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' Supreme Court loomsj
Sccused Ala. Rapist
WASHINGTON' ■ The Su- , f
preme Court Monday dismissed i1
t >.r> second appeal of Jeremiah' i
K-tvcs. Jr. young Negro sentenced |
♦o electrocution for the rape of a ‘)
M‘unyornery. Ala., housewife m! <
1852. ; .
The court, which heard sr- j ;
eumcnls on the case last week,
>’H Reeves’ petition for re- jj
v ; en had been “irnproviderttlv i (
sraute:!,” Justice William O.
Oouglas dessented.
The action leaves Alabama free |
to .0 ahead with ;Jhe execution.!
R.-eves was only 16 at the time i
College Public Relations
Officers Plan Institute
CHARLOTTE—An institute for
college public relations officers will
be held in Charlotte on January
IT. Johnson C. Smith University
v if. be host *o the college officials.
Among the colleges to be
represented are (he following:
Albany State College, Albany.
Ga ; A. and T College, Greens
boro: Barber-Seotia College,
Concord; Bennett College
Greensboro; Fayetteville State
Church Bonus Money Program I
Begins Third Week Thursday !
TKr third week of ihc Church
Bonus Money prr,, am got under
way Thursday, January 16 It will
consist of five weeks and mem
ber;; of churches which are not nov'
ticking part arc urged to contact
their members so that their
churches may try for awards in
the Bonus Money program.
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Contest rules and names of
CAROLINIAN advertisers are
listed on the front page of
each edition. Study these rules
carefully and join your c.hureh
Church Bsiius Money Rules j
A’: petiy-a ' ..ho* <*r rc?e>i ts presented to your church w.Mt come from
f*o ' acue.ni in? o me CAROLINIAN
Lack ur.ek carries a dam in tne Sonus Moony pec.od PtirtliaaC'.. digit <
must come txom th* .on during the vcc-k the "ad appears.
N-> purchase slip;, representing a business should be submitted Ail receipt*!
mu come troro ind'vidual nurchasar
All church?. • Rsltiili and Wake. County are eligible
All pu.-chdc- sups mull boar the name of the store from which the our* '
rrhf. ■ was' made
Mi purcham slip? should hr submitted » the name of the church, and '
«h-u!d t ■ m the. oiiiee ot the CABOUNUH the Monday following close of
Bins ptu-ioc!
!.• ordei that churches may have an equal opoor'umty io share n> ,
♦he B'-m f. Money the following regulation is expedient. No church group v ill
be a- i dcci Ist Bonus Money consecutively, t.e. should a church receive 1:1 I
T-topi!, Mom:> after the first period it would have to wait until the thlid :
l-Lc-iU: perihd to t>- pi c.ented Ist award again However, tms does not mean j
that retond and tht>d awards cannot be sought consecutively. Consequent'y 1
ever'-' cliunh group tuts the opportunity to secure an award every period
N« purchase'of over s*•« from any one merchant during a week can Pi:
roan'.*:!
;vi"f 1 > a reiliiu ol %V> per permn > week tor grocery purchases.
in the event of tin same amount of purchases by more than one criir.. ti.s
*.w , v iti be dr. iried".
IVe-M.V purchase totals shotiM he shown on each packet amt total placed on
the ..isle ot the envelop* carryipß lie period’s entry along with name and
r j.-.iii money earners nil! he announced in the issue folluwing the rinsing
o: r h peril d
A'! cwtnrv remain the pionert.v of 'Xhe r,VROI,IN|AN.
>ll tut!•: -ng is filial v.hen the names of the Bonus Money earners air an- j
Bw.v.t't m tv- CAROLINIAN, and no responsibility is arcepied bv I his news ,
r .'b“be; oeft that point
So ccceip' . from hanks will be considered except payment on martsagea
is Week’s Advertisers
The tucjCaiuttls Uhiru below ate CAROLiNtAIv Busius
Money Stores.
PAt . . Carolina Biuldn* Coro
••So. > aisles end farmers Bank Watson's ScaUixt «U Poultry Co In.- >
R f Uninn t urniture tomnanv l mate-ad Transfer Co. & S-ood Store
W-ishiarion Terrace Apartments ®‘" w ‘ Motor FLi-m-a Com r
. . Dunn s Esso Service '
Ridgeway's Optician* '
tJudrun-Delk Company Warner Memorials
F*r't-C l»*,-rns Bulk A Trust Company Deluxe Hotel
U ll'in Supply Company PAGE 3 . C
C ’.GE fi Milestone Stores
Cd’ornyl Store ■ Oils Russo* Hatters A- Cl '
Burnett's Soda Shop famous Bakery
N. C Cruel in I* I PAGE 10
S M Voung Hardware Cempanj I Keith Super Market
Gem Watch Shop PAGE 11 t
PAGE 7 | Midas Muffler Shop
A A; P Super Markets i PAGE 12
Mr Elvis Hand- I The Hood System industrial r.
Town A Country Tire Service l Hunt General Tir-> Cnmpanv
PAGE 3 Raleigh Funeral Home
FVoodworth St Tourist Home | Arms Realty Company
Heater Well Company i Cl veil* Beautv Collect (
Caveness Lnsurmu-e Agency , Mr C. Karl Utciuuan
Pepsi-Cola Botllin* Co. of Helaigb ' Ambassador Theatre j
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VOLUME 17 RALEIGH. N. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JANUARY IS. 1.958 NUMBER 48
of the crime, which occurred H
the home of the victim. Mrs Ma
bel Ann Crowder.
The Supreme Court reversed
Reeves' first conviction in 1954
on grounds that an illegally ob
tained confession was used 11-
gainst him.
After a. second trial, the State
Supreme Court affirmed the
death sentence on June 21. 1956.
Reeves’ attorney told the
court he was arrested on Nov.
10, 1954, but was not allowed
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Teachers College, Fayetteville; j
Fort Valley College. Fori Vat
ley, (ia.; Johnson C. Smith Uni- I
versify, Charlotte: Lit ingstone
College, Salisbury; >1 nri i s
Brown College, Atlanta, Up..;
Morris College. Sumter S. 1..
North Carolina College at Dur- ;
bam; St. Augustine's College.
Raleigh. Savannah State Col
lege. Savannah. Ga.: and Air
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In Its effort to win top shiwl*
; each month in the program
j Awards to churches arc. sf<<!,
first, s2i, second: sls, third; and i
$lO. fourth. , |
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Instead of giving mono; bonus- !
;es to individual families as was j
j practiced in earlier months, awards !
will be made directly to a person
or committee appointed oy the par
ticipating churches in Raleigh and
Wake oCunty whoso purchase slips j
warrant, there awards
i
u The persons shown above met at the Blood worth Street YMCA last Sun
! on> axoinoun and mapped plans for the January JO "Mothers’ March on Polio". Shown In renter 1«
, t a.lcy SU-Mman, ot S. Tarboro Road, who spent three months in the Polio Hospital, Greensboro,
i ' l . ,T! ,‘. ct !' to | TT n are Mrs. Lillian Freeman. Mrs. Rosa Perry. George F. Newell, Mrs. 3. TV. Forbes,
a this- . Robinson, Mrs. Louise McCullough. Mrs. Viola High and Mrs. Thelma Keck. Not shown
are Mrs. Margaret Parker and Mrs. Julia Miller.
; Raleigh Mothers Hold Planning*
jMeet; March On Polio January 30
March H. Baulware
i
| The mothers of Raleigh win
j mite their annut.l starch noon
! polio on Thor.dn. l .. January 30 be- |
; tween 7 and 9 p, m.
■ At » cond planning meeting •
! eharrad by Gcor - p New -11. dir- j
| ector of city and W.-ike County Ne- I
j geo division oi the Mr.rch of Dimes |
j captains of mothers received in- j
| struct in os lor carrying out “Moth- J
j ers March ' Meeting was held in !
Music Room of Blood worth Street
YMCA a! 4.C0 p m.
Moral, ran i ;h foliiuvini’ 3 talk
j by Curley McMillan, ol 324 South j
1 Turbo: o Sit eel who spetji approxi- j
! motelv throe months at Hospit;-i) j
j for Infuntile Paralyaui in Greens- i
! bor-y, N. C.
i
"'♦i MeAiiilnn, who «,ifkrd
into iHy itil’s wor*' a lirare
on one leg walked bj
means »f (V.nadian rrotchrs
; ‘"When S v. ot ts rue hbspihfl:
I was i -omplrielv realised on
unc sittr smt rmild not walk "
hr remarked,
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i In his iniD' with this reporter, j
j MsemtHan stated that his robs- i
| bilitelior, prog*'!*m consisted of 1
j physical therapy, hydrotherapy.:
j apwication of steam packs, oceu- !
ijaticnffl therapy, and medical care. .
When fi. ti about the cost of j
hir, 3-month treatment, MacMillan ;
:tatrd that. hir. bill of $1,(540 was
Death Claims
ICO-Yt.-Old |
Enfield Glsris |
ri ?. r M '.ftr.iy:
ENFIbLD - Funeral rites were'
raid Sunday fruia the Plumblitic.
Holiness Church, ten mtlefi north
west of ibis pcrnut-cotton-tobac
co town for tin Rev. Joseph Sil
ver, Sr., a native and (almost) !
Jile-long resident of the Delmar!
community of Halifax County.
The venerated founder of the
Holiness Church in this area was i
feted by a large congregation uti
his chu'clt which he pastured for,!
many years on the occasion of j
h!s 100th birthday last, July 22.
The (•"ntcnnarlan had served!
a.-, a gospel messenger lor more |
ihan sixty-five years and was!
dutifully attended by his third!
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j taken care of by the National
Foundation for infantile Paraly
j *is
j Through the services of the Di
i vi-ion of Vocational Rehabilitation
i in North Carolina, plans are being
! made whereby Mr McMillan can
; Icm n one of the following trades
| —watchmaking, shoe making, or
Man Claims Wife Ruined
! Is Birthday; Kills Her
1 13 Pupils Sue
In Attend Ga.
“Wliitc” School
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ATLANTA. Ga. -- ‘A .;uit by'
. Negroes to bresk dowh racial |
| segregation in Atlanta schools !
j brought swift reaction from the!'
'state government this week, in-1
: eluding a threat to scrap plans
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CAROLINIAN’S MINISTERS
i POPULARITY CONTEST [
ws
BEGINS THURSDAY, JAN. 16. ENDS MONDAY MARCH 10, 105 k
Pastor’s Name j
Address
Name of Church
COUPON WORTH JO POINTS
Clip this coupon and as many as you can gather for your pas
tor and send to THE CAROLINIAN, each week. At the end of the
contest period, the minister having accumulated the most points
will receive SIOO.OO (one hundred). Second, a Botany suit; Third,
i Glen eagles topcoat. Listings will be made each week. Send in your
I COUPONS so that your pastor will get his weekly rating.
Ail COUPONS must reach THE CAROLINIAN no later than
Tuesday of each week. Address THE CAROLINIAN, SIR E. Martin
Street, Raleijrh, North Carolina.
j
tailoring. Meanwhile McMillan has
no means of support.
Instructions 1o the captains in
the March were given by G. F.
Newell and Mrs. Lillian Freeman,
who stated the tall m others would
carry jars taped with official NF
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JACKSON Tenant farmer
Robert Lee Epps, his 36th birth
day celebration "ruined" by his
Rife's “nagging,” choked her nr
death in a lit of rate, police re
ported Monday.
Deputy J. E. Wheeler said that
Epps came to the Northhampton
j County jail and told officers that
! ‘l've killed my wife."
| Epps said that when he went
tome Sunday night, his birthday,
his wife began nagging him.
About 4 a.m. Monday, he said
j-be choked Mrs. Lula Mae Epps
i 35. to death without awakening
! their four children.
“I stood her nagging as long as
I i could," he said.
iwm
Ln*nirT~‘‘'" , **‘‘ ~k> fu. >
Three Prizes
: Offered To
jffC Ministers
Take Your Mark—Get Set—'There
Goes The Gun. Bang!
They Are Off In The Ministers
Popularity Contest! In the January
j 25 issue, we will see who jockeyed
for the lead in tbs first lap of the
race.
Church members, if you have not
ordered the Carolinian, do so at
once. Next appoint someone! or or
ganize newsboys clubs to sell this
paper in your church and com
munity. Ask Carolinian purchasers
to give your church th* coupon on
the froto,*\®ce.
The ''pxt will eud Mulch 10
Your '-or will appoint some
one to uu dies,' coupons mlo the
C? en!:njfejj||Conte*t Wditor each
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j “Bull City”
: | Woman Dies
On Highway
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ASHEBORO, N. C. A Negro
home economics teacher, whose au
tomobile skidded over, into a creek
where she died, has .been listed as
the third highway casuahfuy in
j Randolph County this year,
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The Victim was Mrs. Flor
ence Hawkins Coefield, S 3, of
1319 S. Alston Avense, Dur
ham, who is reported to be a
home economics teacher at
Randolph High School in Liber
ty.
And investigation of the accident
by Stale Highway Patrolman W. R
McClure revealed that the victim
was enroute from her borne in
Durham to the Liberty when the
accident occurred.
“The car rounded a curve on
Highw'ay 49 some 125 feet over the
Randolph County line from Ala
mance and began skidding on ire.' -
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! State News
! —IN—
;n ■ i
Brief
j MAN DIES IN PRISON
RALEIGH The death of an In
r j mate this week in the Centra! Pris
on Hospital was reported by W. F.
j Bailey, Prison Director. Sam Camp
! be'.!, 48, of Red Springs, it was re-'
| ported, died of cancer. He was ad
i milted to the prison hospital last
! October. Bailey -,aid for treatment
I of his right leg. Campbell was aen
j termed to prison m September of
I 19, 53 from Robeson County to serve
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[| ODOS-ENDS'
j By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
PROGRESS REPORT. Despite
ihe fact that it ran up a deficit of
more than $52,000, die to ihe cost
of a record number of court
actions in the south during the past
year, the NAACP has put down
1957 as a year of "encouraging ad
vances" for the American Negro.
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The 49th annual report of the
Association has just been re- j
reived in Raleigh. This report, |
sums nr a year that was both
rocky and rrwaiuin* line. As
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•WHO'* AFRAID?’ Little Carlotta Jones blithely stroke*
mane of a fixer shot bv her father, Harold M. Jones, on Sits way
home from a farm training renter in Bhopal, Inda, where Jone* is
an instructor. A native of Nashville, Term Joes teaches India*
farmers and engineers how !o rtse. machinery supplied by the HI, SU
Technical Corp. Mission. < News press Photo).
HFV. MARTIN LUTHER KING
Ala. Boycott
Leaser Here
February 10
Raleigh’s 19tb annual Institute of
| Religion will open at ihe United j
j Church on January 20th. This com- j
inunity-wide program of addresses i
and classes will have as its theme i
this year Our Enlarging Respon- j
sibilities".
Each Monday night for seven j
weeks a prominent lecturer will •
| speak on some phase of this theme, j
On January 20th Thomas F. Whit- I
ney. Foreign cNws analyst of the !
Associated Press will speak on
‘‘The Challenge of Soviet Science *
arid Education" Whitney has spent j
some ten years ir; Russia as a State i
Department employee and as a cor- j
respondent.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
will speak on February lOlh.
His subject will he “Son-Vio- i
tcnce and Racial Justice”. Dr.
King is pastor of Dexter Ave
nue Baptist Church in Mont
gomery, Alabama, and presi
dent of the Montgomery im
provement Association, the or
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I’ROMOTER AT A&T COLLEGE W. T. Johnson, seated, and
James W, Warren, Jr. were recently promoted to the positions of
district supervisors of Vocational Agriculture in Negro schools In
North Carolina, the announcement made by A. G. Bullard, State
supervisor of Vocational Agriculture stated that Johnson will am
| Untie his responsibilities as director of <hf State New Partner* c?
i ftmerien and will work in the coordination of the total program I*s
: Ihe State Vocational Agriculture program in Negro schools. Warren
will supervise the program in (he eastern sort Inn of the State aa 1
I will work with Johnson in matter* of statewide coneerffTllc vu
l formerly assistant supervisor of the Inslfrutional On-Farm Troyram. I
Two Cresses
Burned By
| in Klux Kian
a
I.UMBERTON—Six foot wood*
len crosses were burned Monday
I night in what a spokesman for
; the Kn Klux Kian described as
“warning-" to Indiao.sL_in,. Robeson
County a : rinst attempts at. rmi*
ine the races
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For the first time since. Hr
construt tlon, the robed and
I bonded Rlansmen burned a
cross within the city limits of
ibis tobacco town. This cross
burning was said to be a warn
>> K to an Indian family which
rerently moved into sn *ll
- neishbnrhotKi
# *t A '
T '-- v ■ <-•■'''■ o' KUnmten
"•w f*•<>•.!, the Sv. Paul section at
! the county where a cross was but a*
jrd near a rural home a warning’*
*ci an Indian “having an affair”
: with a white, man.
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It was the first denumstra
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1
| High Court
Strikes Va.
Seating Law
ABLINGTONN. Va Circuit
j Judge Waiter T. McCarthy struck
j down Virginia's segregated eeat
j ins law Monday on grounds it vio
. iates the due process of law pro
visions of the federal and state 9
i constitutions. *
Mr. McCarthy ove turned ihe Ar- I
; iir.gl.on County Court conviction of I
Mrs Marjorie Y. Taylor, a Negro, I
who was fined S2O for sitting in a I
section reserved tor whites at a po- I
litica! meeting here last Oct. 28, I
Commonwealth A tty. William J. S
Hassan, the prosecutor, said he I
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