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Weldon Pastor Under Fire For Anti-Rights Stand
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VOLUME 41 — No. 32
DURHAM, N. C.—27702 —SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1964
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PRICE: 15 Cents
$3 Miilioii Given To Hampton
institute B# James Foundation
U. s. SECRETARY of Commtrc*
Lu4b*r H. HodsM is shown, cen-
Ha, M ht rec»iv«s th« Richard
AIIm Award from Bishop Ciorgc
W. Baber, prtsiding prelate of
Second Episcopal District of
the AME Church, followinq his
address on Tuesday, August 11,
during th'3 AME Retreat and Con
vocation at Saint Joseph's AME
Church.
Others shown are left to riglit:
John H. Wheeler, who introduced
Hodges; Mrs. E. M. Baber, Epis
copal Missionary Supervisor; and
Reverend Melvin Chester Swann,
host pastor.
HAMPTON VA. — Dr-, Je
rome H. Holland, President ol
Hampton Institute, last week
calk'd a $3,000.UUO grant of th(
James Foundation of New York
to Hampton "a bench-mark ir.
American philanthropy, untiues-
i tionably one of the most gener-
SECTY OF COMMERCE
PHOTO BY PUREFOY ous gifts ever made tp a Negro
1 college, and tile largest ever
received tiv Hamuton Institute.
CR ^^Most Importanf^
Says Ex~N. C. Governor
Dr. Charles Jl Lyens QuiU---
NCTA Exec. Secretary Position
Lwther H. Hodges, Secretary
^ the U. S. Department of
Commerce, told, aa, »uidleoce stl
St. Joseph’s AME Church Tues
day, “The obligation o£ every
citizen for keeping us moving
forward on a responsible, peace
ful course has never been great
er. Especially for our church
people, this is true.”
Speaking at the Annual Re
treat and Convocation of the
Second Episcopal District which
began Tuesday and ends Friday,
Hodges continued, “And this
certainly includes the members
and leaders of our Negro
Churches, such as are represent
ed at your conference here in
Durham.”
N. C. Ushers Annual Session to
Convene in Kinston August 20
The North Carolina Teachers
Association has announced the
resignation of Dr. Charles “A"
Lyons, Jr., Executive Secretary,
who has accepted .appojijtment
as Director of Admissions at
Howard University, Washington,
D. C. Dr. Lyon will assume his
duties at Howard September 1.
In addition to his duties as Di
rector of Admissions, he will
serve as Administrative Secre
tary of the University Scholar-
He called the recently passed j ship, Co.mmtttee, and will have
Civil Rights Law “the most im-! general supervision over the
portant civil rights legislation! Student Financial Aids Office
in our nation’s history. Title 10
of this Clyil Rights Act creates
in the Department of Com
merce” he added, “the agency
whch embodies the best hopes
Dr. Lyons came to the North
Carolina Teachers Association
as Executive Secretary August
1, 1962. Under Jiis leadership
the Association has experienced
‘ The impact of this grant on
Hampton Institute's $18,000,000
development program is of_ im
measurable significance. It un
derscores the college’s^ vital
needs for expansion in program,
physical plant and endowment.
“Hampton must continue to
receive grants of this size if il
is to provide the denion.stiubij
superior academic enviroment
required to attract out.standing
studsnts and faculty of all raee^
from aU.x>v«E'..liie >''W4*iid
lastic excellence is not only the
surest path to integration in
higher education, but the under-
lying purpose of the Hampton
Centennial Fund campaign.”
$1,500,000 of the $3,000,OG!)j pn,]l (’ infc:. ncc, ol the Cliristian
grant is for "general corporate, ,\;otho>Iist Kijiscop.-il ('lunch, will
purposes.” The other $1,500,000 | Ije h. id at Ku.ssdi Mi'iiiorial C. M
is to be used for “building reno- 1 i;. Chiiri;h hero, Au.ijust 18-23.
Sec HAMPTON, 4A I See CME, 4A
KINSTON—The Interdemonina-
tional Usiicrs Association of
Ci.'olina will hold its 19(i4
aiimial session hcic al First Hap-
tist Church, South Kast St., I'hur;
(lay, Ausiist 20 throufih Sunday,
.\uyiist 23.
The opening session will- be
win al 12 noon Thusrday. Thurs
day niRht's session will include
welcomc addresses from Icaciin;.^
business and profe.ssioiuil men and
women of the city.
» Delivering the keynote sermon I
:t 11 am, worship services Sun ’’
ilay, will he th(> Rev. C. W. Ward,
pastor of First i:apt*'1 Church,
Raleigh, Music '.vill he by t.ie First j
Uaptist Church Choir, Kins!3Vi. j
Among highlights of he foiir-
day meetin" will be a progress
, i report by Mrs. Roxie . nail on the
-H h(> Ninet>-.sci'ond session ef||lo;iie for Unwed Mol lU’s which
the and .Suutii laiolina An-j (»ranization hopes ‘ open in
Sept. in Franklinton.
L. K. Austin is presi('
EIISHPP BUNTON
CME MEET OPENS
[HERE TUESDAY
REV. WARD
association, which wi” ;
oratorical contcst Sa
P.M. Mrs. Susie Cooper of Oxford
will direct the contest. Scholar
ships will be awarded to the din
ners.
Rev. Nicholson
Says CR Minister
'D-- Black Fool'
■VVELDON, — A long-time
Negro minister in northeastern
North Carolina is coming under
widespread and extremely heat
ed criticism for what Negroes
in Halifax and Northampton
counties charge are his ’‘flag
rantly anti-civil rights activi
ties.”
He is the Reverend McKinley
Nicholson, a resident of Weldon
for over 30 years, and pastor
of several Missionary Baptist
churches in the two northeast
ern Nortli Carolina “blaek-bell”
counties.
Negro civil rights leaders'
charge that Rev. Nicholson hus
been against equal'' rights for
decades __ but that, since the
I intensive civil rights campaigns
I began in the black-belt several
months ago, he has greatly step
ped up his opposition.
They charge him with oppos
ing Negro efforts to register
and vote, with supporting dis-
mmatory emptoymoiit—prac-
tices at while-owned stores,
with advocating schoo.1 segrega
tion, and with intimidating arrd
cursing civil rights pickets.
They point to his activities
during the major voter registra
tion drive which took place in
Halifax County last spring.
There, in the face of concerted
opposition from white segrega
tionists, t li e Halifax Voters
Movement spearheaded a mas
sive Negro voter registration
drive which was centered
around its 11 Negro candidates
for county office. This was the
largest number of Negro candi
dates to run for office in any
county in the South since Re
construction.
The voleii registration drive
See HALIFAX, 4A
of all Americans for responsible j one of the greatest periods of
adjustment to the provisions of growth in its history. Member-
this new law.” 1 ship at an all time high, three
His reference was to the Com- new staff positions have been
See GOVERNOR, 4A added since 1962, the Associa-|
DR. LYONS
tion is more unified, and its pro-
both
the slate ^nd national
See LYONS, 4A
Loll Carey Meet Opens
In Piltsburgh Aug, 31
PITTSBURGH — According
to the Executive Secretary, Dr.
Vrendell C. Somerville, tt)e Six
ty-seventh Session of the Lott
Carey Baptist Foreign Mission
Convention will be held with
the Rodman Street Baptsit
Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
v»nia, August 31-September 4
During the forthcoming ses-
flon, several foreign student,
and dignitaries will be present
ed. Among the foreign visitors
will be: Miss Irene Krishnappa,
Bangalore, India, Reverend
Jeremiah Walker, Liberia, Mr.
Jsaac Thapedi, South Africa,
Mr, Vincent AhagljOtu, Nigeria,
Mls» Hawa Lyon, ‘Liberia, Mr.
Frederick Ouka, Kenya.
His Excellency, Alex-Ouai-
•en-Sackey, Permanent Repre
sentative of Ghana to The
United Nations will deliver the
Feature Address on Internation
al Night, September 4.
Beverend Somerville
See MEET, 4A
gram, contact and influence af | July 25th regarding my attitudf'
toward your candidacy and you'
willingness to meet with me tf
discuss your convictions on civi
rights.
My failure to respond mor
I promptly denotes no lack of re
I spoct or appreciation for your
j invitation. It has always beer
my view that differences o;
opinion between reasonable mcr
can be resolved by quiet confc
ence and exchange of hones'
views. However, my hositanc>
Jackie Robinson Replies to Bari'y Abortion Try Is Shown
Goidwater'sReqiiestforDiscussionl. n ■ r - >■
In Body Examination
Durham Business Chain to Welcome
NCC Students With $5,000 in Gifts
Text of letter from Jackie Rob
inson to Senator Barry Gold-
water in response to Goldwalei
lelier of July 25 to Mr. Robin
son
Senator Barry Goldwater
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Goldwater:
I am in receipt of yours of
Dr. W. T. Armstrong Honored
At NMA Meet in Washington
ROCKY MOUNT, — Dr. W.
T. Armstrong, local physician,
was honored by the National
Medical Association at its 69th
annual session at the Statler—
Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.
C., August 2-4th, by his election
of the chairmanship of the
board of trustees of this organi
zation.
The National Medical Assoet-
tion is composed of some 500U
Negro doctors throughout the
UYiited States and the board ol
trustees is the policy making
body of this organization.
The recipient of this honor
started his career in the national
! organization by leading the
fucther I North Carolina delegation and
Iwa;; soon elected ai secretary of
the House of Delegates.. From
this position he was elevated tr
the office of speaker of the
TEV. LAVVRtNCH A. MILLER,
r:wl/. oppoipitcd pastor of St.
A'.ark A. M. E. Zicn Church. Be
fore coining to Duiham. Rev. Mil-
in replying has been predicated- !:r pastered fhe York Memorial
on genuine doubt as to whethi'-'^
such a conference as you oro-
pose would serve any legitimate
purpose.
You say to me that you a''c
interested in breaking bread
v’ith me and discussing you*'
views on civil rights. Senator
cn pain of appearing facetious
A. M. E. lion Chufcii of Green
ville. Under his leadership, the
fine work previously carried on
i WILMINGTON — A New
I Hanover County Grand Jury
' at 9:35 Tuesday morning de-
: livercd an indictment to Su-
I prrior Court Judge William J.
Bundy charging Dr. Hubert A.
Easton, prominent in medical,
civic, and other circles of tlv?
Eastern Seaboard and pioneer
Civil Rights worker, with the
murder of Miss Alma J. Fred
rick on July 30, 1963.
A capias was issued for the
piiysician - surgeon, who has
pioneered in hospital and school
suits, and he was immediately
released on $10,000 bond.
The death certificate signed
on July 30th, 1963, by Dr. Eaton,
listed the cause of Miss Fred
rick’s death as Anaphylactic
Shock from Penicillin. Death
took place at Dr. Eaton’s North
Seventh Street Clinic reputed
by the former pastor. Rev. Reuben I to be one of the finest in the
1-. Speaks, is expected to go for- j South.
ward wif,') the iLtrte progress. I Fredrick was school li-
“ I brarlan at Charity Public
Government wore 1 School, Charit.V. Her home was
tion if our
placed in your stewardship. 11 , in Kenansvllle, Duplin County.
House of Delegates. After serv- j I must relate to you a ratlier our national security is endang- j SBl officers stated that the
ing two terms in this position well-known story regarding tin i red, then civil rights becomes! body was disinterred iast Decem
he was elected to the Board pi | roted musician, Louis Arm-^ a ineaningbss phrase. | ber 9th and that an autopsy was
Trustees and at this meeting in . strong, who was once asked to ^ Relating to your proposal that I performed at James Walker
Washington he was the over explain jazz. “If you have to we di.scuss civil rights, what; Memorial Hospital here,
whelming choice for the chair-1 ask,” Mr. Armstrong replied, could you possibly have to say'.’j District Solicitor James ^ C.
manship. j “You wouldn't understand.” Are you going to tell me that i Bowman has stated that the au-
During the Convention Presi-1 If at this late date, I have tct you worked for desegregation topsy determined that Miss
dent L. B. Johnson invited the | asy your views on rights, Sena- of eating facilities at local air-1 Fredrick died as a result of an
general officers and the mem tor, I doubt If I would under- ports, when you were a member attempted abortion,
ber of the Board of Trustees to. stand. I seek no private, privi of the Phoenix City Council? | Speaking for the Wilmington
a conference at the White House i ledged information which you Are you going to tell me that; Negro community, T. C. Jervay,
to discuss the present admini j are unwilling to give to the you desegregated the Arizona, editor of the Wilmington Journ-
Some 2,000 college students are
to be the recipient of over $5,000
worth of gifts and services (lur
ing the welcome Fre>iini(‘n pro
gram for New Durham student,'^
according to 1. (), r'uii(!orburi-'
President of the Chain, Tlio pro
ject Aill involve most of the
businesses in the Haiti area ani'
will include now students of N.
C. College, Durham Business Col
lege, I>eShazor Beauty College.
Southeastern Busine.ss College.
Bull City Barber College and Lin
coln Hospital School of Nursing.
The Welcome Freshmen Com
mittee which is chaired hy Mrs.
Callie Day is working hard to
make this project of the Chain
one of its most effec'.ivo y’arly
programs. In essence, the pro
gram will make 2,000 advertising
coupon booklets available as a
part of a promotional kit of the
Chain. In adriiti(m, Chain repre-
■sentation will be featured at all
of the formal ‘ Welcome Student’'
programs of the participating in
stitutions. Spot radio announce
ments and newspaper advertise
ments will also play a part in
publicizing this project. All of
GARRETT
NATHAN GARRETT
IS COMPTROLLER
OF N. C. FUND
Nathan T. Garrett, Certified
Public Accountant, has been nam
ed Comptroller for the North
Carolina Fund.
Garrett, a native of Tarboro. at
tended public schools in Durham,
tlie businesses in the community I then earned a B.A. degree at Yale,
that have not signed up are al-1 graduating in 1952.
ready invited to participate. Those Ater service ia the U. S. Army,
establishments that have noli Garrett entered Wayne State Uni-
stration bills related to Medical j electorate. Furthermore, my op- Air National Guard'' ■ al and long-time friend and com-
care in the United States and to position ,to. you has not been Are you going to tell me that munity worker with the doctor, I signed up should contact J. W I versity in Detroit, taking a grad-
seek support of this organiza-1 based soley on my concerns as you contributed $200 to the said it is general feeling that | Hill at Durham Business College uate course In business adminiS'
tion in getting his legislation j a Negro, but generally, on my. Plioenix NAACP to aid school I Dr. Eaton is the intended vie-, or L O. Funderburg at Mechanics tration. In 1961, he obtained his
See ARM5TR0.NC, 6A 'fears for the future of this nr. ' See Ptjr.jwr.r'M l*. ^ ic. Ap^pTION. V, und r.r-^r.r. 1 CARRiTT,