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announce the engageon at of
their daughter, iris, to Uwrenw
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MISS KI.NIIAH Miss Hiss if
Friilt(fuii, 19, ul Goldsboro was
winner of Slie title 'Miss Kin
dab" m tin July 1 Beauty ami
Talent ('«uttn stage’. by the
Daughters ol Isis Court Nn 1.;.
Lawyers Query
State Statute
0 DURHAM Attorneys repre- i
stilting Nc.tu students who are
suing to pain admission to tin*
Univetsity of North Cuiolinu have
announced their intention to test
the constitutionality of a North
Carolina statute.
Attorney l'. o. I’enmon,
spokesman tor the battery of
lawyers representing N.
College stii'.ieuts s tie It In)- ad
mission to the Law School at
the Chapel Hill institution, an
nounced Wednesday that he had
lied a petition in Middle District
Court to amend a statute which
gives the North Carolina College
Hoard of Trustees authority to
Writ Granted In Daniels
Boys Case; New Action Set
JS.XI.KIGH On Friday, July 7 i
at 11:00 a,in., in the Federal Dis- c
Irict Court in Raleigh, a hearing t
was held before the Honorable i
Don Gilliam, the District Judge, on s
the petition for writ of habeas cor- c
apus which was filed by Bennie <
’Daniels and Lloyd Ray Daniels, t
seeking to obtain their release \
from Imprisonment in the Central g
Pirson of North Carolina, where i.
they are waiting execution based (
upon conviction of murder in the i
first degree.
The petition for habeas corpus!;
■ iras. UASC.jaßft».*if.aai: _.
son t Smith t’niverbUy
tu*\t month. She* was ehosen -is
Mis.', Johnsojj < . Smith X 949-50
Mr PaUley, sun of Mr and
Mr-*. Lawrem - ■*: Henderson Halt
ley, Sr is a graduate of Smith.
i ayt tieviUe, N 1 . The contest
ii;u staged for the benefit of the
Shrmers’ Tuberculosis and Cati
cer I und and ssas held at lay -
ittiville State Teachers College.
—A Stlllil photo.
set up graduate and professional
schools when it deems necessary.
Counsel for the plaintiffs will;
ask the court to amend the com- i
‘plaint and question the const it u- !
tmnality of the State statute.
hi ease, where a State statute!
is subject to question, a minimum ■
<>i tluee U S District Court Jud- i
must hand down the decision. I
U S Judge Johnson J. Have:.,!
.presiding over the current term of j
the Middle Court, will call two as-!
sociate judges to hear the case j
when it comes into court.
A hearing date on the case was i
to be forthcoming this week.
is based upon a contention of the
defendants that in their trial In j
the Superior Court of Pitt County,:
upon which their conviction and
sentneee rest, the defendants were
denied two fundamental federal
constitutional rights, in violation of
the Fourteenth Amendment, to
wit. the unlawful exclusion of Ne
groes from jury service in Pitt
County and the use of extorted
conies lions to obtain their convic
tion.
The hearing was held by Judge
(Conunueu on pare 8- this section)
SCHOOL ISSUES ARISE
THE CAROLINIAN
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VOL! Mi: XXIX
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t.-ldUt. u! till'd SClKojlb .‘l>d •■>’.■
buyout ivtiiidying 'unit
tiKI NSW tl is iSSi I
it: i'i •.!!;: V.:C. Coullly tin.; Wlitfk.
bUlllltli.: o!i .1 lii.SV l.'niuil -•■i> ;/
lvi- fy,.;-iu idtrouagt way n .'.u.*u
a lieu tactions emlcre-a on lucultOD
. : '.ti lit*v. luciiity !• itxids lw.se •.••’.
• aside* and t id.-, accepted for Hit:
: UUllUUjg of M.AilHj] lu BU. !-
lolte. Wuccuniaw and a i>a; . of
. Lockwood Kelly Townships.
Opposing tactions, litiwtv: f.
failed to m:c rye to eye on.
tfu-. location d the school, with
the Snallutu faction asking
that the edifice he placed near
decision scficduled to .1 iofthcoiu
.i fire tower in that area; a
iiiomasboio faction > udleiUlidU
tlial flu* school he located near
there and Use S.onguood tolly
!;utiuii joining with ihe Sful
loltt group ill reijuesting that
lilt- lower siti he utitiaed.
At present, the entire mutter is
.in tin hands of the courts, with a
dni.; un July lfi.
IIAKNf.iI VI.ANS
Marnet! County Nrrro sctiools
1 during the cmninK school year
j wear a new look' , witii a sub
jstamial {(in lion of a $500,000 allot
iruent for schools being ear-marked
I fur colored usage.
A lolai of SIOO,OBB has been
set aside for use in the cam
sti'iiilion of a new Negro ele
mentary school at Bruin. lit
imgton's Shaw High School,
under an allotment of stio,i!(>,
will get a new heating plant
and at* iitional classrcionts.
OKANMK l>lSt I'SSBiS
! In a meeting held at Chapel ;
, H ills Hock liill Negro Bupte! .
; iCuntiilueU on page h tills sfeetion) i
i Truck Becomes Funeral Pyre \
MAN BURIES
! ALIVE i LIVES
TO TELL OF IT
| GREENVILLE A man return- j
|ed from a grave here last Tues- I
| day, miraculously, escaping death !
Suffering injuries of the lower j
| extremities now is Henry Barnhill, \
an employee of the local light and i
water plant, who was buried alive \
under nearly a ton of dirt when a i
ditch in which he was working
j caved in on him.
Barnhill was in a ditch working
| '.villi other employes of the utili
j ties linn when he was almost to
tally tuned by loosened dirt. Only
I the fast and careful action of fel-!
; low workers kept him from being!
suffocated or sustaining more ser- j
i ions injuries.
He wa., removed from the ditch 1
land rushed to Pitt General Hos- ;
pital where lie underwent treat- i
I merit for injuries about the legs.
i NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY j
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY. Jl i.V 15, 1*.>50
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WIN. NTN'G n ri.B (ieorge 11.
As its in'll, attache to the Kaleigh
i Kccnatton department and oil!-
! • ciai u! Kaleigli parks who writes
i a weekly rouinui in the t Altl)
j I JNIAN presents little- Barbara
Lake Drained To
Recover Victim
i GOLDSBORO A Li-vvai old
j Boy Scout was drownod in Bit*.
j take at scout C‘u!up Carver Here •
| Monday, (he tody being taken
-jlroiu Uk’ drained lake some 21
1 1 Hours later
Victim i.if the first fatality to
take place at an N. C. -.cout camp j
: duriiif- the current .season is Har- j
ry Green of Oxford, one ot the
1 2y Scouts oi the Oceoiietchee ;
FARMERS FACE
ADDED LOSSES
RALEIGH Nor tii Caro
lina’s Tobacco Belt farmers,
already facing tragic futures
because of last week's $2 mil*
lion hailstorm loss, sustained
a Ulitional losses this week as
heavy rains swept through the
area, inundating crops once
more.
ELIZABETH CITY MAN VICTIM
Sptciul to CAROLINIAN
ELIZABETH CITY A 24-yea r
old man lost his 'ife last week when
a truck burst into flames, blocking
!his valiant efforts to escape.
Dead of multiple burns and |
injuries sustain!'l wlten crush
t*l beneath pilings on a gaso
line-flooded truck is William
Randolph Taylor of Route 2
whose truck swerved and
crashed on US Highway 17 last
Wednesday, ploughing into a
i swamp. j:
! The accident occurred when Toy- ■
i lor applied the brakes to his truck
lon the wet pavement, sending the*
They Couldn’t Get Along
LOUIS BURG Regardless of
what can be said, it is evident here i
i that Calvin Steele just doesn't like j
his landlord, William Morrow,
(affection fur Mr. Morrow, lie has j
Or if Mr Steele does harbor |
ia rather unorthodox way of show
(mg it
: it wa pointed out in a Frank
lin County oww court, tins week j
Boy land with a S 5 award offered
for the best name for Mr .Mit
< bell's column. Miss Hoy lain)
suLimlle I Mu* name I’laytiuae
to will the prize.
f iKOf.IM \.\ photo by \ rale
Council attending '.ln- camp
The youth was first missed
early Monday morning, when
Scout executives and the boys
attending the camp organized
a search of the entire lake
area in an effort to tifU. tile
lad.
Boatmen and divers searched
every inch of the lake, failing to
find the body. The area was then
i ordered drained and the body dis
covered m a spot usually six feet
deep and adjacent to the diving i
board.
A beginner .-.winuiu-r, young |
Green was a-slWel to shallow-:
ureas of the water by Scout offi
cials.
The Occoneechee Council had!
rented the lake from the Tusearoru j
Council for a three week period i
Body of tin- victim was sent
to Oxford where funeral ar
rangements yverr made for this
weekend.
I vehicle out of control. The truck !
loaded with pilings, swerved into j
the swamp, with the pilings crash-!
mg into tin cab. helplessly pin
j ing the man to the steering wheel. •
The crash ripped open the
gasoline tank sending gas I
swirling into the cab. Flames
completely encased the body
! of the driver .j-, spectators |
stood by unable to help. Hr
was burned to a crisp.
Bystanders said that Taylor was!
!still alive when the flames reach-1
led him. Funeral arrangements
jwere incomplete at CAROLINIAN
press-time.
that Steele had
j t—Knocked Morrow’s teeth out;j
2- Cut him severely;
3 Tried to drown film; and. i
| 4—Tried to burn him alive.
Steele is being held on SI,OOO |
bond tor the September term of
| the local court to show j
cause why lie and the landlord
j weren't on very gcud terms.
Mrs. G. E. Cheek
To Stand, Trial
1 ASHEVILLE In one of the
fir.st Ca• ! it.s tyi.'C ;
;recent U. S. Supreme Court ruLng
; relative to Uausporlatioti -■ eif-o
turn '■)i trains, Mrs Emma Bond
Check p. Omuie-m tescitiO’.-prior;-
pal Lit Raleigh is scheduled to lace
; trial m City Court here July 19
on charges of violating North Ca
j roluiao, ou segregation iavv.
Mrs. Cheek wife of Kev. G
I I heek, public relations di
rector of Shaw University, Ra
leigh was r* moved from a bus
here hist week, alttl jailed oil
j the charge. after a driver
sought to make her move from
the third seat from rear of the
! vehicle.
charged that slit- wasiu iviltul
disrespect of the law.
Mrs. Cheek was traveling from!
j Raleigh to Knoxville. Term., an in* j
i teistate trip, when the incident oc- j
j curved She wax taken to 1 it* local ]
icourthouse and jaleii for fa:'iue to
i post a §IOO bond as security fori
i appearance in court the next!
I morning
■ Rev Mi Cheek was euntaeb-d ;
Idi Raleigh via telephone and it. j
i turn made contact v, ith the Rev i
j King. Otis Dunn and others of tie- |
j Ministerial Ailianice of Asheville, j
| aho •> cured t'te -.-K . release j
from the jail.
Mrs. Cheek Ims been a ieacher in j
; tiie public schnols of North Carolina
j tor more than a <tu:< : i*■ i of a cen
; fury She is now principal of tin 1
Jelfriex School of Wake County;
president of the Washington High
School PTA for tin* last four years;
; historian for the State Congress of
Colored Parents and Teachers; Sun
j day School Teacher at the Firs!
; Baptist Church; and General Group
Leader fm the entire church
.Mrs Check Is the mother it four;
children and the grandmother of j
j lour gi.nid children.
VANCE LISTS
SCHOOL HEADS
1 1 1 \DI US<) N —Three chan
ges, among Negroes In execu
i five position have been made
; in the Nance County school
system for tin- corning school
year, it has been revealed,
'Continued on page 8, uiis section)
I DISTURBANCE IN
LOCAL CHURCH
! IS SETTLED ]
By BILL VEALK
( AKOLINIAN Stall Writer
RALEIGH Kor the past sixty
'or more days, there lias -been a
| state of unrest regarding the Rev.
jE. C Lawrence, pastor of the First
| Congregational Church.
The source of this unpleas
antness involves a self ap
pointed < ommittee who base
their arguments on two points,
it is the committee’s conten
j tion that for the past eighteen
months, the church finance has
decreased, and that there has
been a decrease in membership j
from about 400 to 150.
j In denial of these charges,!
;church records and reports of the j
|church and Its activities have been j
jsent to New York for official in- j
spection. Confirmation of same j
(Continued on page 8, this section) I
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NEMBER 31
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MRS Clif f K
Farm Aid
Benefit Set
By Theatre
RALEIGH file management
of Booker r Theaters uas announ
ced plans for a benefit program
ft> be sponsored thru the Book
er T. Theater at Rocky Mount,
N. C This performance will be for
tiie benefit of the farmers who lost
| their crops in the recent freak
j storm All proceeds ol the benefit
I will be contributed to this cause.
1 Beck, secretary for the
Booker I chain ol theaters,
lias announced that a picture
lias been secured through the
| courtesy ot Screen Guild Pro
j (tuition "the Storm," starring
j Preston Foster and Charles
Bickford, will he used lor this
occasion. 1 his benefit is sehe
;• doled for Thursday, July filth.
J. R. Larkins consultant, N. C.
iState Departs: id of Public Wei-
I fare, has been .cqu<-stod lu assist
Vir Beek and the roanuifeiiicnt of
! the Theaters in working out the
1 final details in connection with
| this performance
The Buokti T, chain of theaters
ioperates in Nortli and South Caro
| Una exclusively for Negroes
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TO LECTURE AT NORTH CA
ROLINA STATE COLLEGE
Moss H. Hendrix of the National
Education Association will give
a suits of lectures on the pro
gram and services of his asso
cia July 19-ih) at North Carolina ,
State College Durham, N C.
*
, CRITICAL CONFERENCE * .
■ * Sou»i» {4.ore«,jii F cesideat Rime
mM Geaer»i ils»c-Arthur diacuu*
Itfae Uuoger ous art ide-uW occur
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HAPPENED
IN
CAROLINA
I Lightning Struck
I NORTH KALKUIH On mar
£ v:... -ben;;. j;.*, 1 t-vel -l Olhei
f
| . i,- • pej v. ;tri he-, k anc
b the h. '::-- was j;.:i .ft 1 e.<nud«r-
I ably n.i of iightmnj
I struck in the tOO-block of Mark
■, Street here recently.
She Shot Him
I GREENVILLE -- Mr Johnnie
I Sherrod. Li, toid Greenville police
I that .!e shot hr, husband with a
| ?.ho»for ‘•■reding her fists.
The wounded roan * ■ quoted
as saying "I do not want my wife
puni-.hed for thi-.. It w,i: acciden
tal." Shortly alter ward;; he died.
Shot Through Leg
ELIZABETH CITY Daniel
I Wiggin , potato worker was shot
; throu-'di me 1- g at White's Beach
jon Frog Island ai cordine to De
-1 put.v Shei iff Raymond Ma drift.
Al*h"'.:gh Wiggins does not know
Tv;::; not him. an investigation is
! being made according to Madrin.
Boy Breaks In
j ROXBORO A 1-t year old, boy
ji- charged with breaking and ea
j hiring the home ut IVh and Mrs.
; Bud Wi'a.v o! the Olive Hill com
jnmmty lie i being held foi the
l! next term ol Superior Court.
According to Sheriff C. C, Hole-*
j man, the boy slipped from his bed
‘; room window down a ladder, then
' | went t . tiie Wra> home, waiting
I for the* family to retire,
t j
Murder Charge
! , CHARLOTTE Joe Williams
' iMcKiibt in, iaboier. was charged
! with murder after his wife died of
ia .-hoti;un last in the side.
Holme Lt. Ft nk Swcarangan,
w!,,> talked with McKubbin and
hr wife aid they gave several
j versions of the shooting
Inside This Week
SECOND THOUGHTS See 1. P, 4
IN HUS OUR DAV Sec. i. P. 4
t Tills IS IT Sec. 2. P. 5
1 GORDON HANCOCK, See, l. P. 4
EDITORIALS .Section 1. P, 4
1 PORT BRAGG Set. ‘i, J*p. 1-3
THEATRES Set. 2, Pp. 4-5
SPORTS Set. I'n, 16-17
CHURCHES Set. 2. P. 14
FARM NEWS Set. 2. J*. II
'WOMEN’S WORLD Set. 2, P. 7
j Support Os
| Program is
Applauded
ELIZABETH CITY Negro pa
rent;: are more cooperative than
white parents In the public health
program in schools here. Negro
children have better teeth than
i white children in Pasquimana,
Chowan, casqootank, and Camden
counties according to reports of
health officer Dr. B. B. McGuire.
When children had to be ex
amined, 50 per cent of Negro chil
dren had a parent present wherein
I only 31 per cent of the white chil
dren had a parent present.
Regarding teeth, the report
showed that 12 per cent of Negr®
| children examined had cavities.
; Twenty-two percent of the white,
‘children had cavities,