North Carolina Newspapers

' Klri-t Ilia, Ky. TAR HEEL MAN APPEALS TO MD. GOVERNOR ANNAPoLiS, Walktr, of Baltiiuoie wild is sdiUfMCi-d ti liu liaiijrod fur assault with itili-iit lu ru/mnit rapt-, appL-aled to ttu\t.i'iiur O'C'diiur Tiit.‘Sla\’ tu spall- Ills life. All utliiT appeals of tlie yuiitli In ' been rejeete.l and Walker would have to die on a date set bv the (Jovernor. but the K‘>\enor took the eunrnutatioii re(|UOst unier ad- \isenient followintf a bi*ief hearing Tuesday morning. E)r. 1. (i. X. Cushing. Baltimore psychiatrist, told O’t'oiior that Walker, who i.s a native of North Cni'olina. was an “intellectual moron." and L. C. Koger. attorney for the youth, contend d that dea.h was too sene a punish ment for an act which Walker did not have the mentality to fully understand. Kinston Honors Its Negro Veterans KINSTON Approximately I,-1 ih.-ii iii r.CO p‘^r-un' aiiemlt-d tin- liun.ei'oin- ; Irmii (lit- i- ine Jay crlebratiuii oi Uit Harn- i.i>- . n ('r..,>rii ut me ..\iiuTii’aii Ur: wa- • ukillt; The Carolinian iiai (Iit- rarr Jiily 4 .nppri.ximau'l> wa- ? v.J I'limijial .-pt-.iki-i uorntuusu i,r On- .niabi u »Vjs liu- K. v iJso.t: n.-l.l. 1 h,! invi l.ii-ul. l veleuns U .S .Arn.y Cl.aplaii. t’iji-p:i. VOLl'.MK .K.Wl. SO. 1 UAl.EKIll, Nor.Tll CAROLINA WEKK ENDlNti SATLIUDAY, .Il LY l:i. UI16 PROF. JAILED A * COLLEGE FUND DRIVE CLIMBING Success fully Passes Marginal Goal Marker SHAW PROF. DRAGGED FROM BUS; ARJSTED Ourhaii. N. C — Ur K Y lun^. Iiead ol lli«; Ci-partnietii of. biulu^y of Shaw Univeisily, Ha- N C., was arrt'>ifd at Nash ville, N C, laM Friday, ihaig.-d >. nr. iiisorderly coiiituci and resi.s!- i.-.j aritst .Shr i« rrp,.rttd i.i hav-• bee,-, ur.igyiu tr.nn a bus oi. which si'e was riding, ihruwn ui a puliii-, .•«r ana rushed to ihc city jail, she was uiterward laken fr>.m ll'«- ^ity jail and leinandtd to the coun- ;>• jail where sIk- w.a.s cuiifiiwd Ui , a cell Ur Y jung was cn nnili- to Hocky hiuuni from Durham, where she w&s scheduled to meet with the to-1 fcavco workers of Rocky Mount, At Nashville, the reports, a white )''Uth boarded the bus anu the drlv-1 er asked Dr. Young to release lu| iContinued on back page) SLAYS 4 WHITES Aun Dimno Charle?. \V. Greene, presideot of the National .Negro Insurance As- sui'latlon which meets In annual .session in New York City July 9-1. celebrating their Silver An niversary. Mr. Greene U agency officer of the .Atlanta Life Inaiu- CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SEEKS PRISONER CAUGHT AFTER II YEAR CHASE Officials of the N.ational Sun day School and Haptist Trainnlg Union Congress, shown as they chatter! at the Chicago Coliseum la.sl week at the unni'd meet. l.eft to right: Rev. S. O. S. Cleveland, (ta,. president Georgia S. S. convention; Rev. J. F. Har dee. T.'Xas, (lean slate S. S. R. T. C, Congress; I)r. W, H. Jemagin. Washingti n. I). C., president of Fight Waged Over Tom Brown’s Body WILMINGTON, .N. C.-Thomas, with thi- body. A largo crow mount frum Durham, where she v>b‘. rcheduled to meet with the to* b;.cco Workers of Rocky Mount. At Nashville, the reports, a white youth boarded the bus anu the driv er asked Or. Young to release tu 'Continued on back page) SLArS 4 WHITES AND BURNS FARMSTEAD Laurinburg — beiijaiimt Frank .vii-1. lid lOnft.SNcd tiiat he shot and killed four persons and set lit' (0 .heir farm tiume in the norUioi:. ssciioit oi Scotland County to di- -troy ividc-nce ol the niurdeis, Sher iff W D. Rryi.ulds reported ht-ie Wedi.esjay. Victim.^ of one >.f me most bru tal rases ever reported in this sec tion were Henry l.owery: Fannie Lowery, his wife; their son, Wil liam Kenneth, 18-month-old; and George Edward Koonce, 17-yea'- old farm hand, whose charred bod ies were found in the ruins of their i.ivf-rpdn. firm howre 12 miles north of here on the night of July I Reynolds said McLoud denied slaying the lour persons when he was arrested July -i, but later add ed that there had been trouble bi- t-ween he and Lowery and that tSie day before the murder, McLoud had heard that Lowery had threat ened to shoot him. He said the defendant confessed the murder in jail, because he didn't want anyone else 13 hear what he had so say —“ . . . nobody but me and you and me Lord.” According to the coiifessio.i. Reynolds said McLoud went to tl.e Lowery home about dark July I. and told Koonce who was stand ing in the doorway that there wis •‘a bear out there” which caused Koonce to get a shotgun to kill the animal. Aft.-r the y uth had returned with the shotgun, accord ing to Reynolds, ho *nld McLh ud to wait a minute while he went into the rnoin of Mrs. Lowery to get a shell and that McLoud shu* Koonce as he started into the rocm He said McLoud sh.")! Mrs. Low ery who was lying on the bed be- (Continued on back page) GOVERNOR .\PP01NTS XALEIGH-Tunn,.. H. Can„„„. th( Community Grocery Store, was found guilty of usuuHing Mrs. HiL-ecca Barnes, 2R of 215 Norl'i ^Haywinid St., with a beer buttle :i.i his .stole on Saturday ni|*ht 'jun.- 22 He wa.s sentenc«-d to six inionth.s oii the roads, suspend-d ji pon payment of cost and ordered to pay .Mrs. Baines' expen.se while jin the ho.spital and her doctu:* bill. Mr Cannon »:ave notice of luopeul and Judge Paul F. Smi*. i j.e* his bond at SHOO. I Mrs. Barnes in Hospital I Mrs. Bames. it was revealed 'at the trial, stayed in the ho.- pital ten days and was treated Officials wf the National Sun day School and Baptist Trainnlg Union Congress, shown as they chattef.l at the Chicago Coliseum last week at the annual meet. Left to right: Rev. S. O. S. Cleveland. Ga., president Georgia S. S. coiiveiilion; Rev. J. F. Har dee, Texas, dean state S. t». B. T. U. Congrcs.s; Dr. W. H. Jemagin. Washington. IJ. C., president of National S. S. and B T. U., con gress. presiding at the 41st annual ses.Hion; Kev. J. W. Collins, Illin ois; Rev. S. Y. Nixon. Texas, presi dent Texas State S. S. congress; Prof. E. W. D. Isaac. Nashville, director general of congress, and Rev. J. W. Gayden, Mississippi, chairman of National KYPIJ board. (ANTi HASTIE ACTS TO HOLD PRICE CEILINGS IN V. I. ST. THOMAS. V. I ANIN -G. v Williom Henry Hastie .-icted hastily last week to hold the price ceilings u nfoud and basic i.-ommoditie.s for poverty-stricken Virgin IslaiKlcis by '•rdering the price cuiitrol cummis siun (il the municipality of St. Thoma.v and St. J. hn to step into the breach left by the failure of fedeial legislation to extend th? fedi lal price control act. ■’1 ficl sure that the people of the Virgin I.slands will give the same cooperation to 'he price con trol commission of St Th.mas and St. John and the food commis-^ioi of St. Croix that they have so .splendidly given during the past four year.s to the Office of Hric administiation in our common struggle to ci>mbat the forces of ii'- ftalion,” the Governor said iCuiiiitiotKl on back page) Fight Waged Over Tom Brown’s Body 0 * WILMINGTON. N. C.—Thoma.s Brown, chairman of the Trusto*- Board of St. Luke'h A M. E. Zion church. wiKs buried Sunday after noon. 2 o'clock from St. Lukv. 1.U It wa.s not until three under- tnker.s were involved in some w iv .Miss Mattie Hynum Is u graduate uf Meliarry Medical Department ut .Nursing. .Medical College ul Virginia Department uf Public Health .Nursing and attended WlnsK n-Salem Teachers College. .Miss Hynum a.ssumes Her new Julies with many years nf Insll- tutluiial and Public Health Nurs ing experelnee. with the body, A large crowd attended the funeral and heard orations by the Heva. 1-1, 13. Shaw, A. J. Kirk, and S. J. Howie, all OI whom spoke very highly of the deceased. When .Mr. Brown died, his nep hf-w, Amos Brown, turned th'- tody over to Sadgwar Funeral Heme. ,Mr. Sadgwar had gone aiiiad with urrangements for the iuncral, including the preparation of the body, when a sister of Mi Brown came forward and said that Mr. Brown was u member of the Shaw Burial Association. In an interview with the Jour nal, Mr. Sadgwar said that he gladly turned the body over to the undertaker of the choice of the sister, because “it is not the policy of our firm to run after iicJies Amos Brown, a nephew, called UP but when another rel- iij'.w; -uij i.iut sue want- e:i the body released wo gladly gave it up." W. L Shaw, president of th«: Shaw Funeral Ilome, said that they got the body only after the sister requested them to do so. Mr. Shaw said had he gotten the body first and had the family de cided they wanted Mr. Sadgwar, he would have turned it over immediately. "The family must he satLsfied," Mr. Shaw said. The climax came when B'-n McGhee, who is associated with the Allen Funeral Home, located Mis.« Bessie Smith, who said that sill was the daughter of Mr. (Continued >.n buck page) J.OUISBURG Guiney Hin- ! iiant, alius Esau Ciiillon. who o- j ciipcd from Stale Prison 17 year'- ago while serving u il to 30 year I senteote fur murder, wa^ arrested I by I.ouisburg officers in Hender- ; sor, Sunday i During his 17 years of freedom. , he had been arrested three or fou»' j times, having .served a road sen- I teiu-e of Frankhii County on an as sault charge, and although he spen' ‘ two weeJ-.>' in State Prison at Ra leigh for dental Ireamieiit, he .*»• c:ipt?d detection I By Um' af photographs ttfficer- M recognized Humant who has been capea irom biaie prison I7 year'-' ago while serving a il to 30 year sentence fur murder, was arrested by Luulsburg officers in Hender- sor Sunday. During his 17 years of freedom, he had been arrested three or four times, having served a mad sen tence of Franklin County on an as- saiili charge, and although he spen' two weeks In State Prison at Ra leigh for dental treatment, he caped detection By use of photographs officer- recognized Hinnant who has been confined in u Louisburg Jail re- • cntly and who had moved to Hen derson and was employed at n bag ging factory The prisoner who is also under iKipd in a charge of bigamy In Vance County, escaped from a pri son ward in the State Sanatorium on November 19, i929. after he had served two years of his sentence in connection with the murder d his brother-in-law. VETSW^E CHIGAGyflTELS CHICAGO (ANP) — Legal pro- ceedings will be launched against iwo Chicago hotels, the Continental and the Stevens, for violation of the Illinois State Civil Rights law, by the United Negro and Allied vet erans of America, it was announced ut the headquarters of the orgnn- izatiiiii here The law suits will be based on the lofiisul of the managements of the hotels named to allow the or ganization ballroom space for its testimonial dinner to Joe Louis to be given on July 23. Representa tives of UNAVA applied for book ings ul both hotels and received rcfunuls after learning that the din ner was being arranged by a pro- dominattl.v - Negro ..rgunizalion, 'Membership of the United Negm and Allied veterans is 80 ner cent New York — C:ontribution> and commitment.s have biough' the third annual nation-wide ap peal of the United Negro College Fund beyond the $850,01)0 mark. Frank M. Totlon, national chair- ii.ait and vice pre.sid«.nt of th.' Cliase National Bank, announced Thursday. This is the first pro gress report made by the Fun-l derlng the campaign which seeks to raise $1,300,000 to meet cur rent operation costs of 33 Negio piivaU* colleges and universities. The "intensive phase” of the ; drive ends July 4, although a ■number of campaign cities whicii Idid not start until laic will con MINISTER HELD ON VA6RANGY nUARRFINnfl The “intensive phase” of the drive ends July 4, although a number of campaign cities which did not start until late will con MINISTER HELD ON VA6RANGY GHARGEINGA. (CoiUiiiued back page) ' A7T-ANTA 'ANP) Rev. Hollis ' Elliiiglon, of South AtUiiita, was ar- j re.'sti'd by Fulton County deputy : Sheriffs last week in ;he lobby uf I the courthouse and charged with ' vagrancy. Ellington .-wiia he was gning to the -Tdinary's office on business when the police officers approached him and said they were going to lock him up for hanging around tl'.e courthouse, telling Negroes t" reg- i.ster and vote. One of the officers 'Continued on back page) PROBE KLAN AGTION IN GA. .MACON. Ga. lANPi — Macuo and federal officers were investi gating an apparent attempt tu ter- n rized Negro residents of Bellevue lust week, after Z. C. Clay, labO' organizer and a member of the lo cal Progressive Colored Democratic club, reported that a lirey cross hod been burned on his property, about a quarter of u mile from his house. Sheriff Peacock said he was "rea sonably certain" that there were no organized Ku KIux Klan activities here and .stated that the affair might have been just a prank. Howeve*. the cross stood lO feet high and (Continued on back page) linue for a few more wi:ek.s, Mr. Totton announced. Alsu, a ft-.v cities which for various reasons could not .solicit t'arlicr will start in the fall. With .such cummun iti€%-‘ still to lx .‘'card from and the New York City cainpaign now in active progress, there is evtrv likelihood of exceeding last year's result of nearly $l.im).l)0U. Hu- chairman said. The Fund, a voluntary assoc, fction of accredited colleges, an nually conducts a financial cam paign, Its appeal this year ha-s 'been dincted to founiJations and business corporations in 54 cities ■and increasingly to indivdual I givers in an effort to broaden the , ■ base of support Especially is this U'ller true with regard to Ni- gioes who eonlribuU^ over $160.- 000 to tile 1945 campaign, and have been asked with oven greai- er success this year to help sup port the colleges. “The prompt and generous rc- tU.. ,.r nnti^nnt inually conducts a financial cam- ipaign. Its appeal this year has 'been directed to foundations an:l ! business corporations In 54 cities and increasingly to indivdual I givers in an effort to broaden th.* 'base of support Especially is this latler true with regard to Ne- gioes who contributed over $160.- 000 to the 1945 campaign, and have been asked with even greai- o;' success this year to help sup- 'pcii the colleges. "The prompt and generous re sponse on the part of national and local busine.ss corporations,' , Mr. Totlon said, “is especially encouraging and shows that more than ever before, this important ,hi‘ld has come to realize the rJf- llation between adequate educii- lion for Negroes and better rat - • leiatinns and the fact that only .i:i ■educated citizenry ran make its best contribution to industrial growth and .social progress.' New York (ANP) — The Civil Rights congress W'edncsday night renewed its charge that the elec tion of Sc:n. Bilbo was permeated by fraud, and issued u demand tliruugh its counsel. Emanuel Bloch, that the department of ju.stico and the senate privileges and elections committee immedi ately launch .eparate investiga- ti*.n.s to substantiate the charges. “The techniques used to intimi- daet Negro voters away from the pells consisted of actual assaults on Negro veterans, admoflition to Uariing Negro citizens to keep all Nt gro voters away from registra tion and from the polls, and, fin- elly, continuous threats by pub lic officials and private citizens 'that Negroes seeking to exercise their right of franchise would be subject to bodily harm," Blocn a.-:strtcd. The Civil Rights congress urg ed Atty. Gen. Clark to launch an immediate investigation with sufficient safeguards thrown arounii It to orotect Negro citi- on Negro veterans, aumjaitian lo leading Negro citizens to keep aU Nigro voters away from registra tion and from the polls, artd. fin* elly. continuous threats by pub lic officials and ^vate citizens that Negroes seeking to exercise their ri^t of franchise would bf subject to bodily harm," Blocn asserted. The Civil Rights congress uig- od Atty, Gen. Clark to launch an Immediate investigation with sufficient safeguards thrown around it to protect Negro citi zens who are ready to testify or senate privileges and elecuoni Ifiive evidence. ! The congress also called for a separate givestigation by the committee, which it urged include a group of distinguishr'd public citizens. It ur^ged the senate committee to designate a group 'Continued on bnek page) I\Iri. Mary McLeod Bcthuiic (center) shown with Vclmer 1. U'lward. national secretary and Victor I. C'ow'trd. national presl- lent of the Canadian .Society lor the Adv ancement of olored People as Mrs. Bethune arrived at Oorval airport en route to Montreal to zivr a public lecture under tbo auhplcei. of the Canadian Society. STOREKEEPER CONVICTED OF ASSAULT CHARGE Lawyer F. J. Carnage Puts Up Strategic Fight in Winning Case Against Cannon EXPOSITION DE1.EC4TES RALEIGH — Thret: Negro citi zens were appuinied nerr this wtck by Govern..! R Oreec Cljerry to represent North Carolina at the proposed Liberian Centennial and Victory Exposition to be held tor a two-year peri id beginning next summer in Monrovia, Liberia. In announcing the appointment.-. (Continued on back page) i'V l)i. VV. F. Clark. Her attorney, F-ri .1 Carnage, told Judge Paul K Smith that Mr.s. Barnes was till under the tviilmeiu oi th” d( cor and the extent of her injury i.. (i ni'l been dil'-rmined. Ml' Baine.' .-dated on th(- wil- i!i S', stand that sh-- was hit on 1K(- il'.n b-.' Mr Cannon with his fust .'.r,d lha; she w.is later hil on thi- f(,u he.'id with a be(-r h(»tt!e and knocked down and that .she was hil twice whih- on the floor. Sie \Mi.s lifted frt-m the fkxir by Mr.s. Adlein Peltiford and liiken to !ur home. She wa.s later tak«‘ii to the hospital, :;he stattd. Cannon Charges Insult Mr. Camion on the stand stated that Mes Banre.s insulted him by addres.sing him as "sugar” an.i that he orden-d her out of hi.s >tore. He also .staled that Mrs B.'ines att«-mpted to hil him and ft-ll upon the counter inflicting the wound.s she bore. Upon cross examination by at- l'. ney Fred J Carnage. Mr, Can- lum adiniited il would have been impo.ssible for Mi's. Barnes to have fallen upon h- i head and iiiflieting the wounds which sle- bud on her head. He stated that lu- did not know Mr.s Bartus and that he did not recall having t-ver seen her b(- fore the a.ssault. Mr. Cannon stated that he did not waiit any familiarity with "niggers" and that when Mrs. Barnes called him "sugar” he objected. Lawyer Carnage objected to the word “nigger”. When Mr. Cannon persisted in calling Mrs. B;:rnp.s a “nigger" her attorney again objected and appealed to Judge Paul F. Smith to inform Fu defendant that the word Ne gro is pronounced knee-gro and not nigger. Another interesting and distur bing incident in the trial was ths outburst of H. F. Cannon opera tor of a store on South Blount St., that if his brother had assaul ted Mrs. Barnes he had a right ito do so. Judge Paul F. Smith rapped for order and the case con tinued. When the trial was over th>- brother went back into the clerk's office to justify his open statement that his brother had a right to hit Mrs. Barnes and Judg«* Smith told him that he had tried the caee in open court and so far as he wa.s concerned the case wa.- closed. Mr. C.nrnage asked the Judge to convict Mr. Cannon of the charge and make the penalty suf ficient to protect womanhood , frohm menica asaults. He refer- j red the court to the record of Mr. j Cannon which showed that he had jbeen convicted as following: Jan uary 15, 1936 for receiving stolen gciod.«!. November 5, 1937, larceny and sentenced to 60 day.-; in jail. August 2. 1938. speeding and op erating and auto without license, fined $10.00 and cost: September 13 convicted for threatening a cost and Di-ccmber 19 of the same state witness, fined $25,00 and y ar convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon fined $8.55. In May of 1939 he was convicted of an affray and .sentenced to 30 days suspended. His last appear ance in the city court, proceeding hl'i arrest for the assault on Mrs Barnes was in 1946 when he was convicted for selling vine an.l beer on Sunday. In this case he ,war convicteij and sentenced to i.six months suspended. Mr Carnage stated that his ab- ,sence from the court from ’3p to '46 was due to his service in the i United States Army and not be- ; cause Cannon had reformed. I BAPTIST MINISTERS INBTITUTB ; AT MOREHOUSE ATLANTA (ANP) — A four-day I institute for Baptist ministers, spon- ! sored by Morehouse College and I the Amreican Baptist Horr.a Mission I society, was held at Morehouse last i week under the direction of Dr ' George D. Kelsey, director of the I Morehouse School of Religion.