National r«ibl
Lawyers Battling
To Save Mitchell
NORFOLK, Va. Guild Assist
•nce to Attorneys in the South
(GAAS) and agency of the Nation
al Lawyers Guild, has called on
civil right* advocate* throughout
the nation to come to the support of
Samuel Mitchell, prominent Ra
leigh civil right* lawyer who ia
facing a year in priaon on ton
charge*.
Len Holt, Norfolk attorney who
i* a GAAS spokesman, urged per
eons in the North Carolina area to
attend a hearing in U. a District
Court, Greensboro at 10 a. m., June
1, when a motion will be argued
asking that Mitchell 1 * sentence be
aet aside as “irregular and illegal.”
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SAMUEL MITCHELL
Sanson Disappointed
In Negro Voters
“I dent know what happened.
We thought we might have been
second, but the vote 'was Just light
The other group’s was lighter than
ours, but they had more voters.”
These were the swds, of J. J.
Sansom, a somewhat disappointed
man, who was defeated last week
in his quest tor earning a seat on
the board of Wake County Com
missioners.
Sansom was defeated Saturday
in his bid for the post from District
2 by James L. Judd, businessman
from ruquy-Varina with 6,708
votes. Sunning second with a total
of 5.870 votes was Wfcyne V. Brawn
of McCullers.
Sansom drew 9319 vote* half Os
as sr
Os a total of nearly 7,000 Negroes
registered leas than half turned out
to the polls Saturday.
Precinct* voting heevKst tor
Sansom were 1 with 127 votes; 20
with 280 votes: 22 with 04 votes; 29,
with 225 votes; 26, with 864 votes;
34. with 314 votes, and 35 with 359
votes.
In the county White Ctok and St.
Mary's. Garner each cast 98 votes
for Sansom.
In an interview with The CARO
LINIAN. Sansom made an s’tempt
to explain the outcome of the e
lection.
“We were only about 140 votes
from the second man. Maybe some
of the people just didn't know me.
Maybe we got in the running Just
a little too late. If we had filed
earlier and campaigned harder
maybe the outcome would have
New School
Named For
W. H. Fuller
In recognition at the contribu
tions made to education by the late
William Henry Puller the Raleigh
School Board named the new ele
mentary school, in Rochester
Heights, in his honor, at its Tues
day session.
According to information receiv
ed by The CAROLINIAN the idea
was presented by Attorney P. J.
Carnage, member of the Board, and
was accepted unanimously.
Mr. Fuller was connected with
(COHTTNUKP ON MAI r>
GOVERNOR GREETS SCIENTISTS Governor Sanford a shown as he greeted Fred
erick Ford, Weet Charlotte High School junior, at theagacutiva mansion Tuesday afternoon. Ford
waa the lone Negro student who attended the banquet, given for the 30 beet ecience etudente in
the state, by the governor. E. W. McNair, Ford* chemistry teacher, look s oil
Mitchell received the aantonce
in this court on Ohargn at failing
to file income tax returns m time
in 1930 and 1957.
Holt told the press: Tt is my be
lief that the proseeution of V.eh
ell. Initiated by Southern rsprssaa
tatives of the Internal Revenue
Department is directly related to
his vigorous efforts to protect Hie
rights of Negroes tn the stole ad
North Carolina."
He noted that Mitchell was In
dieted last May within a week af
ter he bed filed suit that repre
sented a major attack on school
segregation in Raleigh. Herman
Taylor, attorney who filed toe suit
with him. was also indicted on tax
charges; his cogs is on appeal. The
school suit has not yet been tried.
"It -seems obvious". Holt said
“that toe tax chargee have done
just what to* Southern tax agents
wanted them to do—hold up pro
gress on toe school ease."
Mitchell plead guilty to the two
charges of late filing last Decem
ber. and U. S. District Judge Ed
win Stanley postponed sentencing
until March 1, to give him tone to
work out with Internal Revenue
Department representative* * toe
question at whether he owed any
additional taxes.
In a conference ta February,
Mitchell says, he was told by In
ternal Revenue representative*
that he owed approximately $6,006
in additional taxes and penaltie#
for toe years 1954. 1955. 1908. 1957.
and 1900. When he appeared tor
sentencing on March 1 Judge Stan-
(comnrogp on fagi n
been different,” he said.
He added that now 'that elections
are over the time la now to get
to thole persons who are register
ed who did not vote and educate
them on the importance of the bal
lot.
He added that the time is also
here to get unregistered persons
on the books.
“I think this Deletion points up to
what needs to be done. There ia a
lot of woilt to be done to the field
of voter registration,” ho eddod
Sansom declined to oonuoeat os
to whether Tie plans to run tor of
flee again. 'Well Just have to Wait
and sea?, he concluded.
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Ask For
Thorough
Probing
Shaw University students, deter
mined now more than ever that
their presidenet, Da. William R.
Strassner “must go”, staged another
demosntration this week and re
layed their grievances to the
school’s Board of Trustees.
In addition, they found added
suport this week when the school’s
Alumni Association announced that
it Is taking sides with the proteat
ants. •
All tyteee developments occurred
in the midst of graduation exer
cises while alumni, parents and
trustee members converged on the
historic campus tor the ceremonies.
Late last week Shaw students
staged another demonstration on
the campus. The carried a box rig
«ed up like a casket which they
had paraded with earlier in the
day.
The students were circulating a
paper which a student leader mid
contained the names of some 280
students who did not Intend to re
turn to the institution next rear
unless a new president has been
named.
The demonstration was held on
Wednesday, a day before the board
of trustees was scheduled to meet.
On Thursday, the Board met with
student representatives and Dr.
Strassner to “see if a solution could
be found for the problem”. Com
plete details of the meeting were
not revealed, however, Dr. P. H.
Johnson chairman of th board’s
(cowtin urn ow mot n
Shaw Grads Back
Student Protest
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| THE. C.\ROLlM,\.\ |
North Carolina *» Leading Weekly
VOL, SI, NO. 3» RALEIGH, N. C* SATURDAY, JUNE t, 1983 PRICE ISc
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Charlotte Medic
Barred From Hospital
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ ♦ *
Denies Charge Os Rape
SHAW STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE—Shaw students
carry a casket in effigy o 4 tha achoote administrative head, Dr.
William R. Strassner at a recant demonstration. In bottom pic-
hire students on tha campus are chanting their slogan, “Strassner
Charlotte Youth Attends Luncheon
At Invitation Os Gov. Sun ford
BY ALEXANDOI BAOTS
fa keeping with the them*. “A*
we reach lor the moon and the
■tan we will depend more on the
mind power rising from the class
room* than on the rocket power
from the launching pads of Cape
Canaveral”, Governor Terry San
ford greeted the cream of the crop
ODDS-ENDS
BY BOBBBT G. SHEPABD
"Hew leaf wtH thee* sleep.
O Haggard"?
MAY THE GOOD LOKD HAVE
KEBCY ON VS
At all times, under all circum
stance*. the mercy of God is an
indispensable quality In the affairs
of mankind. Therefore, we feel
that in this particular situation. in
which we are invoking His mercy,
we are makng the ultimate and
highest appeal.
In the particular instance. God's
divine mercy is asked that the Ne
groes in Raleigh and vicinity be a
wakened to a sense of responsibi
lity, not only to themselves but to
their fellow man. We are asking
that God. through Hi* infinite wis
dom and mercy, awaken these
sleeping Negroes, arouse them from
tccermvm as* room a
mint go.” Demonstrations started two weeks ago whan atudante
charged the president had contributed nothing to the advance
merit of tha school.
of high echoed adanes students, at
the executive mansion Tuesday af
ternoon.
Among the thirty, students from
•tirourboot the state, we* Freder
ick D Ford a tunlor st West Char
lotte High A-bool Charlotte. He
won the right to attend the affair
for having auceewfully completed
a scientific nrotect on "Monomole,
ruin* Film*” TTiii project dealt
with the prom section are* of a
molecule, akin to the aplftting of
the atom.
The well poiaed Charlotte youth
described the experiment a# noth
»nr unusual to him. under the di
rection of hi* chemistry teacher.
E W McNair “ft is Juat a matter
of working with the fatty acids us
ed for measuring th» croas aectlon
»l area of the molecule" said Ford,
ft was then tsht h» turned to Mr
McNair end said that had ft not
been for my teacher I would not
■ have been able to complete the
protect.
Ford won the risht to represent
♦he Piedmont aection by having
i won out over all entries at the
Merchandise Mart, held in Char
lotte. March 38 He then Journeyed
to the University of North Caro
lina. where he competed In the
State Science Fair. In ltd! Ford
jvent to the national meet Kansas
(City Mo., where he represented
the Piedmont District of North Oa-
I retina.
An Investigation revealed that
the project is open to all science
students in North Carolina and it
was rather interesting tost only
West Charlotte High Has participat
ed. This question was not answer
ed’ by anyone Interviewed on the
matter.
State News
—IN—
Briefs
MINIftTEHA' INSTITUTE
The Twenty-sixth Annual Ses
sion of Fie Minister* Institute will
be held st Shaw University June
4-8. Concurrently with the Insti
tute will be the Twenty-fifth ann
ual meeting of the Women's Lead
ership Training Conference and
the Twelfth Annual Youth Bible
Camp. The theme is "The Church
| Rendering A World Ministry”.
Dr. W C. Strickland, aaaociata
i professor of New Testament Inter
pretation. Southeastern Baptist
I Theological Seminary. Wake For
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Wilder Hurls 1-Hitter As jig
Ligon High Cops f
NC Championship
The Ligon High School Little
Blue* hammered out 10 run* in five
and a half Inning* over Caswell
County Training School of Yancey
ville Tuesday night to take its
fourth State championship In five
year*.
Bator* a capacity crowd at Cha
vis Park, Barnard Wilder, Llgon’s
ace hurier, pitched a one-hitter
while hla teammates hammered out
19 hits to take a 90-1 victory over
the Caswell Bulls.
Ligon stored ta every tantag In
cluding six and aaven run binges
in toe second and fifth frames, re
spectively,
The Bulls' on* hit against Wilder
cam* tn toe fifth inning after Wil
der waQied one, allowed a single
by Tommy Bow*, and an error and
a passed ban. Wilder struck out
seven and walked two men.
Tense Ligon tens looeened up In
the first inning when to* Little
Blues pushed acroa* two runs on
three walka, an error and a hit
batsman. Than earn* to* big second
frame whan more errors and walka
plus tons hits produced six scores.
Charles Long, previously unde
feated Caswell pitcher and eventual
losing pitcher, wee forced off ho
mound during that spree. Mac Wil
liamson. another undefeated Bui!
hurier, cam* ta and stayed until
the fifth.
Wilder. James Hlnea, Robert
Height and Jams* Howard account
od for tare each of the 19 Ligon
hits The only extra baa* hit teas
a double by Hlnea.
Caswell was officially charged
with rix errors. Bull pitchers also
walked 19 man and hit two.
(CONTDfTJSD OH MOB *>
W-S Man Sentenced
For Killing Roomie
WINSTON-SALBM Although
he claimed he was following the
orders of God when ha killed his
rommata, Johnny I. Gentry. 34. was
sentenced to seven to ten years In
Jail tor the crime by a very mortal
Judge bare last week.
Judge Allan H. Gwyn Imposed
the penalty on Genvy in Forsyth
Superior Court for pdmmettag Os
born Jarvis, 41. the room ms te to
death while reciting the 33rd
Psalm. Actually, Jarvis, who was
rescued in the throe i of agony by
police,, died an arrival at Kate
Bitting Reynolds hoepital of in*,
said " *v found Gentry astride Jar
via flailing him while repeating,
Complaint
Causes
Ouster
CHARLOTTE Dr. P. R. Jack
son, Charlotte physician, maintain
ed last week that he cannot prac
tice his profession as a surgeon be
cause ne has been dismissed from
the medical board of the Good Sa
maritan Hospital here.
He wee the hoepitel'i chief of
surgegy until his recent dismissal
for having photographs taken to
show what he termed unsanitary
and substandard conditions at the
hoepital.
“I'm out of work If I cen t prac
tice there.’’ he Mid, alluding to the
fact that Negroes are allowed to
practice only in Good Samaritan.
Dr. R. A. Hawkins who Mid that
h« was placed on the hospital
black Hat earlier on orders of Ed
ward R Frye, administrator of
Good Samaritan, called the ouster
of Dr. Jackson a move to discour
age Negro doctors from protesting
Mgregation In hospitals in this a
rea. Good Samaritan is operated
under the control of the Charlotta-
Meckienburg Hoepital Authority.
Dr. Hawkins Mid that Dr Jack
son wm dismissed to cover up sub
standsrd conditions
Branding his ouster illegal be
cauM his case had not been brought
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W EATH K K
Tbs five-day weather forecast
for the Raleigh area beitnntng
Thursday. May >l. and ronltnulng
through Monday, guna 4. Is it
follows:
Temperatures wll, oversea 4 to
g decreet shove normal, with nles
aad low tempsreturet M and at
Widely scattered thowere mostly
afternoon and evenlnt. throughout
Ihe period and will average on*-
quarter tarh or lees of rein.
CAROLINIAN
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BERNARD WILDER
"The Lord te My Shapbar. 1 Shall
Not Want.. .” Both wars apparent
ly on friendly term* before Gentry
received his alleged strange com
mand.
This Is how Gentry, who at first
was booked for murder but we*
sentenced on a no contest man
slaughter charge, described Mte my
stical command:
He and Jarvis had retired far the
nlijht at 9:30 on April If. the data
of th* crime, whan Gantry awoke
some time later from a nightmare,
and knelt down to my his prayer*
a second trine*
As be did a* be Mid ha looked
Up 4*h picture of Christ, which bad
k Mtaan on. the wall for months. It*
sold a voice team the picture told
him to kill a devil and be would
be MVOd.
So Gentry roe* from hJa knees,
walked over to Jarvis' bed. awoke
him and told him he had to kill
him. Jarvis wss shocked, but de
cided to defend himself. The two
men struggled and Jarvis finally
hit Gentry on the heed with a stick
in the room.
But Gentry was stronger and
was shout to wrest the stick from
JarviP-when he Mid the votoe from
the picture spoke to hint again,
telling him not to us* any weapons,
but to use hi* hands.
Therefore Mid Gentry, he pro
ceeded to beet end pummfl Jar
vis with hi* hands as the letter
lay on th* floor. This we* confirm
ed bye women neighbor who Mid
(cownwuro on pack n
12-Year-Old
Girl Charges
Raleigh Man
A 53-year-old Raleigh man
faces the poMlbtllty of life im
prisonment or death If he la con
victed of one of the moat grave
crime* against nature—rap*.
Acused in the rape of a 12-year
old girl Is Herbert McClean. 1118
Oskwood Ave.
The young police aha
was attacked last Tuesday at Me-
Clean’s house while she was vis
iting the man’s young daughter.
She said her parents are sepa
rated. and she was visiting her fa
ther who also lives on Oakwood
Ave. when she decided te vtatt
the MoClean house
The girl Mid McClean salted
hrr Into the bedroom of the three
room apartment As the entered
the door, she Mid, the man grab-
{ bed her and tossed her on tin bud.
I where the attack occurred.
She acid McClean let bar go
(COKTOtira OH PAQI n