Soldier And Mother Of 9 Take Own Lives
LOSS OF U.N.C SUIT NOT TO END EFFORTS
Inside This Week
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Resolution To Employ Firemen
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:'elu.'o<t to r°v»eu> in,- : i-i •>[ t.:*.-
rapist.
Speller, who *•«•» •• i-onvitted jn
Put::, 1347. in B'i*!-- Count, X C
for criminal J -anil, hu. twist*
been granted, new trial? by the
North Carolina,’ou“rrtne Court. In
■ third hearing befoiv North Car
olina's highest tribunal, the do
cision of a lender court, which ch
creed death foi Speller in the
NC execution chamber was un
fa eld.
HAULS QUESTIONED
Speller, through bis counsel,
Attorney Herman Taylor of
Raleigh had contend**! that
' systematic and arbitrary" r.v •
elusion of Negroes from pjrir?
in Vance County. N<', where,
jurymen were drawn* to try
trim, resulted in denial of a
fair trial.
Counsel for Speller bad boon
successful in asking a change of
venire in the offset of the case,
but found condition deemed sim
ilar following the change
No new date has been set for
Speller’s execution.
IT
HAPPENED
m
CAROLINA
Child, 4, Killed
RALEIGH —A 4-year-old child
"•■as killed here Saturday when
.'/'iv was pinned between a • car
door and the side of « building. '
Announced dead on arrival a! .
St. Agnes Hospital was little Alice
Marie Freeman, daughter of Mrs.
Sallie Le« Freeman of Route fj j
Raleigh, whose head was cn'ishen j
against tHo side of » building 1
when the door of a car driven,
by Johnny King, 35. of Wilder's
Grove flew open.
Kiip', who had been visaing the
child's mother, stated that he had
begun to move off when the inci- j
dent occurred The Wake County ;
coroner ruled the death result of \
an unavoidable accident.
Strong Man Nabbed i
RALEIGH Because hr
thought the policemen who
were making a routine check j
on % residence were searching
for him. Clarence “Strong
Man” Jeter, 20, is back in |
jail.
Jeter, who earned the name |
“Strong Man” by breaking
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Senator Graham Wants No
“Write-ins In November”
APPLICATION OF
GOLDEN RULE
MARES HIM GAY
MOUNT AIRY--Lots of people
nround town here may b- happy
| this week, but by far the happiest
one is Richard Dobson, an ern
i ployee of the local North, Carolina
' i Granite Company.
Dotson has two reasons to
he happy. First, he's in a gay
1 | mood because 8308 he had long
ago given tip as lost has been
returned to him and secondly
bccaus**—facing a rather relig
ious person himself tie be
lieves ih.it somewhere there’s
a man who lias found joy in
| living according to the fiol
: den Rule.
This story began some four years
I ago when Mr. Dobson, hurriedly
| changing clothes at the shop, saw
j a wad of his money containing
j S3OB fall to the floor Tn his burr-.,
i ho forgot to ret. love the money
I immediately and on returning to
jdo so later found it gone
It was then that he gave the
money up for lost.
But this week, another chap
i ter w'as written to the story
I w hen a letter addressed to Mr.
Dobson arrived at the Gr&n-
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RALEIGH .Senator Frank 1‘
Graham, who was defeated in re.
ecu! Democratic Primary voting
hy Willis Smith, Raleigh attorney
for the V. S Senate post, has stat
ed emphatically that dot’s not
favor i "write, in" for
him during the November; voting
: *m.i that he will—and asks hi.-:
supporters to—support the entire
Democratic ticket.
-Suggestion that a "write-in 1
campaign be launched tor Dr
Graham was first made by a
man identified as an ex-Tom
niunist Fred Beal, who re
cently addressed a lahni* tneet
in Duili,i tn.
h> ‘ei'ov.'in:; cold on ihc
"wiit.cin" id'-,. Senal.o.- T,rai'. ll :n
ttated "I tun supportihe the entire
Democratic ticket and .;-»j asking
•di Tty irif'nd, in do tile same'
It has l.'cen pointed out that a
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Minister Murders Wife, Kills Self
3.V I. ii HARRKN
WIM.JAMSTON-Tit is unusually
penccful Martin County town,
:;u« of the recent murdei* of a
nurse by ;i young physician and
tiio subsequent suicilV.' of that
younL- physician, again became the
site of a murder-suicide when on
. September 28, the Rev, James Max'
! Bond, 46, shot and killed his es
tranged wife and then turned a
P' s, o! on himself, taking his over
OXFORD WOMAN
LOSES S2OOTO
FLIM- FLAMMERS
OXFORD A 56-year-old farm
vit,/ of near here has the dubious
honor of being the first victim of
fli Hammers in the area in sev
eral years.
Mrs. Oh* Ragland is S2OO poorer
aft.- having fallen for the old
confidence trick of putting up mon
ey t,., slow good faiih.
Mrs. .Hiighuui told Police
f tnel ,t. 1,, {'ash that she gave
that ait.i unt to a strange wnni-
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life.
The details of t.h-is mos*. recent
‘tic-taking were revealed here
only this week.
AceoiCtng to reports, TR.ev.
Mr. Bond, brooding over the I
loss of the affection of his
wife and worried over a war- j
tune. \avy Yard injury, ap
proached his victim on the
Main Street of the town to !
commit bis deed
TWIN CITY FIRST
CITY TO ACT ON
HIRING NEGROES
Vlavor’s Vote Breaks
Deadlock In Vole
On l irenien Proposal
WINSTON SALEM Th* pro”'
• ■ 1 /- ' ’ '.V ;/■ 1 r?j f tn ’T :* 'r
Mi •-. i !\i. f- bi ok*' * 4 to 1
f. urd of Aldermen tic vote h-'re
id ay night tod :e» in motion;
0 np,! te-n which " ill cause;
Wdistpu-Saleru >r> be Hie fir-:? city
in k'orth fsroliim to cn’iplo" N*c
; g(-r- firemen
The Board mttiorir-d ■> trui.
lutinii during i ! > Monday nigh*
meeting ! n hire *h> Negro tire ,
men »nd mcmo-M -a sfipuL*-
tion in i? ■ resolution ’hat j
Hie firemen w ill he inrlndeH
iiifi! the program in which
is jin* into operation "it shall
I),- undertaken in gradual
stages >n that Negro firemen i
employed shall )>•• properly
trained ..."
The resolution adopted by the;
Board give: no indication to;
-t hen the colored firemen will be i
cinplo.ved, nor does it reveal just j
posts ana where they will be i
h'tvv many m-it will be given
stationed
Jt is generally . "needed. ho*v • |
ev.*r. that t,he v will possibly be j
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YOUNG SOLDIER, j
MOTHER OF NINE
COMMIT SUICIDE |
Despondent iVlother Is
Suicide On Account
Os Lingering Illness
DURHAM — Despondency” wssj
i listed as the cause of two .suicides j
here during this past week as a;
IFt-yCar-old soldier and a woman, I
the mother of nine children took;
their lives.
The youthful GI is Private Jas. J
T. Ettson, Jr. of Durham, Route |
6, who shot and killed himself in;
i the driveway of a relatives home
1 in the Fence row sector early j
Tuesday morning.
Sheriff E G. Bclvin. investigat-;
ing the death, said it was a clear'
case of suicide arid that young
Ettson had left a note for rela-1
lives indicating his worry over his!
alleged infraction of military reg- !
illations. !
The young soldier, who was j
home on leave from his station at;
Fort. Bragg, iccordlng to inti
mates, had given no indication of
• his .planned deed during the day, I
and had seemed "the same as i
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WELL PLANNED ACT
Th" 16-year-old Disciple* minis- :
tor is said to have planned his;
net well, having made bequests j
to relatives some few days before j
the murden suicide.
On September 26. Mrs. Bondl
was returning to work following*]
the noon-time lunch hour when]
her husband emerged from a house j
on Main Street and began firing
at her with a ,38 calibre pistol,'
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US Supreme Court Hearing
To Be Sought In UNC Suit
MAN-40. HELD
ON CHARGES OF
SMALL GIRL, 1 1
i 1
! H M tFA >: A t*. . >(
: rc.-.idlent oi near here j,!-,.-dd ,
j wFhe.il! IV ir.e.d pnjjee r.lf,.
' -■<■/ . on ■: s<-., -if •-. ,u.in i ity
saul'ing a 11'year-old eoloied
\eenrding local nfficlaK,
Norman Pope nf near SrolluJwl
Neck i- 1 «-iiig held jn jaiJ here
Until ;i tjpt r. i (e'v he..ring is
,Imted foi hi.?* ,in(l invr'Jls;.-
tlon nwflp into the r< port o !
12-year-old Aliee pope, who
(!' < * g-e ri Hs.-,! the r, t- TI tied it
| rope ,i jo j... / 1., t- perk, raned
her .inTl Hit.- so kilt h r
j if slip iold.
The altaek e. alh-g* \ 9 lir-e
occurred L,iVetinfsihv ax
j the girl vuk-d homt* from <
county vehonl nest Scotland
i Neck.
i The child aid Uni? . ,c was:
| afraid to tel! what happened for
i four days, she became ick Wdl- '
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|N. C. College Confab Will
Discuss Court Decisions
! AID IS SOUGHT !
! FOR VICTIMS OF
| N.C. TORNADO
WHITEVILLE—Efforts are 1111-
j derwav this week end to aid rush ;
I dents of the tornado-stricken Old!
! Dock Community, with the Amcr
j ican Red Cross and the Columbus
j County Board of Commissioners
| already giving aid to -those famii-!
[ ies suffering losses.
I Additional aid from privatu and j
| .public agencies is also being sought
!to help alleviate the difficulties
I which arose from (he emergency!
1 situation created by the tornado •
1 which ripped through the area i
'Monday causing some 100.000 dam-!
: ages- ;
With five bullet wounds bleeding j
profusely, Mrs- Bond ran a short
distance arid fell to 'he pavement;
dead.
Her estranged spouse reload- !
ed his pistol and fired once
more into her prostrate body, ]
He then (ay down beside her
and turned the pistol on him- i
self, firing bullet into his
heart.
Both werei dead when witnesses]
DURHAM - - Indication that the
drcL-ion in favor of th« State of
North Carolina in the recent, suit
fUed by Negro students seeking
sdmi z:\:m to the LlflT’ersif y of
North Carolina Law School tend
ed launch a fight Instead of
halt one 'was given here this week
by I epfresentatives of counsel for
*>’? plainhffs ui the art ton.
.4t«rnry rmml Pears**!’
-pek? for counsel ior tbv fnwr
Vortp { ftrolins* rv s *cg-e st>i
'lrtits who hail sought V*miss
ion tn the U.VC Law School
only to be rebuffed by * de
ei.yion IjandeT doren by fesi
.•rai .fudge Johnston J. Hayes
attorney pearswi etive nWica
((o*i that efjorH ire now ut>
Herw/iv lo advance the case
to heating before the Gn.Ued
State- Supreme Court.
In his decision filed at Greens
boro. Monday, Judge Hayes, who
heard the week-long trial here,
ruled the facilities at the Law
School at North Carolina College
- --j i.' a I ts tiv.'jp a: tVie University
and -.fated that ~O‘H . not
Hiersfore demand the UNC school
to admit Negro students'.
The Federal District Court which
heard the case here was th* final
court of resort before hearing by
ferenet'S were scheduled here fol
the nation's highest tribunal Con
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DURHAM— The North Cvoli!!.*
Negro College Conference, which
will hold its annual meeting Wed- ;
nesday, November 15 at Fayetb -
vilie State Teachers College, will
discuss recent court decisions and
some of their implications as rei,-;
alive to education in the state, if
was revealed here this week.
Dean A, E. Manley ot the
North Carolina College here,
and president of the -.late or- j
sanitation, tn announcing for
mulation of plans for the an
nual meet stated that the gen
eral theme of this year's .es
sien will be "The Recent Court
Deiosions and Their Implica
tions for Regional Education 1
and Higher Education in North ;
Carolina.”
Scheduled 41s principal speakers •
are Dr. William MoGlntbin, asso- 1
elate, director of the Boat'd of j
Control for Southern Regional Ed-1
ucation. Atlanta, and Slate Attor-1
ney General McMullan, who is to{
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arrived on the Scene.
The victim is the iurmrr Miss]
Ethel Woolard and had bes-n wife
of the minister tor five years.
Rev. Mr. Bond hod pastured chur
ches ir; Windsor and Hamilton, N
C. and had once cooperated wdn
the writer in the organizations of j
civic groups in Martin County, I
The deaths were ruled tmutier •
and suicide.
y. N. C, DECISION
HIGHLY LAUDED
DOWN IN GEORGiI
ATLANTA. Ga.— Hearts «st as
pr-’-al" of the rulin? against Ki
:;ro students entering the Unive:
■ it) of North Carolina have bee
■ ounried her?.
Fs*drrai Judge Johstsfou .!•
Hayes ruling Monday that
North Carolina offers Negro
l« n tudents equal educational
facilities asid that he would
not order the University of
North Carolina to admit them,
Isas b.= en haile i by Georgia
Att- W y General Eugene Cook.
Imerring that the North
Carolina decision would hat'®
some hearing on a suit here
in which JO, OOO N>g\j> chil
dren are demanding admittance
to white schools, the Attorney-
General said:
. . the attempts of the plan
tiff? to --trike down segregates
in education in its entirety is out
That being if the North Caroiir
decision is upheld
OLDEST CITIZEN
OF ALAMANCE I
DEAD AT 120
BURLINGTON—A woman who!
i fate was decided by the dr*wirl
of straws died near here this weJ
! knowing that she was th?, oldei
: resident of the county. I
utad. at 120 years of age I
Mrs. Louise "Aunt Lou” Thorn|
! son, an ex-slave and resident I
near Haw River- ftj
Mrs.' Thompson, w N i*|
knowledge of pre-Clvil Waffi
days was always termed “»a-l
tr«-ordinary in this area" te*sl
revealed that she was barn w|
April 1, ISHIJ, the daughter afl
Mr. and Mrs. Archie and Let-1
tie Thompson, slaves. m
She revealed prior to her deal
that as a slave she was the pro!
erty of one Hunter Thompsl
who "'as given title to her whl
he and his brother, Jo!\n, drtl
.straws to sec who would assurl
ownership of slaves on the Thom|
son estate. ■
Mrs. Thompson has further I
counted years of servitude as |
household slave in the Me bail
area during the Civil War- B'l
said that her mi-tress once wl
obliged to serve Union Army si
diers passing through the area. I
Following the war, Mrs. Thom!
son revealed, she remained in tfl
employ of her former owners r|
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