ST. AGNES ROW LOOMS
GROUP PROMISES
INVESTIGATION
OF HOSPITAL
RALEIGH The cloud of ill >.vill
rrented i' v thu* Citv
don decision to hint .ill 1u it lie i li
tinncial aid to St Agnes Hospital,
lizzled out in an unspectacular
manner on Monday w ht-n tin Wa-v'
County C- n m • miie t \ ot- I
sunn ournoletv i*• ,< • n.-ju:1 1 ? % oli
the cart of ••! indigent Wake Coun
ty •patient- at St Agnes after March
20.
The decision t f the County is.' ... -
sutc.e the responsibility. was 'l'eet
td with )•! ■ ‘.is<- expressions ot
thanks by the Council ueleyation
attending trie meeting, but notice
was served l.v father Geo-rge A
Eisbei ot St W,a-tine- Co Uer.
that ariothvi baud over trw- I:.•••pi
ta! veil! on be --tageo.
Father Fisher. v.-Ik* 1 connected
with a leceutly organized Citizen-
Health Committer. said that, while
Monday's action did ease the pi*-sa
in;-, prohlet:: of who !•: t cat e '
the charity patient- 4 of Raleigh, it
< imlimied On par,! K this .section
Sereste Exiled
For White Wife
!OX IK..'. It,. \G , ;•;. til'd-. •
Sere'se Khania. who piai n--l
IX-anvil-1! .typist. r*T e:-iieif !!>:-• V-• ■
that for had iieen ordered Into t-.-a
itom his homeland ft* five
L.v iiie ttidie'i C';r,vf-runu‘(i!
Si *£e fse sai-l that he bad ln-eli
a {it ISi'h »l! the (;■ , li Jlll-iit X lie--;
tuon b\ Fat ri- k Gn dot; W;.,l k• r
Sei ret.ary for Conn ■■ <
TiOIIH
file young OxU'i'd educated chit -
desigii.itr of tii-- Ikuitangwiilo trl.'ut
in Bcchuatuilant! - aid Gordon
Walker ha-1 inform. -I him ’.Uai
England Inti inD to int*-.-fti!*-. r ■
led. gtwensr.H-fit over his l- ! a>-'
li hiesineii linj 1 hat i * D !•> to s •
" fSi n to hi- liiithis iatal wlt h - it !■' '
W: s? mi! for I he la vt. 1: • • War*
• , „aiii tin* ■ a --i.il' -
iSWDsud that h!- aDiui imit mi:
the chief of the trit - i*io .it ra-t
a disturbance, because of his a !-• ite*
v, ife,
i. race e.scions 1' a ->t'n !
Booth Africa, had ahvady i veil
1 notice that It wouKt l»> highly dls
’ College Women Seek
To Re-Activate Chap.
NEGROES SELECT
TOP NEWSMAN
DURHAM I. K Austin, Inca 1 i
editor arid Dr Joseph S. Hunt-- Jr. <
professor if sociology at North Car- ;
oiiisa C> were members of a;
Press New: Service judgin ' von.- j
mitten which award*-.i !i. M Ken i
daU, Jr. oi the On’t-nsboro Due;, :
special recognition for iii- journal ;’
istio w.<rk m crime pivcentmii In |
tilt- State- la. t war
j i
Kendall who 1., editoi of L.e j.
Daily New:, received st>o add a!
certificut*; I r outstanding news- j
paper work for his editorials on the j
prevention of crime and rehabiiita- j
lion of prisoners in the Stale.
The contest was sponsored by ;
Press News Service, a project set b
up by four members of the State's i
press, including Mr. Austin editor-;
publisher of the Carolina Times;;.
Mrs. James Bond editor of the j
Pilot, Southern Pines; Thomas J.
Lassiter, editor of the Smithfieid i
Herald; and Prances Cos of Char- •
jottfc editor of the Press News Ser- ,
vice,
thhei members u.t the jaiiping
conn nit iee in addition to Dr. Himes,
include;! Protesors Lee M. Brooks .
arid Walter Spearman of the Jour-;
naiism Department of the Univei -
:ity of North Carolina and Mat I
guret Borrows of the Department |
ot Public Welfare Raleigh,
MORTICIAN IS H ELD
ON THEFT CHARGE
■Atlanta —Charged with ht-i n g implicated in the
theft of flowers from* the Lincoln Cemetery, a promin
ent Atlanta undertaker and three other persons were re
leased this week under bonds totaling $1,300.
The mortician Mrs, Ada Me Day, was hooked as the
Two White Ex-Cons
Held in Negro’s Death
VV AI.HAI.LA S. <\ Two
whit* ex-convicts iveie arrang
ed here early this week on
charges of killing and robbing a
respected Negro farmer.
The two men wren identified
as James 1). % iwing 3<>. of
* Oconee County and Leroy Park
er 22 of ’Valhalla. They are ex
pected! to go on trial' ibis week
on charges of murdering
Michael Rice, lit), last Novem
ber.
Rice was shot down at the
Boor of his home on x Satur
day night am! a money belt
containing S3OOO was taken from
his body.
sdfsa
' j
POIJH HOLD lUO
l-'OK BlilT'AL MIIiDLR
(i.VMONI.-t - A Negro
youth and tin* man he iiupli
cited were hell without bond
yesterday for the five mouth
old murder of Earl Linebergcr.
while sawmill operator
Zaciiuriah Barnett, Hi-year
ot 11 youth, sum-uttered to of
titers in Moorcsviliv- on Salur
day. alter being sought since
Just September.
Officers arrested Osteil Ray. |
35, after Barnett h» i implicat
ed him in the slaving. The dead
man. died several days after tie
was brutally beaten at bis saw -
i ml!! «j.n the Hollas K-'.vil
plea-i'd to mu yee irh'Giffed as
kiUff, !•>-. li .IM* of t.h- I'cptH <s: • c
■ hat siu-.l'ii all.
.'-i -.- ha.-i pn-.mmly rejected ;
:• plea ill vis KrK.i-.h of! n tal • to i
. . - op !{is th! c-iic- for 1 !.• Hib
"l ■ pi re unit -■ . lie .a’lle bi toll
vilii; several w t-els's ago !•• rtiivuv
tl-.e situ.anm i'll! left his bride at
homo j.HiC;-. u-o 111- frai'eil tllll!
might h<- held 1-y English auth-ni- •
! ties.
Tb - Oiti.'c in" <'.-aiiiKdiwealth f{e
laiimis, would ii.aio- tie cutuibeiif 1
cii flu- F.-ice's -i.t* -in. lit-- other
-ii.-.n !**■ had visited :in uifn'i
Heidi Ua.milj ml ! Ifi it i--!} pt a
tc-fOKilt-, 1..1P-.I ye.tr the Running- 1
s.ift-.i :-tih chief! a ill- licCepi--d .*-•*•
n.-i-a a- iheii chief after he had
Hmirrc-h-.d wdh I'siK-ki-.!i 'luhatisu, ■
bis uaiid rcgetii of ibe tribe,
over tins imrirtltr.tion of a svhitft j
-jui-c-i u- : a!.- with Siim. A t'oiu- i
UioU h r« luf ioii? rtiil: Hi 1 r it)P 1
uu- jjF- !, litvt rutting Fite siiiia
tiviii si uf inu> iyear.
I'h- : -He vh Hep,l'. .Vita
tive-s from 2(i us Charlotte's won' 1 -!
civ. organizations heard Miss Ruth
, Hu b idol t ■.l the Stab
!• ili-i ati.’u d Colored WuihtM.-.
:k 1; the role* Os "The Mid;
Cchlvtry Woman” at a special or
rial tr-i.n.-tif:!" > f »!•*.- Nation ;
v A: ■ *eia’:-..'!! *•! Coiieire Women j
ht-re r<eently
il.-ki m the ii : in Alexander, the!
M-si'::; wa thi !-r-; m a .eli> :: •
v. hteh aellf lo I'eu'llvate the
hiJi.-i itioi; .»! i' -ill *> ‘.\ eii.eu l.v the
tjfueen City
~!; vV 1;V. V! ■ i!. 11 1 ev.l.'ll [HtsKU 1 |
at trie :.vsiu!is Misi. lollia Schulte !
p.e-:t'Uted »pcci.'i luli.-he »r the oc- -
ea. iuii, aceeiiliXitueU by Mr.-.. K. !
Aicxmu'iei
In her address, be!- le iep-rocuta • •
tives .>l u i retv-section of
iotte women Mi; . Rush saui. "Th«
mid-cenlu; y woman pays more st
tentiiiii to social action which ac
conipiishes immediate objectives in
I, rai communities. She b less the
reformer than she i- the advocate
vi uix eijuitablc distribution of tax
funds for »hc basic and ever-press
ing social ni-cvis in health, ectllca
tiun ivcicatiovi and public wel
fare
“The mid-century woman is nci
the; i:.iiitmnist luii nitci'ventiom:l
in the giiii meaning cl eithei of
there Iti iris She is, however, a
conscii iditjus, informed world citi
it-i! who n actively lntci'sted in
full e.j.iality of opp rtunity for j
all citizens hen? and now.”
Ivli hie-hV Cn.ir< *lc -r*' ch ful- i
Continued im page eight
. proprietor us McDay Funeral
j Home, 17! Auburn Ave., N E. She
Iwo . released under SI,OOO bail,
I The tii-resls were made after po
! lice officers received a complaint
j from Mis. C. E. Rogers owner of
the Ro.-Airs Florist Shop.
I'ln other 'persons involved in
! the care were listed as Delphine
' Bulloch, of 64 Hi lard St., the Rev
|Earl williams. 22. of 923 Huff Rd.,
•rod Wilson Mullens, 43. of 2275
j Simpson Road, oaro taker a! the
i cemetery The other two men were
I listed .is employees of Mrs. McDay.
I The initial complaint by Mrs,
jRo ots was drawn up against Rev.
| Williams and an investigat ion of
| the ease caused the arrest of the
j other people.
Mrs Rogers told detectives that
| .she sold a flora! wreath Known
ns a “Heeding heart" to a man
1 for*' the funeral of his mother. She
'Continued on pate 8, this section
dfasas
24 Pages I mUrii' cAKouWr TMiimT weekly j“ !: 10c
VOLUME XXIX KALKK'IU, XOli’i H CAROLINA Saturday, March 11, I Hxu NO. Tlilk TV-111 ft Klx
k; -k * ★ -i k A- A A: A A 'k 'A ★ A A A A A
-•'r»"■. -”. . • *■— * V ’’’ ■^' i X/th */^
EE;
Taste -lnslitulc. Ahc - l>r. •
Fif'd Fatlersdi. president of Tu:-
1- Ini'.tiluu-, said here last week
jti.-.f the Pvt 9 Titskegea iytudiu'"
1 1 por nii i»-t in- ch,.b:it:d to pU-asc -
’ R-.'p. Abcfiuittiy • f Missi;>j.iypi
’ .-.: otv- li. Fatten.ii and ..X-.<u U-m j
t tin- slu.yuse id ol.iicotiii Weight in ,
•CbH-i.a-oW til Idly Ml:tic dt o.'l- ,
lod non; t ic list of ynchnV.- ,
lie .j. d it aw.-. i i-j-t : led tli.it j
! VV right was ui ...;;gcd ii'iun a wagon
! four i.u-a unci beaten to deaui
jt'i.r "hogginM tin- road". .
'i iic Mi-si ijpian -.aiil th.d tat
ric- itii niiyiil Us considered murdei
H' i,:inis.icj-.lltci'." Lnlt v. as dt-lillitr
ly not a lynching."
Dr 1 'auiirson aid Tutia
via. sc.: as a lynching any slaying
in which "three or more persons
take the law nun then own o. n c.
and deprive aiioUii-t i f Ins i igl 1 1:■ :
wilh-mt <Mc process '
"This would be- true I'l-pardle-s ;
of wltcthci' tin- victim conuiu-ted;
oimc- crime," h esaicl. "If he com
niittcd no ci'ii'uc. d -liouhl be cOp
liiii-M't’d u lynching evt-n inure so
« » ¥¥ * *
■ Crisis Hits
1 T ~ I
| News Man
r or Race oias
I i
| NKW VOLK Sharp issue with
! Arlnur Krock, who in his exclu !
j five intoi view with President Ti n- ;
man in the Nc.v York .Times edi • j
tortalized on the ‘'limitations” of j
X' i‘i't*i .-. for filing certain types of |
fobs, is taken in an editorial en- j
tilled 'Ki oels's Kuioal Crockery,” j
in tile iVlurt'li i:■He ul T‘lie- (T-isia,
official civ,a; of the National As- |
'•ciation or (he Advai!i:c-iiT-‘ftt of i
Coli'ied People.
Mr. K nick had naked the Ptvsi- j
- j deni why he favors k’F.PC ind add- j
i; ea, ‘ You know intimately the eon- 1
iditions of the Negro race and me!
limit:.! -n'e ■ of if enu.iCity to fill 1
1 et-rl..in k in-- of employment ”
: "We know of no ’lmdiaUon-: of ,
, j Crirts, t t!:r;:;c artificially in: i
Posed :.v people like Mr. Krock J
v.lio -.-. ish lo keep N't'-Ft'Oi-s eo el. ■ |
s -i-d os si-rvanF and ta.su I laborers,'’:
f.»i : pile Hie , v-|!,iiiee ,md disci im
linntcn which limit ihoir opportun- j
itv. the editorial continue:,. "No;oo:
' Amt : ie.e.i: by shcvi «,i it in the j
r j face of obstacles and insults have!
I achieved enough distinction In a
iHi cat variety of . irtlLr and 'profor- !
j si*ms h- lav tc- n- I in the miner
iof intuJligeni men. the myth" of
-: roorii fnferio-.’ity.
i Cauthiued on page K,. fhU section
tin K’OAHII OF KI,K< TIONS
lii-.it in-*.) intently ns .Mr. \\
.ffclfciics <)! <«r*.'i‘iisl)oro ‘ closest
lo tin- lami-ra: expktincd tin* p«
sitioa us the Nc;;ro v o ter in
\iirih t aio-iinii tvlu, tiinis him
-.1; tii-njcii the right to register
i Ik- iin-t-tiiig -.• liehl Friday
m tin- Agi (cultural Building m
Plans Completed For
Local NAACP Sun.
l; \t I>AN( \
KAL.FIGIt With it-. l!F0 c.tiv-- 1
p, in. v sWiiignij into hiyh •*••
liu lo; ~i -ic-iptcr of tlm NAACP
will emu, .t mi . T'Ch .Sunday"
•ji'i Mini'll hHh. ill most of the
chili eili'- in R■--1. 1 <-: h umi Wake
Comity.
The pi uy.ram. itpprovtyl by the
Ministerial Aiinmce. .v ill include
speech-, s by viudt-uls fl am the Uni
versity ol North Carolina. Shaw;
Cmver ity and North Carolina Cal
Ic-e ,il Durham.
The ..Indent:, will -)>r.iK briefly
on tin achievements arm objec
tive ol tile NAACi* dining the
S.'iHlay iruii mi*:* vi vtcc in most
of the cbm eh--.- in K hei.’li -*nd
W:.k<- County.
' iWt .
i ' S
I
NAACi* MILKS 230.000 NEGRO
i VOWItS Durham State N,
A. A, ('. leader.\ arc shown here
during political action meeting in \
mu fiam's, page Auditorium, Tine
and enterprise Streets, last Sat
urday , !
Delegates organized the State In
an effort to get 350,000 Negroes
! JUf ® mip f§| ms |||ub ||| jgl . ||M| " i|| ,Mrt w& v JWw| w "’ |m " «jk]
tjSfeJjf? Xjtfgj&wsf i frffijpfefj 3£%;«IS (Igayfe. jftjj&f|Bj|
Kat-iiti and \ms state - o- -m at
mosphere maned only fry the
tilling ui a joke by our of the
I card me at tiers. Flat used .* r.u-iai
term seldom heard m polii* i-on
versa! ion between uicmbers < ; i
the while and Negro ots.
Kstor'. esewllclr on tui-. p.n;>
(tin- . dtl-i I-** i; 11 the N. A.
A C •• will fluid a ill- Meeting
:ul i-;i- Fcsf Baptist ('huf'-h ;t DU
Tin A. ■ i viliou is asking all
I vilii'.: I-!';, o) R:i lis,;! i am- Wak *■
i ounty in c.mljt.-i -h- with H by
either making -dual speeches 111
the interest of th,- NAACI 1 or ul
.’iewiag Ihe utiice to send old rep
: resCidatives ti> speak before the
■ members of ilie * hurch dtii'nig the
siTVices, i.ir at the conchi lon ot
the mm min- wi - hip
Speakers for the M i ; Meeting
will include Al V Loss, from tile
Univeis.ly of North. Can iina; Hat
ioid Fup . front North Carolina Col
• ana Conrad Fe.n: • n .dtorm.-y
to participate in the Mjy elec
lleyrnentutives pictured above
are reading left in light: fat Hin
son, \m l ilia, State NAACP Pres
ident Kcily Alexander, Charlotte;
Ifr. W. I*. Hr Vane. City Council"
man, Fayetteville; 1., tv Austin,
Hut-ham editor publisher, elected
icaetul cliiiroutt of the ywte-
i DURHAM .Yi-vmi Registrars
;in North Co: --va . :-*.. i\ i-.l tmm
ve, ai f-jUb in th- .jt.de la-'t iveck Ui.il
•-.ii! Vl a, 11., i :1a
Dug ivl >
ivihaps If it- ...0:t . ipilhr a,:! of
;th- ~.siii/i -..ioe ivm the X A
’A. C. P.
ill th*. p: i-a: * Ht-i le-W *.df: ‘' V i 1 Ollt
;i:-- V-'T**' *. • ;;a- Nuttofla,
.M. -a, i; ha lilC VVV,i I; d-lUl'llt U|
Co: .- < d i'cnpk-, m* elmg m Bage
-'a■ - : . m.ipf.y'v. ml/ Via -.a pi.iiv.
Cotuiiiui-d on pap'e k this sc* iir*n
! Prim Ann. Courth v ■*-, Yu.—
1 Princess :\i ;t C-.-nmy Veters on
’i iti-sdiis . ptiiv.'d a p- p- scd si.'ai*,-
; out* band ms*iv !-*r 11- .--..-.tructiun
,1 a X-. -..<i *• i -a. nturv icbool.
I nthfiCial I'elliin:. Ss-io li *-1 the
* maty HI prceunT aholNi-d the
i'-nini I:ne rppn'ovcd by a v -ic of
. di:< 1U; lin appruvai of Fit- bead
i :..;e \ tllll:' a:..: ll'Cd, .mlici. - hot
i-i; coilibii ,ed tin <) li. tl*C
two ini .Mill* pn-cmet- could change
the i evils
The . post:*i bund issue had
be* i it-ioc ed m two previous re
fi'-ieiui: la fiic H!:-t refei ehdum
Lh-eci mber US. tfW?. the >U- was 432
1 to 107. in the rei-vnd. June 29. iiffcf,
■ the count was ;<:>9 to 33!
Kvcn m tie face ol tins fine
v \ACF -.-'iritui'.a-:i to ;;i ess hir the
i cote !: .iclioii of a new school, and
the , approval of Use i oters tins
week was seen as a victory for the
- organization
(Continued on page six)
j wide political action committee;
A, Mel.i-uu chairman of tlie
Saturday sessions; au.f M. E.
Johnson and \V. Frank Brower,
Durham lawyer, president and
secretary respectively of the Dur
ham IV A At 'P branch. (Photo
i Courtesy Durham Morning Her
j aid;
Man Draws Still
Sentence For Murder
GREENSBORO A plea of
guilty of a second degree mur
der charge, brought, a sentence
of 25 to !io years in the state
prison, for George Gunter, Jr.,
of Greensboro on Monday hi
the Gsiiilor.i Superior t ourt.
Chaiged vs ill* the February -f.
mimiei of Hansel Goldston.
Guide* wa-, accused by wit
nesses of shooting thf man
donn with little or no cause.
Collision's widow, told the
i; court that a quarrel started
with i i uliter slapping a young
J j woman who was a guest m the
Goldstein home. She said that
after Gunter had ben- ejected
Com iire house tie lelnrued ind
shot her luisbiijiti
sdfeafas
BY JAMES D. WILLIAMS
! HAr.F.iGH - Working on the as
-' ]-■• !li P 1 \ OTt tfeat discrimination
• -Neg; ops when they attempt
’- 1 - -'no i*_ ■ I vote, may he correct
ea ! " h statement from tm Board
* iA-d.or.s, a group of citizens rep
:or toting the N, C Committee on
''" oon Atfairs, presentee* a odea to
Cne Board last Friday.
I'hc citizens respectfully asked
: the precinct lev el iicf. tu discrimin
■ ate against Nveroes when they at-,
tempted to register.
The meeting was conducted in
an air us politeness and co-opera
lien, m.inv.j only by a joke in bad
taste,told by ~ne of the board
iat.mDfci.-: ai which the word ”n —r”
WcUsi USt'Ci.
Strangely enough. none of the
member;, c.f the Negro group took
any outward signs of offense at the
Jose, ana no .protests were voiced
—"••at th*.- use o the word by an o
ficiu! rep! cst utatiye of the state.
Va. Poll Tax Hill Goes
Back To Committee
! RICHMOND - The Virginia
• H-- i-.e cl Delegates on Monday, >’»■-
in vu to accept a t.r.iposai tor a
two year study of measures to re
peat it>* State poll tax law.
’ .stood iho t10.i.-(» returned to the
committee on privileges and elec
tions ita p,up mis for the repeal
. study ami ked tliat tie, commit
. it e recommend -something more
specific' before the close of the
cuiTtfiit legislative .session.
The committee, studying three
, st , .ttat.- proposals lo end the poll
• tux as a prerequisite to voting, had
si is nested an investigation of the
I proposals:.s an alternate to immed
iate action on repeal. It asked that
» ■ two year study of the measure be
! mode by the Virginia Advisory Leg
: isiative Council.
! Motion to commit the measure to
• ; the committe was made by deie
• t-'ttc W. R Broaddis who said ad-
I 1 /ovules of the several proposed
i ; types of tax repealers had agreed
■ ;on the procedure.
j Chairman Roy R. Davis of the
: Privileges and Elections Commit
j lee, indicated that the purpose of
| the move was to attempt to work
! out a compromise between conflict
ing viewpoints over poll tax re
peal. They are;
1. Committee action last Week
to ditch all proposas for constitu
tional amendments designed to
nevei the po tax' from the ballot,
Continued on page ft, this section
I ARSON TRY NETS MAN
! SIX YEARS ON ROADS
Winston Shlem—A threefold investigation proved t
undoing of Robert. T, Wood, 24, of Twin City, in Forsy
Superior Court, when he was convicted of attempted ars<
and sentenced to serve six years on the roads by Judj
J. li. Clement.
Veteran courtroom observers said
that it was the first time in a long
while that anyone had been con
victed of attempted arson, but po
lice added “that sort of thing*' was
becoming much too frequent in the
city.
Wood was charged with attem'p
jtinr to burn down the home of his
! ‘--inter, following an argument with
I her.
The case against him was han-
I died by the National Board of Fire
'Underwriters, the local five nre
jvention Bureau, and the detective
| division of the police department.
Mrs. Lillie Toliver, sister of the
defendant, testified that four chil
dren were asleep in the house at
the time of the attempt. She said
she discovered the fire in the base
j merit after she had refused tc al
low her brother to enter the house
about 5 a.m. because he had been
drinking.
She testified he went of the
porch mumbling, "‘l’ll smoke you
out:*
j tir.Ul'I'GKD The mount
i wave of protest over the infer
schools maintained for the Ne,
. ...dren m North Carolina, \
sweiled tins week when citizens
Perquimans County fired the op
mg shot .n a campaign to obt
equal education for Negro child
in the county.
The presents! ion of the petit
opened th»? campaign, which
citizens promised would be can. -
to the courts unless the county
i ficials agree to cease the discrun
miioa in the school system,
Tue petition was signed by m«
i ■ of the C‘ iu.tens Committee
j Hertford, the county seat of P
jquimans County, which is loca
:a few miles south of Elizabeth C
j The legal aspects of the fight
! being lundied by Raleigh atton
Herman t. Taylor
n the petition the citizens lbs
the following facts which ti
jcLimic.icoimtiUJte ,i. violation of
! “sepaiate but equal" provisions
| the Const;;utfcdn and laws of
I State of Nor tii Carolina.
• v ominued on page 6, dU* seetic
The members of the group
n-r. 'lnc the meeting were R
Harris of Durham- J W Jeff ex
f Green ’-o- !< Butt
T'Cri ,f whs m i)i r \V Jones,
W..t, sngtoa, and V J Carnage
' Raleigh,
,In na, 'i .■ ir pm- ■ confer#!
an Tuesday, (iv, c. Ken Sc
;uK he .ei-.d Negr
had been disseminated “gai
when they attempted to resists
Trie board mem! . , listened w
|in iciest as each m tnber of
group ta.'.k the floor to help (
pis in the gravity of the situati
a;;d to request that the board t;
off Lei i! notice of the complaint %
issue instructions to the registr
m the slate to cease discriminati
The group scud that through •
use of various tricks No crocs w
b. xng denied the right to regis
■; and vote, and that the majority
discrimination was practiced in
Cont’-iued ■'u rage uus jeefic
THREE KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
BY f. B, IS AREN
‘ j TAREQRO, N. C The as ;
• j unexplained explw ion of an All.
j tie Coast Line coal-burning frei,
■ j engine three miles west of h
February the ;Mth brought last
i; death to engine crew of three, 1
‘I dead were listed as, C. E. Bove
engineer, Lorenzo (Bud) Tilhn
colored fireman of 518 Carol
- Avenue Rocky Mount, and J,
■ I Carson, brakeman.
| Only ten miles from his ho
> 1 terminal Rocky Mount ~~
■ 'freight, which ran to Plymouth,
•! miles east, had just five minu
l j previous, left this city when
I j terrible explosion, such as sold
| happens on a railroad, occur.
1 iwith its horrifying result.
-j What happened during that 1
t■ five minutes will, perhaps never
; known since the only survivors
th.- wreck were H. T. Gunn, c
•jductor and H. R. Speight, flagm
I both of whom were 23 cars back
• the caboose as the train rol
■ | slowly down grade towards I
' Nan's Crossing. These men w
. stunned beyond words when tl
i {Continued on page 8, tills sccth
: Palmers Seeks $200,0
;> |To Replace BmMinjr
!| 1 °
, j SEDALiA. wr. C. (UNP)
ijCharotte Hawkins Brown 66 ye
i old founder and president of
Palmer Memorial Institute sta
’ this week, that Greensboro s
New England Mill be counted
[ j heavily m the present campaign
raise $200,000 for repacement
j Galen Stome Hall a girls dor:
tory ripped by flames Febru
’ Bth.”
I “As Greensooro gees, so goes N
, | England," she said of the pres
. j replacement drive.
.! Inters!, in the 49 year old Infifti
i Hon is a tradition in several 1c
families and is hnded down fr
> father to son ike an heirloom,
i far as trusteeship and endowrn
is concerned.