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Mysterious Blast Wrecks AME Church Principal* in the celebration of Ninth Founder’s Day at North Carolina College last Monday and members of the family of the institution’s foii^der, the late Dr. James E. Shepard, are pictured here. Left to right are former Congressman Arthur Mitchell, Miss Carolyn, Smith, grand-daughter of Dr. Shepard; N. C. CoUege president Dr. Al fonso t^lder; Mrs. Benana Kerr, sister to the founder; Dr. John Hope Franklin, main sj>eakeT; Mrs. Annie Days Smith, daugh ter to Dr. Shepard; Mrs. Annie Daye Donaldson, great grand daughter; and Miss Marjorie Shepard, daughter. Teacher Scared Out Of Integration Try Oxford Colored Orphanage Gets Gift From American Legion OXFORD Some $1,460.60 was donated to the Oxford Colored Orphan age here by Diviaion Six of the North Carolina American Le gion. The money, to be used for purchaie of band uniforms at the school, was turned over to Orphanage officials at the con- cltfsioa of the Legion’s annual observal^ce of “Orphanage Day,” held on Sunday, October 28. The yearly observance of Orphanage Day is a program feature of the Division Six and its auxiliary unit. Division B. They are the Negro sections of the American Liegion in North Carolina. Z. W. Alexander of Charlotte heads divlsidn Blx; nid' Mrs. Mary W. Brown of Raleigh is head of Division B ol the auxili ary. The contribution was received from Alexander and Mrs. Brown by Orphanage superintendent T. H. Brooks. Howard Campbell, Recreation director for the McCrorey YMCA of Charlotte, delivered theTnain address at the program which preceeded the contribu tion. The Orphanage Day program featured an address by Howard Campbell, recreational director for the McCrorey YMCA of Charlotte. Special music was furnished by the Orphanage choir, and Rev. J. W. Bridge- man, division six chaplain, gave the invocation. Post 199 of'SSdsvllle, repor- ting a total of $3tS3, held honors for turning in largot. amount of any of divi^on’s units in the drive. Delegates from the Weaver McLean Post 175 of Durham were Mrs. Jessie Moore, auxili ary, W. W. Hardy, I. R. Holmes, J. U. Love and W. H. Cole, Jr. Atlanta for Alphas Atlanta, Qa—,^hile the ^>«te- way to the Southeast, popularly dubbed the “Negro financial capital of the world,” dumbers in one of the finest home de velopment areas for Negroes In the United States and goes daily about its business, financial, educational, social, and religi ous affairs, a small group of men, leaders among the Kappas of Atlanta, work concurrently with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority which will be mee^g in Atiantfi at the same time. Last Ditdi Fight Faces Contestants M Horse Rumor Still Persists Contestants in the Carolina Times Scholar^p Subscription contest , have girdad for a last ditch stand as the closing ^te mid^ght Wednesday, Nov. 14, approaches. Jesse Gray, man ager of the contek, announced here this week that additional help will be on hand until mid night of Wednesday, November l4 to receive tlie tabulate, re ports from all contestants. No credit for reports coming into the office after that time will be given, he stated. Gray stated that rumors stHl persist that one of the contes tants who has been trailing will lunge forward at the close of the contest with an avalanche of votes. Another whisper Is that other top-ranking contes tants have been holding back and will snow under their op^ ponents Just before the final hour on November 14. Reports that are mailed must BOXBOBO GLOVINIA BASS ALEXANDER BRANDON FRANK BRADSHER LESSIE PULLIAM bear a postmark of November 14. Those reaching this office- and postmarked after midnight will not be counted in the stan ding, Gray stated. This week saw Miss Glovenia Basa tack in first place with Alexander Brandon following close behind in second place and Fnmk Bradsher and Miss Lessie Pulliam ranldng third and fourth, respectively. Chapel Hill contestants were visited this week by Gray wlio was told that they will be hoard from in a big way before the contest closes on November 14. Winners in the contest will be announced in the November 24 issue of the Carolina Times. Hiis will give the manager and his tabulating force time to proper ly count and tabulate correctly &e standing of all contestants. The relative standing for this week is as follows: SCHOOL KATHERINE VINCENT— CHARLOTTE NORWOOD CHARLES STREAT CHAPEL HHX SCHOOL WILLIE PENDERGRAFT MARJORIE STONE WARREN JONES MARY MASON MARY BALDWIN 1,009,000 895,SOO 657.000 125.000 60,000 45.000 42.000 277,500 212,000 75.000 32.000 20.000 RALEIGH A Fuquay Springs school tea cher has dropped action to have her daughter enrolled in an all white school here for fear of losing her job. Mrs. Lucille J. Watts of Wade avenue here who teacher at*^a school in FuQuay Springs, filed a written application with the Raleigh school superintendent Jesse O. Sianderson in August requesting that her daughter, Gracie, be perwitted to enroll in Daniels Junior high school in stead of Ligon. Daniels school is located a few blocks froqv where Mrs. Watts live in the Oberlin 'section' while Ligon is some three miles away. Mrs. Watts said this was the reason she filed the appUca- tion. ^ She said that Sanderson then called her into his office and asked her to sign a paper which stated, “I would be satisfied with free transportation for my daughter to Ligon school.” Mrs. Watts said Sanderson in quired as to her teaching status and “gave me the impression that my job might be endanger ed if I did not sign.” Mrs. Watts is just one of a group of Negroes in the pre dicament which requires tliat their children travel some three miles to the Ligon school in stead of enrolling in the nearby Daniels junior high. (Continued on Page Eight) Army Asked To Cancel Tulane Game NEW YORK Citing Louisiana’s new Jim Crow law which would impose segregated seating of Negro ^my personnel and other color ed -spectators, Roy Wilkins, exe cutive secretary of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, has ur ged Secretary of the Army Wil ber M. Brucker "to order with drawal of the Army team from Tulane (football) game” sche duled for Novem^r 16 in New Orleans. Since enactment of this law, Wilkins pointed out in a tele gram to Secretary Brucker, several northern and midwes- tem imiversities and colleges have cancelled both football and basketball games with Louisi ana teams. For the West Point cadets to participate in a game under these circumstance, he said, “would be conspicuous en dorsement of racial segregation.” The text of Wilkins' telegram, dispatched on October 31, fol lows: “In newspaper interview yes terday coach Earl Blaik of Ar my Football Team is quoted as saying game with Tulane will be playcid November 16 In New Orleans regardless of new Louisiana law enforcing strict racial segregation of players and spectators. H« says Army has no Negro players on team and therefore can proceed. Blaik al- (Continued on Page Eigbt) Clues Sought In Dynamiting In Guilford GREENSBORO Guilford County police au thorities were still seeking an explanation at midweek for an explosion Monday night which w'recked a small Negro church located on the outskirts of the city. 'The Poplar Grove AME church was the target of the blast, which rendered the small brick veneer structure a “total loss,” according to church offi cials. Located about five miles out side the city on the old Reids- ville road, the church is situated in a mixed CQmmunity. White residents live in the immediate vicinity surrounding the church. The explosion occured be tween eight and 8:30 o’clock Monday night. From the extent of the damage, police said tliat it was caused by a charge of six to eight sticlcs of dynamite. The charge apparently landed in the center of the main audi torium, blasting a hole some 15 inches in diameter in the floor ing' of the auditorium, the sub flooring and the basement ceil ing. Two wooden benches were re duced to a pile of splinters. and the rest were overturned or damaged. Concussion knocked out all of the winc^ws of the auditorium and widened fissures in the brick structure. The ceil ing of the main auditorium was punctured with splinters. Rev. Morris L. Johnson, pas tor of the church, told, the TIMES Tuesday night that the blast also destroyed the furnaces located in the basement. Police had uncovered no clues by Wednesday as to the cause of the blast. Sheriffs deputy J. L. Tippett told the TIMES that an extensive investigation was still underway, but nothing had been uncovered as yet. Rev. Johnson discounted the possibility of internal friction as the cause of the blast. '‘Our membei^ are not ;|hanyT but they are very loyal,” Rev. Johnson said. The membership of the church consists of 59. Fire of an unknown origin destroyed the church soMe 23 years ago, Rev. Johnson told the TIMES. This was after some resentment to the location of the church had been expressed by whitas living in the com munity. The church had not been the victim of recent acts of vandal ism, though, Rev. Johnson de clared. No clear estimate of the damage had been made by church officials, but Rev. John son said that the initial feeling (Continued on Page Eight) ■ gi III I iii!i|irt»|| ■iii| VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 44 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1*, 1»5« PRICK !• dans Negro Vote Shift Neariy Swings State For Ike Aev. O. L. Sherrill, executive secretary of the State Baptist Coibention, will deliver the main address at the Homecom ing celebration to be observed at ithe Mount Calvary Baptist ch^ch, Bahama, Sunday. See page six for details. MAN HIVE ANDALUSIA, Ala. ^tese Woods, 39 year old man * w]U was spirited away from his jM cell in Wildwood, Florida, discovert Xllve hew early this week. Woods reportedly was releas ed by his captors after being beaten and he fled across the border and took refuge in the home of an unidentified minis ter here. Woods reportedly told authori ties investigating his disappear ance from the Jail cell that he was beaten with a flashlight by several white men who took him from the cell'. He had been placed in protec tive custody by his father after being released on bond for “in sulting” a white school teacher. He is alleged to have said, “hello there, baby” to the wo man. Stevenson Wins By Bare Margin The preiicted • na'tionwide trend of Negro voters sliifting to Eisenhower was felt in North Carolina as precinct after pre cinct with Negro majorities re ported slim but clear victories for the former army general. The siiift of the Negro vote to Eisenhower plus the magic of the President’s personal appeal made the presidential race in the state a close one. E^arly Wednesday, as late reports con tinued to trickle in, Stevenson’s lead had narrowed to 17,763, although he was generally con ceded as having carried the state. At that late hour, Eisenhower had polled 542,941 votes while Stevenson had garnered 560,704. North Carolina has not depart ed from the Democratic fold since it gave its electoral vote to Herbert Hoover in 1928. Particular^ noticeable was the shift to Eisenhower by Negroes in Durham, Raleigh, Greensi>oro and Winston-Salem. Charlotte was the only major city within the state in wliich the defection among normally Democratic Ne gro precincts was not felt. In Durham, the three predo minantly N«gro- precincts gave" Eisenhower a slim but clear ma- jocity. Two of thr«e predomi nantly Negro precincts in Greensboro which had reported early Wednesday morning also went for Ike. In Winston-Salem, early returns showed that the Columbia Heights precinct had rolled up a big margin for the President. If the other two pre dominantly Negro precints, 14th Street and Kimberely Park fol lowed that lead, the Republi cans liave gotten a hand into the usually reliable Democratic bag of votes. It ww pointed out Uiat in Durham Eisenhower could liave won th« county if there had lieen gniater participation in the three Negro precincts which gave him majorities. Less tiian 50 perwnt of the registered vote W9S cast in these three pre cincts, and according to the trend which had been establish ed at these precincts, he could iiave picked up enough strength there to overcome the slim lead, by which Stevenson won th« county. Stevenson carried the county of I^rham with a bare majority of H0*votM. (dontinuaA. on^P^g^ £igbt) Diamond Jubilee Celebration At Livingstone College Is Underway Itliss Coriece. Duaiey, semor physical education of Salbbora, wilt crowned "Mis* Shaw University” at halj- tkne ceremonies of the Shaw University homecoming footbc.i game in Raleigh, Saturday, A - . 17. Joe Black, Cincinnati pitch er, will take part in the half time ritual. SALISBURY The first group of activities in celebration of the “Diamond Jubilee” year of Livingstone College, depicting its 75 years as an institution of higher learning in the city of Salisbury,, has been scheduled for the weekend of November 9-10. This wiU be known as “Home-coming” weekend when hundreds of Alunmi, former students, pa- Liberal Arts Grads Have Role To Remake World “The lil>erally''educated man should be an active, vigorous protagonist for a better world” Dr. John Hope Franklin said in a Founders Day Speech at North Carolina College here Monday. Dr. Franklin, chairman of the De|pafrln|ent of History at Brooklyn College addressed a 9th Annual Founders Day au dience in Duke Auditorium at 11:00 a.m. The historian i^oke on the subject “The Liberal Arts Col lege and Social Responsibility.” Dr. Franklin used as a theme for his remarks this quote from Dr. Shepard: “The young man or young woman who would make contribution to the im provement of society must bring to the task not only dedication but the soundest possible pre paration in the very art and philosophy of living. It is the purpose of the liberal arts col lege to provide such prepara tion.” The speaker continued “The convictions of Dr. Shepard re garding the value of a liberal education were strong and clear. He was convinced that the “whole man” should be educat ed. “It is no accident, then, that when Dr. Shepard decided to convert his training school into college and offer to the state of North Carolina as a publi(i Institution, he was determined that it should be a liberal arts college. “This was the kind of educa tion that the state should pro vide for the type of student that would be attending North Caro lina College; and for a genera tion North Carolina College re mained the only public liberal arts college for Negroes in the country. The function, then, ot North Carolinfi College was to prepare students in the art of living, and the founder fully appreciated the fundamental-and prior im portance of this for any Negro who would live in the South. “How else was the Negro to understand the vagaries and whims of a system of human re-^ lations that set people apart on the fantastic and unsupportable basis of nothing but race? “In what other way could a Negro retain his equanimity in the face of studied insults to his person and to his race? How else could one maintain a mea sure of self-esteem and dignity while living in a social order designed to strip him of both these inherent human rights? And how was one to work to eradicate these defects and build a society based on truth and Justice? “As one looks aliout him he is impressed with th^s urgent need for such approaches. The college and its students have p responsibility to move beyond the horizons that were but dim ly seen a generation ago and to improvise new ways to serve mankind and improve the so cial order. “What is to be done to destroy . cultural isolation and parochial ism that is as deadly as political isolation and stands in the way of establishing machinery for the maintenance of peace? “What is to be done to ease the movement into a new and inevitable stage of greater de cency in race relations and how are those who liave been blind ed by prejudices and miscon ceptions to be educated into a new conception of the essential equality and dignity of man? These and similar perplexing questions constitute the larger, curriculum of the liberal arts college today. “They constitute the chal lenges that lie before us today. They issue the call for dededi cation and resolution by whiqh those of us who witness this hour of observance chart our fu ture. They are the means by which we who are committed to the idea of the liberal education assume our new responsibili ties.” IT STARTS ALL OVER! Last week, H. M. Holmes produced a registration card for license number AW - 8909 and won three dollars. The whole deal starts all over again this week toith one dol lar. Ij your number is below, come to the TIMES office by noori Saturday. AZ-2 6 24 AY-3 3 2 AW-4 0 1 rents and friends of the college will return or visit the witness the planned events. On Friday, November 9, at 8:15 p.m. in the college audi torium Robert McFerrin, a su perb baritone of the Metropoli tan Opera, will appear m con cert as a feature sponsored by the Lyceum Committee. Follow ing the concert will be an in formal reception for the guest artist. The annual Bon Fire and Wie ner Roast sponsored by the Booster Club will begin at 10:15 p.m. on the same evening. Saturday is the big day with the “Home-coming” parade commencing at 11:00 a. m. This event will feature five liands, (Continued on Page Eight) Candidate Sees Challenge In Vote Trend Alexander Bames, unsuccess ful Republican candidate for the 14th senatorial district, com prising Durham and Person counties, said that the Negro trend to Eisenhower was a chal lenge to both major parties. Barnes made this comment Wednesday following reports of election returns. “The Republican party, in Durham County, must definitely regard itself and remember that the Negro had but one thing at stake, first-class citizenship. If Republican leadership in Dur ham cannot line up with the Eisenhower administration and fight for first-class citizenship, then the leadership must be re moved if the party is to con solidate the gains made”, said Bames. He then paid the Negroes of the cotmty a compliment for the attitude they expressed. “The Negro vote showed very defi nitely that they were not party- controlled, and that no longer can Negroes toe counted “In the beg” for any particular party.” He expressed his deep gratitude for the 8,516 votes that he re- j cieived. I (Continued on Page Eight) founder^ Day, 'Coming Set At Shaw University RALEIGH A busy weekend is in store for all Shaw University alumni, students and friends who sure on hand for the annual Ninety-first Founder’s Day, and Homecom ing celebration. Founder’s Day is set for Fri day, November 16, and will be gin at 1(J:45 a.m. with the tra ditional memorial service at the grave of Henry Martin Tupper, the school’s founder. The Foun der’s day service will begin at 11:00 a.m. in University Church. Dr. Robert P. Daniel, president of Virginia State CoUege, Pe tersburg, Virginia, and a former president of .Siuiw University will deliver the annual address. Other events scheduled for Fri day are, at 1:00 p.m. a Ipncheon in University Dining Hall; 6:30 p.m. Open House at the home of President and Mrs. W. R. Strass- ner; 8:00 p.m. the Annual Alumni Dinner in the dining haU. The Home-coming conimittee has plaimed a mammoth sele- bration for tliis occasion and activities will l>egin on Satur day, November 17, as follows: 10:00 a.w. Coffee Hour in the student center of West Campus, sponsored by the Pan Hellenic Council; 11:00 a.m. the annual alumni meeting in the auditori um of the West Campus; 1:30 p.m. a band concert at Spaul ding Gymnasium. Dr. Daniel was bom on the campus of Virginia State Col lege. He received the A.B. de gree and was valedictorian of the class at Virginia Union Uni-> versity. He was awarded the A.M. degree, also Teacher of Education Diploma, and the Ph. D. degree at Columbia Univer sity. He has done post-doctoral study in Bible at the Uniim Theological Seminary of New York. His foreign travel tnc|»dM England. 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