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The Covingstons, Wes and wife Marian, were special
miests at a program in their honor at Hillside High School
this week, 'fhe Milwaukee Braves World Series star and his
pretty wife ivere in Durham for the first time since Covington
captured the hearts of baseball fans throughout the country
with his fine play during the series. In the above picture they
are shown with a silver-engraved tray presented them by
Hillside students. The Durham Business and Professional
Chain also gave them- gifts at the program. Looking on at
right is Miss Bennie Booker, Hillside student body president,
andG.W.Cox,Jr. *
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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER i DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1958
BIG WELCOMF
FOR DURHAM
BASEBALL HERO
Wes Covington, one of Dur
ham’s most famous athletes,
came home to a well deserved
“red carpet” reception Mon
day T" ^ :
The Milwaukee BrSve, who
was one of the heroes of the
world series, was given a tre
mendous ovation Irom a
crowded assembly of Hillside
students, several gifts and had
to wade through hordes of
well -wishers aj^ autograph
seekers at a special program
given for him at the high
school Monday.
His pretty wife, the former
Miss Mariiin Evans, also a Hill
side graduate, shared the ac
colade with him.
In addition, during the week
he was guest of the One O’Clock
;:iub Luncheon and a dinner in
his honor at the Biltmor^ Hotel.
Several civic dignitaries were
on hand to take part in the pro
gram at Hillside Monday along
with the school's top officials.
Greetings ‘came from Mayor
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PRICE: TEN CENTS
Trial Of White
Man For Rape
Opens Next Week
CLINTON
Trial of a white man for rap
ing a 16-year old Negro girl is
scheduled to open sometime next
week here.
The ease has been docketed
for the criminal term of Samp
son County Superior court
whicli begins Monday, January
27.
Facing tlie charge will be De
vane McLamb, Honeycutt town
ship resident, who has been held
in jail hfre without privelege of
bond since iiis arrest last Nov.
15.
Complainant in the case is Lu
la Bell Lanib, 16 year old high
school girl who cliargcd that Mc
Lamb raped her in a secluded
barn after luring her away from
home on the pretext of baby-sit
ting for him.
Tile case has attracted atten
tion not only in this section but
Ihrougliout the. area. Some of the
•interest stems from the fact that
one of the key political issues
fought out in the 1957 session of
Congress was over the questioni
as to whether southern juries
would convict in cases 'where
whites were defendents against
Negro plalnttHs.
' The issue was finally resolved
in the compromise on civil
rights bill provided for. jury
trials.
Another focus of interest lies
in the fact that although convic-
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R. C. W. PERRY
At Insurance Firm
AARON DAY
C. C. SPAULDING, JR.
Officials Promoted
OFF ON MISSIONARY JAUNT — Dr. J. Clinton
Hoggard, Secretary oj Missions for the A. M. E. Zion Church
is shown bidding farewell to Alexander Barnes, Public Rela
tion director for the church, as he prepared to hoard an air
liner for a trip to Ghana, scene of the forthcoming ivorld con
ference on missions. Dr. Hoggard will represent the A. M. E.
Zion denomination at the conference, first to be held in the
west African state. During his stay there, he will inspect the
work of the Church in that district, presided over by Bishop
D. C. Pope. Dr. Hoggard is expected to return to the slater in
March.
Case Before High Court May
Determine Fate Of Dixie NAACP
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Contending that the NAACP
had been illegally ousted from
Alabama and fined- $100,000,
Robert t. Carter, ~the-AsSociit-
tion’s general counsel last
Thursday asked the United
States Supreme Court to set
aside the fine and an Alabama
court injunction restraining
the NAACP from opecating
in that state.
Argument on the case, the
outcome of which may deter
mine the future of the NAACP
ln'~ Alabama and in bther
soutbMii sttttes,-was befuit ia
the Supreme Court on Jan. 15
with a review by Carter of the
constitutional issues involved.
Carter traced the deWlop-
ment of the case from the surr
prise move ,by Alabama on
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Promotion of three execu
tives at the North Carolina Mu
tual life insurance company was
announced this week from the
firm’s home office by company
president W. J. Kennedy, Jr.
Elevated were Attorney C. C.
Spaulding, Jr.,' Aaron Day, Jr.
and R. C. W. Perry.
Spaulding was appointed to
the post of General Counsel and
voted a seat on the board of di
rectors. Day was elected as vice-
president for the firm and Perry
was elected assistant secretary.
The changes were made fol
lowing the annual meeting of
the Board of Directors.
Spaulding, son of the Idte C.
C. Spaulding who was one of the
founders of Ihe firm, had been
in the firm’s ipmploy for more
than 21 years. He served as as-
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Second Story
On Negro Ready
CHAPEL HILL
Dr. J. Neal Hughley will de
liver the second lecture of the
series. The Story of the Negro,
on Wednesday night, January
22, at 8 o'clock in the Library
Assembly Room, University of
North Carolina.
His subject will be “Nogro
Leaders and their Influence.” A
discussion period will follow tho
lecture and the public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
Dr. Hughley is college minis
ter at North Carolina College,
where he has also taught econo
mics. Born in Georgia, and rear
ed in Tennessee, he received his
undergraduate degree from
Morehouse College in Atlanta.
The lecture series. The Story
of the Negro, is designed "to give
'factual information on this sub
ject. It is co-sponsored by the
Chapel Hill-Durham Branch of
the "Women’s International Lea
gue for Peace and Freedom and
the Community Church of Cha
pel HiU.
xton Negros Backed
Indian Attacic On KKK
Reporter Reveals Cooler Heads
Saved KKK Leader From Death
By ALEXANDER BARNES
(Special To The TIMES)
MAXTON — This little farming town never did get
excited over the fact that the Ku Klux Klan was going
to hold a demonstration here and neither were the Ne
gro citizens alarmed over the fact that the Lumbee
Indians had vowed to break it up.
A check of the Negroes as late as last night (Tues
day) revealed that they had been informed earlier
what was going to happen and at one time had been
invited to take part.
An Indian leader called upon a few of tke out
standing Negroes on Friday night and told them that
they were not looking for a fight with the Kluxers, but
if they (the KKK) staged a demonstration in or near
Maxton, they would really have a fight on their hands.
The Negroes readily agreed with the Indians and
told them they were with them one hundred per cent.
The Indian leader told them they would be notified
if their help was needed
It was not long before he re
turned to the Negroes and told
them that they were well for
tified, but would like to have
their moral support.. The Indi
an leader expressed fear that
the Klan might get the jump
and meet Friday night. It was
then that he told the Negroes
that they were gone to the
sccne of the proposed meeting
and get the "lay of the land”.
He said that if the Negroes
wanted to they could come
along.
The Indians arrived at the
proposed site early Friday
Mrs Josephine Strayhorn, for
merly a clerk at Mutual Savings
and Loan Association in Dur
ham, has been appointed to the
post of assistant secretary for
the firm, it was announced this
week by J. S. Stewart, secretary-
treasurer of the organization. A
graduate of North Carolina Col
lege and Atlanta University,
Mrs. Strayhorn has taken an ac-.
tive role in many civic and re
ligious affairs of the city.
night and it was-not long be
fore five car loads of Negroes
also arrived. Both groups were
well armed. After it was de
termined that the Klan would
not appear Friday night,
everybody went' home and
waited for Saturday night.
This writer talked with seve
ral local citizens, and it was
established that practically
every Negro in or near Max
ton was at the scene Friday
night. They were armed, ac
cording to reports.
It was also revealed that self-
styled preacher James “Cat-
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NEW DRESS,
NEWPIffiS
A you haven’t already no
ticed, this week’s paper has
%^ew loolt. The margins are
narrower and the overall
sheet size is shorter. The
reason: a new press.
The TIMES is being print
ed on a Duplex press for the
first time this week. Work
on installation^pf the press
in the TlME^building be
gan in ^late December and
was completed last week.
The new press is capable
of turning out copies at a
speed almost triple that of
the press formerly used to
print the TII^ES and will
afford readers a neater fold
ed newspaper.
Within the next few
weeks, the TIMES will hold
open house and invite all of
its readers to see the press
in operation.
DR. WILLA B. PLAYER, President of Bennett Col
lege, confers with Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell
during one of the sessions of the one day meeting of the
President’s Committee on Government Contracts held
last week in Washington, D. C.,The Greensboro educator
was one of sixteen prominent North Carolinians invited
to the conference. (See page three for more pictures.)
Jobs Body Urged
To Inspire Youth
WASHING’TON, D. C.
A nation-wide series of local
youth of minority groups to
acquire skilled training for
the increasing variety of job
opportunhies being opened to
them has been urged by the
President’s Committee on Go
vernment Contracts.
More than 500 leaders of
business, civic, fraternal, pro
fessional and social organiza
tions from 38 states and the
District of Columbia attended
the Minority Community Re
sources' Conference here Jan
uary 15 at the ■ invitation of
Vice President Richard Nixon,
Cha’irman of the President’s
Committee.
Included in the delegation
were 16 prominent North
Carolinians. They were J.
Mills Holloway, Charlotte; Dr.
Alfonso Elder, J. W. Goodloe
and W. J. Kennedy, Jr., Dur
ham; Dr, Warmoth T. Gibbs,
Arthur Jackson, Shorty La-
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^rjChaiihSeeldng
New Members,
Revises Program
A campaign to recruit new
members lor the Durtiam Busi
ness and Professional Chain was
announced here thlt week.
“Because of plans for a step
ped-up program this year, we
need the active support of every
person who is interested in ttw
objectives of the Chain,** L. B.
Frasier, Chain president, said Izt
making the announcement oi tiia
drive.
Selected to direct the cam
paign are J. W. HiU, registrar at
Durham Business School, J. C.
Hubbard, county Farm Agent,
and Joseph A. ^eebee, III, Unit*
(contimied on page 8)
Scenes from the annual shareholders’ meeting of the
Mutual Savings and Loan Association, a Durham savings
firm, are shown here. In top picture, the assembled share
holders listen to the report of the firm’s 1957 operations frkrni
F. V. Allison, Jr. Assistaat Secretary of th« firm. In bottom
picture are seen widtfws of four tOH
of the Board of Directors wkr
ganization’s development. Le'
tin, Mrs. G. W. Cox, Mrs. Fn
Dougald.