. „ MAS DAY WIFE SLAYER JAILED
—— -- - - - ; -^pr:'
RALCIGII HOME BUK NS—The residence of Mr. and Airs. Arthur
W illiams, 30f< .S. Tnrboro Road, was mimed scveij.v when i fm
started, apparently from an overheated stove, I uesday altornnon.
Most of the damage was done in (he two front rooms of the five
room house, owned by Ed t mstead of 1018 !■.. Martin Sweet, the
fireman above is shown as he prepared to cut into the side of the
house to get at the source of the fire. No one was injured in
the fire. Damage to the structure had not been estimated at press
time. ST AI- I PHOTO BY C HAS. R. JONI:S.
..Selection Os AM Proxy
On To Special Committee
n ALEXANDER BARNES
RALEIGH-- The next move, in)
ti\e selection of the man who will i
iar over the $12,000 presidency j
of a&T College, is left up to a j
' State News
Brief
I'O! Nl> SLEEPING IN LOOT ,
Clinton-Erncst Chapman. 31.; •
and Coley Barnes, IV, both o' •
Fayetteville, were arrested last (
week on N. C. Highway 24. five
miles west of Clinton on charges
w.if larceny of the car they were
, • sleeping in and public drunken
nes« State Highway Patrolman
O. W. Williams booked the pair j
at the Sampson County jail. They;
received a hearing on the. drunk:
charge and received 30 days oiij
the loads each. Trial on the lav
cony rap was set. for tire next:
term of Superior Court. The stol-,
eu auto belongs to Fred Heath of’
Fayetteville.
MOTORCYCLE AND < '• K
COLLIDE
PLYMOUTH A motorcycle
operated by R. Howard Gri
ffin, of South Norfolk, Va , j
collided with a car driven j
by Carter Basnight on C. s.
Highway i>4 near Macedonia i
at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Bas- J
night was charged with failing j
to yield the right of way.
Damage to the motorcycle has
been estimated at >l5O and to
the car at SIOO.
THIEF NABBED ON STREET
GREENVILLE Leonard
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< BULLETIN!! 1
RALEIGH Wake Coroner
M. W. Bennett charged Wed- j
i nesday that Rufus Devault,
sis, who died of injuries sus- |
tained in an acident Saturday ;
night, lay in Saint Agnes Hot- j
pital almost four hours with- !
out seeing a physician,
Gordon Poole, administrator
at Saint Agnes, raid that Dr. J
H. Romulus Sinnette, the hos
pital's resident surgeon did see
1 De vault.
Poole said that Dr. Sinnette
i saw the patient in the absence i
of Dr. R. W. McDowell, who
i was on fall that night and
| wrote orders for the patient
and applied other medical aid. j
An autopsy report showed !
that Devault died of multiple !
injuries.
|
Worker And Foreman Killed
, As Auto Strikes Rail Car
| SUMTER, S. C. Two inert,
one of them white. were killed:
& and four others Injured when
gA their motorized railroad repair I
3ar was struck, by an automobile:
•gW on Friday.
H Held in county jail in eonnec-j
HP lion with the deaths of J. M. Pres
■ ser. white foreman of the work;
W crew, and William Fleming, is
W &s L Carlton Grace of Shaw Air!
special committee which will be
named by the trustees Thursday
when they meet, in Greensboro
St was learned from reliable
sources that the committee
seeks a man who will not only
he acceptable to the Hodges
administration, but one who is
familiar with the mores of the
south and one v, ho can cope
with the apparent crucial
movement of integration.
A&T has iong vv. mov’d into
,1 realm one of the laryet insti
tutions for Negroes m the coun
try and therefore will need a
president, who can take over the
administration of the affairs of
the 12 million dollar plant. The
source further revealed that the
man would not necessarily be an
"uncle Tom”, a scholar, an en
gineer. or even an expert, agri
culturist.
The following names are be
ing "thrown around” in school
circles: »V. T. Gibbs, who is
now acting; Dr. Harold Trigg,
former state school man and
currently th? c
lx r of the State Board of Edu
cation. Dr. Trigg made no
comment when asked whether
he was being considered. Hr
told reporters that any infor
mation as to who was being
considered for the post would
have to come from Judge
diaries A. Hines, chairman of
the college's Board of !ro -
of those being considered. He was
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States Can’t Duck School
!
Decree, Says Justice Man |
! WASHINGTON <ANP» ••• A
j Justice Department official said
j last week that southern states
■ face disappointment in their so
called “legal" efforts to avoid
racial integration in public
schools.
The official, whose name was
not revealed, said that such plans
jas that proposed by Virginia to
! establish private schools with pub
! lie funds would not stand up in
! court.
Asked about the Virginia plan
j which goes to a public vote next
i week, the official said that if “all
| they do is call them private in
i stead of public schools and use
public funds I don't think they
! would stand up.”
I The Supreme Court's decision
I outlawing segregation in public
| schools was on the basis that
: schools supported by public funds
j could not be segregated by reason
'of race
| The official would not say if the
! Justice Department planned to
i take action if Virginia adopted
i the private school proposal.
He said a new civil rights ac>
j lion might have to be taken to
| the Supreme Court before legal
i stops to enforce the ruling would
j be possible.
Force Base.
Hospitalized were Josh Gray.
I Munson Wilson and Ed Thomas.
: Pressor died shortly after the
| accident and Fleming died Sta
i urday night.
Another member of the crew,
j Willie Ewing, was treated for
! minor injuries and released Fri
! day..
The Carolimian
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| VOLUME 15 RALEIGH, N. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1956 NUMBER IS
Desegregation Study Groups Are Halted
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‘Xmas Day’
Wife Slayer
FaeesJury
new BERN James 'Friday’'!
Barber, 38, who stabbed his 33- j
voar-old w.l'e io death with a ;
> butcher knife on Christmas Day.!
•’ iymains in ntii here without bond,
j pending grand Jury action at. the i
-innuvny hem of Ci'ai’en Supoici
i Court. j
: According to City Detective ,Jun_
j Lauahingliousc Barber readily i
.admitted plunging the knife into|
! hi.- wife's abdomen. Laughing- j
I house testified that Barber was (
,;so intoxicated at the tune of his;
. aiTcri that tie whs stHßßcrinp. |
. i “He told me that he was ex-;
i: pec ting me,*’ the ofticer continu-;
cd. and showed no emotion when
t; i informed him that hir. wife wasi
,: dead on arrival at Good Shep-j
j | herd Hospital I have talked with :
j i him since, and he still displayed i
. I no emotion."
. | Barber, who was represented by j
i Donald Brock, a Trenton attorney, j
j did not testify.
i Hazel J ones, a niece of the dead
! woman, testified that she, her
aunt and another aunt, Sylvia.;
Dawson, were all sitting in the;
| living room shortly before noon j
and that Barber was in the kit- i
clien preparing himself some j
breakfast.
The man, according to the city;
detective’s testimony . called his |
wife into the kitchen. He said:
that she cursed him and that he I
turned and lunged for her with
the knife which he had been using
to slice some cheese,
s' Neighbors reported that Bar- 1
. ber was a "good provider" for his I
I family.
j This is caused by the court's,
decree which given communities j
I;i "reasonable lime” in which to;
j adjust to the decree. School!
| boards could hardly be held in i
j contempt unless given a specific
l time in which to comply.
; Si 4 ' . L
i Mfe. 9& «
HAPPY NEW YEAR????—Just U hours after Sant* Claus eftnte dow» the chimney, the Internal
IR venue bureau began shipping the 195.', income lax forms to its branches In chief cities throughout the.
C. S. for ctisiriKtilion to |SX|M,VMS. Now wasn't, that a happy holdlay note? ..tarries 11. Jones of Washing
ton, D.C, a wrapper »< tbr hnrenn. i« HMSTOiIHdccI by H><* forms ** hr prCip*»V* them tnr fthipm*n(.
(\owrsproaf. Photo,!
-M MMBgjrai UPalilliaP" ,1.
fm ’«« rfilwMiri
awr-vX-. •: 'J
MORE BRASS—Unit ‘Quests’
of the Army ROTC at AAT C’ol
iege w'ho were promoted in rank
at a recent mid-vinter militarv
j review held at the college. Left
to right: Misses Lula Cotton,
Order School Study j
!Groups To Ease Up!
J RALEIGH —An order to term-]
mate their activities "temporavi- ]
i iy" has been handed down to 10-'
: cal school desegregation study]
| committees by Thomas J. Pear-j
; sail, of Rocky Mount, chairman :
| of the State's Advisory Committee)
] on Education.
School superintendents report - i
]cd receiving a letter sent by VV.
W. Taylor general counsel and:
I
Train Kills Woman
Walking: on Trestle |
! i
ROCKY MOUNT Struck toy j
'■ an Atlantic Coast Line train as;
she walked across the Tar River
! trestle. Miss Clara Jordan, 34.
was killed instantly. Thursday.
Lawrence Price a companion.;
saved his life by swinging off one;
i .side and clinging to the side of j
i the trestle. Miss Jordan attempt-;
! ed to outrun the train to safety
| but was overtaken. !
<fin» « *g-.i ■uiwin'nwinnamu.i,».UßM»eiw l ' w»>-e
Pittsboro, N, C„ “Miss Army
ROTC” to rank of major: Gwen
dolyn Sessoms, Ahoskie, N. C., |
“Miss Company C” to rank of j
first lieutenant; Margaret Mar- j
' executive secretary of the com
i mittee, suggesting that “for the!
time being" the activities of the,
local advisory committees be ter
minated.
Pearsall said that, the function
I of the local committees was pure
ly advisory, but at least one case!
| had been found where a com
mittee had "exceeded its author-
I ity” and was “usurping duties’’ of.
j the local school board. He said;
that in other cases, the local I
! boards had shifted “their res- :
I ponsibility” to the study com- j
j mittees.
j According to reports, Taylor's j
letter also asked the superintcn- j
; dents for copies of any pleadings;
j which might, be served upon them,
| and said the state committee is
; compiling "suggested rules and;
I regulations” which local adminis
| trators might use in considering
1 applications from Negro pupils
I for admission to white schools.
j tin, Mcbane, N. C., “Miss Com
pany A” to rank of captain and
| Evelyn Dillard. Martinsville. Va.,
j “Aii-s (Company B“ to rank of
j captain.
! OC3S-EN3S
m ROBERT G. SHEPARD
3
i Thomas R Waring, editor of!
j the Charleston, S. C. News and I
i Courier, in an article in Harper’s
1 magazine entitled. "The Southern
; Case Against Desegregation” lists •
j five differences between Negroes;
| and whites as lire basic reasons;
! why the white South is fighting;
| public school integration. Mr. I
i Waring's objections are 'wholly
S without merit, and in the main •
they only point up the lack, ne-;
gleet and deprivation the white;
'South has imposed upon its Ne-,
! gro citizens.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE IS)
Integration Moving
Ahead, Says Tuskegee
TUSKEGEE, Ala. • “Definite
progress’ toward integration in
1955 and the prospect of “con
tinued improvement" are noted j
in the second annual race rela-1
tions report released this week by j
Dr. L. H. Footer, president, of j
Tuskegee Institute.
The race relations report, in-;
augurated last year, replaces the'
lynching report inssued annually
by Tuskegee for 40 years.
Said the report:
What’s Happening
On Desegregation Front
| Most Charlotte Parks
Legally Open To All
CHARLOTTE—Fewer than one
third of the 36 public parks in
this, city have racially restrictive
clauses in their deeds, it wa; re
vealed here last week
This means that, in,the light of
federal court rulings, the major
ity of public parks here are open,
under law, to all races. Oddly
enough, one of the restrictive
clauses, it is reported, bars the
use of a. Negro park by white
pet sons.
Park commissioners are expect
ed to discuss the matter at their
next meeting on .January 9.
White Dixie Student I
Urges Racial Mixing* j
ATHENS. Ohio -A University i
of Mississippi student proposed!
here Saturday that his state hold;
Cripple, Housewife
I * r fS. ■ -
And Infant Victims
Three person.: -a crippled man.;
a housewife and a 14-month-old]
baby met deaths in two separate l
■ fires over the holiday weekend. I
At Dunn. Hughie Shaw, 65. part- j
lally crippled from a recent stroke,!
perished when flames burned hisj
Ismail frame house to the ground.!
Friday night, one mile west, of;
j Turlington crossroad cm the Buies]
; Creek highway.
The blaze was discovered by]
1 neighbors about 11:30 p.m. Shaw’s]
body was found lying on the floor]
near the head of the bed and was j
still burning when the coroner and ]
other officers arrived. He ap
: parently had gotten out. of bed j
I and tried to escape,
j An oil can exploded around
1 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, took the
j lives of Mrs Mamie Davis. 33. and ,
l uti 14-month-old granddaughter, I
j Mary Elizabeth Hawkins at: their!
home in Henderson.
Airs. Davis died at Jubilee Hos- j
pital at 9:15 p.m. The child died ]
Accuser Shot
By Accused
In Love Rift
WILSON Shot in the arms
and back when Theodore Rich
ardson. 29. empited both barrels
of a .12 gauge shotgun at him.;
1 James Lucas told police that “1 \
; caught him in bed with my wife!
; last, night."
The shooting occurred on a
downtown street Thursday morn-;
; ing. Richardson, who surrendered
! immediately following the shoot-!
ing, told police': “He threw me
, out of his house in my undcr
i wear last night.” He has been
! charged with assault with a dead
-1 iy weapon with intent, to kill
"There is no indication in 1955!
,of a pattern of substantial ad-:
j justment or of extensive conflict;
i in race relations in the South, j
| There are islands of tension and j
; conflict in areas where adjust-j
j ment has been made, and some |
i measures of adjustment are not-'
j ed in areas where tension or con -;
! flict predominates. Over-all, there!
seems to be definite progress to- j
(CONTINUED ON PAGE It I I
; WANT ADS
I iheiwarS place
i 1 OF MILLIONS I
' l
Count The Words j
! j
and Call 4-5558 j
i i
; For Your Classified !
I _j
Thu lucky car last week i**j»
the one bearing the tag mum
her *946-147. If the owner of
I hat car took It to Dunn's Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Woodworth Streets, here in Ra
leigh, he received * free grease
joh.
This will happen every week
Watch for your tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease jon. The num
ber will be taken from any ear
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are;
“R-5714; X-46852; R-3872;
X-2325; R-5249; and X-51858.
!in her bedroom where she was a
\ sleep. Willie Davis, the husband,
| narrowly escaped death by leap
ing from a window. He had been
trapped in the house while try
ing to extinguish the blaze.
Firemen Xound Mrs. Davis lying
| in the bark yard and her husband
j lying in the front yard.
According to police reports, Mr
j and Mrs. Davis had attempted to
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•. t ' nWi mBIt
i
%
ma .
E. STRICKLAND
Strickland
Quits Post
With Board
By CHARLES R. JONES
RALEIGH J. E. Strickland,
the first and only Negro ever ap
pointed to the Wake County Hos
pital Board created early in 1955,
resigned his position with the
board last Tuesda; because he
“couldn’t give it, the time re
qquired."
The Wake County Hospital
Board is composed of represen
tatives from cities and towns in
the county and acts as a, medium
for better hospital condition*
throughout the county.
When asked If the recent ap
proval of the Hospital Bond
Vote had anything to do with
his resignation, Mr atrich
ia nri told the CAROLINIAN
that it did not. He said he had
(CONTINUED ON PAGE t*>
interracial student gatherings.
He wae William Ray. one of
3.500 students attending the ecu
menical conference on the Chris
tian World Mission which met
here for six days on an inter-de
nominational basis.
Pointing out that such meetings
"would have, to be held on the
campuses of Negro colleges," Rav
said that this would be a step in
the direction of integration in
keeping with the . S. Supreme
Court decision of last year. He
predicted that “integration will
be accomplished within ten years,
but not without a whole lot of
trouble.”
Race Means Nothing’
In Oklahoma School
OKLAHOMA CITY Color
doesn’t, mean n thing To young
i CONTINUED ON PAGE II)