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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 !.
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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 «
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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
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.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,
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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.
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RADIO SERVICES APPLAUDED
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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
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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
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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