FIERY CROSS BURNS IN N.C.
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THE CAROLINIAN
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YOU 1 ME XXIX RALFIOff, NORTH CAROLINA H'F.KK KNDIXV JONH 17. 1050 NO XXVII
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MRS. RAtVS MRS ItANIIOU’II
BRIDES OF THE WEEK
Sparking Raleigh's social week
were Hip marriages of the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Gardner
Schnnik r (n John Daniel Ru>
dolph in an impressive church i
Carolinian Story Mis-Read
B> LIN HOLLOWAY
RALEIGH The barrage of
telephone calis; wires, and person
el contacts made to the CARO
JiINIAN during this week relative
to the front pare story of last
week's issue on the possibility of
Raleigh Attorney Will'/: Smith
winning in the Second t,J S. Sena
torial Prims fv: reveals that many
of the readers, of the CAROLIN
IAN msunrierstood the foil indi
cations of the story.
Many of the readers who
contacted the CAROLINIAN by
wire; 'phone and in person
gave the Impression that they
believed the paper to be in
support of Mr. Smith’s efforts
f NORTH CAROLINA'S LEAIVNG WEEKLY _ j
eif rein,oiiy lost VVednciffay and
the joining of the former Mrs.
Chine Otey lervav and Garrett
I. Laws i»i holy matrimony In ■>
leantirnl home ceremony lasi
Friday night Complete details of
til be elected in IJIP I nitre]
Stales .Senate C.irefnl perusal
oi the edilon.il eontenl, of III'-
newspaper; however, would re
veal Hut the CAROLINIAN,
like ah progressive newspapers
of the state is included uttong
the publications seeking Hie re
turn «f Or. Frank )' fiiaham
to Washing Inn as Ihe Stale's
•In nine Senator
The story m Inst week’.; i- on,
written l".y this wo iter: hid nnl by
lined; was meant to ronvev the
fnctually-bascd firemiae iti-o the
i possibilities of runner-iip enndi
date's winning in a Second P;
;mary were extremely favorable
That premise was given ac.-
the Randolph Sflimoke nuptial'*
will he round oil Page 7. this
section. Next week's issue cur
ries a full -e< nipt of the l aws
Invar mairiirionials
to a I factual value when Kerr
Scotl was elected Governor of
•he state in a run-off after
coming In second best In Hie
initial balloting.
The writer further intended to
point out the importance of re
taining the- k a roe calibre organiza
!t.nn behind Dr Graham's efforts
that missed him the larger nuin
bei of vote;; in the May 17th oal~
doting.
ON BLOC VOTING
In his first, public statement,
announcing his demand for
a run-off; Mr Smith Tuesday
I night over a state-wide radio net
work assailed members of the Ne
;gro race for their ‘ bloc vote' ton
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■ BUS IS
CAR IMG
DANCF. If CHS
•;' if i ,' MOUNT • ~ •••• ji ■ —A i
'div i-. ieadin.s ivxj, from Rocky '■
Mount, site of the annua! colored
.June German; Claimed another
i vie* »n last. Monday night when
■!}■!■■. { bearing .< group of , c<..
■. i • o;ng iso -twarci from the da ore
-• siinor-'i arid '.''recked on !{i;i ' ■
way *»t
Viriini of the road mishap
which i•, exported annually as
f>>mdieds of automobile:-, from
j!i party <.f (he country run
vergf. an (he .Hint German
t itv, i, i fiir-.i ( eapri, 17
i . , rid my. ;i\ an auton.iobile
other ie. •■>• ~ wa,. kill ■
\ (-.r| n> ■ 1 ; io -1 a 1 di v him (he oat
if?, iver, • • O'-'-.ie Baker: 22; of Nash
I County. .utMeuly swerved in th* :
highway. overturned and rolled 120
fra.-t bubo •• coming to a f'll! stop
\il <>f tlir prup|f> iji tile par
sum.imepl injuries ranging from
slight to serious All are resi
dents of Nash f minty; and re*
< l ived treatment in the ior.ti
hospitu i.
According investigating
officers; Baker, driver of the
nr, had fled the scene when
they iniveii lie was arrested
l iter in N ishville and brought
here or medical treatment
ftaker is now in jail await
ing coroner s inquest
5
GREENSBORO- Tim full power
ot tfie. incut police department hua
been thrown into supoprt of the *'f
tm e. of officers investigating the
binning of •. fiery .'finis before th“i
home of a Negro in the'Eart White :
i fik section Who refused to be i
intimidated hy white men wlioj
’.y allied him to give up his job in. i
the White Oak Mill
The cross was burned Inst Friday j
night before- the home of William]
I, (Hover of 1614 !Hb Street.
tj'/oeei In hi jinl irr i.i rii th"f
lir li’irj s rrn n hhli'k I'UI puH
~ nil'll V bom H\r nrr/t n'li'irevt to
I Conthincri on page k. ibis section) ;
i
denote.-
Mr. Smith >ud hi- decision to
ask to a run-off came only after
he was convinced that, the people |
of North Carlina “had decided to 1
-stand up and be counted for de
mocracy for Jeffersonian demo-
Icraey - or real. Southern demo
j cracy.”
Mr Smith failed t» point out
whether or not when in voUng
for Ibis new political substance
| called Southern Democracy"
the voter was voting in bloc.
- Mr. Smith; who has received the 1
I endorsement of Oil a Ray Boyd, the
fourth man in the May 27t'n Pri- 1
in ary whose platform endorses
1 (Continued on page 8. this sectioni
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Sa in tAgn es Lack i ng;
200-Bed Plant Seen
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HO NO ft*: ft Os Rose But
ler Briumt prof r asm ot elf
mentar v fduertian ei the ’V »
(.‘allege graduate division., will
receive an honorary degree from
Rhode island State College of
Education. ;Sfc Story Section
page !0 1
Ma n Blinded By Lye
Puis Blame On Wife
DUNN 'Special • --- Mr:- Ret os
Taylor; a young local housewife;
steadfastly denied this week that,
she throw the. lye in the fact of
het husband which will make him
hlind the rest, of his life
Mrs Taylor made the denials in
the Harnett, County lower court
where she was being given a pre
liminary hearing on charges of .se
cret assault with intent, to kill
After a hearing in which a defense
attorney pointed out that the poi
sonous acid might have accident
I ally fallen upon James Taylor,
| who was asleep. Mrs Taylor was
| released on a SSOO bond
The charges were preferred
against the young wife after
her husband was admitted for
treatment in a local hospital
suffering lye burns about the
face. When he arrived a* the
BROTHERS DIE
IN POND; BODIES
ABE RECOVERED
HAMLET (Special) --The bodies
• of two youths who drowned when
I the small boat in which they were
• rigging for frogs overturned on
; Steen's Pond near here Sunday
night, were recovered by worker:
! using grappling hooka on Monday
morning.
The victims brothers. were
i wahle to swim for their Her*
when the boat overturne.it in
' the darkened pond bp cey.sc
| then (me weorinri hip boots
( t mother member of the /nn iil ,
least able to c lhi;/ to the side
of the overturned enift until
fourth member of the parti/, a
j resriird tiro hours toted Tt>e
brother to the two victims, was
| nhle. to swim to shore rend n, i
■mediate/)/ set about Irvine/ to
help save he others, but to no
1 (Continued «iu page H. this section)
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Th» - fnfffttic 5 1a.ecd j? the
f ommtmd v (hr j.( ouncil <ȣ-
!«r f * 4>*i .',fK»!h i-ahaby*-v .>1
w> \ :• ■> ? * H t!’ ‘i *' h.(Mt fr! h•. n (
|fr»ri}Cf M »?At i| inn ; p? of cr vis <»!
t iirai h (,r ! <} h>s:y • iAtc < *»i
If ?f , who* f'onrfiiftfd a ;tin
*'»»i h/>N|>»f.,ij liffH, »n f}l*‘ .4 iir i
1 ‘ 4:
I Thfi ;::*•< Ml.f. \K'hi‘;h feaf-M'rM *
5
in clove cont-ict vvith the
|local licFspil/uj ronditirm took pari;
. xci ved a- sounding board for
c * f a.! >i I;;js n"» eut of the ? ■ onc!ur»iom*
that. <1 > It i'j ph“, ■, ? f» 11 v mnv. ■ •
yible for the A* Agnes'
i plant, here to bear t l vt v >ric h* »d
forced upon -t. and (2y Activn
211ouId be t n i.r to ine ve a • r U>e
bed vapacin -f ■ 1 to -■
1200 bedv thtough pa blie
\f i- da ru Mi
Paring the panel dhicasaion in
•which Dr r.'hav'ir., X--M
--pjetoii; former manage! of Ag
nes Ihopdai. and Dr Ch.Hunc»ry
in du'*' not onj} r of b*'- ! but
was ijoio-ed out. that St A f, ivo ■
(Continned -m? p‘«iio H sos
hospital 'n the eaily morning
hours. Taylm laid |>oH< r of
Peers to (~> jet my wife;
shi" did this "
1 Jr- the h< ariic: however, when
a :ki ■! if he wei • sure that ; - h .it
tieen thrown up-n him nv hi •
wife, Taylor -.aid ; ! don't know
When 1 wok, up t cuuld to! -ce
her " He -aid that, when n»- was
aroused from his sleep writing in
pain; Ills wife's .si-tei helped him
brush some of the acid off, hut
that his wife did not
til l UNSF. ('(MINSK!,
Ally Duncan C Wilson. : "pi f
s'-oiinu ;vii. Taylor, a Mem pled to
show the court wherein it. was
possible that, the can containing
th<- lye which blinded Taylor
could have accidentally fallen off
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HONOR STUDENTS James
H Clark of Mercy High School
Wilmington; and Miss Willie Mar
: Wynn of St. .Joseph's High
School; New Bern; were tills
| year awarded Bishop Religious
Medals for maintaining the high
est average in Christian Doctrine
: in classes during four years of
so vri AH hidg? » f
I 1,, J(| |i ,t Ml tllf Hf i.vl'V r*f
f i f*i /»M Necf'O ' rtij! f of |VI
fi * . its m < t? »y .h»»i f*
N ( on Surtdtv Mine *K at Tsi.n
it-. V V H,/ ( hllfrh at * m
Thomas ,i{ip 1 * u im r ♦ . h r
UO; SJi4»nsu? #‘ii |iy the
IH mnn <tu ('hih »t tA’iiHOwJ f <>
a .-tiflf directly above the bed in
which the victim was Deeping
Taylor, however, insisted that the
■■vsl mold lint, ii. v iwu on mat
paituular shelf.
ARGUMENT
The alleged lye to.-.iug' f..;uso.de
was ;- r» 'ceded by an -u''ginnent
in which Mrs Taylor is said to
. have unhi aided her husband b<*- •
muse of his asserted attentions to
othe rwiimen This argument is re
ported to have begun at the housei
of Taylor's mother and to have
continued until after the couple
returned to their own home
i 111 route Pome; the two were
accosted hv Sgt. Mack Denning
: f tiie Dunn Police Department
who told them to go home he
(Continued on page H, this section)
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I erend Bishop awards the medals
annually. Other 1f)50 winners in
clude Frank Lane; St. .Yoon's; j
Waynesville, .Iran Me.Uhaue;
i O’Donoghue; Charlotte; William
i Parsons: Cathedral; Raleigh, and
Elizabeth McGuire; Notre Dame;
Southern Pines
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''.s'r. hone { ’v(j.l) )do?.se'i.f and v»
lh» lf<v wlipj.i ji" rP'porled to lc
ofiKot.haf Uie eouldn't get «
'•vork done on ids faro* as J.t
aj: In- had '"hi ,s ke y a>o* >• * d
piari- The officer'; settled t.
problem for him destroy
the ii l r'.dJoFi . of > lijfp w hi.s]
: Nicholson surronnded hirnself v. ?
A niueh rf- , lie v *'d niaf?; the hivr
j returned to in- |s >* f.e»-U fij
!up with a .Urponded a ndn e.
Did Ilc ! hdii !! !<•
ritAH.l '! t F ' -in
a ioc.'l man; otitic ...*i;i
; char.a‘'i. 'f %■. 1 .111..■ '.'■.laHti
; pushni.; her <.i. * < *s. in ffont
,t r.) t , Vf!': ■■.<.■:! it .iv "Iv'fJ'w't'
did o> if h did’t f (ti ji Misi hi
i Martin to h< r death ::
Wlt'li " i. i ; -ay (r|
j saw Hart pvab lli" namian by I
:.hoi iidf'l .1 i.'ii.i i:..i I
I street in the i itii of oar *1
! hit her Hr v is :<i)prr!i.'i'd»d ai
J escarin;; to K"u»h C u-olma.
| First (iass Write
! KINSTON - Raleigh Jones r
j be an expf-'t under, but tire ch
| hr and O C. Aiothi ti
] to rash here last veek dido t at
! the ft-'-t
•Tones 1 said to have -.vrttten
; cheek that Ans*irt ■'• atternp l
i to ea,sli when he '.amp nppreheru
: Police officer? dincovered tnat f
i tin was an escapee from a Sc
, Carolina prison and ordered 1
j held for a Superior court trial
der S2OOO bond.