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Eyes Of World On Tan IStars 'Down Under’ MATTIWILDA DOBBS, young opera star who received her start in her home town of Atlanta, Georgia, is shown here on the stage of the world famous Metropolitan Opera House ^eceiveing applause of an en thusiastic audience which greeted her debut at the House last week. Taking bows with Miss Dobbs are Jan Peerce (right) and Leon ard Warren. Miss Dobbs sang the female lead In Verdi’s “Bigoletto.” Peerce was heard as the Dnke and Warren as Bigoletto. Critics reacted warmly to her perform ance of Gllda. Greatness was predicted for the young singer by one New York critic. WIFE SOUGHT HELP FOR MAN BEFORE MURDER Mom Slayer Confined To Mental Institution WINSTON-SALEM Curtis (Hepzibah) Smith was sentenced here last Friday to 30 years in the state institution lor the mentally ill alter being con victed ol second degree murder in the slaying ol his 66-year old mother. Smith, who wore a vacant stare through the three days ol trial, received the verdict with out any show ol emotion. His estranged wile, Mrs. Anne Smith, who stuck close by him during the trial, wept quietly at ttie ehd. The 44 year-old Claremont avenue resident went on trial last Wednesday lor the October 10 knlle slaying ol his mother, Mrs. Belle Smith Campbell, 66. Smith stabbed her to death as she lay in hor sick bed. An all-white Jury required a little less than two hours to re turn the ^erdiet against Smiths . A tense crowd which over flowed th« ^. Forsyth Superior Court room heard Judge Arm strong pronoimce sentence. “I’m glad It was no worse,” Smith’s wile said alter the trial. The delendant was charged lirst degree nvudrer in the grand Jury indictment. A central llgure in the case and a witness upon whom the delense leaned heavily, Mrs. Smith related to newsmen alter the trial that she had sensed her husband was mentally ill some time belore the stabbing tooK * place and told how she tried in vain to get help. (Please turn to page 8) AME Conference Concludes With Assignments GREENSBORO The sixty-lourth annual session ol the Western North Carolina Conlerence ol the AME Church came to a close here Sunday alt- emoon loUowing the reading ol appointments the Ri^it Rev. Fnmk Madison Reid, presiding bishop ol the Second Episcopal District. Hie final session was held in the auditorium ol A. and T. College belore a capacity con gregation that overflowed into the balcony. Heat to the Conlbrenoe was the Bethel ABOS OharA, ef which the Ber. Melvin Chei^ Swann la paster. The oharA la loeated on Began Street and under Ber. Swann's leaderdilp baa recently nndergone an ex tensive rehabilitation ol the aanotoary and Parrish Hoaae. Celebration ol the event with a rededloatlon prognun was held on Sunday, November 4 with BWiop Beld elllfllating delivering the rededieatloa sermon. Former opening ol the Con lerence was held Wednesday evening at eight o’clock with the Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor ol St. Joeeph A. M. E. Church ol Durham, delivering the annual sermon. Thursday morning the Missionary Sermon was preach ed by the Rev. C. W. Paiicer, fal lowed by a report on education by the Rev. C. C. Scott. Music lor the Thvursday session was lumished by Klttrell College Choir, under the direction ol Robert Alston. (Please turn to page 8) Coacii Of Olppic Perfonner Assesses Chances Of Sepia Stars By LEBOT T. WALKEB Qn November 22 in Melbourne, Australia, the Duke of Edinburgh will stand before a sell-out crowd of 110,000 in the oval track and field stadium and intone the following tra ditional phrase, “I declare open the 16th Olympiad of the Modem era.” After this simple declaration a fan fare of trumpets ia then sounded, dur ing which the Olympic flag is slowly raised; pigeons, emblematic of doves of peace, are released, followed by a salute of guns. The Olympic flame, brought from Greece, the original site of the Olympic Games, to the shores of Australia by air and carried by 2,750 runners—each rumung a mile—^from Cairns to Melbourne, will be brought into main stadium by an unknown bearer. After he circles the track once the torch bearer will Leroy Walker light the sacred fire which must bum for the duration of the games, until December 8. One-hundred, ten thousand pairs ol eyes will then lociis on the center ol the stadium where 4,500 men and women represent ing sixty nine nations—Holland, Spain, Troy and Lebanon with drew in protest ol Russia’s in- Leroy T. Walker is coach of Lee Calhoun, no. two man on the United States Olympic 110 meters high hurdles squad. Head track coach at North Carolina College, he has followed the sport for the past sev eral years. vasion ol Hungary—will take the Olympic oath before engaging in Iriendly competition in the sev enteen sports ol the Olympic pro gram. 804 Medal Winners Between the historic oi>ening and closing ceremonies, 804 medals—gold, silver and bronze (Please turn to page 8) WILLIAM HAYES Hit-Rim A 82 year-old man was jailed in Durham Tuesday on investi gation ol the hit and run killing ol one man and the injury ol another. Arrested wa& Boy- kin Outen, construction worker ol 1912 E. Pettigrew St. Outen laces charges growing out ol the running down ol William James Hayes and Willie Martin on E. Pettigrew street late Monday altemoon. Hayes, 32 year old resident ol 1402 E. Pettigrew St., died al most instantly alter being struck by a dark pick-up truck. He was knocked through a lence, a clump ol bushes and against the Iront porch ol an WILLIE MABTIN rd .• adjacent house by the impact. His body travelled some 60 leet. Tlie trudk travelled a lew leet larther down the street and struck Martin, who was repor ted Mtf*nveHng satis£ft4ory at & local hospital Irom multiple lacerations. Outen was arrested Tuesday morning alter police discovered he was the driver ol a dark pick-up truck, similar to one witnesses ol the accidents de scribed. fnie ,^ight. front lender ol Outen’s truck was dented. He told police that the dent was received when ~he damaged it against a piece ol weighing equipment. Seabrooi( Named Acting President At J. C. Smith CHARLOTTE Dr. J. Ward Seabrook ol Fay etteville was elected acting president ol Johnson C. Smith University at a formal meeting ol the Board ol Trustees here last Wednesday. Dr. Seabrook is a graduat^l Smith In the claaa ot and from 1913 to 1952. He organ-" ised the department of ednca- tlon here before resigning to become dean and later presi dent of Fayetteville State Teacbers College. Be retired from Fayetteville State Teach ers coU^e at the end the 1955 - 1958 school term and was elected president-emeri- tas. Dr. Seabrook was elected to fill the vacancy created through the death ol Dr. Hardy Liston on October 20. He will,assume the duties ol acting president on November 20 and will serve until a new presiednt has been elected and installed. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ S. C NAACP Gets $10,000 For Fine In Three Weeks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fraud Case Delayed VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 46 DURHAM, N. C., SAyjBDAY, NOV. 24, 1956 PRICE: TEN CENTS SHEBFIELD HOPSON Rites Held For Pioneer In Durham Business Funeral services lor SherUeld Hopson, pioneer luel dealer, were held in Durham at the St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church Tuesday altemoon at 2:3;0. He was latally stricken at his home on Saturday moraliig. November 17. Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor ol St. Marks, officiated at the church ceremonies and at graveside rites which followed at Beechwood Cemetery. Hopson was the first of his race to go Into bnslness of fuel retailing. He opened a eoal and weed yard in 19S1 and oper- (Please turn to page 8) Ids Must Be Sold On Peace, PTA Group Told OXFORD Parents must instill into their children a desire lor building a new way ol iile, which can be the basis lor world peace. This was the crux ol a speech delivered here last week at the North Carolina Congress ol Parents and Teachers by the distinguished educator. Dr. De borah Cannon Partridge. Dr. Partridge was the main speaker at the Congress con vention, which met here last Friday and Saturday. She spoke at a Friday night public meet ing. -Nearly 300 delegates Irom eleven ol the Congress’ districts and mty one counties heard Dr. Partrtdge stress the need lor educating lor a society built on understanding and peacelul co existence. The Queens College Educa- (Please turn to page 8) niU GOINGI THE GIVE-AWAY IS STILL GOING ON at the Carolina Times. Just step up with your registration card by Saturday noon if your anto license num ber is below, and you’ll get three bucks! A Y— 2 7 0 2 A W— 2 7 8 1 A W— 8 7 7 Gov't. Moves To Gain Compliance With Bus Verdict WASHINGTON, D. C. The Federal government moved this week to gain com pliance in the South with the recent Supreme Court’s de cision on bus segregation. The high tribiuuu ruled re cently that segregation by races on dty buses was incon sistent with the U. S. Con stitution. Early this week. Attorney General Herbert Brownell is sued a call lor a Dec. 10 'meet ing ol lederal prosecutors Irom 14 southern states to discuss ways ol carrying out the Su preme Court’s verdict. Brownell’s letter to the dis trict prosecutors stated that the (Please turn to page 8) M]^ RAMSEY CLEMONS ARTHUR MITCHELL MRS. LUCY CLEMONS Delhs Warned Against Punishing Rep. PoweJI NEW YORK Democratic party leaders have been cautioned against seeking reprisals against their fellow New York Oongressman Adam Clayton Powell for supporting Eisenhower and the successful Republican ^ale candidate in New York, Jacob Javits. The warning came last week from the NAACP and Powell’s House colleague, Democrat Charles C. piggs of Michigan. Diggs declared that he intended to fight any move to strip the dapper New York preacher of his seniority in the House. Already Powell’s patronage prerogatives have been assault ed. Two of his patronage em ployees, Robert Fleming, House postal work*r,, and Theodore Richardson, member of the Capitol police, have been lopped off the pajrrolls. In addition, there is a pro posal in the House to strip him of his seniority. The proposals reportedly have the backing of Senate majority leader, Lyndon Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, both of Texas. Roy Wnkins, NAACP execu tive secretary, in a letter to Rayburn last week declared that such a move would be in terpreted as an attack by the party upon all Negroes. Both Wilkins and Diggs re called that Southern Democrats, who bolted the party in 1948, (continued on page 8) Conscience-Stricken Plaintiff' Vows Not To Spend Damage Fine SUMTER, S. C. An apparently conscience- stricken white man who won a $10,000 libel suit against the NAACP vowed here last week he would not spend one penny of the money for himself. Attorney Shepard K. Nash, prominent local lawyer and member of the school board, was awarded the money as the result of a judgement stemming from a libel case in which the Sumter NAACP and twelve of its officials were de fendants. In an unprecedented display of unity, $7,200 of the amount was raised in three weeks by the NAACP in cooperation with Negro churches all over the state. Starting from scratch, the organization and churches of all denominations sent out appeals less than a motnh ago and the money began pouring in from 25 cents up. Support eame from almost every qnarter in the state, and an onldentlfled white north ern church denomination sent the NAACP a blank check with instructions to fill in any amount np to the necessary $10,000. Rev. James M. Hinton, presi dent of the South Carolina Con ference of the NAACP, said this was “our greatest effort.” According to NAACP officials who tamed the money over to Nash last week, the former state senator saM, “Xell your people I’ll never spend a penny of this money for myself.” Nash said half of It weald go to his lawyers and he intended to put the other half In a baild- ing and loan to stay for the length of the ten year jadge- mept. He said he would return that half of the money to the o^ani- zations and churches if no suit Was brought for school integra tion in the county for the next ten years. Nash said that in the event there is a school integration suit within that period, the money would be turned over to charities which he would name. The libel case originated in the Fall of 1955 from a letter to the editor of a Sumter news paper signed by NAACP offi cials. The letter was intended as an MISS ELLA MASON With Filii^ Fake insurance Clanns Nine Charged (continued on ge 8) " winstoN-salSm Muilicipal court hearing far nine persons charged in • two state - insurance vwindl* of several insurance finnt WM postponed here laat Wtdamh day. A total of 30 charges been brought against ft* par ticipants in the alleged rrrlmfW More than $12,000 reportedly haa been paid out in &lSe fi**—^ and a number of other alleged claims were filed but not paid. According t* InvcaOgating authorities, the fake d— claims were filed with Ow te- surance companiaa wbe paM according te the aiaonat «f In- sarance. A South Carolina officer who had not completed his investiga tion there, and who waa to be in court last week, led to the postponement at the case 19- on request ol local According te rapaiii ftMB Rock HIU, Soath CarettM, M addltloaal wanaaiB ted kaaa issued there, tten* II ka« previously been wmmnA Aak other ehargaa wmf be Hiia. Charged in a total ol thirty cases here are: Lee Robert Luns ford, 31, charged in seven caaes,, former white agent for the insur ance firm that bore the hardest blow of payment on the falae claims; Arthur D. Mitchell, 41. 2029 Ansonia Street; Mia Mae Blason, 27, 816 East Sixth Street, each lacii^ four charges; aod Clyde L. Jefferson, 14S7 Darry (Please turn to page 8} Roxhoro Girl Wins College Scholarship Glovenia Bass, plucky little Rougemont high school senior, walked oti with the top prize in the CAROLINA TIMES first scholarahip contest whi(^ came to an end last Wednesday. ‘Tm breathless,” she said when notified early Thursday that she had .won. When she regi^ed her voice, she expressed a desire to thank everyone who had helped her win the contest. She had 1,564,000 points. For her efforts, she will receive a $250 prize, to be applied to expenses at a college of hjer choice. Alexander Brandon of Sen^ora ai^ Frank Bradsher of Boxboro won second and third prizes, respectively, in the contest. Brandon will get a $150 prize, and Bradsher will receive $100. Some eight other contestants who finished are eligible for cash commission prizes also. This was the first scholarship-subscription contest sponsored by the newspaper, and, accord ing to contest manager, Jesse W. Gray, the results were “extremely gratifying.” A field of twenty-seven contestants started the race for the grand prizes when the contest began six weeks ago. However, the field was narrowed' each following week as a number of them ran afoul of contest rules and had to be dropped. * At the finish, there were only eleven contest ants eligible for prizes. The first three prizes will be presented to . Miss Bass, Bradsher and Brandon at a formal program next Thursday, November 29 at the Boxl)or* Elementary School. Gray saM tkat an impressive ceremtmy has been irfanBad for the j^esentatioB of awards and anaa|*- ments have been made to have special mile furnished by the Boxboro S^ool Choras. The time for the presentation is 7:30 p. m. Although there had been ruaaan out the contest of a dark horse, IObs Bass took an early lead and maintained a tonjd pace throughout the final week^ Branifen, wiw closed with a rush, weoad vp with 9YS,Mt points. Biadsher iMd 577,M« points. Gray said lie tiiought the cooperation n ceived by those connected with the contast ws “wonderful,” and expressed thanks fv the of workers ud contestants who partidpatad.
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