STiIKE NOW ON AT ELIAZBETH CITY COLLEGE
N.. C Soldier
See “Big Blow”
|r /***%
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Huston N ( . holds liis M !
ill ir at l!i.‘ jiort .1 rms position
i i l Mull D*-*l (I Rlilk, NcV.illa
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iruim ii tfi.tiidii in atomic v. .utiiri
lOf put at Burton. nil lit .li ..
l-.ti/.-i Hurtiiu mi Fulton Si..
Burlington, is u llihi graduate oi
J mill an S.-Hits High school Ml
entered tin Vrnij l ist January.
Tiny Tot
Succumbs
To Poison
a: il;• ,H \ 5 1 -.HHith-i'ld Lit*
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i-aiiUi' -. L ... i -i Ip
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1.1 oi irii- ... heri u:K- us Mi.- children
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„ i . I.olt 111. roia'i't
», -p, pia ■ ’ ilh tile bottle tur
*.. ... hi.- th. :i ,'jjiHi-it M'lni- of I tin
.;. . .if ~ . J powdet . hi; prove* .ted to
iior it hi
ll V. : -v« ilii i-l tut tin Tiiump
s-.1. In.;, "- . r.-i ui;> moved
. . 11--- .:- 1-■:- im.ii Mill! I’>
bonk- |iniM*n, b‘-aruu; 0 label
li (iU-' itiii i. ' danpi.r had been in
!.. .- ii.,.ii.-:i- tia sbm.iy moved
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w ,-i. i-i•;i.|j.|( ' d at CAROLINIAN
t" nil!.
Will Governor Name Race
Man To Paroles Board?
V..\ 1.1.1GH Nostii Carolinian*
J L.litil i i 11" 1 *'■ ii 1 V V.l. lit C i-l VV 11 1 >
eye to ’.ii ti t'.i' Stat>- Capitol here
i:i ■ .out the Executive Man*
nun in ; articular tins, week a* the
u:ne draws nigh lor Governor
Wiiham tit Uiubteah to hand out
rf. l: "jn;iitieal phinoi in the foim
, i apt uiiitmems to vai ions state
t,, ni'il.a nil! oup?
t -pvt i il!> being; tied is the
pension tin- Governor wIU
4u.ike lelativr to tin- i tnan I*»-
tale* Hoard which will come
Into existence tor the first
tune this year.
It is expected that Governor wi‘l
take und'.-i (-.itiiideiatioii the tact
V!iut Ni full constitute nearly a
iliiid of tnc state'- prisoner popu
late..n .uid that u! view of this
im\ jn l will name at least one
Grand Jury Returns True
Bill Against Watchman
Who Shot Man 4 Times
} -a.K-GH ■ \ Wake County Su
pe tor C.«u.t i r\ will decide what
to s*•:> its the case o' 1 Vace Col
l,i. ■ •C,h> !,!!.:• ad Nicflit Watch
man ... ti;c r\ . nit of a ruling
made !.■. a Wake Or^ntl Jury this
week
Tin War.* Grand Jury in ses
sion here Tuesday returned a true
b'tt of '.jidictment -vainst aging
white ni 'it watchman S. F Wood
ed of th,- local girl,' school, mak
ing it Meceri;?at'y lor hen to stand
trial on charges of inflicting s«ri
c..z injury vrita a deadly veapoa
BABY EATS POISON, DIES
3 WIN VOTE POSTS
THE CAROLINIAN
IOC -r-toyOA. CivtoJH***!! ./’euMuf 7 |Qg
XII LK.IQH, NOKTtt, CAR< I \ W - yG SATt HP AY MAY 9, NO. 24
Churchmen Accept “JC” \
in Order To “Keep Peace ”
N. CAROLINiANS
AMONG GROUP
ACCEPTING BIAS
Croup S Ii u n > Hrttrr
|{<*s< I l)r>j)ih* Morido
United ion Promise
■'.!!.sMl liFACn. Fa.' iSt'*‘-
S.-vi-ra) Nmtl- ai■ = S-with
v'art Hn.> tnureiiiiKM! wer»r
vvlio bn! ini Ui* sail.- ut
% utlrtinv i-i. tvif.-t. us tlifir dmr< h
ivn.* i-i- .:--1. in i ri-fi'scd to
.■■l hi ..I a., ore all hunt hulttf
hi i i ties pit. piotortlhu fi-t> HI
:. ; I of Vioii nee.
Th.- vie t-eiimi’ii n-i i ■l* i • m 1 1 '
*. ’it n i cl! t--’ (ioif in ! hili-t. 1A -I
--u-.tuiuai i.iiii tis-:-- wive '
; i (114 Mi ! • HI " l i' • d ‘ ' - 111
...hi Km li'-'.v.v Hu." Hohl
-j- » t. ! la.fed to
op Mi'-i: ! fsri v .it.. n.- t-vt-n
ip, hi. y had boon informed
ay iu.-ai hiliu-o and ttu- > .i! tin ’
>1 , . _,i. U‘ b* priil. ih (i at til*’
a-..-i i if any ..f tin * its of v 101 l
ll nee mat't lalized
•j i-.i Cl.-.., •. ut tii-h in Christ.
... •■'.■asimi her.- in. U;d> r m its
ten. ts a pi’oviiion oalimr ftu the
'• voidanoi-' of 'any risk of vio
i*i .i> chin eh (illieiais e.ifv
:., ; . -\.:! an. ■ in If" U.-tsy
it t>N !IM M) ON I’ 'Ct 8.
r» . o to hie Paroles group.
The practice of rospneting the
itsc -m rates! Net-n'o's " rights a>
e.;, ii was begun by vx-Governor
K n Scott, who named the then-
W;:nstoii-S>dem alderman and eul
«i-j>e professor Kenneth Williams
to tit,- Parole Commission Advis
ory Board.
Other appointments made to
-.(ate boards by Scott and his sue
co.sor.-s include those of NC Mu
lual Life Insurance Company pre
-laent W. .1. Kennedy, Jr. to the
Recreation Commission and St
Au.', inure’- College president Ha
rold Tricg to the Education Board
Those two are expected to re
tain their post.- following the gov
ernors appointments, and it has
been rt-liabi} reported mat the
A OVUM I !) ON PAGE EIGHT)
'.vilh intent to kill as result >f the
IfvatchmanA unwarranted attack on
Odell Cooke, Negro restaurant
i worker some three months ago.
Woodell admltti'dl> shot Cooke
four times because he “thought"
Cooke v as trespassing on the coi«
. lege campus arid was threatening
him wit-h a weapon. Investigation
; revealed that the victim neither
j entered the »college campus nor
! posses'.»d a weapon of any sort.
Dare for the Superior Court trial
was not set during the Grand Jury
] tearing.
Filth District Elks Stride Along
ttiSb and l ‘.lusltter-. Eiks
i-oiii thi-ousfhout the North < ur--
nlina t ilth District, i B. O E
ml World '■Mins* along KaH-igiVs
Last Davie Street enronte tn
( ni'l-v -t.arin-ld School Hi attend
Candidates In At Durham,
Chapel Hill, Greensboro;
Others Fail At The Polls
f.liapel Hill Victor Ted
I n!in* Ticket: Is
Another “First”
CHAPEL 1111,!. - Chapel Hill's
victorious candidate in i*h«? race
j for the aldermanic- beard led the'
entire ticket in Tuesday’s voting. I
When counts were made Tues-
I day nip. IU. Hubert Robinson, Sr..;
had polled 571 votes in his quest
A. r a seat on the six-man board
i The next highest aldermanic can
didate polled 560 votes.
Mr. Robinson, who is employed
as a janitor at the University of
! North Carolina -lias long been the
outstandirn- tigur>* in civic affairs.
is concern Negroes her. . Through'
his insist,nee, a group was formed,
to represent the N. -ro populace '
and it was through his leadership 1
that this group was successful in
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aMHpagpfe, WBMmk
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I*R. W, V DEVAVE
» ... Misses Third Try
the Disti ii t s uraiorn-.al < ontest
which was a Icaiurt of last S»ni
riiy's sesvinns held in the <'ups
tal City Victor in tile oratorical
contest was Kalciah's .Miss tier
ildiiic Oallow av, who defeated
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V'.vv*>*.': A A-- ■•••.'ftp-».-■• ••• /->•.- %
V- ■' -f‘
ATTORNEY TAYLOR
, l oses At Raleigh
gaining certain concessions for No- ;
-ro Nr,vy musicians who wen -.fa- j
tinned fw-re during World War II |
At ore time the successful can-!
rlidate worked for former Univear- •
bty ertwident, Frank R. Graham.
He was the third Negro to seek
p«KMc office here.
R. N.Hat tin First Negro
F leeted To Couneii
At Durham
THJRHAM-- Businessman ft. N.;
Harris b«‘ca/r.« the first Negro j
elected to public office here Tu*B-.;
day as he soared to a smashing,
virtory at the polls ever Marshall j
T Mangom a white merchant.
Favored by the povverfu) Negro- !
contestants from tiirouiihou* the
district in ttu- talk li st Miss Gal
loway wMI represent the district
in tiie state ora tine event.—Photo
Bv SIIIKLKI
! .-(bor coalition in the Bull City, j
Man i. 5 received 4203 voted to Man
rum's 370: in take the city council;
seal from the prldominately-Nfc- j
ro-l.»>i>;.:!at<;U Third Ward.
'fin actual strength of the No-:
Rro-Labm coalition was demon
strated a.s its entire state went into i
offitv \vitii two of the veteran in-j
cum bent? on the city council ros- *
ter being lost along the wayside,
Harris, who had the support of j
the Durham Committee on Negro ‘
.■il fairs, based his campaign on ;
training, service to community, j
while his opponent, based his can- I
iidacy solely on the fact that was!
"a white merchant"
Harris is a graduate of the Vir- i
ginia Union University and North-!
western University. In addition, he
Is:
Member. Board of Trustee, Uin- j
coin Hospital,
iUOVTINi Fl> ON PACK EIGHT) ;
G. T. GRIGSBY
, . . Defeated At Holly Springs |l
Victors At The Polls
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K. N. BARKIS
Durham’s f irst
JUST BEFORE EXECUTION
Miller Says Bad Company,
“Strong Head” Led To
His Downfall And Death
GOLDSBORO Lafayette MU ■
!tr 21-year-old Beaufort County!
youth who died in •'«- gas Cham
ber at Centra! Prison. Raleigh last,
tridav —■ in an eleventh hour
‘(-duration - admitted that ids
own headstrongness and •••keeping
■ ad • •oropany" led him into troit
the result of which was his
oc-.vne nt <-t the supreme penalty. :
Miller din hired that during his!
* .v on Death Ho.-, at the Eialt.-r ;h
: ! ison he often w ished ttiat in*:
had been '-panked hardei ’ when
• > "v. a> a kid”
Th< youth. who spent most nf
ids life in prison and spent the.
last !9 mouths on Death Row.
made the admissions to ins foster;
uot'hei Mrs: Hattie Ward who
lives her**. He made the declara
tions in a letter written shortly
before 10 run. last Friday morn
ing. the time he w.a> to be led
to death hi tile lethal chamber
In tiis letter wliich w v-ittcn
>n- what might be termed a mob '
hand and which illustrated t-w
visible signs of the illiteracy us
ually associated with Miller, the '
v outh further noted that he had.
‘made peace with God” and that J
Hi lias washed away all mv ; in." ;
The complete u-x of Millers
tetter follows:
‘•Dearest Mother.
"I will tie (four when yon
get this letter, hut 8 want you
to know that l am dying with
Jesus *n > y hear*. 1 have made
peace with God here on Death
How atid He has washed away
all mv sins. So now i can face
that itfe beyond with a smile
on mv face and know that I
shall live forever.
"Mother, I am telling you
this because ! want your mind
to be at re-.t about my last
(tours here on earth and to let
you know that my last thought
was of you. Pieaae don't grieve
after l am gone, because I am
going to a better world where
I am anxious that 1 shall meet
you some day.
PRINCIPAL FOR
RALEIGH SCHOOL
IS SELECTEO
j RALEIGH-- Raleigh's new in ll
lion-dollar Negro junior-senior
high school will have as its prin
cipal the man who "holds the dis
tinction of -having been first prin
cipal of the world s largest second
ary school.
As repealed by Raleigh Schools •
Superintendent Jesse Sanderson
Tuesday, the new J. W. Ligon
School on East Lenoir Str-.-et will
have as its principal Dr. William
Henry Watson, Jr... who comes to
| the local school front# Winston-Sa
jlam's famed Carver School, repot-,
kitty the largest school of its kind
in the world.
Dr, Watson is scheduled to come j
to Raleigh iate this summer fol-,
lowing a month’s study abroad. He j
holds a BS degree from Hampton
Institute and a doctorate in edura*;
t;on from New York University.
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WSr* 'ls*
v ' ' •-
JSmhL M
I WWiggimti
UK. WHJ IVM HAMPTON
. . Second Term Clinched
1 • ‘lt**? * jm .f
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'V _i«r. -.-x-jT ■
•'And Mother, I want to teli
you again that 1 am not sultty
«d the crime for which ! trim
die, regardless of how many
Juries said ! was. Please be
lter e this in y»*r heart, be
cause that's all that means
anything to me now, and 1
want > tin to believe it with all
your heart. Give m> love and
last good wishes to all the
family and tell them that I
hope to meet them in heaven
some day.
Mother, I have thought of
you often here on Death Row
Men Beat Kidnap Rap
But Must Face Trial
For Beating Student
>
' RALEIGH —Two local white men,
i.h.-.ve "beat ' :> kidnap "rap" grow*
i.r.g out ci their alleged abduction-j
j assault nt a Negro youth, but must;
face trial on charges of assault,
,and battery as result of Grand Jury;
; action Lore th:? week.
W. E Howell ano Rudolph Lan-.
i curler will be charged in City;
j Court here on the above-noted
I charge for having forced a 17-yeas
: old Negro youth. Tommy Wyche,
jof Gil! Street into a car with;
I them os March. 22 and tereatenia*!
STUDENTS SEEK
REPRESENTAT’N
ON TO OROUPS
“Peace fur* Strike Ha;
Students Out Os
Regular (.lasses
ELIZABETH CITY - Efforts ti
end a student "strike" on the cam
;,us ot Elizabeth City Teacher
College were proving success*,
this week just some few hour
•ifti-r the institution's Student!
Grievanct Committee announce
is -t. if. in force.
Pm ident 8 D. Williams of th
co lie*; • was releasing) no emt
i. --nt i .-ncerruing the state of as
: ion -• at itn- college as of Tuesday
but it is fieri rally conceded tha
i lie- ,nsttuition will give heed t
; f.uine of the grievances voiced b
itu student group.
The •■strike", which started a
; ihe local state - controlled eoUeg
•umpm early Monday morning Hi
|mu at CAROLINIAN press
t:me - become litite more tna
i mass absence from classes. Ther
had .wen no mass demonstration
; any other visible signs of dis
i-iitioii on the campus The str.k
mv i* i-.tined \u tueir roo/ns- Oh
crunpos with only indication of th
■ trike being given in the ernpti#
classrouiTis.
A .spokesman feu the Student
Grievance- Group told reporter
ilict the strike was definitely it;
j called as a protest against the ft
rent suspension from school c
UONTLNCED ON PAGE EIGHT
LAKAYETTE MILLEH
and wishes :« Sot of times that
you had spooked me harder
when I was a kid You did your
be?t. hut 1 was headstrong and
keeping bad company, which
finally has made me pay with
my life
"But I have one happy
thought, that I have got Jesus
ind am ready to go. So don’t
shed any tears over me and
come to heaven where I con
lay my head in your arms a
gain. God bless you, I love yon
with all my heart.
From your son,
1-afayette Miller."
,the youth with bodily harm ffe
cause they “thought” he wag tl
i persons who had allegedly smn
! Howell's sms 11 daughter.
The men were originally chaff i
j after a hearing «u City Court wtl
kidnap and assault and batter
: Wilke Assistant Solicitor LestJ
.-Chalmers, Jr., ordered a rial
charge at assault and batte*
j drawn Tuesday after the Orssj
'Jury returned a “no true bill' vtfl
’ diet csx the kido*g charge. J