Victim Beaten, Kicked:
SEX MANIAC HELD AS MURDERER
1 Killed, 4 Hurt As
Party Gets Rough
The Carolinian
VOL, 33, NO. 38
FDI PROSING HALIFAX CHARGES
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Davie Street Presbyterian:
Rev. McCloud Quits Church
WALLACE SHAKES HANDS AT
THE POLLS Confident Governor
George C. Wallace of Alabama is pictured
here ehaking hands with an unidentified |Z
Ear Negro woman voter as she studies her bal- 1
lot at the Clayton. Alabama polls last j«r ’ V
week. The segregationist governor flew
home to vote in Alabama’s Democratic Jpßr / to
' Primary, then back to Indiana to watch 99m
the vote count in that state's presidential *||gjk . V
1 primary. An indicated record vote in Ala- JMto? >
I bama gave Wallace's unplegded president-
B i’ 1 lectors a c/sc- --y (UP r PHOTO). A
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AMEZion Delegates Recall
Bishop William J. Walls
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GOING OVER PLANS at Indinapohs. Indiana last week
lor the 37th Quadrennial Session of the AME Zion Church are,
from left: Alexander Barnes, publicity. Washington. D. C.; Dr.
R. H. C. Lee. Washington. D. C.; Dr. E. R. Michael and Dr. J.
A. Clement, both of Philadelphia. Pa. (DPI PHOTO).
Investigate Vote Complaints
WELDON—Three agent* of the j
Federal Bureau of Invesifiation en
tered Halifax Tuesday and began
an investigation of charges brought
against Halifax County voter regis- j
trars. The agent* met Monday night 1
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North Carolina ’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 16. 1964
with member* of the county board
of elections and attorney* and ask
ed for assistance in the investiga
tion.
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BT ALEXANDER BA EVER
INDIANAPOLIS. Indiana The
trend of aenttment of the 87th
Quadrennial Session of the General
Conference. AME Zion Church, was
noted here Tuesday night when,
according to the official count by
the general secretary. Bishop Wil
iam Jacob Walls was recalled as a
bishop He was automatically re
t,- d at the reading of his report
last Thursday.
The speculation was that he
would not be recalled doe ta
the fart that It would be aetttng
a precedent for the denomina
tion. Bishop Walls reached the
retirement age. set out by the
Discipline, In 1960 and was re
railed by the Buffalo General
Conference.
It is believed that his fervent
plea to the delegation turned the
tide The prelate is 7fl years of ag»
and has been a bishop for forty
years, having been elected in 192-4
He la recognised In cburrh
circles as “Mr. AME Zion
Oiurrh" and has made a val
uable contribution to the de
nomination and to world Chris
tian tty.
He ia connected with most of the
national and international churrh
organization* and it believed to be.
in point of service, the oldest active
1 Prostestant bishop of record.
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PRICE lSe
Going To
Atlanta
In August
Davie Street United Presbyterian
Church has announced the resigna
tion of its pastor, the Rev. J. Oscar
McCloud. In a special meeting of
the congregation on last Sunday,
the congregation voted to accept
the resignation of the Rev. Mc-
Cloud, which he read on the pre
vious Sunday.
The Rev. McCloud, who has
been paator of the local church
for almoat three years, resign
ed to take a national staff po
sition with the Board of Chris
tian Education of the United
Presbyterian Church. Mr. Mc-
Cloud. who will move to Atlan
ta for the new work, will be as
signed the special task of work
ing with churches, presbyteries
and synods of the United Pres
byterian Church In the area of
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REV. J. OSCAR McCLOUD
From Raleigh’s Police Files:
THE ( IIIME BEAT
BY CHARLES R. JONES
NABBED FOR INDECENT
EXPOSURE
Officer P. O. Jones of the Ral
eigh Police Department made the
following report at 8 p m Thurs
day :
"While walking my beat In
j the 38d block of 8. Wilming
ton Street, I saw John Jeffer
ies, 47. of 112 N. Swain Street,
expose himself to the general
public by urinating In the
street. Jefferies was also pub
liely drank. I arrested him for
pwblic drunkenness and inde
cent exposure and placed him
In 1V»»' ' ounty Jail under a
858 bond." VS
GRAB. • CKETBOOK. RVVB
’ Mrs. Nancy Brown. 2881
Harper Street, a white woman
Stabbed By
Assailant
Man Shoots
MADISON—AIfred Walt a Vocal
resident, was charged with murder
Monday, following a weekend stab
bing and shooting spreo which left
four Injured and one man dead.
Police officials said Wall, who
was hospitalised with knife
wennds. had been charged with
the murder es Ilwrtoao Kalian,
Jr, it, during a party an Sat
urday night
Madison Police Chief Paul Chase
stated the two men were arguing
when Kallam pulled a knife and
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Hoff a Pays
For Fetchit
At Hospital
CHICAGO (ANP) - Harassed
Teamsters Union president Jimmy
Hoff a. currently free on bond while
appeeling his eight-year Jail son
tence for jury tampering, perform
ed a headline-catching act of char
ity last week when he paid the hos
pital MU of destitute Negro Come
dian Stepin Fetchit.
Feehlt woe a charity pstlaot
In Cask? County Hospital. He
was scheduled to undergo an
ape ration—possibly two—for a
prostate gland condition.
Fetchit, who made some S 3 mil
lion dollars in the movies playing
the role of a slump-shouldered,
shuffling, stereotype comedian, dla
closed his financial dilemma after
entering the hospital. He said his
assets were exactly $146. However,
after the press reporting his des
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Capt. Oxley
Gets Wings
Os Surgeon
Army Captain Leo Lionel Oxley,
Jr., a native of Raleigh, received
his Flight Surgeon's Wings during
recent graduation ceremonies at the
Naval Air Station. Pensacola. Fla.
Compiling one of Uie hlgheet
academic records In the history
of Saint Augustine's College
here. Young Oxley received his
8.8. degree In IMS. He entered
Meharry Medical College at
Nashville, Tenn., September es
that year and waa graduated as
one of three top honor students
at that Institution.
Oxley then entered the United
States Army as s Lieutenant
He was promoted to Captain a
short time later and served on the
■ls ft of Walter Reed Hospital, in
Washington. D. C„ as a psychiatrist
for three years.
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told officers at 11 p.m. Friday
she was standing next to her
ear at the corner of Blount
and Smithfield Streets, when
a Negro man in his 28’s. light
skinned. grabbed her pocket
book out of her hand, thrn
picked up speed and ran east
on Smithfield Street. The
porketbook. containing 878,
was a two-tone brown bag.
with long handles, valued at
*B.
The officer’s report concluded:
“Mrs. Brown had deen drinking,
along with her husband,” who was
reportedly In the car at the time
of the theft. Harper Street la In
the Carolina Pines section of
Raleigh.
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WANTED YOUTH SURRENDERS—NEW YORK: Man
achd, Wallace Bakar, 19, enter* the lOOfh Street Police Station
with a detective altar s urrendering here last week. Baker and his
attorney mat two policemen at an undisclosed location in Harlem
altar the youth had been sought lor five days in connection with
the murder of two white women in Harlem. Police, who arrested
live other Negro youths in connection with the murders, believe
Baker and the other youths are members ol a gang wlych assaults
and kith whit * parsons.
Cops Hold Man In
Welcome Shooing
BALTIMORE. Md—Officer* last
week charged Ernest 0. Young, a
31-year-old Negro member of the
Maryland H&Use t»f Delegate* with
Inspiring a conspiracy to kill the
Negro State Senator from his own
district. Mrs. Vcrda Wyatt Wel
come.
Mrs Welcome. 41. Is a native of
Salisbury, N. C. She become the
first female Negro ever elected to
the Maryland State Senate two
year* ago. She was grazed by two
bullets, shot from ambush outside
her home here on April 10. How
ever, she received immediate at
tention from her physician husband
Her sister. Mr*. Wlllette Wy
att Davidson. I* married to
Theodore Roosevelt Davidson,
brother of Clarence Davidson,
jeweler, restaurateur and not
ed churchman of 711 Manly Bt.,
Raleigh. N. C. The T. R. David
son* reside at MM Caldwell
Ave.. Bronx, N. T.
Four other men Indicted by the
grand jury along with Young are
also Negroes
The indictment charges Young
LII.I Talks
Os Justice
In Dixie
ATLANTA fANPi - President
Lyndon B Johnson Friday wound
up hi* six-state tour of the poverty
atricken Appalachian region with
a dramatic speech to Georgia legis
lator* at a breakfast meeting here,
where he talked sense, logic and
the fact* of racial justice to the
lawmakers and took an Indirect
slap at Gov George C Wallace.
The President. In bis folksy,
direct manner, called on South
- to support efforts to
bring .racial Justice and equal
ity to all, and to reject the
shrill rr> to those who try to
mislead them Into thinking they
ran turn hack the clock of Ume.
He said the rights of all people
must be protected ‘'because the iU
S ' Constitution require* it—and be
cause justir < demands it "
The Prm.dent did not mention
Wallace by name, but took this in
direct slap of the segregationist Al
abama governor:
“Those woo call for extreme ao
lution* can bring us only diacord
and disarray. They tell us to stand
upon our right*, but they fall to
tell us how to meet our responsi
bilities.
“So heed not thone who come
waving the tattered and discredited
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"did feloniously Incite, hire and
command" the other defendants to
•kill and murder" Senator Wel
come
Senator Welcome said: "It's
unbelievable. He ha* never
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Hudson >Betk—Eflrd s of Raleigh
John W . Winters it ( n
lire Sales and Service
Capital Bargain Store
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Lluefteld Church Furniture t o
Raleigh Funeral 'form;
Arme Realty to
Jarne« Handers TIJ • Co
Mrlaurin Parking Company
Medlln-lJatl*
Hud Min Belk—Eflrd • of Raleigh
Amburn Ponflae, |n»
Branch Banking 1 Trust to
Ktlelgh Havings it Loan Aftaorlatl'«e
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Weaver Bros Rarrbler
At Hmith Butrk
Rawls Motor (o.
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Colonial Store*
Abram’s L'nteg Rent-All
Correil f oai Co.
London Oil Co
R. F. Quinn Furniture Co
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A and P
Rhffde* F jrnlt ire
Builders f o
Pepsi'Cola Bottling Co of Raleigh, Inc.
Nude Body
Found By
Husband
OKLAHOMA CITY (ANP>— Tint
degree manslaughter charge# have
been tiled here agalnat e 23-yeer
old Eastside man In the brutaijMX
slaying of Mrs. Ethel (Berdiel KUd
son. 48. Facing the murder pmpt
is Everette Lee Carson.
According to Lt B. C. Mosahart,
head of the homicide division of
the Oklahoma City Police Depart
ment, the nude body of Mr*. Hud
son was found by her husband
when he returned home frem work.
An autopsy revealed the woman
had been beaten and kicked to
death after having been sexually
molested.
Lt Mosahart said Mr*. Hud
sea met Careen and two Other
men at the Green Doer tavern,
at about 3 p.m. Saturday. He
•aid tho woman got lute a ear
with the trio and wont to a
liquor store whore liquor was
purchased Tho police officer
•aid tho group torn went to
Mrs. Hudson'* home and con
sumed drinks and played rec
ords.
Lt. Mosshart said Mrs. Hudson
and Carson were left slone at the
house by the other members of the.
party. He said they came back for
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By PTA Council:
Mrs. Freeman
Endorsed For
State Prexy
The Raleigh PTA Council met
Tuesday evening at the Thompson
School at 7:30 p.m. with Piuoihent
Plummer Vine#, presiding.
The meeting was, cewderad a
very sucoewful ode. The Ceun
ell voted unanimously to send
* a liberal cheek to Shaw Uni
versity during It* financial cam
paign. Among other Important
things done were:
1. The Council endorsed Mis. Lil
lian Freeman, former president of
District 111 to the office of State
President.
2. A liberal donation was voted
upon to be sent to the National Of
fice to help defray expensos ol the
National Convention
3. All were urged to attend the
National Convention to bo held in
Winston-Salem, June 20-24, 1004.
4 The by-laws for 1963 64 were
rev ired and accepted.
5 Report nf Finance Committee
was given and accepted by the
Connell
The attendance was very large.
The following persons were present
show ing the schools represented:
Mrr Lillian Freeman. State Board
of Managers, and former District
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W EATH E K
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Temperatures Thursday through
Monday will average near nermal
In rhe Weal portion and aomewhat
b- In w normal l« Eaat portion
Some normal and below nermal
lemperalurea (or the near-bv *r*ai
are. Aahetple 7S In 51. < harlot'e
and Ralelsh, IS to »J. Columbia
U in M, and Charlenon St to S.!.
II will b' rooter diuraday and
warmer Snnday and Monday.
Thunder rhnwert about Moaday
Hill average nne.quarter of aa
inrh or le»« of rain.
BIA FROM THEM
Carolina Builder*. Inc
Ridgeway s Opticians, Inc.
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t arohna Power A Light Co.
Peebles* Chareoal Flame ResUurant
Acme Laundry it Cleaners, lac.
King Cole Motel
He cur Jt> Meat Market
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f.lmofn Theatre
Ambassador Theatre
Mechaute* A Farmer* Bank
al.elgh Seafood Market
fl-iv s Drive.ln Cleaners
i.o-nmunlty Florist
Taylor Radio At fclectrlral Co.
Page IS
Supreme Brake it Alignment fervks
Hunt General Tire Co
Dunn i E»m> Hervtca
Umstead Grocery and Transfer Co.
Stevens Gulf Service
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Sanders Motor Co
Central Drug Store
Pepsi-CoU Bottling Co. of Raleigh, Inc
Page »
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Peg* 4B
Ivey's of Raleigh
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j D»nii« Bread
(ioodmini Drew Shop
r»,e cb
John.mV. Jeweler,
lean'* of Raleign