CROSSES AGAIN BURN IN CAROLINA AS NAACP DRIVE BEGINS KEYNOTES NAACP SESSION —Charles McLean. field worker In North ( :irn|iiw for !lie Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People (NAAC'P) was keynote speaker at a meeting heir! it li ileish NAACP Drive Underway At Raleigh Mass MerJ ffentlijs Launching o) Drive, For 1000 i\l«tn4wH\s BY f’H■' RI ! S ii JONES Staff Writer (Other Stories Photos Inside, RAJ.EIs';II An NAACP rri; Reid Sunday, ? : >l.y :.6 at the Man ly Sheet f. •’sri lion Church L laiins !i ,i big Tfit ltbersiiip rtrr’p. proved to be a .vry . ii < ■ j•,i crivi'-n The main -necker (■•.) thr rally va>; Charier P McJ.-c-fir, field see retail for the State N A ACT 11 ■ poke on 'So, : oiralioth-Di •. i,u of r>'inoi i -icy" Mane of jo £ tauuchest supporter. of Ini' Crow I ii'-vs h.is i .Mi-.p-fi Dotv.e lie st >•- vanU» working in their - tomes, en trust »!;•• »•;»: <• of their children to closed women, are waited on. by Negro frivanis. and an- daily in rio.se contact with dark skin tied men and women”, McLean said. "Segregation is the last ivf uge of the incompetents of both tace.-.r Tho.se hites v.-m fear s > meet Negroes in free and open competition cling to this false pro tection Those Negroes who profit by segregation or are norure of (Continued on Page 8) TO STUDY AT NYI | SI i I j { I TO NEW YORK ■ INSTITUTE FOR THE EOTJCA- j TtON OF THE BLIND Mrs' | Leola G. Hayes. a native of Rocky Mount. North Carolina, but has made her home in Ka- ! leich for the past seven years. Mrs. Hayes has been employed at the State School for Blind and Leaf since i 945. She is a graduate of the Winston-Salem S’ (ufa v to l.tumJi :i county-wide. \A SCI* raembi'i.'ship drive. The i. sleigh \-r \vcU or the national group is seeking to extend Us member-hip In KlfiO during its current effort (SEE STOKY IN 'HUS S'SSt 1- Staffoto by Ohiis. Jones I New Union Formed In Eastern NC i !!y ( ’ .11' S V silt PA i!|) Staff Writer T Al.r.KSli -1;, recognition of this j . 1 e-i rurs.lDv fly finding OOnStfl'C- ■ i (ion programs. cor-sti action labor (■l of the .-■• ■ ;nvc handed them-, .s i’, e;-, together in a new "union. A unit "i ’be international K t- . earners Bitiidirn'. and Common i ! at’orei's Construction and Gen- j i rat i ahorevs Union of America,! ! oral No. it! AV of L> •.nth juris- . j diction covering it least 75 miles; has teen organized here. The mu pose of tiiis organisation : e. i.i'o-felo: t ' ■ improve working' nd 1 ii'i:■ ■ : id; i on-: of construe-i : 0.. worker. 1 thi" i:di a ,>ge scales j in i< '<■;)!!! v-■.!■' > 'I scale... now i ; iirrcnt tisriir;?h.;>ut the country! through collectiv.'! bargaining bo- j tween 'i,: -" offiriau and building I i"o!ifractO! -. and ?. to guarantee a i constant supply of depends *•. j competent work.-i. 1 to builders and j contractors thereby eliminating] costly work stoppages. It is also the aim of the Union to improve relationships between employers and employ 'e.s. Work stow,aid- paired to detect flaws and error), committed by workmen arc employed by the un ion to ticck union jobs constantly thereby as-uring employers of con . istent efficient work pet fnrmapee. John W Pollard. international consultant and eomilat.or for N C. with 20 years of experience as an organizer and concilator, express -1 Continued on Page 8) -- - Teachers College and New York University. Mrs. Hayes is now studying at New York Univer sity where she plans to receive a second M.A. In Guidance and Supervision in the summer of 11)54. • Mrs. Hayes will work at the New York Institution for the ed ucation of the blind in the r,a- | pacify of educational and voca- ; iionai guidance, j Leaders All WASHINGTON, DC—At his regular dinner for “leaders in alt Helds" held at The White :• louse, President Eisenhower on Monday night included two Negro guests. They were A. A. Alexander, Washington contractor, and Dr. F. I>. Patterson, resigning pres ident of Tuf.kegee Institute. “l raders all" is the theme of the President’s gatherings. VOL. XII After “Whipping His Head” TOWN COP SHOOTS HANDLESS MAN Fiery Cross Burns On Gre’boro Schooteround i GREENSBORO-- (Special» - The 1 burning of ■ > crass in an area po | pulated by both races here about ' two weeks ago has been officially acclaimed the work of pranksters. S The firing of the K. uKlux Klan ; violence symbol, however, almost I had serious complications when • residents of colored homes near the place where the cross was burned brought out their shotguns end other weapons in defense of their homes, Scattei ed .gunfire was heard in the area for about two hours lo cal fofjcers report, but injury was rstained neither by the Negroes ■whose homes were the obvious | targets of the cross-burners nor ; by thr cross-burners When the hue and cry -had died down, however four young white i men were being charged official ; ly on a nuisance charge, and a 19- i year-old colored youth faced char i ces of firing a firearm in the city ! limits. Site of t a action was the Bragg • and Person Street area. A Negro | community stands opposite the | Caldwell School located on the I corner. On the grounds of the | school, the cross was set afire near j U pm. lagt Thursday, and a group £ I i MAKES SOLO FLIGHT A i first solo flight was made by Na val Aviation Cadet Koderique A. Challenger, son of Mrs. Josephine Challenger of Ashton, Aid, Be i fore entering the Naval Cadet program he attended Technical I High School, Springfield, Mass., and Howard University, Wash ington, I». C. He entered the Na i val Cadet program through the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, Washington, I>, C. The flight was completed at the U, S. Naval | Auxiliary Air Station, Whiting j Field, there. The Cadet, will now i receive instruction in precision I air work and aerobatics along with his regular solo flight.—Of ficial U. 8. Navy Photograph. m&m \ j \ will moanj ■ Htof! i i ■ 4 (UMMA SI sum iff y7 part oi bioofi whicS g»v«s igj )t l «©r a sow w*H'rks~ M j 9 ns tjn t't.rf Hjyply j1 ' m When fiOUO n tr9un& . m Mhw nits* pstmmm K 4 ) > Keep c!**n l Don't 3«t fetigutd M $ Avoid raw srouisi 0 fcijjl * 0o«> s®'cKittssl 4 me/se J> is net reedy >itr t?SJ 9uf v ?.. jl j/F ,l '° r j f i 44 ns MtKMU 's! I \ . (PUNPtTiO't fOß'lMfAmttt NUtUYSR ; ' s j H,, m $, THE CAROLINIAN tn« C**WeejEZ/F. |—7 <n _ I Ull Z-.4-..Jg!gr e— ll .’- 1 —" Iyp SIXTEEN PAGES of whites nutnoering about 30 men i began to mil! about the site, in ! plain view of the Negro homes, j The colored residents, fearing j ■ i violence, bi ought out their wea- | 1 pons, and reportedly fired blasts j - : above the heads of the milling | 1 men. Some discussion followed i " ; with the whites dispersing and | ■ | then regathering. ; . Passing police cars si nen ; f lights on the men who again di - : spersed and regathered after their i 1 i departure Residents of the area report that j > the crudely-made cross was first • ’ broug.it onto the scene at about I • !fl o'clock and aas not set afire un- { ' I til nearly 11, even though a crowd i stayed in the sector during the in j to.rim. ’ j When the cross '‘-’as finally set i | afire, shotgun blasts rang out j ! from the colored homes and the I cross-burners took to their heels, j The residents of the area then j quickly extinguished the blaze. J The actual cross, some ten feet in [■.eight, and with a seven foot -rossboai d. was held together by wire, and was drenched with ke rosene to facilitate burning. Police officers who arrived ,on the scene after the cross was fir jed arrested the white men and [ the colored youth. | Residents of the urea are at a J ! loss to explain why the sector was i I selected for the cross-burning A ! j cross was burned in Guilford I County last year and the act was ! attributed to pranksters then. | There has been no Klan activity I in t-hat sector of the state “in > years", however, officers report YMCA Drive !. ; f Report Made* j ’ RALEIGH—The YMCA member- j f .hip campaign had on July 20 rais- j g ,*d a total of 1103 and was extend- j v ed to permit additional time for! i the completion of reports. A total j c of 836 mmebers including boys had ; j been emoiled and special efforts » are now being made during the next two weeks to exceed the cam- j paign goal of 1000 members « Continued on Page 5 <■ The Carol in as-- In Brief MAN DIDN'T ACT VERY NEIGHBORLY DURHAM— A 32-year-old Dur ham man was being held by po lice here this week pending the outcome of the condition of his next-door neighbor, who was se- I liously cut about the neck and right arm Saturday night Lonnie Mai shall of 502 Bernice St., was arrested about midnight Saturday, several hours after he i ilegcdly attacked and wounded Atlas Thompson, 46-year-old. res ident of 504 Bernice St. and his son, James Thompson, 23, of 1803 Brown St. Marshal! was charged wil l assault and battery with a deadly weapon, officers said Lincoln Hospital attendants re ported the elder Thompson’s con dition as '’fair" iast night, con sidering the large amount of blood ue had lost. Police said Mrs. John Ste Thomp son, Atlas Thompson’s wife, fold lhem that her husband and son were standing jn the front, yard at 504 Bernice St. with Marshall end his brother. The younger • Thompson was apparently arguing ! with the Marshall boys, police re- j ported, and Thompson’s father had j gone out to bring his son into the house. As the elder Thompson t'> o k his son by the ami Lonnie Mar shal! turned on them both and j cut the older man, police quoted j Mrs Thompson as saying. The j victim ran through the house and i collapsed on the back porch, po lice said. The younger Thompson was cut about the neck and back and was treated at Lincoln Hospital and released, police reported. MAYS* ANDCROAT |TO LEAD ALLSTARS ! DURHAM Fpriuer NY Go inis | RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA SON OF FORMER STATE LEGISLATOR DIES 5 wM BSS9 If 9 SB '• ; W'' - '.- BT : M I c" Jjjlf** Jm -■ .FORMER LEGISLATOR’S SON DIES IN NEW BERN lsaac Hughes Smith, Jr,, 53, second from left, son of a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Craven Coumy In 1899 and son in-law of the late* Dr. James R. BAPTISTS CONVENE IN WILMINGTON TUESDAY WTLMINGTON—With the theme | —"Christian Education and Chris- ! tian Service: 'l ie Root and the j Fruit of Christian Living,” the seventy-second annual session of the State S. S and B. T U. Con ventions, bringing representatives from ali section of too state, will j get underway here,in Wilmington, with Central Baptist, the Reverend R. Irving Boone, pastor, as host church, Tuesday morning. August! 'lib, 10:00 o'clock, and continue through Thursday afternoon. Highlights of the convention will include: inspirational addresses, j sermons, class periods, panel dis- j cussions, music, and oratorical con- j i.tar Willie Mays and ex Duke U* j diversity luminary, Dick Groat, j lead the list of stellar players who | make up an all-star baseball team j which is to play the Service X! championship Camp Lejeune Mu-! tine team in the 9th annual “Ail | Star Classic’’ to be played at. the j ; Athletic Park here Sunday, Au- \ ; gust 2. 1 Mays, now playing with the Fort I Euttis, Virginia, service team, will j '■ be starred with the star team whit-h boasts some of the top col ‘ iegiate and service personnel in I the nation, ; | CATTLE SHOW TO ! BE FAIR FEATURE SHELBY -The Western District junior cattle show will be a feature i of the 26th annual Cleveland County Negro Fair October 7*lo, it was announced this week. The show will be staged at 11 a.m., October 0. The show will be open to agri cultural workers in seven counties; • Cleveland, Catawba, Gaston, Ire* ; doit, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Alexander—and is under sponsor ship of Cleveland County Negro Fair Association. Prizes totaling over $1,500 will! be awarded to exhibitors at the! fair if entries arc made in all di- j j visions of 10 general departments. ! NORmSOUTH TILT SETS MANAGERS GREENSBORO Loy.mon ,Yo kely, veteran manager of the Bal timore Elite Giants, will pilot the North All-Stars in the 14th annual All-Star game at Memorial Stadi um August 9, according to annou ncement by Promoter A. J. Ham- . I rnonds. j Yokely will pick his players j 1 from the Gaints, the Philadelphia - Shepard, is sfurnn here second from left with members of his family during the 1951 com meneement exercises of the N. | C. College at Durham, Smith died j at the Good Shepherd Hospital j Iri New Bern at 4:30 Sunday as I test, and recreation. Tuesday night's session will lea ! turn the local program, with offic ial greeting;;, on behalf of the city, being extended by Mayor E. L. White. Also on Tuesday night will be delivered the theme addres,-. by •O. A. Dupree, principal Sampson County Training School. Thie Wed nesday ntght, session will feature the state-wide oratorical contest, • Special music for these sessions will be by an inter-c*burch junior chorus, with Mrs. H. V. Gattison directing. j Presiding at the several sessions I will be E. M. Butler of Wiiming | ton and J. T. Hawkins of Durham, , Stars, Florida Eagles and the Old | Homestead Grays. ; Dude Allen will pilot the South i team, iNEW PRINCIPAL | AT THOMASVILLE THOM ASVI'LI, E-- Nathan Glenn i perry, 43, of Elizabeth City, has been elected a:-; principal of Church Street School here. The new principal is a native of i Pittsboro and a 1937 graduate of | A and T College, Greensboro. He I succeeds C. C. Griffin, resigned, I _ L MEN NABBED AFTER SHOP IS ENTERED WINSTON-SALEM Two men were arrested iri a confectionary shop early Monday after officers j discovered that a lock had. been broken from the front door, Essau Robinson, 31, of 734 East Eighth Street and Norman Wil liams, 25. of 2904 Urban Street, were charged with .storebreaking, larceny and receiving, They were ■held in City Jail in lieu of SSOO bond each for their appearance in Municipal Court. Investigating officers said that | the two men admitted breaking i into Junior's Confectionary, 203 East Seventh Street,, shortly aft er 3 a.m. Entrance was gained by breaking the door hasp with a hammer, officers said. The two men were charged with stealing cigarettes, candy bars,, soup, soap and pork and beans valued at $5 80 Officers were not as fortunate in solving a second breaking re ported Monday, G. A. King, 2734 Patterson Ave. reported that someone broke the j lock from his garage at the rear j of his home and stole approx i- \ mately 5 prison-made wallets. The j wallets hv jjaid, were a suitcase \ WEEKENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 1. 1953 j ternoon. July 26- Survivors pic- S lured are from left .Miss Caro i lyn Smith, teacher at St. Angus I tine’s Collcec, Raleigh: Mrs, An j ole Day Shepard Smith, the wid ow, New Bern; and Mrs. Eugene DohfcJdson, a socjT worker in I '"Gw Bern, —Photo bv Stanbacfe. presidents, respectively, of the 3. j S. and R T. U, Conventions. (Continued on rose 8) RADIO SERVICES APPLAUDED I f-. > - ' ' - A ■ 7$ ~\ ■’ * ' ; >£SkSSs H ■■ S * etj L >7' f- SfiPgßfflSjbijp!- w—A ,: i ! ' ■{ CONDUCTS WiD EL Y AC* j CLAIMED SERVICES—The Rev, Paul 11, Johnson, pastor of Ra leigh’s Martin Street Baptist Church, during the month of July conducted a widely acclaim ed radio worship service which ! emanates from the Raleigh | church and is to be heard ; through the facilities of Radio | Station WITF, Raleigh, on the j ! first two Sunday mornings dur- Here’s How KAJV3V AJPOLSS—-Mrs, Mato - da Cawthen, born a slave too years ago in South Carolina* gives the following formula for longevity; “ff you live right, the lord's let yon siav here as long a.:-i you want to “I’ve lived for God the reason I've lived so long Now I’m waiting for my crown." NUMBER 33 Man Shot By ! Cop After He j Is Beaten IVlan Without Hands ! ‘ Black-Jacked, Shot fit Washington, St' V/VSHINOTON. V r ! - Pursn;,, he Stated t- !> h hn.d i rather he killed than to : - n ■ t ; humiliation of be:n" bbpu. j Hi” whipped by a white town pc'- I iic-.'ii-Bti here, a handless Nogtc ■ was brutally shot and almo-t hill ed by another local pence" offi cer here lest week. William Oscar Graddy is :,i a j local hospital undergoing treat i went lor pistol shot wounds sus | la ined last Wednesday nigl ■t WIP 1)1 | he observed that hr- "had rather be I Killed," •’to., following an argn j ment, >n and Hie re ; suiting head-whippjng Graddy. about 30, w-.rose left arcs ' has bee > amputated ah .ve the <• I bow and whose right hoed t,*., 1 bc»Mt amputated, was shot in the j back by town Policeman Charlie Hiller near the corner of Fourth i and Gladden Streets Wednesday | night about 10 o’clock. Witnesses say that Graddy. along with several other men. had been : in the vicinity of the intersection | engaged in idle conversation when i the brother of Graddy's girl friend and Graddy got into an argument | concerning the girl friend. The girl's brother is said to have (Continued on Page at j mg August. Hie broadcasting of' i the regular 11 o’clock, services 8 from the church marks the first 9 time in broadcast hlstoy in this 9 area that the Sunday morning ■ worship of a Negro congregation S has. been presented as a pulrtls 1 service feature. The conduct of f the service has been hailed by- 1 persons of all races and creeds | In the area covered by the only ! 60,990 watt satlon In the area, j Staffoto by Jones. j

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