Baptists Converge On Wilmington Baptist Meet Features OR. SPAULDING >*R r: ' v ~ . Speaker'* Foie . . K?rß*»»«r Big Attendance Is Prospected For Annual Sessions 13 ALEIGH Approximate!/ 1.000 messengerand frir-nd:-. •;* ‘esenting 1600 Baptist Church* a membership of 280.000. will Ufiemble in Wilmington. N C. feober 31-Novcmber 2, to ?•<■■■'■- Mate in the 83rd annual ■■ ••-'*'!> >' '®> General Baptist. State eon v uiii-.i ui Carolina. Inr Session- will bo ■ i-. :;*, tin* Sb:!nh Baptist Church. Dr- J. H **>• •*■•*• and :b- :!* *?• : School. Major concei :i will Iw ;* • i■ r• In? the tore- days to h* ’ * >* .1 oriel redemption. The to.. of the meeting is 'World R n- ‘<;o. n Through Applied ChrisM-i'iit--' Dr. Randy Ray. p • ’ Corner-tone B »pti>? t o :• i lyn. N. Y, wjil give ’■■>< ;ut address centered rroun'i he t - sion's theme The Rev Mi H-'v lif' is a iso executive secretary of the Social Service CommisSt-.M of the National Baptist Convention. Inc., will speak Wednesday even ing November 1 at 8. Other special a dresses will be given by— Dean William R. Stras stie rof the Shaw University School of Religion; Dr. C. C. Spaulding, .resident of North Carolina Mu tual Life Insurance Company. Dur ham; Dr W. C. Somerville, exa ct!? ive secretary of the Lott Carry Baptist Foreign Mission Conven tion; the Rev. G. W. Thomas of P.oxboro who will give the key note address; T, A. Hamme, super intendent of the Oxford Orphan age, and Dr. M A. Huggins exe cutive secretary of the Baptist Slate Convention. Gate City Freely Supports Bennett i GREENSBORO People in Greensboro are proud oi Bennett College and do their all to show' it if the collections in the city's phase of a current Bennett fund raising campaign can be consid ered indicative. GIRL, 14, DIES IN MYSTERY FALL OFF SCHOOL BUS FAYETTEVIDLE— Mystery sur rounds the death of 14-year-old pirl, student at the local Arm strong High School, who was fa tally injured near here late Mon ; day afternoon when she jumped ur fell from a moving school bus. Victim of the unprecedented tragedy is Bernice Smith, who died shortly after having been ad mitted to a Dunn hospital follow ing her leap or fall from the school vehicle carrying her home. Two eye-witnesses to the inci dent, James Williams, 19, and Clif ford Godwin, la, reported that the pirl suddenly got up from her seat near the middle of the machine, rushed to the front, door and fell headlong into the road. Site of the tragedy was soma 200 yards from the spot where the victim was accustomed to board ingand leaving the bus. Speed of the vehicle was estimated at 33 miles per hour at lime of the leap- The young girl, who along with 'Wiliams, Ihe driver, and Godwin, the bus captain, composed the en tire occupancy of the bus, gave dd uiuj.cai.ion of tun intention, but hurried to the front of the ma chine, turned the handle operating the door and then disappeared from view. The bus was brought to a halt arid the girl rushed to a hospital where she died shortly after ad mittance. Investigation is being conduct ed by Sampson County Coroner (Continued on back page) Scaedtded *° preach funnorr. dui ttv ‘ z ‘?!svi iog are: D* I ' Bits 'lie, piuoi '.-I Lee Mono! YD'- ~ non B. ChurtM. Dutm-in,. Gw B‘ v i p. :.TcJt,on pc i" of I • vary Bs.Mi-! Church !I: r V' : . the is Rpv. J. 1. Bowden of I■* ■ Ginngo Influent*.* .it ?!}»• Church y-'-ili rsn the True Basis for World p, „co " vill i f reatnred Wer'sn. ■ dev i/ternobfl. November I at tStla. The f?,.v o K Check.! nublic re'** 4 * direi'lor of Rh.HW University "di erve as chfriffri-m of the* • ..j (j* j < > if i- ;>. • Hunant . •* : M hi.: !*■,.- f>'*v .[ R f|.: npiirey. CPar .uw til,., p* ■■ H. 1. MO W,'! 1 (,p. ;11,.. end the* Rev Thomas .j. i.uyn. Raleigh. Music f,*a 11 res will include H' " ini selections by die Shaw Univer sity Choir and Choirs ■' 'tie lo ci Ichurctbes Harry G?i Smyth®, director of music at Shaw will di rect the University Chora! group Officers of the Convention Me. Dr P A B'- to Rich Square, president; Dr W. H. Davidson. Charlote first* vcic president; the Rev. D C. Gore, Whin vilio. second vice president; the Ret J. A. Nimmo. Greenville third vice president; the Rev. M. W Wyatt, Salisbury, recording secretary. Dr D. L Simon. Powellsville. treas urer, arid !im Rev A. F. McCleave Sanford, statitician. Dr O S. But tock. Ralcigli is chairman of the executive committee*. and Dr J T Hairston of Greensboro is chair ma nos the board of Missions. !n the initial reporting meet ing' ot the $2611.000 fund-rais ing campaign for completion oi the new Student Union building and heating plant a total of $22,193 was listed as received already of the city'- quota of s7o,o
.
This amount does not in
cvlude that which has been
raised in the campus phase of
of the campaign, it has been
pointed out.
Tin- Student Union Bidding is
to be dedicated Sunday when Dr
, Mary McLeod Bethutie, founder
l of Bcthune - Cookman College,
; Dayton i Beach, Fla., is scheduled
to deliver the principal address.
The dedicatory service is one
of the many event.- scheduled
durini* the Founder's Day obser
vances October 27*31-
They Represent 6000 NFA Members
j NFA OFFICIALS MEET j
| Sitting in conference ill the
j Cheshire ituildilng, Saint Augus
tine's College are these New !
| Farmers of America officials. ]
From left to right are J. L,
Moffett, president of tile Agri-
' \Ni c? iAli> isn
Edition /gg j
SINGLE COPY I
Tiii.:: h.hiTiiT umi en.n; knit,.:, ■■•■vp'kdav. orroHKi; nv**» >-w n
Beseik Asylum Inmate
IM-Uidsis Attendant 51
In Salute To United Nations Week
t ! |s
: pi>a ' w 1 ! **! yl|f
■ #
N MFANS "U”? fnagurating f niteil Nations Week, 7« officers and enlisted men of th* Army'i
> Verb Port of Embarkation visited the ! V. Headquarters this week to attend eommittes tßsefinff
the General Assembly Giving the fif's » few '’pointers” on the workings of the in« emotional body <:
>?t Admiral Chester VV. Mmitr. Listening attent) vel.v are (left to right) M/Sgt. Joseph J H«g»a
■|/Sgt. C-ooper Clifford, Sgt, t.e Elmer Johnson ami 11 Sti. Sand) Finola,
All-Negro Station Bows In
Twin City On October 26th
WINSTON • SALEM Thins.-
day afternoon October 26 marked
>the opening of Winston-Salem s
newest Radio Station WAAA. This
is North Carolina's first all col
ored programmed station and eat h
of the programs and features arc
cultural association; Calvin Ijintcs
president of the state NFA As
sociation, Macksville; Tneophil
uis Miller, treasurer, NFA As
sociation; James Hill, reporter;
.faun's L. Newton, third vice pre
sJt.ent; Maeeo Hutchinson, si.iore
presented to cover activities of
Negro nitercst. Two other all Ne
gro -'Litmus are located jn Atlan
ta, Ga and Birin, .injrham, Ala.
WAAA is owned and operated
by the Community Broadcasting
Service, Inc., and is at 980 on
your radio dial. Ted Lee per, viee
j tary, North Carolina State As
i sociatlon; J, VV. Tumor, first vice
j president, North Carolina State
; Association; and VV. J- Fisner,
j executive secretary, State Asso
ciation, NFA. (CAROLINIAN
Photo by lUll Vcale.i
president and general manager is 1
a radio veteran of many years,
and he has secured a staff for
WAAA that is well trained and
capable.
The daily schedule of programs
on WAAA Monday through;
Saturday will be filled with
good music and they will be pre-:
seated in an appealing manner by
personality announcers. Beginning '•
at i.. 30 each morning, Larry Wil
liams, a former announcer it. sta
tion WNCA in Asheville, presents
| “Roll Jordan” -a full hour of
j familiar religious anti spiritual
• music
< Bruce “Sugarthroat” Miller is
| heard on a program "Red-Hot and
Blues” {fuelt afternoon, and as
(Continued on back page)
It Hupp
Some Here, Some 1 here !
RALEIGH All football action !
| involving leading North Carolina!
i football teams did nottake part in
i the state, the aftermath Vtars local
I consideration, however,
j Scores in major games in the
1 stale last week include:
Virginia Union 21, Winston
! Salem H)
St. Augustine's 36, Ellza
| both City 0
N- C. College 55, Shaw 0
Howard 7, .1. C. Smith 6
Washington High 13, Booker
T. Washington 0
: Bill Bull's A, and T. College Aggies j
! lost their first game oi the year j
to Coach Jake Gaither's Florida A. j
• /lid, M. flat tie is by a 14. to B count 1
- 'VOICES' TELL
' INMATE 10 SI AT
(IID ATTENDANT
•10-Yrar-OF! Man 1 scs
Iron Stakf Po Beat
Other, 51, P ,} l^ath
GOLDSBORO A. 51-ye?r-old
a p.aid xt lh- State Hospital
to death by an inmate here 1*. *’•
so-- N |4 gro Insane he*‘° was be a t *',;
day morning as the inmate sues,
deniy '.vent be-erk obeyed
■'voices” he'd heard
Dead is Robert Clark, who died
.liortly after ha ms Leer! boat* n
wound the head by John >1
Thompson, 18. as the two returned
from ran ing net ■ 4 V
Aceoiding to hospital official 4 ,
Thompson, until then walking
■ii it; peacefully •< ith the elder
m:,n," a nri ./tty pulled { the nospit.a! revealed iDt-
Thii.r • - son won ; -as dc'cribad as
a ■,eui<'ntia Ptiocox case, after
ward told him that voices" n.id
prompted him to commit the deed.,
Thompson, avno came here from
iitc iiospi , :il in Duplin County
some two weeks ago had been
temporarily classified and was to
have undergone further study this
week. Immediately following the
killing, he was placed in a ward
i tor iho criminally insane. t
(Continued on page 8)
MSN WHO TOLD
WIFE TO KILL
HUBBY NABBED
SMITH FI ELD - A white man,
who allegedly did ‘-counsel, pro
cure and command” a Negro wom
an to slay her husband has been
arrested here as result of inten
sive State Bureau of Investigation
inquiry into the death of a 36-year
old Selma man.
Mrs- Gladys Richardson, who
hud been scheduled to be tried
this week for the murder of
her husband. James, 3