\a. '%■ *-: . 'l'f*x&ii. «^'V4s^x ■ - "■ W2r xl EXPELLED BISHOP ARRIVES Auxiliary Bishop Remv Jeronv * Augustin, who was expelled front Ham Jan. \Oth reads a prepared statement to new smen upon hrs arrival at New York's Idlewild Airport, Jan \2th. It was announced in Rome Jan \2th that the Vatican had excommunicated all persons responsible lot the expulsion of Bishop Augustin and Archbishop Francois Poirier from the Caribbean Republic. Archbishop Poirier of Port Au Prince wa*- expelled from Haiti fast November and has since re- ' turned to his native France. (fJPI PHOTO). w Youths Acquitted In Assault Case LTLLINGTON A Harnett Co Superior Court jury acquitted two white youths accused of attempting to rape a 20-year-old Negro '-ro man twenty minutes after they fil ed into the jury room, it was re ported last, week Alvin Eldon Pare and Jam"* (Jimmy) Hodge* w»r« the two youth# set free. Mis# Eunice Hines, the plain tiff, had been recalled to the stand by private prosecutor Arthur f,;tne a colored attorn ey of Fayetteville. Lane allowed her to undergo cross-examination by Billy Taylor. Dunn attorney, who represented the two defendants. Rev. G. F. Madkins Given Last Rites In Guilford GREENSBORO Funeral serv ices for the late Rev. George Franklin Madkins who succumb ed to a two w eek; illness, at Duke Hospital, January 12, were held from Trinity AME Zion Church, Church. Monday, 2 p. m. Churchmen from throughout the Rtoto gathered to pay respect to the presiding elder of the Sanford District, AME Zion Church. He was bom at Altamahaw, near Burlington, in 1898 and be gan preaching at the age of 20. He pastored In several North Carolina towns and was made presiding elder in 1945. at which tune he was assigned to the Ra leigh District where he served un til 1956. when he was assigned to the Sanford District “St. Aug. Day” Planned The R-aleigh Ministerial Alliance trade plans this week to observe , "St Augustine's College Day' 1 m Raleigh churches on January 22 or 29. The coilece will be holding its "Founder Day Program" on February 4th on the campus The Rev D N. Howard, presi dent of (he Alliance said that Ra leigh citizens are asked to show their appreciation for the outsland ins contribution the college is mak ADVERTISERS CAGE t Horton* Cash Store Weaver Bros. Rambler CAGE 3 American Credit Comp. n> Macon s Barber Shop Dove Music Co. The Shoe Marl Sunshine Bakery llmsteads Grot 4 Transfer Cn Uarenct Bros. P AGE i Cilia Russos Hatters A Cleaners Raleigh Savings & Goan Assn t arpet Center. Inc. a .Washington Terrace Apartments fr- Sumer'* Florist , Tapital Ice 4. Coal Co. Hudsosi-Belk Co. PAGE 8 Carolina Power * Light Co. Mechanics & Farmer* Bank Firestone Stores Community Florist Lawrence Bros. Realtor Biooit* Appliance Co. FAGS S Colonial store* Taylor Radio & TV Service £ Sari Lichtmaa The ot .ndarcl Printing C£>. 220-;’2G 3* First Ct* Taylor suggested that Miss H'->e* did not know' anything about tha two youths abducting her late at night from a Dunn street and car rying her to Horseshoe Bend Miss Hines, half rising from the witness chair, cried "1 do know It was those two over there. ‘ That was the last appearance on the stand of the girl The remainder of the trial was devoted to a defense effort, to es tablish that Page and Hodg»J could not. nave been at Horseshoe Bend on the early morning of April 24 Besides the account of their ac tivities offered by friends of Hod (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> Bishop R. L Jones delivered the eulogy and extolled him as a symbol of leadership in the church world Revs. J. H C. Blue and Cecil Bishop read the scriptures. Rev. D. A. Johnson delivered the prayer. Expressions were given by Revs. Melvin Swann, J. A. Brown, J. W. Hatch. C. V. Flack. J. A Arnold and C. S. Stroud. Rev. C W. Anderson gave the condolen ces. Rev. c. W. Lawrence presided. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Chineda Madkins, whom he mar ried in 1921; three daughters, one son. one sister and a hast of oth er relatives. It is to be remember ed that Rev Madkins was a con tributor to th. CAROLINIAN for sometime and was known for his comments on the Sunday School lesson, weekly. ing in the local rommunity by giv ing a donation through their church. In another action the Alliance a greed to work with the newly formed Raleigh Council of Chur ches. This council was organized to strengthen the religious life of Ra'eigh throeueh worship, service, fellowship, and study, All Raleigh churches are invited to take part in the council. Modern Finance Corp R F Mutnr. f urniture PAGE 9 1 \A P Food Stores Correll Coal t o, Rashinpton Terrace Apartments 1 l ii st-t Ut/rns Bank A Trust Co v M Yount Hardware i Cm ial Itrug Store I PAGE lit ii: oodworth St Tourist Home i Ridgeway's Opticians | t arotlna Builders Corp j Ckvoucss Insurance Agency I Vp Bottling Co. : Pillion Motor Finance Co | P> nsi-l'ola Bottling Co oi lUiei»h ! V arner Memorials Deluxe Hotel I P VGE IS I Standard Concrete Products Co. i Gem Watch Shop ! Raleigh Seafood €o ] A< me Realty Co. j Bunn's Esso Service s ialcigh Funeral Home , Hunt General Tire Co. ' Ambnrn Pontiac. Inc. j o H. Clothing Co. 1 Branch Banking a, iout Ul Judge Refuses Cleric’s Request For Jail Term In Speeding Case + 44’ + 4- 4* 4 s 4- 4- Extension Head Sued THE COROLINIAN VOL. 20 NO. 15 Raleigh Citizens Association: Local Group Aids Helugees R. E. Jones; Faces Suit For 50 G’s PITTSBORO—-The former home economics agent, of Chatham Ooun- ■ ty, who maintained offices here j has entered a $50,000 suit in the ; Chatham County Superior Court | on -January 13 against R E. .Tones, j the director of Np2't> home state extension workers in North Caro lina w ith offices at A&T College frernsboro .:y#e,.j M>'S Mildred 5 !?|s| 5. Payton, who 4 ow attends the law school @t . lorth Carolina BEL I i’ed the com- j 'laint according '--‘wj for $25,000 in JONES compensatory damages and $25,000 as exemplary | or punitive damages. J. Kenentb Lee, an attorney. | said Mrs. Payton is bringing suit against Jones a# the result of a letter which said she was inefficient in her job. She resigned her position in No- j j vember of 1958 io enter college j (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> Telegram Sens To litl. liov. KONXVILLE, Term—The cloe ■ ing ses-ion of the Ministers and. Laymen s Association, AME Zion | Church, Friday, rang with a tone of freedom when a proposed tele gram to Governor Ernest Vandi ver, Georgia, .taking that. Miss Chari&yne A. Hunter and Ha.mil- Holmes not. only be permitted to resume their studies, at the Uni versity of G-wgia, but that they be assured of ample protection, by the state of Georgia The tele gram read as follows: Honorable Ernest Vandiver, Governor. State of Georgia, Athens Georgia (tONTINUED ON PAGE D State News —IN— Brief 'state school plans gala HOMECOMING RALEIGH The Stale School for the Blind and Deaf plans its fini annual homecoming Saturday evening, January 21. at 7:30. The outstanding feature of the evening will be the basket ball game between Cooper High of Clayton and the State School, Each team has an im pressive record for the season. Cooper High is undefeated and the State School boasts a re cord of 9 wins and no losses. Each team has outstanding shooters and rebouriderst. Gaia halftime activities are planned. This includes the crown ing of "Miss Homecoming” and the recognition of alumni and friends I (CONTINUED ON PAG* St BACK IN SCHOOL Miss Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes are shown walking down an Athens. Ga. sidewalk enroute to the University of Georgia after being readmitted to the institution. Both ware expelled last week after a riot broke out following a basketball game in which the university' was defeated by Georgia Technical Institute. Miss Hunter and Holmes are the first Negroes to attend the University of Georgia. ( UP! TELEPHOTO). Dr. Grady Davis New Prexy Os Citizens Association ODDS-ENDS BE ROBERT G. SHEPARD "If 1 be lifted up, f will draw all men unto Me." \ NEW DAY IN NORTH CARO LINA—ANOTHER LOOK Gov Sanford has proclaimed « "new day" for North Carolina; he has said in effect, that this state cannot bo forward, half slave and half free In promising to use the influence of the governorship to (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) AWARD FOR HAILE SELASSIE-ROB ber D. hobday (riht), president of the George Washingto Carver Memorial Institute, pre sents the 1960 gold Medal Award to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie in ceremonies at the royal palace Theh day was celebrated as “Car ver Day,” in honor of the famed American Ne gro scientist. (UPI PHOTO). RALEIGH. N. C , SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. 19*1 New officers for the year were elected last, week by the Raleigh Citizens Association. The election of a slate drafted by a special nom inating committee, took place at a call meeting of the association held at the Bloodworth Street YMCA on January 12. Dr. Grady D. Davis. Dean of the School of Religion, Snaw Univer sity, succeeds the Rev. John W. Fleming as president Mr. J. J. San rom, vice-president, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, is vice-president, a post newly created The Rev C. W. Ward, minister. First Baptist Church, will take over as executive chairman. Hie post formerly held by Dr. Devi*. In this position, tSie BY STAFF WRITER Rev. Ward will direct the activities of the organzation's policy-making executive committee. Dr. O L Sherrill, Executive Sec retary'. N. C. Baptist Stale Conven tion is the new chairman of the association's Steering Committee. Dr. W L. Greene, executive secre tary, N C. Teachers Association, is chairman of the education com mittee. Two other important committee chairmanships. Registration and Voting and Public Relations and Publicity, were given to John W. Winter* and James A Shepard, re spectively. Irt the field of Public Relation#, Mr Shepard. 8 veteran real estate (CONTINUED ON PAGE » PRIC E I V Tennessee Families Get Money j f.sst week, Win FDlpish Citizens A‘on, on 8 resolution of C i C Smith, Jr.. 3grei=>d yp 3 do, nation of $50.00 to the victims of eviction in Tennessee's Fayette County, These former Negro sharecropp er* and tenant, farmer?, who '.‘. ere forced off the while owned farm? hers me many of them allegedly dared to asiftert their democratic right to vote in the Fayette Coun ty Democratic primary lari . eer 3 re now living m squalor and di * need m tents provided h both Negro and white oreaniiat’oti.' In this crowded ares, duhhcd “Tent City," Tenn are him dreda of men, women and children of all ages. The ma jority of them are middle aged I and elderly adults whose only skill Is farming This occupa tional handicap makes it diffi cult for many of them to obtain employment in other fields. The Federal government has be latedly taken steps to halt the wholesale eviction of these people and the matter is now before th.; Federal Courts, In the meantime, aid in the form of money, food, clothing and other necessities are badly need by the miserable inha bitants of "Tent City' . Anyone de siring to contribute to this worthy (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2> I WEATHER The five-day weather forecast for Raleigh, beginning Thurs day, January 19, and continuing through Monday, January 23. is a# follows: Temperature* will average 7 io 10 degrees helov norma! Thursday through Monday, turning decidedly colder Fri day and continuing eold through the weekend Precipi tation will average generally leas than half an inch with rhanees of showers Thursday ' night and again ahont Monday. vy, 7 IIP, i >, * m mKsmm \ i Dean To Address T eachers Dr r R Robinson oran at -t Augustine's College v».U be the speaker for the first meeting so IP6I of the bocal branch of the North Carolina Teachers Assoc 1 a•• lion The meeting is scheduled to be held at ihe Washington Jumoi High School Tuesday. January 1 at 3:45 P M. f>' Robmson will ypoak on ' The Role of the readier in Fos i.e’ing Academic F.rcellencP M v R R Williams, president of the local branch said that a short bus ness session to discuss som« proposals already tendered will tie conducted. This is the second o( three meetings held annually by the or ganization. Jail Term Sought By Minister FAYFTTFA'fI LF f "v. ' Re corder s Court Judge (.'after vas asked by a minister for a iar term of 2$ days last Friday, but re fused to grant the <■ r,*e - The Res F mm. nun I Gitliu. found guilty of speed mg f-5 miles an hour in 1 35 rmle yone on Rf i-£ Rontevard, made hi* strange rr<>ue*t after State Highway Patrolman n r Arerctte Ictificd that he rln<k er) Rev Gittin at 55. The Fe\ Gitl > . pastor of a whim Ronnie Doone Church, said he u - not speeding and that Averette y rested him because he had two N< gro passengers in his ra Patrolman Averette flatly denied this statement,. "T didn't men know there wor» Negroes in his car until he men tioned it." A'.erette testified The minister attempted severs! times to inject statements alleging that, the Patrol and the sheriffs department were "prejudiced" be (CONTTNUED ON PAGE 2> Better Job Opportunity Asked Here The Raleigh Citizens Association, ■n it- current drive to improve t a economic status of this cty's Negro population throu.ll more job m nortumtie*, is currently attempt ing to arrange for a meeting be tween officers of the Association and the Raleigh Chamber of Com merce. The Chamber of Commerce to cwvnstintly working to at tract more industry to the Ra leigh area thereby creating more lob* and raising the area » economic level. It is the con tention of the Raleigh Citiaen* Association that nothing •• gained hy raising ooh one rid* of this level because the result ing drain on the eeonotnv of the community w hen one third ! of its population is not gainful ly employed, destroys any gain that otherwise might have been achieved The importance of try ing to k*ep (CONTINUED ON PAGE St Recreation Post Taken By Baker ' Rig" John Bai-ei, Jr. 23. -on nrf 1,3 veteran Raleigh police, officer, has assumed a position as recrea tion worker with the Slate Prison Department. Baker is also employed a* * lineman with the Los Angele# Rams, professional footbal team. George Randall, prisons di rector, said Baker, a Raleigh native, had joined the recrea tions,! end of prison rehabilita tion activities, as the firs* Ne gro to hold the post, Baker is » graduate of tb# S. W. {CONTSNIJSO ON M.«9* tfe

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