying that, “There Is not a doc tor in our society who would want to take part in the social activities” of the white society. Dr. Wyche stated further, ac cording to the AP dispatch, that the Old North State was plan ning to stay in existence as a social group. Although the statement was never denied, repudiated, or re- 'futed in further news releases of the Old North State, Dr. Swift, the present president, now states that Dr. Wyche tiad no authority t» make such a statement for the society, as such is delegated solely to the executive committee. He fur ther stated that no official invi tation had been extended the members of the Old North State to join the North Carolina Medi cal Society (white) on either a limited, unlimited or any other kind of basis and that if and when an invitation is octwded it would not be accepted unless all privileges are accorded h Your AUTO Liceiue Among These? if So Call At The Carolina Timea Office Before ^€ion Sat- urday And Get Your Dollar Bill. AX - 9 3 5 1 A Y - 9 1 0 8 A W - 2 8 4 6 Harold A. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Moore of Elm ave., Mt. Holly, N. C., receives a certificate of'promotion to sea man, USN. Navy Capt. E.H.C. Fredericks, Chief of Staff, Com mander, Fleet Air Japan, made the presentation June 21. Moore is serving tvith the Material Division on the Staff of the Commander, Fleet Air Jupan, at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Atsuffi, Japan. He entered the service January 1955. rr BOY PUTS HOLE IN FATHER'S CHEST, MOTHER SAID "SHOOT MONROE I threatened Mary. A sixteen-year old boy has| He put the rifle aside and the been charged with murder and .argument continued. Then he his mother as an accessory be-1 picked up a small shovel and agalfi threatened his wife. fore the fact, after killing his father at his mother’s urging. A. J. (Coot) Redfern, about 38, staggered from his home outside the south town limits at . w .1*. I- staggered from the house and 11 pjn. with a bullet wound in „ “ The mother pleaded with her son to “get that gun and shoot Coot.” John Henry did. Coot died. Preliminary hearing probably will be held Friday morning. the center of his chest. Sheriff Wolfe and Coroner J. P. Mc Leod investigated. Arrested were his son REVIVAL SERVICES Henry Jledfern, and his wife. Mary Redfem. Deputy Sheriff Cliff Dutton, who questioned the boy, said John Henderson gave this ac count: John Hmry was at home late Sunday night with his father, who had been drinkinf. At about 10:30 p.m. his mother came in the house. She had been drinking also. An argument en sued concerning Mary’s fidelity and Coot grabbed a .22 rifle and SET FOR EBENEZER BAPTIST OIURCH Tbe Bev. A. B. Bhigkaaa, paa- ter at Ftrat Ba»tM Cluur^ PartSiBaatli, Virgiida, wUl ke gaeat speafcw tar tte Mavtval Servleea at Bkeaaaer Bavtlst CkarA oa OleMi Street, ke- ghuitaig HaBday, Aagast • aad laatlBg tkra««^ Vriiay, Aagast It. Rev. X. A. Bmwb, taator a( lavltaa i¥»ia«a ta Last Rites Held For Mrs. Brown At White Rock ICrs. Roshia Dixon Brown, a former resident of Diurham, died unexpectedly in Washington, D. C.. Monday July 30. She was bom in Person County, on Nov. 14 1886 to the late Monroe and Anna Lawson. Mrs. Brown came to Durham at the age of eighteen. She was married to George A. Dixon and to this union three children were Imm. Following her hus band’s death in 1921, ^e was married to the late William 3. Brown. Two children were bora to this union. The deceased was a member of White Rock Baptist Churcb and was affiliated with District No. 9; Hattie E. Shepard Mia- sionary C^cle; Phllathea Sun day School Class and other civic\chiba. Funeral servicea will be held Thursday, August 2 at 4 pJB.. from the White Rock Baptist Church. The Rev. Mllea Mark Fisher will officiate. Surviving are Mrs. Laura Lawson, stepmother. Itontbota; fhr^ children. Mrs. Mattie B. Daye, Washington. D. C.; Mka. OUvia Wright. Mrs. Mocta* Jewett. Mrs. Grayce Ptka aai James A. Brown, all of York City; lour grinrhlMkl- Idward rairley, WtDte (Plaaaa turn to fkg» •)
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