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PAGE EIGHT JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT RETIRES • Continued Lrom Pa#e 1 RAPE SUSPECT t! e woman and he; male escort. u Negro was arrested and identified as (hr asaihinl (iy Rip woman ami man. Investigation into the suspect'- wkereabous at (hr time of the al leged attack revealed that he w<«., in a 15th Street grocery store, H< was released. The following morning, after re pea ted questioning, the couple re vealed that they had concerted the story lo avoid being seen togethei "b,v someone who knew than both, as well as by the woman’s husband ai d her escort's wife The two were charged with lining diunk and disorderly on a public high way. and were released on bond pending trial. fNTEK RACI AL The commission adopted (he fol lowing resolutions: 'Whereas, in recent weeks - group of citizens in South Carolina, in defiance of the courses of law, maliciously lynched a young Ne gro man; jrtd Whereas, there was an abortive attempt to perpetrate a similar crime in Eastern North Caroline a few days ago, Therefore, be it resolved. That we, members of the Baptist Intei Racial Commission. rrpi stilting the combined membership of both the while and Negro Bap lisi Churches in Mr cklenburc County. North C< oh -w. deplore. First. ’,hc flagrant, crime or. thr part of 'hose who d* itbc; ately com mil “rape" in violation of t.ho s.-< rednev, of personaii’y Second, that we ’ament the f a t that certain enraged groups have taken upon hrn. hr th<- prero g alive of law enforcer’:' m which iightfolh should he executed by the state. Third, that v. -• publicly ex-press oui deep concern with reference to the fact that a recent jury in Greenville, South Carolina appar ently failed to copy ;• • in spite of the '.’vide-nce present’ b in a pr-pr: ly conducted court ‘hose who were reported to have r-nfessed person al participation in a notorious lynching, arid Furth. that we take cognizance of the fee* that if such promiscu ous miscarriage of justice is allow ed to prevail in the South, where racial tension is increasingly omin ous .that the future relationship be tween the two racer will be jeo pardized. and the progress of mu tual understanding and goodwill w ill b* impeded." The commission is composed of twenty members representing the white and Negro Baptist Churches of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. It promotes interraciall goodwill and sponsor- a program of religious education within ;b< Negro Baptist Churches of Char lotte and Mecklenburg County. Dr John's Baptist Church, is chairman of (he commission. GIRL 12 a white man Saturday morning and promised $5.00 if she would go with him home and take rare of his two children for two hours, and tha; v, hen he- offered her $5, she agreed and got into his car Instead of being driven to his house she told officers she was tak en to a wooded section where the driver got out and ordered her to get out. She said he attacked and raped her and drove hei home where he threatened her if he re ported the incident, The man was! identified as about 40 years of age. THREE ARRESTER Sheriff C B. Roebuck said the officers had "only a meager dis criptior. of the man." thus “hamper ing their investigation," but three men James Bowser, Mack Ayers, — ——— T.-—. Wit*, i l&ttX ~—i YOUR WEEK’S WASH Automatically I WASHED * RINSED DAMP-DRIED ! '' W\ Put your clothes in, set ;t dial and y^a^. take them out-—ready tor the Sine! KgSil I Thar's ail there is to "weshdav’ a®fP|f with a Rendix in the home. Your S~“ > » |SM jj i hands need never touch water— j'l jaEll / /[ and clothes are clean and sanitary. i , fijif • / \ \ Rid yourself of "washday”! You jifi j|r j j L can buy a Bend tx for the price of 'wr j f 9 a good ordinary washing machine! $24950 “smjx ' howie iwtmwet 225 So.' Wilmington St. | end Johnny Goode have been ar ttried >i, ;he case and are being lu Id at tn undisclosed jail. William stun is only 30 miles from . Rich Cquan where three separate | i.ip- attempts’ ’have been report ed in recent weeks. Mis. Coery said a Negro came t-i her home at Lasker Villi age five mibs from Rich Square grabbed her arid attempted to drag her from her home. THREE WHITES Frdgctl and Taylor were being ldd without bond in Lee County jail on charges of raping a J 4 -ycai ! hi white girl. Taylor and Badgetf went to the home of 'hr girl and took her to •lie home of a girl friend. After she ckscovercd -he was not at home. Ille gal requested to be taken back j home Instead, the men took the . trl back to Sanford, and secured j whiskey, then mo;, her to Broad way and raped her on the grounds ot :he Broadway colored school. Kite said he and Eugene Carlyh : picked up Miss Taylor and Misses : Bernice and Henen Jenkins, alt white, at the Jones. County Home! ; to bring ihem in a taxi to a radio program at a local .-Audio They ' v.-ent to a case after the show. Miss j Toy lor said, and Rico walked with! her some distance from the restau rant where he atlachck tier. . BI SITS OWN i.iasf two months and that Bush was living at George and Mw Bush and Clementine at. th*- Fa il igh address with ’Mrs. Bush ; mother, Mrs. Fannie McCoy, her; stepfather taster and brr.the*- in law. Bush -1 • -.-.K’d Miss All Jacobs to a spot near the ionic of a white- family- who;.-- -: sistci of Miss Jacobs was’ working Me.- Jacobs went into; .he house- while Buddy remained rac some sbrabbcrj about hundred yards away waiting ior ; nor. The- couple wc-ro to go tV . nlv movie house in George where both Negroes and white • i-tlcnd. Tired i• f waiting h>r Mu? ' Jacob;;, Bush -.q catted n--.:n the shrubbery Arrested On Spot Ho saw a white voman com mg. Mrs. Bush said, and stood j t.p so that he would not frighten hot. Just as he got up the wort• j an saw him and began to scream. She said he did not leave the 1 scene and that Sheriff Frank Out Bind arested him while he was : stall waiting for Miss Jacobs. We want that man Frank Out land brought in," Mrs Bush quot • ; o the mob as having said after : hush had been arrested and j - turned over to the jailer. She! satd Out land did not know which ! cell Buddy was in. but that, he entered Bush’s cell at 8:00 that evening, looked at Bush and left! v.-ithoat saying anything to him i One hour later at 9:00 the moll - came an d took Bush at "gun 1 point", Fbe said she and Buddy mar- { Nff in January, 1943. while: Buddy was working at the Nor- j (o k Naval Base. He quarrels sometimes, she said, but is a good natured boy "and I am going s o j stick with him to the end". Seized Ai Jackson Buddy saul he doesn’t drink i ana had not been drinking on the j evening he was arrested. His i mother and father had been sep- j a rated about three months he : *"ld The CAROLINIAN, but’that ! be was still living at George at the time of arrest. He is 24 and ! oldest, in the family of three brothers and five sisters. Conrirming previous state-: merit., made by Mrs. Bush as to hov. .he escaped, he added that i there was no conversation be- ! tween him and the white woman! and that .ins wife was at her borne near Raleigh at the time of the arrest. Kush was charged with at tempted assault on Mrs. Margaret. A Bryant, and confined to the tiny red brick .jail at Jackson, where ho was seized by the mob OH, McGROREY ENDS LONG SERVICE . ! Dr. H L McC. reque t for ; vetirrin nt from the presidency of ; Johnson C Smith university, after u) years in the was granted yesterday by the university’s hoard ’• c. trustees and Dr Hardy Liston. - xocutive vice president (or the h.M four years, was elected as his I'f.crssor, effective July 1. t)r McCrorpy, who has spent the 1 pas' f»* years at the university a md-in teacher, and president., was e\ do president emeritus a an an nual -alary of $2,000. It was under 1 hi; direction 'hat 'he 80-year-old I '"Dilution grew from a Presby ; ''-I an mission school foi Negroer -i university fully accredited, r, ’-mg innuction during the x-ecenl ssion to more than 900 youths. The trustees appointed Dr J W. , Sea brook, president of Fayetteville 'I Stale Teachers college, chairman of i , < committee to drab resolutions rc ' carding Dr McCrorey's retirement band set a tentative date in Octo-! j bei, perhaps between the meetings S of the .synods of Catawba and At lantic. on which to inaugurate Dr ! (Liston and to honor the outgoing; ; < \-eculive formally Dr McOorey's letter asking the . board to retire him, at the age of 84 years, follows. ! To the board of trustees of : Johnson C. Smith University. Gentlemen: Feeling that the time has come j ! toi me to be relieved of the heavy .v- pousibilities assumed for many years, I notified the secretary and | treasure] of the Board of Tlustees ! three years ago of my plan to retire ; m 349? Since that time has come 1 am requesting the board that I br re tired from the presidency of: Johnson C Smith University to be come effective June 30 of this year “I first entered here in 1836. The ; !-.i-i<-tecnth year of the school The . nine years as a student - three in’ ti c high scoot department, four in the college, three in the seminar*’ * and the 52 years of service —l2 as a { ] teacher and 40 as president—reprt-1 sent a total of 61 consecutive years : in this institution 'The work of the presidency has not been easy. Nevertheless, be- 1 cause of deep love for the rnstitu-! | bon, realizing the great need for j it. we paid the price in sacrificial j s- rviee throughout the period, re I 1 ; ing always ori God for his enabling j 1 givr-c And great has been the joy 1 j in such sendee. “I wish to express deep aprecia- ! lion for the help received fron. j i trustees, teachers, students, the j boards of our great, church, and ; (friends in church and state the; j c-iuntry over. As 1 lay down the work I pray j I so- the continuation of God’s bless- j 1 mgs upon the institution and those j : who will be responsible for its work j ; In the years ahead. “Fraternally Yours, H L. McCrorey.” AKINS EXPLAINS !of classroom space ' ti. No library space for Element- j I ary School; only a small book room. I “7 A mixture of elementary and : : high school pupils on all floors, “8 Inadequate janitorial service toi several years, especially thi.- ; year. (Akins said he frequently fir : fri the boilers himself 1. "9. Three schools in one, having j 22 high school teachers. 21 elemen , tary. and 13 veteran teachers. NOT ACCREDITED Principal Akins also called the superintendent's attention to the i fact that his elementary school is j not on the accredied list because, i is the State Department of Public Instruction has told him it lacks j proper water fountains, has no j closet space, and has no library I . space. However .he pointed out, the! high school has the highest rat-j ing that is awarded All teachers in the school. Akins | • said, are "hard workers,’ ana arc j | well qualified, holding "A" rertifi- , | cates or higher. j During his 18 years as head of the ; i school, said Akins, he has: 1. Directed organization of the ! s i,on] baud. 2. Directed organization of voca- j I tional courses. 3. Expanded the business depart | nn-ut. 4 Enlarged the school grounds i in about 30 acres and “the beautifi ! cation of the yard and beautiful : ; grounds you notv see cam. about - lii "ugh my direct leadership." j Sanderson declined to say • v bother he had been reminded of ! I ti,- present school condition pre ; \ ou-: to his actions, but explained j fiat everyone was ware of the j iondUfitnts and that considering all • o! the difficulties he was convim - <i liiai to develop the high and ele j mentary school program “st.rr*np,er | l tie ship" was. necessary He .said the brut action of the C t.v to improve; the school system v outd be to relieve the congested '■"nditions a! the schoo! and that a ruw high schoo! or a new elemen- Dry school was first on the list. I ASS’N TO DEFEND ! mob victim was entire innocent of the ai tempted rape charge, and >w : apparently vetirn of certain eir "i rrisiances to which any Negro in the South is exposed. , TI;. North Carolina NAAOF hat. assured Bush and mtmbeis of hia , unity ultat ii will defend him t-o . i-UK M-O*it-. kl f S** %.M v '«. ~.lj au i f ?3EagflgflßHL «♦ « Staß MssKfM^Ui •’^%uLfLiß& i '''i- ■ ••- v'- mraStiSwM^ ST, AUGUSTINE'S j Sigma Rho prize ior an outstanding ifreh-man girl. ‘s3o- to Rebecca \j 1 iackctt, New York. The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity ' prize islo> to an outstanding fresh man. m William A Van Croft. ,!ci sey City. Tin. Delta Sigma Theta fieshman girl scholarshir award • m Mac 1 Hoik .Vimmit. N. I 'flic Alpha Kappa Alpha jumoi girl scnoivusliip award ($25 > ' o rianch, L. Coa-ujb.s, Atlanta, Ga. Annonnccmeru v. at- made that W. Eunice Tucker, of tire graduating class, had w«n second prize <slo> ir an essay contest sponsored by the North Carolina Tubervulosis Association MOR LEADERS ; Gienn Colpef, barber. Joe Cun ningham, o-c slant tlreutri man • ager, and W C ( hot dog stand operator, «li of RirTi Square • • were arrested Tuesday. May 27. following disclosure that one ■ of the mob members had ron , fussed and implicated the others Solicitor F. R T% ler said Sat • ui’day investigaf ion was still ;n : progress and that other arrest :a; e expected a- be made or.. DEBARRED vm l Streets north wry! tan into police ; 0:8;, l.su-s anrl (1 ug hi ;m px j cl.-angc (* shoo, hr hoi and ki ! b-c ! Erics and wounded f'iaig and was : ih.nv’if "1 birr, v--.ii j,y F-iles Wilkarp.-, had been in Gallinges | Hospital reeiipcratfig from his , vv«--urtds since the sshoofing. He was j brought tii Tun-sage's office p, s ; : ; Thursday in a patrol wagon, h.;. : bands cuffed heiiir.d him ' (LAKE ISCED j all’ K-vlmct wrote t Attorney ! General Tom Ciark “It is iucon j ceivabic that they (an fake part ip i o lynching, confess il in wrifien ■ {stotements a’Kt lii! pc acquit led 'As , souihcnier ! fee! ashamed :of the jury’s verdict Northern ir, i terferencf was on<- of the dof,-use’s : mam pi'irus of attack. The best way iu haw pi v«d such jriici-fiy-crice ! unjustified would have been foi j the jury to hand down a just ver -1 diet. That wouid have shown nonh- I oners that southerners could dis |p: nse true justice v/ithotit uutsiSu I iu lp." When an attempt- -n lynching oc curred near Jackson, only two days after the Greenville jury acted. Feimot wrote Gove mot R. Gregg Cherry of North Carolina: "You i commented that you. wiii not fol | erat.p such incidents. You will have i i" go much beyond sur-h a state 'ai c ist to quell the vigilonlo spirit ! which will inevttabiv flare up as | * result of the Greenville v-erdict." | - ..... - HAIR I LPomsulc XX Used by lovely women for ovci 40 years so •often, glorify the hnir. Leaves hair smooth, temporarily straight... imparts a lustrous sheen. Delicately perfumed for added glamour! mmisi wswrs» sHappy new Khmer new year. THE CAROLINIAN Bennett Holds Honors Day GREENSBORO The presenta tion of a new flag to the college, gift of Yhee M;«. q.iret Fleas ..ntp, sophomore .‘stird’uit. Rich mond V.“ . hAhlighi l-h-i-oi? Day A xcrcisc: .ii Bennett College. The ' ::,ifi v - especially .-igmf'ca.ii ir, . ti ■' it draped the casket ot the ■fiiricafs father, ,i veteran of World - War i Mr-sc; Gwend’.’lyi; Alexander,, , riiiladeiph;n. P-. . and Miriam Me- ’ Tec-: O; angr l-ui c. S. C . lei he sc.n in scholastic honors. Oth- , "i.;: wcj • Mi bscs Joyce Ed ley. i "■ ,*! ■- - (--j. V , Ri.ui Pittman, E iMirr,’',ni . WbiUington. Le r.oir, Vioia Holland. Portsmouth \ h.. Naihl--' L.ynn Selma, Ala., and. M;--,:' Sent!. Broadoux, Va M",- Ami rose iMacV.-ri. Natchez. M s was -..".T-rded the Goode ’ Pi ire ior Home Economic?. Miss Maidio Di-i'.cy, Rocky Mount, the Rocky Mount Scholarship Prize; Miss Nola Bi-wley -Johns;>n City. Trim, the; Belle Tobias Scholar- 1 ! ship Prize; and Miss Patricia vVatt ::r--i-,,, Grc- "yhoro th" Luts Odp ■ -V! Pnw for the gr---e'"G concr’l ' ! prr.vciwesil.. Tie Glass of ibvi and the Irma Graham Prize.- for excellence ini' F-rienf! wi nt t" Missci- Margaret 1 ’ Derrick.-is i Easton. Md . and Jessie!, Hampton. Miirfrecsbov-i. Tcun.. re -giecf ivc.ly. Misses Dorothy Arnold. Darby ' Pa Jot-civ., Rim r-Ncv Or I' . ns. L.a ; F.dria (J,amble. Fayette- j ’. file; Gv.cf.doiyn and Miriam Gid rr ! edn.gton; Velma ilayc-.. \ br, :■ ■ u-Saicm: Virutiia Jeffries Me Lane: Bcttj Norwood. Lenoir. ’ - j-.-,; Ri J.ii’isun. Grc-.;nsboro, arai Mrs. N-'-lle Fountain. Greensboro. 1 ’ were juniors elected to Alpha Kap ' pa Mu Honor Society. Seniors elect• - I’d were Miss'-s Gwendr.lym A lex •-•dor. Philadelphia and Yvia Hoi- 1 land. Portsmouth * Ek-ction.s to Alpha Zeta Chapter ' P.cUi ivappa Chi Scientific So < h-tv included Misses Doris Best.; 1 ( i ,'ii:ueburg. S C : V-bUie Ruth * Cries Nanvitle. Va.: Joyc- Edlcy. " L-vrrchburg. Va : Natalie Lynn Sei-■ I ,mu Ala.; Msssje Sicott., Brorinyx. .’i Va : and Margaret Thompson " Burlington. I PRESIDENT ATTENDS 1 ROD’ SI'HMKR ( AMP r j HAMPTON Va. Sgt. Waite' ; Sri.ith, 2304 Booker Avenue Cuarlotte. N. C . a student at Hamp ton Institute, has been selected a;- of 28 to attend summer ROTC Camp at Foil Sheridan, Illinois, be ginfcing 28 June 1847 according to; an announcement from the office. | ; ° e ’ i ft c 1 ! I, !;■ » , i 6 mw JJT, aTTm aSTitflß d #T’»■- Jt 1 ws^ftW j Other SXKiEHTO AWst j * Glossine and Pressing Oil * Ex-Odor, a dainty deodorant 9 Rleach Cream, for brighter skin cif cull dryg stores ATTEND BAPTIST ASSEM BLY A group of the huge Baptist assembly in attendance j at the city-wide mass meeting a* the Ebenezer Baptist church at Wilmington, above, pause tor the photographer. Immediately behind the altar, looking right, ia Dr, P. A. Bishop, president of the General Baptist State Convention of No; th Carolina, who delivered the main ad dress, ■ : Colonel Rochard H Grinder. ; Professor of Military Science and j Tactics flic camp will Gb so: a period of six weeks and the students at- ; I--riding will be taught part of (he ! Antiaircraft Artillery course which i ic.-ds to a second lieutenant’;- com- i mission in the reserve corps upon 1 uocessfu] completion. Selection for attendance nt this ! lump is based on ,m outstanding 1 ■rhiove rnent, in military science.; and scholastic abihJn Students are j . iccted from the advance class and j r’-r-e cither veteran of ihr past war i graduates of the two year.- oie :i i-ntary course. Tiauspuit.itioT: from Charlotte to. Furl Sheridan and return will be i• m inert by the War Department and tii camp, uniforms, medical i t r’-re. clothme and foo t will he free The base pay of :> .-.oidier of the sf-venth grad*- ui appruximatelv 5 11 5.00 in cash v. ill be paid all v'-odciS At Hampton Smith is a ,uem l-cr of ROTC class Number Sf;' ana >s Platoon Sergeant First Pla i',"". "B" Battery. Po€tti ol she Week nt ne BA CATHERINE VOl NG Thi valley, il s*andel;h v> Hh corn in it’s miik The worms are spinning The finest of silk. The bees in s he clover Hum sweet, tunes of Dover, For June. ;t appro.‘Cheth a! last. The air is all scented With wild flower perfume; The maidens keep humming Lohengrin's bridal tunc. The festival’s neigh, Tune your violins high: Foi June, it approaeheth at last It Pays To Advertise!!! jjr ’ ' &* you* .** "' 1 lUI 1 TWO -TIM ER i 'jjjw3 IMKRIFM ji ivisk \ jjL 1 } JtM’f i(*# pat of yew* /^. d«ys! Smoft«H fHflmbrCfy wiNk i <bPIA cop action-p-eot for i f r( ?edom o"d comfort, in coot .j^ i &\ i rw* feius,pink,maize, §\im 9to 15, ; Li Ajlr *1095 \ % I |§P { V I 4 / /J^^* 1 '» Jg\ rZfL<fT it? FASHIONS \ IgSlv* jfM in *« CAROLINA# W&EK FNDING SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1947 i OFFICER’S WILE PRAISES MOB Murfreesboro The real heroes j in the- Rich Square Mob Case arc | the members of Ibe white mob including the seven arrested ! for kidnapping Godwin Bush i:t | an attempt to lynch him h ! Jackson near Rich Square, Mrs. F. Frank (Jutland, wife of county sheriff El Frank (Jutland, said in a letter to the Murfreesboro News j here Tuesday. She said she had written the 1 letter Tuesday, dictated if to the | paper by telephone and told the ! publishers that she "wanted to | make sure that it was print.c i ! immediately." i "Until the Negroes are educaf ; et- to the _ fact that they _ were j brought here as servants", •me ; said, "and are not to be placed; ! on a basis of equality with whites, j I fear we shall have trouble in j | ihis country. "The meanest men would be a ! jury which would convict and separate these young men from | their family and loved ones for i trying to protect Rich Square | from one of the worst tragedies !wo have over had". 1 j y - IU TOUR RiniTfEl Tif# decorative posji'b’i«tfes of ih'*s gtewiog ferffoHosf 5fJ o? 9 vrrJueffy Uu«»riy jp. pfjtf 9x*9os'ion hes spcf?t?y stored fbe f op whe-"- Rjr n ° f ’ n US,ft COrrfGftobV wtiffft 4*»f?Brdpd Oenvioe Sullen "MffiOer Cron’* construed©* itiibh&i . .an »1.- rnc.f! «x’n:;?ir.g c»f rr.-ftdp-'J b ■ AM f»f?rdiwr>od nnd f;r-V K *d .•« whit* f i dfcorotion of blsick or I - - -■ —" Wilmingten Slrcct Al Martin jr • ' ••• \ wk * HONORED Miss Kate Fergu son, above, pioneer educator for whom the Katv Ferguson House at lfi2 W. 130th Street, New York, is named vs il! he honored at the children's da' service at the ! Second Presbyterian Church. New York on Sunday, June 8, Miss Ferguson, first Negro receiv ed into the membership of the church, established the first Sun day School in New York City in 179.'! where she taught coopers *. lion between members of all races.
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