Huge Negro Attendance Expected At Billy Graham Meet
N. C. COLLEGE, A and T \
TEAMS GET BOWL BID j
RALEIGH North Carolina (
I'olh ;.i Durham lias ieocivco
a Liiii to play in the annual
Orange Bkissom Classic varne
played in tin Orange bowl, i\Ji
aini, and Net!' Carolina A. and T.
College has i-ilht r signed a pact
to appeal in a post-season ttanie
or is expected to do so within j
the week, it was learned this. ■
week >
FOUL PLAY FEARED; FIVE BODIES EXHUMED
NAACP MEET CAUSED \
WHITE LEGION SCARE \
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CION INVASION Above fc‘ a
photo * nKidved reproduction of
wise nt me hiuo-tiiils which
were (lctributed ti> ' person or
Norlina Residents Still Apprehensive
Hs Stull Correspondent
NORLINA Til.- ••.-n'u: of
llplliion ! - this! i l.'fc-Hl
"invasion" ui tnis
district by tiie:
a'. !•*.' 0 p- . tit*■
Mr. Crosson C~7\ ROL 1 N -
3.A In. was told this week fey E. D. !
Crosson member of the board of:
CIAA Statistician I
Gives Analysis On j
51 Championship
DEATH OF FIVE |
IN STATESVILLE j
FIDE PROBED
Bodies Os Mother,
I
S our Children Are
To lie Examined
STATESVILLE lredell Colin- !
ty Coroner M. W R&ymet has or- i
deled exhumed for examination }
thei odi. K of a mother and four [
diinjivn who lost their lives in a i
recent fire which consumed their
home v/hiie the husband and fa
ther w:e reportedly at a “cab |
xtariJ playing checkers”.
The coroner has solicited patho
logists from the local hospital to j
examine the bodies of Mrs. Mary j
Murray, 2k, and her four children j
in an effort to find if they were j
dead before the October 23 fire j
destroyed their modest frame j
dwelling.
city was staging a mock air-raid
The tragedy occurred as the
.attack. The fire went unnoticed
for a period because of the bright- j
ness of slates being used in the:
night test.
Would-be rescuers of the Mur-1
ray family who reportedly heard :
(Continued an page d)
Tin- North Carolina College
t, am. one of tile few unbeaten
grid teams in the nation's race
colleges to date, has been offered
tie opportunity of .Meeting the
Florida A and .M- Colleim Rattiers
n, the 19th annual 810.-.«ntn classic
on December 1
A, and T. Cut Poe, at the same
time, is under consideration as
one of the opposing teams in the
persons unknown" in 'e-Aina W,
' fnifintly. The ntn, ‘reading' ,
Ni . , r, hew are . . The Night
ts«»ui» Death, , . and signed I
White legion" is merely one
the State NAACP and head of the
Warren County Branch.
Mi S.T.- who first ordt-i eel ] :
investigation of me spread of,
iiand - bills threatening Negroes 1 1
and signed by the White Legion
here, further revealeu ma!"S - in
coming session of the Warren N.
A A. C. p. will be asked to of- t
fie: ally petition TdrTina officials
to re-investigate tlu- source of'the
hand - bills and bring to justice
these persons responsible for their
distribution.
An NAACP mass meeting held
in a small community outside of
: Norlina, positions of which were
! transcribed and broadcast through
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The high
i . deli of interest in the. out
; come of Central Interdoile- j
piate Athletic Association foot- j
halt play for the current sea
son as attested by the deluge
of telephone calls to and con
j vernations with members of
(he CAROLINIAN staff fol
i lowing last weekend's "set
barks" to the North Carolina j
College and N. C. A, and T.
(. allege teams, prompts the
following comprehensible ana
! lysis of the situation as it now
stands. The article is by John
It. McLendon, director of ath
letics at North Carolina Col
lege and statistician for the i;
CIA A)
The football championship for
1951 in the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association will be finally
| decided on Thanksgiving Day.
•Vest Virginia State College had
the position to decide the cham
ion ship but nol the power as they
levied a stalemate with North Ca
rolina College instead of a vic
tory. A victory for West Virginia:
State would have clinched undis-.
! pitted first place. As it is. West
Va. State has clinched at least a
tie for themsidves.
A, and 3’, College losing the
Capital Classic to Virginia
State College has definitely
eliminated, the Aggies as con
tenders. Champions in 1950.
their best possible position for
1951 is runner-up with even
that place exceedingly remote.
North Carolina College in their
Nov. 10th tie with West Virginia
has a mathematical possibility to
share the championship, The name
(Continued cm page 8)
Steel Bowl Classic planned for
j Birmingham’s Legion Field as a |
: poNt-seasoii aitiaction. A and T. I
coaches, eat tier in the season, I
were approached sot the Steel
Bowl .-umr as well as others, and
a contract for i post-season game |
ipy the Aggies was reportedly! •
i signed. No confirmation to this
1 ’ itjorl cvaiid oc gained this week.
(Continued on page H)
_ . ... A < ! bum • iviato'
*®aonti» hi il* kind which was
spread through the Warren i
Cohd‘> tow <t foil*.wuir a mass
rnrteing o! the NAAt f there j
an Oxford, NC or. idea si mg sta- 1
lion as a public sort ice, is iridi- j
i ali j a- the cause for White Li- i
r/ion intimidation locally At that J
mei ting, held one day previous to ■
the night the hanad-bdls were dis- !
tributed. speakers were C, O. |
Pearson, Durham attorney and!
chairman of tht* legal redress com- !
mittee of the State NAACP and j
Attorney M. H Johnson, a iso of ,
Durham and a member of the!
redress committee.
Mr. Crosson and other local re-1
sidenis note that a feeling of ap- i
prehension still permeate the }
iominantly - Negro populated see-1
tors of the town.
REIGNS AS “MISS VIR
VI NT A STATE" Miss Lucy O.
Fleming, a sophomore of Lou
isa, Va., chosen from among 22
contestants, was officially named
“Miss Virginia State” at half
time ceremonies at the Virginia
State-West Virginia Stale foot
ball game.
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VOLUME IX WEEK ENDING SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1951 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA NUMBER 2
Shaw U. To Inaugurate President
EVANGELIST TO
8E IN RALEIGH
THREE DAYS !
Near IhouMimi Seats
Available Nightly
I
For Attendants
RALEIGH As a new wave of
i elig toils re-dedication sweeps the
nation, indication was given this
week that the same is happening .
here it it v us learned that a huge
Negro attendance P expected at
the revival cervices to be staged
~} Evangei-st Billy Graham at the j
William Neal Reynolds Coloseum
oil the cmnous of North Carolina !
Stats College this weekend.
Evangelist Graham, a native
of North <. arolirui. who in the |
lass feyi years has become not
nl as the nation’s leading
ev*ng i- ta- ■ Fa- it* tefe»
- red t< as the "Billy w u§a> ! *
the 1950*”, ss scheduled so s
head a large group us evan
gelists who will hold services
at the mammoth C’oloseum
Friday night through Sunday, j
In addition to meetings which!
will be held Friday and Saturday I
nights getting underway at 7:30, j
the Graham evangelistic troupe |
will also present its nationally-air- !
ed radio broadcast "The Hour of ;
Decision" from the local site
Aft RA N G F.MENTS MADE
Specific arrangements for Ne-j
gro accommodations have been I
made by the Coliseum manage-!
ment with upward to 1,000 seats !
lightly being set aside. The sole j
(Continued on page S> '
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W. R. Strassner Will Be
Inaugurated On Friday
RALEIGH Highlight of the f
Shaw University 86th Annual j
Founder's Day observance to be!
held Friday November 16, is to :
be the inauguration of the Rev-,
erend William R Strassner as the:
sixth president of the noted Bap- j
list institution.
The day’s exercises will be- i
gin at 19:0(1 o’clock a.m. at th»
grave of the school’s founder, j
Dr, Henry Martin Tapper
where officials will place a )
wreath. Inaugural ceremonies I
will begin at 11:9c o’clock a.m.
ho Raleigh Memorial Auditor-
Hum,
Representatives from about for
ty colleges and Universities, twen
ty learned societies, educational;
and other organizations are ex
pected fur tn< induction.
Presiding will be the Reverend
Edwin McNeill Poteat, vice chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
the University. Invocation will be j
given by Dr. Harold L. Trigg,
president, St. Augustine's College.
Raleigh-
Greetings will be extended
by the Reverend W. L. Wil
son, State Vice President of
the National Baptist Conven
tion, U. S.A. Inc.; Dr. N. C.
Newbold, on behalf of the N»-
COMMUNITY CHEST
QUOTA IS EXCEEDED
RALEIGH The East Raleigh
Division of the recently clo3ed
Community Chest Fund drive has
been awarded a silver loving cup
in recognition of its having raised
the largest amount of money over
its quota in tile solicitation.
Tlie East Raleigh Division, un
der chairmanship of F. J. Carnage-,
local attorney and civic leader,
raised a total of $3,393.53 to end
the drive 13 percent over its
quota of S3OOO. E. L. Raiford serv
ed as adjutant for the division
Units of the division, their
chairman and quotas were,: Bust
CEREMONIALS FOR
NEW SCHOOL HELD
GROUND-BREAKING PRIN- ,
tIPALS The Rev. Paul U. !
Johnson, pastor of the Martin I
Street Baptist Church, and At
torney Fred J. Linage, a mem
ber of the City School Board,
are shown breaking the ground !
for the new iniilioiidollar Ne- j
gro Junior and Senior high ;
school in impressive ceremonies j
i
W’ R. STRASSNER I'
thma! Education; the Rev, W,
Drew Varney. American Bap- j;
list Convention; Dr. Alphonse
Elder. President of North Ca
(Contiriued on page 8)
! ness, A. E. Brown, $1000; proses
; sional Dr N. L. Perry $300; clubs,
j Mrs. Harriett. S. Jones, $500; JResi
| dential (northside) Mrs. M. H.
| Batey, Chairman, $800; Residential
i (southside) Mrs. E. M. Boyer and
j Mrs. J. W. Jones SBOO.
The business unit, A. E- Brown,
! chairman, reported $1244.15 for 124
jof its goal.
i Participating agencies in the i
! chest include the YWCA. YMCA, j
! Tuttle Community, Tot Haven j
| Nursery, Free Lunch Fund and j
1 1 the Boy and Girl Scouts and eight I
other social service agencies, i
on the site of the proposed .
j school on East Li-notr street
I northeast of Chavis Heights last j
j Tuestiay afternoon. Looking on, j
left to right, are C. 11, MeLe«- j
ilon, principal of the Washing- i
ton School; Mrs. W. S. Lockhart, j
principal of the Crosby-Garfield ;
School; E. I- Raifotd, executive j
secretary of the Rioodworfh 1
LOCAL FEDERAL
OFFICIALS AT
SCHOOL EVENT
Impressive Ceremony
Marks Event; School
Not Yet Named
RALEIGH Several city of- :
ficials and at least one personality
of national repute was present at
ground-breaking ceremonies for 1
Raleigh’s projected million-dollar
Negro junior and senior high
school building here Tuesday af
ternoon.
The joviality with whicif
the ceremony was marked was
considerably dampened when
it was learned following th®
actual ground - breaking that
no name has been chosen for
the structure.
Taking leading roles in the cere
monies marking the beginning of ,
long - awaited construction on t.h® ,
building, located on Lenoir Street (
just East of the Chavis Heights
Housing Project, were Superin
tendent of Schools Jesse O San
derson School Board member F,
(Continued on page 8)
FOOTBALL
RESULTS
W. Va. State 0-N. C. College 0
Va. State 13-A. and T, 9
Blufieid 20-St. Augustine's 6 j
Fayetteville 66-Morirstown .0
Benedict 31-Fort Valley 9
Maryland State 26-Wilkes 7
Prairie View iM-Grambling 12
Fisk 19-Ciark 7 J
Street YMCA; Jessie O Sander
son, c«t> superintendent of
schools; Mayor James E. Briggs
of Raleigh; Harold O Cooley,
Congressman lor the Ninth Con
gressional District; A. L. Has
kins and Thomas W. Cooper,
architects for the school; and
George W. Kane, contractor who
is to construct the new building, j
Decision Awaited In NC
Reckless Eye-Ball Case
YANCEYVILLK - (Special)
Max Ingram, defendant tn Cas-j
well county's inf a nidus “wrcck'iess
eye-balling” case in which the 44- j
year-oli! 'tenant farmer and father!
of nine* children is alleged to
have "assaulted” a white woman
he never came within 75 feet of!
anywhere but in a courtroom, will i
know this week whether he must!
spend a term ranging upward to!
15 years in prison or whether he!
will leave Caswell County court- ■
house a free man.
A Caswell Grand Jury Mon
day returned a bill of indict
ment charging Ingram with
assault with intent to commit
rape even though a Recorder’s
Court solicitor had noted that
evidence in the ease failed t«
warrant such a charge.
Maximum sentence on the
charge preferred against the
aging farmer is 15 years.
WIDELY NOTED CASE
The "reckless eye - bailing"!
case first became noted last June
when Ingram has hauled mto
court when 17-year-old Wills Jean \
Boswell, daughter of a farmer Uv-;
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TWO OF A KIND Harlem’s
Brown Twins, Hilda and Vivian,
have always been ‘two of «
tend". During their highly suc
cessful stage careers, each gat
hered her share of honors. Now,.
MAN ACQUITTED
IN SLAYING
GREENSBORO A white man
| whu the Guilford County Superior
i Court Solicitor says set himself
up at ••judge, jury and execu
tioner" timing a trial growing out
of liis alleged murder of a Negro
neighbor who spoke “improperly"
to his wife and sister in 950, was
acquitted of all blame in the case
here this week.
Despite Solicitor Charles T. Ha
gen's denouncement of a self-de
fens.' alibi as a "cock and bull
story", John H. Coleman, 25-year
old Summerville area farmer, was
was found not guilty of charges
of second degree murder or man
slaughter prefered by the State
in the death of Roman Moore last
November 2C.
Moore and Coleman were ten
ants on the- same farm the night
Coleman fatally wounded Moore
with a .23-calibre rifle.
Coleman's wife testified that on
Moore made an improper remark
the night before the shooting
to her and her sister
Cotem <r. contended that an Nov,
(Conti-.i* <i ,n page 8)
YOUTH APPEALS
6-YEAR TEEM
RALEIGH Attorney Herman
Tuesday filed appeal for a youth
from Jamaica. N. Y , who was
mitenced to six yeum m prison
for allegedly accosting three white
worm :i here last week. The ap
peal is to Wake Superior Court,
Jonathan Blue, 20, was given
two-year sentences on each ol
(Continued on page 8)
mg near Ingram’s tenant (teres
I declared that Ingram had leerec
’at her peculiarly when she was
j going to join her brothers and
father in a tobacco patch.
Miss Roswell, who related
that she was dressed in slacks,
and wore a turban when she
! first noted Ingram "eye-ball
ing'’ her, admitted that the
! man never came within 75
feet of her.
Attorneys C. O. Pearson and
! William Carter are defending In
j gram in the Superior Court trial
| which got underway Wednesday
morning,
EXCERPTS FROM RECORD ;
Ingram, appealed a convictior
of two years imprisonment meted
‘out by a Recorder’s Court judge
jin the case,
Excerpts from the record of th(
! Recorder’s Court trial follow;
Question, by Solicitor W, B
j Horton on direct examination; Or
: the 4th of June, 1951, did you
| have occasion to see Mack In
gram? If so, where and unde)
! what circumstances?
(Continued on page- S)
both happily married, are In
coming noted business women
in the New York communally
and have recently est&tollsheii
Uieinsleves as owner-manager#
of a swank case society nlgli%
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