Drug Habits Cited As Arrest OfTen Men Ends Rash Os Area Robberies At Lott Carey Convention Baptists Re-Elect Dr. W. Paige THE CAROLINIAN VOL, 30, NO 45 Raleigh Mm Lives, But He Was ' Local Woman Jailed After She Trim To Bum Home . Game Os Milliards is Blamed An 18-vear-olcl Ra leigh youth, Johnny Carl Avery, 711 1/2 S. West Street , is still languish ing in the Wake County Jail, facing a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after he reportedly shot 20-vear-old Rob ert Darnell Jeffries of 216 Fk Lee Street, three (Sec SHOT THREE, P. 2) Jmp ss 10 f§ Held In N. Jersey ORANGE, N.J. - Or. Walter E. Paige, of Baltimore, Mary land, was re-elected president of the Lott Carey Baptist For eign Mission Convention at it’s 74th annual session meeting here with the Union Baptist Church as host, August 30 - September 3rd. Dr. Paige, who is pastor of the Faith Baptist Church in Bal timore, was elected to serve a second term. Others elected along with Dr. Paige include Dr, C.R. Edwards, Fayetteville, N.C., first vice president; Dr. J.D. Bussey, second vice pre sident, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Wendell C. Sommerville executive secretary-treasurer.' P (See LOTT CAREY P. 2) AT LOTT CAREY BAPTIST CONVENTION - The Rev. Charles Thomas, left, of the New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, N. J. ana Mrs, Ann norn, oi the Union Baptist Church discuss with Dr. Wendell C.'Sommervllle final plans for the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission’s 74th annual meeting at Union Baptist Church while Mrs. Edith Phillips of Union looks on as plans are given the okay sign. North Carolina’s Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER U, 1971 DEATH STRIKES ON RAILRAOD TRACKS - Austell, Ga.: Labor Day weekend fatalities rose as a Southern Railway train clattered down these tracks and struck this car when it failed to see the train approaching. Dragging the car’s engine with it, the locomotive finally came to a stop several thousand feet down the track. Two persons were killed and two others remain in serious condition. :upd. Burn Cross On Lawn Os Church', Minister Is Activist B. Chavis “All men are the salt of the earth'* is a fantasy in the coas tal town of Wilmington, where the only salt seems to be In Only Race Admiral Says ‘Some White Officers Still Segregate Men’ WASHINGTON, D. C. - Rear Admiral Samuel Gravely Jr., the adjacent ocean. Just last week, the First African Congregation of the Black Messiah, pastored by said this week that there are probably some white Navy of ficers “who still are not en forcing the rules” against raci al discrimination in that serv ice. In a copyrighted Interview in the current (September)is sue of Ebony, Gravely pointed out that “Racial discrimina tion is definitely against Navy policy.” He added, however, “But there probably are some white Navy officer who still are not enforcing the rules just as there were some who were slow to obey President Truman’s exe cutive order to Integrate the military.” Gravely continued. “For those reasons, we‘still have the same problem we had 20 years ago. And that is to • convince today’s young blacks that Just (See ONLY BLACK. P *1 In The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK HFIUG4EVINI OF RALEIGH For Complete Household Needs SINGLE COPY 15? Rev, Ben Chavis, was the vic es ee burns CROSS. P .21 EDITOR'S NOTE: Thl* column ©r feature is produced in the pub lic interest with an aim towards eliminating Its contents. Numer ous individuals have requested that they be given the considera tion of overlooking their listing on the police blotter. This we would like to do. However, it is not our position to be judge or ju ry. We merely publish the facts as we find them reported by the arresting officers. To keep out of The Crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered by a police officer In reporting his findings while on duty. So slm ply keep off the “Blotter” aad you won’t be In The Crime Beat. ACCUSES HUS Band Mrs. Shirley Ann Wright, 21, 2301 Ellerbe Lane, told Officers D. W. Martin and O. T. Webs ter at 7:25p.m,Wednesday, that her husband assaulted her with . his hands and fists, “then got into his car (a 1971 Mustang) and drove away.” The officers advised Mrs. Wright to sign an assault on a female warrant against her husband, Hezekiah Henry Wright, 36, which she did the same day. (SC* CRIME BEAT,. P. 3> HARRY L. DUNN Among Ten Persons Arrested Last Week Committee For Racial Justice Calls Black Leaders Together NEW YORK, N. Y. - The Commission for Racial Jus tic- of the United Church of Christ has taken the initiative to call Black leaders together to investigate the truth of corn el atots of inhumane treatment of Blacks in orisons. The action came in response to the shooting of George Jack son, Black convict and author of “Soledad Brother," at San Quentin in an alleged escape attempt. "The Black community should receive the truth, not only about George Jackson, but Would-Be Arsonist Seen By Policeman Officer James R. Moody thwarted what might have become a house burned to the ground at 2:03 a.m. Thursday when he observed a 35- year-old woman go behind a two-story apartment house at 16-. N. East Street. Miss Connie Lee Covington, E. Lenoir Street, was • >en l „ thi Jfiicer as he drove west on E. Edonton Street at its intersection with N, East. The woman was walking east on Edenton and went behind an apartment house, Moody stated. "A Mr. Archie Perry was standing on the porch of the dwelling and shouted at me that the female subject was go ing to burn the house,” the cop continued. "I lucked up and observed Miss Covington splashing kero sene on the window and rear wall of the house and saw her strike two matches and throw them, lut neither match caught the kerosene afire. I was as sisted by Officer J. M. Glover in placing Miss Covington un der arrest at this time." Miss Covington will face a judge In Wake District Court on a charge of attempted ar son on Wednesday, Sept. §2 at 2 p.m. Anger at someone residing at Humphries Takes Look At Schools - ELIZABETH CITY - “Weare faced with a problem, the prob lem of being Black, which is a liability in this country," re marked Dr, Frederick S. Hum phries, near the beg inning of his keynote address at Elizabeth City State University. The oc casion marked the official open ing of the University for the 1971-*72 nendemlc year, as re SENATOR MUSKIE UNVEILS KING PHOTO - Los Angeles: Sen. Edmund announced candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, unveils a Portrait of the late Mar tin Luther Kincr Tr which will be placed In the lobby of the new 400 bed Martin Luther King Gon !?ai mZS JuUus Hm, <5 Lo? Angeles Count/ Hospital Commission, helps Muskie with the unveiling. (UPI). ROBERT H. AUSTIN about the condition of Blacks in prisons all over the country,’ said the Rev. Charles E. Cobb, New York City, executive di rector of the United Church commission. "The only way this will hap - pen is for Blacks to do our own investigating," he added. Mr. Cobb invited the 12 mem bers of the Congressional Black Caucus and other religious and civic leaders to Join in a na tional Black Investigation Task Force. He said that this would be the first step in the organi zation of a "strong Black force the N. East Street address is believed to have boon the mo tive for the burning try. The officers took the woman to the Wake County Magistrate's Office and booked her, then transferred her to the jail, which is upstairs in the couit house. The structure involved is a brick house and is located at the corner of N. East and E. Edenton. Proposes Rtmk US Senator WASHINGTON, D. C. - Con gressman John Conyers urg ed last Saturday that national Democratic Party leaders should consider Michigan as the state to elect the first black Democrat to the U, S. Senate. He pointed out that President Nixon’s economic policies would probably contribute to the defeat of the junior Senator from Michigan, Republican Ro bert Griffin, next year. Conyers said that the Ad ministration’s wage--price freeze diminishes the re-e --lection prospects of all Repub licans, in particular, in areas such as Michigan where there are large concentrations of gov ernment employees scheduled for promotions and raises. He urged that Richard Austin, black Secretary of State and the highest ranking Democratic of ficial In Michigan, be consider (See CONYERS, P. 2) :■ * DARNELL WATKINS to correct the conditions of the American prison system." Among those invited to Join the task force are NAACP’s Roy Wilkins, Georgia legislator Julian Bond, the Rev. Jesse Jackson of Operation Bread basket, Imamu Baraka, Com mittee for a Unified Newark; Rev, RalphD Abernathy,South ern Christian Leadership Con ference; Dick Gregory, Mini ster Louis Farrakan, Muham mad Mosque No, 7; Rev. Metz Rollins, National Committee of Black Churchmen; Vernon Jor dan, Urban League; Roy Innis, Congress of Racial Equality; Howard Fuller, Malcolm X Li beration University; Charles Evers, mayor of Fayette, Miss.; Nelson Johnson, Student Or ganization for Black Unity; Re nault Robinson, Afro-Ameri can Police Society, Chicago; Rev. James Cone, Professor of Theology, Union Theologi cal Seminary. Mr. Cobb has appointed Irv (Ser CR.I CALLS, P. 2) Lawyer To Face Raps Os Murder SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -Stephen Mitchell Bingham, 28, termed a radical attorney from one of Connecticut’s most illustrious political families, was charged last week with five counts of murder in the so-called San Quentin prison escape attempt August 21 which caused the death of one of the Soledad Brothers, George Jackson. The local district attorney charged Bingham with smug gling a gun to Black revolu tionary convict Jackson, which allegedly touched off a bloody escape attempt in the prison latter. Jackson was shot dur ing the incident and the bodies of three guards and two white eotiNirts were found shot or slashed to death. Since the young lawyer was the last visitor to see Jack (Ser FACES HAPS. P. 2) INQUIRING REPORTER BY CURETON LEE JOHNSON QUESTION: Since the Congress of the United States has given 18, 19 and 20 - year - olds the right to vote, will you.fcas a person fall ing in this category, exercise your right to register and vote? _ . . _ . Suspects Corraled In Raleigh Ten local Raleigh suspects were rounded up last week by the Ra leigh Police Department and were charged with armed robbery in con nection with a rash of holdups. "The arrest came as the re sult of some hard police work," said Detective Major Robert E. Godwin. The suspects, all of whom are black, were arrested be tween 6 p.m. Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The investigating police of ficers formed a roving squad for alxxit 10 days with special intent on catching the local crime ring. Officers from the uniform division, dressed in plain clothes, continuously kept an eye on places believed to be likely spots to "hit.” Those arrested included: James Edward Green, 22, 612 E. South St., who escaped from the area of the county court room Thursday morning after fSee ATTEMPTS TO. P. 2) Native Os City Gets Nat l Post PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Office of United States Assis tant Attorney, John Sutton, was the scene of the swearing in service for Edmond M. Hay wood, who became Regional Di rector of the Mid-Atlantic Re gion, Community Relations Ser vice, the Department of Jus tice on Monday, August 30 at 10:00 a.m. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Haywood comes to the new position from the Princi palship of Hughes High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was the first black man appoint ed to head a senior high school. Several times during his admin istrative tenure he was honored by students, staff, and com munity for outstanding edu cational leadership. Among the awards received were engraved plagues from students at Hughes for having taught them: "Pride, Dignity and Respect"; from the student council for service l