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Weldon Attorney Convicted Of Assault By Pointing His Finger
Walker Case
VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 32
DUBHAM, N. C., SATUBDAT, AUGUST 18,195«
Two To Enter
WC This Fall
STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK SEEN —
GOP To Back
Court Ruling
Republican* will write
strong civil rights plank into
their platform when the party
meets in its national convention
next week at San Francisco, ac>
cording to views expressed by
Alexander Barnes, long-time
Republican and candidate for
the state senate.
Barnes dlsctliased Staisen’s
drive to replace Ntxon in the
second place on the ticket, civil
rights, Gov. Frank Clemenft
keynote speech bfllore the De
mocratic convention and took
swipe at Democrats while ma
king preparations to leave for
San Francisra anA
can' national convenllen nen
week.
Barnes expects “no trouble at
the convention over ci^ righti”
and believes that thetSOP “will
stand firmly behind the Sisen-
hower admlniiltration In its
quest for equal rights, regard
less of race, creed or color.”
He said the platform would
“support the Supreme Court de
cision In its entirety.”
Barnes believes Nixon would
be the best candidate for the
vice presidential* spot and fa
vors his nomination because of
his "strong stand” on civil
rights.
“Upon his (Vixon’s) arrival
from a recent trip around the
world, he told news reporter*
that the ‘one factor which mlll-(
tated against America was its
treatment of the Negro In the
South,” Barnes pointed out.
“This statement aroused the
ire of most Democrats,” he said,
“in view of the fact that they
are known to be against civil
rights, a fact which was best'
demonstrated by Gov. {juther
Hodges, Tom Pearsall, W. B.
Rodman and the rest of that ilk
at the recent debacle in Ra
leigh.”
Tliese men and their actions
are characteristic of the Demo
cratic party, he aaserted.
Bamea dismissed Tenn. Gov.
Frank donait’s keynote ad
dress to the democratic national
Qonvention Monday as ‘ Just an-
otiier case of a floundering de-
ogue trying to catch at any
Straw.”
“Fm glad that he went into
the grave and dug up the ghoats
of Andrew Jackaon and Grover
J#Hjis1siid, boA^ whom left
black mark on the country as
representatives of the Demo
cratic party,” Barnes sidd.
He said he could not imdw-
stand Gov. Clement’s reference
to Elsenhower’s health “when
the Democrats elected Roose
velt the last time sitting in his
coffin."
Program Set
To Note Pastor's
28th Anniversary
wmsTON-sAuas
Rev. Robert Mack Pitts will
observe his 28th anniversary as
pastor of Shiloh Baptist church
here Sunday. A special day
long program has been jd«nn^
for t^ occasion.
Rev. H. C. Mack, pastor of
Southern Rock Baptist church of
Washington, D. C., will be the
principal speaker at the eleven
o’clock service Sunday.,Special
music for the progrfon Will be
furnished by the Faithful Gos
pel Chorus, also ofr Washington,
D. C.
At a three o’clock afternoon
service. Rev. White, pastor ol
Charlotte’s Shiloh Baptist chur
ch, will give the main addraaa.
Other churches in the area
will Join in the anniversary
celebration Sunday, and to be
represented at the special pro
gram will be Cedar Grove Bap
tist of Mardiallville, Zion Bap
tist of Mt. Airy and First Bap
tist of Oak Ri^.
Rev. Pitts, who has held seve
ral pattorates before coming to
Shiloh here in 1828, Is credited
with an Impresrive number of
steady improvements In the
church during his tanuro.
When he took over the pastor-
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Two Negro students will be
admitted to Women’s College at
Greensboro this September.
They are Bettye Ann Davia
Tillman, 19, of Wadesboro, and
Elizabeth Jo Ann Smart, 17, of
Raleigh. They are the first Ne
groes to be admitted to this
branch of the consolidated Uni
versity of North Carolina. Both
will live on the campus.
Seven Negro students had ap
plied for admission to Women’s
College, but two did not com
plete tlwir credentials and three
failed to meet scholastic re
quirements, it was revealed by
Miss Mildred Newton, director
of admissions.
Miss Newton said letters
informing the two girls of their
acceptance were sent out short
ly after their applications had
been completed.
Earlier this summer, it was
revealed that two Negro stu
dents had b«en accepted as un-
derpaduates for the first time
north Carolina State College
hi Kal^igb. I>ast year, tiie UiH-
venity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, accepted its first
Negro undergraduates.
Mrs. Tillman, who is present
ly in Washington, is a rodent
of Wadesboro where she lives
with an aunt. She is a graduate
of Anson County school where
she was active in the school
10 CENTS
PRICE
MISS ELIZABETH SMABT
-1^
MBS. BETTT A. ULLMAN
band, journalistic and dramatic
clubs. She finished with second
highest honors. Her husband,
seaman Benjamin O. Tillman, Is
serving with the USS Los Ange-
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Delegates Arrive For
Naf I Sorority IMeet
Early arriving delegates enter
ed Durham Wednesday for the
start of the national boule of
the Tau Gamma Delta Sorority.
The boule is scheduled to open
Thursday, Aug. 16, and will
continue through Sunday.
Most of the sessions of the
boule are scheduled to be held
at North Carolina College. The
boule will come to a close with
worahip servi(^ at St. Mark
AME Zion church Sunday
morning at eleven.
Some 200 members of the so
rority from Illinois, Indiana,
CaUfomia, Georgia, Tennessee,
New York and North and South
Carolina are expected to attend
the boule.
Among the prominent per
sons to address public sessions
of the boule are Dr. Lucie
Thompson, a former president
of the National Association of
Negro Business and Professional
Clubs, Dr. Helen G. Edmonds,
writer, lecturer, and teacher of
history at North Carolina Col
lege, and several leaders In va
rious fields in Durham.
The sorority will award a col
lege scholanhip to a Durham
high school graduate and it will
also present an award to the
president of the Durham
NAACP.
Election of offlcera is set ior
a Saturday afternoon meeting.
On the lighter side, delegates
will b« taken on a tour of the
North Carolina^utual life in-
stirance compa^ home office,
Liggett and Myera tobacco firm,
will be guests a) a cocktail hour
Friday ni^t and a dance follow
ing thia event.
Theme ot this year’s conven
tion is “A Woman’s Challenge in
a Changing World,” and It is
expected that much discussion
In the boule will center on the
some phase of desegregation
ai^d the schooto.
On the opiming day of the
boule, Thursday, a ftmun dis
cussion on the subjects, “late-
graMon” and “Meetl^ the Chal
lenge” will be held. To be pre
sided over by Mrs. Viola Nich
ols, this session will draw re
marks from the following civic,
business and religious leaders
in Durham: Rev. Reuben
Speaks, pastor of St. Mark
AME Zion church; R. N. Harris,
city councilman; W, J. Kennedy,
Jr., president of the N. C. Mu
tual; Dr. Rose Butler Browne,
prominent Baptist laywoman
and head of the Education de
partment at North Carolina Col
lege; J. S. Stewart, chairman of
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro Affairs; N. B. White, iwesi-
dent of the Durham Business
'and Professional Chain; and Dr,
Alfonso Elder, president of
North Carolina College.
On Thursday night, Dr.
Thompson will address the
boule in a public meeting at B.
N. Duke auditorium. An out
standing national figure, Dr.
Thompson is a member of the
board of directors of the Chica
go National Association of Ne
gro business, Secretary of the
Forestville City Improvement
League, treasurer of Zeta Zeta
chapter of Zeta Phi Beta sorori
ty and a member of the Nation
al Council of Women of the
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To Be Appealed
To High Court
JACKSON
Attorney James R. Walker
was convicted of assault on a
female here last week in what
many have termed a “Mack In
gram verdict.”
Walker was convicted of the
charge on the strength of testi
mony which showed that he ar
gued and pointed his finger at
Mrs. Helen Taylor, a Seaboard
precmct registrar.
In 1951, Mack Ingram, a Cas
well county farmer, was con
victed of assault on a famale on
evidence which proved that he
"leered” at her from a distance
of 76 feet. The case attracted in
ternational attention, and In
gram was subsequently acquit
ted by the State Supreme-Court
in 1953.
Mrs. Taylor and her husband,
W. H. Taylor, only witnesses for
the state in the day and a half
trial which ended here last
Wednesday, testified that the
extent of Walker's actions was
to argue, at times loudly, and
point his finger at Mrs Taylor.
At one point, it was brought
out that Walker pointed to~the
floor and declared that he would
not move from that spot, a dis
tance, aU witnesses agreed, of
approximately four feet from
Mrs. Taylor.
Notice of appeal of the verdict
to the State Supreme Coiu:t was
filed immediately by Attorney
Samuel S. Mitchell of the Ra-
lei|^ law firm of Taylor and
MltdiciU, handling Walker’s
defense.
Mitchell first sought to have
the case dismissed, on the basis
that 1,. It waa contrary to evi
dence, 2, ii was cbhfSiry 'to Taw,
and S', that a new trial should be
ordered. Each appeal was de
nied by Judge Henry L. Stevens,
who, in his charge to the jury
had stated that “the fact that
the defendant in this action is of
Ethiopian heritage and the pro
secuting witness of Caucasian
heritage should not be taken in
to consideration.
The trial here last week was
the result of an appeal from a
Recorder’s Court decision which
had fotmd Walker guilty of tres
pass last May. The first court
action grew out of a dispute
which Walker had with Mrs.
Taylor over the qualification of
Negroes seeking to register for
the May Democratic primary.
When Walker and his defense
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MRS. BEBTHA W. SMITH
. . tupreme bariletu ...
DW. LUCIE THOMPSON
. ; . boule speaker . . .
PISS STATE Ut EXAMINATIONS
George B. Tillett and Floyd
Brown were among the new
crop of lawyera who will be
licensed by North Carolina af
ter successfully completing the
State bar examination last
week.
Tillett, a 1948 graduate ot A
and T College, is a native of
Edenton and a World War II
veteran. He received hla law
dagree from North Carolina Col
lege in 1954. He has been em
ployed by the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank since.
Brown, already physical edu
cation instructor and head bas
ketball coach at N. C. College,
also received his law degree
from the NCC law wshool last
year. Brown waa an outstanding
North Carolina College athlete
aa an undergraduate.
BABY*S LIFE PAWNED FOR CAR —
Couple Blame Each
Otiier In Child Slaying
ATTY. JAMES B. WALKER
. . . another "Mack Ingram?"
OXFORD to make a down payment on •
A common law united couple
accused each other here last
week of taking the life of their
seven months old baby.
Both have been formally
charged with murder, pending
indictments.
Arthur H«mt, 32 year old saw
mill worker, and his common
law wife, Hertie Mae Hunt,
were arrested siiortly after the
death of their daughter Nannie
Hunt last June 27. Police made
the arrests after their suspicions
had been aroused when atten
ding physicians refused to sign
death warrant.
Miss Himt has signed a con
fession, blaming her mate for
the death of the child.
The infant died of repeated
blows to the skuU with blunt
instrument, an autopsy showed.
Police theorized that the
Hunts planned to use insurance
money collected on the bab/a
life to pay for an automobile. It
was pointed out that the Hunta
were shopping around for a used
car shortly before the child’s
death, and allegedly told one
dealer that they would be able
car in a few days when they
got some money.
When questioned about this
statement. Hunt admitted that
his wife must have been talking
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NO TAKERS
LASTWEEK!
$3.00 ThigWeek $3.00
b your Aato License
Number Listed Below??
If 80 bring Auto Registra
tion Card to the Office of
rhe Gvolina Times be
fore noon Satnrday and
get your Three One
Dollar Bills.
Here They Are Fettas —
Loolc dote $3.00 is the
Amount.
A W - 4 8 6 1
A Y - 7 6 9 9
A Y - 8 9 1 2
Action Sought To Get
Judge To Issue Ruling
Writ (H Mandafflus Plea Filed
Against Jurist In Old Fort Cx^se
Alabama High
Court Leaves
Fine Intact
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
The $100,000 fine levied on
the NAACP by an Alabama
court remained intact this week
after the State’s highest court
refused to touch the lower
court decision.
Alabama State Supreme Court
Monday rejected an appeal by
NAACP attorneys to review a
contempt of court charge and
the fine levied against the or
ganization by a lower court.
Circuit Court judge Walter B.
Jones Issued an injunction
against the NAACP’s operations
in the state at the request of
state attorneys and later cited
the NAACP for contempt when
it refxised to turn over m«nber-
ship lists to the state and levied
Uie fine aa a result of its con
tempt citation.
Before a courtroom i»cked to
overflowing here Monday,
NAACP special counsel Robert
Carter of New York argued for
the Supreme Court to issue a
writ of certiorari, or a review
of the lower court decision.
Carter argued In* support of
a brief previously filed by the
NAACP which pointed out what
it termed legal errors in Judge
Jones’ conduct of the trial.
State Attorney General John
Patterson contended that the
NAACP brief was insuttlclent
to warrant a review of the de
cision.
The Supreme Court held in
brief and unanimous opinion
that grounda were unsuttlciant
for reopening the eaae.
A-RE. ZION
CHURCH SEEKS
NEW MEMBERS
CHARLOTTE
Dr. W. S. Dacons, Director ol
the Bureau of Evangelisni of
the AME Zion Churcli, outlined
an extensive plan whereby he
hopes to increase the member
ship of the denomination here
this week.
Dr. Dacons pointed to the fact
that he was going to point to the
fact that those who say the
church is losing ground is in
error. He says that the trouble
is that the real tenets of the
Christian religion are not being
told and explained to the people
as they were in years past.
CONFEIIENCE
Some 200 North Carolina
educators are expected to attend
the 7th annual Principals- Su
pervisors Conference at North
Carolina College Wednesday
through Friday August 15-17
RALEIGH
Action seeking to have a
State judge render judgement
in a case in which Negro pa
rents are seeking to have their
children admitted to a white
school was filed Wednesday.
Attorneys Herman Taylor and
Samuel Mitchell of Raleigh,
counsel for a group of plaintiffs
in Old Fort seeking to have
their children admitted to the
only school in the town, filed a
petition for a writ of mandamus
plemental complaint, leave io □
which he had denied” in o
Lng recotirse to state remedies 11
also asks the Court to ‘‘compel
Judge Warlick to hear plaintiffs
case on merits and order the
Board of Education oi r.
Dowell County to admit plain
tiff' children to the Old Fort
school.”
’The petition further declares
that “the North Carolina Pupil
Assignment law is unconstitu
tional and is not a state adminis-
against State Judge Wil«>n j trative remedy that Negro child-
Warlick, seeking to have him
render a decision in Che case.
Judge Warlick deferred any
judgement in the case when it
was argued before him in July.
He ordered a stay in the pro
ceedings until plaintiffs had ex
hausted state administrative
remedies as prescriljed in the
North Carolina Pupil Assign
ment Law.
The petition filed by Attor
neys Mitchell and Taylor this
week requests the court of ap
peals to “compel Judge Warlick
to permit plaintiffs to file sup-
ren are required to exhaust be
fore seeking relief through u
Federal court.”
The action seeking a writ of
mandamus against a judge
thought to be unique in ^
annals. It is tiie £irst time v,-i -
memory that si -h an action l...i
been instituted to get a judi-c
render a judgement.
The Fourth Circuit, to whj-'-
the petition was submitted, is
composed of Judges Morris So-,
per, John J. Parker and Arm
stead Doby.
DURHAM TEACHER ASSIGNMENTS LISTED HERE
Assignment of teachers to
schools in Durham was revealed
here this week.
List of teachers assigned is as
follows:
HtUalde, Harold M. Holmes,
principal, Frank Alston, Johnny
Bames, Mrs. L. S. Barnes, Ro
bert Battle, RusseU Blunt, Mrs.
Adele Butts, Miss T. It. Claggett,
Miss A. R. Cruse, Thomas Davis,
Mrs. M. S. Dooms, S. L. Dudley,
W. L. Easley, C. L. ilasterling,
John Gattis, W. M. Grandy, P.
M. pall, Gilbert Harden, Mrs.
Grace M. Harris, Mrs. E. R.
Herndon, Mw. Willie Hill,- Mrs.
Florice J. Holmes, Mrs. M. T.
Lakin, Miss Geraldine Lyles,
Mrs. Mable Mabry, B. F. Page,
Mrs. D. C. Reaves, Mrs. L. I.
Riddick, Gilbert Roberson, Mrs.
Frances Schooler, Mrs. C. P.
Smith, Mrs. . Marie Speigner,
Dalrymple Sysnette, Mra. K. C
Thomas, Mrs. G. L. Thompson,
Mrs. Mary Thompson, N. B
Turner, Edgar W. Wlllianis and
Mra. Vhrginia Willis.
Whltted, J. M. Schooler, prln
clpal, Mn. L. L. Alston, Jesse
Boston, Mn. Pauline Caffey,
Mra. Tbelma Carrington, Hu
bert Coleman, Mra. M. H. Cro
martle, Samuel Davla, Mn. VIr
Ki« Osvla, Mrs. C. D. IMxttm,
Golan Frazier, Mra. Doris Gar
rett, Mrs. TTielma Glenn, Bdra.
Auldrey Hubbard, Mra. Martha
Johnson, William Kearney, L. S.
Knox, Mrs. Amanda Long, How
ard McAllister, Miss Norma Mc
Coy, Mra. J. B. McLester, Mn.
;. H. MarshaU. WUey Neal, Mn.
D. M. Norris, Miss A. V. Oakley.
E. Peele, Mrs. Blayme Perry,
Mrs. Thelma Perry, Miss G. W.
Richardson, John ^mith, Mn.
L. Smith, Mn. M. B. Spaul
ding, Mrs. Arimmthla Steven
son, Herbert Tatum, Thcmias
Taylor, Jr., James Thompaon, B.
Thornton, Mra. C«wa Tudi,
Mn. F. S. T^r, A. W. Whlaen
ton, Leondras Williams, Mrs.
G. A. Winslow, Lewis W. Wood
ward and Spacer Wynne.
Bnrtm SdMol, E. W. Midgette,
principal, Mrs. Ruth Boyd, Mrt.
T. K. Burthey, Miss Annie Donl
gan, Mn. Nannie Greene, Mia.
Mable Harris, Miaa Lennora Jef
freya, Mn. ’Theresa JeCtrles,
Mn. 3. D. Kearney, Mn. Marie
Kearney, Mn. B. Pratt, Mra.
L. S. Ray, Mn. A. B. Ricks, Mn.
Ada Roach. Mrs. L. F. Tayk»r,
Mn. Mable Wats» and Mn.
Georgia Whltted.
■aat SbA BabMl. F. D. Mur
■hall, principal. Mra. Willie
Mrt. M. H. Brwlnf-
ton, Mra. A. Coley, Mrs.
Gladys Dawkins, Mrs. E. R.
French, Mrs. Blanche GriswelL
Mn. Rosa D. HolloWay, Mra.
Verdelle Johnston, Miss Jane
Lewis, Miss Blanche Meadows,
Miaa Eva Merritt, Mrs. Dorothy
Newborn, Mrs. E. L. Michaux,
Miaa Helen Morrison, Mn. Mar
tha Nance, Mn. Lydia Parker,
Mrs. Ettie Plummer, Frank So
well, Mn. Roxie Stewart. Mrs.
Alvera Thompson, Miaa Sue
Wanen and Miaa Louise Yourse.
Ijtm. Fark Seheei, Frank G.
Burnett, principal, Mra. Rosa
Artis, William BatUe, Mn. Al
ma Bannett, Mn. Virginia Bi
vena, Miaa Annie CoM>, A. M.
Cowaxd.^ Miaa Marie Faulk. Mrs ,
Mary Grant, Mn. Nannie Grigs
by, Miss Rut^ Grisaom, Mrs.
Isabella Harden, Mrs. Dorothy
Judkins, Mra. Sve^ Kenney,
B. K. McLaurin. Cordell
Michaux, Mn. NatMoai Moi^an,
Mrs. Dorothy Smith, Jeff Smith,
and Miaa Mary Stephena.
Faaraaa SdM«l. N. A. Cbaek.
principal, Mn. Bemadlne Bai
ley, Mrs. Mary W. Bjrtd, Mra.
Peart Cordke. Mr*. BatUa
Ciewa, Mn. OUa Davtdaoa,
Iba. Alb Davia, Mrs. Helen
Fleming, Mra. Mtamla Forte,
Mlw Bcttia Pofter, Mra. JuUa
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