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FOUR TOTS MEET FLAMING DEATH ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ if ir it if Winston-Salem Physrdan Draws 5 Ye#$ In Abortion Rap Young School Teacher Testifies Against MD. JAMES M. SCHOOLEB, JB., Wttoiberc Colleg* senior, and son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Schooler, 107 Lawson St. Durliam, ^recipient of flie fiMirtli Bttrjr G. Gnun Foun dation Award, reads the award citation presented to Um by Sprini^eld attorney Norman Carey (rii^t). ISchooler and Shelia Little, a senior fr»n Tipp City, di'rided the If57 Gram scholanhip, presented annually to worthy and deserving stu dents at the coU(q(e. The awa^ is named after Judge Harry G. Gram, long-time Claris County probate and juvei^ court indge and a Wittenberg alumnus. WINSTON-SALEM Dr. James P. Hightower, the 40 year old naturopathic phy sician of 2223 Manchester St., who had been accused of us ing drugs and instruments on a young unmarried Ekienton school teacher to cause her to have a miscarriage, was fined I 1,000 and put on probation for five years here in Forsyth Superior Court last Monday, February 11th. Judge George M. Fountain of Tarboro, presiding, had put off passing judgement on Dr. Hightower from the day of the trial Monday, February 4th until this past Monday. In addition to the five year probation, and fine, Dr. High tower was also placed on a three to five year suq;>ended sentence and ordered by Judge Fouiitain not to prac tice naturopathic or any other healing art or profession for the next five years. During the trial, (without jury) the court room was fill ed to capacity. However, Tuesday and Wednesday, the crowd grew thinner. Court recessed Thursday and Friday (Feb. 7-8) and conv«»ed CiTIZENS'UP iN ARMS Granville County Hared anew here last week in the wake of two meetings of citizens held at the (!k>unty Couthouse. At a meeting of Granville County fanners, Januair 22, charges against iMxs. M. P. PoweU, home demonstrattmi agent, were drawn up and Jones at A. andT. Collie was asked to call for her resigna tion. The charges against Mrs. Jones were signed by 89 farm people of the county. Detailed complaints against her in the dii||Mlttin temper. 2. Lorn of Maflclmce «m the part of turn faailtai. Bx- amples: a. Demonstratinc pew ex amples of leadersWp; b. nsiag laagoaiv ai^ BBWiiilug ~aa edncated leader; e. secaring la- formatiob freai farm families nnder false prstsu; A, per sonal attitude toward farm famUles and woriUag rtiattoa- ships. S. Irregularities in line dnty, snek as: Winston-Satem Ministeis Petition Legislators Te Rescind Jim Crow WINSTON-SALEM A request calling for the abolition of North Carolina’s “obsolete” Jim Crow laws was sent to the State legislature this week by tiie Inter denominational Ministers Al liance h»e. The letter, drafted at a January meeting of the Min- is^to’ AlUance its Public Affairs Committee, called on the legislature to abolish state laws “now in oonfUct with the Supreme Court decision outlaw ing segregation in public trans portation, education and recrea tion.” It was addressed to Governor Hodges and members of the state legislature W. T. WomUe, Clar ence E. Stone ud Calvin Graves, and membors of the legislature’s Judidaiy Committee. Dr. Jerry Drayton, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church and secretary of the Winston-Salem OtA, said th^ Alliance will fol low up the letter with practical blueprints of how segregation laws can be ended. Complete text of the letter follows: I I Oeatleaten: Sontliem leadors and leglsla- ton are oeastantly oontendlng that they an eapaUe deal ing with and solving raeial problems en a fahr basis wlth- oot eeerclwDu Thnefore we are appealing te yeu te abolish the obsolete North Carolina state laws which are new in een- fllct wlUi Sepreme Ceart de cisions ostlawing segr^stlMi In pnbUe tnu>sportatim, ada- (Please turn to page Eight) i«li Calse dab attendance reperla; a. sehednled elnb meettaigs with no one to give demonstra tions; e. leaders not trained to give demonstratUHis; f. 4-H elnb demonstration, j^Jeets and activities. 4. Lack of cooperation on ttie part of farm families In Gran ville County, which is neessary to carry on a sneeasstnl pro gram. Such eooperatien as: a. Farm families will not.at tend any more club meetings; b. home visits will not be wel come; c. farm famiiles will not cooperate in any activltiee nn der present leadership. -The TIMES tried vrtthout suc cess to reach Ifrs. Powell by telephone Wednesday for her reaction to the charges. I. On last November 30th, Mrs. (continued on page 8) Monday morning at 10 a.m. Dr. Hightower ratored a plea of nolo contendere in the case, but though he offered no de fense. several character wit- DB. mGHTOWlB Economy Move May Cut Tliirty From Colleges Two of North Carolina’s predominantly Negro collegog may face faculty r^uctions of nearly 30 persona, according to press reports th^ wedc. A Dtirham daily newspa per published reports to th« eUect that Norm Col] Carolina I Jtenda to lose 10 of its nesses appeared hi his behalf. Edenton police notified here land the doctor was arrested m January IS after the teach er fave bi^ to a dead prema ture baby January 13 in Eden ton at the hom« v^ere she re sided. The young school teacher, Miss Ellen Marie Perry, 21, of 2000 Cannon Street, this city, testified that she went to the physician’s office on East Third Street Monday, Dec. 24, 19Sfl on the advice of a friend whom she said knew of her-’pregnacy. There, she irtated, the doctor used instru ments and gave her drugs ttf induce the miscarriage. For this, she said she gave Dr. Hightower $7S. Bliss Perry apparently became frightened at the time for the (continued on page 8) This is all that remained df a bam con verted into a home for eight persons near Diurham after it was consumed by flames Wednesday which took the lives of loar small children. See details, this page. VOLUM^ 38 -1 kuMBEBl DUBHAM, N. C., SATUBDAT, FEB. II, 19S7 PBICE: fBN CENTS 22-YEAR-OLD COfiFESSES Shawtown HI School ^thongli the newspi4>er failed to Identify the source of its report, it is t^eved that the reported proposals for a reduc tion in the faculty of the two schools came from the Advisory Budget Commission. Charles A. Bay, News Bnrean dlreetw at North OareUna Col lege, said WednisjBiy Htt no college officials had seen the (Please turn to iwge Eight) BEV. DBATTON Closer Scrutim Of 'Pressure Groups' Sought RALEIGH .^A stepped up legal, assault on ^e NAACP by the State of North Carolina appeared in the mak ing, according to best informed interpretations of Governor Lu ther Hodges’ address to the open ing session of the stite leglsla- tiue Monday. Planted In the midst ef mas sive prepeeals te legWaters for economle messares gen erally regarded ss progressive was tte Gevenuw's reqnost for tightening np of registra tion laws applyliv te pro paganda grenps; Best informed observers In the State capital believe that the Governor was obviously refsr- ring to an effort within the state to enforce registration of officials oftheNAAdlP. The Oovermor's refereaee te this lasae was dliftt and slaee (Please turn to page Eight) DUNN A shocked Shawtown high school community crowded the Star Baptist church here W^- nesday to attend the funeral of onerf the school’s most popular stud^its. Dead was 10 year old James E. Melvin, a senior at the school. He fell victim Saturday night to bullet wounds inflicted at the hands of a 122-year-old “one time loser.jl) MelvjA^as shot in the side aturday with a pistol fired by Claude Clegg. He died early Sunday enroute to the Dunn hospital. Police arrested his slayei* COURT BEARS DOWN IN VA. RICHMOND, Va. Viiyinta, thinking Itself forti fied by its Governor’s rock-rib bed policy of "no quarter” in the desegregation issue, found several of its cities squirming under abrupt federal court or ders to desegregate this week. Alreedy cities Charlottes ville and Arlington have been ordered to desegregate. This week. Tidewater cities o£ Norfblk and Newport News were ordered by U. S. District Judge Walter E. Hottman to de segregate by August IS. “We might as well get merri ly on our way,” Hoffman told (Please turn to page Eight) Sunday. He is being held in Harnett County Jail imdei; $2,SO0 bond. The shooting occured late Saturday as the result of a re- ported between Melvin and Clegg. Two ■frightened and unidentified witnesses to the shooting told Coroner R. L. Pate they saw Clegg whip a pistol from his pocket and fire at close range. The bullet struck Melvin in the left side. Police said the wea^n use9~ WBi a ' (continued on page 8) JAMES MELVIN Pioneer Civil Rights Teacher ToSpeakAtNCC Dr. James M. Nabrit, Jr., the man who organized at Howard Univerilty the first course in Civil Rights to be .taught at an American Law School, will be the speaker for the Forum Com mittee at North Carolina Col lege at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Mar. 19. The Forum Committee is a non partisan faculty-student group that presents speakers of various political and economic beliefs. Dr. Ifabrlt who received his education at Morehouse College and his legal training at North western University, has partici pated in virtually all major civil rights cases for the past fifteen years. ( He is also a member of the President’s Committee on Go vernment Contracts. Among major civil rights (continued on page 8) FIRE FIGHTERS STOPPEDBY NARROW ROAD A fire which snuffed out the lives of four small children, whose ages ranged from eleven months to six years, and totally destroyed the one-room barn- dwelling In which they had lived with their mothers and grandmother since a fire de stroyed the home of the grand mother about a year and a half ago, occurred about five miles from here around 11:30 A. M. Wednesday. The home was lo cated on S. Miami Blvd. Dead are Larry Eugene Owens, '6, and Ann Owens, Children of Elizabeth Owens; Penny Sue Owens, 11 months, daughter of Bertha Owens and J. L. Owens, 5, son of Mrs. Mary Naurk of £3yria, Ohio, and sister of th^ other two mothers. Hiree other children who were attending school at Mer- fick-Moore School in the county probably owe their lives to the (continued on page 8) Durham Scout Unit Celebrates 25th Anniversary One of Durham's oldest Boy Scout troops observed its silver anniversary here this week as part of its celebration of na tional Boy Scout week. Several prominent adult Boy Scout workers of the Occ- oneochee Council and citizens of the community were on hand at Whit* Boek Baptist” Church Monday night for Troop SB's ISth annual Par ents’ banquet, which also mark ed the unit’s 2Sth year. One of the highlights of the banquet program was a pre sentation of “Troop SS in Re trospect” by William G. Pear son, U, one of the four found ers of the troop. Pearson re collected the early yeeis of the troop and remarked on the important contributions it had made to the community. Nine members of the troop, (continued on page 8) Two ol Aemaevmtflate AeOevenwr Hodiea’ iBaegmrall m Collie nd Nordi CaroUaa Cfdlago bands. Heca, the two I Cq^toL WiasteB-Salesn’s band ia left and the North Caro- lined tiM'parade nmta Is shown at right A fsrtten «l tha thawiandi whel
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