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URGE RECORD VOTE—Scouts
in tiilf city and across she nation
are climaxing 3 “Get Out The
Vote ' r.ampaijrn Saturday with
visit*, to homes with an appeal
for 1 record cote in the coming
election. These Raleigh scouts
Work To Begin Soon On
■7 £ Strickland vice-president
ari gf-.ntta] manager of the- Me
chanic:- and Farmers Rank n.-.c
told •*•.- CAROLINIAN’ Wednesday
That th* bank 3* planning to build
an l* r a-modern etrurti ;e n
proses t !n."3tion to reuse *h- J\f.
gro-n,\ ;-.f;d bank.
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A non % the rnany congrattii-mens
recen- ■:<-; by Th* CAROLINIAN rn
its- 13ih Anniversary Edition las;
wf{■•;; .*•.*.«; from T. C Jp»* -\
p: •• sjrieni of the National Newsr.--
ptsr Publishers' Association.
fir said- Congratulations to
the ui;j u,>yement and staff of
The- CAROI INIAX for onr of
th? finesi anniversary edition*
tha? 't has been my pleasure
to , ■ .1 d
r ovriviTP ON p,.\OR 7'
Dr. Charles Johnson,
Fisk U. Head, Buried
LOUISVILLE. Ky -Or Charles
S. Johnson, president of Fisk Uni
versity died here of i heart el
tack Saturday ri;-ht.
!h<= international)' known
educator, sociologist and auth
or «*" stricken in Union Sta
tion and pronounced <jcad on
arms! at Louisville’s General
Hospital.
Dr. Johnson, who was 615. had
left the train to purchase a news
paper and was returning to his car
when he collapsed. He was en
route to New York City from
'Nashville. Trnn . to attend a meet
ing r>; the Fisk trustee board.
Members of the family said he
—as tn apparent good health when
he left Nashville. He had no pre
vious history of heart trouble
Funeral services were held
Wednesday in the Fisk Tlniver
sify Chapel, in Nashville, with
the Rev. William .f. Faulkner
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CONFER IN NAACP CASE ~-
Tlte above conference took place
between Attorneys and 7th Die
frict Judge Oils T, Dunagan ta.<
week immediately after Duna
arc ,>hown holding reminders
which will he placed on doors in
the city, Emm left to right they
are: Burrell Rusher, .tames I
Johnson 111. and tames .Johnson
—STAFF PHOTO IVS ('HAS. K
JONES),
The approximate w of Iv. r
■ ■ < in- c could n ; .i b? ,j|(.tre ;•!.•
Wri.i, tj- expe.-ted to beg;*! tr. •
, fe.. da«-< ar.ri ihe bank wi!i assume
: temporary hcaiiquai'tois < --v ..-, .
Mt Str.ckl.ond said. 0 •> iy i-i".. .'
’hat th. ui ■■■, hank ■.< >v-c’!"■ ■ -1 •■■
, nri as modern ns a hank r, n ,
• h limit' a spur c .- will he , <,.,!_■,
for occupancy in seven month.-.
*'>• v proposed building will
her? a lobby which v»ijl hi
twice. its present sl*e, a vaitil.
located under the sidewalk. .1
balcony. twice the prose ni
si/.e, and more tellers’ win
dow- The bank will use extra
spare w hich it ha-. 111 the bji t,
of fop hull (I ini,-, located :i( i.'i
E. Hargett St.
Gc.-itra] contractors for the .
bank will be T. A Loving and > c
Go’r-'iboro.
Tor personnel of. the bank wi|f.
in all probability, be increast d
John H vVheelei of Dm ham is
DTeKuL r ,f of Mechanics rod f.-- it
ers (.'■nk. w hich has ■•!< home of
fice :i shat citv.
DR ( HARLES S. JOHNSON
*an granted the state a petition
for temporary injunction re
< straining the NAACP from op.
I erating In Texas. The NAACP is
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arguments continue in state naacp case
mil GENERAL
: SS
i A suit brought by the Nations]
j Association for (he Advancement
I of Colored People against the bee
j rewry of State -and the Attorney
i Genera) *.v a* not properly framed,
j the So,;? Supreme Court was told
; Tuesday
George rutinn. Attorney Gen
eral. argued that the NAACP*
two causes of action involving
see mate statutes w ere improp
erly joined into one case.
Ecu this reason Patton ask
cr! the Supreme Court to up
hoir! .! decision of Superior
Court Judge Hamilton Hob
good who earlier dismissed
part of die suit.
The XAACP brought the sub t?
sc. ■ n declaratory judgment th*?
:i rot be required to comply with
.t" i, North Caroln'. regulatory
statute? One - ;vt} ijw require
fon-ige rorp nations to register
■•" h the Secret; = v of State lr or
der In do business in North Caro
i !:na, )'h; other, a cnrr.irta! la-i*. rc
rjuiros an orcapirafion nrinctrany
mcaged -v she activity o' ip f u
encing pul lit .pinion or legi lation
tp veer-iie.- v.th fhr Snrretary of
Ti.e ? fju-d after Sccre
• nry nf .State Than Furc and fnrm-
COVriM fH ON CAGE D
Siciiij ftiiWS
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"RIT H" FOWLER \ TRI ALS
BAI.LIGK - Wiiltam * Buck >
F" 'ln; .>OS Lee S: n'ns sentenced
Monday to months on the loads
in ( :-.v Co-,rt ' nr - .inker, driving
and public drunkenness He ap
pealed ’ne sentrocf and his Su
perior Coup appeal fiopri was sc.t
at Soi.iO Fowirr is well-known to
iocai policHt. mn'ina been arrested
on numerous occasions for engag
ing ii sffri.vs, drunkenness and
other offenses
OFFICERS PROBE DEATH
I,EMBERTON —• Henrv L.
Monroe, JS, of Rowland. Rt. 1.
riicri Friday night in the Robc
vo n .Memorial Hospital, hui
authorities arc still mystified
■is to how he met his death
Monroe was found lying in the
cenli r of Highway 130, five
miles east of Rowland, about
2:.>fl a. m. Saturday. Oct. 20.
t CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
SLAYER GETS
15 YEAR TERM
GREENSBORO After plead
ing guilty to manslaughter in the
slaying of Stanton Smith in an ar
gument over $4. Coley J. Davis,
26, of 2112 Joe Loins B'vd.. was
sentenced to 15 years in state pris
on here Monday.
Davi:- originally had been charg
ed with the murder of Smith in
a dispute over payment of $4 for
bootleg whiskey they had bought
Judge ,1. R Craven, a recent court
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i planning to appeal to higher
court l est to right are: Firs!
Assistant Attorney General Da
vis tjj ant; Assistant Attorney
l General Will Davis, W. J, Dur
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VOLUME 16
Nab 6 In Insurance Racket
MOTHER FRANTIC AS
DAUGHTER VANISHES
FAKE DEATH
CLAIMS LAID
TO ACCUSED
WTNaTON-SALEM - The h ,-
.(-si here Monday of Miss Ells Mat
Mason. ..?. brought to six the n.um
be • (A persons arrested as the re
sult .>f a continuing investigation
of a faked insurance racket in the
Carolina*.
Mi,-:- Mason was. ai rented ng
three charges and jailed in lieu of
bonds of $7,500. She is the third
person charged here. Three per.
sons are free under bond at Rock
Hill, S. C
The Winston-Salem woman is
accused of making false statements
to obtain death claim payments
from Pilot. Life Insurance Co..
Life and Casualty Insurance Co.,
and American National Life Insur
ance Co
Others held herp in connec
tion with the jfrob* are Ar
thur Mitchell. 41. and Lee R.
Lunsford, white, a former
agent for the (oral agency of
Home Beneficial Life of Rich
mond, Va.
Those held in Rock Hili are:
William B Clemmons, undertak
ci his wife, Lucy and their daugh
ter, Ramey. They are charged
jointly with Lunsford of conspira
cy to defraud Home Beneficial of
more than $12,000.
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Army Ends Segregation In
Off-Duty School Courses
ham. Dallas, counsel for the
| NAACP. and C. B. Bunk ley, Jr..
| counsel for the NAACP’* Legal
:md Defense Educational Fund,
i Inc.
MOTH CAEALHEA'S LEADINY WEEKLY...
RALEIGH. N7 C “
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WASHINGTON - The Army has
abolished segregated off-duty edu
cation courses for servicemen at
all posts, including three installa
tions id the South.
This revelation was made Mon
day night by Senator Herbert Leh
man (u-N Yd as he made public
correspondence with the Army in
which he obieet.ed to reports that
Negro servicemen were being ex
Oxford Host
ToNCP-TA
Convention
OXFORD. N C. -~ The N. C
Congress of Colored Parents and
Teachers will hold its 29th annual
convention Nov 18-17. with head
quarter at the Orange St. Elemen
tary School, J. H Lucas, princi
pal.
LUCKY AUTO OWNER
The lucky car last week was
the on: bearing the tag num
ber ‘CX-6712. If the owner of
that car took ft to Dunns Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Blood worth Streets in Raleigh
he received a free grease job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for yonr tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, yon will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any car
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are:
TR-357; w.»3: X-182: XK-
I2L GX.823; *prf **,*. 125.
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1956
orr TO LIBERIA • Mia* Victoria Eiharidg# (l*h) prepores w
return So her natir* Liberia alter tw» year* so wed Momolu
Dukuley. Liberia * acting secretary of elate. Miss Etheridge ha*
been the Liberian xice-coneul in New York. Accompanying her
are Coi, and Mr*. William Mai*« of Chester. N. Y. He'll head th#
0. S. military mission in Liberia. (NEWSPRESS PHOTO).
i CONTINUED ON PAGE 71
i chided from some course* con
; ducted on military installations u:
j privale Southern schools.
Dir Armv s reply said:
‘'Agreement has heen reached
to permit no segregated cIass
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CROWN FOR A QUEEN -
Or. .lames A. Boyer, president,
place* crown on head of “Miss
fife Angst itlne's College,” In the I
NUMBER *
li gm Pupil
Last Sean
October 22
FG CHARLES R JONES
•‘lily daughter hasp' i pver fvpn
■ been to the movies alone i iuM
. know -he',* being kept somewhere
| against her will cm that she's .
Hesitating to speak ihe final
word as though she feared fate
would command it In en m e
true. Airs. Josephine Thomas,
mother of Alice Joy Thomas,
i 15, who has not been seen
since she attended classes at
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Charlotte’s Leaders
Cool To ‘Bus Boycott’
CHARLOTTE A threat of a '
possible boycott by local Negroes
of ousts if requested fare increases
are spanted io the City Coac.t
Company was telegraphed to the
State Utilities Commission at Ra
leigh, Tuesday.
The message was signed T W
Andei ..on, director of Report from
Dixie *’
State Legion And Auxilary
Give $1,460 To Orphanage
OXFORD Division VI of the
American Legion Department of
North Carolina, held its annual Or
phanage Day at the Colored Or
phanage, Sunday
Division VI and the auxiliary
utiifs Irorn Division ' R" of the Le
gion Auxiliary in North Carolina
person of Miss Beatrice Bryant
during homecoming activities *t
'he Raleigh College, last Sts
urday afternoon. Others In photo,
left to »lght, are; Mioses; Mildred
$K like
“DICTATOR”
CHARLOTTE - Twenty - cue
student nurses, all members of the
junior class at Good Samaritan
Ho.tpilal here have been suspeitd
‘-d for staging » protest demon
sfiation against, rhev termed,
“the dictatorial policies' of a dor
niitcry house mother
The disciplinary action, which
involved 9 ti but one member of
the class who was out nf the cif
was revealed Monday by hospital
authorities.
E R Frye, hospital rtdmin
l#*ratnr. refused eomment ex
rent to mj t that the disturb
snee was “ in attempt tc dis
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Thought Oops
Flower Seeds
COL- MBIA .5 C
a grey-haired. SO-year-oid
Sumter County fanner, has he**n
■'heed under five years probation
f or growing marijuana on hi*
term near Rembert
fD.nf.ev and his grandson, At
r*.e o Ganfey, were indicted
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QDSS-ENDS
By ROBERT O. SHEPARD
NOV dTH, D-DAY Before this
rime next week the general elec
'.ton will oe over D-day fDecisior
.Dayi will have com* and gone if
on nr. cf. Tuesday you fas! to exsr
tise the privilege of helping to de
tevmiiw. whft will govern this
siate. and nation you will hs
forfeited -all right? to rririctae the
actions of those elected As far =>?
you ,i? concerned what they do
or do not, dii is strir.kly none of
your business.
1 here two oiffsiandlng
candidate* aspirins to be presi
dent of this nation for the
next tour years. One. the trr
rumbent. Dss-igh* D Eisen
hower has bv genera! igree
o?ciu made ■■ fairly respectful
record during the past four
'ears. Unfortunately, Negroes
can riot consider the fitness es
office seekers and office hold
ers or. the basis of how well
these candidates ' are Qualified
to act and do what. Is best for
this country as a whole. Cir
cumstances *nd condition* '•re
eled by tft# white man bar*
causer! ihe Negro voters to ue
primarily rotieerned with Thil
(Continued ns rage
Kelly Alexander, president
<>f the V.-VACP branches in
North Carolina, said that sh?
threatened boycott did no!
have NA ACP sanction. “I* i«
in no way connected with th*
X.VV'P," he declared
Another leader, who chose ir> re
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are headed by 7, W Alexander of
Charlotte and Mrs Mary T V,
Brown of Raleigh, respectively.
When all reports were In. t to*
fai of $1,460 06 was reported, wstft
Post No 100 of Retdsville end sux-
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I Tettertoij, Helen Tate and Do
| rrih* Howard, attendants, and
j Austin Cooper, president at tfc«
I Student Counei?.,