North Carolina Newspapers

*6 ___, .. ' . . .iJSiife,.. ISH «:#St . 1 t 1l»»^iL Court Upholds Death Verdict RR'fLMOXfI \ Follow . Ihe CIC-'ISi.-ll of til" S i' tllch’ ’ court to uph. t«l »h> south >•■ rtv rioua of so von .M.-.rtinsvdh >• on a rape charg- i i "*>■,■• - condemn d non • cm this. *"**l. mapping plot:-: to ap -:• . ;h> to the Cain A Sty -s Sucre-!". Court. Tt: ' '>• v- !1 ft-.en t!*< largest ’tiitii !>.•;• ever to ’>. : • :: >1 '■■ lor ;• -it,vie s it.'.. in \ *.iv'!i.;.*. ■*••. ■• CullViCtC.f ill '-IX Sr|i.l i .ite It 111 - I i a pint; \{ i - Cb; I. Fiuw.i .-■• vill i't :i tt.-il'lili ‘ll -l I.!:;:' |' l ' tii a i Lager. in a mianiiiioiijs upuie a. thv vn* I‘Ulia Sups 1 iaC t'eMft 0\ Xpr-'iS s:s itl that it ; --••;!■ t *•* s ••' • > •'•<■ .111 tl. 'ln V •< on; t trials .a ‘ Sr- ••••*.'•. i, '■' ' i. w I'l 'i thargnl In ■■■•■- indict im-ht "iiii raping the woman on Jami o'* s, r.*4'.' Tin- t'n 'i s <Vi ' ‘ - •» <flU‘ ili'i U ' lie tin i; to CIO- .;n-l S-lif 1;I»-1*. iio! I■ ; >:;' : 11 v- i‘ 1 i il» Students Join In Drive Os NAACP FRIEND OF KKK WARNED TO LEAVE TOWN LUMBER TON As a number Oi newsmen W niched the >■ ik a sell; proclaimed organizer for the i Ku Klux Kla:» was given twenty four li'jiiii to r.ft out of Ninth Ca rolina': ninth juuu -;R district, or' fae. prosecutum ai'Jy thi:. we.-; The w;. i;it! wo given to G*'oi re Harley el (..'uluud ia. S C by Dr trict Solicitor Ai..ieoi.t> B ow.-ii, wh«■ - alu ’v. ok;.! ii v«• !:u: man Indicted R !u 1 cmained a- an or ganize; ft.; the Klein. Sr.'lV, ill s t::t« 1 :11*?: 1 i.'ai'.e dill'll. U oft ! tore with ll.ele' win. -:aiti tie la -prt ■ i.Ub the A: -oeiutß-n of Carolina Klaus of the knights of the Ku Kiox Klaii 'file solicitor if ! ho ed that "if you fen a. 111 sa much as one day longer in Lambe- tun t. the Ninth Judicial distiic! a. a K'an ori'an i.uo . 1 vviii j,-i't s nail.v see that you (CuiiUii'.leii uu iatfi. i l eel mi. / 'SENATE PREPARES FOR FEPC DEB ATE WASHINGTON, I). C Senate consideration of the Administration’!; Fair Employment Practices Bill, has been tentatively slated for Senate consideration around March INI, it was i'e\naled liei'e yesterday. I hr eoniro'v’r.sial legislation,, certain to collide with,; WHITE MAN FINED FOR .I.C. V IOLATION ASHEVILLE:, N. V. -- With the comment "I guess 1 11 have lo learn some things alt over again,” a white man who for merly lived in Minnesota, paid a $35 line here this week, for vioiatiim of the "Jim Crow" law. The fine was imposed hy Judge Sum Cathey, after Ken neth Evans, of Hendersonville, pleading guilty to demanding service in an Asheville Negro case last Saturday. Evans said that he was a na tive. of Henderson County, hut hart spent eight years in the Navy and had resided in Minne sota before returning to North Carolina a few mouths ago. f„;-:.»i;t, <t a reprieve to allow pawl settled ’o t!.;>- State Btipietiu Conn. Tin- Supreme t niM't agreed in C( ittinueii on page eight liOOilir, COM 1M F.S segrkgvi'ion fight H \ .11 f I >N ili-legill- V; til ni:.ni i t-tooUic, t>{ Wcxan iJ* i.i prom!•■».• , Uus u.iK xt Hampton institute. that he - > 10*1 1001*110.' to tight ii*i tt**' j 1 ititioi; ol xt-giegatiun on \ u • riiuu' i intuiion p.i: -.itiget •ii iii- . I'otfie, tin '.poilsift' vlf t"*> measisu*. tor such atndUiori tvhich Here lurin'it .u» nhv the ■ :i.> \ irgimy (i.neral Asseue- . bjy soot -nar defeat in the l < s isl.tture it tins tone has heeu net an nn* hut a beg timing Raleigh -- On” of tie* student*-' In velvet! in ihe t.’niverssty **t Xm -.1» i aruiinu suits. Harold X’ ld'(> s w i-.l a;e, ;i’ here u. lialeiph eti Sumla... e .i.itt ie tin- menii>erstiii.!_ (hive nt U;.- lurid branch of tie* NAAi !'. *i, * -4!. i v ii'.ei heeu '*' *•* ; de a ■. ,vrl' Sunday and Epps uluni’ Mitt! six other student*: from the North Carolina College, will speak briefly a: a number of the city * rbutvlie * in an effort to »•..*.m m< m he) s fur tiie NAACT* in addition to the Neero stu detits six xvliite students from thi* Luiversity of North Carolina, ied !: \ .Vi, H Uo e, ami six siuiteiit*. from Shaw University "ill join in the tour of the churche:-*. The Shaw students are Mh e Harba;.! dteiuborger, l.nvie itowelt. Ida May Daniel, tiloria Kei-dia". Doi i,thy I. Alston, and Mi John ,j v\ illiams l/ale! that afternoon ui d p.m . the neonji will appear a.I the mass meetinK it First Baptist Chur he A r. Farrinh, president of the local branch of tin N' VAI'F, will give the opening remarks, and tOpps and I toss will h pea k on "Kt|ttul Education.’ - Atlonuy C () i'earson of l)ur ham N G. w iti speak on the **t:out t t ontioin ii ei, j.ia,e‘ a tiii octmu another Southern filibuster, will ■be tempoi arily laid aside or. March ;‘n however lo make way for final !action on the displaced person;; bill. Senate Democratic Leader Scott W. ‘ Lucas (ill.) said. Under a debate limitation agree | ment, tin- Senate is expected to • start voting on the DP bill April j.'l or <!, and thereafter would im- ! mediately resume debate on the | FEPC measure. ! Lucas announced tentative seise* • idulmg of tlic long delayed FEPC I hill, following the regular weekly iconference of tire Senate Democra-j tic Policy Committee, j The House last <nonU> substituted ! fa voluntary FEPC bill for the Ad-1 :ministration’s compulsory measure.; | Highly placed Senate Republicans, • ; opposed to compulsory FFi'C legis-J lation, said the house action irn- ! | proved the admittedly dun outlook I for yetting the fi-t Senate votes ne- j feesary to shut off a Southern fin 1 buster. KAt . Hilt --- tin. to. at bfatieh oi the ttneriettii K.-it Cross eatne ii the yiit ut a grateliil iaoiiiv la-i uerk ithrii they eoniple tori it* in ei . ot househulil aitieies to iniiipltii the turnistxitg of a In.me (of a iumtly oho h;iil !')st thin I'lgitui home itid all their hr inngitigs in a t isi the fariiisfmigs oer.- outuineit after tin tie t loss hmai’east an aj. (.-rut Shown above are >its (« I’irri-h of the Ked Cross, atul vfrs Clureitee Julies, a member • Hi. lantilv, .i.i they esuonine the fast load »-i furnishings. Vmong ihe artieles obtained were iars of fruit, i wood and e••••.*! stove, a dresser, mattresses, • breakfast room suit,, urn! eloth »»«. PRfNOE SEES TRIBAL RIFF i.( -'<i.< >N ■ !’’te oiiarpe that 1 hligiotid is platuiitft' 11.) .. tjX • t ’ e i v.i;i; iianiufuiwato penpit' into "O'* Cie: fift 11 a,. liifliti W*.s made . i e c . •• *.• . v is ste twhama, i :in it i.l '.■; irtoe of the country. lie un. cried m an interview that i tth Hi*.i■ a tC ' .n-ht hope-; to; .ei'-i-h; ti'if.al renistame to the order; '..ii'eSiHii;: iiitt! arul ini. white wife • ■fi'* i * i tii Ii i '■'/ dom. t iimi nv. I'alUi HeiatVn- Office! s; A'k •*:■«: .en lefused to Ciriiment. E'.itriek tif-rdem Walker, Commoti i*.i .itii .Ut.ii,-., Seeivtury. >.». fro is-! :-,...; 111. .adet. told the H.n. e of - '.nnnii!'.' that he :■ .-eivtii-.' tt.ei i unity and well being > f tut pro-j Mr. KhamaA wife ii stsii in the | i protect i ; I. One "f Khuivut’s chief! *,!'.‘'adsine)i CiienU-'i vvitii her on I j Monday, and told her ti.at the; jfril'.i .--itie-i. iia.i decided - 'C. take ail j irhiluren out of tin- sc.'a.ob:", :,s pan i of then resistance to the British! torrii r. I Klaborating on his charge (hat! {!ih Itrilish j/ verimu-nt wits trying j Oi'.lll >!:Ut'd on page 1) thl: • t ction LYE THROWER GETS 32 YEARS f. At/ItINBL'RG sA confessed I bandit who threw iye into the face jot a .>;■? yea; old woman, when he rolibed tier sioiv. was sentenced | here Tue sday to prison sentences totaling !i:i years. ilu- bandit. Eddie I.ee Russell, pleaded ;;uiltv on Monday, to j ciiari i..-. of armed rubbery and as- ! emit with a deadly weapon in Scotland County superior court. Jurf a (■’ Donald Phillips, son jteticed the middle aged man to 29 |to .to ;, oii'M ot, the anned robbery jeha>••’('- and added two years for as ! tilt with a deadly weapon, the latter sentence to begin at the ex pirtiti.in ol the first Tiie man who had nothing to say when lie was sentenced, admit-1 ■itcil throwing Ilu- lye in the face of j i Mrs. Solomon McCormick, white. * land robbing her .tore of S4O. TO. woman wil! bear permanent | ! settvs about tlie head face and J | aims, and n--*.- as a result of the! iye burns, doctors raid, and num- | orou.s ; i lifting operation:; will be , necessary. | ('n the witness stand the worn-! jjan told how tin: man entered the j I sb re. ,-isked to see a pair of boots 1 and then threw tin- lye in her face.; The rob be i y occurred on Laurin- i burg s Main Street in early Febru-' ary, a few minutes after the worn- ; |an had opened her store. J Waring’s Impeachment Sought [ COLUMBIA, ri C. - The battle j I between tin- South Carolina House! of Representatives and Judge J. i • Waites Waring, waxed hotter here ! Tuesday when the- House voted $lO,-j j 000 to finance the proposed im | peachment of the judge Tla- move came shortly after : Waring, an outspoken foe of white! | supremacy had charged that tile j 'Ku Klux Kian, was responsible .for j; the cross, burned on the front lawn cetjcn yiicr nip iflllw l sfe^iC3 ROBESON IS BANNED NBC CANCELS TV APPEARANCE OF ROBESON NEW YORK - A flood of pr- - 'tents, at the scheduloit appearance : i-.x ieft winger Faui Robeson on i.'.ext Sunday':, television program jot Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, led the j 4reduceis of the show, tins we.-k jt. call off ttm program, i Tnt- National Broadcasting Com • iiny, winch wa-; to .have televised ‘he program sab: that after Mrs j Roosevelt announced Robeson's ap- D.'i.aranct on her Sunday program. • the Ne.v York off.ee was -twamped | with calls of protest Elliott Roosevelt and Martin -J- tie. co-producers of Mrs. Root.e --| vet *-• weekly furum. decided to i 1.1- ■ *;. • ■ ",'..* ;.,■* a l ain :ndtfjjaLtel y an NBC Spokesman said I An announcement earned at the ;tad ot M, . Roosevelt s program Sunday, said Robeson v.oi.id 1 take pa. i in discussion on ""The Po -it n oi. the Negri'; in American jFn.itteal Life" Ctacis ■ n the announced pro - •a •' re R( in ■• nt *.. e At am ( . • i :■ 11 N Y.) and Per i". ii ••. ' Republican Connr.ittec mt.n fron. Mississippi ■■ i : kiK.-u veh. i weekly naif ho.;*.* .du.'W *4-4:30» is unsponsored ..; : £;: ... i;t entirely by NBC T*;e i c>. -. .! h.ii-ign affairs dis* * .-. n *•■ aid take the place of i'ae M . U, M S iVKEDS 162 MOKE BEDS ii Al EfGH -- Av cnrdiitg to prt*- ifci:r pi.'puiatiia'i tig.lies. St. Agues .‘iospital needs let: more beds to pi .'iviric aiitijuale ir.ediCiii itKi'ltiCS fa) th- citv'■. Negro citizens Vim Ei.- .trc, base ; on as, , medic.d ..t.-mdards was reves. iutsda.y mght at the year ..u*i.ting <i the t-i-aitu I>»visions * !thv Communiiv Cuunvii of Rau-ign I Tne ngun’s were* released oy Dr. : C. A. Hamilton, >-*f North Carolina jSt ate College and Chairman of the ! Conned, who -aid that St Agues Hospital constituted one of the iCitv :'. i uiji'i iiealtti problems ; ii, uf'.ii-;• to investigate the h<»- Jpibiis oi hie urea, .sis Committees ■u- 1 r se■ , at Puesda.y rugc-t s . nee!m;.'. Ttu- ! • snnuttees were -a; ’fnil'iiv Hospital Facilities and S’*. ’.:.<.• ~...■ 1 1 : at.,! t ■■ : the In.agent. Health hr-mrar.ee, j Public Health Hi ugi am, ile.iiHt i. Survey lieci'mnu.-ndations, Com jiiiuaity Health Conference. Continued on page eight Collins Hits NC Teachers hALEIGH W R Collins, chair man ot the Northeastern Districts Nominating Committee of the North Carolina Teachers Association, swung a hard blow this week, aim ed in the direction of the ‘'inner eu a " of the Association. Collins charged that the top lead er:: m the present administration, wanted to see Ids committee’ iioin iriee for president, Dr. Frank L. Atkins, withdraw from the ballot because of Dr Atkins' attack on the Continued on page eight Alabama College Will Hold Diamond Jubilee MONTGOMERY. Ala. (Special) j - The Alabama State College for Negroes, oldest, institution set up by a State for the specific purpose ! of education of Negro teachers, will j celebrate its Diamond Jubilee Con-j I vocation here March 24 in eonjunc | lion with the annual national meet, i lug of the Association of College! ! Deans and Registrant. Seven North ! Carolina Colleges are expected to be repr. seated. President H Council Trenholiu, 1 fourth president. of the college, an < non need this week that two major addresses by Dr. Edgar NV Knight : a rub Dr Karl 11. Bigelow will be ! special features of next Friday’s; i program. Academic regalia w ill be j worn by the large number of dele- • gates expected to attend the cert;- . j monies. 11 iof his home last Saturday. In New York on business, Judge Waring dismissed the contention of South Carolina police, that the | cross burning was the job of 'pranksters, and said the suggestion Rtf pranksters is usaiiy put out by I police who do not wish to a appre !hend the real offenders.” ; The bill calling for the funds to support the impeachment was in troduced last week by Eepresenta sfasfd j 24 Pages | _ NORTH CAROLINA 'S LEAPING WEEKL V ] |'^ E 10q 1 VOLI ME XXIX RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1950 NO. THIRTY-F'OtT STA TE ENDORSES BIAS To Appear At Kinston KINSTON - The first native jßi-nop u* iip;A'*r t.*-. the Dtivest- of in , st a ctmUii'y, tin 1 Most Hk v. Ji.vst-j.h KiwuiUiSa. \V ■ P. Bishop of 3 Batinh v' *io>*;af - province m Atru.i. wiii -ffer 3 cal - at Our Lad.* ot Atonement Ctuarh. neie on Sundav EX-SLAVE DIES AFTER REACHING GOAL OF 103 | BY RAY DANCY RALEIGH A Wake County! tl man who had said many years ago ( i! that he would reach the age of 103 j !years, died at that ape on Friday,* ’jMarch 9th. ■ Funeral services for Mr. Eli j iSmith, who celebrated hi*; io3id j : oirthday last Oct., were held from 1 , Mulaby s Cross Road Baptist Cluircn j 'last Sundry afternoon Mi*. Smith outlived five of his; hint childi'i n. One O' bis, now dead ; j children Dr. Leon Smith, practiced i (Continued on pa go six) ■ Dr. Knight, who is Kenan pro* lessor of education at Hie Fniver nity of North Carolina, is to speak on "A Historian's View of Higher , Education of Negroes in Region and Nation.” Dr. Bigelow, pioi’es j sor of education at Miner TeacU i era’ College, Washington, will ad dress Hie group on "Some Issues ; in Tea. her Education *' The Diamoiid Jubilee tvlebri j t ion, Friday night at 7:30 on the 1 first floor of historic Tullibody Halt follow twenty fifth anniversary celebrations marking a quarter ct-n j fury’s work of the Association of j College Deans and Registrars. Among the- i'ar Heel colleges ex pected to send representatives to meets and the delegates are; Mis.-' Julia Duncan, Livingstone College, Continued on page 8, this section live John D. Long, of Union. The ■ House had previously voted to ap i oropriaie money to buy Judve War -1 trig and his wife, one way tickets 1 ut of the state. Long's bill says the resolution is based “on the grounds that War ing and his northern born wifi hove advocated a Negro revolution i against white supremacy.” Commenting on the cross burn ing. Waring said “It is common 1 March !» at 11 a. rn, Bishop Waters lias also invited the visiting Bit-he p to address U;e group of assembled visitors and to ' admmivte; tin- Bacrameut of Con firmation, As.nsti.ig the Bi-hop as officers of the Muss will bt members ot the •clergy from neighboring parishes. The st Reverend Vincent S Wat ; ers. Bishop of Raleigh, will preside at the services ; Tht servers and altar boys will be students of Mercy High School, i Washington, N (. The parish of Our Lady r-f Atone ment, under t •<- direction oi tire Continued on page li. this section .... "pm* f i • -3 \ |gg k ; ! i- ‘' : ! " Lawrence A. Oxley OXLEY’S VISIT HELP POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS ' RALEIGH The visit of Law rence A. Oxley, North Carolina’s | contribution to u,<- Negro New, Dealers of the Sate president Frans-1 lin D. Rooi/evelt' administration, started political tenpues wagging! Continued on page 5 this section j • knowledge that the KKK is high !y organized in South Carolina, and I know from confidents! so|r ices that the Charleston County group has seme 400 to 500 members, iParades have been staged in vari .ous sections, some within 20 miles ■of Charleston.” 1 “This exhibition of the typical savagery of the Southern white su premacists proves that it is time Continued ott page 8, th!» section Claims Segregation. Is Best For Negroes BY ISRAEL SINGLE-TON RALEIGH North Carolina jaddv.'i Hi:, voice to tire stater favor • Inga contumation of segregation education, when on Tuesday it i ioincd '.anas with ten other South in';; states and filed a brief with !tj i f United St j fees Supreme Oourt ir tt:c ileman Marion Sweatt case. ILe case wnich is senedufen to ~- .’.curd by the United States Su preme Court during the week of April 3. is concerned with a Ne- PRESIDENT HONORS NEGRO DOORMAN %\ ASHING TON i Special, -- Samuel (' Jackson, father «f Arthur Jackson, former lustin officer with the Veterans’ .-id urini.tration with he&tKs ar!|rs j in Durham, was out: of two Negroes honored bv presi.ieut i Truman here recentiv. Nit. Jackson, If year old na tive oi Lynchburg, Va.. has seen 41 years of service as * White House door man Presi dent Truman presented turn with an autographed dollar hilt and expresesd the hope that he 5 would be on hand in his same i tpat in for Ei ntor* years. Brand Hate Group As Subvursive Palmer Opens ip i r\ ® r und Urive i SKUA HA, N C A drive to' raise SIOO,OOO to reconstruct Palmm ' j Memorial Institute's Galen Stone I Hall, which was destroyed its a re-1 ! cent fire, was launched last week, j The plans call for the raising of j $25,900 locally and the largest share * Os t!*u- itmaining $75,000. from the rest of the State and in New Eng j land. ] C R Wharton, local attorney j isaid the executive committee ha'* j authorized an architect to draw j j plans and specifications to dupli- i cate with improvements, the old! I Galen Hall. j Contracts for immediate construe ! tion will be released upon comple- \ Ition of the plans. j Dr. Chralotte Hawkins Brown, ihas expressed confidence in the out i come of the drive, and already con tributions totaling SB,OOO have been received. N. C TEACHERS SET \ FOR CONVENTION RALFi'-H, N. C. Teachers in the colored school I &m:i colleges of North Carolina will meet at Raleigh ij j their t>9th Annual Convention March 30, 31, and April 1 Prominent speakers will appear at the genera! session which will he open to the public. | The first general soc-sion will j Twi t in Greenloaf Auditorium at i j.Shaw University. Reverend C. A. i Kearns, Pastor Davie Street Pres-1 obyterian Church, will give the in-j ’ j vocation. Delegates will be wel- j j corned to the capital city by Su-j j perintendents Sanderson and Ben-1 ton of Raleigh and Wake County j j schools, Attorney F. ,T. Carnage,] j Raleigh School Board member and j j Mayor P D. Snipes. G A. Rivers. I I President of the Greensboro Class-j J room Teachers Association, will] (give the response. | President H. V. Brown will de- ! j liver his annual address and will] , jbe supported by the Glee Club of - J the Dillard High School in Golds ■ I boro of which President Brown is . j principal, rendering special music - ] for the occasion. Dr. Martin U. Jen >! kins, well known to North. Caro- j j limans while registrar at A. and T. | 1 j College and who is now president [of Morgan State College, Haiti ■ j more, Md. will deliver the keynote [Continued on page 8, this section : grc*. 'a-ho under the contention th i-.;., ucvlifies are r.ot furnisiu Negroes by the State oi Texas, set keif 1 admittance to the Unive . :<{ Texas Law Scnool. Ii the Lasei'. wbtcn the Souther Iked as frauds -i the com the continuation ci segregation , favored. In an exclusive interview with . r.resvr' hr.-- of the CAROLIJ IAN on Yv’ednesday, Atorney Ger era! Harry McMuilan, predict* that I h. end of separate schoo m N’t I 'fit Carolm.; would wor* 1 th; disaa- intaiV oi Negroes, ar that ;* • could be better for Negi oh;..ten to remain satisfied uAcii b o of segregation now’ i | opei ation i\> his art time at tor ti continuation oi separate school M Mob: Man ,aU that if integn tier: of tin races were permittei a large number oi whites woul st<r;. attending public school, an ; would attend private institutions This he raid, would result in • great iiui den falling on the Negt taxpayer Th* c.torney Genera! also sat that uitegi ation would result i ’U:.. re th oi 'OO N* gvo teacher ■. i : tru- Stun- otutig t-.i.-owu out of err ! plovment *{ ontinucft on page « this section | LIN COI N UNIVERSITY, Pa. - 'The National Action League < (P.-iiiactclphia wok 'revealed th ■veiL to be a ’’subversive organize y; if named oy tap U. S Attorne j General on it:: official list of Coir ■ munist. Communist-front, and oil ;er cu-canzations working to crea ‘dissension among Americans an gc-nerali ■■ to undermine the Ame jican Way of Life. | The revelation was made in [letter received from the U. S. Dt jyurirnent of Justice. Faculty and students at Lined enjoyed a good laugh on learnin that the would-be investigators ha themselves been the object of a i investigation, and had been foun : wanting ! The League has taken an activ I part in rallying public opinion 1 ■UV it Mr. Christ Verges, pre jprietor of the Oxford Hotel Cofit Shop, aim Mr. Joseph Crowd, pr< ip.rietor of the Oxfm . Theatre, wh I were charpvd with violating Pent sylvania's Civil Rights Statute b Lincoln University students,, ft. he : circulated League propagatid among Chester County citizens an Continued on page 8, Lu. section CHIEF IS JAILED FOR HEATING DRUMS ACCRA, GOLD COAST, AFRICA Nan Koblna, chief of the British protectorate of Sekondi, was sentenced early this week, to three years im prisonment an! fined SMO for beating war drums and making a general nusiance of himself. Hie Sekondi assizes charged Koblna with causing the drums to be beaten anil then order ing hundreds of his subjects, who assembkt i, to surround a government police detachment which lie had thrown out of his sate during a recent distur- Dance. ! Tliis the charge said, !»>d to a latter clash, as a result 'of which much damage was done to pr op erty . ;