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Supreme Court Decision Halts Dunn Expansion i. „—■«i <—« S Spot News Coverage Gel ih# CAROiIWMS reading hahki. so» | Ishj wIH fvs joy receding tba CAROLINIAN j weekly.. Cerctirlax m4*« «»j#y first hand Woimatipn ©it top stories throughout j the state each week. In this and every iiSjsuse readers will find pictures and stories i ot ‘he latest news dareiofxnenta. Witness In Assault 1 Case Won’t Talk | {fcocerymaa Kin*. when asked is# s. CAROLINIAN reporter tor •erne tie tails on « Xcaca* ui Ru> Store ea *. JSaenton Street, last ! week, a Negffti worn An «u* tamer ana a warts cuts, stated : auat .be •': • irio.iu.vti j i::K- tiring to Mgr snout it. He did say, now- , fvsr that fee bad tried to prevent : |t by asking the man to leave |ds gton There is no indication i ib*u fas tried to protect in any* way the woman who claims sto* was the victim of an ■unprovoked while a customer in rus Star >5 'Fas victim of the alleged as* vault is Mrs. Rhoda Massey. 19 year old housewife of 535 £. £den ton Street. Mrs. Massey says she had gc:;e t.- Kings Grocery to j make a purchase and that A, T- Bagwell, latex identified as a saies mms who Lives or has lived in Kmgiud.Gs, kicked her o the rige.t aide wicA she was in the store. According to Mrs Massey, Bag well was engaged in a racial ar gument with. Mrs Alice Hill. 550 I £. tdenton Street, when *ne, .Mrs. j ptassay, entered the store. Mrs, S Massey says that Bagwell was t threatening Mrs Hal with an open pocket knife end loud, a •usive language. Accor ding to Mrs. Massey, Mrs. Hill's mother called fear daughter away, whereupon, j Bagwell turned on Mr*. Massey and. began to curse her, advancing . <ttt her to the meanwhile with: hi# open knife and threat Ating! to strike her with a penny gum j dispenser. Airs. Massey says she to>d Ba.T.veU that she had nothing ; to do w.id his argument with Mrs. j Hill and to let her alone Instead, ahe says Bagwell called her »j black S. G. B. and kicked her in j hr; mist side. Then, says Mrs. j l>aat), she strudk Bagwell in j the* mouth with an empty soft j drink b.-rd# and left the store- She *3;c* that apparently, Bagwell j hr,d beers drinking and that the - r.ttrc ovm.tr asked him to »t*vc s but bid nothing otherwise to j protect h.ls customer. Both Battle, ami her of Mrs.; Biii, ana Mrs. Hill refused j to gives any statement | about vie mutter when asked to j give their version of the - affair j both of them stated they would j wait uni:: the case was tried in : the court* before having any- j thing to say. Mrs. Massey says j she has had a warrant drawn a- j gainst Bagwell, charging him with unprovoked assault and battery. Man Killed Over Woman SANFORD ”•■ A quarrel! over a woman, in her house last week, resulted in the arraignment of James Duncan Mclvcr, who 1® Charged with the pistol killing of Robert Lie McLean here recently. Wta woman, Mrs- Nettie Baker, *atd the two men came to her house find started an argument in the kitchen. Later, she heard two shots and then Mriver rushed past her. Inside the kitchen, she said, was her slain boy friend, McLean. Mdver’s story, according to in vestigating officers, was that he and McLean got In an argument, and he shot McLean after McLean slapped him twice, Mclvcr was placed under $5,000 bond after a coroner's jury found "■probable cause" against him. FUTURE TEACHER* 3KIGH POINT- Supt. J. P. Booth <j t Kinston urged the organization et more 'Future Teachers Clubs" hi high schools here this week. Booth’s plea came tw a suggestion to get better teacher* in the schools of the state. BNMKJ RALEIGH BRANCH ISAACS' fIJBCXS OFFICERS The lo cal branch of the NAACF met Tuesday night at the Htax'd worth Street XMCA and elected offi cer# for the eorointr year. Read few UM to right they am THE CAROLINIAN VOLUME THIRTEEN 8! | i I MBS. KHODA ANN MASSEY tScribblings* \ o «K..rr ♦ HOLLIS WILSON , 4 t <Sma. | Every time X sit down to write: i this column l find myself of seve- | j ral minds none of which work ; | To sit face to face with a blank j | sheet of paper is unnerving when | ■ Tie o'd brain feels like a frozen ! ! chunk of lard. The sensation might! ! be compared to that experienced; I by a pupil brutally confronted with I ' hit, first problem in fractions j fascinated horror and an over- j | powering desire to think of some- ] i thing else. | To further disrupt any thinking,; : a howling wind is playing hand- j | hail on the windows with huge | i raindrops- the orchestra on the ; j radio next door has “Melancholy j ! Baby" down on the floor choking j | it to death, *on is howling for his | mother to fix his truck, and she! ;i< feverently assuring him that j Heaven, in the press of business, saw fit to give her only two j hand*. ** * * CHBU&TMAB CARDS A columnist, writing for Collier s, offer* the information that the first Christmas card was made in j London in 1842 by a sixteen-year- j old apprentice engraver who want- j ed to say Merry Christmas to a few friends, sou did so with hand made cards. Sticking its neck out, the column says further that the Continued on Page 8 State News In Brief IN RACE CHAPEL HILL Capus Way ni.-k, who managed former Gov. W Kerr Scott’s campaign for gov ernor in 1848, said here last week Scott was “already running" for U. S- Senator, WELFARE MEET RALEIGH Mrs. Maude M. Brown of Burlington, president of the N. C Federation of Negro Women’s Club*, was among out standing state leader* attending the Advisory Child Welfare Committee here last week. Mrs. Brown dis cussed the added library and recre ational facilities being planned and developed for Negro youth PRAT OFFICERS WINSTON-SALEM—L. A. Cook, Charles Jones, re-elected presi dent; Mrs, Mary fkendy, vice president; Cart Ire Vane, chair man of the. executive committee; Charles G. Irving, secretary; and W. F. PeteJ-aen, assistant secre Shaw University Students REFUSE GOP STAND ★ ★★★★*★*★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * ★ * * * ★ * ****** ****** MINISTER-TEACHER DIES IN CRASH Won’t Set Up Jim Crow Groups RALEIGH Shaw University students are turning down the State Young Republicans offered to set up jhri crow chapters at Shaw. The action of the Shaw students followed a resolution by the GOP gorup to support “free, equal but segregated schools’’ in the state. At Pfeiffer College, tiie GOP state gi nap also criticized l) S Attorney General Herbert Brown , eli for what the GOP charged was an attempt to coerce the U- S Su preme Court into declaring public schools segregation unconstitu tir-nn) She GOP took the position that evolutionary, long-term education al programs would do more to improve rue*, relations than court actions. The Shaw students dis agreed. “This evolutionary idea", *aid the Shaw student council, “has been in motion since 1855 without solving tie issue of segregated schools ’’ “li ha become apparent that ! evolution apart from some more ; concrete stimuli has not and will ’ not produce a satisfactory solu tion to (he problems of human relations,, ' the Shaw students add ed. Continuing, the student* said, “The crux is not whether or not | evolution is satisfactory or lasting | to any degree but whether or not, : as citizen:, of the U 5., Negroes are due ful! and complete equali ty before the law. Rejecting the proffered opportu nity to set up segregated GOP Continued on Page 8 principal of Carver Crest School, was elected basileus of the Mu Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity here recently. Other officers elected included: J, P. Keen, vice basileus; William C. Penn, keeper of records and seal*; G. E Phillips, finance; toe Rev K. O. P. Goodwin, chaplain; C. E. Gaines, keeper of peace; A. B. Reynolds, parliamentarian; and Melvin Seales, reporter. CHILD CAR* CHAPEL HILL A Negro child was among the first patients to receive car# in the new Rheumatic Fever Center at the N. C. Memorial Hospital here last week. Th# cen ter is open for all children in the state. Continued or Page 8 tary. Not present when photo v .!.* mss he was James Sills, trea surer. The group plans to elect I new executive committee offi i rers at its January meeting.— ' STAFFO JU BY CHAR. R, JONES " rALEIgC NORTH CAROLINA'" WEEK ENDING SATURDAY," DECEMBER 13, 1953 WATERFRONT «WAR‘ Violence erupted tra the- Ran PVMielseo waterfront !iv»t week when AFL I saOor* ftttemptißg to board the steeumhip Aleutiaa were Mocked arid shoved back by some 100 pickets tbrevni about the ship by striking mtOMto In this scene, hanwMMd police attempt to break up a pitched t i featife betwrei* the rival wtdou memhen, and many were hustled off to jail (Ncwspress Photo.S IMan Nabbed At Scene Os i | Grime, Admits B reakins 5 j DURHAM— “Suspicious bearing” j ‘ j and cobwebs on his clothe* led j jto the arrest of a Negro who ■ \ | was later charged with house breaking and attempted house breaking here last week. Answering to the charge* ia Al bert Sidney Booker. 30, 1301 Drew St., whom police say they caught "red handed’’ early last Sunday morning. According to police, while on routine patrol duty Sunday morn , ing about 1:40 o'clock, they saw i I Booker allegedly trying to get into i ; Doby Dry Cleaners Plant at Hol- I loway ana Calvin Streets. He was, : ‘-according to the police account, ; j attempting to enter a window on I Predicts lOYrs.Of School Arguments WASHINGTON <Bp#cSal> .. Whether or not th# Supreme Court of the United State# out law# segregation in public achooia, Justice Jackson, one of the jurist* In whose hands rests the decision, forsees "a generation of litigation." Jackson'* remark underscores the concern of the Supreme Court over the effect of their ruling, particu larly if it is in favor of the MAACP stand. The problem of im plementing a non-segregation rul ing was implied in the questions posc-d by the jurists and to which lawyer.' on both side# gave writ ten and oral answers recently. No Negroes Among Three Parole Board Members 1 I RALEIGH The Slate Parole# | Board was reorganized last week, j | but no Negroes were appointed | to any of the posts, j Dr. Clarence Patrick, board | chairman, announced the new j changes that will become effective j ur> January 1, j In view of the comparatively j j large Negro prison population. | sonic race- leaders have been trying jto have Negroes included on the ( parole# board. Those leaders say I understanding Negro parole work i »rs would dave the of bene | ficial effect that the employment of Negro police has had upon cut- the north side of the building . ] After being taken into custody, Booker was subjected to police interrogation, and is said to have admitted the attempted break in. on Sunday morning as well as breaking into the Thomerson E-: lectric Company at 714 E. Main i Street the previou* night. Alex G Thomerson, owner of the Thomerson Electric Company, had reporter earlier that his es tablishment. was entered unlaw fully sometime Saturday night. Ac cording to Thomerson, the burgular gained entry by prying the blades on a window fan away from a window vent. The plant was ran- j sacked thoroughly, Thomerson What If ioim school board* re sign rather than instrument inte gration? How can state segrega tion law* b« stricken from the books? What if radical measures such as those proposed by Tai nmdge and his like are put into effect? These and similar questions pose ominous problems. But what ever the solutions maybe, everyone is agreed that a favorable ruling ! by the court will not eliminate segregation automatically. Wheth er the ruling comes this year, next spring or even later, the Continued on Page 8 ting down crime. ! Toil Ksskk, who has been with the paroles set up since 1938, will ! combine the new Job of executive j secretary and chief paroles offi-1 cer.Edward Seay becomes paroles • Investigator Three new additions have been j j made to the original 13 parole j | supervisors. It bed been hoped in j < some race circles that one of the j three now supervisors would have j j been a Negro. I The state is now divided into; i two division* with seven super- I visors in each area supervised by j I a division officer . t said, hut nothing was missing. Arresting officers were G. C- Leery and V. C. Smith, i Booker is being charged with ■the Suivay night attempt as well | as the break in on Saturday night. I Raymond Carney, Alias J. Page, Sought For Quiz In Couple’s Brutal Murder KV J, B. HARKEN' TAB BOP. O This _ Edgecombe; ; County scat had a!i its law-en forcement agencies busy over the I weekend in an all-out effort to j capture 38-vear-old Raymond Car-j ney, alias J. W Pago, the name j ho is said to have used around! PnmpUcG, S. C, where warrants, have been drawn charging him with murder in connection with the deaths of Harvey B. Allen, age 22. of Lntta, S. C.. and Miss Betty j Clair Cain, 15-year-old high school j ■K i : • ' '.'-kd^^' ";'-j - \ | :T MSBt r, »lr?f rUP , 1-. I • r&;l • fe' 4« W&&aBGRBi,. ~v ; ' *♦•'- •» I m :*« -\ i *:; 1 laWSr. -.-. / i j %* • #a««I2BL ’ i ffln^s aas. - m nSHSftßife fij|fS *> : ’9H9 FOUft COLLEGE PBESI- j VENTS ADMIRE FIAQUEg j Presidents of four Greensboro ! colleges admire plaques which . were presented to Dr. F. D. Blit ford ard Dr David D. .Jones, presidents of A & T and Ben nett Colleges, respectively, for NUMBER ONE Hoke Tradegy Claims Rev. J. McLaughlin ABERDEEN' Torrents of rain, | aided by a seeming heedless driver and the usual dawn-to-sunrise driving hazard, figured in the death of f.ne Rev. Joseph Wes', y McLaughlin, near here Saturday nornin.3, when a truck, driven by a white man. failed to stop as it approached highway 15. off the Camp MacKaij Road, about ! d 15. ! The story of the fatal accident ! is almost gruesome to relate- P, r j soils vno tried to re-enact the scene gave the CAROLINIAN a saa version. The Rev. McLaughlin is ail-.ged to have aiose early, prepared to make a trip to Greensboro with his daughter and wife. It is said that the three had an early breakfast and took off in a driving rain from their home in Wagram. As they Harnett County Curbs Educational Program BY ALEXANDER BARNES DUNN The educational system of Harnett County has already t the affect of the decision of j ~.e Unitod States Supreme Court, j to the extent that County Superin j tcudert Glenn ITofii, announced ! tins week that the Board of Edu j cation had decided to delay all | plans for the improvement of schools, at this time The decision was reached by the Board because of the uni>>: that |is gripping the south about the integration of all children, regard | less of race, creed or color. A reliable source told the CARO LINIAN that the question of con j solidation of several Negro elernen i girl ihoth white! whose bodies were found Wednesday night, burl •; i ad neat the banks tis the Poe Dee River near PampUco following j their disappearance last Sunday ] night iDcc. oth.!, RELATIVES HEBE Searcn for die former resident j ■ turned to Eastern North Carolina j following a “tip" to South Caro- j lira law officers that J. W. Page j fas he was known there) had left j with the announced intention of j j seeing my lawyer” in Tarboro I outstanding contributions over . ■ the years to the cause of editca- j | tion, They were cited by the j Kappo Lambda and 3*ta Epsilon j chapters of the Alpha I*l4 Alpha ; Fraternity at the annua! Foun- 1 tiers Kay program held at A At | T College last week, Shown i IMWWBMWMMWTLWHUmBM’WI iMWHMMWiI > WWPUPWMT WWMWWWWIMIHI)I «—fUfimr■>—lUMWl J P&tromase Our Advertisers j At® you* jMueseleti a# i® what to get that special s«m«onc lor a Christmas gilt? A fait Uro of recommended selection.* for tiro entire family may be found in the CABO* UNIAN. Pi ionize CASOUNIAN Advos* I tisetcs zeguk ly. ! taiy school opposed the problem tp the Board. The Negro students who attend these schools are the victims of i inadcqun*e buildings, poor facili ! ties light and heat hazards and : many other inconveniences that jno white children of the county i suffer, due to the fact that ail ; of the white schools have bet j consolidated. 1353-54 plans of »: • i Board calicd for the cont.oUduuo of the remaining non-eonsoilda. 1 schools, (All-Negro) but the su. don decision of the Board nv a s tnat these children will bav« to wait until the supreme court makes | its d*'d don. ( ontinued on Page 8 from ieft to right are: Dr E. li j Graham, chancellor of Woman's ; College of the University oi j North Carolina who made the presentation to Dr, Bin erd; Dr. ; Bluford, Or, H. H. Hutson, pre who made the presentation to j trident of Greensboro college 1 l>r. Jones and Dr. Blui'ord. •rav.'ikvt on highway 15A the rain l-ec#RH harder and the vision mo <> bitttrc-4 t in- accident happened just out i'e tin ie report town before ■'* of ti c people had awakened. The n d of the brakes, the ctsh.ii 1 two motor vehicles, ■ '.-.ties i,ng through the torrents and the id-? to the Moore County 1 >spitat, by the victim .his wife, tighter a. d the driver of the truck wre Incidents in the wake o) death. Mr Me faugh', in succumbed to injuries about 11:00 Saturday morn ing The daughter was treated for minor bruise# and the mother re mained in the hospital, for treat ment for shock and minor injuries. She was reported to be able to attend the funeral < ervires for Continued on Page 8 Officers of both .‘dates have es tablished the fact, (hr, .;■■:■•, t > t Page and Carney are o> r r.nd < ■» same jvrson, V>-.-1 1 •i; u nativo m the Eo:'ecombe - W l l : -on Cmmiy area whe escaped from a Wi m prison camp ’ about a y> nr a >■" according to Tarboro's Police C uef Otley Leary, who this reporter interviewed in his City Hall o ice Friday lftcrnoon. Chief Lee y .-aid Carney ' • father Elijah Carnei, lives at 701 B. Baker Street, and Unit Continued on Pa ye 8
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