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Board Offical Would Help
In Taking Over White School
, tier v iiD£r of tho
2mrd of Education of a North
Carolina county has announced
that ne plans to do all he can to
see that Negro children in the
area he re.; resents are given equal
education opportunities even if it
means having them take over a
new modern white consolidated
school
Pamlico county Board of
Education member Fred I*. Hor
ton. Jr., who represents (Ho
Oriental school district on the
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Rocky Mount Girl Winner
Bv J B. Barren
ROCKY MOUNT. N C— . SPE
CIAL’ Th*’u 'he efforts of the Ed
ucational Department of the local
Elks Lodge—-Twin County Lodge
Nr 2 1 57 IBPOE of World -a sig
ns; honor has romp to the city of
Pocky .TvTonnt and the state of
North Carolina. The distinction
was the winning in- Miss Ethel
Marie Ter.;. - , ■■> local high school
Show Slated For N. Carolina
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BOA NOK E R APIDS. (ANiP) -
The first Negro county show- ever
to "re held in North Carolina will
be staged ai the Halifax-North
h»jy;pt''r, stair (Hounds heiu Aug
-22, according to an announcement
made by the local Chamber -.if
f wninerce.
The affair is being sponsor
ed by the commerce group
Beard says that he believes
that Negroes of Pamlico Coun
ty device equal school rights
Mbff iha< ho is going to help
them to get it.
Wtit I D j \K> OVER SCHOOL
Mr IVha don. in a public state--
Mofit j.ssuod *; i i’-V'iok, said: ■ I
-itn coins? to do .vervtiling I car)
to .• . ?!,eio ; Nog.roe?) access to
4 ho ie T -• en: ra] high sc)iooi »a
•> u. : te . ..o‘i over if it means
dint tbev * over onfirely **
The Ho.-i i member, who is ser
Vi - of -he So -‘ueastern Region
~il OraU-roCal Contest sponsored by
•■be Educational Department of th»
Eli-u Grand Lodge. Judge W. C"
Ilneston. director.
The regional elimination
was held in f harleston, S. f ~
last week with participants
from The states of Florida,
Georgia. Aia> am*. South Caro
lina and North Carolina
and the Negro Agricultural
Workers of Halifax County
"t-» encourage interest in cat
lie by Negro farmers in this
commitnitv with the aim that
eventually T 5 percent ot them
will include both beef and
(fairy cattle in their long
time farming program."
In addition to cattle raising ex
WEEK ENDING JULY 28, 1951
'••<ng h'.s first term of office, noted
that the recent awarding of SIOO.-
00a 1 .-•‘•aid developement of Negro:
schools in the county was a token■
effort.
Despite the new grant which is :
to underwrite the co»t of the con
struction of a new Negro school'
for the Oriental a«ea. Mr Whar
*<.n continue? tr fe• -1 that Pa lien's ;
Negro citizens ate still being de- ;
pi ived of tfteir right to equal ed
ucational opportunity under the
t runt Inner) on page $ ,
In winning this contest Miss
Ter i'y r>™< t*>? nfk to jrp on
to the Elks Grand Ce*rt»st in
Buffalo. N V.. it* Aagtist when
♦he national winner will he
declared
Miss Terry displays exceptional
ability in music, being an assist
ant organist at the St James Bap
tist Church where she is a meuT
(eontimiert on page 8i
. j
hi bits, there will be included In
struct ions i f adult farmers, New
'Karni-rs of Ant erica and 4 11 mem
b< r.s in the selection of toy* grade
animals and feed; and the groom
ing and training of animals for
shows and sales.
Participants in the show will be
the Halifax County Training
School Weldon; Brawley High
t-l-VM, irtrt'M GOOD
Hire McCollum and Sylvia Jones
enjoy a thirk slice of watermel
on a North Carolina College's
Annual Field Day Picnic in Doe
ham last week. Alice is the
daughter of Professor and Mrs,
* A McCollum of N. C. C-9
Mathematics Department, and j
Sylvia i? the daughter of Mr. and j
Alr : -. C A. Jones of the College's
History Department. The Water
melon Feast was started by the
late Dr. James F. Shepard, foun
der and first president of the
college
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VIC F, PRESIDENT Rev. R.
i AV. Cnderwood, the newiv elec
ted Vie-- President of Hampton
Conference for W. p >! and 52 is
pastor of Mount Zion Baptist
church of Rocky M mint, N. C.
He is Secretary of the Board of
Mission of the General Baptist
Convention of North Carolina.
Also a member of the Execu
tive Board of the Lott Carey
Convention, and a member of
the Foreign Mission Board of the
National Baptist Convention. He
is held in high esteem by all.
School, Scotland Nock; John Arm- 1
strong Chaloner High School, :
Roanoke Rapids; Mclver High •
School. Littleton; Eastman High
School. Enfield and the FHA
and Extension Services of Halifax.i
the local and county radio and
EX GONVICT IS !
NABBED AFTER !
WREAKING HAVOC
Attack On Mother Is
Charged Against Alan;
rc 9 j
Gun Battle Staged
Special, to the CAROLINIAN
OXFORD— A week-long family
t ■ between an ex-convict, his
, itli#r in-lav whom he is assus
•fi if" toing and his father ex
ploded into a free-for-all here last
week before police succeeded in
caponing the wanted man follow
ing -i gun fight in which the rape
i-~ i sit suspect was wounded
Sambo Evans, about 36. a farm
er, is recovering from bullet
wounds in the back and forehead
allegedly inflicted by policemen
attempting to arrest the man who
has reportedly "made a lot of time
on the roads". Fvnns was wound
ed Saturday when officers descend
ed upon the home of his father,
Jess Evans, 50. in Tally-ho town
ship to investigate the alleged rape
!of F,vans' mother-in-law
According to officials, Sam
ho Evans, already "on the
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LEXINGTON BOY
CHARGED WITH
ATTACK ON GIRL
Posse and Bloodhounds
Alleged Attack Try
Hunt Down Youth In
BV STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH —Even a s the NAACP
is pei feeding it?- appeal in a ‘reck
less eye-balling" assault on a fe
male case in North Carolina and
as Communists throughout the
world use advantageously propa
ganda resulting from the convic
tion of a Negro farmer on the
charge, a new case of the same
, type threatens to com? to fore.
At Lexington, N. C.. the
populace this week is awaiting
action in the case involving a
Negro youth who is being
j charged with assault on a
young white girl.
In the ease, the youth is t*l
leged to have attempted to
I force his attention upon the
i girt. She. however, was snecesv
(continued on page Si
• THIS WEEK . |
j IN WASHINGTON j
I Transform*
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II Significance |
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AT THE FEET OP THE OLO - MASTER *«.ln the second world shaft »ri?i? fi«tic upnet in n week. the
‘Old Man’ of ?h*» ring. Jersey Joe Walcott lifted the heavyweight crown from the head of the title
holder, Ezzard Charles, whom ha has just lifted off the floor with * vicious .left hook. Refer*© & seti-oixtr
crorvd In Pittsburgh. witnessing" its first heavyweight ehompjonship front. the veteran ©louter.,
father of «?v children, became the oldest man to win t-he tide. tin ashamedly after his
death knockout of Charles in the 7th round, Walcott was mobbed hv the record breaking tfwwna. & I
NO. 36
City Helps Violate Own
Law By Letting Show Flay ' ■
SEE EDITORIAL PAGE FOUR
RALEIGH The City of Rsleigh
has obviously inadvertently aided
in the violation of one of its own
ordinances vlr.’r w-t riding com
plaints Os tO’iTi’O <'h:/etl- Hgaiiv:-;
presentation of i circus -jr a Nc
oro comm unit.
Rogers Brothers' Cir**: s came to
Raleigh Mondnv for a ane-dav
land on g- nnndc of roe i icille
Hunter School colored) under
jurisdiction f the City Board of
Education. With doe permi cion
from the Education Board, tlm cir
'Speaker At “Lost Colony”
Event Blasts Communism
MANTEO—Dr. Thomas pong, a nisni during his nddr.-.-'s to a re-
North Carolina native and di- cord-breaking Negro Citizens' Day
ii rector of the Division of Human- ludionco . he:... Inst Friday night
it-ies at Tennessee S’r»te A and I The ( ••mini.nisi h:»v<r don? their
Jollege, Nashville frayed Commu- shmv in sp. -adiiig a fantastically
WEDS GATE CITY DEN
TIST Pictured above is
Miss Anna Oieana Atkins daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. .1. Alston
Atkins of Winston-Salem, "'ho
cus ■'■ is alloved to use the site
for os perform •;■ a: es and was
granted perfos mance p» r nriiss'on
through the offices of the local
tax c -ie toi
in ,*sjhw. In j f?!« -i‘*rCUS f.f»
HXf* fh#» <iff i . Ih* 1•! iifi<if>!l
groijj» u, temping *’» l r *T ? *
int. i pi'otr*t?on. gr*l*y of aM
MIC *l* (hr (’(imfiiifUitn of a
rdatnt*- vtolotion, awf In grsPt
itiff permission to si*#*:' per
formincps, the CHy, itself jkl
or* in the violation.
Tiff’ I Atv
wm
Thursday of last week became
the bride of l>r George Christo
pher Simpkins. .Tr., son of Dr.
and Mrs. G. C. Simpkins. Sr., of
Greensboro, in Winston-Salem’s
St Par.) Methodist Church.
r_e ; i-. ••rs ea t res and Shows''., in
Chapter 20 of the local Code. 1940,
'■'Mon i-a decrees:
mit shaH be Issued to aw car
'•<vai company and shows of
lit o (• h ;;’if i moving C'ictvtre
and va odeviHe sliws. muse
um - and manageries anr! ether
like am>isf mfiif enterprises,
r< inf)u< ted for profit under the
same genera! management and
filling we'>k-end engagements
»i in giving week-stand exht
(i .infin«ed on p ige Si
biased picture of American race
i Hiiiions,” he said,
'We must let Soviet Russia
know that Paul Robersort did
not spook for ]5,0410.900 Ameri
can Negroes when it was stat
ed that wo would rise spd
fight against our country.'’ he,
said. His statement brought »■
thunderous applause from an
audience of more titan 1.590
persons, evenly divided be
tween Negroes and whites.
NOTES PROGRESS
"I a t i>: look at. some of the aeh -
e\. incuts of the American Negro;
The pi'ngTr: s of tiie Negro since
the days of slavery must be recog
nized -is one of the achievements
if ihe i,;r in which we live U'-t
--su; •. a.i icri by the tralitions so pres
i eiou* to most of the peoples of the
world *he nc !v emancipated sla
ve flung his shackles from him and
sought hi.- destiny unafraid; and
today he has achieved in areas
which others required centuries to
explore, "declared Dr. Pcsg.
"The progress of adjust
ment in this country in tho
la. t 175 yea is between Negro
and white citizens can truth
fully he stated as a non-vio
lent movement unparalleled its
the history of the whole world,
the speaker pointed out sen
added, ‘Tr» this changing
world Negroes must stop jnsf
being- Negroes and he citizen#
of the Vnited States first, last
and always, working for fee 4
improvement of opr country.
We must use o»?r intelligence
and will powev to banish se
cond rate citizenship from Ne
gro life"
MA KES COP RECncJN
From the great, stage of Water
side Theatre Dr. Poa:-; corrected or
. impression expressed bv a stM«
newspijoer recently that "Neerf
! Citizens Day" at The Dost C-Aer/jv
had been pet aside as tlm only dm
day Negroes were welcome ot
The Lost Colony. ‘-'Negrons are
welcome in The Dost Colony aud
ience at every performance of the
season.he emphasized And
many Negroes do attend the shows]
each nipht of the season. >
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