Wilmington Curfew Lifted, But Guard Remains
Sniping
Reports
Studied
WILMINGTON- car
few was lifted Tu* >• u\
night he re a s things * ><;* -
gan to cool of: in this
racially torn city which
has teen the scene of
sniping for the last sex -
eral day s. N ; ;on a 1
Guardsmen rt v. .t i ned
here, however.
More t !.a : ? r • • - - d
Highway Pat rot men \. : i .n
--p al Guards wearing act -
ets and armed v. in V-. . . fios
were called inti t! ■ cm the
latter part of the w-'k after
several acts of sniping v.-re
reported, fires of unde ■ u inert
origin were start e- .m : two
deaths were reported mi e Port
City.
Governor 80l Scott o; leivd
the Guardsmen int; t' *• city
of about 50,000 populate >;, at the
request of City Manat e: i.. C.
Brandon and Mayor i uther C ■<
martie Sunday. Highway Pat rol
were dispatched to t! • cit .
Friday night.
A 7;30 p.n.. to 6 a.m. cur
few was ordered into effect Sun
day by Cromartie. The curfew
was in effect for Sunday and
Monday lief ore city officials or
dered the ban lifted Tuesday
night.
The first death occurred Sat
urday night v hen Stevens ori
Gibbs Mitchell, a 19-yeai -old
black, was shot by James M.
(Set WIX.mTVTC.TON - p r>
' Murder
Hearing
Delayed
A preliminary litre in-
Mrs. l ucy Harris Becoat, ■
3052- A Woods Place, charged
in the murder of James P.
(Jim) Freeman on New Year’s
Day, almost took place here
in District Courtroom Number
8 on Thursday, Fel>. 4, but
Solicitor William Smith told the
presiding judge, N. F. Ransdell
that he didn’t have enough in
formation from witnesses to
prosecute. No plea has, as yet,
been entered by the defendant.
However, the hearinpwas re
set for Thursda. Feb. 18, in
**•«, Dish let Court. Freeman’s body
is reported to have be m face
down when two men in a car
came upon the scene and lilt
ed his body into an automobile,
alleged to have been 1 reeman’s
Cadillac.
Released undei a bond of
$5,000 in the custody of bond
man M. E, Williams of \\&\\
Bonding Company, 300 Pace
Street, Mrs. Becoat was given
an earlier hearing on Saturday,
Jan. 2. She is believed to have
been a dispatcher at Acme Cat
Company, where the shooting
occurred.
Freeman, 60, a native of Ra
leigh. was horn cr. Dec. 3, POO.
Police officers were called
by Miss Hattie Yvonne Moore,
831 S. State Street, at 3:o' a.
m. She is believed to be a
dispatcher for the cab company,
owned by Mr. Freeman, \v:
also operated Acme Auto Serv
ice and other business enter
prises here.
According to a witness, she
Mrs. Becoat and Mr.
• Freeman walking out ofthe dis
patcher's office, hears sounds
of an agrument, then heath a
gun go off.
m Firing Upsets Campus;
Prtif Given Grievance list
FAYE 1 rh\ II ' I - Student s J I . . ttc .'it* Slide l Diversity burned Dr.
Charles Lyons, Jr., president >i the university in effigy Tuesday night
<rs anolhei step in protest id the firing of one of the faculty members here
last week.
The effigy burning too* place
about 9:15 Tuesday night on the
campus of the university and got
the backing of
the student body.
This burning i
was the climax i
of demonstra- j
tions on the ]
( campus which!
i started last!
week.
Reports have 1
been released that a student
boycott was undei way at the
school In protest to the firing
of Dr. D, W, Bishop, chairman
of the department of history
and political science at the
predominated black school
which has an enrollment of
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Howard Lee Speaks In Raleigh
Tm Concerned About National Leadership:' Mayor
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Bt-.: UNKING OF VIOLENCE?-Wilmington: Some 400
1 mar.-he;: on City Hall last Friday afternoon
■ Mayo- I.liver Cromartie. The blacks
. .nub; a- school conditions. Their primary lead
• • Ben Cnavis (in fur coat, center rig!it) of Raleigh
■ • '-"l'.’- Bicks of Wilmington (lower left with dangling
cigarette). (UPI).
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, GUARDSMEN AIM AT WILMINGTON CHURCH-Wilmington;
Nation,il Guardsmen croud behind a wall as they cover for
Guardsmen entering the front of the Gregory Congregational
( 'Hire!, he!'. . The measure came as a result of reports that
rod N>groe. were Inside. Only a caretaker and a woman
1 " r -.id-. Wilmington has been the scene of racial trouble
since iast week. (UPI).
Body A t State Hears
Address By Carson
%/
(i-ili'oi s Note: Edward Car
son, who is president of the
Paleigl Cl*metis Association,
addressed, the Ramsey Clark for
Presidem group of North, Caro
b •• State ! at a din
ner meeting, hold at the Facul
tx C'Ui! :: 6 p.in. on Thursday,
! eb. 4. to explain again, his
about 1,450 students.
A CAROLINIAN reporter
talked to James Nesby, presi
dent of the student government
at FSU and he told him, ‘‘There
never has been a boycott at the
school. There has been a “sick
ness” but not a boycott.”
Earlier reports show that a
boycott hackee bj Nesby and the
student government was in force
and the students refused to go
back to classes until Dr. Lyons
resigned his position as presi
dent of the university. Nesby
denied all these reports to The
CAROI,INI AN VV ed nesrta y
morning.
No statement has been re
leased from the office of the
president or by the public re
DR. I,TONS
stand on the recent!' defeated
School Bond issue. He address
ed the same group on Jan. 14.
The group is composed of facul
ty and staff members at N. C.
State. Following are Mr. Car
son's remarks):
‘‘Good evening fellow Ra
(St*e fc. ( ARSON. P. 2)
iations office of the universi
ty. Several announcements have
been made concerning when a
statement would be released by
Dr. Lyons hut as of Wednesday
(Sec FSU FIRING, P 2>
Founders’ Day ,
Homecoming
Revealed Here
Dr. Prezell R. Robinson,
president Saint Augustine’s
College, has announced that the
104th Founders’ Day Qelefora
(Se<> ST. ADO’S. P 2)
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VOL. 30. NO. 15
Blew Car Horn 'One Time Too Many’
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Kittrell Student Bound
Qwerin Fatal Shooting
KITTRELL-James McClean, a 21-year-old
student at. Kittrell Junior College and a na
tive of Wilmington, was bound over to Vance
County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon on
probable cause on a murder charge and he is
still being held in the Vance County Jail under
$10,090 bond as of Wednesday morning. His
trial is set for March 1. The shooting allegedlv
resulted from the victim blowing Green’s car
horn ‘too much.”
McClean is charged wit)', kill
ing George Green, 21, of Swan
Quarters, who was also a stu
dent at Kittrell. Green wassliot
in the left temple by McClean
last Thursday afternoon on the
campus at Kittrell, which is
located ahoui eight miles south
of Henderson.
McClean was arrested late
last Thursday night following
the afternoon shooting, which
took place in his car. Accord
ing to reports by Deputy
Sheriffs B. L. Hamm and D. C.
P'eedlove the shooting oc
curred when McClean re
turned to his automobile after
a visit to a dormitory on the
junior college campus.
McClean and Green, along
with four others, were enr'oute
to a baseball practice. Be
fore getting to the gym, reports
show McClean stopped at a
dormitory and went inside for
a brief visit.
Upon returning to the automo
bile, McClean rebuked Green
for having blown the horn while
he was inside, then reached un
derneath the seat of the vehicle,
Shareholders
Declare Big
Dividends
The N. C. Educators' Cred
it Union. Inc., Shareholders
m their annual' session last
week approved a 4% dividend
for 1971, and set up hopefully
the following dividend _ sched
ule:
1970, 4%; 1971, 4 1/2%; 72,
4 1'2%; 1973, 4 3/4%; *74,
5%; 1975, 5 1/2%; 1976, 5 1/2%;
1977, 5 3/4%; 1978, 6%.
Old and new members alike
should Immediately increase
their share deposits in order to
qualify for a Century Club Mem
bership, and have a hand in
building a bigger and more
productive financial agency. Be
sure to make your share de
posits equal to or more than
(Srt MVIDEND, T*. *)
North Carolina s Leading Weekly
RALWKni~W c.. SATURDAY. FEBRUAR V j 3 “197 j ~
pulled out a pistol and fired
the weapon once, striking Green
In the head.
Green was first taken to the
college infirmary for treatment
by a nurse there and was then
transferred, to Maria Parham
Hospital for medical aid. Sub
sequently, he was moved to Duke
Hospital in Durham but. was re
ported dead on arrival there at
6;55 p.m.
Further investigations show
that a .25 caliber Mauser auto
matic pistol was found under the
seat in McClean’s car.
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CRIME
BEAT
EDITOR'S ~NOTTbThSs"oIumS
or feature is produced in the pub
lic Interest with an aiwi towards
eliminating Its contents. Numer- i
ous individuals have requested
that they be given the considera
tion of overlooking their listing
on the police blotter. This we
would like to do. However, it is
not our position to be judge or ju
ry We merely publish the facts
as wc find them reported by the
arresting officers. To keep out of
The Crime Bent Columns, merely
means not being registered by a
nnilce officer in reporting his
ilndings while on duty. So sim
ply keep off the “Blotter" and
you won’t be in The Crime Beat
SHOT IN STOMACH
Upon receiving a call from
the Emergency Room ai Wake
Memorial Hospital at 3:44 p.m.
Friday, Officer B. B. Baucom
answered. He stated he was told
that they had a patient Lad
been shot. The cop talked with
John Alexander, w’b~ stated he
was a witness to the shooting.
Alexander declared that Arthur
Smith was shot by Melvin Web
ster, 25, 207 Maple Street, He
also said the shooting occurred
at 306 Hill Street. A .25calibre
automatic pistol was used. The
bullet wound in Smith’s stomach
was described as ‘servere.’
Webster was “hauled off” to
Wake County Jail on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon.'
{See CRIME miA T, s*. 35
tStyWtS a}* Ay* W Lincoln was not a friend of ihe
SIGNS N;■ : • ' -S- Tav.'o:
Jr., seated, is seen Tuesday afternoon in the Governor’s office, signing a proclamation making
I February 7 through February 13 Negro History Week in North Caroi in a. Governor Robert
I W. (Bob) Scott signed the proclamation earlier Tuesday, Pictured with Taylor, from left to right,
I are: Dr. Presell R. Robinson, president of Sain: Augustine's College, State Rep. Joy J. Johnson,
I Charles A, McLean, director of Branches for the N. C. National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, and Alexander Barnes, representing The CAROLINIAN, (see proclama
tion on P. 2).
Shaw’s Ahi m ni , Boa rd
Set I) rive Fo r Fu n ds
Members of Shaw Universi
ty’s Board of Trustees fro.:
the New York City area ha\v
banned with The Greater Nev
York City Alumni Chapter to
put on a massive midnight, ex
In The Sweepstakes
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK j
The Furniture Store Where Economy Prevails <1
(See Numbers, P. 10) !
Sweepstakes Advancing
Gifts in The CaROUNIAN’s
Revised Sweepstakes Promo
tion are continuing to grow at
the locations of participat
ing merchants In Raleigh. May
be you’ll be lucky and have a
SINGLE COPY 15c
t ravaganza at Manh all a n s
Apollo Theater.
According to Dr. Rose Mor
gan, Shaw University Board of
Trustee member, the event is
fSd FUVD-RAISIINTG I» 2)
winning ticket this week. <
Valuable numbers this week
are as follows: Number 08799, t
first prize, is worth $25 in i
fßcr SWEEPSTAKES, P. 2>
Heard By
St. Aug.’s
Audience
“As an American, 1
am concerned about our
National lea de rship, ’ ’
Mayor Howard Lee told
Saint Augustine’s Col
lege students and facul
ty on Tuesday. Feb. 9.
“I ain concerned a
bout the confused pri
ority.” Astronauts
make trips lo the moon
w hile many of our cities
are bankrupt today.”
Mayor Lee said that the
political system has not
yet opened up job op
portunities of all levels
for blacks.
He expressed concern about
ihe pessimism of the students
on the black College cam
pus: concern because the stu
dents seem to have no interest
in the political system: and con
cern that we have riot been able
to develop a strategy for deal
ing with racism.
He named some of the myt! s
of yesterday’ as follows: The
contributions and the role of
blacks have been distorted. Af
rican people are still hieing
depicted as savages, while Af
rica was the first civilized
country. The myth, that sub
missive slaves were happy.
“Blacks were not happy as
slat es, and they are hot happy
with their lot today.” The myth
that al! men are free and equal.
The constitution was not writ
er; to Include Blacks and In
dians. We were < 4d that Abra
ham Lincoln freed ire slaves.
Lincoln was not a friend oi the
(Sff MAYOR LEE. TV l‘>
Jim Crow
Schools
Exempted
ATLANTA, Ga.-The Inter
nal Revenue Service continues
to grant tax-exempt status to
known “segregation aca
demies”' in violation of a pol
icy it announced seven months
ago, the Southern Regional
Council said Sunday. It called
enforcement oftheplicy “farci
enf or cement of the policy
“farcial.”
The Council, a research and
information agency in the field
of human relations, also is
sued an upward revision of its
figures on attendance at segre
gated private schools in 11
Southern states, It estimated
the number at between 450,000
and 500,000 students. Public
education in many areas is In
“grave danger because of
these schools’ rapid growth,the
council said.
(See ms sTru., p. 2)