Tragedy Strikes Severe Blow In Wayne County
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MISS VC C HOMECOMING
QUEEN CHOSEN Miss Gail
Uit'k, extreme left, senior Span
ish major ai tiic North taio
iuta t oil*.-at Durham, was e
treted. .viiss NCC Homecoming
!i»r tS.k; in campus-w ute baliot
ing last week. He lured with
Miss Mask are her attendants,
Miss Belts e Redding, .enter,
Oxioid, N. t . sophomore; and
Miss Helen Wall, right. Wag n o,
ami her attendants will reign
N. t .. junior. Miss Homecoming
during gala testh ities on M i s
O'Kell) Held October 31, when
the Eagles, meet the Tennessee
Mate t'liix crstly Tigers in a i
o’clock tuutball raii’ie. Mis- U
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. 1„ Mack of 8U South 11th
Street, Wilmington, N. C. Miss
Redding is Uu d.uighter of Mr.
and .Mrs. K, Redding, of Kotm
‘l, Bos 455-11, Oxiord: and Miss
iVaii is the tiati-f liter of Mr.
and Mrs. James I*. Wall c.t nolle
1, Box 14, Wagram, X. V.
Fired Fire
Water Fires
W-S Woman
W.NcJTON SAI.h’M Mi-, Lilly I
Ross, according to police r ; » ts, '
if a lad) who likes ;i ,‘l i .\ atej or ’
Hit.’
Miss Roii.j, aiHM* dnnk
heavily ui lil’tr v.'uU.:r. n'pui'l'
aniiutUiU setting fp.v to the
ijOiii*- of oiu- Jii. k Rcnick slttjr
vir. Ht' nick . i.. i.ivt hui a
drink us whiskey. Khiaged when
i ; ie lire depart-'vu*nt was called, tl• c
heavily charged Mi.s Hos threat
m;hU Mias May !j t . iVlcases, irum
Whose v'ioihc . at gut La can ui
M. v ne, and tried to tjjiicc Miss
Moser with a However. xh(
vx capun gjancs. ij olt a fm'iitan*!
leather jacket and Mi. - Ro.-c was
taken to jail to await further
eldest! iiiiig vv hen i*u lire a atci
ii i evi do\\ ii .
COURT DUSKS
CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUES RULING
RICHMOND - The U S Court
of Appeals affirmed ;i lowe-i court
decision awarding $251 r tnpi-n
--salory damages to John Douglas
Williams last week
Williams complained he had been
Wiongfully removed from a :v :
a! Kooky Mount for refusing to
change his seat.
Alt-hough the court upheld the
findings of the lower court, the
court did not elect to puss any
opinion on the constitutional issue
of segregation of passengers b>
race m interstate commerce.
Wiiiimi lawyers. Martin A.
(Continued on Page Si
Protesting S. C. Whites |
Routed By Policemen
Over New Navy Policy
CHARLESTON. S C. (Special)—
Ship.yard police at the Charleston
Navy Yard here dispersed a crowd ,
os ’-picketing" whites who protest- ;
ed the Navy's new non-segregated I
policies at the base dining hall,
here early this week.
Acting under special directives I
from the Secretary of Defense, ‘
Captain T. F. Damzlox i.v under
stood to have issued orders re-!
s< hiding tie former practice o'. !
segregating Negro workers from!
whites in the dining room.
Although orderly, the scene of j
the “protest" which one observer i
described as “akin to picket”, re-1
r.uited m only 4()o persons eating i
at a place that ordinarily accom- j
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Rocky Mount Mayor
Orders Brotherhood Day
ROOKY MOUNT - For the fits!
I time in. Kie history of NAACP in
: North Ceuj’ina, a mayor of a fit)’
I has seen fit to recognize the
i efforts of the NAACP on behalf
| o' v, .!d brothiu hood and true de-
I rme racy and !ios issued a Proela-
I mat ion setting aside Sunday, Qc
lobci 25th ns h day of brother*
; hoed" u»d 2,«s asked "all our cui
j -"Jtis, otu enurcoes, oUr civic duos
■; oift other organizations to ob
serve: the day with o: ityei ■ ‘for
: the . aufc of human dignify and
: freedom '. The full text of
I flu, i ‘loelamu t; ci, - clay or ,?wk
! Murchison of Rocky Mount
; 'chcro the tenth ano util St e
| NAACP coni--'rence meets Oct- >bcr
, 23-25th is as follows.
WHEREAS, oi | nati"!i v,v
--; founded upon tin: pricipks .;! free
i a® ar.d cep tlitj and
WHEREAS, the weltaiv i.f our
j nation and of the world depend.-,
i upon the preservation for all men
' "| till: light to nic. liberty and the
i pursuit of happiness ana
W Ilk RE AN, oi.li c.tiioiu, tel i■ ■ ' ■ .
s doctrines me all united in teach- ,
! Jt)g us ’-htu aij mankind, regardlcr
iof on e. color or rrc u, i; one
j ui tin- eye.-; of oui Lord;
j NOW, THEREFORE, t.y virtue 1
I of Uni ;.;n ! ;ni ity vested in mo as
; Mayor us the City ol Hock'.
| Mount, and upon the occasion oi l
| ha State e''.invention nt tic (Muju-i.
|nl Association for ilic Advance. i
! mont ol Colored People to be lu-id
j c >. city, 1 fio hereby pyoc: |
| Sunday, Gvlobt, 25, 111, ,3 a da; ;
' | of brotherhood, and do urge upon i
j mi oui citizen*, our churches our j
I ivie cine: and Oi.eei o: garni...;ion
i t-ie nij:Vance of this day by
i ol’li.Vl 1 fur in. Ca.iL; of illllUull
! u.iefijty arid 11. .-dOUI and b> ilia
| ■ xoi >ru,P ut a true spirit of good ;
j citizenship, to tiie end that our |
I community shall continue it:, p.o- j
! cress in the realm of human n-la* •
; tions.
tSiamri) Jack i Murcilk-on
Mayor
j Mayor Murchison himself an nt- i
i torney, is familiar with the aims I
| and accomplishment* of NAACP !
; is trie issuance of this pioda ua- i
' | lion on behalf of NAACP liar :
signified bis belief in a truly
demonatic principle of govern- i
' merit equality to all mm.
j Charlie Jones, Rocky Mount!
NAACP pi i-sident. Mrs Hattie Glo
ver, Louis Pippeu and J. B. Har- i
. ren, conference public relations J
man, composed the con:unite' i
■vcich visited the Mayor in «h»- I
interest of the proctaination. V.';:i [
ter White is to deliver the clos- j
. mg address nt the conference Sun- !
day afternoon
rnndatps t oc,o
The immediate: cause of the neat i
disturbance was the seating of i
.•onie 15 Negroes at tables formerly j
occupied by all-white ■ diners. Ap-j
pt oxunately 300 persons are be- j
tieved to -have taken part m the
picket.
Base police acted quickly to j
dispel any possible outbreak and
order -was quickly restored after j
an estteiaetd 300 “picketors" I
blocked the only entrance to the I
eatery.
It was: thought Captain Dantzlcr I
would take some, action to pre->
vent a recurrence of the attempts j
to defy the federal anti-segrega- i
txon directive.
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Grech run. I ecu „,e Oh thi ;
iOC.-OUI ini- ,i .S itu tisld -iy h |
- me wu'ran fu have nnt-rc-d lief \
home in -1 Saturday nunribufi and I
.iUen.pfed to force her into sex j
The bir'icb-nt o;vtt ced in the 100 j
’’ ’ck of Tate Strep; an area which '
si so : m mined tv. o I- eak-in at- !
- I: du.-iuy He same n r.lit Po- j
-■ c. ‘f.l ■ ■ t!i. re v, . ■ c,:-:,m ction i
between the alle.a <! rape au d I
three break-in attempts
According to the woji'im, whose
■ iiai'ce w;i, witl-beid a o cn
i icr-,.i her ’home through a v-.-indow
(< ontinued on Rage 8i
Man freed, Now Held
L ’.LEIGH I ..is t week (55 year j
i old John Dunn, 232:> \Vade Ave.,
, is iV-.-iami by the County Coro
i oCi to i nr be-' n justified m his
; T ■ 'on kiiSni; oi Hubert Deb
-3? us 1205 Obt'i'ilii Road. ;
; Dunn's “justific.nion" was short
: lived however, because before the
• a. rk was over, he had been ar-:
iestd oy tiie Raleigh police and
j looped m jail with :■> lirst degree i
Tiurder charge hanging over his
i Head.
l.a'.n v.-aivi'.l p-. lirnenary bear- '
ting before police Court Judge Al
: Don ; tiie, week ai d was lod
| a d in the County jail to aw ail
: Superior Cent trial of the rnur
| ocr charge,
The «dfair is shrouded in mys- .
try’, gossip, lies, half-imt-hs. char- i
” 1
HONORED ON NtNETV
KIOHTU BIRTHDAY Mrs. Re
becca Andrews, second from left
j celebrated her ninety-eighth
birthday on Thursday evenincr,
Otober 15, at tier home ISIS
j Oberiiu goad. Many friends and
I relatives attended a party that
I was given in her honor. Shown
SUES RALROAO FOR 100,000
The Carolinian
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VOLI ME XII
1
| ; lk ‘"-.s
SI'P?ORT NAACP
BRINES RAP
BAi.'n.VIGR.E, ftjd - The Fall- |
-e el '.ft-’i-p Ceia e >.. ath 10 Join j
Oe.-dav bv Dr. Chm.r;i:,j Tb-aias, '
J -r.srH c,f y,..- Xalmli; - NAACP’S
j The to v:ner Uruted State alter- !
i sate delegate l -a.- tJX spoke ,c.
! o as,«*-n.iily pt-efeairi at Morgan;
i State CoiieSc,’ ciudt 4 ck it off:
I he institution’;:; attnual NAACP |
| nientbi.:..-hip drive,
j > t.uditv.; the m itievc-nents of!
the NiAACP in a ■!a;e > for ': ’,•- '
j sum end rights for nil citizens, j
jDr Too'as dee hired ;t shameful i
! that -support .should be given j
} to it so niggardly ” J
He pointed out ft :-t toe Univcrsi- :
of Texa i lai '■ vACP j
i a ici a ace. dp p tde.n any Negro col-,
| lege in the country.
T illustrate thi impbrantanee |
! 'it thi- ’Hauizui;on, the lOriiier <
; !metp’ -Stoki i’ ui.d director cited !
; tmv m.’-f aecr in v. high n.’p.'e- '
| a mall vis of the NAACP -lave j
| piiudi.u re; e' . I]y vritti throe efii - ,
i ie; urn pre.-idenis, of the United!
One instance cited was the meet
i iie.; of NAACP delegutes- \v it h ;
; Pi g-ident Franklin D. Roosevelt to ‘
i rot-.xt. segregation of Negro sold
ei .; reim i ing to the U. S. after
World War H for redistribiitioii
Anotbcf was the io-eiing of
X. \CP i opt t-: I'tmives with f'resi
i dent Teaman, who later enunciated :
a pointy of civil right., ’The third
instance was a recent meeting of;
t tie organization's executive scci’e- j
iary Walter White, and other rep-!
re..<. idatives with President Eisen- j
hov.'fci
(Coniinofd on i'a.gc Xi
an amt counter ebark.v but the
I riiini.) trail of uii'.'i love weaves
: •< sinister trail iia.m beviniug to
ctid.
Jpcoiiiiiii was killed hy Dunn.
vut i; iiccoi.i.i in Dunn. Dob- |
; uam wu ■ lur-i!; : his way into the !
. Dunn iioxnc by v.-ay iif a window,
:E is ificvru however, that the
window through vvhic-.'i tne shot i
i kiln blast was fired shows no j
sign of damage other than the j
’’ null's in the glass made by the |
shots iron’ Dunn's: gun
Dunn's story is that Dcbnart; |
tan:,' in us home on the night ol
the killing and was refused ad
mittance. According to Dunn, Dob
i.aiii (hen atempted to break in
Iby way of the front door, knock
(Continued on Page k)
with Mrs. Andrews arc her chil
dren. Front left to right they
are Fred Andrews, 70, of New
York; the honoree; Mrs. Bessie
Wright, 75, New York; and D*-
'id VV- Andrews, 73, of Raleigh.
VViiliani E. Andrews, 77, another
fcon was not present when pic
ture was taken.
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RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK EXDIXC SATERLAY, OCTOBER 21, 19.>:i
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| * >t» •»!«», , I u*»M J»W» » *
I %N D.MAJRK BLAST The
outlived usefulness of this ol i
landmark, known as the Old
Market House, locata<*d in the
Heari of Fayetteville almost
i came tn an end Sunday morn
newt
I DKF.Iv FLEE PRISON!
HA LEIGH -■ Three limn made
a successful try for freedom from
a Duplin County Road camp last
.veek. They were identified as
Jolm A si; in, 22, Wilmington; Heb
ei t Williams, 24, Fayettevilie; and
Henry Roberts, 20, Dunn.
UTOFFY HIGH HONOR; !»
G1 {IIIiINBBOUO • Dramatic stu
dents at Dudley High School here
won second best photo honors for
their interpretation of "Legend of
the Lake" m a contest sponsored
by the Bow. Peter- on Publishing
Company, recently. The pri'.w was
S4O.
.
! IN'TKiHATED NITtSiES* MEET
CHARLOTTE - Several Negro
nurses are among the more than
1,000 professional and student nurs
es attending the 51st annual eon
! vention of the North Carolina
dtate Nurses’ Convention here this
week
The sessions are being held tn
| connect ton with i.he uiurih a/uuiai
| convention of the Student Nurse
i Association of North Carolina.
! rsVCHJATRIC HOSPITAL
iOPENS
SALISBURY A new Vote nns
Hospital that will eventually ac
commodate 1,000 neuro-psychiatric
patients was opened iim last
I week. Seventy-five patients were
brought here from Augusta, Ga„
j to become the first inmates. The
(Continued an Page si
| CAR RUNS THROUGH
\ HOUSEt ROY, MAN DIE
GOLDSBORO Two cars, one
’ tractor, and one .shot gun figured ;
in the death of two persons and j
the near death of four ether in!
j Wayne County last week,
i Robert Swinson, 60 v<ar old!
I farmer, was killed around 10 o- j
| ‘dock October 17 when Lie tractor
i<;r, \v iir-u unknown persons
threw or plated a hum'i in the
norlbwe *i <t«.-ner. The arrows
shev, the points where toe
hfttnb hud its eontact. Very lit
tle dir!!:age was done.
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>FC CHAM FS AFFORD
C HARI.FS AFFORD, 22, of Wit- !
mington, N. was recently pro
moted to private first class while : 1
serving as a driver with the Ist | (
Infantry Divi ion’s Headquarters 1
Company in Germany Private
first Class Alford, son of .Mr. | :
and Mrs. Ferny Alford 70a Bla
den Street, entered the Army in j !
October .1952. and arrived over
seas last February. He completed
basic trailing at Fort Jackson, S.
t.
overturned and rolled into Little i
River near Pearson Bridge,
Jairves Isaac Beil, 9 year old son !
of Mrs. Polly Ann Bell, was in- |
stantly killed and thrown nearly!
42 feet into a field near Thomp- 1
i.oa's Chapel in Sauls ton Township i
(C’ouUnitcd on Page 8)
NEMBER -13
KEY TO INCOME
SURVEY SHOWS
V/.-rit A-fAuranct of a respectable !
1 iceomc?
liu- ts-v t uc- R'.uice, accordingj
U» a Miiv- .1 iiidde rvceutly by tne I
D ■■ : ■ of li,!.■ C ei, - us. is through
a.ouu'iiig ,j v,>ih :i,• education. Tut i
study that the man with:
til. higher educu;mil is usually the!
man witn the higher income.
figure; show that among men
over 23. these with four years or j
; more of college work averaged
si.ion a year in 1950. Those with
: a tiign school education averaged ;
■ s.’.PP--- while those with only four :
1 ve;* : ■ s in elemeufarv schoo.’ aver-- ;
d than SI.SOO. The break-!
| doiv.i is shewn below:
iContinucd on Page X)
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ifsiwLiuHu oILU
ACTION IN NC
RALEIGH A responsible
| source- on. Capitol Hill here this
| week admitted $25 millions au
: lhori.-, d in the recent $72 million
•cltooi smd issue had been ear
, mavked Tur use to ’-.lelp biing He -
. gro schools; up to standard pend
ing a riding of tiie li. S. Supernc
: Court on segregation in public
I elementary schools.
(Continued on I’uge 8i
Startling Disclosure Due
in Fort Bragg Rape Case
FORT BRAGG—An air of mys
tery and the proniisi of sensation
al disclosures surrounded the case
inv- ivoi.: 1.1.. John R. Gnffus of
Nashville, Terme.-.;, ■•.;?, .accused of.
i aping a white woman at Fort l
Bf a:;g recently
The iron-clad curtain of secrecy j
'vhici defended srnutly after Lt.;
Griffin s arrest remained solid de- :
-piit- numerous attempts by re-j
porters to as-. cruiin facts in the l
case. Nevertheless, Negro soldiers j
from Ft. Bragg and civilian per
sonnel report an uneasy tension I
mounting at the military instal
lation ever since the 25-year-old
wife of a white enlisted man ac- ;
cased the Negro officer
* Griffin was reported by local
papers to have denied all com
ment on the grounds that "this
cine is vary involved and all tie- .
facts riave not been made clear'
as yet." He has already been given 1
Greensboro College
May Admit Negro Girl;
Students Favor Change
RALEIGH Century-old Gull-j
ford College of Greensboro is pres- ;
ently considering opening it doors!
to Negroes, and if student reaction ;
to a debate on the subject is any !
indication, the decision will end!
d'tcriminal)on at the church re
lated school.
News ot the application of a
Negro girl to enter Guilford came ;
!o iigiit lasi Week iii .. debate by
nine prospective delegates to the
annual Student Legislature which
will meet in Raleigh next month.
The announcement was made by j
Jim Lomax of the Guilford Col* I
lege' community
the part of delegates in prepara-!
The debate was a warn-up on j
tion for the cons erence before j
the student body. The routine ses- j
sion developed into a heated de- ■
bate, however, as students defend- j
ing pro and con positions outlined j
their arguments. Debate was punc- J
tuated repeatedly by applause j
from the audience, and one un-;
official spokesman from an upper-j
clast- at Guilford stated the. raa- <
PORTER CLAIM
GREENSBORO—A veteran Ne-'
aro pm ter who wns beaten by n
Southern Railway Company station
aster last March, estimates the
damage received at SIOO.OCu and is
demanding this amount of the
company and his assailant
The porter, Shrank Sg-ucer, vvnd
has work.-u at Southern tor 10
>••■;!!•> filed ant in Greensboro
last week for SIOO,OOO. He u ask*
ini $75,000 actual damage; and
■ ‘;3,CH'n> punitive.
T; e ineid'-itt v. i;.e!. iweiirred
last March 13 attracted nation",tde
Spencer said the str-tinn master,
W. ?.! Ke-'.’hif', inf Pete-a ;r iri
j cries upon him wisiout cause as
be was v.nout to board a north
bound train at the Salisbury -.ra
tion on March 13. Kctehte •'tilled
pirn into the station and. upbraid
ed him about his work Spencer
on Page m
Man Held
WINSTON-SALEM iSm-nab
Mi - 'lp a Parker. 2:i. died here
iast Meek from injuries resulting
lroni ah! poe.pe shot cun blast
tired by the same man who killed
her hus' and. Odell Parker, 23, on
May 2!. 1949.
Charged with the murder is
'Vulit Farkei Etc.iel’Dur.v-i', 44,
who is accused of emptying the
shotgun In the back or Ivlrs. Park
si'.. head.
T-.te record shows Flichelhuryer
was charged with Parker s mcarder,
but later release after he pled
seli-defense.
An aignioem was scheduled far
!ht accused layer early in the
week. He reportedly shot Mrs.
Parker on the street around 11.14
: Friday niyht.
it was believed Mrs. Parker
provoked Eioholburi.i-t againet
whom she had tn-d! :n, a
grudge since lie was convicted of
: killing tier husband.
JSieheiburger was held »n i'ity
! Jail without bond penUiip, ins ai
■ reiynment.
10c
a pre-trial hearing, and a trial
date wifi be set after findings
area studied by the- commanding
eno a! ut Ft. Brace.
sover.'i! known facts caused con
siderable speculation among ob
tci vers close to the scene. The wo
man was said to have been riding
in the car with Lt, Griffin and a
v.hite officei Her husband was
on guard duty at the time. She
tbarged that the white officer,. Lt.
John C. Sloan, who was with Lt.
Griffin at the time of the alleged
i rape, passed out on the back
nut. The white officer has denied
the clcu and no action has
been taken against him.
Also, according to reports, the
attractive white woman was said
to have received a severe beating
prior to the alleged rape. But con
siderable uncertainty has arisen
:e- to whether this occured before
or after the incident
jority of students favor “flinging
wide the gates.”
According to reports, Ed Brown
f f Murfreesboro received the
heartiest round of applause when
hi declared the only solution is
. that Negro students bo admitted
to Guilford “very soon". Brown
had «iui earlier that a church
related college would be the logj
. cal place for an interracial educa
tion plan i'J begin m tec South.
Jim Lomax, a Quaker, argued
that a!) men are the same in the
eyes of God and that “it j* ira
| possible for man to draw a line."
S Another student, Joyce Hunter of
! Pleasantville N. Y., reminded the
I students that ’ nothing ■happened”
| last year when the A. and T choir
I and a YWCA group visited and
| were feted at Guilford College.
The lone panel member taking
j tKe negative approach argued that
| the admission of Negroes would
j mean a reduction in enrollment
| and a. pay decrease to professors
! with the result that some may
j leave and hurt the college’s aca-«
domic standing.