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| NHkIIuh III Afov anu alNA sFVNeUl-
Der 10, 1928 in Liberia He was the
first coiored American Missionary
TO Africa
The FIRST ballot ever cast by a
woman In the state Of Tennessee
was that Of Mrs. Lucy Tapley. a
colored woman
The first colored regiment 10
enter the Army in the War OF
the Rebellion was the Fifty
fourth Massac hussets Volunteers
Tn. first daily newspaper
published by the oolored people
was the Cairo, H.. Gaxettr,
owned. edited and published by
Hon. w. y. scott, Of Cairo, III.
The first issue came from the
press April -. 1882.
In 1873, Hon. NJ W. Gibbs, of
Little Rock, Ark, was elected City
Judge. the first colored man In
the United States ever elected TO
such a position.
r. c. o. Benjamin was for some
time the local editor OF tho Daily
sun of Los Angeles. Cal This was
n prominent white paper, and Mr..
Benjamin was the first colored
man to edit a white Journal.
James Smith. OF Columbia, &.
c., was the first colored student
TO enter wsat Point.
Hon. Jonathan J, Wright. Of
Columbia. 8, c. was the first land
AZ yeti, the only colorsd ASSOC
late Justice Of the Supreme Court
OF any state.
Miss Ida Plat. OF Chicago. Is
the first woman OF the race 10 be
admitted TO the bar Of any state
Prof. Booker r. Washington.
Of Taskegce. Ala. is the first
Afro. American ever invited Ia
address the BOSTON Unitarian
Club. which IL one of the most
Intelligent and wealthy In the
1 UnItcd states.
Rev Harvey Johnson, Of Bal
timorr was the first Representa-.
tive colored man from the state
OF Maryland. who cast his political
fortunes with the Prohibition
party
Theodore n Miller was the first
colorcd man ever appointed To
preach the Introductory sermon
ot the Philadelphia baptist Assoc
iation-
tsmuei Haynes was born in
hartford, Conn July Is. 1888 Tie
graduated from Mtddlehury Col.
legr Vermont. and was the first
color~d person tn the United
states 10 receive the degree AN
There are about ten Afrp-
American lawyers in New York
thirteen in Boston and more than
. IN Chicago,
In 1889 Colcrcd men. for the
hrst time in the history II the
District 81 Columbia were drawn
as Iururs ami served with white
men
Old Midway Church IN Liberty
County, Georgia. Is the most an.
cient house ~ worship in the
South. having been built in iTa2
The midway Society Is an orgNni.
Eation whose mission u is 10 Per
pe,uAte the historical associations
cf the venerable building Colorcd
people own the structure.
Prot. VI. 4. Hopkins % Frank.
Hatoa- ~. a. . coiar-Si trarAer
Sf marked ahanty. WAS appoiat.
~ ~ President Cleveland. f,r~t
trruA - Minister Co IIn~rsa
r Morris Chester. ~ Nov Or
leans VAS the special war CORES
Pondrn; for the Philadelphia Daily
rr~~s Ne WAS Also tire sirst color
sd man IN thu uniied States 20 re-
Pcrt phNnoxrNphicaIiy the pro-
,ce~ShREs - the rsnth Grand Tn
enniL Assembly % the patrsar~
4 49,
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RENT 1T WITH A WANT AID
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

r. c. o. benjamin was for some
time the local editor OF tho Daily
sun Of Los Angeles, Cal This was
prominent white paper, and Mr..
Ben jamin was the first colored
man To edit white journal.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

James Smith, OF Columbia, q.
c., was the first colored student
To enter West Point.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

The first colored regiment Ia
enter the Army in the War Of
the Rebellion was the Fifty
fourth MassaC hussets Volunteers.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

The first ballot ever cast by a
woman In the state Of Tennessee
was that Of Mrs. Lucy Tapley. a
colored woman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

In 1873, Hon. NJ W. Gibbs, Of
Little Rock, Ark, was elected City
Judge. the first colored man In
the United States ever elected 90
such a position.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

Tn. first daily newspaper
published by the ooiored people
was the Cairo, H.. Gazette,
owned. edited and Published by
Hon. w. y. scott. Of Cairo, III.
The first issue came from the
press April %, 1882.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

Miss Ida Plat. OF Chicago. Is
the FIRST woman OF the race 10 be
admitted to the bar of any state.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

Prof. Booker r. Washington.
Of Tuskeg~e. Ala. ls the first
Afro American ever invited Ia
address the BOSTON Unitarian
Club. which H. one % tho most
Intelligent and wealthy In the
UnItcd States.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-29

Hon. Jonathan J, Wright. Of
Columbia. 8. c. was the first land
AZ yeti, the only colorsd Assoc
late Justice Of the Supreme Court
OF any state.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Kiwonis Holds
Ladies Night,
Chorter Night

Magical tricks. good food, and
favorS for the ladies highlighted
the annual Ladies Night and
Charter Night Of the KiWanis club
on Tuesday night in the High
School cafeteria.
The occasion also marked the
44th Anniversary of KiWaniS In
teInational. Earrings were given
the ladies as favors.
Pat Buckley was presented a
medal for being named "KiWanian
OF The Year by the club men,
berS recently.
John Cromer was prOgra m
chairman and introduced John NJ,
CraWSOn of Charlotte. amateur
magician. Mr.. CraWSOn performed
many quick and deft acts of magic
and Sleight-of- hand that delighted
The audience He also added to his
magical featS with humorous re-
marks. He called upon members of
the audience to serve as assistants
in the performing of a number OF
his tricks
Among the guests present were
I Guy Hoyle. president of Lion
club: Dr. Boyce Griggs. president
of Rotary club; Jim Moore, presi-
dent of JayceeS: and others.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Newbold Seniors
Groduote Tonight

The final Commencement EXer-
ciseS of NeWbold High School will
be conducted this evening at 500
pm. in the school Cafetorium.
The Reverend w. F. Taylor. pastor
OF South Tryon Street Presby-
terian Church, Charlotte. North
Carolina, will deliver the princl-
pal address Of the evening.
The BaccalaWeate Services were
held on last Sunday, May 6, at
400 pm at which time the Rev
erend Paul (. Davis, pastor of the
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Of Jhis city. delivered the sermon,
Maxine Nixon. daughter of MI
and MIS-. M L. Nixon OF Route !
Denver, North Carolina, and Ran
dOlph Coulter, son Of Nj and Mrs,
George w. Coulter Of this city,
have been acclaimed ValedictoIian
L d SalutatOran respectively.
They viii also deliver addresses
this evening. The Valedictory is
entitled IT h c KnighthOod of
Youth while the SaIutatoly is
entitled The Pleasure of Achieve
ment.' Sylvia Baskerville CT this
city, who holds the third highest
average in the Senior Glass. will
introduce the speaker of the eve
liI.g She is the daughter of MI
md Mrs. Herman K Baskerville
Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The remaining candidates for
graduation are Doris AShe, Claude
Diamond. Charles Edgerton, Rena
Mclean, Betty Nixon, and Shirley
Ramsem, all honor students; al
so, Karah Coyington, Margie Delr,
Mildred Hall, Ralph HelndOn, FL
len MtRaviOn, Hester Moore, Den
MS Nixon, Barbara Richardson,
Leonard Richardson, Robert Rein
hardt, Oscar Sanders, Layonne
Sheriff.. and Oliver Tones.
Thus. the graduating exercises
# these twenty-five Seniors termi-
mates another highly successful
school year at NeWbold High.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Golden Age Sunday
Will Be Observed
At Lutheran Church

Golden Age" Sunday will be
observed at Emmanuel Lutheran
Church as a part of Christian
Family Festival on May 13, an
nounced pastor Henry A. McCul-
lough, j.
The purpose of this Golden
Age sunday is to honor those
members Of the conGregatiOn who
are Seventy-five years or over,
who have served faithfully III the
home and the church through
these years.
There are about tWenty-Seven
members Of the congregation in
cluded in the above group. 1t is
hoped that all of those who are
not permanent shut-lns will be
present.
This recognition will be partic-
ularly a part Of the II am. Ser
vice in the Church.
The usual $3.50 am. service in
The Chapel will be devoted also
10 the theme of Christian Family
life.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Asbury School
Grade News

FIRST GRADE - Mrs. Fox's
first grade has been having fun
with numbers, adding and taking
away e.. In language they have
been finding the right word to fit
the right sentences All of them
are truly excited about the Tom
Thumb Wedding which will be
given on May 10Th They wish
for Samual Lynch a speedy re-
covery fr m his tonslllectomy
They hope he will be back with
them soon.
SECOND GRADE - Mrs. Brit
tain'S first grade has started a
new unit about Friends Mon
day they studied about the ice
cream man -. T h ey are glad
some of their boys and girls are
back in school. They we're out
with the measles.
Miss Seagle'S second grade is
studying about spring. They en-
joyed making a booklet about
birds and flowers. They colored
some Of the birds and Wro t e
stories ABOUT the cardinal, which
they learned is the State Bird of
North Carolina. e. One of their
reading classes read some stories
about cowboys. They drew a mural
about ranches.
FOURTH GRADE Miss Will
liamSon's fourth grade boys lost
the attendance contest and are
having to give the girls a party.
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES
- Mrs. Rankin's fourth and fifth
grades contributed S27.03 to the
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
RitesAreHeId
For Mrs. N. N.
De||inger, II

Mrs. Lola Harrison Dellineer
II. of Boeer City. died about 2:30
pm. Monday in the Crowell Hos
pital where she had been a pa
tent for ten days.
She had been in d declinin 2
health for the past several years,
and last Thursday underwent a
major operation at the hospital
MIS-. Dellinger was the dau9h-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs 1. I.
E3rviSon of CataWba county. be-
ing born on July 80. 1878. She had
made her home with her husband
and family in Boyer City for a
long period of years. and was a
quiet, friendly woman. a devoted
wife and mother, and loyal to her
friends.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at $50 pm. at Boyer City
Methodist Church. of which she
was a member. Rev. j. w Combs
officiated. assisted by Rev. j. j.
Powell, Burial was in Hollybrook
Cemetery, Lincolnton.
Surviving are the husband, N.
NJ. Dellinger; thre daughters,
Mrs. Wesley L. Turner of WayreS-
Vile, Mrs William Bumgarner Of
ErYCn City, Mrs. w. f. Keever of
WayneSville. six sons. Carl and
Y ern n Dellinger of HillSdale,
Nsich. George, Curtis and Giles
Dellinger of Kannapolis. Raymond
Dellinger of Charlotte: three Sis
ters. Mrs. Cicero Laws and Mrs.
Preston Flowers of Newton, Mrs
j h n Jackson of GaStonia; 20
grandchildren and Is great grand
children.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Christian Home Week
At Baptist Church

The First Baptist Church is OBJ
serving Christian HON Week,
May 6-13, which will be con-
cluded Sunday morning with a
service honoring the children of
the Nursery and the Cradle Roll
Departments of the Sun d Y
School and their parents. The
babies, parents. and Department
workers will assemble in a re-
served section of the auditorium.
Recognition will be made Of the
children and parents, and of the
workers.
Mrs. T. V. Lineberger is Nursery
co-Ordinator and Mrs. c. 1. Mont
scenery is Cradle Roll Superinten-
dent.
A cOrsage will be presented to
the oldest mother one to the
youngest mother. and one to the
mother with the largest family
present.
The pastor. Liuwood Peterson.
will use as his sermon theme, The
Home AMI The Church.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
19 New Members
Join Boyer City
Baptist Church

On Sunday night, May s, the
BCoer City Baptist Church. Latt
BeShearS, pastor observed the two
ordinances Of the Baptist church.
baptism and the observance of the
Lords Supper, In addition to the
thirteen who we're baptized from
the Boyer City church there were
nineteen from Bethel B apti s t
Church, Gordon Schrum. pastor
The new members of the Boyer
City Baptist Church are as fol-
lows:
Mr.. and MIS-. Keith Ballard. MI.
Grover Ballard. Patsy BWgin,
"Bucky' Caldwell, Judy Caldwell
MI and Mrs. Paul Campbell. Paul
cite and Anette Campbell. Mr., and
Mrs. Bob E. Clark. Mrs Harvey
HOlbrookS, Ii IN d Kistler, Mrs
David Ross. Elaine Waters, Maroie
Whitener. Carol WhiteSiGes.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Cancer Fund :. PAINTINGS done by
six of the class members have
been selected to be exhibited in
the state art exhibit in Green's
horo. Those whose pictures were
selected are June Cashion, Dol
lean Ballard, Don eagle, Don
Link, Rhcnda Ballard. and Steve
Herman. The class is very proud
of these students.
FIFTH GRADE - Miss Deaton'S
fourth grade have planted seeds
in boxes. With great interest they
watch the seeds sprout and grow
80. The class was quite thrilled
Monday when their Cereopia moth
hatched in their room.
SEVENTH Il GRADE - Mr.. Nc
Ginnis' room had nice surprise
Monday when Hank S mi h
brought a lovely bookcase as a
sift from his father to the class.
Hanks father made the bookcase
from plyWo0d and the class is
putting the finishing touches to
it.
Mrs, Shufcrd's class selected
Barbara Ledford and Gary
H m S e Y as Citizens of the
Week They have been studying
about Angel Falls which is on
Devils Mountain.
EIGTH GRADE - Mr.. Shelton's
eighth grade has been making
health posters and history note
books e.. They are very glad the
Achievement Test is over. Freddie
Barkley and Donald Little made
the highest ratings in Mr.. Shell
tons room The Citizens of the
Week" are Freddie Barkley and
Brenda LaWing.
Many men with good intentions
fail to practice what they preach
because they need the money.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Many men with good intentions
fail to practice what they preach
because they need the money.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Theatre SUNDAY.
The Warner Bros star plays a
teenager who is caught in the
undertow of today's juvenile vio-
lence as he seeks to become a
nichper OF a Juvenile gang. The
~"~t is sold to be as dramatic as
the role Dean played in East of
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

drama of teenage violence direct
ly from the youths who are living
through it.
Tape recorders were planted in
teenage hangoutS, such as drive-in
t h e t e. S. restaurants and juke
joints so that authentic dialogue
could be used in the script.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Eden"
Natalie Wood has the part of
Deans girl friend. marking her
transition from child parts to one
of deep dramatic significance.
Director Nicholas Ray, who also
conceived the idea for the story,
collected his m terial for the
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
JONES Dean Seen In
Rebel Without A Cause
At SturIite Drive-ln

James Dean stars in Warner
Bros Rebel Without A Cause"
opening at the Starlite Drive-In
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instruments Of wealth make pos
sible. Once the mass Of man
kind has bread. we can really
begin to learn that man does not
live by bread alone. We in
America are the first human
community to reach this new
threshold. Now that physical
security has been so very largely
achieved. we are reaching out
now for more spiritual values,
for better quality in our living,
for a higher purpose and a richer
life.
We Meet New Needs
We meet new needs as soon
as we seek to open this new door.
There Is the need for a greatly
expanded program Of education
Ito train mind and spirit for its
wider environment and for the
longer leisure which techonolog-
ical advance brings with II.
There is the need for better
environment homes where chill
dren can grow up in health and
happiness, gardens and parks
where they can play away from
gang warfare in the streets. towns
rebuilt and decentralize to spare
the daily endurance test Of COM
muting and to reduce the rush
Of traffic in which so many are
killed.
When new Democratic plan.
for better education, for improv.
ing the urban environment, 70
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gerous. It is worse. It is I'M
worthy Of a great people. above
all Of a people as committed as
we are to the pioneering of new
opportunities and the dreaming
of new dreams.
In the last four years, a num-
Der Of essential needs, particu-
larry In defense. have been cut
back on the grounds that there
were more than the country
could afford. Budget cutting
took priority over security. For
eign aid was cut again for budg-
getary considerations.
And in spite Of all the Repub-
lican pointing with PRIDE" the
sloganizing and the SNUG self
satisfaction, there are millions of
Americans who live in privation,
on budgets that barely feed
them, in houses that are dirty
a nd dangerous, in congested
slums that cut out the living
daylight, in debt for furniture, in
debt for the doctor. in debt fol-
any emergency that may strike
We cannot say today that their
poverty is inevitable and I'M
avoidable.
To leave people in misery in
America today is a matter OF
policy, not Of destiny.
Above all. Republican COM
placency blinds America to its
historic vision Of the broader,
better life for all that our new
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helping the millions Of sub
standard Families are advocated
the Republicans seek to set up {
double road block; they protest
that this means increased
taxation and increased Govern.
|ment intervention.
This is only the obstruction o.
marrow vision. The way to NEE
new needs is to expand the econ.
omy fast enough to meet them
We've got to do this anyway, Il
have jobs available for the 2 mil.
lion new members each year Of
our labor force. II we can secure
% steady increase in our national
product, there will be funds avail
able from this increased revenue
to build the schools we need and
to meet these other needs.
To make an ogre OF Govern
ment, to denounce its faithful
Officials as half-wits or traitors.
TO keep up the traditional Repub-
|lican TRADE against a mythical
evil known as Democratic social
ism weakens our whole American
system and undermines the es-
sential instrument Of our Fed
|eral Government in the partner
ship Of all our people for wealth
and growth and progress.
When we talk about ending
poverty, when we undertake to
extend the education, improve
the environment and raise the
dignity Of, all American citizens,
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along on slogans Of peace and
prosperity" and "the American
way Of life"
The chance Of being the par
ty Of the future" was thrown
out with Teddy Roosevelt. It was
the Woodrow Will
son who began. with the policies
OF the new freedom-to bring
America up to date and get the
arthritis out of its political
joints. But Republican arthritis
is not cured so easily. The 2Os
saw another decade Of Peace
and Prosperity" and you never
had 1t so good" and once again
1t was the Democratic Party I'M
der Franklin Roosevelt who had
to bring the Nation back into
the broad currents Of human
progress after its IL years OF
boom and bust.
Today, in spite of the Presi-
dents attempt to paint the Re-
publicans as a young party
bursting out all over with new
ideas, the (Republican) pattern
is not much different.
Sees No Fresh Ideas
Where are the fresh, new ideas
and new policies? The achieve
mentS to which President Eisen-
hover points with such pride in
the past and such hope for. the
future consist mostly Of not re-
pealing what the Democrats have
done. The innovations were
Democrats ideas. moulded by q
Democratic Congress and inyolv-
ing Federal action which. on
other occasions. the Republicans
denounced as big government
creeping socialism, and bureau
cracy. -.
The great cauldron Of the
world is now seething to the
boil, while our Republican friends
say all Is well and don't bother
to even look at the stove.
I say we must look at the
facts-they've got to be faced. We
must not let them become stale
even before they have become
real.
/ The competition the Soviet,
offer is not simply for today anc
tomorrow. We must reckon on II
for decades.
Balance Of Power May Shift
We must face, squarely anc
responsibly. the prospect that Il
years from now if present rates
OF development continue, thu
basic balance Of productive
power in the world may vel
have swung away from the side
of freedom.
The Communists reckon thai
This growth in their resources
will have all the more effect or
the unepmmitted peoples ir
Asia, the Middle East, in Africs
and even Latin America. :.
Now, none of these risks viii
appear II Republican electora
speeches. Or if they do, they viii
be dismissed as defeatism, a,
lack Of faith in America, its way
of life. But there are solic
reasons for looking our dangers
straight in the face. clear Of
cant and slogans and streameri
and balloons and ballyhoo.
i Complacency is not only dam
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|
I've made so many speeches in
the last few days that I marvel
that / have anything more to
say. But ! have!
And the text Of my lecture
tonight is Bread and Circuses. "
You remember how the Roman
emperors in their declining years
tried to keep the uneasy populace
satisfied and their minds OF their
TROUBLES with food and games,
gladiatorial combats and spec
Itacles.
Well, I thought of that moi
long ago when I read about the
great Republican bandwagons
that we're going out all over the
country, complete with movies
Ijeeps. girls and gadgets Of ali
kinds-to sell Eisenhower and
Nixon again to a docile, compla-
cent, carefree people. all happily
chanting: Peace, prosperity and
progress-ain't it wonderful"
The whole aim of all this bally,
hoo and 30-foot balloons, those
Istreamers and bands, is not to
excite thought or provoke dis
Icussion. 1t is, in the finest ad-
lvertising tradition, to get at oul
electoral subconscious and condi
Ition us into voting. blissfully II
ldazedly, for things as they are.
| The Hazy- Eyed View
/ Politics" as the organizer O
1.-THE Republican convention pu
lit, lis moving closer to SHOW
business" 1t certainly is, as they
present it--balloons, not argu,
Iments; the chorus line, not tn,
political issue. Don't think, JUS
Ifeel-feel it's all fine and tn,
product is splendid Pour on
1.-THE money. Forget that mush,
room cloud. Don't mention Suez
1.-The world stops at the water.
front. And whatever the gale
lof change and upheayal ant
revolution roaring around tn
world. take 1t from us that thi
lis no time for a change. Vot,
Republican and keep things a
they are.
How remote this all seem
from the classic symbol O
american political maturity
1.-THE Lincoln-D Douglas debates
where. before rapt crowds, tn,
1.-TWO men hammered out, with al
1.-THE rational conviction and con
ltroversial skill they possessed
tine real issues facing a nation
lin crisis.
Well. bread and circuses'
didn't save Rome, and it won
lsave the Republicans, either! !.
Slogans Can't Hide Truth
With each passing day, it i
more apparent that people un
lderstand what's going on bette
land better. and banners can
iobscure realities much longer
lnor slogans hide the truth. Ant
that's why We will win il
November!
Yet. Of course, all this is il
the Republican tradition. In tn
long decades of Republican dom
finance before the First WorlI
WAR, social problems at hom
land international issues abroal
grew steadily more dire Will
the Republican Party careene,
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I've are promising TO finish busi-
ness we have ourselves begun.
And when we say that we viii
apply forethought. compassion
and vision to foreign policy. we
are only promising to recapture
the leadership and Imagination
Of the world which is Americas
historic tradition.
When. In short. we claim to be
the party Of tomorrow. we are
only claiming TO be what we have
always been--pioneers Of Ameri-
cas- forward march. architects
who build the future from the
blueprint Of Americas hopes and
her ideals.