THEY WERE THERE I
Caroiiniai) reporters were on the scene at two I
record-n'laktr!;,' events this past week. J. B. Barren *
was on hand at the 44th annual sessions of the NLA, I
A.C.P. at. St. Louis and Charles R. Jones was in Green- 1
viile to cover the annual meeting- of’ the North Caro- I
lina Business League. Read their stories this issue. 5
VOL XII RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 4„ 1953 NO. 3.i
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BODY IS FOUND IN WELL
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ais Church 'jffiekl, will soon b* nominated by President. Elsenhower
»s ambassador to Ethiopia. Dr, Simonson, executive secretory of W»«
oublU- relations division of the National Lutheran Council fti New
Yorlt, ws*> - recommended lor the high post by Sere Edward j d hye
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In St. Louis, Missouri
CAROLINIANS ATTEND i
NAACP YEARLY MEET
HY J. B HARREN
FOR THE CAROLINIAN
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The 44th an- 1
rniat convention of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored Pimple got underway
here on Tuesday, June 23rd at
this citys famed Kiel Auditorium
with approximately 700 delegates
an dobservers in attendance. Some
250 or more of the delegates were ■
said to be representing the big
southern Region No, 5, compet'd
of North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Tennessee.
National Lawyers Meet
On Monday proceeding the form
al opening of the convention ms- !
day nite, the National Legal Cutn-
CAROU.VIAN REPORTER’S _ ~
Sidelites On | Jfj||y
' N A ACP Sessions |Jfln|
_—- —-—
ST. LOUIS, Mo. The final
enrol bn. en tof delegates to the 44tii
annual 'NAACP sessions here in
Kiel Auditorium. June 23-28 was
reported to be over 800 with seve
ral hundred unofficial observers
also.
TOBIAS KEYNOTES
CONVENTION
In .us keynote itjffdiess to the
convention on Tuesday night, na
tional Lotnd chairman, Channing
H, * '»bii»* tier 1 that
HA AC? will continue to '‘give
whole-hearted support to hte U»
nice a Nations in ne> oauiti to lue
death against totalitarianism wh<J7-
ever it is found."
He also pledged the NAACP "to
continue to oppose Hit; vicious a
partheid practice of the Malan
government of South Africa that
blazonly insults and persecutes tit!
per cent black majority in the
Union ’»
Touias said., “On the harm- front
we shall continue relentless war
against all forms of racial segre
gation on tire ground that such
segregation is constitutionally
; mittee. which has a total mt-mber
i ship of over one hundred o* the
!.nations best legal minds in the
field of civil rights, held its pre
| convention meeting to ••brief” «M
--. gates on the latest legal techni
i dues.
Conrad O. Pearson. Durham, J
. C attorney and head of the Nc.
: Conference legal department, rep
| resented his state officially along
| with state president, Kelly M.
! Alexander of Charlotte.
1 Others from tle Old North State
| here were, PB. Price of Laurin
i burg, Rev. JJ. Johnson. Robeson
; county, Rev M. H. Donald, W. R.
j Saxon, Mrs. Francis Owens, Ashe- j
j viile; Mrs. l.orie K Graham, Bur-
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['wrong, then fore legally indefen
jsil-le, and because it is at vari
ance with moipl and rolMious
; principles" Tin- former PtieJps-
I Stokes bund director promised to
“more vigorously'’ press tor in*'
| creased registration and voting cam -!
jpnigiJi; along with "a campaign of
; education designed to bring about
' mutual trurfi and understanding
across racial lines, so that un
founded tears of social and politi
cal change may be dissipated.”
The Board Chairman said a “Ten
year program" to bring about
I ‘'Complete Emancipation” would
] he launched at the- closing Sunday
• mass meeting, when a “Fighting
Fund for Freedom” would be ini
tiated with several SIOO donations
already paid in This is needed
all the more, officials point out,
because of an immediate need for
$15,000 to finance the retrial of
the school segregation suits this
October.
DEMOCRACY: PROMISE AND
PERFORMANCE
The Reverend l»r Archibald CA-
Continued on Page 8
THE CAROLINIAN
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FACES ABORTION CHARGE
Colored Girl 1$ Victim Again
ANOTHER RAPE CASE
INVOLVES WHITE MAN
Third Case
Arises In \
Two Months
Crippled Girl Os lo j
Is Victim Os Man i
In Henderson, NC
HA LEIGH In less than two
months, three North Carolina j
white men have become involved j
«n rape case--, in which the vie- 1
tints were colored women or girls, j
Only a few weeks ago here at
Raleigh, a 15-year-old white boy
was charged with and convicted
of raping a seven-year-old Negro
iiJi'i. and last week another white
man was charged with committing I
sex crime with another colored !
girl of seven as the victim.
In the most" recent case, Harry !
Lewis, 30-year-old employee of j
Hie Henderson. Inc. Street Depart- I
merit, is being held in the Hen-!
iierson jail, charged with raping I
Miss Mary Lee Davis, 19-year-old i
crippled colored girl of Hender- i
son
Lewis was picked up Monday
by police here.
Oi fleer Horace Williams, who as
sisted in arresting Lewis said the
alleged attack took place in the
woods during the night alone In
a continous drizzle of rain. On
Sunday morning her screams at
tracted Miss Harriet Cheek, a N<*- i
gro girl of the neighborhood, who \
went to her assistance and called ’
the police.
Tire girl's mother swore out the !
warrant Lewis was taken into j
custody as he was getting Into a j
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RALEIGH YMCA SEEKS j
MEMBERS AND FUNDS
KAIJ2IGH A total of at least
a thousand new mem boss and
$3500 In cash is the goal set by
the 100 local and area citizens
who are taking "working" part in
OR. HARRIS
. , . Campaign. Chairman
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: t paKsJtwted BrUifth capital. |
the annual membership campaign
being conducted by the local
|JBloodworth Street YMCA July l
i i through loth.
1 j Dr, N. H. Harris, head of the de- j
■ parturient. of education. Shaw Uni* j
j versify, itaa been named general i
J chairman of the campaign. The
; associate chairman is C Marri- j
jott, principal of the Garner Public
! School. J. 1. Stredwick, manager of i
j Harris Barber College serves as j
| campaign director with C. N. Co-1
| Me, local grocery proprietor as as-1
Isocate E, L. ftaiford, is the execu-j
five secretary, for the drive,
j The Kick-off meeting was at the
j"Y” Tuesday at 8:00 p. m. At this
j time the campaign organization ,of
approximately 100 men were given i
j instruction and materials were is- j
.sued.
j A feature- of the Tuesday night j
i meeting was a talk by Lt. Charles j
jG. Irving recently returned vete
! ran of 3 months in Korea and j
| Japan who also showed motion j
| pictures of life in those two coun- i
i tries.
J The campaign organization i£
composed of an executive sponsor
| Ing committee of leading business
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FARM AGENT GOES !
TO SUMMER STINT |
I NASHVILLE W F. Wright.;
| Negro Farm Agent, will attend;
| the regional Extension Service
j Summer Softool to be held at Cor
ine)! University, July 6 through the
124, according to an announcement
J Horn the Extension office at Nash*
i villa. The local Farm Agent plans
! to. enroll in two courses, ‘‘Exteii
| ‘■-ion Evaluation” and ‘•Program
j Building in Extension Education,"
|
SATURDAY FIGHT
CAUSES INJURIES
i RALEIGH ~ A fight which took i
place iate Saturday resulted in m
! juries to three persons and charg
jes against them for engaging in
an affray- with deadly weapons.
The participants and their inju
ries were listed as. George Tyson,
j 34, 819 Fayetteville Street, guts
ion the left arm and head; Miss
j Laura Chavis, 28. Bi 9 Fayetteville
] Street, cuts on upper left arm;
and Georgs Melvin. 3 8, 819 Fay-
Shaw Given
$83,000 By
College Fund
RALEIGH Shaw University
received $83,100 Wednesday from
the United Negro College Fund’s
! $35,000,000 five-year building cam
paign known as the National Mo
bilization of Resources for the
United Negro Colleges.
Announcement was made by Dr.
W. R. Strassner, president of the
University, who stated that the
July 1 grant brought the total
received by his college to $260,-
380 since the inception of the
Funds National Mobilization pro
gram two years ago.
President Strassnes evpiaia
i ed that the money his col
lege had received was being
spent to make major repairs
to buildings badly in nerd of
renovations and was also be
ing applied to the purchase of
equipment for the institution's
educational program.
Stressing the work that Shaw
University has done over the
years, Dr. Strassner said that the
college is located in an area serv
ing 1,000,000 Negroes, In the past
ten years the College has gradu
ated 1,436 students who are serving
today in every part of the United
States, many as teachers and nurs
es. social service workers,, and
doctors, lawyers and ministers.
Resident Strassner said that the
Fund’s National Mobilization Pro
gram is headed by Dr. F. D. Pat
terson, president of the United Ne
gro College Fund, and a seven
man board including such Well-
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ietteville Street, head wounds caus
jed by a bottle,
j Police officers Joe Winters and
Johii Duke! said dial Melvin was
'struck with a bottle by the woman
j and he used a razor to cut her
and Tyson. The fight took place
Lite Saturday at the Fayetteville
Street address. The three involved
were treated at Saint Agnes Hos
pital.
FORGERY SUSPECTS
'HELD AT RALEIGH
RALEIGH Two men are be
ing held litre on charges of lar
ceny and forgery. Alton Laws, 41.
of 214 Cabarrus Street; and James
J. McLeod, 24, of 220 E Cabarrus
j Street are being held in lieu of
SI OOO bonds each.
According to law officers, the
two men stole a couple of payroll
checks from James R. Benefield
of Four Oaks, contractor on a
job, and then forged his name to
them. The checks had been filled
out in the amount of S2O each.
The cheeks were cashed it was
stated at the Hudson-BelJk Store
Continued on Page &
I ME IBIS WEEK
• If it happened in North Carolina, read about it)
i in The Carolinian. Suggested reading in this issue is
‘ “$3 Million Distributed Among Colleges", page 9, and
other stories of state and national interest. Also in
side is a full page of news pictures, plus hometown
news from all over the state,
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WINN TAKES
TITLE IN !
I NET MEET
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f'JIIW* - K’mjsS:
1 MISS ALTHEA GIBSON
. . , played exhibitions
Althea Is On Hand;
; Deadlocks Set More
i Plav For July 4th
; GREENSBORO -- Miss Althea
Gibson, hivheEt-ranking Negro wo
man tennis player and one of the
nation's top ranking women rac
queteers was on hand for exhibi
tion play at the Southeastern Open
Tennis championship matches here
last weekend as William Winn
fought to the title in singles play.
Winn experienced difficulty in
the first and third sets in finals
• Sunday before he won ;i straight
, set victory over Nathaniel Jackson
for the mens title.
Jackson forced the first set to 10
games before losing 6-4. The sec
ond was 6-2 but Jackson came
back strong in the third to force
Winn into a *7-5 set for the title.
In men’s doubles the team of
Herbin and Simkins battled to a
deadlock with Eaton and Jackson.
The match was called with the
score tied at two sets each and it
will be completed July 4.
Cook and Weepier came through
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Body Found
In A Well i
HENDERSON A sallow well;
became a grave for an 18-year-old j
?ir! here this week and two men j
are being held for questioning bv i
local police In connection with her ;
Jeatfi.
Local police officer* had .test [
begrsm to launch an areawlde
sseraeh for Mias Mary Lea
Thomas, daughter of a Raleigh
mlnllHer, when discovery «*f
the body of a young girl w%m
made in a well on the outskirts
of the city.
Putting the proverbial “two
and two” together, officers In
formed Mr*, Martha Corwins.
Miss Thomas’ grandmother of
the discovery, and the Ms
wsa identified as that of the
taladag girl.
Within a short time, police of
ficers had arrested Sammy
Twoens a 40-year-old bagging
plant worker and John I). EPS*,
who also works at a local mill,
for questioning in the cas».
Why these two were considered
connected with the death of the
girl was not revealed.
When discovered, the body ©f
the young girl indicated Shat
she had been thru#! Into th«
well headfirst. The head wae
| Continued es Page 8
Durhamite
; Accused Os
Abortion
40-Y ear-Old Woman
Admits Aborting
20* Year-0 Id Git)
DURHAM A local woman. 40-
y ear-qld Mrs Lillie Susan Ed
wards has been art rated here ana
charged with criminal abomon
Tne woman, whose resident is
| listed as Ur7 West Cobb Street, h%s
| been released under siuoo bond
! pending trial.
j Mrs. Edwapds was accused by
| local police officers of pcnorrmifß
the abortion on Miss Annie B Al
| lordk a 20-year-old resident of
i Drew Street. The operation took
! place early in June at the Cobb
’ Street residence according io th*
police department.
WOMAN CONFESSES*
Mrs. Edwards first denied per
forming the abortion, but. when
confronted with the girl, hesftat
linglv admitted having done it
VICTIM NEARLY KILLED
j Local Negro detectives Ftank
jMcCrea and C. L. Cox reported
{that attaches at Lincoln Hospital
here told them that they had
brought the girl u, the hospital
•Must in time” when she became
tli shortly after the abortion.
Hospital attaches relate having
given the young woman two blood
transfusions when site was admit
ted to the hospital and say that
she was compelled to return tor
J further treatment
GIRL WAS “SCARED'’
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* , . New League 3 St? ad
| Raleigh Man
Is Bussiness
{Group Head
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| A. J. Turner Named
|To Head N(1 Business
! League; Meet Ends
By CHARLES R. JUNES.
Staff Writer
GREENVILLE A, J Turn
er, Raleigh businessman, was
unanimously elected president
of the North Carolina Negro
Stwtes League at its annual
i' ■oteettnr held at GreenVitift,
| June 2® and ’iO.
i From Mr. Turner, this writer
! learned that one of his first
official moves will be to re
activate the Raleigh Business
League which lias been inae- ■
five for several years. He lu
also making: plans tor the con
vention next year which will
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