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VOLUME I«, NUMBER 59 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS

W-'V ‘ Farmer’s Family Reveals First 1950 Lynching

Âxe-Slashed îo Death Intensification Of Campaign For Lynch Meastire Is Urged

NEW YORK N Y The first lynching of-1950. in which Samuel Taylor, a 3S-year old Negro farmer, was axed and slashed to death on Nev Year's Eve by two car .loads ! lynchers. has been revealed here by William 1. Patterson. Executive toxrelary of Hie Civil Rights Con- :re*s. The full story of the Ivnch'ng. In which Taylorts mutilated body was eft in a veritable blood bath, has Three escaped white convicts shocked the entire nation been pieced together by members of .¡rly last wiek when they staged a cold-blooded revenge Jits family. despite tire reluctance laying at Newport, Miss, near Kosciusko. The slaughter 'of an intimidated witness and law enforcement officials to discuss the ¡ivoived the killing of three Negro youngsters, critivall.v case. minding of their father, and a 15-year-old daughter. More than 350 Negro friends, neighbors and members of the Ne­ These "on the scene shots ' wer gro community braved supremacist cleaning up fallen trees in the -ri-to espe-'ally for the Meniphk- RED CROSS GIVES HELPING turn of Mis Giankler. terror to attrnd Taylor's funeral and streets. World shortly liter the. killers, a" Seeking Jobs For HAND — Mr !tove Gaul, member ' chairman of canteen service, were to protest his brutal lynching Over of the .deijiphi. -ehe.by County on duly afternoons and nights for Veterans among crews said the three fugitives from a Mis.4s.sipn 60 cars were counted in tlie funeral Chapter the American National throe days, and serviced more than Red Cross emblem on canteen work­ uri on farm, hud wreaked ven­ College-Trained procession, Ri'd Oros». is shown serving h o t- 300 men of ‘the Light. Gas and Wa­ ers sleevi wiu a welcome «whthUK» geance on the Thomas Ranis fam­ PROTEST DEMONSTRATION coffet anil sandwiches to i lie city's ler piiuMUi. Hell Telephone Com­ seas during the war. but they never ily at his. humble farm home on Disabled Vets "This dramatic funeral protest ileaii-'ip squad during the recent pany. and Hie Texas Oas Transmis­ thought they would aee them on the Fallen Plantation Commander L Osby of Chapter demonstration- by the Negroes of a emergency'when ice-coated, trees sion Company Twenty-fivt^gallons duty in Memphis during peace time. Thomas Harris is shown lying in No 5 of the Disabled American small southern community must (ell and disrupted light, telephone of coffee, dozens of donuts and sand­ Miss Mary Poston, executive secre­ air’h'i al’condition at a Kosciusk- Veterans of Tennessee adeit known rouse Americans throughout l ll-e- and gas service throughout- the wiches were-.served.to the men who tory of the Meinphis-8helby County hospital where he was taken fol­ today that the Disabled American country' to fight the terror against county, wire on duty long hours ur freezing Chapter American Red Cross, is lowing the shooting at his home at Veterans hive launched a nation­ tlie Negro people." declared William Three station wagon* And a crew ram repairing broken linej. mid shown behind Mrs. Gaul. nearby Newport Attendants at the wide campaign to place college- of canteen workers under the iiiref- hospital stated that bullet Wounds IContinurd On Back Pagel Continue Grilling trained veterans 7n suitable em­ •nxthe buck and other section of the ployment The disabled veterans . body nmy paralyze him permanent are enured bv Public Law 16 'the . fv to the event he does recover He d'Mtbled veterans law' students suffered tlie loss o( great quantities that have been specially trained for of blood dijring the n'eayiv six hour Miss. Murder Suspects careers. ■ he l»viky in a senn-iondition at hi* press solved In at' Jack- t! A pilot" 'Cindy is now being made JACKSON', Mississippi _ Mississippi- police at' Jack- -W'W according . Commander. Osby son Friday continued grilling three convicts accused of try- thXXrS'w^i X' among disabled veterans in schools Illg to wipe out ail entire family focq^venge while a peni- ttffod bv the «Neriem» that hour» and colleges to determine the field Isler -he w;^ riol 5WTo filk c - «’’PlnvmeM they are preparing tuitiary inmate hoped his part in thi physical activi- him a third parole. vrm- r 'R i'tJaii IIiki Jl’E phdtogr:'- 1'‘s ^lev illT able to perform McCray, Booth Indictments Claiehcc Hog Jaw Mullin Ciiam- . phetpnri hadnH(1 H1to use.a^spucbluhe.a^pociu carv^oicamejs toir "The^-me|i••• — •••■»• and-.*>.». wpmen."..... ôshy mer is serving a 100-year murder tet ^e picture mi wn center She - Hid. “represents the top level

hi1'FieM. isL, holding th? j.,..,,J-ycar-nM.• bpv wiu-'p — .graduates ...... and-...... arg the best*--• •.i nC E Wright and the Stale Psi '.ijf- e • managed to save bv "split> Hlifh*d for Jobs anywhere " Rayburn Queried Board will confer soon on the powi- seconds'’ bv dashing aut the bark "í)ur 6 'eminent and the DAV Funeral Rites For Dr. Walter A. bility of freeing him. J NNPA, Organizations door of the house during the shoot .Wiraged the handicapped war Hog Jaw.” considered by Parch­ inK. ' \eteian to-enter vocational training Maier, Noted Lutheran Leader *0n R'porled Deal man Penitentiary Superintendent Three grave markers bear mute following their discharge from Ready For Court Test Marvin Wiggins a "model prisoner, testimony of the tragedv which government hospitals and now we » Theological Seminary, 8t. Louis, who just ckn't seem to stay out oi snuffed out the lives of three in­ must see to it that, they, are plac­ Mo.. trouble of the outside.' spearheaded The funeral address was deliver nocent • youngsters Sonny Harris id in business and industry. WASHINGTON, II. ('.-(NNI’A)-The Negro News- the posse that captured Wendell 11; Nell Harris. 4; and their 7- Information on Public Law 16 is ed by the Reverend Herman Etaold. îo Knife FEPC Whitt and Leon Timer tn a potato pa|ier Publishers Association, individual publishers, other, pastor nL ^giut S'.eplicn's.LJiLbejML year-old half sister. Mary “McAI-1being gathered at DAX nationali...l.„..»l shed near Sails, Miss. tee . • ‘employment headquarters tn Wash- organizations and individuals stood ready last Thursday to ' Church, Saint Louis where D. HANDLES BLOODHOUNDS Maier, was assistant pastor. Addi­ Say Texas Solon Grammer handled the bkxxi- THE HAHRI& HOME qt Neu'uort ington D C, and the DAC Corn­ carry to the United States Supreme Court, if necessary, the , il here the mrssacre took place' in'ander urges nil interested em- tional messages were delivered by l hounds that tracked down the pan issue of freedom of the press involved in the indictment of Pelallves of the family are shown ployer to contact this office at the Reverend John W Behnken after they and Whitt's brother. Mal- two South Carolina newspapermen by a> South Carolina . Resident of the Lutheran Church- Reversed Earlier ' olm. allegedly murdered three Ne- on the front [mrrh It was In this 1701 lftth-N W. Washington. D C. house that the three convicts, Leoti,for personnel available in their Missouri Svnod, on behalf of the aro children. , critically wounded grand jury. Turner, 3R. and the Whitt bro-|arears The decision of tile publishers to church body, The Reverend Profes­ Debate Decision their father and shot a sister at the ■—( sor Doctor William Arndt, head of aid in the defense of the case is 1 victims' home at Newport, Miss. thers. .Malcolm, 36 mid- Wendell.' X 34 came.after escaping from orisryi p. I L A' based on the constitutional guaran­ the New Testament Department, on Nunc of the three Kttspecl* has I Behalf of the Seminary faculty; NEW YOPK - Speaker «( the confessed. and shot un the Harris famllv MF. JOnTl USRiaH tee of freedom of the press. }|ou»e Sam Rayburn was asked ' Authorities said the slayings up-1 While it appeals that the-South and Dr-Eugene R. Bertermann; on behalf of the Lutheran Hour. The Friday to clarify a report that he Meanwniic. at Stoneville. Miss. patently were carried out, because Carolina law under which the two students at the Mississippi state Of Southwestern Concordia Seminary Lutheran h»s agreed not to recognize Rcprc- the men had been arrested in-tlw > defendants were indicted is un­ p'llegc look up a collection' for the Hour Chorus and the Saint Louis seutlvr John Lesiiukl ■ when hr Negro family's house while af- constitutional because it forbids survivors oL .the attempted revenge 1 utheran Hour Chorus furnished rises, on. the House floor on January 'empting to burglarize it eariv in Speaks Tonight publicationr______of an_ attack^ victim's I massacre musical selections. * t ' S3 to move for tlie discharge of December, and molest Harris' 15- Dr .John’Osman. Associate Pro­ name even after trial of the accus­ Dr Walter R. Maier, professor on HR 4453. the FEPC bill from the yexr-o'd daughter. Verlena. fessor of Philosophy at Southwes­ ed, iFis believed that a Supreme Grammer himself was given mon­ leave of the Old Testament at Con •Rules Comhiittee for debate on the All three fugitives were tracked tern University, will rpresent_ __ __an Court ruling' would help to clarify j ey soon after wounding Turner cordia Thenloglal Seminary will be floor. -iightly and forcing him and Wen­ down bv a posse of one hundred illustrated lecture orr-'the Political issues raised by attempts to gag the remembered for his speech made dell Wlyitt to surrender. He took meA. including .some of the trusties and Religious Views of Mlchaelan- press in the reporting of criminal at Ellis Auditorium sometime ago from the orison farm from which "*1o for the Community Relations ''¡Tewr------1 Rayburn,According following to the a report,conference Speaker with (herd tomoney, the Parchman uncounted, jail and return- they escaped . » -Committee before a packed house. «.------4-li_S-. ». of *------“• ------Sentiment agu nst the men wu Frederick Binford chairman, said The refusa‘1 of the Supreme Couri Dr -Maier messages were regular Representative Brook» H»ys the ' - intensified also bv the threat* they, that renewed interest in the paint­ on January 9 to review the setting ly heard in thirty-six languages Arkansas and members of OLD CARS made against Judge John F Fal­ ings of Michielangelo has been de­ aside of a Baltimore gag rule left I)R. WALTER A. MAIER over-, stations' in the United States, Texas congressional delegation, had Around six out of every ten len. who- had previously sentenced veloped as the result oi the printed still unsettled many issues relating The tunejnf se.iocej. ui) to important positions that, ceivliving a large sum plus royalties Kjectronic method mewsufes dis­ -FOUT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two men accused of lai —show-1Ih( n»-tfllfri«Rly--ft-pereerrt-(if U S Armed Forces, serving a ma­ Handy Wrote "Roosevelt’s Tritim- enabling»bling __the Pace__ _ and___ Handy Aside from.his widow. Mr Oates tance to star in 10 minutes. « infantile . paralysis patients wen jor part of his time in the European - ing with prospective jurors in a Fort Lauderdale murder trial i>iral March.” and Pace while pro- Music Co., to open ike pubiishint leaves two brothers. Turner, and over 15 years nf age. but this rose to Theatre of Operations He saw were sentenced Friday to 60-day jail-sentences. lessor at Lincoln University. Mo., business at 1545 Broadway. New Sidney Oates; and several nephews Italian Communists map another 25 per cent in, 1947 Today aboti! action tn Belgium. France and ______wrote in collaboratorv with Hanttr York employing twenty-six specta- and nieces, notably, Mildred Tur- great “peace'-campaign Henry A. Marshall, official of a transfer firm, and Rob­ the same percentage applies. The Cotton Fields of Dixie,” that lists, of their group Face was pra- Ocrmany He was with the first ner, David G Oates, Jr?j and T “— 1------1------r ert Franks, a private detective, were convicted of the charges lund* contributed to the i9jo waves in the invasions of Normandy j. Oates. III. March of Dime* Januarx U thru ' ’ -Partner"hip------_ .. »as (..«.»uformed and ,h.th? sident „untilM,,1 1921. U.He M«as. sucnMM------A FISHING CAT ond ordered by Judge E, Clay lewis to start serving time next At-the time of his discharge. Mr I Within recent years the four SPRINGFIELD. Ill.- The saying 31. support both the local chapter numbers placed with another pub- by Charles E Handy. Although W.’ Oates held the rank- of- Staff— - Ser- ­ numbers of his family who preced­ that cate are afraid of water Wednesday. They were technically charged with contempt of and the national headquarters of Ju-hing company for royalties which C Handy was majority stockholder, geant- . _ ed him in death were His parents doesn't hold true for one local cat court by tampering with a jury. the nmniFstion. Fifty percent oi'»ere never received. he preferred to remain as srcretSiF* After completing * the public and two brothers. J C Oates Jr:, which not only swims but gets his All 49 members of the Jury panel, called to try Game th» - ini jbutions remain with th- ■ Realizing that- many composers. treasurer since his first -last era sch >ol» of Memphis, ijr. Oate* went local "hapter to pay for that part l’f °ur race had thus been defraud- »nd new wonts to the MemgRg. and Henry Oates ( dally food at the same time Th«, Worden I. R. Giddens on charges of murdering o Negro, were to Tuskegee Institute «here he be­ Final rites «ere scheduled to be cat dives into Lake Springfield af­ of medical care which the patient ed «t the time when Booker T. Blues" had *uag hi* name aromd dfccharged when some said they had been questioned about came outstanding a» a footbgil play­ held from Emanuei Kpisropai ter it spots a fish in the. water, or„ his family cannot*.------.-.«„j afford and. Un Washington had oiganized the Ne- the world. Negroes. Some of them said they were also asked;if they . gro Business League representing I With the advent of Radio: Mntim er He later entered Wilberforce Church Father 8t. Julian Simpkins, which is over his head and comes emergency.’ to supplement the na- ^University and completed his col- rector I up with a meal. would "give the defendant a break.’’ Itional epidemic aid (und. J t tail forms oi business but music,| (Continued Un Back Fap] 1 —- • ...... r i - r •I, ' ’ ’ I — • * ». .» « i f t < » ' I / J 1 * ' <•. i ■ •! - k - s s i iV f MEMPHIS WORLD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Doctor Shortage Study Attacked As Unrealistic

CHICAGO. Illinois - The Journal of the American Medical Assecmtion Thursday diallenged a report of the Federal Security Agency predicting a shortage of doctors by i960. i An editorial in the current issue of the Journal declared:, "The methods employed in this study are so unrealistic that , the study adds nothing to the knowledge of the physician requirements of the American people now or in 1950 ” The FSA report estimated there will be 227,119 physicians living in the U. S. in I960 and that this wiil provide only 143 doctors per 100.000 population. There were 137 per 100,000 last year.1 Hy ROBERT E. JOHNSON ATLANTA, Georgia - (SN8) - , The editorial added: R1MPIENT OI GOLD CUF| A 58-vear-olil Italian evangelist found refuge here FriJ and Morris Brown Colleges ,an i Atlante Junior l'haipbcr of Gom- "Il is difficult to forecast the na­ The second V«« At- tional demand for physicians be- AWARp -- Gammon . Theological Somiiory, UWihr and Uni A HANTA JOURN­ (lay morjiing in'a Negro home where he related an appalling lantam ûnpty Stocking Fund ex- was awarded a gold cup for collect­ AL white Mr. J. A Hickerson, :ause it is practically impossible to account of., hii alleged seizure and flogging by masked 'endÂt participation 10 Negroes, estimate in advance lite rapidity of ing the largest amount of. money L>r Clark graduate who was Chairman technologic progress in the practice white men in (lairo, Ga,r/Thursday night. Luther H. Anderson. ClarF senior lire fund. of the Negro Division oi tbe Fund, of medicine. Nevertheless, it is pos­ of ÄtoXville. Tennessee, ni rompe I The presentation is being mad' looks on. The rotund minister, Michael A. bus to Atlanta. He said he refused sible that theere will be a surplus of iby Mr.'Joel Wygjt, representing i.lv> - 'PHOTO By CONWAYi- Picardi, who said lie is Evangelist­ to make a oomplaint to Thomasville physicians in 1960 police, fearful that some of the as­ "... Tiie^Byreau of Medical Eco­ pastor of Temple Emanuel Apostolic wo. ■: >,.rnr sailants might have been following nomic Research of the American church in Columbus, Ohio, display­ O er Encourages Father Ala. Supreme Court Medical Association has estimated ed A blood-ckiUed wound on the him. . that the increase in productivity per left side of his face and bruises Meanwhile, .Sheriff C. H. Strick­ physician during the* 1940's might about the dorsal region of his body land of Cairo reported that he had Turps Down Zoning have been as much as one-third. If as he told reporters of his hfart- not heard of the incident. He did To Diversify, Buy Farm this rapid and widely recognized Hckening experience ' in Grady recall, however, talking to the el­ Law As Invalid trend continues, it certainly seems county. der a day before the reported flogg­ WAÊHINGTON- Typical of the moie reasonable tn expect a surplus Between piteous sobs in which he ing. MONTGOMERY. Alabama - thojjsand» of colored t-H dub boys than a delicti of physicians in 1960. alternately begged___ “Lord, have At Thomasville, police said they .Alabama's Supreme Court Tliuisdcv and girls who are influencing their Obviously a crisis in the health of Mercy" and referred to«his masked had in custody an automobile belong junked a Birmingham Zoning Ordi­ to diversify their cropping the people does not now exist." abductors as “devils in the ‘flesh," ing to the minister. It was left in parents nance which had been in force since Elder Picardi exhibited his ere- Thomasville around 10 p. m. Thurs- program is Samuel R, English Jr. 1943. of Lawrenceburg Tenn , reports dentials from the Pentecostal As- day night, police said, The Justice« granted a temporary Request For International Assistant State Extension Agent W injunction preventing the city from semblies of the World. Inc., and gave . H. Williamson. Bank Wtin Withdrawn By a broken account of the alleged Siei'1 F'?1’ stric^land 'ald 1 closing two North Birmingham Liq­ bludgconed-beatlng and flogging Ca"° ''«drcce'ved no report of uor Stores. The decision reversed RELATES FLOGGING lhf ll,e,dfnt- But lie told of a cot- an earlier ruling of the Jefferson Colonial Developers Pieced together, the story said ver.sation he had With Picardi Wed- Circuit Court that denied the in­ LONDON-1ANPi- The Colonial CHARGES FLOGGING — Elder Michael A. Picardi, junction Development Corporation announc­ the Ohio minister was seized al a The high court termed the 1943 ed here last week that Its applica­ Negro church in Cairo where he was 'Hc 1,aud wl,h 58-year-old Columbus, Ohio evangelist, tells Atlanta re­ zoning law invalid and inoperative tion for a $5,000,000 loan from the conducting a revival and then taken h"e’ and, “ ™ rel>ort^ porters that a group of masked men Hbducted him from because it was not advertised as re­ International Bank had been with­ for a ride along “country roads" P°ltCC"T ,hn* ^eshl 1 a Negro church in Cairo, Ga., and flogged him Thurs­ while "masked men" allegedly beat oul SiC,hlm quired by law and. the Justices .said, drawn because the group did not day nigbf, (W. A. SwH III, Photo) if was an attempt ;fl piecemeal or agree to the terms set up by the him about the head with pistols and "*»1 ^to®»ry here, spot zoning ■ i bank flogged him about his back and ’V"1' '* 4 . Cliaiiman Lord Trelgarne. said hips with the-butt o! a shotgun. , Mr.a',wh,lr; ( l,i ,?*sleyA Aswrw' that the organization may turn to Given 30 mihutes to leave the ^ho Messenger, Shaw Students In private banks for its dollars. hamlet, the minister said he mopp- sa‘d ll,c ^ry of the flogging was Thee orporation stated that the ed his bleeding brow and drew p™‘lraU/ \nown ,n„he, town Alpha Kappa Mu to Thomasville, where he left his he has Wen unable to con- loan wa’s needed to buy “indispens­ Successful Venture PAf J'JGH, N C.y.Eight students able" American-built, land clearing lMLChemLet mitnmnbtlc in etts- Til'Shaw University were intiated machinery' for us in a~ ulli-mll- tody of the local police and came a . ,tlr, " " ™ ’ton ««'dTw Io Atlanta by bus. ’ allne and one-half ounce of and research. It seeks also to foster ■ Other newly-elected vice-presi­ caged in a campaign for a “Rosary hot fudge, an ounce of marshmellow appreciation for such scholarly en­ dents include Mary White Oring- unit in every block." Each unit a cube of uaar nuts, and three 1 ton, Hon. Jane M. Boltn, Sen. Hu­ deavor. Omieron Chapter carries on meets once a week in the home of bert Humphrey. H. L. ‘ Mitchell, drops of lemon extract. an extensive tutoring program at a parishioner to recite the Rosary Tile e.'.’r.i ' contained 70'". alco- Shaw. The purpose of the program together for the conversion of Rus- and Willard Townsend. * i. y.o;. i n fire because serviv- is to give students who need it out- 1 sia. in reparation lor sin and for Former vice-presidents who were i: : Ch • f -Eurke said that the deli­ of-class study assistance in sub­ world peace. re-elected include Mary McLeod cacy was a hazard as fur coats jects in which they are experienc­ In several blocks non-Catholics Bethune, Martnie H. Burroughs. sweaters and cotton dresses ceuld ing difficulty. have joined Uieir neighbors in re­ Godfrey Lowell Cabot, Marion citing the prayer. easily catch on fire. Cuthbert. Hon. Harry E. Davis,' Douglas P. Falconer. Buell G. Gal­ FINE roti I lagher, Bishop John A. Gregg. Rev. Burns John Haynes Holmes, Dr. William DOUBLE Minor Cuts Lloyd lines, Hon Ira W. Jayne, Chafe Isadora Martin, T. G. Nutter, Rev FILTERED Scratches A, Clayton Powell, A. Philip Ran­ FOPfXrpA dolph. James H Robinson,'- and Scrapes Bishop W. j. Walls. QUALITY .PURITY been drinking with Coir when Ho­ 1225 Enrolled At IN PETROLEUM JELLY ward was killed in- the Pershin? This well-known name. lounge last September 29th. The Ga. State College Morolinc. guarantees 1 state'' attorney's office talked with highest quality. Re- / indorsed two Negroes among the SAVANNAH. - Figures released Mjss Garcia in New York over the lied on by millions. / four aspirants for epunty commis­ last week by T. C. Meyers. Georgia rlast weekend and she promised to sioner Stale College registrar, show that testify against Cole. ' The Iwu werr Mack Atkins, fu­ 1225 students are enrolled for the neral director and former alder- Now the prosecution says it is Winter quarter. PETROLEUM JELLY preparing a new list of witnesses- manic candidate from the 3rd ward, The breakdown follows: Men, 750, WuslTOSa associates of the former and David W. Krllum. former pro­ of* this number 441 are veterans, partners,--and “if the state sees fit, moter of Bud Billiken for the Chi­ and 264 non-velerans. Two hundred some of them might testify." cago Defender.. and thirty veterans am enrbllod in The senior Florida Senator was the trade school, and 211 in the quoted m Washington Friday-as college. Tqji nou-vetcrans are en­ saying he<

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A/kansas A M and N College at Pine Bluff, was the scene of the fust Farm Housing loan in the United States to a Negro family when Mr and Mrs. Tom Stuart of Hempstead, County received a clus k Friday.'from Stale Director J 5 Highfill of the Farmers Home Administration tot 63000 before an audience of about WOO persons in tlie college auditorium Shown left to right: W M. Sparks, Hempstead Scouting Among A County FHA Supervisor, John G Lewis, Jr, principal speaker. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, F.ss.e D and Ralph Stuart, daughter and sun of the «beneficiaries, student at the college,. Mr. and Mrs Stuart; Our own Dr W S. Martin, pre- the national game Mr «dent and owner, and yours truly,i supervised and dirt Highfill; President Lawrence Davis Ocie Lee Smith.-Special Re­ »111 represent the Memphis Red uunent and profess; Sox. Other owners who will attend ! the Negro race. C presentative, State. Office, Farmers' the two-day meeting from this W. S." our fans an Home Administration I ftta will be Thomas H. Haves, Bir- rooting for you dui Foote Homes Auditorium al ’8 p in I'ROOI’ ORGANIZED Mtaghani Black Barons' president; season, for a winnini ■ft Dr. W H. Young, Houston cd crowds at all oi Sign up for the course, today by Troop 117 of White’s Chapel Hnasi Eagle prexy. It should be Incidentally, the n calling Mr Roberson at Foote Community was also organized this I interesting get-together with E H. Crump Bouli Homes 5 2715 or* the Scout office Thi' M another troop added Kb owners and directors and we re a loud of beauty t 8-2313. Their .will be fun. fellow- <>’e Shawnee District. Mr. Peter ships, skjll, rope work, first aid. Townsend is Chairman of the troop, Soklng forward along with our Wellington baseball teachers compass work, movies, axeniimship. Mews. Wesiev Nathaniel and Ju- •boss," Dr. W. 6 to. see what's until the'next time signaling and many other things |hus ^nilth ** Troop Committeemen around the bases" for Negro fans ing around the ba and Mr M M Jackson is serving and players c&ne 1950. Dr J. B. pulling for our Mt you will learn at the Srouter Train­ Martin, former Memphian and pre- l and Marlin Stadlu ing School This school is for the as Scoutmaster The boys are: —;------....s, ------Scoutainster’s. TVoop.J" ommfttee- George Kinsey. Hubert Owens, Ro­ men, Cubmaster’s mid others who bert L Steverson, Millard Turner, LeMoyne Cagers Take Officials would lfke-to take the course. David White, Jr Lawrence White, Robert Earl Carr and James Farris PACK 105 REREGISTERS While. In Heated Contest 67 To 39 Friendship Baptist Church, Pack The LeMoyne College Mad Maga- LeMoyne; Joe (Lefty » Spearman. 105. reregistered thb, week wlih\ 18 clans proved to the many specta- ,I.eMoyne; Cap George Robinson. boys.. Tlie Committeeman of this Chosen "Best Cook" tors that crowded Beale Street Au» 'TFMoyne George i Speedy • Yuiil group are as follower» Institutional dltorlum, Thursduv night that they i and Flash Garrett conceded that ___ _ Representative, Mr RE Brown, were not called Mag Magicians for youth outlasted experience Manemer Area The Division *Arui- Troop_gomniitteenien-are Messrs. By Baptist Church Dohting by beating the Coaches' A Lockhart of LeMoyne was by |fry wllj ,sprnd 45 days perliclpat- Thomas Franklin, Fred Brown and and Officials in an exciting thriller all High Point Man of the game by | jng in, service practice and Batta- Henry Hall, Scoutmaster is Mr 67-39. ¡chalking up 18 points SpeedyT^t's Samuel Harris The boys are: Jo- ■; / ¡Yuiil wfth_ his long sensational f™"1 I!16 l!in£0* ,he S?UI’°;°I lhf shots Was high point man for the Arriving in Japan on January 8. Co4c.1 Spearman squmtette. coaches and Officials 1948. he was ass^ned to the-55th Army Band of the 159 Field Artil­ Prof Nat. D. Williams was mas­ lery Battalion located at Nara. ter of ceremonies and presented Japan Prof. L. C. iLucky> Sharpe (Prairie Private Bolton is a member of View's Great Athlete» who in turn the 41 h Infntry Regiment, now presented the players on each team. stationed at Gifu, Japan serving as This affair, stated "Lucky", is giv­ rifleman in Company He recent­ en for the purpose of Increasing ly returned from summer maneu- the LcMoyne Athletic’s Fund. It vers at the base of Mr Fuji, Ja 1 -.»T. jr -v ’■ex > r * will be an annual event Knoxville Swamps pan’s most famous mountain. Prior to game time and doing in-1 Private Bolton, entered the Army termission the band and majorettes in October. 1948, received his basic Impressive Ceremonies LeMoyne Cagers of Hamilton band performed. One training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, advantage seeing this band per- and departed for overseas duty in A going away party was tendered 91 To 28 form in the auditorium gave the (February. 1949 by his many relatives and friends The clever magic of LeMoyne's mat$y spectators a birdseye view the night prior to his leaving Fort college basketball team proved of the majorettes Knox Those present were Mr and futile when the Knoxville College Epidemic Drain President J. W Boone of the Mrs. William Nelapn, Mr aniTMrs Bulldogs ran away the game by a Grorgip Hollis, Miss Georgia Hollis, coaches appreciation to the many ■core of 91 to 28. Friday night at Polio Funds Miss Catherine Hollis. A Elliot, spectators that came out to witness PINE BLUFF. Ark In a i-ete- United Stale which they will re- ' the Beale Street Auditorium. Infantile piralysis delivered a Miss Margaret Williams, Mr Book­ this fine thriller. Other officers are inony marked with dignity anil sim* pay with intere t. und m repaying . LeMoyne fought a hard fight in "one-two" punch to the nation in er Dickerson, photographer; and John Lacy, secretary and Elmer pliclty. more than WOO,persons Jan it they' will become better citizens attempting to catch and in one the past, two years and, as a re­ Mr ahd Mrs Q E Porter. Henderson, treasurer. 13 Witnessed the closing of the first or having entered into this con- 1 'Die conference began its work period of the game, catching up was sult. March of Dimes funds trad And it, is my sincere hope ’ with • the disciplinary questions ’ Mr and Mrs Warren stated that LeMoyne Position Coaches Farm Housing loan in the Nation i very probable. Knoxville had por- facing the greatest need in his- their,home seeuifd like old times Miller Center Tarpley to a Negro family when State I)i- | that tin will lie the forerunner of I which were called and answered. sesslon of the ball the majority of tory-sare at the lowest point’ ever. having tlie sbrgeant back Boyd Forward Westbrook rector J V Highfill of- the Falhiers’ more loans of this type to thousands The presiding elder commended all | ♦he time and a score was usually In 1948 the case Wil of 27.908 of the different organizations of j E. Johnsos Forward Cawthorne Home Administration presented a' of citizens, Negro and white, not on­ wked up for them.. marked that year as the second ly in Arkansas but throughout tins tile church for the. fine« showing ■ ^Knoxville’s coach Is Leon Jordan Bartholemew Guard Conley check for -63,000 to Mr 'and Mi s their many thanks to Mrs Mc­ worst polio yejjr on record. A rela­ great Nation.” made. '‘V * ^Johnson Guard Robinson Tom Stuart of Hempstead County Murtry for the fine time had at tier of Kansas City, and a graduate of tively light year was hof»ed for,fol­ in the auditorium of A M and N j Outstanding players for LeMoyne: Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, President j Reports were \ as follows: Stew­ home. Lincoln University, Jefferson City lowing it. Instead came 1949 with College. ' j .. ■ Lockhart, Miller, Jordan, Wade ana of the College, pointed out that it | ards, $541 69; Trustees, $231.73; | Next meeting will be held Jan­ Milssouri. LeMoyne is coached by an all-time reported high of 42. Sunday School $108.16; A C. E W. Johnson. Funds from this loan will be used was no accident that the first loan uary 26th, beginning at 6:00 j) m , Charles Spearman, product of Le­ 375 cases. So widespread and in­ to construct a 5-toom farm home League, $1358; Clubs and auxilia­ Outstanding players of Coaches of this type is being made in Arkan­ at the home of Mrs. Lucile Dil­ Moyne. tense was the 1949 epidemic that 4Q for the Stuart family on their 80- ries, $200.28 making a grand total Th« BmT Cook» Ut« and Officials: Yuiil, Cawthorne, sas because "Arkansas Is the land worth, 769 Boston Street. Although LeMoyne lost their first states reported more cases than In acre, debt-free farm near Ozan in for the first Quarterly Conference Stokslys fatui Food« Tarpley, Garrett, and. Johns. of opportunity for all the people who Mrs. Ethel McMurtry, president; Important game, they still have a 1948 Some states had ten times as the southwestern part of the State. live, within .its-borders." He said (if 11.09544 Mrs. Susie Hugguris, secretary. • > gret team anti the many readers of Officials: King and Jackson. many cases. Authority for Farm Housing loans it wa, appropriate that this cere­ According to Dr Wingfield Ward this Article wll be hearing of them National Foundation for Infan­ was provided by Congress last sum­ mony was: being held at one of . the Cha|>el made the best report of his throughout the basketball season. tile Paralysis chapters in state.af­ mer with the passage of the Hous­ Land Grant College.’ of the State rounds. The game with LeMoyne was ter state saw their funds complete ing Act of 1949 which contained a since the Land Grant College was Y.C.A.C. CELEBRATES Knoxville's 5th game of the season ly wiped out in providing patient section for the construction, repair­ founded to extend education, self- with the record of winning 4 1ST. ANNIVERSARY care. National headquarters of the ing or. remodeling of farm dwellings help and--all the facilities provided East End Community Tlie Young Citizens Activity Club and the lo6t of 1 which was to organization sent in supplementary' or buildings. , by the State in helping to promote held its first anniversary Sunday Club Holds Meeting Kentucky State Oollege. financial aid of ovcer $8.500.000 by In making the presentation of the the general welfare of all the peo­ evening. 3 p. m. at the, Alpha check Mr. Highfill said. "We are to­ The East End Community-Club Smith of Knoxville was high point | ple. Church, 508 .Boston Street. The day witnessing the practical appli­ held its regular meeting at the man of the game with ■ total of 31 Tom’ Stuart bought his farm sev­ club is composed of young 'high cation of the enactment of a law by lovely home of the president, Mrs. points to his Credit. LOCKHART eral years ago through the Farmers | school and college men of the the Congress of the United States. Ethel McMurtry. Business of the was high point man for LeMoyne Home Administration and later sold Orange Mound Community. Prof. Better housibg Is a vital need for month got under way after which with 10 points. it to the Government when the War C D. Goodlowe will address the club. all-the people ofour Nation whether Department needed it for a proving pictures were taken of the club. ' LeMoyne Po« Knoxville 1 Miss Viola Flowers, teacher of (hey live in the cities or on the ground area during World War II. All members of the club expressed I E. Johnson Forward • Smart Melrose High School, rendered mus­ farms. A better house,, is a step to­ After the war he rebought it from A. Lockhart Forward Drake ical selections. Miss Gloria Bran­ ward the ’ more abundant life and his own savings and recently lost his; Burns, Home Management Supervis-- 8. Miller Center Freeman non appears on program. mo,?.happiness and prosperity re­ home by.Im, He was inured of a or. Jefferron County; FYed Waldon, L. Wade Guard Holds Mr. W. P. Ware, president: Mr. gardless of our situation in life. new"home~When he received a Gov- 1 Pulaski County. B. E. Evans, Direc-‘ x Jordan Gilard Antley John Ryan, secretary; Elder V. H. "We m Arkansas are happy, of ernment check for $3.000 which- tor. Veterans Program. A M. and N •fotal point« for Knoxville 91 Williams, advisor. Mr. Waiter Har­ course^ ti make Jhe first loan tq a marked the beginning of a new day College: Harry Bass. Executive Sec­ ▼Total points for LeMoyne 28 rell, reporter Negro family in the United States. " ’.for him and his family' Seated on retary. Little Rock Urban League; Mr Highfill continued, and this THIS the platform -with Mr. and Mrs. C Rock "Robinson. Administrative i family is to be congratulated on this SECTION j Stuart, and other distinguished Assistant. Texas State Office, Farm­ achievement.'’ i . . , • . - ■ • . • I ’ guests were- their two children, ers Home Adnunistration?Jamas P Ralph; 17r-and Essie Dean 19. both- Thè principal address was deliver­ Davis, Administrative Officer;!! 8. of whom are students at the college. I. ed by John O -Lewis, Jr. State Department of Agriculture. Little Musical • numbers were. furnished : Grand Master of Masons, A. F. & Rock: John Gammon.^ Chairman M. of Baton Rouge. Louisiana. "The 1 tty tire colli'gi1 ehuir miller the dfr Negro Division. Farm Bureau. Pine , reclioil of A. M. Lovelace. Prayer presentation of this check today." Bluff: C. A Hicks, Supervisor. Ne­ i was offered both at -the oiwnini: and gro Schools in Arkansas;G.S. Rivers, said Mr Lewis, “points iip the fact 1 close of the program by the Rev G that the State was created to serve Principal Searcy Negro High G M. James of the college faculty SAVE MONEY the individual. In some countries School; J W Mason. Assistant FHA Ocie I ee Sntith. Special Representa­ Supervisor. Crittenden County;' L. tive m',the State Office of the.Farm- Herbert Henegan of, the National BROADWAY'S 1 ers Home Administration. w4s mas­ Office. Farmers Home Admtnistra- ter of ceremonies anti presented the 1 tion, ' . . ’; . - ___ ALABAMA •fvisitoi-s and distinguished guests. | FANCY All-American News recorded the - LUMP event in pictures, which win be. shown in theat’rCs throughout the $12.99 ’NaUon.- ” - Among those who were platform A TON guests were B D Failght and Mrs Including Tax, '1 Mamie H Vari Epps from the State i Farmers Horre office in Little Rock, W. M Sparks. County Supervisor of • Hempstead County, home of the Stuart family. Robert E McLellaml Carl G. Dintelman and Cul E. ' Barge of the FHA office in Pihe 1 Bluff; 8 M. Nunn. Smith-Hughes Instructor, Sparkman; Mrs Ruth R.j Orphans Pitch In To Aid March Of But HOW DID YOU ^iOBTAWEPTMEMFTOM TIM GAVE TOUA WE FOUND THE MINERALS WE EVEN THOUGHT AT Dimes Campaign LIOUID MADE IN YOUR SADDLEBAG THE TIME y«J WERE < HAPPEN TO HAVE THOSE AN OLD NATIVE YES, THE MAN YOU JUST SAYED > by Dissolving AND FIGURED TOO HAD ONE OF 4 GANG WTO . SMALL YELLOW ITOCKS IN VOIR) CHIEF MOW? SADDLEBAG, MR. CURTISS// ME OF W? GREAT FROM A DEADLY TROPICAL ILLNES51 r A SECDET STOLEN THEM FROM A EARLIER TODAY < IS 5AM CURTISS, 5PECIAL J MNWAL-DOtt MAN NAMED ROSS HAO®/ ABDUCTED HACKßY-/ GOVERNMENT AGENT-"!».5Ud5TMCE WTO TOLD US OF THEIR CURING ROWER—j—

DVMMQ 19M I »(SOLVE member and talk about his fellow I .ttsolve to be the best members, the family ot the church? member I know how to be. Can a man be a good church mem­ ber and not undertake to work with the other church people who also work for the cause of the kingdom. 3. I resolve to be the best citizen I can tfe. It. is in this citizenship that the fruits of my religion will manifest themselves. The Lord said we would DIMANDI J n YES BUT HOCK SUBSTANCE any level. These are my resolves for 1949 I In order to achieve them I will need .strength beyond my own. 4. I resolve, therefore to become a 'more intimate.friend ot God. Thus will I be able to dwell within his love and lay hold of his majestic areas; in the south east, part power. That is the only way these Christian, pan pagan communities. resdlves can be achieved. Then main vernacular languages How many of us will enter into are spoken in the territory. . 1950 with resolves simular to or PROGRESS made better than, these suggested above? Despite this, considerable progress Let us try it and see what happens. has already been made, not only in —Baptist Union-Review Nigeria, but in all the territories of British Africa. For today the same By Sullivan spirit of endeavor which was kindled in Ogwofia is spreading THIS disape^rinç- Children Teach throughout the continent. The new cult of literacy in Africa is the INK DROVE IF story of amass-awakening. My HUNCHIGRIGHT’ Every child in school and a train ed leather for every class has been Parents thp ideal ot British educationalists In Africa. But universal schooling BP JOHN CARR-GREGG , Udi Experiment, in Southern MFCWTJTje JKI__ _ I still remains a long-term -project, YORK—When s^iyear-old geria. Bc»un in 1943, the project likely to be delayed for years by Izu Kauchi finishes his day at was an attempt to promote better lack of staff and limited funds. school in the small Nigerian village living, if possible on the initiative Mass education provides the short­ of Ogwofia, he doesn’t go out to ,of the African communities them­ term solution, enlisting as it does play with the other kids. He goes selves. It started with about 2.000 the aid of voluntary teachers and straight home to teach his parents. people but within two years 40 vil­ covering all forms of betterment, In Ogwofia. as in all the commu­ lages were involved. from improved methods of. soil con nities of British Africa, literacy Is Local rivalry and village prestige servatlon to fundamental hygiene. today a proMem which is being were powerful Incentives in the But it has to be adapted to meet tackled urgently. Seven years ago campaign for bettermen. One com­ the needs of the different types of there were only two men in this munity put in 30.000 man-days of society which exist in Africa, > ILL MAKE > village who could read and write. voluntary labor to bulid a road to iheaqfelw Some sixty children now attend the village dispensary. The Industrial areas, of Rhodesia, if/ MySELF invis-J COMING, e>LVT regular classes under a full-time By 1947 these community de­ for example, present separate prob­ WO CAJEES- instructor. In the evening they teach velopment in Nigeria were operating lems from those of communities in HE WONT their adults the ABC. on a territory-wide basis. Some 30,- the vast, sparsely-populated terri­ \3IE PANT^y, Í me -'Vi 000 copies of 22 bookleu in the ver­ tory of Tanganyia. In some areas, There were three million illiterate nacular languages were sold out (he old tribal system Is breaking up Africans in the administrative dis­ within six months. In some areas The young men are drawn to the trict where Ogwofia is located. the demand for literature exceed­ towns by prospects of higher wages, Many of them liver in remote vil­ ed the supply. tearing village councils dominated Before education could reach lages. by older men. In other regions, the them, roads, culverts and bridge; The demand for literacy grew an­ age-old social structure remains in to open up in accessi­ wens needed nually from campaigns to promote tact. The oral tradition Is still ble communities better Uving. It came from the bot­ handed down from generation to flie amount of revenue available I tom. from people in isolated and generation. for 'such undertakings was limited. often primitive communities. The So the villagers were encouraged to men and women of one community Thus. Mass EduCatlon-and the help themselves. If they provided walked 50 miles carrying timber for Africans’ reaction to it-takesmany the labor and some of thf mofley, their new classroom. different forms. In Northern Rho­ the Government promised to meet To meet the demand for mass desia, community development Jias them half-way with skilled advice education, the Government has evolved along the lines of ‘Educa­ VONÍ FRET-' and the rest of money now established 2* literacy centers tional Buildirig Teams’ whereby •W FLUID WILL Africans build their own schools and The people of Ogwofia responded under a fulltime salaried officer. ------7 MAKE The with enthusiasm. Once they found Meanwhile the campaigns for bet­ at the same time le&m to become it was possible to improve local terment contuue in all parts of the skilled craftsmen. Begun in 1941. «SPOTS conditions by voluntary effort, a territory. this type of project has met with r- (DISAPPEAR new spirit of endeavor stirred in These projects— known as Mass considerable success. Within five the village. On' their own initiative Education Campalgns-Mace many and a half years more than 300 they built a Reading Room, Co­ difficulties, particularly in Nige­ buildings were erected, Including 44 optative Store, Dispensary, Ma­ lla. For here is a country .of 25 mil­ large schools. ternity Home and a new Market lions, the inhabitants of which PltNEKR EXPERIMENT have many different religions In Sawyer pictures the business out' These events led to the pioneer the north-there ate large Moslem look In U. S- as "good.” JIT NEVER FAILS

Ano NOU OFF of the Department of Education SMOKIN6 A WEEK and Psychology, On Monday, January 2, the dele- FORMER IMPERIAL fate paid a visit to the Daytona Beach beach where they were con­ fronted with queries .by the police WIZARD DIES IN FLA. squad on account of their color DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. - On I After the President’s address, the and the Daytona Beach' News Colescott was elected Imperial January 1, African students of Be­ delegates expressed greetings from JounialOffice. Wizard at an "imperial Convoca­ thune-Cookman College were hosts1 thir various institutions, tion'' Ln 1939 amid reports of inter­ to the delegates of the American nal conflict within the’horded or- tnuuctiwStudenta ’ UnionViitVii whinhWliiUIi JiClUhold it«IV£ IWOoaa. - BETHUNE MFRSACW ond annual convention in Daytona Greetings t and congratulatory Beach, Florida. The first session of message from Dr. Mary McLeod He pledged himself to "strive to the convention opened at 9 a. m. Bethune were then delivered by, promote the interest of the na­ with welcome address from Dr.' Babe Fafunwa. tive-born, white, Protestant Gen­ Richard V. Moore, President of Be­ tile population of America4 , thune-Cookman College. Among many things discussed tn the convention were; the recent In his speech, Dr. Moore pointed shooting of coal miners by the Brit­ out that in the development ot any ish Government in Nigeria, West 1 nation, education plays a very vital Africa and the devaluation of the i role. "When we are green we grow, pound sterling and its effect on when we are ripe we deaay," said African students tn America. It was Dr. Moore in likening a rising na­ also decided that a congratulatory tion and her people to a fruit. He message_ be ___sen^______to the Indonesian therefore urged the delegates, as Republic on her final achievement of Independence. A social evening was held at the

■ TUESDAY, JANUAIY 17, 1950 MtMPHtó WOfcUJ, MIMWIS, TtNNí5$(É

S P OR T S NCAA Espulsi OF THE I Move Defeated ■

vol* despite the opposition of Ciar- » NEW YORK. NY — Seven ad- _ .. ______WORLD milted violators of the National choc Houston of Tuft*, head of th» Collegial? Association’s Sanity Code code's compliance committee. Hous­ were vindicated Saturday by defeat ton charged that Dr. Byrd’s mo­ By Marion E. Jackton J; of a motion to expel them from the tion was intended to throw out tho compliance commllte’s past find­ i L 1 1 NCAA ings and prohibit the code from The secret vote failed by a mar­ operating during the coming year. Adolph Rupp, coach of the University of Kentucky, may gin of 111-93 to achieve lhe two- When the "seven sinners" were become the Branch Rickey- of Deep South basketball . . . .thirds majority necessary to oust not expelled, a threatened mass se­ Talladega College is shopping for a coach and athletic di­ the seven schiiob—Virginia. VMI. cession of Southern members was forestalled. Dr. Byrd assured lhe rector with an eye to returning to bigtime competition - . . VPI, The Citadel, Maryland. Bos- 1 ton College and Villanova. meeting that such a walkout now Bill Veeck, ex-owner of the Cleveland Indians, has joined the b I A vote of 136 would have been b "furthest from the thoughts" ot front office of the Harlem Globetrotters . . . Indoor track Il t i necessary to pass the expulsion mo- the group that solgily supinrtod i continues in the spotlight with the Philadelphia Inquirer tlon. the violators. I meet on Jan. 20, the Boston Knights of Columbus Games on t • . Dr Byrd and Dr. Colgate Dar­ , Tire result of the vote may have den of Virginia were the leading Jan. 21, and the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, sounded the death knell of lhe spokesmen for the violators, who Jan. 28 .., 1 >. i entire sqnity code, an agreement maintained their athletes could not fjpqrtswriters predict that the College. Miss Amey was on the regulating f. (al assislaiKt? to comply with the code by working biggest story of itoty will be Joe Tuskegee Institute National nthletes In NL'AA •niembsr schools for their financial assistance and Louis's return to the ring . . . Rev. AAU track team, which Won Al lead, it probably foreshadows still have time to study and play Gil Dodds, who forsook the cinder championship honors last sum-" drastic liberalisation of the .code football. paths for the sawdust trail.holds the mer al Odessa. Texas. Immediately after the ouster Victory for the Southern faction American indoor record for the- Girls basketball competition motion an» defeated. Dr. H C wa* assured by a lest ballot ear­ mile which is 4:08.3, . , . among SIAC colleges is boom­ Byrd, president of the University lier in the day in which IN votes were mustered in support of an I Talent-seekers for Coach Adolp ing. This year Alabama State, ol Maryland, proposed a commit­ amendment to permit athletes three | Rupp of the Kentucky Wildrats Allen, Benedict, Florida A and tee be appointed to study the code reportedly have come up with M. Morris Brown, and Tuskegee lor a year. training-table meals per day di several tiptop Negro stars. Since Institute have girls team» , . This motion passed on a voice the college year. Kentucky has admitted Negroes Strangely' enough, the Southeast on the graduate level. Rupp may ern Athletic Conference which is •eek to make his finds eligible composed of Albany State, Claflin, for intercollegiate competition Bethune Cookman, Georgia State. Alonta Perry, who was sold to Paine College. Florida Normal and CLARK COLLEGE BASKETEERS lips. Wyoming, Ohio; James Pace, I erf Barham, Atlanta. Ga.; Willis Morris Brown Breezes the Oakland Oaks by the Bir­ Morris firown College places more] Atlanta. Ga.; and William Wilson. — Pictured above are members of AÜaiitfl. Oa.; Forrest Patterson. mingham Black Barons, has been Ellison, Cincinnati, Ohio; James The cagemen will pe seen in action emphasis on girls basketball com- j the 1950 edition of the Clark Col­ returned to that club . . . Perry PiltstHirgh, Pa , Robert Collins, At. Trice, Atlanta, Ga'; Harry Atkins, for the first time Saturday night petition than the SIAC, CIAA lege basketball team. Reading from lanta, Ga.; Clarence Williams'. St. made a dismal showing as a Midwestern or Southwest confer- i Knoxville. Tenn.; James Roberts, when they battle the Murchouso left to right: (sitting) Avory Bur­ Petersburg, Fla ; Schley William- Nashville, Tenn ; Bennie Lowe, Tigers at the Magnolia. pitcher with the Oaks . . . Mary­ ences. All of the SEAQ colleges j Over Fisk II. 62 To 28 ress Wyoming, Ohio; Robert Phil- son, Atlanta. Ga ; (standingi Roh- Thomaston, Ga.; William Powell, "’ATLANTA. Ga -1SNS1 land State College in losing to have girls teams and the games Darthmouth 60-59 b er a me the are scheduled along with the boy's ATLANTA, Georgia - - morris brown first race team to play an Ivy contests . . Baseball Is a bigger1 Morris Brown College had an easy League member. space-getter ln newspapers than' outing against the ’Fisk Bulldogs John Clair ...... any other sport. The season may Saturday night, at the Morels Brown Reginald Harvell .. SPORTS HERE AND THE3U£- p SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE “SNUB” MAY Clark College end in October, but trades, con­ Theodore Benson ,i 5 It is much, easier to keep up with Gymnasium winning 62-28 in walk. tract bickering and rule squabbles 11. wasn't much of a Content. Morris -■ 3 football standings than basketball. James Bair dominate the news all-year long. Brown could have doubled the score Frank‘ Glover . Each college football schedule is SPORTS OFF THE CUFF - If Ils varsity men had stayed in George Murdock shown on a composite list by va­ Panthers Edge , the fray. j Marty Brescia, the Memphis, Tenn., CAUSE GRAMBLING TO QUIT BIGTIME James Firebrace rious conferences, but the basket- publicist, will beat the drum for Clifton West struck the first blow Charlie Parker 1' ball picture is confused since BY COLLIE J. NR IIOLSON SHOCKED Till CATS the Memphis Red Sox during the for Fisk then MBC took over with Robert Jones scheduling ts handled on-an indi­ GRAMBLING. I*. - Contrary to I Tigers' Application coming Negro American League Since the Fall of 1947 when • Reginald Harvell, Tlieodore Benson. Robert Gravea vidual basis. Wc get calls repeated­ popular belief, the • Pre-Chfistmis Grumbling shocked ..Qic Cats with a Morehouse, 11-15 campaign . , . John Qlair. and Frank Glover add­ ly asking "Who is leading the The Cleveland Buckeyes of the Southwest conference meeting at Rejected For Fourth 21-7 setback. Southern officials ing poihts before Fisk tallied again SIAC in basketball?” only to be NAL played under the label of Texas State University in Houston, have gone about patiently prying Morris Brown led 25-5 at the end TOTALS n it forced to confess we don't know. Panthers Erase 14-Poinf lhe ¡«oisville Buckeyes last sea might not turn out to be the loose whatever fringes of friend­ of the first quarter. They stretched It would be well if the SIAC and Time At Southwest Meet isk »on, hut they'll lie back at their serene dud jt was originally labell- ship Robinson and his cohorts the lead to 34-10 at the halftime F uNivuttrr other conferences would appoint an cd' I F FT old stand next summer. Tlie were able to piece together. "Deep Deficit To Top Maroon From then on it was a matter of official "statistician" who could Harvey James . team didn't click in Louisville For one thing, observers think phasize the athletic program. Suspicion'' was first aroused * last, I time. Issue weekly releases on basketball Clifton West . . . .Fort Valley State will no thr cnnclave sounded lhe death Although still amply equipped year when Lucius Jones, veteran John Clair was the high point standings, leading scorers, best Tigers In Overtime Tilt doubt become -the lone SIAC ] knell of the once fabulous, n ow with enough football red corpuscles I sports scribe, announced Southern man for the Purple Wolverines Herbert Collier offensive record, best defensive Theodore Benson bolted in second Robert Matthews college without gymnasium (aril distressingly gaunt, Grambling for another banner season, such had broken off athletic relations record, etc. Tigers Loop moguls’turned thumbs Bertram Doyle . ities. A contract ,has been let for items, as traveling expense for with the Tigers. ATLANTA. Georgia iSNS) - with 12 points. Bertram Doyle tallied the largest Joseph Williams down on the Tigers' application for .more than two inlcrsecUonal games The. results paid high dividends,' Tottering on the brink of dismal , 1______Frank (The Rocket) Prince, the a $98.598 combination gymnasium defeat, a lighting quintet of Glark number of points tor the Fisk Bull- Carl Bonner ... at Alabama A and M College at admitíante for the fourth conse­ i per season, "heavy guarantees." surprisingly enough, and a,s a re- Georgia State sprint arc, made Panthers staged a phenomenal sc- dogs. Chiton West came, in second William Smith . Normal, Ala. . . (touches, athletes cutive ..in and difficulties incurred rounding suit Grumbling, hardy sole it c hi» first American outdoor ap­ rnnd halt surge tinT last night to with 4 points Morris Brown used Herman Butler . and just plain folks will assemble Indicative of present conditions out a formable .schedule, were given is dying a rapid death from mill pearance at the Alabama State gobble itp a 14-point deficit and virtually every player on its roster for the Atlanta Daily World 100 was a statement Coach Eddie Ro­ as the basic reasons .(or the de-’ nutrition. ' • Relays during 1949 . . .Pauline thrash. Morehouse college. 37-35 (in the contest. TOTALS binson maiie here Saturday morn­ cision, t Amey, ex-Booker T. Washing­ Ter Cent Wrong Club banquet i A hysterical^ near-mad mob that J ing intimating that a radical NOTHING DEFINITE YET Ifiextrivabiy linked with'the con­ ton High of Atlanta track star, on January 27. Should be quite a change in the athletic set-up of "Nothing is definite yet." the ference ln the public mind. Gratnb- crowded every crevice of the reno­ is enrolled at Fort Valley Stole sportsfest. , vated ballroom saw tail and talented "the North Louisiana Institution was coach exploded in impatience Iuik has adhered strictly to South- Harry Atkins calmly ,swish to char­ in the making. Making a little or no when someone asked him if the I west regulations, and no doubt ity tosses in an overtime period to attempt to disguise his disappoint­ ligers would- assume the status oi could have, proved a profitable ad- Basketball Scores sounjLlhe death knell for the Tig-. a bush league outfit. _ "However, Í dition to lhe circuit, what With the ment the suave mentor; who has ers. At the end of the regulation « Morehouse Topples watched the battle for admit lance there hre so many details, involving national prestige it has enjoyed the time period, the score was tied 35-35. ¡ past few years. reach the Mitmutioii point, strong­ so many different things that it is Brilliant in defeat was gangling., SHAW UNIV. ... qtiite possible the board won't have MOTION DEFEATED ALABAMA STATE ly implied imt . school officials Bruce Phillips. who can do’ more FT.| VALLEY STATE ST. AUGUSTINE were considering a plan to deem- any definite announcement to make A Grambling spokesman said the things with a basketball than Carver, j school decided to withdraw its until late next month." ap- did with lhe peanut Phillips was IHAMPTON INSTITUTE TENNESSEE STATE I plication when it learned a motion high point qiun with 14 points Ben- 1N. CAROLINA A. 4. T. ALLEN UNIV...... Fisk Cagers, 47-30 A deluge oi questions concerning was made at the December ineet-j-me Lowe, of Clark, and Phillips' the methods loop members used VIRGINIA UNION ...... TENNESSEE STATE ...... 45 1 mg which would have barred all teammate. Robert Dunson, followed wit)i a kind of consistent play that TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ALLEN UNIV...... n V ATLANTA. Georgia - (SNSi - Morris Brown ovef the four year span to “keep Southwest teams from participating ’with 10 markets apiece. Coach Frank Forbes’ Maroon and gave them a 20-10 halftime lead. Grambling in its place" revealed In athletic events against the -With Clifford Jackson performing MOREHOUSE ...... 47 White basketeers made a determin­ Andrew Hersey. Fisk's cagey play­ some startling, but authentic in­ BISHOP ...... Tigers. This motion was defeated. tricks in the pivot slot, the Forbes- SAM HOUSTON maker. repeatedly sparked his mates formation: Some of which have ed bid for SIAC status here Friday 4—For the-legion- -of Grambling men drew first blood and ran up a as they bounced back in the second been hinted by, a few people all TENNESSEE STATE ...... 5» night before a capacity crowd by Defeats Fort friends and admirers around lhe 14-4 lead while the game was suf­ half to come within six points of ...... 41 j trouncing the Fisk Bulldogs, 47-30. along. ■country. This ahnóuncement mean! fering from growing pains MORRIS BROWN...... Led by easy-going Bruce Phillips. the Tigers, who held a commanding a lighting cf the heartstrings, Phillips could do no wrong Nei­ ^According to reports, Southern DARTMOUTH ...... N Morehouse's most dependable point lead at 29.23. should the. athletic board decide to ther could Robert Dunson, and the ...... li j University. Louisiana's other State SOUTHERN UNIV. . MARYLAND STATE .. maker, the maroon and white cage From this point on, it was a mat­ Valiev. 53-32 graciously bow out, there will be a Maroon Tigers left the floor at half supported-instijution of higher WILEY COLLEGE machine ran hot and then cooled ter of time before the Fisk five Hump in more than one throat time leading 24-10 FLORIDA A. 4 M...... <4 ] MACON. Ga.—'SNS>— Morris 1 learning for Negroee, exerted what­ off in coasting to an easy victory would bow its head in humble de­ 'when the football flag is raised There was silence at halftime. MeGILL FIELD ...... 53 Brown College surprised the Fori ever influence it could over South­ over the visiting blue and gold quint feat. The bobbing, weaving and ac­ here next September., Both Clark and Morehouse support­ GEORGIA STATE Valley State College Wildcats 53-32 west members to keep its sister ers were awed-« I the evident super­ FLORIDA NORMAL from Nashville. Tenn. robatic defense antics of George in sweeping to its second SIAC] school out. Considering the astopish iority of tfie maroon and white rug­ TUSKEGEE INST Phillips bagged 18 points to lead Ross won for him a resounding ap­ I FAYETTEVILLE plause from Ms Morehouse collea­ triumph here in the Macon Audi­ ing advance that have been inndr BEAVERS ADDED TO,CAST ent. the «coring melee ancl Wad little VIRGINIA STATE gues after he made an exit from the torium. in the art of communication, it isi HOLLYWOOD — Louise .'Beavers ButHic rains came, In the form N. CAROLINA A. * T competition in claiming high-point It’was easy victory for the Purple certainly surprising that it took so of a barrage of Clark basket, Bennie game on personal fouls near the lias been added to lhe raft of "My LINCOLN (PA.) honors Wolverines w|in were never over- long tor I lie truth Io travel Iroin j Blue Heaven," the Betty Grablc- I owe wi|>cd ilm smirk olf the Tig­ end of the hardwood contest. HOWARD ...... Malcolm Hemphill. Ftsk's stellar ' taken after Theodore Benson pump­ ¡Baton Rouge to Grambling, a scant j Dan Dailey ’Dochiiicolor starring er,' face with a set from way out. BISHOP COLLEGE Robert Dunson, George. Ross, right guard, registered the first ed a foul, shot througli the hoop, 214 miles The ironic part of the | currently in production al Twen­ Dunson and Ross, of Morehouse SAM HOUSTON BLUEFIELD STATE WWMtaXtfZoM-l» W««». •* [with Emmett Brown lying it up whole thing U lha| such efforts tieth Cculury-Fnx studios retaliated noth two tree throws, but. JOHNSON C. SMITH ’ he*slipped*11 viiv through the Tigers’ «one Wiley JacksonTanlrwut rldirked irk nd vrilwell as 11»lhe PHILANDER SMITH ilater one-all. After Frank Glovei ('mid only tre inspired bv no mo­ Atkins, one-hander wa good as gojd starting maroon and white five RUST COLLEGE .... defense for a crip shot. ¡eagle-eyed the knitted oval from tives other Hum a certain "In­ I Gen. 11 H. Arnold sees air armir:. Atkins, Bob Phillips and Lowe.pelt­ and got able assistance from Ber­ ed the baskets with a fusillade of N. CAROLINA COLLEGE Wiley Jaclpson, a newcomer, put the floor for a 3-1 advantage the nobility" of character. in key role tn future wars. tram Sears. Thomas Collier, Jose shots and the gap was closed to VIRGINIA STATE the Tigers back in the game when Purple Wolverines took command Ananias and Ronald Weaver, string­ 30-25. TUSKEGEE INST. .^. he netted the count 2-2 with a one- , and led all the way. bean pivotman who shows promise ALLEN UNIVERSITY Clark Collana ., handed push shot.. It was then that, Morris Brown Ird al the half-' Again il was Lowe from way out. Morehouse as a buddlriu collegiate hoopster. the Forbeamen made a determined Itmc 3348 Athletes Don’t Always Follow Tlien Williamson Irnm way out and Herbert Collier led the Fisk eag­ MoRRis rown bid to sew up the game. In two mi­ Coach If B. Thompson suhstitut- Atkins Ill’ll the -core al 31-31 with B Morri* Brown . ers in setting up Uir plays while FT. VALLEY STATE nutes and three seconds Jackson and ■ed freely throughput Hjc game. The ¡only Hirer minutes playing time re- Fitk U. Phillips had teamed up around the Andrew Hersey netted six -tallies to Wifdcats^sliowed their best offen­ iinainmg. share his team's high scoring hon­ Book Form In Various Sports | Briar Phillips was in with a two visitors’ hoop to put Morehouse sive rhiring the ; second quarter. ors with teamniatc "Bootsic" Bon­ I hand push-shut and Ellison dropped ahead, 8-2. Then the maroon quint Donald Gwens, Courtney Allen. NEW YORK. N Y Let's sup- These stylists did evctylhing ac- l 100 Per Cent Wrong Club ner. ‘ Melvin Young and Emmett Brown a Lree throw for Clark. Iowc swish* dazzled the Fisk cagers in moving pose you arc a coach of baseball, cording -to- the book. They stood I ¡found the range to pull up 17-15. cd an angle set and Clark led. 34-33. football, track slid field, tennis, out as graceful, poised performers ¡Yet E’rank Glover, Thcddorf Ben­ Wiley Jackson dunked a shot from hockey, or boxing. who were a pleasure to watch ul all , son. John Clair pushed > successive an angle. Atkins made his free throw Sports Jamboree Jan. 27 times. |nisi I he phhic ended. 35-35. TENNESSEE ROLLS OVER iie)d shots through the baskets to A candidate for your team shows up who doc.s nothing according in I Calmly. almost Indifferently, Har­ lead 25-15 The question then arose who were , ATLANTA. Georgia - (8NS) - from Schneer's Jeweler*, 46 White­ the book In fact, he doe? every­ ry AI kins dropped his two loul •shots,! In the third period MBC led 45- the most" graceful playefs In the ti> give Clark lhe game tn the over­ The Atlanta Dally World 100 hall Street. thing wrong. He has no form, no 30 pulled away with rangy field various sports, who were the classic Per Cent Wrong Club Is planning Departmental prues are a ytltow MORRIS BROWN, 59-41 style. .The question Is, do yen chase time period | a gala sport* Jamboree on Friday, shots in the final moments of play stylisl'.’’ gold Eversharp Pen and Pencil let him out of the park or do you take Again it was Harris with another In other games, Rallard-Hud-on llicfFWcre hundreds of candi­ ' January 37 at Menefee’s Cafe, jn from Mather Bros. Annex, 85 Broad By LERONE BENNETT. JR. ! him in hand'’ ' CbcsUuU with leading sports fig­ St . 8. W.. an all wool sports shirt right-handed hook shot and a free showed orrssional flashes of bril­ dates In each sport but the ron- Ex-Gold Coast Customs -‘4 ATLANTA. Georgia - <8NF) - This question arose repeatedly ures of the city, state and'south froth Zachrfs, 87 Peachtree Street, throw. Gibson found the baskcS liance in overwhelming the George census seemed to he that Herb . .Outclassed apd ou(maneuvered. (hiring the various clinics at the Officer Studies At present for the occasion and a copy of the "New Encyctoe, with a difficult angle job and Ten­ Washington Carver boys 58-25. " I’onuock was the top rlasslclsl f Morris Brown's purple and white TliroRailard-HluE.ro) girls dazzled current National tollrriafr Alh. Invitations for the affair will br pedh ot Sports" by Menke Iron* nessee led. 7.4, among pitchers and Hal ('base, Brooklyn College cagers bowed to the inevitable last the Carter High girls 41-12, Fort Irtlr Assoelntlon i extended to locaj college and high Hopkins Book Concent, 1U Auburn Operating from set plays, intri­ •loe DIMaggio and Tris Speaker OI-T1CER STUDIES AT B cm, ______..... ______night by losing to the Tennessee Valley State College's girls basket-' Virtually everybody agTeed ihaf coaches »s well as prominent atlv Ave., N. E cately designed and weH-executrd It would he a mistake io give the among the fielding fraternity - NEW YORK - t [al|-s Members of msLJlgLndMAj StatoCollege, orf Jatmary 19. at the: »wn peculiar hot effective way limen, »vaJier xniCji* Acämw of Arts mid Research fontal| icqntests Russrll Stmñioñ' Tigers, Who are the jincrowned na­ The Kean-men were off to the 4 tre extended an invitation to ban- ’Macon*----- Auditorium.’ — ' ’ ' nf doing things. < go’s greiji quarterbark. bdnTforn In Akim Afmwa state . fjrsl ( lck. tional hardwood champions. races from the tipoff for the sec­ 4uet which will be highlighted by Freddy laudrtrnrtL. the Giants' Trark and field eoarhe«i were 35 year auo. graduated Troni ¿n . lng 17g wlnnm. wUh los. Bobby Harris, an exponent of the ond semester. Allen started the ac­ sports movies, brief speech-making ■ old third baseman. pointed nut that strong fnr Pill Carr, Penn's wnn- English high school ui 1935. He be- ing pjcks Jofl w Smith camc Jn pne-jianded drive-in shot, was high tivity with. a. long set. Gibson found BernrH Allen « 1 » and other pleasantries. t - !^_ii Jheir respective mentors judged , drrful quarfcrmller, m the most rame . uslom^ officer at Takoradl. a i ^on7\.h7p‘ ^'7 point, man of the night, findihg the basket with a sweet, undeihand *wvv VIVI IfVIVVIl ------• —f—-F commercial- uort in 1937. ■ 3 ------. -MX«™, »«««■wow '«wiwwh” t Jonnson The 100 Per Cent WrotR Chib , only by style such famous stars commncud.port in l$7. - - . !wm Joseph fgme ln the basket with nine field .goal? shot, as did Utimer after a deftly > John Srett ’ I <1 2 graceful and flawless runner of' banquet has been an annual ]' as Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Mel all time. Joe McCluskey, who won and one charify toss, for a total of executed pivot. William Knight , I I 2 Hr entered Brooklyn college tat iourlh' , vlrtu? of having the ture since Lucius L. Jones ft J Ott. Al Simmons, Heihie Groh. Hans dor>ns of national titles, was 19 pointe. Theodore Benson, of Mor­ Olover. playing superior ,baU Sage Brown 1 1 3 May and expects to major in eqo- lowest margin of error over Le­ the club several years akp. Wagner, Lou Gehrig. Frankie dubbed the most ungainly runner ris Brown, followed with 18 mark- slipped in for a lay-up. The Tigers jjiomics and political science, but one Bennett. Jr., and Emel Scott. It has been a tradition or­ ]~Ftwh and Tv Cohb would have of them all. __ Lucius Jones and Emel Scott tied ganization to windup it* M |ere. Harris’ Tennessee teammate made a charity toss count and the 26 7 59 ts also ^weighing the possibilities of been out of the ball park. Sidney. Wood, one time Wimble­ for the most correct scores. The Elahne Lattimer had 15, as did score was 34-22 teaching journalism and politics. A with a football jamboree in A don chgmnlon. and Don Bndce Frank Glover, who confounded the From this point State's lead fluc­ MORRIS BROWN These fellows never were cramp­ widower, he has a son and a daugh­ lowest margin of error was by leading sports personalise» were named as the ton hands among ter who are now living with his Russell Simmons. Invited. visitors throughout the game. tuated from 12 to 14 point«, soaring FT TP ed by a classic style. Indeed, none the tennis stylists. They not only mother in the Gold Coast. Leading Atlanta merchants have Members of the 100 Per Harris took the ball on the tipoff to 18 points once at 48.30. Final'' Reginald Harrell 1 » of them would have been half as effectTvS if 'anybody had tried to | did thin« beautifully but they did furnished • prizes for the winners. Wrong are T..J. Crittemkm, from Latimer and dunked a right, score: Tennessee State, 59; Mor­ John Clair 1 3 them effectively. V ' NOT HERE , The first prize is a suit of clothing ert Johnson, Lucius f handed hook shot to put the Kean- ris Brown, 41. Thwodore Ben«o change their ways-. Jim Cnrbttt. Mike Gibbons. Pac- Gob — ¡After.all. fools are Ithe from Marcus Clothing Store. 62 Daniel. Onel Scott, coached Midwestern conference TCNNES8E STATE Jame« Bair Gn the other hand, many were kv McFarland and Benny Leonard people that really make life in- Peachtree Street; second prtoean Russell Simmons, A. champs out front. But the hulking ’ FG FT TP Frank Glover quick to point out that there also were rated the best stylists of the teresting. When all the fools arei occasional chair presented by worth, William A. Fm Richard Vaughn » • were any number of wonderful rlne. — pone I wouldh’t care to be here Jackson’s Inc., 185 -Auburn Ave- R Jacfeon, Lerono 1 19 players in all sports who were sty- Well, there Is the concensus -Marine -'Dotyi worry; nuep third prite is « 3-way na- Joe Pullins, Rstee 3 15 UsU of the first order.- — which would you pick’ w»V *od A. i, TUiSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950

rocutton was virtually identical with i LeMoyne Coed Honored 1 of the largest Drug Stores in the Virginian | the Lighthouse and Informer's ex­ state of Oklahoma. White in cept that It was not as detailed. At Special Reception Memphis, he was house guest of (C'Miimied rrom r*(t Ont) I Mr. L 0. 8wingler, Memphis World Mis« Ann Louise Cousin, fresh­ Ârr xrnsxg . The indictment of McCray and Editor and lifelong friend of Di aA L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of Join March Booth, charging them with ‘mali­ man at LeMoyne College, was com­ Williams. Coming from Alpha Phi " CRC. “This first lynching of 1950 plimented with an elaborated party ' Tie Itewtk'i Oteaei wad I^mIIm Culured beml-tteekly Newspapar ciously ana dehberaely" publishing Alpha Convention which convened muot be answered by an intensified by her parents. Mr and Mrs Henry I MUbad by MEMPHIS WOULD PI BL1SHING CO. I matters with "intent to malign the in Atlanta. Oeorgla, where he campaign for passage of the Anti­ Cousin, 1400 Cither Parkway. The ' > teen TUESDAY and FRIDAY at IM BEALE-Pbone 8-4W» 'character of the girl, *as brought I serves as Regional Director. Dr. Lynch Bill, and other civil rights affair was held at the Cousins' ------under a 1935 statute, conviction Williams stopped In Chicago and Mr. iegirialion." said Patterson. . 4 Dimes Catered in the Poet Office at Memphis, Tenn, as second-ciw mall home. >■“ under which carries a maximum Hot Springs before he returned to unaer the Act of Long rm. March L 117$ The leader of the lynch gang. Miss Cousin received her guests : penalty of a sear in Jail, or $5.000 Oklahoma. Frank-Clayton,-a bootlegger -whi I IGHT in a lovely, tailor-made black suit fine, or both. had been arrested two weeks before I X • 1 . Mr. Custis visited Memphis tor Member of SCOTI NEWSYAFf B SYNDICATE I Attendant* enjoyed a variety of he lynciiiiig for Illegal manufacture the first time while enroute to the W. A. tH«U. ’I bouadey. I" A tteotl. General Manager Neither the Lighthouse and In­ games. il whi'key. .brazenly boasted in a > POLIO Alpha Phi Alpha Convention. At­ fl former nor Hie Associated Press The spacious living room was do- I LEWIS O BWINGLEB ...... «. Edit'" ocal beer.garden that he had killed lanta, Georgia. A member of the y published J he girls name nor corated, with flowers. The dining man. Hi-, clothes, at the tunc, were Sphinx Staff. Employment Super­ A. U SHIELDS. Jr Adeertlring Manage" ■ought tu identify her in any way. room was overlaid with a cloth of rencheJ with blood. visor for the State of New York . , The case, which is williout pre­ exquisite lace centered by a large The MEMPHIS NOLI D n »n inile|*nucnt iirwapaper--no and an authority on labor, Custis cedent. is set for trial in the second thorn Uee decorated with assorted ■wtarUn and non-pert>»n nrinunx newi anbiaenih and «uppurtin, Th" Sheriff of Powhattan Comity I'M WINNING- visited a number of his old ac- week ol ApriL One oi the State's ¡candies. A** thlnfkìt beiieve» tu thr interest nf ita rc»Aer» and vppaaint iai rd. Ciayton but other members quatalances. While in Memphis he i the lynch gang, though known, sblcsl wliti.or has been, asiib'iied Among guest« at the purty were J Ik-» ih'nne • raiMi thè in'<*te«i ix cohorts came in two Club Holds Meet The trip south, one of lire few he aro to th" larm house "of Alien, I has made since leavihg this section A uiggon. the'Taylor's Negro neighbor Tlie Jolly 12 Social Club had its and sisters, be captured with minimum of delay. When that Rayburn Queried I over 30 yea» ago gave hl n the op- first meeting of the year at the-resi- has been done they should be brought 69676543 Sometime between three and five O onlinuéd ir,ai Fajr One) i portunity of visiting Ills relatives l'clck that afternoon, Taylor, re­ dnidc of tiic pre .ident., Mrs. Bernice awessed the full penalty for murder so atrocious that it Simmons, 1110 South Orleans. id friend In his native Mississip­ timing home, was called by the lianinan of the House Labor and Plans and project. for 1950 were pi.' ■ _ . shocks the public conscience. nchers to Liggon’s house. Education Committee, liad . an- discussed by the president after One of the two slayers recently completed a 10-year Fro n the blood left in the house, pounced that the bill would be which the members elected Mrs. t 1» evident that he was first at- brought up on January 23. t°rm at Parchman Farm where he had l>een sentenced for, Simmons to lead them duriiig the Bluff City PTA acked there, then curried out to "We trust that the report of re­ an Attala County shooting. The two, and the other since he back of the Liggon house, where |Jh < i year 1950 as president. versal of your stand is without te was found the next morning by The following ladies were accept­ Council To Meet re tfttired, escaped from the Attala County Jail about Ki foundation," Roy Wilkins, acting ais own father. Spencer Taylor, who ed as members namely, Mrs. Lottie I days ago. They attempted to wipe out the Negro family j NAACP secretary, said in a tele­ s 78 years o.d. >.th “ma.ic.ously attempting to do Agnew. Miss Hattie Robinson and The Bluff City Council will hold Ittcause of a b"iief that the Negroes had given information i gram to t.ie Speaker of the House. Tay.or's right ear ,was_cut. his Press freedom irreparable harm to the good name Mrs. Amanda Lynk. its regular meeting January 20th at leading to their original arrest. liroat slashed with deep cuts, and «f'nnlinued from Page Onri and splendid reputation of tlie in­ "Supporters of the administration A meeting was held January ,16th Booker T. Washington High school Mississippi should use every resource necessary to bring"! i deep long ga h. made with an axe. hanged. nocent young girl." program would be disillusioned by t the re idence of Mrs Velma Dale. The time of the meeting has been f'ne ard of directors The meeting Is r.iy.or family that he is blind and ment emp.oyce. - - is ?ro.ecuve Associatipii, ■»" in- A generation agothese antics of celebrities would, have turn hermetically seated against I s-heduled to be held at league WASHINGTON—'INS)— Derno- snows nothing oi what happened aS SL0' CTTrS’ AUlh°rS »'»“quarters. 546 Beafc Ave. rumor and report.” Alter eluaing an armed posses of - , — cralic" ehairman Witliam M Boyle been hidden on an inside page or not printed at all. Today and Publishers and oilier music m- .n his fpuse. It has since been In nullifying the rule and revers­ I, 000 persons who staged a two-day Rev. J. a McDaniel is executive pussed-the ammunition Friday far ill sense of decency is gone as adultry takes precedence in earned that Liggon. who is only t ustr.es thvl control world rights— ing the contempt convictions the manhunt for him, Tolbert surrend- secretary.------'------’ a counter-attack on ------Republican . partially blind. Ilves alone and is .er synchronization and mechani­ the headlines over events of a worth-while nature. Maryland Appeals Court held that , ed to the Greenwood County sheriff, .blasts at President Truman’s' 42- fearful of saying anything about the cally reproducing* American music . , .. “Police Alerted For Rita’s Ride,’’ one headline screamed the news curb was "in the nature ! J. Cal White, and was sped to the and one-half billion dollar budget. jiiching. lor profit they have representation of censprsl.lp" and declared that State iienitentiary at Columbia. VlSltOFS Call At Bciyley urged Democratic party in advertising the last-minute preparations for the birtirof In the last year, terror against the in London, England for the British "trills cannot be bold in a vaccum urn auigta uSsaua wa; suppos­ *-<««b»ussu tvi usv uiiiiau - workers to study two budget charts » divorcee’s child. “Clark (¡able Nearly S)>eechless With Nearo »people and Negro farmer , in j Empire )and Continental Europe, Vy/\rM iicrmeticallv scaled against rumor ed to have la.cen place the night of. which emphasise that 71 per cent the area has-been growing Two Syndey, AustialialllUtalU and„r>a Buenos Aires.4,^, - "VI'V VllliU ■Bliss" another shouted as more than a thousand words pour- and report." August 8, last. The State 'charged v reeks before the- lynching, the wife Drr/Lloyd Hume Williams of fiscal spending will go for "war- cd out the story of two prominent figurt s, each of whom was Tolbert with a&sault in t'vqj^unuCo Aigcntiiia tor .nine countries-in Tul- of Reverend Anderson, a Negro min- In an extraordinary opinion ex­ sa, Oklahoma: Mr. Robert "Cus'.is. omiected and national security during a ride, of several hours in a South Amerka lrom which monies entering into a fourth "marriage." Then, of course, there > ter. wa- robbed by two white men. plaining the Supftrhe Court's re­ ...... N<"* York City and Mr. Walter costs." nig:i-priced auoamobi?, which, it «ill come for 45 years after copy- is the repeated publicity accorded the Hollywood actress who A few weeks before that, a young lu." at to revew the case Justice i right and 50 years .alter Handy is Scntt" Jr- Nc’’ CHv paid the, Boyle, writing in Che Democratic was alleged, he drove while the vic­ Comment." said: d sorted her husband for an Italian motion picture director. Negro g:rl was brutally assaulted Felix Frankfurter said lire court's' uead proving then original idea M™phk World office a visit. weekly "Capital action, leaving the Maryland court t tim and her 18-vear old escort lode “I hope that Democratic work- and attacked. "Music Is a Business should have Dr Wi’liams is the owner nfo’X This glorification of adultry and sexual immorality in decision in effect, was not to be In- in the back seat. ers will challenge those who talk been ree.ginzcd by me Negro Busi­ public print shows to what extent the press has betrayed its t.e preted as passing upon the free­ No charge wa.- made that Tolbert grandly of huge economies In the ness League domnf thc press and other irstres possessed any weapon. Tlie girlT' Memphis Blues______— federal budget to discuss everv high calling. The sense of news values in reporting has been ofsr~she'w'lll_be_able_lo solvc~wlial-1 me 11. ,n antwn as Handy Bro- involved in the case. escort testified at the trial that'he There is no doubt that W. C. item lu this chart and tell hew distorted in keeping with the secularistic trend of the times. ever problems exist here. ’ ihcra Music Co., Inc., publishes Frankfurter salid that refusal to' did nothing to prevent the al.eged, Handy has been an outstanding con­ I much they would cut it. where they In his article appearing in the music btxiss, music for choirs both Kill a man and ydu can be quite sure of rating V>P billing in Atlanta Journal, Mr. Carter critl- review the case mcrelv meant that v..u.> uecu .se of fear of bodily, tributor and the dean of Music, would cut it and how and why sacred unu secular for churches and the daily-gazette. Save a .man’s life, and you may earn a [cizes, .Tuskegee Institute for its an- fever than four of the nine justices harm. bringing to the- American public “Let's bring budget discussion icnoois wan-a catalogue containing | nual report on Southern lynchings. deemed it desirable to reviw the Tried in September, Tolbert was music that will live and be shared down from the clouds of fantasy few inches of space at the bottom of page 15. Marry your, advanced wor«s by weli xnown com- ! indicating that such a report should lower court decision and that denial convicted by a jury after ten min­ by any future generations o the bedrock of hard fact 10th husband and the front page will carry the complete f posers of both races at .25. be examined, and further branded of review was not to be interpreted utes of deliberation, senlencrd ,to story of your adventures with appropriate photo of the "he­ nnipng the outstanding books it a- being political, as cither approval or disapproval of deaUi, and electrocuted October >Uat naie been written by Handy roine.” Die as a Christian mother of 12 children who re­ Lynching, which has long become the loyer çourt's views. 28- i are Father of the Biues," which is mained faithful to her marriage vows and you will be honor­ a deAp-rooted American tradition, | Justice Frankfurter warned that NO DEFENSE especially in the South, Is naturally freedom of the press is basic to His parents were Unable to uus autobiography; and his most re­ ed with four lines in the obituary column. cent book, "A Treasury a practice brought about by those, the censtitut'onal system, but that furnish him with an attorney, Nor oi the Blues ' which he edited Pope Pius XII once said that the greatest failing of this poironed by long practices of white fair administraion of criminal jus­ did any organization come to his Handy Brothers Music Age is that men have lost their awareness of sin itself. The -upremacy and political demogogues tice is also protected by the bill of defense. Harold R. Boulware, a Co. is believing in a superior race. In bis ; puulishing an outstanding Diajority of men, and this includes many newspaper editors rights He said that many or the ¡colored attorney of Columbia, vol- Sym- attack on Tuskegee. Mr. Carter I uijleered his services but could not phony called; ".glue Destiny of our daily publications, have lost the sense of moral vaipes. issues raised by the Baltimore iScher- writes: ah uased qn Wijjiam Christopher case have not yet been adjudicated take an appeal because of a lack Things that would have been referred to with ablush of "‘If lynchings are to be defined ac­ I of funds. Handy'» bit Louise Blues. The by the court and "wise adjudication Bhame 50 years ago are now flaunted before the public eye cording to Tuskegee Ihsttpjte's list­ composition conies in 4 movements has i's own time for ripening.” ings of the incidence of this hideous On August 15, less than ujic week ...... _...... as if they were a matter of everyday routine. They call it Tlie South Carolina ca-e differs «am is avsilUie wilii comp.ele i rime for 1949. then there were more altar his arrext, Tulbert related his I orchestrations as well as conductor's the advanced thinking of our ‘‘enlightened age." We are sol■ lynchings In Harlem than in the in manv important aspect.i from vcAion of the alleged attack to core. The lirs.’njbvemest ul Blue the Baltimore case. The chief dif­ much further ahead of the narruw-mindedness of our aiices- pniirc South, and probably more IWtllware in the State penitentiary. Destiny is b^sed on St. Louis Blues, ference is tlial the Baltinmrc gag tors. Certain things were taboo for our grandparents. They lynchings of white people by Nc- Boulware had been employed by die second movement on "Beale rule related to, the adminisf-atlrm :roe; than of Negroes by white the Slate Conference of Hie Nation- Street Bluet," The third (Scherzoi ■are in good taste today because we have progressed out of .< f justice and forbade publication of mobs." al Association for the Advancement is based on the St. Louis Blues and the labyrinth'of mental enslavement. In ills report. Mr. Carter, whom ccflain matter proir to a trial. oi Colored People to "investigate" the 4th. movement by Charles L ■ome would refer to as a self-styled The South Carolina statute is God forbid that we emancipate ourselves ahy further the case so that the organization 'coke is based on Harlem Blues and liberal, would make the American aimed at protecting complaining lest we find ourselves shackled by real chains. Freedom ""'lid determine whether to provide | people believe that more whites have witnesses in criminal assault cases, aid " - aB the secularist views it can never be true freedom. Those been mobed by Negroes than Ne­ many of which, particularly those ft is believed that the NAACP who detach themselves from God and the things of God groes by w hites Here we believe'Mr Involving colored men. artírame I barter is using a very narrow point did not furnish legal aid because ups. It forbids publication of the eventually find themselves chaihed to a master from which Tolbert admitted having sexual in- i of view and his analysis of the crime rame of such a witness even after liberation is most difficult.—(Steubenville Register). I1 situation is just as crooked as the rercour.se with the girl, a wlnor which trial and conviction is a capital offense under South note of a Southern mob leader, who CAROLINA INDICTMENTS ! by tradition lia- acted on the basis Carolina law, bm he did not admit A grand jury al Greenwood, | ol prejudice rather than on logic s to rape Its was charged in the in­ , Golden Gleams S< uth Carolina, indicted John H dictment. Gold is tried by fire, brave men by affliction. and common sense. MdUray. editor and publisher of -Even if the Tuskegee Institute re­ the Lighthouse .and Informer, a — —Seneca. port is .wrong, there is no ground to A memorandum of thf interview weekly newspaper, at Columbia, l criticize it on the basis that he takes was furnished the State NAACP For if Mr. Carter knows his statis-1 South Carolina, and Deling Booth, Conference and a copy given to The good are better made ill, white, of the Columbia NSouth Caro lies on crime, and we are inclined the Lighthouse and Informer. lina i bureau of the Associated As odours crushed are sweeter still. to believe that he does, he would Some portions of the interview Press in connection with stories —Rogers find that crime.: committed against were used in a news story which ap­ » Negroes by whites far exceed those written about the case of Willie peared In the paper on October 1. Tolbert, Jr„ 24. who was electrocut- | committed by Negroes against whites Tolbert was quoted as saying that ft should be further indicated that i cd in South Carolina last October the one time he had relation with Brief Comment 2«. no decent liberal would make such the girl came after an invitation The wages of sin have been reduced very little. i remark to the pre« if he is really Tolbert was convicted of criminal ease from her escort, following a similar interested in trying to better race 'y attacking a 16-year old white act by the escort with .the girl. relations in America. Light is to reading what facta are to intelligence. gui, who testified at his trial The Associated Press story, writ­ Crimes which occur in Harlpm are McCray and Booth are charged ten the day before Tolberts elec- .rot lynchings by definition, but ommon crimes that come about But in recent months, his articles uecatise-of social and economic con- luve tended to reveal the character II I lions, to which the Negro has be- REVIEWING ome subjected.¿due to the white of one merely writing for the value "van’s American standards. The" of tire "almighty dollar" and not Un-Cork" 3 problems produced as a result of one dedicating his services in-" the 1 .hese standards are not Negro prob- interest of better race relations. We are in dire need of true liberals and ' em... but problems of the white man Stomach Gas L vhich are beginning to backfire and npt pseudo liberal». v Without Ac»dR*boiuid NEWS vPl continue to do so until some- liing is done about them. Negroes hre not the originators BY WILLIAM GORDON if the traditional American crime vgve, and most of a certain not the .kauthem lynch mob tactics. Those vho have migrated to Harlem and | ither-rrorded northern centers, are , The True Colors Of A Southern liberal here because nt Southern mob vw- ■ ence, police brutality, lack of ob-' ‘ - > Sojne of our social and economic problems have become aining Justice in the courts and »o acute that people are beginning to monopolize on them nany other obvious Southern prac- ices against thenr. The Negro is in for monetary gains, so much so that it becomes difficult to A roll oi Tumi com only • dime. But farlem and other northern centers establish a belief as to who is sincere and who is merely you'll And it ‘ worth us weight in gold" No« itaf ywn wt *f tecause of overlapping restrictive when ecid indigestion causes gu and playing the game for selfish interest, and this applies to patterns which force him into the pressure pains. Mr* Turns neutralize liw tiM, ytt'rt • tor i Irwt of our bo called liberals, who have pledged to work in •lie and corrupt of the community stomach sourness quickly, s^r/y—with­ rhese patterns are Bouthern in na- out risk of acid rebound. They contain no -h dio suor hook Sunny Brook baking soda to over-alkafîte. That’s why iterest of the American race problem. ure. and are carried into areas MAN» ■( millions depend on Turns exclusively lor Th» abore üioufht briiijs to mind I Saturday Evening Post and the chere most people are inclined to • m»n who In past‘ I years, has been January 8 Issue of the Atlanta Jour- fast relief. Carry Turns always. Eat I or 2 re decent. - - after meals or when orer-indulgeoct Co beI a sincere Ub- nal. make It difficult for some to jMg«d by some If Mr. Carter is sincere in his con- brings heartburn and distress. 'fighting for the righto and I judge which side of the fence he ictlons in regard to helping the Get s roll today. oC minority groups, and | his pledged his liberal support. I ^,s"' ."egro secure his social, economic the American Negro. Such One would interpret his articles nd political righto, he should ¿tar­ no to ROdding Carter, editor to mean that certain existing social ty his stand on ail race issues. I Democrat-Times of patterns are of no great evU after for one. at one time had high re- Ml** whose recent atti- ill. and that if the South Is let pect for him .whom X termed a I alone, through her coastant blund- in Unk Magarino, inccrr fighting Southcru liberal. Contolidoted Diitributori-Excluiiv» Diitributon-Mtmphii

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