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Thousands Mourn L. T. Lightner
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Father Os Seven Slain; Two In Hospital
After Gun-Knife Battle At “Binßand”
Albert Hudson. 33. of 805 S. Person Street, v. r. slkacdly stabbed to death at hts place of busi
ness, The Bird land Club, S. Bioodworth Str<a. Wallei Terrell, 27, of E. Caburrus Street, is be
lieved to have wielded the fatal knife wound Hudson was the father of seven children, none of
whom are over 15 years of age.
The shooting is said to have occurred at midnight last Saturday and followed an argument
between Hudson and Terrell. Hudson died minutes after arriving at St. A,me- Hospital from a
knife wound in the heart ‘and two in the back.
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ALBERT HUDSON
Organization
In Forsyth
Closes Shop
WmSTON-SALEM’’! The Cm
*«fll Government Council, Inc., a
Forsyth County segregationist
group, closed its books, last week
end after officers decided they
tfo'titE not muster enough support
Council tnemben: voted to cancel
troNrmtntn on paqf. n
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THRONG PAYS I.AST RKS'.’EGTS TO MORTICIAN Scenes
recorded during the funeral of l,awrence T. Mgiitncr. 10, manager
of the Idghtncr Funeral Home, arc shown here. Mr. l.ishtner, who
sucrußihctl last Wednesday, was fttncralieed last Friday afternoon.
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j Also confined to St. Agnes wasi
! Wjlliurd Mayen Mmls 25. of 3201.
•S. Tarboro Road. Bo!h mjt being;
treated for gunsh-t. wounds
Mialo !o!d detectives th i Iw;
and Terrell were in tlic club to-j
cet-her and that <hc two men
KCF.NF OF SLAVING Shown above is the entrance to the
Birdlund Club. S. Blood worth Street, where Albert Hudson wm alleged
)?' stabbed to death last Saturday night by Walter Terrell, 27, follow
ing an argument. 1! is -•aid that Hudson was killed as he and Terrell
approached the door of the establishment. Terrell is recuperating
oat si. \gip-s Hospital from shotgun wounds allegedly inflicted by
i Hudson. (STAFF PHOTO BY C. ft. JONL.O.
Officer Cleared in Death
iOf Gun-Wielding Tar Heel
| STA HESVILLE -- A Negro po- |
! ie.ema.it way clear cl Saturday of!
j any criminal, charge* in the lata! j
j t hooting of a Negro man wielding |
. u shotgun Friday.
A coroners jury ruled there j
j was no pegtigenee involved in
■ tiu> fatal shooting of K S Sadd-
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31. 1950 RALEIGH. N. C.
started to argue. Miah said Hud
tan then pulled a gun and start *
ed shooting at Ter mil. Terrell is
said to have staggered out taward
the street. MiuH decided that he
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ler. 23 hy Policeman B. A Nee
bit, 3 s !, ne-’r Saddler* home
Friday,
Anithontiat* also said er in vert i
i gal ion showed that, shotgun Saddler
j'-*as carrying contained a she!'
(• OMWOKD ON r \*5F TWO»
Photo on left shows the Rev. Robert L. Shirley, pastor of the Davie
Street Piesb>terian Church, delivering the eulogy. On his left is
Hr. W. R. SlruKsrser, who offered prayer. The Rev. A. J. Turner also
participated in the rites. The next two photos reveal the throng of
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JIIT ' l;
Integration
Leader Sends
Ike Letter
MONTGOMI:nY An Lnfegm
tion lead®' sen’ a letter to Pn - j
dent Eisenhower Monday outlining i
s six-point, plan to prevent future
bombings and “Liberate Negro <*
from oppression "
The Rev. Uriah ,1. fields, presi
dent of (lie Montgomery Restora
tion and Airiplioraiitip Society, said j
the letter wa* sent after the Jo-- :
tice Department turned down hi,;
“urgent request - ’ for an iovestiga- j
tion of Negro church bombings in |
this deep south- city
Fields said tin Justice Dr- ]
fCotmmjED on pa or ->
Government Slates School
For Norfolk Sailors’ Kids
WASHINGTON The Govern
ment announced Monday it will
set up an integrated school next
month for 500 Navy children who
live on the Norfolk, Va , Naval
L ightn cr '$ Pro ft Ic
A pictorial review- of the late
Lawrence T. Lightmr appear*,
•n this edition on page 9. The
CAROLINIAN felt that its
reader* would be interested in
mch * feature and put forth
every effort, to make it *■* in
teresting a* it should be.
Funeral scenes recorded la**
Friday may he found at the
bottom of Dm page.
PRICE 12c IN N C ; ELSEWHERE Ho
5,000 View
Remains Os
Undertaker
BV ( n \«l.s> St. JO NFS
j H has been said that ‘ Good me
! often die .voting." In the opinio
of many Raleigh it <:s J U torsi*;- V. -■
Un* death ot IjAwercnce Thompsc
Light n«»K at the sice of <lO. w-; sot
stantial proof to back iiu that 533
tng.
| Lightner ”ho vas manager 1
! the funeral home bearing hie nmr
| at- 312 Smithls -ld Street and an e*
! city council candidate, passed th
“vale of tears" Wednesday atte
Jiori-! at 4:30 after his most, recei
illness, of throe days.
Near bis ticdside at Duke
HfeSjsltal Durham, wen his
w-jfe, Mrs naberia Fair Ught
«n, h ! s brother, Clarence {Ra
hil i 1 iclitncr; Mrs, Marguerite
I.igfllocr. - 1 Matcr-ln taw; and
the |t<-\ A. J. Turner. l«n»g-
I lime friend.
j After r<-no> tedfy losing cor
i niioosnees early Tuesday mnrnin
j (,'shtner ’••■ ..<• admitted to St. Agn<
! Hospit.-d ir t'vi -?flernoor,, but sui
cumbed 'Older srt oxygen tent :
Duke v/cii >•< -day after it va- di
ciried at SI A.gnej that attache*
h-t<i done everything possible ft
Shin there.
1 Funeral Mn-vicos were conduetr
; Friday at 4 prn from the Dnv
i Street I’rejbyterian Church vjt
| the Rev. Robert L. Sbirlev, r-.-ri<-
I pn-'-idinc The Rev A. ,1 Turns
read the scripture and prayer iv;
t offered by Dr w. r. st> a*sner.
ItWI. INUKD OK PAGE is
fb. v unlers Norfolk's closed public
herds five reopened before then.
Arthur 8. Flemming, were
t.vry of health, education and
welfare, a!s« told a news eon
trrepce liic administration i*
preparing legislation to permit
ihr federal government to set
up schools for * htidrfn of mill
i w,v personnel wbo live off. of
military hi*te«, J
Present law permit* the govern
-1 Hicnt to provide achooling only
| lor children who live on federal
I property when other public edu
cation t* not available
The Navy announced last week
it would reek funds from fI*m
(CONTINUED ON PAGE SV
over 1,000 persons who r»(hmd outside the "filled-to-capar.ity”
chureh during (he funeral. Extreme right picture was snapped at
Mount Hone Cemetery, where Lightner wan interred, t'iettired in
photo, seated, from left In right, are Uwyn Hayes, 'brother-in-law;
, -sos! ■' 1 "MW* ■Wl»Wl''«WWfc wt i ) r ’•'-' -•«"♦<••- ' T !•>'
rOWEM CHATS WITH CASTRO llcprwntalivr Adam Clayton fowl! •K.n.v.j speaks l 0 Rebel
leader Fidel Castro, right., during the January 21si demoststralions in whirl* lens of (Imusauds of Cu
bans gathered to cheer approval of the wholesale <•*<• utiotis nl Batista “war criminals". fourtl w.is ore-
Os the two IT. S, Congressmen invited to Havana, Cuba to witness the demonstration. The other was Rep.
Charles C Porter (O-Ore.i. «CPI TLLKPIIOTO).
Gov. Collins Os Florida. Calls
For Patience, Understanding
DAYTONA, Fla.-Florida (lover- -
• nor Leroy Collins, lashing mi! ail !
1 those who would do away with 1
| schools to prevent integration,
j Monday, railed for patience and
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. State News
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UNCUT O? CARO! IM AN
t iimiVH Kll.t,tel» IN
WBFCK
NLV BF.UM ... ,tor Hunch Hi!-j
iUarii. 51?. uncle of OA ROLTNJAN ’
| employee ' Thomtts Hilliard, dr. I
' Wii,. killed r,nd thn-e persons in
j,lured Sunday unfit when a car I
j dri'fi hr, Mrs. Ida Adams, 30, a '
I Garner school teacher, left the ’
j road feu uules north of Nov- ■
j Berts on U, S.
i oven W iierl.
Hilliard died of head injuries
j short!,'* after arriving at the
flood Shepherd Hospital here,
according to Dr. J, F. Lit
tvivm. Mrs. Adams sustained
i set ere lacerations of the arm
| and irack and chest injuries.
Her husband. Samuel Adams,
;i.>, suffered facia! lacerations
and an injured right shoulder.
Yvonne Coleman, 4, of (vac- i
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Mortician’s j :
I i
Son Killed
On High way
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ELIZABETH CITY William ’
T. Lowe, Jr, 31, son of a Hertford !
undertaker, died Monday of in ju
ries suffered Sunday night when 1
Ihe was hit by a ear near Hertfeid. 1
The highway pHrol sunt that
* ear driven h.v .lohn William
i Tuehiood, 3Jt, «f Virginia '
Beach. Vt . utmrh f.-awe
II
H.ovttNtiEO ON Plum n
under; lauding in solving race
problems
Ho said d v.:, - tru :,ie" that IT. -
tain groups in ihr ■ would
abolish public ebools because of
emotionalism, he idily. crass indif
ference. or politic || ad\ ;i:• t ly.'
'lgnorance is the greatest in f oy
known to human progress,” Collins
Harry Golden, Editor-Author,
Main Speaker At Sits® 'fussily
•.*&age —ptfg| -<%%%
Shaw University’s Green leaf
Chapel is expected to be filled
with an overflow int*rr«»<:ial and
inter-religious crowd Tuesday, »;•.
3. at 8 p tp. to hsar noted auil'-oi
Harry Golden. Golden was schodul- |
ccC on Df'Cvndv'j- I .j. iusk. bin the ;
affair was postponed because of 1
tile CUOVV f,\ovi7i.
fCjlifil \i)C SchfYCM «f P*Hh
'lever Synagogue vdM $1 ve the
inx creation prior to .1 iwiiKi*v*l j
sHocUodi footuHn# Pail? Crump.,
baritone, Herompanledi by Har
ry #rU“Smythe. ,
Show University President WjJ* ’
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