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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Sans Souci Club Met
With Mrs. J.C. Mann

Mrs. J. c. Mann was hos,cs,
ueSoay afternoon for the meeting
OF the Sans Souci Literary club at
her home on Granite street. Yellow
and bronze chrySanthemums with
burning yellow tapers formed the
DECORATIONS throughout the homr.
Mrs. r. c. w. Radford. president,
presided at tho meeting and con-
Quoted the business scssion.A sun
Scription to the community che,
w;:S voted by the club members
INC program for the afternoon
was led by Mrs. f.. f.. Nanny. Sh..
ch"Sc seven modern women bio
rrarhlcS for her talk on bnoks.
hcSc were: Maine Charm String"
ny tiihpr Graham: DIARY Of "A
Williamsburg Hostess. by Helen
Jones Campbell: Born In Paradise"
oN Aim'nc Won rcmpSki: More Was
Lost by Eleanor Pcrcnyi: MY
ICuh'y-n-Iaws by Mary Mian:
The Road I" Wimbledon. by Alic"
Marble: and Talking Through My
HAS by Lilly Dachc. Mrs. Nanny
h.lhicd HE common characteristic i,
III each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that
spelled success. charm and person :
MY hnd nicrcStin" stories written
~ :. literary style nf recognized MGR
|.
NJ III" conclusion az In" ,ncCtiu.
nc hD:i""$ served a salad plate Ia
IN" following: McSdamcS ". II.
biacknall. II. l.. Gambler, c. s. Dudd.
\. =. lSicy, S. f.. .Jcnncttc. f.. A.
.:al,a, ID. McDuffc. f.. L.. Nanny.
II. a. Newell, r. G.. w. Radfurd. and
|. l.. WcStcr.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Membership Cards
For Concerts Sent

Membership cards for the TIcndcr
son Community Concert Association
whose recent campaign realize,
more than 500 subscribers. were
mailed to members today. it va
stated by Mrs. Jane T. VoS. sccrr
tary Of the association. II was ais,
announced that any subscriber Wiz
has not received his card by tn,
end Of the week is asked 10 cal
Mrs. VoS At 225.
Concert dates have already bee,
announced as December IL, Fcbru.
AIRY - ana March IL. A pianist
S''oiSt and ballet group will u,
presented here through the com.
munity concert series.
Any Henderson subscriber is en-.
tiled by his membership card :,
attend any other community con.
cert presentation in any other town
Wilson. Rocky Mount and 0thC'
towns have recently complCtct
their campaigns Tor membership
and the cor 'SriS which will be hclC
in these towns may be attended BY
Henderson hCldCrS Of membership
cards
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Mrs. Russell Parham
Has Jr. tuesday, Club

"''' h"S"'' i'"i"'m NILS hnStcS.
tor The meeting ui The Junior Tho
day Clun held Tuesday .,r,c.,,,, -.
h,, r,,,,,, go, ,.,,., ''
a.. '''"" Win
H''' '"'''''H ''"""p aS Jwu' hu,,
i"S%. Appointments q! tall fruits and
Vegetables formed tho dc,,,.,,;,,..
,hrr;,rbou, five bou,o
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Miss Irene Poythress
TO Wed John 7. Owen

Airs. Thomas Poyihrcss OF Hen
d"'$"n. td"ay announced the engage
m""t and approaching marriage of
her daughter. Irene Fcnncr. To John
Thomas Owen. OF Henderson. The
W"ddin" will take place ON Friday.
December &. at : O'Clock at West End
BAPTIST church. No invitations are
beng mailed but friends OF the
couple arc invited.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
and pink roses.
AlnNhlNnrs ,,I.n.

and pink roses
Members present were: Mcsdames
j.. G. Allen. J. {. Cooper. A. j.
Davis, Gideon Lamb. NJ. F. Leeg,
v. b. Parham. J. NJ. Peace. Kate
Watkins. Sam Watkins. L. y. Gard
mcr. s. II. Watkins and Miss Olivia
BMrWcl!.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
AyCock +. L. \. Corrcct;,,

The meeting Of the Aycock sch,,J
T. 1. a. will be held Thursday even
inG AT 80 o'clock. it was stated In
day. The first announcement of the
meeting was incorrectly stated a;
$50.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Contemporary Book Club

The Contemporary Book club will
meet Thursday afternoon at 3.3o
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Vanrc
Rollins. il was announced. Members
were requested to note the chance
of date for this meeting
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
PRESBYTERIAN Choir Practice

The choir of tho FIRST Presbyterian
church will meet Wednesday evening
at 10 O'Clock al tho church. il was
stated. Choir members were asked
10 note the change from Thursday to
Wednesday,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Society Ne7Qs and Personals
SorOsis Club NIeet;np

The Sorosls club will meet Thurs
day afternoon at BIAS O'Clock m ,b,
home of Mrs. Z. NJ. Rollins on Youn,,
avenue, it was announced TODAY Ali
members are urged to be prcsen,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
Mems Supper Cancelled

The Mems club "i Holy Innocent ,
Episcopal parish supper meeting
scheduled for Thursday evening
will not Ec held due Ia conilictS
with other meetings. II was an
nuunccd today
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-20
BIRTHS
Jane Dctroy Lowry

Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Lowry an
noUncC The birth of a daughter. Jan"
Dctroy. on November 10 at Maria
Parh"m hospital. Mrs Lowry is tho
former Miss Cordic Wondlicl.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Segregation In
Municipal Bldg
Draws Pickeis

Louisville, Ky.-To protest the
policy of segregation in a munich
pal auditorium, the Louisville
branch of the NAACP threw a
picket line around the Municipal
auditorium tonight where Billy
Roses Carmen Jones" is being
presented.
According to Alfred M, Carroll,
president of the branch, while the
general policy of the auditorium
for years ago had been to segre-
gate at all attractions, under
former Mayor Wyatt, a new
policy had been put into effect of
no segregation when Negro at
fractions appeared.
To make clear to the citizens of
Louisville that there were people
and organizations which resented
the present Mayors policy of
segregation, the NAACP will con-
tinue to demonstrate throughout
the u of this popular all-Negro
musical.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
.Afhaaess DeDek
College
'Svvplss Dsildjsu

Arkansas Baptist Cal1sos b =
obtain surplus Government-swn-
ed buildings to be corrvesIsd into
classrooms and other-nnhousing
facilities made necessary BY in
creased enrollments Of vsserans
studying under the @ ! Bin Of
Rights. Their applications were
approved today by Major General
Philip B.. Fleming, Federal Works
Administrator.
Arkansas Baptist Is the only
Negro church. related college in
the state which offers courses TO
students majoring in religious
education Of theology, George H.
Field, Commissioner Of the Blu
reau Of Community Facilities,
Federal Works Agency, said. Il
is to obtain surplus structures -
be converted into classroom iacil-
tiles SO that II can accommodate
$50 students, of whom 100 are ex-
pectea 10 be veterans. The cur
rent enrolment is 275. Of whom
Is are veterans.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Close Session After Crushing
Two Suspending One Soaring One
= Warning Eleven In House Cleaning

Little Rock was the scene Of one
# the most hectic meetings that
viii remain unparalleled for many
years when the African Methodist
Episcopal body closed an extra
'ession Of its General Conference
last week after expelling two,
3uspending one, generating one,
questioning the absence of one
and warning eleven.
The extra session held here
was the first on record in the $50
years of the A M. +. Church, and
The first to be- held this far in the
deep south. The session was CALL
I'd as a climax to end longstand-
M dissension in the church due
to the refusal of certain bishops
to support the action of the Bish-
ops Council.
After the session opened We'd
nesday noon, the judiciary steam
roller lost little time in crushing
bishops in its move to clean up
the church. The first to feel the
wrath from the Episcopal Com
mittee was Bishop David II. Sims
bishop of the Philadelphia District
when he was expelled from the
bishopric. The committee found
Sims guilty as charged and the
expulsion was approved by n vote
Of 800 to 35. The expulsion of
Bishop Sims climaxed long at
tempt to end the misconduct of
the bishop.
George Il. Curry Of Jackson
vile, Fla, and the Oklahoma
Continued on page A.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Negro Defects
White In
White District

New York. - Special 49, The
first Negro to win a political race
in a chiefly white district in this
state is Harold A. Stevens, local
attorney, who defeated Edmond
j. Burke, white, in the 18th Dis
trict in Manhattan, for the New
York State Assembly. Former
president Of the Catholic Inter-
racial Council, Mr.. Stevens has
long been active in civic affairs
in Harlem. He has served as
counsel for the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and to the
Provisional Committee to rogan-
lze Negro Locomotive Firemen.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Randolph Urges ,
Negroes To Back
John L. Lewis

president Truman in throw
ing the power Of the government
against organized labor in its
legitimate fight for the protection
and advancement Of the interests
and rights of the workers by caus-
ing an injunction to be issued
against John L. Lewis and the
miners, has committed a grievous
blunder and has only complicated
and made labor conditions worse
stated A. Philip Randolph, In
ternational President of the Bro
therhood of Sleeping Car Porters
in New York City. He continued
that this act of President Tru-
man and the government, lis a
manifestation of desperation and
confusion and the lack of a clear,
constructive labor policy which
can effectively deal with prob
lens that are becoming threaten
ing because of inflationary prices
that are multiplying labor's in
crease in wages"
Because practically 80 per cent
of Negroes are working people,
and also since John L. Lewis
and his united miners have al
ways maintained a sound and fair
position on Negro workers, RAN
dolph urges Negroes: professional
business, labor leaders, A. F. of L.,
ministers. educators, housewives
and other groups, to back the
fight Of John l. Lewis and the
United Mine Workers, for increas-
ed wages. and shortar hours.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Minorities Have
Right To Fools,
Soys Speaker.

Minneapolis.-A minority group
wants not the right to have gen.
fuses among them but the right
to have fools and scoundrels with
out being condemned as a group,
Sister Mary Ellen O'Hanlon, o..
p, told the annual convention of
Minnesota Council Of Catholic
Women converting here.
Speaking on Race and Heresy'
the nun, who is a distinguished
biologist and author Of a recent
book on race, declared that min
critics would gladly give up the
reflected glory of their great
men, II only the world didn't
burden them with the ignominy Of
their scoundrels."
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Strikers Convicted Aoain
Negro Juror Disqualified
Hurled y By The Court.

union officials had repeatedly
warned the strikers to avoid
trouble.
Jesse Bean said the strike was
called for a Decent an hour wage
increase to IS cents, and over
time pay for working days over
eight hours. He said key men at
the plant worked IL, Is and some
times "a hours at a stretch when
their reliefs failed to show up
for work.
Roy Cole said he had been
around the picket line and in a
tent erected for the strikers most
of the day before the fight.
The defense entered a deposi-
ton from DR.. Joe Shuffield,
chief of orthopedic surgery at
Baptist State hospital, saying that
during the Is days Otha Williams
was in the hospital under OBJ
servation, he never had as much
as a degree of fever, suffered
slight loss of blood, and little
pain. His condition was some
what aggravated by apparent fear
the physician testified.
In their summary Of the states
case, Prosecuting Attorney Sam
Robinson and Deputy Prosecutor
Thomas E. DownIe both asserted
that the prosecution of the trio
represented N conflict betweer
capital and laboring interests,
but enforcement of a law enacted
by the legislature.
The defense lawyers asserted
that no witness had linked the
three defendants with any con-
spiracy with Williams, as charged
in the Information, and declared
the picket line fight was promot-
ed by the Southern Cotton Oil
Company to enable them to get
an injunction to end the picket
ing.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29

Just as they started the car,
the troopers returned and said to
Marshall, We've got to charge
you with drunken driving" They
then insisted that Marshall get
out of his car and into theirs to
be taken to Columbia. Instead of
heading in that direction, how
ever the three cars, bearing Mar
shall, turned into a dark back
road, which did not lead back to
town.
LOBBY, Weaver and Raymond,
after a hasty conference, decided
to follow the car. After they had
gone about ten miles further. the
three cars ahead stopped. realizing
they we're being tailed, and turn
ed around, setting off this time in
the direction of Columbia.
The procession turned in at a
magistrates in Columbia, where
Marshall was charged with
drunken driving. Said Marshall
to the judge, IF you believe I've
been drinking, smell my breath"
and he blew it into the magis-
trate's face.
The magistrate had to admit
that Marshall apparently had not
been drinking. He therefore re-
fused to hold him. This appar-
emily angered the policemen, who
seemed to want to see Marshall
put into the Columbia Jail for
"safe-keeping." This is the same
jail where two Negroes we're shot
to death by State Commissioner
of Safety Lynn Bomar's patrol
men following their arrest after
the riots
Following his release by the
Judge, Marshall, LOBBY, Weaver
and Raymond drove to the Negro
business section where they felt
they'd be reasonably safe. There,
Negro residents provided them
with another car, and, getting into
the lawyers car themselves, all
drove out to the main road 10
Nashville. This ruse successfully
threw the trooper-filled cars off
the trail of the NAACP lawyers.
In their borrowed car, the men
reached Nashville safely, via a
back road.
Immediately upon arrival in
Nashville, Marshall sent a tele-
gram to Attorney General Tom
Clark demanding an investigation
Of the matter and asking that
criminal charges against the of
ficers who participated in the
outrage be pressed. Said Mar
shall: This type Of intimidation
Of defense lawyers charged with
the duty of defending persons
charged with crime cannot 90 un-
noticed. .."
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Truman Greets
NAACP Youth
Conference

New Orleans, La.-From the
White House, President Truman
sent greetings to Mrs. Ruby
Hurley, NAACP, Youth Secre-
tary in recognition of the MA
ACP's Eighth Annual Confer
ence. which is meeting this week
in New Orleans, La. In his mes
sage, which was read at the open
ing session of the Conference this
morning, the President said:
II take pleasure in sending
greetings to the Youth Councils
and College Chapters of the M
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People on
the occasion of their Eighth An
nual Conference.
"The youth of today will in
herit the world now being shap-
ed-will inherit its hope and its
despair, its idealism and its cynic
ism, its democracy and its auto
cracy. Youth will have had little
share in determining the shape
of the world, yet from among the
ranks of Youth, the leaders must
come who can take that inherit
ance, wrok with it, build on it,
improve it, and eventually pass
on to other hands the task of
guiding it.
'Thc task Of our future leaders
will call for great skill and wis
dom. 1t is well that the Youth of
the NAACP should gather to dis
cuss the great problems of our
time-the achievement of a more
perfect democracy in our own
country and an enduring peace
among the nations Of the world"
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
Elect Guy As Head
When Clark Refuses
0 Enter Contest

the rule. Finally DR.. r. c. Woods
of Hot Springs who presided
during theAnnual Address ruled
that the election would take place
after the sermon on Thursday
night. After q great sermon by q
Rev. Riley Of Memphis, and a
great outhurst Of shouts, the vast
audience was asked to be excused
and all the delegates were asked
to remain. It appeared that sew
eral bus loads from Little Rock
were on the scene with members
from every church who were not
delegates including many men,
beers from the Arkansas Baptist
College who remained to cast
their votes for DR.. Fred T. Guy.
After the house had been qualifi-
ed and the four tellers had sum-
med the total on Rev. ]. H. Will
bert's (of Texarkana) adding
machine, it appeared that none
of the tellers who counted had
the correct number who voted.
This caused another real Negro
Baptist Panic that sounded like
a football pep squad" that was
determined to win at any price.
Some several Of the tellers con-
tended that DR.. Guy won by 2 or
3 and one seemed to think that
DIR. Clark won, even your re-
porter thought the latter had
won-but DR.. R. C. Woods ruled
there had been a miscount or no
count at all and the election was
announced for Friday morning.
Heb broke alooss AGAIN 1or
many had to return. hut 70 o.
(Coo41nmod - pom
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
HERE and THERE

AUSTIN, TEXAS - Ten cam
pus groups at the University Of
Texas today had voted to support
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
in its fight for equal educational
opportunities.
In particular, the groups voted
in favor Of a fund raising cam
paign to assist Herman Marion
Sweat, 80 year old mailman from
Houston, in his legal battle to
enter the University Of Texas
law school. Groups which voted
to support the campaign inclu-
ded the Canterbury (Episcopal)
Club; Wesley (Methodist) Foun-
dation; Baptist Student Union;
The YMCA; The YWCA; the
Independent Women's Organiza-
ton; Common Sense; the Anne
rican Veteran Committee, and the
Campus Guild Coop.
Observed groups at the meet
ing were Mortar Board; Latin
American Union; Presbyterian
Student League; Hillel (Jewish)
independent Organization; Alba
Club and the Community Congre-
gational Church. Kenneth II
Lampkins, noted Austin Negro
attorney, said the Sweat cas-,
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
BAPTIST HOLD HECTIC SESSION
NAACP Counsel
Arrested By Cops
In Columbia, Tenn

New York. - Thurgood Mar
shall, chief counsel for the NAA
CP. was arrested and nearly
jailed in Columbia, Tenn, on a
trumped up charge of drunken
driving" when a determined con-
nngent of deputy sheriffs and
members of the Tennessee State
Highway Patrol set out to get
the lawyer who defended Negroes
charged with participating in the
riots" in February.
The car in which NAACP law
= yers Thurgood Marshall, z. A.
LOBBY, Maurice Weaver and re-
porter Harry Raymond were rid
ing was stopped three miles out
side of Columbia by State Patrol
cars. The lawyers were on their
way to Nashville, following the
end of the two-day trial of Will
liam Pillow and Lloyd Kennedy,
which eliminated in the acquittal
of Pillow and a sentence of five
years for Kennedy.
The three patrol cars, contain
ing about eight troopers, pulled
up in front of the lawyers car,
and charged them with carrying
liquor in their car. In their in
vestigation for the imagined III
quor." the troopers ordered the
men out of the car, tore out the
seats, and demanded that the
four men submit to a personal
search of their clothing. LOBBY
and Marshall refused to allow a
"frjsking' unless a warrant was
shown. The police then produced
a John Doe warrant. charging
that liquor was being transport
ed in violation of the Maury
County local option law. The
officers seemed considerably puz-
xied by the presence OF Harry
Raymond, a white mar whom
they apparently could not iden-
tify.
Finding no "contraband." the
troopers held a quiet discussion
among themselves, out Of ear
shot of the NAACP counsel, after
which they came back to the car
and told the group to be on its
way.
Five miles further on, the law
yers G again overtaken and
stopped by the same three cars
of patrolmen, who flashed bright
lights inside the car, and de-
manded that Marshall show his
driving license, although LOBBY
had by now taken over the wheel
from Marshall. Upon seeing the
license, the troopers let the
group continue on its way.
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29

was " just one phase of the fight"
and that other actions may be
taken. Under a decision by Dis
trict Judge Roy Archer s months
ago, Lampkin said the state must
set up a Negro Law school far
Sweat by December II or very
likely Sweat would be admitted
to the Texas University law
school. Edward M. Brown, A.
sociate Secretary Of the Univer-
sity YMCA told the group that
although state laws provids hat
$4,000 may be appropriated an
nually for sending Texas Negroes
to school outside the state, the
49th legislature had made no an
preparation for the purpose.
Brown said segregation was
"un-C Christian saying that II en-
harnesses international relations.
causes unreal political division
and increases racial tensions. DR..
j. Fl. Morton, Chairman Of the
science division of Samuel Hon.
ston College for Negroes in Aus
tin and President of the local
branch of the NAACP said his
organization was launching .
three point program In Texa,
seeking to gain full rights 10,
CONTINUED on Page q
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
(By Staff Reporter)

(By Staff Reporter)
ELDORADO In the First
Baptist Church where DR.. T. O.
McJunkins is pastor, the Con-
solidated Baptist State Conven-
ton caused one Of the most
stormy sessions it has had in a
number of years. The entire SEES
sion was blighted with dissen-
sion. confusion. politics, accus-
atoms. hyprocricy, and finally a
near fisticuff between two Bap-
fist pastors while the great host
of delegates and non- delegates
were herded into a march around
the building like the Jericho
March" to vote for their chosen
candidates From the start of the
great Convention which has been
headed by DR.. J. F. Clark for
over Is years and marked by
many battles which seemed to
always center around Prof.
Tandy W. Coggs, former Supt.
of the Boys Industrial School at
Pine Bluff who is now president
of the Arkansas Baptist College
in Little Rock, confusion reigned
at more than one time. The slogan
heard by the PRESS reporter
was, III Clark CDR. J. F. Clark
Is elected Coggs (Prof. Tandy
w. Coggs) will be out as Pres
ident".
After each sermon many of
the opposing factions to the
Clark administration seemed to
have adopted the MEMS Rest
Room" for their Conference and
Strategy Headquarters with the
Noted Educator" Prof Tandy
W. Cogss being the Chief Mentor
or Advisor, along with several
leases lights" adding thsir 3D.
|sicse IN 'SbFohsn and
crude words". Finally the oppo-
sition group presented DR.. Fred
T. Guy. pastor of MI. Zion In
Little Rock a. their candidate 70
run against Dr. J. F. Clark.
After the President had deli
vered his Annual Address an al
most 'mouth-noise riot" took
place to keep the delegates from
electing DR.. Clark by suspending
Arkansas State press., 1946-11-29
WAGES GO HIGHER
BUT PRICES SOAR

Accordin gto a report released
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
that raise you got this year (if
you got it) didn't do a thing to
help make ends meet. Prices
have risen so fast and SO high,
it is more difficult for labor to
keep ahead of the wolf now than
t was a wear ago.