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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21

SAVANNAH, Ga. - (SNS)--
All lodges and temples of the
Georgia State Association of Elks
will assemble on April 10 in the
city of Savannah TO hold its six
teenth Annual Conclave, as the
guest OF Weldon Lodge No. 26 and
Temple. The Georgia delegation ex-
poets the presence of the Grand
Exalted Ruler j. Finley Wilson,
Grand Secretary and James E.
Kelley and Grand Commissioner OF
Education Judge w. C. Hueston.
On Sunday, April IS, at O'Clock
eastern standard time mammoth
parade will move off from the
Weldon Lodge Home which is To-
Gated 512 West Broad Street,
through the business and residen-
tial sessions of the city and ending
at the First African Baptist Church
(Franklin Square,, where the Bills,
daughter Elks and friends will at
tend their annual services. A very
fine program has been arranged by
the local committee.
The State oratorical contest will
be held under the direction Of the
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political justice; Cd That social
and economic conditions must i'm
prove if the American Negro is to
have a sense of belonging to, and
if the nation as a whole is to
realize it's ideal-economic justice
for all; ca that as an honest at
tempt is being made to understand
the psychological effects of being
colored in white world; CD that
the most Thoughtful Americans,
white and colored, are striving hard
to find way out of the present
dilemma.
Supporting his remarks and con-
illusions Dean Fraser outlined the
recent letter of Miss Pearl Buck
to the New York Times, and from
many studies by the American
Council on Education, which in
cluded The Personality Develop
ment of Negro Youth in the Ur-
ban South. Negro Youth at the
Crossroads; Their Personality De-
velopment in the Middle States:
Growing up in the Black Belt; Me-
gro Youth in the Rural South; Color
and Human Nature; Negro Per-
Sonality Development in a North
ern City; In Minor Key. Negro
Youth in Story and Fact; and
Color, Glass and Personality.
Other guests were Mrs. L. b.
Fraser, Mrs. Evangeline Cotton and
Mrs. Davis, Principal of the High
School at Tougaloo.
At Mrs. Hubert's were: Mrs. Anna
Dexter, President Of the City
Federation and Miss Ruth Carryer,
head Of the William Johnson
Bethlehem Center.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21
WALTER cHVERs SAYS: >, WAITE. !. s"vr..

tor as intercollegiate football IL
will simply be making place for
new duty so strong as to use all of
its excess energy and even at times
turn 1t from its avowed purpose.
However this is a duty that nat
urally accompanies the right of
citizenship.
though seriously limited, enjoyed by
Negroes involves the duty OF de-
Tending it. The educational insti-
tutions have serious task of pre-
serving the right to teach demo-
cratic principles and to thus guar
antee the continuance Of the demo-
catic energy. This is a task reqtiir
ing all hands-on-deck to do a full
days work without unnecessary di-
versions.
There should be recreation and
physical exercise. Such activities are
more necessary now than at any
time but they must be planned for
the entire group, the time allotted
to them must be in relation to the
national need and they should be
free. The experience of the draft
boards has shown the fundamental
need for such conditioning and
have related 1t to military needs
and efficiency.
A busy people need not be a
glum people. An intelligent people
must find joy in living for a pur-
pose which I hope is larger than
any seasonal sport. There should
be JOY among intelligent people in
trying TO build civilization
strong enough to guarantee the
humblest citizen the right to live.
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that the major philanthroplc
agencies are steadily withdrawing
from the field by liouidating their
capital structure. Tt is to be rea-
soned, and logically so, that in
dividual philanthropists will be-
cause of the war situation increas-
ingly devote larger and larger
shares of their fortunes to war SER
vice organizations such as the
Red Cross and United Service Or
CARNATIONS. Each day that the
war moves on hundreds of incidents
happen which draw on all that
is humane in a person and make
him want to give primarily for the
purpose of relieving the ugly con-
ditions resulting from war.
REDUCTION IN SIGHT
A harsh and even painful but
cold fact which must be faced is
the probable drastic reduction in
size of student bodies. This will
have two very vital effects. The one
will be that the football team will
absorb too large proportion of the
student body. The other is that
stable reduction in enrolment
will be felt in less income for
operating expenses.
Even those institutions of higher
learning for Negroes, fortunate
enough to possess some endow
ment are not facing a bright flu
ture in so far as the outlook for
returns on their investments is
concerned. At least the picture is
not at all encouraging as seen
from this office. Such extraordinari-
ly large institutions as Chicago,
Columbia and New York universe
ties have made certain rearrange-
ments of budgets on this account.
Chicago and New York universities
have dropped intercollegiate foot
ball.
State supported schools Of high
er learning are facing a potential
crisis which may reach an alarm
ing state III Negro institutions be-
cause the appropriations for their
operation are already away below
their minimum needs. The refer
ence is to the large significant loss
in taxes directly attributable to
war business casualties, the terrific
decrease in gasoline and oil taxes,
automobile licenses fees and the
rising cost to state governments of
civilian defense organization.
Georgia, for instance, derives 80
per cent OF it's income from auto
mobile licenses, gasoline and oil
taxes. In addition the civilian de-
Tense organization is rolling lip a
larger bill each month.
A REALISTIC PICTURE
This is a realistic picture Of the
economic status of Negro educa-
tion I do not believe that 1t can
be called speculative. It is of
course general. However it is cited
because the average Americans ba-
sic concern is his economic present
and future. 1t is an attempt to
show the fundamental necessity
for stripping down all of the peace
time extras which have attached
themselves to that most charitable
and receptive of institutions the
college.
There are other considerations
which to me are just as important.
In the first article on this subject
cfrocc uyoc 1os x,v,n,, ~,ooJ
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21
Savannah Host To
Georgia Elkdom

newly elected State Director s. +
Gore of Atlanta, beginning at .
p. N. Monday evening, April 20th
from the st. Phillips AME Church
on West Broad Street. All local di-
rectors from their respective lodges
promises one of the best contests
ever to be held in the state history.
Daughter Geneva Haugaprooks,
and Bill DR.. r. H. Cobb, State
President will open their respective
meetings Monday morning at 10 o.
clock business sessions. Brother
Burke and others of the local COM
mittee from Weldon Lodge are
working hard planning many in
teresting social affairs for your en-
1oyment.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21
Funeral Rites
Held For Mrs.
Jennie D. Henry

Funeral rites Cor Mrs. Jennie
Drew Henry widow of the late
Mr.. Charles Henry, one of the
Peoples Cooperative Grocery Store
and Mississippi Negro State Fair
Association, and pioneer citizea,
was held in the chapel of Frazier
and Collins Funeral Home, Friday,
March l3, at 2 p m.
Active pallbearerS were. Henry
Young, Albert Adams, Otis Nc
Donald, George Bowman, Monroe
Travillion, and Milton Holmes.
Honorary pallbearers Were: ]. r
Chambliss, Henry Ruffin, Henry
Thomas, George w. Greene, Har-
~ Harris, Burr Brown. Interment
at Lincoln cemetery
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if any are very
inadequate dur
ing normal times.
The neagre sup
port coming di-
rectly from Me-
groes is enclan-
gered by pre-
vailing employ
ment practices
a n d increased
costs of living.
1t is a well adj
VertiSed fact now
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21

which events of the future may
give.
America studies the Negro. In
presenting the view of contempo-
rary writer's on this topic, I want
to direct your attention to few
fundamental ideas which one may
be permitted to deduct from their
writings. 1t seems to me that these
writings indicate: Cd That there is
general feeling that education
has not, and education alone will
not, cause the Negro to be accepted
as an integral part of the great
American congregation; 90 That
American democracy is failing, even
under the most suspicious circum-
stances to give the Negro social and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21
Sends Patriotic
Song To President

CfnCAGO-lANP) Eugene B.
Cheatham, local composer, has
written a patriotic song entitled
Uncle Sam We're All For YOU
Published last month, Cheathanl
sent it; to President Roosevelt.
This week he received graci-
OILS letter of acknowledgement
from Miss Grace Tully, secretary
to the President, acknowledging it
in bis behalf and expressing his
appreciation for the. effort.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-21
Youth Slated To
DieApri| II Is
Given New. Trial
Appeals Court
Rules Trial
Court in Error

WASHINGTON, D. CAMP
Charged with criminal assault
upon a young white woman last
June "a and slated to die on April
IT, James Mckenzie 81. was grant
ed a new trial here Monday by the
court of appeals.
The appellate tribunal ruled that
the trial court had been in error in
its failure to tell The jury in
plain words that if tne circum-
stances of the identification We're
rot convincing they should ac-
quit"
McKenzie's attorneys, John w.
Wilson and William A. Powell, APP
pealed the case after their client
had been convicted on each of two
separate indictments, one eharg-
ing criminal assault, and the ether
charging robbery. Conviction on
the first charge carried the death
penalty.
OsN
The conviction, the appellate
court said, rested largely on the
testimony of the complaining wit
ness that the accused, and not
someone else, had criminally as
saulted and robbed her. The COM
plainant, the appellante court
pointed out, described her assail-
ant as a man between 30 and 35
years of age, while witnesses at
the trial later spoke of the ap-
pelant as boy.
The court OF appeals also said
that Federal Judge T. Whitfield
Davidson of the northern district
of Texas, here on temporary duty
and who presided at McKenzie'S
trial in the district court last July,
had sin effect directed the minds
Of the jury almost exclusive" to
| the alibi aspect Of the accused's
defense when he singled cut this
in his charge.
Mckenzie was convicted on the
word of a young woman who had
recently married, and had been
employed in cleaning and dyeing
establishment. It is said he rob-
bed the place of some $40 and
suit of clothes after committing
1 the assault upon her.
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CONTINUED from last Sunday

ALL INSTITUTIONS OF higher
learning, including the most heavi-
ly endowed, are facing an economic
future so unpredictable as to re-
quire caution in expenditure Of
funds. This fact has peculiar i'm
portance for Negro colleges for
they depend heavily upon either
private philanthropy or public
taxes for support since their en-
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Pupils Recital

Continued from Page Orts)
gram we're: Beverly Wilbur, Lee
more Padula, Barbara Redd,
Catherine MacIntyre, Bette
McPhail, Ruth Reid, Milon
Snowden, Joan McBurnie, Bar
bara Matthews, Barbara Allen,
Clarence Gilbert, Elaine Scott,
Jean Qualters, Margaret, Aretha
Jones, Barbara Talbot, Con-
stance McBurnie, Barbara Fitz-
gerald, Phyllis Wilbur, Mrs.
Annie Hovhannesian, Mrs. Marie
Scott, Jean Allen, Barbara FL
lis, Dorothy Gilbert and Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones. The ushers
we're: Helen Qualters, Muriel
Marlin, Constance Cary and
Jane Chin. While all perform
ed creditably; the following
merit special mention: Barbara
Talbot, Dorothy Gilbert, Jean
Allen, Jean Qualters and Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones.
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Rhodes Opera

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companist.
'L'Amico Fritz is a modern
done in excellent operate
fashion. The costumes and
scenery were well selected and
Miss Robert accompanied the
singers in a most artistic man
ner. Also the violin accompan-
iment of Miss Worthy was eff
feetiye. At the end Of the
program the audience stood,
also the opera singers, and
sang the "star Spangled Ban
ner" led by Mr.. Rhodes. Plans
are now being made for the
Eighth Annual Opera Per-
Torrance to be given by the
William Rhodes Opera Society.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-16
YOUR WINTER FUEL

Authorities urging the public to lay in the winters
supply of coal nowbefore the closes. This will
not be boarding if it be called that. Actually will
becontributing to the effort.
The explanation is simple. AS commentator puts
&.
IF everyone waits until cold weather arrives before
ordering COAL the drain the mines and the agencies
which must transport the fuel will be tremendous Worst
of ALL that drain will come at tme-early and middle
fall-when crop movements at their peak. And in:
addition, freight of all kinds will be substantially
heavier in the fall than
he point is to get possible ton of coal into the
hands of the ultimate at the earliest possible
time. So buy your winters coal today. Then you'll be
doing your part to clear the transportation lines for war
traffic And you'll also make certain that you won't be
out of fuel when you need it..
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LocoI Church
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casion- of their seventh year at
the church.
During the last years of the
late DR.. David S. Klugh, former
Pastor of Peoples church there
came into the Church in 1884
from Roanoke, Virginia, 20
study at Andover-Newton The
illogical Seminary, a young
man of whom he spoke as,
My son Timothy" Under his
direction this young man,
Richard M. Owens, took charge
of the pulpit during the ILL
ness of Rev Klugh. On the
passing of DR.. KlKugh, Dec.
81, 1884, he was called by the
church as supply pastor. In
February 1886 by unanimous
vote of over 200 members as
sembled, he was called to the
pastorate of the Peoples Bap-
fist church.
Rev. Owens obtained his
early education in the gram
mar schools of Halifax Coun-
ty, va. In Virginia Theological
Seminary and College he re-
ceived his high school and
college training, also receiving
from this institution the de
gree of A. B. and from And
Newton Theological Sem
mary the degre of B. D.
Though he is a young man
in his early thirties, Rev. Ow-
ems has spent several years in
active ministerial service, hay
ing served in the following
places in Virginia: Glover
dale, Pamplin, Kingston, Roam
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-16
Recent Deaths

Funeral services for Mrs.
Sarah E. Brown Whitley, Is Es-
mond St., Dorchester, were held
Saturday, May 9 from the Eben-
ezer Baptist Church. Inter
ment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. J.
B. johnson, Undertaken.
Funeral services for Baby
Girl womble, % Hammond St.
were held Thursday, May Z
from Johnson's Funeral Home.
Interment at Mt. Hope Gene
terry,
Funeral services for Willie
Mason, 2 Harold Park, were held
Saturday, May 9 from New Hope
Baptist Church. Interment at
Mt. Hope Cemetery. J. B. john
son, Undertaken.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz-
.abeth Scott, 119 Kendall st,
were held Monday, May IL from
Peoples Baptist Church, In
torment at Mt. Hope. J. B. john
son, undertaken.
Funeral services for Alonzo G,
Neal, sci Columbus Ave- were
held Monday, May II from Eb-
enezer Baptist Church. Inter
ment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. J.
B. johnson, Undertaken.
Funeral services for Charles
David Williams, II Dilworth ST.,
we're held Tuesday, May IL from
Johnson's Funeral Home. In
terment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Funeral services for Pedro
vellafor, So E. 132nd ST., New
York City, were held Friday,
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Dnt. Mnnrnp Trnttpr
EDITOR and PUBLISHER
1901 1884
AMERICAN DAY"

Tomorrow is 4 Am an American Day." 1t is an oc-
casion to make resolutions to think speak and act
American. The invention of race should be showed to
the rear There no need anyway to advocate race
consciousness That forced upon all persons
of African or of any part African descent Race preju
dice functions lid of suppression. When democracy
succeeds in removing the lid the oppressed suppressed
individuals will be liberated to rise sink according
their merits demers al ways assuming of course that
a charitable hand will be given the less fortunate
But tomorrow let US completely dedicate ourselves to
the proposition that above all Americans. That
that should resolve to throw into discard all
skincoor adjectives NEGRO" and "Coored" and
such terms only when is absolutely necessary for den
fcation. Let fully realize that WE ARE AMERl-
CANS!
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Navy Award
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Committee, opposing a bill by
Senator James M. Mead of New
York.
The letter, as quoted by
Browne, said that Knox had al
ready written a letter of COM
mendation to the mess attend
ant and that Gin view of the
recommendations of the Pacific
Fleet Board of Awards and the
commanders n-chief of the Pa
cifc Fleet, the recognition al
ready awarded is deemed Suf-
ficient and appropriate"
Miller, mess attendant on a
battleship, won national acclaim
for his feat of courage above
and beyond his regular duties
when he was credited with as
sisting his mortally wounded
Captain to a place of greater
safety despite enemy strafing
and bombing, and later manned
and operated machine gun I'M
til flames drove him from the
scene. Miller had never fired
machine gun before the Pearl
Harbor attack.
The Navy's report stated:
"In company with two officers
and several enlisted men, Miller
was on the signal bridge of a
battleship when the command
ing officer of the vessel received
a fatal abdominal wound"
while the others sought to
construct a Stretcher to lower
the captain to a safer location,
a naval reserve lieutenant and
Miller manned a pair of ma
chine guns and fired upon the
attacking planes until fires
started by the bombs rendered
the machine guns useless.
unable to lower their cap
tain on an improvised stretcher,
four officers and men, including
Miller, carried him from the
blazing bridge of the ship to a
more sheltered deck under the
port side anti-aircraft guns.
Finding other means of escape
blocked because of the flames,
they made their way to shore,
hand over hand, along lines
strung backward from boat
crane"
Miller was born October IL,
1919, at Waco, Texas, and first
enlisted as Mess Attendant
Third Glass at Dallas, on Sept
ember is, 1859. His next of kin
is his father, Conery Miller,
Route /, Box 339, Waco, Texas.
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TrOtter
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ne was forced 10 cancel the
engagement because of illness
which had confined him all
day To his home.
Eloquent addresses we're by
Atty Dorch, william Harrison,
Miss Gladys Holmes, Otis
Hood, Richard Moore, Louis
Pasco, Sr., Atty. S. R. Bourne.
High tribute was paid Trot-
ter as champion of human
rights.
Vocal solos contributed by
Miss Ina Rapier, soprano, and
James Thomas, baritone, we're
received with enthusiastic APP
plause.
Atty Dorch made an earnest
appeal for contributions to
which there was a generous
response in cash and pledges.
A list of those donating and
pledging to donate will DC
printed next week. Rev. w. l..
Clayton of Union Baptist
church, Maiden, helped treas.
Bourne at the donation table.
Misses Hortense Smith, Myr-
tie Worthy and Virginia Tabb,
with Misses Margaret Hender-
son and Gertrude Smith as
Sisting, were the efficient ush-
ers for the meeting.
Mrs. Steward thanked speak
erS, SoloiSts, usherS and the
generous friends and present.
ed Mrs. Mary Gibson who in
1919 went to New York and in
Structed Editor Trotter so that
he was able to qualify as a
second cook on the ship that
took him to France and the
peace conference.
Of very great interest to the
audience was the showing by
Alfred Lewis of the moving
pictures he took in 1898 of Mr..
Trotter at Crispus AttuckS ex-
erciseS on State st. The editor
was shown speaking, a bundle
of GUARDIANS under his
arm, and walking about. APP
plause broke out whenever he
appeared.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-16
Lost Rites
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taking charge at Wesley Cen
ter he also raised his assess
ments amounting to $1,000. AS
one of lions greatest leaders
in finance Rev. Battle was
eager to pay $4,000 on the
mortgage on Wesley Center
and already had nearly $4,000
of that amount in bank de-
posts"
others assisting at the rites
we're Bishop J. w. Martin, Pre-
siding Elder J. R. ReSpass, the
Revs. D. A. Brown, J. o. Cow
an, T. ]. King, H. A. Trotter,
T. M. Greene, G. E. Talley,
James Robinson, ]. w. Eichll-
berger, and Mrs. Abbie G..
Jackson who read the obituary.
Brother ministers were the
pallbearerS.
The body lay in state from
early morning until the serv-
ices began and again after the
services until 10 o'clock Fri
day night, and was viewed by
hundreds of members and
friends. Then the remains
were taken to Washington, D..
c., for services Saturday
morning at Galbraith A. M. E.
Zion church.
Officiating with the Rev. J..
L. White, Galbraith's pastor,
were Bishop William j. Walls,
Bishop E. L. Madison, and sew
eral local and out-of-tow
ministers, including Rev. B. E.
Edmondson of Ohio and Revs.
o. D. Carson and A. M. Spauld-
ing of Pennsylvania.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-16
IN MEMORLAM
GEORGE w. GRAY

GEORGE w. GRAY
DEC. 1862 - MAY, 1881
ONLY A DAD
Only a Dad, neither rich nor
proud,
Merely one of the surging
crowd,
Toiling, striving, from day to
day.,
Facing whatever may come his
way;
Silent whenever the harsh con-
denim,
And bearing it all for his fellow
men.
Only q Dad but he gave his all
To smooth the way for us all;
Doing with courage stern and
grim
The favors ira were denied
him.
This is the lime that for him I
pen,
Only a Dad, but the best of
men.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-16
Churches
GLOUCESTER
RESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1921 fremont st.

Rev. BENZ. Anderson, the
gifted speaker and pastor in
charge of Gloucester, spoke on
Mother" in observance OF
Mothers Day, May 10. Lesson,
Proverbs 1:1O-31. At $50 the
services consisted of installa-
ton of two Elders, Thomas He
bron and A. D. Johnson, fol-
lowing which sacrament was
administered by Rev. Samuel
A. Jackson of RoXbury Presby-
terian Church. After benedic-
ton most of the congregation
went to Mrs. James Moss home
for a 5 and 10 cent supper.
Last Monday evening, May IL,
a meeting was called at which
time more than two-thirds to-
tai amount of funds, needed
for our new church home, was
pledged or given.