STABBED TO DEATH IN PRISON
White Man Kills
Negro Inmate At
N. C. Prison Camp
JACKSON - Racial disturb
ances that have flared in pri
sons, in other parts of the
country, came to North Car
olina, last week, at Odum’s Pri
son, located near here, when a
Negro prisoner was stabbed
to death, in a melee, between
five whites and four Negroes.
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HARLEM REPRESENTATIVE LEAVES CAPITOL - Washing -
ton: The Rev. A. Kendall Smith, chairman of the Harlem Citi
zens for Community Action leaves the Capitol Jan. 12 after
meeting with House Speaker John \V, McCormack to discuss
ttie unseating of R"p. Adam Clayton Powell. Rev. Smith said
that McCormack commented that it "would not be wise” for
the group to picket the Democratic National Committee, as
it plans to do next week. He said McCormack told him Powell
was not treated fairly. (UPI PHOTO).
Winston (irocers Sue
NAACP Supporters
WINSTON SAL E M —The
Forsyth County Superior Court
was asked in a suit filed here
last week to gi\e Howard Sel
lars and Jesse Sizemores2o6,-
000 for the closing of a store,
which they allege was due to
picketing of Sellars Market,
1501 Derry St., because of a
conspiracy.
The plaintiffs are asking
$156,000 in monetary losses and
$50,000 in punitive damages.
Defendants named are the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple of New York; the W inston-
Salem branch of the NAACP;
the Kimberley Park Neighbor
hood Association; the Rev. J.
T. McMillan; R. 1,. Jackson;
Esther Hill; and Eula J. Bailey.
EDITORIAL FEATURE
The Thought Exchange
By Gordon B Hancock
GOD IS NOT DEAD: BUT TERRIBLY
NAUSEA" "D!
A terribly sincere but severely untxain*
ed Negro minister of former years, took
his text from Revelations 3:16, which
reads: “Because thou are lukewarm and
neither cold not hot, I will spew thee out
of my mouth.” Thus spake Jesus unto
the church Laodicea. The minister’s sub
ject was: “Gcd Sick Or. The Stomach.”
Although sophistical theological exegetes
have spurned this rather crude topical
deduention, it was the crude expression of
a crude truth, and the Bible abounds in
crude expressions of vital truth. When
John exclaimed in the wilderness, ‘‘O ye
generation of vipers .. . he was speak
ing crudely but to the point. Let meticu
lous students of homiletics and herme
neutics and propadeutics apply their so
phisticated interpretation as they will:
but the old Negro preacher had the point
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NAMKD TO GOVERNOR’S CABINET- Albany,' N. Y.s Mrs.
Ersa H. Poston of New York City, appointed president of the
State Civil Service Commission, Is congratulated by Governor
Rockefeller. Sue Is the first Negro woman to be named a mem
ber of a governor's cabinet In New York State, (UPI PHOTO'.
In an interview with major
Fred Ross, commander of O
dum, the CAROLINIAN learn
ed that Roosevelt Adam of Win
ston-Salem, 20 yrs.-old, died
Wednesday night, after having
his jugular vein severed.
The interview revealed that
(See STABBED TO DEATH, V. t)
The suit charges that the
three organizations and the four
individuals sponsored "mass
picketing that was part of a
conspiracy.. .to intimidate cus
tomers from entering the plain
tiff’s store, and to force, in
timidate and coerce them into
going out of business.”
Sellars Market was picketed
and boycotted for 11 days in
August by the neighborhood as
sociation because of customer
complaints.
The protests charged that
Sizemore and Sellars used abu
sive language, sold spoiled food
and generally mistreated cus
tomers.
The owners denied most of
the charges, cleaned up the
(See BUSINESS RUINED, P. 2)
as made in the Scriptures. According to
the text, God was terribly sick on the
stomach, over the lukewarm people or
church. For some months, the silliest of
silly discussions have been raging around
the question of just whether or not “God
is Dead.” The very question begets a kind
of spiritual and intellectual abhorrence;
but it does raise the question of whether
or not God is “sick on the stomach.” The
writer is rather inclined to take the af
firmaive position that while He is not
dead, He must be terribly sick on his
stomach, if hypocrisy and cowardice are
capable of turning his stomach! Hypoc
risy today is a religion in itself- It is not
only presurnptious but aggressive and
highly respected throughout the world.
Nowhere is it so blatant and presurnptious
as in the so-called Church of Jesus Christ.
Race prejudice is the moral cancer that is
eating away the hearts of men; but it is
(See EDITORIAL, P. 2)
Negroes Show Gains
THE COROLINIAN
VOL. 26, NO 10
BAPTIST SUPPORT POWELL
NCTA Reports Money Progress
Teachers
Earnings
Increase
During ’66
The report of a banner year
featured the sth annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Teach
ers Association Credit Union
held Saturday, Jan. 21, 1967,
Downtowner Motor Inn, Raleigh.
Thebaud Jeffers, president
presided and Informed the an
nual meeting that the credit
union was unique. "Providing
free life insurance on shares
and loans, a competitive divi
dend and loan service by mail
state-wide are rare features of
our organization. We-exper
enced the biggest growth in all
phases during the past year.
It is not realistic to expect
to maintain this phenomenal
record but only $5.90 has been
charged off to the reserve fund
despite our aggregate loan total
of $185,177.00 for the past 63
months. 120 of the 650 mem
bers qualified for Saving Cita
tion Certificates by saving
SIOO. or more,” said Jeffers.
Treasurer-Manager Fred D.
McNeill, Jr. told the share
holders that total assets are
now $66,000, an increase of
$26,000 during 1966. "Despite
the 1966 tight money situation,
we loaned nearly $96,000 and
paid 59c dividends for the third
consecutive year as declared
by the Board” said McNeill.
"During 1966, approximately
909 c of all loan applications
were approved” stated Q. K.
Wall, chairman of the credit
committee of Smithfidld. Anew
approach permitted the credit
committee to grant 1009 c colla-
Mothers To
End Dimes
March Tues.
The 1967 March of Dimes
Campaign now underway In
Wake County will come to a
climax with the traditionally
known Mother’s March on the
night of Jan. 31. On the house
to house calls, marching moth
ers will appeal for contribu
tions and distribute leaflets en
titled “Happy Birthday wjilch
tell of the importance of pre
natal care.
Volunteers, both men and wo
men, young and old, civic, ser
vice and patriotic clubs and or
ganizations, church groups as a
whole or as individuals will
join with the mothers in the
March seeking monetary help to
speed the work now in progress
in the 78 Birth Defects Evalu
ation and Treatment Centers
across the nation. Two of these
Centers are in North Carolina,
The Wachovia Branch Bank
(See MOTHERS MARCH, P. 2)
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY. JANUARY 28, 1967
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CELLAR DAMAGED BY BOMB - New York: Jacques Over
diep (left) shows policeman Jan. 16th damage done to the
cellar of home he had ivought in East I latbush, Brooklyn.
Overdiep had hoped to’move his wife and three sons, into the
home from their tenement apartment in the Bedford-Stuy
vesant section of Brooklyn, but a liquid bomb, described by
police on suspicious, exploded and damaged the house Jan.
14th. The Overdiops are now reluctant to move into the home
which is in a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood,
(UPI PHOTO).
Palmer Named Chairman
Os National Association
E. B. Palmer, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina
Teachers Association was elec
ted to the chairmanship of the
National Council ol Officers of
State Teachers Association
(NCOSTA) in Atlanta, Ga. In
a two day conference at the
Headquarters of the Georgia
Teachers and Education Asso
ciation in Atlanta, Palmer was
selected to lead the 120,000
member organizations suc
ceeding J. K. Haynes, executive
secretary of the New Orleans
Education Association. Dr. H,
E, Tate of CT and EA was
selected to serve as vice-chair
man with Joe Reed of Albama
as treasurer.
In addition to the above posi
tion, Palmer is the first Ne
gro to serve as National Chair
man of the Committee of Edu
Dick Gregory Calls For
Universal Racial Strike
NEW YORK CITY - Dick
Gregory, the militant comedian,
is ready to head a universal
strike, as a protest to the treat
ment given A. Clayton Powell
by members of congress. He
thought it would be meaningful
if a nationwide strike was call
SWEEPSTAKES NUMBERS :
3321 3142 3 |
WORTH SSO WORTH sls WORTH S3O \
Anyone havin? current F - YE ticket, dated January 21. 19E7. with proper numbers, present same
to The CAROLINIAN office and receive amounts listed above from the SWEEPSTAKES feature.
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MASSIVE RACIAL CONFRONTATION STAGED -San Quentin,
Calif.: Guards stand on catwalks over exercise yard at. San
Quentin Prison where nearly 2000 inmates staged a “massive
racial confrontation” Jan. 18. Guards threw up a “wall of
cators for Human Rights. He
is on the State Advisory Com
mittee for Project Scope; the
Teacher Education and Profes
sional Standards Committee of
the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction; the State evalu
ator for the TEPS Commis
sion of the NEA for the year
of the Non Conference; State
Staff Contact and trouble shoot
er tor the Professional Rights
and Responsibility Commis
sion, NCTA among many other
responsibilities.
The son of the C, M, Pairn
ers, Sr. of Durham, Elliott
brings more laurel to the North
Carolina Teachers Association
with this recent appointment.
The NCOSTA group will meet
in Atlantic City, N. J., the week
of Feb. 10-15, 1967, and at the
Hammocks Beach on the week
end of June 17 or 24, 1967.
ed--including work, school and
buying and even a refusal topay
bills.
He brought his wrath down
upon the Democratic Party and
said that it had made a slave
of the Negro vote, down thru
(See DICK GREGORY, P. 2)
PRICE 15 CENTS
Natl Body
Seeks Aid
For Harlem
Minister
WASHINGTON, D C. - In an
impassioned and strongly word
ed resolution the National Bap-I
tist Convention, U. S.A., Inc.
through its Board of Directors
meeting in Hot Springs, Ark.
last week urged the U. S. Con
gress to pardon” the errors of
the past and grant toCongress.-
man A. Clayton Powell anoth
er opportunity to render a bet
ter, greater and more dedicat
ed service.”
The resolution, presented by
Dr. J. H. Jackson of Chicago,
president of the Convention,
stated that the six million, three
hundred thousand Negro Bap
tists "...do not sit in judgment
on Rep. Powell for we have not
the facts or the legal back
ground to make such a deci
sion. "As taxpayers we would
say that if Congressman Pow
ell has not conducted the af
fairs of the Committee accord
ing to rules and plans laid down
by the Congress and if his Com
mittee knowingly or unknowing
ly sat idly by and allowed this
to happen without a constant
reminder, they, too, must share
some of the euilt assessed
(See BAPTISTS SUPPORT, P. Z)
From Raleigh’s Official Police Files
THE CRIME BEAT
Suspects Jailed ,
But Keep Mum
Joseph Samuel Miller, 39,
547 E. Hargett St., and Red
mon Burton, 40, Rt. 2, were
arrested, on suspicion of having
entered U. S. Plywood, 150 S.
Blount St., between the hours
of 5 p. m. Thursday and 7
a. m. Friday. The pair was
arrested on evidence that is
said to disclosed that the feet
marks and foot prints, at the
scene, were similar to those
found at the Comm rcial Bond
ed Warehouse when it was brok
en into. Miller and Burton
are alleged to have been caught
in the warehouse.
Chas. T. Nelson reported that
the intruders pried open the
drink and cigarette machines
inside the warehouse and that
they also went Into the office
and pulled several draws out.
The reported damage was S4O.
fire," using all sorts of weapons to keep the Negro and white
Inmates separated until they could be returned to their cells.
Tear gas smoke rises in center. Prison officials say the matter
is well in hand. (UPI PHOTO).
Mi DIC AI NEAR-MIRACLE - New York: Two-year-old
Grep*try Johnson Prides his shiny new tricycle as he leaves
New York' -1 enox Hill Hospital with lis mother, Nola, and
father, Ji:n, at the happy conclusion of a medical near
miracle. Gregory’s life was saved when doctors discovered
a tumor the -lze of a normal heart located inside their tiny
patient’s heart. With the aid of a special heart-lung machine,
fh.i lector - performed an open-heart operation and successfully
removed the tumor. It is believed to be the first time such
a condition was correctly diagnosed during life in a small
child successfully treated.’ (UPI PHOTO).
Supreme Court Confirms
Jail Term For Pastor
The N. C. Stab*Supreme Court,
in a rare proceedings, found a
Greensboro minister, Rev. F. W.
Williams, had no ground when he
appealed a decision of Superior
Court, Judge Walter Brock, that
ho be committed to the Guilford
County Jail, for a period of
10 days, for his failure to tes
tify in a case that involved the
death penalty.
Justice I. Beverly Lake'wrote
the opinion and held that Rev.
Williams had no right to withhold
information from the court that
v s i\oil him by both the corn
plain lie.' witness and the defend
ant. Svlvoster Smith was being
Employ men t Gains In
10 Years Satisfying
NEW YORK CITY - In spite
of the so-called white lash, or
any backlash, the Negro has
made big gains in employment
since the demonstrations be
gan a decade ago. The cry of
“Black Power” has not been
a deterrent to the upsurge, anil
After Hie arrest, the two sus
pects were told of their rights
and when asked if they wanted
to make a statement., they an
swered “no.’’
Equipped For
The Business
i'lie observant eye of Edward
Lee Randolph, white, of the
Raleigh Police Department,
turned out to be more obser
vant than that of Ervin La
vian Cooley, 19, 202 Selwin Al
ley, and resulted in Cooley’s
arrest. Randolph reported that
as he was patrolling in the 100
block of S. Wilmington St., he
observed Randolph walking N.
on Wilmington and as he walk
ed along he continued to peer
into every car he passed, that,
was parked along the street.
The officer said that when
Cooley reached E, Morgan St.,
he got into a 1962 Mercury.
It was then that the officer
apprehended him, while ran
sacking the car.
Cooley admitted the theft of
a lady’s ‘rain coat, which he
had when arrested. When he
was search, it was found that
he had a ring of car keys and
a device for “jumping” which
would enable one to start a
car. Cooley was placed in the
Wake County Jail, subject to a
SIOO.OO bond.
(See CRIME BEAT, P. 3)
tried for rape, in Guilford Coun
ty Superior Court, last May when
Judge Brock imposed the sen
tence on the minister.
Williams, pastor of the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church, at Greens
boro, protested that as a minis
ter he had received confidential
information from people involved
on both sides of the criminal
case.
* * *
HE CONTENDED his rights
under the federal and state con
stitutions to freedom of religion
and freedom of conscience would
be violated.
(See SUfREMK COURT, I*. 2)
is thereby changing America’s
face.
The labor market seems to
have awakened to the potential
of the Negro worker and has
demonstrated an unprecedented
awareness that the Negro is
not only proving that he can
do the work, but is shown a
sharp alertness in being willing
and able to perform the tasks
that have heretofore been giv
en to members of other races.
He is beginning to move into
better jobs, at higher wages and
should no longer be styled as a
drawer of water and hunter of
wood. He has shown such
skill in the performance of his
job that he is jumping class
lines as he goes up the job
scale and ascends the better
pay ladder.
(Sec NEGROES SHOW, P. 2)
Spearman,
Ex-Solon
Interred
LUMBERTON - Wade H.
Spearman, 77, the first Negro
to be elected to the City Coun
cil, was buried in Sandy Grove
Church Cemetery, Tuesday af
ternoon, as priest and peasant
looked on, with bowed heads and
tear filled eyes.
Rev. J. H. Clanton, a few
moments before, had pictured
him as unto one of the Cedars
of Lebanon, that had fallen.
C. Davidson,
James Ray
Winners
There were two Sweepstakes
winners this week. Clarence
Davidson had ticket number 13-
97. This means that he pick
ed $45.00. James Ray had ticket
# 1905 and received $25.00.
Both Mr. Davidson and Mr. Ray
w ere happy over their winnings.
There is no red tape attach
ed, all you have to do is to go
to one of the stores, listed
on the Sw-eepstakes page and
pick up a ticket. It is w'orth
the effort to go to all of the
stores. Most anything you might
(gee SWEEPSTAKES, P. 2>
WEATHER
Temperatures for the next
five days, Thursday through
Monday, will average above
norma.l Daytime highs are ex
pected to average from the
SCs In the southeast portion.
The lows at night will aver
age from the 30s In the moun
tains through the 40s on the
coast. Mild weather, turning
colder over the weekend. Pre
cipitation will total H to J-4
of an Inch or more occurring
as showers or rain over the
weekend beginning about Fri
day.