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I' v ‘i : ■***-* 4f^^- Members of the Raleigh Citizens Association are shown at a City Council hearing on charges that iob discrimination is Mayor Tells Citizens Job Policy Up To City Manager While members of the Raieigh City Council looked on in silence. Mayor William G. Enloe, at the Monday council meeting, proceed- TheatreTries Mixing Races in Raleigh Negro students from North Ca rolina State College are now being admitted to the Varsity Theatre on Hillsboro Street, W. G. Enloe, man ager of the chain to which the the alre belongs, revealed this week. According to Enloe, the initial de rcgregation came without incident more than a week ago. Tm glad, though not surprised”, *aid Enloe, “that the integration of the theatre was carried out without incident of any kind.” The Varsity becomes the second theatre in the North Carolina chain to desegregate. The Carolina in Chapel Hill earlier this year open ed its doors to Negro students at the University of North Carolina and has since expanded the deseg regation to include all Negroes. White Man Held For Killing IJLLINGTON Fate took a new twist as it relates to crimes committed against Negroes, by whites, when * Harnett County Grand Jury handed down an tndic ment against Waylon Godwin, 42 arid white, for the killing of a Ne gro. The indictment was brought Tuesday after the jury heard the evidence. The twist is the fact that the in dictment was brought after a coro ner s jury had freed the man for the slaying of Prentiss Allgood, Rt. 1, Benson. The shooting is said to have tak en place recently, at a country store, located near Angler. Gordon is said to have told the two juries that Allgood was killed accidently, while he was playing with the gun. The first jury accepted this and proceeded to free the man. The Grand Jury felt that it had enough evidence to hold the man and he is now charged with murder. ODDS-ENDS BE ROBERT G. SHEPARD “The race is not to the swift neither to the strong but unto him who holds out until the end. 1 * NOT ENOUGH ‘ PRESSURE” After the Raleigh City Council had been presented with sufficient evidence, during its March 19 meet ing, to indicate that there was something radically wrong with the way a Negro applicant for a job at City Hall had been treated, Mayor Enloe, disregarding the facts in the case, seemingy v'as intent upon making the group from the «» Raleigh Citizens Association who were present to proteC the mis handling of the matter, asharr.e and (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Eagle Rock Couple In 50th Year Os Marriage The story of how two people have enjoyed marital bliss for 49 years was unfolded to The CARO LINIAN this week, by Mrs Lessie Bell, daughter of Henry and Mrs. .Bessie Coffey, who live in Eagle Rock. ed to give the Raleigh Citizens As sociation a "dressing down" for its continuing efforts to break down the seemingly impregnable wall of racial discrimination which sur round. City Hall. The mavor’s rebuke came after Ralph Campbell bad read to the council a statement, w nich showed, among other things, that a Negro woman. Mrs. Sarah S. Hall, had been led to believe, during a tele phone conversation with Mr. R. A. Hoadly, that she was to report to City Hall for employment, only to be later railed by Hoadly and told that a (white) woman had conn in after his conversation with Mrs. Hall and had been given the job, ■ This report shoved that subse quent statements by Mr. Hoadly and Mr. Pritcherd revealed several inaccuracies, untruths and misre presentations of facts had entered into the conversations carried on between representatives of the Ra leigh Citizens Association and Hoadly and Pritcherd. After Campbell had finished Guilford County’s Job Policy Rapped By NAACP Officials GREENSBORO The hiring of qualified Negroes in county jobs was one of four requests made to the Guilford County Commissioners by the local branch of Che NAACP here Monday. Dr. George Simkins. Jr., presi dent ot the branch, also asked that the corrlmissioners - 1. Integrate the county tax books. 2. Integrate rest room facilities in county buildings. 3. Revise the county map to name each Negro school rather than de signate if “Negro School’'. Stating that in his opinion •‘Guil ford County has one much to in tegrate departments”. Board Chair man Lloyd C. Amos told Dr. to.n kins that the health, welfare, tax and law enforcement departments were integrated. Dr, Simkins suggested the hiring Mt. Olive School Buildings Burn WHITEVILLE - Fire of undeter mined origin, destroyed two frame buildings at the Mount Olive High School, nine miles north of here, Sunday night. Only fast work by the White ville and Chadboum fire depart ments kepi the blaze from destroy ing the complete plant of the school. Its brick building, valued at $262,500 by Fire Chief Archie Rushing of Whiteville had already caught fire when the local depart ment arrived. Burned to the ground was a class room building and the schools vo cations! -agriculture department and workshop Rushing estimated toe loss at $40,000 for the two burned buildings and an additional $2,500 for damage? to the brick building. Student, 19, Held In Theft Os Auto DURHAM Reginald D Har rington. 19. of Dover, Mass., a stu dent, at North Carolina College, was being held under $2,500 bond in Chatham County jail Monday on charges growing out of an autonio (CONTINCED ON PAGE 2) The couple was married March 20, 1913 and are the parents of 8 girls and 4 boys. They have lived in Eagle Rock ever since their mar riage and have contributed to the development of the community. Mr. Coffey, 70, has been a farm er during most of his married life and is now readying bis land for the 1962 crop of tobacco, cotton and corn He expects Mrs. Coffey. 60 to be at his side as they plant, har vest and sell the crop. Three of the children, Lois. Her bert and James live at home. Five journeyed to Baltimore, Md., where they now live * Mrs. Goldie Hinton Mr*.. Elsie Grisson, Mrs Susan Hen ry. William and Hut* t. Mrs. Les ie Bell lives at 813 E. Martin St. and Mrs. Annie Coffey also lives in Raleigh. Mrs. Clara Hinton lives in Garner and Mis Barbara Jean is a teacher in Behaven. A grand son, Edward, who was raised by the couple, also lives in Baltimore. The Coffeys are members of Good Hope Baptist Church where Mr. Coffey has been an officer for more than thirty years. still being practiced at City Hall. reading the statement Mayor En loe picked up a book from the ta ble and read the section of the en abling act which permitted ihe City of Raleigh to set up the Council-Ci ty Manager type of government. According to the provisions of this act. the City Council has the au thority to hire a City Manager but cannot tell that person whom to hire or to discharge or to interfere in any way with the employment practices of the various department heads. The Mayor then sa>d, "that's the law. Its in the book. It will never come by pressure, rt will come only through qualifications and the de sire of the department heads to cooperate.” The Mayor had previously re ferred to the “anti-discrimination" resolution passed last August by the Council. In saying that employ ment of Negroes depended upon “the desire of the department heads to cooperate”, he seemed to be say (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) of some secretaries also and told the commissioners that the county is “wasting our qualified people” because they are going to Calif, and Washington Where race is less of a barrier in getting good jobs. William Ragsdale, Jr., vice-chair man, said that toe county has made progress in toe past 10 years and Durham Theatre Seeks 30Gs From NAACP in Damages DURHAM Suits and counter suits are in the sir here as the re sult of the mass demonstrations that have gone on at the city-own ed Carolina Theatre building. Charles Abercrombie, who has the lease on toe building, filed suit a gainst the NAACP for $30,000 Fri day. He also won toe first round ot ihe promised long legal battle, when he succeeded in getting Judge Hamilton Hobgood to issue a tem porary injunction, restraining the students from doing mass demon strations, at the theatre. Abercrombie plea charged that the demonstrations were doing him ureperable damage and asked the judge to stop them. The Superior Court jurist gave him temporary relief from large crowds assembl ing around the building. Students from North Carolina College and Duke University caused the man agement much trouble when they formed long lines, around the entire 71 WEATHER I The five-day weather forecast ioi the Raleigh area beginning Thurs day, March 22, and continuing through Monday, March 26, is as follows: Tcmperaures 2 to 8 degrees a bovc normal. Precipitation one half to three-quarters of an inch, in showers, thunder showers, Sun day afternoon and night and also Monday, Spaceman Lt. Col. John H. Glenn returning to terra-firms is greeted by approximately 1,000 Hampton students, faculty and staff, Saturday, March 17 as he passed by the college dur a motorcade procession preceeding recognition ceremonies in the Memorial Stadium in Hampton, Va. for the seven American As tronaut* and the NASA team members. Vivacious dark-haired Annie Glenn also waves to the Hampton Institute contingent. HAMPTON PREXY TO SPEAK Dr. Jerome Holland president of Hampton Institute, Hampton. Va, t who v ill address the North Carolina Regional Conference of ihe Hampton \- lutnni Association. Sunday. $p ril 8. in Harrison Auditorium at A&T College. that, in the next five years there will be two to three times as much as in the past ten. Commissioner Carson Bain said that next year taxpayers should be getting abstracts through the mail, (he way income tax forms are sent "I see no reason why we can’t do that”, he said. block, on two successvie nights, last week. The Negro students got plenty as sistance from the white students and through a well planned strate gy, quite a few Negro students gained admission. The white stu dents bought tickets and gave them to their Negro colleagues and be fore the management knew it some of them were in the theatre. This plan worried the management so until he stopped selling tickets at. the booth, to white patrons and sot up a booth, insicie the building, dr what they thought were non-parti cipating whites. The next night some of the white students went into the theatre and opened a side door for their Negro friends and the management was again thwarted. The City Council is known to have gone on record as being in favor of integrating the show house, but when Abercrombie was told of its action, he replied that he could not see where the best interest of his business could be served by admitting Negroes, on equality, and therefore he would not negotiate with representatives of the students. J. S. Stewart, lone Negro member of the Council, told the city fath ers that they should resolve the issue and avert a court battle In the light of present events, Stewart saw no way for the Council to stave off a suit. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 Rites Held For Dr. L. E. McCauley MW—-M VOL. 21. NO. 21 Sott-fit -Iv« 115 *W HEAD BLOWN OFF Pittsboro Man Is Slain By Bis Father-in-law PITTSBORO After Lewis Ce- , cil Jones 28, was found with the i top of his head blown off, Fred ; Rives, his 58-year-old father-in-law, j heard a coroners jury rule that the j killing was justifiable homicide. According to Chatham County authorities, Jon s wfts found near j I the Rives home on Rt. 2, Bear Creek, Sheriff John W. Finer.on said | Monday that. Jones had threatened and attacked Rives and Rives’ wife Virginia, several times. He said further that Jones chased the eon- j pie around with an ax and smashed | in two doors of the home. Rives got a shotgun, Emerson j said, but Jones in the meantime, j had grabbed Mrs Rives and was holding he; in front of himself for protection. Rives, standing about J | to 10 feet away, fired ovv his wife's shoulder, hitting Jones in the head. After the coroner’s jury verdict, Funeral Held For Bishop In Capital • WASHINGTON. D. C. - Funeral : services for Bit-hop W W. Mat* * e mws. retired. AME Zion Church, | were held from Metropolitan Wes ley Church, Tuesday March 20, II a. m„ with Bishop R L. Jones in charge. The prelate was 85 years old and succumbed to an extended illness at Georgetown Hospital, March 15. He was born in Balesville. Miss., and began an enviable record with the AMR Zion Church, in his na tive stale. He served many of the outstand ing churches in the connection and was elected Secretary of Foreign Missions, in 1920. He spent much time in Africa, in the interest of the foreign work, during his secre tarial tenure. He was elected to the bishopric in 1928 and assigned to Africa. His most outstanding work is be lieved to have been don in Christ ian education. Many schools were nurtured by him in Africa and up on returning to American he per sonally directed tihe work at Wai ters - Southerland Institute, Lexis Ark. He was at the helm of this school when he retired in 19-18, He presided over the Arkansas Conferences and was the prelate of the West Central and Central North Carolina Conferences, upon his retirement. Bishop Jones was assisted by the three bishops of tihe denomination,- who live in Washington: S. G, Spotswood, W. A. Stewart and H. T. Medford. Dr. J. C. Hoggard, Sec retary, Foreign Missions, New York, represented tihe general offi (CONTINUED ON PAGE ■!} The motorcade included Gov. Albertis S. Harrison and L t. Gov. Mills E. Goodwin Jr.; Sen. Harry F. Byrd: Reps . George P. Mil ler of California , Olin E. Teague and Bob Casey of Texas and Thomas N. Downing of the First District, all members of the House Space Convnitte; and representatives of area political and military groups. North Carolina’s Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1%2 it vas expected that no charges j would be filed, although the sheriff i noted that a warrant could still be sworn out. Soldier Is Slain In Fayetteville FAYETTEVILLE The demons seem to be still dogging Ray Charles trail. Here for a one-night | er Thursday, in the National Guard ! Armory, he drew not only a crowd that hollered loud. Out a death en sued. According to evidence given Sheriff W. G. Clark, Richard Huc itt. 20, Bridgeport, Conn., who was to have bei n released soon is dead, as Fie result of a bullet in his heart, [ and Pvt. John L. Sullivan, (believ ed no relation to th famed fighter), Philadelphia, Pa,, is being held in the Cumb -land County jail, with out the privilege of bail. Sheriff Clark e wild to have re ported that the two servicemen got the wrong tinders landing, over the affection of a girl, and uncompli mentary words were exchanged be tween them The dead man is al leged to have pulled out a gun, and i body contact, by the two, followed. Sullivan is said to have won the tussle and the gun. With the gun in his possession, he (Sullivan: blasted away at his as sailant. It wa not know how many shots were fired, nor how many casualties occurred from the stam pede. It is known that Hucitt was shot in tire heart. It was reported that two bullets entered his body and that another struck Leroy Fish er. His condition is not believed to be serious. Ligon PTA Features Graduates A panel discussion on "The Ef fectiveness of Ligon's Training Pro grain" was conducted by four Ligon graduates at the school's monthly Parent-Teacher meeting which was held in the cafeteria Monday night. The participants were Shirley Satterfield and David Forbes, both seniors at Shaw University, Walter Davis, a sophomore at North Caro lina St.iic College and George Ben nett. a graduate of North Carolina Stale, now teaching at Lhgon Bennett indicated that by taking the mathematics courses at Ligon he was able to master the courses at State and that there is a greater need to learn to express throughts on paper more clearly, Forbes credited Ligon with pro viding him with a "boldness" to ; speak what he felt and act upon what he felt. Davis as final speaker stated, “Ligon's preparation in the field - i f I -tiS&Kk. J Last Rites Held jForirs. Hally ELIZABETH CITY Final riles | for Mrs. Marjorie Pailin Holly who j was fatally injured in an automo bile accident, were conducted from i the Mt. Lebanon AME Zion Church Thursday. Siie was fatally injured when the automobile in which she was re turning to her teaching posiuon at Everetts where site had been, em ployed for 11 years was involved in an accident on Sunday evening, March 11. Surviving are hei daughter, Miss Patricia A. Holly; five sisters, Mrs. Geneva P Brown. Raleigh; Miss M. L. Pailin, Elizabeth City: Miss Annie Mae Pailin and Mrs. Hired P. Huniey ol Louisviue, Ky . and Miss Ruby Pailin of New Rochelle, N. Y ; one brother. Alfred W. Pai lin, Elizabeth City; two nieces, Mrs. Maetbird While of Bridgeport., Conn., and Mrs. Addessa B. Wam ble of Raleigh; two great nephews, Keith Edward White of Bridgeport, Conn., and Anthony Darrell Wam ble of Raleigh; one great niece, Ne va Womblc of Raleigh, and a host of other relatives. , of science is most adequate.'’ Mrs. Elizabeth Cofield, program chairman was in charge of the pro gram. In a short business session held by the PTA president, Hilton Red dick. a report from the nominating committee which proposed that the present officers, except the secre tary. be kept in office another year, was accepted. The secretary. Mrs. Minnie Blakely, having completed two years in office, will be re placed l:y Mrs. Bcttie Ingram. Meet On Aging Set Mon. Night The final meeting of the "Aging Without Fear" discussion group, sponsored by t ; he Richard B Harri son Public Library, will be held Monday evening at the Jeffreys Grove School Library at, 7:30 o'- clock As a climax to this senes, «hr- sub ject for discussion will be "R.cii (( ONTINUKD ON PAGE 2) CAROLINIAN ADVERTISERS -— = BUA I'ROM THEM PAGE 2 Horton’s Cash Store PAGE 3 Eureka Realty C Johnson-Lambe (Jo. Standard Concrete Products to. Hat's Beautyrama Shop Davidsons Restaurant Keith A Peebles Grill Greene s Beauty Salon Brownouts Barber Shop Slaton's Restaurant * Motel Vvan’s Shell Service Peebles Hotel & Ctrl.l Burnett s Drive-In Restaurant W. & g. Upholstery Co, PAGE 5 Huclson-Belk Efird’s Publie Sorrier Co. of N C. Ine. Correlf ( eat Co. PAGE (i Major Finance Co American Credit Co Auto Insurance Service Wiir.berley Electric Co W & G Upholstery Company Nina's Grill The Fabric Shop Mechanics Sc Farmers Bank Stephen's Applianc Company Dunston's Texaco Service Capital Vacuum Store Hunter’s Grocery Browning Barber Shop Joy’s American Gr" Raleigh Paint A Wallpaper Co. Kdenton Street cleaners Capital Bargain Store Local Medic Buried Here Wednesday St. Paul’s A.ME. Church echoed with soft murmurs, low toned sorrows and words of ex ultation as fht life of Dr. Lewyn Eugene McCauley was r< lieved, m glowing terms by principals, at his funeral, Wednesday after noon His exploits as a boy, traversing the paths of Raleigh revealed how he attended the public schools of Raleigh and Chicago, 111 It was told how he made his way to Kit troll College and there rt mpleled his academic training. TTis matric ulation at Shaw University’s Leon ard Medical School brought back memories of many other who pass ed that wnv. served their respec tive communities and journeyed to tnc land of no return. His devotion to the sick and his ever cxienr; mg arm of mere’, to I the less fortunate was pictured as i a lever that lifted many from the doldrums of dwpair and the pi* of despondemy. IF ai aviation with I tennis player;, both partners and j foes, was painted ;>■ a real symbol !of true sportsmanship, ! The contribution that lie made | to the business world was best, told 1 in the story of the Mce+mnirs and j Farmers Bank, of which he v. as one jof the founder, and senior viec ! president, at the time of ius death j The love that he exemplified fu Shaw University, beamed Corf. from the eyes and faces of Shaw grads, trustees, piv. id-mts. facultj 1 end students, who knew rim as a j l*enefaetor, an administrator and counel'or. High church officials of St Paul Church, local and national church circles, recalled him as the per sonification of Christian brother hood His fraternity brothers pic tured him as one of the stars in ihi Omega chapter. Dr. L. S Penn, pastor of hLs be (CONTINUED ON PAGE V) State News Briefs SIAMESE I "WINS LIVE ONLY TWO MINUTES WILSON (ANP) Siamese twins wore born last week to a 17-year old girl here but they lived only about two minutes, it. was learned. The obsterician who delivered the babies at Carolina General Hos pital said they were joined at the direst and stomach. CHECKER PLAYERS LQSI An argument over a c.'<?iT: , ~r game, at 717 E Davie Si . brought, the players to City Court Tuesda;- Two Evans, Osmer and Gi y. not kindreds, but checker playing (CONTINUED ON I'AGE Z) Peebles Grit! A Hotel j Washington Terrace Apis- Ine. ! Buffaloe Company A Builders Haieigli Furniture. Co. G. s. Tucker Bros., Inc. j PAGE 7 \uto Discount Company PAGE 8 j Colonial Stores K k. Quinn Furniture Co. ! H. brown ; page n A,VP Food Stores Carolina Power A Eight to Branch Banking a- i.u»i to. PAGE 10 Pcpsi-Cola Bottling Co. ot Raleigh Dillon Motor Finance Co. Seven-Up Bottling Company j Carolina Builders Corp Ridgeway's Opticians. ln<' Bloodworth St Tourist Home | Deluxe Hotel 'Varner Memorials PAGE II Thomas Food Market Firestone St- res ('instead Transfer & Grocery i Lightner'a Funeral Homo Mechanics & Farmers Sank j PAGE 13 ; Lincoln Theatre | PAGE 16 j Piggly Wiggly | Raleigh Funeral Home ! tirmt General Tire Company ! Raleigh Seafood Company j Acme Realty Company ' Dunn's Esso Service PRICE 15c
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