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Episcsp'.lon s Club Explains “Snub ” To Judge Delany ' 1 ■ $: ,$> . I ► .:,;%S Jlgi r '■ t . *"•' *' s ***t •' ■1 !* Gerald LjU-s, only 35-days o,tl. would probably do If ho bad to take, hix bottle f v' jn » df '" n - most babies, do. He takes his meals 1 ...... «“«'K upright :*t the Detroit Memorial hospital, due to: te efitcis of a rare disease known as achalasia. | t.Vewspress Photo) I if II , .. ; fc* ... „ ..... X. »•. - at.%v:..!Sh» N. C. City Counciimen Urge < Citizenship In Vigilance A. H. BRYANT ' ENTERS RACE FOP. CITY POST | BV J. B. HARRKN . ( ROCKY MOUNT This c: - “Bronze Mayor”, popular A!* \ der H. (Tuffy) izryai;!. “ ,YV ■ as & candidate i, r .-•.’.irrman fr-m the S:* r h V.Vjr<; or ' t' ■ torritmimiy wh.cb •••>- a liir-c • Race population. Bry.Mi.-i it riVi ; unsuccessfully twice previously. : Bryant wi.H be m compctit -ei : with two white c u:’ ifinU'S. ere j of whom )* cxpecud to '.ml draw in a las' ditch a I tempt !••• defeat Bryant Suen w. • " < L-n Bryant sought me tv-mi. • ! tion in past campaigns. WELL QCAI.H LED Mr- Bryant is a .-'.iccpi». ■>. ,- , Oessman with i „•>!» , a Johnson C. Smith UMVcniy graduate who laugh l school Jo- ■■■ trustee of N. (’ ('••'.••• : i he .d ! ly several year'.- has -,erv; ci as .i of the N C Busino. Bet.cue, ht-arh d the loos'. (Vue ‘K .mu lor a number of years. a tanl - I ing fraternity man; .';ir.n-orr.»ci *!'■■ appearance here of the hon ;;o\ ernor of the Vs in isimms Win- H. Has*ie and was chosen ■ alumnus-of-the-vear by rv alma mati i J. C Smith University. During former ramph-ms for the aldermanic post, Bn ant re- , ceived much support rro.n wJ > j voters of Ms ward. Other unsiic- I cessful candidates here have hern j the Rev. Kemp P Battle and j Charlie Jones. N.-VACP pr« ideal, J both of whom ran from the j , Second Ward, Resident Drowns <* Lawrence Ford, was found dead An Crabtree Creek Sunday by two j fishermen accordion to Coroner I Marshall W. Bonnet; On Monday, however, a coroner'?, ruling of death by drowning was delivered. Ford was repor 'd missing by his wife, Mrs. Mcliie Ford of 540 K. Edenton Street on April 14, She told officers, that he had left j his residence on the evening he- j fore, leaving a note in the mail- i box to the effect that tie did in- I tend to commit suicide .1 he die* i not find a job. Bennett reported that the body i was in such a state of dcrompo- 1 sition that it was difficult to tell j bow he met 1 v dc :b I M*\ ev.y. j there were no evidences ot foul ■ * play, p t and a i te-h 1 of te fatuity no aut.psy will k- ■ performed j ii> rnmrtrnw.r»nr««rrnmu!mßm, —irrtfir iiiwimumi i umpiii WMH irtTiTwm" LOCAL DEATH KCLfcl) ACCIDENTAL The death of a 47-year~nld man last v,as the restilt of injuries suffer'd at tiie Pa. Bcijsi.d *, O't o was rated a e'srr.l.ii • : r2ay ty Coroner Mar Btm-ott. John Henry C • Iffir va s f-Aal ly i ’ urcd '”" " '/'’ it *’fettr-!-*'fi ‘•.■l A!'' ' o t»n at she w •• Pen n*tl said. Grit fin opened a Durham "Conviction, confi dence and character” are three itupc-’ant requirements for pub lic M;..v. according to B. N. Har iis, D ,rhnm City Councilman froih trio Th.rd WV J -11..i ri< listed these req-Jre menis at North Carolina Coliege j Saturday during the Law School’s • fr.-t armual In:-' itute on Mumri- I pa! Corporations The all clay scs ■ .-inn was held in the Moot Court ; Room. He was one r-f ,-;x Negro city ; officials and former officials par j ticipating in a symposium on "The Elements Necessary for At taining Negr.i-White Cooperation m the Election of Negroes to Pub l he Office ’ ■ Other f'ouncilmen in the diycus ; slop wi re Nathaniel Barber, City ; Treasurer of Gaston;?; the Rev. i VV. R Crawdord. Winston- Salem; ; Dr. Wiliam Hampton, Greensoo i ro: Hubert S Hc>i)inson, alder . an. Chapel 11,11: and Dr VV. P DcVano. former Fay.-uevilie city ! councilman. j Harris set the stage for the i panel's discussion when he ad i v-. Hated more interracial coopers i i -j ;11 "electing men of mc-ru* 1’; ( ardlosr r.f 'race creed or color", i He said conviction involved ”a bi rr.rlal educational program and 1 he added that "Confidence is shortlived unless ’ is founded i on Christian character, Robinson custodian ot the More head Building ut the University (Continued on page eight) Negro “Far Year” To B j The Family Service Society, a I United Fund agency, recently an j pounc.-J that it will select a Ne i tiro family of tile year for the • first time in its 17-year history. | Mrs. Sam Ragan, president or | the board of directors of the agency says that the selection of the family of the year will be a feature of National Family Week. The winning family will be an nounced on Mother's Day and will I he judged on the basis of ideal S and happy family relations- The ideal family will be picked by the citizens of 'Raleigh, who ore being urged to send in their nominations along with the nomi nee''; qualifications to the fol lowing address; Family Service j Society, P. O Box 1444, Raloign. The Family Service Society is ! a privately supported agency, | . whose purpose is “to assist, as j far as possible in restoring handi | capped families to a normal life ! by means of careful study and i inquiry which shall lead to the fo>':":r,ino md carrying out ipf I plans which may involve relief, i of all kinds, \\ Mother due to in i empb,yniv,t. family difficulties tt ; i:;,l or external causes. * Judges for the family of the ; yea l- v.-ill tn- Mrs. Ivloilio Lee, hv a! librarian; F J. Carnage, at- , door at the warehouse and two bales fell out. He died Saturday at St. Vines Hospi tal- Griffin lived at 1017 Park er Drive. DEVIN SPEAKS ON SEGKEtiATIO.V WAKE. FORE.-.T -- Chief Jus i Lea William H. Devin of Oxford ' addressed approximately ISO Wake : Forest Law School alumni and (Continued on page eight) The Carolinian 10c y ~~[ VOLUME THIRTEEN RALEIGH’ NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY MAY I, 1954 NUMBER 19 Apex Teen - Age Girls V ** i M 1 HM H W . mm * Citizens Seek Action ! j ■ 4 I On Assault Charge BY ALEXANDER BARNES APEX—Chief S, L. Bagwell, the object oi much unfavor able publicity lately, refused to make a statement on some very serious charges brought by two teen age girls, the i Misses Mermie Lee and Lucille Smith, ages I& and 13 res- i PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD SEEKS ij INTEGRATION BV ,T. is HARKEN i GOLDSBORO Approximately i fifty ministers and elders of the ( ! Cape F- ar Presbytery, a division j ’ . i-f the Synod of Catawba, Pics- ; ■ j fcyterian Chur h USA, met in - : their spring meeting here at Shi- ; : loh Presbyterian Church, the Rf-v ; , h- H. Ricardson. pastor, April 12, during which time reports were i I given showing that tne presbytery i had iagged woefully in meeting , . its. full responsibility to the nat : - : lonal churc;> body particularly - i iii the non-payment of beneVo- ! ; lento and ministerial pensions i the lifeblood ot the denomination. ! “STOP SAVIN Vi 'GLMMIE' ” With the- increasing move towar-j ; 1 "total into, -ation” on the pan , ■ J of the church, (the USA Picsby- 1 l tcrians pride themselves on be- I • j ing ahead of other denominations 1 in thisi church offic. is said there must, of necessity, be more of a willingness to share the re.spon : ibilit:*-.? helping to maintain a j fair share of tne financial o’dli • 1 gallons ol the Church, w-hich has : for over eighty years been hand (Coniinued on page eight; nilyOfThe | le Named i j torney and P. R. Jervay, CARO- { - j LINIAN Publisher. Tile agency has heltxici a total ! of 174. Negro families in the city ; r of Raleigh, which is between 1-4 , and 1-3 of its total case load, f On Monday night, it sponsored , , a seminar at the Washington Ter- | race Library where family prob- ; lems w'ere discussed. A record 1 crowd attended this affair, j The agency explained its con ception of a family to he moth- I er, father, and one or more chii ■j dren. gfgfĥrfjxgtrgfcfgf attend theological a -1 >' UMNI DAT AT SHAW UNI VEKSITV Theological . >"irn- J ni Day held at Shaw University, April 21, brought back to the | pectively, and corroborated by ; Mrs. Everett Smith, in whose j ! home the trouble is aleged to j have started. - ! The charges are substained by | | affidavits made by the two girls j j and the information furnished by t 1 several of Mrs. Smith's children, j The affidavits, one of which ; i appears in this story, point out \ that Bagwell lured the two young girls from the Smith j home, under the pretext of ! taking them to jail, but later j rode them around the town for some considerable tune and alter much questioning | and undue approaches, one j which is related by the girts j as an attempt to fondle them by rubbing their breasts and futile attempts to kis, them, j put them out in the early hours of Sunday morning, j According to Mrs- Smith, the i : girls were living at her home and j she arranged a birthday pai'y 1 j for the older of the two. Men- i nie Lee Quite a few persons ht (Contlnued on page eight) | j INTEGRATION AT WORK When James E- Batts was assigned the principalship of i the newly formed Coin-toe High School in east Edgecombe Cotin - six years ago people "had their fingers crossed” hoping for the best, but with grave appre hensions. The “doubts” and “fears” held by members of both races were because Batis was “moving in” «n a white community and into a building —an excellent brick structure (two of them) formerly used by j white students, then going to x consolidated unit. institution the largest number of ministers to return since the observance was initiated j fourteen years ago. Some of the ; *★*★*★¥¥ * ¥ ¥ * ¥ ¥ * 10-Yr.-01 d Kills Baby -M .-v A -.~ .... ■>- --'•4V *. ;..'Jtf^.t.^-<fSfl!t-F** pi /^' 4 ' . -4 " • ■ 1 .zm >•s• M :• • r, -J f; - BAGWELI, ACCUSERS breasts and faces. Bag«ell, ulio ft* *n«tie Lee Smith. JK. left, the girls said w.s under tne in 4N, l.ui’illt Smith. 13, of near iluence of liquor, allegedly re- Apex, charged in a sworn at- to return (hem to their fadavft Sunday that Apes.'s | home after his advances were Chief of Police, gam L. Bag- i refused Bagwell was called to well, fondled them lasi Sund.n | their house following an a Iter morning between 1:30 or 2:(M! ration and supposedly took the a. m.. after forcing them to ! young girls off to question'' ride in Ins car. The girls said them concerning the tight—• Bagwell made Improper sug- STALE PHOTO BV ('HAS. K. gestions to them and fell fhcir JONES Negro Attorneys In N. C. Organize Association R. Avant of Durham; McKinb "Sat 1 Battle and Harvey Beech, of K 1 ■ L.^.ss ston: Charles Bell, of Charioti Robert Bond, of Wilmington; **“ ATTV. H. I-. fAI U)H (Continued on page eigbti j ~* * Heads Lawyers ! ministers present for the recent celebration are shown above. Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, vice- j j president of Virginia Union j s; >ii£ s»;.--*s University, was principal guest speaker, and Dr. Grady D- Da vis. dean of (he Btmv Univer sity School of Religion, was banquet speaker. ' SISTER BOARD ■I WHIPS INFANT |j TO DEATH ROANOKE RAPIDS -- Saying j that she was tired of looking al ter her 18 months old brother, a 10 year old girl, whose name i - was withheld, not only is await- ; ing the decision of the Juvenile j Department for the slaying oi : the tot, but is the cause of her ! her mother being held in the Halifax County jail, as an acces sory after the fact. Sheriff Henry House and Ms | office are worried, however, dtie i to the fact that they have not i been able to find the body of i:t- | tie James Michael Bennett. The I girl admitted to the sheriff that j the hit the child with a stick on j April 19. wile her mother was a- ! way from onw. She also said that j she hid the body in the attic j for a wile and then threw it Into j a small crock. A search for the body has been ; under way since April 20, the ; sheriff added, since the child’s mother reported, the tot was miss ing and expressed the opinion he had wandered away. Although the brook has been dragged the body has not yet been found. The mother, Mrs. G-errine Ben nett., 35, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the death of the little boy arid is in the Halifax County Jail. ; Sheriff House said the little girl | j said she had told her mother a i bout the beating but the mother I foiled to report it to the officers ; The sheriff declined to reveal | the girl's name. He said she is : in the custody of a neighbor and ; V. ill bo turned over to juvenile | authorities. House said Mrs. Bennett at one ; time was confined in a Virginia j j mental institution. She worked in j | i a Roanoke Rapids restaurant and j ; her husband, Gus Bennett, lifes I in Emporia, Va. There are four j . , other children in the family, two i (Continued on page eight) j 1 Secrecy Shrouds High , Point Man’s Killing HIGH POINT - Local officers , j| are at. a loss to dtermine how j 5 John Phifei, Kannapolis labor- If rr, happened to be at the home 11 of Sidney Vanadore, white, who ' If as killed by a bullet from a 0 22 rifle at the Vandore house, Westchester D-ive, Monday, i The man was not immediately | identified and it. was not until ! deputy sheriffs contacted rela : tives and friends in Concord and ! Kannapolis, was the identity of A i the slain man known. The offi- I j cers worked from a social securi- I ty card which was found on the K dead man. They worked on this I thin c'.ue until identity was estab- I in; hod- Relative* could give no reason I for Phifer being in High Point or * how he became acquainted with I the white man accused of mur- I dering him. He is survived by two 1 sons m Kannapolis and two bro | thers in Concord. I Charged with the murder of I Phifer is Sidney Vanadore, 51, I | vbo is in the local jail without i privilege of bond. Deputy sheriffs said there are i INix Hospital Plan » WASHlNGTON—Testifying be- i I i fore the Senate Subcommittee on I Health, Clarence Mitchell, direc- j I tor of the Washington Bureau | I of the National Association for { | the Advancement of Colored I People, urged the inclusion of I clauses prohibiting discrimina | lion against Negro professional I j men and women and patients in the Health Act providing federal ! funds for the development of i hospital facilities Mr. Mitchell's appearance ; I before the subcommittee on j April 31 followed an appeal CHURCH CLUB ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN BIAS NEW YORK— (ANP) Whifo this city enjoyed a brilliant, sun ny spring day and church goers worshipped tne risen Christ in scores of churches of all denomi nations, the Protestant Episcopal church redfacedly attempted to explain the refusal of member ship to Negro Judge Hubert De laney in a club affiliated with the church. The issue came out last week when the Church Club of New j York, a 67 year old organization 1 <pf Episcopal laymen, became in volved in a controversy over the refusal of its admissions commit tee to grand membership to Judge Delaney. The committee’s unfavorable report last month resulted in o pen criticism by the Right Rev. Horace W. B. Donegal), Protest ant Episcopal bishop of New York. It also led Clifford P. Morehouse, president of the club, to withdraw his candidacy for The chairman of the ad- - missions committee denied, hoW reelection next month, ever, that considerations of race or color governed the adverse vole on Judge Delaney. Bishop Donegan and More house made known their views on the case in statements at a private dinner of the club at the Ambassador Hotel on March 23. Members of the club who attend ed the dinner disclosed the existence of the dispute last week. Justice Delany, 53. was nomi nated for«membership by More house. a Trinity church vestry j man. Several days before the j dinner. Morehouse was informed ;by Dr. Arthur E Neogarri, j chairman of the five-man ad« : missions committee, that De -1 laney’s application had been (Continued on page eight) 7THISTRiCT ELKS ENDORSE ! SCOTT PROGRAM i ALBEMARLE— A Martel Scott. | believed to be the foremost can- I didate to unseat- State President j Kemp P- Battle, at the coming state convention, received the u nanimous endorsement of the Sev enth District here Sunday. Scott brought his campaign here in an effort to capture the votes of the district and made a rousing impression when he out lined his program. He told of the savings that he would give the State Assoc! t ; i. if elected. Campaign Mare R H. Beat ty, lost no time nming up the points of th ' platform and told the nr that Scott ! was going ever.. . re. Beatty j feels that the interest that is bn ! Sng shown in tho campaign is an i indication th-at EJlkdom needs new leadership and when the votes are counted a new program will be ushered in Quite a few "Daughters” and “Bills” journeyed to tiie meet. Slate Daughter Ruler, Let ft in Smith was present and addressed the meeting. District Deputy, W C Biddings presided over the deliberations- 'Die Scott support ers are expected to get to Gaston ia. early and will open headquart (ConiimieH on page eigSf) ; two eye witnesses to the shoot | ing, which occurred at Vanadore s home on Westchester Drive, but refused to identify them. Lov® Overtaken James Plummer found out last Saturday night that he could not brow beat in* way into a wo man’s heart. The upshot of his attempt was * job to get is HM7 repaired and forget about his Plymouth out of s ditch, have it heart throb, tempted to drive hi* way into It all happenede when he at- Clarisse Leonard's heart by block ing a car, driven by her suppos ed suitor, with his car. The inci dent hapepr.ed at her home on Avent Ferry Road when Claris se’s lover sought the aid of her three brothers to stop James’ from hindering' his progress in his love affair with their sister. James retreated when the four arrived and sought refuge at the sheriff’s office. -TTfriw i'u~n nir —niirm i mi i i mur i nwnnii I*lllll the previous week by Dr. W. Montague Cobb to Negro physicians urging them to contribute SIOO each to the NAAUP's Fight for Freedom Fund "to banish discrimina tion from health areas.” Dr. Cobb is professor of anatomy at the Howard University Medical School and chairman of the NAACP’s national health committee, fn his testimony. Mr. Mitche 1 * •ha: ged that “a recent ruling by Mrs. Ovets Cijlp Hobby, Secre tCovitiniird an elrhtt
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