SUICIDE VICTIM LEAVES NOTE TO FAMILY
• -V ...
111 ftu t XI. V (. l uk'Ml
tciiius enumerators in U't - Dtn
ham area were briefed at V. ; ‘i>
Carolina College here last v. *eh
oil Unties special metiunl nose
.ounun s .
I inter She !r.i l«-rslnp ol Or .\l
Vhi tV Rose, iiouritl tiuio light
staiwSiiig! professor »l sovioiogi
in tin colleges -.i.nin.ite di.isiyil
of ,'H« iul'Jc.l, Imrhjffi rti.Mn pel
stMUiel .Ats; >»:hetlu!ed to ill V .
rui ti jnu urban areas ill U*r vi
cinity
Teachers Confab Promises
Furious Election Battle
COLLINS HURLS
FINE BUST
KALLIGIi % ith only v.
**'tlu>'s emaii:;n;' ouarc she opening
jjan tiii annual ivuveuiiou <>i < *<<
No; ill
tiim, supporter; ot Un- • •unii
tittles for f lie office of i ideilt •'
the organization, uniimUei ed the if
big guns tor j bar: age ot la.<i. nun
m. < har* v.>. coimlci eh.. xml
plain and tauey et-.i-iion trick** ;
Arrayed ...ot one side are the sup
l>v>rt* -• it In Krauts !. Atkin... o.f
\A taa!i>n-ri.«iein and n tin other
the ti'icliU-* ’0 I L pro
I id Ihe Ku.i'o' ilv I'm k .'■•'lead.
Tin.- stintii, -i iita.-d in Coe h.l'tie
of '.vnrrts enme t’nirn \V H. (‘oiiitir,
chairman ot the ottio ./ti-in Co*
tint's Nominating Committee who
charged that attempt:'. were beiuc
made to “-cover up Ihe fact <hm
Air. Aiuierson is ihe “favored ad
niinlstrative • amiidate."
Collins laid th. blame C-r the
aiUi;- i.l “oi.vet' u; at the door of
James J. Taylor, former ans«na
tion president and present member
of ihi executive board
{Continued on page 8, this section)
Sheriff Calls Arson j
Trick Os Pranksters j
REIDSVILLK A police office!
tally this week. d ism 1.-. soil Gw
burning of h cross in from of \
Negro home, ami the subsequent
burning ot the Imme five hours
later j«a a “prank - case.
The officer, Deputy Sheriff J. <’
Saunders, said the cross burning.'
in tltc front yard of tie- n me ot
Nick Hanson a tenant fa finer in
the Banja community. south of
OFFICIAL BLASTS
DOUBLE DEAIIHB
NEGRO LEADERS
By ,J. It HARRKN
ROCKY MO I'NT In an add res.;
to the monthly meeting of the
Rocky Mount Civic Forum in the
Community Center, Sunday after
noon, Kelly M Alexander, of Char
lotte. president of the N. C. Con
feretuo of N’AACP Brunches. blast
eil (he old type of Negro community
leaders who would ’‘double deal"
tlu»:r people for their own peruana!
gain.”
He also urged Negroes, to unite
their organizations to fight for an
Increased number of persona on the
registration books to obtain a full
er share of economic security and
political consideration.
Speaking to an audience of 200
(Continued on page 8, this section)
Democrats Meet
RALEIGH Officials of the i
North Carolina Negro Democratic J
Organization met here on Friday j
at Hie Blood worth St rot V MCA to j
map out plans for a rally of state
Democrats on April 21th.
No definite site for the rally was
Set at the meeting, but it is be
lieved that sente central town will j
be selected to satisfy both the east ;
and western forces,
rated which of the candidates run- j
The group has m yet not ittdi- j
nitiK for the Senate it will favor, i
Shown he r« addressing the
group i: Davor Dan K. Edwards
of Dai)( a bi (e\li-me right,
standingi iinl with him .1, Les
ieslie Atkins, chairman oi the
Durii.iiti i ouilty tv < utile C&lu -
liiitlc. Olliers m Uir photo are.
sc a ten left to light: Alesdame* ‘
Smith. mlian r.deliiion, be tty
A tv. viarthu K ioi.es, toti.i
S victiilJ i tuiiy Harrington, Iter
uiii- Vt tones Vtc.s y,ert*.o»|e
I 4l ; •>-
I **
I'-'laUll ul'.n\«- i- Miss ILld
scull, who lot the first time in
lift professional caret r (dayell
before u segregated audience, in
North < arolinu last week
.Miss seott was unaware or tne
fact, aiid when she was informed
that .Negroes had been segregat
ed the new made her ill
JsiuiisvHlc, Friday night, and the
th-struotian of tin home, could not
hr blamed on lhe tvu Kiu\ Kinti
and was a "prank case."
Police officers said the burning
of (he house ami the crows might
have been done to throw a scare
into Harrison, who was reportedly
crunk and threatening his wife, j
j F. ithiy afternoon.
! No out- .van at the Harrison j
j huu v, which is on Ho- Walker Ho j
| belt.-: farm, when it binned at H
j a.th. Hail ano and In : wife Wete j
j away for tin night and ihe chil J
I dren were -.pending the night at !
a neighbor's house.
Tim neighbors, t'lafence and Vir- j
< Continued on page 8. this section* j
Haitian Gives
Address At
Local School
RALEIGH Kathryn Bryant,
director of religious education in
the Missionary District (Proton
taut Episcopal) of Haiti, in a- Via
■ pel address tit St. Augustitic's Col
lege yesterday described her work
* I among the young Haitians, and
challenged the students to a vital
{Christian life ot service to God and
man. The young misMlottaty stun
1 mmi up her aim a a being “to give
t Continued on page 8. this section)
However, n is expected that the
announcement will be made at the
Unity, or soim t bcreafiei.
The primary aim of the organic
atioti at present, as expressed hy
its Secretary, Rev. S. It. Johnson
of Salisbury, is Jo mobilize th*’
Negro vote and to aid in the regia
nation of the Negro voters.
The delegates who represented
.ill sections of the stale, also dis
cussed the difficulties encountered
by prospective Negro voter.) in
! iContinued on page 8. this section)
Cobb, -Mrs. Theresa B H Hall,
and Mrs. Travis Free Standing
k<i to right, the enumerator*
are Edward 1 Lloyd Waiter M
Brown, Johnson if Ray. .1 . W
IV Mien Mis t>iiessa H. Alevaoder.
1 i :-.»k Brower. Mrs. K. Scarpor
ts si i; It Miss t lie is Stallfor.: VtxV
i«u. ivjis Odessa is. Alexaader.
Raul 1 VK Unite, Cimmett i
I‘. lit Daniel It YVhsttcU, D>
Rose. John t Stuart Atkins, and
Masor Edwards
iNTSIGUE GROWS
IN ELECTIONS
lntrigu-. in the e e!>*.nioi, ;
,i . jit . ... ,t t 'iV.xiu.u : .-w. ..elation ;
i".--;.:hte:''e t i.vi* •' •“
l’li.ii.£;c- ti-.it , Raiciyti coik: ;
y. C„i.;i :,t u.,ck'.ll 0 .. 'cdb- i !“-l
Miopi-, tv .Tcc at the CUii.nl .lOtiAn .
| latri.ti. •• . -h- • itd candidacy of -v ;
H. . Wi: • Naiciii eI
t
. C...- .•i.tugcs *.avd U-ui madi b, -
hi 1 ankuia Stale ctinratoi wh-.- ;
!.,ays in n noi. -partisan.
This week':, cittttges tne |
I Riiivtgh edic. ator cai.-u- as ait,.-
! mall! to s.utiuiC v aliv:, i
jmg tietvve. •. Ll R Cidiuti of I
! SllnUift ’d . 1 il*.t .laitU-: i* la_vUn o. j
: Dui haivt,
i '1 wi week; :go Cull ills. ill a j
j u tter tu su.li newspapers claimed
I ;li. V til own j(mmiu.!UUo:i I
is trying .to prejudice teach'’. . j
, ; .tJ. ' the calnJidas'> Os if. t 1-
; Alkms i'e asiciit us the St ; *te
i Teacittsi•- Coli. c ak Wuistoi; - •>-
Ati.s'.vciiiis; Collins la l v.'C.'k
: rayioi, iorincr president ••f the as
j souaiion and now a inemter ot
! the executive committee look sh.up
I I ,;ai< w-tth Collins and accused toe
.iiilltl ■ Icki tsiucaLm of ot .rg hi: ■
} tli untied .and frying tu divert the
|.n social ion ; electi a proccaui'c iron.
| adiUoii..! clihihic.s
j Ciiargc:. that a HaieigU educator
| idetiiiftC'ii snnplv as a “Kalenfli cai
j ic“e pr. ld> ii! ’ hit specufatoi Ut
ile donL'i as to the i'.icistitv of Ra
! lech’s lit.e eollegs' piesideot, no.,
I trial l.a'mCi Shaw University Presi
i fen Robei t K Darnel i now iie..o
iiis* Vu'raiua Slat. (
Di Atkins and Mr Anderson;
have reiu.diied -ilt-nt ajrud tin
flurry A words that have passt il ,
Gciwt-en the other disputants m the
a]!. ay
State teachers will decide tnts;
week whether Anderson, who ac
(( .jntimu'i! on page 8, tins section) ;
jiiEcimi) u:\iu vit; I
IiMiOI.IJHiM AT AvVi
GRIENSBORO Dr W I
Kennedy, director of the A. and
T. College tiraduate Sehoul, an
iiuuncrd on Tuesday, a record
i enrollment for tin* spring qu.u
ter, with more than ti. r , students
already enrolled in graduate
classes.
Registration for the quarter
i eioses Saturday afternoon. The
j director said more than 30 art
expected to have enrolled for
| full time graduate work Os
these !M are ahe.nly registered,
i Os the total number of grad- -
uute students, 25 are in-service
teachers. *
H j % ' ' ' j
| j • .' .jxrfW >
Pictured above is the James E.
Shepard Mfnintial Library mow
under construction at the North
■ CAuncvio ivicc I
R.ILKiUH ?: i.-iy arrivals be
I «an tfi.-k'.iOß tala the Capitol City
\Ve;it;e-lie' a • lie.- ejiy completed
j pinn.- to weiconse tin* K.OOO teach
i era . xpe<’'.-d m attend the Siviy
i Ninth Annua: Couvenfion of the
; Nuitli ('.uolint Tvachers Ass-.i t
: tinn ‘n u*. held Thursday, h riday
1 and Saturday.
Top speaker for thf vs-ioiis will
ik-.y. ->lor W. K lß''i-!t. w'..>
v:.! add res the couv ® ; “ii ...i .
: day night at T p.ai . in the Mentor
COPS SEEK EQUAL PAY
MITRE ROCK. Air (ANPi
■ f foal pay lor Negro l>.• is• > .assn-e;
ud peunions for tuoin ab-.o may
be in tl.c tu-ai' f'.iHn'e them if
irolioe.. mute last wvek by ’he eiiv
1 ;■ n i.. v -.'mil up in emu-1
- >■ . l '! ' ' .. 1. j
rhitt .tie fry ordraaiie- whuti :v.r
; thuri'/Mi tin.- tiirinc of Negro police
; idlieers b n denied them tin- right
| c,{ taitsi'-i'.s is inteoiisi ituiiouai
I eontrary n> the state . oustitutton
! Hi actinii also port’d, two other
i : -- -
Segregation
Hurts Hazel
CHAi’KL HILL ißpecialt
li ua-1 Si /it, liiatraUrdit and tearful
after* learning here Wednesday
nij lit he hod plnyed before a seg
:. j•.j t■ audience fur ttie first tuno
her ~i..tV. sioual cai t’er as an eu- 1
t- : ' a.,;', worked tier-elf into such
... iicivoii, : -t.- that a physician
: .. . to .ii- called lo attend ltd.
I n t \\ Thump:..ai. young Chap
el !1,!1 ve;;... ply. aician, told re
. t. i u- Dut bar; i'burstlay he i.:ul
’admirti..t<'red a sedative tu relieve
Mu,.-. Scottr. nerves and to induce
.cep. tie d.-scnhed the entertain
[C; - condition rhuistlcy as “re
>ponding piendidly to treatment
Miss Scott, \vtio spent Thursday
' "mht with the W K Sellers of -il'i
Father Finds Note |
Son Left Family
HV JAM*:s I>. WH.LIAMS
RALI.IGIt After writing his
] family u brief suicide note, a 32-j
year-old iia sea.. veteran. using a
| homo iv.iide gallows ended hi.- own,
’•life hero on Monday.
| The body of the veteran, John ;
| Austin, of ll Chestnut Street, was;
j discovered by Ids father, Paul Alts- 1
tin, dangling from a noose tied to I
, iho end of a rope, which lull boon
'attached to a rafter in the pantry of
jt.he home.
I Mr. Austin made bis discovery;
I \
Carolina College.
The. building is being rushed la
tGoijjldiou to house the recently
NAACP DRIVE STALLS
* RALEIGH iia local chaptei"
] oi the National Association for the
i Advancement of Colored People,
lost ;t.s only full nine executive
last week witti tht .. ..‘.‘'nation f
s.i- -. l.'ati,i-; ine- Clupp- ;- . ua ex.-c.i
tJvc sc. r.Rai y
Mrs. Chippe.- 's resignation war
snbmiUed lo the executive board
: several weeks ago with the uoder
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\ OLI'ME XXIX RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. APRIL 1, 1950 SO TWENTY-SI
ut) .Vanif or; uni
The first session wtif not be he'd
until Thnrskiay night, m S p:u in
tiie Greeny al Hall, at Shaw { n;
veisity.
At that lime the teachers will
be oft'i. iaily welcomed to the city
by Mayor P l>. Snipes. Attorney
}•. J Carnage will welcome the
tl* legates on behalf of til-' bu'-ines..
. aiy! ib'-sior.a' peoi'le-of the city:
Jesse e). Sanderson, supei irsteudei't.
;,f city schools, wilt wei.v'UM- the
fji.er.i /os -she legality of the dis
criminal.*rv wage scale-, paid Se
em ..fficc!'-: ut.d the legality of the;
nppoitiiment of two Ney.ro officers
over 4:i years old.
A me sit nation stand today
a ; the •' . f Net u poi tee
in * n iu la: tie H'.'.-k.
In the city council author
th- uiriug of spwisl N''M'o
i:l'ficei •, .ii a rate ot fi-l-'." 1 : a aiotn 'l
ci/.ipared lv, y 1 1 ;* toi w intl -*,..
< uniimnu ,>n page 8 this s*.'tiOii>
• Franklin Stcocl. said she had
••nigldtuai'e:! uH night” after learn-,
iug that she had played before the j
' SO: 'TC t.rttoO gl'OUp.
“It was '.he first time in my car
et* i that i v- don. tf.is kind of tiling,
and 1 let: 1 ten idle about it. Ot
coarse. 1 would not have entertain- j
.d a' ! iia: known the audience;
u ,i. . wgreguted one ' she ud.
no otin-r place iu the South
tis ever happened to me. th* I
pianist continued She- added that
she had appeared in Texas, Loui-
Isiana, and other States in tin* Deep
: South
! ft was it vealed that the trip to
lenterain students at the University
{Continued on page G, this section)
shortly after he returned home
from work on Monday, to find the
neatly written suicide note and a
sum of money propped on a dresser
, where John had left them,
i Earlier Monday morning before
'Mr. Austin left for work, he had
given his son a key to the house,
;after John said he was going out
tor a walk that afternoon.
The first intimation that some
thin;- w as wrong, came when John's
‘sister returned home from school to
iCunlmued on back page)
\
acquired collection of books by
and about American Negroes, to
gether with momentocs of Africa,
' standing that it would become of
? lective after the Mass Meeting of
, the organixution on March ty, and
to cate tilt* executive board has
f given no Indication as to her re
- pj.iC.u -: *- r.t
Mraiiv. hltc-' with it.; month old
i membership drive slowed to an al
i most complete halt, the branch be
- gan this week to map plan:, to re
rii'!*-gav.=. on behalf of 'he local
schools: while Randolph Benson,
snperin’.’ntieii; of the VVak. (
ty Schoels. will vveiceme the dele
nates on btltalf "f ibe Wake County
schools.
Guest speaker a? this session will
. he Ur. Martin Jenkins presid-tnt of
Morgan State College The annual
address hy the president of the
•.•I'guni/ation will be given by 11.
V. Brown.
• Continued on page 8, this section!
JUDGE FREES
WHITE MEN IN
RACE HOT
CHICAGO »ANP) -- Municipal :
JbLifV Joseph McGsuy gave the
-:r‘ a!.am to white supremacy ele-;
;*; i!: I. 1 , fit V lif t WCCK, \\hVil he
i: ted the last of 2t> men charged '
vuh 'participating in the apti- j
; MC::(o, atni-Jtnvioh program here ;
: la-.S, November.
Chaiies Richard LaFoiietle is j
j nov. fiet to attack people of toe;
1 Negro race or the Jewish laith j,
;with the comfortable feeling that;,
j lie "iU not be sentenced by Judge,
McUarry. T.a Follette was charged ;,
'•.vith attacking L.eonard Colen, a ;
print 'Ui; press operator, with a
(Knife. Colon was <•:-.route to visit i
!As son Bindman, ieftwing labor or- •
jganizer. when he was attacked and j
Gabbed repeatedly by a hodlum sev- ,
:oral times during the i'larfc-up.
As in previous cases, the Judge j
i indicated he didn't believe a word j
|of Colon's testimony and appearep
I more concerned over who urged I
I the victim *o file suit rather tltftu |
i ruling <m the defendant’s guilt, .
Toe trouble started before the ;
home of Bindman when it was:
learned that he had invited Ne
groes to his home so. dinner with !.
another ■ friend thorn Hawaii, News j.
was circuited through this Irish- ;
Catholic community that Negroes'
(Continued on page 8, ibis section! !
|kape attempt nets'
I MAN 10-1! YEARS
GREENSBORO A sentence
of 10 to II years in the state
prison, was handed out to (jadis
Oglesbs, 4f» year old local shoe
maker, on Turn lay, after He j
pleaded guilts of assault with
attempt to rape.
The sentence was imposed I
tiy Judge William Hatch, of Ra• !
Icigli, on the second day of a j
one week criminal term of
Guilford Superior Court here j
Oglesby had originally been
charged with the rape of an iri
talid Negro woman early ibis
month at her home. Judge
| Hatch, ooieted that Oglesby
j lie given a mental checkup on !
j his arrival at prison.
dictionaries of tlsat country anti
numerous books and phamphietH
about Negroes hi tlu Caribbean,
",ivc interest m the drive.
When the drive first stalled, it
was announced that the chapter
would seek a membership of 2,500.
hut since February 12, only sltght-i
, ty over too uicnibe;-. tiave been oh-,
tamed.
The reasons for the poor show
ing of the organization in a city
with a Negro population ox over
D. C. Club Owner
¥ ¥ 1 "I T“* ¥ ir“** i
Held ror Jury rix I
V> AFUINGiAN. C. - Oi:.' of
Y/ashib.gton's leading night club
operator». Bumie C. Caldwell, owe. -
e-r of tii - * Cltto Bali. arrested
and rt-c :i.:-.'d Tu-s-.y under SI,OOO
-bond, and charged with tampering:
! v.-.:h the jury that convicted three i
i gatr.ie;; last November
vli V '■ indicted b;. the
!Grand Jury earlier in the day and
i vas :.• crested at his home by three
; deputy United States Marshalls.
The four count inaictment charg
•ed th&t Caldwell promised money
!to cm. juror and caused money
•to be pci i used to an ‘.her juror
; fur „ »:.t guilty verdict Tw o other
j count;; ebarge tne.t Caldwell prom
ised money to a inembei of the
jury panel, to obtain information
as to how the jury felt about the
e;- ■ : tin* gamblers
Slick Con Trick
Costs Victim $1,009
WINSTON-SALEM One of the
oldert confidence games on record,
“the pocketbook swindle,” cost a
local woman s',ooo and a trip of
over 1,000 miles here last week.
The woman, Mis.-; Carrie Bell
Fuller, of 1312 Booker Street, was
' swindled out of the money by a man j
and woman, who are still at large.
The affair started Friday, when i
Miss Fuller was approached by a
’ strange man. who started a con
versation with her. While the two
were talking, a strange woman j
walked by and picked up a wai-i
let, taking l care that Miss Fuller j
saw her.
The wallet appeared to be full of
money and bonds, and the woman j
mid Miss Fuller that she would •
share the treasure, if Miss Fuller.
could produce some money of her
own to show her ‘Vopd faith."
Miss Fuller did not have any j
money in Wir ton-Salent, but sue
did ht-.v e i bank account in the;
Alabama fixer- «nge Bank ir. Tus
kegee, Ala
Miss Fuller said that all three of j
them gel into a cab. and after she j
had picked up her bankbook, they !
all went to the railroad station,
Bloodhounds
Track Down
Theft Suspect
KOLBSV ILLE Deputy Sheriff
j H. c. Benton reported on Sunday
! that bloodhounds from Cary Prison
! farm wore used Saturday night tn
I tracking down a man suspected of
I attempting to break into a. Koies
; viHe house.
| Officers said that. Carlton Miller,
j 21’, was held in Wake County Jail
| for investigation and that he
would be charged with breaking
and entering in Wake Forest Be
eorder’s Court. April 1. Miller ad
! mitted raising a window at the
rear of the house.
TRIES SUICIDE
, • if
WINSTON-SALEM -- A young
father worried about his children,
attempted to end his own life with
a shotgun, here on Monday, accord- ;
ing to police reports.
In a serious condition at the Kate
Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospi
tal. after wounding himself in the
right side of his chest; with a shot
gun, is Jndeon Mills, 24, of 1414
Wallace St,
The shooting occurred at. 414 At- j
kins St., the home of Mrs. Cornelia j
Campbell, a sister of Mills, Police
to use a. shotgun belonging to Alra. :
23,000 has not. L>•£•>; officially fl
plained, but members of the exefl
tive board indicated that they wB
.not satisfied with the results of B
-dvi,. and would make sev«fl
J: '.stic changes m the manner I
which the drive vvill operate in B
future. «
The plans now being discus*
(Continued on page $, this sectiß
t'.ddive-! f: penalties if c*
'.or J, ■ . i t year.- m prison pi
; finof sdsoo ’ I
l’nc indictment climaxes a V
mouth uivestigati i; by the F
t.o! mihcrir.cs indicated that 1
; case v.us still under invostigati
In almost daily attendance at !
gambler's trial, Caldwell has be
• called before the Grand Jury
three separate occasiohns in t
att mpr. to get at the bottom
oco rts to. >.. an attempt had be
made to fix the jury.
At mat time Caldwell told i
r . ouro that William “Snag' Lev
' whv v. i.> convicted -.it the trial a
s reportedly the head of a
million dollar a year gambli
,n.;. "usea to come Into my pla
bur that's all I've got nothing
(hide."
where she and the man boarded
• ram for Alabama.
When they reached the Aiabai
town. .Saturday morning. Miss Fu
.-r Vith.i: t.w her money from t
.-.ink. a;.J she and the man caug
; i northbound bus for Winstc
Salem
On their completion cf the 1,1
mile y. the kind stranger call
'ho woi.;.;n .-.-ho had * J 1
! pocketbook, and she hur.ui -to
\ to the ..us station to meet : it
j travelers.
, The v oman took the J'.O'W a
i told Miss Fuller and the man u
; she was going to get t -o money
!" '.vide up.”
MRs "tiller vent to the rest roi
- md when the returr id she feu
1 ’’.‘j man ha-1 one hhe waited
i the bus nation from 5:30 a. m. i
! til noon, and then she grew si
! pictous end called the police.
No trace >f the woman, the he
fu!. «an .or the money, has j
j been found.
ANNUAL MEET
ATTRACT 3,008
DELEGATES
I BY DILLINGH AM MeDANIEI
RALEIGH - With more than
i 000 delegates in attendance t
eighth annual State Council Me
ing of Negro Homo Demonstrati
Club was held at. Memorial Au
j torium, on Wednesday.
Attempting to link closer t
family, the homo, and the sclio
the general theme of the meet!
was “Today’s Home Builds Tom
row’s World.” ■
According to the secretary of t
group, no special resolutions wt
drawn up. >
In the main address of the me
ing, Governor Kerr Scott expre
(Continued on back page)
said that Mills broke into the hot
iCampbell’s husband.
A note to Mills' parents ask
them to care for his t.wo childt
and "not to be mad at him
shooting himself," was found
the scene of the shooting by
\estimating officers.
Mills' father, Tom Mills, told
: lice that his, son bad told him s*
i eral times in the past week t 1
! he had nothing to live for.
' added that the younger Mills
i separated from his wife.