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fĝfd iOf'M >i\X MANGLED PI TRAIN The remains of (•'liter hid.:'mb, 38, of Jlai “ .b, Knote 1. are shown cov- :s Re-Elect K. P. Battle ! Bv J B. HAREE.N, Public Bela. ‘h'*n C !nn S- f. Association ILFOLU, Rocky Mount, N. C. C 'iSTCNIA (SPECIAL) The ” i.t incoiii b»vir Batts? admit jstration relied k triurnßhantly cvc-r the challen & y.:\ Martel Scott forces and won ■ another two years as leaders of ’h Benevolent pro |K the V< '-"Id ’d i.nd of what was expected to Some Southern Officals To | Fight Supreme Court Order WASHINGTON *ANPI _ Re set on of white officials in states segregation is required or perenitied was in the Wake of the high, cmit-s decision nut* Rocky Mt Negro Principal Not Ready’ To integrate r Bv X. B HARJCEN ROCKY MONT Amid all flic pro and non talk heard or report ed in the press as coming from vee ecitica’ors ab-md tile t ■ Na .i. J Sukrc-im- Co.:- derision banning segregation in schools, no::(. in this region was so out spoken in denying our readiness for it as v as Sameul A- Giiiiam, prihciijal- of Graver High School a: Pinetop, a small South F.dge comb County town, site of the County's first high school which 1 as been headed b> I>lr. Gilliam for about twelve years. \ native of Virginia the of many presidents and from v. hence sprang She inspi- EVERYONE'S VICTORY — Washingtonian Spottswood Bolling, 13, is happy but modest aboui his role.in history. One of live 'district youngsters whose Monies were carried as plaintiffs in the ruling of the t . IS. Supreme court voiding segregation in district public schools, he said only: “It’s good and will help the future race.” Spnttsvvood <•, shown with his mother, Mrs. So-eii F, Bolling, reading courts de cision in a newspaper, (Newsprcss Photo). •jjK- Stras.l-'! tfrfcntiag Cenpoany l K - *'-* * .' <♦ ered by a sheet. Examining the body is Wake County Cot ; oner Marshall W. Bennett left j and Deputy Sheriff Wtiry : be a bitter fight between Rev. i Kemp P. Battle peesident for j seven years and A, Martel Scott, j Goldsboro "barbecue king,’’ who j challenged the Rocky Mount ; minister and Grand Lecturing i Knight for the pret.dent's post j over 18,000 Elks the largest j and oldest >me conference in | Eikdoar Following the president’* ; annual report. ' motion to elect by acclamation pre- [ lowing such nractices ! Gov. Herman Trimaciye of Gcor | gia and Gov. James. V B.vrnc- of 1 | South Carolira were bitter over 1 j the ruling. In both states, stent. J ration (Thomas Jefferson) for the Constitution Gilliam is ; quoted , t s saying; “i rt-aUy don’t think were, ready tor this thing”, meaning lßtergra tion in schools. Discouriug at j length Gilliam is further | quoted as saying: "Is it sown-- ! i thing that most of us like to j hear and dream about, but J there is a big difference in I preaching a thing like this and in actually putting it into i practice. With an air of pes simism, Mr. Gilliam conclud- | rd Ins interview with a Rocky Mount TELEGRAM re- | porter with the statement that. (Continued on page 8> .1 cties Mtlbamb was killed as he attempted to cross train ! track 1)001- Raleigh, Photo j courtesy The News and Ob | | • erver. j vailed despite vigorous pro torts led by Attorney Pete Hafirs. Battle forces though w ith a 41 to 17 vote while < |'ott forces headed by R. H- Beatty-—Jits campaign man ager from Fayetteville kept quiet, not even placing their man in nomination. Every me wondered why!! The wi swer appeared to he that Battle’- hem-omen were too (Continued on page 8) v been taken to abolish pub- ’ lu: : hoois to prevent integration. R. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, head of the sen ate's southern Democratic cau se-. deetared angrily that some ways must be found to check the high court’s t&nde < y to disregard the Constitu te!) and the precedents irf )' !e and unbiased judges. Sen James O, Eastland of Miss is.-ippi declared th.at the South [ •would not abide by nor obey this • legislative decision by a political < court. Rep Forrester of Georgia am j fused both major political parties with "kowtowing” to minority groups to such an extent that our Country itself is in jeopardy." Gov. Hugh White of Mississippi said his state would preceed "caut iously” but “we will have separ ate schools somehow ” Another Mississippian, Walter Sillers, reiterated a previous sug gestion that the state abandon the public school system and re vert to private schools. However, Missioun and some other southern states have per mised to go along with the court ruling. HELD IN I DEATH OF ENSTRANGED WIFE iifc;auifort A migrant farm la borer. Mrs. Alfair McCrary, £3, of Salter, S. C., RFD, died last night in the Morehead City Hos pital of a bullet wound, s«id to have been inflicted by her estrang ed husband, Elijah, also of Sal ter. Carteret Sheriff Hugh Salter said the shooting occurred last Thursday night at the Chicken Shack, a 'Negro establishment on Queen Street here. Elijah fled following the shoot ing and was arrested two hour* . later in a migrant labor camp near here by Sheriff Salter and Beautifort Police Chief M. E. Guy Chief Guy said his investiga tion revealed that Alfair was in the Chicken Shack when her husband walked in and told h«r she should he home with her three small children. Witnesses, said the chief, stated that Elijah then struck his wife, knocking her to the floor. As she arose, he shot her once below th« heart with a 32 calibre pistol. She was rushed to the .hospital, where doctors held no hope for her recovery, stating hat the bul le ricocheted downwards into her liver and intestines. Sheriff Salter said Elijah claim ed se’f defense, stating that his wife stabbed him when he slap ped her. Tiiis statemnt accord ing to the officer, was contrary to those of eye witnesses, who ! said he woman did not have a knife. Elijah did have s minor cut on right arm when arrested, appar -'tlv a fresh knife wuond, j, (Continued on page 7) Mail Loses Life In "Race" With Train The Carolinian 10c y— \-~j iQ VOLUME THIRTEEN RALEIGH, N C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1954 NUMBER XXIII I Continue* on Pape s ISflnl Ik BS m S # I'-- ■ ■ - mmr; V IU S If «1 tis ★ '★ ★ ★ & i i * 'it it it it it i i 'i it it it ir it it 4 COURT EXPANDS DECISION FURTHER HIGH j COURT EDICTS i FAR-REACHING Washington Negroes wop new victories before the Supreme Court Monday on appeals involv ing racial segregation in colleges, public housing, municipal golf courses and a theatre owned by the city. In none of the cases did the high court actually rule out seg regation, as it did in last week's historic decision which held in constitutional any system of se parate public grade and high schools for whites and Negroes. However, in three of the six cases ruled on today, the tribunal ordered the lower courts “in the light of last Monday's ruling and "conditions that now prevail.” These three esses involved the admission of Negroes to the Uni versity of Florida and Louisiana State University, and to a city owned Loiusville, Ky„ amphithea : ter. In the nthei three segregation : cases acted on today the courl | by denying; hearings, in effort i let stand lower court decisions ; which: 1- Banned segregation in low rent housing projects in San Fran cisco City and County. 2. Banned segregation at Mid- j (Continued on page 8> tea ’ "'._T f««»nißrwiWmOTfßWMMmMWrWTiMniwnii!VM-nrrin’T»v l >imfms’ff l -rnmrTfn-ri~.--i.-ririrr- l Tr l ri»rrr-ii>-i»), nnamnr n»'ww»i [ | Ministers Condone High Court Ruling Members of the Raleigh Assn- f pation, composed of white min- | i-ters of this area, expressed grat itude over the recent ruling of the United States Supreme Court, at their weekly meeting Tuesday. Their attitude was based on the fact that they felt that the ruling really threw the light on the very fundamen tals of Christian teaching, “all men are created equal” The ministers felt that the in terpertation of the law effect ing the schools was a direct : i slap at any form of discrim ination ami that it was their desire that all people would adopt the Christ like spirit. They pledged their prayers in the hope that the decision would be freely accepted by all. They also agreed to work in their re spective churches to see that it wag made a reality, j The ministers of Clinton also met and accepted, the decision as an agent of good Christian liv ing- This church group is composed of eight member churches repre senting six denominations. Predat ing at the meeting was the Rev 15, F, Earhardt, president of the association, pastor of the Clinton Methodist Church, and former president of Louisburg College. The resolution passed unanim ously was as follows: ■‘‘The Supreme Court ha* ds- N. C. News In Brief “ HOSPITAL BOARD HOLDS OPEN HOUSE An Open House was held at, St. Agnes HoarpiAeJ Sunday by the Saint Ag»«a Service Board celebrating Ha- . fcional Hospital Day. Receiving at the , door wore Co] J, W. HarreJson, Mr. , and Mrs. A. T White and Dr. and , Mrs., Roy N. Anderson. Others as- | sisting in receiving throughout the , hospital were Mr. and Mrs. D. M. , Jarnagia, Mrs. Owen Smith, Mrs. J. , B. Civil*, Mrs, E. M. Speights, Mrs. . A1 Rothstein and Mrs. Hoyle F. t ! Beam. Hostesses in the prenatal clinic , were Mrs. W. J. Broglen and Mrs. \ R. L. Ca vinos*. Serving punch to the ! , 300 guests were Mrs. Jainea Boyer and i , Mrn. S, P, Rudder. i | ‘ •‘ VjMRKK^' < -w ** • I v ~ s, SHOOTING SCENE The home of James PriveUe. 8% E. Davie .Street, is shown above. The arrow on the right points to the spot where Pn vetie held officers at bay with a gun Monday night. Photo by C. JONES dared that segregation of the I races in the public schools is un- i constitutional. We the ministers ■ of tlie Clinton Ministerial Assoc- ; ication feel that this decision pro- j perly received and property act- j ed upon may become a great step j dom of God. in the advancement of the King- i "It has been the aroused con- ; (Continued on page 8) Publisher WILMINGTON T. C. Jervay, publisher of the Wilmington Jour nal, this week walked out on the Lennon-flor-Senate Campaign Committee because of what he termde “the injection of the race issue in the senatorial campaign.” Both Senator Lennon and ox-Govenor Scott, bitter rivals for the Democratic nomina tion for senator In the May 29 primary, reacted against the Supreme Court’s decision j outlawing segregation in pub lic schools, but many North Carolina newspapers belcive Senator’s comment was the | most caustic and criticised j him for ‘striking below the belt,” in his remarks that ex- Governor Scott had fried to j destroy segregation in the j state’s school, system when he j ; PEACE COLLEGE NAMED ! N CAVIL SUIT A man who •was shot lasi year by s J Peace College night watchman, filed i a, #50,000 civil suit against the watch- j man and the college, earlitr this j week. Ode!] Cook, the plaintiff, also i obtained an arrest warrant, against | the defendant, S. E«. Woodell. Bond | for Woodell, recently tried and ac- ! quitted of criminal charges in the | case, v.ag set at SI,OOO. Court papers ! allege that Woodell shot Cook several , times on March 17, 1053, at the hit- : ter stood on Peace Street opposite ; the entrance to the college. The com plaint also stated that Woodell was a man of “dangerous and indifferent, ( Con fi*i i Tr.,.0 on v,, on, 7> OBSERVES ITH | ANNIVERSARY i By HENRY C. MITCHELL i Goldsboro <MIB) First African : j Baptist Church, West Fine Street I ! Goldsboro, N. C Celebrates its j both Aimivemty and the Pastor's U*h Auni e.sury, May 24—May | • (■-, nightly ' :-i: p rn. The gpt| Anniversary of the j First African Baptist is in- j deed >n epochal event which we lire >ur readers will appn •i, ,t to the folic '. When -in istitution such as ; the I t African Bapti - Church reaches milestone - ! i 90 ye; s .it can he tiuelv said m any enterprise that it has something solid behind j It, The occasion is indeed one j for jubi! >n. < Con ed on page 8» Walks Out On Lennon Forces was governor. | Jervay, w a few years ago. j was (beaten >y the KKK for j his editorial. ainst the hooded j order when it. operated in South- I eastern North Carolina, said he j would not be a party to “the I Negro’s becoming the ‘fall guy’ in j the contest Further, he said, that j from the begin nig he feared tha ! the Umctead forces would inject j ihe race issue in the election if j Steward, 17, student" *1 St Otttuimc’s high srlic-ol in jWnshißKlon, a<s one of the wore.* o( Negro students whoso status won’t be changed by the recent Su- l | y ~ 51 re me court ban against school segregation. They ftjj*! ' *® to pa menial schools, which aren’t affected. Presi- t& dent Kisenhower wants Washington to he a model ;f| 1 A' A. r ..air - Mystery Shrouds Death Os Man Routed With Gas BY CHARLES if. JONES •fames Privette of 806 Bast Davie 1 Si re.-I, who put up a throe-hour guu fight with local police officers Sam uel Ciarskoa and John Baker early Tuesday morning, died late Tuesday afternoon in Wake. County Jail. The man had held officers at bay •t lus Davie Street residence until bar gas forced him to take, refuge in . closet That is located between the bathroom and a bedroom in hi* home. After allowing enough time to l-'pso to make sure that Pnvetto u-i'ii . ; -. 1 . the o:Deers foor-d l-im c:-.,oehcd in the closet with his | ('!■. clutched tightly in his hands, f'rhi Itc war taken to Saint Agn«» l-.iepitai immediately following bis j M<i< i! where be was. given an eunun | alien However, physicians there, could find nothing wrong with him.j He was released to police iti a short ■ Record Crowds View Food Show and Exposition Here The second annual Food Show and Homernakern Exposition, sponsored by the CAIiOUS! AS, closed iast Thursday night at the Spaulding (lymnasium, Shaw University, with "bat many termed the most success ful show ever hold in Raleigh. The show began on Tuesday, fea turing two sessions daily. The firm show was opened by Mrs. Mildred F. Helms, who had charge of all the. afternoon shows and featured May tag appliance throughout each ses sion The night shows, excepting Wednesday, featured Miss Rosa lee Armstrong and Miss Lane Siler, top notch deemonst-rators for the Caro lina Power and Light Company. The, demonstrators were able to keep the audience electrified with they felt it would win for them, ; in-as-much as they had success- j fully used it in the Graham-Smith and Umstead-Olive elections. The editor added, however,tha he had tried to be loyal to Senator Len non who is from WiUmngton and who has to his credit a liberal record as a former judge of Wil ming ion's recorder’s court. Hm- j Lead t.ppoinied Lennon to fill the ; unexpired term of the late Sen- j i locomotive Beats Man In Contest diet McLauip, bb-yuar old j«sj i «««t of Raipigh, Route 2, was killed shortly before 2:50 p. m. Tuesday when iia was struck by a Seaboard j Freight Train at a crossing in the ! Oakdale Community, four miiee west ] time. Privette appeared in t’riv Court S'u morning for trial on * iContinued on pase 3 ( N. C. Negro Police End Annu l Meet The: Second Annual Meeting of the . North Carolina Police Of ficers Association was hold in Greensboro last week. The meeting was opened by prayer by Chaplain T T Street, who is a member erf the Rsleich Police Department, and who -vu re-elected for his second con-n --c-utive term The outgoing president. L*. J. '.Continued or? pace 71 la teat m borne making, begin ; »u»g with wa«hi«ig nod ending with I the Dne arts of lighting the house, j The Souiheern Furniture Company i displayed the, last words in Home . furniture. The fhimilmre show in (heir booth was ref the latest design .<nd those who viewed it thought il et ■ quisite. | Miriaio ’* ftross Sfeop no* onh dis ; played the latest, in dresses and rash I ions, but their fashion show on Tuns I -lay night wan die eorwmog point of I the wholo affair. Mis* Virginia Gary modeled some of the best ! dresses that Raleigh women have had j an opportunity to see. They vary from : bathing suit* to bridal truses.ua. . The young indies who did the mod L (Continued on page Si I stor Willis Smith, i TShi« publisher, who is a mem ber of the board of directors of the National Newspaper Publish ers Association, said ihat Senator Lennon had pcontused him that the rase issue would not ba tol erated in thie campaign and brat j he fJ'erva*'.} felt that Lennon had | let him arid ilk other Negro fr>- ; ends down, instead of having (Continued on page 81
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