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“TAYLOR WAS TRAPPED”
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JUDGE DEFIES JURY; HAS
MAN HELD FOR RAPE
Air Force ROTC Program Set For A&T
Judge Calls Jury
Unfit For Service
special lu the CAftliLlN
WINTGN B> cteiyaif- * "Bi *ek
.Beit' jury here and orrerin • a
while rapist held for trial Judge
Henry A. Grady gave North Caro
lina justice a "new look" last week.
Not only aid the jurist, whose
homu is New n ia beer
a transplants-..
North Car oh u.- white man held tor
•rial or. the capital charge «>f rope
of a young Negro girl and 'perjury
he also told * Gat.- County jury
that it was ' unfit' tor service.
in Superior Court here last
Thursday, Judge Grady order
ed the sole of a North Carolina
white tenant fanner placed in
jail pending triai for the rape
or a iS year-old baby silt 's
Tfer ijjan l-rarik Newsome, 45,
as a native of .inlander, N C.
fctit has been running a busi
rters establishment in upstaiir.
Naw York
Newton had been cHt-uced with
picking Miss Mattie Hoggard up in
his car on June &• on the pretext
that he wanted her to baby sit
for him while he and his wife at
tended a movie Instead, the young
firi said Newton took her out to
a rural district and ravished her
five times
New Orphanage Head Is
Son Os Former Student
OXFORD The son of a for
mer student vtlll become superin
tendent of North Oarolna Colored
Orphanage here September 1.
Key T. H. Brooks, native of
New Bern and pastor of the First
Baptist Church here was nam-d
for the post last week.
Dr. E. E. Toney, chairman of
the board of trustees of the or
phanage. announced the election of
Rev. Broks from a large field of
applicants.
He succeeds the late Superin.
tendant T A. Ha nunc, who did
last Id arch in Charlotte alter corn
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Prostitution , Blackmail. Murder In !
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Background of Case Involving Lawyer
Second fit A Series
(Reproduction of any
portion of this series
without express permis
sion c-f the writer and/
■ er the CAROLINIAN
forbidden)
By UN HOLLOWAY
. FAYETTEVILLE —“Law
yer Taylor was trapped and
was whipped before he got
started” Robert Womble
told this reporter here last
Friday following revelations
that prostitution, blackmail
extortion and maybe even
murder laid groundwork
fcr action now being press
ed by the State Bar and
charging the Raieibh civil
rights attorney with unethi
cal leg&' practices, i
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VOLUME XXX
A Gules County grand juiy ha :
ji.cudy reduced the capital t haute
■Ji rape against Newsome, to one
of carnal knowledge. The .Superior
court jury hearing the ease how
ever, declared the man wn- mno
cent of even the lesser charge.
' th. j. A reiiderd us vev
■ fte siiort deliberation, Judge
Grauy “blew lus top”.
"Ilie verdict was au outraae
based nulely ttpun the fact that
the pro-.eetiling witness was a
coluied girl and the defendant
a u hit. man,” declared Judge
Grady.
‘•Tills ft a disgrace ti> the
white race, a disgrace to this
country," said the judge "N.l
uian who would render such t
verdict or. the evidence offer
ed in this case is lit to serve
on a jury.”
FEEL VERDICT CORRECT
"Judge Grady's remarks wore
unjust ” jury foreman .1. B. Horton
i Alu.kie tish sale man said.
"We fee! our verdict is col. et."
Another juror J P. Whoedbee.
•- aid "the judge and 'he solictor
advised us alonr* the lines of the
law and we followed their advice
No other v. edict could have been
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pitting in years in the pusi
It 0. KcHthtrlit-rry. acting su
pei iiuetnient sinip- Hannah's >K ath.
i - ut rci urn to his fw mu nils’!
<i« assistant superintendent when
Rev Brooks begins his duties
1 Rev. Brooks is graduate of Shaw
f'aivi -itv. He attained the rank,
of major while serving as a chap
lain in World War 11. H” was
prsior of First Ba,.Mst Church , *
Sanford for six yea v s prior to com.
ing to Oxfrd fur years h_*<i.
Ms. imother war :i student at the
orphanage from I.* u* jfilT.
Mr. Womble. a
former student at .jjiffßEgwg.
well-traveled per -Jp'"-’
plained to thofL
Btate Bar tha; wpi .JsXj
Attorney Taylor MB -£^2
was unethical in %j§-_ 'y '\
the handling ot a
case in which
Womble sought to
contest the will
of his father, ths Mister
late -V. V Worn. Holloway
ble. Specifically,
Taylor Is charged
with conduct unbecoming an at
torney in failing to perfect an
appeal of the will contest before
the State Supreme Court.
Just why Mr. Womble sought to
contest his father's will and cir
cumstances leading up to the ac
tion involve instances of criminal
activities which may have includ. •
Pd munrder, perjury ana political
fa&aglitiK.
WHAT WAS LEARNED
1 From various persons here, in
NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING WEEKLY
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i’ H ! S IS NO LAUGHING
MATTEII—Even though the chil
dren pictured in the above pho
tos seem to lit- having the time
of their live-, residents of Ra
leigh's South Wilmington Street
do not consider the inundation
of ther iporches by muddy water
« "laughing matter". Improper
drainage and the construction of
a highway through the sector
eluding Mr. Womble himself, tin
writer gathered a story that tends
to make fact appear even stranger
■ than fiction. The story is as fol-
I lows.
ALLEGED IMtDCHRLf* *
N. V. t NVw Year) Womble ".as
I ■:» well known personality in Foy
l ettevilly two decades ago A r*oir
Three Will Be Honored
At Rocky Mount Banquet
ROCKY MOUNT (Special)
Three persons will be honored at
ju> NAACP banquet to be staged
Kcse on August IK.
Honors will be accorded Prof.
V.'. C. Chance, Parmii'j school
principal who recently won a suit
involving discrimination of Ne
groes by the Atlantic Coastline
’ Railroad company; Geotge Mercer.
local railroad firemen who is the
, first Rocky Mount, citizen to hold i
•(a SIOO membership- ja T-.y local ;
NAACP branch; and Miss Ethel'
causes the residents to be "flood
ed out" in rainy weather and
"dusted under" in fair weather,
he above photos show various
stages of flooding in POO through
1100 Mocks of S. Wilmington
Note knee-deep water where
sidewalks should be. Observe the
waters flowing onto porches.
Also be advised that no action j
has been taken on many protest* |
made by the “victims. 1 ’
eri electrician Mr Womble was
married to one of the ciG *> -.uost (
popular school teachers and from ■
every appearance, wad & ftne. up
right citizen.
Appearances, it was found, wot*
misleading, however. N T . Y. Worn. 1
Me was a shrewd, calculating man
(Coni, on page g, this section'!
Marie Terry, a student e.t the 10-i
cal Booker T. Washington High
school and winner of sectional
honors in the annual Elks orator
: leal contest.
Piof, Chance is to be principal 1
Speaker at the event, ami Miss \
Terry is to pioesnt her prize-wm. <
"tiir g oration before the ~toup. She t
; L to represent the Soutneastern j
I Klka a district in national orators
! cal sessions to be held at Buffalo,
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11, 1951
Special Courses
Set In September
GREENSBORO The States
first Air Force ROTC piogram for
Negress one of four such programs
hi Negro colleges throughout the
nation will begin at A. and T. Col
lege m September. Approximately
400 'tu.ients are expected m en
roll president Bluford has reveal
ed.
iUajbi Elniore Ivl Kennedy Ji\,
as professor nf
air science and ■
tnctics, said that M
« staff oi four of- M- j|y§*
sic.-r- arid five’
enlisted men has fejLA*’
vßsXy^' s
been authorized
Major Keti- xifef
ned> will be
sided by Ma j
James P
who will report
hev, August 2?WI
after eornpletingEjSjV r
service with
ROTC program
Dr. Bluei'ord
i prneram at Boston Unrverslvy.
“No flying training will be con
ducted at A. and T College,” Nla
58 Receive Degrees In
Summer Finals At Shaw
! RALEIGH Commencement
j exercises will be held in Green
leaf Chapel of Shaw University
! Thursday morning August 16 at
' 1 h3O o'clock. marking completion
of the summer session of the 86th 1
academic year. The commencement
'address will be delvered by Dr.
H. L Trigg president of Saint
Augustine’s College. Raleigh.
President W. R Strassner will
Martin County
; School Jimcrow
Is Under Attack
SPECIAL TO THE CAROLINIAN
WILLIAMSTON ln unprece
dented action here this week, clti.
jiens of Martin County inarched
on quarters in which the County
Board of Education was holding
session and demanded that the
county abolish segregation in
county schools,
TAYLOR SPOKESMAN
Spokesman for the Martin court-;
ty residents who preferred the ae-j
tion Monday against the school j
officials was Raleigh Attorney j
Herman Taylor, who read an eight-!
page complaint aerainst the group.
The charges specif icalVly
stated that discriminattov in
b e i n g nr act iced by Martin
County officials in the distri
bution of funds for white and
Negro schools.
NOT CONFINED
In the petitioning complaint, I
Attorney Taylor noted that dts.j
o-imtiv-eton was nor practiced sole. |
]y in Martin County but through
out North Carolina. He Intimated
that court action would follow if
the complaint sroee unheeded.
CHARGES STUDIED
Martin officials made no im
tnedi&te comber,lt ts> the char.
Worth More
jcu Kennedy said * luv mcit
eventually go into flying will oe
trained at an Air Force flying
school after graduation here.”
Since mule students at A. and I
T. arc required to take two years
of ROTC training, the Air 1 Force ,
ROTC trainees will be assigned an
a quota basis, he said.
When classes begin in Septem
ber students as.-igned to \ir Force
training will be placed in either
first, second, or third-year courses,
dfvendng. upon the advanced train
ing they have had in regular RO
TC. A fourth year course will be
added, soon.
Selected students who complete
the fust two years of basic Air
Force ROTC training will be ac
cepted as advanced Air Force Ca
dets and will be eligible for re
serve commissions as second lieu
tenants. he said. Certain students
receiving reserve commissions will
1 be recommended for regular cam
missions also.
The establishment Gs the All
Force ROT'C program at A. and T
(Coni, on page 8, Shis section?
award diplomas to the graduates, j
There are 58 candidate;- for de
, djrees. Including 45 aspirants for !
the bachelor of arts and 13 for :
bachelor of science degrees. Therfl ;
1 |»re 24 public school teachers in
the class.
The summer session is dirt etsd
by Dr. Nelson H. Harris, chairman
i>f tlm University’s division of
education.
i get which were listed on a ye
■ j tition signed by more than
: twenty Par met e and Robinson-
I ville residents.
i The group, however, revealed
: : that it will take the complaint
>! under consideration and prepare a!
i reply during a consequent session j
NAACP HEADS
TO CONTINUE
SCHOOL FIOHT
By B. BARREN
CHARLOTTE, N. C. - Tiro i
| fcroup of 35 State NAACP leaders
j including many attorneys who me#
j there August 2 with Kelly M. Alex
ander, state president and Spots,
wood Robinson. 3rd .of Richmond.
Va., pledged a continuing fight
/against discriminatory school prac
tices in the state.
INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN
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NfT ACES fN NEW JERSEY-—Tennis St... Aith** Gibs n at
Orange, N. J., with Tony Trabert, left, and Dick Savitt, bcih
(Tiamberi of the U. a, Davis Cup team. Tfi« trio is pefticipst
■ng in tfie saltern grass couri champiotisliips, with Althe# «
h«#vy ting!®s favorite.
NO. 38
Carolina Klan
Head Blasts
Jews; Negroes
take cm s. c. (y,Nr. ,\...
groe--. Jews, and tin T.'itm.in -.d
iiiinistratiori cumih in for ,i bitb-r
scathing by Thomas ;.. it uniltori
-'land dragon of Amiri. I’amiina's
Kn Klux Kian :<t a iG.pj i.dlyi
near here lasi iseok H.-t'iih-ni t-r -
tTo influential in North Caruliriu
Klan a-Hivities.
He said that Nttm iiiuJ-.-rs
N.C. Native Nominated
For Philadelphia Post
Washington and > - tu-j
Rev Marshall Shepard .i native
of Oxford, N r. and reeurd-r of
deeds in the District of Columbia,
was nominated t»> ati overwhelm
ing majority as a t undulate for
jthe recorder of deeds in Philadel
phia ia?>f week
As far as could he i earned Dr.
Shepard is the first Xca,, ever
H: be nominated for (his t ..■ -■ on
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UNWELCOME GUEST- Stand
ers-by look over the wreckage
of an automobile which paid sn
unwelcome "visit’’ to the resi
dence of Raleigh minister, Rev.
R. L. Monroe late Saturday
night. Alert CAROLINIAN cam
el man D. Hinton photographed
the scene last as the c.ato was
ti d.iiiiL- racial segregaiion s ,: j
m ; ptisiied by the Z» n.l- . Jsv.n
oi Amo; iia.”
) i <i 1., a rect/it *..;; ',-,;
S***) lie. agninat Treat.:.- of
th>* Sumwerton School id.-,. :• t
>** Clan:}, Aon county asking u,r
til- rrut >n xegreautin , |« the
ytuhlie schools. Hamilton said.
(Continued on page 8, this section}
tin* I»emoc-atic ticker. Ht. will op
•« white Republican candidate
in tin- general election Nov 6.
If elected in Philadelphia, Dr
Shepard will receive a, salary of
approxnnat..*l> sl2.bt*u for a ..wo
ve,jr term.
lit has- served as recorder of
deeds in the District of Columbia
since being appointed to this po
i Cunt, on page 8. this section,i
removed from the- side of the
Monroe Home at 919 Fayetteville
Street. The car, driven by John
Page, white, of Angler ploughed
into the home wrecking furni
ture and glassware and tossing
a child from his bed. JgMfss&ge
has been estimated as “tfe the
hundreds of dollars”. Rev. Mor
roe pastors a church in Durhfty', •