HEADED FOR U. S. The «*JJon of Judah" His Highness Haile
Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, is rumored to be headed for these
shores at the invitation of the State Department Selassie will seek to
interest American capital iu Ethiopia's rich, but undeveloped re
sources. (Newspress Photo.)
White Soldier’s Wife Says
Negro Officer Raped Her
tst i tuis rr. brac»t.‘
An Army PRO officer IVe i
nesday identified Ist l.t. John
R. Grinin of NaMtville, Tenn.,
as the ot'lei r who allegedly
raped a white corporal's vv.JY.
A w bite off: er identified a-
If. John f. .Sloan irp.irtedly
denied i:e pissed »:i! in fin
back of the ear during the
alleged incident,
Bennett College Names j
Former Tuskegee Head
To Board Os Trustees
GP.KEN'SBOPC D ]’. D. Pat
tciaon vac named to the hoard of
' trustee, and the corner: dec of a
no’.v ,s’!:',,i.sfi nursery was laid iu
impresisve cort-monic.-: la. i Saiur
li;, ~ 5! t'V ; lut‘l ; B, ‘: i! . M C l e. .
Dr Pace:son, foe,. y • i
ijent id Tn.-kt gi c Ta. 11 • ulo an d
gov, dir -cl l .i* ol the P . -Stoker,
Fund of New York, v ’ elect,• i
in a meeting of trustees prioi lo
the cornevstnoe-lc.y ic.g cer- non..
The iu w trustee hold th-- rr.artcrs
and doctor of philosophy dc-eret s
from Cornell University and n
number of honorary degree- from
some of America's outstnndin ; col
leges and universities. He is the
founder of the United No-ro Col
lege Fund.
Dr. Da\ id D. Jones, Bennett. Col
lege. doliercd the main adrift" at
the day s ceremony. He singled
•ou’ numerous person" for making
Rocky Mount Host To 10th
NAA CP Confab, Oct. 23-25
ROCKY _ MOUNT The Rocky i
Mount Branch NAACP which -baa 1
just passed its !4th birthday, (hav-i
mg been chartered on October 9.:
1939) is making eiaborite plant; to j
entertain the 10th annual convert- |
turn of the N. C. Conference of the j
National Association for the Ad- j
vancement of Colored People here 1
at t-ho St. James Baptist Church j
where the Reverend W. L Ma- |
son is pastor, October 23-25th.
Charlie Jones, president of the host, j
NAACP units, says it is committee i
■has arranged ample housing and
entertainment for the anticipated
delegates from the sixty stat KA- ,
NEWf
BRIEF
tlltlTiC MATH
CRESWEIJ. A hit-and-run I
1,: t t i killed MeKhllsUtn, 53. j
Salstrchiv night as Baum was walk- !
•ng -dong f.ie Creswt-J 1-Cherry ,
Rpad. Baum died Instantly. There
were no immediate clues about j
the driver who did not stop 01 j
claw hi ■ speed.
KKK HE VD ASKS PAROLE
RALEIGH Action was expect
ed here this week on the parole
application of Thomas L. Hamil
ton. former head of the Ku Klux
Klari in the Carolina*, who is
serving a four year sentence in
State Prison.
Hamilton was among 15 con
victed KKK members _ who par
ticipated in a wave of terror in 1
Columbus County in the last, year I
or so, _ ... _
St p ivi ard V r invrnH J
icl-cto ooat.ii First -*A.
jjs v i 118 & » -Y *
FOKT BRAGG (Special) --- !Lt.
Rv.tj.crf Car;.’), a public relations j
•■fiicer f-t Ft. Bragg said this week
n investigation i ••••me ant'd.- in-1
(• alleged lap. of a white!
. aid: •'- wife be a Kavo officer.!
ni ‘hei ot n . Coot. E. W.!
Wu ! L-: said no formal chorpes
had been i’.’ought against the of-j
ticu--- i cm.: in , o full iavertigation
lContinued on Page 8 s
the new Children's Home possi- '
ble. Included among these were !
Mrs, Julius W Cone of Greens- :
r.ofo, chairman of the college's .
buildings and grounds committee,!
and Kdward Lor .v. nstem, local
r;s hitcct The bunding, which j
war obtained by the college from •
funds of the United Negro College !
ill he a school for 25 children, i
(Continued nil Page 8)
Six Children Orphaned
By Murder, Suicide
FUQUA Y V AKIN A t Special) —j
Two blasts from a single gauge
si.' t-gun killed a rural couple here
Saturday and left six children or- 1
ph aned.
Dead in the murder-suicide were J
----- / ~
1 ACP branches and national offic j
j .'-tali' members scheduled to attend
j tue second state NAACP confer- .
mce tn come to this city. During j
i she early life of the State NAACP !
| unit the 3rd annual session was j
[ field here in 1946. Thus, this city j
j becomes the first city to repeat j
j with the conference.
WALTER WHITE COMING
SUNDAY
With several national and state |
| ofticers in attendance, main in- |
j teiv-t is centered on the appear-!
11 ice Tie on Sunday afternoon of]
j W.dicr White, illustrious executive
i m-crotary of national NAACP, who !
I'OETRY DAY' IN N. ( .
RALEIGH Gov. W. B. Urn
. trad bar proclaimed TLe--Jc.y,
| October 15, as Poetry Day in North
1 Carolina.
The Poetry Council of North
] Carolina, the N. C. Branch of the
National League of American Pen
] Women, the N. C. Poetry Society.
J and the Huckleberry Mountain
Workshop Camp are sponsors of
the observance.
BERTIE LABOR SHORTAGE
WINDSOR Folks are so pros
perous in Bertie County that the
County Farm cant find workers
to harvest its corn crop.
Sept. Charley Phelps fears some
of the county’s prosperity may be
j due to a thriving business in
' non-tax paid whiskey. Two men
_ (Continued on Page 8)
U. S. Coos! leare las € ase
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The Carolinian
I 19c
I VOLUME XIl ITALEJGII, N. C. VVEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 37, 1953 NUMBEIi It
WH KILLS 3, HURTS 1
State Fair Honors All POW’s
j '
■INTEGRATED
WELCOME FOB
COMSAT G, I,’S
I
.
RAIJRIOI3 Ketamine pii-'on
| u? aU races and w< t*us amona
j the state - citizenry are expected
■to !_■-■ included among hoiiprees
Jt ' POW Day ’ . Tnursday. Octou-
I c-r 2'.'. at t!ir Slatt.- i .i*; Grounds,
i Fair jnatiii--.'!-. ,! S. Dnrton lias
••cot \v rittcri ir.\ itatfons to the
i POW’s. .
Some 114 North Caroltnians -have
Returned t 1 e ? ft ■ ■•.■■■
camps in Korea.
Sine, the first f.-vkh- of T’O'*'
began to fin e f’■ t.■ u tied hands,
the Sttttth end North Carolina, in
particular, ha w.-* corned its Ne
gro GT's with tin 1 same kinds
iof patriotic riet> ons < ra; ><*ns it has
; tendered oth< • servicemen.
| Severn! ciU.-s v ithin Mu.- State
I POW ii-or'-'-'entatavi Then men,
| have had Negro Gl's as their only
1 almost, •■■ ithoet exception 'r ive
; been courteously treated on their
i cturns home.
j I- Durham.. two wi k ,uv. and
j m Rocky Mount last week, citv
| officials observed special POW
I Days. It is against this backs round
i oj .solid appreciation for fighting
I men's sacrifices that the State Fair
} officials set re ide Thursday to hon
| or all of the POW’s.
Gov. W B. TJinstead is exported
i to greet each of the 114 men who
take advantage of the opportunity
! to yet two tickets to the fair and
ree pa ises on some of the .fair’s
; .attractions.
j Ttav Gahoway. chairman of the
Governors committee in welcome
home the returned war prisoners
from Korea, is in charge of ar
rangements for FQW Day.
j Worth Moore, 35 year old sawmill
I worker, and his wife, Mrs, Fsteha
j Moore, 30.
I Coroner Marshal W. Bennett re-
S ported that Moore shot his wife
(Continued on Page 81
will deliver the closing address
at a huge mass meeting at St
James Church on least Thomas Se
(Continued on Page 8t
H . *•* J: i \ -
I . •/' "g] I
»! NAACP CONFERENCE PLAN- I
: NINO COMMITTEE Charlie
1 ; Jones, president of Rocky Mount ]
1 j NAACP appears pleased w Ith 1
with the progress of his plan-
V’ !•'. '. s ITRSOV, f’nru
t r iii- c : . f oi 'rcsktistee* Insti
tute -if-d caw director of she
Pheie- -sin!;,- Fund, ivn named
a trustee of Benuett College in
Greens! wo last week. Dr. Pat
terson i founder and president
o f th i- t cited Negro College
Fund.
Local Committee Maps
Employment Action Deal
1 RALEIGH A six point agenda,
• covering .1 variety of topics of I
, > '••• * .:••' • i.'ia-upied the Raleigh
; Citizen. Commit’:. at its Tues-;
dry niglit meeting at the Blood
-1 worth Street YMCA.
A pro;.:re.-- report was given on
] a n;iv;i . v it!i City ftekoob. Su-1
! perinleu dent Je-rr O. Sanderson.
! A spokesman for the committee 1
j said ; i-ruval satisfaction resulted
i from the discussion of the .school!
boundiit ies situation.
The boundary situation that was i
discus erf purpot lbdly worked a j
j hardship on some children in the
] first four grades in the eUsn'en-1
j tary .schools because of a redis- •
I tri-run-! move.
Tlow-■’/(••:■ the committee spokes
j mnu said less satisfaction was a-i
I chieved with the superintendent]
;on the matter of ihe curriculum!
I problems at the new Ligon Hindi
So.iool and the Washington Junior
High School. Many details remain
to be worked out between com- ]
rnit.toe iepreseiitalives and the sti
pe. intendent, pai ticularlv on the
j feasibility of offering courses in]
! pritntg at Ligon School.
It is understood that printing]
! cour-cs are offered at a local]
; white school, but no similai court-:
are off. red foi Negiocr. One
' ren'-ou reportedly given by a i
rung committee toward tne en- 1
terrainmeet of the tenth annua! j
N. NAACP Conference to be ]
held in the rail-tobacco city Oc
tober 23-iidth, during which time !
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ff
I
; Ks 'f! K\S -O CAVIPVS —Dr.
(lardy Liston, president of John
son (. smith lWhvi sits, returns
to the campus fitis weekend af
ter attending two Chicago gath
erings, a meeting of the Nexus
Commit of tite Presbyterian
College ?. nitm and the Tenth
Annual Board AC eting of the
Cnited Negro t Ollcge f und.
*
spokesman for the school board:
lor not offering printing to Negroes !
; that supposedly printing jobs]
arc not avrbk'He hi to is local'ty ]
for Negroes.
The committee’s spokesman cjuot- |
ed a school authority as saying!
committee representatives eonfus- j
id "identical education" with "ed- j
cation for the needs of the p< 0- i
pie. ' This spokesman raid Negroes 1
are finding jobs as job priintors!
.nd cm newspapers in several ;
North Carolina cities like Golds- j
boro, Chapel Hill. Durham and!
others.
Little progress was reported on I
negotiations fcetw en the Raleigh |
City Engineer and the State Hi: ;h-i
way department on paving the
Lenoir Street approach to Litton)
school. Continued study is to bo!
given this matter.
Attempts to roach John P. Alex-1
antic \ local incurti lal relations ;
representative of the Wet tinghou.se I
Co., planning a new factory for 1
Raleigh, were unsuccessful. Con
cern was expressed over a state-1
meat attributed to Alexander on I
employment for Negroes, quoting]
him as saving his company would i
abide by state segregation laws s
,md observe local customs in race'
relations.
(Continued on Rage 8)
| waiter Wlnle will be a teatureu
| speaker Shown (left to right!
j are Mesdaijies Hath Dudlev, Mil
! tie Gray, Sadie K Hawk Ills, Ar
SIMS, ELM CITY
WILSON MEN
ABE VICTIMS
WHoSOi\‘ \ Special V.-- Tiu'-.w rr* r- n
! .r-het fataih and another wiss
; •“•''Lily injured by xunfiro i;:- a v. et*k
, end series of shooting i. c- in
! and ru-rn Wilson i :si we.-k
I Dead .ire Ji-s.«e James Bullock
I of EFu Cvv. Fd Buie. 2fi yeo. old
j Bladen County men. and Fertile
: Freeman of Sims, a community
j near here.
Injured was Albert HoweH, Sim?
j •• ■•• tan, who was reiiortedly
! -hot by -15 year old Albert Rririi
j tdl offer the white man, alleucd
i jy under the iufliivnce or wAiskey,
i is -c.id to have ir.v.'K; -d Huwc’l’s
h*"-:ro and .seated hiu self on 1-tmv
j Ki ison Kvllv. 30. of Wilson, v. as
i in I'unceiion with. Bullock’s death
’ Flm City police say Kcllc I'lurnpod
j a shotgun blast into Bullock about
| I ij clic k Sunday otternoon 0.. Wil
| -on S‘"f\ • He is > >.,v bc-tng ;., !d
; in "W-lron Ci. ••:.! •, jatl itiiout
Act-i.irding to renorl- Kells .-has
-Icd Bullock down the street, firing
-him first from a di-Jo of
. is." ;•!> ft Os. and after hit ling
; him then, get tins? ciosi-i and ern
j lyiii: l another barrage into B-dlock
Wilson Couvitv Corot ter Dr. K
IR. Goody said Bullock vu. hit
j in the lower part of his: back, on
I both sides of liia right this?),
re’s ( .f his left shouido; and tlw
j back of his head.
; Kelly had two shotguns m ids
! possession when -he was arrested.
! He refused to give any reason fo.*
j - hooting Bullock Officers', sag.i
(Continued on Page 8)
Dr. Hollis F. Price Deli vers
Freedom Day Speech
I Nt-grotis were urged n. provide \
> "continuing support” so: the NA
! ACP by Hollis F. Price. pros: ic-nt
oi' IftcMoyne CoJlet-.c. •>: an add-.-e r
hti'o at Fust Baptist Church last
; Sunday.
Henderson School Officials
Don’t Want Race Board
HENDERSON (Special! Kelly
Alexander of Charlotte rtatn pres
ident of the JJAACP, predicted .»
"favorable" U. S. Supreme Court
I m.ia iin.es, i- arnue l ippin. i»lis<
! Ella M. Brown, Jones, Mrs. Ella
AJlen and Mrs. Hattie B. Glover.
Committee members not shown
‘ ** V'
; I;; . m - v " W'^l
HIGHEST NEGRO APPOINTEE Louis R. Toumer (Ml), »
Savannah. G<>» banker. win sworn in at a \Vh ! te House reiemon} last
«n ka> Uigistra of tile Treasury. The »«»-y< :>r-old Toomer holds th.-
highest administration post to go to a member of his race. Following
lii, swoufizut-tn vreniony. President Eisenhower (right) stepped f.n •
v. rd ami shaking roomer's hand, quipped: “You understand i!' ■»
G.at makes you a bureaucrat.” i-Newspress Photo.)
Atfys Clash With Judge;
Other Firms Join Fight
RICHMOND AO .1 ' i Ei;;ht
I bus c'lmimrjfes oporaUnr? in the
rr-' Uici.oii:-; n.rr■ ■. in .* the s.-./re-
Undertaker Stiii Living
Despite Bullet I firough
Head; Shot By Landlord
1 a
11V .1. IS. HAKIUiIV
BOCK Y MOUNT Not many
; men have lived to tell about it as- ‘
i ter having be< a shot through the
I head "from ear to ear’’, eu a ti'
year-old Nash County farmer-un-1
drrtnkcr can. The rn>r_-e at Lie
; local horpiiai where th< fortunate
man was ■ '.hi ;J ;v Sun cl. ay rev-
Speaking on the ’Freedom Dav
program of the NAACP, the Mrm
! ins. Tenia’a oe, educator licclai aa
the fi't; do e pro- cam to be more
than a "Fund R.ti ing' effort to
(Continued on Page Hi
decision ni the school segregation
eases now before the court.
Alexander was the featured
serai.'".' at the sixth anmversar,v
i wm: au&. ornfy, Mrs. j
I Catherine I*. Lucas. Don antli ‘
Chester Williams and J. R. Har- i
| mi.
i 1
T' : • -it .r. ; i ; :ie
s■■ R ('■■■• ' ■" A; : ■ ■;f •he 4th
Circuit.
T ; ' ?■■ C'iTO-
C ’ Hu'v have a
'hi : !!.’ ii' : 1M th«
Tin- request toe e! as r -.n was
iriad-a Mohd sv by RidiHK raj lsw
: ; A I.v • ■ a i >liv or
i (’0 tit in Ur il i’ll Pitgt ti
sir
•n days ML-. - the unfortunate al
ter at;on with hi.; landlord -■ re
ported her patient ar “doitit* well".
iI.NA.NI smiOlN OMKHI-AD;
i tNCI.ORD. 1)1 hi Cl
W. M Powell, well-known and
popular Nash farmer anu partUme
.uflei taki r who boasts one of the
t w but ml leagues in
liie state;, is said to iiiivc argued
•a. ith l.s white landlord Willie V.
eta ... ado fjfl, of rode one,
Nn: huillf. ! ardiitf the selling of
t abaci f# while the two wore at a
| paik I muse she Her. Powell was
. ..ark;, a,. Bunting is ailem-H lo ad
. .••'.ei d on the niiicr IVr.vell nietl
ninety. vvhi-i i-upon Poweil sou give
. to halt the landlord with a ’warn
shco.d Pnwi-Il tv ported ly. got a
.-iiovell. Powell reportedly, got a
shotgun and discharged it over
(Cmitiliucd oil Page !Si
celebraiion of the local West End
1 Civic Club.
Tin; Lev I. IV. McKnight, presi-
S dent ot th 1 Vance County unit
! o! the NAACP, introduced Alexan
! dor.
| One us the high points of the
i mooting wu* a discussion of the
' pro: i cv of building a new school
for Negro citizens in tin West End
! section.
| In discussing the school build
: ing prospects. Mrs. Leslie Witn
budi read from an exchange of
letters between the Henderson
• School Board and representatives
i of Negro organizations.
! It is understood the latter group
j had su'Med me appointment "t
j tt committee of the group’s mem
in rs to confer with the board on
I po.'Sihilitic;; of n new school. How
’iv, r, ’ 1:< ■ .men for the school
' board reportedly replied Dt|- board
: didn't "believe that a committee
such as you suggest would serve
| .• nv t seta! purpose now."
It was learned here unofficially
ti.at there is considerable talk of
| initialing a law suit against the
i ■ tool board bid, according to one
; s'i ••ifcosir.au, "We aren’t sure we
; ’.•■ vc- exhausted other possibilities..
We d< sire to give the schooj board
a fair chance to do the right
thing."
Mrs Lucille Kro lie presided at
the mcwting which was held in.
Spring Street Baptist Church. T-.re
Shiloh Baptist Church furnished
music for the program.
Alexander urged an all-out par
ticipation in elections. He said:
"We must vote if we are to be
come politically effective. We
ust n sister and vote every time
the opportunity presents itself. We
must support candidates who are
I interested in tin common good of
j till citizens," ,
The state NAACP -head added:
i (Continued cu Page 8)