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2 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL *B, I»S* PARKS’ TRIAL (CONTINUTD PROM PAOS ll tarney Albert Corbett, chief dtonasl, entotod * plea of #»ilHy to first dcfree 0)« rdor, which WM accepted by the State. The Judge told Parks that under the law when a plea of guilty to first degree murder is made, the life imprisonment sentence is man datory. Parks had pleaded not guilty to the murder charge resulting from th* shooting of Mis* Lois Ernest ine Tomlinson, of Clayton, who served the school as its librarian. QUARREL OCCURRC The Shooting occurred on Janu ary i£ around B:*s a. m. allegedly growing out of a quarrel between the two. uxs! , Parks’ lawyers, on cross rx »mln*tl9n, had sought to press I an admission from Randolph Baldw in, 18 yaar-old eye-wit ness to the .shooting, that hr v. as not In the library when the shooting Occurred, hut Bald win repeatedly said that he was an eye-witness to the In cident. When queried as to why he didn’t tell police officers that he was an eyev.itness when they in vestigated, the youth said. “They didn’t ask me anything about the case.'’ Miss Lela Williams, 18-year-old student at the school, testified that she was in library when the shoot ing occurred and just before the shot* were fired she heard Miss Tomlinson say, 'T don't care to dis cuss it because you know what happened this fall. - ’ She reported that she ran out when Parks started shooting. Some 100 jurors comprised the j panel cslled before the jury was sel i early Thursday afternoon, r mYES PRAY AT TRIAL On vc first day of the trial, the dead woman's mother, Mrs. John Tomlinson of near Clayton, and her sister, Mrs. Hopie Atkinson, a | teacher at the Selma school, report edly got down on their knees dur ing a recess and prayed in front of the packed courtroom. Also testifying for the State vas John Tomlinson, father of j Mis* Tomlinson, and the sister, : Mr*. Aikinson, who live* at Smithfield. Baldwin testiiied Thursday j and was cross-examined Friday when court was resumed Fri day. Defence Attorney Corbett was as-isted by Attorney Faison Thomp- The solicitor was W. Jack Hooks. It was not made known whether Parks will appeal . NEW REGISTRAR (CONTLVLTB FROM PAGE 1) there and A&T College. She has held leaching positions in Wake County and worked for several j years with the Raleigh Recreation ] Department. Mrs. Peace is now' a j housewife. Mrs. Peace Is * member of the j St. Ambrose Episcopal Church and ! of the Dflta Sigma Theta Sorority. Although she claim* to he new in the field of voting. Mrs. Peace once served as a judge »t the now defunct Fire Station Precinct, located at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium The precinct takes in the are* located in the southwest section of i the city, known as Fourth Ward, j Mrr. Peace succeeds Mrs. Mattie ! Faison, white, who served as reg istrar in the precinct for several | years. FOOD SHOW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ent. The contestants will compete among themselves for top place and will compete against other school* for the grand prizes. First, second and third place awards will be made in each of the two divi ior.s. The finals will be held on the night on May 1. This year's show is expected io not only feature the latest in homemaking, but is being designed to give housewives a rare hit of educational infor mation. Friday's show will feature the Shaw University Flayers in “Down In The Valley,” an op eretta. The Food Show will be co-spon sored by the Carolina Power and Light Coir.panv and rnrtny added features will be presented. The usual 20 beautifully-decor ated booths will display the latest in electric appliances, gas devices, bunking and other household ne eesrities. PA STORS^CONTEST ffermbrueo from tags t> f9t« contest opened March 20 and will close June 12. Minister* fhriHijtboui North Carolina sre In* to take part. Prises in this contest will he taeger than In any of the two pri»#e«ing program*. The first print will he $$M in cash and wifi go to the minister whose sfttHVh members and friends aid him in garnering the great etft abnoont of votes, Second prtee Is a complete wardrobe, •©nristing es a suit, shirt, tie, hat, shoes and socks. Third THE CAROLINIAN "Covering the Carolina*” Published by tta Carolinian Publishing Company IIS East Martin Street fUleigh, N. C. (Entered a* Second Ctaaa Matter, April! a, t|*o, at the Pori Oftice in Raleigh, i North Carolina, under tha Act of March, ISIS). SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six Month* 88. W One Year »« Payable in Advance. Address all com munication* and make all check* and Interstate United NeWanacera. toe., payable to TKS CARO -543 Fifth Avenue, New York 17. N V.. National Advertising Representative arid member of the Associated Negro Free* and the United Press Photo Service. T. R. JERVAV, Publisher The Publisher is not responsible lor the return of unsolicited news, oie tures or advertising copy unless nec essary postage accompanies the vobv Opinions expressed by columnist* in this newspaper do not necessarily represent the policy of ‘hi* paper. prise w!U be a Hamilton pocket or wrist watch worth SIOO. In addition to the above-listed a warda which will be made to win ner* after June 12, a bonus of SSO each will be made after the first four week* to the pastor who is in the lead in the contest, and after the second four week* the minis ter who is leading at that time will be awarded a SSO bonus. The coupon, which is worth 10 votes for your pastor will be list ed on the front page of each edi tion right up until the contest closes. Form a newsboys club in your church and help your minister come out on top. Vote coupons must reach. The CAROLINIAN'S office before 5 p. rrt. Tuesday of each week. WETZEL WITNESS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) caught a ride witn Wetzel on the night of November 5, when Terry is said to have shot two Highway Pa trolmen to death, one near San ford and the other near Rocking ham. Terry wu the State's star wli ncus. He related how he wa» with Wetsel when a, patrolman approached the 1957 OldsmobHe, Wetsel i* alleged to have alight ed from hi* car and shot the of ficer to death. The lay preacher said that he left Wetzel's car ar.d the New York mental hospital escape is said to have driven frim the scene of the shooting. Terry testified twice, once at Rockingham and once at Sanford The testimony of Terry was the main evidence that convicted Wet zel of the crimes. HIT-RUN VICTIM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE l) the hospital, if we would forget the whole thing. "But still he would pay the hospital, if ve would forget, the whole thing. “But still he would at first admit bitting the childthe officers reported. The accident reportedly occurred while the girl was on the way home after school. The officers quoted Mary Sills of j 306 Idlewild Avenue as saying she j saw' the child being flung from the | front of the auto after being hit. j I Another witness reported seeing j I the same thing, as well as seeing j I the Oldsmobile speed up after | striking the child. Patrolman Mill > er said. Witnesses were able to get a description of the car and partial ly identify the license number. An extensive search wai be gun for the driver and about 5:15 Evans was taken Into cus- Patrolman Alfred L. Grirsbv and Norman Artis reported finding Evans at his East Street home. The car was parked ini the back of the residence. The front of the car was bent anti j • Laces of blood and hair were found : ! in the marks. Police Sgt. C. H, Has- i | well said portions of the hair j would be tested for identification I purpose*. Evans raid he had not driven the ; car since Thursday, but the en i gine was Still warm when it was : located. Evans was released unde* $2,000 bond held without privilege of bend, pending the child's outcome. City court trail is set for April 29. The girl received several inter | rial injuries. She was still unoon i scioue Tuesday. | BONUS MONEY (CONTINUED FROM FAG* 1) Awards to winning churched are as follows: S3O, first: SIS, second, sls. third; and $lO, fourth. The bonuses are now being made directly to the churches instead of io individual families as was prac ticed in earlier Bonus Money month*. The churches in Raleigh and Wake County whose purchase slips or receipts warrant these a v.-ards Will receive them. EScb sveek carries a date in the Banna Money period. Pur chases eligible for awards wiuri com* from the store during the week that the advertisement appears All CAROLINIAN advertis ers in the city and county are listed on the front page of each j edition. The pastor of a church should ap : point rnme person or committee to | cblififct pbrchcsr f ,ip» and receipts from the member* every Sunday morning and at the end of the Church Bonus Money month have them turned in at the office of Thu CAROLINIAN. ■! SITS JNLAP~~ (CONTXNUKD FROM PAGE J) the Negro woman sat down on her *nrt "»cretched” her when she "started shoving*’ to get the woman off her Sap. The defendant told officer* both white women were pushing each other before Mrs, Gray was scratch ed nn the right arm. She said she thought there Was room in the seat for her Several similar incidents have oc curred on dty buses her* since the U. S. Supreme Court ruled city and state bu* segregation laws uncon stitutional in December, 1856. LIQUOR RAID undercover agent* enabled the of ficers to begin the raid with about 70 charges against 30 parsons. statFbriefs (CONTINUED FROM PAGE I) in son who will operate Advance ment Station for Scout Unit* to go through. Cub Scout Pocks and Par ents are invited to visit the Cam poree after 1 p. m. on Saturday. Cub Scouts Will play theh Dads a game of Soft Ball Saturday night. Camp Fire Will climax the event when each Scout unit will put on a special skit or Scout Skill for par ent* and visitors present. OVER 606 HONOR STUDENTS RALEIGH Th" 27ih An- j mist) Meeting of the Crown and Scepter Chib was held Satur day. April 19, at Saint Augus tine's College- The theme for I j the day wu "Making Use of the Sotantißo Age in Planning far [ the Needs of » Changing World,” Henry Richards of Shepard High School, Zebu Inn. fFealded. Musical selection* wore given by the St. Augus tine* College choir and the choir of John R. Haw k In* High School, Warrenton. Devotions were presented by the Warren County Training School. The aewetons lasted all day. RECEIVE LIGHT SENTENCES MONROE Union County’s lat mt racial incident ended Friday in mild sentence* for three Negroes and two white brothers convicted In a knife and tire tool fight. A doc tor who examined two of the three Negroes after the fight, said they were badly beaten. The doctor re ported that Raeford Doster's face wa* swollen to twice it* normal size the eyelids narrow slits. Wendell Mixon suffered a jaw swollen so badly that he could net shut his mouth. Charles York had a knife scar on his beck. Others Involved in the incident were Henry Staf ford and Marvin York HALIFAX MAN CONFESSES ROANOKE KAFIDS Sher iff H. A. House reported last week that a laborer had con fessed to the Easier morning rape of * 62-year-o!d woman at her heme in South Weldon. Honse said that Joseph Wynne, 3#. also admitted taking a watch from Dona Sheardon du j ring the attack. He reported that the man led officers to the spot where he said he threw it from his car. Mias Shearon Identified the watch a« hers af ter It was found. ACCOMPLICE GETS (CONTmUTD FROM PAGB 1) Caroline County Circuit Judge Leon M. Basils, who heard Kesgerg trial avith ont a Jury March *7, delayed his verdict and imposition of the sentence to weigh evidence In the case. McCray, convicted March 13 and ! sentenced to die, abo confessed to killing four other persons in Vir ginia, Ohio, Georgia and Alabama in the past two years He testified at Reager s trial that he and Reager had made definite j plot to rape Mrs. Griffin. He told j the court Reager raped Mrs. Grit- j tin first, ihen bound her and toft : ihe door to her home open for Me i Cray to enter and attack her. CHURCH MEET ( C O.YTTNUTD FROM FAGK I) churches in 16 southern state*. They represent 8S presbyteries Irons New Mexico to Maryland The meeting will last a week and j will be preceded Wednesday by the 1 eighth annual pre-assembly evan- ! oral! SIT! Five major addresses are sched uled for the conference. Speakers j will be Dr. Paul Tudor Jones, pas- ! tor of Idlewild Presbyterian i Church. Memphis, Term; Dr. El i mer G. Homrighasen, dean of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J.; Dr. Gerald K Knoff. executive secretary of the division of Christian Education of the National Council of churches. New York. The assembly will receive ' overtures, or requests for action, Horn Mississippi presbyteries ask- i ing that earlier pro-integration ac- j lions upholding the supreme court decisions on school segregation be j rescinded. The overtures also a k that the division and council of j Christian relations which prepared | pro-integration reports later adopt- I ed by the assemblies of 1953 a’r.d ! 1857 be abolished, j Lexington Presbytery in Virginia i also asks a ruling on whether or not a church may permit its build ings to be used for schools in those areas where public schools may be closed to avaid integration. oddslTends (CONTINUTD FROM PAGE II increase has been since the April i registration drive began, but from ! every county district comes word that more and more of our group are getting their names on the registration book:,. Undoubtedly the really great push will come on Saturday of this week when the polls will bo | open all over the county for reg i istratlon. If for any reason, you j have not had the chance to regi -. ; ter please do not let- the sun set i j Saturday, April 26, without your i going to the designated poll -»*•' ; voting place in youi own preowv-i and attending to this most im portant matter. OH NO! The recent announce-' ment that this state will open & Negro beach on the coast on loud donated by the Hammocks Beach CoriKiration, ts true, is one ofj the most discouraging bits of news that Iras come out since the U.S, Supreme Court ruled over 2 j years ago that no state could legally operate segregated reorea-! tional facilities. Hammocks Beach Corporation j we are told is a body of Negro college presidents and key edu cators who "own” and control the operation of a large stretuh of Atlantic Coast Uric purchased i With money belonging to all of i the teachers of North Caroline i Although the teachers' bard ■ earned money was usM to pay i fer this property, it. appears that ; they actually have no move sav ; over it than the man in the street, j ! Either knowingly or otherwise, land it raa.'ly doesn't make any i difference now how it came about i these teachers voted to have this; | (their properly) land put undtr I control of a private corporation. To exercise control, the cor poration had the teachers proper ty deeded to It Os course that means that the corporation cun do whatever it wishes to do with the land the teachers gave it. So now, if the new.: reports are true, the Hammocks Beach Corporation has decided to help North Caro lina defy the law by giving the state land for the operation of a segregated beach. Remember, however, thin i this corporation Is made up of I cdltoge president* and (irimr* in the employment of the art*to. Ilemeinbcrhig that does not talk* away the die.gust and 1 disappointment of such ac- ! :»!y&'>&'■ i a*. %t lfe.7 *’’.',VV» f ' - jnfff m THE Y-TEENS OF LIGON j SCHOOL are presenting the *econd annual Dance Revue of | SHIRLEYS SCHOOL OF I Ew;!lL '*%<^im!o^M : «Ss«L ißw* -; I^®g'Jws^f’‘K <^^BBKjKffi^^i’'. T^ >*€&£*>' ^ r %L\i £sb£c&§fs3!(i; v^:-‘-: a /~AiaaKS!K!SiMßl^^ww^ l .S£t-3aS^a^^:.TO ‘ v wr ; «x«<- v : • 4p *,». &«. •* vi^- \V | >„ '5 NEW OFFICERS OF CROWN i AND SCEPTER CLUB ANT) ! j PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS are 1 toft to right: President James A. Boyer; Linda Cameron, Ham ette County Training School, I Secretary; VYeldena Willima, i Hawkins High School, Vice- SIX KIDS DIE (CONTINUTD FROM PAGE i) !as saying they did not see their J house burning until it was entire ly enveloped in flames. Bobby Robinson told Warren and Coroner Coleman that hi* sister’s screams awak ened him. Warren theorized i that one of the youtißer chil dren was ‘fretful” or crying and Shirley, who was toft in rharge of the ripening children, lighted a lamp. The house, a bout four mile-, from here in j ! Sampson County, has no ciec- I trieilv. | The Rnhinsnr said all the c'hil iren were asleep and the fires in j the stoves were o*» when they ! j left. - Th mother, who is expecting an ! other child in two months, was | brought ot a Dunn hospital, treat i ed for shock and released Warren said that wbe he arrived ;t the house, the roof had already J caved in. The building was a total ! ! toss, onlv two brick chimmeys j stood above the twisted met el of , beds and fixtures Cartor ruled the deaths acciden- i | tel anti said there would be r,o in quest. Bar Group To Be-enact Trial ! Os Gred Scott i ST. LOUIS (ANP’ A re-en 1 ictsnrnt of the historic Dm! Scott’ \ trial, famous pre-Civtl War slave,, will be given by the Bar Associa- j 1 lion of St. Louis, April 30 and i I May 1 in the old Courthouse, I Fourth and Market, Streets, wher ? i the original trial took place, it j was announetd this week, j The desision to recreate the ■ trial wus prompted by tire fact i i that this year ts the 100th anni* | versary of the death of the rmh : rant ante-bellum Negro. | It is believed that this will be \ : the first reenactment ever at- i I tempted. The professionally writ- j ten script has parts for John I Alexander Madison and Drtd j j Scott Madison, great-grandsons i of the central figure in the trial. “LAW DAY IJ.S.A.” The May 1 date has been pro ! claimed “Law Day U.S.A.” by! President Eisenhower, rired Scott; | reenactment is one of a series of j “Law in Your Life” events being! planned by the Bar Association ■ j tor the week of April 27 to May i 1 The trial reenactment will be at | 8:30 o’clock on both nights. | ticn, but it does show that even though the U. S. Supreme Court has said. “No!” to segre- j gated beaches, we still have j leaders” wh) will help the segregationists defy the law. If you want to know Ihe names of the members of the Ham mocks Beach Corporation, we will be giad to furnish you with them. How ready is your lawn mower ! to no io work when spring comes? Get ing off to the right start is a big step toward a top quality' crop. \ - Use one-fourth ounce seed oei ; . 100 square yards in seeding flue it i cured tobacco beds. ii I DANCE oa Friday, May 9, 1958 , at the Ligon School at 8:00 p. m. Jennifer Wilkin*, Deborah Lane, I Michelle Palmer, Esther Boyer, President; Walter Ellerbe, Douglass High School, Presi dent; Joan Pace. Shephard High School, Assistant Secre tary; Grace Allen, West Badin i sdfeae njL »n im tsmaii Grand Opening ( Shop §|g 18 IWT ||| wiggiy store in i Stores in Raleigh and Piggly-Wiggly Gamer Soon! \ r> • iri ? ir ii“ . Mores in Henderson and r ranklmton 60w3tts.21cea.jjj £ « I wkl t.IS » 60, I 119 €BT'S'€** 4 ! f 1%& r il WW it dz* Cijfeo I if ii j* MORRELL’S FAMOUS OCEAN FRESH KINGAN’S RICHMOND noser AO r:.ko oc BACON ■ 59c 1 hUMd i SELECT BONED & ROLLED | stew” beef ib. 63c j Shoulder ?Qc FRESH SPRING FRESH GREEN ; /X POTATOES Cfi ONIONSfie TURNIP ..lilQ pound o ’ Whl “ w Radishes 3uNCH *V [SALAD few " Hi,,—l,, r >— DUKE’S HOME-MADE rr. J%H | DIXIE PRIDE SALAD DRESSING __ ZSGj BISCUITS Can \Q& P/VKKIR HOUSE R.OU.S 35c Join Our Spring House Cleaning Bee! New Bern Avenue Store if BpH t! a® I Open Daily Until 9 P.M. £§ 111 HC 1i M 111 Pi Five Points Store Open IS II Jtk f SJSUI Until 6.30 Daily and WW BS H ® Friday Vn^J :30 P M Qt Bot. with Grocery Purchase at I Valeria Mave ami Vivian Logan are vhown in one of the dance routines. i;*V.. . AT . . I High School, Reporter; and Charles Bracy, Artesia High * School, Treasurer. The group met tost Saturday at St. Augus j tine’s College. ‘Negroes Must Get Together, Know What They Want & Go After It, ’ McCray Says “Negroes must get together, know what, they want, and go after it,” said John H. McCray, editor. South Carolina Edition, Afro-Am erican Newspapers, to Shaw Uni versity studnets and faculty on Monday, April 21. He said that, fig uratively speaking, Negroes are caught in a boat ori a sand bar in many respects and we don’t want to rock the boat and stir things up for fear of making someone an gry. “We need to hit on a unity and rock ourselves to freedom and safety," he declared. McCray said that at Montgom ery,, Alabama, we have demon strated what can be done when and where we unite and “show our i band.” In Tuskegee there is the remarkable illustration of how im- j portant Negroes are to the economy j and life of a community. In loss j Plans Announced A t Shaw j For High School Senior Day Dr. Nelson H. Harris, director of j the division of education at Shaw J University has announced that the i sixth Annual Senior High School j Day will be held at Shaw Unlver- j rity on Saturday. April 26 High j school seniors from practically j every county in North Carolina are ! expected. The occasion Is the outgrowth of the over-all pre-college counseling program of the Uni versity to acquaint high school Ligon s Grocery Thieves Enter Ligon’s Grocery, located at the corner of S. Swain and E. Lenoir ; Streets was entered by thieves j some time last Wednesday nigh* It was reported that the intrud- j ers had quite a difficult time gain- j j ing entry to the business as sever- i j r.l doors were locked and other ob j stacles prevented a quick entry Only currency was reported ■ io 1- i en from the store, although there > was some change there. No merchandi ■■ was missing. Officers are still investigating the ! case. than one year, by transferring their business to stores operated by themselves, Tuskegee Negroes have closed down half of the stores that were operated by white people. He pointed out that what has happened at Tuskegee, Montgom ery and Tallahassee Florida, is not what ought to be, yet, since there is no excuse for racial exploitation and persecution, it is often justifi able and necessary that we deliver the •'shock treatment ’ to the white south and that we “rock the boat" vigorously. “The white South," he concluded, “is learning that when Negroes get together in unison they win every time." The speaker was introduced bv ; Dr. William 0, Strainer, iutsi- I dent of Shaw Louver tty. | seniors with Shaw University I and its offerings. Dr. Harris will preside over the | activities to be highlighted by the following events: Registration will begin at 9:30 a. m. in Spaulding Gymnasium, followed by a special program ?i I0:3:i a. m. Greetings will be brought by Dr Wiiilam It. Strassner, president of Shaw University, and remarks, by Leverne Hunter, acting president of the Student Council. The ShsiweUes of the physl cal education department will give a performance under the direction of Mrs. Deborah T. Spencer, instructor Music will be furnished by the University Chorale Society and the I.igon Junior-Senior. High School band. At 11:00 a. in. there will be a tom- of the campus follow ed by lunch at l;!)n p, m. In Uni versity dining hall. At 2:00 p. in. the Shnv Rca v " will | clay Maryland Sim Hawks in a ' baseball gam'- cl Chavis Pack. The j scries of activities will close with a fellowship hour bt cin runs: at 5.00 i m. in Spaulding Gymnasium. Milk is one of man’s mist healthful foods • Morton's One Box FREE FREE Running With Ea~h SALT 2 25= SHOP at TIP TOPfe AND 'SAVE sad
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