Willie Utley, 23, Bound Over]
In Ccath Os Samuel Clay, 70
F,Y STMT WRITER
The alleged killer of an aged man at*
tempting to protect his son from a gang of
“Burma Road” (500 block of Davie Street)
men Saturday night, was bound over to Su
perior Court Monday morning, following a
preliminary hearing in City Court.
Willie Utley, 23, who calls Joe Louis Park home, is accusH
of heating 70-year-old Samuel Clay of 536 E. Davie Street n.i
death during a “knock-down-drag-out" battle in which some fiv«
a six persons were involved.
WILLIE UTLEY
. , . accused of murder
'sl-tr
MAN, 70. IS HCKEB TO DEATH ON STREET
EDWARD CLAY
. . . Involved in figM
FBI Agents
Investigate
S. C, Letter
spartanburg’s. c.—The. fbi
this week began investigating a
threatening letter received by Sev
enth District Solicitor J. Allen
Bright in retaliation to statement
f CON TIN l'm ON PAGE iv>
Third Week Os Church Bonus
Money Program Now Underway
Rallying around their churches. ,
members arc making their Christ- j
mas shopping spending count in a i
large « ay during the second month 1
of the Church Bonus Money Pro- j
gram. i
Church Bonus Money Rules
All purchase slips or receipt* nici-cntcd to your cnurch must come from
iitoip,- advertising in the CAROLINIAN
fach week carries a date, in the Bonus Money period Purchases eligible
rsu.-t come from the store during the week the art" appears.
No purchase slips representing s business should be submitted All receipt
must come from uidis tduai purchaser.
All churches m Raleigh and Wake Countv are eligible
Ah purchase slips must bear the name of lhe store from which the pur
chase ••■as mad*
Ail purchase she- should be submitted in the name of the rhurcb. and
td ru'd be in the office of the CAROLINIAN the Monday following close of
Bonus period
In order that smaller churches may have an equal opportunity to share ;it
the Bonus Money the following -emulation 13 expedient No church group w 1
be awarded lit Bonus Money consecutively. i,e should a church receive i
Bonus Money after the first period it would hate to well until the third
Bonus period to be. presented lit sv-’a d again However, thir does no* rot .1
|bat second and third awards cannot be. sought, consecutively Consnqucnti.i
ever” church group has th- opportunity jr. secure an award every period.
Vb purchase of over WO from any one merchant. ijiirttig * week ran hr
counted
There Is * celllnE of *35 per pctsnn » w eek tor grocery purchase*.
to the even' of tli* aaroe amount of purchases hy more than ono entri. thr
sward will he dhidert.
Weekly purchase totals should he. shown on each packet and toiji placed on
the outside of the envelope carrying the period * entry along with name amt
address.
Bonus money earners will be announced in the Issue foiiowtns the rlosing
of ea'h reriud
AM entrte' irnmin the property of The CAROLINIAN
Alt tallying is llnal Mh'-n the names of the Bonus Mopev earners ate an.
pounced in Thi ( AROi INIAN. and no responsibility Is accepted by this iiev-.
pem i hriond that point
No tcreipts troi.i hanks witi he < onrpdeied. esteep* payment on mnilgar*--..
This Week *s Advertisers
The merchants listed below are CAROLINIAN Bonus
Money Stores.
I'A'S? 2
< trier > (nr
Vi■ top.-Pharr g«* s Store
Stephens Appliance I 0.
I**o F. 1
Charles Store
Electrical Wholssalar*. Inc
Ru'elgh Funeral Home
PAGE 3
Hudson Hetk Companv
Jewel Box
PAGE *
IValker Martin trie
MelUs-Levlite Furniture fn.
PAGE J
Carolina Bui'k « 0.
hiicefit b»at Cot fi' tenter
Seeder* Motor < 0
Famous Bakery
R. E Qttlnn Furniture Company
PAGE *
Mr. C. Kart l.tirhhi*B
Colonial Store:.
fjmri Watch Shop
Zenith Dealer
Burnett * Sods Shop
8 M. Voung Hardware Company
First-Citizen* Bank & trust * ompstt’
PAGE 8
Air. Elvis Rat’d
A * p Super Markert.-
Caroline. Power A Llaht Co.
I Edward Clay, 40, son of Tv
'dead -man, was found not guilty
i of engaging in the affray Monday
He reported that he was on hvi
! way home Saturday night when ne
! was ‘jumped" by several men. He
said he called to his father so •
help and the elderly man came
’ to the aid of his son.
| Utley is suspected of beating
i the man to death with his hand.
] and fists and by kicking him in
] the back of his head after he had
] fallen to the ground,
i The father was found dying in
i the street in the 500 block of F
’ Davie Street shortly after the
fight ended
The accused Killer is no
stranger to law enforcement
officers having a police rec
ord of ten arrests since 1957.
many suspended sentences
j and at least one prison sen
ten ce.
Two men were given six-month
; terms for engaging in the affray.
1 They are James Calvin Giles,
of 107 Idlewild Avenue and Le?
Wyatt, King. 21, 1125 S. State
1 Street.
Willie Peterson of 412 Watson
I Street, was the main witness at
the hearing Monday and describ
ed the Saturday night battle.
Utley was identified by Peter
son as the man who kicked Clay
as he lay on the ground.
“I was attracted to the scene
by the yelling and all those
people in the street." Peterson
answered when asked how he
happened to be in the vicinity
when the Incident occurred.
The elderly Clay, according to
physicians who examined hD
I I body, died from a hemorrhage
which resulted from a clotting of
the brain.
(COKTOUIBB ON’ r.u.f ')
State’s Masons 'l®#
. 88th Annual
CHARLOTTE The Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma-
I sous of North Carolina opened
; their 88th annual meeting here
Tuesday at noon. The Lodge of
! Sorrow memorial services were
j held Monday night.
Mwl Worshipful Grand
Master G. D. Carnes of Wil
mington presided.' Cnder
The third week of the program
will begin December IS The third
at midnight December IR. The third
month will end at midnight on ,i..n
(CONTINUEIJ ON PAGE ?)
1 W Wat kin* Greca*.
(.Bella Beauty College
N. C Product*
PAGE 1*
Woodworth St lo'Jibt Home
! Healer Well Company
! Gavene** insurance Agency
j Peprl-Cols Bottling Co of Relalgh
• Carolina Builders Corp
I BIUOO * Seafood A Poultry 1 0 in*
I Unv.u.iad Transfer Co. A Food Stun
IJlllon Motor fir,anew Cnmpanv
j Gunn's Esso Seri ire
! Ridgeway ’» Optician*
Warner Memorials
' Orluxe Hotel
PAGE II
; Mittl s of Raleigh
(McLeod A Wat ion to
il.ei'ls Sporting Goods so
Mrlpgs Hardware Com pan'
; PAGE 12
J Keith Super Mamet
PAGE IS
Acme Realty Company
The Homl Svstcm industrial Bank
y ! Wossr Jewelets
I Tip Top Food Store
if not General T're Company
Ambair.ador Iheatr*
I Towe A * ountrv Tire Bervii'«
f B'ohiis
fit
N. C. Klan Seeks Help From Va. Members
~f + + + + \ + 4* f ”1 + I
Free Deputy In Student's Death
- |
Ulan Asks
Virginians
To Aid JC
i
DANVILLE, Va. - The North ;
Carolina Ku Kin;-. Klan Plans to j
solicit help from thioughout Vir
ginia in keeping Negroes out. of
| North Carolina white schools, a
Klan spokesman said here.
“We're not here to help you
| but to seek, your help, because in
North Carolina we have Negroes
going to white schools,'’ the spok
esman told a Klan rally and cross
burning here Saturday night.
Identifying himself as the
u mjikjr>
I < arne>’ administration during
the past ten years, the Grand
Lodge has experienced phe
nomenal growth in all de
partments and in all sections
of the state.
Right Worshipful Gl and Sec-;
ret ary C. W. Lawrence of Green-'
! boro was closely associated with'
Carnes during the convention,
j A significant highlight of the
1 calendar of events of the Grand j
Lodge during the current year was
tire dedication of the statue of
the late Past Grand Master James j
: E. Shepard o-n the campu- of;
North Carolina College Durham. |
The contributions of the
Grand Lodge to Oxford Or
phanage during th.t Carnes j
administration have shown i
great increases. The support j
I of this institution is one of j
Ihe major objectives of the
I’rinee Hall craft in this state
Gifts for this cause alone dur
ing the past decade have been
approximately $ 100,000.
Other Grand Lodge officers
; include. Clark S, Brown of Wis
: -;ton-Salem Deputy Grand Mas- 1
i ter; Dr. H M. Couch . Washing- i
ton. Grand Treasurer; Dr. J. H
Pittman. Burlington, Grand Lee-.
turn ■ F. P. Alexander. Charlotte, 1
Grand Senior Warden; Soloman 1
(rONTTMTD TACiE, in
Fayettevilie Street Church’s
Pastor Still Leading Contest
With ".600 voles, the Reverend
■I W Jones, pastoi of Fayetteville
' Street Baptist Church here is r-p
--1 idly widening the gap between
himself ;.nd Up. nearcat competitor
1 > he moves 1410 voter- out in front
"f Rev. Cunningham in the Caro
linian Minister's Popularity Con
-1 tort., acertbding to totals in the sec*
‘ mid listing period ending nn Do
! eember 9.
Rev How *id Cunningham. |
D 'sior of t ii-si ("ongregMional !
I Christian f hurrh, is stilt in sec
ond place with f>no votes. Rev
Newsboy's Money
1 Stolen; Citizens
Reimburse Youth
1
GREENVILLE, 8 C. - - A 13-
! year-old white newspaper earner |
! iuc. received $18.50 a. a gift from i
Negro customers on Ills paper
route *o replace $lB dollars Ink-1
cn at. knife point from the paper!
hov by a Negro youth who escap-1
ed on a. bicycle Monday,
Horace Butler, who directed the I
1 collection to rrpla. the money!
! stolen from David Langley, said I
j hr "Got angry** win* h<? saw the |
1 1 r n\rr%t't’r:f* n N jpar;r hi
THE CAROLINIAN
v~ —1 ‘ ~i , ISc
lnN ‘ c ‘ 5 16 PAGES El,ewbcrc |
VOLUME 17 RALEIGH, N. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19V NUMBER 11
XAACP PREXY, LAWYER CONFER Mrs. Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas chapter of
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, confers with New York NAACt* i
attorney Robert Carter after she was fined SIOO plus court expenses, amounting so Sl5O iti the Little
Rock Municipal Court last week. She was fined for failure to open confidential financial and rnembt i
ship records of the organization in compliance with a eily ordinance. (UNITED ERINS PHOTOi.
NCC Among Eighteen Colleges
Accepted By Southern Ass’n
Special 10 CAROLINIAN
RICHMOND V* The long
.'ought equality of membership by
Negro colleges in the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Second
ary Schools began on a .progressive
basis here last Finlay when 18
institutions from an eligible hsl of
26 were granted full membership
Status'.
Larh nf the 16 held member
ship in Hip SAI'SS s affiliated
Association «f College* and
Secondary Sdurnb (all ruler
K. L. Brodie ha* 630 vole*. Rev
fSiodir ii pastor of Mitchell
( Impel Baptist Church of Lou
isbvrg.
Since the Christmas contest ends
December 21. church members mu t
(I ONTINUED ON r.AfIF, 21
SIOO CHRISTMAS PRESENT
-—TO THT.—
MOST POPULAR MINISTER in NORTH I
CAROLINA CONTEST
ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 21—NOON
3 f fWM * MvdtW& m.
r,
Pastor's Name .... j[
Addrrss - - - —— -—— ;
Name o 1 Chuuh -
*
Coupon Wurth 10 Points
Clip this COUPON and as many as you can gather for your !|
pastor and send to THE CAROLINIAN, each week. At the end !i
of Hie contest period, the minister having accumulated the most |
lK>inls will receive SIOO.OO tone hundred). Listings will be made j!
each week. Send in your COUPONS so that your pastor will get j
his weekly rating.
Alt COUPONS mufd reaeh THF C'AHOIfNIAN «i infer »ban |j
Tur-dav nf each week. Address THE CAROLINIAN. M 8 F. Mar
lin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.
4
i edl, but all of the non white
colleges and universities in the
southern region were accreri
| ited by the SACSS under xcp
Council Os Churches Meets;
Negroes Assume Major Roles
ST. LOUIS (AND—With leader*
jof the major Negro church de
nominations among the more than
1,000 delegates attending, the Na
tional Council of Churches in the
USA. representing 30 Protestant
and Orthodox denominations with
combined memberships of 37, 500,-
1)00, held its triennial general as
sembly here last week.
The six-day Council session
ess a colorful one, featuring
addresses by 29 prominent
rhurch leader*, inelri'ling the
Rev Martin Luther King, Jr„
leader of the Montgomery. Ale.
hut boycott, and Dr. Linton
1 Pope of Yale University, both
l apt* lljiiinc* front the prc
viously ali white association'*
(CONTINVIin ON PAGE Si
of whonj (moke on rare re!a
--i tinny in the United State*.
frONTENUKW on r • c;y \X)
State News
IN
Brief
DECOK.VriOV CONTEST
PLANNED
I RALEIGH Ti<* Raleigh
i Chapter of the Quett.es (wives of
j Otnega, mm* Is sponsoring in
first anrmii Christmas Decora
i tion Contest. Outdoor exhibits or
i exhibits that are visible from the
j outside, will be judged on' the bar,-
I is of beauty, originality and ad.~
I herence to one theme, either thr
i Nativity or the modern version
i of Christmas. Five prizes will hr
j (roxrtM fn on pagr is)
! Discovers Six
j Bodies In Auto
Following Wreck
iNDtAJSrOLA, Miss. 'Hi* bod
les of six Negroes wer« discovered
Monday in an automobile which
hr,d swerved off n hisivvay into
! a rain-swollen ravine
A otmf* t ion *r sighted
rWyWfrll imN * i**)
ai r
Jury Says ,
White Cop j
Not Guilty ;
Ry ,f. B. Barren
WILLI AMSTON A Martin
County jury of twelve white moo
brought in a verdict of "not guilty"
at 6:55 Tuesday night in the triui
of State versus P.-iiius Holiday, a
self-deposed deputy sheriff, o i t
trial for second d( gr-'e murder m I
connection with the September 7th |
fatal shooting of A. and T Colic;!’ |
student Jom oh .fames CIOS'- while j
sheriff 9 officers anight an alleged |
would-he suitor of roily Roberson, j
(CONTINI I P ON PALE ?)
Os Bishops
Sets Confab
KRY WKST, Fla,—The Rev. A. ;
K. Hooper, Presiding Elder of the !
AME Zion Church's Miami District. |
announced here this week that the •
I't.iH session of the Board of Bi- !
.hops " ill convene here January j
fi.ll The meeting will bring to the ;
city ai! of the bishops of the d> •
nomination and .-ill the general of
fictfts.
fr'ONTINf’M) r»N nAM ’>
GOSS-ENDS
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
ASSER.A M E
I 1 do not ank that thou .shall front ,
the fray,
And drive the waning to. man i
from my sight
I only ask, O Lord, by night, by
day,
i .Strength for the fight.
Anonymous |
(i oMSNiirn on pac<t (3)
£ROP£ ■ * ShPS
"■mm. we -MBlgfrie . ... .fjggj
’ 'Twm - Ik jflHfiK 2 IRI|S
■wm. u* fMI«
giSflp f•* '’^. A w
feivi N -
•w . % - -'T;® mm
JfflKm
* f 3
/ l s j
// ; 'L , i liai
/ ! y‘ : ■\ &B
“FINGERS" ALLEGED KILLER—Robert Terry, Jr.. Star wittw*
i in the trial of Frank Edward Wetwl, charged with killing * N, C
Hu-hvey patrolman lasi month, i* piHiircd just prior to amlffn
j mvnt proceedings in Rockingham Monday, Terry, while ob the wit
oe;ix stand, pointed to tVetr.el anti said “That* the man." »t|'l
naked <f he yaw the driver of the ear he hrteh hiked < Hdf with Ih Ih
rnijrtioom ItNIUII TRESS TELEPHOTO)*
Holiday Deadline ||
The CAROLINIANS Christ ||
mas edition will he printer] H
Monday, December 23. !n or- gsl
der (hit the news ina.v be, pro- S
cessed Rderiuairly we are mg- {Si!
inc correspondents to mail
Iheir articles and phnlns early ffi|
so that they reach our offices ag
no later than Friday, December®
’O. Publication cannot be a*' 9
sored in the Christmas edition ||jj
for news reaching us later than ll
this date. News agents will re* K
reive iheir papers on Christ- H
mas F.ve. 9
jme -f •• •- JjsS
11111
.. .-n< o frSSljsggSfo .faatfiaMg
i'.
SJSBP? ' •.; § aMgm
?9H||
jfmsMß&gg' sm^K : 's&&w3KHps%% *l&tW**m
• * "w
19k iuttg..
SAYS INTEGRATION TALK
wot I D WRECK CONFAB -
Governor Luther Hartwell Hod
ge-, of North Carolina, above,
viki last Thursday that he felt
any discussion of integration at
next spring’s National Gover
nors’ Conference in Miami,
Florida , would wreck the con
ference. Hodges made the state
ment while attending the an
nual meeting of the Board of
Managers of (he Counril nf
Governments in Hot Springs,
Ark.
Wetzel Is I
Identified I
By Minister I
ROCKINGHAM A wiin esi
pnmti-d to Frank Edward Wet re
lr a crowded courtroom Monri-r
and identified him as the sta.te
of a state highway patrolman
The witners, the Rev. Robert Ter
iv, . aid he pleaded with Weteal no
to shoot Patrolman W. L Iteen
when Reece stopped Wetzel's ca
at a speeddock the night of Nov 3
He punted Wetzel as saving: “Tvi
got !o do it.'
fCONTtNftIFn os P.AGr IS)