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The standard Printing Cfc« S2O-2SG 3. First CU Five Fhildren Die MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Five young children perished Sunday in a fire which swept their two-room frame home in suburban Memphis. The mother of the youngsters, Mrs. Luzelia Wright, 26, said she ran outside the house for help when the blaze started, but that the dwelling was destroyed before fire men arrived. Although investigation is being continued, no report of the orlgn of the fire had been received by The CAROLINIAN at its press time. effigy NaSjSajft VjR ’ QUIET, PLEASE Hooded in white , Sorer Dimitria raises finger to lips to ask for silence as she stands in front of a picture sque candelabra in Rome. She was attending a ceremony at the North American College. An American, Sister Dimitria belongs to an order doing missionary work in Africa. (UP! PHOTO). “Selective Buying” Discussions Thurs. Tiis effort es the present cam paign of "selective buying ' aimed st « group of grocery stores m the Raleigh area will he one of the main topics of discussion when the Raleigh Citizens Association holds it» semi-monthly meeting, Thurs- Jiles Held In Lottery Crackdown Norman .Tiles. 32-year-old gro cer, was arrested Tuesday and •barged with operating a lottery and with two counts of breaking and entering A resident of 224 S. Tar boro Road. Tiles was nabbed In hi* atito on Bragg Street around 2:30 p, m Both city and county officers took part in the arrest. {CONTINUED ON PAGE r> ODDS-ENDS BY ROBE RT G. SHEPARD “T ran of mine own self do nothing.’’ INVITATION TO DIALOGUE H would be difficult to point to any particular part of the stirring address the Rev. .Tames Lawson made before the, third session of the Institute of Religion last Mon els v night. Because it ts difficult, w» will wiaka no attempt to do such. We (CONTINUED ON PAGE J> . ™ PLAN ANNUAL TRAIN TRlP—Shown above are some of the Boy Scouts and leaders’ who are making plans for the annual train trip to Richmond, Va,, on February 11. Some 400: parsons are expected to be on the train. Left to right are: Claude Simms, the Rev. P. H. Johnson, ! Kerry Terrell, the Rev. D. N. How ad. Walter Whitten mid Walter Davenport . 1 ' day evening, February 2 st S p m at the Blood wort It Street VMCA Pamphlets urging ‘selective buy ing. have been distributed. The Cltieem Assoriation, in conjunction with the Raleigh branch, NAACP. is promoting a “selective buying" move ment in this area. The idea is to encourage Negroes to shop where they can obtain employ ment on all level*. The present 'selective buying movement is directed against th employment practices of the A&P Store, the Winn-Dixie Stores and the Piggly Wiggly Stores. The public, ss well as the associ ation's members, are urged to he present at this important meeting. ‘NAACP Day’ Observance Feb. 12 Plans are being finalized for the observance of the 52nd anniversa ry of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple in all Raleigh churches on Sun day February 12th. It is hoped by President Ralph Campbell that all ministers in the city and outlying Raleigh communities will allow speakers to discuss the NAACP program on this day The speakers will be members of the Undergrad uate Chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of St. Augustine's College and Shaw University. This bureau of speakers will be under the direction of Mrs. V K. Newell. The Rev. D N. Howard, president of the Raleigh Interdenomination al Ministerial Alliance, is assisting Mrs. Newell with this project The speakers will discuss the questions: "Has any Real Progress been made along the lines o ft he NAACP* Program 1 Lynching 2. Armed Services Segregation. 3 The right to vote 4. Justice in the Courts. 5 Job Equality. 8 Education. Hous ing. public accommodation. 7 School desegregation. ‘Can ’t Break Bonds: ’ Mays + + + + + + + + Chizens Ass* n. NAACP To Meet: “Buying" T alks Set . .'I . 'I" ' :*■ ~ - VOL, 20, NO. 17 Murder Suspected In Death Frozen IS.«®ly Is Fwiimi Ministers Hear Noted Educator Dr Benjamin F. Mays, president of Atlanta. Gs s Morehouse Col lege. reminded the N. C Coun ril of Churches here Tuesday that men rnrst maintain brotherhood eoenri'etions in ordci to keep ties with God .Some 2.>0 ministers u err pre sent at the luncheon meeting, which was in conjunction with the Council's annual meeting here. St. Michael's Episcopal Church was t.h» acetic of the address. Dr, Mays continued. We a-e all o entertw ined-vbi'e man, black man, yellow mart and red man - that I cannot break mv bonds with you without breaking my bonds with Cod The meeting's theme was: The Ministry of Reconciliation" Four teen denominations were repre -ented. Also speaking at Tuesday's luncheon were Dr. Theodore O We* del, canon of the Episcopal Ca thedral in Washington, D. C : Dr Bernard H Boyd, head of the de paidir nt of religion at the Univer sity of N C : and the Rev Morton Kurt/, of Durham, executive direc tor of the Council. During an evening session a1 the White Memorial Presbyterian (CONTINUED ON PACE 2) i Do Negroes Want Integral ion’.’ 1 j Does the NAACP Advocate In- j ! terms iTiage? j State News Brief JOHNSON C SMITH YOUNG I WOMEN PLAN ANNUAL PROGRAM CHARLOTTE “New Dimen sions for Women m Government j will be the theme for the annua! j Women's Program at Johnson C Smith University. February 24 and 25 Speaker on Friday, Feb. 24 at 10 a m. chapel service will be Mrs Christine Ray Davis, prominent in {CONTINUFU (TV PAGE It North Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1961 REV. JAMES LAWSON Rev. Lawson | Speaker At | Institute BY STAFF WRITER The R r v James Lawson of Na-h --ville, Tennessee addressed a com pletely integrated audience of ap proxil tlely bOO persons here Mon day ni ::l t on the subject. "Tire Sit- Ins: Then Effect Abroad." The ad dress took place at the United 1 Chore : which is pastored by the ; Rev S. C Kilburn. * Speaking at the annual Insti (CONTIMJED ON PAGE 2) What about the Higher Rate of Disease Among Negroes? <CONTINUED ON PAGE I> Carl Rowan, Newsman, Now Deputy Assistant Secretary WASHINGTON (ANP) —A sec ond Negro newspaperman was giv en a high post in the Kennedy ad mini-tiation lasi week. He is Car! T. Rowan, a prise v intone reporter for the Min neapolis Star and Tribune, who was named by Secretary of State Dean Rusk as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs Rowan author of the best sellar, "South of Freedom" will be Roger Tubby’s deputy. The journalist has devoted num- CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS P AGE * Carolina Power <t Light. Co. Morton’s Cash St«,re Thomas Food Store Alfred Williams t Co. Skyview Drive-In PAGE 3 Winn-Dixie Stores Rileicli Savings A Loan Ass n Major Finance Co., Inc. PAGE 5 Hudson.Belli Co. Pine State Creamery Co. Poole’s Pte Shop Cross Poultry Beven-Up Bottling Co PAGE 6 Peebles Hole! a Grill United Restaurant & Equipment Co. Pierce Music Co. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Watson Chicken & Tasty Treat PAGE 7 Sunshine Bakery handers Motor Co, Weaver Brothers, Rambler Wake Tire Co. PAGE * Colonial Stores Lawrence Bros. Co. R. E. Quinn Furniture Co. Modern Finance Carp. Taylor Radio dt TV Service C. Karl Lirlitman PAG E » Cameron-Brown Co. Jot Merrick Promotion Clean Knife Clutched In Hand Os Durham Woman DURHAM - The frozen body of Miss Mary Lee Jones, 16, of Dur ham, was discovered Monday after a neighbor became curious. The body had been pierced by & bullet bole in the chest and a clean butcher knife was clutched in Mis* Jones’ open hand. County Coroner. Dr. B, R. Perry, estimated that the wo man had been dead for a week or more. Detectives Frank McCrea and Clyde Cox expressed the opinion that Miss Jones was killed on the afternoon of January 21, shortly after Buster Oranee, Jr. alias Eli jah Bass. Jr.. 41. of the same ad New Executive Secretary Named By Urban League NEW YORK N. Y.—Whitney M. Young, Jr., dean of the Atlanta University School of Social Work has been selected by the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League to be the organisation's new Executive Director, Henry Stceger, Sr, League President, an nounced last week. Mr. Steeger said, "Mr. Young has been chosen with the unan imous consent of the Board. We are delighted with hi* ac ceptance. A dynamic ®.nd vig orous leader, who has a record distinguished well beyond hi» years. 5 am convinced that Mr. Young will move the Urban League forward to exciting new achievement*. "An organization with « fifty year history of “firsts" has chosen erous newspaper and magazine articles to the race question. In 1951, he won the coveted na tional general reporting award of Sigma Delta Chi for articles he wrote on the people, place* and issue# in the school segregation eases. In 1958, the U. * Junior Cham ber of Commerce named him one of the nation# IB outstanding young men He «h on* (Im few Ahm- He## acww®eß to omw-aadl (CONTDrOCD ON" PAO* » .BUY FROM THEM Firestone SMwns* Lightner Funeral Home Mechanics & Farmer* Sank Community Florist Macon’* Barber Shop Central Drug Store Brooks Appliance Ca Capital lee & Coal Co., lot Umstead’s Grocery A Transfer PAGE J 6 Blood worth fit. Tourlf Home Ridgeway’s Opticians Carolina Builder* Corp Cavene** insurance Agency ■ -Up Bottling Co, Diilon Motor Finance Co. Pepat-Cola Bottling Co. of Raleigh Warner Memorials Deluxe Hotel PAGE IS Martin Street Laundromat Raleigh Seafood Co. Dunn's Esao Service Raleigh Funeral Homo As m* Realty Co. Branch Banking 4k Trust Co. Btuit Genera! Tire Co. Public Service Co. es N. C., Inc. 8. Ml. Young Hardware Co. Gits Hutson Hatters i; Cleaner* Ambassador Theatre Standard Concrete product* Co. Bankers Fire Fnsuranca Co. Correl! Coal Co. Dove Musk Co. Turner’s Florist Wathinctoa Terrace Ant*,, tot. dress, was seen leaving the duple* apartment. A bill etf indictment of murd er drawn against tbe man Monday after non by Solicitor H. W. Murdock. The grand Ju ry quickly returned "a true hill" of murder. Orange, who detectives said had been living with Miss Jones for several weeks in his apartment, has not been seen hero since spot ted leaving the apartment on tbe particular Saturday aftemon. James A. Mitchell, a resident of the other side of the duplex report edly made a telephone call to po lice headquarter# relating to the gruesome find. a man who has Wared for himself ! one first after another.” i Mr. Young. 39. will take ove i the organization s top professional job from current Executive Direc tor Lester B. Granger who retires October 1, 1961. Mr. Granger was recently elected to the Presidency of the International Conference of Social Work Presently, Mr. Young is on leave from Atlanta University studying at Harvard University under a special Rockefeller Foundation grant. A graduate of Kentucky State College. Mr, Young holds a Mas ters Degree in Social Work from the University of Minnesota. He al so did graduate work at the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Young began his profession al social work career with the or ganization he will soon lead. His first professional assignment was with the St Paul Urban League as a Director of Industrial Rela tions and Vocational Guidance. He later became the Executive Direc tor of the Omaha Urban League, holding that post from 1950 to 1954, Young ha* been extremely active a# a civic leader in Atlanta, serv ing on the Executive Board of the (CONTOJTKeTtrn PAGE » LISTEN TO CONGRATULATIONS With a portion ol the Lincoln School in the back ground, the Rev, M. Dewitt Bullock (right), pastor of the Union Baptist Church and president of the New Rochelle, N. Y. chapter ot the NAACP . reads a congratulatory telegram to Negro women Jon. 25 th. The women, left to right, are Mrs. Wilbert Taylor; Mrs. Rudolph Williams; and Mrs. Al bertha Blew ton, Congratulations were in order following the ruling of Federal Judge Irving Kauf man, who ordered New Rochelle school authorities to desegregate the Lincoln School, currently 94 per cent Negro. Judge Kaufman ruled that school authorities had “gerrymandered district lines" and tne.de undercover transfers of white students to keep Lincoln primarily Negro. (DPI PHO • 11 rc§s Ii re Fi» ta I SCOTLAND NECK A 3-ycar-old child died of burns suffer* ed when her dress caught fire at her home Saturday. Coroner Rufus Britton said the child, Louise Hannon, suffered second degree burns over most of her body. Her father reported to Britton that the little eirl was playing near a fire with some other children at the time of the tragedy. Welcome SYMBOL—With a live snake fill cot led about his neck. Jean Bolikango, a Con golese political leader, greets his fellow Bangala | tribesmen in Leopoldville. Bohkango is leader jo/ the Puna (Parti De L'Unite Nationals Afn I caine) Policiesl Party, ,4s he armed to address 1 the tribesmen, the snake was draped around his neck by a tribal elder as a symbol of welcome. Wake Farm Families Consider Problems PRICE 15c Psrm sad home leaders of Wake County took an active part m dis cussing their problems at their Annus! Institute heid in Green leaf Chapel of Shaw University, Tuesday, January 31. The day-long program started with invocation by Rev. Millard Jones of Raleigh, Route 7. and Mrs. Cora B Taylor presiding The purpose of the institute was given by Mrs. Romealia Chavis of Raleigh, Route 6. fol lowed by a discussion on home beautification by T. W. Flowers, Fatal Abortion Nets 12-15 Years For Wake Resident Mrs Willie Mae Hinton. 38 was convicted Monday in the Wake County Superior Court of man slaughter in a fatal abortion case and sentenced to serve from 12 to 15 years in prison. The Raleigh. Route 2 resident had been charged with murder origi nally. The State however accept ed a plea of no contest to a charge of manslaughter. Mrs. Hinton - * alleged victim was Mr*. Fannie Mae Polk of 304 N. Carver Street. According to testimony, the abortion was performed on January t. Testimony presented at the be ginning of the case showed that Mrs. Polk answered her door on a morning in January, returned to another room in the house and dropped dead. estenston horticultural aporisi Ist A panel entitled '1 ho Familv Garden" was participated in hv Wake County farm families. M and Mrs Haywood Denture. Font o 1. Apex: Mj and Mis Lancy Cau dle. Route 1, Wake forest; Mrs. Erma Dunn Route 2. Wendell; Willie Chavis, Route 6, Rat-, The panel was presided over by W C. Davenport Wake Cou ty A gent. Sunmiaruing the discussion (CONTTM F.D ON PVGt. 11 WEATHER The five-day weather fore cast for R.ilejgh, beginning Thursday, Feb. 2, and ending Monday, Feb. 6. is a* follows. Temperatures will average * few degrees below normal It will be colder Friday and Sat urday with a slowly warming trend Sunday and Monday, There is a chance of nhowrrj on Friday and some precipita tion about Monday, The preci pitation will average one-half to three-fourths inches.
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