GIRL, 12, WED; HUBBY IS 18
NEW DARLING OF CAFc
SOCIETY- I'hc newest rave
of thf "Case Society Set" is
the 28-year-old olive-brown
beauty, Rut Rainey. The lux ,
' of I rencii-Moriii can heritage,
lx setting ibe East .>:« •. unit
will [ilu,' in till- new if i vie,
"l\ aterf rout.”
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(ftit'li,
UNC Decision Seen End
To Jim crow Law Schools
NEW YORK The United States
Ci.li! t of i■ :i ovdcriii
the ■e , ;!)). if <,{ll: '’* d \ -
• .-v-i’vt in „■
t.'ni\- >it . Ni -!i > .iiiiima vas
;>V( r ; • -.\l v. cek by attorney:
fort: , ,\5: m Union for
l’>" ,\(! . , |,t (~[ Colon d P* ll
i ! ,i.x t:.c i end 1 1 m.oi .t
--ed l.iv -c. min a: this country
Robert L. ( arti-r, N \,\( T as
sist -int sPecl.it counsel who Par
ticipated in tin* argument of
Die case oil Muii'ii 15, noted
that tlh* North Carolina < olleg''
for N’egruex. which the \p -
peals Court tailed "clearly in
ferior" to tin- I'niverrity ot
G i Exams Slated
KAI.EIC,Ii —All of the state's “rated” Negro colleges
xv it It U. 1 cxcrptiun of Saint Augustine’s College here have
been among the ],■)(>() examination centers throughout the
countrv at which college students may take tests lor pos
sible draft d> fern. cut.
A’ •••■■ dinar t<» tli«. ScK’Ciiv.- Scrdr** aerrm-y, studhAits wishitur to titk -
Tiu- twa'iMiihi hois nm>t apply iaU* iy. Application foruv- lor the
'C\nnii»ii ioiis n ; v :> vr*«iUibt*.‘ thritiisk loes! drnfi boiir'is. loc «t v
COXTIXEED ON PAGE EIGHT
Former Shaw, Elizabeth
City TC Instructor Dies
tt AlJtiGli )>!-,.a-sM-i:- Brooks
D f iMiu- pi'ohsor of edu
tiun a ,-,h. C'- v. rsuy. died
Ai , a .a Veterans Hospital al
Hampton. Vi.. -Ml extended
v,VT;m of World War
% ‘."nd pri.'i his illness he was
fgiW in v.'». •an affairs hr.\my
Z: ani:---ci m Am«.vwan Legion Post
at Kli/.ibeth f -iy. X C.
'A- ;•;**».•f v ' : 'V '
, ■ ;y; : ■■■■■:• : V. • *•
Ml ADS mki:t
•;•*£***? Or. Edward
1 . ■>•%. iy|ysgj%jl§. . tV. Brice «f S.
\ '*>' c. State A. A
\ 4 ; ML College, will
\ ” preside at S<*S-
North Carolina has one of the
oldest s-greguled state law
ie!> ,0 the country.
I ■ • M■*. .. ■ U - ~ 1....
••••)..a »i cotiu. not .nt" t the standards
eililali; i S:> !!t eefl lindCi 'lt
r Duriei-uti) A. a ndm.-nt. Mr. Car
•.■.id. ■ i- impossible to s c how
mV. ly-clc\ iscfi Ju" school for
N't in ;- eo..m meet Those Stand-
Arc- .tin:.>y. should the U. S.
• v sort im Conn sustain the Appct
!:i i ourt if t!;c decision is
! : ieCi we lu.ve definitely ,-ecn tile
mi oi set * t• cl law schools. - ’
1 11 ti.'.-i: decision ordering the
. Uini.sM.in i l-'loyd IT. MeKhssick,
'Continued on page 8, this sectioni
Pro I'- .-'or Dickon? received the
A B. lb ."•! I'rom [.arw College of
Jock.-on, Trim., and the A. M. de-
Mvc from the University of lowa.
H> had a long and varied career
•II education. He served as profe*-
-;or of eduv tum a! Shaw Umvcrsi
iv, as \ 'l.l, Os Miles Memorial
Colic,at Birmingham. Alabama,
. > professor **i . ducat.'on at B' n
i Continued on page 8, this section)
UNC Trustees Vote To Admit Negro Grads
KLANSMEN KILL N.C. MAN
i Home-State Edition (J ffitiCP
VOLUME X\X LAI.EIi iH. NOi; Mi l A KOI .1 N A WEEK EX HINT., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 105! NO. 17
“Taylor-F or-Council man”
Campaign Is Being readied
THIRD GRADER
MARRIED IN
COURT HOUSE
i
Young Expectant Mom
Becomes ‘ Mrs. *: He
U Willing, Able
\v iti.\Ui’w.i - A :
local git 1 i, a ’-Mrs.” here this
ei k, and is soon to become a
rent ..cro. in to fhi. New H ni
ce, r County Recorder's Court. The
hubby is lU.
Tile girl, „ third-grade stu
dent, whose lutuie was not re
vealed by court attaches, be
came a "Mrs.” in ceremonies
held in the back of he Record
er's t owrtroom here Tuesday
and officiated ov*'r by local
bondsman and justice of the
peace .1. I Mobil.
WAS PREGNANT
Tti y outfit'd wife first caught
the ty< <); court officicais when *1
1 c r.iv ~!)'arent in her teae.iei’ in
the third grade at the local elemen
tary school that sa i* was .a c-cn.int.
Interviews with '.he girl revealed,
the iuetllhy of tile father Ot tilt’
child-to-be. Tile prospective iat-'iei
was contacted and showed a will
! nifiuess to marry the girl and play
tnc- role of husband and father.
Hence the marriage ceremony
WIRE I)FLAYED
Despite wuliagiK-ss of the f ither
to accept his responsibility, situa
• ions made the, circumstances,
which v. as f ; rst unearthed l'-st
• ~,-k insoluble until Tuesday when
• blood t-.-t rcj-.orts and other perti
; I;, iits were assembled.
The youth, who had keen eharg
,,l„ with carnal kiiowiedpe of a
'niiioi' i. s absolved of ail fault by
Recorder K- Winfieid Smith'.-, court.
The newly wtds promised to “live
happily ew.r after.”
WOMAN NEARLY
BEHEADED BY
SHOTGUN BLAST
WINS r ON-SALEM A shotgun
blast winch almost tore off part of
; her head snufled out the life of
,‘iO-j ear-old woman during a
strapyl • in her home last Friday
nivhi.
Taken to Kate Biting Reynolds
Memorial Hospital, the victim.
Beulah Mae Kennedy. HOP. E. !OUi
St., was dead on arrival.
While officers were opening a
' arch for him, James B. Rutland.
' :T4, with whom Miss Kennedy liv
ed, walked nto City Hail, surren
: deied to police and confessed the
- shoot
After taking ,i statement f r om
1 him. detectives -kited Rutland on
mmder charge and held him for
arraignment in Municipal Court
j Judge Leroy Sams on Wednesday
bound him over to; Superior Court
Aecroding to investigators, Rut
land told them the snooting fol
lowed an altercation between him
and the woman, who had a child,
| which Rutland allegedly admitted 1
. he was the father of.
, During the argument, Rutland
was reported to have said, Miss
; Kennedy asked him if hei2-i?auge
i shotgun was loaded.
When he replied in the affirma-'
live, Rutland went on, Miss Keo
(Cominiied on pare 4)
aanarasninerwaiiaiKtt.. l
\VI llt SINGLE rCRPOSE --
Vetci'.iii.s ot botii rail's from
Vance County staged a maren
on North Carolina’s Capital at
Raleigh luio-day with a single
purpose the passage of a
honus-to-voU'rans bill wow pend
ing before this session of Hie
slate's tteinraj Assembly. KeP.
George Long of Alamance Pre*
Fire Victim 23
I.V iJBiJRTGN —North. Carolina's three-month Dentil By Fire toil
reached 2?> this week when a man was burned to death near bore early
Monday morning.
Victim in the dawn tragedy which not only claimed las life tut
.:lso destroyed a home aud two cars ne. thy. The viciim was Bedell
rbontps..n, whose charred body was found near what bad been ihe door
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
Ushers 9 Association In
Mid- Yea r Meet-Progress
By CHARLES G. IRVING
I JACKSONVILLE, N. C. Tile
North Carolina Inter -Denomina
tional Usher.- Union in their O r ‘<-
Day Mid-Year session, here Sun
; day. heard report* arid received •
iron me fi district supervisors mo- t
nie- U.ial nf 2(iV-I.SC for general [
expense, education and Oxford
Colored Orphanug They also
; heard C- Coley, si- so treasurer's'
repon. v.’irnh showe-a •; balance- of
’ $5lB from last yea. mid-year's
session and a report from The jun
ior tre-isuret with a balance of •
$90.75.
The mid-year session is the pre-;
paratory meeting of the annual j
four day session and is held to re
lieve the regular session of soma ;
of the rduUnc work in the divi-j :
, sion of finance and planning work; j.
for tiie year ahead. The Annua'j |
Four Dr.v meeting this year will 1
be held in Goldsboro during the I |
month of August. L. E. Austin, | |
editor of the Carolina Times, Dur- | j
ham, is president. Other officers! '
■ present at Sunday's meeting were:«
Charles Langston, Raleigh, vice-:
(Continued on page 8 this, section)
sent oil the edict which would se
cure bonuses of .TOo for N. C. vet
erans of in-MaU‘s servcie; ¥750
for those who served overseas,
and ¥I,OOO tor ihe families ot
those who died or were lulled m
service, favorable action was
given the vets' demonstration,
f I'hobi Courtesy News and Ob
server)
'/'.'is
JTM
L. E. AVSTIX
. . , Heads raters
MEETING SHOWS
CANDIOATE IS
RALEIGH CHOICE
; *1 Am A Man ho Has
Coin it turns.” Taylor
Tolls Planning Mori
i.
HAT KTGJi Kvi->i though if has [
• e( ilQlal: HI ' nr ‘- ri if iA 0 T
for tht Raleigh City Council, A’- .
s«*rn« > Herman ].. Taylor has v
t meted a. ho.-t <>i supporters and is |
‘ ,«;> •- l i;i-■ a campaign into High gear :
licro.
/’/ ? %•,* iuet* v't-f'c *'i'tiii'vccrt
!>>/ the ctith u.'-iiVnu hi ichieh tin
Wiili ilic Rev. William T. Brown,
i/7 • f,oxt o-ipirant vas rcTt'-incd :
•lurin-y ii Meeting held <tt Mar
tin stf'it isnritixt Church lues.
(hi - hiiihi “>r the purpose of
• ri/nu t)“' cumpai !/><■■
i pastor us Wilson Temple Methodist ;
Church, presiding over the session ,
• fur intrcKhftion h> the- Rev.
I.'aul Johnson, pastor of the host
I church, plans were- made for the
: initiation of nn intensive drive to ;
I s'lrnr- new registrants for local
i elections.
BLOCK PLAN CITED \ ,
Among suggestions rendered was \
I oni in which the city would he <ii- ;
on each block. Duties of these can- ;
tain? would be to Influence creator '
registration and voting. This sue. ’
sTestion, voiced by Attorney E I. j.‘
Carwaco, a former candidate for ;
.a city eoiineilmanio post and mem- • ‘
tier of the Raleigh School Hoard!*
was received vrith enthusiasm (
,■numbers of other strategically ,
sound motions.
o' NimiATf: iiaii.r.n
As prineinal snea) • »i urine ;
meet ins;. Attorney Tavlor
; Continued on page 8. this section) ,
OPPONENTS SAY
RESOLUTION TO
CAUSE TRAGEDY ]
UNG Trustees Vote To:
Admit Negroes After
Stormy Raleigh Meet
RALEIGH A resolution which ’
one oponent declares will “cause
bloodshed in North Carolina” went
onto the records here Wednesday
when the Board of Trustees of the
Great, r University of North Caro
lina voted that qualified Negro
students may be admitted to pro
fesrional at id graduate schools of
ill si; ic-owu u and operated »n-
Mitution.
By a Cl to vs vote and following!
exhausting argument in which op-;
i pom-nls of the measure called '
I down th< wrath of God upon those
, .*•<—king to *‘nion>;rell/.e*’ the white
1 race, the trustvs decided that “in
cl leases of applicaiTons for admls
| sion by members of racial groups, .
[ other than the while race, to the ,
j professional or graduate schools
i when such schools ar, not provid
ed bv and ip the State of North
| Carolina for such racial groups,
I the applications shall -be processed
without regard to color or race."
OPPOSITION STIFF
Opposition to the resolution, led
(Continued on page 8, this section)
LAURINBURG NATIVE VICTIM OF KK
VIOLENCE IN FLA, CITRUS REGION
Transcient Worker Dragged From
Home, Beaten, Shot, Left for Dead
S'F'RC!A!. TO TiiK CAROLINIAN
WINTER GARDEN’, Fl.a A North Carolina native is dead here
as the result of Ku Kluv Klati brutaliey wMeh not only included the.
vAll-km v.'n Klait flogging, but also included tin firing of buckshot into
the bod;, of a ntnn already dying
Victim of l o t iVcc
night’ it " rids " hy scmpvs n '
the lilon through n TOO it> hi 7-
Melvin Womack, ,j 2^-year-old
house .union )cr< ras
tranxeient > itr”s gro • ~•• -!;>■.
a (id no tire m lor nhu -g V. r
According to iooil n>/.;<•• ioJ«,
Womack died at o ii rn) /,,-)■■
Monday toliovina c K 1 c
“ride" in »h i -A the no
frrc'i n heating ■>>■, >.
! seif teas total, tiut i>,
, shut >• iih hue},-- hut. w t,t
the fitht-i nicr v -It
in'V vdk iiursi:
Accordin'' to ?lie -comi n n wlno
; non- - TVonincli was l:\ki' a
i'tnanr, "four or five whir,, m u'
: iivadi-d th:» liomc Wcdnesdav night.
.nad. 1 I heir \\ ; ii i,> jCe p . roe;*';
and dragged liim front bed.
Ihe .A'l-vcnr-oh! . on, -■
Dorn IT nr ho. sohi .>•),, •/;,« ,
Sammy Was Sad
IClt.f 11 On e::e m,i : „t town" here thi a week, basketball fans
r«- invparin,- to enjoin ".Sec it ain’t (rue. Sam" while in mam
on w ' ,f '» T«<wn” other fans are toiling .mean rs
• " * **“' •» Gwoe >v uu 1 1 j uo it ;Ui 5 jit' - jute. «
Icing dincuuscd !>y tne sad showing mad, l>\ Stat, r ,liege's
yarn Ktrmnn in last .Saturday’s dash of the national College 11-Star.-
rvith the vaunted Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in the opening
*’euie of the b.'-vs!'.eihull “V\ orbl S>•,a,— at .Madison Square Cardin.
It. Hie opening encount**!' of an iS-rume ,-erles pitting tite Trotters,
i.r,, champions, with the All-Star*, composed of the nation'- leading
ColJ-ftiu;.- player.- Ranzino mad • a pul try 1! point* on a free to.s; and
;■ field goal.
Reese “(loose’’ I'afnnt. Trotter star, “diiwncil" the first half of tlie
game, yet scored a sizzling JO point-. The Trotters won 65 to Mi.
North Carolina Korea
War Vet Given Citation
FORT BRAGG - Master Ser
geant David Robinson, native North
Carolinian and veteran of nine
years .service was presented the
Silver Star, during an appropriate
ceremony at the U. S-. Army Hos
pital h"iv last Fridiny. The mciial,
on- of the highest given military
T-r. iinn.-l by the govevhmciit was
i res' iind and apjirojn'iatcly pmned
on Sergeant Robinson by Colonel
Charles B. Ken-Tall, commanding of
ttccr of tnc- iiospital.
The citation revealing Ser
geant KoblrtMiiiN bnivery and
devotion to duty while engaged
hi combat ..gainst the armed
enemy in Korea and which en
titled liim to the Silver Star
read: "Oil July 21. IPaO, near
Saiiju, Koiea, Master Sergeant
David Robinson, while going
from a forward platoon under
heavy fire to call for artillery
fire, recovered two woundea
men from an exposed position
#ild removed them to safety,
If' ’ ; ' ;
at half one men <v thr hack
an-' -• the house when one
entered thru wag and three
“tin x co,r,c in through the
front dooi.
.1- cording to tin • onian and
her tfd-near-old danghtcr. rail
line, 51 oe):’s door uas kick
ed tr and he rous f ed from bed
and thrown into ,i wait in rr car.
7 h li.m:, t:,liters ' O il i, filter.
I)i <;//./ / h, hi ,nil shot, icon
loiild >i a lirqrbv the
tie ■’/ /), ,/ ijl Q
WFI ifHOI.n IJKf’ORT
! ■ r ’ hough the fioupiug-kiHing
!l> "k I-I.iee 1 :1 -1 Wed 11 . no m
-1 nr ’ V: - i \ 4 ii publicity until e:»y
•hi? « ,-otue da vs following the
h ’t j. (\ oninek. o'lm w;jc to
r, ;1! k - I !!'*r found in fh.o strove,
'‘•ha iu a local hospifal without
it ontiiuied mi page 4)
Despite heavy hostile action. he
also saved two trailer loads of
vital equipment. On July W
he attain sieved four men who
w<-re being evacuated Oti a
Link which bad come under
severe fire. Later that day he
commanded the company for
four hours and held a critical
hill which the enemy was en
deavoring to lake. On August
;I! alien the enemy broke
through and cut off his pla
toon. he kept his men in place
and inspired them to hold a«Ui
light off repeated fanatical at
tacks for two days until relief
could he hrouht in,”
Sergeant Robinson whose out
- tr.ndir a oouiagt-, initiative and
leadership a;, in keeping with the
highe-i Iraait.ons ot the- united
States Army, entered the Military
Service from North Carolina. Born
In 1 \ anliue. ho attended school in
LaGranf? and at the time of his
(Continued on page 1)