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Doctor Held
In Abortion
Scared Winston-Satin Teacher Hames Durtiamite
The former Brooklyn Dodgers star second
baseman presents a f10,000 check to Arthur
B. Spingarn, president of-the NAACP Le|^
Defense and Educational Fund., Inc., In Imk
hal^ of his new employer l^^Uiam Black,
prwdent of the Choiek Full (yNnts Coffee
Company and Restaurant Chain.
The contribution la to aid the oi^anlaatlon
in its l^al work in the field of eivU rtehts.
The company recently apprtated Jackie as
vice prudent in charge of its large per^
sonnd staff.
WINSTON-SALBM
Dr. James P. Hightower,
naturopathic physician, 49, ot
2223 Manchester Street wmn ar'
rested here Tuesday, January
15, and placed In City Jail ua-
der ifrooo bond, being charged
with giving treatment to a 31
year >old unmarried, pregnant
•chaei teacher, with Instruments
and drugs to adduce tiie young
wom^ to have a miscarriage.
AM^u^ police refused to
identity the woman at the time
of tUp writing, they did, how-
ever,rpy she Is a native of Win-
stonHlalmi snd had been em-
ployin w a teachor at a school
near IWanton.
Cny dslectlves reported that
tiiey began investlgatlcm of the
aam Ifcnday, January 14, aft«r
gdenten police chief O. I. Dial
notUJtad them that the young
womiiii had given birth to a
deadC ipwnature baby, Sunday,
January 13, at a home in Eden-
ton where she was a tenant.
VOLUMt 32 — NUMBElTi' DUBHAM, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 2?,' If57 mCl; IIW CKNTg
Rocky Mount Physician
Named To School Board
D(.i.«.l>idi(r
Chief Dial stated that the wo
man evidently became frighten
ed at the Ume of 'deJfvei^'ariil
contacted a doctor to treat her.
This brought about investlgv-
tlon of the matter.
The teacher told detectives
during questioning, that she de
cided to have an abortion be
cause she and her boy firlend,
(also unidentified) broke up.
She said her boy frlAid lives in
Durluttn.
The young woman further
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NCC PrefMsor
The Executive Committee of the Old North State Medical
Society shown here are, seated, left to right: Dr. Clyde Don
ne^ Duriiam, Secretary - Treasurer C^eritus; Dr. M. D.
Quigless, Tarl^ro, President-Elect; Dr. L. R.^wift, Durham^,
President; Ite. W. T. Armstrong, Rocky Mount, Secretary-
Treasurer; Dr. G. Wesley Allen, Fayetteville.
Stan^g, left to r^ht: Dr. Geerge Evans, Greensboro,
Chairman of Program daiffdttee; Ite. S. JTCochran, Weldon,
Recording Secretary; Dr. W. M. Bryant, Enfield; Dr. Btaubert
Malloy, Winston-Salem; Br. C^B. Middleton, Raleigh, I^tOT
of Journal; Dr. J. D. Quick, Wiuton-Saboi; 1^. R. M. Wyche,
Charlotte,'Past President; Dr. Murray B. Davis, High Point;
Dr. R. E. Wimberely, Raleigh; Dr. Chjurles Watts, Durham.
TriatOfNine
tn Swindte Is
Delayed Again
WmSTON-SALEM
The trial of ^e persons,
charged with an Insurance
swindle,'tia8 been delayed again
until the next term of For^rth
Superior Court. Four of the de
fendants are Twln-CltUns.
Attorney J. Erie McMichael,
who is representing three of the
South C!aroUna defendants, filed
for a bill of particulars In each
of ttie indictments found against
his clients by the grand Jury.
He stated that he needed more
information as to what his cli
ents are c^iaiged with In order
to prepare their defense.
Attorney Mcdlichael is repre-
s^itlng William B.; Lucy and
Bamsy Clemons, all of Rock
Hill, S. C., who have been char-
ged with tiling fraudulent In
surance claims.
In allowing the cases to con
tinue until the next term of
criminal court, Solicitor Har
vey A, Lupton said that thagp
would not have time to jar^^are
the bills of particulars during
this term.
Tlie other defendants in the
insurance swindle case are: Lee
B. Lunsford of 749 Banner Ave.
XUa Uak MMtni of 816 Bast
Sixth Street^ Ar«^ D. Mitchell
of M2B Ansonia Street, Clyvie
L. Jetfefson of Derry Street, all
of ihb city, and Sam-Caldwell
Jr., and Hu|^ BOnls Cirillns,
of Bock Hill, 8. C.
Rotrinson On Fu^Raising iour,
Says Country Needs Ihe NAACP
NBW YORK Other cities in the tour are
The work of the National As
sociation for Uie Advancement
of Colored People benefits not
only N^ro cltizais but the en
tire nation, Jacicte Robinson,
naticmal chairman of the As
sociation’s 1987 Fight for Free
dom Fund, said here todax prior
to leaving on an 11-city tour for
the NAACP.
“In the present world crisis,”
RoblnsMi told newsmen -at a
press coniterrace, “the adored
peoples of the world have.their
eyes on Amwica to see how Ne
groes are treated here. We are
exp«iding huge sums in giving
assistance to some of these peo
ples abroad but tb^ real atti-
tade will be determined in luge
measure by tlwir reaction to ttie
way in which the race problem
is handled here at home. We
need the support of these peo
ple” '
The NAACP, the former Na
tional League baseball star said,
by helpii^ to improve condi
tions for Negroes in this cmmtry
stroagthsDs the prestige of the
naflicm among other countries.
Accordii^y, he asserted, “^ndilte
people ne^ to support the
NAACP as strongly as do Ne-
gross because it means as much
to them as to ecdorsd peiq;>le.
TIm NAACP to an Mset to ttie
naticm.” He expressed an^ced-
ation for “the contributions oi
the SptogatBS rad other wUte
pmons to the HAACP cause."
Ftost stop on Jadde's tour to
Baltimore where he will address
a mass meeting on Jan. SO.
Cleveland, Jan. 22; Detroit,
Jan. 23; Cincinnati, Jan. 24; St.
Louis, Jan. 25; San Francisco,
Jan. 27; Los Angeles, Jan. 28;
Boston, Feb. 2 and 3; Philadel
phia, Feb. 12; and Atlanta, Mar.
3.
RateighYMCA
Sets Honor For
NCCs CallMMB
RALEIGH
Lee Calhoun, VS. Olympics
team hero of Nofth Carolina
College wiU be giMlil of honor
at a public recepHonl^toe 9on-
sored by the Bloodwoslli Street
Y1K!A, Wednesday, Januafy SO
at 8:00 P.M. He will be aon^-
panied by Co^ L. T. Walker,
nationally known ^Mrte figure.
He will give^ the highlights Of
hto experience abroad.
Thto to one of the special fsa'
tursa of NatimU TKCA Week
to be observed January 27-Feb.
t.
Anotiisr ieatnre of the we^
to a Umm dlsetisricw ot> "The
Suez Canal Problem” » Friday,
February 1 at 8:00 PJL wf&
Perists, of Israel now
graduate student of State Cti-
lege to jH^nclpal weaker. A
9icstlm and answer p«fiod will
follow the address.
Mail Had Buried
Wife, Daugiiter
Under House
CHARLOTTE
A woman’s hand sticking up
out of the ground led police to a
grisly dlacovery here-thto we^
whldi resulted in murd«r char
ges against a 33 year old ware
house worker.
James 'niomas Jacltson to be
ing held without bond on char
ges of h|urdering hto wife and
15 year old daughter.
The grim murders were un
covered Saturday morning. Po
lice found the bodiM of Mr*.
Rath Nelson Jackson, 37, snd
hMr daughter, Bernice, burled
in itaallow graves beneath the
apartmmt house artiere they
lived.
An unidentified man who was
helping Jackson move furniture
from the basonent of the
apartment bouse noticed a wo
man’s hand prdtniding from the
ground and thto led to the po'
lice inveetigalion and the dto-
eavtry. '
Jackson confessed to police
th«t he mil* iii« wife snd
daughter on the morning* of
January 10.
Acocwding to police reports,
Jackson said that hto wlto
struck tdm witii a pteee of Irra
as he lay in bed. He said that be
then struck her with an iron
mallet. As the Ml, Jackson said
he wps attacked hf the step-
dan|0it«r with a bayonet
He was quoted as lajrlng that
he struck the stepdautfitar and
tiian "Uadied out.”
DR. EDMONDS
Edmoiiils Going
Bock To Europe
Succumbs
y«ars)ld physician of thto city
was named to the Rocky Mount
Schdol Board here on January
17 by Um board of aldermen.
of Or. Buker
unanimous. He will fill the por
tion made vacant by the r^g-
nation of a white member be
cause of ill health.
'nie physlcton was nominated
to ttie post by Attorney Kemp
P. Battle, prominent member of
the Board and one of the city’s
leading attonii^. Dr. Parker’s
appointment nSarks the first
time a men^r of hto race has
been named to the governing
body of the local school system,
although oV^r 40 per cent of
the school population is com
posed of Negroes.
Dr. Parker to a native of
Rocky Mount and to active in
the religious, socUl and civic
life of the community. Hto wife
to the former Mia Opal Malone,
who was also bom and reared
in this city.
The new member of the
Board to a graduate of Johnson
C. Smith University and How
ard University Medical School
He to a member o Omega Psl
Phi Fraternity.
Medicos'llnil
Nixes Partial
The necutive »mmittee of
the Old Nortii State Medical So
ciety voted in its interim meet
ing In Durham recratty to re
fuse limited membership In
Coimty Units of the Medical So
ciety ef North Carolina.
In voting for the recommm
dation, the committee pointed
out that acceptance oi Umitea
membership would label the
members as a second class phy'
ridan and that such memb«r-
ship would not meet requests
made from tiie N. C. Medical
Society for full membershlpt.
The committee also vot«)^ to
command the action of the High
Poirit-OtesnSbm Me^l So
ciety for their action in refus
ing to sccept limited member
riiip In tiie Oulliford County
unit of the State Medical So
ciety.
MXao, the committee approv
ed the outlined program of
cbs rman of the program com'
mittee. Dr, George Xiww, for
ttu 70th annual meeting set for
A fpd T CMlege to June.
JERSEY cmr, N. J.
A huge throng was expected
to witness funeral rites Thurs
day, Jan. 24 for Mrs. Cordelia
Green Johnson, pioneer beauti
cians’ organizer, who died at
her home last Saturday.
Mrs. Johnson had recently
been hospitalized but'had been
returned home where she wss
recuperating. She was reported
ly suffering from cancer, brath
came at approximately 11:65
Saturday morning, Jan. 19. She
was 69.
Characteristic of her consu
ming interest in organizational
activities of tiie beauticians and
in civic work, Mrs. Johnson was
active almost to the end.
Just one week before her
death, she presided at the sixth
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Dr. Helen O. Edmonds, Gra
duate Profenor of History,
NoVth Carolina College, will be
on leave this semester with the
United States Department of
State. She was contacted by the
State Department in November,
1055, relative to thto assign
ment, the complete anrange-
ments having been concluded In
Septeml>er, 1050.
North Carolina College waa
exceecUngly happy that the ser
vices of one of its professors
were to be utilized in our For
eign Program, requested by the
l^eaderslilp-SpeclaUsta DiviMoir
Iptofnatlanal Xducattonal
. ^ Ae United!
^Staiae in tai^ Frivuary tar
Denmirk, Sweden, West Ger
many and Austria where she
will participate in the cultural
programs of the United States.
The experience will not be
new_ to .this scholar, profesyr
and lecturer. In 1954-5(1, she
pursued post-doctoral hiituri-
cal research on "Die Begnffe
von Leopold von Rankes Welts-
geschicte Konzeptionen” at the
■University ol Heidelberg, Ger
many.
The demant^i upon her plat
form ability as a lecturer were
made by many German groups.
She volunteered her services
without compensation and loin-
fd the lectore program of the
Infoimatlon Agencies and the
Women’s Division of Cultural
Affairs. During the months of
May, June, July and early Au
gust, 19SS) she lectured in every
major West German city, made
radio broadcasts and was inter
viewed over the same.
Aside from her assets of hav
ing a charming personality and
being well-versed in the art ol
human relations, she speaks the
German language fluently. She
delivered her addresses in that
language. Innumerable press
conferoices were held.
When’ queried about her
forthcoming venture, Dr. Ed
monds said, “1 lM>pe to continue
to lie one of the t>^ roving am
bassadors for the United States
Who ever left these shores."
Prior to her departure from
the United States, she attended
the Presidential Inaugural cere
monies and activities as the
QMclal guest of President and
Mrs. Eisenhower. She states umi
thto personal letter of Invitatkm
from the Preridaot and the Flnt
-mt,
jwaatved.
It stands aioavide her Ugmt
honor o( having been the first
Negro woman in history to
second the nomination of a
Prudent, when she seconded
the nomination of Mr. lUiien-
hower In l^n Francisco. Csllf..
August^ 1006.
Dr. Edmonds is a native of
Lawrencevllle, Virginia. Shu at
tended St. Paul’s Polytechnic
Institute in her hometov^n; re
ceived a Bachelor of Arts de
gree from Morgan State CoUei^,
Baltimore, Maryland; and both
Master of Arts and Doctor of
Philosophy degrees from The
Ohio State University, Colum
bus, Ohio.
History to her field of speci
alization and she has taught the
same at Virginia Theological
Seminary and College, St.
Paul’s Polytechnic Institute, and
since 1941, at the North Caro
lina College at Durham.
Dr. Edmonds is author of ’THE
NEGRO AND FUSION POLI
TICS IN NOR'TH CAROLINA,
published by the University of
North Carolina Press, 1951, and
listed in the October, 1956 re-
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WMthtr Prim* Caun
Four Babes Perish In Fire;
Mon Run Over By Own Cor
Nine persons met violent
deaths over the week-end as the
result of a frigid msss of air
which gripped the state for
much of last week.
Automobile accidents caused
by weather conditions and firei
wwe Uie immediate causes.
At least two others were In
jured in violence over the. week
end.
The greatest single tragedy
occured tn Enfield last ’Thurs
day where four children, aged
from six to four months, met
death in theit flaming two-room
farm house.
Victims of the blaze were Lo-
rane, 0, Isea, 5, Alberta, 8, and
Geraldine, 4, all children of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Speed.
The fire broke out while tiie
paranto were away trom home
at a nearby store. They rushed
iMck to the house in bitter cold
weather but we^ too late to
make an effort to reecua the
cUIdm. ne roo collapsed
4iortly after the paranii readi
ed the aceae.
The house was located on the
farm of W. N. Mann, two milaa
northwest of Enfield.
Funeral services were held
Friday and the bodies buried in
Old Potter’s field cemetery near
Enfield.
Another child, rix years eld,
became victim of flames last
week when she burned to death
in a fire which destroyed her
house near Zebulon. Hie victim
was Shirley Ann Conyers,
whose parento lived in a farm
t«wnt house.
Killed in auto accidents over
the week-rad were Elijah Carr,
Levon Brins, and Mrs. Alene
Waters Patton.
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LAST RITES FOR MRS. RIGSBEE
CREEDMOOR
T)ie fimeral of Miv. Etfle
Rlgsbee, 43, was held at Uni«m
Chapel Baptist Church Wednes
day, January 23 at 2:00 P.M.
The eulogy was delivertd by
the Rev. James Aidie, awristed
by Rev. James Hicks. Rev. N.
A. Trice to pastor.
Mrs. Rl^bee died M Dtdce
Hospital Monday January 21 at
6:58, following an Illness whiiA
began last Octobw, althou^
riie was not admltt^ to the hos-
l^tal until January 0.
During her lifetime Mrs.
RlgriMe was very'active In her
church and community. At the
time of her dMth she was clerk
of thA church, teacher of the
adult class of the Sunday School
and president and trmnurer of
the Home Mission Sodc^y.
Surviving are her father,
Henry Coaart of Durham Coun
ty, two daughters. Misses Lu
cille and Mary Ann Rlgsbee and
ona son, Charlie Rlgsbee, Jr.,
of Oeedmoor.
Interment was at the church
cemetery.