2 Wake Cons Among Escapees
JOSEPH GIBBS
Gibbs To
Capital
Session
in » news release from the gov>-
errior’s office it was announced
that Joseph Lertier Gibbs, a junior
at the J. W. Ligon High School,
will be ore of the representatives
from North Carolina attending the
White House Conference on Chil
dren and Youth in Washington. D.
C., March 27-April 2.
Gibbs, very active in school
activities and a member of the
National Honor Society, was
nominated along with other
leading student* and commun
ity officials in the stale of
North Carolina.
The release further stated that
Governor Hodges said. "Every ten
years during the century there has
been a White House Conference
centering around children and
youth. Each conference has had a
significant influence on develop
ments-for children and youth.”
The 1960 conference Mill
provide the rail,ring point for
a concerted attach on vertuai
ly every problem that influen
ces the well-being of children
and youth
It will, focus on ‘'promoting op
portunies for children and youth
to realize their full potential for ,
* creative life in freedom and I
dignity.”
Home Ilisri«si
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The home of Mr. and Mrs. P G.
Mitchell. 719 E. Martin St... was
damaged by fire Wednesday. |
shortly before noon.
Three fire trucks rushed to the
scene of the blare, which seemed
to be mostly confined to the up
stairs of the residence. All electri -
city in the home was disconnected.
Mr. Mitchell is a retired barber
here.
Toe extent of damage, although
quite a bit of water was used,
could not be determined at press
time.
An exploding small oil stove at
the rear of the home caused the
blare.
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CROWN AND SCEPTER SESSION HERE —7/■»<? executive committee of the Crown and
Scepter Club*- of Norih Carolina held a meeting at St. Augustine's College last weekend. Some of
the delegates and advisers are shown above. (See story this page)
City Hosts Crown & Scepter Body
The executive committee of tne
Crown and Scepter Club met at
St Augustine's College Saturday.
December 5. to make plans for the
29th Annua! Meeting of the Crown
and Scepter Convention to be Imld
at St. Augustine's, Saturday, April
9. 1980.
The theme selected was "Prepa
ration: A need of yesterday—An
Kills Dad-In-Law
CARTHAGE—Moore County officers charged a 42-year-old
man s4.»tnrday night with murder after his father-in-law diva of
pistol w ounds in his head, shoulder and hip
Jesse Smith was quoted by officers as saying the shooting in
which Charles Berry, 79, was killed occurred during an argument
In a wooded area near Smith s home Friday rirrht.
Smith said his father-in-law fired a shotgun at him and he
returned fire with his pistol.
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NC Masons Elect Brown
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N%. rth Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL 19, NO. 10 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1959 RALEIGH, N, C, PRICE 12c 114 N. C; ELSEWHERE 15c
€it rtf II r atnam Facing Map;
Delay Bribe Trial
Cary Chief
Os Police
is Plaintiff
CARY Mina Boyd, of 116 Fer
re! St... was arrested here Friday
on a reckless driving charge, is
also charged with attempting to
bribe Police Chief W A Spark
man in an effort to ad him to
drop traffic violation charges fil
ed agirsst her.
A trial scheduled for Tuesday
in Cary Recorder's Court was
postponed untii Tuesday. Dec 5-
Police Officer Jerry Gil
christ had a warrant filed a
gainst the 25-ycar-old woman
aftei watching her drive her
ear "all off the road" on high
way 54 inside the ( ary town
limits while children walked
on both side* of the road-
Gilchrist s;.id that a short, time
after the warrant was signed the
woman approached Chief Spark
man. offering to pay him if he
would use his position of chief tc
get the charges against her drop
ped. She picked up her pocket
fCOlN llNtihD ON PAG I- it
B ULL ETIN!
WILSON—in one of the most
boated elections in Its history,
the Prince Hall Grand l odge of
Masons elected Clark Brown.
W in.ston-Salein, Most Worship
ful Grand Master; \V. 1.. It\
num. Kinston. R. W. (fraud
Senior Warden: .1 am r s L.
Trench, Lumberton. H. W.
Grand Junior Warden; Fred
Alexander. Charlotte. R. IV.
Grand Secretary, over the in
cumbent C. W. Lawrence in
a vote of 167 to 174. and 11. W.
Dowdy. Plymouth. R. VV. Grand
Treasurer. These officers were
elected at the closing session of
the 89th annual meeting which
met here this week.
essentia! Todav A must tomor
row." Topics for workshops are:
Preparation. A key 1o a yucccssfu!
future, "The Affect of the new
scientific age on youth a chal
lenge to (he Crown and Sc-pter.
Officers of the frown and
Scepter are: president, Mary V.
W'right, Will Mon High School.
Wilmington; vice - president.
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MCNEILL MURCHISON
4 States Represented;
Southeastern Lawyers
Confer Here Fri.-Sat.
BY STVFt WRITER
The Southeastern Lawyers As
ociatiou, comprising four states,
will open a quarterly meeting here
Friday with approximately 75 at
*orncjs expecting to take part.
The session will end Saturday.
The local planning committee
consists of: Attorneys Frank Brow
er. Herman L. Taylor, F J. Car
nage, George Greene, George
Brown. Samuel Mitchell, and J.
J Sansom.
f irst on the agenda Is a so
rial at the Lakevieyv Club
Friday night.
Registration will take place
Saturday morning at 1© o'clock
it thr Bloodw orth Street YM-
C.V. followed by a business
meeting.
Saturday afternoon, between 2
md 5 p m. will be devoted to
adresses by Uir following persons:
Allen W. Brown, secretary of the
Industrial Commission of N. C.,
will speak on "The Practice and
Proceed tires before the Industrial
Commission; ’ aiid Attorney Sybil
Charles Clark, Harnett High
School. Dunn; secretary, Ruth
D. Hoiioway, Warren High,
Wise; assistant secretary, Ha
zel Baldwin, Arlesia High,
Hillsboro; reporter, Kvander
M. Gilm-r, Dudley High.
Greensboro; treasurer, Ernes
tine Bullock, Pattillo High,
Tarboro.
Mr 1 E. Spraggins of St. Augus-
I lines College is executive secre
j tary Others attending the meeting
j were: Mrs. B W, Honor, Wise;
| Mrs. J L Oulhbortson. Wise; W.
| J Cnthbertson, Wire; Jerome
1 Powell, Hillsboro 1 Miss S B.
! Hooper Wilmington; Mrs. Neal’ie
!G, Shaw, Hsllsboro; Miss Bettyc
j Charles, Wilmington; Miss Ruth D.
1 Holloway, North Warren.
! Jones of North Carolina College
| Durham, "Criminal Sanction for
] Enforcement of Support Decrees.
A banquet will be held Sat
urday night at the Home Eek
er* Hotel for the delegates and
their guests.
The Association consists of
members from North Carolina,
Virginia. South Carolina and Geor
gia. It boasts of 176 members.
State News
Brief
NORTH CAROLINA’S BAHA’IS
MEET
GREENSBORO The annual
Baha’i State Convention was held
Sunday, December 6 at the O'Hen
ry Hotel in Greensboro Members
of the Raleigh Baha'i Community
who attended are Mr and Mrs.
James Brodie. Samuel and Miss
Betty Jean Broadie, Mesdames
Frances Pnlvey. Ruth Muerer
Margaret Quaere and Orp h a
Daugherty, and Glen ford Mitchell
One delegate. Dr. William
Tucker of Asheville, was e
iected to the national conven
tion to he held next April In
the Baha'i Hou*e d Worship
at Wilmete. HI.
The convention discussed the
completion of the remaining tasks
of the ten-year World Crusade,
initiated by the Baha'is in 1953.
with emphasis on the goals in the
United State* still to be achieved.
COLLEGE WOMEN IN SESSION
TARSOR-D— The South Eastern
Sectional Conference of the Nat
iona! Association of College Wo
men met recently at the W A Pat
tillo High School
Delegates were present from
Columbia, 8. C.. Orangeburg
S. C., Durham, High Point
Winston • Salem. Richmond,
Alexandria, Petersburg. Wav
erly. V*; Gastonia, Washing -
ton. D. C., Ahoskie and Elisa
beth City.
The session began at 9:45 a m.
with the local president, Mrs. Ruth
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Elks Stale
Festival
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BY 3. B. BARREN
SHEL.BY The North Carolina
Association of the Improved Bene
volent Protective Order of Elks of
the World held its 40th annual
mid-year conference here last
week as guests of the Reciprocity
Lodge No. R 93 and Emma V Kelly
Temple No. 748, 307 Buffalo St.
Grand Lecturing Knight
Rev. Kemp Plummer Baffle.
Rocky Mount, is state presi
dent, and M«, Letitia Smith.
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Ivy Bluff
Minus 19
Prisoners
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Two prisoners, convicted In
i Wake County, wore among the
twent) raped convicts reported
at tvv Bluff Tupsdn:- morning-
One of the convicts, a colored
prisoner re-captured Tuesday
night.
The Wake County men arc Har
v v Murchison. 26. oi Willow
Springs. serving 21 years for
breaking. < titering, armed robbery
! and i>. !!|vv and (ilevelnnd M.c-
Neill, 27. FHiqtiuv Spring,., serving
15 years for escape, house break
: ing and m sauif
Heavily armed and ai least
j four of them killer, the preainers
■ brok out of (hr camp for inuorri
] tub! early Tt'esdHV
flies left slv guards over
(sou.led and linked «,•(• and
were eqnimioif •« i(|| He hi !»(»■
tills find a nub tnarhiiv cun
Following h bloodhound a
Oosm’ raptured < hariie I d
yards. 'lk, of fianlonla wn
•>g a life term lie «»» unbbed
Hbolii eight nils** Wllltli of (hr
prison during (lie afternoon
The con' let s, with « four-hour
1 tart befoiv the manhunt begun,
could easily have drivt n beyond
Char In tie or Richmond, Vu
Situated in an isolated area
five miles north of Yanceyvilh
Ivy Rlufl is approximately 65
miles northwest, of Raleigh and
seven miles south of the Virginia
horde!.
Two guards were promptly fired
by William p. Bailey, prison dl
l' rector.
! A chance* to escape was refused
| by .21 other prisoners. A maiming
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I
i Governor
j
Speaks On
Extension
Governor Luther Hodges told
newsmen last wreck that he had
been told about plans to reorga
nise the Agricultural Extension
program 'of the state, but up to
now nothing concrete had been
brought before him
The governor said that he had
been contacted by several persons j
including some Negro agents who
indicated that all was not well. He
said that he referred them to the
head of the program and had not
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NC Masons
Convening
At Wilson
PT ALEXANDER BARNES
WILSON —At high noon Tues
day of this week. Masons from all
over the state, together with the
officers of the Prince Hall Grand
Lodge, began the 89th annual ses
sion at the Reid Street Community
Center, with Clark: Brown. Win
ston-Salem. Deputy Grand Master,
presiding.
In what many termed a pleasing
surprise, the Grand Master, G. D.
Carnes, sparked the meet with s
ringing address. The veteran Ma
son, although showing signs c>l a
recent illness, which made it
necessary for him to speak in a
low tone and to sit most of the
time, began by warning the broth
ers that the world was facing the
worst crisis in its history and that
there was never a time when
brotherhood should be more
exemplified than now
He was critical of the econo
my of the world and called It
‘'loose”. He said that there, was
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School Teacher- Wife Sla in ;
Lake Yields Bony
Os Missing Hubby
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A 7 THE POLLS■ — Mrs. Dorothy Conner Thomas, loco I
si'hool teacher, added her vote in Tuesday's school bond election.
She is shown here shortly after completing her ballot. Mis.
! Thomas teaches at the Washington Junior High School here.
The bond issue was approved by a large margin. (STAKE Photo
, Bv Chas R Jones).
Voting Light In
Raleigh Precints
Wak, Counij : mammoth $5,600.-
>•00 .-fi-liool bond issue was approv
ed Tuesday by a w ide margin, a!-
| though Hie voting was reported
j light in many precincts.
The fma! count showed the ap
jii oval as being 5,996 to 855.
The Raleigh City School districts
; and Wake County will receive e
! qual shares of the money to be
used for the betterment of fa
“Ran Like Chickens”
For Handouts Os SSO
ATLANTA "They were run- 1
ning rround like chickens with
thei” heads (diepped off." r l'tia c
did Police L! H -J. Copeland des
cribe Hie actions of the several
receipents of SSO bill which were
passed out by two men. one white
and the other colored.
The unidentified men dis
tribuled around 53.000 and
SIO,OOO in the poor Negro com
munity of Birmingham and
Afianta,. respectively, on Sat
urday. The crisp bi!K were
piss in while envelopes, neatly
leltered '‘look inside.''
Hillsboro Problem Over:
Order Separate Kitchens
HILLSBORO— Chairman K J
M Hobb of the Orange County
Board of Commissioners decided
to build separate home demon
stration kitchen facilities for Ne
groes in a tie vote here on Mon
day.
The decision ended a three -
month-long controversy over joint
whibe-Negro use of the existing
kitchen
Rural Commissioner® Don
ald Mcßaes and Henry Walker
favored the separate kitchen
while Commissioners Clar
ence Jones of Hillsboro and
Donald Stanford of Chape!
Hill wanted joint, but alter
nate, use of the same facility.
The board said the new kit-
Maiiv Itans
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Lodged Ist
Assault
NEW YORK Two 20-odd
y ear-old men involved m the rap
ing of two white girls, one 20 and
the other 16, last Thursday night
have been held on charges of kid -
napping, sodomy, rape, auto lar
ceny assault and robbery, posses
sion of illegal weapons, and driv
ing without operator’s licenses
Police said Willie Walker, 22, a
clerk, and Dwight Tippins, 35, a
ccosmmrEß os pacw d
! cilities in the schools
Administrative heads of Uu city
and country schools were jubilant
Tuesday night over !he outcome of
the voting,
Jesse O. Sanderson. Raleigh
superintendent, said: •The out
romp of the election Is high
!y gratifying. The results eer
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Mrs. Peur’i Jackson. 51, sitting
in her $4 per week apartment
here, was afraid to answer a
knock at her door, fearing it,
might be that, of a hill collector
An envelope was slipped under
her door bearing SIOO
The anonymous donors disap
peared as quickly as they had ap
peared in a gray 1955 car with
Maryland tags. Reports said that
the mysterious benefactor was a
Baltimore. Md. man who inherit
ed a large sum of money recently
and vowed to give it away.
chcp will be a temporary ar
rangement pending a study ot
the feasibility of constructing
a new agriculture building for
all country farm agents
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ADVERTISERS
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Horton’s Cash Store
■fohmon-Lambs Cowpam
Jerome's Tourist Horne
Electrical Whoiesaiers, Im
Mother & Daughter Stores
O K. Clothing Company
PAGE 3
Boscoe G rtf fin Shoe Company
Dandee B>-eaii
Nash-Ste.-Uc-Warren, Inc.
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Hufison-Beik & Company
PAGE «
Colonla! Stores, Inc.
Standard Cinder Block Compan)’
ft, E. Ruinn Purniture Company
Modern Finance Corp,
Acme Realty Company
Taylor Radio & TV Service
Mr C. Karl Ocbtman
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A & P Pond Store#
Efird’s of Ealetgh
Kamov* Bakery
Raleigh Sesfood Compan
Speedy-Wash
Odom Cut Rate Cloth Ins
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Mecha.nles * Farmers Bank
Dunn’s Esso Servlcenter
S M. Young Hardware Companr
Firestone Stores
Raleigh funeral Home
F’ubMc Sendee Company of N C
Davie Bt. Coin Ijiundromst
Macon’s Barber Shop
Find Body
Os Tutor’s
Husband
WINSTON-SALEM According
to local police, the finals in the
gruesome murder of Mrs, Helen
Hairston Richardson were written
into the records when the body oi
her husband. Ralph Richardwn
was fished out of Winston Lak
about noon Thursday.
The body of the man, who is be
lieved to have committed sulcldi
was brought, to surface by th
Rescue Squad and police deter!
ives. thus ending a search for him
sjnee the body of his wife va
found in her home, 2437 Nev
Walkertown Road, Wednesday
November 35
Police said that the body ap
parently was well-preserved b
the cold water,
Ti was reported (fiat Richard*" l
had been seen in tine city Satu
day.
Detectives said they founa nicr,
ardson's wallet and other personal
belongings Wednesday in a pavil
lion near the lak®. Richardson
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Sea well
Shaw U.
Speaker
Malcolm B Sea-veil. Atiorne>
Genera) ot North Carolina, v,
speak at Shaw University on Fr
day, December It. a? 1:00 a, m. in
Greenleaf Auditorium.
Attorney General Seawell is a
native of Lee County, Norih Car
olina. He attended Sanford Public
School He received the A. B. d
gree in 193' at the University o'
North Carolina the LL. B ctegn
in 1934. He was admitted to th
Mar in 1935,
Among his many previous
posts he has served in !hr o’
fiee of the Commission of Pa
roles: has practiced law in
t.timberton. was Mayor of
I/Umherton In 1947-48. He
served as Jod g e of Superior
Court 1955-58. and was an
pointed Attorney General in
April, 1953
He is married to the former M> -
Frances Poole. They have tv. u
children, Malcomb B. Seawell, -Jr.,
and a daughter, Terrell. Attorney
General Seawell is a Presbyterian
The public is invited to hear
him.
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ATT'y GEN. SEAWELL
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Raleigh Raving* A Loan Ass "
Carter’s lac
I * W Tire Company
Raleigh Paint A W allpep*! C>>
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Stephens Appliance Company, 1 >
Deluxe Hotel
Pepsi-Coia Bottling t ompaov
Caveness Insurance Agency
Warner Mrmoitai*
Ridgeway opticians
Carolina Builders Corp.
Watson s Seafood Company
Fayetteville Street, Baptist Church
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Weaver Brother* Anto Bale*
Consolidated Credit, Corp
CUfton Motors, i.nr.
Cooper’s Barbecue
FywJer’s Nursery
Harris Berber Coliege
Wake-U-Drlve-I*
Carolina Bulcfe Company
Amertcan Grill
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Aress & Company
Carolina Pcwai * EdgM C®
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McLeod * Watson ClvtSlteg Utorc-
KtmbreU’s Furniture gtors
Restful Pines Country Clnh <fe Mold
Joe’s Spcrt Shop
Capital Ice & Coal Company, tec.
Gem Watch Shop
B-xht Geaeral Tlrd Comfc-sty