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Evangelist Billy Graham Says Riots Are 'DRESS REHEARSALS OF REVOLUTION’IN THE US THE CAROLINIAN VOL. 24, NO. 40 Man Shoots 'Friend’ EASTERN STAR, MASONS PLAN NC TALKS HERE Raleigh Mayor Travis Tom linson will welcome the 700 members of the Grand Order of the Eastern Star and the brother Masons, who will at tend the 64 Annual Communi cation, convening at the Mt. Sinla Holiness Church, corner of E. Martin and S. Swain Streets, September 6-8, Mrs. D&la Rogers. District Deputy, announced In a communica tion sent to the local chapters throughout North Carolina' last Saturday. iviayoi iuuuinson will deliv er his address at the wecome and Memorial services to be held Monday evening at 7:30 in the church s&ncutuary at which time a Memorial Eul ogy will be delivered by the Reverend A. C. Cooke, of Asheville, and Brother Fred D. Alexander, of Charlotte, will read the roll of deceased members. In her communication Mrs. Rogers emphasised that Ra leigh, the host city, was mak ing' ample preparation for a most constructive and enjoy abe communication and that the Grand Chapter of the Or der of the Eastern Star, “is one of the most potent wom en’s organizations in North North Carolina.’’ To substantiate this claim, Mrs. Rogers, said: “We have an organization of 258 locai chapters with an aggravate membership of 12,321 —281 of which were the net increase for last year. “There are other valuable assets which we have.” Mrs. Rogers went on, “These assets are the leadership personnel that have guided the organi sation doling the past ten years. Just to list a few let me give you, Mrs. Maggie Strong, Grand Worthy Matron, of Ayden; Brother Charles W. Costner, Grand Patron, of Gastonia; Brother Fred D. Alexander, of Charlotte, Sec retary of Benovlent and Custodian of our liquid assets; Mrs. Lillian E, Donnell, Grand Secretary, of High Point; and Sister Rhoena Brown, Grand Treasurer, of Washingtn." Mrs. Rogers predicted that the Raleigh Communication this year would very probaby project some new concepts and adventures because of the young women now in the or ganization with modem con cepts and Ideas. Mrs. Rogers is Deputy of District 8, which includes Wake and Johnston counties with 18 chapters and approx imately 1,900 members. Ruth Chapter of Raleigh and the 6th District are hosts to the communication. WAITING TO REGISTER IN GEORGIA - Amerucus. Ga„: Negroes file Into the Sumter Comity Courthouse last week, headed for the registrar's office as they began a voter registration drive immediately after President Johnson signed the new Voting Rights Law of 1955. (UFI PHOTO), North Carolina ’$ Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C u SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1965 sSßilNir MRS. DALA ROGERS . . . district deputy Housemate Held Is Shooting BY STAFF WRITER A check with officials of Wake Memorial Hospial late Tuesday night releaved that Siisha Stroud, 43, is going to live, no thanks to his house mate, Walter Boone Smith, 48. Officer John Baker, Sr., re ported at 12:05 p.m. Satur day, that Stroud, of 90S John son’s Alley was shot in the right side of his stomach with a .12 gauge shotgun. The incident grew out of a Quarrel between the two men. Smith admitted having a “fuss” with Stroud and stated Stroud "put his pocket knife around my neck and tried to cut me," Mr. Smith declared he w< nt into his room and Mr. Stroud followed him. Smith said he then got the shotgun and shot Stroud, causing serious injury. The injured man was rush ed to the hospital, while Smith was rushed to Wake County Jaii where he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, causing serious injury. Smith, who is languish?.!? in jail, was to receive a pr limlnary hearing in City Court this week. He is being held under a (*«« BOTSkMATK, p *) IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE (An Editorial ) Those of us who are far removed from the Los An geles and Chicago riots can hardly realize the great tra gedy in America emanating from contrasting conditions caused by the have and the have nots, the big and the lit tle, the good and the bad, the somebodys and the no bodys, the rich and the poor. This is not a condition of mind. People just grow up in poverty, having little of the essentials of life, bare walls, empty cubboards, half naked people, most of the time bare footed, hungry and desti tute. In fact, their lot has been so bad so long until it be comes away of life. The American society knows this. Under many federal, state, and local governments much has been accomplished to turn back the tide of destruc tion accompanying poverty and ignorance. Nonetheless, apparently not enough had been done early enough to stem the Los Angeles and Chicago eruptions of last week end. The terrible picture shown America on television of human and material destruction was indeed sickening. Those of us who have been blessed with life’s good ness would do well to pause and admit a sense of guilt not having taken some of our cherished material and po litical gains to the door step of our less fortunate brother. If we are to remain secure in a country of plenty for all, more regard for the unselfish giving of ourselves, our tal ents, our time and interest should become more acute now than ever. Such outbursts of violence and rioting could show themselves anywhere. President Johnson’s Head Start and Poverty programs certainly point the way to an awareness of human sufferng in a land of plenty and an attempt to begin its eradication. Leaders in all walks of life in all communities in America have a decided responsibility to intercept the harshness of poverty and destitution. These leaders have asserted themselves on the American scene as the guardi ans of our destiny. Much of he rioting can be placed at the doorstep of leadership and proprietorship of the big city “bigwigs". Much of the unrest throughout the coun try' is in every town and city in this era of confusion and mistaken values. A new assessment of fair dealings and planning for all of America’s children would serve well to stem the swelling tide of hate groups and selfish leadership that contributed to the rioting, looting, murdering and proper ty destruction of recent days on the American scene. Until leadership accepts the total responsibility it has solicited from the public or society has bestowed upon it, there will remain a smoldering potential human volcano that could erupt anywhere at anytime. Brick Wall In N. €. Separates Workers RICH SQUARE Negroes here have filed a complaint against a manu a during com pany that segregated its white and Negro workers with a concrete wall. A Negro woman, hired at the plant on August 2, to work on the "white" side of the di viding wall—has complained that white workers harrass her and that her automobile seats have been slashed. The workers, employees at the Milcraft Manufacturing Company, filed then- com plaint July 2 with the United States Department of Justice and the Office of Economic PRICE 15 CENTS Opportunity. There are 200 workers at the plant, and the Negro employ ees who signed the complaint expect some retaliation. There is an active Ku Klirx Klan chapter here. Crosses were burned in a Negro neigh borhood last week, including one on the lawn of McKeller 8 evenson, head of the voting drive here. Workers from the Student Nonviornt Coordinating Com mittee (SNCC) are aiding the local movement. Lott Crafty Convention To Yirgitim RICHMOND. Va.—Accord ing to the office of the Execu tive Secretary of the Lott Ca rey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. Dr. Wendell C. Somerville, the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Con vention will hold its 68th An nual Session with the Fourth Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., August 3C September S. Mors than fifteen hundred delegates from sixteen states. Canada and the District of Columbia will constitute the membership in this Foreign Misslonray organisation. According to Dr. Somerville, the Lott Carey Convention has 134 full-time missionaries In Africa, India and Haiti. Sev eral representatives from these areas will be present at this session of the Conven tion; along with numerous outstanding Christian leaders throughout the world, The Convention will get un derway on Monday night, Au gust 80, with a mammoth mu sical recital and pageant, un <#«* LOSS' CARS?. I*. 2) Says North Behind In Relations LOS ANGELES, Calif,—Al ter six bloody days and nights of rioting, looting and terror, this city has once again re turned to a state of quiet, al most unusual normalcy. More than S2OO million dollars worth of damage was left in its wake. Thirty-four persona hay® been killed, Including 23 Ne groes, in the worst race riot in Los Angeles' history, equal ing one in Detroit, Michigan many years ago. Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peach Prize winner, and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Confer ence, flew into the city late Tuesday afternoon, surveyed the amost destroyed Watts section, which is p redo ml - nanty Negro, and prepared to confer with leaders of both races, Including Governor Ed mund “Pat” Brown. The riots started last Wed nesday as police officers ar rested a Negro on suspicion of drunken driving, and one allegedly kicked the prisoner. Prom that time on, thousands of Negroes shot at both whites and Negroes in the area, burned entire bocks of buildings, looted them and fought city police. Evangelist. Dr. Billy Gra ham called the riots, "A dress rehearsal for a revolution." He also stated., "The racial prob lem will 'be solved more easily in the South than in the North." At midnight Tuesday, police gave this account of the dy ing “insurrection:” Prom 6 p.m. until midnight Monday, they received 39 re prts of shootings. Prom mid night to 3 a. m., 14 reports, and after that no reports were called in about shootings. TWO RIOTS, P. Z) LBJ Sends /Marshall To Crime Meet WASHINGTON <NFI> Newly designated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall left for Stockholm last week as chief of the United. States delegation to a United Nations conference on crime. Marshal! has been instruct ed to convey to the other del egates the President’s deep in terest in the problem of crime and to inform them of his in tention to open a “massive at tack on the roots of crime in the United States.” The conference is the third United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The meetings are held every five years to discuss causes and prevention of crime, and the rehabilitation of crimin als. Temper&frnra* tor the next «ve «Uyt, Thursday through RJondey, will average S to I degree* above norma!, with caly miner day-to-day chang es, The high and low tempera ture* for the period will oe 87 and <SB degrees. ■Rainfall will total one-fourth to one-half inch generally, hut with local ly Heavy amount*, including afternoon and evening thun dershower* almost daily, hut probably most numeree* to ward the end of the period. From Raleigh s Official Police Files: THE CHIME BEAT BY CHARLES Ft iONES Says Chauffeur Beat Her Up Miss Elisabeth Pate, of 816 S. Boundary Street, Apt. E, reported to Officer* Norman Aril* and J. D. Weaver at 5:49 p.». Sunday, that she and her chauffeur, Freddie Byrd, 25,. of the same address, had a quarrel. She also declared Byrd as saulted her for “no apparent reason” when he struck her several times. The woman suffered cute and bruises on the nose and face. She Informed, the officer* that she would come to police headquarters and sign a war rant, charging Byrd with as sault and battery, but no rec ord of this action was on file Tuesday. August 17. ~ yitjjjprlr. jKtm x '" ''■wSpip jbh VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS OF TWO OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES - Photo on the tv left was taken in Los Angeles, California late Thursday night as policemen force a rioter into a police car during the second night of rioting and looting there. Thirty-three persons ha .. been killed and thousands injured in the city. Top right photo shows a young fist-waving demon strator being hustled toward a paddy wagon in Chicago late Friday night as a detective show s him fro, behind. Chicago rioting was touched off after a young Negro woman was killed by i fire truck accident. In Los Angeles, the holocaust was triggered when white policemen arrested a Negro man suspicion of drunken driving and reportedly kicked him, (UPI PHOTO). MORE TALES OF TWO CITIES - In the left picture, a policeman stands guard over . ..m car and one of its occupants, lying injured in the street, in handcuffs. National Guardsmen dispersed across, this street in the Watts area of the city when this car, without lights, si; > a parked car, which then struck one of the Guardsmen, Note bullet hole in right wlndshh of car. Right photo shows a young demonstrator in Chicago being led toward a pat nil w;us a Friday by the cops during the second straight night of “Windy City” riots. (UPI PHOTO.-). SCREAMING MOB JEERS CALIFORNIA POLICE - Los Angeles: Hundreds of yelling screaming rioters are shown last Thursday night jeering police here as some of their number make n :, to mount a police squad car that had been damaged In a riot. The city’s worst disturbance In its history was wound up with 34 persons dead, hundreds wounded, and thousands of Negroes an a •<! and held under heavy bonds. (UPI PHOTO). Dr. King Going To Harlem Despite Powell’s Warning NEW YORK (NPI) - De spite Congressman Adam Clayton PoweiJ’s <D.-N. Y.) order to “stay out of Harlem," Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr., disclosed last week that he has every intention of includ ing the Powell-controlled ter ritory' in his itinerary of northern cities. Stating that Harlem will be included in his tour later this year, Dr. King added “Harlem is the nation’s largest Negro ghetto and the very symbol of Negro degradation.” His remarks followed re ports that he had decided to exclude Harlem from his Northern civil rights drive, begun in Chicago three weeks ago. Meanwhile, it was disclosed last week, that Dr. King is expected to return to Chicago, scene of a massive 30,000 civil rights march for a conference with Mayor Daley. Refuses Bed, Is Attacked Miss Era Brewer, of 113 Sea well Avenue, told two cops at 5:37 a.m. Sunday, that a Ne gro man, whom she had never seen before, beat her up be cause “I wouldn’t go to bed with him.” She described her assailant as being five feet, five Inches tall, brown akin, and of slender build. The woman said she did not know which way he own® from or In which direction be left, bdt stated she would sign a warrant if she ever see« film again. She suffered a bruised left eye, which was swollen almost closed, and was bleed ing from the mouth and nose. This took place in the 700 block of S, Dawson St. ftee CR?!*K BEAT, P. S> Observers are of the opinion that moderate civil rights leaders see an opportunity to win concessions from the mayor in the move to oust Chicago School Supt. Benja min C. Willis. The school board has moved closer to se lection of a successor for Wil Wake County’s Sheriff Comments On The Kian Wake County Sheriff Rob ert J. Pleasants declared here Tuesday that, “It is absurd for any hlghly-partisan and controversal organization to claim the membership of a large number of sheriffs." Secretary of the State Sher iffs’ Association, Pleasants was asked to comment on a claim made by the N. C. Kian Dragon James Robert Jones, of Granite Quarry, who boast ed and predicted earlier in the week that three-fourths of North Carolina’s 100 sheriffs will be members by 1666. Pleasants, however, refused to single out the Kian as an organization sheriffs would not Join. “In my opinion," stated Pleasants, “it is utterly absurd, to claim any substantial num ber of our dedicated police, sheriffs, deputies or highway patrolmen would join any or- F©r Students On page 5 of this week's CAROLINIAN, the names of all 7th, Bth and 6th grade stu dent® and their homeroom teechers are listed for the J, W. Ligon Junior-Senior High School. The CAROLINIAN is cooperating with officials at Ligon in expediting the time it would normally fake for a student to find his or her homeroom. Students are to report directly to the room in dicated on page 5. Neat week, we will publish names of 10th, 11th, and 12th graders and their homerom assignments. lis, retiring Dec. 1960. H< would work as an understudy. Dr, King did not specify whether his visit to Harlem would be related to his North ern civil rights drive. Rep. Powell, during a conference (B*ls OR. KING, F. Z) ganisation which is highly partisan.” Declaring he personally didn't know of any sheriff who is a member of the Kian, Sheriff Pleasants added, and “I don’t want to know.' Northhampton C o u n t y Sheriff E. Frank (Jutland, president of the State Asso ciation, said he had “no com ment” on the matter He did say, however, “I don’t carry many cards of any kind, but I can’t, say what will happen in a year." Elks’ Grand Meeting Is Underway PHILADELPHIA, Pa .—The Grand Lodge Convention of the Improved, Benovelent, Protective Cider of Elks of the World is Convening in Philadelphia from Saturday, August 14 to Friday, August 20. Some 15,000 Elks are on hand for the occasion. Convention headquarters is The Sheraton Hotel, 1725 John F, Kennedy Boulevard. Other Convention business will be conducted at the Elks Center, 18th and Fitzmter Sts.; Leonard C. Irvin Lodge, 5701 Vine St., and Edward W. Henry Lodge, 210 E. Haines St. will be open throughout the week to greet i*m ELKS’ GRAND, V. 2)
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