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Raleigh Ministers Pledge Fight For Integration Now FDFSDFSA tfOVEL MEN'S FASHIONS 1' * > vcvc< ary of * I’. Milchctl light) is admiring the • oriume of his r>.a?t rvi>p<.»**!i** member. t hies Festus S:ii Okoli*‘'-F.b*')b 1 ■ r;i 1 .Mim: ter ■■ : * * -* Nigeria. The two diplomat'-, a tong with David .M’»•••• . dire.-Ru general jf the International Labor office, re present. •:! T«.= r c.uitTn---- a* th r - just -rwiduded f.Kih yenera’ •- onferenc' <■; thi <;■ ••rn.iuonu) Labor organization iu Geneva. Nearly nations were icrM-M*ft-‘nd . (Nf w spress 1’hoto» ft S «%* IT* la* Mono y|-in? -nr Ap>fiftii llffdjio r idllo nil Mb Hull Mun 1. 1 '-11T': V. U.. ‘ v! ’* ■ '.. '■ ■ '* oi-'enn;:. TvToud: ; i. ' v, r* a vy is: ns tr and c: r.- ,- rs h? part the minister can ?u.' ! i: ■ pi*' > e matter of -•-■■■ •; Pe.n’ic edncatirn ; • . » f.re»ne and Prof C r! IMtu-re were present and • p'J a- re»t>.tret consultants. Hodges Deaf To Plea For Playground T' ! d a e Governor Luther H .<•? and tj»e Council of Stole | haw turned deaf ears to all the reasoning and pleading of the Ra- ! leigh City Council and other in ir.-r sted citizen.'' of Raleigh for the retention of the Old Soldiers' . Hor-e site as a playground for Ne- , *roes. minds made up At a hearing on the s«5»- , rjet ias-t week, ait indications irrt to the conclusion that ] slate officials have already ] made up their minds about , she matter. Despite the arguments the: thto particular piece of property v.as > badly needed as a recreational site ■. for the almost wholly Negro rest- j ■ Has Baby Hour After Accident GREENSBORO • Hardly more fhan an hour after she had been m an automobile accident. Mr •■ Ops l tVadeiington of Route 1. gave birth to a boy at L. Riche rd son Memorial Hospital here. Mrs. Wadelington was en route, to the hospital when the car m which she was riding about 12:4,'. p.m. Saturday, collided with one driven by Bryce R, Holt former V. S. district attorney in Middle District Court, Holt suffered head and shoulder cuts and possible chest injuries. Denies She Lived Common Law With Alleged Murderer Here By Staff Writer David Rhodes 42-year-old Ra leigh man. accused of murdering on; Raleigh woman and critically wounding another last Wednesday night, waived preliminary hearing m City Court here Monday mom mg and was bound ave.’- to Wake Superior Court for trial. The man allegedly killed Mist Mildred Mack. 29 at her residence. 1005 Mark Street,, minutes after he used the same pun to shoot Mrs. Ida C. Ray. 50. at 322 E. South Street where he was a roomer. Rhodes fares a murder charge in the death of Miss Mack and is being charged with assaub with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in the shooting of Mrs. Ray, who suffered ,12 guage shot gun wounds in tin. left breast and hip. She is reportedly re covering at Saint Agnes Hospital. Appearance bond was set by Judge Albert Doub at $5,000 in tne i assault charge. A CAROLINIAN reporter j interviewed Mrs Ray at j ( Saint .Agiiraf Hospital this week j ih*'V t«d to ;».•<■ •. : oils'! in .triad the suggested pro ... -e- <»( thr AU.iiita MY ■.i i" r«nfereuc< for < *i"*. ■ s notion or. desegregate ! t and stressed the need foi os ganizafon of eivi* commit ts-i« in each scb-iol district. "!.Raleigh School Boa.tr; has s ainted a special coajjjr.i?,?..% t> advise on best means o; iraple • m<; ting the Supreme Cm:; • de i which shows 1 good faith” s: compliance Th* A. '• 1 ST P r V^nt *»1 fax n,ii»tA' *■ 11 *in record as pledging suppoi. t to ' 1-’ Citizens Association in this matter. Is was unprmnu'dy agreed that every citizen should lend his inap* port without reserve.!ion to ;h ! . task of miking real this decision iT •• following procedures were susprsted bv the Atlanta Con fir* ♦»! NAACP for e-mT.n: i;y (CONTINUED ON TAG! 11 t State Lawyers Offer Aid In Desegregation GREENSBORO The North Carolina Lawyer:-’ Association has pleged cooperation in helping to ea.se problems connected with the recent decision of the Supreme Court regarding .segregation in public schools. At a dinner meeting held Sat urday at ES Rocco (hub. hen. the. group expressed willingness to work with the courts both slate and federal, and agencies charged with the administration of public schools, in a manner “aimed at serving the best interests of the people of the state.” The Association, represent ing 50-odd Negro lawyer*, practicing in the state, passed h resolution, requesting the North Carolina Ra r Assoc ia lion to remove racial restric tions from its constitution. The resolution will be referred to the har association at its meeting to be. held later this j month. The group was briefed on chang • s in the state law enacted at the recent State Legislature regarding school law, corporate law and changes in other areas, by three panel discussions, occupying most , c ,. r - DAVID RHODES .... THE wmM*" IOC \ f ] y 10c n i mJFit ,mmm immi n■ ■ ■ i VOLUM£~I4 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 18. 195. S NUMBER XXXVIII BIBISE BIBLE SCHOOL OPENS HERE | ir k k -k ★ ★ d*. "k -4r *k ik it k k k A k k .¥. ¥: *¥• ¥ I Stranger Didn't Knock' OLO NORTH STATE HEOiOS m OH lid >~K SCC’M "1 SW ft dll t it, Imp, r'eV:;a’cs attendJnr the 68 ft i : v‘S. ; f.f i ■:'.•■ Old Nol t ?"l 3t.€l.t€* ; Mrdica! facciefy. which opened ■ here Tuesday, took no action on v.,o■::•■•.• Tvy becojr.e ruern- i id the N;.t‘.h Carolina Me- I Cif.'; .1 i.Si>v‘ u''t.y. jt cm it linrCi i»i <i I no i.', «-'i tslor. t>\ thiit body on I a scientific level or not. due to I the fact i " ■ the Society had not ] been imbed as a body. I S- was genera! knowledge I that quite a few of the court- I it unit, rut'* admit* rd Ne- I sro doe’or-. There are >.ttne count-iei*.. jtt.e Ntechlenheig and Burt com he., that have t!ven the rare dorturs all of (he eonrirsies that are as lorded any member. They and their wives hat'- Keen invited to the soesai affairs, without ihe r-lighest sign of any em b;»ra:,<tmeni or biased action Tiie drJf'cciy-; felt that it w a rn.i'U ■ ‘ hat nad to he cieciu* on by trli6 I f >cct 1 soviet>U • jjfj uvp .*i such i uri? as thr* Novti Camiu.a Society notiited the Ole Norii> Niate that they were in- I( (3NTIMII! ON PAt.i li > of the attention of the group in the early afternoon. At the opening session the bar rlstfsrs «veve ' ,xrti l coined to ths city by Boyd Morris. Greensboro’sj • mayor and heard greetings from Thomas Hoy !e. president of the Guilford County Bar Association All officers were reelected. They inrluded; Herman 1.. Tavlor, Raleigh, president; J. (CONTINUED ON FACE 111 Cumberland County Gets New Library FAYETTEVILLE The ques tion of whether to increase the : county public library tax levy from five to 10 cents on the SIOO valuation for operating the Negro library here will be voted on in a ■ special Cumberland County clec jtion here July 16. 1 County commissioners last week failed to increase the levy be ■ cause the proposal has not. been decided by the electorate. The . new building on Gillespie Street: •: is ready for occupancy except for; the installation of equipment. I to get her version of her re lations with Rhodes. ’•Mister, David seemed like a son to me. Anyone who says that. .1 was living common law with him didn’t know what (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Robbed Men Had To Remove Shoes GREENSBORO James and : Eviil Jeffries, brothers, told police i that a gang of five youths held i them up at pistol point and took j cash and personal belongings j valued at $49 about 3 a.m. Sat j urday. The men say that the youths, ; who jumped on them at Market and Gil mem Streets, backed them at pistol point into the shadows: , and took their billfolds contain ! mg sls in cash, a watch and a | knife. They were then forced to j | take pff their shoes and walk up i l the street,, * SOHO! ARKHIP TO RAUir.H At AN Leo I Ovie. . Jr of -taieigrh. * recent smnma cum laud- graduate of Saint Augus tine* College, has been award ed a TTKi scholarship for no* year’s -<v <i y at the Meharrj tfetlital College, Nashville, Ten tit ,see by the Jessie Smith loves Foundation Oxley is a -■ruber of Alpha Kappa Mu, “lentilfc honor society and the \jpha. Thi Alpha Iraternity. H* as recent mended hv Saint Aa .;usene's to ..ppcsr in the 5554 ,'5 edition of Who's Who in Ame rican Colleges and Universities 1 State News: I Brief __ FORM VOTERS LEAGVE HERE The Raleigh Voters League wa; nre»ni»ed Monday. June 13. at the YMCA. Its purpose is to urge citi zens to register and vote. It wa the idea of the DeVane council manic campaigners. The organi zation is independent, but may work with other groups working (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) j N, C. Lawyers End Confab j $: K J (' ,v, v .. I \ > *••>- $ ........ i 'Wgggß9gg& f \trt2tmsak-. _ 1 ■* -V :, * ■ __Jlf : ,4! 4ASi*i*% J" U *4 '-r !< , ‘M M' ■ & . ' Wis. 1 LAWYERS IN ANNUAL MEET The North Carolina Lawyers Association, in its annual meet ing held last week in Greens boro offered cooperation in as sisting with desegregation in the state. Among those attending the j meeting are from left to right: (Front row) S. S. Mitchell, Ra i leigh, H. L- Taylor, preaMent, A Negro, White Children in Classes Here BV STAFF WRITER ) Pronip iy at * a. m. Monday ! i morning the first integrated Va | cation Bible School in Raleigh j and, as far as we have been able jto learn, the first in this area 1 ; was opened at the First Congress : tiOi'ai Church here. This rcr.ool, a venture in inter veeia;! <-'operation, is unonscr cd jointly by the United Church on Hillsboro Street and tha F.ir>: Congregational Church, corner V.' South and Manley Streets, 'an ■ into being through a sire of th Church School E.- i of th United Church to esohoish a pat tern in practical Christ vanity lor. overdue. The request for imple mentation of this desire found . -Ay acceptance at the First Con .: -national Church. The interracial school is under ‘he direction of Mrs, Ruth L. Cet te: of the United Church. Mrs Carter is assisted by four helpers from the United Church and. an < qual number from the Congrega tional Church. Open ; g day enrollment far ex ceeded the of 0 .school's sponsors. Instead of the 39 or 40 children expected for i.ie initial day there were 70 students enrolled, 22 of which were white children from the United Church i * ON TINTED ON PAGE 11) Va. County To Keep . Separate Schools SOUTH BOSTON, Va. ~~ The difax County school board last .turday unanimously passed a oration stating that the coun- 1 - • schools will continue to be oper :.ed on a racially segregated basis next year, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) 1 Raleigh; C. J. Gates, Durham; Miss Sybil M. Jones, Durham; ML Hugh Thcfnipson. Durham; I*. A. Simmons, Durham; Frank Brower, Durham; W A. War ner, Rocky Mount and W. A. Marsh, Durham. (Second rows i Richard Powell, Greenville; J. Kenneth Lee. Greensboro; F. B. » J ,f»H TO BE MISSION ART Miss H.irbara. Tattersoli,' of Hoa noli** ' June graduate of Rennes - f ollege. Greensboro, N C., who enters Searriti t'.ollege. Nash ville, Trim., this week for a <*■ month indoctrination cour* • preparatory to f.ikinc a ioreign assignment as a n? !on ary from the Method it * Church. If is her hope to be sent to Liberia. Local Board Names Study Committee Titr- B'lttrrl of Ts *’ ‘*" - r the Raleigh public Schools ha s ap ;>o.intod a bpc-ciai corntnitee to ciu a v Ihe ; !;*■< *.) Say eat' Coars c;t.- vision aimed at the e of segregation in ih" public (CONTINI i I» ON »■ Mil; 3\, Tells How Six Attacked Her And Left Her for Dead McKissick, Durham; George ; Lawson, Greensboro; John H ; Rennirk, Wadesboro; E, H Gad sden, Durham and John Lang ford, High Point. Those on the back row are: M, 8. High, Greensboro, J L. Lassiter, Dur ham: Donald Ramseur, Gastonia aiui M. E. Johnson. Durham. i ! Disput Dver Man , Ends In Death GRETENI’J3OSO - Because h did no' ae*. - stilt.sfaci.ory exoia ! nation from hi> wife as to why ar> f : other lii'j’i shouM enfer their i house without iirst knock:'*;- on the door, Willie Jatnc-s Woo let . i 56. shot and 1 dkii her here Sun day afternoon. Mrs. I ranees Wooten. ‘Zfi. was dead on arrival at I* Richardson Mem*.rial Hospital from Iwo of three 22 rifle bullets. Her husband, waning for officers at his Gillespie '"trect home, admitted ts • killing and was held without bend on a charge of murder. According to investigating of ficers. Wooten came ; ome from work for lunch and ’whjla he was. • ssiot.het nrtr. etitcrcd the house without knocking. The man voi unuientif.-ed. soon left. Wool* n and his wife then arg ued over the matter and when' the shooting occurred, she way •.■landing near the back steps in. hi yard. Wooten shot, through Ine screen door. Mrs. Wooten was suofc ra the left thigh, the right DEPOT? BUT AFTER WHISKEY IS FOUND HICKORY —• Ivey Wesley Duii* 47. only JNtgto d* puty - Ri ii; Catawba County, was strip ped of ail authority here Monday after being charged with posses .-.ioti of five half-gallon jars of ••vhite whiskey allegedly found on ;t:s premises. He was placed under SHOO bond f ONTIM I D ON I’iGl. 1 1 , LEXINGTON—-A harrowing tale, of how she was criminally assault ed, beaten by six men and then throws: into a lake and left for dead over the weekend was told j to local police by Miss Lola Kind say, As a result of her story, six youths have been arrested and. according !,o police, have confessed. They are Abraham McGuire, 18. Franklin Evens, 18: Thomas Renwick. 16; John Harris, 20: James Bice, 17; and Franklin Cochran, 18. Miss Kindsay says that she was; picked up Sunday at the Bluej Cate in Thomasville by two of the youths who took her to Canoy’s j Bottom, a lake between Midway and Thomasville. There, she said, four other youths were waiting. She charges that she was then ravished by all six, slug ged beaten and kicked and | finally thrown into the water. Six. States Stalling On Public School Mixing Eight of the 14 Southern states where separate white and Negro schools have been traditional show signs of varying degree looking : toward compliance with the V S. Supreme Court's decision outlaw ing public shoo! segregation. Six of them, however, are drag ging their feet. In the two weeks since the May 31 orders of the; court to end segregation as “soon as feasible,” taking local condi tions into account. Alabama, Geor gia. Louisiana. Mississippi. South Carolina and Virginia have shown no signs of compliance. To the contrary, in these states the prevailing attitude of official dom seems to be to resist or to sidestep the high tribunal's orders, i LUCKY AUTO OWNER The lucky car last week was the one hearing the tag lAim- j her X-98831, If the owner of that car took it to Dunn's Esso Service, Conner Cabarrus and Woodworth Streets, here in Ra leigh, he received a free grease job. This will happen every week. Watch lor your tag number. If it follows the asterisk, you will get tin- grease job. The num ber will be taken from any car hearing a N C. license The numbers this week are: X-57176; X-51858; *R3873; !>- j 3334; X-93H6; and X- 93022. b.’Tf'V from the f'on and throug) the right forearm the latter bu! let entering her right chest, BU.E WOOTEN White Soldier In Jones Moral Case Not Prosecuted The CAROLINIAN office has | received many inquiries as to what happened to the white soldier, ! Theodore C. Whiited, who was arrested along with Wayian N. Jones, on a charge of crime again nature, 'after Jones received a 5 year .>: mence in Superior Court here Friday. The inquiries began pouring in when Sylvester Chavis was given a seven to ten year sentence for the same offense and Willie Gray, who was ar~ (CONTINUED ON PAGE ill This partially revived her she related, and one of her as sailants came bark, cursed her and kicked her back into the water. After the men left. Miss Kind (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) CHURCH YOUTH RAP JIM CROW LAKE JUN ALU SKA Resolu tions opposing all forms of racial discrimination and pledging sup port. of the V, 8 Supreme Court public school desegregation de cision were passed by come 575 delegates attending a southwide Methodist student conference here on Monday. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 111 if possible, i Kentucky, Maryland and Okla homa are moving toward early compliance in ail but possibly a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Home Agent For 26 Years To Retire After 26 years cf work as a home demonstration ag°rst, Mrs Rerihs M. Edwards, 1109 E. Morgan Street, will retire on June 30. Mrs. Natalie VVimberley, assis tant home agent, will succeed her effective July 1. Mrs. Mary Barn es, a home economics teacher at Whitevtlle for about, five years, i will succeed Mrs. Wimberley*
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