4 Negroes
Named To
Polk Prison
The State Prisons Department
Pushed another step forward thia
week with the announcement of
the appointment of four Negroc* as
fuard* to the Pope Prlmm.
The announcement waa made by
Geor f* Randall director of Pri
sons on Tuesday.
The appointments mark the first
time Negroes hare been employed
u guards at Pope.
Appointed tie the new positions
£*re Oamether Pridgeon. 1904
Hadley Rd.; Rufus Ballentine, 4903
"Oily Springs Rd.; Raymond L.
Baugh. Washington Terrace; and
Quinnie a Woods. 330 Gamer Rd
Pridgeon, Ballentine and Baugh
have been bn the job lor nearly a
week. Woods is slated to start on
Monday.
The four men will be required to
undergo a two-week raining period
where they will learn rules and
regulations of the prison depart
ment defensive tactics in handling
prisoners and other vital informa
tion. They will start the training
period in two week when the next
dais is formed.
Pope Prison is a minimum secu
rity institution with presently 500
inmates. Ther ears a total of 82
guards. An integrated inatitvrtioa
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Mitchell
Gets 7-Mo.
Extension
Samuel Mitchell local attorney
who has been convicted in U. S.
Middle District Court on incoma
tax charges, waa given a seven
month extension to raise more than
$7,000 in taxes and fees, last week
in District Court
Judge Edwin !L Stanley, who
convicted Mitchell earlier this year,
granted the extension.
Mitchell appeared before the
court an June 1, and at that time
was scheduled to turn over to the
court the $7300.
The fine and a sentence of one
year in prison Wha imposed on him
at time of the tciaL The sentence
was to bo susptjbded on condition
he pay the fine hr June 1.
On the date of hie trial he failed
th* P ffiu3bm* *° u * ht
JttUflJttsLatx
tarns an tend in MOO and 1907.
Charged in a similar case -eras
Barman L. Taylor, another Raleigh
attorney.
Four Youths
Held In
Break-Ins
With the arrest of three men this
week, Raleigh police say hey be
leive hey have clean! up a aeries
of armed robbery cases occurring In
the Chavis Park area during the
past month.
Reid in SIO,OOO bond ach for,a
further hearing on charges of arm
ed robbery are James Louis Mitch
ell. 22 of 2300 Stafford Ave.; Lon
nie Everett Atwater, 17. 200 Lin
coln St.; and James Claude Gra
ham. 24. of 71- 1-2 E. Bragg St.
The trio waa arrested early this
week on information given police,
according to investigating officers.
The three men ere charged with
robbing City Coach Lines bus driv
er R. E. Strikeleather of about 075
Sunday night near the intersection
of Chavis Way and Haywood St.
Mitchell and Atwater are also
charged with robbing bus driver
J. D. Mustain of SSO on Haywood
St in Chavis Heights the night of
May 26
In a separate warrant Mitchell !
is charged with robbing a Checker
Cab driver. W. J. Stevenson of sls
la the 000 block of E Bragg St on
April 31.
Strikeleather told police that a
man boarded Ms bus at Thomas'
Store on Haywood St late Friday
night fumbled with his money ter
a few minutes and then pulled a
gun and ordered him to hand over
his cash.
Mustein said ,twO Negroes board
ed his bus and ordered him to hand
over the mopay or they'd “blow
vo*ir brains out".
Officers said Mitchell had about
glO worth of Bus tickets on him at j
the time of afreet I
Duke Univ.
Drops Race ;
Barriers
Though Duke” University opened
ita doors to undargraduate Ne- i
gross this week, there probably i
won't be an undergraduate Negro I
entering the school until the fall ‘
Os 109$. 1
According to tha admissions di
rector at the school the ctese tor i
the r—*»g yaar has already been t
selected. The selection wee made i
ketar* the announcement of tea
change of school policy. 1
University trustees voted early i
this week to drop racial harriers in
all divistano of the University sod
admit all quaMted students regard- ]
Ims of me*. v,
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CAPPING THE COMMENCEMENT -At Hr-ytyHd **f Iff «*!** **•#»• Hru« e**, Bland A St. Lotas,
Bruce McGee's mirmry ecfioo/ c/es* was bain£ leuncfiadjMe Mo. nurasry tchtitSl. (UPtlr^alubTof.
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FOR ATI ACK—Alb.rt
Crudup, Jr., who three with his
wife end twe ehOdren. et 111
South East Street, is bring held
in the Franklin County JnO. for
an alleged a smelt on a white
woman at pistol point, Mrs.
Horace Bishop, in the preeenee
of her hnsknnd. Sunday morn
ing. It tuna reported that Crndnp
left the heme es Charles Wiggins,
at Fall-Nenae. hi eompany with
the conple and another white
man about 7:00 A. M. Sunday
The CAROLINIAN Mold not
learn when er where the other
white man left the ear. He wae
net reported aa having witness
ed the ’nrident. Crndnp denies
Be charge.
Morticians
To Meet
In Raleigh
More Ban 200 morticians and
! funeral directors will converge on
Raleigh next week lor the 35th
annual convention es the North Ca
rolina Funeral Directors and Mor
ticians Association.
Dates of the meeting are June
10-14 and St Augustine's College
campus will be used as convention
headquarters
According to members of the boat
chapter at the amorietton. tha
convention will get underway at
• a m. June 12 with registration
in Goold Hall
At 10 a. m.. tb* body will boor
greetings from W. G. Enloe. may
or at Raleigh whose address wiU
be followed by greetings from Gov.
Terry Sanford. The public is urged
Also on Be agenda foe the two
day meet will be talks from per
sisted to apeak are Gerald Wein
tog of Be Social Security Admini
stration; Jarir H Daniels of Bo
Veterans Administration: Albert
Waters at Be Btete Revenue De
partment; C C Smith at North Ca
rolina Mutual Lite Insurance Co ;
C. K. "Jake” Walker of the Burial
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Local Man
Held In
Frankpn
A 25-year-old Raleigh Negre may
became another gas chamber tota
lity if he h convicted of a charge
of raping a white woman and at
tempting to kill her husband.
Held without bond by police os»
such a charge la Alfred Crudup.
Jr. of 313 1-2 Souß Street
Making charges against Crudup
are Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bishop
of 704 Johnson St
Crudup. arrested tat Sunday af
ternoon. waa picked out hi a line
up as the assailant by both Bishop
and hi* wif*.
The Bishops gave Bf following
account of Ba attack: -
The Bishop* had taken a eooafii
to the home of Chortle Wiggins
near the Fall* es Nfuse Sunday
morning.
The man who later allegedly ah
acked Mrs. BMioo eras at the Wlr-'
gins’ house Be Bishops said. - end
asked them to drive him to his
sister’s house near Wake Forest.
The Bishop* agreod
After they had driven several
longer directed them to tana off
mil as port Wake Forest tbs pss
dowa a tom trail which tad' to
a lone tobacco barn.
He Jumped eut of he otr, gun in
hand and told Bo Biritegu to get
out Re told Bishop he was going
to kill him and trim Itia wjfo~ and
fired the pistol into the ground
to show thorn tt would shoot.
Bitaiep then backed to bo roar of
Be car and ran into tha nearby
woods. The assailant fired two shots
at him.
After the husband fted. Mrs. Bi-
I shop said the men shoved tb* pis
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DR. CARL DeVANE
Gov. Names
Two Negroes
To Body
Two Wagren were among the 10
parsons appoined by Gov. Sanford
to to* State Educational Council
oil National Purposes Tuesday.
Named to the body were Dr
Call DeVane. Shaw University pro
fessor; and N. H. Bennett of Dur
ham. vie* .president at North Caro
lina Mutual Ufa Insurance Com
pany. '
Purpose at Ba committee is to
promote better understanding of
basic principals at American citi
zenship and ftwadam under law
In making Ba appointments,
Swfori ssida
*1 betters thia understanding ia
impsndtrs if our nation ia to sur
vive tb* cold war ia which tt is
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He named High Print publisher
Holt McPherson as chairman of
tha group.
Objective es the program were
listed ar (11 erecting a better und
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Physician
Approved By
Hospital
CHARLOTTE According to in
formed sources, Bara ar* two
sidoa to tb* controversial hospital
situation which has aroused much
merest. In view es Ba fact that
Dr. C. W. Williams has Just about
qualified to practice at tha Char
lotte Memorial Hoapital, thus be
coming Be first Negro to enjoy
this privilege, it is believed that
much of the unrest ovaring the
running of tha institution and Its
attitude toward both Nape pati
ents and doctors will disappear.
The administration of the affairs
of all of tha hospitals is under the
direction of the Chariotte-Mecklen
burg Hospital Authority. R. Z.
Thomas is tha exacuiv* director;
and John Rankin is the administra
tor of tha Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital The Authority Is composed
of 22 commissioners, at which Rev.
K. Melvin Taylor, pastor. Clinton
Metropolitan AME Zion Church, la
a member. He Is she a member of
the Board of Management of the
Good Samaritan Hoapital.
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J State News
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Briefs
YOUTH DROWN*
HERTFORD - A young Negro
boy drowned lata this weak white
fishing in Perquimans River about
two mites from Hertford. He wa*
identified aa Horse* White, ir. 15.
of Winfall
HELD IN BOMBINO
FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayette
ville man wa* charged in Be dyna
miting of a neighbors house her*
Sunday. Harry Foushee. 42, held
• me* early .Monday in connection
• ith the nlasting of Weldon Mc-
Allister's home has been charged
■ ith damaging property with ex
plosive#.
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETS
RALEIGH Tb* Planning Com
mittee at tha Ministers' Wives Aux
iliary met recently to continue
plans for the forthcoming National
Convention to he held at Shaw U
niversity on June 3*40.
A one-day butanes* session, in
Heu of the regular State Conven
tion. will be held on June 25 prior
to the National Convention
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Police A»k
Was Killing Murder
Or Was It Accident?
Bf HU ILATER
WB the toSotlng of e 50-year-old
Raloigh matron an eeoldont ar waa
it murcMrT
“It wee an aceldanf*. exclaimed
Eddie Walton. 42, who ia being
held without bail an a charge of
first degree murder.
"It waa murder", mid members of
the family of Mrs. Willie Mas Bla
lock Walton, wife of Eddie and vic
tim of tha Booting.
Raleigh police are still investi
gating. They say they aren't sure
which is the earn.
Mrs. Walton. 50. M 0« Fitzgerald
Rd, was killed tor ■ shotgun blast
this waek. She was shot at dose
range hi (he upper loft pert of bar
cheat
Foliee said they were called to
the Wallen home about 10:20 p. m.
Sunday and aaw Mrs. Walton lying
in a pool of blood in tha kitchen.
They said they ware told by Wal
ton that he waa moving a shotgun
from one eloeet to another when It
accidentally went off, totally Injur
ing Mrs. Walton.
“It was an accident”. Walton ax
claim ad to reporters In sn Inter
view Tuesday.
"I loved my wife. . . I never
would have done anything to hurt
bar. We had been married tor 8
years and had never had a serious
argument or fight", he said from
his Jail cell.
“Why eouldn* it have been me
instead of her. 11l never be able
to target this. I don’t cere what
happens to me now”, he added.
Walton, an employes of tha Elec
trie motor Repair Service, offered
the following venion of the Boot
ing:
“Wo had Just finished eating sup
per and watching television at tha
same time. My wife went to the
kitahen to wash dishes and I was
siU at the TV set She went to the
closet where our water heater ia
Not State’s Policy To
Reform Employers
a asaoari rta«faanon
NifroN wno expect uovvmv
Tarry Sanford to opan tha grid!
of tha State government and em
ploy members of their race, found
themotive# in a dellmna when he
told tham Bat It was not tha state’s
policy to become a reform organi-dl
ration and attempted to guide the
morals gad. thaamptopmant prac
la to be remembered that Ne
gro Mbdartrif the Democrat party
wooed vqtas for Sanfoad by saying
that there would be Job opportuni
ties afforded race people by tha
then candidate Ut baa boon known
to have bean uoune of embarram
ment to many ol Bass laadere tor
the governor to run a deaf ear to
their pleadings.
During the recent meeting of tha
Democrat party Governor Sanford
was prodded again, but there was
no assurance given party workers
as to employment of Negroes. Ho
was emphatic about the State and
called for broader understanding
that would brook down racial bor
der* in employment so that mm*
would come voluntarily.
The chief executive attempted
• to defend his administration by ray
l Ing that the State ia showing the
i way in its employment practices.
: He raid “I think you will find that
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The Mve-Oay weather forecast
for the Balelfh area heftaata*
Thursday, hat f, sad ceostaatas
throesh Header, hae 11, M M
follows:
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PROTEST AGAINST “SABOTAGE ” BlLL—Police hold bock a —thing m— ei wQit*
demonstrator* in Johannesburg, S. Africa recently, when 10,000 people marched in pmteafjb
gainst the government' a " Sabotage" bill. The trouble broke out when pro-government whi tea bom
barded the anti-government rioter* with aggp, tomatoes, and other rubbish. Many (fanorwtaßi
were arrested. Meenwhile, the Parliament debated briefly May 2 Sth over controversial • "Sy
tags' bill that would curtain civil rights according to critics — and ad/ournad until leat W&tk
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aadeaed and noticed my Botgun c
popped up against tha wall. s
“She has always been afraid of
guns, so Bo called me and asked r
me to move it I picked the gun up ]
to take It to another closet and tha t
hammer must have hit against c
something and it want off. Jarring
it from my hand. It must have hit t
her before the gun tell to the c
ground", he explained. t
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EDDIE WALTON <
Members of Mrs. Walton’s fa ml- ]
ly appear to have a different ver- ,
sion of the story.
“I don't know exactly what hap- ,
pened”, Mrs. Lillian Brooks, sister t
of the deceased, told reporters, “but ]
I'd be willing to swear on a stack j
of Bibles that it was no accident.” t
“I told the police I thought it <
i was murdar, and 1 still think so.
Eddte always said ha would kill
somebody before ho died, and ha
tha State la not entirely without
widespread employment of Negroes
in governmental ports. It has bnan
oumpUpy to hire lrrospocßri of
'Accent survey by a loo* daily
newspaper ta raid to bar* rmreatad
Brit Negro employment to State
government was almost confined ta
teJTL’sri^w'aTt,
Utica an«!lmov«a utf thetbitili baa
ted* «ha pattern throughout Bo
yaws and the Sanford admtntstra-
Uon is not different from any other.
New Prexy
Named For
W-S College
WINSTON-SALEM After al
most a year on tha Job. Kenneth
R. Williams has been named offl
eiaUy as bead of Winston Salem
Teachers College.
The school's board of trustees
made the announcement Friday.
Williams has served as acting
president sine* July, 1061. Inaug
uration ceremonial are planned for
this fall trustees said.
He succeeds Dr. F. L. Atkins who
retired last year after a long ten
ure.
Winfield BlackwelL chairman of
tb* college trustees, raid ceremon
(comtinukd on paoi *>
did. rm only sorry It had to be my
•iitor” slit stid.
“If Eddie said he and my stetoq
never had fUhts, he’s telling dTftr-
He used to beat Willis Mas up W
the time. He even hit her in frsßj.
of our mother once.
"And he was always shooting «W
those guns of his. Ho cams to one
of my other tartar's house once
threatening to shoot somebody. Bo’s
a bad character and everybody
knows it.” aha added.
Mrs. Brooks stated that her taß
er had recently come Into a sisablt
amount of money, and thought that
might have had something to da
with the killing. ‘1
“We haven’ been sble to find BO
money yet, and I know she couldat
have spent it all in such a BMfs
amount of time.
Even though he would beat bar
up every time he started drinking,
she would never leave him. She
just loved him too much and be
wasn’t worth it. We tried to make
her see this but she wouldn't liaMfc.
“Tm almost sure ha murderyg
her”, Ba concluded
At presetlms. no heering date IQf
been set tor Walton. Police officers
explained that tha first degree
murder charge ia Just a formality
until soma evidence is heard in tha
caaa.
Funeral services were scheduled
for Thursday at the Maple Tempi*
Christian Church at 4 p. m. Tfce
Rev. M. F. Booker, pastor, waa
scheduled to officiate. Burial TB
scheduled tor Mt Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Walton ia survived by her
mother. Mr*. Maggie Blalock; four
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Brooks. Mks.
Mary Lane. Mias Catherine Blaloek.
and Mis* Susie Ms* Blalock; and
three brothers William B. .William
O, and Charles Rivers.
ODDS-ENDS
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wa sal an am ftC
WHO IS TVE OOVBBNOB,
KIDDING?
Wa wiU never believe that a wan
as Intelligent a* Gov. Tarry,. 6*u
foed aettataiy believes that thii state
•i» showing tha way” in Ba matter
of Job opertunltles tor Ita Negro
citisens. , ’
Ya, Mr. Sautord i» quoted *s
making Bat statement when M
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unng wort afpotoaities
If tha pattern as ernploymknt fta.
lowed by thia state in its hiring of
Negroes is "showing Be way" than
tha ovomor’s plea tor batter Job
opportunities for Negroos is a hy
pocritical sham.
This state “shows the way* tty
employing a hand full of Negroes,
on tha lowest possible levels. Thaa#
Is absolutely nothing wrong with
thia type of employment provided
that those who are employed Id it
are no qualified for anything bet
ter. However, during recent years,
many of these low level job* have
been taken away from Negro citi
zens and given to prisoner*. This
unfair practice ha* been pointed
out to the governor but he has ZS*
fused to stop it.
When it is remember that no
where on Capitol Hill in Raieigh
can b* seen one Negro girl sitting
at a typewriter or doing any type
of clerical work although there are
hundred* upon hundreds of white
girls working in these offices, you
can begin to realize how realty *b
serh the governor'* statement is.
Surely there must be Negro men
who are capable of manning some
of the hundreds of desks in the ma
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