LIGON GRAD TO ATTEND WOMAN’S COLLEGE
MISS ELIZABETH SMART
Ligon Grad
lOf2 To i
EntorW.G,
RALEIGH The president of j
J. W. Ligon Junior - Senior High j
School s class of 1956 made, history j
this week, when she was accepted !
ge a freshman at the alL n, bite Wo ■
rrsn r College of the University of j
North Carolina.
Mir-s Eii’-abetb Jc Ana
Smart If. daughter of and
Mrs. Monrc* Smart, 504 S. ■
£■ aunders Street, R.3.leigh- and i
yt;•; _ Wcfi ■$•*. o?n? Tillman> 19.
of Wadesboro will begin stud*
its it the college in Septem
ber toward t bachelor s>f arts
d •**£'*’■£?•. They will he room
mates Ir* fchaw Halt, a freshman
dormitory and will share the
raise bathroom.
These young ladies were the os- j
.? .ones accepted out. of a total ci
r Negro women who applied I
at the institution Two of the ap- j
on casts failed to complete their
I State News!
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I Brief J
PASTOR SAPS SENATORS I
GREENSBORO The Rev. John !
W Fleming, director of Christian j
Education for the General Baptist i
State Convention of North Carol!- •
na, was the featured speaker at a
;c;nt state Sunday School and
Training Union meeting of Bap
tists nere last. week. During Ins
eddress he blasted three U. S. Se**
eiors Erv-in (D-N.C.I, Eastlaiiu
(D-Miss i and McCarthy R-Wis.‘
a.c doing ' dastardly acts" ana hold
ing “Unchristian principles" which
ire destroying the Christian con
cept of community.” About 400 del-
W6T6 present
SLATER OF IN-LAW FREED
CLINTON _ Lloyd Baggett. ;
22-year-old tenant farmer, was
acquitted in the Sampson j
County Superior Court Tburs- j
day for the shotgun allying
last January of his brother-in- j
law, Flevd Jones In freeing i
the farmer Judge Malcolm
Raul ea!d he did no*, fee) that
% jury would convict him.
The defendant w-s so over
come 3* the verdict that he was
unable *o talk for a considera
ble length of time. Baggett was
charged with shooting Jor»e«
to death on Sunday. January
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men court,
WILKINS SAYS
CHICAGO (ANT'—Roy KM
fcins. executive secretary of the
NAACP and chairman of the Lead
ership Conference nr. Civil Rights,
told the platform committee of the
Democratic National Convention
Friday that its platform will ix.
“higniy unrealistic, morally and
politically,” if it. fails to recognize
end pledge executive and Segislu
tive action to implement the U. S
Supreme Court ruling against pub
lic .school segregation
Speaking before a packed aud.-
rnce in the Mayfair Room of the
Black-stone Hotel, where a IS-man
committee has been hard at woik
all week drafting thr party* plat
form, Wilkins declared:
“In the face of ertremist re
sistance on the part of a min
ority which sets its archaic
prejudices above loyalty to our
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MBS, BETTYE TILLMAN
i credentials while three did -iq?.
measure up to the scholastic re
quirements
The director of admissions at
Woman’s College Mies Mildred
: Newtn. said that Mis? Smart and
i Mrs. Tillman were informed of
j their eligibility to attend MCUNC
1 by letter cn Monday
A federal court ruling 1* re
j sponsible for the admission of
the women, Last September it
was ruled by a federal judge
that the Consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina must
j process the applications of
hopeful Negro undergraduates.
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|Civil Rights Plank |
Asked Os GOP, Demos
i i
| NEW ORLEANS Five hun
j dred and fifty citizens from all of
\ the 13 Southern states signed a pe
tition t.o the platform committee ■
of the Democratic and Republican I
parties urging a firm stand in su,.- .
port, of civil rights.
The petition, stating that ”iru
federal gov nment has a clear du
ty to guarantee to ail Southerners
the rights and privileges of full ci
tizenship,” was presented to the
platform committee of the Demo
cratic Party in Chicago August P,
by Dr. James A. Dombrowski, Ex
ecu live Director of the Southern
; Conference Educations! Fund Inc. j
j Th» same petition will be pre
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WALKER GETS ENCOURAGE
MENT—Photo shows Atty. James
R. Walker, Jr., of Weldon, (ten
ter> receiving words of encour
agement from two of the nearly i
300 race eitieens present during
the second day of trial at Jack
sos in Northampton County last j
week for allegedly "assaulting a |
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I VOLUME 15 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 18,1956 NUMBER 47
Argues Own Case, Father Gets
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Two NC Teenagers Drown Over Weekend
Bundle Kin j|
Strangled ||
To Death ; l
I !l
IVAGHINGTON —The brother- :j
! in-lew of Dr F-aiph Bunche,: I
! United Nations official—Roscoe j ’
• W Har- 1.“ f>s-year-old local real- h
tor v •.- foiind strangled t,o death (i
•in hi - nff’cc in ».he Odd Fellowsi:
i Halt here Monday
I Harris the brother of Mrs i
B'inr.he wa? h-m'-'i and reused i
. and his wallet was missing. Os- j
finals reported* that he normally j
carried about 550 on his person. I
Discovery of the body was'
made by Hams' wife when she;
arrived a* her husband’s office|
with his lunch He wa-s last seen:
entering the building around 9 ,10
:3m by the janitor
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen
berg said that the body .bore no!-;
I marks Vs violence His assailant, i
;or assailants used a towel as a j
| combination gag and blindfold.!
; Harris’ feet and hands were
- hound with rope
I Police said that they have called
1 several persons for questioning : ’
but no arrests have been made.j,
! 'lt takes a little time.” one of*!
final said.
sented to the Platform Committee ;
of the Republican Party
DIXIE TERROR CITED
The petition said “Disturbing e- j
vents have occurred recently in the j
South which put in peril the basic !
freedoms of great numbers of tba j
region’s people. Southern legislo i
tures and state courts have harass- ■
od and proscribed eminently re- I
pc ctable organizations. Prospective j
voters have L m denied the right ,
to register or have, been stricken
from the rolls without just, reason. J
"A Catholic Archbishop has been !
defamed and threatened, and uu- I
[.
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female" when he protested rig- i
ously to a white women ft sis |
trar over the denial of voting j
privileges <e two of his clients j
last May 12th. On left is Robert :
Earl. principal Jprdan-SeUars j
High School. Burlington. On the j
right is Joseph W, Mitchell, eec- j
retary cf the Civic and Religious I
',A • r T 'WV
LOCAL TEACHER
RESIGNS POST
By CHARLES R. JONES
RALEIGH -- Albert T Whita- :
ker. 34, of 620 Ellington Street, is i
leaving the teaching job that na
held for 10 years. He has accepted
a position as mathematics instruc- ,
tor at the Beniamin Franklin High
School, Rochester. N. Y. and will
report, for work at. the end of this ;
month
The youthful teacher *aid :
that the lure of a salary in- |<
crease was too great not to be i (
accepted, but expressed regret j 1
at. leaving the local public ! i
school system. “My years of j
teaching here have been prof!- 1 ;
labile experience-wise. I have i
rriioyed working here.”
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
MONTGOMERY CO. CASE f
HITS ANOTHER DELAY
GREENSBORO The long-:
delayed Montgomery County suit !
asking that public school segre- j
Club of Jackson, which took an
active part in helping to finance
Walker’s defense. Walker was
subsequently found guilty as
chained and given a fine of $506
and cost of court. An appeal to
the State Supreme Court »t*
sated by defense attorney Sara
ael S. Mitchell of Raleigh,
Boy, Girl
Meet Death
In 2 Mishaps
RALEIGH Drowning* took tht
live* of two teenager* —a girl and
* boy over the weeeknd is twr,
separate tragedies.
John H. Bank*. Jr., 13, of Eliza
heth City, was drowned on Sunday
afternoon in * dirt quarrv on
Peartree Road, *wo miles from E
lUabeth City where the State j
Highway Department R»d bfren j
digging and haulieg dirt to provide I
fill for the new short cut between
170 and 17.
Water vf&s reported *ix to
eight feet deep where yens*
Banks, his brother, Allan, and
t companion, E5U* Lee. were
playing- Banks toppled Into
the water when he reached
forward for what he though*
was an eel, the boy* with him
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Robeson Men
In Gun Duel i
LUMBERTON The sound:
of gunfire rocked this community!
on Sunday afternoon and when
the smoke had cleared sway, two.
neighbors lay seriously wounded.
Two slugs tore into Lacy Mc-
Neil, one piercing a lung and the
other going through his hip. Shot*
m the left arm was Flem Powell.
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I
I gallon be outlawed and replaced;
!by integrated schools struck an- 1
! other snag in Middle District;
; Court, here Thursday.
Action in the case was delayed ;
| when Garland Garris, attorney j
for the Montgomery County!
school board, reported that he is
scheduled to appear in two cspi-!
t&J cases this weak in Superior j
Court. '
The case listed or< the civil doc- j
ket as Helen Covington and oth-1
era vs. the Montgomery County;
Board of Education, involves a 1
petition til id on July 3S, 1955 by j
& group of parents asking that!
their children be admitted to :
white schools in the county.
No date has yet, been set for!
hearing the esse which is being!
closely observed by state and lo- !
cal school leaders for it* possible |
effect on school segregation In!
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CANT IGNORE"
HIGH COURT,
WILKINS SAYS
BURLINGTON Arrested
o* the umisn&l charge of “fail
ure to aid a police officer,”
Jdhu Gatiis, 27, was iater re
leased under *lO6 bond
Ga(?is reportedly refused to
help a local police officer to
place a woman, charged with
drunkenness, into a police ear.
When the officer asked him to
hold open ths sax door, Gattls
is alleged to have replied;
"Ton do It, you’re wearing
the badge,." The officer did it
hot returned a short ttes later
with a warrant which autho
rised the arrest of Gattis for
allegedly violating a state
statute.
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r
SUMMER FUN This trie of
charming young lassies are shown
leaving the diving board so!
j lowing a swim in the Chavi
j Park Pool during the Bfi-pios
1 weatber Mnnda* They are, from
i left to right. Misses Anzella
King, daughter of Mr and Mrs-
Alexander Ring, 11 Dare Ter
'Winston-Salem Host
To Lott-Carey Group
According to the Rev, Wendell
C. Somerville. Executive Secret"y
the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign
Mission Convention will hold its
Fifty-ninth Annual Session with
the. First Baptist Church. Win
ston-Salem. N, C., August 23-31,
: 1956. The Rev, David R. Hedglev
3EYE TO THE FUTSJRE? Tb® tnc>d®ns design of a Holly
weed record company's building captures the fancy, and
imagination of congrssrwonsan Mebl® Dove, the first female
wmwwKqc of Africa's national legislative assembly. Miss Dev®,
dmiag frey visit in the United States, hm ©xprasned great in- i
imam in »®«r mwldtaeteraJ deelgm lor dwellings, sdbessis md ;
te® bK&estte, ©BEWSFBESS PHOTO) I
race; Gloria Hinton daughter «f
Mrs Mabel Hinton SSI E. Ca
barrus Street: and Demiie.se Pei
ry. daughter of Mr. and Mr--
fohn A. Perry, S Edgecombe ler
race Miss Hinton is a sophomore
at N C College, Durham, while
(he oihet l«-o young ladies a*
(e-rnl I,icon School here. STAFF
PHOTO BY ( HAS n. JONI
is the ho?) pastor. He. will be as
sisted by the vhs.ous pastors aid
.; churches of Winston-Salem in
i j providing entertainment, for the
. | delegates of this unique Conven
j tion.
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| LttCKI AUTO OWNER ’
' The lucky ear lasi week wȣ
! the one bearing the tag num
| her *CY-3STJ. If the. owner of
! that car took I*, to Dunn s Esso
; Service, corner Cabarrus and
; Blood worth Streets in Raleigh
| he received a free grease job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, you will
cel the crease job. The num- j
her will be taken from any car!
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are; !
2T-43?.,?.. F-3?T ; . X-192: *AL-|
[ 2950; R-. 1572; and WW-125. ;
Father Held
Knife On Her
CARTHAGE- A 53-year-old
man, William Wesley McLaugh
,Un . war- ,e-r-fenced to eight to’ 12
; years in pris-on here Monday on
■ 3 charge of incest, involving h:s
. 16-year-old daughter Martha
! Jane
! Although a true bill was return*
!p d .(or rare s: , w?U as for incest,
1 Solicitor M. G Boyette raid that
he did not push this charge be
cause he felt, that the other cov
ered the situation fully. On sug
gestion of judge f. Eto n Phillips,
the rape -a;., no), pressed.
The girl, who is mentally re
tarded. took the stand and fcal
tlngiy told a. -tort of how he.
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Q ht an! KTa ala #
vbllDyi r l|4Ht
In Old Fort
Is Renewed
RICHMOND Vs. Plaintiffs r.
’lie celebrated Old Fort (McDowell
County. N. C school case thr
cek sought a mandatory injure
■ion to force U. S District Judge
Wilson Warlirk of Asheville tc
take immediate, action on their
three-year -old petition
Their attorneys. Herman L. Tay
lor and Samuel S Mitchell of Rs.
High, o n Wednesday filed befor
'he fourth Circuit Court of Ar
pea!;, here an application for
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More Suits
May Follow
Va. Victory
RICHMOND. Va. (AJSTPi ls
keeping with the Arlington County
desegregation decree NAACP law
yers are expected to file suits aeon
to end racial segregation in other
Northern Virginia communities.
Edwin C. Brown. Alexandria
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Bv ROBERT G. SHEPARD
In the elevation of Mrs Aims
Williams to the principalship of toe
new elementary school now under
construction on the Melbourne
Road, the school board acted to
give recognition to a person who
has efficiently served many yean
as an elementary teacher in tb:
Raleigh public schools.
This new school which .joins the
campus of Si Augustine's College,
should be n model school because
it. will serve as a practice-teacher
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