DAPPY AEW DEAR TO ALL!
Thigh wa y accidents lead death Toll
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SIAMESE TWIN ENJOYS I.IFE— Internationally-known "Baby Boko," survivor of Siamese twins of
Mm. Veron|fca Davies (right) of Nigeria, untiles happily as her mother caresses her rheek at Hammer
smith hospital in London. The other twin died shortly after the separation operation was performed by
Dr, I»n Hurd. Boko’s embroidered drew, is one of many pits sent U? the baby by English well-wishers.
Iffowspress Photo.)
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[, Hfi.LKS WILSON
sate.. .«&■ -W
Tin* in list last time this year
that I will sit here and try to |
conjura up items that might be of.
interest to the readers, if any, of [
‘Scribblings - '. fir. this occasion,;
with other work piled up, I am I
seriously considering making it,
simply the last time. Should 1 i
finally decide that way, I trust;
that .you may have gotten a j
thought, a bit of encouragement,
*»**,».& i-~: way. EUthex ■,
way it ,» goodbye for 1953, with !
its hopes, fears, triumphs, griefs
laughter and bright moments neat- 1
ly arranged in cur archives, of,
memory.
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Originally a year held but ten i
month, beginning with March. Trie
Roman king, N'urna Ponipillus,
however, changed the calender and
, added January with thirty days.
(Later, when Julius Caesar added!
July, he also gave January an-!
other day ) The month is named
for the Komar :d, Janus, b uardian
of doors and ! es. who is rep re-;
sented as having one face looking,
backward at the old year and one
looking f »ard to the new. In
ancient I: the gates of the'
temple cf Janus were kept open!
during wa. and closed during
peace; and so many centuries Jan
uary 9 was c< ebrated in his honor.
Traditional),' this is the month
in which we are su pop red to take)
stock of last year's mistakes, andj
resolve to conduct ourselves better!
in the new y
Now that the bills are corning;
in for all the things we bought.!
to erilive the holidays, many of us j
will doubtless agree that the An-;
glo-Saxon name for this month;
was more to t point than the)
Roman. They called January the!
“Month of Wolve Hear the credi-;
tors howling ou >7
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PUZZLER
Speaking of*mistakes in the past,
my father once preached a power-)
ful and somewhat frightening ser-1
mon urging repentence on the part
of the sinners and the back-sliders
After the service ,a gentle little
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Social '
Security
Gains
Tile social security tax rate is !
scheduled to go up on the first of )
January, according to a reminder I
issued today by John Ingle, Man-!
ager of the Raleigh social securi-)
ty office
‘‘The increase", he explained, "is j
in accordance with the 1950 amend
ments to the social security law. j
and was enacted by Congress)
toward meeting future obligations
of the old-age survivors insurance
program!”
Employees in jobs covered by
the law will have 2 percent in
stead of the present 1 1-2 percent
taken out of their pay up to earn
ings of $3,830 a year beignning
with the first of January; their
employers will conti iimte an equal
amount.
The new rates will apply to all ;
taxable w.::. ; paid aftc-r JJaco-.ibor I
3J. 1953, regardless of when earn- j
ed .
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Brothers Die In Auto j
Enroute To Dad’s Funeral
BA! SIGH Death took its toil
during the Christmas season, with,
j automobiles leading the way, at .!
• cording to information gathered!
from, all over the state by the;
j CAROLINIAN.
Smithficid 11:15 Thursday night
i Prinus Lockany. Fred Taiton and!
1 Issaie Alford are tt mdinj on high - j
way 242 .six miles out. of Benson,
i apparently loses control of the car, j
i in a southerly direction. Lockamy.i
i according to highway patrolman.!
T. D. Bullard and the car traveled
•i! an upright position for 19 ftj
there striking the shoulder, efi-j
reening into a ditch. The ditch)
1 shows signs of the car having)
i traveled 19 ft. and leaving it for)
i another 127 fc-et When the car j
i stopped, the occupants were strewn
1 along the highway-
Lockomy was dead when the j
tricks of the car were over. Taiton ;
was lying on the ground with a !
fractured skull,' both legs broken;
i and an injured chest. Death was!
; not to be cheated and Taiton died |
2 hours after reaching a Dunn :
hospital. Alford was the only sur-1
! vivor, but had to spend the yule |
cason in the Dunn Hospital
Apex —7 a. m. Christmas Morning;
! Her.rv Springs, who was travel- j
ir.g from New York to Charlotte, |
! to bmy his father who was killed)
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’*• - ®®, '"' —Three-month-old Rr.feettc Hope Calvert nus given a farewell parly last
y.'c-i a at i .'„'i Av’en-.te hespilal in Kcw i'oril before b-r parrots, RSr, nn:l Mr* Eugene G. Culvert took
her home, tiabette weightd one pound and a ba’-r at birth, and Wb» the size of the 12-inch doll he’d by
r.urtte, Mary Ann Kelly. Today Bat-rite weigh* five pounds, and head name Dorothy Chernook (holding
| her) «ay« the tot is oue of the healthiest tenon's the hospital ever had. <\evv»pje»s Flioto.)
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in an automobile accident \Vcd
i uesdoy. is said to have driven
1 head c:i ivfo a car, driven by
1 Mrs. Ruby Parrish Monroe, white,
! Aberdeen.
! Tnis is perhaps the saddest story
! of them all for in the two cars,
; 'here were four children, one of
I n v.a, only six weeks old.
Henry died on the scene. Arthur.
) ' n Mrs. Theresa Spriggs.
| wife of the driver. Delores, their
! daughter anrl Ronald Ambrose, a
>.•! th, fn ally vveie reprotod
| injihred, along with the driver of
Fontluued on Page Eight
1554 Prospects Bright
The new- year begins with high hopes of continued
1 prosperity.
Charles R. Sligh, Jr,, chairman oi the board of the Nat
i ional Association of Manufacturers, summed up these hopes
when he satd it is very possible we will have a higher
, standard of living in 1954. Average weekly earnings; he
i pointed out, have increased 20 per cent since 1959, whereas
| the cost cf living has risen only ! 5 per cent.
| In addition, the people have a huge backlog of savings,
j Employment is near its record peake The prospect of a
I tax-cut in January has generated a feeling of optimism a: a
! time when tear might become dangerous.
THE CAROLINIAN
VOLUME THIRTEEN
Civil SIGHTS GAINS NOTED
If, A ‘ . Itt " ■; '. - ’■&? " f U. A, H h-Jt 1 ... , " V ' i Aw" ■' ’ ‘-.V/ .
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Magazine Honors Farm Leaders
J. W. MITCHELL -
E, B, EVANS
MEN OF YEAR
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Two)
distinguished lesdcts of Ner.ro ru- i
j :ai progress have been named as!
: 1953 "Men of the Yen-- ir» Servict
, to Agriculture" by Tr . Progressive!
j Farmer, a Soufhwtde fain: maga
i zine.
Tilev are John W Mitchell ,na• |
! Uonal kar:c<- of he-gr,. extension j
; work, and D: 11. B Kvn pi csi*
dent of Prairie View A .... . r.. ral
j Coilege of Texas, state L nc-;:rant •
I college f;-r Neg roes. The awirds
! are announced in trio J,u ;inrv i--
• j sue cf The Progressive Farmer '
■ Dr. CL:cnee 1 ..... . . -in-cm-d
1 of tne magazine, salutes them as
. "captains of the fora. march of
agriculture among Negroes in all :
1 Southern states "
, Mitchr il is‘from N- :-h Carolina
' and Virc'inia. Tie x years ago
.) he- begin work f->r the extension
.) 'service as a buggy-driving ernrr
■i ncy agricultural a:.;ent in two
■j North Carolina count os. Since
then ho 1,..- 1 ,- u•>
; among .Negro exier, a,*- worh .rs »'
: i county agent, distric; t r*. jr
i Continued on Page Eight
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA"
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HAPPY NEW YEAH These
attrartive coeds ai A. A T. Col
; lege usher in the new year with
! smiles and with apparent greet
ings of the season They are
from left to fight, Misses: Irma
Pierce, Suffolk, Va„ sophomore;
Josie, Williams. Greenwood,, S. 0.,
sophomore and Barbara Huggins,
Dover, N, C„ senior.
HE BLAST
FATAL FOR
WAKE YOUTH
! RALEIGH A .22 calibre bullet j
I snuffed out the life of * nine- j
j year-old youth cf Raleigh, Route j
j 3, Monday
| Rickie Wilson who was shot by j
a ninyrnate, rued at St. Agnes Hos- !
pita! about 4:30 P, M. Monday after-)
j i.voii ['he shooting occurred in!
I the backyard of the Wilson's tenant)
| farm home in Panther Branch i
I Township. The farm is owned by j
G- H. Thompson, according to po
ll* e officers.
A bullet from the rifle fired by
j Leroy Murchison, eight-year-old
Negro neighbor of young Wilson,
entered the left side of the youth's
ehr-st between the collarbone and
the heart.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson of
Continued on Page Eight
State News In Brief
KIM.ED IN FREAK ACCIDENT ,
I GREENSBORO John Elbert j
Fuller, 14 of Sedalia, was dead on j
arrival at a local hospital where j
he was taken after he was struck
by a car which patrolmen said was
| moving on highway 70.
Young Fuller who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Fuller of Sedalia,
was dead on arrivial ai a local
j hospital where he was taken after
I he was struck by a car which
i was driven by Joseph Raymond
! Br-hor of Route 1, Gibsonville.
The boy was attempting to cross
i the hi ,n v: y at (be time of the
accident, ofllctrs reported.
POLICE IDENTIFY CORPSE
! CHARLOTTE- A Charlotte man
j who was fatally shot while at -
I tacking three officers with a knife
j has been identified as Richard
I Brown, 35. of Asheville. Police said
j that Brown apparently went be
i serk when three officers tried to
jane t him outside a case around
j ICO a .m. in f Sunday on a drunk-j
I mens charge.
KIM ED WITH BASEBALL BAT
ASHEVILLE -- A 53 year old I
iron f rui, : employee, was re
i cently bound over to a grand jut y
h'-n 'n in Ashe
ville, Monday. The defendant, Lu«
Firm Hand Needed
The Administration did a good job in cutting about
$6,000,000,000 from the Truman budget for the current year, j
The country accepted the view that huge programs authoriz- )
ed by the outgoing regime made it impossible to balance
Federal expenditures and revenue.
But it was disturbing lo hear Treasury Secretary Hum- I
Iphrey—-a strong advocate of economy—-say recently that
; "the habit of extravagance is ingrained so deeply in gov
ierment that the deficit for fiscal 1955 may be nearly $9,000- j
000,000:
Mr, Humphrey was correct So saying our government
is steeped in the habit cf extravagance: That's one reason
why the people voted lor a change in 1952.
If the Eisenhower Administration cannot curb the de
i mands of the entrenched Federal bureaucracy and deal
! courageously with pressure groups asking handouts; its ;
| failure will be its own: Future deficits cannot be blamed on j
j past administrations.
COURT FREES GIRL, 11, IN
DEATH «F MARTIN YOUTH
WILLIAMSTON (Special) A
14-year old Martin County girl,
Hilda Doiberry, was found not
guilty early this week in the Mar
tin County Superior Court of man
slaughter in the fatal shooting of
, ther Wallace is charged with fat- 1
| ally striking Perry Harris, 40. with!
| a baseball bat last Friday during j
I an argument.
HANDED SUSPENDED TERMS :
RALEIGH For carrying con- !
cealed weapons ,two Raleigh men j
have been handed suspended roadi
terms in City Court here.
James McKoy, 1308 E- Lone St.,!
was sentenced to sixty days on j
the roads for carrying a pistol on!
the night of December 19. Sen-!
tence was suspended on payment j
of a 525 fine ar.d costs,
The other rnan, Orus Blalock ofj
519 N. Blount Street, charged With j
carry ing a concealed dagger in his j
pocket early Monday morning,;
was given .30 days on the roads. His
sentence was suspended on pay
ment of a $5 fine and costs.
WOMEN OUTDO MEN
The nation's women are surpass
ing the male population in burn*
; ing up the highways, according!
I io a survey recently revealed by
ihe Automobile Club of Michigan,
Ernest P. Davis, the club’s safe-
I :.v and traffic director, said a ten
state survey, covering 15,000 miles
of summer driving destroyed the
male idea that women generally!
arc slow and cautious drivers.
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1954 NUMBER THREE
Ulysses Harrell, 18-year uld youth.
The girl maintained she acted in
self defense.
State witnesses said that Harrell
drove to the Dolberry home with
five other persons .presumably to
j get water for his car radiator.
! Each o fthe witnesses said he
| stopped the car at the side of
j the house, got out; and went to the
Continued on Page Eight
I MUSIC LANDS
LOCAL MAN
IN JAIL
RALEIGH Charles Harris of
i Raleigh has been jailed after ad
j initting to twice breaking into a
dwelling here and stealing two ra
i dios and a combination radio-pho
• nograph .according to Deputy Sher
! iff X.onnie Covert.
Harris allegedly broke into the
| house of Anna McLean or two
occasions several weeks ago, en*
lering a rear window, the deputy
said. The house is located off the
Old Fayetteville Highway near
the city waterworks.
Harris pawned the loot at the
Dixie Loan Office al 209 Wilming
ton Street and »t, the Reliable
: Loan Company, 307 S Wilmington
Street He received about S3O for
the entire haul.
It was .reported that Harris j
bought wine with The money. He;
failed to post bond and is being i
Hold in jail for the January term j
'of criminal court at which time j
'he will be tried. j
ANP CITES
NEW CAINS
NEW YORK (ANP) Progress
in civil rights practices were noted
in several areas during the 19.13
year, a report by the aNtional La-
Service of the American Jew
ish Committee stated last week.
The report is the first annual
supplement to "The People Take
the Lead", a progress record in
civil rights, issued on the 162nd
anniversary of the adoption of
the Bill of Rights.
Credit was given to the Ameri
can people and the labor movement
for civil rights made Among the
gains reported by the NLS report
were;
1. American Federation of Tea
chers, A11.., votes to void charter
of any local teachers union prac
ticing segregation. 2. Brotherhoods
of Radroad Trainmen and Rail
way Carmen admit first Negro
members. 2. Two cities. Clairton,
Pa , and Duluth, Minn., become the
28th and 30th to enact fair employ -
men legislation, 4- Four states
strengthened their laws against
racial and religious discrimina
tion in places of public accomoda
tion - Ccnncctiut, Massachusetts,
Oregon and Washington. 5. Eight
municipal housing authorities oi
dered. or were instructed by courts
to order an end to racial segrega
tion in public and publicly-aided
housing. 8. Some of the last re
maining restriction* on the Ameri
can Indian were wiped off the
statute books. 7 Two Negro uni
versities were awarded chapters
; of Phi Beta Kappa Fisk and
| Howard. 8 Many theatres, sport
areas, restaurants and places of
recreation dropped their color
bars and segregation in the na
tions capital.
A further breakdown of progress
i bowed:
j ARMED SERVICE:
j Harrisburg, Pa. governor orders
: end to segregation in state police
and opens way for Negroes to
sti ve as state troopers:
Washington: Veterans' Adminis
trator declares VA is moving “as
rapidly as possible" toward ending
segregation in veteran hospitals.
J Defense department sets June 1954
as deadline for eliminating racial
segreagtion in the army, and fall,
1855, as date for eliminating segre
gation in state operated school*
r.n military posts.
ATHLETICS ~
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FIRST RACE LAWYER ON
NATIONAL BODY Edward P.
Sfansure, Administrator of Gene
i rai Services, announced recently
| the appointment of Mrs- Julia P.
j Cooper as the first colored law-
I yer to be placed in a legal posi
i tion in the agency. Mrs. Cooper
was born In Fayetteville, N. C„
where she attended grade school
and high school. She received
her B. S. degree in Mathematics
and English from the Hampton
Institute, Virginia, in 1910. l ater
she entered Howard University in
Washington, D. C., where she. re
ceived her LLB. degree in 1951.
While in law school at Howard,
Mrs. Cooper was tne recipient
of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foun
dation Scholarship for 1043-51,
which 1* the law student govern
ing body at the university. She Is
the second woman in the history
of the university to hold such a
position. Mrs. Cooper also served
as admissions clerk at the uni
versity from June 1946 to June
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