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TOWN MOURNS SLAIN STUDENT
VOLUME 33 NUMBER 37 DUBHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1957
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Demos Wont Back Down”-Butler
MISS GERALDINE JUDD,
WlnatoB-Salem Teachers Col-
lefe i—ilof, w«a fW-lor her
(orts in the Shrine Beauty Con
test recently at Philadelphia.
A Sanford native^ she repre
sented the Twin City's Sethos
Temple 170. and a pretty food
representative at that. In the
eontest, die placed seventh; the
first six most have been ter
rific!
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Durham Stalls
On Desegregation
School Board
Puts Off Issue
Another Time
The Durham School board
delayed for approximately an
other month ',the next step in
what may prove a K>ng legal
battle over the issue of desegre
gating schools. The board voted
to defer a ruling of a request for
reassigmnent of a group of Ne
gro pupils to white schools.
One Duke University profes
sor took the board to task for
its action in postponing the is-
for an additional period of
Aelte tKskm .
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Chain Sponsors
Welcome For
Frosh Students
The Durham Business Pro
fessional Chain sponsored Il
ham’s first co-operative “wel
come Freshmen” program on
Wednnday, September IS. It
was open house for a number of
businrases to the freshmen stu
dents of DeShazors Beauty Col
lege. Durham Business School,
North Carolina College, South
eastern Business School, and
Lincoln of Nursing.
For this event, large “pack-
(continued on page 8)
callfld at the request
the attorneys representing the
pupils who are seeking reas
signment. Atty. C. O. Pearson
had asked for the meeting.
Action to stall the issue came
on a motion by chairman
Spurgeon Boyce, who asked
that the issue be deferred be
cause the > matter required
"careful consideration.” The
board decided to take up the
issue at its October 14 meet
ing.
Creighton Lacy, professor of
social ethics at Duke Univer
sity and who spoke before the
board following the action, ex
pressed his disappointment over
the board’s failure to take some
action. He declared that the
board had “evaded again" the
question.
Professor Murray Bichey of
the Duke Divinity school also
told the board that he was
speaking as a parent who was
not opposed to desegregation of
the schools.
Tuesday’s session was called
for a rehearing of the petitions
by a group of Negro students to
be assigned to white schools,
a provision afforded by the-Pu
pil Assignment Act. 'The board
voted on September 3 to reject
the original application for
transfers by the pupils,
(continued on page 8)
Miss
Beula Perry, yonng
wttl b» kpvdJn
Party Chief
Says Court To
Be Backed
RALEIGH
Paul Butler, chairman of the
national Democratic party, said
here this week that the party
intends to stand behind its po
sition that the Supreme Court
rulings in segregation must be
obeyed as ther law of the land.
The party chief made this
comment at a press conference
called during a meeting of par
ty officials from nine South
eastern States.
“The Democratic party will
puil taA ttMJto ftavd
Slugs Rip Cor
The wrecked auto at left shows a bullet hole in the right
front door at the window edge slanting forward. The right
rear ventilator-glass is crashed and the cigarette ash-tray in
side the rear seat tonneau shows what appears to be a bullet
hole going thru to the driver’s seat.
A pool of blood was spattered in the right front on floor.
There were other marks of right rear fender bearing striking
resemblance to bullet glances. Relatives declare there wer«
no such marks on car previously.
The battered front end, according to Martin County
Sheriff W. Raymond Rawls, resulted from the dying man’s
having driven it off a ten to 15-foot-fill at a ‘dry run’ creek
bridge after he was mortally wounded by Deputy Holiday.
Holiday is under a |7,500 bond pending September 23 Mar
tin Superior Court. «
Citizens Feel
Killed Wrong
‘Posse’
Man
JOSEPH JAMES CROSS
NcKissick Is
Head Of New
Lawyers' Unit
WINSTON-SALEM
A regional bar association
was formed here last week as
the North Carolina Bar Associ
ate v,oted. to admit attom^s
WILLIAMSTON (visits home with a brothrr, had A&T Collcgfi president War-
■An overflow audicncc of i just been home one week whilelfnoth T. Qtbbs—gave the de-
more than 300 sad, but stern- preparing to return to coiiege ceased apprentice carpenter an
laced, citizens paid final tribute when he was slain September excellent character reference,
to Jo.seph James Cross, 24-year|7lh in u sherift’s posse 'trap' setjProf. Wni. A. Holmes extolled
' the virtures of Joe Cross during
iiis last year in the local Hayes
school and since interring col
lege.
Prof. E. J. Hayes, retirad
principal of the school which
bears his name, spoke feelingly
of the eleven years Cross at
tended school during his ad
ministration. Hayes and th«
Rev. G. T. Hill, who delivered
the eulogy, agreed that "Joseph
Cross was one of our very best
young men to have, attended our
school", and added, the re
maining brother, Samuel Cross
and sister. Miss Willie Cross,
represented a trio excellent
children" whose conduct had
been a credit to Uie community.
Cross is also survived by his
mother, Mrs. Bessie Cross, 100
Peele Street, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse W. Rogers, who had been
old ex-strvice man and a rising for someone reported as having
senior student at A. and T. Col-j been attempting to date’ Miss
lege, Greensboro, when he was I Polly Roberson, a white wait-
funeralized at the Shiloh Bap-'ress, employed at a popular
tist Church here Septemlser 11.‘eatery here. Many citizens feel
Cross, who had reportedly it was mistaken identity,
been away all the summer in People in all walks of life—
Norfolk except for two brief from the man-in-the-street to
HONOR GUAliD CAllED OFF
A military honor guard had been arranged for
Cross’ funeral but at the last hour, word wat re
ceived that it was hot available. Citizens feel that
the local newspaper publicity announcing the
guard caused unfriendly persons to intervene to
have the order for the honor guard stopped.
Show Set For
Miss Perry is a reeant^l
uate of the Boston Conserva
tory of Music where she was
an outstanding student. She
made several appearance in
Boston and Winston-Salem
ciirreBtly prepBrtDg'for
an extended tour.
A Winston-Salent native,
she is the daughter of the
Reverend Perry and the late
Mrs. Bertha Perry. Her father
is pastor of Goler Memorial
A. M. E. Zion Church in Win
ston-Salem, and her uncle,
Rev. S. P; Perry, formerly
pastored in Durham.
atio
taJn law and enier and the De
mocratic party stands for law,”,
Butler told newsmen as leaders Flo^d B. McKlssick, Durham
of the Southern wing of the attorney, was elected to head
party listened. the newly created organization.
-He atoe indicated «hat-4h«-aa^ Some SO. lawyers isaoi
Approximateiy-
cians from throughbu
Uonal party would not make
concessions to vehement pro-
segregationists of the party to
head of a possible third party
formation threat.
“1 think I should make it
three states assembled here last
week in the Winston-Mutual
auditorium for the meeting.
Members of the N. C. Law
yers association voted to amend
the constitution to permit the
_ - J. North
Carolina will converge on Dur-
MA€P
cuss among themselves latest
techniques and styles in coif
fures.
plain,” he said,” that the na- acceptance of attorneys from
tional party will not permit and South Carolina,
third party threat to deter” it then voted to change the name
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Back Wilkins
In C-R Issue
NEW YORK
The Board of Directors of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
has voted, with only one dis
sent, “full approval” of the ac
tions of Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary, and Clarence Mit
chell, . director of the Washing
ton bureau, in their sccessful
efforts to secure enactment of
I of the organization.
The lawyers heard discus
sions of the recently enacted
civil rights proposals from D. G.
Sampson, professor of Law at
North Carolina College, and
Samuel Mitchell, Raleigh attor
ney.
Other officers elected, in ad
dition to McKlssick, were vice-
president, J. Kenneth' Lee of
Greensboro; executive secre
tary, Mayor High, GreenstKiro;
recording secretary, W. A.
Marsh, Durham; treasurer,
Samuel Mitchell, Raleigh; par
liamentarian, Harold £pps,
Asheville; chaplain, James Las-
I. C. Dawson, Jr.
rKuiitiiiy Meeting
the civil rights law in this ses
sion of Congress.
The Board’s vote of confi
dence came a few hours after
President Eisenhower signed
the bill in Newport, B.I., on
Sept. 9. It was the first meet
ing of the Board since June Winston-Salem; and re-
The occasion will be the fifth
hair styling and beauty show
sponsored by the Biggers-Tiir
ner firm of Durham. It will bo
hold on September 30 through
October 1.
E. C. Turner, director of the
show, announced that Miss
Adele Reed, stylist, teacher und
writer, will be one of tlie out
standing hair stylists who will
demonstrate during the show
Miss Reed represents u ha-
tionuily Itnown Ijeauty products
firm of Philadelphia.
Last year, more than 600
beauticians attended the show Methwdist Church,
and received over $1,000 in
door prizes. Turner said a simi
lar amount of door prizes will
be available this year, includ
ing valuable beauty shop equlp-
The Durham Branch of the
NAACP will hold its regular
monthly meeting ut the Mt.
Gilead Baptist Church on
Dowd Street at 4:00 P. M.
Sunday.
Mr. H, G. Dawson, North
Carolina College English in
structor is schedule^ to de
liver the main address. He
will be Introduced by the
Rev. Douglas E. Moore, pas
tor of the Asbury Temple
W. ibl^f&ond ■fUwjSf'
and Deputy DiriUaa O. Holiday
secreted themselves in tb*
Roberson ainmmn’m t>mr mnil hail
her drive to a pra-arrangad
rendezvous which she bad nuid*
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Twenty-four year old Andre Toth, refugee from Budapest, Hnng)^, became the focal
point ^ an educational ■term in Sontii Carolina last week resulting in the withdrawal by
the state of the accreditation of Allen University.- Toth enrolled at the A. M. E. church
supported school and arrived on the campus last Sunday. On Monday, the sdiool wat not!'
fled that it had been dropped fnmi the accredited list. Late this week, speculation was that
Toth’i enrollment was t^ last in a Miica of faicidoits in the church supported school had
ton* counter to the state’s declared poUey of no integration. state had reportedly
“prassored” the sdiooi to fire three of Its professors, one white,
to rwnain another y«ur.
when it met in Detroit. The vote
followed extended reports by
Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Mitchell
on the role and position of the
NAACP in support of the first
civil rights act passed by Con
gress since 1875.
NAACP Role Reviewed
Wilkins reviewed the Asso
ciation’s role and the political
maneuvering which developed
following the Senate’s adoption
of the Jury trial amendment. In
the name of demanding a
"strong” bill, the NAACP lea
der reported, the Republicans
a policy which would have lead
to interment of the bill in a
jHouse-Senate conference com
mittee.
“When we asked questions,”
Wilkins told the Board mem
bers, "we could get no auur-
ance that the House Rules Com
mittee would report out a bill
without the Jury trial amend
ment, and that, even if it did,
the necessary votes could be
shifted in the Senate to pass it.”
Five additional votes were
needed In the Senate, he point
ed out. At no time did the Re
publican leaderriiip indicate
where these votes could be
picked up. Twelve Rqnibllcans
had Joined 30 Democnts, in-
^ eluding 18 from outsidt the
three were permitted J ®outh, in voting for the amend'
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porter, W. F. Brower, Durham,
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ment.
Registration for the show
will get underway at nine
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The choir of the Mt. Olive
A. M. E. Zion Church and Lin
coln Hospital Glee Club will
furnish the music.
Kev. W. H. Fuller, president
of the local body, will be In * several
charge of the meeting. '
Nichols Wins
Back Post In
8-3 Margin
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Bishop D. Ward Nichols,
suspended only one month ago
by a committee of four elders
and one bishop, was restored
to the rank of bishop in the
AME church by an all bishops
committee meeting here this
week.
The action was described as a
smashing victory for the young
est of the church’s bishops, who
had become the target of char-
church lead-
It was on the strength of
these charges that Nichols was
suspended In an action August
3 by a trial committee of the
church.
By an 8-3 vote, the Bishops
Council voted to restore the
young prelate to active duty
and assigned him to the 16th
district, which Includes South
America ahd Cuba.
Nichols had formerly held the
13th district in Florida where
his suspension stemmed from
charges that he mishandled
church finances.
Following the Judicial Coun
cil’s vote. Bishop S. L. Greene
called for a special session of
the AME General Conference to
review the Council’s action. It
failed to reach a vote.
Principals in a program honoring two of Durham's outstanding civic leaders are cap
tured by photographer following the event last Thursday. Shown are J. S. Stewart and his
wife, Mrs. Otelia Stewart, at left, and B. N. Harris and his wife, Mrs. P. W- Harris, at rtoht.
Har^ and Stewart were honored at the program for their contributions to the dvlc lin of
the city by the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs. The two were presented a folio of
letters and bronze plaques. Corsages were alno given to Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Harris.
Stewart, currently a member of the City Council, Is formerly chairman of the Durham Com
mittee on Segro Affairs. He was preceded on the Council by Harris, first Negro te ha
elected to thiU body.
YOUTH FORUM
Youth Wants To Know
Forum will hold its month
ly meeting Simday, slept.
22 at 3:30 P. M. at the W. D.
Hill Recreation Center.
OWMt spealw will be
Eric Mlchattx who has jiut
recently retuncd from the
World Jamhow of Scouts,
havi|9 Switssrland,
liranc* and rAg i ‘ '**
World *eHKe^a# the