Oxford School Teacher Beaten By Midningt Intruder
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By AtrXANT.FE BARNES
OXFORD -tha screams from a
5-oman in trouble brought \h*
entire eastern citizenry of tins
little town out, in full force, here
Sunday morning and it was dis
covered that Mrs. Wiila H&mme
Gieiory, local school teacher, had
been beaten unmercifully, by a
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room, located on the front, and!
asaa’dted her when she Inquired
wha. he was do'r.,g t here i
,v’ s. Gregory related to the
vTU.r, from her bed, on Tuesday
moi ting, that she was asleep and |
she .'suddenly awoke and discover- ‘
f-d a man standing near her bed.
She, at first, thought that -he
might have been dreaming anti
eiost.-d her eyes to be cure When
she opened her eyes, the second j
time, she was sure it w as a man. :
She asked him who he was,
what lie wanted end what was
he doing there. She says that the
man cioi not answer, but imme
diately hit her over her right eye.
Mrs. Gregory is not a small wom
an nd she says that she began
to fight with the intruder after
r c hit her. She was able to catch
iiia coat and rair. blows tack
at him.
Molds On To Cwt
As he beat her and «a ■ pulling
sway rite held on to hi- coat. By
this pr ices? she wa- able to pull
herseif out of the bed He then
hit her another telling io.‘ tluh
sent her to her knees but she
continued to hold to his coat.
U a<£ then that he
gr<t her from her bedroom,
tl-rcugh a mall bail to >n
other bedroom od w.e- aide
t<> break her bulb on bins anti
proceeded to make his flight
through an ojx-n window, lat
er found to be the one th.il
he used to enter the house.
V>, Oregon further related
that she saw him leap
th-'ough the window and run
to a ear which wa? parked
shout ;?o0 feet from her house
on a side street. According
her the car wouid not
start at first hot before any
one responded to her crie*> the
man sped away.
Neighbors and relatives who ar
nvec! on the scene after the in
-11 ud-.Tr escaped reported that they
ware aroused by her cries and
i aiuc to her rescue ay soon as
possible, a relative says he heard
her screaming before the man
left die house but due to the fact
that he was cripple he was not.
suit to move swiftly enough to
fee the man.
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NAB PREACHER
AS BOOTLEGGER
WHITEVILUB —• Following s
raid on a “white whiskey" still
near his church, police arrested
Rev. Charles Alex Ford of Ran
som Township and charged him
with manufacturing and possess
ing nor.-taxpald whiskey.
Trie raid was one of four con- 1
ducted by Columbus County Sher
iff J. Ft. Pridgen and his men
over the weekend Six cases of
whiskey, 400 gallons of mash and
eight barrels were destroyed along
with the still.
At Asheboro, local police and
Randolph County.sheriff's officers
arrested five persons following
rases in the Negro section. June
Jimmy and Harvey Davis and Mil
lard and Esther Cheek all posted
SSOO bonds for their appearance
id Recorder's Court this week.
Hint “Booties War"
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RJEOfrBD IAW 81'IT «■> The fir*! Mitt t© fee file,! fe Cwiit wart !
J"*w «'»* th» *lty *! Chicago fix- $1,175,000 in dunvige*.
“n» suit «'M SietS on Mt»u of tinea* two youngstera, Howard Txtylor,
t4*»* W« »**ter Mary, 6. Til* wil eSuunre* that the yomtgrters were
u*m a truck, fliro put oat by the Fire department,
ypSPtf **»<* l* #• form of «r explosion at the children played
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THE CAROLINIAN
; VOLUME 14 RALEIGH, N. C, WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JANUARY 22. 195$ NO, 17 j
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TO OiSCBSS PREXY
Ttw circam^-nj- va tivu v«;
v hi'oudeci the *ct :o\n- f >. ’ trus
tee bewd iH The t*! •: Ir*
realg; • atipn of St. \.\ • ostim \*
pr?::‘idem. Dr H. *„ ;:.nd
the secrecy iha ? ha* held
chest-tisrht. &s to \vh T ‘ r-.id * }iere
fure i\ir t'i.-ec-ec* ’ ,v iko'- c. ..liCi
<1 me-rt:.g >: t.;< ■')■■■ > • •
mitten of the doiv; v.i.wh
will be held here Tuesda:
Bishop f ., A. Eh'Hi'.'k, < bah -
til tin- L 0 - f -1. ' 0 Gi-f r. <■
five fuinmittee told the < * It-
OiJMAN this v.v-k Out there
would be no statement unm
after the cojnm.'tln in A. it
was definitely est? Wished that
tin- head of the Ip Geo pal
school tendered Ids resign,'!-
lion to the beard of tni-.'.cos
at Its last meet lug. Eflort-s to
get any detailed information
roowniß? the coudriions. un
der which the resssmii-on was
obtained, ha >'e proved futile
thus .far.
Others on me commit.*.c-e urc.
Revs James McDowell Luck. J'.'-
seph B. Cheahire, and Coloiu 1
W. Harrelsov of RaiHKln Rn
1 Tom T. Edwards. Durham ftev
Henry Egaet and Sanuu-f Thu?-
. gard, both of Fayeuevillp Di
i Claiborne S. Jones and U*. v. David
: W. Yates, of Chapel Hill: and Rev.
; Robert J. Johnson, who is the
! secretary of the board, Wilson,
The CAROLINIAN learned
from reliable sources that the
trustee board had ix-eri ask
ed on several occasions to
seriously consider the < »«di
tion.y at St. Augustine's due
to the alleged rapid-fire turn
over in facuity members and
the decline, in scholarship
work done at Inc college.
The requests are repot ted to
; have fallen to deaf ears, until a
so-called rebel group of the board
insisted that the entire affair be
aired. Members of the trustee
board, including Bishop Penick.
who have been requested to give
the facts pertaining to the mat
; ter serious thought, have intimat
ed that something was wrong by
have successfully evaded the pres
and the public, by saying a state
ment would be forthcoming after
the executive committee rnocuus.
Dr. Trigg told the CAROLIN
IAN that he would make a state
ment on Thursday of last week.
When contacted this week he
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Notional Council of Negro Women, shown « n Iff. V. Nkotno (n*ft) of Retcria, No Africa, arid
Michael Ok on. member of the Nigerian Tsrlhc - it, '' - '.'tree mrt in ashin;.-,' -■* recently for a meet*
ic;r of fit** World Assembly for Mora! Re-A :< t«i. ' 10 was the founder w»d first presideffit of
the Afri* an N'aiion»l Congress Youth l<- •><Jt,ce s> ! Jct ts to ' ti'.Kxi- revolu''.on,* he now says (hit
moral re-armament is bringing to Afrit, tthe ts-v »•••• >o>gy «f treeiiow-" UNew spresk Photo;
PAROLED TOOTH
HELD IN
AS “HEP" THIEF
Local citizens were able to rest
a little more comfortably Tuesday
nil;lit when tlie information was
flashed around town that a sus
pect had been taken into custody
fox- several of the unsolved bur
glaries. which are believed to
have been committed by a bare
foot- thief.
Paul I>. fralioway. S 3, who
was released from l fie Youth
Center, located about one mile
from Raleigh near Garner, in
November, was arrested Tues
day and finger-print expert
W P VVhitly had identified
his prints as belonging to th<
person who committed at
least four of the crimes.
Sheriff Pleasant fold the CAR
OLINIAN that Galloway had not
confessed any of the crimes, but
that the authorities felt sure that
he was the guilty person. He was
; placed along side of two honor
prisoners from the Centex or
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home Ownership Up In 5 54
More liberal mortgage insurance
jby the Federal Housing Authority
: encouraged more Negroes in
North Carolina to construct or
• purchase homes in 1854 than in
the previous year, the .North Car
olina FHA office reported this
week
The easing of FHA restrictions,
it is reported was aimed mainly
at making more new housing a
-1 vaiiable to minority groups and
Joseph B. Ray. the agency's race
relations officer says that it
should result in a significant in
crease in. the volume of housing
! available to minorities during
1 1955.
Steps Listed
Ray lured the following as
•'progressive steps" taken during
ihe year which, he said, brought
nearer “the full solution of the
crucial and critical housing prob
lems facing minorities.”
; 1. Providing more liberal morfc
: gage insurance bv the FHA and
Veterans' Administration, under
| the Housing Act of 1954:
2. Persuading home builders and
i lenders to accept a fuller measure
I of their responsibility to serve mi
nority housing committees by the
National Association of Home
i Builders and the Mortgage Bank
ers Association to plan and spear
-1 Lead enlarged activity on this
jfront by their membership:
j. Sponsoring an Advisory
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KIEV GEO. A FISHER
YorMi
IS SENTENCED
HIGH POINT ■ R'.xi.mi-.'.-ar
oid Oic ;'0 Cadeil. “ '■•.<> ;
admitted breaking into & suit* and
taking $1,890, in order imv a
lawyer to repn an? m m two
pending theft cases, was -sen
tenced in guiierior < ■■■■■■.: <-r Mon
<CONT)Nf V>) ON PA til: «•
• Conference on Hou. ui- for Mi
f norily Families which was attend
i ed by some 10 leading represei •
• tatives of home Inukf-r;, mort
. a; e ) uidci s. .i r(*ai c-. -,,t,,- ooams
• any brokers and civic, wcisl and
; religious groups;
4 Reorganizing and expanding
, the Racial Relations Scrvici: in
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i Bit BENKII’A is,. W ASHING ION j
iiev. Fisher
Cited Shrine
‘San Os Year
'Die Jtev. George A Fisher, rec
ti''’ o: si. Ambrcre Episcopal
Church here and president- of the
i-'F f r j<.''Zens' Association has
been named "Citizen of the Year”
•or by Kaoala Temple No.
A» wording to !>r iblealm
li. Williams, chairman of She
rommUifi ■>, <u> it nominated
Ivi"'. J i.she< the militant
.minis*<•) ,I'ni •'vie leader was
chosen because of b;s unre
lenting fight for bettor facili
ties and standing for Negroes
of the city.
The commute**, composed of
Or N L. Perry, Sflas Webb- Wii
■uim Donaldson. and Williams
hs’-ed the I'ollowmg specific rea
sons why Rev. Fisher was chosen
' ii of the Year.”
* -"Ping 1654. along with the
.iz.-'.i;,' Committee, he fought for
better hospitalization in Raleigh
Mid is continuing his fight for
•letter hospital care for Negroes
by entire detail.'.: on the proposed
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the Housing vnd Home Finance
Agency and its constituents, in
cluding the establishment of a co
o.duritinK committee on racial
activities consisting of the top
racial relations officers: ol the
KHF.A and its constituents and
the creation of a regional racial
relations post in each of tire six
regional offices oi the HHFA.
AKA’S TO HEAR !
DCCBIiNSELOR !
b’’ Benetia Bullock Washington, i
of Washington. D. C , wig be the I
speaker at the 11:00 A M. wor- j.
ship service, January 23. 3955 at L
the First Baptist Church
A graduate of Howard limver- 1
sSiy and Catholic University, Dr.
Washington is presently employ
ed as Guidance Counselor of
Washington, D. C. Public ;
Schools; teaching Community and
F ’■'•id Service Division of New
York University in Baltimore !
Maryland read visiting Lecturer |
in the Department of Guidance
and Personnel Administration of ■
New York University.
She j ' editin’ of Newsletter j<
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DtW Dec. 10 \
BURLINGTON • The- body of
41-year-©id Eugene McOulley of
Mebatie who died last, December
JO, apparently cf a hart attack,
was exhumed on Friday morning
following a report that the man
may have been poisoned.
The body was taken from
a grave in »ie Presbyterian
t hurch cemetery behind tin*
Mbane school and an autopsv
performed by I*r George
Kerr, local pathologist. Dr
KKwi advised Hr. J H, Walk*
rr, Jr. Alamance eotietj coro
ner. that his examination
showed that MM..’uilr.v did noi
die of natural causes thus
ruling out the earliei verdict
that hr had died of a heart
condition.
Tissues from vital oipans were
forwarded to Duke Hospital and
i» report is expected thi.s week op
whether McCulley was poisoned ov
not. The man was found in the
yard of his home about 3*30 p.m.
on December 10. He was removed
to ids home where he died about
b p.m.
Complained of Pains
Dr Walker with Dr Georue
Bullard of Mob-,me, joined Shar
if? Joe Cole at the McCuiicy home
and they ruled that there was uo
i vidence of foul play. They wen
told that McCulley. said to have
been a heavy drinker, had com.*
plained of serious pains around .
his heart.
Ibe only mark they found
was on h»s Hp and they
agreed, that this probably was
sustained when the man fed
i« ins yard. Or. Walker, how
ever, presented tuu evidence
i» ihe ease giv*» to him by
Police Churl's). W, Smith of
M'ebane and iBI Agent J. P.
Thomas of Chapel HUI to
show that. Mi Gulley may have
been poisoned.
With the permission of the
widow, Dr. Walker ordered the
oody to be exhumed.
N. C. CHURCH COUNCIL
MEETS IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE A number of
Negro clergymen and laymen are
expected to attend the 18 ti; an
nual meeting oi the North Carolina
Count il of Churches to be held
at the Covenant Presbyterian
Church here January 25 and 26.
N. C. COLLEGE j
HEALTH HEAD
DIED TUESDAY
DURHAM Mrs. Liu is M.
Campbell, 38, who has served as
chairman of the department of
public health nursing since July
1 J9SC died in Lincoln Hospital
here Tuesday, after an extended
illness, but her death came as a
surprise to the college family.
She was known to have suffered
from a heart condition since early
fall. She became critically ill sev
eral weeks ago and it was nec
essary for her to be admitted to
the local hospital
Funeral arrangements were
not complete at press time,
but a member of the family i
felt that tentative plans call
for the body to lie in state
at. the Holy Cross Catholic
Mission Church here until it
would be shipped to Detroit,
Michigan, where burial, will
fake place.
Before coming to Durham
where she lived at 2008 Fayette
ville St., .Mrs. Campbell lived one
year in Greensboro where she
was associate dean and professor
Si public health nursing at A&T
College there.
Mrs. Campbell held many re
sponsible positions in nursing edu
cation in New York. Washington,
. Detroit and West Virginia before
; coming to North Carolina.
She was a native of Pme Bluff,
Ark., where she was born on. April
20. 1916. one of three daughters
of the late Floyd Caver and Mrs.
Artba Caver. She is survived by
one daughter, Theresa Melba
Campbell, 4, of the home; her
mother, Mrs. Art-ha Caver Melo
of Detroit; and two sisters. Mrs. l
Floy Si brie of Los Angeles. Calif.,
and Miss Theresa Caver of De
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FREE WHITE MAN
IN AUTO DEATH
GREENVILLE—George Edward
Jones, 1 "-year-old youth, was
freed by a coroner’s jury here
Monday night when he was tried
ior the killing of David McCul
lum, Saturday, about 11:45 P. M., •;
with a truck, at the intersection ;
of Second and Green Streets.
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BEATEN IN HER HOMf-M Will* tUm.m? Gwscorv Ox lord
*elMM»f teacher, who was beaten in bed at her heme Sowi i.v muriumr
a pictured above. Mrs,. Gregory < «W .not give the oi liver:- nr i*> •
vi syi.v ■ i.< v hr.ijt .--he G -’v
be.
I State Hews
Briefs
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FOUNDER’S DAY OBSERVED
Dr. Howard W. McNeill, Pon
tiac, Michigan physic an. was feat
ured speaker at the 88tb annual .
Founder’s Day exercise:-, held at
St. Augustine's College Sunday
afternoon. Dr. McNeil; who is a
graduate of St. Augustine's, spoke
on "School Desegregation " Oiiu-i
speakers included Dr. John H
Horton, president of the Alumni
j Association.
. HI AXTON MAN FATALLY SHOT
j MAXTON ----- Milton Patterson, •
(IT-year-old Maxton resident was
i shot to death at the Rainbow Jm;
ion U, S, Highway 84 five miles
; north of here Saturday night ;
! about- midnight. Rosebcrry Barn
;es. 24 also of this town, ha: been
arrested and charged v-tii r,he
fatal deed. He Is being held with
out bond on & charge of homi
cide. Patterson was shot through
the heart with a pistol and was
pronounced dead upon arrival at
the Laurinburg Hospital where in
was rushed after the shooting. Of
ficers reported that they did no:
ascertain the cause of the shout ~
ing, but said that Barns was ar
rested here by Deputy Sheriff
Ralph Purcell shortly after it <x>
curved. An inquest is slated, but
the time has not been definitely
, set.
ARREST 7 IN BOOZE
CRACKDOWN
' ASHBBORO The Randolph ’
County Sheriff;;’ department and ■
tire Asheboro city police contin
ued their war ©n illegal liquor
traffic in the city and county i
last weekend with the arrest of
seven persons. This brought t»>
sixteen the number of persons ’
arrested by the two department?: i
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John T. Merritt, Public
School Employee, Buried
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JOHN T MEKKiTT
KNIFE WlEiffi '
THBW? m
PIUI of ne
Lougene Willi-, n: ; oT
Monday afternoon i
not. pay and cetUunly -
prof liable to try to ->,J< " -
with another when he :
to have picked ;;; a- ■ ■ ,
Hi Kress’ I>epr ;m< -
trie d to get away ■-■ .
Williams is -no : - -
first noticed by <; t -.-
of the sio'v a-: )v sir •:! e
through the baseuv-ut. i.-oi -
tinned to watch him »:>>. : >:-i*
he tucked (he radio under hit.
overcoat, she informed uouthyr
employee, Moore, v. ho ioiiovtu
him upstairs and iolo Fayette
ville Street.
Williams was unable .concern
the cord. Moore got a little seated
when he also saw Williams take
a knife from one poc V and pus
it ui another. It %ve.s then cha;
Moore solicited tor aid oi anoth
er employee, Culbertson.
They derided Dud it «v»
time to tackle Williams and
accosted him in front of the
store. Moore asked him « - J
he had and reached r Ins
coat and took the radio, > H**
taking of the radio im, v Ut
the knife from VViiham- > ■
hat. tie stepped Dark vmi he
ran wielding Use ki< ; in
Moore’s face.
Williams did not use the knife
on either of the men and started
miming up Fa.n ucvilit* Ka-eet.
He crossed Capitol Square- By tills
time the two men had been join
ed by Police Officer F, l. Denton.
They continued their pursuit and
finally captured Wii!iam.s in the
100 block of N. WUiinn,-;ton Ht-xcet.
where he sought refngo lr. a «t&-
raiu.-. behind a bouse
WUliams is now m tne City
jail, where he is being held, sub
ject to a SSOO bond, charged with
larceny and with asi-auit with
a deadly weapon,
John T. Memfct, well-known
and highly respect <-d citizen of
725 South East Street. Raleigh,
died at his home Monday a tier
noon after an illness of several
months. Mr Merritt. 53, years of
age. was a native of Wake County
and spent all of his life in Ra
leigh.
He was in the employ of the
Raleigh public schools and had
been so for many years. Hein
in high esteem by those, young
and old. who came in contact will:
him, Mr, Merritt was of. the time
of his death a deacon in the First
Congregational Church, a Mason
and a Shriner.
Funeral services were held or.
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30
from the First Congregational
Church with the Reverend How
ard Cunningham, pastor, officiat
ing Interment was in Mount Hope
Cemetery.
Mr. Merritt is survived by he;
wife. Mrs. Mozelle Dixon Merritt,
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