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Black Americans Giving Up On President Nixon
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Mother, Family
Says Khmsmen Seat
Children,Buraed Home
NEW YORK-The Justice Department has been
asked to protect a South Carolina mother of
five whose children have been beaten and whose
house has been shot up and burned.
Jack Greenberg Director-
Counsel of the XAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc. (I DF), sent a telegram to
Attorney General John R. Mit
* el! in which he asked federal
protection for Mrs. Victoria
Del.ee who has been fighting
for school desegregation in-J
F mc* • stei County, South Caro
-lin since 1965.
Ridgeville is a small town
northwest of Charleston inDor
'cliester County. There are four
roads leading into Ridgeville,
and or, all four of these roads
is written in big ted painted
letters 'Kill Tory, Kill Tory.”
Tor- refers to Mrs Victoria
DeLee, a black resident of Dor -
c: ester County, who has been
leading a school integration
fight, almost by herself, since
1964.
Mrs. DeLee and her husband
have five children. Mr. DeLee
works for a Federal Arsenal
in Dor cb ester County. Both par -
BISHOP WILLIAMS
Payment
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Plans Are
Revealed
BA I TIM OR E- (N PI) -Th e Rt.
Smallwood E. Williams,
presiding bishop. Bible Way
Church World Wide, outlined
a special denominational
brand of “reparations” during
the church’s 12th annual con
vr> last week.
Speaking at the opening day
ceremony, Bishop Williams told
the assembled delegates, from
2‘ states and three foreign
countries, he advocates a gov
ernment-sponsored program ci
pro gra m s which would give
"hundreds of billions of dol
lars to needy blacks in A
merica.- ’
He declared “The promis
sory note that Dr. Martin Luth
er King talked about in his ‘1
Have a Dream’ speech should
be paid and the federal govern
ment should accept the indebt
edness of America for enforced
labor In slavery.”
Bishop Williams added that
t! government should appro
pi iate vast sums for programs
that would enable black Ameri
cans "to catch up” and provide
ojf ortunities for proper ad
vancement.
He opposed the demands of
James Forman because be be
lieves “it is a mistake to place
a levy on the churches. Private
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ceives the credentials of ft* first Ugandan Ambassador to theVatte&n, George M.K&mba, at the
papal summer residence here July 28, The Pontiff left July Si for his visit to Uganda. (DPI),
ents are determined mat their
children will receive a decent
education, but their struggle
hasn’t been easy and very often
its been dangerous.
On November 13, 1966, Mrs.
DeLee’s house and all her be
longings were burned by the
Klan. In fact, the Klan con
tinues to harrass the DeLee’s
family without let-up. Two
weeks ago, Mrs. DeLee receiv
ed a threatening letter from the
Klan and two days ago a k Klan
rally was held in a field next to
her house and a five car motor
cade drove slowly past her
house so she could see the might
of the Dorchester Klan.
In an aflidavit, Mrs. DeLee
states; “Since enrolling ray
children into previous all-white
schools In Dorchester County
Harleyville-Ridgeville H igh
School District No. 3,1 have en
countered a number of critical
problems, abuse, harrass
rner.ts; including firing of guns
into my house by white agita
tors, beating of my children
and children of other Negroes
while school officials stood
by without giving” them any aid.”
These incidents have occured
between 1964 and 1967.
Mr. Greenberg’s telegram
said in part, "I urge that, you
order an immediate investiga
tion of these blatant violations
of the civil rights of this fami
ly before it is subjected to
serious harm.”
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Hear Words
Os Democrat
Congressman John Conyers,
Jr. (Dem -Michigan) made the
following statement on the floor
of the House
on Wednesday, July 23.
Mr. Speaker, 1 join with my
colleagues., Mr. Stokes and Mr.
Clay in an examination of the
Nixon Administration six
months from its inception, I
must begin by noting that his
promise to end the war, made
during last year’s campaign, is
still unfulfilled.
Black American are deeply
concern about this war, not
only because of the young men
who fight and die there, but be
cause of their relatives who suf
fer at home because we do not
have the money so desperate
ly needed for domestic pro
grams. Black Americans voice
grave concern about the United
states ’ continuing military,
economi and moral support of
a repressive, dictatorial gov
ernment: in South Vietnam which
has caused some to wonder
whether similar tactics might
be used in the United States,
If this administration truly be
lieves in freedom and democ
racy, it is doing a poor job of
proving it, not only to black A
merica, but to the world, by
continuing its support of a for
eign government which has
shown little or no interest in
ireedom, justice, or democ
racy.
Black Americans continue to
be greatly disturbed by the Nix
on administration’s seemingly
endless efforts to appease the
South-watering down the deseg
regation guidelines, the pro
posed dismantling of the Vot
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Harrassed By Ku Klux Klan
THE A N
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 28. NO~~4O * “ ~RALEIGH“N. C.. SATURDAY. ~AUG. 3, 1969
Raleigh Polite Officers
Shooter
-fc -3 A # x* sy ry ■&.■&■s &
Os Assaulting NC Whits icy
Teacher Found Guilty
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SIX BLACKS ELECTED IN ALABAMA-Eutaw, Ala.: Ne
groes and whites file in and out of the Greene County Court
house here July 29 to vote in a U. S. Supreme Courr-ordered
special election for the county. Negro leaders had sufficient
votes to elect six Negro candidates who were opposing six
whites Negroes have a 2-to-l margin in voting registration.
(UPI).
Raleigh Contractor Denies
Using Blackjack On Man
Raymond B. Stokes, president and general
manager of R. B. Stokes Construction Com
pany, 927 S. Saunders Street, contacted The
CAROLINIAN early Monday to deny ever using
a blackjack on the head of 27-year-old Frank
Rivers, 1335 Walnut Street, as Rivers charged
last Monday.
Mr. Stokes, who said tie does
not drink, reported that Rivers
was "two-thirds drunk when he
came into the office to ask me
about some money. I asked him
to leave the office about 15
times, He haci no money com
ing- until about 4:30 p.m., Fri
day,*' said Stokes.
“The man then started curs
ing. A secretary and another
colored man were in here at the
time. I pushed him out of the
back door after he continued to
curse. He told me lie was going
to get the police on me for
assaulting- him and not giving
him his money, but he had
no money coming,
‘ 'lf he had come here sober,
I probably would have let him
have some money. I did nett
hit him with a blackjack, I
only used my hands tc remove
him from the office. He stag
gered up against two concrete
walls, about- four feet apart
and this is the only way he
could have received any head
wound,” as v e claims.
Stokes said he attempted to
swear out two warrants against
.Si. covin \t tor, p zt
P SWEEPSTAKES
S3O $25 $5.00
Any one having cum m \LLLOW m Vi- tmt.-u ji<b sc. JSC* with
proper number*. v.iiu to ihc , A.; Lt ' lAV office and
NMivt amount* li*ted above from Uu s«i4S*slA9tts Feature.
No Winners in Sweepstakes
Foi the first time to many
week*, there were no winners
in The CAROLINIAN'S Sweep
stakes Promotion last week.
Tills means that the prizes have
grown to a total amount of S6O,
To be valid this week, tickets
must be yellow in color and
dated July 26, 1969.
dumber 3055, first prize, will
bring its holder S3O; number 25-
or, second, is worth $25; and
number 7, third, is now worth
$5.
Gunman Continues
To Eludes Police Here
A 37-year-old local white woman was shot
in the head here Tuesday afternoon, accord
ing to police reports.
The woman was attempting
to spray assailant with tear
gas, it was also brought out,
Mrs. Elizabeth Blake, a sec
retary at Auto Insurance Serv
ice, 312 E. Martin Street, was
listed in critical condition at
Wake Memorial Hospital, where
she underwent head surgery.
The wife of a Raleigh fireman,
she was struck in the right
temple and right wrist by the
bullets.
Ftrst reports received by The
FROM RALEIGH'S OFFICIAL
POLICE FILE
MOTHER CHARGED IN
ASSAULT
Officer Charles Bernard
Folger, Jr., reported at 6 p,
m. Tuesday of last week that
he had received a call to talk
to a party at E-37 Washington
Terrace. Upon arrival, Mrs.
Annie Ruth Lucas, 40, told him
that her son, Robert, 11, had
tried unnatural sex acts with
her. The officer advised the
woman to look for help at the
Wake ■ 'our.tv Mental Health
Center as this was not a police
matter. '‘Officer M, E. Hix,
myself and Mr. William h.
Lucas then went to the h»Qk
porch. Mrs, Lucas followed
and struck Mr. Lucas in the
face,-’ Folger’s report de
tailed. “She went back into the
house and then I heard some
loud screaming. I returned to
the living room where Mrs.
Lucas stood striking her son
about the head and face with
the buckle end of a She
was arrested and charged with
assault on a minor.
♦ * ♦
WOMAN STABBED BY THREE
Mrs. Delores King Muldrow,
33, 108 Stronach Alley, report
ed to Officer L. T. 'Ailson at
5:06 p.m. Wednesday, from her
bed at Wake Memorial Hospital,
that she was walking east on
Stronach, approaching her
house when three colored
males, about 39 years of age,
jumped on her and stabbed her,
they ran in a direction un
known to Mrs. Muldrow. She
was treated for the stomach
wound.
(See CHI i. SCAT. P, 3)
Patronize bustoessed which
advertise to The CAROLINIAN,
"'hey welcome and appreciate
your calling on them. Kindly
inform them that you saw their
ad in lids newspaper.
Sweepstakes advertisers may
be found on page 12 of this,
edition. Look them over, then
visit these merchants as well
as other CAROLINIAN adver
tisers, and be sure to inform
them that you saw their ads
in this newspaper.
CAROLINIAN around 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday were that someone had
been shot in the head at an.
insurance company around the
corner from our offices.
When a CAROLINIAN repre
sentative reached the scene,
however, he saw blood on trie
steps leading from the insur
ance agency’s office, giving
mute testimony of what had oc
curred there less than an hour
before.
Mrs. M. L. Holmes, whose
husband owns the service, was
inside the office when the shoot
ing took place, according to
police reports.
Mrs. Holmes said that at about
'See WOMAN SHOT, P {)
2 Lawyers
Near Blows
In Court
HALIFAX-Mrs, Pattie Black
Cotton, 28, of Garysburg, a
Negro school teacher at Wil
liam R. David High School,
was found guilty of assaulting
one of her pupils here last
Tuesday in District Court.
After the lengthy trial, which
almost brought the two lawyers
in the case to blows, Chief
Judge J. T. Maddrey rendered
a verdict of guilty and ordered
the teacher to pay a fine of
SSO and court costs after sus
pending a jail term of CO days.
The conviction was immedi
ately appealed to Superior
Court.
Defense attorney James R.
Walker, Jr., of Weldon rested
the case without putting on any
evidence.
However, Walker and private
prosecution attorney Perry
Martin of Rich Square, hired by
the prosecuting witness, Mrs.
Martin W. Tanner, almost came
to blows before the matter was
settled.
Judge Maddrey called the
lawyers down and threatened
to have one or both removed
from the courtroom.
The oral combat between the
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VIETS AM SOLHER MEETS FIRST LADY-Long Stub, S. VMM*: Mrs, RlelMrd NiM» State*
hands with PFC. Thomas C&simere, Jr., 21. of New Orleans, La. e during her visit to the 24i.h-
Evacuation Hospital 25 miles North of Saigon July SO, (UPI),
I-tAVt.s Hlsnssr AND CHILD IN CIIBA-Rllladelpllb:
Mrs. Joanne Washington, 27, explains to newsmen in Phila.,
July 26. that" her tour-year-daughter will remain in Cuba
with her husband because Cuban law gives the father cus
tody of children. Mrs. Washington returned from Cuba late
July 25, after trying to gain custody of the child, which her
husband bad taken with him when he hijacked a jetliner
"5 ich was round from Philadelphia to Miami in Dec. 1968. (UPI).
Robert Bridges New
Principal At Crosby
Robert E. Bridges, Industrial Cooperative
Training Coordinator at Ligon High School,
was appointed Principal of the Crosby-Gar
field Elmentary School by the Raleigh School
Board in its regular meeting this week.
Bnoees will replace Mrs. A 1960 graduate of St. Au-
Nora Lockhart, who is retiring.
ROBERT E. BRIDGES
Tent pci attires during the pe
riod. Thursday through Monday
will below normal. Day
time highs will average near SO
m the mount tins oi North Caro
lina and on the north coast, and
in the mid 80s elsewhere. Lo«s
at night will be in the upper
£Fw and lower in the moun
tains and the mid to upper 00s
l ist where. Temperatures will be
rather rniJd through the week
end, with some warming on
Monday. Precipitation will be
heavy, totalling around one inch
over nio-i oi the state and up to
one and one-half inches along
the coast, occurring as showers
ami thundershowers over the
weekend.
gustine’s College here, he has
been with the system for eight
years, serving first as a sixth
grade teacher at Lucille Hunter
School for four years, and then
moving to Ligon, where lie has
worked for the past four school
terms.
He ts married to the former
Miss Hattie E. Hicks of Hender
son. They have one daughter,
LaPonda, who is 7 years old.
Mr. Bridges is a native of
Shelby, arid the son of Dewood
Bridges, Sr., of that city.
The Bridges family resides
at 2212 Candy Flower Place.
Peebles Is
Named To
Commission
Millard R. Peebles, 46, 721
Calloway Drive, was, last Wed
nesday, appointed to the Ra
leigh Planning Commission by
action of the City Council. Also
named to serve on the Com
mission was William MeLaurin,
former Mayor Pro Tem of tne
city.
A native of Raleigh, Peebles
received his education in the
schools of the city and county.
Mr, Peebles has been a ma
sonry contractor here for the
past fifteen years. For seven
years prior to this, he was a
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