Mann Film'Laboratories
7^ Chaj^ham Rd.
Wlnston-Sal^n, H. o’. ., 7/20/Co»p„
MISSISSIPPI TACTICS USED IN WAIiliEN COUNTY TO DISCOURAGE NEGRO REGISTRATION
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Outside View of Registration quarters of Smith Creek precinct
Prospective Neg*^ Registrants (tr»d in lina from 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
attempt to register.
ENFIELD — The Halifax
Vytcr Movement has requested j
the appointment of a Negro to I
UL one of tlic,.,vacancies crcat- j
•d . by the resignation of two!
V{9t«r regi-strars last weelt in
^l^ifax County, the scene of I
concentrated Negro registration i
activity. . However, no Negro
has, been appointed and County |
Board Chairman Robert Shields I
has said, “1 don’t believe the
law specifies that one (a Negro) i
has to be appointed.”. ,
Hundreds of Kegroes, who
outnumber whites .32,000 to 26-
000 in the county,, hayc turned
out during the past two week
ends to register for the May
Primary. ,
The Halifax Voter movement j
has charged that registrars
used a “deliberate slowdown”
in registering Negroes, and peti
tioned for a federal restraining
order.
U. S. District Judge, John D.
Lari(ins issued the order, but
Negro leaders said the tactics
continued and therefore notifi
ed the U. S. Department of Jus- I
tice.
The Justice Department im
mediately dispatched FBI agents
to the Halifax scene to conduct
an investigation of charges
brought by, Negroes £igainst Hali
fax County registrars.
Agents met Monday .with
members of the county board
of elections and attorneys and
requested assistance in the in
vestigation.
The FBI probe resulted frofii
a complaint sent to the Depart
ment of Justice ri’ceiitly i)y A.
C. Cofiold of Weldon, Chairman
of the Halifax Voter'Movemonl
which it pu.ihing Negro regi-
i stration.
Attorney T. Clayton talks with registrar Maitlrr Hayes of Smith Creek Pieci-Tct in
Warren County.
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' Julius Banzet of Warrenton. tiip' Justice Department a wlrc‘ the piillini* placcs £or rcKi.-itrnnlLi
, Attorney for the county hoiird , tlcnyiiif; the voracity of Cofickl's all Ihi.-; wi'ck.
I of cU'ctions, .said tiie FBI agents | cluirges and that he would wel- Accoi-dinK to
1 re.spresented the Civil Rights, come an investigation.
^ Division of J.he Department of | The ordei
Justice. Judge John
BiUi/cl. 1''B[
igcnts lla've reqiiesti'd live
issued by Fcdcrnl > names of persons who have r('-
D. Larkins meant, gislered and the names of some
Approximately two days after I in effect, that (he Halifax rc- who have been re,iatlici. Ap-
Cofield niaile his complaint, gistrars are required to keep parently they will be
Uogert Shields, cluiirnian^of (lie, llieir ref^istraUon books open nt Cd during the investigalioii.
i county board of elections sent , - ■ | ' -
Oak Grove Church Hearing Set
Here For Thursday May 21
The hearing for the Oak
TIrove Free Will Baptist CTiurcll
case has been set for Thursday,
May 21 in the Durham County
Recorders Court instead of May
24 as was announced in last
week’s issue of the Carolina
Times it was revealed here this
week. The case grow out of a
temporary restraining order is
sued by Superior Court Judge
Raymond B. Mallard which pre
vents Rev. Z. D. Harris, pa.stor
of the church from occupying
its pulpit. The church is located
■* hetA At 801 Colfait Stn;et and
the restraining order was sign
ed by several officers of the
church.
Although the temporary order
only restrains Rev. Harris from
occupying the pulpit of the
church for the time being, the
officer.? are seeking a perman
ent order from the court which
will restrain the pastor. Rev.
jyTWiTTRUTM~UNSRtptED^
VOLUME 41—No. 19 DURHAM^.N. C.. 27702, SAT URDAY, MAY 16, 196 i
PRICE: 15 Cents
NAACP To Observe
Year of School Decisio
Judge Higginbotham to Deliver
NCC Comniencement Address
.aboTC photo ihows the jam- tist Church* locatlB^ at 801 Coij church, the congregation was
med packed W. D. Hill Hecrea-lfax Street. Became Ihe paafor.j forced lo employ the use of the
if»n Center here last Sunday the Rev. Z. D. Harris, had beeni Recreation Center in which to
laming which was the scene of barred from (he pulpH by a| hold services. Hearing in the
DURHAM, — North Carolina the Federal Trade Commission.
College President Samuel P.' thus becolning the first Negro
Massie announced recently that j to be a member at the eoinjnis--,
Harris, from occupying both thci college’s 39th annual eotn-j.sion level of any. federal regu-^
pulpit and the parsonage. The; Sunday, May i latory Bgertcy and'the youngest
latter' was ’built ■ under the Sir will' feature iin address by r pe'rsori^ cviTf appointed to tiie
leadership of Rev. I Harris. i A. Leoh HigRinbotham, judge FTC. , . i
Services for the congregation! of the U. S. District Court for Among his'awards is one de-
last Sunday were held at theithe Eastern District of Penn- .signaling him one of Hhe ten
W. D, Hill Recreation Center Uvlvania. - ' most outstanding young men in
el«yen o'clock worship sery-1 court order taken out by • group matter has been set for Thurs- Fayetteville Street with ani Tiie 36-year old judge Hig-i America by- the U. S. Junior
:i6* of the Oak Grove Will Bap-1 of disgruntled officers of thej day. May 21.
Ushers To Open Home
For Unwed Mothers
Sunday June 28 has been set
for the formal opening of the
home for unwed mothers to be
operated in connection with the
Ushers Home, located at Frank-
Unton, it was annouuced here
this week by L. E. Austm, pre
sident of the Interdenomination
al Usher Association of North
(jarolina.
The home for unwed mothers,
will cater primarily to Negro
girls and women and will fill a
long felt need for such a faci
lity, as there is not known to be
«ucH an institution south of
Washington. The capacity in
the begitining will be limited to
a half dozen inmates but as fast
financial conditions will per
mit it is hoped that the capa
city will be soon boosted to
tU\y persons or even a larger
number.
The home will be operated un-
,dcr .the direct supervision of
Mrs, Roxie Small, former owner
and operator of a home for
elderly people in Chatham Coun
ty. Mrs. Small will occupy a
•bbuSe on the premises of the
Ushers Home, which is located
'>n Highway One, just two miles
*ut of Franklinton. The house
the' will occupy has recently
ahdergone extensive renova
tion* and she will hold the posi
tion of superintendent of the in-
■tftution. ^
See USHIRS page 4A
St. Augustine's Commencement
Scheduled for Monday, May 25
RALEIGH — Saint Augus
tine's College will observe Com
mencement week Friday, May
22 through 25.
The calendar of events will in
clude such noted personalities
as EMward L. Cushman, Vice-
president, director and memtier
of the Committee of American
Motors Corporation, who will
deliver the Commencement ad
dress May 25, af 10:30 a.m. in
the Emery Health and Fine Arts
Center.
Cushman became a corpora
tion executive at 40 in a new
aspect of a career in unemploy
ment compensation, a univer
sity professor, government offi
cial, industrial arbitrator, ad
ministrator and management
consultant. He was born in Bos
ton and majored in labor econo
mics at thq University of Michi*
gqn. Upon graduation in 1937,
Cushman became a resaarch
economist for the Michigan Un
employment Conipensafion Com
mission. In he was named
director of the Civil Service
Department of the Michigan
Unemploynxent Compensatioi)
Commission and also assistant
to the state director of the Of-!
ficc of Production Management,
the War Production Board, the
United States Employment Ser
vice and the War Manpower
Commission. He became Michi
gan Director of the WMC and
the U.S. Employment Service in
1&43.
The Reverend Theodore H.
Gibson will keynote the Baca-
laureate Service Sunday, May
24 at 5 p.m. in the College Cha- j
pel. A native of Miami, Florida, |
Father Gibson was graduated I
from Saint Augustine’s College!
and the Bishop Payne Divinity
School, now a part of the Vir
ginia Theological Seminary.
An active participant In civic
and social affairs of his com
munity, Father Gibson led a ma
jor slum clearance program
thirteen years ago, and as a re
sult the Coconut Grove com
munity received sewerage dis
posal, running water and re
moval of old houses. He was in
strumental in the passing of a
city ordinance requiring water
See ST. AUG. Page 4A
overflow crowd, including
Spc HARRIS page 2A
Winchester to
Jjost 41st Meet
Of Virginia Elks
WINCHESTER, Va. —The Vir
£!inia State As.sociation of Elks,
IBI’OE of W. will start its Annual
Convention Saturday, May Hi, in
Winchester, Virginia to continue
through Wednesday, May 20, More
than one thousand (1,000) brother
and daughter Elks are expccted
in the Apple Capital of the World
for this annual affair.
Oemocritic v. Republican Debate
One of the more interestin';
highlights ‘#ill be the debate be
tween David M, Grant, Attorney of
St. Louis, Missouri, Democrat, v.
Grant Reynolds, Attorney of New
York, Ilcpublican. The program
'vill take place at the Douglas
School on North Kent Street, Mon
day, May 18, at 2:30 p.m,, and
vill be centered around the 1964
presidential campaign. It is ex
pccted that the emphasis will be
placed on what the respective maj-
'■r political parties will offer the
Negro voter. Grant is a leading
Missouri Democrat and presently
thcj g'fibotham, a graduate of An-; Chamber of Commerce
tioch College and Yale Universi-| The Commencement schedule,
— I ty Law School, bocame the which begins Saturday with a
youngest person to be appoint-1 meeting of the college’s Nation-
led a federal district judge in al Alumni Association at 10 fim-
! 30 years when he was sv/orn in will include also the commence-
in 1964. I ment play Saturday evening al
A former assistant district 8:15 in the B. N. Duke audito-
attorney in Philadelphia, Pa., rium.
and special deputy attorney
general for the Commonwealth
of Penn.sylvania, he was nomi
nated in 1962 by President
John F. Kennedy for a seven-
Sunday's activities will begin
with the annual Dean of Wo
men's breakfast for graduates
and their parents, scheduled
this year for 9:30 a. ni. in the
year term as a commissioner for! college cafeteria.
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
HIGGINBOTHAM
Coniinenceinent exercises,
which begin al 3 p. in.. will bi’
hold for tlie first lime in the
college's history on the lawn
facing thi; college's Janies K.
Shepard Memorial Library, Tlio
spacious area, whicli will have
as a platform backdrop the im
pressive columns and front ol
the .stalely building, will aceoni-
See NCC pii.^e 4.\
Favor Selective Buying
Asa T. Spaulding Named to UNC
Business Adm'n Honor Society
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company, has just been
elected to lifetime membership
in the University of North Caro
lina School of Business Admini
stration chapter of Beta Gamma
is Director of Legislative Research [ Sigma scholastic honor society
for the St. Louis Board of Alder
men. which Is the governing coun
cil for the city of St. Louis. Rey
nolds is counsel to William E.
Miller, Chairman of the.Republi
can National Committee, a form
er candidate for Congress from
Harlem, and one of America's top
speakers and debaters.
Hobson R. Reynolds, Grand Ex
alted Ruler of the Elks, Joseph F.
Simmons, Grond Secretary and
See ELKS i'age 4;’.
T, Spaulding, President oil “E^ch year the society chooses
‘that businessman who most
nearly embodies the principles
upon which our society was
founded’ and invites him to life
time membarship. It has been
custom for the initiate to make
the address at the banquet fol
lowing the initiation: we look
In a follow-up letter Doan Mau
rice W. Lee of the School of
Business Administration said:
“This is the highest honor that
forward to hearing your re
marks.”
can be extended to a business
man Beta Gamma Sigma
is the honorary fraternity in
ed you to membership as the
honorary initiate for 1964
In notifying Mr. Spaulding of
his election as honorary initiate
for 1964, Dr. Richard I. Levin,
Associate Professor of Manage
ment ahd faculty President of
Beta Gamma Sigma, of the
School of Business Administra
tion, wrote as follows:
“The members of the Univer
sity of North Carolina Chapter
of Beta Gamma Sigma, national
Scholastic honor society in Busl-
-I'.’ss A?lmin*;fration, lisv, sle-,,-
PETERSBURG, VA. — A
joint committee of civil rights
organizations in the Petersburg
area unanimously endorsed an
economic withdrawl in down
town Petersburg, effective Sun
day (May 10)' for an indefinite
period.
The resolution was adopted at
a mass meeting at Mt. Olivel
Baptist Church this week.
A joint statement was issued
by NAACP Chapter President
Dr, L C. Jolmson, David E. Gun ]
ter, Petersburg Improvement;
Association president. Dr. C. M.|
Colson, Eltrick Community As
sociation president, Bristol Rush,
NAACP Youth Chapter presi
dent, and youth leader Roland
Sherrod, which indicated that
the movement was not directed
at any merchant, but at the
“system” which leaves practi
cally all public accomodations
In Petersburg still segregated.
In addition to the economic
i.-
NEW YORK — NAACP bran
ches throughout the country
will bo participating in a vari
ety of events marking (ho lOtii
anniversary of tiic 19.'54 Sup
reme Court decision outlawing
segregation in the public schools,
Sunday. May 17.
thief among these will be the
NAACP ' Freedom Spectacular"
closed-circuit television siiow
on May 14 whicli will be soon
in 46 cjlies across tlie nation.
Commenting on the annliver-
.■Jiiry of the Higii Court edict,
NAACP Executive Secretary
Roy Wilkins noted that 10 year.^
later ‘'well over 90 per cent of
Negro children in southern and
border states still attend all-Ne
gro schools. Meanwhile, cle
facto school segregation in non-
southern areas has increased.
'Clearly, the deci.sion has not
been .self-fulfilling of its great
promise," he said.
'Nevertheless,” Mr. Wilkins
continued "the decision has
been of pivotal iniporlance in
the developing civil rights cri
sis. It was the first sweeping af-
Federal governnieHt of the m-
lierent illegality of compulsory
segregation.
firination by a branch of the
"Its impact has been extended
far beyond the schoolhouse —
to public accommodations, to re
creational and health faciUtici,
to transportation, lo housing,
and to voting. It stimulated the
upsurge of Negro militancy of
the l9GOs, It awakened the con
science of white America to
the injustice of segregation. And
it has provided a firm constitu
tional basis for the continulnB
and accelerated struggle to rid
the nation of the cancer of ra.
cism.”
More than 100 branche^f the
Association will observe the an
niversary through churches and
organized religious groups on
‘Freedom Sunday,” May 17.
The day's programs will focus
on the current stateus of pub
lic school education for Negroes
in both the South and North
community reaction to“tlie civil
bill currently being debated in
the Senate and local promotion
of Negro voter registratiori
drives.
Commemorative services, pub
lic mass meetings and prayer
marches will be hold in such
places as Denver, Colo.; Tren
ton, N. J.; Biloxi, Miss.; Au.xtin.
Tex.; Hartford, Conn.; Pamit.u
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