WOMAN, 22, SLAIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE
FORE'S .la nies Farmer Resigns Post
Takes Federal Job As
Literacy Project Head
NEW YORK - The uev. James
Farmer, 45, who help found the
Congress ol Racial Equality
some 23 years ago, and rose in
rank to become its national
director, formerly announced
his resignation Monday to take
over another top flight position.
Farmer told a news confer
ence that lie will leave CORE
on March 1 to take up civil
rights work from another di
rection-as director oftheCeni
or for Community Action Edu
cation, a national literal’} pro
ject, financed by private and
federal monies.
The Howard University edu
cated Farmer declared, "We
are all in the middle of this
continuing tragedy of racial ha
tred, bigotry, poverty and pain.
"There is no ending in sight.
I have quite simply chosen to
seek that ending from another
(See FARMER RESIGNS, P 2)
6m Station Is Is Burned
After insurance Lapsed
FERRIDAY, La. - The Ne
gro-owned Concordia F.ssoSta
tion on US highway 8-1 inFerri
day, La., was burned to the
ground late last Saturday. At
about II p. m. CORE volun
teer David Whatley heard a
loud report, which lie thought
might have been a firecracker.
He learned shortly afterwards,
however, that Anthony Mc-
Cranoy’s gas station was on
fire. The entire station was
destroyed except for the fuel
pumps, indicating that the fire
was deliberately set. The burn
ing is the sixth act of violence
Franklin ioy
Honored After
Death in Cor
FRANKLIN - The "white"
First Baptist Church here, this
town’s largest, was, padfted by
one-thousand persons Monday
for the funeral of Thomas Wal
ter Scruggs, a popular Negro
athlete, credited with helping
the peaceful desegregation of
schools.
Scruggs, 18, was killed on
Christmas Eve when his auto
mobile collided head-on with
one driven by his brother.
The Rev. Dr. W. Thomas
Lane, who officiated, said his
congregation had voted unani
mously to request the funeral
be shifted from Scruggs' small
Episcopal Church, "because so
many residents of this West
ern N. C, town of 2,500 want
ed to attend."
Scruggs was described by his
high school basketball coach,
Torn Raby, as the kind of boy'
who won games in the last
second, was admired by his
teachers and set an example
for other s.
Scruggs was a freshman at
Piedmont College in Derrsarest,
Ga., the fir st Negro to attend
the school. One year ago, he
was among the first Negroes to
attend previously all- white
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VIET NAM - Ben Cat, SwftlsVtet Nam: Ws
Guy Isbell, of Louisville, Ky,, left, reads a Christmas card
last week, as PFC James Moffett, right, works to open one
of his holiday gifts as the troops of the 101st Airborne Di
vision lake a break in the field. Standing guard, near the
% ammunition draped “Christmas tree*’ is Sp./4 Sidney Hansen,
Sf Mandan, N._Dakota, (UPI PHOTO).
f itiinii® Ois
JAMES FARMER
iii Ferriday in less than two
months.
About nine weeks ago, Mc-
Craney’s insurance was can
celled and he had been unable
to get other insurance up to the
(See GAS STATION. P. 2)
Robeson’s
Wife Dies,
Was 68
NEW YORK (NPI) - The world
lost one of its most distin
guished per sonalities last week
in the death of Mrs. Eslanda
Goode Robeson wife of singer
actor Paul Robeson and an an
thropologist and noted author
in her own right.
Mrs. Robeson, 68, died in
Beth Israel Hospital of undis
closed causes, after an illness
of several months. Her death
came just two years after she
ano her husband had returned
to this country following a five
year self-imposed exile in the
Soviet Union.
Her studies of anthropology at
London university and the Lon
don School of Economics, 1935-
37, and work in the field were
sparked by her desire to visit
Africa—a desire fulfilled in
1936.
She received a Ph, D. in an
thropology in 1945 after stu
dies at Hartford Seminary
foundation. The author of two
books -a biography on her
husband, "Paul Robeson, Ne
gro," was published in 1930 -
her second work, "African Jou
ney," was published last Aug
ust,
Born Eslanda Cardona Goode
in Washington in 1896, she at
tended the University of Chi
cago, and Columbia Universi
ty’s Teachers college where
she obtained a B„ S. degree in
chemistry in 1923,
Two years earlier, site was
married to Robeson, then an
all-American football player at
Rutgers university. He gradu
ated from Columbia Universi
ty law school.
THE COROLINIAN
VOL. 25, NO. 6
"SELECTBUYING”SPREADS
Seek "New Phase” lit Rights Drive
Students
Seek Aid
In Plans
DURHAM - “It is now
clear..." states the president of
the North Carolina College Stu
dent Government Association,
Charles E. Daye, in the cur
rent issue of a national maga
zine, "that the civil rights
movement after 1965 must enter
a new phase if it is to remain
effective.
"New tactics must be de
veloped," continues Daye in the
December, 1965 issue of Negro
Digest, "for neither demon
strations nor eloquent speeches
are likely to substantially im
prove the situations of the more
subtle, insidious kinds of seg
regation in labor unions, de
facto segregation of schools
caused by clusters of Negroes
in ghettos, and the segregation
which result s when Negroes are
inadequately prepared to move
into newly opening but compe
titive opportunities,"
A Durham resident, who is
a senior political science major
at NCC, Daye, along with 11
other contributors from various
parts of the country, is featured
In a symposium in the maga
(*ee ’’NEW PHASE”. P. M*
Appointment Os Klansman Sparks
Demands For End To Federal
BOGALUSA, La, - The Con
gress of Racial Equality (COR E)
last week asked for a cut-off
of federal funds to the Boga
lusa, La., Housing Authority,
The demand was made by tele
gram and letter from CORE
national director James Farm
er to Dr. Robert Weaver, Ad
ministrator of the federal Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency.
CORE is particularly angered
by the reappointment to the
Bogaiusa Housing Authority of
Devon Varnado, described in
federal court proceedings in
New Orleans as an active mem
ber of the Ku Klux Xian. Bo
gaiusa Mayor Jesse Cutrer re
cently appointed Varnado for
another five-year term.
Mr, Farmer pointed out that
despite Dr. Weaver’s repeated
assurances that Bogaiusa of
ficials would comply with laws
against racial discrimination
in federally financed develop
ments, current plans call for
half of 100 new units to be
NCTA Ends
Plans For
Jan. Banquet
The North Carolina Teach
ers Association, assisted by the
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, and the
North Carolina College of Dur
ham, will sponsor a benefit
Banquet in Durham on Friday,
Jan, 28, at 7:30 p, m. In the
cafeteria on the campus of North
Carolina College,
The master effort of the North
Carolina Teachers Association
is designed to raise funds to
erect on the mainland of the
Hammocks Beach a chapel and
garden in honor of the late
Dr. William W. Sharpe, donor
of the more than 4000 acres
of choice land In 1930, 850
acres of this land is now being
developed for recreational pur*-
poses by the North Carolina
State Parks Commission as the
Hammocks Beach State Park.
The chapel and garden will be
placed on the mainland of the
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FALLEN bOLDlfc.it COftlLb ncnvtt, tvt.ot - The L
mains of Second Lieutenant William L, Davis, Jr,, 24-year
old A&T College graduate, is shown being borne from the
steps of First Baptist Church here by military pallbearers
following his funeral last Friday afternoon. Davis was killed
in action in Viet Nam on Friday, December 10, Burial took
place in the Carolina Biblical Gardens. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Davis, Sr., reside on " ' idridge Drive In Bilt
more Hills. The funeral was attended by hundreds of persons
oi both races.
built in the Negro section of
the city.
In his letter, Farmer said;
300" Freedom” Volunteers
Work In 8 Dixie States
Approximately 300 students
from Northern colleges and
Universities across the country
from Massachusetts to Oregon
are now working in eight South
ern states as part, of a Free
dom Christmas voter registra
tion drive. Os these, about 60
are in Louisiana working with
CORE, David Dennis, CORE
Southern Office Program Di
rector, said last week.
The students are volunteering
all or part of their Christmas
vacations to help register Ne
gro voters before next Spring's
primary elections. Recruited
by the National Student Associ
ation (NSA) they are working
for CORE, SNCC, SCLC, NAA
CP, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Geor
gia, Florida and MFDP in Miss
issippi.
The first group of students in
Louisiana arrived in Tallulah
in Madison Parish for orienta
From Raleigh s Official Police Files,
THE CRIME BEAT
BY CHARLES R TONES
Man Who Made 'Friend" With
Call Arrested Stick Is Shot
Elbert Junior Scott, 22, of
1443 Sawyer Lane, informed Of
ficers O. C, Pratt and B. C,
Nipper at 12:53 a, m. Friday,
he and a colored woman, known
only to him as Collins had a
“fuss" and she pulled a knife
and stabbed him twice, “once
on the left side and once on
the left backside.”
The officers' report then
stated: “Scott was drunk and
was arrested for public drunk
enness and taken to the hospi
tal for treatment, There he
refused to let the doctor sew
him up.”
He was then “hauled off” to
Wake County Jail on the drunk
rap.
tfa Through Advertising Newspapers, Emil# and TV are
W made possible to you. THE CAROLINIAN, along with
{\\ THE MERCHANTS who advertise In it, appreciate your
yj buying frant them and telling them, wby.
Racial Equality, we most
strongly urge that you forth
(See KLANSMAN, l>. ?)
tioii December 20. The remain
der are expected by December
26. Most of the students will
stay until January 2 when they
must return to their schools
for classes.
About 20percent oi the Louis
iana volunteers will be working
in West Feliciana Parish where
more than 20 Negro families
have been evicted from their
plantations for registering to
vote. The volunteers will as
sist these families in building
new homes or in finding other
housing.
Other Louisiana Parishes
where there will be volunteers
included Concordia, Washing
ton East Feliciana, Ouachita,
Jackson and St. Landry. While
in the South, the volunteers are
living with local families in the
towns in which they are working.
As of December 23, no Inci
dents have been reported in
volving the volunteers.
Miss Janie Davis, of 734
Quarry St,, told “the law” at
5;23 a. m. Saturday, that she
and her boyfriend, Junior Wi
ley Ings, 33, of 611 i/2 Adams
Alley, had a quarrel and “he
came at me with a stick, so I
shot him.”
Ings was wounded in the hip
by a .slug from a .22 calibre
rifle. The woman, admitted
the “fuss” followed an ail night
drinking spree between the two*
Warrants were drawn against
both for engaging in an affray
with & deadly weapon. Miss
Davis was arrested, while Ings
in being treated at Wake Mem
orial Hospital for his wound,
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PRICE 15 CENTS
Southside
Virginians
‘Choosing’
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. -
Taking a leaf from the stra
tegy book of rights leaders in
Natchez, Miss., Bogaluso, La.,
and other southern localities,
Negro civic and other leaders
here and throughout Brunswick
County, heartland of Virginia’s
so-called Black Belt-initiated
a protest and "selective buy
ing” campaign that sharply cur
tailed Christmas-New Year’s
shopping and within days won
employment opportunity con
cessions from some merchants
and other businessmen.
One goal of the county NAACP
chapter -sponsored campaign
won the support of the Law
renceville Chamber of Com
merce but came a cropper,
temporarily at least, when pro
posed to the Brunswick County
Board of Supervisors on Mon
day, Dec. 20.
That was an effort to have
the board create a county-wide
biracial commission to explore
and help solve long-standing
problems in the town and county
that adversely affect minority
citizens.
Supported by the county NAA
CP, which had a delegation on
hand for the supervisors’meet
ing, a group of leading mer
chants acting for the Chamber of
Commerce-ruged the naming of
the commission, <
A motion supporting the idea
was made by Supervisor James
Matthews. Opposition votes
were cast by Supervisors J. T.
Pearson and S, J. Brandon,
whereupon Board Chairman \V.
B. Mosely broke the tie with
a nay vote.
Preliminary to the proposal
defeated by a majority of the
county supervisors, the county
NAACP chapter, headed by
mortician Beverly Taylor of
Lawrenceville, conferred three
tinges with C. of C. represen
tatives, the latest conference
being on Dec. 14.
The chapter representatives
present for the supervisors’
meeting included Walter Rice
Jr., a farmer; the Rev. F. M.
Pegram. presiding bishop, sec
ond conference, Reformed Zion
United Aposiolle Church;
George Walker, laborer; Mrs.
Melba T. Walker, facotry work
er; Daniel R. Brown, morti
cian; and William Ecker of a
contracting firm and district
NAACP vice president.
(See VERIGIN IANS, P. 10)
AJC Hails
Acquittal
Os 17
NEW YORK - The American
Jewish Congress hailed a de
cision last week by Chief Judge
John M. Murtagh of the New
York Criminal Court acquitting
17 civil rights volunteers as
setting a new precedent in cases
involving peaceful non-violent
demonstrators.
The 17 demonstrators were
arrested on March 19 at the
headquarters of the Chase Man
hattan Bank in the Wall Street
financial district. They were
part of a large group that was
protesting the bank’s granting
of loans to the Government of
South Africa, charging that the
loans were strengthening the
government’s policy of apart
heid.
The civil rights workers were
charge J with "disorderly con
duct” for sitting on the side
walk as part of the demonstra
tion and with "resisting arrest’ 1 ’
for going limp after being noti
fied by police that they were
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Motive
For Death
A Mystery
BY CHARLES R. JONES
PITTS BORO - What appa
rently started out to be a fun
filled night before Christmas
Eve for a 22-year-old \Voman,
turned out to be her last night
on earth as she was shot and
left beside a lonely road early
Friday morning. The victim
was Miss Mateleane Bland, of
Rt. 1, Goldstort.
Chatham County Sheriff J. W.
Emerson, Jr., informed this
writer Wednesday morning that
the young woman apparently
died instantly as one shot from
a pistol entered her body above
the right breast, travelled
through her heart and emerged
just above her hip on the left
side.
Being held without bond in
the slaying is James E. (Jesse)
Williams, 44, of Rt, 7, San
ford.
The murder took place near
"The Greasy Spoon,” a night
spot at Goldston, about 15 miles
west of this Chatham Cotlnty
seat.
Miss Bland’s bod?;, covered
by her coat, was found beside
a rural paved road, not far
from the "The Greasy Spoon.”
According to witnesses, the
(See WOMAN 22, P 16)
Alexander
Addresses
SC Meet
COLUMBIA, S. C. - Kelly
M. Alexander, President of the
North Carolina NAACP, who
was a victim of the recent
bombings in Charlotte, ad
dressed a Civil Rights Meeting
last Friday night, at the Sec
ond Nazareth Baptist Church
in Columbia, S. C.
Speaking to the freedom rally
the NAACP official told of the
night bombings at his home on
Nov, 22, 1965.
"! should be bitter, "Alex
ander said, "but I’m not. The
bombings were good in away,
because they knocked Charlotte
out of its apathy. They proved
that "Liberal” North Carolina
still has bigots, extremists and
segregationists and that these
have not given up, They are
still trying to turn the clock
back and impede justice.
"Don’t you think for one min
ute that the very same thing
couldn’t happen in Columbia,
S. C., either,” Alexander said.
Alexander, a member of the
NA AC P’s national board since
1949, promised that such things
as the bombings of his home
would not stop the Negro on
his drive for freedom. He said
the Negro must reconfirm his
belief in achieving his status
through legal, democratic
means.
"The day after the bombing,
the Charlotte Branch (of the
NAACP) could have said the
word, and the city would have
had a full-scale riot on its
hand,” Alexander said, "but our
leaders took a path of reason
ableness and calmness to avoid
racial conflict, Alexander said
Negroes in Charlotte will not
compromise on principle of cte»
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MOMEKT - Mnr Yark: Mrs. KennsKSy
smiles broadly as she holds little Bobby Johnson, 4 years old,
on her lap while attending a show at the William. Hod son
Community Center her® last week. (UPI PHOTO),
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Plantation
Families
Evicted
FERRIDAY, La. - At least
twenty-and probably many more
Negro families living in West
Feliciana Parish (county), La.,
has been evicted from their
plantations for registering to
vote. Richard Haley, CORE
southern director, stated that
all the evictees recently regis
ters to vote with the federal
voting examiner in St. Francis
ville, the parish seat. The
alleged reason for the evic
tions, crop cutbacks, is "just a
coverup” said Haley. ThelJ. S,
Justice Department has been
in the parish, investigating the
eviction. *
The voting age of the popu
lation of the parish, located
north of Baton Rouge and boder
ing Mississippi, is 60% Negro
and Negro voter registration
has traditionally met stiff re
sistance. Attorney General Ni
cholas Katzenbach dispatched
a Federal voting examiner to
West Feliciana on October 29
and approximately 1,000 Ne
groes registered with the fed
eral agent in November. For
over 60 years not a single
Negro was registered in the
parish and in March, 1965, the
US Civil Rights Commission
reported that only 85, or 1.9%,
of 4,553 eligible Negroes were
registered.
The report from CORE di
rector Haley said that the evic
tion notices were sent out in
early December by four planta
tion owners, including Parish
Register Fletcher Harvey. The
tenant farmers and sharecrop
pers have been told to leave
the plantations by Jan. 1. Some
of the evictees, including a 93
year old woman, have lived on
the plantations all their lives;
most of the families have little
money and no income at all
during the winter,
CORE workers have been as
sisting voter registration in
West Feliciana for over two
(See MANY EVICTED. P. 2)
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WEATH E R
7 > kKk ‘ Xt - ,,T? ' W y*-l
Temperature's for the next
five days, Thursday, through
Monday, will average four to
nine degrees above normal.
The norma! high and low tem
peratures for the period will
be 51 and 31 degeres. Rather
mild weather should prevail
through most of the period.
Precipitation will be light, to
taling less than one-tenth of
an inch, end occurring as rain
fall aroand the sad of the »•-