BELL BOY ¥0 APPEAL SENTENCE
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TO LEAD COMMENCEMENT
PROCESSION William Mason.
Farrell, Pa., newly elected pres
ident of the A&T College stu
dent body and Miss Josephine
State News
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ALLEGED KILLER HELD
RED SPRINGS Ordered
held for first degree murder
by % coroner's jury here, last
week was John Ed Brown, 26,
of Wakulla, following the shot
gun death of Willie McLean,
21, also of Wakulla, According
to testimony, Brown admitt
ed shooting McLean after the
two had a fight last Saturday
afternoon. Brown l® alleged
to have admitted going to his
home two miles away and ob
taining a shotgun, and then
returning to the home of Sam
Pittman, Jr„ where he. shot
McLean in the. right eye as
the man sat in an automobile.
DROWNS WHILE SWIMMING
GOLDSBORO Askele Parks.
30, of Route 2, LaGrange, drow
rd late Wednesday afternoon
while swimming at Durham’s
Lake near Dudley. Parks, & far
mer at nearby LaGrange, was the
son of Mrs. Jessie Parks of that,
section. A veteran of many years
in the Navy, he was thought to be
ar> pxpert, swimmer,
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Slayer Gets
30 - Day Stay
RALEIGH—A last minute. 30-
day reprieve for Robert S. Conner,
30, of Winston-Salem, scheduled
to die in the gas chamber last
Friday, was granted by Gov, Hod
ges on Thursday,
Conner was twice convicted in
Forsyth Superior Court in the fa
tal shooting of Langston Roberta,
a Winston-Salem grocer, on May
24 Unless there is further inter
vention, he will be executed on
Friday, July 13.
Gov, Hodges, iu granting the re
prieve. explained that he had not
had time to read any of the “ra
ther voluminous” file in the case.
SFAG
HELP CRIPPLE CHILDREN [
AND ADULTS Members of !
the Tots 'N Teens Club present- I
*d a check for 5190 to Albin j
Fikotk,, executive, director of •
Curryc, Hickory, N. C-, the new
“Miss A&T," have been appoint
ed marshalls for the 62nd annual
oommencement exercises to be
held at the college. June 2-4.
Shaw Grads S
i
Hear Judge
A. W. Seat!
RALEIGH Shaw University's
ninety-first commencement ex
ercises were held In Raleigh Me
morial Auditorium Monday, May
28, and degrees were conferred j
upon seventy-eight candidates in!
the college of arts and sciences, j
The address was made by the;
Honorable Armond w. Scott. Mu - ■
nicipal Court Judge for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Washington.
D. C.
Judge Scott told the grad
, uating class, “Today you find
yourselves going out into a,
tough, cold anil cruel world,
into which you are to cast
.vour lot and play your part
in the struggle for the sur
vival of the fittest. Your suc
cess or failure depends large
ly upon the preparation you
have made, within the wails
of your Alma Mater—and your
will to succeed in whatever
you undertake for your life's
work.
j T would commend to you, as
j your adopted motto, the four G's
-GUTS. GLUE. GUMPTION
I AND GREENBACKS. GUTS to
Gun And Rope Figure
In Two NC Suicides
RALEIGH Two persons—a
Chapel Hill man and a Rowland
woman—committed suicide last
week.
Alexander Farrington. 51, of
Chapel Hill, Rt. 1, shot himself
to death near his home three
miles west of Chapei Hill. A neigh
bor found Farrington's body by
the roadside shortly after he ap
parently pointed a shotgun into
his chest and tripped the trigger.
According to Sheriff Odell Clay
ton. the man left a. note saying
that he was taking his own Ufa
and that nobody killed him. The
the N. C. So cl el y for Crip
pled Children and Adults, last
Wednesday night at the YWCA
ob E. Davie Street. In photo,
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Need integration, Bennett Grads Told
Bell Boy In
Morals Case
Will Appeal
CHARLOTTE - Will Ely, one
of two bellboys convicted here
last week for soliciting for pro
stitution. has given notice of ap
peal for a new trial in Mecklen
burr Criminal Superior Court,
Sentenced to 16 months on the
road by Judge Basil M. Boyd in
City Recorder's Court, Ely appeal
ed through defense attorney
Charles Bell. Appeal bond was set i
at, $5,000.
Sentence Suspended
James Ely, the second bellboy, j
was given a 12-month road sen- i
tence, suspended upon payment
of SI,OOO and costs on the follow
ing conditions:
Ely is not to engage in the busi
ness commonly known as bellhop
ping in a hotel in the City of
Charlotte for three years: And.
that, he not violate any law of the
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Plan School
|
Case Appeal
RALEIGH The State Su
| preme Court finally got around to
i ruling in the Old Fort School case
i last Wednesday and held that
; those who seek to break down seg
! legation in this Mate’s public
j schools by law suits must sue
i separately as parents. Group suits,
j accorindg to the court, are worth
j less,
The ruling makr« it wec.ea-
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note gave, no reason and members
of Farrington’s family were un
able to shed any light, on his mo
tive.
At Rowland. Mrs. Ida McNeill,
60 hanged herself in a smoke
house. In a note, left, apparently,
for her children, she, told of her
intention of taking her life, gave
burial instructions and instruc
tions regarding disposition of cer
tain rental money. She had been
in ill health.
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i from left to right are Pikatis,
| Mrs. Margaret. Hicks, making
I presentation, and Mrs, Gertrude
! Taylor. (STAFF PHOTO 3Y
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LAST LONG WALK Mem- j
bers of the graduating class at 1
Bennett College in top photo, j
inarched through Bearden Gate !
for the last time on way to 83rd
commencement exercises in i
Greenboro, Monday, Shaw Uni- j
versity grads at Raleigh are !
shown in same procedure in
bottom photo. Exercises were
held at Shaw Monday also.
ODDS-ENDS
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
The vote last Saturday in Ra
leigh's two predominately Negro
precincts shows that the anti-Ne
gro congressional candidate, W. E.
Debnam received several Negro
votes. This is revealed by the fact
that Debnam received far more
votes in those precincts than there
are white voters registered in
them. Congressman Cocky car
ried both precincts by overwhelm
ing majorities but it is rather dis
gusting to realise that there art
Negroes in Raleigh who would
vote for a man who directed his
entire campaign against them and
who is alleged to have, said he
did net, want any Negro votes.
In a study recently completed
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IT MATTERS NOT HOW
SMALL THE AD, JUST
KEEP YOUR NAME BE
FORE THE PUBLIC.
CALL,..
4-5558
FOR YOUR CLASSIFIED!
Races Need Each Other,
Bennett Grads Advised
GREENSBORO Creative so
cial change begins when people
find ways of bringing unsegregat
ed education to the Negro, when
people become interested in and
involved with the practical pro
blems of equality, Dr. Harold Tay
lor declared in his address at the
83rd commencement exercises at
Bennett College on Monday.
Dr Taylor, president of Sarah
Lawrence College, Bronxville. N.
Y., referred to the creative and
courageous element in a society
as consisting of those people who
do not accept everything as it is,
but who question and probe to
find new ways of improving what
ever exists.
“For example.’’ he said, “cour
age and intelligence in social
change would demand that the
segregation, of the Negro not sim
ply be allowed to exist as If it
were unavoidable. Each genera
tion in the segregated southern
schools transmits the social cus
toms. habits and prejudices of
each successive generation.
Hits Moderation
“It is not enough to advocate
moderation in the solution of
problems. What is needed, is the
11 Seek To
Enter UNC
CHAPEL HILL—The. University
of North Carolina has announced
the receipt of applications from
11 Negroes for admittance to vari
ous graduate schools for the fall
term, beginning in September.
Three of the applications have
been accepted while eight others
are awaiting the action of the. ad •
missions committee
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will and the humanity to support
the cause of the Negro and to
find ways in which the Negro
child can be given his place in
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EARNS RIGHT TO VOTE
Oliver J, Panfcey, 60-year-old
Eilerbee filling station opera
tor. reads from the N> C, ecra-
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White Man Held
In Alleged Rape
FUQUAY SPRINGS—James H.
Smith. 33-year-old Cary white'
man, charged with raping a 17-
year-old girl whom he had em
ployed as baby sitter, was bound
over for trial in Wake Superior |
Court following a preliminary
hearing in Recorder's Court last
week
Judge W. I Rowland found pro
bable cause in the case and set
bond at SSOO.
Miss Louise Judd of Rt. 1, Holly ,
Springs, testified that on April
17, Smith came to the home of her
father, Clifton Judd, in search of'
someone to baby sit for him and
his wife.
She said that her mother allow -
ed her to go with Smith but that;
instead of taking her to his home.
Mitchell Murder
Trial Continued
GREENVILLE Trial of Tal
madge MitchelL former agent. .
charged with murdering his eu
oerior. Molton R. Zachary, has
been continued until June 25 term
of Pitt County Superior Court I
'Judge Malcolm Paul granted ,
the continuance after Mitchell
pleaded innocent to the first-de
gree murder charge. The accused
man was charged with shooting I
Zachary a few hours after the,
county board of commissioners,
at Zachary’s request, had fired
Mitchell lact March
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
SOUTH’S PRESBYTERIANS
TO DEBATE RACE ISSUE
MONTREAT - The problem of
segregation within their ranks is!
expected to be weighed here by;
Southern leaders during the 96th |
General Assembly of the Pres-;
| byterian Church, IT. S., which
j opened here Thursday.
Both the 1954 and 1956 General;
Assemblies adopted anti-segrega- j
tion resolutions recommending;
! that the group open churches. |
j schools and colleges to all races j
i This year, the group has been ask- :
• ed to vote on whether “the Pres- j
| byterian Church U.S. shall have j
segregation or integration of all
’! races."
‘ i More than 400 delegates, repre
senting 800,000 members in 17 j
t states, are expected to attend the j
I sessions. This is the. Southern i
stitntioit in » Rockingham
courtroom to win his right to
vote for the first time In his
life. In miter Is bis lawyer, J.
LUCKY AUTO OWNER
The lucky car last week was
the one bearms the tag num
ber “CK-4295. If the owner of
that car took it to Dunn’s Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Bloodworth Streets in Raleigh i
he received a free grease job. J
This will happen every week I
Watch for your tag number. If j
It follows the asterisk, you wiii:
get the grease job. The mim-j
her will be taken from any car
bearing a, N. C. license.
The numbers this week are; \
WP-342; X-192; 'XX-2864:
WW-125; B-3872. and R-3349
Smith took her about 15 miles
from her home where he parked
m the woods ?nd had intercourse
with her without her consent. He
then took her back home, she
testified,
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Girl, 15, Says
4 Raped Her
At Gun Point
SOUTHERN J?iNE S Pour
paratroopers, who'allegedly raped
■ a, 15-year-old girl at pistol point
i Monday night, are being held in
; army custody after their arrest
1 at Port Bragg.
Army officials were called in
’ by local police after it had been
I determined that the alleged crim-
I es had taken place on the reserva-
I tion, according to statements giv
| en by the young girl. She said that
j she knew the surname of only one
: of the four.
One. of them, she said, asked to
| take her home from a local res*
! taurant. The other three were in
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branch of the denomination which
ranges from Baltimore to El Paso,
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STATE ELKS URGE
FULL INTEGRATION
By .?. B. BARREN
TARBORO The 36th annual
convention of Elks, North Caro
lina division, came to a. close here
at the St. Paul Baptist' Church
Thursday afternoon with a strong
declaration for ar- all-out fight
for “first-class citizenship for
Americans of all races
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i H. Rennick at Wadesboro, whs*
! had appealed from a registrar’*
i ruling denying him the right to
j register. At right is Mrs. Ores.?
j E’vrilng, registrar,