TRUMAN SCORES ONSTA TE OF UNION
By JOE SHEPHARD
Backed IV. j- the Cwl time by the ex nr-. 1 sett mandai
of the people amt a friendly t '.men r .T'i a-• iciont, Harry
S. Truman stood LeiCro the dir: {'-m*,.-•••< \V-‘<.l.*:es(la>
and delivered one t lie ntnr hard-i. ;t tdi)> and ■ i o)
SI,OOO GIFT IS
CONTRIBUTED TO
N, C, ORPHAN®
OXFORD .1-■ 4 Ti.v < vi■ <•
Colored Ori'l' i :,j;i i); H i’i . . l"i a
sill Os SI,OOO M'V.s.iv ;iir re
ment of the boy . dormitory. ■
was burned i.sst ye;n r n th.
(’hantabh' , ; o: I’' -o
Mills, i: wa.-. ; -.moimml v • ek.
in a letter to Supi. T A Humi.n-:
of the Orphan Ch.niis F M< y
err. ass stat.t vn:v president •■! Bin •
llngton Mills. stated then ‘•■.very
one who know,, year work Tie
inoruicusly impivr-d :-ii ’ •
work which is heir,:; d-W
--a- sincerely pleased with the p
portunity to iiave some simll pa: t
in your ropi'is- arid wish J'or yon
the best oi success in y
b.i fund-
GAINS OF TEAS
CITED ATANUTAL
CITIZENS' MEE T
-The year 1949 i.: ave,
j'.t’eat vhidieni’e ..,na pt .no-.. . v
ib.- one of great achievement
Thu exteiv.F'st; of civil bidits 1
all stated Hm-man L. Taylc:-. W
tornrv. in his ados ins before The
Rak-itth Citizens’ Comhiite-o in
annual . ■•. a. n at the Bioedvvortli
Street V.MCA S: n " ",
"America must become th"
mot al :■ aee; the -vo: id are;
veil need n-:> a s-ir-l ar.
Communism or any other h .e , ..
tans that have no Pi r ' in :
country oi' . aerr r tag '•: e
;;p( :uk;s.
Leonidas Frazier, t hr.irman of
the siib-cc.:r<u me.- -n F- ;
reported -at - >r.V pro?;, os;; «.;
fart: in . '
Board of Ed a u, r. to ytvuiv
in th.e cart' ;
Bite for a r.eve N'-. ' ■> high serai.n
The rt r.-f th. T ■- >"■ wu
ire f .
*1
city eutbomier are nov y, ,
mitted to the fair policy oj a >
pointing the oft ice--v ' :
vaeancios occur < r - tut* -- ■- :
lOorititjt.d an I jack, j- : "
MANSLAUSHTES
COUNT LODGED
IN FATA 1 , MASH
V.h; liio; A-.k ' h
Middlesex. r- oeir y rrai
SI,OOO boi a iteve charge wUSh man
slaughter in Viic ini,.l- <■-
Greer VVdlif rd, 55, k KV-W'.h
Coronet I. M. Cheek report.-
lowing an invc-mgaUcn that A.* * -
life rd v, as itln. l ; i uisi -a.
early Wendey enn.ry when r.<
ear his son wa drivirut
will a truck operated > ' A-'. . •
ou the P- s H.ar.i
Adam: w:. la. ■ -
t un-, of -if. 1 head, amts atTd -‘V
is reporied to i-e in T- si - c- t •
iUt!'-n at Sarr. Ayr-: He. .-tal.
is' under SI.OOO bond.
Williford's :-,n sttffered clic>t in
juries. and sustained skin abra-
EiOSIS.
Following police tiiveMiyat i s
of the crash U was found that
the truck had wen d i.eros- the
road ,a. ji, Adams applied
brakes.
Examination of the vehicle re
vealed that the entin brakir-.g nn
chanism had been removed fn ro
the tight from wheel. Skid marks
shewed that the truck skidded for
50 feel across the road
Mr. Wiiliford is Vieiicved ?■;. i •
died instantly from a broken reck.
Beth v.h.cles were Total wrecks,
Death Vehicle For Two Negroes „ i
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DEATH BEATS THE .VEVV above car w’lich overturned on also riding in the car were w-r-
YEAR Frank Lawrence and the afternoon of New Year's Eve iously injured.
.loiiimy Warren St New York on a tong- curve near Rocky PHOTO—Courtesy, of News and
City died in the wreckage id the Mount. Two other men who were Observer.
4PASSPOLICE
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\Q Pages | NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY j
VoLU"k 1E XXV I'll RALE IC ii, XORTII CAROU NA _ WEEK _ENDI NO SA'i i.'Rh.XN .-I AM ARY s, HMD _ N - 27
MiiD iQ Dai ircn
M%IB I%# DDiL^CU
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ST. AUG. INAUGURATION SET
POSSIBLE INCREASE,
SEEN IN NUMBER OF
NEGRO POLICEMEN
Vi jury in '"-7~T~umh7r<,i' Xpu -ks on the Ra
■ , ... ..vjed m |>o :••. *»• iir\ Lb : week when
il* 7; le:ii niO t7 ' 'four N‘ V V' ptf■ • d the Os •
ihMimi-r r-xapiiniit-ioii.'. given on August .">l.
j . . |)\ \ (‘i• ; ; ; ■ O') J,F}| \ ■
vo 'iu. whOi? Huiiovvt-y ;>• d i
• ( ; .
M-de .- pud •• dr; :t-intent l ; u ?;
U; last xuiv.mer Officer? Win- ;
lev- and Baker although carried :
*■:.'■
plainclothes. Following numer
ous requests ■ t c.i./on> ; roups toi
.W.... o anifi nned poK-emeu to pu
trid the r.v.u disorderly ureas ot
the city .the ivu were issued uni
forms.
Spokesmen fur thu citir.ens groups
then contactt d Raleigh ol> and
pclice ofticial< to inquire whether •
the change to u»if -mis ii-dicat-ed ■
«ny demotion for the two Negro
policemen.
At that time they were told by
City Manager Huy s. u, n that
toe vit i e did not involve any
loss in status, rank ov sneerne
Lp'istie stare of the union addrofe.se;, in modern polUica
p h if-lory,
v Lushi itk out at thoo' who had pr*-tJieteci the c.oJlapKi
v of th- American system of fret.- fmlerpvi.-e and its ability
• ' ■ contimie to maintain the highest living itat.dard in ,
BISHOP F, PENIKt
T 5 tertw RITE
1 V V* Ut % has \J '* 1 *iJ v &e*
8! ST fllffi
t% & is 4 s <
iIT of D Harold L. Tt :,s
■ j 5,... (,i St _ . s'.Coi
eU to take pi--.ee on the 31st
i niverr-aty of the opening of We
Halt at :< v> ;vl
The exercises will include ah n
•.■aw-. cu-. OS the aiinivt-r a);, the
Rt. Rev M. Gw fj'o Henry. D. D.
liihiu of the Diocese of Western
North Carolina (Protestant Episco
pal), briny The pr-ncipal guest
speaker for the combined event--.
President Trice will deliver the
ir.iu,'-.address and the Ri. Rev
Ed win A Pc nick, D. 1) president
•>f the board of trustees of the col*
' .-u- and b.. liesj> el North Carolina,
will preside
Dc A. Elder, president of North
: Carolina College, and Dr. L. S.
/:.r! president .of Ilvbor Scolia
j-Ccll so. will bring greeting's fro.n
She cotie.-.-,. ■ and universities. A
farce number of educational insli
: tation.s lx--inning with Harvard,
fra olde-i ... ih•, country, have oj
. die .ted that they will be repvf
>Confined on back page)
Jm
5 - v :
< o-i urrmt xfc two protu
ai-su writers, Langston Hughes,
Fit and Anus Bontcmpts, right.
Tt airifil up recently and cn-edited
apt K-try umnology eonUiutng
Mia its ci H7 poets. The new bonk
is railcil • t'he Poetry of the Nr
Sudden Illness
Is Fata! To Wife
Os Local Pastor
Mrs. Mary Julia Lawrence, the wife of the Rev. E.
C. Lawrence, pastor of the First Congregational Church
ot Raleigh, died sudden! iy at l ;•!5 fuesda v while «.-nr<>nte
to S;. Agnes H<»spita! after hat iug bet n stricken ii! at
h■ ‘r home at 7->S Manley St.
The deceased was 55 years of
age and was the former Miss. Mary
•I. Blown of Jennifer. Ah. She was
graduate of Talrtdc-ga College
and lived in Birmingham. Ain.,
for a number of yoai s c. here she
was very active in work with the
Ant mean Tied Cross
A resident of Raleigh for the
past seventeen years, -lie has serv
ed as president of the Pauline
Woman's Missionary Union of the
Fust. Con: rep,alien.il Church, trea
surer of the Sunday School and
a member of the adult Bible class. •
She is survived by ivi hus
band, two daughters, Mrs. Martoji,
HmMs of Nov. York City and Mb.
Cecelia Goodnnn of Philadelphia:
cne grata:..on, William Lawrence
Gcodrum. four brothers- Jolui, Wil
li. nt, Eugene and Albert of Talla
riej.::, and Minnoapah;. Minn, and
one sister, M;-i. Pauline McCarroli
of Talladega.
Tiic couple's daughters, and sons*
in-lew arrived in Raleigh on VVed
it'.relay eve:ling Funeral arrange
mei.-U hud not been completed up
t. press time.
Bill Vccck, president of the
Cleveland Indians, will lx- the
featured speaker at the annual
dinner of the Chicago Urban lea
gue, to be held Feb 17.
the wo.-Id, the Chief Executive nonetheless scored many
of the ills which eum-ntiy beset the American scene.
Coupled with his expressed hope for cooperation
bt-lwe<-n government, business, labor and industry was
a demand for 1-•C.dation aimed at the improvement of
Rr»”. Its ffr>l section is devoted
lo the works of Negro poets.
•be second an dthird parts take
up t!i!> works of Caribbean poets
and .voile poets who have writ
ten about Negroes respivtivdy.
i AMp
ÜBIETY Will MARK
’•I IRION ANDERSON'S
COVERT IN RALEIGH
A diversified program, ranging l
from (hf tranquil sweetness in
■ heron t in music by Brahms through
the ryjrc r-.-bust melodies of Eng-
Mish folk music and concluding
■ with the haunting minor - key
•strains of Negro spirituals will be
; offered Raleigh music levers when
, Marian Anderson appears at the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on
Thursday, January 13.
Tickets arc on sale at Stephen*
s ai's Music C rnpany tit 121 Kay*
' etteviUe Street and at Hamlin •.
Drug Store, ,t JIS Fast Hargett
! Street.
j Miss Anderson will be nccoro
pani'. dbv Franz Rapp the pm no
1 The program follow*.:
I When t Am La d In Earth,
j Henry Purcell; 1 attempt From
. Lt.ve't. Sicklier..- To Fly, Ileury
Parcelt; Softly Walt, Yr Southern
■ i Breezce. J;m ■ s Hook Bright Pir.oe
bus. .James H«' >k.
II - Sliuj i“ SiTIIV, Sill Cl c.
■ </.;aritinco.d on hack l:.t section)
SINGLE
COPY iUC
MOB GATHERS AT
ASHEBGRO AFTER
FARMER !$ SLAIN
1 AFHEBORO, NT. C ~ Mob vio
! fence wnich n.i. ht have placed
j North Carolina ;v A:><• top of. tne
! nation'.*; roll of h fam> for
I when a par!ially ma kwl mob of
! la: : .• ■
l 0.. and intended mob
; Ri.r n suspect in tfio robbery'
I Iho body of Cam, ,appyi c-r.tly
| the vie! ini ci a shotgun bio si iro:n
, home i.i
Biown was linked with the
; cams through statements of Cains
; friends and relatives that the live
; stock dealer hod bad an appoint -
■ ment wit.-: ©own to discuss a live
fore hi; cl is appear ame
j When arrested. according to
Shei if * 1 Ben Morgan, Brown had
a bloody handkerchief and about
' SIOO in his possession and admitted
; beau- involved m Cain's death.
Also arrested for questioning in
ti.c ease were '.Vlas vin Staley and
Wade Brady who lived near
Brown's home Staley, according to
Sheriff Morgan, told of st cing Cain
and Brown together near the Holly
' Springs Church.
Realizing the danger stemming
irons me fc< lay which the
killing .reused. Sheriff Morgan
; said that he im media lely took
Brown i.o anotlir-r jail to prevent
trouble.
l<pon reaching the jail, the mob i
demanded to see Brown and milled
; about up on being told that he had ■
been taken elsewhere
Leaders of the mob talked with
Sheriff Morgan and Jailer W. P.
Lassiter and the latter finally
agreed to admit about 20 of them ;
it the rest would remain outside.
fCotifined on back page*
NEW TEAR'S EVE
CRASH KILLS 2 AT
ROCKY MOUNT
Rocky Mount ln a highway j
accident near here, on New Year
Eve two men, both Negroes, wer j
• idlied and two others were injured
j seriously
li v. reported by Patrolman i
• W ,i. Farriso that t.he accident oc- j
.erred when the ear in whtch they ;
• were riding overturned on a
; curve.
The victims were listed as Frank j
i Lawrence and Johnny Warn u.
Ear! Ctitchhi and . brother. Wil*
• liam Tbc-ma* Cutchln, were injur- j
! ed. All of the men wore native-:.,
jof the Rocky Mount section, but j
f had been residing irecently in >
Brooklyn, N, Y.
: the lot of the individual American citizen.
Lacking the fire and oratorical ability u> t-avuv his
i I'.oaimw wiii'd; way a par; of r LuozevC; w.,:ld ;<u,
• Air Trmnan ex hi tiled the- aunie di.-a-i l and is. ghlior
,* ;"•:*** V ' ~ ; < ;55 *•" T M
I.KAVI.S FOR ÜBIRIA
lb, ult-ii; iu,;nb I,
Jackson t’ollege Jackson, Th
is shown above us Sir boarded ,
plane for the Republic of Liberia.
100 Much Gossip
; PROBE BEAT INC OF
! MAN AND WIFE BY
NEGRO “KLANSMEN”
:.yi . G < [A: p— iK.h> «»
atid Ida Lot Killy tcnaift
i iitners end par< .tig of five
children, reported Sheriff
W, L. McCarr hero last z’oo'i
h:t four person:: who lolled
’hcmselvrs lacrnbei nl fit"
t ::1c.,0d Xu Klart ' cU
v .-Led and boat lhcm witfi
vii lir butTs on yi.r.o; 'o i coun
fry read lecenity.
In assault warrants swor/i
cut againsi the Negro Klux
ers, the Kellys named Carl
Brown, his tisfr.r in-law Lol
ly Mae Brown- and two oih
■£JTS,
According ’ .- the :;tcr-/ th-.-
victims told. Ike Browns luv-e.
then, to a deserted country
Toad where several robed b it
imheoded Negrr-es pretended
S. held us up. The robes rc
ifmblsd those worn by the
KKK and cne cf the party
said they belonged to Ihv col
c. -d Xa Klux.
The Krllys charged th-y
were forced from the auic
mobile and beaten by the
•'colored Kluxers" The attack
occurred one night alter a
Here was burned in the yard
cf the Kellys' home.
Bill Farmer, on whoso land
the Kellys live said ho un
derstood the couple had b? en
blamed for gossip about the
Browns.
DETROITERS BLAST
J UDGE’S ATT ITU D = : :
IN BOYS SLAYING
«Y A. I lOSTI R
DETROIT <AN Pi According
to ''old-timers." never in the hi -
' t iy of Detroit have- Negroes fx
ip’tss't'd so much ldignation as they
I have toward the recent freeing o:
j pctrr.lman bout? Mob is by Record -
! er‘s Judge Arthur E Gordon and
the Judge's nmvan anted attack
; upon the NAACP.
i Mrlais had been charged with
' Involuntary manslaughter in the
| shooting of a 15-year-old Negro
i ’ad, L-on Mosley, who was flecm;y
from tin? officer in a Dai car.
Meiais and patrolman John Bo
land had chased Mosley fur a tn ’e
! as a traffic violator without know
ledge the car was stolen. The car
had crashed into n tree ayrt accord
j in;, to witnesses, the officers had
! beat the youth. It :Y stated that he
j tv.is shcif in the back, However, the
j coroner’s jury branded Die- shoe . •
: ;ng as unnecessary.
Cll i?.<ovu arc not so much disturb
ied .vcr Trie Judge’s de-vision, dc
j daring that he* was ‘’within Ist.:
I rights,” but they resent strongi.v
! his Statements in rendering Inc
: ctreisic'i'i.
j He was reported by the daily
j pres:, as. ‘-lauding the patrolman,”
J ying to him, "you should i.o coni
i mended as an alert police officer.’’
• Melais was immediately rcstur*
He has been co-umr-.-Uinvil by
1!:.- Pin Tpv x(- ).,< , • * *• i to ;.iudy
the p■ ■ •.siT■;btu■ ■ c, 1 dr . ; Tbpltijt
an cuT'i Hvt- pro ,r.i*n of rural
■ flu- r!|. n h;-r ti •. -in..
‘ ■ l
J.ii
nTt'TSU i U ..
.hti \i J i'l 11 $3 r.‘ ia S sV C Sl :
cc noi ill
; G‘Oti it V E'li.U ' ' L . ft 'i C . iilaCt
A. ' ii f.;7 : ; tTipJCd
So Ih • K I . ti; ’."ii in
Ifd'T," di L by Coir.mi slum r E. F.
• Toy. who’ has been the target of
. ricLcm sic.co ic v--:.- appointed,
. , with back pay of $2.02!,
’ miunisi aup tu tors who are * ring to
1 ! ;- u .jn the creditable wor, of the
: i NAACP oarc to do a good -..ed for
;. nee in their pink Jo. ... they
i would raise money to r • ’ace the
• i u ll.. 'ftgoiic stolcr* by Motley.
Hundreds c>£ lobcr-minded citi
■' \ zena, many of thorn numbers of the
I YAACP it i'at. in 1 i,■ .s:r: .id for
WHITE MAN JAILED
- IN' CHRISTMAS EYE
SLAYING- OF NEGRO
FRANKFORT, Ky. tANP) -•
. Ray; mir! D I. rnum,
■; white man, war. amitc-d and jailed
here fact week r e the Obr.vtraas
eve murder cf 4-1- .vv.ur-old Tom
• Milier. a Nog to.
Tasman wan drinkin,-. and one of
• | his suns a. ! -oc! Miitcr who lived
nearby, to aeip pur! ins fa then.
■ Mill- r w..s : but a i » sl-PP-U to
tContined. oh back page)