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NC BABIES ARE
SMALLEST AM ,
LARGEST BORN
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ILAI.iRtJH iiil b:.ibio,' n; p . |
making’ history in North Carolina. I
Titty ;>i< cniering the world j
with BICGC.ST and SMAT.LF.SST j
Ml-' .already ;t.*.-‘h»tjW to them. j
HIE SMALLEST
UTicontcrteci li old u i of tie i
."jxv't .04. i .r.s 1 wile , - i.i .J -J y ,'yui.Ul 1!
Vor.ru . viaon. daughter of Mr. arid j
Mr*. John Alston o! Guilford, who!
war- horn oil June 8 and weighed j
2 8 ounct. at birth. j
The baby, born prematurely a’
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RECORD MAKING SLABV AT
2.1 OI’NCLS Graduate Nurse
Betty C. Itotan of the L. Rich
ardson Hospital, tire, ydinro,
artfully handles sarah Ia-
FAIR NOW ON TRIAL
Negro Girl Rape Victim
Os White Man, Colored Roy
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SAYS CANDIDATE UNFIT
Leroy it, Russell, noted Greens
boro businessman and political
leader, who charged tha,!i W. A.
Manley, white candidate for con
stable of a Guilford County
township is “unfit” to hold the
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i v.;_msßy Shirley |
QUESTION: Who should be
gin a child's sex education,
where should this education be
gin. amt when should the child
begin learning of this all-im
portant aspect of life?
MRS, ALL IK PEOPLES: Mother
and hotsewife, Raleigh:
I feel that sex education is. first |
of all. a parental fane'ion. Tha. j
is: it should bt j
taught u t. he j
home by the par- j
! d|r ents. The home i
g has a great influ- J
enefc on & child, i
jUF* ' FI rnd it is then j
m * that he should j
Ml, ' /HP receive his fun- j
■■k damental ieach-
FpPF prigs.
Some parens?
rare too inhibited
and lack the pro
per sex information to Instruct
hie child properly; however, the i
intelligent and better informed j
parent knows when, where and j
what to belli ihe child.
On the other hand, the child of j
the parent who lacks this knowl- i
edge should not be left to receive i
his 'sex information from the
street or friends, as information
received in this manner is very j
often incorrect, The solution for !
tins child lies- in supplementing '
parental instruct Son with the co
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1111 TOM
Vtsnnr A i 'toll, daughter .if Mr.
.rid Airs. John A Stun of Co. -
ford. v. ho weir bed in at C. «e>n
<es w hen horn prematurely at
.he hospital two week. ago. lim
office, is shown here with Ugh
lh ini Attorney John W. I.ang
le rd during a hearing held Mon
day on the charge. Russell ion
tends that Manley is not suited
| for the office because of a con
viction. (SEE STORY)
Don’t Say We
Didn’t Tell You!
KAfJ.ttih —Over s.x weeks
ago, the CAROLINIAN pre
dicted that Ernest (Wands)
Harlick, star linesman for the
l:\Vi edition of the North Caro
lina College Eagles, would be
signed to a prof c siotial foot
ball contract, indicating that
the Eo.s ngcles Rams were in
terested in his services.
This week, announcement
appeared that Harlick. along
with two white players, had
been signed to a Rams pact.
Me will play at end.
We told ya so.
CHARGES FLY AS
BOARD WEIGHS !
RAGE CHALLENGE
j GREENSBORO Charges- flew |
I thick (Aid fast here Monday as the j
iGuilford County Elec*ions Board!
weighed a Nesrro politicY loader's
charge that a white man seeking
public office was unfit to hold
the post.
Making the charge of unfitness j
was Leroy R. Rua 11. an official 1
I :>i the Guilford County Democratic ;
j Club who says that W, A. Man- !
j ley, who has called for a second
| primary in the race for constable j
jof More-head Township, has no ;
I tight to seek office because he has;
j been convicted, of a felony—man- j
j slaughter-—and had thus lost his
i citizenship.
MANLEY CHARGES PERJURY
! Candidate Manley roared back j
!at Russell charging the. business- !
man-political leader with making j
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ing the past two weeks, the
baby’s weight dropped, hut she
is now responding to feeding
and now hits the stales at a
23-ounce mark. (SEE STORY)
Victim Says Colored
Boy Meld Her While
White Vhos Assaulted
SPOT \l TO t AJftOt iNTASf
DURHAM A white man and a
colored buy are on trial here- on
Targes’ grotvin;f nut of their sl
’< Red rope- of an 18-year old Negro
girl.
Thomas F. Williams, the 2 1
>ear-old white alleged assail
ant, and I .eve rue Walker, his
alleged 16-year-old Negro ao
eontpanisl have both pleaded
not guilty to the charge of as
sault on a female preferred a
gainst them by Miss Sarah Lee
Davis, 18,
Mi- - Davis i f tJOS Martha Si.,
testified in Superior Com*', here
Tuesday that Williams had inter
course with her while Walker held
ler as she lay in the cab of a
drink truck last April. She said
That tin act took place in a woods
off a road near here.
She said that «he was on the
way to her mother’s home when
she accepted a ride in Williams'
truck because it was raining.. She
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Trial Os Hate-Sheet
Distributors Postponed
! KINSTON -In a surprise move
! Monday Superior Conn Judge Q.
K. Nimocks po iported until Att
| gust the trial of two Kinston white
;inen charged with violating the
Corrupt Practices Act
The charges against Harold
j Stroud and Ronald Clements grew:
out of the alleged distribution, of
! defamatory handbills meant to in
dite racial tension in the Mav 31
Democratic primary race for gov*:
eraor. i
Carolinian Representative
Covers NAACP Meet
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,
J. ft. Harren, Carolinian
cur restm (idem, is here to ;
cover* envelhet ehm shrd
"cover" the event for Caro
linian readers and a record
attendance, including a riel
tgatitMi from North Caro
lina, Is on hand at the 4"» rd
annua! convention of the
NAACP, which got under
way Tuesday and will con
tinue through Sunday.
A highlight of the con
vention will be the post
humous awarding of the
Spin,tarn Award in ttarrv
T. Moore. Florida NAACP
executive and leading civil
rights proponent who lost
hi? life when his home was
bombed last Christmas Eve.
Mr. Darren’s on-the-scene
coverage of the convention
will be published In next
week’s Issue of tttfct news
paper.
lIMLYN NINE:
; SIGNS RALEIGH
LAO TO PACT
!
By JOHN M. SMITH
HAI F CRT--The Brooklyn Dodg- I
e. • have signed a Haiti eh native
to u cijiiavi't with a Brooklyn ;
fain team
Cae.>ar i•■ ..m-, former Washing
ton J-lif-li School student here, has ;
been no'.iiifd to report lo the •
Brooklyn farm team in Montreal i
on Saturday'
Desane who displays promising
ability as an outfielder and is an 1
able pitcher, has just completed
shirty nine months as an infantry
man with the 373rd Infantry Di
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VOLUMN XI RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
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OI FK KII ( . O. JOHNSON
DURHAM COP IS
TO BE HEARD IN
FATAL SHOOTING
!
DURHAM A veteran local No
j pro ; olieeman will learn this week
I whether or not he will fate- char
j ec-> for the l’a'al shooting of
' another Negro man whom he
| claims wielded a knife upon him
| while resisting arrest eaily lasi
! .‘Saturday morning.
A special city i-oi *ty group
will hot.l hearing tu determine
vv in tlur Officer t . Q. Johnson
was justified in shooting Ho
liert C. Harris who died at a
hospital shortly after the
shooting.
Harris of 613 Fayetteville St.,
jand 310 Branch Place, was shot
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The trial had been scheduled for
Wednesday, but was called unex
pectedly. Judge Nimoeks granted
the postponement at the request
ol defense attorney John G. Daw
son, who said he had not had time
to prep ire- a defense for Stroud.
The handbills distributed through
the Erst attempted to link Hubert
E. Olive, who was defeated by
William B, Umstead in the Demo
cratic primary for governor, with
! the Negro vote.
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HARRY MOORE
. . . Sgtingwra nominee
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SCHOOLGIRL
KILLS FATHER
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THOMAS DUNN
. . killer killed
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THE lit SB AND AM) FA
IHEK DEAD - The lathe, of
this family . Thomas I.ideli Dunn
is dead, killed try a shotgun
blast fired al him by his daugh
ter, Carolyn tey.treuie right) lasi
Friday after he had threatened
the entire family with the shot-
BOY, 12, KILLED FLYING KITE;
FATHER ASKS SSOGDAMAGES
WILMINGTON The father of
| a 12-yenr-oLd boy who was eldc
jtrocuted when the kite he was
flying struck, a high-voltage pow
er line here* last FVbruary. ;su
in'; the company owning tin line'
foi $30,000.
Richard B. Pugh, a local real
dent, last Saturday filed through
his atorney the $50,000 suit against -
the Carolina Power and Light!
Company charging that his son,
ANOTHER N. 0,
RESIDENT IS
100 YEARS OLD
RAYBORO -- Mrs. CWoe Cre
dile. who lives on the outskirts of
Bayboro. adds her name this week
to the growing list of North Ca
rolina Negro residents who have
reached or possed their 100th
birthday.
Mrs. Credlle, known famili
arly in the area as 'Aunt
Chine, * i s not certain whether
she is merely a hundred years
of age or whether she is 102.
In typical feminine fashion,
however'. ■ Ore accepts the i
‘younger" age.
Mrs. Crediie was born a slave
in Hyde County and recalls tfraph
jically incidents of the Civil War
era.
| She retains some of her original
I teeth, has a good appetite does j
her own cooking and is still ac-j
| active in church affairs,
j Mrs. Chloe can trace 108 direct j
descendants still living. They in-,
| elude 10 children, 41 grand ehil- ‘
idren, 40 great gremtehildreri and!
Sl7 great great grandchildren..
I She resides with her ‘baby toy’ I
j Torn hers .
VICTIM IN SLAYING HILLED GIRL
IN NITE SPOT FOSS ID YEARS AGO
By Staff Writer
UALtTGH A man who " erv
ed time" for the r.layitig of one
:.i,t ten yen in ako. l-t his life
JTif. b.iUUs i f inU'llicr le.• L wed .
The rob.- thi girls played in
Hospital Plan Gets 0. K.
WEEK ENDING SATCUDAV .11'NE 2S. Dm2
Members of the family are the
gun that later < '.aimed l.i* lit*
wiiloye, .Mrs. Lula Du.ui. 3a and
children Angeline l '>: H* leu
Francis. IS; Betty Jeutii 11;
Claude lari. 9; Jerry Thomas.
G; I'elix 2. and Carolyn.
STAIFOTO BV SHIRLEY—
Richard, Jr., was killed as the
result of ‘negligence in the erec
tion, inintonanet* and inspection of
high voltage electric transmission
: tines.'
The suit also involves the
Tidewater Power Company
which suppose til v controls the
equipment through which Ca
rolina I‘ower and Light cur
rent is carried.
The Pugh youth was killed when
. bis kite fell onto a high voltage
line neat his home about -three i
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HE DIDN’T DO IT! Mrs. |
; Maude Thmm of Albertsville, \
j S, C., mother-in-law of John j
Andrew.' Roman, is one of the
many perrons who believe that
Roman was not the ‘‘killer" ■ type 1
j lor other opinions oil Roman
read the third installment of the i
| John Roman story “Was Roman
The Killer Type.” _ _ 11
bis life were widely different,
however The one whose life he
tools v-as lii-. "f ill friend” The
<m* wee took Ljy fife :y .- lu.s
rl ....I li ov.
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NUMBER 32
WAS ROMAN THE I
KILLER^TYPE?]
THE THREAT J
An unidentified Lexington, NT. :
Welfare Department worker threat-,
! cried to “cut off" the welfare aid,
• clK*ck. sole support of Mr.-.. John.;
Roman and her four children if .
proof could be found that Roman j
was not the father of the ehil- ;
; dram
The reason for such a threat ;
• could riot be learned, and Mrs. >
| Elizabeth Roman sobbingly remt- ;
!ed that she saw no reason why ,
I anyone should doubt the paternity |
of the children. ,
By Lin Holloway
Managing Editor
Carolinian Newspapers
Third of a Series
LEXINGTON - John An
drew Roman who listed his
occupation as a laborer at a
furniture factory and ice
plant h re, gate np his life;
as payment for the alleged!
crime of murder.
John Roman left behind to
mourn Ins demise few people ex- i
eepting his wife, Elizabeth and j
four ohildren, aged Hx through .
nine years. Yet John Roman left,
people throughout the country
asking each other and themselves
one question:
“Was John Roman the “Killer (
type'?"
We don't propose to answer
that question here. We sim
ply feel that it is our duty |
to pass on for what worth
it may have itiielligence that ,
has come to us concerning
John Roman, the worker, the
husband and the father.
John Andrew Roman was tom
;29 y cat's ago in a tenant’s shack j
|on a farm near Honea Path, a j
hamlet in South Carolina. While, j
according to his widow, John Ro
man. had ‘brothers and sisters', j
there is possibly no way to know
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shoots father
hr threatened family
WAKE SOLONS
0, K, PLANS FOR
810 BONO DRIVE
Public-Private Issiu*
Is Stumbling Block
Lor Anv Future Plan
HY JAMES A. SHEPARII
HALEIGH The Wake County
Commissioners meeting in regular
.'U sion thi: week, okoiied (he
bond plan for tin- building of a
now hnispitai, at St. Aimes ptv- >
sente d U> them by Attorney .!. ('
B Ehnnahaus representing the
| beard of InuV.-s of St. Agues
i Hosjoial. Approval was also given
|-t .••.•.mowhai similar proposal for
|u:t cii.'ar-;ement of Rex Hospital
Thu ides prevented and approv
w, cal ion for the Trustees of St.
■viser ‘>j deed ti> Whew County,
I the nuir . ■ home, present hospital
•■.ur lene tor tin- «.-i f s'tioti of a new
it:, .) oil■. u v All ol tul& l.v >*«
cpmn the expressed condition thm
; Vtfake County in torn give th*
; -u s tec of St. Agnes a long term
i leave to operate the hospital atiet
»i . ,-onniy • «nfi- S7OO.OtH) of cc-uv
>v bond money arid obtain.- sdoo.-
| CKAf ->f t "dural funds for the build
ink -i' the new hospital.
V.Wne s; ty tv ■ ci is a
v.l e unstU'.ftiCu aim tit i'«~D\ in .
eligible to receive county or fed*
era! funds for building purposes
To by. la-., this statute, try St.
A ne. c . : noieec-v hatched up the
it 1 , a of a phoney gilt or us pro*
>, ,i, . to 'he co. iftv u order that
u inisiit technically qualify fur
this huge viam ol public funds
That the gift to the county i*
' phoney i- attested to by the fact
that tin- Kile U conditioned upon
a return ol the
ibe pi'etcxt by Mi . Eli*
! inghaus for wantu . the tax pay
urs Os Wake County foot the bill
p 3 new hospht.hl to e operated
i. . piv, ate beard, was that
i a”--xi*':> already lud an ue.e-quatsd
I mireine home a ‘brand new'
: beatiiv plant and a ‘relatively’
Hew !;itihen. He did not Stop to
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DID THIS
MAN KILL?
i
JOHN ROMAN
. . . the kille rtype??
j exactly how many of each he
!really’ had because of ihe socio
!economic phenomenon which was
! taking at the time he announced
his arrival in the world, with lus
!tv crying.
j ' tenant farmers son
I John Roman was born 'of tenant
l former .parents in 1923. a year
' nearly mid-way between Th®
j Great War and The Great Deprea
j si on.
| His parents, obviously slaves off
the land they tilled and unaware
that, there was another way of
iire chose to stay where the sweat
jof their brow and the strength
cf their beings rocited them.
Noi so with John’s sisters
and brothers They had beard
tales of the North the Land
' of Oreedwn which lay lw
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