SYMBOL OF DISTRUST - Smithfield, ts, C.: The above sign is said
by many residents of this eastern Johnston County town to have caused
much of the racial disturbances which resulted in a week
long curfew being imposed on the area Monday night, following rock
thfowing and gunfire incidents here. Some twenty-one persons were ar
rested Monday night for curfew violations, including carrying concealed
weapons. Twelve were Negro and nine white. Another contention of local
leaders is the segregated cemetery in which a Negro soldier is buried.
sign is located at the west city limits of Smithfield. (UPI PHOTO).
Banker Named Asst Treasurer
Os States Democratic Party
Prominent North Carolina
banker and Democrat, John
Hervey Wheeler of Durham, was
aocotnted last week to the po
sition of assistant treasurer of
J. H. WHEELER
HA £nipi©fs Negro bit Here
Robert B. Broughton, chair
man of the Raleigh Housing
Authority, announced Tuesday
the appointment of Harold E.
High as Community Services
Coordinator. He will assume
Oct. 1. High, a grad-
Turns Self
In After
25 Years
NEWARK, N. J. - Clarence
Clark, 58, who escaped from
an Alabama prison camp in 1943
while serving a sentence for
killing a fellow convict 17 years
before, has turned himself into
local police.
According to Newark police
officials, Alabama authorities
are preparing extradition pap
ers. But that doesn't bother the
soft - spoken black man, who
threa'ened to hold his breath
until he’s dead should he be re
turned to prison.
Clark said that he had mur
dered a convict who terrorized
other inmates with beatings.
W'hen the man came at him with
a,letter opener, Clark grabbed
If and plunged it into him. 'Tt
was 6 a. m. March 13, 1926,"
he said. And he was only 16.
Since escaping from the pri
son camp, Clark has lived un
der the name of Calvin Johnson
in nearby Colonia. He is mar
is'fa-d and has four children.
Clark hopes his good rec
ord during the last 25 years
will save him from being re
turned to prison.
Prophet Dies
Broke,- Made
Over $3 Million
PHILADELPHIA - Prophet
John the Conquarer made $5-
milllon during his lifetime by
predicting “Lucky numbers
hits" for his followers. But he
couldn’t take it with him. Nor
did he die a rich man.
The self- styled evangelist,
who once wore diamond rings
valued at more than $50,000,
joled without funds. He appa
rently had used up most of his
fortune several years ago dur
ing his unsuccessful legal bat
tles with the federal government
x and postal authorities.
rffpL The bearded “lucky numbers
sear" was sentenced to jail in
1996 after being convicted on
charges of using the mails to de
fraud.
His newspaper advertise
ments urged readers to “Write
(S*s FEOPHET JOHN. S». Z)
the State Democratic Party. He
thus became the first Negro
ever to hold major office in the
hierarchy of the state party.
The party is believed to have
taken what is considered only
the first step in bringing more
Negroes back into the Demo
cratic ranks. Negroes were
known to be disgruntled follow
ing a walkout at the State Con
vention, held in Raleigh, when a
group of black dissidents, led
by Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins,
unsuccessful Negro candidate
for governor, walked out of .the
sessions, held at the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium.
President of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, with head
quarters in Durham, Mr.
Wheeler, an attorney-at-law, is
a leader in Negro political cir
cles, having held many topposi
tions in both national, local
and state organizations.
The announcement of his ap
pointment came as a surprise
to many Negro leaders in the
state, both in Raleigh and Dur
ham.. However, State party
uate of Washington High School
and Shaw University, also holds
the M. S. degree from Gallan-
HAROLD E. HIGH
Survey Shows Middle-Class Blacks
Strive To Keep Poor Brothers Oat
CLEVELAND - Os all people,
middle-class Negroes are bat
tling efforts to build a low
income development in their
communities, according to a
recent survey.
The black newcomers would
REPORTED DEAD, STILL ALIVE -Detroit:
S. Sgt. James O. Williams is greeted with a
big kiss from his mother, Mrs, Inez Wil
liams, at Metropolitan Airport late Sept. 23
after the 22-year-old soldier from suburban
River Rouge was mistakenly identified by the
Army last week as killed in action in Viet
nam. Williams was then ordered back to this
country due to the distress the mistake had
caused his mother. {UP! PHOTO).
treasurer, John A. Williams,
Jr., of Raleigh, indicated that
he was not surprised in the
least.
Mr. Wheeler’s acceptance of
the position was confirmed
Wednesday by an official of the
party, Charles (Chuck) Bar
bour, Executive Director.
Wheeler’s appointment is ru
mored to be just one of many
planned as a means of broad
ening the base of participating
by Negroes on the policy-mak
ing level of the party organi
zation.
The bank which Mr. Wheel
er heads is Negro-owned. It
has branch offices in both Ra
leigh and Charlotte.
He holds memberships in ma
ny organizations. Included a
mong these are: President,
Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs and a member of the
North Carolina Good Neighbor
Council.
Mr. Wheeler was cm hand at
the August Democratic National
Convention, held in Chicago, 111.
det College in Washington, D. C.
With offices located in Hali
fax Court, Mr. High will be
come the first Negro toassume
an executive position with the
Raleigh Housing Authority,
In the newly-created position,
High will coordinate existing
community resources presently
operating in the projects and
will involve community service
agencies and tenants’ councils
in the development and opera
tion of new services. He will
consult with the management
staff on the social implication
of management policies.
He will also assist/tenants in
their dealings with the Authori
ty through the tenants councils
and will assist in interpreting
the Public Housing Program to
the community.
A Marine Corps veteran of
World War n, High taught at
the Governor Moorehead School
(See H. E HIGH. P. 2)
live in newly built homes com
parable to the $20,000 homes
which abound in the area. But
rents would be only S4O tosßoa
month.
Residents of the Lee-Seville
(See MIDDLE-CLASH. f>. 3>
Burial Cited In Racial Fracas
CHURCH UNION GROWING
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TREASURY HUNT -OR DIGGING FOR? -
Sycamore, S. C.: Three women dig busi
ly through the debris of a Seaboard Coast
line train derailment here Sept. 23 as rail
way crews prepared to clear tracks of debris
and twisted metal left when 41 box cars left
the tracks Sept. 21. No one was injured in
the derailment but huge shipments of soap
powders and other goods were scattered in
the wreckage. (UPI PHO TO).
Raleigh Family Reveals
Threats By Many Whites
A Raleigh white man, whose
neighbor is the new assistant
professor of drama at Shaw Uni
versity vigorously denied Tues
day that there had been a scuf
fle, growing out of a campaign
to harass the professor, who is
a black man. The case Is un
der probe by the FBI,
James W. Lawing, white, of
2533 Remington Rd,, the neigh
bor of Professor Howard Ca
ple, the new resident, said a lo
cal afternoon daily newspaper,
claiming there had been a scuf
fle, was wrong on this charge.
Remington Road, located off
Glascock, is in the Rolllngwood
subdivision, slightly northeast
of Longview Gardens.
Mr. Canle is quoted as hav-
praHanri
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Walter Langston, 123 S.
EBoodworth St., whose ticket
this time was picked up at
Thompson-Lynch Co., W. Har
gett St., brought ticket number
5128 to the offices of The CAR
OLINIAN and was awarded S6O
as second prize money.
Another past winner was Wil
liam Flemming, who resides at
7 Nash Terrace. His lucky
ticket number 5377, was worth
S3O, third place, and was ob
tained at the National Market, E.
Martin St.
You, too, can be a winner
of Sweepstakes cash. The only
Smithfield Jim Crow
Ing told the press that his fami
ly had been under continued
(See DENIES SCUFFLE. P. Z)
NAACP MEET
Mrs. Millie Dunn Veasey,
president of the Raleigh branch
oi the National Association for
tiie Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) announced
this week that ar. important
meeting is being called for Sun
day, Sept. 29, at 4 p. m. at
the Fayetteville Street Baptist
Church. Final plans will be
made tor attendance at the 25th
State Convention oi the N. C.
Conference of Branches, to be
held In Greensboro Oct. 10-13.
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requirement is that you be an
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'Billy Hill
Hod Brick:’
Rifleman
The failure to leave the resi
dence of another man when or
dered to do sc
almost p r oved
the undoing of
Billy Doyle Hill, Hr
whose encount- Br
ers with Raleigh ®
police date back , **’
many j ears. Hill v
is now recuper- | *
ating from three Jk *
rifle shots in the p-Nk jfflg
body at Wake !
Memorial Hos- HILL
pital, where his condition early
Wednesday afternoon was listed
as “satisfactory.”
Isaac Ralph Crowder, 38, of
403 Bledsoe Ave., admitted to
Officer Norman Artis at 10:47
a. m Sunday, that he shot
Hill, 38, of 326 Fowle St.,
three times because Hill “would
not leave my house and had a
brick in his hand.”
Mr. Crowder also admitted
bodily carrying Billy to the front
door and when Hill got out
side, Crowder stated, “lie told
me he was going to burst my
g. d. head open with tnat brick.”
"I ran inside,’ said Crowder,
“and got my rifle. When I
came track to the door, I told
him to drop the brick. He re
fused.”
It is believed that Mr. Hill
was advancing on Crowder with
the deadly weapon, ready to
strike, when Crowder let loose
with a barrage of three shots,
two striking Hill in Ills left
and right upper hips and the
third finding its mark in his
left wrist.
When Officer Artis arrived,
he discovered Hill lying on the
ground with the brick close be
side him.
Mr. Crowder was arrested on
a charge of engaging in an af
fray with a deadly weapon, while
a similar warrant awaits Hill
when he is released from the
hospital
No date for the trial had
been set at CAROLINIAN press
time.
ALIVE, BUTS ** Uyo, Nigeria: A little
girl is shown at a government - controll
ed refugee camp at Uyo, Nigeria, in photo
made by a representative of the U. S. Catholic
Relief Services. The organization said that
the camp is virtually cut off from outside
assistance and that more than half of the
refugees are in need of intensive hospital
care. (UPI PHOTO).
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DR. L. H. NEWSOM
Dr. Newsom
New Prexy
At Smith 11.
CHARLOTTE - Dr. LionelH.
Newsom, former president of
Barber-Scotia College in Con
cord, and presently Associate
Director of the Institute for
Higher Educational Opportunity
in the South, a component of the
Southern Regional Education
Board of Atlanta, has been
elected President of Johnson
C. Smith University b\ the Uni
versity’s Board of Trustees.
Dr. Newsom will succeed Dr.
Rufus P. Perry, who last week
announced his retirement as of
Dec. 31, 1968, after serving the
102 year-old Charlotte institu
tion for eleven years.
In making the announcement,
Dr. James E. Allen of New
York, Chairman of the Board o;
Trustees, cited Dr. Newsom’s
long and distinguished record
as an Educator and Adminis
trator.
“Dr. Newsom brings a rich
and varied background to his
new position He is an able
administrator, sound scholar,
and a human leader.
“Beginning our second cen
tury,” Dr. Allen continued,
‘ 'tills type of leadership is need
ed to continue the amazing rec
ord of achievement made by
retiring president, Dr. Pprry."
Born in Wichita Falls, Tex.,
Dr. Newsom was reared in St.
(Sev DR. NEWSOM, P 2)
Week-big
Cirftw Is
In Effect
SMITHFIELD - Discrimina
tion in the selling of burial
plots to blacks and whites, es
pecially for the burial oi vet
> erans of the Vietnam War, was
’ cited here Monday night by a
school principal and ar. under
taker as one possible cause of
the unrest and racial disturb
ances which clamped a week
long curfew on this Johnston
County seat Monday afternoon.
On Monday night, 21 persons:
were arrested for violating the
curfew, imposed by the City
Council, Included among those
arrested were twelve blacks and
.nine whites. The charges rang
ed from’ carrying concealed
weapons to violating the hours
of the curfew.
lii Selma Memorial Gardens,
unpaved roads leads well back of
the section reserved for whites
burials to a small section mark
ed for the interment of Negroes.
The Gardens, located between
Selma and Smithfield on High
way 301, holds the body of Pri
vate First Class Lee Arthur
Watson, 22, who died in Viet
nam in April of this year. A
tiny marked points out the lo
cation.
According to W. E. Wiggs,
who operates the cemetery for
the town oi Selma, plots in the
“white” section sell for be
tween SIOO and $l5O, while plots
(Sec SMITHPiEI n IKACAS, I* S)
Attitudes
On Church
Changing
ARLINGTON, Va - The Con
sultant on Church Union has a
hard but not necessarily long
ecumenical road to travel, ac
cording to its newly-appointed
general secretary.
The Rev. Dr. Paul A. Crow,
Jr., in a reDort to the Consul
tation executive commit
tee meeting in the Holiday Inn
here, Sept. 18 - 19, said that
church union is not so much
dependent on a time factor as
it is on “changing the outlook
oi our constituencies toward
the church.”
He indicated that such a
change of attitude will require
the reversal of the history which
has produced the differences
(Sec CHI HI II UNION. I*. 2)
The Crime
Beat
From Raleigh’s Official
Police File
STRIKES MON, 72,
WITH STICK
Mrs Veola Mitchell, 72, of
712 S, West St., informed two
cops at 9:19 p. m. Saturday,
that her daughter was hitting
her son and then turned on her
and smarted striking Mrs, Mit
chell on the arms and face with
a broom stick. Mrs. Mitchell
said the daughter, Mrs. Ellen
Louise Mitchell, 32, same ad
dress, had been drinking.
W'hen the officers arrived, the
woman started cursing her
mother and then turned to the
cops and began cursing them.
After the elderly Mrs. Mitchell
signed a warrant for assault
with a deadly weapon and the
officers attempted to take her
into custody, Miss Mitchell be
gan to strike them “and she spit
4>n us about five times,” one
of the patrolmen reported. The
woman was ilnally subdued and
taken to jail.
* * *
“KNOCKDOWN, DR A GOUT”
BATTLE
Miss Lena W’cods, 31,112 Pen
der St. told Officer J, E. Moore
at 4:20 p. m. Saturday, that she
was at GOB Dorothea Dr, and
that she had beer, drinking. The
woman .further stated that she
and her boyfriend, Aubrey
Dempsey W alters, 33, same ad
dress, had an argument and he
proceeded to strike her on the
head with his hands and fists
and knock her down.
The complainant declared
that Walters then picked up a
large stick and “hit me in the
mouth.” This final act caused
& two-inch laceration on her
lips and a bruised face, Wal
ters. was Jailed on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon,
(See CRUMS BEAT, V. 3)
WEATHER
reinpemturcj during the pe
riod, Thursday through Monday,
will average beteiv hermit] for
the western half of the Caro
ltssjis. Daytime high* win aver
age i** the upper and Sower
lot. Night-time low*,"will he in
r.ht. upper 4#s. Precipitation win
total thffe-nssarters oi an inch
or more for the northeastern
part of North Carolina, occur
ring as scattered thundershow
ers Thursday and again shout
Sunday,