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2 THIS CJ&OLgNIAK RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 39. 1968 Louisiana Had A Negro Governor 93 Years Ago, Magazine Reveals Just over 93 years ago, a Negro was governor of Louisi ana, the current EBONY Ma gazine reminds readers in this year of Negro political resur gence. "On the night before the day of the installation of the first Negro governor of an Ameri can state, the streets of New Orleans crackled with rumor and intrigue . . . men 'full of benzine and patriotism* scur ried from group to group, set ting booby traps and political ST. AUG. STUDENT RUNS EXPERIMENT - Miss Esther Walker, junior, St. Augustine’s College, runs an experiment in plant physiology. The purpose of her experiment is to learn *he offert.s of various hormones on the growth of plants, A biology major, Miss Walker is the daughter of Mr. Mid Mrs. Joel Walker of Watha. “* •il)*.** * * TWO COACHES CONFER - Boston; BUI Russell (left), highest paid player in the history of professional basket ball, stands with Genera) Manager of the Boston Celtics, Red ( Auerbach, after being named the new coach of the Celtics April 18. Russell will replace Auerbach as coach. Auerbach is retUing from the coaching position to devote full time to the position of general manager. (UPI PHOTO), N. C. PTA Congress Cites Grant Winners LUMBERTON - Walter Du pree Simmons, a senior, from the Jones High School, Trenton, took top honors in the North Carolina Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Associa tion's first scholarship awards efforts. Competing with five other honoi ranking high school seniors from as many separate schools he rated highest on an intelligence test and on the da ta sheet furnished by his high school principal and his local PTA president. Simmons was awarded a SIOO cash prize by the PTA Congress in session in Lumberton, Sat urday, April 23, and an SBSO cash and work-aid scholarship by St. Augustine's College, Ra leigh. The second place win ner, Miss Shirley Manley, a senior, from Swift Creek High School, Whitakers, received a cash prize of $25 from the PTA Congress and a S3OO cash award from the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. This amount will be sent to the college of Miss Manley's choice upon her enrollment in the fall. Four other students in com petition were: Miss Alva Woo ten, Apex Consolidated High School, Wake County; Paul Rob inson, Lincoln Heights High School, North Wilkesboro; Ken neth Johnson, Union High School Shallote; and James Chavis Toler High School, Oxford. These seniors each received a gold engraved loving cup and a kit of “back-to-school” needs that were 'provided by the fol lowing firms, Pepsi-Cola Bott ling Company Q. m ines, preparing them selves a gainst the coming of day.,., trouble was coming, big trou ble,’* writes noted social his torian Lerone Bennett, Jr., in the magazine’s April Issue. “A bloody struggle for control of the rich state of Louisiana was coming to a head.” In Part V of his major new work, Black Power, appearing serially in EBONY, Bennett says that ingredients of the Re construction drama in Louisi ana were petty disagreements, Representative), Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Eugene Me ddlers, Representative), First Federal Savings and Loan of Raleigh and two anonymous friends. Serving on the testing and evaluating committee were: Prof A. C. Asbury, Fayette ville State College; R. H. Toole, Principal, I.ockhart School, Wake County; Mrs. Minnie R. Woodson, State Department of Public Instruction and V. C>. Bailey, Psychologist, State De partment of Public Instruction. Mrs. Esther Ransom, Con gress president, emphasized this project as one of the spe cial services to encourage ex cellence in the performance of youth throughout the eleven PTA districts in the state. Mrs. A. S. Johnson, presi dent, District 3; Mr. Horace C. Bryant, Sr., president, District 5; Mrs. Catherine H. Barber, president, District 9 and Thom as W. Williams, president, Dis trict 11, participated In the pro ject. The State Scholarship Com mittee included: Mrs. L. S. Yancey, PTA Comp director, Wilson; Mrs. Prudence L. John son, president of District 8; Mrs. Leona R. Daniels, Super visor Wake County Schools; and Mrs. Nora Evans I.ockhart, principal, Crosby -Garfield School, Raleigh, chairman. * * * WHEN YOU are enthralled by a program of music or come dy, you are resentful if your companion is indifferent. corruption, massacres, mid night assassinations, endless coups d’etat and the birth a£ the Knights of the White Came lia. The real realities, he says were brutally simple; rail roads, lotteries, sugar, cotten, bread. The stakes were high er (than elsewhere) in Louisi ana, and men were willing to pay more and to kill more for state power. The major role in this his torical drama was played by P. B. S. Plnchback, perhaps the best practical politician Negro American has produced. It was Plnchback who instigated impeachment of the incumbent white governor and was install ed In his place. In the series author Lerone Bennett chronic les, state by state, the high tide of Negro political success. Teen-Dems Nam Heads, Make Plam The Capital City Teen-Dems re-elected as president Miss Claudia Reid, Saturday at their annual meeting. Also elected were; Perry Crutchfield, first vice-president; Miss Esther Boyer, second vice-president; Miss Clints Noble, recording secretary; Miss Marylin Wil liams treasurer; Miss Sandra Gill, corresponding secretary; Miss Augusta B. Turner, re porter, and Miss Pauline Goza, financial secretary. Basil Sherrill installed the officers and spoke to the group of the importance of the Demo cratic Party. Mr. Sherrill said the Democratic party is the on ly party that started at the bottom rail and worked upward therefore it was a party of all the people not “The top rail, but r' 1 from the grass roots.” He the tax structure to the Teens. Mr, and Mrs. FrankL.Turn er, the club advisors, announced that their present position would not permit them to continue as advisors. "The Hatch Act” fell first upon Mr. Turner, and Mrs. Turner carried on with the group and now it seems that both Mr. and Mrs. Turner must resign. The group is now try ing to get advisors for the 1966 club year. Total club membership is 220 members. All the officers will attend the State Teen-Dem Con vention June 10-11 at Wake Forest College, Winston-S a - It is urged that as many Teen-Dems attend the conven tion as possible. 2 Students Fight, One Arrested BY STAFF WRITER Two St. Augustine’s College students were engaged in a fight in the institution’s gymnasium on Monday of this week. One was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, while the other pressed charg es against him and suffered wounds. Ronald Herbert Cannon, 17, of 1705 Pender St., told Of ficers M. G. Clifton and B, C. Nipper at 9;20 p. m. Monday, that he had been fighting with Enoch Carlton Hood, !9, of At kinson Hall, on the campus. Cannon declared that about 5;30 p. m, Monday, shortly af ter the fight, someone cut a tire on the left front of his father’s 1960 tan Ford. The tire was valued at S2O. Cannon, who received a pos sible broken jaw in the gym nasium bout, was treated at Wake Memorial Hospital. He later signed a warrant and young Hood, of 335 Spring St., Wake Forest, was arrest ed and placed under a bond of SIOO. Hood had in his possession at the time of the fight, a knife, thereby he was charged with as sault with a deadly weapon. It was not known, however wheth er he used the knife on young Cannon. He is expected to receive a preliminary hearing this week before City Court Judge Samuel Pretlow Winborne, * * * SWINGING BEATLES MEMPHIS - The Beatles are coming to record in "basically a Negro sound instead of a white man’s imitation of a Ne gro sound,” under the guid ance of Jimmy Brown of At lantic Records. Their newest records with "a heavy Negro sound . . . lots of bass . . .lots of drums. . . down to the roots ...some of the Jimmy Brown sound,’’ will be the first the Beatles have recorded in the United States. * * * ONE TOUR CHICAGO - Famed gospel Mahalia Jackson was report, ed to be making several ap pearances in Virginia, despite rumors that she has been ail ing. Miss Jackson, one of the stars of the recent Freedom Festival, has slimmed down considerably In recent months, after a siege of illness. FIRST-HAND" VIEW -- Mrs. Marjorie Gay Brown, Bennett College graduate and admissions counselor of Norwalk, conn., H ints >-, ■ a campus landmark to four Connecticut high school seniors who recently flew to the Greensboro institution for a first-hand look at some of the things about which they had heard so much. Visitors include Misses Twanda Bowers, of Rippo wan High School, Stains , Su -ie Wilsoi and Carolyn Crocker, of Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk and Mae Fields of New Canaan High School. J 4 §L * ' ■« > * PRI7ED SPECIMAN .#••• Artfs P. Graves, chalrraajtot the Department of Biolog} at A&T Coliege and a taxidermist, puts finishing touches on a Canada goose which he collected recent ly and moanted for use in the museum cases in the Biology Department. , ' 'T H ’ V. ' ' IffiP- #*-. :-4 ••(••• .tf* J&. . .-Mf-viu ■- .... BENNETT MERMAID Miss Dora Dromgoole, of Rich mond, Calif., Bennets College freshman, emerges-from pool after refreshing dip. * .:md i / J ■' i m w r 9 nc PLAY BALL - Danny Kayo (left) and special guest Harry Belafonte team up in a baseball number on "The Danny Kaye Show," Wednesday, April 27 (10:00 -11:00 PM,. EDT), In color on the CBS Television Network. Princeton News BY MRS. GOLDIE L. HARDY’ PRINCETON - The Johnston County Council of Parents and Teacher’s Association held its meeting Sunday, April 24, at 5 p. m. at Princeton Graded School in the auditorium. The principal Mr. T. G. Nixon, of Smithfleld. The meeting was opened by singing two verses of Ameri ca the Beautiful. Prayer by Rev. Nathaniel Walker. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mr. Ar rington. The business session after ward. All the 'schools of the Johnston County areas presi dent gave a report on what their school of local PTAs had achieved during the school year. The new sfflcers were elect ed for the next school year and other means were dis cussed. The meeting adjourned. The president, Mr. Arrington of Smithfleld, secretary, Mrs. Holt, of Four Oaks. The Grade Mother met at Mr, and Mrs, Daniel Atkinson home on County Rd. 2533, Sat urday evening. The meeting was open by singing one verse of Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross. Prayer by Mrs, Atkin son. The business session was opened by the president Mrs. Goldie L. Hardy. The mother discussed how to help more in the clothes of helping the needed ones more. Work hard on it during the summer months. The hostess, Mrs. Daniel At kinson, served the Mothers re freshments. The evening was enjoyed. Elks Confab (Continues from Page l) Matthews. Bro. Alexander Barnes is Director. The speak er will be the Rev. D. L. Blakey, pastor, Kyles Temple AME Zion Church, Durham. His subject will be: “An Elk’s Re sponsibility in the Struggle for Civil Rights.” Music for the occasion will be furnished by the combined choirs of Kyles Temple. Registration will take place at 8 a. m. Monday, with the opening services following at 9 a. m., led by Bro. Dunn, Chap lain. At 9;30 a. m., State President Enloe will lead the Ritualistic Service, including a roll call of officers, depart mental heads, deputies and delegates. Other features of Monday’s program will be: Exalted Rul er’s Hour, Junior Herd Per iod, Veteran’s Period, a Joint Session, Charity and Benevo lence Period, Economics Per iod, Health Period, Purple Cross Period, and at 8 p. m., an address by Bro. Wilbur Strickland, M. D., Grand Med ical Director. This will be followed at 10 p. m. by a formal ball, to be held at the host lodge and tem ple. Highlights of Tuesday’s pro gram will be addresses by State President Enloe, at 9:30 a. m., and by the Hon. Hobson R. Reynolds, Grand Exalted Rul er, at 3 p. m. The Oratori cal Contest will be held at Crosby School at 8 p. m. fol lowed at 10:30 p. m. by a floor show and dahoe at the host lodge and temple. The opening service on Wed nesday begins at 9 a. m., fol lowed at 3 p. rr.. by the Ant lered Guard State Parade, the awarding of prizes and tro phies. At 8 p. m., a Farewell Par ty will be held at the host lodge and temple. Minister’s Wife (Continued from page 1) the church he founded, at the bottom of the basement stair well in his home. Loosely bound with rope, both legs of the body had been amputated below the knee. In explaining th< circumstan ces surrounding the death, Mrs. Curtis said the gun discharged accidentally while the two were struggling for Its possession. Fried toned when she discov ered he had been mortally wounded, she attempted to dis member the body and dispose of it. Clarence Townes, Jr. Appointed To Committee WASHINGTON, D. C. - On the unanimous recommendation of the Republican Negro Advisory Committee, Republican Nation al Chairman Ray C. Bliss Mon day appointed Clarence Lee Townes, Jr., of Richmond, Va., as Special Assistant to the Chairman. Townes was selected from a group of prominent Negroes whose names had been placed before the Advisory Committee. All 12 members of the group pledged their full support to Townes and his program. They said his appointment as Spe cial Assistant to the Chairman represents _a new and constud tive approach to the important job of bringing Negro voters into the Republican Party. The appointment culminates months of consultation between the 12-member Advisory Com mittee and Chairman Bliss ana EXCHANGE STUDENTS AT LIGON - Left to right, James High, Student Council president at J. W. Ligon; Patricia Stevens, of Darden High; Maxine Tysor, of E. E. Smith; Linda Joyner, of Darden High; and Gerald McKoy, of E. E. Smith. (See story). NAACP Prexy (Continued from Page 1) of consequences was done. Kap lan spoke In Jackson, Miss., April 11, and in Memphis, Tenn. April 23. N. C. NAACP president Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., field sec retary Charles A. McLean, and N. C. NAACP Youth prexy Kel ly Miller Alexander, Jr. are* working with the one hundred senior and junior NAACP units and the public to try to get out a packed Raleigh Memorial Auditorium to greet and hear president Kivie Kaplan, Sunday, May 1, at 3 p. m. It is the plea of the State and Raleigh NAACP leaders that more than 3,000 people will greet Kaplan Sunday afternoon with both, their presence and their financial contribution so as to show the hard-fighting freedom-loving NAACP head that we, in Tarheelia, really want our freedom. The Tar Heel NAACP has long been among the top leaders In the region number five and in the national competition. It can ill-afford to lag now when the fight has become more intense on the part of the opposition. Kaplan will appear in Phila delphia, Pa, May 10; and Chi cago, 111., May 11. Mr. Kaplan will hear the re ports of the two winning NAACP “Mothers -of - the - Y'ear” and crown them, as the highlight of the Freedom Fund-raising event which has produced most of the funds to furnish legal aid and ball, along with other necessities for the youths and adults who have been involved in demonstrations and sit-ins even for other organizations, too. The appeal is made to the general public, for a generous response to their local NAACP unit or at the rally Sunday af ternoon. * * * Meanwhile, speaking in Nash ville, Tenn. Sunday, Gloster B. Current, NAACP Branch Di rector, urged that all Negroes should vote for the candidate the least desirable or vote out the one which has been in the longest so as to kill the seniori ty of those who so bitterly opposed Civil Rights. Current scored those who would coun sel Negroes not to vote. “Punish your (political) ene mies and reward your friends, ” he said. Stabs Babies (Continued from Page 1) an attempt at suicide. Mrs. Jernigan assured City Court Judge Pretlow Winborne Monday afternoon that she knif ed her sons "because I wanted to kill them.” The incident, according to Officer Winters, sprang from a "fuss’ between her husband and herself. She was before Judge WLn borne on the attempted suicide charge, but after the jurist was told of the sons - stabbing charges, he continued the .’W' until Mrs. Jernigan had had a mental examination. However, Wednesday morn ing of this week, she was still in Wake County Jail. It was not known just where or when she would receive the exami nation. Mrs. Jernigan will be tried in Domestic Relations Court on the charges of stabbing her sons, who were in “satisfac tory” condition at Wake Mem orial Hospital early Wednesday morning. All efforts to find the rea son triggering the blood-letting 1 episodes proved futile. < program of full It egr at ion of the staff at Republican National Headquarters. Since becoming National Chairman, Bliss has been developing plans for a re building of the Republican Par ty’s image among Negro voters. Bliss said Townes’ appointment is the first step in this new program. Townes, 38, presently is Exe cutive Assistant to the Repub lican State Chairman of Vir ginia. He has been active in Republican politics since 1956 when he worked in the campaign of former President Eisenhow er. The new Special Assistant to the National Chairman Is a na tive of Virginia. He was born in Richmond. He Is a grad uate of Virginia Union Uni versity, is married and the father of four children. Mrs. Bates (Continued from Page 1) Mrs. Bates is a graduate of Washington High School and at tended Hampton, Institute, Hampton, Va. Prior to join ing the staff of the local Soil Conservation Service, she was employed by the United States Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Va. She is also a former employee of The CAR OLINIAN. Mrs. Bates has two daugh ters, Fran, a student at the J. W. Ligon High School, and Mon tez, who attends the Lucille Hunter School. Sigmas Meet (Contimii’d from Page 1) business session to follow in the Raleigh Room of the Sir Walter at 9 a. m. From 1:30 to 4:30 p. m., the business session will be devoted to undergraduate af fairs, followed by a social at the Me ado wV) rook Country Club, from 5-7 p. m. Saturday, spon sored by the Pan-Hellenic Council. An Orchid Ball will be held at Holly’s Park, Highway No. 1, North, from 0 p. m. until 1 a. m. To conclude ti e activities, a breakfast meeting will be held at Peebles Hotel, followed by worship services at the First Baptist Church, where Rev. Bro. Charles W. Ward is pas tor. The number of local Sigmas is more than 45. W. A. Clements (Continued from Page 1) sitlon of the defense dollar. Clement is one ni , group of 75 industrial, businc • .4? and professional loaders, repre senting a cross section of A merican leadership from all parts of the country in.itedto attend a week long • isit of representative rnilitas y install ments. These gentlemen are select ed geographically to give rep resentation to all parts of . the country and all facets of ttie U. S. economy. THE SPORTS PARADE BY NEGRO PRESS INTERNATIONAL hails braves ATLANTA - Atlanta welcom ed the transplanted Braves last week with banner headlines, a flood of salutations from the city fathers and a host of radio and television stations blaring the news throughout the South east, The Atlanta World, one of the nation’s two Negro-owned dailies devoted an entire section to heralding the team led by tan slugger Hank Aaron, who last year led the National Lea gue in doubles wit). 40. FiGHT INNOVATION NEW YORK - The scheduled April 26 middleweight title fight between champion Dick Tiger of Nigeria and rugged Eftiile Grif fith of New York will center on a new innovation for the fight game. While the fight will be televised in a total of 54 cities, New York City will see the video version of the Madison Square Garden battle on home sets the following day, instead ot being blacked out completely. ♦ * * IF ANYONE would listen, which nobody will, every elder, ly person would like to exjwfju ate for a couple of hours m him of wrnnn stai* of health.
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