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“Voodoo” Power May Be Tested By Court
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LIWTER FIGHTS SENTENCE
AS NEGRO INQUISITOR
DR. WALLACE
DR. ESSEX
State Teachers
Gather For Meet
CHARLOTTE
Hundreds of teachers from
North Carolina public schools
were expected to gather here
this week-end for the 76th an
nual convention of the North
Carolina Teachers Association.
Stages for the three day meet
ing, beginning Thursday, will
be Northwest Junior high
school and Owen auditorium.
“An Educated People Moves
Freedom Forward” is the theme
of this year’s meeting. Promi-
'nent speakers scheduled to ad
dress public meetings of the
convention were Dr. Martin Es
sex, superintendent of schools at
Akron, Ohio, and Dr. J. W. L.
Wallace, president of West Va.
State College.
Dr. S. D. Williams, president
of Elizabeth City Teachers Col
lege, and head of the NCTA,
.win also slaM to
thr j?t^ia^i»ifl&l
ImntftMt
nfront the
liKKt expeeted lo con:
teachers this week-end were
one involving a recommended
pay raise and the unsolved mat-
ter of desegregation in public^
schools.
The oij[anization is expected
to stamp its approval of the 19. f
percent recommended pay raise
as a matter of routine.
However, just what stand the
convention will take on the
segregation issue remained an
open question early'this week.
Pre-convention speculation in
some quarters even indicated
that any action on the segrega
tion issue may well be post
poned and the ussue pigeon
holed.
These two matters, along with
others of importance, are ex
pected to command the conven
tion’s attention at the afternoon
sessions of the Delegates’ As
sembly. The first Delegate As
sembly opens at three Thursday
and the final session begins
Saturday.
The convention opens for
mally Thursday with registra
tion at the Northwest high gym
nasium at one O’clock. A dinner
meeting of the executive com
mittee and a business meeting
was to have preceeded the open
ing of the convention Wednes
day night.
Dr. Essex will address the
first public meeting of the con
vention Thursday night at the
auditorium of Northwest Junior
high. A fofnier chairman of an
NEA committee^ he ^ amon^
in teaching penmmel and
MWUII wr UUMc fre^om.
Dr. WlUiam’iT..
message will precede Dr
sex’s address.
During Friday’s sessions, the
convention will be concerned
with profes^onal activities, and
it will be divided into various
s^tlohs where dlscusBlons and"
expert consultants will be
heard.
West Virginia State’s presi
dent, Dr. Wallace, will address
a public meeting on Friday
night at Owens auditorium. Dr.
Wallace presided over the de
segregation recently of West
Virginia State.
Other outstanding educators
and authorities scheduled to be
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Woman Clainis Neiglibon Try To
"Hei" Her Will "Goofer Dust"
■ijirj
A Fnlbright Fellowship to
■tady abroad next year in
Frsnee has been awarded to
Jack Connor, Morfan'State Col
lege honor senior and romance
languages major from Hickory.
The Morgan student will
study French language and lite
rature at the Daiveraity of Ore-
noble, France. Connor ia one of
approximately 950 atudenta
awarded grants for graduate
ftudy abroad daring the 1957-58
academic year under the Inter*
national Edncatioaai Exchange
Program of the Department oi
State.
A graduate of BfdgcTiew
High School in iiis native Hick
ery, Connor entered Morgan In
195S after having served fof
■U rears In the United SUtes
Nary.
He li the son of Mr. and Mrs.
CMinor of 7S5 F Avenoe,
SJL, ia BUk»rr-
LUMBERTON
Can the stately majesty of the
20th century law cope with an
cient art of black magic, or
“voodoa?” At any rate, the good
offices of Lumberton County
Superior Court 'have been asked
to call upon powers of the law
to conquer the “voodoo.”
Last week, Mrs. Nettie Car
michael of near Maxton filed
suit in court here, seeking an
injunction to restrain her neigh-
boK from practicing "voodoo”
upon her.
Mrs. Carmichael claims that
her neighbors, Prentice and
Mrs. Karo Blue have sought to
cast a spell on her and make her
afraid to occupy her home. She
contends that they want to
frighten her away so they can
get her property.
Citing evidence of the witch
craft, Mrs. Carmichael’s petition
said that Mr. and Mrs. Blue
had placed on her property cer
tain representations of graves
and tombstones and other de
vices forecasting her death. She
contends that all of this was
done to cause her to leave and
siirrender her property t6 them.
Among tlie items of wizardry
practiced against her, she claims
that “goofer dust” is being
sprinkled on her property by
defendants.
“Goofer dust,” she explained,
consists of crushed tombstone.
A bag of “goofer dust” was
presented to presiding Judge
Raymond B. Mallard as evi
dence. With proper judicial dis
dain for the “magic” powder,
Judge Mallard placed the bag
of dust under his desk.
Hearing bad not been set for
the case early this w«ek.
Ervin Becoming Darling
Of Soutiiern Congressmen
By Alice A. Dunnigan
Special to the 'HMES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Senator S6m ■* Ervin, Demo
crat of North Carolina, has
justified his reputation on
Capitol Hill as being a
“cracker-jack” Constitutional
lawyer. At the same time he
is building up another claim-
lo fame, L.at of an explorer.
Not an explorer of ancient
relics, but. a searcher of skel-
tons in the closets of Negroes
who appear before the Consti
tutional Rights Subcommittee
in defense of their civil
rights.
His latest victim is William
Worthy, the Negro newsman
whose passport has been de
nied by the Department of
State becaiiise he dared to en
ter Red China in defiance to
a State Department order.
When Worthy appeared be
fore the Constitutional Rights
subcommittee recently to tell
the story of how his Consti
tutional rights as a newspaper
man had been violated, it was
Ervin who began to pry into
his draft status.
Ervin wanted to know if
Worthy had served in World
War II, and if not, why not.
Worthy said he did not serve
in the’ army because he was
classified as 4-F due to a
duodenal ulcer.
“’Then” said Ervin, sarcasti
cally ,^you are testifying
disability?”
Worthy TSpiied thaf he wasi
It would appear that the
question would have ended
here, bul it didn’t. It has
snowballed into a big hubbub
that is apparently aimed at
prosecuting the “conscienti-
A State Department official
testified before the same oom-
niittee the week following
Worthy’s appearance. He sta
ted that they had investigated
Worthy’s record and had been
informed by officials in
Philadelphia that a man
named William Worthy was
indicted in 1944 for failure
to report to a “conscientious
objector’s” camp. They were
not certain whether this was
the same William Worthy.
Worthy was contacted in
Chicago where he had gone to
make a speech, to get a con
firmation |0r denial on this
charge. Newsmen who talked
with Worthy quoted him as
saying he Was classified as a
Conscientious Objector in ‘43
and did refuse to go to the
CO camp because the Govern
ment was assigning men geo
graphically on the ground of
race and color.
He denied, however, that he
was ever charged with draft-
dodging or evasion. ’The De
partment of Justice dropped
prosecution “rather than face
Dr. A. King, nofed minis
ter and former presiding Elder
of the Manhattan District, New
York Conference, AME Charch,
will conduct a one week revival
at St. Joseph’s AME Church be
giimiBg Sunday, April 'J4th ac
cording te an announcement
mads this week by Bev. D. A
lohnstoB, pastor.
At present Dr. King Is resid
ing In Jacksonville, Florida.
His first sermon will be preach
ed Sunday liiemlag at 11:99.
a court test on the racial dis
crimination issue” Worthy is
reported as saying. Later he
learned that he did have an
ulcer and was classified as
4-F, so his statement before
the committee was not in er
ror. '
Senator O’Mahoney (Demo.
Wyo.) who served as acting
chairman of the subcommittee
hearing testimony on the
passport issue, laid the blame
on the State Departifient for
dragging out this 14-year-oid
charge. He said the Depart
ment was raising a “side is
sue” to divert attention from
its refusal to permit the news
man to enter China. And he
added, the Department owes
Worthy an apology.
Actually it was Senator Er
vin who first raised the issue
publicly, and he did not show
up at any other time during
the Committee hearings after
he had posed the question.
Where Ervin first got an
.inkling of Worthy’^ Veligious
beliefs was not determined.
He might have received the
information from the State
Department. But wherever it
originated in this case, it must
have been realized by the ini
tiator that Ervin was just the
man to pursue It. Maybe this
is due to his fast growing
reputation to “dig out the
dirt”, if it's something that
might hurt a Negro witness.
Senator Ervin is shown here
during a Senate subcommittee
hearing In his usual role as chief
inquisitor of Negro wltneMes.
The Senator is making a name
tor himself in Congressional
circles for his cleverness In in
validating witnesses of color.
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 15
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1957
PRICE; TEN CENTS
Walker Case
Headed Again
For High Court
JACKSON
A clialiengf by an eastern
North Carolina lawyer of a
judgement of nssauh rendered
ayainst him "by a Suporior C*urt
wa.s again placed in the state
judicial strenm this week.
The ciisi' againsi Attorney
James R. Walker of Weldon,
convicted of assault on a female
in Northampton Superior Court
last August, appeared endeo
when the State Supremo Court
rejt'cted his appeal last month
on tlie grounds that it was not
fill'd in time.
However, WalktT c.ioso to
go to jail lot three days last
week ratiier than submit to the
judgement in order to challenge
the constitutionality of the
judgement under a post convic
tion statute.
Monday, a hearing was held
on Walker's contention tiiat his
constitutional rights had been
violated in the original judge
ment. However, Judge W. J.
Bundy, presiding ut the court
hearing here, ruled against Wal
ker and ordered him back to
confinement until he complied
with the judgement.
Attorney* Herman Taylor and
Samuel Mitchell of Raleigh
told the TIMES this week that
they would file a writ of cer
tiorari wftli the State Supreme
Court somelime next week ask
ing the court to hear the (>etl-
tion di-nii'd Monday by Judge
Bundy.
Walker wu set, free Monday
afternoon under $500 bond
after being jailed twice In two
wttks in Northampton. He
spent Wedne
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Sigma GanuEi
Pictured here are members of
the North Carolina region of the
Hampton Alumni association,
who met last Saturday at
Bricks, ft. Kelly Bryant, stand
ing extreme left, whs selected
by the organisation at the North
Carolina Hamptonian of the
Vear during the meeting.
The two day meeting opened
Saturday, and heard addresses
from Mrs. Fannie Newsome of
Rich Square, president of the
state aiumni association; Dos-
well Brooks,' preaTdehr of tB*
national alumni body; Dr. Wil
liam Martin, dean of the facul
ty at Hampton; an dL. E. Aus
tin, publisher of the Carolina
Times. ,
Saturday’s sessions were de
voted to business meetings and
a panel discussion led by H. V.
Brown, member of the school
tmstee board, iWrs. P.
Muse, Dr. Arthur Jackson, V. J.
Grigsby and Robert Chivers.
Rev. W. J. King, president of
the Frankiinton Center, wel
comed delegates to the meetins
Rlio Regional
Opens Id Durfaam
at the opening session Saturday.
Others taking part in Saturday’s
program were Sherman Par
ham, former president of (he
and Mrs. Ruth Stokes. J. J. Hen-i j ,
derson, N. B. White and L. U " "■
Thom,M.on conducted portions ™ weeks, Durham will be
' host to the regional meeting of a
conducted
of .Sunday’s closing program.
Combined Appeal For
Colleges Underway
Dr. W. R. Strassner, president
of Shaw University, will deliver
the main address at the “kick-
off” dinner for the United Ne
gro College Fund drive at the
Algonquin Club House next
Monday night at 7 o’clock.^
All members of the Durham
Inter-Alumni Council, which
conducts the UNCF drive local
ly, are expected to be present.
Plans for the 1957 drive will
be announced at the dinner
meeting by H. M. Holmes, prin
cipal of Hillside High School
and chairman of the Fund
Drive. Mr. Holmes was named
to the new post recently, suc
ceeding N. B. White, who head
ed the drive which netted the
United Negro College Fund
nearly $3,000 last year.
The United Negro College
Fund represents a Joint effort
Raleigh Lawyer
Wins Acquittal
RALEIGH
Attorney Herman Taylor was
acquitted in Recorder’s Court
here last week on charges of
possessing non tax paid whiskey
and allowing whiskey to be dis
played in a*‘club which he ope
rate.
Wake County ABC agents. In
a scries of raids Wednesday
night, forcibly entered the
Lounge, a night spot on Blood-
worth street operated by the
Raleigh lawyer.
Several articles were confis
cated by the officers and Taylor
was charged in Recorder's
Court Monday. He won an ac
quits!, however. »
on the part of graduates of some
31 Negro colleges, most of them
in the South, to assist member
institutions with their financial
problems.
The campaign in Durham last
year was restricted largely to
graduates of the participating
institutions.
However, Mr. Holmes said re
cently that provisions are be
ing made to extend the oppor
tunity of giving to all interested
business concerns and indivi
duals in the Duriiam area. He
will announce plans for the new
campaign at the Monday night
dinner meeting.
Officers of the Durham Inter-
Alumni Council include N. B.
White, president; I. O. Funder-
burg, treasurer; Mrs. Mflyme
H. Perry, secretary; and Mrs.
Auldrey Hubbard, assislanl sec
retary. Mr. Holmes is vice presi
dent and campaign director.
DR. W. R. STRASSNER
Final Rites Held For
Charles Amey Wed.
Funeral services for CharlcTs
C. Amey, prominent Durhamite,
were held Wednesday after
noon, April 10, at lour o'clock
at St. Joseph A.M.E. church.
Dr. J. Neal Hughley, North
Carolina College minister, de
livered the eulogy. He was as
sisted by Rev. D. A. Johnston,
pastor of St. Joseph.
Graveside rites were con
ducted at Beechwood cemetery
following the church services.
Amey died at Lincoln hospital
Sunday, April 7, at 10:99 p.m.
He had entered the hospital
some five weeks prior after
suffering a serious illness. His
latest illness followed s partial
recovery from burns suffered in
a fall at his home some months
ago.
A native of I>urham, Amey
was the son of the late Come-
liut and Sara Amey. He re
ceived his formal training In
the Durham public i:hooU and
at A and T College in Oreens-
C. C. AMEY
boro.
As a young man. he served
with a boarding school at High
Point, A and T College and as
cashier of Mechanics and Far
mers Bunk
He was perhaps most widely
known, however, for his ser
vices us busines.^ maiiag.^r at
North Curdllna College, a post
which he 4ield from 1938 to
1947 during tiie »dministration
of thoj-itf Dr. Shepard.
Amey was regarded as one of
the most effective Negro iobby-
ibts In legislative circles. He was
credited with developing favor-
ibie attitudes toward NCC, the
Oxford Orphanage, and his own
alma mater, A and T College.
He also enjoyed the confi
dence and friendship of many
industrialists, philanthropists,
and high governmental officials
A constant traveling compan
ion of Dr. Shepard, he was also
Dr. Shepard’s emissary on nu
merous missions Involving fund
raising, interracial goodwill,
and politics.
Survivors arq his wife, Mrs.
Mildred Amey of the home, 521
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national sorority. This week
end, it will receive the North
east regional meeting of the
Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.
Sessions of the regional meet
ing will open officially Satur
day morning at North Carolina
College, which will be the scene
of the meetings.
The Northeast region of li-n .
sorority embraces all of the i ,
board states from Connectietil
to North Carolina.
An informal entertainni nt
Friday night, sponsored by Uk'
Business School sorority, . it
open the week-end aetivil i-.'.-.
This affair, a “get acquainted
party” will be held at Mrs. isa-
bell Harden’s home.
On Saturday morning, fol
lowing registration at nine, the
first session of the regional
meeting will get underway. The
morning half of Saturday’s ses
sion will be demoted to business
meetings, and panel di^ussions
and workshops, on the meeting
theme, ‘‘Accepting the Chal
lenge of This New Day,” will
be held.
Mrs. Alma Ilawkins of Wash
ington. D. C,, rt#jonal director
uf the sorority. wilHconduct the
morning s''SRions Saturday. Ur.
Lorraine Williams of Howard
University will be in charge of
afternoon meetings.
The day’s meetings will be
brok>-n iiy a luncheon ut two
o’clock at tlic North C^roli.^
College dlning liall. Mrs. Annie
L. NoviUe of liocKy Mount will
preside over the lynchooa.
A round of social events has
been planned by Uufham gr- U
letter organizations for Ihe vi,;-i-
tlng sorority members. In addi
tion to the “get acquainted”
party Friday night, an enter
tainment by the Durham P.in
Hellenic Council is planned at a
local nitery.
Saturday morning, sorority
members will be. guests of the
Iota Phi Lambda sorority at a
coffcc hour. Then, on Saturday
night, a cocktail party and a
semi-formal dance are on tap.
Officers of the host Beta Pi
Sigma chapter are Mrs. Naomi
Morgan, president: Miss Helen
Morrison, vice-president; Mrs.
Lillie Rogers, secretary; and
Mrs. Georgia Whltted, treasurer.