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Worker Snrvives Shock 01 3,000 Electric Volti Caro l i k i a i VOL. IS. NO Jo SATURDAY APRIL 18. RALEIGH, N, C. PRICE 12e IN R C.; ELSEWHERE 15e C. Marriott Quits Gamer School Wounded Detective Kills Assailant Murder On Main Street Detective’s Gun Takes Crook’s Life | NORFOLK, Vs A seriously j Hounded detective shot arid Killed his Negv'o assailant on Norfolk s j main street last w eek as crowds of '■ shoppers and businessmen looked j on in horror. Detective C. R. Davis, stabbed twice In the neck with an ice j pick, shot George Johnson, «. in tiie heart and thru collapsed | {rONTINUKD ON RAG? 8) 1400 Attend NHA Confab j At Raleigh 1 rOO delegates attended the re- j cent statewide meeting of the North Carolina New Homemakers of A- i merica at Memorial Auditorium j here last week. Major Maxwell S. Whittington, j H. S. Chaplain's Corps, Ft Jackson, ; S C\, addressed the session on ; Better Homes for Better Living ” j In bis remarks. Major Whitting- j ______ fCONtWCED ON PAGE D j State News! —IN— Brief LOCAL MORTICIAN RECUPERATINO RALaCtGH Charles A (Doll) Haywood, who became ill. follow ing a trip to New York CHy and Washington, D, C last week, is sow recuperating at his home, 720 S Bast Street Mr Haywood viyited New' York for the annual con'ven «toe of the Bricks N C. School j alumni, He was in Washington at tending a session of the Pigskin Club, of which he is the only Ra rroNnNVKD on page -sa pic North Carolina's Leading Weekly STRUVES 3,000 VOLT SHOCK—Primus P*iro«r, 41-ycar-old j father of six children, and a resident of Andrews, S. C„ Is shown at I Clinton, N, C., after receiving a 3,000 volt electric shock last Thursday j afternoon. (See story this page). Ike Comments On Shot Taken At Va. Governor RICHMOND, Vs Gov, J. Lind say Almond, white-maned veteran ; of a hundred political wars, shrug- j ged off an attempt on his life Sun- | day but President Eisenhower S termed it a "shocking” art by an j obviously "insane person.'* Investigators said, they were j j "nearly certain that the unknown j ! gunman who a shot at the ! ! 60-year-old Almond last Friday as the governor left the executive mansion after lunch was »n ardent segregation!?! Almond has received ! numerous threatening letters, tele- J grams and telephone calls through- | out Virginia's current turmoil over ! school integration, “I'm just, going to go on living j and do the best t can. f> Almond s-i.id 'lf somebody knocks me off there's a good man ready to take my place.” He referred to Lt. Gov, A. E 8. Stephens, nest in line of succession. President Eisenhower based his comment on news report* from Richmond. Press secretary James Hagerty discussed it with him at the Augusta National Golf Club. ''The President thought it was a shocking thing and that only an insane person would try' any thing like this in the United States, and that whoever the person was, by his action, he did s great dis (OOKinUW ON PAG# » Medic, Others Amazed At ‘Electrocution’ Recovery CLINTON - Primus Palmer, 44-year-old employee of Bonita* Installation Company, proved to the citizens of this little farming town that electricity does not always have to kill one when it passes through his body. It ell happened here Thursday afternoon when Palmer, working on the new Scottish Bank Bui* ding. Elizabeth Street., came in contact with a Carolina Power •*> Light Company- wire that is reported to have carried 5,000 volts of electricity. The company for which Palmer works had a contract to insulate the roof of the building, it la re ported and Pal mer was one of the several employees who arrived here Thursday morning and be gan to carry out the company's contract- It was reported that Palme? bad a one-toch pipe to tm band and In the process »f performing hi* duties, the ih-e “I’m Not Guilty,” Bryant Declares; Mum On Facts’ WR B. BRYANT, SR. Durham Delegation Demands Prompt Action On “Mixing" DURHAM - On Monday night, a delegation of about iC Negroes called on the Durham City Board of Educs.feion to make “a. prompt and reasonable and good faith start next .September in desegm § rohus Kfr Momy came ip contact with the wire end the volte parsed (brough his body. The coo tart is said to have burned a. hole in tbr pipe which was about one ste j ferntb of an inch deep, j The contact with the wire was I realized for about two blocks in the vicinity of the building, lights u’oNTSNtJEr r*N page »» »V STAFT WRITER < Nignt club operator William H. ! Bryant- was bound over under a | 410.000 bond Monday for trial in i Wake Superior Court by City 'Court. Judge Albert Doub. Bryant | was arrested on a charge of brib ! ing two local detectives on Wed i nesday morning of last week. The detectives. Sets. J M. Stell and C. E. Beck, had received sioo from Bryant. Rr.vant refused to discuss the charges made against him when approached bv CARO LIMAN’ reporters. His attitude wm that of evasiveness. “I am not guilty," Is all be said. Bryant. 53. who resides at W 8 Fayetteville Street, has been dub bed "the kingpin of lottery op erations" In trie city. The incidents leading to bri bery reportedly began last Be fcoNiimnso on page d gating the public schools of out; city ' The delegation' said that; voluntary integration could bej achieved if the board would re- ; district school lines j Board Chairman FranV b, Ful'ler expressed hie convic tion about Darftan»’* nnreadt «seas for iofegrratlrm, but. nev ertheless, promised the group that the hoard would eotssid «r the petition.. The purpose of the groups ap pearance at the meeting va.s to. protest the reopening of a school tCONTSMITSTP ON PAG* » CAROLINIAN - ADVERTISERS PAG*. J Burtons Cash Store The aoofi System lnSustrlttl SUM Ligiatner raaetei lestn Mi. Chester Pfi<Sseo« PAGE 1 Eftrd’* «? SSait-igfs iohnson-Ljmbe Company R. W MrOoweil, M.». B*ielgh Commission Soyir, In. PAGE S Kntfpen Hr\k Compitoy PAGE « Mechanics & Parmer* SaM Kelly's tj.Drive-It CarsSelgh PSmtSMre Company Speeafy.Waak, hie. Capital t./osn Company, I rr. Transfer Company CseeMsa Power Jk TJjjrbt Cvtaptsy PAGE V Gera TSVtch Shop Washington Terra re Apanunents Gas CUSMirrs &■ Halters Sanders Motor Cawptny Kaietgh Savings .St Luc A«'» Wise ir,r. Cwspet'a HAM ANTf K(tG SHOW PRINCIPALS Flavin* important part* In the 12th Annua! Hass »»d Shew and Sale, held in Johnston County Savt week *w the prntw shown above, during & break in activities at (he Livestock 'Arena, From !rf( to right are: R, E. Jones, state agent; L. R, (Ham) John von, former Johnston farm agent, and the show's originator: Mrs, Limy O. Toole, home agent; Mrs., Pay dine Best, grand champion e*g winner; (he Rev. H l> Merritt, grand champion ham winner; I* F Palmer, county agent; and J, A, Spaulding, southeastern district agent, (STAFF PHOTO ST OSL4S R, JONES). Council Candidate Reveals Platform Dr. Harris ! i Sees Need ForChange Dr Nelson Herbert Haptis, pro- i lessor of education at Shaw Uni -. versify, “’threw his hat In the j ring" last weekend when he be-! came a candidate for the r ': J y Council, subject to the April 316 j primary, "... OR. NELSON K. HARRIS ! Ham & Egg \ Show Said ‘Best Ever" j i SMTI’HFTELD - Several hun-1 di ed persons saw the champion j hams and eggs which were on '■ display and later auctioned at the; 12th Annual Ham and Egg Show, | staged a.t the Johnston County j Livestocks Arena, April 8. 8, and; 10, The grand champion ham. I • owned by the Rev. H. D. Mer ritt of Clayton, Route t. brought $16.36 per pound and the bans weighed IS pounds Mr*. F’aMine Best exhibited the grand champion egg*. She resides at Route t, Princeton egg# »oid for SHO. The auctioneer was C. IS. "Sr,ox- j (COMPftW OS' PAGE- Z!J PAGE 8 LOionia.i States R. E. Quinn Enrslture Company Modern Finance Company S IH. Young Hardware Standaito Cinder Block Taylor IhMiSo A TV Ser .ir* Odom Cat Rate Store Ur. C. Karl l.itSGman Want General Tire Cotnpxav CAGE S V’irs4-« lllreo- Bang & Trust < *> AAP Soper Martels Tire Sales & Sen ire llavt* St. Co«n Ijiiindro'ral ; f'snwßs Eatery 1 PAG* Hi Warner Memorial? PAGE S 3 A«Msm4<> ■ Theatre Re.vat PiMtrc PAGE I* | Psterkwe Stores I Rm’eigb Fnnerai Rome ! N, C. Pwfsrti ! /* -flirts fk&j&tty t'afiipniy? I C«?ww&lftiU»4«i CmnSK Some 14 other candidates have j announced their intentions of I seeking a sea-1 on the seven-mem- j her Council, All of the others are j white, Dr. Harris «« an unsue rr.ysfoi candidate for the N, €, House of Representatives j last year. He received a size- | able vote, however. A native of Richmond, Va,. I Dr Harris received (be 8.5. j degree at Virginia Union Uni versity there, the M.A. and Th. D. degrees at (be ITnivers- My of Michigan. Principal’s Resignation Accepted By Committee By Staff Writer GARNER, Charles A Mar-! rlott, SS, W'ho has served as prin cipal of the Gamer Consolidated School for the past 36 years, sub mitted his resignation to Suptri Fred A. Smith early In April. Smith, when contacted by a; CAROLINIAN reporter, confirmed j the resignation and said that it.l had been accepted by the Local) District Committee. 'There are 12 1 District Committees in Wake! County. A successor to Marriott- has al-1 ready been c.lioosen. but .Smith ■ would not divulge the name. The resignation will allegedly become effective at the expiration of the current school year. Mr Marriott, when contended for a .statement, had nothing to say except that he was busily on- H'ONTINUF.fi or PAGP TTI Crown & Scepter Meet Here Should Attract Over 600 Over six hundred high school ; honor students are expected to at- j lend the !Bth fyimual meeting of i the Crown and orept.-?'' Club at St [ Augustine's College or> Saturday, | April !3. The theme for this year's j meeting is: "Preparing to meet (he 1 Challenges of the- Space Age I Through a Better Utilization of A- j '■ailabie Opportunities Dr Hugh Gloster. chairman, de partment of communications at Hampton Institute, will b<= the main speaker at the morning session The six workshops schedul ed arc: Preparing for the Spare ; Age Through Integration, Pr*- paring for Tour Career In the Space Age Understanding So cial Values. Understanding Its sir Study Shills, Preparing t« Civil Rights Body Pondering Housing Verdict For Atlanta ATLANTA ln s. recent U. B, Civil Rights Commission hearing here, M. B. Baiteriveld predicted that any at,tempt at integrating housing would result m ’chaos,." •It would result in cham end tragedy." agreed Housing Author ity chairman. -John O. Chiles, Fortner Florida Governor Doyle E. Carlton presided over Use one day commission Siearing here on Friday. The hearing was on hous Mmt Face Murder, Arson Raps GREENVILLE A laborer was charged with tamper and |H> mhi Thursday in the deaths of a family of threw in a rural fire uome four years ago. Sheriff K-tiel W. Tyson -asld the warrant* against Freddie .lent*. ST. of Vass, flhnaved one of the most Intensive Investigations te Pitt CVwnty In many yeari. Tyson said that robbery apparently was the motive for iht asre staying* of June Crawford, 34, and his wife, Mary, .33, prior i to a fire which also claimed the life of their non, WflHatn, IS. The sheriff said that gasoline was used to set fir* to the f rasas feersse.of the family In IJK, He ha® resided tss this city sine* 1838, At present he is director at tea - cher education and the bureau ot appointments, at Shaw University He also direct® the university's summer school and finds time tc serve as professor oi education and head of the division ot edit cation at the Baptist, institution A deacon of the First Baptist Church here, he also is chairman of the trustee board and chair man of the pulpit committee. (rONTWCfiD ON PAGE. P CHARLES A. MARRIOTT Take the Standardised Teal, and Understanding and Ajipre tCONTTNVKD ON PAGE ?.) Doctor Refutes Rumor Powell Suffered Heart Attack In Puerto Rico SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Con gressman .Adam Clayton Powell was stricken last week with wb#( was termed his fourth heart attack but some sources report this state went is false, and claim that Powell suffered a siege of bronchitis, com (CONTENDRO ON FARE- SI mg problems of minority group? | in the South. Negroes who appeared be fore the Commission sharpel? contradicted a statement that the Negro housing situation in Atlanta has deteriorated rath er than improved over the last ( 2® year*. A statement to thl* effect, was made by Q, V. Wil liamson, the prominent press tCONTTNimO ON PAGE tfc-
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