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VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 38
DUBHAMt N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 29,1956
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Get Out Of Bus Boycott,
College President Tells Staff
Florida A&H President Says Staff,
Students Hurting Scliool By Action
Suit Filed In
Northampton
III Literacy Test
y JACKSON
A nilt challenging the validi
ty of North Carolina lawi re
quiring literacy as a prerequi-
■ite to voting hai been filed
here.
Attorney Herman Taylor and
Samuel Blitchell of Raleigh and
James R. Walker of Weldon
filed an action in Superior Court
here laat week on behalf of
Bennie Brown, resident of the
county, asking the court to de
clare unconstitutional the state’s
nrqniKment of a literacy test as
a requisite for voting.
Mrs. Helen Taylor, registrar
at a Seaboard precinct—a pre
cinct from wliich three separate
court actions have now stem
med—is named as deferiBant in
the suit. 
Hie complaint charges that
Mrs. Taylor denied Brown regis
tration in the May 26 primary
despite the fact that he is "well
able to read and write any sec
tion of the North Carolina Con
stitution, the U.S. Constitution
and to read and understand any
non technical matter in the
English language.”
It also charges that the liter
acy teats are administered to
Negroes only and aiks that the
court declare the test unconsti
tutional as a requisite for vo
ting.
In Jtme, a similar action was
filed on behalf of Alexander
Faison, North Carolina College
student. It named Mrs. Taylor as
defendant. '
Also, as a result of the regis-
triation diqpute at the Seaboard
precinct, Atty. Walker was
charged by Mrs. Taylor with as
sault. Walker was convicted
twice, in Recorder’s Court and
hik appeal was rejected by a Su
perior Court. The ease is now
being appealed to'the State Su
preme Coiurt.
.In this latest action, Brown, a
,_S4rVear old resident of North
ampton county, charges that he
was subjected to the literacy
test in April and again in Au
gust, when he tried to register
for the special September 8
election.
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DB.OCOROB W. GORI, JR.
Shaw President
ToSpealr At ^
Durham Church
Shaw University’s president.
Dr. William R. Strassner, will
deliver an address Sunday
morning at the First Calvary
Baptist church in. Durham.
President Strassner’s speech
will be heard at the church’s
regular eleven o’clock morning
service. It will be the feature of
homecoming Day, to be obser
ved at the First Calvary Church
here Sunday.*
A former dean of the Shaw
school of Religion, Dr. Strass-
her, a dynamic speaker, was
elected to the prMidency of the
school following the resignation
of Dr. Robert P. Dailiel, now
president of Virginia State Col
lege.
At Shaw under President
Strassner’s administration, pro
gress has been made at the
school and the addition of many
new features have strengthened
the school’s program. Recently,
the school was a recipient of a
new bus from the Woman’s Bap?
tist Home and Foreign Mission
ary Convention of North Cuo-
lina.
Sunday’s program at First
Calvary will be the second
celebration of Homecoming at
the church. In addition to Pre
sident Strassner’s message.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. print of the Associated Press
The President of Florida A
and M University has called
upon members of the college
staff and its students to pull out
of the four month old boycott
now being waged against the
city bus system by Negroes.
This stand by Florida A and
M's president. Dr. George W.
Gore, Jr., was revealed in a
story filed here laat Thursday
by the Associated Press and
subsequently reproAiced and
released by the FloHida A and M
public relations office.
Tallahassee’s bus boycott,
now in its fourth month, was
initiated by Florida ^ and M
students when, two of their
classmates, Misses Wilhelmenia
Jake and Carrie T. Patterson,
were arrested and formally
cluirged for refusing!^ move to
the riiar ef a b^. ^
Florida A and M students
started a campus-wide boycott
of buses following their arrest,
and when the students returned
home for the simuner, the boy
cott spread throughout the city
where it was directed by the
Tallahassee Inter-Civic Council.
According to the AP story
last week. Dr. Gore TaUed
staff together and warned them
that their association with the
twycott might serve to cut the
college’s appropriations from
the next legislature. He there
fore cautioned them to "refrain
from active particip>ation’’ in the
boycott.
The statement this week from
Florida A and M public rela
tions officer. Charles J. Smith,
III, wWch contained the AP
story, did not deny nor con
firm statements attributed to
Dr. Gore by the Associated
Press.
Following is a complete re
story as furnished by the Flori
da A and M public relations
office:
The president of Florida A.
and lA. University for Negroes
said today tliat deteriorating ra'
ciai relations were hurting the
institution here.
Dr. George W. Gore, Jr. said
that because of this situation he
has appealed to the faculty, staff
and employees of the imiversity
to refrain from active participa
tion in Tallahassee’s bus boy
cott.
Gore denied, however, a
claim by the Negro Inter-Civic
Coimcil that he had served an
ultimatum on the staff to get
out of the bus protest move
ment,
llte bus bdycott by Negro
was stirted almost four
iiliTTil f
segregated ''seating arrange
ments.
In a news release, the coun
cil said Dr. Gore had stateA at
a staff and faculty meeting jUiat
“either you are loyal to the
university or loyal to something
out there; cast your lot with
^s ship or get out. You can’t be
ioyal to bqth.”
Dr. Gore said when a;^d
about the council statement that
as president of the university
he felt compelled to tell his staff
what the situation was and to
appeal to them to use discretion
because their actions in an in
dividual capacity might reflect
on the university.
It was not my Intention to
interfere in any way with the
rights of any individual and no-
t>ody has been fired or is going
to get fired if we keep our
heads,’’ he sal>.
“But the situation is that our
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SCHOOl HONORS DR. CARVER
INDIANOLA, IOWA
Simpson College in Indianola,
Iowa, October 6 will dedicate its
new Carver Science Hall in
honor of alumnus George Wash
ington Carver. Hie dedication
will take place during the col
lege’s third annual Christian
Lil>eral Arts Festival.
Ralph J. Bunche, under-secre-
tary of the United Nations, will
give the memorial addr^,
which is to be broadcast over
seas by the Voice of America.
His subject is “The World Sig
nificance of the Carver Story.”
The two-day festival, October
S and 6, will have as^its theme
“Science and the Liberal Arts.”
Firm Employees Get Citations
Winston-MutUal employcet toho
received 'citations are pictured
here. Left to right, front row,
are 3. C. Hill. Winston-VtitMal
Comptroller; X. H. BtMMtt,
Rodriek H. Moore, Price A.
Simmont, Edward M. Letois.
Robert Spicer and E. E. Hill,
Winston-Mvtvat president, Back
row, aame order, are Walter X.
Baird, MilOs Tanner, Leander
Hill, Oberon B. Ho^e, AltHn
Morrison, and James L. Lassiter,
teacher of the course.
WINSTON-SALEM
Twelve persons of Winston
Mutual life insurance company
received LUTC (Life Insurance
Underwriter Training Council)
course citation cards last week.
Receiving cards after completed
theUr first yeac of LUTC train
ing were: Robert L. Spicer, Ro
derick H. Moore, Alvin L. Mor
rison, Edward M. Lewis, Ol>eron
B. Hodge, Leander Hill, Kelly
H. Bennett, Walter S. Baird,
Walter L. Adams, Prince A.
Simmons and James L. Lassiter.
Lassiter who spent a weekend
in New Jersey, attending a re
gional conference for LUTC in
structors, also received an in
structor’s card. He will direot a
first year elass beginning Oct.
begins to show a little more
compassion toward North Caro
lina College’s Leroy T. Walker,
he will be denied that thrill.
Walker’s prize pupil, Lee
Calhoun, is atteet to run against
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Sceves from a two day beauty
show ^hich attracted more than
400 beauticians from throughout
the state are shown here. The
show was held in Durham Mon
day and Tuesday at the W. D.
Hill Community Center. Overall
view of hall in which demon
stration was held shows assemb
led beauticians seated around
two of nation’s outstanding hair
stylists, Andre Mozcfret, fore-
grgund, tfnd Mrs. Estelle Dennis,
rear. Then are displaying some
of many new hair styles for fall.
In inset at left, Mrs. Callie Daye
of Durham demonstrates tinting
techniques. Her model is Mrs.
Bridges, also of Durham. Cen
ter inset shows Mrs. Willie
Smith, left, of Greensboro, pre
sident of North Carolina Beau
ticians’ Association. Person to
her right is unidentified. Inset
at right shows Mrs. Ethel Mc
Millan, State Inspector and
member of the State Board of
Examiners for Beauticians. The
show was sponsored by the Dur
ham beauty and barber supply
firm of Biggers-Tumer. In ad
dition to Mazoret and Mrs. Den
nis, Miss Kathleen Jones, also
an outstanding hair stylist, de
monstrated at the show.
NAACP
Churchmen Go
To Court In
Cemetery Case
BaRLINGTON
A hearing before Judge Leo
Carr will be held at the Ala
mance County Courthouse in
Graham, Saturday, September
29, for the purpose of securing
a restraining order against the
Rev. H. J. Cobb, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Busllng-
ton and others to prevent them
from disposing of a Negro ceme
tery, located on North Street of
this city.
The cemetery in question was
donated as a burial ground for
Negroes by the North Carolina
Railroad Company in 1894 and
was so dedicated. Since that
time it has been used as such,
and relatives of many prominent
and well-known Negro citizen^
of Burlington and Alamance
Coimty are buried there, al
though In recent years a lack of
space has necessitated the city
providing another cemeter?
which is now known as the Mu
nicipal Cemetery.
When notice was first given
by publication in local news
papers that the bodies In the old
cemetery would be moved to
the new, the action was reported
to have the sanction of two
other churches in addition tt>
that of the I|irst Baptist, name
ly: St. Matthew AME Church
>tnd Ebenezer Christian. Offi
cials of both the latter have
since denied having given offi
cial authorization for the notice.
Only the Rev. Cobb and some of
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MONEY WArriNG
MONET IS WAITINO FOB
AT CAROLINA TIMES
OFFICE if your automobile
license number is one of thoee
below. Tliis week, your license
number is worth M.OO. Bring
your Registration Card to the
TIMES wflce before noon Satur
day to collect
☆ AW - 7 7 8 2
☆ AW - I 0 9 9
☆ AW - 2 7 9 8
Now Askliig for
Membership Lists
Association Releases Other Data,
Refuses Membership List, Though
It was announced this week
bw Reverend D. A. Johnston,
Pastor of St. Joseph AME
Church, that Dr. R. W. Mance,
Treasurer of the AME Church
will deliver the Men’s Day Ad
dress at St. Joseph AME Church
Sunday, October 14 at 11 a.m.
The St. Joseph AME Choir,
under the direction of J. T.
Mitchell, will render music for
this special occasion.
NEW YORK
Upon request of John Ben
Shepperd, attorney general of
Texas, the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People has granted permission
to two investigators from Texas
to inspect certain records in the
national office here relative to
NAACP activities in that state.
“The NAACP, as a law-abid
ing organization,” Exeuctive
Secretary Roy Wilkins Said,
"will certainly cooperate with
any authorized agency. Accor
dingly, pertinent records are be
ing made available to Attorney
General Shepperd’s representa
tives. However, in order to pro
tect our members in Texas
against possible reprisals we are
withholding our membership
lists.”
Armed with a letter from
Sheppard, Davis Grant, first ai^-
sistant attorney general of
Texas, and William A. Harrison,
an accountant, arrived at the
New York headquarters on Sept.
19 and requested permission to
inspect the records.
In his letter, the Texas offi
cial asked that “hia authorized
representatives be permitted to
examine all of the booK.;, re
cords, documents, contracts, ac
counts, letters, mei-.-
charters, permits, by-laws,
membership lists, contributors
lists, or other materials for
ming a portion or part of the re
cords. ”
The information *
Shepperd explained, for t»u
purpose of determining whether
the NAACP has been or is "en
gaged in acts or conduct in vio
lation of the laws of the State
of Texas.” Specifically, he said,
Texas wanted to determine whe
ther the Association should have
obtained a permit to do business
in Texaa, whether it should have
filed franchise tax repacks with
the State of Texas, whether it
should have paid such taxes,
whether it has engaged in poli
tical activity, and whether it has
violated other laws of the State
Olympian’s Coacli IMay
Have To Watcli On TV
Perhaps the. greatest thrill
that can come to coach in ama
teur circles is to watch a young
ster he has trained compete
against the world's best in the
Olympics. Unless Dame Fortime
nervously awaited Lee's return
from a two year Army hitch,
may have to watch the games
like th eerst of us, on television.
On the second thought, he
might get to see the games at all,
tor if the Australian Olympic
committee has its way, as ao far
has, the games will not be tele
vised, except in Australia.
neghiborhoo dof $1500. *
This may be surprising to
some who thought Walker
would automatically becoioe a
part of the Olympic coaching
committee since his "boy” made
the team. No such thing.
The Olympic committee has
traditionally appointed a select
group df coaches who assist the
fellows in their fin^ prvpata-
tions and once they arrtve at
Olympic games site. Walker was
not a member of the co*ching
I staff, and, Uke the majority at
I the other coaches whoae miui
Are you wondering why hel®*'** »«««• ^
csin’t go1 IVi simple; money. ^ ^
raond trip plane ticket, the! At many of the larger schools,
dmitMt way, would cost in thej^^ attflettc events bring to
more revenue than a,ny oth?r
single source of Income, a cosr;^
in Walker’s prediciutnent would
have only to ask the athletic
business maxiager to write a
check to expenees and travti to
Melbourne. But at North Caro*
lina College, which is forced to
operate its so-called Baoney-ma-
Idng athletic events, ^foofbaUl
and basketball, on a shoe^BBjj, y
It would lunatical folly to tktolt
there’s money for a ttliSr-
cooch’s trip to Australia.
When Walker came to KCC
in IMS, track did not yytst
Even a tew yeaa^tter, tt 4ld
not exist In the amettc budcat
There Is a classic and true story
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