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THF-V S VfP “NOT GUILTY”—Shirt-sleeved members of the
lily-white Sumner. .Miss., jury which voted to free Roy Bryant and
his half-brother, .1. W. Milam on charges of murdering Emmett Till.
They still face kidnapping charges which arc not likely to be heard
until the November session of the Leflore County grand jury. They
will be held without bond until that time according to latest reports.
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KEY WITNESS FIEFS SOUTH—.Moses Wright. Sumner, M.--
farmer and uncle of Fmmetf Till murdered Chicago vntph. who
’dent'fiec! K-.v Bryant *r,d f Vt half-brother a the tr.< n
k-dnaped the rcit*h front h»s bed and drove him away hown
•» • , h hi? -OP Matirlff 12 Wright ha« accepted a Itfctirr.** job at a
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Till Trial Court
Just Like Circus
SUMNER. Mis* To an ob
server who did not know what
\>-a: going on. the scene in the
courthouse at Sumner won Id n»v-,
er suggest that. mm were on
ti ia: tor their ei for one of i
crest shocking crimes of recent
year*
Perhaps 'he oniy person* who
.betrayed any signs of tenseness
were the dozen Negro reporle";.
who at one time had them view
of the rr r ‘oe'l-o.:rt." t iork- d vr or
deputies Jed about 50 men info the
courtroom and placed them in
front of the segregated N t tro
pre?! table
The ?•'»■.. iismcii were f rn
the K011..1 from Chicago anri New
York and Philadelphia It was
vitb a groat riesl of sporeben'-iori
that rtos’, of them oenj to Mr..*};-'-
-:rpi and one; wrntp that hr had
Jna-li. plan;- for a 'rjufr-k getaway."
The p'o.'nc'.oale n the trial J.
'' Milam and E n v Bryant ac
cused of the brutal lynching of.
14-year-old Emmett Till of Chica
go. seemed to be the least worried
people in the place
I- locKfd like s family outing
for 'he Bryant family Bill. 5. and
Harvey Bryant, 2 crawled over
them father, pointed their water
pistols at the prose cuter, and let
ou f with •’ ar-whopp.-, that threat
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tuber, it reappears in th* 1 CAROLINIAN ft will b* printed on
i * hirh-giade. beck g*p«r, Kindis let. m have your comment*.
1 h"Ff’er, befer* it reappear*.
eired to MOp the promt''!,mw.
Mr:. Bryant, "as pretty a- 1 i:r
say ’ sat betide her hi'-‘hand and
j his half-brother, who sun had
brought, hi? two children to ecu id
At times she would -- * * r - •
and pat ’ho children and try * '
hush then*..
Before the trial Brys>.‘ had ex
pressed hi s feelings about the
whole thing 1 hope they hurry
up and get this over with. I'm los
ing money at the store'
The 40(3 spectators who crowded
:ntc 'hr courtroom designed to
'-.r.'u-j 250 people acted bite i mol
at s circus or a county f* : r The>
brought th* : 1 lunches 1 h•*■•*.•
•noi-ed in the courtroom and
drank beer
■'•* this i? the way people
stl Mississippi .set -vhn sic
rt strike. Or rosy be they knew.
as onh- thc> its id itfjnv tb- 1 the
men nn trial were m no danger
of deaty
On Wednesday, the third o-v.
*he jury seemed more interested 1
:n tn eoutcome of tb eMarciano-
Moore fight that night than they •
"'ere in determining if the two
white men who sat. before them
had actually been callous enough
to kill a i.rth? boy
Sumner, a drowsy hamlet of 1
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VOLUME is RALEIGH, N. C. WEEKENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1955 NUMBER l j
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With Votes
Group 7 ild
By .1 K. MAR RE; I i lie Rela
tions Chairman, N. NA\CP
CONFERENCE
M 3 Atlantic Avc.. Rocky Ml.. N.C.
WINDSOR the conclusion
of a two-cay Poll, al Action con
ferrr.ee of NAACP officials, Clar
ence Mitchell. Washington. NAA
CP Bureau chief, told an audience
of 200 workers: “You must reg
ister and vot the right people
into office in order to end ;;eg
regation “in ail its ugly forms.”
31 itehell's address was the
ebising feature of the Sat
urday and Sunday gathering
ol \ V \C V representatives
(rntn at least 1 ."> counties of
the first anti second congres
sional Districts. Saturday was
devoted to discussion of regis
lration and voting procedure
with State NAACP president
Kelly M Alexander of f bar
ioite and Charles A. McLean.
tVinsfo . Saip»r>. field serre
tary. assistin:.
i CONTI VVER ON P AGE ID
Rape Count
Voided By
Mixed Jury
T-V I. B StAKPFN
WINDSOR A Ben- County
-auit w-.i'r, i' i 'r.nt * ■ ccorn-j* ray
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T u r «'h s ':~ze. r:-:r hesn fiic*c.
•■gainst Mine- Mr- Queeme
of :■■■? ■■ -onirriU-UPv
behalf of he; M-year-ficW ’
daughter Rose, Mae Ruff.r. color,
-chooi cit! > f the John B. Bono
: School. L: wif-ton.
Probable : e had brer, fr, 'no
-n the case by M gi tia*,- Lacey
M. £:i» . in .1 trie and Miller had
; boon out on SI9OO b ind, according
the Ledger-Advance, lo
ll? »; f'RiNi MAS. <ViS NO'
The Lodge: - Advance ?; i.ry
pointed rn.it that the two colored i
com ivrrn on r\<ir id
What 's Happening
On The Desegregation Front
Da, f«roup Wants
‘‘Silent” Kecruits
ATL ANTA - A -..n/il 0! i 00.000
members. who will pay 85 a '-ear
>o finance a fight to maintain
segregation, has hern set. b> the
expander; Stales Rights Council
of GeorKla-. Inc,
Seme 200 political figures re
presenting vuiouy Georgia fac
tions attended the kickoff dinner,
One of the first official acts of
the group way the- adoption of
a resolution restricting any state
ment on policy and programs to
official releases approved by the
executive committee
STABBED .MATE 85
TIMES; GETS 15 YRS.
COLUMBIA, S. C. Mr? John
ne Mae Brown, who is reportedly
neauy blind, received s 15-year'
manslaughtei sent core here 'c-c
--day after admitting trial she stno
bed her husband. Frank. 40. to i
death last July 24,
Pchce investigating D'e staying 1
say that they counted 85 cuts and
'tab wound* on Brown. Mrs.
Brown testified that she grabbed i
butcher knife from tier husband
after he. had stabbed her in the
leg. j
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Carolinian Newsboys |
Off To World Series
Willie Mitchell of Smithfield,
! Woody Walker of Burlington and
Li ah Whitaker, local newsboy,
will take of J from the CAROLIN
IAN office. Friday afternoon, for
New York, where thc-y are sched
uled to see the fourth game of •
the 1955 World Series, which will :
be played between the New York
Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodg
ers. in Ebbet-ts Field.
The trio will be escorted to the i
world’s larges; city by Alexander
Barnes and John C Washington,
members of the CAROLINIAN
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WORLD SERIES BO END
Wood \ Wide Walker. Hurling-
Inn left, and f«i 9 h Whitaker.
Raleigh both CAROLINIAN
newsboys. will Gave Rslrlgh
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TEACHERS NIX
HODGES’ PUN
Gov Hodges' plea for support of
his program of voluntary segrega
tion in the public schools was
turned down flat by the executive
I committee of the North Carolina
Teachers' Association W L.
Greene, executive secretary, -c
n rr,; need
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Secret Deposit ions
In Montgomery Suit
TROY Depositions from
plaintiffs who have sued the
Southern Pines Quiet
As Whites Occupy Home
SOUTHER N FIXES The
tumult and the shouting that pre
ceded the moving of Mr and Mrs
Martin White into their home m.
the heretofore ali-white Kenwood
sub-division have just about died
and the Whites are going about
the business of settling down.
Except for an occasional glance
in the direction of the green-an d
gray cottage on Fairway Drive,!
neighbor.- have evidenced lithe,
interest Previously, the Whites
had said that "if they attend to
their business, we will attend to
ours."
When her furniure came from
Nen York, Mrs. White found her
kitchen too crowded, so they are
having a basement dug foi their
w ashing machine and other appli
ances Mr White has been spend
ing much of his time in clearing
the yard and trying to get a lawn
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where tin- , « ill attemi ihe
fniirth game of the World Seiirr,
at FbbettN Field. Wnlie Mitchell
of Smithfield will also he
among the CAROLINIAN sales
men «ho -a Ii! -OP the game
(See story iMs page!.
State News
Brief
~ IhR-.Fr. DRIVER JN ('ATMJTY
ZEBULCN A -ix-iriisn coroner's 1
, ’my freed a Znbulori race rei-ifont
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Montgomery County "school Board
in an effort to bring about prompt
. desegregation In the public
schools, were being taken in pri
vate here on Thursday
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At College
Loses Mind
GXEBNSBORO - ttvhar.i. C
! W«h:-!cr. 53. former A. and T
! lege bursar. cor.v ;ctcd last March
;of cmbcrzling $39,009 61 ” cciiie.w
funds and sentenced to 1 5-22 rer--
in prison, has been enmmi'.U'i H.
the state mental hospital at Golds
boro.
,T. P Shore Superior C
! clerk, raid that a sanity hearing
i was held while Webster w-is a
j patient at L. Richa' (Ison Memorial
: Hospit :i He vi'.':.; tlj.schai’,:, ,i from
| the hsopi'al last Tuesday aruj the
j commitment order became effec
tive immediately
Webste: was tr ee und, , $20.0(10
bond pending appeal from s. con
viction He Iran been |vi; n: A
and x. f.-.r 30 yeti) s and wa- n- -
charged in February, 1953. The
following May, be ;
in 23 hills of in die; in rut u-’th
cnabe?.’! iriE over $100,009 ir ’ ~
deni and college • fn-;
NEVER TOOK STAND
Tb*; accused man. hov- ■. ■ . ,
not treid nn all of three muni
Sentence was passed by Judge Su
sie. Sharp of RoirDvilie Webster;
never took the stand in b own
dpfoti.se.
The pros. TUt ion bProovmd in
evidence charge >u oouTiir which
Webster had at M v. York - rs
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FOSSTRsI'k
GASTONIA lay Alien IT:
; 19-vear-oM illiterate, wa? r-<?n
--j tpriced Saturday to 30 years at
hard labor for strangling M*:-
Onhelia Grice to death lasi Jvov
22
Mrs C-ncc, widowed m • r -of
three children, was strangled af
ter leaving a dance. Daves testi
fied that he left the dance ■ in
Mr: Grice end on unidentified
soldier but left them to go home
alone.
Davis also denied making a
.statement in which he admitted i
the crime and also denied signing
the statement with an "X " Police, .
however, contradicted hi? dory.
His !a .* vers, who -rod th -' the\
would *ppea ! the verdict have H !
•fays in which to do so
From Greensboro, Federal Judge
Johnson J. Hayes issued the or
der calling for only she ner.esr.ar?
i parties to he present, following; a
: charge by council for the plaint -
iffs chat, some of his client? had
j beer, intimidated into making
| statements that could be detri
mental to their fide
Judge Hayes ordered that" the
depositions he sealed and not
opened except at the direction of
the. court,. The 3 ;j adult plaintiffs
are acting on behalf of 45 child
ren
S. C. Still Wants
“Separate-Equal”
COLUMBIA, S C The .South
Carolina Education Association's
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WINSTON WOMAN
KILLED BY TRAIN
WINSTON SALEM Mrs Clem
Moore of this city was pronounced
(lend or. arrival at a local h r >-pi!
here Saturday morning shortly af
ter being found fatally injured on .
the Southern Railway tracks ai :
Kernersvilie
Her right leg had been severed
from her body at the hip bone
and Dr V M Long, Forsyth '
County coroner, ruled her death
due to hemorrhage end shock. \ '•
‘Tm Sorry I Did This”
Mate Cries After Deed
By ALE a 3NO K R RiliMIS
PILOT Picking up (hr dead
body of h’ks wife after he had
reportedly tnrust a butcher kn.;>
'into her heatl her.- Banday after
noon . Frank ' Horse Coilar* Austin
raid, "Oladv, I love you and ttn
sorry tnint I diet ih’■ io you '
If i;s rul sunposed to have hop
period when Frank in sic ted that
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rear of the farm name, that ihe
Avr-'fins lived in. A daughter of
the .slain woman, is reported to
have told arresting officers that
Austin was in a drunken condi
tion when hr came into the house
with the shirt end flew iron a
rage when hi: ; ; wife refused, to iron
shirt..
According to information seen
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GFT HEART TREATMENT —• Doris MrOill, 15, center, and
Genet a Williamson lit. right shown with Mrs. Lillie Belle Barber,
member of the Greensboro Nursing Council, who accompanied them
on a plane trip to lh< Notional Children s Cardiac Hospital, Miami.
Florida, where they will receive free treatment, for a rheumatic
heart condition from which both > uftor The treatment was ar
ranged by <hc Medical and Hospital Fund of Greensboro, a Rad
leather sen ■-? They will get school mg ~ r - b*d patients for a whtlr
and later the, will attend the public school across the street front, the
hospital, Rod, will be at the b»?nital for some time, probably several
years, iGreensboro Record Photo)
Thu lucky car lis-t week was
nrif hr.iring the tag num
ber AJM.T If thf owner of
rLat car took it to Dunn’s Esso
servio, corner Cabmus and
Rloorlworth Streets, here in Ra
i< igh, be received a free grease,
job
This -udl haptien every week
Vi itrh for tour tag number, if
it follow' (b asterisk, you tr ill
get the. grcase. job. The com
ber will be taken front any car
be .ring N C. license.
i'ii• • number. ibis week are.
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