North Carolina’s
Leading Weekly
VOLUMN XI
JURY SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED
Week-end's Violence Claims 10‘Head Beating'
MAN FACES TRIAL
FOR 1931 MURDER
CHARLOTTE tCNNi A tini’ii who was hunted For Hi yean* on
a murder charge and then was adjudged mentally Incompetent
when he finally confessed to tfi»• slaying and was ordered placed
in a mental Institution for i years will learn this week whether
it is possible or not to hide from Justice even after running.
Prank Clifton will go on trial before Judge Dan K. Moore here
■this week in connection with the IXII laying of Prod Irvin.
Cliiton. who successfully eluded til ■ law for Hi years following
the slaying of which iie is charged, surrendered himself to police
officers in Philadelphia in IMS and admitted that he was sought
in connection with Irvin's death.
A Mecklenburg County Superior Court jury found Clifton men
tally incompetent in lit IS, however, and ordered hint placed tn
the State Hospital for the Insane at Goldsboro.
Clifton was recently returned from tim State institution an :
will bo tried by another Mecklenburg Superior Couit jury this
Yveek.
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By Shirley
QUESTION: In your
opinion, what do you
think can be done to
aid in eliminating the
teenage do p © influ
ence?
THE ANSWERS
MRS HUBERT HAYES of
Hayes-Jackson Electric Co.. Ra- 1
leigh:—‘■Since in most communi
ties, the masses of people »re con.
I acted through
B church. .-ehooi;.
arid Y" two
grams, I thinks
these places;
would be a good
.starting point. I <
did not mention:
the home because j
parents are uso-i
ally the ones to!
know, and the
a a hit, ha s bc e n
we I i formed, in i
MRS. HAYES many eases when
brought to the attention of the
parents.
in most instances, youngsters are
adventurous and courageous. With
this thought in mind, 1 think to';
attack the use of dope as a cow- i
ard’s act would do a lot in deflat- 1
ing tile idea of its use in coniunc- I
„ ti°n with emphasizing the mental |
' and physical effect:;
C H DAVIS, manager. Carver
School Cafeteria. Winston-Salem:
"“In view of the fact • that, there
are numerous youth organizations i
in existence, it seems that much j
could be done through these groups |
to aid in ♦'liiriin
ating the teen
home, and given
a better under- MR. HAY IS
standing as to the hazards of
dope. It could be in this manner j
hat group discussions could be .
brought about with the teenagers j
carrying on the discussion; using ,
as a topic, the cause and effect of \
dope in regard to the body and !
mind."
MBS. QUENTIN E. GAILLARD, |
teacher, Shaw University, ftalciglv ;
Irs my opinion, more informa- ;
tion should be released conecrn
inn the dope influence «mo ri g
teenagers. Liter
'pleassnt feeling'
Mrs, GAILLARDfrom dope; but
they are not sufficiently warned
about the ineviable unpleasantness
of it. Individuals are always lured
by the unknown, hence, give the
teenagers books, movies, courses,
and magazines with information
concerning the composition, oc
currence, and the effects of dope,”
THREE SOLDIERS
ARE SENTENCED
IN MASS RAPE
CARTHAGE fCNNI—In a dccis
; ion that a prosecuting attorney
jnoted would be ‘ heard around the
world in 15 minutes" three white
paratroopers were sentenced here
j lost week for the mas rape of a
• young Negro mother, wife of a sol
dier now serving in Korea.
A jury composed of eleven
white men and a Negro man. rul
ed that the three Camp Campbell
Kv, soldiers were, guilty of the
crime, assault, on a female The
i men acre sentenced to 16 to 'JO
months or, staff highways
The men. identitied as Harold
■I. Hill. Louis Wilson, Jr . and Alex
t> idcr. Jr., were all charged with
-a.suiting 19-year-old Mrs Lula
Mae Artis ol Carthage and Bal
timore, Md during the staging of
the huge Army-Air Forces tnaneu
;vn -Operations Southern Pines"
j near here iast August 15
The men according to testi
mony heard in the rase, toirojf
Mrs. Arte* to submit to their
advances while they held a
tiro-aged Negro youth at bay
at gun-point and forced him Ms
watch the mass attack.
Through cooperation of civilian
and Army officials, the men 'were
traced to Camp Campbell, Ky„
where two of them readily ci % -
: fcased to having taken part in the
; affair
Six men were originally eharg-I
ed with attack upon the young'
! mother of ihrec children who is j
i now expecting a third child
j The Army faded to release one;
of the men, another is listed as j
AWOL and another aas absolved i
Os blame in the case.
Making the observation that the !
idecision reached in the case would!
be heard around the world" was
l Attorney C. A Pearson of Dur
| ham. who aided in the prosecution :
;of the case
Attorney Pearson is the
chairman of the Legal Redress
Committee of the North Caro
lina ; ranch o! the National As
soriaiton for the Advancement
of Colored People.
DEATH CAUSES
DIFFER AS 10
DIE IN STATE
Drowning, Stabbing
And Shooting Vie
With Road Mishaps
RALEIGH (CNNI—At least ten
North Carolina Negro residents
lost, the;) lives through violence
I during the past week-end. a Caro
j liman News Netvbork survey re
| veals!" *
The deaths were attributed to
| automobile atrcidfnts. shooting,
| stabbing and drowning.
| Declared dead as the result of!
| a highway mishap were seven- j
! year-old Mildred. Lewis and Miss 1
i Yvonne McCrommin. 18, tooth of!
Wilmington, in a head-on coilis- j
ion of two cars near Council.
The two victims' bodies were i
dragged from the car in which!
they were riding after the vehicle !
burst into flames,
BROWNINGS
David John Durham, 49, and
Wilbert Raynor, 41, were !
drowned Sun d a y afternoon
, (Continued on page 8) |
THE CAROLINIAN
BALEKJH. NORTH fIAKOUNA
VVHAI no vot! lif!NK
Nutcit English ;m t«i .fames At*
son thinks thai actress Lena
H'U’ie, pictured .Itrve with l*isr
ham, N < Magistrate Judge E.
K. Watkins, is one of the ten
most beautiful actresses in if”i
Durham Bank Declares
Common Stock Issuance
100 Per Cent Dividend
01 IK HAM i AMP; - T i ( >- Mc-hari
icr. and F-mnci ■ bank wliicb a!> ,
il is a Ran igh braivh and ; the
largest Negro-■ <■, crated Iv.ui- in
the v,-or)d. will declare a 100 dci
cent, common stock dividend. Dr
C. C. Spaulding, president nf the
4J-;. ear-old bank, said i,,t woel
The company’;, stock wiil ’be
doubled from $114,000 to NM'vOOO.
CfijTimenting on !bf mivinii.
cement, Or Spa tiding
tVe amended our (-barSrr at
a special stockholder'. rnering
!« provide for issuance of a
Slit.OOtl stock dividend to h r
paid from eaenlnss in the form
r»f additional slock to stock-
WALCOTT SET FOR HA ,
LEIGH World Heavyweight
Boxing Champion Jersey Joe !
Walcott, left, is scheduled to be 1
featured personality at a Celeb- I
rity Day event scheduled for Jla- I
I
iywnoil Mason was given s b r '
annual assignment of selrctinj!
the Top Ten" tor the past
scar. Mason contends that, Miss
Horne is "perhaps the most
graceful and talented perform*
<■! in the entire lilm colony.
"’Jhat do sou think, about it?
holder,, r,ti frroid ~ I ilcf
.‘lt I’M The prrsciit dividend
ri pi- scuts accumulation -'! net
earnings, in addition to regular
dividends, since Ifl.'T!."
Sp.i -|du abo .-aid (.ha' the
bank expect-, n resources to be
up. if' isimatr! v jttli.fifiO.ti(Xl by the ctld
of Ihe year Th', would mean
JhOO.OOO more ’ban at the clo c of
ibiaO
I'luing thp tinamial etisie
w-hieb ie-.nltcd *0 (hr ITD
Hanking holiday," the Me
rbailies and sa; m* I Hank was
ntii- of the teyv to survive.
The bank - net earning.* since
• bat time have exceeded SS4I,
, noo.
. leigh February 10 Walcott, wlm
defeated then champion Ez/ard
j Charles last year after ‘‘putting
1 himself in the hands bf God”,
I is pictured above with former
j New York State Athletic Com -
i missioner Edward Eagan, and
VVKKK It’NDLNC SA'I I’KDA Y H-iBRUARY 2, 1952
NEW CAROLINIAN
SERVICE HAILED
* Iso inanagonienf „f the < A.ROLIN’IAN gratefully Acknowledges
ihe gr.ti ious re.,-. 'pt ion which has been accorded the Carolinian
,\i ",;. Network, liowest and most original of the many services the
publication olfei.s its readers.
Uie Carolinian News Network is a closely-knit news-gathering
agency composed of North Carolina's liest-known newspapermen and
women in cities and town;; from Man too 'to Murphy whose duty it.
i- to seek out, check and re-check (he news of their areas and
channel their stories into tin- Raleigh offices of The Carolinian
'.\li* re they -Me igaiii checked and ie-checked and finally published.
Net work activities are su per vised b> CAROLINIAN Managing
Editor lim I idling ay and oiler an EXCI.I'SIVK Carolinian service,
supplementing the Associated Negro Press. Global News Service,
i'‘J Tate: Publications, the United Negro Press. Western X'ews-
Union. News Press Service, Interstate Press Service and
other news-gathering agencien in bringing the ‘Newest In The
News' to Carolinian readers
I 1 it's in Hie f'AROLINIAN it.':- 'New News!'
WHITAKERS COUPLE PARENTS OF
27 CHILDREN OVER 31 YEAR PERIOD
Lour Sots Os Twin Included In Record
F hitu Family; Arcs Range From 7 to 26
*L\ <VV ST AM-- WRITER
RALEIGH Definitely in the
M.-nntn;.;" fi.r tin- Stab- ijtle as
1 Tampion Parents" arc My. and
Di; Jolly Barnes ( ,f near Whitak
c,.\. who in 27 years of hap.
H marrii-ri life have become the
o"'.id pai--)'-. of .'il irnunt them)
hi ! riren. .
«■
?H YRJ> \f nil MINGTON—
IViRard s Townsend nf Chicago.
pi ‘ irifni />t fin- powerful United
I r,i M.pot'l Etnplovrr ! inion Was
run' ij -,i sp f ,di st !a; t .xnnday at
t-iotherb<iori fi j e scrcie*'-
M dniinglnn's f et.fjal Kapl i. i
f iieieb .d wbieh she R, v H
•'ring Ronnt is pastor. A capse- i
i*v audience w»% in attendance j
at the annual observance,
promising' welterweight title
| contender, Gii Turner, after the
three had been awarded Ed
i ward Neil Trophies for hav
i ing (irtJic, the most for hiving
I during the year.
Mr and Mrs, Ranies. who
Jive on the !,. V. Pittman farm,
through their family "census"
take the (cad over Edgecombe
rouny's iale Joe Cherry, who
had been conceded the title
“( barnpion Papa" by virtue nf
having fathered 26 children
14 by hie tirM wife, seven by
’•is second and five by others.
Mr Ch»rr\ died recentiv at tlm
of 7‘v shortly af*er Ci'ild N'!tm
1, i "d was born.
FOt R SETS f>*■' TWINS
Uoiii' sets of t.vjjjs- h;r'<- been
Lorn to Mr. and Mrs Barnes dor
ns then period of tenure as tv an
.md wife, the oldest fyvuus being
year., of ace
Age;, of the child.) on now range
from '.<> to 7
TWO SETS Ol RI t Oltt'S
Mrs. Sarah Barnes, ttu- rhanrrp
ion mol her is /| " y;o «*f age
■ tide her ini .band. Jolt •. i, ,1
lie.' arc ciigacecl in fanning op
r rations
Upon iw-'id ■ ■ y..' stinn of Caro
* ll ai■ News Netwfirk J. B Hai
'■'i of the Rocky Mount district.
Mr-, Barnes has set ahold, setting
up two sc-ts of records of he
record family in two Bible'
The suggestion wa - bayed on the
p.r- mise that one of the valuers
accounts might be destroyed.
The State-In Brief.,.
(BY CAROLINIAN NKVY;> NETWORK)
College Building Dedication
(.'UNCORD, N. C. Barber-Scotia. <":il!**K’ dedicated the ue v; -id
ministration and library buildings on Pounders Day. Sunday January
27 at 2:00 pm
The dedcatory address was delivered by Dr. Mean O. Cav-il oi
Kvanaville, Indiana, a member of the control ling board of the institu
tion. On the same day Doctor Mordieai Johnson ptvsident ot Hw
ard University delivered the Founders Day Address. At 4. If. p in
it.be new building was open for insper.tt.ioi)
Playing Proves Fatal
KKNANSVILLE —• Ernest. Blight ot Magnolia -as be.id without
bond in, jail here Tuesday charged with murdering bis wife
Bright had brought his wife. Inez, suffering from shotgun wound •
He fold the officers be was tussling with his wife over „ ,'!j
caliber pistol when it went off He sad they were ,iu:J playing
A shot entered just below the woman's heart i,nd came out <?
her right hip. There were no powder burns and The woman was
dead when she reached (he doctor's office
The Bright, home showed signs of a violent tight Coroner Our
man Bo well 1 held an inquest and ordered Bright held
College Woman Dimes Worker
i J-REENSBORO. N C Miss Sarah G Hannar. assistant, doau «d
women at A. and T. College is; chairman of the March of Dimes < asn
paign Committee for the college
tCONTINUED ON BAGE 8)
Death By Fire
Total Now 16
By Carolinian News .Service
(EDITOR’S NOTE: During
| the period January I through
j March 30, 1051, g Carolinian
survey recorded 42 deaths due
i to fire among North Carolina’s
Negro citizens. Already dur
! ing 1952. 16 such deaths in
! eluding four this week have
been recorded.)
| RALEIGH The Slate's death
| by-fire figure for the current year
j among the Negro populace reach
ed .the alarming total of 16 this
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Oi.D FAD S FILL POPULAR
Hr * aioiiman News N. tvvnrk
R.Vs.nr.H Dc.-pit* mdicafi'."'
to the -ontra-'v in Nortti t" noli*- .
iV'Ti't' i • ■•! . ” :e.. :> v
hoi-iflbiniy a. intrv.v i in " 'nirti
to ■ reprioiaiK'" Negro*" is no- il
logct.he. . Hung of I • pa.*!
North (.'.no!:nab- rec---rd vva re of
violence especially in the Kl.u
nileri Wtotr-vii:. area, I;;; t- r il-"
mo. ! ; a:! been white vrisi.;: white
lu a tew c.iser, ijov.ever. Negroes
have been ..üb-jcctcd to "kl'txir-g"
'n «Ur:cu'
Jn Floiid : iin ■ .’iitly the mu of
. work as four small children sue*
I rum bed in fiery death pyres.
Washington, N. C. and Jackson
: ville are the locales of this week':
death as two children in each of
the. towns perished
The children, aged 3 months
and two years, children of Mr:.
Florence Coleman, 2f>, died when
fire destroyed their home at. Wash
in "ton.
Three children of the Coleman
family suffered critical burns be
(Continueci on page 8;
r..' !a! io>i..;or! in the South, the
~ ..T ptod ' jru;»d( . .f- Soul hern life
..till (jr.l jk-'v, :e !
Only recerfly ■' young tatti-cab
i.tvtu' of Wij'fs? ( ..hot
,0. fk.'ged and beaten by < group
of . bite men who >;jid th»ur at
tael, upon him was to • 1 nr,
a b'ssr.. 1 ) to o'hoi NeiU'U.."
Vielim of the vine,: ..» itt
was Arthur Holland, 26. (SEE<
PHOTO ABOVE).
Holland's story states:
He was enroute Mom Winter
Garden to Tildc-nviib- a I.
year-old boy, Joe C. Calloway,
i when a group of men in three cars
-ho’jtfd to him to stop at 9th St,
in Winter Garden
Holland speeded up his old
■ model taxi cab. but at a nearby
■'opi’gbj heard a • blast and
sl"pped
One of group of •• Nte men in
j a pursuing car ..'ruck him on the
: head with a blackjack MIOTIC
| ARROW) and put him and the
(Continued on p:*.ge 8)
SPECIAL JURY
HEARS TRIAL
IN LEXINOT
Attorneys Win lif I
Over jury Issue In
Davidson County
i atoluiian News Network
1 E ING TON - A leading North
Carolina attorney exponent of
Civil . :in the jl’dieiar.y bar
tl-ii,. week fostered concrete evi
dence that North (. arolina's ‘ us
ual' jury yvrtem can be success
full challenged
v, h.vion-Salem lawyer Hass#
fih c ■>r>d his assistant, Har
old Epps, defense counsels for
a young Negro man facing
(.rial for the alleged murder
fii white woman last Aug
r,ot only successfully rhal
l.egened the jury question in
which N rgtnm- have been sys
tematically excluded from d»
t\ in cases of. the kind be
ing heard, but also —by hav
ing »hc trial jury selected
train a. special venire have
been conceded victory in a
game of legal gymnastics In
having the home county of
jnriors for the trial Is removed
from the site of commission of
the alleged crime.
FOUR ON JURY
Four Negro men have been
(Continued on page B*l
NUMBER 11