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K. c. 7/20/;oh). NAACPSays Negro Vote May Reach Seven Million North Carolina Among Leading States in Drive for Registrants PflBW YORK—Incomplete, prc- IkMlnary figures received from NAACP representatives and others in the field indicate a registration j ot nearly 5i5(K),000 Negro voters ift 34 states and tlic District of! Columbia as of Oct. 1. tn announcing these figures Mi«s Althea T. L. Simmons, co ordinator of the NAACp nation wide voter registration drive, poUUed out that registration is continuing into the early part of the month in 13 of these states. She also noted that no reports had been received at NAACP headquarters from 16 states, most them with Negro populations. Moreover, final reports are yet to be received from most of the 34 states represented in the present sarvey. On the basis of 'the reports and the continuing stepped-'tip drive to enroll every eligible Negro, Miss Silnmons ventured to cstimatfe a rfeglstration of about 6,500,000 by Election Day, Nov. 3. “The figure may well enough approach 7,000,- 080',’’ she add^d. Nationwide, the potential Negro vote is about 12,000,000. A signi ficant portion of this potential Uves in Alabama, Mississippi, touisiana and other southern RUTM VOLUME 41 — No. 41 DURHAM, N. C- -27702 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1964 RETURN REQUESTED PRICE: 15 Cent> Palmer Named Executive Sec'y N. C. Teachers Elliot B. Palmer, a Durham stetes where Negro registration is ! native and principal of Lakevie'.v kept low through systematic pro grains of repression, reprisal, trickery and intimidation. The heaviest Negro registration reported for such pivotal and electoral college vote states M California, Iliinois, Michigan, Elementary School, has been chosen executive secretary of the North Carolina Teachers Associa tion, and will assume duties No vember 1 in the Raletgh head quarters of the association. Holder of bachelor’s and mas- Dr. Martin Luther King Awarded Nobel Prize I^w York and Texas, in each of j ter’s degrees from North Carolina 'tfibtch' the' present estlmale l.-i' Colle.^c, Palmer, 31, in married to ■bout 300,000. There has also keen a .significant increase in Ne- liro registration in key southern tbytes — Florida, Georgia, North »nd South Carolina, and 'Virginia. See VOTE 4A TIMES PUBLISHER TO DELIVER MEN’S DAY TALK IN D. C. WASHINGTON — Brown Memo rial AME Church, 130 14th Street, N.E., will hold Annual Men’s Day, | Sunday, October 18, with L. E ! Austin, publisher of the Carolina Times, as main speaker at the 11 a.m. worship service. Harry M. Carey, Sr., chairman of the day’s activities, will pre side at the program which will follow the theme, “Stouthearted Men." The Rev. A. J. Mattison is pastor of the church. Music will Advocate of Non-Violence Honored For Civil Rights Fight in South OSLO, Norway — The selection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as 1964 recipient of the Nobel I'oace Prize ’.vas announced Wednesday by the Oslo Nobel Institute. Born in Geopgia, King, who is the third__Jl^^o to receive the peace'prize, will be presented (lie award on Dec. 10—the anniversary of the death of the originator ot the citation—at the University of Oslo. An ordained minister, who at tended Crozer Theological Semi- nai-y, Chester, Pa., and holds I he former A. Marjorie'Tsiylor of Kittiell. They arc the' parents of one son, Elliott, Jr., who is 15 months old. Palmer will receive a salary of See PALMER, 4A be provided by the Men s Chorus | from Boston University, and John Flucas will introduce 1 jgjf) in Atlanta,, where he is the speaker. |)r. Miles Mark Fisher to be SS Class At an afternoon .service, begin ning at 5 P.M., William Boush, co-chairman of Men’s Day will preside. Austin’s address in Washington, Sunday will follow otiiers he has delivered within the past three weeks in Rich Square, Reidsville, Greensboro. On Sunday, October 25 he will be the speaker at 11:00 -A. the Immanuel AME Church In t>urhami DR. KING k m 'a hospital that he •wa.'i “derply - moved and gratified and honored” to be chosen for ,Jhe prize. His wife described him as "thorough ly exhausted and getting a eheck- up.” “Martin Luther King,” said the medal and a diploma ar^“ also part institute in announcing the award. , of the prize. (ioldsboro Churcli ITo Celel)rate tooth j Anniversary Sunday I COLDSUOItO— A week’s celc- I i bri:ti n. Oct. Ifl 'i.'J. will mark tiie | I 100th Anniversar>’ of the Kir.st | African Baptist ('h)irch. 408 W. : Pine Strei't. according to the pas-' tor. the Kev. M. \V. Morgan. ! Worship .«er,vk:Ps will be lu'ld | nightly at 7:30 p.m. witli a spe-; cial prucram set for Sunday, llie' la.st day of the annivei-sary. 1 HOMECOMING BOOSTS N. b«r 21-24. The foIlo'Aing persons will be'*-- *-•—A, Smith, a| A native of Greensboro, sht will the main speakers on the various | sociology "laior at North ^ be a principal fiflure in th« col- ninhts: Monday, Oct. IS, the Rev. I Carolina College, will be one of liege's hortiecoming, Saturday, Oc- G. H. Cro.ss pastor First Baptist ^ Eagles' most rabid boost-1 tober 24, when Hie Eagles meet Church, Goldsboro. (A. 1). Reid I *hen she reigns as Miss Home-, the Maryland State"Hawks in Dur- wiil ' prvside); Tuesday. Oct: 20,1 coming diu'ing the !«eek of Octo- j ham. the Rev. W. .Somerville, exccu-j - ^ ' '* *~~r- live secretary, I^otl Carey Baptist! Foreign Mission Convention, “has .consistently as.serted I lie principle of nonviolence.” King’s award, the announcement of which ended months of fumor and speculation, totals 27^000 S'.^edish kroner, or $53,123. A gold A disciple of the teadiinus of hidia's .Mahatma Gandlii, whose A will preside); Wednesday, Oct,^21, the Uev. Dr. J. i:. Cheek, presi dent. Shaw University. (Dr. H. F. Cofield will preside); Thursday, .M. A, Sloan, vice president, home office operations. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., (Mrs. F. 0. Pettaway will preside'); Fri day, the Uev. Dr. R. M. Pitts, pas- Sce KING 4A North Carolina College will de liver the pnacipal address for an occasion that will feature tributes from the church s auxiliaries. Dr. Fisher, one of the nation's ten top pastors, is also a noted author and educator. He announc ed early last year his plan to re tire from the White Rock pulpit in 1964. His latest book. Negro Slave Sengs in th>a United States, has recently been puj»iishcd in a paperback edition. In addition to his pastorate, Dr. Fi.'her has for some time served as prore.ssor of Religious History at Shaw University. Raleigh. Dr. Fisher’s ministerial career started at Racine, Wiscon.sin, in 1920. From 1922 to 1928 he served as a member of the faculty at Vir- Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, pastor ginia Union University, Richmond: ! DR. FISHER principles lie followed in leading | Shiloh Baptist Church, Wius- a successful boycott of city busses | t„n-Salem, (Mrs. D. W. Hardy will in Montgomery, Al«., in 1B55. King prtislde). At 8 p.m. Saturday at a ban quet, the Rev. Dr. K. B. Turner, pastor. First Baptist Church, Lum- berton, will be th^ main speaker, and C. K. Harris will preside. Sunday’s closing services ‘>viH feature the pastdr , Rev. Morgan, in a sermon at 11 a.m., and at 3 p.m. Dr. William ■ R. Strasshor, of White Rock Baptist Church for the past-31 years, will be honored by the church’s Siisie V. Norfleet Bible Class at a special program at the church at 7:30 Sunday eve ning, October 18. Historian Caulbert A. Jones of In 1930 ho married the former Mi.ss Ada Fo.ster, who was at that j time teacher of Greek at Union. From 1930 until 1933 Dr. Fi.sh- rr pastored the Sixteenth Street' Baptist Church of Charleston, W. I See FISHER 4A I REV. E. T. BROWNE LOTT CAREY SECT MRS. E. T. BROWNE Lillington Beautician Still In Lead As Contest Enters Fourth Week The four top contenders in the Carolina Times fourth annual Bcfiuticians Contest continued their nip and tuck pace! '^lis week V the contest neared the closing date which will be Mbnday, Octo ber 28. Again Mrs. Nancy P. McKoy of yUington continued to hold on to the first place in the race with Montez Bates and Miss Vic toria Moore bringing up a close Hoond and third position. Not too (ar behind, however, was Miss Gloria Hankins of Southport who is the contestant, some have pre dicted may be the darkhorse that Will outrun all of the top con testants in the closing days and walk off with one of the three (irizes, if not the first prize. With only a little les* than two weeks to go the contest manager was preparing for any upset or lurprise that might take place in the closing moments of the con test by a darkhorse candidate en- terini the picture and outrunning the Miding contestants for top honors or the beautiful mink stole, the .second honors, the air- (ila'ne roundtrip to Bermuda oi the third honors- which is an air plane roundtrip to the New York World’s Fair. Again the contest manager is urging all contestants to mail or bring their reports to the Caro lina Times office, 436 E. Petti grew Street by Monday noon each week so that tabulating of the standings can be completed by Wednesday noon. The Carolina Times deadline press time. All contestants with less than 100.000 points have been dropped from this '.veck’s relative stand ings as being too far behind to See CONTEST 4A RED MOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH TO OBSERVE HOMECOMING, OCTOBER II Red Mountain Baptist Church of Rougemont will observe its annual homecoming day Sunday, October 18. Service will begin at 11:30 a. m. Rev. J. A. Stewart will be the speaker. Guest soloist for the occasion will he Mrs. Violet Perry of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Dimer will be served. Everyone is cordially invited. Sommerville To Head Pilgrimage To Africa MRS. L. M. HAK?.1S Baptist IVov. 3 Kittrell College Launches Massive Renovation and Expansion Drive KITTRELL — Kittrell College, which began its 79th year of operation on Octfibor 15. has cur rently under way u massive pro- grahi of renovation and expansion. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Bishop George W. Ba ber, has sparked an intensive drive to expand the faclIitfeS.- Every building on the cnmpus will fall within the .scope of the projected plan of renovation. Spe cial emphases are being placed in tlie area of food service and dor mitory .space. Tlie expansion pro gram, which is now in its fourth year, is being carried out under public relations director. Hampton 1 the direction of the president. Dr. Institute, and a former president | Philip R. Cousin, who is beginning of Shaw University will deliver an | his fifth year as Ihe college’* addfesi The First African Baptist Church was organized as a Sunday School by the Superintendent of a white Bapti.st church's Sunday School in 1862. and in 1864 the present site was purcha.sed and a Church erceted. Rev. Morgan, the pre.sont pastor, assumed duties in 1943. chief administrator. At it» annual fall convocation to open its 79th season on October IS, the college presented the Kev. John Miller, pastor of Golcr Metropolitan AME Church. Wins ton-Salem—which reportedly the largest congregation ii frISHOP BABKR aion. He is a graduate of Livingstone College and HaocI Theological Seminary. The. afternoon message Aa.s de- has liv.cied by Ger»ld Lamb, treasurer its of the State of Connecticut, and denomination in the Soutii—as the firsi Negro to be elected to guest minister at the morning scs-la state.v^ide Office in Connecticut. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accord ing to announcement from the Headquarters of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Conven tion, Dr. Wendell C. Somerville, E?;ecutive Secretary, will head a delegation of eighteen officials on a "Spiritual Safari” to Africa, November 3. Dr, Somerville states that the main purpose of this pilgrimage is to dedicate a new modern Class room Building ■A'hich has recently been completed at Lott Carey Mission, Brewervile, Liberia. While visiting the beautiful campus at Brewerville, the offi cials will formally designate five (S) Mission buildings with Bronze Plaques. These buildings are nam ed in memory of the following missionary leaders: 1. “The Randolph Building”— in memory of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Randolph, Washington!, D. C. 2. “'The C. S, Brown Building” —in memory of the late Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Brown, Winton. 3. “The W. H. Thomas Build ing”—in memory of the late Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas, pioneer missionaries. 4. “The Bullock Building’’— in memory of the Rev. G. d. and and Raleigh. 5. “The Benefactor's Building” —in memory of numerous bene factors of the Lott Carey Conven tion. In addition to the significant events at the Mission Station, the delegation will be the guests of the Admlni.strations of the fol lowing countries: Liberia President, William V. S. Tubman, President Kwame NKrumah, Ghana and President Nnamdi Aziki’Aie of Nigeria. The Embassies of these leading African nations have extended full and complete cooperation in providing entertainment for the members of this delegation in these respective countries. The following persons are mem ber# of this “Spiritual Safari": The Rev. J. C. Hairston, Pitts burgh, Penns.vlvania; Mrs. J. C. Hairston, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl vania: The Rev. M. L, Wilson, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. Lucinda Har ris, Durham; Mrs. Agnes Jordan, Portsmouth. Virginia; Tlie Rev. E. T. Browne. Durham; Dr. Rose Butler Browne. DurtiHm; Mrs. Henrietta Tidball, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts; The Rev. Milton Reid^ Petersburg, Virginia; The Rev. 0. D. Brown, Richmond, Virginia; Mrs. M. A. Horne, Win ston-Salem; The Kev. H. Edward Whitaker, Portsmouth, Virginia; The Rev. Charles Green, Wa.sh- iiigton, D. C.; The Rev. Henry Miles, Washington. D. C,; Mrs. 1 Mary Eagle, Akron. Ohio; The Rev. Elmer Williams, Vauxhall, New Jersey; Mrs. Juette L. Jack son, Washington," D. C. Dr. Somerville further states that this pilgrimage will travel by Pan American World Airwa.vs and will return from Africa by 'A’ay of Rome. Italy and Paris, France, i Oxiey Named V-Chaltian "Senior I Citizens for Humphrey & Johnson I WASIII.’VGTO.V — Lawrence A« of State and Federal government I OxIey. former a.ssistant to Tjaboi j service, Oxiey established himself Secretary Frances Perkins, last as an authority on prnblems of week named Vice Chairman of! the Negro worker. While at the ' I^bor Department, he directed I "Senior Citizens lor Johnson and Humphrey.” two nation-wide studies aimed at better utilizing the skills and The nationwide organization j abilities of mlmirity group work- MRS. C. H, WINSTON Racial Barrier Is Broken at Murdoch Center NCM Officials Attend LOMA Meet with headquarters here is jointly ciiairel by Sen. I’at McNamara (D-Mich.) and lUp. John Fogarty (D-R.I.). Oxley’.^ activities in behalf o' the nation’s 18,000.000 senior citi zens will take Jiim tq Missouri' Ohio, IIlinoi.s. Massachu.selts and California, where he will urge Democrats and Republicans alike to support the J'ohnson-Humphrey ticket and “the present adminis tration’s progressive programs for older people.” He will urge the election of Congressmen and Sen ators who endorse the President’s proposal to strengthen the social ■security system and through it offer the aged a practical approach to medical care. Mrs. Louise T. McCrea, Assis tant Secretary, and Maceo A. Sloan,: (XU, Vice President-Home Office Operations,' have returned , in New York City, to the City after attending the One of the outstanding features 41sti Annual Conference of Life I of the meeting, attended by more 0. S. BuUotk, Wasliington, D. (.'.Ofiice Mauasement Ass'odatioE See OFFICIALS 4A ___ (LOMA). The meeting was held Septem her 28-30. the Statler Hilton Hotel' Mrs. James A. Hinnant, and the wife of Clarence Winston, Jr., who is affiliated with the Veterans Administration Ho«nital of Diir- Murdoch Center, Butner, has hired it's first Negro nurse, Mrs. Clenso H. Winston, a graduate of Durham School of Pratical Nurs ing, cla.ss of 1957. Mrs. Winston has been hired on (he basis of good experience, I and outstanding personality and j excellent work. i National Coun- She is the daughter of Mr. and , Oxiey has been campaigning for improved social security, welfare and medical benefits for the el derly since his retirement from the Lebor Department in 1987. In cil of Senior Citizens as director of special projects. At 77, he Is a veteran of five presideutla) campaigns. , , . r'vii’L ;mx. ers and organized some notable State conferences on the subject. As a member of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, he prepared two Rock efeller-Sponsored reports dealing with ' the “Handicapped Negro Child,” He has addressed him self to all aspects of Negro wel fare in countless ncw.spaper and magazine articles. A popular speaker as well as author, he has appeared before civic, religious and veterans’ groups in every State of the uni(m. He i.T a prominent layman in the Episcopal Church, an active or ganizer of American Legion posts in Ihe Smith, and president for 11 years Mie Plg.skin Club, or ganized by Negro leaders from ten States along the Atlantic sea-i* board. / Oxiey, a veteran of World 1. said he will seek to organiJEe “Senior Citizens for Johnson «»d Humphrey” at the state and,l,f^] levels, ’’because it Is Impoptunt that .seniof* get out and to ’proUtet**^ programs that ]^tect ( Weidetly.” - , . .