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in; all .tvtioiL; Os the state, tin- !
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o! Nor til Ca ■. . .... : touna in .to
eU'hty-third annual; .session at
Shiloh Baptist Church, Dr J R '
Moon Ha; tor Octnbm 31-Novem ,
' ABUfi BONTEMPS
SETS LECTURE AT
RALEIGH NOV, 15
ItAl.EK’i 11 As one of tne s;je-j
rial feature; ot the ’’nd celebra- !
ftlon of National Childrens' Book j,
Week. Ariia Wendell Bontciups. j
outstanding author, will lecture atj
the Richard B. Ifarrlson Public f,{- i
hrary hen- on Wednesday, Novctn-! ,
i i her 15 at y ji.ni. The puldir p, in- 1
| i -dr. fio!it< iii|ia who is ~i [no out |
| ’ Chief librarian at His!; University 1
Nashville. Tell 11., is a writer id I
both prose and poetry, and has re~ j,
reived several awards in this field.'
of the Negro" nit-P a, i miner-up I
Poetry of i in- Nemo" with Lam;'- |
Mi.- n.osi recent hooks- are “Sior;
loi- the Ncwlu-ry Award, and "The i
s ton Hughes A uion i 1 ; other out
standing books written by him we j
"Drums at Dusk", “Blank Tliirn
“tier", “They S- k ;< ( ity". "Sad- '
Fat i d Hoy "The I nst-Soorief ,
Mound", and "We Have Tomorou
In Top Posts Among N. C. Baptists
S *
' ' REV. BHIiIL*i!I.L
Tl e Reverend t) 1. Sherrill of
i Raleigh, wns again re -elected ns
Executive Secretary ot the Gen
crai Baptist Convention of N C. j
Mr, p A Bishop us Rich Square.
be; .1. j. ported total r. eel.;it:., fori
lb" year s.n:a-.: . <•: $125 "tG.fiii. ill !
suppoj : ft lie m, relive oi the eon-|
volition; namely; State and I'or-1
eign Ivii.-.Mons. Christian Education,j
11! e Ox lord Orphan:.! ;;e.
$1?5,MJ0.00 Si" 3AS 1951 GOAL
Sparked by tfie annual address;
of tae dv'iouiiic arid ■progressive ;
presidi.nl, Dr. !’. A Lie.of Rich i
Square. who emphasized th.- need I
tor expansion on all fronts, the
Convention approved a budget of
$173,000.0il for the ensuring year!
in this connection, the Conveiilton i
approved in it- entirety an L>.
pans ion than enco itched in the
i'>■;:oinrn<:ndatronx of a special com-;
milieu composed of the Reverends;
James F Wert :. Charlotte; •R- Irv- 1
in.it Boone. Wilmington; J. H.
While. Asheville. !!. J. Davidson. |
Charlotte, fi if. Hart, Durham,!
and Mrs. Ella Alston, Raleigh.
President Bishop and Executive:.
Secretary Sherrill.
NEW HEADQUARTERS
BUILDING
Tiic Convention also went on re
cord approving a recommendation
that steps be taken at onct for the ;
erection of a new Baptist Head-j
qtiaiteis building on the Conven
tion-, property in Raieich. A coni
i stt<-e w.i constituted to work out
detail for a building program and
repp; t erne back to tlie Executive
Board
1 RAINING Cl I NIC FOR
VOI'TII DAY
Additional r< commendations un
animously approved, called for a
leader-ship clinic to tn- held in Ra
leigh in tin near futim and tin*
observance of a statewide Baptist
Youth Da, aha the establishment
Continued on page 8, tins section
DR. BISHOP |
ten l , it il' ilrd for ninth lime to |
head the over 275.000 Negro Hup- j
lists ns president of the General i
Baptist State Convention- The i
Ittvci etui It li\ iii/.; Boone, pastor |
Town Wants Race Cops
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VOLl’Mh X\!a RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, ISLYO NO. 49
RALEIGH TO BE INVADED
BY HOMECOMING CROWDS
FARMER TAKES TITLE
ST. AUGUSTINE'S
ANO SHAW M?
HOMECOMINGS
Lames, Parades, Dames
And Ollier Events Mark
Annual Observances
It AI RICH North Curolimvs
| total {’ity iy. preparing for a
: double-wine ed Invar-don as tho
! i i!y : two ■ 'itlli'ii Sit aw ' niver
i -is. Ifni Si. Atiugstme’s sot th»*ir
’ annual homecoming even!:: lor the
jU i or).,
Highlight of ilff -vent wit! he
[ the iaeim* o! - tweiball guttles f 1 *
f ,i-n the voi it v o nnif of each
j iust i: >i(Jon .'i'! Colored Tritot'"ol
-i .•• -All;!' ' i uclal loti OJ)|iOIl
. .St ■ Ai ' *>'i 1 »if ■■I,i lll 'day :ii t'lu'-
!•. i■ - i ~•!,! !h. Shaw T ’(ii vi . -
!:.r j ;itv sehe.l>l l.'.i !•■ • ‘im -It
with the Us os of Winston-Salem
Tee.io.her: Collect.
,\\ S pin Saturday night, the
,s* \ o gust i tic Vt tcuiti v* :!! meet the
Bie Rlue.- of film-field State Col
lege in another conference enß.igi
! ini'-nt
FA IIA OKS set
! ... i j,.,: iif to hr hell! Oil
S.o ■r ...tv. tin- Shave i imra.i £<'t
t iini-. • at I ' in a till t!i f '
\itcr tiVie’- p. .ote eheiUllcd
: for 2 p in.
The Shaw par ah is To Kefn at
| the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. j
i proceed along Fayetteville Sttreel i
a,, Hargett, down Hargett to
Blount, South on Blount to Cabar
rus, South on Cabarrus to Lenoir
and east on Lenoir to. Chavis Park.
A feature of Shaw F parade is j
i the school float which will feature
I "Miss Homecoming" in the person
; of Miss Katie Leake, a senior from
' Louishurg. Other floats in the pa
rade will In* sponsored by local
businesses and organizations.
S»r. AFGI STINE'S I‘ARADE
The St. Augustine’s parade,
which will begin just one hour fob :
lowing the beginning of the Shaw !
trek through the local thorough-:
fares, is scheduled to begin from i
(the campus and to follow a course
leading into the downtown area
and back to the campus.
OTHER EVENTS
-vora! other events are beir.c !
scheduled at both institutions,
w iili half-time ceremonies in the
mat ing from all ipiurters.
Tim homecoming celebration at;
Continued on page S, this section
REV. BOONE
Central Baptist Church, Wil
mington, is neivly elected chair
man of the Executive Board of
the General Baptist State Con
vention of Nf. C.. succeeding Dr.
O. S- Bullock, Raleigh,
Topped Them All
. . .tjs.
H£AD OF HIS CLASS: Cadet Have Cam; ill -lr. is appointed honor
man of bit Navy pre-flight training clast* at I'ensaroia, Hand*, tor
this honor, Ur U the only one permitted to wear the five gold bars on
hi* collar, and have the title of Cadet Regimental Commander of the
t. is. Naval School of Pre-Flight. This siv-root, ‘tfiO-pound former
j basketball captain made superior academic grades in Paine College
where he attended for three year* prior to entering service. He served
in World War 11 oversea*. .—"
News & Observer Lauds
Negro U.S. Naval Cadet
RALEIGH (ANP)—An editorial
in the Raleigh' News and Observer
■ praises Cadet Dave Campbell, Jr.,
of Augusta, Ga., for his excellent
j record which resulted in the
■ j youth's elevation to cadet rc-gi-;
mental commander of the Naval
Air Station's preflight graduation
class at. Pensacola, Fla
Said the editor;
“Some southerners may be
xlu.cked to read that a 33-
year-old Negro from Augusta,
• Ga., has been named top ca
tion class of the Naval Air sta
rlet of the preflight gradua
i tion at Pensacola, Fla. As such
he has been designated Cadet
Regimental Commander and
given five gold stripes, the first !
time such a thing has hap
! pened in United States naval I
| County Assures Schools
A Full Supply Os Water
CLYDE BROWN'S
(APPEAL ENTERED
(BY ATTORNEYS
WINSTON-SaL.EM A contin
! '"id lease on life was given 19-1
1 year-old Clyde Brown this week
when hi:, attorneys filed appeal
tor the youih in the Supreme l
Court at Raleigh.
Krow'n, who was convicted
S< ptember IS by an all-male
Forsyth County jury of the a.s
sauit-beating of i7-year-o!d
Betty Jane Clifton, was sen- j
tented to death hi the state
lethal chamber.
Entering notice of appeal for;
| Brown are Attorneys Hosca Price
i Continued on page S, this section
history.
As a recipient of such hon
ors in the Navy in the Soulli.
this young man must be good.
Also coming from Talmadge’s
Georgia his achievements ob
vicusly point a chance for the
southern Negro which Tal
inadge's Culminations some
times obscure . .
"Some may take this us 41s
tuibing news about race re
lations in education and the
armed services, but all fair- i
minded men will honor this
young man's great achievement
in what must have been an
< xtrexnely difficult situation.”
Clmpbell, a 160-pound former
basketball star at Payne College,
Augusta, Ga., is a World War II
Marine Corps veteran.
| DUNN -There’:> no need to feel
I that students at Lillington's Shaw-1
town High School will feel the
ravages ol thirst it was revealed
here this week
That big hole that is being
dug into the campus of the
school is not a ••hole" M ail—
it's a well,
| The well at the Shawtown school
!is une of the three that are being*
•prepared for service in the I-lar
: nett County school:;. The others
are at Coates and Erwin. The
county school board decided to
aig wells at the schools after the
water situation at Coates became
j acute recently and the students
i were obliged to go without water j
} for several clays
‘‘The water shortage is no long- j
jer existent'' the county school
board avers.
BERTIE COUNTY
IAN A SUCCESS
WITH 1 CHOP
Hal lowed Title Li\ns
Farmer liaising liner
Tons of Lot ton
! RALEIGH —lt v. ; announced.
| here this week; that a Negro farm
j *.T has been accorded the much
I .sought-after title "Most Success
| ful" cotton grower in Bertie Coun
jty lor the year.
Winning the honor for the
1 y ear was Charles Har ,y of
Koxobel, who harvested near
ly 3 tons of tint from his 3,7
acres end now has some MW
pounds of seed cotton on hand.
.Making announcement of Mi.
Hardy’s tele was county farm
agent M VV. Coleman, who
•-ays Mr- Hardy holds salts
-lips from gitis at Kicii Square
which show that tic sold cot
j ton in six bales which aver
ages about 490 pounds each.
iMQRGANTON IS
I POSSIBLY NEXT
TO HIRE COPS
| Town Board Petitioned
To Name Two Negroes
| To Patrolman Force
MORGANTON--A delegation of!
10, composed ol leading local min
isters and representatives of the
American Legion and 'Masonic ;
Lodge, lias petitioned the local ;
town board to add two Negro pa- j
trolrnen to the local police de
partment.
The request, which was made
before the board Monday night,
asked that the two be assigned
to serve in the Negro business
and residential districts.
BOARD MAY ACT
Indication that the board will
Continued on page 8, this section
it Happenln Carolina
Light Voting
RALEIGH Tuesday’s gen
eral election throughout the
state was typified by light vot
ing. Jfn the mokit important
races, Willis Smith, Democrat;
Raleigh attorney, defeated Re
publican E. L. Gavin for the
U- S. Senate. Senator Clyde It-
Hoey was returned to the Sen
ate by defeating Halsey B-
Leavitt of Asheville, GOT
hopeful.
Took The Autos
GOLDSBORO An 18-y e ar-oW
youth, who was captured after be
ing tracked down by bloodhounds,
has been accused of car theft here
Tlte youht is alleged, to have stolen
a car and. left it when he sighted
his pursuers.
The youth, listed in police re
cord as Larry Vance, is said to be
wanted in Kinston for car theft-
He has a probation record in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Child Injured
ASHEBORO A 77-year-old
child was seriously injured
here last Friday' night when
struck by an automobile.
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A queen and her court
—Scheduled to reign as queen of
the festivities when Si. Augus
tine's College holds homecom
ing exercises at Raleigh Satin
‘.as is Mi.-, .Maiviur IHinby sen
ior <>l ( iai ksbiit s tv Va, Mem-
Sirs of Miss Deiiibv't, entourage
shown ut the panel are.- left to
Indign ant Citizens Ask
Service In Emergencies
RALEIGH -Many repercussion.*
! have been noted and more are
| exnccted tti medical and public
safely circle:, o: tin area and ai!
! t.ecaust* mecucat attcnt.cui war, not
i..inicdijte!y torthcoming to a Ne
; gro truck driver needing treat
tnent following a traffic ;«ccid«?r.'.
A rash of righteous indigna
tion broke out over the city
with doctors ami controllers of
the local police department
coining in for shares of ridi
cule for Use week following
State’s Teachers Study
Means Os Improving Lot
j v
j RALEIGH The State’s 7,000-
plus Negro teachers are scheduled
-non to consider means through
which their well-being and that of
their charges and students mav be
aided.
Ten items for consideration
I y prop. i authorities of the
North Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation were listed by lln- as
sociations legislative eumttiit
t.e luring a recent ineetliij; of
j li'r child, Jessie James, was
I hit bv Gene Harris, a local resi
j dent, who is now facing a
charge of reckless driving ae-
I cording to reports ot investi
! gating officers.
Double Duf y
j RALEIGH Mrs. L*v Ellis Rog
ers, 40, of Virginia, Route 1, was
in double danger for a while here
Tuesday night. Mrs- Ellis, il! and
being rushed to the hospital, was
riding in a car being driven by
her husband when the car became
involved in a eolllisian.
The collision was at the inkr
. section of Lenoii and Fayetteville
Streets where the husband was ac
cused of crashing a red light and
driving wrong on a om- way street.
Mrs. Rogers finally arrived d
the St. Agnes Hospital where her
condition has be. u reported as
fair.
Lift His Trail
WA K R ENfON—“Don *t I eave
I a trail” is about tin* best ad
vice that can be offered Dan
Terry, a. resident of near here-
Terry, allegedly left a trail n
mile high and twice ns wide
i when he attempted to hide con-
rift'hi, Mi's> % Hester Joyner of
hii&itm. ~\ i • Oi., iy* Hopkim.
<: *‘ ■■ *■- ii r ilc . a*... ii'fusilla i lollfc.
Charlottesville* Va. The fatfitvi*
fi* >: will be highlighted by a foot*
ball game between St. Augtt^
tide's .iiui isioefletd State Col*
b K«* at Raleigh >. Chavis l v il’k
I .*«-Id Haitii ilu’ fiight
the accident at Hillsboro and
Enterprise streets In which
Janus March, lit), of Chatham
County (us pinned within the
cab of his truck following a
collision.
Some 1•* telephone calls were
made to doctors during the 15 to
20 minutes period Marsh was pin
ned within the vehicle, with the
. result that no doctor arrived on
the scene until after volunteers
had released the man and rushed
Continued ou page 8, this section
that group here.
Among the most pressing items
is the quest for improved facili
tks and personnel for teaching
handicapped and exceptional chii-
Thf teacher group has also been
■ fed by its legislative commit.
’•••• to reru.unizp actions made by
! 1 last -"ion of ,the state Leg.
hk.tiveKTAOIN SHR SH CM SH
‘-hdor- in providing further health
Continued oil page 8, tills section
tainers for ingredients used In
making illicit liquor. Terry’s
tr. il was picked up at a whls
key still and followed to the
Terry home where officers
found about 250 pounds of sugar
and a half pint of white whis
! k,v
Dies Cl Wounds
■, RALEIGH A 17-year-old con
-1 vict who was shot while attempt
, ingto i . cape from a North Caro
lina Highway Commission road
! Rang, died from injuries received,
j Ralph C- Cooper, the convict, al
•| lewdly snatched a guard’s pistol
■! ami shotgun while engaded in road
| work and atempted to escape. A
truck driver, however, shot him,
inflicting the fatal wounds.
Cooper was serving a 22-26 year
.sentence for second degree
iory following thres break Ins.
He Was Hungry
ROXBOKO— Police officers '
| In the area feel that John
Blount, 2k, must have been
i hungry wiica he broke into the
Silver Star Case here Satur
day night-
Whether Blount was hungry;
Continued on page 8, this section