The standard Printing Ct>« 220-Pp.G 3. First Ct* Loi'iiwille, Ky. comp Iwo Students Thrown Out Os Church Here + + ++ + ++ + + + X A Clerk Assaulted; Ex-Convict Arrested ■---- •----•- •—--^ ... VOL. 20. NO 14 As Buying Boycott Looms: Stores Contacted STAGE PRAYER PILGRIM AGE Students of Shaw University and St. Augustine'* Col lege here are shown standing at the step* of the State Capitol la*t Sunday morning during a pra\ er pilgrimage, following which they proceeded to several white churches tn attend services. (Staff Photo By Hampton Haywood), Five Guilty, Two Innocent As Local Lottery Trial Ends ODDS-ENDS BY ROBE3T G. SHEPARD Pof Then wifi light m.v candle " "THERE IS A NEW DAT IN NORTH CAROLINA” Terry Sanford. North Carolina A new governor, began his inaugural address last Thursday afternoon w ith these ringing words. "There (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> > Virgin isianef* I*o*l May Go To Hr. Moron WASHINGTON (A’ : P> There i W«"-e great expectations here last ! week that Dr, Alonso G Moron, former president of Hampton In- i riitute would become the first ns- : ttv* bom governor of the Virgin j Islands Informed source* hem believe M»r»ts might he the «e<-otid j major Negro appointment ©f President-elect Kennedy*! new Administration. Moron was the firs* alumnus and Negro 'o head the famous Virginia i institution. CCOWTINt'Be ON PARE 21 CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS > %GE 2 Sanders Motor Co. Horton s, Cash Store town A Country Furnltijtr Thomas Food Market, t ARK .1 Plonks Appliance t o American Credit Company PARK b Hi'ilson-Belk (.0. Mechanics & Farmers Bank S M Toung Hardware Ralrigb Savings & loan Ass n PAGE 6 Majoi Finance Co. Shoe Mart Browning Barber Shop Consolidated Credit Corp. Raleigh Furniture Co. Sky View Drive-In Hellfg-Devin* Wter Grill Booker'* Cleaners <3. S. Tucker Bros., Inc. Capitol Bargain Store ■Soy's American Grill SAP Product* Charles Department Store PAGE 1 Sanders Motor Co., Tractor Bit Carotin* Buirk Co. Weaver Bros. Rambler O'NeaJ Motor*, toe, PAGE 8 Coiosta! Stapes R- * Quins tPaenlttie* North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY. JANUARY It 1061 i Pice persons received one-year [ lottery terms in City Court Friday after pleading guilty. Two ot ers, tried on the same j charges were acq ..tted. One of those acquitted was found guilty iof assault on an officer, however. Another charged with operating | a lottery and possession of gambl ] mg devices had his case continued The 5 persons convicted ap pealed their casts and were re leased under SS6O bonds each (or trial in the Wake Superior Court. They are: Miss Effie Autry, »8, *205 S. Person St.: Mrs. Hattie Sue Watkins, 12, I of 8)5 Cotton Place; William NAACP Sets Mass Meet Here Sun. Announcement trust the Raleigh Branch NAACP ’-.as launched it* Ihfil regular and life membership campaign was made this week by fCCWTCNCED ON PAGE J) BUY FROM THEM Modern Finance Corp < Karl iJkbtman Taylor Radio A TV ftersnr PAGE » ; < rpltai tee A Co*! Co. i Carolina Power A. Light to j Dove Music Co. i JTisl-Ctttiros Bank A Trust to !t lie stone Stores | taw reeve Bros Realtor ! PAGE >0 Blood worth St. Tourist Home KMgeway’* opticians ( aroiina Builders Corp. Caveness insurance Agency “-Up BottStng Co. DtHion Motor Finance Co SVpsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Raleigh V arner Memorials Deluxe Hotel Washington Terrace Apartments Sunshine Bakery PAGE IS Standard Concrete Products Co. Gem Watch Shop Raleigh Seafood Co. Acme Realty Co. Dunn's Esso Service Raleigh Funeral Home Bun! Genera! Tire Co. Branch Banking & trust Co Correli Coat Co. Ambassador Theatre Turner's Florist Branch Banking & Trust Co. H. Nichols, Jr., 46, of 1102 Oak wood Ave.; Ttiomas Dozier. 51. and Mrs. Bertha C. Allen, 50, both of Durham. Acquitted were Mrs. Daisy Kellv freeman, 81D E. Hai gett Street, and Gregg Johnson. 540 E. Cabarrus St. Johnson, however, was found guii- II O.VTINLED ON PAGE 2) WdEATHER ■■ ri—n- iT ’ \mdr ' Ibe five day weather forecast, beginning Thursday. January 12, and continuing through Mon- j day. January 15, is as follows: Temperatures will average I near normal It will he mild Thursday and Friday with a I chance of rain on Saturdav, ! Colder weather will prevail Sun day and Monday. Precipitation will average one half to three fourths of a.n inch, occurring a bout Saturday, Normal to three fourths of an inch, occurring a bout Naiurda'. Normal hieh and , low temperatures during the period will be 50 3 nd 32 degrees ONE ROOM HOME Mrs. Georgia Mae Turner is shown taking c are of three of her children , and two grandchildren in ‘'Tent City." near Somerville, Tenn., last week About 50 Negroes have\ j set up housekeeping in tents there claiming they were erected from then farm homes because ihev registered to vote. Caucasians claim the incident is a publicity stunt. ( UP/ TELEPHOTO ). Change In Employment Rules Asked BY « HARLKS R JONES A com mi Hop composed of four Raleigh persons lias had little suc cess in attempts to work out nego tiations with managers of chain food stores concerning the hiring of Negroes in all areas of employ ment other than just janitorial. A buymg boycott has been threaten ed unless this is achieved. Ralph Campbell, Sr., local NAAC.P president. reported this week on the activities of the Employment Committee of the NAACP and the Raleigh Citizens Association. This committee is composed of the follow in?: Airs. ,1. O White. Or Grady l> Davis, J. V borrell and Campbell. Management in the following 'too - have been contacted: A and P. w hope district office is located in Charlotte: Colonial rtores, f,& sly W'lgtb and Winn-Dixie. Campbell --aid the district office (CONTINUED ON PAG* t) State News Brief I ICON T EAC HER ATTENDS N A HONAI CONF ERENCE RALEIGH - Mrs F, M. M Kel vocal music director at logon High School, plans to attend the eastern Regional Meeting of the Music Educators National Confer ence, at Washington. D C. on Jan. 13 through the 16th. She will be living at the Sheraton Park Hotel while at the Conference. it will be remembered that she attended the National Bi ennial Meeting of the M E. N. C. at Atlantic City in March. 1960. Because of the wealth of materials, information and in spiration received from these meetings, Mrs. Keiiy hones to attend ibc next Biennial Con vention of M. P. V C. in Mar.. >961. in Chicago. Illinois. (CONTINUED ON CAGF ’J First Day In Office ~ , ~ .. .. . ... . . * * •«’ V» '<H l I'FRY SANFORD yases ahov* fee a formal picure at In* desk here last Friday during his first day in office as North Carolina's new governor. Re said his work cm the first day m office was mainly to “stir around and look at the plwaa** PRICE 15c Pomp, Festivities Surround Inaugural Terry Sanford took his oath of office here last Thursday and be came the 65th governor of North Carolina, In’ Hatton* were sent tn ma ny Negroes in various cities in the state to attend the many Institute Os Religion Announces 1961 Plans The 22nd Annual Institute of Re ligion will begin thla year * *»ri«*. "The Face of America", on Monday evening, Jan. ',3 at the United Church of Raleigh with an address by Dr S M Broderick. Fulbright Profecjor fi-om Sierra Leone, who functions surrounding' the two da* inauguration Mewt accept ed the isivUatiene and were on hand for the feotiritiea. The parade, which escorted Gov fCONTOHJEO~ON PAGE 0 will diaouaa Afnc* Looks at A merica " Preceding «aeb progrwe will he a fellowship dinner at * p. » followed by a choir* wf four ei&www tit * m Reserva tions For the dlnaer may he ob tained by ealltng idle United Ohtwli The following olaaMNi will he sponsored by the following group*' ‘'Feaponaibilstlee of Organlied Labor in our Soeietr", Worth Ca rolina, AFL-CIO; ‘*Th« Face Ame rica P resent* t» Sbidanta". The Shaw and St Augustin#’* student ?oo:isT»mKB _ oM raab m ■ White Woman Beaten GOLI>SBORo""--~~An ox-convict j i« being sought by local police for reportedly attackin': a white wo- ! man here Thursday of last week, Mr*. France* Whitley, a clerk in j a small grocery store, was said to hava been choked into unconsci ousness by a man who robbed the cash register of the store of about S4O. Mrs. Whitley was reported re covering at Wayne Memorial Hos- ] pital after suffering bruise* and j shock. A ifuuo mlewed last week j from the Harbor® Prim Camp j after serving .* six-month sent- S ence for honse hr caking in Wayne County has been charg ed with the assault i Joseph Denham, 22. was issued a i warrant by Del. Lt Warren Camp- , (CONTINUED ON PAGB t) 4 * Attempt To Worship Thwarted By Ushers A Shaw University student told this reporter Tuesday boar he and a companion were ejected from the Calvary Baptiat Church (white) by ushers here Sunday morning, following a pilgrimage by Shaw and St. Augustine’s College students which began on the steps of the State Capitol with 40 persona partici pating. James Dew, a sophomore from Washington. D. C.. also related the manner in which a worshipper at the same church threatened to run the two students down with his truck If he ever encountered them on the street. Bruce Eure was the other student. This worshipper ts said to have had a Bible under his arm at the time the threat was made. The church. locat ed at the corner of Fayette ville and South Streets, is just across the street from the site or North Carolina's new Gover nor, Terry Sanford’s inaugu University Os Georgia Admits Two Undergrads ATHENS, Ga Two Negro *tu- I dents entered the University of I Georgia Tuesday and became the first to attend integrated classes I in the 175-year history of the in j stitution. They also became the J first Negroes to altend “mixed" | public schools in Georgia's history. I Although there was some jeering, no acts of violence was reported. Miss Charlayne A. Hunter. j 18. and Hamilton E. Holmes, 19, I Hoy Wilkins Confers With John F. Kennedy NEW YORK, N. Y Roy Wil kins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Ad ! vanoement of Colored People and recognised as one of America’s most Influential men, conferred wtth President-elect John Fitz gerald Kennedy Friday. Afterward he said Mutt he is satisfied the incoming chief ex ecutive will support all of the Democratic platform pledges on civil rights I CITED FDR BRAVERY William Campbell, 7, who be came the first Negro to enter a white public sc bool here in Sep tember, is shown above. 2nd from left, accepting « plaque "foe bravery" from Mr*. Virginia K Newell, right. The plaque mm promoter! by the Alpha-Bettas, auxiliary of the Alpha Phi Alpha Preternity, in oaremome* at the St. Ambrose Episcopal Church last Sunday morning looking on are his parents, Mr. mod Mft Ralph Campbell, Sr. (STAFF PROTO BY HAMPTON HAT WOOD). ATTEND INTEGRATED SCHOOL—Mn. Terry Sanford wife of the new governor, is shown on the left with her children Betsy, 11, and Terry, Jr.. 8 as they enter Raleigh's only integrat ed public school. The children were enrolled at the Murphey Ele mentary School Monday. By Charles R. Jones ration only ids re* Cays Iwfm i Thnroda? I. The** mrt *fas only unfavorable Incident* taking place. H was rrrportod. Dew said. “Although they threw me out of the church last Sunday. 1 anil return there this Sunday.” About 40 persons, including non-students, took part in the JO minute service at the OapMrt a bout 10 a. m. Sunday. The Rev. James 8. WfUiama. president of Shaw’s NAACf chapter, was the leader of ths reremonies. He preached a (CONTINUED ON PAGE tl paid their tuition fees and pi-s --pared for their first class** after a federal judge restrain ed the state from closing the university and the Supreme Court refused to grant a delay in the integration order The students completed thoir ie : aistration three houi-s after Federal I Oist. Ji-dge William A. Boot’* 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE *> Mr. Wilkins said this in cludes a pledge to change the Senate rules to make it easier to shut off filibuster against righls legislation. Wilkins and Kennedy spent at moat one hour together “I jus* wanted to talk about civil rights, the NAA CP chief told newsmen “I sm satisfied that he under stands the importance and th« (CONTINUED ON PAGE II

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