STORM RIPS N. C. COAST •—Air view of famed reso r t
urea along North Carolina's Outer Banks shows wide inlet made
sc rose inlands by giant waves and high tide s. Road runs from (t
White Youth Confesses:
SLAYS BELLMAN
MURDERER AND MURDERED The principals in the
early morning shooting at the Carolina Hotel. Wednesday. The
killer. Steve Louis Reed, white, of no fixed address is shown with
a cigarette after the shooting. Garfield Boyd, the hell boy he kill
ed, is shown in the inset.
Dr. Elder Defends Rights
Os Teachers And Students
DURHAM, N. C. ' AND A
‘bill of rights' which would estab
lish guidelines for colleges and uni
versities in carvving out their re
sponsibilities to society was advo
cated by North Carolina College
President Alfonso Elder in a speech
at Duke University last week.
Dr. Elder spoke on the topic ‘ The
Responsibility of the University to
Society during the closing session
of the three-day National Student
ODDS-ENDS
BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD
"Be net overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good."
SCRAPPING THE BOTTOM
The Defenders of States Right, a
die hard organization of segrega
tionists dedicated to the perpetua
tion of discrimination. injustice
r-nd racial segregation proved last
Sundfn that it. is pretty desperate
Any organization that has to pi ’ - ■
duce 3 speaker of the caliber of
"Pishop" Anderson to present its
viewpoint show: itself to oe not
only desperate but.also that it is I
on its way out. The Sunday TV "de*
bi.tr" was a farce.
We are not surprised at an' thine !
that this segregation group does in !
its desperation. We are surprised ;
ar,d a bit bothered that the presi- |
dent, of (he local branch of ihe N
AACP could have allowed himself
to lowc* the great prestige of rhe
association by giving time and re- j
cognition to Anderson and the se- j
gregationists who sponsored him.
Before these self styled defend- i
■ rs delude themselves into believ
ing that the uncouth utterances oi
the unknown person they present
ed last Sunday, reflects in any way
the thinking of 99 and 44-100 per
cent of this state’s Negroes, let these
segregationists present just one
North Carolina Negro of any stature
v/ho will endorse Anderson's state- j
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, Association Conference for the Ca
! rolinas-Virginia Region.
Defending the right of both tea
j chers and students to engage in so
; cial action and demonstrations. Dr.
Elder said that, v hen such actions
|aie taken by students, the school
; can "only hope that a good job of
, teaching has been done "
Tlie recognition of the right of
I students and teachers lo function in
j a dual role, as members of the
js;-hool community and s= citizens
: of their respective local communi
ties. stales, and nations, was offer
ed as the first euidepost by the N
CC president
Dr. Elder named "academic free
dom" as the second basic right, de
fining it as "commitment to open
inquiry and to the pursuit of truth
‘where' er it may lead ."
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Bootleggers
Quit; Sense
Lawman
STATESVILLE Local ABC
officers found out here recently
that a leopard could not change its
j spots. And what they hau hoped
j would be a well planned swoop on
| the sellers of illegal whiskey ai
i most Dacktired.
Police Chief W. T, Jvey felt that
the presence of two "informers"
working as undercover agents had
been making contact with whet he
termed bootleggers. Both agents.
Negroes, arc alleged to have been
working as state agents, with the
ABC. and are believed to have
j caused the arrest and conviction of
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t) to (l-r), a tank truck is mired up in sand which coveted road
way up to four feet deep. (VPI TELEPHOTO).
Enraged Guest Pumps
Four Shots In Man s Body
North Carolina citizens are now being faced with another
kind of crime, that of a white man getting so incensed over an
argument with a Negro that he resorts to killing the Negro to abate
his fury.
This happened early Wed mora
ine about 5 a, m. at the Carolina
Hotel when Steve L.. Reed, white.
21-years-old, pumped four bullets j
into t.he body of Garfield Boyd. 48- j ,
years-old bellhop, killing him in
stantly.
The story had a bizzare setting 1 ’
It is reported that Re"d was guest j 1
in the hotel and had some trouble
in his room with an unnamed white j
girl, who is said to have come from i '
Wilmington, along w Ith anothei !
white girl. The-, are reported as
also being guests of the hole!
Police reports ,<how that Reed |
had visited their headquarters ear- | !
her in the morning and complain- 1
Charlotte Doctor
Faces Murder Rap
GASTONIA A prominent physician and Gaston County
Republican leader—Dr Harry Riddle—was jailed without bond
here Saturday charged with stabbing 27-year-old Leonard Patton
to death with a hunting knife.
Patton died of knife wounds at Gaston Memorial Hospital
shortly before 1 a. m. Saturday.
Resident Superior Court Judge
J. C. Froneberger began to hear the
ease Saturday morning bui post
poned it for a hearing Wednesday
before Judge George Patton in Su
perior Court.
“I could see that none of the law
yers were ready for this thing , he
explained. "Tt had all happened too
quickly and nobody has his .facts
cleat
Riddle said that Patton had used
abusive language during a phone
conversation. The doctor was at his
home when Patton called about 6
TRIAL BY VIOLENCE This is what's left of the $30,000
brick home of Dr, C. O. Simpkins, vice president ct the NAACP's
Shreveport, La., branch Dr Simpkins, a longtime civil rights
crusader, said this week: ’7 shall continue in the struggle." Skill-
ed of ha\ ing been roughed up by
two bell boy.-, over at the hotel.
Officers told The CAROI INI AN
that they advised him to to back
to the hotel, due to the fact that hr
had been drinking, and "men he
was better composed to come back
and they would see vha could be
done about it.
Reed is alleged to ha’ left po
lice headquarters but instead of
going back to the hotel, made h>\
way to the Dixie Loan Company.
V itroirigton Street broke in and
■ loir t ,i o guns and am nition tor
both. He it. then rep- d to have
gone back to ike hole ant when
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p. m. He told tiie physician that his
mother wa.- sick and asked Riddle
to look at, her.
Riddle said that he told Pat ion
that he would, but not right away
because he was eating dinner He
said that Pa 1 ton told him that his
mother had been sick for about a
week.
The doctor said that Patton cak
ed back "in about. 40 minutes" and
demanded to know what was rie
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Bandits Caught In Gate City
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 21. NO. 20
f jjisens Bap BMatjow:
“NO CITY JOBS”
Say Council
Reneging On
Job Promise
| The Raleigh Citizens Association
| sent a letter to Mayor W. G. Enloe
j tins week asking that a special
I meeting of the Raleigh City Coun
\ oil be called to deal with, what the
| Association calls, “continuing racial
! job discrimination at City Hall.”
Despite the fact that several
i months ago, after a lengthy session,
I the council passed a resolution oui
| laving racial discrimination in the
i hiring of city employees, the Asso
! nation contends that up to date, not
| one Negro has been employed by
, the city for work in the municipal
| building above the category of la-
I borer
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Negro Press
135 Yrs. Old
WASHINGTON, D. C ■- The
'oath Annivei-ary of the founding
of the American Negro Pres- will
! he ot er ed M reh 18-24, according
the statement .mini this week bv
I-,, Wa-hingtoh Rhodes, president.
National Newspaper Publishers As
sociation sponsoring organization
of the "•i-ycar-old annual project.
Mr. Rhodes, publisher of The Phi
ladelphia i Pa.i Tribune, points out
that special celebrations arc being !
urged for March 16, the day on
which the first Negro newspaper in I
the IT. S Freedom's Journal was j
publish' d at New York City in 18.17.
The theme of the Press Week ob
servance is "In the Freedom of the j
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Surgeon Mamed
To Ga. Hospital |
ATLANTA rANP* - A Negro
surgeon v,as elected to the staff of !
Grady hospital here last week. He |
was the first of his race to ever he- j
come a member rs the hospital s !
staff
Dr. Asa' G. Yancey'. 45. who has ;
been director of surgery at the I
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fully detonated dynamite bomb caused 75 per cent of marly
completed home to requite rebuilding. Dr. Simpkins has lost in
surance on his home, office and furniture. He still receives threat
ening calls. Authorities have reported “no progress ” as yet.
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1962
-v~l'
ROBBERY SUSPECTS TAKEN TO JAlL—Greensboro polica Sgt. W. f. (itbson i? shown
here with two of three suspects being held in connection with the robherv of American Federal
Savings and Loan Association Thursday. In front is Floyd Patterson, 22. and behind him, in cus
tody of an unidentified officer is Alfred Neal, 23, When this photo was made, the (wo were being
escorted from the bank where the FBI and local police established operational headquarters for
their investigation. The third suspect. Edward W. Finnic. 31. is partially paralyzed from the waist
down. The three were apprehended within 10 hours after the hank was robbed of $930,
Bank Robbers Confess
In Greensboro Holdup
GREENSBORO - Confess’ jns
that they robbed the American Eed
erai Savings and Loan Association
at gunpoint last Thursday and the
implication of a third man were
made at a preliminary hearing for
the pair here. Monday.
After L S. Commissioner 1.. H»r
bin Jr. found probable cause. Al
fred Neal, 2 of 1019 E Washington
Street and Floyd D. Patterson. 22.
of the of Gillespie Street
were bound over to stand trial in
the June 4 term of U. S Middle
District Court, along with Edwin
W Pinnix, 31, of 1611 Spence r Si
the man they • implicated in their
confession.
Bond for the trio, now beim; held
in Guilford County jail, was re
duced front $60,000 to $25,000
Special Agent Michael Scanlon
of the FBI in testimony at the U
S. Courthouse, disclosed that Neal
and Patterson had signed statements
before him. He said that the two
men fold him they were driven by
Pinnix in his car to within one
block of the bank on the morning
of the robbery.
They got out and robbed the bank
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The five dav weather tnrpravf for
the Raleigh *r?a beginning Thur.
day. March 15 and continuing
through Monday, March IS, is as
follow s:
Temperatures will average 6 to *
degrees below normal, precipitation
about three quartet!, of an inch
Thursday through Monday. Ram
over much of the area Thursday.
Friday and agate about Sundae and
Monday. Rather root Thuredav
through Raturdav. Warmer Sunday
and tool agate the first of the week.
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
——■ Bin FROM THEM
PAGE i
Horlon's Cash Store
Town A Country Furniture
Evergreen Nursery
PAGE 3
Reilig-Levine Furniturr < o.
Washington Terrace
Eureka Realty C .
PAGE !>
Hudson- If e ik Cficd's
Mechanics A. Farmers Bank
PAG* 6
Major Finance Co
American Credit ( o
Auto Insurance Smirt
Wimbeiley Electric Co
W & C Upholsters Company
MllUk'b Gili)
The Fabric Shop
Mechanics A Farmers Bank
Stephen's Anolirrtr rnmwnv
Dunstoti's Texaco Service
Capital Vacuum Store
Hunter's Grocery
Browning Barber Shop
Joy’s American Gr
Raleigh Paint & Wallpaper Co.
Eden ton Street Cleaners
Capital Bargain Store
Peebles Grill & Hotel
Washington Terrace Apts,. Inc.
Buffaloe Company & Builders
Raleigh Furniture Co.
G. S. Tucker Bros., Inc.
PACE 7
Auto Discount < ompany
Sanders Motor Co
State News
j
Briefs
THREE OIK IN WILMINGTON
F!RF.
WILMINGTON - A landlady
and two male roomer? died in a
fire which official? ?av was caused
by an overheated portable oil stove
here Thursday nigl t
Dead tn a ft■ vhich whipped
tilrousm a three-room cottage are
Mrs Hattie Brown owner, and
Henyv Whitlock about 10, and
Charles Lewis about 60.’ A third
roomer. Jonnnie Spieei, florj befoie
flames engulfed the building
Authorities said that Mrs Brown
apparently burned to death \Hril«
trying to help the men escape Her
body was found in the same room,
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Weaver Bros Rambler
PAGF *
: i'olontal stores
j Ft. E. Quinn Furniture ( o.
I H Brown
P VI.I <1
AWP Food Stores
Branch Banking A Ttusi tn.
Carolina Power A Eight t o.
( orrcil < 00l ( o.
rvi.F HI
P< p-.i-< oia Bottling t o of Raleigh
Oillou Motor Finance Co.
Seven-Up Bottling company
Carolina Builders Ootp
Ridgeway’s Opticians Irv
Bloodworth St Tourist Hem*
, rit iovb Hotel
Mainer Memorials
f ornmunft.v Florist
j Central Drug Store
: < inslcati Transter <\ Grocery
j Standard Concrete Product!, Co
i Firestone St res.
1 Thomas Food Market
PARC 13
(Lincoln Theatre
; Ambassador Theatre
P'.GE 16
! Rhodes Furniture
! Acme Realty Company
j Piggly Wiggly
j Kateigh Seafood Company
' Raleigh Funeral Home
j Hunt General Tire Company
' Gunn's Esso Service
K imhrett's
Gem. Match Shop
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