North Carolina Newspapers

rurr ~inr r-n- TTinrr rt ~rrm i't Tfe-Tf* - ; rff ‘f'-'r** w, ■■> .nm *■*•!■« in i mm, m-i hi -i i *»«umi ■■ .trWMt.whMa. •**.*»>**-,ti. -n«t^»«CTTnft-iiTr J CRITICIZE FBI IN GA. LYNCH CASE\ m f .... - - - - - - - m-inrnrm- —- —n n i ■irniiiiin ■ ~~r nrrrt- --■- - Criticisms Thrown at New York Times On Mob Trial ADOPTS POLICY NILE! GH— Th** S-! xeeotii*■ iraitu* of thf North Carolina uatsioa ot- Interracial Coop on adopted it •.latemr/jtt - m '» and policy rtUtinif to nation i>[ "sort 1 spots" in the -d States as a drainer,!.! > ai tsiojj here Kou<la>, »*•# jjv'm-.i cnaD-iMfe tUai "pro pf.rtMMtat.e |truVi>i«iii in public L ‘.jilal-. it;.*- us tiaaSsiUiii N>r,i» du..tor-, on Uie itai'i, tuul use oi (jJi.aiiiied Negro public iM-altb JHiiur- arid social tt'wVfs will aid the health »! our people as well a* she health of oar dcKsmc}'-" SAILOR BEATEN; REFUSED LEAVE NAACP’s Fight Aided By Jewish Group Gift CONVICTION BT CIVIL RIGHTS LAW HAILED BT WBL vV~- - ' ‘ ' ■ * L I NEW YORK • WDL 1 The sue- j oe.sti’ui prosecution under th«- fed- i \J i . , /y;U- (cl V-, fcl.i (i V:Ci A.. Grew.-, constable of Suwsne-e Coun t.r, FT, rid® was bailed by the Work tr*;T< Tifijf iaitf ct- T .jtio aj x a -Art I** **-,;.*» -if., s ■- - -- -- » - «*-v *** va *v CUV» UW | Tamer .Smith, chief ol the civil j rights s*c-tieu th the Department of! J tit Lice Crews wa» eunvicteu of beating A MeFadden. Negro farm worker with a pistol and cow whip Dhtil be wae iarcec to !e*j# into tot | Su waiter river, wiiere be drowaed. I .s&'■■ :sV»a;j»?ay l ,- nuv •• A , S ... 1 ■v*. a*. *3-. Aa»urv«• txw-sed t>.. c'f the *r. 4 -cin- ♦ , iriiCe under uW ,t»w mm pear i end SI,OOO fine. Crews fe appealing! fbe decision While characterizing the maxi-1 sauna uenlence as -dj-spr • .portivnate-! i>’ light in contrast to sentences fori Violations of other laws," Morm ! .VJLlfivani, national WDL secretary wi ote Smith "The fuel that Crews! was convicted may well serve as a 1 *v, -t s're 1 , to ether southern civil! lights Jaw violators. ’ He added. T ■ nope die suecestul outcome of this j ca-,e will ~-nc'..wage you in prose cuiiou ol Use Lake County sheriff '■ who fractured tbt* skull of Mad? i Frayar in arresting him early last .Year." Cmi-G-. v.. ... ,v*i. ; v.^.. 4.1.. timr ■Jiit-j ;n i Gvv.im,t ui*vt tJsi-cru ug. w rbat the Frayar case would go soon to a federal grand jury. Lumberton School Strike Winds Up I.UMBEKTON—The strike us students of Thompson Institute ano Redstone Acadeia* was called otf s’ a meeting of the Parc-nt-Teacher 1 Association here Tuesday night and • she students scheduled to return lo 1 class Vednesday morning. Guy Bui Sock, advisor lor the : Youth C uncil ol the NAACP. said; the decision 10 end the strike was • reached arfier county commissioner: ; RACE EXCLUDED; ! J!M CROWED IN i VA HOSPITALS | By JAMES L. HICKS NNPA Hlstii Writer WASHINGTON. D. C - In twelve Veterans Administration i hospitals colored veterans are not admitted at all except in cases of emergency, and of 10,812 colored veterans hospitalized m other VA facilities as at August 31. 4,878 orj nearly 50 per cent ware receiving medical care under Jim Crow con-; ditions. a Veterans Administration j report showed last, Friday Os the 4,379 veterans hospitalized j under Jim Crow conditions in iwemy-one VA hospitals located in sixteen states and the District of Columbia, 2,0*0 were being treated! at the all-colored at Tw~ j kaget, Alabama, the report disdos-J «*■ The twelve V A hospitals known j to refuse admittance to colored vet. -1 cioji.' except m eHiHiiciufciec <ai>t I'ji- j eated at Legion, Texas: Outworn! ; Kentucky; Augusta,’ Ga.; Gulfport, j Mississippi; Lexington, Kentucky; j Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Amarillo 1 Texas; Eiioxi, Mississippi; Payette- j vllle- Arkansas; Montgomery, .Ala ; Heno. SS-zVMtu, and Atlanta. Use. Although the twenny-one hospitals tCtartirued ou back paga) t . . . _ / ' ' •_ 1 ’ ■ '• Tup a dnr tYt a NT £ li-Xi V-^^^ix xXN d-i • ,d.:v ; 'd - ‘ viVd i' ______ , In, n n ,iii mm uni iunr-ir"■rmrric n nrm.Tri uinir«n«i > inm «niMi,..«« .mn ~r r inm»in ifimn-irii th-t n- -y-m r-ifrmn«] «iij-i ■mu n.n irniin irinrnim-irr rtr- -ni »!>'»■»■o^>. J .Mir l .j,. ¥QWME KKYI \<> jfi SATUSD t OCTOBER LF,H d. NORTH CAKOLiNd PEICE lt NEW YORK - On the Jewish NV.v y.*ar. day spent by Jews tne world over more m irjovu’ning than rejojenag for tho> • ot their brefb• j who art -fal! oeiiig sofpvciod to ! urnoio tiumli.-itica and suffering in tlieir search for a place to lay i!.<A Iwads. » letter came to the NAACP J'toru an American member of that | minority who understands what . p : pression and loss of treedc-ir. hao : meant k> his people througb the ’ long years of recorded history. Said i Rabbi Milton Steinberg, ot New ; York: ISs endvsed C-ck loi $25 : resents a persona! contribution n vny part made on the occasion ol ' the Jewish New Yeai and in expm ] MOii ui 'iu,y iap|>i eviiiuOf j ’.>S v'OtiJT j vajien! fight oi. behalf of Negro j Americans, wbicfi is. in effect, a fight or. behalf of ALL American-. My sole regret Is that the sraouni of the check could not ce larger ” mvmSLtSGQES \mmmmc j WASHINGTON D C. •.NNPAI - The Virgin Islands is one of the ; few places today where democracy ]ic actually being practiced under j the American flag, Goveronr Wit- I iioifi *■> .rsa-Lic ol l:io v a gin I-iaulc ! decuuc'i here last. Tuesday. ! Addressing the tinrty-thud an* ’ novi AEiaut* Day v-fe bra tiers os ~.c ! National Alliance of Postal Em pi‘jy< ;s ~t the Joiui Wesley AML i Zion Chui'ch, G- vernor Hastie said colored people do uot realize how | terrible race lensiot m America is i until they live in * place such as the Virgin Islands. Such tensions, said Governor Has vie, Luk'tt c* vGi'i iliic- tvil. Xi\C V U giY ligands are demons i.r a ting today • Cant.ifiued on case eigfjt. had made* a slatemem that fund; are avuilabl' for constructlof; ot . new school building and a buildiny program will be undertaken vs soon as possible.’ The eight-day school strike be j i gsai October 7 in pr. test wluul was termed the deplorable condition i |of Thompson Institute and Reo-i . stone Academy ■’ bo*h of which, j ; were described at: "unworthy of hu- ! i man beings,’’ County school officials had an- ] I peakd U: the students to return j jto class and statement*' issued oy i fficials that Sid?,ooo for .construe. | tion of new Negro school bufld • '-ngs: is available and that optic.)!. ; '!!);- already been taken on w u lots ! ■■ sites for in*;: buildings, i Thompson Institute was forced j **v close completely Monday be cause of the small number c-f pu pil.-' who came to class, but Red ht-oiu: continued to operate. Bul lock said Monday that the strike | would end if the Robeson County Board erf Commissioner? would send ;i signed statement to the students pr nosing an early building pro gram at both school units. | "‘After a conference with officials I i the National Youth Council of | the NAACP/' Bullock said, "it has j been decided to caii off the sUSfee |of students at Thompson Institute ! and Redstone Academv We did this in reliance on assurances given js by the county commissioners of Robeson county that immediate im- I provements would be made in the j school facilities for the colored peo : pie in this community, and that as | soon m conditions would permit j new buildings would be erected lor l the colored schools of this city, j Ti is the view of the Council | that the strike was abundantly jus ! titled by the conditions which have i hitherto batten fully described in the press. We believe- the right-think ; :ug element of the whole people in the community are in sympathy . with us, bu ; having accomplished all that it seems reasonable to ac j iCoatinued on back page! i Happy new Khmer new year. i'.-tsiEVVI-Xi., illN.NEii FOK ; -OLONEL PARRISH Dfftcia is of !a - K*. y. 1 >- /.v.t i; » - Yetf.rauV hospital and M«U-n J-'ivld. recently boovr-ed C-i. Noel I Parrish former < otumanding of I leer at Xtiskeget: Ar«»j -Air Fit-Jf v -tii a cbmer al Dorothy Half. Parrish was dnply morel Lv the feMotatiens' and expres ''isit , j pprccigtiop t« nf'iir ;• e 5 ru;*M v. 'th ■ ances of bis confidence that tfec Negro i.« his straggle I t Integra - tbit i>ti tin: La si- «! individual merit is a worthy objective tvbicb 1:. rapidly ;:a'udng ««pj*ort Iron S. C. Officers Charged With Brutally Beating Colored Prisoner S. L .UTS TO ll, m FEOEH LAI Columbi;. b C ’..A SPj Sou Us Carolina sherijfe arid police chief; are red hot with ifit* Aepariaaeto «;i Justice, the FBI and other fedevui . officers because of charges fiied i against Chief Lymvod L. Shull yf I Bai». sburg for blinding G.aae Woos - 1 [ ares. Jr., turd charges made 2 years; ; J ago -igainsi W. a Erskine, sheriff ] (ti Anderson count.}*. A campaign to bar FBI •.*•• * and other fecierrl oil. A..i:. meetings at state and local . ; c Inver* wx-' underway Wednesday Jj a proto ir. solutions being tiled 1 with Gw. Rim some J. Williams ul S ulh Carolina t-ougresatnen. A«- ]ot .oi' campaign is to ra.se- lunar {tu defend Shull, who state officers' ' f assert was ‘acting m discharge of i hi» duty” by blinding Woodard ! Leader of the attack on federal j officers war Sheriff H. H. Jesses of! Dorchester sereniy, While guarded statements of criUcua® were made ! by most Mate sheriffs and other : office) s in a .special meeting here ' ’ this week, all supported Jesse.v stand. Th . South Carolina oific'rris - charge. ‘The office of the attorney general of the United Slates has in- i • stemmed into matters which we, as ■; c; ace officers oi the. state of South : {Carolina, feel are purely local and . | which should be handled by our ! local enforcement agenciecs and > j courts.’ i “Southern Justice Stands ; Up ,J , Says Northern Paper : .New York- (AJJPj ■ Criticising! ■ the New York Times editorial .>r» I 5 the Tennessee mob trials, C. B ) f Baldwin, lornier Farm Security ad-; f mioistrator, assailed the paper’s at- j titude pointing .out the fcHades in! 545, rejssoning ' | The Times bad said trial “Negroes j ? in the upper south can still expect | e approximate justice from an alii j - white jury" under f.h*> rar.Linry j i ‘"Southern Justice SGmds Up." t ‘Those at us who have studied! i race tensions it. the youth realize] -1 that real democracy will not com.* to that section ot the country over- j ci.i.t ”<*«./*« ii s*l ii,4i G T i h r *?*jii*t ihctif. liberal Americans. frost rev.’ <se.tii.ef*- ’eft t« Dr. J. W. ( liens uit. dirert.«r. In fiuilUe Paralysis center, M. Carupbe ii. agricuitu re e xtensioa leader; I.t fits. .H. 1. Harrows, m-w PS#!* a«d T at tin* institute. (’.#! Parrish; A. L litber, assls ;*; Cite j.! < fill aiid t-*ast ■ ?. H Jf. ‘rgaoprec & Dr. G. C. linmche, I « VrterahN bospßai; I. A, Potts, dfreetor school of agTicaltwre. Bwt row standin:. it-fi to right; David W. Hazel, sdiwl o r -i!ueatiw: i\n Key C W Kell.v. SaLUDA, S. C. ANPj -■ Wlra- UiUsctis her,.-. »;cens-ed over the re porsetl brutal hefting c-f Leo» Boy;; by Jo;-ai and state otitir r.-. hav* yp petied to the departnvtm o* justice and Hu NAACP nati.mal office icr aid. li 3 .. : Cite : !::.y ‘ !.C tb t-USU.' ON JURY WINSTON-SALEM— Five Ne groes, the largest number ever to sit o» a jury in Forsyth County Superior Court. Monday heard tmiaumy 1b the trial p( * whit. i*Wt ttdi«B director and them y><y-''v i! ’• ! been st~ , . . ... K) of whom were Negroes, with little ■rfifl'icuity. Philip Unfit, the union direc tor, and the three Negro defen dants face charges of resisting an officer as a result ©J a distarb moe at the Fiednoot Tobatxio Company plant here Aagush 28 N. €. COLORED si IHOOLS HAVF 1.01 RATINGS RALEIGH—OnIy m of the 1. 76 K Negro elementary and nigh sch.•ole in North Carolina elevated by the State in 2946 met the minimuni standards 'istublished by the Slate Board of Education so, an accrcd ited public school, av-ording to the • Contir.ufed on back page) j night. Ye; this does not mean that j * we can let up one whit in our «f- i | forts to hasten that day, or in the j ■ mean while condone decisions such ] I as this one and praise ‘approximate ’ I 'usijceV’ ssdd Bakdtvin. Twenty-five Negroes were tried j •by m aii-whito. jury tor « crunk i {that taabiaseci observers have laid at j ! the doorstep of the while local of- j | iicr-ls. Are we f/> be fh»t 5-2! ; innocent roon were declared to no- j ’ cent and only two innocent me,": 1 sent to s*@? j Cm we be jgot at a trial wiucr* i ■J- ? KVI si l> I' i i- J'a i-ftv?-* u «inel Jfe o **.+ r ‘- < Jitireh. E. tV. Raaisey. director, r-itrmieieini dietetics; K R. Mtoteo. Jr. imrchasiiig agent: U. Cecil White. KOl'C; Dr. J. \ Kennedy. Vet-- bospitai and Local NAACP; G. 1.. Vi'asbsna'ttm, former manag er oi itlolen died; C B I.ove, Phi Bda :ih-sUii iratetmity, CIMtrWH i' i >;.■■«mj», artist, I>.pi. A. 5, Nee s |v. ,i.!y«ar?i asiittr-iatifiß, J, J. I •««! pers«*jrme'i di-rectcil’: '|>r. Joseph I!. Kerry, %'ets iiospitai and %.%< I* and T. vV. .tone*, acting dtreciu-r. .school <sf mecbanicxl indanstrioh. ( an'P* ne-it'rtjTMint. the i’iiit’fis ssvfM' 1 Ts- in bor;: anont; vl'hosa are high r. -a;; Jt county 02lit:aab - said that thy ofi'iCt'. n t uk Hyrffl out vt LiM' local jail two weeks ago. spirted turn into wooded section several ;n: 1* *>:; «f iown and beat him v >- ■ a idmitted to u housetarMUunf j uarge ter which he v.a> a nterneed lu f'S'.j: years C© the Saluda county chumg'.mg last week rrfur pleading; "guilty" when anamged in court The e mplaim says that the two luda county grand jury eJtananed wounds on Boyd's body and war convinced they were ‘nflieted in the -'"Mi;,.., Boyd expipmod wfie also denif a vigorotusly kno’vledge ol tb*’ charge but said be had to admit it it. ordet to save hi- life. The omju -3 solicikoi however, thi complaint said, refused t-o handle the case which left the grand Jury power icy and hutsg on what action u> The cilistens said a white man, sJet.Ufisd as Broadus Bcwt, was liii'O taken by officers from the ial and beaten several weeks ago in sm.ila-r fashion They asked that my act., i: taken in- brought through federal tx-uri and sta&p that white willing to coc.triDute tv the success ■ ... ease. ihey wistaod to *»•.»*** srow«yjTKM» '.*’;he.r'wisc out o: few fat- their own safety s-c.i-.'da Is i:< miles- isnrttr- of Bate*- burs, whose chief of police. Lvn wood L. ShuU. i s being prosecuted Dy the justice department t r uiindisi'i veteran Isaac Woodard. Jr Two years ago, federal court' convicted W J. JErskine. sheriff us Anc rson county, on a charge of heating a colored pris u ne>- wus in the words of the Times edi torial. conducted in a calculated •atmosplierr of Bilboism"’' Does southern justice ‘meet, its test' wr.«, it places on trial the victims the Negroes -■ and is unwilling to p]a>*« m similar jeopardy the ag gressors. in this case members of the white community? ‘Of course not. And many south erners will be ffce t.r ■! to teil you | that when their justice finally doer j stand up, it will not be at the ex | pause- of two innocent men or is ! a hysterical Jim ccow atmospatu*,'' NAVY DEPT. DENIES RtFORT WASHINGTON. 3-'. C. •NWA. 1 hi;' Navy Dejuartmet-i x , . ■diser-Alited a report that a -sick ;3» • ;■ ar Id colored soilo, had : I ixt;. with , (lob at if;; a ..‘i.'kxo . villi- iiz>ybl Air station o>;d j permission tor two ci to <. n-.«-r too 1 - ’-ek :o;,-v Nh vy Heod-uertf'.- h • ■ said x 4 'i- : :;; had been w-rl * ,Jaoks-a;- : •••ii'e coLlki;-; for a lull report on to ’ .'Ratter sir t-hiit aul’iofiUes aft* r j btyipistiooiog the r*-porter as to hi.-1 ; rouroe oi aii’urrnativu bad otco t id l.« couMT.it. their teoypkai record? Accordin'.; to reports, <m Sept so., her 14 the sailor w?s j-etoi red to xw brig .’: jfii the iiospitoj, wuerr he had been tr; : ated for r’tvfi s. Guards attempted to punish iii« sailor by making Jli.fi< rao n; o cir <-r«. nri v‘rr, £ 'e 'ot rrroj ref *j av! far' s'Osina mat he was sick., they bet • ; lias with EfL'bs about the stomach. I • Aiss c.'Ki buttocks, ii was r ported. Sobbing in great pain, the sailor , 4: id '0 be take- to to. sick bay out vie; • not permitted to r.o lor two daye j( was said It was also :•£- • ported that he was tvfusod permis , iju;; to ':ek will: the oificer . f ;«v ’ i day at I*.. U.uu- ■ Jew. 5 ■■ , SEEK TWO WHITE ASSAILANTS OF EDGAR BROttK LOS STGF.LES ;ANF” Do* ■ Anpitf r>oii.cc tune an the ioekeui [ ■ t , 'wo white mem be j .*• oi' he Amu - : j k;r.n 1. -gi u al the r-iquest of San j i Francisco police. Tier men Waiter* i Shaw, of Wabash. It id., and A a.: | Harris, Indianapolis, aye fortnail.v ; i chained with having led v gong at- ; ! tack on Edgar G Brown, diverter i 1 o* list- National Negro Council | Charges of assault and battery ‘ i were filed against the two men tel j j a list of "John Doer. ' as the;; *•- | conitKiccs b.v Brown cot Oct be: 4.1 | appearing pc-/ swialh in fss< districl ! '. ilorney'; office. Hi * eh’ the .;J- j hi- • .tu-j that during the Am. • u-.«n | i! e ion National can vein i-n lit j end other member* of the council j had made request? end demands Mbct'&e Legion take rction against 1 some of the injuairvs u» jvt-sr cjh i Veits protest ’he Jin./ting "t Key o ; ;:r;h*tiT;snfs in the army 3Cite . eet jOn tits closing day toej£ had bc-ets j Sa,!EOfein;t!u*; it: front lof Legion! ! headquarters when he «n.-- : singled j j oui and set upon toy the >nobbts'r ! ' T-jcv knocked him do#«. tore at i banner (rum his hands desi. •ay j led it, dragged him a c »side cable | { distance tore his eloft. and i» ! ! jurtb hiEJ painfully. ! It i* because tJast by Crdifornh. j I i»w. more titan two men are con- ! : sidci ec « mob. fisc dragging any | j one a specific i&4_ dist-uac-: ttinik a j ! simple hattc-ry case into a kidnap- i ; iiig, that S?*n police axe anxious to capture Brown's at tackws. Members of Browns' of ran imation there reveal U;&i !:ii-; als>- • plan to sue the nalioaul boat' 4 i t.h;- American Legion for damages : j Brown look an activ-? par! arßOii;- ; ! the delegates, to the Security Con* • j ferenee in San Fryntfst-o yea j ago WAKE ill CLUBS TO lIOIJD ANNUAL pr<m;r am Wake County 4-H Club members with tbelr parents as guests, will ’ observe toeir animal 4-H Crab! Achievement Day Program Wed-1 nasdav. October 30th. The one day i affair will be held in the Green- ‘ teat Chape! <ai Shaw University, I Baleigh. The sixteen 4-H clubs oi i tbe county are making plans to at- 1 tend in a body, in company with i Their teachers and 4-H club lead-' i-ers. ■ «i ""■j-fj Aside from the. regular program, \ many awards and cash prizes will j ! oe made to 4-H club bays and girls whose project activities have been i i outstanding during trie year. Clue j i members having tteee outstanding ' ' work will be declared Project tCfiQUzcued ssn bat's ' # t'wiffi •-?•*»<»» Ma» < 'hi tort Pwwell militant Joe of the KKK aud The southern white sMprcma c»jl» will ebaiS<-»g« the KJan mi Huge Reward Falls Td Aid Case Ending Washin.e.t'm TALP’ Nalion »l .critfe-ism was directed l a '. viofck at Aim Federal Buivuu <• lrvestigati»--n tor its failur-. t-.- solve the July 25 lyncbajgs oJ' \wv Negro ctiuple.s in Monro- . KjlaA . An '«*djtoriaJ in the Pit!.- bur ah Ccurie!, one of the largest wee,; lie.-, wcmderel "how so many do ARMY ACCEPTING omly mm of wan .school \ «v Loris tAvrrnm i <. .■ siif \' VT y Si-m screU-r WASHINCION. V C. Th.. ■•-d'dio:. by th-.- -i -->it i.- .... s. j>vt? St;", ic-* ft-r ihe : e;na;.ii let ttlv;* <* >r WaV< s A rmy closed tc- cok.-;>>i,3 vixstfeu •\< - ; ' <!'.■■■ ii-.-ki to;;!, Kch<; .djjje-iTias The -lUesii-jii -jJ iviielhei to abv« - ‘T'.KKinuod on t-j-k sage- Jewish Congress Fights To Outlaw All Klaus i KEVV iOziti iANP> - The Affisr j v.:i! Ji-v,: congress through ii* |•• jtunii>*k>ri on,law and »> •rial ruction, ] »rked iiit govenior.-- -aid axtei n;.-yr ! '.--I'lCraj of 12 stutei in ;>uiiaw' ii;t ,Lu jKiux BLian and to revoke their j jn rter. it was announced this week ? iroilar rrijue.-'i bar eorjc to U S. Aliy. Gen. Tors Clark for aufei bit- federal action. six feWttc have ■■‘.J J,.Jtcu ac 'ion against the klan along ihn - i ad'- ttsUed by ’he Amei-scan Jewijm i j congress. | hi Calif mis New- York, and j Kentucky, uihmu the request of the j respective states' attorneys-general. 1e- ;i: I order? linve alreaCy bc>Mi oli d-aiiifl dissolving tin i;KK. In C; or < ;iia and Hew Jerat-y slnuiar court ; action* ha»t- been mshiutixi by th -’ ; attorneys gjaieral and are now pe-id - ir, Peitii»y'rv,;.!i:,,: the state jxo \ Slice aier itas been | yxe-UM! i»y me goverjuu U> I'ivai: . a j c inpiete invostigaiiou „f Uu Ida;;' 4 | S (.-.!iv3iiei?. "This actioi; in n tew states ; while significant, is insufficiei.:." ' : Rabh; Irvin.t- Miller, c’naii-ruan of ; the executive conutiittee of ih" Aaaerican Jewish cungvens, wrote to j the 42 other state oflieers. WHESm FOR BATING MAN DURHAM Tv-; white man have . been arres'Pted ir- connection with 1 the .-evert beating of C. B. Nixes; ] ] who sustamed » fractured akull and iif m serious condition in the iios- i a. ■ Sherritf E ( : Behrfi rev t ail - ; ed Friday. ! The men—John Thomas Blalock j : und George E. Tik'-ry, botn ol ’ Rougemount. admitted boating Nix- j 1 on. middle aged school exirdiaatyr,! | who had gone to Rougemount 2b i j miles jiom r.erc. in ?s> effort to j j nu-chasc meat tm tois school lunch- j ! rooms, according to Beivin, tout be- \ ■ r : >t*s- of NixonV c-. ivir::; foU-ow-] ing the attack he could make no | : -.iaxement. and charge? to be later < filled against tbe defendants have j i not been determined , Nixon "go! into and argument | ; with suave white men" when tot j -attempted to purchase tbe scare:*-! 1 meat for the schools or; Friday, j October ft, tout officcers have just i 1 reveal toe case,. ! nt s r vuj>ds be Ait pea r .a i !i( ,edicrn Vniith Le^- Wi»tor<* in Odzntaa. S. C. irfi Cvtofen-r is. U-ctivi s could have tailed to us»- covei one siqgl« clue. '"How is it," ti'H- pa-jx-r askt-el. "that men v-ho .'raid catch the most elu sive criminals are unable to L i.ck ayv, n a jew oacK-county (J co r-g ie in u rde rs ?'' Not even the. $42,000 reward have beep able to help tlie FBI uneajS r the iyncheju, v/ho are said to have threatened wcaiid b. informers with violent re prisal?. including death Hand; ■cooped RBI agents are now wait ing for the "heat" to subside, it was learned, and report reluc , tj*nce of witnesses to give info: n ction to "the feds." The FBI iia:s not ieduced the £&■ pi ftf sgtfftf* "&} Mrm xix And has been ordered ty Atiy. Gen, Tom Clark to "stay with the case until it is solved," Periodic reports of the agents’ progress in the case are sent to Pies Truman, generally accom panied by J, Edgar Hoover's eon ficeace in its eventual solution. Department of Justice officials < dint to comment or criticistn of then agent’s fail are or report ojj the progress of their invest; ■ •Continued on oaek page; ••Outknved in vac state," Rabb* miter 'v:oit, "the center of KK*S th.will be shitted to snathe? ■ ;iU li substantial progrtv • is te he in the struggle to out law die spread ol racial and religi «... hacted practiced by the Ku Klux KSan, the law enforcement . agencies oJ )! the states must take |: ppropnate action to remove the , cloak of legality under which the t kl.vi cominuef. to function.'* ALA. GOVERNOR REFUSES TO 0,1. REGISTRARS Montgomery, Ala. CAMPS j Gov. Chaunee.v Sparks replied j last week to the request ol the Tuskeget- Civic axasocialion to cuusid-i.r appointment of qu»ii iu'd Negro election registrars by declaring that will never be done “while I am governor.** Expressing opposition to law j suite against registrars. Sparks said “boards of registrars should be given judicial powers to pro b et then- members from lawsuits such as the one now pending ; against two former Macon county registrars ’’ He was referring to i tin. $5,000 damage suit filed, by i William P. Mitchell, which is |now pending ia the United States j Supreme court. Mitchell filed the suit because ,thc two former election registrar's { refused to register him on racial j grounds. He has asked iox a do '’Continued on pack page) 1 FIRST LADYHOST ITO MM MEETOb ! ! WASHINGTON. D. C <NNPA> ~ • Member*, of the National Council of ;Negrt> Women who attend Its ns | tionai convention in mid-Novum- I ber will be received by Mrs. Harry !*?. Truman at the White House at M a. to. Wednesday. JfoVMrbgg iS- The call at the White House in in. line with the laeuu of the con vention, which is “American Woro -1 vn Look to Their Government/*