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VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 28
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1957
PRICE: TEN CENTS
OR SAM ERVIN
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Fight
CROSS BURNED AT CHURCH
Strike Violence
Case Dismissed
WmSTON-SALEM
The first reported incident of
violence to reach Uie court in
the month old strilce against
Holly Farms Poultry plant near
here was dismissed this week.
The incident grew out of an
encounter Monday, July 3, be
tween strilcers and non-strikin|(
workers during which rocks
were hurled. Seven persons, on
•trike against the firm, were
hauled into court last Monday
to &ce a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon.
. Alter hearing testimony of
five witnesses, judge DeRoy W.
Sams dismissed the case. The
judge accepted defense attor
ney Robert S. Cahoon’s motion
lor dismissal because he didn't
think the prosecution had made
a case against the accused sev
en.
Charged were Anuie Jordan,
127 S. Jackson Ave.; Almeda
Coleman, 3726 Carver Road;
Barbara Saunders, 378 Dixie
Broadway; Lillie Mae Johnson,
805 Maple St.; LilUan Richard,
1445 K. 17tb St.; Dorothy Jor
dan (alias Steele), 127 S. Jack-
and VU4a Bailey, UO
Forced to shut down since
the mass walk-out on June 6
of its employees over working
conditions, the Hslly Farms
plant reopened Monday with
72 of its full complement at
107 workers. The management
hired seyeral Qew workers and
32 who had been on strike re
turned.
Approximately 35 strikers
began picketing the plant
shortly after it reopened Mon-
day. According to reports,
when workers left the plant
Monday at the end of the work
day, several of the strikers fol
lowed them.
About two blocks from the
plant, rocks were hurled by the
picketing group, according to
Tar Heel Real
Estate Body In
Twin City l^t
WmSTON-SALEM
The fifth annual convention
of the Carolina Real Estate and
Builders Association will be
held at Winston-Salem Teach
ers College this Saturday, July
13th.
Business sessions will begin
at 1:00 p. m. in the Adminis
tration Building on the campus.
The general session will begin
at 2:30 p. m.
John J. \9X, executive secre
tary ol Voluntary Home Mort
gage Credit Program of Char
lotte, wJU speak on “Ways of
Securing Mortgage Loans for
MinQrity Groups.” A. L.
Thompson, Racial Relations Of
ficer, Federal Housing Admin
istration of Atlanta, Ga., will
discuss “Race Relations in Proj
ects Financed with Federal
Funds.” A discussion on Urban
Renewal and Hedevflopment
wiU be led !>y Paul B. Guthtry,
ol the V. J. Gutbrey's Sons
Realtors, Cliarlotte
T. D. Wright, Jr., vice-pred-
dent of Wright Homes, Inc., in
Dxirham, will discuss ‘'Pre-lab-
ricated Houses in Today’s Mar-
ket.”
The Planning Commit^ ia
composed of the following Real
Estate men of Winston-Salem:
E. B. Johnson, H. H. Smith, Le-
ander Hill, and C. £. Graves.
Other officials of the associa
tion to take a part in the pro
ceedings are H. M. Mifhaiix,
Durham, president: and Otar-
ence H. Winctaeeter,
boro.
testimony in court here Mon
day. One woman worker re
ported that she wa& forced to
be treated by a doctor after she
had been stnick on Ihe shoul
der and in the stomach by
rocks. 1 \
Police Sgt. W. C. Burton told
the court that he saw 35 or 40
picketing strikers follow the
non-strikers as they left the
plant. At first, the strikers and
non-strikers walked on opposite
sides ol the street but then be
gan to cross over. He said he
followed them as soon as he
was relieved at his post .at the
plant gate.
When the group reached Var>
grave Street and Dixie Broad
way, some two blocks Irom the
plant, the Sgt. said several per-i
sons were throwing rocks
forcing her to receive medical
treatment, said she did not
know who iiit her but ttiat "all
of them were throwing rocks.”
Wilhelmenia Coleman said
the strikers took some of the
rocks from bags and others
picked them off the ground.
The strike began at the plant
near here when workers had a
list of several grievance*
against the firtn rejected by the
management. Among the griev
ances were complaints against
worUng conditions and pay for
overtime.
Plant officials proceeded to
hire new workers when the
strikers refused to return to
work.
In two other incidents sur
rounding the strike, a worker
reported tliat two persona
None of the witnesses, how-J tlureatened to slash his automo-
ever, could identify any indl- bile tires and a plant foreman
vidual as a rock-thrower. [reported that his car had been
Delorls Finney, who testified i qwttered with red paint and
she bad been hit in the stomach I eggs,
and on the abouldcr by rockii-
Leads To Murder Of Peddler
WINSTON-SALEM
The city’s "chow, chow man”,
so-called bMause he peddled
mixed vegetables, was fatally
iibot last Thursday, July 4 at
the conclusion ol a dice game.
Arthur Roi
seau, alias
thur Rui
67, ol 1468
Main St.,
shot throi
the lelt temp]
by Thomas
Fletcher, 35,
926 Taft St.
alter the two
became em- bOUSSEAU
broiled in an
argument over a dice toss.
Rousseau was rushed to a lo
cal hospital where he was pro
nounced dead on arrivals
According to reports, the
murdered man and several oth
er persons were engaged in a
gambling game at a service sta
tion on N. Cherry Street. Flet
cher told iK>lice that he bet
Rousseau $20 he could make a
“lour” in the dice game. Rous
seau lost, according to Fletcher,
but picked up the money any
way.
At this point, an argument
Durham Girl
To Enter UNC
GREENSBORO
Miss Carolyn Ingram, ol Dur
ham, 1957 graduate ol Bennett
College, will begin the study of
psychiatric social work at the
University ol North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in the lall, leading
to the master’s degree.
The daughter of Mrs. B. Ing
ram Williamson, Miss Ingram la
a graduate ol Durham’s Hillside
High School, where she was
presidenf ol the Student Coun
cil. At Bennett, where she con
sistently made the honor roll,
she was secretary ol the Stu
dent Senate, a member ol the
Senior Marshal Board and ol
the Senior Theatre Guild. Siie
was also winner ol the David
D. Jones Leadership Award lor
having exhibited the most out
standing qualltlet of leadership
In the activities of the David
D. Jones Student Union during
the past achool year.
It is believed that Miss, Ing
ram will be the first woman ol
ber race to be accepted lor
graduate work at Cfaapel Hill
ia tiM liiataey of tiie miveraity.
ensued during which Rousseau
is alleged to have reached into
his pocket anl warned, “I’U
kill you.” Fletcher said he then
pulled his pistol (a .25 calibre
weapon) and fired once.
Fletcher was jailed without
bon d loUowing the shooting
pending a hearing which was
scheduled for Wednesday.
Rousseau, alias Russell, was
well known to the Cherry St.
neighborhood. He raised and
sold mixed vegetables, and was
given the name of “chow, chow
man.” His weakness for gam
bling, it is reported, was widely
known.
Skeleton Found
Of Missing Man
STATESVILLE
The skeleton of a 32 year-old
man was uncovered near here
early ’Tuesday by police acting
on a tip from the wile ol the
alleged murderer.
Sherill Charlie Rumple's men
uncovered the remains ol Al
bert Colimibus Mills ol Moores-
ville Irom a sawdust pile on a
larm five miles east of Moores-
ville.
Discovery of the l)ody, burled
in four feet ol sawdust, may be
the key to the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance ol
Mills some 17 months ago.
Rumple said he received
tip some two -weeks ago trogi
an unidentified source und re
opened tlte case. Following the
tip, he was led to the sawdust
pile.
The Sheriff said the wife of
the alleged slayer of Mills told
tiim she “just couldn’t stand It
any longer” and recounted how
she saw her husband kill Mills.
The sheriff said the woman,
whom he declined to name,
then helped her husband drag
the body to nearby woods. Two
days later. New Year’s Day,
1956, she said her husband left
the house and was gone an
hour. On his return, slie was
attributed as saying, he told ber
he had buried ihe body In a
sawdust pile
The skeleton was unearthed
shortly alter noon Tueeday aft
er nine prisoners from Iredell
County inlson camp dug tor 29
minutes. Seventeen month* had
left only a skeleton and a pair
ot aboes looael/ fitted to the
feat.
White Minister,
Guest Speai(er,
fs Arrested
LOUiSBURG
A crude Ku Klux Ktan type
cross was burned early this
week in front of 'a church
which a white mihititer was
prevented from helping to dedi
cate by his arrest.
The remains of a' cross made
of sawmill slabs nailed togeth
er and wrapped in oil rags
stood before the new Mt. Zion
Holiness Church near Center-
terviile Tuesday.
Evidence at the scene indi
cated that the cross had been
wrapped with rag6 soaked in
oil before being set afire.
The cross burning, wliich ap
parently took place Tuesday
night, followed a dedication
ceremony' Sunday in which a
wtiite minister was supposed to
liave taken part.
Rev. Harry E. King, 46-year.,
old white minister from White
Plains, Va., was arrested Sun
day shortly after dedication
services got underway by a
Leads
Against "Rigfits”
Indications Point To Senate
Yielding To South On Jury Issue
MISS MARY MILLS, (center) International Cooperative
Administration Medical Officer in Lebanon, is shown itaad-
ing in front of Mills Hall, a student nurses dormitory at
^^^m**ftf"nh^tipMn*L*^ri«ip**'Meka8aid Hospital named for her in recognitioil of Iter con'
of i tributions to the progreu of medical service in that Middle
He was one of the leaders of . • „ ,. .
Tloo nr country. Shown flanldng Miu Mills ue two student
gnSI^^ which blocked traffic for hospital. Mbs MUls, • nattve of Nortt Cwol^
three miles to the church. Con
stable ^liloyd Gupton arrested
Rev. King in the yard ol the
new church bu^ding.
King was supposed to have
bean tb« juft^fdsaat*
the dedicatkm prdgnun. but
his arrest prevented him Irom
taking part. None ol the others
who took part in the parade
were arrested.
King pleaded guilty belore a
magistrate and was fined $21.-
75.
FraskUn County SherUl C.
Willis Perry said iiis office
would investigate the cross
burning.
Negro Excluded
From Kaspar Jury
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Segregationist John Kasper
and 15 others charged with
criminal contempt of federal
court, will be tried hy an all
white Jury.
This fact was established
Tuesday alter selection ol a 12-
man jury, including two wom
en, was completed.
'During the selection of the
Jury, lour Negroes were dis
missed Irom service by a 19-
man battery ol delense attor
neys. First Negro to be exclud
ed was Albert Cloud, 20-year-
old bank porter.
“Could you put Kasper in
the same sack with the 15 cli
ents I represent, shake them up
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and one time member of the nursing staff at Lincoln Hospital
in Durham, organized and set up the nurse training school at
Makassid Hospital.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Despite vastly superior n
merical odds, the Southern bloc
of Senators pledged to fight the
civil rights bill to its death ap-
piTired to be making some
headway s.s the battle over the
legislation opened this week in
the Senate
The Senate moved to take up
the bill at the opening of the
•veck. and almost immediately
Senator Richard Rus.m11 of
Georgia attempted to delay or
scuttle the measure on the
strength of n parliamentary
technicality.
The bill, as placed on the
Senate calendar, cmtained an
error. Hussell contended that
the error made it a different
bill from the one approved out
by the House anU claimed that
the Senute properly had no civ-
ii rights legislation before it.
However. Husseii wai. over
ruled by Vice President Nixon,
wiio held tliul a correction
made in the bill was proper.
Although Russell's opening
lactic failed, a drive by Sena
tor Sam Ervin of North Caro
lina to weaken the bill appear
ed to be gaining headway. Sen
ator Ervin has liammered away
consistently at the bill for its
failure to provide for jury tri
als in contempt cases. Ervin
claims that this would violate
a basic constitutional right of
ail citizens
The fruit of Ervin's persist
ent attack appeared on the sec
ond day of arguments on the
bill when Senator Joseph O’-
Mahoney (D-Wyo.) sponsored
an amendment which would
provide for jury trlalSc
Entry hito White High School
Hayes To Receive
Explorer Award
Explorer Scout James J.
Hayes of Post 187 will receive
the God and Country Award
Sunday at Zion Christian
Church In the Hayestown sec
tion of Durham. Rev. Joseph
Burwell will make the presen
tation during the morning serv
ice.
Explorer Hayes has been in
scouting since 1952 and has
been active in troop and post
activities. He Is a Life Scout,
and has earned the Gold Award
in exploring.
The God and Country Award
a church centered program
V ..1^1 w!io have mliilit'd
standards involving their parti-
pation in the total program of
heir respective church.
BRYSON CITY
School officials of Swain
County, which provides no high
school for Negroes, are negoti
ating” with Ne^fo parents
hopes of preserving segregation
in the school system. .
Six Negro parents have re
quested the County board to
enroll their ciiildren in the all
white Swain county high school
rather than send them 45 miles
outside the county to an unac
credited school.
County school superintend
ent T. L. Woodward and J. A.
Sutton, school board chairman,
revealed this week that an ef
fort is being made to work out
the situation so that integration
of the white high school this
fall will be averted.
Four of the six Negroes who
are applying for reassignment
of their children were turned
down last year when they made
a similar request of the board.
Whatever action the County
school board takes on the issue
is thought to have far reaching
implications for the future ol
the Pearsall plan.
Devised by the .state to meet
the court ruling on segregation
in public schooss, the Pearsall
Plan is under attack in federal
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piileigh Integratioii
Decision Date Set
Deacon Charged
With Larceny
SAL.ISBUKY
Uobert Cruse, deacon ol a
Holiness church and husband of
the church’s woman pastor, has
been charged with larceny lol-
lowlng the removal ol pews,
pulpit and other equipment
from St. John's Church at Gold-
hiU.
Cruse was charged specifical
ly with larceny ol $2 cburch
benches, two iron stoves, a pul*
pit and three chairs. The equip
ment was apparently to be used
to lumish his wile's c.Hurch.
The theft ol the (ihurch equip-
Iment was solved utter Sheriff
Arthur Shuplng questioned
Charlie IloblruHHi, who admit
ted hauling the equii;,.! .it.
in civil rights case virtually Im-J iitated tm was und^r i.i.i.
possible and thus the effect ofltions from Cruse Hn:! iiij -.
(Pleaae turn to page Eight) | Mother I’astor Cr'iHo.
RALEIGH
August 6 has been scheduled
as decision day for North Caro
lina’s capital city in the matter
of school segregation.
The Raleigh School Board
set this date as the time when
it would decide upon an appli
cation from a Negro parent for
transfer of a Negro pupil from
J. W. LIg&n High School to
Needham Broughton high.
.Scheduling ot the decision
for August was in reality an
other postponement of the mat
ter by the board. It was up for
decision at the board’s meeting
Monday night but was put off
again until August 6.
The request for reassignment
trom Ligon to the white school,
Needham Broughton, came
from the parent ot Joseph Hir-
man Holt.
Atty. F. J. Carnage, only Ne
gro memiijr of the uo.crd, mov
ed that the issue be scheduled
as the first point of business
during the next regular meet
ing. _
"I think this thing should be
settled regardless o( the out
come of it," he said.
He said the Board should say,
"this is the action of the Board
and make it final."
Carnage also moved thnt the
matter be settled at the August
6 meeting regardless of the
presence of a full board pro
vided a quorum is prevent.
Both of the attorneys' mo
tions carried.
In an unexpected move, a mo
tion was introduced by J. W.
York to Invite the pupil and
his parents to the next meeting
of the board. York and V. E.
Fisher both stressed their de
sire to meet the boy’s parents
and interview him before they
made their decision.
The postponement of action
on the request has been due to
the agreement the tward reach
ed that no action would be tak
en on such matters unless a full
Board was present.
Including Raleigh, some 41
Negro pupils have applied lor
reassignment to white schools
throughout the state under the
provisions ol the Pearsall plan.
As t>f today, none had l>een ac
cepted and lew ol the requeatts
had been acted upon.
Cities in wbicb requests have
been filed by Negroes to at
tend all white schools are
Charlotte, Greensboro and Ra
leigh.
New Pastor Of White Churcli
Overflow Crowd Greets Rev. Higgins
LOS ANGELES, Cal. slilp resigned rather than ac- chair room and fellowship In the audience were white church ^^asted a member-
Reverend Nelson B. Hig^
gins’ debut as the first Ne
gro pastor of a lormerly all
white Methodist ciiurcb was
greeted by an overflow cong
regation Sunday which filled
every available space within
the sanctuary and then sat
outaide the church wiiere
services were piped by loud
speaker.
*‘l am overwhelmed with
joy. I can say only thanks,”
the 40 year old pastor told
the crowd at Nonnandie Ave
nue Methodist church.
First indications were Uut
the appointment ol the lor-
mer teacher and athletic
coach as pastor ol the church
had set ott a crisis as two
thirds of the churdi mambsr-
cept the appointment. The
church liad 43 members.
However, shortlx. after this
turn ol events, evidence ol
support appeared to t>e
mounting lor the church and
its new pastor. Nearly 75
persons appeared at services
last Sunday, u week i>elore
Rev. Higgins was scheduled
to make his first appearance
in the pulpit. Dr. Kay Rags
dale said he felt the church
meml>ershlp would increase
with the appointment ot Rev.
Higgins.
Sunday’s huge turnout
seemed to vindicate Dr. Rags
dale and his new minister.
Hall an iMur belore the serv
ice, the sfnctusry was luU.
’Then the crowd packed the
hall. Scores sat In the stiade
ol a sycamore outdoors and
heard services over a loud
speaker. Others stood at en
trances. or came, saw tlie
crowd and left.
The ciowd wax alH>ut half
white und lialf Negro Tele
vision cameras aired the serv
ices.
Twelve persons wcr! ac
cepted Uito the membership
at the close of the service.
Rev. Higgins told the cong
regation :
"I am more tlian convinced
that the chiurch must serve
all people wherever they live.
We are all just people. Our
destiny Is to loUow this phi
losophy.”
members of many other Los
Angeles area Methodist
churches.
The 50-year-old church Is
located in the heart of an In
terracial district. Last month.
Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy ot
the Southern CalUomia-Ari-
zona Methodist conlerence
announced the appointment
ol Rev. Higgins to the pastor
ate. It marked the first ttme
a Negro has been nsmed pas
tor ot sn sU-white church in
the conference.
Dr. Ragsdale said Rev.
Higgins’ appointment was ex
pected to rebuild the church
which wss suffering s slow
death because ol its refusal
to accept Negroes. The
ship of 250 twenty years ago
but declined steadily to its
strength of 43 before Rev.
Higgins took over.
The church ttad maintain
ed an aloof attitude toward
Negroes. Few attended and
none were encouraged to re
turn. .
Rev. Higgins, whose career
has wavered l>eLween teach
ing and the ministry, was a
former teacher and athletic
coach at Hillside High School
in Durham, N. C. While teach
ing in Durham, he took time
to pursue his ministerial in
terests and at one time be
came a favorite as “The
Friendly Pblloeopher" on a
radio program. .