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2SO-2SG 3. Firot St. Offered Job As Postmaster Dawson's Refusal Rapped THE COROLINIAN VOL. 20, NO, 11 Raleigh Mail Slain; Mother tillle®! flu Iliglswav Naur;?* I ;<av Would Have Been First In Cabinet WASHINGTON <ANP> Wide spread criticism was being express ed this week of Rep. William L. Dawson for turning down the chance to become the first Negro to serve in « federal cabinet President-elect John Kennedy announced late last week that he had offered the postmastership to Dawson and that the veteran Illin ois congressman had declined. Dawson told Kennedy he felt he eould be of more service to the {CONTINUEIt ON PAGE 41 SUBPOENAED Doctor Ralph W Wimbish, president of the St. Petrshurg, Fla. NAA j CP, was subpoenaed last weak j on chorees that the NA AC P's "No Christmas Gift Buying" campaign was costing one local merchant $15,000 daily. NAA CP units in southeastern parts of the country have refused to buy from merchants who fail to hire Negroes or refuse to treat them with “human dignity." .--.H. l"lninin,n,i..,M.ir'~-'' ’■ " . State News —IN— Brief LOSES BOTH LEGS DURHAM—George Lott lost both of his legs when he was run over by a Norfolk and Western train at a railroad crossing here Saturday night. He was reported in “critical " (CONTINUED ON PACK *J ABOUT OUR ADVERTISERS The list of advertisers usually seen in The CAROLINIAN is being omitted this week, for the Christmas edition. The adver tisers are using their space this week to extend season’s greetings to you. Advertisers’ names will appear as usual next. week. IN SPECIAL SESSION—These are the members ol the Shaw University Board of Trus tees who met last week for the purpose of amend ng the charter and by-laws so as to increase th » Board membership from fifteen to twenty-five persons. ( see story). Left to right are, Dr. Paul Johnson, minister, Martin Street Baptist Church, Raleigh; Atty. J. M.- Broughton, Jr.; Gurney P. Rood. Raleigh; Dr. Ellen S. Alston, secretary of the board; Dr. J. W. White, chairman of the board; Dr. L. E. McCauley, President W. R. Strassner, Dr. J. M Ellison, representative. Board of Education. American Baptist C Convention; Dr. Jasper p Freeman of Norfolk, Alumni representa tive on the board and Dr. J L. Tilley, director of public relations and alumni affairs. Other members who were absent when the oicture was made are Dr. Asa T. Spaulding of Durham; Harold T Graves, Summit, New- Jersey, Dr Mary Lynch Johnson. Raleigh, Dr. John H Johnson, Chicago, Illinois; Dr. Rufus Hairston, Winston-Salem, and Mrs. M. .4. Horne, V inston-Salem. Shaw Univ. Adds Ten New Members To Trustee Board President William R Strassner announced Tuesday that the Shaw University board of trustees met in a special session on Wednesday, De cember 14, for the purpose of a mending the charter and by-laws of Hr. Sting Accused 11£ Sparking “Sit-Out” ATLANTA <ANP)—Dr Martin Luther King who is regarded as head of the south-wide sit-in move ment has been accused of organiz ing or inspiring a sit-out among 550 Negro prisoners. The Negroes went without five meals before voluntarily returning to their plates for the evening meal on the second day of the strike. The incident took place Nov. ] and 2 and involved “about 50 per (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) 12 .ft a lilt'd For Math Socielv » Twelve new members were in stalled in the National Mathema tics Society of High Schools and Junior Colleges during the Ligon High School assembly Wednesday morning'. (CONTINUED ON'’ PAGE 2> RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1060 the institution so as to increase the Board membership from fifteen to twenty-five persons, and to adopt a set of by-laws for the Univer sity's School of Religion which has been set up as a seminary separate CONTIHUI- — 1 patort ft'': ' ...... im,MM * M— > cade, right, to quiet hecklers clustered on a curb a block from the Frantz School in New Orleans, wbiit stud9nts *** now attending the school, along with one Negro pupil. (UPI TELEPHOTO ) in all phases of its program from the College of Arts and Sciences. ’The following persons were elect ed to the board of trustees: The Reverend Chancy R. Edwards, min ister, first Baptist Church, Fayette ville, treasurer of the General Bap tist State Convention of North Car olina. and moderator of the Tar River Association: The Reverend Melvin C. Crepcy. Rich Square, moderator of the Beulah Associa tion; The Reverend A. Douglas Ald fcoNrrimuß on page r> 2nd Husband Meets Fate Os Another A young husband was shot to death here Sunday night and bis mother was fatally injured when f by s car, some twenty minutes tljsephms MoLarub. M, was re portedly killed by hie wife. Mrs. Ads Thorn peon (Tmphrey (CONTINUED ON PAGE « ... r’. ' MBS. ADA U. McLAMB ODDS-ENDS BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD ‘Unto ur a Savior is bore.** “JOY TO TH® WORLD" "for unto u* a child is born, unto us a non is given: and the govern ment shall be upon his shoulder, end by bis name #t*H be called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty (CONTENTED ON PAGE O NAACP Os City Names R. Campbell As New President "TT? - .»,. , PR LSI ULn I SPEAKS—RaIph Campbell. Sr., newly-elect ed president of the local branch of the National Association for the Adavancement of Colored People, is shown above addressing an audirtce at the regular meeting of the body last Sunday. Maple Temple Christian ivns the host church for the session. The Man Christ \ EDI TOR'S NOTE—In keeping with the hohda v season. The CAROLINIAN is passing on to its readers a selected poem on the Christ Child. This poem has been w idefv read and it i * acclaimed as one of the best ever written about Jesus. He built no temple, yet the farthest sra Can yield no shore that's barren of His pie r For bended knee. He wrote no book, and yet Hi*. words j nd pn< r Are intimate on many myriad tongues, Are counsel everywhre. The life He lived has never been assailed. Nor any precept, as He lived it, yet Has ever failed. He built no kingdom, yet a King from youth He reigned, is reigning yet; they call His realm The kingdom of the Truth. —THERESE LINDSEY J» B. Duncan: PRICE Ise Salisbury Native In Line For A Top D.C. Position (Special from The CAROLINIAN’S Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON—A North Caro linian who has distinguished him self in civic and community activi ties here has been recommended by Democratic Party leaders for ap pointment to the D. C. Commission ers' Board, the three-man govern ing body for the nation's capital. He is John B. Duncan, formerly of Salisbury, N. C. and Recorder of Deeds for D. C. for the past eight years. Wake C’nty Schoolmasters Hold Meet; Brown Speaks APEX The Wake County Schoolmaster s Club, composed of principals and assistant principals from the Raleigh-Wake County schools met at the Apex Consoli dated School, Apex, Thursday night, Dec. 15, for it* regular monthly meeting. H, E. Brown etf the J. W, Lt% o a Junior-Senior High School, and secretary of the ciub. gave an interesting ac count of the meeting he attend ed of the Southern Association of School* and Colleges which met in Nashville, Tennessee, recently. . N(' Masons Hoar Talk By Bishop WINSTON-SALEM Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw, who presides over the third Episcopal district, A- M. E. Zion Church, challenged the mere than 35,000 members of the North Carolina Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation, here last week, as he addressed the 90th session at its banquet, held in the dining hall of Winston-Salem Teachers College, The prelate called for a work ing: group of dedicated men <coNxmuig>"on page j;» If appointed Mr. Duncan will be the first. Negro to attain the office of D C Commissioner in the his tory of the city. A graduate of Howard Uni versity and an attorney, Mr. Duncan is we of three men recommended by the. D. C. Democratic Central Committee as replacements for the Repub lican Party appointees now ser ving as D. C. Commissioners. <CONHNUEB ON PAGE I) A discussion of the Eastern Pied mont District meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Association was led by Mr. C. J. Barber principal of Gamer Consolidated School. The athletic program of Wake County Schools was also discussed. The high *choo! principals agreed (COsmNTIEIT oN PAGE Ts AT MASONIC MEET Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw of ism AME Zion Church, is shown as he addressed the Masons of North Carolina and their guests at the 1960 banquet, held in the dining hall of Winston-Salem Teachers College. Di\ F. L A tines smnmdt m the toast master. Gains Os Chapter Are Cited BV STAAFT WRITE* The Raleigh branch of tho No tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People met at the Maple Temple Christian Church - here Sunday. Ralph Campbell, Br., was elected president of the organ ization, succeeding John W 0« Williams, Jr., who nerved for | two years. Other officers elected were: J. C. Washington, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Millie Dunn Veasey, secretary; the Rev. Charles W. Ward, executive secretary; and Or. William L. Greene, chair man of the. education depart ment. They were installed by the Rev (CONTrvrtD ON PAGE 3) | Teacher Faces Fire Rap WINSTON-SALEM Nathaniel Wiseman, a former school teacher, was charged here Monday with set : ting fire to the recreation center of the Columbia Heights School Detectives said Wiseman had been discharged as * teacher recently after being convicted of drunken driving. He was picked op Sunday, a short time, after the blare «x started. The fire raged out of control for a while and left the wooden build | mg almost gutted ; Wiseman is being held under a j bond of flOnoo for a preliminary j hearing in Municipal Court this I week Charlotte Physician Honored GREENSBORO One of th« founders of the John H Hale Sur gcai Society of the Carolina* was honored at the recent fall meeting of the organization here at the Alexander Hotel. Dr. Edson E. Blackman a Charlotte physician, now re tired, was cited for his contri butions io the profession and the organisation. Tb« programs was dedicated in his honor. The meet which drew modico from throughout North and South Carolina featured several scienti fic papers. Among those appearing were; Dr. George Blackman, son < CONTINUED ON PACK II The weekend weather fore cast, beginning with ThmWU?, December n. and eontteuteg through Monday, ttasamtar M, is as follow* Temperature* wtß nvorof* 8 to IS degrees below «#rt»sS, turning colder during the ftw* of the period and eonttaaedi colder through Saturday, wttSt a warming trend at mat «0 the period. Some noneoi high and low tompornfeirM in Uta leigh this weekwd VS be N and 3% degress. Froeipßottas will be tight.
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