Confiscated Records Reveal
KLAN IS ON RAMPAGE IN N.C.
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VOLI’ME~XxIX KALEK4H, NORTH (‘ARODNA SAT! UDAY. -SEPTKMBEK », 195*; NO. 40 |
Three Die in Cavern
S.C. KLANS HIT;
TOP MEN JAILED
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HOLY COMMUNION: American soldiers receiving Holy Conimuitlou during Catholic Service*, one*
isaif mile behind Ui«- froitl lines somewhere in Korea. These soldiers are 1,4 picul of the mum Cl’* who
attend religious services in the combat stone. Mon Army chaplains have lost their lives during the re-
Wfut fighting.
More Than 59 of Hooded
Men Are Placed In Jail
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| BY T. V, JEKVAY
ieditor. WILMINGTON JOURNAL
•Hid Stars Writer CAROLINIAN
NEWSPAPERS)
MYRTLE BEACH S. C Mon
day, Labor Day A fighting law
enforcement officer of Horry Conn
t yhas given tiro Ku Ktux Klan one
of the worst blows ever in the ioug
and rlotious rein of this infamous
band of hoodlums who covered
their acts of violence with their
white bedsheets and steepleshaped
poods, Sheriff f,' E. Sasser has real
ly got (he truly un-Arne; scan boys
on the run - and on double quick
time at that.
As we write this story which
is beind done a few minutes alter
talking with one of Sheriff Sasser's
chief deputies at Atlantic Beach,
famous Negro resort situated 11
miles to the North of here ap
proximately 50 kluckers, including
Grand Dragon Thomas L. Hamilton
of Leesville, S. C\, have been ar
rested and jailed in connection with
the acts of violence carried out
here last Saturday night. The de
puty, who had several rifles in the
fMtr seat of his car, told this writer
|W hf'had not si apt for two nights.
He .fid huntedKlansmen as con
P scynMy as the would-be upholders
of W and order had tracked down
innocent Negroes. And the job
would not be completed, he said,
until all of the gang had been
rounded up and jailed.
we have covered several lynch
logs and many acts of violence, but
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HAPPENED
; IN
CAROLINA
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Cutting Out
, WAYNESVILLE Bloodhounds
bayed un the trial of four men who
meant it when they decided to "cut
' out" from a block at the Haywood
; County prison Camp near here on i
Labor Day ;
i The four men used a saw for
: their cutting activities, sawing then- •
way out of a cell-block and then
• scampering over a 7-foot wall.
■ Seventy-two other prisoners in the
. block could also have used the exit
had they known or cared to do so,
i officicals of the camp report..
| 9 Plus 1 Is Ten
■; ELIZABETH CITY —'Nine and
| one equal ten. and that’s just the
• I number of persons who were on -
trial here Wednesday forth pos
session of non tax-paid whiskey, ' J
TRAIN SEVERES
ARM OF MSN
NEAR HENDERSON
HENDERSON A 39-year-old
railway workman lost an arm here
early last Sunday morning when an
engine hitched to freight cars ran
ovt the limbs, severing it below
the elbow.
Admitted to Jubilee Hospital here
at about 2:30 A M. Sunday was
Coley Williams, who had been
working with a crew on the Sea
board Air Line Railroad when the
accident occurred, Hospital attaches
say that Williams left arm was
severed.
A native of between Norlina and
Wise, Williams was reported in
"fair condition” this week having
lost considerable blood when first
admitted to the local hospital.
The victim was discovered by
fellow workmen lying on the tracks
near where an engine drawing
freight ea.s had passed and was
rushed to the hospital. He was a
member of one of the work units
which have been active in the vic
inity ior the past two week.
IS! Be
F.hm lotte Klavern
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wavo who had beer intimidated h<* |
f.-.»lnw emnlrivees at i textile mill ;
Short- fnSlrx.’inc- a up-rating for the j
Negro worker
OTHER DATA
Other data in the records seized j
ihere riurind the nasi week end ;
jshowej that, the Kian eharaed an
; initiation fee of SIO.OO per person
|wi*h a monthly dues tax of 50
cent 1 .
The refords, containing tfse
; crime of at> estimate^ l ‘>o# per
! K ominued on page », this section)
j ME Bill
Efforts Bv Workmen
Fail As Ton Os Dirt
! Falls Into French
CHARLOTTE - Three*- Negro
■ laboriM'H were suffocated to death
■ here tast week whoa the ditch in
which they were working caved in.
burying them alive.
Found dead under nearly a. ton
of dirt were Charles Ivey, 21, Early
Barber 150. and Sam Blackman. 30.
all employees of a City Sanitation
1 Department and Water Department
; work, crew laying sewer pipes,
i The nieu were working in a nar. ]
■ row shaft ditch about twelve feet
- deep last Thursday when the dirl
- above them suddenly shifted and
- began pouring into the hole.
Efforts by fellow workmen to
stay ihe sliding mass of earth
proved futile and the men died
| gasping for breath.
Immediate rescue efforts were
launched, with volunteer workers
going to the aid of the workmen
, who labored valiantly to unearth
the victims.
’ Superintendent OJe n u Kft riser.
! who was overseeing the job of lav
ing sewer pipe, said he could dc.
1 tern r*o cause for the “Hide.
Individual funeral service? were
held during; the weekend and on
Monday. .
Where Klansmen Wreaked Havoc At Beach j
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F: \FU'SIVE FHOTOS OF SCENE OF S. (’ TROL'BI.E
TOf* HOV, l.ett ■ Front >f Gl u'lie s f'hic*- at My: f I Beacii. S i\
Its cwner. Charlie Fitzgeraid defied the Kluu. and this resulted in
the violt-r.!.-** which rocked Horry County, S (’. TOP ROW; Right
Case and bar owned bv Fitzgerald. Although the sign say-; “Inning
Room,” actually this is the immediate establishment which was in
volved in the .Saturday night melee Note the windows which have
since been hoarded to keep out curioasity seekers. The place, lop
left, was used ns a dining room. An expensive music machine was
damaged in the building at night.
MIDDLE. Left -Close-Up of damaged front.
.MIDDLE Right—Charlie Fitzgerald's Dance Pavidiom where
Race Radio Station Set
HEADS BUREAU—J. H. Sykes,
popular churchman and veteran
newsman of Norfolk, Va., and
Elizabeth City, N. C. has recent
ly teen appointed chief, of the
Winston-Salem edition bureau of
the CAROLINIAN. Mr. Sykes
heads the advertising and cir
culation departments, a*Mi man
ages other activities of the bur
eau. (See Story Next Week).
Holiday Death Toll Is Low;
4 Road Deaths Reported
LAD’ RBAD
RALEIGH - A 14-year-old hoy
has been charged here with being
the person who cotmnftrct! a aeries
of thieveries and for being an all
around one-person’i crime wave.
Ed Junius Austin of near Gar.
| nc-r has been aceused of thefts in
i the Township In which he lives
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WINSTO.V.SALE.M Tin- fust;
all. Negro radio .-dation in North
■ Carolina—long a dream- is daily |
becoming a reality as a pruad-.asL
I ing company which will use the
; call letters \VAAA lakes shape.
Scheduled to go under construe,
lion within Ihe month is a tower
some 23r>_fi*rt jn height This tow.
er, which will he located in Kernes,
viile, will house the facilities of
' tlio 1000. wait station is schedul'd
ito cover the Winston-Salem-j
Grcensboro.Htgh Point area.
Genera! manager of the new
company is Ted Deeper, well-known
jiarlio man, who has announced the
| acquisition of some of the most i
: able Negro talent in the field of j
! radio. j
I OFFICES' SET
Offices for the new fadlitv are |
j located at the corner of Church j
; and Third Streets, where construe, j
Lion and equipment is already un. I
l derway. Gene Sink, commercial j
| manager of the station, has at. '
I ready moved into the business of. !
| fires
j ALL NEGRO- PERIOD
I The new station will he person.!
; tided completely by Negroes, Mr. j
Leen-r has announced, with talent. |
i ed Negro engineers having already j
1 been employed through cooperation
RALEIGH Despite an expect
ed high in road fatalities during the
long Laor Day Holiday week end,
Death failed to claim a record
number of Negro lives in North
..Carolina, with only four persons
| reported victims of road mishaps at
i iCAROLINIAN presstime.
| The most serious of the boil
j day accident report?)! to the
! network of staftsmen for this
newspaper was the one that
1 occurred in Lee County Sun
| day morning when three pei-
hig.time bands pi ayed for colored dancers an t white women and
meit spectators. Such interracial mixing was frowned upon b> Klaus
men. Police say there is no law against whites goiuif there. BOTTOM.
Lest —$60,000 Motor Court owned by Fitzceraici. Myrtle Beach’s mayor
denied that white women were kept there by owner for immoral
purposes. Girl in photo is bruising message to network staff writer
i that Mrs. Fitzgerald will not be Interviewed.
BOTTOM. Rich! -(’tose-un home the Fitzgeralds. Mrs Fitz-
K*.; aid was secluded here after questioning b.v officers The attraettvo
j cottage sets in the middle of the spacious and beautiful Motor Court
ALL PHOTOS AUR EXCLUSIVE AND WERE MaDR BY T. C.
! JERVAY for the ft 11.. MING TON JOURNAL and the CAROLINIAN.
with the Midway Technical School
of Atlanta.
\ Applications may he made to the
, company for posts as disc jockeys,
jicwanmn .secretaries, salesmen uud
. engineers, it has been announced.
Flans are being made to have
the station serve as a full eommun.
It y f<u i illy, with time being allot ed
< hurdles, the local Teacher# Col
lege, schools and other such insti
tutions.
i The management of the station
ha*, announced itself interested in
I gaining the most able of personnel
j and has secured the services of
; Tommy Williams, former amumn.
*er ad Raleigh’s Radio Station
j WPTF as a trainer of personnel.
I Was It Richard?
RALEIGH Maybe H was
Richard who opened the door
but Alex Rogers of 318 Maple
Street wishes Richard has stay
ed at home at the time,
A door Hew open on Rogers’
truck <m W. Peace Street here
this week, causing a woman in
a car behind to have a motor
mishap, Damage of more than
SIOO
sons were killed and four in
jured when two cars collided.
,; Killed when a crash wrecked the
I automobile in which they were
i riclicn just south of Sanford on
i Highway 87 were Alfred Norris, 23,
| (white) of Sanford. Route 7: Theo
;dore Persons, 16 of Broadway,
.Route 1 and Mary McGould, 24 of
Route ti Sanford.
BABY KILLED
In F'ayetteville, Erskin Peterson,
hi 2-and-a-haif year old baby, was
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| GETS APPOINTMENT Mr*,
i Sfcrtic Harris Baiey of Dayton,
j Ohio, was appointed last week
' executive directress of Tuttle
j Community Center, Raleigh, the
| fourth since the origination of the
center. She received her eiiuM
| tiori from the Dayton Public
| School and is a graduate of Wii
j berforce Slate College, Wilber
i force, Ohio,, with a Batchelor's
| Degree in Social Administration.
BUS JIM CROW
iRAR FACES MAN
i Ttv ,t Warren
, | rocky MO T, vu n. c. i special l
■j John f>. vuniwmg of Sprint
Lltnne M ''' and Norfolk. Va., wa;
- orrostpboro early Mondav morn,
i,.. d'-ira'crl with violating G’<
«•••>*•• Dm Grow'seating law in con
- , tiny with h!s ‘ aliened r*ftl«*»i U
’; mnvn from the fourth seat; feon
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