if S f ' I ; I W ! : -1 § 1 w 1 if I
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< ATl’iOl.H- OF YEAH Mrs.
Stephen V. Bonner of Witsbim;
ton, N ( is c ongratnlatf’d In'
be Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters,
bishop of Raleigh, for her sc
lection as “North (.’arolina < ath
US Supreme Court Hears 3 NC Cases
F acility At Raleigh Park
Is A “First” In South;
Dedication Slated Sunday
(auolimmi
1 1 llf )T€)J
fl f)l)|J*4
k'~Hv -tty .TSsi *'iit y
«)? r.STIO\ Many hn»M
l>. ive*. do n<vt kijOW how !rt util
left-over fo*£is .!«»**!y, have
> < >i .my suggestions?
MRS RUTH HINTON. mm.-ii
wife. Rnk’liih-
Utilization of )ti‘ ■■• ! ■•>,?:; rut!
;;>>'rt?.ly aid the food budget of to
c.‘i> > hon;otY)aker wrih trie pitces
of food soanny t-ver u;.;warn.
A■
wmmm ti»g®§i .>.r n a k i ;■. -1 <•>:
it'iic/i ni.iv.i.».> s roast a»>-“. gr;.- -v
ran be diced .od combined v.ini
carrots, onions, potatoes. ano gr-i
--c" chei'-i-. and topped vid ; id
■■<■::od■:■ !•-• ir;4 a h nutfi’in'u and
'.trick main dish
l.eft-o'-.0, bon. can be mixed
*. ith fftsaiin.to n-.--.ike attractive «aL
an • »nd dessert: Todavs hovse
.,,. . ,d!ie jo; :.-iEination and
initiative ,1. fO!;> ir-ff. ■ i'.-fis --o
f# i'zi it St i v f Hpl h<?r f
1:t uHrihip to it *•*•*••
mains .-if yesterday s jnfcai. and
think of the savings!
MRS FRE r ''A .JOHNSON, h0u5c
,,..., p-ts-o;!:
If yo'.i hav.- left w<* cereal, try
this rccoi- so, rii.iliy incxpensiv
and lien i-Mini fish cakes. Com -
gain ;n crumbs. I.ei stand at least
t-Aii hoi’r-. in refidgerator; then
fry In hoi, deep fat until tvoß
brewiifio’
.Any hoir-cwife would enjoy mak
ing 'tliis eronomica: and delicious
dish for her family.
(funtinnwl <*n page R‘t i
- 1,-v" u.» -'it; JOi i-ii jjM i t;
Lawyers Argue Before Supreme Court
*S* t).NITER NEGRO PRESS
WASHINGTON. D C. The
t.Tnik-d States Supremo Caui t.
hsz.m fa? the fim time last weak.
ttiiumeiiW; from Negro iawyej a
from North Carolina it is reliably
imported.
The mternationaJh- Known cases
of the Ctamlel Cousins, Raieifih ■
Spfiier. and Clyde Brown. no v ;
before the United States Supreme
Court on Writs of Habeas Osfpt's
were SSfgued Tuesday by Attorney
Berman L. Taylor c-f Baleigh,
North Carolina along with Attor
ney Frank Brower of Durham who
also snatched Lafayette Miller j
from the gas -chamber under 3
mv N. C. law last Friday morn
ing, Hosea V. Price of Wiffirtbn-
nlii >lot!nr of J!),Vi' b> tile St.itr
( utholir I-ay men's Assiw-iatien.
Mrs. Bonner, the first Negro to
receive the a" -rfl, was present
ed i jilaque
ii Ai •T :- iM T - a.do « »•-mi
di »." av.:- f’ayk s miniat ’!’■:■ train.
' ,-t jn .i nyimcipii, park in 'i:r
Joyili for WtC2l*hCS» * ; ><- Capitoi
City S -.0-ia!, u .cni .ieo> fee rhi, .
Smida.v. May H a! ‘i ;> m. Many
n., oi ■a dig ■:- e ; . wd: tv- on ha-.d
: ';Fo: . fun ff-lds of Nogro
■;j I i <, f ja, k-ie t,. -.'•.Co will be
ni (•"■!,). do. ,■ oji o, ;, dream come
iii.:r The track on which this in
‘ . on - ~! r . ! imrnf • - *•>•: rhi
... •.1 a iii- Sooth end of the
i o o no . adjacent In the
■ :■■■!)-: non|
The ’. • out '.>■ ihe i i ack and
11.. io* .11(o!, .| the tunnel ovtt
r.nri ‘r-no-n which 'be train wi’u
jv - ■ o; bcatiUtiiHy planned.
N' Shiny lias bet n -*vr-j iooked
afc‘... <-onifoii and a
• r'.'i'ij! -if t'tv children and pa
il ontimierf on Page Hi
RECORDS CRASH
ni) I RAIiKMEn
HOI P SESSIONS
fd IHiAM, N C Five records
• • '!•::■■; ~:;d one- lied for
t. r 1 - .n-t-P Relays aa North i a
. 'it.;:) , ;.. .; f-ind'--men romp
«• to fi• u- • : ' vieioi - since 1949
- : ..y. • - vi. .i.-.4-i I rae-; and
1 re re •-l S-.!,.:viay.
fk-co: d$ -.vent by the hoards in
if*; >-.d i 111 1 .-.iasb. mb ’iw
•mile 'mi i-fif-diey relays as eight
f’. 'A -'.-hoois warmed up on a
b-• '• - k Ur ‘.be Jo ’'.con-ling
. ; .’r.cc championships at Mor
-1 e.- i Uhaun. \‘( < hurdles
ace ~!,«) hcii ibe Relays 129
high hurdles mark, had a big
hand in -the North < .aroint*
College victory as hr- person
ally accounted (or IS of t?ie
f.agirs’ .‘8 l-J points with first
places in the 130 and 230 hur
dles and in the high jump.
Bsmlpon Institute placed second
with 34 1-2 poim-r and Virginia
•Mam ran a close third with 31
point;-'. St. AutMineS. last yeaj's
(Continued on pag-e 8i
Negro Seeks Municipal
Position In Kinston
| KINSTON V A NT) Tim
I first t.-.i mhe -4 >).< Negro race In
i rntijv than ;i alf ;.• century filed
j be: c last w-.-k ho election to the
I P f '--I "l ‘>l number of .the board
of comm; is,.-oners
Tlie candidate is Raleigh W.
KM.me gay TTe i- - oin'dioator (d di
; visional camping and tu-i ivities for
.the Contentrree Dis-inr-t />{ Boy
Scou's of America H-- is also
chfiinnan of the building funds
campaign for- the Pre-byte-ian
SLlem. O Roggvi and Mur*
Gordon of New York
The eldest 01 these raxes is
Balrith Specter who has hern
on Death Row »t Central Pris
on in fhlrlgli since 'l7, and the
next in age is the case of
Lloyd and Bennie Daniel’s who
have spent their live* on Death
I’«-s since 1949.. Clyde Brown
bus been tie re since early ir.
vm.
The petitioners of. these Writs
;0/ Ha:;eaa Coipus now before the
■ nations highest tribunal are si-
Ic-ged constitutional violations.'
> namely: systematic exclusion of
Negroes from the grand and pe- .
tit juries' along with systematic
lirnitHtjon of Negroes on the ju
NC CATHOLICS NAME RACE
WOMAN MOTHER OF YEAR
THE CAROLINIAN
10c Per Copy y ’A --'-c.r.v/a.y 1~7 Worth More
VOLF; .M N XI RALPH DF, NORTIf CAROLINA WKKK EM DINT; SATURDAY MAY 10, H>R'/ Nl' MBE 11 :■>
Teacher Beach Resort Dedicat ed
I - -- • - '
SINGING TEACHERS MELT
—The Southeastern District of
the National Association ®f
Teachers of Singing nift in a
Kvo-dav session iast Fridav and
Saturday .at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and
at North < arolina College Dur
ham. The ihove scene shows
Church Officials High In
Praise Os Mother Os Year
CDITOR'S NOTE: The Ca
rolinian is extremely grateful
for the cooperation of the edi
tor and staff of the NORTH
CAROLINA CATHOLIC in
preparation of the following
story concerning the naming
of the first »£<•-> woman as
' North C a r«l i n ;s. Catholic
Mother <>f f in- Ve.ari
'DURHAM - Mrs Stephen Z
Boner, designated ?is the North
Cnrolina Mother of 1952 by the
Bishops Committee for Christian
Home and Family, was iioncircd
here «t the annual NCCLA raiiv
May anti at toe pontifical Mass
«n. the following day Mrs. Bon
Cho -ch of the USA Ke- ne.ouy is
a g.-ad •;•- of Elizabeth City SUP-
College
Two years ago a Negro tandi
da'e for magistrate. George £
P .ill-'ps aus rh f-.hcti foi the
post, although he polled 3,000
votes F.g'r.i-'-on magMrales' posts
open here at that time, and
at the M.- 1 ’ninute a united effort
t< iiave at i---:ist IB vi'hi’.e men
erhci tiie v. m successful. So
F" iiiii)-- was defeated.
ries as if) the Clyde Brown ease
The other issue raised in some
of the arguments was another:
constitutional question of equal
protection of the Jaw. and due
I process inform! •confessions."
It appears that the only evidence
to sl4.tr,in the conviction of the
Daniel's Cousin's was a written
: cenf- ssion which is alleged to have
been made by force through'
■'beating'
Lawyer Taylor's argument
for Raleigh Speller was: "®
The Writ or Habeas < ‘orpus in
aval table in a Federal Coart |
to a petitioner imprisoned pur-
I suani to stats process, upon the
grounds of the denial its tine
state trial of *, federal ronsti
some >f the •'ingiiig teachers in
th'-ir . nncliuling session u North j
Carolina College, l est to nghi
-.ire Phyllis Thompson, N <
t ollcge senior i studc-nt
from t \ nehhurg. Va. Mrs, f. R.
Ldw -rds. professor oi Voici- at
\(T. I U Wiikcrsosi, Howard
oer. n mother of eight er.ikiien.
is the sixth recipient of the hon-a
and hat the distiriciion of being
*he fiist .V- ..>•■. to be -o cited
~ra>m/ the first, to congratulate
Mrs IjOimcr were the. priests and
Sorters of her parish at Mother
..of Mercy Million. "Her children
are the reflected glory of the
inspiration and example of saintly
parents,'' said TaUier 'Daniel NT -
bf-viU. C P . who has been an as
sist ant at tor- Misjscn parish foi
a number of year.'-, and who has
seen the Bonner children educat
ed in the pariah grammar and high
school department “This devoted
: family lives on the land workirig.
1. nning and raising their children
in the love of God. They are an j
inspiTEt'.on to all that God helps -
those wiio try to help themselves,"
the priest concluded.
OTHERS HONORED
North Carolina Catholic mother;
who have b«'c-n honored in the
pest are: Me -dames Emmett Ki.-U
--• SisosvjJie. 1947 i’-e up B Edc-
Raleigh. 1848: L-:u:se Fraggc
Asheville, 1949. John Wasiftek.
Fianklin, 1950: and Ch-'.ries Graves
or Kinston, 1351
NT - Bonner \va.- the former D< ! -
la Bowen and was i>->rn f<*r> rr.'es.
from Washington, Nr., U- Carolina,
neni the bounds; y line between
8.-uufort and Martin O-unlies, on
May 30. 1905. Her parents were
.hs:-ie and Susie Ella Boweti. aood
iiiitonal rieht which is denial
of equal protection of the jaws
to said petitioner through arbi
trary exclusion of Negroes,
members of petitioner's race
from she trial jury, .solely on '
account of race. iZ) The Writ
»1 'Habeas Corpus is available ,
to petitioner under ihe peace ■ :
dural cire.umatances which ob- ;
tain in the instant cast*. <3)
The facte in cvMeace hi the
instant cane establish that pe
titioner was denied equal pro
tection of the law in his trial
in the state court, in violation
of the federal constitution thru
arblrary exclusion of Negroes
from juries in Vance county
l Con tinned on page Si
; - - -■ -.-v .
i i.ihtmi • • aiks Virginia Mover.
■ Hollins College. Va . Arnold Put
nim. 1 iirman University, Green
v:Hc. S < sslio is governor of
the south.! astern region of the
association: and Miss Kadiana
Pa/.ianor, < onvr-rsc College.
S( irtan’iirg. S. C Some iWi
if. m hers in.-;,<1.-i the meeting.
living Bav-tists. She v.a.. one of
'CTfif! children and when baptized
Catholic took the name* of Isa-
Di-i. S'. 1 so wa.s baptized or. June 18.
U-‘i7, (h-.. weeks prior to her m ar
il age to Stephen Z Bonner in She
i presr nc« of Father Charles Han
s Continued on page 4s
ANNIVERSARY IS
SET BY RALEIGH
CHURCH PASTOR
RALEIGH The Rev. Howard
Cunningham will mark the first
1 year of his pastorate at the First
Congregational Church here Sun
day, May 11 w ith impressive serv
; ires scheduled to get underway at
3
REV. t'T'XNWr.HAM
■ 3:B0 p.m
The pastors of the several chur
: ■ hes in the .Raleigh area have been
; invited to *:.afce part in the services
which will feature music by the
; choirs of the Manly Street Chris
tian and Si Paul’s AML Churches
1 and the junior group from the
' Providence Holiness Church.
{Continued on page &i
NO BLACK BELT
¥OTE OFFICIALS
DENY RACE BIAS
KAI.KU'.Ii WiU, the uj tepiry
of a mefronouw. ri:gcuears at :;:
thro;-ghi:<::t North, <'aroiina':- ''Biac!;
Belt arc denying charge;, that they
•Its; - iniir.:'Se against Neg; o regis
trants and would-be voters
The ehoi'us of licmaLs began tin
week following charge.- to the con
trary by Charles A McLean, state
chairman of the Political Actions
Committee of the NAACF.
McLean, who has indicated
that he -vviii file official char
ges against the registrars with
the State Board of Elections,
contends that Negroes arc be
ing discriminated against at
poifs in Nash, Bertie *nrt
Washington Counties, all with
in the state’s infamous —Black
Kcit" where Negro residents
usually out-number whites.
The NAACF official ha: listed
cases in each of the three counties
ranging from closing of the doors
of places of registration before the
official time to dnihkeness of -a
registrar
The protests brought by the Po-
He:.; c'iopk Corriroi'P-o !u id also
;<i;;tervl t.-rat r-egistrars have re
fnsed to ailw registration to Ne
gro college gi-ri; -Ts and that the
questions asked by registrars arc
i,t nnanv cases---out of the realm
of knowledge of the registrars
themr-icivrs th n a!renter
Tion nf Uie p«>pula { -f.
McLean had n---t -at CAROLIN
IAN presstime —offlciallj filed the
protests with the Staff-- V; -I!"! -
Board
Even if a formal •• -.teN is filed
with the Stale El- rtionr- Board,
customarj piorf-durc is for tnc
t>e-".rrt to refer con-plattits to the
chairman of the b«; d of elections
in ihc iminty ir. vnich the com
plaint is made The county board
then act- on the protest After the
. county hoa-d act..!, ’! t protest or ■
■may, if he wishes, appeal to tru
st .ate board Hovvifvor. in ftsosi
. -■;the county board has tbo
final say.
35 Race School Safety
Patrolmen Making Trip
RALEIGH Thnty-five Negro
members of local School Safety
Patrol units are to be among the
Raleigh students who • leave the
city Thursday mo r mne. May 8 for
~ Washington. DC to take part in the
annual national School Safety Pa
tiol meeting there, it was announ
ced this week by Traffic Captain
J. H Hayes of the Raleigh Pi ece
; Department
Captain H»sts further point
ed out the fact that all Patrol
members will hr accorded «*-
qua! awmimwialiowi on the
trip, which is scheduled to get
underway follow ini; ceremon
ials in which the Rev Paul
.Johnson, pastor of the Martin
Street Baptist Church, was to
participate.
Captain Hayes, guiding light "f
| the ibcal School Safety Patrol j
program, noted that his depart
! mm! was deeply grateful to those
j citizsns, whose cnr.tr tbutions help- 1
ed to make the trek possible.
, Captain Hayes says:
"The School Safi:;tv Patrol will
be in "Washington, D. C. the Bth
through the 10th of this month,
i Every citizen is urged to exercise
; extreme caution when near all
i schools while the school patrol
1 boys and girls are away. We. of
| the Traffic Department wish to
‘ thank the citizens of Raleigh for
! their cooperation in suppressing;
j accidents this year. Our efficient
school patrol have worked serious
’ly to protect, their school mates.
:; “Continue to be careful. Slow
• I down and proceed with caution in!
I all school, zones Last week, a child
: | darted out in front of a motorist, j
• but the driver of the automobile'
Was alert and quickly stopped, sav
ing the child's S.ife.
| Only Negro Resident OF
N/-i -t’* F'\ * A* 1 K
.C. 1 own Dies At 1U >
ri A V-KLI-S ISI • A D. v
r. LAN!) Tic- »v\-r:
its N.’grn - ,11'ciM ;
!;i, i ’,V'-r : . wlicil Mi’. All
PIN i'lg'iil dii’d ;M. t i." UD ! ;
j of i ():> '■!:-. di‘-d •< ! i!• •:.
J 111mi i u! ! (im ; 1 -1 rvill ■
| <j id ic-'u 1
Mrs Piuoi; i.- d lived at j
the idufbi i ■ hono- jj j- the |
last r>o .••" -. -Ar • '.i -■ i
taken l!a«k< T T4 fshout (
S to hve when she was only ;
| rive years old. Her inn •
Woman With ‘Hankering’
To Cut SomAe*: e Draws
Term In Boyfriend’s Deal h
Csr
• K XING TON 'SprciCi • \ U
■ y<-.-, i- ■ 4 u .mar. --viio had i ban
i-a-.-itm :■"’ cut -urr.t-oni- and pnrk
•Jfl I el- boy friend ; ■ the victim and
a i.sicher knife as the wii'fipun was
--.r-tci!..-(?d t.n the Womens Prism-. « ;
Rai< jgh tills week after having
been frfund .:Tit> on a sr-eimd d<-
ini; i der rha. ;e.
Tiu- m oman «ith tl*c bank
crinfi ii in h six- satisli.-d a!
tiv i iisf ’I the Hi< of hr: form
er < omiinui-iii a liiKhsin 1 w;<v
VT ; . N’.sin:-,i' Vi', b'-.i.i IV •*»-.
ivho rcci'i’rd t leru'. of (t'.iro
!l to !’) years j.ii ;vi •»;;
guilty on the fhaiyc.
Tt.s!irnony in the cisc. heard b>
Superior Comd J:id.y J Will
Pi ess, -i. revcalcc tiiat Miss White
stabbed and family injur..'d Ezc
k,<-’ 1 FVecrr.; -vit.p a V. rider k” '•
on the -c;ht of \j {uHowing
’.-ev: 1 *:;I u iy ; ; of heevy ■■ inking
lii». tw .
Miss White, whs admitted
having stabbed Freeman cnee
before, said that Freeman was
seated in •< ebait in her how
wata-chinc her perform ;t solo
‘•Traffic Department renkui'A you
motorist of these safety suggest too#
.j .i Enter the proper lane vUlfic
jently m advance <•> avoid cgnH's*
ion. Let the arrow.-, direct you
to the proper lane. -2> Always
• show courtesy toward pedest; ians,
vicld the Right-of-Way In them.
"Every person should practice
safe ;md voiirtous driving until it
become* a habit. We have gone 116
dry's without an accident fatality
in RaleT:; Let strive to make
it the remainder of thi year with
out a fatality,"
m
■Ri: .1® -
I
PARTICIPATE IN WORK
SHOP Dr. 3. Bertram KenelL
left, of Washington .O, anti
Dr. Harold D. Meyer of the N.
C, state Keeration CtanaUwnitta
are two of 'the noted leaders
i» the field of. recreation who
CANDIDATE IS
DEFEATED HI
ROCKY MOUNT
i;Of K V MOUNT —• Charlie
innes. local railway simp «> c
cliatiit. Brothcrhmid of B»U
way Employees repirs-nlatlvr
and NAAUP leader, lust in hu
attempt to gain a, seat on the
Board of Aldermen, from the
heavily-populated (colored) K*
conri Ward of this city by a vote
r.t a>ii to 387. The winner was
4h c ent-umberant aldcrinan, At -
man B lloggard.
immediately following the
(Continued on page- ■»>
of’ • I !:.-•? i.inC" 1P
i jiving in . i
jn-.» ,-t itch nr- r l fi'l
I '' , l 1
'never :.Tt Cir iMbfiU
I Jung :i ■- ;i'H- ’ alii.!'', he l j
: bn.,!; :.; • Mlni-V a M.j did
i other ..-id io’os fn her -bid
I ago ■ 'oia'ob' ro
.... I i'o-'O Jli»- 1 • i
li. ; .if’!, 01 iai. ‘o Z l
: -;ai'«' <’!' }><•: !• : ‘-o at. !o A
• j> ii'S in'l'll HI dr- i’O - j
; in; to .’St), i'l-l I’> :o -. |
l l
fUnc: when hr suddenly Jump |
~j rp, grabbed her. ;»n>* • S ‘T > i|
peri her. y 2
i■ ■, j. ; -h-" -V, il.yl yi<y I
i I.;, ,1 i,:i’ ']) C T ill if >"? I
'1:.-■ W.y ■ •uTutb 1 th - ii inri I
JT n\" , ;■£ Ifyifi ;»V f*o !,? l !'*"’.* t\>. •5. HldOlt fl
: r c . ri ihxii thr •,* had had I
.•( I.t^-rr-r:tiov:r? r»rev.v. in- I
civ din >z the first stubbing incident* fl
vViL.-i rresl cd on icUdiif I
• ch'T'o* Mjs«? White i * i>v>i vediy fool, fl
■ . . I ■ -a- jer !>.•' s'. r Z-'k. and I
h-u a iiankering lu < : ‘t him. - ’ I
OVER 3,008 IN
HAMMOCKS AREA
FOR DEDICATION
Dignitaries Speak 9
V.s Tfachrrs Rfsort 1
I)p«*ns Officially * 1
SV.-ANSP.ORO- Ovei Drtfn in pm (|
fee:., of the N. C. Teachers Aco S
ciaiicm and their guests were in fl
attendance at. impressive ecremmc fl
icjj held marking the drrlu diw fl
of Hammocks Beach near here Urn fl
Saturday vjji
The huge tract upon which sn H
uli odei ns ri isl
cons’r yrirfi under the n ■■>■>: of ■
the Teachers" group, was d-ottfited H
by Dr. William Sharpe. promin.-nt ■
New York bre.m Riirgco.!. ni 3P- 9|
■ predation of services render'-ri bis fl
fyniiiv and himself by Mi ■- J ' 11-|
Mrs ‘ William Hurst, his empi >y- fl
H <»ntimicd on page K)
,o;r;Y - i
f s
■ I
• } Hj
>#'<% 41 fl
n 9
Worn
4} - fil l
Jll
Wpm
*' . I
M&m-. -■*• ■ o % ‘ nflg
are purtteipatin# In a recreatliws |
v orkshap and hmitawi which
got underway at North Carolina SB
College. Durham. May 6 end wR* “
continue through May 3. Th* fla
iiMHitute is the first of its kN I .
he held in 'this arf*..»„