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tm CAIOUMUUf RALEIGH, N C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1968 2 HOUSING (Continued from page 1) conditions many of the persons have been on a rent strike and cite some of the clauses in the lease for the reason. Here are excerpts from the lease. The tenant agrees to pay any increase In rent resulting from Such changed family circum stances the first of the month following the date in which the Change occurred, and to pay any retroactive rent due be cause oi his iailure to report such change. : Any decrease in rent result ing from any changed family Circumstances will be made ef fective the first of the month following the date the change I was reported, except that any l decreases in rent resulting ; from unemployment will he ef * fective the first of the month • following GO days of unemploy* ' ment; provided, that no such de crease in rent will be made es ; fective until after the report * ed change has been verified. - To permit the Management - and its representatives to en- I ter upon the premises for the 1 purpose of examining the same or for the purpose of making • such repairs, additions, or al , terations as may be deemed necessary or the purpose of ■ showing the premises for re • leasing. To submit to the Management lupon request a signed state* * ment setting forth facts as to the number, ages, and income of all persons residing within 1 the premises. To quit and sur ; render the premises, upon Man agement notice, at any time family income exceeds the limit for continued occupancy estab lished by Management. The Tenant may obtain nis limit for continued occupancy by re questing same from the Man agement Office. That in the event the Ten ant and his family while in ar rears of rent shall abandon the premises, the Management shall have the right to enter upon the premises and remove all furniture and per sonal prop erty therefrom, store said fur niture and personal property at the expense of the Tenant, and if such furniture and personal property removed therefrom are not reclaimed within thir ty days irom the date of re moval, the Management may sell or otherwise dispose of any and all of said furniture and personal property and apply the proceeds therefrom to the pay ment of any indebtedness owed by the Tenant to the Manage ment. Provided, however, that the Management shall not be liable for any loss or dam ages done to said personal pro perty in the removal or stor age of same and the Tenant, for himself, his family or guests and other persons, hereby ex pressly waives any claim for damages on account thereof The Tenant agrees that he will not erect or permit to be erected on the premises any outside aerial or antenna for television except upon express permission from the Manage ment and agrees that in the er ment and agrees that in the e rection oi any aerial or an tenna the same shall be erect ed so as to comply with the specifications prescribed by the Management and to be in con formity with all the law’s of the City of Asheville. Promptly upon completion of any re-examination indicating a change of family's income which will affect the rent charge, the Management will mail or deliver a written no tice of rent adjustment to the tenant showing change in month ly rent as a result of such re-examination and ttie Tenant agrees to accept said Notice of “Rent Adjustment* as amend ment to this lease. Car! Vaughan, who was mana ger, came under so much fire until he handed in his resig nation. Thus complying with one of the demands of the strik ers. His assistant, Magnolia Whiteside, also under fire, is reported as still on the job. The strikers are asking for her dis missal. MITCHELL (Continurd from pas* 1) Brown are doctrines of separa tism and exclusiveness. These two have gone into the wrong direction,” Mitchell said, and they are using the movement for their own gains and provid ing the wrong type of leadership for ttie masses in the ghettos. Mitchell stated that a great hue and cry must come from adult America about what the young generation is doing. He said, 'T believe that the young generation will bo ttie salvation of our nation and the world.” We are now moving ahead irithe area of making a nation that rec ognizes all citizens. It is up to the youth to see that our country affords‘to us the same privileges that are accorded to first class citizens everywhere. Young people must remind the adults that the youth did not produce the dirty movies, dope and other tilings for which they are Mamed. The Negro col lege youths must organize eco nomically and politically to make America their country. Senator Mitchell stated that riots and destruction have not accomplished any gains in rights for Negroes. The insti gators, who came from the outside, usually left the scene following the destruction, with out ottering any cbnstructlvedi- recfioris to those involved. Commenting on past sugges tions that Negroes should re turn to Africa, he observed that America is a melting pot of many nationalities. In this case the English, Irish, Po lish, Italians and others of for eign decent should return to their countries, and then re turn America to the Indians, who had it in the first place. The speaker was introduced by Curtis March, vice-presi dent of the student body. Invo cation was given by the Rev. Clyde E, Beatty, college chap lain. A musical selection “An Ad monition” was furnished by the College Choir, under the di rection of Dr. Albert W. Grau er, head of the Music Depart ment. Eugene Thomas president of the Study Body presided ov er the program. Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, president of St. Augustine’s College told the students, in the closing remarks: 'T have great confidence in you. I believe that you know where you are going; and we want to help you get there." The occasion was the begin ning of the 101st anniversary celebration of St. Augustine’s College. REV. WILSON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) (Myers’ letter) Lee replied on the follow ing day, with this letter. (Myers’ letter) Police Department January 22, 3968 Rev. Wilson W. Lee 1426 Church Street Statesville, N. C. Dear Rev. Lee: This will acknowledge your letter of January 17th which was read with great interest. The incident you made reference to was investigated at the time in July and found to be without basis. Therefore the action you suggest must be considered inappropriate and unwarranted. The responsibility of the po lice department is to protect life and property and to pre serve peace in the community. In endeavoring to do this it is guided by no thoughts save zeal to protect all of it’s ci tizens equally under the law. This we strive to do at all times. Please be assured of our cooperation in matters of mutual interest Yours truly, J, D. Myers Chief of Police JDM/js Lee replied on the following day, with this letter. 1426 Church Street Statesville, N. C. 28677 January 23, 1968 Mr, J. D. Myers Chief of Police City of Statesville Statesville, N. C. 28677 Dear Mr. Myers: I am in receipt of your let ter dated January 22, 1968. While we deeply appreciate your reply, we deplore your decision and your unfortunate use of words and phrases. You stated that the incident which I re ferred to in my letter to you January 17, 1968, “was inves tigated at the time in July and found to be without basis.” The incident you have re ference is the stated fact and truth that Mr. Dalton Brown did kick a Negro boy once and slapped a Negro girl twice for attempting to enter a segre gated laundry. It is difficult to understand why we did net receive any communication from you explaining that you had made the investigation. Today is the li st time I heard of your investigation. However \ou did say on the day we went to your office to report the bru tality, “Ah, nobody is slapping anybody around.” I did not un derstand this to have been an investigation. At the time you made this statement, the state ment in quotation, jou certainly had not had time to make a just and impartial investigation for tills was less than an hour af ter the act was committed by the officer. Moreover, it appears to us that your investigation was highly irregular and improper, since no one on the opposite side or the victims of this cruelty have been questioned nor know anything about the in vestigation. If there has been an investigation, it was arbi trary, and your decision was Unitarian. The Negro victims were not even given a chance to explain their charges. Such action is highly undemocratic. Truth is not a virtue that is peculiar to any particular peo ple of our society or organi zation. Also stated; “Ttie responsi bility of the police department is to protect life and property and to preserve peace In the community.” Just here I will accept the statement as ob jectivity. However, it is ir relevant and redund: nt to the complaint against M. . Dalton Brown. There was no at erupt to destroy property. Si -ely the myth oi race has not degene rated to such an ignominious level that the color of a black man’s skin is considered de structive to property even in Statesville. We were going to wash in a laundry operated for the public as white people were doing. Probably the portion of your statement which deals with the protection of life should have been addressed to Mr. Carl Cham tiers, the owner of the laundry, the Ku Klux Klan, which has long since entered the pic ture, and a number of others with Klan like spirit, for we only wanted to wash our cloth ing in the laundry as white people were doing. We had no design on any man’s life nor were we making any threat to any man’s life. The noise a bout the laundry is not our choosing. We only sought to wash our clothing; a vicious, evil and mean segment bf our society said, you are black and you cannot wash here; a mali cious spirit in an officer of the law said, you are black; I will slap you and kick you; you are black, I know I can get away with it.” Had It not been for the wrongful acts a bove, most people in the state and nation would have never known that Chambers had a laundry. We do not seek to create trouble and we have no pro clivity to this end, but we have a conviction that a man should not be penalized in a society because of the color of his skin, and we work uncompro misingly and untiringly to cor rect this evil. Will you join with me in trying to make Statesville a just place for all of its “citizens equally?” Most kindly yours, Wilson W, Lee CC: Mr. D. S. Coltrane N. A. A. C. P. President’s Commission U, S. Justice Department SPEED (Continued from page 1) paper that when he arrived at the scene, the bodies of the two men, Stanford Nicholes, 46, 108 Atlantic St., Washington, D. C., and James Worthy, 39, 513 Cooks Lane, Laurel, Md., were lying across the bottom of the front of the car and steam was coming from the bodies, as If they were giving off heat. It was apparent that the car was traveling at approximately 100 miles per hour and the driver had to cope with a situ ation that caused him to lose control. An eye witness said that the car suddenly leaped into the air and continued to roll ov er and over, until it landed against a huge sign, supported by steel posts, and embedded in cement. The impact is said to have knocked the sign from its position, atop the posts, and it fell on the car. The car is said to have wrap ped itself around one of the steel posts, with the post cut ting it in almost two parts. The two men are said to have been dead before anyone ar rived. The second multiple -death accident happened in Union County, .2. miles west of M irsh \ille, taking the lives of three persons. This car is said to have been traveling at the rate of 100 miles per hour, 1:45 in the morning, in an effort to elude a highway patrolman, and ploughed into a party of peo ple, returning from a dance. Alonzo Chambers, Jr., 20, was killed, along with Mary Ann Griffin, 17, and Janet Griffin, 15. Leonard Ray White, 25, 1625 Lejeurie Blvd., Jacksonville, vas killed Monday, 5:45 a. m., when the driver of another car crossed the center line of US 258, .8 miles south of Rich lands and hit his car headon. There vas one death that re sulted from an accident that oc curred Sept. 29. 1967. This death is counted in the 1968 toll. SWEEPSTAKES (Continued from page 1) 1150 will get you sls and 392 is worth $lO The tickets are white this week and are dated Jan. 27. PALMER (Continued from Page 1> which he charged was rigged to work against teachers, who had been subjected to inferior preparation, even though they had long since proven they were capable Due to the uproar over the examination, the NCTA head did not think his group would meet the target date, for the merger of its white counter part, set for 1968. It was his opinion that since integration oi faculties was inevitable and that this could serve as a ruse to displace Negro teachers, he thought it test that the NCTA stick around to protect the rights oi the Negro teacher. ROBBERIES (Continued from p;tKt* 1) he was making his way to Bal timore, Md. There was a second report that he was ar rested on a drunk charge. He is alleged to have taken $2,150. He was returned to the state and will tace robbery charges. None of that sum is reported as having teen recovered, The most baffling case is that o Curtis Harris, who is alleg ’d to have robbed a bank in oroenville. He is said to have gone to Sumter, S. C. He was arrested there and placed in jail. He escaped and is said to have forced two 18-yr.-old white girls to drive him to Dunn. He is alleged to have taken their car and to have aban doned it several miles from where he forced them out of it. The girls allege they were on their way to work about 11 p. m. and saw an object In the road and when they stopped to in vestigate, Harris got into the car and forced them to drive on. He is reported as still at large. He is being mentioned as a suspect in a robbery that took Mace in Mon cure, Chatham bounty, Tuesday. The car used in the holdup, together with a nother, reported to have been stolen, was sighted by a Negro farmer, who gave a descrip tion of the driver. There is stili another sus pect, in a bank robbery, being held in jail here. James Lay seith was arrested by local de tectives and FBI agents on Jan. 23, on charges of having robbed the Five Points Branch of the Wachovia Bank. A second sus pect is being sought. • None of this money is reported as having been recovered. “SHANEY” (Continued, from page l) A.nd when Burnett attempted to intervene he was shot by Trues dale. She also said that she was seperated from "Shany” because he was mean to her. She said she had asked him for a divorce. She gave her age as 25. SICK WOMAN (Continued from page 1) when they failed to administer to her needs The report is that Mrs. Lena D. Lilley, Rt. 1, left her home and journeyed to Williamston to do some shopping, on Dec. 30. With the shopping done, shede cided to make her way to the point where she would be pick ed ur and carried back home. On her way to this appointed spot, she is said to have be come ill and fell in the back lot of the police station. Chief of Police, John L. Swain, is said to have left his office to get in his car and noticed the woman lying there. He is alleged to have summon ed other officers, who, realiz ing she was sick, took her to a cell in the jail, instead of to the hospital. They are said to have placed a mattress on the floor and put Mrs. Lilley on it. This was said to have been done, so that should she gain consciousness, she would not have fallen to the floor. She is said to have teen found about 12:35. The report shows that they ascertained her identity and notified her family. However, she remained in the jail cell about two and one half hours. Upon the arrival of some mem ber of the family she was taken to the hospital, where she died on Jan. 5, of cerebral thombo sis. The police are said to have given as an excuse, that they did not know who would assume the financial responsibility, to the hospital. Administrative oi licers of the hospital discount ed this excuse, by saying that the police had reason to know that many unidentified patients had been treated, without any know ledge of who would pay the bill, nor when it would be paid. They are reported as having said, that persons have remained there as long as two weeks, before be ing identified. The incident created much unrest Ln the community, due to the fact that this is the sec ond time that Williamston police have failed to aid stricken Ne- King wood Forest OFF CROSS LINK ROAD Only Kry Homos in King wood Forest are fully carpeted. VA Only $l5O Total Cash Outlay ts you are a veteran, you should look at these today. FHA As Little As $450 Down North Carolina’s Large*: I Builder BE FIRST IN KEY HOMES IN KINGWOOD FOREST. mp m 1 y Homes 1 by Kovch ogb Smith &Co 1 Cal! for Appointment 828-9320 groes. The first incident was recorded in 1965, when a man known to be a diabetic, was found slumped over, at (he wheel of his car. He was placed in jail anu remained overnight. It Is alleged that an attendant, noticing that he had not moved, from the position he had taken when placed in jail, on a drunk charge, began an investigation and found that the man was sick. He was taken to the hospital, where he also died. The two sons, Alonzo, serv ing in Korea, and Samuel H. a veteran, with 17 years, now stationed in Vietnam, bemoaned the fact that their mother was given such treatment, while they were laying their lives on the altar of sacrifice, in the name of democracy. The Washington County Branch ot the NAACP became disturbed and called in Charles McLean, field representative. There were mass meetings held in protest of the police action. It was decided that very little, or nothing could be done. It was brought to the attention of Governor Dan Moore and he called in the Good Neighbor Council- D. S. Coltrane, who heads the Council, told the CAROLINIAN that it was a regrettable act and certainly pointed up the need to arouse the people in that community, and (lie state for that matter, that lethargy bred misunderstanding and misunderstanding bred hate and chaos. He said that the Good Neighbor Council, in that area, had ceased functioning and even though the incident was highly regrettable he hoped it would wake the community up to the sense of reactivating the Good Neighbor Council. Coltrane was asked how he accounted or the Council dying, he said, “pure lethargy.” He FOIL Ms CALL FOR INSTANT HEAT For Morning Delivery CALL 828-2015 For Delivery After 4:30 P. M. 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