EISENHO WER GIVES NOD TO FREEDOM FiGET
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\ UAL EVIDENCE Alfred
Scott., rec ent victim in a beating
by Apex's Chief of Police, tarn
1 Bastcell, is shown as he ex
amined tin- clothes that he wav
wearing at the time of the as.
sault. This photo was made Wed-
‘Hexed’ Mother Goes On !
Child-King Rampage
H2RNBERSOK *he\- i
*<l ' »'• t*lf? kill’:' : • f ’-• ' ; i.i'iP“r »
riu'td, M; v l,oi.?,sc* Vah■■". nr Clark. ;
tv as arrested here Monday and ,
taken io tm S; ac Hospital for ;
ti e Insety- Gokis'wo
Mrs. Clark told a >tra’:.;e to y i
which .• i- •.. • . . ■ . ■ k i! c
In* - four r*'.*.*>*th old <:• i!d and >,c;• ,
having orsrd voice? outside of her ,
v/irujo-v which told hi i to kill n- ' (
entire t> <J.
The MOV as related by in: e tuis- I
hand, Aifix Clark, started KforMay 1
roomin'.' when hr- retttmod h-voe <
and <i id r-ot find the barn in
the bed > t;ii its mothei He asked
'lie moto r w. ere the infant was
and she told him tha< she threw it
on to tlo<*r. during the night he- .
c;.use it fi :;’d ton much. T)v fa
N. C. Bus mess League
Plans April Meeting 1
Ti.r .?< vonth Annual Meeting of
the Non:, Carolina Noe™ Business
League will br hold ,u the Blood
worth SI; el YAK A, ii.V N.
<•• April t. 5 and 6' :t ha:; been an
nainced.
1 lust s lor lii- nit h r: arc !' ■
riti Bo: l hi, a i'V; i,;r;iiiv
■ and Better Wia i, Coriimiih'c"i
arc! the IK High Bu use. Lear no.'
The i'vsitsral levne r ■'Farin'.;!
the In o l . in B i
ih-ss and Industry” and the princi-1
!' - itiij ( ; will jjH’i .!:■ uii open
iti ! Plli iic ■ 1 ,-aoii clinic-: and
workshops on t 1 i■ - eouiai■ e n' ■ *. ’
Berne, lie- iminvii i notion of of-1
Li<rcn Hi School Adopts |
New Baccalaureate Idea.
of the m - plan that lias been
to op ted i, • the euio.-s? of Lh;on
Hiptlt School yets by Superintendent
•l. O. Sander, on on Thursday when
it is presented i y Dr. .v n Wat
son, Raleigh will pet, a nen look
on bare d Jurf nte sermons
*3. ne new idea calls for the preach
of e termoo in every church v,h.„ •
'here is a senior. This means that
tile pastors ol the several church
having imii..r member:-, of theii
congregation will prea.-h a -pc ■ i;,) '
sermon !'<••• tuese members and the :
entire aiuiio.ee will have an op
portunity i,. heat :h
It. seems r - :f t i eui i'.'iit crop of
seniors decided that they want a
.someth,tig new in the way of ser
mons. They decided to . xplore new
plans and with the advice of their
sides, came up with many and j
sundry ones. There was an idea
that the sermon be hold at 9:3(1.
sid run for one hour. This idea!
Urban League Hears Editor I
'.y.V
£>\ ALEXANDER BARNES j York League at it.- annual dinner.
NEW YORK, N. Y. - Jonathan M ’’ Dao ’ s,!id ,hat thr sWth j
Darnels, editor of North Carolina's "'ill BCC *' }t thf> decision with "good .
ot' called abend News and Ob- j s-:a»e and good wili". He expressed
server, told an overflow crowd of concern if the high court's dth't-
Urban League dmci s (hat he was | sicn would, with one swell swoop,’
sure that Talrnadge end Byrne- do away with segregation. He warn
would not defy the ruling of the ed of the dangers which lie, thought
IJ. S. S'.prc’i e court, sh< rid it. lurked m -oi.w- of the rural areas'
I n Ees». v • .(inn in F>c • hoots, jof the -ov->. but th-.iu-ht th-t a j
but war, fc-or'ul o f a lc,v isolated: y&t'tr-i '.hat, cc u.'d and would b •
cartes, T-rwdt y iti-.ht. i i •; d.
The editor spoke to ii>o National j He la.-Jted out against the recent 1 i
Urban League and the Greater Nc.v: blast of Georgia's Governor “Hum- i
!
neday. ' J> (>ri.lv before Scott was
to so on trial for drunken driving
and resisting arrest at the Apex ;
Recorder's Court. The dark glass
es that In- wears conceal a black
up that was received at the
lime of his arrest. Photo by
( i!\s. It. TONE'S.
Vanu’-strc'-en, called •■env.-s
Coroner F. B High* and Or. ,t.
H v.’h. • K'i- vi uccl the woman af
ter sue hod been placed in j.nl
and .-he told their*, according to
Ineii version, that she had heard
(-ominous voices out; ide ht-i win*:
fit '.v I •'Hr-.- her to k 11 ail of iwr
children. *.S;~.e H/ five other ciijl .
dmn ranging' up to seven years
o’cL The ofifrer wa,- pot -i/ • o
:.!>( a ’/- tnc • owe . pi,‘; - ;•> the
killer ■-u.other, or what roe
had in mind for gciting no of Iho
‘•thrrr
The body of iiie ini: nt w; -
found or. toe floor of the bedroom
n d was completely cold when
hiiiiid. The tiros’ of death was; not.
o.olfermined The woman told ex-.
(Continued on Page !»■
Ivors and 5,., ,al f, atu/c
\ incctinr r.t the V ('.
I,nli-.c(.i . I.c.i ,nc ,i hi in
held ,-.( the Y'.'.ICA, Sunday
Apnl ! niii' it;i J. |jcMt.i/nr-
Aack-.0.i, i>ui 11;1111. p-.aiding. I
The anna I meet sp; nf (hr
Hoard nl Dirve.ors will be
belli linnl t at 4;80 p in. with
.*. .1. tiemie; am, N. ( . Nli« 1 u*l
l.ife I i-uran • Company, Dur
ham, -Hiilli.-.
The opening public session will
ire held ;,|. the Fiartin Street
Baptist Church. Sundry, April 4 al !
7:.;0 p. -v
(Continued on Page 8i
o-n not i.i t i._i} j ,i-
A not her lorn advnqsed .a. .».u ,
(in .-t-i iiion he nri'acin-d a| m :
: •-’<<' rdt-.: noon The seniors balked
al Hus jdia and a view of the fact !
bicy wci'i the (air s ;o which the
- rnion v. as to be preached, they!
tiionglii t.a’y .-liould decide wen I
,ul where they v.. in ted it. Dr
o'at on and the advisors decided to j
let them rr ;‘ke tlieir choice . o long
| es it was one i.if p-opricty. They ;
f-n i|ly fit on one that is called ,
i "big time '.
The pmblem *v«* o-t solved
’here fi fciukii nly dawn d upon
iiicm that since- the nivachc-rs had!
'«'< prcii '!'• the ••« .n on th--y liad
better be coiisietp.-!. The loterd*?- ;
nominafion.il M.m.-ters Alliance;
was brougitt into the picture. The .
j clergymen decided to vote on the
issue. There wore about 00 per- !
: cent of t.-e ministers m accord, j
(Continued on Pago 8) j
ENDORSES NAACP 3-F DRIVE;
ADDRESSES 1500 WORKERS
BY ,J. B. HARKEN
WASHINGTON. D C.--(Secia! to The CAROLINIAN) In
a brief ten-minute speech here March lOih So more than
.1500 NAACP workers gathered in the Inter-Departmental
auditorium of the huge Labor Building on Constitution Ave
nue, President Dwight David Eisenhower "charmed his
interracial audience when he told them, in substance, that j
THE CAROLINIAN
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VOLUME THIRTEEN
APEX VICTIMS HELD
★ ★★★★★ ★★★★*★★**★★★!
“Fight Without Becoming
Bitter”, Says Dr. Bundle
n> J B. HARKEN
tv.XMINGTON 0 C - -Dr. Ralph
i. Buih'uo, United Nations official, i
.ho gamed international fame I
• be -I'cressf'jUy administered;
to: di.-pii'e in Palestine several
; ear' ago. a- among the dio- -
i.po-.-onages to address!
: - NAACP r Freedom Fulfillment
Fbdit -3-F> program here in thy,
J...bor iitorium March 10th. j
BvncMe re.-, ted several instances;
.-I in - ..av.-i.-i been rejected be- i
,mi -x 'Li i «c< during early child
hood; in -; nee- /hirh cause rrej-i
i < to form during those ten-!
dor ,u"i . D* .pile those urtfavor-i
; i. !e cxiy<-"ienecs. Bun/he said he I
...:•; leucncd to overcome the dead- 1
•.- ■ u-- -.it intolerance and jrpcial :
I lured id he. "Negro Americans;
fvrlk.p . .. e in a better position i
ei . ppi tv; te the benefits of a de- i
nioi-rai:, r-.tore than any people,
because u • er group.- perliap.;. take i
it i>r ,ri ;ud hi ..iius,; the- have 1
..F-.v..Vi had it'’ He cited examples
, i *’ peep'.-.- taking a stand for th® j
hi as ;:i i'• - 1* -of a Southern !
i white cnhoge ' ..dent who, because j
; of tradi.'on did not want to play j
' !■: vketbaii with a Negro on the I
; tc.im; that is. not >mtil the coach .
ivo him me choice o r "turning!
,-. his uniform” or playing with]
tnc coiored boy. He chose to play
: wdh t Negro stade.u on the
j tram and the coach plared bur,
-. ;n t.m Negro where he r-oon be
, conic i i.!e friendly with him,
{Continued on I'age 8)
DURHAM WOMAN
SEEKS damages;
DURHAM Mrs. Susan Mitchell j
’.■-.-ought s it in the Durham Coun- J
1 ty Sitperior Court here this week ;
foi injuries alleged to have beam
! attained vvi.cn she was thrown on !
, i btis owned ar. operated by the ;
1 Dt.i; ■ Put. er Company for the urn,
; of $5,000.
The complaint avers that Mrs.!
; 'dll/Fell bearded the bus on Mam;
; Street a loading place near W:<l
- - .-eii Drngslor*' and paid her fare.'!
it fur states that as she wa?!j
' ii ;ht :»~r of talking to her seat'
, hen tin- inn took off with such I
. f rrce that she was thrown in such j
a vray til; . .die sulforod severe and
i;t rman .'-it injuries.
S!n .Uirtner slated in the corn-1
~ -s■ nt. 11.-11 ;'ic bus was driven In'
-ii.ii ,) carclois, negligent cad reck-|
U.-s way, without regards for the
i glits /.id safety of the plaintiff. 1
to .ll .-ii/ ".as not able to reach;
ii•: ■ i --.it. Fhe charged the trans- :
portatirm company with failing to!
.vi rci • m.w precaution and is;
! .ni'icforo . kin..: that s!ic be grant-!
relief in Fie uin set. out for;
: thr pain and misery that she suff-!
cred.
’The aeti in furtlier alleges that
! Ihe driver should heve known by j
• c-kservatioa that the plaintiff was!
an aged pe-von and was compelled ;
(Continued on Pa*'e 8)
men ' Tain-ad,';? who threatened - bJj
err. 1J out tic militia. He felt that,
marital law would riot be called!
out by Taimadge, nor any other I
governor. He saw no indication of
a rebellion against the decision. H? 1
was riot able to see how South,
Carclitia’s Gove nor Byrnes could]
do a vry with public education in 1
tire I*.t mol la slat::. lie h't that '.
hi i.’.-i' a i reded nubile ed-' ■
li .■ i -'I v, r. l loan any other sort ?; ;
Os lire nation. i (
(Continued on Page 8) ) I
RaleighTN. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 20~ 1954
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CONCURRING WITH LAW
YER -- Raleigh Attorney. Her
man i.. Taylor, extreme right, is
* town a.s he discussed teed
matters nilh Alfred Scott, \*‘io
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AWAITING THE VERDICT
Shown is a portion of the large
j crowd that assembled in front
of Apex’s Recorders Court YVed
j nesdav to await the judges' deci
iFire Menaces Landmark;
i Destroys Ham And Chicks
i
I DURHAM -■ Two recent fires
menaced rhis tobacco town and
Durham County to a considerable
' degree -'.hen a 3 1 2 hour fir e al !
most destroyed the Old Hoy at:
Knights Building, located at Fay
etteville and Fern Streets, and de
stroyed i supply of meat and 350
N. C. Ifews In Brief i
FA VETTKVILLK'S FIRST
TRAFFIC DEATH
FAYETTEVi L-LF. A 29 ar-ulcl
'Fay tic vole ; : i ll >' i • n-:-
iity's ti>. i ti e f'c tiit; 'it;, of me
year, Sunday aft'moo.i v. Irn '-
err went out of control and ov r
turned. Ei-win Farmer, wito war. I
he endorsed the program of the Nationa 1 Association for the
Advancement of Colored People as he welcomed them to
the Nation's Capital and reminded them of "Where I Stand",
(referring to campaign promises) an the matter of first-class
citizenship for all Ameicans, regardless of race, creed or
, color.
| is aeeu.sp?} of drunken driving j
and resisting arrest by Chief !
;-;mi Bagwell of Apex. This photo l
vas made Wednesday morning in i
I rent of the Apex Recorder’s
| sion in the cases of Alfred Scott
and William F. Joyner, both of !
whom have accused the chief of i
beating them. At the hearing
i Wednesday morning, both men j
pedigreed chicks belonging to AJ-i
t ree! Brandon, Bragtown area farm- J
j cr
i I ’it in n v-.i-.c Called i_u iuy Old;
Royal Knights building about 3:301
.Sunday morning and fought until j
f:3O to keep the blaze from de-|
•droving the age old land mark.
, apparently riding alone, was m-j
j :-u • t!y killed when hi:; car rani
onto in? shoulder of the Mu.tv'.ij -!
mi Hi r.d. near Fayetteville State i
J '• ■ College. The car then
sv. crv.'ri across the highway and j
loiiod over five or six times. Tne i
(Continued on Page 8)
NUMBER 13
Court, from left to right are |
Miss Maggie Man gum, Raymond
Scott, Scott, ami T'aylor. Photo ;
by CHAS. If. JONES.
were hound over to Wake. Su
perior Court after probable cause
wa« found. Photo by CHAS.
| R. JONES.
! The fire is supposed to have start
! ed in a back room on the second
! floor, but got out of control when
(Continued on P-ire (it
i "~IZZ
Race Sick Presen t Problem
The indigent patients at St. Ag
nes Hospital here who need hospi- j
tal care and are unable to pay ,
for it are presenting a grave prob-,
Jem to the officials of Wake Cotin
ty. Who do they go to and who j
pays for their hospitalization and j
care? These arc some of the coun- ;
iy’s problems.
At the present time, indigent
patients must turn to the com.: ;
for ne.ioss u'y help, and James R.
Sloo, Director of the Waite County
Department of Negro Hospitaliza-j
tion. is the man behind the great j
I REITERATES PLEDGE
Ushered onto the platform by a group of iop NAAG
| officials and Secret Service men shortly after the strok
of noon—immediately following the singing of four number
by the famed Howard University Choir, directed by Warns
Lawson—the- Resident wore, what one high NAACP officia
culled, “his infectous smile” as he
-lend by NAACP Board Chaiuuan
C-’hanning H. Tobias and fang i"e
“Nlar Spangled Banner” v, jtn the
audience, an audience which /coin
ed to sing this National Anthem
with more genuine /Ming than
SLAYS SON-tN-.AW
LOUISBURG—Green Vance Privctle, U. o : the Pilot
Community has been arrested and charged with the mur
der of his son-in-law, Jcme Deck. 22 According to Sheriff
C Wiliis Perry. Privette shot Deck through the heart w i*h
a .22 calibre rifle at the Privette horn - lain Friday night
following 'family troubles . Deck's wife and their lour
children wore staying a, her father's home when Deck
camo to the house and'attempted to assault ] us iather
m-iaw with a knife. Sheriff Perry said that the shootina
was witnessed by Privettes wife and daughter He was
given a bearing before Recorder James E Malone Tues
day.
10c
w qil ? mt i,; ‘ ie town was all aglow
\here Wednesday when Ihe Ira.!* of Alfred Scott, charged
wdh driving under the influence of alcholic beveraoe. and
resisting arrest, and William Franklin Joyner, who was
irnrrrgpd with assault with a deadly weapon beinr
>lc,i ” s of p »"“ <=*>•>• s-' »hU.tf,r<m£S2
■ were round over for the next term ,
i o the V. ake County Suprno"
! Cowl by Recorder C (' Cunning. 1
i ham
I T,i;>ng before ‘he time -et for thpj
; Inrongs nf people filled the
courtroon and spilled over Imoi
j the street ,j ; fmn* of the building.;
: which local citizei** -all iho City!
Hall. Thcrowd mixed with 75 i
, p< r cent lace riti/env slowed no 1
sign of unrest, but nungly bent |
on seeing justice done, and out of !
1 curiosity, d-seusso" the rases -n ■
• groups. Most of t-'ie persons who;
, came were farm people and reptc- j
| sented tb-e workia?' man. They 1
| seemed not to care about any fan j
: fare, but v,anted to see and hear}
the facts in the en*e.
After much waiting, while the 1
court disposed of minor offenses, i
Judge Cunningham recessed the;
court, those wide settled down to (
f hear what would be told and i
j questioned about the most talked j
| cnout cases in recent years.
(Continued on page eigbfl
Few Negro Candidates !n
Sight As Politics Stir NC
Atty. Herman L. Taylor of Raleigh And
Alexander Barnes of Durham Mentioned
»
; , The filing of the self-styled dts- ;
eiplt! oi ‘he late Senator Willi.'.
Smith, Alvin M. Wingfield, Jr.
made the forthcoming race tor ihc
seat a bit boiler.
Those in the race represent manj
walks of life. The Squire of Haw
River, former W. Kerr Scott, ha.-,
not only distinguished himself as
builder of good roads in North i
Carolina, but has long since been ;
known as the gentlemen farntoi
and more recently as the breedei
of registered bulls.
The pie-sent incumbent Alton
Wingiield is best known as a
typewriter salesman and more ie
ctntly a radio announcer He hopes
to garner the post by extolling the
tenets of the Senator Smith H<
Lennon, appointed by Covernpt
Uinstead, is known to have made
a record as a judge of City Court.
Wilmington. It wa in this public
position that he established a rep
utation of knowing no person. The
high ani low. the rich and the
poor, ar< known to have been
measured by the same yardstick—
justice-
made no bones about the fact that
should Smith not have died, m
would not have been a candidate
He is believed to think that he is
the only candidate who is willing,
able and capable of carrying out
the wish -s and mandates of the
Lite senator.
Wc also have an unemployed
man who says that, he wants things
changed arid feels assured that il
he is elected to the high office
he will do something about it
There is also a plumber in tht
race.
From all indications there wilt
have to he a run-of? after tht
(Iknilnyri! en fwjje K)
problem.
Sloe's department si pc-on;
handles two main classes of indi-l
1 Sent patients. They are service!
cases and welfare cases.
■ The welfare cases nave been de- j
| fined those who sre drawing!
j direct welfare grants for aid to IJe-j
' pendent Children. Old Age As- •
s* star re, Aid to the Perm&rcv-t and
Totally Disabled. Genera! Relief
and Ail to the B'.ina of V.'.div
: County.
The cost to Wake County for.
I welfare eases, S'oo said, has n-l
cvci belli// link* / van in Jum
ttU7. when the ' l-'igluint Man Fron
1 I’ l 'nr- White Housf
" r, d. S|"»kv in NAACP from th>
'Coininu-.d -in ;m cignt)
■TwnßTrTvffiwlfflr-'- '*
WILLIAM F. JOYNER
tJcribblings *
$ BY DWIGHT
HII.LIB WILSON A |
ctse
YOU’D KICK ICO
The Nozzle, published by the
j Retail Ga.- dim; Dealers Association,
! prints a story about the motorist
j who was hurt in an accident, and
< V "' S b ® i ” S n t ' i ‘ r F ) *
n,' he ex
plained;
■ j “The first thing 1 saw when l
opened my eye was tin Shell sign,
■ and some guy was standing in front
of tile “S".
i ....
;• | FROM fill AIK Til YES
According to the record. Chief
! Lcpodotetnnchoseiacnogiileokrnniole.
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mehtokauikecluinmenokichleipkos -
supshophattopci isteialektruonoptek
' kcphalokigklopelsiolagousl raiocalet -
j raganopteregon died in Wisconsin
(Ctiiiliiiiicd on Page »>
c•.•cased greatly in recent years.
He said that rote.- from this hospi-
I ud to Ivake County have increased
from $4.99 per day to the present
rate of 18.65.
Mr, Sloo reports that the fact
that so many unwed Neg .> :noth»
cr:. are reporting to Smut Agnes
hospS.ta) f r medical c dis
turbed u::n . . . s
ate associifcd with
. ” ":! :' n'i 'in; rdiatibn
e. an c’.i.-.tic..L. clinic at lue
P .at v ‘i •< ; nuoi.s need
(Continued on l-tge 8)