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Shaw s GradY Davis to Take Union Baptht Church Pafpi
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N. C NAACP AIMS FOR URCER RACE VOTE
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Dave's Lead Challenged by Wiley and Artis
DR. DAVIS
Divinity Dean
,Said Ready to
Accept Cliurch
T>r. Grady Davfs, dean of th«
ichool of Divinity at Shaw Univer
sity, has reportedly been aiked
io accept the assignment as pastoi
of Union Baptist Church, in Our
bam.
Usually reliable sources said tti>
8J)t.^^niversity theologian’s nafnr
has b^n approved in a vote o;
(ifricers and members;
Davis is expected to accept the
offer, it was reported. He ^«s tc
Have been contacted. ,J^y of£ieer
of ih* church somet'iilie duriu
thiit Week.
It. has been known in i:'){ormc
clr^^ for
University deai) .was int^sted li
(he Union Bi^lst Churcb assicn
mant. Howev^. the ^Ktll'ch con
sidcred several ptoninent
minlsttrs for the Job.
The Union Baptist pillpit ha»
been vacant since th* death of tht
Rev. A'. S. Croom' likV'Miy 6.
Davis is well knovrn tu religiou.t
ediication circlet in this area. H*
has'servedi'M dean i'. th«. Raleigh
Bap^t iilstitutlDn 'lor keVei*ai
y«^ and it tlso‘^a|i|toejbl Ob«r
Hn' Baptist Church. ' ' ' '
He has also taken a leadin.';
rdle ip current civil rights move
ments in the Capital city. He U
president of the Hnlfeigh Citiien*
Association, a group Which assist
ed in demonstrations and negoti
ations which followed in Raleigb
last spring.
Davis is married ind the father
of five children.
Error Corrected
in Standing of
Mrs. McKeitlian
In sp'.te of the terrific pace set
by Mrs. Esther Wilev. who moved
up to secand place tMs week, Mrs.
Syminer Daye was still clinirin.:;
to the top spot, Wednesday noon
in the Carolina Times big annual
subscription Contest, now nearins
the end of the second period
which will take plAce at noon,
Monday, October After then
points on all subaeriptions will
again be cut 2,000 points or more.
In view of the fact that the
points will be lowered at noou
Monday, all contestants are urged
to bring or mail their re|>orts to
thq Carolina Times by noon, Mon
day, October 21, so they may re
ceive full credit for all Subscrip
tions befofe the points are lowered
for the third and last peiiod.
Also making a great gain this
wek was Mrs. Effie Edwards who
advanced from eighth place last
week to fourth place thiir w?ek.
Other top-running contestants,
however, appear to be holding
their a>/n and it is hard to make
any predictions as to who will
t>e the winners^ tt>« -1064- iout^
dooi’ Falcon, the mink stole and
the portable television.
The discovery of an error of the
tabulation of the standing of Mrs.
Willier McKeithan was made too
late to correct in the relative
standing as published in the Caro
lina Times last week. Instead oi
301,(M)0 points for Mrs. McKcithan,
the cocTfKt tabulati^ for her
should ii^e read '901,009 pohita
The error was due to the treiMA-
(See CONftIT, 3~A)
Mitchell Charges
Sellout on CR Bill
WASHINGTON — Clarence
Mitchell, director of Congreaaioh
al activities for the NAACP,
charged a “sell-out” on the civil
rights bill this week in the wake
of efforts by attoriey General
See C-R BILLw 6-A
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VOLUME 40 — No. 42 pURHAlltNl $«ibRDAY, OCTOBER 19, IfU
titUIIN RiQUESTKD
MRS. LANEY
PRfCE.: 15 Centa
Popular Durliam Beautician Foils
Attack in Restaurant With Pistol
A well known Durham beauti
cian must face charges in Re
corder's Court next week for an
incident in a Hayti caf^ which
resulted in 'tlie* wounding of b
man.
She is Mr.s. Eula Steely Laney,
beautician at a Durham shop.
Mrs. Laney was formally char
ged with assault and battery in
of 218 Poplar St.
Hearing Is set for next Tues
day.
According to police reports,
the shooting took plncp shortly
after 8:00 o’clock Wednesday
See FOILS, 6 A
TO Ie CKOWinD AT NCC—
CowtanM LHoUi^ I lack, a a«a-
iM pardMlofy-«t Mvrtli
C«**Um CoU«f«. 1^1 b« crolra-
«d "Miaa Mocfli Carolina Col-
i«aai^ jm cwaakMriM Frtdar, Oct.
25, at I:1S p. «k l« ifaa coll*Ot‘t
SEN. ERVIN IS TARGET
B. N. Duka audUtMluA
Mlaa Black. « a«Hv» ol Dur
ham aild an heaor fraduata ol
Hilkirda High Bchaol. to fh«
ot tka.lala Walllngton
BlMk and Mrt. LucUl* Black.
•I SMgawar At*.
Tartieel NAACP C^^t|6ii Starts
Wiiite Citizens
Council Lists
Negro Member
The collective fac* of the
Durham Citiiens Council undoubt
edly turned red this week wheA
it was revealed that the groiJp
«was - ;a)cr^lng a Negro on its
fnenrtbership roater.
He is KelUs Parker, populir
Uhlvtrsity of North ^Carolina
senior from Kinston,
It is believed that Parker’s
friends obtained a membership
card for him and has his nani(
placed on the roster as a joke.
Parker.
The discloaure was particul-
ary embarrusiixig becausa
cam« at a time wften the C6tifl‘
cil was busily eingag^d in t>re-^
the ihooting af Jimmy Pliteri
MKMBfeR, 6-A
JOINS N. C. MUTUAL — Larkin
Taaalay, formar actuary far a watt
eoaal Insuianc* firm and rataarch
tntln««r for t>ou9la« Alrsraft and
a»n»rt\ Motors, has baofl appoint
ad aailtlant actoary at North Ca
rolina IMutual Lifo Insuraneo Com
pany. A natlvo of Clovaland, Too*
loy is a ■radwato of Fisk Univor
tity and Occktontal Colloff*. o4
Lot Angolot. Ho Is marrlod an:
tho fathar of ono child, a girl.
CHARLOTTE The North C,a
rolina NAACP will move with
more emphasis into voter registru
tion, it was reveiled at the annual
state convention of the organiza
tion, which ended here Sunday.
More than 800 adult and youtn
delegates from chapters through
out the Tarheel state took part
in the three day meeting here last
Thursday through Sunday.
The convention h.Mrd an array
of distingufthed speakers hammei
home the^'theme of voting, then
weiit' on t«coh) to launch a state
'ivide voter registration campnign
aimed at increasing the Negro
vote to 250,000.
The convention also gave its at
teotion to many other matters oti
thf broad racial front, adootins
programs designed at expandinr
direct action projects against di«
crimination and segregation; em
ploirment opportunities in the field
of government and industry; dn-
Mgr«gation of public schools and
See DRIVi, 6-A
CEREMONY TO BE HELD SUNDAY
MRS. LANfY
PARKER
Police Accused
Of Beating Kids
Williainston
WILLIAMSTON —Racial tension
flared here again, tjiis week, whfeii
a leader of anti-segr(gation drive
charged poUcc with clubbing Ne
gro youths who staged a demon
stration Wednesday.
Qolden Frinks, a field secretary
of the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference, accused local po
lice of charging into a crowd o'
young Negro students in a demon
.stration at city hail and beatiiu
thorn with clubs.
The students, about T.*), hao
marched to the steps of City hal
and had begun to sing when tht
(iemon.stration was broken up.
However, police chicf L. R
See BEATING. 6-A
Hillside GmKron Greats of Past
To Relive Maries this Week-end
The Hillaide High whool foot-
baU team of 194S, perhaps one
of the 8®atest in- a long line of
fond
past.
gr^t Hillside t«anu« will gath
er tliia week-eod ioti oOf more
look backwaoj* into tba.;
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Members of tl>a H6met
aquad which wrat tnrough a ten
gaoM season undefejted. untied
and unacored-upQDi will hold a
series of giet-tofetUn bagiiuUng
lUday and coatiO|iti)i through
Smday.
HighlighU ol ilM week-end
will include en-in«Mi jtt^aaca
at the HilUidrltateMh ,V>0tt>all
game Fri^y ni^l^.ttu North
Carolina Col^Ciaf^ginia Stata
game Saturday afUn«oil tifd a
series of social eveatei
Their present* at U)a HUlaide-
Raleigh game is tWHMktd to add
color to a contort whieh ha* its
shaia of buill^/OKdtemant.
Hillside and lUMgh aM aroh-
rivals of lone MWdiaf, md thli
year’a gam« cou^te pivolal lot
Uie two auba. 9W| M^Ul «Mei
the contest with undefeated re>
cords, and the victor could em
erge as the eventual eastern con
ference champion. -
Its been a long time — 10,
yieara. to b# exact—^ince the
gridiron turf thund«re4 undei
the cleats of the likes of Harlie
(Spooks) Page, Johnny (Kayo*
Ford, Rat McColUjgb or James
(Bumps) Elliott to mention a
few), but many of the pisyers
on that year’s team liavp remain
ed in remarkal>ly fine ahape and
will be on baml for big
week-end.
Herman H. Riddick, dean ol
CIAA football coaches, was the
head man at Hillside in IMS
and the exoelleAt record he tu^
ed in a« a builder of outstand
ing teams at tha Durham high
school accounted tot his se)a»
tion in 104S as football coaoh al
North Carolina CoUe«e, a posi
tion he has held since.
Riddick was assisted by Wli-
TRIES N. C. MUTUAL TIME CAP
SULE FOR SIZE—Winifrad Watts
thraa ytar old daughter of Dr. me
Mrt. Chariot D. Wattt, of Durham
triat out a eompartmant of Noitt
Carolina Mutual’t tima capsul.
prior to tti« coromony to bo hel-
at tho tlla of th-? now offlco bu Id-
ing Sunday afternoon. Winifred
great i^rand daughter of the lat:
John Merrick and Dr. A. M. Moora
two of tha man wtio founded Ih-^
company, will placa a biograpli)
of Merrick in the capyjla.
Photo Purefoy
North Carolina Mutual to Insert
Time Capsule in New Building
HHS MID H«tO«g Of> TMTMt
YIAR—AsaombM for AM |Mia«*
grap4i ere Rlayen and seadiea ef
the IHJ widefeefed, wiNad and
liam (Lanky) Coles and Curtis MnsearadupoM HlllsMe Higti IdhMt
Sea ORIATS, f«t«Ml team which will hoM
retfnlen IMi west end. MwwA 'a»o
lef» t« right, trmtt rew. NoHK Ct'
rellM Cellefa head feothair ctocl
Hermen Rl^lck who was caa«h a
tha HlftsMa team In 1t43, tabar
ftrry, Irwht Allen, Artis Wuih
JalHmy j^rd, ntemat Allan Thomat WomMa, Goorga Wathing
StanWy imlth. and Curtit Mabry
an ais^Nnt ctSchVef tha 1943
team, tiwisnd nm, aama order, ar«
Jotspih Mtchell, Henry Gamar
Jamas llllatt, Thsma% Taylar
ton, and W.. H. Colaa, alto an aa
tUtant coach in 1943. On tho bacl>
row are ArNtur McCollovgh, WII
Ham Amey Mid Harlie- Page.
?hsto by Purefoy
Time capsule p'aiemcnt ct
monies for the new hpme offic,.
building, 'of the. North Carolina
Mutual Life Ilisitrafice Company
will be held on the site, 411 West
Chapel Hill Street on Sun'iay, Oct
20, at 1:30 P. M.
The program will be presided
over by J. W. Goodloe, Senio’
Vice President and Secretai'y. City
officials, heads of the local pres'
and oompatty (ettresentatives wiii
take part in the prograhi. The tm|*
oapsQl'e will coiitain significint
item* related to Company history
and Other materials and memora
bilia ^depic^ing tr^i^dft' and issue-
of the times. This will incluac
copies of local' and national puD
licatlons.
The ceremony is being held on
the 66th anniversary of the found
ing of the company. It was begun
by a group of Durham professional
and businessmen, headed by the
late John Merrick.
North Carolina Mutual firs'
opened its doors for business on
Oct. 20, 1898. /
Work on the N. C. Mutual’s ${>
million office building was begur
last May.
Organ music for Sunday’s pro
gram will be furnished by John
II. Gattis. Participating minister
wil be Dr. James T. Cleland, Deal
of the Chapel, Duke University
Reverend R. L. Speaks, pastor 61
St. Mark AME Zion Church, anf*
Reverend E. T. Browne, pastor
Mount Vernon Baptist Church. l>r
James W. Eichelberger, Secretary
of Christian Education, 'The Afrl
can Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church will make a special pro
sentatlon.
The capsule, a copper box-likc
coiftainer mounted on concrete
slabs, be inserted In the mam
lobby/'^ tha new multi-million
doliy^offlce building where it will
rcnwn sealed until sometime in
the distant future.
Some ten items will be placed
inside the cap.sule to be preserve*-'
as artifacts and curibs for futurr
generations.
A biography of one of the com
pany’s founders, the late Johr
Merrick, will be placed inside th«
capsule by Winifred Watts, thre»
year old daughter of Dr. and Mrs
Charles D. Watts. She is th great
grand daughter of the late Johr
Merrick and Dr. A.. M. Moore, als^i
qne of the pioneers in establish
ment of the company. The biog
raithy Is entitlM, “The Life o'
John Mcrrick,” and is written by
R. McCanti Andrews.
Building plans for the new home
office wiH be inserted in the time
compartment by C. B. Reynolds,
architect of the Beckett firm which
desiga«d the buldiu^.
W. J. Kennedy, Jr.. past pres'
(iriit and board chairman of the
company, will place items of the
See NCM, 6-A
IN DURHAM SUNDAY—Dr. Archi
bald Carey, Jr., of Chicago, era o
tho oountxy't foramott minittart
and attorneys, will be in Durham
Sunday for an addrott at tiio St
Joseph’t A. M. E. Church at tb«
regular Sunday morning worthip
hour at 11 o'clock and at an open
forum Sunday cvoning at 7 p.m
Attorney M. Hugh Thompton wil
pretlda at the evening program
Sorvicet for tho day will bo in
memory of the lato Coorge W
Cox, who was lisng-time official ol
the church.
Race Situation
In Birmingham
Still Boiliiig
BIRMINGHAM — The smould
ering racial unrest here which
has been dormant^since a recent
wave of boml>ing3 took the Kves
of four Negro Sunday school
girls, continued to brew l>en!alh
the surface this week with op-
pois^ng sides in the long contro
versy exehaMlng verbal sallies.
Dr. Martin Luther King, who
has led a series of successful de
monstrations against racial segr^
gation since tlM Ihis t>oy«ott of
1996, said late last week that
the city was draggfng its feet on
taking steps to revive the racial
crUis, and hinted before an au
dience at a civil rights rally that
Negroes would be forced to de
monstrate In the streets again U
no progress toward solution ol
the probteais art forthcosoiog.
8N MiRMINGH/Ult, ^