To Protect Self, Children
K C MOTHER OF 13 KILLS HUSBAND
Check -up Reveals
“FI.U" EPIDEMIC IN
NC IS ONLY IMAGINARY ;
*1 fAROI I'-I'N XHY-J
NTIiWOKK
TALfbUt Despite intima
tions. to the contra ry, a chc-ci;-up
b,> th: N'C'V'- Net'C'irk revertba?
feat ut &n influenza epidemic in
♦ lie s ai..> is more ' imasnui;.'
than anything els-
Trut several cities have rc
ported outbreaks of mild
form of virus infection said
to be '‘flu’", yet feu if ant
of these N. <’. cities have j
r.n steps to declare the rise of
the infections ot epidemic
stage as Network newspapers
ISO to press fins week.
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st HOLAKsmr wfn n i n
Mrs, LeEthel Smith, l.e*in?ton,
N. is one of in Negro stu
dents who ip* awarded scholar
ship? hv t|ir Nation*! * ??nnri <
lion for Infantile Para!? is f'• r
tiir 1957-53 si bool \> .ji M»s
Smilh is enrolled in the Megi
cal Social Work course -it Co
lumbia University. Scholarship*
FORGETS PASTOR’S NAME
Man ‘Gets Religion’ Too
Late To Escape Charges
GREEN SB OR O A. man not
religion here !.• » Sunda••• - but
he got it a little? late - he was
already in difficulty with the law.
The story of the man’s rapid ■ j>
torn to *he fold" was revealed
in a hearing before a If S. Com
missioner Tuesday and is as fol
lows:
Johnny Myers, 33. of 10.31 Og-
Turn Avenue. toM C S. Commis
sioner Charles E Ader tier.- Tues
day that he joined church Sun
day to establish an alibi as to
his whereabouts tnat night.
Myers said:
Sunday about 6:30 pun, A Til *nd
ABC officers: found nine gallrfhs
of non-tax-paid liquor in a car
parked in Ogbtirn Alley, several
blocks from Myers’ home.
Mvers. owner of the car. was
.
TiM V I I. L INAUGURATION
THRONGS Race artists So
* prano L'orthy .Maynor and Band
leader Lionel HamuAon were a
mong the nationally - famed
personalities appearing by popu
lar demand at events pertinent
Hf fiotif, INfMf \ in h
A) Raleigh, Sci!»'•'!. s -p*' in'e.i
; dent f Sanderson tint, i that
while many seho'.'!- arc reee ding
Hir.cn, o;, i.-i-c .is . of si.-i; no.-, ■■!'..
.’.'id tu If f ? 1 10 till percentage
of ab;.cn.se: gives no cause i V| i a
- ;md cany this week, only
lon.- Rairj-th school, a pamchial
.iti«. had closed its doors because
' d the •-•pi i an of 'lie malady
Generally in North Carolina.
| vinch us- s'Uiool iilv-'cnteetsm as
i indication that iher° if an in/oe
| lion at’ounrlfnp. of epidemic pin
| onions, an absenteeism of *«
(Continued on Pape »,i
in firms o, study related to p/»
lio rare are granted by the Na
timisj Foundation from Marsh
<>( Dunes Hoist;, i '>!•• annual
• im(».<icr> Is non being conduct
ed and your dunes and dollars
■«>*■ greatly needed. 1353 was the
u orst. polio year on record, with
more than 55.000 cases
i iiidiug nearbv and ?aiv the of
ficers seize the car. He decided
forthcoming charges of transport
that in order to clear himself of
ing lifjiior. he would say his car
had bene tolen and that soi j
body else had put the alcohol in
A.
Abort 3 p.m. Myers wont to
St. Stephens Baptist Church
and attended the res ula r
preaching service. At the close
of the service he went up to
file front and told the preach
er thal he wanted to into the
church that night.
The pastor said later, when
questioned by ATU officers, that
he had never seen Myers before
Sunday rug-ht but that he and the
cnurch officers had accepted him
i Continued on Page K)
tr» the inauguration of Dwight
| Elsenhower as the 34th Presi
dent of the United States Tues
day. Both Miss Maynor and Mr.
Hampton ivere termed "at their
! best” for their precedent-setting
appearances.
'
IOC \ 7
VOL, XII HA LEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA __ WKKK KNDIMO JANJ L\R\ _M, I'L.a NIsMLLIi lo
Boy, 15, Arrested
As A Safe-cracker
j
N.C. SEPARATION LAW
FOUND BASELESS WHEN
JUDGE FREES MOSLEM
R Al..!•'i(.;.M K"en though the
North Carolina Legislature vested
she stale' - utilities Commission
with the port > r to -vet up separate
• rut Unit rwii's at b• - or rail st-i
- ten 1 duals for 1 hit.o and N<’-
,-:m patron-- and made it a re
quirement that the Commission do
iu 1 that, the Lamed legi.-iators
i.iiled to jneorpot ate into thou- or
der a penalty to e exacted ts a
, cr on chose nol to use the wait*
in:; facility ; rovided for hint.
In its nt'dcr to Hie Utilities
Comrnis: ion on the subject of sep
arate waiting rooms for the dif
ferent rains, the legislative statu**
•S t 3 V" s>. »»
TO PROVIDE 1 'Oh SVi/'-'N
ait; waiting rooms tor
RACES The Commission
is empowered and directed to
require the establishment of
separate ’’nitinif rooms at all
stations for the •■: bite and col
nred races.
And folio wins the above placed
a ' period”.
This fan ••■no- to tight here las!.
Freedom At End
RALEIGH ■ A prisoner who
eesoaped from a North Carolina
road gang more than '.ear? ago
was coming back Hits week to
fmiph his sentence-
Prison officials said Luke Green
started the trip v. ith a fugitive
officer escort after winding up
a term at the Atlanta. Os. Fede
ral Penitentiary.
Green, now 43, was sentenced
Horn Scotland County in March.
1939, to 25-35 years of robbery
and stealing a car Assigned to
Perquimans County road camp, he
escaped Jan. 6, 1911
Eagles Beat Union
DURHAM North Carolina
College Eagles overcame an eight
point halftime deficit here Mon
! day night to ring up a 60 to 55
OAA Conference victory «v£r
Virginia Union
Coach Floyd Brown’s charges,
! with Charlie McCullough and Satn
I lones showing the way, came hack
! strong in (he second half to score
iSW points.
After trailing most of the way.
j t''-i a Eagles; caught un at 49-all in
Soda Shop Robbed j
RALEIGH The juke- box and,
cigarette machine at the Haywood j
Soria Shop, 115 S. Blodworth St..
were emptied of their cash after;
a break-in during the weekend •
Police were notified Monday;
morning that, the, front, door lock
had been • broken and the place!
A&T Gets Dimes March
!
I GREENSBORO --- The March of
j Dimes campaign committee at A,
land T. Co’.ege set a goal of $1,500
; Tuesday at toe kickoff meeting (
' held at the college,
Elsworth E. Smith, dhairman of
! the Greensboro Negro division’s!
; drive, explained to the student,
1 body the pressing needs of the
j campaign and announced plans
[for the realization of toe goal. ;
Thursday hen a man who ap-;
pe,tred to be -1 Negro to ir.eiri
'etc, of t•’i<- I ■ -u jaolicf force and ;
to ottf iidan*.' ;>t Mis Union Hus;
Station here refused to seat Inin-:
celt in a waiting mom provided |
for Negroes, and was arrested, on
a .egroKHtion violation chars?.
The man, Robert Rev. .)2, a
Moorich-Aiii.'. ;can and native of
Tro;-, NC. was booked at the lo
cal jaii mi the charge and v- a;
hr id in default <•( bail until Fri
d'iy morning voif'n City Court
Ji.-dge Albert Doub dismissed
case upon, he in.; advised by Act
i, oolicitov !tarry McMvllae ]>•
it at *hf.i. a statute roq''
•i.i'i u-ate watting moms had 1 "n
duly acted upon the State legis
lature. no [ c;ialty could be exact
lo from a person ignoring it.
Me-. -»ho i-a lived in Newark.
N.f for 21 years following com
pletion of rleirwnfary and second
. i •-■ cuool iraining in Troy, left
the court a free man.
ilir- arrest, however, put a new
it cmtinneil on Page X)
La'-t su.mme- • Greene c ent into
< pnlirf station in Pennsylvania
and announced he ‘anted to :'.tr
ee rider lb -aid his conscience
torn bled 'in: and 'hat he wanted
to pay hi: debt. Before North Caro
lina could claim him, however,
Pennsylvania discovered Grc e n
l ir.fi another debtor; the federal
government wanted him. too. The
details of the federal charge were
r.ot known to prison officials, but
Tuesday they got word that the
debt was settled at Atlanta and
that Cmen was heading north
the final period. The;, took the .
lead at 51-13 with mx minutes’
remaining in the game and stayed ;
ahead the rest of the way
McCullough took scoring honors j
f oi toe night with 13 points while!
,/ones •» as close behind with 17,,
Tex Ho'i.nn. recovering from an;
attack of virus flu. saw part-time .
action and scored six points
Robert Johnson had 16 markers
to lead the invaders.
entered. An estimated sl3 was
taken from the juke box. it was
reported, and around $12.25 from
tnc cigarette machine
Exit from the place was made
through a rear door which was
unlocked from the. inside
Dr F. l> Rluford, A. and T.
i president, raid that each yeaC’stu- j
dents ai A. and ,T College tuwe
I gone over and beyond their goal, j
We expect to do no less this
!year"
! A special guest at the meeting |
j was Columbus Carpenter, a young!
patient at the Central Carolina!
j Convalescent Hospital. Miss Betty
; (Continued on Page 8)
Amt 'tSsHkL
Mr, 'fs> -iVS
■fa .oo.htVN<k. ;
CON -T1 TANT Tamed New
Fork fity radio artist, stage and
television star I.mi (Swarr) In
Tour is one of the consultants
who win tic part in the third
annual \< Institute and Work
shop of Cosmetology m nurham
."anuaiy ?5-'fß. A noted consul
tant on chirm. Miss IdiTonr Is
scheduled !o participate in clinic
sessions during the four das an
nual event-
Self Defense
Said as Mom
Defends Own
36-Ycar-Old Mother
Kills Spouse Who
Tried To Kill Her
srm V! TO CAROMNUN
GH A HAM- A ■'s6-year-old vr>ni
mother of hi children, who
; shot and, killed hes ivaband be
i cause he told her he was going
jto kill" her if it was the last
{ thing" he did was absolved of
I al! blame in the fatal shooting
;by a magistrate's hearing here
; Monday.
Magistrate C. C. Bayllff said
that no charge would be pre
ferred against Mrs. Elisabeth
Harris Vincent, the assailant,
unless new evidence was found
in the fatal shooting last
weekend of the husband,
f.eorge Vincent.
A jury, hearing Mrs. Vincent's
k hrnony !,earned that * lie* worn
jan shot and killed her spouse
■ with a nickel-plated .32 calibre
(Continued on Page 8)
Opposition
To New Race
Homes Nixed
HIGH POINT White property |
I owners who opposed a plan to j
i build a Negro housing project.
; here were overridden by the lo- j
leal City Council this week giving i
a green light to th~ proposed pro- :
The action taken by the local j
city fathers will -allow builders!
to go ahead with plans to cob- !
i siruct eight buildings containing j
'32 rental apartments in the here
i tofore semi-lily-white Leonard
. and Meredith Streets intersection,
j The objecting property owners
i had opposed rezoning of the area.
About 15 white property own
i ers had formed a group opposing
I the rezoning of the site tor resi
(Continued on page 8l
Youth Takes
S6OO During
Safe Theft
mill). On Sf roll To
Sunday School. Irors
Into Pliirr, Robs If
OXIm >J!I> ’Special) A t£„
rar-old boy has been »r rented
here on charges of cracking the
afr in a place of business, after •
making an uncalled-for detour;
while on ins way to Sunday
School.
T.oral Chief of IV.lice J I, Cash
••••ltd that. in police custody, j
charged with the robbery of tne
■ife <t V..'Hson Tire Company on
January I. is Miles Boddison, who
told police it* entered the Main!
Street establishment through e
back door which he said lie found ‘
ttnli-cked a; hr passed enroute to
Sunday School.
Tin ;■■> iS was apprehended hy
Polito Sgt. Nathan While i (‘port
’d iv who .'(tumbled upon evidence
.w.iinsi the lad whi.li-. investigating
another break-in. In yu' tiontng
which foUo.ved Boddison ron
fr.-.'.ed tiro robbt and also admit j
ted that a week earlier on Dee
he entered Oxford Implement
Company through a window and
robbed the drink dispensing ma
chine
Boddison is a brother of .lames
Boddison. who pleaded guilty in
federal court in W, ,ng lv 1
: of pilfer in 8 m.iii whik vw
a- ro w a- 'i •hotel beiihox and
row in a federal prison.
The youth told officers that §
:pent the stolen r.'-sh. amounting
• Continued on PAge S<
Dimes March
Dance At
Raleigh Mon.
Leading Bands Will
i*lav So That Others
Yfav Walk Again
RALEIGH A mammoth bene
fit dance and Battle of Mu: "
featuring some of the most out
standing individual musicians and
orchestral croups in the area has
been slated for Monday night
.January 26 at the Club Colonadc i
hi ip.
| Tile huge lineup of orchestrai
: groups ill he headed b.v the j
! fjimed Three Deuces, the Johnny,
Minter orchestra and the Count,!
Haves Daw Weaver unit
The group • number re their per
j son el th" most noted instromeri \
j tcibd.' in the area s well as the j
! leading vocalists and intrrpretors j
The mammoth affair b soiled- j
; uled to get underway at 0 p.tn !
( Monday night and to ensue until |
| the carlv hours of the followin':,
day ;
Through the conoe ration of,
i Messrs. Rivers and Held, managers t
jof the cltv’B top nlte-spot. all pro- j
‘ cec'cts realized from the affair will:
jbe turned, over to the Negro Di- j
vision of the current March ofi
Dimes Drive campaign of which
Ctis Robertson is chairman.
It has been learned that mem-;
lers of various social, civic and
fraternal groups will cooperate in
sales of tickets for the affair. Tic
ket sales will continue on the ciuor
(Continued on Page 8;
Raleigh Area Child is
| Making Valiant Fight i
Against Dread Polio
' I
II A'i IIF Bill Ml s. clem year
oid darehtiw oi \lr .uni Mrs.
1,1 vis Primus nf i n w n f «j r i e.
though stricken s ivir.rh with
infantile p,unity-is keep , up wuh
fu r studies in tin sci find grarir
of Im kh.'i t i.lemcnlitrv K< lin'd.
Alic.vr m iff- reviewing her I*
.nrc. with her :i P : Money <‘C.!
i Girl’s Desire For Book
Learning Unhamper r i
In Fight With .Polio
Stv t ill V! At S I lit
ivhiccisi te / *'* t' ' it? s•’ •
Lockhart Ek-rnt e.t .vy School in
W.'kr Co'inlv Manic- aft Y'pc-t
c-cecker player for her age - - next
t?. th) a virne shfi jiL *rs -o pl&y
v nth be i rioc -.
M-diie is : .)'/.■ h lik 1 ’ any
olhet T ij-ryiiai!
but there one bir. difference
Beattie P v , r,i. <: . polio. and the
doctors say t.-he wib probably al -
v ,ys be a cripple.
Maybe this sound:- prft'y di.-.
con r a gif u: t . ••< n, but if you hSu
kr.ov-'ti Mattie '-'lien -.v,. . st.-ir.
ken with the di-wase in 1950 or
Ciuring tlu- VI months she siu-nt at
Ccnt r ii i I w. <‘onvato-, !■;.(
Center in Greensr.or-i trying pit)-
Teacher-Hubby Pays Off
As Wife Asks Divorce:
She Claims He Was Cfad
iKt'ITIH so ( AHUI.IMA N I
i I .YI.TTKVTi.iI': lbwh Wor
j M;: Jenkins, .i i vtii ja. I > ts. ueho*
lin the N< ."bold Training S'-h'.iOl;
Ih< !•>■■: agreed U> iuv n u v.ofe,
j.Mic '.Tara Barnes .Jr-id ins .= tca-
I sonab’e • w a 1 money t.-» drop
id ‘■'U'.e hiii;./' • agsm'u him
| V- Jenkins r- ' "ritly filed "
| petition in the Third Judicial tbs i
jl.net Court of North (Vo:>
I seeking a divorce on the grounds
of cruelty Mr-. Jenlttnr, .dated in'
l-'iej petition ti/.i he* husband h.-ai!
j her on everal occasions, mode
j her pay room and board, mov -d
hei tied from a re"til.ai bedroom
to n general purpose s sum in
v. 'nil'll sii- 1 | had t-i pureha e ■*
space heater to keep warn) dor
ini* the wint'-r ol 1950-51 thee, fin
ally moved ail of her belonging.' ,
from their home.
Mr. Jenkins, on the other hand
reportedly stated that, he "rcluc- 1
tantly agreed" to marry his wife
in December 1943. Mrs. Jenkins j
denies such statements and says
ecien irinn <w annttl Vi
Dimes is us<al ’ > bHp vK-tin*
piiijn tike Vs ajt • • (. *■ V .I 1
< minty < epr-ue.il imu
and slot , to r -r ;'
inbutions • tuittif! hi in)!.--d -
to Olli-n 'HJ a,. ' .
f>\ t ’.! Oi, i . j 'Ji O' t. I o/.p. .
i;,i!..e i>
. . j T; . 13 Fiirmi He
tb-rr P- ■'■ jar l *tOf at ' 1 - c'f I '' a
in Kaifigu. and Ter m-:>u.»r
i- • dr-' tics' v.; r! :n: --n 1 .
if!,;,;,;. Top (-:en *th : ;;.t‘. ,;f O,
vi / kmj, Mi Pi ./' - / ’h
could no vel ha, e p..,': t te-> *■■■ .
ho.- pita Is and doctors if u ■■ V
i i:>-n for lb'- Mar' . . f
;It ha:-, dreadv co, 1 ih.c t , • :
( stu-e Imp.- f<JU.s • .r't fo
this year it mi;:l,t tx- 'ho
;c. u.'d TiSt ’/ l . :> lie it."
M/ittie V. as settled m / . -v: - g
) chair, braces oo both bib.
< ontinui/i Oil Pi. >
that a ftej -I ~.'io>d of tv,o ,■ -)t
bmu LJnp th/ ' " •
!">tt r , state:, that S',.' 1 ' I ■ :
i under J-mding n due to in'-!;>-*-
tio/ i-'c fehc further stats? tl ■
• ■><*» :,T< jn-.J. 4, f . - r ) , ; r {r\
| The *pm pf-iicf Mrs. ■ei'kivs
•• •♦ . ■n. . ■ hr; -- or
j Heins unable to ■ tl;* M
I :nnj ,a t, OiU.e . Mr. I°ni.::»
j portfetUy ha,-., ;igft"'i not*-: rn tt-
I fyinc tli,at the 'mount -/ill i»
j raid A (ie'd of tio.J t >: u : *>•
jo/ nod by Mr ,1-nkj.; aid in t>r
hied for shout V ■ i ly.v” 'o
; (she tend of Mr: .1- tiki ns' »!*•:>*'-
at. security * in- uot"/
; The property iu at 2-. * ■■ /■! : -'.
i GrOttnvilHe, N f! Mrs fl.jlf’.r fen.
! kins the mother of Mr Jerilibu
j lives at Ihr address, it was p
i vc-alcd
Mr. Jenkins, a native >'<l tlrceu
(Cnntittucd on Rafic 8i