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M rn T ITS ?¥ T*% f*nif AAI ‘if A "%'C r S ?/-. ***imm r fv : m «ffik " * '•■ I'm - w :r ■ : f % fcferqT -!•. | i& ; , ~ : . ; I | S tate urged To si ass uti Siooi Law N ; -.h C ; Una ' rt rare meet t!r. t;;: bo t-ect in the put...c Joois hou»ri bo eliminat ed ;>. •. ■ ■ • :' ’..-> ohselete in view : ■•( >. ; . S, «,;.preilX‘i Caurt tuiifiy hold: «. fcr!.{j eg<*uon unconsth u- Mor.ji. A «•• >■•:»>».•-mn wording on r . %li ,<t <>» public school Sa v- s sugs-stetl the chaii;i*' in i’s r.-p ;, to Gci Lather Hod' St'-. T:. • commsoou bended by F\ed Fulger oi Mount Airy, also re <•■•.• .•:••'•'Ji • tha. ,J iif; : .ting of t,n-. -. .-•bt.'Hd bo vr an annual bar-- t.O r d-'-Be a-ay w:th Inf n-t.t if.eonliuumg contract law This hitter chains’, was proposed, it reported b causa of concern dm. ng , i?.s public ch-X)I officials tib s uf a ;•■;•. .’her employment .v.t* t>J : * : ■ ■. 11 i .» d*-r tii* Supremo Court ruling. Ne v:> ••.-• . \ iioH >a!>-»ri teaching :n schools wher* vrutes wese enrobed. ‘influence” Court j N. C. Speaker Urges !■ -!«■ :i ports of the Gov ernors Special Advisory Com mission <>ii i diicaiion, Mouse | Speaker Larry Moore last j Thiif day voiced the opinion ! that tic, General Assembly will j intro due ;• a polit v declaration on 6’ -ifr»-g;s»ion in an effort to "ill-tiae U. S, So* prvme Court. V, OT Mi DECCNTRALIZE In Jim* with legislation al ready proposed in both hous es of the legislature, the com mission further recommended decentralisation us authority over the schools by placing in tilt hands of county and municipal school administra tive units authority that here tofore has t>een exercised sole ly by the state. The commission, created by the 1953 General Assembly, reduced the public senool laws from 23 sub-chapters to 10 sub-chapters. Meanwhile, another commission on higher education and headed by Victor Brj am of Durham, re commended mo creation of a state board of higher education to eli minate duplications and overlap- i pint; among state-supported insti tutions of higher learning. “In view of the I S. Supremo Court decision on segrega tion." the commission said, "status of the Negro colleges ne< ds careful study.” adding fbai “North Carolina is piow i ing under much of its col lege-age population which eouid profit from college *d acations . . . and this isn't be cause of the state's Negroes." 5,900 Sign Foi Pro-Segregation CHAPEL HILL The pro segregatiori petition originated by Dr. VY C. George, of the University of North Carolina medical school faculty, with 5,900 signatin -s, has been pre sented to the governor and the legislature, it was reported here this week. Said Dr George: “Our peti tion was bas’ d on the belief that bringing the two races to gether in intimate social and semi - social relations would further their fusion into a mix race and that such fusion would greatly harm and perhaps de stroy American civilisation." SELL HOOKER T. ' MEMORIAL FEB. 26 k ROCKY MOUNT, Vs. fANP > WThe Hooker T. Washington Birth / place Memorial near h":'f and all its assets have been slated for pub lic sale Feb. 28. Memorial founder S. J. Phillips said the memorial to Washington went into the red because Negroes did not support it. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 31) HI L HO! Si. -. Sirs. i.-.crrU T - >•••• ' h i-l* • • ,cw»fe. shown with triplet gir"-- -fir-.t fur h<»r, fir--- s--. 1 ii n.ui Ji? • for the attending phyvician. Dr. H. M. V' : >■ \ vln-d ■ lbs., K, ounces 4 lt». i i ounces and 1 U‘->.. ■ ' ' - ir Observer Photo > Rep. Pou Headed In The Right Direction (An Editor;-,!, Nn cl’ irior., veil*-- ■ i rtior< c «nd rc.pn.iscntulivc of t'o yxopk oo o <i.c ! .allot. This i- i it- to I>u discussion of tlu- bill propo’.ec! i,y R<.v«resdntauv«. I' - !■ P.;>u to elect the Ralt -g;:' S'i«noi i.> . In spon-.-. iiinu thic 1! Mr. Pou sc?: - izarii of-■ right of the peopii- t- . os? tb.t-ir 1. v-o -. T!:-o s should l.t in h h nv- wny of Jj.f*. 1h? CA N ■ i !: •;;. . . : .; 1 •. of. by am- frem . . li tb. t: ?. >■, m.-.-v,.- 'll' ir sf :■< :v . < !- : ? ? tnr -■ oc •- > -■> boom. This is tii> :t God itivn ' . They -i ' .b . ?-.awns in the hands of ; a-n> •? y : ,. . .. of persons <>.<; r ! ' ! ;V1 COMI 1. ' s b:.nr it usually n.-ibt.-.- tiv - c.. c<i for 1 ,■ . i t: i :■>>■ ole tile set? ?’f ms sup; . • • •. i . e:nuaruss;n-nt vi! th? whe dvman ■ - .. tions. MothnJl»t Wr>- ■- - *.! *>* Cl tkJ i- t iV I School De~e.gr .. •’ :n CHARLOTTE MeOioriist wo- f. ' : ~i ; lax.- •no! the Southeast air? ahy fiave ■ - .... .. ~T |Vj , ' Ken «,!< :..• to imp’.-rnch v • -■ m - • , S. Supreme Court decision out- al re? itions. said in hr - pjport lawing segi-egatJon in the puftU? Out Southea tern Methodiat" wo • schools, the annual meKin.c of the ■ , !,,ive t>- ->rr- pr ,r •• - Women’s Society of GhrANan Ser- i. .;»••. .. . , vice was told here Tuesday. .uovriM v.i) G\ r.ic.f. j j", Charlotte Minister S zz ..; 58,500 From Insv.ra nc ’ Co. GREENSBORO The j'.i 1 .00 ui! on tin V. o ? -m? w’- ?.l of the Rev. Joseph M. Frpylon of was extensively damaged by fire Charlotte against the Roy v.i \;z~ in Ms :vii of * 7 ;i.- (>• - l'K'd change Assurance Company con- chat th? : 'tse was valued at more Unued before Judge Johnson J. timn s: 1 3.r , ;.i> Hayes in U. 8. Miadle District. Corn;'el f--.’.suro-T.e coro- Court here. Tuesday : ■ ? u il- •-•‘•d that ?lie ■ The minister claims t-ha! be is hous< .- not. r ha:, due that amount, un '.er a policy (CONTINUED ON RAGE n j Denies Attacking White Woman, Man Gets 2 Yrs. : HIGH POlNT—Despite his con- TS;Ulnn.s v.iiUe. otic r::vr,r la,-: Oc tention that police had matshan-: tober, died him and coerced him into a Vauss had pleaded not guilty confession Erskine Vans?.. 29. was to the womans’ ch-wr- of at sentenced to serve two years on. tempt:up ci immal assault upon the roads after a Guilford Su- * her. She te.nii'i d that he seized perior Court jury found him guil- he; or Taylor Sip ?■<. placed his ty of assault on Mrs Pauline (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) ] < * i till, 'Z22& y ' ' fT. .; > >;• ~;ZS ■■■ —1...-,'*'.- — f i ?—V hbi , j i. | "'/Ay *y '• m* dll • g»lte* JP i g,#i aim., mFrnmJmm . jSKm fBB 08FUZ.IN BAPTIST CHURCH BURNS The Obeilin Baptist Church, which is said to have been standing at 804 Oberlin Road for 73 years, was severly damaged by a tire which is be lieved to have originated from faulty wiring last Sunday after noon. Itr. Grady D. Davis, pas tor, said that the extent of | damage has not been determin ed, but only the pews are ex pected to he worth salvaging. tVnrship and Church School services will be held in the auditorium of the Oberlin J School temporarily, the min ister said. Evening services have been discontinued. Dr. Duvis has pastured the church for approximately a year. The Obcilin Church is reputed to be he one of the city’s oldest. STAFTOTO BY CHAIS. R. j JONES. THE CAROLINIAN VOLUME 14 Race Girl Heads Mixed “Y** Group ★★★★★★k&AAAAAA k A A A A A A A A A ! Pax■Wtivr. Sh *« tb-ft*- '-'Wwu 4 ,;;-i ' iS| Ipaß W W M w&t m ® 111 Wtlm Pi W~M 1 Twin-City i "election Delegate? to the North Caiolina r?: 1. Y-Teen Co.';'creact-, 'vh’cb •i?i at. '■ Central YWCA ; tiiUary 28. 2;J 39. sot a step on !i,..-ir fid'-- ', when they elected; 'V, Jam f. -»n Wood, Winston ■ high m .‘sool junior, to the pi’-sidenoy 1: Ju: ; tt-MiUa.n and Mrs. T- ••,!!: : H ' .'• i- 1 ?'ti-Aee Prc n D t ■ of Cent;al ana Bn;n<-i. -eviively served as hos- Ail >1 Uh A?:soc:a(ions of N. C were :epresented with. Rn-m:h Association corning from Do:! OS Oroentl.i.ro, if•■•.}) i , m; i Ksieigh. Pauline Wvrsn -i l,;- ' B . ■; were dei le.- *: the RsJeiyh 5 T- en group of these gtrb have ; had previous conference esperl ence of 1 ? ;■> nature. ’;.i' pv- pose the Conf'?»recc« ,is (0 hr!p . ,1; V:: t-O live Out t'.Mr purpose :i- YWCA members <•.r,d <?■ ;- Ip Diem to ke-•■> alive \y. <:, dividua- tThey play, sing,* eat, . i stud." tone'her. The sched itb :,i activities include club ciir;- i; is vhnoh individual club prob lems are discussed and workshops, j This year the workshops were arranged by the Durham and Ra -1? s. a. .. -•ations. Mis. E. M, Mor;; -r Kelly, instructor of Music at the L.. -on Jr.-Sr. High School, Rah-iyh. directed the Music Work shop Crafts v, as done by Mrs. Mary E Carnage, instructor at the Washington Junior High School. Miss Nancy Barron, Di rector of Religious Education at the White Memorial Presbyterian ' Church took charge of the Wor ship Workshop. Horae? 1 Dawson. ‘ member of the faculty at N. C. Ci.liege. Durham, had charge of the Workshop in Public Relations 1 wsule M iv u-! Bennett, also ol NCC directed the Workshop in Recreation. A i.,in-segregated banquet, held Saturday afternoon. <vaa the high ;i, if 1 1ic conference, with the ! Reverend Gaylord B. Noyce of the | United Church, as guest speaker. Durham Cent! al end Branch girls participated in ar Fashion Show emphasiamg the Centennial Cel ■ ebration of the YWCA. Mrs. Em (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) r , Woman Gets Pi, ooo For Auto Hurts '■ GREENSBORO Mrs. Elsie Crawfrod, hurt, in an auto acci- I dent here last F’eb 4, was award ied $4,000 by a Guilford County I Superior Court jury here Wednes day in her suit against Mrs. Lo jrame L. Reeves and her husband.: i Mr- Crawford had told the; i court that negligence of the de fendants had caused her serious land permanent injuries when the i car in which she was riding and [one owned by the Reeveses collid ed at a Belmont intersection al most a year ago. | Judge F. Donald Phillips of !Rockingham and the jury spent most of the day hearing evidence |in the case. F irneral Os Virginia Man Delayed As Relatives Bicker Over Corpse DANVILLE, Vp.. Charles Eu banks, a native of Halifax County who died in Philadelphia, was fi nally given burial here last week, but not until alter the sheriff, the commonwealth's attorney and a group of lawyers hud intervened. Eubank’s daughter commission ed a South Boston undertaker to take tin: body to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church m Hyco cnmirm j nit.v and fixed the date of the : funeral. But the widow of Eu banks, meanwhile, had commis sioned another funeral home to get. the body and to keep it until a son came from a distance for the funeral. Although Commonwealth Attor ; nej Prank McKinney took the view that the widow had first BAT.KTOH. Nf C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY FEBRUARY x Umn « rl ''f ¥ k m Sj- f !&’«;* -/o:' ■ f •- 'X.fo I;.! I ‘ | I I -•«4yv\ - - llr-v " ' r * v ;' . r!.-r,”.;k .cv- -'ox. .. • - O kr : ! v hWI 'SLIGHT* MISSTEP New York elevator opera (or lui Wright. 44, is still thaokinf his lucky stars that he do?'«n’t h?«rk in a skyscraper building. Hi- fell from the top floor of a .ti'W}) - hattan loft recently, when he stepped into a “lift" that wumA’% there. He wound up In the hos pital, with bad face cuts. inst«*d of the niorr.ue, only because the distance of the fall was km* than 8(1 feet, (Newsprcss I’hot*) State News —IN— Brief SHAW STI.’DE.NT HONORED • David L. Stevens, a senior at : Shaw University who calls Mebane home was recently awarded a top honor and a cast: award from among hundreds of collegians taking part in a business educa tion program for the American Tobacco Company. Working un der the direction of Thomas E. Ktse. an inrtructor in the depart ment of foreign languages at Shaw, Stevens received the top place semester prize for his un derstanding execution and re porting of sampling, merchandis ing and promotion activities orig inated by him as pi i. of his cam pus work assigned by the student j marketing institute New York, which selected the winning stu dent. JAILER SLUGGED, TWO ESCAPE NASHVILLE—Henry Reese Bailey. 4.1, the assistant jailer h«-rc, is still in critical condi tion here after one of two convicts who broke from the Nash County jaii last weekend (CONTINUED ON PAG! • s claim on the funeral arrange ments, the daughter declined to yield and the body was removed to the church while relatives wont home for a family dinner to pre cede the rite's. While this was going on, the rival undertaker’s hearse pulled up in front of the church and .removed the casket, much to the astonishment of a grave-digger who had been left in charge. When the mourners arrived, there was no corpse to be buried. The daughter then hastened to her lawyer, to the sheriff and to the police, who told her that the only way in which she could test the issue was to obtain an injunc tion. 3 Trapped As Fire Sweeps Lenoir Home KINSTO* Mrs. Isadora Rhodes 49. and her grandchil dr».*n, Yvonne, 7, and Rudolph 2. •Led Saturday, when fire of un i.b--; rmined origin swept through their seven-room frame house T’■-.«■ victims were all sleeping in a rear bedroom where they were trapped, firemen say. There were no other occupants of the house. The one story building caved in as .firemen arrived m. sub-zero cold. The flames spread to an other house, and did extensive . damage th< re before being brought under control. SCALES FACES ORANQ JURY IF TWO SLAYINGS GREENSBORO Appearing without counsel and pleadins not guilty, Richard Scales, 28. was bound over Monday from Munici pal-:' uiity Court to Guilford su perior Court charged with the Jan. 3!) slaying of Mrs. Bertha Cook. 3!, and her six-year-old daugh ter, Betty Marie, Scales, an ex-convict of 289 Dick Street, was taken to Guilford County jail where lse will remain without bond for the next grand jury sitting, scheduled for Feb. 7. Lawrence Gaston, whom Scales earlier implicated in the double crime but who was later freed when Scales allegedly confessed respoßslbiiitj for both killings, was freed. According to Deputy Sheriff Thurman Jones. Scales implicated Gaston out of spite because he feared that Gaston, who tipped off police as to his whereabouts, had squealed on him The gashed bodies of the Cooks were found by neighbors in the kitchen nf the Cook home on the ■rural New Garden Road, six miles from Greensboro on the after , noot of Jan, 19. Less than 24 hours later, police had arrested Gaston and Scales. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Father, Son Jailed On Child Rapes i __ WASHINGTON Should the next term of Superior Court, held in Beaufort County, find Floyd • Willie Johnson, 38, guilty of rape and his son. Willie Morrison, 17, also guilty of the same offense, it can be truthfully said “Like father, like son.” They are both U'-ing held in the county jaii in default of bond, for raping teen age girls. The father was arrested Satur - day and charged with raping Mary Thomas, 14. of Chocmvinny, in June, 1954. The Thomas girl (CONTINUED ON {'AGE 11) But members of the family, , realizing that the situation was embarrassing and inappropriate, decided that the controversy • should not be prolonged, so the funeral was held the next day at the church but hi what observers report, was "a rather strained at mosphere.” HIGH SCHOOL BARS DOWN IN ST. LOUIS i CHARLOTTE—Dr. Hardy Lis ton, prsident of Johnson C. Smith i Unlvesrity. was elected a vice president of the North Carolina Council of Churches as that body closed its 18th annual meeting : here. Sa i d I)esp o n den t Over Court Case ! n : f ii Ik V q % ■ |s . X hi "■ '■■■ JAMfc.fr' BELL TOBIAS SAYS REMOVE ALL RACIAL BARS GREENSBORO I look to: thf day when no qie stion v.ill be ask ed nt any branch of t-h; YMCA except whether a youth lias need ; of its services." Dr Channma H. ■ Tobias declared here, Saturday ! nigl t. i Dr. Tobias, chairman of the na . tional board of the N A ACT. and ■ a former member of the natiunal , staff of the YMCA, wa-.; thi pur ■ cipal speaker a- the 16th aiaoikl i dinr.er mertim: of tin- Hay-. ■-iay . lor Memorial YMCA held in the Student Union at Berm. • C -lit ;-.*- i "I object to racial segregation." (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) I Carolinian To Stage Subscription Contest The management of the CARO LINIAN announced this week that I the most gigantic subscription ! contest that has ever been staged jin the state will get underway j February 10th and end March 21, • lasting for six weeks. There will be all winners and no losers. The person a <o turns in the largest number of subscriptions to the C ARO LINIAN equivalent to 50 year ly subscriptions will receive a Deep Freezer. Subscriptions : are not ’United to one year, A . 4-11 BOARD MEMBERS Board members of the 4-H Club Foundation of North Carolina. Inc., who met at AA T C ollege in Greensboro last week, check specifications of the proposed 4-H Club Camp to be completed at Hammocks Beach in Onslow County in time for the opening of the regular camping season , A 2fi-vi.-a!--nVJ I? '■ . n n wivo * said uj.a he could n>l ■■•••ar to l Kt> to court i! > ars uer cu •■t-vs of drunken dt vj.r ;* and '.vim took to drir.-Jc f-r.T 't •!■. - > snartly after being nobbed b.y police was found dead in bed Tiiursday morn inf: ntu.; *ting himself through the in-art, dining the night James El Mr Bell a native of G.: n is : ■ t : ; : \ ■,}■• e'enod suicide sever d 'i'di." ,; ; r rtrurken drivi*. ■ citu':" s.. :. ■■ ;■ 1 .low ing a wic(H aboui two * «ks ago. Mrs. Mary Hi. Bell the victim's widow, win also olsom Gar ner, said «he tu>d inketj 1 rjl'le av, ay <i : h. / ii r'• :■ '■ eve: ai times *•: ;■■( j ; iy and f. '-r,;.' .it up in a, vs.rdiobf- ai' • ■■ re had vps: ,; Tin s i wt , i m * son V- ■■ i " ■ . i. tv-o week', s !’ .if d:vi::v"c *S' s. wreck and dir v ’>■ .•; > Febru ary 'j out is* -i -. • . se,d and isaid that he cow id us. make it. M's*.. Bdl said tier hti- band came ia Thur-dav momU g it 4 arc., tit,H 'il/v •r.V.ed.. cud v.-rs. to i»d. khertty thereafter flu tuxnan is said to hate heard a is. . 1 and raaebrd ffiv rote » ■- * ds be s .lrp. jfplj vj. it'ONTlNrt.il) ON S’ IGI. 11. WOMAN GE’i s YEAR IN J \IL ASHEHORO Mr: CKb aloine .'.ms. 24. was *.r. M month* n the womenV- division of suite moon on a chan:? of- hoc!ms Luther Cheek as they stood out side the Casablanca inn here on January 4. Judge J. V. Wilson of Record er's Court suspended the sentence, provided M)>. Owens spend one year in the local .sail. Cheek told the court that he w>,» twice in the left leg after Mr: Owens had accused him of attempting to break into her home while sire slept. He denied the accusation under cross-examination. Mrs. Owens served a one-year jail tei m for the 1951 slaying of her husband, James Ovens. subscriber may purchase a* many yearly subscriptions as desired; and any present sub scriber may add as many years to his or her current subscription as wanted. The person who reports the se cond largest, number will receive a Standard Television Set. The per son who turns in the third largest number will receive a Washing Machine. All contestants will re ceive 15% of all monies turned .to. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) in June, Left to right: W. J, Kennedy, president of the S. C. Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, Durham: John H. Wheel er. president of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Durham and president of the Founda tion, and Dr. F, D. Bluford, president of A& T College. (Photo courtesy Greensboro Daily News i NUMBER Ist
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