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SEEKS NEV
FOR FLORI
tXVARES. jh? A new 'rial <
for SjOilkI Shepherd *n,| Walter J
J. Irwin 23. .md Chorics Cr??enlec.
II 14. convicted of rape here la*: j .
" week. ha*.been asked by Alev '
Akecman. Jr., Orlando attorney, '
retained by the IfAACP to daI
land the accused youths " .
In a motion for a new trial i
filled here on Scptembr- 6. Mr. 1
Akerman contended that the ^
verdict was contrary to the
evidence and to the law and
dharged the court with error In
OaflinU. Plans
For 80th Annual
ORi#CEaURT, ?'Plana w4 |
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mnivevsitu-ceLtferatlon at jClafHi
tMimitt to be h#d Wed
hndayi Oct. It, Preiidtnt J. J.
Sfcabrook said Monday.
Highlight# of the program will
he the dedication of four buildings*
all - of irhich were begun
/ aad completed under Dr. Seabrook's
'administration. They
L include a new science budding.
? - enrtrt at cost of $150,000 and
a new gymnasium, to be used
thr first time this year, coating
P. I7JO0
- Alao included are a $45,000
I Library building and a heating
system costing $54,000 Simultaneously
the college remodel i
*d its athletic field at a cost of
ItAflflfi
I A climaxing program' will be
given in the evening portraying
the history of Claflin.
White Jailed For
Molesting WaitressTAMTA.
n* ? f ANP) ?A
white: inferior iteifralor w;?s.s (tended
to "?0 days ,n jail and 1150
fine last., week for attempting 10
forre h<s. attentions, on a Negro
aeanrr*. ,at the Cotton cluh he-e
about two weeks ago
i . Th< guH|y nuin wa.? Arthur'
I Gayle. who *waitress. Mm
Gloria Washington. <barged eyed!
^jyyt,and commented on different;
H piro oi ner body then chased her
1 with a hammer Gavio wii finalII
, ly convict-ed .-after several at-'
II tempt* t< brine him fo trial fail-j
II ed for v?mr rcalmn or another.
In the meantime Mas Wa?tun<1
1 ton has beer dismissed from her
1 1 o>b for inrfficte.tcy. according to
I Henry Joyner, proprietor He ?
I 1 ptaiiioi to ciUren's c- >mmitt>e
1 1 that she d id sot too* her }ob be
I I eaaar she pressed charges against
4 | the decorator
tj \ former York Woman \
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H I KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C
j I IfANPi - Mrs. Cla?sie OOI diadj
! I paw laet week at the age of 108
I .IBhe was born into lie very ' in'
VTork county, S C , where she 1
I ;ki*ai| throughout he Civil war.
1 1 Karr moving fo Kings Moun [
j 1 .' ht *8 year* ago. sfte haa lived |
With a grandson. Sam Pagon
i 1 lhu haa nupiy sufvtvors tnriud j
J fheet-greas grand cKil
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DA TRIO
l^rtjAnc <i serves of pre-trial r?i
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- The ihw w -r%' eunvirted af<
. (huT jar. tn.il aft, Scpiembei
by an alf~white Jury which de
berated for two hours and i
Commended mercy for Grcenli
L'onvictiun of Shepherd and Ira
rarrlf* a mandatory death at
I Mice whrrea*- the rrenrnmetK
tion of mercy for Greenlee pi
vents sentence of death, lmp<
rhf Ion* teini imprisonmet*.
The alle*ed rape of a you
white housewife on July 19
off * reign of terror againet t
grots in GroveUud'ond surrouj
in* town* durin* which N?|
homes, iacludtn* that of SH
herd'afather, win burned, eti
property destroyed and long-rt
<* #? dUpcni run put of the c?
WAACP special onuid, can
red him of the innocence of
accused end indicated that
alleged rape waa merely an
cuae for terrorizing the ?
munity because Negroes refu
to work at Starvation wages,
investigation by a grand jury
other official body has bee* m.
ef the mob violence In ing r
Groveland during mid-July.
' Mr. Williams, together w
Horace Hill of Daytona Bee
Flau, assisted Mr -Ak?rman in
defense,
LOOK~CAL
PLAYER 0
NEW YORK ?(AND ?Ja<
Robinson is hatleo as "ball ph
of the year" in the issue of L
magazine released today, wl
claims tha Hunch Rickey - ,|
diction that Robinson would
"<be most exciting, the mosj <
ing player you over saw" i* Vx
amply fulfilled
The ba^ehah dar .who was
{?r>t to break the major le^
Color hoe wheri he joined
Brooklyn Dodgers several y<
ago. ha- succeeded Joe"L'lULS
Mayor Hopeful
Sues Ford Co.
For Million
DETROIT ?f ANP> --Sun i
filed in Wayne County Cm
court here last week by Luke '
ler. Negro ctndidMr for rruj
and hie white campaign marui
Jowph A. CTIaabatdey. asking
000.000 djiraffs from the F
Motor company for fshr an
-by company po^re Thur*
While distributing campaign
erature
The two men charged t
Uwae company copa ordered th
at gun point into a ear and dr
them around for hal^pe^hour.
fote releasing them and order
them to ^gct going** Their i
codtenda the incident, Which h
pened at the River Rouge pi
constituted "false arrest' Til
r Uu meg he had diantwled pol
cat literature at the plant mi
times in ihe without int
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Had Shot
& ' ' . V* " . ' " ;. j Landlord
In Dispute
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i Kudittft a thrwNdiiv man huh'
. j during whleh thf ? jHTiidni*]'
-j.! vsoVt- .shot ami wiiuimKhI sl7|fht-'
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: ly. aim auoiner anoi at oy
i hitii. Willie Fauitt, &5. year ol<t
|. sharecropper waa blasted
i down near North by sheriff tirrr?jfr
K??id arid deputies as
he attempted to flee tht; home j
. iuf A.C.. Simpson
The K.?ust case,. which', began j,.
'r Thursday morning when his land-1
lord, W. barney Detnpeey, flailed
it" him with ' plank because he j
wun i hitching a team fast e j
er- nnugh, recalls twr >th?r imki 1 r
'**? which involved treatment of j
'n* fcharecroppera or tenant farmer* j
t" in the last last ten jrrar*. one of ,
them a wnwtioaaj 4m. ^ n*
Aa for raust, Monday afrntn I
reports here ?|rt that he was
Jl* mproving from shotgun wounds ]
Mt in the arm, leg and head and
' * faced four counts ni agaeult and '
*d" battery m 1th Xlimpt ln >111 la- If?
addition to DtagMfi who alight*
P- ly wounded with Wis dahat flted
her from a considerable distance, '
*" I Kauat face* charges of hagflggf i
P"'! wounded two depuhea s'ighthr i
as Via returned to his wtf* Hb Ip
to- also charged with shotolng at a
^ penitentiary prisoner handling
the blood hounds, Joe Logue, who
** figured m the notorious Spartan"n
burg case of several years ago.
* 4 Loiiue was a > policeman at the
No time Logua and Faust shot at or
him but missed after bloodhounds
had saved him in a swamp
mr\ HAMMtE OSBORNjE
j The first of the celebrated casrtlhj
ea sprung in nearby Barnwell
IC*I? I county in IMl whrn 17 year old
the | sharecropping Sammie Osborne
CONTINUED ON PAGK t
IS JACKIE
F YEAR I
kiC the idol of his people, says Look, j
,yer ' As a bo* office attraction," i; j
(^ asserts. "Robinson rates witfi Joe (
. DiMaggio. Ted WiUiama, Ralph J
1K"h Kiner, and Stan Muaial".
3re* Declaring that his hitting and
fielding more than satisfy. Look
^i,r" s^ys. it is the Robfnsfin's base run''hKlnmg
tha> makes the crowd roar
'Unquev iooahly."t it states "he (
th ranks as the top base-stealer o ft
gue his day*'
the Comparing him to baseball a
^rs great Tv Cobb, Look peviry* out'
L a* f've things Which the two players '
have in common:
rv- rikiws how n aiuoy '-ht
movements and play upon tne
vtakrwrxw. m?h*n.< al and man
t?l. of the other ream. He ha* the
unmiftx inatinct (or the right move
He ha*,a qui- k atari' If e
j ean look behind him on the baAes
without losing spbed He it a
t IrVer ilider"
HlJj In summing up hia success in
ror.? breaking the color line in the nafcr
'tonal sporty Look says "Most of
|t. | player* aAd public now
ord cept Robinson A minority of ur?- !
-em educated and mtolerani *UU relay
, **?t him as the one who did what
;'h*y ITioujfhT rtevcr .buld hap
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Police Fire In Air To
Disperse Angry Mob
tng NASHVILLE, tenn. (AMP) ?
tuit Poljqp, fired their <uns In the air
ap- herp Iw week to break up a
apt crowd of Nqfroe* who had fat
tier bored to protest to the arrest of
Iti- two women Accordant to polka,
lay fhry thought the crowd was layer
inc to lake the women from
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ire being re-tr?inr>d at th?- t.Vr*br
<-um muarlnk Mrs. Maude P. Prk
alar treatment At ri*ht U?Uo vc
art term. Older ctuldren vie for tu
jOUiwibW omen
Pledge Voting
Help To Aides
ATLAJfTA ?< AMP) -Wlrtte
Ciatration and voting places with
their Negro OMU and maids to
safeguard their votiag franc Mae.
Mora than 190 wotwn ot all
church denominationa ware present
at the meeting.
They pledgedN^therpaelvee especially
to make voting "legaLy
and actually aafc for all". They
also were saknri to call for grand
jury investigation* of any vo*.c
law violations and agreed to
preach and practice the belief that
"all men, white and Negro, are
entitled to equal Justice".
'Bama Klan Burns
Robeson In Effigy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala --tANl'i
A small group of robed but un
iviuxers gaineren norc last
week in their first puhlic demon trat
ion in the- city since 18 men
were indicted on flogging and related
charge*, to burn Robeson in
effigy A dummy hearing a placard.
"Welcome J'aul Robeson,"
%v?* trung from one arm of a 20foot
cross
On the other arm, wa* another
dummy wiih a large question
mark pinned on it
HILL VOTEI
BEST IN CO
RICHMOND. Va -<AN?I ?
Oliver W Hili. Richmond rwttorney
and the fir*t Negro to serve
on the law making body of this
c.iiy in a half century, vm rated
the second most valuable member
of the nine-member City Council
by CKy hall reporters here on the
eve of ihe first anniversary o f
the new manager form of government
for the city last week.
John S Davenport, the white
member ptihe Clly Council who
rated, higher than Mr Hill won
iha position by a -'narrow margin.
The councilman wer* 'checked to
seteci the "moat valuable councilman"'
by City Hall reporters.
Th# reporters who covered the
frrtlvttiei of the counicl during
the first year of the new government
were asked to "name 'he
member of the City Council
whose service each believed to
hawlt. h?t i n ii .,-1 ??-?- ? ?- -
? - ? -?-vji inuvi hiiimiim; to wr
citizen* oi lUrhrnond".
Mayor W Sterling King wa*
not considered on account of hit
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( Palsy School, housed at Howard S<
lr directs the wkvol and a rtfldcrei
-ttm help t\ n Ihanald McCrsy.
xdfe j|a lend ? hs.td to the less fort una
Cerebral
Reopens
laOMMyMNfto
c wftdraa rawpaMd thia waak at a
NHAWukUTS r
handicapped dfiiMmn of Columbia
and aurrounrffgg am provtd- ,
ed by tho Crippled Childraf So- ,
ciety of Richland ooanty. a Cam- |
munity Cheat aiency. At preeent
five children, ranging in agea
from four to thirteen year*, receive
apecial training from the i
achooTa teacher, Mra Maude
JUST A
BIT TOO
WARM
JACKSONVILLE. Fla (ANHl
- Too much heattdn hla toe* led ; ,
to the rapture, of a iMn*aftr
being chased by police here I art J
week .
Fiank K^y, I. running from
police, ducked into a funeral ,
home *s the chase grew a " little
hot. Officer* coming in behind
saw nothing but corpse on slabs |
thry decided to feel the toe*
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A* trught be expected *11 of
I the m were cold except One set . ,
t'Lo and behold. an officer lifted ^
the cover from the warm set <Jf
toe*, and jthere he ?aw young jk
i Hay. just as alive aa could be
) SECOND
'UNC1L ;
1 position '
One newsman who put Davcn- \
port and Kill on a par said both : '
"appeared to give full consider;.- (
tlnn to contrnvenial matter*. and k
they showed no hesitancy in vot
nit wi?h the minority Both h?v* ]
the knack of teeing below th*
furface. of pending problems, and
they sometimes point put angtot r
that have escaped the attention I
of thXt colleagues" *
This same reporter *1*6 Mid *
that Mr. Hill, who knows the
needs and problems of a Urge
1 part of the population, gives the 1
couneil information that Is necessary
in making decisions of vita) c
?n?ereet to Negroes. s
While one reporter did not ra
' lish the idea of designating any I
' one councilman the most valua- 1
I ble one unless possibly the late ft fc
{ Hugh Rudd. who fdrmed the com- t
mittee to study housing, he willing
admitted that Davenport end t
kill wesfc >h* "most intelligent" |
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tTt'H?>\Y. SKIHTMHKKTT
mdcd
? Helped
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t, victim* of cerebral paliy, who
rhool Hero ?bey ate learning .0
(kyuimUomI lhcrapUt|tv? itfa
tilth grade Howard student
to lhU* cltiaam. : ?
School
Class
mmthrn of pl?Mdn? and
it Lotf%n flched. Iwqi attort
mas mad* by iha Richland County
Crippled Chiktrao Sod at y to lorata
childra* afflicted with cere>rai
patty, Who could benefit from
a program of rehabilitation. Applicants
were examined by Dr
W??ato? Cook, orthopedic consultant
for the program, and psychological
testa ware g{van by
Dr Kershaw Walsh, pschologirsl
consultant.
The achotd la equipped with
parallel barm to aid the crippled
children in their physical development.
A large mirror makes
ft postible for the pupils to observe
and improve their own efforts
in walking and exercising.
CJirl Scout Troops of Howard and
Saxon School*, under the direction
of the troop- leaders. Miss
fram es Mock. Miu Clister Means,
and Mrs Lillian Gilljbcaux. ma te
attractive curtain* and aprons
Beside* the physacal facilities!
prov?d<Vf Mrr Ptjde Hive* special,
wlucation tu_ca< i child buwl ?ni
tn* individual need*
Application lor admission to;
Ihe school of rhjldieri wjth cere j
palsy may txf made a? V.ie
Itirhland County Crippled Chil- ,
1ren Socio ty m the Community
Chest Building, 15 H Assembly
Street Any volunteers interestpd
in a.nsi?t|iig with" the program
nay romp tryJthc- Society ' or call'
2-2415 Mr* W Frar,k Taylor U
Executive Secretary of the 80wty
arid Mr*. Kershaw Walsh Is
Supervisor of the.Cerebral Palsy
Schools State
NAACP To
Meet In Florence
Plan* for the ninth annual
nee ting of the South Carolina
IAACP Conference were under
vty early this week. Eugene A.
Montgomery, executive secretary,
nnounred <
The meeting will be held in
Oetetyer IS and If - {
Youth Councils and Collage ,
hspters will also meet' in annual
eaakm on those dates. ,, .
Returning from a special trip to'
Florence 00 the week-end, Mr.
Montgomery Mid tho Florence
ranch was Speeding Rrafra|*4ions
1#r tb# conference ,
Indication was (hat emphast* 1
ni? y ?* r wur go on voting and |,
letting prepared to exerctoe the1 <
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FLASHES!
IOSFS K>t K HOMES i|
KT, I. A W.N ? Four hoium,
tHdonglng to lUv. and Mr*, ii
Shaw' of Columbia. wore de I
dra;(il hy lire hero Saturday
flight. The Shaw* wore oc
6 I'vihg oar at the dm*. Ten- j |
anta in the other three, as well |
aa Jhe Shaw*, aalraged little
in thr blasea which flared late .
at night, 'tine family, tnclud- fv
in* Ibur children. waa" burned 11<
out rtiUMly. .
Meharry, Howard <'>'
Get $200,000For *
Health Training
WASH INOTON ?(ASP) ?A
large rale, nationwide attack on
heart disease waa launched last
weak when a total ot near ninemillion
dollars in Metal funda waa
awarded ?- to H medical
rchooia ind reaaarch institutions
Cn 34 St a tea and the ttlhkt Of
('"hjmlwa. according to an announcement
by Federal Security
administrator, Oecar R. Swing.
' The two Negro njlrrl college# .
in this country reoetfUd a little II
over $200,000 of thaae funds. Dr. cl
Murray C. Brown mm the reel* ?]
pient of $172,320 for .the "eon- o
miction of anli?1 ftoillitae ?d n
leboeatoriaa lor Ufi vvwlgr b
U ft
graph* aigai of right rnililmfiaila
hypertrophy and Uaa pulmonary
arterial , praam." While tha g
Howard Collaga a# Medietas waa p
aaaidad 114.000 for tha establish- ji
meat of a now training program, a
TbhHkgfante are In addition to V
grants announced In July which 11
amounted to $1,100,0001 bringing f
the total to near $10,000,000 In
federal funds for tha fight against ?
heart disease during the fiscal a
year ending next June 10. This o
represent about six times a# ft
much money granted for heart re- ft
search as was awarded last year al
These funds which will be used n
for stepped-up heert research, v
for expanding programs of heart b
tcschtne In mnHlr?l arhnnl. ?j tl
|f'>r building additional heart re- ?
wtrch laboratories throughout *'
the country, were approved by
Surgeon General I^eonard A. ^
Schecle of the Public Health Ser- ^
vice following recommendation U
by the National Advisory Heait N
council- 1
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ffirinUy retired laat week after ?
?-rv?na Jackaon collage in J*ck- d
on, Miu., Cor M year* in the P
pot mora of hadur and pmf?or
of mathOmadoa, regiatrv* dean, p
And later aa preaidenU hat been fa
popularly requeeted by the coi* ?
lege to. continue aa profasaor of c
mathematic* with the title of pro- ?
feaaor-etneritua. The leal poaHtaw, -9
Dr. Danaby bald before aanoun- C
cine hi^ letDemdbl waa reglatrar *
I and profaator of mathamitie*.
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First Bill
< HIS ISN WOOD ?Judge J.
tonrv Johnson In ganacat
ssionn court killed a rape
vdictment against 24 year
d Willle Tolbart, Jr. hero
Inn. lay a* tho slate prepared
? ask for Tolbert's life on a
barge of criminally assaultik
the 16 year old daughter
f a prominent Greenwood
tmily. '' Judge
Johnson allowed a moon
tjv drferUM* ettueney Harold
TOLBKKT IONV101ID
Ad all whke male Jary, dsHi>?-reting
bat tea mlaalSBt eenvtcted
Willie To!belt of nfh| ,
It year oM white ?M la j
Omwriii Tuesday ?hM,
lodge Jehasaa iWwil lla
u ?e la the eleeofe chair m
Ttiufcw H
from m* fmMtk ^ ? ;: W
. Boulwaro of CoiucaMa, who
forged that Nefrooa had bna
^lemancally rxrKMM IIWB n?U
Miniy'a crand Jury wMafc had
itucMd traa Mil apalaat Tul**2?"
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mnkltaHon a IM,
Ho aloo hH at tho U. . Sttram*
Court akich kit ikw
ami timaa riaalljr Nat any
try mado up oaOy oC vhMas 4M
at allow fair trial tor ffapmii
bd Supremo Coust amna^t^or It
ara now.
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A heavy detachment of elate .T
ltd local officers flanked the
ourt room, aaarrhing spectator*
jr weapons ben raprtrting nana
Hind. The atmosphafa hare
Incc the arrest of Totbart last .'
tooth has bean sugjaatlva of
lolenoe. Several crosssa, have
etn burned In oolorsd areae of
i# town and several mm talons
n which hooded figures have
unk around have bean reported. ?
following the initial set t?ack
>e state acted swiftly and by
ite afternoon had redrawn a
rand jury which included one /
cgro. and also obtained a new
tdk-tment from, the grand jury
ftd was ready to pesaent its
i?< Tuesday morning. The cast
as to open at about 10 A. AL
Illy. Boulwaee, retained by the
en's family, drew praise frost
jdge Johnson for his handling
f. the caea. ; ' .... v
Tolbert, at osaa time the object
t , an armed poase which may
V(, rf-n htvl 1 /jOTi jtud isa i. r '
Vr rfMrn9m HMW Wlulm lit -
urene county, la arruaed of
rcing the yoUng woman end her
tcort to drive him around late )
t night. The atete says he aatlt?i
the* woman twice In the
reience of her escort, which 1
targes Ma attorney said.he had
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Borneo Drop
sundry Here B
Columbia hoyaawivei had beun
dropping the- Sunshine LaUlft* - I
ry and Dry Cteanera from their
atronaga lieta am the-week and.
tt - ? - - ? ? m a MeAkiSWA IK JMMA
BtVtfl WIVtf H' WlON DOPP
ick up and delivery aarvice hod
eeo furnished by the company
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