Despite Repeated Threats
N.C. EDITOR DEFIES KLAN
ON THE INSIDE..
RALEIGH’S FAVORITE SOLDIERS
Raleigh's fa\orite Gls. members of the i’aint-d 465th
Reserve Quartern! aslei Service unit, which was re-act i
\ated last September, helped to round out their first
year back in active service by joining in the recently
terminated Exercise Southern Pine. Over 100,00 ground
and air men took part in the mammoth war game.
For pictures and stories explaining the vital role that
"Raleigh's Favorite Soldiers played in the mass maneuver,
tarn to pages 1 and 6 in the second section.
Two Bus Bias Suits Totaling SIIO,OOO Filed
WEST N.C. LEAGUE HIRES FIVE
AT LONG LAST
Scott Notes Klan
RALF.IGH Despite two
«ee k i of ’’advertisement”
prior Vo m meeting staged in
Co-iumbu* County, a meeting,
several editorial ami hundreds
St stunts in the daily and
weekly press, and lass week
end's threat!: to a Negro news
paper publisher, North Caro
lina* Governor Kerr .scott
found that the Ku Klux Klan
v»»t active in North Carolina
£j:iy this week aftei a white
newspaperman had received
warning (row "a friend” ot
ihe RKK
Upon being made aware
that the Klau was seeking to
'take over in North Carolina —
upon ad visement >i a White-
Judge Declares
Klan’s Hoodlums
Are Not Needed
"WILMINGTON Following two
■threat* on last Saturday against
T. C Jervav, editor-publisher of
the WILMINGTON JOURNAL and
staff v/iitei of the CAROLINIAN
ißaleigh) fo> hard-hititng editor
ials against the KKK's invasion of
North Carolina, County Solicitor
Cicero Yow. to whom Jervay
reported the first threat—told the
widely-read writer that he would
jg've him every protection and ad
vised Jervay to “notify me immed
iately it you re
st ceive another;
B threat.'
The i i r s. t
threat came by
phulie to 1b- e
JOURNAL'S of
fice about 1 <p
m. James King;,
who is employ
ed in the job
printing denart
m e n t of the
newspaper, an
swered and the.
T. G, JERVAY caller told him:
to ••tell ‘Jarvey it he writes an- 1
other editorial against the Klan. ■
well have to bunt some crosses ’
S.B.L Steps Into |
Case
FLASH!
WILMINGTON Governor
hcoti’s “guess” that the State
Bureau of Investigation was
investigating threats * n «1
, waraing* made by he Ku Klux
Klua against T. C- Jervay, lo
cal Negro newspaper editor
writer- publisher iast weekend
proved true here Wednesday
when an SB! representative
closeted himself with Jervay
for about an hour to discuss
the. matter.
Jervay wa* told in mysteri
ous telephone messages Sat
urday ami Sund-iy to saop
writing editorials concerning
Sian activities Ln North Caro
lina.
here.” . I
At about to p.m., Jervay’s wife
received the second call which ad
vised that the editor -‘gvl out at
tewa"
A few minutes later, a while
taxicab drove up in front at J
Jervay’# house. This driver
said that a man ealiud tote <t®d
3*1(1: “C<- is Jarrey’s’ hosue
(Co&tlaaefl ®a past? tj 1
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V'ille, X. C. Journalist She
Governor immediately tame
forward with the declaration
"we’re not going to take any
foolishness from the Klan,”
Warming up on the subject
after he belatedly found that
WhitevHle’s .semi - weekly
News lleporter had been told
to "watch its step”, the state’s
chief executive declared;
“Both tjie Klan and the
Communists are obnoxious to
the people of this State .
He further said “The com
muuists want to overthrow
our government, while the
Klan wants to take the place
of government
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WILMINGTQNIAN
WILL CONTINUE
WAR VS,ULAN
KKK Warning, Threat
Will Not Put End
To Writer's Fight
By a CAROLINIAN Staff Writer
RALEIGH - The CAROLINIAN
and all Jirth Carolina learned ear
ly this week that T. C Jervay.
publisher of the Wilmington Jour
nal and stalf writer for C’AROLN
TAN newspapers “has no inten
tion'’ of discontinuing his fight
. against invasion of North Carolina
; by th Ku Klux Klan despite warn -
; tag that he do so.
Mr. Jervay, who reported
last weekend receipt of mys
{ terious telephone calls to his
Wilmington residence warning
him to “las off*' writnig ed>-
tortsli ftad stories concerning
Klan activity in Eastern North
Carolina, specifically, ami the
slate in general, told fellow
1 CAROLINIAN staffers that
while he was not certain that
the threats and warnings
made to him were of Klan ori
gin, there was reason to be
lieve that whoever made the
threats were of the same type
as Klaivmen.
WHAT IRKS WHOM?
Mr, Jervay and his coleagues
alike were unable to determine
which of his editorials drew the
(Clan's ire.
Last year, it is recalled, the
Wilmington publisher - editor-wri
ter championed a vigorous fight
a vain ST the Mian's reign of terror
in Harry County. South Carolina
in general, and Myrtle Beach, S.
C„ specifically
This year’s advent of Elan ism to
Jervay pen in motion.
North Carolina has again set the
Among the editorials believ
ed to draw ihe (re of the Klan
and to have caused their
sympathicerv to attempt intim
idation is one appearing in
last week’s issue of the Wil
mington paper.
Under the heading “ What Has
Happened To Christianity” and up
(Contfnasd on page 8)
THE CAROLINIAN
10c Per Copy NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY Worth More
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VOLUME IX WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, IPSI RALEIGH, NORTH CAROUNA NO. 43
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FOR HER O i < ACHIEVE
MENT Receiving the second
Bronze Oak Leaf to the Bronx*
Star Medal posthumously for
her husband is Mrs. Tansy Her
ring and family of Roseboro, N,
C- Mrs, Herring was this week
Spring Hope NA A CP Head
Sues Carolina Coach Co.
On False Arrest Charge
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IN NEW YOST The Rev.
William T. Brown, former pas
tor of Raleigh’s Wilson Temple
, Methodist Church, has recently
i been appointed pastor of Wes
ley Chapel Methodist Church,
Fayetteville. tSee Storv insidei
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Charlotte Attorney Suing
Greyhound For f 6O Grand* |
CHARLOTTE A local attor—
; ney has filed .suit for stjo.ooo
I against the Atlantic Grayhound
j corporation of Charleston, W. Va ,
j claiming that he was •’unlawfully’*
i arrested in Gastonia after refus
i ing to sit farther to tee real- in
' a bus.
j The suit was filed in Federal
district court here Tuesday.
Charles V Beil the attorney,
boarded tee bus in Charlotte las*
awarded the honor in come
mutation of the heroktm of
Master Sergeant John o. Her
ring who died in the Korean
War. Before a congregation at
Smith Chapel Church at Par
kersburg. Mrs. Herring heard of
Us J. Is HARKEN ,
SPRING HOPE. N. C. • Special; j
i —lt lias just been announced here .
] that Jt<hn D. Williams, a local re-j
' sibent and progressive president of
(he local NAACP Branch, who,
! works in Virginia and frequently j
'.oinmuti-.' tu his home here —has •
, filed suit in federal court in Rich- ;
; mond foi damages in the amount
j oi SaO.OOu tor alleged false arrest
while traveling as an interstate,
I passenger on a bus of the Caro- j
: lint* Coach Company several j
j months ago between Spring Hope;
, and Norfolk. Virginia.
In Rocky Mount, N C„ VVil
Hams was asked to move to a
rear seat, but failed to comply
I with the driver's request,
‘ whereupon he was promptly
arrested and placed in the j
j | Rocky Mount city j#i! until ,
• bond could he arranged,
Subseqently. in police court, I
! Judge Norman Gold found Wil-;
j ’ itarns “not guilty" according u>
I Uii- u. S. Supreme Court’s ruling
i in the Morgan Case
| ; The eas. at that tune presented
1 1 a “ticklish" situation for the local
t prosecutor who held a lengthy
conference with Williams and his
attorney. Conrad O Pearson of
Durham before filial disposi-t
lion of the case was made before.
Gold.
Pearson is undevstoodto repre*
’ renting Williams in his damage
action against the bus company.
: mouth. He was on his way to speak j
j at a Veterans of Foreign. Waflrs>
l afternoon rally in Spartanburg, S.j
. C. j
In Gastonia, the driver of the
-jfcus ordered the lawyer to sit far- :
' then in the. rear of the bus.
vie refused.
The driver, the charge states, j
i left the bus *nd called two G»s* ;
tonia police officers, who took At* ■!
tornejr Beil from tee bus aad de-j
her husband's deeds in protect- 1
tng men from enemy tire while ’
exposing himself to certain
death. Col. F. It Kerry makes
Uie presentation of tha award
white Barbara, SO: I.inda, 4 and
Betty Loui* Herring, 3, look on.
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LILES SUIT —John Williams, ;
dynamic young president of the
Spring Hope Branch NAACP, 1
has recently filed suit to Fed- J
erai Court against the Caroltm !
Coach Company alleging false l
arrest in a case growing ant of j
his having been accused of vfo- !
luting segregation statutes while '.
traveling a® an interstate pas- ,
**encer |
■ tamed him at the bus station.
B, B. Helms, dispatcher for the
Greyhound company here, Haiti
Tuesday that he was vacationing
at tiie time of the incident and ;
would not comment
Atoraey Bell’s suit is one of two
counts.
He is suing for $20,000 as com- 1
■pensatory damages for "injuries,
losses, wrongs, and expenses.” j
(Cautioned on Ji«re M)
JUGULAR SEVERED |
‘Dead’ Man Lives
GREKXVIbLH Jim m y
Dixon, 25 - year -old tenant
farmer of near here was alive
at CAROLINIAN prexstime
this week, even — *<•-
cording- f<» medical science—
lie is a dead man. ,
At least medical science
holds that a person is dead
when he* or she has a severed
jugular vein. And that’s Just
what Hi von has.
Dixon came in possession of
hi» severed jugular vein Sa
tururday night, it is reported
locally, when he received
knife wounds »i the hands of
one Roland Clemmons. 55.
Lott Carey Baptist
Convention Off To
Good Start at Durham !'
By bUlf WSriter
DURHAM The 54th annual 1
session of the Lott Carc.v Baptist
Foreign Misionary Convention was':
off to a "flying' start here Tucs- <
day as thevanguar.i or an expect- •
ca Jj.ooo delegates attended open
ing public services staged in the
auditorium of Hillside High School.
'Die Convention, meeting fur its
first time is Durham, is guest of
the Mount Vernon Baiptist Church.
MAYOR HEARD
Delivering an address of wel
come war Mayor E J Evans, who,
in his speech, pointed out Dur-j
ham's position as one of the na
tion's most noted elites for Negro
business. Also welcoming delegates
to the nation’s most influential 1
foreign missionary Baptist conven
tion to the ehv were Dr. C C.
Spauldin,”, president of the local
North Carolina Mutual Lite In
surance Company, and the Rev.
William B Carr, president of
Durham's interacial ministerial al
liance.
The Rev. J. Drtt Marshhum of
Phoebus, Virginia, responded.
Western Carolina I
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League Entry Is
Now in ter grated’
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1 Specical t* the. CAROLINIAN
ASHEVILLE Baseball jim
| crcow in the heretofore lily-white
i Class D Western Carolina League
i crashed with a resounding wallop
! at Granite Fads pear her. last.
; Week when five Negro players
were signed to pacts,
i Tile Granite Falls team,
; which has been in the cellar as
far as league ratings are con
cerned tills year unveiled its
newly Acquired Negro players
during the past weekend when
» Negro outfielder, pitcher
and catcher saw action last
Saturday aginat the Ncv> tan- i
j Conover Twins legeue entry at
Granite Falls.
THREE FLAY
Starting the. gtme lor the Gran
ite., Saturday was right-handed
iiurler Christopher Rankin of
Hickory. Catching Rank in w ts col*
1 ©red catcher Bill Shufford of Hick*
; ory. In the outfield during the
h&y wa» Eugene Abernathy also
of Hickory-
PLAYER HURT
During ttu game, Rankin, show
; ing signs of nervousness, was
1 knocked out of Ux-a game m an
who was angry because Mixon
ha* been ’talking about" him.
According t<> local police, i
Clemmons attacked the young
er man in a Paetolus area
case Dixon was rushed to Pitt
Memorial Hospital following
the assault and is still i» cri- j
tleal coudilton
Clemmons, in the meantime
wax taken to the Pitt County
Jal! where he wtas charged
with assault with a deadly i
weapon with intent to kill.
Just what Dixon was saying’
about Clemmons could not be
determined.
Principal sneaker on the
opening prof ram wa* R. L.
Holloman of Norfolk, president
of the Convention's Laymens
League. A sermon was pre
tented b> She Rev v E. A. I*M
ham of Columbus, Ohio
-AMBASSADOR HEARD
Scheduled a- featured speaker >
fur Wednesday night's services
was C. D D King Liberian Am
bassador to the United States. The
majority of the delegates were re
portedly on hand for this event.
OTHER FEATURES
Wednesday*# program got under
way at 9 a.m at the host Mount
Vernon Baptist Church with an;
address by the Rev TTioina* Sla* ;
ter of White Plains, N. Y He spoke ’
on Christian Misisons and thei
World Crisis."
The Rev. O. S. Bullock of R»-j
leisrh, president of the Lott C<u~i\v
Convention, delivered the annual
president's address at JO o'clock J
Wednesday morning-
Other speakers Wednesday were j
Rev p. A. Bishop, president of the j
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early huiing while Shufford w.isi
benched with a broken thumb.!
Abernathy 'played faultlessly a- !
faiid, out had somewhat hectic ex-;
i p*oience at bat.
Abernathy has beam termed
as a "real find” by fans and !
management alike in the |
j league.
EX-BLUES HURLER SIGN'S i
Also signed to a part with Gran-,
! iti* Fails was Boney Flemming,!
former Southpaw hurler for the I
Asheville Blues, kingpins ol the!
Negro American Associcatiwu from:
14W5 through '47. 1
! Fleming went onto the* hill
against the Mailo» Marauders
i Tuesday night with . pitcher
i Rankin catching. He vises also
quickly dispensed with how
ever.
WILL KEEI* MEN
Indications at present are that!
Granite Falls will retain its .Negro 1
• players, who in addition to Abter-1
> t nathy. Rankin, Flemming and
: Shufford, include Etfli Smith, of
Conover, despite their unimpres
■ siv'o in:tigi„ Showings,
u When queried as so why his
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THE BEST TWICE iu w
Lucille McAllister of Durham w
"the best twine" as far as judges
in a recent beauty contest staged
in the. city arc concerned ~ uss
McAllister was voted the ycang
lady with most poise and was
also given tiie accolade of be
ing "most beautiful all icvmd"
entry in a beauty fete held last
Thursday night.
Stage Being
Arranged For
Legal Drama
RALEIGH The stage ;s being
get this week for North Carolina's
loco* of the Yee-
The ‘‘drama'’
will hear Attor
ney Herman L A TTY TAYLOR
Taylor’s defense against charges
that he was unethical and illegal
in relations with a client and. that
r -along wan oilier circumstances
—he is unfit to practice law hr, the
State.
Main characters in the dra
ma are* Attorney Taylor, joi
nter law school professor. Ma
son, Shriner, unsuccessful can
didate for a seat on the Ka
leigfr City Council, etc-; Sec
retary of the State Bar Can
non; and Robert Womble, of
Fayetteville, whose charges
are being championed by Mr,
Cannon as an official us the
Bar group.
The manner in which ihd ‘ac
tion” will unveil in the drama
could not he ascertained tills
week. It has tseea determined,
however; that Attorney Taylor has
filed hit reply to th< Bar’s char
ges.
Mr. Cannon, however, hao. few
comments to make or. the roles
members of the cast under hi* di
rection wiii play, however.
PUBLIC HEARING
The CAROLINIAN learned from
Mr. Cannon that the hearing will
be public, but failed to gain any
comment other than "no comment”
to the query “Will the accused at
, tomey be allowed representation
'other than that he may offer him
self?”
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