Dealth Penalty Re-enactment
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Liberties Group Fights
Statesmen
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BY CHARLKNf-: RKGICSTKR.
Staff Writer
Tliree black members ol tne
North Carolina General As-
*Seottshoro Boy’ Tours
sembly said that they fell the
death penally would be rein
stated despite the efforts of the
North Carolina Civil Liberties
I 'iiion INCCLU) to stop capital
punishment from being pul
back on (he state law books
Senator John Winters said in
a riH-ent interview, ‘i think the
death penalty for some crimes
will be reinstated ■■
Tlie death penalty has been a
very controversial issue in
North Carolina because of the
\s<i> It has been administered,
with mostly blacks and poor
pi‘(>ple receiving death sen
tences Representative J- J
Johnson of Lumberion. said.
"Not a single white has been
filled for perpetrating the
same crime against blacks in
North Carolina for the same
T*HE CAROLINIAN
VOL. 36 NO. 3
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMRER ■), 1976
SINGLE COPY 20c
Over Gerald Ford
^ ison
" The NCC'LI.! held
press
conference Friday at Pullen
Mrniorial Haplist Church stal
ing that Its number one
objective is opposition to the
reinstatement of the death
IM'iialty. W. W Finlator, chair
man of the U'gislalion Com
millet* for the NCCLU, said,
"Capital punishment is our
numbi‘r one priority if their is
one ■■ The stale's previous law
was recentl> ruled unconstitu
tional by (he U.S Supreme
Court, with 122 persons on
death row
Fiiialtor said at the press
conference. "For the firtt time
in Its history. North Carolina
lias no death penally and no
death row and, as Senator
Krwin would say, 'the heavens
have not fallen*' Nobody has
reported an increase in homi-
eides or a breakdown in law
eniorcement "
other members of NCCLU
J present at the press conference
^ere George Gardner, execu
tive director and Father
V ' larles Mulholland, president
/aey presented 12 proposals
which the> will introduce at the
next session of the General
A*'sembly In addition to
opixising the death penalty.
NCCLU supports passage of a
t'nminal Victim Compensation
Act. removal of the outlaw
.sta'ute, prison reform, repeal
of all laws which bar lelons
from pursuing occupations for
Abich they are qualified
p.i.ssagf of the Equal Rights
.'\mendment. allowing school
S-.-e LIBERTIES, p. 2)
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AMEZ Holds
NewMan
Is State’s
Governor
BY WILLIE WHITE.
Staff Writer
It was way into Wednesday
morning before Jimmy Carter
and the millions of supporters
around the country knew for
sure that he had won the 1976
Presidential race
In North Carolina, however,
the Democratic ticket swept
the races so well and so early
that they left many observers
in surprise in contrast to the
suspense on the national level.
Carter, the peanut farmer
from Plains. Ga.. gained a
SMS percent lead on President
Crerald Ford Tuesday night and
held it for many hours, though
he at one time had a larger
lead
At observers watched the
returns from around the
Confab
Business,
Worship
Are Set
VK'TORY TEARS OF JOY Plains. Ca. — Rotalynn Carter, wile ol President-elect Jimmy
Carter, cannot bold her tears back after her husband won the Presidential election. Nov. 3. (I'PI)
HAPPY FOR CARTER. THO TURNED AWAY FROM HIS
Note On
Magazine
EDITOR'S NOTE: We
regret that the roagasine
supplement. The National
Scene. Inaerted In this
edition of The CAROLIN
IAN. is late. But due to the
Jrrducational content of the
niagaxine, which we felt
kould appeal to our readers,
^e have included it in this
week’s Issue of the paper
anyway
JSlStS,* C^r wiiln CHURCH - AtUnU - R«. C. B. Kl., (R). brother of Rev.
juBt a few votes of the CTennon King, who along with 3 other blacks, wet ltira»d sws)
PMAidency (CBS EtUmitod 3 from the Plelne. Be. Bepllit Chorrt Oct. told eti
electoral votee; and lu«l hold out the vote" rtlly Nov. I that he had mixed cmotloni about the
there well inlo Wednesday rally, but »aa happy lo celebrate the Jimmy tarler aMceea-lo
morning. Finally, Missiaaippi, far, but waa laiUriird by a pertonal family tragrty hi W™* «
with 7 electoral voles, came his brother s Illness, a relerence lo hli brother s prior menial
down on Carter’s side. It was Illness. Wllh Rev. King Is Georgia congressman Andrew young.
down on Carter
the last of the U states which <UPI)
Carter carried in the South. He
carried both of the South's
largest states. Texas and
Florida, with 26 and 17 elector
al votes, respectively.
Throughout the election
night returns, observers noted
the key role that blacks were
playing in Carter’s chances of
winning. In many precincts,
blacks went for farter in
figures of 90-plus percentage
points. They were unmoved by
last minute efforts on the part
of the Ford campaign to
(See JIMMY. P. 2)
NAACP Seeks
Norris Talks
NEW YORK — The National
Association (or the Advance
ment of Colored People (NA
ACP) began planning for a
nationwide lour for Clarence
(Willie) Norris to enable the
last of the • Scolisboro Boys” to
tell his story about his painful
struggle lo win a pardon for a
crime most people are con
vinced he did not commit.
For Norris, the receipt of
news that Alabama Gov.
George Wallace had signed his
"long-overdue pardon" Oct. 25,
for a 1931 rape conviction, was
The 96lh session of the
Central North Carolina Con
ference. A.ME Zion Church,
will open a week-long meeting
at IU:30 a.m. Monday, at Rush
Metropolitan AME Zion
Church, with Bishop W. A.
Hilliard orestdina and his wife.
Mrs. Edra Mae Hilliard will be
in charge of the missionary
work.
The conference is composed
ot j presiding elder districts,
which operate in Methodist
polity - Durham. Rev. J. A.
Brown. Fayetteville, Rev. S.
P Rawlings; Sanford, Rev. C.
V. Flack. Laurinburg, Rev. S.
J Farrar; and Raleigh, the
host. Rev E. H. Beebe. The
Rev B C- Young is the host
pastor.
The delegates, who come
Jrom as far north as Lucama.
and as far south as the South
Carolina border, as far east as
the ^aden County line and as
far west as Guilford, represent
one of the largest conferences
in the second largest black
Methodist bod^ in Christen
dom. Plans will be made to
celebrate its centennial in 1980.
The theme of the meet is.
Black Methodist Heritage And
The Bicentennial. This theme
permeated the General Con
ference. held in (Chicago in
May Us format follows the
pattern of the black man’s
struggle to gain first-class
citizenship in this country
Alliance Begins
Petition Here
The North Carolina Alliance guaranlee conviction ol the
Against Racist and Political
Repression announced a peti
.•*v
SPEAKS OPPOSITION TO
INDEPENDENCE - Untied
Ju dlliMiea^lo'tke authorities to commit perjury
.'t: me wlmesa .tann in order lo
tion drive Oct. 27 in Raleigh to
get bail for the Wilmington 10,
clemency for the Charlotte 3,
and to stop re-enactment of the
death penalty in North Caro
lina.
Ms. Anne Mitchell, coordin
ator of the North Carolina
Alliance, said the drive to get
signatures of North Carolin
ians en masse to U.S. Magis
trate Logan Howell, demand
ing he set bail for the
Wilmington 10. follows the
recent "admission by key
prosecution witness Allen Hall
that he was pressured by
General Atterobly thal the
opposes recognition of Trans-
kel. the tribal land that waa
granted Independence by South
Africa. Speaking as a delegate
from Gnhtea. Miriam said the
"pteed»-lodsydence •( Trani-
kei" was granted as part of a
'grand design" to perpetuate
The Wilmington 10 case is
now before the U.S. District
Court of the Eastern District of
North Carolina on a petition of
writ of habeas corpus. Motion
to amend the writ with the
recanted testimony of Hall and
possibly bail for the 10 defen-
denls will be heard here
Friday Ms Mitchell urged
letters and telegrams be sent
to Howell. Federal Building,
here.
The peuuoji u* •»« *«• *-•'■
mency for the Charlotte 3 la
directed to Gov Jamea Hols-
homer, Jr., to 'correcl the
wrongs that have been Inflicted
on these freedom fighters.
(See ALLIANCE. P. 2)
Commission Hears
Prison Comments
Prior to making final reporta
Kl! Jl mIn,• Inn nf ^ivulh ^ NOfth
white domloailon ol Sooth Caroline General Anembly,
two l^islative research com
mittees of the North Carolina
Africa. (I'PI)
College
Project
Fails
At the end of 6 seminars
aimed at getting east Raleigh
Budget reports will be heard residents in the predominantly
at 10:30 a m. on the first day,
with institute classes being
held from 11 to 1. The
Local Churchmen Fight
Over Political Support
Tobablv the happiest event of organization is expected lo
his adult life.
He said during
take place at 7:30 p.m. Dr. W.
L. Yales, dean, Ho^ Theologi-
conference at the NAACP cal Seminary, will deliver an
DURHAM - Alexander
Dames, veteran newspaper
man, high churchman and
known as “Mr. N. C. Black
Republican," surrendered to
the Sheriff of Durham County
Tuesday afternoon after learn
ing that he was being sought
for an alleged assault on a
black Baptist minister.
According to Barnes, the
affair look place on Monday
afternoon in the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank and at the
intersection of Mangum and
► Parrish Streets. He alleges
ihai when he walked in the
bank, someone asked him
t >ut the election and he
■lied, "We are not going to
.....'e any peanuts in the White
House, even though the minis
ters took ‘peanut money* to
help Jimmy Carter."
The Rev. V. E. Brown.
Durham County court bailiff
and pastor of Gethsemane
Baptist Church, is said to have
resented Barnes’ statement
and said he was supporting
Carter. Barnes alleges that he
was not surprised at that.
However, he did say, "Those
preachers would have done
well to have given the alleged
money to aid the NAACP."
This is said to have infuriat
ed Brown and he said the
reason “1 don’t support the
NAACP is because of its
half-drunk president. Being the
president. Barnes said, he
res«.*nted this statement lo the
extent thal Brown who appears
to weigh more than 225 Ito. told
him (Barnes) he would slap
him down. Barnes said he
became infuriated and started
toward Brown, but was re
strained by persons in the
bank.
Barnes said he opened up
and old sore by telling Brown
thal he owed the NAACP
$100.00 for an obligation that he
made more than three years
ago. Barnes said he was
carried outside the bank by
friends and his fury began to
slow down. He went to his car
and even though he has a
permit to carry a protective
(See DURHAM. P 2)
national office in New York
City on the day the pardon was
granted. "A man should never
give up hope." His eyes were
filled with tears as he told how
it fell lobe frc*e - free of the fear
of being a wanted man through
45 years.
•This IS a great day,"
NAACP administrator Gloster
Current said "He really has
kept the faith."
Only two days after Norris
won his pardon. Ruby (Bales)
Schul. one of the two women
who had accused the 9
"Scolisboro Boys" of rape,
(See SCOTTSBORO. P 2)
address on Christian Educa
tion.
black District "C” aware of
services offered by all levels of
government, two history and
government professors at St.
Augustine's College said that
they have failed - but will
continue to fight apathy and
will develop information pro
grams to carry directly to east
The conference is expected Raleigh residents,
to gel underway properly Dr. Junius Nimmons, chair-
Tuesday morning, when the man ot the history and
Sacrament of the Lord's goverrment department at St.
(See AMEZ. P. 2) (See » OLLEGE. P. 2)
Legislative Research Commit
tee will hear comments on
interim reports from the
Department of Corrections and
the public.
The Committee on Females
in the Department of Correc
tions will hear public com
ments at I p.m. Nov. 12 in the
Legislative Building on recom
mendations for changes in the
operation of the North Carolina
Correctional Center for Wo
men. The committee, chair^
by Sen. Luther Britt of
Lumberton, has recommended
sweeping changes, many of
which were demanded by
inmates at the June 1975 prison
protest against inhuman work
and living conditions.
Included in the 17 recom-
m. ndations are: end to vaginal
searches for contrabands by
non-medical personnel; review
of psychological services; re
cruitment of industry to ein-
ploy inmates on jobs in the
prisons; construcUon of voca
tional training facilities if
present facilities are not suffi
cient; making basic Adult
Education available to all
inmates whose terms are
longer than two years; and use
of the Richarii T. Fountain
School for youthful offenders.
The Fountain school was
closed this year as a training
school.
The Legislative Research
Commission on the Prison
(See COMMISSION. P.
HEW Releases National Case
Reports; Reflect Decreases
National Black News Service
Peebles Wins
Appreciation
Money
WASHINGTON - The na
tion's welfare rolls dropped in
June to the lowest level in 18
months, according lo Robert
Fulton, administrator of the
Department of Health. Educa
tion and Welfare’s Social and
Rehabilitation Service (SRS).
"The June figure of 11.248.-
APPRECIATION 0QQ jg jhe lowest since Jan.
Daniel Peebles. Jr of 914 J975 - puUop ggid
Newcombe Rd . was the only According lo the newly re
winner for the Appreciation leased information, the decline
Money for last week. He jq q stronger econo-
received a check for $10 for continuing national
reporting to The CAROLINIAN drive to "weed out" ineligibles
before noon Monday that he rolls, implementation
had discovered his name in the jopgi g^d federal
from April. Payments made
under the program were
$818,851,786. a decline of $2.8
million from May and $6.8
million from April. HEW said.
In 28 of the 47 states with
declining AFDCcaseloads, the
June recipient count was less
than counted a year ago,
particularly in the following
stales: Georgia, down 88,575;
Texas, down 48,383; lllinoU,
down 21,224; Puerto Rico,
down 19,009; Maine, down
18,345; and Florida, down
15.225. HEW said
Clay Will
Pay Funds
Terry 's Furniture Co adver- f^yeis of ihe new Federal Child
lisement This ad appeared guDDort Law. a continuing
rlispmenls on .u..
with other advertisements on
the Appreciation Money Page,
which is listed on the back page
M the front section of the
paper
Two unrepi
which were also listed on the
Appreciation Money Page
decline in the average number
of children in families receiv
ing public assistance. (The
size of the average AFDC
family is now approximately
rxjNi
urn
fWflN'
wer those of
4.1 persons 10 years ago.)
Recipients of AFDC (Aid to
Holloway of 900 New Bern
Avc . and William N Lucas of
578 K Lenoir fit. Ms. Hollo-
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
Mrv Alterta with Dependent Chil
dren 1. the major cash assist
ance welfare program, num
bered 11.247.679 in June, a drop
of 62.244 from May. and 180.553
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retuBlu Ml p»hlk«tl*a •( n* Criqi*
■•at. <aUa«lmf a irvoiratfaM aaaScr al
G naaal taqatrtaf taiapkaa* calli far
relMlataarM. At aat batatf la tb<
ariftaal tdliar'i aait ragaraia/ Iha
National Black Newt Service
WASHINGTON. D C. - The
Justice Department and Rep.
William Clay <D-Mo.) have
reached an out-of-court settle
ment under which the black
congressman will repay $1,754
in alleged overpayments that
he received from Congress.
The department also inform
ed 9 other members of Con
gress that it does not intend to
sue them for recovery of travel
funds to which they allegedly
were not entitled.
The Clay agreement ends a
civil suit in U.S. District Court
here that was filed by a Buffalo
law student. Alan R. Hollan-
^lat u kMp ikeir der. who charged that Clay had
Mmr* Ryl rf Tki CfIbh Ocil tbysM m< - -- - - ” . . * .
brrarat Invalrak »Hh lh« Ealalfh Pallrr
krlr I
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
\ /Z I !> (M ;
t ASTS THE FIRS I VOTE — San Francisco — ETdrldge Cleaver emerges from polling booth here,
after voting for the first time in his life. Clenver, 41. is a convicted former felon, who served 9 years
in varolus prisons and was on parole over 2 years. He is voting today because there are special
circumstances in which convicted felons are permitted lo vote. (I'PI)
■ We Offer The Best In Nutritional And
Quality Food.s."
•a ibr pallet biMUr (ram wKleb ail at lb*
macrrial tv Tba Crlret Baal It (•(baraS.
M \ N R|-irF!T\TS BRUISES
FOB .ASS.XULT
James C. Harris. Jr., 23. of
Kl 1. Box 36-lA. was reported
ly a-ssaulled with hands and
fisi.s around 3 pm. Sunday al
.Till Quail Hollow Dr Roy
Eduard Harris of Kl I. Box 45
Middlesex, was arrested am-
chargiKt with simple a.ssaull
James Harris received bruise-
but was not treated.
billed the House for trips he
could not have taken.
Hollander sued under a
rarely used federal statute
allowing a taxpayer, acting
“on behalf of the United
States," lo seek reimburse
ment of money obtained from
the government by a false
claim
Clay has maintained that he
did nothing of an illegal nature,
and has said that the apparent
double billings were caused by
clerical errors.
WATCHMAKER MASON —
Hope Mills — Charles R.
Smith. Rt. \. Box 56A. Hope
Mills, is the smallest Mason in
the jurisdiction of North
Carolina. Smith, who is only t
feel. H inches tall and weighs
10.5 pounds, is the Junior
Warden of Eureka Lodge of
Fayetteville. He is a watch
maker by trade: a graduate of
East New York Vocational
Technical High School. Joseph
Kulosia School of Watchmak
ing. New York City: and
Wayne Community College,
(ioldsboro. He is the first black
certified watchmaker, and
first black licensed watch
maker in North Carolina. He is
cestifird by the American
Watchmakers Institute of Cin
cinnati. Ohio. Hr is a member
of the Hoard of Directors of
North Carolina Watchmakers
.Association, and is a member f
the Cape Fear Watchmakers
(;uild of Fayetteville, where he
serves as srcreUif^'-treaiurer.