North Carolina Newspapers

Alainima G6v. May Save Man Condemned For $1.95 Theft ★ ★★•★ ★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★ ★★ ★ ★ 13 FIREMEN CHOICES f f At the top of the above photoa are the* |uni(|>r ^(JS^iers tke lo- terdenomiiiatloiial ciAan Atao- clatlon of North Carolina whic& convened at the St. Joseph CME Church In Chapel Hill last week. Reading from left to rlfht, front row, they are, Mlaa Joyce Perry, secretary; Leo Leak, president; Miss Ouytana Horton and vice president. Back row, left to riffht they are Misses Delois lyn Hill, assistant secretary. The center photo shows the senior Officers. Reading from left to right, front row they are: Fred Hines, treasurer. First Aid Department; J. A. Nash, mem- Noqn^ Miofilo]^ ,foyal, recofdtag Imta Me^y 1tiiya!li> r^brdW secretary; L. B. Austin, presi dent; C. A. Langston, vice presi dent; J. T.. Broadnax, chaplain and John Blalock, sergeant at arms. Second row from left to right they are: Wiley Thompson, mem ber board of directors, Emerson Atwater, assistant-sergeant at- anns; Mis. S. U. Cates, «upcrvi' sbr of the , junior department; Miss Virginia Cooke, assistant supervisor of the junior depart ment; Mrs. Hattie Jones, presi dent, First Aid Department; Burch Coley, Treasurer, ^ck cow from ief^ to.rigbi. ’twits’ JV. D. PetWord, tqemb'er Boart'*^** jlmiily^WiB»«; . . 1 ' ^ _ . A ;of Directors; Milford Willianw, ^supervisor. District No, 1; M. H. McCoy, supervisor, District No. 4; Albert Olenn, Supervisor, Dis trict No. 7; L. T. Wilkerson, Su pervisor, District No. 5; Mrs. J. Ml. Jones, secretary. First Aid Department and Frank Grant, Supervisor, District No. 2. The photo at the bottom i» a group of the officers and dele gates assembled on the steps of the First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill. Back Atl Hew Negro Students CHARLOTTE tions that some of the parents All of the new requests from Negro pupils for transfer to white schools were reject^ Tuesday by the City School board. Charlotte, one of the three Tarheel cities to permit limited integration, thus.^put the bra|ces on school desegregation O^ly. two Negroes, who attended white schools last year, are be ing permitted to attend white school this year. In all, the school board reject ed some £3 applications fi^m parents of Negro students. However, there were indlca- Man Slated To Die September 5 For Robbery KONTOOMERT, ALA. Alabama Governor James Folsom broke the long silence maintained In the case of a 55 year old Negro handyman sentenced to die for robbing a white elderly lady of 11.98. Governor Folsom (Safd early this week that he would wait until the courts act before bft makes a decision as t^ cmn- whose requests for transfer were rejected, may appeal the de cision. One of the parents whose child was rejected is Kelly M. Alexander, president of the North Carolina NAACP. Following the action o'f the school board, Alexander had this to say: “Speaking for myself as a pa rent, I will appeal. I will exhaust every constitutional remedy to see that my son receives a de segregated education.” This was the second time 18 of the 23 Negroes were refused permission to enter white Schools. They were turned down last year on a similar request. Attorneys representing plain tiffs in the Durham public school integration suit are pictured here during a conference follow ing a pre-trial conference be tween lawyers frqin both sides and Middle District Court Judge Edwin Stanley, held in Durham recently. Pictured here left to right are C. O. Pearson, chief counsel, M. Hugh Thompson, F. B. McKissick, W. A. Marsh, Jr., and J. H. Wheeler. The case has been regarded by many inform ed observers as the mast impor tant school integration suit in the state. They cite that the salt attacks the Pearsall Plan, the state’s machinery for cMitroUtng desegregation. Trial in the ease has been scheduled for Septem ber 26 in Durham. .an VOLUME 34—NUMBER 35 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1958 PRICE: ’TEN CENTS New Civic Group Swings Into Action In Hillsboro HILLSBORO I County groups which will be The Hillsboro Improvement As- presented to the Board of Coun- ■Sociation, a newly formed civic ty Commissioners at its Septem- organization, has thrown its support behind a movement in Orange County calling for a County-wide liquor referendum, 'it was revealed this week. The move to join the propon ents of a liqoor referendum was the first community action taken by the organization since its founding two weeks ago. The Association is circulating a petition backed by other ber 2 meeting. The petition citcs as reasons for calUng for a liquor, referen dum the increased revenue AEG stores would provide the County with for “sehooi capital outlay funds,” “other public projects” and a “new source of revenue to meet its (the County’s) con stantly mounting budget expen ses,” and as an aid to “controll- See CIVIC, page 8 Tarheel Woman Tells Elks Man Has Potential For Making Peace By J. B. Barren WASHlNGTOl^, D. C. Tlie 59th grand lodge conven tion ef the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW) opened its week of educational and admin istrative activities here (August 23-30) wij,h a pilgrimage Satur day to' the shrine of John Brown, the famed abolishionist, near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., where some 700 delegates saw the im provements made in the 255-acre farm once owned by Brown and marvelled the potential worth of this Elks project to America. Charles P. McCIane and Mrs. Berttin McKanfass are co-direc tors of the Shrine department. Sunday morning 2000 Elks and friends packed to overflow ing the Shiloh Baptist Church here for the annual memorial service conducted by the Rev. R. H. Collins Lee, grand chap lain, and general exalted ruler Robert H. Johnson. Mrs. Beuna V. Kelley, grand secretary of the temple. Rev. Mr. Lee, in his memorial tribute to the 410 deceased male Elks and 850 Daughter Elks who have answered the call of the Grand Exalted Ruler of the Or der, urged the half-million fra ternal group to stand together and fight any force bent on dis rupting the unity of the grand lodge. Observers saw this as an ob vious reference to ' litigation started by disgruntled group In ^ew Jersey alleging^ fraud and mismanagement in the af fair^ of the organization. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Annie See ELKS, page 8 The Reverend Morton Kurtx, official of the North Carolina Council of Churches, will be the main speaker at White Rock Baptist Church, according to an announcement from the church’s pastor, the Rev. Miles M. Fisher Rev. Kurti will speak at the regular 11 O’clock worship ser vice Sunday. For details, see col. 5, page 4, this issue. A court appeal ba»4b«en made to change Wilson^ sen tence from death to life Im prisonment. Governor Folsom commented that he wwuld commute anybody’s sentence. In breaking the silence on the Jimmy Wilson case. Governor Folsom said he would i^ways lighten a smtence wbenfver he could. However, Wilson’s lawyer. Southern Gentleman Sheldon Fitts of Marion, Alabama, re- marics that his client got off well. In Fitts’ own words, I “That nigger was lucky he wasn’t lynched.” Scheduled to die September 5th in the electric chair, Wil son now waits calmly in the death row at Atmore Prison Farm, unaware of the national interest his case has created. He has served prison terms twice for theft. While letters are bombarding the office of Governor Folsom, otiiers are being received by Warden Steve Nixon who is as baffled as the lawyer as to why people are so excited. The Warden insists that Wilson himself is prepared to die. Meanwhile, the'NAACP and other organizations are work ing against time in an effort to convince Gov. Folsom to com mute the sentence to life im prisonment. And the lawyer - he feels there is nothing to be done since under Alabama law See ALA. GOV., page 8 Ike’s Little Rock Stand Brings NAACP Applause PETE G. WALDON Death Claims Durham's 'Most Popular' Cabbie Pete Goins Waldon, veteran taxicab driver of Durham, died at Veterans hospital in Durham NEW YORK P,resi|dent Eisenhower’s de claration that “there can lie no equivocation as to the respon sibility of the Federal Govern ment,” in the event state and citizens in the exercise of their constitutional rights drew praise from Dr. Clian- ning H. Tobias, NAACP Board chairman, and Roy Wilkins, the Association’s executive secretary. > The President made his state ment at a press conference in Washington on August 20 in reference to the order of the Eighth Circuit Court of Ap peals reinstating the Negro See page four for obituary on Oscar Nathaniel Lee. Tuesday night, it was learned tiiis week. Waldon worked for the Hills- side taxicab firm of Durham for the past several years. He was declared the city’s “Most Popu lar Cabbie” in a poll conducted two years ago by the TIMES. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time. Men To Compose Negro Fire Company To Take Physicals College Veep HAMPTON, VA. Dr. Margaret B. Fisher, for merly Dean of students and Professor of Education at Mills College, California, has been ap pointed assistant to the Presi dent at Hampton institute, ac cording to an announcement by the college’s President, Dr. Alon so G. Moron. Thirteen men have been se lected to undergo the finaf phase of processing prelin^iinary to be ing chosen to staff the city’s first Negro fire cpmpany. Fire Chief C. L. Cox told the TIMES Wednesday. However, he pointed out that according to tl|e present sche dule the original target date for placing the company in training' will not be kept. , J, S. Stewart, City Council man, told the TIMES that this original plans called for the completion of selection of the ten firemen and opening their training period fey Septembei’ 15. Chief Cox said this week, hoTj^ever, that at the rate of pre sent progress in selecting in the company, it will be at least two or three weeks alter that date before the company is ready to begin training. The 13 men picked to undergo | physical examinations have been instructed to report to Dr. Louis McKee, vetertn Durham physi cian who has handled such phy sical examinations for the city. Chief Cox said. The fire department official said further tiiat Dr. _]VlcKee could not begin examining the men until September 9. Cox said that after the examinations, the selection committee would have to wait . until the report ol the physician before they can finish twenty-five cents per week from students in Little Rock's Cen tral High School in compli ance with the United States Supreme Court ruling of May 17, 1954. In ^a telegram to the Presi dent, dated August 20, Or. To bias said; As Chaimuui of the Bwurd of Directors of NAACP. and Person^ly, I coacntalate See IKE’S STAND, page 8 Mrs. Roosevelt Disagrees With President On School Issue NEW YORK “Although a U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Little Rock School Board addi tional time to carry on its fight against resumption of integra tion, you can be sure that the ultimate question will be far from settled, '‘speaks the former First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roose- vfelt. “I wish very much that in stead of hinti^ig that federal troops might be sent again to Little Rock, President Eisen hower would try-h different ap proach. “There are forces in the South that are big enough to want to oijey the law and to treat child ren, whether they are white or colored, fairly. But theso iorees need encouragement and bal ing, and no one in thi« coon try except the President can provide the leadership that is necessary to give these well-meaning people the strength to make tliis difficult fight. “1 am quite convinced tiiat if these people know ttiat tlie White House will move to back them they will stiddenly show up in far greater noBil>ers than most of us realize. “Instead of sending troops I wish President Eisenhower would go down to Little Rock and lead the colored ctiildren into the school.” Ushers Approve Tax Levy For Operating Home CHAPEL HILL The 34th Annual Session of the Interdenominational Ushers \Associatlon of North Carolina came to a close here Sunday morning at St. Joseph C.M.E. Church following the annual Sermon which was preached by the Rev. Johnny J. Jones, pastor of the Fayetteville Street Baptist Church Of Raleigh. Rev. W. R. Fou^hee is pastor. The session opened here Thursday at noon with L. E. Austin, president, presiding. Fol lowing. the opening and regis tration of delegates instructions to delegates and committees were given. The public program Thursday evening was presided over by Clifton Stone and included ex pressions of welcome from the religious, business and civic groups of the city. Welcome on behalf of the city was made by Hubert Robinson, menober of the Board of Aldermen. Response to, the welcomes was given by J. Frederick Williams of Kinston. Outstanding accomplishment of this year’s annual session was tlie passing of a regulation pro- J.viding a w£ekly.contiibuUDn oil World’s -I jcHblug Us advsehieee Durhamite Jerry Si currently worklag as a the U.S. paviUea is tke grouad in ike Netr* Itt' Parts. isl Letters te lit with tlie job of selecting the men who wUl make up the crew. See FIREMEN, page 8 each member of the organization throHghout ^ state. This new See USHERS, Page t ture daring a trip to VM^i Ac-i pressioaa abread, an cerdlag t* Sckoeler’a 4|ii||||^ipt.| being repriatad !■ tka he la staoUng eat bdVfi^JcroM The fifth la tlw aariM Seise Blver. BaUdin^ l^kack-' this week ea page t*«k