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rnncipal w. K. Collins reted;
Johnston County Training School
Observes Thirty-Fifth Birthday
SMITHFIELD The Johnson
Jounty Training School celebrated
Bts thirty-fifth anniversary of high
school operation, jointly with the
■thirty-fifth anniversary of its prim
Icipal, W. R. Collins. The program
■was held Sunday afternoon, May
Both, in the school auditorium,
i Every effort was made by mem--
Ibers of the planning committee, to
■make (his a gala day for the school
and its friends. The public was
invited to be present for this sin
Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr.
Feted By Parents !n Gastonia
| GASTONIA •- Mr. and Mrs.
■Samuel Russell, Jr., were honor
led at a delightful reception at
■Highland High School Cafeteria
■recently, given by Mrs. Russell's
Ipr rente. Mr. and Mrs Leslie
ILightner, ol 210 Wes! Lincoln
■Avenue. Gastonia.
I Hostesses at the reception in*
■eluded, Mrejcs Marjorie Wellman,
■Lillian Pryor. Eula Mellette Lil
lian Whitehurst, Peary Battle,
■Peggy Hinton, June Gregory and
■Mrs. Elizabeth Littlejohn.
I Refreshments were served
I hv Mrs. Hazel Barber an d
I Mrs. Louise Wellman. Mrs.
I VViSlie Blair was in charge of
the gifts.
Misses Margaret Muskelly
and Barbara Swann checked
the hats and coals.
Hostesses were Allen Little
john, i.rV.tr Lining, Kelley
Chambers and tin Johnson.
Members of both families in
the receiving line included Mr,
and Mrs, .Samuel Russell, Jr;
Mrs. Russell's parents, Mr, and
U. S■ High Court Orders
Girard College To Tear
Down Racial Barriers
WASHINGTON (ANP) As!
long as Girard college is operated j
by the city of Philadelphia or U, ;
state of Pennsylvania it must admit j
Negro students regardies of pro- j
visions left in Stephen Girard s
will. This was the ruling of the }
United Siatis Supreme Court, j
Monday, in a suit brought a.'. Ins;
the Board of Directors of the Gi- j
rard Trust Fund by the city and j
state in which the school is Jocat- i
ed.
The case originated in Philadel
phia on March 1 19.34, when Gi
rard College denied the admission
e' two NVgro youths solely because
of their race
The denial was in accord
with a will left by Stephen
Girard who died December if!.
Baptist Body Meets In Tenn.;
Sets May 17 As Fasting Day
NASHVILLE. Tenn. t'ANP> - A
unanimously adopted resolution,
declaring M: y 17 as a mourning
prayer and fasting day, was accept
ed last wek: here by the National
Baptist Convention, U. S. A , upon
the recommendatation of its presi
dent, Dr. -J. H. Jackson, pastor of
Chicago's Oiivi t Baptist church
Convention officials in charge of
implementing the resolution, are
the Revs. A B. Coleman, chairman,
A. M. Martin, co-chairman; Burt
I.ogan. public relations and C. A.
Weaver, secretary.
May 17 will mark ihe third
anniversary of the far-reaching
and historic S. Supreme
Court ruling which outlawed
segregation in the nation's pub
lic schools. H has also been
designated as the day when Ne
groes throughout the country
will march on Washington in a
mass prayer pilgrimage.
The resolution of the Baptist
church group said 'Many states
have made progres in this project
f school desegregation) and in spite
of many handicaps we are happy
over the general feeling throughout
the country on desegregation.
There are those who oppose
the execution of the Supreme
Court order. Hence we feel that
grayer changes things and are
therefor* requesting all
churches to leave their doors
open for persons to go through
out the day and communities
will gather and pray."
Dr. Jackson urged people of all
races to join the May 17 day of
prayer.
Mahalia Jackson To Sing At
Lincoln Memorial On May 17
WASHINGTON, D. C.-
Mahalla Jackson, America’s
greatest arid best known gospel
singer, has notified the leaders
of the mammoth May 17 Prayer
Pilgrimage that she will he "just
delighted to sing” at the Lincoln
Memorial Also the agent for Ca
lypso Trmibador, Harry Bela fonte
affirmed that, Belafontc. who is
m his honeymoon, would be in
Washington on the 17th. But in
the case of the singer of folk
uall&ds. he will appear as a pri
vate citizen, "with a stake in civil
Rights.”
Miss Jackson, whose lust nous
tocal ability could win her much
nore fortune than her present
'time, is well known for Hie fact
gular honor program.
A J Taylor, Assistant National
Scout. Executive, Now York City,
former principal of the Training
School, delivered the principal ad
dress, Mr, Taylor was introduced
by one of his former pupils. Mrs.
Betty J. Wilson, instructor, at Rich
ard B Harrison School, Selma, N.
C.
Others who appeared on this pro
gram were; Miss Ozie Smith, pres.
Student Council; Mt N. A. Wil
. | Mrs. Leslie Light-nei Mr. Russell’s
i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
;! Russell, Sr.. Miss Mamie Gray,
j 1 Russell, Horace Russell, and Mrs.
; | Mary White, bister of Mr. Light*
; I ner.
Refreshments that were left
■ | from the reception were donated
. i to the N. C, Ortho; aedic hospital
■ children.
, The room was beautifully deco-
I rated which added much to the
gayet-y of the occasion.
Mrs. Russell is the former
Miss Lessie Li liner and is
Business Education teacher of
Highland High School, She
is an honor graduate of
Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Virginia and has a Master’s
degree from Columbia Uni
versity. She on many hon
ors and part ipared in vari
j ous activiti s at Highland
High School while a student
here and also was elected to
honor societies while in col
i lege.
1831, leaving a will which pro
vided that 52,000,000 of his
estate be used to establish an
operate a school for boys in
Philadelphia. The "college”
was to admit "as many poor
white male orphans, between
the ages of six and ten years,
as the said income shall be
adequate to maintain.”
The will named the City of Phil-
I idelphia as the trustee- The pro
visions of the will webe carried
out by the State and the city and
the college was opened in 1848,
Since 1869, by virtue of an act of
the Pennsylvania Legislature the
trust has been administered and the
college operated by the Board of
Directors of City Trusts of the City
of Philadelphia.
In 1954 Dc Jackson recommended
a petition to t'origrc.ss to make
May 17 a legal holiday. His recom
mendation was accepted by unani
mous vote of the church body and
a bill was finally presented to Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.).
The b.li reached the Judiciary
Commute, but died there.
In 1955, Dr. Jackson again re
emphasized his position on making
May 17 a holiday, tins time, how
ever. not by act of Congress, but
in mourning, fasting and prayer.
Flip noted Baptist president
said he fostered mourning be
cause so many persons had dis
regarded the voire of the Su
preme Court and had brought
shame and disgrace to our
country. He wanted prayer
because he believed that thanks
should be given God for the
growth and development of the
country.
All over the nation lass year
people of different denomina
tions joined together In cele
brating May IT as a “Day of
Fasting and Trayer.” Dr. Jack
son stated.
In some cities, he pointed out,
meetings were held in public audi
toriums, and in others services
were held in churches, where men
of different races joined in (he oc
casion.
He declared "we are happy over
the general feeling throuhgout the
country on desegregation and we
shall endeavor t appreciate and
encourage this fine spirit on the
part of many people in many
states.’
that she refuses to become a pop
ular singer and insists upon re
maining a gospel singer; this she
does with a moving beauty that
defies destruction.
Belafonte. who appeared on
behalf of the NAACP at New
York's Manhattan Center on
Thursday of last week, was im
pressed with a talk about the
Prayer Pilgrimage. Although the
noted folk balladeer had to rush
off on his honeymoon with his
lovely new wife, the former Miss
Julie Robinson, lie reached his
manager from their Sag Harbor j
haven to notify Kostin that he
would be in Washington, but not j
as a singer.
son, Mrs Sarah Diggs. Mrs. M.
Sanders, Mrs. B. H, Braine, E.
S Simpson, with members of the
County and Local Committees, Mrs.
Cora Boyd, Mrs. Rena Lassiter, W.
E. Hall, principal, Elementary
School. Manleo; Mrs. Dollie Send
ers, Mrs. Bettina Wilson, and Mrs.
Lois M. Barnes.
The anniversary reception was j
held in the school cafeteria, im
mediately following the close of
the program, which started prompt
ly at 3:00 P. M.
, Mr. Russell, also a graduate of
; Highland, has served in the armed
, i services at home and overseas,
; He is a student at. North Carolina
! College at, Durham. He has a wide
j circle of friends and is talented
! in various fields.
• | The many friends who attend
|ed the reception expressed best
of wishes for the young couple,
| whose marriage had been an
: non need earlier in the year.
Mr, arid Mrs, Russell are mem
bers of two of the promient and
well known families of Western
North Carolina.
Rev. Coursey
| To Entertain
83rd Confab
CAMDEN. N. J. The Rever
| end Thomas Henry Coursey, pas
j for of the Wesley A. M. E. Zion
■ Church, will be the host pastor so
| the Eighty-Third Session of the
j New Jersey Annual Conference of
; she African Methodist Episcopal
j Zion Church when it meets at
: Camden from May Mih to 19th,
Mr. Coursey has served this his
| torie church for three years and
during this pei iod the membership
has been greatly increased. Also,
improvements Have been made
costing more than Twenty Thou
sand Dollars.
Their education building has
been extensively remodeled
and (he building has been
painted and decorated through
out. AH this has been complet
ed in time to properly ami
comfortably entertain the ses
sions of the Annual Conference
that will be held at the church.
Mr. Coursey is scheduled to serve
as the chairman of the important
annual conference audit com
mitee and he will call the Con
ference to worship on Sunday. May
19th at 1] a. m. when thousands
of worshippers will fill Camden’s
I huge Convention Hall, On Sunday
j 'HI of the sessions will be hold at
Convention Hall.
Bn Wednesday evening. May lath
at 7:30, Mr. Coursey will lead the
ncopie of Camden in welcoming
the New Jersey Annual Conference
to the city. A number of the pro
minent local citizens will b< on
hand to greet the conference Tins
will be (he first time in mere than
twenty years that the New Jersey
Conference has met in Camden.
J. R. Joyner, 82,
Succumbs; Wes
A Civic Leader
BY J. It. BARREN
FARMVILLE Funeral rite -
j were conducted here May 22 for
| one of the town's oldest and mos!
j respected citizens and businessmen
i Joseph Richard Joyner, 82-year
old retired funeral director and
Baptist layman was interred from
his home church Macedonia
Baptist with the Rev, John A.
Mebanc, a former pastor in charge
of the rites, which were attended
by more than 400 people, including
the Elks, Daughter-Elks and Ma
sonic lodge.
Joyner, who had been in
declining health for several
years, was a widower and is
survived by his son, J. Archi
bald Joyner, who had succeed
ed to the funeral business of his
lather and is prominent in fra
ternal circles over the state.
The eulogy was delivered by t'i*
Rev. J. R Person, pastor of Mace
donia. who spoke on “The Fa!* of
A Great Man.” Mrs. Agnes Taylor
read the obituary and Mrs. Willie
Mays directed the choir. Rev. F,
K. Rountree read the scripture arid
Mrs. Christine Walker sang a solo.
Others who attested to the
worth of Mr. Joyner In the
| community Included the fol
lowing: Revs. J. A. Mebanc,
J. A. Nimino, T. T. Shivers;
Harkles Sanders, Wright I'd- ‘
wards. Will (' Chestnut. C. (
Whitlcv, I If Moseley arid
Mrs. Carrie Blount.
Calumet Lodge No. 273, iBPOE
and Livingstone Lodge No. 102.
Free and Accepted Masons had
charge ol the graveside riles. Dau -
ghter-Elks revved as flower girls.
Active pallbearers were: Lee As
kew, John Eddy, Roosevelt Dupree.
Robert Gorham, I, H. Moseley and
i James Taylor
Honorary pallbearers included
j members of the N, C. Funeral Di
rectors rind Morticians Assn, and |
officers of tire church. Interment I
was tti Sunset Memorial Park,
THE CARQURIAW
I Police Launch Big “Cleanup 99 Os Loiterers
& Comer Gangs Following Leaders ’ Demand
PHILADELPHIA <ANP> - A
sweep-up of corner-loungers, su
spicious characters and vagrants
has begun by the police depart-!
Crime Termed “One Os Most
Vicious Os Kind” By Chief
PIT XL ADEPHIA (ANP) A 19
year oid former drug addict has
confessed to the brutal slaying
J ol Mrs. Agnes Sharpe, wealthy
i Germantown woman, last week.
S The addict, Charles Adderly,
I broke down after two days of solid
| questioning bv detectives. He
| made a complete statement a
j bout the slaying on Saturday as
: t-ernoon, and as later taken to
] the scene of the crime where he
re-enacted in detail his every
j move.
j According to Chief Inspector
i John tl. Kelly, v.no directed the
; search for the slayer, Adderly j
j •‘broke’ - after being faced with I
;j Senior High School Day:
: 600 Seniors From State/s
i i
: High Schools Visit Shaw
; Around 600 seniors from high ,
I schools in North Carolina attend- j
r ed the fifth annual Senior High j
j School Day observance at Shaw
j University on Saturday, April 27.
A special program was held in
Spaulding gymnasium and the ac
tivities were highlighted by the
following features: Students of the
Berry O’Kcily High School in the
department of Physical Education,
directed by Herbert Hilliard, a
| Shaw University student-teacher,
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1 At the spring meeting of the Cajft
negie Hero Fund Comrnik«JPisf
i held here Friday. 13 acts of he-j
j roism were reorganized; a bronze j
medal being awarded in each!
case. Four heroes lost their lives.
A death pension totaling $960 a
year was granted in one case;
and a death benefit in the a
mount of SI,OOO was granted in
j another case.
Awards totaling $3,250 were
] granted in nine cases for educa- j
i tional and other worthy purposes.!
Payments in these cases will not j
be made until beneficiaries’ plansi
have been approved by the Com-!
mission.
Two of those saved were Ne- 1
stops, a man a.id a woman. The ;
awards follow.
John V*’. Biases, Jr.. 39. of Ma
! soriton. Pa„ mine motorman. res-1
; cued Percy A. Hooper, colored. j
i aged 33, mine loading machine l
| operator, from a cave-in at Car- j
; cihaels. Pa., January 31, 1956.
Commercial hatcheries in North j
| Carolina produced 8,9 million j
, chicks during January 1957.
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i ment of this city at the request j
I of several race leaders.
The leaders, Rev. Marshall j
! L. Shepard, past or of Mt. Oil- !
! the dead woman’s purse which he
. 1 had thrown in a North Philadel
i phia sewer.
The crime, one of the most
i vicious of its kind, netted Ad
derly s scant $3.75 and a pack
of cigarettes. For this small
loot, he bludgeoned the vro-
I man with a rock and she la
ter died in a hospital hen-.
; Adderly was tripped by a lie
I detection test which indicated he
| was nut telling th truth when!
; asked “bad he thrown the purse •
| in a sewer?” His jeply of “no”
j brought a shaky move by the de
i Lector needle which clearly snow
i ed a falsehood.
I gave a special dance and sfunt
| number.
The Shaw University Chor
ale Society was ably directed
by a student, Mrs. Gloria Taj -
lor Dixon, a nil rendered two
selections. The Ligon-Junior
Senior High School band, ur;
der the direction of Mr. J 1
Edwards also offered two
numbers which received great
applause.
Dr. William R. Sr.rassne; presi
dent of Shaw in his greetings to
the seniors, urged them to give
serious consideration to (he pre
paration of their life’s services. He j
said that, the demands for a thor
ough preparation are greater now j
than ever before and that a col- |
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Weed’s 5& 10 Store
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vet Baptist Church; Rev. E.
| Luther Cunningham, a mem
ber of the Csvi! Service com-
I mission and pastor of St.
According to Adderly, he came
up beside the car Mis. Sharpe
was sitting in, hit hex with a
rock, took her pocket-book and
slipped away to his grandmother’s
house in North Philadelphia.
Inspector Kelly said Adderly
had served 20 months at White
Hill for drug addiction. He also
had been picked up for other
crimes most of them violent.
Adderly and several other
| yt ung hoodlums were rounded up
for questioning soon after the
! slaying. The hunt for the killer
i was one of the most intense here
! in many years.
lege education is necessary now
in order to obtain gainful employ
ment.
Miss Helen Payne, president of
the Shaw University student body
gave remarks of welcome to the
visitors.
Dr. Nelson XI. Harris, chair
man of Hie Senior High School
Day Committee presided over
Ibe program as master of cere
monies
Following the program, a tour of
the campus was made and in the
afternoon the guosis were treated
to a baseball game played by
j Maryland State vs. Shaw.
A fellowship hour in the gym
nasium concluded the day of en-
I tertainment.
Mother's Day
I’ aul* s Baptist Chur ch;
Charles A Baker, commission -
er of records; Jonas Kicks,
and Augustus Baster of the
commission or. service to the
community, met with Police
Commissioner Thomas J. Gib
bons.
Their demands were as fol
lows: "Immediate steps to remedy ,
a, nefarious and corrupting situ
ation. ’’
The group asked that the Com- ;
missioner take immediate steps
to eliminate in the community, j
street-corner lounging by hood-!
; lurns am. bums whose vile and
. obscene language corrupt the i
| community and make the public
1 1 highways unsafe for women and j
i i children.”
; I Further, "that strenuous ef
| forts, regarding the Negro see
; tions. be made to reduce evident;
; | concentration of taprooms, state !
1 1 liquor stores, illicit- undercover!
• i clubs and roeakeasies ”
Gibbons said his visitors
•j were alarmed at the high rate
; I of crime reported among Ne
> | crocs in Philadelphia. "They
were not critical of my re
j aim- ”, he pointed out. “hut
the: did recognise that af
fairs had reached the point j
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at which drastic action roust
! be taken."
Cuiinnj§!iam said that. "ap
pamitiy the court.; and other
fluencies have been afraid of po
litical repercussions among Ne
groes and have bee n handling
them --villi kid gloves, We must
t'ir.ht. this situation with realism,
whether whites, Negroes, or any
other race is involved”, he said,
immediately after the meeting.
Gibbons called in his deputy com
| missioner, Howard R. Leary, and
| outlined plans for a prompt and
; concerted drive against elements
| believed responsible for the high
number of mines. The drive be
• Kun within 24 hours, and resulted
j in 50 arrests the first night.
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