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Liquor Violators
Are Sentenced In
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Judge Johnson J. Hayes Wed
nesday during the third daj
of the December term of crimi
nal court division of dletric
' court here meted out prison sen
tences to a number of defend
ants charged with violation o
internal revenue laws.
Case against Nathaniel His
kins, who pleaded not guilty t(
charge of operating a distiller:
near Pleasant Garden, otcupiec
most of the afternoon sessioi
and was continued until 9:31
a. m., Thursday. The case wai
the first to be presented thi
jury for trial!
Coney Jeffers, of the Pleas
ant Garden section, who wai
indicted in connection with th<
, same distillery, appeared as i
government witness, the bill hav
ing been found not true by thi
grand jury Monday.
Other defendants Wednesda;
afternoon, all of whom pleadec
guilty to violating internal reve
i nue laws, included:
Champton Beck, Jr., 38, tern
porary probation; Thomas Hold
er, fine of $100 remitted^ om
year and one day at federal pris
on. in Atlanta, Ga.; Garlle Hue;
Sparks, 32, fine of $300, com
j ; mitted to jail at Petersburg, Va.
for. one year and a day, execu
tion of sentence suspended, t? bi
placed on probation for thre<
f'Sy years; J. Gorrell Parish, 43
temporary probation until nex
.. . term of court.
/ Forest Rudd, pleading guilt;
I , to charge of violating probation
was sentenced to 30 days in jail
During the morning Judg<
Hayes sentenced R. C. Williams
^of Durham, who pleaded nolc
contendere to a charge of vlo
lating the selective Bervice train'
ing act, to 3 years in a federa
w;.' penitentiary. Howard Theodori
Cohb, 29, pleading guilty to th(
same charge, drew a sentence o;
3 years at Mitt Point, W. Va.
Leonard Wray, 24, entering
\ a plea of guilty to charge oi
" / . operating a non-registered dls[./
tillery 8 niles north of Greens
horo, was fined $300 and sen
: tenced to one year and a daj
at Chilllcothe, Ohio, execution oi
|y,V,. the prison sentence suspended
: the defendant ! to be placed or
two years' probation on condifc./i,
tion that the fine be paid in $2E
- mommy installments.
Mary Beach, route 2, Laurinburg,
entered a plea of nolc
contendere tp a charge of violating
the May act and was placed
on temporary probation.
Cases continued Included those
of Olenn Thomas Proctor, Jamee
Waynlck, and George Wilson
. all pleading guilty to charge ol
f ' violating Internal revenue laws,
'/continued until next term; Br,
Wiley Ku/ston Young, charged
with violating Harrison narcotic
'.act, continued and transferred
' for trial to District court In
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3 LT. ANDREW JOHNSON, Jr.
e ?has returned to Tuskegee, Ala.
after spending a 10-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
5 Mrs. Andrew Johnson, 613 Law
3 street, and Ids aunt, Mrs. Fisher
i in Washington, D. C. Lieutenant
- Jolinson entered the armed ser3
vice October 27, 1043, and took
his basic training at Koesler
F Field, Miss., after which Jit was
1 transferred to Tuskegee, where
- he completed his training, receiving
his wings Nov. 20, 1944.
; Rev. Crockett
: Vesper Speaker
By NATALIE LYNN
Rev. R. D. Crockett, instructor
3 in religion, spoke at the vesper
3 services at Bennett College Suu,
day. Usnig as his text, "Be
t thou faithful until death and I
will give you a crown of life,"
r Rev. Crockett pointed out the
, necessity of keeping the faith.
. "God pays us for all services we
3 render Him while we are on the
, earth, but to those who keep
> faithful to the end. He gives
- something extra, something that
. is not earned ... "a crown of
1 life," he said.
3 "So many people," he stated,
3 "stop Just short of the goal
t when there should be no stopping.
This is applicable to every;
day life as well as to our epiritt
ual life. Many blessings might
. have come to some of us If we
. had continued just a little long.
er. Therefore, let us resolve to
r keep faithful io death that we :
t may have the bonus of a crown '
, of life given to us." I
i ' The speaker was presented by i
. Dr. Ivan E. Taylor, dean of ln;
struction. The choir, under the I
direction of Orrln C. Suthern, <
. II, aang, "Now Reat Beneath 1
i Night's Shadows." Mlaa Edith 1
. Taylor, of Staunton, Va., aang
I "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains.'?
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i Durham upon atatement of Unit- '
, ed States attorneys that the de- i
t fendant had been arrested here, i
, had voluntarily submitted him- i
. self for treatment, and had been I
1 reported recovered and dtscharg- i
( ed from a corrective Institution |
1 In Kentucky where he Is on 1
l bond from federal court there. <
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SBORO, N. C.t SATURDAY, DEi
Hayes-Taylor Y
Host To Laymen
Conference
The Laymen's conference of
North Carolina and South Carolina
met at Hayes-Taylor Y. M.
C. A., Sunday, December 3, with
T. E. Gilliard, president, presiding.
Mr. A. W. Hardy, Personnel
director of the National Y. M.
C. A. Council, of New York City,
gave a very strong and appealing
address. He stated that
"without the laymen taking an
active part in the Y. M. C. A.,
such an association wouldn't be
able to exist." Officers were
elected as follows:
T. E. Gillard, president, Charlotte;
Jacob Smith, first vice
president, Winston-Salem; Robert
T. Morrison, second vice
president, Charleston, S. C.; A.
B. Reynolds, secretary, WinstonSalem;
Lonnie Reynolds, assistant
secretary, Greensboro; Dr.
C. P. Atkins, Charlotte, treasurer,
Charlotte; Geo. H. Bridges',
chaplain, Greensboro.
Meeting will be held in Charlotte
in 1945. Phases brought
in discussions were:
1. The setup of the Interstate
committee.
2. Is is possible to have Negro
representatives on the committee?
3. What does the committee do
for Negro work?
5. Men's Work
Young men
Industrial
Senior
6. Boy's Work
Hl-Y
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Neighborhood clubs
State Older Boys' Conference
7. Education
Religion
General Adult
8. Post-war Expansion
Establishments of Y. M. C.
A. in state
New buildings
Reaching larger proportions
of people in community
9. Residence Program
10. Council and Rehabilitation
A. W. Hardy, Personnel Director,
National Council of Y.
M. C. A., New York, was guest
speaker, speaking on the theme
of the conference.
Places represented in the conference
Included Ashevllle, Winston-Salem,
Charlotte; Spartanburg,
Charleston, Leaksvllle and
High Point.
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The Mt. Zion P-T. A. held its
monthly meeting Monday night,
c nu-i-*
L/vucuiuoi u. oui loiuioo uaiuio
were sung and several poems
were read. Mrs. I. B. Strickland
read a Christmas story. Plans
were made tor a Christmas party
Cor the second Sunday afternoon.
A donation of $5.00 was
given to the Greensboro Day
Nursery. A -war bond wsa pur;hased
by the school.
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Ii. R .RUSSELL
Elks To Hold
Annual Service
The 44th annual Memorial
i service of the I. B. P. O. E .of
' W. Elks and Daughters will as1
semble in joint session Sunday,
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irr.rin tlf.l XV, H L O p .111. ,'dl 1116
, Midway Lodge of Reidsville. Various
organizations will be High
Point, Old North State, Greensboro,
and the Midway Lodge of
Reidsville.
L. R. Russell ,of Greensboro,
will make the principal address.
Mr. Russell Is the founder and
former president of the Greensboro
Business league and is the
only Negro to 6erve on the Mayor's
War Production committee
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Among the Elk brothers will appear
L. R. Reynolds, state president,
C. J. Crump, Grand District
Deputy of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia, W. E,
Hooper, secretary, Old North
Elks Lodge, Greensboro, Alvis ,
Rhodes, Exalted Ruler of Old ,
North Elks lodge. Among the
Daughters of Greensboro will
be Mrs. J. J. Green, Mrs. A. D. (
Jenkins and Mrs. C. A. Corley. |
A. & T. COLLEGE !
CHORAL SOCIETY
TO GIVE CONCERT
i
-me a. & t. college Choral .
Society, under direction of Prof. (
Colerdige A. Braithwaite, will
be. presented in concert this Sun- ,
day afternoon at 3:30 at the .
Municipal auditorium, Burlington,
under the auspices of the j
Alamance County Teachers association.
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The program, conslsiting of (
sacred, secular and patriotic se- (
lections, will Include groups of
pieces by the double mixed sex- ,
tette and male glee club.
, Miss Jenaette Bass, '45, of ,
Spartanburg, S. C., Charles Morrison,
'48, of Thomasvllle, and
James D. Graham, '47, of Burl- 1
lngton, are soloists, and Miss I
LaPerle Jones, '48, of Ashevllle,
and Oscar Foster, '47, Greens- <
boro, are accompanists for the 1
choral society. 1
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PRICK: Go
McCann Gets 30
Years For Killing
In Cemetery
Willie Wade McCann, 20-yeai
old ex-marine, was sentenced
Wednesday in Guilford Superioi
court to serve 28-30 years a'
hard labor in Central prison
Raleigh, after pleading guilty t<
a charge of second degree mur
der in the slaying of his uncle
John E. McCann, 59-year-old
textile worker, September 27.
Solicitor Norman A. Boren, ac
cepting the plea, lay the fac
that his conversation with of
ficers and an examination o
McCann's marine record, con
vinced the solicitor that McCau
is a moron and incapable of an
swering to a capital charge.
Other cases disposed of Wed
nesday were as follows:
Mamie Gray, 25, larceny fron
person, directed verdict of no
guilty: Lois Gant, same charge
nol pros with leave; Geraldin'
muuLgumcrjr, ~ u, atiiiit) cuaigi
directed verdict ot not guilty
John Henry Puller, 41, assaul
with deadly weapon with inten
to kill, two to three years 1'
state prison; D. J. Poston, 2r>
breaking and entering, two t'
seven years; Julius Clifton
Donnell, 16, assault with inten
to commit rape, 3 to 10 years.
Piedmont Teachers
Net December 2
At Southern Pines
The Piedmont District Teach
era Association met Saturday
December 2, at Southern Pino
The pupils from the elemen
tary schools participated in sev
eral musical activities. Lola M(
Adoo, Louvenia Turner, Llllia
McDonald and Barbara Lenile
demonstrated on the song flute
betore the class room and musl
teachers, with Mrs. R. G. Hoo'
as director.
From the sixth grade to th
Washington Street grammr
school a Psaltery quintet piayp
"Silent Night" in two parts. I
this group were Yvonne Irelanr
A.nne Jackson, Ann Carol Hai
ris, Harold Holt and Emory Chilis.
Anne Carol Harris and Ann
Jackson played Psaltery solo?
Mrs. P. Byers is director.
The J. C. Price school present
3d a correllation of music an
art with Mrs. L. P. Dyson i
iharge.
Mrs. E. Logan Penn is chali
man of the music section of tl<
Piedmont District Teachers A;
soclation.
Pvt. Charles C. Pompey 1
visiting his brother, Ervia Pod
pey, 1019 East Washlngto
itreet. Pvt. Pompejr is statioi
3d at Camp Pickett, Va. He a?
Seen in the service two and
ialf years.