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slond fined
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) j
Montgomery buses because "the
fvider.ee clearly shows Grice was (
|Lt fault." | (
Howver, he said, ho "took into; '
[onsideration the fact that the | ;
icgro woman had a constitutional : ‘
ight to sit where she was and i
ny citizen would have been jus- ‘
ufii'd, black or white, in helping
jomeone who was being hit with
k monkey wrench,"
Grice will appeal his SSO fine.
He is free under SIOO bond,
Grice testified he . ave his seat i
to a white woman and then asked
frliss Boldin to move to the rear
hi the bus. Grice asserted tire
Woman slapped hi i.
The woman testified Grice
Struck her with a wrench when
the refused to give him her seat.
Some eight witnesses, in what
City clerk Silas Carter called "con
flicting testimony.” testified two!
other Negro women, Annie Burch
£57. and Johnnie Mae Eaves, 32.
joined in the fight.
Bus driver H. A, Burks said he
“didn’t know what was ' on.g on
until the) scuffled up to the very
front Os the bus."
"I jus* opened the dom and lei
them scuffle on 'ho oulsicie. he
.said. i
The women were defended by
Attorney Fred Grey, cov.n !oi ,
the local chap; r of tie NAACF
8 KILLED
ICONTIM i l> FROM PAGE 1)
2 Die As Car Hits Tree
When the car in which they
wpro riding struck a troo on N. C
Highway 1)2, thru-, mile.-. - •>[ ,
Bath early 8a in day. Arcluu L
Clark and Oearrc Pan:, both < J
Bath, weic killed
June Wan in. 47. of Route 3,
Snow Hill, was killed on Friday 1
night when the speceding car in
which she was riding wrecked on
N. C. Highway 58. 11 miles north •
of Snow Hill.
Do!pims P. Phynx. 30. of Route
1, Stanley, was killed Sunday |
night w hen, according to police,.
he was struck by a hit-and-run ■
driver. Phynx was struck as be'
was walking across N. C. High-,
way 274.
Highway Patrolmen arrested 20;
year old Paul Junioi Bynum of •
Mt. Holly and chained him with'
hit-and-run driving and man i
slaughter. Hale said that Bynum, j
after hitting Phynx failed to stop j
but roturric to the scene thirty j
minutes later and surrendered to :
officers He was placed under $4,- j
000 bond.
At Salisbury, James Leon Sis- 1
ford. 15, died on Monday of in-;
juries received when he was ;
struck around 11:20 p.m. Sunday j
night by a car driven by Ollie j
Evans of Wake Forest. He became;
Rowan County'* first highway ca
saulty of 1957
Police say that the youth was
walking across Highway 29, just
a few miles from Salisbury, when 1
he was struck. Evans reportedly ,
toid officers that he did not see
young Siffora until he walked in- j
to the path of the car.
Daisy Mae Fountain. 6. was
killed near Society Hill, S. C. on
Monday when struck by an auto
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Lionel HAMPTON MAY 5
mobile as shi and a four-year-old
companion attempted to cross
Highway 52 in Darlington County.
Police said that the car was
driven by Mrs F. M, Elliott of
Charleston, who was en route to
Winston-Salem. The four-year-old
got across the load safely,
BONUS MONEY
(COVriNlhn FROM RAGE i)
persons to participate and to
spend more money toward win
ning.
$l3O is now being offered through
the program, instead of SIOO which
was practiced during the first
month, The money is distributed
between 10 persons, instead of one
as was previously done.
Chock the front page of THE
CAROLINIAN each week for
merchants who are advertising in
the paper and patronize them.
Persons participating in the
promotion must patronize
CAROLINIAN advertisers and
save their receipts each week.
At the end n? the month these
receipts should be turned in
at the CAROLINIAN’S Office.
LITERACY VOTE
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
VMorney Herman Taylor
dcG-ircd that ihc literacy test
violates both the Due Process
Clausi of the 17th Amendment
and parts of the 14th Amend
ment of the Constitution of the
United States.
; Taylor, Janies R. Walker. Jr, of
STdesGlk’ and Samuel S Mitchell,
j Raleigh.
The v. mien all testified that they
I were denied registration at Sea
board Precinct in Northampton
; County because they mispronoun
: eed a few words.
Attorneys for the defense,
led by Attorney General Geor
ge B. Patton, maintained that
the literacy test fell under the
jurisdiction of the North Caro
lina legislature.
It was pointed oit? by the defense
. that 17 spates, including New York
! and Massachusetts, have laws re
, mi;ring that voters be able to read
and write.
No decision was made in the
ease, hut attorneys were given
several days to file briefs for
another hearing.
The throe judges, John J. Parker
■if Charlotte. Wilson Warlick of
i Newton and Don Gilliam of Tar
i boro, granted Sawyers 20 days in
which to file briefs on their argu
\ merits and an additional 10 days in
which to answer.
Mrs. Louise Lassiter, the origin
-lal plaintiff, said that she was
■ given a section of the State Consti
tution to read when she tried to
| register. The registrar, Mrs. Helen
j H. Taylor, told her she mispro
. nounced several words, Mrs. Las
! siter said.
On the stand. Mrs. Lassiter was
i asked to read a part of the State
■ Constitution. She did so somewhat
haltingly. Asked to spell “charter,”
| she answered, “I can't spell it.”
She also said that she could
net spell “corporation" or “re- i
formatory,” She spelled “charity”
as “charty."
Mrs Mary Ellen Edwards, an
other plaintiff, said Mrs. Taylor
rejected her six times for registra
tion for “misprouncing words” and
not being able to explain them.
READS SECTION
Mrs. Edwards read a section of
the Constitution in a slow, deliber
ate manner when asked to do so.
Northampton Attorney Riddle
asked, "How old were you when
you stopped going to school?"
“Eighteen," she replied.
“How far did you go?" he asked.
“To the Eighth Grade,'’ Mrs Ed
wards answered.
Mrs. Sarah Harris, the third
plaintiff, said that she tried twice
and failed to get on the books.
She explained that the police chief
was “walking around” in Mrs. Tay
lor's store and she grew nervous
on one occasion. “I'm kinda scared
of the chief." she testified
On the stand, she said that she !
was asked to be a witness and
didn’t know that, she had become
a plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Asked what her purpose was in
the suit, she answered, "My pur
pose is that I went to the registrar
and passed, but I didn’t got on the j
books."
She said that Mrs. Lassiter urg 'd j
j her to “come up here."
i v Alexander Faison, student at
! North Carolina College in Dur
ham told the court that he. too, 1
was turned down for mispron- |
mincing words when he tried
to register. He said that his
brother got on the hooks the
same day and his father had
been registered for several
years at Seaboard.
SOME ON BOOKS
Mrs. Taylor, the slout. smiling j
registrar, said that, she had put !
49 Negroes on the books since 1952. j
The precinct has about 600 names j
on the books, she said.
Riddle asked her how many j
Negroes had applied for reg-stra- I
fion.
! "I put 21 on in ’66 ar.d 20 were
■ rejected,” Mrs, Taylor said.
Mrs. Taylor said that on orders
* from the late It V. Beale, who was
then chairman of the Elections
Board for Northampton County,
she gave dictation writing tests
by reading sections of the State
Constitution and having voting ap
plicants copy it down.
Mrs. Harris, she said, didn't
' even attempt to write the first
1 sentence, “Mrs. Taylor, you know
I can't spell those words,'” the :
’ registrar quoted Mrs. Harris as •
saying. "She argued with me to
• register her since I put her sister
5 on the books.” Mrs. Taylor said.
Riddle asked. “Do you give
1 everyone white, black and Tn
-1 dian the literacy test?”
“Yes 3ir,” replied Mrs Taylor
She said she turned down a
“white veteran” in 1952 because
! he could not read the State Con-
B stitution.
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: Goodman’s
We Have Cut Prices On AH
! Os Our Spring Clothes
SPRING SPRING COATS
toppers V 2 Price
IN ALL SIZES
SPRING
suits lofroNg'
1 Wool flannels, tweeds, crepes, also' silk ’
tweeds from all of our best makers. Sizes SPORTS WEAR
10 to 20, junior sizes 7to 15, and worn- p /1
en’s sizes 14*4 to 24*4, Black, navy, UOl 1011
blue, beige, gold, grey and some other |*
colors, also tweeds. LeO " UfCllllcltCS
CASH... Sleeveless Cotton
CREDIT... BLOKES
Solid Color* and Prints.
LAY-A-WAY...
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nDACO WIVP
Dlt/VUU it u u
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conduct during the afternoon
something on the order of an
"eternal triangle." This led to the
car incident.
When the vehicle paused nt the
intersection, Patillo is said to have
jumped out, running around the
car. grabbbing his wife and drag
ging her from the driver’s seat.
He then reportedly slammed her
with bis fist, leaving the car to
take care of Itself.
ODDS & ENDS
(CONTINUED FROM RAGE 1)
only be a formality There: arc 17
candidates on the City Council
ballot, including four who are now
members of tha council.
It. Is our honest belief that
the best thing that ran happen
to Raleigh is an all new City
council. The four who are ask
ing for re-election arc mem
bers of a council that has made
history, as an uriharmonious,
confused and burglary group.
Neither of these four has act
ed as if lie knew that Raleigh
had any Negro citizens. With
the exception of one all of
i them have served before as
eouwilmen.
It is most eviriur;! that now is the
j time for a change, a complete over
; hauling, Wo ardently believe in
i good covf; nmcriv. in clean honest j
J elections We believe that the clcc
j torate you the voters, should oxer- j
j vise your right to pick your can- 1
didates without dictation, fear or
j promise of special tTvors. How- !
! ever much wo believe in these !
I principals we see no need for our j
Negro voters to go to the polls j
! Saturday and vole for fourteen
candidates
j We do not me why they should
jor would vote sot four or own
This is !h< fifth time that the
! cithers of Raleigh have been ask--
I ed to reject a City Council On
i each of those occasions there has
been a Negro candidate. On each
of those occasions the Negro can
didate has lost because s he white
votes refused to support him in
any appreciable manner.
On each of those orrasxions
the Negro candidate received a
sizeable number of votes in the
top heavy Negro prieiriets but
his sunport in the all white
precincts was scanty. AH of
this means just one thing if
we are going to nut a Vetro on
the Raleigh City Council we
will have lo do it by voting
for the Negro Candidate only.
In the nrirnarv ror-ilng un Sat
urday there will he two Ne
groes on the ballot. We can
! vote for these two and only !
j these iv o.
The other candidates do not need
| our votes, those who are going to
| win can and will win without our
1 votes Each vote we cast for them
is adding to the heavy vote they
THE CAROLINIAN
will get in the all white precincts
where our candidates will receive
a very few if any votes. There is
no apparent reason why we can
not nominate and elect both of the
Negro candidate!!. We can if we
do not divide our votes with the
other candidates. Lots all vote
Saturday and lets vote right
DOES HE MEAN IT: Gov Hod
ges has talked mu ' and long about
raising the per • ita income of
North Cut o’ ’ -<’.<? workers In his
first mess to the North Carolina
General Assembly Mr Hodges
proposed a 75 cents per hour min
imum wage for all workers r.ot
now covered by the Federal SIOO
per hour minimum Wage Law,
Last week, a General Assembly
Senate Committee gave this 75
cents per hour proposal a favor
able report but only after domina
ting over 40,000 workers from its
provisions.
Ironically enough, all of those eli
minated are Negro workers and I
sadly enough the Negro workers I
in this state are the lowest paid
Mr. Hodges has boon very prompt
in getting busy to rescue some of
the other legislative proposals that
mot opposition. As a matter of
fact his batting average in this mat- j
ter is now 1,000, Friends of the '
lowly paid laundry and hotel j
workers are now anxiously waiting !
to see whether or not the governor j
is going to speak up and out in
j opposition to the mangling of his
j 75 cent-; per hour minimum wage
proposal.
1 It is believed if he makes tt
! known to Vgisln'.ws that h»
j wriijis this l<r*f? is! nil on hr wiU r '<’t
! ;t. if the governor really means
J what he says about reusing tin -
j state's pel' capita income stand
imp ho will speak up for this T
err;-" Wage Law.
YOtr CAN RECEIVE HELP:
The financial difficulty facing
so many high school graduat
es in their desire to a(! nd col
lege can. in many instances, he
solved. Today, more than ever
before, scholarships are being
offered to met almost every
need. The National Citizens
Council in its April edition
of “Belter Schools” has devot
ed an entire section in listing
the many scholarships now
being offered by the various
colleges, foundations and other
groups and individuals. 4 'his
informative and valuable list
ing may hr- obtained by send
ing 15 cents to the Nation 1
j Citizens Council for Better
Schools. 9 E. tilth Street, New
York, 16, New York. What
I types of scholarship aid are
available and how to go about
getting this aid are taken up
! and explained. Why not get a
! copy of the April is
sue of “Better School*". It
might prove to he the wisest
15 cents Investment you have
ever made.
ASK SENATOR ERVIN By Fed
eral Court order, the busses ir
Montgomery, Aala. have been in
tegrated hast week a while male
passenger on one of these busses
got up and gave his seat to a white
woman passenger. He then moved
down to where a Negro woman
1 passenger was setting and ordered
her to get up so he could .set down.
When the woman refused, the white
Southern “gentleman” cursed the
woman and then slopped her.
Another Negro woman passenger
crime to the first woman's rescue
end all three were carted off to
I i;o lock up. Now what we want
to know Senator Ervin is what was
this. You have amused, bored and
disgusted the nation by your loud
mouth denials that the rights of
Negroes in the South are never
violated. You made thea rest of
this country wonder if you really
represent the thinking in your state
and the South when you repeated
ly make statements that you and
everyone else know are not true,
not even near true. In your op
| position to the proposed Civil
; Rights measure that you have suc
ceeded in bottling up in a senate
judiciary sub-committee, you have
asked to be told about civil rights
violations in the South. Before
v.e tell you about this Alabama in
chh'ft, we first want to knew if
j this Negro woman's rights were
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THE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY, LOUISYtUE. KY. S 8 PROOf, 494 GRAIN, NLUTRAI SPIRITS
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 1957
violated when she was cursed and |
struck by a white man because she j
refused to get up so he could set !
down.
Wc> would say that her rigid:
were rudely nod shoe! ng!> •
lifted but we have never practiced
law, served as a justice of the
State’s Supreme Court or elected
lo represent the people as a U. S j
Senator, so. not having been any of I
those things, it may be that we j
just don't know what a civil right; I
violation is. So now, Senator, you j
tell us what you would call that j
Montgomery bus incident.
SOME OTHER QUESTION - '
SHOULD RE ASKED: The Raleigh
’ unit of the Iwaague of Women i
■ Voters has published a list of ten
' questions they want the 17 candi
■ dates for the Raleigh City Council
• ‘o answer. An opportunity to ans
■ wer these and other questions will
! be given these candidates at b pub
lic session to be held next Friday
evening in the Wake County Court
I House There does not seem to be
• anything particularly wrong with
‘ the questions to be asked They
; don't seem to have too much bear
-5 ing on the duties and responsibt
• lities of a City Councilman, nor
• do they appear to offer any upper
s (unity for the public to deternvno j
a the fitness of these candidates to !
I serve on Raleigh s policy-making
| body. However, there are some
i questions the League could have
1 moulded in its list.
Obedience lo law should not only
v* a burning desire of all candi
t ■ tm public office it should be
n plank in their platforms,
nr ''ds reason, the 17 candidates
" ';•! b iked point blank if
'lu ; sub l ib • to this American t*
nt - : e further more, if elected.
I would tliev lend their energies.
I in swine ! n|| laws were strict
j ly enf< reed
j STATE BRIEFS
i (COM IMPED FROM PAGE II
thieves who stole S7O in change
from a cash register, police
reported Monday, Clarksdn, a
former patrolman, told Detec
tive St !! » , Ennis that the in
truder had smashed a glass in
the front door with a brick In
order to unlock the store and
gain entry, The money was all
that was missing.
FIVE FINED FOR FRAUD
WINSTON-SALEM —■ Five per
sons. including a South Carolina
undertaker, were sentenced to
heavy fines nr prison terms. Wed
j nerd ay the fl'Uc wound up Ua
i nation in an insurance fraud trial.