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THE CAROLINIAN
VOLUME THIRTEEN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY AUGUST 14, 5954 RALEIGH, N. C. NUMBER XXXIV
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Stats Head Tells Committee
North Carolina Must Abide
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Governor William B. Umstead, according to reliable sources,
has no intention of having his special conimitte attempt to work
oot plans whereby the ruling of the United States Supreme Court
i car - be dodged or evaded. The committee meeting in Raleigh
■ Wednesday was instructed by him to study all of the proposals
v have been offered, with firm convictions that it is the law
f , r the land, and to find out how North Carolina can comply
with this law,
77;* •■■trnor sos ike told the CAROLINIAN that it was
c-.h u matter of time and that no one knew ho- long it
y ' •••• • t.- .- ti comm to work out the matter so as to
f.:t it :r:to p r* r tn the state. The committee got it-. iristn.tc
t /no-! «■*•? governor st 11 o’clock m the morning and
’ r ’ rrn etcLtffve sc s;on The governor held a press
c.-r.?crence «f 12 :30.
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urCicn Father Freed
■■' i don’s Sabre Death
V?, —a I to The CAROLINIAN
;::: >;roN <mib> A Lemur
Cvuni.v father ras absolved of all
■'•lom;- here last \ieek in the death
of hi« son.
Cot oner Raymond Jarman said
here Friday that no inquest would
'■j ■ held in the death of James W.
Karrman. who was fatally injured
* Ins father Saturday night, July
31m. Harrison died in a local hos
pital. Monday, August 2nd.
Crumple Harrison. father of the
a.—d man. was arret-ed Tuesday.
August 3rd by Deputy Sheriff
RMarvin Hill and £. B. I. Agent
Bob Popr near Richland, and
toiled on a charge of murder.
However, at the Recorder’s Court
hearing Thursday Harrison was
freed by Judge Albert Cotrper, af
ter the court, found "no probable
cause" in the charge against him.
Judge Ccvper said during the
hearing it was disclosed the dead
man's fathei struck his son with
a slab in self-defence after his
son began advancing upon him
with a drawn knife during a heat-
STONE CHUTE
TAKES LIFE
GREENVILLE A chute in
which crushed stone was be.rig
unloaded proved to be a death
Map for 35-year-old Isiah Ed
• 4 wards, construction company
workers, who accidentally suffo
cated Saturday after falling into
the chute.
Pitt County Coronor Griffin H
jjfouse investigated the accident.
* According l„ workers on the job
ai trie time G.f the fatal fall, Ed
wards was helping to unload a
railroad freight car of crushed
rock.
The man was standing on the
railroad car which had been
Vouclit into the White Constrae
v C unpuny's rail siding for un-
Rj'tiling.
a-d the chute doors releasing
he vy rock were opened by
*- • T cddler. company supervte
c the shifting rock carried the
■ n d n into the chute com-
V Jy burying him under the
ir 'vy lead.
Greenville Fire Depa rt
f' s ”rsc--' ruad was summon -
,o t ? reen? at approximately
.) o ,'ocx, minutes after the
'iu'n; took place. Rescue opera -
- s°t underway immediately.
Workers h:.d to push the rail
road freight cur from over the
chute in order that the area where
the man had been covered could
be reuihed.
Local firemen aided by volun
eser workers dug the man from
pit partially and as soon as
Wi head war free, the rescue
scuad began to feed him oxogen
*n an effort to revive him while
clhei workers to dig
hirn out from, the load of rock.
L:. Herbert Healey.. summoned
•o the scene by the oolice depart-
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ed dispute at their home in Ne-ise
Township.
In addition, he said, a st. te
rm. rn submitted by Dr. Payne Dail
indicated the victim died from
other causes then the saber
wound.
Dr. Dail. the attending physi
cian said. "Harrison succumbed
on the operating table Monday at
the Lenoir Memorial Hospital un
der the effects of prolonged anes
thesia, necessitated by work on liis
severely cut wrist.”
Dr. Dail. said "The anesthesia
apparently caused Harrison's
heart to fail.
Coroner Jarman raid in view of
Dr. Dail's statement, and Judge
Cov.-per’s ruling, he did not deem
it necessary to hold a coroner's
inquest.
The decision not to hold an in
quest is believed to have beer,
in th» de. rriants' favor and play
ed a large port in his acquittal.
I-' could not. be ascertained as
to what caused the ouajrrel in the
home and what infuriated the boy
to the extent that lie advanced
on his father with such fury.
; The delay in taking the father
: into custody caused much com
ment and it was the concensus
that he would go free His arrest
or: Tuesday and his release on
Thursday means that he was de
nied his freedom for only about
two days. The defense did no!
have to use too much evidence
to p. ?ve seif defense and relied,
for the most part on the testi
mony of the doctor.
$600,000 Biology Bidg.
Approved For NC College
DURHAM—The State Budget
Bureau has "reapproved’ plans to
receive bids for North Carolina
Colleges proposed new $600,000
Biology Building in the NCC Ad
ministration Building at 2 p. m.
Thursday, September 9.
George Watts Carr of Durham
is the architect.
The Budget Bureau's action fol
lowed an earlier "indefinite post
ponement" which was attributed
to state budgetary policy by D. S
Coiurane, assistant director of the
Budget.
Bascom Baynes, acting chair
man of NCC's trustees, said au
thorisation for the bid letting
came at the direction of Governor
William B. Umstead. director oi
the state budget.
The 1953 N. C. Legislature ap
propriated $1,800,000 to NCC for.
three buildings for biology, com
merce, ana education. The other
two buildings ate under construe -
Mon now at estimated costs of
some $1,200,000.
President Alfonso Elder is
now tllr trims the fins! phase
of a S(i million dollar perma
nent improvement program
DR. SEABROOK
COUriTY CRASH
CLAIMS ONE LIFE
LILLINGTON One person
was killed and three others were
badly injured in an automobile
accident Monday morn ins about
11:30. 12 xades west of Lillingion
on McDou' aid Road.
Killed was Edward Cole, 24.
Olivia resident.
The ir:,’tired men were identi
fied as Jesse Leon Byrd, 48. of
Baltimore. Md., Fred McLean. 38.
and Cisnlies McLe.in Broadway,
Route 1. They were admitted to
Lee County Hospital located at
Sanford
Assistant Harnett County Coro
nor Ed Black. Jr., of Dunn, who
investigated, .said the men were
riding in a 1850 Chrysler. It had
not been established as just who
was driving the vehicle■
Black reported that the car ap
parently went out of control and
turned over several times He also
said the car was traveling at a
high rale of speed.
C 0... was reportedly killed in
stantly.
State Hi ’incay Patrolman Her
man Ward who a:,mm a Black in
the investigation, raid there were
no witnesse--.
Assistant Coroner Black impan
eled a jury composed of George
S. Souder. J. R. Baggett, J. R
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that has been in process since
1947 when Dr. Elder sue
t'-eded the late Dr. James E.
Shepard as president of NCC.
“Indefinite postponement” of
the Biology Building without clar
ification aroused concern among
trustees, officiate, and students at.
NCC. On July 27. the trustees au
thorized their legislative comma
tee headed by C. A. Dandelake of
Tarboro "to find out why bids for
the building have been postponed
arid to seek means by which re
strictions may be removed in view
of the urgent need for the build
ing."
Although no explanation was
given for postponing receiving
bids prior to last July 21. when
bids were originally scheduled to
be received, Coitrane told a re
porter following NCC's hearing!
. before the State Advisory Budget
Commission on July 28: “We
must esonomiae in every instance
in order to keep from reducing
.'Mbir:- t f leathers and other em
ployer;. it. was necessary for us
to revert all surpluses, cr un
allocated balances, in all depart
ments in order to have a balanced
budget for the 1.954-55 year”. [
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SA, of Grand Kaptda, Mich., had twin ambition* for « medical swxf
mus.cai career; both of which ware thwarted by a mytfterionr «**£!
*"* paralyse. In UWT, doctors toid turn that fee wo«w never wuifc
2*V** *■? *® muscular dystrophy, feet Waft** vmim** drwrosyvd.
today he finds *ob» far Nejpw* to afi trade* by canviMain* wnploy-r*
; over the phone, for which hr, accept* m few*. -‘By heaping oti.ors of
my race, Ltf* holds meanhis for me~ sey* Vtaßaee stet «***. hit
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> GUILFORD COUNTY KILLER RECEIVES
LIFE SENTENCE WITH NO MEGRY
Special to The CAROLINIAN
GREENSBORO -William Bon
- net, 55-year-old Negro handyman,
r. escaped the state's gas chamber
? when a 12 man white jury return
ed s. verdict of guilty of murder in
- the first degree with a recommen-
J dation for mercy, after a deiibera
- tion of more chan 2 hours, late
Thursday afternoon, in the Guil
ford Superior Court.
! The jury convicted Bonner of
[ slaying “. . , with premeditation,
| deliberation and malice a fore
i thought. . .” his former sweet
j heart, Doily Dimple Mailer, age
| 2S. cm May 14th ana added the
Phrase that saved his life ... with
the recommendation that he
spend the rest of his life m pri
j SOT;.’’
APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT
Bonner, who denied ills guilt in
the shotgun slaying told the court
that he planned no appeal. How
ever, after Judge Allen Gwyn ex
N. 0, News In Brief ~
CHTIEF BAGWELL
INVESTIGATES
APEX An automobile acci
dent which had a twist, oi irony
in it was reported by the Apex Po
lice department Monday. A 27-
ycar-old white woman of Colum
bia. S. C. was driving her sporty
Cadillac along US 1 when she
ploughed into e. car driven by
Miss Louise Polly Lamer. When
Apex’s Police Chief San. L Bag
well arrived to investigate, he had
to call on the sheriff’s depart
ment for assistance. "She put up
quite a light, "Bagwell said of the
red head, “She kicked and scream
ed. and had my gun nut ot its
holster at one time.” Chief Bag
well charged the woman with
[drunk driving and lodged her in
TRUCK DRIVER
MS LIGHT;
FATHER DIES
Raleigh recorded its second
traifie fatality in eighteen months
last. Satorday afternoon when a
stolen truck wa-> in ee’lWcn wfw
aliU ii .UUiiL Isi.l ecU-.
'CO.stinted on Piaoilv 165
plained procedures, he said he
wanted to enter an appeal to the
State Supreme Court. Appeal bond
war, set at $25,000,
The state charged that Bonner
shot Miss Matter 3 times in the
kitchen of her home on May 14.
Dr. Girardeau Alexander, who ex
amined the woman at L. Richard
son Memorial Hospital, desiribed
3 shotgun wounds in the body and
bruises on the head. She died 5
days later in the hospital.
KILLER DEMANDS “IT”
Eye witnesses to the shoot
ting told similar stories of the
Matier woman setting in a
chair with her back against
the drawn shade of a kitchen i
window when the shots were
fired. After the shots a man
identified as Bonner leaned
through the window, snatch
ed down the shade and lion an
beating the fallen woman with
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I jail. The irony was introduced
when it was learned that this
woman was involved in another
accident just two months ago,
only one block away. On that cr-!
casion she collided with an auto
mobile being driven by Miss La
nier's brother, Paul Walton La
nier. Brothei Paul was found at
fault in that one. however,
DIES INSTANTLY
ROXBORO George Thorn
ten, 26-year-hid farmer of Route
1, Rnugement, war killed instant
ly Saturday night when a car in
v,’lrish he was riding went out of
control unci wrecked in the Mount,
Tirzah section of Person County.
Four others who were in the car
were injured Thev were Willie G.
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Happy Khmer New Year.
FATAL ACCIDENT A IM7
uodel automobile in which a
Person ( (rarity man was killed
j Saturday nisrbt lie* on its side
m a creek bottom. Inset at top
Firemen Fight Fire
As 2 Women Die
i
WHITE VILLE - Two women
' died in a burning house in the
j southeast section of Whlteivile
i yesterday.
The women identified as Mary
Parker, 39, of Sumpter, S. C.. and
Ruby Melvin, 34. of Columbus
| County were trapped in a house
owned by Luther Meares and lo
cated near the city disposal plant.
The structure was a complete
; loss.
In approximately three minutes
' after the alarm was set off. fire
men were on the scene. Houses on
! each side of the crowded dwelling
were found burning, but then
flames were soon quelled.
At the time firemen were fight
ing the fire they had no know
! ledge of bodies being in the house.
However, when the fire was
practically undo- control, a
bystander informed them that
two women might be inside.
An investigation produced two
bodies, one near the front en-
TWO ESCAPEES
BACK IK PRISON
DUNN—7'wo young inmates of
Woman's Prison, Raleigh, were
: taken off of a bus here Sunday
I night after it was learned that
: they had escaped a few days ear
, her.
| Local officials returned them
to the state workhouse Monday
morning. The pan spent Sunday
| night in jail here.
The women were identified
*s Miss Corine Williams. 30.
of Baltimore. Mci., and Miss
Mabte Wright, 19, of Norfolk,
v a. They were sentenced to
six months in the Raleigh
prison for vagrancy in Fay
etteville.
I Officials said Monday that the
women escaped from the prison
; a week ago after having served
| only one week of the six month
1 term.
“How did you manage to get
out of jail” one of the women
Wits asked.
7 climbed." she started to say.
but was interrupted by the other
who toid her to "Shut up.”
*Oh go ahead and tell him."
Miss Wright said, "We climbed
over tne wall."
When questioned about their
occupation, one of the pair relat
ed her parents took care of her
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Local Numbers Suspects
Nabbed In Vice Raid
The hour of four proved a
; jinx to six persons who are ai- i
I leged to he members of a “Num
! bers Racket' which is bciieved to :
isave been going at a moderate i
i speed her when officers pulled !
I an unexpected raid on several !
suspected places and one white
couple arid four others were
caught
Ttie raid did not net very much
for the sleuths who claim to have j
earned on six months of detec
tive work to catch those who are ,
believed to tie the brains behind
the cnce lucrative business that
is considered by the law to be il- I
j legal. The raid netted only SI,BOO
in cash and a few odds and ends
used in the Carrying on of the
business.
The two white people who
were captured are said to be
Wiliam Beil and his wife. They
were reported to be the book
keepers tor the business. Bel!
was held under a $3,090 bond
■anile his wife was cited to rp
oerr in court when the case is
cut ted.
Wiiliam Bryant, 908 Fayette
ville Street, v,as held under SSOO
bond. Bryant is reputed to have
been connected with the dubious
! *s the body of the victim, j
George Thornton, 26-ypar-oisl ■
resident of Et. 1, Kosigrmont,
The accident occurred near Mi. i
• Tixrah. The auto failed to make *
’ trance and one at the rear en
trance to the residence, practical
ly under the bed.
1 It appeared that the latter
might have attempted to shield
herself from flames or smoke.
Coroner Dick Williamson of
Evergreen said that his investiga
tion is complete, but bis belief is
that death came from burns and
there seemed to be no evidence
of foul play. He said that as far
as could be determined, there
were no injuries on the bodies that:
were caused by anything other
than the fire.
Williamson reported that he will
work with the local police depart
ment and possibly the Bureau of
Identification on possible clues to
the cause of the lire.
Tuberculosis Hospital
Has Empty Race Wing
'WILSON' (MIB r -- Inability to
secure sou: graduate nurses to
i serve as supervisors has left ar
entire wing of the new sanatorium
idle since it was completed earlier
tills year.
Dr H. F Eason. Sanatorium
Supervisor, says that if the wing
could be put into operation it
could accommodate all T B. cases
not yet admitted and waiting list
cases now being treated to homes
throughout the state.
120 beds of it two-story
wing of Eastern North Caro
lina Tuberculosis Sanatorium
here remained empty lasi
week. In county home an
nexes ir. six eastern Carolina
counties, 90 race tuberculosis
patients, are being offered no
promise of when they might
be admitted to (he state insti
tuuori for treatment.
The inability to find trained
personnel is causing, quite a dilem
ma in many count-let For instance
in Wayne county because of the
anticipation of closing the annex
at the county home ana sending
all 13 patients to the sanatorium
in Wilson, no funds were appro
priated for the coming year. The
same situation prevails in Edge
combe, Martin, Halifax, Johnston
and Vance counties.
Many patients, like those in
Wayne, face a desperate situation.!
Some counties where annexes
were to have closed last month
have appropriated supplemental
business for a long time ar,d is
i known to have been an inmate at
a Federal institution for dealing
in the business some years ago. j
The North State Club, 12*5 E j
Hargett Street, gave up the bulk 1
of the money, $1,131.00. Charles (
Heal, the manager, was taken and \
had to make bond of $300.00 Toe j
owner of the club, James Taylor, ;
was; aiao arrested and had to t
make bond, Fred Bridges wa- the j
last of the quartet to be taken ir,.
Hi? was relieved of S7O and re
quired to make bond lor his ap
pearance.
The cases are set for trial Au
gust 19 The “Numbers" is known
to have been a thriving business J
here a few years ago. and
throughout the state. The arrests
came as a surprise to many in
view of the fact that, it was be- \
iicved that the persons wno bad j
carried on the business had eif.i- j
er quit ci had sought other -
dimes.
The raids were made simui- t
taneously on the places named a
above. Those taking part were t
Detectives W. U Maddrey, H. T. t
Bailey R L. Ennis, R, A. Lues.
G. A. Privette and J. H. Bowers £
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a sharp curve and plunged hi
hi the creek botto« Foae
other* in the car were tolw«i.
See story this issue,
ffljBwMWC y riMSlpjals
< KDAIMD—Rev. Lawrence P
Thornton. S. V. I>„ wa* tine of
18 Divine Word Missionaries
recently ordained at Techny,
111., by Archbishop William It
O’Brien. Auxiliary Bishop of
Chicago. Father Thornton is
funds to carry on through August.
Dr Eason said recently that he
could give no definite answer on
when patients might be admitted
until personnel car, be secured
The wing which has not yet,
been ac civatod includes two
floors of an eight story building,
each having accommodations for
60 patient*.
In an effort to alleviate tnh
situation the N. C. Tuberculosis
Association is advertising through
out the state for two graduate
nurses as supervisors.
Vance County is one of the
counties that was scheduled to
move its patients to the new wiiu;.
, There were citizens of the county
. who protested the removal and as
a result Vance tuberculosis pa
j tientE ai e still to the wing of the
Jubilee Hospital that has been set
i aside for that, purpose.
There if much concern over
what will happen to the Vrap ?
County persons who need, hcspi*
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TRIAL SS SET IN
MUSIC DEATH
CLINTON The lone murder
case to be tried in Sampson Su
perior Court is slated for Monday,
August 16. to. which a local wom
an, Miss Margaret Almond, 27
of the Faison community and her
employer. Charlie Smith, 40 «•••;
be tried for the Shotgun shooting
of Amos BelL
Accordtog to local Saw off totals
the shooting occurred on Easter
Sunday, April IX, cf this year, at
the "juke joint,” operated by
Smith where the woman was em
ployed as a clerk
She ha# been at liberty undo
Bond of $6,000 and Smith under
a SI,OOO bond, since the time of
the incident.
Testimony at the preliminary
hearing by Clinton magistrate
Carlisle Jackson found that tlw
woman had actually done the
shooting after Bell had allegedly
attempted to go behind the coun
ter in the store following a warn
ing to stay cut.
Smith is alleged to have
refused to allow any of the
bystanders to remove the
body or to call for help for
some fifteen minutes, and be
was charged with aiding and
abetting and allowing a man
to die without the benefit of
help of any kind.
Bell is said to have complained
because the piccolo had faded to
play three records which he had
paid for and he had asked for th*
return of his money.
Witnesses are reported to haw*
told officers that when the wom
an refused to turn over the money
to him he became angry and at
tempted to retrieve it himself.
Judge Clawson L. William* of
Sanford if. expected to presid* at
the trial.