' ’ Race leader Declares 'Black Sheriff Was Victimized Amerson Indicted li Ala. TUSKEGEE INSTI TUTE, Ala. - The Ala bama State Director of the XAACP, Rev. K. L. Buford, has termed the arrest and indictment of Lucius I). Amerson, Alabama’s first black sheriff in modern times, '-s “blatant injustice.’’ said further that “Mr. Amerson is being persecuted lx?cause he happens to be a law en forcement office whose skin is black.’’ Mr. Amerson, wh > was e lected sheriff of Macon County in 1966, was charged, on Feb. 18, with violating the civil rights of a prisoner while acting under cover of law. The indictment says that he and his deputy “did willfully beat, kick, in jure, and assault Wilbert Dean Harris. . .with the intent of imposing summary punish ment.' Mr. Harris, als a Negro, is a 42-year-old resident of this community. The XAACP official termed the indictment and arrest “an '■'ther evidence of the dual sys te*ti of justice wide! prevails r ' MUhama.’ •Parent*)-, the only reason erson was- indicted and ed,” Mr. Buford said, '•. cause of his color. This has filed numerous com alleging police brutality tte lav. enforcen.ent of but the onl;. reaction has letters of acknowledge .t <>f receipt of complaint in a u(Stances, with promises f -appropriatt action,’ while in other cases we have not been • \t> ted the courtes' of a ' otter int session of t e lowa State Legislature. Some snow balls were thrown toward the President as he left the “uildinc, hut none were close. (UPI). "Revenue Sharing Requires Close Study By Voters,’Savsß. Wilkins * * / J WASHINGTON - Pr esident Nix on's proposal for revenue sharing deserves careful study for Negro voters, even though | they have been burned many 1 times by the tunneling of un restricted Federal funds to the states. This was the view of Roy Wilkins, executive director of the XaaCP, following a two hour briefing chaired by Sec retary George Romney, with detailed discussion b> John Erlich!: an, While House aide to Mi. Nixon. The President spent quart*:, m •• rh the seven person dele, a: it of Negro leaders. ‘•Black voters are suspicious of any scheme which calls for sending Federal funds into the states with no strings attach ed,” Mr. Wilkins told the con ferees. •‘ln the past such funds have been used on projects and pri orities for whites with little or nothing for Negroes. 1 am Mixon Hurt Says Gary Mayor AIR LIE, Va. The political power of Black America could gain a serious setback in the nation’s central cities under the revenue-sharing plan, now being proposed by President Richard Nixon, Richard G. Hatcher, Mayor of Gar- , Inc., declared here this week. ‘•‘This proposal could be "an attempt to insur* ‘hat v hen Black people capture cm "ails, they will find them e: pt\ Hatcher declared. . oting that the nation’s more than 50 pre sent black mayors will probabl;. be joined by another 33 in major cities over the next decade. Speaking to’a dinner session at the National Urban Coali tion’s invitational three-day conference on urban problems before 150 civic and g wernment officials, Hatcher said the (See HATCHER P. 21 especial!;, concerned because the attitude of the Federal Gov- HS U T : : GRID STAR - East Lansing, Mich.: Halfback Tom Love, 22, v) o led Michigan Stare in rush ing dm ing the 1968 football sea son died March i evening of a heart attack. Sen
    is dormi tory after play ing a pickup la.sk etball game. 1 ovt if i the Spar tans in rustling witl 729 yards on 172 cacries :!ui i. .is sopho rnore year in 1968. IDs body will be returned to ’is on etown us Svlva, Nort! Ca: oL :., Marc! 3, (UPI). Edgerombe Demos Fefe Chairman BY J. Ft. H APR: N TARBOL’O - ‘.bout seventy five Negroes wt .<.• sprinkled a rricng the more than one thous and Edgecombe County Demo crats who ga" ••red here Fob. 24ih to enjoy a P 5 barbecue ami cl icker; oLr. dinner in the Armory, and then moved to the neartv Tarboro High School Gym where they heard an ar ray us the top Democrats in Tarheelia laud the work oftheir (Sec DEMOS HONOR. P. 2) In The Sweepstakes SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK BRIGGS HARDWARE CO. For A Complete Line Os Fine, Economical Hardware (See Numbers, P. 10) Sweepstakes Moving Mrs. Annie Hough of 1502 E, Edenton Street, received, her gifts in the amount, of Sl5O worth of merchandise from Carter's Furniture j Company for being the week’s winner In The CAROLINIAN’S Revised Sweepstakes 'Promotion two eminent, notably in th. ssueof housing in the suburbs, is a galnst forcing any action to ..- chieve equality. “There must be safeguards to see that the unrestricted bil lions of dollars go fairly, in each state, to all citizens with out discrimination. The govern ment must not merely take the word of the states, but must follow through and enforce the no -discrimination clause or withhold the funds.” Also attending the White House Conference were Whitney M. Young Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Miss Dorothy Height, r: -sident, National Council Os Negro Wo men; Berkelly Burrell, presi dent, National Business l eague; Mrs. Cernoria .Johnson of the Urban League’s District of Co lumbia unit; and Mayors Rich ard G. Hatcher of Garv, Inc., (See REVEXI K P 2) CRIME BEAT iron, lUM'IC. OffitUl P “"" EDITOR’S NOTE: This column or feature is produced in She pub lic interest with an aim towards eliminating its contents Numer ous individuals has- requested lhat thev he given On considera tion of overlooking them listing n the 1 police blotter This we would like to do However, it is riot our position to he judge or •«- rv We merely publish the b t$ ;,.s we find them reported by the irrestins offirers. To keep out of The crime Beat Columns, merely means not being registered hs a police officer in reporting his findings while on duty. So sim ple keep off the 'Blotter” and you won’t be in The Crime Beat KICKED AND STRUCK Miss Jan it- Mae Buffalo, 20, 720 Mark Slieet, told Officer \. C. Munday at 12:l r p.m. Sat urday, that she went inside Ra leigh Loan Company, 307 S. Wilmington street, and aas looking at some shades when a colored male came in and start - • ! talking to her. Miss Buffalo said the male insulted her and stated he would physically harm her. At this time, she declared, he kicked her on the leg and hit '• er irs the face with his fist. The woman said she did not know the subject and had never seen him before. She said she walked out of the business and down the street, where she called “the law.” A witness was listed as Shirley. Jean Rowe, 916 Mark St. (See CHIME BEAT, P 3) ■weeks ago. She received a cabi net for her kitchen, a bedroom table, plus a deep fryer and a toaster. You, too, can be a winner in the Revised Sweepstakes. T! e lucky numbers this week are (Sums SWEBPST4MUBS, P. « *