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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-13
Methodist Group
Met Wednesday
Mrs. Sturdivant And Mrs.
Rhodes Are Joint HOStesSes
To Group

Mrs. Reid Sturdivant and Mrs.
Jack Rhodes were joint hostesses
to the members of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of
the West Jefferson Methodist
church, at the home of the former
on last Wednesday afternoon.
The program of the month, en-
titled ''The Ascending Songs of
China" was led by the president,
Mrs. Sharpe Shoemaker, who al
so gave the meditation and devo-
tionals. Professor F. c. Nye adj
dressed the society on the topic,
"Home Life in China" and Mrs.
L. C. Johnson gave a very inter-
esting report on the annual con-
ference of the society, which was
held in Hickory on March 81, af-
ter which sentence prayers were
offered by Mrs. c. R. Eller, Mrs.
Jack Rhodes, Mrs. Dewey Sells
and Mrs. Reid Sturdivant.
During the business session,
Mrs. B. B. GRAPHICAL was appoint
ed as representative of the socie-
ty on the church board of educa-
ton. The society voted to give a
supper in the church basement on
Friday night, April 81. The pub
lie is most cordially invited to at
tend.
Delicious refreshments were
served during the social hour
which followed the program.
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Husk News

Mr.. E. S. Tedder, who has been
i'll for some time, is not improving.
Pvt. Marion F. Wilcox, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Wilcox, is
now stationed somewhere in
Northern Ireland and writes that
he is getting along fine.
Mr.. Robin Barr has been ill
for some time.
Mr.. Clarence Wilcox is visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Wilcox.
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NkAchuk

Rev. and Mrs. A. c. Ashley,
Pfc. Claude Ashley and Miss Lora
Mae Ashley spent Thursday An
Winston-Salem and North Wilkes
,boro.
Mrs. Darwin Walker spent Eas-
ter with her husband at Fort
Bragg.
Mrs. Joe Garvey visited her
husband last week at Scott Field,
Ill.
Mrs, Constance r. Carney, of
Raleigh, spent the past week end
here.
Mrs. r. D. Houck and two chill
dren, Dickie and Erta, of Detroit,
arrived Saturday from Detroit to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wayman
and other relatives. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Billy Joe
Gentry, who had been visiting her
sister in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Howell
and family, of Kannapolis, visited
relatives in the county over the
week end.
Mrs. Fulton Ashley and Miss
Pansy Ashley, of Kannapolis, Wis
tied relatives in the county over
the week end.
MIR. and Mrs. Phleat Fender, of
Baltimore, Md, Mrs. Leonard
Shepherd, Mrs. Lola Porter, of
jefferson and Miss Thelma Shep-
herd, of Crumpler, attended the
Easter Sunrise service in Winston
Salem, Sunday.
Miss Ruby Barker, Mrs. Earl
Davidson, Mrs. Guy Denney and
Mrs. Jennings RAIDER attended a
regional OPA meeting in North
Wilkesboro, Tuesday.
Mr.. Rocco Cutri has returned
from Brooklyn, N. Y, after &C
companying Mrs. Cutri to their
home there.
Miss Viola Cutri is spending
this week at her home in Brook
Ign, N. Y.
J Mrs. H. D. Quessenberry spent
Easter with Captain Quessenberry
in Tennessee.
Misses Helen Shatley and Vir-
ginia Goodman were Friday night
guests of Mrs. w. A. Williams.
Miss Theresa McNeill has re-
turned home, after spending two
weeks vacation in Miami, Fla.
She also visited friends in Mel
born and jacksonville, Fla.
Miss Ruth Worley, of Bristol,
Va, spent the Easter holidays
with friends and relatives at Todd.
Mrs. Walter Worth and Miss
Ruth Allen Worth are visiting
Mrs Worth's daughter, Mrs. Roy
Smith, in Florida.
Miss Edith Pierce is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mcneil, in
Portland, Maine, this week.
| Misses Ruth Rose and Virginia
Roark, of Maryland, spent last
week at their homes in the county.
Miss Zeffa Lyles was a dinner
guest of Miss Erma Hart, Sunday
night.
Miss Erma Hart was the guest
of Miss Doris Blevins, on Wed
nesday.
Miss Doris Blevins spent the
past week end with Miss Erma
Hart.
Mrs. Nettie Johnson is visiting
her son, and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Johnson, in Washington,
D. c., this week.
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Classified Ads

FOR SALE-One 1912 Ford
two door car, with $4,000 miles on
it. wish to sell this car as the
owner is being indicted into serv-
ice. For price and full particulars,
see Mrs. Alonzo Baldwin, West
jefferson, N. c. 4-13-1tp
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FINED BY MAYOR

Mayor F. B. Jones tried Grover
Combs for public drunkenness at
his office here on Monday and
fined him $500 and cost.
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RADIOS FOR SALE-1942 Sen
final, 2 band, 5 tubes, battery set
with new battery; 1910 Philco
electric A. c. D. c., 5 tubes. Both
table models. Hudlers' Radio
Service, West Jefferson, N. c.
4-13-1tp
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Tupelo Soldier
Gets Purple Heart

A BASE IN EASTERN INDIA:
Private LIST Glass Woodrow Hamil-
ton, 26, of Aberdeen, Miss, recent
~ received the award of the Pur-
pie Heart from Brigadier General
John A. Warden, then Command
ing General of this Base of the
Services of Supply, United States
Army Forces, in the China Burma
India Theater of Operations
Hamilton was decorated because of
the wounds he sustained during
Japanese air raid on the nearby
port installations, late in 1913.
The Aberdeen lad is a Transpor-
tation Corps soldier. He was in
Quoted into the Army about two
and-a-half years ago, at Camp
Shelby, Miss, and served at Camp
Lee, Va, and Jackson Barracks,
New Orleans, La, in the United
States. He has been overseas in
the China Burma India Theater
about twenty-five months.
Prior to his induction, Hamilton
worked for j. L. Crosby, Dairy
man, OF Route 3, Box 48, Tupelo,
Miss. The soldiers mother, Mrs.
Annie Roy Hamilton lives at
that address.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08

BIRMINGHAM, Alas N S.
Stating that the Greensboro
Waterman and the Alabama Sun
represent deliberate attacks by the
white supremacists" to undermine
national unity and the authority
of the federal government in the
winning of the war, the Souther-
Negro Youth Congress, in a letter
to Attorney General Francis NJ.
Biddle, asked that those hate
sheets" be prohibited from further
printing and mailing, and that
federal action be taken against
the instigators of the White Sup
remacy League.
The Youth Congress letter,
signed by Esther v. Cooper, Execu-
tive Secretary, follows in full:
Under the slogan OF White
supremacy and states rights foes
of democracy and the nations war
against the Axis in the state of
Alabama have launched a vicious
new attack upon the rights Of the
Negro people. In this hour OF
crisis, when national unity is
necessary for a speedy Allied VIC
tory, the Greensboro Waterman
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Caney Greek
Church Closes
Fine Anniversary

The Caney Creek Baptist Church
three and one-half miles South OF
Jackson, on hi-way 81, Rev. G. W.,
Myers, Pastor, climaxed its pas
tors LIST Anniversary, Sunday,
March 26th with grand total OF
$4,000. Rev. Myers is also pastor
of the End Baptist Church, Brook
haven, Miss.
Many visiting friends are quoted
as asking, "is this the same
church," referring to the beautiful
paint job of the interior of the
church, its piano, and new roof
ing.
Miss Henrietta Robinson, OF
Jackson, a teacher of Warren Hill
School, in Rankin County, anc
member of Caney Creek Church
won First Prize by reporting $14.W
in her envelope. Others reporting
Continued on Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
OrgilI Brothers
Hardware Company
Fetes Employees

The Colored employees Of Orgilj
Bros. Hardware company here were
deliberately entertained with a BAN
quet, in the Carver Room of Sum-
mers Hotel on West Pearl Street,
Saturday night, in celebration OF
the 9th Anniversary Of the Com.
pany.
The feature of the occasion was
the after dinner speech of Perez
Greene, Editor of the Jackson Ad.,
vocate Reviewing the history aISd
progress of the company, the
speaker pointed out that an i'm
portant element in the history
and progress of the company was
the high standard of employment
oloyee relations it had maintained
throughout the years.
He also told the workers that
their postwar job with Orgill
Bros. Hardware Company depend
ed in no small degree, upon the
manner in which they regarded
their duties and responsibilities as
employees of the company during
these times.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08

A BASE IN EASTERN INDIA:
Private LIST Glass Mckinley Will
liams, 81, of Leake City, Miss,
and Private johnson Burage, &c.
of Route /, Box Is, Deville, Miss,
have been awarded the Purple
Heart for wounds they received
when enemy planes raided the har-
Dor installations nearby, late IN
1943. They were decorated by
Brigadier General John A. War
this Base.
Both boys are members OF a
Transportation Corps unit Of the
Services of Supply, United States
Army Forces in the China Burma
India Theater of Operations.
Williams, who used to work for
his father at Farmhaven, Miss.
before he came into the Army, was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
RY
By
HARRY s.
McALPIN
WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT
For
Atlanta Daily
World & k.h.P.A.
Getting Help
From New Source

Negroes are not proud Of the
source of the new help they are
receiving In getting their message
over to some Of the people who
need 1t most, but they are inclined
to be tolerant In accepting 1t.
A new paper - the Alabama sun
- dedicated TO the maintenance OF
white supremacy has appeared in
Birmingham, Ala. Volume 1.num-
Der l, was published on March "a.
Eighty per cent of the reading
matter was devoted TO reprints Of
articles appearing previously in Ne
gro newspapers particularly the
Birmingham World, the Afro
American, the Chicago Defender
and the Pittsburgh Courier with
new headlines, however, to suit the
Alabama Sun.
In small print at the top OF each
such article, the editors OF the Sun
wrote a caustic comment, plrport-
ecily to point out the impracticali-
ty, the viciousness, the stupidity,
or the audacity of the demands and
revelations made in the reproduce
ed articles.
Here are few samples: Over an
article headed: Would Unfrock
Clergymen Practicing Segregation"
the editor noted: Here is an arti-
Gle from the Pittsburgh Courier -
g. Negro paper. Read 1t and
weep - or laugh" Over another
headed "Ask Probe Of Bias in Util-
ity Service Hiring, with Baltt-
more dateline, the editor COM
mented: Here is an example of
what might happen here CB'ham.
This was published in the Chica-
go Defender, Negro newspaper"
On reading the reproduced arti-
Giles, however, one could not help
but be struck by the clear, concise,
logical presentations they contain
ed.
That these articles shosiid thus
be brought to the attention of the
kind of people most likely TO buy
the Alabama Sun opens up new
field to the Negro press. Robert E.
White, the editor of the Sun, and
those who are supporting the ven-
ture from the hidden recesses of
anonymity, are unconsciously rem
dering a much needed service.
Of course, the paper is vitriolic
In its own treatment of the race
question. Tt takes the usual digs at
Mrs. Roosevelt. 1t unhesitatingly
uses epithets in referring to Ne
groes. A 3-column cut on the front
page, of Mrs. Roosevelt and George
Goodman, r d Cross worker
brought back from England to
work in the Red Cross fund drive.
Continued on Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
<Tuo State Soldiers
Decorated For Wounds

indicted at Camp Shelby, Miss,
and saw service at Camp Lee, Va,
and jackson Barracks, New Or
leans. La, while in the United
States. He has been overseas IN
India about twenty-five months,
and has had close to twenty-nlne
months in the Army. Ills parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Williams, hve
at Farmhaven, Miss.
Indicted at Camp Shelby, lit
tie more than two-and-a-half yrs.
ago. In the United States, he serv-
ed at Fort Francis e. Warren,
wyoming, and at jackson Bar
racks, New Orleans, La. He has
been overseas in the China Burma
India Theater about twenty two
months. Will Burage, the soldiers
father, lives at Route l, Box 10.
in Daville, Miss.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Army Admit"
Injustice In
Caledonia Case
10-Year, 8-Year
Terms Replace
Life Imprisonment

WASHINGTON, D. C.-NNPA
The Army admitted, last week,
in a left-handed way, that inJus-
tice had been done Pvts. Frank
Fisher. Jr., and Edward r. Lowry,
who had been sentenced TO lie
Imprisonment for rape in New CAL
donna, in what has come to be re-
ferred to as the Army's Scots
boro" case.
After a review OF the case, by
UnderSecretary of War, Robert Pat
terson, instigated by Judge William
HASTE, former Civilian Aide TO the
Secretary of War, and Rep. Vito
Marcantonio (ALP of N. Y, the
War Department announced that
Mr.. Patterson determined that the
youths had a fair trial and that
the sentences were supported by
the evidence.
SENTENCES REDUCED
But In the same determination,
Mr.. Patterson reduced the senten-
ces from life imprisonment TO 10
years for Fisher and 8 years for
Lofry-"because Of the circum-
stances surrounding the event and
the record of the prisoners"
The entire case was challenged
by Judge HASTE and Rep. Mar
cantonio in brief submitted on
behalf of the soldiers, which re-
suited in the rview. They cited
glaring loopholes and contradic-
lions in the evidence and apparent
suppression of favorable testimony.
The evidence developed at the
trial revealed, according to the
brief, that the alleged rape victim
consented to intercourse, ''in-
terposed no physical resistance"
made no verbal protests" and
subsequently accepted payment on
the spot from the soldier.
VICTIM HAD DISEASE
Medical inquiry showed the girl
was suffering from a social dis
ease before she met Fisher and
Lowry, according to the brief, but
this information was withheld
CONTINUED on Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Justice Department Asked
To Ban Ala. :Hate Sheets

first issue has been printed IN
100000 copies and the Greensboro
Wathman which has recently
printed a special Election issu"
of 100000 copies have been mailed
and distributed to rural citizens
Waterman is edited by democracy
hating Hammer Cobbs and Is de-
voted to state rights and the re-
lection of the authority of the
federal government in the winning
all over the state. The Greensboro
of the war.
Negro youth of the South, de-
voted to the cause Of the United
Nations, ask you to publicatly de-
nounce the White Supremacy Lea
que and to bring federal action
against It's leaders. We ask fur
ther that you use the power OF
your office to ban the Alabama
Sun and the Greensboro Watch
man from the mails and prohibit
their publications.
eve ask your immediate inter
Continued on Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
State Interracial
Council Meets

The Mississippi State Council on
Interracial Cooperation held its
annual meeting in the Parish House
of st. Andrews Episcopal Church
here March 1929.
Officers elected were: Mr.. F.. c.,
Wilcoxon, Vicksburg, Chairman,
Prof. j. L. Reddix, Pres. jackson
College, Jacksons LIST Vice
Chairman, Mrs. j. Morgan Steven,
jackson End Vice Chairman, Col.
Alexander Fitzhugh, Vicksburg,
treaurer, and Miss C. Lacey. jack
son, Secretary.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Am1v" Scottsboro "7erns Reduced
Easter Sunrise
Service To Be At
Jackson College

The beautiful campus of jack
son College will be the scene of
the Annual Easter Sunrise Service
which will begin promptly at
seven o'clock.
The message of the mornirg will
be given by Reverend w. H. Black
mon while the traditional Easter
music will be furnished by the Col
iege Choir. Special feature of the
service will be brief but impress
sive pantomime of the Resurrection.
The scriptural narrative accom-
panying this action will be read
by the Verse Speaking Choir
The College extends a cordial
welcome to the public to attend this
Sunrise Service.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Jackson College
Observes National
Health Week

National Negro Health Week,
April 90. was observed by students
and faculty members of the col
lege, the Nursery and Laboratory
Schools of Jackson College.
At the regular Chapel Assembly
hour on Wednesday, April 5,
playlet was presented bv pupils OF
the Nursery School. Booker T.
Washineton's contribution to Nat
ional Negro Health Week was
brought out very wildly by Gree
c. Barnes, freshman student.The
main address was delivered by
DR.. Leroy Smith.
On Thursday, during the Stu
dents Activity Hour, the pupils OF
the Laboratory School presented a
pageant entitled "A Visit From
Mars" This pageant was given In
episodes and stressed the value
derived from eating the proper
foods at the proper time.
The programs were ca&led or
under the sponsorship of Miss Q
w. Harris, the college nurse.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Funeral Rites For
Martin L. Lee

Funeral rites were held last
Sunday for Martin L. Lee at the
family home in Simpson County,
Miss. He may best be remembered
as head chef at Alcorn College,
for the last ii years.
Death came to Mr.. Lee at
Princess Anne College, Maryland
where he had been for the past
year. The news of his death reach
ed Jackson just about the time that
the teachers were converting in
the city for their annual meeting
and many of them were at the
train early Sunday morning to
meet the remains, and pay a
final tribute.
He leaves to mourn him. his
wife, Mrs Emma P. Lee, a son,
Martin, Jr., a daughter, Loree,
his father, Mr.. M. Lee, and the
following sisters and brothers,
Miss Rachel Lee, Matte Lee, Rosa
Bena Lee, Mrs. Magleon Dixon,
Mrs. Maudie Thompson, Hugh Lee,
r. S. Lee, Dan Lee, and Grid Lee.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Canton Youth
Accident Victim

CANTON, Miss. Henry Holmes,
12-year-old youth was instantly
killed mere Sunday when he was
run over by a large cattle truck
driven by a white man whose
name was given as Mack Maroney.
According to reports the youth
ran into The path of the truck
while attempting to cross at Full
ton Street near the Union Depot.
Sheriff A. w. Hardy conducted
an immediate investigation OF
eye witnesses who testified that
the accident was unavoidable.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Laurel Firm To
Issue War Bonds

LAUREL, Miss.-The D. H. Hair
Real Estate Company of this city
has recently received certificate
of qualification, as issuing agent
for the Sale of United States War
Savings Bonds, Series E.
The certificate. dated March
25th, 1914, was issued by the New
Orleans Branch. Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans,
making the company the only
colored agency for issuing War
Bonds In this section.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08

electoral procedure, prescrises
general election ballot made up o.
party nominees, so chosen, and
limits the choice OF the electorate
in general elections for state off,
ces, practically speaking, to those
whose names appear on such q
ballot, 1t endorses, adopts and en~
forces the discrimination against
Negroes, practiced by party en-
trusted by Texas Law with the de-
termination of the qualifications
of participants in the primary.
This Is staoc action within the
meaning of the Fifteenth Amend
Continued on Back Page
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Court Action Against Instigators
Of Supremacy League Urged Of Biddle

and the Alabama Sun are deVot-
ing their full energies to abolisn-
ne all civil rights for Negro citl-
zens and destroying harmony and
inter-racial good will.
calling upon all who believe
in the tradition of white supre-
macy" to join the White Supre-
macy League, the Alabama Sun
March "a, 1944) does a disservice
to our nations cause and plays
into the hands of Hitler and To-
10. Both the Alabama Sun whose
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-(S N 81.
President j. r. E. Lee, OF Florida
A. and M. College. passed at 9.l5
o'clock Thursday morning. Funerai
arrangements were incomplete at
press time
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08

1.-THE United States IS a COnsti-
tutional Democracy" declared the
majority opinion. TITS organic Law
grants TO all citizens right 10
( participate in the choice Of elect
! ed officials without restriction by
any state because of race. This
grant 10 the people Of the oppor-
/ tunity for choice is not 10 be NULL
| fled by a stale through casting its
electoral process in a form which
permits private organization to
practice racial discrimination in
the election. Constitutional rights
would be of little value If they
could be thus indirectly denied"
ACTION OF STATE
The privilege of membership in
party, the court stated, may be
no concern Of a state as was said
in Grovey vs. Townsend. HBut when
as here that privilege is also the
essential qualification for voting
in a primary to select nominees
for a general election, the state
makes the action of the party the
action of the state
Answering the dissenting opin-
ion of justice Roberts, which was
based on the need for consistency,
the court declared: I'm reaching
this conclusion we are not unmind-
full of the desirablility of continuity
of decision in constitutional ques.
tions. However, when convinced OF
former error, this court has never
felt constrained to follow prece-
dent" this has long been accepted
practice, the court declared.
This is particularly true when
the decision believed erroneous is
the application of a constitutional
principle rather than an interpre-
tation of the constitution to ex-
tract the principle itself" the opir-
ion continued. Here we are APP
plying, contrary to the recent de-
cision in Grovey " Townsend the
well established principle of the
fifteenth amendment, forbidding
the abridgement by state Of
citizens right to vote. Grovey v.
Townsend is overuled."
The decision was delivered by
Justice Reed, with justice Frank
furter concurring in the results.
The long-awaited decision had
far-reaching implications in Sou
them states where white Democra-
tic Party primaries are usually
tantamount to election.
The majority opinion said:
When primaries become a part
of the machinery for choosing off,
Gals, state and national, as they
have here, the same tests to de-
termine the character of discrimi-
nation or abridgement should be
applied to the primary as are ap-
piled to the general election.
ENDORSES BIAS
eff the state requires a certain,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
Vote Exclusion On
Basis Of Color, Race
voided By Decision
Historic Opinion in Texas Case
Delivered by Justice Reed; Only
Justice Roberts Dissents View
BY HARRY s. McALPIN
Correspondent Of the Atlanta

BY HARRY S. McAIPIN
Washington Correspondent Of the Atlanta Daily World
and NNPA)
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court Monday ruled
exclusion Negroes from the Texas white primaries
illegal. The decision to L. Justice Roberts was the
only dissenter and wrote the minority opinion.
Directly overrung the previous Grovey VS.. Townsend
decision the court held that primaries part of the
emery of choosing officials and subject TO the same
tests to determine the character of discrimination in
abridgement of the right to vote
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-04-08
The majority opinion said:

''If the state requires a certa
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