"It Will Be A Challenge/' New Ambassador Says
NEW ALAMANCE RAPE
THE COROLINIAN
VOL, 1?. NO. 36
Cop-Killer Bound Over For Trial
Feds Indict Ex-Part Supt
Ns Remorse
Shown By
Cab Driver
GREENSBORO A 31-year-oW !
taxi driver was bound over to !
Guilford Superior Court Monday {
and r. harped with th e first degree !
murder of a colored Greensboro ■
police officer
Joseph D Herring admitted in ;
a signed sta+emenf earlier that he ; ■
fatally wounded Cpl Joe D Mas- i
early Sunday morning after !•
the officer gave him a ticket for I j
obstructing traffic with his cab. j
Massey ,v as one nf nine Negro j
officers on the Greensboro force, j
Police said Herring admitted j
«*•?lking up to Massey as he.
w?s bent over a desk in a
service station filline nut po
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Rape Story .
Revealed In
Burlington
BURLINGTON Another Ne
gro man has been* charged of rap
ing a white woman here early
Saturday morning The attacker
was said to be an escaped convict,
Mrs. Fred Smith, 56-year-old
wife of a truck driver, described
her alleged attacker as "a light j
colored Negro" about, 25 years i
old. 5 feet, 8 inches, stocky build, j
between H 5 and 180 pounds and j
wearing dark clothes
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State News;
Brief |
CHILD HIT BY CAR
RALEIGH Sandra Fay Wil
liams. 7-year-old resident of 707
Carrolls Alley v, as treated at St. i
Agnes Hospital Tuesday afternoon
tor bruises received when she was
hi* by a c.»r 11 aded w cst on South
Street. She was crossing hie inter- |
£rxfx>n at the north r»dc of South •
Trialed by Dr C B Middleton. ;
' -.<* yotingitor suffered bruises a- '
tout ihe fare. leg:, stomach and I
s.:*mr The driver of the auto could ;
r.nt be ascertained.
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Charlotte Cuts Number
In Integrated Schools
CHARLOTTE School board
members here expect Negro lead
ers to make an attempt to expand
the city's "limited” racial integra
tion in public schools.
The board FhwruUy voted
to assign only two Negro pu
pils to mostly white schools
te the eomtskg term hut other
pupils will fea.ce until Jane 12
t» request changes la their
assignments.
The board originally voted to
assign only one ot the four Neg
roes new attending white schools
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
SATURDAY. JUNE 6 1938
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• SAW BLOOD R1 \ riOVi* HILLSIDES"—Jim Jackson, in court
»t Memphis. 'lrun (old flip .judge that h<> was 114-years-old last
week The aged mart, with snow-white hair, was cleared of a loitering
charge. Jackson said he has hern smoking a corncob pipe since he
was three, and claims in witnessed the Battle of Vicksburg, and "saw
blond sun down the hillsides.’' (UP! TELEPHOTO).
Fayetteville Minister Tills Os
Recent Trip To The B. 1.1.
FAYETTEVILLE, - I ran never
fell you what the trip and the
work have meant to me in the
way of information and inspiration
and in deepening rev conviction
that one must follow where the
voice of the gospel calls.' the Rev
Jp '"L'-jSSBI
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REV. EDWARDS
to a white school during the corn
ing year At a special six-minute
meeting, however, the board a
greed to assign a second to a Rev
while high school.
A third will return to a Negro
school next fall while the fourth
will graduate next week from pre
dominantly white ’ Central High
School
The four now attending
white schools are Glrvand
Roberta, her brother. Gostavsis,
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RALEIGH. N. C.
Chancy R Edwards, pastor of the
First, Baptist Church in Fayette
ville told His congregation upon his
recent return from two weeks of
missionary work in Kingston, Ja
maica. British West Indies.
He was one of an interracial
,ieam of 15 invited by the Depart
ment- of Interracial Co-operation,
to make the trip,
"Such a trip gives one s
dearer perspective and a new
outlook on his task a* a
minister,’ Rev. Edwards ron
rlssded. On ilieir return, the
group stopped! a day in Ha ran
a, Cuba.
A North Carolinian by birth
who was educated at, Shaw Uni
versity, and at the Union Theo
logical Seminary in New York Ci
ty, Rev. Edwards is a well-known
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PRICE 12c IN N. C.; ELSEWHERE lSe
Horton Faces Liquor Pip
lo Fed. Crack-Down Here
GREENSBORO Former Ree
dy Creek Park Superintendent W
H Horton, Jr was among a group
of eight persons indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury on liquor con
spiracy charges.
Horten and seven bther*
were charged in connection
«ith operation of a moon
shine still at the park, locat
ed ness- Raleigh, which was
raided March 14 by Alcohol
and Tobacco Units agents
ATTU s gents destroyed 7*4
gallon still and other illegal whis
ky equipment'm the raid and con
fiscated seven vehicles in the
park
Monroe’s NAACP Prexy
Asks Sons’ Admittance
MONROE lntegration may
begin in the Monroe public school
system this fall if an application
male by the father for his two
sons is favorably considered
Robert F. Williams, suspend
ed Union County NAACP pres
ident, said he had received
a receipt for an application
sent by certified mail to School
Board Chairman H, E. Copple,
Jr., requesting that his two
sons be. assigned under the
state's pupil assignment law to
County’s Leaders Honor
Retiring C. A. Marriott
GARNER The faculty and
friends of the Garner Consolidated
School lauded Principal Charles
A Marriott for twenty-six years
of outstanding advancement of the
Garner Consolidated School, on the
evening of May 26
Highlight® of his tenure
were related by Mrs. L. N. Mr ■
Claim president of the FTA
and retired teacher of the
community; Mrs. Helen Ste
phens Sneed, aluama of the
school and a May 1959 gradu
ate «f Shaw University; Rev.
J. W. Albright, pastor of Pop
lar Springs Christian Church:
Mrs, B. W. Moore, Miss E. M-
Jordan. A. L. Johnson, and
Mrs. L. H, Dtuwton, member*
of the faculty.
| WAKE PRINCIPAL GIVEN HONOR
j Charles A, Marriott, left, principal of the.
i Garner Consolidated School, who resigned
j recently, after 26 years, is shown above re
ceiving a plaque daring ceremonies at the
! school last week. Making the presentation is
j E. L. Sanders, right, a teacher at the school
| and master of ceremonies at the affair. Many
s persons paid high honor to the educator. (Sees
[ story this page).
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Other,3 indicted were L. E
Fields; O. D Watiford of Wake
Forest; W. L Fields, Jr , Raleigh;
J. A, Bounn; J. E. Ellin. L J.
Jackson, Wake Forest, and J. N,
McGowan of Youngsville,
Horton is a graduate of Saint
Augustine's College. Raleigh, and
for gome time he allegedly taught
in the county'public school system
it is believed that he majored in
physical education m college
He was aise connected with the
/-Raleigh Recreation Department
i for an hile, and is believed to have
| left this job to become employed
! by the state
I the all-white East Elementary
School,
Williams said that the board
had denied a similar request last
! year, saying it was filed too late.
He was suspended by NAACP
Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins
recently for tolling a group that.
Negroes in the South should be
prepared to meet violence with
violence. Wilkins maintained that
this statement Is in conflict with
the policies of the NAACP.
Among the highlights were! Lie
rapid development of the elemen
tary school of seven teachers, ap
proximately iw’o hundred pupils
and two bulging buildings to a
high school of thirty-three teach
ers, eleven additional employees,
over one thousand pupils and a
plant valued at more than $300,000.
His election, in 1946. to the
Wake County Audio-visual Aid
Board made him the only Negro
to hold such a position; outstand
ing contributions to pupil welfare
“with a vision not of the past but
of the future”; and his member
ship and official position in num
erous professional and fraternal
organizations.
Master of eerenifWiy E, L.
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LARGEST INTEGRATED CLASS—These are the 1959 gratifies of Cathedra! Latin Catholic High
School. Raleigh, boasting seven colored students. The ceremonies were held this week. Front row, left so
right: Rev. Albert. Todd, Miss Ryrna Barrett, Miss Agnes S.ynowic*. Richard Leogatt, the Most. Rev. Via*
cent S. Waters, bishop; Mis* Regina Alford, bliss B urara London. Miss Louise Jernigan and the Rt,.
Rev, Msgr, H. A. Harkins. Second row, left to right; Misses Jacqueline Given, Janet Pcebiee. Barbara Mor
gan, Ruby Dunston, Frentire Jcrvay. Barbara Robin "on, and Frances Winters. Third row. left to right
Rudolph Ray. Anthony niValenUn*. Edward Synow ir/ Joseph Johnson, Donald Mats?, Michael irdeik?*
John Morris. Ray Todd, Charles Roriggv and James Cannon.
City’s Catholic High Grads
Reveal Future Ambitions
Seret! colored students nil] be
among this year's graduating class
at. Cathedral Latin Catholic High
School, Raleigh, marking the first
time in the city's history that, so
many students of color have re
ceived diplomas in an integrated
school.
Ceremonies wilt be held Fri
day at R p.m. in the Sacred
Heart Cathedral. Father Al
bert J- Todd, administrator of
the school, will be the speak
er, with the R-t. Rev. Msgr.
Herbert A. Harkins presiding.
When queried a* to their fu
ture aspirations, the seven stu
dents listed then ambitions as fol
lows;
Miss Frances Winters, to Du
quesne University and major in
Biology-medie s! technology
Miss Barbara Morgan, to Holy
Att’y Taylor
Cited By His
Alma Mater
RICHMOND, Va Raleigh,
I N C, attorney Herman L Taylor.
; a 1938 graduate of Virginia Union
University here received a special
honor here last Saturday when
his alma mater chose him among
four other persons for the coveted
"Alumni of The Year" awards
Taylor, a, militant civil rights
lawyer in the Tar Heel capi
tal city, was given the award
by President Samuel DeWitt
Proctor.
In citing Taylor, the university
I declared;
Tour un usual history re
flect* the pioneer spirit, that
wings Ha way undaunted to
ward ita goal. After beginning
one career a* bead of the
Business Department' at Vir-
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Hampton Grads
Urge Retiring
Os Dr. .Heron
HAMPTON Calling upon the
beard of Trustees to accept the
resignation offer of Hampton In
stitute’s president. Alonzo G, Mo
ron, last week was the National
Hampton Alumni Association.
A resolution adopted by a
vote of 49 to 45 contained this
recommendation daring the
annual business meeting of the
43rd alumni reunion held on
fee campus at Hampton last
Saturday. The trustees were
also urged to ‘ proceed t© the
election ©f the best qualified
person available to administer
the affairs of the Institute.”
After two hours of dramatic
and heated argument on tbs issues
involved. the resolution was
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Jury Frees Girl
Os Murder Rap
NOTTOWAY', Va. A Notto
way County Grand Jury threw
out & murder charge against a 17-
year-old colored girl i the fatal
stabbing of a 24-year-old white
man.
The five-man jury, which In
cluded one Negro, aliso dismissed
a charge of statutory rape last
April 18 of a 13-year-oM colored
girl against Kenneth Flint, 23, of
Crewe,
Mias Maxine Thoms* had been
charged with, the fatel “.tabbing of
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Cross Centra! Nursing School.
South Bend, Ind
Miss Ruby Dunston. m N C.
College. Durham, and major in
business or psychiatry.
Miss Prentice Jen ay. to Xavier
University, New Orleans, La., and
major in pharmacy.
DR. JOHN HOWARD MORROW
,„. shown in his office
Ambassador To Guinea
Honored At Being Named
DURHAM —■ John Howard
Morrow, who up to the last school
year was head of the Department
of Modern Foreign Languages at,
North Carolina College at, Dur
ham, was appointed to be this
country’s first ambassador to the
new African Republic of Guinea
by President Eisenhower last
Thursday.
If T am confirmed it will be s
challenge to me," Morrow told
The CAROLINIAN Tuesday.
r CAROLINIAN ——
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Southern Furniture Co.
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ConsolMatef. Credit Cory.
Balel*fe Cosamsseion House, fur..
Miss Barbara Robinson to Tus
kogee Institute Ala . and major
n elementary education
Miss Janet Peebles, to Tuskegee
Institute. Ala., and major in vet
erinary medicine.
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Morrow 16 »m eminent linguist
and ss particularly proficient in
' the French language for which he
■ has received high recognition by
a university In Fiance.
A native of Hackensak. N-
S , he was graduate*} from
Rutgers University sod holds
th? doctor’s degree. He alss
holds a doctor's degree frosfi
the University of Fennsyl
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E E Quinn Furniture Company
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Union Finance Compar.
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: Gem Watch Shop
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