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Br ALEXANDER BARNES
FOLQ GROUNDS ('New York;
City)—More than Fifty-two thou
sand fans crammed every avail
ble apace in this ball yard west of
the Harlem River Wednesday and;
ts v Sal M&glie and Bob Lemon
Goldsboro Institute Adopts
True Democratic Attitude
C : .DSBOKO The Bible
Ti ....lag Institute, operated here
for many years exclusively for
"•q? this week opened ns
t:TS year There are no whites
race
The Southern Convocation of
the United Holy Church of Ame- '
ics. sponsors of the Institute, •
at «a annual meeting hero this
c l * k adopted a resolution open*
mg the Institute for "all quali
fied applicants regardless of race. 1
color or creed."
Allegedly "00 delegate*
from the 259 United Hob
Churches in the Carolina*
and Virginia unanimously
adopted the resolution.
In support of the move, four
addresses were given. The reso
lution was offered by a special
committee headed by A. W. Law
son, dean at the Institute. Classes
for the current school year began
Tues d a y. Thirty-five students
have made indications to the ef
fect that they plan to attend
this year. There are no whies
among this number.
The Southern District, in the
resolution concerning its Bible
institute, pledged itself to ■co
operate fully with municipal,
‘ BEAD
‘SHOPPING’
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With RUTH
PAGE 2
ANNEX VACATED
GOLDSBORO—The Wayne
County T.B. Annex is vacant
today. Its nine former pati
ents, ail colored, are enjoying
the comforts and attention of
Eastern N. C. Sanitarium at
Wilson.
The patients were removed
only after unsuccessful efforts
were made to secure trained
. i personnel who might be in
"l Merested in positions at the
.:.anitorium. No word has been
alfreived as to what future use
"Tight he made of the annex
building which was construct
ed some ten years ago.
V.’hlte patients are still oc
eupylur the main portion of
tise Santorimn here, it is is
alleged.
■ wn VMsummw Mm*u»i*W'*xryaK<>**neMmtmwr*r.*r e*wt tu
Shown at She lop are Ilf „
[ stalwarts of the New \ ork
! Giants who are expected to
[ carry the i -ant of Dae bait it z
attack arainst the devr-Vtnd
! Indians in the cum nl V orid
Scries. Willie M.r- i veil the
first game with a spretnlar
catch that was the tut n
| point for his team. Alvin Dark
f is the captain and is known
j to be ‘•faff” in the dutch.
Monte Irvin who could have
! walked Larry Doby and A1 R" sen
; hook up in * two-to-two tie for
: the honors of winning the first
game of the 1954 World Srnes un
til Sal (The Barber» weakened in
, the. top half of the eighth and
state, and federal author trie? tn
any program designed to car:;.,
out the spirit of the Supreme
Court segregation ban.
Below is the resolution adopt
! ed.
"That the Southern District
1 Convocation with its educational
institution exercise its authority
ana influence to bring about bet
ter race relations and to instill
into the hearts of our enddrer
-nd adults the need to r love, un
: derstanding, patience and unity
t.o promote the virtures of de
segregation and integration.’'
The Bible Training Institute
• located at 500 Gulley Street, was
. built under the leadership of
Bishop A. E Branch of Golds
boro. He headed the- Southern
District for many years.
The Institute is a large brick
structure ana has operated for
10 or a dozer, years.
“»»»* MnmMt' «w
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NO SCHOOL —• Four yoimp wtudent* arc shown looking at a notice
posted on the door of the. Milford Public school in Delaware, which
reads; “Closed until further notice.” The Milford Board of Education
closed the community's two public schools because of receiving calls
threatening Negro pupils. More than 1000 persons attended a mass
meeting the night before objecting, as they put It, not to integration
Itself, bat to "rushing it through “ tNewsprats Photo!
!
I been the goat of the game
due to his tenth inning error
■■ :f cv'.- - f'sj b.i Rhodes, whose
home run won the game Hof
mun did not see action in the
first game, hut Manager I*u•
rocl. r i>. counting on him. In
the i> ii-om picture Bobby A
viia. '1 Rosen and f.arry Do
it,v represent tr• *> Indian pow
er. \ir Wertz, i • ever proved
the Hr gun I'M Hu- tribe in 1
the first game
beat cut a hit to shortstop and
Don Ir.o came in to replace
him Dicing Vic Wertz, who had
been the terror of the giants and
when he worked him no 3-2 count,
and While Mav3 made the catch
■ of the day, by going 460 ft. to cen
ter field fence to pail down a sure
r- ho<•• Ks ami’Al' ,; x Grinsom
v Ded Dale Mitchell, pinchitting;
for George Strickland, to fill the
v. uses and Dave Pope, hitting for
Dove Philley looked at a third
‘•like end Jim Hogan flied out to
Monte Irvin to leave three Indians
stranded at- one of the most tense
moments in the history of base-.
The Giants were not to be de
ed'd ami when Dus'y Rhodes came
to bat in the last of the tenth
after M illie Ma v s walked and stole
second. Lemon walked Hank
Thompson purposei> and this set
he •,!:■.ge for the game-winning
blow Rhodes swung luslib at one
of Lemon 8 pitches and it sailed
1 owned the right field wail where
Dave Rope v a ted and watched it
sail into the stands for the winn
ing score.
The sci; v f: -nr. Rhode''; bat sent
’he Giants to victory by the score
ri ft to ;:• u I'ivint; them a one
vme edrie. This was the first ex
tra innng tame since 1952. The
experts still pick Cleveland to win
and feel that big Bob Lemon will
beat the Giants the next time he
meets them, perhaps on Saturday,
I That They May Rest Teg ether .. .
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SALEIGH HOST
ID SEVENTH
HEALTH MEET
The Seventh Annual North C -
■ olina Health Conference opened
: its annual meeting September 29,
■ at. the Sir- Walter Hotel in the
Virginia Dare Ballroom, with
David Weaver, Director of A- ■
: culture Extension Service, pre
; ding.
The theme of the c^nt'verir.-
teas •Community Action Th.e
Key To Rural Health's Doer '
This conference was well attend
ed by Negro farmers, home dem
onstration agents and physics
ans. Included were represents
five groups from A&T College of
Greensboro. North Carolina Col
lege, Durham and various ofh>-;
' Negro colleges.
Among the things emphasized
were three pertinent, thoughts
1. "procrastination is the thief
of time." The farmer's life is
regulated by seasons and he must
be on the qui vieve. and con
scious of time. ‘‘Don’t gamble on
tomorrow when you have today,"
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Farmviile Man C.hooses
Death Instead Os Bilb
GREENVIIDE Pitt County
Coroner Griffin H. Rouse ha--
ruled the. death of an 89-yr-ur
old man as suicide alleged lv
brought on by a lack of money.
Rouse stated that the body of
Thomas H. McKienne.v. 89, of
• Farmville was discovered las:
weekend by the man’s son-in
law, and that, apparently, the
man had been dead since Wed
: nesday of last week.
The coroner reported that a
note was placed in McKieruse -
; "Sunday suit, which was hang
ing from a light cores in the
1 room with the old man, which
i told of a lack of finances to pay
\ his debts and the inability to
1 get anyone to help him. Thus, he
! America Awaits Visit
Os Liberian President
i
| WASHINGTON 'ANP> —Dip-
I plomatic and social crcles here
| are bitdying themselves in pre
i paration for the visit to the Unit
ied States of Librarian President
1 W. V. S. Tubman, Oct, 18 to Nov,
18. ,
! The 18th president of thi Re
spublicspublic of Liberia, West Africa.
! Tubman will be the guest of Presi
, dent and Mrs. Eisenhower at the
i White House. The American c hies
: executive will give a State dinner
; in honor of President Tubman.
After a three day visit to the
; nation’s capital, Tubman will visit
Baltimore, Md.; Akron, 0.; Chi
cago, lil.; Detroit Mich.; Cleve
land. O.; New York; Oxford, Pa.;
Tuskege* Institute, Ala.; Atlanta,
Ga.; Langston, okia„ and New
Orleans La.
He is scheduled to receive hon-i (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) .
N. C. News In Brief
u
NAM V PETITION HENIfSD
i TROY • The Montgomery
! County Board of Education has
{denied a petition by the NAACP
, that the schools of the county
be operated on a non-segregated
basis. Superintendent of Kdtiea
| Don, J. S. Edwards said the ac
■ Uon on the de-segregation peti
| tion was taken after members of
the county board conferred with
Arty. Gen. Harry McMullan and
officials of the State Board of
| Education. The State Board has
iaa vised the County Board to fol
! low the course laid cut by a state
&
.1
It was report"d (hat the eblet
man, an active volunteer fire
man for years. had never been
known to mis'* an but
failed to put in an appearance
at a call Wednesday. According
to the coroner, (be man appar
ently used a stick to pul! tire
trigger of his .12 gauge shown
which he placed across his chest.
The police of Fern-mile were
notified by the man's son-in-law
upon the discovery of the body.
According to the coroner, Mc-
Kicnney lived alone in the house
where he was found dead He
reportedly has a number of child
ren living in Farmville.
orary degrees from Langston Dnl
■ versify, Atlanta university; La -'
;fayette university: Lincoln 'Pa
;university. Tuskegee Institute and;
Morgan State college.
The first visit of President Tub- j
man to the United States occurr-'
led when he was president-elect,
and accompanied then President
Edwin Barclay.
Elected president in 1943 to
serve a term of eight years. Tub
man was re-elected in 1951 for a;
• second term of lour years which j
expires January 1956. Liberia ha*-’
made progress during (he past de
cade under his leadership.
A National Citizens Committee. •
for the entertainment of Presi
dent Tubman has been Set up hy
the U. S. State Dept. Chairman is,
Mrs. Robert L. Vann of Pittsburgh
inrw'rmii-r’i'tsx m r» c u t S ,
board resolution which said in
r 1 effect that the racial status of
, the state’s schools would remain
> unchanged until the Supreme.
, Court rules differently.
’ HELD ON TRESPASS COUNT |
■, OXFORD—On a plea of guilty,.
- Richard Lewis, 30-year-old Ne
: ig.ro employee of the City of Ox
! ford, ha-t been ordered held for
! Ihe November term of superior ’
: court or. a charge of forcible;
;' trespass. Lewis was wearing j
clothing which he allegedly had
*: (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) i
} I
i -idwiil Baldwin, the killer
of the Rev. ,f. L. White in Dur
ham Monday, is shown as lie
.« being led from the brush j
where he successfully evaded
a posse for more than 4 hours j
after the killing. Deputy Sher
iff T. C. Leary is shown on the
right of the picture and an I
unidentified member of the. *
Victim Os Crazed Killer
DURHAM Friends and rela
tives of 70-year-old“ Rev!"*J. Lee
White will assemble in Covenant
Presbyterian Church to day,
j (Thursday) at 4 P.M. for last rites'
j for the almost blind .retired min
! ister who died here Monday as the
| result of a gun shot wound which
was inflicted, on him by Caldwell
Baldwin. 40, known to be an it
inerant from worker, who is al-;
leged to have gone beserk over the
j last, of his wife to James Holland.
Baldwin is said to have gone on
the rampage Sunday when he
i found his wife in the car with
I Holland and his wife. Carl Hack-
Iney told the CAROLINIAN that
■ he was i iding with Baldwin when
they came upon the trio and that
1 Baldwin got out of the track in
which they were riding and ad
vanced on Holland with a knife.
Holland is alleged to have tried
to protect himself with a pump,
but Baldwn ducked and started
Cutting Holland on the arm. Hack
i uey and a companion are alleged
posse is holding hi#u on the
left. Other members of the
posses are shown in the pic
ture Deputy J. O. Ferrell m>
j shown at the bottom as he in
spect? the .22 caliber rifle
which Baldwin used to kill the
i blind minister and to terrify )
* the community.
to have pulled Caldwell off of
Holland and he was taken to Lin
' coin Hospital for treatment.
After having been treated, Hoi-'
: land is said to have gone to the
i Durham County Court House and :
: taken out a warrant, for Baldwin.
Sheriff Kelvin corroborated this;
part of the story, but said that he.
did not receive the warrant until
Monday after the fatal shooting, j
Hackney further related how he
rode on the bus with Caldwell
Monday morning and told of
Baldwin’s threats t» kill Holland.
Baldwin is said to have gone back
to Hollands house, who was a
tenant on Ilev. White's farm, lo
cated about, one mile south of Dur
ham, on what is known as Fay
etteville Road. Baldwin attempt- •
ed to get Holland to come out, but
Holland refused.
Holland related that Baldwin
after shooting Rev. White, start
ed shooting toward the home of J. j
D. Poe, white and it was rumored j
1 CONTINUED ON .PAGE 16) *
MERMAN LOCK
WITH FAVOR ON
CEMETERY IDEA
CHAPEL HILL- 3 mm .16 > ...aJ
i ministers who Monday night pro
tested before the board of Htdr-i
, men s decision to segregate
; races in the towns new ceme
tery, won support Tuesday from
the chairman the *>•*
NlvV'M'fNl TO ON > *i .. Ti>
LOCAL CITIZENS
ASK TEACHERS
TO AOSTA?
The Raleigh Citizen 4 i - .
(■ion. headed by Rev. G A Fisher
urged locai school teachers to re
ject an invitation extended from
(he Wachovia Bank and Trim.
Company to attend an Open House
Thursday night of this week
The Association, baising its pj*a
on the fact that, the Open Houm
: is to be a .iim crow affair, pointed
! out that Raleigh’s white teacher,
were Wachovia's guests Tuesday
night
The CAROLINIAN contacted
several principals in the city in a n
attempt to ascertain whether they
intended going. The school heads
indicated that they Eiad not given
the matter much thought as a
whole, One principal, however
did relate tliai he would not be in
attendance because of a persona’
grievance with Ihe bank.
Following is the letter sent to
all Negro teachers in Raleigh by
: the Raleigh Citizen's Association.
I Raleigh. North Carolina
i September 29, 1954
DEAR. CITIZEN'
We of ti • Raleigh Citizens' A
sociation are greatly concerned
about the invitation which you
received recently from the oflicals
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
: Company of Raleigh, inviting you
■to attend an OPEN HOUSE. This
invitation went out to the teach
ers of the Raleigh Public Schools
; for Tuesday and Thursday of this
I week.
| Our concern is with the deIibe
(CONTINITEO ON PAGE 15*
LAST WHITE
SHAW PREXY
SUCCUMBS
The Rev. Joseph L. Peacock, D.
D., president of Shaw University
from 1920 - 1931 died last Friday
at. Rex Hospital here.
Dr. Peacock was born in Pais
ley Scotland, and came to this
country as a child and prepared
for college at Worcester Academy
j in Mass. He was graduated from
Brown University and earned a
master’s degree from Harvard
University in 1902, and graduat
ed from. Newton Theological Semi
nary the. following year.
Ordained in 1900, Dr. Peacock
i held pastorates in New Hampshire
j and Rhode Island before serving
j for 11 years a* head librarian of
| Westerly Public Library in Rhode
Island.
1 An president of Shaw University
j here for 11 years he. became very
; active in Raleigh affairs acting as
; chairman of various committees
affiliated with the Baptist Foun
dation Ribical Reformer. He was
a charter member of the Raleigh
Kiwarns (Hub.
Druing the period from 1932 un
til 194.0 he was pastor of Tarboro
Baptist Church, Later .he served
* CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
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■Oll. PEACOCK