Local Clerk Survives
PEX GOP BA TING
, Hired Scott In Hospital
Following Apex Attack
KV < UAKI-Ea R. JONES
i leaned oc: to the front seat and begged Mr. Bag**'®:;
to please take me home and not to arrest me and the next
thing ! remember was seerng a b.st crashing into my face
and I blacked out,"
COLLEGE PREXY
SEEKS NUMBER
TWO POSITION
President S D Williams r, f E
iizabeth City Stale Teachers Cel- i
lege has been selected by the Nom
inating Committee of the North
Carolina Teach* •> A-.-i. c:atyyi to
be a candidate for the vice-prm-1
dent of the association, subject to j
tic will of lncmbc: Friend
MKtySjjtyatV? &}?!%
. r ■•■A'&H&xjK&SSt (uiijffy- gESe-gl
. - * rffggsraSg:
i lit. WiJJUAMS
if JVvv.<:- m V.'.iliams: feel that he j
is cmine.itly qualified for the po- j
sltion which he now seeks.
lie lias been engaged In the'
training of elementary teachers fori
nearly s quarter century at the I
Elizabeth Citv Stale Teachers Col
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Two Dead, 2 Injured |
In Harnett Crash
LIIXINGTON The old pi;' ,-i- 1
ea! law which attempted to findj
out what happens when an irresi
tible force meets an immovable!
body, if applied to the head-on j
era ); which happened here last!
week could be partially answered [
by sayin.c; it ends in death.
Death 'as the result of a head-1
on crasn between a 1950 Buick.
believed to have been driven by!
Raymond M'cKoy, and a 1949 Ford, j
alleged to have been driven by j
Herman Harris When (be crasn j
<f ll^B
HISTORY-MAKING EVENT
Shown above is the picture of
Della Mae Barnes. Rowan Coun
ty record breaking mother who
gave birth to the 5 12 pound
baby boy, at the Rowan Meino
This was the jgist of a statement i
made to i CAROLINIAN reporter
by Alfred Scott, 32. of near Apex. I
m relate the incidents leading
up to an alleged brutal beating at
■he hands of Apex's Chief of Po
ire, Sam L. Bagwell last Saturday j
r lenv-on Scott Is new under,
■ atinent at Si Agnes Hospital j
here.
>BI ENTERS 1 ASE
One to the gravity of the
charges now mounting against
Sam L. Bagwell, Apex Police
Chief, for the alleged heating
of Alfred Sooti, in As-it Satur
day. Paul Shelton. State Bu
reau of Investigation visited
St Agnes Hospital to ascertain
the facts in the ease, on Wed
nesday. The question of the
violation of Scott’s civil rights
are believed to be involved.
Much interest is being shown
in the case. The Hudson-Belli
Company, by whom Scot' is
t roploycil is .-.aiu to hat e re
tained the services of Wright
Dixon, local attorney to probe
the entire incident. The firm
of Taylor and .Mitchell has been
employed to represent Scott at
the trial. The firm will be aid
ed by S.<m Morris. The time
of trial has not been set. due
to the fact that it lias not been
definitely known when Scott
will be released from the h«s- j
Pital*
The fatal shooting of two Ne
groes by Bagwell, coupled with
other alleged checkered inci
dents in his record as an offi
cer of the law are believed to
he the basis of much of the
concern being displayed in the
case.
At inis time Bagwell is said
to have told Scott that he was
a ’ smart s-o-b”,
While leaning against the
front seat cry ing and pleading
with the chief to take hint
home, the man claims that he
was brutally beaten.
He said that he must have lost
tiling that he recalled was being
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.. i
; was over KcKoy and A, Blair were
j dead, while Harris and Robert 1.
McGirt were seriously injured.
Patrolman It. B. Leonard in
describing the incident as tr
ialed to him by an eye v I
ness. Robert Hobson, Vickery,
toid of McKoy having trailed
a Mack tractor, driven by Vic- !
kery, for a number of miles. 11
is said that when the tractor
reached the crest of a bill, on
highway 210, five and one half
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• j rial Hospital, Salisbury, last I
• ' week. The attending physician
reported that even though she
was only tj years old, that she
1 and the baby showed no ill-
I ; affect from the ordeal. The baby
is believed to have been the
THE CAROLINIAN
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VOLUME THIRTEEN— Raleigh, N. C WEEKENDING SATURDAY. MARCH . b 1954
Executive Sec ’y Examining Board Says Plumbing
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★ i i k ★ ★ it ik'-k’klk ir'k'k'k'kik~k
“We Must Not Lose Our
j Freedom ”, Dr. Jones Says
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VICTIM IN APEX BEATING
j Alfred Scott, 32, above, claims
he was savagely whipped b> A
pev Police Chief, Sam 1.. >ag
welJ, last Saturday afternoon
Invitation Extended To
Witness Plumbing Exams
W. F Morrison, Executive Secretary, Stale Board oi Ex- j
arainers, Plumbing & Heating Contractors, as the result of an
investigation by the Curoiinitm, invited any person, who had
reason to believe that the examinations and records pertain
ing to the issuing of licenses by his board, were not fair ia
result of a rape committed upon
the young girl last year. The al
leged victim is now awaiting
trial for the crime at the next
term of Superior Court, ile is
now iree under a $300.00 bond. I
j as he was returning home from
| an Apex cleaning establishment,
j Scott is now under treatment
j at Saint Agnes Hospital where
' the extent of his injuries has
race applicants, to examine the •
records.
Mr. Morrison attempted to oi,l-!
hne the procedure of the ex.Tiin- j
ing board. He told his interviewm
that any person who applies for
an examination and submit.- Dm
required fee is accepted '.dhole-!
heartedly.
The CAROLINIAN made tin m
vest) gat ion when it was hi ought j
out that the reason why then' ■,>
so few licensed plumbers sod <■
Icctriciana in the state, wt, dm
to th efact that race applicant •
were di,criminated against. Tliw
charges were brought by F -nr
Smith, chairman of the State I> w
cratic Organization.
Smith, who lives in Asheville. 1
made the blanket charge, a .p , t
the Board, in a statement > I .it
Ibis week. He chaired that iPM'-
combe County Negroes in ri>-
criminated against when m, , at
tempted to get license n the t■ ..
fields. Its answer to the clm; .
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
N. C. Mews In Brief
SENTENCED IN WIFE SLAYING
GASTONIA Otto Ashinrcl. 33.
year old Bessemer City dent..
was sentenced to 1.5 to 20 years
in prison Tuesday after ho "lead
ed guilty to tl'e second n< e
murder of his vote U.,■;■■ ■ r ;.■•
woman was shot in the head two
months ago.
KEYNOTER AT SHAW SOMWR
The Rev. K. O. P. Goodwin, pas-1
tor of the Mourn Zm Baptist!
Church. Winston-Salem now
conducting Vce 'evening devotional |
services m the West Campus (. inn . ,i j
| during th.; school's obs : i vnnce ci
J Religic-us Emphasis Week.
I In his addiess last Monday night, J
r;(U I .!■! n ~/.y <; i’i.H'.icd, Dis
< ;-r: i.'.lc in ti e p u .’.o is .1 black
• r-yr and several >■■■••. i» ma'ks tin
! Scutts throat Photo by CItAS.
R. JONES,
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m 'i
CHICA6O MAN
LAIS HIOH .
LABOR POST
V.'ASHING TON, D. c . The
; i.eond N< :i'ii in history to ’or ap
pointed t< the official family oi
'no 1 an Bros,dent, was nam
ed f t .veek by President Eisen
hower
■I F>'! V’ilJ-oi;re- appointed
a-- a i ■-1 labor secretary.
i( CNTIMEJ) ON PACK 8;
Ki v, Goodwin stresses the Cliris
!l •1 n - obligation to carry too ban
ner of O.irist high it» this confused
ofid ‘-n that tiie world can under
j send 'l !iaddress was followed by
a .Seminar on ".Science and Reli
? on . by B. ’ j. Irons and Purdie
\ndri -. ,olh affiliated with Show
1 inivcrM' y. Tuesday's Sotreoar top
ii was "Hi onoittics and Religion”.
• ''th Stanley Morris leading the
discussion.
fTEECU CONTEST KlNA''.*',
SI. TIED
The V.h.ke County finals f\ the
\ r . C. Banker’s Association speak
ing c..p; ;.-t in the county’s Negro
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oiUMBER id
SPEAKER KEY
NOTES M
:* ni*H not lo'-r nij- froc
(iom as v pci, t» flrnat r*
iO'ilc. S < o-,.:0n m. HV il.t n«»
inherit lYcrd'u-i - « rarn *
and hence mit't espcriciii c .!
i ” r " ' all in-.. i<". declared
R' >. Charles l\i. .lone* »( Chap
i*l Hill, it (h - annual nioet'ng
of the Rlooihvorlh street \ .'1
C. \ . Tee- li.t i uj aht
I oov Jo.vs t i.s introduced itv the
jH< v .1. \. K,. lie;-, i , . e
j si. Amttox Eni-coral Chinch with
! Attorney J. j, C;ue,i;,ri:-giiliri|.
! Five members \v. o elected to the
i float'd th -<v y: -lit.; ; ; X .
|lo s; R li. Toole, Dr. W, M, tvit;-
j ford. Rev. O. S Bis ho;-!; i! C.
1 High. Sr. and C. It. Fr.izei
( The nominations ebrpmittf-e eas
i pose i of J. V, T Eaton, F. J. Car
| n; ->- and Dr. N. i. Perry
; The annual •■"port ;>ven by K
.L. RaitVird. tncral see. clary
| ntowed ti'.at during the past year
; the BlOotiwortii Street YM(. A
j showed a member ~f 1283 men
land boys; supson d Id club groups
j \;ith a membership ot 412; ? regu
j larly sere-dulcd group activities and ;
] 12 special events v hii 4C so-iom. i
fCOXTINI'En ON PAGE 8;
Local Pastor Is Delegate To
National Church Meeting
"Where Cross the- crow ded Wavs
of life,
Where Sounds the (ties of
Race and Clan
i Across <he noise of Selfish
Strife,
VVe hear Thy voice 0 Son of
Man. ’
i
! The ibo.c liner, taken from the
ilr imt. ‘Where Cross The Crowded
V.'amight well have been the
t theme of a recent "Convocation
On Urban Life In Am -nca". held
.11 Columbus, Ohio the last wet Jc in
j February.
This great meeting, the first of
i its kind ev.t' he’d in this country,
v. as an out growth of a resolution
[ advocated at, the last, general con
. Terence < f the Methodist Church
!in California, a resolution ple.lg
; iiig the Methodist Church to make
1 a detailed study oi urban conditions
! effecting problems of racial ten
i sloti, discrimination, economic pres
-1 ore and related subject . The gen-
I ■ ral conference delegated to its
i council of bishops the la, k of or
j ganizing an interdenominational
I study group to study the problems
involved and to report it , findings
to a national convention.
T.ne ern re country was divided
I into districts, each district to be
teprsented at the National meeting
1 oy a pastor and a layman. The
H,.v. Mi. Mdrm, 1.. Gidney, pastor!
. of Wilson Temple Methodist
Church ii.ve was chosen as the pas-
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Building Program Starts
i FAYETTE VIL.LE Tie Build
!mg and tenovation program at
.the Fayetteville State Tcauhers
j College. Fayetteville. N C. took a
j spiral upward when recently con
tracts were awarded for $172,801
worth of construction work. Al
i reedy preliminary details have be
: j gun. D. S. Collvaine, Assistant Dl
| rector of the Budget, informed
1 President James W. Seabrook that
[the North Carolina Budget Bureau,
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rJ r ' *■ '-•• - ■ ii- ■ bs' 3 'l3k*£.v C*Sjdj£_
VIRGIN ISLANDS GOVERNOR lnstalled ay the Governor ot
the Virgin Islands t*«i month by PrrsWent Eisenh-voy, 6K.irar.<,M
engineer-contractor Archie A. Alexander of Den Moines. i. hard at
norh getting u»-d to the people of th* picturesque territory. Gradu
at'd » civil engineer in 1912, Mr, Alexander established hw own firm
in 1814, and joined with classmate, M. A. Repass in !:«;>. The Alex
ander a.nd Krpass company has performed engineering feats ah o'or
the country (Newspress Thole.;
HAAOP Political Action
Meet Here March 20th
10c
RY I M. HARKEN
RsFCKt MOUft i N. C—State NAACP pgesident Kelly M,
Alexander, Charlotte, announced that the Stale NAACP Con
ference would sponsor a special one-day Political Action con
iefence on March 20th (Saturday) at the Martin Street Baptist
Church for the purpose oi arousing state-wide interest in
, etting out the vote" for the com-
| hi. congressional elections. The
: r -insaries will be held in May and
; nod they are the deciding factors
- iht M--,'em bet- elections n
i I \JH Vi I MITCHFI 1
(IMIS Pl.f OR D ,
Ei.pr.’O'.j a; the Capita* rw-«g
to ■• the 'mting record of al*
enu-er.. i f congress :s Clarence
M:i civil NAACP l.nccr -,o :vi;,ie
i head of the \VMb ft ■ ;ton Bureau
■Of NAACP 100 Ma .-■•• '■■■"•. ‘
Avenue. N. \V Mr M ’ i'ell -
• rents the picture of how all eon
• , csi-men .-oied on ffiaUuo oi p v
, i biiereiit to trtinorily and !
1 h-hor v';.ii,p; All clli'••!•. civic ;u» • i
■ j ttltgious bodies are urged to stitfel!
:<;prt-sentalives to the tPir. ill
•, meeting Jearlj ou iviome he ■■ A !
. thousand people are . i , oni ]
. i O WASHINGTON
rONiTRIMT
On c,i:;”eh iOlh sevc mis!>-<■cl j
. 1 N.AACP csc-iegalf's from, if or 1 1 '*
1 ' uotioii will converge on W.'tshinti
• | ton for -i special one-day inceliriu
it. be . iitv.axcd with a brief ad-j
: dress by President Dwight Ei-t-n
hov.rr. In 194? fonric-. prer.ideni.
i Harry Truman addressed the nat
i iunal NAACP convem.on coin u
i Lir,coin Memorial, alone v. itn . s.;
Elt»anor Rooseveil.
lor to represent the Greensboro
district of the North Carolina Con
| fr—enee. The Reverend Gidney was
. i i.omp.iu -d to Columbus by his |
wife and Mr Arthur Crump ot |
O' eem-ooro, Mr Crump was the'
, ley deleg front this disu’ict. j
The 1286 delegates attending the
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ml? ' '
.1
REV. GIDNEY
I had approved the projects. /
i ' On the agenda is the construction!
I of a new infirmary at a cost oi 1
ti5i03.319.26; the enlargement of the
■ | Mechanical Arts Building for $34.- 1
! 137.51; and repairs to the laundry
■: tiiat will fun to $33,344.21.
Officials of the Budget Bureau
■jin accordance with an agreement •
II reached with the institution' '
.j Building Committee declined to j
ij renovate Vance Hall, a dormitory!
■JBwrswiMMrxM-, rir.tm- mi ii f
I > -S> -%(► -f»> *>,
*dcri obi i /i. ts ■
g,.*
t m mvH.in
:
HIM-Is WILSON
4 i
| ♦- so*- iqgi
” '■ 1 M miHiniinni —.- I |„ > '
T " -Mr Dames who resp-vh, him
■ if as ,( fun and as an America!
- iyie the people at tho
jjjjrty x'eco--
' 1 ?v tint -iangers inhert-n: in con
i uuiny second viacitizenship,
n« • ruas at too
Aji&V ' : "fto.n sstill
; |jjj| trying to piomote
ivr 1 cm; >u: ;;u,
who; tne Nation*
' ai hepu bl l can
Cui:,mitt..<> railed
.4?- •.. MW- iris! in as Research
MM Aide and Assist
ku-' 4H na> Director of
■iSlI Publicity. During
" *' '* my second day
DR WILSON* on the job, one
1 It UN TINTED ON PAGE 8)
convocii’um pit Ity.-d themselves to
'■lot out bj .1975, all tract's of 3is
criminaiio;!. • <:• creation and all
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
rare ill
CUTS JIM CROI
ROPE lit VS,
ROANOKE. Va —a pi eminent
Roanoke, Virginia white worrisn
removed > cure separating white
and Nr-gi > cpi'clator.s at a church
benefii .li-ogratn held at a Roanoke
H-gh Seiiooi last week,
Police officewon at a lost as
to ‘ hat. to do in observing Broth
-1 i hood Week here The cops h’M
i con ordered to keep the audience
separated and to keep order.
The program consisted of the
_,,, )o Mikado" by Gilbert and
.Sullivan I!. cons isted of an all
colored together v dh a white
niaiik-'t iti'i :t. 1 e dt rector and was
being aviti I"" the benc-fit of
the building fund for St Buke’s
Episcopal ij sire! i.
At Friday night's perform
ance, no segregation was en
forced and no incidents of
merit were reported,
Approximately 1.000 persons were
mi hand Saturday, two thirds of
»..i.: ...... j-.-. t t>
- ...ie.v., KttTJlii \ «
the begin ig of the program. Roa
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' for men, hut decided instead to «•
rect. a nodern fire-proof dormi
tory for men that will house the
same number of men as Vance
Hall.
Contract; are scon to be awarded
fcr the improvement and lighting
of the Avi.letic field and for the
construction of walks and. roads
about the campus. Improved camp
us lighting is included in the plana,
also.