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VOLUME 41 — No. «
DURHAM, N. C.—27702 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1964
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ro Becomes First 01
To Head United Nations
. |o Post
liHflttD RiATlbNS, N. Y.—Alex
^u8(Mn-Sacker of Ghana be;an
f(iHf*''Tu«8ilay as president ol
UniteA Nstioas General As-
and became the fir^t Ne-
gl^ heid that position in thf
'-TW' ' retiring ' president, Carlos
S|4to»^()4risuez of Venezuela, told
tin^^erabl; that the Ghanain
wis- tlie sole caiK^date and he
'»fufil 'be ^l«cted 11 there were no
'-^We were nMe, and appUuse
frjini iut »jt’ MfT the assembly
k'aH.* QultklV^'^'a^l without objec-
tik.nii ai 'c^ti^ was held and
(J^iiKn-Saeiceya s unanamious-
qHOjel* for thia't if?? position.
'assepibly In-
crklsea meMMvKhip In the U. N.
t(i; 119. lit icc'tjiting three new
mmberg—Haltti Malawi and Zam-
'
ATTORNEY D. E. RAMSEUR of
tKt trust** Board e{ Bt. Paul Ba|>-
tist-Church of Gastonia is shown
w*lctfitiin|t t(i*'1l*v; C. It. Mirehell
«• h*w1y *l«ct*d pastor. Th* Rev.
Mitchell, a graduate of Shaw Uni
versity of Raleigh and a senior in
the School of Divinity, is already
proving.'a valuable asset to the
churth and community.
CR Lawyers of
South Rally to
Robert Ming
RICHMOND — Formation of a
Committee of Southern Civil
Hiqhts Attorneys for re-election of
William H. Ming to the Board of
Directors of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored I’eople '.vas announced here
this weelt by Attorney S. W. Tuc
ker.
Nearly 100 attorneys have jjledfi-
ed to work for Ming’s re-election
through thi'ir liKal NAACP chap
ters. Many have offered funds in
behalf of the Chicago attorney'!-
candidacy.
Ming has served on the NAACP's
Hoard since 19117 and has defend
ed a number of Civil Hights attor
neys who faced disbarment due to
See LAWYERS 4A
it
W ^ ol.
udi. liiiiurfcctioii
j^yvU^ANY.tGa.'— NAACP Le?iil
fund attorneys this week
M^ed a thret-Judge Federal Court
til stop "the “insurrection”
llrqjiacutions of two Civil Rights
te»(Kr( in this strife-torn Soyth
«f*st (>orsiil city.
'Tfi# Legal Defense Fund brief
■MS 'Submitted in behalf of Rev.
Samuel Wells of the Southern
^irljtlan Leadership Conference
tnd bonald Harris, a field seere
tary of the Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Comhiittee.
. 'Aev. Wells was arrested last
^uguft 18.
Both Wells and Harris were
charged with circulating insurrec-
^onai;y papers, and Wells was
further charged with attempting
to incite “insurrection,” a capital
offence under Georgia law.
J^egal Mfense Fund lawyers
Ust year defended Harris and
thrfe othei; ClvU Rights workers
charged ln«upaction. At that
timt, the iMurKction statute was
held unconititutionit.
Albany Police Chief, Laurie
Pritchett, h(tivever, said at a hear
ing that that ruling made no dif
ference to hlm-
f These recpnt arrests came three
days after a Negro was shot and
Vllled by an Albany policeman.
Handbills were distributed by t4ie
^bany Mdn/ement announcing a
meeting to decide what form y pro-
I test should Uk«. After th« August
irietjii4, Wills led a group of
about 16 people toward the police
it|Mon.
As ;U»iy weM peacefully walk
ing, they w^ thowcred with
brick* and bottles. They subse
quently pfeaented p written peti
tion* to the folice. Although they
dgned the petition, Harris tnd
yVells. were not observed pasting
«ut handbills, ,
I 'Legal Def>nM Fund attorneys
fileij a removal petition aAing the
■Fed^al' DiitrfH'- Court to take
Jurisdiction on August 22. WKtn
this*' wai' denied, they sought an
ihjuoctioii to step the prosecutions
on S«ptenber 13. At that time
they also asked that reaiionable
• 6ee INSMRICTION iA
9 White Men
Set Free By
State Court
Mcl'O.Mli, Missi.s.sjppi—The .\t-
lanla-ba.sed .Student Nonvidlent Co
ordinating Ciiinmittee (SNCC) said
tlu“r(> had been more than 20
bombing or a,
at local Ncijn
workers in tlii
>ippi town sin
■SN'CC said
ami;ng them
son attacks aimed
)0s (ir civil .rights
i Snutlnvfst Missis
L'e last .-Xpril.
nine uhiti' nuMi,
tlie self-confe.s.sed
bombers of Negro homes, church
es and biisinessi's, were still at
liberty following the last bomb
ing three weeks ago despite a'
judge's '.varning tliey would be ar
rested if bombing continued.
/ The nine men were arrested
and tril'd October 2H. They en
tered Riiilty ple;is, and were freed
on probation after being .sentenced
to five years in jail each. The
judge. \V II. Watkins, .said the
nine had been "unduly provoked"
in tlie biinitiing attacks that in
cluded bombing a home wherj
Negroes were sleeping and the
bombiiv: attack -on the McComb
SNCC Kreediini House where 10
civil ri'.'bts workeis were asleep.
.Iiiilge Watkins appointed to the
-J—li" li'^iiiet' Governor—lioss l»liJ
r.aiiutt. said lie freed the nine
because they "come from good
families and deserve a second
chance.” lie diil indicate, how
ever that they would be ref|uii'ed
lo serve their five year terms if
fiM'ther bomliinhs occurred. Three
weeks after the latest bombing in
Tylertown, 20 miles from here, all
nine whites were still at large.
(150 white resiilents of MeCumh
i-isned a statement' November 17
calling for an eiul to racial vio
lence and for equal treatment un
der the law for all citizens.
The .statement followed the re
■ent bombing by a few days and
iccoidiii'! to local citizens was
i-nshed into publication to brat
by one day testing of public faeil-
Mles under the 19(>4 Civil liighls
.\ct.
SNCC he'fan its fir.'jt dei-p South
voter registration project here in
The 2.5 bombing and burning
■ittacks included .seven attacks on
Vegro chiirchcs, 13 atleinpts
l)urn or bomb private homes, the
See BOMBING 5A
FOR FIFTEEN consecutive years
of service to the Boys Club Pro-
r.-am of America a presentation
oft he Keystone Award was made
here Ust week to two Durham
men, Asa T. Spaulding, Sr., second
from left, and Theodore Speight,
second from right. Spaulding is |
.^resident of the N. C. Mutual Llle ,
Insurance Company and Speight is I
owner and opsrator of the Speig.hts '
Auto Service. The award was I
made by Bob)}y Sykes of Atlanta,
Gc-crgia, assistant director of tha
Beys Clubs of America, at tht
extr:me left. At the extrema
right in the pictur^ is Lee W.
Smith, director of the John M_
Avery Boy* Club of Durham.
S:\YS
ON A HUNTING TRIP with is lb.
fath*r her* recently, James Whit-
t*d^ Jr., at extreme right, 14-
yrar-old .son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ja^*t Whitt*d, Sr., of 1310 Maple
wood Driv*, shot and killed a 225
buck deer, the first in his
career as a huntsman. The above
picture shows James with his
father, at extreme left, anil two
other friends just after they re
turned to Durham with the deer
from th* hunting trip. In the pic
ture, from left to right are: Mr.
Whitted, senior; Clarence Gentry,
Pearce Adams and James, Jr.
—Times Staff Photo by Purefoy
ROSE HILL
Negroes Stage Boycott
When KKK Threatens
Rose HILIj — Negroes here
have decided to go tlie Ku KIux
Klan one better.
Before the Nov. ^ elections,
Klansmen using ^bullhorns, began
broadcasting warnings to Negroes
in Duplin County telling them to
stay off the streets at night be
cause it would be "dangerous for
them."
In response to the threat, Ne
groes have simply decided to stay
off the streets even during day
light hours.
This means they will boycott all
stores in Rose Hill, at least until
Christmas said Charles A. Me-
Leaii, North Carolina field direc
tor for the National Association
See BOYCOTT 4A
REGINA1.D W. DALTON, who was
elected Justice of Peace in the
November General Election. Dal
ton will b* sworn In Monday, De
cember 7. He is the second Justice
of Peace of his rice in Durham.
L. E. Austin was elected in 1960
and was also re-clected in 1964. .
NAACP Regains
Seven New Units
In Alabama
S(^th Must Not Be
Judged By“ Extremists”
NKW YORK — Charter applica
lions foi' .seven NAACP units have
been received as a result of the
current NAACP reorganization
campaign in Alabama. Ciloster 15
Current director of branches and
field administration, announced
this week
Under the leadership .of Mrs.
Kuby Hurley, NA.\CP Southeast
regional director, and a staff of
four field directors currently
working in the state, branches
have been reorganized in Ran
dolph County, Bullock County,
Anniston, Montgomery, Hirming-
ham and Hu.ssell County. A chap
ter has also been set up at Talla
dega College.
In report to Current on reor
ganization activities, Sidney Fin
ley, N.\ACP field director, stated
that response to the NAACP's re- j
turn lo the state had been very i
enthusiastic and that many local
groups were functioning only un
til the NAACP reorganized.
During his a.ssignment in Ala
bama, Finley has been staying at
the previously all-white Jefferson
Davis Hotel in Anniston. Finley
reported that service and treat
ment at the hotel was courteous
and adequate.
Uovernor Torry !Janfoni, writing
on "The Case for the New South"
in the Dec. 15 issue of l.ook Mag
azine, ’ slates that the point has
l)een real’hed when Hie n.ition
'must undertake a deep rcasse.ss-
ment of t^^ South. The country's
•>resent 'nollon.s—"he says"-~drawn
largely frg^n the activities of white
T-supremacy .cxtremi.'sts — are a.s
dangerously out of touch with
reality yijjlie myths of magnoliiis
and iHtwnlight so long cherished
liyX'''"'y Southerners
A’,v approaching the end of u
fmir-ycar. teroi, as ,['forth Clirolina'a
Chief Executive. Sanford,' accord
Mig to the editors of Look, "has
supported the Negro's fight for
Kpiality more vigorously than any
other public official in Soutlu-rn
liistor.v,"
In liis article ,the Ciovernor de
clares, "The Solid South i. no
more —neither in politics, nor in
the approach to many problems,
principally civil riglils . . .
"Its lime the rest of the United
States realized that there are dc-
Ci'nl white persons all over the
South; that most Southerners are
people of goodwill, with an enor
mous capacity for compassion;
that the Ku Khix Klan no nu)re |
represents the overwhelming ma- I
GOV, SANFORD
jorily of white ^joutlierners than
the Black Muslims reprosent the
Negro ..." , „
He .states tliat, in general, ttiere
is oppostioit lo cxlriiuists while
or iilack, and that there are ■ lead
ers, men burn in this eminlry,'
"who have resoKeil to inipnne
the South's ccciiioniy b.v iniprov.
iiig all ol Its parts, and lo bring
about the orderly ucee|ilance ol
' .See GOVERNOR 4A
Local Woman In Celebration of
tooth Birthday Thursday, Dec. 3
TO NAME BISHOP FAISON’S SUCCESSOR
A special meeting of all officers
of The Church of God in Chri.st
Jesus, Ne# E>eal Incorporated
"with headquarters at 504 S. Queen
St., Durham, has been called for
-Saturday, December 5, at 10:00
>..‘?,''n»e’’!n«etlng is being called by
• group of officers and member:
of the church for the purpose of
considering a building program
and the election of a successor to
the late Bishop C. L. Faison,
founder and head of the church
up to the time of his death,
March 3, 1963. Those participating
officially in the call are;
See SUCfS^SO* ?A
Mrs. Annie B. Spaulding, 715
Massey Avenue, Durham, celebrat
ed her 100th birthday at her
home this week.
Born on December 3, 18U4 at
Pembroke, in Roberson County,
she is the former .Miss .\nnie Bell
I.o'Acry. Mrs. Spaulding first mar-
ried._A. Mcl.oan Moore of Colum
bus County and there were two
daupKiters born lo this union, Mrs.
Ilallie Moore Spaulding, a promi
nent housewife and civic leader
of Bladen County, and the late
Mrs. Adelle Moore .Mingo. Her sec
ond marriage was to Armstead
Spaulding, al.so of Columbus Coun
ty, and there were five children:
Mrs. Lula S. Jack.son. retired
tenclier of Durham, D. F. Spauld
ing, Manager of the Printing De
partment of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,
Durham; Asa T. Spaulding, Presi
dent. North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Armstead Mc
Lean Spaulding, a Columbus Coun
ty farmer, and Mrs. Cecil B. Spaul
ding of New Yorlc, N. Y.
.^!1 of the honuree’s sons and
j3„jht?r: ’.v!t^ the fcer^ios of
MRS. SPAULDING
Mrs. Hattie Spaulding and Mrs.
Cccil B. Spaulding gathered at the
home of Mrs. Lula Jackson, with
whom Mrs. Spaulding resides, on
Sunday, November 29 tor a brief
commemoration of ttie event. Sev
eral grandchildren, great grand
children and a great great grand-
Set BIRTHDAY lA
National Exams
For Teachers at
NCC Dec. 12
Dr. !•' (.!. Sliipinan,. chanrmaii of
liie iJepartnienl of Education at
\orlli I’rolina College, announced
recently that the National Teach-
•r Exumihations will be admini.s-
tired at -North Carolina College
on Saturday, December 12.
liiilletins Ilf Intonnation de-
ci'ibiiig registration procedure
-crihing regisliatiiiii procedures
■iiul containin'.; re.gistralion forms
may In' obtaineif from Dr. Sliip-
man or directly from the National
readier Examinations. Eductional
Testing Service, Box 911, Prince-
lon. New Jersey.
.'\t the iine-day test session a
candidate may take the Common .
Kxmirialii,ns, which include tests
in professional education and
■ieneral education, and one of
!he thirteen teaching area exami
nations which are designed to
\ahiate his understan('."'>ig of Ihe
^llb.i;'ct matter and methods appli
cable to the area he may be as
signed to tt'acli.
Each candidate will reccive an
admi.ssion ticket advising him of
tile exact location of the center
to which be should report, Ship
man advised. Candidates for the
Common Examinations will report
at 8;,'jO am. on December 12 and
will continue, after lunch, until
approximately 3:10 p.m. The
leaching area examinations will
begin at 3:15 p.m. and should
finish at approximately 5:20 p.m.,
accrding to the time schedule for
the.se examinations which ha."
been set up by Educational Test
ing Service.
Chief Executive
To Speak "at
Sheraton Park
WASHINGTON—President Lyn
don B. Johnson will be one of tht
featured speakers when- the Na
tional Urban League bolds a
“Ct.inniunity Action Assembly” De
cember 9-11 at the Sher^n Park
Hotel with the thamc: .“Lifelines
to Equal Opportunity.” Hi» addma.
i£ scheduled for a general assanv*
bly session at 8 p.m. Dac^ IQ,^
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