FOOTLESS MAN DRAWS LONG PRISON TERM
THEY WERE THERE
“On the scene” coverage is offered in this issue
of THE CAROLINIAN in Reporter * photographer
Charles Jones’ story and pictures of the annual meet
ing of the Fay:tt.eville District conference of the
AMEZ Church at Wade, N. C, last week, The story
is on 9, pictures elsAWßere.
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N. C. Native Is
Ordained Priest
HI
Father Viaii-e Z. Thorne. S V
D lormerlv I*l the Vlother of
Mercy Parish, Washington, NC.
heiaiue til** first North < arolina
Negro ordained a priest in the
Homan C’atholie Church follow -
lug rites held in Bay St Louis, ]
Miss., on June 87. Son and broth
er of Greensboro residents. Path- ;
er Thorne will say his first
solemn high mass ,n the Bother
of Mercy Church. Washington.
September 24. i
UMSTEAD IGNORES
Gov.-Named Paroles
Board Is Lily-White
RALEIGH Hopes that North t
c •. »» h ftiiyerno; William Sj<
Umstead would consider tMS' wish- jt
*8 of Hie Negro citizenry in his
appointments to the state's tiro i
Board of Paroles proved hub* '*
lust week when the chief axi-eutiv* |t
n* npd three white men to const!- t
tote the board
Even though the Governor wa» i
W|e.»rte»fly I'onsiuenn : giving at j
irast the :■-ingle state group a sen* 1
blance of racialiy-proportionat*- 1 1
r .‘presentation. his action .ust week j
indicated concretely Phut the poll- *
Intolerance Flayed At
Carver Home Dedication
Special to Carolinian i
DIAMOND, Mo. - Dedication o! >
a national monument to D. I
CSforge Washington Carver, the i
noted .scientist, was describee i
Tuesday by Interior Secretary Me- i
Kay as a demonstration that there
"must be no second class citizens i
in this nation”
The nation's first such tribute ■
to a Negro, McKay said "should |t
be a striking object iesson to thos< I >
who in their reckless desire to de
stray liberty preach racial hatred
and encourage discrimination" ;
McKay spoke on a platform f i
few yards from the site of tot i
loa cabin where the noted agrieul- I
tnral scientist was born in slave#.. i
during the Civil War.
He was one of several nations.
TO CAROLINIAN REPORTER
l op Race Republican Hints
Eisenhower Lagging In His
Appointment Os N fgroes
fcy J. B. HARKEN it
JOHN BROWN'S FARM, HAR
PERS KERRY. W VA. (Exctu- 0
give t>, THE CAROi .INiAN) Wiiile D
walking ovt-r the rolling hillside j'
of ti.cf 2u2-ucie John brown Farm •
\/hi:*i no-., ha.-, become a national ji
citrine in memory of the famous ! <
Abolitionist, tins reporter strolled i;
into toe Barn which was used ;i
by Biown to house his livestock. ji
•i <r ,f:o -.ve . .e& and exchanged \i
pleasantries with a difSnifjed gent |
who proved to be none other than j
the Honorable Perry W. Howard, j
farn-d Rep bin an Under from the!
state oi Mississippi, who indicated!'
ids I.♦•lk 1 that President lisenhow- j.
er is lavgmg in his appointment j
cf Negroes to national posts p
We were thrilled to Biake the ;
hand oi tins uishn g i lished Anttri
can who teen a Republican
National Conuniueeinart from his .
state tor Ifii years and acting chair- ,
ic.au of the National Committee for
the pad four years because of his ■
seniority. Many have been the ;
times his oratory has been heard!'
vii convention floors at Preside)!- j
SIXTEEN PACES
BIG BAPTIST EVENT SET JULY 17
Wide Search On For Girl
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1000-Member Goal Set
In Raleigh NAACP Drive j
RALEIGH The Reverend Ma
;hei Gary plulpot tSister Gary) and
'Mrs Ella T Jones, co-t. taimieii
ior the membership drive of the
: Pr.hueh branch NAACP have com
pleted plans for the drive which i
eets underway here July 21* and 1
in which a goal of 1000 members
are sought for the local group.
A mammoth campaign kick-off'
meeting is scheduled to be held '
S RACE
t;eai role of Negroes in Worth Car .
olinn writ not be altered uruiei
tne current administration.
it had been concluded that th* |
governor would appoint u Negr* |
jto tiie Paroles group because oi ■
itl.e makeup of the state's prison j
population.
At least one-thrid of the prism, j
j population is Negro , and th* i
governor was expected to glv*
i these prisoners representation on
the borad
Instead, the chief “xecutive nam
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and state representatives here for
>thb deuiyuDon \oi) the! 210-acre
farm as a national shrine. Earlier
in the day a plaque and a bust
four-times life size, of the scieuiKt j
were unveiled.
In ids address, McKay described j
Dr. Carver as a ‘‘missionary, who j
>. it i crusading zeal urged improv- j
ed cultivation, erosion contrp), j
crop rotation and balanced diet,
pioneering concepts which are not;
commonplace.’'
"Although his crusade and his 1
alchemy were primarily of benefit j
to the Southern economy,” McKay I
said, "Carver has become a sym» j
bolos restored hope to the fainu
ing population of America.”
McKay said tile establishment -
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jlipl nominating assemblies
As an astute attorney, Mr. How- |
bird has been the Grand Legal j
Advisor to the IBM.) ELKS of the j
j WORLD tor thirty year’s and has I
! au enviable record of "not having j
(lost a ca .e" for the SbO.tXlO-member j
!oi ...aim.utiGn which lias purchased ;
iand made into a National Shrine J
the farm home ut "the only white:
I man to boldly die for the freedom
of Negro slaves—John Brown’',
"NO SECOND CLASS
APPOINTMENTS"
| Mr. Howard said, after con
! sent ing to a hurried interview,
I"I think President Eisenhower i
! should have made more appoint-,
I .rents of colored people before;
| new’ He added that he was at
a lost to understand why more j
appointment had not been made
without regards to color, Howard ■
caid he could be quoted to the j
effect that, "We want no second-
iclass appointments’.
I Queried regarding what NAACP
fights for, the man who has "bat
tled'' white -politicians—< and boss- j
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THE CAROLINIAN
me Tt^*L lk
I'I Vi s: T ftfi” AF^LiyA~
at the Martin Sun et Baptist ;
Church on July 26 at which time |
numerous working groups arc to ;
take to the field in their guest
for support of the NAACP locally
j in laying the groundwork for the |
I drive, iViesctames Philpot andj
Jones, along with the Reverend j
C. P. Meadows, president of the i
interdenominational IVI inislet J
i Union, have flooded the city with i
letters recounting trie many ad- j
vances which have been made by j
the race through, efforts of the;
NAACP
The letters note the prog'am of;
the national organization which a- j
.dopted a 10-year, $lO million tdan [
to guarantee complete integration '
by 1663. the 100th anniversary ot j
the issuance of the Emancipation j
Proclamation
j Charles T McLean, North Caro
jhna field director for the NAACP.
ii« cooperating w iGm-ht-ai cediy
l with the local .drive and has been
An the city on several occasions to
| .mi m the development of a foun-j
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MR. Mr I. FAN
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■ Helping In Drive
ON WAY TO FINAL REST
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i At least one North Carolina j
; serviceman, once a resident <if |
the Goldsboro area, lies among !
the 38 American soldiers shown' I
here in the Atlanta Genera! de
i pot before begirusing the last :
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2 OF A KIND "OVER THERE’’
g v vgagigarrijfrgyR 1 . i v ' Aflaaliinf
Identical twins. Ruymon (left, ,
we think; and Nunion Burke of
Salisbury, N : < are s«uad leaders
for Company i of the 32nd li>-
fantrv Regiment in Korea. Their
squadsmen have ...s much trouble i
tt la
HENDERSON (,11011*
AGAIN ASKS SCHOOL
hendekson' Tiie west End
Civic Club, a Negro organization,
ha* requested a new school for
Negroes in the West End section
of Henderson. This request was
renewed in a resolution adopted at
a meeting Sunday, .lulv 12. A
further resolution was adopted and
approved "that the dub employ
an attorney to advise it".
•’Letters sent to City School su
perintendent Payne-, and the City
School Board had not been
answered or acknowledged in
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lan at their journey to thefr .
final resting places. The men
were part oi those aboard a
troop transport plane which :
crashed into the side of a moun
tain la Utah last January. Be- j
cause of the rosq,ii terrain at j
tolling them apart as our editors
did. Namon’s wife. Mrs. l oraiiie
Burke, lives at Route 7. Box 115,
Salisbury; Kaymoii's wife. Mrs,
Bertha Mae Burke. lives a I
Route 7, Box 108. Salisbury.
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| News ofthe Carolina s- In Brie f
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Convict Loses
Linger, 2 Years
RALEIGH Timothy McAllis
ter, 30-year-old man from Wake
! County, serving a total of 25-21
years for second-degree burgulary
| and breaking and entering, haii
his term reduced two years as th«
result of losing his finger in an
accident.
McAllister's hand got caught in
the belt of a prison furnace stoker
; The middle finger had to be re
moved,
i The Paroles Commission said
"while in the line of duty 1 ' he
'sustained a severe injury, and be
j cause of this the 25-28-yr. term was
| reduced to no less than 23 nor
I more than 26 years.
Twin City Civitans
Dedicate Race Camp
WINSTON-SALEM Camp Cl
Ivitan. situated on a 06-acre tract
ccntly to the physical, mental and
W A mm M- .- A JSSL
mSL Mm* n
, *
uic scene of the crash and the
bitter weather, rescuers had to
wait until sDrloxtime before at
tempting to remove the bottle*.
Here an honor guswrd stands he.
j side each flay-draped casket
22C-22& Smith r ' ' St.
Gidor IjOuisvilio 2 # /.y*
Loss Os Both Feet Fails
! To Keep Man From Jail
i CHARLOTTE Feet or no feet, i
I when " Eight-ball" Barnes wants !
jto get into trouble he goes out j
| and gets into it
i And "Eight-ball’s” yen tor get j
Ring into trouble not only caused]
| the loss of both his feet 18 years |
i ago, out also caused him to draw I
tynMlf (prison term during j
|trial in Superior Court here this!
■ week.
i "Eight-bail", whose real name j
]is Robert Barnes, was sentenced j
|to a term of from 8 and a halt j
to 12 years in prison by Superior!
j Court Ju'dge J. A. Rousseau Mon-!
| day after being found guilty of
| charges of larceny and breaking
; and entering.
Barnes was one of the four men
who had been breaking into bust- j
ness houses, residences and carting j
away Ibaures <uiu merchandise i
testimony taeara by an all-white!
jury reveaied.
MOW Hi; GOT THAT WAY
“Eight-bail" iost both hi* feet
back in ikd.'i when both were am
putated after being frozen during
exposure while Barnes was unin
going punishment at a prison
camp.
Not only did "Eight-ball" lose
his feet, but another prisoner, tin
i dot-going trie same type of punish
j mem also was forced to have his
I feet amputated.
’ "Eight-ball’s" case was brought
jcently to th ephysical, mental and
spiritual development of the Me
gio youth of Winston-Salem aim
Forsyth County,
C. S. Burns, solicitor of the mu
e nieipal court and a member of the
10 j Winston-Salem Civitan Club, in
jidelivering the address paid tribute
d *o those who had made the camp
« possible, declaring ' chat they hav*
n aone something to perpetuate th*
happiness of Negro youth.'
n E. B. Stone, governor of the
r North Carolina, District Civitan
i. Clubs, made a brief address com
mendatory of the club for having
a made this camp one of its major j
s projects.
; AT HIGH POiNT
I Speakers Tie, Leader
! Stricken As Elks Hold
?| Sectional Oratory Event
BY J. B. HARKEN
HIGH POINT -~ The Southeast;;
Regional Oratorical Contest of the!
Improved Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks of the World 1
iLBPOE of Wi which was held j
|Ju!v 10, with the Furniture City
here at William Perm High School /
Elk Lodse No. 262 and its auxib- j
ary -- Piedmont Temple No 229 j
acting as joint hosts was greatly!
saddened by the sudden illness;
of Albert Bethune. Sr.. Educational j
Director for the Southeastern Re- j
Sion of Elks, which includes G*£>r
aia. Florida. South Carolina and;
North Carolina,
BETHUNE STRICKEN HERE j
Shortly after his arrival here!
to conduct the oratorical contest!
illness struck Albert Bethune, Sr, |,
■son of .Mrs Mary McLeod Bethune h
Daytona. Fla., school founder-edu- ■
cator, and “First Lady of Colored!
America". Mr. Bethune haaj
flown in by plane and was taken 1 1
| with what physicians called "ajt
j light stroke" in his right ride •
and was immediately hospitalized !
ion July 9th. His family was noti
fied and his son, Albert Bethune. ;
! Jr., rushed via plane to his father's j
j bed side early Friday. ;1
j When State President and Grand j
INSIDE THIS WEEK
A total of 35 writers in towns and cities through
out the state of North Carolina, in all oarts of the
nation and throughout the world have combined their
talents to give CAROLINIAN readers “the news whll ■
it is new’’ inside this week and every week. Noted
columnists also present their views inside.
""SIXTEEN PAGES'"
j to the atreniion of state prijen
i officials and several charges were
! made m the conduct of prison
| camps.
(Continued »n I‘a.g'e 8}
School Bias
| Again Faces
| Suits In S. C.
COLUMBIA. S. C -- South Car
olina's second challenge of racial
segregation on the public school
| level was evidenced Monday as
j the state NAACP prepared a suit
j (gainst education officials In Beau
fort County.
Slat* NAAyP President Jane’s
M Minton said a group of colored
parents whose children now attend
i the Robert Sin alia School had a
| greed to a-.-( as plaintiffs in a suit
i seeking to open Beaufort's white
] schools to Negro pupils.
1 Some two years ago a group of
’Clarendon County parents backed
bv the NAACP, challenged the
“separate by equal" doctrine In a
■ suit against Clarendon school oifi
! cists.
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Bennett College
Head To Europe
i GREENSBORO Dr. David D
| Jones, president of Bennett Col
■ji-ge. and Kirs. Jones sailed July
1 10 for Europe on the liner United
They -will visa several
I European countries on their tour,
jin Hading Germany where iheii
i-cn, Prank Jones, a U. S Army
j officer is stationed with the oc
>l pupation forces in Oberoinmergau j
; Bennett Colleg, is one of the I
iM collegs and universities associ
ated in the United Negro College
(Continued oh Page H)
| Esteemed Lecturing Knight Kemp
P. Battle and party of Rocky
Mount arrived here Mr. Ejpthune
was not be permitted any visitors
except his son. Plans were made
lio conduct the contest and State-
Past President L. E. Reynolds of
. Greensboro supervised the- mo
lar am.
CONTESTANTS TUB
■ The four competing contestants
- were, with their sponsoring lodges
i and cities as follows Miss Idella
! Miller, age 36, senior at Pineallas
j high school, Clearwater. Fia..
Iby D. T. Larkin, Springtime Lodge
iNo. 592: Clarence McCray, 15, Sum
iter High School, by Richard Dixon,
j Burnette Lodge No. 1195. Sumter,
iS, C., Carver Fortson, 17, gradu
ate, Spencer high, bv Edward
j Greene, Weldon Lodge No. 26. Sa
vannah, Ga., and Thaddeus Ware
!BA Willtarn Berm High senior,
j -ponsor, Luther Kimbrough, Furni
jture City Lodge, High Point, N.
C Mrs. Mary Haywood Blackburn
was Ware's instructor at William
Penn High
Tying for first place were Miss
Miller of Fionas and Ware of
North Carolina. Also tied were
McCray and Fortson, with the all*
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MISS ALUE MAK MONTAGUE
Missing Since July 3tb
Miss Allies Mae Mon to sue. Hi
vear-old Raleigh girl, lias beer;
missing from her mother's
home at 737 South Blou t
Street, Raleigh, siftP.? Wednes
day, July Bth and a full-sem*
search is now underway for her
Mis-; Montague who has not
been seen at her home since
-1:30 p. rn on the Bth stands
five feel-four inches (Mr ic
heient: weishs lbO pounds and
iias rnedipsp brown -.Km. The
wears her nan *n a bob and
dressed in feather curb;, uh
the neckline cut in an oval
She sometimes wears glasses
Statuesquely, she is Aiort of
average weight for her heigh}
and has a glim waistline and
large hios. Sh e sometimes
wears glasses with dark horn
rims around ears and over top
of lens. She utilizes face powd
er and lipstick
She may be carrying a • smui*
black overnight bag. No mdi
cation of how she might be
dressed can be given because
most of her clothes are missing
front her Raleigh home.
Persons having seen a young
lady bearing this description
this week are asked to contact
her mother. Mrs. Allie Hmtoa
at 737 S. Blount Street. Raleigh;
the Raleigh Police Derailment
or Mrs. Brown at the Wake
County Welfare Department at
Raleigh. Mrs. liinton may be
tontacted by telephone at 3-4308
information in the search iw
also be given to The Carolin
ian's Raleigh office at telephona
W 74.
BAPTIST EVENT
Raleigh Site
Stone-Laying
To Be Held
RALEIGH Negro Baptist from
• all over North Carolina are to as
semble in Raleis'h on Friday, July
17, for a history-making meeting
:n connection w ith the current ex
pansion program of the General
Baptist State Convention.
Highlighting the occasion will t>«
‘be cornerstone-laying ceremony*
at the New Baptist headquarter*
ouilding, a $60,M00 edifice, now un
der construction at the corner *4
Wilmington and Lenoir Streets,
here.
Presiding at these services will
jbe Dr. P. A, Bishop of Rich StjUuru
y cut of the convention
i Others partieiputton on program
i will include: tire Reverend R, Irv*
I ine Boone of Wilmington, chair-
I man of the executive committee
|of the convention; Mrs. M. a.
I Horne, president of the Woman"*
Home Foreign Mission Convention,
auxiliary to the general body; Dr.
O. S. Bullock of Raleigh, veteran
member of the executive commit
tee and member of the board of
■ trustees; the Reverend O. L. sn?r
--i oi Haieigh, executive secretary
of convention; Dr. R. J. Davidson
of Charlotte, who will deliver taw
orin«-<inaj' address; J ogether wijh
various other local church and as
sociations! leaders
Os very large Importance will
be the financial reports earning up
from the local churches, the dis
trict conventions, the associations,
and fro m individuals, tram ]
throughout the state. From all evl- j
dences, the occasion will be » rec- I
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