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VOLUME 37—No, 12 DURHAM,. N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 1961 Return Petrav* OuarantMd PRlCEi IS^dSMTS Greensboro Man Kills Then Self In Miirder- « ADMIgES MEbAL- LION—(HRMrtMr Tarry Sanford iHl N«r .>h Carflina, •Ahirai thw j^aljl^ to Or. Yami^l inwturfti** Ji^ «i%tk a* prMl> dant 9t A. and T, Colitgc. Nanry A S««*V. rMd- tha chatye from til* tri^iiw keard, iMkt i»n from cenvar. . Tha madallion, ipaciclty struck for tha occation, WM dasignad by A. M. Rivera, ir,, of D«|rham. , Proctor Outlines Ci^tirse in Iteatfgnrift A&'Ts Future Charted GREENSS^Q—In his'inaugu ral address„^l}E^ Samuel .JtflCtoi told the Audience , of 3,900, that A, and T. College has an in|por- tant stake in “three formidable frontiers” ... transition of the Negro . . . the change taking plac^ in the South . . . and th^ need for a supply of trained tech nicians and specialists to serve the nw nation of the world.” "Tha tr«n*IMon of tha Megro f r o.m aeonomlc adolaseanca, (oeial and poltticai impo'anea to aconomic maturity, toclal Jtab- illi^nd poiithal ratpondbll'ty," t/ra Dr. Proctor, "1$ a frontier vhich, ha* no pracendent ih «»erld history and we have no rehearsal for this |7«r- formMwe." “It involves the. college- inevit- ablv for thow' who will give this transition shape and direction 8T“ th»> college students today. Thoy must, learn the skills for earnint; a livini;, but likewise the honesty, the vision, the sense of duty and the • love of God and country upon wW;'h good citieen- See A. and T., 6-A TIMES W Contributions to Freedom First Salary Is Ready for Clergy MEMPHIS, Tcnn.—The A. M. E. Church’s minimum salary policy for its ministers was set to be gin as the first salary supplement checks were scheduled to be mail ed from here early next month. Dr. Robert W. Manet, of Wash ington, D. C., treasurer of the Church, and A. M. E. Senior Bish- ''n, the Rt. Rev. S. L. Green, of Atlanta, Ga. conferred here with the Rev. Ralph H. Jackson, Dh:ect- or of the Minimum Salary Depart ment, c» final preparstions were See AME, 6-A The Carolina Times was congrat ulated for its “concern in the na tional causes of freedom and de votion to the American way of life” from Durham Mayor E. Evans this week. The letter was prepared in ob servance of National Negro News paper Week, celebrated by the Na tional Nepro Publishers Associa tion March 18-25. The week honors John B. Russ- wurm, first Negro newspaper edi tor in America. Mayor Evans’ letter to the TIMES reads as follows: Gentlemen: I should like to join with "The Carolina Times" in observing National Mcigro Newspaper Week, and to congratulate the steff and people who make this news- See MAYOR. 6-A Shot-gun Tom. Bodies Found ' By Teenage Soil GREENSBORO—L. W. Warreh, well known business man tieije, shot and killed his wife ^turda^, then took his own life with a blaht firom a 16 guage s1iotgttni \ . The shot-gun blasted l^iea bf the couple were disccfVCTcd Sy their 13 year old son, DaVtd, wl>o was ordered out of his parents’ bedroom by his father when he rushed in after hearing the shots which killed his mother. Guilford County Coroner R. B. Davis, Jr., ruled that the deaths were murder and suicide. Police said Mrs. Juanita Warren, See MURDER, 6-A COTTON CASE Ax Slaying To GotqJrM V in June HILLSBORO—Prelhniniry hear ing for Charles (Poonk) Cotton, accused of the ax slaying of three members of a Chapel Hill family, was waived in Superior Court here Monday. Cotton was bound over to a Grand Jury, which is ,sAeduled to hear the case durini the May 1 criminal term of court. See AX SLAYER, 6-A BURIED IN S. C.—John F. Lohg, reMred S. . C. educator, was buried in Charleston lest week. See pas« 4-A. MINIMUM SALARY CH^KS^-' Dr. Robert W. Manco (left),' of Washington, D. C., traeturer of Me AME Uon church, turns over first checks fr«m the n^ly •ttabiiehod Minimum Salary Fund of A. M. i. pastors., to Mm Rev. Dr. H. Ralph, Jackson, dir rector of the Minimum Salary Pepertmwnf. Senior A. IM, 1. Bishop S. L. Grewio, of Atlanta (extreme right) looks on^ NEW CLBRK-^Meryl store, greets Mr*. R«by Hurley newly hired flerk at a Duriham at NAACP mass meeting. Raylass Hires N^ro Clerk . In Durham Raylass Department Store, of Durham announced last week the hiring of Mrs. Roberta McNeil, of 83-B CM|^ St, as a sales cli “ Sfte Is the such a Asition in the Durham Raylass sfore. Mrs. McNeil was interviewed by Durham’s Raylass manager J. C. Griffin .on Saturday and reported for work on Tuesday. She has been assigned an area in t)ie basement of . the store with three clerks. Raylass DJs Supwvls^r J. Bradley said would receive the same starting salary as other beginning eleiics and be given the same opportunty for advihice in salary. Raylass was one of the stores included in a list of several to be boycotted by Negro customers. However, spokesmen for the or ganization sponsoring the boycott seid this week that the store* had definitely been removed and was See RAYLASS, 4-A Boycott List Followinc is a Hst of store* which will b« boycvtted beeaiHc they have polklefe «f etapioyment* and facilities which are offeMive to Ne^ patron, aorardtng to the Youth and Orflege ehepteis of the Durham NAACP; • ELLIS-STONE • BALDWIirS • LERNSR'S • A AND P POOD STORU • DARLIN6 SNOP • WALORSKN'S DMW • ROBBINS • ROYAL ICE CREAM CO. • WINN DHCIfi FOOD STORES The following iist of stores has been approvisd by the joint in- vesugation conducted by the An>royed Youth and CdBtge NAACP and the te« on Necre Attain ptrfieies aettpMie to troM Tlwy win not be • THE WEB SHOP • RUTN vmootn • MY SHOP • YOUNO MBITS SHOP • RAYLASS • BSLK-LEeOETT • VAN STRAATEirS » BtlTLSrS • COLONIM. STORH • MARILYirS • STYLE SHOP • STEWARTS • SEARS. ROEBUCK • TOTS TO TEENS Five Hird For First Time As Clerks, Four Others Promoted Five dOwQtwir Durbnn stores were dropped bttt>ttam additional ones were sddtd . ip. •. hst of stores to be targefs pf an NAACP boycott proteetlHg. racfally dis criminatory practices'. .. The boycott Imie ’^aaatouaced last week with a laaQet earryii^ a list of 11 s|(»e« iriiic^ would ba targets of the ^riy^.* . . 'It was called By ^routh and col lege NAACP chapters to seek broader cmpl(^ne»t ,^portuni- ties for Negroes within the stores. The movement is an outgrowth o^ a five year effort by the Durham Committee on Negro Aftairs. The boycott protests the refusal of stores to hire Negroes in jobs other than meai^ and the poUey of maintaining segregated custom er facilities, sgch as, water foun tains and rest rooras^ •- During the wmk since annotmce- ment of the boycott^ five Negroes See BOYCO’W, 4-A urban RENEWAL PLANNER C. E. ^Yokely^ principal of‘the Boundary Street' Schools of High Point, was among four other pramiinent High Point residents appointed last week to that city's Renewal Commission, Ap pointment 'Of the commit'ise by High Point Mayor Jess Wash burn marked^ the first step in the city's prograhi to clear away a blighted area of the city. The Commission wjlt be assigned the task of planning the redevelop ment. Dentists Hit Bill to Weaken Integration Suit By MRS. MILDRED PAYTON RALEIGH—“Have a heart, gent lemen, thi^ is a plea for'human ity. I am plead'ing for all human ity.” Thus ended the impassioned presentation of. Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins, £ Charlotte dentist to a l«igislative group last Thursday morning. Dr. Hawkins, Chairman of the Full Rights and Privilege Com mittee of the Old North State Den tal Society appeared before the House Judiciary One and Senate Heclth Committees. He urged the defeat of a bill which provides that' the State Board of Dental Examihation be elccted by all Tar heel dentists instead of the den tal s)tcj;ety. In a prepared statement, he told the group that “it is morally and ethicaily wrong for the North Carolina Dental Society to ask this State General A's^iribly to be come part am) parcel to such a vicious^ scheme that should re main a family fight' within the protesHon of dentistry.” In attacking the segregation pol icies ef the parent body, the white North Carolina Dental -^iety, Dr. Hawkins emphasized that because of the denial of rights there were See DENTIST, 6-A , DR. HAWKINS Hampton Inst. Prexy to Speak In Durham Dr. Jerome H. Holland, Presi dent of Hampton Institiite, will be the main speaker at the NcMrth Carolina Hampton Alumni Region al Conference on Sunday, April 9, At 3:00 P. M., at the White Rock Baptist'Church on Fayetteville St. Thie Hampton Institute Choir will also be featured on this program. Presiding at this meeting will l>e. John Lennon of Durham who is President of the North Carolina Region. This meeting will be open See HAMPTON, 6-A MRS. I. Boycott for Jok Being Pushed Throughout iNne Mrs. Ruby Hurley, the NAACPs chief representative tlnagliout the Southeast, said in Dorham Monday night that the drive for broader employment onpoetwuties is currently the main project o the organization throo^ioat the region. She said the movement ia tak ing the fonn of "seleeUfe baying campaigns’*' - or boycotts throngh- out the area. “If we an denied l>ecanae of race from ^tting deceflt job* ac cording to our abilities We can never expect to make asiicfa head way in oWaining thri other goals we seek." she explain^ ^“Soutt Carolina, Savannah, 6a.. 41^ IHssissippi ^ very acttye. in g' mov-emenf noire’ , She admitted that the hirinc tt t^gro clerks in two Dnrtam stores in the past week repteaeat- ed the first break through in tte emapaigns now underway. Mrs. Hurley, #ho c^>erat« eat •f Atlanta, revealed that thwe is is dissatisfaction with the cMstpra mse in Atlanta 'iall off demonstrations. Demonstrations, led stndnti in Atlanta, have ^^een against segi^ated hmch co«MMts the city. The compromise, announced Hat week, would hav? the stndaprts See PUSHED, 4-A REGIONAL SECRETARY AIX)R£SS£S RALLY Don't Be iFooled by the Hirkig One or Tiro, NAACP Officer Says^ Has Savannah On The Ropes SAVANNAH, 6a. — The local NAACP this week aurked the first anniversary of its twyeott of the entire down town shopping dis trict with a call, for an increased Easter effort. A capacity audience heard Lit tle Rock heroine Daisy Bates call for full implemtntatioa of the As sociation's withholding of patron age Easter drive thcoughout the southeast. Mrs. Bates addressed the NAA CP’s S3rd weekly mass meeting at St. Jcmes AME Church. She serves on the. NAACP's National Board of Directors. W. W. Law, NAACP ktate con* ference president, read, a conffratu- atory wire fnan Bof Wilkins, NAACP exacutiw secretary, whicb said, in part, “Veil have served notice to the Soett and the na tion that tlM Nagrn's 4(dM can be a force ter 4igaity.** The NAACP's year-long drive has sparked a aeriea el anti-segre gation developnMttts: • Jim Crow have-, baan See &AVANQAH. 9-A '■■I. ^ . An official of the NAACP caur tioned leaders ai, a movement to secure broader joh opportunities in Durham against becoming elat ed over initial successes and re minded them that the Negro in America has ytt a considerable task before him liefore acfaieving complete freedom. The speaker was Mrs. RiJby Hur ley, field secretary fw the South* c.?5t regioa of the NAACP. She ad- Hressed a capacity crowd at St. Joseph’s A. M. E. Church Monday night at a rally called in connect ion with the boycott of several Durham stmes. In direct warning to leadecs ol th? movement, she said; "Don’t be fooled by the hiring of one or two Negroes. They be putting you on. Bentenrtier. this is the Easter buying season. Lafa be sure we’ll be wwking after Easter. Let’s be snre we’ll be work- ing after graduatia^- t«t’s be sure we’ll be working froei now ee.** The veteran NAACP afHeial*a remarks were an ohvio«s reference to the fact that at leaat twn doin^ town Durhaat afcesi have aawel to employ Mai^eas tat salaa pail- tions since mnenTemaai at .n boycott last week. _ One of the Mwty Sheryl Seheetor. i Science at CoUeca. See