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I, With Freshman orientation,
\J registration, and other pre-open'
ing activities completed, Bennett
College students settled down to
another year of classes this week
with a capacity enrollment of
470 students comprising the student
body. ? ?
Formal opening chapel exercises
were held with an address
by the Rev. R. D. Crockett, director
of religious activities at
the college as speaker. Dr. David
D. Jones, president of the college,
spoke briefly during the program.
The Freshman class with stu
v dents from 22 states and four
'"foreign countries among the
lUMiiber, were formally honored
at a dinner in Wilbur F. Steele
dining hall.
Speaking to the group was
Robert L. Jack, instructor in history.
Virginia Wagstoff, president
of the student body, presided
and greeted the new students.
while Gloria Wilson, of
New Orleans, responded on behalf
of the Freshmen.
Faculty and staff members ot
the college arrived early and en
gaged in Fall conferences at
which time they named Chauncey
Winston as chairman of the division
heads. They include Louise
Guenveur, home economics;
Mrs. Dorothy S. Smith, humanities,
and Clifford G. Ward, sciences.
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DAMON AUSTIN
RECEIVES PAROLE
In Raleigh this week Gov. R.
Gregg Cherry signed a parole
for Damon Austin, alias Alston,
37, 716 Vail street, High Point,
who was serving a prison sentence
of 15 to 20 years for the-,
murder March 1, 1936, of Allen
Coleman, 23, also of High Point.
Austin was convicted of secand
degree murder in Guiflord
Superior Court in September,
1942. Sentence was then pronounced
Judge Frank Armstrong,
of Troy. The sentence was
not placed in effect, however,
until the State Supreme Court
upheld the Guilford ruling in an
appeal hearing In June, 1943. <
Austin was charged with using
a pistol tQ kill Coleman in High
Point after the two had engaged
in a dice game.
PIEDMONT BA*tBER8
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
A special meeting was held by
the proprietors of the Piedmont
Barbers Association, at which
time they found it necessary to
Increase the price of hair cuts 10
cents, and shaves five cents, the
Increase to go into effect on Mon-.
day, September 22.
This announcement was made
by H. Steele, secretary.
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COLLEGE
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George D<
Murder Ti
The case of George DeBerry,
of 1100 West McCulloch street,
icharged with the murder last
April 26 of Arthur T. Adams, "
heads the trial calendar for the
criminal session of Guilford Sunprinr
Pnnrt whloh nftnvonoo
the courthouse here at 10 a. m.
Monday.
Judge Luther Hamilton, of
Morehead City, has been assigned
to preside over the term. Judge
J. Wilson Wax-lick of Newton,
regularly assigned jurist to this
district, will be engaged at a civil
session which meets here simultaneously.
DeBerry is charged with using
LOCAL WHI'
NEGRO DOC
.A young Greensboro mother
and a young white man were arrested
in High Point Monday
about 3 a. m. on charges of
drunkenness and a prominent ,
Negro doctor was charged with :
drunken driving when the trio
was apprehended by officers. i
The three people, Mrs. Blanche i
Staley, who is said to be the
mother of three children; Howard
T. Curtis, Julian, Route 1, i
and the Negro physician, Dr. Je- i
rome T. Wilson, High Point, i
were arrested at a Negro amuse- ]
,'ment pprk in High Point.
Officers testified that the white
man was "passed out" on the
back seat of the doctor's new
Pontlac automobile, but that the '
young white woman was on the
front seat of the car with the Negro
physician. 1
Officers did not prefer moral 1
charges. ]
The Negro doctor was charged (
with driving an autohmobile j
while under the Influence of (
whiskey, but he asked for a jury |
trial and his case has not been
called. 2
Mrs. Staley and Curtis were ,f
sentenced to 30 days each. 1
Curtis testified in High Point i
court that he had known Dr. Wll- 1
son ,fo,r about six months and <
that he had "run around" with ]
him some during that time. Cur- i
tis stated that he was in Greensboro
last Sunday afternoon when 1
he met Dr. Wilson, rode around 1
for a while in the doctor's car, <
and during that time took drinks <
from a bottle of Scotch whiskey 1
the doctor had in his car. i
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iBerry Wi
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a pistol to fatally wound Adams
on April 26. It was not expected,
however, that a charge of first
degree murder will be pressed
inasmuch as the defendant has
been admitted to $500 bond.
Trial is set for Tuesday.
Two other potential capital
cases, involving four defendants,
are scheduled for presentation to
the grand jury only. Floyd McClinton,
of 1219 Westwood Avenue,
High Point, faces a count of
first degree burglary in connection
with breaking and entering
the home of Willie Bennett, 515
Vail street. High Point, on the
night of August 20.
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rTOR HELD
Curtis said that after they had
been riding for some time, that
he went to the home of Mrs. Staley,
at the suggestion of Dr. Wilson,
to invite her for a ride. He
said that Mrs. Staley was not at
home at the time but that he later
located/in a nearby soda
shop. He..'-' tified that Mrs. Staley
agre"j"T to accompany th.em
for a rid P and a drink.
Curtis said then then rode
sround for a while but that after
s drink he remembered nothing
until he was awakened in a High
Point jail'cell.
Mrs. Staley did not testify iu
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NORTH CAROLINA OO'DBEGH
AU1>!S NKW TBACHKR8
DURHAM ? Dean Albert L.
rurner, of North Carolina College
Law School, announced last
week that in addition to William
B. Harris, whose appointment to
Ihe law school faculty has already
been announced, three adlltlonal
full-time teachers have
ieen appointed.
They are Frank L. Caldwell,
in honor graduate of the Unlverilty
of Denver Law School: W.
Wilson Gray, a graduate of the
law school of the University' of
Wisconsin, and J. J. Sanson, Jr.,
)f Durham, a graduate of the
North Carolina College Law
School.
For several years Mr. Gray
tas engaged in the practice of
law in St. Louis, Mo., while Mr.
Sanson has been associated with
:he Mechanics and Farmers Bank
lere as assistant cashier for several
years.
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MBER 20, 1947
3,200 S'
ROLLMENTI
II Face !
uesday
The other case in which a capital
bill of indictment is being
sought is that of James Stevens,
27, Albert Wilson, 24, and Clarence
Biggs, 34, all of the Sumlnerfield
section, are charged
with the murder of John R. Caudle,
46-year-old tenant farmer of
Hio Ci<? ?-? **? J:-1-1-'
i?o LjuiiuilCillClU UlSiril'l.
The only other case listed for
bill of indictment only is that of
Arthur Martin, charged 'with assault
with a deadly weapon with
infent to kill. The case of Moses
Reives, charged with non-support
is the only one set for the appearance
calendar which will be
the first order of business Monday
morning.
Delendants Freed By
Warren County Jurors
WARRENTON, Sept. 17 (AP)
?The Warren County Grand
Jury today freed two white men
of conspiracy charges growing
out of the unsuccessful attempt
of a masked mob to lynch 22year
old Godwin (Buddy) Bush
in adjoining Northampton County
last May.
Joe Cunningham, theater employee
of Rich Square, and A.
W. Edwards, 60-year-old keeper
of the Northampton jail at
Jackson, were released after the
grand jury reported finding "not
a true bill" on the indictments
against them. ,
The grand jury thereby endorsed
the action of the Northampton
County Grand Jury last
month in refusing to return true
bills against Cunningham and six
other Rich Square men charged
with abducting Bush from the
Jackson jail.
Governor Cherry, who ordered
the second inquiry, said in a
formal statement that "until the
persons who committed this of?
fense are brought before a trial
Jury, the caBe can never be
closed."
Asked if he planned to have
the case presented to another
grand Jury, the Governor replied:
"There's not much use in,
taking it anywhere else on the
evidence we now have.'"
Bush broke and ran as his
captors placed him in a waiting
automobile, and escaped into the
early morning darkness. He had
been accused of attempting to
criminally assault a young Rich
Square white woman but was
exonerated by the same grand
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A. AND T. COLLEGE GETS
SET FOR GREATEST
ENROLLMENT
The first of an anticipated 3.
200 students began flocking to
the A. and T. college campus last
Tuesday for the Fall Quarter,
which opens next Tuesday at the
college. While returns from the
registrar's office were incomplete
at press time, applications have
been accepted from more than.
1200 freshmen and new students.
Most of these students are ex
pected to have completed their
registration by Saturday.
Classes at A. and T. begin on
Tuesday, September 23. New
students will register on September
20 and 22.
Freshman Week activities began
at the local college Tuesday
morning with the largest number
ot new students reporting in the
| 55-year-old history ot the institution.
The program was launched
with a pre-registration meeting
in the Harrison auditorium
where freshmen and new students
were assembled for interviewing
and placement tests.
Mathematics and English placement
tests were administered
throughout the first day with
the record-breaking class pausing
at mid-day to pose for official
class photos. At 5 p. m. Wednesday.
the newcomers were welcomed
to the college community
in a program held in Richard B.
Harrison auditorium. On hand to
greet the freshmen were administrative
officials and key student
leaders.
Throughout the week the class
was subjected to a series of tests,
physical examinations and conferences
with faculty advisers.
Saturday will be given to an
inspection tour of the campus, a
continuation of the orientation
program and a social that night
with Freshman Jollification, traditional
at A. and T. get-acquainted
affair sponsored by the personnel
department, will be held..
The 1947 Freshman Week program
closes Sunday with a Morning
Worship Service in Harrison
auditorium at 11 o'clock. The
message will be delivered by the
Rev. Cleo McCoy, college minis4A?
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A breakdown of the 1200 newstudents
accepted revealed that
694 are veterans with 519 non- I
veetran applicants accepted. Application
have been received from
207 freshmen and new women
students and 1,006 from men, the
report Indicated.
In order to make more room
for the increased number of women
students, Morrison Hall and
Vanstory Hall, formerly men's
dormitories, have been turned
over to the girls. Male students
v 111 be quartered in North dormitory
and at North campus pending
the construction of several
new buildings already approved by
the State Legislature.