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SLAI* AT BF.ACH
?.ST T ~ LE- ii V f.CK 5 C. ~srv
1 Fzmo r 44 s 's f ,yv;: ]ft
\\ C. vs? shot and killed at At
torn ~c Beach here Sunday Olfi
:crs have ax rested Jesse Stanley,;
Si Atlantic Beach and charged
*.rn with murder He was pitted
in iati at Nixon's Crossroads The
sheriffs office disclosed no de
rails concerning its findings,
MINISTERS ASK BOYCOTT
FAYETTEVILLE Negro
ministers in the Fayetteville
area haa-e urged (heir congre
gations *o boycott the newly
opened Miracle Theatre. The
* preachers complained that
Negro patrons were refused
admission through the front
arcade. Manager of <hc thea
tre Janies Frazier explained
that a special side entrance
and separate ticket office was
under construction which
Mould offer more convenience
for patrons of color. He also
said that construction work
ou the balcony had not been
completed. but should he
ready shortly with equal fa
cilities being provided for
both races.
JAILED ON THEFT CHARGES j
SAIVORD - Kenly Johnson. j
12, was .in c.-ter! here Monday on
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AIA. BUS CASE TO
SUPREME COURT
_________ ’ !
WASHINGTON The V. S. j
Supreme Court, will be called up
, on when it meets in October to .
overturn e lower court, decision
outlawing racial segregation on
Montgomery. Ah , buses.
The city of Montgomery and
the state of Alabama have car- j
r.eri the case to the nation’s Inch-;
est. tribunal.
A boycott of the bus system has I
been in effect, for many months, j
Negroes won a decision in a spe- j
era! three-judge federal court last.
June 3 stating that state and city
laws requiring separate seating of
the races are unconstitutional. i
The lower court ordered both I
the Montgomery Board of Com - ;
missioners and the Alabama Pub-j
lie Service Commission to stop i
enforcing the laws.
The appeals to the Supreme \
Court were filed by Walter J, i
Knabe Montgomery attorney oni
behalf of the board and by state j
Attorney General John Ufciterson !
for the commission.
No action will be taken until
the other parties to the lawsuit
have a chance to file n reply,
I IT MATTERS NOT HOW
*j SMALL THE AD, JUST
' j KEEP YOUR NAME BE- j
FORE THE PUBLIC.
CALL...
| TE4-5558 j
; FOR FOUR CLASSIFIED! \
in; the hev mowing season The
attractive card the daughter ni
Mrs Martha Basket*, is 'Mi»
Roll" for the rr.irtirtc vpar and
is a major in Commercial Edu
cation She wants to be a secre
tary
tigon Youth
Attacked By
Masked Gang
CALE'fOH ln what appeared
to be * -revival of terrorism laid
to the teen-age White Mask sar?
, a 16-year-old Ligon High School
: senior was severely beaten and
! slashed here Saturday ntghl
Victim of the unprovoked as
sault by three youths wearing
white hoods was James Caldwell
.son of Mrs, Jesse Lee Caldwell of
727 yuarry St.
The attack took place on E.
Lenoir St., near Ligon High at
about 10:30 p tn. as Caldw ell
was on his way home from an
affair be bad attended on the
Shaw University campus.
The three youthful assailants set
upon him, Caldweil reported, as
one of,. them called out, 'that.s
James,' indicating that at least
one of them knew him
He was struck a number-of vio
lent blows in the abdomen and
was cut on his right leg He es
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MINISTERS URGE
THEATRE BOYCOTT
FAYETTEVILLE A boycott
of a new downtown theatre was'
t urged by Negro ministers here on
Sunday because Negro patrons
\ will nor be allowed to use the
front entrance.
The ministers told their congre
gations that the theatre manage
| met had not actrcl justly" in re
| fusing to allow Negroes to enter
! the theatre through thp front;
; door,
| James Fraeler. theatre mana
ger. said that, facilities for Negro
. natrons were incomplete and that!
a. .tide entrance with a separate '■
box office will be used by the Ne
i tjroes when the theatre is finish
ed.
! '
picture
REWARD FOR SALESMAN- ■
1 SHIP ~ These top-rank nig .car
| rises a! the CAROLINIAN
j Newspaper who .made, outetand- I
The Carolinian
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VOLUME IS
Elks’ Rule Under Fire At Convention
ii..iii ! i . . . . .
fIH sHB mg |H| mhk| WSS wJR SSjSg MB '• HR
i |;t: ; l"':\ -! :V ,v ~C§. if- 1 jSccmi O Vs fe-
I S hS-BR. oLJV W' - EH; ■■ wLJHp IB of Rfft '
Stabbing Ends
Domestic Tiff
i i
j FAYETTEVILLE Mrs. Annie
Campbell Smith, who admitted
tabbing her husband Major
Smith, to death Saturday morn
ing. was bound over to the Cum
berland Superior Court Monday \
following a preliminary hearing ;
in City Recorder's Court, Her ■
bond was fixed a! $3,000.
! The death of Smith is said to!
i have been the climax of an argu-:
j ment. with his wife at their home |
on Weiriger Avenue. He died at j
Highsmit.h Hospital about 30 ;
mtnutes after being stabbed.
Mrs. smith told police that she ;
bad given a party for her teen-j
age niece, which ended about'
midnight Friday After failing to j
locate her husband she went to;
the home of her sitter. Flossie, on
Ellis SI reef to look for him but
he wa not there
The *<*m that she !
letvmni to her home and
saw her husband as h aj>-
Brear.hed the house He a Dec-
ecirsali Pian Opposed
By Greensboro Supt. I
GREENSBORO Greensboro;
City School Superintendent Beni
L. Smith declared here, last week!
; that "The hour of desegregation j
, has struck ”
Head of the slate’s largest
school system. Smith said.
‘The decision of the Supreme j
Court is the law of the, land.
The only way to meet the sit
uation is to obey the law as it ,
is handed us. If the law is rec
ognized wr will have a longer
time for an adjustment to de- ,
segregation,” he said.
In reference to the Pearsall
- amendment. Smith said. ''l really
believe the amendment will car
Carolinian Carriers Have
Fun On Jones Lake Outing
RALEIGH Twenty-six top
ranking newsboys who made ex
cepfionaHy good records selling ir?
CAROLINIAN this summer had a !
rollicking good time as guests of I
toe newspaper at Jones Lake j
State Park Monday, to climax j
their period of freedom before go- ;
ing back to school
Most popular activity in the day
of fun was swimming or in j
some cases just, splashing around |
m the cool, refreshing waters of j
-»y_. .. M,».y ».;»« y, mna: 7**«g»a>3irawvn> l . '
in* records In sales during the
sumn er were rewarded Monday
with » free day** outing at Jones
L-R.ks State Park eg guests of
2L-Jsiff— — ~™~ -
RALEIGH, N. C.
edl.v asked her where she had
been and an argument ensu
ed. He began to beat her and
when he knocked her across a
table she said that she saw a
knife on the floor, grabbed it
and swung at him.
After swinging at him with the
knife the woman said that her
husband fold her that, he was go
ing to get, his rifle and kill her.
: She then is alleged t© have va~
: cated the house in favor of her
sister, Josephine’s, residence on
, Silk Lane.
Another sister. Floss!?. soon j
; camp to thp Silk Lane address,
and informed Mrs Smith that;
h»=r husband was in the hospi- 1
tal
Mrs Smith said that she went j
to the hospital to gee him. but:
, w«s met by William Mfyers. a!
boarder in the Smith home, who j
informed her that her husband!
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; rv. I believe in majority rule I
jdo not think majorities are al-
I ways right, but tn a Democratic j
society* the majority must gov-'
' ern
”1 am in favor of three of
the four amendments to the
state constitution to be vot
ed upon.” he continued. “1 j'
am opposed to the one auth- 1
orized by the special session j |
of the legislature.’' He indi
cated that he does not believe !'
in using public funds to sup- ■,
port private schools. "If the i
Pearsall Plan is simply a mat- ' I
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’he 230-acre lake. ;
There was also a bit of fishing
ome apetite-building softball, ano ; t
; horseshoe pitching.
But whatever activity the
I boys liked he&t, they all went i
strong for the abundance of 1
food and refreshment*. i
■ They ate their fill of delicious i
, hotdogs. provided through cour- i
i fesy of the Jesse Jones Sausage
I Co, and roasted over one of the j
j many convenient barbecue ovens :
ihe publisher. At left, some of .
■ ih« carrier* from Raleigh and j
vicinity are shown about to ;
! board the bus which took them. 1
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1956
... L : ’ ••••• ••• ....
■ >-!U.,-..v ' • ' .»■
WORK BEGINS FOR STATE
BUILDING The Old Soldiers'
Home Field, located In the ea
tern section of the city Is beins
readied for a state office build
ODDS-ENDS
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
Memo to local P-TA groups:
Raleigh city schools wall open
next. Tuesday morning to begin
the work of another school year
As a rule, the local Parent-
Teacher Association here takes
a recess in May and does not
meet, again until after the schools
begin to operate in the fall. This
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available at the lake.
With the "dogs." of course '.vent
tasty Dandee sandwich bread from
another of the cooperating firms
Pepsi-Colas from the local Pep
si-Coia Bottling Co were so pier
tiful that the boys began to kid
each other about how many toe.
drank, and they topped off th
feed with delicious Squarp-C Nabs
from the Taylor Biscuit Co.
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with ©the?* from the Fay
etieyille area, t© and fro® the
pScMie. Center phot© thaw* *
grnip a i ihs youngster# having
me. scheduled t« be completed
by July. 11*57. Excavation work
was begun several days a;-v
The field was formerly user! as
a recreation area for thp set
V eteran Carolinian
Journalist Dies
NASHVILLE, Tr.nn Cecil D
1 Halliburton. 56 re s&trar and di
rector of admissions at, Fisk Uni
. versify here, collapsed on the
Thursday afternoon at.
1, •!.4:30 and died one hour later at
5 j the Hubbard Hospital, apparent
ly of a,heart, attack.
j Mr. ' Hallibur- MMppi
1 ton, a native of ,
j was a columnist * |
j for the CARO- ; : j
| LINIAN. pub-Vapi; |
j lished in Raieigh, |
| ed his A R. do- |
gree at Lincoln
! University (Pa a*/
the M A. degree ji if •
from the Univer- halubiirton
,-ity of Pittsburgh and was
ted from the New York School of
Social Work.
He was associated, with St. Au
rustine’6 College in Raleigh for
20 years, eight of which he serv
ed as dean of the college. He also
served as professor of social
. science and r,s assistant to the
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tax Bear the ahore »f the 239- ,
acre. lake Iji which most of then* j
spent the grater part of the day. |
At right, member# of the group I
linn. Vn definite nlaiis have
‘pen announrert so; .mother
:>'.irarminri. although the Gai
lins property on E. Martin St..
has hern proposed. < !»fyff
Photo by Chas. (t. tones)
Cion Bishop
Scores Dixie
ASHEVILLE A man who was
! once flogged by the Ku Kiux
; Klan. Bishop C. E. Tucker, told
■ the Wednesday night session of
the 1956 Connections! Council.!
j AME Zion Church, which met!
j here yesterday, at Hopkins Chap- i
j el that the south is not. only hold
i in? back the onward march of de
j mocracy at. home, but is giving
1 America a black eye in world af
fairs.
He recited what- an Indian rep
resentative told an American dele-
I CONTINUE D ON PAGE 7'•
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
i shown gathered around one ,«
of the picnic table# where they 1 <
had their fill of food *r>d soft i
i drinks throughout the dav-
J LUCKY AUTO OWNER |
i The lucky car last week w*j j
j the am bearing the tag aan
! ber ZY’-4?22. If the owner of !
j that, car took it to Loan s Essoj
Service, corner Cabarrus and!
RJoodworth Streets to fUleigh
be received a free gretoe job.
This will happen ev try vre**%
Watch for your tag item he*. If
it follows the asterisk, yoo nofll
get (he crease job. The auta
; her will be taken fron /toy car
i hearing a N. C. liccntc.
i The number* this week are;
R-291: BY-6232. W-323, fit-557,
J *AC-S 2H. and XX-6A.3.
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NUMBER 49
I
| Elks' Rule
j Under Fire
l M Confab
Spprm! *<* THE CAROL!.VIA.V
j LOS ANGELES. CaLf—Whethe*
! -Jesse Vann'.- effort to Agthront
Robert Johnson from the top of
the kingdom of Elkdfi-o will fizzle
like Harold Sfassen'j effort fc ■
dump Nixon ir- San Francisco lac
wec;< haci n.>) hroo detorminec
Vl ’ rirmsdaj- bur the fiery Brooklyn
N V fraternal leader >-»s«r here
wi>!i a fanfare that h»» nm bee?
e.vubued j t the annua!
of the Antlered Herd (TBFOE •*
IV, since the d-'-. of Rober
j: S-e-j an.r Casper Holstem
j Vann ran.? to s he convent:os
I early and immediately set «ip he *4
i qiisi ter* with i running «<t.ack .<s»
f the Grand He charged that
Johnson *vas not 1 only epenciioj
’ money kin to*
he v i* , 0 conducting M* offrre
that ‘lorr than 60 lodge* hsv*
closer) since he took over frw
the late "Little Ceasar. J. Fin!#*-
Wilson,
He further charged M
costs almost twice a* wtAKh ’**
run the office of f H« Ora t?H
I CONTINUED ON P AGE >i
First Tenn,
School Now
Integrated
CLINTON, Tenn, Clinton
High School opened Its doors to
Negro students here on Monday
to become the first state-support,
ed secondary achool in Tennessee
to integrate.
A handful of boys picketed the
I school grounds, carrying pro-seg
! rogation signs, but no attempt,
; was made in prevent any Negro
hoys and girls from entering
Sheriff Joe Owen said that, e,
: crowd of about 350 persons gath
ered outside the school hut made
no attempt to molest anyone.
Anderson County school au
thorities nnened the school to Ne
groes on orders of u s. District
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EXPECT NO TROUBLE
AS SCHOOLS REOPEN
RALEIGH —Dr Charles F.
Carroll, state superintendent of
public instruction, said here this
week that North Carolina's pub
lic schools are not expecting any
difficulties fron the segregation
issue as they prepare for their
biggest year in history.
Carroll said that he did not
know of any local school unit that
has admitted a Negro to a whit*
school "or contemplates” such
action Tire bulk of the schools
open for the fall term after La
bor Day.
Some fiOO to 900 teachers have
been added and enrollment, la ex
pected to climb by 25,000 over last
year's record high of 1.021.000.
Carroll expressed the opinion that
the school assignment act adopt
ed by the 1955 legislature wil.
take care of the segregation prob
lem.
WON'T ADMIT EVEN ONE,
SAYS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
RICHMOND, Va, Governor
Thomas B Stanley said here ob
Saturday that he hopes that M.«
w ithhol cling -fur; ds plan does not
close any public school in Vir
ginia. but he would close feme
schools before permitting ettea
one Negro pupil to integrate
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