In Minister Contesf
Dungee Noses Out Jones In 2nd Week’s Voting
^ .M. w w w
MINISTERS TO JOIN DURHAM PICKET LINES
Alliance Votes to Man Lines at
Sears-Roebuck on Saturday
Second Period of Contest Opens
With Balloting for Coming Week
The Ministers Vacation Popu-. Tt^ second prize in the con-
larity Contest continued as a test ^a free airplane round trip
nip and tuck affair last week' to l^rmuda and the third
with Rev. John R. Dungee of prize^*'ftree■ airplane round trip
Henderson nosing out Rev. J.
H. Jones of Danville, Virginia
by a slim margin of only 1,000
points or just one regular bal
lot. Close behind were several
other hard running contestants,
Rev. A. D. Moseley of Durham
to New York.
With the Opening of the
second period Ol the contest this
week the Voting for favorite
ministers is explected to become
even heavier than last week
when the contest manager was
Rev. W. T. Bigelow of Durham I forced to call In e;ttr« help to
and Kcv. T. H. Murphy of Hender
son, who give indications that
they will be heard from before
the final bell is sounded Mon
day Noon, April 29. ^
Among those who have beisn
mentioned as a possible dark-
horse entrant .who will steadily
gain on the lop ranking ton-
teslants and run off at the J-ast
moment with the grand prize, a
free airplane sound trip to the
Holy Land, are Rev. J. R. Man-
ifey of Chapel Hill, Rev. A. W.
Law.*!on of Durham, Rev. J. C.
Harris of Statesville, Rev. R
L. Speaks, Durham and Rev.
kermit DeGraffenreidt, Pitts-
botio.
complete the tat^ylatlon by press
time of the niany ballots that
flooded the office erf the Caro
lina Times by band and br maU
ov.er the weck-etad and Moiday
morning. "
Again In th« contest'raanagcir
would,, like to urge all 'CtiB-
testants to fet their rejpprts in
each, week by Monday «W«. In
this way tne ttbulators wHl
hjive ample corlracfly
count all balli^ and give tW
correct rclalive standing In
eaeji week’s iinue of the Cw-
olina Tlmw. i ’
This week’s* Relative standing t
is as follows: '*
Itpv. .Mm n. Diinccn, Henderson 1 .W.fl
nVv. .T. II. .Tonps^ Danville, Va ; .v;V: 1^3W.O
Rev. J. (-'. Hnrri^, State.svill
Rnv. J. R. Maiilny, Chnpol Hill
Bpv. a. W. Lawson, Durham
Rtv. n. L. Speak.s, Durham .
nrv. Waltnr Varl)orough, F^jfklinton
, Bi.shop M. T. Mitchell, BMtiij|orc, Md.
Rr\ Z. D. Harris, Durham'
tl.
'i
mi.mo
000
Hcv. A. D. Mosolpy, Durham 1.239,(100
Rnv. w, Ri«ctow, Onrhsm ... i... tild^OW)
Rev. T. H. MVrphy,' .Henderson . -.i. li.lW.OOO
Rev. Kormit DrGraffewrcidt. Piltsboi‘4;^j''.'/i’^. ^ . , JIKjOOO
TIa*. T II ' - . ' ^ ltilil,000
809,OCO
7C9.000
700.^
es«,iii)o
^lipo
4«h.'doio
J64.M0
Rev; I. W. ... .1
>Pcv. G. A, Gilchrjst, Liltlfton
I^XE- L- Kirby, Reidsville ...jw. . '
Rev. tfarqlcl Cobb, Burlington
Rov. J, M.' Maiigum, Franklinton
Rev. K. O. P. Goodwin, Winston^Salem
Rev. James F. Wertz, Charlotte
Rev. L. T. Daye, Mebane
Rev. W. L. Jones, Greenville IM.OOO
Rev. R. H. Kidd, Garysburg ..
#WY. t*. tJ9wis» iienncrsoii ■
Rev. Clyde Johnson, Weldon .
Rev. F. L. Bullock, Enfield ...
Rev. E. T. Thompson, Durham
Rev. C. L. Faison, Henderson .
Rev. Lawronce Perry, Durham
Rev. R. L. McKnight, Henderson
Rev. E. L, Brodi,e, Loui.sburg j!, . j,. ,
Hev. James Burchett, Ridgew ay !.......
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ET^MTHUtjliwi^E
PRICE: IS Centi
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1963
RCTVRN REQUESTED
VOLUME 40 — No
major
major. South Hi
'¥
I.':
Negro ministers of Durham are
scheduled to join pickets on Sat
urday at stores now under a boy
cott beins waged by the Durham
NAACP and CORE.
C-R Committee
Jim Crow Is
Widespread In
N. C. -■ Report
WASHINGTON-, D. C, — Racial
segregation, in varying degrees, is
“widespread” in government own
ed and supervised facilities in N.
C. except for veterans and mili-
'•>' tary hospitals, according to a re
port of the North Carolina Advis
ory Committee of the U. Com
\ mission on Civil Rights.
f The report also indicates that
tolien” integration under (he
ssignment law ex-
N^ro child or
children" to ■ ab-
whic.i uiukc
nt difficult.
Pr'ai.sed by the Commission for
its “range and equality", the
.Noith Carolina report is the firs'
report by an Advisory Committee
to be published in full and issued
as a separate volume by the Com
ission.
M1«)B apTC CO
wiil br ~Mta«- ltoTC" «t Vlfr
Slat* for liM-
•4. Ch«*«n » finsiiat* fpAn
which on* will b* na«i*«l
Quean at h* R. O. C.
Ball, March 30, ar* (frana teft)
Priacilla Halrilon. tophomor*
n»u'*(e ttiiiiJoT, MtrtinaViH*},jafnterr , *ihicailon
otgf itaa|«((. J^t*r^urg« R*^r
thumi, funior hom* acMto-
m^cf educetktt maior, Mur-
irbetboMs l,«T*rM J. Jenkim,
Junior hMilAt «nd phr*ical
•ducatien major. Richmond;
Norma Bak*r, sophomor* •!*-
sopbonKua fip* arts *d«K^tion
ma^r, Floyd: Either. ViThite,
junior tocielogy major, Rich-
moi^ ' Barbara Bigg*, sopho-
mare biology major, Suffolk;
Daxothr Hill., •ophomoK* bio-
Portsmouth; Garnett Brown,
junior .business education ma
jor, Lmden. Not shown was Ra
chel * B'ryant. junior library
sciency major. Bowling Green.
97.000
04,000
03,000
91.000
82,000
65,000
61.000
60,000
Rev. S. G. Dunston, Louisburg \ [ .5& 000
Rev. H. G. McGhee, Danville, Va ; 44 onn
Rev. W. J. Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y
Rev. J. A. Brown, Henderson
=*. ^ nominated THIS WEEK '
Rev. Otto Smith, Sr., Durham « non
Rev. William Crawford, Winston-Salem ” Vno« !
Rev. John F. Epps, Durham
3r>,000
39,000
Three Negro Firms Accepted by
Durham Chamber of Commerce
Tliree Durham Negro firms were
accepted for membership by the
Durham Chamber of Commerce,
it wa.s revealed late this week.
The three are North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Mechanics and Farmers Bank and
Mutual Savings and Loan Associa
tion
Their acceptance for member
ship Aas di.scloscd in the Cham-
bor's bulletin issued on Wednes
day. The action broke a long
standing precedent in Durham. II
marked the first time that Negro
bu.sincsses have been accpted as
members of the Durham Chamber.
The three hew members are Dur
ham's largest Negro owned busi-
nc.s.scs. They have combined assets
of more than $92 million.
Commenting on the action,
Chamber president J. Wesley Lew
is declared that the admission
of the three firms was not "un
usual." He pointed out that they
have been members of the Down
town Devlopment Corporation and
the Durham Committee of ioo.
It was also pointed out this
4Keo^ that the acceptance of the
tlirce firms was preceded by con
siderable pressure from many
sources.
Three firms plus several other
Negro businesses have had appli
cations on file for membership fo>
Source of $$$
For New Home
Remains Mystery
LAURINCURr — The rost sen
sational court trial here in years
has ended wi*ii the key question
unanswered. It may never be an
swered in public.
Where did Truemiller and Pin
ky Poiston two spinster Necro sis
ters, get the money to build and
furnish their fashionable, $36,000,
suburban home?
An all white, all male Scotland
County Superior Court jury de
cidcd Friday night that the sisters
did not steal the money, as the
state had charged, from Negro
undertaker, C. H. Morris. The jury
took 55 minutes to reach the “not
guilty" verdict after two days of
testimony.
Under the law, as defense attor
gro firms this week, -mey in "cy Gilbert McdHn brought out a*
eluded Charlotte Liberty Mutual I
Insurance Co., Eastjate Shopping I ha^e obtamed
Center. Forest Hills fisso Service something
Station, R. C. Guthrie, Contractor, ® Proved.
Moseley Lumber Co., Nurlhi^ut.; I
Shopping Center. Saddle and Pox 1
Steak House and Troy’s Hi F
States
poses
Informed sources this ««ek said
the Ministerial Alliance voted on
Monday to man the picket lines a»
a gesture of support for the ac
tion.
The Alliance includes every Ne
gro protestant church in the dty.
It represents an estimated 94*00
.Vegro protestant worshiM>er».
Action of the roiniiters to eater
the campaign was the latest devel
opment in a week’s old boycott
against a group of downtown Dar-
ham stores.
The boycott seeks to gain wider
employment opportunities for Ne
groes in the downtown stores.
It was also revealed this week
that one more store bad been
dropped from l>oycott list and
given approval by the two grmips
.t aging the campaign.
A spokesman for the N.VACP
stated that the Beverly Snop iiad
met requests of the .NAACP and
CORE and had been removed from
the list. '*
Dropping of the Beverly Shop
cut the list »f stores under boy
cott to six. Remaining under boy
cott at mid-week are Sears. Thom
.VIeAn, Huscoe-Griffin. Walgreen‘3
Drug Store, and Royal Clothing
Co
several month.s. In addition, the
Junior Chamber of Commerce had
actcd recently to chanse its rules
to permit admission of Negroes.
Branch officcs of two ol tnree
Negro firms accepted this wceK
already hold mombership in Cham
bers of Commerce in other cities
in North Carolina.
Eleven other new Tiembcrs were
taken in along witji the three Nc-
immediately
ministers
the picket lines on
preliminary section, the | Satnrday. ^ckets have maintained
mmittee states that “the prin {a schedule of two heurs at dos
cipie of equality, of opposition to | ing time onr week-days and at nish
Hay«c, «oi>lK>mori^-^U-, M i^ili^l hvigp-?
mentally education major, earliest traditions oi the' State . . . f
.long before the adoption of the
14th Amendment.”
Citing the ' importance of the i
State, government in influencing |
the treatment of whites and non :
whites in every area, the Commit-1
tee sees the value of its study as |
that of “releasing the energies:
Se« WIDESPIiEAD. 6-^
BULLEm
Bi |hop Chester L. Faison.
Church of God in Christ Jesus,
Mount Vernon and Queen
Streets, died Wednesday at
Duke Hospital. Funeral arrange
ments- were incomplete at press
tinte^Jiu} Uie. bady. jdlLife-Jn.
s^ate Alt Scartiorough & Har
gett Funeral Home until the
time of services on Tuesday,
April 2, at 2 p. nn.
INTEGRATED STUDENTS IN
CASWELL COUNTY AND
REIDSVILLE — Pictured here
left to right are: Herbert Zlg-
lalr Jr., South End Elementary
School, , ReidsYille; Sheila
Brown. Bartlett Yancey High;
Nathan Brown, Barlett Yancey
High; Jocylin Brown, Bartlett
Yancey Elementary School;
Luniford Brown, Bartlett
Yancey Junior High; J^ry
Graves, Bartlett Yancey
High; and Earl Ray Pass,
Ncrth End Elejnentary School,
Reidsville.
Stereo Center.
THE EASfjER PARADE
So if the Polslons don't want
to make the source known—as
they apparently don’t at this time
—they don’t have to.
The defense offered no evidence
during the trial. But Mcdlin at-
Americans all over the country I tempted to show, in cross exami-
arc preparing their linest fashions nation of prosecution witnesses
to take part in the annual parade
on Sunday, April 7. Although the
holiday has religious orginis, tl
has bccome customary for Ameri
cans to dress up in their finest
to greet the day.
This week, the Carolina Times
has included a special sccUon fea
turing the wares of Durham mer
chants who are anxious to help
TIMES readers put their fashion
feet forward for the holiday. Don't
this feature, in scction C.
that the money came from a white
junk dealer, Milton Bane, as True
miller Poiston told police after
her arrest in January.
Bane, who died last year was a
friend of Truemiller’s. The Pois-
ton'a often cleaned the bachelor
junk dealer’s room on the second
flocu- of a main street business
building. Truemiller Poiston Sold
Detective C,> H.' Garden tliat she
was keeping a "pretty littU Ijox”
See FREED, 6-A
Two National Leaders Attack Rep. Adam Powell
For fiis Criticism of NAACP Mixed leadership
ABERNATHY SAYS POWELL’S CALL FOR
BOYCOTT IS DOOMED TO FAILURE
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, pas
tor of the West iluntcr Street
Baptist Church, Atlanta, and sec
rctary-treasurer of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference,
Monday took issue with Rep. Adam
Clayton ■ Powell’s demand for a
boycott of the NA.ACP because it
has S0JH8 whit* leaders.
Abernathy here as one of the
leaders of the North Carolina Col
lege Religious Emphasis Week,
Wilkins Replies To
Congressmnan’s
Racial Charges
NEW YORK—Roy Wilkins, exe
cutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancenint
spoke at the college s forum as-1 of Colored People, predicted that
sembl^. Afterwards, when he was Representative Adam Calyton Pow-
interviewed by WTVD News Di-1 ^ns call for a Iwycott of the
rector Jack Williams and a.^ked ^ naACP' will fall on deaf ears,
for his reaction to Powell's call the Congressman, he added,-‘hai
See ABERNATHY, 6 A ' See ATTACK, 6 A
^fter Loyola
Southern Schools
Eye Top Flight
Negro Athletes
RALEIGH — Top flight perfor
nances by Negro athletes in tlie
'inals of the NCAA bjskei'uall
'ournament at Louisville, Ivy. last
week-end set off another cry for
recruiting of Negro athletes by
southern schools.
Coaches from all over the couj | Saturday night and a 40-year-oW
‘ry. including those from southern 1 man laj’ dead. This was the lifth
ichools. were enraptured by th. i victim of the Sniper who is be-
jlay of NCAA basketball champion ! lieved to have killed four other
'-.oyola of Chicago, and runner up persons here and wounded seven.
Cincinnati in the finals of the The Sniper used a weapon thought
Sniper Claims
Another Victim
In Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond»
Phantom Sniper struck again on
tournament.
The starting fives of l)oth
teams are predominantly Neg.-o
vith at least three of the seven
Niegro starters coming from the
South;
Four of national champion Loy-
to be a 9mm machine pistoL
The fatal shooting Saturday was
the first outing for the mysterious
and fatal marksman siAce he
struck on December 1.
Polite are almost certain that
there is a single Phantom Sniper
ola s starting five were >(egroes | here. Similarities noted by ofticer.^^
they included LesUe Hunter ano I are; he ahtrays strikes at night;
Vic Rouse, of Nashville. Teun.. I he always selects Negroes as ■«€-
Hon Miller, of East St. Louis, ind.. i tims; he used the same make gun;
and Jerry Harkness. of N. Y. | and he shoots at close range eith-
Throe Cincinnati starters whajer at a victim walking or ^oot>'
are Negroes are George Wilson, ’ through open or closed windows.
Torn Thacker*' and Tony Yates j The Sniper'* most recent victim
Yates is from Louisville, Ky. ! .vas James Howard. 40, who was
And it was Harkness and Rouse ; killed alntost instantly when struck
who turned the tide for Loyola in ■ three times ia the chest by slugs,
the championship game. Harkness | Officers were hard put to dc
hit the shot that tied the game! termine if the Sniper had been
at the end of regular period and 1) ing in wait. for Howard. How
Kouse scored the winning t>asket
in overtime.
After the finals, the University
of Kentucky student newspape4
called for that school to withdraw
from the Southeast Conference il
ard had J«st entered -iiis home
with a woman and the two of tbem
had gone towM his bedroom.
When Howard switched on the
light in the room, the Sniper
opened fire. According to tlie worn
necessary so that the school could ■ *». Hojrard toppled down dead
recruit Negro ahtletes. | when struck by the second slu^.
University officials, in a reply! Howard ti the sacund maa te>
to the student editorial, said they; lieved UHcd bv the Sniper rtart
favored a policy of recruiting Me ' througli a 'Wiadown. Jo*^ PMni
gro athletes and hoped a solu 3. was sittias with (riMie iMt
tion could be effected without the: Scptembar 39 wiea be was lil
University's having to withdraw 11^ • bunM of (unfir* freta 1
See ATHLKTES, A ‘