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FREED TV FATHER'S DEATH Tamos Edward Fount-. 17, and
htf. mother. Mrs Frieda Young:, both of KnighUlale, left the Wake
Countv Courthouse hand-in-hand Tuesday after the youth was freed
in fhf death of his father, Fames Clifton Young, Vi, last Mon lay. The
veridel of "no probable cause” was returned by an all-Negro jury
{STAFF PHOTO BY f HAS. R. JONES).
w 4#' *1 n iin3p of* y 6 0H? h *s# i
KNOXVILLE Tents Secrega
tionut John Kasper and six of
hi.a cohorts were convicted Tups -
o- -of contempt it; the famous
Clinton. Tennessee trial.
• The veidiet iv 3 s rendered bv
an all-white jury which plac
ed the defendants in > position
to serve six months in jail
ard pay fines up to SI,OOO
each.
Defense lawyer? had begged the
jurors to preserve the traditional
southern "way of life", but only
tv-’o hours and twenty nunui^o
O ®,, 1 if* 11 •& m iy; r *
>mit r !DI A M \%f 8"/;' -■
iW’ I S, & 1 il 1 %■:*( £ %M- X¥Jdl 1. ivJLJi %, -w
If 0& iAIt Xrj- |*IOFI licuti
BMTTHFIELD—An open letter,
addressed to Smithfielri Mayor
Ben A Baker and the Smithfieki
Library Cqpumssion. was written
t'.i-r week by Frank L Penney,
chairman of the Smithfield Xm
r ovemrnt Committee, a Negro or
■ve.fi.'zanon that launched the li
brary issue that has this small
town in an uproar.
A rr.pv of rhe letter was .sent
Fourth Week Begins As Big
Bonus Money Program Grows
P'-mhv.vp 'lips or rei Pipi> must i■omi’ from ntri-v halm aiivei'tl-Uni; jn |J..
CAFOUXIAN the vver-k the ahvorfisenrrrtt ppr,!- .
Ar.v person «r family at flic same tritirr-s is tiijibie n> n,r the total nur
made from the home, Only one name Piouirf he used in Mihmime
e nr.ry,
Vo purchase of over from any one merchant during a week . an He
counted
Iheie is a ceiling of s.r».na per week for grocery purchases
All entiles must be in the office ol The C.AROUNIA.V Monday noon toliow-
I ■!J tne expiration date o( the current bonus mottos period.
Entries must be separated by the week and enclosed in an envelope with
the name and address of the entrant.
Jn the event ol the saint amount of purchases bv more than one civrv the
award will he divided
.Mi entries must bear the mm,, of the store from which |»urchase was
A!1 entries must abide hv the rules or same will be dis-itulified if only one
Var tnee is observed
M eekly purelinsp totals should be shown on eat h packet and total placed on
fit." outside of the envelope carrying the period's entry along with name
t,dt! ress.
Brums money earners will be announced in the Issue follow <n- the tlo m •
of each period.
-Mi entries remain the property of The carouman,
AU eallyitr, is linsi when the names of the Bonus Men”' e»rnf'« are .ri
uotmeed in The *"AROI ..INIAN and no responsibility is accepted In this new-
JMf iJ-'-r beyond that point
- o to e.pi; from banks will be considered, except payments on mortgages
The fourth week of Bonus Mon-
ey piftiCipatfon began Thursday,
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lurham Man
Innocent in
Tennis Case
DURHAM—Joseph O. Riley 23,
a student, a < North Carolina' Col
lure. here was freed of trespass
rirges Tuesday ns Recorder's
Co an, Judge A. R. Wilson dis*
ttlrsed a suit against him.
The fi"fensp ni rip a motion
for a non-suit aUer the state
presented its case against iti
. who was charged with
playing tennis on a municipal
tenni' cmirt re-erved for white
persons.
The indue in sustaining the mo
tion. stated that the State had
5 vc;. 'n o-d no testimony to show
tnat: Riley had been warned not
t.i v:.? the court
' .Jy'n' l H. Will, tin- IS. ,t junior
blyh. school ctutieni* tennis cham
pion. was arrested along with Ri
fs’ more than a week a«o They
vere playing on the court at. the
tune of the arrest
A "mo bond war, posted for
*' ! <" 'r, freedom and voting
Wti mnr, ua(timed over to
juvenile authorities, but later
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■ The four ’other defendants *e,r
f acquitted.
The trial lasted 1? da vs and
defense la wyer:, who had < ■■"■
fidentl.v predicted a maw ?■<
qtiittal appeared in a dared
state as Powell Mav. foreman,
spoke the word, "Guilt' " t'ol
lowing each of the sev n
names.
j counsel, of Mottiphit ivul; a i.vri
;( ■ T
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(0 The CAROLINIAN
Penney said “This letter
should fee made public in or
tier that both sides of flits i>-
-tie can he understood.” lie
then proceeds to take the
Mayor to task for the state
ment, ”1 had never hern ap
proached in any wav, shape
(CONTINUED ON PAGE L
FIRST Ji DCE sWORN IN • Attorney Dot <• Barlow (left), was sworn in as the first Negro lodge
in Connecticut history in a ceremony at (he Hartford police court recently Administering the oath i«
Lawyer Vincent Dennis. Barlow’s predecessor, Ittdge Harry •». Kafinsky. is challenging the legality of
the appointment hv Gov. RiblcofU saying that newly appointed judges have to be confirmed by the Leg
islature before taking office. (UNITED PRESS PHOTO),
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RALEIGH, N. C.
j VOLUME 16
WME YOUTH, 17, FREED IN FATHER’S DEATH
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BY STAFF WHITER
A heart-rending story of liquor, j
poverty and cruelty was told j
. Tuesday by several witnesses a?' !
here at the inquest into the death :
»mi wFck of Janie? Ciiftnn Youni.'
43. who was she! in toe mouth by •
After a deliberation of about
ten minifies the .him. believed
to he the first all Vegrn jury
empaneled in this stale’s his
tory. retufßrd a verdict of "no
probable cause." \ slight smile
of y- ■ i ,s; U the youth’s
shoot.hi : nr had ’ .stood ah
Sf v r*r? t i oft [r r s of iC » p(1 f. c •>r i -
vv’.-p c fid Col?fii'*’!F but W-3S f*r
i o>; pAGF 2)
1 Man, Woman Hang Selves In Jail
mo ther'OfF our
Found Dead In
Smith field Jail
SuITHFiLLD—MI’s. Essie Mae
W.ttd. 37. of the Micro Township,
near here, allcef-dlv intended to
kill hn husband and then com- !
ffiJt suicide. She shot her hubby, j
but he did net die. and she was ;
arrested and placed in jail where ;
hbc did .'Uccctci in taking her own
life bst week.
Mrs. Ward reportedly was found j
hanging from the top of her ceil.
rhe mother of four children.
Ms, Ward told officers that |
she hurt planned the murder*
suicide when she was brought
to jail here on July I), shortly
aft'l she had shot her hus
band as hr lav asleep in bed.
She i aliosed !o have told of
. firm chc; xhe had hern ill. was j
not getting m.v hotter and had
1 decided to use a. .12 gauge shot- !
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 27. 1957
Bomb Threat Made In City
Lstter, Phone Threats
HV CHARLES It. JONES
A letter, supposedly wnlten by The Patriots, a bomb threat
and a menacing Telephone rail have taken their toll on the nervous
K .vs(nr, ,-,f MT-s. Elwyna Holt of 10l8*Oberlin Road,
Speaking in almost incoherent tones Wednesday. Mrs. Holt,
related a series of incidents that have “made me so nervous 1 ran
hardly talk.”
The Wake Countv school teach
er blamed the whole thing on
her effort.- i.o have her son, Jos
~pl: J; . 35. transferred from Lig*
on High School t.o the "white"
Needham B. Broughton School.’
•'■earn- their West Ralejsh home
Police officer?; are investigating
Won’t Withdraw Application
ODDS -ENDS
J Hv 1&OBEKT G. SHEPARD
RABBIT JN THE BRIAR
PATCH! Hip action of the •
Greensboro City Counci! in open
ing (he citv-supported public, li
brary to ail the citizens of the j
community is a most welcome;
and progressive step, On the other i
hand the council’s decision to !
refuse Negroes the use of all the ;
tax-supported swimming pools
there was not only backward but i
a direct violation of a recent rul
mg of the U. S. Supreme Court. ,
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Miss. While Woman In
Favor Os Civil Rights
RAY ST. LOUIS. Miss Mr*
Jeannette C Carmirhsol "’hit”
j "We will never withdraw our
application for our son to attend
j Broughton." Mrs. Holt, replied
! when asekd if the threats had
chanced her mind shout the
* transfer
The boy * father. J, H. Holt,
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"Prayer” Killer
Dies After Being
Sent To Prison
ROCKINGHAM—EIi Easterling i
54, who was sentenced to a prison !
term for shooting and killing his
brother-in-law after the two had
engaged in a long Bible-reariing.
praying session, hung himself in
1 his jail cell.
Shortly after being sentene j
**d to » 3 to 5 year prison term,
Easterling, a resident of Ham
let, committed suicide in the
Richmond County Jail. East
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woman editor of the small weekly
newspaper here, 'The Light", has j
come out. in an editorial in no mis
taken terms for passage of the •
civil rights bill i
Mrs. Carmichael has a!«vev«
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Controversial
Him Shown J
In Louisiana ;
NEW ORLEANS Threats
from the Citizens’ Council chapter
and an American Legion commit* |
tee failed to halt showing a movie ■
which deals with interracial ro
mance.
The movie, "Island in the Sun.” i
opened at the white Tudor thev j
tre at 1.1 a.m. and at the Negro
Clabon theatre in the afternoon.
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Elks National Music
Staff Names Grimes
BY J. B. HARREN
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. --
(Special) During the. recent
meeting here of the Improved ant!
Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks of the. World (TBPOEW)
William T. Grimes. Rock}! Mount.
N. C musician, war, signally hon
ored by the grand lodge of
IBPOEW when he was invited to
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Elsewhere
NUMBER. 13
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RALEIGH PRINCIPAL TOURS
CARIBBEAN—Mrs. Nora Evans
Lockhart, principal of Crosba
| Garfield School, Raieieh. leads
j a. group from a Pan American
Clipper landing sn Havana Cu
ba- This is Mrs, Lockhart's final
| Body Os Airman Discovered;
Highway Murder Suspected
‘Must Face
Integration,'
Bishop Says
LAKE JUNA.LUSKA - Moth
odist, Bishop William T Watk;n
of Louisville, Ry . said Friday ' u
is time that we in the church fac
ed up to the question of race re
lations.’'
Watkins addressed the closing
session of the District Superin
tendents and Pastors Conference
of the Southeast Jurisdiction of
the Methodist Church.
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Slate News
Brief
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
SANFORD— The list Annual
Session of the Deep River Baptist,
Sunday School Convention and
BTU Congress will be field here
July 26-28 The host church will
be New Zion Baptist Church lo
cated in the Jonesboro Heights
section of the town Rev, J W. j
Mason, pastor Mrs O R Payton. [
president of the, convention, re- '
ported that the theme thv year ,
will be, "Sowing Toda y—Re,a pins
Tomorrow." Many noted speakers
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stop on a flight into (he Carib
bean which included slops of
three and four days in San
■lnan, Puerto Rico; t uidtid Tru
jillo. Dominican Republic; Port
•V jj Prince. Haiti, and three
stops in Jamaica. British West
Indies; Kingston. Port. Antonio
COVINGTON, Va - - The body
i of an Airman was found along
: side Va 69 near here Thursday
night, and police began investi
gating what appeared to be a
highway murder.
| The airman had been shot
through the chest with a small
' caliber weapon, police said.
Officers identified (he >-i r- j
j tlm as Joseph Honrv Miller,
age unknown of Madison, M
Va. They said he '«;)■. in the
Hr Force, stationed at Samp
son AI B. N V .
Police said a passing motor
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This Week s Advertisers
The merchants listed bdow are CAROLINIAN Bonus
i Money Stores.
PAGE Z
Tip Top Food Store?
Town A CounMn Tire. Service
: C. Karl l.ltchman
PAGE 3
Tire lM»trfbiitoris. tne
Shaw University
PAGE i
Hudson Belt? Company
*ll, .. I.odxe
•t,-il»igh Funeral Hum*
PAGE 6
Town <v country Furniture
John Askew Punier A UecoGtor
National Art. Shop
Willi aiux* Garasr
Carolina Powei A- Light Company
Raleigh Seafood Coinp-any
Twin Inn Oil Servo«
£dw<xrit>. Shop store
Sure-Fit, Seat Cover Center
S. M. young Hardware Co.
Mr Eivls Rand
l.ewir. Radio * TV Clinic
PAGE 7
(‘■i mpbcll-Hmieycutt
PAGE 8
Famous Bakery
Ainhasr.ador Theatre
Civella Beauty Ci'li:*
Electric Wholesale.’i. Juc
Genrs* A Iseley Insurance Atenc.v
Kramer’s Jeweler*
Restful f‘l nei Motel
Carolina Typewriter
Sujuit’e’t School Clinll
Burt’s Bans?
'
Raleigh is now the only major
city in North Carolina which has
i received a request, from a Negro
student for transfer to a ‘white"
school and has not acted upon it,
Greensboro, Charlotte and
I Winston Salem approved
! transfers >u t ? 'indents of Ne
gro srhooh to previously a!!-
whiip public • rhoot* Tuesday
nigh*
As the til-! ffidtc toward
votunt arv sh segrc ril ion In am'
Southeastern state, the action
came in >" rate meeting* of
school boards \ti there cities
Fifty • five application: vr*rs
passed on by five school boards
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and Montego Bay. The study
group disbanded in Miami. Fla,
but a small group extended, the
tom to include Havana, Cuba.
The lour was sponsored by tb*
graduate school of A& T Col
lege in Hip area of comparative
education.
Negro, White La-Tors
To Exchange Pulpits
CHAR LOTT?: - If everything
runs true to formulated plans a
white Canadian minister r.c-x-t
| month will bo m the pulpit of a
; Negro emirsh here and a Negro ml*
1 mster wiil be pi.'-’-'ring aw-hit 4
j congregation in C anada in an un*
i Diecedented incident in this coun*
i try.
In a move initiated by the
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;PAGE T
- AAP Super Markets
Cir-.'-r.linens Bank A- Trust Company
St Augustine's College
r \GK 10
tiloodwoith st T<"«‘sf Homo
Heater W«-il Compinv
i j'l-nes:, Insurance Agency
ivmn - F; -o Service
i"it?Urr Builders Ccrp
I U jtsor j seafood A. Poultry Co. Use.
, I’msfead Tran-fer Cn. A- Food S ore
Dillon Moinr Finance Company
Hid jess a s Optic law
Pepsl-Cola Bottling Co. ot Raleigh
| Wtrr.er Me morials
j Deluxe Hnl.eJ
> PAGE 12
; F.dwaid's Pharmacy
DH:k T*Tvp* Shoe Service
Crikfr Motor in
Bake Ins,ur anr p Arnv y
HollowellS Cash Food Ste-e
Apex Cleaning Cnninsn:
'Sain city Radio A Appliance Co.
Hudson-Helk Company
Srod's Tourist Home
Tom Ashworth’s The Seivl-e
Valina Wholesale Builders Supply
Western Auto Associate ?tnre
Stephens Supply Company
PAGE 18
i Gm Watch Shop
y C Products
The Hood System Industrial Bank
Hunt f •tiers! Tire Cornp.vr-
V. F CJuina Furniture Company
l Arms Realty Company