REV. HAIRSTON SAYS RALEIGH UNPREPARED FOR INTEGRATION
Minister Is |
Nstitute’s I
Panelist j
j
By ;staff Writer
P; rficipating in an Institute of
Religion class panel discussion
Monday evening. February 1.7, the
TP:v. Otis L. Hairston expressed
thr fear that this city will have
j übho school integration without
any preparation having been
made lor il.
The subject under discussion
n.-u. “The Responsibility of the
Community Regarding the Recent
Court Decisions.”
The panel, composed of
Rev. W. W, Finlator, pastor,
Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church Mrs. P..rUe Thomas,
president of Raleigh’s' fTA,
Association; Jesse O. Sander
son, supl,, Raleigh's Public
Schools, and the Rev, Hairs
ton. pastor of Brook&tcne
Baptist Church, Henderson,
was the feature of this week s
Institute of Religion’s current
“Study of the Raleigh School
System.''
#* * *
During his remarks. Rev Hairs
ton said that all of the actions of
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Judge Tells
Nashville To
Desegregate
NASHVILLE, Term. A feder
al c ouri judge has ordered the city
r-chool board to submit a plan for
the complete desegregation of all
schools by April 7.
Judge William E. Miller Tues
day tossed out the latest attempt,
by the school board to avoid com
pulsory desegregation
The board submitted * threr-
Rcbool plan all white, ail Negro
and Integrated. Judge Miller
ruled that the proposal dupli
cated a plan previously propos
ed and rejected.
Judge Miller also said the Negro
plaintiffs cannot get relief under
the .tat" pupil placement law pass
* i last year. He did not rule on the
kv fcuji.>.&sri the board "appeared
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Held As
Mother Dies
In Wake Fire
Ati elderly woman perished in
flames which completely destroy
ed the home in which she lived
near Momsville early Monday
morning.
Her 58-year-oid son Jon Har
ris, a menW.l patient., is being held
in the Wake County .Tail as a re
sult of the fire.
♦ * * *
Mrs. Rosanna Mills Harris,
83. died in her room about six
inches from the hearth, ac
cording to Coroner M. W. Ben
nett's report. Mrs. Harris, an
invalid, lived with two of her
sons.
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t John Harris was the only other
Ifyeupant of the room, according
fio reports.
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FULL CITIZENSHIP
MEANS RESPONSIBILITY
TO VOTE
YOU MUST REGISTER
ready vrhen voting time comes by registering now! You
may register at the home of your registrar or the Court
! !■’ i ' a< any t ime convenient to the Registrar Re a full
ritiren: Be Registered; and hr counted st. the Polls. It is
your responsibility.
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BREAD LINES IN TENNESSEE. A lon* line of needy wait lurked” to find M> per cent of Memphis* eMtow need fro*- food
tor surplus government food in below frewrin,? weather at Mtwphh, (UNITE,D PRESS PHOTO),
Tenn,, last week. Senator Albert Gor**. (B*Tenn.) said hr was 'rtis-
LA WYER S VOTE CASE TAKEN
TO U. S. SUPREME COURT
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 17 NO. 21 RALEIGH N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1958 PRICE 12c IN N. C.; ELSEWHERE 15c
Local Woman
Warned Os Suicide
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TkSS|s?. • *w*&
EXAMINING BOOT —M. M RrnnM' Vak C«t«pl C «>«
left and Deputy LLeriff R, ?A. I-n .on ; .*Js:s.- r ' ». . #ds r- lx., „~>.A
ajina. Mills Harris, who burned to death (his week in a fire at her
home near Monlsville, in Make County. Her mentally deranged sou
is being held in Wake County Jail in connection with her death.
Question Five Men In
Charlotte Bombing Try
CHARLOTTE Gastonia Po
lice Monday questioned five men
| held in an alleged attempt to dy
namite a Negro school here. The
Gastonia authorities were inves
tigating an attempt to dynamite
a Jewish Synagogue there Feb. P.
Charlotte police continued to
question the five admitted Ku j
Klux Klammen and Mecklenburg
County Police Capt. George Ste- |
Davie St. Presbyterian
Wins Top Bonus Money
Top Church Bonus- Money tins
month will ho awarded to the Da
vie Street Presbyterian Church,
which reported a total of $557.44 in
purchase slips or receipts
pftens said “we're up to our necks”
in the investigation.
So far. promised further arrests
in the Saturday night bomb plot
had failed to materialize.
Stephens also cleared up the
question of the Klan connections
| of the five men Monday. He said
I the men belonged to a splinter
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The First Congregational Chris
tian Church, reporting $3,674.04,
'round up in second place as the
rule ■ o’" the contest stipulate that
no church may win top Bonus
Money more than once in success
ion.
Because of the tremendous effort
on the part, of the First Congrega
tion*! Church. Th» CABOT.,TWAN
will award its members an addi
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ODDS ENDS
I By ROBERT O. fBTPARB
| And God said, let thers b# light
j snd there was light”
j WHAT PRICE SEGREGATION
! The proposal in South Carolina.
Georgia, and other southern states
to do away with all compulsory
school attendance laws so that no
child could be compelled to attend.
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Victim’s Aunt Says She
Had Dream Os Man’s Death
The real cause why Floyd Rob
ertson decided to end it all in the
bathroom of his home while the
members of his family w ere a
vvay might have been interred i
with his body, Tuesday afternoon, !
at the Good Hope Cemetery, but |
his aunt Mrs, Swanee High, 705 E.
Martin Street has a thrilling story
to relate about how his death was
revealed to her, just before she. re
ceived the word that he was dead.
* * H *
Mrs. High is very deepseateci
in her religious beliefs and
feels that God has his way of
warning a Christian about
events that will happen. She
tells of how she was recover
ing from a slight illness on
Friday morning, is hen she had
* dream that disclosed to her
2Tar Heels
Die A 4 Cold
! Hits State
j RALEIGH North Carolini
] arts shivered again Tuesday in the
grip of a cold wave which already
has caused at least 13 deaths in
the state.
A middle-aged Negro woman
Mrs. Priscilla Kamsour, was
found dead Monday at her hovnr
in Hickory and authorities said
she had frozen to death. Carl
Sherrill, 32, Negro, had died nf
exposure over the weekend- at
Denver in Lincoln County.
Temperatures which dropped io
| record lows across the state weie
expected to drop even lower. It,
appeared likely Shat the all-timr
record low of 23 degrees below
zero recorded early Monday on
Ml. Mitchell would be surpassed.
The oi l record of 21 degrees be-
Assaulter Os
Nude Woman
Gets Two Years
f
Jamas Edward Bland. 142? Gar
ner Road, convicted of brutally
beating a woman snd dumping
her nude on a sleet-covered back
perch hurt week was sentenced to
two years on the roads in City
Court Monday.
* * * •
Sir* Ruhr s.*** Bridge#
Moore, the victim, Just releas
ed from the hospital, testified
*ha.fc abe was returning from
Frans Bottom around 4 a.m.
«n the morning of February 2.
Three men accosted her, *he
reported, and ripped her
clothing from her
* + * *
Two of the men fled. Mrs.
Moore testified, but Bland re
mained and began beating Her
about the head. She said she be
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that something wa* going i«
happen. She awoke from the <
dream and felt an urge io read
the Bible, She. not only read
the Bible, according to the in
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Ag. Leaders
Os 16 States
la Guilford
I GREENSBORO The lnter-Re
;; otial Conference for Supervisors
' and Teacher Trainers in Aerieul* *
torsi Education moved into its sec
ond day at. North Carolina A&T i
i , iltege here Tuesday.
* The conference opened Monday ;
with about. 70 agricultural lead- j
ers from 16 southern states in at- j
tendance. The session will dose .
Friday.
Monday, Calvin L. Beale of
Washington, analytical statistician
for the U S, department of agri
culture marketing service, told the i
delegates that the families of well i
1 educated Negroes in the U. S. are j
i averaging less than two children I
| per family, and that these-highly j
j educated Negroes are not "replay j
| ing themselves ”
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| Pastors' Contest
Draws Many New
Entries In Slate
i
Although one more entrant, the ,
Ministers’ Popularity Contest |
Rev. T. C. Hamans, entered the !
race, Rev. Howard W. Cunning- |
ham. pastor of First Congrega
tional Christian Church. Raleigh,
is still freewheeling in first place.
* * » »
His vote now stands a-t 4.000
as counted at 5 p m. Tuesday.
* ' ’ T
j Rev. M. W. Morgan, pastor of,
j First African Baptist Church, j
j Goldsboro. has moved np tnfo j
i second place with 1390 votes
i Dropping hack into the third j
.place spot j* Rev. W P Booker, j
pastor of -Tones Chapel Church, j
Roxboro. with 1.2Q0 vote*-
Still bolding fourth pin## Is!
Rev, Robert. L. Shirley, pastor of
East Davie Street. .Fresbytemo |
Church. Raleigh. with 830 votes,!
At. the same timr. Rev. Stokes, j
who tied him the fourth week, has j
dropped back into sixth luxation. j
Rev Ha mans is the man the j
readers “have got to watch," and
hr is the dark horse in this tent
of speed.
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Fifth Week Popularity Contest Standings
REV II W. CUNNINGHAM. Raleigh I.DCO I
j First Congregational Church
I REV. M W MORGAN. Goldsboro 1 .WO
! First African Baptist Church
! REV. W. p. BOOKER, Eox boro 1 JOC i
J Jones Chanel Church
I REV. ROBERT L SHIRLEY Raleigh • 380 !
j Eaat Davie Street. Presbyterian
REV. T. C. HAMANS. Raleigh S7O
Manley Street. Christian Church
REV. G. 8. STOKES, Wendell 400 j
Riley Hill Church
REV. R. W. BUTTS. JamesviUn .... ... *330 i
REV. F, ID. FULLER, Guilford IDO j
Reynolds Chapel Baptist, Church
REV. L. 8 PENN Raleigh 1?J j
St. Paul AME Church
REV. EUGENE BLACK. Guilford >2O j
Raleigh Cross Roads AME Church ! 1
REV. M. L. JOHNSON, Guilford . 100 ! i
Persimmon Grove AME Church
REV. JOSEPH JAMES. Jamesville 100
St. Galilee Disciples Church
REV. A. R. WINBORNE, Plymouth 7,1
I Chapel Hill Church
REV. T. B. HOYLE, Elizabeth City . BO ! ,
Church of Christ ! '
REV. L. C. CHAPMAN. Kinston . 10 1
j St. James Free Will Baptist Church
' CONTEST ENDS MARCH 10. IMS
Att’y Walker
To Nation’s
Highest Court
Attorney James R, Walker, Jr.,
whose efforts to help several
Northhampton County residents
m getting registered i n 1956 caus
ed him to he arrested and convict
ed on a charge of assault, has ap
pealed his conviction to the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Walker's attorneys have notified
the attorney generals office that
they were appealing to the highest
court a decsion of the State Su
preme Courr,
The lawyer was found guilty
in the Northhampton Superior
Court of assaulting .Mrs. Helen
ft. Taylor, registrar in North
hampton’s Seaboard precinct.
He was ordered to pay a y.iflO
fine and costs of court. His
convirtion was upheld by the
State's high court
Mrs. Taylor said Walker became
upset when she turned down two 1
of his c bents when they attempted
to register. :
In his appeal, Walker -aid that |
he was being penalized for as
he was h eim; penalized for , j
listing his clients in exorcising j
their right to vote.
Accused
Arsonist
Is Held |
Wiiiiaxii Stokes, t,3-year-old lo
cal man accused of arson m con- j
nection with a fire that destroyed
a seven-room house %!- 802. Dover j
Place last week, was bound over;
to Wake Superior Court follow
ing a hearing in City Court. He is j
being held without bond.
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Stokes, according to wit
nesses, threatened to burn
down the structure twice be
fore actually completing the
act. Neighbors reported that
he followed through on the re
port around 7 o’clock in the
morning when he poured
kerosene about his room and
set the fire.
* * * *
Twelve people, including several,
children, were forced to flee to
.safety m the freezing temper,
1 turps, according to Mrs Essie j
Dunmore owner of the uninsured
property.
i The fire is reported to have e- ;
j suited from an argument between
- Stoke $ and his wife.
! The Lucille Hunter Elementary [
! School, W, Hurdle, principal, col
| leered many dollars worth of food |
| and clothing for the victims. j
State News
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Brief
POLIO REPORT INCOMPLETE
RALEIGH Last week the en
lj.r« list of capt-nns m (h* Moth
ers’ March on Polio should have
carried a complete list that was not
I included ip the story running th<*
j w eek before. Mrs Lillian Free' •••an,
I chairman, mforn -d this pubhea
| Hon of the error, but it was not
I published. The complete list fol
low?. Mrs: Lillian Robertson, 810.
70; Mrs, P. H. Johnson, 11 60, Miss
Alzoria Perrjforri, s6.Sit; Mr.- Vio
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PERMANENTLY EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL Miss Miwk ff
Jean Brown. It,, above, one of Hie “Little Rock Nine'’ who integral d |§
Central High School under protection of federal paratroopers I*4 I
fall, was permanently expelled from the school this week because >f 9
alleged trouble makine. She has allegedly been involved in five rasiiJ ■
incidents in the school since integration began last September, Per- ■
manent .suspension was reeommeded to the School Board last we k I
by Virgil T. Blossom, superintendent. Miss Brown has been suspend- & H
from the school twice. U NITED PRESS PHOTO).
Carolinian Apologizes j
To Constable V. V- Coley
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V V. Coley, eh , cur, hi re w»h on fi
assault with a drably weapon. «• ontinukp on FAt-k at
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<: \ KOI INI A N’S MINISTBRS I
POPULARITY CONTEST |
BEGINS THLRSHAI", .JAN. lb ENDS MONDAT. MARCH 19. ISSR M
Fx-.ie- 1 'n Manm tamm ■
Add) p's- 9
Warns: of Church —— <» m
COUPON WORTH 19 POINT* S
dm Uir '••■tupon and a--, many as vwt caa gather for tout K.
lor ,ltd •.»!,(! i» IHE CARt 'TINIAN, each week. At. the end of «ht ■
contc.-.i i-e ;• J Hi* minisiiT bavins accumulated the most poiutt fflj
will 1 ccrive SIOO,OO (one liundrcdL Second, a Botany suit; Hurd 9
a Olencaslee topcoat. Li.-Lni.;-; will lw> made each week. Rend in you* 9
COUPONS fio that your pastor will get his weekly rating.
All COM’OV.s muO reach THE CAROLINIAN later than |gj
Tursdav «*f earlt «->• 1- Adrirex* THE GAROLINIANr MS A M.irtto 9
fltrcl. Raleigh North Carolina. • :
This Week f s Advertisers 1
The merchants listed below are CAROLINIAN Bonus 9
Money Store*.
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f,p yop ren-f Sfor-w r AfUbassadnf
i AGK i A A P Super Market* jB
Eifffj'f, of RMnqp Goodman’s
rnntous »ak*iv Wairiyh savings «*d l oan A -'nation H
Pnhlir bon• .re try i)| s i , (*,<.. PAGE 1®
pyrsp; 5 isioadworth 61. Tourist Roms Sgj
The Capital Com-Cola Bottling Co., Inc filecbanlcs and Farmera Bank
Hudr.on-Belb Company Heater Welt Company
Ivrfteigir Kuner i! Home Cavewesa Insurawco Acesr.y Eg
P,\OK f, Ur I-Si.fo!, Bottling Co. of SUialga H
Carolina Power 4 Light. Company Carolina Builders Corp. yg£
Licet rival Wholesalers, inr ! Watson's Seafood & Poultry Co., las. M
PAGE 1 ! IJmstcad Transfer Co. <5 Food Stero H
Mr. C, Karl Lite liman j Oillon Motor linanee Company raj
Joyce a Bailey Furniture ( ~ I Dunn’s Esso Servire H
Caw Is Motor Company Ridgeway's Optician* IB
Snakenburg, The Tailor i Warner Memorials g|
PACK g 'Deluxe Hotel
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First-f (M ens Bank A Trust Company I Acme Really Company BH
S M. Toung Hardware company Conn-Gower Pen*tac Con-pan? HH
f3em Wah-b Shop ! « B. Rultui Furmtura Company SB
N t Peoduets I Che Hood Svstern Industrial Gr.nl: 8p
fivella Beauty tnllsga i Hoof General Tits Company B|