sjlj ■ ' HER
Meredith
Raps NAACP
NEW YORK (NPI) - Two pro
minent leaders have accused
NAACP officials of giving their
own people a hard time. One jf
the leaders was himself anNA
\.CP official.
James Meredith angrily
charged th a t he wa s being
"blackballed” and “discredit
ed” by the NAACP. He said
NAACP executive director Roy
Wilkins caused the cancellation
of his scheduled speaking en
gagerm nt before the Columbus
(Ohio) branch.
"This is a blackball, In ef
fect. It’s a move to discre
dit me,” Meredith said.
He added that the Rev. Ward
S. Pa Wain, Columbus NAACP
branch president, sent him a
letter regretting that "we must
cancel your appearance.” The
letter went on to say, "We
have been directed to take this
action from which there is no
appeal,” Meredith said.
Mov lith said he phoned Rev.
Parham ami was told that the
communication ordering the
cancellation was signed b\ Roy
Wilkins,
In St. Louis, Cecil Moore,
Philadelphia NA ACP president,
said the NAACP should really
be called the NAACP, the Na
tional Association for the \d
(See MEREDITH, P. 2)
kath i: ii|
Temperatures for the next
five (Jays, Thursday through
Monday, will average 3 to 8
degrees below normal. The
normal high and low for Ra
leigh 33 and 33. turning colder
Thursday and Friday. Rather
cold over the weekend and
warmer about Monday. Pre
clptatton w.U total 1-10 to 3-10
of an Inch, occurring as rain
the early part of next week.
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The Crime
feet
ASSAULT HD AND ROBBED
Katie Bell Dunston, 28, 712
E. Martin St., described how
she was assaulted by Albert
NT ore, 2C, K-18 Washington
Terrace. She alleges that her
London Fog beige coat
were tak'-*n -it the same time.
She lamented the fact that her
pocketliook, containing $21.00,
was in tire pocket. She signed
a warrant which charged Moore
with assault and baLery and
larceny. The crime is alleged
to have been perpetrated at the
Hargett street Laundromat, 900
block of Hargett St. The com
plaining witness was treated for
abraisons on both hands.
* * *
WOOD’S 5 & 10 FORGERY
VICTIM
Richard J. Glassford report
ed that on Nov. 23 a colored
male came into Wood’s 5& 10
store and bought two pairs of
dungarees and a work shirt
and tendered a check in pay
ment for same. Glassford re
ported that the check was drawn
for $30.00 and the merchandise
bought came to SIO.OO. The
check was drawn on the Me
chanics i. Farmers Bank and
bore the signature of James
A. Shepard and made payable
to Robert Lee Kittrell. The
check is said to have? been en
dorsed b\ Robert Lee Kittrell.
At sometime Glassford called
the bank to ascertain whether
the check was good or not and
told that it was. When the
chewk reached the bank it was
found that it had been forged.
Glassford is reported to have
notified the police on Nov. 23.
The complaining witness de
scribed the customer, who pre
sented the check as a colored
male, 23 or 2‘ years old, med
ium height, weighing about 140
or 130 lbs. The alleged forg
wr is still being sought.
(Se« CRIME BEAT, P 3)
ORDERED PADLOCKED - This picture shows the four night
spots that Judge Raymond Mallard had padlocked in Raleigh.
The Superior Court jurist termed them a nusiance. Top left,
American Legion Club, 416 E. Cabarrus Street, Botton left,
J. C. Blue Light Inn, 400 E. Martin. Top right, Blue Gardenia,
821 S. Bloodworth. Botton right, Club 54, Bloodworth Street,
at Davie.
Police Ordered To (dose
So-Called Trouble Spots
The recent order by Judge
Raymond Mallard to close four
of Raleigh's night spots seemed
to have caused a stir among
night life lovers. The order
is said to have been issued
due to the fact that the places
had been tabbed as nusiance
spots and therefore were a men
ace to law and order.
Club 54, located at the corner
of Bloodworth and Davie Sts.,
said to be operated by John
Stuart was the first to be bann
ed and operations were to have
ceased there as of Tuesday
night. Mr, Stuart could not lie
reached to ascertain whether
he would seek to reopen the
place or call it a closed Is
sue.
The American Legion Club,
Texas Lady Senator Says
Brown Power, Not Black Power
ALEXANDRIA, La. (NPI) -
The first Negro lady senator in
the Texas legislature has de
nied the existence of "black
power”, while affirmingthe ex
istence of' ‘brain power, ” which
she called the "only measure
ment of men.”
Those who have "brain pow
er” lose their identifying qual
ities, such as race, creed, or
color. saidSo.t. BarbaraC. Jor
dan of Houston.
Sen. Jordan was addressing
a combined meeting of the Lou
isiana Educat ion ass oc i ation
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EDITORIAL FEATURE
By Gordon B. Hancock
THE FACTS OF SURVIVAL
It is most important that adolescents
at certain stages of their development
must be told the facts of life, for the
omission of such facts may lead to griev
! ous consequences in the life of the ma
| tured individual. It is just as imperative
I that a maturing race should be told the
I facts of survival and the failure to im-
J part such facts could lead to grave con
sequences in the struggle that lies ahead
| for people of color in general, and the
| Negro in particular. A too rampant op
| timism on the part of Negroes could be
I disastrous; for the struggle ahead of the
i Negro is a bitter one and a struggle for
j survival rather than a struggle for a
certain kind of survival. Our leaders are
prone to minimize the effects of riots
and threats of riots, which are still in
the air. but the fact is, thecs riots have
consolidated the anti-Negro forces of the
South in particular and the country in
general. Some of our so-called leaders
are still threatening with talks of riots.
They fail to see that the. grip that race
prejudice has on the world is far stronger
than any fear that the threats of riots
[ can generate. Let's stop threatening to
i riot and get along with the work of map-
PIC
416 E. Cabarrus, according toa
spokesman, had not been pad
locked as late as 1,2 noon, Wed
nesday. The spokesman stat
ed that the place had been leas
ed for one year, but the un
derstanding was that it would
be run in compliance with the
law of the city. The spokesman
said that in view of the fact
that the operator had run afoul
to have the city lift the ban so
that its members could operate
the place in accordance with the
law.
Mrs. Lucille Plummer, who
was listed as the operator of
the Blue Gardenia, 821 S. Blood
worth, was also unavailable for
comment about the order.
The operator of the J. C.
(See NIGHT CLUBS, P. 2)
and the Louisiana Congress of
i Parents and Teachers.
Also addressing the meeting
: was Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., who declared that one
i should not try to be the best
Negro teacher or the best Ne
gro carpenter, but to be the
best in his line, whatever that
line might _e.
Black and white men are de
pendent on each other, and
neither can rise any higher than
the other, he said.
During the meeting. A.Maceo
(See TEXAS LADY, P. 2)
ping out a constructive program for the
Negro masses who are left out in the
cold, so far as the upper echelons of Ne
gro classes are concerned. Our pulpit,
our schools, and our Negro elite
never had it so good before. Our poor
struggling Negro colleges are taking
their cue from Harvard. Yale, Princeton,
and Columbia and all I can hear is a cry
for “excellence,” and this cry is in good
order generally. But Negro educators
should make it clear that “excellence” i
has two dimensions—the vertical and j
the horizontal. The former reaches from j
top to bottom and this is mighty fine!
But horizontal excellence could refer
only to the academic levels. This con
cept is dangerously narrow for impover- 1
ished Negroes. Unless the excellence we
are hearing so much about these days
extends from our United States Con- j;
gressmen to the sweepers of the streets, j
the very suggestions could be fateful in :
; their implications.
Excellence is a fine class slogan, and j
it could also be a fine mass slogan Mor- i
al excellence is far more important than I
; academic excellence and our educators j
i should cry aloud this solemn fact. In- j
tellectual excellence is not more impor- j!
(See J U ' UKIU,, B*. 2)
LACY MURCHISON
Wins SIOOO
Food Store
Sweepstakes
Very few people get the thrill
of winning SI,OOO in a life time,
but Lacy Murchison got that
thrill when he went into a local
Winn-Dixie Store Monday and
found that he had ticket #IOB
in the Harness Race Contest,
sponsored by that firm, on Sat
urday evenings.
He lost no time in making his
way home and relating to his
wife, Elsie, how lady luck had
smiled upon them and he had
received SI,OOO, Mrs. Murchi
son told the CAROLINIAN that
they were both so thrilled that
they became overwhelmed and
had not quite decided what they
would do with the money.
Mr. Murchison works at a lo
cal shoe shop andMrs.Murchi
son, who hails from William
ston, said they had narrowed
their decision to two ventures
buying a home, or going into
a profitable business. She says
she is not employed and has been
(See WINS SI.COO. P. 2>
RALEIGH POLICE
CLOSE 4 NITE CLUBS
g££ QL j jSJ J
VOL. 26, NO. 2
N. C. Council Os Churches
i C ¥ RAPIST SITS LIFE
'Hack Pswar ” Head Appeals
STOKELY CARMICHAEL SENTENCED
Says Guilty
To Crime,
Sentenced
CLINTON -The gripping sto
ry of a low voice, of a Duke
University white freshman girl,
Miss Camille Warren, of how
! she was treated and how her
escort, Louis Earl Raynor of
Raleigh, was tormented on the
night of August G, left defense
counsel, Toe Chambliss and M.
E. Gadsden with no choice, in
' the case of Glen Edward Lane,
in Superior Court Tuesday.
Miss Warren gave a graphic
account of the bizarre acts. She
I described how Raynor and she
were trying to make an 11 o’-
1 clock deadline that had been
set by her parents to be home,
when Lane stepped from the
darkness, armed with a pistol,
and entered the car. The oc
cupants of the car are said to
have inquired of Lane what he
wanted and his reply, accord
ing to the testimony, "You know
what I want.”
Lane is reported to have told
Raynor to drive on and refus
(See RAPIST GETS, P. 2)
, Carmichael
; Pjeads Own
Case In Ala.
; SELMA, Ala. - As a lawyer,
; militant "Black Power” lead-
I er Stokely Carmichael probably
l would admit today that his fu
ture isn’t too promising.
Acting as his own defense,
Carmichael was convicted In
i city court Tuesday of inciting
a riot last Nov. 5 when several
hundred Negroes demonstrated
for "Black Panther Party” can
didates.
He was fined SIOO and sen
tenced to 60 days at hard labor
and judge Edgar Russell warn
ed him if he failed to pay the
fine the active term would be
extended to IG7 days.
Carmichael, 25, head of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
, Committee (SNCC) filed notice
of appeal and was released un
der S3OO bond.
I William Stewart House, local
| (Sec CARMICHAEL, P. 2)
[ Sweepstakes
Winner Plans
Xmas Buying
With Christmas upon her,
Miss Annie Jean Wilson of 116
Star St., knew exactly what she
was going to do with the money
that she received at the CAR
OLINIAN Monday when she
turned in ticket # 6651, second
place winner In the popular
"SWEEPSTAKES.”
When she was told that she
had the winning number, she
went next door to a neighbor’s
house to verify same. With au
thentic information, she ex
claimed, "I am so excited. I
hadn't seen the paper. Here it
is.” She stated that it was the
first time she had ever won
any money.
Miss Wilson plans to use the
money to buy presents for her
(See SWEEPSTAKES P. 2)
BULLETIN
The rift that began at the 59th
session of the Annual Convoca
, tion of the Church of God in
| Christ, held in Memphis, Tenn.,
, recently, seems to be widening,
according to a telegram re
ceived by the CAROLINIAN,
from Bishop Ozor T. Jones of!
Philadelphia, who was reported
as being one of the deposed
bishops. The telegram reads
as fellows:
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM
725A EST NOV 30 66 AAO2O
PAIS6
P L1.R114 LL27 LL27 NL PD
4 EXTRA PHILADELPHIA
PENN 29
! CAROLINIAN
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1966
INVITING A FIGHT - This lovely Chicago woman is really
out for a fight. She says that the next title fight that Cassius
Clay takes part in should be staged in the Windy City and she
represents a syndicate that is ready to offer Clay $230,000.00
to fight there in February. She is not only willing to put up
a fight to get a championship fight, but can put up the money.
Yfeagw.* < jl
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CELEBRATION - New York: Tlie room is smoke-filled
as Democratic Representative Adam Clayton Powell speaks
to the press after celebrating his 38th anniversary with the
Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. A Judge in Federal
Court here ordered a uaar'ng Nov. 22nd to determine whether
Powell should be barred from retaining his seat in Congress
despite his decisive re-election. The judge set the hearing
to consider a charge that the Congressman was not a bonafide
inhabitant of New York. Powell also received a fourth jail
term imposed by the court for his repeated violations of court
orders to account for his refusal to acknowledge a debt of
$164,'000 arising from a defamation -of - character suit. (UPI
PHOTO\
With Three-Two Count
May Walk - In Bimini
NEW YORK (NPI) - It was
ball three, strike t\so for Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell last week
as the New York Supreme court
pitched a fast ball designed to
strike him out.
Rep. Powell’s hopes of home
running himself out of his trou
bles appeared slim, however,
and it looked as though he’d
take a "walk” - around the
Caribbean isle of Bimini.
The supreme court’s latest
fast ball came in the form of
an increase in the jail term
the Harlem congressman was
supposed to start serving, as
Powell faded to surrender to
New York officials.
Instead of 30 days, Powell
will have to serve 90- that is
if he ever shows up.
The chances were that the
Harlem Democrat would instead
take a walk in Bimini, outside
the Un.ted States, where the
possibility of his being struck
out by the law was slimmer.
Powell was pitched one ball
and one strike last week as
the dapper New York Congress
man was set back by the pro
spect of further challenges to
his committee powers in Con
grees, but won a court victory
in New York.
In Washington, Rep. Sam Gib
bons, D.-Fla., who engineered
the "pruning” of Rep. Powell’s
powers as head of the House
Education and Labor Commit
tee, said he would press again
in the 19G7 session of Congress
(See CONG. POWELL, P. 2)
PRICE 15 CENTS
Charlotte
Church Meet
Seeks Peace
CHARLOTTE - Churchmen
from throughout the State met
at Myers Park Baptist Church
Tuesday and heard Dr. John C,
Bennett, president, Union Theo
logical Seminary, New York,
and Arthur W. Barter, Assis
tant Secretary of Defense,
Washington, D. C,, speak to the
Church Conference on Peace.
The well - known speakers
went into all the ramifications
of the church’s participation
in a bid for world peace. Rev,
Jack Crum, the council’s Di
rector of Christian Social Ac
tion, said the purpose of the
conference was to seek solu
tions to the conflict in Vietnam
from a Christian point of view.
The theme of the meet was
“Christian Conference and Vi
etnam.
The climax of the day-long
session was a worship service
for the general public, in the
sanctuary of the Myers Park
Church. Dr. Robert T. How
ard, pastor, led the service.
(See WORJLP PEACE. P. t)
Judge, KKK
Lock Homs
GRANITE QUARRY (NPI) -
The grand dragon of the North
Carolina Ku Klux Klan and Su
perior Court Judge, Allen H,
Gwyn, have locked horns on
whether Klansmen should serve
on juries.
KKK leader Robert Jones re
torted that a Klansman “has
every right to be a juryman,”
after the judge asked Klans
men not to serve on juries.
Jones accused the judge of
not “practicing what he preach
es” and urged the judge to re
tire if he “does not care
to live up to the Constitution.”
“Every Klansman swears his
first allegiance is toGod, coun
try, and Constitution,” said
Jones.
The judge had said he was
not issuing a “judicial man
date,” but he noted that “mem -
(See JIDOE, KKK. P. 2)
Henderson:
'Backlash
Dangerous
DURHAM (NPI) - “The white
backlash” has been assailed
both in the North and In the
South as a dangerous, mislead
ing myth in race relations.
In Durham, Dr. Vivian W.
Henderson, president, Clark
College, rejected the thesis of
white backlash, calling it one
of “the most unfortunate myths
in current race relations.”
“The fact is,” he said, “that
in Georgia, Alabama, Mississ
ippi, Arkansas and other
places of this nation, racial bi
gotry continues to be a domi
nant force.”
In Chicago, the Coordinating
Council of Community Organi
zations asserted that propo
nents of the “white backlash”
theory “are Innocently or de
liberately promoting a lie,
which, if repeated often enough,
can obscure the truth and fur
ther racism In our communi
ty.”
Office holders, CCCO charg
ed, are using the “white back
lash” as an “excuse” for their
failure to defend or enforce
human rights. This applies
both to Republican and Demo
cratic officials, CCCO said.
In Detroit, Rep. John Con
yers, Jr. (D-Mich.) asserted
that “the preducted white back
lash in the 1966 ejections fail
ed to materialize.”
“The only phenomenon ob
served \n the November elec
tions was ‘the coming out from
under the rocks’ of anti- Ne
gro, anti-liberal voters who
(S<-e HEVOERSOX, P. *)