"State’s Top-rank lawyers Confer On Suit
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U. S. MARINE CORPS: I'D:.. Aiij'tie Laurit 1 .\Tiiiigtoft, i’f.ii*.
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r»vrrk tOfftotfly Uoiit fc») tUKCi whu ai'c iiuW f t oill iliac U uups. r ..^
State Girding
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HAPPENED
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CAROLINA
Select Jury
( U \TO\ \ I ■'»■*-ina n npecia!
Sampson County venire this
for thi- trial ol a X, ■ <;■ >.■ matt cluut.
«-d with iho assault-murder of a
white woman.
.loiiu Henry Holers a :;7 y< ar
old tenant fanner of the .area f. r
iv*<> years, is charged unit the
i June 15 murder of Mrs Eunice
Sutton Korttegav
Judge Henry !. Stevetis of War
saw is to hear the ease and the,
r!)S others on the docket.
Took The Token
WINSTON-SALEM Mrs An-!
nii- McCloud of j 835 North Main
Street isn't so certain about not
minding somebody breaking into
here home as lung as Kiev didn't
take anything. Hut when they go
around breaking into homes autl
■taking bus tokens, that’s just one
100 many.
So Mrs. Met‘lOUd reported that
her home had been entered Sutur
day about 11:45 a lit and anno
change pills that bud token was
missing
Aint That Mean?
RALEIGH A local Ulan ha
been sentenced to serve a 11!
month term on the rood because
he hit a one legged man who re
if used to ‘go in" on a bottle oi
Shady.
"Shady Lady" of course, Is wine,
and the man who was sentenced
to tlie term is Dan Speight, :»c
cured of hilling Hubert Spicer, a
one-legged man with a briek hat
w heii Spicer refuse ti> give the
Speight money with whi. h to buy
w i lie
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DALE THOMPSON
. . drowning victim an he appears!
when c smaller child . . see ntory
thU page . , .
KALK Kill ■■ North Carolina’?
smartest lawyers wen* jn huddle
this week to set up a del'* use for
she state against suits filed by
North Carolina College law stu
denis for admission into the i'ui
v. r»ity of North Carolina
Aieetmg in an all-nut strategy'
forn : 11 j■ . ■ inference with -State At
tafhey t'leiiera! Harry MeMuilan
•he '*tis we’; were former !’ S.
S-ji i■ oi \\ Hiiam *: t'instead, J. <
H I‘ring ha us h llenrv Brandis
SY'diiaai Sewed I n Lake and |
j i hit. ! Stam hui". Together, Hie-:.-
men fioiu one ,d iin most forinid
.. ble .i • i . local ta;. nt t -\. a
\li I'msfead former s; hoi was
a'toroey for the defense in l>nr
lams recent mjua! ♦••.-bools suit !
. C it rcrineha.is is (in- sun «.t a !
fuptip-r North Carolina g.-vermo
.ami is considered one of the state -
1 foremost eon nselors.
Henry Brandis is dean of the !
law school al the University of;
; North Carolina, and the other har
i ister- are affiliated with Hie law
departments at AVake Forest Col
lege and Duke Univershv.
CASK HE Ait I \<:
li is expected !h a t the case
brought by Harold Epps .who this
week passed this law examination
j and Roh*»rt It (Lass will hi pre
! seiited for hearing before Federal
Jndi'e Johnson H Hayes tile last:
week of til is: mouth.
Epos and Glass, sued tor idmis
! sion to tin University Law School
end wen- followed in their suit hv :
six other .students after tiie con-!
tenlh'.i; that the iaw school at j
tCuntinui-d mi page H, this section)
DURHAM SCHOOL
NAMED FDR LATE
BUSINESS HEADS
i DURHAM Tw'o u-.its! aridhif!
; Durnain Negro leaders were bon-.
eied in memoriam this, week when!
; it was announced that a new con
solidated school, inthtv .i SHfIDL
, solid a led school, in the county ua >
: to be named tor the late John Mer- :
Hick ami Ur A. M Moore, co-found
er.. of the North Carolina Mutual
j Life Iri: urance Coriipany.
AniiounceiTient that tile school.;
| located oil Fish Dam Road in 0.
land C Junction community was
ito be mimed the IVlerrick-Moort
! Sclioul v, as madi by Count y
j Schools Supermteudont W M. Jen
j kins,
Mr. Merrick began his car-s-r as
(Continued on page k, this section)
iBUILOfNO FOB
'SCHOOL GOSTS
! STATE 200 G-S
RALEIGH---The Council of State
i this week autiiorized the budget
j bureau to make plans for replacing
: the building recently destroyed by
fire at the Morrison Training
i School lor Negro Boys at Hoflf
j | map al the cost of SIIOO,OOO.
The building was destroyed some
I three weeks ago when fire of an
j undetermined origin swept through
! the editici
r The building was the center of
most schools activities, housing ad
mrfmtrativi offices and other di
visions.
SCHOOL PAY PLAN FAILS
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VOLT ME XXIX RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. A L G l 'ST 12, 1950 NO. 35
ROAD TOLL: 3
lot, 6, Drowning Victim
I ■ Wbr% A® ~i N L mgf ‘Oil
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. v J \its - Ks i only
M>l K VJI.N And they »ay
that "Life Isttiiiis At forty ‘
But these gentleuien speak dif
ferently Having behind tlniu
countless e \(lertem-es, and nav
in*; come through several wars
Mule Bolts; Lad Dies
DUTHMG
STATE TOTAL
KA!..i:!<;n At h a- t four col
; oreti persons dh d in North t’aro
lino, tins week in road accidents
and as the tiireei result of me
elianized t ran portation.
A L'ii .year nid man of Koule I
I Candor, died when a car overturn
ed alter niimini- oil' ifigliway ?3i
about eigiit miles east ol i a.ndor
in Saturday inoniirig
j The victim uaa Harding Ann
strong who w;t: killed instantly,
ill I AND Rl N
A hit ami run driver i: being
sougld ii*llow nr,- the discovery of
the body of Ruben Smith. 11".
alongside a road.
Smith's body was discovered be
side a road in Harnett County
Sunday and State Highway Patrol
men have expressed tin- belie) that
in- was: a victim ol it hit-run driver
Smith's h#me is ai Laden, Route
1.
OFF HIGHWAY
os. ar Remo Rowe of Acme, Htn.
1, i'ci-: kilieu Saturday night wln-n
(C'oritinued on page 8, this section)
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UNITED WATSONS:* The delegate* to the Security Council at Lake Success, N. Y., around the council
table, |,,,.,>( w jth Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Jacob Malik, who had boycotted the meeting* since Jan
uary’ when be returned to assume, chairmanship of that body. The proceedings have, attracted unusual
*uuii*s in »i«w ot the critical Korea Mutation ttaiph Bunchs was among the spectators at this meeting.
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tow stii! smile with youthful ex
j.rc .sums, and look forward to
more of them. Seated from left
to right are C 1 ! igfitner ,i!i;
t . Logan, 74, ( tiurlie W inters
K.i: ami !. S Brightwell, k.{. liu
oceasioii was a dinner party gn
FOUR YEAR OLD
DIES IN FALL
FROM WAGON
(.intended Animal In
Dash For Freedom
Usuis Over I.liild
WARRR.VTON A bolting mule
cam *■ i the death of a tour year
old child here tins week.
The tiny victim is the son of
Elijah Rod we] 1, cotton and tobacco
tenant farmed* of near here whose
mule figured m the fatality
According to reports, the child
vs as alone Tuesday in a wagon
standing on the edge of a coition
field when the mule drawing the
was-on suddenly bolted and raced
across the field
The child V* as thrown from the
ties wagon and klled instantly
when a wheel ran over Ihe boy‘s
In-ad after he hud fallen from the
wagon.
.1. K. Pium-il, owner of the farm
on which tin Rodwelh-: an leu
anis witnessed Hie accident.
Fuur-rai services for the child
o. cr»- being completed at CARO
LINIAN presstillie.
eu in Mr. I ; riijhtwell’s honor last
Put-.».ay August s at the resi
uence ol Mr, and Mrs. I j |i.
Hrig'litvvell. ad-J N. Blootworth
Street. t AKOiJN'IAN Photo
li X Neale (Story t>ti page J)
STATE SURPLUS
FUNDS COFFERS:
jPRIIIE LACKING |
RALEIGH Pay increases for j
the teachers of the state based on |
surplus general funds was rejected |
tiiis week by Governor Scott and >
tin.- Advisory Budget Commission, j
I'he Governor and tlie Comniis- j
siou reached tin- obvious conelu-;
ion that it would be impossible |
to i-ratU to- pay increased from I
the fund because the fund would j
riot contain that would be needed]
in grunting the increases
It was decided that lechers eli- I
i-ible for tin-proposed pay increase.']
be able to get retroactive pay raise!
ba- : t-d proportionately on the!
amount which would be available!
through the surplus general funds]
coffer-..
ME If DOVER MILLION
'The l'oinmh-simi reported that in!
order to grant tin; increases made j
h a! through ilk) Legislature ac
tion, a total of over a million doi- t
laps would be needed. The surplus]
funds now cm hand that could toos- j
it uniiriiied on page H, tills section* !
SOU OF OLIO
PIANIST DIFS
IN CREEK SEO
Body Os Small Child
Found By Brother
After Police Fail
WIX STO NT SaLK M - A Six-year
■ old child, son of a t:iud pianist,!
|di owned in a creek here last week.
On Thursday August J. Dak
• Thompson, was reported missing
i from his home following a Tteavy;
[rainfall. The lad is son of John
;Thompson and Mrs. Ruth Thump-!
{blind pianist and singer of 8341
I Graham Avenue
j His failure So return home foi
; lowing the downpour was reported!
j to the police who searched a near
iby creek for the body The police- ;
men failed in their search.
FOUND BY BROTHER
On Friday morning, however.
John Thompson, Its. Id-year old
i brother of the victim, again made i
ia search of the creek area, finally
discovering the dead body of the!
Lsrtv victim.
FACTS RELATED:
j The facts have been related as
i follow s •
Little Dale left the house at
; about 1:31) to go with his brothers
, snd friends to see a "goat train",
j During the rain that suddenly
j arose, they found shelter under a
| picni- pavilion near Sky land,
(Continued on page 8, this sectioni
WILMINGTON IN
EFFORT TO BEAT
EXPECTED SURGE
WILMINGTON The City of
j Wilmington through its Housing
i Authority oegan Monday to nego
] tiate options for property on the
I site of the forthcoming slum clear
' ance housing project for Negroes
[The city wishes to complete the
| building of tne project to art ex
! peered spurt in population here, j
I The 250-house unit which will ]
j cover four blocks, is to be built j
I between Dawson and Mears and I
| Eighth and Tenth Streets.
Local realtors appointed by the j
i Housing Authority nave competed j
lan appraisal on $201,000 for the j
i property. The tax valuation has j
! been listed at $53,000.
j With the new multi-million dol- ;
liar dock projeeet underway here,
]and a possibility of increased ship
{ping and ship-building due to the
Korean war. it is expected than
jan onslaught of persons to \YU
j mington in search of jobs is in the
! offing.
j The City is constantly cognizant
of tne fact tiiat it was caught with
its guard down during World War]
ill, when the local population more j
| than doubled with the arrival of!
war industries workers
CHILD IS A ‘FIRST’
EVEN IN DEATH
ENFIELD A six-year-old child
has the dubious honor ol being a
Halifax County “first"’ even in
death.
Little Annie Lois Richardson be
came the first traffic fatality since j
May 8 on Tuesday afternoon when;
she darted in front of an. oncoming '
truck.
The child died of head injuries
shortly after being struck by a :
transfer truck on Highway 30t
about two miles north ofhere.
A coroner's investigation of the 1
incident is now being made, it was
reported. Highway Patrolmen W !
M. Brown, J D. Gay and J. W
Reavis investigated the accident ;
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?QF AIR PORCS MAft:
Colonel Benjamin o. Lfc*,vi* re-
reived the* permanent. rank of
fu!£ ( ojon.'J i*i the 1.. s. Arm*
Air Forces this week. making
bigiieat ranking Negro
> officer in that brunch of service.
A \\] s9k A native Washingtonian, Colonel
\ Olivia is the soli ntt Kn\;ui!iM
V \\ General H. O. i>avis, v, t >
\ \. A nuy i retired?
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I BETTY JANE’S FATHER
Mr. Clifton Says
He's Not *sore'
j Grieved. Father Fosters
I No Grudge Against Race
< EDITOR'S NOTE; This i
the third in a series ot exi-io
Mvt CAROLINIAN articles "1
talked with Clyde Brown” gi\ •
!»g tiie human story behind the
ease of Clyde Brown, 19-year
olcf Winston-Salem youth charg
ed with assaulting Betty Jane
Clifton, a young white girl.)
BY SANDRA I.OWEN MASON
WINSTON-SALEM Your re
i •
| porter looked forward to the inter
view with Mr. Clifton, father of
! Betty Jane, with a resigned feeling
: of aect\tance. . of being met by a
| hostile man filled v» till bitterness!
land revenge,
1 expected to describe to you a
! look of savage, unlawful revenge.!
j Your reporter was actually a iit
| tie t it afraid.
"Art you Mr. Clifton," I asked
A pair of mild blue eyes - there i
| was a sadness in them met mine
| A mild, low-toned voice answer-1
led: "That's right, i am."
HOLDS NO GRUDGE’
After identifying myself. tin*
| cooperative Mr Clifton’s first
j words were;
i "It don’t make me hold any pre-;
[judice against colored people. They j
j have been my best friends and
still are They have said all things
j that should be done, blit i have;
;said Let the law handle him.*
i ' I have been told to swear out a
warrant for him, but I’m not The !
city is handling everything.
"I WISH IT HAD BEEN A’
WHITE MAN, then there would j
not be so much tension and other
white people would not Hold a
grudge,
IDIOT DID IT
Then, thoughtfully, Mr Clifton |
added: “You see, a Negro did not;
[hurt my daughter it was an!
idiot and you find them in every
race, there .nv bad type people im
botii tiie colored and the white
races.”
According to Mr Clifton and
this is Mr. Clifton’s story and in
no way is meant to depict the opin- i
ions of pis reporter nor the news-!
paper. . . .
Repeated: According to Mr, Clif
ton. Brown had been to the radio
.-.hop on seven or eight occasions
when Mrs. Ziegler, Mr. Clifton’s!
sister, worked there. Often he had
j asked her to hoy the rifle and to
[play a radio for him.
! Mrs. Zieglar quit work due to
j appro,.cl /.ir: motherhood and Betty
[jane began working there after
school.
Mr. Clifton said lie did not know
Brown.
Est OWN NOT BE ATEN
“And tell people. Mr. Clifton ask- 1 .
ed “that Brown was not beaten as ■
people say he was 1 have not seen
him but many hav.e. He confess*
on In.- free will Evidence wei
sent t«> Washington to prove th<
he u:d d But l -til! don’t hold an
; cnidge.
“Believe me Take that boy there
Mr. Clifton said pointing* to h
: heiper, Ku: me 1 Hunter, he’s evet
• hich .1 i:• and i tu-.e hull just lik
; I'fly ou 11 1 have no hard feeling J
' all ”
LARS .SLA LRU)
1 asked Mr I'iifton the extei
(Continued on page H, this seettoi
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BETTY JANE CLIFTON 1
. . , victim of ’iifiß
MR. CLIFTON i
, . . harbors no grud< M