tenn Film Laboratories 20/Co NEW YEAR TO ALL 0r to BERMUDA •> Tb» tfw. JU«mtUi*r p. Mric iiM*r tlMr dfughtar -wmr^ from Um landiaa «ii EMtom XirliM prop |M V tlM Durham fftinilr pr«- p«i«d to off OB Iht first lag of thoif holiday trip lo B«r- inu4i^ Tita’ gi^ tho R«t. MoMtey M pirtM in Mm Ciu^iUn .niiaitlora eonfoti li • r d iMt Rav. Motolor, pMtor of Mt. OllMd B«pti*t Church, it tehodwlad to raturn to tiw V. S.'pa J«a. 90 —Photo kf Pwnioi VOLUME 40 — No. 52 DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY^ DECEMBER 2S, 1963 PRICE: IS Coat* RITURN RIQUBSTliD Arrest 115 NAACP Marchers On City Hall In Columbia, S. C. For Finishing 2nd in Times Contest i|9)ie City for Bermuda: Trip «A'4eleiitioil of appiidxithately m 6lW Baptist CWttiiseit meihben bravo! sub- Ai^filK' t£m|i«rsturM and icy SHltaithiDuriuin ait- pori SttiWay aftMBovn to give 'ptaitor aAd hi* iamily, the R^. afld'Mri. A. D. Mo*eIey and Ujftit; dlauhter Alexis, a fare- wj^ll bo their trip to Beipiuda. The Moaeley'i stepped aboard u;' JStitera Alriinoi prop-jet at m. and wera alttwnre mo llutnts Jater tor N«w Yoric, the ft^'l^ of .their trip to the sun- t)r^AUfntic :i«lBnd. . wilt^ schedijiled to board 4'|mUih.Q^rs^ Aircr«ilt.qipri).' Jeijtt’ tdiewild on Monday nt>rn'- iQ^ 'ior the •ecoPxJ aod final lap ot j^lr (ri(i to Bermuda. MoMley and hl« .family ^jjjiiipcthd oae week i)i Bermuda a^itklnc the war;q' Atlantic t^a' ivtods befOTa returning to A- 30;- , - -CHlcAd Iteptift iinl» the trip for hit aecend plac^ finish in the Carolina Timea second annual Minuter* Popdln'lty Contest laat spring. Ht and the Rev. J. H. Harris, of Statesville, finished in a ti« for the second prixe^and were awar^d Identical prizes by the TIMES. Rev. Harris accepted u caah prize in lieu of the trip, how«ver. TH« grand prize winner in the conttat, the-Rev. J. R. Dungee, Preibj^erlah minister of Hen derson spent two weelci in the holy'land area last summer on * tri|> given him by the TIMES for lUs hrst place finish. Jrfclvded in tb« delegation bidding gbo^ 1t>ye to the Mose- leya at the tlaletgh-Purham air port Sunday were Mt. Gilead Church’s senior deacon A. L. Tuck and trustee dttieer W. L. CooR. J. Elwood'Carter, TIM£8 promotion director, was also on hand tt> aM the Moteley* off. Oaring Rev.' Maaeley'a ab sence,'the Rev. J. R. Stone, an •btajit paster of Mt. Gilead, will pread« over th^' church’s wor ship services. ^er. Moseley Is' the third Durham mlniater to winr ong ol the top prizes in the conUiit The Rev. J. A. Brown, of Ebene last ye«r's Melvin Swaijh, oiitMkiffot SC Joaepl) aMK i;!lhiu:eb, «rMi tUrd place Iji. thp «M;i^ St. Augustine's Clioir Among A6C Participant! NEW YORK — Eight settings of prayers in praise of the Lord will be broadcast over the ABC Radio Netiworic series, “Negro College Choirs," the first wueic in January. The choir of six memtier institutions of t h • United Negro College Fund will present worlu of composers from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The music will be interpreted by the choirs of St. Augustine’s College, Raleigii; Fisk Univer sity, Nashville, Tenn.; Wiley College, Marsiiall, Tex.; as well as Afforris Brown College, More house College and Clarlc Col lege; att m Atlanta Ga. The pn> gram will originate in New Yoric City, Jan. 5. Three other UiNCF Choir pro grams will be heard during the month. The choir of Huston-TiUot'on College in Austin, Tex., Will b« featured on the broadcast the ... . See CHOIR, 6A iSouth Carolina Capitol Scene Of Protest Demonstration # MRS. TAYLOR Last Rites Held FotWifeMitear J. T. Taylor Funeral services for Mrs. Gala tia C. Taylor, 2106 Fayetteville, St. Durham were held at 1:00 p. m-, Monday, Deceml»er 23.,at A s bury Temple Metho^st See TAYLOR. 2-A and hi* family as fhey leftt fori ley and fheir dauyliMr AlexU, part a week's trip to Bermuda. | A. L. Tuck, Mi** Mary •torrison, Gi- Shown at the mirpert are left, to Mr*. Dorothy SeUe^> Sheila :*(;httitaii''«l>Ml'brav- right, William Cook, Uaiah Ro** I Carrington (partialty ed *ul>-frae*lng tomperarture* to i Mrs. WUhelmenU Carrington. Oti* Davidson, Mr*. Daloras Up- bid farewell at Raleigh Durham Mr*. OMU Davidson. Jimmy Car.j church and Carl Cosart. ejrport Sunday to ihe church's rington, Rev. Moaeley. Mr*. Mo** —Photo by Purefoy pastor, the Rev. A. D. Moaeley, I I Rando^h Reveals New Contact with Railroads 26 Negro Employees to Be Bus Company NEW YORK — Saffcwajr Trall- w^ys, the'unit of Natioaal Trail- w«ys operatiiig betwMti New York and Washington, wiU hire, nine drivers, six Ueket ageata six mechanics and ftVe informa tion girls from minority racial groups by next spring in Kew York City. This specific first step is spell |Mr .Paptlst) won.’ first plae« In led out in an agreemant nagoiat- Association Slates Holiday Meeting MORRlSVlLiLK r— A two-day) oiina. On prograin wiH Iw an- Vftiom Maeting of the New Hope | mial reports of the ooavention’a MfaaMMtry Baptist Aaaodation eornmitteea, a apertal tSaturday wijl -doifvew lMr« Dae. >S-^, at morning eeaaion tor tha feutli, tM 4MMr BaptM Chivch. The a panil discusato« oa tlw elim^ B4iv: Id-X. Dkye i« tbe hoat mifk^iMtlwi of racial halrad, sdigioiiB U(» til, two day aasaton. spaethes and inspirational ser- The raeetiag'MU include par>|mona by aevarii vialUaf minia- tkipMt» frtibi Mytist eburches^ tart.' - - : ' ^hroufbeut Baatm N«irth Car*- jf. .TT'^' ed i>etween Norman Hill, Allan Hoffman and Velma Hill of CORE and Marvin Walsh, execu tive vice preaidant of the com-, pa'ny. At the same time the com i members with the 40-hour worjc WASHINGTON, D. C. — A Philip Rantlolph, President of tiie Brotheshood of Sleeping Car Porters, AFL-CIO, issued the following announcement upon reaching agreement with S3 railroads and the Pullman Com pany on a new contract at 1:00 a. m. today: “The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters has achieved a note- able victory, whies provides our pany agreed to take similar steps at its terminals outside of New York City. To implenvent this provision, CORE Program Director Nor man Hill called upon CORE groupa in Philadelphia, Balti more and WashlRgton “to In vestigate the employment pat tern in all categories at the Trail ways terminal in your city and to loUow through w>Rh local Trailways management. Anotlitr provision of the agree ment la tor knmediate upgrad ing and promotion for present minority group employees in th« rfew York Terminal. week, a wage increase and measure of job protection. "We have achieved what has long been our right and what is now enjoyed by 95 per cent of other raiioad wokers, thinks to the determination of our tion of AFL-CIO PrMident members, the personal praticipa- George Meany and support by the Railway Labor Executives Association. “This victory will now be the basis for securing the same type of improvement ia wages, hours and condiUona for attendants re presented by the Brotherhood on 25 other railroads. Negotiatiooa with management' - will bagbi Sea CONTRACT^ «A COLUMBIA, S, C. — One hundred fifteen members of the local youth and college chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Emancipation Program Holds At CME Churcli Th^ one hundreth annual cele bration of the Emancipatation Proclamation will l>e held here January 1 at 11:00 a. m. at Rus sell Memorial Christian Metho dist Episcopal Church on Alston Avenue. It was anm>unced this we^ ^y Hev. A. L. Thompsjsn, president of the Durham Min isterial Alliance, under whose auspices th^ observance is held each year. Rev. Thompson is al so pastor of the First Calvary Baptist Church of this city. Scheduled to deliver the ad' dress for the celebration this year is J. H. Wheeler, president of (hfe Mechkniea- and Farmers- Bank and chairman of the Durham Committee On Negro Affairs. He will be introduced by Rev. Thompson. Music will be furnished by the Russell Memorial Senior Choir. Thg reading of the Emancipation Proclamation will be read by Mrs. Mamie Y. Alston, Greeting will b«. had Ifrtmt .the , Various 'businelfe and pr^fiMlonal groups ‘of, the city. A puldlic olferl^l ^ill b6 tak en by 'lOrs.' Wtfc rutl»r>'«4d W. J. Kennedy, Jr. The benediction wlii lie by Rev. S. G. McCoy, chaplain. No Room In the Chapel Hill Inn For Four Nearoes By ROTIDE RETSQF (Special to th« Time*) CHAPEL HILL — There was no room in an inn for Negroes here Monday night as four ol them were arrested for seeking accomodation in the University Motel, located on the outskirts of this city near the famous Pines Restaurant, another spot where racial protest have t>een staged. These arrest brought the numt>er of those arrest in this University town to 141 adults and 17 juveniles since demon strations started here 12 days ago. In another incident at the se gregated motel, Carolina Times Managing Editor Harold Foster, was barred fom covering the racial incident w(hen he was ordered off the motel property by Ctiarlle Nottingham, vice- president of the corporation which owns the motel and the Pines RMtaurant. Nottingham pointed to him and said, “I don’t want you on my property.’ He was shown a press card by Foster, but refused to re- cogiiUa it iayitig, ^*I don’t care what you are, I just don’t want you On, these premises.” Foster, 21 and editor of the NMth Carolina College students newspaper the Campus Echo, was' th^ only Negro reporter on scene and the only reporter asked to leave. Arrested for trespaasing were Arthur Crisp and Arthur Tracey of DanviUe, Va., and Shirley Pendargraft and WMlia Sanders People were arrested here Mon day, December 16, when they at tempted a protest march on City Han. From chapters at Allen Uni versity, Benedict College, C. A Johnson and Booker T. Washing ton high schools, the marchers were charged with parading without a permit and disorderly conduct, and were released on $300.bail each with the excep tion of Timothy Smith. Smith if allegwd to have tacki ed a policeman. And, in addition to the other charges, he was charged with Msault. His biiil was $l,000.v'*'(^ Rev. Lin^^y E. Crumlin, Columbia branch president and Rev, I. D. Newman, NAACP field secretary, also marched with the group. NAACP defense counsel on the scene included Matthew J. Perry, Lincoln C. Jenkins and Hemphill P. Pride of Columbia. The group, singing and carry ing an.ti-segregation sigt);, be gan the march from Gervis St ai^ had gone only two blocki before they were arrested. "•rtiriRlBnWlfe Of the march, NA ACP ^iclais said, was to pro test the general practice of racial segregation and to indicate to the city officials that the Negro community is dissatisfied with the rate of progress being made See CAPITOL, 6A HAPPY NEW YEAR! — These, They are, from left to right; coed* at A. and T. College, in Marcia Nunn. Sanford; Linda the spirit of 1984. extends Happy, Harper, Lenoir and Sandia New Year greetings. '»[ Thompion, Charlotte. Deltas Sorority Furnishes Bail For So. Carolina Demonstrator WASHINGTON, D. C. —| dine P. Wood* of Los Angeles, Christmas giving means many > president of the interracial wom- things, but to the women of De- j on’s public service group, who Ita Sigma Thcta Sorority this | announced that the 136 chapters of the sorority have agreed to participate in an unique “Delta Christmas Party” in the rural South Carolina town. The presentation of ttie sor ority’s Xmas contribution to the Orangeburg Movement’s bail bond fund will be made at a public rally at the Trinity Me thodist Church in Orangeburg, to be held at 4 p. m. Sunday, Dec ember 22. The date marks the end of the official period of mourning for the late President John F. Kennedy who in Janu- DR. GERALDINE P. WOODS a^y of this year was the princi- National President _ pal speaker at Delta Sigma Delta Sigma Tbeta Sorority Theta’s 50th anniversary cele bration in. Washington. year’s holiday gift will provide j ball bond money for high school j “Mirs. Marietta Cephas of Peters and college students of Orange- burg, Virginia, regional director burg. South Carolina, who have i of the organization, wiil make been jailed for participating in the presentation at the “Delta peaceful civil rights demonstra-! Christmas Party” in Orangeburg tiors in that community. [ and Attorney Earl Coblyn of the These gifts of treedoni were j Law School of South Carolina announced today by Dr. Geral-' See SORORITY, 6A •« i.. African Student '» . I.. « i, a I 1. , it .. I .* Of Chinese Race A young African student’s di sillusioned report on life in Red China appears in the January is sue of Harper’s Magazine. Emmanuel John Hevi left Ghana late in 1960 to study me dicine in Peking. He had t>cOT promised Paradise, but the di sturbing realities of plumbing, propagairda, segregation and campus life soon, dimmed his ardor. “Oiit of'a,"total of 118 Afri can studaots who studied In China during my time, ninety- six have actually left and a fur ther tent had signified their in tention to leave,” he writes. “In my view there were two causes of the student exodus: First, China failed us miserably Presldant Lyndon B.' John«)n; Dorothy I. Height, National Pre-j by not offering a standard and confer* with Nagro woman lead er* on problam* of Civil Right* Dr. Ro*a aragg (Uft) Pre*idant, National A**ociation of Colored Woman CliAs, lac. and MUi *ident. National Council of Ne-! quality of education acceptable gro Women, Inc., met with the j to us. Second, we were diser^ Chief Executive at the White House, Friday, December 13. Ex-Cotton Farmer Is Reaping Financial Harvest In Pecans WASHINGTON, D. C. — A far mer who hasn’t planted cotton in years on his hilly farm now counts mostly on trees — pe cans, pines and hardwoods — selling tons of nuts to the Christ mas market and timber and plup wood from time to time. He is Dewey Bedell, a part- time farmer aM merchant of Au burn, Ala., 'who has 200 acres in trees, including four of pecan on his 270 acres of rolling hills that were once eroded and al most worn out by the constant production of cOtton. i We liavan’t planted cotton • #•« WO ROPM. S-A **?«’ in abo^ S3 yean;," s^ys £Jr Bedell. “We got poor yields, watched gullies grow and had trouble finding good help.” Mr. Bedell gave up bricklay ing in 1031 to farm with hir father-in-law, Britton Drake who died two years ago. Years before, his father-in-law, like some of the plantation own ers in the area, began setting out pecan trees. Little by little, they added more trees until now there are four acres of them, producing nearly five tons of nuts during most good years such as this one. When Mr. an^ Mrs. Bedell and See RIAPS, 6A chanted with socialism when we discovered that the Chinese brand of socialism was not the material of our dreame — nor the nostrum by which w* dream ed to cure all the ills of Afri can society.” During Mr. Hevl’s time in Peking groups of eight students occupied a room of ten feet by twelve feet, filled with beds and all of their belongings. The col lege had one bath-house to ac comodate 5,000 students. Students were required to at- tfend four of five hours of com pulsory political lectures each week. If they got tow marks in political studies they laced the danger of being expelled to col lective farma, no matter how good their other grades. , Mr. Hevi aays that Negro stu dents were constantly spied up on by their friends.” “The Chines^ have so I o n g posed as defenders of the Afri can and the persecuted racLS ArkiCAH 0..

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