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1'^/Jp-Jthe pictures, dbove, some' of j
7,"the iactivities''.which, included ',
; Bible Studyv -fiterary improve-1
. -'ment, and handicraft, arejshown. j
' In the upper photos, at left, min-1
isters are studying the aesthetic
v and spiritual values of Christian
art ip. the work of fhe church'.
'V'V^The-,jtev. Moses N.i Delaney, di.
. .'JA rector*'of Shaw's Department of
jkhe'RuralChurch, is instructing
ijie class.'rAt right, the minister,
ial group is enjoying a class in
, lea,ther^crafts taught by . Miss
Mary^Alice Miller, instructor in
art. tySome are making leather
. '.,, helts;?i-others' are making bill'
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, Irt'thg lower photos at left, missionary
women' who attended a
{ .'/. two^eeks' study course at Shaw
> Two Murder Cases
Head Superior
Court Calendar
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Two murder cases head the
' v ,* calendar of criminal ac.tions slated
for trial at a .one-week term
' i gf'Guilfojrd Superior Court be-gyiningVbere'next
Monday.
' ..' The' docket was announced this
week .^by Solicitor Charles T.
., Hagan! Judge Susie "Sharp of
Reidsville, who presided 'at the
August 29-September 3 term, will
again be on'the bench.
' Both muDder cases stem from
'j, 'pistol slayings which occurred
less thani a week apart.
/Cooper Luvery Jones of 107
? /East' Street is charged with shooting'Rosa'Lee
WHite July 26. Hen'
, > fry Spearman .of.' 153814 Gorrell
Street is sccused of slaying Isaiah
Franklin Huffine five days later,
* .July 31.
.J, Jones,' trial was set for opening
day bf court Monday, and SpearI
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^^^W^tured with two of their \ 1
pj^^cjoys,.; Miss Ann W. Fere- j ]
bee and the Rev. Moses N.-De-i'
laney. Included in the group are |
Miss Margaret L. Parker, Raleigh;.
Mrs. Evelyn C. Duggins,
Kinston; Mrs. Melissa J. Cabiness,
Gastonia; Mrs. Hannah E.
Rooks, Wilmington; Mrs. Viola
Ingram, Rockingham; M ss J.
Linn Elmore, Durham; Mrs. Bertha
Thompson, Lumberton; Mrs.
Dulcie Butner, Salisbury; Mrs.
Eunice Kirby, Reidsville; Mrs.
Maggie Gresham, Spring Hope;
Mrs. Julia Reed, Charlotte, and
Mrs. Georgia Bryant, Kinston.
At right, ministers who completed
the six weeks' summer
school are shown with two oi
their professors, the Rev. Samuel'
F. Daly and the Rev. Moses N.
Delaney, both of Shaw's Department
of the Rural Church. The
Rev. W. K. Jordan of Maxton
man's for Wednesday.
Also docketed for Monday are J
four cases against Willie Smith of l
915 Benbow Road. He is charged 1
with possession of whisky for | i
sale, transporting whisky, care- J
less and reckless driving, - and
operating a car after his license
was revoked. . . r
Estel Anderson of rural Guil- 1
ford, charged with the capital J
crime of arson, is scheduled to be
tried Monday. *
Tuesday's calendar contains
two cases of crime against nature. 2
Paul K. Ford, white construction *
worker who drew a mistrial at c
last week's session of court, will c
get a new trial. The other case is' 2
against James Brabhan, a white c
man, and Orthy D. Smith,, who
are accused of committing a s
crime against nature together. t
The grand jury will meet Mon- a
day morning to weigh a number i
of cases, including a murder t
charge against Julius Rankin in i
the slaying of his cousin, Roscoe
Rankin. . i
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lolds a metal plaque which he
Tiade and which bears the motto.
Prayer'" changes things." Insludcd
in the group also are the
Rev. J. H. Peppers, Durham;
Rev. Roy B. Sykes, Goldsboro;
Rev. Samuel Hayes, Durham;
Rev. W. Wall, Clayton; Rev.
Renry T. McLean, Fayetteville;
Rev. Cardes Brown, Rocky Mt.;
Rev. . G. D. Ewings, . Jackson
Springs; Rev. W. J. Bvrd, Palsigh;
Rev. A. R. Smith, Wiliamston;
and Rev. F. P. McSeever,
Varina.
Ministers who attended the
iession part-time were the Rev.
R. L. Chambers, Pageland; Rev.
\. F. Brown, Elon College; Rev.
S. J. Funderburk, Cheraw; Rev.
Robert E. Lindsay, Paw Creek;
I. L. Little, Wadesboro; Rev. J.
5. Lyons, Goldsboro; Rev. N. A.
Trice, Varina; Rev. Eugene Mchellan,
Lumberton, and Rev. L.
IV. Walker, Mineral Springs.
Housing Authority
Here Inspects
Building Sites
- Greensboro Housing Authority
nembers spent two hours Wedlesday
afternoon inspecting sug[ested
sites for location of two
ederal housing projects for Ne[roes.
The five authority members,
ilong with Executive Director
lay Warren, viewed several sites
>ff East Market Street, two loations
near Dudley High School,
ind two other possible sites east
if Ashe Street.
A. C. Hall, authority chairman,
aid the authority was seeking
wo tracts of land, each one 20
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mits of Negro housing, the auhority
has requested from Washngton.
Last month, the authority sent
^request to government officials
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DAY, SEPT. 10, 1949
ir Tobacco
Medlin To Die
In Gas Chamber
October 14th
A jury o? two Negroes and 10
whites convicted Monroe Medlin,
1 25-year-old Charlotte Negro, of
first degree murder on Saturday,
I September 3.
There was no recommendation
j for mercy, so the verdict autnj
matically carried the death penalty.
Judge W. H. Bobbitt sentenced
the killer of Mrs. E. O. AnderI
son, white Chax'lotte social lead|
er, to die in the gas chamber
wctooer 14. ueiense lawyers Hied
notice of appeal.
The verdict against Medlin,
former servant for the Anderson
family, was brought in after
slightly more than an hour's deliberation.
Judge Bobbitt's charge and the
lawyers' arguments took up the
morning session. Both state and
defense rested Saturday, September
3.
The judge had left open to the
jury of Moore County citizens
five cpunts: Not guilty, guiity of
manslaughter, gaiily of second
| uegrci burder, guilty of, first dgr,
| gfee murder with recomendation
for mercy, and guilty of first degree
murder.
Charlotte Police Chief Frank
N. Littlejohn, Sr., was the state's
principal witness. The defense
offered no testimony. Littlejohn
recounted a story he said Medlin
told after his arrest fo rthe August
1 slaying.
The 58-year-old woman was
shot to death with a shotgun in
an upstairs room of her home in
fashionable Myer's Park in
Charlotte. Wilford Randleman,
who became the Andersons' butler
after Medlin was discharged,
was left beaten into unconsciousness
and his throat slashed in the
servants' quarters.
Littlejohn testified that Medlin
admitted shooting Mrs. Anderson
in the course of a struggle for the
gun. The state earlier had offered
testimony of ballistic experts designed
to show that the wife of
a prominent Charlotte automobile
dealer was shot after she was
knocked down. The state contended
that Medlin went to the
home to steal.
Harris Acquitted On
Murder Charge
A jury, comprised of 11 men
and a woman, deliberated three
hours and 10 minutes Saturday
afternoon, September 3, before
returning a verdict of not guilty
in the case of James L. Harris of
rural Guilford, who was charged
with slaying a boarder in his
home on the night of August 6.
The decision by the jury terminated
the current criminal
term of Guilford Qounty Superior
Court with Judge Susie Sharp
of Reidsville presiding.
In her charge, rendered Saturday
morning, September 3, Judge
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uiuuaoiius ui jaws raovea and 6,500
pounds of barbecue disappeared
by 7 p. m. Nearly 15,000
empty milk and soft drink bottles
littered the serving tables when
the dedication ended.
A heady aroma of barbecued
park permeated the air inside the
mammoth warehouse. As visitors
streamed in, the damp air warm- ' -i
ed and the farm legion sweltered.
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A crew of approximately 100
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PRICE: 6 CENTS
Warehouse
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Gov. W. Kerr Scott commended
Greensboro lor its new tobacco
warehouse and, addressing
12,000 leal growers Thursday
night, told them the job was just
a samole of what urban rnshlnnlc
owe them.
A near capacity crowd ot tobacco
farmers packed the 100,000-square-foot
leaf warehouse
on Burlington Road for the barbecue
festival and building dedication.
Farm officials believed
the throng was the largest group
of farmers eve assembled in this
area.
From start to finish of his short
speech the Governor breathed
fire that found easy kindling in
his audience. The tobacco growers
roared approval of his every
shout. And he did shout.
Scott's first words condemned
everyone blocking his rural roads
project.
"Everyone who would like to
see something done for your
roads raise your hands," he demanded
as soon as he stepped to
the microphone.
It seemed only those with dyspepsia
were unable to raise their
..rms.
Greensboro residents not favoring
improvement of second-., '
.aryi rof*ds were, asked to take p?
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About 75 per cent of th'e. crowd
showed by hands their desire for'
rural telephone and electrification
systems when asked, to participate
in a show by Scott.
Padding his reputation as a
showman,' the Governor loudly
urged the growers to form cooperatives
and call on public
leaders in agriculture to get what
they needed.
He advised' Guilford County
farmers to see their farm leaders
to obtain electric lights for the 15
per cent who, he contended, still
had none.
"We have to keep fighting together
to form a great rural civilization
in North Carolina," he
cried. "I am a radical, if you wish
to call me a radical?only because
we have needed these
things for so long," he exclaimed.
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Returning to the warehouse/
Governor Scott stated that he
and the leaf growers now know
what can be done for their cause.
He admonished his listeners not
to stop driving now.
Representative Carl T. Durham
of Chapel Hill termed the
celebration a milestone in the
march of grass roots democracy.
He congratulated the leaf growers,
saying, "You have developed
one of the soundest farm programs
in America."
> Spirits soared at the festival,
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