It. v m * mm m ; X " i # V # 4**MQL.'-. *'- v C- ’• '• i'X-ijf'-g f* t?|3? x jfe i - te ' 1.1 • . , - - % h- & j| IfffiaaMfcs. Mt~>. a-» ■ CALMS F. LIGHTNF.R 1 .... built many top structures -- j C. E. Lightner, Builder And Mortician Is Buried Calvin F Lightner 8". founder of she Lightner Funeral Home, died last Saturday in St. Agnes Hospi- j tal. Mr. Lightner was a native of Winsboro, S. C and came to Ra- . leign in 1898. Here he attended j Shaw University, graduating in 1 1908 He entered the contracting ! business and constructed many buildings in Raleigh. Among them ; are the following: Davie Street Presbyterian Church, which he designed: the Plea Os Insanity Rejected MOBILE. Ala A 31-Vfar-o!d Negro charged with raping a-young white mother pleaded innoceft by reason of insanity to the crime, but a lunacy comm.rv.on ruled him san*. According to the white woman, Sam Smith awakened her after she had fallen asleep while wat ching a television, they scuffled but he tore off her clothes and raped her. She said he was armed and stayed in the house more than two hours, raping her again be (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) , Industries Drew Many Gov. Hodges Gov. Luther H. Hodges said in a news conference last week Fri day that, the 1960 census figure showed that the State “must re double its efforts to attract in dustry and local communities must wake up to their needs. They mast realize that it is going to cost, money to make progress.” The percentage increase in pop ulation, he said, “is not as large as we would have liked but the chief thing is that we re very luc ky the State has worked so hard in the past to supply jobs for peo ple or the out-migration would have been greater,” The Census Bureau reported pre (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> GHANA ROBE FOR MR. “fC Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wraps a traditional Gha na to he about himself over his Western suit in a meeting with Ghana leaders in Moscow. The col orful costumed African leaders were members of Ghana's Parliamentary delegation to the U.S.- S.R. (UP! PHOTO). sat:m TUE DAY! BE SURE TO VOTE FOR YOUR CANBIBATES Lightner Building, now owned by the X. C. Teachers' Associa tion; the Lightner Arcade Ho tel, now owned by the Home Eckers, Inc.; the original Me chanics and Farmers Bank huilding; and the I'VVCA build- I ins ' I As a churchman. Mr. Lightner was a member of the Davie Street . Presbyterian Church for 62 years, j iHe held many positions in 'he church over the years, serving as i (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) " : 4 B “*• '} 4m W . ;■ V : feM , HEADS CANCER DRIVE L. C. Lindsay, above. Raleigh district manager of Winstoi Mutual Life Insurance Com I nany. has been chosen as head of the colored divis ; on in the cancer drive of the American Cancer Society, Inc. He is ac tive in civic and religion s life in j the. city serving on the trustee : board of the First Conger gation \ al Church, and as president of the Thompson School PTA. State News 1 I Brief REV. TURNER RETURNS FROM MELT ■ RALEIGH The Rev. A. J i Turner of 1801 Charles Street, this city, returned last week from Los Angeles, Calif., where he attend (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) W ould-iie B tas»i sis Languish In Jails THE COROLINIAN VOL. 19. NO. 33 Political ‘Pot Boils ’ in City King s Reniest Denied Cig Voter Turnout Is Expected (See Sample Ballot On Page 121 Raleigh and Wake County vot ers are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the Saturday, May 28 primary. Negro registration has in creased in all of the precincts rnd (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> Three Rape Attempts Thwarted A wave of carnal looseness has 1 :s!ked up three rape attempt cases, involving Negroes ranging . : age from 15 to 22, during the past week. In Raleigh, a 15-year-old boy (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Members Report Meetings Planned By Raleigh YMCA Report meetings in the current Bloodworth Street YMCA Member ship enrollment campaign have been scheduled for Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the “Y”, Cecil H. Flagg, general chairman, has announced. The first report ses sion has been scheduled for Fri day, May 27. The meeting will be brief and will be followed by the • ady D. Davis Political Campaign Meeting. Mr. Davis, candidate tor the House of Representatives de- North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1960 1; g-. ""V yBISPcIB .1^ REQUEST TRANSFER OF TRIAL Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and one of his five attorneys are shown here after re questing that his state tax perjury trial be transferred from Cir cut Court, Montgomery, on grounds that his starring role in the bus boycott there five years ago meant he would not receive fair treatment. The request was denied. On the right is Judge : Hubert Delany of New York, a native of Raleigh. (UPI TELE PHOTO). livered the address at the Kick off meeting last Friday night. In a very eloquent and mov ing address, the campaigners were urged to put the YMCA drive over because of the pur pose and program of the As sociation. ‘ If we do not join the “Y”, we ought to be ashamed of ourselves," he chided them. During the past few months the YMCA has served as a meeting place for hundreds of Raleigh’s cit Slayer Os NC Policeman Confesses At Charlotte CHARLOTTE Millot Faust walked into police headquarters here last Sunday morning and con fessed that he slew Officer John R. Annas during a street brawl the previous night, Faust, who was involved in a street fight with another Negro, snatched a pistol from the holstar of Officer James Bruce, who ac companied Annas, and pumped six bullets into Annas. Bruce said he and Annas were riding in a patrol car in a Negro section when they spotted two Negroes engaged in a street fight with a large crowd of bystanders watchdog. He said the Negroes resisted arrest. “A Negro man grabbed my pis tol from the holster. He opened fire on Annas as Annas came back from the car. Annas fell to the street and the man with the gun pumped another five bullets into him as he lay there on the pave ment.” Annas was rushed to Memorial Hospital by other officers answer ing the radio call. Annas was dead on arrival. Witnesses told (dicers that, they saw Faust running with Bruce's revolver in his hand after the shooting. A hunt for Faust followed izens who have attended forums, civic meetings, poltical meetings, club meetings of all kinds and va ried other activities. The “Y” receives about 30 per cent of its budget from the United Fund and membership helps to pay the 70 per cent remaining it was stated. A YMCA "join-up station* has been set up in the lobby of the "Y” and all citizens who are not i contacted may drop in anytime and ■ get their “Y” cards. and was still going on when he surrendered. Annas was 25 years’ old and the father of two small children. I ODDS ENDS nr ROBERT G SHEPARD THE HOME STRETCH The Grady D. Davis campaign, seeking to land one of Wake Coun ties three seats in the state legis lature for Davis, is now in the home stretch. Come Saturday night it will all be over. At this stage, providing you do your part, Davis appears 4# have a good chance of winning. However, ankers Fire Insurance Co. .'AGE 3 Tile Spot Club Vartan Wholesale Cameron Grown Company Speedy Wash. Inc. CAGE 5 Federal Acceptance Corporation Hudson-Belk Raleigh Savings St Stoats A**’n Rhodes Furniture CAGE 6 Firestone Stores, Inc. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. O. K Clothing Store Joseph Winters Promotions PAGE 1 Sanders Motor Co. —Used Cars Consolidated Credit t'orp. PAGE S Sanders Motor Co. Colonial Stores, Inc. tlsSom Cut State Cloth try; Store C. Karl I.li Uunan Tisy-or Radio & TV Service It. E. Ruinn Furniture company Modern Finance company L, St W. Tire Company respective campuses recently —were the first to hear the announcement. Dr. Holland will fill the vacancy created by Dr Alonzo G. Moron's resig nation last June, after serv ing as Hampton’s president for ten years. Since last July. Dr William h Martin, Hampton’s dean of facu! ty. has served as acting presiden i of the college which currently en | rolls over 1.300 students and ha; (CONTINUER ON PAGE 2) welcnm on behalf of the Citv by Honorable W. C. Enioe, Mayor of Raleigh. Greetings will be given by Mrs. Lillian Logan, one of the founders 01 Mary Talbert Lomp. Raleigh: Miss Ellen Bush. Supervisor of Field Services, State Board of Public Welfare; Dr. W. R. Stras sfter. President of Shaw Univer* ity. and I>r. J. A. Boyer. Presi dent of St. Augustine's College. Mrs. Hardy Liston of Charlotte will respond to the greetings and welcome. The officers of the Federation will be presented to the audience by Mrs. Rose D. Aggrey, president emeritus, Salisbury. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the First Congrega tional Church Choir. The public (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 )PAGE 9 i First C)I»»m Bank & Trust Co !Correll Coal Company Enid's Department Store :S. ML Young Hardware Store j A&P Food Store*, luc. | PAGE SO j Blood worth Street tourist Borne Ridgeway Opticians Carolina Builders, Inc, Caveaess Insurance Company 1-Up Bottling Company J>ii!ou Motor Finance Company ! Watson’s ‘Seafood & poultry ! Warner Memorials i Ti»e Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company I PAGE H j Famous Bakery ; Mechanics * Farmers Bank ! Thomas Food Store I PAGE 10 ! Branch Banking