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mm m wn mmtam mm. silver Wins Top Prize Imfieauticians Contest *★★★★★*★★★ ^ * * * CLAMS FOUR TARHEELS I VOLUME H — No.; DURHAM. N. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1960 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED PRICE 1 15 CENTS Botif Major Parties Seeking To (|>rral Durham Negro Vote BfeOttUM of th« tilkt intMvat is th« general elections next week, the TIMES requested the following sfetonents from spokes- mei4 in PariMm W Um two nuijw political parties, the Demo:iats and the RefNiblicans. Each was asked to confine his state- nMnts to approxiiQnMy 12M words. The ^en^ocratic statement is slightly longer. The one for the Republicans is somewhat •tiortor. Those ttibm«nts «r* presented by the TIMES in ths interest of our readers.—The Editqn. GOP Statement Calls For Two Party System Demos Pnnt To ‘ Gains For Working Man §y JOHN «. STIWMT 1 - and J. H. WHIILBIt fOITORf MbTti TM lilt statsment wriMen by Mr. tt^srt Mul Vfheeler, Mprawed by prssidMtt ef five • leber wpi|i«« end DtfrftMi reln«t |hslitM«i. Mr. Wbefier a Rismbsr. ^ ^ NaHenal BiMlnM* MMl' prWe«sl*ni‘ Me# KfMMKiy «MI m. 'tJ.ewirt it-'* «itinbMC#f ift* MMa awl CeeHMaw far I miitority groiv muit IM Uedxto progressive and libe^ nli)vements. Ob the batis oil past'l«Q>rd bnd> oif the tnt«gtli~ «( t'ti. pro- gr«>H lor the tikiire, the liemo- ti|rtle'lf|rty it tiie eAe aajw poli- M/'^al troup In our Baioa #hieh ttends.for progrcsaivii.and liberal gfVem^ient. It h^t;lbrougHt f^rtfa j^cUoiUr kU M pte^r«^v9 And liberal rao^etn^nts ijfjb^ite^^efits wie Tha older, ^tizeiu Of ibiir couqttv .ckfl i^ll' iuvt*haiicl ihat the ftmt re«l ^eiiiioo tit mo^Mra ^Apocrifc^ lo M oujr people wai wgua ii oar ill thb e»Hy ttilttftis. ^der the Ule ^tinklin D. Roos^V^it. It was Roosevelt ai^ the Pentpcratic Party who wrote into our tbtional life the economic and tocial safe- See DEMOS TOINT, 2-A Elks Stage Mid-Year talks In Durham The Mid-Year ^inference of the North CaroHM'ltoMlatioa of the Improved Beaevitart tad Protect ive Order bf Elta ol the World (IBPOEW) met her* iu guest of the Bull City Blk Lodge Saturday and Sunday, October »-30 with the Rev. K. P. Battle and Mrs. Letitia Smith, presidents of the re spective male and female Elks units, in charge. The sessions were confined to executive board n^eetioga of tbe two groups on Mturday, along with a dinner and an^ evening dance-social at Page’s auditorium. Sunday morning a brs^kfaat meet ing was held at the Elks on Fayet teville Street. The Rev. Otis E. Dunn, ^tate and Assistant Grand Chaplain, Asb- eville, delivered a spiritual mess age at the momin| wonhip. This was followed by ttie address of president Battle,, iuad rnmarks by lira. Smith. / ' Alexander Banitoi a race Repub lican leader ctf tbii eity, was pre sented oit behatf ^ the advocates ef a 'two-party* political system in Tarheelia. Barnto aald that Ne groes “divide tbete votes” and not See ELKI JitAOf, 2-A EDITORIAL The ^ro Voter Faces A Great Deciskm In Tuesday Election For how can I endure tp see the evil that shall come unto Bay people? or how can 1 endure to see the destruction of my kindred? —Esther . » For approximately -tO yenA the Carolina Tim.s has en deavored to the liest of its ability to cry aloud in North Caro lina and the South against those who would deny freedom and equal opportunities to any and ail oppressed people. To say that the road we have chosen has been a hard one is putting it lightly. It has not oiUy been hard; it has at times been painful, humiliating and bitter, as it has ever been through the^ ages the lot of tliose who bla^e new paths, point to new hori- ions and ?re agents of prophecy. I^ecause we have i>aid the price and because o?er, the years we have refused again and the right to speak out in this crucial h(Hir now facing the Negro voters of North Carolina and the South biit that it is our bounden duty to do so- For a littfe more than W years North Carolina and the other southern states have been controlled, lock, stock, and barrel, 1)V the Democrat F’arty. Whatever rights have been denied the Negro citizens of this area have been denied at the hands of ^his sanie party whose reign in the South has been practically iUnh^mpered or unin,tcrru])ted for oVer a iialf century. ■ Like- -wba«:wf>pt*utmtie»-the XagtoBK of-tbc4ui.vi:-cuiuyed,. if they can be said to have enjoyeil'ahy at all, have been at the hands _)f the Democrat 1‘arty. If the Negro has been the victim of uneiual schools, as the result of segregation, if he has been^ forced to live in the worst sections of the cities and towns, to labor at the lowest vv«ges, if he has been lynched .and mistreated in the courts and made to suffer other injustices, tiie pattern has l)een set and nur tured solely by the Democrat Party. If in many of the south ern states the Negro is still denied the right to vote, the re- spoiifiibiHtv has been and still is that of the Democrat I’arty. (See THE NEGRO VOTER, 2-A) - By E. T. UROWNE and F. L. TYSON EDITOR'S NOTE: Thti ftatemant was prepared by Jha Reverends Brown and Tysen and approved by tha Durham Citiians Commit tee for Nixon and Ledge."The Rev. Browne Is vice chairman of tha County RapiAlican Parly. The American Neero is facing tile most crucial election that he hats'faced. He was not able to do very igech about tbe 1960 elec very. He was chattel that time and had no right that W cot^ ex ercise. He is still the chattel of many, and especially the southern Democrat. The northern Negro should re member that he is juat as close to the bomb of bigots in New York Detroit or Buffalo as I am in Dur- iiam if -the ^Ipcit if permitted to continue to spread his venom in the .south. Race hate has no boun dary line and discrimihation knows no barrier. CAN'T CONTROL EASTLAND The line of demarcation is so thin until one has to know the heart of the man or men in whose custody the government of the See GOP STATIMINT, 2-A CARPENTER Ex-Durhamlte Shot To, Death In New Jersey A 28 year old Durhaniite who had lived in New Jersey for the past 18 months was returned to his home town for funeral serv ices Wednesday. Carl Carpenter was burVed in Beechweod cametary following rite* at the Gathsemane Baptist Cihirch on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. N. A. Trice presided. Carpenter was shot to death on a street in Newark. New Jersey late Saturday evening. Newark police Sarpeant E. C. Beurle said Calvin Norton, Car penter's brother-in-law, is being held for murder pending grand jury actloiv Beurle' said the footing took tili|Ba iJtt of im0 -ave^ Aue, a few feet fi’om* Carpenter’s home. , The slain man sustained sev eral bullet wounds, one of which entered bis head. A small cali bre revolver was used in the shooting. See SHOT, 2-A MINISTERS ENDORSE GOP— Alexander Barnes, GOP candi date fer State Senate, is being congratulated by Rev. R. L. Speaks, President ef the Inter denominational Ministerial Alli ance pf Durham and Pastor ef St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church. Others seen in (fie photo read ing from left to right are: Revs. E. T. Browne, William Fuller, C. C. McLester, Peter G. Crawford, Melvin Chester Swann, Z. D. Harris, P. E. Green, Miles Mark Fisher, C. R. White, James Stew art and Evangelist Annie Reid. Nine Durham Ministers Back GOP Candidates A group of nine Durham mini sters announced support of the national and local Republican ticket here Monday. The announcement came from Republican leader' and candidate for th^ State Senate Alexander Barnes^ Barnes said the ministers, after a regular meeting of the Interde nominational Ministerial Alliance Monday, said they would support the Nixon-Lodge ticket nationally and Barnea in his race for the State Senate. Among the ministers whe en dorsed the GOP candidates is the Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church and president of the Ministerial Al liance. Others Include the Reverends Melvin C. Swann, pastor of St. Joseph’s, E. T. Brown, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist, C. E. McLes- See MINISTERS, 2-A THE NEWS IN SUMMARY Hlllaida, PTA Observance Three Hillside seniors will be featured speakers at a PTA pro gram at the school Jlonday night in observance of Education week. They are Mary Woods, Salena Hen derson, and Fred Brunson. James Mitchell, student council president. will conduct the meeting. Family Night at Covenant “Family Night” will be observ- See NEWS SUMMARY, 2-A In AnniverBary —^ NCC To Give Honorary Degrees To 3 North Carolina College is ex pected to award three honorary degrees at a formal convocation next Friday in the highlight of the school’s 50th anniversary celebra tion. Although college officials con firmed the fact that the degrees would be awarded, they ■ declined to reveal the names of the hono- rees. Awarding of these degrees next Friday will mark the third time in the school’s history that it has given such awards. Dr. Howard Chidley, New Eng land philanthropist and a key bene factor in the college’s early years, was awarded the first honorary de gree from NCC. Sekou Toure. presi dent of Guinea, was given the. second during his visit to North Carolina last fall. The college’s celebration gets underway formally Wednesday Nov. 9 and will continued through Saturday, Nov 12, climaxing with the schools homecoming game. (See page 3-B for stories). Mother of Fcur To Face Rai> In Hubby s Death A 27 year-old mother of four was faced with a trial on a charge of first degree murder in Durham this week as the result of grand jury action Monday. A true bill of indictment for murder was returned against Mrs. Ruth Matthows Williams ip connection with the fatal stab bing early Friday night of her 27 year old husband, Robert Williams, Jr. Funeral services for Williams See MOTHER, 2-A Wreck Fatal To Youth; Two Companions Hurt Funeral services for Eugene Bass, 22 year old resident of Rougemoirt. were scheduled to be held Thiffsday afternoon at the St. James Baptist Church at two o’clock. Bass was killed when his auto mobile zoomed out of control on a rural road about two and one half miles east of Rougemont. His two traveling companions, James Lee Lunsford, 22, and Ben Junior Parker, 22, were injured in the wreck. The Rev. A. A. Chavis, pastor of St. Jame.o, was to preside at fun eral services. Burial was slated for the church cemetery. According to investigating state c^B^itiela^ wnittug ilila ,n»elt e*j >t tbe road Wilmington. All oiher exeeutiVe on tbe right Side, swerved acrbss officers in Pitts' cabinet were re- the road and overturned at least elected to second terms. See WRECK, 2-A j / RE-ELECTED—Dr. R. M. Pitts, of Wins on-Salem, was re-elected to a sacond term as president of the General State Baptist Con vention of North Carolina in tbe ,BASS ★ ★ ★ Boy Bums House, Kills Elderly Owner At least four North CaroHnians met violent deaths in shootings, ^tabbings and traffic accidents this i week. Two died as Itie reswlt of sheetings, e«e frewi e stall wound and a feurMi in • fatal —tame mobile accident. Robert Willianu, 23 year old Ourhamite, was stabbed to deaih by his wife on Friday. (See de- caiis, this page) Carl Carpenter, former Dnrham- ite, was shot down on the streets of Newark, New Jersey late Satur day (See this page, also;. Eugene Baas, young resident of a rural area north of Durham, died in an auto crash Sunday. (Bass s.ory appears on thia page). in Bryson City, a 13 yeer oM schoolboy admitted bumnvg down the house of an cMerly bws driv er then shooting him lo death as he searched the ruins of his home. Police were holding young James McDonald this week in the arsun- murder Sunday. McDonaM toW police he set to the home of Harrison Jack son, tit, a school bin drivor. Tlen, wMIe tlio anan searched the ruins ef his heie, McDonald sho.' him in the back with a 32 calibre rifle. Jackson died in an Asheville hospital Monday^ McDonald was a regular rider on the school bus driven by Jack son. i^t Swain CMinty Sb$riff ^ Crisp said the; yondgster geve no reason for the arson or the shoot ing. MRS. WEAVER MRS. MULLEN MISS ROWLAND Weaver Gets Trip To Hawaii Mullen, and Rowland Grab 2nd and 3rd Spots Mrs. Susie Weaver Of Chapel leading contestants with the actual Dentists To Meet Dr. Nicholas Georgiade, Dr. John W. ' Whitehead and Dr. David P. Dobson will be among leading dental surgeons who will deliver scientific talks at the the third symposium ef tha Alex ander Hunter Dental Socicty in Durham next Wednesday. W. J. Kennedy, Jr., will ad- diws the dentists on tax and in vestments matters. The symposium is an annual feature ef the Huntor Dental Society. Hill outdistanced all contestants in the Carolina Times Beauticians Popularity Contest here Monday and walked off with the first prize, a free airplane round trip to Hawaii. Winner of the SMond' of the contest, prize, a free airplane round trip additional! Mullen of Roanoke Rapids. Tbe winner of the third prize a free airplane round trip to Bermuda was Miss Martha Rowland of Dur ham. winners handing in doubt up un til completion of the counting and tabulation of the many ballots which fairly snowed under the contest manager on the final day The three winners will .have 12 months from the closing day of the contest to make the trips which in pgst years have been used as a vacation tri|p. Th winners do not have to make the trips at the same time but may select the time and • During the entire six weeks of i season that best suits each one of the contest the race was a nip them, and tuck affair between the eight I The standing of the eight leading contestants is as follows; Mrs. Susie Weaver, Chapel Hill 3,984.100 Mrs. Quincey Mullen, Roanoke Rapids 3,396,100 Miss Martha Rowland, Durham 2,939.700 Mrs. M. H. DeVane, New Bern 2.119J00 Mrs. Jessie Nunn, Durham MMUNW Mrs. Alice Reed, Durham 1,802.400 Miss Doris J. Garrison, Burlington 1.476.900 Mrs. Oneida McGhee, Durham 1,112,600 TUH PM TIAftU-lari Mm«^ eM e« f{^ Diirkaaa las mmmt a group of OnriMM Mgli ■HMlillS tryl^s owl Mi* sdMtink haiMMI aa drUla LAST CHANCE for FREEDOM 1$ lUESDAY, NOV. 8- DON’T FAIL to VOT€!
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