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After ‘Disappointing’ Talks With NC Gov., Leaders Say 'WE’LL DEMONSTRATE WHEREVER KLAN DOES’ Eastern Stars Here Mon. City Ready For Order's State Meet .Mrs. Maggie S. Strong, Wor thy Grand Matron, North Carolina Grand Chapter N. C. Order of the Eastern Star, who will preside over the 64th Annual Chapter which con venes here at the Mt, Sinai Holiness church, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, in Raleigh, All plans have been completed for the annual session, which is expected to draw hundreds of N, C. deelgates. Mrs, Strong has been Grand Matron for more than ten. years and it took place in Ral eigh, in 1964, when the Brides' Contest was inaugurated which has brought into the Grand Chapter more than $20,000 as a Loan Fund for de serving Junior and senior girls in the various colleges of the state. (See STATE M*ET, P 2) i MRS. MAGGIE L. STRONG . . Worthy Grand Matron Zion Church At Kinston Dedicated KINSTON Townspeople, churchmen and members of historic St. Augustus AMEZ Church are expected to turn out in large numbers Saturday when the recently-constructed edifice, located on North St., will be dedicated. Bishop W, A Stewart, who presides over the area, will be the guest minister at two special serv ices, 11:00 a.ni. and 3 p.m. The Rev. J. C. Sawyer, pas tor. will preside over the cer emonies end. there will be oth er prominent churchmen on the program. The building of the imposing edifice bespeaks the interest that the members and friends exhbited in giving the city a new image of the denomination. The building compares favorably with the modem architecture that Is now going up all over this farm center. It was built at a cost of over SIOO,OOO. The church has made con siderable progress, under the leadership of Rev. Sawyer. The membership has almost dou bled since he took over the pastorate. The new building replaces the old structure which played such an Impor tant pan In the history of Kinston. It served not only its membership, but has served the civic, fraternal and po litical segments of the city. From Raleigh s Official Police Files: THE CRIME BEAT BY CHARLES R JONES Landlord Is Floored By Beaten By Man Axe Handle Masor* Reid, of 715 South Saunders Street, reported to Officer O, C. Pratt at 11:00 a, m. Saturday, that Thomaa 'Pucker, 30, same address, kicked open his door and cut him on the left arm. and face, then began beating him with a stick. Reid said Tucker had been a roomer for several months, but Friday he failed to pay hi* rent and was asked to move out by Mr. Bold, Hi* clothes are still at the house, stated the complainant. Reid, who signed a warrant, charging assault with a deadly weapon, suffered a wound on the left, arm and on both sides <#f his fa»::?. near the ears. North Carolina s Leading Weekly VOL. 24, NO, 42 KING, GOLDBERG TO MEET Soys loss Beat Him With Shovel Boy, 17, Attacked In Apex BY STAFF WRITER A Franklinton Youth, who turned 17 around the first of August, reported a tale Thurs day morning of having been beaten and denied away to get back to Raleigh front A pex. Joseph Lee Kearney, the victim, said he was employed by Z. A. Sneeden and Sons Company, located just outside he Raeigh city limits, on U. S. Highway No. 1 North. This company puts up telephone poles for Southern Bell Tele phone Company here. Kearney said the crew of his company was working in Apex last Wednesday morn ing at 11 a.m. when Uoyd Barnhill, foreman, cursed at him for sitting down. "He told me I wasn’t worth a d stated the boy, whose back and left hand had borne the brunt of the sharp end of a shovel, less that 24 hours before. Barnhill reportedly became so angry at young Kearney for sitting down for a few minutes that he allegedly picked up a shovel and struck Kearney, first in the bask. At this point, Kearney related, “I picked up a rock and hit him with it." Barnhill, stated the youth. (See BOV, It. P. 2) Supreme Court Gets Case Os Sbuttlesworth WASHINGTON, D, C.~-The U. S. Supreme Court tilts fall will consider the appeal of the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., civil rights leader, who was convicted in 1962 of obstructing a sidewalk and failure to obey the order of a policeman. Jack Green berg, NAACP Legal and Educational Fund direc tor-counsel, announced today, A team of Legal Defense Fund lawyers headed by 3m. M, Nabrlt m, is scheduled to argue the case Oct. 11, Mr. Greenberg said. Rev. Shuttlesworth. a well known member of Dr. Martin Luther King's Southern. Chris tian Leadership Conference, was convicted under a Birm ingham ordinance which (See BHUTTLSSWORTS, P. 8) James Ernest Caldwell, of 602 Bragg Street, told Offi cers Ralph Glaybomc and B, G. Lassiter at 11:21 p.m, Fri day, he returned to his home about 11:20 that night, and upon entering, he was attack •• J U«» •+, fwnle CU a UiAiUt W*G*‘ « an axe handle that kno .1 Caldwell to the floor. Caldwell later identified his assailant as Robert Louis £3- llott, 24, of 608 E. Martin St. He signed a warrant against Elliott for breaking and en tering, damage to property and assault. The broken win dow will cost $1 to replace, Caldwell estimated. (See CKB« B*AX, V- 3) RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 196 fm a? §1 t1...... : | ' f| fl YOUTH BEATEN, MAM QUITS - Shown above are Joseph Lee Kearney, 17, of Franklinton, (hand bandaged) and Jonas B. Williams, also of Franklinton. Young Kearney's left hand was allegedly fractured when he was assaulted with a shovel by Lloyd Barnhill, white foreman on the job lie vas working at Apex last Wednesday morning. Mr. Williams, who works for the same firm, said he didn’t see the light, but quit the job at the end of the day. (See story). 2 Whites Injured In Plymouth Race Clash PLYMOUTH This Wash ington County town was the scene of the most recent free-- for-ail fights in more than two years in North Carolina, as Negroes, after allegedly havtng been taunted and at tacked by whites, injured two of them, one seriously, Tues day night. A planned demonstration was called off by civil rights leaders here because of the mounting tension, but several Negroes reportedly met a group of whites on Main Street as they were returning to their homes. At this point, the Negroes gxe said to have approached from one side of the street and the whites moved in be hind them. One of the demnostr&tors, police said, reached down in side his trouser leg, whipped out a pistol and fired three times. The first shot bounced off & steel poet, holding up a shelter in front of police CHILDREN OF REVS. KING, ABERNATHY ATTEND 'MIX ED’ SCHOOLS - Atlanta: Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr., and his top aide, Rev. nalph David Abernathy, Jr., enrolled five of their children in previously all-white elementary schools here Monday of this week. Arriving to pick them up are Mrs. Cornetta Scott King, and her two children, Yolanda, and Martin King, HI, on the left. Mrs. Abernathy and her two daughters, Donzaietgh and Juandalynn, are seen on the right. Ralph Abernathy, 111, who also attended an Integrated school, was absent when this photo was taken. (UPI PHOTO). headquarters. The second hit a parked automobile, and the third shot apparently hit George Wiliams, 45-year-old white Greenvlle resident, who was rushed to the Washing ton County Hospital with a bullet wound in his stomach. His condition was said to be "serious” late Tuesday night. Hospitalized with a knife wound was Clarence McCoy. Adams. 27. of Pink Hill. The condition of Adams, also white, could not be ascertain ed. As the shooting began, the colored demonstrators are said to have ran straight into a group of whites who had gathered in the center of town. Police said several white men grabbed the Negro who had fired the gun and started beating him. Three Negroes w'ere arrested, including the alleged gun shooter Their names were withheld by the (See TWO V&OTEB, P 2) PRICE IS CENTS Vietnam Discussion is Planned UNITED NATIONS (NFD Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. ha been invited to discuss the Vietnam situation by Arthur J. Goldberg, chief U. S. dele to the United Nations. The inyitation came in re sponse to Dr. King’s recent 5/ ; cmerits advocating nego ti • ,ons to halt the war in Southeast Asia. The civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prise winner was in Alabama recently and said he would m: e an appeal for peace to President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam, to President John ’on, and to political lead e. „ Peking, Mosc: w and f?JL Shortly thereafter, the U. 8. delegation extended an invi tation to Dr King to come to New York for a talk on Vlet (B*e VIETNAM, P. 2) Temperatures for the next five days, Thursday through Monday, will average near normal. Normal high and low temperatures for the Raleigh areas will be, 85 and 64. Some what cooler Thursday or Thursday night and Friday. A little warmer weather is ex pected Saturday and Sunday and it wiU turn cooler about Monday. Precipitation will average one-quarter to about three-quarters of an inch oc curring as scattered showers and thundershowers mainly during the late portion of Thursday and again the lat ter part of the period. Candidacy Os Mrs. Motley In Question NEW YORK (NPI) — Rob ert B Biaikie. white insurance broker and former Democratic district leader, last week de clared that Mrs Constance Baker Motley. Negro incum bent Manhattan Borough president seeking re-election, was being screened for ap pointment as a Federal Judge, and as such a "fraud” could be committed on voters in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary. Biaikie said Mrs. Motley had been "secretly" invited to ap pear Sept. 1 before the judici ary committee of the New York County Lawyers associa tion to check her qualfica tions. He demanded that Mrs, Motley disclose whether she was "a front for Tammany Hall or a serious candidate for election." Mrs. Motley has the uncon tested Republican and Liberal nomination as well as the Democratic county organisa tion consent. She has declin ed comment on Blatkie’s state ment. However, Mark P, Hughes, president of the county law yer's group, confirmed that there would be a committee meeting to v/hich Mrs. Motley had been invited. It was understood that the Justice department was pro cessing Mrs. Motley's name as one of several prospective ap pointees for President John son. but St was also noted that such processing did not al ways lead to an appointment. Meanwhile, J. Raymond Jones, New York County Dem ocratic leader, said the county organization “has not been asked to make any recommen dations for a judgeship and has made no recommenda tions." He added: "Mrs. Motley has informed me that she is a candidate for Borough president, and I have had nothing to "he contrary.” „- *•• jf *. * /jljPljbifc -S ' ~" 'f%*’^^Pfe^'**s ' '^Kfe?^^^Hto \ TALKS WITH GOVERNOR’S GOOD NEIGHBOR COUNCIL CHIEF - David S. Coltrane, chairman of the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, right, talks with Golden Frinks, of Edenton, an official of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Monday afternoon, shortly before a meeting with Governor Dan K. Moore, Shown on Frinks right Is John S. Stewart, Duiham banker. Fiord B. McKlsslck, national chairman of CORE, Is barely visible, second from left. Frinks presented Moore with a list of ten demands by Negro civil rights leaders In Plymouth. (UPI PHOTO). /Moore Grants Andkms To leaders, Nothing Was Arcomplished, They Say Claiming ‘‘diappointmenit” after a conference with North Carolina's Governor Dan K. Moore, Negro leaders said here late Monday afternoon they would resume demonstrations in the cause of civil rights in Plymouth, and vowed to fol low’ the Ku Klux Klan to "ev ery Klan rally in the state.” A state leader of the South ern Christian Leadership Con ference, Golden Frinks, of E denton, one of those who met / with Moore, stated the march 's would resume at 9:15 Tues day night in Plymouth. He said several marchers said they were beaten by glansmen last Thursday. “We intend to demonstrate C. D. Keck Principal At Apex APEX—Charles 13. Keck, Sr. who has been principal at the B. F. Person-Albion High School in Franklinton for the past 18 years, has been eelet ed principal of the Apex Con solidated school for th# less ee school year. It has been said that Mr. Keck did a very outstanding work while serving at the school. Many new programs were added to the curriculum such as commerce, bricklay ing. carpentry and vocational home economics. {Ba* C. D. KECK, V. 2) CHARLES D. KECK, SR. CHARLES D, KECK, SR. New School Bears His Name: PROFILE OF A CITIZEN BY CHARLES R. JONES A new junior high school opens in Raleigh this week. It bears the name of one of our most illustrious citiaerus: Fred Jonathan Carnage whose star-studded career here ha* spanned almost four decades. When first informed of the local School Board’s unani mous choice, the tall, mild mannered and modest attor ney was humbly proud, but felt somehow the new facility should have been named for someone else, maybe a Ral eigh-born person. However, he was outvoted in this line of thinking by the Board of which he is a member, but did not vote), and no opposition, only enthusiasm, has been voiced by local natives. Born in Thom&sviile, Geor gia, Lawyer Carnage’s father was an employee of the At lantic Coastline Railroad. Young Carnage attended Al len Normal, an elementary and high school, which Is un der the auspices of the Con gregational Christian Church, In his Georgia hometown. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md.. and won the LL.B. degree with a major In law, from Howard University, Washington, D. C , In the Spring of 1826. In June of 1864 he was named “Alum nus o* the Year" by the Mor gan College- National Alumni Association. Carnage decided to come to Raleigh in August oi 1827 two years before the Groat Depression—because. “It Jook r:.c- .t:nC*rC ;rintin? CD* everywhere the Klan demon strates as they are breaking up their rallies,” Frinks said. He acted as spokesman for the 6 Negroes who were al lowed audience with Moore on Monday at 4 p.m. The sessions lasted nearly two hours and news media was barred from the conference room. Othei top state officials, including David S. Coltrane, chairman of the state’s Good Neighbor' Council, were present. Frinks emerged saying, "The meet ing did not accomplish what we expected.” Following the session, Gov ernor Moore said, “All griev ances should be carried to the conference table and not to the streets.” He added, "I re peated to them the statement which I made before that I would not tolerate violence or lawlessness of any individual or groups in the state and that I would do my utmost to see that the law is fairly and im partially enforced, regardless of race.” The state’s chief executive said he suggested that Negroes should work through their Good Neighbor Councils to City iffy. T§ Address NY Group Attorney Romallus O. Mur phy, who recently joined Samuel S. Mitchell in the practice of law here, will be the featured speaker Monday, September 6, in Jamestown, N. Y. Murphy, former executive director of the Erie, Pa. Hu man Relations Council, will tell the New York audience how Erie solved its racial problems during the Interra cial ray. Entitled. “K n ow Your Neighbor" Labor Day rally, the event will be held at the Chautauqua Lake’s Lutheran Camp. Murphy was director of the Erie Human Relations Com mission for three years. He also served as director of the Catholic Charities and the (See CITY ATTY., P. 2) ed ike a fertile field in which to work.” His long career in the Capi tal City of the Old North State began when he accepted a po sition as an agent with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Within 6 months, he had worked hi* way up to assistant manager, and remained with the com pariy until 1932. After passing the N.C. State Bar examination later In 1832, Mr. Carnage set up law prac tice in the Love Drug- Store building, on the second floor. This building was formerly lo cated at the corner of East rwvie and S. Blount Streets. . r ATTY. F. Jf, CARNAGE solve their problbems. Most of the discussions, he said, centered on the right to register and vote. The gover nor said he explained state laws and said he saw no rea son for a special legislative session as suggested by the race leaders. Mr. Frinks presented Gov. Moore with a 10-point pro gram to improve the lot of Plymouth’s Negroes. Other leaders presented Moore with requests for statewide action. Most of them said they were disappointed with his reaction or lack of it. Durham lawyer Floyd Blxler McKissick, national chairman (See GOV. MOORE, P, 2) C. McLendon Given Last Rites Here Funeral services for Dr. Charles H. McLendon, of 121 S. Tarboro Road, who died on Saturday, August 28, at Wake Memorial Hospital, were con ducted Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Wilson Temple Methodist Church, of Raleigh, by the Rev. S. E. NeSmith. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Prior to his illness. Dr. Mc- Lendon was professor of edu cation and director of teacher education at Saint Augustine’s College. He had also served as principal of the Washington High School of Raleigh, and {See C. McUSNIJON, P. *> PIC Wtt. C'HAs. H. MCLfc.MWUIM Altho unaware of it at that time, he was on the thres hold of launching one of the most successful law practice* 'ever enjoyed continuously &f any Negro In Raleigh’s his tory. He moved his offices to their present location, 11S§ E, Hargett Street, during' the year of 1832, Money was very scarce, and an attorney’s tm was a mere pittance compared to that of today. However, Carnage’s office &r:d advise were always avsiable, free of of charge, to other young Saw yers who came to Raleigh. It was also In 1832 that Ih-ed j. Carnage'married the form er Miss Mary E, Coleman, who too, was the daughter of a railway employee, and a na tive of Blacks tone, Va. They spoke their sacred vows on December 1.8, 1832 in Virginia. At this tune, the former Mia* Coleman was employed fey fcha Bishop Tuttle School of Social Work at St. Augustine’s Col lege. Tuttle Community Center was developed from that school and Mrs. Carnage is now the executive director. Attorney Carnage was re sponsible for the water and sewage- lines feeing obtained, for the Lincoln Park-College Park area, This section, locat ed In the extreme eastern por tion of the city, was assesased taxes in 1830. but did not re ceive the same facilities and services as did other local res idents. A petition was drawn up and signed by several hun dred residents of tire affected (See rnora®, s*. S)
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