Virginia Supervisor Teits JV. CmGraup so ° b ’
‘Stop Begging And Take Rights’
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VOL. 24. NO. 18
CR School
Challenged
By Riddick
BY J. B. HARKEN
Indian Woods Bertie Counity, N.
C.—Speaking to an audience of 300
citizens, including fifty youths, at
* massive Civil Rights School here,
sponsored by Southern Conference
Educational Fund. John Slater, Jr.,
Field Secretary, Moses A. Riddick.
County Supervisee Nanromc-nd
County. (Suffolk) Virginia, told
the “Black Belt." citizens: "We've
Got To Stop Bogging" for our civil
rights. “Stand up and be men and
women and take your civil rights
—something that belongs to yon—
has been given to you by the con
stitution!
Riddirk spoke at length out
of his personal experience of
having led Negroes in the Suf
folk area (where Negroes out
number the Whites two-to-one
in population, but only equal
them in voting strength) who
have elected Riddick after
several defeats as Nanse
mond Countv Supersisor and
chairman of their Voters Lea
gue and political group.
Riddick advised that Negroes
would find practically all their an
swers to their economic and edu
cational ills wrapped up in the
power of tthe ballot, »,pp. no one
else can solve this problem for
them, no matter how many friend
ly Whites came (as in Bertie an I
Halifax counties and other areas)
and helped (hern. Riddick chided
Negroes from sitting around “wait
ing on the Lord" to fisht all their
battles when they have been en
dowed with health, education the
opportunity to acquire the ballot
to vote out and iri the public offi
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2 “Close”
Brothers
Die In Hour
CHICAGO (NPI) Two elderly
Chicago brothers, who had lived
together since birth and were de
scribed as “inseparable” by a sis
ter, died last week within an hour
of each other, both suffering heart
attacks
Thomas Edward Bell, 77, was
atricken last Friday evening.
Firemen were called to rush
Thomas to a nearby hospital. As
they administered oxygen to him,
Phil Edward Bell, 74, slumped to
the floor.
Both were pronounced dead at
Provident hospital.
Natives of Louisville, Ky„ the
Bell brother- came to Chirago 40
years ago. They had been living
with their sister, Mrs. Almeda
Dukes since that time, Beth were
widowers, but. had no children
Thomas, a chauffeur, retired
tome 15 years ago. Phil, a pressor
m a cleaning plant, retired about
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From Raleigh's Official Police Files:
TIIK CRIME BEAT
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Says “Geisha” Cut
Man With Big Knife
James Marvin Burt, 36, of Rt 4,
Box 251, Raieign, reported to Offi
cer Otis Hinton, Jr., at 2:17 a. m.
Tuesday, that he didn't see who
cut him with a hawk bill knife.
While he was at 211 W. South St.
However. Purcell Bullock,
who lives at 4T3 W. South St.,
said he heard Burt and a, man
nIM “Ueiteha,” arguing with
and cursing each other.” 1 saw
Geisha holding a hawk bill
knife and Burt was bleeding a
bout hi* face,” stated Mr. Bul
lock.
The facial (Jaw and ear) lacera
4icms required about 50 stitches to
ckwe, Officer Hinton’s report con
cluded. “Geisha” was released from
Jail here only last week on another
rap.
North Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1965
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DR KING KPI EELS IN PRAYER —7 he Rev. Dr. Marlin Luther Kirur. Jr, left, kneel* in
prayer at the Selma. Alabama city limits Tuesday of this week as his brother, the Rev. A. D. King,
standing, waves to the rear to an estimated. 1,200 marchers after they were halted bv State troopers.
(UPf PHOTO).
“Man Must Break Himself From
Social Surroundings”: Thurman
“Man must break himself from
the social surroundings," Dr. How
ard Thurman, said in his mpsr.n«p
to Shaw University’s faculty, staff
and student body in the opening of
the University’s annual Religious
Emphasis Week services here in
the University Chape! last week.
“We are all victims of the
social and economic orders, but
the world In which we live is
a practical world, and we must
ask ourselves, “What Shall I
Bo With My Life?,” he went
on to say.
Say Cooke’s
Widow Has
Remarried
LOS ANGELES (NPI) Un
confirmed reports have it that Mrs.
Barbara Cooke, widow of the late
Sam Cooke, and the singer's form
er protege, Robert Womack, wens
married in a hush hush ceremony
here last Thursday, The informa
tion is said to have emanated from
Curtis Womack, brother of the new
groom.
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Holds Gun On Man,
Then Slaps His Face
George Allan Gillispie, 32, of 550
E. Edenton Street, told a cop at. 1:18
a. m. Sunday, he was inside Sta
ton’s Case, 319 S. East Street,
when “a small person,” called
“Lollipop," struck him ir. She
face, while he held a gun, at Gil
li'spie’s face
The complainant also declar
ed, "He threatened to kill me,”
He stated this was the first
time he’d ever seen '‘Lollipop,**
who was accompanied by Bam
McNeill, 'there was no indi
cation as to whether Gillispie
would file an assault with a
deadly weapon warrant, on
“Loliiplp.”
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The world-renown theolog
ian, author and lecturer, now
liiinssiei’-iit-iarge at Boston I -
niversity, told the audience
that it does not matter who von
are, how much you know, w ho
your parents are or the good
ness ot your heart, lit e will
not make an exception. “You
w ill have to abide by the same
moral orders that others do,"
he said.
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lltMtlipaliou Mil it. 21
The new Method Post Office
will be dedicated at 2:30 p. m. on
Sunday, March 21. Fourth District
Congress Harold D. Cooley and
Regional Postal Director C B.
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| “You should live your life with
the full recognition that this is a
i practical world, but that the preju
dices of your life will be on the
I values of your mind and mind."
i he cautioned.
The former Ingersoll lecturer
•«l Harvard i niversity, who
was dean ot (he ehapel at Bos
ton ( niversity for a number of
years, said, “You should live
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Gladden will be honored platform
guests.
The appointed committees
for planning of the dedication
have held workshops on each
phase of the program, and it is
hoped that (he dedication will
be a memorable one in that
the history of the old Method
Post Office holds a place in
community history.
Mrs. Harveleigh R. White is
the Postmaster, and is the on
ly Negro noman in North Car
olina to hold such a post.
The dedication will bo held at
the post office site in Method, and
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MEETING OF COMMITTEES for the planning of the
Method Post Office dedication. The Reverend Charles W. Ward
and The Reverend Ralph Fleming are co-chairmen. Post Office
picture is shown in tipper left. (See story).
Blames W elf are Department;
Local Mother Writes To
LBJ; Protests Cliecli. Cut
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SELMA: TERROR
King, Others
Held Back By
State Troops
Editor's Note: The Rev. Or.
Martin King, Jr., ignored a fed
eral court ruling and an appeal
hv President Johnson Tuesday
and attempted to stage a mas
sive vote march in Selma, Ala
bama. He also told a mass
meeting that there would be
another try Wednesday at the
Oatlas County Courthouse tn
Selma. At 2 p. m. Wednesday,
over 4(Mi Negroes were waiting
for specific instructions on
whether to march in Selma
Dr. King also promised a
march on Montgomery, SCI
miles away, for next week.
SELMA, Ala. 'NPI' Alabama
state troopers used night sticks i
tear gas. bull whips and ropes
Sunday to break up a planned civ
il rights march from Selma to the
State capitol at. Montgomery'.
• Several persons were injured.
The 50-mile march was planned
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to
dramatize the Negro voter regis
tration problem in Alabama.
Alabama Gov. George C. Wal
lace had announced plans to halt
the march with state troopers.
The marchers had gathered at
Selma church to begin their long
trek to Montgomery.
They were halted at the out
skirts* of Selma by state troopers
and told to return to the church.
When the rights marchers refus
ed to obey this order, troopers
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John Lewis
Beaten By
Ala. Troops
SELMA Ala. SNCC Chairman
John Lewis was taken to the Good
Samatarian Hospital here early
Sunday evening.
He was taken to the hospital’s
emergency ward where he was to
be X-rayed for a possible fractured
skull.
The Student Non-violent Co
ordinating Committee leader
was reportedly struck by a pos
semen on horseback as he re
turned to the church where the
march started.
He was confined to tihe hospital
overnight.
Lewis, an Alabama native, has
been arrested four times in Selma
during the past, three years that
his group has been maintaining a
voter registration drive here.
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COUNCILMAN WINTERS
RCA Supports
J. W. Winters;
He’s Mum
The Raleigh Citizens Association,
having supported Councilman John
W. Winters in two previous elec
! tioris, went, on record last week as
i endorsing him for a third term as
| a member of the City Council.
“We preface this endorsement
with a statement of appreciation
and gratitude for the fine service
S which he has rendered to the com
| munity His record shows that on
! every issue he has voted with the
i concern of the community at heart.
“We believe that with him
the past is hut the prologue."
He did a great job while gain
ing experience. Now with four
years of sendee behind him, we
believe that he is ready to ren
der even greater service to the
city of It-.-1 <.1.. Therefore, the
Raleigh Citizens Association
heartily endorses Councilman
Winters for a third term. We
hope that he will consider this
endorsement a mandate from
the people, and that he
w ill soon throw his hat into he
ring.
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National \<p*v*g»aper
Publishers In X. V.
PRESENTATION TO TAKE
PLACE IN NEW YORK,
MARCH 13TH
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. President
Lyndon B, Johnson and the three
i-lain civil rigthits workers headed a
list of distingusihed Americans
who will receive the annual John
B. Russwurm Awards of the Na
tional Newspaper Publisher's As
sociation Saturday,
The Awards, the highest hon
or of the NNPA, are given an
nually for jxr-rsons or organi
sations who nave contributed
substantially to the preserva
tion of the democratic ideal.
'The Awards were announced
here by Frank L. Stanley, pres
ident of NNPA and Howard R,
Woods, chairman of the associ
ation’s public affairs commit
tee.
Stanley is publisher of the Louis
ville Defender and Woods is ex
ecutive editor of the St. Louis
Argus.
Public ceremony for the
wards will he Saturday. March
13, at a luncheon in the New
Terrace Club on the grounds
as the. New York World's Fair.
Members of NNPA will be
In New York participating In a
mammoth pilgrimage to the
site of the printing press of A
merira’s first Negro Newspaper,
Freedom's Journal, published
by John Russwurm in 1827.
The three slain rights workers
were cited posthumously for their
devotion to the cause of freedom in
making the supreme sacrifice in
the Mississippi voter registration
drive. They are Andrew Goodman,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Good
man of New York; James Chaney,
son of Mrs. Fannie Lee Chaney of
Meridian, Miss.; and Michael Seh
werner. son of Mr, and Mrs. Na
than Sehwerner of Pelhan, N. Y.
The parents of the three youths
have been invited to the luncheon.
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JAMES FARMER
Farmer Sees
Competition
Among Race
NEW YORK James E. Farmer,
I executive director of the Congress
i of Racial Equality, Monday prcdict
;ed s “competition among Negro
| leadership, based on the fastest
| footwork" to decide who w ill be
j come the top leader of America's
: 25 million Negroes,
i Farmer made the prediction in
I an article appearing in the curreni
issue of Look Magazine.
Farmer cited Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell of Har
lem as “a man who has fast
footwork,” Farmer said that
I'ow’ell “Has no real relation to
the masses —two homes and
four cars. He keeps officially a
little apartment somewhere in
Harlem —• hut has this mansion
in rut.-tv Rico ana everythin*
else.”
Yet, Farmer added, "Powell
knows the masses, and he can
speak to them, and he becomes
a lower-class leader.”
Also quoted in Look was Whit
ney Young, Jr., director of the
i Urban League, who declared:
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President Johnson became
the unanimous choker of the
nominees and the selection
eommittee. His work in behalf
of the Civil Rights Act, of 1964,
together with his great moral
leadership In the field of hirni
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CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
— BU\ FROM THEM
PAGK s
Horton’s Cash Store
PAGE 3
M. H. Jackson
The Fabric Shop
Hunt Genera! Tire Co
White's Oil Co., Inc.
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Mmteon-Belk-Kfird s
John W. Winters and Co
PAGE 6
James Sanders Tbs Co.
Raleigh Seafood
Jesse Jones Kansas®
Blltmore Hills
Amburn Pontiac, fnc
Medlin-DavU
Gross Poultry Co.
Ivey’r, of Raleigh
Branch Banking and Trust < o
Hudson-Belk-Eftrds of Raleigh
Newsome Rooting Co.
Pepsl-Cola Bottling Co.
Harmon Motor Co.
Ready Mixed Concrete < o
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Carolina Motor Sales
StawTs Motor Co
Aamco Transmission
Kelly Auto Sales
Wholesale Motor Sales
Bunn's Auto Kales
SB Auto Sates
Weaver Bros. Rambler ln< .
Perry’s Grocery and Market
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Colonial Stores
London Oil Co
Acme Realty Co
H, 15. Quinn Furniture Co.
Lincoln Theatre
PAGE 9
A and P Stores
President Is
Asked To Aid
Mom, Kids
BY CHARLES R JONES
“T wrote to President Lyndon B
Johnson because 1 can t stand for
my chikher. to suffer anymore."
These were the words of Miss
Rosa Mae Quick, of 124 N. Fisher
Street, mother of seven children,
ranging in age from 3 to 14 years.
Miss, Quick received a letter
last Thursday, along with her
regular monthly welfare eheek
of R 196, stating that, begin
ning in April, her check would
be reduced to SB7, less than
half of the original amount,
granted her last August, after
she had written to former
North Carolina Governor Ter
ry Sanford, from whom she
received a very cordial reply,
The reason given in ihe let
ter, dated March 4. 1965, for
the decrease in allotment to
Miss Quick, was, "increased
resources" However, Miss
Quick told this writer Monday
afternoon and Tuesday morn
ing that she only received $25
every two weeks from the fa
ther of four of her children.
The letter had Mrs. Josephine
Kirk's signature stamped on
it. Mrs. Kirk is County Direc
tor of Publie Welfare.
On contacting the Welfare De
partment and Mrs. Kirk, we were
immediately referred to Mrs. Mary
Hamilton, case worker, and acting
supervisor of the department of
case workers.
She stated that, an investigation
is mad.? every six months to as
certain whether a person receiving
welfare aid has received increased
aid.
Mrs. Hamilton slated that,
"In Miss Quick's case, our
check on February IS, 1965,
revealed that the father of the
four children (mentioned ear
lier in the story) was paying
525 each week for the support
of the kids.”
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WEATHE R
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Temperatures for the next, five
days, Thurs. through Mon., will
average several degrees below
normal and rainfall will average
less than half an Inch Thursdav •
through Monday. Quite Cool
weather will prevail during the
period with only small day-to-day
temperature changes. Some rain
may occur about Sunday or Mon
day. The normal high and low
temperatures for the Raleigh area
will be, 80-37
. Estates Builders Co.
B. P. C and l, Tax
' Community Drug Store
1 PAGE 10
i Carolina Builders Corp.
I Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Kalci,b
i Ridgeway’s Optician. Inc.
PAGE II
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Wilson-Ferrell Furniture Co
KW IX
PAGE 13
Williams Grocery
Carolina Power ai-.d Light Co
factory Outlet Sportswear
Roy’s Drive-In Cleaners
Hynn’s Esso Service
I’avlor Radio and Electrical to
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Sujierior Slone to.
Carolina Builders Corp
T. A. Loving Co.
Mitchell Distributing Co.
A. I- Finley and Associates, Ins
| North Carolina Equipment Co.
C. C. Mangum Co., Inc.
! Billion Supply Co.
j Gregorv-Poole Equlnment Ce
MrLatirin Parking Co.
Branch Banking and Trust Co.
Gaddy Real Estate Co,
Pceleri Steele Co.
j John W. Winters and Co.
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| C and M Promotion*
j .tied VVigßler Tackle and Balt Shop
! Paper's Market
Smitty's Bait and Tackle Shop
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i Raleigh Business College
j Corral! Coal Co.
! Sanders Motor Co,
j King Cole Motel
Nelson's Wayside Furniture