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VOLUME IV, NUMBER 36
I. Herbert Love
To Face Hit and
Bun Charge
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J. Herbert Love, 24, of Win- i
ston-Salem. who has admitted,
according to Winston.Salem no- i
lice reports, that h? was the man
?hn struck Toe Hnvos. 21. of j
Madison, with ?. car S n n d a v .
rieht on the Winston - Salem \
highway. Mondav was brought
to tlreensboro to face the hit and ,
run charge.
Attaches-at L. Piohardsnn hos- 1
nital stated Mondav that Haves. .
who was struck about 10-30 n. m.,
as he walked toward Colfax,
regained consciousness earlv
Monday mornine. He was taken
to the hospital Sunday night suffering
a possible skull fracture,
broken left leg. mangled right
hand, and extensive "body bruises
and lacerations.
* Love is being beld in Guilford
county jail, where "he was returned
by state highway patrolmen
Monday morning, in default
of $1,000 bond. Hearing date i
lias not been set.
Patrolmen found nieces of i
glass and metal from the car at
the sceae of the accident and
about one-fourth of a mile further,
discovered the car which
s apparently hit Hayes, they stated.
The officers said the car which
Love allegedly admitted driving,
had been abandoned.
Melvin Loman, H i g h Point,
who said he was with Hayes at
the time of the accident, report- .
ed that he, Joe Hayes and John
Hayes, father of the injured man.
were walking down the highway
, on the right hand side, and that
Joe Hayes was on the inside next
to the traffic when the car approached
them.
THOMAS WILSON,
roiMrRRT fiiwnpR
AT A. AND T. COLLEGE
Thomas Wilson, baritone, "was
presented in concert Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock in -the
Harrison auditdrium at A. and
T. College.
A native of Anderson, S. C.,
Wilson, has studied in Washington,
D. C., and in New York city.
He has appeared at the White
House as the guest of the late
President Roosevelt; at Carnegie
Hall, City College, New York,
and has sung several times over
major networks.
Highlights of his program included
"Crao Mlo Ben" (Dearest
Believe) by Giordlni; "If Thou
Be Near You," by Bach; "Sit
Down, Servant," arranged by
Dett,- and "O, What A Beautiful
City," by Boatner.
MIbb Evelyn Johnson, of Petersburg,'
Va., and an instructor
at Elisabeth City Teachers Col'
USge, accompanied Wilson at the
piano. \
The appearance of the artist
at A .and T. College was a regular
feature of the summer school
lyoeum.
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The above picture shows the fu
II. ('. .Miller, who died last Friday.
July 2ti, at 4:4)0 p. m., at St. Jtutu
he was pastor since 19 1924.
Local Minister
Claimed By Death
Rev. H. C. Miller, G2, died
July 20, 1945, at the St. James
Presbyterian manse, following
an illness of seven months. Rev.
Miller came to St. James Presbyterian
church from Bethany
Presbyterian church. Norfolk.
Va.. in 1924. He was chairman
of the "Board of National Mission
of the Presbvterlan Church
and state clerk of the Synod of
Columbia.
A graduate of Bidd'e Univer.
sity, (now Johnson C. Smith.)
he pastored for 36 years, having
only two previous charges, Ebenezer
Presbyterian church. New
Bern, and Bethanv Preshvterian
church, Norfolk. During world
war I, he was connected with
the Y. M. C. A. work among enlisted
men.
Aside from his great contribution
to the ministry, he was active
in many phases of civic life.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. E.
G. Miller; three daughters, Mrs.
SuBie Taylor, Mrs. Marian Lewis,
and Mrs. Cecelia Montague; two
Four Bound
Poison Liqu
Poison alcohol last week caus.
ed the death of 11 High Point
Negroes ,and as a result, four
other Negroes face charges of
manslaughter. A hearing wae
held Monday before Judge Don
MacRae, who bound them over
to Superior court.
The four were hooked as John
C. Archie, father of three of the
victims, "Willis C. Phlfer, Jamee
Nelson and his wife, Marie.
Phlfer's bond was fixed at
$t,000, and thrfse to the other
defendants at )S,060 each.
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ORO, N. C., SATURDAY, JUDY !
ii era I procession of the late Kev.
ji-i viira hitu atnuucKU .uujiuas ,
w !Pr<-sbyterian church,'of which
(Photo By KL'TL'RK Ol'ThOOK)
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REV. If. C. MILLER
sous, Charles Miller, Jr., and
Bruce Miller, now serving in the
navy: two brothers and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Monday. July 23, at 4:00 p. m., 1
at St. James. Several ministers
officiated. -4
In memoriam, his family says:
"He has made his contribution; |
may he reBt in peace."
I Over*
Lor Case
Arshie and Phifer -were accused
of stealing denatured alcohol
from an industrial plant and mixing
it with water to produce a
beverage called "smoke." The
Nelsons were alleged to have
bought some of the liquid and to
have resold it.
There were 30,000 miles of
railroad In the U. S. at the outbreak
of the Civil War.
The first lifeboat station in
the U. S. was built In 1807 at
Cohaaset, Maae.
Heat
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Murder Case
Hearing Ne>
Pastors' School of 1
Methods Held At
Bennett College
Forty-six ministers who represent.
a combined membership
of 10,173 persons were in attendance
at the annual Pastor*'
School of Practical Methods held
at Bennett College this week under
the direction of Dr. Ed<rar
A. T.ove. sonorintendent of the
department of Negro work of
the Board of Missions of Church
Extension. Mpthodist Church.
Heard on tlie vesner programs
each evening were Dr. David D.
Jones, Dr. W. E. B. DnRois. Mis?
E. Maye Young and Miss Vh'ienne
Newton. Dr. Dove. Rev. W.
L. Buffington. John Rharne was
at the organ for the events.
The complete faculty included:
Dr. "William "Lloyd lines,
president of Knoxville College:
Rev. R. D. Crockett, director of
religious activities, Bennett College;
Dr. George M. Bell, executive
secretary. Preachers' Atd Society.
Wyoming Conference: Dr.
Muriel Petioni, Bennett College:
Miss E. Maye Young, Board of
Education; Rev. W. L. Buffington,
professor of rural sociology,
Paine College: John Sharpe.
specialist in church music, New
York, and A. A. Cone, state conservatioiust,
Raleigh.
BIBLE SCHOOL
CLOSES
The vacation Bible school of
St. Matthews Methodist church
closed Friday evening, July 20,
with a program of musical num1.
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uciis ??uu i? vciy interesting piay,
demonstrating necessity of children
following safety health And
the Christian religion laws. Be|
tween 75 and 80 children took
an active part in the 10-day session
at which time Miss Lucy McI
Williams gave daily Bible stories
[using colorful pictures with each
story. Mrs. Eunice V. Cotton was
instructor of the intermdeiate
class, which did quite a bit of
craft work for the exhibit. Mrs.
Melba D. Whitley had charge of
the music and taught the junior
class. Mrs. W. E. Barksdale directed
the playground activities.
The kindergarten classes were
taught by Misses Bessie Bethel
and Ebsie Meadows, while Mrs.
Lina B. Smith, the director,
taught the primary class.
"This session of our Bible
school," said F. B. Morris, superintendent
of the Sunday
school, "is one of the best I've
ever attended." hir. Morris and
Rev. J. E. Brower, the pastor,
plan to add a teacher-training
class to the Bible school next
year.
Siberia is one and a half times
the alee of the U. B.
k
/ The Future Outlook!
PRICES: So
is Set For ;t
Week
Mrs. Cynthia Grace Hyatt, 24,
(white), is to (ace a charge of
murdering her 14-month-old son
last April, next Tuesday during
the criminal eivil term of Guilford
Superior court, which opens
Monday at 10 a. m.. Judge Felix
E. Alley, of Waynesvrlle, presiding.
Mary Elizabeth Grave s, 15.
year-old girl, indicted for murder
of her new.horn baby in
May. is scheduled for trial Wednesday.
Her mother, Mrs. Margie
Graves, is to face a count of
| accessory after the fact.
A third capital case docketed
| for the term is that of Troy H.
| Gleason (white), charged with
murdering his stepfather, Albert
Bell. Gleason allegedly struc'it
| Bell with his fist when the older
| man ordered him to come to bed.
On the opening day ot court
Judge Alley is to order a special
venire tor the trial ot Mrs. Hyatt.
In the meantime, the defendant's
attorney, H. L. Koontz, has stated
that he intends to prepare an
affidavit in an effort to have the
venire drawn from Guilford
, county.
Solicitor J. Lee Wilson asked, . .
last term for a venire from a
county other than Guilford, aver- l
ing that the case has been given
so much publicity that it wfll he
difficult to get a jury from this
county.
Mrs. Hyatt is still in county
jail where she was placed shortly
after the body of Tommy was
.found in an abandoned well at
821 Pearson street April 25.
Rubie Harley, 23, and Vincent
Harley, .53, both hi county jail,
are on the trial calendar for
Monday on incest charges.
A large number of charges of
reckless driving and of operating
automobiles while intoxicated
appear on the criminal dock.,
?'? i-.-, ?i ?
w. auc wiufictc ci 11 iiincii caieiidar
ie as follows:
Monday: Joe R. Libby, Grover
Brant Hill, Thomas D. Sutton,
W. J. McPherson,-Jethro Tuller,
and W, Clarence Brafford, each
charged with operating an automobile
while intoxicated; Fred
Melton, assault; John Hooker
and Robert Gaines, each reckless
driving; James Wrenn and
Brady Parker (alias Brady Williams
and Brady Graves) at.
tempted criminal assault and ,
larceny from person: Alexander
Gray, bigamy; Albert DeJournette,
transporting whisky; Clarence
(Jake) Mashburn, larceny
from person; Ruble Harley and
Vincent Harley, Incest; George
Lee Long, Jr., assault on female,
disorderly conduct; John Paul
Shields, larceny and receiving.
Tuesday: Cynthia Grace Hyatt,
murder; George Henry Petty,
kldnapnlg and highway rob.
bery; Henry B. Hurley, reckless
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