Minister Out Os, Back Into Trouble
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STAY Ol i. XIX ( MON < lyde
Bl ow ii, who denied guilt of e> ini
Usal rape of a white Reynold*
High School co-ed, daughter of a
Wiiistoii-Salem radio -hop opera
tor last summer but admitted
that he was committing a t>ur
giai y, has received a second slav
of execution tnnn the State (.a >
Cha tube t because of the alertness
or his determined legal realise!.
Hosea V- t* lUr, prominent
Raleigh YMCA Launching
Drive For 1,000 Added
Member*, $3300 funds
RALEIGH, €. Dr. N H
*i*>' * A. act ut iht Department or
fe ducatum at Shaw University has
s tci; i.aimsi general chairman anJ
J I. Stiedw ick manager o’ Harris
i-arber ( ul iacacipaign duecto:
or the sixth annual membership
campaign ui th, Woodworth Street
YMCa to iauiicsifd Monday.
July h
the drive for ' V members
will begin utiii .< kick-off
meeting at the "i • at K:l)t> I*.
My Ur. J H Davis of iuquuy
Spt*ngs will deliver the [>rin
fipil address, final instructions
will hr given and materials
issued to approximately lu«
men who comprise the (am
patgn ot gaiii/atiim anil who
will seek to enlist tOOu mem
bers and raise >!5o».
The Associate of Dr Harris is
the Rev, Av>-r> Horton. eomninder
cf the Cftiirk‘> T Norwood Ameri
can Legion Post. The n.-st.>ci-yte di
rectors of the rant! :iu;n ate A. E.
Brown, district manager of the N
C Mutual Life Insurance Company
and Cecil N Celle local business
man. E. L Rniford has been named
executive -cci eta. for the drive
The can; i.m’.n executive commit
tee is compose .lot Alt y F J. Car
nage. J. I. Stredwick. Dr M. L.
FLAYS SEC REG All O N Lil
ian Smith, noted author and a»-
tiv« of Georgia, gave, a verba!
Ishiug to all forms of segregation
at Atlanta last week when she
appeared as a guest speker at the
tuoal meeting ot th eNtfonal
acMw-uia star the Advancement 1
ne.v-at-law of the Twin City, who
appealed the ease of Brown
and try to gain a cninnnitution to
life imprisonment from the
death sentence assessed to him
earlier in It»5l after the t\ S Su
preme Court failed to review the
Brown eases and adjudged that,
from the evidence, Brown Scad
Been given a fair trial. A decision
is due Thursday.
Watts,'Dr. N. L. Perry. A E. Brown
M H. r ruekett C A. Haywood J.
W. Eaton. Re\ A. W Hayden, Dr,
M B. in ttiford. Dr. O. S Bullock,
IP. .\. H. llarri:-, J. A Mann J. A.
Siscpard E. L Raitord Dr J. A,
Boyar, Cecil K Coble and Rev.
A\ ery Horton.
J. N Cooper has been named
to a of Division "B
A complete list of members of
the campaign organization is as fol
low.-' Division "A' Team 1 - J. N.
Cooper, Lieutenants Zack Eilis,
Archie C. Smith, K. H. Adams, W.
L Browning. C. C. Ellis. Team 2
W h. Edmondson. Captain. Lieu- -
tenants D. H. Reid, Robert How
•it. K F. McAdams, Way land Jones
R. ii. T-.-oie. Team 3 Andrew
Fellers. Captain. Lieutenants J.
C. At water. George Edwards, J. K.
Darden. W. H Cooper, Thomas'
Glascue. Ben F, Johnson Team
•4 Zephaniah Jones. Captain.
Lieutenants Edward Curtis. Lo
renzo Baldwin, Charles Curtis, A.:
C. l'un ish. B. W Bethea. Team,
5 C H. Flagg, Captain. J. W. O’-'
Kelly, Clarence Adams. Daniel j
Coleman, Solomon Revis. Sr. Floyd l
Hobbyi Andrew M. Howell. Team
« V R Frazier. Capt. Lieu ten -'
iContinued on page 81
«f Colored People and awarded
the annual Spingam Award to
Mrs. Mabel K. Staupers. Air*,
stampers, ot New York City, Jed
in the fight to secure integration
of Negro nurses Into hospitals
&nd professional
throughout the nation.
Youth Risks Life In Vain; Pal Drowns
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$20,000 NUMBERS “HIT”
L OST AS COPS NAB WRITER
NUMBERS TICKEI WHICH WOULD
PAY SMALL FORTUNE FOUND
Collectors of Bets In Numbers Racket Said To
Have Possessed Ticke I With Winning Number
SPECIAL TO THE CAROLINIAN
HIGH POINT - Somewhere in
the immediate area of High Point
is a person who would have been
$20,000 richer this week if the per
son with whom he played an al
leged winning ''number" last Sat
urday had not been arrested for
:i-■ ession nf lottery tickets and the
ticket which is said to have born
the winning ''number confiscated.
Raiding policeman last Saturday
arrested Edgar Leak, 51 and Miss
Came Belle Atkins. 29. in the, al
leged act of collecting or distribut
ing •'numbers’’ lottery bet ticket!
last fTiday.
$45 BET ENTERED
In possession of one of the otw
arrested was found a ticket listing
a bet of $45 60 on an unrevealed
number. This number it is rumored
locally, was the winning number on
one of the "houses” for which the
arrested versons were soliciting
bets.
Writ LD NET $26,000
According to local “numbers’' lot
tery enthusiasts, the $45 bet would
have realized a return of more than
FOLLOWING RE-BUILDING
Raleigh Congregation To
Re-Enter Church Edifice
Raleigh-—The pastor and von *
church will realize tre eulmuna
great ion of a pioneer Raleigh
lion of some two years of eon
when the doors of Fayetteville
verted effort on Sunday morning
Street Baptist Church are again
opened to worshipers.
CHURCH GUTTED
On the same site la which it
was founded 55 years ago, the
church will agin serve its con
gregation. which, in the past two
years has labored valiantly to re
ovate the ordinal building which
was gutted by a three-alarm i
early in 1949_
During the period since the
Fuss Over Funeral Fatal
MB LOSES
BOTH LEGS IN
KOREANI BATTLE :
RALEIGH Private First Class
William B. Snipes, son of. Mr and
I Mrs. Charles Henry Snipes of 406
South Haywood St. and husband
' of the former Miss Margie Lee Me-.
; Daniels of 412 S. Swain St. has;
lost both legs in Korea it has been
; learned
The popular young Raleighite
was admitted to Walter Reed Army |
Hospital. Washington, D C. on June}
59. A wirernan with the 25th Ar
mored Division, Pvt. Snipes receiv- j
: ed injuries when he stepped on a;
i land mine while laving* comnium-!
• cation line* on a hill east of Seoul;
| just after the big Chinese push an
i official report says,
An Army doctor saved his life:
when he rushed through the heavi- j
| ly-min«d area to reach the wound- 1
ed soldier and get him to an aid!
| station it was revealed.
! Pvt. Snipes’ father is was re-1
! vealed is a well-known eraployeff
: of a local hotel ~ i
$20,006, the actual total being $22,-
560. Os the total annum, it was
learned, 4 writer’s commission of
ten percent $2,250 is deductable.
With the deduction made, the bet
tor would still realize a win of
about $20,500, it was pointed out.
COMPLICATED SYSTEM
The $20,000 winning bet would
have been a rarity if it had not
been foiled, local informants say.
A complicated system govern the
■•numbers' 'lottery if was pointed
out over which only extreme luck,
or definite knowledge triumphs
The person placing the sup
jio&edly winning bet was either
extremely confident of his ■
chances to win,, or had an “ace
in the hole” it is felt.
Local supporters of the infamous
numbers lottery usually play or
bet small amounts, seldom exceed
ing sl, it was learned. Bets may
range from one cent upward
For the usual one cent bet
on the current rate of pay hi
the numbers lottery in North
suit. Os the total amount, it was
(ft ailed uo panuijuroai
- eh u> eh tens nearly burned to ft
useless hit!!, the members, un
der the leadership of the Her.
J. H'. Jones, has handed itself
into Unified group seeking re
building funds with which to
defray the more than $25,000
cost of again mukintj the
church edifice usable
The group not otiiy has rebuilt
the building, but has made notable
innovations in the reconstruction
and has underwritten the costs of
, installation of a modern and com
} plete organ.
WORSHIP AT SHAW U.
ilrnmediately following the I!M9
fire, the Fayetteville Street con
WINSTON -SALEM Sixty-six
year-old Jim Richardson died in
the Kate Bitting Reyholds Memori
al Hospital recently as the fifth
homicide victim of 1951.
The man, Robert Reynolds, 8H
1-2 North Patterson Avenue, who
allot Richardson fatally, according
to reports admitted he fired the
bullet which tpenetrate-d the vic
tim’s neck around two o’clock in
the afternoon June, 12. Reynolds
is suffering with an injured let'
and he says the injury was inflic
ted by Jtrn Richardson
The police were told by Reynolds
that he and Richardson were in a
case at fit 4 North Patterson Ave
nue, arguing over a funeral which
reportedly was to be held without
a minister,
CHARGES MAN RETURNED
WITH PISTOL
Reynolds further testified that
Richardson left and then returned
with a pistol as Reynolds was
leaving the case. He said Richard
son threatened to kill him and shot
him in the leg. Reynolds said he
took the pistol from him and. shot
Richardson in the neck,
Richardson’s condition was criti
cal upon arrival in the hospital,
his spine was fractured and he was
penalized from the waist down, and.
fee has died of the pistol wounds.
Reynolds, whose pies is killing
l mm ls. vjmf |»
jjMmtemek Wkxßbbl, Iff! m
$ pi'*'
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gregation negotiated with Shaw
University for the use of the Uni
versity Chapel lor services. Kegu
lar services have been held on the
college campus since that time,
with tiie service of July 1 being
tlie final one.
Sunday, t h e
wore v hark into it * buildinu.
which not only boasts a nev
organ, hut is also replete with
hard •wood floors and a spar*
tons basement.
PASTORED ill YEARS
The Rev J W. Jones pES-t «ij
has headed the church for 19 years
He is a native of Wilson Mitts in
Johnston County, X C and sne
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BIDS LET FOR 1
LEE COUNTY’S i
NEW SCHOOL
SANFORD The Lee County
Board of Education has awarded
contracts to three firms for con-1
struction of a new consolidated Ne- i
! gro grammar school it has been an- j
; nounced The nev.' institution will i
: be located on the Fayetteville high
way.
The W. L. Jewell Company was'
awarded the construction contract, 1
| submitting low bids of $139,700 for
| classrooms and $36,700 for the audi-!
: tori urn. Other bids included $9,400
| for electrical facilities, $25,582 for
; heating, and $15,750 for plumbing
! installations.
The new building will have a to- ;
| tai of 12 classrooms, principal's of- j
j fice. library and lunch room. CV‘-
j solidation will include Jonesboro, j
i Mclver, Broadway and Muter j
Schools Around 400 - pup Is are «x
--j piected to attend.
I in self defense is being held on a!
charge of murder, 1
KALE! (Jit, NORTH CAROLINA
„ AT(I1 U’Fi’K ENDING JULY 7, 1051
VOLUME XXX NO 3C
FL.-.YX Different role
Louis Jordan, the entertainment
world's "Mr, Personality" dem
onstrated that he deserved ihe
aeeolation ai Greensboro's Con
valescent Hospital win-re North
Carolinians of both races stricken
with infantile paralysis are treat,
ed Monday night. .lordan, on
tour of dance engagements which
includes a July 4th date at Ra
leigh, i«ok time off to entertain
Uie stricken children. In the
party were recently-elected
Greensboro City Councilman Hr
William Hampton and Hr. H. C.
Eerie*, a Gate City druggist and
Ralph Wineburg, Jordan's mana
ger. Jordan has appeared in the
role many times.
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THE EYES HAVE IT-— 0 "* <>f 1it(l m(,Hi * hu “
1 -v v casin' photos to eonse out of th« bitter Korean HA
v " >** war is this tiff-Rtiard shot of Hollywood movie
* * ’ % * slate, Jennifer Junes, ttnd Pfr. diaries 4- '
s; ':’••■ ■ W*lko», LhSMC of Saw, Angela*. Oulif. «* they
f ' ch&Ued during Miss June* - soc-eat tour of the
i .*l' * V. S, N»vai Hoopitnl »i Yokoaoka, J&p<ui.
j Wandei wlwt they w«* talking about,
Teen -Age r Almost Drowns
Self In Futile Attempt
To Save His Companion
bI'ECIAI. TO HE CAROLINIAN
DURHAM An 18-year old
youth ntai iy drowned himself near
here Sunday m a vain attempt to
rt .-.cue a younger swimming com
panion from watery death.
James Richmond, making an
attempt tu save tin- life of 14-
year-uld Andrew Riley, the
victim of drowning at a pond
on a farm some 1(1 miles from
here, was nearly dragged be
neath the surface himself as he
tried to Sind the youngster and
rescue and another.
Richmond. young Riley and
Janies Mangum also 14 composed a
swimming party utilizing the pond
on Bagwells farm on Roxboi'o
Road Sunday afternoon As the
three were crossing the pond. Riley
Minister Cleared On 3
Charges By Court Faces
Worthless Check Hearing
DURHAM tSpecial) A well
clad. mild-spoken "man <>f the
cloth", the Rev. V F. Brown, found
himself thrice out of trouble and
once back into it. this week when
a Superior Court jury found him
not guilty oi err ibezzlement. but
allowed service upon him of a
warrant charging issuance of a
worthless check.
Rev. Mr. Drown, whose mis
ter from the ministry of Or
ange Grove Baptist Church
last year initiated a swell of
gossip locally, was found not
guilty by the court of stealing
.<41.10 from Roy WL '•«. o*M? of
'he city's pioneer Negro used
car dealers.
MISS Jit. nr. I*. Ms- Alii.*
Morgan <>! Fayetteville. N, C„
recently iri)«npii Miss Jr. I)e'o
in a contest sponsored by Tils
Order <>f The Golden Circle of
that eitv. Mi— Morgan is the
daughter oi Mr and Mis If C.
Morgan
abruptly .sank deep into the wale*,
with Mangum also appearing
drowninp
Richmond swam around the area
ij: which Hih." had disappeared us
u . lot,st■!lllit, hmiseit I rom tvian-
L'.tim s t unite pia.sp amt tußmg /.it)
from tin- pond.
Unable to find Hi ley in tile res
cue attempt, tin- two youths'rustled
off in opposite directions in search
of aid
PAUAOOXII Ah Ot X tjiiENC E
Paradoxically one of flit* youths
ran nearly two mites to. the Riiey
boy's home for help, when close by
lived a deputy in Durham County’s
Sheriffs department This Deputy
N. F. Gilehrii-1 told reporters at
tiit- scene of the tragedy:
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After deliberation nearly four
hours the jury deemed the minis
ter innocent of tlu charge that he
had pocketed a payment on a e&r
while serving a.- Wilson's book
keepe rand manager.
"FAULTY MEMORY”
Rev Brown claimed that Wilson,
had paid him the questioned funds,
and that Wilson had a "faulty
memo! y
OTHER CASK SQUASHED
Another charge against Rev
hoe -|. heard by the same court,
held tlie minister guilty of tm
tie/vlerni ■:,; ‘1 bis charge which
ended in a non-suit w-nTct con
tended that. Rev Brown had em
bezzled t\ i. SSO collections after
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