ANTI-KLAN BILL INTRODUCED IN LEGISLATURE BY SENATOR
THE CAROLINIAN
VOLUME X.\~ BK .. ~~-sr
WILLIE FRANCIS' LIFE
NOW IN HANDS OF STATE
HOPES FACE
FOB 17-YEAR
OLO KILLER
WASHINGTON - D C •NNPA»
Chances cl WiH:<- Fsanci:;. IT-n o;»r ,
old youth, u> escape u ssecond trip
lo the cU’ctvu' ch.ii-' wer-t glimmer
ing last Monday u 'h; -. tisr United
States Supreme Court cemed his
motion for ;* rehearing <4 ; he dc
ctriors of Louisiana courts rofus
itig •«n> relief.
vs ~ t-jrv r-Miuna] vacated its
order oi June »«. : u
Francis cxec.nVr >r n ■>
now be execute': as soon .-s ■ date
ior bus electrocution sir ftxid by
iContinued on beck page)
T BUILDING
CAMPAIGN
NEARS GOAL
CHARIOT7* T ne • VM
YWCA B-.-.ld i.W ■■'»:■■■ : >■*
ITi its f. ]ghl WvOKf. •! SUv;:sT.y pi O'
td’ess mid hi s r.-a: :ed the
f* i; rk^'* f S r > ! '• 4 UO
Tie vc-elve Special GiiD - i>‘: •••«»
{‘ at wrre Oi.gar.iif'd •' ih- fi-.-Rih
rmg of die camp: ign accepted '.hen
a go*' -.f ?Y r *iiP fo'; ■■ (h 1.-av: ar"
many ot those teams have mthe.
r, ached ot surp-
Thos. irunw *.viC : !v v. tsm
paign Thursday -vi" . »«. Febru
»Continued on back page)
TO PKEAI H HERK S> NDA V
Pictured a hurt is Bishop > H
C'lftyborn, presiding bishop of
the sre-orai episcopal district of
the AM A Church, who will de
liver the ! 1 (>o sermon at Si. Pain
AME ( hurch Sunday morning.
Bishop /Taytwnn iwi! preach a
spci-ia! sermon at 3rOi; p. m. to
v'ltic.h local citizens and pastors
are invited Ut attend and will
be accompanied bv members of
the KittreH College church. Mus
ic. fat ihe morning services will
be provivried by the senior choir,
while the -Mi voices of the Choir
stirs will sing at the afternoon
services.
11 ARRESTED ON
RAPE CHARGE
CLINTON -- Eleven men charg
ed with rapt- of Mrs. Helen Dc-vam*
Saturday were being held in jail
here las! week without bond, fol
lowing preliminary hearing Sun
day
The men who Mrs Devane
charge with so: dug her into a car
and taking her to a point, near
Roseboro where “;-it least nine" of
Sl the eleven men attacked her. are:
■ Fred Owens Fennei Culbreth.
Kjames R Owens. Robert Hargrove.
MPbul McLaurin. James Sin-hair.
" Lloyd Cobb. Jr. Booker T Moore,
Tiledie Melvin. Fandane Barker,
and Thpmfst- ftyHejft, *1? Rf Clinton
and vicinity.
Mrs Devote sate she was rescued
by Til Owens, an employer at
Sergeant Brown's Place.
pm '
j&m. §fi :. %
BAI'TISI t'AWPYIGN HF.U>S
A hose at. the principal figures
in the campaign of tl»< N < •<><'-
lina General Baptist Mate t on
vrntitia w hi. h is currently
Talmadge Election Invalid
DEPARTMENT
mm in vm
«*r » V U ¥ * r « ****** <wv
NEGROES
PfTTSBMIGH ■' AN F i -b
Ha uVf
pan men) stoves crackect
opvn heir .n Jfinupry 24. with
written irum the d< -
p?-nnci*t story heads that TXr
t:iot,s will be employed on i
f.f.sis of equal.lv with whites tmfl
will have i.hf saine npporturiilv
iu.
The eitnouncen:• tit ..gnaJed ~i
major triumph sot Committee t<.
Y. ■. Empj-.yn ■ r.t r. Ph
DeparUru r.t • sold K.
irvi.s. the 5..-rbsn bengur > st-. * -
iary p;.;i> 11<_ reialions.
Vi’s READY FOR SELF
GOVERNMENT-H ASTI E
hEW YORK (ANP: V ng'n 's
, labdi-ij I.MW it i (KUlsi I rits-d n : • ■i :
. ertpacil;. lu) .self-gov<-i-nme:i'
■•. in- ecactmcn. of the Organi;:
: of 19.56. according to a stale
. .!• .t: by Gov Wtlilar.i H HaTie
••>: the Virgin IslanCi a: a met
iiig of 900 persons in Hari< :n La
bor center oeiv last week Tie
' rtii c ting was sps>nsored by tne
American Vi;gin Islands Civic as
s!*eiat:ois.
Citing as an example the re
; cent adoption by the islands' ior,
. assembly of ir.-erti -yy.-
t. m ntvi civil rtthls lows. Giv
• Hi-st.ii-:- pointed otd tiiat it w,i..
tone fr»; a ;v.sidt-nt (.ontmission l :':
i” V ashing ton to be appoin t, -ti
fa: the V;vg;!; jal.-vnci- ' ,j : - fi.mdt
.au ntal !•:• «a.ar wei betne " T-u
c. irammissioiK-r shouid be elect'.-d
iContiriuc-d t>r. page 81
Baby Dies In
Belhaven Fire
BELHAVEN At> infant baby
I g.’i'l. rianahtei of Mr. and Mrs
Charlie Willoughby was burned to
r>- *h and four others injured when !
ftre destroyed two stores. « Barbu-,
| shop anu three residences in the
'Negro section here early Saturday |
' afternoon
i Chief, of Police A. L. Johnson I
’.--aid the fire was caused by an oil j
j burning heater in the home of Mr. j
' Willoughby and that the flames I
. n-i..de such a headway that he and j
I his wife were unable to save the ;
i toby.
• i The. Washington tire depth tm»nl •
i was summoned to the blaze hav
•; dig arrived after traveling roc 3Z
i mite distance within 30 minutes al
ii ter the call, but Johnson -saii (hat
; a aiff wind aM inability lo ob
i tain water for S(> minute*, after
P; unc .itr-g >:■ .inipaigu h
‘-SB d.irinv t!»47. Plans for the
tampitigr. v. re outlined in a
meeting of ti■ • Board of !>ir» •
ior- .1 Haleigh latioary C
ATi.AKTA, Ga tSNTA t
« iKpmtnw- 1. -i week in m- ftgW
' t.v..: the govenvj.r-hi-p of Georg.:-
: r> nidi is ii.v .ived ;;;; .-.iiev .pi :u
' . .LjC y
i;U(4I #rcj ]££. u< j{ flsiiS ;TC
: Jii, t/i-fS fJeSfTJ*JlVvi-vi
r ;;;t. o.'.i'iio*: its St-4’r T)»-• .?•
it* -r ‘id 44o C i -li N)- } * P'TvU' ikt R o lie
i ; -»n »*v '!iK 1 ii r i:nr*i.- *'• juf---
• f.ritii of iic--’ina/i l'r-in - suoi!-
~«v- Ol !Lk v.’hikf ;
; liojx, ir.vaiM • - * • •: L»
•. } ,, Gi‘i*r’'vj;t?r M l l \ir, T Thon*:o
. '■■ • i »**v £ov**' - !tFf>r ol thr stal/..
Mrs. Jame; H. L«ji«slrecL o£ ;•*!.«: -
kata, CSwrgjfc, vidow ;-f ihc Con -
f <‘ '-'-ic- r-rn,y :;! before
Uu Georgia S* it:ii r JudT:ia?*y C(>m
; -a TT r.-c’ - .- ,nd d-^ioof
•k, T |V.-i. .''ri'i'Vt ■••. Ax ««j*Uc, .
♦'O.ot-r ued c t-aclt pa«-'
Nfis mmi-s v.
■ f‘T; i rISST-
C<Ti*Miv. di-;.*a here Friday |
gTu icGcv/.u- brief tHm-ss.
r*XStU.ptfr-T :• L ’-i •: “LT O': '
• (•*>•.:'' iFO; ;» *fi D(L' hTStuDid .l!?.
s*ii.M?,» (J (!’\'i* j t"i*o I 'i.i i* .S tior; iJ i
:u*Tion of ht-j* u&y&f&eiil said, ;
.d m rccoK'tUior. of her sei-viy.’-
Ihe cob-re ih Bom ot T;u--
s." natru.-d t't< ii o hix.ar: yvoTUon’ • i
•ri.iiory the Aratir it Sfeftpaio
l iiute.i y :j- h.T oonov
Km vicing are bet husband T'.ir
ones F. Sheptird. tv-n ijauihato
■a it sot. F'.mi'ra! sto'vu-es were
a'lductcd froan the Whre Hock
A .• 1 oU 1 IVJ c'ft! IrJ t V '.btinKti'H.
I tfcc fir-., started resulted in the
despread damage.
’Water”, he said. ' is available in
! that section only when ihc tide
,up. it was low today, and thirty
■ ■ .nute.- were required to: obiairi-
I ing an adequate supply '.
Bryant Bonner and his wife Mrs.
! iftorle Bonner, sustained broken
j i gs when firemen attempted to un
coil hose from a moving truck
! Mrs. Lydia Chirk, a teacher sus
| honed leg bruises and Floyd Davis
j sustained chest bruises. The Bon
!u» were taken to the Taylor Ho
- tel at Washington.
; The stores were owned by CK<r
jea» Hardy v/fcc estimated hi-s ioss
■■A SIO,OOO. Corr-i.ir.ed estimates of
‘■ '< 'He r 'iv rtt n» was about
i sio.foo.
‘■ > . 3’,-v. .5, M f \'rr t.TI! is
r •; : , t :•!•.•» lilt v.>-. F. ts
• .mtifots is -•orrc.spoodMia
i etui y.
t i ’ % i \ s 'C ••> T*
\\, \ i f M f . .M *
W\F-,iTrGTr-Vv i> C (AVI’) ••
Hs-pt fgNcmajW' : : Paw*-11
1 '?.'•* itjnj'- i T *.'' 1' t f yuCil i *'3 ' d 111*1 •
t {i u .,r• ;a. [ •.• Wi.Hian: I^.
mjf- jr ~
‘aßtetei ,
-life f-,T fm.Wh %tS
- t ffSwmir'pr.T
:''sxauk
ms. w * - -• *** YR^.; .
£ imtim***' j \ i.igi» I -ft
-L .•*. * .1
:'<ABK s'ITiU..VTs
' Eicor n)r:i)i>:-i- »»< tin junior
<-is- owi a sra*'tjuie - 1 ut 1 :-r.l m
• -s.-hc-H ..I lb iiii.if hrvf re
i ' -.. bt i-r, eieetial ta m. inl.fT
•’•• * in U .'Wt- iun f' ; sp
• ‘•c ib .r. -’.t;;!»;> K<; ;ijja Mu S'a
-1 '(.->!: Honor Society at Stiaw
' fitvers *.-■ ti ahove watii
! RABBIS SAY RACE
| HATRED IS BLASPHEMY
NASS!;. VJL! ,F t AWF* To sav
ittou rac--’ hatred 1? ordained by
'Oof! i< blasphemy. said thr com
, .i on juci'iCL alio pence <ti ihc;
;C-:ijUh! Conference of Arrautt.att
, j Rabbis here las! we* k.
. i The commission issued a state
. .ai ; entiuec -Race Hatred Is
n.-isph. my A -:es- aye on Race
! Relations” for the opening ot Race
' Relations Week observance, Sun
:. c.;.- February 9
i The Central Conference of
-1 American Rabbis reaffirms its froth
or the brotherhood of all mm and
- urges the renrtov.il of all barriers
s j t« the achievement of one human
- i itv under f>n<- God." the statement
read..
"To maintain that God has plac
- any race or class of men iji a
s . state of permanent inferiority is to
if blaspheme his name. Such an idea,
t whether based upon a misimerpre
•tation of scripture or a misreading
nri’ TfC dm !
you 0 Oill
n f)F-7J rill
IfliU l. il y ii Eh Ts
8/ *- '•* l ' V 1/1 ih 1
%10 t 5. A m |l il
n\ i 'si Li .: #• c*. 5I *« the-
■ Cur 4 - ' <»/:- back pGge*
s’ILSON IBRftRY
ill' SEVENTH
.lames t; Thomas, nutv-.b mem
ber .it:o- xii'i-:e ih< y ar<-. ’eft to
light s-uted !Vli.-;-.es ThfhM
G untie- SJenrt.Tson: (iwcnd*»!>i;
iairkit. Haleig-h, and Vanzoia
E-otnh I’: „ I vt,;- log arc Mr.
fficrn. gjid lice Rry John W.
Manley, ! 'otrto
<;j .'tutsarc, i.; t>irt 'the > alinuHiiysitifii
■'i KrG'.uuiJi :. h: and coatcj-tijfw
.in v prejudio* A hundred year
t it;.': same ideas *ae used «■
cotidor:*.' die <n-titit.uuon oi slaver*
Our current prejudices are sure!;
iiv; i i! tenable durable In ttt
years to ••ut” out ••.v.iling atti
tudas inward entered pennies wjj
b< repudiated as neither norma
■ or nsond. will i..,ve been out
f rown by humanU; become mnr
humane.”
Exhorting 'every Jew whs hi
t'i'vfv’ ir. Judaism, every men wh
believes thai God is the father c
all." to take up the struggle againi
: ihscrtminauon. the statement cor
ti-ruv'': 'IVTun. v.u. believe, i creat
ed ir. lilt- imagt of G-se Tru'-refoi’!
iK man may say of another mai
vatea in that setiir image. lh<
(■■<■ thimJd Keep ins place. We wfc
believe Qjai to love our ncighbt
'.Continued on bad; page)
W m iSS f S> ;? aim .f-....
~ '-Sfefc )K, 4&L.* ■-«*- -OS- e- A
iffti KNSBORO Members of
tlu sit: .. ct Senate cabinet in
i' i nipt an informal meeting with
f- i r tV.uiv. to pose with
.listing ussh'-ri rtnie se educa
te!- during her recent visit to
. .Hi, 11 (irtiic ;;f .
Dr. Wan, -euied at the right,
i:cs pn- eitted sfirtO by the Ben
Race Relations Honor Roll
LYNCH THREAT
AVERTED IN
KANSAS
?•S\k. A 3 ( *MII. K ■’; ■*s N i ’,*• '•
Y• , A -4 OFkt-i Cii O-jljl r- Mdj?*'!
’GOiiy-dO. w:; rt D;; oiiiTF.- i
• lyiich hin“i. Tbc *s%&■'. j
; . , s It* jjm ■r; h*i if: 'Lf* v'/hL'li
♦AMMnO - fcv. .. ,7*o!- Gar;]
.«..-ra <l. incDtosn.p f..i r-rs ’.n i
• a • ■L- ; j-: it
i, i ■ 1 ’ \. ' ! . i
j i ,'it ri rt\ i : 1 1 • v \k yrc i« r
hill by c 3--ye.tT-.cJti diiirl
I PASSENGER WINS SUIT
I AGAINST N. C. BUS LINE
! >). i*OiS i'Ah UYS
WKk.W HISTORY
b \ ( * i.-i'ii-.it;
1 >:■ r, .• •nl ou of 1 ’li■ ami
K a !).'o VV l B. i.-ifid G
I a-in .• . ' 't HiaAin !-> H.ar:-
-C«.ii t«b : p.t'VL wot of -Ncluv History
'Ak-vk here Si.’cnday
l.u progress.; of W. .Hurt, iinpef
. i--.jjf-m. 'hr- suit}, ■■i.miher will* Uhj
stride'", oi liar iyli-ic-... ile lisi, Turks
Ti - -. : :: ,c
---t . jv.ij;, ..;:<>•) Alrttv- lies a
-tiovntig best, yet our ehiklrpu «rc
: .M-fbt •- : y mik" i>oi;' African
V .11 j i imddif ai;«» be said
iConiituH-'j oil ;.,.ge >•)
Negroes Barred
From Hearing
;• ATLANTA iANP; Not only ;
ly \ t-n - Negroes barred from ex- <
H i pro siring then views vocally on j j
}~ 1 -u- white primary bill pending;
• in the Georgia senate last week,
a - 1 ' bat they also were barred from 1
ll " in the gallery and lister,
n ’: ing to arguments from the senate j !
: ra'iery j'
*■ • Trie theartags on the Talsaadgc- ' <
ao: sponsoted bill were held in the
01 , senate chamber so«) afternoons
»si j fey a special judiciary committ- i
n lee, headed by Sen. John B. Lo
. ’ . T - ; r ■
re. In armoirnring the he«rir*.<«.
' Hogan had. said thai all citizens;
were invited. The next day he.
he , changed his mind about Negroes” j
•or I Tusking vocal protests to the •
i white primary bill. He and his
m-tt fAßitly ior Hiu Nan C allege
in ! «. hii-.i, China <>s which she
<S j>: suii’Sit 'lraC i: left is Miss
lit-tty Rowers. Hartford, i ..nn«:-
1f: lit, pJ i -ids til i the .-senate.
Other cabinet members, left to
tight, are. Misses Natalie Lynn,
: v Inu \iabanta-. Joyce Etllfv,
.r \\ V'/jf-iK ! AMP. Tv.-: of
-vns on the Bor or Roll of Ruee Rc
: ip. D. Rcddicl: of the j
New York Public library Sunday
L-.ci, vear nation wide poll is i
oi-ndurird C y fp.o Scbcmfeurg Col- 1
' iCtsjtai :t Kt;g.-» liters.:ur<* of the •
• New Y'ori; Public library, to dc- i
!: or roko iorio oi: f.vrms of r-.-.b
- . i.<. . ... v 'inis is .a tp.aiun- of 1
N‘i - :•• Hi. lory W-ek., Na atensp: j
;..'!• u> r, the names.
V.'HITES
oi :r;c Na Yfonix V V‘.-. - :
■ *
,'y... • •T! = ( ,T»O w :‘i •. •tn ipi <* • i
i'n v-ntj-i: . t;-uO Ncgi m o N<ivaT pc' • j
J iVi - mu-.'d FVL. nniy * Tr>. :
JS4S>.
v;: • Mnitidi'f ; ifuic v. i'or her ;
r -r.ok« Bimo"
B . Kli.• • Ar : :oU. io? his i
; ILLh? i’;< ciamoi incy ;n G' ,, ‘!210
r>: kan-U' H Hod iha ugh... Cu.
<■; of Ohio Si; G. HistO 7 ’«'.T»I O- !
!: T 440 d diipciot of -hi Ohio Win'
v - t*rnirsif.sh'n for ir-A ami jufr
sr. - *mg uisforiCul recorduf ;he
a. ... ;»> Oht*.
A'! , V!Oi‘ , L ('«• t!f*• *» ■’ lipr,o»i\T,inii
!*- ’ Wall( i Anri-iTon w first
’ <td c.rv dTparimunl m ,iU' Aftiei-
nsin V;. ;
ti>sY' 1/i*V'* <1
r Ni ;- e m V; ii'-hin^ttD.
C W:-:F J'V -oorr] .;h;?TUi.TC of S2SC
the Carolina C on'.h Cam*
i'-ii.) by .. jury in Ltiv- and Equi-
I*• Court i : o lasi Wctinewiciv bo
;i f:* > • of as bus dnvfcfj hF.d
f.im Frre.'iL<l horg- rvia> 20 when he
. 1 1'I to move u, Mir- rear oi I.hC
"hit if VV;!</!) ordOT-rd 10 do so.
D .if;II140.. li 1 V» i T .-'»UgtV)
f;orn the* coDtp/firv and .-uUice of
= 'a- v Jarr»f* O ICirk Jud^o
VA-.nic Mi!: - : who .0 ♦he
i ; 1 ou. p.Vri mad a iT'otjoj) '<> disroiss.
she rtuil auiii >.it op U-. ground
I I < r»* in isftuim* a tvnrrup.i for
cifu'Kr! capacitv and could
■ :oi be he id liable for live act.
T* <! i' rj • ••-*..«is it ? a?n r. u from N’or (h
C;r olin«. to Wa.<hinji'l.on. After llie
rCoioinuLd cm Gock page)
eommitttN? tfairn ruled that Ne
gro;-:-. could submit then protests
in writing.
When to group of Georgia news
papermen attempted to enter the
senate gallery on the first, after
noon allotted to the opposition,
shot wane barred by a young
doorkeeper H< insisted that they
leave the par; ol the gallery in
v. r>.ieh they had gone rnomenlari
lv They left, without force.
Protests were lodged with tlu
senate over exclusion oi Negroes
from the galli'-rv One group, from
Morehouse Coliege, had made res
t vat ion for four of its number
to fit as gallery observers This
• made- no difference to the door
keeper, however.
t > nctihurg. Virginia; Wwner
Barnnril Beaufort. South Caro
lina I.iUi.u) ('lark. L'nioir Sf\\
i< rs«‘> .tail’ n Blanc hot. New
Orleans. Uw-ijw ,f<ni'?vn 1 -S'
t. harlottr, North Carolina; and
\ irgjn.t Was stall, Burlington.
North Carolina.
ACTION IS UR3ED
AGAINST
FILIBUSTER
\V'.i-k T> inty-v,v r>t , W r.
I ilij . , v :; ;n r,i"; T’■'in,:'
1 - ;re UU;«J by lb-: MAAI I' is
j; S r,;,,,;; Ki-T.’.iiife S Wherry iK-*
| i.'nrHirj on '&.ulno and Ammai-
I of imjv.emurtihie value in
1 1,,. dominated Com
!i _ of taking mi h Uor .
Of»idf.i J ivpOrvfrisUH.ri lof the N A
ioro-- Union, leiitifita before tbe
: ? b:• ;c. out U »r, ' before* h&aj*lugf? for
proponents closed on February
1
i M
\eW math TEACHER Mrs.
Martha Williams Wheeler. above.
ha s been appoink'd instructor in
b at Sbavs \ 10 versify
Ilung to ter of Mrs. P. II Williams.
Raleigh, shr is * sradwie of 1956
ciass of Sh»« I bnivwUv and
liolos the M A. degree Irona
rennoKter A and I. College, hav
ing received the First gjHfhia b
degree from the Tennessee insti
tution.
NEW JERSEY
LEADS NORTH IN
J. C. SCHOOLS
long branch, r j. ANFt
i tvhool jhn crow is more intense
in this state than in any other
; bovt the Mason-Dixon line.
Following an extensive survey
schools in Monmouth county,
•'Miss Noma Jensen, assi.si.arr'
TTAACP field secretary, report
;t.j last week to the executive
committee of the iocai KAACP
j branch that there ir more segre
- ation and discrimination m the
K-hools of New Jersey than sn
any other state north of the Ma
l son-Dixon line.
She iound a •'‘definite curncu
lum for Negro children and 3
definite nne fa* white children
existing ir the same community’
■ she said. The teaching load of the
; Negro teacher was. in the major
ity of vases, three t.sme& tbs' of
the white teacher, she reported,