ENTRENCHED - Dak To, South Vietnam: With the fir t ,v» ( i tt battl ! for Hill 875 over, members of the 173rd borne Brigade entrench themselves in North Vietnamese Army bunkers before the next stage in the fight for the hill Nov. 21. U. S, Army paratroopers of the 173rd 4irborne Brigade Nov. 22 began a final assault up the bloody slopes of Hill 875. (I PI RADIO PHOTO BY DANA STONE). Late Filter 38, In Omth Retires His Church’s Debt CHICAGO - Mount Calvary- Baptist cnurch has been left well cared for by its young pastor of nine years’ standing, the Rev. A. Edward Davis, 38, who died recently. It was disclosed after his death that Rev. Davis had made the church the beneficiary of a policy covering two parcels of land which would practically eliminate the institution’s in debtedness. To Solve Race, Poverty Problems WASHINGTON - The prob lems of race and poverty can not be resolved unless their are made the Nation’s first priority, the U. S, Com mission on Civil Rights de clares in a report last week. In the report, A Time to Lis ten . . . A Time To Act, the Commission concludes that the problems of America’s cities and the people who live in them will not be resolved by a search for culprits or conspirators or for solutions which are not cost ly in terms of money and ef fort. Referring to the incidents of racial violence experienced by numerous communities, this year, the Commission con 5 Burned Tots * ftvrfed Iff Smm Gnm POWELLSVILLE - Perhaps the greatest catastrophe that ever hit this peanut-growing section had its finals Sunday afternoon, when the bodies of 4ive small children were lower ed into one grave. The five children lost their lives in a fire about 9:30 Saturday night. The CAROLINIAN was in formed that their bodies were burned beyond recognition. A report stated that Betty Jean, 7; Kenneth 6; Curtis, 5; Lor raine, 3 and Denise 2, all chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lee Freeman, perished in the fire, of undetermined origin, while their parents were away from home. The house was located on a farm, said to be owned by D. Brown, and was about four miles from Powellsville. It was a four-room frame dwelling and was completely enveloped be fore anyone saw it. The bodies of the children were found near the back door. The father, 27, is said to have rearned from a hunting trip in the early part of the night, just at the time the mother, Gladys, 24, was leaving, with a friend, to go to the store. It f SWFfPS -KES NUM ERS" i I 8312 7927 2000 I l WORTH SSO WORTH $45 WORTH $lO * P S££”®rifeSlrm bckets, d*t«d Nov. 25, 1867, with proper numbers, present same k 10 Tsi * CAROLINIAN office end receive amount* listed above from the SWEEPSTAKES Feature. Oat Winner In Sweepstake 6820 WAS TOE WINNING TICKET Mrs. Lessie Bell, 812 E. Cabarrus St., picked up 6829 In one of the participating stores in Sweepstakes, last week, and received $20.00, which meant more for Christmas presents. | The Christmas season Is upon and you could not have a bet ter present than to pick up one of the tickets with any of the Slumbers shown above. The tic kets are in the stores and the sum of $105,00 is available to three persons, you can be one of the three. Check the stores on the Sweepstakes page and make your way to one of them. The tickets are yellow this week. The numbers and values are as follows; 8312 is good for Rev. Davis also made ample insurance provisions for his wife and six children. The most abiding legacy the young minister left was his dy namic influence on his congre gation. Among his projects were the establishment of a college scholarship program for aver age students and the planned construction of an old people’s Asks First Priority eludes: “Nor can it be justly argued that remedies for the discrimination suffered by the millions of Americans who live in slum ghettos should be de ferred on the ground that to do otherwise would be to reward violence. Violators of the law must be punished. But it would be a cruel paradox if after years of failing to reward patience or redress injustice, we were to use such violations by a few as an excuse for continued in action on theproblems which af fect so many and involve us all,” According to the Commis sion’s report, the racial disor ders of recent months and the increasing alienation of minor ity groups should be viewed “In was reported tnat he left, leav ing the children unattended. He Is alleged to have told a ques tioner, when asked why he left the children alone, “I do not know just crazy as hell I guess.” Graveside rites were con ducted by Rev. George Watson. The Freemans are said to have been sharecropper s on the Brown Farm. Negro Cry Foo Weak NEW YORK - Black people “need much more of a voice in the direction of their communi ties -- in their schools, in their welfare services, and police,” according to Dr. Alvin Pous saint. The assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts University’s New England Medical Center, Boston, said the black power idea may help prevent violence. Addressing the New York State district branches, Ameri can Psychiatric association, he declared the “Black Muslims (See Negro Cry, P. 2) SSO; 7927 pays off to the tune of $45 and 2000 will bring you Set Back At Central State WILBERFORCE, Ohio - Violence-torn Central State Univer sity has suffered another blow; Its president, Dr. Harry E, Groves, has resigned. The predominantly Negro institution has been closed since Nov. 14, when turmoil erupted after an ousted black power leader, Michael Warren of Cleveland, sought to gain re entrance. The university planned to re-open in two weeks but before it did, Dr. Groves announced his resignation. "I was prepared for the larger battles. lam disgusted by the trivia/* he said, alluding to accusations that he chang ed the route of march for graduation ceremonies “and equally inane charges.” Dr. Groves did not refer specifically to blackpowei tumult on campus, but he spoke of “elements determined to destroy the university/* home. Increasing the church’s membership from 1,000 t 03,000 during his tenure, Rev. Davis arranged for babysitters and bus transportation so young families and old persons could attend church services and acti vities. Rev. Davis died 19 years af ter entering the ministry at age 19. tne context of great frustra tions, of laws and programs which promise but dp not.deliv er, ot continued deprivation, discrimination and prejudice” in a society which is becoming increasingly prosperous. (B«m F«raaLßM». 9. s> ■own nuK. - Cl.. ..... „„ a........ show n'o disdain for the camera as he is being hustled into a police car, in front of the Carolina Hotel, Winston-Salem, Tuesday evening, after having been arrested for the armed robbery of the K&W Cafeteria Sunday. He and an accomplice, Walter Henderson, 21, are charged with taking $2,580 Sunday night. Rowan County School Bows To Integration CLEVELAND - Another one of the land marked of dual ed ucation was marked by the Row an County Board of Education Monday to take its place among $lO. The tickets are dated Nov. 25. Negro To Run For NC Gov. xj-ry&jy spsj-so-sj* -ts-fe-s-s Henderson NAACP Prexy Takes Officers To Task THE COROLINIAN VOL. 27, NO. 1 11l ON GOVERNOR’S COMMIT TEE - E. P. Thompson, exe cutive vice-president, Heritage Books, Inc., who has been nam ed to the Governor’s Study Com mission on the Public School System of North Carolina. His committee is to study textbooks. Two Men Rob Wkuten-Sakm Cafeteria WINSTON - SALEM - Local police worked fast in the rob bery of the K&W Cafeteria, lo cated In the Parkway Plaza Shopping Center, Sunday night. the relics of outworn customs and tradition. The Board announced that the high school department of the all-Negro R. A. Clement High School would be closed next year and the remainder of the 158 students, who nowattendthe school, excepting the 1068 grad uates would be transferred to West Rowan High School. The elementary department will not be closed and will serve the entire community. The CAROLINIAN learned that tills move had been anti cipated even before the 1959 edict was sent clown from Wash ington and the Board began pre paring for it by improving the facilities at the West Rowan High in order to take care of the anticipated increase. It was believed that the transfer would tend to bring Rowan County with federal school requirements. The lioard authorized county school Supi. Jesse Carson to <*e« SOW AN, P, t) Editor Mourned NEW YORK - The death of George K. Hunton, 79, editor of the “Interracial Review/' is being mourned In this city and elsewhere. Hunton, who has lx?en identi fied fur 33 years with the New York Catholic Interracial coun cil, was a member of the NAACP Board of Directors from 1955 to 1966. North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C„ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1967 Student Succumbs In Bed Shaw U. Campus Is Shocked With Death Natural Causes Given Representatives of Shaw Uni versity, led by Willie Ed Jones, president, Student Council, joined the relatives and friends of Edwin Brewery Sneed, Jr., 19, in solemn final rites at Second Paul Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., Wednesday, 1 p. m. when they took two suspects into custody Tuesday afternoon. David McCoy Bishop, 23, was taken into custody at 2-30p.m., when a cordon of 20 policemen surrounded the Carolina Hotel, while three others went into the hotel and arrested McCoy. He gave address as the Car olina Hotel. The second suspect, Walter Henderson, 21, 2422 Glenn Ave., was arrested while sitting In the Municipal Court room, waiting to answer an assault charge. The two were remanded to jail on charges of armed rob bery, to - wit -- having taken $2,580 from the cafeteria, a bout 8 p. m. Sunday, just at closing time. They are being held, in lieu of SIO,OOO bonds. They are scheduled to have a hearing Friday morning in Municipal Court. Bishop is al so being held on a fugitive war rant from New York. One of the holdup men en tered and told the cashier, Mrs. (Svc BOfeBERY, P. J) Goldsboro Shows Gain GOLDSBORO - According to Rev. L B. Horton, coordinator of the voter registration drive, being conducted by the NAACP here, there were 100 new names put on the books Saturday, bringing the total number of new registrants to 132. The special drive began Nov. 18 and will continue tgrough Dec. 9. It is being pushed very strenuously. Rev. Horton is the pastor of the First Afri can Baptist Church. The Wayne County Board of Elections approved appointment of seven Negroes to serve as special registrars in the effort. Three special registration places were designated: First African Baptist Church, Les (See amjfZBOKC, P ?> From Raleigh's Official Police Files The Crime Beat "Booze * This Time Thieves, according to police report, decided that they would quench their thirst with aleho lic beverages, and chose Wed nesday night, after 6 to do so. William Cooper, manager, ABC Store, 128 E, Cabarrus St., re ported that someone broke the front door and entered. He al leged they carried away an un known quantity of whiskey. The store was held up recently and a sum of money was taken. * * * Shows Anger According to Judge Upchurch, 729 S. Bloodworth St., David Gllltspie, 319 Smlthfleld St„ did not like the way he told him to leave his house at 8;15 p. m. Friday. Upchurch is said to have told Officer R. Stewart that Glllisple got mad when he told him to leave and t>egan cutting on him, with a butcher knife. The knife is said to have left a 1” laceration on Up church’s left leg, We continue to urge our branches to engage in vigorous and effective political programs including such activities as; MEMBERSHIPS It was almost pathetic when it <»ee NAACP, P, Z) Deplores Condition HENDERSON - Rev. L. B. Russell, president of the local chapter, NAACP, in a recent letter to the editor of the Hen derson Daily Dispatch, berated a local '-estaurant operator for the part he played in a recent racial disorder, and two law enforcement officers. Ho charged that Freddie Stokes, \Vhite, who operates Tip Top Restaurant, is a trouble maker and breeds racial dis content, to the extent that his place of business should be closed. Rev. Russell alleges that Stokes procured the warrant on prejudicial information, where upon he misinformed the person who gave the warrant. The min ister alleged, in the letter, that Stokes charged that one Luther Bailey got out of his automo bile, on his premises, shooting a pistol and that he was man handled by a group of white boys, so badly until he was taken to Marla Parham Hospital, in an ambulance, early in the morn ing. The letter also char ged that two deputies, B. L. Ham and H. W. Shearln were also biased in their report. He took the two officers to task for falling to mention the fact that the white boys had a pistol and they did the shooting. He also was criti cal of the two officers relying upon what Mr. Stokes told them, even t hough the NAACP investi gated and found that Bailey did not have a gun and that another Negro boy was stabbed in the leg by a white boy and there (Bee **ASlm, I*. *> WEATHER Temperatures duirtaai ft* !*• riod Thursday through Sfioa dfty will average wiiwwfeM above normal Oayttae will average tuorcly from Bt to gs, Lows at nit*? wtß aver age from S 3 So IS. Moderate temperatures wish no uurm day to day changes. SFmdpt tation will total % to S-4 of an inch. Occasional rain Thurs day. Scattered shower* likuiy Sunday sm Monday.