iLfcsy i Sflli MX EXPOStD
-.ss yf.'*Tu 13c —■- " .;.,Jy\ c 1
vcSSstTc "cyA yA'i^Y^E
f ISA!V( F.S wiG,C7 inc chan
ces that interim Incumbent l
S Senator Frank I'orter Gra
ham may return to the nation's
top governing body follow ii A the
M*y 27 Primary were exceeU
intjly high as nearly a million
North Catolittiaiit made ready to
S« to th polls in Saturday’s pre
retlfiit-setting primary Senator
Grahanu has been opposed it> the
race l>y three opponents* with
Itaieigh attorney, Willis Smith,
staging the most impressive Kin:
tor Us*- pus! to which the forme i
p, evident « a-, appointed
%\i si4t:i:eed the fate a 1 i'afiM ,1
i' m«iv IjU c H; ti if jf It Tuti
Fayetteville Hosts State NAACP Meet
Roy Wilkins Is Keynote
Speaker At Annual Meet
wmmM
Kl. \ NOTKK K 0 y WUkifsv.
former meting cxfouliv c secre
tary, jtiiu recently mu.m. a «| j*l
mmislrator of the National As
sociation for the AtlviUK'eimni
ol C oloreti i*eoplt*. vvill deliver
the keynote address ill the
Seventh Annual V {' State Von
... of Hranches of the N A,
JtL C. I*., at Fayetteville ua June I
NEW PROJECT
IS TO HONOR
R. S. JERVAY
»i: a 01, iN t:
1! li I. LET i N
WILMINGTON ihr build
ing of a 250-unit housing pro
jr< t lor Negroes here costing
$1.1125,000 will gel underway in
the early Fall. The Project
will be named tor the lute
Robert 8. Jervay, veteran
printer and publisher who
died in 1941
Louis T. Moore, chairman of
the Historical Commission of
New Hanover County, recom
mended the name in honor of
the late master printer and
publisher wlui for 40 years ope
rated a job printing and news
paper plant in Wilmington.
(Continued on page 8, this section)
Elect Officers
During tile meeting us the Wake
County Chapter ol the Fayetteville
State Teachers College Alumni As
sociation held at the Bloodwortlt
Street YMCA on Saturday, May
20, officers for the 1950-51 year
were elected.
Those named to offices were
O little presklni; Mrs, M.
Love, vie president; Mrs. E.
Barfield, secretary amt ,J, C.
Moran treasurer.
Among those attending the
alumni session were Mrs. Gio-
Uen Taylor Miss A Smith, Mrs.
(Continued on page 8. this section)
Two Die In Mysterious
Gastonia Murder-Suicide
GASTONIA ... Two deaths, list-::
ed as mut-der and suicide wort? roj'
corded here this week when police i
investigated the shotgun killings oi l
Eddie Thompson. 32. and Mrs. Eliza |i
Lewis, 51.
The coroner W. G. McLean .aid!'
that Thompson walked into the
THE CAROLINIAN
j NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY
\ VOLUME XXIX
GRAHAM'S CHANCES FOR
ELECTION RATED HIGHEST
*kkkAAkAkAAAA * * k k k k k A k A A A k
.1* ; \ cU.t'v Ll'itX *1 *• Jx vV ILK.tli.h, It •*
rc ntiy named sdr.; inistrator of the
N,ui. ;.) Association tor the Ad
vancement of Colored People will
ke> note speafcei at the prißc.l- :
oaJ '. .tion *..i! tin- seventh annua!
K r Mvde NAACP conference
uere next A'ouk.
Tile c o liloi ej!ce. vv it h 11 X e Fa;•' •
: u-.-vu! Hiawli actmv as lue-.;. v. ; ,!!
be •., o Tv.-j:'-.day ..mi Friday, June
i aiKi Theme so: the annuai:
~ • v, ib ;.e ‘‘Strw.gthening Dc-
F.-ijcr.-t • T!i <ii CoiitiC'T Ac
>Jr. Wilhites who vv iis sv ting
’eeielary of Ihr \ AACB dl.tr
i,-,-g she year-long leave of ah
s* i'ut..v' vi Walter Watte, will
address a mass meeting to he
held a St. Luke .MeWiodbit |
Chinch on the night of I'hurs
i Continued on page 8. this st-ctloU)
•BOV FRIEND,'
WSMAN FACE
M'JRDER RAP
Mrs, Cora Mitchell. 45-ycac-v.nci
Raleigh woman, and Maurice L..
. Wu-girn hor alleged "boy friend ’.
- w ill have to face trial her f6r the I
i, - 'cier u* Mannei iVlitciiCil. 70,
Mi-.. Mitchell and Wiggins were:
: lie.- died on the niorain” of
May 15 of injuries resulting from j
-jcati: i> reportedly given him by
i Mr- Mtciiell and her "boy friend." .
Milchcli, si -,iioc shine parlor
operator, died at s*t. Agnes
Huspita) on on tiie 15th after
having been rusher there by
police officers who found him
lying on the floor of his home
bleeding from a head wound
on ihe day of tile attack. Fo
lice discovered Hie victim when
tney responded to a call to go
to 5 McKee Street where the
: ; t oniinued on page 8, this section)
IFRiSHT KILLS
MAM CHILD
DURHAM Little Joyce Atm
! Holloway, two-year-old daughter
|of ; \ji. and Mis. Coy Holloway of
Route fi is dead and blamed for
Tier death is Tni/ht."
The liny child, u iio died at
her home Saturday after un
successful attempts were made
to save tier life at a local hos
pital, became frightened when
sue noticed a dirigible flying
over her home
| Jove* Ann was playing in her
Ivard vs ith several other small ehu-
T dron when one oi tile cluidreu told
1 | her "There’:; a big pig comm;' utter
• | you." The "pig' was an Army
i;blimp, flying about 7a feet above
i the ground
The child became frightened
and ran screaming to a visit
| «i>g neighbor, Miss Imm.i fa-e
; Slmpard, and collapsed speech
lessly in .Miss Shepard's arms.
She was rushed to Lincoln
Hospital where efforts were
made to ease her fright, and
then returned to her home.
Early Saturday m>*ht the child
> (Continued on page 8, this section)
i home of Mrs. Lewis Saturday of
jternoon and shot her with u shot
igun. Shortly afterward Thompson
jwas found in the rear of the house
:uhot through the chest.
! Mrs. Lewis has been cook at the
! Gaston County Jail. No cause for
the shootings was given.
M.ii, .‘still i ll (’AHoLINA
*
*S X -;a‘ "v.C::' It. $ y 'F ■. . SkPP '' v
J t'i.L RKEAIaIA \monj> the
hundreds ol' North (‘arolina
Shriners v. ho ,iUeiul<‘d the high
ly suceesxiui annual Shrim G«U;t
Day in Ku icigh last week end
Phony Post-Cards Used T o
Lessen Graham’s Chance
; A new low in political rncti
i uailin.; was reached in North Ca
iro)],is this week wlton Hie stale j
ibivwi.f fivudfd with post -cards
-.be.l 111,; tin: i into and ..-.ddi'ess of i
. a tii'iilion oi',;;,rn/.ation sevkinß to ;
I' Ivaii North C.uolinu v.det’B to be
- Tie ve that the National office of;
• . the N AACI* bad begun circular
. • ixiiig tin -Uito in support of In
! term: Senator Frank p Graham's
i.j.rnpn u.;>, lor election to l)i-».(J S
Sondtv in Ihe M;ii 27 p: ur.arit:,.
Bi-arm." th.e name of bclitious
eroup which ca-Jly could be mis
| Shrine Gala Day Was Best
|Ever Staged By N.C. Group
' ! ’ l ' n North Carolina Temples.;
| joined with KabaUi Temple No : !
177 oi Raleigh in the greatest eele- |i
’oration in the history of Shrine- 'i
idom last weekend. The Imperial 1
.Potentate, Dr. Raymond E. Jack -!t
- j son who in-ought a part of the |
1 j Imperial Divan, wa~ greeted cor- :
?! dually
Tire pi (.grant be,am Friday j
: jiTiormng with registration of the
,uuf of town Nuban, and guests. A j
.’baseball game was played at 2:30 '
SATi. tiI)AY MAY 27, 19f>0
were W. Avery Jones, a Win
ston-Salem attorney; P. L. lte
v era, a mortician from the Twill
City, .mii another unidentified
Noble oi Winston-Salem’s Re
taken by a carders reader as the
I name i,f the National Association
lor the Advancement us Colored
Peopk the cards have been dis
covered m every large city m the
j-i-dc , ~, j, a
Tin cards read.
' Hear Voter;
" Vour vote and active sup
port oi Senatot Frank tira
um in the Nortii Caroltsiu pri
nury May 27 will be greatly
appreciated, Von know, just
as we do, that T>r. Frank’ has
done much to advance the place
pm. between St. Augustine’s Col- •
Jeg« and Shaw University. Shaw i
emei god victor with the score at
9 to 4. A smoker was given by ;
Kahala Temple as Host temple to j
the distinguished- visitors.
The public program was
held at the First Baptist Church
of which Rev. ©. ti. Bullock is
pastor, The honorable Roy S.
Braden city manager welcom- !
ed the visitors with a short
speech, tie was given a rousing
llios Temple No. HO. In center
of photo is one of the gaily-clail
novices who were initiated in
accepted shriin r custom during
the session.
a) the Negro in North C.sro-
They are sie'ned by a phoney
lina. The Negro is a useful,
tax paying citizen!"
"W. Wile", whose name could be
i confused with that of Walter White,
ri-tumihp executive secretary of
the NAACP
The cards beat the name of an
• 0 ( U« !y as fietiouk "National SO
i CfET i* for the Advancement of
Cv —V'd People.
State Manager of the Gra
ham tin Scualoi t'vnupaign,
((,'i.mtiiiued on page 8, this section)
ovation. JU’V. (i. D. Carnes also
welcomed the visitors. The Im~
portal Potentate gave Uie prin
cipal address. Noble F J, Car
nage acted as master of cere
monies.
PARADE
A gigantic parade, with Nobles
in full Shrine dress, marching
clubs patrols and bands progress
ed along Fayetteville Street to
Hargett Street then down
(Continued oi> page S, this section)
NU MBER -J !
4 Die In
HFway
■ Mishap j
■ stale high wav accidents a..-. ,•
j ciaiirit-d Ua. ir. cs of at mas; a , ;
j Me* t:; Carolina Negroes dui-in;* the
| paot week and weekend, a survey
i conducted by the CARQLJNiA.%
| reveals,
hi a bitwrt truck•autviuu
tiih cotision which occurred
J Sunday evening at Roues; C‘ha
j pel, three miles east of Mount
Olive oi. the Kenan - viSle High
j way, Clarence C. Jones, 45, oi ,
| Mount Olive lost his life
According to investigation high-:
j way Patrolmen Join «\tS killed
| when a truck driven by Troy Wii-j
i lismj;-, 35-year-old white man ol
j Duplin County cat aero.—. tin.- path
iof jones as tin* two vehicles were ,
i traveling in opposite directions. •
' The head-on collision demolished j
| the automobile driven by the vie- ;
i Um
The report stales that a corou- .-
er's j m y has been impaneled to |
! investigate the accident. The oeci-1
jsi on was cased on the investigat- j
! ing officers' report that Williams |
j was operating the truck while un
| der the influence of alcohol.
Two rulers in the death car
were injured Mrs. Bp.«>
| Jones, 45, wile of the victim,
was admitted to .t Goldsboro
hospital suffering a compound j
fracture of the right leg, a
j (Continued on page 8. this -section) ;
FEDERAL AID
SOUGHT FOB
A, * T, HOUSING
i i
j GREENSBORO • A. and T.
i College s' board of trustees resolv
jid last Wednesday to find out
J whether federal aid can be obtain
ed to finance a housing project for
i teachers and married students.
The action was taken on the rec
ommendation of Dr, F D. Bluford,
college president .at the boards
] annual meeting.
I The board also re-elected Charles
jA. Hm.se chairman, and Shelley B
| Caveness, vice chairiman. Both
j are Greensboro attorneys.
I In reviewing the college’s
igrowth, Dr. Bluford said the need
| for permanent housing for leach
jers and married students is urgent.
!He -suggested that the 1851 Legis
: lature could authorize the college
|to oorrow money at low interest
{from Jte federal government under
a bill lecently passed by Congress.
i
■lsays husband
IRONS ABOUND *
-SHOOTS HIM
j A 23-year-old Raleigh woman is
| soon to bo granted a hearing in
j Domestic Relations Court to tell
exactly why she shot her husband
early this week. The reason she
originally gave officers was that
she shot her 24-year-old spctise fc>e
cause he ‘‘ran around ”
Taken to City Jail Monday
night was Mrs?. Katherine
Green of 41.3 V. Harringtcfii
Si., who claims that she really
didn’t n can to shoot her hus
band, ll*. ary, with the .20
gauae shotgun she used she
just wanted to ‘‘scare him."
Henry Greene, 24. was shot
■ shoitiy before midnight Monday
-jin front of the Harrington Si. re
i (Continued on .page 8, this section)
JC '' ■'.! '■ ' ''
LENA SAiIS- Huriuv noted Tiins &iar, wuv?'« gooct&ve from tfee
of the J 1 .rench s. S ..**s she sails for Kuiope, With
tore H-ent her riui*k?ai direct oi* i-Hmv I!ay ion, and dnuphiir In
Europe. Lens open* nt the Hue earn Cut* in H«n*i oti .u.-.y 3.lst 4 us welt
aS i£U£Bit up jie.-ui'/ilieers at tUc Liliitioii IbUttdilUli, iJ&iUt-j StfcK, it*'
iioitii, (iiusg'ow, Hume &nil lartieL
Graham Will Win
Observers Believe
I'.vi-.’i ihw'igi.'. L S Sctiator uu
C.iiiduiate Wi11,.-; Simtn is loudly
j luusti.ig that ’JO pei cent i t the
vi.Cv- c .: i ; tbc .'.lay ‘Si DeriiOCi'a
i tic pntuai ie: will support his bid
iti,i the natlotial post pi-rsviis iiieii
-1 (died w:tU poiitsmiis and said to
ibe "ie. the know"’ feel that the
j chanc. ■■ for Interim Incumbent
IScnat-'ir Frank P. Graham to return
■to the I.J. S. Senate are vary higc».
Smith whose cainpaigu for
Uu seat now held by senator
Graham has been Uic mosi spir
ii.-il, will ion a close secorui in
j (hr race, reliable sources re
veal,
; The- rota man race, in which
I forme .av.t.ifor Robert Aiur Itobi
ißeyiaads and Pinetop;: hos-raiser,
|OHu Ray B< yd are civen little if
j any > l . :a -a for meres ', has. been
| one of the most vigorously lought
I m the history of ihe state.
Senator Graham, a noted hh
crat, has been victim ot many
attacks from Ids opponents who
! contend Dial the junior Sena
tor upported Ked-front organ
izatiuus; and that his civility in
: the discussion of Fair Employ
j men! practices legislation in
dicate that In is opposed to
j Southern tenets.
■; Candidate Snuili’ campaign was
| tuaically a "Soutliern'' one, with
’ ‘ the Usual raei'-baitii)!* tactics so
succer. fully employed in the re
(( oiitiniuit on page 8, this section)
Jimcro Charge Hurled At
| R.J. Reynolds Company I
'I WINSTON-SALEM The R. J.
' Reynolds Tobacco Company mak
ers of Camel cigarettes are dis-!
eriminatorily laying off hundreds i
. of Negro women in their attempt
to destroy the union which in the'
. past seven years has won more
than lily million dollars for the;
firm's Hi,ooo workers, leaders of;
Loe.d 22 Food, Tobacco, Agricul-!
turn! and Allied Workers Union'
of America charged this week. j
Negro women who have been i
the back-hone of the Union
: since i'i-13 are being put on \
the streets even though they
I Mrs. C. C. Spaulding In
|! NYC Mishap; In Hospital
i NEW YORK Mrs. C. C. Spauid-f
s ing, Sr., wife of the president of!
. the North Carolina Mutual Life!
• Insurance Company Durham. N.;
C. who suffered a broken leg in '
a fall at the Pennsylvania Railway j
Station here about two weeks ago, \
is confined to the St. Vincent’s j
j Hospital here.
Hospital attaches says that
Mrs. Spaulding will probably
> be able to return to her home j
I in Durham in about a week j
; j or 10 days.
•! Dr. Spaulding has been in Nov
j York at the bedside of his wife, i
'but returned to North Carolina to
I® THE*
*: % :
WiAJt '■ ■ i A
ON BOARD: Dr Ralph 1
tlunche director of the Unit*!
Nations Department ot Trustel
ship, has been named la tl
hoard of directors of the Natlo
a! Association foi the Advaiu?
iitent ol ( olored Peopit to f.
the \ ai-auey created by the dea
of Charles Houston of VVashin
ton 1950 Spingarn Award wl;
j iter.
have given as much as t 9
years of continuous service n
the company the Union says.l
Alinough bocal 1:2. FT A wotl
i majority ol the voters counted!
at, NLRB election held March!
the Company is making use of I
■ fact that 13b challenged ball
; are tied up in the Talt-Hanl
! procedure-, to speed-up its dil
| against the Negro women, it!
j related.
! In a Mothers' Day speech o
toesi radio tation, Mrs. Ve
: Hopkins, international organ
'{Continued on page 8, this sect!
[attend to pressing business r
Iters and to be a key speaker
I the annual conference of the N
[State Negro Business League
| Goldsboro this week.
Dr. Spaulding, chairman
the board of trustees of
! University, Raleigh has* afc
been engaged In college affai
as director of the Interim Cod
mittee administering the seho'
I until a new president Is s
I lected to succeed Dr. Kobe
| Daniel who filled the spot v
rated as president of. Virgin
•State < oliege by the death 9
Dr. Luther I- osier, m