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RAPE SUSPECT FREED, FACES SEOND •• :T:T' ! r ' :■ "V " " ' kkt r .’;k msW fßsßttN mswm »' -v W x ®»S?' S? < •- : ■‘c'v -v fJk *i*x gSI 1 1 i .3 if W'jm -jld&L Ml ..... i • ~l mSik* mßwflSmsmw? m* *?#* v^v--^ *-“ ; :*&ski hi'A’:>*\'- lilfe f&£.- *J4 h ,*|^P§hP sEjKm4£s is, : " : w r>YS@IS 1 % -:lii ipl ‘ \As#fl y^ - ?■; ; v ! 'V ■*s;'* Y^s BoJ. ■'■' '■ ife" ;s3n^fflßHMAß?>«n«• * sir I>e nt 1, r: c; i slat ors CONFER —Two of Use V--> col lege students from North Caro lina, who staged a mock general assembly here last wet k-end arc shown above. On the left is Norman Brian. I University of North Carolina student who . suggested that the assembly ae White Youths Approve Gradual Integration State News IN HOC J i Li i(,l It (.1 rs ! ERM RALEIGH ■ Ed Davis. 500 S Poison Street was sentenced :.o, ;o'rd oi K-. months in City Court. ;.i.‘ir,nav nwniina on chaise? of po: sc;.-sing "while lightning," non tii\paid Uquor. Davis received 30 days tor yoMWMna one quart on November S. id months for pos sessing 21 gallons on November 12, and 60 days for possessing three-fourihs of a pint on No vember 15. GOLFER LEAVES JOB ASH EBO R O—Kiel eh er Vt it liaras, porter and bootblack at the ,E C, Davis Barber Shop here quit his job Monday and, according to friends is “be ing blamed" for bringing other Negroes here to play golf. Da vis said that Williams was not fired from his job, but left of his own accord. Vt iea.st tCONTINI ED ON PAGE (h Three Killed Six Injured In Separate Auto Crashes EXBOOTBLACK HEARD AT DOTH SHAW BIRTHDAY RALEIGH Shaw University’s i ninetieth anniversary was observ- , ed Friday when students, faculty i staff, alumni and friends paid : tribute to Dr. Henry Martin Tup- j per, founder of the school in 1865 and its first president. The traditional wreath was! Placed on the founder’s grave by; Miss Helen Payne, a junior of Ra- j letch and “Miss Shaw University" i for the current school year. Following the graveside cere mony. a program was held in University Church on the campus. Dr. Dennis Branch, a Raleigh na tive who is a physician in New port, Tenn., was the principal speaker. Addressing the audience on the subject of “Service," Dr. Branch reviewed the history of Shaw Uni versity and the struggles of the founder. He referred to Dr. Tup per as being no ordinary man, but a person with foresight. Render Service Tb# speaker cited some of the many leaders in all areas of ser-l vicg who arc products of Shawl University. In conclusion, he ad-j vised the students to go forth and j (CONTINUED ON PARE lit Baptist Pave Way ASHEVILLE By a vote of 816 to 285, the Baptist State Conven tion, in session here last week gave trustees of North Carolina's Baptist colleges the responsibili ty and au theft ty in end segrega tion In their school.'.. Urged to give careful study to their responsibility and op (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) eept a 12-ye:u integration E-iit.. Termnseh X. Graham, Hood theological Seminary. Salisbury, right, urged the body to pass bid ending all forms of segrega tion immediately. See Story i i hi* Page.l Staff Photo by ('has. K Jones. By Os, AKERS it. JONES RALEIGH The segregation i.seue drew livery debate from some 225 white and Retro .'Un dents, representing North Caro lina':; ~‘t colleges, here for the 19th annual Student Lepinlotivu Assembly last Friday. The : roup approved a gradn.s) mid to seg regation in all it.* foi m- v?.\.■,■■■’■ than an imraediare attempt at in teg rat ion. the students were divided into a House and a Senate and assumed Die roles of the State's lawmakers oven to the degree of occupying th< -i res pective chairs m the Ir .o! i - tor halls of the State capital. A bill, calling for an inuaediair end to segregation in all its form* was introduced by she delegation from Charlottes Johnson C. Smith University, r Negro institu tion. The bill was later amended and approved and looks favorable upon an end to segregation in 12 years. L.vnn Jones. a senior from Shaw Universit.v ir, debating ihe issue, told flit- student group that the supr< me Court's decision was the last word and should he abided by. Jones said, "J suppose you think that because I am a Ne gro 1 shall stand before you and ask you to support ihis bill. Welt that is not true. Negroes do not seek to rush (CONTINUED ON PAG! 1i 1 Automobile crashes in three ! itc ,; accounted for tlu deaths of three persons and injuries to sin others ov<r the prist week end. At Madison Harry Joyce. 24. of Route 2, was killed about. 4 a m. on Sunday when hits ear turned over and landed in a creek nine miles east, of here on tire Old MU] Creek Road. Joyce apparently lost control .of his ear, missed the bridge ... * ' ■ ~ 1 ... ...... ■ v* - SHAW FOUNDER'S DAY —Pictured is &!«•» Helen Payne of I Raleigh, “Miss Shaw University", as she places the traditional wreath on the grave of Dr. Henry Martin Topper, who founded the school in 1865, during; ceremonies last Friday. i the carolinian I j !j 10c i VOLUME 15 Jim Crow Ended In Md. National Guard -Ar *k ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ k ★ + + ~fc *k Ir & kr it ir -k -fr k ik if. ir k k k Overflow Crowd Floods Council As It jpt I yT %J f'O y|-:“sfc.'y ~f|: ' . i.. My Can’t Tcp-s Case RALEIGH Bennie Norton.! 4.1-year-old white man. gained' in; teniporarv freedom here Fri-. day vviirii jury failed to agree on hi.- - r-ui’r or innocence on a . charrt >'.f ..ffcmptmi; to rape a; i y-year-old. girl. Norton pleaded not guilty of a.sMaulting the child with intent to commit rape last July 1:; n hen he was an cm • pioyee of ;♦ Barton’s Creek Township grocery store where the alleged attempt was made, iaarier- Haynes. 10-year-old i)r<i?ei;ut.iog v.itne.s; told the jury : that Norton molested her when j sin; entered the store to make a pure, for her mother. Her family liver; near Cue store on Six ' (CONTENT Ft) ON PAGE IS) | GETS 15 YEARS CARTHAGE - Foley Cochran.' the 30- year-old "I Love Children" kidnaper, of Cameron, RFD, was' -enteneen Thursday to not less! than 10 nor more than 15 year;; in prison for the kidnaping of aj live-year-old girl from the front i M'ONTINf EI) ON PAGE 11) : over the creek ,inri dropped into the water, the ear land ing on its top. Coroner M. f\ j Cummings said that Joyce •lied of a broken neck. Cosmo (CONTINUED ON PAGE It) ! X 1 ... }—7 RALEIGH, N, C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 1955 ATTY. HERMAN L. TAYLOR ftHOSNEV TflYLOk DENIES SPEEDING RALEIGH - Attornev Herman L. Taylor told the CAROLINIAN that hi would answer the charge <>f speeding placed against him by Highway Patrolman Bob East when the case is heard in Wendell, December 1 He related that it was not possible for him to have been making 90 mites per hour (CONTINUER ON PAGE 11) OLD FORT SCHOOL CASE HEARD IN MD. BY ALEXANDER BARNES BALTIMORE, Md,-- The firm of Taylor arid Mitchell, Raleigh, N C„ appeared before the Fourth 1 Circuit, Court of Appeals, com-j posed of Judges John J. Parker, j Armistead Dobie and Morris A.| Soper here last week and argued a case on behalf of Negro chil dren of Old Fort, N. C.. which they appealed after Superior Judge Wilson Warlick dismissed it earlier in the year. The suit was brought by the parents of the children to gain admission to the only (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) Saturday Last Day To Register For Bond Vote RALEIGH—Negroes of Raleigh | and Wake County are reminded! that Saturday, Nov. 26, is the last! day the books will be open for! those persons whose names are not now on the registration book;;.l This is not a new registration,! What’s Happening On Desegregation Front Integration Suits Swamp NAACP InNC WASHINGTON The NAACP; has received more requests to in- j itiate integration suits in the state! of North Carolina than it can possibly handle, a representative of the organization disclosed here on Friday. The statement was made in partial reply to the pub lished statement of Senator S. .J Ervin that he believes voluntary segregation will be generally accepted in the state. North Carolina's sector senator was quoted in the U. S, News and World Report. j Regarding the Gray Commis sion Report on school desegrega tion prepared for the state of Vlr- 1 Citizens To Seek Equality RALEIGH This week, the Negro citizens of Raleigh will pre sent to the Wake County Hospital Authority a request for full equal ! it.v in all areas of the proposed j new County General Hospital the i Authority hopes to build if the | voters in this county will approve i a 5 million dollar bond issue at a | special election on Dec. 13. j There has been a few informal ' discussions about this matter be tween orne Negroes and whiter j, - thout any definite committ i merits being made by either side. 1 Negroes here are not opposing the hospital. As a matter of fact. Negroes in this area ere facing an acute need for a hospital. 3t. Agnes has long outlived its use (CONTINUED ON PAGE ill ft ' -G - •- -■•SSttv \ \ fk X AUTHOR TO SPEAK HERE— Peter Abrahams, who will speak j here Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Richard R, Harrison library as a feature of its 30th anniver sary. Abrahams is a native of South Africa and is the author of “Tell Freedom,” “Path of Thunder," "Wild Conquest," l and "Mine Boy.” The Raleigh j address will mark his first ap pearance in this country. however, but is only for new vot- j ers, persons who have come of I age since the last election, 1 hosei who have recently moved heiel and have not had the opportunity j (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) ' is ! LET CLASSIFIED ADS BE YOUR XM AS GIFT GUIDE ; # rt> '' v>i; s * ''< &** "" '\' *' * * ■■ . % k,y |$ M& h 1 .'■' ,*£&A •' THANKSGIVING DINNERS Misses Myrtle Brown, Stanley, an d Barbara Harris, North Wtlkesboro. both freshmen at A&T College, gel a look at their Thanksgiving dinners, two tine j ~>«!lTiQff!giß»iWWwnfWii»Wßaw)"jii>,iiirt , r<nr i vx- , an» , .tu>i'gt> | M | .x‘#>nw»y i »g , i'*»*Ja’*^*^-'*g:'i»« ODDS-EN3S : I BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD JMIHBMHMB j i thers centuries ago, has i>«- | Now therefore, our God. v.c' j thank Thee and praise Thy.gio- \ ! nous name." Thanksgiving Day. i i as we know it, was first observed !by the Pilgrims over three hun j dred years ago. Those new set-! | tiers in a new and strange land, j | where it seemed for a time that: I their efforts to carve a new home j out of the wild and hostile wildei -1 nss were to be denied felt im- i polled to set aside a day for spec-! ial thanks to their Preserver, who j had brought them safely through a year of trials and tribulations with indications of better days to come. i This thanksgiving custom originated by the Pilgrim fa | come an American tradition I I This year as in other years we set aside a day of special ! thanksgiving ami praise to God, our heavenly Father tor Ills continuing mercy and lov * (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) ginia. the NAACP spokesman said that "it is not being I a ken serious ly. This report calls for the aban donment of the public school sys tem and for a "cumbersome sub stitute.” Resist Integration Says Young Demos. SOUTH BOSTON, Va. - The Halifax County Young Democrat-' 1c Club on Saturday called upon i state officials* to resist racial in- 1 tegration in Virginia schools “by j all lawful means” Spokesmen said that the state ; should withhold funds for the. operation of the publbic school i system "if need be" to attain this objective 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) NUMBER 9 turkeys, producer! at the college poultry farm. More than 200 birds were prepared for the stu dents’ thanksgiving meat, a por tion of the flock of 500 produced at the college thi-. year Golfers Play Asheboro Course, No Trouble ASK BORO Alt hough about 20 of the 170 white members have, withdrawn their membership from the municipally-owned golf course here after 10 Negroes wen allowed to play lire course last; week, there will be no attempt; made to stop Negroes from using! it j Edward 5). Crawford, Chair man of (he three-man com mission which operates the ! Niff BRIAN COMMISSIONER ON HONBiTOON Matthew Mtwt, the first-, Nigerian to hold the office nt CtMwMimr »«* latndMN arrive* in that city with hi* bride at two (to«tn> the formes- IhtMa* Anight*. The etrnplN *«*t Nigerian wedding eenmwatMb eeWamwt to aUirulun let their hoiwyinoofc (Newstpt-tMn Photo) » Sill ! H§ itM wM The Sticky ear last week was the one hearing the tag num ber X-51856 If the owner of that car took It to Dunn's Esso Service, corner Cabarrus and Rloodworth Streets, here in Ra leigh, lie received a free grease job. Phis will happen every week Watch for your fag number. If it follows the asterisk, you will get the grease job. The num ber will be taken from any ear bearing a N. license. The numbers this week are: ‘ X-2325, It-5872; 948-147. R 5714; R-5249; and X-46882. I —. —.—.— ICc i jSession Drew 100 Negroes By Staff Writer i RALEIGH - Hie City Council passed the resolution requested by ; the Housing Authority permitting ; the Federal government to build ; 300 additional low rent housing j unite here Monday, but not until the matter had been kicked a | round sufficiently to allow every j one present to know who was In . favor and who opposed this step. Os the i,09 «>r more Negroes present, only one, Robert .sharper who owns a home on Eowie St., spoke in opposition to th# project. Mr. Sharper seemingly resented newspaper stories and photographs indi* | eating that the section in which his home is situated is ' a slum area. He said he was (CONTINUED ON PAGE 111 ST. AUGUSTINE’S * GRANTED SIMM RALEIGH Saint Augustine's College has received a grant ot $10,852.36 from the United Negro College. Fund, it was announced l Monday lay President James A. j Boyer. j The cun cut allocation repre- ICONTINUED ON RAGE ill course ’■aid “there is nothing (hai we can do about it hui (lie course will definitely close unless something is done about if,He said that the course can continue operating until April I but if revenue falls below the level require 4 for maintenance, the. course will be closed or put up for (CONTINUED ON PAGE 1!)
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