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sh« guest. oflHHtor »t « h*n« *pan»vo!‘f'd by th» SniioHnl OmifnittKi* far Rural N'h*x«li* a< l.h«*. Iloijpl Omr»K»dorf In N>w Vork, U gfctted in Ills hfjstw by Iwo of th? yomne:t‘»t nu*mhpr» of fh<- Hofzet missions h ••> r*;l» <T ow 0> miffl jurist t' r nit of toy*. .of Hi* NC K-s shija to .sduKtli in pressed arris* for Chtibtnm* imrtU % \ i'&f^spt ■*■'**, l*tioto) Human Rights Day O ■ T7 T\ ? be: rcrlJec. lum MlVv YORK f AN"Ht 54 denomination* of tTr Nr-clonal Fr .o ; i .. t onsJ 1 ;: of Ch ■ U. S.A . I*ic , repi£;;ei;o4K: mere chan 8-'0:0 !>OO Thi'Cn r' I .i'.avft be •’: to observe *;to or.T.unS numaii Rights Dpy Friday. De center It*. v \. ■/ <■:■: ■ ;.■!■■. . V;.. pif.-yjoni, : ”d the R-V a>-n ge W Lews. Bapii of Dayton. Ohio, . ; ‘; v (MXv •.ry. uvo ur- W * t i ■ • ml-:: t in the event, The or" - ii>:> it- * ! .:- forth, vrvtiv m> the ■principals of the Dtt lan.-. ion of if . fTghn- as a common }> ri d G! a.ci'if-vemc nt 1 ’ll all i ;• ■ ■■ and ;.nl nations. The dc c..;: • .on aa.i adop.-.-d by the LET CO CLAVE CUSTOM, HOWARD VJHIV. PROFESSOR TELLS SOUTH LOUIS VJU; <ANP)—-The S- uth t ■> tolcl la-', week that- the pres et.- '■ atomic age is no time for that P : - tion of the nation to cling to. lr,:-,,: utionallz-fed slave customs. ! The warninir came from James M Nabrit. Jr., professor of law at Howard University, in an addtess before a meeting of the Associa i wo Men Bound Over In Clinton Gun Death ( CLINTON Cary Stosn. 25. end Altnon 3 Owens. 20, i»c.ih of Clinton, ine be mg h< d u-hos.t ! privilege of ootid foi tot 1 Kc's-u --ary 3955 term at tm- Ss-m son County Superior Co' rt or; a charge of mu; der following a pre liminary hearing before Mayor A. i P Winfrey, Jr., early this week. The victim of the murder teas Elbert Bennett, local resident The shotgun slaying is alleged to have taken place Sunday night, November 26 at B:3ft when the two charged with murder alleged ly went to Bennett's home at 1108 LOCAL LEGION POST INDRiVL Post Commander Van Alston told the members of the Charles, T. Norwood Post that the ultimate j * goal of the membership was 322. men, instead of the 116 now en-; roiled, at its monthly meeting Fri day night. This declaration was. made af ter Past State Commander Char,, j f r . Irvin:,: told of the executive trognuc that, was ahead of the former servicemen in order to en* lertaiti the 1935 mecunu here in Eak-igh. Rev. Cl. V. Cheek, execu tive seecretary. Khaw Alumni Awofiatkm. and a veteran of World War I, addressed the Legionnaires at an open house meeting after She d - - r.' : i of business and told t ’;cm how necessary it was to not be airaid to live. "Too i itHiij people are rinding it j d ‘Ticult to face the changes | that are coming to pass and I i<". S' that they cannot cope j v. ih v bat they call Impend - i' . darker 4 as Am-riej - s U "INON PAGE TWO) i NAA CP Na mes Iwo NEW YORK The National , Vssocbn:Of; for the Advancement j Color': fl People has appointed ; two new field secretaries to as* j Ist, locai NAACP branches in j ••■.•curing compliance with the Su rj'cme Court, decision banning legated public schools, it was '■• :n ed here today by Hoy Wil- i . Association administrator. j The new staff members are, > win C. Washington, Jr., of | lias, Tex., and Med gar j Ur-iUH Nations General As'-emW:-' m F rh. Dec. 10. 1948. 'ln r.--.r;..- commur.:-:cs do. /•. our Bill of IF;:;its. and our na-j ljon’- eottjmh ’pen’ to lbs tuuver-j sfu ueciaration oE human rights.” !;:c deCFxiG. "T/;"!., C;:U --:• ..(»•' are trtscoiv.ay to it. •«!!•- coatinus settca«'ion of our mi nority in del mutt t» of tl.o action ■ ihi ; ’ ■ cut ■: ■■ ' ' c The segre /aGonista are busy day ■ !■’ ■;/ ;übl:cl\ :U ’ ■ . .V:.‘ W, .c'ccinc to block our c-'>. ;.■■-. We car v)i ufi'/vd to be olcni.' Saggesttons for the observance include r.olda.;;. of public ou.-.i rv anc'-is ar.d lommunut -w sde ■. hr a turns, a ff-riovsbib of iiraycr > for human righ l . at hme and abroad- yo-. nt; p ,j]( > pro; rams - and a study of tnc Dec laraT.n; o: Human Hi- res b; ciiurch groups.. ly'p of Colleges and Secondary ■ -uois at Central High school here. Nabrit, who was one of the attorneys an-utag the -■ re eat,ion cases before the Supreme Court; also pointed but live ways ;r which Reiy;.! Amer scans can aid .desegregation. They are: : Lisbon Street. Clinton, armed j | with a shotgun belonging to I \ Sloan. According to she story, which j. I was told to police officers, Owens ’ j-rapped on Bennett's door an d j | when .'t vos opened, Sioan al- : i legedly fired point blank Bennett, who was struck in the j . right shoulder, died insuutHy, j It is alleged that the killing was ! i the outcome of a quarrel earlier that night at a local juke joint • | operated by King Boykin. Sloan, is reported to have signed s confession before Police Chief I" L, Cnimmie admitting the foul ; S deed. Owens is being held as an \ j accessory. A pies of not guilty was made i by the two men at the prelimin- : J ary hearing According to the ex j Ist mg law ir North Carolina, a i plea of not guilty .in capita! crimes , • is automatic. AME’s In Twin-City Meet I WINSTON - SALEM The 62nd . I annual session of West North Carolina Confer', nee A. M E. Church, closed hen Sunday with Bishop D. Ward N chots placing special emphasis on the Mission i ; work and. the expanding of the i work into every nook, of the dts- . j trie!. The Conference began Wednesday at the St. James Church, Rev. Robert L. (p- ! «ha w, host-pastor. Bishop i Nil hols presided over the s<ssions t due to the illness and death of the presiding j bishop, X,. IX. Hemingway. The first day’s session opened j i with a sermon and then com- i j munion. The welcome exorcises i ! were held on Wednesday night, j i Words of welcome were extended i f: v( rs of Mound Bayou, Miss. , Mr. Washington will be as sistant field secretary for the J Southwest region, and Mr, Evers for the State of Missis sippi. They will work under supervision of Gloster B. Cur rent. director of branches. The Southwest region of the N A ACP comprise.-' Arkansas, j Louisiana. New Mexico, Oklaho* : ma and Texas, and maintains j headquarters in Dallas. Mr. Wash- 1 second Wreck Victim Succumbs Here ★ ★★★★★ 4 ¥ ¥ 4 ¥• ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ¥ ¥ ; Catawba Negro Parents AGAINST INTEGRATION DFSFAFA VOLUME THIRTEEN -f atev V-C TyT- • tyf. -'ifj- flit ■ A *■ ’ ’ ; •sty. ,"^ v ’ 'V.' 5' fit " -k **' • '' -,’-D D'"' •,. " ,v I « * ■' . / * ■L 1 .. : ' ?r .. . v. ■ • % * .. ' ■ ■ 4 ' r - v ' D jt. v : L ' ' *. *■ 1 ->•' .- * aSSL. •/'. '.'"'‘•’^•Vr : t ~ - A ' -u.- ,-;•>* ;• : WiV , LP. to (vCi-.f j PARFNTf* IIRRF ■ COUNTY BOARD TO IX INTEGRATION i T-iKWTON E f tcrts of the NAACP t„ get the Board of Edu t ■ . itr the sciiooks of Cat ,v-'w C(-'i‘ ;.\ apparently were ■ ; ";• •i: -:r(. of a rr-iu;; *-f •. er-ty-five parents oft; v Hr.'.-ten E : ' hv.t tary School her-; TueSilS'*, »•. ho told the Board ■ i : th-v b ; ;- -I want integra tion, beea; r-'o tiu; Beard Sold them eo > they .. ..oh: say v/t’.at vve ;id be done until the Supreme Court had clarified the Irvin The fa- i that t!;< se parents came from th* section of the i-fitmly w hich has ojip of the fCONTf.M’Ei* OS PAGE TtVO) 1. Be more mteUigently active; :n prsi’-’»-■■■ national nd stale. 2. study local school systems and sugars! improvements for the benefit of all children, regardless of race. i 3. Know and confer regularly with srliooo! officials and school personnel. Establish points of contact i with them; for diseuss ; ion purposes. 4. Enlist the support of com j munity groups favoring the Su preme Court decision. 5. Attempt to demonstrate to | I Southern whiter that desrgrega-1 ; tion has distinct advantages —| (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I TAXI HWB LOSES | PANTS TO ROBBER Wiley “Bull" Latham, local taxicab head, was the victim j of a rather unusual robbery i Tuesday night. Mr. Latham is j reported to have been taking [ a hath, when suddenly Mrs Latham fell the sting of a cold blast which she reasoned that someone had left the door open. As she went to j close the door, « person j streaked past her with her husbands’ trousers. She was not able to identify the per- j son but it is believed that the culprit followed a pattern that 1 is being practiced in Raleigh j quite frequently. by Mayor Marshall C. Kurfeee. j Dr, J Civde Knight, Mrs. Sarah i Marsh. Dr. J. A. Davis, F. E. Bill I and Dr. F. L Atkins. A fitting : response was given. Reports of the many auxiliaries of the church were made on Thursday and Friday Education and missions showed splendid - grese. Tiie youth program was j held on Saturday. The conference ended with the j ordination service and the charge J to the pastors, made fay Bishop j Nichols. The appointments were as fol lows: Presiding Elder, G. S. Gant; St. Paul, Raleigh, L S, Penn; St, Mathews, Raleigh, L. M Thomp son; Method Circuit. Nathaniel (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ington. who was associated with the Dallas NAACP branch and employed by the U S. Post Of fice, attended Prairie View (Tex.) A and M College. Mr. Evers, former agency di* j rector for the Magnolia Mutual j Life Insurance company in Mound Bayou, Miss., is an alumnus of. j Alcorn (Miss.) A and M College. : Mr. Current pointed out that ! the appointment of Mr, Washing- j (CONTINUED ON PACE TWOi J RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATr Jib’liAV, DECEMBER 11, 1954 : §m L*' ; - * -OwP ‘ THROUGH nm TX N u >'• fa rs of Battery 1). flOtfth f * * i r ‘ bland, a» th** Buffalo, N. *■ - '«. r h-t. ; --- • r • ’ - ■ Junior Hostess on Umnd 1 List- ; - ■' Hiafs monthly, and an- Oi«* »u <: • a ' ' ' - J ‘ ILSO, vvhi< h as* supportt'd througlf 1 -t anu •< «.• uIJ 4ri v*-«G (N ew s|>r»fs» I hot^>) f 1 f*if nr* W , Local LLcs © c-u, . j Open House I j The opening :,t the newly modeled Elks Horn** here will be held on Wednesday night, I)*’ cember 15 at 8 p. m Ceremoni* s will take place in the spa< ; ,vn auditorium. Afphon/o Vance, who v .is re-elected to his sixth U m as Exalted 'Ruler December 1, said, hi an interview with a CAROIJNTAN newsman, "the remodeled bulld t;> gives Raleigh one of the fin est Elk lodges in the state.' One 2-story new building. 28 by 38 feet has been added with s completely re v kitchen, equipped with a hot. water he :*t er, electric range, refiiterator, chairs and cabinets. A new heat ing plant has replaced : loves, which were formerly used. The dining room is furnished with new chronium dinnedec suites and 2 snack bass have been added, 'The exterior of the lodge is covered with asbestos shir-' ,; - (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —i—i —itm-rrn-ninrrinnmtiniinmT nnnrffieiusmuirmrririi• nnrr~n~~ mi “ - - THEY MAKE NEWS iTrrmirnfiKa»iinii«ffiiwiiWTniiw»wmniwmr>si*eMiiT<iii iiu»iMn i~n ; ~ h i <^wr.O'iewiWinmi«ewi»«iaa. ,^e«Mn«witiwui| iiu*»wwiHi«u’iu!i | uceKewr , .%v»»iit< iiwxmtwamttaiio WESTERN STYLE SHOOTING OXFORD A “'wild wed type of gunplay Tuesday morning resulted in a charge of assault w ith a deadh wea pon ansi malicious injury to public property for Lewis Royster. 10. of Stovall. The man is alleged to have whip ped out u pistol and shot a traffic light out on Highway 15 at Stovall at 5 :30 a. rn. and to have turned his wea pon oh Jack Glover, who was driving the car in which Royster was a passenger. Royster denied any know ledge of the incident after Glover was taken to the hos pital here with a pistol j wound in his back. A pistol, which Royster is believed to have tossed from his j was found on one of Stovall's streets. 2 DDE AS CAR. TRAIN < OIXfDE ORANGEBURG Two m■- n were killed here Tuesday who:! their car struck an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad train at a grade crossing near the city limits of Orangeburg. The m u i s’Js|L 'V;. j f % $ f - * f, - i m ' v ' i ;.A- | ■’vL AI.HHONSSO VANCE i were identified as John Lawton, i 1 39. and Milton C. Gordon, 35. •, j Lawton was killed iivitantly : j while Gordo-: d>. d epriiute to ■ a j-.vi; ■)!'..• 1 . 'According to po-lb.-e ! officers, the toynai-; at th« cross i it > were apparently working at l the time of the wrock form INJURES MAN. 51 DUNN Jam..;. Gh;>.v. 51. of ! I Coats, is in lb~ Dpr.n llespUnl in j | serious condition as the /•.runt o! , j gunshot, allegedly received at the , i hands of Leo Ilorringtoo, 20. The ! j shooting is believed have oc- j ! currerl over the weekend Har- ! | rington is being held in the r«an- ' j ty jail without prtv-Tesfc of bond | | pending the otttoomc of Shaw. ; I Policemen said they wcr<’ called | ! in a Coat:; local juke joint, own- ! | ed bv Henry T. Johnson tollow- I big the fatal deed. Show rc.lalcd ; to officer.-; that he was an inno- I cent bystander, but said he l»c- I came the victim of an arguruent which Harrington had with sev eral other men in the joint over a git I. Hnrringten tidmilted l- .-: ; part in the argument. He told j officers he was cat so he wont j home for s gun “to pel the person ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ! NUMBER LI SAYS IDEA WOULD PUT SCHOOL CASE DNLOC.H IEVEL CiP I’KN"FKOHO A--bur Kirk - :. '- 1 fr< :r- Fgh - Point told Sunday how jr-.icbrr;- of the state !eg,slatui - e par to solve th-: .-v.. .rr. -t prob ; l< rr- Hand it to North Carolina’? ’ t£» <-iunt;c;s and set them figure i j.t. out for themselves. The senator’* remark* were eontaireed i» »» address pre pared f-»r delivery before the ‘ rth i ->io!ina Associated Prcsv News CouneiJ meeting at Sedgefi* Id this week. Kirk j man’s address covered three oilier items aside froro the problem «f Jim crow f In bis talk on segi'egatimi he - toll the wav that he thought the j lirgisiatiu-e- would act on the <na ; y - boTre T T- - General I Assembly sein dtilfd to meet so; i iis isichs io' siss.'-i-1 cm J.mtary 3. Ta.xaiJ.on, otlurai .oh, re-organ ( tvatior of the executive bra.vih of . if <•-'•-rt VCr ■> fW* i’ | F.C TVffii ’ SffiETTE JUDGE DESSES MOTION a■ ,>r the rested its ease in !!•(> f.s-oond day of the trial Wed li.-'sdaj aSU-muort of Bennie Lee Barnett for the alleged assault upon a white woman with the m : j ( -:u to cnmjmi nspe .the defense Si. vi; - firm of Taylor and Mitcheli. made a surprise motion : vo disitiis.-: the case on U:e grounds i that the evidence did not prove | beyond a. reasonable doubt that | Harnett committed the act with f tnient to tape. There was a quick huddle arouud Judge Henry A. Mar tin ami the jury was excused so that the judge and the law yers might discuss the merits of the motion. The defense presenter! its case and the state rebutted. The judge then recessed the court and stayed out about one hour in. what he told the lawyers, was an effort to make a fair decision on the motion, t pon iiis re~ I turn he called both Mitchell and J'a.vlor to him and dis i cussed the matter at teng.it. | Hr finally over-ruled the mo | lion, with an explanation. The defense took exception to his ruling. K.ONr.NI'ED ON PAGE TWO) i Bishop Frank Reid To NC ; WASHINGTON, D. C. Immedi ately after the burial of the late j . Biahop Lur’.f-T Henry Hemingway, i the Bishop’s Council of the A.M.E. I Church met and appointed the Rt.' Rev. Frank Madison Reid, Colum bia, 8. C. to take over the work | of the denomination in North Carolina., comprising the Western North Carolina and the North 1 . Carolina Conferences. Bishop Reid, who now presides ' over the 7th district, which cm 'braees South Carolina, is con sidered our of the ablest church men in the nation. He has been known to have been a political Many Persons Brave Sub-Freezing Weather For Healthy Baby Finals The- first Healthy Baby Contest, 1 sppr,spied by the Carnation Milk Company and conducted by the ; CAROLINIAN, for Raleigh and vicinity, came to a fitting climax j |at the auditorium of Li son ! | ,J Union-Senior High School. Mon- 1 j day night when tne twenty final | u-'t.x and thoir r--fliers presented i the most beautiful spectacle of , health Raleigh has ever witness- j ed. When the judges finally were able to decide on the winner . after much delibera tion, William Craig Campbell, i 36-month-old sen of Mr and ! Mrs, llalph (impbeli, Sr., ' " ■ rs* , - > f. f g, , ■ - llSp ' - I 'lf?% . > - ': T ' ■ #Jf 'HP* ’ '* •'* W- : 1§ .' 'ft y -' r i»te'' * • ' V'kv ■-4#' • ■" # |fgf,. ,a *'#r ■€'s "■'■■ ■■ ■■■' v,.. t ':’■>: ; i \ # M # ~~4s '■ J,. V. J'Sm Hit ** v* > & p* - ** '' ,p#!' f?v.#' -,:' T’s ■¥ : " ';#’ :K, * '»\ f> | imp** p ' s^SS^: '’ ißr^ HI ••-•'• ,^. WIU.I'AM L, ION EH Crash Kills One; 2nd Victim Dies By CHART t - K. JON E S A -'.sounder i : :ish. .1 car be it .-imost in half, the p i.' Ud < or? of three young (Turner residents, and the siimf, motionless foi m of the , driver all attested to the wrath I lurking along the nation's high* i ways !;;••'*, Thursday night The tour persons, alt cou* j sins, were apparently jovial : over tins outcome of a bas ketball game played at the Garner School that night, .rd decided to take a ride to Ra leigh as i> nightcap to an en tertaining evening. As the ear rounded a curve near a local sausage pat king firm, tiie driver, William L Jones, its. .spotted a car pulling out into the highway from Cemetery Drive. Jones whose ear was only about 1.000 feet east of the auto, apparently swerved, in an effort to avoid the other auto, hurtling the death car into a telephone, pole near the entrance to the State Youth Center for Ne j jroes, located about a quarter ; of a mile east of fthe city Jones' cat was bent almost dou- ; | bio by the force of the impact « ! He was pinned in the wreck and i j pronounced dead on arrival at j : Saint Agnes Hospital here 1 Miss Catherine Moore. 22, was , | the second victim of the grim | j reaper. She died over the week j j end. j Leßoy Jones, 22. another passen- | ! ger was still unconscious early j ; this week. Physicians say he suf ) sered head injuries and possibly a i broken neck. The youth's brother • Chare s Alien Jones 23. was ex -1 tremei ■ lucky. Authorities at i Saint Ague,: Hospital released him thorn in the flesh, of the politl- : . clans, having been a life long Re-! publican. He changed in the 1952, election and supported the Demo-1 1 cratie standa rd bearer, after Gov- 1 ernor Byrnes came out for Eisen- j bower. 1 His most talked about exploit is the fact that he flatly refused to be a tool of Governor Byrnes in liis effort to by pass the edict, of the Supreme Court. The defiant governor had hoped to set up a private system and have Bishop Reid administer it. This is believ ed to have raised the ire of the, governor against the prelate. was declared the number one j baby. With this selection went a . three hundred dollar cheek from j the Carnation. Milk Company It j w.»« ?i long time before Mi Campbell could realize that her j baby was the winner. “BiM’* as I he is called, took it in bis stride | and looked as if nothing had hap- j pened. A set of twins, Anthony and I Antioneite, children of Mr. and • Mrs. B. C. Campbell, took second j honors. They received a check i for SIBO,OO. Ronald Morgan, the j Wendell entry, took third prize. | Maritza Russellette Hicks took j | after three broker rib» - rtf tap ; R ,j. Alien told 3 highway p@!i»hnan j that the death car veered oil the : highway to miss another car • wr-ich pulled, out from Cemetery i Dove, driven by James Edward 1 Joyr<* A .ATtcj’dar.t at. the Youth ■ |.‘enter -Tyner • jict -'hat after o« | nulled into the road he proceeded I up the hill, leading away from j the highway, to the Youth C< ru,-r, j and v, as about half vay to hi* l destination when he heard th« j collision. Hue to the fact that there no skid marks found t<n the highway, police theorized that the Jones driven auto was traveling at a high rate of speed. Another theory was that there might have been faulty brakes on the death j (COVTTNI El> ON PACE TWO) EXPOSURE 10 COLO IS FATAL FOR MOORE MAN SOUTHERN PINES lnvest i | gating officers are at a loss to | determine how Grant Campbell, : approximately 30 years old. fr. .re j to death Sunday night, behind a j church, in the small community ; of Addor, His body was found Mon day morning and the sheriff’s department started the inves tigation. There we r e no marks of violence on the i body, according to Ralph <i Steed, coroner. An autopsy revealed a smali amount of alcohol in his system | The mystery thickened when it j was reported that he v/as know r. i to have spent a part of Sunday ! night riding around in the south ern end of Moore County and the northern part, of Richmond | County, with a number of eorn ! panions. The car in which lie was known to have been ruling was wrecked near Aberdeen later Sunday night and the occupants, who were in it when it wrecked. Jack McNeil arid Henry Byers, were lodged in jail. McNeil, the owner of the car and a cousin of the dead man, denied having seen Campbell, along with Byers. The fact that Campbell 'way known in the community and his (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) fourth honors; Leweretta Weaver won fifth place money; Jaceque iyn Mondr,. who traveled from Dunn, was the last one to get under the wire, for honors. The contest caught the fsm cy of many mothers an# more than XW babies were entered. The context is known to have created a singular in terest in “Baby Health’ a m«mg CAROLINIAN readers. The contents of Carnation Milk were thoroughly ex plained by J IV Lewis, popu lar radii* announcer, with A Barnes, CAROLINIAN (CONTINVEO ON RAGE TWO)
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