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PAGE TWO ; i # v . Si 5 ?j J* 4 ,■\: f> A 1 ;frr v> I r^i' rt, l ” -- . “ '3ss«*sr s< -. :jg|aiMj SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPAL Samuel A. Gilliam, World W»i II Veteran and Shaw graduate who was not ashamed to get o! his knees and pray when spend ing the night away from sehoo with the football team, not on!' Influenced other students to brave the ‘kidding’ of teammates but has gone thru life a God fearing, praying and hard-work ing man t > become she head of a successful rural high school .mrnrn SPILLS "THE BEANS* William Wallace, oi MI. Vernon, N. Y„ recently electrified a House Unanierican Activities com mittee hearing in Washington, by declaring that he and 17 ether labor leaders falsified their passports in ISSi, in order to attend May Day ceremonies in Russia. The group, Wallace explained, hoped to abolish the State department practice of barring passports to Communists and subversives. (Newspress Photo) MRS. WEBSTER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) lege here by the widow Os the late N.C. Webster, former burser at the college who was convicted of “Ir regularities in his office” in March. 1955 and summarily dismissed from office. The civil suit wag issued "DANIEL WEBSTER STRAIGHT 80URION WHISKEY i— -80 PROOF ; Bottled By J. A. DOUGHERTY’S SONS, Inc. Distiller* Philadelphia, Pa. ,;ieh is the envy of many city ■nits because of its work. Mr, •ham is shown saying “fare ell” In the 43 graduates of his arver High School during com lencement. Gilliam started the , rver High School 16 years to. It now has an enrollment ,f 851 (membership of 748) and i teachers, whose records were declared “the best” in “35 years of inspecting” by a State De partment official. through an order of the Superior Court of Wake County, and lists Mrs. Hattie Webster as plaintiff, and officers of the college, mem bers of its board of trustees and the North Carolina Teachers and State Employees Retirement Sys tem, as defendants. The suit charges that an amount approximating the sum claimed had been turned over to the col lege by officers of the Retirement System to be applied to shoriages charged to Webster upon his dis missal from the colloge. It also claimed that the college divested itself of all ownership to the funds once paid to the second defendant, the board of trustees of the North Carolina Teachers and State Employees Retirement Sys tem, and “relinquished *all control over, or claim to said monies,” It further claimed that since Webster never received or re quested the funds during his life time such never became a part of his estate. Meanwhile a ruling by Willie B. Rodman Js\„ attorney general, stating that the beneficiary is not entitled to any refund and that “the State was entitled part of the document filed against the defend ants. Webster was convicted, on five counts of embezzlements resulting from shortages in the, college ac count discovered by auditors in Feb, 1953. He was dismissed- from the college on Feb. 23 of that year, and died in a state hospital In Go'dsboro last October. The action by Mrs. Webster, was announced here recently following a meeting of the college’s -board of trustees at which a $2 million improvement program for A & T was approved by the board. The board also announced the appointment of L. C. Dowdy as dean of the School of Education ■and. General Studies. ’ Dowdy has served as acting dean since"shortly after Warmoth T Gibbs was e)e- vated to the presidency. Gibbs suc ceeded Dr, F. D. BJuford. who died lsat year. CAFE MAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) son, 36, and .lames E. Brown, 20, a waiter, both of Raleigh; Robert F. Norwood, 60, of Wilson and Oli ver R. Phillips, 20 of Greensboro. Two Freed on Bond Phillips, a singer and musician, was released on $5,000 bond and Hennon Johnson, 305 pound case erator in Raleigh, on $6,000 b -d. arrested on Friday at Martins ville, Va., were three men who gave their names as John T. Grav ly, 48, Sam Eggleston, 72, and Alphonse Gibson, 32. Eggleston and Gibson waived hearing and were released on bond, while Gra vely posted bond for a hearing to be held in Martinsville on Thurs day. All were charged with home carrying o.f marijuana. Held at Raleigh for federal a .eents is a man identified as Jimmy Flagg. Irwin Greenfeld of Baltimore, district supervisor of the Federal Bureau -of Narcotics referred to Smith, also known as “T", as one of the major sources of narcotics supply in North Carolina and Vir ginia. $15,000 Bond Set Hairston, who gave his occupa tion as "delivery boy” posted sls, 000 bond for a hearing on June ia before U. S. Commissioner R. P. Williams at Reidsvilie. McNair was described as a school teacher, having taught during the past year at a school in Halifax, Va. He had returned to his home here for the weekend when arrested, it was reported. He posted $3,000 bond. He is charged with unlawfully selling dilaudid, a narcotic, while Hairston and the Raleigh man art charged with dealing in mari juana. A&T DEGREES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) law. The one basic principle, he said is that every act and every thought causes change in the in dividual, for evil or good. “If you start stealing, though small, you will eventually become a tnief,” he warned, “and if you work for good, you are bound to become a leader.” In comparing the development of character with the construction of a building, he said failures to ‘adhere to the basic law are like “soft bricks” in an unstable struc ture. “Be honest with yourselves,” he continued, 'do the taskg that ought to be. done without complaint, without worry and without delay." Must Travel Alone He told the graduates that they, only; could keep themselves in line. “When you move through life with another’s hand on your shoulder,” he warned, “you cannot be the person you want to be," A, Greensboro girl, Myrtle Cun ningham, led the long list of grad uates in scholarly achievement. | She made the highest, average over j the four-year period and was cited summa cum laude, along with Floyd Horton of Pittsboro. Commissioned as a second Lieu tenant in the U. S. Army, Horton was also presented a framed cita tion by Warmoth T. Gibbs, presi dent of the college, in the name of the general of the Third Army, Thirty odd other students were presented prizes and scholarships ] at the event. Three “Gets’ Listed * At the baccalaureate service on | Sunday, Dr. Harry V, Richardson, president of Gammon Theological | Seminary, Atlanta, Ga„ spoke on “Three Gets for Graduates.” He listed them as “get busy," “get a timetable” and get religion " “Your future and fortune lie be fore you,” he said, “and now is the time to get really busy.” He said that a profession is not in the text book or even the classroom but in life, itself. He urged that mastery of tech i niques in the great field of human ’ relations is the next big challenge. ! “You must first, believe that life will give you what you want,” he cautioned, “and with a driving desire you must move with faith and confidence." Urges Timetable “Life usualy grants the best to those who move with confidence, faith and self - assuredness,” he said, “but more often to those who have set a plan for attainment.” DENTAL GROUP (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) eliminate the necessity of errect of Howard University, will speak on “X-Ray Technique and Inter pretation,” augmenting his talk with slides. Dr. Raymond L. Hayes, head of the department of oral medicine at Howard University, will give a presentation at 2 P.M., on “Anti biotics—Their Use in Dental Prac | tice.” At 4 P. M. Dr. James F. I Cameron of . linston will head a j roundtable discussion, i Dr. James •<}. Wenger, assistant | professor of oralsurgery. Univer sity of North Carolina, will discuis “Adjuncts to Oral Surgery,” at 9-30 A.M. Thursday, at IX AM. Dr. John B. Sowter, assistant pro fessor of Prosthodontics, at UNO will lecture. Dr. R. A. Hawkins, Charlotte, will preside at .the meetings. The Women's Auxiliary, presid ed over by Mrs. W, M. Jenkins. Greensboro, will have as its theme “Human Rights--Our Business.” Highlights of their agenda are as follows; Tuesday, 8 P.M.--Fashion Show, followed by a receptio'n at the home of Dr. J. E. Alexander; Wednesday, 11 A.M.-Joint ses sion with ONSDS; 2 P.M.--speech by Mrs. Hardy Liston Sr., and Thursday, 2 P.M.—selected tours. DESEGREGATION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) tem. Hodges’ program of voluntary segregation as “repugnant to freedom-loving people” was voiced i here Sat urday by members of the ! Nor th Carolina Conference of the i Methodist Church., j Thi? Negro Methodists called : upon Gov. Hodges "as a Metho THE CAROLINIAN dist layman to follow the Metho dist Church suggestion that Meth odist;* lead the way in bringing about an integrated sociey." In Its report to the conference, the Board of Social and Economic Relations -raid: “No state has the right to do wrong. All states, cus toms, traditions and laws are re gional or national. The Supreme Court is not a threat to the rights of individual states, but . . . re quires these individual states to deal fairly and justly with ail their citizens.” » * * S. C. WOULD OUTLAW NAACP LIKE OTHERS COLUMBIA. S. C.~~Noting that Alabama and Louisiana have al ready banned NAACP activity, State Senator Bicase Ellington of Lexington County, said in a campaign speech that he hopes that South Carolina will do like wise. * * * MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS URGE END TO JIM CROW GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Unanimous adoption of a pledge urging Michigan Democrats to work toward the end of racial segregation in the United States was announced here on Saturday as the state's Democrats wound up their two-day state conven tion. * * * CITES DANGER OF RACE IN POLITICS DURHAM—W. Millard Barbee, president of the State Federation of Labor, said in a radio forum here Saturday that “using racial differences in political campaigns could lead to race riots.” “It grieves me no small degree,” Barbee said, “when the racial is sue is injected into any political campaign—county, state or na tional.” Barbee referred particularly to some of the eastern and far west ern counties of the state as places where the race question could be come dangerous. He saw no dan ger in Durham county, however. ♦ * * NOVELIST FAULKNER MAKES ABOUT FACE NEW YORK—Novelist William Faulkner, writing in Harpers’ magazine, says this month that the nation’s failure to achieve Negro and white equality could “destroy the one potent force against communism in the world today—the simple belief of man that he can be free. Faulkner, the Mississippi writ er, who stirred up a hornet’s nest with a pro-segregation article in Life magazine not long ago, said: "The people who only 300 years ago were eating the carrion in the tropical jungles have produced the Phi Beta Kappas and the Dr. Bunches and the Carvers and the Booker T. Washingtons and the poets and musicians. They have yet to produce a Fuchs or a Ros enberg or Gold or Burgess or Maclean or Hiss, and for every Negro Communist or fellow trav eler there are a thousand white ones.” Faulkner wrote. Their present lack of equality, he said, “is our Southern white man’s shame.” 10 DROWN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ped with a small outboard motor, shipped water when Willie Fos ter. 41, the operator, turned it too sharply. “Everybody got frantic and be ! gan to jump out,” she said. “Some how, I managed to hang on to the boat,.” Two of her children were i drowned. She was rescued by Ed | ward Wilder, 15, who swam out ; 150 feet from snore. Volunteer dragging crews re j covered eight of the bodies Satur i day and Sunday, Still missing were Mary Porter, 25, and Stella Hatcher, 2. The other dead were Foster, his wife, Thelma, 33; Theresa Foster, 4: Robert Foster, 11 months; Joe Porter, 6; Estella Hatcher, 21: George Shaw. Jr., 2; and Alvin Je rome Shaw, 2 months. STATEIiIiIEFS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) him by a 72-year-old woman. Act ing as his own attorney, officer Baker presented a parade of wit nesses He and the witnesses testified that police were cailed to the residence of Mrs. Ella Gas ! kin of 504 Smithfield Street at (12:55 on April 28 to investigate ; a report that a roomer there had failed to pay a taxi fare. Baker ! and his witnesses testified that ! the Gaskin woman came to the door cursing and swinging a stick. ; Baker said that he twisted her ; arm. GROUPS HOLD MEETING RALEIGH— The 20th annual Minister’s Institute, the 19th ann ual Women’s Missionary Training Conference and the 6th Bible Youth Camp are convening at Shaw University during the week. A public meeting was held Mon day night in the University Church with the address being de livered by the Rev. E. L. Spivey, secretary of State Missions, Bap tist State Convention, Inc MEDICS WIFE INJURED phy Hunt, 36, wife of Dr. Christo- RALEIGH Mrs. Gladys Del pher Lincoln Hunt, Raleigh phy sician, was admitted to Saint, Agnes Hospital for treatment of a car driven by Roy Baker of 711 neck injuries Saturday night after 1 Dawson Street struck Dr. Hunt's i stopped automobile. Baker was ' arrested. Damage to Dr. Hunt’s 1 auto was estimated at $350 and to Baker's car at S3OO. SALVATION - ARMY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ing a new, building. In Border Area . The section in which the church is located has been a border-line area for a long time, even before the Vanguard Church was built. Despite this the Salvation Army purchased the property for a re ported $70,000. The letter from Capt, Fuller asking the Raleigh realtors to help him hold the line against further Negro “encroachment,” created such a wave of resent ment among the Negro citizens here that the CAROLINIAN sent, one of its staff writers to inter view Capt. Fuller about the mat ter. Capt, Fuller defended his ac tion in writing the letter on the grounds that he felt he was act ing for the best interest of the Salvaion Army in trying to pre serve the value of the property. It was his feeling that should the i neighborhood around the church 1 become a wholly Negro settle- i ment, the value of the investment made by the Salvation Army i would materially decrease. Asked for a reason for the sup- ; posedly decrease in value, Capt, Fuller was unable to give one. , He admitted that neither he nor j bis organiaztlon could prevent Ne~ j groes from buying or living in that i area but he said he believed that j there was an organized group who were trying to frighten the own ers there into selling to Negroes. He said he had been told that some Negroes approached the own er of a house in that, area with i the purpose of buying bis house When the Negroes were told the price of the house, they said ; they would have to report back j to the “Committee” before they j could make a decision. Capt. Full- ! er was asked to name this owner j or the Negroes involved in the story but he said he was unable j to do so. Because of his inability to name any of the participants in the story, he was assured it was just another one of the many baseless rumors white people are now spreading against Negroes Capt. ■ Fuller was also informed that the j majority of the homes recently ac- ' quired by Negroes in that neigh borhood were financed by white lending institutions. When Capt. Fuller asked why j the sudden desire of Negroes to | own homes in that area, he was told that, first of all it was not I sudden because Negroes have been \ attempting to buy homes any where in Raleigh they could find j them for a number of years and j secondly, the Negro population oi j Raleigh was increasing just as the white was increasing. This increase calls for more and j more homes in a city that has j done absolutely nothing to pro mote or to encourage more homes ] for its Negro citizens, and lastly, j the whites have succeeded in prac- j tically encircling the city with j homes making it necessary for j Negroes to try to obtain as many pieces of property close inside the ! city as possible. Capt. Fuller was also told that it was only natural for Negroes ; to feel “free” to buy homes on E Martin and S. Swain Streets since : Negroes were already living on those streets long before the Sal- j vation Army decided to move j there. Capt. Fuller was asked if the ’ ideas and wishes expressed by him in his letter to the realtors ( might be considered the policy of the Salvation Army. He stated he did , not think the Salvation j Army would approve of such ac tion and in sending ie letter out, he acted upon his own without consulting the Salvation Army about the matter. He further stat ed that he had no regrets al though it was not his intention for the letters to be made public when he sent them out. j Capt, Fuller seemed surprised j -Amen he was told that Negroes had contributed to bis building i campaign and indicated that al though over 2000 “thank you ’ let ters had been mailed to contri butors (white.) he had received 1 only one letter of objection to thi move of the Salvation Army to i E. Martin St. This letter, from a white real tor, objected on the ground that because the Martin St, location was. a mixed section, the prop- : erty there should be left for the i use of Negroes. Probably the greatest good that ! came from the interview with! Capt. Fuller was spiking the lie that there is a committee seeking ' to buy the homes in the neigh- j borhood of the Vanguard Church, j his learning that Negroes are buy- I ing homes in that area because of i their desire for homes and would do that if the homes were avail able to them regardless of the Sal- : vation Army being there or not i being there and giving Capt. F uii er the opportunity of knowing that Negroes in Raleigh expected i something more Christ-like from the head of the Salvation Army to which they have been contri buting for many years. Capt. Fuller’s letter to the Ra- 1 leigh realtors is given here in full: I The Salvation Army 213-215 South Ferstn Ktret Raleigh, North Carolina May 26, 1956 Real Estate Dealers Raleigh, North Carolina Gentlemen: I realize that you are m the real estate business to make sales, and also to keep your property | rented, but I would appreciate your help and cooperation in every Way possible to hold the property around the First, Van guard Presbyterian Church for white people. I realize that it may be some months yet before we move into this property, which we have pur chased and planned to use for our j religious and youth activities for j many years, therefore we are con cerned about holding the line inj every legal way possible. We nat- j urally considered this matter be- j fore we bought, and recognized j the danger of encroachment, yet., the line had not changed in quite j a long time. The recent court rul- j ing may be one of the reasons foi j some recent, changes in property; ownership. I personally believe another j reason a number of colored fanli- j lies have been able to move into j the white area is the fact that i some of the colored people want- j ed to buy the church and would! still like for us to sell to them, therefore more than likely theyj are trying to scare us into selling,! which naturally we do not plan I to do. At least somebody has gone to; the trouble to start certain ru mors that we are planning to sell out, more than likely with the idea of scaring the owners of pro perty in that area into selling. J. believe at the present thus rumor has been scotched, and as soon as we move in I can be a little more agresslve in this field and will \ naturally try to get the coopera- j tton of all white families in that i area to work toward improving the community as a whole. We certainly hope that we can I count or. the real estate men not; to rent or sell property in the; hwite area to colored people. 1 J?. r Sh I■ : j "w*' I fi i , v #xi r i j * ?*,':' >•' -... .C. : : :^^MB>iiSfiiiii; ii fMteas&g-: ■ » • -Ai -V ii«S NEW DELTAS—-These attrac tive coeds at A. & T. Col lege are rn embers of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Thanking you in advance, I am Sincerely yours, OSCAR P. FULLER S-Captain. MOON GRADS CON 11 Mi: fi ( [tost PAGE 1) learning for admission. Miss Pauline Wynne, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. James W. Wynne, 709 S. State Street seeks to entei Woman’s College of the University of North Caiolina. She was one of the top students in Ligon’s gradu ating class of 100. Edward Carson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L< on Carson, 8 Dare Terrace, bos made application to N. C. State College at Raleigh. Carson, who was president of the student council at the high school during the recent school year, is report edly already attending summer school at; the local college. Manuel Crockett, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Crockett ol Garner Road, is alleged to have made application to take special summer courses at N. C. State College also. ODDS & ENDS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1! was during the course of his em ployment with the insurance company that Sewell was selected for the responsible position of Scout Executive in the South Car olina city. The story of this young man’s success through perserv ance against tremendous odds should greatly encourage other youth who feel that because of adverse circumstances, the path to success has been closed to them. * * * * The commencement exercises of t.he graduating class of Ligon High School this year were a wel come departure from the old-type of commencement doings. Instead of the usual one to two hours ster otyped speech by a speaker who always forgot to mention the realities of life, thfe commence ment feature this year was a sym posium carried out by a group of Ligon seniors who gave ail indi cations of knowing what they were talking about. Music by t.he cnoral group of the school gave the program the musical flavor needed. That mis year's commencement innovation should become a permanent grad uation day procedure was the con census of opinion of the large au dience present. While denouncing some acts of vandalism at Chavis Park last week, a local radio announcer, made a rather pool attempt to show that those destructive ac.s were further proof that segrega tion should be continued. No sane person of any race will condone any-breaking or uphold law break ers but to say that because some Negroes violated the law at Chavis Park is another reason for segre gation causes one to wonder shouldn't all such law-breakers be put in the same class regard less to racial distinction, apply ing segregation only to those who broke he law. If it were not for the harmful affects such, redicu lous assertions are having upon race relations these days, they could be dismissed with the con tempt they merit. * * * * The best anxwer to why Gov. Hodges received the largest vote ever given a gubernatorial can didate in this state is not because of the calibre of his opponents in the recent Democratic Primary but because Mr. Hodges was quite successful in having the people of North Carolina believe he has successfully solved the school in tegration problem. In every mariner possible, the governor has driven, home to the people of this state the colossal untruth that Norh Carolina Ne groes have acceped his niis-ealled "volunteer segregation” proposal. He has been able to have it ap pear that this has actually been accomplished because, with a very few exceptions, Negroes here have been quietly biding their time, waiting for the wrangling to stop so the law could take its course. Time will prove that it was noth ing less than a tragedy for the people of this state to allow themselves to be so mislead. * * m * Ninety-nine high school grad uates from a population of 27,000 is a pitifully poor percentage by any yardstick one might use. It is not only far too low, it also shows that the Negroes of Ra leigh are going backwards edu cation—wise when the figure 99 is compared, with last years 129. This difference of over 30 percent in one year should be of grave concern not only to parents but to every person with intelligence enough to realize what it means, i In an age that is calling for more and more training and knowledge ' on the part of those who are to be WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 9. 1956 recently initiated via Alpha Mu Chapter. They are from left to right, Misses: Jackie Reese, Ad- successful, a high school educ-a- : tion has become a prime requisite. The time is fast approaching' when a college degree will be con sidered as the minimum but un til that day appears ail of us should do everything we possibly can to help our young epc-ople to complete high school work. "Now is the time for the peo ple of good will in all the southern communities to make clear their support of two simple proposi-; dons: obedience to the law of the j land and preservation of the pub-! lie schools.” These are not the | words of some "outside agitator”, but they are gems of wisdom from; a native southerner, Dr. Frank P. 1 Graham, a former president of i the University of North Carolina and ar, ex-U. S. Senator from this state. Dr. Graham knows as well ar! anyone about the customs and tra ditions of the South. He knows better than many about the prej udices and intolerance of his na tive North Carolina because he J was once the victim of the hate! mongers. In spite of all of that he had the courage, the foresight and the intelligence to stand before a North Carolina audience at Mars; Hill College and tell the people of this state that the plan they; have f • f <:•> to close the pub-; lie re’ ■■ •• backward.’’ 1 \ GIN / Ilf f A) FIFTHS $2.05 4»| PINTS $3.25 I|\ ion don nwv /urn I ■ j y—-Si L GIL BEY’S DISTILLED LONDON DRY GIN 90 PROOF 100% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS W & A GHBEY. LTD , CINCINNATI, OHIO SIJIOAY JUNE 17th You just can’t go wrong when you treat Dad to a gift of something to wear from O.K. Clothing Co. Charge it! It’s easy to let Dad wear as you pay. SUITS—HATS —SPORTSWEAR Summer Cottons Pretty cool summer cotton dresses with just the style and pattern you’ll like to look your prettiest for Dad. He’ll love you in one from O.K. All sizes, colors and styles. It’s Easy To Fay The O. K. Way! 0. K. CLOTHING CO. 113 E. MARTIN STREET dor; Josephine Currye, Hickory and June Williams, St, Augus tine, Fla. TEEN AGE ‘WARS’ IT CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE A serie* of events here last week led to the belief that teen-age gang wars are erupting over the city. The outburst began when four boys from the Biddleville and Greenville section got in a fight with two kids from the Brooklyn ty Years Building Together."’ Highlights of the sessions will be a sightseeing tour as guests of the New Orleans Council, a life mem bership dinner and the awarding of certitficates for increased mem berships Mrs. Jarnagin is chairman of the inter-group relations commit tee and will also have charge of the dedicatory services which wui close the convention. Production of Milk on Norm Carolina farms during Man") totalled 337 million pounds, t ..ighest March output on record Wage rates paid by North Co. 1 lina farmers as of April 1,1 • ■ increased by around six p c i •••; over wage rates paid the previous year.
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