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DR. ACCUSED OF ABORIION ON WHITE WOMAN
OPENS $284,000 CHURCH
The Rt. Rev. R. L. Jones of
SaJUbury, pretiding prelate of
the fourth Episcopal AME Zion
ditt^t, it shown dedicating the
tuw Greater MetropoUtan Wes
ley AME Zion church at 1700
Jl. W. Capitol Street in Wash-
ington, D. C. Formal services
opening the new Imilding were
h€ld Sunday.
The buildini; was purchased
. from an unidentified D. C. con
gregation by the AME Zion
church at a coit $284,000.
The old Metropolitan church
site, at 411 D street. Southwest,
is being razed to make way for
a housing project.
An historic land mark, it was
the first Negro Church estab
lished in the District of Coluni'
bia, was a mecca for the under
ground railroad and served as
the stage for many of Frederick
Douglos’ denunciationt of the
slavery system. The Rev. H. C.
Lee i« pastor of Greater Metro
politan.
TO SET UP RETREAT
Ushers Buy
College Site
KBANKLINTON
The property - once- housing
C^egf li^i^^clUd'
ninational Ushers Asso
ciation of North Carolina, it
.. j announced this week by L.
E. Austin of Durham, president
of the association.
Located on U.S. highway No.
Om, with a frontage of one
mile, the property was bought
from the American Missionary
Anociation, sum>orters of the
Christtim-CoUeg? whicii has
abw^4pn^
^ purcnase included some
g4 fcr^ t^q dpT^tories, and
IlfirfK 9^ which
Igrtngr^y f^ryed as tte home of
the |(^Qi^’s
Although the exact amount
of ti»« purchase was not made
public, it it thought tliat the
' figure ran into five digits.
According to President Aus
tin, the property will be used
by the North Carolina Ushers
aa a home for retired ministers
and their wives or widows. It
will be open to all denomina-
Uona.
A spokesman for the associ
ation said after announcement
of the purctiase, “many preach
ers serve small charges in ur-
ban ai»d rura} ‘cehters for years
without ever earning ‘ enough
money with which to purchase
K hobie of their 6wh. The Ushers
As^iittioh ^pes to sne to it
y»a^ such' init^ers are able
19 t^'eir'lafer years ii) the
tJlgi)ity^l^omin£ to their pro-
ksilon,"
It WM also stated that the
c 7anization intends to provide
pi :nic grounds and accommo
dations for Sunday Schools,
churches, fratemltes, clubs and
o'her organizations at the re-
t cat.
The as^iation is the largest
au(.h organization cutting across
(lonominational ties in the state,
(continued on page 8)
COUNTY OF THE YEAR
Scott To Make
PersonlAward
ROkBORO
Presentation of the “County
of the Year" Award to Person
County will climax a day-long
celebration to be held here at
the County Courthouse on Mon
day, March 18.
Person County was declared
winner in the North Carolina
Rural Progress Campaign for
1056, with special reference to
Negroes (n February of this
year. Thije cbiihty had won out
in competition with 60-others
in the State on the basis of its
Negro population having con>
tributed most to the overall de-
SENATOB SCOTT
velopment of the country.
The final decision was an
nounced in February by Dr. W.
E. Reed, ctiairman of the State
Committee and dean of the
School of Agriculture at AftT
College, Greensboro. The com-
ties: Iredell, ITnlon, 0i^Uh
Mear-Old
iiiCKinsnes
. , . For Mayof , , ,
REVERiENP RICKa
EVANGELIST
ENTERS LISTS
FOR MAYOR
Rev. Julius Hicks, 504 Rox-
boro Street, was the first person
to file for office of Mayor of
Durham in the election ^ be
held liere on May 12, it Was dis
closed here this weelc. '^e in
cumbent is Mayor E. 'J- 5vai>s
who has not yet made any an
nouncement as to liis intei^tiqn^
but it is Ijel^eved l^y tho®® close
to the ppiiUcal sitjiation Dur-:
ham that he wjll be q pandidate
to succeed himself.
Rev. Hicks is a World War II
combat veteran, a radio evange
list and experienced in the tex
tile field. At present he is presi
dent of the Carolina Evangelist
Association and director of the
State Singing Convention. He is
also active in the AMVETS and
other veteran organizations.
According to Rev. Hiclts,.he
(continued on page 8)
6ASTQNIA
Qne of the ch^'s
ted wpjl known eiiiMn*, 78
y^r-^d Or. W. Percy Carter,
has h«en charged with perform
ing an abortion of what has
been descril>ed as a “Ijeautiful”
white woman.
The physician has been
placed under $5,000 l>ond, and
preliminary hearing was sche
duled for Wednesday.
The identity of the woman
remained a police secret early
this week, but Detective Ed
Groves, who broke the'case, de-
scribed her as a “beautiful,
higlily inte^igent wo^^.”,
He said t^e WQm^ ^wr^ed
to a fp'reigii' naU^n^ l)^t U
separa^^ from ‘ "^ef ^Usf^qd
who ^s q^t flf ^e ‘cQWfllary. She
is 9 beaut}9iai)/
^cpqr4in| tq report*, Qrovos,
who receive “tips" on th* al
leged abortion, went to the wo
man’s home sarly this week
where she was, according to
Oroyes, “very cooperative.” He
said she gave him a statement.
According to police, the wo-
man said she underwent an ope
ration in Dqctor Charter’s office
about five p.m. on Feb. 26. Po
lice report tliat she said the doc
tor was assisted by A Negro
nurse in the Opehiti6n.
Reportedly ^wo ^ohtlw preg-
(coAtinaed on pa^e'
Edgecombe and Nash.
W. Kerr Scott, Haw River,
U. S. Senator from Nortii Caro
lina, will deliver the principal
address at the formal presenta
tion program to begin at 3:30
P.M. The cash award cf 9500,
given jointly by Dr. Clarence
Poe, publisher of the Progres
sive Fanner, Raleigh, and the
Agricultural Association 6f A
and T College, will ba presenled
by William Poe, associate edi
tor of the publication. It will t>e
received by Dr. Warmoth T
Gibbs, pre^dent of the AftT
College, sponsor of the project,
who, in turn, will present it to
the winning county. The award
will be accepted for the county
by C. J. Ford, cou&ty agent.
Other prominent persona
scheduled to appear on the af
ternoon program include; T. B.
Woody, mayor of Roxboro;
John Merritt, Person County
Board of Commissioners; (Jor
don B. Hunter, representing
county businesses; R. E. Jones,
State agent, in charge of the
AlcT College Extension Service
and R. W. Shoffner, Raleigh,
assistant director.
HKCdfi
VOLUBrt 83— NUMBER 11 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1957
PRICE; TEN CENTS
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Representatives of the five
labor unions at Ligget-Myers,
official* of the Tobacco Workers
International and company offi
cials concluded negotiations for
new contract at the Durham
plant in conferences last week.
Here is a scene taken from one
of the talks, held at the firm's
o//ices in Durham last Wedues-
day through Friday.
Present for the conferences
were representatives from Tq-
bacco Workers Union locals 176,
177, 194, 202 and 208. Also,
Georo4 Robinson, (seated, ex
treme left second row)second
vice-president of the Tobacco
Workers International, and S. E.
Blaine, (seated second from left
second rowj first-vice president
of the Tobacco Workers Inter
national, were on hand for the
talks. Tentative agreement woe
reached on a new contract for
the Durham plant, pending op-
proval bv various local unions.
Eastern N. C Registrar To Face
$5,000 Damage Hearing In Ntoy
SUM 1^ iNMMlVe
ages for refusing to register a
Negro will protMbly- t>d hoard
in May.
The action, brought against
Littleton registrar T, W. Ck>le by
Ernest Ivey, was orifinally
schedule^^r ^ miei|j) di
vision ef the (e^er«) now
in ses^en
Howeyf?, lawyers tjr the
plaintiff were notified iMt week
by ^ f9|erDl ofiurt rterk that the
case be«q transferred to tho
Wilson division ol th* oaitem
district of th« tedoral court.
Th« Wilson term of the court
opens in May.
Attorney James R. Walker of
Weldon, one of the lawyers for
the plaintiff, explained to the
TIMES this week tliat he feels
the change was made because of
the crowded calender of the
Raleigh term.
Judge Don Gilliam of the
Eastern district of the Federal
court will hear case.
Ivey^^ |2 yMf 9^ ^rjner-
prMCh^ yttle-
ton, ^rM in the «otiqn that
he ag«p4n)stered exami
nation cont^i^g olMuro and
diiQcult questions which he
sulM^qumtly did not pass to
registry CoU's satisfaction.
He Is seeking $5,000 damages
on the grounds that denial of
registration by Cole was willful
and imlawfCil, constituted an in
tentional abuse of discretionary
powers and was a wilful denial
of his civil rights.
The outcome of the case may
well have bear^ oi^ the;
tion of lit«;n^c^ t^ts ^b-
spectiv^ yq^s, nc;w U^e {n
anoth^ ^aM Igrof^gl^t in
federal couH W a resid^t of
nearby Northampton county.
Officers of Winston-Salem InterdfnomlnatiooMl Min*
t-tarial Alliance elected at ■ recent meeting at the PMt^rton
Avtnuf BTv pictured liere. Left to right are Kcvennds
tt, L. PattimoB, seeretaryi LeEoy Pavis, reporter) W. M.
Adams, treasurer; S. W. Hylton, Jr., financial secretary;
BiiiMp H. D. Wilson, vice-president; James A. Blaine, pred-
dent; Edward Gholften, J. B. Bridges, aMisant Mcretarjr; and
Junius Dudley, secretai^.
Thejr were installed in formal sorvices at the YWCA last
Monday, during wMch the presidential address was given by
Rev. Blaine.
micpofflto
AtKCCSimkqf
Greek letter organtaations in
10 nearby colleges have been
Invitod to }ola the Nortlv
lina College Pan Hellenic obser
vance of Qreek Week, March
17-aa.
An address by Clarence Mit
chell, director of the Wasliing-
ton Bureau of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, at 3 p.m.
Sunday in Duke Auditorium
starts the week’s program.
Mitchell will l>e guest at a,
tea sponsored by the Durham
Business School at the Algon
quin Club Hou|se en Fayette
ville Street after l^is NCC tulk.
A P9vie iq QUke Auditorium
Sunday night^'WiU climax the
day’s prograni. "
Other events icheduled dur
ing the week are an all-Greek
sing at 1 p.m. on the campus
Tuesday, another sing and a
forum at 7:30 Wednesday night
in the auditorium of the Com
merce Building on the meaning
of fraternities and sororitie.i on
today’s campus.
Mitchell, a former newap^j^r
reporter, is a graduate ol Lin-
coUi University (Pa.) ar\d the
AtlanU School ql Soyciai Wvk.
He ^o^nf^ the I^AACP’s
Washin{5V>h 4*' 'I®*®
serylng in at^n^/ative capa-
citias in branches In Atlanta,
Ga., and it. faul, MlnnesoU.
m
Amriversary
Community Baptist Church of
Durham will celebrate its 15th
Anniversary on Sunday, March
17th with Special Services. The
Anniversary theme is “Tribu
taries Toward Church Growth.''
Guest speaker for the morn
ing services will be Dr. J. Neal
Hughley, Pastor of First Bap
tist Church, Franklin ton. He is
also Minister at North Carolina
College and Professor of Econo
mics. Other guests will be Prin
cipals and Faculty members of
county schools, L. S. Uilliard,
Merrlck-Moore School; W. H.
Cole, Jr., Pearsontown No. I;
and J. W. Davidson, Pearson
town No. II.
At 3 P.M. the Lincoln Memo
rial Baptist church with Rev. R.
H. Johnson, acting pastor, will
render special afternoon ser
vices.
Rev. E. T. Thmnpson, Com
munity Baptist pastor, said that
the public is invited to attend
the, services.
At the regular meeting of the Durham Committee on
Negro Affairs last Thursday, J. S. Stewart, chairman of the
organization and secretary of Mutual Savings and Loan Asso
ciation, was overwhelmingly endorsed by the Committee as
its candidate for City Council from the Third Ward. Stewart
allowed his name to be offered by the Committee in response
to an unprecedented demand by Durham citiiens from all
walks of life.
Stewart is well-known in business, civic and religious
circles of Durhaoi and the state where he has served un
selfishly for a long number of years. He promises, if elected,
to do everything In his power to help make Durham a bigger
and better dty. —
Alabama Group
Seeks SIIW 000
For Rebuilding Florida A. And M. News Chief Is
Publications Meet Consultant
MONTGOMERY, AU.
Negro Ministers of Montgom
ery, anxious to rebuild the
churches and homes that were
damaged from the bombings of
last jMuary 10, are organizing
a National Campaign to raise
money.
Under the sponsorship of
dvic minded clergymen, the
group known as the Committee
to Study and Plan Aid to the
Bombed Churches and Homes
has set its goal at $100,003.
Two of the churches that
were completely wrecked were
without benefit of insurance
(continued on page g)
Charl^ J. Smith, III, a publi
cations expert and director of
public relations at Florida AltM
University, Tallahasse, Florida,
has been named chief consultant
for the Campus Echo Publlea-
tions Conference which will be
held at North Carolina College
on April 5,
This will be the Second An
nual Publications Conference
for the prize winning NCC
newspaper, which was rated
“All American'’ by the Associ
ated Collegiate Press last year.
This year the Eagle, NCC year
book, will be co-sponsor.
Some 300 faculty advisers
and students from high schools
In North Carolina, South Caro
lina, and Virginia are expected
to attend the meeting.
A native of Augusta. Georgia,
Smith received his undergradu
ate training at Tennessee A&I
University in Nashville and the
master's degree in journalism at
I the State University of lovm.
SMITH
He was director of public rela
tions at Tennessee State before
taking over his present position
at Florida A&M six years ago.
The youthful publications
specialist founded the annual
FAMU Interscholastic Press
Worlcshop which is now in its
seventh year. He is also adviser
to the Florida AltM student pa
per, the FAMUAN.
At the NOC meeting. Smith
will stress the value of audio
visual techniques in Improving
the quality of high school news-
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