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PAGE EIGHT Continued From Page 1 NO WEDDING Tuesday tiie fatal ''vanning (ji the lit t-s of the two would - be weds began, according to friends, wuen fh> two joined Willie Sted acan and Miss Rosa Lee Quick at th. Carolina Theatre here where the foursome saw the motion pic ture When Worlds Collide." ft was whit si Mir H ">w revealed, that Smith tried unsuccessfully to pawn the gun hr was carrying Murk down in his belt. Following th*- movie star, Sfedm.an and Miss Quick and Smith and Miss Ferguson • farted walking home Smith formerly owned a car, hut was afoot on the tragic night and Miss Ferguson started walking home. Smith formerly •• -vned a cijjr, but was afoot on the tragic night, While passing through the dark PP.ec) passage of Washington St.. Smith, it is reported, began to toy With the pistol he still had in his possession. Ho \\a- forthwith!}* allted by Miss Fereguson to pul the gun up before he '■hurt sour body." Stedm-in related. Suddenly Stedman and Miss Quick, walking some 20 feet in front of Smith and Miss Fergu cpn heard the sharp report of a visto!, then, the two reported, Smith, leaning over the body of Mists Fereguson, shouted fo 1 * tlum to go call a doctor Betty .b an n a t been shot" — _ „ ■■» |.. ■>«iwirr> T rr-ftmnr-r-— >wwl Wan-UIL .WW«UWOI \ -0-. , grow* ■ K f?i*d « V * \ s*nw=\ v Seagrams jg&m (?teww iIINDEP WHiSKfY m* Preet Gr*r» N«e»rt? i>iyni.m«iiu» Cerperdtio*. €■ “Cowboys” Ward and Whitley Invite You To Visit Your GAS COMPANY ju, During Their ffp'yfiw - ANNUAL riM 0 ST® sontoWP Use This Opportunity To Purchase A MODERN NEW S-Kk BOMB N'x CZ —***' —--a-a GAS range i ■ : ’J - |.'H UP TO I J $50.00 |f -cjMjgpCTgeSaßaTn*-, *f i '*3SZ£‘ TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE *; 1 ON YOUR OLD STOVE “REGARDLESS OF KIND — , OR CONDITION” SMALL "NATURALLY a v IT'S GAS** I DOWN PAYMENTS < f ■'/ NORTH ■■ - I • VERY LIBERAL THE TERMS! GAS. CO w> , — Offices: 21? HiJSsWo St. 2-3761 • -When be left to call a doctor to the scene, Stedftian said, Smith « meet 'o be moving the girl's uii.p Body to the side of the road. After racing up Washington } fieri to tiie residence of Mrs. IT.imic McDonald in bis try to v chip medical attention for tl ip wounded girl. Stedinan re ported that he returned to the ki cue of tiie shooting only (o H id Frank Smith lying dead ij Hie road, a gaping luillrt- Iw tie ripped through his chest, Ifrte body of Miss Ferguson la y in a roadside ditch > few yards away. The pistol which lisid caused the two deaths lay t j the road from Smith's body where i‘t had obviously fallen ?) ter the ‘■hot which -tabued I s Site was fired. Poll e v investigation revealed Ihct ihe gun wis in no condi tio o to be toyed with. Screws v, eire rnisisng from its body ft ml the weapon showed evidence of hav, ,ig been hammered in an ai • -»t to remove n shell. Fv’orsnos who live i tithe area i vpc ried having heard the tw o fa ta) shots fired The first one. v Idi h entered Miss Ferguson's ■.u',i ll beneath the tight eye and (luad upward finally exiting tluough *h(' forehead was fired aia nt Id second-; before the so ared one which coursed through Smith's chest was, they say. Betty Jean Ferguson, at IP. was c •b.ig girl" for her age. invewdi.r. • fion rc'eaclC'd, and was wc-ll though? of in t-he Boykins Ave , cue - Chester'field St. community m which f:i? lived She had at . tended school at the Loe County Training School here wffcre W. B | Wicker is principal, but -topped school before graduating. She was not eme ployed at the tunc (1 her death, but had on occasion worked "in .service and in lo aceo' during the "green season." Frank. Smith, ".-ho lived at !•>::! J ;y .yntoi Shed hi w«< deemed . likeable follow by the younger men of tin- community Though not a 'jitterbug", townspeople | noted, Smitu adopted the wearing of i 'conk" and hod a -pedal Jik ’ ifig loi' "cl: uped ' clotties. Both Miss Ferguson and Smith , v**« re memcers of local churdic:-. .Fune.-il services for Smith were conducted at Union Baptist chytch ; here last Sunday ofiei noon at .1.110 with K-v, Mr. Tuck, the pastor, 1 ! ..Ifkiatjng Anders Funeral Home vas in chai et of arrangements. ’ Final rites for A!. • ‘Ferguson 1 I were also held Sunday afternoon. '; but lrom the Wall Street. Baptist Chimb with die Rev. A. F Mc i Lee giving the eulogy. Horton ! Funeral Home was in charge of j arangemeilfi. .mss rerguson, who lived Ji wftli her parents, Mr. and Mrs Clifford ami Celeste i Fergu son at 10IS Boykin leaves her parents and five brothers and sisters as survivor. Smith b survived by Ids father, Walter Smith and mother, Mrs. Rosa Smith, ibn have three nthrr children. , WAKE FORES'fcOPS For tn* o, >t our imaginary ; foreign ••o.itors here is a brief ■ c ackgi outid oi \ bat -bud gone on j before. According to v.ll authen | tjeated reports, for the past sev j eral months, the Negro section of Wake Forust has iiecn terrorized -ty the poticc-. who. under the .-’ightert pretext would intimidate and beat up fello*' Negroes Eye . witness reports concerning the latest incident is as. on the night of the happening tiiat resulted in assault caaryt-3 being brought ! against the two policemen, two Negro girls Lore nine Mitchell and Miss Arlene Luca* were peacefully sitting on a i -ix outside an amuse ment place in Wake Forest The hvo officers drove up and order ed the girl# to <'ome to them When they did not respond fast tuougfi to suit Th*.- ydo-eme-i they! began asse’iting the r.irls > t v their hands, fists and feet I'he Negro man. -Tobnny H.-iyt . : .\ a struck down, from Hie rear by one of the officers. Bail, aft— hf had •!;. :! Knuckle vhj Ra'i was eking* one of the girls After , * ttcrin -sh«. ; r indigpitios. the flu op N.-groy. later tiled and convicted in the -ani‘ court f *hat last -Saturday treed the two po lo of fie* ?* after t 0.,) if ibe Ne groes had brought a- .Hill charges against the officers , mu cl i for the trial, a t'avf-r --*v upon justice, let us consider hat mu#) be going on in the; minds of our imaginary visitors. Before their then eyoi and ivith their own ear- they -have seen J and heard American democracy in action. They have seen cit/ieiis of tics country, whose only crime is tne color of their skins, denied Up protection of the le v which ..u.rtantees justice to everyone They have seen t*be evil fore*.*: of prejudice, intolerance and bigotry, ■-* i’ll all then tenable aspects, striking unmercifully at the ac V os and most defenseless, but -H tin* >ii e lime the most loyal and r nmole cteirc’nts of Amei t«a» so ciety People hke themselves, who only ask *ha( hey be allowed to -hue on an equitable basis, the f uits of their toil and be allowed i lo live by the Dccla: ntion that. "All men ar*- cieated equal and pro ; < I'dov.i'd by then Maker with cer tain inalienable riplits -- life, iilc and the pursuit of happiness" Now, a . n matter of fact, there j was no delegation of foreigners ••Mting in llecorders Court in Wake Forest last Saturdaf morn ing, but the eyes of WORLD OPINION were there, jit.t as those iftrnc eves are focused upon all' of th* undemocratic actions and deeds of America. WORLD OPIN ION is today trying America be fore th** High Court of lust-ice. presided over by the Great Crea tor, who made man. 'One nation tr dwell upon the face of the -.earth," The evidence from Wake Forest Is but a fragment of the damaging array of misdeed# per mittee’ and condoned by this coun ‘ti y. who would rather that file v. i ole country sink into hell than accord simple justice to th- black man what will bo tiie verdict tendered by the High Tribunal, it has to be GUILTY! BFC l)\DD> CRAKE to extort the praises of -ne spiri tual leader who reportedly con tmls millions of dollars worth of real estate secured by his church ftifiliation after Us founding some ,-n year.- ago i*\ru>f; HM D The forej-n • born cultist. be- j ducked in thousands of dollars: worth o f jeweiry given ft* him by I ‘ tltc faithful" rode like a king in j a chariot in a jeep which va: the' otiicia! car in a mile - long pa- j rade staged by House of Prayer j for All People parishioners a ■ the | highlight of the convocation fob | lowing Sunday’- record ‘saving": event BINDS HAVE BEAT The entire Brooklyn sector , of f barlotte turned out to ' iteu the parade which fea tured bands -online from mod of (he Bouse of Prtiyer i lithe «"barlotte area These, hand*, oundina for all the world lik* ♦he Griffin Brothers orchestra playing their Mump" which was composed while the broth ers were members of a Hou.se>*' of prayer band in Norfolk. Va,, supplied out do for fho tong |h'*s of gatH clad "fa'thfnl" hoys girls, women and tv*en. who took part. Trucks, bus*?# and ethov "'’rt'f* ; ancc-s earned the faith? ;1" who : numbered estimated FOnO The local' soul saving" stop by, Bishop G> ace was but one of many planets din the South during "''<e . current reason From ! harlm’**' : the Bishop *■•?.< expected to r.o ; r -tthward into Georgia before a • ! gain heading north and homev-srd t*-, Massachusetts Despite *oe vastneess >'f th-’ ! r--oivds watching BisAop Grace • ecu! 'aving" techniques and the i.. ; 'c-cpu-nt parade, r, o "iolenc * a-: noted. Xhi- saving' story may really : !he * p to better the crime situation i in Charlotte.” a local official -o'- , mised I FFP \ OFFFdAL ever they rear their ugly reads i Because of this alertless, there were those at 'bis meeting -hoi challenged the ji gut fulness. of * public funds, money they would • have to help pay, being used to! sustain and widen the pattern now used against them The Ruv / A Geora*? Fisher, pastor of S1 Am brose Church. Prof. Carl D> vane.; social science instructor at Sit *w University and Mr. A. C Pat i ish, veil known Baptist layman, were among those who saw dan ger in the St. Agnes proposal and j expressed themselves as against it : Superintendent Poole seemingly • unmindful of tiie fact that he holds a position, which by any decent concept of righl should be ! Geld by x Negro, expressed him self as being fearful lest the "many fine positions now held by Nt-i'ot:# ai St. A’oe# be lost to them’' unless the Negroes of Wake County allow the St. Agnes board USED CARS 51 Mercury Club Coupe 50 Ford Custom 5-dr •50 Pontiac Chieftain Sedan ’» Chevrole? Convertible •B 0 Dodge 2-dr -5 ° psckard *' 2 ‘ dr !| 49 Plymouth Spec Deluxe Sed. >4?) Mercury Seeds a ’4B Ford Custom 2-dr 49 Mwew * Sport Coupe •48 Pontiac Convertible 48 Ford Su P er 2 ’ dr ; *4B Studebaker Comm Sedan ' 4S Morcur >' Sodan Cou^ 47 Pontiac Streamline Opr 47 Memrsv Sedßn '47 Ford Convertible 48 ClkitoM Convertible [ '46 Ford Super 2-dr ' 4l Chevrolet 2-di «, t . *B9 Plymouth 2-dr 41 Plf, jiiouth < >onv<*rt ibi •-* HARMON Lincoln Motor Company Mercury -428 S. Wilmington St SIS Fayetteville St. “ Dial 3-5454 Dial 3-3643 I THE CAROLINIAN of trustees to have their '"ay. ' Prof Devane explained it was far more important from our stand point, for Negroes to work to elms ,i,au oi ;r ,nmation and segrega tion rather than try to save a few token jobs and that, iz,t time had, come tor an..attack H» be made on J Uscse evils w-.u-ie ever they were i found to exist. ft was then (hat Mr Raiford | exprestet t nia appreciation and! for the St. Agnes plan attempted to show that segregation ~nri uisci imination should not be attacked in the hospital situation, ,.-nu ne • lanvr.t the church for the existence of these evils and then, ;g the U'.trr ;una/,i;iiujii! of all present, said trie whole _ matter was unthinkable that a white v t,mnn would allow ,i Negro in terne to attend her in child biit-.i, (tic extreme type of state used frequently by southern dema gogues trying to hold up the sense less bugaboo of social equality be fore the ignorant rubble in order ! n inflame their hatred and so keep them (the demagogues > in M -ei. We fe>-l that Mi . Kadford s at tention should be directed to »*.ie. fact that the war upon discrimina tion and .segregation is now a world issue and that Negroes as v eil as whiles who condone these evils are traitors to thin- coun try. The white man lias allowed ids thinking to become so warped and his vision so blurred, that if democracy is to be saved the Ne gro must save it Knowing this, it i- not likely that such attitudes v ill long hinder or forever dee tract tne Negro in hi- tight for riecKoiii: .freedom not only for all the world. The CAROLINIAN has not and will not fight St Agur s Hospital, i eiieveing it has served in a credit-, able and most useful manner. TeL CAROLINIAN also believes tin re can be a brU’nt future for this institution as a private hospital, catering to those desiring uch la , uhtis's. On the other hand, the 'CAROLINIAN believes it. is the duty and the responsibllitv of the ! | County to provide viospital faedt j tier for Us eiti/.ens and that duty and responsibility can no* be duie j gated to a private group, respon 'stble only to themselves. This I newspaper lias enlisted on the side 1 jof equality. Justice, freedom and liberty a- outlined in the Consti tution of this County and --'ill light -on that side until the bat-; ! fie in won. I On September tg, Dr C. H : Hamilton, hospital expert and pro lessor of Rural Sociology at X s’. State College here, >U pre nt to the Raleigh Citizens As sociation the pla nfor a county general hospital You are urged to attend this meeting in order that you may be tntelligerHy in forned about the developments of :his p ! an. BFC— - Y f. BAPTISTS F Wright who have headed the organization's work vn Liberia for : the past five years. Raleigh's First. Baptist Church .was among the u churches re porting SIOOO or over for mission ary work to the convention, Di | it. S. Bullock, ion::, a leader in Baptist circle.' throughout the na tion. is pastor of the Raleigh church. Opening vermin at the mrs vention was delivered by the Rev P. v. Bishop of Rich Square, who is pre-dden't of the North Carolina Baptist Coni ention II STICK BLASTED •> police roadblock »n Raleigh. * ann escaping across tow a, leav ing the officers with only his Four months, suspended on the payment of fines lota ting *125. "The fact that the Virginia youngster had no previous po lice record may have mitigat ed in his favor. Or it may be that .fudge Waddetl is more kindly disposed toward Sep tember speedsters ’than h* is toward 'he January- ilk ' RFC- TRIAL SLATED The present term of Wake, Sup : erior Court is carrying an unus ■ ually heavy docket, but Wake So j lictor W J Bickeit has assured : Defense Attorney Herman Taylor that every effort 'ill be made to try this case before court adjourns 1 this week It it significant that one ■( the defendants. Johnny Hays, in ad dition to being struck down by officer Bali because Hayes ask-d office* Knuckles tv hay Ball tvas striking and kicking one of the Negro girls, suffered the added ' indignation of having his home forcibly entered by the officers j without a search warrant selng, used in the process During the search Hays’ mother J and b iter were greatly frightened and gross! intimidated. RFC CHARLE DISMISSED | woman, on .'.ns. 1.1, war freed • when the case was tried in Re- J '■oiaii': Court. No probable cause 1 was found in trie case. j Terry, a local resident, hud been ; held in jail here without, privilege, iof bond. Mr a Gordon, 29 mother !o; five small children, swore out 'j a warrant charging biro with j criminal ;• ssauM. i The white woman claim- d that j Terry forced her out of a tobac ;co barn and assaulted her in a corn field near her home about. 12 or 12:20 p.m. while -her hus band was away from. I Judge William I. Godwin as- ■ ' serted that a “lot of inconsistent I testimony was aiieri" in the rase IHo said: I find no probao'e | cause.'' The warrant was not sworn | nut until about 8 p.rn, that night, but testimony tended to . j show that Mr. and Mrs. Gor - don had been in town since as j tornoon. BFC—— i Oberiin Notes (EDITOR'S NOTE: More Oberiin News can be found on ! page 7. section 2, this issue* | RALEIGH Mr. Bernard Sto j cum II and little Bernard Slo- I cum lit have returned to New York after a visit with Mr Slo cum':- mother. Mrs. Minnie Ft. Slo : cum as hei home on Van Dyke Ave. Mrs Slocum <d • had as her vvci'k end guest:,, Mi and Mrs. Harry Green of Now York City ' and Miss Julia Monisun of Dur ham. • Miss Velma B. Davis has return ed to her teaching job at Eliza l:et-i City Miss Davis spent the 'Summer doing graduate work at S C. College in Durham. -BFC Chavis Heights (EDITOR’S NOTE ilnr' Chavis ih-ights News will be this issue) Hyde Terace had as *hri: hr- -- guests recently Mrs Jones' sever; foun don page 7. sertmn 1 of Mr. and Mrs. John of 1? I Mr- Etta Johnson from Philadei phi a and Mr- Lucille Elliot of F' •ovi'ia Mr. and M**?. of 315 Camden •Sir- ct cclch. • •■! “- -1> 3rd wedding anniversary T-r •d •' Sept. '• Congratulations -Mr and ; M' V-.-i: . - Mr. J. F Lund;- of 7 Johnson We are building ten steps of $100,000.00 each to se em p $1.000,000 00 in sav ings, Ou r savings' de posits now amount to 5348.T22J5. 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