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F.lW.iheth Roman, 23 •. .-a. old
widow of John Andrew To M in.
If t.ington N. C. turnituir !n>
toil and it*- pi,ml winker, nmtul
fripnils inrl"fr! in her mother.
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t'rra Fincl and her :: rnwe. ' -ivian's iri6th<'--. Mi? Helen Wat
:“Sg ‘o keep hrr Me • ru.-povrred “me body -r.:,ii.
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money from iier. O . ra. ii-e !■'• rfdrrai nii.ses.
“Root Doctor 5 Nets $750
Before Law Cracks Down
WJI.LIAM-STON. X. (' A \ :ft.y year old 'Toot” doctor
Johnny Sioimons landed in 7 ail lb:* we *h boenus, he
allegedly dup-xl 18 persons into giving him 8750.
Police rhief .Julius Boabuck said that warrants have
been sworn nut by tie victims, charging that <io «•-
! eged witch doctor witTi obtaining mon y tinder fair*-
pretenses.
The people who had been fleeced of tiieir money
said that Simmons threatened to “hex” their husbands
or wive< if they mTucd his demands for money.
The rigged root doctor told police that he was able
to cure rheumatism in fact, just about any disease
that: anyone could name. Police chief Roebuck said
that the Simmons had cast a '"spell" on two Williams
toil girls and as a result of the ''hex’' they refused to
return to their homes.
Although Sirrvnons claims to have supernatural
pow- r> iit* has not hero able to ■ ■■■'■'. ire himself out o'
his cell at W.iUiamstdn, nor has he been able to east a
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PAI/S— Pre-iidoil Harry S. Tru
ms.fi is shown with Hr Hoi •
Mfii W. Johnson, i*w-.icl«it of
Howard Ifnivrrstty. Uerin| tt»
iKMjfcnfte frecMtom at <%* Pat* 1
) .na on mo>. < i.m .! (. C.r ip
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riinji ine]',’.. for her hii.lv is<i s
i'.moial. 'l'hi-•■;»with *.U •
|i>>> of insnianri hrnt'l'j's ’n
rurieti in her bn ; ii-.d's si• ■ ifTr
Hr. Rotnan fouml ASr i nrep
,ni ai’lo ns ! ...nr S I J ; ;I O
R V SHIIIIIA,
vevsliy’s fi-lth 1. on«u«meiiK'M
INser-clsca. Friday, June- 13th.
President Truman told appraxi
match- 18 005? TMiopl* b ~ including
Sftl graft-nates ~ *»f the need of
a evil rights program backed
j hi 'the I’ttTs force and power i
Fakes Good Planning To Make It
SB9 Welfare Check All
Roman Family Possesses
!! \ : any f>orv mor.fh. a Welfare Departmern
rlv'ck for $S.|» pftynble to Mrs. Elizabeth Roman is de
livere-l » ither to thp Roman residence on East Third
s; r ‘ct i'l l'* i>r to the in'oct-ry store where Mrs. Roman
“Trad ■s”,
Thai rnonihlv .■•n-rk is the sole income of the rvidow
uV Joini Andrew Roman, 29-year-old Lexington furniture
fa-dory and i«• s -plant worker who was executed in the
y s ■•••■•• n-: r at < entral Prison, ttaleigh, June 6 for al
leged raoe*robber\ and nrurdei
’.vch trl- rt.ee;;; Mis Roman is
i.xj-r ct- 1 5.0 bay so-.-d Cu- herself
nd h- ,• so e- children, ag«d .six
tic oi.cb nine y«.*ai s; p;o rent. buy
i-.r.-or. -■ ~nd oilvi fuel; J y
iiisdci clothing far tbo children
and :.encr:d!y 'take earn' »S i»<t*
iicfosn :- he brrar. receiving the
539 Cheek • month or so r. •.. Mrs.
Roman rr-'-eived a Welfare Aid
check for >74 tor a couple of
n onths Before that lime, she
seeded no cheek.-, from anyone.
She .eas working and her hus
band was working.
She v. urged as a servant in the
. .sne of a middle-class' white
family here and her husband.
John Axuirevv Huma.'i, ••>.-• irked
days o a local furniture factory
and nie.ht a ta local ice-plant.
And John Andre I .’ Roman had
n ported for work at the icc-piant
or. the dviy :-e alic-t-dly raped,
;ebbed :.!fd murdered an ofsfed
:.;s -pitisi- : Thai >ame day,
gi;/.,5i...'.!, i loirai; iK.-o i,a 1;e to her
job
A f»u <ia\s later, however.
of the l edcral Cavenamem.
Honorary degrees were confer
red upon former Federal Judge
], Wadies Waring and Architect
FatiJ R, WUPiama d«u3*i£ the ex*
J ercises, _._ ~ .
everything was different, iohn
eiMiidn’t g«» to work—. He was
b< me held in jail i na nearby
town without benefit of bond.
H.- had been arrested and
‘•barged with the crime and
shocked' the area and led to
■the calling out of the blood
hounds b> groups of local
white citizens intent on track
ing down the man who did it.'
Elizabeth Roman also was un
it x report 10 her job. She had
no job to report to The family
for which she had worked some
tv,-:, years found it.-elf unable to
‘use' her any longer when her |
husband -car arrested
Tiio next f', w days were trying
tr- more than one way to Mrs.
Roman. Not only was she disturb
ed bec.iu-e ,:f her husband's ar
rest. hut he was also disturbed
because of the loss of her job and ,
her failure to secure another.'
F.ven the employment office was'
un.-ible tr. e- ire a job for her.
Ti.a: .est the alternative of ‘go
ing on relief.’
When she first 'event on relief.'
Mr. Roman learned that in order
t«- obtain groceries for herself and
U.< children, it would be neces
sary that she allow the grocer
Witli chom she traded to cash
h< r Welfare check when it was
delivered monthly She also learn
ed -hat it was next to impossible
to support, a family of five with
what she received and. after rll
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MX-S1 AYE iiMMS
106: RKUKVED TO
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ROCKINOH.- TvT ,x>c Broad
i.,.x can boast 109 years of life
rod experience os Rockingham
CV-untys n.’d--.T ci'izcn.
I'c-idicy iri a farm, near the
Mount Heim on Church, that he
; d hi v;;i, Philip purchased
snrm- 73 ■■( -ws a o. Doc recently
d h-s lOfl'b birthday in
h.i mod- st farm home.
Forn io the slave tjUurterx
of the Giu'crnnr Glenn farm,
June lb, 18415, <*le Doc has
been « hard svoiker »II tils lfhc
Active mi his farm until he
i e.tcbed passed the • er<tury
n.jifk, he wU .* did scar tons
light chores until a little over
vear ago when be suffered
a HfS’cre Attack of neuritis.
His legs having been affected.
Doc Broadnax makes himself
content sitting at home In his
ire orit* 1 chair watching ooft
-idr activities from the front
door of his home,
A well •pmserved man for his
508 1 years, with few wrinkles to
sitt'V for his many years, Doc is
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Baseball Barriers Eased
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THE CAROLINIAN
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VOLUME XI
Negro Says Candidate Unfit
RACE MAYOR
TO KEYNOTE
Q’BORO MEET
GOLDSBORO On Sunday,
June 29. 'the Negro Democra
tic Club us Guiltord County
will present its Seventh An
nual Good Government Pro
tram at 2:<H) p.m. at the Trin
it' AMF, '/Ann f'hurrh.
the principal speaker will
he Hon Benjamin A. Green,
Mayor of the all Negro Town
of Mound Bayou. Mississippi
Mayor Green has the distinc
tion of being thp first child
bom in Mound Bayou. The
Mayor is a graduate of Fisk
University and Harvard Uni
versity law School, and has
been admitted to practice in
both State and Federal Courts
in Mattsisippi. During World
War I. he served in the .fudge
Advocate General’s Depart
mentand was honorably dis
charged in 1919. On his return
from the army he was elected
major and has served in this
capacity ever since.
Under his administration the
city has grown, having its own
oil press, coton gin, school,
post office and express office.
A number of persons of both
races will appear on this pro
gram. Music for the program
will he furnished by the Sil
ver Trumpet Choir and the
Sky Larks Quartet.
TOP PROBLEMS
ARE AiREO BY
RALEIGH GROUP
BY JAMES A SHEPARD
At the June meeting of the Ra
leigh Citizens Association, held at
'■'< Piodo-i'orth Street Y"MCA. on
Tuesday evening, June IA it was
decided that the July and August
meetings would be suspended and
< . ext meeCne < j the Associa
tion was set for the second Tue--
■ ->v in Sentetnber. This action was
vkf:.n h<-. 'I;?, during the sum-,
mer months. sr« many people who
1 be lon i t *.!-•» Association are out
i oi the - city, it was deemed advis
■' > to * to carry on wrh the ,
: greatly reduced number.
The Jim» meeting way narked
! hj I'f-jv from different com
' mittv'-'s rci trie introdnefion of
: new items to he investigated. The
two items seeming so merit, Lm-
I- < dime atten'ion were both local
school matter*. It was brought to
•he attention of the group that
although some of the white ele
mentary school libraries are being
kc> open tms summer for ’he
benefit of children living in those
school areas, all of the Negrto
«chool libraries have been closed!
for the summer and Negro school
children desiring library facilities J
must go to the Richard B. Har- (
nsort library .no matter in what ,
; part of the city they live. The;
tact was also brought out that, pu- <
mis at the Washington High;
i who h*!<i for art:
[study during the school year 1951-j
' 52, lost the credits they might ■
(Otwitioaed m pagte %) _ L
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY JUNE 21. U.U.2
CANDIDATE SAID
UNABLE TO BEAU
BY CHALLENGER
Leader Objects ! o
Once-C.onvieted Man
Seek in a Public Post
GREENS BOKO, N. C.
A Greensboro Negro nemo
era t has challenged the
right of W. A. Manley to
ask for a rhn off in the
'Moorehead Township con
st able race to hold office.
L. R, Russell, the Negro
leader charged in a nota
rized statement that Manley
has lost his citizenship be
cause he had been convicted
of manslaughter or murder
and because he cannot read
or write.
Manley declared that he lost
his citizenship when they cot me
in a crowd dtiring a Winston-Sa
lem race riot in 1918. But that wa>
thirty two years ago." He also
said that he was not an edu
cated man' but, ho had learned
to read and white and that he
could serve a warrant and know
v. hat he was serving arid that he
had served as constable for years
He- registered in 1912 under the
grandfather clause and did not
have to read the constitution to
become a registered voter.
George O Hampton, Greensboro
chairman of the Guilford courdy
Board of Elections, has ordered a
hearing before the county board
Monday June 23 at 10 am.
Tfo*.* ch*. itefi.se Ibrou < *sYi v Mr.
Russell, an executive committee
member of the Colored Democra
tic Committee stated:
(Continued on page 8|
BFC
BODY IS FOl'-VD
IN YADKIN RIVER
The body of an unidentified Ne
gro woman was found in the wa
ters of the Yadkin river Tuesday
morning about 9 o’clock on the
Davidson County side of the li
ver.
Investigating officers said that
the body was weighted down with
a heavy instrument, probably a
piece of iron. Medical officials
gave no indication as to how long
the body had been in the river.
The body was fully clothed min
us the shoes Deputy Keiffer Mor
ris wirt the report of the body
came from the office of Deputy
Joe Hague at Lexington.
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■X’ MARKS THE SFOT ~~ The ;
‘X’ lu , the above photo mirks ;
A.he spot wherf Alexander Ed- i
wxrds, 15-yecr-old employee, of
the bath -house, at. Raleieh’a Cha
vis Tatfe. was fmmd vvomu-Ml
Youth Shot At
Raleigh Park
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ALEXANDER LIDS ARDS
Chavis Park Bath-House Worker
Killed; Police Launch Round-Up
Tragedy visited Cha'ds Park
Sunday afternoon m the form of
an accidental -hooting The victim.
: voting Alexander Edwards 15. of
;80i E Davie St was shot thru the
fho older, near the neck.
John H Curran ,of 6 Hyde Ter
race in Chavis Heights, who was
arrested as a result of the shoot
irig has been re teased on $590
: boitd anc. chai•eci its criminal
negliganct to appear before the
Juvenile Cour. He is also 15
According to police the fat-ul
shot was fired from an Owl Head
32 revolver which had been dis
carded and found by Harold Roy
• kin 11, .--‘in of Dr. and Mrs A. E
Boykin of 601 E, Lenoir Street.
Cumn who was v ,irking in the
lc*ckcr room at the imp, with
Alexander put a cartridge in the
chamber and spun the chamber
beyond the firing pin and began
pulling the trigger. Police said
that the cartridge slipped in front
of the firing pin before young
Currin realized it and as Lie pull
ed the tugeer for the last time
the cartridge tore into the body
of Edwards and kill’d him almost
ed and bleeding after being ac
eidcittally shot by a pistol wield- !
ed by a teen - aged fellow-work
er, John. Curran, also 15. The
dotted line leads to a stool (not
pictured) on winch Ctt rrm is re-
instantly.
As result of 'he shoot.-g,
Cspt R K O'e.riwin s he Ra-
V-,gh Police Department revealed
that you*® in the svaa
were picked up for carrying wea
pons.
Among those arresteo w« A1
Lucas, 18, of 48 Watson St who
'i.». also n life guard at. the Chavis
Park swimming pool. He has been
indicted for carrying concealed
v capons.
Also Harold Boykin, and Ha tv
Cooper, 15, of 644 South Boundary
St. who were turned over the in
v crude authocities.
This was the first accidental
death since 1943 when n young
ster was drowned. The park has
teen in operation since H*?6
Funeral services took place
Tuesday afternoon from the Mar
lin Street Baptist Church with
me Reverend P. H. Johnson offi
ciating. Burial took place in Cha
pel Cemetery in Wilson
The victim is survived by his
parents Mr. and Airs. Robert Ed
eyrds and his sister, Blondell
ported to have been sitting- when
the 32 calibre Owl Heed' pistol
with which he w»s playing was
discharged. •- SW|W*© m
SHIRLEY. , .
NUMBER SI