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VOLUME 17 RALEIGH. N C
KKK Chased Out
WAR PAINT IN MAXTON
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Happy Khmer New Year.
RUFUS WRIGHT
. . . denies murder of woman
f Nude Woman Brutally !
Beaten; lies In City |
By Staff Writer
A career of crime which dated
hark- to 1943 ended abruptly car-!
;* Saturday morning for Mrs. I
Bernice Curley Johnson. 29, oi!
1130 Coleman Street, when she j
skimped over dead in a chair after
b ’h— revagely beaten and exposed j
to the elements without a “stitch”'
of clothing on.
Rufus Wright, 29, whose re- j
curd shows he’s had some 12
run-ins with the law. was
scheduled to receive a pre
liminary hearing in the case, j
Monday, but the bearing was
postponed until Tuesday, at
No Damage As Dynamite Is I
r Found At Little Rock, Ark.
r
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. An un-i
capped and unfused stick of dy
namite was found in an empty
locker at the i teg rated Central
High School. Little Rock, Mon
day. Superintendent Virgil Bios-,
win called it a weapon of terror to;
force the school to close out of j
fear.
Relatively harmless, the dy
namite in its state, was found
Tan Applicants Receive No
Word From U.S.C. Registrar
COLUMBIA S. C—Three Negro
students seeking admission to the
Nil-white University of South Car
olina waited Saturday to see what
the university would do with their
applications received by mail Fri
day.
Twice this week the university
refused to furnish application
forms, or to accept completed
APPLY wT S. C. UNIVERSITY—Five. «f these seven students presented application blanks last!
week for admission to the University of South Carolina, but the all-white institution refused to accept j
them. They reported submitting more applications to the University. The group 1* shown here filling
out l he forms. They wouldn’t Rive their names. (5- «TEI> PRESS TELEPHOTO). I
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, IQSB
MRS. BERNIC E CURLEV
JOHNSON j
. . . victim of savage killer
which time he was bound over i
to Wake Superior Court to S
await trial on a first degree !
murder charge. Many of the !
witnesses subpoenaed for the j
hearing Monday morning were 1
unable to appear.
Authorities said that. Mrs I.
Johnson died from internal hem
orhaging) caned by s punctured:
liver. Her face and head covesed 1
with cuts and bruises, many of
which could allegedly have cans- i
rd he:- death. Some of the cashes i
were two or three inches deep,
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after a 90-minute search by
city police and federalized Na- I
tsonal Guardsmen. An anony
mous telephone call to a local
radio station manages, Roy
Bartlett, ignited (he carch
for the explosive.
The discovery of the dynamite
climaxed a hectic first day of the
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forms the Negroes had obtained j
elsewhere.
The Negroes mailed the appli
cations Thursday night and Prof
XV. C. McCall, director of the Uni- j
versity’s examining and counsel- j
mg bureau, acknowledged they- re- j
ceipt Friday,
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Ask Measure To Ban!
INAACP On Tax Lists
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Passage Os j
Bill Sought !
By Va. Group |
| RICHMOND. Va.—Dei. John B j
j Boatright this week introduced a !
! measure that would prevent per
! sons from deducting contributions
; to the NAACP on their state in
-1 tome tax returns.
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The bill would require tb.u
: persons contributing to any
j corporation which “instigates, j
or supports, or maintains liti
gation of any character to j
which such person is not a par
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Man Buried
Alive Under j
Dirt Here
Preston Collins, 4b, of Garner, !
working in a ditch at a Coley For- j
cst plum Ming project, died of stif- i
location kite Monday afternoon !
; when he v, ns buried alive,
j Collins died almost instantly j
f while co-workers tried unsuccess
fully to free him from the 10-foot
ditch
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A residenl of Garner stiver
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C A R O VS
CA-ROW-LINKS
LOW DOWN ON THE j
UPTOWN”
(See CA-ROW LINES, Page 1
JUST FOR FUN
CORNYARD'S CAPERS
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NUMBER 17 !
Klansmen “Scoot” As |
IN. 0. Indians Shoot
LUMBERTON The Grand Jury of this county Monday
S indicted t#o Ku Klux Klansmen, and others allegedly of their |
1 group “unknown to the state”, on charges of inciting a riot in j
i connection with the Klan rally which was broken up Saturday;
I night by the gunfire of Indians. They were J. W. Cole and J, G.
Martin.
MAXTON A sheriff who
warned the Ku Klux Klan against.
! trying to stage a rally here amid
; ill feelings stirred up by alleged
j Klan threats to the Lutnbee In
j dians went before a grand jury’
j Monday to ask that Klan Wizard
S James W. Cole be indicted for in
| citing a riot,
Same 300 whooping Indians,
soim of them with paint
i streak on their faces, tone ti
ed off a wild melee at the ral
i l.v Saiurdey night, scattering
1 a group of 40 Klansmen and
several hundred spectators.
Four persons were nicked by
j pellets or bullets. There were
no serious wounds.
7 Die On Highways
in N. Carolina, Va.
j Seven persons, six in Virginia
I and one in North Carolina lost
their lives on the highways last
week.
Mrs. Rena Roberson, 47. of Ply
mouth, N. C. was killed when the
car in which she was riding went
out of control and tumbled down
an embankment Sunday.
Officers said the driver lost
control of the car on N. C.
| Hwy. 32 about two miles east
First Votes Counted; State j
Ministers’ Contest Growing ;
| Runners in the Ministers Popu
| larity Contest are now moving Into
| the second lap of the eight-week
j course over which the race will be
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CORRECTION!
j !
i Last week it was incorrectly j
1 reported to the CAROLINIAN
that A Iphonza Vance, former i
exalted ruler of Fidelity I,edge.
No. 27? of F,!ks has retired
frr.ttt ettie® during the past
year.
The story should have read
that Mr. Vance, who served for j
eight years, was defeated hv i ■
■Hudson T Phillips of Garner
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CAROLINIAN’S MINISTERS i;
POPULARITY CONTEST j!
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BEGINS THURSDAY, JAN. 165 UNITS MONDAY, MARCH 1(1, IRAK ! t
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Pastor's Name j _
Address
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Name of Church .
COUPON WORTH 10 POINTS
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Clip tiiis coupon end as many as you can gather for ;.-jur pas
tor and send to THE CAROLINIAN, each week. At the end of the
context period, the minister having accumulated the most points .
will receive MOO.OO (one hundred). Second, a. Botany suit; 'Third,
a Oleneoglcs topcoat. Listings will be made each week. Send in your *
COUPONS so that your pastor will get his weekly rating.
All COUPONS must reach THE CAROLINIAN no laler than p
Tuesday of each week. Address THE CAROLINIAN, kid E. Martin I
Street, Raleigh. North Carolina. j f
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fit *fo»y
The Klansmen fled in dis
order.
Highway patrolmen and depu-
I tics with riot guns ahd tear gass i
I broke up the demonstration and j
j cleared the field of the milling, j
i yelling throngs. Indians snatched:
|un Klan banners ad parapher- 1
aha as the Klansmen fled.
One Klassman. who was drunk j
v . i also charged with inciting to
[o .it. when he sobbered up. ho re-.
Xotmced the Klan.
j District Solicitor Maurice Bras 1
; well said, the grand jury was in I
j session at the Robeson County:
| Courthouse in Lumberton and i
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of Eden ion. The vehicle swerv
ed from the highway on a
curve and plunged down an j
embankment. Two other per- j
sons were injured i tiihe acci
dent.
In Grafton. Va. three persons I
died in the collision of two cars a t I
! a highway intersection,
j highway intersection.
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run., and the Rev Howard Cunn*|i
: ingham, pastor of the First Con-;
i gregational Christian Church, f
| tai.cs the lead with 200 votes. ,
Running next in order are the
i following pastors who say that
! they are lust getting wanned up: j,'
Rev. Robert L. Shirley, pas- tj
, tor of Davie Street Presbyter!- |i
! an Church, Raleigh, 50; Rev.
G. S. Stokes, pastor of Riley
Hill Church, Wendell, 20: Rev.
Joseph James, pastor of St. jj
Galilee Disciples Church,
J&wmillc, 20; and Rev. L. S.
Penn, pastor of St. Paul AME
Church, Raleigh, N. C
First prire is 5100. A botany
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INDIANS INVADE KEAN RAMA —Liunbec ind ms, armed and angry, advanced on members of the
Nh KJux Rian after the Indiana attacked a KKK rally near VI ax ton last Saturday night (in to? pbo*
to).,Four persons were injured slightly by stray bullets as some one hundred Indians used limn? and tear
gas to rout the outnumbered Kiansmen In bottom photo the. armed and angry Lumber Indians ad
vance on a Rian member guarding the lights just before they were shot out during the attack. Some one
hundred Indians stormed the rally with guns and teargas. Four persons were hit by tray bullets,
(UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTOS).
Refuses To Q.v| Bu,s Seat To
White Man, Passenger Is Shot
CHARLESTON, S. C -Police are
holding a 21-ycar-old white man |
in connection with a bus seating j
incident which left a Negro pass- j
enger with s pi.-ito! wound in his I
left arm.
The scuffle and shooting occur- j
red aboard a bus on U. S. V7. six j
miles north of Mount Pleasant. The ;
bus was enroute to Wilmington. j
North Carolina.
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Charleston C’«umy PoHcv Di
rector Marion .1. Schwartz said
tames l.amrr Gaskins of f h-sr-
Klansmen
To Alamance
Jan ua ry 25 1
BURLINGTON —The rr.c if?
Alamance County said Monda.'*
“W<? are going to be on band to
maintain order” at a scheduled rai- 1
ly of the Ku Kiux Klan here Sat
urday night. |
Th" statement by Sheriff Jot i
Cole followed the announcement j
by the Rev. James (Catfish Cole' !
no relation, that the latter 1 ? band
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State News
Brief
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SIDEWA.I.K ON STRI ET
RALEIGH The City Council
voted Monday to give the state of
North Carolina one more cbaliee
to erect a sidewalk on Tar boro fid.
before taking other action. W, H.
Carper, city ir nager, read a let - I
ter from Frank Turner of the De
partment of Administration which
told the city to take the first steps
in laying down a sidewalk “If we
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ODBS-ENDS!
R.v ROBERT G. SHEPARD j!
The law o? nature is, “Do the i
thing and you shall have the pow- j
er."—EMERSON.
"‘PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY: The!
right of the people to assemble
peacefully is a potent part of the 1 1
First Amendment to the Federal
Constitution It should be carefully I j
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leston save up Ms seat to a w <|
mart passenger and then asw
rd Herman Young, 2fi, Pawley \
island Negro, to move to the
rear of the bus.
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“If you want to sit down, ye
New Week Starts In Big
Church Bonus Money Month
Churches of Rakish are begin
ning the third week qf the Third
Month ot the CAROLINIAN
Church Bonus Money Program,
and they can bolster their trea.--
ureries by united, concerted, and
organized action.
The best thing io do is to buy
from merchants who advertise in
the CAROLINIAN each week.
Church Bonus Money Rules
All ptirths.- sins oi rt-.r :• r ---nted to your church roust '.'am* wsi
dtorc • advertising Jn tiu- CAROLINIAN.
Edfh week carrier a daw in the Bonus Money period Purchase* •ugible
i muet crime item the store during the week the “ad” appears.
Hu purchase .dip: representing a business should be submitted AH receipt*
1 mus! unit from individual purchases.
AO <■ , inches in Raleigh sod Wake County are eligible
AU slips must hear the name of the store from which the out
■ ..-have was made. . ,
\yi puirhas? slips should re sub Pitted tn the name of Ut» churen; sad
..uoislcl be i>. the office of the CAROLINIAN the Monday (o'.-owing close of
Bonus period. , .
jn order ti as smaller churches may have an equal opportunity to *»» m
the Bor."- Monts the following reguiatian is expedient. No church Stroup utß
: t,« ? warded Ist Boons Money cofUccutively, i.e. should a church receive let
Boi os Money rtiivt me first period it would have to wait until t.hn third
Bonus period to be presented Ist award again However, this does not mead
: mat sc. cud and third award* cannot bo sought consecutively. Consequently
everjf church coup has th** opportunity <o secure an award every period.
No purcUaw* or over |3ne from any one merchant during a week tan be
counted. . ,
flier* is * ceiling ol fIJ per person a ween for grocery purchase*.
In the event ot the name amount ol purchases by more than one entry th«
award will it divided.
Weekly purchase total* should be shown on e.v< h packet and total plated (in
(he outside n< the envelope carrying the period s entry along with mat and
acJdfOv
Horn)* wiftftftf earner* will be tanovnwA iff the issue following the viewing
: of r »rh period..
All cwtrifs remain the property ni Xh« CASOUNWH.
’ill uiHiii ' u final when Uu» name* of the Bonus Money earners eve an*
nnunerri in The CAROLINIAN, and no responsibility U accepted by tbi* new*.
paiier beyond that point.
No receipt.' from bank* will be *»»»i«ered, eacrpt pay men* on nutfltag**.
This Week ’s Advertisers
The merchants listed below ai< CAROLINIAN Bonus
Money Stores.
/■ . PepxKCola Bottling tin. cl Rriylfh
Kn'id's of lUiieigti t arotina Builders Corp
PAGE 3 Watson's Seafood £. Poultry Co tor
iltniher i Daughtri I. 1 "'stead Transfer Co. * Food Stott
i ,1-irr v in, Utilon Motor finance Crnnwiu
PACK 5 ' •«'« Esso Service
HiniM-Bilt Corop*''' rtidg*way's OpehJjteßi
Atlas fccwlns Ctnt.fr Warner Mrmortal*
I PAGE r, luxe Hotel
II e Qulnu Kimi’tiu* Company \< V If
Carolina rower a Light Co IVotnble, Inr.
PAGC 5 .erhanlts end f'ariw, r- > •
Carolina Buirk ure fit Boat Cover Center
PACK * ’ araous Bakery
Colonial Stores TAGS 12
Hrst-Clti/em Bank <t Irust Com pan; , Keith Super Market
S M. Young Hardwar* c<irnji*ii.v PAGE U
N. C. Produets Mi.Jas Muffler Shop
Burnett's Soda Shop PAGE IIS
Gem Watch Shop McLeod A Watson Cattipjc
PAGE 9 Rhodes, Inc.
A A H Super Marktt- : Hunt General Tire Cotnpan-
Dillon Supply Company Tiie flood System Industrial Bark
Town A' Country Tire hr, nr Raleigh Funeral Home
PAGE Id Acme Realty Company
Woodworth 31. Tourist Borne Cive’.U Beauty College
Heater Well t ompany Mr. Elvis Rand
Citdiest Insurance Agency Mr. C. Karl Lltehman
j vart tit by me.'' Youn4 was quoted
j as saying. The seat next to the
! Negro was vacant.
The two men scuffled and a -hot
tang out. A sailor. Paul M EfF*
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Churches I hat have won the
Church Bonus Money Awards
can tell how much these
checks helped in their church
programs.
awards to churches
ARE SSG. first award; $25.
second: sls, third, n«d fourth,
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