I
What They Do ‘round There
A POP' LAK SONG SEEKS TO •determine ‘‘What
<The.v Do When They C > ‘Round 'There The Caro
linian wished to ascertain what occurred to people
vvi 1 > ‘‘stayed ‘round there" in Washington, N. C J. !’>.
Uarren’s story which begin.; on this page c.ear-i up'
ome of tire questions wlm*.; the t ai'oiiUUUi ivuiiepb
iiave asked,
VOL, \j[
1 KILLED, 12 HURT IN CHURCH BUS CRASH
NOW THE SMILING £4CfiSL_
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Washington Terrace m |BS®B&,
Residents Will Hoid f § I
tiidav Nt«f!ii Med SI f Jl J
RALEIGH—A meeting dur- v $ jUmk- JHI J|
mg which the tenant;- in the &. ,f 'oam mm <£■
Washington Terence apart- Kg|L, . mSm: JawE. {f|
merit? here prooose to orga- |' ' ' "* ™
nize a Community Council is
slated for this weekend.
Washington Terrace
Residents Will Hold
Fridav Night Meet
RALEIGH—-A meeting dur
ing which the tenant;- in the
Washington Terrace apart
ments here prooose to orga
nist a Community Council is
slated for this weekend.
The meeting will be held
at Marti n Street Baptist
Church, Martin at S. State
Streets, at 8 p. m. Friday
evening, August 2l»t,
AH residents of Washing
ton retrace are asked to be
in attendance at this meet
ing.
School Issues In Limelight
As South Eyes The Future
1 hird S. C. County Files
Suit On Discrimination
FLORENCE, S C —Florence last
week became the third South Car- I
Mina county in which public
school si-crelation has been chal
lenged. Thirty-five Negro parents ■
have signed a petition seeking; ad
mission ui their children to the
UHliity :i White Cl hi mis.
[he nmv famous Clarendon i oufi
t.v case is pending before the U. S
Supreme Court, and several weeks
a m tin* National Assocratioii for :
the Advsiiimi!lent of Colored 1-Vo
jde -aid an identical su it would be j
filed tie air is t Deautixri County
tiimol officials
In a meeting here .Sunday the ;
:.b Negro parents signed a petition 1
h be presented to Florence School
District Number 1, The petition,;
similar to the Clarendon County |
ease and the Beaufort pi-ut ton,
inks admusiori of Negro children !
Iti K'oronce Comity white school:;
on Hu- ground.-, that the county's
Negro Schools lleVcl call he equ.il
to whit* schools.
Trial Os Cop Who Shot Handless Man Is
Postponed; Charges Brought Vs. Victim
(EDITORS NOTE: CAROLIN
IAN correspondent J. It. IPfrn
was given an ail-inclusive as
nig nine nt to go into Washington,
N< . and see exactly "what
gnes" as related to the ease of j
the shooting oi a feundiess Ne- |
gro man by a price officer of
that town The following Is Air.
Harrell's report).
MV J. Si. HARKEN
'WASHINGTON, NC It was |
learned here last week that the;
scheduled trial of a local white 1
polii e officer for the alleged bru
ta! shooting of a handles* Negro
man has been po.-.poned here un
til August 28.
It was also learned locally that j
authorities have served a warrant J
SIX IKEN PAG Ks
N rfif, it's not at tin- lieueb
These avli di tlve mennaiila
poised mi the stariiiiK edge ot
tile handsome, regulation (»oui
lit Hu- .%. and l' tiollege gymna
sium, auii e>e the filiisli line
>ai de uu ay. »eg inning >i ith the
full quarter iivtmniing insirwe
lloil v. it! be m ailable to at! MU
State NAACP President Jauies
j Minion say:: that a committee had !
j previously met with the board of i
I s Vcslees and aid coiiiiTCurni.'aUd j
; with the finance eorniviissiun in I
| Columbia, asking lor equal facili- i
| ties. Hinton a survey vailed !
| tor a new high .school for iii-p oc.i
; out Florence trustee- decided m
renovate Wilson Hq.ii school aL
the COM of SIOO,OOO
: Hmytun say the Negro parent::;
j decided araiost "acCt-ptim.; this m-:
! adequate plan" and requested the j
1 Smith Carolina cordeft-nce u* NA- ;
i ACP to back bn-m in a siijr Jinn ;
; ton says the petition to .school
1 trustees wd! be filed with Elina nro ;
sehui.il official* immediately.
W. C Poston, Florence County |
I suiierintcndent of education, said:
; that a proposal to renovate Wilson j
’ School at the cos! oi SIOO,OOO was {
I correct, but Jivul. in the ;rime pro- !
; posal ww. included a new M'lii sji
i building tu be n'ed eithei afi a
{( imliiitii'il mi Page S;
- upon the I landless victim William .
i Oscar eh any decnindinf.; that lire
! ij'p< m for trial ahmed unm diat
j ly. Friends iv -re sticct.ssfui in
* .’citing his trial pu-tponed until •
} the 58th because in. iGriniy) was .
| ion weak to t. tuy. havin'* *i :
ter released from the -hospital
! ii is said
' TAYLOR ANO MITCHELL TO
RESCUE
Locally, it is felt that the officer. >
i U'tiai-. '.s Mi I,ter) who aIU vedly
! shot Cindy in tin- back after beat
ing his head with a black jack j
until Grady exclaimed, I'd riithei ;
be dead than beat up like this", j
j nek; m. ver bt.u indicted but!
j tor tie? : ere ices of Attorney Her- |
J man I. Taylor and hr? partner, i
The Carolinian
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~RAL.EIOH, NORTH CAROL]XA
j Spurned Lover Says He ’ll Kill Her-Does j
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lien is at the college, the he.iu
tie;? liny are from iett to right.
Hisses Barbara Huggins, |>oVer.
Ni . Kilby swinson, ijoldslHirn,
M , fciltbM ot th Kirby, \Vi,soii,
NC; Uiaueh Caiu|ibeli. t iiartes
ton, S. <.. and If Shirley Tai
lor, l-ri-enioiitoii, N( All are
seniors with the exception «l
Aliss Kirby.
GEOROIA PLAN
TO BEAT COURT I
IS RE-STATEO
ATLANTA Governor Herman
Taltriadge -aid Monday that Geor
gia cun iransfei public .schools
n private operation in few
days 1 it the Ij, S. Supreme Court
fan-: classroom segregation.
TiilimMigc, in a press confer
ence statetocut said state sub
.--iiti| atiiili of private sellouts
ini both white anil Negro chil
dren would be tin? only way
to prevent "strife and blood
shed" if segregation is banned,
flow a "bunch of men could
force sue i beliefs on us is beyond
my com prehension’', he said. Abo
lition of unmixed classes, he added
would make trie nation "one step
closer to the policies ol the Kieitl
lin "
Ho voeer. the : overnor said, ill
(Cnnthiued on t>i
Mitchell ot Raleigh, Who were ;se
iui i:d by elTibiltered citizens
SIMILAR INCIDENTS BEFORE
Such conduct upon the part of
local officers is not strange ac
cording to . • liable sources here.
Recently u colored boy. the son
ol a. injnLfer of mode.-.t “ i..cans,
who took aii active part iii the
delensi of 1 afa.ydte Miller who
vas executed last spring) was al
legedly beaten in jail after being
sentenced in court before the
court could adjourn. Ills cries were
h« arri on the street, it is said.
When called to the attention of
the court, an investigation was
made. There ir -orne doubt as to
what it anything, was done about
(CcaUoticd an Page c)
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Man Found Unconscious Dies
\V INSTON-SAI.KM Samuel
Martin, 22 oi 34u Pittsburgh Ave
nue, din.i in Kh?,v Bitting Bev
noh;:» at 12,t0 a. m Mun
hay .solnr 14 hoiu alter I*# «va*
found luii’wps ivkus m Lis roo/u.
H.o niotheV Mi:. Mattie Sim
rr.oil' ,i 11 r cioiUt-ij, aii suiophy 3B»i
a orehn unary report kuciicated
that tJ*e vdun.£ in an »4»f .a oi a fa-ram
‘■ifefi •jri na ,e «-• iicv.>? v e *. -1 c ’»a.t; .-
-’ Ait i (. li.t L f. . f it ! t. 1 ' A • 1>• U * 1 *t W 3 IT 1
Recently * Returned Vet Drowns
COLUMBIA. S. C. Uyless Mc--
Cler.. 21-yoar-oid risidtint oi‘ Co
iuriibia, Route 2. wus .'ieCiUeiitHils
drowned while s\v iiivmns ;u k
pond atoout on otnile east oi Co.
lumbiu about ti a. in. Saturday.
McCLes aioi.p with two oi in*
cousins, Luthur and Antltioiiy M»-
Cite.-: stoppeU to im m a pun,"
4 .-:i. .-. distance lrous Columbia
High Point Man Road Victim
MiCH i-OiSr -- A tic a KaiiHA
31, ot High Point, was seriously
injured about 12:55 a. m. Mond&v
when the car he was driving crasF
ed into a parked truck in the 40?
biocK of Meredith Street.
Man Is Charge With Assault
i
HIGH POINT A 30->ear-old
; High Point man was bound ovei
!to .Superior (‘oiirt here i'ue.-rfay :tt
i Muuieijial Court \,n i.oar er. ol as
! “nulling a local woman with intent
; to comtrpi rape
Lomue Burke, of 3(18 Vais Street
r. 'j ■ put under $2,000 bemd Lt>
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New Ciroup To Give Twin City Fair
WINSTON-SAUEM - The Caro- ,
i Una Colored Fair Jtna.
oi Winston-Salem was issued *
j certificpiioa of incorporation by
die oftice of Secretary of Sun
n.aii Hu;e, m Raleigh Monday
it \\ U:. funned a - . a non-Ste^
I iOi po: ai hill "hj encourage ai.u
uroiuiitn acrii iituire by ... n ,
?'?:,! I W l:i.:.c and Mr; Ada
| B i'v.vi
ivir i ~ iii serve a.-; president:
■if till- tvW J .UCiURon, he ; epOi :
I . d.
Other officers will be Cepluju; ;
j Grier, vice-president; Mr, Burns.
I -ecretarv; Leander Hill, treasurer; j
IE. C. Hill, general manager, and j
! K. C Erwin, assistant general man
COLLEGE HEAD GOES ABROAD
!
BENNETT COLLEGE .PREXY,
! WIFE GO ABROAD - Dr. I»i
--i vid D, Jones, president of Ben
nett Goilege, Greenslxiro, N. L.
i and Mrs. Julies .sailed recently
\ fur Europe on Hie liner tlnited
i States. They will visit several
! European countries on their
tirtir, hw-iwdiug t.RruiJny, where
I signs of bodily harm and shat 1
, death could have resulted from aw ,
| injury received two years ago.
i A more complete medical <'*-;
i o: i is expected to be made some
j '.line this vVcek. '.“Jilei* said
r.u ; SininiOt».s said that site was!
j unaware that her »on had received j
j an injury that cotud mve cau.sod :
:.hc ricn;,jl... :..f and officers raid ;
; i hat there ~ a iW ..itdiiattori of
| a>ul clsv
He had returned home after f.vo |
: or three weeks ac,o, having re- !
; '.t ived fits discharge from the Ai- ;
1 my after two years service in the j
Army, during which time he was j
at various bases in the Pacific I
| and also in Korea.
He -.as tile son of Ocorpt- Tlmixv- >
a; and Lassie MeCtcvs of Colum- :
! Hia. Route 2 |
haiuey ws riven tnatmeut at a
hospital here was then taken to
Kate Hitting Reynolds Memorial
Hospital at Winston-Salem. He re
ceived a head injury, broken am l [
and cuts about tin face.
Judge Archie My ait
> Burke pleaded innocent to the j
| chanie brought by xi.-rs i.oueiia.
V\'3ikc i.
At the hr a rink. Burke wac ae- ,
i-ured of try ng' to force her to sub- !
nut t'-' his advances in -> rooming!
.'ioum:- on Heflin Street Sunday, j
atjer.
Plans have already been mad? j
10 stage a fair at the Wlnston-Sa- j
Jem Fairgrounds Oct 27-31 under ■
auspices of the new a .soeiation, •
Mi Cast! said
Mi-atm inle, an off in at of th« :
Western Carolina Pair Association, |
which sponsored me NetnOj
Jr.it-. here lot the pa-1 .-.everai j
.year -.eni that ei'iofp V, di lu'.ike
no iltv.it to -nage ail exvrl tjLiu
this year
The tn jani,...!:ofi now 1~ Ued
tip in two Superior Court actions,
with no indication as to when they
will be tried, according to W. Ave
ty Jones, secretary of that ussoci*
(Continued on Page Si
| their son, Frank .tones, a U. S.
I Army officer is stationed with
j the occupation forces in Obe
ratmnergau. Bennett Cohere is |
j one of the 31 colleges md uni- j
! verst ties associated in the United t
I .Negro College Fund. Or, Jones j
is a member of the Executive 1
! Committee of tire Fund's Board ;
I of Dkmors.
WEEK ENDING SATL'RDAY, AU( i IST 22, I Dw : j
BRIDE AND GROOM 22 AND 111
■ lV; ?• ,2 .* ig =||j
Alexander sAlex) Ogman, who
claims to be 111 years ol age,
poses proudly, here vvitli his
most recent wife whose age is
listed as 22. Osman, oho lives
near New Bern. NC, garnered a
great dt-ai of publicity receiulj
when he took the yotang girl
32 !r Bus Crashing Into j
i Creek Near Goldsboro i
GOLDSBORO- But for the garce
| of God, 33 persons returning front
| a church picnic-outing would
have lost their lives when the
! bus in which they were riding
* plunged into creek neai here last
j Monday night.
* A. it was, uiu* woman war killed
j aiOCi rVtiji ilOZ'. it pc-rSuCI-. iii
i , *...*i’ori when the vehicle »n v.invh
! rue- happy, but tired eioup . f
I piemen .= were returning horn;-
j crashed through brid.n .u.c. mi
the crf-i: k iv.'Ollen by a tt-ci.nl
rains ail
MNNIiU IN: DROWNS
State Highway Patrolman inves
tigating ti*e accident said that
the victim was Mrs. Mabel Coun
Promises Hell Kill Her
At First Chance - - Does
('.’HADBOUR.Jp: Investigation
into the stabbing death of a wo
man here this week gave indica
tion that a man, who was once
the woman'.-; lover, had been
.spurned and had carried out his
promise to "kill the woman when
opportunity presented nseli
Accoi'din - to smm - -; which could
I be gathered here, James Edward
| Stanley, 31, was hie boy-friend
iof one Miss Lula Purdie until
j recently when Miss Purdit al
| legedjy told Stanley that .-die
; "couldn’t use tilin’’ anymore, and
! proceeded to "put him down."
In that conversation, if is
| alleged, Stanley told Miss I'ur
dfe trothrtghtly, that he ‘‘was
gonna kill" her us ‘‘soon as
! 1 get a chance. "
j That chance evidently came last
| .Sunday afternoon as Stanley and
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McDowell County School Board Denies
Basis For Suit By 50 Negro Parents
MARION Fifty Negro parents,
alleging discrimination against •
Negro school students in McDowell
County have filed .-.nits which will
be contested by the County Board
of Education * .according to E. K
Dameron of Marion, a member of j
the school board.
j Dameron denied ttie diacrimina
j t lor: charge, pointing out that the
j school board provided a modern
j consolidated school for Negro chit
i area in Marion.
j The suit was filed last Monday j
’\n U. S. District Court in Ashe-1
In Ihe Process Os Moving Now
THE CAROLINIAN IS NOW IN the process of moving
into its NEWLY - CONSTRUCTED
PLAN'I' building at 518 EL Martin Street, Raleigh.
Persons wishing to avail themselves of the multiple
services offered by North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
are asked to wa te h th.s newspaper for announce
inert of now telephone numbers, etc.
as his "fifth or sixth" bride. :
This exclusive CAROLINIAN i
photo was made while the aged j
man and his bride were still
in tlie -honeymoon” singe lasi i
week. -- CAROUNLAN PHOTO j
BV J. ft. liAIUU'N.
i
s. Users, a .60 year-old. local resident, j
G She reportedly lost her life when
1 she was unable to climb out of
the bus which overturned whet! it
> crashed into the creek.
i Mi - Countuers was said to have
| been sealed on the right nand side
] ; of ire bus and was pinned msufe j
| and drew ned.
! \ 1 ■)r injured persons, none of
i whom were very seriously hurl,
• : were taken to the Wayne Memori
al Hospital r'or treatment,
i 1.: vc--atoi -. -iy shot Iho bus,
tent iug ihv group which had
i been vn a picnic to Topsail Island
• I sponsored by the local Apostolic,
• Holiness Church, evidently failed
-1 (Continued on Page 8)
Miss Purdic strolled along a street
; in the ii.i al colored comm unity.
Stanley reportedly switched out
i a knife and began stabbing Miss
Purdic. Two knife thrusts caught
j the woman in the throat, sever
: in/ me juguiar vein; two more
| thrust she tried to fend off, cal oh
\me the stab wounds about the
,cft arm. Other knife wounds were
found on the thigh and about the
chest, with the woman's heart be
j lug pierced.
Following the stabbing, Stanley
| took to his heel-,, and in some
1 way refuted tmijsportution to
! nearby Tabor City where -he was
j arrested just an hour and a half
: utter tlie assault.
HAH TROUBLE BEFORE
Stanley admitted the killing
to Police Chief Garland Nobles
(Continued on Page if f
, vilk- seeking a permanent irijunc- j
j non to "restrain the McDowell I
< ounty School Board from di«- j
eliminating against Negro chil-1
dren, *
This action is the first of its
i kind 4o be recorded in the
j Western District of North Caro
lina where the Negro population
;- much smaller than the white
population.
Facilities for Negro senool chil
dren in the county have been pro
; vided by the school board upon
! the recommendation of the State 1
Jn UIUBExI 36
Sally League
Votes Negro
Man Its MVP
Noted Soul hern \ amp
Selects first-Year
Player for Honor
I JACK-BO NVILLE, F:a (Special)
I Tin high*.:; l , honors ever ac
; corded a Negro athlete in the
| Soutt: went Monday to 19-year*
i old Henry Aaron woo wk voted
! the most valuable player in the
I South Atlantic (Sally) League.
I Aaron, .363-hitti.ng second basv-
Lman who can ylay the outfield,
j bt ioil.es tt.f the- .Milwaukee Hess eS
j and is , xpecn-d to report to the
| major league club m mid-Sc-ptejn
i nr when tne tirea e as»-».r,
' end" :
I Satiy 1 3r'■ r t'l rI, Ah’ Or But
j ler at Columbia, S. C hailed A
| aron's selection as most vatu
| able” as meaning that the color
| barrier has been broken, there’s
i no doubt about that”, in Southern
j baseball.
j Live Negroes have played in the
| Class A. Sally League during 1953,
; the first time members of the
I race have been admitted to the
i league that includes such Pec p
• South towns as Charleston £
and Augusta, Georgia.
During the year Augusta fans
throw rocks at Horace Garner.
(Continued on Page a)
Race Boxer
!Is Bantam
I
Champion
! BROOKLYN. N Y The Ne-
I gro race has produced a new ocx
na ciiampion.
He is Billy (Swecfpe.i) Pen cock,
vho annexed the bantamweight
championship by winning, a split
decision over former North A
ttierican champion Henry c-Pappy»
Gault at tastei'n Parkway ta-te
Monday night.
The new bantam champ is a na
tive of Los Angeles, California.
In winning the title, he built
up an early lead in points by
taking the offensive in the fight
Horn the start. He battered tfjr;-
Spartaxvburg, SC defending titlist
iii over the ring during the early
rounds of the fight ta 12-rottridax)
before Gault found the range and
tried gameiy for a comeback i.n
what was his fith defense of the
title.
There were no knockdowns ;d
thou.'h Gault : lipped momentarily
m the third rouisd
Referee Pt-tey Sc..ho scored the
fight for Peacock 7-4-1 wnu judge
Art AiriaUi also found for Pacock
7-5 Judge Charley Shortell's ballot
was for Gault 6-5-1
The Associated Press, card had
Peacock on top 6-5-1.
A crowd estimated at 1.200 pay
ing about $1,500, iiitvv the contest
beamed by television < Dumont)
to some sections of the county
Gault had been a 3-2 favorite.
Jimmy Carruthers of Australia is
•he world’s bantamweight title
holder. The National Boxiii-' As
sociation set up the North Anieri
ran championship to stimulate in
of the -busiest classes. Gault won
the crown from Fernand Gagon
terrst in the division, once one
at Quebec, October 27, 1952.
Board of Education Dameron add
ed.
Marion’s nc-w consolidated school
provides "equal if not superior"
lacilities and is "the best equip
ped and best school plant in Mc-
Dowell County", Dameron said.
According to the suit, the lack
of a school in Old Fort forced the
Negro children to travel the 30-
mile round-trip to Marion, while
the white students have adequate
schools in mere walking distance
oi their homes.
i