—■ — •*— • , - ~ .
VT\KE f nVSTT WRECK j
&CEXE - The arridrnt
?hA» n a bo vp snuffed outof the
11 io nf r»«p
Friday tii#M j.i»kl died
at Satin-
p 13*
Ev < r. harken
ROCKY MOUNT—Several hun
dred Bills and Daughters of r ho
Improved Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks of the World
tIBFQEW) from Tarheelia me
expected to join with thousands
o.’ others front over the nation in
attendance 31 the annual con von
!on of the Grand Lodge of
IBf OFW :n PhilarMphia Pa Au
#,Ai) Thin.rs Ready"
The grand lodge corn mitt e<*
has announced that ‘All
tiling- are ready; romp on tn
Ihe fl* '■ of Brotherly Rove.’ 1
Grand Exalted Ruler Robert
H, Johnson and Grand Dauch
tor Ruler Nettie Carter .jack
(ros-Ttvi in n\ par* »>
J"l*| ir T| T”f * •w™* *j. a
I *wq w? riit© roit?i| ‘“p.r-
Brief
( t '
Brick College Alumni I ,v Meet
RALEIGH—The Eighth Annual i
Reunion of the Brick alumni will
be held Saturday and Sunday. :
August 25-25 at Bricks. N c.. ac
cording the C A. "Doll” Haywood
president ‘'AVe are hoping for the
best reunion ever.” he -aid Alum
ni. former student? and friend? of
the institution are urged to be
{CO*vTTVL ! ¥TI r»v pir.r »•>
•School Girl Wins Prize in Interracial I
Writing Contest Sponsored By Paper !
ROCKY MOUNT A Swift i
Creek High Shcnol student. 15- j
year-old Maxine Alston, who lives l
TELLS OF ’SLAVERY’—Bertha Vime*. 27. an Immigrant from
Honduras, testifier! before the Senate Barke** Committer in
tVsshlnjfton ! h;H her employer and other> consorted with rack
e*e-. r 3 in m■>king labor part;- The onion InvoL c d »■?:• founded b?
'•?n*’st*r Johnny Din Another witness claimed that '‘mot* than
iO.OCtt Negro and Fuerto F.fcan workers are being r-.ploifcd hy
New York employers, who have “sweetheart’' contracts with ne
farious union officials. (Newsprint* Photo!.
j da y morning. Lafayette Brown. 1
i.Zi Jamaica Drive, Raleigh, one
of the men shown above, died
Saturday. The other is reported
in very critical condition. Mrs.
Dorothy Havel Rickman M nite,
of Rockville. Md died instantly.
CL Ar !fr T „ qi j 1 t*
D llOl i i.o vv rap-Up
f? s * *r~’ c
jM | ‘fir •■ o ■■■“ f\ *
1 WC - 'V W W^Uit
GREENVILLE. S. C - C<< • r
villr County Sheriff ,1. R Marm
said Monday his tnvo.-tcaiton im<>
the July 21 flogging of- sn-yr;sr
old farmer should hr ws-ppm
Eight white nii'it b.-ive br-n
arrested so far in connect ••«
with the chaining and h/'ctnir
of Claude Crtiell. The \v- .•«»
said he was alia eked h> a boci
5 S while men at ))is To me
near Travelers Res! while
Bv Staff Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT - Iwo w’w
of white people protesting srhoe*!
assignment have flared up in this
area lately. The first group w-ss
3. group of white parents at Whit
aker.' who threatened legal scion
when their children were ordered,
transferred to the Leggett, school
rome 13 miles away.
La«t week Halifax County
-school hoard official*- w<*re
fared v 1 1 h a contest by and
between Scotland Neck and
Enfield parents and srhool of
firiaU protesting the transfer
of 13 pur” ll - i m rvinu'-l' r<-
quested) from Scotland Neck
ta the Enfield school, report
edly hecan-f they lived nearer
in Fnfield
A resolution [torn the Knh-’M
school district committee No :
allegedly presented a pot, Don!
read by j. D. Whitehead. 111.
fCONTIVI FP OS’ ryr.f- aj
at Rte 2. Box 158. Whitaker- s?-
awarded the fnr« prize nf >5 for
being the best student editor ml”
! our persons were injured. The
other injured man shown in pb”
to is. I/, cue V. nil)ding of 11W1 |
»!r,- of S Person St. who reppr
icily uandr-ed on (he wr«nr
sole of the road and into the car
driven by vamuel Rickman
. a.;m for I hc seven ehil
di n nt a white neighbor who
v, ; , iv i \ rating his hospita.l
- wife
Ore of the eight men arrested
c!,i;inr to he the president of the
local Kti Klus Kian organization
3rd Martin r.aid y-vernl others ad
mitted Klan membership.
Mr on while, the grand kafiff of
She South Carolina Knights of
TtM.'F.f) rilOM PA«K 1}
Q3DS-ENDS
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
MnjFOisiiir tv A- IN OR
r>> j.- c : mhlow. Scott and Ervin
are reported to have been highly
'.ncl nant- ovet receiving i.fe
mrml'pvbp.-. :-n the Ku Klux
Klin Mi F.-vin was said to have
politely returned his membership,
but. according to press reports,
Mr Srott.bfcame so incensed that
he asked the SB I t-o make an
•-:<! kmi of Klan activities
vvirVur, fhjs .tale In view of i.he
ivities of these two gentlemen
>u opposing Civil Rights, school
integration top ending of segre
,l flop, in public transportation,
ICOSTINt'VP ON FAr.v ?)
writer in a weekly contest spon
sored by the local Rooky Mount'
Evening Tehgram.
A Elite student Brenda Reges. I
. ’ c o r- c» 15, who attends Red Oak:
High won second place, or "hon :
orabie mention” in the contest j
which ends Saturday
I Both students iiv* In the
same genera! community and
their respective schools are
about five mile* apart Miss
\Nton is a Hith grader and
Miss f.rires is a sophomore.
Rev. .1 IV W iry, Sr., is prin
rip. 1 1 <>f swift Creek High.
"Where to visit, with an ell-1
expense paid trip' 'was the sub-J
Ject written on. Miss Alston wrote j
that, she would like to visit Rales-i
tine arid the Holy Land where j
Chr t suffered and died for the i
redemption of men from their!
sinn in her 300-word story.
Ha •'tel Harrison, another Swift
Cro-T. student,, also participated,
In Hie contest.
BULLETIN!
I
Beginning with this issue 1
1 the (AKOUNI \.\ begins its j
annual visit in the counties of I !
! this state. This Issue features \ j
j (be fine people of Robeson i
County The merchants of
t.unihcrinu and Fairmont have !
cooperated by asking the read
ers to visit their stores
They have been joined by i
I Sen it h field and Dunn. The
C4UOITNIAN will, be in your
county soon. Robeson County J
will he featured again next
wee-k Columbus and Samp
- - will t»e next Duplin.
V, •-r •• Witene and Ed*e
ccisrih?. iJon ~ uijfh Nish a»*«
now being scheduled IVateh ;
for vour «mu>* x
!
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In N . C. XZW" ” 2Q P/i ElwwW
VOLUME 16 RALEIGH, N. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, August 17, 1957 NUMBER 4«
THE CAROLINIAN
inN.c. 'slisr" ” 2Q eiJ*?™ |
Caught In Act By Mother ;
r
an im ....
13 Month Did
Baby Victim
Os Assault
BURGAW Residents of this
small Pender County town were j
surprised last weekend when It J
was reported that Ernest Carr, 16. j
of Burg aw had attempted to rape!
a 13-month-old baby.
O. F. Rivcnback. sheriff of Pen-:
rtcr County announced the arrest J
of Carr, who reportedly did not
deny the crime and "went alone
peacefully.”
Mrs. Tima Alderman, mo
ther of the baby, allegedly told
the sher :f f tbs 1 -he discover*
-d Carr i»; »ne. «,cl of attempt
in? to rape her baby. The
woman is said to have fright
ened Ihe intruder by her
screams and he fied the, scene
immediately after being
c ■> ugh t
Mrs. Alderman took her child
to a physician who allegedly
found that it had been molested
sexually, Police officers were then
, notified and found Carr.
( con Tty PEP ny page A
Missing
Farmer, 77,
Drowned
MONROE - A farmer, trussing
from his home for 24 hours, wss
found drowned in a neighbor's
. pond Sunday. /
The victim mt Dan' Coving
ton. ~n He was found fully
i clothed in th p pond The death
j was being investigated
j Covington had been missing
! from his home since 7 am Sat
j urday.
Elk Member
Killed By
Lodge Bro.
STATESVILLE A coroner's
mry has ruled that a man who
thought he was playing with a
j toy pistol when he killed « fellow
j lodge member did if with no in*
! tent lo Injure his friend.
1 Oliver .? Davidson said he
: nicked up the "toy" from a Table
j In the Negro Elks Club here Sat
i urday He said he walked into
a. room and playfully pointed It. at
Robert L. Spicer, 49,
He released the hammer It dia
; charged end fataly wounded
1 Spicer
Sen , Thurmond
In The South
Secs 3rd Party
WASHINGTON Sen Strom
j Thurmond, who once headed a
i third party ticket, said this week
; that, if both major panics out
j forward strong civil rights cundi
j dates in 1960 the South might or
ganize it? own party again.
However, Thurmond said on
i a television program, he be
| lirvr.i the South will go along
1 with Sen. Democratic leader
Lyndon B .Johnson as a presi
dential candidate although he
voted for the diluted civil
rights bill .Johnson led the
fight to limit the measure to
j iff. present form providing Jury
(CONTINUED ON PADS *j>
FACES IN
THE NEWS
HEADS BOARD The JFU
Rev. Herbert. Bel! Shaw WHminjc |
for S' C, who was rlertprl te
! the chairmanship of the Board
of Bishop*, A. M. E. Zion Church,
at the Conpectionat Council
meeting held in Auburn. -V Y„
recently. Bishop Shaw preside*
I over the fltb episcopal district j
enmpristn* the N>w? Jersey, West
■ Viabaasa, Florida and Faltnetto
IS. c.) Conference* R<*serypd
a* the treasurer of the Board hr
fore bring »levaled to the chair
manship, he will eerve for sis:
| months.
-»-.■ .<
isfiESBjIHHHSmHg
GANG WAR ERUPTS Two !
teenagers. allegedly aiming the
I group that attacked 13 other 1
youths rtcwtlv in Brooklyn's ,
Rod Honk section and sent one |
| r.f the youth?!, Eduard Sims, 16, <
| to the hospital in critic?! port- j
I dition with two stab wounds in j
! the chest, arc booked at the 56th ;
I Present police station here Aug
-1 mi ?ntf. They arc David Alex- (
' ander, tfi, top, and Samuel Rhone, i
J 1), ho*h of Brooklyn The on<- i
bitak of teenage violence came ;
in the uake of tivo other recent
j incidents in which a, policeman'*
• son and a t»»!f«j r(c*!tn were kfll
'ed (UNITED PRESS PHOTO.)
For Shooting
tSpecial t.o The Carolinian)
WILLIAMSTON - A coroner's
! jury lost little time in finding !
j probable cause against gun-weild- j
ing L. C. Moore, white tenant far- i
mcr. Monday afternoon and held!
him for the September grand jury j
of Martin County for the slaying
of Mrs PUlie Ann Biggs, and the i
wanton shooting of her husband j
Janies Biggs, Friday of last w eek, j
| Conflicting stories are going the
j rounds about the whole nm ,
t ter. The information given to the ;
j jury by Sheriff ". Raymond j
| Rawls is alleged v* nave been the
! following.
Last Friday nigh*. *uanst
*l. S,. C, Moore railed and ad
I vised, me that be had shot two
people, and J asked How it
happened. Moore said (hat
he. and his wife and son went
(CONTINUED OV PAGE 21
Holts Appeal
Decision Os
Board Here
! I
The parents of Joseph Holt Jr
: 14, of 1018 Oberlin Hoad, were
notified by the Psleich School
Board Monday that it had -’rani
: ed them °, hearing for Friday
j August 23. Young HoH H3' the
! first Negro ever to apply for ad
mission to an all-white public
• : school here and his application
was rejected August 6 by the
Board.
: .Jessa O Sanderson school su
j perintender?!. announced the
I hearing date Holt bad applied
for transfer to 'white' - Brough
ton High School for the fall term
The Rosid voted, however,
against grantior the applies
♦ ion by » vote ?if st n 1 The
member of !hr Board who
(CONTTVtum nv rtr.! j>
42 Parents
To Hearing
In McDowell
MAH TON - The McDowpll 1
County Board of Education has .
■ granted hearings to 17 Negroes;
i who were denied admission to the
| white school at Old Fort,
The bearing's will begin
Tuesday, Aug. 70. at 6 pm
There will he hearing'- each
evening through Friday M
will be held Saturday. Aug.
that time, Other hearing*
24, at Z p.m.
Letters "-'ere mailed Tuesday
j morning to the parents of the ;?u- i
i coNTTNir.n nv pahs *>
I
I Merchant Charged
i
! In Fatal Shooting
CHARLOTTE A 24 year-old
I storekeeper has been charged with
j murder m the fatal shooting of
another Negro Sunday.
| Killed was Ernest Lester David- i
j sen, 30 Police said he was killed j
! instantly when struck with a rifle!
! bullet fired by Howard Le<* Rt. fi,
! Charlotte, about 3 a.m. Sunday
Police quoted Lee as saying he I
shot. Davidson after Davidson 1
threatened him and several et>-'
M people with another rifle. i
• , yt-; t.>*K •••■ • |
DENIES WEDDING PTTMOR—PopuIs a singer Ella F lingers.! 4
i« shown arriving at the Nice airport a f* fr t iHp t 0 Fratv* c-*r
•he top of the world from Los Angeles. Miss Fitzgerald tool': the
polar rout# to he one of the star attractions at the Monte Carlo
Casino gala in aid of the Polio Fund PtFi broke bet fnuin ••• at
CHto. Norway, to adsit 7or f,arson, who. it w»**. recently ronorrd,
is her tercel husband Roth denied the report (NewsnreS". Fho ; o>,
Attorneys Appeal Ruling
WASHINGTON -A ruling that
Virginia ? pupil placement art is
unconstitutional on ii.y fare v.-r
a-ppealed Monday to the U. B Su
preme Court.
Attorneys for the school
boards of Norfolk and New
port Newt, ftiej the appeal,
asking the court to resierae j
Keck, Gray, Murchison, Davis
Top Bonus Money Winners
Seven Raleigh homes are richer
this week as the result, of having
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Bonus Money program The. win-1
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Keck. Pettigrew Si,., $411.26; 2nd'
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I Consolation prizes of $5 go to I
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1 page ? t
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|PAGE 3
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1 R.iirljih Funeral Hume
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The Capital Cm-a-Cols Betrlin* f n ,
| PAGE A
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Hudsnn-Helk Company
sir. r Karl IJtrhman
Mr. George Davis
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PAGE S
ClveUa Beauty College
Fansouit Bakery
Anibaskador Theatre
Raleigh Seafood Company
George A. Iseley Jnstirsnee Agency
I Fjrst-Cifbent Bank \ Trust Co,
I Carolina Power St Clilbt C'ompjnv
! Butt's Caras?
! Borden ron,piny
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!PAGE 7
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PAGE a
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f BohflS |
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decision last Feb. ’6 by l". S.
His'riet Judge M alter Hoff
man Hoffman ordered the
iuo rities t 0 integrate imme
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rould not use the placement
art to keep segregated schools
lit the act was üßrons’itu
tional.
r ood Mrs Anethr Fields, IBfi Oak*
Method. t
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PAGE 10
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Gem Watch Shop
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ttun' General Tire Company
ft E. Quinn Furniture Company
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Hud4an-B?lk Company
Stephens supply Co,
Varltu Whol<l*a|e Uuilder*. Supply
Tom Ashworth’s" Tire Rcr* see
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