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RESISTRATiONS
SPRING HOPE Tho fight for
sic-c and unhampered registra. i<>
lor Saturday's Demo • r-tic priu.n '/
an-3 the 'ensuing gor.o.xil election
entered the court phase this wr.i '•'
as NAACP i.ttQfru'ys ril .d - tit in
Nash County Superior Court to
oiupol m L j.araloin <( quauLfi-
Nee :a r< l■ rs in So o 1 j H>'p».
The coinpiaint liat.Ni ten N e.ro
»osidents of Spring Hope ..; plain
tiffs and was filed . ail'.:-'. J .»
S-::ifiOi . S ll - .!■ • He;.i ;«■ i i -lt;. a:'..
V- Hi- re ('ollhi i n Thorpe, an-.i
W H. Proctor meinbeis of tho N. ■
t in ntj Hoard of EUction»
The plaintiffs were Mark Mitch
ell, Fab Perry. Co .nr S -•son ,
Joseph Alii! ran. Less*. '■ ee L.'.tca
W. L. Allen Ivc.-lia PcUiford A. :\i.
Wiggins, Elizabeth Fo.-'vr and U n~
land Wiggins.
NO TESTS GIVEN
According to Attorneys Herman
1. Taylor of Raleihg and C. J
Gates of Durham or 1 I'm "E
--plaintiffs, Mr. Sanders refill d
even to test the qualfuo'ion o. : «rv
oral of the prospect. ,n. voters.
Others were assigned to the read
ing and vCtb.g of kn.ihy p s . .ns
of the Constitution but wire re
fused the right to register an die
grounds that they had nor. done so
to tie ’‘satisfaction t the ■ gn
trar."
Although no Negroes wen- : gts
istered in Spring H«p< . the cu.ii
rContinued on uack unite i
NAACP Honor
jD/*• a® JF Jf# 1 O 4-*'* i-Ob
New York Selection of D:
Charming 11. Tobias, director
the Pn-.-Ips-Stokes Fund, as i.i.e
33rd Spin-gam Mt-daiist was, an
nounced here today by Walter
White, NAACP seon.tary.
The rnedal, established in 1915
bv the la-ie president of the N.
A. A. C. P, Joel E. Sprngmn
>s awarded annual to a Nog, •
American so r distinguished
achievement
Pvt sent a tii »n will be made at
the June 27th session of the As
sociation’.-: 39th annual confciom-.
;n Kansas City Mo. Dr. Tobias
was named by »he nine member
MAI’ SERVICE TO
BE FXTEKOED Til
#*S SOOTJ PAPtk
City mail dehvoiy ~: . ic• wii! bo
extend-.;• t t . ail of Sou*': Park i
the veiy i’<nr future, but before
actual dleivcrk- can iw made us
dents must mark thru- houses .ciin
permanent panted in.rdtcrs or tat.-.
» n metal a a.-ior s d put up a
mail box. post office c. thoidus
nounccd h.rc last \v. ; e,t
The now ...a which will re
served imUrfas- iht area Fa.-’
Fayetteville St to the Garner Ho
and South of Bj r.gg Street.
Oi;c of tin n'ia.ju, i-quircrni
tin extension n.r :t sesvic:-
that the streets be ■ -irked . ;u
--pcrmani-nt visible -i= .i : -•...•a C,;>
Manager Roy S Brad n has ..h ~d>
promised to install tit. n, but t-> be
sum- the area is reads when the acu.
oiiice completes reorr.-'anuation of
the route: :r- the cr . r sui.Mts
“across the tracks’’ tic.it to Fay vUe
ville Street have alrc isy cc-nsu act
ed temporary stiec murkers eng s
similar project is ur.-::«'-i way i< t
on the Gc-rr.t.-r Read s:ct
Scan t Hop e Seen
For Ly nch Bill
In Present Form
WASHINGTON (ANP) -
Senate Republicans arc in a dith
er over whether to water down
ihe present anti-lynching propo
sal or scrap the bin e-ntiwely. Ac
cording to the GOP group and
th< ir northt■ m Democratic alii*.*s
■here last week, the:<? is hut the
iaintest hope that tor* boll will
feet through the senate as is.
Either they yield to southern
pressure and allow the bill to
he watered down, or take a
chance on having it defeated.
This bring* up another point.
If the measure is defeated, Re
publican lenders may be forced
to revise tlwir whole pn.gram on
civil rights and us*- the pol' ‘.ax
repealer bs their only point of 1
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ACCEPTS CALL —The Pev.
Oils E. Dunn, of Wake Forest,
and Raleigh, who recently ac
cepted a call to the pasihralo
of the 'historic Mother Church
cf Western North Carolina'.
Nazareth First Baptist oi
Asheville,
The- Rev, Mr. Dunn, who is
cicrk of the Wake Baptist As
sociation and president of the
Wake- County BTU Convention
will assume charge S his new
prstorale on August! 1.
He is the, son of Aaron Dunn
end the late Mrs. Cozzy Dunn
of Wake Forest, N. C. and a
graduate of the Du Bois High
School cf Wake Fares! and cf
Shaw University with the de
grees of A. B. and B. D.
Spsigum Medal Award Commit
tee.
Citation
In recognition o! ii: consisturt
it.J„ us a defomlt: of fundanu-n
--is being awarded to (.1:.. .ir:.ns ft.
iobias’ the citation reads. 'Tie'
niitte:- <;n Civ:-! i'-.l .this i.nt- . .
tual vitality, to'.: age and llv.
riches of his long experience i:i
the field of race relations.
“Largely due to his persistence
and. clear insight the cm;, ntt.-o
produced report of historic
significance in man’s unending
struggle for justice. Seifk-ody iv
has served ins race his church
and his country in varied capo
e,1.-. -- !W'a at: ri at all t d.a -; hv
a consuming passion for social
tin ;>:,r.k
Four Year Membership
And Expansion Effort
Dav!.,n, O (ANPi The Min
isters and 1.;,-, .sic-c.- .--umn-.u
the (. ML chuici>. ni-ivtiiig in fin
i uai session cciy last week .<t
Phillips Tf-v.rK; CMP church,
i-voived 3 ' ;Nr-reachi op progfait;
riesigned to bring, about a large!
Meg ■. c of freedom and security
I’m tho . ank and file if the
church."
L.'-d by I>i. N. H. Humphreys.
Kiu.sas Citj. M tiie body, sev
en.i hundred vm nunii.x r and rep
rest nting 42 -.nnual t-onfcrences
from all sc-.-linns of the o-nurit v.
approved a prog: am wliich in
cluded:
111 The Lum-hing <V. a 250,080
monibt -rhip increase crusade to
.un eve a pc-M-nd of laur years,
&nd to be participated in bj fci
shopn. general oftie«!>. -prosidina
action before the two parties
mt-ct in national convention. Tins
of course would mean a reversal
of the senate GOP conference's
dc: Imoxi . trial. She ami lynching
bill would W first to go llirrugh. ,
OPPOSED BY SOUTH
The bill, at present unflor eoit
sideratiori by trie -.crate judiciary
cnmiriiucc, bus southern members
dcfini'.i.-iv asamst it in ail iorms,
assisted by a small group of Rc
publicans, who doubt the con
stitutionality of the measure.
These groups agree that it is
“possible'' to pass n Mb'! during
this session, but point out thai j
two cf the sharpest provisions •
would have to be modified or j
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mh TlTd.i-.rilpil^
TR am I w.i
rlii S 'LL. f- jili Vw sV' 9P
HA LEIGH - Civil : ; :'h‘s. . ■ H;oy
•‘feet : , 4 an.s|:o. <n :■.ct c.qal vdu
tvtiona! facilities wii‘ l a discus -'cd
.a, a v.-as ; moc-iia;; ;o t.a h-. k:
1 !vir:■ :lay ::;-fnl at \a.■ .Marlin t->l. i: i
fJoplift Chmch ur.de auspie.. oi
Rnlcig'. Branch ' the NA.V
The adn.i.-: of N ~: c- stuck ts
|lo lhe Unix . i'sity «..l North (' a
: bna and lii-. • • i 1. N\ACP dViVi'
.lUoi ii’. * K. \V i. ....
; the the North CaoMin FoLegc i.y.v
School.
'i he recent Pridgen case and the
. decision oi the Ui;iie.i Stfite.- Su
. nrenic Coui't in it'c r,'o-ratt o.is
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i wo Srck i’oh:n’i}ia
(.ih iloufH'il S-'-als
Columbia, S. C. (ANP)
With tlvo definite establish
ment of a two party political
system in South Carolina,
tv,*.' Negroes are seeking elec
tion to the Columbia city
council ca the Republican
ticket. The two, announced
here last week, are I. S. Lett
vy. s‘<-te vice chairman of
tho Regular Old Line .Repub
lican parly, end the Rev, L.
C. Jenkiv-.s, treasurer of tire
organisation, and secretary of
the South Carolina Slate
Baptist convention.
The entrance of the tv,”, in
* to the race against the white
Democratic candidates, has
attract'd much attention in
the d.iiiy press and cn the
radio. The Regular Old Line
Republican party has been
active In state politics since
the GOP party was esf publish
ed in, the state. During the
past four years, its candidates
have placed in city county,
stale and nation u elections.
Haul i<ariniian<] so
Beltrr Jo!>s. MobWii
Liibuuin Mo, (ANP? B<>-
rauso Juici Phillip: - Turk driver
(if Portage\T%._ M... defic-.i
lo stop hiking Negro cotton fieM
. :r Ji -■ »m here to _ fatras out
mo 'being paid, he was sot upon
UiSt v. k lr- 12 wh.te t.p mers
.ml beakn swerely. Os the 12
farmers, nnlv four were arrest
ed —one -of whom pleaded guilty ,
vlooi’s and : ••••••. .-A t::’••'ii.. • ut :ho
church;
(2) The study, as.*enVblinfi und
-.eduction of the constitutional
(Continued on bai,* o.,ec!
SHAW FINALS SPEAKER—
Dr. Frank M. Swafiield above,
Pastor cf, Calvary Baptist
Church, New Haven, Connecti
cut, will deliver the address si
Shew University's 83rd. An
nual OAmncncenvsnt Exorcises
to be held Monday afternoon,
May 31- at 3-30 o'clock in Ra
id th Memorial Auditorium.
Dr. Swaf field is secretary of
the Inter-Church World Mis
sionary Movement and a Board
Member rs the Connecticut
Bapthsi Convvattun, the Council
of Finance of the Northern
Baptist Conveniisn, sad a trus
tee of Andover Theological
1 Seminary.
THE CAROLINIAN
vni.i : Vi-; \X\ n. NO. 17
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all l Sa? 1 Jy t
i?say % net** *
v r t ; ( gr Si'-' > W' i X* {
i .Hi I- ia V C- 4 !U ‘-• He. L-'
Goldsboro -- A Len-vear-oid
boy who vs:-t .-:: -.i< !< bv a sniper's '
! Ltll« t. \vh:ie cressing a wheatfic-ld
i (.t i ■ l'. ■.*- ■' >r> • i.- in sci u>iis con
di'ion uttd m,tv io. e his leg as a
Msult ,i' tho woUri-i.
The boy, Johnnie Jones, the
son o’ Mis. Johnnie Jone-s vv.is
. t.!-, a bv a .22 cabbie bullet ;
v. hi!:- walking across a field t»c
t..n;:;ng i-r John W. Price, a we’:- :
o do white far:ner of Bro&den |
Mrs. Theln-a Best and I v son
G; rgc noichborr IVu . * e
i having seen Prie? firi..- live,
i hats f- an a rii'ie at the iinv
: that Johnnie and his sister were ;
After tlto boy was struck iars
- a I,- ;■ - p-v-d ii i ,- - home, after
which Hi ' .Tones’ landlord. Wii
j.. r -j |>i;ndy, took tlie boy to get,
lip. Mid. L)i‘. k< 1 : i lh t\ ip-THS,
v/ho treated the youngster said j
i hat ii" renroved a .22-calibrc .
Mullet from the boy’s log.
On the information supplied
!,y Mrs. Best and her son. Mrs :
Jones s ', ore out a warrant against
Price, who posted SSOO bond for ,
gppi. ranee 't tho Augu.-t tc-i.fi
ct Superior Cour-i.
Following his reiest bv Deputy
.Sheriff K A. Howell and an up
i;,cnnre ,M. a as.:' v-g before NT -
gist u:le'J C McCulicm Tuesday,
Price denied shooting tin; boy.
( ~(i i,r Police Joe Johnson
a.. Me : b.- - iny * v i■! m. ’low
c er. ..'.aid that ho had examined
of Price- arid that .i hove i-viden
os of having lc cn fired event
lv.
nrosnr to «n*«iT
utulnt : ; i Mr.
“EGTtD COSTS OS.
OI.ERIO BIS POST
By STETSON KENNEDY
Author Southern ExposuC
(FOR ANP)
Atlanta ln Altai.u- impel i J
ett :Y iin Ku Klax K!an and
.vc.-'.lbrd ui the Columbians —a
church cn dseated to “complete
mia l.'l fr-'-i ■ -n arid unrestrained
use of reason and general - dor
.Mu.--.' has ca, : out Its pa’ti ; *->i
vv h nting ‘ 1 m ' mit u -Negro c j .ri\ :
pr-.'ifi a-, opposing the draft, a.i.i
supjioT'.ing Henry Wallace.
T.ic ancient church i» tie. Uni • !
tor.-iavi U-iiv'.tsal, and the young'
pastor i.s the Rev Lseinh Jona
than Domes, wt.o will give up his
pas:--.; .-lo Sept. !. Vi ;,r after
coming t-> the r.outh from New
England.
Officers of the church, after n
three hou: session, voted 33 to 32
to reject Rev. Dunes, “n-,t be
cause v o dispute the nur-i.-un N
right to his mvn oc.litica! views
i beer. ;£c wo J'es : he i - simply
n<>t the fx rs-.on lor leadership in
th. situation drawn Mere."
ber'jier the- same evening, the
sam-. office ns asserted, 48 1.
that they- were ‘ Unitarian Uni •
vei.ral m txinciple and in :uc:."
Priikp G Hammer, chairman
of the el lurch's public relations
coifioiitti e. ’.'•as m.> r ( frank.
"Th: majority of the member?
anorre-:,;'"*-- v<•>•! that they v. :*
ivvdor 'Viie w’ill more noc/ly i'J
M-.tu ’th« roci«S vjc.fi,-p' of the
sc-nth," he said.
"Toward l»n'-c*gre-ciat«?d Church"
Rev Domas attr muted his re
jection to agitation bv an uHra
v.i;v conscious minority" wit 1 in.
■he chut h. and added. “N'e. itlmr
: 1 i'urch has U»e right of cues-;
tionina the propriety o ! its min-:
(CofiUnutd on back p'ige.i
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New York (ANP) A na
tionwide march an Washing
ton for civil rights is being
planned by the Council on
African affairs. Chairman
Paul If.beson announced this
week.
“Since the President has
shewn no evidence of st::p
ing in and implementing civil
rights legislation, Negroes ms
other minorities have de
cided it was time to felt the
President how they felt about
things/ the famous singer
said.
Cooperating with Robeson
rnd the Council are Dr. W. E.
B. Dußt’i, direcfi.fi- of spe
cial research for the NAACP,
and the Rev. John H. John
son
Robc-scn .aid that this
march on th- capital has no
connection with iho Wallace
campaign.
wl! MlMfiTfiyf JH
vr.i.miliO i UiU,i a
wmtm
w ii? mv-raer
UAL LI M, A, t-J J ; i 4 ’ ,
WILMINGTON !' Carl M-iv
t- if. Mui.i s o roi ti:a U Mlit -,-i ;; u.--
, '*• - P ,T, ’-‘ l located ! . ..n-d O-t..:-
t; iiaii.ni:i;, 1: ador. -.a- >. eccn.ly
;cwai’/i : Mr,i- ••Bov:--' (;!.;» Silver
jKvyid.rr.:-" iy.- N. ••,.«»! C -.ms
j mittec on An aids.
b'umi.-< pr> .-icpn: Hvrbrn ihw
r c.jminiHoe ..a..-- .v a. T: u j> •
! -r-m at v;h:ch the av ~ 2 was pre
sented '.'.‘ JS :J I - .. ii-. y.roin i“
Mrcal Officials including the Mayor
:«f Ihe City. E. L Vvh;*r. 1. ,'D i.uUa
. lot'!.; ul me Wilinbigton C •:«-
muii’y Cho-a. on.i Fn.nklin ViM >
:• e.ion J fiirce; voj -r.- Ro\..' t/u ...
of America who made the pieseu
: ation.
CITATION
V'w Cita'n," v/hieh acconupanh.d]
the award rc-af its s£tows: "ricj
-uCU'IJ > first •*■'>/ CO ;
in tiie Held of Boys' : .no v.u.
59-28. when t,>- .'-'erect, as j.jh.v'-M.a;-
c '“ cotca yf .he Chu.'-ioa Cays':
C lub, j.-.ter served a: ts ou ca rve
ai: ccMo.
Within tv. o years, the Club ha.:
established suer an cm:-- i M'.i ,
cord, i! wns f .inrCcd -to the Mon.-:
rr.unity Chosl In 133«, h" built .m..M
(.Continued o:i ln»u& • -age; >
AT DEDICATION Partici
pants in Boys' Club Dedication
Services: Mr. J. Copeland, Exe
iive Director of i ii e Brigade
Boys' Club; Mr. L. D. Leifa,
President of the Community
Cheat; Dr. L. W, Uppeiman.
President cf the Board of Di
lecicrs, John H. Shew Boys'
Vote Strategyin Rights;
Fight Will Highlight j
New Yn.-k Political art ie"!
I:,- secure civil rights RUJii'antcvd
by the ta;ns! iluti-jii ivil be one
'of the main tnenas at the 391st
• annua: c nfere!ice of the NAACP
; which meets June 22-2.1 in Kan
sas City, Mo., w;i.s announced
i.vre today by Waite > White.
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B ACC Al. AO R E ATE SPE AK -
ER—Dr. Wilber A. Page, Pas
tor of Union Baptist Church.
Cincinnati, Ohio, will deliver
the Ecrmca at Shaw Universi
ty's Baccalaureate Services
Sunday afternebn, May 30, at
i o'clock in Greenkvaf Chapel.
Df. Page is first vice presi
dent of the Ohio Bepiisi Gen
eral Asesciatiors and holds of
fice of the Ohio Baptist General
Association and holds office in
s number of civic ‘Organizations
in his heme city. Dr. Pago is a
v’titan of World War I, hav
ir.c served in the United Slates
”
J end ta France.
Club; Mr. H. Carl Moultrie; Mr.
Frank N. Wade, Regional Di
rector Boys' Clubs of America,
Inc.; Mayor E. L. White.
As a special feature of the
dedication. Mr. Moultrie was
...warded iho Beys Club Silva;
Kay.-tone in recognition of .his
services to the organization.
Ccuplv.l with political action |
be o emit. ...Aon of 1 :c j
ca! attacks which NAACP attor- j
;'.«;ys Lnv spearheaded in sue !
victories before the- l’. S
Suprt-m. C: art and in orht j
1 -u-ts of the country.
Expect I.ODO
M.*’i> than 1.000 delegates fror. :
. irn siatt-.-. arc expected to ;u i
• -nd the . y-«.-ting. Most ot the ses ,
sens wiil be held in the confer- i
ire her iquartei'S. St. Stephen j
Baptist Church. 15th Street an i j
the Pasco, but the closing mas-: ■
moet'ng Sunday aftc-i noen, Jun
7. w ill be in the Municipal An !-
itorium. which seats 11.500.
The corierenee will r.pi'n Tue--
•ay mm iiim-. Jun 22. with ic
:ist:ation. fnljowed by election;
c.umir.luces and general organ
U’oi 1 mat'd oi, i.ai-r. pry. -
Louis Endorses
Plan For March
on Washington
Heavywci, champit Joe Louis
aim full . '!>t*’.n(n to 'he
iioiud Non-Partißim civ legation i
’,V;ishi-:glc;i un June fi'i.d to sciuiej
at civil -igli's U;;itlanon,
'ii was atmuunced yeet* rdny.
I Takir.fi nine out from his rigor- J
ous ti.ihnng for the '.Valcfdt JY.ih
' tie world-famous ch-mpion toid
Paul Robe.-wi.
'V-".• h.-,v<- been tryirr. in get '.fi'!
Anti-Poll i’nx. Anti-v-.-nch and 7.1
L. P. C. id Hi throe*: Congru-ts t ;
■ lcng lime. This deiagniion will help !
and J support it
Robeson, one of the five original j
sponsors of the deLigatien. made j
| a special trip to Douss' training l
* quarters at Pomp!,on lakes, Kcw
1 SHOT \n SAFE
m. VICTIM DIES
SLAYER IS KEL9
RALEIGH A ..iv.-'ory as to
motive for the fatal rluioting of
; one man and the serous wounding
a a second i;i the 12 Ca!t;
;'. ..a;;,:- inght dc v. * , t-d t'nis week
I Lae living victim of the shootm*.'
| v.id n lice that he k: dno aign
■ uu.iii with his assaiin .1.
Ace:.ruing to first icforts of tho
j ,:;L , . the shootings Lad followed
| ... be.ween the uunmar.
j „nd hi.- victims durii.i, a ball gainc
j ,i.,yc;i earner in i; evrmt.g a
j Chavis Park.
j T, ■, siioootiiu's Look place a: '-tv-'
i ; iciims, Clioster JudKi* s. 28. of 2-- '
. .:h State Street, and William J
.:t :n-on 24. -4 Sir >'...:hs Ailej
- eating at the- t - onter >.f the*
1 uneh; oiiette.
; Accord inn to L. -'V. Ada:,or.
aianaa: : of the lun:h onc-uo alLi
' .noth: - customer. J:. ■ W. ii. -
i ~ - layer, loi-ar id*. .::-d as
• 'Lesley Harris, ente ed the plat-.;
•houted at the two r.. and began
.firing before they coals, leave their
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CHURCHMEN SION
PETITION FO!?
mm OUSTER
I.OCISVtI LK (AMR Ten
j bishops and !’>oo dt legates at
the AML Zion ( huieh Kinfer
rn.ee at. Broadway f-mple here
StgtsrU Ou-t K n:- prtbions
Ui-t week, Edgar (« Brown, di
rector of the National Negro
eoun:!. announced.
The petition, add'cssed to
Speaker Joseph Martin of the
hiiis:- and Sen. Robert A. 'fail,
chairman of the Republican
j senate policy corarn'ttec, asks
for the removal oi ihe Missis
sippi legislator and '*-o passag.
of civil rights legi-tation sue'a
as anti-poll tax law.
Bi-hops who signed were 11
(!. Shaw, Birmingham: < . Al
icyne. Philadelphia; \V. J. Walls.
Chicago: 11. T. Medford, Wash
ington; Buford Coition. Char
lotte, N. C.; .1. VI. Matthews,
Chicago; J. (. Taylor, t’atr-r
--son, N. J.; K. 1,. .1 -.tcs. Louis
ville; W. W. Slade Charlotte,
and 1/ B. Watson Oklahoma
City.
: jersey os the guest c; the chatn
pi<:n. Loufi stated th : h-- regretted
; that he could not be present in
! person on ine ric.a:■;a: a n of
j the coming w and -. inrnpiorAhfp
i bout with Joe Walco'-t
FROM :?0 SI AXES
Meantime. Dr. Alph-te Htmtop
| chairman of the /arrangement*
iCornmrUc of the nauonal dclega
j tic-n. declared lhat support from
; Negro leaders, trade unions nnd
! people’s organizations had puuacd
j to the i cadqt.:,artei? from nioi-;-
ihf.n 30 states.
Dr. Hmiton revealed also
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