WFFK ENDTNCS SATURDAY. JUNE 26. 1954 7XT} C^TTfSv. ' T '"* *> ‘V” ■■-if lOmfcp **» «■?** i%-MIA Cfel ** ■ *■•* ** ** & c* it 1 ""A _ ... _ T\T J! I - f J A deputy she ) i .'• i>. >n Coun v narrowly j ' ' ■''''■ Saturday vvii, n two I 1 r - ; j .. I'Oi-.edly over- ! i • ■ i Sti and slashed him j ■ '•. hue he was trails- j • 1o Control Prison at 1 'tllegcd slashing I !: >• .about two miles south \ ol !• :'...v:v Springs. •1 P. .McMillan, tiie deputy, re- j ■- " n a Ion.: sir.sir in his reck j . id later a p'l.v.-coarn at Fuquay J-prints reported that hu could ,■ e. toe man's jugular vein puls :••• g v :ile he was busy sewing aim oe T off et: was not hos p;trlitcd, however, and his con- j fid ion i» termed satisfactory. Both of the prisoners were re- ! •-aptured vvith the aid of a Slate Vivo Commission airplane and bloodhounds secured from a j Ha-nett Countv P**i«nn camp. According to reports, the two men have records of previous I escapes. The men. Weldon G. j Ho 23. and lames Melvin, 32, i had previously escaped from a j Scotland County road gang j where they writ serving time for ! the larceny of an automobile. j This account, of the incident i was given by Wake County's j Sheriff, Robert J. Pleasants: McMillan was transporting the 1 prisoners to Central Prison at 1 .Raleigh from Lumber ton. He arid ’ a Park ton policeman had encoun- j ’prod the pair last May 27 while J they were attempting to break-in ; ft* Park ton. During that time, one j of the men is reported to have Did You Know You Can Buy A I 4 - Door Sedan | —FOR— j j |pj § |j * '| -j And 24 Mos. To Pay? Specie/ Plan For Teachers —AT— Ft Howr-H & Lenoir Sts. Raleigh, N. C. j Calvert Distillers Corporation NEW YORK CITY HENDED WHISKEY 86.8 PROOF, 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS i fired at the officers and Mae slug i> said to have gone through one <>f the policemen’s pants leg. Al tai they were jailed it was learn i cd that both were escapees frofn i a Scotland County road gang. 1 The men were tried and con victed of breaking and enter:.!-; and as.-fiuit with r. cioadly weapon j end were sentenced to term.: • ranging from 5-7 years. j The deputy is reported to nave loft Lumberton with Melvin and Ross and two other prisoners at about 8:40 a m. H- dropped ■ u of the prisoners off at the Cum berland Countv jai! in I-’avette ! ville. Reports show 'hat Ro-'s was in the back seat, of Hie car v ith another prisoner, John Henry Hayes. 26, up for housebreaking i and larceny. Melvin is reported. I to haw been riding in lire fiont I coat of the car. I Another car, bearing Robeson i County officers and several more ! prisoners being taken to Central i Prison here, followed a short i distance behind McMillan When the vehicles reached the outskirts of Fuquay Springs, they i became widely separated because i of heavy traffic. Ross reached over the back »eat and clutched Deputy Mr • Miilan about the head, Mel vin, who also was on the front seat, jumped to the at tack, one of the men slashed the officer's throat with a razor blade he bad held - on eealed. One grabbed his gun. The third Negro, apparently rv,-i a party to the - lan winch officers be lieved w.'.-: conceived by Ross i and Melvin, begged the pair to s op the assault. After the deputy’s gun was ; wrested awaj from him the pair told tin proosting Hayes 'we’ll : give you the same thing.” One of tne men further threat ened tiie deputy with "I'll k,ll the s-o-b." The deputy is alleged to have \ said then, “you've got my gun— The two us-in hints forced the deputy and tin.; - out of the .ratted car and Hayes fled, run ning to a nearby house and sum . moning help. Uos? and Melvin arc also alleged to have run and m a i'< -v miui.es, a passing motor- I ist pi- : ;cc! Drptfy McMillan. | He was taken to ilic office of Di. A. G, Grumpier in Fuquay | Springs. Dr. Grumpier told police | -•'tic. . the.’ if the wound in the | deputy's nook hod been a fraction deeper, try jugular vein would ! have been out .me! McMillan pro- ; bnhiy would have b-ed tc> death. . , '. lu'.en ccv'ilf- .c ;n ho left knee. | flioo from the lulling i ton prison camp were secured i alter an immediate alarm was reread and a hunt was inaugura- Vu for the :r ; -.o:, ■■■ Tv WiH | rife Comm is.-a ».m enlisted an air- I place for the hunt. Highway patrolmen coordina ! ted the chase .and communicated by radio vyjfn the plane’s pilot ■ v’ho wa a walkie- : ■- tt,. NAMED VICE PRKXV - WM lir.m '*. Itigcf, «t Interstate T talkie. The posse was also supple mented by sheriff's officers from Wake and Harnett Counties. Hayes, the other prisoner, v.-ho had pegged the. men to stop their attack on the deputy, was re'utTi ed to custody by officers He apparently had no hand :n the break and is reported to la ve c’d .vital he could to aid the deputy. a car was stolen by Ross and Melvin. However, they abandon ed ii just inside the Harnett County line a short distance from the site of the break- After find ing the car, officers Immediately sc* up a block in The ares. r hr scent of the two men was gained by the bloodhounds, who soon made their way into a I wooded area where the men were I found hiding. The progress of the blood hounds was reported to officers j who were closing in from other : reas and dipped down when ihe men surrendered. No resistance ''.".is offered to the officers The men meekly gave up the pistol that they had taken from Deputy | McMillan. The fugitives were brought to Raleigh and placed in Central Prison. They had been recaptured a- . bout two and one half hours ltd- , lowing the attended escape- The : two have been charged with auto \ :neft and assault with a deadly - weapon with intent to kill. Whether the men were hand cuffed at the time of being trans ported -has not been ascertained - • Sheriff Robert, J- Pleasants oiled Newspapers, Inc., has re cently been named Vice Presi dent in Charge of Sales for the entire inters! ite organi zation. -«#»- tS> -O- s#» *#*■ A Summary of What His Honor Said &* -9* <«se- e; Phelps Stokes Sec’y NEW V OHK —• i ANP) Funeral services for Leo A. Roy, former executive secretary of the Phelps Stokes Fund, were held here lasi week at the Thomas C pibie Funeral home. Roy died in Florida at the age of 64. Some time ago he suffered a heart attack, which forced him to take a rest Alter nearly 30 years of service with the /unci, Roy resigned as executive secretary on ' July t, 1948. Throughout that period, he maintained a deep interest in Lioerian affairs and in particular the educational development of the country. Reside his work with the Fund, RoV also served as as sistant secretary-treasurer of the hoard of trustees of Hook er Washington Agricultural and Industrial institute at K a kata. Liberia, Dr. Charming H Tobias, form er director of the Phelps-Stokej fund, upon learning of the death of Roy, wrote' -Roy was a distii;mashed per sonality without claiming the headlines; rather he preferred not j to appear too much in the limc ; light, contenting himself with d<>- ■ in a full day’s work in the in ter j est of humanity and for the 1 good of human relationships. "His long term of service with the fund is an inspiring chapter of that, organization. His interest : in Liberia and the development of ; the Booker Washington institute i jo the trying days of that in ! stitution will ever remain a i treasured memory with all who were associated with it on tni* side and the other side of the water,” Survivors include the widow. Mrs. Estelle King Roy. and three daughters, Mrs Richard Bigg*. Carol Roy rind Mrs. James Shaw •„ ~ j-saktotbir-v V«»-. . . VISITS CHURCH Mrs W J. Byrd. lIIU Mark Street, Ra ieifth. visited the St. Luke Bip tist Church at Eilerbe, North Carolina, last Sunday. Her hus band, Rev. YV .1. Byrd has serv ed a* pastor of this church for several years. Mr* Bvrd and her husband spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Deb bie Chandler of Norman. N. C. where they report they were royally entertained. found Harris hiding behind some .shrubbery in hi-, yard after Normans wife had ask ed hint to look into "some noise" that she thought she heard. Norman also testified that the man had placed a stool under one oi his win dows. and topped a Coca- Cola crate on the stool. In another court case, three men. one of them a Negro and tivo white, were convicted on charges involving a disorderly | 1 house. Malcolm Herd of Greenville, and Robert Buinpar. Negro of Durham, were ai rested as oc cupants of the disorderly house j after they were round :n bed tn -1 pother at 2:30 in the morn'ns. A drinking party had reportedly «n --j sued prior to the at rest. Willard Moody, while. 32 nf 204 N. Person Street, wav ar i<-st,ed for operating a disoiH< -ly l house- : Moody reported that be met the two men in Moore Square where they were all drinking wine, and invited them to come with him. He an used Rumpass of attempting an un natural sex art on hint. ■ —1 WKf! - 1 ' WALTER WHITE ADDRESS- i KS 4-F RALLY—Waiter White, I executive secretary of NA ACP AME Church Bishop Dies LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (ANP) Bishop John H. Clay born, who had beer, til for more than a year, died at his home here last week. He was 73 years old. The bishop presided over the j 13th district of the AME church, j • covering Tennessee and Kentuc- I I ky , i i Born :n Ackadelphta. Akr., Dec. j 2, 1881, Bishop Clay born was eiec- j ; t*d prelate on the fifth ballot at ! the General Conference of his j ttenommation at Philadelphia in I 1944 He received the largest number of votes ever given a Candidate for the bishopric - 962. Prior to becoming bishop, the | prelate had served as pastor, pre- I riding elder, editor of the South- I ■rn Chris., -n Recorder, and col lege president. He earned his A.R. at Shorter { college; B.D. at Jackson Theolo- ; ; gical seminary. D.O at, Wilber- | | force university and an L.I.D at ' I Campbell college. I He served as- a delegate to the ! General Conference of the church I i in. 1916, 1924, 1928, 1932. 1940 and i ! 1944 He aiso served as trustee of j : Shorter college for more than, 30 I | years ;W:tber force University, 12 j * "oars; and Payne Theological ! seminary, 12 years. As bishop, he advocated re forms for A M E. Church > schools. He recommended Role Os Negro Actors Clarifed By Statement ! NEW YORK (ANP> A statement designed to clarify tiie role of the Negro in the en- ; i ortainment world was reiased • last v.mek by the Coordinating ! Council for Negro Performers. Endorsed by the NAACP, the Negro Actors Guild of America, the Coordinating Council and other organizations, the state ment was drawn up sometime a- ; go by a committee representing , Actors' Equity. Chorus Equity. ' . Dramatists Guild and the League j : of New York Theatres. The statement said in part: “The realities of tile American j scene today confirm the portray al of 'he Negro as a more gener- j a) pari of the scheme of our j society, for example, as. postmen, j policemen, clerks, secretaries, government workers. doctors, and teachers witiiout. the neccssi- - tv of emphasis on race. "If writers, producers, di- J rectors and casting agents j would consider the Negro art ist primarily as an artist, to be given consideration for easting in any roles which his ability permits, it would t-e a vitalizing force in the theatre. 1 Ap- i . iis'iisive of doing in- . Electric Fans 8" Stationary SS.3S 10" Oecilatiina . . 813.75 Westinghouse $16.55 to $39.00 ! Window Fans $29.36 to $97.57 Pic-Nic Kits i $11.95 | ICE CREAM Freezers ! Qt. to 20 Qln. S.M. YOUNG Dial 7121 130 £. Martin Si,. RALEIGH, Nf, C, ~.,11 | is ihown ns be addressed t.OOP people lo White Rock Baptist that several of the smaller schools be combined to strengthen their facilities and curriculum. Hr submitted a plan for this to the last AMI. General Conference. which met in Chicago in 1953. | A Republican. Bishop Clay born j "'as one of two Negro ministers | named to serve as chaplains at j the Republican National cor „ n ! tion in 1952. | Small of stature, Bishop Clay- , j born nevertheless, was most i forceful in getting his views over. He was seen by many as the champion of the rank and file I >n the AME church. | A benevolent prelate, he gave \ the AME connection for supo: nuates, widows and orphan* $),- ; 110.50 He also gave in 1936 sltji - j SO net proceeds from the South i ern Christian Recorder to tn« j church dependents. He bot'iht ‘ and gave an SIB,OOO priming plant j for printing the Southern Clint - Can Recorder He taught for some 25 years in the public schools of Arkarisa . md was made president of Short - j e; college in 1940. Organizations in which he held | membership included Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Urban League, N -1 AACP, Free and Accepted Me sons. American Woodman and • Fraternal Council of Negro Chut ' ehe-. in America. justice to the Negro citizens and | offending humanity, writers and producers have tended to com j pletely eliminate the Negro in | comedy and servant roles, j "This policy, well-meant though it may be is unrealistic and ha* seriou.-iy curtailed Hie I employment of the Negro aids. ; While caricature and sterotype : are always to be condemned, • there is nothing inherently j wrong in comedy and servant roles when they are a part of , a living presentation However, - when the Negro citizens are pre* : sented exclusively in such role., i an imbalance results, and their i integraion in American i>e is | improperly set. before the world. "We correct, this situation, not i by eliminating the Negro artist. ; bid by enlarging his scope and | participation in all typer of roles i and in all forms of American | entertainment--just a.- in Amen- j j can life j i-MMaiii>«ii>ii S(?dan Loaded «UiOd i Loaded wife ®AQC with extras «p WJ»J extras . . -t SO '.51 Buick Special 2-Dr. Sedan 'IP Olds' ‘«T 1-Dr Sedan Fully i? 1OQ•' ; Radio and Mft' equipped ~ " Heater .. OPEN TONIGHT TIL 5 P. M Carolina Buick Co. 43J F<7vettr>vil)n S(. Phone 3*4129 I. . ■ PAGE THREE aeaiuiMKifi tl Church, Durham, on the ncti sion ol 1 the Fighting Fund For Freedom rally June I.S. during which $2600 was raided for S.\- ACP work in push integration, On phUforrri 'Muted: lift to right are Councilman R, V Harris, State NA m p press Kelly Alexander. Dr M M Fisher, Attorney M V J.,ho sen, Durham S YACV head and the White Rock ehnlr n tin background ft. Harrey ihoto ■iviwmiana. <■■■■«■ uo«>,ihM’<>Hi- MKim- -> " . ~ ummvr Cocl _ ! 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