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Trent Retires
lifter 32 Yrs.
f'j President
B V \LFX\ SD t R BAF VE S
SALISBURY Old grads and i
fnr-nds ""no attended the Dia
mond Jahi'p commencement ot
Livinrstone College here. Tuesday
of both the college and Hood
Theological Seminary were lirst |
scddened, when Bishop w. j
Walls rnairman of the Board of
Trustees, announced that Dr. W.
J. Trent., president, since 1035 had
ras.cned, but were wr-H -pleased
when Dr, S. K Duncan finished
the 75th adders sto be delivered
on the campus of the famed AME
Zion college
President Ttr-nt, a member
of the rlar- -i of ’"Vt", eame to
the college after having head*
ed the A Ilf A in Atlanta. Ga .
the fourth president of the
institution He. came at a time
•when the college was in need
cf competent business admin
istration. He set out to build
OR. tV. .! TRENT
. . . retires
the instituitnn and it is now
en,io>’ing the greatest success
if has ever known.
Dr. Trent has been in failing
health, but having bounced back
from other serious illnesses, his
resignation came as a shock to
most of the persons who attended
the ceremonies- Bishop Walls ex
pressed great reluctance on the
part of the Board of Trustees, but
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Killer Os
2 Sought
BROWN SUMMIT Rocking
ham and Guilford County author
ities Tuesday pressed a search for
ft man wham they said shot and
killed a man and a woman and
wounded the woman’s sister-in
law in a fit of jealousy near here
Monday.
However, authorities said the
object of their search, Lewis Pink
Allen. 48, of Rockingham County,
may have taken his own life.
Guilford Deputy Fla.v Red
mond said Allen shot and
killed Mrs. Philip Charles
Thacker, 34, of Kt t, Brown
Summit, and -T. E. Wilkins,
50, of Greensboro, and in
jured Christine Joyce, 47, with
ft 12-guage shotgun.
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RECEIVES HONORARY DE- ;
GHEES—Marian Anderson, faro- '
rd opera amger, renter, is shown
last week after she received an j
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I CHICAGO lANPi- We must
create, a r,cw. a Christian feeling
! toward persons as persons. Lew
i earner, solve, the South's race
j problems ”
Such was the crux of an ap
peal here last week by the annual
Southern Baptist Convention at
the Conrad Hilton hotel.
The denomination called for
social justice in race relations
in a report of the Christian
Life Commission, a commit
tee of the Baptist body.
Some 15,000 members of the
denomination heard the re
port. read by A. C. Miller, ex
! ecutive secretary of the group,
I Miller described segregation
problems as religions and not
political.
| The report stated that "the
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CRIPPLED KIDS'
CUP WILL OPEN
JULY U IN N. C,
CHAPEL HILL ~~ The Easter
Seal camp program includes
swimming, fishing, games, camp
craft and nature study. It sound;
like an active camp and it. will be
But t.he children have to be crip ’
pled
The ramp at Swstnsboro
(Onslow County) for Negro
crippled children of North
Carolina will he m operation
, |ir i
I (CONTINUED ON PAGE ».
honorary decree from Sister M
Mader va, president of St Mary's
College, Notre Dame, Indiana
Other recipients of honorary
a $ ■* ■*»* .~***##***Y* ■ \.. 5--o >/&**•:
j
WRONG SIDE UP Will
jam Earl Young, 424 S. Blood*
worth Street, driver of the
auto above, came out of it un
hurt last Thursday after be
ing struck on the side by a
Two Prominent Citizens Die Here
Dr. Rufus S. Vass,
Veteran Physician,
Succumbs Suddenly
Dr. Rufus Samuel Vasts, 70, who
'(’sided at 417 S. Person Street,
tccumbed at his home Satur- \
lay at 3:30 p in unexpectedly,
, Son of the late Dr, S N. Vass !
and Mrs. Mary S Vass. he had
hern a member of Saint Agnes
Hospital's medical staff for sev
eral years and was a member of i
Mm lorn: First Baptist Church on
■ Wilmington Street.
(
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dpt? rets were Louisa .Tenklna, j
left, noied .Mosaic artist, and
Marian McCa tidies, alumni
secretary for St Mirny's, fUNJT
j ED PRESS PHOTO),
car driven by Wjjiie Harris of
Staieigh. Young, whn was
charged with failing to yield
the right-of-way, was struck
at the intersection of Blood
worth and Bragg Streets.
OD3S-ENDS
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
THE GOOD 'OLE" SOUTH: 1
On our way to Duke Hospital last
Saturday we passed what appear
ed to hr- an outdoor barbecue or
something out or. West. Pettigrew
St. There were hundreds of peo
ple standing at long tables, busily
engaged in feeding their faces. -
The grounds which appeared to !
he the lawn of an old ante helium
! type house, were almost in front
j of the Durham plant- of the Erwin j
| Cotton Mills Whatever it was
they were eating the huge throng,
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This Week's Advertisers j
The merchants listed below are CAROLINIAN Bonus '
Money Stores.
PAGE Z
Goodman's
Tip Top Food Stores
PAGE 3
Atlas Sewing Center
K E Quinn Furniture Co
National Art Shop
Kramer's Jewelers
Community Grill
Mr, Elvis Rand
Twin Inn Oil Sendee
PAGE 5
Carter’s, Inc
Hudson-Belk
Thompson A- Evans, tne.
Raleigh Funeral Home
PAGE «
Carolina Power St Light. Co.
First-CMsens Bank A- Trust Co
John Askew Painter St Decorator
Joyce & Bailey Furniture Co.
Gem Watch Simp
Longview Plumbinr «. Heating Co.
Surefit Seat Cover Center
N. C. Products
Edward's Shoe Siore
PAGE 7
S. M Young Hardware
Wholesale Electric Suoply. Inc
A &- P. Super Market;.
Pine State Creamery Co.
Famous Bakery
Raleiaii Merchants Bureau fr.e
PAGE fl
EHoodworth St. Tourist Some
Heater Welt Company
<“iven*'s Insurance Agency
niton’s Esso Service
Carolina Builders Corp
Watson's Seafood * Poultry Co, Inc.
I'mjtearl Transfer Co. * rood Store
Obion Motor Ptnsnc# cn»p mr
Ridgeway's Opticians
Peps!-Col* Bmtito* Co. of Raleigh
mechanic* * fanner* Bank
NUMBER 36
i/ Lid ?&Wxßu2mSwrf9
Damage to the Harm auto
was estimated at §6OO and
Young’s auto was declared a
total loss. The accident oc
curred at dusk. (STAFF PHO
TO BY CHAS R, JONESI.
Mrs. Daisy Ligon t
Wife Os Educator,
Buried At Raleigh'
Mrs. Daisy Jones Li con, widow
;of the Rev. J. W. LiKon, died at
' r hc.ivi-) iwo Saturday. Funeral
y ? services were
wBH conducted from
OTtHPfflßlllßnl : '^ e First- Baptist.
*, Churoh Tursday
1 no p m with
Dr O. 5 Bui
mmc lock, pastor, of
'•F.jßß. |gs|9 Delating an d
hun-i! followed
n >V’U-.' H ',)■
Cem-tf n
i Mr:- Ligon. s
- • RlMSBraSSiw native o' Char-
MRaS LIGON lotte, made her
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Wsiner Memorials
i Os luxe Hotel
FAGE 9
I Carolina Euick C.e>
i City Motor Company
PAGE 12
Raleigh .Seafood Cs
Acme Realty Company
The Hood System. Industrial Bank
CivelU Beauty College
I Kimbrell’s
Tire Sales 4; Service
1 PAGE It
I Jones' Cals
j Poe Brothers
Western Auto Associate E'er-
Victor Auto Parts
Beasley's Store
Victor's Plane
Triangle Station
Ralph Martin
Twin City Radio Co
Hudson-Belk
Vartru Wholesale Builder*
Stephens Supply co ;
Tom A.ah« orth's Tire Service
Terrell's Grocery
Partners Supply Star*
FACE 1* (WAKE FOREST)
Smith Furniture Company
Cruiser Motor Company
Bollowell’s Cash Food 8tor»
1 Dinky Krye’a Shoe Store
; Grocery
General Laundry A Cleaner*
Chevrolet Service
Keith’s Super Market
T F. Bolding: A Company
I PAGE 19
' Peebles Grill
I T H Briggs Hardware Cj
1 Walker Martin, Inc.
Capita) Camera Shop
I Boas# Jewelers i
( Riverside Inn
/ ®|IS I
gt Moot
Confessed i
I
Criminals
ACCfUliiStf
MONTGOMERY The warn
ing of a prosecutor that further
racial violence will- erupt >n this
city if two white men were a,c
--j quitted of bombings here had no
i effect on jurors, ali white males.
! last week as the defendants were
freed.
The jury came in after 95
minutes of deliberations and,
to the cheering approval of a .
parked courtroom, delivered a
verdict of acquittal for Son
ny Livingston, Jr., and Ray
mond C. Britt, Jr.
I Prosecutor William F. Thetford
•; said an acquittal would say "It’s
! all right to bomb Negro churches
and homes and might lead to
! retaliation." The defense count
ered that ‘‘we are not. going to
yield another inch in fighting for
our way of life" Thetford an
nounced that two other charges
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N. C. DENTISTS
1 PLAN JUNE MEET
IN ‘CAMEL CITY’
——
WINSTON-SALEM The Old
, I North State Dental Society and
: | its Women's Auxiliary will open
j their 38th annual meeting at the
’ Winston-Salem Teachers College
here Tuesday, June 11
Dentists will register at 9 a m
on the opening day
The opening session, with Dr
. C L. Shoffner. president presid
ing. wull get underway at, to am,
followed by invocation by the Rev.,
Kenneth Williams chaplain of the
college.
President F. L. Atkins will
enfend an address of welcome
on behalf of the teachers’ in*
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I State News
Brief
L'C-ON PRINCIPAL LEAVING
RALEIGH—WiIIi ain J mime: son
Holloway, principal of the J W.
Ligon Junior-Senior High School
here since eariy this year, inform- •
ed this newspaper this week that i
| he will study towards hb Ph D.
; degree at the University of Illin
ois this fall Holloway will also
I serve part-time on the staff at
, the instititfion. A native of Vir
‘ ginia, Mr. Holloway came to Ra
j Irngh in the fall of 1985 as dean !
| of t ys at Ligon and became prill- j
i ctpal upon the resignation of Dr.
| W. H. Watson, who accepted an
-1 other princlpalship. Holloway ex
i pects to receive, his doctorate in
administration and personnel,
* * *
WOMEN’S CLUBS TO CONVENE
SEDALIA -- Mr:-. F r >:* T
Affrey, president, anromres
the IBtb Annual fear-inn of
The North Carolina Fcdera
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f ! - « mmm *
TRUCK DRIVER HELD IN
CONCORD SLAVING —-Robert
Lee Moose, 3fi, known as Bobb>.
is shown as he is being ovrorted
to police headquarters for the
staying of Thomas Samuel Alex
Truck Driver, Woman
Charged In Murders
! CONCORD —This small textile
town might not boast of too much
; city life like night clubs, cabarets j
| and even legitimate bars, but the |
j past two weeks have brought two I
j murder:, that have tongues wag*
j sing and the police department
; busy.
! The first homicide case wan
| tried by Judge Clyde L Probst.
| Jr., who found probable cause, ;
! against Robert Lee t Bobby) Moose
| and he is scheduled to face a
j murder charge at the August term
i of Superior Court Ms i?, now free i
; under bond for his appearance.
Moose, 36, a ?«r a I truck
driver, is alleged to have kill
ed Thomas Samuel Alexander,
47, when be came to his home
and demanded some money
that he 'Moose) owed biro 1
E. Ratliff Leads l.igcn’s Class
Sn Amount Os Scholarships
Ernest, Edward Ratliff, presi
dent of the Litton High School
Student Council and fourth rank
, ins honor student in the class of
145. was granted a scholarship of
$1.550 to Colgate University in
Hamilton. New York for the 1957-
: 58 academic year. One thousand.
one hundred dollars *1,100) of
' this amount is straight scholar*
1 ship and four hundred fifty dol
: iars ($450) is a work scholarship,
i This scholarship is renewable.
* Ratliff has had a distinguished
, high school career winning many
honors and prizes.
In 1956 he won first prize
in the World Peace Puhlie
j Speaking Contest. He also
served as sports editor of the
Ligon Tat lor, President of the
i National Honor Society and a
member of the football team
for two years. He is planning
to major in English as a step
| toward a career in journalism.
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Perry, Gray, Murchison And
Kee Earn Top Bonus Manny
Three of the top four recipients j
of Bonus Money tor the month
. which ended last Wednesday are
I newcomers to the program. One "i
j these persons entered last month.
fetit did not place among the lop
| tun.
Mrs. Nelson L Perry. 1105 S,
Person Street. who spen*
$44175 with CAROLINIAN ad
vrrtisers, received first award.
Airs. C C Gray of 203 Lincoln
Court, $409.57. wr in second
plare; Mrs L. P, Murchison, C-6
Washington Terrace $491.15,
j tanked third and Mrs T F
K<”*, P> Lincoln Conti, with
i 373,36 p'accd fourth.
Top awards ar# >SO. $25 315 and j
\ sin for the first four plac c ? re- j
i spectivelv The other six •••■nners
! will receive $5 each.
The ether persons receiving ]
Bonus Money arc Mr:-. Ih"l
--ma KriV. 115 S. Fetij-revi St,
Seminary \
To Admit j
Negroes \
WAKE FOREST— The South
eastern Baptist Theological Setm
nar.v. located in Wake Forest, will
[ admit Qualified Negro student
! starting in the fall of 1958
The den-'ion to do this ” ■
reached n Clilcavo last ■ iru -ir
djr the Berlin*.! y’s U'Uftees. i't"
were in the Windy City to attend
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a ruder, 17, at. his home. The iron
hie is believed «o have been due
in the sari that Alexander arm
ed himself and went to the al
leged killer’s home to collect
some money.
Moose alleges that he did not
want any trouble, and that he
threw vt dollars out to Alex
ander.
This is believed not to have sat
isfied Alexander and he proceed
ed to enter the house in search
of Moose. Moose is said to have
taken refuge behind a wardrobe
in a. bedroom, but when Alexan
der entered this room, gun in
hand, it was then that. Moose
grabbed ins assailant A tussle en
sued and the gun went off
Mrs Emma Alexander, brother
of the :lain man, says, that she
I anticipated trouble "hen her
brother left with the gun She
followed him to Moose’s home
: and tried to prevail with him to
1 fCONTINUED ON PAGE 21
|gl
“
ERNEST R ATLIFF
$300.20; Mr* Annie E Roblrt
aon. 117 W. Lenoir Street,
523413; Mr*. Delsstar Jones.
1316 Beauty Street, $200.29;
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ST Hi , s »\ PULPIT
Centre’Milan Ad m Cl.r*<en
Potvcil. Jr. 1 1>.. ‘ . I.). * ho ii -»5
iliicken <is he rfcrod the
morning spnncn i* the Atj*,,-
sinian B;.p‘isf Church, Mhcr*
he is pi«.for, in New 1 ork City
y.iprt «• . Powell was i a ->’s Ici
.« ho- ;,i ll where his -tvii* ie.t
«* .» c, f *•' *1 ' y 1 ,
•“he IB oU re : ■ • ;n.?n
''ft the 2 p.»r a"’-’ hr r-W-'f
til «.-»5 * f)
•»,* her ’it i! hv hi T -i p’.y
„ ~ i ;o tveru summoned bj
a deacon