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VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 42
DURHAM»N. C., SATUSDAY, OCT. 21,1956
^ PRICX: 10 CENTS
UNESCO delC0Ote Am T.
Spaulding and hit toi/e bid bon
voyage to th«ir children at thej/
prepared last Saturday to leave
Durham for New Delhi India,
tite oj the United Nationt Sdw-
cational. Social and Cultural Or-
ganication conference. Seen
here in thit family ecene are,
left to right, Ur$. Spaulding,
delegate Spaulding, daughter
Patricia and tont Kenneth and
Aaron. Vice-president and ac
tuary of the North Carolina Mu
tual Insurance company, Spaul
ding UHU appointed a member of
the five man U.S. UNS8CO
delegation by Pretident titen-
hower. The Conference opens in
New Delhi on Noi>. 5. The
Spaulding*’ route to India, via
£urope and the middle cost,
uHll tafce them on practically a
globe-circUng tour.
Funeral Rites Conducted For
Joiinson C. Smitii's Pteadent
CHAKLOrrS
Hardjr List(»i, 67, prat*
dent of Johnion C. Smith Uni
versity, died at hli home in
Charlotte late Sativday „ni(bt
ai!ter a liagviiK »!■«■
He came to Jobmon C. Smith
In 1943 as executive vice-pwai-
. dent and served In that capacity
until 1B47 when he became pre-
_iS^ent.
Funeral services for Dr. Lis
ton were held in the University
Church Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Liston was bom in Fair-
-tMd Cow^ South Carolina, oo
March 30, 1889, the only son of
Mrs. Maggie Davis and the late
Huey Lord Liston. He was gra-
DB. LISTON
Vespers Speaker
Rev. Harold Roland, pastor of
tha Mt. auead Baptist Church
' of Durham, will deUver the ser
mon at No^ Carolina College’s
vesper services Sunday after
noon. •
The aendces begin at three
o’clock In B Jl. Duke auditorium.
Rev. Roland, a graduate of the
Howard UWveraity DiviBity
sdiool, is writ«r of th« coli^on,
"Spiritual Insight,*’ which ap
pears r^ularly in the Carolina
Times.
Dr. James T. Cltiaad, dean of
tha Duke Unlvanrity Chapel,
wJU be the speaker for the Nov.
S sarviiMB,
duated from Biddle (Johnson C.
Smith> Univmity in 1911 with
the Badielor of Arts degree. He
also received the Bachelor of
S^enc* degree in M25 and the
JKa#er ^ctt^.dai^we in 19ai9
from the Uqiver^tir of Cldca^
He has reeetved honorary de
grees from Jdmaon C. Smith
University (Ped.D.), Maryvillei
College, Maryville, Tennessee,
and Lincoln University, Pa.,
LL.D.
After graduating from col
lege, Dr. Liston tau^t in the
puMc sehbols of Spartanburg,
S. C., 101^-1913. From ‘13 to ‘19,
he was administrative assistant
aqd teacher of mathematics at
Kittrell CoUege, KittreU, N. C.
From there he went to Slater
Normal School (now Winston-
Salem Teachers College) where
he served as a membw of the
faculty for 16 years and served
as dean from 192S to 1931. He
was dean of Knoxville CoUege,
Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1931
to 1943.
In 1943 he became Kxecutive
Vice-President of Johnson C.
Smith University. Upon the re
tirement of the late Dr. H. L.
McCrorey in 1947, Dr. Liston
was elected president of the tmi-
versity.
During his administration.
Improvements in the physical
plant of the university have to
taled approximately a million
dollars.
Dr. Liston has served as chair'
man of the Study Committee of
the Ccmimiaslon on Institutions
of High^ Educati(m for the As
sociation of Colleges aqd Secon
dary Schools for Negroes and
was first vice-president of the
Association at the time of his
death. Ha was a member pf the
Commission on Structure, Or
ganization and Functidtning of
the Preabyterian Church USA.
He has aonrad as Preaiileat of
the North Carolipa Conference
aad a member at Bxecutlve
Council of the Carolina
Council of Church«i.^ j^. 19tt he
was President of the^Aaa^datton
of Collegiate Dea^ rf|d. Regis
trars hi Nagro Solxiib^ He was
a member of the American Sec
tion of the Allianca of Reformed
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N. C. Baptists
To Hotd Meet
In New Bern
RALEIGH
North Carolina Baptiste will
convme at New Bern, Oct. 30
through Nov. 1, for the 89th
annual session of the Gwnal
State Baptist Convention, it was
announcad this week from the
denomination’s headquarters.
Sessions of the convention
liave been scheduled tar New
Bern’s St. John Baptist Church,
pastored by the Reverend A. D.
Mosely.'
Representing 1700 .^urches
with a combined membcarsliip of
300,000, the three-day session
will draw menengos Irom Mur
phy to Mantei). Tha program
committee, thiaking i|r terms of
our Christian potentials as evi
denced in Baptist «ume|rlc4l
[tte) has drawn 19 a p
d^gned to increase iAte^~
rest in Ifae convention’s objec
tives: Sl^w University, the Ox
ford Ori^anage, state missions,
and foreign missions.
Elton Trueblood's book, Foun
dations For Reconstruction, has
been selected as a frame of re
ference'for the t general theme
anA-the session themes. Speakers
have been carefully chosen to
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Court Test Of
S.C.Oath Opens
CHARLESTON, S. C.
A trial which was set for Oct.
22 here will be concerned with
the case of more than 20 Ne-
Ban Upheld
TYLER, TEXAS
The ban on the operation of
the NAACP In this sUte was
sustained by District Judge Otiaj
T. Dunagan who continued • the
injunction against the organisa
tion after hearing five weeks of
arguments in the case.
The NAACP had previously
been prohibited from operating
in the state by a temporary In- ^
JUQCtioA, wblch bad bec^ re^l
i|uested by 'l^tate Atty. Ge^
John Ben Sheppard.
It is charged with violating
the State's corporation laws, so'
Uniiing desegregation lawsuits
and meddling In state politics.
Judge Dunagan’s action this
week was in effect to continue
the Injunction.
NAACP attorneys immediate
ly filed notice of appeal.
grt teachers who were dischar
ged from their teaching por
tions because they refused to
. a new antl-NAACP mem-
ihip oath required by the
sQlte.
^^meys foe.tlM NAACP will
jiiythe iiaehera* caae before a
i^-judge fede)|^l court. The
ImWyert ‘ ere expected to base
^eir case on denial of the con-
ji^tutlonal rights of freedom of
and freedom of assoda-
and to ask that the teechers
not be excluded from their
school positions because of re-
fusal to sign the oath.
The plaintiffs all taught Ini
C. The antl-NAACP
oath was inserted in teadier em
ployment applications for the
1956-57 school year, after the
1956 General Assembly enacted
legislation barring NAACP
monbers from state, county ao4
municipal employment. May 31)
1956, was the deadline for sign
ing the new oath.
EDGAft BLACV
In Its Figlit
For Survival
MB8. ANMIS YOVNQ
DALLAS, TEXAS
The Young Democratie dub
of Dallas County this week
^ threw its support to the Natioael
Association tor the Advance-
ment of Colored people ia itt,
fight lor survival in Texas wifli
(be announcement that the offi
cial youth arm of the Demoera-
Uc Party of Dallas Couo^
«ould do everything In its pow
er to assist in obtaining imple
mentation of the Supreme
Court’s decision ending segrega
tion in the schools.
Doyle King, President of the
local Young Demos, announced
that his club had voted to assist
“in the preparation, financing
and presentmmt of legal ac
tions” on behalf of Negroes of
Dallas County.
In a formal statement ex
plaining the policy as adopted
by the Executive Committee and
the full meml}ership of the
Young Democratic Club, King
:ame to the defense of Indivi-
Juals and organizations which
«ek implementation of court
iecisions regarding integration.
He pointed out that it was the
iuty of all Americans to speak
ut in protest whenever any
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WINSTON-SALEM MAN AND
WOMAN DIE IN AUTO CRASH
WmSTON-SALEM
Edgar McLee Black, 51, of 319
Rep. Barden Flayed As N. C.
NAACP Holds Annual Session
WmSTON-SALEM
The attention of the North
Carolina NAACP was called to
the "dominance of the wrong
kind of people -as committee
COBTBZ FCSnAB
chairman when Democrats con
trolled the U. S. Congress by a
i^tgh ranking official here last
week at the annual atate con-
voition of the organization.
i^>eaklng before the Saturday
nitfit meeting of the {cpqvi^tton,
Clarence Mitchell, director of
the NAACFs bureau in Wash
ington, attacked the southern
Democrats for throttling civil
rights legislation and singled
out North Carolina’s Rep. Gra
ham A. Barden as example of
the “wrong kind of people" in
committee chairmanships,
Mitehell’s attack on Rep. Bar
den came as he released an an
alysis of the voting records of
North Carolina’s two senators
and nine representatives.
His report indicated that not
one of'therft voted favorably
on any cause supported by the
NAACP.
“The NAACP is a non parti
san organization," Mitchell de
clared, “but we call your atten
tion, however, to the dominance
of the wrong kind of people as
chairmen when Democrats con'
trolled the U.S. Congress’’ by a
He then cite^ Rep. Bapden of
North Carolina’s third congres
sional district as an “undesir
able chairman." Barden Is chair
man of the House Conunlttee on
Education and Labor.
“Few men have such an au
thoritarian approach as Rep
Barden,’’ he said. “We have no
quarrel with him for being
from the South. We do object to
his refusal to give hearings on
Important legislation. He refuses
to call a meeting when it ap
pears that bills he does not like
may come up.”
In a direct plea for Increased
voter participation, Mitchell de-
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President Eisenhower frequently confert
vdth E. Frederic Morrow, first Negro to be
appointed by any Chie^Executive to an
administrative post on the Whitft House
staff. Here they chat in the White tfouse
office of the President. Morrow traveled
with the President when he was campaign
ing in 1952, and accompanies him on all his
major trips during this campaign. He sat in
the President’s box when Mr. Eisenhower
witnessed the opening World Series game.
The above photo was tafcenl Women'a Fftenited Clube of,
^ffi^ the recent meeting of the I Worth 0(fdlina held in Aahe*
Southwestern Division th«|t>Ule. 5o«M of the rnmmg tow
thk YWCA. Mrs. Roee D. Ag-
gery of Salisbury it president of
Vte parent body and Mrs. Lyda
Merrick of Durham is vice pne-
sident.
Polls Show
Shift To GOP
By Race Voters
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Several major opinion polls
show a sharp trend among Ne
gro voters to the Republican
Party over tbelr relative vote in
the 1952 presidential, election.
A compilation of the poll
results was released here by Val
J. Washington, Director of the
Minorities Division of the Na
tional Republican Committee.
The Gallup poll shows that as
of S^pt. 28 a aiajority of the vo
ters (55 percent) believed that
the Republic^ Party could best
solve the nauon’s problems in
1056.
The same poll Indicated that
civil rights stood second high
est among all campaign Issues
on a national, all-groups basis.
Eighteen percent of the voters
ranked it second in urgency,
while foreign policy and the Su
ez Canal threat of war ranked
first with 4# per cent of those
polled.
The New York Times has re
ported, on the basis of its polls,
that thc^epubllcans had eetab-
liahed a month before the aiec-
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CHATHAM WOMAN MUST FACE
FEDERAL COURT ON 1i COUNTS
^ GREENSBORO
A 32 year-old teacher at the
Chatham high school in Slier
City has been Indicted In Fede
ral Court on charges of using the
U.S. mall to defraud.
Mrs, Annie B. Stone Biunette,
resident of Route one Plttsboro,
was named in 16 counts in
grand Jury indictment returned
against her in Bliddle district
court here Tuesday.
She posted $500 bond for her
appearance In court early next
year.
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Subscription Race Gets Fighter
As Roxl)oro Lass Regains Lead
Last week, the CAKOLINA TDfES Seholarshlp SabeeripttoB
Contest was fliotight 'td be abOnt aa tli^t aa peaaAIe, bet after
tabnlatinc the returns for this week the reeolis show ttat the stairil-
Ing Of the ecmtestants, especially In the Boxboro S^oel, la even
tigntee than last week.
lUs week Miss Glovenia Basa la back la tep plaee wlUi Alex
ander Brandon only 4,0tt pelnta behlad. Last wa^ BiandsA led
Miss Baas by ISjM# points.
In Chapel Hill, WllUe Peidergraft la heUtaiff teaaetMedy te
the second position and slowly b«t s«r^ gaining an Mlaa Mujmrle
Stone. »
TUs week’s standing of eentectanta la fellewa:
ROXBORO SCHOOL Willie Pendergraft 132,500
Glovenia Bass 429,000 Warren Jones 75,000
Alexander Brandon 428,000 Mary Baldwin 75,000
Flrank Bradsher 225,000 Mary Mason 35.000
Lessie Pulliam 220,000 James Ho^ 20.000
Katiierine'Vincent 196,000 BVKUNGTON SCBOOL
Cameron: Avenue, and Mrs. An
nie J. Young, 52, of 1419 Willi
amson Street were victims of an
automobile wreck in Lexington,
last Monday. The accident oc
curred at. the intersection ot the
. >ypass .(US. 29-70) and old
.ughway 29, at 6.35 PJL
i?he iiver of tis tractor-
ailer which collided with the
.mck-Young car said the driver
£ the victims’ car failed to stop
jelore crossing the eabtbouiici
ane and entering the westbound
ane of 29-70.
Robert R. Cothran, 28, oi
Guilford, and dri^^ ol the trac-
tor-trailer which was owned by
MUler Motor Lines ot Greens
boro, was imhurt. The car was
hit from the right side and com
pletely destroyed, throwing both
occupants out the left side.
Black’s shoes were knocked off
but remained under the steering
wheel. It was decided from this
that Black was, .driving the car.
Their bodies were found about
10 feet ftom the 1952 Olds-
mobile, in the westbound lane.
Edgar McLee Black was bom in
Mountain City Tenn. He was tiie
son of Rev. Nora Thompson, a
Methodist Minister, and made
their home In ThomasviUe.
Black, however, had been a resi
dent of this city for sometime,
and was married to Miss Clau-
die Adams Huffman, (Idarch 31,
1939). He was a presser by trade
and was employed with the
State Cleaners of this dty.
Final rites for Black were
held Friday, October 19th at
2 p.m. from the Hoover’s Chapel
Church, of which he was mem
ber. Interment followed in
Madison, his father’s home place.
Blrs. Annie J. Young, was a
resident of this city and the-
onljL child of Mrs. Mary J. Ruc
ker. She was the widow of the
late George W. Young, and a
lifetime member of New Bethel
Baptist Church, where she took
an active part in the Sunday
School, Missionary Circle and
BTU.
Mrs. Young was employed at
the Lexington Cafe on Highway
52, south of the city. Survivora
indude the mother, Itra. Mary
J. Rucker and three step child
ren, all ot this city. Funeral
services were hdd Friday, Oct.
19th, at 4 pJU.. froih the K«W
Bethel Church with the Rev.
Jerry Drayton offldatlng.
Charlotte Norwood
Clarice Tucker
Natha^I Pulliam .
Emanuel Ttanmona .
Charlea Street
Clai«|M Wllkeraom
GSAna. HILL 8CH00L
65.000 Walthia Criap
68.000 Sarah Moore .
65.000 Charlie King .
20.000 Alcean Guye .
5.000 Joe WUaon __
5.000 Bobby Milk _
Kaijorie Stone
AUceHalth.
-187,000 Third Oen^
68.S00
. 3S.000
. 35,000
. M.oeo
. 8.000
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WHATS IN A NUMBERt
Nothing, particularly, but U
your automobile tag number w*
pears here, two dollars ia yours
if you can |»«aeat the regain*
tloB card at the CaroMaa Tiaaae
office by noon Saturday.
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