AT THE CONVENTION
METHODIST AND BAPTISTS DISTRICT and Sunday
School conventions are being held throughout ihe
state during this period, and The Carolinian is on the
scene at most of these conventions to bring full stories,
of the varied activities which take place. Inside this
week are uli coverages of at least two such conven
tions. In ensuing weeks, The Carolinian will publish,
other church convention stories.
VOL. XU
WIFE ADMITS MURDER,
HAS HEART ATTACK
KANNAPOLIS Shortly after
she., idiijiiied, iht mureer of her
h sbrnd a young woman s«f*«.«•<!
a 'prions heart attack ir. C&barrus
County Jail here Sunday.
Mrs. Bertha Mae Meiaughlin, 23.
was at presstitne this week
reported to be in a “serious" con
dition at Cabarrus Memorial •'tos*
putd as result of the heart at
isck.
She was taken to the local hos
pital from the county jail where
.vhie had been held sinA she
Innocent Man Finally
Is Given His Freedom
F.-JRCHMAN, Miss t Special! --
Archie Henderson, 31. a thrice
convicted man has won a seen,- 1
ingiy impossible freedom because
a Judge aas convinced he has
served nine years for a crime that
he did not commit.
Mississippi Governor, Hug-h White :
ordered an indefinite suspension j
of a 25-year armed robbery sen- .
fence for Hendeison last Friday
The suspension came as a result
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C. E. Frutr. former dean at
Shaw University, Raleigh, was j
honored with a testimonial siv
ib tu bit) behalf by a group of
his former student* at the Bap
tist institution thi* week. Pert
*ons from ail walks of life paid
tribute to the service Mr. Ftswer.
flaw a noted Raleigh business*
iaan. has rendered in various
fields. tSKE STORY INSIDE).
Use Os Race
Missionaries
Championed
MONTREAT A noted race
clergyman sees the use of Negroes
in foreign mission work as a
means thdough which to take toj
the peoples rtf tlie world the true j
story of advancements which have |
been made in the realm of race j
relations in this country during j
the past few years
t>r. James H. Robinson of New |
York- a minister in the Northern!
Presbyterian Church, Indicated j
this decision as a speaker before
the World Mission Conference for j
ihe Southern Presbyterian Church |
here this week.
Dr Robinson, who has Just re-;
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Seek Representation On NC Board
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Um a called oa N. C.'s Governor
WHitae B> Cenatead on Tuesday,
August 4 and requested repre
gentation on tit* State Board ot
SIXTEEN PAGES
admitted the Saturday night slay
ing , of her 50-ye,ar-old -husband,
‘Jaine.- When stricken, the woman
war au, slunk a hearing in tL*
| Cfi.Str
Police <ay that Mrs McLaughlin
: admitted firing nine bullets from
a single-shot zt calibre rifie at
her husband causing his death.
Five woman said that tier husband
had shot at her twice before she
. gained possession of the rifle.
Physicians feel that the woman
has less than a 50-50 chance to
survive and face trial
of three years of effort by Cir
cuit Jud.-t M. M. McGowan.
.... district attorney, McGowan
prosecuted Henderson. However,
he told the govenror that he i.<
now coinvinced Henderson was a
i victim of "mistaken identity.”
j
j Governor White ordered the
; man's release on grounds of "good
j behavior" This was the only form
of parole for watch Henderson
i was eligible because of two pre*
: vnuts sentences for larceny.
I lae judge said a series of rob
j bevies here and in Yazoo City,
I Miss, continued after the arrest of
i another Negro, Willie Walker, de
| scribed as looking “strikingly”
i like Henderson.
Throughout the investigation,
Henderson has steadfastly denied
any knowledge of the robberies.
EVEN THOUGH SUSPENDED
N, C. Cross -Burners
Are Given Sentences
GREENSBORO— Five teen-aged
white youths were found guilty on
charges growing out of their bav
ins burned a cross in « bi-racial
community here last month and
were given suspended jaii sentenc
es, placed on probation and order
ed, to pay court costs in wtai here
Monday.
The youths, who were found
guilty la A week on the charges
heard themselves sentenced by
City Court Judge E. Essie River
to six months suspended ro3d
terms, one year probation and to
pay 2>U> as the court's costs.
Judge- Rives delayed his de*
; cision a week after finding the
j youths guilty in the case because
i -it is a serious matter” and he
I -wanted to give it serious con
sideration ”
The Judge told the five
youth* "ff }m were grown
men I feel sure I would have
sent you to the ro*d* . .
it was an ugly, dangerous
thing to do.”
Thus the judge termed the bum*
j ing of a cross on the campus of
j Caldwell School last mormh. The
j school is located in a neighbor
j hood in which both white and No
-1 gro citizens live. The cross, 8
! crudely-constructed thing, was set
; afire on the schools round. after
; a hufft crowd of v/hite citizen*
j had been attracted to the scene,
j Scattered gunfire from tn* homes
jof Negro residents of the area
indicated that the colored citizens
1 intended to protect their homes
: Embilmeri, The group contend*
| that they are not sponsoring any
! particular individual for the ap
| poiztimeni hut only want a Ne
| giro on the State Board. Pictured
left to right are T. V. Manguwt,
- Statevllte; Mn. ErnctU&e By
The Carolinian
it u > 7 Ifto
j Bronze 4 * Angel Os Mercy*' j
$0 .j-AdilfeT vflP’Jity
if! Robert G. Trott, member of j
CAREs New York headquarters j
; staff and a first Lieutenant in j
the Air force Reserve, will soon j
I, | leave for Yugoslavia to super, j
a! vise a special CAKE dlsiribu
s.j tion of U. S. farm-surplus foods
i from the men who milled around j
tj the blazing KKK. symbol
• j The five youtns who were sen
s i tenced here this week said that
5 1 they had built and light* dthe
-1 cross as "a prank".
' i In further remark* during the \
5 1 sentencing, Judge Hives further'
| rutted that the youths’ ■‘boyish
,: prank ’ had greatly endangered
| race relations locally, He said that
,j in Greensboro “we have teen
, I tortunnte in having a fine wuder
j | standing. . There has been a
; N. C. Solon
Backs Byrnes
For U.N. Post
WASHINGTON. D. C. ~ North
Carolina’s senior Senator Clyde
- Hoey struck, out this week at
! what he calls "left wing pressure
} groups'' w hieh are opposed to tthe
- naming of South Carolina Govern*
- or James F. Byrnes as a U. S.
* Delegate to the United Nations.
t Several national groups, includ
r ing the NAACP has expressed
t protests to President Eisenhower
who named the fiery anti-Negro
a Palmetto governor to the UN.
s In keeping with the unanimous
t vote of the Congress on the ap
s (Continued on Page itt
«Hsm, Pur ham; W. W. Hoover,
of High Point, president of the
State division; aad J. A. Carter,
Durham. The governor promised J
to take the matter under con- ]
fidcratloa. STAFFOTO »¥ }■
CKA& K. JONES,
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
! agency by the U. S. Government.
! allocated to th efareiga relief
j Trot is one of ten men CARE
is sending to Asia, Europe aad
Latin America to help bring
much-needed rqUef to eltisens
of various countries.
fine spirit of cooperation between
the races. *
The,five were listed as Tosa
«nie Hughe*, W, of Adi Law
rence Street; Buddy Baker, ll>
at 1417 Randolph Avenue; Ba»
vld Murphy, 1* at tifi jSurtnet
Street; Billy Lamb, 17, at 511
East Bragg Street, and Paul
Lamb, 19, of the same addsrvsa.
Another condition of their sen
tence is that they be at home and
off the streets after midnight.
EXTRA!
High Point Man
Injured In Crash
HIGH POINT-- Johnny Boswell.
28, of 708 East Washington Street,
suffered a compound fracture of
the right leg when he was pinned
under an overturned truck her*
acout 7 p. m. Sunday.
Police said Boswell was injured
when a truck driven by Otis Tyson
of 304 Beech Street, turned over
at the intersection of Montlieu
and Arlington Avenues.
Officers said Tyson was appar
ently traveling at a high rate of
speed when he applied his brake
causing the truck to overturn. Bos
well, a passenger in the truck, was
thrown under the truck and his
Teg nearly severed at the ankle,
Boswell was given emergency
treatment at High Point Memorial
Hospital and transferred to Kate
Bitting Reynold Memorial Hospi
tal in Winston-Salem. His condi
tion was reported as good
Tyson was charged with reckhjt
driving and released on SIOO bond
for tnsi in Municipal Court,
Fist Fight Delays
Action Os Court
HIGH POINT A session of
Municipal Court was temporarily
interrupted at shortly after 3 p. m.
Friday as a fist fight broke out at
the foot cf the steps on the floor
below.
One of the women, Miss Beat
rice Palmer, had just testified as
a prosecuting witness in an as
sault case, 'She was ordered recom
mitted to a mehtal institution
from which she was only recently
discharged.
The other combatant, 18-year-old
Miss Eula Mae York, was found
oy Judge Archie Myatt to toe in
contempt of court and was fined
$25 and costs.
Man Given life Term
On Burglary Charge
SHELBY A Cleveland Coun
ty Superior Court jury Tuesday
convicted Loren Williamson, 30,
of first .degree burglary and .rec
ommended life imprisonment
Judge Georg* B. Patton passed i
Reidsville “Tough Guy”
LEAVES CITY JAIL AT 7;
IS SHOT DEAD BY 11
Race Little |
I
LeagL'3 Nine
Cops Victory!
RALEIGH The only Negro!
Little League team playing in the
Little League tournament which
got underway here Tuesday night
lent quickly into a leading slot
in the play.
The team, a group of -hand-pick
ed all-stars from Rocky Mount s
International loop of the Little
League, scored an impressive 3
to 1 victory over Raleigh’s Opti
mist League team for its first;
round victory.
Ylay of the Rocky .Mount !
team was sparked by tt* j
pitcher Matthew Kirby, who ;
allowed only four hits In g«- j
fng all the way.
The team which copped the
victory here Tuesday night J*
composed of players from the
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No Tears, No I
Extension O
WASHINGTON. D. C.-(Special)
~~ Mixed reaction has greeted the
anncfUneehteni the*, the United |
ed Hie time for reargument of!
States Supreme Court has extend* |
the ran* segregation in public;
ichocl* case.
October 12 as the date for the re*;
Trie rourt h»‘-ti originally set
December L
hearing. Ihe new date is set at
One local spokesman, attached
to NAACP circles, said that the
sentence on Williamson, charged
with entering the trailer home ot
Mrs. Paul Peeler last month, The
man also was charged with at
tempted criminal assault, but was
tried only on the burglary count.
Williamson's trial opened Mon
day.
S. C. Sets For First
State Swim Meet
COLUMBIA. S. C. The first
state-wide Negro swimming cham
pionship meet will be held here
Friday.
More than 80 swimmers from
Aiken. Orangeburg, Charleston
and Columbia will compete in the
28 events.
There will be six divisions; boy’s
and girhs, junior men *r.d women,
senior men and women.
A Red Cross instructor’s course
opened today in connection with
the event.
NY Woman Killed In
Kington Gun-fight
KINSTON Police reported
that one woman was killed and
a man and woman were wounded
in a gun fight here eariy Saturday.
Killed was Miss Beula M. For
man of New York, who was visit
ing relatives here. The wonded
were listed as James Arthur Ed
wards and Etta Blackman.
Policeman Harold Potter report
ed tire shooting followed a quarrel
between Edawrds and lire Forman
woman.
Catawba Schools To
Postpone Opening
HICKORY Catawba County
schools all three systems will
not open before September 1.
That is the earliest possible date
on which, schools can be expected
to begin classes this year because
of polio epidemic, it was decided
at a meeting of School Health and
Medical Society authorities Mon
day night.
TSre September 1 date Is con
tingent now upon - the incidence of
polio in .tire county immediataly
before that time, Dr. Burton V. D
iCoutknwed on Page 8; 1
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, n>s3
iw,w
Attorney V'ernon F. Greene :
joined the new GOP administra - •
ilon team Monday, August i 3. as !
a legal counsel on the staff of j
Postmaster General Arthur K
i Smninerfleid. The new appointee 1
; twice interrupted his Saw prac- j
i lice to take up arms. As bat- j
] udion commander, he leu troops ;
! far 15 months during the drive !
I up the Korean peninsula and I
• csymc out of Hie Army in April.
1552. as a Lieutenant Colonel. !
In Worid War 11, he saw action j
In the Pacific Theater, rising to ;
the rank of Major.
Fuss Greet !
)f Bias Case
"favorably" on the matter it has
; been studying now for more than ;
! the Court might be ready to rule ;
j extension »i time indicated mat!
| a year. j
| f’aihu eto reach a decision u, ishe |
! case during the previous argu-J
i ments before the court had thol
same effect in some circle* j
spoKe&men also fee! that the ex-;
time it needs to gather "Fight for j
tension will give the NAACP the!
Freedom" funds which are sore- \
Supreme Court Clerk Harold B. >
Willey, disclosing the extension!
Negro minority.
fight for civil rights among the;
.tmViJcd M the Association'si
Tuesday, said the delay came at.
the request of Attorney General
Brownell, who wanted more time
for the Justidfc Department m.
work on a brief in the cases.
Segregation practices in Kansas.;
South Carolina, Virginia. Deia-!
ware, and the iDstrict of Colum-1
bra are involved in tire actions.
The Supreme Court first heard;
June 8 it announced no decisions
arguments last December . Then on;
would be reached until after re- {
a r‘Hi merit
TjrownelTs request fo»* deft-iment;
other attorneys involved in the
was made in a liter which said
cases h 4 r »o objections to post-]
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Principals In Elks Oratory Event
?
CONTEST WINNERS Miss (
ldella Miller of Clearwater,
Florida Elk* Lodge representa
tive and liisddtus Ware, Furni
ture City Lodge, High Point,
State President and Grand Es
teemed Lecturing Knight K P.
Battle of Rocky Mount and Past
State President L. & Reynolds j
SOON. , BUT NOT QUITE
THE NEW HOME OF THE CAROLINIAN, under eon
struction at 518 E. Martin -Street. Raleigh,, is not yet
complete, but soon will be. Work has bean progressing
at rapid pace -on the new edifice which will house
not only thv Carohnian's business offices, bur also a
renovated printing department. Until ike building' h
readied, newspaper business is being conducted as
usual at IIS E. Hargett Street.
Year-long Feud Ends As
Man Is Fatally Wounded
iSpeeifti 111 t a kOi IMAN I
REiDSVU.I.fi .-v middle-aged
laborer described ;»* .< “touch guy”
by ueigh-k ,r ,i wh > lives on.
Route 4 Stem Wf’itWortll -here, WSs
let out oi the local jail ilu past
\irritiay V o-diot'i: at .1 was
dead - - - a murder victim - -
by 11 o eolcit tile some day.
SAY EX PROF I SQUEALEDI
Ex-Teacher, Others Get
Numbers Racket Terms
HIGH POINT - > Special)
Law pnforc«inerit officers say h#
was “very cooperative Some few
other citizens say ‘he squaied" as
they disc.is-, a 21 -year-old former
schoolteacher who was one of the
if.'
f- ■■
TO STUDY AT IDE UNI* i
VERSITY OF PARIS Miss S. !
Elizabeth Hrooks of Charlotte \
will sail from New York City aa !
where she will study ti the !
September 23 for Paris, France j
University of Parks, Miss Brooks j
finished Painter Memorial Instl- i
tute. She received her Bachelor j
«f Arts Degree from Talladega I
College it) 1901 ami her Master*,’ j
Degree In Freneh from Howard |
University in 1953. She is a j
member of the Delta Sigma !
Theta and is the daughter of j
Dr. and Mrs. U. S. Brooks. Dr. j
Brooks is chairman of the
Science Department at Johnson
C, Smith University. >
I of Greensboro are shown here
shortly after the completion of
the regional Elks oratorical con
test held in High Point during
July Miss Miller, second from
right, was winner of first prize
honors In the event. Ware won
second place honors. Messrs.
I Battle and Reynolds conducted
Forty-eight year-old it< y C ur
ler didn't live quite tout heats
alter oting let out of the local
Btstilk, however .* t "-.50 bun
day mvruiiif he was treed on
bond ft«io jail and death came
just a tew minutes before li •*.
so and at the hands of a man
iContlnueu on Fage ill
- three people issued sentenced on
> charges growing out of participa
», turn in numbers racket operation
tj here this week
• |
t , Ray Allen Evans, a former
i teacher lu the public school
I system at Carthage, was along
with two other persons both
women -who drew down
? SUfpended road Sentences amt
! Claes after being found guilt)
j in Municipal Court here Mon
day of taking part lit butte* «■
j arul-egg lottery operations,
j Evans, who police officers say
j was "very cooperative when ar
j rested on lottery charges, pulled
down an 18-month suspended sen
tence and was ordered, U> pay a
S3OO fine after pleading guilty to
a charge of complicity in a lot
tery racket ami implicating one ot
the other defendants
Mrs. Edna Horne, -45, was given
a 12-mlmth suspended sentence
and ordered to pay a $l5O fine
and costs on a charge similar to
the one preferred against Evans.
Miss Jesse Mae Fee ms ter, 38. who
pleaded guilty to merely "playing
numbers'' was given an eight
j month suspended sentence and us
| sensed a SIOO fine as the numbers
| racket had another starring up
i pcai’ance on the local court docket
Two other persons. Misses No-
I vella Feemster and Capitola Git
j more also pleaded guilty to a
j charge of conspiring to operate a
i lottery, but were not sentenced in
' Monday’s hearing,
Reasons advanced for the failure
| to sentence the latter two women
| reveal that they are among the
\ hierarchy of the lottery racket in
| this vicinity, one supposedly beinji
j a “cashier” and the other a chief
j ticket taker. Their sentencing has
. been deferred until records from
; -hearings in the Greensboro Mum*
1 (Continued on Page 8)
■ the contest in the absence at
S Grand Educational Director Al
bert Bethune, Sr. Contestants
I from South Carolina, and Geor
gia also took part in the contest.
They included Carver Fortson at
Savannah, Ga., and Clarence Mc-
Cray, Sumter, S. C. PHOTO
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