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/ •USE " UHWESSm I5(n AT urn CXRET SESSHN Anti-Integration Flops When Leader Is Jailed IF YOU DON'T VOTE Saturdayf September 8 DON'T COMPLAIN! -*A Voteleas People It A Hopele$t People** Wh$ yiwrthhituewg^ PRICE lOc PAY~FT0 more ] VOLUME 32—NUMBER SS DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 1, 1950 PRICK It CEMTS Ushers Vote To Buy Christian College Property ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ NAACP Files Petition in Alabama Case Delegates From 24 States And Foreign Countries At JHeet In Winston-Salem REV. W. C. SOMMBRVILLE Executive Secretary REV. K. O. P. GOODWIN Host Pastor MRS. M. A HORNE State President R L. HOLLOMAN President, Laymen WINSTON-SALEM The 56tb annual session of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention opened here Tuesday, August. 28 with more than 1,500 delegates from twen ty-four states, the District of Columbia, Hatal and Liberia in attendance. The meeting will continue through August 31. Boat yaatora an tl» &. iO. r. Ooodwin and tke'KefI' David R. Hediiey of the First Baptist Choreh and the Moimt Zion Baptist Chnrches respect ively. l%ey are being assisted by the entire Baptist family of the city. In addition to the 1,50Q del egates, churchmen, dignitaries and visitors are in attendance to the extent of running the figure well over the 2,000 mark. The convention will be pre sided over by Bev. J. V. Me- Iver of Orange, New Jersey, who is also a member of the legislature of New Jersey. Be was elected to the presidency In 1955. Opening here at Fries Audi torium, Teachers’ College, with a pre-convention musical pro gram directed by W, E. Patter son, Norfolk, Va., local talent from churches numbering sev eral hundred persons were heard on Monday night, August 27 at eight o’clock. The executive conunlttee met o& Tuesday morning at eleven o’elock and in the afternoon. At three the a^ual executive (Please turn to Page 8) 1 Pictured above Is Halifax County’s team that won first place in the State 4-H Cattle Judging Contest held In Ba- lelgh, recently or the second consecutive year. In oompet- tion with S6 oonntlea, the In- Club members scored a total of 12S4 points. Bmee Bailey made the hl|^- eat individual score In tke oontest with a total of 410 points. He won the .Ouemsey award by making tha highest soore fat that breed and tied for a perfeet soore In tte Jer sey breed. Second pbw* team’s boaor went to James Bullock with a total of 4«l pokits. He won the first place prlie tor making the highest score In the Holstein breed. Floyd Gee ranked third on the team with a total of S96 points. James Oee, who served as alternate, did not count In the total points because the team Is' comprised iA only three mem bers. TUrty-sIx counties partici pated in the second annual Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held in the show room of State College Dairy Farm under the supenrlidon of B. L. Wynn Ex tension Dairy Specialist of A. and T. Collage. Assisting him with the event and senriac as Judges were J. D. George and Guy Parson Bxtenslmi Dairy Specialist at State Col lege. Bailey is 16 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Blether Bailey. Bullock la 16 ,the son of'Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bullock. Floyd, 16 and James 17, are sons of Mr. and Mka. Alex Gee. From left to rl|^t they are: Floyd Gee, Bruce Bailey, James Gee (alternate), James Bullock, (holding the trophy won in 195S) and D. J. Knight, County Agent, who trained the team. The picturea are prises for the highest aeorts of the breMs. Top photo; MIm Norma Me- Coy, president the Junior Department of the NCIUA preaenting a check for 91166 to C. L. Taylor, assistant super intendent, who accepted it on behalf of Oxford Colored Or phanage. Bottom iriioto: A sec tion of the annual parade. Small Tennessee Town Shows How To Handle Rabid Race Baiters CLINTON, TENN. Twelve Negro student were admitted to the Clinton High School here Monday when it opened its doors for the fall term. It is the first secondary school in the state, state-sup- ported to integrate. With the" exception a few boys who picketed the school for a short while the integra tion of the school was uneven ful. Six boys carried pro segregation placards previous ly prepared off the school grounds, but two of them later abandoned the signs and enter- ed^the building. Said Sheriff Joe Owens, who had previously posted his men near the school when a crowd of 150 persona gathered ap- (Pleaae turn to Page B) Lumber Company Head Denies Opposing Dr. £dmond$ At GOP Meet Attorneys File Two Petitions Witti State Court For Writ Of Certiorari Rowan Baptist Association In 90tti Session By Mrs. K. H. McAUiater SALISBURY The Ninetieth Annual Session of the Rowan Baptist Associa tion met with the Mt. Zion Bap tist Church in Salisbury, Aug. 21-23. The host pastor, was Rev. William McKinle* Wyjitt. It was in Salis^^«Aii tha Rowan Baptist AsMiattaif was organized in 1S66 in a hospital, afterwards purchased by the Baptists, and organised into the Dixonville Baptist Churdi. Rev. Harry Cowman, Bev. Z. Hanghton and Bev. 'Combe Ellie, were the ministers pres ent in the organization. The Rev^ J. T. Hairston is now serving as the 12th Moderator, for the Association. The theme for the 1956 Asso ciation is “The Christian Church Moving Forward in an Ever De veloping Society.” On Tuesday, August 21, the Ministers Conference held its program. Topics discussed were; (1) “Sunday Night Serv ices,” Speaker, Dr. C. W. An derson, Greensboro; (2) “Min istering to the Sick,” Dr. Rich ard Toung, Winston-Salem; 3) “Tithing,” Speaker, Dr. E. H. Potts, First Baptist Church, Spencer; (4) Sermon to Min- (Please turn to page 8) MONTGOaCBRY, AL.A. NAACI* attorneys tiiia week filed two petitions with the Ala bama Suprane Court for a writ of certiorari or review, seeking to overturn a recent rulinc bgr Circuit Court Judge Walter B. Jonea which found the Associa tion guilty at cont«npt of court and bnposed a (100,000 fine. Tba action was tak» oo Aug. 20. Oaa of the patHlsiis sets favtt in mare dctafl Asaseiatiaa^ coBtcatloB that As JudguMak of the lowar cMvt was bay sad the jETiadistlaB af that CMTt and tterefor* bmU aadt vsH The oth«r document requests of rehearing and recon^deratioo tn an NAACF petitioa rejccieu uy the State SupHDae Coui i » 19. On that date-the ilig^ said in a imanimo«is rulitt^- . there were insufficient gtOL.ncs for a review of the case, sox-g!!. by the NAACP. Briefs were filed in support of both petitions. AaaedatMU attorneys in charge of the ease are Robert L. Cartn of New York, asilstaiSt spC^U MO- ~ sel, Fred' D. Gray at Mwit- gomery and Arthur D. Shuras of Birmiiighaiii. BACKGBOCND OF CASE The $100,(K)0 fine was im posed on 4he NAACP by Judge Jones on July 30 because the Association declined to ttim over to the Alabama Attorney General its membership list in that state as ordered by the court. The demand for the mem-- liership roll was made during trial of a suit to determine whether the Association was “illegally doing business in Ala- (Pleaae turn to page 8) 32 nd Session Of Ushers Acclaimed As Most Outstanding In History .Repp^i^ qi^ the_twenty-six- th quadrennial convention^ of the Republican Party, the San Francisco Examiner, had the following to say concern ing the seconding speech for the nomination of President Eisenhower, made by Dr. Hel en G. Edmonds of Dyrham, who was a guest of the con vention. “While Southern delegatea sat on their hands and tha rest the hall cheered, Dr. Hrtan Edmonds, a Negro professor of history at North Carolina Col lie ^ded ' her ^aecfoiid In a fine and intelligent speech, urging that her race pin its hopea for equality to the Be- publlcan star.” The designation of Dr. Ed monds as one of the seconding speakers, was said to have been the spark that threaten ed to “explode the civil rights isaue into a floor fight” at the Convention last week., Accoiding to the Saa Frau- (Please turn to page 8) RALEIGH The 32nd annual session of the Interdenominational Ush ers Association came to a close here Sunday afternoon with a challenging sermon by Rev. S. S. Seay of Montgomery, Alabama. Rev. Seay is one of the leaders in the bus boycott of that city. In his sermon he called for sacrifical service even if it meant giving blood for the cause of human dignity and freedom. The session was acclaimed by many as being the most epoch making in the history of the Association in that it saw the officials and delegates vote to purchase the Franklinton Christian College, located at Franklinton, North Carolina and pass’legislation to- make a $50 donation to the family of all ushers who are financial members in the organizatkm at the their death. With the exception of the Sunday session, all of the meetings of the Convention were held b> the Greenleaf Auditorium at Shaw Universi ty. A picnic was held Saturday at the Franklin Christian Col- fige by the officers aad del egates at whidi time they had an opportunity to view the property first hand. It conaists of two dormitories and three dwelling houses and is located on over 84* acres on Highway No. 1. A home for retired min isters and agtd ushers is plan ned by the Association. The Association also award ed nine scholarships to college students and donated a check for $1168 to Oxford Colord Orphanage at Oxford. Still No Takers $5.00-This Week45.00 b your Auto Ueenie ^(umber Ligted Beiowf ? bring Auto R«giBtnH tion Card to the Office of The CaroUiui TiaMS be fore noon Saturday aad get your five one d^ar bills. AY-1424 AX-924 AX-6761
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