WHITE DIVORCED
THE CAROLINIAN
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24 Pages
VOLUME \\;i.\
Durham \nswers Suit
EXONERATED AFTER SLAYING
fJF
J s< Ai t s it! \t It IS S| HI I I
11l KI Jesse l ft' lOllei, h
Vial old resident of *4 l-u ver
street. i> shown with Patrolman
GOLDSBORO TO
HIRE NEGROES
AS POLICEMEN
GOLDSBORO - The :v. point-
Ujtr I <4 tv. NV“f(, j/Olitvni>-ii l >
p;ifr:] the Little W;:i'hingt->n scv
t’.u.': of GrCkLb'>r... a■ • i 4 4ur., .-d
at the me* tuu the G<'K3H.oi ■>
City Board ot Aideiir-eu at if.-
meeting he id n July
City Z («. Hoi 'v r;j
V.t.f »'S- author is* .1 ’ 1 JD.-iKe l In*
t ppOQTi cn >-r H by i ’ft lyo:,rvi ui A’-
dermStfl Iris a luffiU: <,. uppE;.-.
Trirs fat consideration and study.
i. ontilV.itrrf mji jj.xp- 8, thb M'-itio;.
ARRESTS WHITE
MAN FDR RAPE
ASM DOWN, ARK V \»' -
A 27-yi >f -old u tilt** man «’j>
arrested and held without Fond
rifrc last week on iluices <,t
raping a toui) K Negro Kiri
near Ogden the accusert Ld
vt iii .facksoii. was arretted by
till s.'itrm and night marshall
near Ihc ticeiie of tin- attack
The victim in > ears of age, h
renf inert in .htmimn hospital. ‘
Texarkana n nil a reported
back i»j«r}'.
TEXAN WOULD SURRENDER
BAIL MONEY TO SLAY MAN
| DALLAS TBX A S “Texas .'.i.'T 'c'’ !»•>! t frt twfs’
,t>Ci'*itly in a Dallas Cool t vl' a /'•'•■ a- iaw effcrixi to p.'tv -i
j jifegro pi ismii-j S2T>/>Ci bail fm 'he plow-urn kUH-.#i him"
Follow! t. a tia.fL tteci'Se.i Ozzic 11 A a> *• " allegedly thro <
! tened to kill tin 'attorney, Walt Rc>. rit uni i > assault hi,- v.t •
TV arson teas .tailed ■ n < hat ge?- ot ha vine ...ado ifa • throats.
Darin®: baboo* r u.ius pr-weetltoiga i' litistod by Watson's at
11'i act Roark declared that Judge- J:>e B Brown, who was con
rttuniTg ilie heaviiu- had ! otter keep Watson n jail because he would
Vrj[| if h« i ver (rot our, ancl that, in ta-H. ue was willing -i.>
post xVatNon's b-md for tin pl-asni'e <*f killing: him.
tVatsotr’s "rue; a ed that Roark Ik* placed u nil pi a peac
txjnd. Eftplit Fling ilis t tic had no alt e-native. Judge Brown order's'
the oeaee toortO posted after aptilevi- to Roark
Earlier however, the Judge had tlrr.iared that he would have
i killed YVa'xon had he been in Kuarfc shoes vy .<■ ,m was pranteil
I appeal from the two-year. line to wh. h he was sentence i
f ',bv Brown.
NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKL Y
RAJ EIG H N( )R : H CAROI IN A
SI I till.M il'; vjitatH filter lit W 4«
« \ >*l!r> itt ti Ii v the Wake ( Hunt'
It) Jury tolling mg ,1 > uur
da a afternoon street duel wills
Gra vForced To Quit
Florida A.&M. Post
\ C. MW H OU,i I)
t OU MKIA. S. C. Booker
T. Diikersou. a Columbia fill
ing station employe* tecaitir
the second vicilm u{ Hogging
! y mushed bands in the Colum
bia arcs' within incut weeks
: Diekt i son. who i, - waiting
| iOr j I'us t.fs tb" j ur/ii t wild r
ibe 'vovk',, wav seined behind,
j olndfolded. tesseti bt'diiy into
j a < or, driven out into woods
where he was 'tripped, bru!al
i> beaten .usd left naked
An employee of a (JuJt gx.i
st.; 11 e s . for more than 20 years.
Diekn sun hgd never before h*rt
; .mu trouble u. tin- • ouiiuujiiiv.
Tarheel Roundup
\A itU'.'l Tile S;.aie !...!» <• '
I’ut:«i ii/.-s loaned fbe H'-rtlOi-il (V
school biarfi ekl.'iiMr f ,r tin- eon
s-trueuon ;in uuditorinui at th>
Riverside Wyco 5.1.-oc.l u'-ar Mur
knives on South Hloutit street
■ In. )i resulted m the dentil ot
Arthur Hedgers ot 170.: Ka-.t
i demon St! *et
"I‘ALLAHASf>EI. FLA.-Dr Wii
iio!.. ii Gray Jr thy militant and
y>.nhr,i! .‘ivm-!mt 4 Fluids \
and id flpiie,-. c ;i ldi'ced io lc
sign t.l.is '.'vek as the eiimax
a several nu.itli ined which et'; -
u.“ 1 about his mverest on tlie bel
teir..i*m of euni’it oris al'i'ivtirn; Ni
ci • . in Kb c .4;, and th< S"Utli
Cine <>! ip.- viiuiiioc po-. ider.is
iV'i • -,d - Nepr. college Do
i ■ o u> icove.s tit hind hir, , record
ul uuoaralleled progress arid
..cr.ievemera lor the ;istiti;t<Ofi.
During i n . live vear- ol his aii
n.instmiotj Hie student body more
i .i, d-'ubieii in -ire loom his m
164 J 'hi -:ize t»l the iacultj it'i
ci ... f-'d lrosn UG to :ICB and Ihi re
<. I'irued or. page f tin; section
v n.s ..’...i0,
~ 4lc ai-Miai work is beirig pla.i
nr*d tv J. ft Brown, stipfirlniendent
t’l , -shooif’, G T. 'C.'nderwood, o! 1
Muifm-oboiii. rhairmai-. of the
T' school boa.'i! i. ml R 1.. v ot Vi ij
~\ i'rf"'sbi.roV si Pool hourd.
j X pirox ■.. in inly s, r.,. mM / lias l.ei'i [
j ’ hr :i. RmsTsidi Vafniiai*. j
| 'iii.no. Co.f.paiij for 'ot audit!'■*■
I him.
BODY ROCNTj
' A i Su.i.ißtivr Idi’nfii'ied hi cards
in h*« pockets as Parris Ereenitin,
.» body "as ii unci in the luiaiel
Wot.', way: ;i. if Pc..btvezo Saiur
4hv t'ifrhl..
The eoroner was nnaMe to 1 fi,;c
any relvfres or unyona who v.- e v
the twsii,
RAPE VICTIM
Raleiph Hennan Fort. 2S. m
, belli:.' held for investigation in con.
section with the alteped rape of a
nine year old girl on a lo !
• ■died about ten miles from Raleigh
on tin Rock Quarry Road.
The little «ir: was admitted to,
:'i. Agues Flospitsi for treatment. :
—After investigating the incident, ’
WEEK ENDING SAI'ITiDAY, JULY Lb, 1949
Death Ends
Knife Duel
JONES FREED AFTER KILLING
ROGERS IN KNIFE DUEL
HAl.Elol! ~ Jesse L : * Jones. 2G years old, of 2-1
Carver Street was exonerateu i»y the Wake County Grand
•Co \ ■ n Monday. <;f the charge of the murder of twenty
three ve.-tr u’d Arthur Rogers of 1705 East Edentou Street.
: DISfH Hints Si l t j
i>t-‘ iiiitiSell ,inutile (»
"f'.'iH { mrii 4*». t*i) evidence . j
ai l r .*j t ,iv ( v»ut unite -*»- i
| Itei • O’fuli (livjUihiitrtj buu<rli
>t <’hl£ ,1 \
cases hi tti .urt'M:. ui .lh Ka
leijj'U it '• .. VB< dH v»0-
l.tlioii i h.n ge.v
j V«ui!i|i disbelief that ttir
| V lit 4 1-,* Utli * i'Uld go Hi ..ltd I
s bu> li.|iioi h lit 11 thc> n ere not
I KOov. it, Hit jti: i:<- :jl‘* 'tlom-il
j thru method of <iJ>«*ralioH With
| the ilnLtuliim tii.it "tbr truth'
uI iiut till it iipiiaijiius had eorne
tut Ij-1 Hi-fk 111 ihr U 14l oi
t. ,t it (-t i iii. 4 lttlu\6 tab driv j
S rr tvhu s 4 lit that hr gut the It
i quo, as an an ' Un(i>>ii.uu-ii tor
(hr tin'll atlil charged them what
it eel'll hint
I (,OV. JKSTER DIES
HOUSTON, TLX AS A tew
hulas utter lit bad Mgiieri the
j'exas stall- amt-lynching uisi
which w~s one pliuse ui ins
state Hi ii rights program which
it i uylil ttirinigt: the Texas
legislature m urt effort to rteui
onstrate the lack »f need ior
federal rights legislation t’.nv
einiir Heauforti ii. Jester of
Texas (lied Os a heart attach <0
i steeping tar berth
A determined believer in states'
rights-, he still believed in lull
oil'll rights and w > described
as the South > ' 'if os.. realist Pal
ly iloeral” guveinoi
the (lollco Drought Fort io jail
ESCAPES
Lest**r Johnson 21. ewa-ped from
! lilt Onslow I’ iron Fatflj;.
Continued on pune t- re lsf Section
i
| BABY BURIED ALIVE FOR j
I fourteen hours, survives j
.MONTGOMERY ALA A new-horn Infant’s survival fftor j
had been nprlvd alive icr appro*imfiteiv It hours was iertaoi j
“a x iithcle" tins week after the ->.ild was found m a -lialiow grave j
wber- it had been placed by its uttw-'-l n,»iher |
■\cr’>rrt(iii? to iVliH'ii n.n r.s polioe. official', and fh 1 . A. H k.i. j
ham. county medical fleer the viss ihcii a 4ay-clo in a.i! "5* |
but -d ir, a hack yard by its T'-y.var old mother, who he.' Riven
birth unattended. I
Tim younp; rnothci, Ida Roberts, told p-.lice thi. she burled
the Hnld 'late Friday in a Cut Low crave whit' she ined w-G. weeds.
The buried In by was found by Ida's landlady Mrs. Lizzie Hum.
and Jim Henry n. railroad worker.
Mrs Hunt went Into tin backyard early Saturday morning
and Sim the baby's foot wriggling from a tnotmd of earth Th/-
landlady screamed and fainted, whereupon Henry ran out and saw
the baby which he extra.-led from the makesliiff grave
a short "•’bile, after the baby was removed a rainr-i.'.m fused
the grave with water wliirb wouid have drowned it. The mother
is charged tilth assault with attempt to murder
SINGLE r|
COPY lUC
A me true bill » if returned bv
'Jury hlMi .Te'jl.r.s V. HlVf i! py
liniU.ary hearing in t'n> c'ouri and
V* Zl'i t.OlllUi >lVrl tfl \1 ~ 1. • L- |l j • ii 1 ;
Court on • r:■ ■ .‘hrtrgv f ij.-! ■ - v... -
bon d
i'u*’ KliiStiy willed.; e>c.birred
arouno ~ o'clock Satur<)«} after
i ill tin’ 400 block il! South
. t » >■') f c-'-i *:• ■- till- <.voild d-: u *
town K.llinir itt ;».t many {lavs.
SELF DEFENSE
.Li." L . ■)? fibo'lt t tr
im k and .'best, bad pultw that it
tv \ .. cut.- «d -. ;t a- !• - -- Ho s,;t:d
ji»- .'a- -landing -..ii lho -tro p>
taikii i 1 to former Wake County
Corumet i. \l Wan 10 when Ri
gor- mod Itiui iSob-utu and Li- -■
alia 'keel hill: With :< Krtb-
Jo:it:.-: . lai.’a- that !■•• tried to .1-
ho v.as Radiy cut. Whipping out
hot own kinV ht went aftc. Ro
1 fl- \i •11 do to "'Ll’ it *:>
» ontinufd -ii page 8 this section
VIRGINIA STATE
SERVICES HELD
FOR DR. FOSTER
PETKRiiBimG. VA (AND
; Funeia! services were held this
! week for Di l.utfn-1 Hilton Fos
ter, beloved president oi Virginia
State cohege who died ... his kep
at his hi.me m th- campus July
.6 .it the aye of 01.
Far: err; services were held ffl
fr.e (.0111-gc: chilp-l WKh UK' HIV.
It. 1. ti. rd •■•(•., postoi of In- church,
St Stephens Fnk rupal, oft iotat
. ill" The fitH Ve,J.>h»f as-.i.-t
--—d. Hr hGs buried : i Ihandfortl
I trine: cry.
Be: idea hi.-- of tic Ji.il duties, ir-’resi*
: dent Foster was active with umn
: (irons other ventures. Here arc
s.ene oi fns achiev.cent:
Cha rut-in executive committee
• i c.t vlu- Negro Land-Grand College
; as-ociatlot: oigamzei atid first
;. - r:<)ei.[ a.- ociutiou of Business
Officer- in School M ’•'egroez
member, executive committee, Vir
ginia Ass->e ate.di for Educatioi and
I chairman id ds building fund;
Vitmoer. board of truMees, Bi
shop P vuf Divinity c.bool and St.
' !ii -> Polytechnic institute mem
ber cenei I improvement commit
■ !f- . ‘ thi Virginia Slide Planning
, Continued on pagi 8 ttoi> section
IBlil , § ‘ 1111 l '
sills m ' IPS |
•■-BP wtt i C m iv.
•• • "jj |
iSwß^fe, =< BBKX'-.-i1... •■■•
-ksi' ,«(•, JPP, y gy-~ l l| WM^Swgfeg|fe..
NO. T\V<>
compliei i:i.\ ms ntmH)-
lin itmijililedv destroyed tlx
i i suit-ix't of Mr. and Mr», t-d
SIOO,OOO Libel Su 'd
Cites Father Divine
WIFE OF NAfICP
HEAD GRANTED
MEXICAN DECREE
XI-.'W VttUK The j7-y-s«r rtf
inaii.e of the Walt or Whites which
< began in the* New York offievs o:
do National As'inr-u f-r ha
\dvaa.-m. • of Color a L-opl
i ... H " - - : ■a3 [,.; i thi-t W-ak.
t;.. ... a ~’. fob ,-. H. • ~! •. a
from a trij.- ta- ,vie\i, - vot .
' Wte.M aa- ; • \V tii> lorifo
.ad a itoxirau liivm.’n troin hf *
.husband.
icm Aad saw :Vt- hihi a -..a . . Nto,’
ti’tk: a'Tunay !- j' yo- Whit- iln-if
CoritUii'.ed on page «. this section
ICAROL.INIAN
| PHOTO
Quiz\
jmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmm..
1 !'W tV i-ik's 4UrfltiiMr tX<X
YOC t 1.1 L THAT R.A4 T KIN
S ATIONS \t!l lMl*tiO\lM«
IN NOHTH < VtsO! »\ V
t {. Raiford. Kyerntive >*•«.•
<a fart, YMC'A
Yes Tin i by hi- :-• .
. iii'ipuibiiii (-.'bey -...k ;.,
Uki befc'i a great .-bn toward -oc:..
.justice for ad cimer.-s ol Nor
Caraiina
' Th» Youth 'H bo.- st ato as reprt -
semv'd by studfiii group: at the
Univei ity <•! 'No; tb Carol:;:.-! and
j Duke feel vt.-ry ki-t nty about the
; 'natter of adjustitig raci.-d iifenual
! ities iitU -.vill wore and more exert
:. if Lienee feu Site; aiiiv in the s!.;L
and o they grew iiito liiauinty
!«ajd begin holding executive p’v;*
jxion: wo lo.iy expect wore lir-.ru'
trends to i ..-nttra-e.
The fftivitiei ol Negro groups
themsel -'. - m tin; wafter ol seeur
ing greater justice is a hopeful
: :.i;y. t-spnually .a is ti it when
■their actions art t-uioi-rsed by the
• tiaer types oi whites in the state
>b's tili'm Maeon, y.lia«
II invevsity sophomore
i Yes. Si .ce the a. -u Nee,, o -
and K’liiU'- are more cor
tci’- -. w. ra> *. %
Ncgr:- Dtrj lis
place in u Mbs Macon
! Aeierieat: exiely.
In mv hcrr.e'tewii Louishnrg. Nc
- are .res ted more t-•rdialiy .-n
: Tie store"?. ! ltave aiso ret teed •■
change: a., the- attitude- of whites
Iridutg the. ’.usse.k The re: vs very
itUle jostiin y ;• :td sneering at tn
'Nepro passengers in a crowded has.
! ll;t.y . eerr to :v.eli;:f that both
| race r have tr- use the stm.c me;. -.
of uanipurtan.in and therefore
siiare s; atb.g and standing space
; without iocidsat
Another vi-i> Significant chabijo
in race relations is tile Interrncisl
In'dltinc meeting ->n me enmpus
•wce-1.. 1 believe- mat. the itietu*
! bers of both races in aii«.-ndacce of
| this mevt.-ig are here becduae they
•' racily want to do everything pos
-1 Continued on page, a this section
be'it Tee of ,«-niitnfield. Only the
(-..ii chuirv .uvd psti.'h livtnvbitc
shown in front m tin* tnirnim;
DAVIS SUES
CULT HEAD
I’hdadt-lpbia. r.efirowerk:
I\j : ••dell Ire tun! Fa the: Dive
In .*> ihi wv k when our World
in-. - iiie> f lin'd suit act Ins! (Ii
f-i:;ed euii iiiuiev f-r SlOO.i'On
• i:.:r.Jiu that hv made f;ils. scam
elitlmiv. maii. ieu.- arid uni rue M..re
,:U • nt- in ;i M’vi-s. t.i -eii *-- 1...
(h. . 'A.-:.-- > d-d :;. \ ,u - V
Lislor Oi-ij-f!
The ehariv’S gre-le i - 1. ’ . , .-■:■■
month, ami prfntexi in -
Eh ji.s New .i-ifri r t
Tucker a td. i!y d, •,vb.,
new sleihel (e sjeiJ :- : , r . ■ -
Our World The phiintifi <<e
that Tucker week Smlimed amt i
suad. d by On- baiil lnvti! ,U- •
e'ancet hi> -i lie r lor rh- v-ijum >
sue -f the magazine vlii.h
■ . j T id's: ", r- 6: ': ■ :>
111-kei Ih.l' 'ill. ■ . ( :;•
t\ ,c!et are ha > : ai.,l 0:,. -,. tii. •
T ruman Enlists
NAACP In Fight
For Civil Rights
LOS ANGELES * message
Pi"..-)deiit Ha: S Ti'iiinan
.nlisiliig the aid of Lie S I ALT’ -
•lit' f-g::t ViY.J ; •,: ' - ie i-1.: .
. .. ir.4 ln-sday r-vefbtig
Opening ;:cs: 1 -l ti;t -Uu.'. A.
Com't'i'entt' at the Nati-na? Associa
tion t.)i the Advancement of C 'Un
d F-vapa i \ riov WEI kill::
secret :y ot the A■esoe;air'ti
"(),:.•■ gre«; ; l>t>!>v ' w.-'de the
Preside'r.t . . ", lies in tie.:
strength and unity ot out pe ‘pm
bidiind the i.lohls which R- to make;
-•nr n.itiotf. One <>T these hieiii: is
the- ebursinatson ol dis.Titn .* on
based upon i arc, a l l. g: or ■". -
Man Burns Home,
Held For Arson
. SMiTHFIKLD ETben Lo 3d
i year-old truck drive r «• aeiiig held
;in jail without Lon.: >u n
;oi ui 'un
i la- is elmi'Kod with •.nra-pletely
i deslr-ying hi; $3,000 L ve-r-’-uvn ;e -
; ment bis if(-. n.nis. by l- v Alt of
| the bousc-hosW fi- rii' h ngs were de*
stroyed with the exception l>( two
! chairs rnd the porch furniture.
Ace-orb hi.- ta> polie-e, !-.• • -ad r- is
, wifo, Cl«u*a. l ad be cm hivir-; ta.n
jdy troubles sot ro*ne titm* The
1 couple lived in the house wv.h
SISTERS HELD FOR
STEPFATHER’S DEAIH
! Fayetteville Wr~, Ora Lee Me-
Lean, 2i mill her si-'c: Miss Lu
' cille McDciv/ell, St, arc being ’.--Id
! in jail wiibonf »>. ? d ?.»» d'.arg<« of
, murdering their ulop-fiuher
Police H.ild tVi: Mr M> ta>i<n i-’
1 being charged with the murder of
. her -'“it fiubt i fT.-yorip-oln .(oh:.
'A>si. y McLain. and hei sister.
: Miss Mellow. '1 with being an ac
cessory.
structure were saved. lee i he
In? held nit mi arson rt; .•, .
(Tuitei hv sfe rmatt 1> lan sun
Courtesy of New> and Obtmrver 1
DURHAM SCHOOL
HEADS ANSWER
PARENTS' SUIT
<, Ki•!I-’NHI■ OH') I>ur ! ;‘yi &<'h o<>!
a ; *': * j;t.> ilt’S At‘ 5 K lilt’s? fLU <H*
nui t sbp r> 5 -s -:jf rimiDaHoa
prflMoruU it liDfi 111 "A DA <*. '\
<t\ ■ }j .* i \:u iMiu- civ.- ■ -tterei
u: ■ ...ii ■ An- er,c... .4
may enjoy equality id opportunity
tt-hi ”
hi-'t-'.si'U, the tact «; it the JC-O
•t n»ij_ r..-; :.i ; -disc on ia
tic-i policy cannot be left v> gov
e.: f.v'.' cjr.;ai.- thne tin- Cufei
Fx.vu:.-v -'....‘ii umi “In -■ vec.c ..■
ic »h irv-i .Tta- “ovi-mmeju, otis
-hr . ii- I vi-: •■ iL - iai.idly .. -
mrcllipes t and ; ersistenr . ,u.
:-'er.vy n-u.jnF " The Preside.-d
■iiL-i'-i support of the public
■ -if! t!.«- ..ctive c . c-t sue;:
arganiza. an- a.s the Ma.VCF* in
•tv.n'mw i -. i ,-?Ce ii hit section)
- i i !w 'tiildrcn Mi die. hi ana
Billy Fa.fr, if Oii several ouca
• \->ns when in- han b< en inuk mg.
Lee bad threatened to burn the
house
H* -rr and her si.*.ter, tfioled.
v.'tic . '-.‘u-,.:.-.;. <j Avri ifn- I: util .. C't
whi.n he - came across th* r.tjtt oad
trucks -.-t celled to fus -.-.ife He
hit! been drttor.mg und tried to
get in's wife tc come noate, but
-he refused
♦•You’ll ticmri sui.- he”? it ;-1 > ■ ■’-
fCorthiued or. pr at- 6, this stt-tio:;)
Mrs akLesti har> wimitred shoot*
lag McLain with a .s;: calitwir pis
tol, but says Thai she did It when
;,- >_i:’ \ -, . ri oc iii-- with &. i 1
Her sisitcr aiicveU - .iin-f Mi'Leaaj
■in the hack with a • .In i. iudfe.i
However, an aid>v«y report sttri
buteti th- u. ritj t - bullet ft-o-rn
I the pistol which wa. lt*dgwJ ia the
! man’s heart.
Continued on page 8. this se-itiaa