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Catholic bishop has -ordered • con
solidation of the Negro and white
churches here, a member said to
day. and "everybody's protesting
kKennon Bowden said that
Timothy Sullivan of Holy
fer Church (white) read the
the church a letter from
st Rev. Vincent S. Waters,
of Raleigh, directing con
ic on May 31 with the con
gregation of St. Benedict Parish
jNegro).
; “Everybody’s protesting it,” she
Said.- “They have their owh church
and school the same as ours 'and
l see no reason tor it.” , r
* "Os course, I think his reason
tnust be to begin an end to seg
krggatlon,” she added.
Bowden said members of
the congregation had written Bish
t>P Waters “a pleading letter telling
film our side < and asking, him not
Edo it but that letter has not been
cognised.”
“I talked' to him on the telephone
Bashful Bessie .
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and he said he would not come
down here but we could go up
there (to Raleigh,) but he set nb
date and so far we’ve heard nothing
from him.” ~f .
HEARING REQUESTED
“We had the rrtce-Jjrovibdal
Father J. H. Driscoll of Richmond,
down two weeks ago Sunday
night,” she added. “At least he
heard us and I do think we should
have had a hearing from the bish
op .. ."
Mrs. Bowden said Father Dris
coU told members of the congrega
tion he would write Bishop Waters
“a letter explaining our side.”
Bishop Waters is attending a re
treat at Southern Pines and de
clined to come to the telephohe,
sending Instead Father George Lyn
ch of. Nazareth, near Raleigh.
"The bishop it not going to make
any statement at all," said Father
Lynch. “It is something among
ourselves.”
The white church has approxi
mately SOP members and the Ne
gro church between TO and 90.
LUvIIIU 111 lICCaU
Former Mayor Charlie Loving
has been elected as commander of
the Llllington poet of the American
Legion for the coming year.
H)j was named at the annual
organizational meeting held In the
Legion Hut on Little River.
Other new officers are:
George Souders, first vice com
manaer; Joe Cgviness, second vice
commander; Prentiss Sloan, ad
jutant; Mack H. McDonald, ser
geant-at-arms; M. O. Lee, his
torian; Archie • Taylor, service of
ficer; and Rev. James' A. Faucett
were reelected to their posts, having
served during the past year.
Commander Loving Is the first
World War I veteran to be elected
as commander of the post since
World War 11. He Is a prominent
business man and served for three
terms as mayor.
Robbery
(Continued From race One)
Benson. ' ,
Chief Medlin said the place was
entered Sometime Sunday night. A
hair-dryer was the only article
missed after the break-in. En
trance, was gained through' a
window.
Baggett Herring; Chevrolet
dealer at Benson, operates the
company.
Chief Medlin said today that he
had called in SBI agents ,to assist
him with the Investigation.
Hudson Case
(Continued from page one)
nled the motion and pointed out
that even If there had been no evi
dence of speed there was still suf
ficient evidence of careless and reck
less driving for the case to go to
the Jury.
The case is being fought desper
ately by lawyers on each aide. There I
is considerable high feeling In the
cage, especially on the part of citi
zens in tha residential area in which
the tragedy occurred on April 2Q£h.
Attorneys Duncan C. Wilson and
W. A. Johnson are assisting Solici
tor Hooks as private' prosecutors.
A large crowd jCrom Dunn was
on hand for the trial.
The parents, well-known Dunn
residents, Jiave no hope of, recov
ering financial damages because
the Masons had no insurance on
the automobile.
MOTHER TESTIFIES
First witness offered by the State
was the mother, a papular Dunn
nurse, who. , told of nearing the
crash and <rapntag outside to find
....
THR DAILY RECORD, PjJNN, ft. C.
Mn Cbm
(Continued From Fan One)
still in it, witnesses said.
■ A Jury declined to believe bizarre
t story of Ernest Maynor, cousin of
■ the defendant, who claimed he did i
i the shooting. There was no other.
witnesses who saw Ernest at the
I scene. Henry Stewart of Spring
’ Hill testified he saw Maynor shoot
Btewart In the back.,
Judge J. Paul Frlzselie ordered
Maynor to serve not less than six
s nor more than eight years for the
• crime.
' i ODUM SENTENCED
I Another defendant, Paul Odum,
16-year-old Negro, was given 12
; months on the roads after plead
; Ing guilty to breaking into the office
of Gardner H. Altman,. truck far- ,
; mer, where he was employed' and !
I stealing eight dollars from a draw
i er. Odum claimed he was ‘drunk at
; the time of the crime, on April
s 19th.
In other cases, Percy Chance
i was found guilty of assault with
! a deadly weapon and was sentenc
ed to two years on the roads. Clar
! ence Porter and . Ernest Skipper
pleaded guilty to breaking and en
tering charges and drew two years
on the roads.
i * .
' Last Minute
[
& News Shorts
WASHINGTON Os) Under
> secretary of Treasury Marion B.
t Folsom said today that Treasury
experts are studying the “whole
field of exercise taxation,” apparent
ly including a possible national
sales tax. Folsom’s statement was
made as he appeared before the
House Small Business subcommit
tee, which Is studying the tax
problems of small firms.
HOT BPRINGS, Ark. Os) The
Hot Springs Bathers baseball club
today optioned Negro pitcher Jim
Tugerson back to Knoxville, Tenn.,
and said no further efforts would
I be made to play'him In tne Cotton
States League this season.
WASHINGTON (IF) President
her child dead. She described the
scene and related that she-and, a
neighbor, Frank Kelly, rushed the
child to the hospital but he was
already dead.
The mother remained calm arid
composed throughout most of the
proceedings.
Dr. Marvin Poole told or his
examination of the child and des
cribed the injuries which produced
death.
EYE WITNESS HEARD
Most damaging witness offered
by the State was Kelly, the ld
year-old neighbor. He related that
' .he was. Ih his front yard and swore
’■ that he heard tires of' the auto
mobile scream a block away and
thep scream again Just before ca
reening Into the yard where the
child was playing.
'..Kelly swore that the car was
traveling at a rapid rate pf speed
and that It was being operated in
a careless and reckless manner.
Attorney Salmon put Kelly
through a gruelling cross-examin
ation and got the witness angry.
Three times, Kelly was recalled to
the witness stand.
Attorney Hooper made the first
argument for the defense.
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GET HONORS AT PLAIN VIEW Joseph Robert Godwin, left,
18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe EnocH Godwin of Dunn, Route
5 is the Valedictorian of the Senior Gass of Plain View High
School, and Shirley Sutton Hinson, right, 17-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Sutton of Dunn, Route* 5 is the Salutatorian.
Godwin has been active In and dramatics and is senior
class president. He recently won a scholarship to Duke University.
Shirley has participated in athletics and dramatics, and is treasurer
of her class.
Plain View Finals
Program Announced
Two Dunn ministers will deliver
the finals speeches to the grad
uating class of Plain View High
School in Sampson County; it was
announced today by Principal F.
H. Ficquet.
The Rev. Ernest P .Russell, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,'
will deliver the Baccalaurate ser
mon on Sunday afternoon, May 31
at 3 o’clock.
Dr. George F. Cuthrell, pastor
of Hooc# Memorial Christian Church
arid president of the Dunn Min
isterial Association, will deliver the
commencement address on Wed-
Eisenhower today nominated Wil
liam D. Mitchell, Denver, Colo.,
business executive, to be small de
fense plants administrator.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (U 1—
The first degree murder case of
Negro handyman William M.
Davis Jr., went to a superior Court
Jury at 12:50 p. m. today.
WASHINGTON (IP) President
Eigenhower today formally nomi
nated Adm. Robert B. Carney to
be chief of naval operations, to
succeed Adm. William M. Fech
teler. It is believed. that Carney
For my preserving
nesday night, June 3 at 8:30 o’clock.
RECITAL TONIGHT WILL
BEGIN -
The graduation exercises tonight
at 8:30 with a music recital by
pupils of Mrs. B. L. Frank.
■ Class Day exercises will be held
on Friday night, May 29th.
Joseph R. Godwin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Enoch Godwin of
Dilnn, Route 5 is the Valedictorian
and class president, and Shirley
Hinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Sutton, is Salutatorian
and class treasurer.
will take over the post when the
remainder of the military high
command is changed in mid -
August.
WASHINGTON OP) A Senate
Judiciary subcommittee today ap
proved the nomination of James
Major Baley Jr., to be U. S. at.
torney for the Western District of
North Carolina replacing Thomas
A. Uzzell Jr. The subcommittee’s
action was recorded as tentative
pending the approval of Sen. A.
Willis Smith a Democratic member
of the Judiciary Committee, from
Baley’s home state.
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