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VC^UME 38 — No. 35 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1962
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2 Held In Baby’s Death
Autopsy Held
As Infant
Dies In Oxford
i
N. C/s Chief Executive to Appoint
Bi-Racial Negotiations Committee
RALEIGH — Governor San-1 call to leaders of both ra«cs to
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from CAMpOS TO COM-
PAHY—* B*Mr, 8«r»e», M«»
jileirth Carolina Coltcge of
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ta«M admintatraior for tha At*
lantie Oil and Rafiaina Com-
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ing at aJtiraiia tlfhH)
taat to proip#el)Va i
ot th« firm. A native of Wel
don, iha ii the daughter of
Mrs. Basiie H. Barnet. Com
plete story, page 5>A.
FREE AGAIN — Guytanna
Harton and Joycelyn Me*
XiMick are enown laaTlng
Dttrham'f County Homa whara
they servad !• days of • 30
day jail lentence for leaking
■arvice at the Howard John*
FREED AFTER 18 DAYS
OXFORD — An autopsy was
ordered conducted on the body
of an infant whose death took
place Saturday at a farm home
near Stem. |
Granville County Coroner j
Grover Sanders revealed Tues
day that a man and a woman,
who live together, are beihg.
held pending outcome of the
investigation. |
They were idenitified as
Jcmes Hawley, 39 and Ruthj
Davis, So, who reside together i
near Stem. |
Granville sheriff Roy Jones
said the infant, two to three.
months old, looked like "skint Jt^celn McKissick and Guy-
and bones" when discovered. | tanna Horton were busy making
He said Hawley aod Mias plans at mid-week to appear at
Davis told him they had
the child before su^own
■on't rastuurant in Durham.
In the background it one of
the elderly patienti at the
home, which the girli waited
on during their Imprisonment
—photo by Purefoy
HcKissick and Horton Busy With
Plans for More Demonstrations
home.
rallies
State Ushers Honor
Durham^s Dr. Browne
CHAPEL HILL — Dr. Rose
Butler Browne, prominent Bap
tist lay woman and noted edu
cator, was given a plaque and
cited as “Woman of the Year”
by the Ntorth Carolina Inter
denominational Ushers Associa
tion at j.he' organization's aii-
mial coDventtpn here last week'
end.
Dr. Browne was cited for her
outstanding contribution in
education, religion and in work
ing with youth.
President L. E. Austin pre
sented Dr. Browne to the con
vention for fhe award and
Mrs. G. F. Wilds, of Fayttte-
ville, read the citation and pre
sented the plaque.
The award to Dr. Browne was
the climax of a four day con
vention which wag held here at
the St; Joseph’s C. M. E. Church
last week-end.
It was the 38th annual meet-
See DR. BROWNE, 6-A
NCC Educator Cited as "Woman of the Year"
A PLAQUE FOR DR. BROWNK
Dr. Rose Butler^ Browne, promi
nent educator and church lead
er of the Durham area accepts
plaque from L. I. Auetin, presl*
dent ef the N. C. Interdanemi*
natlenal Ushers Assaclatlen at
the erguilMtion honored he. iS
the "Woman of the Year." Dr.
Browne was given a citatien
along with the plaque.
Photo by Purefey.
Shot In Argument
Wbitei1an4tekl^
In Slaying bfl!
Tenant Farmer
BURLINGTON — Kenny Gravite,
04, of Rt. 2, Burlington, was charg
cd with murder Tuesday in the
death of a Negro tenant farmer]
i(illcd with five shots from a .25
calibor pistol.
Alamance County Sheriff Joe
Cole said that Gravite, a white
farmer, shot Wadell Turner, 44.
following an argument in a tobac
CO field.
An autopsy performed by Cor
oner Lewis Stricldand showed tliat
Turner was struck by five buliet!>
The argument, which officers
said developed over a squabblr
among some 'A'hite and Negro ciiil I
dren, occurred in a field where
Turner was pulling tobacco and ]
Gravite was tying it. Authorities
said Gravite claimed Turner threat
ened him with a tobacco stiok.
in North Carolina and
t«^ tbe itory of
twm'in DiBMieto in the Howard
Jehnson is restaurant struggle.
The two, who served 18 active
days of a 30 day sentence im-
(Msed for "trespassing” at the
restaurant near Durham, were re
leased from the County home
they worked -out their
sentences on Saturday.
Qn h*n4 ,t® igi^t tfiem at the
C^iiityilwm'^ wert con
tin|elnts of COR^ turd youth
NAACPi members arid B s|*cial
delegation from the N. C. ushers
convention.
McKissick and Horton were
visibly moved when they stepped
of the front door and were greet
ed by nearly 300 persons who
had gathered to welcome them
back to freedom.
Their eyes welled with the
water momentarily, them they
burst into broad smiles.
The girls appeared very trim
and alert, despite, an 18 day
stint in which they put in at
least 12 hours ot work each day.
After exchanging greetings
Grand Jury
Indicts Three
For Murder
There men were indicted for
murder by the.Durham County
Grand Jury this week.
They are LaFayette "^rren-
tine, O'Neal Reams and Willie
Davis.
Turrentine, 32 of 225 and half
South Miami Boulvard, is
charged with chopping his next
door neighbor to deith with a
hatchet.
Cleveland King was the vic
tim of the assault.
The indictment against Reams
charges him with the shotgun
slaying, on Aug. 12 of Eugene
Douglas Pratt, of 802 Elizabeth
St. during a fight at the Doahia
McNeill house on Faye St.
Hall, 61, of 012 Meade PUee
is charged w^h the shot-gun
Jdllins of Jack Lawson, 37.
Former Church
Leader Faces
Embezzlement
with the crowd, their fisBt move
was to go back to Howard John
son’s where they attempted to
see the restaurant manager
Two Mwe
Accept Jail,
In Durham
Three mpre young persons
fnte convict!^ df trespass at
the Howard Johnson’s restau
rant near Durham this week
three others completed 30
day sentences for a similar con-1
viction. j
Convicted this week were
Candida Lall, 19, Larkspur, i
Calif., Mrs. Frances Thomas, 20,1
of St. Augustine, Florida and
Michael Pinto Duschinsky. Miss
Lall and Mrs. Thomas, like
three others convicted earlier,
elected to serve the jail terms
falser than pay the $25 fines. |
In addition to the conviction
on trespass, Duschinsky was al-1
so convicted of assault and b^t- i
tery on deputy sheriff Marvin j
Davis. He was fine $25 and costs
for trespass and $10 and costs
on the assault charge.
The three were arrested
T'- jrf''’-y night when they were
: mo:ig a group of demonstra-
See JAIL, 6-A
ford entered the current strug
gle over integraUon of restau
rant facilities in the state last
week with the promise to ap
point an interracial committee
to help settle the issue and a
Total of 17 are
Convicted In
Three Cities
A total of 17 persons were
convicted this week of "tres
pass' at Howard Johnson's restu
rants in throe North Carolina
cities.
The largest number, 13, was
convicted at Statesville. Three
were convicted in Durham and
one in Charlotte.
All of the convictions grew
out of demonstrations against
exclusion of Negroes from Ho
ward Johnson's restaurants on
highways near the throe cities.
In Statesville, 18 persons were
tried this week in connection
with demonstrations staged in
in that ciy in the past several
days.
Among those convicted in
Statesville was the Rev. B.
Elton Cox, of High Point, North
Carolina field secretary for
CORE.
Also included was a white
man, Frank Arthur Nelson,
whose hunger strike forced
Statesville authorities to trans
fer t^m to Central prltont in' WAftHlNOTON — Sen. Clin
R«lel|^ for iioapitaliBattda. .|A Jotuigtim, IMIi C., Frj
tiiU WWk. '
"go to work” in resolving the
differenoes.
Sanford's announcement of
the appointment of a conamittee
and his plea for inteqracial co
operation came in a statement
issued foUowing a confcrence
between him, CORE National di
rector James Farmer and lead
ers fr6m both races.
The conference was called b|r
the Governor^ as a result of a
series of demonstration and
arrests around Howard Johnson
restaurants throughout the
State.
The NAACP and the Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE) have
been conducting a month leng
campaign In North Carolina
seeking to open service at Ho
ward Johnson’s restaurants
to Negroes.
Demonstrations have been
held in Durham, Raleigh, Char
lotte, Greensboro and States
vtlle. Nearly a score of persons
have been arrested.
In announcing his Inteiftion to
appoint an interracial committee
to work on the problems, the
Governor Indicated thtft it
would not confine Its efforts to
See NieOTIATIONS, 6-A
Confirmation of
Marshall Faces
More Delay
en.
rito
out
In Charlotta, seven' juveniles
were haled before Judge Wil
lard Gatlin on chafgei groiving
out of demopti^fttions. at the
Howard Jbhnson’s MStaurant
near here. ' ,
Judge Gatling
Sec CONVICrpD, B A
Mafaliail to b* a federiii^dgo'
Albany iail
Clergymeii In
Demonstration
f
In
ALBAJVY, Gs. — Seventy
five persons, mostly clergymen
were Jailed Tuesday for refus
ing to halt a prayer demonstrs-
tion in front of City Hall in
this racially troubled southwest
Georgia city.
amid iBoreasIng threats to wrest
Of*: appointment form John-
stbn*s ifonate Judiciary subco'm
irtitfe*., , ; ,
The hearilipgs ei^ed nftcr six
'' Wi»ion»-out over: iiearljr
handed i) Jo mV^ihs.
said Philip-iA. Hart,
D-Mich., thank heavea.'
' JohnstoR' gave l(.ttte indica
tion when the sut>committee
Might act on the nomination ot
Marshall to the 2nd Circuit
Court of Appeals In New York.
H« said he would summon
Bhe three-member subcommit
tee “soon”, to decide on a
course of action. He said the
subcommittee might want to
wait for the printing of the rec
ord.
Judge MarshaH's supporters
may not wait, however.
Five members of the parent
subcommittee, led by Hart and
Sen. Kenneth B. KeaMng, R N.
Y., said they would movo to
discharge the suLtcommittee at
The minJsSera, mostly from
the New York and New Jersey
areas, were herded off- to cells next meeting of the full com
to the cheers and applause of
about 100 white spectators from
across the street.
A majority of the churchmen
were white. They Were led by
New York Protestant ministers,
See CI.IROYMIN, 6 A
Keating said that if this man
euver failed, an effort would
be made to bring the nomina
tion directly to the Senate floor
for a vote.
Final witness were Prof. Alfred
See MARSHALL, 6-A
GREENVILLE — H, R. Rea
ves, former moderator of the
United Freewill Baptist Asso
ciation and Pitt County School
principal, was arraigned here
last week on charges of em
bezzling more than $13,000 from I
the church over a three year
period.
Reaves, who was moderator
of the church for six years, sur
rendered himself to officers
here Thursday.
He was jailed following com
pletion of investigation and will
face recounts of fraud In
Lenoir and four other charges
in Pitt counties.
He is accused to taking niore
than $13,000 from church funds
during .1^53 to 1960.
Reaves was once the genersl
moderator of the United Free
Will Baptist Church of America,
the denomination he is accused
of embezzling out of $13,000-
plu« from 1853 to 1960.
A Pitt county grand jury on
Tuesday indicted the former
church official for allegedly
pocketing $1,023.31 in church
funds. The next day. a Lenior
iiec fMBtZZLEMINt. d..
GREET MCKISSICK AND
HORTON — This photegrsrh
shews some ef the crowd
which jeurneyed in a moior*
eada out. fe the County Home
lut Saturdar to welcome
Joycelyn McKissick and Oisr*
tanna Herf|>n ie Nieir firee*
dom. The girla were released
Saturday around neon after
working eut 30 day »enience
*or U cd(M^on
with al(ib#*s at
tVawari MMMeanl
near Ourhaisi.
by Purefoy