Students Back Hampton's President
THE COROLINIAN
VOL IS, NO. 31
City Council Candidates Give Views
Ku Klux Klan Members Urged To
Seek Integration Solution
Orderly
Meet Held
By Klan
MONROE Members of the Ku
Klux Klan condemned the abudo
ton of a young Negro prisoner
'roin a Mi; ussippi jail here on
Saturday night hast. They were al
o urged to "pray deeply” for a j
■ elubon to the integration proh- •
At « rally of the Vi: Klux
vi?n a speaker. Herman
Snipe* referred 1r (Use abd’K
• ien of M C- Parker of Pop-
Mlsa-. as ’Mob Action
knupea Mid The Kv Kb?
Klan do»* rot advocate eto
lence Mob action c* ugly "’
Another speaker introduced as
Mr Baylor of New York said.
'lf there is any p«ctal jungle 1 i
prefer to live in this is it The
real sons] jungles are Chicago s'
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Derby Time
Revives Old
'{
Memories
Each year as thousands of fans
throng Churchill Downs race tracks
at Louisville. Ky for the blue rib- j
bon event of American turf bom, ■
the Kentucky Derby, the memory
n‘ Isaac Murphy, regarded by
many as the greatest .American
jockey of ail times, is revived
Murphy, a Negro, was the frist
three-time Derby winner end one
of the most, fabied heroes of the
American track.
Records in the files of the
Associated Negro Press (the
most comprehensive this writ
er has found to date on the
famed rider) supports the con
tention that Murphy, although
dead for more than 60 years,
by comparison, ranks head and
shoulders above all American
jockeys. The Accardos, Shoe
makers, arid Venezuela* of out
bar cannot touch him
Great Competitor
Murphy was first of ail a gentle
man a clean liver, and an honest j
competitor. Mosey could not. boy j
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HELPED SAVE A LIFE The. above delegation railed on Governor Luther H. Hodges at the C apitol
Tuesday afternoon in an effort to save the life of David Hicks, accused of raping a white woman at
Goldsboro last August, Governor Hodges commuted the sentence to. Site imprisonment. Seated from left
lo right: Attorneys Herbert B, Hulse, Earl Whitted, .?r„ hotb of Goldsboro; and Mitchell Gadsden. Clin
ton: h*ffc w»- Rft to right, Dr, Gene Bass, Levi Hamilton, and T. W. Hardy, all of Goldsboro. <STAFF
PHOTO BY CHAS. R TONES),
Life Os Wayne Rapist Spared As
Delegation Calls On Gov. Hodges
A delegation of three attorneys
sud four other interested parties
called on Governor Luther H. Hnd
gest at KilO Tuesday afternoon.
After a brief conference, the gov
ernor announced that he had de
cided to commute the death sen
tence for David Lee Hicks, 22. of
Goldsboro, to life imprisonment
Hicks, who was charged a
long with six other youths with
raping a white mother, was
scheduled to die in the state's
gs* chamber here Friday morn
ing, The other six are now
serving life sentences.
After hearing the. news of the
commutation, the group was obvi
ously jubilant end exhibited by a
round of hand shaking
Calling on Hodges were the fol
lowing: Attorneys Ear! Whitted.
Jr. Goldsboro, Herbert B Unite,
lloldsboro. and Mitchell Gadsden,
of Clinton Others were Dr. Gene
Maniiart) Linder Bloi k
I'aylor Radio A TV Service
n E Quinn Ftt oJture Comp?,,
tlotfere Finance Company
udum Cut Rate Store
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. vinous Bakery
34P Suium Markets
M’ird'i oi Raleigh
Caraieigh Furniture Company
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Deluxe Hotel
Pepsi-Cols. Bottling Cc
Itarner Memorlah
| Bioodwortb 8t Tourist Home
Case ness Insurance Agency
Dunn's Esso Service
Ridgeway’s Opticians
I Carolina Builders Corp,
Watson s Seafood Co
j Dillon Motor Finance Co
Fayetteville St. Baptist Church
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i Ambassador Theatre
■ PAGE li.
Wholesale Electric Supplv ine
, Raleigh Radio &•. TV Service,
Raleigh Paint & Wallpaper Co
*• ’me Realty Company
Davie St. Coin Laundromat
Firestone Stores
Raleigh Funeral Home
Raleigh Furusiure Company
The Hood System Industrial Bank
Lightocr Funeral Home
i N. C. Products
Pass, Goldsboro; Levi Hamilton j
militant civic leader and a Golds- j
boro undertaker; T W. Hardy,
Goldsboro postal employee; and j
Charles R Jones, managing editor !
«f The CAROLINIAN.
States Beauticians End
20th Meeting At Durham
DURHAM The 20lh Annual
North Carolina Slate Beauticians
and Cosmetologists Convention was
field in Durham April 212fi with
the Durham Business College sy
headquarters
The sessions started Monday with
registration, followed by devotion,
conducted by Mrs L, C Ferrell,
chaplain of the Association. The
speaker for the morning meeting
was Mrs. R, I«, Speaks.
Greetings' and the presamtation
of the state president wot given
by 'Mrs. ILouiae Renwieh, first vice
president.
A business session opened at 11
am., followed by presertetion of
the Nations] president,, Mrs. Katie
Whickam. New Orleans, T,s.
Other sessions during the day
dealt with booth deaiostetra,-
Murk, nutting, tinting and stvl
'RE. A banquet honored the
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Challenging Acceptance Speech j
Given By Dr, Walter If. Ridley ■ j
BY KABCtm H. BOULWARE
Dr. Walter Nathaniel Eidiey was
inaugurated as the fifth president
of Elizabeth. City State Teachers
College Sunday beginning at 1:45
p. in. when representatives from
colleges and universities, learned
societies end education associa
tions, state and municipal officials,
non-educational organizations, a
luani and students gathered to pay
tribute and honors.
Standing out in his inaugural
address was the challenge that the
PRICE 12e IN N. C.; ELSEWHERE tse
Aspens persons anil oreamzs
items t’ei-ommcnding life im
prisonment was the paroles
beard, which held that Hicks
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TORS. WIM.VE r. SMITH
townsmen, citizens of the ares s
lurnnj and friends should work to
ward providing a college with
high standards and principles
Dt. Ridley’s statensent of be- i
befs included, three statements, j
but the one which stood out
preeminently was tbs/ hr br-
Heved In the dignity of the in
i db-idutil.
Elisabeth City eiatr Tcarh-
I era College ha* approximately I
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f Bmps
fit Momy
Aspirants Queried On
Platforms By Newsman
BTOftpifS p JONES
Editor " Mott Several of the 1-t current candidates for the
7- member City Council race were contacted this week by Th--
CAROLINIAN lot their views on issuer- wh.ru wc 'fit would b r
very dose to out readers. The questions an-! t.lv candidates' an
swers follow:
QUESTIONS
l Do you fee! that Joe Louis Park should ho -me a part of
the. city? If not, what action do you feel the city or county should
assume in remedying; the substandard conditions existing there?
2 Do you foel that the racres -
itonal program ,n Raleigh .should ?’ , g T* ° VBr,OU? , ' onvin,n
be improved w-th U3 ] faciar,. nui m m
so? both races’’ nich the future of the Negro is
1 Are you in favor of appoint <contij«ue»~onVage s%
Holly Springs Native
Integrates MC Church
1 HAPi.i HILL - (■ - -
b ■ a freshman at the University of
North Carolina, who hails from
Holly Springs, r,.., pir-sibi' brr<...- -
the second mm,.her of his rare to
crack the color bars in North Ca
rolina's Baptist circle;.
On Tuesday the Rev Robe d Sey
mour. pastor of the Binkley Bap
tist. Church here, • confirmed that
the church had accepted young
Grigsby for membership last Jan.
Negroes have born arrepteri
a< the University of North Ca
rolina for many years, first is ,
graduate students, then as mni
crgradliates Grigsby is believer!
to hr ffie first eolorf’d person
In itrin an all-wbife church m
Chapel Hill
\ Rar-fi'i rhijrch r-ear Rirt j
ory accepted a Negri* into o j
rone reps tier, several years sen
Binklcv Church was organiz- j
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Walked Sixty Days To See Ike
About His Social Security
DANVILLE Va.—After SO days
of walking. M-year-oJd Richard
MacMooi'P vbs picked up in mile?
south of here by a Danville nr ■ •
paprrman MacMoorp claims hr
wax on his wav to see the Preto
dent, in Washington, P C and
collect hie social security bene
fits
Mo<w*. wise said he was boro
»f. Wooder. R. C - during «u*
Civil War and baa heeo *>
woodcutter all hi* life, begs>’
his Journey from Atlanta- fir
has hern pulling a Utile cart
with al? hi* worldly possess
ions in It.
j State Hews
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Brief
TRADES. SCHOOL CONFAB
CHAIRMEN
RALEIGH Chairmen have j
been named for the Achievement, j
Performance Contest to be held at
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Sat
urday from ft a. m. until 4 p. m.
Miss Lois Beil, New York designer
end inode], viH be present. The
chairmen for entries are; Miss Di
ana S. Dent, Mrs Rebe I*. Ransom
of North Carolina College. Durham;
Mrs. Adelaide E. Fenner, New
Bern: Mrs. Alberts Leeingston. Mrs
E D Tooh-;, Raleigh; "Mrs. Bet tie
A Robinson, Henderson; Mrs Edith !
Spivey, Maston; and Miss Mildred
<oo>NtnNvnu o> pace a>
During Vote
Os Approval
nr GLENFORD MITCHELL
HAMPTON*. v s . - Dr Alonzo
G. Moron, President of Hampton
Institute, shod tears on Thursday
right. April 03. as students dem
onstrated their confidence in him
as a result of Ins recent letter of
resignation to the Board of Trus
tees of Hampton Institute.
On Ihe fnllo'vinj night, the
Board announced dial ihr
consideration of President
Moron's trsignation had hern
trajvrd for study by a roinmst.
fee at a later date
It is believed that the stu
dents influenced this derision
of the board hv their letter to
the trustees and their dem
onstrations
students planned an orderly
croNTiNtu.ii os rtr.i u
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GFORGU GRIGSBY
Wiry and white haired. Moo:;
was wcanne a metal u? arour
his neck ’a dr- his social sec uni
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Militant SCEF Field Secretary Is
Anxious To Work Self Out Os Job
m CHARLES S. -JONES j
"I'm anxious to work myself eu'
lof a job,' said Carl Braden, field i
secretary for the Southern Con- i
|j forence Educational Fund of l.ou- |
j isvilie Ky.. when interviewed last i
l week here.
i Braden, a militant white leader j
m the fight for equal rights for j
I Negroes, said. "Some people think j
! white people are crazy who join !
Negroes in 1h e integration
struggle, but this is not a fight for
the Negro alone, but ai! oi humani- j
ty.” |
His views are shared by bl« . ;
wife. Vnnr. who n® raised by
i as aristocratic faintly in the 1 |
"heart of Mississippi.** Mr*.
Braden never cot. ». clmtice t#
rotifer ttJtb a. Negro, except
servant*, up*'l she was Ik
years-old and in New York
City,
The Bradens fboth work forth -■ I
SCEF for a yearly combined sals- J
ry of $6,000), are considered the i
"leg people ' for the SCEF, which J
has been in operation for more
than a de-cade and has been work
ing, without surcease or compro- i
mise. toward a single goal: "The ,
| elimination of all forms of racial ; i
segregation in the Southern and ;
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KlPVtf tirt-IM 11 vri.n nrtn tv. r. rarkrr. "l-year old
truck dr iter oas kidnaped from jai| in Poplarvilir, Ills-, . 1a.,( utrurm!
uhdr 1 ", ifilif trial on charges of raping a n trite unman prnll :t
(ion in (hr area IS that hr probably "as slain try fix group 91 ohifr
mrn oho ahduetc-d hi in i|'T*l JI I .l'l’HOl O)
Kidnaping Arouses Miss.
Citizens; Death Feared
POri ARViLLE. M< :. - The
nal.ion lias been aroused by the
recent j»bd!!''i i''>n of a N-nn, M
c Parker. 23 vho he;, been charg
ed with rawing a vhtfe mother.
.Barker *t u.y abducted from his
re!! r. ■' : d-‘ by a group
of hooded men «ho dragged him
bloody and Frrc.»minr from
hfs hunk and vanished L'l‘o the
night
A IcfUb of FT3T agents are hu?’
sooui'ins the amps and pine
forest? of Mi ■ ri;.plppl VC a
hunt for fixe Negro victim o i *he
masked i ■ neb jyiob
Round Up White Youths In
Va, Shootings Os Negroes
HICHMOND, Va Six of seven ]
white youth alleged to have at- ■
Jacked six Negro youths with a
•• hot gun were rounded up by pc I
Her here Monday as some 400 i
; ocs overflowed the City Council
Chambers to protest the shoot in c
of the Negro youths.
1 he Negro youths- were '* oundoo
Sunday night by a volley of shot
urn tirr from a speed uu 1 c-v,
()nr - ( if the
Kohnl Mnitry. 17. admitted
he fired 3 shoß'jjn ,*t (hr \pr
t firs uho w rrr «n <hr»r va \
lionif from % vjf»ir in Ihr rmd
iirich ho rimed Another
«»f jhf rfainted that a
Interracial “Love-Nest”
Broken Up By Officers
KPS AY IVo Nvcro men and
two whip- women were sentenced
to serve ,-wo-year .isil terms Sat
urday after being found guilty r>:
nduiying in fornication and a
uuitrry
rubble Brown and Ester '1
kins uric also sent !o ihc slate
prison lw women in Raleigh
CARL «RADR?E
gnxcfKKg to bec«me unerpj»l»y*€
Officers claim that the niob
in a carefully planned opera
lion, broke into the Pear! Rh
or t olio! y jail here shortly at
<e»- midn . !'( on Tbr‘
nine or 10 men nho rntejrd
fire tail bp.it Parker isi'ii gi»ii
buffs and Hub • i«j his ia-l
rrii aou fji ag.-rd bini '.<■ irar 1
,!, c. to a r <>l mg get an'*-, rj
lAorty offmerr ' includm?
rc a 'i i T'-’ -a-' rate’
ere terj by Special FBI airr'd '
1 r-aCh,T|a .’! of Nr. oT]cari L **''
oownsrED on rv-' n
Negr© pulled a Unite dining .<
reek fight whi<-h *v<'uied hr
tween fhr inn groups earli.-i
on Sunday.
if-.e rock fight was fouci-»m nn
by an (■’Xf’h.Tiic of wo ds Lit t-» ri
,1 carload of -rhitr bos: arui a
r:i 01 in of Negro gills.
Tl'.c six victims s?:d the 1 - vm.-
fsred on trorr, iwo cars bvu polb
■■ml investigation indicated i••
hois rari-e from one car only.
Samuel Clark. Jr 15, and Cavb -.-
Washington, 16, were reported m
bn condition after undergoing
. Mi c-: v for seriou:- sb
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to verve two years ip cornice -
tion with (he charges. Charles
Wahapha and Pringle Moore
n cre to he sent to a Rocking -
ham County prison camp
Officers testified that, they wen!
to the home of Moore April 2 and
*ay the Brown wotrysn and Moore
were i« compromising positions