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STATE BOYS TO TESTIFY IN CARAWAY TRIAL;
cimc niiDDvniirrcn
wUliii I ICU
AMt CONFERENCE
REVISES RULES
Little Rock (ANP) Deb
mined to end this factional spin*
on the higest. ieevte that lies
'‘csr several months embarrass
their denomination, delegates
the soecial A. M E. General eon
feienee voted Friday to expel
Bishop E. H. Curry on so u r
counts after Bishop Sims had
previously been ousted.
(Continued on back page)
NC Baptists Stir Status Quo
★ ★a***** ******* ******* ** * * * *
Murders In Charlotte Continue
Charlotte Crime Upsurge
Frightful To Citizenry
With 28-yetu old Schuyler 'i ate, of ;>J.h y
Street, buried Sunday a.ftu funeral M-rvice ai Ebenezer
Baptist church, and Mrs. Sarah Reid of Renner Street,
Having been taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital Satur
day evening with two bullet wounds in her nook, Cher
lotto s newest upsurge of crime continues to frighten local
citizens. Young 7ale, a recent dischargee from the Mar
ines, was brutally mauled and beaten to death last
Wednesday midnight, shortly after he had been seen on
Carmei Street with a gir! allegedly named Margaret Jeter
9} Beatty Ford Road, and William N. Robinson, of 1031
East I hin! Street, whs arrested and ebarged with the
enntie. Meanwhile, thieves continued to pillage, and the
Brooklyn Drug Store, '122 East Second Si red , was broken
into and a juke box was pried open and the coins taken
On South Caldwell Street, as the Black Hornet* Poolroom
an mfori was made, unsuccessfully, to enter the buildine.
family. Officers A. M. Houstop
fend James Ross answered ih e
first call for police, a.ftai- Tale
had been struck down in the
street in front of trie Mount
Carmel Baptist church, and the
beating was in progress. A jag
• * • Tale Killing
Shocks Biddieville . .
7’he beating of Tate to death
Indict Three
Columbians
ATLANTA (ANP'i The Fulton
Comity Grand jury last week re
turned indictments against threi
leaders of Columbians, Inc., anti
Nefs m and anti-Jewish organ!?, a
ti»n. on charges growing ou' of ra-
C-oal disturbances in various section;
‘"of the city.
James R Childers. 17-yeor-oid
youth, who was bound ovei for
grand jury investigation by City
Recorder A. W. Calloway, was in
dicted for rioting, a felony, in con
nection with the beating of Clifford
Hines, a Negro.
Emory Burke president of the
Columbians, and Homer L. Loom*
secretary of the hate group, were
charged with misdemeanor offense;;
usurping police authority m
fi/e separate counts
, Specifically, Loom;;- and Burkr
•were charged with using $-,• lice tar
|tics to patrol areas on Garibaldi i
®4nd Form wait Streets, borderline
housing areas; conducting an in
vestigation of an alleged attack on
a white woman, and warning a Ne-j
gro resident against disturbing a |
white Garibaldi Street resident
In a resolution, adopted unani
tnously Monday, the Atlanta Junior :
Chamber ot Commerce pledged its
full support to efforts io combat 1
the Columbians. Inc. and denoimc
ed the organization as seeking to
‘incite racial and religious hatre ■
end violence strangely similar to
that spread abroad by the Nazi par-
MINISTER DRAGGED FROM
PULPIT, THROWN OUT
BOOR BY FLOCK
LOS ANGELES (ANP)
Members of his flock are guil
ty of the social error «f Hrae
jrtnjE him from his pulpit to the
chureh door, all the while, beat
ing and kicking him, the Her.
Bon C. Stephenson, pastor of
the First Church of the Deliv
erance, charged in a suit fer
battery in Superior cowl.
Only the arrival of the police
at the door saved him from far
ther annoyance, Stephenson says
in his charges against; six mem
bers of the congregation ask
ing $50,1011 damages.
. • ■ ' . ■ . - ‘ .. 1
VOL! ’ME XXV!, NO, 2:'
1 ■ * “K .
continued a prune subject, of dr
cussion m the Biddieville nr -
| tten, when- the young married
'man was well-known. Ns was his
feed rock weighing nearly 25
pounds was the death weapon,
and ]i is reported that Tate’s as
sailant must have .sat astride the
' *.tuium on b.i'l pagei
iy of Germany.’' ■>
( opr of the i 'solution ’.yew
Gov EL'e Ar'uiSl, Arty Gen.. <
ri ! .- k. \t.. Milvoi Wi! (
i--in p, Hartsficld md Chief of «
Folk" ivl. A. Hornsby. •:
■ Ai‘y Gnu. Dan Dus• t
; filed the -uit against the H-•»•• '
group n oiTi'.js from Gov. Kill, !
Arnal!
'Continued on bark pan- i
Va. Bus Lines
Still Seg’gat’g
N. Y. SENATOR
SUPPORTS ANTS
BILBO MOVEMENT
Albany, N. Y. (NNPA) Sen
ft or -elect Irving M Ives derla; -
:ed last Wednesday that lu? would!
i support “any constitutional pro
cess” by which Senator Theodovr
.M. (The Man! Bilbo, Democrat, 1
iof Mississippi, can he barred
jfrom the United States Senate
Pointing out that Bilbo could
jbo prevented from taking hi"-
• Fs'&i for the six-year term begin -
: ning January 3 by a simple ma
jority vote, while expelling him
; would require a two-thirds vote,
he expressed the belief that the
Senate was approaching the mat
ter in “the sound way.”
"I hope terrifically,” Mr Ives
said, “that they get enough on
Bilbo to get rid of him constiiu
tionaly. He‘s a menace, that fel
ls? wis. He’s a disgrace to the
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Wi-ii-'.K KVfr-'O SVI s 'Blow. NOV.!,.YIP, I,R 20, J'lW B.M-IGGH '- f * i' ll* BAI.’OLINA
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GETS FIRST 1946 t ABVER
CHRIST* AS SEALS
Or. William ta> Sehicffc'b’.,
chairman-emeritus of the board
of trusters os Tuskr<_■<•»• institute
received (hr first dv . i «f
IV a .fmt-ion Farvst fTut .(mu.,
sra!-, tf l iln a liiiu.ll drive
f«*r (he hem-fit < i fi*'orgr VVitsdi
fUil'Pi fliuiifiiT 10*1 .ll
Tnskrgre Institute The ,- i < i.
p-ui imtH h\ the I arv"r
<.«iniii;,si 1(1) of Vrv= Volk
l if;, vs 111; h i. I of -i:id
ii ili-. ;i»i»l fonmri -;(i)iic|ifs o!
‘f S#; .( 1 1 !| f.i rvli-niSiri o ;
fill- iimiiltr*- air, ?e 1
>•# .■ fnoliiidi S\ ;V(yerb, .io!*.in
Tliiiir,.i |i; r ,idi n!; Vi: iini-
Ann , mi;, tii .Mir!. ,»mi J’ercua!
! { iii 'irtt. «.•!<••• pri .iiffoi (ANT)
R K’-HMON ii. Va.- MNJ •A > A i
though the United States Supreme
: our! tia.■ derda'ccJ invalid stale
i .ibn-cro” laws rcquii'rtg the seat
ing of colored pa;;; -enger; ;n ov
A ' l - 1 ' of tins s tii in! r rrf.;‘i trav-A
; bo Uf)s• ■:is' operaUit the
, -'out!i continue o attempt v- *-r
--1 force such rare ' em ! ’gatton through
company regulations with the me!
ni Mute c'.ur!;
Tie latest in id'ni involved ■>m
i nci W. Tucker, of EmtKiria, Vir
. jgima. a ltd -year nltl lawyer aptl
I i formet Army inajce who wa-.
. i f'-und guilty in Police Court it pro
• ! November jP fur creatine a din
, j turbance on a bus by refusing in
| move to iinoth r -rat when ordered
Ito do so by (he inis operator
II Hi- convict a m was based on a
•51 provis" n in (be Virginia Code
- j which nmi'. '; i>. a misdemeanor lor
• j anv person to as use any unnec
i j essary disturbance in a public co»
, j v y anise by tailing to move to an
• ! olh i scat when lawful!;.- erred
i to do so by thr operator.
Justice Carletcm E. Jewett im
?! posed trie minimum fine -;f sb. and
1 ! Mr. Tucker was released on Sltfi
• I bond - when he noted an appeal
- j Mr. Tucker, a veteran of fiv
j years' service as an Army officer,
(Continued on back page)
Charlotte Firm Involved
In Senator "Bilbo Fix”
' •-* rri in i l >»j lov £; O c- •>r . on
?• true lion Comp-vv. ; c:
■ f Kcn-M'-v r -' : K! Biloxi. Miss.
TV- new3pripn i' <,ar> . ‘'Briefly
Mir rrpoii fiiiho v:\Ci> iH’ " ’
ir.rM.rnmeiM «l in tuo .•! fixed f
;!■ $285,000 loffethrr sit I i n $11,715
-••‘ s o co.n.M- i' t nwarrlrd Nriv
t.oo - G LMiii foii! •? fn .Hal-tir.t’ou t%
Mii'-js.,; Moi iTry • Knosi CoTist.rucl» n
Coin pan;. Cbyv-l mi, 'vl: ■,
;»nrl Mr ,L A Jonf*. l ruetioo
Let Us Give Thanks
T.v f ( . 'TATLDfNf.
„ The d.'V ha:, u-rivcfi whi-ti each
individual th'-iHtgiioul Amc i i
, ;ho* l. l o tcrogm/.c lii; t?iri ll
.. ingf. ami cultivate a Gut* of mind,
whereby In v ill be i*- ■: criucal a
j his rwtiehours and mar opprcri
live -if the blessings that arc hi.'
a . tiHtif «n, Gbor, indur.ti y, a a
ri; ulfprc; in fad, every phase of;
i endeavor, the American peon!
.. have enjoyed, unpre-' ••■’dented f»> >.;
, pepity. Mo.' a.v ba: |v < n oienth'Mi.
. . ind pjja-'bly t<- an exter.l nevei
, before- /pcricia; ed, goer! .‘i.yigm--a!,
i has prevailed. As n result, ".avings ■
Itave increai ••*!. debts have been 1
j .paid and an a Uptime record has been
. | set by civilian;, o; ::;jf -nuirdlng : i'
ri i pturc threaten the purchase of,
. j government bonds. !
! During this period of prosperity,
I <| )f . Negro v is not eliminated. Net 1 i
} ! job.:, hitherto denied i-iiir. (le-i-ame j
available in ever increasing num !
- .bars, salary scales were lifted, new I
i businesses organized, and a nearer j
■> approach to full citizenship has been j
accorded him. In other words, right j
■ now there is more of everything j
-, for which to be thankful than at *'
i any period in oar histoiv as a race.
Company Ciivivkitsf: '. on Jm
13, 191 f. foe the ■ will'.inn (■!
K-’. :.)* {i-iok;. Biloxi. Mias.”
OU’IT • 1i..-' mcb.i-.V ->, •!.";■ -
■'take” <>! “several i’lou • .b do!
i ;<!"•' . • ro l . verunr (le i
i.uni i >.i.. ’1 liiii-o; .-.!«* milled
'.uas'-’iiiv ~r sti iiulietnieni. for eve
;-i|i; i ■ - ! ' if, e- pi y. : : ; ! i 1 ■ :;- • '
--; un, . a'’*.-’.s Gil’; It - 're Oi)' 'TV ;
The ma'.t-isai ik .said u- he now in
■ iii.it un' rommittee ai'-rc: with su.i
-stfint iaf.i|-|i< i , i’-i-nce. \ > eharge ”f.li;*i
Bill) a; ioi In ion with C‘ i n *:n
: i' tan: eontra(e->r ■, did engage in
profii;”'mu: against the government
in war-time construction.'' The
/'ini'Tu. an Vetera;)'. CoJimiiltce ;
effort,- to have the re
- a et.eri Mir-ossippiitn denied hi;
•a! in the forthcoming Cong re :•
>14,000 hi t-'iun.
Our hi- sing; ) jvc been many.
■ ii! in.'f ururiri! y'y Micro i ;i!so a
dark skin to the pictur** Although
we navu experienced an era of un
orecodi'n'cri prosperity, the growth
'>l crime in «mr mid’! gives cause
•or serious rmireni. in the Record -
•re Creirl of Durham durum ilv:
month of Oct 1 her 1,045 case' wee
with ‘>-'i llOliv:. tinus. Fines
■, mount.-d in nil fi'/H While
the percent;!}’,* of Negrocv, involv
ed ha; not baer. ascertained, it •«
safe to predict their cumber great
!v exceeded their proportion:!-. ;•
ratio ;if the city 3 population.
The drhly account:: of RVisdomeaTi
• a -11 ai crimes siuji'injiUrd by jit
vernier, and adults, and the deaths
Caused by automobiles with drunk
en drivers at the wheel, cruise on®
to ■..•.•(wider what, the ultimate out
come wilt he. It has frequently
rven ; dvocated that a Ssrson caught
drivitig an automobile while und-'r
the influence of liquor should he
dealt with in such a wary as to
definitely carl; such practices, ev
en to th" extent of setting op legal
•Continued on page five 1
i’Ui'B. 7v
RESCIND ACTION
AGAINST RACE
at jiiLun §
AsH rmu .y, rh *
C uvr-j;'Thursday ar»o •-*>
- ■>?> : o •kk tc fr'Offi y '■ ivj' » jcj '
r s S’ '‘ S-! b'*i '
{ss!. T« n- d;iy s< v i.Sii • r<md-fyn*}i>•
Church.
Th • ' vV • ' .sltCi I >•
•Js> of I'Cvy rl b ! V ihc,
m?C’h f< Rf-v. K- j Mv Bh-T’- -
of ■' 'h ,\.> • j Hiii, oother T 1 *»• > r •
Cor, -oil i "Mr ? of the
■>’ kij&.lor, i •»! of Cne ro-:i
‘S'!;*jon h;;-:J horr> r '
; r*} >,mT mad- t<» :: n;Kn- ;
co -rriioju for -neCy f
,r Os d eri ive :
hive. O r>j v - l.i, fire ’.coC- ?l rr f the
* !-. . ■ j, r.,; • r . S Co *.<• ,S IcU
if-, ire i ; ,<tint.ion
If >h-k i on oi:ri i; t y of -.{!
; *«. ' !he •-.« ' l.ioo col>''• ming
• - Cion << ,>} . 'by vCe Os {hr ir
-C;o :• -.r.r.hip :ir. U')\ ( i'i
C'>r. ooct ; m rvftr-»}j’y of kl.l belies
' who sori ■■ in for* roricjy)frh/*n
t'hr n-’h ‘joyJhiff /oust he
j ■ jCm c„| h- Ih.' Iccly of Christ
•nrf, )<. !.h'- church.
We »• i/iincnd us)iMhy of <up
unr? , ; f (''hrwt l,, ; citir.cn.s -my es
for! ‘o rqualiXi.: ho';pi‘Fixation,
■j---! i-ijj end stiffrhC Hinonif the
fn fi-srf.iftj ior. we urge
toi* 'mi.! rn,, ,irj»*»•.;}•• : i"i*y f rnnrit u<: ■
•' ;'J: rr; fI j» j;>\v: of thf‘ . '};->Lp <f
'irii !.|. ('•!;'**! i 11'{ of d'cgi'OC;, :.'ok
jj ' f«» on i lify ;r. v' !,'T’ :
A, jrj-r*,. ;j,.. «ojth Ml J ,•>;;•■ Cj.i; , j>;?n
• • th i the :;M’n c -..1 Is not
Mi' jyl, •,*■'* or?vo<•;•!*?; ' omd y.-n^cf*
•’..o' IrrCi-r’C ••.f Nfsco. Chi
<‘ f nti»m r, r| r>fi imre
Poor School Facilities
Aid Child Delinquency
BV MMK • 1... ffK'KS
NM'A Staff Writer
-VAHffINGTON. D C. (NNPAI -
ii’.idf qu-n! " : ci-.oo! plant,-, shortages
of r* ;k 1 :,ifo nit'"!- deplorable
condition* in education frequently
make ;t no -itot*- tor fin? school to
effective in curbing juvenile de
liuois* i|. r -i School and Teacher
iU .pnn ibilfty panel told Attorney
i■; aira ii Torn Clark'r National Con
>f* (•*nee r*i I,he Prevention and Con
• ai) ,if .•*■!!i»* Delmouency last
j Friday
.. ! St'itmr, that it* many t ninmnitir;-
• hildren an actually being sold
, • hurt, the •etiool panel which in
. eluded 11, its members Dr ,'iohn W.
I).i a pro id"ni of West Virginia
. : .;i ii Coll*, go; I)r. Carnet Wilkinson,
• first assistant superintendent of
; reboot f r the District of Columbia,
. a.d O Ros man Torre ..11, a teacher
ir; tpe Cincinnati J'ublir School-.
:; recommended a long term positive
community proerem which would
• recognize iiic important role that
the school can play in the proven
- ! >mn • f delinquency
The school report w:.- one of sis•
C con heard at the closing sessions of
- ; the three-day national conference
* | held in the Departmental Auditor
j ium last wek in which 1,000 dele
; gates participated More than twen
t j t.y-five colored perron? served as
1 members of the fifteen panels and
* helped to formulate their recom
' mendatlons to thr Attorney General
for the prevention of juvenile de
* linquenev.
Four responsibilities which the
Charlotte Weekly Causes
Attorneys To Investigate
/. ’ ( ■' -T's C 1 '.vo ; our*F. i
a- rjo-t -• r ; . ••• -• *-« H |
cfv i» 5 !in ? rjoi of vV.ird peer l ; (
J : i .vov ::! M, )n Long t.jyp. *. -
> yor.Ec wfuc'h beg:<r* this week, »
lie BAG! .E has lenrnod. Decision
f «< pu! Hi' young men on the stand i
, » i.< 1 4 ~iitor Jamer OK.'nald, white ,
•c - York (*ity criminal fa wye.*,
r.ijm ! » Ch arlotte in follow up ad-
NEGRO WOMEN
URGE BROAD
SOCIAL CHANGES
'.v\\*;HlN?iTON I.* : vNNP.-V
Th* '■« (Council of Negro
;n its eio ing convention |
mi . lu ll’ i: t S.-i‘ irriay n'Ton;-
nui...|cfi f ’ rjj m-tv it ion of me
■ ■ .ii ■! i: .<■! j v ..sp- '-is" of the atomic
r iircffi ■■ r«f !j uil’d Natioo
i! A i.-.cmfely to more dihgimt
iv .•••! in win Hg-reemeats rnthef
l inn r.i uin;iv*iit.s" ..rid colled on the
hit'i :> ii j‘>nal i. 'lior Orsanizwitinn :
to ret an intc; national standard for •
■ . in ’killed and unskilled!
f mil j... throcKhoot the world
On the home front the Council j
n vircd its constitution to permits
~, broader membership anvma worn* j
■ n at ip roved Wilson ••••,• i.’s N«-j
iiHn ii !;"u i tm.igratn. ciiid askfC!
S' '.-1!..-■*m ftobert K. Wnifncr. ‘ft) I
| S'. ••• . .t F'.ilender, *D» LOUIS/-
• sii.i. and fi'ibcrl A. Tnfi, 'EI of i
Obi<>. to icintroduce the Wagum j
Etif.'i-:|. i .T;.d» Hoir: ing Bill in the:
' i'lKiu.eth Congress.
The ilgi women ieiegstes «!■ e
to, the iricluaion of home •
bold ..old ;.£:«•ultnrai '.votoen >v• ci
,ri aicui .'■‘•■' Ul lty benefit t
aft‘'pled : nnnimum »■«?.' rer, oiu
tiou. demanded equal pay ‘ueu e,
Joi ■ • -111 Ki! in union eornraetr.. n.i
--■; ( .ii . v. omen workers !«>
t.•!;. h wider pru t in union adi f,
iif. approvcu ,i in year mirumu'.i
..gc foi einift empinymerit aurinn
r'liioi hour... an.-i wrote President
i i up.inu ■! eoiumemiiiig that t’ne
. ■ .■ i bi,ai.es liiuii>ius ri'i'Viit bervic
ft .. ■ <■•; 11 . ' ihnr i)enar
me;;. I" i!l,ei ItP-.l rn- !.!Tnl;.fened i. I
.' • ...ii : .S 1 (".: ity ;e>t er i.
!: i ’ re • e’T-1 j 'i; Pint. ?o 1.0“
■!, i' i' 1 , s in. eUtnitc bomn
•i i Cnnneil, ib<. capacity !n which
.1 i . to ;•- <• me un.isiu'T.ion ■
ite burnt’ i on :-(!.■( ..I yood faith,'
,■< I'iiiiy .iy "n... el .iii uit.miiiUoc !
.'OIP lin 111 .ilr.i .;. rnf"
!n rite); f. ••.t6iiiOictcHi.mil in n
V!'i for s-' ■ Mir- tv men agreed
'W‘ ;h<*ujd i)ke iu sec » greater
■■■■' i ■ .ipfiiic.'iU<>»! 111 the United
r -t.i'c'. itiriegr polfy us ftee golden
. rule "
rvi II 401 RN WAN.
i’Oi:i Vi mektim;s
:■ 'S ! iS'H /■. hlir rffaii -for
“m on die therm • Utuneiog
Hegro in fiaHig}," •*.*<• planned by
trie Men Wink fnmrolttec of 11 - - ;
! H|..(w " :; 'ii Sfi '.ni VMCA a! a
■ me-.tin.; help hc.e •■luririay after
Thf fori tie will be.;:; !): Deeili'..:
b'-r and vil) be held monthly I
n.-ieafr.’! Aecoplopflo TVs W. Akin.:
, chairman of the committee.:
d'idif ' will h< made and factual]
repot Ss Hivcn on Raleigh's health,,
cmpjnymen, housing. education,
f i.iu;simr,s. voting and child delin
■ quency.
Committpc members who attend- j
i d ok' meeting arc pre .idenf R. P,
1 Daniel, and Dean !■ p. Pavne of!
'• '-'in ' IJniVi-rsit-.y. i); !i M Bell,
A A Cooke, Benjamin Davis. .Sol
omon Reyis, and E 1, Raiford.
bunl mils* meet in order to full
fill it.*: obligation to the delinquent
<hi Id mm outlined. The report
•dated
• Tim 'ls o! should pian its pro
u to meet the needs of all chil
dren
s Teachers should identify those
No Arrests In
T ex. ‘Rape Case*
'''RANGE, Texas (ANP) More,
ban a shadow of doubt existed in j
I he minds of local law enforcement j
officers here last week when they j
.Tiled to arrest some Negro in con -1
nectior. with the alleged rape of aj
white woman According to the!
charge, a white woman use- *rted by
s sailor was criminally assaulted
by a Negro man as the couple was
returning from a movie at the navy!
recreation center. The assailant *
overpowered the sailor, tied hirr* up. ■
dragged the woman behind son'**' 11
snrubtoery and raped her
During th*» latter process, the sa'i
*->r is reports to have effected his
release and summoned police aid.
The Negro, however, fled before 1
•the arrival of the officers. A hunt 1
for the Negro begun immediately
but it. was hampered by the fact •
! that, the couple give only the battest
w'- give , ,ii an EAGLE article
ree etiy tn the eoloniri “What"?
(.‘no or:' iid i (.iri.sulled .vilh thfli
von n y. mo,, u ti,e leb ibilify of th*
sUilfiii"n! given ip toe columc
The trial of young Caraway is
no* mi.l'rv. a.v . fter a po.-lpone
ment. ond ‘he r li-ninn of ihe n*w
jury i -about eompleie James C
Murray, new eliief defense counsel,
’ n given the information on the
o' v evidence, following the racent
■ it <>* h. .nithi.f of the column m
York City, wlier*? Dr. Doxey
t. WilJrer.'.'jo. general manager of
py itiy y -... York e *-.. Sp- oer,
arreid in turn the new findings over
to Mr Murmy. —ho <• reived them
"’ith welcome The evidence to h»
given !>:, the two younf Charlotte
nun j-. oxjiri.ied to have an impor
taiil bearing or, the outcome of the
'•■we f'.rawa’ is now charged with
firs! degree murder, -iftm having
Ia in .1 prominent Long Island so
eiali’e and raped and shot her
former WAC dsughte
Names of the young men are be
ing withheld for obviour reasons,
iiui until are residents of the Wash
ii'gton Heights section, near Oak
i.'nvn A venue and Beatty Ford Road,
and had de-ding;, with Caraway In
f.i- alleßHi dope-handling activities,
■vhile employed at the Memorial
i Hospital hen- Tio’ new develpp
ii'-n| is i.iit result of the exclusive
, KAGi.K investigatifflh.
TWO RALEIGH ~
MEN D!E IN
CHAMBER
R.A!.,Cif3H Charlii.- Primus, 24.
i.o' Wilbert Johnson, 23, were exe
in the ,b.nnhr*i a\. Cen
t.i-i! I’- h-o<■ .Saturday fur th®
rape of Mis.- Viitimia Lipscomb Os
N'orO. Raleigh up Die nigh* of Juiv
!9.
Primus wtv. was first to di« en
‘ I'd the eiiair at BdiS a tn and
in■t?nouni , «;t dead at 10:10 af
ter he f xecutioner threw file switch
that ' e!> oM's eyatiide gas bails in
to tin eotit.rii.nei of hydrochloric
.uid at 10:01.
Johnson, fourth Wake county
, , ‘..neeutcd- this yeatr, took
o-,. soßi. ii, ’to:4;> a rn and helped
pn; <>n attendants adjjti-st and fasten
the leathei strap-- Be began aaif
fing the deadly fumes at !0:47 ana
nine minutes later was pronounced
dead
Primua H -sed tits eye;: as soon
a;, he seated in ihe death sea".
Uit; iitdlenl.mg fear. : mped whan
B.e . w«- rc-lea-.ed Johnson ac
peared confused when he entered
ii he '-hamber, and -tared through
I he double glass partition at- the
ill the ouft'i 1-OolM. His la-*
vord-- were to Chaplain William R.
Jmck -m ‘Good bye." he 'aid. “thank
you. hake my hand.” The chaplain
-hook his hand.
The men convicted a holding up
(John Gurnard and Miss Lipscomb.
: white- local resident, as they were
! .-.<-aled in an automobile parked os
the Whitaker Mill road north of
'••.--leigli After taking pooession of
the ear they allegedly drove six
iTiito:- into the country, ran into »
] ditch uid ordered the victims to
out,
Primus allegedly raped Miss
! Lipscomb 200 yards f'om the ear,
while .Johnson robbed Guinaid of
46fih. and kept him from inteiier
mg with ihe attack.
children who show signs of develop
ing delinquent behavior and should
have .he time to learn their phy
sical. social, mental, and emotional
limitations in order to take proper
preventive measures.
11 Teachers should work closely
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: description of the attacker.
When news of the ‘rape" spread
t around the town, some sailor*
threatened to 'take the Negro sec
tion of the town apart” as a re -
venge measure. In order to prevent
racial strife, sheriff L. O. Stanfield
ordered all liquor stores closed.
Louisiana officials did the same
thing on their side of the Sabin
river AH business establishments
operated by Negroes were pT*r>
ordered closed and the city spent
a quiet, although uneasy, weekend.
The Second Street area, usually
filled with Negroes on Saturday
night, was almost deserted, as all
Negroes who ventured out Were
ordered back into their homes
Likewise, there were fewer «*!V 1*
than usual downtown
One local citizen commented; "is
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