DECLARE WAR ON SEGREGATION
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WINS SUIT Mr* Either James, 66-year-old Harlem widow
Iwim ewt hi New Tech after a session la the $1 minted slander
trial of Re* Adam darted Powell (D-N.Y.) Mrs. James claimed Pow
eß railed her a “hat woman” (graft collector) for poUea fa Harlem.
Slaee this ptetare waa taken Mra. Jamea woo her gait. A Supreme
, Coart Jury ordered Powell te pay her 9211 AM. (UPI PHOTO).
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day ton Powell
To Keep Post
BY CHARUBS R. JONES
(Special To The CAROLINIAN)
NEW YORK The Rev. Dr. Ad
am Clayton Powell, Jr, withdrew
his resignation on Palm Sunday,
April 7, as pastor of Harlem’s mam
moth Abyssian Baptist Church, l'he
resignation was tendered approxi
mately five years ago. shortly af
ter the fiery minister-politican suff
ered a mild heart attack In the
pulpit of the church.
The resignation withdrawal an
nouncement was greeted by thund
erous bursts of applause, climaxed
by a unanimous standing vote of
confidence.
As this reporter worshipped a
mong a standing-room-only audi
ence of approximately 9.000 parish
oners. some openly weeping, in
gratefulness, the minister, who haa
been the object of much adverse
criticism of late, made the follow
ing statement:
“Because of the malicious attacks
and lies printed about me in the
daily papers of New York City, I
hereby publicly withdraw my re
signation as pastor of this church.
Maybe this is God’s way of show
ing me that I am needed as a mini
ster as well as a politician. I also
wish to announce that I will serve
Without salary.”
The suave, 9S-year-old Harlem
Representative to the Congress of
this United States often called the
“playboy politician’’ referred to the
W EAT H E R
Th* Hv*-e«y weather foreraet
fer the Raleigh area he«tantef
Thursday. April 11. a>4 routine
t"« throoth Monday. April IS, la
AS follow*:
Temperature! will averafe a Itt
•* he lew normal, root next couple
of dart then warmer. Rainfall win
everatf about a half Inch or more
mainly over the weekend.
ODDS-ENDS
BY JAMES A. SHEPARD
Thrtet hae auffered for no
|R the flesh.“
EASTER COMFORT
Eavler should be and can be tha
moot rev arding and comforting pe- i
riod of our Christian experience.
The Christmas season is a happy
•tie because the coming of Christ
expresses hope and the fulfillment
of the promise of a Redeemer. East- I
er brings the culmination of that
hope and promise: the Christ has
come, lived, suffered and died up
on the cross of Calvary. The know
ledge of His triumphant resurrec
tion three days after His tragic
death and burial, has given and is
•till giving comfort and hope to
millions upon millions and will
continue to do to until the end of
lime.
How the worlds of St Peter (i
“lies” as the statements attributed
to him by the daily press last week
calling for a boycott of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored Paaple and support
of the Blade Muslim movement,
now very powerful in Harlem, led
by Malcom X.
Misgeeted
“I was misquoted." said Powell.
He said he advocated all-Negro
control of the policy-making end
of the NAACP. much of which is
now determined by whites, he said.
Powell indicated that the white
man could never know what’s real
ly in the heart of the Negro main
ly because he has naver experienc
ed the stigma of being a Negro.
Powell was criticized by a group
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Raleigh To Stage Mass
March Here Sunday
The enduring spirit of the stu
dents to make democracy work
has fired ell Raleigh since Tuesday
morning, when Mayor Enloe called
a special session of the City Coun
cil. The Raleigh Citizens Associa
tion and the NAACP have arrang
ed a mammouth parade that will
be held Sunday.
Th* theme of the parade is “tree
dom For Raleigh." Rev. C. W
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
Bin FROM THEM
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Horton's Cask (tors
FAC I 1
Cos solid ate* Credit Cory.
Firestone Mores
Geas Watch Shop
National Ass'a of Collete Women
National Badget Berries, tar.
Capital Bargain Store
FAG* S
Hudson-Belks—Cfird's
John w Winters and Co.
Tire (ales A Service
Liftuner's Funeral Hama
Pas* S
Meehsatrs * Farmers Sank
Colonial Store*
R. E. Betas Puraitnrt Co.
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ASP atom
I Eaton rm»wr. Co.
IsauSlax Or ns Shop
Th* Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Bargain Bos
Provident Finance Co.
Price's Shell Service
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Deluxe ReSal
Varner Mimartais
BMgeway’s Opticians. Inc.
PAGB •
Nelson's Wayside
Sure *lt Upholsters
PAGB 11
AMoMsemmt Co.
Weaver Bros.. Bemßler
Bawls Hater Co.
Masons To Help NAACP
| The Carolixi ,\,\ |
North Carolina *s Leading Weekly
VOL. 11, NO. 24 RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY. APRIL 13. 1983 *RICE 15c
§a^s
Lags
Freedom
Rally To
Get Fund
The North Carolina Freedom
Day Rally sponsored annually, the
first Sunday in May, by the North
Carolina State Conference of
Branches, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple will have several affiliates this
year when its program is render
ed at the J. S. Dorton Arena,
North Carolina State Pair Ground,
May 6. at 2:00 P. M.
Prominent among the affiliated
organisations in the program will
be the North Carolina Grand
Lodge of Free and Acoepted Ma
sons of which Clark Brown, of
Winston-Salem, is the Orand Mas
ter. Mr. Brown will present a do
nation. the largest donation ever
presented to the conference. This
-donation is the result of Muonic
“New Frontier Prdgram,” inaugu
rated by Grand Master Brown two
years ago, when he designated the
second Sunday in September 1962,
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Grave Aids
In Murder
Conviction
DURHAM—Judge Leo Carr, in
sentencing James Roecoe Cash,
Jr., for the murder of 17-year
old Cleophus Pettiford. at a ru
ral night, spot. December 23. re
fused to be restrained by defense
counsel and gave him from 26 to
30 years Jn Jthe state prison.
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Ward told The CAROLINIAN that
j Mayor W. G. Enloe helped to gel
the permit for the occasion and
that the police department coope
rated nicely.
The parade will begin at the Ra
leigh Memorial Auditorium and
proceed up Fayetteville Street to
the capitol building where a "Free
dom Program" will be held. The
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AA Auto Sales
Wades Auto Sales
Carolina Motor Males
Raleigh Seafood
Raleigh Tractor A Equipment Co.
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Arme Realty Ca.
Rhodes Furniture Co.
■out General Tire Ca.
Dunn's Esso Service
Standard Cone re la products Ca.
Ring Cole Motel
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Raleigh Funeral Borne
Stephenson's Musk Co.
Thompson Cadillac Oldsmohtte
Mans Plano Company
Pine SUM Creamery
foil if liili Co.
Raletrb Paint * Wallpaper Co.
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Carolina Power A Light Ca.
Lincoln Theatre
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Fine's Men's Shop
Fisher Wholesale Co., Inc.
Turner Tire Service, Inc.
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McLeod Watson A Lanier
Ifßl's. Inc.
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Mr A'lister Building Sqpely. hto.
Pritchard Paint A das* Co.
.f»ha Askew Paint Store
G'lhert s Paint Store
Wyatt-Gnariet Seed Co.
PKtshorgh Plato Glass Co.
Castleberry-Hedge Hardware Ca.
sS^Mw^imm
Civil Rights
In IV. Carolina
lIiPSHQI'
T RE TV ANT ANDKMAN
Ex-Carolinian
Writer Buried
In Charlotte
CHARLOTTE Thirty wee pot
on the last story of veteran news
man, former postal clerk and mili
tant fighter Trexvant W. Anderson’s
life, at the Harrison Mineral Home
here, Friday night
Trex, as ha was known to news
men. succumbed to and extended
illness in Macon, Ga„ and his body
was brought hors for buriaL
He was a native of Charlotte and
a product of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity. He began an extended ca
reer here as a postal dark in the
railway mail service. His fight to
get Negroes into the post office
cost him his Job and he then went
into the newspaper Add. His con
vincing articles and persuasive
columns appeared in many news
papers throughout the country.
He cherished controversial issues
and was always on the side of the
under dog. He had many barrow
ing experience* in trying to get his
story, but Trez always got his sto
ry He had a penchant tor uncov
ering the facts and would then ex
pose them so that the readers might
get the true picture. People differ
ed with him in his style of “dig
ging” but everyone respected his
authenticity.
At the time of his death he had
been in the south covering Integra
tion, discrimination, pressure tac
tics, and court trials In which No
gro rights war# involved.
He began his newspaper career
here end for a long time wrote for
the Charlotte Poet. He later work
ed for the Afro-American, Carolina
Time*, Washington Tribune, Caro
lina Tribune and Pittsburgh Cou
rier. He furnished feature article*
for several newspapers.
Hl* la«t venture here was editing
a Charlotte edition at The CARO
LINIAN. His sharp editorials and
constructive criticisms are belter
*d to have mad* official Charlotte
conscious of te* raeponsfbtlltas to
every citizen of the dty.
State New
Briefs
■ELD ON ARROW
OXFORD An attssnpt to bum
the boms of Will Mstthewe, a farm
er of tbs Bullock Community, has
resulted in tbs indictment of ■
Negro youth on a charge of *t
tempted arson.
Granville County Sheriff, Roy D.
Jones, said Tuesday, Jimmy Gooch.
90. was arrested at Clarksville. Os..
where he fled after the alleged at
tempt to burn the Matthews homo
which seas unoccupied at the time
WEEKEND JAIL SENTENCE*
A bill providing for weekend
rather than full-time Jail sentences
for persons convicted of certain of-,
CBAIUI A. KAMA
WhiteThurch
Stadias Negro
Membership
Whs* Charles A. Bate saalked
down the slate ad the First Baptist
Church, white. Sunday, la response
the the pestor’s appeal tor Christ
ian DisctplestUp ha parhape wrote
a new paragraph hi flto histsry of
the church.
When he was presented te the
bership the minister Is said to have
asked if there way any abjection to
the application being turned aver
to a committee.
According to Bute tears was no
visible objection, and tea card was
turned aver to tea deacon board.
Earl# told The CAROLINIAN
that he selected this church dun
to the toot teat ha enjoyed tea pas
tor’s sermon#. He pictured Dr. Join
Lewi* sermons as having asms*
thing in them tor ovayrono. He al
so described him as one ad tee best
pastors to tee eity.
Earle must wait until May 7.
whan an 11-member committee will
report as to whether tea applies*
tion is to be received or reacted.
Persons doe* to Baptist ctrelea and
a newspaper article dtoctoeed that
this is a departure from tee nsual
procedure.
Held In Death
Os Father
CMARLOTO Thee dees Roo
sevelt Dixon, as, uriMrt net have
gone up Sea Juan Hitt, but ha
known how to Bra a gun. This wee
evidenced Saturday when ha test
his 71 year aid tether, ter what he
is allays! to have termed haraae-
The trouble is id to have bean
tor aamattna. The tether is rspert*
gg iMVflBf MGMOd ffc® kb gs
“raping a baby.” Toddy told detec
tives teat ha got tired ed the accu
sation and whan tea eider Dixon
refused to cease and desist be
The Superior Court Judge said
“The malice at tea defendant’s co
tton cannot be overlooked. J fed
teat nothing leas than a substan
hrought a M-ealiber rifle into play
and “towered Bw boom’ an his te
ther.
The saw dM net tel! edOcem what
angered Mm to the extant that be
(cowiwii) cm FAoe r>
Urged To Continue Education
CHAPEL HILL The Uneotß The program was arranged in
High School Guidance Department five sessions —a general assembly
sponsored their second Career Day session In the school gymtorium
Activity last week. The purpoee of for ell students end guests. A see
the program was to encourage the end semi on, which provided tha
students to further their education students an opportunity to meet at
beyond high school, enhanced the least tiro consultants of their in
students' knowledge with direct In- tercet for group counseling A third
formation from collages and voce* session, at which time, the Bust new
tional schools of careers and post- Club sponsored a typewriting dem
tlono available in various fields, on*tration by Dr. Ben Posner, re
and to give information concerning nowned speed typist and former
description of occupations, oecupe- bolder of the World's Amateur Typ
hoon! outlook and pay aeeles. ing Championship, as educational
Criticism
Pointed
At State
WASHINGTON, D. C. The Ci
vil Rights Commission revealed
her* recently that Negroes still
suffer severe discrimination in
practically every aspect of life. This
conclusion was reached as the re
sult of a report made by the North
Carolina Advisory Committee te the
Civil Rights Commission.
la the voting field the committee
amid registration remained “dispro
portionately" white. Only II per
cent es potential non-white vetere
are actually registered, cam pared
with gg peasant es the whiten
toe ream tar this disparity tag
aonunittae mid. wee discriminator
mppMeettan at the state s
tset tar veteca Registrars aikad No*
ffeee such questions m what "ha
beas carps rr meant and who-cre
ated the wesM.
Mast reported failures of the lit
eracy test were la the eastern part
of the state, which has the heavI
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Mixed Group
In Protest
To Governor
CHAPEL HILL Soma fifty
persons demonstrated In front of
the now $2 million School of Pub
lic Health Building which was de
dicated here by Governor Sanford
lest week.
The picket# r* were made up of
white and Negroes soma members
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Wayne Youth Draws
Life Prison Sentence
GOLDSBORO Leroy Battle,
1R we* convicted of tint degree
burglary with intent to commit
rape, in Wayne County Superior
Court and sentenced to serve the
rest of hi* Ufa in prisonr ~"'
Mary Dell Berwick. 16-year-old
white girl Is said to have testified
teat she was awakened on the night
of November IS, about 12:90 by
heavy breathing and found some
one lying in bod. next to her. She
I* also credited with saying teat
when she attempted to throw th*
cover bock teat a hand grasped hor
throat
A screens by her, is aald to hava
caused the unwelcomed and un
announced visitor to make a hasty
retreat Mias Barwlck is alleged to
have told the court that she was
able to identify Battle, due to the
fact that a light shining into her
room, from the kitchen enabled
her to recognize Battle.
She else aald that she had work
ed with Bottle, while he was em
ployed as a term laborer, by her
father, Harvey Berwick. Evidence
also we* reported as charging Bat
tle with stealing a horse from the
girl’s father on the same night Os
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THE CAUSE OF IT ALL The sign over the door of the Ambas
sador Theatre la why there Is a tag-of-war going on betwooa Mayor
NL who directs
Picketi Vow To
Stay At Theatre
Following a protracted and at
times, hasted Joint mooting of tns
Executive Committees of the Ra
leigh branch of tee NAACP, aau
student leaders from Shaw Univer
sity and St. Auugstlne'* College, It
was unanimously decided to con
tinue legal picketing at the Am
bassador theatre.
Tire resolution to continue the
picket line at the Ambassador was
presented by the Rev. John Flem
ing and seconded by Dr. O. L
Sherlll. An amendment to this re
solution, made by the Rev. Charles
W. Ward, extended the picketing
to the State theatre, the SAW Ca
feteria and, any and all estsblish
menta licensed by the city of Ra
leigh to serve the public.
The April »th meeting, an emerg
ficers are reported as having found
the horse at the home of one of
Battle’s relative*.
After listening to tee evidence,
te* Jury found Battle guilty and
recommended merry, without
which he might have been sentenc
ed to the gas chamber.
X« TIME TO PANIC
(AN EDITORIAL)
Councilman John Winters and Rev. J. Oscar McCloud displayed
apparent concern in the part they played in attempting Ho halt urlial
was termed massive picketing of the Ambassador Theatre. While tht*r
Intervention might be disagreed by some, they are on record as having
the courage to attempt arbrttratlon. In a situation, fraught with ap
prehension and possible danger.
Whether they acted moat wisely in regards to their Immediate
relationship with the organisation they represent and are an Integral
part of. no doubt, will be seen. Contemporary leadership of the Ne
gro s cause In Raleigh haa been through organizations. Instead of by
individuals, whose contact. In the past, with white leadership caused
them to be called in the event of an emergency or for Negro contact.
The students got a Jump on the situation and voted to nd (h*
massive picketing Monday night. Mayor Enloe called a meeting to
tender his resignation Tuesday He alleged that he had been MBDed
that peaceful and orderly picketing would replace what he termed
a “vicious demonstration on his business ”
We think that the mayor has a right to protect his business and
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I service by the Royal Me Bee Type
writing Corporation.
The main feature of the first ses
sion was the address on Tomor
row's Merit Employees" by Mrs.
Sarah Harbin, associated director
of the Merit Employment Program.
American Friends Sendee Commit
tee. High Point The guest speaker
stressed the importance of getting
an “extra margin” of preparedness
In order to find a place In the high
ly competfve market of skilled po
sitions of the IMPS and 70 s. She
ency session was necessitated to
clarify the situation created By tin
statement of Mayor W. G. Into*
that he was withdrawing his threot
to resign the mayor's post if tbs
student demonstrators were re
strained from activities in front of
the Ambassador theater termed by
him as “-vicious harraasment,” In
making this statement of with
drawal. the mayor aald ha had ben
assured by Rev. J. Oscar McCloud
that he (Rev McCloud) felt rea
sonable sure that he could restrain
the student demonstrators.
The CAROLINIAN has learned
that during a specially celled Joint
meeting of the Executive Commit
tees of the Citizens Association and
the local NAACP braneh held the
night before, it was hinted that
Mayor Enloe might very poaelbly
resign as mayor and proceed forth
with injunction proceeding!
gainst the student demonstrator*.
It wss feared that If this were done
and Mr Enloe was successful with
hit Injunction attempt, the protest
movement might be delayed for
an indeterminable period. As •
protection against this possibility,
th# 2 Executive Committees ap
pointed committees to confer with
student leaders at St. Augustine's
■nd Shaw, point out to them the
possible harm an Injunction against
their activities might entail gad
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informed her listeners of thRJRMfc
ber of Negroes who are eRRRRtI*
holding technical and exocutfSgpw>
sit ions in Charlotte. OiMaibwh
and High Point positions tone
erly not available lor Negrcßß
In the second session of mie-iap,
the students listened to RpfBMM&l
explain the various Job oppertrtni'
let In the fields of their choice#,
the general qualifications Mr tha
lobe, salaries paid, and hew te ge
tcoarnuußP ow pass w