Hiiii il
BOW FOR THE QUEEN A native woman executes a
Graceful curtsy on meeting Queen Elizabeth (center right) during
a garden party at Buckingham Palace, May 9 th. Shortly after
this London photo was taken, a downpour caused all the guests
to seek shelter in a hurry. (UP! PHOTO).
Smear” Attempt
Claimedßv Three
BY ,T B HARKEN
ROCKY MOUNT cry a
all agog Monday morning when ci
tizens read in a Raleigh dn;!y a
'letter to the editor over the al
leged name of "C. Ruth Jones”, ad
dress listed as “Weldon”, a state
ment to the effect that a series of
* “secrect meetings” had been ht id
at the iocal Booker Washington
high school, where an ''NAACP
executive committer allegedly
Rev .! H Costen as successor to
the late Dr Joseph W P rkrr Jr.
as the colored memhei of the local
school board
i.radm Binlti
Meet. Man Plan*
ORANGEBURG, S. C Stud' -.1
anti-segregation leaders from alt
parts of (he stale wound up a two
day conference at. Claflin College
Sunday.
The Rally, which got underway
Saturday with an address by three
antl-segregaiion protest leaders,
i 'as held on the Ciathn College
f Campus
The Rev. .T. S. Rail, leader of
3 AME Zion Bishops Are
Elected At Conference
BUFFALO, N. Y. Three bishops
were elected at. the 36t,h session ol
the General Conference AME Zion
Church, which is meeting here.
Saturday, after four ballots were
taken. Dr Felix S. Anderson. Dr.
William M. Smith, Rev S Dnrme
Lartey and Dr W, A. Hilliard.
There was nevei any doubt that
the four men were the favorites, in
a field of more than fcwen® Uve
aspirant Dr Smith led the flits
ballot and Dr. Anderson was sec
ond with Lai toy and Hilliard in
the third and fourth positions, re
spectively.
They picked up quite a num
ber oh the 2nd ballot, hut nei
ther en« getting the required
PROTESTING STUDENT FRISKED A Chattanooga policeman frisks a student outside a
Kress store May 12th after 50 Howard High School students were arrestee? for refusing to leave the
store premises. The students were arrested under a 1959 anti-loitering ordinance that war. passed to
curb juvenile disorder at a local drive-in. ( UPI TELEPHO TO ).
ME SURE TO CAST YOUR VOTE IN THE MAY 28TH PRIMARY •
The letter charged that in
addition to the Rev Mr. Costen
and Principal li. !>. Armstrong
the principal's brother - l)r \\
liiurber Armstrong - was a
party to the alleged "secret
meetings” in an attempt to
boost Costen lor the School
Board post. Ail three men have
vigorously denied any emu
plicitv in the matter.
Amused by the dastardly at
tempt to sabotage the position of a
Negro on the school board <Dt
Parker held it several yeats and
f< OKTP t tfl ox PAGF Z>
the Jan. 1. protest march on thr
Greenville Airport; Herbert
Wright, national NAACP Youth
Secretary, and Amos Brown ot
Morehouse College, in Atlanta.
Ga„ spoke to the group Sat
The affair concluded with the
Slate-Wide Mother of the Year”
contest at 3:30 p. m. The contest is
! the major fund-raising drive of the
> state NAACP conference.
number for a two-third ma
jority The third ballot found
Anderson ahead with a total
of 341, with Smith having 317.
The necessary number was
312, The fourth brought the
election of Lartey and Hilliard
had a margin of one, receiv
ing 311, with a necessary 31st
Il was expected that the two
first, men would be elected, but
i would trail Dr. Alfred Dunston.
: Jr., of Philadelphia. He was dis
qualified by the Board of Bishops,
on the eve of the election, due to
marital differences which the bis
hops ruled made him ineligible
for the high office He suffered
'the same fate in 1956.
‘GRADY DAVIS DAY’ SUN.
4 + + 4> 4. 4. -f 4.4 4. 4.
Attorney S&mmrmi issues Order:
FBI Begins Probe Os Dixie Voting Records
Feds Enter
State, Begin
Investigation
i
| MCCORMICK, S. C. - The FBI 1
Monday was schedule to begin a
probe of McCormick County voting
records to determine if Negroes
have been discriminated against tr,
registration and voting.
The investigation was order
ed by C. S. Attorney General
William P. Rogers under terms
of the 1960 civil rights law.
McCormick is one of four coun
ties in the South under investi
gation.
Two FBI agents visited the eoun
y last Thursday but derided to
, wait to officially begin the probe
! since registration books were open
■ last week.
| R' lustration rolls closed Friday
; and will not reopen until July,
! some time after the June 14th Dem
loci dt ■■.’ Primary.
A number of Negroes regist
ered last week, raising to 49 the
number of qualified Negro vot
ers in the county. Two appli
cants were turned down due to
illiteracy.
McCormick County has some 2.-
XK) NT glares.
‘Moonshine’
Syndicate
Is Cracked
ROCK HILL, S. C. —Federal a
■ gents aided' by North and Soul!
: Carolina officers, cracked down
| hard Friday on what they desertb
’ed as “one of the largest liquor
syndicates in the Piedmont Cat o
iinas.”
The officers arrested three men
; and seized five vehicles and som<
1.972 gallons of moonshine whisky
in a raid al nearby Leslie Fout
other men had been arrested earn
er in North Carolina.
Federal agents, operating out of
Charlotte, N C„ said, the bulk of
the whisky was found at a cattle
i sales barn owned by William Ru
| fus Moffit. one of the three men
I arrested during the- raid. They said
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White Boy
| A caused O f
NC Assault
I HALIFAX An !8-year-old
1 white yoeuth was charged Friday
I with raping an 11-year-old Negro
;irl after she accepted a ride in
' his automobile
Sheriff H. A House said
1 ; James Eh in Joyner of Rmg
wood was charged with rape
and carnal knowledge. Officer*
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
THE COROLINIAN
I VOL. 19. NO. 32
Girl. 8. Is Raoed And Killed
Churches i
{Spotlight
Dr. Davis
Sunday, May 22 has been pro
t claimed "Grady D. Davis Sunday”
| in all of Raleigh’s chinches.
A specially selected corps of
speakers has been named by
the Grady I>. Davis Headquart
ers to speak during the. 11 a. m
Sunday Church services.
These speakers will bring (he
chmch audiences tip to date con
cerning the progress Dr Davis is
making in this race for a seat in
the North Carolina General As
sembly as one of the 3 represents*
j fives from Wake County.
They will also make an appeal
for funds needed for the television,
radio and newspaper announce
■ ments scheduled by Dr Davis for
* next week.
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Suspicion*
Vo. Fire
llrporfrd
i
LIJRAY. Va. -- Police were in- j
i vestigating a fire this week which j
broke out in a Nt rro church Tours
10 learn if it was connected with
an assault on a 12 year-old-whitc
boy by a Negro man.
A police official said the ftre
might have been started on
purpose in retaliation for the
beating of Randolph Moore, 12,
by a man who dragged him
from his mother's parked car
and pulled him into nearby
bushes Sunday.
The boy suffered from shock
but was not seriously injured j
A 6-foot cross was burned at the I
site of the attack the following 1
night. Police at the time dismissed '
the cross-burning as the work of
pranksters.
Police charged Glenwood Fisher.
24. with Felonious assault in the
beating Fisher, who was on parole
from a robbery conviction at Wash
ington, D C, could receive up to
20 years if convicted.
r~' 1
ODDS-ENDS
ST ROBERT G. SHEPARD
"—Ye most be born again.”
ABOUT OR. 1. BEVERLY LAKE
We feel that too many Neg roe:,
are becoming ups* t by t,,e ranting*
of gubernatorial candidate, Dr. I
Beverly Lake. True, it is always
well to watch your enemies but, it
must be remembered that should
we allow the learned doctor t.o get
us on the war path against him. he
will have us doing just what he
wants us to do, make a martyr of
him and thereby greatly increast
his vote and financial support
Instead of repeating and get
ting aii hot over what Dr. Lake
is saying about os, we would do
well to keep an eye on the per
sona Dr. Lake is surrounding
himself with, his campaign
managers, his staff and his
lieutenant on the local level.
These are the people we will
have to deal with In our daily
lives, these are the people who
have and undoubtedly will off
er tbeassclves for public offi
ces.
If the people of North Carolina
want Dr, Lake for governor, they
will elect him. Because of our
shameful indifference and our stu
pid lack of interest in things politi
cal, m do not have the votes to j
(CONTfNUFO ON PAGE S>
1
I I
Goldsboro Cop Charged In
Bautins Os White Airman
GOLDSBORO—A Negro city pa
trolman, charged with using a
nightstick to brat a white airman
into unconsciousness, is free under
SSOO bond pending a hearing in
city court.
Court officials said Patrol
man J. L. Harris will prob
ably be tried Saturday on
charges of assault with a dead-
I ly weapon for the alleged beat
ing of A2C Joel D. Get/., 26. a
native of Philadelphia.
Police Chief H. A Lane said the
airman, stationed at Seymour John
son Air Force Base here, was beat
en alter running from Harris who
attempted to arrest him on public
drunkeness charges. Get?, sufferer!
a broken nose and bruises and lac
erations on the body.
Lane said the incident occurred
! after Getz tried to buy a soft drink
at a Negro nightspot He said Pa
trohnan Woodrow Bell asked Get?
to leave thp nightspot to avoid a
racial incident.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
_ FROM THEM
PAGE 2
Horton’*. Cash Store
Bargain area* Basket
PAGE 3
Wood'* 5 A 10 Stores
O K. Clothing Mur*
Hetlig-Levlne Furniture Store
PAGE i>
Hcrison-Belk
Federal Acceptance Corporation
Gus Russos Hatters 4 Cleaners
Firestone Stores, Inc.
Raleigh Savings & Loan Assn
The Capitol Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Urn stead's Groc. & Transfer Co.
PAGE S
Colonial Stores. Site.
%. Si. Young Hardware Store
Odom cot Rate Clothing Store
C. Karl LdcUunan
Taylor Radio &. TV Service
it E- Quinn Furniture Company
Modem Finance Company
I* * W. Tire Company
PAGE 7
Washington Terrace Apt*.
Bankers Fire Insurance Co.
d*aeon’s Barber Shop
Community Florist
Efird's Department Store
ReSJis-Lcvine Furniture Store
Cowell Coal Company
Famous Bakery
AA:P Food Stores, ipe.
CAGE *
SCachsuttca & Carmens tteak
RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 21. 1960
I STATE » BRIEF |
COLEMAN LONE TAR HEEL RECIPIENT
WASHINGTON. D. C (May 16)—A Negro county agent
was the only Tar Heel to win a USDA Superior Service Award
during 1959.
Tire agent is Maurice W Coleman of Bertie County. The
honor came at the fourteenth annual Honor Awards Ceremony
i
| here yesterday.
Coleman, a graduate of
Hampton Institute, has been
a. county agent in Bertie since
j January of 104!. He was cit
ed for “outstanding services to
the people of Bertie County in
raising the standard of living
through higher crop yields,
improved livestock program
and increased home food pro
duction and on serration,' -
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
PAGE S
Carolina Power A Light (n
The Spot Club
Cameron Brown Company
fi. S. Tucker 4 Bros.
Flrtt Citizens Bank A. Trust Co.
Speedy Wash, Inc.
PAGE in
Blood worth Street. Tourist Home
Ridgeway Opticians
Carolina Builders, tor.
Caveness Insurance Company
7-Up Bottling Company
Dillon Motor Finance Company
Watson’s Seafood * Poultry
Warner Memorials
Toe Penst-Coia Bottling Company
PAGE 11
Sanders Motor Co,—Used Cars
Consolidated Credit Corp
PAGE 13
Shaw University
PAGE SS
Ambassador Theatre
PAGE M
Standard Centre?,« Products jCo
Gem Watch Shop
| Raleigh Seafood Company
i Acme Realty Company
i Raleigh Funeral Home
j Dunn’s Esso Servicenter
i. Hunt General Tire Company
I Shoe Mart
j Sown a Country Furniture Co.
| Ashby K. Ketinetitw
! t Sram-h Ranking & Trust Company
PIl vw.
M. W. COLEMAN
Ilk* llr-Elorl Bat lie.
Mrs. Smith At i'onfab
BY .1. R. HARKEN
HIGH POINT—The 40th Annua!
Convention of the Improved Benev
olent Protective Order of Elks of
the World (IBPOEW) closed here
Wednesday last, qfter four days of
fraternal greetings, business and
pleasure, with the re-election of
the Rev. Kemp Plummer Battle,
Rocky Mount, to head the Tar
heelta IBPOEW for another two
i yearn
PRICE 15c
Transient
Arrested
For Death
BLAKELY, Ga.—An unemployed
New Jersey man confessed to the
brutal slaying of an eight-year-old
girl near her home Monday. Offi
cers said the youngster had been
criminally assaulted.
Police Chief G. H Owen said
Jimmy Fair. 24, of Yvonne. N. J..
admitted killing little F.von Holm
es Saturday night with an iron
pipe The girl was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bunzie Holmes, both
teachers at the Washington High
School here.
Owen said Fair was picked
op about eight miles from
where the battered boyd was
found. Owen said the Negro
struck the girl with an 18-inch
long piece of cast iron sewer
pipe found •'all spattered with
blood.”
The parents of the girl became
alarmed when their daughter dis
appeared from the front lawn of
their home where she had been
playing Saturday afternoon.
A widespread search was launch
ed by police and deputies from the
Farly County sheriffs office. Cor
oner L B Jones said the little girl
died about an hour before th«
searchers found her body near hei
home.
YMC A In
Drive For
Members
The Annual YMCA Membership
enrollment campaign will be
launched Friday, May 20, at 8:0''
p in. at the “Y" with the Kick-ofi
address to be delivered by Dr
Grady D. Davis, candidate for the
House of Representatives it has
been announced by Cecil H Flagg
and A F. Brown, co-chairmen. A
gala event with refreshments hat
been planned for about 60 mem
bers of the campaign organization
who are expected to attend.
The campaign group is divid
ed into two divisions: the Am
eriean and the National. J. N
Sorrell and ,? C. Washington
serving as managers of the
former while VV W. Hurdle and
J. M. Holloway will serve as
managers of the latter division.
E L. Raiford will serve as exec
utive secretary for the campaign
Team captains for the American
division under J N Sorrell and
.1 C Washington are Welton Jones,
Silas J. Webb, Thomas Chavis, R.
R Raiford and J. C Raines. Team
captains for the National division
under W. W Hurdle and J. M. Hol
loway aie Wyatt Cuinbo, Clarence
Davidson, Ralph Campbell. Rever
end Howard Cunningham, and
John Williams. Jr
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Mrs. Letitia Smith,. Hickory, was
also retained as head of the Daugh
ter-Elks, auxiliary of the male Elks.
The Daughter-Elks (likewise hro
j Uiers! were saddened by th« su-
I nouncement of the death In Wi?-
j inington of & staunch slat® leader,
I Mrs. Ternpsie Hattie McLaurin, s
| native of Whitakers. K. C. t who was
prominently identified with the re
ligious, civic and fraternal life of
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