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RECEIVES TROPHY—F. V. Allison, Jr., outgoing president of the Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain, receives trophy for dedicated service from Wyatt C. Fowler Member of Ex
ecutive Board. (Photo by Elliott)
N. Y. Minister Charges Black
Clergymen Of U. 5. Have Failed
NEW YORK—First of all, I
have no personal, social or the
ological axe to grind 1 , therefore,
I will bring the facts to you as
they are.
During 1969, I traveled in
several countries in Europe,
country, and he fails to make
Africa, South America and the
West Indies. I traveled with
people from Presidents and
Prime Ministers to people in
the market place, most of these
people I talked with are very
disappointed in the Afro-
American clergymen, because
he has failed to speak out
against wrong doing in his own
colntry, and he fails to make
friends with people of other
countries.
A leading clergyman in Ku
masi, Ghana said to me: "Most
Afro-American clergymen are
introverts." As he continued:
"They have failed the people
of Ghana."
A young clergyman came to
my hotel in Georgetown, Guy
ana and said to me: "Mr. Brad
ford, I am happy to see you.
(See CLERGYMEN page 2A)
Representative Julian Bond Charges The United
States With Conspiracy Chicago
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BUSY EXECUTIVE Nathaniel Barber, ex- native of Gastonia he was the city's first Ne
ecut iv e secretary-treasurer of Excelsior gro city councilman. He was also treasurer
Credit Union sits at his desk in his Gastonia of the city of Gastonia—the first Negro in
office. Although extremely busy, he is always the United States to hold that distinguished
courteous and willing to serve customers. A honor.
Three Charged With Sedition Win Court Victory
WASHINGTON,D. C.—Victo
ries have been won the Courts
here by three young people
who were once charged with
sedition in the mountains of
Eastern Kentucky. They were
working to end poverty and
strip mining when arrected.
The U. S. Supreme Court
agreed to hear the appeal of
Joseph Mulloy of Louisville,
Ky., who was ordered to appear
for Army induction after the
sedition charges against him
was dismissed.
Mulloy is under a five-year
sentence for refusing to be in
ducted under orders from Draft
Board 47 in Louisville. He is
•n organizer for the Southern
Conference Educational Fund
(SCED, a civil rights group
Last Rites Thursday For Mrs.
J. A. Stewart at Immanuel
Mrs. Nancy Lee Stewart,
77, wife of the Rev. James
A. Stewart, died Monday at
2 p.m Funeral services will be
held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Im
manuel Seventh Day Adventist
Church, the Rev, 0. U Holi
ness officiating. Burial will be
at New Hill Baptist Church
Cemetery, New Hill.
She is survived by her hus
band; four sons, the Rev.
Colonel A. Stewart of Teaneck,
N. J., the Rev. David N. Ste
wart of Tampa, Fla., William J.
and James E. Stewart of Dur
ham; three daughters, Mrs.
Vivian S. Cooper of Teaneck,
N. J., Mrs Christine Reese of
Durham and Mrs. Nannie Leo
nard Stewart of the home;
based in Louisville.
The U. S. Court of Appeals
delayed l the trial of Alan and
Margaret McSurely, formerly
of Pikeville, Ky., charged with
contempt of Congress. They
were to have been tried Jan.
19 in U. S. Court here.
The McSurelys were charged
with refusing to give Senator
McClellan, Arkansas Democrat,
papers and SCEF material
seized in a raid on their home.
The material was seised when
tbey were arrested for sedition,
and it wis subpoenaed by Mc-
Clellan after the sedition charg
ed was disciised.
The Court of Appeals acted
on a suit filed by the McSure
lys and SCEF just before they
rere to appear before McClel-
MRS. STB WART
six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Lan last March 4. The court de
layed trial on the contempt
charge until it 'can consider
the merits of the suit, which
asks for stopping of the prose
cution and $300,000 damages.
Mulloy charges that the coal
operators in Eastern Kentucky
are the moving force behind
prosecution and that of the Mc-
Surelys. He says the draft
board was influenced by the
operators when it refused to
classify him as a conscientious
objector.
The Supreme Court acted on
a petition filed by Prof. Robert
A. Sedler of the University of
Kentucky in Mulloy*s behalf.
Sedler charged that Draft
Board 47 is incompetent.
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VOLUME 49 No. 5
Shaw Univ. Gets New Vice
President For Development
Dr. King Cheek
Reveals Latest
Appointment
RALEIGH Dr. King V.
Cheek, Jr., Shaw University
President, announced the ap
pointment of Romallus O. Mur
phy as Vice President for De
velopment and! University Re
lations.
Mr. Hurphy came to Shaw in
1968 as Special Assistant to
Dr. James E. Cheek, then
president of the University,
after serving as Executive Sec
retary, Mayor's Community
Relations Committee in Ral
eigh.
He received his undergrad
uate degree from Howard Uni
versity in Washington, D. C. in
1991 and an L.L.B. in 1966
from the University of North
Carolina Law School.
Mr. Murphy brings to this
position vast knowledge in ad
ministrative and legal experi
ence from private industry, pri
vate practice and military serv
ice. In addition to his private
law practice in New Bern, Eli
zabeth City, Wilson and Ral
eigh, he served as Executive
Director of Erie, Penssylvania's
Human Relations Commission;
a Consultant-Counclliator with
the Federal Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission,
Washington, D. C.; and since
1968, a member of the Panel
of Arbitrators, American Arbi
tration Association. In addition,
he is currently serving on the
Congressman
Makes Report
After Testimony
CHICAGO, HI. "The real
conspiracy is in the govern
ment of the United States,"
Georgia State Representative
Julian Bond said after testify
ing for the defense in the Chi
cago 7 Conspiracy trial here
last week.
Bond told newsmen "a con
scious conspiracy exists in
Washington and in police sta
tions and prosecutor's offices
across this land to stamp out
dissent, either through mid
night assassinations like those
that murdered Fred Hampton
or through judical farces like
the Chicago trial."
Bond testified January 13 on
behalf of the seven men in
dicted by a Federal Grand Jury
in Chicago last year for cross
ing state lines to conspire to
incite violence at the 1968
Democratic National Conven
tion. (An eight defendant.
Black Panther leader Bobby
Seale, has had his case sepa
rated from the others when
Seale vehemently protested the
trial judge's refusal to let Seale
choose his own lawyer. Seale
was sentenced to four years in
jail on contempt of court
charges.)
The young Georgia lawmak
er testified that two of the
defendants, Tom Hayden and
David Dellinger, had told him
months before the convention
in separate meetings that they
feared violence from police
during the convention from
Chicago authorities.
Bond and Hayden talked in
a Nashville, Tennessee motel
room on April 5, 1968 and dis
cussed the planned convention
demonstrations as riot gunfire
echoed in the streets a few
hours after Dr. Martin Luther
King was assassinated.
He said Hayden expressed a
(See BOND page 2A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1970
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MURPHY
National Community Disputes
Settlement Panel
He passed the North Carolina
Bar Examination in August of
1906 and began practice of
law in September of that year.
He was admitted to practice in
the U. S. District Court for the
Easters District in October,
1956; Middle District Decem
ber, 1961; U. S. Court of Ap
peals for the Fourth Circuit
October, 1960 and the U. S.
Supreme Court February, 1960.
Murphy is active in many
community and civic organise
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ID STIWART, Director of Project Outreach, shown giving
progress report at annual chain banquet
Excelsior Credit Union Of Gastonia Shows Great
Progress For 1969 At Ann
1969 ASSETS OF GASTON COUNTY
ESTABLISHMENT REACH $1,359,475
(By MAUDE M JEFFERS)
GASTONIA Excelsior
Credit Union of Gaston Coun
ty held its 28th annual share
holders meeting Thursday
night at the Gaston Boys Club
auditorium and a capacity
audience witnessed the report
of profits $54,059 during the
year 1969. The Union's net
worth now is $1,359,475.82
according to the annual report
given by the President, W. B
Brooks, during the meeting.
Secretary-treasurer Nathan
iel Barber stated, "In the last
25 years we have paid divi
dends to shareholders in the
amount of $352,925." He
further stated that a total of
813 personal loans were made,
139 automobile and home
■loans, 60 real estate loans and
two college tuition loans. The
credit union was paid 4Vi% divi
dends for the past several years
but at the recent meeting the
shareholders passed a motion
tions both in Raleigh and
throughout the state of North
Carolina. He is a member of
the Board of Directors, New
Bern Avenue Day Care Cen
ter; The Raleigh Community
Services Council, Inc.; The
Boys' Club of America; and
The North Carolina Council on
Human Rights.
He is a member of the Ral
eigh Citizens Association; The
Young Democratic Club of
Wake County; and President
of The Raleigh-Wake County
(See SHAW page 2A)
to pay 5% beginning with the
year 1970. The recent progress
enabled the union to raise the
amount this '/»% which made
everyone happy
Founded as a Negro Credit
Union, the constitution was
iater changed to admit white
shareholders who found it a
growing organization and an
asset to them in their business
endeavors It is located at 260
West Page Avenue, has ample
parking area, windows at the
sides for business transaction
as well as space inside for
several people to be taken care
of at once.
Members of the credit com
mittee are: J. Lucio Saunders,
Edward Odom, and Samuel
Russell Sr. The three member
auditing committee headed by
J. R, Robinson includes Mrs.
Hazeline Brandon and Gien
(See EXCELSIOR page 2A)
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DB&P Chain
Ushers in The
Promising 70's
The Durham Business and
Professional Chain's annual
banquet ushered out the swirl
ing sixties and introduced the
promising seventies, according
to Ed Stewart, director of
Project Outreach the develop
ment arm of the Chain.
The banquet was he'd in
the cafeteria of the North
Carolina Central University and
was attended by many local
dignitaries and businessmen,
many of them members of
the Chain.
Speaker for the occassion
was Nathaniel B. White, Pre
sident of Service Printing Com
pany and long time member
and ex-president of the Chain.
He traced the progression
of Negro businesses from the
relative success of the 1800's
to the void of the 20th Cen
tury.
"The twin evils of discrimi
nation and poor business prac
tices have served to practically
castigate the Negro business
man in this country," White
said.
He contended that if the
(See CHAIN page 2A)
NATHANIEL B. WHITE, President of Service Printing Company,
addressing chain's annual banquet. (Photos by Elliot)
Husband of Durhamite Receives
Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Staff Sergeant Daniel Smokes
Jr., husband of the former Le- •
Etta Smith of this city received
the Bronze Star for Heroism
while serving a tour of duty in
Southeast Asia which stated
"Severly weakened by his
wounds and! with total disre
gard for his own personal safe
ty, Sergeant Smokes braved
the enemy fire and delivered
a volume of small arms fire
into the enemy positions, driv
ing them from the site. Then
without any knowledge of the
enemy's deposition and with
total disregard for his own
safety. Sergeant Smokes ex
posed himself while moving
throughout the site to organize
friendly personnel for defease
against continuing attacks. Ser
gea n t Smokes' indomitable
fighting spirit, coolness under
extremely heavy fire, heroic
leadership and valiant acts
were directly responsible for
saving the lives of several of
5-Year Capital
Improvement
Gets Final OK
The Board of Trustees of
North Carolina Central Univer
sity this week approved a five
year capital improvment pro
jection which calls for
483,500 in construction in the
next four legislative bienniums.
The only project listed for
this biennium is a Communi
cations Building, with a total
of $1,850,000. The Communica
tions Building project was ap
proved by the 1969 Genera!
Assembly, which appropriated
5200.000 for planning and di
rected' that the first 51.000.000
surplus in the Capital Con
struction Fund be applied to
the building's construction.
An additional $650,000 is ex
pected to come from federal
sources.
The 1971-73 biennium will
see the most extensive con
struction program during the
period covered by the projec
tion, if the legislature and the
advisory b u dget commission
follow the board's requests.
During that period, $5,723,-
500 will be spent on construc
tion at the regional university.
Projects slated for the 1971-
73 biennium include a $1,500,-
000 Health Science Building,
including a swimming pool, and
$1,200,000 will be spent during
that period for renovation and
addition to the James E. Shep
ard Memorial Library.
Other projects scheduled for
1971-73 by the board include
a $350,000 renovation of the
Fine Arts Building, a $300,000
addition to the home eco
nomics building, and an SBO,-
000 addition to the law school.
$900,000 will be requested
for purchase of land, $700,000
for air conditioning of all aca
demic buildings, $600,000 for
underground utilities, $60.00 C
for a new entrance gate and
additional parking lots, $23,-
500 for central heating plant
equipment, and SIO,OOO for wa
terproofing the basement of
the the Carroll T. Willis Com
merce Building
The requests for the 1973-75
(See BOARD page 2A)
his fellow Americans." He also
received the Purple Heart for
wounds received in action
February 10, 1969. Sergeant
Smokes had only been over
seas a month before he was
injured.
Sergeant Smokes returned to
the States January 16, 1970
He is the son of Mrs. Katie
Mae Smokes and the late Mr.
Smokes of Adel, Georgia. His
wife is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee W Smith, 906 Spring
dale Drive. The Smokes have
one daughter, Lisa Diana who
is two. Sergeant Smokes and
his family will reside in Mur
freesboro, Tennessee where be
will be teaching Military Sci
ence at Middle Tennessee State
University.
The perfect man uses his
mind like a mirror. II grape
nothing, it refuses nothing. II
receives but does not keep.