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THE CAHOLINIAN
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1968
elected to the Georgia legislature, under
the sway of poor judgment, averred that
while he would not burn draft cards
himself, but admired the fellow who did,
he made a grievous error of judgment
for which he has paid a fearful price.
With a fine future and with the fine pa
rental antecedents, and with the fine
support of the Negroes of Georgia,
young Bond was headed somewhere in
particular, and his remarks were doubt
less intended as a “courageous state
ment” beyond that of any which his col
leagues had made. He might have been
bidding for the spotlight, but it turned
out to be a gesture of poor judgment,
and so he is a representative “at large”
while his colleagues are in the Georgia
legislature. They may be quite as thor
oughly race men as Bond, but they did
not make Bond’s mistake of poor judg
ment and say the wrong thing at the
wrong time. To all intents and purposes
it was a stroke of poor judgment for Dr.
Martin Luther King to turn with his
civil rights program to the North, as if
to show that the North was no better
than the South, or so it was construed
by whites North and South. It might
NEGRO BUSINESS NEEDS
FEDERAL AID
Henri O’Bryant, GOP candidate for
Congress in the 30th district (Los An
geles, Calif.), announced recently that,
if elected, he would ask the federal gov
ernment for funds to aid Negro busi
nesses operating on a small scale.
One feature of his plan would be the
allocation of poverty funds directly to
small shop owners who would train
youngsters in their immediate communi
ties. The proposed program would in
clude “everything from the repair of
shoes to the cutting of hair.” In this way,
O’Bryant feels that we could recruit the
skills and utilize the facilities of all
small businesses such as beauticians,
cleaners and pressers, sewing shops and
caterers, sales and secretarial services,
and what have you.
The plan of O’Bryant sounds good on
the surface, but let us take a second
look. While Negro small businesses
could be strengthened through this pro
posal, we must be sure that the small
businesses undertaking the training of
people should be institutions that are
efficient and operating in the black. Too
many operators of small Negro busi
nesses do not have the training them
selves, and certainly no one wants to
SB! ASKED
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tress burned in their cells dur
ing the night.
It. was not revealed as to
whether either of the men smok
ed after being locked, but the
report of a doctor said there
were no external evidence of
violence.
Newkirk’s funeral was sche
duled for 2 p. m., Wednesday.
The CAROLINIAN was not able
to reach any of Newkirk’s im
mediate family or relatives. It
was reported that Newkirk was
married and lived with his wife
on Slocomb St. Morgan’s body
was prepared for burial and will
be buried in the vicinity of
Wallace.
JOHNSTON C’TY
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visor aware of the fact that
something was wrong down at
his house.
His involvement broaden
when the supervisor called
Chief of Police, Jack Ray, who
went to the house, a two room
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shack, located on the property
of the Smithfield Lumber Com
pany and occupied by Griffin.
Upon reaching the house the of
ficer* found the woman on the
front porch and blood on the
floor of the living room and the
porch. Ray, thinkingthe woman
was still alive, rushed her to
Johnson Memorial Hospital,
only to find that she was dead
on arrival.
Ray then took on the ardous
task of ascertaining from Grif
fin what happened. The suspect
told the officers, by gestures
and grunts, where they would
find a .22 calibre pistol, Ger
man-made. The officers found
the pistol and it was then that
Coroner V. J. Underwood had
found out that the woman died
from a bullet wound in the left
edge of her heart, fired from
a .22 calibre pistol.
The officers were at a loss
to find a motive for the kill
ing. It was established that
Griffin had not been drinking,
but the officers were able to
get enough grunts and gestures
to satisfy them that the wo
man had been drinking and as
saulted Griffin. They then o
pened that Griffin went to the
hiding place of his trusted Ge
rman-made pistol, removed it
and proceeded to pull the trig
ger and that the bullet felled
Mrs. Holmes and she died as
the result of his action.
It was also thought that the
woman left her home about four
blocks away and sought Griffin,
while in a bad stage of drunk
en anger. Since there was no
eye witness and the murder
was committed under the cloak
oi darkness tne officers were
not able to find probable cause
and Griffin returned to his two
room shack, a free man.
Griffin lost his voice as the
result of a stroke a few years
ago. He also lost the use of
his right hand and lives on a
small income that he gets from
the Smithfield Lumber Company
for doing odd jobs.
SWEEPSTAKES
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE X)
ber all you have to do is go
into one of the stores listed on
the Sweepstakes page and get
a ticket.
These stores are happy to
have you come in and take a
look at the wonderful bargains
they have to offer. The CAR
have been a dubious strategy, but it
turns out to be a stroke of poor judg
ment, and does not enhance the prestige
of one of the Negro’s greatest leaders.
To make it appear that the North is no
better than the South is not in accord
ance wih the facts, for the North has
too long afforded the Negro a standing
room that was denied him in the South.
Only recently. Brook, a Negro was elect
ed United States Senator from Massa
chusetts, and he would have had to wait
a long time before he would have been
sent by a Southern state to the United
States Senate, an ugly but stubborn
fact! This is far from saying that all
whites of the North are pro-Negro, It is
just simply stating a stubborn fact.
Brook was elected because he knew what
to say and what not to say. His exer
cise of sound judgment accounts for his
astounding success at the Massachusetts
polls. Good judgment is not always a
matter of learning and letters; too often
it is a matter of common sensd The time
for the Negro to exercise good judgment
is now. In lieu of sound judgment, keep
ing the mouth shut can be terribly effec
tive at times.
perpetuate inefficiency.
Our insurance companies, banks, sav
ings and loans companies, and many
funeral homes represent great growth fi
nancially For instance, the gigantic
growth of Negro banks since 1939 de
serve commendation. Loans and dis
counts in our independent banks have
increased from $2,539,000 in 1939 to
more than sixty million at present.
While we have had tremendous in
crease in some areas of business, it ap
pears that Negro rooming houses, ho
tels, and motels have not kept pace with
the advance of such competition as out
standing white accommodation centers.
For instance, we know of a certain hotel
in a southern Florida city that charges
$12.95 for the average room plus extra
for television set The accommodations
are third-class, and the cost is higher
than for comparable-sized rooms at non
colored hotels.
Our hotels and motels must somehow
get on the highways if they want to suc
ceed. No one wants to spend an extra
hour looking for a Negro motel in some
far-off corner of a city. The facilities
and services must be made to compete,
and any Negro who thinks people are
coming to his place to get inferior serv
ices will be disappointed.
OLINIAN is happy to announce
that Liberal Credit Stores, lo
cated at 126 Fayetteville St.
joined the Sweepstakes list
and now offers you the .same
service as the other stores
listed. You will note that the
Sweepstakes Stores furnish
practically every need for the
home, from fashionable furni
ture to nuts, Lincoln Continen
tals to headache powder, well
styled wigs to hair pins.
Mrs. Cheek’s ticket drew
third prize money. Check the
Sweepstakes page and see if
you are a winner. Bring the
winning ticket to the CAROLI
NIAN office and pick up the cash.
The management is anxious
to have those of you who have
tickets which you picked up at
your favorite Sweepstakes Store
this week know that the printer
made an error in the date. The
date should read Nov. 26, but
instead it reads Nov. 19.
DIES IN ALA.
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there,” Varner said.
FILES FEDERAL COMPLAINT
He said he filed a complaint
with the FBI in Mobile, and
with Justice Department offi
cials.
Motley died following his ar
rest on charges of drunkeness,
resisting arrest and interfering
with an officer making an ar
rest.
He said Motley’s companions
told this story:
Motley and five others were
in a car enroute from Mont
gomery when they were stopped
on U. S. 231 by Deputy Sheriff
Harvey Conner about three
miles south of here.
The driver of the car was
identified as Wilbur Jackson.
Others in the car included Mot
ley, Rubin Clark, an airman
stationed at a Georgia air force
base; Jackson’s wife Joyce;
Gloria Jean Johnson, 16, and
Edna Mae Bowman, 14.
SAYS SHOT FIRED
Conner, according to Varn
er’s account, asked the driver to
step out of the car and Motley
objected, saying the Elmore
County officer had no authority
in Montgomery County. But
Jackson and Motley eventually
got out and talked with Con
ners. When the pair got back
into the car, Varner said, the
deputy fired a shot and used
his car radio to summon two
state troopers.
“When the troopers arrived,
they held Motley while Conner
beat him on the head “with a
black object that was large at
one end,” Varner said.
“Then they put Earl in the
deputy’s car and told the oth
ers to go home,” Varner re
counted. Varner said Jackson
came to his home a little after
2 a. m. Sunday. “He told me
that Earl was in jail and he
was beaten up pretty badly.”
The stepfather said he was on
his way to the jail to arrange
bond when the funeral home
notified him of the death, Col.
C. W. Russell, head of Ala
bama state troopers, would not
comment but said “the charge
is under Investigation.”
SHAW MAN
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and Inquired where the whis
key store was located. The plot
thickened when Exum realized
the man, seemingly, had had too
much of the commodity, sold at
the ABC Store.
Exum alleges that he oblig
ed the man and told him where
he could find the store. It
was then that the second man
appeared and he too appeared to
have been imbibing excessively.
The first man then is said to
have told Exum to hold a hand
kerchief which he said contain
ed his money. This act of
trust, on the part of a. strang
er, lured Exum Into believing
that there might be some vir
tue in the meeting of the two
men and when he was told to
add his money to that said to be
in the handkerchief he readily
complied. It was then that the
plot reached the payoff.
The new-found friend (the
first man) told Exum to give
him the handkerchief back and
Exum obeyed. The trio start
ed off in pretended search for
some whiskey. The second man
suddenly realized that they
could buy the desired spirits
at some other designated place,
cheaper than at the liquor store.
The three walked merrily
down Blount St. to Hargett
and It was there that the three
parted. Exum was given a dol
lar, by the two men and told
to go Into the A&P Store and
get a chaser. He obeyed as
he had done all along, but when
he came out of the store the
two men had vanished and so
had Exum’s $21.00.
FOLEY CHIDES
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
mage and likeness” and that
their “patronizingattitude”be
trays a lack of confidence in the
“Negroes* determination and
ability to develop their own
community.
Addressing the Regional Plan
association’s 21st annual con
ference, Foley charged “the
great policy makers of our gov
ernment” and “academicians”
and “white liberals” with a
form of cultural arrogance.”
Negroes want to inprove their
own communities, said Foley,
a consultant to the Economic
Development administration.
The United States, he said,
is “in grave danger” of per
mitting development of a gen
eration of young Negroes “bit
ter, prone to violence, and hate
ful of a!' things white” because
of und rstandable desperation
in pie;, s for justice.
Foley urged easing of re
strictions on Economic De
velopment Air Fundsasa means
of aiding ghetto areas.
He was referring to denial
of EDA funds to Harlem, with
20 per cent unemployment, be
cause of i estrtetions requir
ing an aided community to be
a labor market area, a coun
ty, or a city with more than
250,000 population.
He also called for a federal
set-aside program for contri
bution exclusively for com
panies located in ghetto areas,
and tax credit for bringing jobs
to ghettos.
Baynard Rustin, executive di
rector, A. Phillip Randolph In
stitute, also addressed the
mee' ing.
“Fundamentally everything
wrong with the Negro today will
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ing to provide every family
head with economic security,”
he said, in urging support of
a $lB5 billion federal freedom
budget to end poverty in 10
ye?.rs.
“Short of this, there Is noth
ing left but catastrophe,” with
fear on the part of whites and
frustration on the part of Ne
groes,” he added.
BISHOP
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE I)
Jones and R. E. Ranger, by
the General Assembly, by a vote
of 907 to 3. They were or
dered divested to all office au
thority and titles. However,
the demotion order read, “if
they repent of their wrongs they
may apply for reinstatement by
sending a written application
to the General Secretary.”
A Saturday afternoon pro
gram, for the children, was
temporarily disrupted when
supporters of Bishop Jones
staged a demonstration. The
demonstration spilled over to
the platform, where there was
an attempt to wrest control
from Bishop J. S. Bailey, who
was presiding. Police were
called in and quieted the re
bellious demonstrators. It did
become necessary to get a re
straining against thetwouepos
ed bishops.
The Convocation closed Fri
day, in peace, with announce
ments and appointments read
by the General Secretary, Bi
shop J. O. Patterson. They are;
Bishops O. T. Jones and R.
E. Ranger were divested of their
authority and status as Bishops
in the Church of God in Christ.
This created vacancies in Penn
sylvania and Texas. Bishop De
witt Burton was appointed to
Eastern Pennsylvania, The
Executive Board will supervise
South East Texas until an ov
erseer is appointed.
Bishop A. B. McEwen of
Memphis, Tenn. was elected
President of Church Corpora
tion. Bishop J. S. Bailey,
Vice-President, Bishop J. O.
Patterson, General Secretary,
Bishop Dewitt Burton, Asst.
Secretary, Bishop William B.
Odom, Treasurer, Bishop C. W.
Williams of Conn., National
Sunday School Supt., Bishop L.
C. Patrick, National Sunday
School Supt. Emeritus with pen
sion for life. Eld. B. T. Ste
phens, Asst. National Sunday
School Supt., Reappointment of
Youth Department Provisional
Board; Elder Chandler Owens,
Chairman and Elder J. T. W.v.;-
son, Vice-Chairman. They di
rected them to continue to serve
and plan the Congress for 1967.
Announcements and appoint
ments made in the Women’s
Department by Mrs. Annie Bai
ley, National Supervisor of the
Women’s Department were:
Mrs. Minnie Darthard of San
Francisco, Calif, to State Su
pervisor of Montane; Mrs,Ger
tie Houston to Diocese #2, Ha
waii; Mrs. Ruth Enox, Los An
geles, Calif, to California S.
W. and Mrs. Thelma Vaughn
of Manquin, Va. to Diocese #2,
Va.
RAYCHARLES
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE X)
C. Sweeney deferred sentencing
for a year to give Charles a
chance to prove he had licked
drug addiction.
DR, MAYS
(CONTINUED FROM PAGF 1)
Shaw In so short a time. Shaw
and the predominantly Negro
colleges similarly situated have
wrought mighty deeds in educa
tion, religion, business, and the
professions,'* May stated.
He cited the fact that vir
tually all private Negro insti
tutions started as Missionary
schools and as Missionary
schools, they were expected to
survive and thrive on less than
other lnsitutions.
Dr. Mays related recent
changes In local, state and fed
eral governments. “These con
ditions existed, ” he said, “Un
til Negroes themselves rose up
recently in rebellion through
federal courts and demonstra
tions which led to Congressional
legislation abolishing segrega
tion In most areas of American
life.
“Please do not misunder
stand me,’’ he added. “I thank
God for the white teachers from
the North and a few from the
South, who left comfort and so
cial standing to cast their lot
with the newly-emancipated
people” followdng the abolish
ment of slavery.
Mays pointed to the accom
plishments of many Negro lead
ers, saying, “Os course we are
proud. But bear in mind that
the vast majority of Negro fam
ilies are living on $3,000 a year
or less; that 35 million Ameri
cans are living on the brink
of poverty and too many of them
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in concluding his remarks,
Dr. Mays said, “It Is better to
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great teaching, than about our
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