METHODISTS HIT GO-SLOW PUN
WB&$&&‘ -*% kh
*<rs *|. f k
* » MHMILA IHH^mM
r •
- "p* **■ *» - UP . J—*•
#fr%
llPuf 4§*|j£: '
fe» W
"QUICKY” LUNCH — With all j
cf *he business to be transacted i
In a single day, girls attending j
the annual convention of the |
North Carolina Homemakers of j
pgjjjt *"
■&?,£}£* «|gy 1 £Hp - ’'aoj
pj -h |^
>j| ■■■ ■.{■•■■
SSH; .■'s&'
* ' N§ ft; ■ jJ3
f 1 lifts* , * I -v 9 *!
*■' ? *■-
NEW HOMEMAKER O F FI
CERS—New officers to lead the
North Carolina State New
Homemakers of America for the
next year, elected at the annual
convention at A&T College last
Mixed Couple Nabbed,
Admits ‘Friendship’
State News
—IN—
Brief
JOB OPPORTUNITIES CLINIC
WASHINGTON, N. C. The
Gamma Kappa Sigrha Chapter of
Delta S.gma Theta Sorority is
presenting it’s annual Job Oppor
tunities Clinic in the form of a
television show over station WITN
TV here Sunday, May 6. from 1:00-
1:30 p. m. The following high
schools will be presented on the
program: Booker T. Washington,
Rooky Mount; Epps, Greenville;
Darden, Wilson; P. S. Jones, Wash
ington; E, J. Hayes, Williamston;
and Dillard. Goldsboro. Mrs. Ruth
B Stokes of Rocky Mount is serv
ing as general chairman of the TV
show.
GRAB CATES FOUR TIMES
RALEIGH Mis* Willa A.
Mclver, who bolds a master of
arts degree from Atlanta Uni
versity, has successfully com
pleted a year’s work above
this degree at New Vork Uni
versity and was recently a
warded a professional certifi
cate of advanced study in edu
cation. Miss Mclver holds the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
IT MATTERS HOW
SMALL THE AD, JUST
KEEP YOUR NAME BE
FORE THE PUBLIC.
CALL ...
4-5558
FOR YOUR CLASSIFIED!
j America, held last week at AAT j
j College, had lunch picnic style I
| The boxes, containing a tasty I
! meal, were passed, out to the j
; more than 1600 youngsters in
Saturday, are from left to right;
(seated) Lula Mae Goolsby,
Mocksville, vice president; Mar
garet Patterson, Junior, presi
dent; Pearline Myers, Wades
boro, secretary and Gloria Boyd, j
RALEIGH—Pervis Cogdeli, 35-
year-old race bellhop at the An
drew Johnson Hotel, and Mrs.
Jean Hiskett, 30-year-old white
woman, were convicted of morals
charges in City Court here Thurs
day.
The bellhop, who listed his
address as the 1500 block of
Cross Street, was sentenced to
two years on the roads for
aiding and abetting in prosti
tution. He received an addi
tional 12-month term on a
charge of possessing numbers
books for gambling, The books
were found by officers at his
residence. Cogdeil also receiv
ed another 60-day term for
purchasing a ,33-calibcr pistol
without a permit. The last
term is to run concurrently
with the total of three years
given him. He i« now serving
his term.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Jsß '’ ’fflf- Jjff Jre J|jy- Jgj jm 'jjft gjT
jjj^^SPjl&fefe-t ffiff jro $£ Mb *® jEkj- -™K 2s? X&? • 'fake's** /$» 4$ : .
''j ’• ftjjy .gM ig* 3& &f& &P Jraf '' jg jTOB- *££ '
I record time. Shown enjoying
( the treat are: Ruth Vellines and
Alfrieda Burnete, both of Bur-
I lington and Myrtle Jeffries,
Yanceyviile,
I Leaksville, treasurer. Those
| standing are: Thomasine Clem
ents, Durham, reporter; Nellie
I Hill, Columbia, parliamentarian
i and Vivian McCoy, LilHngton,
I historian.
SAYS 2 COUSINS
KILLED TEACHER
BLACKSTONE Va. Samuel
Thomas and Russell Thomas, cou
sins, both 18, are reported to have
signed statements admitting the
killing of Mrs. Lucille Overby, a
62-year-old widow who taught
both of them in school.
Charged with “cold-blooded"
murder, the youths reportedly
said that they thought that the
teacher had a large amount of
money in her house. They planned
to rob her and flee to New Jersey.
N. C. State Faculty
For Public Schools
RALEIGH—The N. C State Col
lege Faculty Sen. e last week un
animously adopted a resolution
commending “those leaders who
are endeavoring to preserve the
public schools" and urged "a con
tinuation of loese objectives so
that the very best educational op
portunities be. available to all the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
THE CAROLINIAN
.
Urge Firing Os Biased Registrar
Hint Trick
By Enfield
Registrar
By J. B. HARKEN
1; -LD (SPECIAL)—A local
elections board registrar has been
charged with exercising undue re
straint against colored would-be
registrants and conducting his
place of registration as if it was
“a private place”, according to
Attorney James R. Walker, Jr.,
campaign manager for two Hali
fax County race office-seekers.
Walker said a complaint and
demand for the resignation
of the registrar in charge of
the precinct involved would
be lodged with Halifax Coun
ty Elections Board chairman
James F. Currta of Roanoke
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
Vandal Slashes 2 Tires On
Ligon Teacher’s New Auto
RALEIGH—An unidentified stu
dent at Ligon School is allegedly
the chief suspect in the slashing
of two white wall tires on the
195(5 Pontiac of Merriman C, Hill,
biology instructor and assistant
coach at the school. The vandalism
took place last Friday night dur
ing a student dance at Ligon.
Police records show' that
Hill’s ear was parked <m the
let at Ligon, located on the
Chavis Heights side of the
school. HTiile he was checking
the door at the dance to keep
undesirables out, someone re
protedly slashed the right
front and right rear tires on
the auto.
JIM CROW SIGNS
TO STAY ON. BUS
ASHEVILLE—.!. Colvin White,
president of the White Transpor
tation Company, said last week
that his company will continue
to display the jim crow signs re
quired by state law.
“Until we get a copy of the Su
preme Court’s latest ruling ban
ning segregation in intrastate
transportation, we won’t do any
thing about it.”
Methodists Oppose
Integration Delay
MINNEAPOLIS A contro
versial plan to continue segrega
tion in the Methodist Church for
four more years was scheduled for
a show down here Wednesday.
Has Season
Ticket But
Can’t Use It
WILSON—Dr G. K. Butterfield,
a member of the Wilson City
Board of Commissioners, and sev
eral of his friends were denied
admission to the grandstand of
city - owned Fleming Memorial
ON PAGE 2)
The tires, valued at a total of
SBO, were a total loss. Hill discov
ered the damage when he left the
school at approximately 10;p,m.
Friday.
It is rumored that Hill refused
to admit several youths, whom he
did not re,cognize. to the affair.
One or more of these persons are
believed, to have become infuri
ated at the refusal and to have
NAT ‘KING” COLE
GETS MEMBERSHIP
IN TIE NMCP
DETROIT (ANP>—-Nat “King”
Cole last week dispelled all argu
ments about where his sympathies
lie in the racial issue by buying
a SSOO life membership in the
NAACP.
Cole, who said he la “dedi
cated to the elimination of
all forms of discrimination , n
said he bought the member
ship to pot down criticism
from Negroes who thought he
should not appear before seg
regated audiences.
In Alabama, Gov. James E. Fol
som praised law officers and court
officials for prosecuting sir men
(CONTINUED ON PAGE l)
ODBC-ENDS
»T ROBERT G. SHEPARD
One of the largest gatherings
ever to assemble in this state to
promote the cause of American
democracy; will be called to order
at 3:p.m. Sunday afternoon, May
13, at the Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium.
This occasion, which has been
designated as a “Freedom Rally”
by the N. C. State Conference of
NAACP branches, will be high
lighted by an address by Mr.
Thurgpod Marshall, . chief of the
legal staff of the NAACP. indi
cations, presently at . hand, show
that branches in all of this state’s
ICO counties will have delegations
on hand tq hear this, distinguish
ed speaker and to participate in
this great rally.
Local arrangement* for this
event are being bandied, by
the executive ccmraUe? of the
Raleigh branch of (he NAACP,
under the, guidance of Mr.
Car! titovane, commit** chair*
< CONTINUED 'Ok. PAKB 2)
racial discrimination is unfair
and un-Christian." adding, how
ever. that immediate integration
"is not at hand ”
Approval of such a state
ment would mean the autho
rization of a four-year study of
integration within the church
with no action being taken on
the segregation issue until
the next quadrennial confer
ence,
Negro delegates are openly op
posed to any further delays in
abolishing the Central Jurisdic
tion which includes the vast ma
jority of Negro Methodist congre
gations. The Councily of Bishops,
however, is said to favor the:
“go-slow” plan.
Has No Place
The policy statement, while not
advocating sweeping action, :
flatly anti-segregation. It says in
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
slashed the tires.
Officer Norman Artis investigat
ed the complaint.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
'
'**■■■*. •• -■•••* • ' ? . ■ "A
■ ■ ». .. .st , ■ ~ ' i ■#
■ '• * - ••• • •••■ •• • •••/', ..XvV : . : fs
BISHOP BREAKS GROUND—
Bishop W. .1. Wails, presiding
bishop of the first Episcopal
District of the A ME/. Church,
What's Happening
On Desegregation Front
.DETROIT MAY GET
CITIZENS’ COUT OIL
DETROIT Pro-segregaionist
Citizens’ Councils of Alabama are
recruiting members and organiz
ing chapters in the Detriot area,
it was reported this week
The Free, Press quoted Sam.
r. ; ' ' -r ‘
itA.c-V »’. *&»*s§MS§pCU't '
THUKGOOD MARSHALL
To Hear Talk
3y Marshall
RALEIGH—Th-urgoou Marshall,
chief legal counsel for the NA
ACP, will deliver an address at
iCONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
Airman Surrenders
In Slaying Os Wife
WINSTON - SALEM - Willie
Jackson Belton, 25, of this city, |
reportedly absent without leave
from Lock bourne Air Force Base
at Columbus, Ohio, was charged j
Saturday with the murder of his |
is shewn above breaking ground
for the new Greater Gethsemane
AME Zion Church which will be
erected in Charlotte soon. The !
Engelhardt, an Alabama state
senator, who is executive secre
tary of the. Citizens' Council of
Alabama, as saying that Detroit
ers had written him asking for
organizational literature which he
sent,
‘T won’t tell who they are. be-1
LUCKY AUTO OWNER
The lucky car last week nuts
the one bearing the tag num
ber ' WW-125. If the owner of
that car look it to Dunn’s Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Blood-worth St reels to Raleigh
he received a free grease job
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any car
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers tlsis week are;
R-3873; *CX-4295; X-192; WT
-342; R-5349; and XX-3864.
Says Mate
Stayed Out
Ail Right
GOLDSBORO Held withou!
bond in Wayne County jail in
the shotgun slaying of her hus
band. A. J. Johnson, 24. early Sat
urday. is Mrs. Gladys Johnson.
20. of Dudley.
Chief Deputy Roy Percise and
Coroner I. T. Seymour reported
that. Mrs Johnson told them that
her husband stayed out all night,
returning just before day. She
said hat she dressed and went
to the kitchen, then returned to
their bedroom and asked her hus
band :
'Where is the family car?”
Isn't that a lot of your damn
business?” she quoted her hus
band as replying.
Mrs. Johnson said that she had
picked up a 12 gauge shotgun.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE l)
' wife in an argument over money.
Police say that the young
airman told them that he shot
| his wife, Bessie. 39, a maid In
! (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
j Rev. Frank Murphy Alien, pes
ter of the c! is on the right,
j The froutiu king c«remon
i fes for the. c i. which will
! cost SBI,OOO, were held las* week.-
i cause they are scared of trouble,”
Engelhardt was quoted as saying,
* *
WARING WARNS ABOUT
“PRESSURE" ON SOUTH
NEW YORK—Speaking at a
symposium. “Education—the 8o-
I (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21