li. C. Guardsmen Deny Spending' Charge
A JEHSEY w nßST'—Mrs. H«!*n La* Johnson, 68. who was named New Jersey** “Moth*
*r of th« Year” is affectionately rewarded by her daughter. Mrs. June Harris, and grand*
#oti, Keith, 6. Mrs, Johnson, cm Atlantic City widow, is the first Negro woman to win the
award in the Carden State since St wat started in 1345, and will compete for the national
title in New York on May 11. (Newspress Photo),
State News
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Brief
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ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS NAMED
RALEIGH—The Raleigh Recre
ational Department recently nam
ed members of the All -Tourna
ment Team in the Junior and A
duit basketball divisions for 1953.
The members of the Junior team
are: Frank Howard, Oberlin; Bob
ov Goss, 4th Ward; Durwood Tur
ner, Oberlin; Bobby Arthur, Tut
tle Center; and Walter Rawlings, i
Oberlin. Members of the Adult j
team are: Dickie Evans, Thomas’
Food; James Jones, Hall’s Grill;
Frank Terrell, Browning’s Bar
bers; Albert Huey, Hall's Grill
and Adam Shaw, Browning's Bar
bers. Winning cage teams in the
three divisions were Hall’s Grill.
Adult; Fourth Ward. Junior; and
Fourth Ward. Midget.
STABBED IN BRAWL
RALEIGH Josephus Mc-
Lamb, 22, was rushed to Saint
Agnes Hospital Saturday after
being stabbed seven times ir*
the bark and bit over the bead
with x bottle during a fraetts j
it a juke, joint on Sawyers-
Lane, according to county of
ficers. McLamb, who lives at
1203 Gil! Street, Is reported as
"resting comfortably” *t the
hospital, Walter Alston, 35, is
charged with the stabbng and
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What's Happening
On Desegregation Front
BIGOTED 8. C. SOLON
GETS NAACP CHALLLENGE
COLUMBIA, S, C.—State Rep
resentative John Hart, outspoken
segregationist, was challenged
this week to visit Washington for
a look at "democracy in action.”
The challenge came in a letter
from Clarence M. Mitchell, chief
of the NAACP’s Washington Bu
reau, who last week forced the
city of Florence to back down
after he was arrested for using
the "white entrance" to the At-
Jail Wilson Man
For Check Theft
WILSON —Arrested for stealing
government, checks from Mrs.
Mamie B. Holden, 63, whose son
was killed in the Army overseas,
Sam Stevens was committed to
the county jail last week in de
fault of SSOO bond.
Stevens, who allegedly stole the
checks from Mrs. Holden's mail
box and then cashed them at lo
cal stores, was bound over to the
May term of Federal Court.
Desegregation Issue
Discussed At Y Panel
RALEIGH —"Desegegation In
North Carolina” was the topic of
the panel discussion at the World
Fellowship Goup meeting of the
Sojourner Truth Branch of the
YWCA on Monday night.
Speakers on the panel were: the
Rev. William Gillespie, pastor of
the Davie Street Presbyterian
Church, Mrs. Mildred McTyre of
Shaw University, Mr Spraggins,
of St. Augustine’s College, and
Herman Taylor, attorney. The
speakers were Introduced by Mrs.
W. H. Delaney of St. Augustine's
College.
The Rev. Mr. Gillespie spoke
of desegregation in the church.
Integration in the ohw-" • ) -;
made little progress, he said. In
order to uo away wiwi segrega
tion in the churrli, the Si- bodies
should outlaw segregation and
leading churchmen should speak
out for Integration. Members
should use every opportunity of
fellowship he said.
Mrs. McTyre said that we must
differentiate between desegrega
tion s.nd integration. We are not
concerned with social etiuality, but
NC Guardsmen Deny
“High Life” Charge
Rev. Byrd
Succumbs
At Raleigh
RALEIGH—The Rev. Waiter
, Jones Byrd, 62. of 1113 Mark St.,
died at Saint Agnes Hospital
Tuesday at 10:00 p.nt. He had
been in declining,• :
was confined to I :
the hospital last '|jl|'2j|rjpp
rangements were ,
ing the arrival /j / l ' !
of relatives. g i |
Rev. Byrad was,., i I
well-known in
the eastern sec- REV. BIRD,
Jtion of KTort** Carollim »*. ) V> »P
--will Baptist preacher and sub
scription agent for the CARO
LINIAN. He was active in both j
positions at. the time of his death.
The minister was a native of
Wade but had lived in Raleigh
for 17 years.
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lantif. Coast Line Railway station
there.
Hart had suggested that
Mitchell’s head snould have been
"bashed.” Mitchell wrote: "Such
statements are picked up by our
enemies abroad and used to under
mine our position of leadership
in the free world.’’
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HODGES SAYS SCHOOL
REPORT DUE OUT SOON
RALEIGH A report of the
State’s Advisory Committee on
Education is expected within j
“several weeks” Gov. Luther l
Hodges said here this week.
Hodges said that he expects the !
committee to make recommenda
tions dealing with the school seg- I
regation problem, which will ne
cessitate a special session of the
legislature next summer.
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ALABAMA COUNCILS
WOULD OUST FOLSOM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Gov.
James E, Folsom was under at
tack this week by a White Citi
zens Council group which wants
him impeached for "failure to
enforce state segregation laws.”
with equality of opportunity.
Mr. Spraggins spoke on "Action
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The Quickest Way
To Sell Anything
Is With A
CAROLINIAN
WANT AO
DIAL
4 5558 j
“ j
DURHAM A spokesman for j
the sponsoring North Carolina j
Guardsmen, Inc., this week label-!
ed as ‘’misleading and irrespon- j
sible” charges attributed to E. i
Frederick Morrow, White House l
administrative assistant, that the j
organization is spending exces-!
sive amounts of money for a cruise j
to Bermuda.
A. M. Rivera, Jr., a members of;
the organization's planning com- j
mittee, said here that “Morrow j
apparently has been duped into \
irresponsible and false statements!
by malicious detractors of the
socially prominent club.”
Riviera said that the North
Carolina Chapter, whose mem
bers boast some of the nation’s
leading civil rights advocates arid
holders of lifetime memberships in
the NAAC'P, and not the Norfolk
Chapter of the Guardsmen is
sponsoring the cruise. Morrow in
i correctly said that the Norfolk
| Chapter of the Guardsmen is
I sponsoring the cruise. Morrow in
i correctly said that the Norfolk
i Chapter « as sponsoring the cruise.
Trip Costs S2OO Each
Rivera, a veteran photo-report
er, sw.’" - rtat th* g* ;>ta cost
lor : .' I?JUio be less
than that for a vacation within
the United States by thousands
iof the Guardsmen s economic
status He said that the money
spent would not approach that
spent by thousands of Negroes
who will take a European vaca
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They charge that he "conniv
ed'* with those opposing the state
constitution to have Miss Authur
ine Lucy admitted to the Univer
sity of Alabama.
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TARHEELIA NAACP DELE
GATES VISIT CONGRESSMEN
—Members of the North Caro
lina NAACP delegation attend
ing the Delegate Assembly on
Civil Rights in Washington, D.
C., recently are shown as they
completed their mission of “but -
The Carolimian
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VOLUME FIFTEEN RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1956 NUMBER 25
Lover Shoots Woman Three Times
Attempts To Enter Women’s Dorm:
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i Quit Me And i
I’ll Kill You,
Lover Warns i
i
(SPECIAL!
| GASTONIA—In one of the city's
i latest love affairs Robert (Rab
bit) Williams nearly kept his
nropii'rp to his former girl-friend,
Miss Viola Harris, last Thrusday
night, by pumping three slugs
from a .32 caliber pistol in to her
body.
Mris Harris is in serious
condition at Gaston County
Hospital.
According to police reports, Miss
Harris told Williams sometime ago
that she was breaking off with
him. In the meantime, Williams
repeatedly told her “If you quit
me, I will kill you.”
In the meanwhile Miss Har*•*
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Court Gets
Miss Lucy f s
Case Again
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-Attorncys
for Miss Autherine J. Lucy filed
a motion Friday asking the Fed
eral District Court to disregard
the University of Alabama ex
plosion order and instruct univer
sity officials to readmit her.
The motion called upon Federal ;
Judge H. Hobart Grooms, who :
originally ordered the admittance j
of Miss Lucy to the university, to
amend his order of Feb. 29. which
instructed theunlversity to ter
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ton-holing” congressmen and
senators, Leaving the Hanee Of
fice Building are, left to right:
(front row) Mrs. Leila L. Gra
ham, Burlington; State Presi
dent Kelly M. Alexander, Char
lotte: Mrs, Ruth E, Morgan,
Wendell; J. B. Hnrren, Rocky
jaSjlpf. |
MAN DIED HERE—This Is
the scene that a photographer
found when he visited the Plaza j
<
Guest Dies In Fire :
|
At Gastonia Hotel
i
| GASTONIA— Fire struck the
: Piaza Hotel on North York Street,
I Sunday taking the life of one of
its guests, William Wilson, 37-
year-old construction worker.
Sixteen other guests escaped
apparent Injury.
The fire, which claimed Wil-
Mowat; 2nd row: the Rev. J. A.
Mebane, Tarlmra; Mrs. Horrtn
t«n, asd Mr. W. Si. Harrington,
Statesville; The Rev. B. E, Har [
j dy of Wilmington: Mrs. Jaunita
! Setaer, Winston-Salem and Dec
j Cee. Back row: the Rev. M. W.
f Morgan, Goldsboro; J. R. .John-
| Hotel in Gastonia Sunday, fol
| lowing a fire which took the life
| of William Wilson, 37-year-old
son’s life, began in a room adja
cent to his. A guest across the
hall. Miss Helen Adams, discover
ed the fire. She first tried to
smother the fire with her top
coat, and failing in her attempt,
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son, Littleton; George Love,
Morehouse College student,
Charlotte; James Gregory, ©x
| ford; Eugene Solomon, Little
ton; The Rev. J. A. Ackers,
Gastonia; Mrs. Hannah Nixon,
New Bern and Dr. C- Mason
Quick of Fayetteville. (J. B.
Barren Photo).
mammmmmmnmnmmm I n Mil—MMll i m
! construction worker, who was
j a guest at the hotel. Sixteen
! other guest escaped injury in j
! the fire. (See story this page.) j
[BDDS-ENDS
!
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
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When the sympathy - seeking j
Southern wh.ie man prattles a
bout the fine relationship exist-1
ing between the Negroes and the
whites before the historic U. S. j
i Supreme Court, decision outlaw- 1
mg school segregation, he aiso
boasts about the many gains the
Negro in the South has made
within the framework of rigid,
enforced segregation, and points
with pride to the “equality" and
“justice" accorded all Negroes.
None of this is true of course
and now and then this is punc
tured by glaring facts and figures.
Such a puncture was made re
cently by Jonathan Daniels, a
white editor.
Writing in the February Issue
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Grad Schools Can’t
Delay, Court Rules
WASHINGTON—Any delay In
admitting qquallfied Negroes to
graduate schools of tax-support
ed universities was ruled out on
Monday by the U. S- Supreme
Court.
The unanimous decision spe
cifically overturned a ruling of
the Florida Supreme Court deny
ing Virgil D. Hawkins admission
to the law school of the IJniver-
Landlord Took Too Much,
High Point Tenant Says
HIGH POINT—A white land
lord and furniture dealer who en
tered a tenant’s home and hauled
away the contents was bound over
to Superior Court last week.
Judge J. A. Myatt in Municipal
Court found probable cause in
breaking and entering counts a
gainst W. W. Horton and set ap
pearance bond at SSOO.
Disposition of a larceny and
receiving charge against Hor
ton was continued. In this in
stance. he was charged by
Mrs. Louise Coleman with tak
ing clothing belonging to her.
U had been left at the home
of Horton’s tenants, Mr, and
Mrs. Jesse Dunlap.
Mrs. Dunlap testified that Hor«
! ten admitted to her that he had
II ~~ rr ■,
T!«» lucky car last week was
the one bearing the tag num
ber *WW-m If the owner at
that ear look it to Dunn s Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus an<(
Bloodwor'h Streets in Raleigh
he received a free grease job.
this will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. It
it follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any ear
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are:
K.-3872; **X~J 517; X-192: Wf».
342; CX-4395; and R-5349.
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Lockhart
i
| Teacher To
Stand Trial
By CHARLES ft. JONES
RALEIGH. -- A Quick telephone
call on the part, of Miss Carrie
i Harrison and the fast action of
i RaieiSh police officers landed
Melvin Watts, 32. of 828 Cotton
Place in the city jail Sunday,
charged with trespassing and
public drunkeness.
Miss Harrison, dean of wo
men at Shaw University, was
reportedly awakened at 2:3fl
a.m. on the morning of Sun
day, March 11, by several of
the women students who live
in Estcy Hall. The women
claimed that a man was at
tempting to gain entrance to
the building. The dean im
mediately called the “law,”
1 Upon arriving on the campus
officers allegedly found Watte, a
| sixth grade teacher at Lockhart
! School in Knight.daie, wandering
! around the campus in a drunken
I condition. The teacher readily
admitted going into two of the
: men's dormitories, but denied en-
I tcring Estey Hall.
I Watts was booked and released
! under SIOO bond, pending a trial
| scheduled for March 16-
He was silent about the
charge when contacted by a
rejsortcr Tuesday. '‘l'll make a.
statement later this week,” he
said.
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Citizens To
Meet With
School Group
RALEIGH The Rev. G A.
Fisher, president of the Raleigh
Citizens Association announced
Tuesday that the group plans to
attend the next meeting of the
Raleigh School Board, April 3,
to find out what action the board
has taken toward complying with
the United States Supreme Court's
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sity of Florida
The court’s brief, unsigned ©pin
ion said:
“Since this case involves tha
admission of a Negro to a gradu
ate professional school, there ia
no reason for delay. He is entitled
to prompt admission under the
rules and regulations applicable
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"took, everything I had—even the
entered her home on Jan. 35 and
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Winston Man Files
For School Board
WINSTON - SALEM (ANP)
Samuel Lee Hamlin, 41-year-old
Carver high school teacher, filed
last week as a Democrat?*: candi
date for the Forsyth Board of
Education. *
Hamlin, a native of Winston-
Salem, came out for a “sound,
workable vocational educational
program for the entire county—a
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