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SON KILLS DAD FOR MOLESTING SISTER North Carolina’s FIRST NEGRO IN CENTURY SEEKS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THE COROLINIAN North Carolina’s Leading Weekly VOL. 25, NO~3 RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1965 PRICE 15 CENTS 'Put Ability First,’ Employers Urged At Charlotte Rally: MAYOR, OTHERS VOW UNITY 2,600 Hear NAACP’s Wilkins In Charlotte BY ALEXANDER BARNES CHARLOTTE -- “And they were of one accord on the day of penteeost” and so were the more than 2,600 persons who crammed every available spot In the Oven Auditorium, here Sunday afternoon. They exhib ited an unfaltering belief that bombing of homes Is a dast- Gov. Mmm Addresses 'Neighbors’ “Put ability and qualifica tions first In considering job, applications,” Governor Daniel Klllman Moore urged state em ployers, public and private a llke, in an address before the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council here Tuesday after noon. The State’s chief executive was addressing the bl-raclal group of Tar Heel at a lunch eon, which was the high-polnt In the all-day meeting of the new Council, re-established by Moore on an enlarged basis In July of this year. Moore also stated; “The good neighbor-human relations con cept has proven Its value. There Is a need for continuing this approach of a changing society. David S. Coltrane, of Raleigh, Is chairman of the Council, and < See GOV. MOORE, P. 2) Integrate, But . . ’ Davis Tells Tutors FAYETTEVILLE - Dr. John W. Davis, special director Teacher information and Se curity, New York City, was the keynote speaker for the South eastern District of the North Carolina Teachers Association y recently, In Seabrook Auditor tnm at Fayetteville State Col lege. Dr. Davis saluted the group in terms of the NCTA membership and called atten tion to the 84 years of ser fs** m. DAVES, w. t) FIRE COMMISSIONER IN NATION'S LARGEST CITY - New York: M*yor»®!«ct John V. Lindsay (left) shakes hands with Robert 6. Lowery after naming Lowery to the post of City Fit s Commissioner at a press conference here on No vember 23, The 48-year-old Lowery will be New York City’s first Negro Fire Commissioner, (UPI PHOTO). ardly sin and that persons who take a part In such inhumane acts have no right to permit ted to roam through the earth. They represented every walk of life and the crowd was a bout evenly divided as to races. They listened to an array of speakers that let the world know what the meeting was all about. The listened to songs from one white choir and two Negro choirs. They heard Miss Georg ia Poole, In her beautiful con tralto voice, sing a song that brought amens from both whites and Negroes. Roy Wilkins, “Mr. NAACP”, shared the spotlight with many other dynamic speakers. He pleaded for law and order and even chided Senator Sam Erv in, Jr., who he says that North Carolinians can do no wrong In dealing with Negroes. He also said that the senator was ignor ant of the fact that North Car olina was far behind in conform - Ing to the Civil Rights laws of 1954 and 1964. There were so many speakers to be an nounced until there were two masters of ceremonies. Every (See MAYOR, OTHERS, P, 2) 3 Sessions Planned At Drama Clinic F A YETTEVILLE T h e Drama Guild of Fayetteville State College in collaboration with the North Carolina High School Drama Association is sponsoring the “Twentieth An nual Drama Clinic” on Satur day, December 4, 196". H. E„ Brown, principal of Llgon High School in Raleigh, will give the anniversary talk entitled, “This I Remember 1945-1965.” Invited guests Include all State Officers of the above; all offic ers of Northeastern, Eastern and Western Districts; 20pres idents of the Drama Guild, 19- 45-65; Drama Guild North Car olina High School Representa tives; all principals of second ary schools of Eastern Carolina and the colleges that participat ed and the Clinic teachers for the past 20 years. There will be three sessions. The morning session beginning (Ssc DRAMA CLINIC, P. 2) Hi H HUS Bn. .ST - - Mrs. Rita ivicu-iuie, is snown as she reads a United Press International account of her husband’s release from a Viet Cong war prison, in Chattanooga Monday. Mrs. McClure said she hopes her husband will be home In time for Christ mas. (UP! PHOTO). Persistent Gunman Hits Target 6 Times Robert Edward Tilman, 30, of 507 E. Davie Street, i.s ap parently a persistent man, es pecially when it comes to “get ting- someone” once he has set his mind to it. Tilman would not be outdone last Saturday night. Officers J. A. Perry and C. R. Stinson reported at 8:20 p. m. Satur day, that they had talked to John T. McCoy, a witness, who said that Tilman came in Charlie’s Tavern, 512 E. Davie Street, and tried to cut Ed ward Roosevelt Thacker, 42, with a knife. However, Til man was thwarted as several CR Attorneys Ask Protection For Horses RICHMOND, Va. -- The U. S, Court of Appeals was ask ed to decide Wednesday if Ne gro nurses are protected by the Constitution with regard to racial discrimination at hos pitals receiving Federal mon ies under the Hill-Burton Act, Attorneys of the NAACPLeg aI Defense and Educations! Fund, Inc, are asking that three Negro nurses, fired two years ago tor eating in the "white” cafeteria of Dixie Hospital, Hampton, Va., be reinstated. The attorneys argue that Dix ie Hospital “received Federal funds in 5956, seven years be fore the racial, discharge” after promising that it would not “discriminate on basis of race, creed or color.” Negro nurses across the (Be* PROTECTION, P. 2) of the men “standing around” put him out. This did not deter Mr. Til man, however, for he came back twice thereafter and was put out as many times, also. On the fourth trip to Charlie’s the story was quite different. Tllman allegedly walked up be hind Thacker and “let loose” with a volley of six shots from a pistol. When the smoke had clear ed, Mr. Thacker had been wounded twice in the wrist, (See SHOOTS SIX. P. 2) From Raleigh s Official Police Files. THE CRIME BEAT BY CHARLES R. TONES 'Quick-Thinker Cuts Boyfriend Miss Kay Frances Crowder, 21, of 802 S. Person St., told "the law” at 12;47 a. m. Sat urday, she came out of Edna’s Alntght Clover Case, 213 W. South Street, with her boyfriend, James Louis Prince, 20, of Rt. 1, Raleigh, and once outside, the woman stated, Prince plac ed his hands around her throat and she cut him with a razor blade. Young Prince was rushed to Wake Memorial Hospital for treatment on the left side of his head, while Miss Crowder was placed under arrest and rushed to the Wake County Jaii by Officers T. B. Lewis and C. B. White oil an assault with MAP STRATEGY PLANS - Mrs. Sarah E, Small, 38-year-old William ston housewife, is shown In the center going over her planned strategy after she became the first Negro in over 100 years to run for Congress in this State. She is flanked by her campaign managers, George Frinks, left, field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, William ston; and Floyd B. McKissick, noted civil rights attorney, and national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, (CORE), Durham. The Martin County housewife paid her S3OO filing fee here Monday morning. Martin County Housewife Is Mother Os 5, Heads SCLC Body Mrs. Sarah E. Small, a 38- year-old Williamston housewife and mother of five children, ranging in age from 1 1/2 to 21 years, has become the first Negro in over 100 years to seek a Congressional seat in North Carolina. President of the William ston Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Mrs. Small, accompanied by her two campaign managers, paid the required S3OO filing fee at the State Board of Elections here Monday morning. She, along with five white candidates. Including one Re Charge Ofßape Against terf Bey Is Dismissed a charge of rape, which had kept an 18-year-old Raleigh boy behind bars since Sunday, Nov. 21, were dropped Monday by City Court Judge S. Pretlowe Wlnborne, following a prelimin ary hearing. Mrs. Geneva Brown, 49, of 622 Rock Quarry Road, brought the charges, claiming the boy, Robert Lee Wilson, of 602 Cole man Street, came Into her home uninvited, held a knife to her throat and then raped her. According to testimony Mon day, however, Mrs, Brown first told police a story about being attacked and having a light bulb stolen from her room. Later, detectives told Judge Wlnborne, she declared that young Wilson had raped her. Wilson, who had consistently 4 Bombings Spur Massive State Membership Drives WINSTON-SALEM - The say ing that there is no wind that blows 111 will all the time can certainly be applied to the re cent bomblngs-ln Charlotte. Tills was attested to by Charles A. McLean, field director for the State Conference of the NAACP. He announced that so much in terest had been generated from the bombing that a campaign to Increase the membership, In the State by 10,000 had been launched. This was In answer to many telegrams and letters, asking what could be done to put more force behind the NAACP. Many chapters requested that the drive be tabbed the “Bombing Protest Drive.” It is slated a deadly weapon rap. Hubby Returns, Threatens Wife Mrs, Ada Hinton, of 109 Page Street, Informed Officers Nor man Artis and James E. (Bobby) Daye at I*l4 a. m, Saturday, that her husband had “been gone from home for a week" and when he did come back, “he was about drunk." The woman said her mate started an argument, got an axe and threatened to hit her with it, Mrs, Hinton signed a warrant, charging assault with a deadly weapon, and Lonnie Hinton, 42, was arrested, released on bond, and ordered to appear in Do mestic Court later to answer these charges, f»*e OTXMX AS, **. 8} publican, will run in a special primary election on Saturdav, . December 18, to fill the vacancy 'in Congress created by the death of Herbert Covington Bon ner, who passed In Washington, D. C., last month. Mrs, Small Is running on a platform “for poor people.** She also finds time to serve as a field representative for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Others In the race for the First Congressional seat In clude: Roger R. Jackson, 37, of Murfreesboro, former ex ecutive director of the Choa denied the charge, claimed Mrs. Brown and her niece, Miss Betty Christian, came to the home of his uncle, with whom he lives, on the afternoon In question and remained for about 15 minutes. Mrs. Brown stated last Sun day, however, that Wilson came to her house in the afternoon, asking for Miss Christian, who was not at home at the time. She also declared that she (Mrs. Brown) went into a bedroom and was in the bed when Wilson entered, got into the bed and allegedly told her, “I want what you have got.” The conflict of the woman's testimony Is believed to be the reason this case was dismissed by the judge. to get underway December 1 and will continue throughout the month. There is also a request for organizing new chapters in the State. Mr. McLean said that work ers were being recruited and the most intensive membership drive ever conducted in North Carolina was in the making. Teams will be sent, out to carry the story of the NAACP and to make its works known. The drive is designed to be a Christ mas drive for that freedom that Christ came to the world to establish on the first Christ mas, 'Dupotles Must Be College Grads:’ Sheriff TALLULAH, La. --Sheriff C. E. Hester of Madison Parish (county), La,, announced that in the future all deputy sher iffs must be college graduates, Hester made the announcement on November 23 to a group of 600 Negroes who had march ed, without incident, to the courthouse demanding the hir ing of a Negro deputy sheriff. The silent, one mile march was sponsored by the Madison Parish Voters League and CORE. Tallulah is located a cross the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Miss., about 90 miles west of Jackson. Zelma C„ Wyche, president of the Voters League, announc ed at the courthouse that Tal lulah Negroes would show their displeasure with the sheriff’s statement at the polls when they vote for the next sheriff. Tal lulah’s population of 9,400 is 70 per cent Negro. It is almost cer <Se« COMJBGB GKAO9, P. noke Area Development Com mission; Dr. O. Woodrow Pitt man, 49, an optometrist, of Ahoskie; and C, Don Langston, (See FIRST NEGRO, P. 2) MRS. WILLIE H. HIGH Language Arts Inst. . Set Here Saint Augustine’s College’s Eighth Annual English Language Arts Institute will be held Sat urday, December 11. Registra tion will begin at 8:30 a. m., and general sessions will open at 9:30 a. m. All of the In stitute sessions will be held In the Emery Health and Fine Arts Building on the campus. According to the Institute chairman, Mrs. Willie H. High, more than 100 public school teachers will participate In the Institute. Some administrators and directors of Instruction of the State are also expected to attend. Composition, linguistics and reading are the three areas to be delved into at the Institute. Lectures and demonstrations relating to these facets will be supplemented by educational materials arid displays. Dr. Leslie L. C-uster, the assistant director of Commis sion on English, with headquart ers In Boston, will be the key note speaker. Among the par ticipating consultants scheduled to speak are: Mrs. Joycelyn (See ARTS INST.. P. 2> ALABAMA’S JIM CLARK HUNG IN EFFIGYDenver, Colo.: Sheriff Jim Clark, of Selma, Alabama, is hung in effigy outside a junior high school here as he matte an address inside last weekend. Clark was sponsored by the segregationist Denver Citizens Council. (UP! PHOTO). Pumps 10 Bullets In Father JACKSONVILLE, Fla, (NPI)- A man was shot to death last week by Ills 21-year-old son after the son had witnessed his 12-year-old sister allegedly be ing molested by the father. Dead Is Samuel D. Drown, 50. Being held without bond In the Duval county jail on a murder charge Is the son, Earl, The father was shot 10 times with a .22 calibre automatic rifle, detectives said. The bul lets hit the man in the face and chest. The shooting occured shortly after noon In the yard of the Brown home. The son told detectives that when tie had looked through a bedroom win dow, he had seen his father trying to assault the girl. Taking a rifle that was In the house, the son loaded It and waited for his father to come out of the house. As the father stepped out of the front door, the son fired, hitting his several times, police said. The father stumbled and fell near the front door. The son them pumped several more shots into his father’s body as it lay on the ground, according to detectives. The fattier was dead on ar rival at the Duval Medical Cent er. The son was arrested by Duval county officers at home. The youth's sister showed evidence of a struggle, but was not hurt seriously, detectives added. DBC Hosts Youth Os HC NAACP DURHAM - Durham Business College played host to the ex ecutlve committee of the NA ACP Youth and College Divi sion In Its first executive ses sion December 20. Members attending were President, Kelly Alexander, Jr., Charlotte; vice president, Miss Joyce Thomas, Durham Business College; Miss Patricia Gains, Durham Busi ness College, Charles James, North Carolina College; Miss Vina Norris, secretary, Miss La Anna Evans, and J, W, Hill, Youth Advisor, all of Durham Business College. President Alexander pre sented the group with his pro posed year’s program which was based on the resolutions passed by the state body dur ing the state NAACP Confer ence in October. The follow ing program was adopted on the state level for NAACP Youth and College chapters: 1. To add 3,000 new Youth members to the membership roster. To accomplish this goal the president appointed Miss Joyce Thomas and Miss Vina Norris as co-chairman of the membership drive. 2. To observe a youth Fel lowship Day where all NAACP youth and college leaders will (See DBC HOSTS, P. 2> \\ k \ r H k n Temperatures for the next five days, Thursday through Monday, will average near or a few degrees below noma!. High and low temperature* for the Raleigh area will be M and SS degrees, A warming trend Is expected during the first part of the period, fol lowed by colder weather dur ing the early portion of next week. Precipitation occurring as rainfall. Is expected toward the end of the week, and will total one-half to one-Inch or more.